Ten years later:
Ginny looked at her engagement ring. The single diamond caught the moonlight and sparkled. She looked to her side and saw a face with his eyes closed. His jet black hair was just barely covering his lightning shaped scar on his forehead. Ginny sighed. She put a robe and slippers on and went to the kitchen.
"Not sleeping, dear?" Harry said as he walked into the kitchen a few minutes later.
"No," Ginny said, playing with her teabag string at the table.
"Is it the baby?" Harry asked, pouring himself a cup of tea and sitting down.
"No, it's just that, well, I'm scared. We all are," Ginny said, glancing at Harry.
"Follow me, " Harry said, leading Ginny out of the kitchen and into the backyard. "See, look. There's no Dark Marks in the sky tonight. You and I are managing the Death Eaters well."
"You can see the stars," Ginny said, staring up at the sky.
"Yes. It's very clear out. There's Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Scorpio, Orion, Saggitarius, and there's. . ." A Dark Mark appeared in the sky far away. ". . .Draco, the dragon."
"Do you remember Hogwarts?" Ginny asked.
"Of course. I miss it very badly."
"Me too, " Ginny said, walking back inside.
"Well, I'm going back to bed. I don't want to be tired tomorrow, it's going to be a busy day at the Ministry tomorrow," Harry said. "Good night," He walked out of the kitchen.
Ginny mumbled a "Good night," and sat back down, staring into her tea cup. She thought about the dream that she had. A Death Eater was being taken away by another Death Eater. The Death Eater was screaming to be let go, but the other one just stayed silent. He yelled out, "Good bye!" and he was gone. Ginny then realized she was standing on the edge of a cliff and lost her balance. Then the dream stopped.
Ginny had been having strange dreams like that. She didn't know what was causing them. She walked to the living room and pulled a book off the shelf and brought it over to the couch. She turned on a lamp and fingered the title of the book. "Hogwarts Yearbook 2005".
She opened it up and found the page with the pictures of the graduates. There were four large pictures with each of the four houses' graduates. A picture with a scarlet border had many laughing faces. She saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione together, obviously giggling about something. Her eyes moved over to another picture with an emerald green border, in which everyone was very serious looking. She saw a blonde boy with silver eyes just staring out into the distance. Ginny waved at him, and he saw her and smiled. Ginny put the book away and got another book which read "Hogwarts Yearbook 2006".
Ginny opened it to the page with the graduates. A picture surrounded by a scarlet border had many students who all looked very stressed. She saw herself trying to smile, but not quite. She waved at herself, and her photo shook her head and burst out crying. Her surrounding friends tried comforting her, and Ginny went to the page where they said what happened to last year's graduates. She read through Harry's.
Name: Harry Potter
Age: 18
Job: Auror
Home: London
She then found what she was looking for.
Name: Draco Malfoy
Age: 19
Job: Unknown
Home: Unknown
Ginny looked out the window and saw the stars form Draco. I hope you're alright, Ginny thought. She then fell asleep.
"Good morning," Harry said while frying eggs as Ginny came in the kitchen.
"Good morning," Ginny yawned. She reached for the can of coffee, but Harry stopped her.
"Remember the baby," He said.
"You don't know how hard it is to be pregnant."
"You're right. I don't. Oh, what are we going to name it?"
"Draco," Ginny said with confidence.
Harry sighed. "And if it's a girl?"
"Cho."
"No! Are you nuts!? We are not going to have a child under this roof named Cho! Or Draco, for that matter! I don't want to be reminded-"
"Shh! If you don't like my names, you pick a name!"
"If it's a boy, Harry Jr.! If it's a girl, Ginny Jr.!"
"If you don't know, don't speak!"
"Look, I'm sorry-" Harry was cut off by Hedwig pecking at the window. Harry opened it and stroked her feathers before taking the letters from her.
"That owl is getting old. Maybe you shouldn't send her all over the country," Ginny said in her annoying little bratty voice.
"Look Ginny, I'm sorry I started this fight, can you please forgive me?" Harry pleaded.
"Not unless you give me coffee," Ginny said in the same voice.
