A/N: Just a couple of changes I think make it a bit better. Thanks for reading!
Remus settled himself into a comfortable chair by the fireplace with a book that Dumbledore had given him just a few weeks ago, The Magic of Love. "It'll help you, Remus and your ongoing discussion with Nymphadora. It might also help us understand the connection between Harry and Miss. Weasley. Read through it and tell me what you think." It had been a simple request from the departed headmaster, yet Remus had had difficulty picking up the book. It was the last face to face conversation he had had with Albus Dumbledore before that fated night. But now, Remus decided he needed to do the research and see if Harry and Ginny were indeed the Fated couple.
As Remus read the book he became more convinced there was a possibility that Harry and Ginny could be what is the focus of this book,
Once in a generation one Witch and Wizard is born destined to be together, a Fated couple. If they never meet, their magical abilities will be good, possibly great and will not know of what they could have had. However, if this couple meet, together their magical abilities can grow exponentially. The problem comes from if these two people do not fall in love and remain together after they meet, their magical abilities will slowly drain away till they are much more like a muggle than a witch or wizard. This is a hard thing for a witch or wizard to come to grips with as no one likes to have their destiny chosen for them. If they come together of their own free will, then they will become a force to be reckoned with. If they choose to stay apart but remain friendly, it is possible for them to retain some of their magical ability, however it will drain over time and as they age they will become more and more reliant on family or friends for assistance with magical tasks. However, if they meet and choose to never meet again, the drain on their magical abilities can become irreversible. The drain is often painful to go through. They are likely to suffer from insomnia, generalized aches and pains that may become so severe as to interfere with daily living, and they are very likely to suffer from nightmares that will make the sufferer want to not sleep. As the sufferer sleeps less and less their magical ability leaves at an even more rapid rate. However, the choice to be together and remain together must be made freely. Any interference can cause horrible damage the likes of which would land the couple in a spell damage ward of the hospital.
The possibility of this couple meeting is slim but not unheard of. Because of the unlikelihood of them ever meeting, not much is known about a Fated couple. The last known recorded couple was Herbert and Madison O'Malley in 1872.
Of course any witch and wizard that fall in love will discover that their powers will become intermingled. For the witch and wizard that finds true love will be able to unlock a greater power within themselves. It has often been said that love is the greatest power that anyone has, be it muggle or magical.
Remus had to set the book aside. He didn't like what he was reading. If this is what Dumbledore had been talking about, well…he didn't want to think of what might happen to either Harry or Ginny. And what to do now? Do they inform Ginny and Harry of this possibility? Do they keep the knowledge to themselves? Should he tell Arthur and Molly of just how deep this connection could be? They knew that there was some connection. After Harry and Ginny had begun dating their performance in school improved greatly. There was always a deep emotional and magical connection between a witch and wizard who had fallen in love. But was this what was happening to Harry and to Ginny. It sure seemed like it. But was there a way to be sure? Some kind of litmus test. But the book said that interference would be dangerous. I'll have to talk to Arthur and Molly about this and perhaps when Dumbledore's portrait woke he could be consulted as well.
"What are you reading, Professor?" A sleepy Ginny asked as she approached the couch across from where Remus sat.
"Nothing important, Ginny. I'm surprised you're awake. Your mum said you'd not been sleeping well and I figured you'd sleep all day. Can I get you something? Tea or toast, maybe a biscuit. Your mum sent leftovers, I can heat something of that up if you'd like." Remus offered in attempt to direct her attention away from the book he'd been reading.
"It doesn't seem like nothing. You had a frown on your face like you'd been forced some bitter medicine. You're not very good at lying, Sir."
Remus blushed slightly at Ginny's statement. "Not to worry Ginny. I was just thinking when you caught me."
"Right. Well I just needed to use the loo but the door is locked. Can you open it for me? I'd like to use the restroom and then get back home. I'm sure mum needs help getting ready for Friday." Ginny rose from the couch and made her way to the door.
