Disclaimer: I hate writing these things, but if I don't, I'll get sued. So
here
it goes. I own nothing except for the plot. Everything else
belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 7 ~ The Letter
After they confessed their love for each other, Ginny and Harry seemed as if they would never be apart. When they looked at each other, you could see the love in their eyes. Sometimes, the teachers would have to take a second look because for a moment, they thought they were Lily and James. (A/N Hehe Steph!) Just as it was for Lily and James, people knew that they would be together forever.
One morning, they were all at breakfast when the mail arrived. Harry saw Hedwig coming to him and assumed that she had a letter from Sirius for him.
"I wonder what Sirius wrote to me about," Harry said.
"Have you written to him recently?" Hermione asked
"No. Maybe he's just checking to make sure that everything is ok," said Harry, but something told him that this letter was not going to be a good thing.
After Hedwig gave him the letter, he gave her a piece of the bacon he was eating and then opened the letter. He immediately noticed that the letter was not in Sirius' handwriting. He decided not to read it aloud. After Harry had finished reading it, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny saw the worried look on his face.
"What is the note about?" Ginny asked slightly nervous.
"Nothing," was all Harry said in reply. He did not want to get anyone worried, but he realized that he needed to talk to someone about it. The only question in his mind right now was whom he was able to confide in. His thought fell to Sirius.
"Harry?? Are you still with us? You seem like you thousands of miles away," Ron said.
"Huh? Oh, um.. I have to respond to the letter. I'll see you guys later." Harry then gathered his books, gave Ginny a quick kiss, and went to the library to write to Sirius.
'Maybe I misread the note,' he thought. So he decided to reread it.
In red ink the note read, "Stay away from the Weasley girl or she'll get hurt."
'Damn,' he thought, 'I didn't misread it. Why is it that whenever I find something that makes me happy, something happens to ruin it?'
He began to write the letter to Sirius, not exactly sure what to tell him. After he finished what seemed to him to be a very odd letter, he went to the Owlery to send it to Sirius.
After that, the day went as it usually did. He went too all of his classes (even though he wasn't able to pay attention) and, as they always did on Wednesday nights; he played a game of wizards' chess with Ron. Only when he played the game did he forget about the letter that he received earlier that morning.
As usual, Ron was severely beating Harry, even though Ginny was sitting on the arm of Harry's chair trying to help him. Ginny, seeing that there was no chance of Harry winning, began to talk to Hermione, who was sitting next to Ron.
"You mean I never showed you?" Ginny asked Hermione referring to the necklace that Harry had given her.
"No, you never did. What does it look like?" Hermione asked.
"It's right upstairs. I don't wear it during classes because I'm afraid that it might fall off into my cauldron in potions. I'll got get it to show you," Ginny replied. With that, she gave Harry a quick peck on the cheek and went upstairs to get the necklace.
"Can't you go easy on me, Ron? You know that I'm horrible at this game!" Harry pleaded.
"You should know me well enough by now to know that I never go easy on someone," Ron replied.
Harry was just about to say something back, but he then heard a scream. He recognized the scream as being Ginny's. Without thinking, he sprang to his feet and ran up the stairs to Ginny's room. Ron and Hermione also went, but Harry was much faster than they were, so he reached her room first.
"Ginny?!" he screamed as he banged on the door, "Ginny, open the door!!"
No sound came from in the room. "GINNY!!???!!!" Ron and Hermione now joined Harry when he yelled. Finally, the door slowly opened. She had a terrified look on her face.
"I - I - I'm sorry," she stuttered, "I thought I saw someone in my room, but I guess I just imagined it."
"Oh, Gin," Harry said as he pulled her into his chest, "Don't worry about it."
"But I got you so worried!" she cried.
"It's ok. I'm just grateful that nothing had happened to you. If something had, it would have been all my fault," Harry said, remembering the letter he received earlier that day. Realizing that he said something that he shouldn't have, he dropped the subject hoping that no one had caught on. Unfortunately, Hermione was there and, being as swift as she was, she realized what he had said. However, she didn't want to bring it up in front of everyone.
"Harry, why don't you and I check around a little bit just to make sure," Hermione suggested.
"What about me?" Ron inquired, "I'm your boyfriend and you don't even suggest me going with you?"
"Oh, Ron, you're such a prat! I figured that you could stay with Ginny in her room. I would have asked Harry to, but that would have caused so many rumors. If you guys knew all of the spells that I know, I would have stayed, but you don't, so I need to go."
"Oh. Then, in that case, ok. Just be careful. And Harry, you better protect my girl," Ron's chest swelled with pride when he said this.
"Don't worry, Ron. I'm sure that she'll probably be the one protecting me!" laughed Harry.
