A/N
Well kids, due to 'popular' demand. I am going to add another chapter before school starts back up.
Back to the daily grind huh? ^_^ I'd like to say thanks to my reviewers, you guys made my day. This one's dedicated to BuckNC
and Chris. Who said the lovely Hermione could do better than the ferret.
Harry Potter and the Sword of Kuan Ti
Chapter Three
Back to the Burrow
Harry smiled as he jumped out of the fireplace and into the Burrow. As dilapidated and run-down as it was, this was the type of place to raise a family. It may have looked like a wizarding thrift shop had exploded inside of it but it was warm and inviting, it was the only other place than Hogwarts that Harry called home. Harry was laden with packages from the girls' shopping spree, of course being the nice guy he was he said he didn't mind holding a few bags for them.
'Idiot.' he thought to himself, almost dropping a box from the stack as he set it down in the living room. Ron came out of the kitchen with a huge grin on his face.
"Harry! Good to see you, mate." then his expression changed, "Bloody hell, what happened to you!? You're almost as tall as me and you look as if you could rip the ears off a troll!" Harry laughed at his remark.
"Well I have been working out a little." He said, very modestly.
"What is that?" Ron said pointing to his chest. Harry looked down and saw the pendant Ginny gave him had slipped out of his shirt,
"Nothing, mate." he said, tucking it in quickly. Ron looked suspicious, but said nothing. Harry smiled sheepishly at his best friend. Just then Mrs. Weasley walked into the room from the kitchen, drying her hands with a dish towel. "Oh, hello Harry, dear." she said with a quick motherly hug. "We're all glad you've come to stay with us again."
"Yeah, mate." said Ron, "You should have seen Ginny when Dumbledore's letter came." He put his hand to his forehead and acted like he was faint. "' Oh, the Great Harry Potter, I hope he comes to whisk me away on a white horse!'" Harry laughed because Ginny was standing behind Ron with her hands on her hips and a death glare on the back of his head.
"She's right behind me, isn't she?" asked Ron with grimace.
"Yeah, she is, mate." said Harry stifling the urge to laugh. Ron turned to his little sister and took a few steps back, "Hey, Gin" he said nervously, a bright red blush creeping onto his face.
"Ronald Weasley," she said in a deadly calm tone, "if you ever do that again I'll make sure I have a very heavy object in my hand." Ginny put a heavy emphasis on the word very and stalked off. Harry was wide eyed at her statement.
"Hey, Ron." he said quietly.
"Yeah, mate?" said Ron shakily.
"Remind me not to ever make your sister mad."
***
The next day Harry and Ron sitting outside on a couple chairs that they had conjured up, they both had sunglasses on and nothing else from the waist up. Hermione and Ginny came out of the house laughing and saw the two boys, 'No, not boys.' Hermione thought, her eyes glued to Ron's chest. Ginny smirked and gave Hermione a very smug look.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Hermione asked.
"Uh-huh." confirmed Ginny as Hermione raised her wand. But unnoticed by them Harry grinned a little, he knew they would take the bait. He and Ron feigned sleeping as they sunbathed so the girls would try something.
"Hey, Ron" whispered Harry.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Ready?"
"Yeah." He and Ron jumped up from the chairs and lunged at the girls. Hermione yelped and ran inside with Ron chasing after her, but Harry had caught Ginny before she could even turn around for the door.
"Got you, Weasley!" Harry announced as Ginny squirmed in his arms laughing.
"Let me go!" she said, not really wanting him to. Harry smirked and their gazes locked, the smirk died and Harry found himself wondering just when Ginny had gotten so beautiful. 'Don't think about that! She's your best friend's little sister!' he told himself sternly. But despite his better judgment Harry found himself moving closer to her.
"Oi, Harry! What do you think your doin' with our little sister?" Harry and Ginny jumped away from each other and Ginny rushed into the house.
Fred and George, his partners in Weasley Wizard Wheezes, Ginny's older brothers, were walking across the backyard.
"We knocked on the front door, but no one answered." said Fred.
"Your mum went into town for the day." said Harry.
"Yeah, and we noticed what you've been doing Harry." stated George, they both grabbed him by the arms and placed him a little too roughly against the back of the house.
"Be careful with our sister, Harry." said Fred warningly.
"Yeah, mate." said George, "it would be bad for your health if you hurt her."
"I didn't do anything!" protested Harry.
"It wasn't what you did, Harry, mate. It's what you were about to do." said Fred with a dangerous gleam in his eye.
***
Ginny flopped down on her bed. "Okay, calm down Ginny." she told herself, "Harry doesn't think of you like that, you're his best friend's little sister. His friend, that's it."
'Is that it?' said a little voice in the back of her head.
'Yes' she thought, Harry would never see her like that.
'You saw the way he looked at you.' said the voice. Ginny felt like she was reliving that moment, her head was swimming. It was the same look Michael had giving her when they were together, but from Harry it seemed different. Like a million Filibuster's Wet-Start No-Heat Fireworks were going off in her head.
