A/N: I'm so sorry, I moved the A/N about my computer so that I could
replace it and I didn't wait until I had uploaded this chapter. In case you
didn't get to read it, chapter 24 was put up just a few days ago. Thank you
to all of my reviewers, you are the reason that I continue this story.
Chapter 25
Harry led Ginny over to his chair, and after she had sat down, he squeezed in next to her.
"Thank you for the flowers," she told him.
Harry blushed and looked down at his shoes. "I wanted to talk to you," he said, peeking up from under his fringe. "I'm glad that we've become friends."
"So am I Harry," she answered. She reached over and touched his hand. "I'm even kind of glad that Voldemort and the Death Eaters are after me." Harry's head shot up and he stared at her. Ginny's face turned bright red, "I didn't say that right. I'm glad that Professor Dumbledore sent us back here. You get to spend time with your parents, and they get to see what a great person their son turned out to be."
Harry threaded his fingers through hers, "Ginny, I don't think of you as Ron's little sister anymore. It started over the summer, and then I found out that it had been you that had been sending me food. You were the reason that I survived being at the Dursley's this year," he paused and took a deep breath. "When I bought you that necklace this summer, the guy at the shop asked me if you were my girlfriend. I wanted to say yes. I wanted to run down Diagon Alley yelling that I had someone as wonderful as you as my girlfriend."
Ginny smiled and let out a choked sob, "Harry, all you had to do was ask."
He reached up and touched her cheek, "Ginny, would you be my girlfriend?" he asked.
Ginny threw her arms around his neck, "Of course, Harry," she answered just before he touched his lips to hers.
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The groups huddled under the invisibility cloaks snickered when Ron kissed Hermione. "Took him long enough," Charlie said. "They've been bickering since first year."
The older Sirius and Remus looked at him and laughed. "You should have seen them over the summer, Charlie. She leads him around like a puppy, he does anything that she wants," Remus said.
"I've seen the way that he gives in to her, and they've only been here a month," the younger Sirius said.
"Look at Harry and Ginny!" Tonks squealed. All six heads looked toward where Harry and Ginny were sitting.
"I guess that I should write to my mum, she'll be thrilled," Charlie told them, a huge smile on his face.
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James followed Lily over to his chair and sat on the floor at her feet.
"The flowers are lovely James," she told him. "And since we already know that we're going to end up together, I don't see any reason to prolong the suffering." She leaned over and kissed him.
The silencing charms covered the hooting coming from the older and younger versions of Sirius and Remus. "I can't believe it, Lily kissed him," the younger Sirius said, clapping his older self on the back. "I knew that it happened in your past, but I never thought that I would get to see it this year."
"It brings back memories for me," the older Remus told them. "In our seventh year, they were always together. Filch caught them in the trophy room snogging more times than I can remember."
The younger Remus looked at him with a question in his eyes, "They weren't together in sixth year?" he asked.
"No, James and Lily didn't get together until around Easter of seventh year," he answered.
"So that means that having Harry here has changed the future. James and Lily will have over a year more time together, I wonder just how much that is going to change the future?"
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Professor Dumbledore took the letter from the trunk and sat at his desk to read it. He unfolded the parchment, adjusted his glasses, and then he began to read.
Professor Dumbledore,
Hermione, Lily and I were sitting in the library talking and Hermione said something that made me wonder. I'm writing this to ask you if you knew that we would change time no matter how hard Harry and I tried not to? What is it that you expected us to change? How are we supposed to do it? I'm sorry to just spring this on you, but it dawned on us that you had to know that things would change, just by us being here. We will be waiting for your response.
Ginny Weasley
He placed the letter down on his desk and chuckled. He had wondered how long it would take for Harry and Ginny to figure it out, but it took a lot less time once Hermione had gotten there. He could only imagine the professors of that time with the three smartest witches in a century all in one class. He hoped that they wouldn't discover their purpose until Easter, but now they had more time to complete it. He picked up his quill, conjured a piece of parchment and began his reply.
Miss. Weasley,
I didn't expect your letter so soon, but I did expect it. Yes, I knew that you and Harry would change time, and it was prophesized in the time of Rowena Ravenclaw. The changes that you to make are yours to decide, but I must warn you, Voldemort is still here in this time. Harry's parents are still dead and all of the deaths that Voldemort has caused have still happened. I can only tell you that you must be cautious about what changes you make, keeping in mind what I have told you about Voldemort. As long as he is still alive in this time, there will be very few changes that will effect our time. Good luck and be careful,
Professor Albus Dumbledore
He rolled up the parchment and placed it in the trunk, waving his wand to send it back to Ginny.
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Ginny opened her trunk the next morning and found the answer from Dumbledore, she snatched the parchment out of the trunk and ran down to the common room. "Dumbledore sent an answer," she told the group.
"Well, let's see it," the older Sirius answered. He took the parchment and read the letter. "Lily, you said that you had seen this Ravenclaw prophecy. It didn't tell you what they had to change?"
She shook her head, "No, but we figured that it meant that we would have to destroy Voldemort in this time, before he has the chance to kill James and I."
"Then I guess that we should get to work, I'm sure that if we put our heads together we can come up with a way to destroy him," he smiled at the assembled group. "I mean, we have three of the smartest witches in the past hundred years, the marauders, Ron who is brilliant at chess strategy, and the boy-who-lived. We should be able to defeat that pathetic excuse for a dark lord."
