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In this chapter it will be the battle at Hogwarts or will it? Just read to find out.
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Harry no!
Harry took off his shoes and cloak and robes, so he didn't weigh as much and crept closer to the hole.
"Accio Ginny!" Harry called pointing his wand at the hole. Ginny came zooming out and into his arms freezing cold and shivering.
"Harry." Ginny whispered her voice barely audible before she passed out.
"Ginny! No Ginny! Please wake up!" Harry cried sobbing. Then snapping to his senses he muttered a warming spell and conjured a stretcher but then thinking better of it he muttered something to take it away and holding her close one arm under her legs and one arm around her shoulders he walked briskly towards the castle.
"Help! Help us!" Harry called when they reached the entrance hall.
"Harry?" Melly called walking past on her way to the kitchens.
"She was skating and she fell through the ice, please help her!" Harry cried hysterically.
"Harry calm down here take her to the hospital wing, I'll run and get Albus." Melly ordered rushing up the steps.
Harry who was completely hysterical began walking in the wrong direction but quickly realizing what he was doing turned around and broke into a run heading towards the hospital wing as fast as he could.
"Put her here Potter." Mad eye said pointing to a bed where Mrs.Weasley stood beside it.
"Ginny please wake up." Harry pleaded he had gone beyond broken down now and her didn't want her to die, or get hurt.
"Harry, she'll be fine." Madame Pomfrey said looking alarmed at his state.
"She fell through the ice." Harry mumbled incoherently sitting down beside her bed with his head in his hands he cried silently.
"Harry dear…" Mrs.Weasley, said if possible even more alarmed then Madame Pomfrey.
Harry wouldn't respond.
"Harry, dear boy speak to me." Albus ordered haltingly.
Harry wouldn't respond.
"Harry please." Hermione pleaded.
Harry wouldn't or couldn't respond.
"He's suffering form stress and traumatic disorder and weirdly enough one of his symptoms is love." Madame Pomfrey assessed looking into Harry's being.
"Love?" Mrs.Weasley asked.
"Tom doesn't understand the true power of love and he's currently attempting to reach Harry through his pain." Albus explained.
"What do you mean?" Mrs.Weasley demanded.
"Harry's having trouble coping with the amount of for lack of a better term 'stuff' on his plate right now. He feels he won't be able to handle the prophecy and he isn't able to comprehend in this state that Ginny will be fine so he's grieving for her as well." Albus explained.
"What if he doesn't snap out of it?" Mrs.Weasley demanded.
"He will." Albus said, "And hopefully it will be before the 28th."
"Harry snap out of it!" Mrs.Weasley said shaking his shoulders.
"Molly no!" Madame Pomfrey called.
"You will just make it worse." Albus said removing her hands from Harry and seating her next to her husband whom was unusually silent through all of this.
"And if he doesn't?" Mr.Weasley suddenly spoke.
"If Tom isn't here than it's no matter. If he is however we could be in deep trouble." Albus informed.
"Why Albus? He doesn't have to fight him, does he?" Mrs.Weasley asked.
"Unfortunately." Albus began, "He is the only one."
"How?" Mrs.Weasley whispered.
"The prophecy. Neither can live while the other survives." Ginny whispered from her place on the bed.
"Ginny dear." Mrs.Weasley cried distractedly not moving.
"How did you know that?" Albus asked.
"Harry told me before I fell." Ginny stated then seeing Harry she asked, "Harry?"
"What's wrong with him?" Ginny asked demandingly.
"He thinks you're dead, among other things." Albus informed.
"Dead?" Ginny asked.
"He's going through a stressful time, if he thinks that he can't defeat Voldemort than we are doomed. If he won't realize you're alive than we're doomed. He needs someone to get through to him.
"I will." Ginny said in a matter of fact voice.
"You can't." Hermione spoke from her bedside.
"What?" Ginny asked incredulously.
"He thinks you're dead. If you were to make him snap out of it seeing you would just put him back into shock." Ron said catching on.
"Then who?" Mrs.Weasley asked.
"Hermione." Albus, Ron and Mr.Weasley spoke as one.
Hermione and Ginny nodded in understanding and Hermione rose from her seat to sit next to Harry.
"Harry listen to me. It's Hermione your best friend and sister, I know you're in there and I know you want to come back to us. We've been through everything together and we aren't going to let you do this alone. You may be the one to defeat him but we will be by your side the entire way. Harry everyone here loves you, please come back to us." Hermione pleaded this and several more things like it for an hour.
"It's not working Albus." Ginny said worriedly.
"I know, but it just takes time." Albus said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Why can't I just try?" Ginny pleaded.
"It wouldn't work and even if it did, he would only go back to this after seeing you." Albus explained gently waving a hand towards Harry, "That's why we have to move you. You need to go back to the common room."
"I have to stay here." Ginny yelled.
"Not when Harry wakes up, you can't be here." Mrs.Weasley agreed, "I'll walk you back."
"Fine." Ginny gave in begrudgingly.
"Thank you dear child." Albus spoke he was getting old and everyone could see it.
"Harry I know you are in there. Just think about everything you have left, you're going to be DADA teacher at Hogwarts and you're going to be happy with Ginny, have a nice family with her. You need to walk up and come back to us please, Harry we love you." Hermione said.
"Don't mention the Weasley girl." Severus corrected from where he stood in a corner.
"Her name is Ginny." Ron corrected.
"I know that." Severus said.
"Than call her by her name." Mr.Weasley said.
"I shall call her whatever I wish." Severus scolded.
"The Weasley girl, is not an appropriate name for my daughter." Mr.Weasley said angrily, everyone was tense right now.
"Fine." Severus agreed begrudgingly.
