Disclamer: I still don't own Harry Potter. Shoot. Oh and I don't own any of the songs either.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews everyone! Sorry it took so long for this chapter. In return, here's a long one ;) Oh... and Mistress-Genari, I'm sorry if it's OOC, and I'm also sorry for not mentioning it in the beginning, but there is always a reason for everything. And for those other... things you mentioned, you don't need to be so snobby and try to correct everything I do. I have my own opinions in everything, but I guess you thought that I needed the 'constructive criticism.' And agreeing to what one of my other reviewers said, if u have nothing nice to say, don't say it! Whatever. On with the story!

Chapter Three:
In North Thorn Village

Three weeks later...

"Harry... Harry... wake up, we have to go soon." Harry heard a familiar voice say, which was Ron's.

"Hm? Where?" he asked groggily, sitting up and putting on his glasses.

"To North Thorn Village! Didn't I tell you yesterday?" Ron inquired.

"No... at least I don't think so..."

"Come on; come down quick, so we can get there early."

"Is North Thorn Village a town?"

"Sort of, it's a bit like Diagon Alley. Well, you'll see. Oh yeah, we're staying there for the rest of the vacation. Don't worry, I packed your stuff."

Harry shrugged and got dressed. He then went downstairs to meet the whole Weasley family and Hermione and Samantha.

"So Harry, we're going to have breakfast first, then go to North Thorn Village. Ron told you about it, right?" Mrs. Weasley inquired.

"Yeah," Harry answered.

Harry grabbed a piece of toast, while the others waited for him.

"No need to rush," Bill said. Harry shrugged as he stuffed the last bit of toast in his mouth.

"Well, all ready to go?" Mrs. Weasley asked. Everyone nodded.

With a CRACK! They apparated to North Thorn Village.

Harry gaped in wonder at everything he saw. North Thorn Village had many different stores, some for robes and other clothing, a one for wands, some for books, some for jewelry, some joke shops, and many more. There were restaurants as well as hotels.

"Come on Harry, we have to check into the hotel before we start shopping." Mrs. Weasley said.

"Where are we staying?" Fred asked.

"The Stardust Inn," Mrs. Weasley replied.

"Not again! Remember what happened last time? With the spaghetti?" Ron whined.

"Don't be such a baby, Ron." Ginny said.

"What! I'm not being-" Ron started. His voice was drowned out by Ginny's shriek.

"What happened?" Harry asked, becoming very worried.

"Nothing, it's just that that necklace in the window there is GORGEOUS!" Ginny exclaimed. Hermione and Samantha came over to look at it too. It was a silver chained necklace with a heart shaped white diamond with tiny rubies and sapphires surrounding it.

"Wow, that is pretty." Hermione gasped.

"I'll say," Samantha replied, also staring at the necklace.

"Come on girls, we have to go," Mrs. Weasley called.

"Okay, we're coming," Ginny replied, still looking at the necklace.

They kept on looking into windows of stores until they approached an old in that said, "Stardust Inn" in big pink letters.

They entered the inn, and it looked very old, because of its old style. There was a blond haired woman at the counter.

"Do you need you keys?" she asked.

"Yes, the name is under, 'Weasley'" Mrs. Weasley answered.

"Yes, yes... now... here are- 5 keys." The woman replied.

"Thank you," Mrs. Weasley replied, as she handed a key to Fred, Charlie, Ron, and Hermione.

"Fred and George will be sharing a room, Charlie and Bill, Harry and Ron, and Sarah, Hermione, and Ginny will be sharing rooms." Mrs. Weasley explained. "And I will be sharing a room with Arthur. It's his week off, you know. He's coming later."

They all walked to their rooms, levitating their luggage. After they put the luggage down and unpacked, they all met in the foyer.

"Everyone here? Good, now we must get our money at Gringotts!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed.

"There's a Gringotts here?" Harry questioned.

"Yeah, it's new though," Ron replied.

"Oh..."

They started walking, while the girls peered into the windows. Harry and Ron were in the back, while Mrs. Weasley, Bill, and Charlie were in the front. Fred and George were in the middle.

Harry decided to go up more to the front of the group, just incase he got lost or something. Ron nodded, as he walked through the streets.

