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Chapter 2
Ginny returned from the bathroom after her shower, which she had hoped would be relaxing, but this shower was far from relaxing. She couldn't stop thinking about the time turner in Hermione's pocket. Why did Hermione have a time turner? Sure, she had been told about third year when Hermione tried to take about a thousand classes at once, but hadn't she turned the time turner in at the end of the year? Ginny resolved to ask Hermione about it tomorrow, and she headed off to the sixth year girls' dormitory. On her way up the staircase, she overheard a voice that was unmistakably Harry's. He and Ron were sitting in a secluded corner of the common room, talking in hushed voices. Ginny crouched behind the stairway to listen to their conversation.
"It's just that, I keep having these really strange dreams," Harry stated.
"Not more visions about You-Know-Who!" Exclaimed Ron, "Harry you've got to tell Dumbledore!" Ginny knew as Ron said those words that Harry would be groaning, no one ever gave him any other advice. But the answer that came surprised her.
"No, nothing about Voldemort," Harry started, "About Ginny and me." He finished tentatively.
"WATCH IT MATE THAT'S MY SISTER!" Ron screamed, beginning to turn red.
"But that's the weird part, it looks like Ginny and me, but these people, they're dressed in old fashioned clothes and they have different names."
"Zachariah and Lucia," Ginny thought to herself as Harry said it out loud. Utterly confused and not wanting to hear another word, Ginny ran up to her dormitory and got into bed. She spent hours tossing and turning, thinking about what the dreams meant before drifting off into an uneasy sleep.
The next morning, Ginny awoke to Hermione raving about being late as she did every morning. She hurried around getting dressed, and when she was just about done she picked up the borrowed cloak from yesterday and put it on, still unable to find her own.
"Good of you to ask if you can borrow that again." Hermione said sharply.
"Sorry, but you don't mind do you?" Ginny asked. Hermione shook her head as they continued down the stairs. "Er...well, I actually wanted to talk to you about something," Ginny stated. Hermione looked up at her friend who looked extremely on edge.
"What is it?" Hermione asked, feeling a bit skeptical, it wasn't like Ginny to be so evasive.
"Well it's just that, I found your time turner in the pocket of this cloak yesterday and I was wondering, incidentally, why you still had it?" Ginny asked timidly.
"Is that all? The way you were dancing around whatever you had to say I thought it was something really serious!" Hermione laughed with relief. "I know I said I turned it in, but I kept it around as a reminder of how overworked I got myself in third year. Anytime I start to take on too much I pull that out and it reminds me to take a break!"
"Oh!" Ginny exclaimed relieved at such a simple answer, "well that's understandable." Ginny finished, and they walked the rest of the way to the Great Hall in silence.
When Hermione and Ginny arrived in the Great Hall, they saw Harry and Ron already seated, Harry trying to have a conversation with Ron who was stuffing food into his mouth as if there was no tomorrow. Ginny sat down across from Harry, suddenly remembering what he'd said last night. She must have made a funny expression, because Harry looked at her questioningly and said, "Is something wrong, Ginny?"
"What?" said Ginny surprised, and drawn out of her stupor, "Oh...no nothing's wrong I just spaced out for a moment." She recovered quickly.
"That can happen when you don't sleep well." Hermione stated.
"How do you know I didn't sleep well?" Ginny inquired.
"My dormitory is next door to yours, I could hear you talking to someone named Zachariah in your sleep." Hermione responded.
"Who is this Zachariah? Not another boyfriend?!" Ron immediately accused Ginny.
"Oh no, I must have just been sleep talking," she said as she glanced at Harry who was giving her a quizzical and shocked look, "I don't know anyone named Zachariah." She concluded, Harry's expression softened. Ginny decided he must not have realized she meant it was only in real life that she didn't know a Zachariah.
First thing that morning Ginny had double potions, in which a record low of only ten points were taken from Gryffindor. Ginny hurried out, as she thought after such a low loss of points from Gryffindor, Snape would be in a vile mood. She turned into a smaller hallway to see Harry and Malfoy glaring at each other with their wands raised.
"Dementor! Dementor!" Draco shouted pointing behind Harry with a fake look of fear.
