A/N: So I finally finished touching up Chapter 4. I'm probably going to release a chapter every Friday for now on. I've also finished my rough draft for the Chamber of Secrets. I'm trying to decide if I want to upload it as two smaller chapters or one big chapter so you guys should give me your feedback on that. Thanks again to everyone who has read/reviewed this story so far. I appreciate every review and I'm getting excited after seeing how many views this story has gotten already!

Chapter 4: The Sorcerer's Stone Part 2

Dear Ginny,

How are you? I've missed you a ton. I really wish you could be here. Hogwarts is great! Me and Ron both got sorted into Gryffindor just like you said we would. We're both learning a ton of new things and I think we've about figured out how to get around the castle. I like most of the professors here. Professor Mcgonagall, our head of house, can be strict, but she's a good teacher. Our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrell, seems a little too scared of his own subject. The one professor I don't like is Snape. He's our Potions professor and I'm pretty sure that he hates me, but I don't know why.

Do you remember when we went to Gringotts and Hagrid joined us to pick up that package? Well evidently that same day someone tried to break into a vault there, but it had been emptied earlier. I mentioned it to Hagrid and he seemed to get really anxious about it. I wonder what that was about?

Anyway, tomorrow we have our first flying lessons and I can't wait to wipe the smirk off of Malfoy's face when I show him that I'm a better flyer than he is. He's been bragging all week. I'm glad that and you and I snuck out to the broom closet every night over the summer to practice.

Me and Ron are getting along with most of our fellow Gryffindors, although Ron can't seem to stand one of the girls. Her name is Hermione Granger. She's kind of a know-it-all and really gets on Ron's nerves. I don't really find her that bad though. She just needs to learn to loosen up a little bit.

Well I should probably get going. I'll write to you again soon. I also managed to get Ron to write you a letter so his letter will come with this one.

Love,

Harry

Ginny smiled as she finished reading Harry's letter. She was relieved that he had remembered to write her and hadn't gotten too distracted at Hogwarts. She opened Ron's letter next and started reading his sloppy handwriting. It was similar to Harry's except he elaborated more on the girl that Harry had mentioned, Hermione Granger. He sounded like he hated her, but being his sister Ginny saw through the complaining and began to suspect that Ron had a crush on the girl. He was probably to thick to see it right now, but she figured he would eventually figure it out. Ginny gave Hedwig an owl treat and replied to both of the letters.


A few weeks later Ginny was excitedly sitting in the stands of the Quidditch field with her mum. When she found out that Harry had made the Quidditch team she had begged her to take her to his first match. Now she sat patiently waiting for the teams to come onto the field. When they did she saw Harry, who was quite a bit smaller than the rest of the team. She found herself grinning foolishly when she noticed that he was wearing the she had made him.

The two captains shook hands and the teams took to the air. Ginny was amazed at how quickly Harry could zip around on his new Nimbus 2000. A little bit into the game she heard her mum gasp and noticed that Harry's broom had started jerking around uncontrollably. After a few minutes of this, she started looking around to see if the professors would do anything. That's when she noticed a redheaded boy and bushy-haired girl making their way hurriedly throw the stands. She realized that the boy was Ron and the girl had to be Hermione.

She gasped when she saw Hermione set fire to a very greasy-haired adult who looked like one of the professors. She then heard her mum give a sigh of relief followed by another gasp. She looked and saw that Harry had gained control of his broom and then gone into a steep dive. She jumped up when she realized that he had found the snitch. She then laughed when he landed and threw up the snitch out of his mouth into his hands. the crowd went wild as Harry held up the snitch and Ginny went bounding down the stands.

Harry was thrilled, he had done it! Even with his broom malfunctioning he had still managed to catch the snitch. He saw Ron and hermione coming toward him, when he was hit from the other direction by someone giving him a hug.

"Ginny?! What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I made mum take me to your first match and now I'm congratulating you!" She replied.

"Good job mate!" Ron said as he and Hermione finally got to them.

"Do you know what happened to your broom?" Hermione asked.

"I've got no idea." Harry said shaking his head.

"Well we do. Me and Hermione noticed Snape staring at you and chanting. We think he was trying to curse you off your broom." Ron said excitedly.

"Was Snape the one you guys set fire to?" Ginny asked.

"You saw us?" Ron replied wide-eyed.

