Chapter 12: Returning Home
The last few days of the summer past quickly and with relative ease, there where no more attacks Harry guessed that the remaining Death Eaters where lying low. Harry had told Mrs Weasley his plans for her and Hogwarts, at first she had been reluctant to have two jobs but when Harry told her this would be an unpaid job and the meetings would be in the evenings not interfering with her job with Harry looking after his money and redeveloping some of his houses and apartments. Harry didn't stay in the rest of the Weasley family's good books as he transferred a large sum of money to their account and when Mrs Weasley found out she nearly had the whole barn not just the cow. She had yelled until she was blue in the face that Harry was irresponsible with his money and should not give it all away when Mr Weasley came home Harry explained to him why he wanted them to take the money and that it would hurt his and Ginny's feelings if they didn't accept the money.
Harry awoke early on the 1st September, he tried to get up but found that he couldn't as Ginny was asleep across his chest (A/N: I have to say its a nice a surprise to wake up like that but after a while her, my missus that is, head gets uncomfortable) so he just laid back and tried to get back to sleep. He did get back to sleep and he woke up once again before Ginny however this time he wasn't waiting long before Mrs Weasley was banging on the door of Ginny's room demanding that they get up of they will be late. Ginny must have been used to this as she just slept through however Mrs Weasley must have realised this and came into the room, when she saw her daughter sleeping on Harry's bare chest her face softened.
"You best get her up Harry dear, you don't want to miss the train." She said "I would do it myself but she might have a heart attack if she realised I walked in on you two like this."
Harry just grinned before he opened the link between the two of them and gently proded into her mind, she unconsciously rolled over onto the pillow and Harry bent his head down to capture her lips in a sweet but passionate kiss.
"Mhmm I like waking up like that. All time please?" She asked sleepily
"Your wish is my command" Harry replied before lowering his lips again when they pulled away he said "C'mon your mum says its time to get up we don't want to miss the train."
"I still don't see why we have to get the train especially as we're Lord and Lady Griffindor Hogwarts I mean we can apperate through the wards for gods sake." She moaned, Harry was used to this she was not a morning person, unfortunately for him he left the link open that morning as he thought about how much he wasn't a morning person this earned him a slap round the back of the head.
'Oww Gin that hurt if you'd of given me time I would have said how beautiful you look first thing in the morning and even more so when your angry.' He thought to her
'Nice save Professor Potter' she winked as she thought back "But seriously why are we taking the train?"
"First we're not taking it all the way just most of it we'll apperate out and into Hogwarts when the driver announces that we should all change because there are fifteen minutes remaining" Another slap "And also we need to be normal the rest of the Wizarding world don't know that I will be teaching DADA and that we are in fact Lord and Lady Griffindor and Hogwarts. Just imagine their faces when they see us sat next to Minevra and even more so when they announce that I will be teaching O.W.L year and above." He answered.
After they had shared a shower, which was something they first tried on their honeymoon and Ginny found it extreme relaxing to have Harry wash her hair and then brush it out after and he found it relaxing when Ginny gave him a shoulder massage under the hot water. They finally made it downstairs an hour and a half after Mrs Weasley had come to wake them up. They had the normal massive breakfast that she normally provided Harry as usual only ate ¾'s of the meal and Ron finished the rest, after they had all finished breakfast they went upstairs to fetch their trunks Harry levitated his trunk down the stairs and Ginny done hers. Because of Harry's status in the wizarding world now and as Kingsley was minister and a close friend they got a couple of ministry cars to take them to Kings Cross.
When they got to the station they headed straight for platform 9¾, Harry dropped Ginny's hand in shock when he looked at the barrier, when she re-intertwined their fingers she was able to take control of his senses to look through his eyes and she gasped herself they barrier was covered in a multitude of colours ranging from a light sky blue to a deep purple.
"Harry look at us please I need to test a theory." Ginny said to him, she kept herself in his senses and sure enough she soon saw her body with a concentrated look on her face but that wasn't all she was surrounded in a light gold colour. She soon returned to her own senses and she had the same vision. "Harry I think I gained some of your power when I was in your mind."
"Ginny that's not possible it was only some of your mind in Harry's I think the power you speak about must be shared across the bond. What it the power by the way?" Hermione said
"Well I think it is the power to see magical signatures and auras." Harry said when he turned to look at Hermione "By the way yours is a light purple and Ron yours is a deep red in fact all of you Weasleys are a red colour apart from my Ginny who is a gold colour."
"Your Ginny? And by the way Harry your colour is almost the same as mine but its a bit of a deeper colour I think it reflects our power the deeper they are the more powerful you are you are the most powerful colour on this platform and im only one shade lighter wow." Ginny said
"Yes, yes wow now we have to get through the barrier we're going to miss the train if we don't hurry." Ron said slightly annoyed.
