Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Seriously, I have like $50 and I'm saving that for a certain piercing… anyway! That's all I have. (Unlike a certain lucky son of a b in Idaho who won a shit load of money this weekend…)

Ginny hadn't been able to go to bed until late that night. Very late. She had to clean the whole day and then wait up for Wisteria to come back from her date which was somewhere around 2:00 in the morning. So Ginny really didn't want to get up the next morning. Especially two hours early, giving her a grand total of three hours of sleeping time.

But that's what happened.

Narcissa came down to the basement and personally woke her up. That right there should have sent up warning signals.

"Get up. You have to clean the house." She said right next to Ginny's resting head. Just the sound of her voice and Ginny was sitting up.

"I cleaned the house yesterday." Ginny argued with a sleep-laden voice.

"And you're going to clean it today. We have guests coming over." Without another word, Narcissa took off up the stairs to the main part of the manor.

Grumbling and complaining the whole way, Ginny eventually followed her up the stairs. When she got to the top landing a bucket of soapy water with a large sponge was waiting for her.

She picked it up with a sigh and went off for the top floor to start her day.

Everyone was surprised to see Harry come down for breakfast. Not only that but he seemed like he was even in a good mood.

Him and Orion were both dressed for going out and didn't seem to notice the questioning looks that were being sent their way. The two said their good mornings and started eating, lightly joking and laughing with each other. It was like the ball never happened and Harry never met Ginny.

"What are you two planning on doing today?" Lily asked her son and Orion who might as well be her own.

Orion and Harry looked at each other. They were having one of their secret silent discussions. These happened a lot at different meals when they weren't allowed to talk or if they weren't sure their parents should hear certain things.

"We're going into town." Orion answered when him and Harry finally looked away from each other. They continued eating their breakfast and purposely ignored any questions that might give away why they were heading there.

Lily, James and Sirius might let them go into town to look for Ginny, and they had planned on asking. At least that's what they told Remus. They were pretty sure they would be allowed, but they weren't positive.

So instead of taking the chance of them saying no and they have to sneak out, it was easier to just completely ignore the whole thing and pretend like it was a normal day.

"I got an interesting piece of mail last night." Sirius said after taking a sip of his pumpkin juice. He looked over at the two dark haired young men. When they didn't look like they even heard him, he continued. "It said that Prince Harry and Lord Orion would be taking a visit to see all the people in the kingdom. Namely any girls that attended the ball."

All eyes were on Harry and Orion. Both had their heads down and were still eating like nothing out of the ordinary was going on.

"You know you can do pretty much whatever you want around the kingdom, but it would still be nice to be filled in every now and then." James said. He wasn't mad. None of the adults looked mad. It was that that caused Orion and Harry to stop eating and look up at their parents.

"Sorry." They said in unison.

"Do you really expect to find that girl by going to everyone's homes?" Lily asked skeptically.

Harry shrugged. "Worth a shot." With that him and Orion excused themselves and headed for the door. When they were about to leave Orion stopped and turned around.

"It was Uncle Remus' idea to not tell you." He yelled then the two ran through the door. They just hoped Remus wouldn't find out about that. Most things were blamed on him when he wasn't there anyway, so they weren't to worried about it.

In the main part of town it was eerily empty. There was the random guy walking with a basket of groceries and a small number of people in the local pub. But other then that pretty much everyone had stayed in their homes hoping to catch a glimpse of the Prince and his friend.

"So," Harry said as they walked the deserted cobblestone streets. "Where do you want to start?"

They looked around at the huge number of small houses and apartments they would have to go to. Not to mention the manors that were up on the hill. It was going to be a long day. That was for sure.

"Let's just get this over with." Orion sighed. "Let's start at the back and then work up to the hill." He suggested.

Harry nodded in agreement and they walked towards a the very last house of Hogsmeade which was right on the edge of town and half in the forest that most people suspect is haunted.

The house was more like few pieces of wood being held together by a lot of spells. There was nothing else that would be able to keep it standing.

Harry knocked on the door and stood back. Only a few seconds later and they heard shrill screaming coming from inside. When the door was opened a tall skinny man, around their father's age, met them. He had grungy dark blonde hair and a scruffy beard. He looked at the two young men with distaste but shook their hands when offered and let them inside.

