Title: Harry Potter and the Year of Realizations
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts wasn't the best. Will his sixth be any better? He thinks it might be, but what's going on with Hermione, and what about these confusing feelings he has? A story with angst, drama, mystery, and of course, romance.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling. (Although sometimes I wish I owned Harry, j/k (strike the 'sometimes'))
This chapter took awhile, I know, but at least it wasn't two weeks, right. I think I update pretty fast, compared to some people. Anyway, I REALLY hope you like this chapter. The song is by NSYNC. I know some people think that's all really dumb now, but the song fit so well, so I decided to use it. My vision was to have Harry under a tree, muttering this song, playing a guitar...oops, there I go again with my little fantasies. THERE YOU GO DANIEL! WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED, MILLIONS OF GIRLS HAVING FANTASIES ABOUT YOU. BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. WELL, MAYBE. BUT KNOW THAT I'M YOURS...(SIGHS AND LOOKS AT THE CEILING). CALL ME! LOL. J/K, unless Daniel Radcliffe is actually reading this, then I'm not.
Chapter Fifteen: The Secret
PREVIOUSLY:
Ginny saw the way Harry looked at Hermione, and the way Hermione looked at Harry when the other thought they weren't. It was a classic movie love. That's what Ginny thought it to be, and of course, being the youngest, seeing everything. Ron nudged her in the side, "I guess our plan failed, they're just friends again." Ginny smiled, she had a feeling that this was far from over.
They all headed back home, ready for a good nights rest before heading off for platform 9 ¾. They stepped out of the Weasleys fireplace one by one, or in Harry and Hermiones case two. They all were about ready for bed, not feeling very hungry tonight, even Ron.
Harry and Hermione headed up to their room books and owl in tow. Hermione le her owl go and she flew to the perch beside Hedwig. Hermione grabbed her pjs and walked behind the screen, Harry watching from the couch. He saw her finish and stood up and walked to his dresser and was going to grab his pjs when he noticed the journal. He had completely forgotten about it. He set it on the dresser and grabbed his pjs and went behind the screen.
He wondered if Hermione was watching him. 'no, she would never, she's not like you, you perv.' 'shut up' 'no, you shut up' 'make me'. There he went talking to himself again. Hermione walked over to Harry's dresser and grabbed the journal. 'I completely forgot about this.' She walked to the couch and sat down, almost hoping she'd fall asleep there and Harry would carry her back to her bed. 'or his'. She mentally kicked herself. 'no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no'. She said to herself over and over again. Not even realizing Harry had come out from behind the screen.
Harry saw Hermione sitting on the couch, with the journal, a cute 'thinking hard' look on her face. Hermione looked up and Harry walked over and sat beside her. "What are you doing?" He asked. "Oh, I was just thinking." Hermione said looking down. Harry knew she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't force it out of her. "Harry?" She asked. "Thank you so much for the owl!" She said with excitement in her voice. "I really love her. 'Like I love you' Again she mentally kicked herself. "Oh, it's definitely no problem, 'Mione."
Normally she hated it when people called her 'Mione, but when Harry said it, it just felt right. Harry knew that buying the owl for her had set him back, but when Sirius died, he had left Harry everything, which happened to be an awful lot. Harry didn't really feel that sadness when he thought of Sirius anymore. He knew he was in a better place than he was here on Earth.
They sat there for a minute, content with each others company and their own thoughts. "Hope." Hermione said breaking the silence. "What?" Harry asked very confused about what the bloody hell she could possibly be talking about. "My owl, I've decided to name her Hope." Harry smiled, after all, he did like the name.
Hermione opened the journal and skipped to the part that was book marked.
It read:
Dear Diary,
Today was very...awesome. My first kiss. (sighs). You'd never believe who. James. Yes, James. I honestly can't believe it myself. Well, it was really, magical. Imagine that, me and James. Well, I have to go to bed. I have to see Dumbledore in the morning. I don't know why, anyway. Good night.
Lily Evans
"What did she write the next day?" Harry asked urgently. Hermione turned the page to show Harry nothing but bank paper and two words.
Incantatum Revero
That was it, no explanation, no nothing. Harry didn't know what to make of it. He looked to Hermione for help. She was smiling. "What?" Harry asked, hating it that he never knew what was going on. "It's a spell, a spell for this." Hermione pointed between them. "What does it do?" Harry asked, what he thought a stupid question. Hermione was just smiling. She pulled out her wand. She just waited for Harry to understand. He followed suit, pulling out his own wand. She touched her wand with his. She gave him a look, clearly saying 'say it with me'. Harry smiled at the thought that she could communicate such complex messages with a look.
"Incantatum Revero" They shouted as a bright white light shot them on opposite sides of the room. Harry got up quickly, looking for Hermione. He saw her lying in a heap on the other side of the room. He ran to her frantically. "Hermione?" He said. No response. "HERMIONE?" He asked again. "HERMIONE!?!?!?" He yelled. Still no response. He looked down at her sadly. The thought never occurred to him to go get help, he was too worried about Hermione.
