Chapter 19

"But-but-but-but." Harry stammered, "This can't be happening!"

"But it is, Harry." Ginny replied. "That's Gwynny!"

"No way! It's not possible!"

"Yes it is. Remember what Danniella was saying?"

"What do you mean?"

"About how Gwynny'd been sent to the safest place, anytime, anywhere. Methinks that must have been in my fifth-year."

"But why?"

"I don't know. But it would have been during a safe period, so Voldemort couldn't have been a problem anyway, after all, the spell is supposed to take her somewhere safe, remember?" Ginny gabbled.

"Yes, Ginny, I do, you just said it a few seconds ago." Harry said dryly. Ginny blushed, and snuggled onto his lap. She sniffed a few times. "Aww, honey, what's wrong?" Harry asked, pulling her close. She buried her head in his shoulder.

"I just…miss her, ya know? She's my baby, and she's go-one!" She began to sob in earnest, and Harry couldn't help but sigh in relief when Fawkes flew in. He gently disentangled her, and petted Fawkes on the head.

"'Lo, Fawkes." He said. "What's the matter?" Fawkes chirruped, as if to say, 'Follow me and you'll find out.' Harry nodded. "Right. Ginny, cherie, stop crying. We've gotta follow Fawkes."

"Wh-what?" Ginny looked at him, and he felt his heart break.

"Don't look at me with those big eyes, Ginny, you know what it does to me." He groaned. Ginny blushed, which caused Harry in turn to blush. "Not like that!!"  He said hastily, pulling Ginny up as he stood. "C'mon, let's follow Fawkes, before he gets too anxious." Ginny nodded, and they both followed Fawkes to Dumbledore's office.

"Er…are we supposed to be here, Fawkes?"  Ginny asked. Fawkes chirped. "Right. Ok. Marshmallow Fluff." The gargoyle moved aside, and they walked in. Neither of them could believe the sight before their eyes.

~*~

Kati, Danni, and Gwynny all turned around when Dumbledore's door opened. Kati gave a delighted shriek when she saw the people standing there.

"Uncle Moony, Mr. Dog Star!" She said, running over, and hugging them. Past-Ginny held onto the edge of Dumbledore's desk.

"Oh, gods." She said faintly. "I think I'm gonna pass out."

"Yes, Albus?" Uncle Moony asked, "What did you want?"

"Hello Remus, Sirius." Said Dumbledore. "Tell me, do you know who this young girl here is?" Gwynny felt Past-Ginny's fear, and wished she could tell her everything was going to be ok.

"Er…Gwynny?" Sirius asked.

"No, Padfoot, how can she be? She's not got green eyes. But…she can't be who I think she is…can she?"

"Yes, Remus, she is. Here is young Ginny Weasley."

"This can't be happening," Muttered Past-Ginny, "This is all a bad dream. This is not happening! I am not seeing Sirius Black, and I am not here with a whole bunch of people who look like people I know, or even like me!"

"Yes, Miss Weasley, you are. And what's more, you know it too. Come in, Harry, Ginny," Gwynny cried out in happiness, when her mum and dad entered.

"Mummy! Daddy!" She yelled, running over, and hugging them both tightly. Her mother gave an ecstatic cry, and hugged her back just as tight. Her father enfolded both of them in a hug.

"What's happening?" Past-Ginny exclaimed. Gwynny's dad put both of them down, and turned around to look at Past-Ginny, brushing his hair out of the way, and revealing his scar. He looked like he couldn't quite believe his eyes, and grabbed Gwynny's mum's hand tightly.

"Who are you?" He asked, just as Past-Ginny caught sight of the scar.

"Omigod, Omigod, OMIGOD! You're HARRY POTTER!" She shrieked.

"Huh? Yeah, so what?"

"But you can't be, you're too old!"

"Excuse me?" Gwynny's mum hissed, looking ready to do battle. "Harry's not old. Just who are you to say that?!"

"Uh, Mum," Kati began.

"Not now, Kati. Who are you?"

"Aunty Ginny,"

"Not now Danni."