"Here," Harry said, giving the can of coffee to Ginny. "It's your baby. I'll be dead by the time it's born."
"What!?" Ginny screeched.
"It looks like I got a letter from Professor Trelawney, remember her? I bet it's saying I'm going to die."
"Harry! You had me frightened!" Ginny said.
"Sorry! Couldn't resist it!" Harry chuckled as he looked through the mail. "Here's your mail."
Ginny took the mail and looked through it. A letter from Hogwarts asking her to be the new Potions teacher, (Snape had been taken hostage by the Death Eaters in Ginny's graduate year. For the past ten years, Vincent Crabbe taught Potions, but he died a month earlier due to heart disease).
"So are you going to do that?" Harry asked. Every summer since he had graduated Hogwarts, he had been asked to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. He always declined, because he was always so busy being the chief Auror. But this was the first time Ginny had been asked to teach at Hogwarts.
"It sounds like a good idea. I mean, the kids who had been taught by Crabbe, like me, haven't been taught very well. He was only picked him because they were desperate. I guess I shouldn't let Goyle become the next Potions professor. Also, I'll shine a little bit of Gryffindor light on it."
"But I'll miss you!" Harry pouted.
"How about you teach Defense Against the Dark Arts this year?" Ginny suggested.
"Honey, you know how busy I am. Sorry."
The next letter was a bill, the next junk advertising. There was a letter from Ron.
"How's your brother doing in South America?" Harry asked.
"He said he sent you a letter in here. Hmm. . ." Ginny said. The letter read:
Dear Ginny,
How are you? Is your baby doing ok? Emily and I are in Brazil right now studying the rain forest. (Ginny sighed. Ever since he married Emily, he had been away from home in all sorts of odd, exotic places helping her study the plants and animals. It was almost their one year anniversary). It's so beautiful! I've never seen anything quite like it! Did you know that about half of the world species of animals and plants live only in the rainforest? I wish you were here. Emily keeps on telling me to use a Muggle digital camera to take photos instead of wasting expensive film. She tells me that it doesn't use film, which is impossible, so I won't use it. Oh, and the jello here is really good here. It comes in boxes which are very good for smacking best friends on the head with. I told Harry that in his letter. (AN: Sorry! I couldn't resist putting an inside joke in here!). I love you!
Ron
Ginny laughed at the letter. Ron really should be a comedy writer, Ginny thought. Ginny looked at the last letter. It was from "Can't Tell You". It read:
Ginny,
Keep the crystal ball with you at all times. It's coming closer.
Can't Tell You
"Who would send you that?" Harry asked.
Ginny thought of the yearbook on the shelf. "I need to find something," She said and ran up to the bedroom.
She got her old trunk out of the closet and frantically looked in all the outside pockets. Nothing there. She looked in all the pockets of her old school robes. Nothing there.
"Honey?" Harry asked in the doorway, raising an eyebrow at the frantic Ginny.
"Have you seen a small crystal ball around?" She asked.
"I think when we moved in and I was unpacking I saw one. Why?"
"Because I need. . ." Ginny stopped. "Oh my gosh! No! You can't! No!" Ginny ran up to Harry and hugged him tightly while sobbing.
"Ginny? What's happening?" Harry asked.
"You're going to die! You're going to die! You're going to die! No! I can't let it happen! No!" Ginny screamed.
"Ginny, of course I'm going to die. So are you. Everyone does. What's the big deal?" Harry asked, leading Ginny over to the bed and trying to calm her down.
"Soon! You're going to die soon! I need to find the crystal ball! Maybe it'll save both of us!" Ginny sobbed.
"I'm twenty-seven. It's my twenty-eighth birthday in a week. I've got a long time to go before I die. But why do you need a crystal ball?"
"It's, it's, going to protect us," Ginny sobbed. "It says if I'm about to be killed by fire, I have to smash it and I won't die. But you're going to die! I can't let it happen! Be very careful!" Ginny fainted, and Harry brought her over to St. Mungos.
Do you like it? Am I speeding up time too fast in the last few chapters? Is everything ok? Should I really play on the wall? (That question is only for my friends at school). Review please! Best wishes, (!