"Very funny, Malfoy, but maybe you haven't heard I can conjure a patronus." Harry retorted.
"Of course, I've heard everything about the famous Harry Potter, but since most of it's just talk anyway..."
Harry cut him off, "Oh go bounce somewhere ferret boy!" This was too much for Malfoy, and he disarmed Harry. Then pointing his wand at Harry's chest, he began to speak a long, complicated incantation, which could only be dark magic. At this Ginny ran forward, pointed her wand at Malfoy and shouted, "Expelliarmus!" Draco was thrown against a wall, which gave Harry just enough time to grab his wand, which he pointed at Draco. Malfoy was now in no position to argue or fight, so he got up and ran toward the dungeons.
"Wow Ginny, I'm so lucky you were here, who knows what that spell he was trying would have done to me! Thank you so much!" Harry said giving her a big hug and lifting her off the ground as he did so.
"Oh, I was just in the right place at the right time." Ginny said casually.
"Still I owe you one, got any homework assignments you'd like to load off on me?" Harry asked jokingly.
"I suppose you can do my..." Harry smiled in anticipation to see what he could do to pay her back, "POTIONS!" Harry's face fell.
"On come on Ginny that's awful," he groaned, "It wasn't that great, I mean anyone can disarm, I'll bet even my muggle cousin could!" Harry said sarcastically.
"Well, I don't quite believe a MUGGLE could do it, but you've proven my point that it was nothing, you really don't need to try and repay me, I was just helping a friend."
"Even so, thank you," Harry said sincerely.
"You're welcome," Ginny said with a smile as they headed towards classes. They were already going to be late.
After an uneventful day of classes, Ginny met up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Great Hall for dinner. The moment she sat down to eat, professor Snape came by and stopped in front of her and Harry.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Weasley, detention! My office! Eight o'clock sharp!" Snape hissed at them.
"Oh no, I guess that means no quidditch today." Ron said jokingly, he knew Harry and Ginny hadn't done anything wrong lately, even by Snape's standards.
"This is not a laughing matter, Mr. Weasley, but feel free to keep laughing if you would like to join your friends," Snape drawled on.
"But Professor, we haven't done anything." Harry said, somewhat exasperated.
"I realize, Mr. Potter, that you are under the pretense that nothing you do is wrong, but I did see you two pull that little stunt against Mr. Malfoy today after class." Snape said glaring at them.
"You obviously didn't see the whole thing if we're the ones in detention." Harry muttered under his breath, Ginny had to suppress a laugh. Snape walked away, appearing as though he hadn't heard Harry's little comment.
"What did Malfoy do now?" Ron asked beginning to look infuriated. Ginny and Harry explained the whole scene to Ron and Hermione.
"Well, that's just ridiculous of him to give you detention isn't it? I mean it was self defense!" Hermione said a bit flustered.
"When has Snape ever given us a detention we actually deserved?" Ginny retorted.
"He didn't even see us with Malfoy today, trust me, no one was around." Harry said seriously.
"Well then Malfoy must have told him about it to get you in trouble, and of course he would have exaggerated to make it look like it was all your fault." Hermione stated quickly.
"Look can we just change the subject? Harry and I already have to spend a night around Snape, lets not talk about him as well." Said Ginny looking disgusted. Harry, Ron, and Hermione laughed in agreement.
After dinner the four of them headed up to Gryffindor tower, where Harry and Ginny just barely finished their homework before they had to leave for detention.
"I guess we better go get this over with." Harry said somberly.
"Oh, lighten up, Harry, we're not dying!" Ginny joked.
"Well, it's close enough!" Harry replied as the two made their way down to the dungeons. When they arrived Snape was standing around waiting for them, looking menacing as ever.
"You're late!" He spat at them, and pointed to the door. Harry and Ginny went inside, wondering what on earth they would have to do this time, and for how long they would be stuck there.
AN: I know it took forever and I have my reasons, which I'm not going to get into. I should be able to get chapters up sooner after this, but once again don't hold me to that. Please review, flaming is highly discouraged, though there's not much I can do about it. Please leave CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Oh yeah, and I saw Prisoner of Azkaban at midnight on opening night it was great!
