A/N: Ok. All I can say…Is that I'm SORRRYYYYYY! I really just got so blocked on my last story that I HAD to dump it. I really have no clue what this is going to turn into. All I can promise is that it IS a Harry/Ginny story. And it IS a Ron/Hermione story and I WILL finish this. But we'll see. Bear with me and Happy reading!

Chapter One.

Homecoming.

Harry Potter wandered through the dimly lit hallway of the train looking for a place to sit. After nearly three months of looking for Voldemort, he was going home.

The scars and bruises that were now starting to fade proved that his search, while he still hadn't found Voldemort, hadn't been entirely in vain.

His plan was to return to the Dursley's for only long enough to pack the remainder of his stuff. Then he was headed for The Burrow where he'd been invited to stay the remainder of the summer before returning to school for his seventh and final year.

Harry had gotten dozens of letters from Ron and Hermione. Telling him of the goings on and constantly wishing he was home. Harry could never write back. It was to much of a risk. He'd even gotten a letter or two from Ginny, and it took all the strength he had to not write to her back.

Harry finally found a compartment that was empty; he had no wish to be around anybody.

"I'll come home as soon as I can Ginny. And when it's safe, we can be together again. But I can't risk getting you hurt! Or killed!" Said Harry choking back tears as he tried to say a hurried goodbye to Ginny. "But Harr-" started Ginny who had already dissolved into tears. "No buts. Please understand Ginny I have to do this on my own." Said Harry. He gave her a quick hug, faltered, then pulled her into a kiss. "Goodbye Ginny." He said and then turned and left.

Harry snapped out of his memory as a portly woman who looked to be somewhere between 75 and 175 rolled the lunch trolley to a stop at his compartment door. "Fancy something to eat sir?" She said. Harry shook his head and the women continued down the hall. He couldn't shake the memory. His leg was shaking as he thought about the fact that he would see her in only a few hours.

Harry leaned his head against the cool glass of the window as he thought about her. Within minutes, he was asleep.

"ALL ASHORE!" Came the loud voice of the conductor and Harry sat bolt upright. He was back.

Harry climbed off the train slinging his backpack over his shoulder. Since he couldn't write to anyone, no one knew he was coming home. He walked to the edge of the sidewalk and looked around. Silently and quickly he pulled his wand out of his pocket and held it up with his right hand. Instantly a loud crack sounded, and a violent purple, triple-decker bus appeared and screeched to a stop in front of him.

Stan Shunpike, the conductor of the Night Bus hopped off the steps. "Harry! Your back, and alive." He said grinning. "You are alive right?"

"Yes, amazingly I'm still alive Stan. And I need to go to the Dursley's, and then to the Weasley's." Said Harry. "Alright then. Climb aboard." Said Stan.

A little while later, the bus stopped in front of the Dursley's house on Number 4 Privet Drive. Harry hopped down and looked at Stan. "I'll only be a minute." He said and continued inside. The Dursley's all froze as he entered. Harry ignored them and climbed the stairs two at a time to his old bedroom. He packed his trunk with the rest of his things, grabbed Hedwig's empty cage, (she was staying with the Weasley's) and took one last look at his room before walking out and closing the door.

The room was silent when he returned downstairs again. He paused for a moment and looked at the Dursley's one by one. "Goodbye then." He said. And with that, he walked out the door, down the sidewalk and climbed back onto the Night Bus.

Within the hour the Night Bus screeched to a halt outside the Burrow. Harry looked out the windows and saw Mrs. Weasley, Ron and Hermione plucking gnomes from the garden. They all looked up when the bus appeared. When Harry climbed down the steps of the bus they all stared, but only for a moment. In seconds Hermione had jumped on him gathering him into a hug and asking him if he was ok, Ron had grinned and gave him a brotherly hug and Mrs. Weasley had pulled him into a crushing bear hug. "Mum who was that?" Came a voice that Harry had waited three months to hear. Ron, Hermione and Mrs. Weasley moved aside and Harry saw Ginny only an instant before she saw him. "Harry." She said quietly. She ran to him and threw herself into his open arms. Harry held her tightly without an ounce of embarrassment for the looks he knew he was getting from Ron and Hermione. He could feel Ginny's small body shaking, and could hear her crying. He tightened his hold on her as he noticed this. In a few seconds they finally and reluctantly pulled apart. Harry looked at Mrs. Weasley who was smiling with satisfaction. "Ginny sweetheart why don't you and Hermione go put on some tea." She said and Ginny silently nodded not taking her eyes off of Harry for a second, but she and Hermione turned and walked inside.

"She's been worried about you dear." Said Mrs. Weasley. "Yeah, she's been going a bit bonkers without you Harry." Said Ron. A loud "Ahem" woke Harry up to the fact that Stan and the Night bus were still there. "Hate to interrupt, but we do have a schedule to keep." Said Stan, lugging Harry's trunk down the steps of the bus. "Well…See ya Harry." He said and tipped his hat to Mrs. Weasley. The Night bus disappeared with a loud crack and Harry grabbed his trunk. "Well. I'm hungry. What do you say do getting something to eat?" He said.

They were all sitting around the large table, with Harry working his way through soup, turkey, salad, bread, and a desert that looked like it would make him become an instant diabetic. Ginny, who had been on her feet cooking with her mother since he walked inside, finally took a seat next to him. Quietly, under the table Harry took her hand in his and held it. Ginny didn't say a thing. She just looked at him. "So, what happened out there Harry?" She asked. Everybody stiffened and waited.

Harry set down his fork, took a drink of water, and started to talk.

"Well. Are you sure you want to hear?" He said looking at Ginny. She just nodded.

"Well, in the beginning I just wanted revenge. But after about two or three days revenge turned into sheer determination. Determination to find Voldemort and get rid of him for good. I was going to find him. No matter what. Every time I got close, death eaters came. I managed to fight them off. Once I sent about 4 over the edge of a cliff. Literally. Finally about a month ago I found out where he was. I was almost there when I got attacked by 12 death eaters, and 3 dementors. They almost got the best of me." Ginny's was fighting off tears and Harry could see it. He gave her hand a little squeeze and she gave him a weak smile. Harry kept going. Talking almost directly to Ginny now. "But luckily I managed to get out of it. Before I came home, I was found out that he took off again. He's being a bit of a coward but I guess I'd run from me too." Finished Harry. Everybody smiled. "Wow." She said. "Uhm…I'll be back in a minute." She said and stood up and had to stop herself from running out of the room.

Ginny climbed the stairs to her bedroom and closed the door. She sank onto her bed and started to cry. The kind of crying that made her gasp for breath and shake all over. She heard a soft knock on her door. "Ginny?" Came Harry's calm voice from outside. Ginny flew across the room and opened the door. "Oh Ginny…" Said Harry as he stepped into the room. He closed the door and pulled her to him. Harry was the only person that had ever seen her cry. She didn't even cry in front of Hermione. Harry just held her and let her cry. That was one thing she loved about him. He never shushed her and told her not to cry, he just let her cry it out. He rubbed her back soothingly and held her to him. "Harry I missed you so much." She said looking at him. He lifted his hand and gently wiped the tears away. "I missed you too Ginny." He said. And with that, he bent and kissed her.

A/N: WOO HOO! First chapter done! I can finally breathe! I really like this one so far. But it's not my opinion that matters, it's yours! So what are you waiting for? Review already. I PROMISE. I will have a new chapter up as soon as I can. It's gonna get busy around here soon. So be patient.