Harry and Hermione then made their way down the stairs. When Harry was sure that Ron and Ginny would not be able to hear them, he spoke again.
"Alright Hermione, what do you want?"
"What are you talking about?" Hermione said innocently.
"I know very well that we're not really looking for anyone. Seriously, why would we be looking down here if we were looking for someone? We should be looking in Ginny's room because that's where the person was. The person wouldn't have been able to come down here because we immediately ran up and we wouldn't have missed seeing a human being running down the stairs. So what do you really want?"
Hermione, shocked that Harry realized this, did not know what to say at first so there was an uneasy pause in the conversation.
"Well, I was just wondering what you meant when you said that it would have been all your fault if Ginny had gotten hurt," she finally said.
Whatever Harry was expecting her to say, this was not it. When she said this, he stepped back slightly as if contemplating just walking away from her.
"Damn! I though that nobody heard me say that! What I meant was that. uh. I meant that I would have felt guilty because then she may have gotten hurt because I had not run up to her room fast enough!" he said sounding surprised with himself for having thought of an excuse so fast.
"Oh, come off of it, Harry! It's something more than that. Now tell me what it was really about!"
'Why does she have to be so swift?' Harry thought.
"I'm waiting for an answer!" Hermione said interrupting his thoughts.
"Ok, calm down! I'll tell you if you really want to know! Remember that letter that I received this morning?" seeing that she nodded her head he continued, "Well, it said that if I didn't stay away from Ginny, that she would be hurt."
"Harry, it was probably some stupid joke. Maybe even Malfoy sent it to you. You know, he never was very happy that Ginny became your girlfriend right after he broke up with her. Why don't you go talk to him?"
"Talk to Malfoy?!?" Harry said raising his voice slightly.
"That's the only way you're going to find out if he was the one who sent you the letter."
"But - but - but it's Malfoy! He's never going to tell me the truth!"
"Well, it's worth a shot," Hermione said and then turned around and walked back up the stairs to Ginny's room. Harry figured that this would be the best time for him to go find Draco, so he left the Common Room to go and look for him.
'How the hell am I going to find him now?' Harry thought. The, as if someone was trying to help him, he walked right into Draco Malfoy.
"Watch where you're going, Potter!" Draco shouted.
"Malfoy, I need to talk to you!" Harry said.
"Like I would talk to you about anything!" Draco spat back.
"This isn't about just anything. It's about Ginny!"
It was as if Harry had said the magic word. Instantly, Draco turned around and faced Harry. "What about her?'
Harry noticed didn't have the usually cold look on it. Instead, it looked slightly sad. Harry felt some pity for him.
"I got a letter this morning to stay away from her or she'd get hurt. Then, just a little while ago, she screamed because she thought she saw someone in her room. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't behind this.
"Why would I do that to her?!?" Malfoy asked sounding very annoyed with what Harry had said.
"I thought that you were maybe jealous that she became my girlfriend the day after you broke up with her."
"I'm not going to lie, Potter. I did get slightly annoyed that she got over me so fast. It even hurt a little. That's why I was so rough with you during our last quidditch game. But I would never do anything to hurt her. I care for her too much!"
Even though Harry never trusted Draco before, he did now. He didn't know exactly why, though. Maybe it was the look on Draco's face. It seemed sincere. Suddenly, a question crossed his mind that hadn't just a few seconds ago.
"If you care for her so much, then why did you break her heart like you did? She told me that the day before you broke up with her, you told her that you loved her. That just doesn't make sense!"
"I was forced to break up with her!!"
"What the hell are you talking about?!? If you love someone, then you don't break up with them because you're told to."
"I just had to, but I can't tell you why. Something tells me, though that you'll understand it in a little while."
"What is that supposed to mean? I would never hurt Ginny like you did. Nothing would be able to get me to do that!"
"You'll see, Potter, you'll see," Draco said. Harry didn't have time to ask any more questions because Draco walked away from him.
'Well, I know that the letter wasn't from him. Then, who was it from?' Harry thought. Something else was bothering him besides who sent the letter. What did Draco mean when he said that in a little while he'll understand why Draco broke up with Ginny? What was going to happen??
A/N - Wow! This was a pretty long chapter. My fingers are hurting me a little bit. I hope that you all enjoy it. Please review! I think this chapter was really good, but maybe that's just because I wrote it. So please tell me what you think, but don't be too harsh. Thanks!
By the way, I'm not exactly sure when Chapter 8 is going to be posted. There are two reasons why: 1. I'm having a slight case of writer's block.