"Of course." Remus flicked his wand and the door opened. "The restroom is directly across the hall." Remus got up from his chair and went to check on Harry.
Harry was curled into a ball and reaching out in his sleep. When his hand found only bedclothes, he frowned and rolled onto his back.
Ginny came back in from the restroom, "Professor, why did you not wake me? I'm sure mum is worried about me. I really need to get back."
"Ginny, your mum isn't really expecting you till in the morning. We didn't have the heart to wake either of you. You both looked like you could use the sleep and your mum has been given strict instructions to not lift a finger today. Dobby is staying today to help her get ready and Ron and Hermione are also helping. Why don't you lie back down and get some more rest. I'm sure Harry wont mind."
"No, thank you Sir and if Harry woke up to find me here, he'd be really angry. We aren't together anymore, you see and well, I may not like it but I understand it. And that little nap has helped tremendously. I feel better than I have all week. I think I really should go. It even seems that I managed to get over here with out my wand."
"Ginny, I know that your mum took your wand away because she was tired of you breaking the dishes. And I don't think Harry would be angry that you're here. I believe he still cares for you. Stay. If you don't want to lay back down with him, then lay down in my bed. I'm just going to catch up on my reading and Harry's Aunt has even invited you to stay for dinner."
"No, really, please let me go home. I don't want to upset Harry any more that he is. I know he was upset when I got here and I really shouldn't have lain down with him. I mean it wasn't proper but he'll sleep till the morning, now so I think its best that I leave. I know he's alright now and so I think I will rest better at home." Ginny looked at Remus with a desperate pleading in her eyes. "Please, sir. Don't make me stay."
Remus nodded, "Just let me send a message to your mum so she won't be frightened when you turn up." With a flick of his wand, a silvery patronus shot out of the end of his wand and was gone before Ginny could identify it. He stood up and crossed to the fireplace, tapped the mantel with his wand and a fire ignited in the grate. "Alright Ginny, I think its okay for you to go now. But Ginny, if you feel the need to return, please let your mum or dad know. It's important and we want you to be healthy. Sometimes you may just need a change of scenery."
Remus handed Ginny some floo powder and she looked at him with a quizzical gaze, "Um…sure, professor. I'm sure I'll be fine. Thanks for letting me nap. I'll see you soon." And with a flash of green flames, she was gone.
Ginny closed her eyes as she spun through the floo. She knew that Harry's fireplace was connected only to the Burrow so it was a very short trip. Ginny stepped out of the fireplace and into the arms of her mother. "Ginny, dear are you alright? Did you sleep well? I wasn't really expecting you till morning but I'd be honest, I'm glad you're home. Is Harry still asleep?"
"Yes, mum. He'll sleep all night, now. I think I'll go upstairs and lie down. I'm still a bit tired, unless there's something you need me to do?"
"No, dear. That Dobby is a wiz. He has cleaned the whole house and deknomed the garden. I can't get him to leave though. He keeps saying he's helping Harry by being here and helping me. It has been nice to have the help. I've started some knitting and I've been to see Bill. He and Fleur should be arriving this evening. I wanted him to come home to rest before Friday. So you go on up and rest. We'll have a big dinner tonight. I've already let your father know and I believe Tonks and Alastor will be here, as well. Have you had something for lunch? I know that Mrs. Dursley was going to make something but if you'd rather I can whip you up a sandwich."
"No, mum, I'm fine. I just want to lie down. Call me when Bill gets here. I'd really like to see him." Ginny turned and walked slowly up the stairs.
Mrs. Weasley went over to the fireplace, grabbed some floo powder and stuck her head into the grate shouting, "Harry Potter's bedroom." She felt the sensation of her head spinning off her shoulders and a second later was looking at Remus Lupin's knee caps as he was sitting in a chair facing the fireplace.
"I was wondering how long it would take you, Molly. I guess Ginny has gone up to bed?"
