a/n; hey, y'all. sup? anyway, i decided to make ANOTHER story xP i know, i know, i need to stop xD but it's addicting:P
i basically took the idea from the AMAZING story, "In the Words of Ginerva Molly Potter", so i the original idea was taken from thejealousone. there are a couple scenes later on that will be from his fic. i do have permission, so please, can nobody yell at me for stealing scenes or whatever? thanks :)
i hope you enjoy it, anyway.
Prolouge; Harry Potter and the...best friend?
When Ginny informed me, eleven years ago, about this J.K. Rowling, who wanted to do Harry's life story, the first thing I asked was if she would include Ron and me in it as well. She fell out of her chair laughing at me. I was indignant, until she explained what was so funny.
"Of course you'll be in the story! You're famous as well!" Oh. Right. Forgot about that. I was well-known, yes, but famous? Of that, I wasn't so sure.
I mean, with Ginny and Ron, you can definitely tell they're Weasleys, the moment you see them. Red hair, freckles, a kid by their side. Their bravery can be seen, in their eyes. Blue, glistening with loyalty; brown, frosted with determination. They make perfect heroes. And as for Harry, well, he has the noticeable scar, which, even when he tries to cover it up, people still find it. His courage is found in the way he holds himself, the way he talks with a leadership quality in his voice. All three easily recognisable in the street.
I, on the other hand, am average everything. My courage or bravery, or whatever it was that put me in Gryffindor, wasn't shown in my eyes, or my voice. In fact, you can't see it at all. People rarely notice me until they hear my name, and then they get all excited. Harry, Ron and Ginny are noticed first, names already known.
But, that's kind of besides the point. The point is, I seriously doubted that I was famous. Chocolate frog cards, do not count, as I have already told Ron, many, many times. He has a collection of the Order and DA cards papering the walls in our basement.
So, Ms Rowling wrote the books, because now it was not one book, but seven. And, of course, Ron didn't want to have to read them by himself, so I usually stayed up late with him on the couch, holding hands and reading aloud. I read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, even the sixth, with tremendous ease. I even amazed myself that I didn't burst out crying when Sirius died, or when Ron dated Lavender (we took an hour off reading because he wouldn't stop saying sorry, so I finally just let him get it all out of his system at once) or even when Dumbledore fell off the tallest tower. Trust me, I came very close several times, but I reminded myself that I've already gone through a lot of this stuff, and that it's in the past.
I lost it completely at the chapter when Ron left in the final novel, and he had to read the rest of the book by himself, because I couldn't handle saying it out loud anymore. Reading it put me into a paranoid state that made me believe Ron was going to leave me again. It never happened, thank God.
I wasn't very surprised when the books became best-sellers automatically. I mean, come on, this is the savior of the Wizarding and Muggle worlds! Who wouldn't want to read about him? But when Harry told me that they were going to sell the books to the Muggles, as children's fantasy, well, I was skeptical. I had lived with Muggles, and as nice and intelligent some of them are, they are likely to turn a blind eye to the books, as they have magic in them.
You can imagine my complete and utter surprise when Ms Rowling sold the series like hotcakes. I was even more surprised after finding out that it had been translated into more than sixty-four languages! Were the Muggles really that taken to our world?
Ginny owled me and warned me of her immediate arrival. I waited until she stepped through the fire grate until talking to her.
"Did you like the books!?" I asked her eagerly. I finished the books a week ago, and there are some things I can't talk about with Ron, and since Rose is off to Hogwarts, that left Ginny to giggle and gossip with.
"Woah, calm down, Mione. I read the books, they are beautiful. Oh, and I'm punching my brother for ditching you guys twenty years ago. He deserves it!" Ginny defended at my scolding glance. "Anyway, that's not why I came over. Joanne wants me to write a sort of...companion piece to her story. You know, my side of things."
"Oh, Ginny, that's great!" I said excitedly, hugging my sister-in-law and yet feeling like she had something else to say. Ginny fidgeted for about half a minute before giving in to the temptation.
"Okay, okay! That's not the only reason I came over,"
I looked at her in confusion. "What else do you have to tell me?" Ginny looked uncomfortable and wouldn't look me in the eye.
"Not tell, more...ask. I was wondering if you wanted to do something like that, too? Harry couldn't have done it without you and Ron, and yet, I can't really see Ron trying to write a book. Can you?"
"I can't write! And no, neither can your brother," I looked at her, panicking slightly at the thought of authoring an actual book. It would be...kind of...fun.
Yeah, fun. I think? What if people don't like it? Then everyone will laugh at me for being so bad at writing, and yet loving to read. That won't be fun, oh no. But maybe...just maybe, getting my story out there will help, will contribute.
The worlds need to hear about Harry's best friends' side of the story, and as Ginny already pointed out, I can't really see Ron writing a book.
Well, whether it would be failure, or success, I wouldn't know until I tried. So I agreed with Ginny, talked for a while, and when she left, sat down at my desk and wondered where to begin.
a/n; yes, i know it's not the greatest...and it's extremely short...but please deal with it!
oh, and here's the timeline that thejealousone put in his story, but it applies to mine as well, so, here it is lol
"When I combined the Harry Potter universe with the real-life publication of the books, I ran into a problem with the timeline (which almost caused me to not post this story at all). I made a hard decision and decided to ignore what is obviously known about the series. I need you as a fan to also ignore the timeline in order to make this chapter work. I believe that changing the dates does not affect this story or the original cannon in any way. The characters, the events, the emotions, and the personalities are still the same. (The majority of this story doesn't require you to ignore the timeline. Most of the chapters flow as if nothing had been changed.)
To clear things up, here is the new time:
1988: Voldemort's defeat in Deathly Hallows
1996: JK Rowling comes to Harry Potter
1997: ALL the books are released in the Wizarding World
...: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone released in the Muggle World
2007: Deathly Hallows released in the Muggle World
...: Ginny starts writing this book (my story) right after the scene in the epilogue
The second issue that needs to be addressed is the epilogue. Does it still happen in my story, because it doesn't make sense with the timeline? YES, it still happens, but we're going to have to say it was added later or just wasn't wanted included in the publication.
If you are willing to shred those tiny bits of canon, then I am ready to take you on a ride that I am extremely proud of."
so yeah, that's the timeline thing thejealousone drew up. :)
i hope you enjoyed this pathetic excuse for a chapter xD RnR if you want!