Hermione rushed into the room and slammed the door in Ron's face. Another loud thunk and Ginny assumed Ron had hit the door.
Hermione giggled and turned to Ginny. "What are you doing up here? I figured Harry would still be chasing you around." she said sitting on the bed.
"Well, my brothers ruined that for me." she said sadly.
"Fred and George?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, and damn them both for interrupting me and Harry." said Ginny angrily. "In fact, I'm going to go do something about those two." she said with an evil grin.
***
Harry kept trying to go to sleep in Ron's dark room, but kept thinking of his little interlude with Ginny. 'I can't like her.' he thought, 'for one she's Ron's sister, and for another it'd be too dangerous for her. Voldemort will show no mercy on me and my friends, he could use her against me.' Harry turned over again and Ron finally spoke up.
"Hey, Harry?" he asked.
"Yeah?" said Harry.
"What do you think about me asking Hermione out?" he said.
"I'd say it's about time." said Harry.
"Okay, G'night, mate"
"'Night Ron." said Harry and he drifted into an uneasy sleep.
***
There was a dark corridor and deep red eyes, they glowed. They were evil, they wanted to hurt her. To hurt Ginny. Harry ran towards the small red-haired girl, she was already cold. It was Him,
Voldemort had killed her; Harry could hear the evil high pitched laugh. It made his stomach turn.
"Harry..." He heard the evil voice of the dark wizard.
"HARRY..." Harry shut his eyes tightly, trying to wake himself up. This had to be a dream.
"HARRY! Wake up, mate!" Ron was on top of him, trying to shake him awake. Harry woke up in a cold sweat, he was breathing heavily, like he had just finished a marathon.
"Harry? Are you okay?" Ron asked.
"Ron, he's in my dreams again. He knows." Harry said gravely.
"But your Occlumency lessons." Ron protested.
"He's found some way around that, Ron."
"I'll go get mum."
"No," said Harry, "I need to write to Dumbledore. Will you get Hedwig for me?"
"Sure, mate. But you have to at least tell my parents, they can help." said Ron
"Okay, mate. Now get off me so I can start writing to Dumbledore."
"Oh, sorry, Harry."
A/N
And the plot thickens. Might Ginny and Harry realize their feelings? Will Ron actually tell Hermione this year? Will Gred and Forge beat the ever-living snot out of Harry? And How did Voldemort get into Harry's mind after his Occlumency with Dumbledore and Snape?
Tune in next time to see, same Harry time, same Harry channel. ^_^
Well kids, due to 'popular' demand. I am going to add another chapter before school starts back up.
Back to the daily grind huh? ^_^ I'd like to say thanks to my reviewers, you guys made my day. This one's dedicated to BuckNC
and Chris. Who said the lovely Hermione could do better than the ferret.
Harry Potter and the Sword of Kuan Ti
Chapter Three
Back to the Burrow
Harry smiled as he jumped out of the fireplace and into the Burrow. As dilapidated and run-down as it was, this was the type of place to raise a family. It may have looked like a wizarding thrift shop had exploded inside of it but it was warm and inviting, it was the only other place than Hogwarts that Harry called home. Harry was laden with packages from the girls' shopping spree, of course being the nice guy he was he said he didn't mind holding a few bags for them.
'Idiot.' he thought to himself, almost dropping a box from the stack as he set it down in the living room. Ron came out of the kitchen with a huge grin on his face.
"Harry! Good to see you, mate." then his expression changed, "Bloody hell, what happened to you!? You're almost as tall as me and you look as if you could rip the ears off a troll!" Harry laughed at his remark.
"Well I have been working out a little." He said, very modestly.
"What is that?" Ron said pointing to his chest. Harry looked down and saw the pendant Ginny gave him had slipped out of his shirt,
"Nothing, mate." he said, tucking it in quickly. Ron looked suspicious, but said nothing. Harry smiled sheepishly at his best friend. Just then Mrs. Weasley walked into the room from the kitchen, drying her hands with a dish towel. "Oh, hello Harry, dear." she said with a quick motherly hug. "We're all glad you've come to stay with us again."
"Yeah, mate." said Ron, "You should have seen Ginny when Dumbledore's letter came." He put his hand to his forehead and acted like he was faint. "' Oh, the Great Harry Potter, I hope he comes to whisk me away on a white horse!'" Harry laughed because Ginny was standing behind Ron with her hands on her hips and a death glare on the back of his head.
"She's right behind me, isn't she?" asked Ron with grimace.
"Yeah, she is, mate." said Harry stifling the urge to laugh. Ron turned to his little sister and took a few steps back, "Hey, Gin" he said nervously, a bright red blush creeping onto his face.
"Ronald Weasley," she said in a deadly calm tone, "if you ever do that again I'll make sure I have a very heavy object in my hand." Ginny put a heavy emphasis on the word very and stalked off. Harry was wide eyed at her statement.
"Hey, Ron." he said quietly.
"Yeah, mate?" said Ron shakily.
