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! ~
A trip to reality
Ginny slowly opened her eyes and touched her wrist to her throbbing forehead. She flipped over onto her back and leaned against the over stuffed pillow, massaging her temples and moaning softly. "Next time I go drinking, Tessa, I won't get something so strong like R...Tessa?" Ginny asked in confusion, turning her head back and forth in order to see every corner of her bedroom.
When they had gotten home last night, the girls started to feel the effect from the booze and decided just to pour themselves in bed rather than discuss the evening's prior events. Even so, they didn't get much sleep anyway. Racing to the bathroom every 2 hours or so, the alcohol was not showing signs to give in and let sleep come. When Ginny finally drifted off for good, Tessa was about to make a new "bed-to-bathroom" running record.
"Tessa?" Ginny called again. No response. She carefully slid from her bed and stumbled toward the bathroom on her wobbly legs. The door creaked open and displayed Tessa's head on the tile at the bottom of the toilet. Ginny just grinned, shrank to her knees and said, loud enough to wake Tessa up, "What will your parents think of me when you go home hung over? I bet they'd start talking about how Ginny Weasly corrupted their wonderful, head girl of a daughter." Tessa just squeezed her eyelids together and muttered, "Hey, head girl needs the most liquor. The head boy, Troy Plehyes, is claiming its tradition that we go out. Don't mean to point out the obvious, but he has a phobia of water." "Smelly?" "Stinky." Tessa slowly pushed herself up into a sitting position and let her head fall into her hands. "Oh-my-gosh, I thought we were going to go get some drinks, not guzzle bottles of Knotty Nick's best Rum." The older girl let out a giggle, stood and held out her unstable head. "C'mon, coffee and magic will heal us up."
They wondered into the kitchen, found Ginny's wand in the sink, and called up the coffee and healing spells and their headaches disappeared. Settling down on the couch, Tessa began by saying, "They'll come looking for us, you know. That guard last night knew who we were.he must have followed us and in our drunken state, we didn't notice." Ginny tilted her head and spoke softly, "He? Who's He? How did he know us?" The other girl's eyes watered up and she sniffed before saying, "I told him. Remember Dissel?" "Who?" "The hot guy that you didn't dance with." "The Death Eater was him?!" "Yea, and I told him," Tessa paused for a moment, "that I was a student and you were a reporter. Yes, all the details."
Ginny just stared opened mouth into her coffee mug, in total awe about how fast evil can work and then she started to think out loud. "Dissel was one of the people in the alley and he got away. Someone most likely tipped him on where I went and he reported it to his boss. Then, he was ordered to corner and take care of us. Geez, these guys are creepy and clever." She stood and paced, working up the story in her head, a talent only a columnist could learn. "How did the leader get away? Where did all the Aurors go? Did we only treat Death Eaters last night?" Tessa perched at the end of her seat and answered, "We didn't heal any Aurors, so I'm guessing most of them were killed or got away.the only two options they had, I guess. Ginny, let others think about that, where are you going to go?" "What do you mean?" "I'm going to be safe at Hogwarts, I'll be returning there in a day or so, but you don't have that protection and they know where to find you. You need to get out of your office, out of your flat.hell, you need to become nonexistent! Oh, why did I talk so much about you? Why didn't I just let you day-dream and not dance with that guy? Why am I so shallow and only saw how hot he was?" Tessa fired questions at herself, pounding her fist on her leg harder and harder till it bruised her skin and all the while having her voice crescendo, louder and louder and louder.
Ginny, kneeled in front of her and grabbed her upper arms. "Tessa, you didn't do anything wrong. You didn't know he was bad and he probably asked about me anyways. I don't need to become a no one, neither. Listen to me. You're going to be safe at Hogwarts and I'll find some place to relax.oh! I completely forgot! If my boss says yes, I'll be undercover anyway. I'll talk to him today, tell him I have to go into hiding anyway, why not make a profit. Are you feeling better?" Ginny felt her relax and let go, causing Tessa to shirk back onto the couch. "Yes, but I still feel bad. What happens if he says no?" "He won't, not after I tell him all I know already. Tessa's face didn't change from its worried expression, but she nodded and said, "My parents are going to kill me. Can I barrow a robe can go? I need to put the blame on you before they disown me."