"Mummy,"

"I said-oh, what, sweetie?"

"Mummy, that's you."

"WHAT?!"

"It's you. Past-Ginny and I swapped places.  We shouldn't have, but I think they must have done the spell wrong."

"You know about the spell?"  Kati asked.

"'Course. Read about it in the Library. Didn't know how to get back, though, coz I accidentally ripped out the page with the reversing spell on it." Gwynny admitted.

"So it was you! You're the reason we had to go to Muggle London!" Kati exclaimed before she could stop herself. She clapped her hand over her mouth. "Oops."

"Oops is right. We're going to have to have a serious talk, Katharine Molly Potter." Kati's and Gwynny's mum said sternly.

"Whoa, wait a minute here," Their dad said. "If you and Past-Ginny swapped places, why hasn't she gone back?"

"Well, we didn't quite swap places."  Gwynny said, "If we had, I would still be 11, instead of looking more like a 14 or 15 year old. I'm not sure what happened, but they obviously said some part of the spell wrong, or did something wrong. Not that it matters, but we've got to send Past-Ginny back to where she belongs somehow."

"I still can't believe that you've aged that much," Gwynny's mother exclaimed. She'd had everything explained to her in a matter of moments. Gwyn's dad, however, was taking a little longer to take it all in.

"Uh, look, I'm still here, you know."  Past-Ginny said irritably. "Could you please stop talking about me like I'm not here? And will somebody tell me what's going on??!!"

"Yes, yes, my dear, it will all be explained. And I think I know just the people to do it. Sirius, Remus? Would you be so kind as to take Miss Weasley away, and explain to her what is happening? And, of course, send her back to her own time? I believe you know the spell, Sirius." Dumbledore smiled at Sirius.

"Of course, Albus. Come with us, Ginny." Remus said. Past-Ginny nodded, and walked away, although she gripped her wand rather tightly. Dumbledore turned to the others.

"Now, first things first. Ginny, I have spoken to Gwynny already, and now I am going to ask you. What do you think about her skipping a few grades."

"Wh-what?!" Gwynny's mum gasped.

"Well, Mummy, I've already done the fifth year, technically, and Professor Dumbledore says that I could easily learn –if I study hard enough- the rest of the first year, second, and third.  He said I could skip to the fourth. What do you think? Please say yes, Mummy, please." Gwynny pleaded.

"Well…I'll have to think about it, and talk it over with Harry, but perhaps." Gwynny's mum said. Gwynny grinned, and hugged her.

"Thank you, Mummy!" Then she turned to Kati and Danni. "This is so cool! I'll be in the same year as you guys!" She embraced them.

"Yeah, definitely." Kati agreed, hugging her back. Danni joined in.

"For sure. We'll be able to do so much together!"

"Yes, that's right. I think we may have a new Dream Team." Dumbledore said. "Danniella, would you be so kind as to go fetch Ronald Potter, and then inform Madam Pomfrey that Gwyneth Potter is back, and should have a checkup to make sure there are no repercussions from her stay in the past?"

"Yes, Headmaster." Danni left, and a few moments later, Ron was there as well What followed was a very joyful reunion. Dumbledore coughed, and said,

"I think I have some things to do, I'll see you all at supper." He left, a fact that went unnoticed by the whole family, who was too busy with each other.

"I'm glad you're back." Kati said, hugging Gwynny tightly. Ron joined in, and hugged her too. Then Mum, then Dad.

"We are too, honey." Mum said. "And we promise to be more understanding." Her father coughed. "Ok, I promise to be more understanding." Her mother said, grinning. Gwynny hugged her parents tightly, before stepping back, and surveying them all, stroking Emrys all the while. Family mayn't always be enough. She thought, but it's better than nothing.

~Fin~

Well, there you go. I must say, I was afraid that I mayn't get to finish this story; after all, I have somewhat different ideas from Char. But I've managed it, and I hope you'll all be please with the result.

Love, Ashlie.

PS, Ok, about the one-shots. Perhaps one about Sirius telling Ginny exactly what's going on, and one about him being brought back. What do you think? Please tell me.