Author's note: I began writing this story before the 5th book came out…and when it did, I realized that some things didn't work, but I continued writing it as if all that stuff hasn't happened, so therefore, this is Harry's 5th year instead of the 5th book. Sorry about any confusion there.

DISCLAIMER: I own none of the characters from the Harry Potter books, but I do own Celia and I did make up the legend…As for everything else they are J.K. Rowling's so please don't sue me.

Here we are then! Chapter 3!

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The end of the end, and the start of the beginning.

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When Celia woke up the next morning, there was no Phoenix next to her bed. Nor did she hear any owls outside. For a moment her heart sank, she thought that everything that happened had been a dream. When she looked to see her suitcase it wasn't there. Her eyes began to water. 'Was it all really a dream?' She thought. She was about to start crying when her mom knocked on the door.

"Come on sleepyhead! We're leaving!" In shock for a moment, her eyes wandered to her computer table; on the keyboard was the Hogwarts letter. Suddenly her heart was flying and so was she. In a second she was brushing her teeth and turning on the shower.

"Mahm, whereth mah bagh?" she asked with her toothbrush still in her mouth.

"Daddy brought it out to the car the first time we tried to wake you up. You must have been tired."

'Huh' Celia shrugged. She hadn't really felt tired but lately she didn't really feel like ever waking up. She didn't like when she was in that kind of moods. As she got into the shower and let it wake her up she sighed. 'That's it!' She thought to herself. 'I am not going to let myself be like this anymore! I'm going to seaside; I'm spending the year at a magic school! Why am I so upset?' She knew why she was upset. She had realized this past year that she was in love with one of her friends at school. Right around that time, her best friend started to like him. Later she found out that they were going out behind her back and telling her that they weren't so that they wouldn't hurt her. She had felt so used and embarrassed and upset. And worst of all betrayed. 'I've been feeling bad about this for too long. And he's a real jerk now; he's not the one I loved. From this moment I will not waste a single thought on any of this!' Feeling a little better she finished her shower.

In 10 minutes she was ready to go and in the car. As they pulled down the driveway, Celia bid farewell to all the bad that had happened and smiled as they drove down the street.

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Ginny Weasley waited patiently at the window for Pig to come back. The owl's name was actually Pigwidgeon, but her brother Ron had started calling him Pig, and once Harry and Fred and George joined in the name stuck. Anyway, Ginny was waiting for a response from Hermione. She had met Hermione on the Hogwarts express in her first year at Hogwarts. Though Hermione was really her brother Ron's friend more than her own. Another friend of theirs was -

"Hey Ginny!" Ginny froze for a minute when she heard Harry's greeting. He had simply shouted to her on his way up to Ron's room.

"Hello Harry!" She yelled back, hoping she didn't sound as flushed as she was. That was Harry, Harry Potter, the final member of the Weasley family. Harry was the most famous boy in the wizarding world. Ginny was sure that was where the crush started. Not that she cared about the fame; it was why he was famous that she liked him.

As a baby, Harry unknowingly defeated the powerful dark wizard Voldemort, making it once again safe in the wizarding world. Since that time, Harry had proven himself very brave. The year before her first year at Hogwarts, he came upon Voldemort and again spoiled his plans. Then in her first year, Harry had gone into the Chamber of Secrets and killed the deadly Basilisk, not to mention saving her life, and again spoiling Voldemort's plans. The next year, Harry was in danger of being killed by Sirius Black, who was also Harry's Godfather. He had escaped from Azkaban and was on the loose; the only wizard ever to have escaped from that place. Then in Ginny's 3rd year, this past one, Voldemort came back to life, living body and all. He had murdered a Hufflepuff boy called Cedric Diggory and tried to kill Harry as well. Harry barely escaped and it was let known to us that Sirius Black really wasn't the enemy after all. That year, Dumbledore, their headmaster, and Cornelius Fudge the Minister of Magic, reached a 'parting of the ways,' each having their own ways of dealing with the return of Voldemort to power.

