A/N: Remember that this story is acting as if what happened in the 5th book
never happened. A special thanks to my beta for her work.
~*Chapter 7: Hogsmeade Celebration*~
Ginny had only wanted to take a nice long nap when she returned to the flat with Sirius, but he wouldn't let her.
"But-" she protested.
"No buts!" he said sternly.
Sighing to herself, she instead sat out on the porch with a piece of parchment and quill. She was, from the best of her memory, sketching the painting she had seen in her dream, humming every now and again. Right when she was finishing up, Sirius came out to her.
"I'm going to go and pick up Harry. Do you want to come too or stay?" he asked.
"I think I will come too," she answered with a small smile, putting her parchment and quill on the seat beside her.
"You're just worried if he went through with those clothes," said Sirius, grinning once they had gotten into the car.
"A little," she told him.
There wasn't much conversation and more of her just playing with her hands. She was far too nervous to talk, after all if Harry didn't go through with what he was getting before, she could only imagine what he picked out instead. It seemed to be no time at all when they were there. She saw Harry talking to a really- normally she wouldn't have thought like this- rather large around the middle muggle.
"I'll go see what's going on," she said to Sirius when Harry didn't even turn to them.
Stepping out of the car, she pulled her long red hair behind her head, and stood right beside Harry.
"What's going on?" she asked, concerned because of the scowl on Harry's face and the look of loathing on the boy he was talking to.
"So Harry, is this your little girl friend?" asked the boy.
"Yeah, she is," said Harry, putting his arm around her waist and pulling her closer.
She eyed him strangely, but kept her mouth shut.
"Not that you could ever have a girl who actually wanted to be with you, Dudley," said Harry with hatred in his voice.
Never before had she heard him talk like that and it scared her slightly.
"Let's get in the car," suggested Ginny in a small voice.
Harry stared at her for a moment; his face seemed to soften a bit.
"Yeah," he agreed following her to the car.
"Once you realize what he is, I'm available!" yelled Dudley as Harry helped her into the car.
"What was that all about?" she asked immediately once he shut the door.
"Just my stupid cousin," said Harry rolling his eyes.
"You were quick to claim me," she said hitting him playfully in the arm.
"Maybe I wanted to," he said.
Suddenly he went from being a foot away to mere inches; she could feel his hot breath on her skin.
"Did you pick the same style costumes?" asked Sirius loudly, making them both jump away.
"Well, actually I did," said Harry nervously.
Ginny was shocked, but at least she knew what she was getting into.
The days flew by so fast she couldn't believe they had gone by so fast. Harry had protested showing her all the things she would be wearing, but could avoid it no longer now that it was time for her to get ready.
"Here's everything you need. There are instructions on the stuff you've never used before," explained Harry, dropping the bags in the bathroom.
"Do you really think I can do this?" she asked, leaning against the counter.
"I know you can," and right before he shut the door, he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
Her jaw dropped but it made her smile and feel a little bit more hopeful. Digging into the first bag, she pulled out the clothes she would be wearing. The same leather pants and vinyl top came out. She hung them on the door and next pulled out the pair of combat style boots she would be wearing, for once noticing the heel. She wondered how many times she'd trip in them. Putting them aside by the clothes, she reached into the last bag. In here she pulled out a belt, green eye shadow, muggle hair dye, and a hair tie to pull her hair back at the nape of her neck and some hair spray.
Sighing deeply, she read the side of the hair dye bottle. She turned on the shower and got in. Once her hair was soaked, she put in the hair dye and set a clock to go off when she was supposed to rinse it out. Black was a drastic change from her usual red, and while she had time to think, she decided it wouldn't look right on her, but it was too late now. Getting the water back on, she rinsed it out and took her shower.
Getting dressed was awkward at first, but then she realized the leather pants had zippers along the sides and that was why she couldn't pull it up. Once she was dressed and had her hair back, she looked down at one of the empty bags. There was something there. Reaching in she pulled out a picture of a woman dressed in clothes that looked like hers, across the bottom was written 'Trinity.' She smiled to herself and looked in the mirror. She and the picture were a splitting image of each other. Glancing at the clock and noticing it was time to leave, she tidied up the bathroom. Stepping nervously out the bathroom door, she heard Harry and Sirius talking.
