Chapter 8
2nd May 1507:
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing near my ear
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
It was colder than all nights Ginny Potter
could remember. She had only been awake a few
minutes, her head lying on her husband's chest. His breath was calmly. Harry's
arms were holding her close to him. Ginny snuggled closer, loving the
warmth that came from his body. She had never loved a person more than him.
Harry Potter was the piece she had searched for most of her life. He had
finally made her whole, giving her the most beautiful present she had ever got:
Joshua. Harry shifted his weight and took Ginny with him. Again closer, the
young woman could feel his hot breath tickling her face and warming her skin,
in a way that made her shiver. Ginny hasn't realized it but when she looked up
into Harry's face, green eyes met browns.
Anytime you want to you can turn me onto
Anything you want to, anytime at all
When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love, oh
"Ginny, are you cold?" Harry asked concerned,
searching her face for a possible answer.
Although she felt, from one second to the
other, more the danger of getting burned out of desire, she nodded. Harry
rolled her onto her back. Ginny could feel the warmth of the moss, causing her to more shiver. Suddenly Harry lowered
himself partly over her, and just this feeling of his body so close, made her
heart pound hard against her ribs.
"Ginny, I'll try my best to keep you warm
tonight. Don't worry." Harry said in a very deep voice, making her want to
scream out his name. Harry kissed her lightly before he placed his head gently
next to her collarbone.
"Darling, I love you." She heard his voice silently. Ginny felt as if
she was in heaven.
"I love you too." Closing her eyes again she
drifted into a wonderful dream.
3rd
May 2007
"Mione, we have to go, " Ron said while he was
carrying Joshua through the living room.
"I'm coming," Hermione shouted back a bit
angrily. "I'm doing everything as fast as I can, but maybe you have realized
that I'm in an advanced stage of pregnancy. The baby should have come
yesterday, you may remember. " With her last words Hermione was rounding the
corner to the living room. Her cheeks were very red, and she looked a bit out
of breath.
"Sorry," Ron whispered. Hermione looked at him
and immediately her eyes were getting shiny. Ron looked at her quizzically and
Hermione pointed at the little boy in his arms.
"He has grown so much since November," she
whispered. "Harry and Ginny have missed it all." Ron nodded but then he smiled.
"Not all when I remember right. After all we
have several hundred photos of him and Dad has made has tried his … How is it
called Hermione?"
"Camcorder, darling." Hermione kissed him
lightly, now smiling as well. "We should probably go now, or we'll be much too
late."
Back into 1507:
After a little breakfast, Ginny and Harry had
made it back into town. According to Hermione's dreams they had come to the
conclusion that whoever should rescue Mary-Ann
and Wardena, must be around at eleven o'clock. They were rather sure that the
rescue itself started around twelve.
This time, both grown-ups had no problem to
find the right street. They turned to the little lane in which they expected
the cart to be later during the day. Harry and Ginny saw an unlocked door.
Ginny opened it carefully, while Harry looked if somebody was inside this dark
room. When Harry saw nothing, they went inside and seated themselves next to a
little window. They wanted to wait till the cart arrived. Minutes went by in
total silent. Finally Harry spoke again.
"Ginny, there are a few things I want to tell
you." Harry took her hand into his. He caressed her hand with his thumb, before
he looked up again into the familiar brown eyes.
"Harry, can you take the lenses out, please? I
want to see you eyes real colour." Ginny said in a whisper while she remembered
back to the night before. The emerald green of his eyes was still visible in
front of her inner eye.
Harry looked as if he was weighing the
possibilities. She put her other hand against his chest when she pulled herself
closer to kiss him they heard horses coming nearer. Looking out of the window
they saw a cart probably the one they were waiting for. There was just one way
to find it out.
"Harry, do you have the Veritaserum, which
Professor Dumbledore gave us?" Ginny asked in a rush.
"Yes, but I wanted…" he started when Ginny
hushed him.
"Later, now we do have a mission." With this
words Ginny left the room wand in hands.
When a man jumped down the cart she walked in
front of him, smiling sweetly. The man looked bewildered. In seconds Ginny
pointed her wand on him and whispered "absque voluntas". At the same
moment his eyes became glassy. Without much afford, Ginny shove him back into
the room, where Harry was waiting.
"Do it Harry," she said silently. Harry looked
at her then he nodded.
