A/N: Sorry for all of you who think this is another new chapter, but the one I posted last night was un-edited. I really just wanted to post it last night and I figured I could post the edited one in the morning, I changed the ending too. I also forgot to have Ginny give Harry her present. The spell at the end I only wanted to put in there before I edited and wanted to see how many people would say something about it. Third Repost! I forgot Ginny's present. Again!
Christmas with the Weasley's
"Harry!"
Harry felt his chest being crushed and laughed.
"Gin, I've missed you too, but seeing you won't be as great if I'm suffocated to death." Ginny either didn't either hear him or didn't care, because she just reinforced her grip. Harry just put is arms around her and hugged her too.
He couldn't help it, he had completely missed her. Everything about her, and he meant everything. He missed the way she hugged him, he missed the way she walked, he missed the way her hair smelled, he missed the afternoons that they spend laying in the sun, hell, he even missed the way she would yell at Nick.
"Harry?" Ginny asked, from the way she said it, it sounded as if she had been trying to catch his attention.
"Hmm?" Harry said, while they were still in the fierce embrace.
"I said, did you say goodbye to everyone yet?" Ginny said pulling out of their embrace.
"Yeah, everyone said they'll see us on the 31st, except Fred and George. They told you to be on the lookout for a toilet seat for Christmas. Oh, and Percy says Merry Christmas." Ginny laughed at the toilet seat part.
Harry had said goodbye to Draco, Neville, and Hermione when they were in their compartment. Harry had snuck out late last night and said goodbye to Remus and Sirius in Sirius' living quarters. The really weird thing that had happened was what happened just before Harry got on the train. Sirius, Remus, and James Potter were assigned to wait at the Hogsmeade station to watch over the students. Sirius and Remus had smiled and waved. The really weird thing that happened was the small smile he received from James. He didn't have time to think about it as he was pulled onto the train by his friends.
"I'm surprised you convinced my parents to let Ron come with us." Ginny said snapping Harry out of his thoughts.
"Well, what can I say? My powers of persuasion are unstoppable." Ron had been happy to learn that harry was going to Romania with his family, and let them think he was going with them. It wasn't until the morning of leaving Hogwarts that he let them know he wasn't going. Harry had then rushed up to his room and grabbed parchment. He wrote out a whole foot's worth of begging Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. One hour later, Ron got a letter letting him know he could come and to hurry up and pack his things. Ron was still shocked that Harry had managed it.
"Harry?" Ginny asked quietly. "My parents met your parents."
Harry stopped in his tracks and groaned. "Great, I wanted them to meet later! Knowing dad he's probably made a fool of himself!"
"They seemed to get along." Ginny said leading them towards their parents. Harry and Ginny had to fight through a crowd of students and finally found their parents. The adults seemed to be laughing about something while Ron was standing by his trunk talking to Dan and Rose. Dan really didn't seem to be paying attention and was looking around for someone. His eyes widened when he saw Harry.
"Harry!" he screamed running towards Harry. Harry found his legs being crushed from Dan's arms. Harry felt another pair of arms and figured Rose had raced over to. Harry crouched down and gave both of them hugs.
When Harry let them go, he was attacked with questions. Things like "How was school?" "Was it fun?" "What are the classes like?" "Did you beat up Ryan Potter?" The last question coming from Dan. Harry had noticed two people he hadn't seen before, Nick's parents.
"Hello Mrs. Shadow." Harry said greeting him.
"Harry, please, I told you, call me Aunt Lynn." said, smiling.
Harry just smiled at her. "Hello Mr. Shad-" Lynn gave Harry a pointed look. "Uncle Tyler," Harry corrected. Tyler ruffled Harry's hair."Hello Harry, I believe we need to have a certain talk about sneaking a certain person into a certain place." Harry grinned up sheepishly at him. He looked over to see Nick avoiding Harry's gaze. By his blushed cheeks, Nick was already talked to. Harry turned to look at his parents but his eyesight was cut off immediately.
"Harry! I missed you so much. I felt so weird not having my little boy around anymore." Harry blushed at Lyla's words. "Mum," He whispered sheepishly. Lyla eventually let go of Harry, but looked like she still wanted to embrace him. Harry looked past Lyla to face his dad. Harry was unsure of what to do.
