A Travel Through Time: Ginny Arrives!
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"You're KIDDING!"
James had just told them about his experience with Professor Granger.
And Sirius literally had his jaw on the floor.
Remus looked up in interest. "A muggle baseball stadium? How was it? Do they really hit balls with pieces of logs?"
James nodded. "It's called a bat, I've heard. And really, the Deatheaters came charging at us-" James made a wrestling move. "And WHAM! Professor Granger threw those Deatheaters across the field. It was so -cool-!"
"Well, I guess Harry is cool, but I swear, I've seen better."
All three (Peter disappeared somewhere) jumped and turned around as they faced Professor Kubo. "What kind?" Sirius asked.
Professor Kubo stroked his chin. "Well, I always knew teaching Harry Judo and Kendo and Aikido and Karate and Wrestling and sword fighting and archery wasn't a real good idea, but Dumb- I mean, our old headmaster thought it would be a good idea."
All were gawking at him. "Oh. My. God. Our DADA Professor can do Karate and stuff? I HAVE to learn how to do those stuff from him." Sirius commented.
Professor Kubo grinned. "Then you're in luck. You see, Harry is starting a secret group or association or whatever called Dumbledore's Army. We do Defense stuff there, and Harry's going to teach us some stuff on how to protect ourselves when were stuck with deatheaters. Including muggle training. But this is a secret, so you can't tell anybody about it. Including Peter. Harry is going to recruit members." He cautioned.
Wide-eyed, the three nodded vigorously. "When are where are we going to meet?" James asked.
Simon winked. "You'll get your owls. Well, don't want to land in the Hospital Wing again. Ta-ta!"
After Professor Kubo disappeared, all three faced each other and grinned. Then, they jumped up, slapped high fives and yelled, "AWESOME!"
"What's so awesome?" The ever so cold voice of Evans came from behind.
They turned around as James formed a sneer on his face. "None of your business, Evans. You know, you have this thing of shoving your nose in peoples business."
Lily frowned. "Well, then stop yelling and screaming in the halls. And you better behave, you know, being head boy and all. Actually, I don't even think you're fit for head boy." She stalked off, absolutely fuming.
James turned around. "Well, lets-"
"BABY YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE!"
Everyone in the hall turned around and looked around to see where the sound came from. James groaned. "Professor Granger's boom box!"
"He has a boom box?"
"Yeah, a blue boom box he used to ward off the deatheaters." James mumbled.
Sirius' eyes were saucers. "He warded off deatheaters with a boom box?"
"I SEE, THE THINGS HE DOES TO YOU-"
"HARRY! TURN THAT THING DOWN!" Professor Kubo's voice rang through their ears.
"I can't! I still haven't installed the volume control!" Harry's worried voice replied.
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST INSTALL THE VOLUME CONTROL, FOR CHRISTS SAKE?" Simon bellowed.
By now, the whole hall had grabbed the earmuffs that Professor Kubo had produced and jammed it on their ears. But still, you could hear them quite clearly.
"AND I SEE, WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON-"
"HARRY! TURN IT -OFF-!"
"That's it- Wait, the switch disappeared!"
"WHAT?"
"I swear! I think I need to install the switch all over again."
"AND HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU PUT IT ON?"
"I don't remember . . ."
"ARGH!"
BANG
"OW!"
BANG BANG
"STOP!"
KABOOM
"MY BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The smoke cleared as everyone craned their necks to see what had happened, to see a black spot on the ground and Harry and Simon wrestling on the floor.
"SILENCE!"
Professor McGonagall's angry voice rang through the hall. "What is the meaning of this?" she demanded.
James choked with laughter. Sirius was clutching his ribs. Remus was pressing his hand hard against his mouth.
"It's his fault!" Both Harry and Simon yelled, pointing at each other.
McGonagall's face was purple with fury. "THAT IS IT! YOU! CLEAN THE HALL- NO MAGIC!"
Harry and Simon's wand floated out of their robes and McGonagall caught them.
"Start! And what are you doing, everyone? Get on!"
