Hi everyone sorry for not updating for so long... lots of computer trouble keeping me from typing plus the added course load but I don't want to bore you guys with that stuff... SO first of all I would like to thank you for your wonderful reviews when I saw that it was above 50! I did a happy dance in my head you guys are just so awesome! But a lot of you have questions regarding the last chap so I will answer them here as best as I can... any one without question can skip to the next chap..and not read this or they can read this to verify any doubts.. This will probably be the second last chapter and the last will be an epilogue but that will depend on the responses... please check out the cool reviewers list at the end of this chapter I will be updating them weekly to add new reviewers so please review!

Alright some of you are concerned about how dumbledore was alive in the period of the founders hmm I think I might have messed up on the time line so please just stick to my own created time line for this story. Second Fawkes is a human but she is innocent enough to be classified as one of the purest creature as corruption had not yet crept into all human minds... pure creatures went through the portal because they couldn't have surivived the darkness that was coming in the future. A few were left so that they could guide the remaining beings to the light when the time was right... alright I think that was the questions you had asked and about Harry and Ginny fitting in the story this is what this chapter is all about

Disclaimer: all original HP characters belong to J k Rowling

longest chappie yet yeahhhh!

Chapter 10

The next morning Ginny woke up feeling contented after a long time. She smiled as she looked down to see Harry's head on her lap. They had fallen asleep on the couch last night. He had a slight smile on his lips and his fingers clutched one of her hands that was lying on his chest. His messy hair was messier with Ginny running her fingers through it so many times last night, she smiled slightly, he looked adorable. Ginny's heart filled with love as she remembered his words to her. He had proclaimed his love for her for the first time. She felt like the luckiest girl alive. She ran her free hand down his raven hair, to remind herself this wasn't all a dream.

Harry stirred. He had always been a light sleeper. He blinked in the surrounding darkness, but as his nose recognized the smell of Ginny's hair which reminded him of wild flowers and felt her fingers run through his hair his face broke into the biggest grin Ginny had seen since her visit. He reached up his hands to cup Ginny's cheeks in his palm.

"Good Morning" he said stroking the smooth side of her cheek. He felt her smile as her cheeks formed the dimple he had always adored.

"Morning" she grinned.

"I .." the both started together. " You first" they both said again in unison. Harry chuckled as Ginny laughed. Then he whispered softly. " I meant what I said last night." Ginny's breath became ragged as Harry brought her face down to his. " I love.." he paused as they he kissed her softly on the nose " your freckled nose" Ginny whacked his head lightly.

" Harrry!" she whined.

" I love you... geez don't get feisty on me first thing in the morning" he said laughter evident in his tone. Ginny laughed but then softly added " I love you too" and kissed him again.

Harry's face became serious. " Gin, I know you don't want me too but can I hold your face, I mean your entire face, I wanted to know how you look like for the longest time It's ok if.." Ginny silenced him by putting a finger on his lips. " Shh.." she said and then took both his palms and placed them on either side of her cheeks.

Harry's left palm felt the difference from the right. He felt the bumps left by the scar and emotions of anger, sadness and love all mingled inside him. Anger at the people who did this to her, sadness for what she had to go through and love for a person so great that he felt like the luckiest guy alive to be with this wonderful woman. He felt her tears roll down her cheeks, he must have stayed silent for too long which might have given her a wrong impression of what he was truely feeling.. " beautiful, you are the most beautiful person I have ever met Ginny" he finally said. Ginny hugged him. She had found a person who loved her no matter what, she still had doubts of how Harry would feel if he had eyes but Harry's words were so sincere she knew then it wouldn't have mattered regardless. She hugged him tight and both were lost in each other's thoughts until the moment was broken by a person clearing his throat.

Ginny broke apart from Harry's embrace to find Professor Dumbledore staring at them from across the room. " Professor what are you doing here?" Harry straightened in his seat hearing his name. He didn't want to go through another confrontation with the Professor. He knew by running away he had failed him somehow, but he also knew that Dumbledore would accept and was somehow part of everything that had happened to him.

Dumbledore looked at the happy couple in front of him. He now knew what fawkes had told him about true love. He smiled at them and though Harry couldn't see him he felt a little cheerful inside at the gesture.

" Miss Weasley, I commend you on being able to break the shell from this stubborn lad I am very happy for both of you. I know you are wondering why I am here but I would have to explain that after I take you two to Hogwarts. Harry please trust me on this one I promise I will tell you everything once we get there"

Panic filled Harry's mind. There was an urgency in Dumbledore's tone yet it wasn't quite the same one he used when someone died, it was more of eagerness about something that was going to happen. Being blind had helped him identify a person's mood from the tone of the voice. Yet he asked " I hope there is no one hurt Professor"

" No one is hurt my boy, it is indeed a very happy day, I will wait until you two freshen up a bit and then we can use this portkey to transport us to Hogwart's ground. "

Harry got up to freshen up first as Ginny waited and stared at Dumbledore. Something was up. Dumbledore seemed like he was trying to contain the happiness for the whole world. His eyes were sparkling more than she had ever seen even more than when she was a child at Hogwarts. " Is everything alright professor?" She asked the old man she respected so much.

