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A/n: right well, this is chapter nine, one more chapter after this. Thanks
for reviewing.
Oh, and what do you guys think of the title of the sixth book? J.k rowling
must have some really big surprise for us readers. For those of you who do
not know what the name is, it's: harry potter and the half-blood prince.
Odd name if you ask me.
Oh, by the way, a reviewer asked if Draco would be switching houses into gryffindor. My answer is, no. Although, look for a couple of people to switch houses in the near future. It may not be whom you think.
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The last month of summer went by so fast that it seemed like hours were actually minutes, days passed by in a matter of what seemed like two hours.
Harry sighed as Sirius pulled the movie Lost in Space (1) out of the VCR the night before they were to return to hogwarts.
"Right you two." Remus addressed Draco and Harry. "You should head to bed, and make sure you have all your stuff packed up." He called after them.
When the boys got upstairs Harry noticed Hedwig sitting in the windowsill.
"Hey Hedwig!" he exclaimed and bounded over to get the letter from her.
His brows furrowed in confusion Harry opened the letter. Draco looked over at him. "What's wrong?"
"Well, its not that something's wrong, it's just this letter is from Ginny, and that is weird." "Hey, what's this?" Draco asked while giving Harry an emerald green envelope. Harry glanced at it, "I dunno, it was attached to the letter, maybe she just wanted me to have it? I'll ask her later." He answered while throwing the envelope into his trunk.
"Well, what does the weasleyette want?" Harry gave him a sharp look, which Draco brushed off.
"She wants us to meet her at the cave." "The cave?" Draco questioned while looking out the window. "Where or what is the cave?"
"I, I think it's the cave just a little ways off the path through the forest, I think I mentioned it before." The Weasely's live a block away from the black family house. In the backyard, about a 50 feet from the patio there is a forest. There was a path in the forest that Sirius had pointed out through the window (as they weren't allowed to leave the house do to the threat of voldemort). He said that if you walked along it, you would eventually end up in the clearing behind the burrow.
Ron had mentioned that when he and the twins had been little they had found a huge cave just off the path.
"Yeah, I remember. Wait, did you say she wants me there too?" Draco gave Harry an amused look. "Yeah, she wants you to be look out in case..." Draco nodded his head. "What time?" "One am." .................................................................................................................................
Harry lay in bed, feeling heavy with guilt. He rolled over on his side and saw Draco staring up at the ceiling. "You feel guilty too? He said. Harry nodded his head. "Yeah, maybe we should just wait till we see her tomorrow."
Draco looked over at Harry. "Would she ask to meet you unless it was something important? Would she do this if it wasn't absolutely necessary?"
"Well, no, but still..." Harry trailed off thinking of his guardians.
At twelve forty five, the boys pulled on sweaters and running shoes. They grabbed lanterns and the invisibility cloak.
"Let's go." Draco whispered while leaving the bedroom.
They crept down the stairs, skipping the fifth and third as they tended to squeak if stepped on.
When Draco and Harry had first moved in, Sirius had explained that all the charms and spells on the doors and windows were designed to keep people out, not in. Which meant that in case of an emergency, and they needed to get out quick, they wouldn't have to fiddle around with taking charms down to get out.
Currently, the only thing the boys had to do was unhook a chain. Harry, who used to do this at the dursley's when he needed to sneak out, did this so quietly there was no chance that anyone had heard, even if someone had pressed their ear against the door. Harry eased the door closed not worrying about how they were to get in as they had a key. The keys were also charmed to allow anyone in who had one. These special keys were spelled to work on passwords, a new one being assigned every week. Currently only the occupants of the house and Dumbledore had a key. Once again Harry felt extremely guilty.
On the back porch they looked up. Sirius' window faced the forest. No lights were seen on, so the boys took off at a run toward the dark and creepy forest.
"Yuck! Why are these bugs biting me!?" Draco who clearly had no experience with the outdoors seemed to find everything about the forest gross and unnatural.
"This is disgusting!" he exclaimed while trying to kick the mud off his shoe.
Harry just rolled his eyes. "You're going to get us caught with all your yelling." Draco stopped yelling, but every once in a while Harry would hear him mumble about bugs and slime.
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When they reached the cave Draco slipped under the cloak as Harry entered the cave.
As he looked around he saw that the cave wasn't really all that big, but then he realized for a couple of seven year olds it probably did look big.
"Harry!" a young girl's voice shrieked as he was grabbed around his middle by a short red head. "Hey Gin!" he said. Her longish red hair was bouncing on her shoulders and her big brown eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Oh, Harry. It's horrible!" she exclaimed dramatically.