The students murmured as they walked away from the crime scene.
James, Sirius and Remus stopped by a grumbling Harry and Sirius, but McGonagall hurriedly ushered them out.
She produced a bucket full of water and some sponges.
"Scrub." She ordered, and marched out the room.
After the door creaked shut, Harry grinned. "Well, wasn't that easy."
Sirius groaned. "What are we going to do? It'll take -forever-."
"Forever is a bit too big of a word, Simon." Harry said, and waved his hand as the hall became sparkling clean.
"See? It's cleaner then before." He said.
"Now- what did you do with my boom box?" Harry demanded.
Sirius winced. "I- um, I, well, you see, I didn't know what to do, so, well, um, well, I, um, remembered this, er, spell, you see, and, um, well, I, um, made the boom box, um, explode."
"WHAT?" Harry screeched. "You destroyed my little boom box?"
"Well, yeah, if you put it that way." Sirius said, backing away.
"Where?"
"What?"
"Where is it?"
"I told you-"
"No, where are the leftovers?"
"Er- you cleaned it."
Harry groaned. "Now look! I have to go buy a boom box at the muggle thrifty shop again!"
"Sorry, Harry, sorry."
CRASH
"Oomph!"
"OW!"
Harry felt someone fall on top of him as he heard Sirius gasp.
Then, he slowly turned his head.
"Ginny???"
***What really happened: Ginny version***
Ginny hummed as she carried in the packages for Madame Malkins. She had gotten a job there, and was currently working there sewing and doing small things.
She sorted through the mail, picking out the ads and placing the bills in Madame Malkins bill box. Then, she started on the packages. Most were robe materials, some presents, but one package was labeled, "To Miss Ginny Weasley"
Curious, Ginny took the package and set it on the floor. After getting a cup of coffee from the kitchen (it was lunch), she sat down and opened the lid.
Suddenly, she was sucked into the box before she could find her voice.
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"Ginny???"
Ginny turned her head and gasped. "Oh. My. God. Harry? And Sirius?"
Sirius looked extremely aghast. "You came too? And I suppose you were sucked into this mysterious box, right?"
She slowly nodded. "Where are we, though? We haven't been kidnapped by stupid Deatheaters again by chance, have we? Because I have the bills to take care of and I have to finish that midnight blue cloak." She picked herself up from the ground.
"Um, well, if you really need to go back, Ginny, it's going to be a bit of a problem." Sirius said, sweating.
"Oh, really? And why? Harry's here, there should be no problem. Right, Harry?" She peered at his face, which had gone unnaturally pale.
"Harry? Harry?"
Harry whipped around and said, "I'm afraid we have a problem. You see, that box, we all got the same thing. And it somehow took us here- to Hogwarts. Except there's a bit more complicated stuff."
"And? There should be nothing the great all-powerful Minister of Magic shouldn't be able to solve, Mmm?" Ginny demanded.
"Well, you see, we aren't quite in *our* Hogwarts. Were in an *early* Hogwarts."
"So?" Suddenly, Ginny's face dawned with understanding. "Oh- I get it. So why are we here, anyway, where we don't belong?"
Sirius tapped his foot. "We can't get back, and right now all Harry here can think about is getting a new boom box at the muggle thrifty shop."
Harry flushed. "Well, it's your fault you destroyed my boom box! And to teeny tiny bits, too!"
"Hello? We are stuck in 1980 something and all you can do is argue about your -boom box-? And I suppose you've been kidnapped, too." She said sarcastically.
"Actually, I have been kidnapped. With James." Harry said uneasily.
"WHAT? And what did you do this time? Dress Voldie in drag? Make the Deatheaters dance the Swan Lake? Or just play giant Monopoly using the Deatheaters as your pieces?"
Sirius grinned. "Good ideas, Ginny, but Harry just conjured a Major League American Baseball Stadium to the cell. With the muggles."
"Good lord, poor James-what's-its-name. And I suppose James was out of his mind when he came back?"
"Actually, he wanted to learn Wrestling from him, and little me wanted to learn martial arts from you, Harry. You are rather popular by us, Harry." Sirius said in a mock serious tone.