******
Tessa appeared home to find the house empty, with out any furniture, people, living bacteria (well, maybe), absolutely nothing. "Mum? Papa?" She called, wandering around the country style palace that she was raised in. When she finally made it to her room, she found all her belongings there and even a suitcase out on the bed as if it was waiting to be packed. "wHo?" something wondered. Tessa peered behind her to find an owl tied to the door knob, obviously there for her. "wHo?" the bird said again, showing its weakness. "Poor babe. You most likely haven't had bite scene...I dunno. Scene you were left here." Unknotted the owls' leg and cuddled it against her, fondling it like her grandmother, who owned an Owl Post shop somewhere near the border of France, had taught her. As Tessa held the bird, she looked around at her room, which she returned home after she was born till now, where she returned every holiday from school.
Something was most definitely amissed, considering her whole home was bare and had a shallowly feel and only her room was untouched. Just yesterday she had returned home to change into muggle clothes. Tessa walked into her parents bedroom, clean as it always was, and it looked bigger without the bed. "OMG," she said to herself when reality hit her. Her family was gone. Clutching the hooting owl to her chest, she sank onto the floor and closed her eyes, remembering what she said last to her mother. ((memory: "Mom, it was just a touch up and I was sure she needed it! Ginny was working so hard on getting this, I didn't think tweaking her hair would get me an official warning from the Ministry. C'mon, you work there, cant you do anything?" Tessa asked her mother urgently, trying to find her shoes. She wanted tonight to shine, get some peoples attention. One thing she "forgot" to mention to Ginny was that Knotty Nicks Australian Bar was not only famous for its karaoke, but the fact that lots of 'Witch Hunters', England's famous record buyer, seemed to like visiting there. "Tessa Marina, you listen to me. I don't care if I work in that department, that doesn't mean you can do any magic on break! Because I work there is a reason, out of many, why you shouldn't. Plus, you did more than a hair spell, but some makeup checks..for two?" Her mother, tall, thin, a beauty tried to look mad and still seem nice. Finding her heels in the wardrobe, Tessa answered, "Mum!! I need to go! Stay at Ginny's if I'm late," and then dashed out without even a kiss good-bye))
"I've gotta get out of here, I've got to get to school," while standing up, she felt paper brush her elbow. Looking down at the bird, seeing it was asleep, she saw a note nailed into the inside of its wing. It read clearly,
Dear Ma'am,
Pay no heed to your lost belongings, they
will be returned as soon as you write back..
With Pleasure,
Dissel and boss
************
Mr. Tajue, the Weekly Prophets' editor, was shocked to find Ginny at his door that Saturday afternoon.
"Ms. Weasly, I know you are eager to pursuit this story, but this is a very immature way to go about it!" He said quietly to her, stepping outside and closing the door behind him.
"Sir, I would come to your home only under the most pressuring circumstances. I'm in trouble. Last night my friend and I went to Magritte and got caught in some dealing with Death Eaters," Ginny began, making him flinch. "I may need to go under protection, considering they found us later on in the night after we escaped and made us take care of they're wounded (Aurors went after them) so they obviously know who we are."
"Who is your friend?" Mr. Tajue interrupted.
"A student, she's going back to Hogwarts today so she will be safe, thank god."
"Name?"
"Tessa Mourning, sir. The paper did a story over her older brother, Peter, about his success in dueling."
"Yes, I remember Peter."
Ginny took a calming breath before she continued. "Sir, if I choose to go and hide, I will but I think I have a better plan. Why not make use of my story idea and go under cover as an Auror?"
"Weasly, you're very clever, but this will take more time than you have! How will you get in? How will you keep contact with me? Is Peter's sister really safe?"
"I have three simple answers. First, I'll lie and say I was transferred. Second, Aurors have some kind of home life; I'll be around to communicate. Last, Tessa is at Hogwarts! Last time they had a break in, the person had to change into a beetle."
The older man rubbed his chin and said, "Rita Skeeter, yes. She was put on trial last year because of that. She was also very clever, but guess what. She got caught!"
