G:H, R:Hr & new characters.// This tale springs forward in the Harry Potter
series to when 18 year old Ginny places herself in a situation that must
save her career, life and love; with help from friends, family and
unexpected alliances.
~ Comical, romantic, different than you would expect! ~
Magritte
With a faint pop, the Ginny appeared where the girls agreed to meet, behind a sleepy, cozy building that was tucked into a corner of the city. Because it was a Muggle town, she couldn't Apparate in or around the particular bar Tessa had her heart set on singing in.
"C'mon, lets go before all the spots are taken!" Tessa, already waiting because she didn't have her license, said excitedly, grabbing Ginny's wrist and started sprinting to the heart of the city, where Knotty Nick Australian Pub was located.
"Tes.hey.slow down!" Ginny screamed, losing her footing every so often and trying pull her skirt down before it rode up further.
"Huh?"
"Stop!"
"Oh, sorry." Tessa paced herself and took a deep breath. "What's wrong?" she asked, looking at her best friend and crossed her arms.
"Nothing's wrong, but I'm wearing heels and not used to having my arm pulled off!"
Giggling, the other girl warmly hugged Ginny, then drew back. "I'm just so excited. Once I get out of school myself, I want to be known. This is the only talent I have, you know? I want to show it off." she smiled and looked at her feet sheepishly.
Sometimes Ginny felt 50 years older then the younger girl instead of only 15 months. "The only talent you have? You are Head Girl at Hogwarts, a wonderful Chaser on the Ravenclaw team, and a damn good witch. Goodness, go on ahead of me then, you're shaking from excitement."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, hurry up." Tessa began running again and in a few moments, disappeared from view.
Ginny started at a slower pace and reflected on how much her best friend meant to her. They had met at Hogwarts when she was 14 because each 4th year student willing was assigned a 3rd year to show them Hogsmeade. Tessa Mourning is a Ravenclaw but not enough of their upper-class men signed up so instead she was paired with a Gryffindor, which turned out great because the girls fitted together better than expected. Both made high marks, both were cursed with older brothers, and both were from poor wizarding families. That's where their similarities ended. Ginny's personality was mature, soft and quiet while Tessa was always center of attention, wild and even a little ditzy at times. Ginny's beautiful, sharp looks made Tessa's physical features seem calm. Her curly, long, dark brown hair held highlights of blonde, caramel, and autumn red. She curved softly in the right places and was really no taller than the reporter, but the thing that attracted the most complements were her stunning eyes. They were a mix of deep blue and emerald green, which could be hidden by long, curled eyelashes.
"What the.?" Ginny wondered, snapping out of her thoughts and realized she had turned somewhere and was now in a dark alleyway. Knowing she wasn't allowed to, she pulled out her wand and whispered, "Lumos."
Shadows from other people scrambled to hide and there was a mummer of voices asking questions. She looked behind her and noticed the entrance was close enough so she had a chance to escape. She took a step back, then another, before a male voice yelled, "Get her!"
Ginny was smart enough to know what a man would do to a young woman standing in a dark alley alone, and took off, beginning a chase toward the entrance. Hearing them closing in behind her, she pointed her wand back and stared screaming all the hexes she could remember.
Scooping up her heels, she sprinted to safety on the street and left. Lost, but too scared to stop, she crashed into a man with a great build and the most handsome face she had ever seen. She clung to him and began to sob, not caring if she was in public and whom she had attached herself to.
"Please, help! They are chasing me?"
"Who is?" the guy asked gently.
"Men.in the alley.didn't mean to walk in," she tried to explain through her hic-ups.
"The alley?" the man became stern and pulled her away to look into her eyes.
"Y-Yes," she responded.
"This way, men! Thank you, ma'am. You've been a great help," and dashed off, leaving her alone with his face still pictured in her mind.
She felt her heart flip and her stomach drop. The attraction toward this stranger was more then any thing she had felt before.except the crush she had on Harry Potter, the one boy who treated her well and the only man that didn't seem to care for her the way she cared for him. But this stranger was obviously the man she wanted now and she knew one thing about him. He was an Auror and what ever she had to do to see him again, she'd do.