She and Harry sat down on some stones and Harry checked to make sure Draco was okay. "Yeah, I'm still here." He called. Ginny looked out to where she heard his voice and said, "if it gets to cold, you could always come in here, or take one of the lanterns."
Draco didn't answer, whether it was because he was shocked she had been nice or because he hadn't heard her small voice, Harry didn't know.
She turned her big sorrowful dark brown eyes on Harry and explained how Ron had come home telling everyone how he, Harry, had turned his back on them and all of gryffindor by siding with Draco Malfoy. He started sprouting stories saying Harry had probably joined voldemort and that he was always getting him and Hermione hurt. Ginny told Harry how Percy had come home days before saying the same thing except the part about Draco.
"You know, Percy's always been mum's favorite. He started showing her how there was no proof that what you said happened after the competition was true. He told her that people high up in the ministry think you killed cedric and that you willing helped voldemort come back."
Harry stared at her in shock. They thought he had killed cedric? He saw Ginny's eyes water.
"When you disappeared from your aunt's house, they had people from the department of mysteries start looking for you because they think you ran off to join voldemort. That's not all Harry," she said when he opened his mouth to say something.
"Ron, he sent letters to people in gryffindor. The twins sent some to, telling people you were dangerous, and that you're not to be trusted."
Harry looked at her in disbelief. "But, they don't believe them, do they?" he asked.
Ginny shook her head. "But they do Harry, they believe them because they were close to you. And who knows better then the people you were closest to. Mum I knew thought that Percy might be right, no matter how many times she denied it. But when Ron said that. He came home so angry from your birthday. Harry, Hermione was staying at our house, but when she came home that night, everyone wanted to know what had happened. They kept asking her if you had joined and if you had wanted her to join. Hermione got so angry, she started shouting that you would never go dark, but they wouldn't believe her. They called her parents, they told them to meet her at the corner store, cause she wasn't welcome in our home anymore..."
Ginny burst into tears. "I'm scared Harry, they haven't asked for my opinion yet, but what if they do? Will they kick me out to just for believing in you?"
Harry sat numbed with anger, sorrow, betrayal, and disbelief. "They've, they've all turned on me?" Ginny nodded her head.
"Oh." He looked at Ginny's wide scared eyes. "Ginny, if they ask who you believe, tell them you agree with them. Don't risk losing your family just for me."
Ginny glared at Harry. "Just for you? Just for you? Harry, don't you dare think that I love my family more than 'just you' as you've said. You're part of my family."
"Was."
Ginny looked saddened. "Was. I sent a letter to Bill and Charlie. I sent them the day before mum sent letter's to them, so, hopefully they'll believe us."
Harry smiled when she said 'us'.
"I mean, Bill and Charlie weren't as close to mum as they were to me. They hated the fact that she favored him over the others. And dad's just as bad."
Harry's eyes widened, and Ginny nodded her head. "He's always favored the twins. And mum had him convinced pretty quickly. So the twins believed him and mum."
Harry looked puzzled. "So why would Ron...?" Ginny gave him a hollowed laugh.
"Use that head of yours Harry! Ron was scared malfoy would push him out of the picture and it's like I said, mum favored Percy, dad favors the twins. Ron's just Ron. Poor little Ron, can't measure up to his brothers." She said in a bitter tone.
"Well, they don't favor Bill, Charlie or you. But you three haven't turned on Me." he didn't add the yet, out of fear that Ginny would chew him out again.
"No, but now Ron's getting all the attention from mum. Percy doesn't want to be mothered anymore, so mum's attention has gone to Ron. The boy who's best friend turned evil."
"All this happened in one month?" Harry asked amazed.
"Well..."
"Ginny." He growled. She sighed and looked at the ground. "Well, the daily prophet has been making up lies to ruin your reputation all summer, but you don't get the paper...so, you wouldn't know about this. I should have seen this coming. Ron's always been attention hungry."
"Ginny, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault." Ginny sighed and looked down.
Harry looked around the cave and gulped. He felt like everything he loved had just been taken away from him, besides Ginny, and Sirius and Remus.
Harry's eyes widened. "Ginny! What time is it?" he asked frantically.
She gave him an odd look, and looked at his clock. "4:07. Why?" Harry thought his eyes would pop out of his head.
"Draco!" Harry called. After a few moments, Draco walked into the cave.
"Yeah?" he asked the panic stricken raven- hair boy. "We need to go, now."
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The boys bid Ginny goodbye and watched as she turned the corner of the path before bolting down the path toward their own house.
