Chapter 3
Corrected by Christine C.
Harry's POV
Corrected by Christine C.
Ron and I were waiting for Hermione and Ginny to come down, when we heard a scream from the girls' dorm. We exchanged looks and ran upstairs.
When we got there we found Hermione standing in the middle of the room.
"Hermione?" asked Ron nervously.
She turned around and she seemed confused somehow.
"Where's Ginny?" I asked. Hermione now looked more confused, it was really bizarre.
"Gone."
I just stood there not really understanding what she said. Gone? What does she mean?
"What do you mean?" I asked, finding my voice in my confusion.
"She…the portal…fell…" She said, confused. "We must go to Dumbledore!!!!" She said, regaining her composure. In a nanosecond she was out the door running down the stairs.
Ron followed, muttering something that sounded like "Crazy girls!" and "Ginny is gone, Oh Ginny!!" He said a little louder with a tinge of sarcasm. (A/N: OMG, a confused Hermione? A Ron that's not worried 'bout his sister?? This is the end of the world!!!! lol)
We were now running in the halls receiving strange looks from some students.
Oh no! There was Professor Snape. We stopped running right in front of him.
"15 points from Gryffindor for running in the halls," he said, shoving us out of the way and kept on walking.
"What's his problem?!?!" started Ron, but was interrupted by Hermione, who now started walking in a fast pace in the direction of Headmaster's office.
"Oh come on!" I said irritated, and started following Hermione. Doesn't he know this concerns his sister?
'Why are *you* so worried??' said that annoying little voice that always appears in situations like this one.
'Well, Ginny's my friend, where is this getting anyways?'
'You and Ginny are friends, but she wanted to be something else, something more.'
'Yea well…Hey! What do you mean by wanted, don't you mean wants??'
'Nope, I mean she wanted, that doesn't mean she still wants to, after all *you* ignored her for *that* Cho!'
'Well, what is it to you?? … Hey you there??'
But the voice was gone. I had felt a small pain in the chest when the voice mentioned something 'bout Ginny not liking me anymore, but why?
But before I could even think of an answer, we were in front of the Gargoyle.
"Any one know the password?" asked Ron.
"Um…Let's just guess!" answered Hermione, who looked really impatient to go in.
"Mars bars, Toblerone bar, chocolate bunny, COME ON BLOODY GARGOYLE!!" Hermione almost screamed.
I've never heard Hermione talk like that.
"Gummy bears!" I guessed nervously, and surprisingly enough it WAS the password.
We ran up the stairs and entered the Headmaster's office. He seemed startled when he saw us burst into the room so suddenly, but his eyes softened when he realized it was only us.
"Why in such a hurry?" He asked with a warm smile.
"Professor, I…Ginny and me were about to go to Hogsmeade (sp?) when a portal appeared behind her and she kind of fell trough it! I tried warning her but when she turned around, it…it was too late!" Hermione said really fast, but I noticed that she was really confused and even a little panicked.
"WHAT?!?" screamed Ron.
I was just standing in shock. Ginny fell trough a portal, she fell trough a portal, Ginny Weasley fell trough a portal, the girl that had a crush on me for 7 years fell trough a portal! I didn't want to believe it. I felt a small pain in the chest when I heard this.
'But why do I feel this small pain?'
'Because you don't want to lose her.' There it was again, that annoying little voice.
'But Ginny is only my friend, nothing more.'
'Is she now? Well, I think you love her more than just a friend.'
'Well...Yeah, I love her kind of like a sister.'
'You are really stupid aren't you? You love her like a man loves a woman, like two lovers.'
'That's impossible! I can't be in love with Ginny.'
'Why not?'
'Because…Well…I don't know it just CAN'T BE!!!!!!!!'
'You love her; you are just scared, because Voldermort is free, He might try to harm her, just to cause you pain!'
I didn't know what to say next; I was fighting a losing battle, that was for sure.
"Harry? Are you okay?" I realized I was so involved in my thoughts that I didn't hear what Hermione said.
"Uh? Pardon?" I asked confused and slightly embarrassed.
"I asked you if you were okay. You look pale Harry," She said, I could see she was concerned.
"I'm fine Herm," I said annoyed. I hated being mother-henned.
"Ms. Granger, could you please describe the portal the sucked Ms. Weasley?" It was Dumbledore, he looked concerned and the twinkle in his gaze wasn't there.
Hermione turned from me and answered, "Well Professor…it was all black."
"Weren't there *any* peculiar things about the portal?"
"Well…now that you mention it Professor. There was something peculiar about the portal, in the middle of it there was a small red light, more like a twinkle I'd say…but what could that be Professor? I've read some books about portals but they don't mention the portal that sucked Ginny," Hermione was confused. I could see it in her eyes.
