A/N: Hello again! Here is finally
chapter 6. Before I go on with the plot I've to tell you one little thing: This
is the version that was not beta- read. Sorry, but I'm under a bit of pressure.
I'm leaving Vienna for a little village without any computers (or people in my
age) in 4 hours, and I promised to post another chapter. When I return I'll
change the chapters. The rest on the bottom.
1st
May 1507:
The sun has
started to rise an hour ago, and the soft breeze has stopped by now. Harry has
just awoken minutes ago. He felt Ginny lying on his chest breathing calmly. She
still was sleeping, and Harry still wasn't ready to wake her up.
"Only two days, and we can go home again," he sighed. All those scenes that
happened the day before were still haunting him.
Ginny moved
a little bit under him and Harry looked down at his wife. He touched her soft
hair and started to caresses her cheek, while his mind drifted off... He often
felt that he couldn't come Ginny closer then he already was but yesterday he's
proven him wrong.
When they
lay next to each other, he started to believe that he and Ginny were melted to
one whole thing. This feeling had overwhelmed him in that situation and he felt
how he needed her for living. He never felt like this before. Not when they had
spent their first night together, and not when Joshua was born. He was felt
with the desire that everything should be the same way, than two month ago. Just
happy together. Yes that was his wish for life.
Ginny
started to stir and Harry could feel how her body snuggled closer to his. He
laid his arms around her, and let them roaming over her back. Ginny opened her
eyes immediately when he touched a rather sensitive spot.
Morning
love." She whispered before pulling him close for a good morning kiss.
"Morning,
darling." Harry said rather husky. "Slept well?"
"You bet."
Ginny answered her eyes twinkling and a seductive smile playing across her
face.
Harry
couldn't hold back: He pressed his mouth against her lips and started to
explore her again. Ginny rolled onto her back and pushed him closer. Just when
things started to heat up, Ginny pushed her husband a little bit away.
"Harry,
no…" she told him disappointed, "we can't do this now…"
"Why not?"
he asked her teasingly, knowing perfectly well why it's out of order.
"Why not?"
she mocked, " We have to go in the town. NOW" Ginny added when he tried to kiss
her again. She struggled free, and got to her feet. While she started to get
ready, Harry watched her intensively.
"What?" she
asked bewildered.
"Nothing…"
Harry answered but added as an afterthought: "You know, Ginny. I really love
you." Ginny smiled down on him before she blew him a kiss.
" I love
you too, Mr. Potter."
***
Half an
hour later, they were one the main "street" heading the town. It's a warm and
sunny day. Finally the city walls were
coming closer by every minute. When they had left the woods, they had talked
very intensively, but with every minute that went by, both were becoming more
and more quiet. The tension has risen and was coming to a breaking point. Both
hoped that nobody would try to talk to them. Harry and Ginny knew that they
were only save, as long as they stay silent in front of the citizens. If
anybody should realize that they were not able to speak in the proper language,
they would be in serious troubles.
Finally
they reached the great wooden gate. The Potters queue up and waited. Every few
minutes a few people were aloud to enter the door. Harry has crabbed Ginny's
hand out of pure fear. "What if the ask something?" he questioned
himself, "think positive Harry."
The row got
shorter every minute, until there were only four people in front of Ginny and
Harry. Suddenly one man at the gate started to yell at someone and Harry forced
himself to calm down. Ginny tried to find an explanation for the outburst. But
she couldn't see any problem. The man, obviously some kind of soldier started
to gesticulate wildly, and refused to let somebody in. Then two soldiers
started to run in Harry and Ginny's direction and she felt sick…
23rd
December 2006
Ottery
St. Catchpole: Hermione and Ron's house.
"Ron, do
you really think that we should tell them?"
"We have to.. What if they never return? We
have covered them the last month, but Mum doesn't stop asking me questions
about them."
Hermione
sighed. She knew that Ron was right. The Weasleys and Harry and Ginny's friends
ought to know, what happened with them. She just felt a bit guilty, for not
telling them over a month. She started to get lost in her world again, when she
heard the laughter of Joshua, who was playing with Ron in the corner of their
living- room. She smiled, while she watched them. "He has become much more
comfortable, with children." Hermione realized.
Then she
rushed forward and seated herself next to them. After they played a little bit
longer, Hermione's eyes met Ron's for a few seconds.
"You know,
this won't get easy." She stated.
"I've
realized so much till now, but they're really worried about Harry and Ginny,
you know that. Whatever we do, they'll be worried, and therefore we should tell
them everything we know…." He answered. Ron was a bit scared about his mother's
reaction.
"You've
made sure that everybody's invited and does come?" Hermione asked, while she
checked the table for the 10th time.
"Yeah, my
parents, brothers and sisters in law, their children, Sirius, Remus, the
Longbottoms…"
"You have
also invited the Hogwart teachers, haven't you?" Hermione asked a bit frightened.
The thought of the mental support of Professor Dumbledore and the other
teachers calmed her a bit. "At least, they already know." Ron stood up and came closer to his
wife. He carried Joshua in on hand while he hugged his beloved with the other
hand.