When they came to the edge of the forest, they glanced at the pitch- black house. No lights were on in the house, and it looked creepy.
Harry slipped the key into the lock and slipped into the house quietly after Draco. He eased the door closed as Draco crossed the kitchen to turn on the light.
When the light was finally on Harry stared in horror at the table.
Sitting there was Sirius and Remus. They looked quite mad, but somehow calm at the same time.
Draco's eyes had gone as wide as saucers. Remus got up from table and beckoned for Draco to enter the living room. Draco glanced over at Harry, looking for support, but Harry was staring into his godfather's eyes. He could see the disappointment in them, and the anger was as clear as day.
"Now Draco." Remus' sharp voice cut through Harry's thoughts.
Draco shuffled out of the kitchen. Harry glanced up just in time to see Remus giving both he and Draco cold stern looks.
Harry's attention was finally brought back to his godfather when he started speaking. "I want to know where you were. Don't you dare lie to me either."
Harry opened and closed his mouth a couple times before he finally spluttered out, "we, we went to go see..." he trailed off, not wanting to give away Ginny.
Sirius fixed Harry with a glare. "Who?" It was then that Harry saw the mug Sirius had his hands wrapped around. No steam was coming from it, which made Harry think his godfather had been down here for quite awhile.
"Ginny Weasley." Harry whispered. Sirius' voice became no less angry, "where?" Harry was now sure that his godfather had probably sat here and imagined all sorts of horrible things happening to his godson. He was even surer his godfather would blow a fuse if he found out where they had been. It was bad enough them being in the forest, never mind stepping off the path, Sirius was going to kill him.
"There's a little cave in the forest." "So, you were off the path?" Harry winced at the forced calm in Sirius' voice, and became to nervous to speak, so he simply nodded in agreement.
Harry stared in shock as the mug Sirius had been holding shattered against the wall. In almost two seconds flat, his godfather had jumped from his seat and had Harry backed against the wall.
"Sirius I-," Harry struggled to find the words he needed to make Sirius less angry with him. "I can not believe you would do something so stupid! Merlin Harry, you could have gotten yourself killed! Did you really think you would get away with sneaking off during the night, putting your life in danger, just for some midnight snog?!"
Harry blushed; thinking it had been anything but that. "It's three days till the full moon Harry. That means Remus' hearing is exceptional right now." Realization dawned on Harry. Sirius must have seen this. "That's right. He heard you two leaving." "Why-,"
"Why didn't he stop you? Because he thought you were death eaters. He came to get me and when we went to give you and Draco the portkeys to leave, we found empty beds. Your shoes were gone and..."
Harry watched his godfather struggle with his fear of Harry being missing. He quickly got over it realizing Harry was safely at home.
"What, if anything, do you have to say for yourself?" Harry just stared at him, having no idea what to say. He was scared that his godfather would hate him and turn on him like Ron had.
"You know what? Just, leave. Go to your room, or something. Just, just get out of my sight."
"Sirius-," Harry knew he sounded desperate, but right now he didn't care. "No, Harry, I don't want to talk to you right now. Do you have any idea how disappointed I am?" Harry looked at the ground, shame evident on his face. He heard Sirius sit down at the table.
He moved from the door and walked out of the kitchen, feeling completely horrible.
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"So, you left to meet Ginny Weasley in the forest, off the path." Remus was as angry as he'd ever been.
"Did you think for even just one second how much danger you might be in? Did you think about Sirius or I? About how worried we be if we were to wake up and find you to gone?" Draco saw the rage in Remus' eyes and realized his was in big trouble.
"Sirius and I have will be staying at hogwarts, for order business. During holidays you and Harry are to report to our rooms where you will stay until school starts again. If we or any other teacher finds you two out after hours for any reason, Sirius will be taking you right back here faster then you can say 'not fair'. And if Sirius has to do that, then you will be very sorry. And no hogsmeade weekends. Do you understand?"
Draco nodded his head, showing that he understood what his guardian was saying.
"Are you sure? Because you told me the same thing when Sirius and I explained the rules to living here the first time."
Draco winced at the harshness in Remus' voice.
"Do you?" Remus demanded. "Yes." Remus glared at him, "yes what?" "Yes, I understand." Remus sat down and stared at the young blond sitting across from him. He glanced at the clock and saw it was nearly five. Remus sighed and glanced at Draco again. "Go up to your room and inform Harry of your punishment, make sure you have everything packed up." Draco got up and headed out of the living room thinking that of all the times his father had punished him, never before had he felt so ashamed of himself. "And don't even think of coming back down here before 7:30." .................................................................................................................................
