"Harry, want to help out at my study group?" she asked, not too long after they got back to the common room.
                              
"Yeah... sure..." Harry said, nonchalantly. 
                              
"Well, it's starting soon, so let's go down, now," Ginny said, getting up and grabbing her things.
                              
She led the way and Harry followed. They went down to the empty classroom they usually commandeered and sat down. It was only then that Harry realized that no one else was there.
                              
"Where is everyone?" he asked.
                              
"It doesn't start for another hour," Ginny said, looking into his eyes.
                              
"Then..." Harry started, a little confused.
                              
"What's bothering you? You've been quiet since we went down to dinner," she said, thoughtfully. It took him slightly aback, but realized that he had been unusually quiet at dinner and she would have noticed it.
                              
"It's complicated," he managed to voice out, grimacing.
                              
"We got an hour," she said, brightly.
                              
Harry hesitated. Explaining what his father and Sirius had done to Snape was a difficult topic. Snape threatened him never to tell anyone about it, but he looked into Ginny's eyes and knew he had to tell her. Sirius was gone and he felt he could not talk to Lupin, after what had happened at the Ministry. He slowly explained how his father acted at school and how he treated Snape. When he finished, Ginny paused for a moment, as though considering what to say.
                              
"Do you think you are like that?" she finally asked.
                              
"Well..." he started.
                              
"Harry don't.... You didn't do it to show off or because you were bored. Malfoy was about to curse you. You had to defend yourself," Ginny said, with some resolve.
                              
"Ginny, before I came here, I didn't have any friends and was the most hated person in school. Even here... how many times was I singled out? And..." he rambled on.
                              
"Don't forget Malfoy was a good part of making sure that happened! He always went out of his way to make fun of you. Remember those badges? And that stupid song? Buckbeak? Harry, his father is a Death Eater and he's been toting their philosophy since... well... forever. There is a reason why everyone hates him. You can't blame yourself for that," Ginny said, taking his hand and looking into his eyes.
                              
"I guess. I just never thought I'd feel sorry for him," Harry admitted.
                              
"Well, he doesn't even deserve that. He's probably the spy, but don't worry about him. You should know better than anyone that you can't make people choose who to like and who to hate," Ginny said, truthfully.
                              
Harry nodded, though not completely convinced, but when the rest of the group started to arrive, it stopped their discussion.
                              
* * * * *
                              
Exams fell upon them quick. Ginny was a nervous wreck from studying, but Harry helped her and the rest of her study group. Hermione and Ron studied for their exams together, but it probably was not the best thing to do, Harry thought retrospectively. They were just as behind in studying as he was, but thankfully, most their exams focused more on practical applications of Animomency and spell-work. 
                              
The sixth-year exams were spread over a week-and-a-half, while Ginny had two full weeks. Hagrid's exam was surprisingly only a written exam on young rearing and dragons. McGonagall put them to the test with a portion on Vanishing and Conjuring using Animomency and large animal Transfiguration. Fortunately, she did not want them to Transfigure each other as a test.
                              
Snape then put them through their paces with a long two-part exam in Defense Against the Dark Arts. The first day had a lengthy written portion covering the curses and hexes they learned and the practical portion the next day was even harder. Snape gave them a large spider to test their knowledge on with all the spells he had taught them only using Animomency. Herbology and Charms were just as difficult, but they all drove through it.