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Chapter 1
"I love you, Lucia!" Said Zachariah genuinely, looking into the warm brown eyes of his fiancé. She tucked her chin against her chest and blushed a soft crimson shade. Her fiery red hair fell over her face, and Zachariah brushed it back behind her ear.
She looked up into his shining emerald eyes and replied, "I love you too, Zachariah!" She almost whispered she spoke so softly.
Ginny Weasley awoke from her dream with a start. There had been a strange sound in the Gryffindor girls' dormitory, which turned out to be one of her roommate's owls. Ginny took the interruption from her sleep as an opportunity to think about this dream. This dream of Zachariah and Lucia, two lovers clad in robes reminiscent of the late 1800's, began to plague her long before her first year at Hogwarts, and long before she'd met Harry Potter. The first time she saw Harry, her breath caught in her chest, she immediately recognized him as Zachariah, the handsome romantic from her recurring dream. There was something else about that dream, something that she'd only just started to notice in the last year or so. She looked into a mirror across the room, staring intensely at her own reflection. She looked at her blazing locks, falling over her shoulders to the bottom of her shoulder blades. Her chocolate brown eyes had familiar warmth; she was the spitting image of Lucia. When she began having the dream, Lucia looked so mature, so sophisticated, but soon Ginny had become a young woman, and at sixteen years old had caught up with Lucia. Ginny often spent hours pondering what this dream meant. If it had been after meeting Harry for the first time that it began, she would know in a heartbeat that it meant she was in love with Harry Potter. The time frame, however, made it very strange indeed. Ginny didn't dare ask Professor Trelawney, though Ginny believed in the subject of divination, she had taken after Hermione's belief that Professor Trelawney was a complete fraud. Ginny sighed in exhaustion as she lay back against her pillow, and soon fell into a dreamless sleep. The clock in the room read 2:53 AM.
A few hours later, Ginny woke up to find a mass of curly brown hair in her face and a very stressed out Hermione shaking her awake.
"Get up already, Ginny, we're going to be late for breakfast, which can only mean we'll be late for class, which-" Ginny jumped out of bed before she had to hear Hermione's entire speech.
"Relax Hermione it only takes me thirty seconds to get ready!' Ginny exclaimed while rushing around the room pulling on various pieces of her uniform. She ran into the bathroom and brushed her hair and teeth simultaneously. In another few seconds she was standing in front of Hermione ready to go.
"See? What did I tell you, and we have ten minutes to get to the Great Hall!" Ginny stated proudly.
"Oh, really, then where, pray tell, is your cloak?" Hermione questioned, with the same look she always had when she knew she'd won an argument.
"Oh no! I don't see it anywhere!" said an exasperated Ginny, "I must have lost it!" she was missing her black Hogwarts robe with a Gryffindor crest, the most important part of the uniform.
"I'll run and get one of mine, Ginny meet me in the common room." Said Hermione, quickly running out the door. Ginny waited in the common room for about a minute before Hermione came jumping down the stairs, tossing a cloak in her face. Ginny put it on hurriedly and followed Hermione through the portrait hole.
Ginny and Hermione entered the Great Hall to find Harry and Ron already stuffing their faces with food. Hermione sat down next to Ron and immediately began trying to convince him to take a more active membership in S.P.E.W.
"You know Hermione, all this time spent on S.P.E.W could be spent studying for N.E.W.T.S. You really should sort out your priorities." Stated Ron with a satisfied smirk at the look of horror on Hermione's face. She quickly pulled out some parchment and began making a study schedule, forgetting all about S.P.E.W.
Ginny sat eating quietly when Harry turned to her and said, "Gin, I've scheduled our first Quidditch practice of the year for this afternoon after classes, can you help me get the word around to the team?" Ginny had become a chaser for the Gryffindor team in her fifth year, and had developed into one of the teams more gifted players. Harry, of course, had been made captain this year.
"Sure, Harry who have you told so far?" Ginny questioned.
"Well, er...just you." Harry replied.
"Honestly Harry, you can't expect anyone to show up if you don't tell them until the last minute." Hermione interrupted, looking up from her parchment.
"Hey it's only breakfast he's still got time, besides he told me already as well!" Said Ron, backing up his best friend.
"See, that's right I have all day and Ron knew!" Harry agreed.
"Big accomplishment, you've told the people you spend every waking moment with, just make sure you don't forget to tell those you don't see as often. And besides, Ron only knows because he overheard you telling Ginny!" Hermione said sarcastically.
"You don't even like Quidditch, Hermione, just leave this business to us!" said Ron rather agitatedly.
"Well, I'm quite sure nothing would ever get done if it were left to you, even if it is involving Quidditch, and that's really saying something!" Hermione retorted, starting off sounding only slightly annoyed, and ending in a full shout.
