Disclaimer: I said it once and I'll say it again I do not own Harry Potter
or anyone else *sigh*
Chapter 3: Birthdays and Dreams
Harry sighed life at the Burrow was great. Even better in a matter of days it would be his birthday. Everyday now two or three people would slip out of the house to go to Diagon Alley. He was really starting to wonder. Soon enough the next day would be his birthday he sighed as he prepared for a normal day.
Unfortunately, it was not a normal day. It started off by the Daily Prophet announcing another attack by Lord Voldemort.
"This man has to be stopped! And what is the Ministry doing about him? Nothing! It's an outrage! Fudge better watch his back or they may just overthrow him one of these days!" Molly cried in outrage over breakfast that mourning
"Mum, Fudge isn't going to do anything." Fred contributed
"He's just some old, ugly man that thinks he's something but now is about to piss his pants out of fear." George added
Everybody kind of stared, until Fred offered Ginny some soup, which she took. Obviously everyone was unaware she took something from Fred or they would of stopped her. But, before they knew it she was eating her soup. All of a sudden she stopped dead and looked at the two who were grinning evilly.
"What did you do to this soup?" she whispered frantically
"3.2.1" The two chimed together
All of a sudden she felt Ill, she felt like she couldn't control her actions. She immediately stood up knocking over the soup and spilling it on Ron who was across from her.
"Ginny what the hell do you think your doing?" He cried as he attempted to wipe of his shirt
All of a sudden she bolted up stairs and returned moments later with her hands behind her back. "Ginny? What are you doing?" Hermione asked
She just smirked and started flinging dungbombs at everybody, who in turn ran screaming.
"Now for the big finale!" Fred grinned as George jumped up and down happily
Ginny marched right up to Harry and kissed him full on the lips. By now the Twins were practically in tears. After the kiss broke Ginny regained herself and looked around blushing.
"The twins gave me one of their concoctions!" She cried out the blush still evident on her face and Harry's
"And it worked brilliantly!" George cried
"We call it Control Soup." Fred added, "You can put in and order for it right now!"
"To buy some it will only cost you 10 galleons," George said, "Since your family and all."
By now Ginny had run up to her room taking Hermione with her. While Ron and Harry moved cautiously towards the stairs before Mrs. Weasley blew her top.
"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT EXPERIMENTING ON YOUR LITTLE SISTER?" Mrs. Weasley bellowed
By this time Ron and Harry had bolted upstairs and were now leaning against Ron's door, out of breath.
"That was something." Harry gasped out
"What was, the kiss or the yelling? Ron said equally as tired
"Both" This bewildered Ron even more but he decided not to figure out what Harry had meant by that, "She's quite a good kisser she must have learned from Dean."
"WHAT? SHES MY BABY SISTER! SHE SHOULNDT EVEN KNOW HOW TO KISS! DEAN WILL PAY IF HE EVER KISSED HER!" Ron's yelling went on for about 10 minutes while Harry stood there listening. Then Hermione and Ginny walked up the stairs.
"What are you yelling about Ron? You and mum combined could bring the house down." Ginny asked
"I want to know, Ginny, if you've been kissing Dean! Because Harry said that you're a good kisser and must have learned from Dean!" Ron cried angrily, "I doubt Hermione could kiss you should take her as an example!"
At this Hermione looked deeply hurt, "Why don't you kiss Hermione and find out if she CAN kiss, Ron" Harry said slyly
Ron's face was as red as his hair now; nobody could tell if it was from embarrassment or anger, "MAYBE ONE DAY I WIL!" he yelled before storming out of sight.
All three of them stood in silence before Ginny and Hermione went back to Ginny's room and Harry lay down on his bed. Ron didn't come back until diner and even then he was silent. After dinner he went straight to bed and so did Harry. Harry had completely forgotten the next day was his birthday.
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Harry woke up later then normal the next day. He glanced down at the clock that read 10:47 A.M. Glancing to the bed next to him he noticed Ron was already up. "I wonder where he went." He mumbled
Quickly he grabbed some clothes and put them on trying desperately to smooth down his hair. "You look grand now go downstairs." The mirror told his reflection
Grinning he bounded downstairs to see nobody there. He sighed and sat on the couch. Then it hit him it was his birthday, before he could do anything a loud yell surprised him.