Slowly he opened the mouth of the man and let a
few drops of the special serum fall into the man's mouth. It's been a normal
Veritaserum, with just one different. This serum was used from the Department
for Foreign Wizards Questions, when they had nobody who could translate the
answers. Professor Dumbledore thought
that this was the simplest method for Harry and Ginny to do the interrogation
"Ok, let us start," Harry said while he was
rubbing his palms.
"Why are you here today?" Harry asked in a cold
voice. Ginny looked shocked at him, she was not used to hear her husband speak
in this tone. The man in front of them was not
bothered a bit. He sat there without any emotional sign. His eyes looked
directly through them as if they weren't there.
"I have to rescue Mary-Ann McGilbert and her
daughter."
"When will they come?" Harry asked
" At half past twelve." The man answered in
seconds.
"How will they come to your cart?" Harry asked
further.
"I don't know. Mary- Ann said that I should
wait here till they are here."
"How will you know that they are here?" Ginny
asked silently.
"I have to sit on the cart. Mary-Ann and her
daughter will jump on and they will hide in the straw. Then Mary-Ann will knock
three times and I'll drive to the town-walls."
Then Harry asked the final question.
"Where should you bring them?"
"To the woods. I have to stop where a tree is
marked with a red fabric. I have to knock then and both women will jump off.
After two minutes I'll drive away. "
"That is all we need to know, Ginny." Harry
said in a final tone.
"No, I need another answer." Ginny said more
determinate than ever.
"Why, do you want to betray them?" Ginny asked
in a dangerous low tone.
And for the first time, they saw an emotion. He
smirked before he answered.
"Well, John pays better." Harry had to hold
Ginny back, when she heard the answer.
Her hate was burning inside her.
"No, Ginny, we don't have enough time for
this," Harry said silently.
She whirled around, breaking down against his
chest.
"Harry this is all so horrible," she whispered,
"When will we wake up? When will this nightmare end?"
"Hopefully very soon," he said before he kissed
her lightly, "Now Ginny, listen I want to talk to you before I leave." He
pulled her in one corner, caressing her check with his thumb. Ginny couldn't
help but shiver at his look in his eyes.
"Harry, what is it?" she whispered.
"Gin, whatever will happen in the next hours.
You know that I love you. I'll love you for eternity," Harry said, before he
leaned forward and kissed her. "Never forget it."
Ginny nodded while she felt tears welling up. "Harry,
I love you too, but everyth-" she was stopped by Harry.
"Ginny, we don't have much time. Please listen
to me. If something happen to me, whatever it's- Ginny you have to leave with
the time turner immediately." He put his finger over her lips when she started
to protest in pure horror. "Ginny, you also
must leave when the scenario around you gets to dangerous. You have to be
careful." Ginny pushed his finger away.
"Harry I'll never leave you in this madhouse.
Are you kidding me? I LOVE you." Ginny was furious.
"Darling, Joshua needs us both. When you came
out here, I'll too. You can come back with another time turner," he kissed her
deeply, while he tasted the salty tears on her skin, "Promise me, please Ginny,
promise it."
Ginny looked into his eyes. She knew that she
would never do, what he asked from her, but she also knew that he needed it to
hear even if it was a lie. "I promise,"
she whispered while her tears were falling.
"Okay, I guess it's time to go then," Harry
said, before he looked for a last time into her wonderful brown eyes. He left the room, hiding a great deal of his
face. He never turned around.
Harry sat there for about ten minutes. He was
aware that Ginny was watching him from the little window. It was driving him
crazy to know that his beloved had to stay in this town, while he left it. He
had talked to Dumbledore about it, but his former headmaster had explained to
him that there was no other way. Suddenly he heard three knocks. The noise
brought him back to reality. The show has started.
Ginny was watching, how the cart left. She knew
exactly what she had to do. She seated herself as far away, from the traitor of
Mary-Ann and Wardena, as possible. She had to stay with him for another thirty
minutes.
3rd May 2007:
The round office of the headmaster was full of
people. It was the day of another meeting. Ever since Ron and Hermione had
announced that Ginny and Harry were missing, those meeting were hold. They were
always short, but the family got their strength from them. As long as they had
those meetings, hope was still there. Ron was holding Hermione's hand. They
were sitting in front of Professor Dumbledore. Next to Ron stood Draco who was
looking very annoyed.