2. I'm staying in school until 6:00 everyday this week because of our Christmas concert and by the time I get home, I'm tired and have to study and do homework. But I promise that I'll try to get it up very soon.
it goes. I own nothing except for the plot. Everything else
belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 7 ~ The Letter
After they confessed their love for each other, Ginny and Harry seemed as if they would never be apart. When they looked at each other, you could see the love in their eyes. Sometimes, the teachers would have to take a second look because for a moment, they thought they were Lily and James. (A/N Hehe Steph!) Just as it was for Lily and James, people knew that they would be together forever.
One morning, they were all at breakfast when the mail arrived. Harry saw Hedwig coming to him and assumed that she had a letter from Sirius for him.
"I wonder what Sirius wrote to me about," Harry said.
"Have you written to him recently?" Hermione asked
"No. Maybe he's just checking to make sure that everything is ok," said Harry, but something told him that this letter was not going to be a good thing.
After Hedwig gave him the letter, he gave her a piece of the bacon he was eating and then opened the letter. He immediately noticed that the letter was not in Sirius' handwriting. He decided not to read it aloud. After Harry had finished reading it, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny saw the worried look on his face.
"What is the note about?" Ginny asked slightly nervous.
"Nothing," was all Harry said in reply. He did not want to get anyone worried, but he realized that he needed to talk to someone about it. The only question in his mind right now was whom he was able to confide in. His thought fell to Sirius.
"Harry?? Are you still with us? You seem like you thousands of miles away," Ron said.
"Huh? Oh, um.. I have to respond to the letter. I'll see you guys later." Harry then gathered his books, gave Ginny a quick kiss, and went to the library to write to Sirius.
'Maybe I misread the note,' he thought. So he decided to reread it.
In red ink the note read, "Stay away from the Weasley girl or she'll get hurt."
'Damn,' he thought, 'I didn't misread it. Why is it that whenever I find something that makes me happy, something happens to ruin it?'
He began to write the letter to Sirius, not exactly sure what to tell him. After he finished what seemed to him to be a very odd letter, he went to the Owlery to send it to Sirius.
After that, the day went as it usually did. He went too all of his classes (even though he wasn't able to pay attention) and, as they always did on Wednesday nights; he played a game of wizards' chess with Ron. Only when he played the game did he forget about the letter that he received earlier that morning.
As usual, Ron was severely beating Harry, even though Ginny was sitting on the arm of Harry's chair trying to help him. Ginny, seeing that there was no chance of Harry winning, began to talk to Hermione, who was sitting next to Ron.
"You mean I never showed you?" Ginny asked Hermione referring to the necklace that Harry had given her.
"No, you never did. What does it look like?" Hermione asked.
"It's right upstairs. I don't wear it during classes because I'm afraid that it might fall off into my cauldron in potions. I'll got get it to show you," Ginny replied. With that, she gave Harry a quick peck on the cheek and went upstairs to get the necklace.
"Can't you go easy on me, Ron? You know that I'm horrible at this game!" Harry pleaded.
"You should know me well enough by now to know that I never go easy on someone," Ron replied.
Harry was just about to say something back, but he then heard a scream. He recognized the scream as being Ginny's. Without thinking, he sprang to his feet and ran up the stairs to Ginny's room. Ron and Hermione also went, but Harry was much faster than they were, so he reached her room first.
"Ginny?!" he screamed as he banged on the door, "Ginny, open the door!!"
No sound came from in the room. "GINNY!!???!!!" Ron and Hermione now joined Harry when he yelled. Finally, the door slowly opened. She had a terrified look on her face.
"I - I - I'm sorry," she stuttered, "I thought I saw someone in my room, but I guess I just imagined it."
"Oh, Gin," Harry said as he pulled her into his chest, "Don't worry about it."
"But I got you so worried!" she cried.
"It's ok. I'm just grateful that nothing had happened to you. If something had, it would have been all my fault," Harry said, remembering the letter he received earlier that day. Realizing that he said something that he shouldn't have, he dropped the subject hoping that no one had caught on. Unfortunately, Hermione was there and, being as swift as she was, she realized what he had said. However, she didn't want to bring it up in front of everyone.
"Harry, why don't you and I check around a little bit just to make sure," Hermione suggested.
"What about me?" Ron inquired, "I'm your boyfriend and you don't even suggest me going with you?"
"Oh, Ron, you're such a prat! I figured that you could stay with Ginny in her room. I would have asked Harry to, but that would have caused so many rumors. If you guys knew all of the spells that I know, I would have stayed, but you don't, so I need to go."
"Oh. Then, in that case, ok. Just be careful. And Harry, you better protect my girl," Ron's chest swelled with pride when he said this.
"Don't worry, Ron. I'm sure that she'll probably be the one protecting me!" laughed Harry.