As Ron passed by an alleyway, he saw a girl. He stopped and stared at her. She had blood red hair that stopped at her elbows, and she had piercing red eyes. Her skin was a deathly pale color, and she stared at Ron with no emotion. A ruby red necklace with a ruby gem was dangling from her neck. He blinked, and she was still there.

"Hello...?" Ron asked. The girl didn't answer.

"Hey... Harry! Come over here! There's some girl who seems like a mute or something!" Ron called. Harry came over.

"What?" he asked.

"Look, there's a girl-" Ron started. He stopped, because he found that the girl was gone. All that remained was a puff of red smoke.

"I don't see any girl." Harry replied, as if Ron was crazy.

"But-but she was here just a second ago! Just staring at me!" Ron protested.

"I believe you, Ron, but- just come on, we got to get to Gringotts," Harry answered tiredly.

"Well... okay..." Ron said hesitantly. He followed Harry to the rest of the group, thinking about the girl.

"Where were you?" Hermione asked. The rest of the group was already inside Gringotts by the time Harry and Ron got there.

"Er- we got lost." Harry lied.

"Right..." Hermione replied, not convinced.

Each of them got their money (by the nauseating cart that drove at over 150 miles per hour) and left Gringotts.

"Can we go shopping now?" Ginny pleaded.

"First we have to get the school supplies! Your letters came in a week ago, and you have a few new books this year," Mrs. Weasley said.

"Aw man..." Ginny groaned.

They entered a book store called, "Farenheimer and Astins: We have every book for your reading necessities!"

Farenheimer and Astins was similar to Florish and Blotts, just that Farenheimer and Astins was a slight bit bigger.

"Hmmm... looks like we have these two new books this year: The Standard Book of Spells for 7th Years: By Miranda Goshwak, and Mastering Defense Against the Dark Arts: By David Jones." Hermione said. "What do you have, Ginny?"

"The Standard Book of Spells for 6th Years: By Miranda Goshwak and 6th Year Defense: By David Jones," Ginny replied.

"I wonder who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is," Hermione thought aloud.

"Well, whoever it is, I hope it isn't like Umbridge or something," Ron answered, remembering his horrible 5th Year defense teacher.

"You mean Dolores Umbridge?" Samantha inquired.

"Yeah, do you know the scum?" Ron asked conversationally.

"She's a girl I knows' aunt." Samantha replied, frowning at the thought of the girl.

"Poor girl, it must be a pain to be related to her," said Ron, shaking his head in fake sympathy.

They all laughed as they got their books and went to the desk to pay. As they exited Farenheimer and Astins, they heard an irritated voice saying, "Go AWAY Malfoy!"

"I sense trouble..." Hermione groaned, as Harry and Ron began to search for the girl who was getting bothered by the idiot. The rest of them followed them, and they finally found the blond. He seemed to be bothering a girl as tall as Ron that had jet black hair, but from the roots, about three inches down was electric blue. Her eyes were the matching blue, and she was also thin with pale skin. Black was painted on her nails with matching eyeliner, purple lipstick, and she wore a plain lava red shirt with night black kapris. "What, if I don't stop you'll go crying to your daddy?" Malfoy taunted sarcastically.

"Don't even start, Malfoy," the girl said coldly, with a look of hatred in her eyes.

"What are you going to do? Hex me?" Malfoy said, in mock fear.

"Exactly."

"Oh my god! Miss SPARROW is going to HEX me! Oh, help me!" Malfoy cried sarcastically.

"Shut UP, Malfoy!" the girl yelled, as if it were a warning.

"Make me." He replied boldly.

The girl snatched her wand that was sitting in her pocket, and aimed it at Malfoy. A purple spark slithered and hit Malfoy. At first, it seemed as if nothing happened... but then they saw his ears wiggle and twitch. At first, it was just occasional. Then, it started to be uncontrollable.

"Tarentallegra!" the girl chanted. Malfoy's legs soon moved in a fast dance, very uncontrollably. "Incarcerous!" his arms were tied with invisible ropes. "And finally..." the girl aimed her wand at Malfoy again, and he suddenly tripped over. She re-flicked her wand and suddenly all his hair was gone. So overall, his legs were moving in a very fast dance, like a spider, his ears twitching, and lying on the ground, with his arms tied and hair, sadly, gone.

"Sparrow...!" Malfoy growled.