"Oh, hello there. I'm guessing that you're Ginny? Harry's told me a lot about you." Hermione said holding out her hand and smiling.

"And you're Hermione. Ron and Harry have told me a lot about you." Ginny replied shaking her hand.

"Ginny come on it's time to go. And great job Harry dear." Mrs. Weasley said coming up to them.

"Alright I'l talk you guys later, don't run into anymore trolls or three-headed dogs!" She said giggling as she walked off with Mrs. Weasley.

"You two really do tell her everything." Hermione laughed as they waved good-bye to Ginny.

"Ya I've told her pretty much everything that's happened to us this year." Harry replied.

"Let's get to the common room, I'm sure Fred and George have already started the party." Ron said eagerly.


Dear Harry,

Merry Christmas! I'm writing this to you from Romania. It's bloody freezing here. I'm pretty sure I have four layers on and I'm still shaking. I'm sorry you guys couldn't come to Romania with us, I was really looking forward to seeing you again. That's fine though, only half a school year left before I get to join you guys there! I hope you like my Christmas present, I made it here in Romania.

Have you guys figured out who Nicolas Flamel is yet? I tried asking mum and dad but neither of them knew. I'm surprised you haven't found him in the library yet, Percy's always gone on and on about how useful it is. *Rolls eyes* Anyway, if you guys learn anything new about him or figure out what Snape is up to please tell me.

Love,

Ginny

Harry smiled as he finished Ginny's letter. He had put on the dragon tooth necklace she had given him as well as his new Weasley sweater. Hopefully he would be able to tell her who Flamel was after tonight. He had decided to use the invisibility cloak he had gotten to check the restricted section that night.


Harry gazed cautiously at the mirror that was in the room he had stumbled in. It looked very old and had strange writing on it, but otherwise looked safe. He walked up to it and immediately shouted and looked around him. He could have sworn he had seen other people. However he looked around and no one was there. He looked back in the mirror and realized he was looking at his parents. Suddenly the scene in the mirror changed. He was looking at another couple. They looked extremely similar to his parents. The man looked almost exactly like his father, except he had his mother's eyes. And the girl had red hair like his mother, except she looked a lot more like… Ginny?

He came back to the mirror for several more nights to watch it cycle back and forth between his parents, and the older version of himself and Ginny. Finally one night Dumbledore appeared while he was sitting in front of the mirror.

"I thought I would find you here again tonight Harry."

Harry quickly got up. "I'm sorry sir, I just wanted to look."

"Many men have wasted away looking into this mirror."

"Sir, what is it that I'm seeing in this mirror."

Dumbledore smiled at him. "You haven't figured it out? This mirror shows you your deepest desire. What is it that you see Harry?"

"I see my parents." Harry replied. He decided not to tell Dumbledore about also seeing Ginny and him together. He understood his desire to be with his parents, but he didn't get why he also saw him with Ginny. Why would that be one of his greatest desires?

After Dumbledore told him that the mirror would be moved and then left, Harry headed back to the Gryffindor common room with more questions than answers. He decided to file away the image of him and Ginny and figure it out later. He wouldn't tell anyone about it, especially not Ginny.


Dear Ginny,

I promised I would tell you if we figured out who Nicolas Flamel is and we finally know. It turns out that he successfully mad a Sorcerer's Stone, which can be used to live forever. He and his wife are now over 600 years! We think that this is what Hagrid took out of Gringotts and what Snape is after. It makes sense now why we didn't find him in any of the books we read. We were reading books about modern wizards, not ones over 600 years old.

Unfortunately that isn't the biggest or worse news I have to tell you. Hermione, Ron, and I were visiting Hagrid when we discovered that he had somehow managed to get a dragon egg off of someone. You know how Hagrid has always wanted a Dragon. He intends to keep it and raise it, even though that's extremely illegal. To make matters worse, it's already hatched and we're pretty sure Draco was looking through Hagrid's window when it happened. Ron came up with a great idea though. We've written to Charlie and now we're trying to convince Hagrid to let us give Norbert (That's what he named the dragon) to Charlie.

Well, I should probably be going. I'll let you know how the dragon fiasco turns out and if Snape try to do anything about the stone.

