Firstly, I'd like to thank my readers for waiting for this chapter.

For all of you that don't know, I have glandular fever.

Which, by the way, is less than fun! I was *yellow* and I couldn't stay awake for more than about 3 hrs a day!

I am feeling better now, but the evil GF is going to hang around for 2 YEARS!

Anyway, I'm not sure how fast my updates are going to be, I have my GCSE's coming up, my fires exam is in about 4 weeks and my last exam isn't until the 22nd of June. I will not forget about wings! Don't worry.

I AM ALSO PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE COMPLEATE LAMENESS OF THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN Harry AND Ron, ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGISE.

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This chapter is dedicated to you, GhostofYoda for his INCREDIBLE ability to write Dumbledore..........................(or perhaps that you ARE Dumbledore in disguise!)

There was a moment of absolute silence and stillness: not one of the three moved. Then, Ron drew in a deep shuddering breath.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?????"

Ron cast his eyes over Harry, lying on the bed, and the shirtless Ginny who was straddling him. Ginny suddenly seemed to realize what was happening and moved herself off the bed and started to look for her shirt. As soon as she moved, two things happened, Hermionie entered the room and Ron threw Harry out of it.

Ginny hardly had time to realize what happened before Ron slammed the door leaving Hermionie and Ginny alone.

"What on EARTH does he think he's doing?" Ginny said in a deadly quiet voice. "I'm hoping you can tell me I just hallucinated 'mionie. I'm hoping you can tell me that MY BROTHER did not just do that!"

Hermionie walked over to her friend and sat down beside her "I wont agree with what Ron's doing, but he thinks he's acting for the best."

".......For the best" repeated Ginny, disbelieving "for the best? He just threw the man I love out of this room, he just interfered in my life, he just proved that he doesn't trust my judgment!"

"Look, I know he-"

"He treated me like a child, all this year, we have been equals, and now I'm a child to him, he has to pick who I can date? Will he start telling me who I'm allowed to talk to? Will he stop me from blinking at the wrong time??? What's next?"

"Ginny, I know why you think that, but surely you can see that you're overreacting? Ron isn't taking control, he's trying not to loose you!"

After Ron pulled Harry out of the room, he slammed him against the wall.

"How COULD you betray me like that?"

Harry's eyes widened at his words and he began to get angry with his 'friend'

"How could you take advantage of her like that?"

Harry was far too angry to speak now, if he did, he knew he would regret it.

"I TRUSTED you as my friend"

That was too much, Harry pushed Ron away form him and said:

"Trust? You trusted me? So you DON'T trust me to date Ginny, you don't think I'm good enough for her? I saved her LIFE Ron! Doesn't that mean something to you?"

"You would have saved whoever was in the chamber, and you know that!"

"How can you know that?"

"Because you're you! The whole world thinks you're a hero, and you've you started to believe them! So you think because you're a hero, you can do what you like!"

Harry stopped shouting and he said, in a voice barely above a whisper, "Ron, is that really what you think of me?"

There was a long pause, "no, no that's not what I think, it's just...............imagine if I dated YOUR sister."

"I don't have a sister"

"But imagine you did, imagine that to her, you were a hero. All because you could be there when she had nightmares after her first year, or, stop Fred and George testing sweets on her. Because every time she had a problem, or was in trouble, I was there to help her."

"That wont change! You're ALWAYS going to be her brother."

"Don't you see? It HAS changed. You're her knight in shining armour; you saved her in first year, and now your riding off into the sunset with her on a white horse. As her brother, I can't compete with that."

"You don't have to. You think I'm going to replace you? I could never do that. You will always be the one that's there for her..........I'm just your backup. Ron, there's a very real chance that I wont be around for much longer and then, you will STILL be there for her."

"You really love her, don't you." It wasn't a question.

"How could I not? I'd die for her Ron. I wont let her get hurt."

"Well then, I guess I'm ok with this. But just spare me the details, alright? Then I can pretend I don't know what's going on!"

After the truce was called, Harry and Ron went back to talk to the girls, no one mentioned the fight or the fact that Ginny and Harry were dating, the subject was ignored and life continued as normal.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened over the next few days, and the last of the tension, which was lingering from the fight, dissipated, and left the group back to normal. Half way through charms after watching Ron and Hermionie try to place the fidelius charm on a cushion. This time they almost succeeded in performing the spell but twenty minutes into the thirty- minute chant, their concentration broke. Flitwick was astounded by their progress and awarded them 40 points because it had taken him a year to get that far with the charm. Filled with renewed determination, they continued their work as Flitwick left them and walked over to Harry and Ginny to find out if their translation of the book was accurate. (They neglected to tell their teacher of their success with the charm, because, they weren't entirely sure what it had done to them.) Surprisingly, none of the teachers had noticed that both Harry and Ginny now looked to be 23, and they suspected that the charm was stopping the people that didn't know about the performance of the charm from seeing the change.

Because charms was the last class of the day, Ron and Hermionie decided to stay behind at the end and attempt the spell again. So, five minutes later, Harry and Ginny arrived back at their common room to find that there was a note on their table.

*Who's it from? * Ginny asked as Harry scanned the letter

Harry's mind voice sighed before answering *Its Dumbledore, he-err he wants to see us.*

*When? *

*Now, he says it's urgent* Harry looked up into Ginny's eyes

*He knows, about the charm, doesn't he? *

In spite of his worry, he grinned at her, "without a doubt, Gin"

They left the private common room and walked through the castle until they reached the gargoyle.