"Serves you right, filthy scum!" the girl spat.

"I'll get you!" he screamed. "You will DIE when I see you at Hogwarts!"

"Pfft." She said with a small chuckle, as she started to walk away.

By the time that she was finished with all the hexes and spells, every single one of them (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Samantha) was rolling on the ground in hysterical laughter.

The girl, apparently hearing them, stopped. She turned around and slowly walked over to them.

The group finally got themselves together after hysterical laughter. The 6 of them stood together, awkwardly.

"That was really funny." Ron said quietly, being the first to speak up.

They all glanced at a struggling Malfoy, now pathetically trying to wiggle himself across the road.

They all suddenly burst into laughter. They were laughing so hard that some people turned around and stared.

"So, what's your name?" Hermione inquired.

"Er- Accalia Sparrow... but call me Ace. What about you... five?" she asked, counting the number of people in front of her.

"I'm Ron Weasley," Ron said first.

"Hermione Granger, pleased." Hermione said, sticking out her hand.

"Ginny Weasley," Ginny recited.

"Samantha Harper," Samantha said.

"Harry Potter," Harry muttered.

"You're Harry Potter?" Ace asked, in bewilderment.

"Yeah, why?" Harry asked, noticing that once again, for about the millionth time in his life, another person was staring at his scar, which happened to be Ace.

"N-nothing," Ace studdered. Harry gave her a strange look but shrugged it off.

"What are you here in North Thorn Village for?" Ginny asked, as the six of them began walking down the sidewalks and peering into stores.

"Getting school supplies, and just... stuff." Ace replied.

"For which school?" Ron inquired.

"Hogwarts." Ace answered.

"Really? That's cool, because we go there." Ron replied.

"Cool, I guess I'll know some people," Ace said with a slight smile.

It was silent for a while until Ron read the bottom of the letter of things required for Hogwarts that year.

"Oh dear God," Ron muttered.

"What is it?" Harry asked.

"Read this:" Ron said, pointing at the bottom of the page.

Harry quickly read it, and he groaned, "Not again!"

"What?" Hermione questioned.

"Look," Harry said, showing her.

Hermione read it and shrugged it off. "It's not a big deal, you know."

"What is it?" Samantha asked. She read the letter and said, "Oh. It's just a couple balls. That's not too bad."

"If you knew what happened last time, then yes, it's bad." Ron said, with the thoughts of the Yule Ball in his 4th year flooding his mind once more.

"Bad times, bad times..." Harry murmured, shaking his head.

"Oh, don't be pathetic! It'll be fun!" Ginny exclaimed. "Now we can go shop for robes! Do you want to come with us, Ace?"

"Er-sure." Ace replied.

Ron and Harry groaned, as they reluctantly dragged behind the girls.

While they were walking, they engaged into a conversation about quiddich.

"What's your favorite team?" Ron asked Ace.

"Oh, the Bailey Bats and the Chudley Cannons." Ace replied.

"My favorite team is the Chudley Cannons. They rule!" Ron exclaimed.

"You should see his room, it's covered in orange," Ginny noted to Ace, with a roll of her eyes.

"Shut up, I just like the Chudley Cannons a lot." Ron muttered.

"You mean over obsessively." Ginny said.

"Shut up," Ron repeated.

They entered a robe shop called, "Miss Dressmer: Robes designed for your fitting!" It was very up-to-date in robes, so it was fashion central, which was basically the worst enemy of Ron and Harry.

"Ohh... look at this dress robe! Isn't it beautiful?" Ginny asked after changing in a dressing room. She was wearing a light green dress robe that clung to her body and ended at her feet.

"Wow," Harry murmured so softly that no one heard.

"What did you say?" Ron asked.

"N-Nothing." Harry replied.

Harry and Ron just managed to grab something they liked and as soon as the girls were done shopping for their robes.

"So..." Samantha started. "What now?"

"Um... I guess we go back to the inn, and after, the girls can go shopping." Harry suggested.

"Yeah, I guess." Ron replied.

"Good idea!" Ginny exclaimed.

They were walking back to the inn, when Ron heard a 'meow!' He jerked his head towards the sound and saw a black cat... and next to it, the same girl with red hair and red eyes staring at him.

"Harry..." Ron started.

"What now?" Harry asked exasperatedly.