Harry

Ginny put Harry's letter down and sighed. Harry's letters had been coming less and less often. At the beginning of the school year he had written to her every week to ask how she was doing. Now he only wrote to her when they discovered something new about what Snape was up to. Even in those letters he never really asked about her. He just talked about the great adventures of the "Golden Trio". A tear ran down her face as she realized Harry had lied to her. It appeared that he had replaced her with Ron and Hermione.

Hedwig gave a soft hoot and held out her leg. Ginny knew she was asking for a return letter since she always gave one. "Not this time Hedwig, you can just return to Hogwarts." She said giving her an owl treat. Hedwig gave a sad hoot and flew out her window. Maybe if he didn't get a response from her, he would realize what he was doing.


Harry sat glumly at the end of the Gryffindor table along with Ron and Hermione. Ever since they had gotten caught after giving Norbert to Charlie, none of the other Gryffindors were talking to them. He saw Hedwig fly in with the other owls delivering mail.

"Well at least I'll have a letter from Ginny to cheer me up." He thought as Hedwig landed on the table. He frowned when noticed that she wasn't carrying any mail for him. "Did Ginny not write back to me girl?" he asked reaching to stroke her feathers. She gave him an angry nip on the hand before he could and flew off. Harry sighed.

"What's up with your owl mate?" Ron asked.

"I don't know Ron, it appears that Hedwig is mad at me just like everyone else. Plus Ginny didn't respond to my letter."

Hermione looked at him. "That's weird, I noticed that she always responds immediately to your letters."

"Ya I guess she's mad at me as well." He replied

He shoved that thought to the back of his head. He had Ron and Hermione, he shouldn't be getting upset just because Ginny wasn't replying to him. Plus he had other things to worry about, like the detention he would be having with Ron soon.


Dear Ginny,

Sorry but this letter has to be quick, we're in a hurry. I found out in the Forbidden Forest that Voldemort is the one after the stone. He wants to use it t come back. We figure Snape is going to try to retrieve it for him tonight. Since Dumbledore isn't currently at Hogwarts, now would be the perfect time for him to do it. We tried telling Professor Mcgonagall, but she wouldn't believe us, so we're going to try to stop him tonight. I know you're upset at me for some reason since you didn't respond to my last letter, but I thought you should know just in case something happens.

Harry

Ginny gasped. Harry was going to try to stop Voldemort! She jumped when she heard a shriek from the kitchen. She quickly ran downstairs to see Professor Dumbledore comforting a sobbing Mrs. Weasley. She ran over to Dumbledore. "Are Harry, Ron, and Hermione ok? Did they stop You-Know-Who?"

Dumbledore looked surprised for a second and then chuckled, "You're well informed Ms. Weasley. Yes they are alive and were successful in their adventure."

"Then why is mum crying?"

"They weren't without injuries. Hermione was unscathed, but Ron received a slight concussion. Harry suffered a case of magical depletion. He hasn't woken up yet so we can't be sure how it happened, although I have a few guesses. But don't worry, both Harry and Ron will make a full recovery."

Ginny sighed with relief. "I want to see him."

"Yes I think that would be good for Harry, you may come along with your parents."

A quick floor trip later and they were in the hospital wing. Ginny immediately went over and sat next to Harry, who was still unconscious. She took his hand and started whispering to him soothingly. Dumbledore once again noticed an extremely faint pink glow around the two.

"Mr and Mrs. Weasley, do you think I could have a word with you in my office?"

"Of course Dumbledore." Mrs. Weasley said. She seemed a lot more calm now that she had seen Harry and Ron for herself.

Once they had reached his office, Dumbledore sat behind his desk and conjured two chairs for them, which they sat down in.

"So what do you want to talk to us about?" Mr. Weasley asked.

"Ginny and Harry, are they close?" Dumbledore asked.

Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Extremely. they've been best friends since the first day that Harry arrived at the Burrow. It broke my heart to have to separate the two."

"Why do you ask sir?" Mr. Weasley asked looking confused.

"I've noticed an aura around the two since I first saw them together. Tell me, have either of you heard of the spell called Love's Curse?"

They both shook their heads.

"Well allow me to enlighten you. Love's Curse is a spell that can only be successfully cast on two people who are destined to be together. When it is cast on the two it creates what is known as a soul bond. If I read their auras correctly then I believe that this spell could be cast on Harry and Ginny in the future with success."

"So you think their destined to be together?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

He nodded. "Without a doubt."

"Well this spell sounds nice and all, but if it's so good, then why does it's name involve a curse?" Mr. Weasley asked.