Draco climbed the stairs and entered his room to see Harry curled up on his bed. He was clutching a pillow to his chest, and his eyes were closed tightly.
"Harry? Harry, are you okay?" Harry's eyes flew open. "I think I just screwed up big time with Sirius." Draco sat down on the edge of his bed facing Harry. "That bad?" he asked. Harry looked at him in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? Couldn't you hear him?" Draco shook his head. "Remus put up silencing charms." "Oh god Draco, he was so mad. He through a mug and then told me to get out of his sight. He absolutely hates me now." Harry said, sounding like he was choking back tears. Draco sighed. He had felt terribly guilty when Remus had been yelling, but he hadn't thought of Harry. Remus had no connections to Draco. Just a guardian he may never see again. But Harry had had to face Sirius, someone who was always going to be his godfather.
Draco decided he better tell Harry what was in store for them for the holidays.
When Harry heard of their punishment he felt a surge of anger toward Ginny, but regretted it immediately, knowing it was their own choice to go and meet her. He buried his face in his pillow. "We are in so much trouble."
It was almost 7:30 and neither boy had gotten any sleep despite the fact that they were to leave for hogwarts that day.
Harry was staring at the ceiling, while Draco hadn't moved from his position on his bed. He watched Harry struggling with his emotions. He'd listened to what Ginny had said to him about the gryffindors and couldn't help but think it was going to be a rough year for the young green eyed boy.
"Draco?" Harry hadn't moved but he could tell Harry could see him. "Yes?" "Sirius hates me." Draco was about to say something when he was interrupted. "I do not hate you, Harry, I never will, no matter how angry I got with you."
Draco and Harry both turned their head to see Sirius standing in the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Draco, first before I send you downstairs. We received word from Dumbledore, and you will be returning here after the school year ends."
Draco nodded, a hesitant smile on his face, before he slipped from the room giving Harry a encouraging smile.
Sirius took Draco's previous place on his bed and stared at Harry.
"It has come to my attention that not even you would risk your life for snog. So, do you want to tell me why you were in the forest at one o'clock in the morning."
Harry, even though he sensed his godfather's anger, didn't answer right away. He sorted through his thoughts wondering if he should tell his godfather everything or just the part about the Weasley's turning on him.
Sirius must have sensed his hesitance and sat next to Harry and forced Harry to look him in the eye. "You better tell me everything, don't lie to me, don't keep stuff out. I trusted you Harry, and you betrayed that trust. And it hurts to know you deceived me Harry. It's going to take a long time to gain that trust back, you do realize that right?" Sirius said this all in a voice filled with pain.
Harry nodded hid head and tears sprang to his eyes. He knew he shouldn't have left, but he had anyway and when it came down to it, he had made a choice between disappointing his godfather or meeting Ginny, and he knew now he had made the right choice in some ways, but the wrong in others. He hadn't realized when he left almost seven hours ago the cost of meeting Ginny for a few hours would be the loss of his godfather's trust.
He told his godfather everything Ginny had told him in the cave. When he was down he wiped the tears angrily off his face.
He was surprised when Sirius pulled him into a hug. "Harry, you'll get through this. You've got Draco, Hermione, Ginny...I'm sure not everyone believes Ron and the rest of them."
Harry nodded his head and clutched his godfather's robes.
"Harry, I love you know no matter what. So does Remus. And even if you become a death eater, or even the next dark lord, I will still love you. I may be incredibly mad and angry with you for doing it, but I'd still love you. And I still love you, even though right now I'm angry with you for worrying Remus and I like that. Why wouldn't you tell me? Remus or I could've come with you."
Harry shook his head. "No you wouldn't have. You would've told us to write her or flooed us over. And she told us not to tell you because she knew you'd do that to and then her family would have found out."
Sirius pulled Harry away from him and looked at him sternly. "If you ever, ever do anything like this again Harry James, I will skin you alive. I mean it. You'll wish I was still in azkaban." Harry winced but nodded his head.
"Good. Now, it's nearly eight. We should get down there and eat cause we need to be there for ten." Harry nodded and allowed his godfather to lead him from the room.
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Ok, one more chapter. It'll be really short, just the train ride and a few other things, and then the sequel. (1): Lost in Space is not mine. Can anyone name the actor from harry potter who was also in this movie? If you give me his character name and as well you will be mentioned in my sequel as possibly a main character, as I need to make a couple characters for the slytherin house. All I need is your real name (or if you are uncomfortable with this a made up name). Don't give me your age or any other personal facts, as I think it is against fanfiction policy. You can give me a description of yourself if you like. I hope you enjoyed this long chapter! It was funny and hard to write.