"Look! She's there aga..." Ron began. The puff of red smoke existed in the place of the girl.

"Ron... are you sure you're okay?" Harry asked, quite skeptical about everything that Ron had said.

"Yes! I'm SURE I saw her!" Ron exclaimed.

"Oh... okay..." Harry replied hesitantly.

"Why doesn't ANYONE believe me?" Ron asked himself.

They approached the Stardust Inn, and entered. The bell on the door made a small 'cling.' They walked straight to their rooms, set their stuff down, and the girls went out to shop in the village.

"Hm... what do you want to do now?" Ron inquired.

"I dunno... I guess we just sit around until something exciting happens- " Harry started. He was cut off by an annoyingly loud CRACK!

"Hey Fred... hey George..." Ron said monotonously.

"Hello Ronniekins! Care to try some of our 'oh so delicious candy?'" Fred asked brightly.

"I can't trust you with your offers anymore, and besides, I know what that candy is..." Ron said in the same tone.

"Then what is it?" George asked accusingly.

"They're a new version of the Tongue-Toffee thing just that makes it grow faster than before," Ron answered.

"Darn it! How did you know, little Ronniekins?" Fred teased.

"Shut up, and I heard you talking about it yesterday," Ron said, beginning seriously, and ending sheepishly.

Fred and George sighed and apparated out.

"Well... that was... interesting." Harry said. "Oh! Wait, I have to finish Snape's homework before we go back. I guess I'll do it now..."

"Me too," Ron replied. They both took out their quills and paper and started writing.

"Are you staying at the Stardust Inn?" Ginny inquired to Ace.

"Yeah, why?" Ace asked suspiciously.

"Oh, no reason. Just wondering." Ginny said with a smile.

They walked into a shop that was basically Trelawny's home. There was a lilac mist filling the air with a scent of a variety of flowers, and there were crystal balls and books on Divinitation on the shelves and the tables. There was a peculiar, old woman sitting at a table with a crystal ball in front of her. Her eyes were in deep thought, as she stared into the crystal ball with her misty blue eyes. The girls glanced at her, but after the woman was out of her 'trance' she snapped back into reality, and jerked her head up to the four girls.

"Oh! I'm sorry. Was I doing anything weird?" asked the woman.

"No, you weren't, Ms...?" Samantha started.

"Oh! My name is Ms. Rodgers, but please call me by my first name, Misty." Said the old woman with a wrinkly smile. They girls smiled as well. "Take a seat,"

The girls took a seat, each in an old, wooden chair.

"Now, why have you stopped by this shop today?" she asked.

"We were just looking around..." Ginny replied, her eyes wandering off to a crystal ball.

"Would you like your fortune told, Miss?" asked Misty, to Ginny.

"Um... okay." Ginny answered.

"Come over here..." Misty said, leading Ginny to the chair where Misty sat when they came in.

Ginny sat in the chair, as Misty took five dice looking stones.

"What are those?" Samantha asked.

"These are ancient Hawaiian stones from the bottom of the Hawaiian seas. They are able to see tell you your future. They never lie." Misty said, shaking the stones in her hand. "They will tell you these five things in your future: Love, Health, Money and Financial business, your expertise, and your happiness."

"Oh..." Ginny said, looking at the glossy, blue stones that Misty held in her hands.

"Here they go," Misty said, as the stones slowly floated into the air. A blinding light shone, and the stones had their markings on them.

"Hm... well first, I'll start off with the good things. You shall live quite a happy life, and your expertise is in the medical department. You shall be quite successful with money and finance, and you shall fall in deep love with a man, and you will love him forever. But... your health will not be well in the future, I am afraid." Misty said, glancing at Ginny sadly.

"Ohh..." Ginny said, a bit disappointed about her health, but extremely glad about the rest. She always wanted to be a nurse.

"The stones never lie," Misty said. "Never. Well, do any of you want your fortunes told?"

Samantha and Ace offered, but Hermione shook her head.

"You... the one with black and blue hair." Misty said. "You can go first."

Ace sat in the chair hesitantly, as Misty shook the stones once again.

The stones threw themselves up into the air, and once again, the light shined and showed five symbols.

