Disclaimer: I own the plot, Jeannette Lawrenceson, Nicole Pearson,
Michelle, Mark & their two kids, Charlie Johnson, and Jeramy Ludwigon.
A/N: Here's the Sequel to 'Order of the Phoenix' Harry's sixth year. Hope you all like it, there's another story to come out here soon as well that's a Sequel to this one.
Harry Potter and the Year of Changes
Chapter One: Pre-Wedding Fun
Harry Potter woke up like usual that morning in Godric's Hollow, to two smiling faces, a stack of pancakes and a morning owl from his girlfriend, Ginny Weasley. Tomorrow his Mum Lily Potter was marrying Sirius Black. Harry couldn't help but be excited, Ginny would be coming to the wedding, and he hadn't seen her in quite a few weeks. He stopped eating long enough to rip open the note and read it.
"Harry, Hi sweetums, I can't wait to see you tonight. I've missed you so much. You should see the dress robes your mum sent over for all of us. Mine's a different color than my mum and dad's though. How are your mum and Sirius doing? Is Hermione coming? How's she doing with that Jeramy? We should be at your house about half past ten. Hopefully we can fit in some alone time today. I love you. Love always, Ginny"
Harry couldn't help but grin, it was already ten so he wouldn't have time to send Fleur back today. Fleur being Ginny's owl. So he had her go up to Hedwig's cage explaining that Ginny would take her back tomorrow. Fleur didn't waste time to be told twice, she and Hedwig were getting along quite well since the summer started they had been sharing cages on a regular basis.
Sirius walked inside from having just dealt with the minister, the florist and the caterer looking like he'd just fought World War 3. "Good morning Harry! I see Ginny sent another owl this morning. That owl must be getting confused as to who its owner is, you or Ginny," Sirius chuckled.
Harry smiled, "Fleur knows, but I don't think Hedwig does. The Weasley's will be here at half past ten to help get ready. Do you think mum would mind if Ginny and I spent some time alone before we helped?"
"I don't see why she would, just stay out of the garden, it's bad enough back there without them tripping over you two playing Quidditch today. Your mum's out getting her nails done at that Muggle salon again, she should be home soon. Which reminds me your dress robe is in your room, make sure you have it on for pictures at 3, your mum will have a heart attack if you don't."
Harry and Sirius both laughed and then talked about how plans were going. Harry had been happier this summer then he had ever before, he had his Mum, and his godfather. Not to mention Ginny; though he missed Ron terribly, things were really going quite well for him.
Lily came rushing in moments later ordering about various people running around the house and stopping for about a minute to say good morning to Harry and Sirius. She went into the garden as quickly as she'd gone through the house, leaving Harry and Sirius looking at each other completely dumbfounded. Harry finally said, "That was her, right?"
Sirius laughed, "I think so. Now Harry you've got everything set for later on, right?"
Harry nodded, "I think so, just some last minute rearranging I think."
Sirius left to go help with plans for the wedding while Harry went upstairs to get ready for Ginny. Since the majority of the guests for the wedding would be staying in the mansion the night before, Ginny would be sleeping in the room right next to Harry's. He had been busy putting roses all around the room for Ginny, and finishing the plans he'd made with Sirius for Christmas the previous year.
Because of everything that had happened he didn't really have a chance to give her the present the way he wanted to, so he held off on giving it to her. Harry couldn't wait to see her, he was planning on using their alone time to give it to her. Finally everything was just perfect, so he made his way to the front door of the mansion and paced in front of it, waiting for the Weasley's to arrive.
Finally they did, Molly was giggling like a schoolgirl while she was running around with Lily getting ready. Arthur helped Sirius out with moving tables and rearranging things in the house. Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George said hi to Harry before setting off to look about the mansion for a while before lunch.
Harry saw Ginny standing in the doorway and could feel his knees go weak. It had only been three weeks since he'd last seen her, and she seemed to be getting more beautiful even as she stood before him. Ginny smiled at him, "It hasn't been that long sweetums."
Harry smiled back and pulled her close, "Yes it has."
They kissed, and looked in one another's eyes. Harry smiled, "Follow me."
Ginny didn't need to be told at all to follow him, she was already walking two inches behind him when he turned to walk to the room she'd be staying in. When they got to it Harry opened the door for her and pulled her in. The room was filled with roses, red ones, pink ones, white ones and crème ones. The bed was covered in rose petals, and a very small box sat in the middle of the bed. Ginny looked up at Harry and smiled, "Is this what I think it is Potter?"