"Well, let's get on. I need to tell Dumbledore and stuff, you know. I'll be right back." As Ginny put her hand over the doorknob, Sirius and Harry yelled, "STOP!"
Ginny turned around, glaring. "And why should I?"
"Well, you see, the whole reason why were here and no one else is here because, well, erm, Sirius caused a racket-"
"I DID NOT! YOU STARTED IT!"
"Yeah, yeah, anyways, Sirius trashed the whole place-"
"I DID NOT! I JUST MADE THE BOOM BOX EXPLODE!"
"Yeah, and that's not called trashing. Well, you see, McGonagall caught us, went mad, took our wands, locked the place, and told us to clean the whole hall with no magic."
Ginny's eyes swept over the hall. "So? I see it's rather sparkly clean."
"Yeah, well, if McGonagall sees us out of the room this early, she'll be suspicious." Harry explained reasonably.
"So? And what does it matter to me? It's you guys who got in trouble! Not me!" Ginny snapped, and stalked towards the door.
Just as she opened the door a crack with her wand, Harry and Sirius both yelled, "STOP!"
Ginny turned around and said exasperatedly, "What now?"
"Er. We'll go with you." Harry said blushing.
"Oh. Why didn't you say earlier? Well, move along!" Ginny snapped, as they both winced and followed her obediently.
Sirius snickered and nudged Harry in the ribs. "The worlds most powerful wizard being bossed around by a 21 year old Weasley!"
"Do me a favor and shut up, Sirius." Harry snapped back.
"You know, Harry. James used to say shut up to me at least 50 times a day. And people have said shut up to me 26 times today." He said thoughtfully.
Both Harry and Ginny turned around and yelled, "SHUT UP!"
"Ok . . . That makes it 27 shut ups . . ."
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Update was later then usual, but, hey, I've been busy! And I just HAD to throw Ginny in there to complicate stuff. I love Ginny! Especially G/H's! Well, next chapter: Frisson! Oh, and review!
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"You're KIDDING!"
James had just told them about his experience with Professor Granger.
And Sirius literally had his jaw on the floor.
Remus looked up in interest. "A muggle baseball stadium? How was it? Do they really hit balls with pieces of logs?"
James nodded. "It's called a bat, I've heard. And really, the Deatheaters came charging at us-" James made a wrestling move. "And WHAM! Professor Granger threw those Deatheaters across the field. It was so -cool-!"
"Well, I guess Harry is cool, but I swear, I've seen better."
All three (Peter disappeared somewhere) jumped and turned around as they faced Professor Kubo. "What kind?" Sirius asked.
Professor Kubo stroked his chin. "Well, I always knew teaching Harry Judo and Kendo and Aikido and Karate and Wrestling and sword fighting and archery wasn't a real good idea, but Dumb- I mean, our old headmaster thought it would be a good idea."
All were gawking at him. "Oh. My. God. Our DADA Professor can do Karate and stuff? I HAVE to learn how to do those stuff from him." Sirius commented.
Professor Kubo grinned. "Then you're in luck. You see, Harry is starting a secret group or association or whatever called Dumbledore's Army. We do Defense stuff there, and Harry's going to teach us some stuff on how to protect ourselves when were stuck with deatheaters. Including muggle training. But this is a secret, so you can't tell anybody about it. Including Peter. Harry is going to recruit members." He cautioned.
Wide-eyed, the three nodded vigorously. "When are where are we going to meet?" James asked.
Simon winked. "You'll get your owls. Well, don't want to land in the Hospital Wing again. Ta-ta!"
After Professor Kubo disappeared, all three faced each other and grinned. Then, they jumped up, slapped high fives and yelled, "AWESOME!"
"What's so awesome?" The ever so cold voice of Evans came from behind.
They turned around as James formed a sneer on his face. "None of your business, Evans. You know, you have this thing of shoving your nose in peoples business."
