It was a few weeks later and Harry and Ginny had been looking into the death problem some more. They think they had cracked Voldemort's side of the problem. Horcruxes. They were almost sure of it. They had abandoned looking for how Harry had survived for now, it would be good to know but they decided it wasn't essential and they wanted to look into horcruxes.
They looked into they quite a bit and they decided that as Voldemort wasn't a stupid man, he might have been evil but he was far from stupid, he would have made 7 horcruxes, most people would have a problem with killing that many people, but obviously Voldemort didn't and 7 was pretty obviously the optimum number after some research. The only problem now what was where the horcruxes. If they destroyed them all the last bit of Voldemort soul, the 7th bit that is actually in him, would have nothing to anchor him to the earth and he would die, because at the moment he wasn't truly alive anyway.
This is where they were at, but today they wouldn't worry about any of that because today was July 31st, today was Harry's 16th birthday. On Harry's 16th birthday he was woken up by kisses all over his face by his 14 year old wife. When Harry's eyes opened and his face broke open in a grin, Ginny sat on top of him.
Hi love
Hi replied Ginny before kissing him.
You know in just over a year I'll be 16. This got the reaction from Harry that Ginny had been hoping to get, she could tell because she was sitting right on top of him.
I know, trust me I know with that Harry flipped them over so that she was lying down and he was propped up on his arms on top of her. Harry then leant down and kissed her and it got very heated very fast. Eventually Harry stopped them, only because he knew Ginny had no intention to.
I have an idea, a bit of a birthday treat
What Harry replied cautious of what her answer might be
Let's have a bath
A bath? That's hardly a new idea?
No you idiot, let's have a bath together
Ginny...
Come on Harry, it's your birthday. It's not like we haven't seen each other naked before.
A bath with you does sound nice, but only a bath ok?
Ok
Harry and Ginny ran a bath, stripped off and got in, their ensuite had a huge bath tub in it so Harry got in first then Ginny got in and laid back against him. There was still plenty of room. This is how they stayed for nearly an hour with their hands entwined and Harry playing with a Ginny's fingers.
Then the peacefulness was broken as Milo appeared, "your family is here." Milo said, as if not noticing they were in the bath.
Ginny tried to hide herself against Harry's body and hid her face in his chest as he wrapped his arms around he protectively, "Milo!" He said, "give us some warning before you come in here next time, tell them that we are just coming, but for goodness sake don't tell them we're we were!" With that Milo disappeared, the baths was drained and Harry and Ginny quickly dried each other off and got dressed, before racing down stairs to the main living room. There they saw Fred and George and Ginny's dad. None of them had been before as Ginny thought a good time to bring them would be Harry's birthday, almost like a party. Nicolas and Perenelle were coming later on too.
Ginny rushed to all three of them and hugged them and Harry stood off to the side awkwardly. Ginny sensed that he was awkward, and he shouldn't be awkward in his own home, never mind on his birthday, went to his side and took his hand and pulled him a bit closer to the others.
"Who wants a tour?" Ginny asked. All three Weasley boys were very eager for a tour so Harry and Ginny lead them throughout the whole house and then came the bit that Fred and George had been waiting for, the gardens. They first showed them the quidditch pitch and then the heated pool and then it just turned into a roaming of the grounds. That was until Ginny stopped in her tracks.
Harry! I almost forgot, we better go back, Nicolas and Perenelle will be here soon.
Calm down, they aren't here yet and if they were Valia would have come and told us.
"We need to go back up now," Ginny said allowed, "our other guests should be here soon as we should really be there when they arrive."
The five of them hadn't been back in the house a minute when Nicolas and Perenelle arrived. Ginny squealed and ran over to them and hugged Perenelle, she whispered in her ear, "This is from both of us to both of you." Then after a second just before she was about to pull back she added, "oh and by the way me and Harry need to speak to you privately, make sure you stick around after the others leave."