He picked her up and carried her to her bed. He sat at the side of her bed until three in the morning muttering "hermione, hermione, hermione, hermione" He was nodding off. Hermione woke with a start at 3:30am. She looked down to see Harry was at her bed side muttering 'hermione' over and over again. She smiled and went back to sleep, watching Harry until she drifted off.
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The next morning at 7:00am Harry found himself still at Hermione's bedside. He looked across the bed. No Hermione. He jumped up. "Hermione?!" He yelled. Hermione stepped out from behind the screen. She was in her muggle clothes and had already packed her robes and Hope and all her other possessions. He ran up to her, gripping her a bear hug. "Harry, Harry, I can't breathe." She whispered. She giggled. Harry stepped back, clearly embarrassed. "Sorry." He muttered. He let out an audible sigh of relief. He had been so worried about her.
Harry walked to his dresser, ready to start packing. He found that everything was already paced and Hedwig was in his cage. Hermione just looked back. "You coming?" She asked as she ran out the door. Harry stopped, preparing for a nosebleed. Nothing. The Spell! He thought. They were free. Harry stopped, he didn't want this. Not that he wanted the spell, just that he wanted to be around Hermione. He loved her, and he knew it, he wanted them to be friends, but the other half of him wanted more.
He walked downstairs and grabbed a muffin and ran back upstairs. He got dressed and grabbed his trunk and Hedwig. He carried them downstairs and put them in the living room. Muttering a quick 'good morning' to Ron and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. He ran back upstairs and grabbed Hope and Hermione's trunk. He carried it downstairs and set it down in the living room next to his. Only when Harry walked back out of the room did Ron realize Hermione wasn't with him.
Ron ran out of the room toward Harry. "Harry! Where's Hermione, what about the spell!" Ron asked frantically. "Well, we found a counter-spell." Harry replied simply. He left Ron standing there with a confused look on his face.
Harry ran back upstairs and found Hermione on her laptop. Harry sat down beside her. "What are you doing?" He asked casually. Hermione stopped typing. "Oh, I was looking up stuff on this spell. It only lasts 24 hours. We did the spell at roughly 7:30 am. So, every morning at 7:30 am we have to redo the spell. It says here that we should still try to be together as much as possible. It also says we have to sleep in the same room. It doesn't say why." Harry shrugged. Hermione closed the laptop and walked back downstairs with Harry.
They all got in the car and drove off toward London.
Back at the Grangers house Mrs. Granger was taking in that her husband was not what he called a muggle. He had known Lily and James when they were going through it. All of 6th and 7th year. Mrs. Granger was shocked about the whole thing. She had Mr. Granger explain it to her many times until it finally clicked.
The Weasleys and Harry and Hermione got out of the car and made their way to the platform. It was 10:30 am so they had plenty of time. Harry and Hermione went first, then Ron, then Ginny. Harry and Hermione got a huge bear hug from Mrs. Weasley and a simple 'good bye' from Mr. Weasley. Harry and Hermione had their stuff loaded onto the train just in time to get to their Head Boy/Head Girl meeting with Dumbledore. They sat in the compartment for about ten minutes before they saw the all too familiar face of their headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.
Back in the rest of the train Ginny had sit with Ron because everywhere else was full. They heard a knock on the door and Luna walked in. "Is it okay if I sit with you two? Everywhere else was full." Luna said hopefully. Ron just smiled at her. "Of course." Said Ginny cheerfully. Luna sat down across from Ron and smiled at him, causing him to blush.
Dumbledore walked into the compartment gesturing 'welcome' to Harry and Hermione. After Dumbledore had explained the Head Boy/Head Girl duties he sat down across from them. "So, do you two have any questions about this spell?" He asked. Harry and Hermione started to speak at the same time and both stopped and looked at each other. Harry waved his hand saying 'go ahead'. Hermione smiled.
"Yes, sir, we found a spell...it's supposed to give us 24 hours to be apart....we found it in..." Hermione was cut off by Dumbledore raising his hand. "Yes, yes, in your mother's journal, I presume?" he said, motioning to Harry. They both nodded. "Yes, the spell...Incantatum Revero?" He asked as they nodded again. "Well, when it was Lily and James, it wasn't a full 24 hours. Also, it isn't 24 hours from when you first did the spell, it's always at midnight. In your case, however, it would seem your time is 24 hours."
Hermione and Harry just gaped at him. How in the hell does he know absolutely EVERYTHING! They thought at the same time. "I'm sure that you'll find there are some other things you will find that came with the spell, Lily and James always knew when the other was in danger. Also, I'm sure you two know that because you have the spell doesn't mean that you can be apart for 24 hours straight, you should at least be together 10 hours a day...until we find something that can be more...permanent." He winked at them and walked out of the compartment.
Hermione smiled at Harry and excused herself to go talk to Ginny. Harry smiled and opened the door for her. Hermione melted What a gentleman! How come I didn't see this before? She thought as she walked through the train looking for Ginny.
Harry quickly pulled out a worn piece of parchment and a quill. He looked down at it quizzically. What to write, what to write? This sucks, I should have never tried to write a stupid song. He glanced down at the paper with scribbles and scratches.