Ginny breathed out of her nostrils, trying to control herself. Finally, she told him what Tessa had said to her the day before, "Mr. Tajue, let me brag a bit for a second. I'm a smart, sneaky little bitch and though I haven't been on your payroll long doesn't mean I can't snoop and lie my way into a story and write wonderfully about it. Now, I need your answer."
The editor grinned. "That's the attitude you have to have going in there. You have your story; now leave before my wife starts blaming me for late hours and weekends."
*********
Dissel, I'm writing back. Hold true to your promise and I won't do anything drastic.
Hate, Tessa
******
Ginny appear back at her flat and began to pack. Knowing that Tessa should be at school, she wrote a letter reminding her not to leave the castle and that she would be in touch. After letting the owl loose, she wrote another one to her parents, saying she was on a report and may not be home for a while.
"Jeez, I don't know anyone! Sending out only two letters for leaving for a long time is sure saying something.." The girl mumbled, shrinking her trunk and putting on a cloak. She then left her flat, not looking back.
******
Tessa staying crunched up on her bed. She had finished packing her trunk, which she noticed her mom had stared because everything was folded, and then tried to eat something, but she couldn't hold anything down. Whenever she closed her eyes, there were visions of people torturing her family, so she couldn't sleep. After a couple of hours, Tessa had grown tired of pacing so the next best thing was her bed, which brought no comfort, just wonder. It had been eight hours sense she sent the owl off, him feeling much better, but she did not know why it was taking so long for him to fly to Dissel.
Once Tessa was about to give up and leave for school, which she would have to in three hours anyway (She wrote the school, telling them she had missed the train. They told her to have the Knight Bus bring her no later than midnight.), a popping noise sounded and her enemy appeared.
"Dissel.what in the world? Where are my parents, you.?"
"Now, now Tessa, no reason for names. Your parents are still with me, at the place I took them." He replied calmly, taking a few steps toward her.
"Where would that be, oh-evil-one?" she shot back sarcastically, furious he didn't bring them home.
"No where, darling. Now, let's work out the deal." "The deal? THE DEAL? You said once I responded, my parents and brothers would be home. Now I understand that you want something with me, but leave them out of it!" Tessa broke loose, standing up on her bed and staring him straight in the eyes.
Death Eater or no, this man was about to get hurt. Jumping up next to her, he looked down at her, as if trying to be intimidating. It didn't work.
"No nothing until my family is home and safe.and did you take the furniture too?"
Dissel, still looking down at her, reached into his pocket and drew out a handful of tiny tables, chairs, sofas, and so on. "Would you like me to in large them here or outside?"
"Just give them to me; my parents will deal with it." She decided, eyeing his other pocket uncertainly.
Dissel noticed and laughed. "They're not in there, little girl."
Tessa just crossed her arms and said flatly, "Family, now."
"OK, fine. Let me just cut to the point. I can't bring your parents here right now, because the Dark Lord has told me not to. His orders were, 'Tell the girl that in order to keep her kin safe, she must bring back Sirius Black to us.' Now that you know what to do, I'll take my leave." Before disappearing, she grabbed his arm, eyes wide.
"Sirius Black, the escaped murderer? He's still out?"
"Yes, now let go of me. Be in touch," and with that he was gone, leaving Tessa wondering how she was going to find this person where she was going. Hogwarts.
******
"Name?" the Auror guard grunted at the iron gate.
"Samantha Frunet," Ginny responded, glancing between the iron bars and saw nothing but a road.
"Reason for being here?" he asked, looking at her straight in her eyes, as if confused about something she said.
Ginny was ready for such stares and questions, so looked back at him, turned to spit onto the ground, and replied calmly, "Transferred from an agency in Italy. Here to work on the case of the alley attacked last night.your boss should be expecting me."
The man carefully inspected her, then said to the gate, "yueng poessphend!" and it dutifully opened.
"Where do I go?" Ginny asked, walking carefully into the gate and only finding road.
The guards eyebrows went up slowly and he gave her a hard look.
"Well, you don't expect me to know, do you? Oh, wait, you think I should know because I'm an Auror, right?"
