Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter nor Ghost Hunt. I only own the ocs.
(With Ginny)
Ginny was beyond furious. She finally found her stupid brother and the know-it-all when the losers of her own house intervened. She wanted to know where Harry was and she knew that they both had that information. Ginny almost had it but now they were gone and she didn't have the patience to find them again.
"I need to find Harry." She muttered as she went to go find him.
Ginny went to the library. They kept the daily prophet there. She needed to go through them to see if Harry had been spotted and she missed it.
Unfortunately for her the only thing in the paper about Harry was that he was going to be a big brother. She screamed in anger.
"Miss Weasley!"
"What?" She asked rudely. She failed to realize that it was the librarian, madam Pince.
"There is NO screaming in here."
"You aren't my boss." She said when she saw that it was just the librarian.
"Excuse me?" Madam Pince was shocked. She had never been talked to like this before.
"You aren't my boss." Ginny repeated slowly, acting like madam Pince was stupid. "You aren't a teacher and therefore not allowed to tell me what to do."
"Go to the headmaster's office right now."
"No!"
"Excuse me?!"
"As I have previously said you aren't my boss. Guess that is why you are a librarian. You are too deaf and too stupid to do any other job."
"But she is your boss."
"Professor Mcgonagall?!"
"Madam Pince is indeed your boss, young lady. Now follow me."
"Y-yes ma'am."
The librarian watched the two go. She was startled out of her thoughts when another red haired student began talking.
"I'm sorry about my sister madam Pince. She had no right to talk to you that way."
"It's not your fault. Did you get professor Mcgonagall?"
"Yes."
"Thank you."
"It's no big deal." Ron blushed. "She has been like this for awhile now. Mum and dad encourage it."
"Idiots. Oh sorry mr. Weasley."
"Don't worry about it."
"Thanks again."
"You're welcome."
Meanwhile Ginny sat down at the chair in front of Minerva's desk. She looked up at her teacher in defiance. Said teacher returned her look with a glare.
"Explain to me why you were so rude and disrespectful to madam Pince?"
"She isn't my boss."
"That is where you are wrong miss Weasley. As a member of this staff she is indeed your boss."
"She's not a teacher."
"That doesn't matter. 100 points from Gryffindor for your rudeness and disrespect. You also have a week of detentions with me."
"That's-"
"Not fair? Oh you will find that it is. Your parents and the headmaster will be informed."
"Where is the headmaster?"
"That isn't any of your business. Now go back to your dorm room."
"Fine." She stood and stomped out.
Minerva watched her go. It irritated her that one of her own house members was acting like this. Ginny was acting like she was an untouchable goddess or something. Minerva couldn't understand how she didn't notice this sooner.
She sighed as she began the letter to her parents. She would wait to inform the headmaster. He and Severus were going over different plans. They needed to see which plan was better when it came to teaching Harry. It could wait for a day or two hopefully.
(With Harry and Lin)
Harry woke up from another one of his naps. He felt refreshed. Between talking to his family and friends, the chocker, a heart to heart with Lin, and of course the naps he felt better. He felt lighter even.
"Lin?" He called out.
"In the living room."
"Okay."
He quickly got off the bed. He folded the blanket that he had been using and put it back at the end of his bed. He made his way to the kitchen to get a glass of water before he headed for the living room and sat down next to Lin.
"You're looking better." Lin observed.
"I'm feeling better. I finally got rid of those pesky emotions that had been clinging to me. I only have my emotions and mine alone."
"That's good."
"Yup. It seems that miss Hara is secretly a clingy person or at least clingy when Kazuya is around. They must have been pretty strong to stay with me for this long. That and mixed with the shrine maiden and Mai's strong emotion weren't a very good combo."
Lin snorted. "I figured it wouldn't be. I did however find the reason as to why my emotions are warm to you even though I am a negative person."
"You did? How? Why?"
"I did. Albus sent you some books to read while he and Snape, was it?"
"Yeah."
"While he and Snape plan out the best way to help teach you. I have been reading through them as you slept. I am your grounder."
"My grounder? What's that? I never found mention of a grounder before."
"That is because most empaths never find them. They never revealed it to anyone. Albus was given this book from an empath who wrote it when he informed him about you."
"So it's a secret kept between empaths."
"Exactly. It's to keep the empath from being manipulated."
"Smart thinking."
