Title: Harry Potter and the Year of Realizations
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry had a rough fifth year, will his sixth be any better? Harry has a feeling it will be, but he's a little confused about the way Hermione's been acting.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling. (Although sometimes I wish I owned Harry, j/k (strike the 'sometimes'))
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Chapter Ten: The Wake Up
PREVIOUSLY:
Harry found himself in the woods behind the Weasley's house. He looked around, not knowing where he was. He didn't even remember waking up. He spun around when he heard something, but realized it was just a bunny. He suddenly felt a twinge in his nose and reached up. A bloody nose. He only had time to groan when he passed out.
Ron and Ginny ran to Hermione very scared. "Hermione? HERMIONE!!!" Ron screamed at her. Ginny pushed him aside and felt for a pulse. "Ron, she's fine. Though, I wonder what could have possibly happened that would make her faint. Maybe it has something to do with Harry." Ginny thought out loud. "Ginny, you stay with her, I'm going to go find Harry and figure out what they...did." Ginny threw a twig at him. "Pervert." Ron shrugged and climbed down the ladder.
Back in the woods Harry was still laying there unconscious. vultures were circling above, as if waiting for him to die.
Ron walked to the house thinking about what could have possibly happened. He walked in the door, seeing his mum he asked, "Did Harry come through here?" His mum shook her head. "If he did, I didn't see him." Ron looked disappointed at his mums' less than helpful help. Ron turned and walked upstairs. Thinking Harry had just stormed to the house. He walked in looking down. "Harry I just thought you should..." Ron stopped mid sentence when he looked up. No Harry. Feeling very foolish talking to nothing he walked downstairs and looked everywhere. No Harry.
He went back out side and climbed the tree. Ginny was just starring at Hermione. Without even looking up at Ron she said, "Her pulse is getting weaker." Ron rushed back inside and found his mum, who was still in the kitchen. "Mum! Come quick, Hermione's fainted and her pulse is weakening!!!" His mother stood up, nearly knocking over the table. They rushed back outside and Mrs. Weasley followed Ron up into the tree. She rushed over to Hermione and felt her pulse. She felt her forehead and shook her head, no knowing what had happened. "I'm going to owl Albus." She rushed back down to the house, leaving Ron and Ginny very worried.
Ginny turned to Ron. "Did you find Harry?" Ron shook his head. "Do you think this happened to his too?" Ron shrugged. "He wasn't at the house, I have no idea where to find him." Ginny looked at her watch. "We don't have much time, her pulse is getting weaker. I'll go look for Harry." Ron stood up. "No, you stay here and look after Hermione." Ron nodded. Ginny took off down the ladder and straight for the woods.
About two minutes later she returned. She hated the forest. She had looked on the edges and about twenty feet in, but no sign of Harry turned up.
Mrs. Weasley found some parchment and a quill and started writing:
Dear Albus,
Hermione is in trouble. Hurry, we don't have much time. Help.
Sincerely,
Molly Weasley
Molly read the letter over and gave it to Errol to take to Dumbledor. "Hurry, take this to Hogwarts." She tied the letter to Errols talon and hoped the bloody bird would hurry. Errol flew out the window and headed to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Back at the school ten minutes later Errol flew into Dumbledors' office. Albus turned just in time to snatch Errol out of the air before he landed in the fire. Errol flew back and landed on the table. Albus untied the letter and Errol flew back towards home.
Dumbledor read the letter and snapped his fingers. He ended up in 'The Burrow'. Molly wasn't there. Being all knowing as he is. (Not too all-knowing though.) He walked outside. Immediately he apparated into the tree. Ron stood at the other end of the tree as pale as a snow owl. Dumbledor calmly walked over to Hermione and checked he pulse. "Was with her before she fainted?" Albus asked calmly. Ron pointed to himself and then to a very pale Ginny. "Was anyone here before you got here?" Albus asked. Ron nodded. "Harry."
"Ah" was all Dumbledor had to say. "You need to find him and bring him here." Ron and Ginny rushed down the ladder. Grateful that Ron was coming with her to look in the forest she rushed on hoping she'd find him soon.
Dumbledor waited calmly with Mrs. Weasley. Dumbledor reassured her that if they found Harry Hermione would be all right. Mrs. Weasley was also concerned about Harry, what had happened to him? She didn't know.
Meanwhile, Ginny and Ron were in the forest pretty deep. Ginny looked up and noticed some vultures circling a spot about 100 ft. from where the were. Ginny took off running and Ron followed screaming, "WAIT!".
Ginny just ran faster until she came to a small clearing where an unconscious Harry lie. Ron caught up to her as she ran up to check Harrys' pulse. Ron got pale again. His two best friends were both on the verge of dying! He ran up to Ginny and she nodded. He had a pulse. "You get his feet." Ron commanded Ginny. She obliged and grabbed onto his ankles. Ron hooked his arms under Harrys and they headed towards the tree.
Harry had started to feel heavy, but Ron and Ginny carried on and finally made it to the base of the gigantic tree. Ron and Ginny looked at each other, not knowing how the hell to get him up. Ron looked up. "er, Professor Dumbledor, sir." We found him, he's fainted too. We can't get him up there." Albus cam to the edge and pulled out his wand. He muttered 'Wyngardium Leviosa' and brought Harry to the top as soon as Harry was put down Harry and Hermione both woke up, gasping for breath. Ron and Ginny sighed, relived.
