Chapter 14 Missed Something?
Thinking back Harry remembered how Hermione had agreed to keep the Phoenix wand for them, yet she still looked apprehensive when she took possession of the wand from Ginny.
They had finished the day having tea with Hagrid before heading home, when they got back to the Burrow, Hermione had disappeared for a while, when she returned she had said nothing about where she had been, Harry had always assumed she had gone to hide the Phoenix wand.
That moment in time was the one moment that he had felt the loss of the Phoenix wand more than any other time. The realisation that the wand wasn't his and he had given up on getting it back had hit him hard, along with the realisation that Hermione would be true to her word and keep it hidden. Thankfully one look at Ginny had been all he needed to strengthen his resolve. He had sworn to himself to never go looking for the wand.
Getting up to stretch his legs Harry found himself at the foot of the stairs. Looking up he was reminded that he still hadn't decorated above the ground level of Grimmauld Place. When he had moved in he had quickly cleaned and decorated the minimum he needed to live there, but had quickly lost the desire to carry on after that.
Pacing back and forth in the hallway he found himself obsessing over Ginny's last letter to him. He felt like he was missing something, something obvious and he kept coming back to that last letter. Dotty...Dotty...Absolutely Dotty. For some reason these words were sending alarm bells ringing in his head more than anything else.
"AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH" screamed Harry tilting his head back and pulling at his hair.
As Harry finished screaming there was a pop next to him as Kreacher appeared next to him.
"Master Harry, Master Harry what's wrong, where are you hurt?" asked Kreacher with obvious concern.
"It's alright Kreacher, I'm not hurt, I'm just screaming in frustration" replied Harry "I feel like I've missed something important, but I can't be sure if I have actually missed something or if I just want to have missed something"
Seeing the confused look on Kreacher's face, Harry stopped to explain himself differently "I've been obsessing over Ginny again and trying to figure out what happened"
"Why would you want to have missed something master?" asked Kreacher
"Because if I have missed something there is a possibility, I can fix this situation and me and Ginny could be together again"
"Is there anything I can do to help master" asked Kreacher
"I don't think so Kreacher, why don't you take a break from cleaning and start preparing some dinner"
"Certainly master" said Kreacher before bowing and walking towards the kitchen
Walking back towards the living room Harry found himself going back to Ginny's last letter again Dotty...Dotty...Dots...Dots feeling like he was on the edge of something he forced himself to calmly sit down at his desk where he kept Ginny's letters. Putting them back in date order he started with the first one he had received.
He had often wondered how far back he needed to go to try and figure out what when wrong. He couldn't believe Ginny had just woken up one morning and decided she'd had enough. The first signs of there possibly being a problem appeared the week their Hogwarts letters had arrived.