A/N Hey all sorry its been a while writers block is a bitch.

I just want to explain at the end of this chapter is a scene that involves a discussion about magical bonds between people and I've realised it may seem that I am trying to turn the story into a soulbond fic. That is not my what i am going to do, I have had an idea which will involve magical bonds between people but will go in a different direction.

As allways thanks to Mdauben for your comment on the last chapter and i hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 26 Statements and Bonds

Harry woke to an all too familiar sight of white walls and white bed sheets. However the one thing that was different on this occasion was the presence of the red head currently asleep on his chest. The two of them sharing a bed while in the hospital wing of Hogwarts easily explained the blinds around their bed.

Looking down at Ginny, Harry found himself thinking back to the previous day, it had been past midnight when they had got back to Hogwarts. Ginny had wanted to go home as soon as Madam Pomfrey had fixed her ankle, but neither Madam Pomfrey, Molly or Harry would allow it. Ginny in response had stubbornly refused to take a sleeping draft, not that it was needed, five minutes after getting changed she was fast asleep.

Harry couldn't help but wonder if there would be any repercussions from the day before. Partly this was because as a group of civilians they had conducted a raid on a shop. Another part of his concern was centred around the Elder wand, he couldn't help but worry he had made a mistake by confirming he had been the wands master, but this was tempered by the fact it was now public knowledge that the Elder wand was now snapped in two. However his biggest cause for concern came from what happened just before they left. The plan had been to get Ginny out of the shop, apparate to Hogwarts then get Ginny onto a stretcher so she didn't have to walk any further on her broken ankle. Unfortunately Borgin hadn't been graceful in defeat. Having gotten over his shock of Harry giving him the broken Elder wand, he had taken to throwing vile insults aimed mostly at Ginny. This had proven to be the breaking point for Ginny, turning calmly to Harry she had asked for her wand, which Harry still had in his pocket, having picked it up after the attack. Once armed she had, with Harry's help, proceeded to walk away from the shop before turning around to face it. As Borgin continued his vile tirade, Ginny sent a series of Reductor curses into the shop through the open door. Briefly Borgin had been shocked into silence but then continued his angry stream of insults. The more he had insulted her the more spells Ginny had sent into the shop. In all honesty Harry thought they might still be there if Kingsley hadn't intervened. No on had moved to stop Ginny and Kingsley had simply advised Borgin to shut up before she completely destroyed his shop. Though on reflection Harry couldn't help but wonder if Kingsley had actually wanted Borgin to continue. The sound of Madam Pomfrey's voice brought Harry out of his musings.

"Mr Potter I really am fed up of seeing you in this hospital wing" came Madam Pomfrey's voice as she came around the blind.

"Shh" shushed Harry "She's still asleep"

"I'm not surprised after yesterday" said Madam Pomfrey in a quieter voice.

"Neither am I" replied Harry "Anyway how can you moan at me this time? I'm not the injured person this time"

"Yet you're still here Mr Potter, I'll come back when Miss Weasley is awake"

Once Madam Pomfrey's footsteps had faded away Ginny whispered to Harry.

"Has she gone?"

"Yeah, how long have you been awake?" asked Harry.

"Since just before she came behind the blinds"

"And why are you trying to avoid Madam Pomfrey?"

"I'm quite comfortable and happy where I am right now and she would only spoil it by making us get up".

"True" said Harry chuckling "I doubt we will get much longer though"

"I'll take what I can"

As it turned out it was Molly and Arthur's arrival ten minutes later that forced them to get up, Ginny might have been able to fool Madam Pomfrey but there was no fooling her mother.

"Morning Harry" said Molly as she came round the blind and saw that he was awake. After a brief pause where she took in the sight of Ginny lying on Harry's chest "Morning Ginny, don't you think it's time you got up? Besides anything else you are in a school"

"Molly she's..." began Harry before Molly cut him off.

"Don't lie on Ginny's behalf Harry. I can tell when she's awake, can't I Ginny dear?"

Ginny responded by nodding her head into Harry's chest before moving so they could both move into sitting position's next to each other.

"You could have let us have five more minutes" complained Ginny.

"You've had twelve hours. Don't push your luck young lady" replied Molly "How's your ankle today?"

"It's fine, no pain, like I told you all last night" said Ginny who finished by glaring at Harry.

"Better being safe than sorry" replied Harry. It was at this point that Harry realised Arthur hadn't stepped behind the blinds and was stood there looking at the floor. "Are you not joining us Arthur?"

"I … er … I" stammered Arthur.

"Dad what's the matter?" asked Ginny. When he didn't respond she turned to her mum "Mum what's up with dad?"

