Disclaimer: Harry Potter, all related characters and settings belong to J. K. Rowling.
Chapter Two: Lucky Number Seven
Ginny walked over to where Harry was lying. "I heard that it was you but I didn't think that it could be true."
"True? Huh? You look different."
"I suppose I do to you. How are you feeling?"
"Tired. Sleepy. Shattered. Exhausted and like I forgot something important."
"He can't go to sleep. Carla knocked him out too hard."
"Thanks Ron. Harry, you can't go to sleep."
"I heard him."
"Good."
"Sleep now."
"No. Not sleep now. Later. Sleep later. Harry, listen to me."
"Commander Ron?" Harry heard someone say, opening the door.
"Huh?" He muttered.
"What is it?" Ron said, moving closer to the person who whispered something to him and walked out of the door, followed by Ron.
"Huh?" Harry muttered again.
"Shh, don't worry about it. Everything's okay now."
"Commander?"
"Yeah, it's a first name culture. Ron has risen through the ranks quite a lot in the past seven years."
"Seven years? He wasn't doing anything like that seven years ago."
"Yes he was. Harry- do you remember going to fight you-know-who?"
"Sure. I was going to go."
"Do you remember what happened?"
"No. Did I win?"
"Not exactly." Ginny said to him and then filled him in on Voldemort's rise to power since he had beaten Harry.
"Seven?"
"Seven?"
"Just the UK?"
"Yeah- oh, and most of Germany and half of Canada."
"Hmm. Sleep now."
"No. Still not sleep now. There are some people who want to see you again."
"Lupin?"
"Gone."
"He died?"
"Sort of- got changed during a really big battle up in Manchester. One of our biggest losses in amounts of numbers."
"Who else?"
"Dumbledore. Fred. Seamus. My mother. Hermionie's parents. Loads of people."
"How come?"
"They had a spell we still haven't got the hang of yet."
"This is all a bad dream isn't it?"
"It's not a dream."
"Sure it is."
"If it was a dream then... Urrm... Why would you want to go to sleep?"
"To wake up."
"Maybe you should go to sleep then. You'll still be here when you wake up though."
"Bet I won't. Oh and future Ginny?"
"Yes?"
"I still love you. Even if I don't know who you are- technically you're still Ginny so I love you."
"Night Harry."
A/N: Next chapter should be up soon.