Harry and Hermione then made their way down the stairs. When Harry was sure that Ron and Ginny would not be able to hear them, he spoke again.
"Alright Hermione, what do you want?"
"What are you talking about?" Hermione said innocently.
"I know very well that we're not really looking for anyone. Seriously, why would we be looking down here if we were looking for someone? We should be looking in Ginny's room because that's where the person was. The person wouldn't have been able to come down here because we immediately ran up and we wouldn't have missed seeing a human being running down the stairs. So what do you really want?"
Hermione, shocked that Harry realized this, did not know what to say at first so there was an uneasy pause in the conversation.
"Well, I was just wondering what you meant when you said that it would have been all your fault if Ginny had gotten hurt," she finally said.
Whatever Harry was expecting her to say, this was not it. When she said this, he stepped back slightly as if contemplating just walking away from her.
"Damn! I though that nobody heard me say that! What I meant was that. uh. I meant that I would have felt guilty because then she may have gotten hurt because I had not run up to her room fast enough!" he said sounding surprised with himself for having thought of an excuse so fast.
"Oh, come off of it, Harry! It's something more than that. Now tell me what it was really about!"
'Why does she have to be so swift?' Harry thought.
"I'm waiting for an answer!" Hermione said interrupting his thoughts.
"Ok, calm down! I'll tell you if you really want to know! Remember that letter that I received this morning?" seeing that she nodded her head he continued, "Well, it said that if I didn't stay away from Ginny, that she would be hurt."
"Harry, it was probably some stupid joke. Maybe even Malfoy sent it to you. You know, he never was very happy that Ginny became your girlfriend right after he broke up with her. Why don't you go talk to him?"
"Talk to Malfoy?!?" Harry said raising his voice slightly.
"That's the only way you're going to find out if he was the one who sent you the letter."
"But - but - but it's Malfoy! He's never going to tell me the truth!"
"Well, it's worth a shot," Hermione said and then turned around and walked back up the stairs to Ginny's room. Harry figured that this would be the best time for him to go find Draco, so he left the Common Room to go and look for him.
'How the hell am I going to find him now?' Harry thought. The, as if someone was trying to help him, he walked right into Draco Malfoy.
"Watch where you're going, Potter!" Draco shouted.
"Malfoy, I need to talk to you!" Harry said.
"Like I would talk to you about anything!" Draco spat back.
"This isn't about just anything. It's about Ginny!"
It was as if Harry had said the magic word. Instantly, Draco turned around and faced Harry. "What about her?'
Harry noticed didn't have the usually cold look on it. Instead, it looked slightly sad. Harry felt some pity for him.
"I got a letter this morning to stay away from her or she'd get hurt. Then, just a little while ago, she screamed because she thought she saw someone in her room. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't behind this.
"Why would I do that to her?!?" Malfoy asked sounding very annoyed with what Harry had said.
"I thought that you were maybe jealous that she became my girlfriend the day after you broke up with her."
"I'm not going to lie, Potter. I did get slightly annoyed that she got over me so fast. It even hurt a little. That's why I was so rough with you during our last quidditch game. But I would never do anything to hurt her. I care for her too much!"
Even though Harry never trusted Draco before, he did now. He didn't know exactly why, though. Maybe it was the look on Draco's face. It seemed sincere. Suddenly, a question crossed his mind that hadn't just a few seconds ago.
"If you care for her so much, then why did you break her heart like you did? She told me that the day before you broke up with her, you told her that you loved her. That just doesn't make sense!"
"I was forced to break up with her!!"
"What the hell are you talking about?!? If you love someone, then you don't break up with them because you're told to."
"I just had to, but I can't tell you why. Something tells me, though that you'll understand it in a little while."
"What is that supposed to mean? I would never hurt Ginny like you did. Nothing would be able to get me to do that!"
"You'll see, Potter, you'll see," Draco said. Harry didn't have time to ask any more questions because Draco walked away from him.
'Well, I know that the letter wasn't from him. Then, who was it from?' Harry thought. Something else was bothering him besides who sent the letter. What did Draco mean when he said that in a little while he'll understand why Draco broke up with Ginny? What was going to happen??
A/N - Wow! This was a pretty long chapter. My fingers are hurting me a little bit. I hope that you all enjoy it. Please review! I think this chapter was really good, but maybe that's just because I wrote it. So please tell me what you think, but don't be too harsh. Thanks!
By the way, I'm not exactly sure when Chapter 8 is going to be posted. There are two reasons why: 1. I'm having a slight case of writer's block.
2. I'm staying in school until 6:00 everyday this week because of our Christmas concert and by the time I get home, I'm tired and have to study and do homework. But I promise that I'll try to get it up very soon.