"He erm …." said Molly before stopping.

Ginny, looking worried finally turned to Harry "Harry?"

Harry looked over at Arthur, he didn't want to hurt Arthur, but he didn't want to lie to Ginny either. Looking his girlfriend in the eye Harry suddenly realised he was worrying for nothing.

"Ginny when we were looking for you, your dad made a mistake that any father would have made under the circumstances, hell I nearly made the same mistake, and it's obvious he is feeling guilty. Though I suspect the only person holding anything against him is himself"

Turning back to her father Ginny stood and walked the few short steps over to him and pulled her father into a hug. "Don't blame yourself for something any parent would have done"

"But Gin I..." started Arthur.

"No buts dad, yesterday couldn't have been easy for any of you, especially you and mum. Lets be thankful that it ended well"

With Ginny's words Arthur held his daughter tighter than before, while they were hugging Harry glanced over at Molly, who smiled and mouthed the words thank you. When Ginny and her dad parted, Arthur sat in a spare chair next to Molly and Ginny sat down next to Harry without actually asking what her dad had done.

"Now once you have been given the all clear by Madam Pomfrey you two are coming back to the Burrow. Arrangements have been made for the two of you to have today off and come back to school tomorrow" said Molly.

"Perhaps we can finish our valentines day" suggested Ginny leaning into Harry.

"I doubt it I'm afraid" came Molly's reply "You two need to give statements to the Auror's, they will be coming round this afternoon"

At Molly's words Ginny pulled her face but didn't say anything.

"Perhaps if we get a move on and let the Auror's know we are at home we might have time to go and see Teddy later" suggested Harry.

Hearing Harry's suggestion resulted in a smile from Ginny and sparkle to appear in her eyes.

"MADAM POMFREY!" yelled Ginny causing everyone to jump.

"For Merlin's sake Ginny you are in a hospital wing" scolded Molly as Madam Pomfrey came hurrying over.

"Miss Weasley please show some decorum, you are a patient in my hospital wing"

"Yes speaking of which I need you to give me the all clear so I can leave thank you"

"And why the sudden rush might I ask?"

"I need to go home so I can give a statement to an Auror so I can go and see my godson" said Ginny rather quickly and impatiently.

Madam Pomfrey paused for a moment as she tried to make sense of Ginny's rushed sentence.

"Look at it this way Madam Pomfrey" said Harry "The sooner you check Ginny's ankle and give her the all clear the sooner we can get out of your hospital wing and stop disturbing you"

Madam Pomfrey's stern gaze passed back and forth between Harry and Ginny. "You make a good point Mr Potter. Now keep still Miss Weasley"

Madam Pomfrey waved her wand over Ginny a few times before confirming that her ankle was healed and she could leave. Thirty minutes later Harry and Ginny were sat in the Burrows kitchen having a late lunch. When they had arrived at the Burrow Arthur had offered to go into the ministry and inform the Auror team that they were home. Harry had fire called Andromeda and checked she would be in that afternoon and that it would be OK to call round if they had time. They had barely finished lunch when Arthur returned along with Kingsley and two men.

"Harry, Ginny how are you both?" asked Kingsley.

"We are fine thank you Kingsley" answered Ginny "Glad to be home finally"

"I'm not surprised" started Kingsley "I'm afraid I can't stay long, but I wanted to see you both after yesterday and to introduce these two gentlemen. The gentleman on the right is Gawain Robards the head of the Auror department and the gentleman on the left is senior Auror Williamson. They are here to take your statements and ask you some questions about yesterday"

"Afternoon" said Robards looking serious.

"Afternoon" chorused Harry and Ginny.

After Kingsley had left the two Auror's sat with Harry and Ginny in the kitchen while Molly and Arthur retired to the living room. They Auror's started by getting Harry and Ginny to lead them through the events of the day, starting from when they had woken up to when they had returned to Hogwarts. After they had given a series of events the two Auror's handed Harry and Ginny a pile of photographs. Each picture was a mug shot of the kidnappers that Harry and the DA had managed to capture. Intent on covering all of the bases the two Auror's wanted to know if either Harry or Ginny had seen any of the kidnappers before even in passing. Harry confirmed that the only two kidnappers he could identify were Ollivander and Borgin. Ginny admitted that she could only identify Borgin because she had been told who he was after she had been rescued, the only person she could identify was Ollivander. As Harry was handing the pictures back Ginny suddenly grabbed his wrist and snatched the pictures back and started going through them a second time in a near frenzy.

"Gin?" said Harry.

"Miss Weasley have you recognised someone?" asked Robards.