Cyrus made up his mind as he picked him up and gave him a fierce hug. "DAD!" Harry screamed. "People are watching!" Cyrus knew Harry didn't really mean it seeing as how Harry's arms wrapped around Cyrus. "I missed you Harry, I had no one to pick on." Cyrus said chuckling.
"Me too, but you better have practiced your flying, I know me and Nick didn't stop." Cyrus gave Harry a stern look. "Harry, about Nick. I am s-." Cyrus was cut off. "I know Dad, I feel bad about it, but I'm glad I did. And Uncle Tyler is already going to talk to me." Cyrus looked surprised.
He lowered his voice. "Actually, I was going to congratulate you." Cyrus said shocking Harry. "I mean, how many other parents can say their son broke someone into Hogwarts? I never expected you to follow the rules there Harry, just to learn to control your magic." Cyrus smirked at Harry's shocked face and ruffled his hair. "And actually, yes. I have been practicing, I assure you, that I can now out fly you." Cyrus said proudly.
Harry could only snort and walked over to the Weasley's. He greeted them and Harry, Nick, Ginny, and Ron stood talking. "How are you guys getting there?" Ron asked Nick and Harry. "Mum said we were taking a portkey and that you two would meet us there."
"Were taking a portkey too." Harry lied easily. He hated to lie to his friends, but he couldn't risk having his secrets exposed. Ron would probably think he was loony id he said, I'm taking a portal made from shadows to get there.
"Maybe we should introduce him to Occlumency." Ginny suggested through the mind link.
"I think I'll suggest it to them when we get back. Then next year, if their shields are good enough, we can tell them. It's my story as much as it is yours now." Harry replied through the link.
"I missed being able to talk like this. Don't get me wrong, Hedwig is brilliant, but this is amazing." Ginny said happily.
"I have just the thing for that." Harry said secretively.
"What is it?" Ginny asked excitedly.
"It's a surpr-." Harry couldn't finish as he heard his name.
"Harry! What were you doing mate? You and Ginny were just staring into each other's eyes. I've been trying to call you for a good couple of minutes." Ron said annoyed.
"Sorry." Harry and Ginny both mumbled at the same time.
"Ok," Ron said eying both of them weirdly. "I was trying to tell you both that me and Ginny have to leave. We'll see you in Romania." Ron grabbed Ginny's arm and pulled her over to where their family was standing. Harry watched as they both grabbed an old newspaper and Harry caught Ginny's eyes one last time before she disappeared. Right after she left, Harry could feel their link weaken greatly.
Harry and Nick made their way over to where their parents were waiting patiently. "Well, the plan is to go home for a little while, seeing as how we can't check into our suite until 2:30. So we have a good two hours before we leave. Then were checking into the Hotel, get settled in, and at 6 o'clock, Romanian time, were having dinner with the Weasley's" Cyrus said filling Nick and Harry in on their plans for the rest of the day. Harry and Nick nodded showing that they agreed. Cyrus lead them out of the train station and into an alley were they could shadow back to the castle. Cyrus made sure no one was looking before opening a portal and gesturing everybody to go through.
Immediately when they got out Harry's hand was being grabbed by Dan and pulled towards his and Rose's room. Harry was actually led to a room different than the one that Dan and Rose used to stay in. Dan turned around and looked up at Harry when they arrived at the door.
"Close your eyes." Dan told Harry with his most serious voice.
Harry did as he was told and heard the door open and felt himself being pulled into the room by the four year old. Harry heard Daniel tell him to open up his eyes and Harry complied. Harry took in his surroundings, pushed into the corner was a bed that was slightly smaller then what was in his room, a dresser on the far wall, a half empty bookshelf, and a couch by the bookshelf. Harry looked at Daniel questioningly.
"It's my new room!" He answered excitedly. He gushed into an explanation about how he and Rose had begged Cyrus for different rooms and Daniel was moved into this room while Rose got to keep their old room.
"I remember when I got my room, I was so excited. I stayed in the library all the time. It was like my own personal heaven. I was a little bit older then you were. Right after I disa-." Harry quickly shut his mouth.
"Right after you what?" Daniel asked questioningly.
"Nothing." Harry said a little bit too harshly. Daniel's face had a hurt look on it so Harry decided to change the subject.
"What books do you have on your bookshelf?" Harry said, gesturing to the object.
