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A/N: I would like to thank Stephanie O for agreeing to beta my story, and I believe she is doing a wonderful job.
Chapter 3
Chaos ensued. Ron had decided to imitate a fish until the full force of what she said had hit, at which point he promptly passed out. Sprout and Flitwick were alternating between offering congratulations and asking how it happened. They seemed to work in perfect coordination with each other, one would ask while the other was congratulating then they would switch, and they just kept repeating the cycle. McGonagall was was also attempting to imitate a fish; but she was doing a much better job at taking the news than Ron did, she, at least, didn't pass out. Snape was sending death glares at anyone and everyone, while silently cursing Harry, James, Ginny, redheads in general, nosy, bratty annoying good for nothing students, irresponsible children for getting themselves into situations that far beyond their understanding and anyone else he could possibly think of; especially Ginny, for having to do it silently for fear of losing his tongue. Dumbledore was sitting their calmly, eyes winkling away. The portraits were all flitting from frame to frame exchanging gossip amongst, several times they shouted out questions to Harry and Ginny; many rushed out of sight to talk to other portraits throughout the school (it would be all over the school by morning, leaving only the students and other staff members without knowledge of it – the portraits, house elves, and ghosts were unable to tell any humans of things said in confidentiality in the Headmaster's office. Fawkes was singing a song of joy. Van Helsing was laughing his head off, again, at everyones' reactions. Hermione was thinking of all of the ways that it could even be possible, while trying to revive Ron Harry and Ginny were staring at each other again, with slight smiles on their faces, ignoring all of the chaos around them.
"M-m-m-married?" Ron stuttered, when Hermione was finally able to revive him. He stared at them in disbelief.
"Yes, Ron, we are married and have been for two years," said Ginny, shaking her head. Somethings just never change.
"Why?" asked Ron, completely recovered from the shock, but still disbelieving. "I mean your fifteen and he is sixteen, two years ago you would have been thirteen, and he fourteen, why would you get married so young?"
Harry and Ginny exchanged another glance before she spoke again. "Where we were, and with what we had to deal with, it was actually expected of us to be married. Our marriage removed many complications that we had, one of which is that if we didn't marry Harry would have been forced to marry someone else. There it is not unheard of for thirteen and fourteen year olds to be married, it is actually quite common and expected of many of them, especially ones that have very important positions. That is why Harry had to marry, when we were taken he ended up in very important position, that required him to be married. But all of that is to long and complex to go into tonight, and much of it must wait until we are able to tell you the full story."
Ron nodded, not fully understanding what she meant about having to be married, but he did understand that some of it would have to wait. Hermione got a thoughtful look on her face. The heads of house all exchanged glances wondering where the two could have possibly been that would require something like that.
Harry turned back to Dumbledore. "Now Headmaster, about the rooms. We have had a very long trip and many other things that we needed to do today, and we would like to retire for the night."
Dumbledore nodded, "Your reasons are sound. I cannot find a fault with them, your marriage does qualify you to share a room." He snapped his fingers, and a house elf appeared. He spoke to it quickly for a moment before it popped away. "Your rooms will be near Gryffindor Tower, they will be an en suite, basically the same thing that we give all our teachers. The house elves are currently fixing them up for you, and one will show you to it as soon as they are finished."
Harry nodded, "Thank you."
"One more thing before you two head off for bed," continued Dumbledore. Harry nodded for him to continue. "I will be announcing your return to the school at breakfast tomorrow morning, is that acceptable?"
"Yes that's fine," agreed Harry. "It is better that we announce our return sooner rather than later."
"Will either of you be needing any school supplies?"
"No, that is one of the things that we were taking care of earlier today before our arrival here. So we have everything we need," answered Ginny, as she finished speaking a house elf popped into the room.
"The rooms are ready," it squeaked.
"Thank you, Dandy," said Dumbledore. "Now will you show Mr. And Mrs. Potter the way to their rooms?"
"Dandy, will Master and Mistress Potter to theirs rooms sir," said Dandy.
"Thank you, Dandy," said Ginny. She turned back to face everyone on the room. "Good night, we will see all of you tomorrow." Harry nodded as well, and both of them swept out of the room after the little elf.
Van Helsing turned and surveyed everyone left in the room, seeming to find what he was looking for he spoke, "Do not push them, it will only push them away. They are still the same people you knew from before, but they have change in many ways. They will tell you everything, just have patience." With that warning and advice he swept out of the room as well.
