A/N Dedicated to Nightwing 509(see A/N at bottom)
Welcome to the House of Fun
"Where am I" Harry thought as he sat up on the grass. The strange thing was that the whole place look fuzzy and it looked to shift with static. He stood up and took a look around. It looked like he was on the Hogwarts grounds. He looked around once more and next to the lake was what appeared to be a giant black grim. Harry took of at full pelt. It took Harry ages to get there as distances seemed to be playing ticks on his mind and every few seconds everything would go fuzzy like an out of tune T.V and sound like an out of tune radio. As he approached the grim it changed into Harry's godfather Sirius Black. Now Harry sprinted over to his godfather Sirius who held out his hand and said
"Don't touch me!" on seeing the hurt look in Harry's eyes he added "It's…I don't want to hug it's…can't." The sound in this place- which was all Harry could call it was full of static and he could hardly make out anything," Most…if you touched…body would go…collapse…" Harry could hardly see now through the haze and he seemed to be pulling further away from what he though was Sirius and that static in the air seemed to begin to overcome the sound of Sirius's voice." Itself…worry Harry you…soon…seems you…wake up." Sirius said to a more than confused Harry.
"Sirius don't go," pleaded Harry "I want to talk some more please?"
"I'm…not Harry…worry…get a lot…time…foreseeable future." A now fading Sirius said as the whiteness was almost blinding now. "…Blame…death. I died…wanted…protecting you. I…you Harry…Tell Remus…finished and Lily and James are so…of you Harry don't forget it. Next time you see snake face kick his ass. You can do it." Then Sirius was gone.
"I will Sirius I promise you and all other victims of the Tom Riddle I WILL AVENGE YOU" Harry swore.
"Oh Harry you're awake what was you yelling was it another nightmare I'm sorry about the Howler Harry here are your glasses" Ginny babbled on not making much sense "I'm sorry about the Howler I'll do anything to make it up to you agh" Harry was getting bored with the babbling Ginny so he just pulled her into a tight hug.
"It's OK Ginny don't worry about it at least it got me out of the Dursley's," Harry said sincerely "But if you really want do me a favour can you get me a cool drink and fetch Remus please?" Ginny didn't need telling twice as she rushed down the stairs and straight back up with Remus.
"Ah Harry your awake. Before you ask you have been out for a day. Madam Pomphrey says you going to have a fever for a day as a side effect of that spell that hit you. Good idea keeping the wand helped loads. The deatheaters you captured have been put in Azkaban and Dumbledore has no idea how they broke the blood spell. That answer all your questions?" A now chuckling Remus asked. Harry was dumbfounded that Remus answered all his questions before he asked them. So he just nodded.
"So that's why I'm so hot," Harry said as Ginny walked out the room for some reason. "Oh Remus I think I had a vision with Sirius in he said that it's finished if you know what that means at least I think it was Sirius, anyway do you know what he meant?" Harry asked a now smiling Remus which seemed to take about ten years of his prematurely aging face.
"Yes Harry I know what it means but for now I can't tell you but you will find out soon enough OK?" Remus asked Harry. Harry just nodded as Ginny walked into the room carrying a basin of water. Ginny walked over to him and shoved Remus out the room.
"Erm Ginny what are you doing?" Harry inquired as Ginny took of the covers and undid his pyjama top.
"Well Harry as I caused this I think it's only fair that I look after you and as you are all hot and sweaty I get to sponge you down," Ginny said as she sponged his chest. Harry couldn't help but see the changes that had happened to Ginny in the last couple of years. Her long red hair now travelled almost down to her waist. Gone was the eleven year old Ginny who stuck her elbow in butter dishes. Now in her place was one hot witch. Ginny turned Harry over to wash his back. A silence fell over the pair.
"What are you thinking about Harry, if you want to tell me that is?" Ginny timidly asked.
"My parents really," Harry said half into the pillow. "I was just thinking about what Sirius said about me making them proud. I was also thinking about how much you look like Mum except her Hair was a bit darker than yours. Yet yours looks like it might end up auburn. You've still got the cooper bit running through your hair as well as the gold." Harry said matter of factly. Ginny was stunned. Not many people knew her hair wasn't totally the Weasley red. In fact she could only think of three people. Her Mum, Her Dad and Bill. Everyone else just passed it of as the famous Weasley red.
'Guess I will have to add Harry to that list' Ginny thought to her self as she turned Harry back over and began to clean his face. Then she wondered why Harry would be surprised his parents would be proud of him.
"Harry why would you think your parents were not proud of you?" Ginny asked.