"Well, when I got it, Dad asked me what books I liked. So I went into your library and raced over her. I asked if Dad could copy the books for me because I didn't want to take them from you." Daniel said excitedly. He went over exactly which books were in there and why he liked them so much. Harry laughed at the how excited the boy was.
"Before you know it, you'll be writing your own books." Harry said, making Dan blush. Harry excused himself from Daniel's room and made his way to his library and searched for a certain book. He found it and made two copies of it. He then brought out his present for Ginny began putting the finishing touches on it.
"Time to go, Harry!" Cyrus called from down the hallway. Harry put his items in a magically expanded bag and headed towards the meeting point. Cyrus waited for Harry to arrive until he opened the portal. Harry walked through it and found himself in a deserted hallway with doors that had numbers on them of each side of the hall. Harry waited for Cyrus to come out and walked with him to what Harry presumed to be the check-in desk.
"Is the hotel magical?" Harry asked Cyrus as they rounded a corner.
"Yes, according to Molly and Arthur it's only a couple of minutes away from the reserve." Cyrus said as they approached the front desk. Nick and his parents checked in first.
"On a first name basis already?" Harry asked.
Cyrus sighed, "Well, you know your mother. Once she heard that Ginny's parents were going to, she rushed over and didn't come home till late at night." Cyrus stepped forward once Nick and his parents had moved away. "The reservation is under Shade." He told the female receptionist.
"Ahh, here you are. Cyrus is it?" The receptionist asked. At Cyrus nod she continued, "Wand please?" For a second Cyrus almost panicked, why would he have a wand? He calmed down when he saw Harry hand her his wand. She put the wand in a hole and took it back out. "When you get to your room, put the wand in, it acts as a magical key. Room 516."
"At least this thing has some use." Harry muttered as he took his wand back. The receptionist gave him an odd look but went to serve the next person.
"Ginny? What room are you in?" Harry asked, through the link that was now strong.
"Room 326. What about you?" Harry heard her reply.
"Room 516. Can you say you're going to the bathroom or something and shadow here? I haven't seen you in forever and I want to talk to you in person." Harry said as he inserted his wand and he heard an audible click.
Harry looked into the room and was breathless. "Wow." Was all he could say. "I don't think I'll ever get used to this."
The suite was amazing. Right when you walk into the door you walked into the living room of the suite. Across the door, instead of a wall, was a large window overlooking the dragon reserve. Every now and then you would see a pillar of fire shot up into the air. In the living room there was a coffee table that had a couch, love seat, and two chairs surrounding it. One of the doors led off into a miniature kitchen. It wasn't as spectacular of the kitchen back at the castle, but it was still pretty impressive. The suite was a three bedroom suite. Cyrus and Lyla let the children choose their room and Harry grabbed what he thought to be the most impressive. This room had two windows instead of walls. The one window showed the reserve while the other showed a small town. Dan and Rose picked the next room and Cyrus transfigured another bed for them.
Harry heard a crash in the living room and raced to check it out. He couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Ginny had crashed on the floor as falling through a portal. Ginny glared at Harry but before long she encased him into another hug.
"I missed you so much Harry." Ginny whispered into his chest.
"Me too Gin. How did you manage to fall through the portal?" Harry asked, genuinely surprised, seeing as how Ginny was usually graceful.
"Well, I tripped right before I went through, so I fell on my face."
Harry could feel Ginny's embarrassment through the link so dropped the subject.
"How much time do we have?"
"Well, I told them that in was taking a nap and made a dummy that was my size. So I would say we have a while." Ginny said smirking.
"You're too smart for your own good Miss Weasley." Harry said putting his forehead on Ginny's and staring into each others' eyes.
"Ginny!" Both Harry and Ginny's head snapped to Cyrus and Lyla's doorway where both Cyrus and Lyla were standing. Harry and Ginny both unconsciously took a step away from each other. Cyrus and Lyla had made it very clear that they knew about the bond, but didn't want them to get to close too soon. They wanted them to enjoy their childhood and not grow up to fast. That had been a pretty nasty fight.
"What a surprise! What are you doing here Ginny?" Lyla asked shocked.
"Well, um, me and Ginny were going to spend time together." Harry said sheepishly. Ginny's hand wrapped around Harry's giving him silent support.