Nodding told her to continue. "For your information, I've never been to this base before, and also, not everyone is to know, right? Word gets out fast. Where is it?"
"yueng poesstye," was his only reply and once the steel slammed between them, he threw a gum wrapper at the ground under her.
"Five, four, three.be careful Frunet," and with that, Ginny was sucked into the ground. Why, there was a tunnel hidden underneath it all! Plummeting deep into the earth, Ginny was rolled and tossed in an endless cycle of twist and turns. She never felt the ground or ceiling touch her and was barely aware of her belongings swirling around her ankles.
Then, as suddenly as it started, she landed with a on her back plop in a soft, dirt nest, and was staring up at what was the man in her dreams. Golden hair, blue eyes, high cheek bones, straight nose, she wondered why he wasn't a modle.
He chuckled and said, "Obviously you've never been to this base. We've been expecting you for about three weeks, ma'am. Oh, excuse my manners. Need a hand up?"
Awe stuck and confused, she took the strong wrist offered to her and brushed her self off before turning to face the god of beauty. "Expecting me? What's your name, sir?"
She couldn't believe it, the man blushed! "I'm sorry, but telling my real name is a violation of Code 87645, forbidding us to go by anything other than mission calls. Mine's Schell. Yes, indeed we've been expecting you; after all, we only asked for you expertise about 30 days ago! We were afraid you might have been captured or killed, but now that you're here, well, we'll finally be able to get work down. Now, wants your call?"
"Wait, you've been waiting a month for me yet you didn't even know the name...call of the person helping you?" Ginny was confused and a bit worried.
That guard at the gate must have realized that she wasn't suppose to give her real name up there, but then again, he let her go by.
Schell looked a bit confused also before he said, "Things must run differently in Italy, huh? No matter, we never know who's coming around here. Totell, the guard, just sent down that you were here about the alley last night, and that's the kinda thing we've needed next. You are the straggliest, right?"
"Yes, I just didn't know you sent for me so long ago. I'm Chess." Ginny lied, pretty proud of herself for coming up with such a good cover. Noticing that her stuff was thrown about, she took out her wand and flicked it, sending all the belongings back into the bag.
"Chess? Interesting..." Schell commented, leading her down the dirt cave till they came to a metal door, which he just pushed easily open.
Eyes wide, mouth open, Ginny was able to get a view of the Aurors world, which was like a glass bubble beneath the ground. Magic danced, literally everywhere; experiments, arguments, and practice dueling was all around her. Still trying to keep up with her guild, she repeatedly stumbled about and sometimes forgot to blink, but when he stopped in front of an office, she regained her self and entered the door Schell held open.
"Hang on one minute, Chess, I'll be right with you," a familiar voice call out to her from a back room. Ohmygod, she thought, Harry! Ginny had known Harry had become an Auror, but never heard, of course, where he was or what position he was in. In fact, the last time they had spoken, she had just graduated! Get out of here, find some way out He'll blow your cover! Her mind screamed at her. Hesitating only a moment, she started to back out of the room, accidentally bumping into Schell, and called out unsteadily, "Its ok.um.sir! I feel a bit faint. Traveling on a bus, you know, and.um.I'd like to be shown to where I'm staying, if you don't mind. I'll be in touch after I get settled in!" "Are you ok?" asked Schell, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Please, just get me out of here." Just then, Ginny knew she said something wrong. His eyes widened and he dragged her out, almost slamming the door. He remembers me! Damn it, Ginny! By then he started pulling her to another section of the base, and before long they entered a small, dorm style room, empty except for a bed, sink, desk and closet. "You were the woman who helped us find the alley last night! What were you doing there? Who are you really?" For the first time in Ginny's life, she had no lie to cover her self up. She found her self saying, "How long has Harry Potter been here?"
******
"Sorry for the wait, my boss just decided to let me go through his files and try to find one on you, Chess. Unfortunately, I.." Harry Potter walked out of his bosses back storage room, talking all the way but then finding there was no one to greet. Rubbing his chin, he assured him self the voice he heard earlier wasn't his imagination. Oh well, he thought, she said she needed rest. He then walked to the closed door and stepped out, not seeing the flash of red hair going turning into the housing section of the base.