Thinking of all this, Ginny was both nervous and excited about what would happen this year. She was sure though that whatever happened, in a school with Dumbledore, and the so far unbeatable team of Harry, Ron and Hermione, she would come out of whatever happened alive.

Ginny heard Ron's footsteps coming down the stairs. He was going to try to sneak into the refrigerator to get the pudding mum had made for dessert. For a wizarding family they had a lot of muggle artifacts in the house. Ron had coming down constantly trying to devise a way to get into the pudding. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Mum put a spell on it." She warned as Ron, who had just reached for the pudding, was thrown halfway across the room, slamming down onto the floor. "Told ya." She giggled, turning back to the window. Ron scowled and began to head back to his room. As he entered, he made the mistake of not closing his door all the way. Ginny took his mistake as a chance to listen a bit to what Harry and he were saying.

When they returned home from school last year, their mother put a spell on the whole house and its surroundings that would magnify any sound times 3. The reason for this was the combination of her twin older brothers'; Fred and George's, plans to make prank items for their joke shop that they wanted to run, and because of Voldemort regaining a body. With the magnification, she could hear Harry and Ron's conversation without even trying. Guiltily, she resolved never to tell a single word either of them said to anyone or anything. Feeling better about it, she continued listening.

"Sorry Harry, Mum's put a spell on it so that anyone who tries for it gets thrown into the wall." Ginny heard Harry laugh, Ron must have still been holding his back as he spoke.

"Aw shut up Harry!" She heard him say. Harry's laughter became somewhat quieter until there was silence for a minute. Shortly after that the two continued talking.

"Anyway, have you had anymore dreams about it Harry?" It occurred to Ginny that there must be quite a bit that Hermione and Ron knew that she didn't. There must have also been a lot more that Harry only told Ron. Feeling both excited and guilty about this, Ginny remembered her resolve and continued listening. Harry must have nodded because Ron was now asking,

"Was it bad?" Harry must have continuously been nodding because Ron was getting answers and Ginny couldn't hear them.

"Well? Come on then Harry! Tell me! What happened?" There was silence for a second and then she heard Harry speak very softly.

**Authors note: this next bit is up in Harry's room, Ginny hears what is being said but doesn't see anything else. Sorry for the confusion there. **

"Ron, I -" Harry broke off here; he was having a hard time saying what it was that had happened in his dream. How could it be? He thought back over it looking for a way to make it different but there wasn't one. They were going to lose a friend this year. There was no getting around it. She was going to be killed. Harry looked up at Ron. He knew how much it would hurt him to hear it. He didn't want to tell him. But he knew Ron would want to know.

"Harry tell me! What happened? One of us gets hurt right? So it's not like someone dies rig-" The look on Harry's face was enough to tell anyone. Yes, someone was going to die. Probably someone they cared for a great deal.

"Ron, you're not going to want to hear this." Harry started. "But this year, some one we both care about very much is going to, she's going to be, You-Know-Who is going to-"

Ginny's body turned rigid. Harry Potter, the boy who lived, had not said Voldemort the way he used to. He had said 'You-Know-Who' He was actually now showing fear of him. It was enough to send chills of desperation through her body.

"Say Voldemort dammit!" She heard Ron yell. He must have been shocked too. Harry becoming afraid of the dark lord was almost like having a dementor suck your hope away.

"Ron don't!" Harry was saying. "I know that it is silly but think about it! If we know that he's going to kill her then wouldn't you want to do everything to keep him away? Please, it might be stupid but say You-Know-Who!" He paused here. "She'd do the same for us."

"Harry this is crazy!" Ron was saying. "You've faced Voldemort, yes Voldemort Harry, loads of times and you're still here. Fear in a name, increases fear in the thing itself! Remember? Hermione said that and she was right! She-" Ron stopped abruptly. The look in Harry's eyes when he had mentioned her name seemed to sadden. Ron gaped at him with fear.