"I thought we were going to spend some family time together, like we promised Harry." Cyrus said, giving Harry a pointed look.
"Well, I haven't seen Ginny in awhile and I wa-." Harry said, his voice raising.
"Harry, don't." Ginny said, cutting him off. Harry's head snapped towards Ginny.
"What? But Ginny? We haven't seen each other for nearly three and a half months!"
"I know but you need to spend time together as a family." Cyrus and Lyla watched as the silent battle went on between Harry and Ginny.
"Please stay Ginny! I can spend time with them later!" Ginny brought her hand up to Harry's cheek.
"I know, I'm not saying I like the decision, but you have to spend time with them. We can spend time later. Plus, I can easily sneak out at night." Ginny said with a smirk on her face. Harry's face erupted into a smile and brought Ginny into a hug. Apparently it lasted too long as Cyrus cleared his throat.
Harry and Ginny both said their goodbyes and Harry watched as Ginny turned around and left.
Harry turned towards his parents with a scowl on his face. "I hope you're happy." He said walking over to the couch near the window. With a sigh, he sat down.
Cyrus and Lyla looked slightly shocked at the scowl they received, but went over to the couch. Cyrus sat down next to Harry and tried to begin a conversation with him.
"How's Hogwarts?"
Harry scowled, "Could be worse."
"What are your friends like?"
A real smile came over Harry's face. "They're great. Hermione takes her studies very seriously while Ron the opposite, they balance each other out perfectly. Draco is kind of in between; he studies and gets good grades because he doesn't want to bring shame to himself. Me and Nick basically learned all this stuff at six so we study very little and still get good grades. Professors Bla-." Harry stopped himself. He was about to say "Professors Black and Lupin" That wouldn't have been a good slip.
"Professors who?" Lyla asked, catching the slip.
"Nobody." Harry said a little too quickly. Both Lyla and Cyrus narrowed their eyes at Harry but didn't say anything more.
"I have to put some finishing touches on something." Harry said standing up and walking towards his room. Harry worked on Ginny's present until he was satisfied it would work. Harry made sure he had everything ready for Christmas in two days. Harry went out in the living room and talked to Cyrus and Lyla for a little while. Both noticed that Harry was extremely antsy and wouldn't settle down.
"Fine! Go see her! Make sure you're there for dinner though!" Cyrus called to Harry's retreating back, as he left before he could finish the sentence. Harry raced off towards Ginny's room, He was about to knock but stopped himself. If he knocked, Ron would come too. Not that he didn't like Ron, but he really just wanted to see Ginny.
"Ginny! Come on! They let me come!" Harry said hurriedly through the link. He waited all of two minutes before he was engulfed into another hug. Just as he was about to deepen the hug, Ginny pulled away.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked concerned when he saw her face.
"I'm mad at you."
"Why?" Harry asked shocked.
"You blocked your memory, that's why! You won't even let me have one peek at what you got me?" Harry chuckled.
"Nope, not even one peek." Harry whispered into her hair after he pulled her into another hug. "At dinner, don't eat too much ok?" Ginny raised an eyebrow but nodded nonetheless.
"We only have two hours before dinner, what do you want to do?" Harry asked grabbing her hand and walking down the hallway.
"Oh! Can we take Shadow for a walk? I love that dog." Ginny suggested.
"Sure, he's up in my room; it took me a while to convince Cyrus and Lyla to let me bring him." Harry opened a portal so he didn't have to explain to his parents and grabbed Shadow. He was sleeping but once he heard the word "walk" he was wide awake.
Once Harry shadowed back to Ginny, Shadow saw her. He ran up to Ginny and ran circles around her. Ginny laughed and bent down to hug him. Shadow just barked happily at her. Harry and Ginny held hands as they let Shadow lead them on their walk.
Eventually he brought them to a small lake. Ginny pulled her robes tighter around her. Harry pulled her closer into him as he warmed her up. He ran his hand down her back and cast a warming charm on her clothes, but still held her in his arms.
"Who would have thought Romania would be so cold this time of year." Ginny said dryly. Harry just laughed and pulled her closer. They found a spot near the lake and sat down looking at the lake. They both watched as Shadow occasionally ran off some birds. They both enjoyed each other's presence and talked about things that neither cared about. Eventually, Harry noticed what time it was and Harry, Ginny, and Shadow took off towards the hotel. Ginny almost ran into her hotel room, but then remembered she was supposed to be asleep.