"Remind me not to ever make your sister mad."
***
The next day Harry and Ron sitting outside on a couple chairs that they had conjured up, they both had sunglasses on and nothing else from the waist up. Hermione and Ginny came out of the house laughing and saw the two boys, 'No, not boys.' Hermione thought, her eyes glued to Ron's chest. Ginny smirked and gave Hermione a very smug look.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Hermione asked.
"Uh-huh." confirmed Ginny as Hermione raised her wand. But unnoticed by them Harry grinned a little, he knew they would take the bait. He and Ron feigned sleeping as they sunbathed so the girls would try something.
"Hey, Ron" whispered Harry.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Ready?"
"Yeah." He and Ron jumped up from the chairs and lunged at the girls. Hermione yelped and ran inside with Ron chasing after her, but Harry had caught Ginny before she could even turn around for the door.
"Got you, Weasley!" Harry announced as Ginny squirmed in his arms laughing.
"Let me go!" she said, not really wanting him to. Harry smirked and their gazes locked, the smirk died and Harry found himself wondering just when Ginny had gotten so beautiful. 'Don't think about that! She's your best friend's little sister!' he told himself sternly. But despite his better judgment Harry found himself moving closer to her.
"Oi, Harry! What do you think your doin' with our little sister?" Harry and Ginny jumped away from each other and Ginny rushed into the house.
Fred and George, his partners in Weasley Wizard Wheezes, Ginny's older brothers, were walking across the backyard.
"We knocked on the front door, but no one answered." said Fred.
"Your mum went into town for the day." said Harry.
"Yeah, and we noticed what you've been doing Harry." stated George, they both grabbed him by the arms and placed him a little too roughly against the back of the house.
"Be careful with our sister, Harry." said Fred warningly.
"Yeah, mate." said George, "it would be bad for your health if you hurt her."
"I didn't do anything!" protested Harry.
"It wasn't what you did, Harry, mate. It's what you were about to do." said Fred with a dangerous gleam in his eye.
***
Ginny flopped down on her bed. "Okay, calm down Ginny." she told herself, "Harry doesn't think of you like that, you're his best friend's little sister. His friend, that's it."
'Is that it?' said a little voice in the back of her head.
'Yes' she thought, Harry would never see her like that.
'You saw the way he looked at you.' said the voice. Ginny felt like she was reliving that moment, her head was swimming. It was the same look Michael had giving her when they were together, but from Harry it seemed different. Like a million Filibuster's Wet-Start No-Heat Fireworks were going off in her head.
Hermione rushed into the room and slammed the door in Ron's face. Another loud thunk and Ginny assumed Ron had hit the door.
Hermione giggled and turned to Ginny. "What are you doing up here? I figured Harry would still be chasing you around." she said sitting on the bed.
"Well, my brothers ruined that for me." she said sadly.
"Fred and George?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, and damn them both for interrupting me and Harry." said Ginny angrily. "In fact, I'm going to go do something about those two." she said with an evil grin.
***
Harry kept trying to go to sleep in Ron's dark room, but kept thinking of his little interlude with Ginny. 'I can't like her.' he thought, 'for one she's Ron's sister, and for another it'd be too dangerous for her. Voldemort will show no mercy on me and my friends, he could use her against me.' Harry turned over again and Ron finally spoke up.
"Hey, Harry?" he asked.
"Yeah?" said Harry.
"What do you think about me asking Hermione out?" he said.
"I'd say it's about time." said Harry.
"Okay, G'night, mate"
"'Night Ron." said Harry and he drifted into an uneasy sleep.
***
There was a dark corridor and deep red eyes, they glowed. They were evil, they wanted to hurt her. To hurt Ginny. Harry ran towards the small red-haired girl, she was already cold. It was Him,
Voldemort had killed her; Harry could hear the evil high pitched laugh. It made his stomach turn.
"Harry..." He heard the evil voice of the dark wizard.
"HARRY..." Harry shut his eyes tightly, trying to wake himself up. This had to be a dream.
"HARRY! Wake up, mate!" Ron was on top of him, trying to shake him awake. Harry woke up in a cold sweat, he was breathing heavily, like he had just finished a marathon.
"Harry? Are you okay?" Ron asked.
"Ron, he's in my dreams again. He knows." Harry said gravely.
"But your Occlumency lessons." Ron protested.
"He's found some way around that, Ron."
"I'll go get mum."
"No," said Harry, "I need to write to Dumbledore. Will you get Hedwig for me?"
"Sure, mate. But you have to at least tell my parents, they can help." said Ron
"Okay, mate. Now get off me so I can start writing to Dumbledore."
"Oh, sorry, Harry."
A/N
And the plot thickens. Might Ginny and Harry realize their feelings? Will Ron actually tell Hermione this year? Will Gred and Forge beat the ever-living snot out of Harry? And How did Voldemort get into Harry's mind after his Occlumency with Dumbledore and Snape?
Tune in next time to see, same Harry time, same Harry channel. ^_^