The Sisterhood

~A Romantic Interlude~

Harry woke that late that night. A look at the clock that Ron kept on his night stand told him that it was 'Much too late for being awake.' He sighed, shook his head, and put on his glasses. There were way too many thoughts running through his head for him to EVER get to sleep again. He plodded down to the common room and dropped himself into one of the over- sized arm chairs in front of the fire that the house elves kept burning.

'Okay, time to sort this out. First, Ginny now has the power over the force of lightning and she was training all summer. Two, she is now the ruler of Jupiter, a role formerly filled by my mum. Three…' Harry's thoughts came to a halt as he heard movement in the room.

"Harry? Is that you?"

"Gin! What are you doing out of bed?"

"Stretching my legs."

"But…you just…and then you…"

"Yes, yes, I know. Haruka about had kittens when I told her I was coming down here. It seems they posted a guard. I had to promise her that I would just come down here and sit."

"Well then you'd better come over here and sit down. I would hate for her to kill me because I let you stand around."

"Haruka wouldn't kill you. Mess you up a bit maybe, but not kill you."

Harry laughed. Ginny came and sat down in the chair beside him. They stared into the fire for a while before she spoke.

"So, what were you thinking about? If you don't mind me asking, that is."

"I don't know, I was just thinking."

"You weren't thinking that you should have been a girl were you?" Harry looked over at her and she looked so serious that he laughed. Even if it was the truth, the question just sounded so odd, especially from her.

"Harry, I'm serious."

"I know." He chuckled. "Yeah, I kinda was." He suddenly turned serious.

"If I had been a girl, you wouldn't have had to go through this."

"Nope, sorry. I already asked that question. Pluto says that I would have gotten the power either way. If Lily had had a girl, she would have been killed and the power would have passed to me. Plus, Voldemort would have been running a muck these past years. But, you were a boy, and so what happened, well, you know. It's all destiny."

He looked at her. She was staring into the fire and the flames made her eyes look golden. The emerald necklace that hung around her neck glowed with it's own light. Harry found himself mesmerized.

"Besides that, you should never wish to be anything but what you are. You are clever, courageous, a great Quidditch player… The point is, you mum loved you for who you are."

Harry's cheeks began to turn red. He almost didn't catch the next whisper.

"I love you for who you are."

"What was that?" He asked, astonished. Could it be that she still held some affection for him despite how clueless he had been?

"Nothing, just thinking out loud. I better go before…"

As she stood to leave Harry caught her hands. He stood up to look her in the eyes.

"I want to know. Tell me." He said softly.

"I said I love you the way you are. I always have. Harry, I'm sorry. I don't want you to feel like…"

He put a finger to her lips.

"Now I know what Ron meant when he said you usually never shut up. Now then, I want you to listen to me. Don't interrupt, because I'm not good with these sort of things."

She nodded.

"I love you too. I noticed it in my third year. I don't know why my heart picked my third year to wake up, but it did. I tried to stop, I thought it wasn't appropriate, and distracted myself with Cho. That worked for a little while, enough, at least, to keep me from going insane. Then came the Third Task and all the walls I had built up came crumbling down. I love you, I know it, and I don't care what you're brothers think anymore." He took a deep breath.

She looked up at him.

"Well," she said with a chuckle, "Now you have my sisters to worry about." Harry didn't even had time to think about this as Ginny pressed her lips to his. Harry had never done this sort of thing before, but instinct kicked in and he wrapped his arms around her waist. As they shared their first kiss…kisses…in front of the fire, a certain Princess of Uranus stalked back up the stairs.

"She's going to exhaust herself doing that. She just ascended and now she's snogging Harry downstairs." She growled to her sisters who were awake.

"Leave her be, love. You know how…refreshing…first love is." Michiru's voice said from the shadows.

"Yes. Besides, I don't think we have a problem. We can have the trial tomorrow, and Ginny and Harry are finally together. That saves me on some matchmaking." Mina proclaimed.

"Right." Rei said, punching her fist into her palm. "We can finally give that rat what he deserves for what he did to Lily and James."

"And Sirius." Hotaru added, looking at Setsuna's sleeping form.

Ami mumbled something about the Pythagorean Theorem in her sleep and the rest of the Sisterhood giggled before retiring once again to their warm covers.

The Heir of Gryffindor and the Lady of the Storm had finally united.