"Interesting... your health is a bit shaky, but it seems like you shall fall in love. Your expertise will be something in the creativity department, or perhaps an Auror. Money-wise, you are not too bad, and your life shall be fairly happy." Misty said, slightly smiling at Ace.

"Now! You next," Misty said, pointing to Samantha.

Samantha sat in the chair across from her boldly. Misty let the stones rise once more, and they showed the symbols.

"Well... it seems as if you are very unlucky. You will be a very unhealthy woman, and you won't fall in love. Your life shall be a bit on the gloomy side, and you shall be an Auror or a quiddich player. But money- wise, you are fairly good." Misty said.

"Hmm... interesting." Samantha muttered. They girls were surprised with the outcome. They thought that she was very healthy and happy, but they supposed they were wrong.

"Thank you, Misty." Samantha said, standing up. "How much do I owe you?"

"Nothing, Miss. You need not to pay. And the rest of you too." Misty said with a shaky smile.

"Thank you," they all said.

They walked out of the store, with thoughts filling their minds. But when they turned around again, the peculiar thing was that the shop was replaced with an old shack, then the one they had seen before.

"Hey-guys- it's not there anymore!" Ginny exclaimed.

"I know!" Hermione said. "I wonder why..."

"Guys... we better get back- dinner's about to start," Samantha said, glancing at her watch.

The girls all ran quickly back to the inn, without looking at anymore stores.

"Ginny! Where were you?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Out shopping, Mum, and we bought all our supplies." Ginny replied.

"Oh, good, your father just arrived from the Ministry, says it was a total mess. Oh well, freshen up and come down to dinner quickly, I hear there is a performance!" Mrs. Weasley said.

"Wow, cool, Samantha, did you hear-" Ginny said. She stopped, because Samantha wasn't there anymore.

"Hey- where did Samantha go?" Ace questioned.

"I don't know..." Hermione said.

"Well that's a first Granger, since you are a slimy know-it-all, right?" sneered a voice behind Hermione.

"Go away, Malfoy," Hermione said, turning around and seeing a bald Malfoy. She stifled a giggle.

"Do you think its funny-" Malfoy started.

"Yes." Ace interrupted.

"Shut up, Sparrow. You and your dead dad-" Malfoy started.

Ace whipped her wand out. "If you continue, I'll have you dead," she said in a dead serious voice.

"O-Okay- don't kill me!" Malfoy said in a cowardly voice.

"Good." Ace said, lowering the wand. Malfoy started running away, down the hall, when Ace said. "Oh, and Malfoy? Loving the new look,"

"Sparrow..." Malfoy said, getting angry.

The girls ran away before he could say anymore, laughing.

"What's so funny?" asked a voice that they ran into.

"Hey Ron... Look at Malfoy's head!" Ginny exclaimed.

"What? What happened to it?" Harry asked.

"It's completely shaved off!" Ginny said in laughter.

"All thanks to me," added Ace.

"I got to go see that," Ron said. "Oh... sweet blackmail..."

Ron and Harry went off to the dining hall to see the poor, bald Malfoy.

"We should go before dinner starts," Hermione said. They dropped off their bags from shopping and ran down the hall to dinner.

But when they entered the room, they quickly took a seat, and a girl walked up on stage.

"Who is she?" Ron asked.

"I don't know..." Hermione said, watching what came next.

A black, shiny piano that said, "Steinway Magic" was rolled onto the stage. The girl was a tall one, and she had dark brown hair and jade green eyes. Her hands jumped up onto the piano and started playing. After an introduction, she sang:

Some people live for the fortune

Some people live just for the fame

Some people live for the power yeah

Some people live just to play the game

Some people think that the physical things

Define what's within

I've been there before

But that life's a bore

So full of the superficial

Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you baby

If I ain't got you baby

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you

Some people search for a fountain

Promises forever young

Some people need three dozen roses

And that's the only way to prove you love them

And in a world on a silver platter

And wondering what it means

No one to share, no one who truly cares for me

Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you baby

If I ain't got you baby

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you

Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you baby

If I ain't got you baby

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you

If I ain't got you with me baby

Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing

If I ain't got you with me baby

Clapping filled the small dining room, as the girl stood up and bowed.

"Wow, she was really good." Hermione said in bewilderment.

"Yeah," Harry said in agreement.

"That was Miss Ally Rosehart everyone!" said the woman who was at the front of the desk when they checked in. Everyone cheered.