All three families met up for dinner. Like Harry asked, Ginny didn't each much and put it off to a stomach ache. Harry whispered to Ginny to be awake at eleven and Ginny gave a slight nod showing she heard him. Harry made small talk with his family and waited till eleven. At 10:30 he excused himself to go to bed and waited the thirty minutes until eleven.
He appeared outside Ginny's hotel room and let her know he was there. When she appeared she was wearing jeans and a t-shirt with a robe over it. Even with the simple outfit, Harry thought she looked beautiful. When Ginny heard his thoughts, she profusely blushed.
"Where are we going?" Ginny asked when Harry started leading her outside.
Harry didn't answer but led them to the spot they were at before. At that spot was a picnic blanket with a picnic basket and glasses.
"Well, I thought you might like it but I wasn't sure." Harry said nervously. Ginny lunged at him and hugged him. "I love it." She whispered.
Harry sat down and poured her a bottle of butter beer and gave her some of the food he had packed. Both of them enjoyed it and ended up lying next to each other looking up at the sky.
"Harry?" Ginny's quiet voice said.
"Yeah?"
"Well, I know you've been working on my present a lot and I really appreciate it, but, I won't be able to get you anything good." Harry turned to see Ginny looking away.
"Ginny, I could care less what you got me. This, right here, is the best present I could have." He said looking in her eyes. Ginny blushed and opened her mouth to ask a question.
"Do you think were too young to know what love is?" Ginny said voicing her question. Harry was stunned.
"I don't know Ginny, maybe." Harry said looking back at the sky.
"When I'm in Hogwarts next year, will you be my boyfriend?" Harry opened his mouth to reply but found nothing would come out.
"I would like to Ginny, but," Ginny turned away quickly. "Ginny, it's not that I don't want to, but think about it. Cyrus and Lyla already think were close enough; your parents probably wouldn't be too thrilled either, plus, were still young. Believe me Ginny, if we didn't have anybody stopping us, I would say yes in a heartbeat." Harry said looking into Ginny's eyes. Ginny knew he was telling the truth and smiled at him before pulling him into a hug.
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"Harry! Duck!"
Harry fell to the ground, as it was all he could to stop himself from being barbecued. Well, not all he could do, but all he could do without raising a million questions.
"Geez Charlie, I thought these dragons were supposed to be tame." Harry said teasing Ginny's older brother.
Charlie rubbed his neck sheepishly, "I guess there a little excited to see new people?" He guessed at. "He normally is really calm though. This breed has been known to be…" Harry sort of lost track when Charlie went on and on about the type of dragon that almost burnt him alive. He really did seem to know what he was talking about and talked about the dragons like they were pets. Harry was taking time to inspect the dragon Charlie was talking about when he felt a tug on his hand. He looked over to see Ginny pulling them over to where Charlie was walking to.
"Daydreaming?" Ginny guessed at as they walked in silence.
"No, just admiring them. They truly are amazing creatures."
"Oh no, you sound like Charlie. Don't even think about this as a job I can't have my boyfriend be burned."
"Ginny…" Harry said warningly.
"I know, I know. A girl can wish can't she?" Ginny said sighing.
"Yes, but just don't wish around our parents." Harry said making Ginny laugh. They arrived at another dragon pen and Charlie began talking about the certain breed.
"Daniel and Rose seem to be enjoying it." Ginny said laughing as she pointed to the two kids. Both of them were listening intently as Charlie spoke.
"Well, Dan loves learning new things, and Rose love animals. I wouldn't be surprised if she wanted to do this as a job. Unfortunately with all the stuff back home and politics…" Harry sighed leaving the end of the sentence open.
"Does that mean I'm going to be a trophy wife?" Ginny said jokingly.
"Who said I was going to marry you?" Harry said with a faked seriousness. At Ginny's hurt look he quickly assure her, "I'm only joking Gin! You know I only have eyes for you." Harry heard Ginny mutter something along the lines of "prat".
"Ginny," Harry said looking into her eyes. "You know I love you right?"
"I-I" Ginny stuttered, stunned. "You never said that before." She whispered.
"Well, I wanted to make sure you knew so that when you got to Hogwarts nobody set their sights on you. If they did, let's just say Hogwarts wouldn't be the safest school." Harry said protectively.