"SURPRISE HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!" Came the shouts of the entire Weasley family, minus Percy, Bill, and Charlie and add Hermione.
Harry sat there in shock this was his first birthday party; the twins had immediately brought out butter beer and turned on the Wizarding Wireless. Pretty soon everybody was laughing and talking. Harry and Ginny were having a discussion about Ron and Hermione who were talking with Fred or er was it George.
"We have to get them together, there perfect for each other." Ginny said quietly
"Yes and did you hear what he said about kissing her? Its obvious he likes her, now does she like him?" Harry added
"Of course she does yesterday." She was cut off by George throwing a water balloon at her, but it missed and hit Harry
"George!" Harry cried out
"Oops my bad!" George cried and darted off
It was nearly 1:00 when Mrs. Weasley yelled cake. Everybody practically ran into the kitchen for the cake. The table had a special cloth over it that was charmed to have snitches zooming around.
"Happy Birthday dear Harry! Happy Birthday to you!" Everybody finished as Harry blew out the candles.
Harry was allowed to cut the cake and hand out cake pieces. George found himself with a pretty small piece. Everybody was grinning and smiling till Fred came up behind Harry and shoved his head in the cake. Which started a cake fight, Harry ended up with half the cake on him.
Finally, after they had cleaned up a bit it was time for presents. Harry was immediately handed Mr. And Mrs. Weasleys present, which turned out to be a sweater and some chocolate frogs.
"Thank you this is a very lovely present." Harry said with a smile
Next he was handed Fred and George's gift. He looked at it cautiously, "Don't worry Harry it won't cause you any harm." George said
Harry looked skeptical but went ahead and opened it. Inside were about 10 dungbombs and some red substance that looked like tomato soup. He looked up questioningly.
"Dungbombs at Control Soup." Fred and George answered together
"Er thanks I'll make sure to use it." Harry said quickly
"Good mate Harry." Fred grinned
Next he was handed a present from Hermione, judging by the weight he figured it was a book. He was correct; it was Hogwarts: A History. Ron and Harry burst into laughter Hermione soon followed.
"Thanks Her. Hermione!" He chocked out, "But I think I have it memorized thanks to you!"
Hermione turned scarlet as he moved to Ron's present. He opened it eagerly to find a book, but it was a very useful book it was Spells Legally Used in Quidditch.
"You'll find spells like to keep your glasses waterproof and other ones its really a great book, I hope you like it." Ron said
"Of course I do now I can legally help myself out." Harry grinned
He looked at the presents and saw one more it must be from Ginny. Judging by the shape it looks like another book. Slowly he grabbed it and unwrapped it inside was a photo album. On the cover it said friends forever and it showed the four of them laughing together down by the lake.
He looked up and grinned at her, she was blushing. Slowly he opened it up and it was a picture of him, Ron, and Hermione walking down the hall in second year. The next 4 pages had individual pictures of them. Next one was a picture of him and Ron playing Quidditch here, at The Burrow. Then there was a picture of Ginny and Hermione studying in the Gryffindor common room. Turning the page once more he saw himself standing next to Remus Lupin. Again turning the page he watched himself during the first task in 4th year. He was amazed out how it had turned out; it was of him flying past the dragon. The last picture was so cute; Ron and Hermione had fallen asleep next to each other on the couch, Ginny had her head against Harry's shoulder (Ginny was also asleep), and Harry was smiling happily at the camera.
"Ginny this is amazing! Thank you so much!" Harry immediately jumped up and hugged her, "This has been the best birthday ever! Thank you all but Im really quite tired. I think Id like to take a nap before dinner." Quickly Harry gathered up his stuff and went up to take a nap.
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Dinner that night had been great! It was a feast and it was all of Harry's favorites. As he drifted off to sleep he expected dreams off happiness, but to his dismay they weren't.
He was spinning again in a swirl of colors. For a minute he figured he would see another seen with Voldemort, but he did not. No in front of him appeared the ghostly figured of Cedric Diggory, his parents, and a young girl only about 8.
"You killed me!" Cedric shouted, "Because of you I am dead. If you had been self centered and taken the cup I would have been alive. Obviously you were jealous of Cho and me so you went and killed me. You should have never survived.
