By Gin Chan
Synopsis: Harry is graduating from Hogwarts, what should he do for a living? Perhaps post secondary or… keep a promise to a very dark sorceress and a lively gate jumper?
Chapter One: Suiting upThe sun was coming with a cloudless sky. The light pierced through the cracks of curtains and filled the dark corners beside the four posters. Harry was already awake, he was nervous. A long red cloak was hung on all the graduate's chairs. The cloaks were shimmering and had a velvet touch. Harry was sitting close to the small window near his bed. It was still and silent like a cemetery. Harry didn't mind, for his mind wasn't there. He was off, staring into space wondering about what the future holds. Often Harry would close his eyes for a time and open them, hoping for a sudden change.
"Who cares about Voldemort if I don't know what I'm doing…" Harry thought.
Harry rubbed his eyelids; he didn't get enough sleep last night.
"Vol…de…mort…" Harry said slowly.
The time was coming, for behind Harry everyone was waking up to the lovely day ahead of him or her. Harry quickly stood up and put on his act of happiness. Ron, his best friend with a mod of massive red hair, awoke and said cheerfully;
"Mornin' Harry! Great day!"
"Yeah great day today!" Harry smiled at Ron.
"Your up early! Surprise, surprise!" Ron said as he stretched out his long arms.
Ron had grown a bit since his first year. He was taller, much taller, and he had grown out his red hair just a bit. He's always had to comb it since the fifth year because his hair was getting so thick. Harry had grown too, he was almost as tall as Ron but his hair was slightly curled at its ends. In fact, Neville, Seamus, and Dean had grown quite a bit. Neville had even lost some weight, Dean had shaved his hair, but Seamus was still a little bit shorter than everyone else. Harry was scanning the room. Everyone was as happy as ever, many were becoming aurors and some even teachers. Harry was surprised, so many people knew what they wanted to be but he had no idea where to begin. Ron decided to join Neville and Seamus' conversation about the future. Harry instead of joining Ron as he usually did; got dressed and made his way downstairs. There, Harry saw Hermione ironically doing the same thing. She was gathered in a tight group of friends, talking about the future. Hermione said she would like to be the next Charms teacher. Harry didn't doubt it she was incredible at charms. Harry walked past without them noticing. Harry did overhear that Ginny was thinking about being an auror. Harry became glum and red in the face; he thought, "Even Ginny knows what she wants to be…"
Harry made it out of the common room without anyone noticing. Harry gave out a big breath as he lend against the wall next to the fat lady in a pink dress. Today thought, out of occasion, she was wearing a Gryffindor scarf. It seemed like Harry had no way out. Harry felt like he was falling behind, falling out of reality. Harry hung his head low until he got to the Great Hall. Harry lifted his head and saw something strange. The Great Hall was desolated. Well, to Harry that's exactly how it looked. No one was there except some random students, all of them Harry didn't know. Harry sat down at the Gryffindor table with wide eyes.
"Well this isn't weird…" Harry muttered under his breath, "I wonder if there is a way to find myself again…"
Harry let his heat fall into his arms on the table when suddenly a chain popped out of his shirt. The chain was mythril and the pendant was a globe made of opal.
Harry sat up again and remembered what had happened during his fifth year here.
"I remember…" Harry thought happily, "Gin and Tiny."
Harry sat rubbing the pendant rapaciously. He felt like a little bit of warm came back to him, with every little rub. Finally, breakfast was served. It appeared in a split second upon the old wooden table. Everyone was coming at that time; Harry was still staring out into space and rubbing the pendant. Harry began to think back. There was something important he had to remember about this pendant.
"What was it?" Harry whispered to himself.
"Hey! You're here early!" Ginny said as she made her seat beside Harry.
"Huh?" Harry said as he looked at Ginny, "Oh yeah, sorry. I'm just trying to remember something…"
"Hey, your pendant." Hermione said, "Didn't you make some kind of promise?"
"I don't remember…" Harry said as he looked down at his plate.
"Does it really matter?" Ginny said as she gently cupped her hand around Harry's pendant.
Harry turned his body towards Ginny. She looked at it with big eyes. Harry realized that Ginny has grown up a bit too. She was taller, much taller. She had longer red hair and her freckles gone. Her skin had taken a turn on the Weasley family because usually they have red hair and freckles. Ginny had no freckles, which was kind of weird since Ron still had them. Even Ron's older brothers had them too. Harry noticed Ginny was almost a grown up lady, she was curvy around her back, hips, and even her breast had grown in. She also bore smooth clear skin and slender legs.
"It looks like opal…" Ginny said, "It's a muggle stone."
"I know," Harry answered, "Gin gave it to me before she left."
"I remember her!" Hermione said in delight, "She was amazing with magic."
"And Tiny said something to me before they left. Something about today, but I just can't quite remember what she said." Harry replied.
"I think it was a promise, "Ron said, "I barely remember myself. Tiny said they were going to pick you up or something. It was whether or not you chose a path or something… Whether you knew what you wanted to be."
"Whoa, Ron you actually remembered something!" Ginny said, as she looked straight at Ron.
"What! I remember stuff like that!" Ron shouted back at Ginny.
"Ha ha ha!! That's hilarious Ginny!" Hermione laughed at Ron.
"I… That's not funny! Stop laughing Hermione!" Ron began to go red.
"I can't believe I'm related to him!" Ginny said to Hermione, which made Hermione burst into tears of laughter.
"Ginny!" Ron yelled, "I'm shocked!"
"I'm only kidding you stupid bum." Ginny grinned with evil eyes.
"Ahh! Ginny your always good for a laugh!" Hermione smiled.
"Yeah, about me!" Ron shouted.
"Settle children, settle." Harry said.
"Oh ha ha, very funny Harry." Hermione said.
"What? I couldn't help but throw in the last joke!" Harry grinned, "Besides Hermione, you were laughing like a donkey! You know with the jaw open and the high pitched voice!"
Ron began to laugh hysterically. Ron was laughing so much he fell off the bench. Hermione gave on karate chop to Ron's head. Ron stopped.