Harry smiled back, blushing a bit. He took her hands inside his and pulled her over to the bed with him. He pushed her onto the bed so that she was sitting on it. He knelt in front of her, pulling the box into his hands and opening it up slowly to reveal a white gold band with three very small diamonds on it, engraved to read 'I'll always love you Ginny'.
Ginny gasped and started to cry a bit when she saw the ring. Harry was shaking so badly the box was shaking too. Neither of them noticed that their parents and Ginny's brothers were watching at the door making an incredible amount of noise whispering back and forth. Harry finally managed to spit out, "Ginny, I was wondering."
Ginny smiled and said, "Wondering isn't always a good thing, Harry."
"Oh, no, I um. I was, well." Harry sat for a second, "Will you spend the rest of your life with me?"
Ginny smiled at Harry thinking in her head, 'I can't believe he's already asking me this, we're still so young, not that I don't want to but I thought he'd at least wait until I'd finished at Hogwarts'.
At this point they both heard Sirius and Arthur talking but ignored them, Sirius was saying "Well he spit that out better than I did, how 'bout you Arthur?"
"Just the way he's doing it puts me to shame Sirius, I daresay that boy has an awful lot of his father in him."
Lily and Molly hit the two of them and said in unison, "shut up you're ruining it!"
Ginny and Harry both giggled at their parents and were blushing like crazy knowing that they were being watched. Harry slipped the ring out of the box and onto Ginny's finger, while Ginny leaned in and whispered in Harry's ear so no one else could hear, "Even Voldemort couldn't stop me from saying yes to you."
Ginny pulled his chin up so that he was looking at her, and kissed him gently. Before they'd even finished kissing there was such noise in the hallway the caterer's heard it outside, it was as if they'd just announced Voldemort had been killed and wasn't ever coming back the way everyone was acting.
Lily and Molly were hugging and talking about wedding plans, Sirius and Arthur were talking about who was paying for what and the rest were howling with laughter at their parents. Harry and Ginny decided they'd had enough at this point and walked right over to the door and slammed it shut. Ginny yelled out, "For the love of Merlin we haven't even picked a date!"
Harry and Ginny spent the rest of the day dodging questions about the how, who, when and where about their wedding, after all they'd only just gotten engaged they hadn't even had time to think about it let alone make decisions. Hermione finally arrived with her parents and Jeramy, so Harry and Ginny could have a little time away from questions at least.
On the way up Ginny and Hermione were giggling, talking about Harry proposing, and looking at Ginny's ring. Hermione, Jeramy, Harry and Ginny went up to Harry's room and sat down on the sofa's in front of the television so they could all talk. Harry sat down before Ginny did and pulled her down on his lap.
Hermione hadn't seen the two of them that happy since the night of the Yule Ball the year before, which made her happy for them at first, but then she remembered the other events that happened that night and started to get a little teary eyed thinking about Ron. Jeramy noticed almost immediately since he hadn't taken his eyes off of her since they walked into Harry's room, "Hermi are you alright?"
"Oh, yes I'm okay Jeramy, just happy for Ginny and Harry," she left out the part about Ron on purpose.
Her answer convinced Jeramy, but Ginny and Harry didn't fall for it, they knew she was thinking about Ron. Ginny looked at Harry, and their eyes seemed to do the talking, because Harry quickly changed the subject. Harry looked over at Hermione and Jeramy and said, "So you'll both be coming to our wedding right?"
Ginny chimed in quickly, "Oh you really should, Hermione I've been meaning to ask you if you'd be in the wedding party, as my maid of honor?"
Hermione smiled and looked at Jeramy, "Of course we'll be there, I wouldn't miss it for anything. And I'd love to be your maid of honor."
Harry whispered in Ginny's ear, "One of us needs to talk to her."
Ginny smiled at him, "So how about you boys run along and Hermione and I have a little talk about wedding plans, you know, girl stuff."
Harry and Jeramy nodded, kissed their girlfriends goodbye and went off to look around the mansion. Hermione waited until they were out of the room and busted out crying hysterically. Ginny wasted no time moving closer to her and giving her a hug, trying to calm her down. Hermione just sobbed, "I wish Ron was here."