"Harry, you don't mean…please…tell me it's not; it's not Hermione who dies is it?"

"Say Ginny!" Ginny nearly hit her head on the window. She had begun to listen so intently that she hadn't even heard Fred and George come down the stairs.

"Shhh!" Ginny scolded, forgetting that she wasn't really supposed to be listening to Ron and Harry's conversation. The twins exchanged looks.

"Aw man! I can't hear anything else!" Ginny complained. Fred and George donned their usual smirks.

"Listening in on Ron and Harry were you?"

"Who would have thought? Our dear little sister, the one to follow in our footsteps on the path of mischief." The two of them looked as though they would burst into tears of joy. George sighed.

"Anyway, we regret to inform you that our dear brother has shut his door, so you won't be hearing any more today." Ginny was disappointed at this, but she had heard enough to keep her mined occupied for quite some time. Sighing, she said.

"So, what did you want then?"

"Ah yes!" George said, "The matter at hand. Do you happen to know where Pig has gotten to?" Ginny, for a moment, completely forgot that she was waiting for Hermione's letter. Blinking once, she remembered and told the twins that he would be back soon.

"Alright then, let us know when he's back then." They said.

"I think you'll know." Ginny pointed out. "You'll hear him."

"Ah! Well spoken young sister." Fred replied, mocking seriousness. It was true. Pig was high-pitched and annoying to begin with, the Sonorus spell that their mother had put on the house made him more fatal than a mandrake.

"Well, we'll be back then." Fred told her, as George ate a spoonful of the pudding that was in the fridge. Ginny looked at him in shock.

"How did you? I thought - What about the spell?"

George just smiled at her.

"Tricks of the trade sis, tricks of the trade." Fred told her as they left the room. Ginny, still amazed, smiled and turned back to the window.

In a few minutes, Ginny saw the speck in the sky that was Pig.

'Finally!' she thought as Pig flew around her head in circles. Ginny, rather than try to stop him, stood patiently, waiting for him to calm down and pass out from the long trip as usual. This time came very quickly; as he was coming from the states, and Ginny reached down to pick him and the letter up. Ginny placed him on his perch and removed Hermione's letter. Untying it, she noticed that there was another letter attached to Pigs leg. It was labeled 'Urgent - Please forward this letter to Albus Dumbledore' Ginny opened the letter quickly and read:

'Dear Uncle Al,

I sent a letter with Fawkes which I imagine you must already have, however I have not heard from you letting me know how I am going to get there and the other information. I have gone to the seaside house and I wanted to make sure that you knew where I was. I am hoping that whoever this Ginny is will forward this to you as soon as possible.

Anxiously awaiting your word,

Your niece,

Celia

Finishing the letter, Ginny folded it up and headed upstairs, heading for Ron's room. Outside the door, the twins were setting up a 'booby-trap' so that the next person to exit the room would be thrown backwards into it.

"Pig is back!" Ginny shouted, loud enough for Harry and Ron to hear. The door into Ron's room opened and immediately Ron was pulled out and thrown into the wall.

"I guess we haven't gotten it right yet." George commented as he, Fred, Harry and Ginny began to laugh.

"Real funny." Ron said sarcastically rubbing his nose.

"Say Ron," Harry began between laughs "Would you say that's about what happened when you went for the pudding?" Ron made a face at him and the rest of the group exploded with laughter.

When everyone had calmed down, Fred and George went to find Pigwidgeon and Ginny asked Harry to use Hedwig.

"What for?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"I have to send a letter to Dumbledore. It's important" She answered, waiting for the shock that statement would cause.

"Dumbledore?" Harry and Ron said in unison. Harry continued first.