At first Ginny didn't say anything but went through the pictures a third time at a more reduced pace, before she finally looked up.

"They are not there" exclaimed Ginny.

"Who is not there?" asked Robards confused "These are all of the kidnappers that were captured at the shop"

"Gin who's missing?" asked Harry.

"Our attacker" exclaimed Ginny though this only served to confuse Harry even further.

"OH for Merlin's sake Harry. When we were first attacked we were in the park and we were attacked by a single person who followed us to that side street. When we fought back they fell over which caused their hood to fall down revealing long blond hair. No one in these pictures has long blond hair"

Despite knowing she was right Harry found himself going through the pictures once again himself.

"She's right" confirmed Harry "I can't believe I missed that. More to the point how did we miss them at the shop?"

"More likely they weren't there when you started your raid" answered Robards "I'd guess they had been sent out on patrol or for supplies, came back to find the raid in progress, so they just wondered off".

Harry nodded in agreement, but for some reason he couldn't explain the answer didn't feel right. As he sat there contemplating their blonde haired attacker Harry realised there was something else bothering him about the attack.

"Why did they attack the way they did?" asked Harry.

"What do you mean?" asked Robards.

"They clearly knew where we were in the park, hell they didn't even bother checking who was in the gazebo before they started attacking it, they knew it was us. Yet they only sent one person into the park and used most of their forces to attack the town. If all they wanted was to kidnap Ginny in order to gain the elder wand, why not send everyone to the park, why attack the town at all? If they had sent everyone to the park they could have overwhelmed us and taken Ginny with very little effort. As it was they gave us a chance to escape that nearly worked"

Robards paused for few moments, clearly thinking about what Harry had just said, before answering. "My initial response is to say they were amateurs who didn't really know where you were and got lucky. But you're right Mr Potter that doesn't really add up. We are going to have to interview them again and try to find out who this blond haired attacker is and their reasons for attacking the town"

After that the two Auror's started packing their stuff up preparing to leave.

"We may have to return to ask some additional questions, but we will try to inform you in advance instead of just turning up" said Robards is there anything I can help you with before we leave?"

"I do have a question for you before you leave" said Harry.

"What's that Mr Potter?"

"Is there likely to be any repercussions from yesterday?"

"What do you mean" asked Robards

"I was referring to the fact that the raid was conducted by a group of civilians and the fact that Ginny sent a series of Reductor curses into the shop?"

"Ah I see" started Robards "There will have to be an investigation but I don't think there will be a problem. Your raid was conducted with permission of the minister of magic, plus you only used non violent means to subdue the kidnappers and ensured their safety once caught. As for what happened after the raid Miss Weasley was clearly provoked in front of witnesses. Admittedly some might argue her response was a tad over the top, but I think we will be over looking that point under the circumstances. Off the record I suspect most of the aurors in the department have wanted to do something similar to that shop at some point in their careers"

Smiling at the head Auror's answer Harry and Ginny said goodbye and waited for them to leave via the floo. As soon as they were gone Harry quickly fire called Andromeda to check it was still ok to call round and within five minutes of the Auror's leaving they were sat in Andromedas living room with Ginny bouncing a giggling Teddy on her knee.

"I'm glad to see the two of you are faring alright after yesterdays excitement" said Andromeda with a smile.

"Yes thank you" replied Ginny "The only real problem was a broken ankle one of the kidnappers gave me" as Ginny finished talking she gave Harry a sour look, clearly still upset at not being allowed to go home after her ankle had been healed.

"Don't pout at me I'm not the only one who said no" said Harry grinning.

"Have I missed something?" asked Andromeda smiling."

Between them Harry and Ginny told Andromeda the rest of the story while passing Teddy back and forth between them.

"Has he been alright" asked Ginny suddenly looking worried "We didn't get chance to check him yesterday"

"He is fine Ginny, luckily he had two wonderful people looking out for him" answered Andromeda.

"I was worried you wouldn't want us to see him again"

"That would make two of you" said Andromeda while glancing at Harry "and I'll tell you the same thing I told Harry. I wont punish you for the actions of others"

At that point Teddy made it known he was hungry, having helped to get Teddy's dinner ready, Harry and Ginny headed home themselves.

A week after the kidnapping Harry and Ginny were sat in the Defence against the Dark Arts professors office, Harry was reading up on the lesson plan for his next lesson while Ginny was working on her homework, when there was a knock on the door. Calling come in Harry was surprised to see Madam Pomfrey enter the office.

"Madam Pomfrey I wasn't expecting you" said Harry.

"This is something of a house call, I need to have a chat with you and Miss Weasley" answered Madam Pomfrey.

