Disclaimer: No own Harry Potter
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WARNING: Horny sex in this chapter. (authoress' face turns very, very red) Why do I keep writing that stuff?
AND! Horrible, gruesome descriptions of what is in the package and death (please read chapter, and you will find out)
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Blue Flowers of Celestial Years
Chapter 16: "A Surprise Package"
All students had their belongings packed away and, in a few hours, ready to board the Hogwarts Express; some for the last time.
Ginny headed towards her favorite classroom, her beaten, old, hand-me-down trunk floated after her. She opened the door, seeing Remus standing there; apparently ready to open the door himself. They both jumped and stared at each other; Ginny looked down at his already-packed trunk just behind him.
"Don't tell me you're sacked!" Ginny exclaimed, horrified.
"No, I'm not."
"Then why are you leaving so quickly without as much as a good-bye?"
As an answer, Remus grabbed Ginny's hand, pulling her into the classroom, her trunk following her and gently settling down on the floor. He closed the door with his wand, locking it, and kissed Ginny fiercely, passionately, and desperately.
Ginny could not help but moan at the feelings that Remus gave off as he kissed her. They reluctantly pulled away, breathing heavily and still holding each other. Ginny felt like her knees were water and she had to hold on desperately to Remus so she would not fall.
"Remus…" Ginny breathed. "Why are you leaving so soon?"
"There is an emergency in the Order, and because of it, I must leave at once. I'm sorry, Ginny; I wanted to find you so I could say good-bye, but it is a direct order from Dumbledore."
"What's the emergency?"
"Kingsley Shacklebolt has been missing for three weeks; we suspect it is foul-play from Voldemort."
Ginny flinched at the name and hugged Remus tighter.
"Is it a dangerous mission?" Ginny squeaked, afraid for her mate.
"…Yes, it is." Remus hesitated, but he also wanted to be truthful.
Ginny's heart pounded in fear and she held him tighter, afraid she might loose him.
"Merlin…" Ginny choked. "Don't you dare get killed, Remus! Do you hear me?! Don't you dare die on me!"
Remus nodded, holding her closer.
"I know." He said, breathing in her sent even though he knew it better than himself. "If we are to die, then we die together."
As they held each other, Ginny felt something in Remus' pocket pressing up against her. She felt around in it and pulled out the Spirit Guide symbol she had given him for Christmas.
Ginny fiddled with it as she grabbed a piece of string hanging from the bottom of her shirt. She pulled it and a trail of string followed; she waited until it was just the right length before breaking the bond.
Ginny looped the string through the perfect circle in the middle and tied the ends together. She then placed it over Remus' head so it dangled off his neck, resting on his heart.
"For now." Ginny explained, placing her hand over the symbol. "Until we can turn it into a real necklace."
Remus nodded warmly.
"I have thirty minutes left before I go." He announced, about to get his trunk. "We better go."
Just then Ginny grabbed Remus, opened his shirt and started suckling on the pulse on his neck…
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Ginny was racing to the Hogwarts Express, getting her trunk on board as the train started to move down the tracks.
She found the three solemn friends sitting silently in a compartment, so she decided to join them.
"Hey guys!" Ginny said breathlessly.
They nodded to her solemnly as sat down with a plop. Hermione eyed her suspiciously.
"Ginny, are you alright?" the bushy-haired one asked. "You seem a bit… breathless."
"And flushed." Ron concluded as he glared at his sister's appearance.
Ginny adjusted her wrinkled clothes, brushed back her messy hair, and tried to catch her breath at the same time.
"I'm fine." Ginny said, knowing her face was flushed. "I just had to run to the train."
Ron glared suspiciously at his sister, still not convinced.
"You look like you just had sex." He declared, folding his arms, making silent promises to tell their mother when they got to platform 9 ¾.
Ginny looked at her brother; memories of Remus' whispered voice in her ear as he moved over her came her mind, making her flush again…
"I promise I'll write to you." He told her.
A pleading moan was her response to him as she clung to him; the Spirit Guide symbol moving with his movements.
"H-How…?" she asked breathlessly, her fingers scrapping his back. "You… don't even have… an owl."
He kissed her in response; her pleading moans blocked by his mouth.
"How…?" she asked when he pulled his lips away.
"I have my ways…" he said as he grinned mischievously…
Ginny shook her head, willing the memories to go to the back of her mind until she got home so she could enjoy them in private.
"I don't look like I just had sex!" Ginny yelled in her defense after she closed the compartment door.
"Yes you do!"
"I do not! I was running to the train!"
Ron stood up, looking very much like a tall version of their mother when she gets angry.
