September
The month of September was a month of adjustment for everyone as they settled into the daily routines. Harry and Ginny would meet in the Common Room after waking and go down to breakfast together. Luna and Ginny's other dorm mate, Demzela Robbins would join Harry, Ron, and Hermione at meals and talk about classes or share the latest gossip. Harry would walk Ginny to her first class since it was on his way to his first lesson of the day. They would part with a hug, kiss, and a promise to see each other at lunch every day.
After morning classes, they would all meet in the Great Hall for lunch. When they finished Ginny would walk with Harry to his first afternoon class and promise to see each other after classes were done for the day. They would meet in the Common Room and start on their homework. Then they would have dinner and go back to studying for most of the evening, spending most of their free time with each other, growing closer and more comfortable with each other.
On more than one occasion, Ginny had to speak with her year mate, Colin Creevey, about pestering Harry for autographs and pictures. It came down to Ginny taking Colin aside one night in the Common Room and explaining to him that Harry hated the attention and he needed to calm down. When Colin finally realized he was making Harry more uncomfortable by being a fan boy, he backed off and asked calmly to take some pictures, promising copies of any they liked.
After Colin explained he was a Muggle-born, with very little knowledge of the Wizarding World, Harry relented but only if Ginny was in the pictures with him. Ginny had beamed at wanting to share some memories with Harry like that. Colin kept his word and respected Harry's feelings from then on, but still tried to be a good friend. He promised both Harry and Ginny to try to make sure his little brother Dennis wouldn't make the same mistake in two years when he started Hogwarts. With that promise, Harry agreed to at least meet Dennis when he started school. Harry knew what a culture shock it was to come into the Wizarding World with no knowledge of it before hand.
During the first two weeks of school, Ginny and Hermione didn't speak much, neither knowing or understanding where they stood with each other and Harry. Harry sat both of them down and told them that Hermione was like a sister to him and they were acting foolish. Ginny and Luna soon started to become friendlier with Hermione, seeing she needed some female companionship. Hermione resisted at first, but Ginny made the point that Hermione was the only girl in the original trio and knew the boys wouldn't understand how girls thought or their physical characteristics. Hermione couldn't argue with that.
Both Ginny and Hermione helped Luna through a rough week. They had noticed Luna was looking and feeling down and they pulled Luna into Hermione's dorm room to try and help her. They discovered that it was the third anniversary of her mother's death. Hermione and Ginny helped Luna grieve and try to move on. In the end, Luna started to act more normal, not claiming any mythical creatures were behind everything. They had found out that was her way of coping, but now that she had such good friends in her life, she finally started to heal.
October
The month of October started slow. Finally settled into their daily routines, the students would go about their days in classes, doing homework in the evenings and spending time together. Harry kept having the feeling that the year was going too smoothly and was sure something was bound to happen sooner or later. Harry and Ginny were sitting alone in the Common Room late one evening when his feelings proved to be correct with a soft pop and an excited voice.
"Harry Potter, sir!" Dobby cried.
"Dobby? What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"Dobby is being disloyal to his family, sir. But Dobby must warn Harry Potter, sir and his Wheezys," Dobby said in tears.