"No reason. Where is Ron?" Harry said quickly trying to change the subject. But Ginny was not falling for it. She herself had tried to change the subject many times when people asked her about her crush on the boy-who-lived.
"Helping Fred and George set up the shop for a bit of money. Now why would you be surprised that your parents would be proud of you Harry? You can tell me." Ginny told him in a caring way noticing that Harry now had a blush to match the famous Weasley red.
"Inthenightmarestheyyellatmeandtellmetheyhateme," Harry said extremely fast. Yet Ginny did not miss what Harry said. Then she felt her heart got out to Harry. He must have been so sad. Just looking into his eyes you could tell that. When he first arrived and Ginny saw his eyes she had only seen that look once. Once someone had had Dementors kiss. Now they had lost some of that soulless look and he looked a bit happier because of this apparent vision from Sirius.
"Harry look at me," Ginny said as Harry turned his head towards her. Ginny almost cried now that he had that almost soulless look back. "Nobody could ever hate you Harry. You are the best person in the world. As much as you may hate it you are similar to Tom. You both shared the same lives. Then it changes when you both hit eleven. Tom turned the Dark Arts and tried to kill everyone and turned into the picture book definition of Evil, Darkness. You didn't. You became one of the greatest people I know and you fight that evil. Not become it as you so easily could have at the time. You choose good over evil. You are the picture book definition of Good, Light." Ginny finished slightly misty eyed. Harry had a few tears going down his cheeks. She was surprised when he pulled her into a hug. As much as she wanted to think of him as a friend she couldn't stop the shiver that went down her spine. Neither could Harry.
"Thank you Gin," Gin when did he call me Gin Ginny thought as Harry talked. "That meant so much to me, and I promise to not become Tom. I will fight him and I will win whether or not I have to go with him or not. I took a vow and I will not break it to the people I promised!" Harry finished with a fire of determination in his eyes. Ginny was stunned. Why would Harry feel the need to finish Tom of? Surly it would be Dumbledore that did that.
"Why Harry, why would need to do that?" A very confused Ginny asked.
"I suppose now that you are my friend and no doubt soon to be part of the Golden Trio as no doubt Ron and Hermione will be together and I will need someone to talk to," Ginny felt her heart swell as he said this. This was one of the things she always wanted. "As long as we don't start fighting like Ron and Hermione do or people will call us the Quarrelling Quartet!" Harry joked.
"You know Harry if you ever need to talk about anything I am always hear no matter what it is, anything at all." Ginny said truthfully.
"Thank you Gin that means a lot and I might just take you up on that," Harry answered with a smile on his lips. "You know Ginny if you ever need to talk about anything as well even if it's just Ron being a git about anything and I can name a few things that he will be a git about you can come to me. Whether its from that or you need help with your O.W.Ls or you are having nightmares or anything you can come to me, besides we don't know each other that much other than you are the youngest of the Weasley family with a mean Bat-Bogey Hex." Harry happily replied. Ginny's head had snapped up when he said 'youngest of the Weasley family' not as most people do 'Ron's little sister'.
"Thank you Harry that means a lot to me, everything you said," Ginny replied to Harry with her voice cracking slightly. Harry didn't fail to notice this.
"Gin you are not just Ron's little sister you are the youngest of your family. I have discovered that every person is different in the Weasley family. Nobody is anybody's younger or older sibling OK?" Harry replied with wisdom beyond his sixteen years. Ginny just replied a lot happier than when she came in. But at the back of her mind there was still one question lurking and no matter what Harry said thus far couldn't give her the right answer. She had to ask it but she just couldn't get the courage to ask it because she was afraid of the answer. That and nobody knew the reason why she had that dilemma. Her indecision must have shown on her face because Harry asked
"Gin what's wrong? I know there is something you want to ask me. I just said you could tell me anything you want." Harry kindly told her "So come on what is it?" Before Ginny even knew it she spat it out.
"Do you hate me?" Harry was shocked. Why would she think that? Harry asked why she would think that.
"If I tell you this you have to promise me you won't tell anyone. Harry please I'm trusting you please whatever you do don't tell anyone please?" Harry swore not to tell anyone. "Well hear me out before you say anything. Firstly the Chamber. I don't see how you could not hate me for that. Secondly, it's extremely complicated. Before my first year I could never do it. Then when I got back home after my first year I could talk to snakes. I am a parselmouth. Tom left some of him in me. After what he did to you, you have every right to hate me and I will understand." Ginny told him with tears falling down her cheeks. Harry was beyond surprise. Ginny turned to leave but Harry couldn't let her leave without knowing the truth. So he grabbed her hand and pulled her back sitting her on the bed. Her lifted her face up and so he could look right into her eyes.