Ginny looked at her engagement ring. The single diamond caught the moonlight and sparkled. She looked to her side and saw a face with his eyes closed. His jet black hair was just barely covering his lightning shaped scar on his forehead. Ginny sighed. She put a robe and slippers on and went to the kitchen.
"Not sleeping, dear?" Harry said as he walked into the kitchen a few minutes later.
"No," Ginny said, playing with her teabag string at the table.
"Is it the baby?" Harry asked, pouring himself a cup of tea and sitting down.
"No, it's just that, well, I'm scared. We all are," Ginny said, glancing at Harry.
"Follow me, " Harry said, leading Ginny out of the kitchen and into the backyard. "See, look. There's no Dark Marks in the sky tonight. You and I are managing the Death Eaters well."
"You can see the stars," Ginny said, staring up at the sky.
"Yes. It's very clear out. There's Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Scorpio, Orion, Saggitarius, and there's. . ." A Dark Mark appeared in the sky far away. ". . .Draco, the dragon."
"Do you remember Hogwarts?" Ginny asked.
"Of course. I miss it very badly."
"Me too, " Ginny said, walking back inside.
"Well, I'm going back to bed. I don't want to be tired tomorrow, it's going to be a busy day at the Ministry tomorrow," Harry said. "Good night," He walked out of the kitchen.
Ginny mumbled a "Good night," and sat back down, staring into her tea cup. She thought about the dream that she had. A Death Eater was being taken away by another Death Eater. The Death Eater was screaming to be let go, but the other one just stayed silent. He yelled out, "Good bye!" and he was gone. Ginny then realized she was standing on the edge of a cliff and lost her balance. Then the dream stopped.
Ginny had been having strange dreams like that. She didn't know what was causing them. She walked to the living room and pulled a book off the shelf and brought it over to the couch. She turned on a lamp and fingered the title of the book. "Hogwarts Yearbook 2005".
She opened it up and found the page with the pictures of the graduates. There were four large pictures with each of the four houses' graduates. A picture with a scarlet border had many laughing faces. She saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione together, obviously giggling about something. Her eyes moved over to another picture with an emerald green border, in which everyone was very serious looking. She saw a blonde boy with silver eyes just staring out into the distance. Ginny waved at him, and he saw her and smiled. Ginny put the book away and got another book which read "Hogwarts Yearbook 2006".
Ginny opened it to the page with the graduates. A picture surrounded by a scarlet border had many students who all looked very stressed. She saw herself trying to smile, but not quite. She waved at herself, and her photo shook her head and burst out crying. Her surrounding friends tried comforting her, and Ginny went to the page where they said what happened to last year's graduates. She read through Harry's.
Name: Harry Potter
Age: 18
Job: Auror
Home: London
She then found what she was looking for.
Name: Draco Malfoy
Age: 19
Job: Unknown
Home: Unknown
Ginny looked out the window and saw the stars form Draco. I hope you're alright, Ginny thought. She then fell asleep.
"Good morning," Harry said while frying eggs as Ginny came in the kitchen.
"Good morning," Ginny yawned. She reached for the can of coffee, but Harry stopped her.
"Remember the baby," He said.
"You don't know how hard it is to be pregnant."
"You're right. I don't. Oh, what are we going to name it?"
"Draco," Ginny said with confidence.
Harry sighed. "And if it's a girl?"
"Cho."
"No! Are you nuts!? We are not going to have a child under this roof named Cho! Or Draco, for that matter! I don't want to be reminded-"
"Shh! If you don't like my names, you pick a name!"
"If it's a boy, Harry Jr.! If it's a girl, Ginny Jr.!"
"If you don't know, don't speak!"
"Look, I'm sorry-" Harry was cut off by Hedwig pecking at the window. Harry opened it and stroked her feathers before taking the letters from her.
"That owl is getting old. Maybe you shouldn't send her all over the country," Ginny said in her annoying little bratty voice.
"Look Ginny, I'm sorry I started this fight, can you please forgive me?" Harry pleaded.
"Not unless you give me coffee," Ginny said in the same voice.