" O yes Miss Weasley. I know I seem a little different but be a little patient with that red head of yours and you will soon know why this old man is acting like a fool"

Soonthey were both dressed and reached out for the portkey Dumbledore handed to them. Harry held Ginny's hand. They felt the familiar tug in the stomach and soon found themselves in Dumbledore's office. Harry though still in the dark could sense the change from his apartment.

" Please take a seat both of you.." Dumbledore addressed them He talked for what it seemed like hours. They found about Fawkes and when he got to the part of the portal Ginny had tears in her eyes. She had never considered the old professor to have loved someone that way. Now that she thought of it she couldn't imagine the sacrifices Dumbledore had given for all of them. Harry however was quiet... " How do you know it was us she was referring to? Is that why you sent Ginny to me in the first place" he asked after they had absorbed everything.

" No Harry my boy" Dumbledore's voice seemed hurt by his accusation but then again it was justified cause he knew Harry was one of the few people he had failed in his life time. " you are like my grandson and I couldn't see you distance yourself from the whole world like that. You deserve all the happiness you get and what miss Weasley and you have is special it was bound to happen sooner or later . I did not know you were the couple until today when Fawkes started singing" he continued waving his hand towards the phoenix on the perch, who was regarding them with a serene expression. " You see he had stopped when Harry run away, and I had put a tracking device on Miss Weasley to tell me her moods so that I would no if she was getting to depressed by the job, but I needn't have worried the love you share is stronger than any other emotion that might try to offset it.

" So what happens now?" asked Harry. He was reassured by the man's words. He had always thought of him as a grandfather himself. He squeezed Ginny's hand.

" We wait" said Dumbledore.

As if on cue Fawkes started singing and left his perch and flew out the open window. " We must follow him" said Dumbledore. Fawkes led them to the edge of the forbidden forest singing the phoenix song all the way. Ginny noticed the sky had started to change colour and there was a dome created that surrounded them. She whispered what she was seeing to Harry as though she were his eyes. Harry felt grateful for this as he nodded. There said Dumbledore suddenly pointing to a portal that had formed in front of them. They noticed a white glow coming from inside it. Ginny gasped at what she saw next.

A woman with snow white hair longer than Dumbledore's came out from the portal hole. She seemed about his age. Her eyes had the same knowing twinkle that Dumbledore held and her smile was more vibrant than the happiest person Ginny had met. She gave off a feeling of peaceful calmness that surrounded the air as soon as she had come out. Ginny noticed Dumbledore was misty eyed. "Fawkes " he whispered. Ginny had stopped telling Harry what was happening but for some strange reason his mind knew exactly what was going on. " Albus" she replied taking his hand in his. " You have done well" . She turned to Harry and Ginny. " Thankyou for coming here" Then letting go of Dumbledore's hands she walked over to them. She placed her hand on top of their joint ones. " I know you both have come a long way and I cannot express in words how I feel for all the things you have done for this world. I am sorry that you had to live through the darkness after opening up the light Harry... but one learns to appreciate some things better when they know the value of not having them in their life." She called Dumbledore to join her as she continued. " Albus will be coming home with me. He has done what was required of him."

Harry's throat formed a lump. " But we need him, who will run Hogwarts? He he is like my only family I have left.. He has always been like a grandfather to me..Why can't you stay here?" Ginny could understand Harry's pain. It always hurt her when he lost someone, in someways it was like he lost a part of himself each time.

" You will see him Harry, and don't worry about Hogwarts the responsibility has been passed on the moment Fawkes had started singing. Now before we continue I would like to give something to both of you. You see when Albus comes with me so will Fawkes. When a phoenix leaves one universe to go another one last tears shed in the old world has one of the most powerful magic that is very rare. Are you trying to see what I trying to get at... the tears can heal blindness and any magical scars that might have happened . I would like you two to be the recipient of those tears, cause the last tears of a phoenix moving on are happy tears of love."

As she said that they felt fawkes flying over them. Ginny saw him blink as two large tears fell on both of their faces. Warmth filled inside her body and as she brought her palms to feel her cheeks she gave a squeal of delight as she felt the smooth skin under them. She turned to Harry who was grinning widely looking at her as if trying to see everything about her in one glance. " I can see Gin, I can see and I love you" he said hugging her close to him. For a moment it felt like they were the only two people there.

" Harry" they were interrupted by Fawkes voice again who was now holding Dumbledore's hand and were both smiling at them. " You and Ginny have both been chosen to be the new keeper's of the castle. The magic in it will be controlled according to what you choose. You can either accept or refuse this responsibility. You have both done your share for this world but everyone felt with your background you two were the best people to lead the next generation to the part of light. Time is short you have to decide."

Harry and Ginny looked at each other. Harry's world had filled with light from the moment he had felt wetness on his face. The brightness of the world hit him when he was least expecting it and he had never experienced anything more wonderful than this ever before except perhaps when he proclaimed his love for Ginny. He could tell she was feeling about the same thing. She was as beautiful as he had imagined her to be the beauty came from within. She could some elements of Fawkes in her eyes. Their eyes locked and it was mutual decision. "We'll do it" they said together.

Dumbledore smiled and with a wink added " Good luck Mr. Potter and Miss Weasley we will see each other once Mr. Potter manages to grow a beard like mine" They shared a laugh and within minutes everyone disappeared through the portal except for Harry and Ginny. The stared at the space where everything happened and then hand in hand walked back to the castle with the sunset behind them.

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