Next the little girls stepped up, "You killed me Harry Potter!"
"I don't even know you! Its impossible for me to know you at all!" Harry cried desperately.
"Oh, but you did. When you were growing up Voldemort came to them and attempted to find you. When they said they wouldn't tell he killed them and then killed me!" she sobbed, "If you had died like you were supposed to this would of never had happened. You killed me Harry Potter!"
She faded away and his dead stepped up, "I was never trying to save you! I wanted to save my wife. If we both died you should of too! You're a failure of a son anyways!"
"I don't believe this, Voldemorts messing with my dreams" Harry cried out urgently.
"No Harry, I died to save you and you have done nothing but shame me. Because you were born I am dead I wish now with all my heart you were never born. My life would have been much better."
"NO!" Harry cried
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Harry awakened in a cold sweat, that could not of been real his parents, Cedric, that little girl, it was too much to comprehend. Slowly Harry made his way down stairs, it was his entire fault that so many people had suffered and died how could he live with himself.
He sat slowly in front of the fire. A few tears ran down his face, they count hate him, could they? He attempted to hold back more tears, he hadn't cried in years. Obviously he wasn't listening carefully enough because he didn't hear the soft footsteps descending the stairs, or the gasp from behind him.
"Harry?" Ginny asked softly, she was now sitting next to him by the fire, "Harry are you ok?"
"Ginny did I wake you?" he asked softly, she shook her head
"What's wrong Harry?" concern was obvious in her voice
"Dreams Ginny, horrible dreams." Was all he sad
Quietly she gathered him in her arms and stroked his hair, "They weren't true Harry, they weren't true.
The two sat like that for a long while, just in companionable silence. Until slowly but surely they both fell asleep. While in her arms Harry had no dream at all. While Ginny had dreams of her and Harry together like she always wanted. But her dreams always ended with Dean finding out and turning towards evil. In the end Dean always killed Harry. Leaving Ginny standing there wishing for death, and sometimes just sometimes Ginny ended up killing herself.
Note~ Poor Harry finally has a happy day and it ends in tragedy but him and Ginny yay there may be something there that wasn't there before.
Chapter 3: Birthdays and Dreams
Harry sighed life at the Burrow was great. Even better in a matter of days it would be his birthday. Everyday now two or three people would slip out of the house to go to Diagon Alley. He was really starting to wonder. Soon enough the next day would be his birthday he sighed as he prepared for a normal day.
Unfortunately, it was not a normal day. It started off by the Daily Prophet announcing another attack by Lord Voldemort.
"This man has to be stopped! And what is the Ministry doing about him? Nothing! It's an outrage! Fudge better watch his back or they may just overthrow him one of these days!" Molly cried in outrage over breakfast that mourning
"Mum, Fudge isn't going to do anything." Fred contributed
"He's just some old, ugly man that thinks he's something but now is about to piss his pants out of fear." George added
Everybody kind of stared, until Fred offered Ginny some soup, which she took. Obviously everyone was unaware she took something from Fred or they would of stopped her. But, before they knew it she was eating her soup. All of a sudden she stopped dead and looked at the two who were grinning evilly.
"What did you do to this soup?" she whispered frantically
"3.2.1" The two chimed together
All of a sudden she felt Ill, she felt like she couldn't control her actions. She immediately stood up knocking over the soup and spilling it on Ron who was across from her.
"Ginny what the hell do you think your doing?" He cried as he attempted to wipe of his shirt
All of a sudden she bolted up stairs and returned moments later with her hands behind her back. "Ginny? What are you doing?" Hermione asked
She just smirked and started flinging dungbombs at everybody, who in turn ran screaming.
"Now for the big finale!" Fred grinned as George jumped up and down happily
Ginny marched right up to Harry and kissed him full on the lips. By now the Twins were practically in tears. After the kiss broke Ginny regained herself and looked around blushing.
"The twins gave me one of their concoctions!" She cried out the blush still evident on her face and Harry's
"And it worked brilliantly!" George cried
"We call it Control Soup." Fred added, "You can put in and order for it right now!"
"To buy some it will only cost you 10 galleons," George said, "Since your family and all."