"I love you too Harry." Ginny whispered as he unconsciously pulled her closer.
xXxXx
"Harry! Harry! Harry! Harry!" both children screamed trying impossibly to wake him up.
"Wha?" he asked sleepily.
"It's Christmas!" Dan said as if it was the most obvious thing.
"It's only…" Harry looked at his watch. "Merlin! It's only 6:30, how are you even awake? I still have another good four hours in me."
"But presents!" Rose said shaking him now.
"Fine! I'm up." Harry yelled jumping out of bed. He stalked out into the living to see Cyrus, Lyla, Nick, and his aunt and uncle waiting for them. "You put them up to this didn't you?" Harry asked glaring at his parents.
"Well, we figured you would like to be there when Ginny wakes up, so we woke up early." Cyrus told him.
"Oh, thanks." Harry said weakly sitting down on the couch. He watched as Dan and Rose opened up their gifts first. They both thanked Harry for what he got them. For Dan, Harry gave him books he thought he would like, and for Rose a couple books on dragons and animals. Harry then let Nick go before him in opening presents. Nick grinned like an idiot when he got his sword. It was almost the same as Harry's but with a blue jewel instead of a yellow one. When he opened the Shadow Magic book he got him, the only explanation harry gave was, "So you can to that 'cool shadow beam thing'". He thanked everyone in the room for the presents and made his way over to Ginny's room. He heard noises on the inside so he knocked.
Mrs. Weasley was the one who opened the door. "Oh, Harry, I wasn't expecting you." She said in a surprised tone.
"I know, sorry if I'm intruding, I just wanted to give Ginny her present." Harry informed her.
"Oh, ok. Ginny and the rest of the family are still asleep. I was just putting together breakfast."
"Oh, mind if I help? I love cooking; it takes my mind off things." Harry asked. At first she looked shocked that someone offered to help, but the look turned into a smile.
"Of course! I don't usually get help a lot of the time." She gestured for Harry to come in and closed the door behind him. He walked into what he suspected was the kitchen and took off right where she left off. Both of them moved around in coordination with each other as if they had been cooking with each other for years.
"Hey mum." Harry heard a female voice behind him say and turned around. Ginny was standing there in only her pajamas. She gave a small squeak and left the room in a hurry.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm only in my pajamas, that's what's wrong!"
"So? I think they're cute." Harry could feel Ginny blush through the link.
"I'm still getting changed nevertheless, so no peeking!" Harry felt her shut down the link for a couple of minutes before he felt it open back up. They had made a point to learn how to do it when both had experienced the other showering, bathing, changing, etc. It made for some very embarrassing moments.
When she came back into the kitchen she was wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Harry still couldn't get over how she could wear the simplest things and still look so cute. Ginny heard him through the link and blushed.
"I'm surprised they let you escape." Ginny said knowing Harry knew exactly who she was referring to. Harry mentally shrugged.
"Bloody hell." Ron said now standing in the doorway.
"Ronald, language!" Molly scolded.
"I'm sorry; it's just, you two always are staring into each other's eyes now. It's bloody creepy." Ron observed sitting down at the table. Molly seemed to look closely at Harry and Ginny as if they would deny it, when neither did her eyes narrowed even more.
"I'm sure your just imagining it Ronald."
"No, this is like the third ti- Ow!" Ron said rubbing his shin. Ginny sent a smirk over in his direction and he shut up. Molly kissed Arthur when he came in and served breakfast for everybody.
"This is lovely as always honey." Arthur said, praising her wife.
"Harry helped me today."
"Did he now?" Arthur asked looking over to Harry. Harry was looking down at the food and blushing furiously. After they were done eating Ron led the way into the hotel room living room. Molly separated the piles for Ron and Ginny and was surprised to see two extra presents. One was addressed to her and the other was addressed to Arthur. Harry smiled at her and encouraged them to open them.
For Molly he got her a new set of travelling robes that were a shade of red that matched her hair. She encased him in a bone crushing hug. Arthur's present was rectangular and opened it to find a box that read, "Electrical Circuit Kit." Arthur looked at Harry strangely until Harry told him he knew that Arthur liked s and their technology and so he got him the kit. He explained that when put together the light bulb would light up. Harry thought that the smile Arthur had on his face made him look like one of the kids. He was about to tear it open until Ron cleared his throat.