With that Harry and Ginny walked through the barrier together, Ron and Hermione soon followed and then Mr and Mrs Weasley. It was good for all of them to see the familiar red locomotive with its matching coaches. Also on the platform they spotted some of their friends most of Harry's year had come back to study their N.E., after speaking with a few of them the general census was that they didn't learn enough last year to pass their exams and as most of the school was blown up at the start of June they didn't have time to take the exams anyway. Soon the warning whistle was blown, this happened five minutes before the train left the station, and Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny said goodbye to Mr and Mrs Weasley before they boarded the train. They walked the rear most carriage which is where they usually sat it was normally where you could get an empty compartment. They came across and empty compartment and Harry soon saw why on the door was a wooden plaque that said 'Reserved for Lord and Lady Griffindor and Hogwarts.
"Well that will have to go aswell" Harry said and with a wave of his hand the plaque disappeared.
"Harry you just did wandless magic." Hermione said shocked.
"Yeah I know I found Gryffindor's and my parents book in the Potter Family vault along with this." Harry said as he pulled out a set of books the first ones title was The Marauders Guide: To Animagus training "these were created by my dad and his friends and I thought we could all learn how to do it. Now onto how I learnt wandless because I am the heir I can absorb certain information and it so happens that this whole book has been charmed so all I had to do was read the chapter on Wandless magic and hey presto I could do it, Ginny can absorb as well its not as powerful as mine she will have to practice for an hour or two before she get it but she will get it quickly."
They spent the rest of the journey reading the Animagus book which Hermione made copies of using the copying charm they agreed that once they had finished with the copied versions they would be destroyed and Harry would keep the original. When the driver announced that they were only fifteen minutes away from Hogsmede Station Harry and Ginny bid goodbye to their friends which now included Neville and Luna who were also a couple now, they had told them all of Harry's and Ginny's secrets but told them to keep it to themselves.
"Ready love" Harry said to Ginny who nodded her head in turn with that he grabbed her hand and apperated to the Heads office at Hogwarts.
"Good afternoon Mr and Mrs Potter, I have just come out of the Floo to Kingsley he says that he has the press release you wrote ready to be released as soon as this evening is over all I have to do is Floo him again at the end of the feast to let him know how it all went. I shall leave you know to get changed, I will personally take you to you suite tonight as soon as the feast is over and I have flooed the minister." She took her leave after that and Ginny walked over to her trunk and absentmindedly started to change when she got down to her undergarments she realised that Harry wasn't changing, in fact he hadn't moved at all he was just sat in the chair staring at Ginny with the passion burning in his eyes.
"You know it is rude to stare Mr Potter." Ginny spoke playfully
"What even if the woman is my wife and especially if her underwear leaves little to my imagination" He replied equally as playful. She just winked to him and gestured for him to get a move on. He soon changed and they left the Headmistresses office, in the entrance hall they passed Professor Sprout who was taking over as deputy head, when they walked into the hall they got a mixed reaction from the teachers most looked shocked their were a few who didn't. Professor McGonagall told the teacher what had happened and dropped subtle hints that they were staring impolitely at their bosses, they were also introduced to the other defence teacher she was called Anna Black, Harry thought he saw a look of recognition in her face, and the new transfiguration teacher was no other than Charlie Weasley, Ginny ran up to her brother and gave him a hug and then slapped him up the back of his head for not telling her that he was going to be a teacher at Hogwarts.
"Every take your seats the student will be arriving soon" Professor McGonagall said. She took the seat that was for the head, golden in colour like a throne, and Harry sat directly on her right in another golden seat this one was slightly smaller and Ginny sat in a seat the same design as Harry's, he took her hand above the table and was playing with the wedding ring on her finger twisting it round and around he saw Charlie's look of amusement and Harry couldn't let it go with out a comment.
"When you get settled down and have a wife you love I'll look at you like that. Hey you never know you might find someone here who catches your eye or a resident of Hogsmede." Harry said with a wink. Charlie didn't get a chance to respond as Minerva flicked out her wand toward the doors and let the students come into the hall. Harry and Ginny laughed at the faces of the students when they saw Harry and Ginny sat at the head table emanating power. A few of the girls were brave enough to give Ginny glares when they spotted Harry playing with the ring on her finger when she glared back the girls went scurrying off. Harry thought it was good to be home.
A/N: So who is Anna Black? Will Charlie fall in love? How will the school react to Harry as a teacher? How will the school react to Harry and Ginny's Secret? I plan to answer these in the next chapter... Please Review