Lily frowned. "Well, then stop yelling and screaming in the halls. And you better behave, you know, being head boy and all. Actually, I don't even think you're fit for head boy." She stalked off, absolutely fuming.
James turned around. "Well, lets-"
"BABY YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE!"
Everyone in the hall turned around and looked around to see where the sound came from. James groaned. "Professor Granger's boom box!"
"He has a boom box?"
"Yeah, a blue boom box he used to ward off the deatheaters." James mumbled.
Sirius' eyes were saucers. "He warded off deatheaters with a boom box?"
"I SEE, THE THINGS HE DOES TO YOU-"
"HARRY! TURN THAT THING DOWN!" Professor Kubo's voice rang through their ears.
"I can't! I still haven't installed the volume control!" Harry's worried voice replied.
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST INSTALL THE VOLUME CONTROL, FOR CHRISTS SAKE?" Simon bellowed.
By now, the whole hall had grabbed the earmuffs that Professor Kubo had produced and jammed it on their ears. But still, you could hear them quite clearly.
"AND I SEE, WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON-"
"HARRY! TURN IT -OFF-!"
"That's it- Wait, the switch disappeared!"
"WHAT?"
"I swear! I think I need to install the switch all over again."
"AND HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU PUT IT ON?"
"I don't remember . . ."
"ARGH!"
BANG
"OW!"
BANG BANG
"STOP!"
KABOOM
"MY BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The smoke cleared as everyone craned their necks to see what had happened, to see a black spot on the ground and Harry and Simon wrestling on the floor.
"SILENCE!"
Professor McGonagall's angry voice rang through the hall. "What is the meaning of this?" she demanded.
James choked with laughter. Sirius was clutching his ribs. Remus was pressing his hand hard against his mouth.
"It's his fault!" Both Harry and Simon yelled, pointing at each other.
McGonagall's face was purple with fury. "THAT IS IT! YOU! CLEAN THE HALL- NO MAGIC!"
Harry and Simon's wand floated out of their robes and McGonagall caught them.
"Start! And what are you doing, everyone? Get on!"
The students murmured as they walked away from the crime scene.
James, Sirius and Remus stopped by a grumbling Harry and Sirius, but McGonagall hurriedly ushered them out.
She produced a bucket full of water and some sponges.
"Scrub." She ordered, and marched out the room.
After the door creaked shut, Harry grinned. "Well, wasn't that easy."
Sirius groaned. "What are we going to do? It'll take -forever-."
"Forever is a bit too big of a word, Simon." Harry said, and waved his hand as the hall became sparkling clean.
"See? It's cleaner then before." He said.
"Now- what did you do with my boom box?" Harry demanded.
Sirius winced. "I- um, I, well, you see, I didn't know what to do, so, well, um, well, I, um, remembered this, er, spell, you see, and, um, well, I, um, made the boom box, um, explode."
"WHAT?" Harry screeched. "You destroyed my little boom box?"
"Well, yeah, if you put it that way." Sirius said, backing away.
"Where?"
"What?"
"Where is it?"
"I told you-"
"No, where are the leftovers?"
"Er- you cleaned it."
Harry groaned. "Now look! I have to go buy a boom box at the muggle thrifty shop again!"
"Sorry, Harry, sorry."
CRASH
"Oomph!"
"OW!"
Harry felt someone fall on top of him as he heard Sirius gasp.
Then, he slowly turned his head.
"Ginny???"
***What really happened: Ginny version***
Ginny hummed as she carried in the packages for Madame Malkins. She had gotten a job there, and was currently working there sewing and doing small things.
She sorted through the mail, picking out the ads and placing the bills in Madame Malkins bill box. Then, she started on the packages. Most were robe materials, some presents, but one package was labeled, "To Miss Ginny Weasley"
Curious, Ginny took the package and set it on the floor. After getting a cup of coffee from the kitchen (it was lunch), she sat down and opened the lid.
Suddenly, she was sucked into the box before she could find her voice.
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"Ginny???"
Ginny turned her head and gasped. "Oh. My. God. Harry? And Sirius?"