Oh, by the way, a reviewer asked if Draco would be switching houses into gryffindor. My answer is, no. Although, look for a couple of people to switch houses in the near future. It may not be whom you think.
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The last month of summer went by so fast that it seemed like hours were actually minutes, days passed by in a matter of what seemed like two hours.
Harry sighed as Sirius pulled the movie Lost in Space (1) out of the VCR the night before they were to return to hogwarts.
"Right you two." Remus addressed Draco and Harry. "You should head to bed, and make sure you have all your stuff packed up." He called after them.
When the boys got upstairs Harry noticed Hedwig sitting in the windowsill.
"Hey Hedwig!" he exclaimed and bounded over to get the letter from her.
His brows furrowed in confusion Harry opened the letter. Draco looked over at him. "What's wrong?"
"Well, its not that something's wrong, it's just this letter is from Ginny, and that is weird." "Hey, what's this?" Draco asked while giving Harry an emerald green envelope. Harry glanced at it, "I dunno, it was attached to the letter, maybe she just wanted me to have it? I'll ask her later." He answered while throwing the envelope into his trunk.
"Well, what does the weasleyette want?" Harry gave him a sharp look, which Draco brushed off.
"She wants us to meet her at the cave." "The cave?" Draco questioned while looking out the window. "Where or what is the cave?"
"I, I think it's the cave just a little ways off the path through the forest, I think I mentioned it before." The Weasely's live a block away from the black family house. In the backyard, about a 50 feet from the patio there is a forest. There was a path in the forest that Sirius had pointed out through the window (as they weren't allowed to leave the house do to the threat of voldemort). He said that if you walked along it, you would eventually end up in the clearing behind the burrow.
Ron had mentioned that when he and the twins had been little they had found a huge cave just off the path.
"Yeah, I remember. Wait, did you say she wants me there too?" Draco gave Harry an amused look. "Yeah, she wants you to be look out in case..." Draco nodded his head. "What time?" "One am." .................................................................................................................................
Harry lay in bed, feeling heavy with guilt. He rolled over on his side and saw Draco staring up at the ceiling. "You feel guilty too? He said. Harry nodded his head. "Yeah, maybe we should just wait till we see her tomorrow."
Draco looked over at Harry. "Would she ask to meet you unless it was something important? Would she do this if it wasn't absolutely necessary?"
"Well, no, but still..." Harry trailed off thinking of his guardians.
At twelve forty five, the boys pulled on sweaters and running shoes. They grabbed lanterns and the invisibility cloak.
"Let's go." Draco whispered while leaving the bedroom.
They crept down the stairs, skipping the fifth and third as they tended to squeak if stepped on.
When Draco and Harry had first moved in, Sirius had explained that all the charms and spells on the doors and windows were designed to keep people out, not in. Which meant that in case of an emergency, and they needed to get out quick, they wouldn't have to fiddle around with taking charms down to get out.
Currently, the only thing the boys had to do was unhook a chain. Harry, who used to do this at the dursley's when he needed to sneak out, did this so quietly there was no chance that anyone had heard, even if someone had pressed their ear against the door. Harry eased the door closed not worrying about how they were to get in as they had a key. The keys were also charmed to allow anyone in who had one. These special keys were spelled to work on passwords, a new one being assigned every week. Currently only the occupants of the house and Dumbledore had a key. Once again Harry felt extremely guilty.
On the back porch they looked up. Sirius' window faced the forest. No lights were seen on, so the boys took off at a run toward the dark and creepy forest.
"Yuck! Why are these bugs biting me!?" Draco who clearly had no experience with the outdoors seemed to find everything about the forest gross and unnatural.
"This is disgusting!" he exclaimed while trying to kick the mud off his shoe.
Harry just rolled his eyes. "You're going to get us caught with all your yelling." Draco stopped yelling, but every once in a while Harry would hear him mumble about bugs and slime.
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When they reached the cave Draco slipped under the cloak as Harry entered the cave.
As he looked around he saw that the cave wasn't really all that big, but then he realized for a couple of seven year olds it probably did look big.
"Harry!" a young girl's voice shrieked as he was grabbed around his middle by a short red head. "Hey Gin!" he said. Her longish red hair was bouncing on her shoulders and her big brown eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Oh, Harry. It's horrible!" she exclaimed dramatically.
She and Harry sat down on some stones and Harry checked to make sure Draco was okay. "Yeah, I'm still here." He called. Ginny looked out to where she heard his voice and said, "if it gets to cold, you could always come in here, or take one of the lanterns."