"That will be all for tonight. We still have much to discuss, but it must wait until another time," said Dumbledore, to everyone remaining in the room. "I suggest we all take Gabriel's advice. Now off to bed all of you." Everyone filed out of the office. Dumbledore turned to Fawkes and sighed heavily, looking his age for once. "What happened all those years ago Fawkes? What would cause two children's lives to change so much?" He turned back to his desk and pulled out what he needed to write to Ginny's parents to inform them of their daughters return.
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Hermione and Ron walked hand in hand back to Gryffindor Tower.
"They have changed," stated Ron.
"Well what did you expect? They have been gone for four years, doing all sorts of life altering things," replied Hermione.
"I know, I know," he said, waving his free hand around absentmindedly. "I just wasn't expecting some of the ways that they have changed. Marriage was did not make it anywhere close to the list. I knew that with them being alive and wherever they were together that more likely than not they would be dating when they came back. I also believed that they would have a much better understanding of each other than anyone else could possibly, making it more likely than not that they would eventually marry. But them being married when they returned. That never even flitted through my mind."
"I agree," said Hermione. "Marriage really was something unexpected. It is not exactly shocking, but it is a very surprising development."
"I have to say, they are perfect for each other. The way they act around each other, it is like they where made for each other. I've never seen anything like it. Mum and Dad never acted like they do. It's like they know what the other is thinking," said Ron, in awe.
"I know, it is one of the strangest and most amazing things that I have ever seen. I'd hate to find out what would happen to them if they were forced apart, or one them died. I don't think that they would survive it," she shuddered. "If not dead, then insane and with what they would do to themselves I do not want to know."
Ron shivered at the thought as well. "Then we are not going to let that happen."
Hermione nodded in agreement, before giving the password to the Gryffindor Common Room.
Ron kissed her good night before they headed off to their separate rooms. When he entered his room he looked at the bed that had remained empty for the last four years, and said, "Welcome home Harry."
At the same time Hermione paused at the door to the fifth years girls dormitories. She she placed her hand on the door and whispered, "Welcome home Ginny."
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When Hermione awoke the next morning the first thing that flitted through her head was, 'Last night's events didn't really happen. It must have been a dream. They can't be back, can they?' She hurried through her morning routine, she had to see for herself. It was too unbelievable to be true, but she had to see it for herself. She had to prove that it either happened or it didn't, she couldn't stand the suspense. She headed into the common room to wait for Ron, hoping that he wouldn't take to long.
Ron came down the steps from the boys dormitories two minutes later. "I had a dream about Harry and Ginny last night, they had finally returned at the feast yesterday," they both said at the same time. "That was the same as my dream," they both said together again.
They stared at each other for a minute, before the implications of what they just said sunk in. "They're back," they spoke in unison again. Before rushing out of the common room and to the Great Hall.
They left everyone in the common room completely confused about what was they were talking about, and curious as to what was going on. They all hurried up to their respective rooms to wake their friends so they could get to the Great Hall and find out what their favorite prefects were on about.
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Harry and Ginny stood in the back of the Great Hall, Harry was leaning against the wall and Ginny was leaning against him with his arms wrapped around her waist. They wore the cloaks with the hoods up again, and didn't move or speak. They remained hidden in the shadows, going mostly unnoticed as the students took their seats. They watched students with sadness and longing, wishing that they could have been among their ranks like normal children, and that what they had to do was unnecessary.
Even though they remained hidden many students still noticed them and quickly passed it on to their friends. It spread like wildfire, causing the sound level to drop again as people returned to whispering like the did the night before, and several glances to be sent their way. They ignored it all as they did the night before.
Ron and Hermione entered the Great Hall holding hands. They looked around, spotting Harry and Ginny they beamed in delight. They sent the cloaked couple a quick nod before taking their seats at the Gryffindor table.
Harry and Ginny nodded back.
The Great Hall quickly filled up over the next several minutes. Dumbledore was the last to enter, reach his seat he remained standing; seeing this the students quickly quieted. "Thank you," he said. "Now I'm sure you all curious as to who our visitors are. They are not visitors, they are two students who left rather abruptly several years ago and are now returning to our school," as he spoke Harry and Ginny made their way to stand before the head table; causing the the students to look at them curiously. "Many of you may know them personally, if not than all of you have heard of them," at those words realization lit up on the some of the students' faces, everyone's eyes were now glued to Harry and Ginny. "I would like you all to welcome back with me," he paused and looked at all of the house tables before nodding to Harry and Ginny, "Harry James Potter and Ginevra Molly Weasley," As spoke their names they removed their hoods, turning to face the hall.