"You do look like it! You even smell like it from here!"
Ginny cautiously sniffed herself so the three in the compartment do not know what she was doing. After taking in a short whiff she realized she DOES smell like… Remus. Ginny could not help but smile at the fact that she smelled like her mate.
After Ginny smiled dreamily, sat back comfortably with her arms folded was when Ron began to sputter at his sister's submission.
"I'm telling mum!" he yelled, sounding like a small child.
"Go ahead." Ginny sighed dreamingly.
Hermione, Harry, and Ron stared at her with disbelieving eyes; Ginny has never acted so out-of-character! Then again, they had never been in this situation with Ginny so they do not know how she would truly react.
After a few minutes, Ginny realized something…
"Wait a minute!" she yelped, turning to her brother, whom was now sitting down. "How do you know what a person looks and smells like after having sex?!"
Ron blushed deeply; Hermione as well. Harry chuckled, trying to hold back laughter before answering Ginny.
"Remember: the males can't go into the female dormitory, but the females can go into the male dorms."
"Harry!" Hermione shrieked. "You were awake?!"
"Well at first I was, but…" Harry smiled evilly. "You sure can scream!"
Harry laughed very hard as both Hermione and Ron's faces turned an impossible red. Ginny snickered with him, trying to save the couple from embarrassment.
"Do you still plan on tell mum?" she asked her brother while covering her mouth.
"N-No…" Ron sighed, also not wanting to face his mother's wrath. "Just don't get into 'trouble' with your new boyfriend."
"I won't." Ginny promised, watching other students pass through the train's hallways.
The Hogwarts Express plunged on, and the trio grew silent and solemn.
"Why are you three so down?" Ginny asked with a raised eyebrow.
"This… this is the last time we will ride this train…" Hermione said, tearing up.
The other two nodded in silence, just as solemn. Ginny wanted to yell at them; how can they be so depressed about something that little when Remus and some others in the Order were going on a dangerous mission that can possibly end their lives?!
Ginny's heart pounded in fear as her breathing increased. How was she going to survive this summer without a heart attack, or an ulcer?!
The whole train ride was silent after that as the Hogwarts Express made its way homeward bound. The engine roared, the train bumped and moved its way down the tracks, and it seemed all seventh years were depressed.
It will only be a year from that day when Ginny will feel the same depressing and solemn feelings.
At Platform 9 ¾, the Weasleys waited for Ginny and the trio to unload off the train. When they got off, Mrs. Weasley automatically hugged them and congratulated Harry, Ron, and Hermione over and over again.
The Dursleys were there on the other side, waiting for Harry, but acting as though they did not know the young man, or his company. Harry had to smile because this was the last time they were picking him up, and the last time he would reside in their house. Maybe, since he could do magic outside of school now, he could get away with hexing them before he triumphantly left the house?
With that evil thought in mind, Harry waved good-by to the Weasleys before he went and spent the rest of the summer with them.
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Ginny had practically spent a whole month waiting for Remus to write to her, come visit, anything. Yet, a whole week had passed, and no word from her mate.
It was pathetic, Ginny knew, to worry about him when it had only been a week, but she could not help it. What else would one feel if their love was on a dangerous mission that could possibly end their life?
Ginny shuttered at the thought of Remus being another victim of the Cruciatus Curse, or worse…
The whole family was there for the summer, Percy included, as well as Harry. Everyone was happy together, finally complete. Yet Ginny, still worried sick about her beloved, could only be happy with them half-heartedly.
Ginny turned over on her stomach and slammed her pillow down over her head. It was already two in the morning and she could not sleep at all. When the sun started to come up over the horizon, Ginny got out of bed and headed to the kitchen.
She had been having a hard time trying to convince her mother that the ring on her finger was a popular "promise ring." Ginny's mother always said the same thing: "You should take it off because the boys are going to think you are married, and they will shy away from you."
To Ginny, it was a good thing that the boys did shy away.
She got to the table when she heard a 'tap-tap' on the door. Ginny opened the door, looking down, seeing an owl she did not know at the window, a large package at its feet.
Was it from Remus?
Ginny gave the owl some bread and water before it flew off, and she picked up the package. It was a rather heavy, and heaved it onto the table and she searched for an address.
There was only scribbled handwriting that said, "The Weasleys" but without a return address. The only thing it said after "The Weasleys" was "Hope you enjoy."
Ginny did not know why she got a distinct feeling of doom in the pit of her stomach as she stared at the package. Why can't she open it? She is a Weasley after all, and the package does say "The Weasleys" on it.
