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===''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''===

Ginny is introduced in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. She is one of the first girls of about Harry's age seen in the series. She only makes only two appearances in ''Philosopher's Stone'', both at [[Kings Cross railway station|King's Cross Station]]. The first is a scene where Harry and her brothers are leaving for Hogwarts; Harry sees her interacting with her family and then watches her runningrun down the platform, chasing the train as it leaves the station. In this first scene, her connection to Harry is established with Harry overhearing a scene in which Ginny begs her mother to be able to go on the train and see the famous Harry Potter. The second is a brief appearance at the end of the book where she is excited to catch a glimpse of Harry when he returns from Hogwarts.

===''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''===

[[Image:Ginny Weasley CoS.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ginny in the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie)|''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' film]]]]

Ginny becomes more involved in the storyline when she starts attending [[Hogwarts]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', a year after Harry and her brother Ron. While she appears to play a mostly behind-the-scenes role in the book — looking mysteriously ill and providing light [[comic relief]] with her painfully obvious [[crush]] on Harry. It is to Harry's credit, however, that he never teases her, appearing to be either indifferent to her, or unwilling to further embarass her. However, Ginny turns out to be the key to the year's biggest mystery, a series of unexplained attacks that leave several [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)|Muggle-born]] students [[petrified]]. Harry eventually discovers that a [[Magic (Harry Potter)|magic]]al [[Tom Riddle's diary|school diary made by Tom Riddle]] (the young [[Lord Voldemort]]) had been taking advantage of her insecurities, [[Spiritual possession|possessing]] her in order to access the Chamber of Secrets and unleash a [[Basilisk]] on the school.

[[Image:Ginny Weasley CoS.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ginny in the [[Chamber of Secrets]] in [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie)|''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' film]].]]

It turns out that [[Lucius Malfoy]] was responsible for making sure that Ginny found the diary; he hoped to use her actions to discredit her father, who had proposed a Muggle Protection Act that Lucius opposed, and to have Dumbledore thrown out of Hogwarts. After Ginny tells "Tom" about Harry's survival and the destruction of Voldemort, though, Riddle puts his own twist on the plan. Instead of using Ginny to attack [[Muggle-born]]s, he decides to bring her down to the Chamber and kill her by absorbing her life energy, restoring himself to full life in the process. More importantly, he, already understanding Harry's hero-complex from what Ginny has told him, hopes her abduction will lure Harry into the Chamber as well. Riddle is very curious about how Harry "defeated" him, and wishes to kill him. Harry does in fact enter the Chamber, but with help from [[Fawkes]] and the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#The Sorting Hat|Sorting Hat]] manages to destroy both Riddle and the Basilisk and thus save Ginny's life. Following thus, he expressed a strong concern over Ginny's not being expelled - showing that in the matter he finds her entirely blameless, though one of his best friends [[Hermione Granger]] had been one of those attacked.

Ginny becomes more involved in the storyline when she starts attending [[Hogwarts]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', a year after Harry and her brother Ron. While she appears to play a mostly behind-the-scenes role in the book — looking mysteriously ill and providing light humour with her obvious [[crush]] on Harry. It is to Harry's credit, however, that he never teases her, appearing to be unwilling to further embarrass her.

Ginny becomes more involved in the storyline when she starts attending [[Hogwarts]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', a year after Harry and her brother Ron. While she appears to play a mostly behind-the-scenes role in the book — looking mysteriously ill and providing light [[comic relief]] with her painfully obvious [[crush]] on Harry. It is to Harry's credit, however, that he never teases her, appearing to be either indifferent to her, or unwilling to further embarass her. However, Ginny turns out to be the key to the year's biggest mystery, a series of unexplained attacks that leave several [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)|Muggle-born]] students [[petrified]]. Harry eventually discovers that a [[Magic (Harry Potter)|magic]]al [[Tom Riddle's diary|school diary made by Tom Riddle]] (the young [[Lord Voldemort]]) had been taking advantage of her insecurities, [[Spiritual possession|possessing]] her in order to access the Chamber of Secrets and unleash a [[Basilisk]] on the school.

It turns out that [[Lucius Malfoy]] was responsible for making sure that Ginny foundgot the diary; he hoped to use her actions to discredit her father, who had proposed a Muggle Protection Act that Luciushe opposed, and to have Dumbledore thrown out of Hogwarts. After Ginny tells "Tom" about Harry's survival and the destruction of Voldemort, though, Riddle puts his own twist on the plan. Instead of using Ginny to attack [[Muggle-born]]s, he decides to bring her down to the Chamber and kill her by absorbing her life energy, restoring himself to full life in the process. More importantly, he, already understanding Harry's hero-complex from what Ginny has told him, hopes her abduction will lure Harry into the Chamber as well. Riddle is very curious about how Harry "defeated" him, and wishes to kill him. Harry does in fact enter the Chamber, but with help from [[Fawkes]] and the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#The Sorting Hat|Sorting Hat]] manages to destroy both Riddle and the Basilisk and thus savesaves Ginny's life. Following thus, he expressed a strong concern over Ginny's not being expelled - showing that in the matter he finds her entirely blameless, thoughknowing oneVoldemort's ofpower his best friends [[Hermione Granger]] had been one of thoseand attackedcontrol.

===''The Prisoner of Azkaban'' and ''The Goblet of Fire''===