Glancing over at Ginny who nodded her agreement and put her homework to one side.

"Is there something wrong with either one of us" asked Ginny.

"No there is nothing wrong with you. But I believe I have discovered something that effects the two of you and I want to bring it to your attention" Looking at the two teenagers sat in front of her Madam Pomfrey realised her words had scared them "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. Whenever I am right or wrong this isn't anything to worry about. I just felt you should be informed"

Seeing the looks on both of their faces change from one of concern to one of relief and confusion, Madam Pomfrey continued.

"I wanted to talk to you about the life debt that exists between the two of you"

"Life debt?" asked Harry confused.

"I think she is referring to the life debt I owe you from when you saved me in the chamber Harry" replied Ginny.

"You don't owe me a life debt Ginny" insisted Harry.

"Unfortunately the magic involved isn't as simple as that Mr Potter" stated Madam Pomfrey before continuing "Now before I go any further you need to understand that some of what I am about to tell you is known fact and some is theoretical. But so far the theory appears to fit where you two are concerned"

Seeing Harry and Ginny both nod their understanding she continued.

"OK it is a known fact that when a wizard or witch saves the life of another wizard or witch a magical bond is created between them. This bond can effect the behaviour of the person who was saved as the magic will urge them to repay their debt. What is also known fact is the strength of the urge to repay their debt can vary from case to case depending on how the two people view the bond. So in some case's similar to yours, where the life debt is disregarded by one or both parties, the urge to repay the debt is small, so it doesn't effect their normal lives. In comparison if both parties are aware of the life debt and the saver feels owed and the saved person feels as if they owe the person who saved them, the urge to repay can be very strong to the point that the person who was saved will repeatedly put themselves in harms way to protect the person who saved them"

"Judging by the way you keep saving me Harry, people would be forgiven for thinking I had saved you in the chamber" joked Ginny.

"If anything Miss Weasley you should be constantly feeling the need to protect Mr Potter, but as I said I believe your case has gone past known facts and into the theoretical side of life debts and bonds"

"What do you think has happened to us?" asked Harry.

"Because life debt bonds are impossible to predict and coupled with the fact most people who have them are unaware of them, very little research has been done on them. However there is a recent theory that is based around the fact that the bond strength can change depending on the emotional state of the pair involved. The wizard who came up with the theory suggested that with a big enough emotional upheaval from both parties, the nature of the bond could change. He went on to theorise that the most likely cause of an emotional upheaval that could change the nature of the bond would be when the two parties fell in love. He finished by hypothesising that if such a change occurred the end result would be a magical bond that connected two people emotionally, possibly enhancing there feelings towards each other and making them somewhat emotionally dependant on each other".

"And you think this is happened to me and Harry" asked Ginny

"Yes I do, though I can't prove it either way"

Harry who had been sitting quietly thinking over what Madam Pomfrey had said finally turned to Ginny before speaking.

"If you think about it. It does make some sense"

"What do you mean Harry?" asked Ginny looking confused and a tad alarmed.

"The life debt bond was formed at the end of my second year. But due to the fact we didn't know about it and coupled with the fact I never considered you to be in my debt the bond wouldn't have effected either of us, until fate handed us a situation where we were together and I was at risk. Over the next three years we slowly built up a friendship, which ended with us fighting against the death eaters in the department of mysteries. Knowing you, you probably would have insisted on coming along but the life debt bond probably strengthened your resolve to come with me. Then in my sixth year I finally woke up to how I felt about you and we started dating. The events at the end of my fifth year and my changing feelings towards you are arguably where the emotional upheaval comes in or at least started. At the end of that year I broke up with you, then disappeared for nine months, then made you think I was dead before we finally got back together. All of these events effected both of us emotionally, also it's also been revealed that you were suffering from nightmares that only improved after we started spending time together, which would fit with the emotional dependency part of the theory"

Ginny didn't say anything and stayed still with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"As I said the second part is purely theoretical, it could just be chance that your case happens to fit the theory. I didn't want to worry either of you, but I felt you should be made aware" said Madam Pomfrey.

"How come you have ended up researching this?" asked Harry.

"I ended up talking to Molly after the first kidnapping. It came out we had both seen the emotional dependency coming from Ginny. I told Molly not to worry, but that I would look into it in case there was a problem we needed to know about"

"What does this mean for us?" asked Ginny "Will it have an effect on our relationship?"

"Assuming the theory is correct it shouldn't mean anything you need to worry about. The bond should only effect your relationship in that it will make your feelings towards each other stronger. The bond didn't force you to fall in love. It was your love for each other that caused the bond to change"