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Please Reveiw. It has some fluff, but also angst
Harry awoke with a start; today was his 17th birthday. He could leave Private drive for good and planned, without doubt, to do so! The sun had not even risen yet as he looked around the room where he had spent so many lonely summers. Harry knew that he would not miss this place or the people who lived here, but he knew he would miss the sense of security he got from being out of the wizarding world. Harry quietly crept down the steps, careful not to wake his aunt and uncle. Before flying off he took one last look at the house, where he had spent 11 miserable years. Harry Potter got on his broom and in spite of any family history shared; he smiled deeply, because he knew, he would never have to return.
As Harry flew over London he shivered, as he allowed himself to think about the events that occurred last June for the first time. He knew things would be different now that Dumbuldore was dead, but he had no control over that. He could only hope that Dumbuldore's portrait would be helpful, and comforting to him. Harry quietly landed outside of The Orders headquarters, number 12 Grimwauld place. He would be spending the rest of the summer with The Order and hopefully his best friends Ron and Hermione. He rang the doorbell feeling relieved that Sirius's mother's portrait had finally been removed. As the door opened Harry was startled by the one person he had not been looking forward to see.
Ginny Weasley looked at Harry with a perfectly normal expression, as though she had been expecting him. She seemed absolutely oblivious to Harry's shocked expression. "Morning Harry, the others are in the kitchen I expect they'll want to see you." And with that she was gone. Harry just stood their gaping. Ginny obviously had gotten over him fast. He was a little sad, but decided it was all for the better. She probably already had a new boyfriend by now anyways. He dropped his trunk and walked to the Kitchen. Where he was greeted Shouts and crying. "Thank goodness your ok" Hermione was sobbing and hugging him. "You really had me scared mate." Ron said. "Oh good, Harry your ok, I better go alert the ministry. I suppose I'll see you later" with that, Tonks disaperated causing 2 chairs to fall over in the process. This was too much. "What's going on why is everybody acting so weird?" Harry yelled over the ruckus. "Dear, didn't Ginny tell you? I told her to" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Obviously not mom", George said rolling his eyes.
"The ministry got an owl saying somebody had spotted you crashing in London. And well with all that's been happening these days, you believe almost anything" Mrs.Weasly stated. "Now Molly no reason to fret, he's fine why don't you five go show Harry his room" Mr.Weasley winked letting them know they needed to leave; they didn't need to be told twice.
Fred and George had left and now Ron and Hermione were sitting in his room. "So are you going back to Hogwarts?" Hermione inquired. "I suppose so, that's where Dumbuldore's portrait is. And you know there's no way I can find the Horacses without his help. Ginny seems to be doing ok, she have a new boyfriend yet?" Harry asked. To this Ron snorted "If you call spending the summer crying. Finding out you might be hurt and deciding to spend the night by the front door watching for you, and then when you do show up pretending like you don't exist, ok, then by all means she's fine." Harry's mouth dropped open. "Oh it's been Horrible. When I showed up she was still crying all day. Then we thought she was all right for awhile. But then she came home one night saying she was going to marry Tom the bartender at the leaky caldron. Because he was a nice old man who deserved a wife. Mrs. Weasley almost had a heart attack. It took her almost a week to sort out. And then she just went back to crying. You're going to have to talk to her eventually." Hermione pointed out. Harry wasn't sure what to think, but at the moment that wasn't his biggest concern. "Look you guys I know you're all worried about Ginny, but I have to deal with other stuff. I think I might know who to ask about R.A.B. But don't worry I will talk to her. Give me a little time." Harry felt terrible about Ginny, but he had to talk to some people in Diagon Ally about a certain spell he had heard about before school started. "Hey do guys think we could head down to diagon ally today. I need to meet someone at the leaky caldron, about a spell. I was also hoping to get my apparition test out of the way. " Harry said. "Sure that sounds like a good idea, I need more parchment anyways." Hermione said. "Look I think I'll stay here I, ah, have something I want to do." Ron said, obviously hiding something. "Well I suppose See you in a bit then" Hermione said.
It was a nice day to be in Diagon ally. Harry and Hermione strolled along staring into shop windows, but even with the perfect weather the usually busy ally was silent and seemed unwelcoming. Harry had an hour before he had to be at the Leaky Caldron. "What do you suppose Ron had to do that was so important?" Harry asked. "Well I'm not quite sure how to put this, well I do hope this comes out right; I suppose he's a bit mad at you." Harry didn't have an answer so Hermione continued to talk. "You see I know you love Ginny and all, and are probably just as upset about this as she is, but Ron doesn't seem to get that. I suppose he feels a bit betrayed by you, like you hurt his little sister. So until you talk to Ginny, he's going to probably act a bit stand offish." Hermione concluded. "I suppose I better talk to her tonight then." He replied and with that they headed off to the Leaky Caldron.