If the portal that sucked Ginny wasn't in any of the books that Hermione read, then how was Ginny going to get back? Was I ever going to see her beautiful brown eyes? Or that smile? Or…what am I THINKING?!?!?
'You love her' Those words, those 3 words that the stupid voice said. They echoed in my head, but why?!?!
"The portal that you just described, Ms. Granger, is the most unusual; it is only used when someone is in times of war or has urgent needs. The portal that Ms. Weasley was sucked in was created by a person with a powerful source of magic. This portal could have taken Ms. Weasley to any time, any place, or any dimension. But of course after the task that she was sent there for is completed, another portal will open to bring her back home," said Dumbledore, interrupting my thoughts. (A/N: I'm sorry I'm making the characters babble. I just want to write everything that needs to be said ASAP. I know…. know I have a lazy ass so what? I mean who doesn't? Ok, now *I'm* the one babbling, lol)
"But what happens if Ginny doesn't finish the task?" I found myself asking, I was so scared of Ginny not being able to come back.
"Then I am sorry to say that she will not be able to come back…" said Dumbledore grimly.
"What?!?!" exclaimed Ron.
"Mr. Weasley please calm down, I have complete faith that Ms. Weasley will complete 'the task' " said Dumbledore trying to reassure Ron.
"I will inform Mr. and Mrs. Weasley by owl, for now there is nothing you can do so I suggest you go back to your dormitories," said Dumbledore.
"Yes Professor Dumbledore…" We chorused. We knew that even if we tried to persuade Dumbledore to let us help somehow, he wouldn't let us.
So we made our way back to the Gryffindor tower. We didn't feel like going to Hogsmeade (sp?) anymore. I had a feeling of dread and so many questions were swimming in my head. I just couldn't do nothing, I loved Ginny too much…Wait! I love her too much?! 'What's happening to me?!? Why am I thinking this way of Ginny? Ginny is only a friend, Ginny is only a friend!'
'You don't know what you have until you loose it, yup, that's what they say' Oh no that stupid voice again.
'What do you want know?????'
'Just came to see if you have accepted your love for Ginny, but I guess not.'
'Ok, fine I do love Ginny, though this is the worst time for me to find out about it!'
'Good, now you've just made a great step toward a happy future.'
The voice was gone. Now we had reached the common room. Hermione went straight to get some books from her bag, and Ron said he needed rest and went up to the dorm. I just slumped on the sofa and went to sleep, but my last thoughts as I remember them were:
'Oh God, I'm in love with Ginny!'
Corrected by Christine C.
Harry's POV
Corrected by Christine C.
Ron and I were waiting for Hermione and Ginny to come down, when we heard a scream from the girls' dorm. We exchanged looks and ran upstairs.
When we got there we found Hermione standing in the middle of the room.
"Hermione?" asked Ron nervously.
She turned around and she seemed confused somehow.
"Where's Ginny?" I asked. Hermione now looked more confused, it was really bizarre.
"Gone."
I just stood there not really understanding what she said. Gone? What does she mean?
"What do you mean?" I asked, finding my voice in my confusion.
"She…the portal…fell…" She said, confused. "We must go to Dumbledore!!!!" She said, regaining her composure. In a nanosecond she was out the door running down the stairs.
Ron followed, muttering something that sounded like "Crazy girls!" and "Ginny is gone, Oh Ginny!!" He said a little louder with a tinge of sarcasm. (A/N: OMG, a confused Hermione? A Ron that's not worried 'bout his sister?? This is the end of the world!!!! lol)
We were now running in the halls receiving strange looks from some students.
Oh no! There was Professor Snape. We stopped running right in front of him.
"15 points from Gryffindor for running in the halls," he said, shoving us out of the way and kept on walking.
"What's his problem?!?!" started Ron, but was interrupted by Hermione, who now started walking in a fast pace in the direction of Headmaster's office.
"Oh come on!" I said irritated, and started following Hermione. Doesn't he know this concerns his sister?
'Why are *you* so worried??' said that annoying little voice that always appears in situations like this one.
'Well, Ginny's my friend, where is this getting anyways?'
'You and Ginny are friends, but she wanted to be something else, something more.'
'Yea well…Hey! What do you mean by wanted, don't you mean wants??'
'Nope, I mean she wanted, that doesn't mean she still wants to, after all *you* ignored her for *that* Cho!'
'Well, what is it to you?? … Hey you there??'
But the voice was gone. I had felt a small pain in the chest when the voice mentioned something 'bout Ginny not liking me anymore, but why?
But before I could even think of an answer, we were in front of the Gargoyle.
"Any one know the password?" asked Ron.
"Um…Let's just guess!" answered Hermione, who looked really impatient to go in.
"Mars bars, Toblerone bar, chocolate bunny, COME ON BLOODY GARGOYLE!!" Hermione almost screamed.
I've never heard Hermione talk like that.
