Chapter 2

Ginny was surprised that instead of heading directly to Privet Drive like she had expected they headed for a spot somewhere out in the middle of no where really. When the car stopped Ginny glanced out the window and first she noticed a large yellow house surrounded by nothing but large fields of grass and way off in the distance she saw the peaks of some huge green trees.

"Is this your house?" Ginny asked Moony with a smile, it was a beautiful home, yellow with white trim and a rap around porch.

"Uh, sorta," Remus replied "Padfoot was having it built, he told me that he and Harry and I would live there together and nothing would stand in his way not even Voldmort himself." Ginny looked away respectfully as Moony wiped a tear away. "Anyway, he left it to me and said that I was to get Harry and live with him here no matter what."

"So...What are we doing here?" Tonks asked with all subtlety she could muster...none. Remus laughed

"We are here so I can sign the papers making this place mine, then I'll give you quick tour and next I'll place the charm around the property and last I'll give you guys a quick tour of the place.

"Great," Ginny said, "but who will be the secret keeper? Can I do it?"

"Actually," Remus started, "that's not a bad idea. I was going to ask Tonks, but you might be a better idea...Your mother wouldn't be able to pressure you into telling her would she?"

"Not if we don't tell her." Ginny said with a mischievous smile. "It's simple, you will tell everyone that you are under the charm eventually right?" at Moony's nod of approval Ginny continued with " You tell them you are under the charm but you don't say who the secret keeper is, they will assume that you yourself are the keeper I should think."

"Alright, are you sure you are up for the challenge?" Moony asked

"Definitely." Ginny agreed.

"Uh...Can we get a move on?" Tonks who had so far been sitting quietly in the front set asked.

"Yeah that's probably a good idea." Moony laughed. Stepping out of the car, Remus turn and greeted a middle aged women with a smile.

"Hello," Remus said holding his had out for the women to shake, "you must be Mrs. Holdall."

"Indeed." Mrs. Holdall replied shaking Remus' hand firmly. "Is this your daughter?" Mrs. Holdall asked delighted.

"N-" Remus started but was cut of by Tonks who said "Yes this is our daughter Emily. I'm Merissa" Tonks or Merissa changed her hair from the blue it was earlier to a soft strawberry blond that now pooled around her shoulders.

"Lovely." Mrs. Holdall said smiling presently. " Anyway are you Mr. Lupin or Mr. Black?"

"Lupin" Remus said biting his lip lightly.

"Wonderful. Please sign here and here...and there. Thank you!" Mrs. Holdall smiled again handing Remus the house keys. "Now I was informed that the house has not yet been fitted with electricity."

Ginny tuned out the rest of the adults conversation she knew that Sirius probably was going to use magic to power the house anyway. The lady, Mrs. Holdall, she mused was a rather peppy woman. She had barely said more than thirty words and yet Ginny had the impression that she was all pep and all business. Ginny glanced at the woman again, she was thin and dark haired yet had smile lines which Ginny had always insisted was proof of a happy life. Scuffing her toe into the dirt Ginny shivered lightly. Apparently it was colder out than she had originally thought. Glancing at the adults she saw that Moony was still talking to Mrs. Holdall and Tonks was staring off into space with a sappy grin on her face. Ginny giggled to herself after her cousins death Tonks had withdrawn into herself. Remus pulled her out again with pretty much the same speech Ginny herself had used to drawl Remus out of his funk. Looking up at the sky Ginny saw daunting gray clouds. Quietly she walked over to the car and pulled out the sweatshirt she brought with her. It was to big for her, it completely covered her shorts and the sleeves hung low, but it was soft and warm and made her feel cuddly. Also it smelled like guy. Not gross sweat covered guy, more like just out of the shower yummy smelly guy. Ginny brought her sweater covered hands up to her nose and took a deep breath, it smelled familiar but it wasn't any of her brothers that was for sure...where had this sweatshirt come from?

"Ginny?" Remus' voice brought her out of her thoughts.

"Yeah?" Ginny said looking up, as she did so she realized that Mrs. Holdall had gone and Tonks was back to her pink haired self.

"It's getting kind of late and I was just wondering if you would mind if we skipped the tour and just went straight to the charm?"

"Oh that would be fine. Don't we have to move in any furniture though?" Ginny asked

"Nah, it's completely furnished. Okay lets get started."

"What do I do?" Ginny asked

"Well for now just stand there and when I give Tonks the cue just repeat what she says while forming this Ruin" Lupin said tracing a ruin in the air with his wand, Ginny examined the ruin it was still lingering in the air the blue cloud slowly shifting and moving, she recognized the ruin from ancient ruins. Once she was sure she could do it she nodded. Remus started chanting and tracing ruins in the air these ones turning a shiny gold and more solid as he spoke the words that go along with the shape, then nodding to Tonk, Remus stooped tracing but kept chanting. Tonks slowly started chanting, Ginny doing as she was told formed the ruin and repeated after Tonks, then suddenly she felt it, an address, a small secret knowledge that she was to keep safe at all costs. When the adults stopped chanting Ginny looked up with a grin.

"I think it worked." She said.

"Yeah it did." Remus said. Now all you have to do is tell us the location. But we can do that on the way to Harry's aunt and Uncles house, no?"

"Sure!" Tonks said brightly, she too was looking forward to seeing Harry because like her werewolf friend she has promised to look after the young man. "Shot gun!!" She added. Giggling Ginny got in the back seat.

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The ride to number four was taking longer than Ginny had thought it would. She looked from the window to Remus who was...sleeping. That man could sleep in any kind of moving vehicle I swear.Ginny thought to herself rolling her eyes. Ginny looked to the front where Tonks was flipping through Muggle radio stations. Hmmm. Subconsciously Ginny brought her arm up to her nose and inhaled deeply. Was it Dean? Over the last couple years she had grown closer to Dean, but he really just wasn't her type. No, Dean smells...spicier... This is... This is...

"Why are you smelling yourself Ginny?" Tonks asked stifling a laugh.

"Oh! uh..." Ginny said startled out of her thoughts, "It smells really good."

"Doesn't it smell like you?"

"Uh no." Ginny said grinning "It smells like a boy, the good kind of boy smell not the bad kind."

"Ooo, I want a sniff." Tonks said enthusiastically, breathing deeply she said, "Whose is this?"

"I'm not sure, but doesn't it smell familiar? I found it in my stuff awhile ago and I can't remember who gave it to me."

"Yeah it smells familiar." Tonks replied "Huh." Suddenly the car slowed.

"YAY! We're here!" Tonks and Ginny shouted happily successfully waking Moony from his slumber.

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"Okay, so here's the plan," Remus said "Tonks I need you to keep stay out here and keep and eye out."

"That's fine," Tonks said "Harry really isn't that comfortable around me yet anyway."

"Ginny, I need you to go get Harry while I talk to the Dursleys."

"Oh-kay." Ginny said, something about the way Moony had said "talk" really sound all that pleasant.

"Break." Tonks joked.

AN: Okay so here's the thing I like this story but I don't want to feel pressure to update on set days. I swear updates will come at least once a month and I hope that's okay with all you awesome people that have already started reading my story. Thanks.