Ginny did not know why her hands shook as she opened the package with her wand. She is, technically, a seventh year, so she can use magic outside of school.
When she opened the package, she looked inside. What Ginny saw made her eyes grow wide with horror; she looked away, throwing up by the kitchen fire place where her mother cooks breakfast.
Ginny swallowed, trying to catch her breath while the horrid, gruesome image of the contents of the package assaulted her mind, over and over.
Not able to hold it back any more, Ginny let out a high pitched scream of horror and madness as she fell to the floor, shaking, sobbing, and screaming some more.
Ginny heard rushing footsteps of her family racing downstairs to her side. Her mother was there first, holding her child, trying to get her to calm down. Harry and her brothers were next, at her side, while Arthur Weasley looked around for the culprit who endangered his daughter.
His eyes landed on the opened package, and he stalked over to it, looking inside. Even Mr. Weasley had to force the bile down from his throat as he used magic to reseal the package. That was when he saw "The Weasleys" and "Hope you enjoy" scribbled on the top.
Trying to stay calm, Mr. Weasley looked over at his family, trying to calm Ginny down as his daughter screamed and clawed at the members of her family.
"Quickly," Mr. Weasley said, getting his family's attention. "We must take her to Saint Mungo's."
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While Ginny was getting help from Saint Mungo's Healers, Mr. Weasley used Ron's minute owl, Pig, to Owl Dumbledore and tell him what happened.
What was in the package involved the whole Order, and while he was not on the dangerous mission, he was still in the Order.
"Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?" a Healer said when she came in the waiting room. "You may see your daughter now."
The rest of the Weasleys were about to follow when the Healer turned around, eyeing them to sit back down.
"That's our sister!" Fred protested angrily. "We want to see our sister!"
"And you will, but later." The Healer calmly explained, although the Weasley siblings were giving her looks that could kill.
The Healer brought Ginny's parents into her room; the curtains were drawn around her bed so they passed through them.
Ginny was pale, but the calm breathing relieved her parents; the package Mr. Weasley brought with them was on the nightstand beside her.
Mr. Weasley quickly grabbed it, holding it under his arm so his daughter would not open it up when she woke up.
"You're daughter has suffered a trauma." The Healer explained, checking Ginny. "We modified her memory as much as possible. Hopefully we did not modify too much since it was difficult to know what to modify because she was screaming, and was incapable of telling us what happened."
"So she won't remember any of it?" Mrs. Weasley asked, still not knowing what had made her daughter go into a fit since her husband has still not told her.
"We modified her memory, not erased it. Unfortunately, we can not erase memories because even awful, horrible memories are still part of us. Yet your daughter will not be able to access it; the only way she will be able to remember it is if she was around dementors."
At that moment, the whole Order came in the room, including the ones that were on the dangerous mission to save Kingsley Shacklebolt.
The Healer pulled back the curtains; Remus saw Ginny lying on the bed, pale and exhausted. The instinct to run to her side was flowing through him, and it pained him to not be able to do that.
Arthur Weasley went over to Dumbledore and handed the package to him.
"I don't think we need to look for Kingsley any more." Mr. Weasley muttered to the Headmaster.
Dumbledore looked at the package, then back up to Mr. Weasley. Arthur explained in a low voice, so only Dumbledore could hear what happened, and what was in the package. A very solemn look came over the old man and he nodded in understanding, calmly taking the package to the top floor.
The top floor to Saint Mungo's Wizard Hospital is the floor that no one wants to go to; it is where the unidentified bodies go to so families can be called in to identify the body. That is exactly where Dumbledore took the package.
The members of the Order that were on the dangerous mission were still in Ginny's room, talking to Arthur Weasley; Remus, Tonks, and Moody.
Mr. Weasley still would not tell anyone what happened, even the members of the Order. It was not until Dumbledore came back in that everyone grew silent. The old man looked like he aged another fifty years; the merry glint in his eyes was gone.
"The mission to find Kingsley Shacklebolt has been dropped." He told the three that had been on the mission. "It is most unfortunate that Miss Weasley had to be the one to 'find' Shacklebolt."
"What are you talking about?" Moody asked, the brown eye on Dumbledore while the blue one was looking at Ginny.
Dumbledore's face grew even more solemn than before, if that was even possible.
"Voldemort—"
Everyone except Remus flinched.
"—Apparently thought it would be… um, amusing… to kill Shacklebolt and send a 'message' to a well-known wizard family; in this case, the Weasleys."
"Shacklebolt… is dead?" Tonks whispered.