"Gummy bears!" I guessed nervously, and surprisingly enough it WAS the password.
We ran up the stairs and entered the Headmaster's office. He seemed startled when he saw us burst into the room so suddenly, but his eyes softened when he realized it was only us.
"Why in such a hurry?" He asked with a warm smile.
"Professor, I…Ginny and me were about to go to Hogsmeade (sp?) when a portal appeared behind her and she kind of fell trough it! I tried warning her but when she turned around, it…it was too late!" Hermione said really fast, but I noticed that she was really confused and even a little panicked.
"WHAT?!?" screamed Ron.
I was just standing in shock. Ginny fell trough a portal, she fell trough a portal, Ginny Weasley fell trough a portal, the girl that had a crush on me for 7 years fell trough a portal! I didn't want to believe it. I felt a small pain in the chest when I heard this.
'But why do I feel this small pain?'
'Because you don't want to lose her.' There it was again, that annoying little voice.
'But Ginny is only my friend, nothing more.'
'Is she now? Well, I think you love her more than just a friend.'
'Well...Yeah, I love her kind of like a sister.'
'You are really stupid aren't you? You love her like a man loves a woman, like two lovers.'
'That's impossible! I can't be in love with Ginny.'
'Why not?'
'Because…Well…I don't know it just CAN'T BE!!!!!!!!'
'You love her; you are just scared, because Voldermort is free, He might try to harm her, just to cause you pain!'
I didn't know what to say next; I was fighting a losing battle, that was for sure.
"Harry? Are you okay?" I realized I was so involved in my thoughts that I didn't hear what Hermione said.
"Uh? Pardon?" I asked confused and slightly embarrassed.
"I asked you if you were okay. You look pale Harry," She said, I could see she was concerned.
"I'm fine Herm," I said annoyed. I hated being mother-henned.
"Ms. Granger, could you please describe the portal the sucked Ms. Weasley?" It was Dumbledore, he looked concerned and the twinkle in his gaze wasn't there.
Hermione turned from me and answered, "Well Professor…it was all black."
"Weren't there *any* peculiar things about the portal?"
"Well…now that you mention it Professor. There was something peculiar about the portal, in the middle of it there was a small red light, more like a twinkle I'd say…but what could that be Professor? I've read some books about portals but they don't mention the portal that sucked Ginny," Hermione was confused. I could see it in her eyes.
If the portal that sucked Ginny wasn't in any of the books that Hermione read, then how was Ginny going to get back? Was I ever going to see her beautiful brown eyes? Or that smile? Or…what am I THINKING?!?!?
'You love her' Those words, those 3 words that the stupid voice said. They echoed in my head, but why?!?!
"The portal that you just described, Ms. Granger, is the most unusual; it is only used when someone is in times of war or has urgent needs. The portal that Ms. Weasley was sucked in was created by a person with a powerful source of magic. This portal could have taken Ms. Weasley to any time, any place, or any dimension. But of course after the task that she was sent there for is completed, another portal will open to bring her back home," said Dumbledore, interrupting my thoughts. (A/N: I'm sorry I'm making the characters babble. I just want to write everything that needs to be said ASAP. I know…. know I have a lazy ass so what? I mean who doesn't? Ok, now *I'm* the one babbling, lol)
"But what happens if Ginny doesn't finish the task?" I found myself asking, I was so scared of Ginny not being able to come back.
"Then I am sorry to say that she will not be able to come back…" said Dumbledore grimly.
"What?!?!" exclaimed Ron.
"Mr. Weasley please calm down, I have complete faith that Ms. Weasley will complete 'the task' " said Dumbledore trying to reassure Ron.
"I will inform Mr. and Mrs. Weasley by owl, for now there is nothing you can do so I suggest you go back to your dormitories," said Dumbledore.
"Yes Professor Dumbledore…" We chorused. We knew that even if we tried to persuade Dumbledore to let us help somehow, he wouldn't let us.
So we made our way back to the Gryffindor tower. We didn't feel like going to Hogsmeade (sp?) anymore. I had a feeling of dread and so many questions were swimming in my head. I just couldn't do nothing, I loved Ginny too much…Wait! I love her too much?! 'What's happening to me?!? Why am I thinking this way of Ginny? Ginny is only a friend, Ginny is only a friend!'
'You don't know what you have until you loose it, yup, that's what they say' Oh no that stupid voice again.
'What do you want know?????'
'Just came to see if you have accepted your love for Ginny, but I guess not.'
'Ok, fine I do love Ginny, though this is the worst time for me to find out about it!'
'Good, now you've just made a great step toward a happy future.'
The voice was gone. Now we had reached the common room. Hermione went straight to get some books from her bag, and Ron said he needed rest and went up to the dorm. I just slumped on the sofa and went to sleep, but my last thoughts as I remember them were:
'Oh God, I'm in love with Ginny!'