When the visions around you,
Bring tears to your eyes.
And all that surrounds you,
Are secrets and lies.
I'll be your strength,
I'll give you hope.
Keeping your faith when it's gone.
The one you should call,
Standing here all alone.
And I will take you in my arms,
And hold right where you belong.
'Til the day my life is through,
This I promise you,
This I promise you.
I loved you forever,
In lifetimes before.
And I promise you never,
Will you hurt anymore.
I give my word,
I give you my heart.
This is a battle we've won.
And with this vow,
Forever has now begun.
Just close your eyes,
Each lovin' day,
And know this feeling won't go away.
'Til the day my life is through,
This I promise you,
This I promise you.
Over and over I fall,
When I hear you call.
Without you in my life, baby,
I just wouldn't be living at all.
And I will take you in my arms,
And hold you right where you belong.
'Til the day my life is through,
This I promise you, baby.
Just close your eyes,
Each lovin' day,
And know this feeling won't go away, no.
Every word I say is true,
This I promise you.
Every word I say is true,
This I promise you,
Ohh, I promise you.
Harry looked down at the tattered piece of paper, clearly not satisfied with his final result. He felt this way exactly, he could never, ever, show this to Hermione. What would she think? He knew exactly what she'd think. She'd think he was an idiot. Just because this 'bond, soulmate' thing was going on didn't mean that Dumbledore wasn't looking for a counter-spell. He folded the paper up and put in his pocket and headed for the dressing rooms to change.
Hermione looked for her with Ron, who was sitting with Luna. Luna smiled at her and waved. Hermione smiled and waved back. "Have either of you seen Ginny?" She asked them. "She was hear earlier, but your guess is as good as mine to where she could be now." Ron tried. Hermione shrugged and walked down the row looking in each compartment looking for any sign of Ginny. She got to the last door and peeked in. She gasped, That couldn't be Ginny! No! She would NEVER do that! The bright red hair was unmistakeable, it was Ginny.
Hermione thought about this with rage. She gaped at the pair and stomped back down the hall fuming that Ginny wouldn't tell her about something like this. All the way back to her compartment she kept thinking Ginny and DRACO. GINNY AND DRACO THE AMAZING BOUNCING FERRET! No way! But she had seen them, snogging the hell out of each other. How could she do this? Hermione asked herself.
Hermione made her way to the compartment, settling down a little. She just needed to tell someone. She usually wasn't the gossipy type, but this was Ginny! She hoped Harry hadn't gone anywhere. He was always there for her, no matter what. She smiled at this and opened the door to the compartment. Scaring a very concentrated Harry. He jumped and hurriedly folded the parchment and put it in his pocket. "What was that?" She asked, pointing to his pocket, and noticing he had already changed into his robes. "Oh, noth..nothing at all." He stuttered. Hermione shrugged but raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm going to go change, when I get back, there's something I need to tell you." She said as she grabbed her bag and ran out of the compartment.
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Ginny, under a spell, or curse, or just really in love? Readers Choice!
Thanks for your reviews:Geena-Waters: Your review was so nice, thank you so much. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. (Smiles broadly) The new 3,000 words per chapter is in honor of you. Thanks also about my dad. He's feeling much better. Thanks again. Feel free to e-mail me ideas. I'll credit you. Thanks again. 3 Michelle 3
Sally: Thanks, I hope you like this chapter too, I took longer to update because I tried to reach 3,000 this chapter instead of 2,000. so thanks for being patient.
HarpieBird: Thanks, I hope you like where I take it from here, please fell free to review again if the story is totally bombing, if a lot of people feel the same (and I don't get any flames about it) I'll rewrite it. Pleasing the readers.
Shdurrani: Thanks, lol. Well, they let my dad come home tonight. So I decided to write a chapter after he went to bed. Thanks for reviewing, I hope you liked it.
Linzay04: Thanks so much. He has to stay off his feet for three months. He broke it really bad, they even had to do surgery. He's at home now though. They will be on the train and also only no one person for Ron has been voted for more than once so I'm going to do someone...different. Just guess. Anyway, thanks for your review. I hope you like this chapter.
Icypeel: I DO use Microsoft spell check. The words I'm misspelling aren't real words and I don't feel like reading all the books again to figure them out. Thanks for your review. Ron/Cho, never, there will be a lot of Cho dissing, so be prepared.
Vfd: WOW! Thanks so much, what a complement. I mean, WOW!!! Well, I think Ron's going to be paired with someone else. Thanks for the suggestion though. Too many people voted for people no one else voted for, so I'm just going to use someone no one voted for, sorry. But THANK YOU!
FireWings1: Me neither, but that's just the way it went. And, yes, there will be other pairings. Someone for Ron and someone for Ginny, ,not going to tell though!!! (grins mischievously). Thanks for the review.
James: yes, and thanks.
Ron: thank you, my dad is doing better. I thought about that pairing, but I think that Lavender is too...girly? I don't know, you know what I mean.
Gemstar2: Thanks, yeah, they're going to be on the train. Thanks for the review, I hope you like this chapter.
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