The silence was deafening, there wasn't even the sound of breathing. Even though some of the students realized who he was talking about, they didn't quite believe it until they saw it with their own eyes. They may have suspected it, but that didn't stop them from being floored when it they were proven right.
The silence lasted all of two minutes, before someone gasped. The effect was immediate. Everyone started to ask questions, or say welcome back, or something else along those lines; each person shouting to be heard over everyone else.
"Silence," shouted Dumbledore, and instantly there was silence. It was like someone had muted the whole hall. It was so quiet that if a pin dropped it would echo.
Before Dumbledore could continue, a strangely dressed woman entered the Great Hall. She wore many shawls and beads, and a pair of glasses that magnified her eyes to the size of golf balls. The smell of sherry was coming from her so strongly that it could smelled all the way up at the staff table. "My inner eye told me-" she stopped dead in her tracks staring at Harry and Ginny. She opened her mouth again and screamed, before turning and running from the hall as though her life depended on it.
Silence reigned again, everyone staring after the departed Professor Sibyll Trelawney, only to be broken by the sound of a girl rising from the Ravenclaw table. She appeared to be just as odd as Professor Trelawney. She was wearing a butterbear cap necklace and a pair of radish earrings. Her eyes had a distant look, giving her the appearance that she was not all there. Her hair was long and dirty blond in color. When she reached Harry and Ginny, she curtsied all the way to the floor, saying, "The prince and princess have finally returned to the land of us mere mortals. She skipped back to her seat as if what she just did was an everyday occurrence.
Mocking laughter broke across the hall. It came from the Slytherin table; a platinum blond ferret faced boy, who goes by the name of Draco Malfoy, sitting at the Slytherin table to be more precise. It quickly cut off as blur came zooming into the Great Hall, it also stopped before Harry and Ginny.
Peeves whipped off his hat, and bowed low before saying, "Your Majesties," and then zooming right back out of the hall.
There was shocked silence throughout the hall. Even Dumbledore didn't know what or say or do after that. Harry and Ginny seemed to be having a wordless conversation with each other. Van Helsing was watching everything with a smirk, when Harry and Ginny glanced at him questioningly, he raised an eyebrow and winked.
Then someone dropped the glass that they were holding frozen in shock, spilling their pumpkin juice all over them. The clanging from the glass and that person's cursing at their stupidity broke the hall from its trance like state.
"Well, now that is over we can get on with breakfast," he looked questioningly at Harry and Ginny for a moment. They shrugged, shook their heads, and sent him an apologetic look. He returned to his seat, and they went and took seats at the Gryffindor table beside Ron and Hermione.
"What was that all about," asked Ron, as they sat.
"It has to deal with some of the things that we can't tell you yet. Sorry," Ginny said, apologetically. She exchanged another glance with Harry.
Harry took over, "It was surprising to us as well. We didn't expect that, apparently some people here know more than we thought." He sent a meaningful look to Ginny, who nodded in reply. They would need to talk to Luna and Peeves, and perhaps Trelawney as well, if they could get alone with her without her screaming.
Ron and Hermione stared at their newly returned friend and sister, neither knowing what to say. The four of them remained silent like that until McGonagall came by with the schedules.
"What classes are you two taking this year?" Ginny asked, breaking the silence.
"We are both taking Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Care of Magical Creatures," Hermione said, all in one breath, before Ron even had time to open his mouth. Not that he was going to as he was currently stuffing it full of scrambled egg. "I'm also taking Ancient Runes. So what are you and Harry taking?"
"We are taking the same classes you and Ron," replied Ginny.
Harry, who was examining his own schedule all this time, groaned, "Potions first thing tomorrow morning. That's just what I need to wake up to."
Ginny shook her head, "Harry, you wouldn't be happy with potions any time of the day, so what does tomorrow morning have to do with it?"
Harry sent her a wry smile, "Your right. And it's the fact that I have to take it at all." He got up and reached a hand down to pull her up as well, "Come on let's get to Charms, I don't want to be late for class on my first day back."
The for of them all headed out of the hall together. Ron grumbling the whole time about how people worry too much about their classes to give a bloke time to eat.
