Wild Magic

A part from fanfiction called "Castle of dreams"

“Ginny, I’d like to talk to you,” her mother said as they stood together
cleaning up after dinner. “We’re talking right now, Mum,” Ginny answered as
she stacked dishes in the sink. “I’m serious, Ginny. There’s something you
need to know. You’ll be seventeen in less than a month, and, well, a young
lady needs to be prepared. You’ll be wanting to get married someday, and
you need to know about your wedding night,” her mother said, blushing
furiously. “I know all about that, Mum!” Ginny was generally one to tackle
any subject head-on, but this was a conversation she wanted no part of. Her
mother gave her a weak smile. “I knew all about it, too, Ginerva Weasley,
and do you know what happened to me?” Ginny bit her lip; she wanted to say
“Six brothers and me is what happened, I think.” But she, somehow, managed
to hold her tongue and merely waited for her mother to go on. “I…I
shouldn’t be telling you this, but someone ought to, and there isn’t anyone
else. What happened is this: I received the first and only detention I got
in seven years at Hogwarts, and I was very lucky not to be expelled.”
Again, Ginny resisted the urge to comment; it was not lost on her that
there was a discrepancy between “wedding day” and “Hogwarts,” but she just
listened. “You’re not making this easy, you know,” her mother frowned. “I
suppose I wouldn’t have at your age, either. The thing is…you know that
sometimes, when you’re very emotional or excited, you lose control of your
magic. It happens to everyone. Well, there are times…moments…when you might
lose control in a pretty spectacular way. And your magic might go off all
around you.” Ginny was curious now in spite of herself; she had never heard
of it. She knew about accidental magic, of course, but not like this. “Mum?
What did you do?” “Ginny, you are never to repeat this to anyone. Not
Harry, not any of your brothers, not anybody. If you speak a word of it, I
will disown you.” “Mum!” “I’m serious, Ginny.” “Okay,” Ginny sighed. “I
promise. So what did you do?” “Your father and I were in the Prefect’s
bathroom, and it was the spring of my last year, and he was so handsome…so
dashing, and…well, one thing led to another. We both lost control, and our
magic went off. It got out. It…uh…wrecked Professor McGonagall’s
classroom.” Ginny consulted her mental map of Hogwarts. “That’s three
levels up from the bathroom!” “Yes. And she was in it at the time. Teaching
a class. Three students got concussions, and her glasses were broken. I
have never seen her as angry as she was when she found us.” Her mother
shuddered involuntarily at the memory. “She found you?” “We had no idea it
had happened. We were…” “Occupied. I get it.” “Yes,” her mother sighed.
“The point of all that is that there’s a spell you need to know. When
you…on your wedding night,” she said, “if you cast it, it’ll keep your
magic from getting out like that.”

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I shouldn’t have said that.

Hagrid
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