"Indeed. Now a grounder is a person that helps calm down and sooth the empath. Their emotions will only project that of warmth. It also shuts out other people's emotion. The only time it doesn't work is if they can't reach the empath. They have to be physically touching."
"Like when we were on the case. I thought that I was in so much pain that my body numbed itself. I didn't realize that your touch helped."
"Exactly."
"I see. Well hand me a book."
"Okay. Just remember that it can only be for an hour. Healer Tonks said that even though there isn't a lot of physical effort you still need to rest your eyes and your mind."
"Alright."
"Good. Here you go. This one is called Intro to Empaths."
"Thanks."
"You are welcome. Oh and before I forget he also sent you some books on seers."
"Cool. When are you going into work?"
"Tomorrow."
"Okay. My parents will be here later tonight."
"Good."
"Yup."
"At some point Mai will try and visit."
Harry groaned. "Oh joy." Lin smirked at the sarcasm in his voice.
"She means well."
"She was also the reason that you broke your leg. She also has strange emotions."
"Strange emotions?"
"They blur together for the most part. I did identify annoyance and awe when she is with Kazuya. They are the easiest to identify at least. Sometimes I can reel that she has a crush on him."
"On who? Kazuya?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm, interesting. Now why is it strange."
"She is crushing on him. It wouldn't be weird but he is always rude to her. Why would she like him that way when he is never nice to her. He always insults her whether or not she notices."
Lin smirked. "That is strange."
"Exactly." He didn't notice the look or tone the chinese man had.
"Well your emotions won't be bothering you anymore."
"True. Her emotions weren't a problem when they are by themselves."
"I figured. She's an independent person. The clinginess wasn't the one of her traits. The only time she complained and was whiny was when Kazuya was being rude to her or when he ordered her to make tea."
"It was the medium. Even though most of the time it wasn't outwardly expressed I could feel how clingy she was. Especially when Kazuya was around."
Lin snorted. "Figures. The first case that we worked on together I could tell. I had only been there when they were packing things away on the last day."
"The shrine maiden was the one that the whininess was coming off from. It leaked from her."
"I bet. She whined and complained the whole time that we were working."
"Yup. All three were clinging to me. According to this book, when an empath is being hurt from many negative emotions at once there are times when people, usually women, unconsciously project their positive emotions to protect the empath."
Lin remembered that he had read that and put two and two together. "They unconsciously used their emotions to protect you from the emotions that were coming off from the spirits. Unfortunately their stronger emotions, like being whiny, were transferred with because they didn't stop feeling it at the time. They affected you because they stayed stuck on you after you were hurt."
"Exactly."
"Then it is a really good idea that they are gone now."
"Yup! Now I can be my lovable, adorable, and slightly hyper self." Harry told the older male with a smile.
Lin smirked. "Slightly hyper? You mean annoyingly bouncing of the walls hyper, right?"
A pillow was thrown at Lin as well as a tongue being stuck out. "That is my story and I am sticking to it."
"If you say so."
"I do."
"Alright then." Lin said in amusement.
They both settled down. Harry and Lin went back to reading their books. This time neither spoke and a comfortable silence fell between them. Both of them glad that Harry was back to normal.
(With Molly and Arthur)
Molly stared at the letter she had just received. When she saw that it was from Minerva she was worried about her daughter. It changed when she read the contents. To her it had to be wrong. There was absolutely no way that Ginny would be disrespectful or rude to anyone let alone someone in authority. It had to have been one of those brats in Slytherin. They must have done something to her daughter.
"Arthur?"
"What is it Mollywobbles?"
"Here read this."
He took the letter from his wife and began reading it. He became confused by its contents. That didn't sound like his daughter to him. There must be something wrong with her.
"Those slimy Slytherin brats must have done something to our little girl."
"They must have. This isn't something that our princess would do."
"I know."
"I wonder why Minerva didn't catch this. She should have realized that Ginny was raised to be respectful."
"I know. Poor dear is so overworked. According to Ginny's last letter she has been filling in for Albus. He hasn't been there."
"That must be it. Wonder where Albus is. Anyway I will write a letter to Minerva to tell her that the Slytherins must have done something like that to her."
"Okay dear. Now our Ginny won't have to serve those detentions. It will be the deviant that caused our Ginny to do it."
"That is correct."
Since the boys didn't leave yet they heard it all. They couldn't understand how blind their parents were. Ginny had been a brat for a while now. Hell they encouraged her behavior. Yet when it was brought up it couldn't be Ginny's fault. It just had to be someone else's fault.
