I'm sorry about forgetting the training but here it is and I hope I made it fall into the story right. (GD)

Chapter 6 – Training Day

It was early in the morning and Harry just woke up, seeing the sun start to rise. He just remembered he was supposed to be in Professor Lupin's office.

"Oh, shit!" Harry yelled as he jumped out of the bed and quickly got dressed. "Harry what's wrong?" Ginny asked getting up and getting dressed with him.

"I forgot to go to Professor Lupin's office last night." Harry said, running out the door. Ginny followed Harry down the stairs.

Ginny caught up to Harry right outside Professor Lupin's classroom door.

Harry was surprised to see Professor Lupin at his desk when he walked in, Ginny right behind him.

"I'm sorry Professor Lupin." Harry said, walking up to the desk, a little out of breath.

"For what Harry?" Professor Lupin asked looking up at him.

"I forgot to come see you after dinner last night." Harry replied as he and Ginny took the seats in front of the desk.

"It's no problem, I understand that you had a very exciting day." Professor Lupin said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, we did. It was unbelievable." Ginny said excitably.

"Well, tell me about it." Professor Lupin said, sitting back in his chair.

Ginny told Professor Lupin all about the day from having breakfast in bed to the time she got to ride on Harry's broom with him.

"So, Draco gave you two some trouble." Professor Lupin said with a giant smile on his face.

"Professor Lupin, I was wondering if we could do the training now?" Harry asked, trying not to sound demanding.

"Of course Harry, Ginny will you please go up to my office and wait till we are done." Professor Lupin replied getting up from behind his desk as Ginny went up to his office and closed the door.

Harry went and stood about 6 feet from the desk as Professor Lupin pulled out a rattling trunk from under the desk, when Professor Lupin placed the trunk right behind the chairs that Harry and Ginny were just sitting in.

"Okay Harry, this charm, the Patronus Charm, is a very high level charm, very advanced. It works like this, you concentrate on a very happy memory. A very powerful memory. Once you can picture it, let it fill you up with happiness and focus all that energy into casting the charm. You point your wand at the dementor and say Expecto Patronum." Lupin said as clear as he could. "Do you understand?" He asked seriously.

"Yes." Harry said nodding once. "Alright" Lupin said stepping to the side of the trunk and pointing his wand at it. At once the trunk sprung open. Harry gulped, bracing himself. There was the sound of wheezing and sucking as the boggart dementor slowly rose up. The room instantly felt cold and in the back of Harry's mind he could hear the scream.

Harry thought, it wasn't hard to find the memory. His date last night, and laying at the end of the day with Ginny. He let the love and happiness fill him and he sent it out, calling, "Expecto Patronum!" A thick, silver mist shot out of his wand. The dementor seemed to recoil at the mere sight of it. The mist charged right towards the dementor pushing it back and down into the trunk.

Lupin stood there looking at Harry, amazed. "That…was…incredible!" Lupin cheered. "I've never, in all my years, seen someone produce even a wisp of vapor on their first try! And that was with no dementors actually there."

"Ginny come on down!" Harry yelled, very happy. Ginny came running down to Harry. When she got to him she jumped into his arms. "So, how did it go?" Ginny asked kissing Harry.

"He was magnificent." Professor Lupin said. "He did it on his first try." He continued.

Ginny squealed with excitement, she was so proud of him.

"Harry, what memory were you thinking of?" Professor Lupin asked.

"I was thinking about Ginny and the date yesterday." Harry replied, walking back to the desk and siting down. Ginny sat in his lap.

"Well, I must say miss Ginny here has had a great effect on you." Professor Lupin said, taking a seat in his desk chair.

"Well, I love her so I would do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Harry said, smiling at what he had just done.

"You're still going to need more training though, Harry." Said Professor Lupin. "I suggest we arrange for more training soon, you should be able to master the spell quickly." Professor Lupin continued.

Harry and Ginny got up and left for Gryffindor tower.

When they got into the common room Ron and Hermione were sitting on the couch.

"Where were you two?" Hermione asked, seeing them come in.

"I went to Professor Lupin's office to do my training that I was meant to do yesterday, he was understanding." Harry said, taking his and Ginny's normal chair. Ginny sat on Harry's lap and laid her head on him.

"So, you did it I guess." Ron said not looking at Harry and Ginny.

"Yeah, he did it on the first try because of me and our date yesterday." Ginny said, kissing Harry on the lips, Harry kissing her back.

Hermione blushed and laid her had onto Ron's shoulder. Ron smiled and leaned back so she could cuddle closer.