"Now, the next performance will be sung by Samantha Harper, singing 'Don't Know Why' by Norah Jones!" the woman said.

Samantha appeared on the stage, and sat at the piano, started playing, and then sang:

I waited 'till I saw the sun
Don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
Don't know why I didn't come
Don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day
I wish I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Something has make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come...

A burst of applause was heard right after she played the last note on the piano, as she bowed and ran off stage.

"That was great!" exclaimed Ginny.

"Yeah," Harry said. "Great playing, too."

"Thanks guys." Samantha said with a smile. Everyone nodded. "I think that other girl, Ally Rosehart was better though,"

"You were both very good." Hermione said.

"Well... thanks!" Samantha said.

The woman, who announced the two singers, got up on the stage.

"Now, let's give one more round of applause to Miss Jennifer Carson!"

A beautiful blond haired girl with shining blue eyes stepped up on stage. The music started playing, and with her voice, she sang:

Oooh oooh, ooooh yeah, mmmm...

Love can be a many splendored thing

Can't deny the joy it brings

A dozen roses, diamond rings

Dreams for sale and fairy tales

It'll make you hear a symphony

And you just want the world to see

But like a drug that makes you blind,

It'll fool ya every time

The trouble with love is

It can tear you up inside

Make your heart believe a lie

It's stronger than your pride

The trouble with love is

It doesn't care how fast you fall

And you can't refuse the call

See, you got no say at all

Now I was once a fool, it's true

I played the game by all the rules

But now my world's a deeper blue

I'm sadder, but I'm wiser too

I swore I'd never love again

I swore my heart would never mend

Said love wasn't worth the pain

But then I hear it call my name

(The trouble with) The trouble with love is

It can tear you up inside

Make your heart believe a lie

It's stronger than your pride

The trouble with love is

It doesn't care how fast you fall

And you can't refuse the call

See, you got no say at all

Every time I turn around

I think I've got it all figured out

My heart keeps callin' and I keep on fallin'

Over and over again

The sad story always ends the same

Me standin' in the pourin' rain

It seems no matter what I do

It tears my heart in two

(The trouble with love is) The trouble with love, yeah

(It can tear you up inside) It can tear you up inside

(Make your heart believe a lie) Make your heart believe a lie

It's stronger than your pride

(The trouble with love is)

It's in your heart

It's in your soul (doesn't care how fast you fall)

You won't get no control

(and you can't refuse the call)

See, you got no say at all

(The trouble with love is) Oh, yeah

(It can tear you up inside)

(Make your heart believe a lie)

Much applause was heard throughout the room, and the girl bowed and
took a seat.

"That was Jennifer Carson, singing, 'The Trouble With Love Is,' by
muggle singer Kelly Clarkson!" announced the lady.

"Wow," breathed Ron. "She was good."

"Yeah," Ace muttered, as if she was sarcastic, maybe a bit jealous.

"Those are all the performances for tonight!" said the woman. Soon, everyone was able to get up and get their food, and the dinner was buffet style.

"Hey, Ace, aren't you supposed to be with your parents-" Ron started.

"Don't say any more about them. My dad is this stupid git, and I practically don't even know who my mother is." Ace interrupted coldly.

"Oh... sorry..." Ron murmured.

They sat down after getting what they wanted for the buffet and ate a silent dinner. (Well, not exactly silent. Well actually, it was the opposite of silent, but there was basically no conversation from Samantha or Ace.)

"What's wrong, you guys? Why aren't you talking?" Harry asked.

"Oh- nothing." The two of them said at once.

Mr. Weasley was staring off into space, until Mrs. Weasley said, "Arthur? Are you alright?"

"Yes, dear, just a bit-tired." Mr. Weasley said dully.

"Oh, well... okay." Mrs. Weasley said with a weak smile.

After they had all finished dinner, it was still light outside, so they decided to take a walk and get some ice-cream.

"What's the ice cream like here?" Harry asked, as he walked down the road alongside with Ron, Hermione, Samantha, Ginny, and Ace.

"Great. They have this ice cream store called, 'Celine's Creamery!' They have the BEST ice cream!" Samantha exclaimed.

"Okay, then let's go there!" Harry said.