By now Ginny had run up to her room taking Hermione with her. While Ron and Harry moved cautiously towards the stairs before Mrs. Weasley blew her top.
"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT EXPERIMENTING ON YOUR LITTLE SISTER?" Mrs. Weasley bellowed
By this time Ron and Harry had bolted upstairs and were now leaning against Ron's door, out of breath.
"That was something." Harry gasped out
"What was, the kiss or the yelling? Ron said equally as tired
"Both" This bewildered Ron even more but he decided not to figure out what Harry had meant by that, "She's quite a good kisser she must have learned from Dean."
"WHAT? SHES MY BABY SISTER! SHE SHOULNDT EVEN KNOW HOW TO KISS! DEAN WILL PAY IF HE EVER KISSED HER!" Ron's yelling went on for about 10 minutes while Harry stood there listening. Then Hermione and Ginny walked up the stairs.
"What are you yelling about Ron? You and mum combined could bring the house down." Ginny asked
"I want to know, Ginny, if you've been kissing Dean! Because Harry said that you're a good kisser and must have learned from Dean!" Ron cried angrily, "I doubt Hermione could kiss you should take her as an example!"
At this Hermione looked deeply hurt, "Why don't you kiss Hermione and find out if she CAN kiss, Ron" Harry said slyly
Ron's face was as red as his hair now; nobody could tell if it was from embarrassment or anger, "MAYBE ONE DAY I WIL!" he yelled before storming out of sight.
All three of them stood in silence before Ginny and Hermione went back to Ginny's room and Harry lay down on his bed. Ron didn't come back until diner and even then he was silent. After dinner he went straight to bed and so did Harry. Harry had completely forgotten the next day was his birthday.
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Harry woke up later then normal the next day. He glanced down at the clock that read 10:47 A.M. Glancing to the bed next to him he noticed Ron was already up. "I wonder where he went." He mumbled
Quickly he grabbed some clothes and put them on trying desperately to smooth down his hair. "You look grand now go downstairs." The mirror told his reflection
Grinning he bounded downstairs to see nobody there. He sighed and sat on the couch. Then it hit him it was his birthday, before he could do anything a loud yell surprised him.
"SURPRISE HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!" Came the shouts of the entire Weasley family, minus Percy, Bill, and Charlie and add Hermione.
Harry sat there in shock this was his first birthday party; the twins had immediately brought out butter beer and turned on the Wizarding Wireless. Pretty soon everybody was laughing and talking. Harry and Ginny were having a discussion about Ron and Hermione who were talking with Fred or er was it George.
"We have to get them together, there perfect for each other." Ginny said quietly
"Yes and did you hear what he said about kissing her? Its obvious he likes her, now does she like him?" Harry added
"Of course she does yesterday." She was cut off by George throwing a water balloon at her, but it missed and hit Harry
"George!" Harry cried out
"Oops my bad!" George cried and darted off
It was nearly 1:00 when Mrs. Weasley yelled cake. Everybody practically ran into the kitchen for the cake. The table had a special cloth over it that was charmed to have snitches zooming around.
"Happy Birthday dear Harry! Happy Birthday to you!" Everybody finished as Harry blew out the candles.
Harry was allowed to cut the cake and hand out cake pieces. George found himself with a pretty small piece. Everybody was grinning and smiling till Fred came up behind Harry and shoved his head in the cake. Which started a cake fight, Harry ended up with half the cake on him.
Finally, after they had cleaned up a bit it was time for presents. Harry was immediately handed Mr. And Mrs. Weasleys present, which turned out to be a sweater and some chocolate frogs.
"Thank you this is a very lovely present." Harry said with a smile
Next he was handed Fred and George's gift. He looked at it cautiously, "Don't worry Harry it won't cause you any harm." George said
Harry looked skeptical but went ahead and opened it. Inside were about 10 dungbombs and some red substance that looked like tomato soup. He looked up questioningly.
"Dungbombs at Control Soup." Fred and George answered together
"Er thanks I'll make sure to use it." Harry said quickly
"Good mate Harry." Fred grinned
Next he was handed a present from Hermione, judging by the weight he figured it was a book. He was correct; it was Hogwarts: A History. Ron and Harry burst into laughter Hermione soon followed.
