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Chapter 18

Ginny and Hermione had agreed to be nice to Ron and start talking to him again. It wasn't really his fault he was clueless and dense; after all, he didn't ask to be born a guy. Besides, things are getting way too tense at the Burrow to stay like that for the rest of the summer.

The girls were discussing what they should tell Ron when Pig came zooming into Ginny's room, with Ron right behind him.

"Bloody owl! He nearly gave me a heart attack when he zoomed through my window. Since he darted in here, I'm assuming the letter is for one of you," Ron commented.

Hermione quickly took the letter off of Pig's leg while Ginny held him still enough for her to be able to do that. Once Hermione had the letter, Pig zoomed back out of the room.

"Ron, I think your owl needs a tranquilizer," Ginny said. Ron and Hermione both nodded in agreement as Hermione looked over the letter.

"So who is it from?" Ron asked, trying to read it over her shoulder.

Hermione quickly pressed it against her chest and said the first name that came to mind, "Zachary," she blurted out. He was their year at school but in Hufflepuff so Ron didn't like him much because of his love for studying.

"Oh," Ron snorted. He turned around and left the room.

Ginny looked questioningly at Hermione when she got up and closed the door behind Ron. "It's from Harry," she confessed, going back over to the bed and sat down on it.

"Oh, okay. What'd he say?" Ginny asked.

"Dumbledore is okay with me coming up there and Harry is fine with you coming along also, as long as Ron doesn't know about it," Hermione said.

"I'm sure we can get my mum to help us get there. Let's go talk to her," Ginny suggested.

Both girls ran down the stairs and into the kitchen (since Mrs. Weasley can almost always be found there).

"Hey mum, can you help me and Hermione with something?" Ginny asked.

"Sure honey. What is it?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Harry is going to tell us why he is at Hogwarts but he wants us to come visit him up there. Dumbledore is fine with us coming but Harry doesn't want Ron to come or know about it," Ginny blurted out quietly, just incase Ron was somewhere nearby.

"Well first off, where you planning on asking your father or I before deciding you were going?" Mrs. Weasley asked Ginny, raising her eyebrow up.

Ginny and Hermione both blushed and muttered, "whoops."

Mrs. Weasley just shook her head and rolled her eyes upward before continuing. "Yes, you may go, though Hermione needs to ask her parents also. And I think I can come up with a way to keep your brother from knowing what is going on. But first I need to speak to Dumbledore. Go find Ron and make sure he doesn't come down here for awhile while I contact Albus."

"Thanks mum."

"Thanks Mrs. Weasley," Ginny and Hermione said at the same time before running back up the stairs to find Ron.

Mrs. Weasley went over to the fireplace and threw some floo powder into the fireplace.

"Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster's office at Hogwarts," she said clearly into the flames.

A moment or two later Dumbledore's head appeared.

"Ah, Molly, I was wondering when I would hear from you. Is this about the girls coming up to Hogwarts?" he smiled.

"Yes it is." Mrs. Weasley was no longer surprised by Dumbledore knowing what she was going to say before she even got a chance to say it.

"It is fine with me if they come up here…in fact I think it will be good for Harry to see them. And before you ask, I do not know why Harry does not want Ron to come up also."

Molly quickly spoke up before Dumbledore could answer another unasked question of hers. "When should I bring the girls?"

Dumbledore stroked his beard for a moment as he thought. "I think Tuesday would be good; if that's alright with you. Two days should be enough time for everyone to get ready."

"Certainly Albus. I'll see you then."

Dumbledore's head retreated from the fire and the fireplace returned to normal.

"Right then," she murmured to herself. "Time to tell the girls." She walked up the stairs and knocked on Ginny's door.

"Were you able to keep Ron away?" she asked.

"Yep. He was busy trying to keep Pig from destroying his room and attacking him," Ginny stated, while both girls snickered. "Were you able to speak to Professor Dumbledore?"

"Yes I did," Mrs. Weasley replied as she shut the bedroom door. Both girls jumped up from the bed when they heard those words. "I'll be taking you up there on Tuesday, assuming Hermione gets permission from her parents.

Ginny launched herself at her mother and gave her a big hug while Hermione bounced in place and smiled brightly.

"Thank you!" they both said at the same time, making Mrs. Weasley smile.

"And I think I have come up with a plan. Hermione's parents will call here, inviting Ginny to go on a trip with them and Hermione. We can ask them to call tomorrow after Hermione asks them about going," Mrs. Weasley added in. "That will explain why you two will be gone. But of course you have to get some things before going on the trip so I will floo with you to Diagon Alley. We can actually look around awhile if you want to, then I'll Apparate us to the Hogwarts border, where I will escort you into the school of course. The story will be that I took you to Hermione's house and saw the two of you off on your trip. How does that sound?"

Hermione and Ginny stared with wide eyes at Mrs. Weasley.

"Wow mum! I didn't know you could come up with a plan like that!" Ginny finally exclaimed.

Mrs. Weasley just chuckled. "Well, I think it's part of being a parent." She was about to open the door to leave but turned back around. "Oh, and don't worry. I won't tell Arthur anything. Merlin knows he'd let it slip somehow," she sighed before leaving the room, shutting the door behind her.

As soon as she was gone, both girls fell back onto Ginny's bed (they sure seem to do that a lot don't they?).

"We're actually getting to go," Ginny smiled.

"Yep," Hermione smiled back and they laid in a comfortable silence.

They were actually getting to see Harry and hopefully would find out what was going on with one of their best friends. The thought of what might be going on Harry though soon filled both their heads and the smiles quickly left their faces.

"I wonder what will happen when we actually get there though," Hermione said softly, voicing both of their thoughts.

"Yeah," Ginny murmured. Hopefully it was something that wasn't too bad but knowing Harry, it probably was.

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Okay, I meant to post sooner I swear! I was going to, but I got stuck on the story. I actually have more written but I felt bad about having not posted in awhile so I went ahead and just typed this part. We had spring break this past week, which is why this wasn't done sooner. I know that sounds crazy but I have discovered something; I cannot write fan fiction unless I am in a class and am supposed to be doing school work lol. My friend is the same way so I'm not too weird though. Yep lovely babbling here…anyways. Here's my thanks:

My beta Maria (as always), Wynjara, Jalen I., Malfoyfreak4ever, Wiccan Pussykat, yami no rose, kelei, lyss33, Charlie_potter1, HecateDeMort, Lady Phoenix Slytherin, Fox666, Silvercrystal77, and Athena kitty.

Oh, one more thing!! I have heard from several people that they want longer chapters, while some others want me to post sooner. I'm sorry, but you can't have both lol. So leave your vote in a review and I'll tell you in the next chapter what shall happen. Thanks for reading!! …and review!! ^_^