Celine's Creamery was HUGE. It was the biggest ice cream store in the wizarding world! Witches and wizards were magically making the people's orders with the exact amount of sugar and cream.

"Whoa..." Harry said, gaping at the delicious looking ice creams.

"Well, come on, let's order!" Ginny said. She was at the front of the line. A short wizard with a very large nose (which reminded her of Snape's,) asked for her order.

"Umm... how about a scoop of vanilla cake batter with chocolate fudge- extra on that please- with magic cocoa beans?" Ginny said.

"Cone or cup?"

"Cone, please."

"Coming right up miss, hold this-" said the wizard. He handed her a metal detector.

Ginny took the metal detector, and within five seconds, an order of what Ginny asked plopped down on the metal detector, without splashing or anything.

She took a lick. "Mmmmm... this is good... Luna has good taste..." Ginny said, walking away for the next person in line.

Hermione ordered pistachio with magical tropical caramel, (and the caramel tasted much better than the usual,) Samantha ordered chocolate chips with chocolate cake batter and fudge (as you can see, she's a chocolate lover,) Harry ordered a marshmallow flavor with fudge, Ron ordered a pumpkin juice flavor with the bold topping of Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans, and Ace ordered strawberry shortcake with muggle sweets called 'gummie bears' and they all left the store.

"Wow, this ice cream IS good," Harry said, taking another large bite of his marshmallow ice cream.

"Yup... last time I got that marshmallow," Samantha said, taking notice of Harry's ice cream.

"Do you want to go back to the inn?" Hermione asked.

"Sure," said everyone except Ginny.

"Why don't you want to come back?" Ron asked.

"I want to take a walk around that beach, remember that one?" Ginny asked.

"Oh! I remember. I don't feel like going today." Ron said.

"Please? I don't want to go alone!" Ginny whined.

Samantha was about to offer, but Harry beat her to it. "I'll go, if no one else wants to." He said quietly.

Everyone turned at him, shocked. Ron gave him a questioning look, but Harry ignored it.

"I think that's fine," Samantha said, knowing why he even offered. "Come on guys, let's go back to the inn, before your mum sends Fred and George out looking, and you don't want that to happen. Bye! See you later!"

Hermione glanced at Samantha. She said that somehow all too fast. She shrugged it off and started walking down the road with the rest of them.

Ginny stared at her black shoe, suddenly engrossed with a white mark on them.

"So... do you want to go?" Harry asked.

Ginny looked up. She nodded, flustered.

"Do you want to show the way? I've never been there before." Harry said.

Ginny nodded quickly again, and she showed the way. Soon, they were at a beach, with pale white sand and a sea as blue as blue can be.

"Thanks for offering to come with me," Ginny said quietly, as they started walking along, leaving footprints on the sand.

"No problem... I just haven't seen you lately, you know... after what happened last year..." Harry said.

"Oh..." Ginny replied. "That."

FLASHBACK

I screamed for help, but no one could hear me. I was already too deep in water to even have ripples reach the surface. I don't know who pushed me in the lake, but all I needed to worry about was the fact if I'll ever see the light again. I was so dark. So, so, dark.
The next thing I saw was eternal blackness.

END FLASHBACK

"Wasn't it you who saved me?" Ginny asked, suddenly snapping out of her reverie.

"Yeah," Harry replied quietly. "You were in the hospital for a long time..."

"Thank you, you saved my life," Ginny answered.

For the first time, Harry felt his cheeks heat up slightly.

They continued along the beach, when a flower from the local shop flew into his hands when Ginny wasn't looking. It was a lily.

"A beautiful flower for the beautiful lady," HJarHarryHarry said mocked a man he had seen in a movie before, though it somehow felt real inside. Ginny blushed furiously, and she accepted it. Harry placed the flower in her hair. He's so different today... Ginny thought.

Ginny started walking towards the ocean water. Her feet were gently grazed in the water, when a crashing wave cam. With Harry's seeker reflexes, he grabbed Ginny, she squealed, and was embraced in his arms. Her heart fluttered slightly. Harry lost his balance and fell on his back, with Ginny in his arms.

They were both silent, each with a rosy flame on their cheeks. Harry laughed nervously, as their heartbeats raced faster and faster at the same time. They were happy, yet nervous and uneasy. A magical force was making their minds go crazy... could it be- love?