"Yes, and she hardly looks any better. I thought you said that staying there would be good for her. I thought you said she'd sleep all night. Remus, she hardly looks like she's slept at all. There is a bit more color in her cheeks, but that's it. She still looks and acts like she's ill. What do you think this is Remus? What's wrong with them? Harry really doesn't look any better and Tonks told me about his patronus. He's not really loosing his magic is he?"
Remus buried his head in his hands, "I'm afraid of what it might mean Molly. I've been reading that book Albus gave me and well…it seems that Harry and Ginny might be what he suspected. They could truly be a Fated couple. I need to do more research before I know for sure but in the mean time we need to devise a plan to keep them in contact just incase. If they truly are a Fated couple then they could loose their abilities just by being apart. Molly, I don't know what to do. You, Arthur and I need to sit down and have a talk somewhere where we can't be overheard. If I can get Tonks to come by this evening after dinner, will you and Arthur meet me at Grimmuald Place?"
Molly looked panic stricken, "Yes, of course we'll meet you there. Let's say about 8:00 and I'll bring you more leftovers." And with a small pop, Molly's head disappeared from the fire.
Ginny lay with here eyes closed in her bedroom at the Burrow reliving the sensations of sleeping and waking in Harry's arms. Despite what she had told Professor Lupin, Ginny had wanted nothing more that to return to that bed and go back to sleep. Who are you kidding? That was the best sleep you've had in over a week. Why didn't you just get back in that bed? Harry would have never known. He'll sleep till morning and you could have been up and gone before that. But how do I know he'll sleep till morning? Just an assumption, I guess. I'm just glad he's okay. I can't let myself get back to depending on him again. I know I said I understood why he's broken things off with me, but that's even a lie to myself. Dam you Harry Potter. You've stomped on my heart and now I don't think I'll ever be whole again.
Ginny tried to close off her mind and turn off her racing thoughts. She started doing the deep breathing exercises Hermione had spoken of. She finally felt her self drift of to sleep only to enter into a disturbing dream.
Ginny saw a man on his knees before a talk dark robed figure. There was a fire lit in the grate behind them but the man on the floors face was in shadows and she couldn't see him. Ginny felt herself float up and it was as if she was seeing the room from the point of view of the standing figure. Then she heard the one on the floor speak,
"It's done, my lord. Dumbledore is dead and buried. The boy's protection will end on his seventeenth birthday. Their secret keeper is dead and if they do not choose a new one soon, I'll be able to reveal the location of headquarters to you. The secret keeper spell continues for only ten days after the death of the secret keeper. Soon, my lord, soon I'll be able to provide you with the information you seek."
Ginny heard another voice speak in a soft hiss much like a snake, "Very good Severus. Many were beginning to doubt your loyalty to me. I myself had begun to question whether you'd finally been persuaded by that muggle loving fool. Now, you're sure about the protection surrounding the boy? It will end on the day of his birth?"
"Yes my lord. I helped him to renew the spell two years ago and I saw the book the original of the spell came from. It can only work as long as he is a minor. You will be able to find him and the people he's been living with as soon as he turns seventeen."
"Good. Good. Now, bring the Malfoy boy to me. He must be dealt with."
"Of course, my lord." Ginny saw the man get up and leave the room. As the hooded figure turned to follow the other mans progress Ginny saw a mirror and was shocked to find she was looking back from inside Lord Voldemort's mind.
"My lord, the Malfoy boy is here."
"Very good, Severus. Leave us. Draco. You have failed me. You did not complete the task I gave you. What do you think should happen now? Do you believe you will leave here without paying a price?"
Ginny saw the pollard face of Draco Malfoy bend down and grovel at Voldemort's feet, "Please my lord. Give me another chance. Give me an opportunity to prove to you I am worthy of being your servant."