Draco didn't answer, whether it was because he was shocked she had been nice or because he hadn't heard her small voice, Harry didn't know.
She turned her big sorrowful dark brown eyes on Harry and explained how Ron had come home telling everyone how he, Harry, had turned his back on them and all of gryffindor by siding with Draco Malfoy. He started sprouting stories saying Harry had probably joined voldemort and that he was always getting him and Hermione hurt. Ginny told Harry how Percy had come home days before saying the same thing except the part about Draco.
"You know, Percy's always been mum's favorite. He started showing her how there was no proof that what you said happened after the competition was true. He told her that people high up in the ministry think you killed cedric and that you willing helped voldemort come back."
Harry stared at her in shock. They thought he had killed cedric? He saw Ginny's eyes water.
"When you disappeared from your aunt's house, they had people from the department of mysteries start looking for you because they think you ran off to join voldemort. That's not all Harry," she said when he opened his mouth to say something.
"Ron, he sent letters to people in gryffindor. The twins sent some to, telling people you were dangerous, and that you're not to be trusted."
Harry looked at her in disbelief. "But, they don't believe them, do they?" he asked.
Ginny shook her head. "But they do Harry, they believe them because they were close to you. And who knows better then the people you were closest to. Mum I knew thought that Percy might be right, no matter how many times she denied it. But when Ron said that. He came home so angry from your birthday. Harry, Hermione was staying at our house, but when she came home that night, everyone wanted to know what had happened. They kept asking her if you had joined and if you had wanted her to join. Hermione got so angry, she started shouting that you would never go dark, but they wouldn't believe her. They called her parents, they told them to meet her at the corner store, cause she wasn't welcome in our home anymore..."
Ginny burst into tears. "I'm scared Harry, they haven't asked for my opinion yet, but what if they do? Will they kick me out to just for believing in you?"
Harry sat numbed with anger, sorrow, betrayal, and disbelief. "They've, they've all turned on me?" Ginny nodded her head.
"Oh." He looked at Ginny's wide scared eyes. "Ginny, if they ask who you believe, tell them you agree with them. Don't risk losing your family just for me."
Ginny glared at Harry. "Just for you? Just for you? Harry, don't you dare think that I love my family more than 'just you' as you've said. You're part of my family."
"Was."
Ginny looked saddened. "Was. I sent a letter to Bill and Charlie. I sent them the day before mum sent letter's to them, so, hopefully they'll believe us."
Harry smiled when she said 'us'.
"I mean, Bill and Charlie weren't as close to mum as they were to me. They hated the fact that she favored him over the others. And dad's just as bad."
Harry's eyes widened, and Ginny nodded her head. "He's always favored the twins. And mum had him convinced pretty quickly. So the twins believed him and mum."
Harry looked puzzled. "So why would Ron...?" Ginny gave him a hollowed laugh.
"Use that head of yours Harry! Ron was scared malfoy would push him out of the picture and it's like I said, mum favored Percy, dad favors the twins. Ron's just Ron. Poor little Ron, can't measure up to his brothers." She said in a bitter tone.
"Well, they don't favor Bill, Charlie or you. But you three haven't turned on Me." he didn't add the yet, out of fear that Ginny would chew him out again.
"No, but now Ron's getting all the attention from mum. Percy doesn't want to be mothered anymore, so mum's attention has gone to Ron. The boy who's best friend turned evil."
"All this happened in one month?" Harry asked amazed.
"Well..."
"Ginny." He growled. She sighed and looked at the ground. "Well, the daily prophet has been making up lies to ruin your reputation all summer, but you don't get the paper...so, you wouldn't know about this. I should have seen this coming. Ron's always been attention hungry."
"Ginny, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault." Ginny sighed and looked down.
Harry looked around the cave and gulped. He felt like everything he loved had just been taken away from him, besides Ginny, and Sirius and Remus.
Harry's eyes widened. "Ginny! What time is it?" he asked frantically.
She gave him an odd look, and looked at his clock. "4:07. Why?" Harry thought his eyes would pop out of his head.
"Draco!" Harry called. After a few moments, Draco walked into the cave.
"Yeah?" he asked the panic stricken raven- hair boy. "We need to go, now."
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The boys bid Ginny goodbye and watched as she turned the corner of the path before bolting down the path toward their own house.
When they came to the edge of the forest, they glanced at the pitch- black house. No lights were on in the house, and it looked creepy.
Harry slipped the key into the lock and slipped into the house quietly after Draco. He eased the door closed as Draco crossed the kitchen to turn on the light.