She quietly walked up behind them; they were sitting on the couch. Her jaw dropped at the sight of Harry, he didn't even look much like himself, between the slicked down hair, to the trench coat, and combat boots, he looked so different. She thought he looked, well, sexy. But she wouldn't tell him that.
Regaining her composure, she coughed lightly to get their attention. The reaction was priceless. Sirius let out a long low whistle, and Harry just sat there gaping while dropping his butterbeer to the floor.
"So what do you think?" she asked nervously, but at the same time knowing the answer.
"You look..wow," said Harry still staring.
"What Harry means is that he thinks you look hot," said Sirius, acting as if he was translating another language for her.
For the first time since she coughed, Harry looked away from her to Sirius, but only long enough to give him a scowl. She laughed, it was amusing.
"Well, Sirius aren't you going to tell Ginny that you're going out with a girl you said was special tonight?" said Harry, raising an eye brow.
"Actually I was going to," said Sirius, but from the blush on his face it was obvious he wasn't planning on saying it.
"Go Sirius," said Ginny with a playful grin on her face, causing him to blush more.
It was fun being on the opposite side of the teasing.
"Let's go then," announced Sirius, clapping his hands and shooing them out the door.
"Aren't you coming too?" asked Ginny, when her and Harry had stepped out of the flat and Sirius was staying behind.
"Actually, my friend is meeting me here," said Sirius, blushing.
"What Sirius mean is he's waiting on his girlfriend to meet him here," said Harry, mocking the tone Sirius had used.
Ginny let out a giggle. Harry shut the door, and he then held her hand.
"Let's go Trinity."
Out of all the times she had been in the village, she had never seen it this busy. People in costumes at every corner, she didn't know where to go first.
"Hey look, it's Fred and George!" said Harry, pointing across the street to a building.
"Let's go see them," suggested Ginny at once.
"You go and I will go and get us some butterbeers," Harry piped up.
"Okay, but be careful in this crowd," she told him.
"I will," he said kissing her on the cheek.
She could get used to that. Trying to stop blushing she walked over to Fred and George just as the crowd was leaving them because they had finished there act. Fred elbowed George in the ribs and pointed at her when she walked over.
"Hey, it's great to see you," she said, smiling.
Fred bowed down and kissed her hand, causing her to giggle.
"You're great to see too," said George.
"Yes, pleasant to the eyes," said Fred, winking.
Suddenly she knew why they were acting like that, they didn't recognize her.
"So this is your little money maker?" she asked pointing to the store behind them.
"Yeah it is. Do you think we could buy you?" asked Fred, a hint of hopefulness in his voice.
She laughed and saw Harry step up right beside her, handing a butterbeer to each Fred and George and then one to herself.
"Thanks Harry," she said.
George's eyes widened, while Fred spit out the butterbeer that had been in his mouth.
"You're going out with her?!" asked them both at once.
Harry looked panicky and nodded.
"Great job mate," said Fred, patting him on the back, and she could see him letting out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah quite the find," agreed George.
"We best be going," said Harry.
"Awww, so soon?" asked Fred.
"Yeah, I want to take Ginny, here, to be in the costume contest."
"GINNY?!" they both said, but she never got to hear anything else. A rush of people came running into different buildings in a blind panic.
"What's.going on?" asked Ginny, panting from being out of breath.
Harry was dragging her along the street, going the opposite of the people trying to get into places.
"I don't know," said Harry, honestly.
Soon, she noticed he was taking her along a side road that was off the main street.
"Where are we going?" she asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon," he assured her, giving her hand a tiny squeeze.
In a few minutes she heard running water, and they were coming upon a waterfall.
"Oh, Harry, it's beautiful," she told him when they arrived.
"I have something I need to tell you," he said sincerely.
"What?"
"Sit down," he told her, brushing off a rock.
"Okay," she told him, sitting down.
She let out a small gasp as he got down on his knees.
"Please forgive me for lying the other day. The truth is that I.."
