It's Alethea here, and this is a story about my second-favorite ship, Harry/Ginny. Please enjoy, favorite, follow, and review. I'll post chapters as often as possible!
"Ginny!"
A warm hand is on my shoulder, and it catches me as I nearly fall to the cobbled street. Then the hand is in mine, leading me toward a ramshackle old building out on the edge of the hustle and bustle of the town.
It was only a three-minute walk, I could see the little shack from the square, but it's cold and I'm wearing only my thin cotton nightgown. Once we're inside the tiny building, I see that it's bigger than I perceived, and it has a bed, a wooden table with uneven legs, and a flameless fireplace. Harry closes the door behind me, securing all three bolts so they click audibly. I stand in the entryway, still clutching the parcel of blankets to my choice.
"Sit." He gestures toward the sheetless bed. The mattress is thin and the springs creak so loudly that Harry flinches as he pulls a small box from his pocket. There's a scratching while a flame bursts to life and I realize the box contained several sticks of wood, matches, the muggles call them. I'm grateful for the fire that springs up, engulfing the logs in the fireplace.
Craving the warmth, I leave the bed and sink to my knees in front of the dancing flames. Harry sits next to me, his arm automatically snaking around my shoulder. He pulls back a corner of the blanket and smiles at the little face looking back at me.
"I'm glad Persi is ok. I was worried she wouldn't make it here."
That comment forces me to acknowledge my ignorance. "Harry, where are we?"
"Godric's Hollow," he informs me solemnly.
"Why can't we stay in a hotel instead of," I glance around at the surfaces that are all covered in a layer of dirt, "here. I don't know if this is sanitary for Persi."
"I'm sorry." He must notice my fear of this dirty, unknown place. "We have to be careful We...we can't be seen."
"Why not?"
"Because this is October 29th, 1980."
-let me know what you think, and if I should post another chapter.