A trip to reality
Ginny slowly opened her eyes and touched her wrist to her throbbing forehead. She flipped over onto her back and leaned against the over stuffed pillow, massaging her temples and moaning softly. "Next time I go drinking, Tessa, I won't get something so strong like R...Tessa?" Ginny asked in confusion, turning her head back and forth in order to see every corner of her bedroom.
When they had gotten home last night, the girls started to feel the effect from the booze and decided just to pour themselves in bed rather than discuss the evening's prior events. Even so, they didn't get much sleep anyway. Racing to the bathroom every 2 hours or so, the alcohol was not showing signs to give in and let sleep come. When Ginny finally drifted off for good, Tessa was about to make a new "bed-to-bathroom" running record.
"Tessa?" Ginny called again. No response. She carefully slid from her bed and stumbled toward the bathroom on her wobbly legs. The door creaked open and displayed Tessa's head on the tile at the bottom of the toilet. Ginny just grinned, shrank to her knees and said, loud enough to wake Tessa up, "What will your parents think of me when you go home hung over? I bet they'd start talking about how Ginny Weasly corrupted their wonderful, head girl of a daughter." Tessa just squeezed her eyelids together and muttered, "Hey, head girl needs the most liquor. The head boy, Troy Plehyes, is claiming its tradition that we go out. Don't mean to point out the obvious, but he has a phobia of water." "Smelly?" "Stinky." Tessa slowly pushed herself up into a sitting position and let her head fall into her hands. "Oh-my-gosh, I thought we were going to go get some drinks, not guzzle bottles of Knotty Nick's best Rum." The older girl let out a giggle, stood and held out her unstable head. "C'mon, coffee and magic will heal us up."
They wondered into the kitchen, found Ginny's wand in the sink, and called up the coffee and healing spells and their headaches disappeared. Settling down on the couch, Tessa began by saying, "They'll come looking for us, you know. That guard last night knew who we were.he must have followed us and in our drunken state, we didn't notice." Ginny tilted her head and spoke softly, "He? Who's He? How did he know us?" The other girl's eyes watered up and she sniffed before saying, "I told him. Remember Dissel?" "Who?" "The hot guy that you didn't dance with." "The Death Eater was him?!" "Yea, and I told him," Tessa paused for a moment, "that I was a student and you were a reporter. Yes, all the details."
Ginny just stared opened mouth into her coffee mug, in total awe about how fast evil can work and then she started to think out loud. "Dissel was one of the people in the alley and he got away. Someone most likely tipped him on where I went and he reported it to his boss. Then, he was ordered to corner and take care of us. Geez, these guys are creepy and clever." She stood and paced, working up the story in her head, a talent only a columnist could learn. "How did the leader get away? Where did all the Aurors go? Did we only treat Death Eaters last night?" Tessa perched at the end of her seat and answered, "We didn't heal any Aurors, so I'm guessing most of them were killed or got away.the only two options they had, I guess. Ginny, let others think about that, where are you going to go?" "What do you mean?" "I'm going to be safe at Hogwarts, I'll be returning there in a day or so, but you don't have that protection and they know where to find you. You need to get out of your office, out of your flat.hell, you need to become nonexistent! Oh, why did I talk so much about you? Why didn't I just let you day-dream and not dance with that guy? Why am I so shallow and only saw how hot he was?" Tessa fired questions at herself, pounding her fist on her leg harder and harder till it bruised her skin and all the while having her voice crescendo, louder and louder and louder.
Ginny, kneeled in front of her and grabbed her upper arms. "Tessa, you didn't do anything wrong. You didn't know he was bad and he probably asked about me anyways. I don't need to become a no one, neither. Listen to me. You're going to be safe at Hogwarts and I'll find some place to relax.oh! I completely forgot! If my boss says yes, I'll be undercover anyway. I'll talk to him today, tell him I have to go into hiding anyway, why not make a profit. Are you feeling better?" Ginny felt her relax and let go, causing Tessa to shirk back onto the couch. "Yes, but I still feel bad. What happens if he says no?" "He won't, not after I tell him all I know already. Tessa's face didn't change from its worried expression, but she nodded and said, "My parents are going to kill me. Can I barrow a robe can go? I need to put the blame on you before they disown me."
