Chapter 10
Harry was still shock over the girl in the brilliant green dress. 'Wow!' Harry thought about how much the night sucked until…
"HAROLD JAMES POTTER!" Harry turned around at the sound of Ron's voice. Oh, no! Ron had it all wrong!
WHAP!
Ron had just hit Harry in the right eye and broke his glasses.
Hermione stood in front of Ron to get to Harry, "Oculus Repario!"
"How dare you! I can't believe you did that to Ginny, and you know how much she cares about you. For some reason that isn't apart to me! Then you dance with this girl we know nothing about, all night and then she puts her head on your shoulder. THEN YOU KISS HER!"
"Ron, no you don't understand, you see you've got it all wrong."
"NO, Harry you've got it all wrong!"
WHAP!
Ron had hit Harry again, but this time in the stomach. Before Harry knew what happened Ron had been thrown across the room, but instead of looking at Harry in awe they looked behind him. When Harry turned around, he'd just seen Hermione pocket her wand.
"Now, Ron, hear me out."
"Of course, you take his side just like last year." Ron said nastily and marched off towards the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Are you alright, Harry?"
"I will be when I straighten everything out."
Harry went up to the Fat Lady saying the password, 'Snape Stinks'. Harry went up the Girls' Dormitory to see Ginny laying in her bed reading Witch Weekly. Harry felt so ashamed, he'd been so positive the mystery girl had been Ginny. Now Ron was right, Harry had betrayed Ginny's trust. Before Ginny knew what was happening Harry was apologizing over and over again.
Ron came into the room, "I don't have a bloody clue as to why I ever had interest in you being my friend. I hope you rot in hell, rot in bloody hell Potter."
"RONALD ARTHUR WEASLEY!" Ginny screamed at brother, "Don't you ever talk to Harry like that again."
"Well, Ginny if Harry cares for you so much, then why in bloody hell did he have so much 'fun' tonight?"
"I told him to."
Ron ignored his baby sister, "So much to dance with the same girl all night, so much to let her lay her head on his shoulder, so much TO KISS HER! Yes, Ginny dearest, your beloved Harry kissed another girl!"
Ginny spoke in the smallest voice Harry had ever heard, "You kissed another girl?"
"I thought she was you. I swear! She acted just like you all night. The only other person not there that I could think of was…"
"Cho! I told you Harry, Ginny will only ever be second best compared to Cho Chang!"
"That's not true, Ron."
"Ron," Ginny spoke up. "Now, hold on," Ginny turned to Harry. "You didn't kiss the girl you danced with?"
"Yes, I did. She was the only one, I swear, Ginny."
"I believe you, Harry." Ginny jumped up and hugged him, "because, I was she."
"I knew it!" Harry said spinning her around the room.
"GINERVA MOLLY WEASLEY!" Ron thundered. "How dare you undermine me!"
"Ginerva! Don't you dare call me that! Next, your not my mother. That's the only way I could see him, and I'm going to see him whether you like it or not."
"Ginerva…"
"Ginny."
"Yes?" Ginny said hopefully turning to Harry's voice.
"Will you…" Harry couldn't breath, "Will you…be my girlfriend?"
Ginny looked like the most happy woman in the world, "Of course."
"Harry, our friendship is terminated. FOR GOOD!" Ron walked out of the room.
"What the..! Ron!" Hermione chased after him.
"Harry, I don't want this to…" Harry put his finger on Ginny's lips to make her be quiet and kissed her.
What a night! Harry thought to himself back in his bed. He had the girl he wanted, Quidditch was going well, their first game was in a month, they had an excellent new keeper. The only thing that was bringing him down was Ron, because Ron was such a git Harry had lost his best friend over dating Ginny. You think Ron would be happy for Ginny and himself. Harry had already told Ginny he'd do anything for her, even if it meant losing his best friend.
The next month was hell, not only for Harry or Ginny, but mostly for Hermione. Ron wouldn't talk Harry for dating Ginny. Ginny wouldn't talk to Ron for being mean to Harry, starting a fist fight with Harry, and telling her what to do. As for Hermione she was about to go crazy! Hermione had all of this and she was trying to get ready for the O.W.L.'s even though they still were months away, or that was her excuse. Actually Hermione had been very curious about something for a while and had been in the library looking it up…seeing if legend was true.
"Harry you've got to eat!" Ginny encouraged him.
"I'm not hungry."
"It's the biggest match of the season, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin."
"I know this Ginny, as I am the Captain of the team."
"Don't get smart with my little sister, you prat, she was only trying to help you, Potter." Ron said with a smirk that Harry didn't like at all. Every since Harry and Ron had gotten into that fight a month ago they were calling each other 'Potter' and 'Weasley' instead of 'Harry' and 'Ron'. "Besides Mr. Captain of the Team, hope you have fun tonight, NOT, I hope you know it's raining."
"Tell your hopeless brother that I'm perfectly aware of that. As a matter of fact, my love, I'm headed out to the field." Harry said the last part nicely to Ginny in which she nodded and Harry kissed her forehead goodbye.