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The hallway was dark and empty. Coming from behind the lone door at the end of it was loud clashing and banging sounds, even occasionally explosive sounds. After a few minutes the sound stopped, and shortly after that the door opened and out came two men. They were not normal men; the wore clothes of a very fine silk, their skin almost seemed to glow, their ears were oddly pointed, and they were several inches taller than your average man. The one on the right had silvery blue hair and stormy, dark blue eyes. The other one had very rich, dark brown hair color and forest green eyes.
"I have heard that the prince and his wife have returned home," said the man with silvery blue hair.
"Yes, they have. Its about time, they have been gone for far too long," replied the other. "They left rather abruptly though, they barely said goodbye, to anyone before leaving. The only ones they made sure to say goodbye to were the King and Queen, they seemed rather hurried. They only told me goodbye because I was there. Why they left in such a rush I do not know."
"It's good, they returned. I know that she has greatly missed her family, and hearing news about them just wasn't enough," said the first, one nodding in agreement. "When are we expecting to hear from them?"
"Whenever they find time and are fully comfortable with being home, so it could be anytime from today to next week," answered the second man, he shook his head, and smiled wryly. "Though, knowing them they will wait until they can no longer feasibly put off writing. Gabriel has sent a letter, it seems that their return has been well accepted. Though, she has not spoken with her family yet."
The blue haired one shook his head as well, "I do not believe that she has anything to worry about with them, and I told her as such, but she still was greatly concerned about their reactions when last I saw her."
The one with brown hair nodded, "Yes, she kept bringing it up as they were packing to leave. He kept telling her it would be fine and not to worry about it, and she would nod and agree only to bring it back two minutes later."
"That's her alright," he shook his head sadly. "It was a very bad time to take her."
"Yes, but without her we would be doomed," said a girl as she came into the hallway. She was also taller than usual, with pointy ears, and her skin also seemed to glow. Her hair was a golden red color, and her eyes were minty green.
"As bright as always, Edana," said the man with darker hair, glaring her. "What do you want?"
"Not to see you Keal," Edana shot back. She turned to the other man there, "I was sent to tell you that the Queen would like to see you, Caedmon."
Caedmon nodded. "Thank you, Edana," he said, before leaving through the doorway that she came through.
Edana glared at Keal, who was still glaring at her. "If I had known that you were with him I would have sent someone else," she said shortly, before turning and leaving the way she had come.
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"Great just great," muttered Harry as they entered the Great Hall for lunch, after their classes. Ginny groaned in agreement. There was a large group of students clustered around the Gryffindor table, all of them appeared to be waiting for the two of them; most of the group wasn't even in Gryffindor.
Hermione sent them a sympathetic look. Students have been following them all over the school and asking all sorts of questions, or welcoming them back, or pestering them in someway, or something else along those lines. The questions ranged from "Where have you been?" to "Will you come on the next Hogsmeade weekend with me?" Ginny was about ready to hex someone.
"Oy, all of you this isn't your table so move it," shouted Ron. "If you want to talk to Harry and Ginny you have to wait. Their my best mate and sister, and I haven't seen in years; give Hermione and me a chance to catch back with them, and give them a couple days to resettle themselves, and then you can talk with them, but not all at once, nor in long lines waiting to talk to them. Anyone who doesn't follow those guidelines will lose twenty-five house points each, and with each following occurrence five more points will be added."
The group of students dissipated, grumbling and shooting glares at Ron. Harry and Ginny shot Ron thankful looks.
"I didn't you had it in you, Ron," said Hermione, teasingly. "I was about to do that myself," she added more seriously.
"Hey!" exclaimed Ron, indignantly. "I can be reasonable."
"Sure you can," said Ginny.
Ron humphed and crossed his arms in a mock pout, causing Harry, Hermione, and Ginny to all burst out laughing. He quickly joined them.
After they had all sobered up, Hermione asked a question that had been bugging her all morning. "Do you have any idea what Professor Van Helsing's class is going to be like?"
"Not sure," said Harry, slowly after exchanging a glance with Ginny. "But if his teaching is anything like his personality then we will learn a lot about vampires, and most of his classes will be extremely unusual."
Hermione raised an eyebrow, "Why vampires?"
"You know everything Lockhart claimed to have done?" Ginny asked. Hermione and Ron both nodded. "Well that is what he does for a living, his main focus is vampires."
Hermione nodded in understanding.
McGonagall came up to them. "Mr. and Mrs. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Ms. Granger," she said by way of greeting.
"Professor," they all replied.
Several students over heard what she called Ginny, and quickly passed it along to their friends, going unnoticed by McGonagall.