Inside wasn't much better then the outside and as soon as Harry saw the four girls giddy with being so close to him he instantly regretted this stupid, stupid idea.

"Hi, I'm Harry and this is Orion. We're just coming around to say hi to everyone in the kingdom and to make sure everyone's happy staying here." He smiled his charming smile and the girls had to restrain each other from throwing themselves at the two.

"Oh yeah, being here is thrilling." The tall man said from the side. He didn't really say it that loud, but because of the small size of the building they were able to hear.

"Daddy, be nice." A brunette said from the back. Her buckteeth stuck out quite far from her mouth and Harry idly wondered if it was difficult to eat like that.

"Well, since we've all talked and have caught up, me and Harry have lots more houses to get -."

"Don't we get to try on the glass slipper?" A different girl asked. This one blonde with a huge mole right above her left nostril.

Orion and Harry looked at them surprised for a moment.

"How did you hear about that?"

"Oh everyone knows. You're looking for the girl that left the ball and left her glass slipper so you two can be all happy together."

Orion and Harry couldn't quite get a grip around the fact that people heard about it already. No one knew except their family.

Unless someone saw her leave and told all their buddies. Then when the letter came out everyone put two and two together.

"Isn't it a coincidence that I left my glass slipper when I ran out of the ball. Silly me." The brunette with buckteeth said. She giggled and ran to one of the chairs at the table. She stuck her bare foot out, silently waiting for the shoe.

Harry looked over at Orion who was looking at the girl's foot with a barely hidden face of disgust. He shook his head and caught Harry's eye. They both sighed. This was going to be a long day.

Ginny had finally finished the third and second floor and was washing her way down the main staircase that led to the entrance hall. It was going a lot faster the day before only because everything was already clean. She was on the last step when the familiar shrill noise of Narcissa came through the walls.

"Ginny!" Ginny sighed and pushed back the dark red strands of hair that fell out of her ponytail.

"Ginny!"

"Alright, alright." She mumbled as she walked back up the stairs towards the screeching calls.

She found Narcissa and Wisteria in one of the guest bedrooms. There were dresses thrown over all the furniture and Wisteria had her hair wrapped up in some type of appliance that supposed to do something spectacular with her hair, Ginny was sure. Right now it looked a giant turkey on top of her head.

"You called." Ginny said in a bored and monotone voice.

"Yes, you need to help us pick out an outfit for Wisteria for today."

"You want my help?" Ginny asked stunned. She couldn't believe it. If they really wanted her help then she could have Wisteria wear the ugliest thing she owned and actually think she looked good.

"No not your help so much as we want you to separate the dresses into different piles and hold up the ones that we ask so we can see them." Narcissa said in her snooty voice.

Ginny nodded her head; she couldn't believe she thought they would actually want her help. Well it can't hurt to dream.

So Ginny spent the majority of the day running around the room and holding up dresses that they told her to. Many of them she held up more then once and some of them it seemed like she held them for hours at a time.

She sighed as she went to the other side of the room to hold up an extremely ugly brown turtleneck dress. Ginny sincerely wished Wisteria would pick this one. Not only so she could leave, but also because it would look horrible on her.

But instead she was told to toss it in the 'How High Was Wisteria When She Bought These Dresses' pile and went to a different one. 'This is going to be one sucky day' Ginny thought.

Orion and Harry finally made it to the hill that held most of the more expensive houses and the manors (yes, they are two different things). Granted they didn't really like these people much as most of them were stuck up and annoying, but at least they wouldn't maul them the second they entered the house.

All day the two friends had gone house-to-house, listening to family histories, dealing with flirting girls (some as young as 12), and breaking lots of hearts when they walked away.

The girl from the first house they went to was right, everyone knew about the shoe and the girl. Of course when Harry asked if anyone knew who she was and where she lived they would not get the answer they had been hoping for.

And every single one of those girls had to try on the shoe. They had this thing in their head where if they tried on the shoe and it fit, then Harry would believe that she really was the girl of his dreams and would take her away to the castle.

Eventually even Harry and Orion started believing that. Only because the shoe fit absolutely no one. Either it was too big and it would fall right off the foot, or it was too small and they couldn't even get their whole foot in it.

