Harry Potter and the Veil
Chapter 1
Harry Potter woke up with a gasp and frantically looked about the room. Although it had been nearly two years since he defeated Voldemort, he still awoke expecting to see a pair of dark red eyes and a flash of green light. He looked to his side to see his girlfriend, Ginny Weasly (little sister to his best mate), looking back at him, groggy and concerned.
"Was it the dreams again," she asked in a whisper.
Harry sighed. "No," he lied, "I'm just too anxious to sleep."
Ginny sat up and looked at him even more concerned. It was times like this when she most resembled her mother Molly, even to the deep brown tint of her eyes and the way she furrowed her brow. She was truly the most important person in his life and for that he hated how he still had to lie to her. He quickly turned away so not to give too much away, got out of bed and walked to the window.
Ginny looked down for a minute before she spoke. "I know how hard it must be for you to put everything behind you like this. I know you always thought that the Ministry doesn't ever get much done, and we can all understand why, but you can't keep blaming yourself for what happened. He's not coming back."
"I know but it's just so wrong! Sirius died four years ago tomorrow and they still have him listed as a criminal. Kingsly said that it was a long process and I know he's doing everything he can but it still doesn't change a thing!" He leaned his head against the window and the cold glass seemed to excite him even worse. "I was at Gringotts the other day and this bloke stops me and thanks me and all that. I had a laugh with him but then he starts rambling on about how it's good that Sirius was gone too! 'Said that he would have come after me because of what I did to Voldemort."
Harry grinded his teeth and continued, "I thought that since they'd gotten Luna's dad and everybody else out of Azkaban, that he would finally get his late godfather's named cleared. People should know that he was a good man, Ginny. They should know how hard he fought for me and for them too! Ugh- OW!"
Ginny jump and rushed to Harry who, in his anger, had punched straight into the bedroom wall and now was on his knees, clutching his right hand- he had a fistful of swollen knuckles. She tried to calm him down as he went on, cursing about the 'damn brick wall'. Trying not to look Harry in the face, she grabbed her want, pointed it at his hand whispering "Episky," and just like that his hand was fixed. "I'll make some tea," she said as she started out the room.
"Wait," Harry whispered, grabbing her wrist. He stood up as she slowly turned to face him. "Thank you, Gin," and he was kissing her on the lips.
After half a moment's surprised resistance, Ginny threw her arms around his neck and kissed him back. "Anytime," she said with a smile before she danced cheerfully downstairs.
Harry was left there daydreaming to himself about his girlfriend when something bright caught his attention from outside the window. A great white dog was standing just outside. Sirius! Harry opened the window, but it was too late.
He was gone.