Voldemort considered the quaking boy at his feet. "I don't think so, Draco. I do not have time to deal with failures. Even though Dumbledore is dead, you still failed to complete the task and so I shall take your life instead. AVADA KADAVARA."
Ginny saw Draco with lifeless eyes and felt considerable pain shoot through her body.
"GINNY! GINNY!" Ginny woke to find Hermione sitting beside her on the bed, "Ginny, what was going on. You were screaming when I passed by the door. It sounded like you…like you were trying to use the Avada Kadavara curse on someone." Hermione was pale and sweating from the effort of waking Ginny from her nightmare.
"Hermione, he's dead. Vol..voldemort killed him."
Hermione blanched at her words, "Who Ginny, who is dead?"
"Malfoy. Draco Malfoy. Voldemort killed him because he failed to kill Dumbledore. Hermione I need to talk to Professor Lupin now. Please get him."
"Okay. I'll get your mum to call him."
"NO. Mum mustn't know of this. Please send your patronus. I'm sure he will understand. Please, get him for me with out letting anyone else know."
Ginny had a look of absolute terror and determination in her eyes that scared Hermione enough that she immediately flicked her wand and a large otter took off out the window. "Ginny tell me what you dreamed. Tell me what you saw and what made you scream. It sounded as if you were in pain."
"Not yet. I will tell you but I need to speak with Professor Lupin first. Please, get my wand from mum for me. I think I need to have it back."
Hermione gave Ginny a questioning look but nodded her head and left the room. Hermione returned a few minutes later clutching Ginny's wand, "Your mum said for you to come down stairs when you're ready. Dinner is on the table but I told her you needed to wash up first. I snuck your wand away from where she had it on the mantel. Do you want me to wait for you?"
"No I'll be right down. I just need a minute."
Hermione reluctantly left Ginny setting on her bed. A few minutes later Ginny followed Hermione down the stairs and saw that Bill and Fleur had arrived. They were sitting around the table with her parents, Fred, George, Ron and Hermione enjoying a lively discussion on which quidditch teams were likely to be in the world cup this summer.
"No your wrong Ron, the Cannons haven't made the points to even make it to the finals and they only have two games left. You're just dreaming if you think they are going to score 750 points in the next two games." Chuckled Bill.
"It's possible. They could. You don't know. Maybe they will have a stroke of good luck and make up those points" insisted Ron.
"Lil' bro. It's not going to happen. Just accept it. Bill's right" chimed Fred.
Mrs. Weasley noticed Ginny coming down the stairs, "Ginny, dear. Come have some dinner. There's stew and bread, beans, and squash from the garden and I've made a chocolate cake for desert. Tonks is going to come by and take some to Harry. I need you to eat up so you can help her. Heavens knows she is more likely to spill it all than get any of it to Harry."
"Mum, can't Ron help Tonks. I really don't feel like seeing Harry." Ginny looked her mother in the eye for the first time in days.
Mrs. Weasley noticed a change in Ginny, "What's happened? Something is different about you."
"I'm fine mum. I just want to eat and go back to bed" Ginny firmly told her mother.
Just then the fireplace erupted and Remus Lupin came striding out. "Molly, Arthur we need to take Ginny with us and head over there. Tonks is already with Harry but I don't want to be gone for more than an hour if possible. Ginny. You've done the side-along aparation? You can come with me and your mum and dad can follow in, say, fifteen minutes. Is that enough time for you to tell me what happened?"
Ginny shot Hermione a scathing look, somehow trying to figure out how to blame Hermione for Lupin showing up during dinner. "Yes that should be sufficient."
"Wait Remus. She hasn't eaten yet" interrupted Molly.
Ginny answered her, "I wasn't really hungry anyway mum. Lets just get this over with." Ginny strode out the back door and turned to Lupin, "Are you coming Professor? I'd like to get this over with as quickly as possible."
Lupin took off after Ginny and a few meters beyond the back gate Ginny took Lupin's arm and with a turn they were gone.