"Look Gin I can understand why you think I would hate you but if hated you I would have to hate my self." 'I do at times' Harry thought but still he continued. "This scar is part of him. It is a permanent reminder of him and he will always be in my head until one of us is dead. He also transferred his parseltongue ability to me. I hated myself at first as well. I felt contaminated. But I learnt it was nothing to be ashamed of. It is part of me and who I am. It is part of my history just as it is yours. I know he possessed you. If anyone has the right to hate anyone you have the right to hate me. Believe me I did after as I do now" Harry finished unsteadily.
"What do you mean Harry? How could I ever hate you?" A bewildered Ginny asked.
"Well after Sirius was killed by that bitch!" A dark look passed over Harry's eyes but was quickly gone. "I chased her up to the atrium. When I caught her I-I- used the…"Harry took a deep breath. Ginny didn't know what Harry could have done to make him hate himself. "I used the cruciatus curse." Harry was looking at the floor now and didn't give Ginny a chance to say anything he continued "It was horrible. I hated my self. I didn't even do it right. You need to hate them. Not just righteous anger." He looked at her sincerely. "Then after Dumbledore fought Voldemort he possessed me," here Ginny did gasp. "It hurt like hell Gin, I just wanted to die. It was the worst pain ever. Dumbledore said after I kicked Voldemort out that the reason he couldn't stay in my body was because there was too much love in me. It truly did hurt like a bitch. That's saying something considering how many times I have been crucioed. So if anyone has a reason to hate anyone you have a reason to hate me." Harry finished with a couple of tears coming down his cheeks which he angrily swiped at. He would have left but he was confined to the bed. Then after an agonising silence Ginny spoke.
"Harry after all you said I can't hate you. You said you hated yourself after you cast the crucio. Doesn't that say something about it? You couldn't even do it right because even after she killed Sirius you still didn't hate her. When Tom possessed you he couldn't stay in you because you had to much love in you. That's why I can't Hate you just as you said you can't hate me." After a short silence with both teenagers thinking about what the other said Harry finally spoke
"So after all that depressing talk let's talk about happy things. How are things between you and Dean and is Ron being a total git like I thought he would be?" As Harry mentioned all this a frown came across Ginny's brow. "Come on you can tell me. After all we just discussed it can't be that bad can it?" Harry inquired.
"That's the thing, I don't know if there is even a me and Dean. We are meant to be going out but every time I owl him I got a very short reply which is cold and cutting." Ginny replied in an aggravated tone.
"Well then Dean's an idiot for passing up on you. I'm sure there is a perfectly sensible explanation. Don't worry I won't tell Ron I know who he would react. But if he is doing this just because he thinks he can because he is going out I'll thump him for you. Then hold him down while you Bat-Bogey him alright?" Ginny couldn't help but let out a little giggle.
"Your turn now Harry. What is going on between you and Cho?" Asked a slightly giddy Ginny. She couldn't help but find the humour in the fact that she was having what amounted to girl talk with her ex-crush. Oh the irony. Harry didn't even have to think about his answer to this question.
"Honestly nothing. Even if there was I would have called it of now." Harry replied completely truthfully. Ginny wondered about this answer so asked him to explain. "Well I suppose after your bombshell I suppose it is only fair to match it. Promise me though you will not tell anyone this. If Voldemort knew you knew this you would be dead in second. In fact I can't tell you I will not risk losing you." Ginny was dumbfounded by this answer but made him tell her. "I suppose you do have the right after the Ministry. Promise me though you will not mention this to anyone. Not even Ron and Hermione know this. I will tell them when they are ready to hear it but not yet anyway so promise me not to tell them please?" Ginny was honoured that he would trust her with this so she instantly promised. "You remember the prophecy that was smashed." Ginny nodded. "Well Dumbledore heard it. He told me what it said. It said" here Harry took a deep breath
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches … born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seven month dies … and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dork Lord knows not … and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives … the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches as the seven month dies.." Those were the words that had been ingrained into Harry's mind like stone. The words that were always at the front of his vision, the words that he was forced to see the world through; the words that made the future of every living being revolve around him. They both sat there. Harry felt a lot better now he had told someone. Ginny felt bad that Harry had been burdened with literally saving the world. Harry decided to speak again.
"It's not the killing that scares me Gin, I mean I killed Professor Quirell in my first year in self defence and I mean who would put me in Azkaban for killing the greatest threat to the world. What scares me is the fact I might fail. I fail and the world falls. If I go down with him I don't care. At least everyone will be safe. If I fail that's it. No more world. I could try and push everyone away form me but what is the point. I may as well get all the help I can get. I mean everyone I know is a target anyway by just going against Voldemort or being associated with me. So what is the point?" They were interrupted by Mrs Black screeching.