*Harry? Why have we stopped?*

*Oh! I forgot you hadn't been here before, this is the entrance to Professor Dumbledore's office*

*Oh, ok*

*Now, this is the fun part*

*Yea, 'cos staring at a stone gargoyle, top of my fun-ness list* she smiled as Harry laughed at her words.

*We have to guess the password.....its usually some kind of sweet* he thought for a moment then said "sherbet lemon?"

The gargoyle didn't move

"Bertie Botts every flavour beans?"

"Canary crèmes?" ventured Ginny with a giggle

Ten minutes and about a hundred sweets later, Harry finally guessed the password

"Everlasting Gobstoppers?" the gargoyle sprung to life and moved aside. Harry led the way up the spiral staircase half listening to Ginny's silent ranting about 'men with far too much time on their hands.' They entered the office to see Dumbledore sat waiting for them, me motioned for them to sit in the two chairs in front of his desk.

"You wanted to see us, sir?" asked Harry

"Yes. Harry, Ginny, I'm afraid I have not been totally honest with you."

"What do you mean, sir?" Ginny said looking just as puzzled as Harry felt.

"I shall start from the beginning. Back in September, when you, just like your fellow students, were receiving your assignments from Professor Flitwick, there was much more at stake than marks towards your NEWTs. You were, in truth, selected by the book to perform the Iunctura Anima charm for a higher purpose."

After a silent conversation about who would do it, Harry asked:

"But what exactly does the charm do - I mean, apart from making us older?"

"The charm is an ancient and complex one, that will hide its effects on the casters of the spell from all who do not know it has been casted. I can't pretend to understand it fully, as it was devised by wizards more powerful than I. On a simple level, however, it could be seen a joining spell; it joins the casters of the charm on three levels - in mind, in spirit and in body." Dumbledore replied, eyes twinkling.

"But, sir, what does that have to do with Harry and I suddenly growing older?"

"I daresay I should have warned you of this before, but the spell is an extremely powerful one. You see, your bodies have aged in order to cope with the increased level of magics flowing through them. Magics that have already given you special abilities, such as the gift of telepathy with each other."

*How does he know these things?*

*I don't know, maybe he reads minds?*

*O yea, that makes me feel tonnes better! Think what else he could know!*

*You, mister Potter, are paranoid* Ginny said as she hid her smile behind her hand.

"Does this spell do anything else?" Harry asked the question he was dying to find the answer to.

"Alas, yes. The telepathy is merely a fusion of your minds. However, the elements have now tied your spirits together. By all means this could be regarded as good news. You will be able to strengthen each others in ways you never expected. Unfortunately, this means that if any misfortune falls upon one of you, the other will suffer as well. The spell, just as it joins you in life, joins you in death."

There was a moment of shocked silence, before,

"That's not a problem." Harry said

*Excuse me?!?*

*Gin, if you were ever to die, I'd no longer have a reason to live.*

*I feel the same way about you.* Ginny assured him

"Finally," Dumbledore said, snapping their attention away from their conversation, "there is a third component to this spell which must be completed, otherwise the effects could prove to be fatal. You have already joined in mind and spirit, you see, but you must also be joined in body. I will leave this to your interpretation, but I warn you, do not delay unnecessarily, for you are rapidly running out of time."

After a few seconds, both Harry and Ginny blushed slightly as they realised what their headmaster was saying.

Dumbledore smiled at them both, "well, good day to you both, I trust that I will see you again in a few weeks time, after your bond has fully settled itself."

Harry and Ginny left his office running over the new information they had been told.

*Well* Harry said *on the upside, I bet we're the only people that have been told they have to sleep together in Hogwarts history*

They couldn't help but laugh at that.

They wandered past the other Gryffindors in the common room and proceeded to their own, private common room, thankful that they could talk mind to mind, and so, there was no chance they would be overheard. They went into Harry's room and found a note from Ron saying that he and Hermionie were both in the forest and probably wouldn't be back until lunch tomorrow.

"That's lucky." Said Harry as he passed the note to Ginny. They sat together on the sofa, facing the fire, Harry's arm around Ginny's waist. They sat in silence for a few minutes, until Harry softly kissed her at the same second Ginny pulled herself towards him, craving Harry's touch. That same lust and need that was always present between the two increased to the point that all thoughts were driven from Harry and Ginny's minds as they were overcome with passion. Suddenly, a thought floated into Ginny's mind:

*I guess this explains the.....need I have for you, if the spell was only half completed*

*Yea I s'pose so................ Look, Gin, From what Dumbledore said, this doesn't sound like the kind of thing we can put off, but I want you to tell me if this is too fast* his mind voice was soft and Ginny stared into Harry's eyes, from her position below him. (At some point, they had lay down on the bed, but neither of them could remember moving.) Ginny saw unconditional love in his eyes and she knew he saw the same thing in hers.

*Harry, I love you*

*I know you do gin, and I love you too, but - *

*Harry, I love you, let me prove that to you.* she grinned devilishly at him with lust-filled eyes and pulled Harry into a smouldering kiss that sent fire through their veins as they gave in to the incredible feelings, and joined soul, mind and body.

I feel like I really should apologise for the lateness of this chapter again......and also for the cheesiness of that last paragraph!

Please tell me what you think!
*Tris*