Ron and Ginny took turns opening presents and Ron thanked Harry profusely when he opened the assortment of candy he received from a candy shop near Harry's home.
Finally Ginny came across her present and she opened it expectantly. He face fell when a leather bound diary fell out. Harry couldn't help but laugh at her expression. She looked over at him for an explanation, seeing as how it didn't have anything in it, but Harry just asked if he could borrow two quills. He handed one quill to Ginny and pulled out a diary like the one Ginny had. He told Ginny to write anything into the diary and she did. Everyone, except Harry, jumped when the diary Harry pulled out vibrated. Harry opened it up and on the first page was what Ginny wrote. Ginny looked shocked.
"If you write anything in your book mine will vibrate to let me know your writing me and the same for you. It can receive messages a distances farther than other things." Harry shot Ginny a pointed look, signaling her was talking about the link. Just to prove his point Harry wrote something in his book and the one in Ginny's lap vibrated, making her jump.
Ginny got up and hugged him almost as tightly as Molly. This time, however, they had a narrowed set of eyes trained on them.
"They're two other things I want to give you too." Harry informed her through the link. She gave a slight nod that Harry picked up, as did an observant mother. Ron went to put things in his room and Arthur and Molly went to clean up the kitchen. Harry seized this opportunity to give Ginny her other presents. She opened a book that looked like the same one Harry had given Nick. "I know you liked to read about things and this book will tell you about powers that need to be trained on." Harry informed her.
Harry shocked Ginny when he pulled out a black velvet box.
"Whoa, Harry, about what I said the other day." Ginny started misinterpreting the gift.
Harry's eyes widen. "Oh god, Ginny, no. This ring is able to strengthen the bond so we may reach each other through our link."
"Then why get the books?"
"Because, this takes a lot out of you. I don't ever want you to use this unless of an emergency. It takes a lot of energy out of you and I don't want you fainting." Harry said smiling. "All you have to do is tap it with your finger and it will activate."
Ginny looked at it closely, on bottom part was the crest she recognized as her families. A sword and wand crossing with a lion in the background. On the top part was a crest that she thought looked familiar but couldn't place it. It was a sword that she had seen Harry use when they trained sometimes, however, this sword had black wings coming out of it. In the background was a yellow shield that reminded her of Harry's eyes.
"It's the Shade family crest. They were a bit obsessed with their eye color." Harry said smiling fondly. "You probably had seen it when we went for Dan and Rose's party, their a bit obsessed with themselves. It was quite literally everywhere. In my room, the kitchens, my library, hell, it was even in the bathroom." Harry said agitated even though he was still smiling. Ginny slipped on the ring with the Shade family crest facing out. A woman who watched Ginny put on the ring slipped back into the kitchen without either of the kids noticing her.
Harry looked at his watch and groaned. "Ugh, Cyrus will kill me for staying so long." He looked apologetically over at Ginny, "I'm sorry, we can spend time together later ok?" Ginny smiled and nodded. Harry gave her a hug before taking off back to his room.
"Where have you been?" Harry heard Cyrus yell once he entered the room.
"Ginny's, like you said I could." Cyrus came out of his bedroom with a reddened face.
"No more Ginny, no more. Find other friends that don't have to the last name Weasley."
"What is your problem?" Harry asked, a little scared at his dad's behavior.
"My problem is that you're hanging out with her too much!"
"So what! You know why!" Harry said, defending Ginny.
"I don't give a damn! I don't want you seeing her, or anyone named Padfoot or Moony!" Harry's blood left his face.
"What?" he asked in a whisper.
"That's right; I don't want my son hanging with someone that can call him "Cub" or "Pup"!"
"How did you find out?" Harry whispered again.
"They sent these" Cyrus yelled throwing down two presents. "Do you even love us anymore?" Cyrus screamed, not really realizing what he had just said. Harry felt his anger rise.
"I don't see why I bother if you're going to continue to act like this." Harry said in a deadly whisper, hitting Cyrus like a physical blow. He walked over to Cyrus, picked up his presents, and walked to his room. Cyrus heard the door slam so loud he thought it might have broken for a second.