A/N: Cliff hanger from me!
~*Chapter 7: Hogsmeade Celebration*~
Ginny had only wanted to take a nice long nap when she returned to the flat with Sirius, but he wouldn't let her.
"But-" she protested.
"No buts!" he said sternly.
Sighing to herself, she instead sat out on the porch with a piece of parchment and quill. She was, from the best of her memory, sketching the painting she had seen in her dream, humming every now and again. Right when she was finishing up, Sirius came out to her.
"I'm going to go and pick up Harry. Do you want to come too or stay?" he asked.
"I think I will come too," she answered with a small smile, putting her parchment and quill on the seat beside her.
"You're just worried if he went through with those clothes," said Sirius, grinning once they had gotten into the car.
"A little," she told him.
There wasn't much conversation and more of her just playing with her hands. She was far too nervous to talk, after all if Harry didn't go through with what he was getting before, she could only imagine what he picked out instead. It seemed to be no time at all when they were there. She saw Harry talking to a really- normally she wouldn't have thought like this- rather large around the middle muggle.
"I'll go see what's going on," she said to Sirius when Harry didn't even turn to them.
Stepping out of the car, she pulled her long red hair behind her head, and stood right beside Harry.
"What's going on?" she asked, concerned because of the scowl on Harry's face and the look of loathing on the boy he was talking to.
"So Harry, is this your little girl friend?" asked the boy.
"Yeah, she is," said Harry, putting his arm around her waist and pulling her closer.
She eyed him strangely, but kept her mouth shut.
"Not that you could ever have a girl who actually wanted to be with you, Dudley," said Harry with hatred in his voice.
Never before had she heard him talk like that and it scared her slightly.
"Let's get in the car," suggested Ginny in a small voice.
Harry stared at her for a moment; his face seemed to soften a bit.
"Yeah," he agreed following her to the car.
"Once you realize what he is, I'm available!" yelled Dudley as Harry helped her into the car.
"What was that all about?" she asked immediately once he shut the door.
"Just my stupid cousin," said Harry rolling his eyes.
"You were quick to claim me," she said hitting him playfully in the arm.
"Maybe I wanted to," he said.
Suddenly he went from being a foot away to mere inches; she could feel his hot breath on her skin.
"Did you pick the same style costumes?" asked Sirius loudly, making them both jump away.
"Well, actually I did," said Harry nervously.
Ginny was shocked, but at least she knew what she was getting into.
The days flew by so fast she couldn't believe they had gone by so fast. Harry had protested showing her all the things she would be wearing, but could avoid it no longer now that it was time for her to get ready.
"Here's everything you need. There are instructions on the stuff you've never used before," explained Harry, dropping the bags in the bathroom.
"Do you really think I can do this?" she asked, leaning against the counter.
"I know you can," and right before he shut the door, he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
Her jaw dropped but it made her smile and feel a little bit more hopeful. Digging into the first bag, she pulled out the clothes she would be wearing. The same leather pants and vinyl top came out. She hung them on the door and next pulled out the pair of combat style boots she would be wearing, for once noticing the heel. She wondered how many times she'd trip in them. Putting them aside by the clothes, she reached into the last bag. In here she pulled out a belt, green eye shadow, muggle hair dye, and a hair tie to pull her hair back at the nape of her neck and some hair spray.
Sighing deeply, she read the side of the hair dye bottle. She turned on the shower and got in. Once her hair was soaked, she put in the hair dye and set a clock to go off when she was supposed to rinse it out. Black was a drastic change from her usual red, and while she had time to think, she decided it wouldn't look right on her, but it was too late now. Getting the water back on, she rinsed it out and took her shower.
Getting dressed was awkward at first, but then she realized the leather pants had zippers along the sides and that was why she couldn't pull it up. Once she was dressed and had her hair back, she looked down at one of the empty bags. There was something there. Reaching in she pulled out a picture of a woman dressed in clothes that looked like hers, across the bottom was written 'Trinity.' She smiled to herself and looked in the mirror. She and the picture were a splitting image of each other. Glancing at the clock and noticing it was time to leave, she tidied up the bathroom. Stepping nervously out the bathroom door, she heard Harry and Sirius talking.