When the light was finally on Harry stared in horror at the table.
Sitting there was Sirius and Remus. They looked quite mad, but somehow calm at the same time.
Draco's eyes had gone as wide as saucers. Remus got up from table and beckoned for Draco to enter the living room. Draco glanced over at Harry, looking for support, but Harry was staring into his godfather's eyes. He could see the disappointment in them, and the anger was as clear as day.
"Now Draco." Remus' sharp voice cut through Harry's thoughts.
Draco shuffled out of the kitchen. Harry glanced up just in time to see Remus giving both he and Draco cold stern looks.
Harry's attention was finally brought back to his godfather when he started speaking. "I want to know where you were. Don't you dare lie to me either."
Harry opened and closed his mouth a couple times before he finally spluttered out, "we, we went to go see..." he trailed off, not wanting to give away Ginny.
Sirius fixed Harry with a glare. "Who?" It was then that Harry saw the mug Sirius had his hands wrapped around. No steam was coming from it, which made Harry think his godfather had been down here for quite awhile.
"Ginny Weasley." Harry whispered. Sirius' voice became no less angry, "where?" Harry was now sure that his godfather had probably sat here and imagined all sorts of horrible things happening to his godson. He was even surer his godfather would blow a fuse if he found out where they had been. It was bad enough them being in the forest, never mind stepping off the path, Sirius was going to kill him.
"There's a little cave in the forest." "So, you were off the path?" Harry winced at the forced calm in Sirius' voice, and became to nervous to speak, so he simply nodded in agreement.
Harry stared in shock as the mug Sirius had been holding shattered against the wall. In almost two seconds flat, his godfather had jumped from his seat and had Harry backed against the wall.
"Sirius I-," Harry struggled to find the words he needed to make Sirius less angry with him. "I can not believe you would do something so stupid! Merlin Harry, you could have gotten yourself killed! Did you really think you would get away with sneaking off during the night, putting your life in danger, just for some midnight snog?!"
Harry blushed; thinking it had been anything but that. "It's three days till the full moon Harry. That means Remus' hearing is exceptional right now." Realization dawned on Harry. Sirius must have seen this. "That's right. He heard you two leaving." "Why-,"
"Why didn't he stop you? Because he thought you were death eaters. He came to get me and when we went to give you and Draco the portkeys to leave, we found empty beds. Your shoes were gone and..."
Harry watched his godfather struggle with his fear of Harry being missing. He quickly got over it realizing Harry was safely at home.
"What, if anything, do you have to say for yourself?" Harry just stared at him, having no idea what to say. He was scared that his godfather would hate him and turn on him like Ron had.
"You know what? Just, leave. Go to your room, or something. Just, just get out of my sight."
"Sirius-," Harry knew he sounded desperate, but right now he didn't care. "No, Harry, I don't want to talk to you right now. Do you have any idea how disappointed I am?" Harry looked at the ground, shame evident on his face. He heard Sirius sit down at the table.
He moved from the door and walked out of the kitchen, feeling completely horrible.
................................................................................................................................. Draco stared at Remus, who was currently pacing the length of the room.
"So, you left to meet Ginny Weasley in the forest, off the path." Remus was as angry as he'd ever been.
"Did you think for even just one second how much danger you might be in? Did you think about Sirius or I? About how worried we be if we were to wake up and find you to gone?" Draco saw the rage in Remus' eyes and realized his was in big trouble.
"Sirius and I have will be staying at hogwarts, for order business. During holidays you and Harry are to report to our rooms where you will stay until school starts again. If we or any other teacher finds you two out after hours for any reason, Sirius will be taking you right back here faster then you can say 'not fair'. And if Sirius has to do that, then you will be very sorry. And no hogsmeade weekends. Do you understand?"
Draco nodded his head, showing that he understood what his guardian was saying.
"Are you sure? Because you told me the same thing when Sirius and I explained the rules to living here the first time."
Draco winced at the harshness in Remus' voice.
"Do you?" Remus demanded. "Yes." Remus glared at him, "yes what?" "Yes, I understand." Remus sat down and stared at the young blond sitting across from him. He glanced at the clock and saw it was nearly five. Remus sighed and glanced at Draco again. "Go up to your room and inform Harry of your punishment, make sure you have everything packed up." Draco got up and headed out of the living room thinking that of all the times his father had punished him, never before had he felt so ashamed of himself. "And don't even think of coming back down here before 7:30." .................................................................................................................................
Draco climbed the stairs and entered his room to see Harry curled up on his bed. He was clutching a pillow to his chest, and his eyes were closed tightly.