The whole day had been tiring and the two boys just wanted to go home.

When they left the largest house in Hogsmeade (besides Hogwarts), Orion and Harry figured they were done. Orion was overjoyed with finally being able to go home, and while Harry was glad he wouldn't be getting any more proposals for marriage, he still hadn't found Ginny. Just as they got back on the main road that led to the castle, Orion stopped and stared at the opposite side of where they came.

"What are you looking at?" Harry asked confused. He looked over to and saw a large white manor that they hadn't gone into yet.

"We forgot the Malfoy's." Orion said. How could they forget the Malfoys?

"We don't have to go there. What are the chances that Ginny's in there?" Harry said. He was more the willing to just go back to his room and never leave his bed. Ever.

"We do have to go. We went to every other house in the town. We can't skip out on anyone, especially the Malfoys."

"Alright." Harry said.

"It'll be real short." Orion confirmed, "We'll go in, say hi, then leave." Harry nodded his approval of that idea and they set off down the walkway that led to the large double doors into the manor.

Ginny was cleaning the floor in the entrance hall just next to the entrance of the living room when the doorbell rang. Figuring there was no one around she got up to answer it only to be pushed backward into the room. She fell onto her back and the doors were slammed shut at her feet.

Jumping up she tried opening the doors only to find out they were locked and so were the other doors that led out of the room.

She heard people through the door talking but instead of yelling to get out, she figured Narcissa didn't want people to see her in the house, so someone, presumably Draco, pushed her in here.

So she walked over to the fireplace and grabbed some of the iron tools and started cleaning the fireplace, which was quite dirty from flooing everywhere.

On the other side of the doors that led into the living room, Draco stood with his back to them, greeting the two guests that just walked into his house.

Harry and Orion said hello to Narcissa and Draco and thanked Bill who had opened up the door for them.

He was standing sort of off to the side. He obviously recognized the two of them, but couldn't figure out why they would be here. He had heard a little of Harry from Ginny, but the Prince wouldn't come down here to see her, would he?

"It's so lovely to see you two. I heard that the ball went excellent." Narcissa's fake voice carried all the way through to where Ginny was. Everyone could tell that she couldn't care less on how the ball had gone.

"Yes. It did." Harry said in his polite voice. He really wanted to just get out of here but the stupid lady kept on talking.

"It was very nice to see you Ms. Malfoy, but we really should be leaving no-."

"Oh! But you haven't met my daughter yet. Wisteria!" Narcissa yelled up the stairs and no longer then 2 seconds later did the blonde walk down the stairs in a gold sequined mini dress.

"Hello." Wisteria said to the two boys. She held out her hand and because their parents taught them right they each barely touched her hand with their mouths.

"Wisteria attended the ball and we had to go shoe shopping for her yesterday because someone here is a little clumsy." Narcissa said. She looked at her daughter and gave her a brief wink before turning back to the boys.

Harry had to give this lady props for subtlety. Everyone else they met just right out asked for the shoe. At least she had some dignity to make them ask her to try it on. Well, that wasn't going to happen, but it was still a very good try.

"So is this everyone in the family?" Orion asked. He was looking over at Draco who had still not moved away from the living room doors. He cast a suspicious glance at a bucket of soapy water that was next to the doors. He wondered what they could possibly be hiding. Or who.

"Yes, we're the only ones who live here. Well except for the servants and what not." Narcissa said the last part with a dismissive wave. They obviously weren't that important.

"Well then we'll best be off." Harry turned to the doors and Orion looked over at the living room doors one more time before also walking to the doors.

Narcissa went out to try and delay them, while Ron walked over next to his brother who had watched the whole thing.

Bill stood there watching, as Harry got closer to the door. He must know Ginny and maybe he is looking for her. If he is then he could help them get away from the Malfoys and maybe even get their old lives back. Thinking quickly he grabbed Ron's arm and pulled them closer to the door.

"Have you seen Ginny anywhere?" Bill asked in a louder then necessary voice. It wasn't really a yell, but loud enough so that Harry could hear it.

As soon as Bill said her name, Harry stopped and turned around. He looked over at Bill and Ron. Ron looked confused as ever as to why he was being dragged around.

"What did you say?" Harry asked when he was further in the house and closer to Bill. Narcissa was trying to interfere, but Orion made sure she didn't get very far.