"Here," Harry said, giving the can of coffee to Ginny. "It's your baby. I'll be dead by the time it's born."
"What!?" Ginny screeched.
"It looks like I got a letter from Professor Trelawney, remember her? I bet it's saying I'm going to die."
"Harry! You had me frightened!" Ginny said.
"Sorry! Couldn't resist it!" Harry chuckled as he looked through the mail. "Here's your mail."
Ginny took the mail and looked through it. A letter from Hogwarts asking her to be the new Potions teacher, (Snape had been taken hostage by the Death Eaters in Ginny's graduate year. For the past ten years, Vincent Crabbe taught Potions, but he died a month earlier due to heart disease).
"So are you going to do that?" Harry asked. Every summer since he had graduated Hogwarts, he had been asked to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. He always declined, because he was always so busy being the chief Auror. But this was the first time Ginny had been asked to teach at Hogwarts.
"It sounds like a good idea. I mean, the kids who had been taught by Crabbe, like me, haven't been taught very well. He was only picked him because they were desperate. I guess I shouldn't let Goyle become the next Potions professor. Also, I'll shine a little bit of Gryffindor light on it."
"But I'll miss you!" Harry pouted.
"How about you teach Defense Against the Dark Arts this year?" Ginny suggested.
"Honey, you know how busy I am. Sorry."
The next letter was a bill, the next junk advertising. There was a letter from Ron.
"How's your brother doing in South America?" Harry asked.
"He said he sent you a letter in here. Hmm. . ." Ginny said. The letter read:
Dear Ginny,
How are you? Is your baby doing ok? Emily and I are in Brazil right now studying the rain forest. (Ginny sighed. Ever since he married Emily, he had been away from home in all sorts of odd, exotic places helping her study the plants and animals. It was almost their one year anniversary). It's so beautiful! I've never seen anything quite like it! Did you know that about half of the world species of animals and plants live only in the rainforest? I wish you were here. Emily keeps on telling me to use a Muggle digital camera to take photos instead of wasting expensive film. She tells me that it doesn't use film, which is impossible, so I won't use it. Oh, and the jello here is really good here. It comes in boxes which are very good for smacking best friends on the head with. I told Harry that in his letter. (AN: Sorry! I couldn't resist putting an inside joke in here!). I love you!
Ron
Ginny laughed at the letter. Ron really should be a comedy writer, Ginny thought. Ginny looked at the last letter. It was from "Can't Tell You". It read:
Ginny,
Keep the crystal ball with you at all times. It's coming closer.
Can't Tell You
"Who would send you that?" Harry asked.
Ginny thought of the yearbook on the shelf. "I need to find something," She said and ran up to the bedroom.
She got her old trunk out of the closet and frantically looked in all the outside pockets. Nothing there. She looked in all the pockets of her old school robes. Nothing there.
"Honey?" Harry asked in the doorway, raising an eyebrow at the frantic Ginny.
"Have you seen a small crystal ball around?" She asked.
"I think when we moved in and I was unpacking I saw one. Why?"
"Because I need. . ." Ginny stopped. "Oh my gosh! No! You can't! No!" Ginny ran up to Harry and hugged him tightly while sobbing.
"Ginny? What's happening?" Harry asked.
"You're going to die! You're going to die! You're going to die! No! I can't let it happen! No!" Ginny screamed.
"Ginny, of course I'm going to die. So are you. Everyone does. What's the big deal?" Harry asked, leading Ginny over to the bed and trying to calm her down.
"Soon! You're going to die soon! I need to find the crystal ball! Maybe it'll save both of us!" Ginny sobbed.
"I'm twenty-seven. It's my twenty-eighth birthday in a week. I've got a long time to go before I die. But why do you need a crystal ball?"
"It's, it's, going to protect us," Ginny sobbed. "It says if I'm about to be killed by fire, I have to smash it and I won't die. But you're going to die! I can't let it happen! Be very careful!" Ginny fainted, and Harry brought her over to St. Mungos.
Do you like it? Am I speeding up time too fast in the last few chapters? Is everything ok? Should I really play on the wall? (That question is only for my friends at school). Review please! Best wishes, (!