Chapter 25
Harry led Ginny over to his chair, and after she had sat down, he squeezed in next to her.
"Thank you for the flowers," she told him.
Harry blushed and looked down at his shoes. "I wanted to talk to you," he said, peeking up from under his fringe. "I'm glad that we've become friends."
"So am I Harry," she answered. She reached over and touched his hand. "I'm even kind of glad that Voldemort and the Death Eaters are after me." Harry's head shot up and he stared at her. Ginny's face turned bright red, "I didn't say that right. I'm glad that Professor Dumbledore sent us back here. You get to spend time with your parents, and they get to see what a great person their son turned out to be."
Harry threaded his fingers through hers, "Ginny, I don't think of you as Ron's little sister anymore. It started over the summer, and then I found out that it had been you that had been sending me food. You were the reason that I survived being at the Dursley's this year," he paused and took a deep breath. "When I bought you that necklace this summer, the guy at the shop asked me if you were my girlfriend. I wanted to say yes. I wanted to run down Diagon Alley yelling that I had someone as wonderful as you as my girlfriend."
Ginny smiled and let out a choked sob, "Harry, all you had to do was ask."
He reached up and touched her cheek, "Ginny, would you be my girlfriend?" he asked.
Ginny threw her arms around his neck, "Of course, Harry," she answered just before he touched his lips to hers.
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The groups huddled under the invisibility cloaks snickered when Ron kissed Hermione. "Took him long enough," Charlie said. "They've been bickering since first year."
The older Sirius and Remus looked at him and laughed. "You should have seen them over the summer, Charlie. She leads him around like a puppy, he does anything that she wants," Remus said.
"I've seen the way that he gives in to her, and they've only been here a month," the younger Sirius said.
"Look at Harry and Ginny!" Tonks squealed. All six heads looked toward where Harry and Ginny were sitting.
"I guess that I should write to my mum, she'll be thrilled," Charlie told them, a huge smile on his face.
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James followed Lily over to his chair and sat on the floor at her feet.
"The flowers are lovely James," she told him. "And since we already know that we're going to end up together, I don't see any reason to prolong the suffering." She leaned over and kissed him.
The silencing charms covered the hooting coming from the older and younger versions of Sirius and Remus. "I can't believe it, Lily kissed him," the younger Sirius said, clapping his older self on the back. "I knew that it happened in your past, but I never thought that I would get to see it this year."
"It brings back memories for me," the older Remus told them. "In our seventh year, they were always together. Filch caught them in the trophy room snogging more times than I can remember."
The younger Remus looked at him with a question in his eyes, "They weren't together in sixth year?" he asked.
"No, James and Lily didn't get together until around Easter of seventh year," he answered.
"So that means that having Harry here has changed the future. James and Lily will have over a year more time together, I wonder just how much that is going to change the future?"
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Professor Dumbledore took the letter from the trunk and sat at his desk to read it. He unfolded the parchment, adjusted his glasses, and then he began to read.
Professor Dumbledore,
Hermione, Lily and I were sitting in the library talking and Hermione said something that made me wonder. I'm writing this to ask you if you knew that we would change time no matter how hard Harry and I tried not to? What is it that you expected us to change? How are we supposed to do it? I'm sorry to just spring this on you, but it dawned on us that you had to know that things would change, just by us being here. We will be waiting for your response.
Ginny Weasley
He placed the letter down on his desk and chuckled. He had wondered how long it would take for Harry and Ginny to figure it out, but it took a lot less time once Hermione had gotten there. He could only imagine the professors of that time with the three smartest witches in a century all in one class. He hoped that they wouldn't discover their purpose until Easter, but now they had more time to complete it. He picked up his quill, conjured a piece of parchment and began his reply.
Miss. Weasley,
I didn't expect your letter so soon, but I did expect it. Yes, I knew that you and Harry would change time, and it was prophesized in the time of Rowena Ravenclaw. The changes that you to make are yours to decide, but I must warn you, Voldemort is still here in this time. Harry's parents are still dead and all of the deaths that Voldemort has caused have still happened. I can only tell you that you must be cautious about what changes you make, keeping in mind what I have told you about Voldemort. As long as he is still alive in this time, there will be very few changes that will effect our time. Good luck and be careful,
Professor Albus Dumbledore
He rolled up the parchment and placed it in the trunk, waving his wand to send it back to Ginny.
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Ginny opened her trunk the next morning and found the answer from Dumbledore, she snatched the parchment out of the trunk and ran down to the common room. "Dumbledore sent an answer," she told the group.
"Well, let's see it," the older Sirius answered. He took the parchment and read the letter. "Lily, you said that you had seen this Ravenclaw prophecy. It didn't tell you what they had to change?"
She shook her head, "No, but we figured that it meant that we would have to destroy Voldemort in this time, before he has the chance to kill James and I."
"Then I guess that we should get to work, I'm sure that if we put our heads together we can come up with a way to destroy him," he smiled at the assembled group. "I mean, we have three of the smartest witches in the past hundred years, the marauders, Ron who is brilliant at chess strategy, and the boy-who-lived. We should be able to defeat that pathetic excuse for a dark lord."