**********
"Snap out of it Ginny!" Tessa's voice chimed into her head and made her realize that a man was asking her to dance.
"Oh, sorry. Nah, thanks for asking, I'm just not in the mood." Ginny responded, and then went back to her daydream.
The guy looked so disappointed that Tessa touched his arm so he looked at her. "Well, if she won't, I will," she offered. "Do you mind settling for little old me?" The man grinned, took her hand and led her away from the table.
"Sorry about my friend. She seems to have been hit with a love spell." He nodded slowly and introduced himself before shuffling to the famous tune, 'Broken Wand', a young witch was singing.
While her friend was dancing for her, Ginny lazily stretched, stood up, and went for a drink. She felt like she was floating and was oblivious to the whistles and shouts young, single men threw her way. She ordered Rum with ice and sat on one of the stools to wait.
"What, were you hexed while running? That guy was a hottie and he has been checking you out all night. Did Mr. Auror-man really hit you that hard?" Tessa scolded, leaning onto the counter next to her lovesick friend.
"Hm? Oh, your back. How was the dance?" Ginny murmured, still in a daze.
Tessa sighed, reached for Ginny's Rum, which had been placed on the counter, and swallowed a gulp. She began to cough and choke.
"You ok? Hey, breath stupid!" her best friend dropped out of her fantasy and patted her on the back.
"Nice to see you still care. If that affected my voice one bit, I'm blaming you for it."
"Me?"
"I'm a spoiled brat and need attention, remember?" Tessa said, pouting. Ginny laughed and stroked her friends' curls.
"Sorry. How 'bout we get you some water then I'll help you warm-up," she suggested, knowing her friend was nervous about singing for the pub.
"Ok, and after karaoke, you finish telling me about the man you cast this spell on you."
"Of course." she said and ordered the water.
*********
" '.and I'm gone." Tessa finished her song with a beautiful note that moved the crowd into awe. It was silent for a moment before Dissel, the man she danced with earlier, shouted and started to clap. The pub exploded into an applause and she bowed her way off the make-shift stage (floor that had been magically risen) and danced her way over the Ginny, who exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, that was beautiful!!"
Tessa swelled with and hugged her friend. "This is the best Christmas holiday ever! I don't want to go back to school. I'd rather visit you at your office and sing my heart out!"
The reporter smiled, shook her head, and promised, "Once you graduate, you and me are going on vacation to Spain or Egypt or where ever you want to go. Now, you only have one semester left and then you'll start your own life."
The younger girl smiled and started to cheer as the next singer was pushed up into the shop light on the stage and started to sing his song.
*********
Ginny and Tessa left the pub at god-knows-what hour and started to walk back to the cozy corner of the city where Ginny could Apparate without being seen.the only problem was getting there without waking the Muggles and Magical people asleep. Both girls had a bit too much to Rum and were giggling constantly over the most ridiculous things.
"Mushroom! Who would come up with the name mushroom??" Tessa fell over and rolled around on the road she was laughing so hard at Ginny's comment.
They reached the departing point and the older girl was suddenly slobber. "I can't do anything in this state. C'mon and lets go get the Portkey you traveled with."
"I don't know if its still here.I don't remember when it was suppose to depart," Tessa giggled, "I didn't think we would be so wasted and stay out till.um.what time is it?"
The other girl just shrugged. "Watch didn't go with the outfit, but I'm sure it's telling me to be in bed."
Just then there was a rustle in the bushes and the women jumped back, clutching each other and staring at the forest. Ginny motioned with her head to start moving away from what ever it was and they started to turn and walk away together. The rustle grew louder and seemed to be following them.
"Halt," a male voice commanded, making the girls go stony with terror. Who ever had demanded them still started to climb out of his hiding place.
"You were the girl who sent the Aurors after me." Ginny gulped and Tessa gasped.
"You know, I never thought a Muggle woman would know what a Death Eater. You're not Muggle, are you?" The man rested a hand of his victims shoulder. "I would kill you now, but my people need tending and your going to help me.you and your friend," and with those words hanging above them, he pushed them into the forest.