"Thanks Her. Hermione!" He chocked out, "But I think I have it memorized thanks to you!"
Hermione turned scarlet as he moved to Ron's present. He opened it eagerly to find a book, but it was a very useful book it was Spells Legally Used in Quidditch.
"You'll find spells like to keep your glasses waterproof and other ones its really a great book, I hope you like it." Ron said
"Of course I do now I can legally help myself out." Harry grinned
He looked at the presents and saw one more it must be from Ginny. Judging by the shape it looks like another book. Slowly he grabbed it and unwrapped it inside was a photo album. On the cover it said friends forever and it showed the four of them laughing together down by the lake.
He looked up and grinned at her, she was blushing. Slowly he opened it up and it was a picture of him, Ron, and Hermione walking down the hall in second year. The next 4 pages had individual pictures of them. Next one was a picture of him and Ron playing Quidditch here, at The Burrow. Then there was a picture of Ginny and Hermione studying in the Gryffindor common room. Turning the page once more he saw himself standing next to Remus Lupin. Again turning the page he watched himself during the first task in 4th year. He was amazed out how it had turned out; it was of him flying past the dragon. The last picture was so cute; Ron and Hermione had fallen asleep next to each other on the couch, Ginny had her head against Harry's shoulder (Ginny was also asleep), and Harry was smiling happily at the camera.
"Ginny this is amazing! Thank you so much!" Harry immediately jumped up and hugged her, "This has been the best birthday ever! Thank you all but Im really quite tired. I think Id like to take a nap before dinner." Quickly Harry gathered up his stuff and went up to take a nap.
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Dinner that night had been great! It was a feast and it was all of Harry's favorites. As he drifted off to sleep he expected dreams off happiness, but to his dismay they weren't.
He was spinning again in a swirl of colors. For a minute he figured he would see another seen with Voldemort, but he did not. No in front of him appeared the ghostly figured of Cedric Diggory, his parents, and a young girl only about 8.
"You killed me!" Cedric shouted, "Because of you I am dead. If you had been self centered and taken the cup I would have been alive. Obviously you were jealous of Cho and me so you went and killed me. You should have never survived.
Next the little girls stepped up, "You killed me Harry Potter!"
"I don't even know you! Its impossible for me to know you at all!" Harry cried desperately.
"Oh, but you did. When you were growing up Voldemort came to them and attempted to find you. When they said they wouldn't tell he killed them and then killed me!" she sobbed, "If you had died like you were supposed to this would of never had happened. You killed me Harry Potter!"
She faded away and his dead stepped up, "I was never trying to save you! I wanted to save my wife. If we both died you should of too! You're a failure of a son anyways!"
"I don't believe this, Voldemorts messing with my dreams" Harry cried out urgently.
"No Harry, I died to save you and you have done nothing but shame me. Because you were born I am dead I wish now with all my heart you were never born. My life would have been much better."
"NO!" Harry cried
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Harry awakened in a cold sweat, that could not of been real his parents, Cedric, that little girl, it was too much to comprehend. Slowly Harry made his way down stairs, it was his entire fault that so many people had suffered and died how could he live with himself.
He sat slowly in front of the fire. A few tears ran down his face, they count hate him, could they? He attempted to hold back more tears, he hadn't cried in years. Obviously he wasn't listening carefully enough because he didn't hear the soft footsteps descending the stairs, or the gasp from behind him.
"Harry?" Ginny asked softly, she was now sitting next to him by the fire, "Harry are you ok?"
"Ginny did I wake you?" he asked softly, she shook her head
"What's wrong Harry?" concern was obvious in her voice
"Dreams Ginny, horrible dreams." Was all he sad
Quietly she gathered him in her arms and stroked his hair, "They weren't true Harry, they weren't true.
The two sat like that for a long while, just in companionable silence. Until slowly but surely they both fell asleep. While in her arms Harry had no dream at all. While Ginny had dreams of her and Harry together like she always wanted. But her dreams always ended with Dean finding out and turning towards evil. In the end Dean always killed Harry. Leaving Ginny standing there wishing for death, and sometimes just sometimes Ginny ended up killing herself.
Note~ Poor Harry finally has a happy day and it ends in tragedy but him and Ginny yay there may be something there that wasn't there before.