"Ginny, are you ok? What do you need from Dumbledore?" He asked genuinely concerned. Harry had come to love Ginny as his own sister. It had started in his second year. When Ginny was taken into the chamber of secrets, he had been worried for his best friend's sister, the way anyone would be worried about a friend's sibling. After he had found her, and they were safe, Ginny had been so scared. She wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shirt. 'I was so scared!' she had cried. 'I'm so sorry! This…this was all my fault! I was so scared Harry!' He had comforted her, saying 'It's not your fault.' and, 'It's ok, it's over, we're safe now.' It was when she was crying and scared that she was no longer Ron's little sister. She was family. She was his own little sister.

Ginny smiled that Harry was concerned.

"No, it's not me, I'm fine." She said, both Ron and Harry noticeably relieved. "It's this." She told them, holding out the letter. After reading it, the boys exchanged looks of surprise. Suddenly, there were questions.

"Dumbledore has a niece?"

"New girl then."

"I wonder what year she's in?"

"Wait a sec, Ginny I thought Hermione was in the states."

"Hermione went to America?"

"Yeah you know her, they're always going somewhere."

"So, Dumbledore's niece lives in the states?"

"I still can't believe Dumbledore has a niece!"

"'Please if you can, ask Fred and George to take your car and bring my niece here, I think she needs some of their take to life. Sincerely, Albus Dumbledore.' "

Everyone had turned to listen to Fred and George who had come into the room holding a letter.

"Ah dear Fred, it seems that we have found a subject to test out delightful candies on." George commented dreamily.

"Yeah, oh hang on! Blimey!" Fred was still reading "She's a Harry!"

"A what?!" Harry, Ron and Ginny exclaimed in unison. George had leaned over to see what Fred was talking about.

"Wha-? Dumbledore's niece is muggle-born!"

"That's right!" Harry remembered. "Remember? Hagrid told us, that Dumbledore wasn't pure blood." Ron remembered it. It was in their second year. Malfoy had called Hermione a 'mud blood.' Hermione had started crying and Ron ended up puking slugs for nearly an hour. Just thinking of it got Ron upset at Malfoy. But he remembered Hagrid telling Hermione not to listen to him because there was nearly not a witch or wizard in the world that wasn't half blood or less.

"Wow." Ginny stated. Then she turned back to Harry. So, do you think she'd mind?"

"Who?" Harry asked confused.

"Hedwig! Remember?" A light bulb went off somewhere in Harry's mind. "We can't use Pig because he might die on the way; he's already been cross-country and back." Harry looked at Hedwig who was perched happily on top of her cage. They were going to send Sirius a letter about his dream, but this letter seemed important to Dumbledore's niece. He decided that Sirius's letter could wait.

"Yeah, no problem, she's been cooped up all summer anyway, I'm sure she'd enjoy it." She said taking the letter from Ginny and attaching it to the snowy-white owl. Harry told her where the letter was going and that it was important and then brought her to the window. Hedwig took off quickly in the direction of Hogwarts.

That being taken care of, Fred and George went back to their room and Ginny went to go read Hermione's letter while Harry and Ron talked about everything from quidditch to potions.

When Mr. and Mrs. Weasley got home, and dinner was on the table, they all discussed the events of the day, save Harry's dream and the twins' pranks. Because it was Dumbledore's suggestion, the twins were given permission to pick up Celia upon Dumbledore's word. Hermione's letter said that her vacation was going well and that she would be heading home soon as scheduled. Mr. Weasley discussed the going ons at work. For a while he had been rather shunned because of the fact that he and his family had 'sided' with Dumbledore. Mrs. Weasley remarked, bringing out the pudding, (causing Ron to choke and Harry, Ginny, Fred and George to snicker,) that it was

"So silly! Honestly, we are all on the same side! Ron, what's the matter with you all?" At this comment, the 4 of them could do nothing but break into laughter all over again.

After dinner was eaten, pudding jokes were finished, and the dishes had begun to wash themselves, everyone headed up to bed. Before going to sleep, Harry gave Hedwig the note to Sirius, patted her gently and thanked her for delivering the note to Dumbledore. Settling down to sleep, Harry thought of the year before them, and slept a dreamless sleep.