*********
Eyes cloudy by Rum, a hangover headache pressing into her thoughts, Ginny finished with the last person and sat down to rest. The man had pointed where they would be helping and then vanished, leaving a healed Death Eater to guard the working girls.
Tessa jogged over, pants ripped, hair a mess, and hands dirty. She kneeled next to Ginny and whispered, "What do we do?"
"We've gotta get rid of the guard first, and he's ready to ward off a hex."
"I can deal with the guard, I mean should I try to use Floo Powder or something? I have no way to get home." That's when Ginny noticed the blue fire in the middle of the clearing.
"We need Floo Powder first. Obviously there has to be some Floo on one of these guys, or else they would have Apparated with the rest. I'll search and you get the guard.. how do you plan to knock him out?" Tessa was already strolling toward him.
"Hey there!" she said, seeing the man twitch out his wand. "Whoa, sweetie, I'm no harm. See," she held up her hands, "I can't do magic! I'm a stu.I mean a Squib." She reached him and stood before him, looking like her young cute self. "Can I sit next to you?"
The man, bewilded by the acting's of his strange prisoner, shook his head and pointed toward the injured people, causing Ginny to scramble away from one woman and her open robe. Tessa ignored this and sat on the stonewall next to him.
Shocked, the guard said nothing.
"There's no reason for the mask. Maybe we know each other?" the girl asked, trying to see under his mask.
"No, we don't," he responded gruffly.
"Oh, how would you know?"
He looked at her, startled, and began to laugh.before he was hit in the head with one of the stones he was sitting next to.
Tessa threw the stone down and knelt down beside him, tearing off his mask.
Ginny whistled when she found the Floo and motioned her friend over.
"C'mon, lets leave." She walked over to the magic fire and through some in. "You first. Go over to my flat, we'll talk there."
The younger girl nodded and stepped in. "Ginny's Flat!" she shouted and with a swoosh, she was gone.
The other girl smiled and said softy to herself before she stepped into the fire, "Well, at least I forgot about the Auror story. Ginny's Flat!"
**Thank you for reviewing. I had this same story up not long ago, but took it down (I don't remember why). I've already have 7 chapters completed and taking the chance to tweak all of them, so they'll all get up quick. It starts slow, but the chapters get LONG after a while. I'll update soon and thanks!!**
Magritte
With a faint pop, the Ginny appeared where the girls agreed to meet, behind a sleepy, cozy building that was tucked into a corner of the city. Because it was a Muggle town, she couldn't Apparate in or around the particular bar Tessa had her heart set on singing in.
"C'mon, lets go before all the spots are taken!" Tessa, already waiting because she didn't have her license, said excitedly, grabbing Ginny's wrist and started sprinting to the heart of the city, where Knotty Nick Australian Pub was located.
"Tes.hey.slow down!" Ginny screamed, losing her footing every so often and trying pull her skirt down before it rode up further.
"Huh?"
"Stop!"
"Oh, sorry." Tessa paced herself and took a deep breath. "What's wrong?" she asked, looking at her best friend and crossed her arms.
"Nothing's wrong, but I'm wearing heels and not used to having my arm pulled off!"
Giggling, the other girl warmly hugged Ginny, then drew back. "I'm just so excited. Once I get out of school myself, I want to be known. This is the only talent I have, you know? I want to show it off." she smiled and looked at her feet sheepishly.
Sometimes Ginny felt 50 years older then the younger girl instead of only 15 months. "The only talent you have? You are Head Girl at Hogwarts, a wonderful Chaser on the Ravenclaw team, and a damn good witch. Goodness, go on ahead of me then, you're shaking from excitement."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, hurry up." Tessa began running again and in a few moments, disappeared from view.
Ginny started at a slower pace and reflected on how much her best friend meant to her. They had met at Hogwarts when she was 14 because each 4th year student willing was assigned a 3rd year to show them Hogsmeade. Tessa Mourning is a Ravenclaw but not enough of their upper-class men signed up so instead she was paired with a Gryffindor, which turned out great because the girls fitted together better than expected. Both made high marks, both were cursed with older brothers, and both were from poor wizarding families. That's where their similarities ended. Ginny's personality was mature, soft and quiet while Tessa was always center of attention, wild and even a little ditzy at times. Ginny's beautiful, sharp looks made Tessa's physical features seem calm. Her curly, long, dark brown hair held highlights of blonde, caramel, and autumn red. She curved softly in the right places and was really no taller than the reporter, but the thing that attracted the most complements were her stunning eyes. They were a mix of deep blue and emerald green, which could be hidden by long, curled eyelashes.