Harry and Ginny traded a silent look and got up to go to class, leaving Ron and Hermione to finish their morning row.
"Honestly those two get worse every day, do you think if we locked them in a room together they'd sort out their feelings in less than a year?" Harry asked rolling his eyes.
"I doubt it, for someone with the highest marks in Hogwarts, Hermione sure can be dense when it comes to Ron, and well, don't even get me started on my brother!" Ginny replied throwing her hands in the air when she mentioned Ron's stubbornness.
"Look I better get to class." Said Harry.
"Yeah, me too, double potions, Snape may kill me if I'm late!" Ginny laughed, but with a serious look on her face.
"See you at lunch!" Harry said giving her a quick hug and running off in the opposite direction. In her fourth year, Ginny had gotten over her girlhood crush on Harry and was able to speak in his presence. They soon became good friends, and Ginny was every bit as large a member of the "dream team" as Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Neither Harry nor Ginny felt anything towards each other except friendship, not that they knew of anyway.
The day passed by and Ginny could not be gladder it was over. She had gone to potions where Snape had taken points from Gryffindor because Ginny was forced to pair with a Slytherin boy, who was about to put in too much asphodel in and ruin their potion, and she corrected him rather vehemently.
After double potions, Ginny went to lunch where Ron and Hermione were having a row again, and Harry had gone off to flirt with a Ravenclaw girl, leaving all of her friends occupied. After lunch, Ginny had Transfiguration where Professor McGonagall gave a pop quiz, which Ginny was sure she'd failed. After Transfiguration was Divination, where Professor Trelawney predicted three minor injuries, and four major tragedies in Ginny's near future. After Divination she went to Quidditch practice, where Dean and Seamus, the team's new beaters, were able to hit the bludgers, but had trouble controlling where they hit them, meaning everyone had to keep an extra sharp lookout for runaway bludgers. After three very close shaves, practice was over, and Ginny headed back to the Gryffindor common room, completely worn out. She reached her hand into the pocket of her robe, hoping to find a chocolate frog from her immense stash. She found only a small, hard object on a chain, when she remembered she was wearing Hermione's cloak. She pulled out the charm only to realize it was a time turner. She quickly shoved it back in her pocket, careful not to twist it, and headed off to take a shower.
AN: I updated this to fix the formatting as a lot of my reviews asked, hopefully I'll be getting another chapter up today, but no one hold me to that.
Chapter 1
"I love you, Lucia!" Said Zachariah genuinely, looking into the warm brown eyes of his fiancé. She tucked her chin against her chest and blushed a soft crimson shade. Her fiery red hair fell over her face, and Zachariah brushed it back behind her ear.
She looked up into his shining emerald eyes and replied, "I love you too, Zachariah!" She almost whispered she spoke so softly.
Ginny Weasley awoke from her dream with a start. There had been a strange sound in the Gryffindor girls' dormitory, which turned out to be one of her roommate's owls. Ginny took the interruption from her sleep as an opportunity to think about this dream. This dream of Zachariah and Lucia, two lovers clad in robes reminiscent of the late 1800's, began to plague her long before her first year at Hogwarts, and long before she'd met Harry Potter. The first time she saw Harry, her breath caught in her chest, she immediately recognized him as Zachariah, the handsome romantic from her recurring dream. There was something else about that dream, something that she'd only just started to notice in the last year or so. She looked into a mirror across the room, staring intensely at her own reflection. She looked at her blazing locks, falling over her shoulders to the bottom of her shoulder blades. Her chocolate brown eyes had familiar warmth; she was the spitting image of Lucia. When she began having the dream, Lucia looked so mature, so sophisticated, but soon Ginny had become a young woman, and at sixteen years old had caught up with Lucia. Ginny often spent hours pondering what this dream meant. If it had been after meeting Harry for the first time that it began, she would know in a heartbeat that it meant she was in love with Harry Potter. The time frame, however, made it very strange indeed. Ginny didn't dare ask Professor Trelawney, though Ginny believed in the subject of divination, she had taken after Hermione's belief that Professor Trelawney was a complete fraud. Ginny sighed in exhaustion as she lay back against her pillow, and soon fell into a dreamless sleep. The clock in the room read 2:53 AM.
A few hours later, Ginny woke up to find a mass of curly brown hair in her face and a very stressed out Hermione shaking her awake.
"Get up already, Ginny, we're going to be late for breakfast, which can only mean we'll be late for class, which-" Ginny jumped out of bed before she had to hear Hermione's entire speech.
"Relax Hermione it only takes me thirty seconds to get ready!' Ginny exclaimed while rushing around the room pulling on various pieces of her uniform. She ran into the bathroom and brushed her hair and teeth simultaneously. In another few seconds she was standing in front of Hermione ready to go.