"Please headmaster, could you explain for
another time, why we can't go back to rescue Ginny and Harry?" the young man
asked.
"Draco, we had this already. It's too
dangerous." The Professor said before he sighed deeply.
"But, I would give them a proper Time- Turner,"
Percy Weasley said silently, " Professor, it's my little sister and her husband
who are lost in time."
"Yes Percy, and we all know, who's fault it's."
Sirius Black shouted out loud, causing Joshua, whom he held in his arms, to
start crying. "Sorry Josh, " Sirius tried to calm the boy.
"Now Sirius, calm down. We can't change
anything, so please stop blaming Percy." Fred said, protecting for the first
time in years his brother from an insult. Everybody looked shocked at the twin
but nodded in agreement. Sirius looked discouraged and let a silent 'sorry'
escape his lips.
"Now Professor, you never told us, what to our
baby could happen if they don't return before they child is born, or worse if
they weren't even successful," Hermione asked feeling how she started to
tremble. The headmaster looked sad at her, searching her face, how much of this
she could possible take.
"We don't know it for sure, " he gently tried,
but he saw immediately that nobody bought this.
"Well, we think that the child would have no
magic."
"You mean our child would be a squib?" Ron
asked bewildered. The headmaster nodded.
"But that is just the
least harmful interpretation: there are worse." The old man said quietly.
The room was totally silent. Nobody said or did
something.
"Ahhh" Everybody in the room turned to Hermione.
"Darling, what is wrong?" Ron asked gently.
"This baby doesn't care if it's magical or not!
It wants to come…" Hermione cried out between two drifts. The men in the room
looked scared at Hermione.
" We should bring her into the Hospital Wing,"
Mrs Weasley said in a rush.
"Better she gets her baby there than here,"
Pansy agreed and all men nodded.
Back in 1507:
Harry was driving the cart, very slowly through the little streets and
alleys. His face carefully hidden, he managed to come to the town walls. When
the big wooden doors came even closer, Harry pulled the horses back. He drove
the cart in a very slow speed through the doors, in his mind the desperate wish
not to get caught. Harry's eyes were downcast. The young man was willing to avoid
the soldier's eyes.
Somehow this tactic worked: They
didn't give him or the cart a second glance. They had made it through it. He
had rescued Mary- Ann and Wardena. Very
slowly Harry drove the cart down to the woods. Finally he saw the red fabric,
which was showing the right tree. Harry knocked three times and waited. He
expected that both women would disappear immediately. But he was wrong. Wardena
was coming in front of the cart with her mother holding her hand. Mary- Ann
looked very long into his eyes and Harry had to admit that they were beautiful.
She nodded thankfully, and then she turned and started to run deeper into the
woods. Harry watched them leave. He was glad that it was over. Harry jumped
from the cart, then he bounded the horses to a tree. He then was running to
Ginny and his sleeping place.
"We are safe," he whispered
silently thanking all the angels who protected them during this trip to hell.
He didn't know how wrong he was.
Ginny still sat in the little room.
The air in the room had become rather unsatisfying. It didn't help at all that
the person who shared the last half hour the room with her, smelt very odd.
Ginny heard the tower clock strike. It was her sign, signalling her that she
was able to leave now. Ginny took out her wand, while she went in front of the
male. She lowered her face so that she was able to look him directly into his
eyes.
"You know, it would be me a
pleasure to leave you here, but I won't since I'm human." She punctuated her
statement with a light push into his stomach. Ginny whispered another spell.
She knew that he would in a few minutes be all right and that she had to hurry
up.
In the same moment in which Ginny
opened the door, she could hear a loud yell from behind. The man was lying on
the floor, obviously he had a lack of air. She ran back, knowing exactly that
she couldn't leave him like that. Taking out her wand she kneeled down next to
her. He tasted for his heartbeat, which became faster with every second that
past. She had no choice. She had to do magic to save the life of him.
Everything would have turned out
fine, if there wasn't the young woman, standing next to the door when she heard
a yell. When she looked through the open door inside it she saw Ginny helping
the man. It was not a bit normal that a woman knew about healing methods. The
woman closed and reopened her eyes, and what she saw made her jump. There out
of a little piece of wood, came a very bright light in a beautiful green. The
word "MAGIC" jumped through the woman's brain. There were not to seconds
between what she had seen and what she concluded. "This was a witch." She started to shout out loud.