"I was just asking my brother where Ginny was. That's our sister." He nodded his head towards the doors that Draco had still not moved away from. "She went to ball and has been cleaning ever since."

Harry turned around to where Draco was and started to walk towards him. He was soon accompanied by Orion who let go of Narcissa and Wisteria to help Harry. When they got to the doors, Draco raised an eyebrow at them, silently asking them if they really thought he would move.

"Open the door." Harry said. His voice got real low and for a second Draco was scared of what this kid might do to get through him. But it only lasted a second and he was back to being the self-righteous idiot and not moving.

Harry was about to make the blonde move when a tap on his shoulder got his attention. When he turned around there were six red heads standing near him instead of the two from before. The one who tapped his shoulder was tall and looked to be one of, if not, the oldest of the bunch.

"Allow me." With that, Charlie pulled an arm back and punched Draco right in the jaw. He was thrown back into the doors, which burst open with the impact.

Ginny shrieked at the sudden loud noise and jumped up from her spot in front of the fireplace. She saw Draco lying on the floor holding his jaw and moaning softly and when she looked up at the open doors, she met a pair of brilliant green eyes that looked at her in amazement.

Harry stepped forward, to stunned to actually say anything.

He found her. He actually found Ginny. After a whole day of fake smiles and what should have been classified as torture, he found her. And in the least likeliest of places too. To think he had been prepared to completely skip this house altogether.

Ginny's face was covered in cinders from the fire, setting off her freckles even more. She still looked beautiful to Harry and he now understood the whole 'Cinderella' thing.

Just when he was in arms reach of her Narcissa popped her ugly face in tried to pull him away.

"Don't worry about her. She's no one. You probably have her confused with some other girl."

"Ms. Malfoy," Orion said from behind Harry. He walked up to them and with both him and Harry they towered over her. "You are widowed to Arthur Weasley right?"

Narcissa seemed taken aback with his question but nodded her head yes anyways.

"Well then why are his children working for you as servants?"

Harry was shocked, looking back and forth between Orion and Narcissa and Narcissa and Orion. The Weasleys? Didn't those kids leave town?

"Well you see, that Ummm, well they want to Uhhhh." Narcissa was stuttering over her words and was coming to the conclusion that she was about to lose all her money.

"I thought so." Orion turned around the Weasley men. "I'll make sure that you all get everything this hag took when your father died. And then some."

"I'll talk to dad about what to do with those three." Harry added as he nodded in the direction of Narcissa, Draco and Wisteria who were huddled against the wall next to the fireplace.

"You have no idea how long we've been waiting to hear those words." Percy said. He was smiling. All of them were smiling. They would finally be able to get away and live their own lives.

As Orion talked to the six brothers about how they would get the money back and little details like that, Harry turned toward Ginny who had stayed silent the whole time. When he looked at her he could see the tears that were threatening to spill over.

She must have interpreted his worry because she smiled, "They're happy tears." She said.

Harry smiled to. "So you finally get to live here like you used to. Like you own the place."

Ginny shook her head. "I don't want to live here. I've cleaned this place far to many times. I'm sick of it and I would be happy if I never came here again."

"Well then, how do you feel about really big castles?" She looked at him confused for a second then a huge smile brightened her face.

She ran toward him and jumped into his waiting arms. He spun her around and when he stopped spinning pulled her in for the most mind-blowing kiss he ever had.

She giggled as she pulled away. "You better watch out if I'm really gonna go to the castle." She said in a warning voice.

"Why's that?"

"Cause I still have six older brothers." They both turned their heads and she laughed as said older brothers gave Harry death glares. Harry was a little worried. Okay so he was very worried, but he found he didn't really care so much with Ginny in his arms.

So of course, from that day on they lived Happily Ever After.

The End.

A/N: wow. I'm done. I actually finished. It was a little bit of a long wait at the end, but I got it done. I still can't believe I'm done.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed. It really helped me to update and continue this story. It means so much to me. This is my first finished story and now I can work even more on the other one that I'm conjuring up. Thanks again and some time in the near or far future (I haven't really decided yet) look for another story by me. It's going to be a Draco/Ginny one. Should be good (I hope). Thanks again!

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