"See? What did I tell you, and we have ten minutes to get to the Great Hall!" Ginny stated proudly.
"Oh, really, then where, pray tell, is your cloak?" Hermione questioned, with the same look she always had when she knew she'd won an argument.
"Oh no! I don't see it anywhere!" said an exasperated Ginny, "I must have lost it!" she was missing her black Hogwarts robe with a Gryffindor crest, the most important part of the uniform.
"I'll run and get one of mine, Ginny meet me in the common room." Said Hermione, quickly running out the door. Ginny waited in the common room for about a minute before Hermione came jumping down the stairs, tossing a cloak in her face. Ginny put it on hurriedly and followed Hermione through the portrait hole.
Ginny and Hermione entered the Great Hall to find Harry and Ron already stuffing their faces with food. Hermione sat down next to Ron and immediately began trying to convince him to take a more active membership in S.P.E.W.
"You know Hermione, all this time spent on S.P.E.W could be spent studying for N.E.W.T.S. You really should sort out your priorities." Stated Ron with a satisfied smirk at the look of horror on Hermione's face. She quickly pulled out some parchment and began making a study schedule, forgetting all about S.P.E.W.
Ginny sat eating quietly when Harry turned to her and said, "Gin, I've scheduled our first Quidditch practice of the year for this afternoon after classes, can you help me get the word around to the team?" Ginny had become a chaser for the Gryffindor team in her fifth year, and had developed into one of the teams more gifted players. Harry, of course, had been made captain this year.
"Sure, Harry who have you told so far?" Ginny questioned.
"Well, er...just you." Harry replied.
"Honestly Harry, you can't expect anyone to show up if you don't tell them until the last minute." Hermione interrupted, looking up from her parchment.
"Hey it's only breakfast he's still got time, besides he told me already as well!" Said Ron, backing up his best friend.
"See, that's right I have all day and Ron knew!" Harry agreed.
"Big accomplishment, you've told the people you spend every waking moment with, just make sure you don't forget to tell those you don't see as often. And besides, Ron only knows because he overheard you telling Ginny!" Hermione said sarcastically.
"You don't even like Quidditch, Hermione, just leave this business to us!" said Ron rather agitatedly.
"Well, I'm quite sure nothing would ever get done if it were left to you, even if it is involving Quidditch, and that's really saying something!" Hermione retorted, starting off sounding only slightly annoyed, and ending in a full shout.
Harry and Ginny traded a silent look and got up to go to class, leaving Ron and Hermione to finish their morning row.
"Honestly those two get worse every day, do you think if we locked them in a room together they'd sort out their feelings in less than a year?" Harry asked rolling his eyes.
"I doubt it, for someone with the highest marks in Hogwarts, Hermione sure can be dense when it comes to Ron, and well, don't even get me started on my brother!" Ginny replied throwing her hands in the air when she mentioned Ron's stubbornness.
"Look I better get to class." Said Harry.
"Yeah, me too, double potions, Snape may kill me if I'm late!" Ginny laughed, but with a serious look on her face.
"See you at lunch!" Harry said giving her a quick hug and running off in the opposite direction. In her fourth year, Ginny had gotten over her girlhood crush on Harry and was able to speak in his presence. They soon became good friends, and Ginny was every bit as large a member of the "dream team" as Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Neither Harry nor Ginny felt anything towards each other except friendship, not that they knew of anyway.
The day passed by and Ginny could not be gladder it was over. She had gone to potions where Snape had taken points from Gryffindor because Ginny was forced to pair with a Slytherin boy, who was about to put in too much asphodel in and ruin their potion, and she corrected him rather vehemently.
After double potions, Ginny went to lunch where Ron and Hermione were having a row again, and Harry had gone off to flirt with a Ravenclaw girl, leaving all of her friends occupied. After lunch, Ginny had Transfiguration where Professor McGonagall gave a pop quiz, which Ginny was sure she'd failed. After Transfiguration was Divination, where Professor Trelawney predicted three minor injuries, and four major tragedies in Ginny's near future. After Divination she went to Quidditch practice, where Dean and Seamus, the team's new beaters, were able to hit the bludgers, but had trouble controlling where they hit them, meaning everyone had to keep an extra sharp lookout for runaway bludgers. After three very close shaves, practice was over, and Ginny headed back to the Gryffindor common room, completely worn out. She reached her hand into the pocket of her robe, hoping to find a chocolate frog from her immense stash. She found only a small, hard object on a chain, when she remembered she was wearing Hermione's cloak. She pulled out the charm only to realize it was a time turner. She quickly shoved it back in her pocket, careful not to twist it, and headed off to take a shower.
AN: I updated this to fix the formatting as a lot of my reviews asked, hopefully I'll be getting another chapter up today, but no one hold me to that.