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Tessa appeared home to find the house empty, with out any furniture, people, living bacteria (well, maybe), absolutely nothing. "Mum? Papa?" She called, wandering around the country style palace that she was raised in. When she finally made it to her room, she found all her belongings there and even a suitcase out on the bed as if it was waiting to be packed. "wHo?" something wondered. Tessa peered behind her to find an owl tied to the door knob, obviously there for her. "wHo?" the bird said again, showing its weakness. "Poor babe. You most likely haven't had bite scene...I dunno. Scene you were left here." Unknotted the owls' leg and cuddled it against her, fondling it like her grandmother, who owned an Owl Post shop somewhere near the border of France, had taught her. As Tessa held the bird, she looked around at her room, which she returned home after she was born till now, where she returned every holiday from school.
Something was most definitely amissed, considering her whole home was bare and had a shallowly feel and only her room was untouched. Just yesterday she had returned home to change into muggle clothes. Tessa walked into her parents bedroom, clean as it always was, and it looked bigger without the bed. "OMG," she said to herself when reality hit her. Her family was gone. Clutching the hooting owl to her chest, she sank onto the floor and closed her eyes, remembering what she said last to her mother. ((memory: "Mom, it was just a touch up and I was sure she needed it! Ginny was working so hard on getting this, I didn't think tweaking her hair would get me an official warning from the Ministry. C'mon, you work there, cant you do anything?" Tessa asked her mother urgently, trying to find her shoes. She wanted tonight to shine, get some peoples attention. One thing she "forgot" to mention to Ginny was that Knotty Nicks Australian Bar was not only famous for its karaoke, but the fact that lots of 'Witch Hunters', England's famous record buyer, seemed to like visiting there. "Tessa Marina, you listen to me. I don't care if I work in that department, that doesn't mean you can do any magic on break! Because I work there is a reason, out of many, why you shouldn't. Plus, you did more than a hair spell, but some makeup checks..for two?" Her mother, tall, thin, a beauty tried to look mad and still seem nice. Finding her heels in the wardrobe, Tessa answered, "Mum!! I need to go! Stay at Ginny's if I'm late," and then dashed out without even a kiss good-bye))
"I've gotta get out of here, I've got to get to school," while standing up, she felt paper brush her elbow. Looking down at the bird, seeing it was asleep, she saw a note nailed into the inside of its wing. It read clearly,
Dear Ma'am,
Pay no heed to your lost belongings, they
will be returned as soon as you write back..
With Pleasure,
Dissel and boss
************
Mr. Tajue, the Weekly Prophets' editor, was shocked to find Ginny at his door that Saturday afternoon.
"Ms. Weasly, I know you are eager to pursuit this story, but this is a very immature way to go about it!" He said quietly to her, stepping outside and closing the door behind him.
"Sir, I would come to your home only under the most pressuring circumstances. I'm in trouble. Last night my friend and I went to Magritte and got caught in some dealing with Death Eaters," Ginny began, making him flinch. "I may need to go under protection, considering they found us later on in the night after we escaped and made us take care of they're wounded (Aurors went after them) so they obviously know who we are."
"Who is your friend?" Mr. Tajue interrupted.
"A student, she's going back to Hogwarts today so she will be safe, thank god."
"Name?"
"Tessa Mourning, sir. The paper did a story over her older brother, Peter, about his success in dueling."
"Yes, I remember Peter."
Ginny took a calming breath before she continued. "Sir, if I choose to go and hide, I will but I think I have a better plan. Why not make use of my story idea and go under cover as an Auror?"
"Weasly, you're very clever, but this will take more time than you have! How will you get in? How will you keep contact with me? Is Peter's sister really safe?"
"I have three simple answers. First, I'll lie and say I was transferred. Second, Aurors have some kind of home life; I'll be around to communicate. Last, Tessa is at Hogwarts! Last time they had a break in, the person had to change into a beetle."
The older man rubbed his chin and said, "Rita Skeeter, yes. She was put on trial last year because of that. She was also very clever, but guess what. She got caught!"
