Chapter 2: Life's Beginning
Once he landed he gave into his hearts desire and gathered Ginny into his arms and correctly congratulated her. Ginny didn't object to the kiss she had been dying to retrieve ever since she had seen Harry today but her brothers did.
"Hey, get a room." Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, and Ron all said. Harry stopped the kiss and looked at them.
"Do you really want that?" Harry asked with a mischievous look. They all looked at each other then shouted "NO!" making the whole room laugh.
The graduation party lasted for a while. Everyone was enjoying themselves. Fred and George were showing them all of their new products which everyone, except maybe Mrs. Weasley, enjoyed. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were all in a corner discussing what they were going to do before they had to go back to work. Ginny started at the University next week and Hermione was still busy trying to keep their doings secret. Ron and Harry were keeping their eyes and ears open for any sign of Nagini. It had been rumored that Voldemort no longer had her by his side but no one knew where the snake had gone. It was all a matter of time before the day of the final battle came.
"I'm finally ready to destroy them." Hermione whispered. "I think I'm going to do it next week. I would do it this week but I promised your mother that I would go shopping with her for my dress."
"I still don't believe that you two are finally going to tie the knot." Ginny said. Ron had purposed to Hermione a month ago and they were going to get married in the winter. Nobody knew of the wedding except their families and a few well chosen Order members. There was a leak in the Order and they didn't want their wedding to become a perfect attack.
"I still can't believe that they stopped fighting long enough for Ron to actually ask her out let alone purpose to her." Harry teased making Ginny laugh and Ron and Hermione to blush. The rest of the evening went like this until it was time to leave.
"Ron, we better get going." Harry said looking at the time. "It's already two hours past curfew and were already testing our luck with Officer Harris. This makes the third time this month that we're going to be late for curfew. And that's not including the times that we snuck in."
"Alright, give me five minutes." Ron said looking for his fiancé to say good-bye to her. Harry knew that they probably wouldn't leave for another hour so he took this time to say good-bye to Ginny.
"This week is going to seem like forever." Ginny said. Harry just looked down at her and took in her beauty. They didn't need words to express how they felt for each other. It was all in their eyes. "Now that I'm finally out of school and we can be together I don't want to let you go."
"I know Gin but I'll see you in training next week." Harry said. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to get out of the training camp and Harry probably wouldn't see her until she joined him there. He and Ron were lucky that they were able to get out of there for her graduation. But nothing ever stayed in the way of them.
Harry and Ron were known as the trouble makers at the Auror University. They would always talk back at the teachers, play pranks on the other students, and be late for everything. Officer Harris, their trainer, was known for his short temper, good dueling abilities, and strict training. Fortunately, Harry and Ron were able to get on his good side early because on the first day they had to duel him together and were able to disarm him with considerable ease. It earned them respect from Officer Harris and he was very lenient on them from then on. In other words, they got away with everything.
"Just stay on Harris's good side and you'll do fine." Harry said knowing that Ginny was very nervous about joining the Auror University. Thankfully, Harry was able to pull a few strings with Harris and Ginny was able to join them in their training. All she had to do was prove that she was ready to be in second year Auror training which was easy because Ginny was very talented with dueling and making potions and casting transfiguration. It also help that she had three Aurors and a very good defense teacher helping her through out the whole year. Remus, Moody, Kingsley, and Tonks had all agreed to take on the job of Defense against the Dark Arts in Ginny's seventh year and help Ginny with her dream of becoming an Auror. Remus had finally broken the jinx on the position, as he was still teaching their without the aid of the three Aurors this year.
"I know I'll do fine Harry. I just wish that this war would get over with so that I can be with you forever." Ginny said looking through the window where the stars were shining. Harry took her hand and led her toward the door unnoticed. They walked silently toward the park that was around the corner. They held many memories in this park.
"Ginny," Harry said sitting down on the bench with Ginny following suit, "we have so many good memories together mix in with the bad but with everything that we have been through these past couple of years I can't find and I don't want to find anybody who makes me feel the way you do. I love you Ginerva Weasley and, when this war is over; would you do me the honor of making me the happiest man in the world and become my wife?"
"You already know the answer to that Harry Potter." Ginny said smiling and kissing him tenderly.
"Yeah, but now it will be official." Harry said smiling against her lips and pulling out the ring that he had come across in his family vault. Ginny gasped at the beautiful ring that was perfect for her. It was simple but flashy showing that the man who gave it to her loved her as much as she loved him. Harry took her hand and placed the ring on her rightful finger. It fit perfectly just like it was made for her. When he looked back up at her she had tears in her eyes. He knew that she was just as happy as he was. Now the only thing standing in their way of a future was Voldemort.
"Harry!" They heard Ron yell. "Come on we have to go." Harry looked back at Ginny and kissed her on the cheek and started to get up but Ginny wasn't about to let him go without a proper good-bye.
A few minutes later Ginny and Harry walked back inside to find Ron waiting impatiently by the fireplace. "We are so dead if Harris catches us again!"
Harry walked toward the fireplace after stealing one last kiss from Ginny. "See you guys later." He said before taking a fist of floo-powder and floo-ing to the training camp.
"See you next week Ginny." Ron added before following Harry.