"Oh god." He whispered. "What have I done?"
xXxXx
For the rest of the day Harry stayed in his room and whenever Lyla went in there and tried to talk to him he was consistently writing in a journal. He would only give her one worded answers. She even tried to go in and try to make him come out for dinner but found out he wasn't in his room.
Dinner was tense, to say the least. Tyler and Lynn had come over to eat with them because Nick had gone missing too. Lyla tried to put on a false cheery voice for her kids but found it was hard. Dan and Rose, thankfully, didn't notice the tension.
"Dad, where's Harry?"
Cyrus whitened at Dan's seemingly innocent question. He got up and excused himself to go to his room. He felt like he would throw up He felt sick for ruining Christmas like this. He shouldn't have pressured Harry. He had lay down and tried to go to sleep but found he couldn't. Lyla had come in and fell asleep before him. It was about midnight when he went to go out into the living room to look out the window.
As he walked past Harry's door he heard voices from the inside. He opened the door slightly to look inside. Harry and Ginny were sitting on his bed looking out the window facing the town.
"…at to do Ginny. How could he say that to me?" The grief in Harry's words made Cyrus sick to his stomach for doing that to his son.
"He was only mad Harry, he probably feels terrible."
"Sure, you weren't there. I mean, how is it my fault they sent me presents? There part of my family too, when we get married is he going to hate you to? If he can't stand it, then I don't know what I'll do." Even from where Cyrus was standing, he could see the smile on Ginny's face.
"Don't worry Harry, he'll accept us and Sirius and Remus." Sirius and Remus? Why did that sound familiar?
"I hope so, Ginny, I really do." Ginny got up and hugged Harry.
"Oh, Harry. Here." Ginny said handing him a wrapped present. "I know it's not good, but I made it myself." Cyrus watched as Harry opened the present and a yellow scarf came out. "I knowit might be girly but I picked the color because of your eyes." Ginny said nervously. Cyrus watched as Harry encased Ginny in a hug and whispered something that Cyrus could not hear. Whatever it was, it made Ginny blush.
He kissed her on the forehead and her cheeks turned even redder.. Cyrus felt like he was invading on their space. He watched her go through a portal and leave Harry sitting on the bed.
"Son? Can I talk to you?" Cyrus asked.
"Don't call me your son. And i don't appreciate you listening to private conversations." Harry snapped turning around to look up at him. Cyrus cringed when he saw the look in his eyes.
Cyrus tried sitting down next to him but Harry moved further away.
"But you are my son, and you always will be." Cyrus said trying to put his hand on Harry's shoulder. It sat there for all of five seconds before it was shrugged off.
"Apparently 'I don't love you guys anymore' so I guess that means I'm not your son." Harry said scowling. Cyrus could clearly hear the hurt in his son's voice.
"Harry, look at me." Cyrus said forcing Harry to look at him. "I love you more than you will ever know. I panicked, that's all I can say. And I'm very sorry I panicked like that, I wasn't thinking right. In my stupid mind, I read the note on the presents and immediately went crazy. I knew your parents would be there and I thought it might be them. I got worried; I thought I might lose you. I can never let that happen. The crazy part over ruled the little part that said you would never do that, but I didn't listen" Cyrus said blinking back tears.
Harry looked at him with his own tears. "Dad, you know that would never happen. Padfoot and Moony are my uncles. They truly cared for me before I left. They really missed me and I couldn't put someone through that. They'll never replace you though, nobody will. I won't let them. I love you."
"I know." Came the whispered reply. He pulled Harry into a hug that was fiercer than Molly Weasley's. He released Harry and looked into eyes that looked so much like his.
"About Ginny." Harry began. "I know you us to grow up slow, but me and her are special. We need each others. Please, can you accept that?" Harry begged.
Cyrus sighed. "I'll try Harry; it's hard for me to get over you growing up so fast."
"I need you to accept it though, the bonds never going to break. It's just going to keep getting stronger and you know that."
" I know, I'll be more go to bed Harry, you leave tomorrow."
"Yay, Hogwarts." Harry said dryly.
Cyrus chuckled and thought about something right before he left into Harry's room. "Oh, and Harry? You're ground for a good couple of weeks for leaving the room."
A/N: I like this chapter, how about you guys? Let me know if you still see any mistakes.
Now it is time to say good-bye, oh, one last thing, hit that button on the bottom will you? I think it might be broken and I need a lot of people to see if the button really works or not. Thanks!