Chapter five
Harry Remembers
End of Month 7 (the present)
"Admit it Weasley I am fat!" she said and he laughed. Hermione stared up at Ron.
"Hermione you are not fat. You are… well rounded with m…our child. Trust me Love." He said and she beamed at him. Hermione was almost eight months along and Ron had yet to propose. He was planning on proposing since the day he saw Baby in the sonogram. He had yet to work up the nerve. He had bought the ring at a Muggle jewelry store when Ginny had dragged him shopping for clothes for her up and coming niece. The ring had stayed in the pocket of his shirt for two months going on three. Hermione and Ron were shopping for baby furniture in a Wizard baby store called Bundles of Magic.
"Oh Ron look there is Gin. Ginny!" Hermione yelled at her best gal friend who waved and entered the shop.
"Hello Mummy-to-be just think in about a month you can see your feet. Hey, Ron." Ginny said grinning at Hermione and then spotted her brother. Hermione laughed as the two girls hugged. The baby kicked Ginny in the stomach and the younger of the two girls laughed. Hermione rubbed her stomach.
"Brea is telling Mummy to sit down…my feet are killing me." She said and sat down. "Ron when we get home will you rub my feet? Please?" she gave him a puppy dog face that made him laugh. He had moved in last month to keep Hermione company as once again she was staying home. They had gotten a lot closer in the past few months and never argued anymore, a first. Ron decided that tomorrow he was going to propose or tonight before bed. Yeah before bed. After all today was her birthday.
In Diagon Alley near Knockturn Alley
Harry Potter has been sighted.
That was what the Daily Prophet had reported. The man had some how appeared into this unfamiliar street. He walked toward the sign Knockturn Alley when it hit him. His memories were coming back. He couldn't believe it. Seven months of blankness turned to flowing memories that circled around him like dementors. DEMENTORS! He remembered the foul creatures. The rotting smell the way the happiness within you disappeared, the coldness, the way they floated like they were not touching the ground.
For the first time in a while Harry shivered.
He had seen Hermione at his memorial. He remembered Hermione. She had made the Dursleys cry with her accusations that a girl Hermione Marie. She was walking toward Harry now so he slipped into the shadows of Knockturn Alley so she couldn't see him. He wasn't ready to face them yet.
"Mione is pregnant wow she's huge. Ronnie boy you stud." Harry whispered as they and another girl passed. He had remembered Ron five months ago. The memories of the eight years they had been friends swelled in his mind.
Hermione heard the whisper. She shook her head.
"Ron I am hearing things." She told him when Ginny went into Madam Malkins for a pair of dress robes for George's wedding later that month.
"What did you hear?"
"Harry's voice."
"I know what you mean Hermione. The day you told me you were pregnant I swear I heard someone that sounded like him yell my name like they were remembering something. I was scared out of my wits." He said and Harry chuckled. Hermione's laughter overrode Harry's chuckle. Then Ginny came back out.
"Ginny. Oh! You scared me. Can you believe what they are saying Gin in the Daily Prophet? That Harry has been sighted. The nerve of some people." Hermione said in irritation. They walked on.
Ginny… Ginny…Ginny…The giant snake the Basilisk. Harry had saved Ginny from it. The Department of Mysteries… she had gone to help Harry save Sirius… The night Sirius had died. That was all he remembered of the woman standing next to Ron. That was all of the memories there were… or were there? There was something Harry didn't remember about her. Something important…
Hermione sat on the couch as Ron rubbed her feet.
"AHHH! Oh Ron don't ever stop… if you do I may have to kill you." Hermione said sighing as she lay on her side on the couch with her feet propped up in Ron's lap.
"Yea, Yea, yea. I get the point. I stop, and then I die. Gee Hermione I feel so loved. I love you Hermione Marie." He said stopping and slipped onto the floor. He then pulled out the ring which he had wrapped. "Here Happy Birthday." He said and kissed her. She started to cry. "Hey that wasn't the reaction I was hoping for Hermione. Don't cry, love." He said and she laughed through her tears.
"I hate hormones. I cry when I am sad. I cry when I am happy. I cry when I am mad… at you…. OH!" She had unwrapped his ring and had opened it. "Ron is this what I think it is?" He nodded and pulled it out of her hand.
"Hermione will you marry me?" he asked. And to his luck she started to cry again.
"YES! OH Ron YES YES YES YES YES! Get that ring on my finger NOW!" she said and kissed him as he slipped the ring on her finger.
"Thank Merlin you said yes woman. I was afraid you wouldn't. That you would kill me and what not." She laughed and said.
"Lets go to bed Ron. " He helped her up and they walked to their bedroom.
This may seem familiar this is the prologue
She screamed as Harry went over the cliff.
"Harrrrrry! NOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed sitting up in bed. Ron next to her sat up and blinked.
"Mione? What is it? Is it the baby?" Ron asked his fiancée.
"N-no Ron it's not the baby. I had the dream again." She said smiling faintly placing a hand on the mound that was her stomach. As if sensing that her mother needed reassurance the baby within her kicked and moved. Hermione placed Ron's hand under hers and smiled at his shock.
"She is moving!" He said in amazement. She frowned.
"No kidding. This one is going to be a Quidditch player." She said as Ron rubbed her stomach and pulled her close. She nestled her head on his shoulder and sighed in contentment.
"I love you Mione," He said kissing her head. She sighed again.
"I love you too Ron." She replied lifting her head for a kiss. He complied.
"Was the dream the same as last time, Love?" Ron asked attentively.
"Ye-no it was more vivid. I saw Harry and Voldemort dueling and I saw him go off the cliff. And then I ran over to the edge and saw nothing, Ron, he wasn't there at the bottom. It was black."
"Oh Mione, that could mean many things. It doesn't mean that Harry is still alive."
I know that Ron. But I went down to collect his body… it wasn't there. He could still be alive, we have to try…"
Harry Potter was alive he remembered everything except his love for Ginny Weasley. Would he ever remember before it was too late? Before Ginny revealed that she was in love with another man.