She quietly walked up behind them; they were sitting on the couch. Her jaw dropped at the sight of Harry, he didn't even look much like himself, between the slicked down hair, to the trench coat, and combat boots, he looked so different. She thought he looked, well, sexy. But she wouldn't tell him that.
Regaining her composure, she coughed lightly to get their attention. The reaction was priceless. Sirius let out a long low whistle, and Harry just sat there gaping while dropping his butterbeer to the floor.
"So what do you think?" she asked nervously, but at the same time knowing the answer.
"You look..wow," said Harry still staring.
"What Harry means is that he thinks you look hot," said Sirius, acting as if he was translating another language for her.
For the first time since she coughed, Harry looked away from her to Sirius, but only long enough to give him a scowl. She laughed, it was amusing.
"Well, Sirius aren't you going to tell Ginny that you're going out with a girl you said was special tonight?" said Harry, raising an eye brow.
"Actually I was going to," said Sirius, but from the blush on his face it was obvious he wasn't planning on saying it.
"Go Sirius," said Ginny with a playful grin on her face, causing him to blush more.
It was fun being on the opposite side of the teasing.
"Let's go then," announced Sirius, clapping his hands and shooing them out the door.
"Aren't you coming too?" asked Ginny, when her and Harry had stepped out of the flat and Sirius was staying behind.
"Actually, my friend is meeting me here," said Sirius, blushing.
"What Sirius mean is he's waiting on his girlfriend to meet him here," said Harry, mocking the tone Sirius had used.
Ginny let out a giggle. Harry shut the door, and he then held her hand.
"Let's go Trinity."
Out of all the times she had been in the village, she had never seen it this busy. People in costumes at every corner, she didn't know where to go first.
"Hey look, it's Fred and George!" said Harry, pointing across the street to a building.
"Let's go see them," suggested Ginny at once.
"You go and I will go and get us some butterbeers," Harry piped up.
"Okay, but be careful in this crowd," she told him.
"I will," he said kissing her on the cheek.
She could get used to that. Trying to stop blushing she walked over to Fred and George just as the crowd was leaving them because they had finished there act. Fred elbowed George in the ribs and pointed at her when she walked over.
"Hey, it's great to see you," she said, smiling.
Fred bowed down and kissed her hand, causing her to giggle.
"You're great to see too," said George.
"Yes, pleasant to the eyes," said Fred, winking.
Suddenly she knew why they were acting like that, they didn't recognize her.
"So this is your little money maker?" she asked pointing to the store behind them.
"Yeah it is. Do you think we could buy you?" asked Fred, a hint of hopefulness in his voice.
She laughed and saw Harry step up right beside her, handing a butterbeer to each Fred and George and then one to herself.
"Thanks Harry," she said.
George's eyes widened, while Fred spit out the butterbeer that had been in his mouth.
"You're going out with her?!" asked them both at once.
Harry looked panicky and nodded.
"Great job mate," said Fred, patting him on the back, and she could see him letting out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah quite the find," agreed George.
"We best be going," said Harry.
"Awww, so soon?" asked Fred.
"Yeah, I want to take Ginny, here, to be in the costume contest."
"GINNY?!" they both said, but she never got to hear anything else. A rush of people came running into different buildings in a blind panic.
"What's.going on?" asked Ginny, panting from being out of breath.
Harry was dragging her along the street, going the opposite of the people trying to get into places.
"I don't know," said Harry, honestly.
Soon, she noticed he was taking her along a side road that was off the main street.
"Where are we going?" she asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon," he assured her, giving her hand a tiny squeeze.
In a few minutes she heard running water, and they were coming upon a waterfall.
"Oh, Harry, it's beautiful," she told him when they arrived.
"I have something I need to tell you," he said sincerely.
"What?"
"Sit down," he told her, brushing off a rock.
"Okay," she told him, sitting down.
She let out a small gasp as he got down on his knees.
"Please forgive me for lying the other day. The truth is that I.."
A/N: Cliff hanger from me!