Chapter 2
Ginny returned from the bathroom after her shower, which she had hoped would be relaxing, but this shower was far from relaxing. She couldn't stop thinking about the time turner in Hermione's pocket. Why did Hermione have a time turner? Sure, she had been told about third year when Hermione tried to take about a thousand classes at once, but hadn't she turned the time turner in at the end of the year? Ginny resolved to ask Hermione about it tomorrow, and she headed off to the sixth year girls' dormitory. On her way up the staircase, she overheard a voice that was unmistakably Harry's. He and Ron were sitting in a secluded corner of the common room, talking in hushed voices. Ginny crouched behind the stairway to listen to their conversation.
"It's just that, I keep having these really strange dreams," Harry stated.
"Not more visions about You-Know-Who!" Exclaimed Ron, "Harry you've got to tell Dumbledore!" Ginny knew as Ron said those words that Harry would be groaning, no one ever gave him any other advice. But the answer that came surprised her.
"No, nothing about Voldemort," Harry started, "About Ginny and me." He finished tentatively.
"WATCH IT MATE THAT'S MY SISTER!" Ron screamed, beginning to turn red.
"But that's the weird part, it looks like Ginny and me, but these people, they're dressed in old fashioned clothes and they have different names."
"Zachariah and Lucia," Ginny thought to herself as Harry said it out loud. Utterly confused and not wanting to hear another word, Ginny ran up to her dormitory and got into bed. She spent hours tossing and turning, thinking about what the dreams meant before drifting off into an uneasy sleep.
The next morning, Ginny awoke to Hermione raving about being late as she did every morning. She hurried around getting dressed, and when she was just about done she picked up the borrowed cloak from yesterday and put it on, still unable to find her own.
"Good of you to ask if you can borrow that again." Hermione said sharply.
"Sorry, but you don't mind do you?" Ginny asked. Hermione shook her head as they continued down the stairs. "Er...well, I actually wanted to talk to you about something," Ginny stated. Hermione looked up at her friend who looked extremely on edge.
"What is it?" Hermione asked, feeling a bit skeptical, it wasn't like Ginny to be so evasive.
"Well it's just that, I found your time turner in the pocket of this cloak yesterday and I was wondering, incidentally, why you still had it?" Ginny asked timidly.
"Is that all? The way you were dancing around whatever you had to say I thought it was something really serious!" Hermione laughed with relief. "I know I said I turned it in, but I kept it around as a reminder of how overworked I got myself in third year. Anytime I start to take on too much I pull that out and it reminds me to take a break!"
"Oh!" Ginny exclaimed relieved at such a simple answer, "well that's understandable." Ginny finished, and they walked the rest of the way to the Great Hall in silence.
When Hermione and Ginny arrived in the Great Hall, they saw Harry and Ron already seated, Harry trying to have a conversation with Ron who was stuffing food into his mouth as if there was no tomorrow. Ginny sat down across from Harry, suddenly remembering what he'd said last night. She must have made a funny expression, because Harry looked at her questioningly and said, "Is something wrong, Ginny?"
"What?" said Ginny surprised, and drawn out of her stupor, "Oh...no nothing's wrong I just spaced out for a moment." She recovered quickly.
"That can happen when you don't sleep well." Hermione stated.
"How do you know I didn't sleep well?" Ginny inquired.
"My dormitory is next door to yours, I could hear you talking to someone named Zachariah in your sleep." Hermione responded.
"Who is this Zachariah? Not another boyfriend?!" Ron immediately accused Ginny.
"Oh no, I must have just been sleep talking," she said as she glanced at Harry who was giving her a quizzical and shocked look, "I don't know anyone named Zachariah." She concluded, Harry's expression softened. Ginny decided he must not have realized she meant it was only in real life that she didn't know a Zachariah.
First thing that morning Ginny had double potions, in which a record low of only ten points were taken from Gryffindor. Ginny hurried out, as she thought after such a low loss of points from Gryffindor, Snape would be in a vile mood. She turned into a smaller hallway to see Harry and Malfoy glaring at each other with their wands raised.
"Dementor! Dementor!" Draco shouted pointing behind Harry with a fake look of fear.