"Mom, Ron, Fred and George are back," with that Ginny raced out of the room. Harry couldn't blame her really. Oh well time to met the rest of the world. With that he got out of bed. Looked at the clock which read 8.00pm and left for the kitchen as he was hungry.
He walked into the kitchen to see all the Weasley's (minus Percy), sitting at the table as well as Tonks and Remus.
"Hey," Harry greeted them all as he took the last available seat next to Ginny who seemed intent on staring at her plate. He was greeted with a bunch of 'Hey' in Ron's case a 'Hey Mate'. Mrs. Weasley took him into one of her trademark bone crunching hugs.
"Oh Harry It's so good to see you. Look at you, your all black and blue and a bag of bones. You are not leaving this table until you have had third helpings. Now sit down." Harry couldn't help but laugh at Mrs. Weasley eccentric behaviour. The best thing was he didn't mind. His laughter lifted the tension in the room and soon everyone was talking and laughing again. Harry couldn't but wonder about the absence of his bushy haired friend.
"Hey Ron where's Hermione mate?" Harry asked. He could have sworn he heard everyone snigger and Ron turned a bright red to match his hair. Ron muttered something under his breath which sounded some what like 'Bulgaria'.
"What was that I didn't quite hear you?" Harry knew Ron would be tetchy until Hermione came back now. He figured those two started having feelings for each other the day they met. He guessed it was around the time Hermione said 'Has anyone seen a toad called trevor'
"She's gone to Bulgaria with that grouchy git" Harry couldn't help but smirk and tease.
"What grouchy git would that be Ron?" Mrs. Weasley started to giggle while Ginny whispered "Harsh Harry, but funny".
"You bloody well know which one you bugger," Ron shot back at him.
"But Hermione's in Bulgaria not here with you!" Harry shot straight back. By now everyone was openly laughing. Fred and George had even fallen of their chairs.
"She's with bloody grouchy Victor bloody Krum!" Ron finished humphing.
"You know Ron you could have just said that. It would have saved me looking like an idiot mistaking him for you. Although you do have one thing in common," replied Harry to a now very grouchy Ron.
"I don't have anything in common with that Git!" Ron almost yelled.
"You know I could have sworn you were both infatuated with one certain thing," said a very calm Harry although on the inside he was about to crack up.
"I have no idea what you mean!" Ron said stammering and looking very nervous.
"Well the thing you have in common that you are both infatuated by is …" every one held their to see if he would actually say it "…Quidditch." Everyone fell out their seat in laughter. Harry couldn't take it anymore and cracked up. Even Ron gave out a little laugh. Although it was more a nervous laugh of relief.
"That" began Fred
"Was," said George
"BRILIAINT," they both finished together.
"Well I aim to entertain" 'And save the world' though Harry.
"I haven't laughed like that ages. Thank you Harry," said Ginny who had tears of mirth running down her cheek. Harry just responded with a lopsided smile. Ginny could see the twinkle in his eyes. She just hoped nothing would happen tonight. She spoke too soon as
Mad-Eye came limping in.
"Arthur, Molly, Tonks and Remus we've got to go there is an attack NOW." The four shot up out of their seats as well as Harry.
"Potter sit down this isn't you fight," Mood ordered him.
"No, I'm going this is my fight and you know it." Harry replied back with even more authority than Moody had.
"But Harry the underage…" Arthur began but didn't get to finish as Harry cut him off.
"I really don't care about little details and I AM GOING!" Harry finished off.
"I am sorry Potter you are a great fighter and have no doubts you would beneficial but we don't have time so again I apologise STUPEFY" He yelled stunning Harry.
"Fred, George look after them all," Mrs. Weasley began "and make sure Harry doesn't come after us OK?" Mrs. Weasley asked
"Yes Mum" they both replied as Bill and Charlie apparated away.
"Come on then" Moody said and with four cracks they were gone.
"Why didn't fight and try to go with them?" Ron asked what must have been the first intelligent question ever.
"Two people from the Order have to remain behind at all times unless it's an emergency." George answered. With that they levitated Harry in the living room and awaited the return of there family and the Order.
A/N well im going to try and update as soon as possible but i make no promises. Im trying to stay 2 chapters ahead in what I have written so i always have something to post.
Special thanks to Nightwing 509. You are my very first and coincedentally only reviewer so thank you. untill next time...