As they entered the battered Pub a young witch beckoned them over to a table in the corner. She was an attractive young witch, with long silky black hair and a big smile, she looked familiar, but Hermione couldn't place her. She then realized it was Cho Chang, Harry's old girlfriend. Hermione guessed this is what she would have been like at school if Cedric hadn't died. "Harry its great to see you, and Hermione wonderful as well. I found what you were looking for it might take a minute to explain sit down." She beamed. "You seem so Happy Cho, It's wonderful. By the way congrats on your engagement. Oh, by the way Hermione, Cho-Chang is with the department of experimentary spells, and kindly looked up something for me." Hermione nodded "So what spell did you look up for Harry Cho?" Hermione asked curious, as usual. "Well, I'd prefer not to give the details right now, since we're in a public area, but be sure to try it out on a small mammal first, I'm not quite sure if it will work, and you don't want any nasty results." She said, now acting professional. "Thanks Cho, I'd stay and talk but I have an apparition test in 10 minutes. Thanks again." Harry said. "Good luck Harry, I'd love to talk again." She said waving.
Ginny was sitting in the kitchen finishing up an extra credit essay for potions on medical remedies. She would have to move on and forget Harry Potter. She decided focusing on her school work was her best bet for the task at hand. Pop, Hermione and Harry were back. He had obviously passed his test. She decided to pretend like he wasn't even in the room. "Hermione, can you think of 3 uses for Merlap? I can only think of 2: burns and cuts." Ginny said, being careful not to look at Harry. Hermione took the bait and began to rattle off 10 different uses. Harry quietly left the room.
Later that night Harry and Hermione finally had a chance to talk. Ron was still acting cold. "So what does this spell do?" Hermione asked once they were safely back at head quarters. "Well it sort of acts as a camera, you use it on a person and you can see what there seeing. You can see everything that's going on in a caldron. The thing is it's only been used on animals. But my idea was to try to use it on a death eater, to spy on Voldomort, so he won't know we're spying. The person it's used on can't tell its there. Don't tell anybody yet though because I'm not sure if it will work." Hermione nodded "When did you figure this out?" She asked. "Well I needed something to do for a month didn't I?" Hermione nodded.
A few weeks later Harry, Hermione and Ron were in the orders library studying. All of a sudden they heard a shout from the kitchen. All 3 stood up and rushed to the kitchen. What they saw was Mrs. Weasley hugging the living daylights out of Fleur and Bill. "I can't believe you eloped!" Mrs. Weasley was saying. Even though it turned out Bill wouldn't turn into a werewolf, he was still in bad shape. He would never be able to fly again, and tired easily. Because of this, the wedding had been postponed, to Mrs. Wesley's dismay. "I could have seen that one coming." Ron said rolling his eyes. As the death toll got higher, it was obvious that Bill and Fleur seemed to become more agitated. Since there would be no formal wedding, the couple allowed Mrs. Weasley to throw a party that night for there friends. The entire order showed, along with some of there friends from work. For that one night everyone seemed carefree and happy. The feeling wore off the next morning when they were alerted that a good friend of Bill's, who had been at the party the previous night, was killed on his way home.
Dinner was always a loud affair at the order. People rushed in and out and everybody talked at once, it had been a month since there trip to Diagon ally, but Harry had still not talked to Ginny. He decided he would tonight. The next day they would leave for Hogwarts and he decided he couldn't stall any longer. Ginny was not at dinner saying she had headache, since he had gotten there she always had an excuse. Harry excused himself from the table, and climbed the 2 sets of creaky steps to Ginny's room. He knocked, there was no response, "Ginny, it's me Harry I know you're in there, we need to talk." The door opened up. There was Ginny sitting in a chair by the far side of the room. Her eyes were big and questioning, she didn't look mad, merely lonesome. Harry began to talk, "Ok then, I just want you to listen to what I have to say. Anyways I know this sucks, it sucks for me to. But try not to be so bitter about it, I know it's hard, But it would be helpful to everybody. Look I still love you, I…" but Harry had forgotten the rest of his speech. Ginny was crying silently and as much as he wanted to he knew he couldn't go through with his original plan. He had told her she couldn't tell anybody, he wasn't even sure if he would tell Hermione or Ron. It had been wonderful to be able to kiss her again. It couldn't hurt her if nobody knew.