"Afraid so." Dumbledore sighed. "He was killed a certain painful muggle way; burned alive, his head decapitated, and his chard head was sent in a package to the Weasley family."
Remus mentally hissed in a breath. His Ginny had to see something as gruesome as that? His heart ached as he looked over at the resting, pale girl.
"Is her memory modified?" Remus asked when he looked back at the group.
"The Healer," Mr. Weasley began. "Said that they had to modify what they could because she was still having a fit when we got here; they tried to help her, but she was too traumatized to speak, so they had to modify what they could. I hope they didn't modify anything too vital."
Mrs. Weasley, who was also part of the Order, had been silent after Dumbledore told them what her little girl found in the package.
"After her first year," Mrs. Weasley finally spoke. "With the diary and all, we took her to a Soul Healer. Then after the Soul Healer, we had her memory modified; she did not remember any enchanted diary."
"That is, until her second year…" Mr. Weasley trailed off.
"The dementor on the Hogwarts Express." Remus finished, remembering her in the compartment after he made the dementor go away; she looked pale, shaken, and just as bad as Harry had been.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley nodded sadly.
"After that," Mrs. Weasley continued. "She sent us a letter telling us about it. After her second year, it was like we had to start all over again. That is why Arthur and I regret having her memory modified."
Mr. Weasley sighed.
"But they modified her memory about the package…" he said, his head down. "I just hope she doesn't become exposed to dementors."
Mrs. Weasley nodded in agreement and she looked at her watch.
"Arthur, it has been two hours since the Healer called us in here. We better go to the others so they don't think anything is serious."
Arthur nodded, following his wife out the room door. Moody shook his head about the whole situation, mumbled something about how children should not open packages, and walked out the door.
Only Remus, Tonks, and Ginny remained.
"Poor Ginny." Tonks said, looking at the girl resting on the bed. "She shouldn't have seen anything that horrible."
Remus nodded, watching Ginny sleep.
"Are you tired, Remus?"
"Yes."
"You should go home and get some sleep." Tonks suggested, eyeing him up and down.
"I'll do that later." Remus said, looking at Tonks.
The young Auror blushed, looking away from him. Was Tonks attracted to him? Remus hoped that was not the case because, even though she is much younger than he is, his heart belonged to Ginny.
"I'll see you around, Remus." Tonks said, blushing deeply, and leaving out the door.
After everyone left, Remus was finally able to go to Ginny's side. He took her left hand in his, feeling the ring on her finger.
Her eyes started to open, revealing her beautiful brown eyes. When she looked up at Remus, he stared at her with a warm smile.
"Ginny, you were asleep for a while. Are you alright?" he asked.
Ginny slowly nodded, sitting up in the bed.
"What happened?" she finally asked. "All I remember was coming downstairs from my bedroom, and I wake up and I'm at the hospital…"
"Nothing major…" Remus said, wondering if he should pull the curtains back around the bed.
"By the way…" Ginny started looking up at him again. "Who are you?"
Remus stumbled back as if her words pushed him, and in a way, they did. That was when he noticed that Ginny looked at him in confusion, not with the love he knew she felt for him.
"Ginny…" Remus started carefully. "It's me; Remus."
"Re… mus…" Ginny repeated with a smile. "That's a nice name; are you a Healer?"
"N-No, I'm… your teacher…"
"Oh! You seem like a good teacher; you teach at Hogwarts, right?"
Remus nodded numbly.
"Do you remember anything about me; anything at all?"
Ginny looked at him like he was a stranger.
"I'm afraid I don't remember you. Did my memory get wiped out completely?"
"I-I don't know…" Remus took the Spirit Guide symbol out of his shirt, showing it to Ginny; it still had the string from her shirt on it. "Do you remember this? You gave it to me for Christmas."
Ginny traced the symbol with her finger, squinting at it.
"It's a beautiful symbol!" she said, smiling at him. "What is it?"
Remus' heart sank to his stomach; doesn't she remember him? That was when the Weasley family, plus Harry Potter came into the room.
"Ginny!" Ron exclaimed, running towards his sister. "You're awake!"
The rest of the Weasley family came racing to Ginny's side, and she smiled, knowing who all of them were. Harry looked at Remus, who was standing off to the side, staring at Ginny, pale and expressionless.
"Professor, what is it?" Harry asked, going over to his side.
"She… she doesn't remember who I am…" Remus whispered, swallowing the lump in his throat. "She didn't even know my name."
Harry looked at Ginny with an odd expression.
"She should; you're her most favorite teacher, after all."