"Harry? Harry, are you okay?" Harry's eyes flew open. "I think I just screwed up big time with Sirius." Draco sat down on the edge of his bed facing Harry. "That bad?" he asked. Harry looked at him in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? Couldn't you hear him?" Draco shook his head. "Remus put up silencing charms." "Oh god Draco, he was so mad. He through a mug and then told me to get out of his sight. He absolutely hates me now." Harry said, sounding like he was choking back tears. Draco sighed. He had felt terribly guilty when Remus had been yelling, but he hadn't thought of Harry. Remus had no connections to Draco. Just a guardian he may never see again. But Harry had had to face Sirius, someone who was always going to be his godfather.
Draco decided he better tell Harry what was in store for them for the holidays.
When Harry heard of their punishment he felt a surge of anger toward Ginny, but regretted it immediately, knowing it was their own choice to go and meet her. He buried his face in his pillow. "We are in so much trouble."
It was almost 7:30 and neither boy had gotten any sleep despite the fact that they were to leave for hogwarts that day.
Harry was staring at the ceiling, while Draco hadn't moved from his position on his bed. He watched Harry struggling with his emotions. He'd listened to what Ginny had said to him about the gryffindors and couldn't help but think it was going to be a rough year for the young green eyed boy.
"Draco?" Harry hadn't moved but he could tell Harry could see him. "Yes?" "Sirius hates me." Draco was about to say something when he was interrupted. "I do not hate you, Harry, I never will, no matter how angry I got with you."
Draco and Harry both turned their head to see Sirius standing in the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Draco, first before I send you downstairs. We received word from Dumbledore, and you will be returning here after the school year ends."
Draco nodded, a hesitant smile on his face, before he slipped from the room giving Harry a encouraging smile.
Sirius took Draco's previous place on his bed and stared at Harry.
"It has come to my attention that not even you would risk your life for snog. So, do you want to tell me why you were in the forest at one o'clock in the morning."
Harry, even though he sensed his godfather's anger, didn't answer right away. He sorted through his thoughts wondering if he should tell his godfather everything or just the part about the Weasley's turning on him.
Sirius must have sensed his hesitance and sat next to Harry and forced Harry to look him in the eye. "You better tell me everything, don't lie to me, don't keep stuff out. I trusted you Harry, and you betrayed that trust. And it hurts to know you deceived me Harry. It's going to take a long time to gain that trust back, you do realize that right?" Sirius said this all in a voice filled with pain.
Harry nodded hid head and tears sprang to his eyes. He knew he shouldn't have left, but he had anyway and when it came down to it, he had made a choice between disappointing his godfather or meeting Ginny, and he knew now he had made the right choice in some ways, but the wrong in others. He hadn't realized when he left almost seven hours ago the cost of meeting Ginny for a few hours would be the loss of his godfather's trust.
He told his godfather everything Ginny had told him in the cave. When he was down he wiped the tears angrily off his face.
He was surprised when Sirius pulled him into a hug. "Harry, you'll get through this. You've got Draco, Hermione, Ginny...I'm sure not everyone believes Ron and the rest of them."
Harry nodded his head and clutched his godfather's robes.
"Harry, I love you know no matter what. So does Remus. And even if you become a death eater, or even the next dark lord, I will still love you. I may be incredibly mad and angry with you for doing it, but I'd still love you. And I still love you, even though right now I'm angry with you for worrying Remus and I like that. Why wouldn't you tell me? Remus or I could've come with you."
Harry shook his head. "No you wouldn't have. You would've told us to write her or flooed us over. And she told us not to tell you because she knew you'd do that to and then her family would have found out."
Sirius pulled Harry away from him and looked at him sternly. "If you ever, ever do anything like this again Harry James, I will skin you alive. I mean it. You'll wish I was still in azkaban." Harry winced but nodded his head.
"Good. Now, it's nearly eight. We should get down there and eat cause we need to be there for ten." Harry nodded and allowed his godfather to lead him from the room.
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Ok, one more chapter. It'll be really short, just the train ride and a few other things, and then the sequel. (1): Lost in Space is not mine. Can anyone name the actor from harry potter who was also in this movie? If you give me his character name and as well you will be mentioned in my sequel as possibly a main character, as I need to make a couple characters for the slytherin house. All I need is your real name (or if you are uncomfortable with this a made up name). Don't give me your age or any other personal facts, as I think it is against fanfiction policy. You can give me a description of yourself if you like. I hope you enjoyed this long chapter! It was funny and hard to write.