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There was a lot of sympathy in the Wizengamot for the small, frightened girl who was on trial. Unfortunately, not enough. The poisoned pen of Rita Skeeter had been telling tales about the spoiled seventh child who thought she was above the rules, who somehow obtained a dark object and took it to Hogwarts, then used it to spread fear and mayhem. There were sympathetic portrayals of the petrified students, some of whom would have months of work to catch up with their cohort. Worst of all, her crush on Harry Potter was proclaimed as the motive for her plot - to be the damsel in distress for her hero to rescue her at the end of the year.
Not even Harry Potter's testimony could save her. Clearly, the boy was still confunded by her act. Not even Albus Dumbledore could save her. He wasn't even at the school when she lured Harry Potter into the Chamber.
Ginny was sentenced to 15 years in Azkaban, she gave her mother a frightened look, then gasped softly as the Dementors drew closer. The mercy of unconsciousness followed almost immediately. The lull of the dark creatures so horrific, her young mind could only fold to it as the black nightmares drew her out of the room in chains.