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It was the 27th and Hermione had tried absolutely everything, as had Ron. Almost everyone else had tried to get him to snap out of it but nothing was working. It they didn't come up with something soon they were all doomed.
"Your turn Remus." Hermione said standing up from her place next to Harry and moving away. She was offered some calming draught for the 5th time that day and she took it.
"Harry listen. Your parents will be proud of you no matter what happens. If you defeat Voldemort I don't think I would have ever seen them as happy on earth as they would be then, and if you don't do you have any idea how proud of you they already are?" Remus asked, "There are people here who need you, I need you, I've become your official guardian remember? I don't want my only son to be gone before he even has a chance to live with me. Hermione, Ron, the Weasley's, we all need you to come back please Harry…" Remus pleaded trying the technique with his parents was new.
Harry's head rose a little.
"Harry please we all need you to come back to us. Please Harry we love you." Hermione added sitting next Remus.
"The Quidditch team is nothing without you man, come on." Ron pleaded joining them.
"Remus? Ron? Hermione?" Harry mumbled and everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
"Harry dear drink this." Mrs.Weasley said shoving water to his mouth.
"And this." Madame Pomfrey added shoving a restorative draught at him.
"I'll go tell the others." Severus said briskly.
"Harry!" Hermione said throwing her arms around him.
"What's happening here? The last thing I remember was Ginny falling…" Harry trailed off.
"Harry, Ginny's fine and everything's going to be fine. The battle is tomorrow and we need you to fight." Ron said finally realizing how tired he was.
"What are we doing?" Harry asked.
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.
"First off I need to see Ginny. Secondly do we have a battle plan?" Harry asked.
"I'll go get Ms.Weasley." Minerva excused herself.
"Harry we have a bit but nothing really." Remus informed.
"When is he coming?" Harry asked.
"Just before dark." Remus said.
"We need lights charmed to go on when it gets dark, we need someone to ask the centaurs to guard the forest, and we need someone to stay with Madame Pomfrey and help for injuries in case it's needed." Harry started.
"Luna is taking potions and wishes to become a healer she's really quite good." Hermione informed.
"Then that is her job." Harry said.
"Hagrid, where is he?" Harry asked.
"Away on order business." Remus said.
"Damn." Harry said.
"We need teams. People who can do patronuses really well without getting tired, and one of duelers." Harry instructed.
"What about those who can do both?" Remus asked.
"They report to me in the great hall. Hermione I need you to gather the dementor fighters in the entrance hall. And Remus you need to gather the duelers in the room of requirement." Harry instructed.
"Okay Harry." Hermione said her voice wobbly.
"I need to see Albus and I need some headache medicine it feel like people have been talking in my ears for three days." Harry said shaking his head at the ridiculous thought.
"We need messengers." Harry though outloud.
"Young Dobby and Winky could do that job." Albus said coming into the infirmary.
"Good idea. Can you organize that?" Harry asked.
"Yes Harry. I think everyone is waiting to see what you can come up with in 28 hours." Albus said.
"Also can you get the help of the centaurs?" Harry asked.
"I can't guarantee it but I can try." Albus said moving off.
"May I do what I wish with the army?" Harry asked curiously.
"This battle is yours Harry." Albus said.
"Harry!" Ginny cried throwing herself into his arms.
"Ginny you're alive." Harry said breathlessly.
"The whole time, idiot." Ginny said playfully.
"I love you so much." Harry said looking into her eyes.
"I love you more." Ginny said and they kissed.
"We have a battle to win, enough of that." Fred said coming into the hospital wing George close behind.
"We can't conjure patronuses and we can't duel all that great." George informed him.
"That's okay I had a different job for you and Fred anyway. You two are team yellow." Harry waved his wand changing their outfits to all yellow.
"What do we do?" Fred asked.
"You need to use some of your pranks to send some people away. I was thinking portable swamps." Harry informed.
"That and you guys could use that new dragon in a bottle." Ginny agreed.
"Dragon in a bottle?" Harry asked.
"You open the top and a hologram of a dragon comes out of it." Fred explained.
"That's great use them all around the lake for defense there and portable swamps all around the outside of the grounds." Harry said.
"Will do Harry." George said and they left.
"Can you conjure a patronus?" Harry asked.
"Yep." Ginny said.
"I know you can duel therefore you are in my group." Harry said and they left for the great hall together.
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'This is everyone in the order, and some aurors." Remus said to Harry.
"How many are in your room?" Harry asked.
"Over a hundred." Remus said.
"And yours?" Harry asked Bill who had taken over for Hermione.
"153." Bill informed.
"There's 213 in here." Harry said.
"Will that be enough?" They asked.
"I hope so." Harry said.
"I will go around to all the group dividing them up for the different areas and color coding them." Harry said starting here.
"Okay Harry." Remus said.
"Sonorus." Harry muttered pointing the wand at his throat.
"Everybody we are here today to fight the Voldemort tomorrow. I am labeling you red team." Harry announced changing all their robes to red, "You will be in four sections one with 54 the others with 53. Team west will be you guys." Harry said placing 53 people with his wand to one side.
"Team east will be you people." Harry said moving 53 people over to another side.
"Team south and team north." Harry continued.
"There will also be a rainbow team consisting of me, Albus, Minerva, Remus, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Bill, Charlie, Fleur, Melly, Angelina, Alicia, Katie, Lee, Mrs.Weasley, Mr.Weasley, and Tonks." Harry said as each one of them stepped forward form behind him with rainbow robes, "If you get into trouble we will take you to the hospital wing, but we are also out there to fight." Harry cheered.
"Now who's with me?" Harry yelled.
Everyone yelled back but none as loud as Ginny Weasley.
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No battle yet. The whole thing with Harry being like that for so long will be important but not right now you'll have to wait a couple chapters for the significance of it.
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