Title - Someone Unexpected
Summary - So, it's 8 years later and things have finally straightened out - the whole Lord Voldemort / Death Eater thing anyway. Ginny has just broken the baby news to Harry when someone unexpected shows up at 12 Grimmauld Place...
Disclaimer - I sadly do not own 'Harry Potter', the wonderful J. K. Rowling does :(


Chapter 1 - Someone Unexpected

"I can't believe we're actually having a baby!" Harry sighed excitedly. His glasses started to steam up so he hurriedly pulled them from his face and wiped his bright green eyes on the sleeve of his contrasting red sweater. You'd think now that Harry being 24 years old would wear more contemporary and cool clothes, but he just couldn't bare to hurt Molly Weasley's feelings, and honestly, he actually rather liked the sense of security and belonging he experienced when wearing it. There were no shortages of Mrs. Weasley's over-sized knitted jumpers around the house; they had been receiving them for the past 5 years since Molly almost lost everything of importance to her. Fred's death was still and always would be on her mind, but somehow this had (if wizardly possible) made her even more loving.

"Aren't I the one that's supposed to be saying that?" Ginny giggled exasperatedly, a hint of reserve in the back of her throat. She had no idea what her mother's reactions would be towards the news, though surely she would enjoy having another bouncing baby around the Weasley's family home; the Burrow? Ron on the other hand may need to be kept at quite a distance from Harry to begin with. Wrinkles crept onto Ginny's face as frustration for her over-protective older brother took her over.

"Oh... Come here." Harry grinned sheepishly and ruffled his dark mop of hair. Ginny plodded over and nestled into Harry's chest.

+*** HALF-BREEDS! SCUM! BLOOD TRAITORS! HOW DARE YOU ENTER THE MOST NOBLE HOUSE OF BLACK? FILTHY LITTLE MUDBLOODS! ***+

Ginny sighed, her and Harry's lips inches apart. Trust good 'ole Mrs. Black to ruin a personal moment between them. Talk about intimacy issues, its a wonder that woman ever had children. The thought of his godfather Sirius wrenched at his heart.

"The moments gone isn't it?" Harry asked and put his forehead against Ginny's.

"Oh! Go and shut her up Harry!" Ginny looked disappointed and dissatisfied.

"Alright. I'm going." He stumbled into the hall mumbling to himself. "I wonder what set her off this time..."

"Oh!" Harry instinctively thought about grabbing for his wand, but instead his hand raised up and he offered it to the black haired girl stood awkwardly infront of him.

"Hello..." She shook it ferverishly. "Hi." Harry didnt seem himself at the moment, his body seemed to be moving against his minds say-so.

"I'm-" Harry began.

"Harry Potter." She stated rather matter-of-factly. "Not only did we go to Hogwarts together, but you are the most famous and handsome if you dont mind me saying" She glanced down at her socks, her cheeks colouring slightly "person in the whole of the wizarding world!" Her bright eyes glistened as they returned up to meet his. "Of course I know who you are!" She smiled and stepped forward to embrace Harry.

"... Uhhh..." This caught Harry off-guard and as she hugged him around his middle his arms left his side, almost too scared to physically come into contact with this strangely familiar girl.

"Harryyy!" Ginny called from upstairs. She was not the most patient of people.

"Uhhh..." The mysterious girl let go of Harry, and with a flick of her wand, the drapes fell back into place over Mrs. Blacks' portrait. The terrible raucous was instantly halted, though Harry had hardly noticed the noise in the previous few minutes.

He turned but stepped back again. "Uh... Follow me..."


A/N: Hope you enjoy and are interested :)