It made Harry so angry that Ron was being such a royal arse lately, but even worse about how much Harry missed hanging out with Ron. Goofing around, making Hermione mad at them, just to hear Hermione get frustrated and go off, or the three of them 'studying'. But, in a way Harry was glad things had changed. Now Harry had Ginerva, he loved the way that sounded. Harry, and the only person was allowed to call her that, well except of course for her Mum. Harry wasn't ashamed to admit it, he was falling for her.
"Okay, team. I'm not going to go on and on, like Wood did." Harry started to say.
"Thank Merlin!" Fred and George recited at the same time, and everyone laughed.
"Just good luck, do your best, and I'll get the snitch."
Lee Jordan was commentating as usual:
"Hello, and welcome to the match of the season! Gryffindor vs. Slytherin! Team Captains shake hands. Madam Hooch blows the whistle and off the go! Hope, Harry charmed his glasses, because it's a storm out here!"
Unfortunately that was all Harry heard as it was now pouring. Not only was it raining, but Harry and his team were caught in a horrible thunderstorm. Harry just told himself that he just had to catch the Snitch as soon as possible, but in this horrible storm Harry really couldn't see two feet in front of him. The match went on for an hour and no sign of the snitch. Right before Harry was going to call a time-out. Harry finally saw the snitch, exactly 50 feet below him. Harry went down into a dive, and a bludger was sent towards him from a Slytherin Beater. Malfoy on his tail, but before Malfoy knew what had happened Harry caught the snitch! Gryffindor had won! Harry was just coming up from the dive, when the unthinkable happened, lighting had struck the snitch. The snitch was still in Harry's hand!
Harry started tumbling downwards and fast, but luckily for Harry, Fred caught Harry, and George got the broomstick.
Ten minutes later…
Madam Pomfrey, Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick, and even Snape were all gathered around Harry's bed.
Dumbledore whispered to Snape, "Go owl Snuffles and Arabella, tell them what has happened to Harry. They are going to want to know," Snape just nodded and left on his heel.
Professor Severus Snape returned thirty minutes later, Dumbledore looked at Snape and Snape just nodded as a quiet way to tell Professor Dumbledore that Snape had done his job. Just then Ginny Weasley sprinted into the room crying her eyes out.
Ginny looked at Dumbledore, "Please, let me see Harry!"
Professor Dumbledore ordered McGonagall, Flitwick to leave and secretly told Snape that when Arabella and Sirius got to the school to bring them straight to the Hospital Wing.
"Miss Weasley, of course you may stay, and your friends can too." Professor Dumbledore said looking behind Ginny and smiled when Ron and Hermione took off Harry's invisibility cloak. Ginny ran to Harry's side and grabbed his hand and just sat there waiting for Harry to wake up. Madam Pomfrey informed Dumbledore that as soon as Harry made any movements to go and get her from her office.
An hour later, a very familiar looking scruffy black dog and an old lady showed up at the Hospital Wing. Just before anyone could blink, the dog transformed itself into non other than Sirius Black, and the old lady into a very beautiful lady just about Sirius's age. Ginny guessed that this must be Arabella.
"How's Harry doing?" Arabella asked very concerned for her godson.
"Still unconscious," Dumbledore said and Arabella's face fell but she tried to look as happy as you could be. Dumbledore went on, "The Quidditch balls we found out had been tampered with. The snitch has a charm on it to make sure if lighting strikes it, it will not effect the player but as we all had seen at the game, the Snitch has now affect a player. This defiantly proves something is desperately wrong here."
"But, Dumbledore…how?" Arabella asked.
"I have no clue."
"When will Harry wake up?" Sirius questioned.
"Honestly Sirius, Harry might never wake up."
"Harry will wake up any moment now," Ginny said as if something just happened to tell her inside her mind.
Just like that, Harry opened his eyes smiled at Ginny and saying, "I love you, Ginerva." As fast as Harry had woken up, then Harry had fallen back into unconsciousness.
One tear streaked down Ginny's face, "I love you too, Harry." To everyone's surprise, especially Ginny, Ron started yelling at the unconscious Harry.
"Wake up! Damn it! I know you bloody hear me! Wake up! You've got to take care of your girlfriend. Ginny's helpless without you, and now with you not here who am I suppose to fight with, huh? Four-eyes!"
"Ron!"
"Ginny, I'm so sorry. I didn't want you to grow up, but you have to grow up and you can't help it. I'm sorry all the shit I gave you and Harry, and I'm glad you finally found someone. You've got yourself a real keeper, my best friend."
"Ron! You act as if he's dead!" Hermione yelled at him.
"Might as well be! A coma. From this….this. Bloody hell! I can't even talk now! Ginny," Ginny looked up at older brother. "I'm going write, Mum."
Meanwhile somewhere in Transylvania….
"Good my servant! Our plan has worked!" Voldemort cackled smiling an evil grin to his servant, Wormtail, the man that had betrayed Harry's parents.
"Which plan, my lord?"
"You thundering fool! The one where you put in the fake snitch to electrocute that mongrel, Harry Potter!"
"Oh, that one.," Wormtail said responded un-amused.
"Now, all we have is that Chang girl left, and we're home free to get to the Order of the Phoenix.