Harry sat up, and Ginny sat on the damp sand. The lily had fallen out of her hair, and he took it and propped it in again, as if he was controlled to. The summer winds was blowing her hair in such a way which made her more gorgeous than she was.

"Well," Ginny said, wiping the sand off her skirt, standing up. Harry did the same.

"Do you want to go back to the inn?" Harry asked.

"Y-yeah, I guess." Ginny answered. They walked silently back to the village, until Harry heard a branch snap.

"What was that?" Harry asked.

"I don't know..."

Harry's head jerked towards the alleyway, and there stood, a dementor.

Ginny let out a small shriek, but Harry clamped his hand over it. When the dementor head for Ginny, her eyes were as big as bludgers.

"He's going to try to suck out your soul." Harry said. Ginny gasped. "Just think of you happiest moment."

Harry took out his wand, as he thought of his happiest moment. Instantly, he thought of the moment he had shared on the beach a few moments ago.

Ginny thought the same.

"Expecto, Patronum!" Harry exclaimed. A fog of smoke appeared from his wand, and the dementor disappeared.

Poor Ginny was trembling, and she fainted, but Harry caught her.

But why? Dementors in this village? Harry thought.

Harry heard a faint crying in the alley way further down. A boy was hidden behind a garbage can.

He stopped crying after he saw Harry.

"Did you make that scary dementor go away?" he sniffed.

"Yes, it's okay now."

"Johnny! Johnny! Where are you?" An old woman stumbled down the alley. She saw the boy and ran and hugged him.

"Grandma, that boy made the dementor go away!"

"Dementor? Which dementor?" she asked in fright.

"There was a dementor here. I don't know why..." Harry said.

"Oh, but bless you for saving my grandson!"

Harry felt weird. Like a new Spiderman or something.

"Well... no problem..." Harry said awkwardly.

Ginny was still unconscious, and Harry carried her all the way back to the inn.

"Harry, where WERE you? We were so worried-" Hermione started, who was at the entrance. She gasped at the sight of Ginny. "What happened?"

"She's just fainted, and the rest is a long story." Harry said.

Harry carried her to Mrs. Weasley, who got worried sick after she heard the story. The beach part, though, was something he would always keep a secret.

"D-dementors? Here?" Ron asked.

"Yes, I had to use a patronous to get it away." Harry replied.

"Weird..." Ace said, pondering about it all.

Samantha had a grin on her face. She was obviously thinking about something else.

"What are you so happy about? Your cousin just fainted!" Ron said. "Which is my sister!"

"Wha- oh I know, but I'm thinking about something else. And I'm not worried about the dementor... he fought it away, right?" Samantha said.

After Ginny woke up, everything was fine, but Mr. Weasley was acting very strangely. Almost like a different person.

"Arthur? Are you sure you're alright?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Yes, yes, I'm fine." Mr. Weasley answered.

After a long and exhausting day, everyone went to sleep.

The next day, Harry and Ron went out early to town. They saw a small shop of Divinitation, so they decided to go in.

There was a misty eyed woman sitting in a chair, looking deep into the crystal ball.

"Hello?" Ron asked.

The woman snapped out of her trance, and smiled.

"Hello, are you here to get your fortune told?" the woman asked.

"Er-yeah I guess." Harry said.

"You first, and by the way- I'm Misty." She said.

Misty went to get five blue stones.

"What are those?" Ron inquired.

"Hawaiian stones, from the bottom of the Hawaiian seas. They can tell your future, and they never lie." Misty said.

"Oh..."

Harry sat on the chair that Misty sat in before, and the stones rose up from her hands.

"Hmmm... It looks like you have a bright future ahead. You will become an Auror, and you will fall in deep love. You shall be very rich, for doing a good deed. But you are very unhealthy, are you eating right? But alas, you will live a happy life." Misty said with a smile.

"Can I go, now?" Ron asked.

"Sure," Misty said. Ron sat at the chair and the stones rose up into the air.

"Wow... you will be a star quiddich player or an Auror, and you will fall in love as well as your friend. You will be fairly rich, and you are healthy. You live quite a happy life." Misty said.

Ron did a silent happy dance, as Harry waved goodbye and left the shop.

But after they left, the shop was not there anymore, like what happened with the girls. It was just an old shack.

"Weird..." Ron muttered.

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