"What the.?" Ginny wondered, snapping out of her thoughts and realized she had turned somewhere and was now in a dark alleyway. Knowing she wasn't allowed to, she pulled out her wand and whispered, "Lumos."
Shadows from other people scrambled to hide and there was a mummer of voices asking questions. She looked behind her and noticed the entrance was close enough so she had a chance to escape. She took a step back, then another, before a male voice yelled, "Get her!"
Ginny was smart enough to know what a man would do to a young woman standing in a dark alley alone, and took off, beginning a chase toward the entrance. Hearing them closing in behind her, she pointed her wand back and stared screaming all the hexes she could remember.
Scooping up her heels, she sprinted to safety on the street and left. Lost, but too scared to stop, she crashed into a man with a great build and the most handsome face she had ever seen. She clung to him and began to sob, not caring if she was in public and whom she had attached herself to.
"Please, help! They are chasing me?"
"Who is?" the guy asked gently.
"Men.in the alley.didn't mean to walk in," she tried to explain through her hic-ups.
"The alley?" the man became stern and pulled her away to look into her eyes.
"Y-Yes," she responded.
"This way, men! Thank you, ma'am. You've been a great help," and dashed off, leaving her alone with his face still pictured in her mind.
She felt her heart flip and her stomach drop. The attraction toward this stranger was more then any thing she had felt before.except the crush she had on Harry Potter, the one boy who treated her well and the only man that didn't seem to care for her the way she cared for him. But this stranger was obviously the man she wanted now and she knew one thing about him. He was an Auror and what ever she had to do to see him again, she'd do.
**********
"Snap out of it Ginny!" Tessa's voice chimed into her head and made her realize that a man was asking her to dance.
"Oh, sorry. Nah, thanks for asking, I'm just not in the mood." Ginny responded, and then went back to her daydream.
The guy looked so disappointed that Tessa touched his arm so he looked at her. "Well, if she won't, I will," she offered. "Do you mind settling for little old me?" The man grinned, took her hand and led her away from the table.
"Sorry about my friend. She seems to have been hit with a love spell." He nodded slowly and introduced himself before shuffling to the famous tune, 'Broken Wand', a young witch was singing.
While her friend was dancing for her, Ginny lazily stretched, stood up, and went for a drink. She felt like she was floating and was oblivious to the whistles and shouts young, single men threw her way. She ordered Rum with ice and sat on one of the stools to wait.
"What, were you hexed while running? That guy was a hottie and he has been checking you out all night. Did Mr. Auror-man really hit you that hard?" Tessa scolded, leaning onto the counter next to her lovesick friend.
"Hm? Oh, your back. How was the dance?" Ginny murmured, still in a daze.
Tessa sighed, reached for Ginny's Rum, which had been placed on the counter, and swallowed a gulp. She began to cough and choke.
"You ok? Hey, breath stupid!" her best friend dropped out of her fantasy and patted her on the back.
"Nice to see you still care. If that affected my voice one bit, I'm blaming you for it."
"Me?"
"I'm a spoiled brat and need attention, remember?" Tessa said, pouting. Ginny laughed and stroked her friends' curls.
"Sorry. How 'bout we get you some water then I'll help you warm-up," she suggested, knowing her friend was nervous about singing for the pub.
"Ok, and after karaoke, you finish telling me about the man you cast this spell on you."
"Of course." she said and ordered the water.
*********
" '.and I'm gone." Tessa finished her song with a beautiful note that moved the crowd into awe. It was silent for a moment before Dissel, the man she danced with earlier, shouted and started to clap. The pub exploded into an applause and she bowed her way off the make-shift stage (floor that had been magically risen) and danced her way over the Ginny, who exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, that was beautiful!!"
Tessa swelled with and hugged her friend. "This is the best Christmas holiday ever! I don't want to go back to school. I'd rather visit you at your office and sing my heart out!"