"That would refer to what happens if one of the two would die after being bonded. When two people are soul bonded, their souls become conjoined. So if one were to die, there would be a hole in the other person's soul that they wouldn't ever be able to fill. This almost always leads to extreme depression, thus the curse."

The Weasley parents sat in silence for a few seconds.

Finally, Mr. Weasley said, "Well, I believe that if either Ginny or Harry died, heaven forbid, then the other would become depressed anyway, soul bonded or not."

Mrs. Weasley nodded in agreement.

"So you two will give me permission to tell the two about Love's Curse when I think they're ready?"

"Yes we do." Mr. Weasley replied.

"Excellent. That is all I had to tell you, so I would suggest we return to the hospital wing, I suspect that Ron will be waking soon. Harry will probably take a bit longer though.


Ginny sat quietly next to Harry in the hospital wing. She knew that he would be alright, but it still upset her to know that he had been hurt.

"Ginny? What are you doing here?"

She turned to see that Ron had woken up. She quickly got up and hugged Ron. "Oh you're awake! What happened to you? How did you get a concussion?"

Ron exclaimed what had happened up to him sacrificing himself to win the chess game. "After that I don't know what happened. You'll have to ask Harry or Hermione."

"I don't know where Hermione is, but Harry's unconscious. Dumbledore said he suffered a case of magical depletion, but that he would be just fine."

Suddenly Ron's eyes widened. "The stone! Did You-Know-Who get it?"

"No Mr. Weasley, you three were successful and Voldemort was stopped." Dumbledore said as he and Mr. Weasley re-entered the room.

Ron sighed with relief before cringing. "I'm in trouble aren't I?"

"On the contrary Mr. Weasley, you did a brave thing today. I don't see why you should be punished."

Suddenly Madam Pomfrey came in and started checking on Ron. "Good, you've made a full recovery, you can return to your dorm room to sleep if you want."

Ron stood up and stretched. "I think I will, It's been a long night." He gave Mrs. Weasley a hug before heading off to sleep.

Suddenly Madam Pomfrey gasped as she was checking on Harry.

"What's wrong Poppy?" Dumbledore asked.

"Nothing's wrong. It's just that Harry has already almost fully recovered. But that should have taken days."

"That is peculiar, maybe it's because of good company." Dumbledore said while looking at Ginny with twinkling eyes."

Madam Pomfrey scoffed. "Well that's preposterous Dumbledore, that wouldn't help him, unless…"

Suddenly Harry gave a moan and his eyes fluttered open. "Ginny?" He said when he noticed her.

Madam Pomfrey started ushering everyone out of the room. "I'm going to have to ask everyone to leave while I check on Harry. I'll be giving him a dreamless sleep posting when I'm done so you should probably return to your home and get some rest."

The Weasleys nodded and after Ginny and Mrs. Weasley had hugged a still groggy Harry, they left the room.

"Ive got a few quick questions for Harry, and then I'll be out of your hair Poppy." Dumbledore said.

"I actually have a few questions for you concerning Harry and Ginny Dumbledore ." Madam Pomfrey whispered to him.

Dumbledore nodded. "I will answer them, I believe I just had a similar conversation with the girl's parents.


Harry sat in the Hogwarts Express as it headed back from Hogwarts. All-in-all it had been a good year. The Gryffindors no longer hated them since they had gotten them the house cup and they had stopped Voldemort from getting the Sorcerer's Stone.

"Hermione you should come visit us over the summer." Ron said.

"Harry nodded his head in agreement. "Ya you should, we're gonna miss you. And we'll need someone to help us with our summer homework." he said grinning.

Hermione laughed. "If by help you mean copying my work then no. But ya I should be able to, after I stay a few weeks with my parents first."

"Brilliant." Ron replied.

Harry sighed happily and closed his eyes. Yes it had been a good year. He and Ron were closer than ever and had Hermione as a friend. All three were best friends and extremely close. That tends to happen when you stop a dark lord from gaining immortality together.

"The only thing missing is Ginny..." Harry thought sadly as the train pulled into the station and he noticed Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the crowd, but there was no sight of Ginny

A/N: So Harry has broken his promise to Ginny and replaced her. For everyone who's concerned about this don't worry. They will eventually be close again, I just need Ginny to feel isolated during her first year so that she'll want to talk to Tom via the diary