Summary- The battle with Voldemort has been over four years now, but Harry is still unhappy. Sure he has his friends, but he still feels as if there is a void in his life. After his only loved moved away Harry thought he could never be happy. That is until she returns. DH Spoilers!

Setting- Four years after DH but before Epilogue.

Disclaimer- I do not own Harry Potter.

Chapter 11- Ghost

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Harry got to his feet. "She can't be with you." Harry said. Both of them looked at him.

"Why is that Potter?" Danny asked getting in his face. Harry didn't move.

"Because she loves me. And I love her."

Danny backed away and turned to look at Ginny. "Well? Do you love him? After everything he did to you?"

"I, yes, I love him." She said looking Danny straight in the eyes.

"I see. Fine, I hope you have a great life Ginny." He said and with that he left the apartment.

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Ginny and Harry turned to each other.

"I'm sorry." Harry said.

"For what?"

"Waiting so long to tell you."

They both smiled. Harry took hold of Ginny's wrist and pulled her to him. They kissed passionatley.

"How very touching."

They both spun around towards where the sound came from. There, floating in midair was a ghost.

"Who are you? What do you want? Gin, do you know him?"

"Yes, I've saw him before. It's Joe Peterson. He's been dead for years."

"Now that's where you are wrong. You should both sit down. My story is a long one."

"Okay." Ginny said. Harry didn't look like he trusted the ghost, but sat down anyway.

"Now as the young lady said, I am Joe Peterson. I am surprised you have heard of me. The Dark Lord was certain everyone had forgotten about me."

"Wait so you worked for Voldemort?" Harry asked.

"Yes, I did."

"Any what now that you're dead you want to come to the good side?" Harry said.

"No, if the Dark Lord were still alive I'd still be a loyal servant. But I do accept that he is gone now and I am dead. The past is past. All that matters now is the present situation."

"You mean Bellatrix?"

"Yes, I am the one that brought her back, along with Snape."

"But why did you bring them back instead of Voldemort?"

"I am glad you asked. Now I shall start from the beginning. I went to school with the Dark Lord. He was the most brilliant student in the school even in his first year. He out shined all others including myself. But I did not mind. I didn't want to draw attention to myself. So I began my work that took me until now to finish. I wanted to know how I could bring back the dead. I didn't know that the Dark Lord was working on such a close related subject until a few years later."

"You knew about the Horcruxes?"

"Yes, I heard him asking Slughorn about them. I was intelligent enough to put it all together."

"And he didn't kill you?"

"No, I never told him I heard the conversation and I was skilled enough to keep that thought out of my mind. I never told anyone of my work but I knew that he would know. And he did. He found me during the summer one year. He came to ask me about my research. I was skeptical at first. I didn't know for sure if I should tell him, but he was very interested just as I was. So I told him. We worked together the whole summer on it. And then we went back for our final year at Hogwarts. He told me to lay low for awhile and that he would find me. So I did."

"And he found you?"

"Yes, a few years later. I had given up on him by then but not my work. It was my life. My one true passion. But he came and found me just as he said he would. You see I had heard what he was doing. Taking over the wizarding world. He said we had to fake my death. I asked why and he said so no one would suspect anything of me. I didn't know what that meant and the only thing I can come up with now is that someone had found out who I was. So I did a he said. It was a very publicized death. Ms. Weasley I am sure saw me in the Daily Prophet?"

"Yes, it was years ago. I was up in the attic looking through some things when I came across the old Prophet."

"I suspected as much."

"Okay, so how do we get rid of Bella?" Harry asked getting impatient.

"Oh, I see you were hoping that Snape could live? I'm afraid not. Both must go. They are a pair. And if we don't kill both of them then it will not work."

"A pair? You make it sound like they are socks." Ginny said.

"Yes, I know it sounds strange, but all of this is strange even in our world. What I mean by 'they are a pair' is this: they were brought back together and they must die again together."

"Fine, so Snape has to die too. But how do we do that?" Harry asked.

"You have to figure that out. I do not know myself."

"What?" Ginny and Harry both said together.

"I didn't get to work it out before I was killed."

"Who killed you?"

"It's ironic, but it was Bellatrix."

"So, you didn't think to have a way to fix it if something went wrong?"

"I didn't think it was possible to go wrong. I was overly confident."

"I see why you and Voldemort were such good friends."

Joe laughed at this remark. "Voldemort and I were never "friends", neither of us ever wanted any friends. Only followers."

"So are you going to help us fix this or not?" Harry said standing up.

"I will do what I can."

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Ron and Hermione were both sitting down in the attic. Ron was watching Hermione with a dazed look.

"Ron it would be nice if you were actually paying attention."

Ron shook his head bringing himself out of his daydream. "What? I am paying attention."

"Ron this is not history back at Hogwarts. This is important stuff and I need you to help me."

"Okay, okay, read it to me again."

"It says: ' 'etern livious' this spell is the third part of the task. It closes the portal the souls escape from. If open for too long more than one soul could escape. If more than one soul escapes the two shall be tied together.' "

"So, it doesn't just give the counter spell?"

"No we don't need one. You see no matter if we are bringing souls in or out the spell won't change. I have to go to Ginny's and tell them we can work on the potion or ritual instead."

"I'm sorry but I don't think you two are going anywhere before you tell me where that child is."

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A/N: Sorry I know I havent updated in a long time but I am busy and I wasn't sure what to do next in this chapter. Next chapter will be really long and sorry for the cliffie! Read and review please!!!