Remus looked at Harry; the boy still had the lighting bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, and he was still skinny, but he was taller, almost as tall as Remus. His shoulders were broader, and he looked more and more like James every day. Merlin, when had he gotten so old?
"Favorite teacher?" Remus repeated lamely.
"Yea; she was always talking about you. 'Professor Lupin always says this, Professor Lupin always does that.' She talked about you as much as Percy talked about Mr. Crouch."
Remus nodded, watching Ginny talk to her family like he does not exist. Harry looked back at Remus with a confused look.
"Don't worry, Professor; maybe it's just a temporary thing."
Remus nodded numbly as he left the room.
Ginny watched the man leave the room without saying good-bye; she stared at him, wondering why her heart ached for him.
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Remus was at home, lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. The image of Ginny looking at him like he was a stranger kept coming back to him, again and again.
Arthur Weasley did say that the Healers had to modify her memory without knowing how much they modified, but he did not expect her to forget him!
Ginny forgot him.
Ginny does not know who he is.
Ginny does not know him…
The ceiling suddenly became blurry, and the offending liquid rolled down his face from the corner of his eyes.
The little fox forgot about him.
His earth angel did not know who he is…
"Ginny…" Remus whispered her name.
He rolled over, burying his face in his pillow and cried out her name; wishing, hoping, and wanting her in his arms again.
"Ginny…"
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AN: (sniff) So depressing… poor Remmie-chan… Wow! I was surprise by how quickly I got this chapter done, and proof read it, too! Yay!
Other notes: Thank you to: Elora Nova and Tante who answered my question! I guess Sirius IS a virgin… While my other friend is saying, "Yes! I knew it!" my other friends (myself included) are saying, "What the hell?!"
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brokentoy19: Well, thank you. I like that idea, too, if it is not too egotistical to say. Thank you for your review!
LupinFan227: When Remus gave Ginny the ring, it was kind of like a private ceremony. Uh, heartache will emerge, and… um, I'm sorry, I didn't know what you meant by "surprise visitor." I'm a dunner head; please explain. Thank you for your review!
Elora Nova: Yea, they got back together, but then they fell back apart, in a way. Poor Remus… it's so cruel that I have to do this to him, but I have ILTTRS (I Love To Torture Remus Syndrome) so that is why… (notices the review is getting very angry at authoress for daring to hurt her dear remmie-chan, so authoress gives her a naked Remus that will obey the revieweress' every command) Please don't kill me! You can have that Remus, and I'll take this one! (shows revieweress a naked porn-star Remus, with huge assets, wearing a dog collar, and authoress has the leash) Thank you for your review! (runs away with porn-star Remus) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! ()
Branmuffinpower: When Remus gave Ginny the ring, they were married on their terms. Unfortunately, the Wizarding World will not legally recognize it; but they are married… in their terms. That Harry/Ginny scene was for the Harry/Ginny fans, so please enjoy! Yes, Dumbledore and McGonagall doing each other is just… eew… I also have freckles all over my body, though my fiancée can't see them (he's blind), which is a good thing. Sometimes, in order to find our real soul mate, we need to have blind eyes… (thinks about that sentence) Well, it sounded right in my head. I just can't explain things! ARGH! Sorry about distracting you from your homework. If you complete all your homework, I'll give you a naked Remus that will obey your every command! (takes out naked-command-obeying Remus and shows revieweress) Is it tempting enough? (revieweress tries to jump at naked Remus, but authoress drags him out of reach) Not until you complete your homework! (smiles sweetly like Professor Umbridge) I love oldies music as well. We're so behind times, but we're okay! Thank you for your review!
Tante: Well, here's another quick post. UK does not have proms? (authoress falls out of her chair and hits her head on the floor. Finally, she gets back up with a huge bruise on her forehead) Can we please pretend that they do? Or maybe they have final year balls? I dunno. Thank you for that note anyway! I wish I knew British slang, but sadly, I don't, and that makes me sad. (cries) Well, it wasn't easy for Ginny to hide her ring from her mother, and thank you for making a reference to me if you decide to use the dragon and ketchup line! Thank you for your review!
Megan Ross: What happened in the chapter is what happened next, and I will be sure to continue. Thank you for your review!
LuckyShamrock: Sorry about making you have a Coke accident; you seemed to be the only one who noticed that… Is the Coke going to do any permanent damage to your desk or computer? Yes, I have weird Harry Potter dreams, but that was the weirdest. I would tell you about the others, but I don't want you to have another Coke accident, although I was laughing when I read about it. Thank you for your complements! I'm sure you know how hard it is to keep the characters in their character. Merlin, it's so hard! Thank you for your review!