Ginny had just finished the
life-saving charm when she heard this voice. Looking up she saw a woman crying
loud while she pointed at Ginny.
"Time to go then," Ginny thought
before she ran out of the door pushing the woman aside. Fear was flooding
through her whole being. She didn't think for a second of apperating. Ginny was
running through the town while around 10 men were coming after her. In front of
her were the town walls. She tried to climb over them and she was successful,
at least she was partly successful. When she stood on the wall, ready to jump
down again, she felt pain in her right shoulder. Ginny felt how her dress
started to get wet. She was wounded.
Frantically she jumped down, forgetting the pain. She simply had to make it to
Harry. She ran faster. Ginny wasn't daring to look behind if somebody was still
after her, or simply to look what hurt her. Seconds later she reached the
protecting darkness of the woods. With her left hand she touched for the first
time her shoulder and what she felt scared her. Ginny closed her hand around a
sharp arrow.
"Damn it, " Ginny cursed for the
first time in years. She didn't know if she should leave the arrow where it was
or took it out. She finally decided for pulling it out of her flesh. After she
did so, she wanted to stop the bleeding with her wand, but she heard steps
behind her. Ginny started to run again. Finally she saw the sea and she saw her
Harry again. She ran into his arms. When Harry tried to hug her she cried out
in pain.
"Ginny, what happened?" Harry asked
before he felt the blood dripping through her dress.
"Ginny, I told you to leave this
time zone when there is any danger." He stated angrily before he saw the tears
in her eyes.
"I couldn't leave you Harry. We'll
be ok." She whispered.
"Shh, Gin, I'm sorry." Harry said,
"We have to do something with your wound."
Then he took a bit fabric and put
it for seconds into the lake.
"This'll hurt," he stated before he
pressed the wet material on Ginny's wound.
The young woman cried out again, unable to take the pain.
"Harry, we need to go now. They are
after me." Ginny said while she wanted to pull him away.
"Gin, we can apparate to Hogsmead."
Ginny looked stunned, in seconds she realized that she would have never get
hurt if she simply apparated back into the woods. Harry looked understandingly down
at her.
"Do you think you can concentrate
on Hogsmead hard enough?" Ginny nodded while she put her arms around his neck.
Both inhaled deeply and seconds later, they were not longer there.
Ginny found herself standing in
Hogsmead next to Harry. She felt how he knees went weak. The Apparatus Charm weakened her.
Harry managed to catch her just in time.
"I'll carry you home, " he promised
her, while he lifted her up.
Harry was worried, not only that
his wife looked really bad, but because it also started to rain.
He desperately tried to keep her
speaking, he wanted to hear her voice.
The longer they were going, the heavier the rain was falling down. Soon
Ginny's answers had become quieter and Harry had started to yell at her,
otherwise she wasn't giving him answers. It was getting harder to climb the way
up and Harry had to be very careful not to trip over a stone or anything else,
He was sweating, but he didn't care. All that was important was to bring his
beautiful wife, home again. Suddenly he tripped over a root. Harry tried his
best to hold his balance without letting Ginny drop.
But sometimes things that have to
happen can't get changed. Harry dropped to his knees, taking Ginny with him.
When he wanted to apologize he realized it. Ginny was unconscious. Harry tried
to shake her awake but it didn't help.
"Ginny!" Harry shouted while tears
started to blind him.
A/N: I
know I'm cruel. But I have a deal for you: You review, I'll write as fast as
possible. Is this a deal? I hope so. Now to my thank you section:
Yolanda:
Thank you so much for so many things.
Fairy kisses: Thank
you J
la2zur2a:
First of all thanks. Now to your question: It would have been too early to
rescue the two women. Their escape was planned for this very special day,
everything else would change too much in
the time line.
Jeff: You did a great job with waiting. ;-) Thanks for your review.
College girl:
Thank you for your review. How did you like the chapter this time? Talk to you
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Here it was. J
Thanks for your review. Did you like it?
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First, thank you for your review. I'm happy you liked it. J
Now to your offer: Thanks again, but I've
already to many beta readers for this story. But you never know, maybe I'll
come back to your offer, for one
of my next stories. J
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Thanks. For your question: They are in classes.
Demitriel 942:
Thank you. About the time- turner: You'll find out more about it in the next
chapter.
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