The reporter smiled, shook her head, and promised, "Once you graduate, you and me are going on vacation to Spain or Egypt or where ever you want to go. Now, you only have one semester left and then you'll start your own life."
The younger girl smiled and started to cheer as the next singer was pushed up into the shop light on the stage and started to sing his song.
*********
Ginny and Tessa left the pub at god-knows-what hour and started to walk back to the cozy corner of the city where Ginny could Apparate without being seen.the only problem was getting there without waking the Muggles and Magical people asleep. Both girls had a bit too much to Rum and were giggling constantly over the most ridiculous things.
"Mushroom! Who would come up with the name mushroom??" Tessa fell over and rolled around on the road she was laughing so hard at Ginny's comment.
They reached the departing point and the older girl was suddenly slobber. "I can't do anything in this state. C'mon and lets go get the Portkey you traveled with."
"I don't know if its still here.I don't remember when it was suppose to depart," Tessa giggled, "I didn't think we would be so wasted and stay out till.um.what time is it?"
The other girl just shrugged. "Watch didn't go with the outfit, but I'm sure it's telling me to be in bed."
Just then there was a rustle in the bushes and the women jumped back, clutching each other and staring at the forest. Ginny motioned with her head to start moving away from what ever it was and they started to turn and walk away together. The rustle grew louder and seemed to be following them.
"Halt," a male voice commanded, making the girls go stony with terror. Who ever had demanded them still started to climb out of his hiding place.
"You were the girl who sent the Aurors after me." Ginny gulped and Tessa gasped.
"You know, I never thought a Muggle woman would know what a Death Eater. You're not Muggle, are you?" The man rested a hand of his victims shoulder. "I would kill you now, but my people need tending and your going to help me.you and your friend," and with those words hanging above them, he pushed them into the forest.
*********
Eyes cloudy by Rum, a hangover headache pressing into her thoughts, Ginny finished with the last person and sat down to rest. The man had pointed where they would be helping and then vanished, leaving a healed Death Eater to guard the working girls.
Tessa jogged over, pants ripped, hair a mess, and hands dirty. She kneeled next to Ginny and whispered, "What do we do?"
"We've gotta get rid of the guard first, and he's ready to ward off a hex."
"I can deal with the guard, I mean should I try to use Floo Powder or something? I have no way to get home." That's when Ginny noticed the blue fire in the middle of the clearing.
"We need Floo Powder first. Obviously there has to be some Floo on one of these guys, or else they would have Apparated with the rest. I'll search and you get the guard.. how do you plan to knock him out?" Tessa was already strolling toward him.
"Hey there!" she said, seeing the man twitch out his wand. "Whoa, sweetie, I'm no harm. See," she held up her hands, "I can't do magic! I'm a stu.I mean a Squib." She reached him and stood before him, looking like her young cute self. "Can I sit next to you?"
The man, bewilded by the acting's of his strange prisoner, shook his head and pointed toward the injured people, causing Ginny to scramble away from one woman and her open robe. Tessa ignored this and sat on the stonewall next to him.
Shocked, the guard said nothing.
"There's no reason for the mask. Maybe we know each other?" the girl asked, trying to see under his mask.
"No, we don't," he responded gruffly.
"Oh, how would you know?"
He looked at her, startled, and began to laugh.before he was hit in the head with one of the stones he was sitting next to.
Tessa threw the stone down and knelt down beside him, tearing off his mask.
Ginny whistled when she found the Floo and motioned her friend over.
"C'mon, lets leave." She walked over to the magic fire and through some in. "You first. Go over to my flat, we'll talk there."
The younger girl nodded and stepped in. "Ginny's Flat!" she shouted and with a swoosh, she was gone.
The other girl smiled and said softy to herself before she stepped into the fire, "Well, at least I forgot about the Auror story. Ginny's Flat!"
**Thank you for reviewing. I had this same story up not long ago, but took it down (I don't remember why). I've already have 7 chapters completed and taking the chance to tweak all of them, so they'll all get up quick. It starts slow, but the chapters get LONG after a while. I'll update soon and thanks!!**