Ginny did not leave Hogwarts through the tunnel in Hogsmeade, much to everyone’s regret. She did, however, send an owl to Remus Lupin and her older brother, Bill Weasley, over the next few days. Aberforth, the curmudgeonly owner of the Hogs Head, allowed her to use his owl with some trepidation—he agreed only because every owl going in and out of Hogwarts was being monitored by the Carrows.