Sirius looked extremely aghast. "You came too? And I suppose you were sucked into this mysterious box, right?"
She slowly nodded. "Where are we, though? We haven't been kidnapped by stupid Deatheaters again by chance, have we? Because I have the bills to take care of and I have to finish that midnight blue cloak." She picked herself up from the ground.
"Um, well, if you really need to go back, Ginny, it's going to be a bit of a problem." Sirius said, sweating.
"Oh, really? And why? Harry's here, there should be no problem. Right, Harry?" She peered at his face, which had gone unnaturally pale.
"Harry? Harry?"
Harry whipped around and said, "I'm afraid we have a problem. You see, that box, we all got the same thing. And it somehow took us here- to Hogwarts. Except there's a bit more complicated stuff."
"And? There should be nothing the great all-powerful Minister of Magic shouldn't be able to solve, Mmm?" Ginny demanded.
"Well, you see, we aren't quite in *our* Hogwarts. Were in an *early* Hogwarts."
"So?" Suddenly, Ginny's face dawned with understanding. "Oh- I get it. So why are we here, anyway, where we don't belong?"
Sirius tapped his foot. "We can't get back, and right now all Harry here can think about is getting a new boom box at the muggle thrifty shop."
Harry flushed. "Well, it's your fault you destroyed my boom box! And to teeny tiny bits, too!"
"Hello? We are stuck in 1980 something and all you can do is argue about your -boom box-? And I suppose you've been kidnapped, too." She said sarcastically.
"Actually, I have been kidnapped. With James." Harry said uneasily.
"WHAT? And what did you do this time? Dress Voldie in drag? Make the Deatheaters dance the Swan Lake? Or just play giant Monopoly using the Deatheaters as your pieces?"
Sirius grinned. "Good ideas, Ginny, but Harry just conjured a Major League American Baseball Stadium to the cell. With the muggles."
"Good lord, poor James-what's-its-name. And I suppose James was out of his mind when he came back?"
"Actually, he wanted to learn Wrestling from him, and little me wanted to learn martial arts from you, Harry. You are rather popular by us, Harry." Sirius said in a mock serious tone.
"Well, let's get on. I need to tell Dumbledore and stuff, you know. I'll be right back." As Ginny put her hand over the doorknob, Sirius and Harry yelled, "STOP!"
Ginny turned around, glaring. "And why should I?"
"Well, you see, the whole reason why were here and no one else is here because, well, erm, Sirius caused a racket-"
"I DID NOT! YOU STARTED IT!"
"Yeah, yeah, anyways, Sirius trashed the whole place-"
"I DID NOT! I JUST MADE THE BOOM BOX EXPLODE!"
"Yeah, and that's not called trashing. Well, you see, McGonagall caught us, went mad, took our wands, locked the place, and told us to clean the whole hall with no magic."
Ginny's eyes swept over the hall. "So? I see it's rather sparkly clean."
"Yeah, well, if McGonagall sees us out of the room this early, she'll be suspicious." Harry explained reasonably.
"So? And what does it matter to me? It's you guys who got in trouble! Not me!" Ginny snapped, and stalked towards the door.
Just as she opened the door a crack with her wand, Harry and Sirius both yelled, "STOP!"
Ginny turned around and said exasperatedly, "What now?"
"Er. We'll go with you." Harry said blushing.
"Oh. Why didn't you say earlier? Well, move along!" Ginny snapped, as they both winced and followed her obediently.
Sirius snickered and nudged Harry in the ribs. "The worlds most powerful wizard being bossed around by a 21 year old Weasley!"
"Do me a favor and shut up, Sirius." Harry snapped back.
"You know, Harry. James used to say shut up to me at least 50 times a day. And people have said shut up to me 26 times today." He said thoughtfully.
Both Harry and Ginny turned around and yelled, "SHUT UP!"
"Ok . . . That makes it 27 shut ups . . ."
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Update was later then usual, but, hey, I've been busy! And I just HAD to throw Ginny in there to complicate stuff. I love Ginny! Especially G/H's! Well, next chapter: Frisson! Oh, and review!