Ginny breathed out of her nostrils, trying to control herself. Finally, she told him what Tessa had said to her the day before, "Mr. Tajue, let me brag a bit for a second. I'm a smart, sneaky little bitch and though I haven't been on your payroll long doesn't mean I can't snoop and lie my way into a story and write wonderfully about it. Now, I need your answer."
The editor grinned. "That's the attitude you have to have going in there. You have your story; now leave before my wife starts blaming me for late hours and weekends."
*********
Dissel, I'm writing back. Hold true to your promise and I won't do anything drastic.
Hate, Tessa
******
Ginny appear back at her flat and began to pack. Knowing that Tessa should be at school, she wrote a letter reminding her not to leave the castle and that she would be in touch. After letting the owl loose, she wrote another one to her parents, saying she was on a report and may not be home for a while.
"Jeez, I don't know anyone! Sending out only two letters for leaving for a long time is sure saying something.." The girl mumbled, shrinking her trunk and putting on a cloak. She then left her flat, not looking back.
******
Tessa staying crunched up on her bed. She had finished packing her trunk, which she noticed her mom had stared because everything was folded, and then tried to eat something, but she couldn't hold anything down. Whenever she closed her eyes, there were visions of people torturing her family, so she couldn't sleep. After a couple of hours, Tessa had grown tired of pacing so the next best thing was her bed, which brought no comfort, just wonder. It had been eight hours sense she sent the owl off, him feeling much better, but she did not know why it was taking so long for him to fly to Dissel.
Once Tessa was about to give up and leave for school, which she would have to in three hours anyway (She wrote the school, telling them she had missed the train. They told her to have the Knight Bus bring her no later than midnight.), a popping noise sounded and her enemy appeared.
"Dissel.what in the world? Where are my parents, you.?"
"Now, now Tessa, no reason for names. Your parents are still with me, at the place I took them." He replied calmly, taking a few steps toward her.
"Where would that be, oh-evil-one?" she shot back sarcastically, furious he didn't bring them home.
"No where, darling. Now, let's work out the deal." "The deal? THE DEAL? You said once I responded, my parents and brothers would be home. Now I understand that you want something with me, but leave them out of it!" Tessa broke loose, standing up on her bed and staring him straight in the eyes.
Death Eater or no, this man was about to get hurt. Jumping up next to her, he looked down at her, as if trying to be intimidating. It didn't work.
"No nothing until my family is home and safe.and did you take the furniture too?"
Dissel, still looking down at her, reached into his pocket and drew out a handful of tiny tables, chairs, sofas, and so on. "Would you like me to in large them here or outside?"
"Just give them to me; my parents will deal with it." She decided, eyeing his other pocket uncertainly.
Dissel noticed and laughed. "They're not in there, little girl."
Tessa just crossed her arms and said flatly, "Family, now."
"OK, fine. Let me just cut to the point. I can't bring your parents here right now, because the Dark Lord has told me not to. His orders were, 'Tell the girl that in order to keep her kin safe, she must bring back Sirius Black to us.' Now that you know what to do, I'll take my leave." Before disappearing, she grabbed his arm, eyes wide.
"Sirius Black, the escaped murderer? He's still out?"
"Yes, now let go of me. Be in touch," and with that he was gone, leaving Tessa wondering how she was going to find this person where she was going. Hogwarts.
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"Name?" the Auror guard grunted at the iron gate.
"Samantha Frunet," Ginny responded, glancing between the iron bars and saw nothing but a road.
"Reason for being here?" he asked, looking at her straight in her eyes, as if confused about something she said.
Ginny was ready for such stares and questions, so looked back at him, turned to spit onto the ground, and replied calmly, "Transferred from an agency in Italy. Here to work on the case of the alley attacked last night.your boss should be expecting me."
The man carefully inspected her, then said to the gate, "yueng poessphend!" and it dutifully opened.
"Where do I go?" Ginny asked, walking carefully into the gate and only finding road.
The guards eyebrows went up slowly and he gave her a hard look.
"Well, you don't expect me to know, do you? Oh, wait, you think I should know because I'm an Auror, right?"