Ginny just patted Hermione's back and tried to calm her, "We all do Hermione, we all do."
A/N: Here's the Sequel to 'Order of the Phoenix' Harry's sixth year. Hope you all like it, there's another story to come out here soon as well that's a Sequel to this one.
Harry Potter and the Year of Changes
Chapter One: Pre-Wedding Fun
Harry Potter woke up like usual that morning in Godric's Hollow, to two smiling faces, a stack of pancakes and a morning owl from his girlfriend, Ginny Weasley. Tomorrow his Mum Lily Potter was marrying Sirius Black. Harry couldn't help but be excited, Ginny would be coming to the wedding, and he hadn't seen her in quite a few weeks. He stopped eating long enough to rip open the note and read it.
"Harry, Hi sweetums, I can't wait to see you tonight. I've missed you so much. You should see the dress robes your mum sent over for all of us. Mine's a different color than my mum and dad's though. How are your mum and Sirius doing? Is Hermione coming? How's she doing with that Jeramy? We should be at your house about half past ten. Hopefully we can fit in some alone time today. I love you. Love always, Ginny"
Harry couldn't help but grin, it was already ten so he wouldn't have time to send Fleur back today. Fleur being Ginny's owl. So he had her go up to Hedwig's cage explaining that Ginny would take her back tomorrow. Fleur didn't waste time to be told twice, she and Hedwig were getting along quite well since the summer started they had been sharing cages on a regular basis.
Sirius walked inside from having just dealt with the minister, the florist and the caterer looking like he'd just fought World War 3. "Good morning Harry! I see Ginny sent another owl this morning. That owl must be getting confused as to who its owner is, you or Ginny," Sirius chuckled.
Harry smiled, "Fleur knows, but I don't think Hedwig does. The Weasley's will be here at half past ten to help get ready. Do you think mum would mind if Ginny and I spent some time alone before we helped?"
"I don't see why she would, just stay out of the garden, it's bad enough back there without them tripping over you two playing Quidditch today. Your mum's out getting her nails done at that Muggle salon again, she should be home soon. Which reminds me your dress robe is in your room, make sure you have it on for pictures at 3, your mum will have a heart attack if you don't."
Harry and Sirius both laughed and then talked about how plans were going. Harry had been happier this summer then he had ever before, he had his Mum, and his godfather. Not to mention Ginny; though he missed Ron terribly, things were really going quite well for him.
Lily came rushing in moments later ordering about various people running around the house and stopping for about a minute to say good morning to Harry and Sirius. She went into the garden as quickly as she'd gone through the house, leaving Harry and Sirius looking at each other completely dumbfounded. Harry finally said, "That was her, right?"
Sirius laughed, "I think so. Now Harry you've got everything set for later on, right?"
Harry nodded, "I think so, just some last minute rearranging I think."
Sirius left to go help with plans for the wedding while Harry went upstairs to get ready for Ginny. Since the majority of the guests for the wedding would be staying in the mansion the night before, Ginny would be sleeping in the room right next to Harry's. He had been busy putting roses all around the room for Ginny, and finishing the plans he'd made with Sirius for Christmas the previous year.
Because of everything that had happened he didn't really have a chance to give her the present the way he wanted to, so he held off on giving it to her. Harry couldn't wait to see her, he was planning on using their alone time to give it to her. Finally everything was just perfect, so he made his way to the front door of the mansion and paced in front of it, waiting for the Weasley's to arrive.
Finally they did, Molly was giggling like a schoolgirl while she was running around with Lily getting ready. Arthur helped Sirius out with moving tables and rearranging things in the house. Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George said hi to Harry before setting off to look about the mansion for a while before lunch.
Harry saw Ginny standing in the doorway and could feel his knees go weak. It had only been three weeks since he'd last seen her, and she seemed to be getting more beautiful even as she stood before him. Ginny smiled at him, "It hasn't been that long sweetums."
Harry smiled back and pulled her close, "Yes it has."
They kissed, and looked in one another's eyes. Harry smiled, "Follow me."
Ginny didn't need to be told at all to follow him, she was already walking two inches behind him when he turned to walk to the room she'd be staying in. When they got to it Harry opened the door for her and pulled her in. The room was filled with roses, red ones, pink ones, white ones and crème ones. The bed was covered in rose petals, and a very small box sat in the middle of the bed. Ginny looked up at Harry and smiled, "Is this what I think it is Potter?"
