AN: Just a quick disclaimer. I do not Own Harry Potter...and if i did i would be attending my dream college
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Chapter Twelve
Abroad the Hogwarts Express
The rest of August seemed to fly by. Between the shopping excursions and 2 a side Quiditch (Ron got Hermione on a broom) August 31st seem to creep up on the two young couples. That might Harry couldn't sleep thinking about the next day.
Hogwarts had suffered but with help it was repaired. Muggle-borns were tracked down and most of the school were repeating the last year; only a few had passed their yearend exams: Ginny, Luna, and Astoria Greengrass for sixth year, no fifth years, Rose Corner (Micheal's little sister) and Dennis Creevey from fourth year, no one from third, second, or first year advanced to the next year. So next year was going to be more crowded the usual and for Harry that meant more stares. On this particular night Harry was reading his family tree (it updated itself magically). Next to Aunt Tabitha's name was the name Melinda who was connected to David Creevey and below three names Colin (who had a date of birth and a date of death), Dennis, and Annabelle.
'Do Lord,' Harry thought but finished the thought out loud, "I was stalked by my own cousin."
"What!" said a voice. Harry turned to see Ginny standing in the doorway. "What do you mean you were stalked by your cousin? Who the heck is your cousin?" Harry laughed and handed Ginny the book. After searching the last few pages and saw the name Colin jumped out at her. "Well, this should make for an interesting train ride for you in the head compartment."
Harry laughed saying, "I'm sure tomorrow will fun." Harry then glanced at the watch the Weasley's had given him for his seventh. The watch had once belonged to Fabien Prewett, (Molly's older brother). "Gin it's getting late. It's about time we turned in. We have to be up early tomorrow.
"Why it's not like we're driving the King's Cross are we?" Ginny asked in a heated voice.
"No, Gin. We are not driving to King's Cross. However, Hermione and I have to be there at ten. So I will be going to bed. See you in the morning love." Harry said kissing Ginny before heading to his room. Ginny left a moment latter and fell asleep, yet again in Harry's arms.
The morning came early as Harry heard Molly banging on his door and saying, "Harry, get up you have an hour before you have to be at King's Cross." As Molly moved on Harry looked at the alarm clock and saw the clock struck 9 o' clock, but before he could climb out of bed Molly came barging in. "Where is she? Where is Ginny? She's not in her room or in Hermione's. So where is she, Harry?"
Before Harry could answer Ginny sat up and said, "Morning mum. Last 1st of September, for you." Ginny kissed Harry good morning and left to go to her name.
Once GiHHHnny was upstairs Molly rounded on Harry, "How long has she been sleeping in here, Harry?"
Harry wished he had remembered to set the alarm as to avoid this conversation with his soon to be Mother-in-Law, "Well," harry began looking anywhere but at Molly, "She's been sleeping in here since June, but we haven't been doing anything but that."
Molly merely chuckled saying, "Harry I don't doubt you. After all you weren't sorted into Gryffindor just for your reckless bravery. You exhibit all of the Gryffindor traits, my dear. Now get dressed Harry. You only have forty-five minutes."
Harry scrambled out of bed and got dressed. He was downstairs with his trunk in ten minutes flat. Hermione was downstairs already but Ron and Ginny were nowhere to be seen. The worry must have showed on his face because Hermione said, "Ginny's in the shower and Ron's still asleep. Besides its you and me that have to be there an hour early, not them."
"Am I really that easy to read?" Harry asked her.
"Only to me, Ginny, and Mrs. Weas-" she began but was intrupted by Molly.
"Dear I told you and Harry it's either Molly and Aruther or Mum and Dad." Molly turned around and said, "and yes Harry to the women of this family you are that easy to read." With that Molly went out to feed the chickens before leaving for King's Cross; a half-hour later Harry and Hermione were storing their trunks in the head compartment.
"So Hermione," Harry began nervously: He wasn't quite sure he wanted an answer to this problem. "Why weren't you and I friends before Hogwarts and that lovely troll?" Harry looked down the platform before Hermione answered.
"So as you know I went to Little and Upper Whinging Public Primary School with you and Dudley but I was the weird girl but according to Dudley I wasn't as weird as you." She stopped and looked at Harry apologetically before continuing. "I wanted to talk with you but between my fear of Dudley and my cowardice it took me four years to even have the courage and than in Fourth year you and I had class without Dudley, I finally worked up the courage to talk to you."
Harry interrupted then, "But Hermione you never talked to me. So you and I truly met on the train. "Hermione was shaking her heard.
"No, think Harry what happened towards the end of that year." She waited till she saw recongtion on Harry's face. "Yes, Harry the day you ended up on the school roof. You saw Dudley at the door and you ran the opposite direction. I followed and I saw you jump behind the trash bins but ended up on the school roof. I run to get our teacher and I managed to find and explain but by the time we got back the Headmistress was already there and then you were not at school the rest of the year. The class was told you were ill after a week had gone by. Then the next year I returned to my quiet mouse self till we went to Hogwarts."
Harry sat there stunned and said, "Your mean to say that the school was not worried at all about my mysterious sudden illness." Hermione merely shook her head. So Harry continued, "Did anyone wonder, Hermione? It was two months before they let me outside the house Summer began the day they let me out."
"I'm sorry, Harry. We should go protrol the platform for a bit as the students are staring to arrive." Hermione said to placate him.
"Alright but before we go I need to tell you one more thing."
"Alright shoot."
"It might get a bit heated in the heads carriage today when Denis gets on board."
"Why, might I ask?"
Harry looked out the window before answering, "Because I have to tell him were related and that I caused my own cousin's death."
"Harry-" Hermione began but she was interrupted by none other than Denis Creevey.
"What do you mean your own cousin's death?" Denis was mad but not at the fact that Colin was died but that Colin's hero, Harry Potter was blaming himself for all the deaths that happened in the war. "When did your cousin die?"
Harry hesitated before answering, "May during the final battle."
"Your cousin's muggle right so how was he at the final battle?" To say Denis felt like he was missing a step going down the stairs was an understatement.
"Hermione could you leave us for a moment?" Harry asked and Hermione nodded and left locking the head compartment behind her. "Denis how much do you know your mother's family?"
"Mom said her parents were died and she was an only child why?" the missing step feeling was getting stronger the more Harry went on.
"Your mother's maiden name was Potter. Your mother is my aunt. You, your brother and your sister are not muggle-born as your mother told you, but half-blood through your mother."
"WHAT!" Denis boomed? Yelled? Or Screamed? (Chose one please)
"Your mother is a pure-blood witch. My father's little sister. We do have an aunt still as well as our grandparents. Till this last a couple of months they were living in France. Hiding from Voldemort much like your mother who forsake her magic to hide but after so long she just didn't know how to tell your father that she was a witch I suggest you owl her later tonight after the feast and tell her you know and tell her to tell her husband. You can send the letter with mine when I send one out tonight to your mother asking her to meet me so I can get to know her."