"Very funny, Malfoy, but maybe you haven't heard I can conjure a patronus." Harry retorted.
"Of course, I've heard everything about the famous Harry Potter, but since most of it's just talk anyway..."
Harry cut him off, "Oh go bounce somewhere ferret boy!" This was too much for Malfoy, and he disarmed Harry. Then pointing his wand at Harry's chest, he began to speak a long, complicated incantation, which could only be dark magic. At this Ginny ran forward, pointed her wand at Malfoy and shouted, "Expelliarmus!" Draco was thrown against a wall, which gave Harry just enough time to grab his wand, which he pointed at Draco. Malfoy was now in no position to argue or fight, so he got up and ran toward the dungeons.
"Wow Ginny, I'm so lucky you were here, who knows what that spell he was trying would have done to me! Thank you so much!" Harry said giving her a big hug and lifting her off the ground as he did so.
"Oh, I was just in the right place at the right time." Ginny said casually.
"Still I owe you one, got any homework assignments you'd like to load off on me?" Harry asked jokingly.
"I suppose you can do my..." Harry smiled in anticipation to see what he could do to pay her back, "POTIONS!" Harry's face fell.
"On come on Ginny that's awful," he groaned, "It wasn't that great, I mean anyone can disarm, I'll bet even my muggle cousin could!" Harry said sarcastically.
"Well, I don't quite believe a MUGGLE could do it, but you've proven my point that it was nothing, you really don't need to try and repay me, I was just helping a friend."
"Even so, thank you," Harry said sincerely.
"You're welcome," Ginny said with a smile as they headed towards classes. They were already going to be late.
After an uneventful day of classes, Ginny met up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Great Hall for dinner. The moment she sat down to eat, professor Snape came by and stopped in front of her and Harry.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Weasley, detention! My office! Eight o'clock sharp!" Snape hissed at them.
"Oh no, I guess that means no quidditch today." Ron said jokingly, he knew Harry and Ginny hadn't done anything wrong lately, even by Snape's standards.
"This is not a laughing matter, Mr. Weasley, but feel free to keep laughing if you would like to join your friends," Snape drawled on.
"But Professor, we haven't done anything." Harry said, somewhat exasperated.
"I realize, Mr. Potter, that you are under the pretense that nothing you do is wrong, but I did see you two pull that little stunt against Mr. Malfoy today after class." Snape said glaring at them.
"You obviously didn't see the whole thing if we're the ones in detention." Harry muttered under his breath, Ginny had to suppress a laugh. Snape walked away, appearing as though he hadn't heard Harry's little comment.
"What did Malfoy do now?" Ron asked beginning to look infuriated. Ginny and Harry explained the whole scene to Ron and Hermione.
"Well, that's just ridiculous of him to give you detention isn't it? I mean it was self defense!" Hermione said a bit flustered.
"When has Snape ever given us a detention we actually deserved?" Ginny retorted.
"He didn't even see us with Malfoy today, trust me, no one was around." Harry said seriously.
"Well then Malfoy must have told him about it to get you in trouble, and of course he would have exaggerated to make it look like it was all your fault." Hermione stated quickly.
"Look can we just change the subject? Harry and I already have to spend a night around Snape, lets not talk about him as well." Said Ginny looking disgusted. Harry, Ron, and Hermione laughed in agreement.
After dinner the four of them headed up to Gryffindor tower, where Harry and Ginny just barely finished their homework before they had to leave for detention.
"I guess we better go get this over with." Harry said somberly.
"Oh, lighten up, Harry, we're not dying!" Ginny joked.
"Well, it's close enough!" Harry replied as the two made their way down to the dungeons. When they arrived Snape was standing around waiting for them, looking menacing as ever.
"You're late!" He spat at them, and pointed to the door. Harry and Ginny went inside, wondering what on earth they would have to do this time, and for how long they would be stuck there.
AN: I know it took forever and I have my reasons, which I'm not going to get into. I should be able to get chapters up sooner after this, but once again don't hold me to that. Please review, flaming is highly discouraged, though there's not much I can do about it. Please leave CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Oh yeah, and I saw Prisoner of Azkaban at midnight on opening night it was great!