"Sure
Hermione, they'll be here. How's our little one?" he asked while his hand
travelled to her stomach.
"Oh our
little one's great." Hermione answered a little smile on her lips. On the day
Harry and Ginny left her nightmares stopped. At first both thought that it's a
good sign, but when neither Harry nor Ginny returned they were worried.
Suddenly Hermione clapped her hand to her mouth.
"Please
tell me that you've not forgotten Draco and Pansy." Hermione pleaded.
"I
haven't." Ron answered sweetly.
At some
point back in time, Draco and Pansy had decided not to follow their fathers.
When they had made their decision, they joined the Order of Phoenix and got
closer to Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny. When they left school, they finally
had become friends. Pansy and Draco Malfoy, both had showed their loyalty more
than once. And although Harry and Ron were rather sceptical, they eventually
agreed that Draco and Pansy were very good friends.
Minutes
later, the first guest arrived. When finally everybody was there Ron was
running up and down in the room like a caught animal. He looked at his mother
who played with Joshua and her other grandchildren. "She'll try to kill me." He
thought anxiously. The young man placed himself next to Hermione before he
silenced his family and friends.
"Hello
again! Hermione and I have invited you today because we have to tell you some
important news…" he started but was cut off by Mr. Weasley, who asked
innocently,
"Shouldn't
you wait for Harry and Ginny?"
Immediately
Ron's stomach tightened and Hermione held Joshua closer. Ron took a deep
breath, anxious about their reaction.
"Harry and
Ginny won't come." Ron stated. Every single person, who wasn't let in, their
secret looked shocked.
"Why not?"
a bewildered Sirius Black asked "They're not fighting, or?"
Hermione
shock her head. She felt that Ron needed a bit help.
"They're
not in town," she explained but when she saw the puzzled faces of her family,
she knew that she need to continue. "They're also not in our time…" Ron saw how
the faces started to froze about the offered news. Then he could hear his
beloved wife continue. "They went back into the middle age, a month ago to save
a relative and to save our child." Hermione closed, her voice stronger than she
felt. It's complete silent in the room. Even the children didn't make any
noise. Suddenly Fred and George Weasley started to laugh heartily.
"Good joke,
now where are they really?"
"We're not
joking, it's true." Ron said again.
The next
minutes, time seemed to rush. Hermione and Ron were never sure, what happened
exactly. There were many questions, many emotions and many answers to give.
But one
single person sat in the room, paler than ever. He didn't say a single word.
Percy Weasley just shook his head in pure disbelieve. When everybody had calmed
down- if you want to call it so (most women still cried silently while men
looked all rather pale and frightened)- Ron noticed the bad status of his older
brother.
"Percy, we
don't blame you anymore," he tried to comfort him. But Percy went more and more
pale.
"I didn't
know." The Minister of Magic repeated over and over again. " I thought that
they were strangers." He sobbed. Mrs. Weasley couldn't remember when her son
cried the last time. She immediately knew that it's a bad sign.
Penelope
had an arm around her husband while she signalled her oldest daughter to bring
the children, to another room.
"What's
wrong, Darling?" the young woman asked gently, while the other people in the
room watched them with growing fear.
"I never knew
that Ginny and Harry went back," he told them in a whisper, " I would have
given them a better time- turner… not such trash…" he finished, while he looked
ashamed down off his hands.
"What do you
mean with trash?" Ron asked while he fought with himself not to punch his
brother.
"I would
have given them a permanent time- turner…I'm so sorry. It's my fault." Percy
said again. Suddenly Hermione stood up. She looked at every single person
before she spoke again.
"No it's
not…. They'll return to us, we just have to believe strong enough." The young
woman said in a calm and strong voice. Ron thought that he never saw her so
sure. He sighed and when he looked into the faces of his family and friends Ron
realized that Hermione has given them something very important: Hope… "I
really hope you are right." He sighed again.
A/N: Okay, how did you liked it? Like I
said before, I'm leaving my home- town for two weeks, but don't worry
the only thing I'll do is write. Therefore I think chapter 7 will be up soon
after my return. Oh and I'm so sorry for the cliffhanger.
Wouldn't
U Like 2 know: Thank
you, I'm glad you liked it.
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feedback. So thanks for writing it.
Mira: I hope you have read the rest till
now. J Anyway thank you.
CW:I hope that you also liked the first
scene in this chapter. I really have the feeling that you'll be a bit mad with
me because I left you with such a cruel cliffhanger. All I can say is sorry.
Thanks for your review.
college
girl: Thank you for
you review. We'll find out a little bit more about John McGilbert, but not
much. I'm glad you liked the end of chapter 5. I really wasn't sure about it.
Hedwig: Thanks for reviewing and
beta-reading.
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LadyAlan: And here it's. Sorry for the
cliffhanger. Hope that you liked this chapter as well.
See you all in two weeks and don't forget to review.
Thanks. J
Disclaimer:
Most character belongs to J.K. Rowling. But Joshua William is mine and Wardena
/Mary Ann and John McGilbert are mine. I don't own them.