"By the way, Wood asked me to tell you and Ginny to be down at the Quidditch field around 1, so right after lunch." Ron said smiling.

They sat there till noon then they got up and walked down to the Great Hall for lunch.

After lunch Ginny and Harry walked down to the Quidditch field for their next quidditch practice.

When they got to the Quidditch field Harry and Ginny walked into the locker room to get changed.

Harry and Ginny walked onto the quidditch field with the rest of the team. Wood stopped Harry halfway to the middle of the field. "I think I should show you how to do the Incarcerous spell." Wood said to Harry. "Just like this, point," He pointed his wand towards the twins. "Incarcerous." Wood said and immediately ropes shot out of his wand and made their way fast to the twins, binding them together at the legs. Harry and Ginny laughed as Fred and George cursed, trying to untie themselves.

"Okay, now you try." Wood instructed. Harry pointed his wand at them just as they got themselves unraveled.
"Incarcerous." He muttered, just as they were supposed to the ropes shot out and wrapped around Fred's head. A muffled cry could be heard as he, knocked unbalanced, fell. George glared at Wood and Harry then started working to get the ropes off his brother's head.

"Great job, I think you're ready to secure Ginny and yourself to the broom." Wood said before blowing his whistle. Everyone mounted their brooms. Wood walked over to the trunk that held the balls and opened it up setting free the bludgers, snitch, and tossing the quaffle up high in the air. Harry and Ginny got on their broom as well and Harry used the spell. Just like last time the ropes wound their way around Harry, the broom, and Ginny. Everyone kicked up from the ground and got in position. Harry, still having a bit of trouble going fast, took his place high up.

Everyone started their normal routines, while also practicing the strategies Wood described in his pep talk earlier. Harry wasn't paying much attention, looking for the snitch. He decided that while looking for the snitch he'd take the time to try and get faster. He furrowed his eyebrows in concentration climbing fifty feet. He found that yes, he could put on even more speed. "Ginny, we're going on a dive, brace yourself." He swung the broom around and went into a steep dive. Faster and faster, the wind whipped at his face. He swerved as a bludger nearly hit him. Ginny let out a shriek at the rapid change of speed. The broom spun a few times before Harry could control it, he came to a full stop.

"Sorry about that Harry!" George shouted to him. "Yeah, sorry." Fred muttered with a roll of his eyes from the other side of Harry. He was clearly still a little miffed about the ropes from earlier. "You okay Ginny?" Harry asked, turning to look over his shoulder at her. She nodded, but Harry could see it in her eyes, she was a bit shook up. Then, Harry spotted the snitch, it was 20 feet behind Ginny and a few feet down.

Harry made a gentle but fast decline and reached out his hand for the snitch. He had it in his fingertips when it darted just out of reach and sped off. Harry gave chase. Multiple times he almost had it just to have the snitch dart out a reach a second later. Finally, during a dive, he caught it. He held his arm up and did circles to show Wood he caught it. When Harry heard Wood's whistle he threw the snitch and climbed high again. This repeated several more times before Wood gave the end whistle, by that time it was nearly dark. Everyone landed and Wood congratulated them each in turn, giving criticism where he saw fit.

They all walked back to the changing room to get back into their school robes. Harry held Ginny's hand up to the common room. Both he and Ginny were exhausted as they flopped down on their chair.

"That was incredible." Ginny said, laying her head on Harry's chest.

"You two were amazing today." Ron and Hermione said sitting on the couch.

Ginny smiled then kissed Harry and Harry kissed her back.

The four of them left the common room to go down the Great Hall for dinner.

Harry helped Ginny sit down, he sat next to her and they started eating.

After they were done Harry took Ginny's hand and walked out of the Great Hall. Ron and Hermione right behind them.

The four of them got to the portrait of the fat lady and gave the password. When they got into the common room, the Weasley twins were sitting at one of the tables. Harry walked up to them. "I'm sorry for what happened at quidditch practice." Harry said to them. He walked to the chair and sat down so Ginny could sit in his lap.

"Well we should be getting to bed soon." Hermione said standing up and walking for the girl's dormitories.

"Ok, I guess by 'we' she means us three." Harry said laughing a little. Ginny got up and grabbed Harry's hand to pull him up. They went up to bed. Harry kissed Ginny on the lips and said. "Good night my sweet lady."

Ginny replied. "Good night my hero." Harry wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close. They fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms.

TBC…

I hope everyone liked this chapter. I want to apologize for not having the training in the last chapter like planned but I hope I made up for it. (GD)