Harry smiled back, blushing a bit. He took her hands inside his and pulled her over to the bed with him. He pushed her onto the bed so that she was sitting on it. He knelt in front of her, pulling the box into his hands and opening it up slowly to reveal a white gold band with three very small diamonds on it, engraved to read 'I'll always love you Ginny'.
Ginny gasped and started to cry a bit when she saw the ring. Harry was shaking so badly the box was shaking too. Neither of them noticed that their parents and Ginny's brothers were watching at the door making an incredible amount of noise whispering back and forth. Harry finally managed to spit out, "Ginny, I was wondering."
Ginny smiled and said, "Wondering isn't always a good thing, Harry."
"Oh, no, I um. I was, well." Harry sat for a second, "Will you spend the rest of your life with me?"
Ginny smiled at Harry thinking in her head, 'I can't believe he's already asking me this, we're still so young, not that I don't want to but I thought he'd at least wait until I'd finished at Hogwarts'.
At this point they both heard Sirius and Arthur talking but ignored them, Sirius was saying "Well he spit that out better than I did, how 'bout you Arthur?"
"Just the way he's doing it puts me to shame Sirius, I daresay that boy has an awful lot of his father in him."
Lily and Molly hit the two of them and said in unison, "shut up you're ruining it!"
Ginny and Harry both giggled at their parents and were blushing like crazy knowing that they were being watched. Harry slipped the ring out of the box and onto Ginny's finger, while Ginny leaned in and whispered in Harry's ear so no one else could hear, "Even Voldemort couldn't stop me from saying yes to you."
Ginny pulled his chin up so that he was looking at her, and kissed him gently. Before they'd even finished kissing there was such noise in the hallway the caterer's heard it outside, it was as if they'd just announced Voldemort had been killed and wasn't ever coming back the way everyone was acting.
Lily and Molly were hugging and talking about wedding plans, Sirius and Arthur were talking about who was paying for what and the rest were howling with laughter at their parents. Harry and Ginny decided they'd had enough at this point and walked right over to the door and slammed it shut. Ginny yelled out, "For the love of Merlin we haven't even picked a date!"
Harry and Ginny spent the rest of the day dodging questions about the how, who, when and where about their wedding, after all they'd only just gotten engaged they hadn't even had time to think about it let alone make decisions. Hermione finally arrived with her parents and Jeramy, so Harry and Ginny could have a little time away from questions at least.
On the way up Ginny and Hermione were giggling, talking about Harry proposing, and looking at Ginny's ring. Hermione, Jeramy, Harry and Ginny went up to Harry's room and sat down on the sofa's in front of the television so they could all talk. Harry sat down before Ginny did and pulled her down on his lap.
Hermione hadn't seen the two of them that happy since the night of the Yule Ball the year before, which made her happy for them at first, but then she remembered the other events that happened that night and started to get a little teary eyed thinking about Ron. Jeramy noticed almost immediately since he hadn't taken his eyes off of her since they walked into Harry's room, "Hermi are you alright?"
"Oh, yes I'm okay Jeramy, just happy for Ginny and Harry," she left out the part about Ron on purpose.
Her answer convinced Jeramy, but Ginny and Harry didn't fall for it, they knew she was thinking about Ron. Ginny looked at Harry, and their eyes seemed to do the talking, because Harry quickly changed the subject. Harry looked over at Hermione and Jeramy and said, "So you'll both be coming to our wedding right?"
Ginny chimed in quickly, "Oh you really should, Hermione I've been meaning to ask you if you'd be in the wedding party, as my maid of honor?"
Hermione smiled and looked at Jeramy, "Of course we'll be there, I wouldn't miss it for anything. And I'd love to be your maid of honor."
Harry whispered in Ginny's ear, "One of us needs to talk to her."
Ginny smiled at him, "So how about you boys run along and Hermione and I have a little talk about wedding plans, you know, girl stuff."
Harry and Jeramy nodded, kissed their girlfriends goodbye and went off to look around the mansion. Hermione waited until they were out of the room and busted out crying hysterically. Ginny wasted no time moving closer to her and giving her a hug, trying to calm her down. Hermione just sobbed, "I wish Ron was here."
Ginny just patted Hermione's back and tried to calm her, "We all do Hermione, we all do."