She turned to Harry and Ginny, "The Headmaster would like to see the two of you in his office before dinner this evening," she told them.
"We will be there," replied Harry, and Ginny nodded.
"Good," she said before leaving.
"What was that about?" asked Ron.
"Don't know, but it probably has something to do with our return," answered Ginny, sharing a look with Harry. She glanced around the hall, noting all the extra students who where pointing and staring at them, while talking with their neighbors. "But I'm more concerned about the fact that the whole school has just discovered we are married."
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"Hello class," said Van Helsing, as he entered his room just as the bell rang. "Welcome to Defense Against the Dark Arts. I am Professor Van Helsing, as I'm sure you already know. I have looked over what you have learned over the previous years and found that not many of your teachers actually knew how to teach, most of what you have learned is completely useless. The only ones that had taught anything that would actually help you out there in the real world was Professor Lupin and Professor Moody.
"What you are going to be learning under me is going to be different than anything that has been taught here in many years, since long before Dumbledore was even born. Most of what you learn will be offensive and defensive spells, but we will also spend quite a bit of time on dangerous creatures, not necessarily dark, and how you should handle them. These creatures are not the kind that you will ever study in Care of Magical Creatures. Among them will be vampires," he sent Harry and Ginny a quick smirk, that went unnoticed by the rest of the class, at that; causing Harry and Ginny to roll their eyes. "I'm sure that you will find much of what I'm going to teach you to be very strange. For it is some of it has not been widely used in many years, but I'm sure once you understand it you will agree that it that it will be most helpful.
"I have spent many years studying this kind of magic. I wouldn't teach you anything that I wouldn't be willing to use myself."
At those words Harry muttered under his breath, "Which isn't much."
Van Helsing shot Harry a warning look, before continuing. "I will be starting a club for anyone interested in furthering their education in any subjects that I will be teaching. Mr. and Mrs. Potter were kind enough to volunteer to help me out in this endeavor." At those words both Harry and Ginny glared at him, and caused the rest of the class to look at them. He ignored the glares and continued on. "Are there any questions?"
Predictably Hermione's hand shot into the air, along with most of the classes. She was practically bouncing in her seat , she had to bite her tongue to keep her firing off all of her questions.
"Ms. Granger?"
"What are these unused things that you are talking about teaching us?" she asked, excitedly. The thought of learning things that hasn't been used in hundreds of years making her ready to jump in joy.
"Very good question, Ms. Granger, five points to Gryffindor," said Van Helsing, as he thought about his answer. "I plan on making that a surprise, so I'm afraid that you will have to wait, but I will tell you I believe that you will find it most intriguing. Next question, Ms. Bones?"
Hermione bit her tongue again trying to stop herself from asking her next question.
"Why do you think we will need to learn things that have not been used by many people in years? Isn't there a good reason why it hasn't been used?" asked Susan Bones, a Hufflepuff sixth year.
Van Helsing looked thoughtful for a few moments before he spoke, "Yes there are many things that are no longer used for good reasons, but most of what I'm going to teach is things that have been mostly forgotten for various reasons. I assure you that if it had not been forgotten than more likely then not it would still be used.
"As for the answer to your first question. This is a N.E.W.T. Defense Against the Dark Arts class, everyone taking it is either planning for a career that requires extra defense or just wants to know how to defend themselves better. These things are for more advanced than you learned before, they will help you to achieve those goals beyond what many have been able to do before without doing as much studying and research into the subject as I have.
" I believe that if you have decided to take this class then you should be prepared to face any situation that may come your way, including if we find ourselves in another war like the last one. These disappearances had increased my belief in the need to train you beyond what people have been learning for many years. This way if you find yourself in a situation where someone is going to attack, kidnap, or harm in anyway. Aurors are all well and good, but they can't help someone who they don't know is being attacked. If you are that person you could be in serious trouble. I plan making you able to escape from and stop you perpetrators.
"That was an excellent question Ms. Bones, five points to Hufflepuff. Does anyone else have a question for me?"
Practically everyone raised their hand, and the questions continued for the rest of the class period, with the only ones not asking anything was Harry and Ginny. Hermione had asked the most at somewhere over ten questions, Blaise Zabini was the only person to ask who asked questions to only ask one question, everyone else ranged somewhere between the two. For every question Van Helsing awarded five points to whomever's house it was. When the bell rang most of the class wasn't even finished asking questions.