Nodding told her to continue. "For your information, I've never been to this base before, and also, not everyone is to know, right? Word gets out fast. Where is it?"
"yueng poesstye," was his only reply and once the steel slammed between them, he threw a gum wrapper at the ground under her.
"Five, four, three.be careful Frunet," and with that, Ginny was sucked into the ground. Why, there was a tunnel hidden underneath it all! Plummeting deep into the earth, Ginny was rolled and tossed in an endless cycle of twist and turns. She never felt the ground or ceiling touch her and was barely aware of her belongings swirling around her ankles.
Then, as suddenly as it started, she landed with a on her back plop in a soft, dirt nest, and was staring up at what was the man in her dreams. Golden hair, blue eyes, high cheek bones, straight nose, she wondered why he wasn't a modle.
He chuckled and said, "Obviously you've never been to this base. We've been expecting you for about three weeks, ma'am. Oh, excuse my manners. Need a hand up?"
Awe stuck and confused, she took the strong wrist offered to her and brushed her self off before turning to face the god of beauty. "Expecting me? What's your name, sir?"
She couldn't believe it, the man blushed! "I'm sorry, but telling my real name is a violation of Code 87645, forbidding us to go by anything other than mission calls. Mine's Schell. Yes, indeed we've been expecting you; after all, we only asked for you expertise about 30 days ago! We were afraid you might have been captured or killed, but now that you're here, well, we'll finally be able to get work down. Now, wants your call?"
"Wait, you've been waiting a month for me yet you didn't even know the name...call of the person helping you?" Ginny was confused and a bit worried.
That guard at the gate must have realized that she wasn't suppose to give her real name up there, but then again, he let her go by.
Schell looked a bit confused also before he said, "Things must run differently in Italy, huh? No matter, we never know who's coming around here. Totell, the guard, just sent down that you were here about the alley last night, and that's the kinda thing we've needed next. You are the straggliest, right?"
"Yes, I just didn't know you sent for me so long ago. I'm Chess." Ginny lied, pretty proud of herself for coming up with such a good cover. Noticing that her stuff was thrown about, she took out her wand and flicked it, sending all the belongings back into the bag.
"Chess? Interesting..." Schell commented, leading her down the dirt cave till they came to a metal door, which he just pushed easily open.
Eyes wide, mouth open, Ginny was able to get a view of the Aurors world, which was like a glass bubble beneath the ground. Magic danced, literally everywhere; experiments, arguments, and practice dueling was all around her. Still trying to keep up with her guild, she repeatedly stumbled about and sometimes forgot to blink, but when he stopped in front of an office, she regained her self and entered the door Schell held open.
"Hang on one minute, Chess, I'll be right with you," a familiar voice call out to her from a back room. Ohmygod, she thought, Harry! Ginny had known Harry had become an Auror, but never heard, of course, where he was or what position he was in. In fact, the last time they had spoken, she had just graduated! Get out of here, find some way out He'll blow your cover! Her mind screamed at her. Hesitating only a moment, she started to back out of the room, accidentally bumping into Schell, and called out unsteadily, "Its ok.um.sir! I feel a bit faint. Traveling on a bus, you know, and.um.I'd like to be shown to where I'm staying, if you don't mind. I'll be in touch after I get settled in!" "Are you ok?" asked Schell, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Please, just get me out of here." Just then, Ginny knew she said something wrong. His eyes widened and he dragged her out, almost slamming the door. He remembers me! Damn it, Ginny! By then he started pulling her to another section of the base, and before long they entered a small, dorm style room, empty except for a bed, sink, desk and closet. "You were the woman who helped us find the alley last night! What were you doing there? Who are you really?" For the first time in Ginny's life, she had no lie to cover her self up. She found her self saying, "How long has Harry Potter been here?"
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"Sorry for the wait, my boss just decided to let me go through his files and try to find one on you, Chess. Unfortunately, I.." Harry Potter walked out of his bosses back storage room, talking all the way but then finding there was no one to greet. Rubbing his chin, he assured him self the voice he heard earlier wasn't his imagination. Oh well, he thought, she said she needed rest. He then walked to the closed door and stepped out, not seeing the flash of red hair going turning into the housing section of the base.