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Chapter Nine
Ginny and the Twins
"Harry!" Ginny cried.
Ginny stormed over to Harry's bedside and buried her head in Harry's chest. She immediately burst into a fit of sobs. Molly and Arthur quietly left the room, leaving Harry and Ginny alone.
"Harry…Harry…oh my God, Harry!" Ginny muttered desperately into his chest.
Ginny couldn't believe it. Harry looked even worse than she had expected. She lifted her head from Harry's chest and began stroking his hair as tears flowed freely down her face. Harry noticed that she was shaking furiously. He was worried.
"Ginny, calm down. I'm going to be okay," he assured quietly.
Ginny collapsed onto Harry, hugging his neck. Tears continued to flow down her cheeks.
"Calm down."
Harry reached out his arms and began to stroke Ginny's hair.
"I'm sorry," said Ginny, "It's just that I can't believe that they would do this to you. You of all people."
Ginny still had her arms around Harry.
"My uncle was a drunk," said Harry.
"I know. But still, why were you chosen to have such a horrible family? You never did anything wrong to deserve it."
Harry sighed and looked up at the ceiling.
"Maybe I did do something wrong to deserve what I got."
Ginny gasped.
"You didn't! You never did anything wrong! You always help people and save lives! You're the most selfless person I have every met. You did not deserve this!"
"I don't know why, but I don't believe in God anymore. If God was able to control everything on Earth then why did this happen to me?"
"Harry, you have to believe in God."
"But why? Everyday I would pray for someone to take me away from the Dursleys and love me like their own son but it never happened. Look at what I got instead!"
Ginny looked into Harry's eyes and smiled.
"Actually, that did happen."
Harry looked at her as if she was insane.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Sirius, Dumbledore and Professor Lupin came and got you out of there so that's the getting away part and this summer you're going to be living with Sirius and that's the loving part. Sirius loves you like his own son and is going to treat you that way. In the end, your prayers did come true."
Harry laughed slightly.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," he whispered.
"God is a wonderful thing. A lot of wizards think he is fake but I know he isn't. He's helped me so many times, answered all of my prayers."
"Like what?"
"Well, when I was nine my dad couldn't find a job and we were about to be living on the streets. And so I prayed. I prayed every night, hoping that something would happen to save us."
Harry propped himself up on his shoulders.
"And what happened?"
"The next morning my dad got a letter from the Ministry, giving him a job in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Department."
"Wow, that's lucky."
"Do you want to know another thing I prayed for?"
"Yeah, sure."
"I prayed to find the love of my life."
"And did you find him?"
Ginny blushed slightly, her eyes gleaming.
"Yes…"
"Who?"
Ginny crawled closer to Harry on the bed. She reached out a hand, touching Harry's heart. Harry blushed slightly as Ginny smiled at him. Then Harry did something that either he, or Ginny had expected.
He reached out his hands and placed both on either side of Ginny's face. He pulled her to him and they got closer and closer and then…
"What are you doing?"
Harry and Ginny turned around and found themselves face-to-face with Fred and George.
"Fred! George!" Ginny cried.
"Hello Harry. Hello Ginny. Having fun?" asked George.
"What are you doing here?" screeched Ginny.
"Mum said that we could see Harry," said Fred.
"Argh!"
Ginny stormed out of the room, causing Fred and George to laugh.
"Hey, Harry, how are you?" asked George.
"'Fine."
"You don't look fine."
The twins sat down on either side of Harry.
"We're really sorry about what your uncle did to you," said Fred.
"Thanks guys. Why are you acting so different?"
"We're sad," said George, "You're like a little brother to us, of course we're going to act differently."
"Yeah," added Fred, "We love you Harry, and we don't want you to get hurt."
"Aww! Thanks. I love you guys, too."
The twins pulled Harry into a big brotherly hug. Harry felt great knowing that people actually cared about him; it made him feel warm inside. The twins pulled away and looked at Harry with a mischievous look in their eyes.
"Guess what?" they said in union.
"What?"
"Your family was sent to prison," said George (A/N: My nickname is George! Lol!)
"WHAT?!"
"Your aunt and uncle were sent to a Muggle prison and your cousin was sent to Juvenile Hall. We just received the news about ten minutes ago."
"We ran down the Muggle post area, down at the end of the hallway and sent them some of our pranks. I hope they get them. (A/N: I'd think they would have a Muggle post area for the Muggle born kids who wanted to reach their parents that way instead of with an owl)
"What did you send them?" asked Harry.
"Let us show you."
Fred reached into his cloak pocket and pulled out a small box.