By this time it was almost lunch and Milo said they could eat when they wanted so they decided to have an early lunch and then Ginny wanted Harry to open his presents that she had gotten him. Lunch was eaten in a polite and respectable manner even if it was slightly awkward and tense. After lunch Ginny jumped up and told everyone to go to the living room. In the living room was a small pile of presents. "Come on birthday boy, open them up!" Said Ginny giving him a small push on the back towards the presents. Harry opened the presents to find that Ginny had basically gotten him a new wardrobe worth or clothes.
"Thanks Gin!" Harry said out loud as he kissed her cheek.
Nicolas then reached into his pocket and pulled out a wrapped package that was very obviously a book. He handed it to Harry and Harry ripped off the paper to find a very old book.
"It's mainly charms," said Nicolas, "old charms really, most of them have gone out of fashion, but a lot of them can be very useful." He explained.
"There are also a few potions I don't think you have seen at the back." Perenelle Added.
"Thanks guys, this looks great." Harry said to them both with a grateful smile.
Fred and George both then stood up, "Now young Harry, who is now older than us, we heard a rumour that it was your birthday today," Fred started.
"Because our dear sister sent than Phoenix to tell us," Added George.
"So," carried on Fred, "we thought we would bring you some tricks we had been working on."
"We have brought you," George said in a dramatic voice, "the only trick we can get to work so far," he paused for dramatic effect, "That's right, Harry, you are getting a whole packet of canary creams!"
Harry snorted with laughter a bit, "what are they?"
"What are they? Do you hear this George?"
"I do, let me explain, canary creams, when eat turn you into a canary bird, a little yellow bird for about 5 minutes."
"Cool!" Harry said, "I want to try one."
"Well they are yours," Fred said handing them over.
Harry popped one in his mouth and after swallowing it turned into a little yellow bird as promised. He let out a little squeak and then flew around the room a few times before landing on Ginnys shoulder. Ginny started stroking him.
You make quite a cute bird you know
Thanks, I think
"Harry I would stay there too long, 5 minutes is nearly up, you don't want to transform back and land on her do you?"
Harry was about to hop off when Ginny picked him up and placed him on the ground.
Thanks, but I probably could have managed that myself
I know
After being on the ground for not even 30 seconds, Harry was back to Harry. "Those are so cool guys, how do you make the?"
"Now Harry," George said tutting slightly, "do you really think we are going to give you trade secrets?"
Mr Weasley then stood up looking slightly embarrassed, "ummmm Harry, it's not much but I got you this." He said quickly handing Harry a tin of chocolate frogs and then sitting down quickly. Then after a moments thought, "why don't you kids go have fun, I want to speak to Nicolas and Perenelle for a minute."
Harry looked at Perenelle who nodded at him so he stood up and said, "come on let's go to the next room." Ginny Fred and George all followed him into a large sitting room.
"So," Ginny said taking her seat next to Harry and turning to Fred and George, "how are things at home?"
Fred and George looked at each other and then George spoke, "Well Mum has no idea what to do, she keeps deciding that she is being silly about everything, which she is and then changing her mind. Percy is such a little mummys boy he just agrees with whatever Mum says and Ron, well Ron acts normal most of the time every now and then I've heard him mumbling about how he isn't suppose to be the youngest."
Ron has always hated being the youngest boy, he would always say well at least I'm not the youngest of all of us. Ginny explained to Harry.
"Yeah, I didn't think Ron would take me being older than him well, what about you two so you mind me being older than you?" Ginny asked.
"Nah," Fred said, "probably will just make you more fun to hang out with."
True to Fred's word, the four of them did have fun hanging out and when the adults decided to join them, they found them all laughing.
"What's al legislation about?" Mr Weasley asked with an amused look on his face, glad that the kids were having fun.
"Oh nothing," said fred catching his breath, "just telling them a bit about hogwarts."
"Almost makes me wish I'd gone, it sounds great." Said Harry.
"Now Harry," George said, "it isn't that much fun for everyone."
"I'm sure!" Said Ginny with a smirk.