"Since you are all so curious about the class, I am assigning you to write down all of your questions and turn them into me before the next class," when the class groaned at this announcement Van Helsing raised his hand to silence them. "This is not a grade, and you do not have to do this if you do not want to; but know this, I won't answer your questions unless you turn in the assignment." He looked around the class, seeing everyone nod he said, "Class dismissed."
Harry and Ginny collected all of their things, indicating for Ron and Hermione to go on without them. After everyone else had left, they headed up to the front of the classroom. Van Helsing who was previously ignoring them looked up, no longer having the choice to ignore them.
Harry and Ginny resumed their glares at him. "You do know that we have never volunteered to help you with any club, or anything else as a matter of fact," said Harry.
"Yes, well by dinner time the whole school will think that you have so your stuck," said Van Helsing, smirking.
"Your better let us help in the planning of this club," said Ginny, still glaring at him.
"I was planning to. I was also going to actually ask you for help, but then you had to go and be smart alacks."
"Now that's not fair, your the one who couldn't be bothered to tell us that you were going to be teaching here this year, or that we were supposed to return with you. We only found out the day of our return and had to rush through everything to get here in time for dinner. We didn't even get the chance to say farewell to everyone," said Harry indignantly.
"Okay, okay," Van Helsing said, raising his hands in defeat. "I did forget to tell you. So will you help me with the club?"
Harry and Ginny exchanged a mock thoughtful glance, before Harry sighed dramatically and said, "I guess."
"Now we have a meeting with the Headmaster, if you would excuse us," said Ginny. Van Helsing waved them on, and they took their leave.
"What was that about?" asked Ron, as they met up with him and Hermione leaving the defense classroom.
"You know that club that Gabriel said that we volunteered to help with?" asked Ginny. Receiving a nod in reply she continued. "Well we didn't."
"So you are not going to help with it?" asked Hermione, looking disappointed.
"No, we will help with it," said Harry, reassuringly. "We just needed to make sure that he won't do anything like that again. Not that we had much choice in the matter, by dinner time the whole school is going to believe that we did volunteer."
"Not that we don't want to help with it," continued Ginny. "We just just couldn't let him get away with it."
At this point they arrived at the Gargoyle to the Headmaster's Office. Hermione gave the password, and they parted ways. Harry and Ginny continuing up the staircase. Dumbledore's voice saying "Enter" before the reached the door, they entered with out knocking.
"Mum," cried Ginny, rushing into her mother's open and waiting arms.
"Ginny," Molly Weasley said, as squeezed her daughter tightly as if her life depended on it. Arthur Weasley hugged both his wife and daughter.
They remained like that for several minutes before Mr. and Mrs. Weasley pulled back to examine their daughter. Ginny in return stared at her parents as trying to memorize them right down to the smallest detail. Her eyes widened as she stared at her mothers stomach. She gasped as her brain finished processing what she was seeing.
"Mum, your pregnant," she whispered, unable to move her eyes.
"Yes we found out just this Summer," replied Molly, with a small smile on her face. "You have grown so much," she said, the smile slipping from her face as she pulled her daughter back into a hug, tears pulling into her eyes. "I've missed you so much. I can't believe that I missed so much of your life. You look so much older."
Dumbledore leaned back in his chair and watched the reunited family with twinkling eyes. Harry watched them with a sad smile. Signs of regret were hidden in his eyes. Mr. Weasley watched his wife and daughter with a thoughtful look on his face.
The two Weasley woman remained like that for several minutes. In which time no one spoke.
Ginny was the one to brake the silence. "I'm sorry, Mum, I'm so sorry," she cried, tears streaming down her face.
"It's okay dear it's okay," said Mrs. Weasley, tears streaming down her face as well. "I know you must have had a good reason to go. I don't blame you. I'm sure that you will tell me everything when you are ready." As she spoke she pulled back from Ginny, wiping the tears from her face so she could look Ginny directly in her eyes. All the while keeping a hold Ginny's hand.
Ginny sighed, "I did, but that didn't make it any easier." She also wiped the tears from her face.
"It's not supposed to be, dear," Mrs. Weasley said, reassuringly.
"I know, I know," said Ginny. She took a few steps back from her parents, and bit her lip.
"What is it Ginny dear?" asked Mrs. Weasley, wondering at her daughter's change in demeanor.
Ginny glanced to Harry, who moved closer to her, and smiled and nodded encouragingly. "Mum, Dad, I have something very important that I need to tell you."
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