"These are unnamed at the moment," he said. "They look like normal chocolates, but have a horrible result when eaten. Your hair falls out and never grows back, unless you eat the antidote. The antidote comes with the chocolate, but we didn't send them."
George then pulled out a normal looking shirt.
"This looks like a normal short but when you put it on, you break out into hives. You can remove them with 'Finite Incantum' but your family doesn't have any wands."
Harry laughed as they continued to show him their pranks.
"These give you duck feet."
"And these make your nose grow."
"And these make the whites of your eyes purple."
The twins had so many pranks that it made Harry wonder where they got all of their ideas. He would never be able to come up with stuff like that. His family was really in for it.
"Your family is going to be in a living hell," said Fred.
"They'll never forget it," added George.
A knock on the door suddenly interrupted them. The door slowly opened and they saw Sirius's head poke inside.
"Whatcha doing?" Sirius asked.
"We're showing Harry our pranks."
"Cool! Can I see?"
Sirius walked over to the bed and sat down at the end. The twins began showing Sirius their stuff.
"James and I used to always invent stuff like this. We were the leads of the Marauders. Peter and Remus didn't cause as much trouble."
"You're one of the Marauders?" George gasped.
"Yup! Padfoot at your service!"
"And Professor Lupin was one too?" added Fred.
"He was Moony. And Peter Pettigrew was Wormtail, and Harry's father was Prongs. Are you two okay?"
The twins were staring at him with wide eyes, their mouths slightly ajar. Sirius began to laugh.
"Overwhelmed I see. Um…oh yeah! Guys, you have to leave. Visiting hours are over. You'll be able to see Harry after the surgery. (A/N: Sirius, Remus and Dumbledore will still be able to see Harry.)
The twins nodded dumbly and walked out of the room. 'We love you, Professor Lupin' was heard from outside.
"Um…what was that?" asked Sirius.
"You're the twins' idols. They've been following the Marauders ever since their first year."
"Glad to know we're still Hogwarts' greatest pranksters!"
"What's so fun about playing pranks anyway?"
"You don't like pranks?!" Sirius gasped.
Sirius was staring at Harry with his mouth open.
"Actually, I've never played a prank before."
Sirius' mouth opened even wider.
"You've never played a prank before?"
"Not even one."
"Well, that's going to change this summer!"
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: If you read on you would see that I corrected myself.
ChibiYugiYasha: At first Percy was nice to Harry, but you know how Percy began a major idiot ever since he got the job from the Ministry of Magic. I'd say that Cornelius Fudge taught him all of that…stupid git.Jellybaybee555: I love sad stories: that's all I read! I'm more into writing sad stories than any others though I am planning one where Harry goes back to the time of the Marauders. I probably wont write it though; I'm too busy with this story and all of its sequels. There will be six parts to this story.
IluvBNmyself: I don't know what you mean. Did you mean to tell me to change it to Harry wanting to see Ron over the summer? Because that's what I meant. I meant for Harry to want to see Ron, not Sirius. Lol!
shelly101: When I wrote 'Liar, liar, pants on fire' I meant what happened in the sequel. If you read it you will understand.
sami1010220: Percy is an asshole. His family probably already hates him; I haven't decided yet though. Lol! I wanted Ginny to take Harry's reaction harder than the rest because she likes him and everything.
Kelei: Yay! A lol!
Pure Black: Don't worry; you don't have to tell me. I hate hospitals too. I've been in them before as well.
SiriusWolf: I don't like cliffies. I use to have a lot of them though. I didn't know whether the last chapter was one or not so I asked. Lol! I hate waiting for the next chapter after there's a cliffy.
Anzie: I find it cute that Sirius is calling him Bunny and it made me snicker as well. The name you used is sooo cute! Is your name Angela or something? My name is Angela.
lyss33: Percy is the evilest little freak in the world and I hate him.
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Shadowed Rains: I'm always hyper and tired at the same time. It's a horrible mixture. Once I was really tired and lying in bed and then all of a sudden I jumped out of bed and started running around. It was really weird. I didn't know where it came from.
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melissa: Percy is a prick. I wouldn't let Vernon get Harry…Ginny's better. I saw the movie too. All the kids are hot. Neville, Harry, Ron, Draco, Oliver, Fred, George…it goes on! The movie messed up the book though.
HOBOrules: Hermione will be in the next chapter. A beta is another word for an editor. You send them your work and they correct all the mistakes they find and send it back to you. I have two of them.
Eric2: Yes! Ginny to the rescue! Kissy kissy!"
smilyfaces1: Percy is and always will be and asshole. I would never kill Sirius, for he is my lover. Lol! This story takes place in the summer after fourth year. I always use that. 'Losing Myself' (the sequel to this) happened during the same summer.
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