Harry looked around him, obviously confused. "Where am I?" He asked. "Harry, dear, you're back in the tree." Molly stated. "What happened!?!?!" Ron burst out. Harry scratched his head. "I don't know, I just ended up in the forest, I just remember falling asleep with Her..out going back inside." Harry changed his answer in mid statement.
Ron looked at him confused, then turned to Albus, looking for an answer. "Molly, Ginny, Ron, could you kindly escort yourselves back to the house? I will explain later, right now, I need to have a word with Harry and Hermione." Ron and Ginny shrugged and followed their mum back to the house. At the bottom of the ladder Ron stopped and put his ear up. Ginny turned around and grabbed his shirt. She rolled her eyes and him and proceeded towards the house.
Harry was still lying on the floor and Hermione had moved to the hammock and laid down. They both propped themselves up and looked at Albus expectantly. "First, tell me what happened." Albus pointed to Harry. "Well, I came out here last night and umm, I guess I fell asleep. I woke up in the forest, I got a bloody nose and blacked out. Then apparently I was brought here." Dumbledor looked at him. "Is that all?" Harry said, "yes!", maybe a little too quickly.
Albus looked at him, then pointed to Hermione. "Well, I came out here after we had gotten into a fight. He came up after me and we were talking and I guess we fell asleep, I woke up over there and Harry had fallen asleep over there." Hermione pointed to two separate hammocks, making a point that they hadn't slept in the same one." Dumbledor nodded. "Anything else?"
Hermione had caught on that Harry had said 'yes' a little too quickly. Hermione, being smarter than Harry (sorry Harry, you know I love you) looked up, as if thinking, and said, "Yeah, that's it." Albus shook his head at the two terrified teens. "If something else happened, I need to know to be able to tell you what happened." Dumbledor had an unnoticed twinkle in his eye. Harry looked down, while an uneasy Hermione proceeded to tell what really happened.
"Well, I had come up here because we had gotten into a fight because of, um, actually, I'm not sure why he was mad at me. He started talking about the perfect Cho Chang when I walked in. He didn't even say 'hi' to me. Anyway, that's besides the point. I came up here and Harry came a few minutes later. He found me crying and he uhkissedmeandthenwesat here and talked for a long time. We were both sitting in that hammock over there (she points to the hammock) and I guess we fell asleep together." Hermione looked down, VERY embarrassed to admit to Dumbledor no less, that Harry and herself were kissing and fell asleep in the same hammock. Not very convincing.
"Harry, is that what happened?" Dumbledor asked an obviously embarrassed Harry. Without looking up Harry nodded. Hermione had found a sudden interest in her shoes and was staring at them waiting for an explanation.
Albus looked at the two and smiled. "Well, I'm not sure quite why you don't remember some things that happened, but it would seem you two have created a sort of bond. A magical one. You two are to stay in the same room at all times. Being too far apart from each other would make you faint, or in being on opposite sides of a wall a nosebleed." Dumbledor watched as the two raised their heads, careful not to look at the other. Hermione asked, "but why us? What's so special about is that made us get this 'bond'." Dumbledor smiled at them.
"You see, if you kiss your true love before the age of 16, which the two of you are, you create a bond. To be more exact your souls have united, creating a bond which, in turn makes sure you two stay together, as there is most likely a prophecy. Hence, the term 'soulmate'. This doesn't happen often though. As for why, it seems the potter men are quite the lover boys."
Harry and Hermione, in a kind of trace, being told you had found your soulmate and that their soulmate was their best friend had in a matter of speaking 'bit them in the ass'. One more week and this wouldn't have happened. Harry turns 16 in three days. Harry looked up at Albus. "So you mean to say, that this happened to my dad?" Harry asked, quite confused. "Yes, but every case is different, I'm sure you two will find there are some things that will happen, and things you won't be able to do that will be different from Lily and James." Harry chanced it and looked at Hermione. Hermione smiled at him and realized how incredible hott he was. Why didn't she see this before?
"Do either of you have any questions?" Hermione did, obviously. "What about classes and dorms at school?" Hermione was really quite worried about everything. "Your classes can be arranged, and as for dorms it won't be a problem." Harry and Hermione looked at him confused. "But they're in different ro.." Hermione was cut off. Dumbledor had pulled out two letters and handed one to Harry and one to Hermione. "Congratulations, you two are the new head boy and head girl." Harry and Hermione looked at each other and then to Dumbledor. He put his hand in the air and snapped. He was gone. Harry and Hermione looked at each other, very embarrassed about the whole thing.
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I reached my goal of over 2,000 and hit 2,369 . Thanks for reading and please read the next chapter which will be up by 2:00 am Central time AT LEAST, hopefully faster. Thanks.
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Thanks for your reviews:
Andrea: I'm glad you like it, there will be a plot to this story and my hope is to get them to Hogwarts soon. I hope you like.
Linzay04: They're not, I just don't want the whole story to end up all sappy and lovey-dovey. There will be some, of course.
Dude: Yeah, me too. The dementors freak me out though, lol. I hope you like this chapter too.
Katie: Thanks. There will be a darker plot line as you can tell from the fainting then I originally planned, but since so many people like it, I'm going to make it much longer. They are going to Hogwarts. Harry is going to see someone in a new light, and someone he thought he couldn't. hint hint winks But that's as much as I'll tell you for now ;).
Lil Bre: Thanks, I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one. I'm going to try to get this chappy over 2,000 words, that is my goal. Maybe there won't be a cliffy, or maybe there will winks
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