A week later Hermione was busy at work with destroying the Horcruxes, Ginny began her training with Ron and Harry, and the world became under more distress as Voldemort upped his efforts in the war.
About a month after Ginny joined the University rumors of Harry and Ginny started again but this time they didn't try to counteract it. True to Harry's word, he let the rumors fly and excepted that Voldemort was going to find out whether he liked it or not. Harry felt better knowing that he didn't have to act anymore but he also felt better thinking that Voldemort had to be insane to even think about going into the Auror University just to get to Ginny Weasley. His troops would be down in a matter of minutes no matter how many he had.
During this month Hermione had destroyed the Horcruxes and Voldemort didn't even think the wiser. It turned out that Voldemort couldn't feel the Horcruxes being destroyed but Harry did have a feeling that Voldemort did know that someone had found out his secret and was desperate to find out whom. But in the meantime Ginny had become one of the top in their class along side Ron and Harry. She caught up fast thanks to the help of Ron and Harry. She was also known for her troublemaker abilities, just like Ron and Harry, but she always got away with it because she never left any evidence that it was her in the first place.
The war seemed to be turning around for the Lights side without the world even knowing it. There had even been some rumors as to where Nagini was but Harry and Ron had to count on Hermione to find out if these locations were right because it would look suspicious if they left every time a new rumor started about Nagini. So far none of them were right but they knew that they were heading in the right direction.
Harry, Ron, and Ginny were just about to owl Hermione about another location they had heard about when Officer Harris stopped them.
"Mr. and Ms. Weasley, Mr. Potter, may I speak with you?" Officer Harris asked. They all nodded and followed him into his office. "I wanted to speak to you about your progress in my class. You are well beyond the level that we are studying and are much more experienced in the area of defense."
"The Ministry is in need of fully authorized Aurors right now and is asking us to allow a few of our more talented students to take the test early." He paused as the three now figured out just what this talk was about. "You are supposed to have another two years of training before you are allowed to take these test but these last two years are used to gain you experience with fighting in real battles. You three already have this experience and I have suggested that you three be allowed to take the test early. That is if you except."
The three Aurors looked at each other then looked back to their trainer. "Of course we except Officer Harris." Ginny said after getting agreement with Harry and Ron.
"Great!" Harris answered. "The test is next week. I'm sure you three with pass with flying colors. I'll talk to you later on about the tests. Dismissed." Harry, Ron, and Ginny left the office with smiles on their face.
A week later they took the tests and passed, like expected, with flying colors. Hermione and Ron were so excited that they ended up getting married earlier then planned. With in the month they were married and moving into their new cottage.
"What do you have in here Hermione?" Harry asked carrying a box in from the trunk of his car. Hermione insisted of moving into a muggle neighborhood so Harry couldn't use his wand to carry the boxes in.
"Oh, put that in the library Harry." Hermione directed. "Those are the books that I was looking for last week."
"You mean the 30 volume set on wand-less magic." Harry said finally putting the box down in the room off of the hall that was to become the library.
"Yeah, so." Hermione said flicking her wand at the box and it started to unpack itself and the books went onto the proper shelf. Harry just looked at her like she was crazy and for all he knew she had become crazy if she thinks that you can pack 30 books into one box and not break your back.
"'Mione, what the bloody hell are in these boxes?" Ron said coming in with one of the other boxes that no doubt held 30 more books.
"Language Ronald!" Hermione reprimanded.
"Hermione, the moving truck is here and they want to know how they are supposed to unpack the truck because all of the boxes are too heavy." Ginny said joining them in the library.
"Honestly! I moved all of those boxes downstairs myself." Hermione said.
"You used magic didn't you?" Ginny said.
"How else do you expect me to move them?" Ginny and Harry shared a looked before Ginny and Ron left the room.
"Hermione," Harry started, "you are the smartest person I know but sometimes you can be as dense as Ron." Harry them left leaving a dumbstruck Hermione.
After Harry and Ron finished unpacking the truck, with little help from the mover because they couldn't lift half of the boxes, they all sat down at the kitchen table for some dinner that Ginny and Hermione had made.
"You know, Harry, you're always welcome to stay here. There's even an empty room for you." Ron said after Harry brought up the subject of him getting an apartment. "Well, that is if we can fit all of Hermione's books into the library."
"That's all right Ron." Harry said. "I already have an apartment and roommate lined up. All I have to do is sign the papers."
"Really," Hermione joined in, "Who's your roommate? Is Neville going to move in with you?"
"No, Neville is still at the training camps." Harry answered.
"Then who's your new roommate?" Ron asked.
"Me!" Ginny said entering the conversation.
"But you two can't move in with each other. You're not married." Ron sputtered.
"Were engaged Ronald." Ginny said getting angry that her brother was trying to take over her life again. "I'm old enough to make my own decisions. I don't need overprotective brothers telling me what I can and can't do. Plus, it's not like me and Harry haven't had sex yet." Harry choked on the butterbeer that he was drinking and looked wide-eyed at Ginny. He couldn't believe she had just said that to her brother.
Ron just sat there with his mouth open staring between Harry and Ginny. He didn't know what to say to that. It's not every day that you find out that your only sister wasn't as innocent as you thought she was. Ron just decided to let it go and eat all of the food in front of him within five minutes then work on getting the house together.