Training for the inevitable
Chapter Two: The Escape
Harry was sitting up in his room, still wondering how he was going to get out of the school that week. He was going over the different ways that he could think of to go. "Too bad that the school has Anti-Aparition wards around it, or Ginny and I could just Aparate to Bill. We could fly, but I'm sure that they have these windows to not let me out. I wonder if Ron and Hermoine know yet, and if they were going to try to help us out." Then a bright light came on above his head, and he called for Dobby once again. "Dobby, I need your help once again." When the house elf came into the room with a pop, Harry described his plans to him. "I need you to get a message to Ginny, Ron and Hermoine. I need them to work on a plan to get me out of here. Maybe they could stun the trolls to get him out of there. Can you get them in here to help me out?"
"Yes sir Harry Potter sir, I will have them come up here tonight. I think that Ms. Weasley is meeting with her brother Bill again tonight to figure that out themselves."
"Thank you Dobby, you may go do whatever it is that you can do." Harry went about his business packing and getting ready to go. He knew that if he was going to be going with this, that he was going to have to be ready to go at a last minutes notice.
While he was packing, he saw that he still had the ring that he was going to be giving Ginny to ask her to marry him. He knew that if they were going to be doing this, that they might want to get married while they were out. He smiled and put the ring into his pocket, and knew that he was going to find a time to ask her to marry him. He was shrinking everything that could fit into his trunk, and then shrunk the trunk and put it in his pocket to always be ready.
Harry was in the middle of his packing, when he heard a small pop. He pulled his wand and turned around to see who it was. He put his wand down and away when he saw that it was only Ron, Hermoine, Ginny and Dobby. "Hey guys, I guess you have heard about what is happening. Well I have been packing, and I hope that Bill will still be able to get me out of here. Ron and Hermoine, can you two go with Dobby and go down to the kitchen to get us some food. I know that he can do it himself, but I need to speak to Ginny in private for a few minutes." He gave them one of his winning smiles, and they did so without much hesitation.
"Ginny we need to talk. I know that Bill said that it is supposed to be both of us doing this, but are you sure that you want to go along with me in this? I mean it could mean that you won't be able to come back here to finish your schooling when we are done. I don't want you to miss out on your last year here just because I asked you to come with me." She could tell that he wasn't being too serious about this, but that he was just telling her everything that might happen, and giving her the choice.
"Harry, I love you more than anything, and from what my brother has said, I am supposed to be with you in this. Now don't you think that you can get me to change my mind. I am going with you no matter what. If Dumbledore won't let me come back to finish my schooling, then I will go to Beauxbatons, or somewhere else to do my last year. Don't worry about me. Harry, I'm here with you all the way. Now is there anything else that you need to tell or ask me?" Her eyes were like fire when she asked this, and Harry knew that there was no arguing with a woman when she had her mind made up.
Harry looked at her with a smile on his face. He told her that there was one other thing. "Close your eye's Ginny. I have a surprise for you." When she had closed her eyes, Harry kneeled in front of her taking the ring box out of his pocket and taking her hand. "You can open your eye's now Ginny." When she did, there was a loud gasp as she saw Harry kneeling and the ring. "Ginerva Weasley, will you marry me?" Harry held his breath as he waited for her answer.
"Of course I will Harry. What took you so freaking long to ask me?" She smiled at this, and Harry knew that she was just pulling his leg about the last part.
Harry got up and gave her a big hug and kiss. "Thank you Ginny. You don't know how much this means to me. Now how are we going to get out of here? I already have all my stuff packed, and I am ready to go. You need to go get your stuff packed, and put it all in one trunk. So you might want to shrink stuff so that we can put more stuff in it later on. Also shrink it and keep it in your pocket so we can just go at a minute's notice."
"Ok Harry I will go take care of that right now. Don't worry about getting out of here, I will go floo Bill to see about when he wants to pick us up, and so that he can make arrangements to get us out of here. I know that he will be able to get us out of here, all we need to do is get you away from the Trolls, and maybe into the Headmasters office, so that we can escape from under his nose." She was laughing at this, and was sitting there snogging with Harry for a few minutes before Ron and Hermoine came back with Dobby. They didn't stop when they got there, for they were in their own little world.
"Hmm you two, we are here with you know. Come on Harry stop kissing my sister. I know that she is your girlfriend, but why do you two need to do this in front of me now?" Then Ron and Hermoine saw the ring on Ginny's finger and a loud gasp was heard that had Harry and Ginny stop. "Is that what I think it is Ginny? Did he finally propose to you? About time mate, the family was wondering when you were going to do that. But no matter what, that doesn't mean you two can snog in front of us." Ron was joking when he said that last part, for he didn't really care at this time. He knew that they were going to be leaving for a couple of years, and he was going to miss them. He also knew that the families probably weren't going to be at the wedding, because with what was going to go on, it was probably going to have to be a quick one while they were on the run. "Well considering that you two are probably going to have a private ceremony while on the run from Dumbledore, we will just have to have a reception when you get back from your training."
"Congratulations you two, I hope that you're just as happy as Ron ..." Hermoine shut her mouth quickly when she almost said this.
"It's ok Hermoine, we already know that you and Ron are married. Before you ask, Ginny told me about two weeks ago, and I am happy for you two." Harry was smiling at his two best friends, and they could tell that he was truly happy for them.
"Sorry guys, I know that you asked me not to tell him, but he was getting rather suspicious of you two being in the same room at night, and coming out of there in the morning. He knew that you two were waiting for marriage before Shagging, so he asked me about it. Do you forgive me for telling him?" Ginny was really worried now about what her brother and sister-in-law were thinking about her right about now. She didn't have to worry to much tho, when she saw them both smile at her.
"Its ok Gin, we should have told him right away. Thank you both for supporting us in this. We only had a small ceremony with the headmaster in his office over Valentines day, and you were in the hospital wing at the time so I had Dean stand in with me. I hope you're not to disappointed in that you weren't able to be my best man Harry. I know I will be a little disappointed, but I know that your going to be on the run, and probably have Bill do it." Ron and Harry smiled and shook hands after Harry hugged Hermoine. "Now we need to figure out what we're going to do about those Trolls out there. I don't think that they're going to be as easy as that troll in our first year. Even tho, we are better trained for it now, I don't think that a simple Wingardium Leviosa will work this time." Ron was thinking for a second and so was Hermoine when Harry gave a wink to Ginny.
"Hey guys, I have a gift for you two for your wedding. This will take you to our wedding when we have it. I will send you a message somehow that will tell you that it's time, and you can just touch the pendant around each of your necks, and it will take you there for the wedding. It will also take you back to where you were when we are done. Don't worry, we will make sure that it happens when your out of classes, and probably on a Hogsmeade weekend so that you will be thought to be in the village but instead will be with us." Harry and Ginny smiled as they gave their friends the pendants and hugged them.
"Thank you so much you two. I don't know what we will give you two, but we will think of something. You know that you might not have to worry about that tho, school might be out by the time you will be able to have the wedding, then we won't have to worry about the Headmaster trying to stop us. Now we should go, and Ginny has a floo call to make to make some arrangements if I remember right." Hermoine was crying now, and she took Ron into her arms, and the three of them, Ron, Hermoine and Ginny took Dobby's arm and they disappeared.
That night Ginny Flooed Bill in Egypt. "Bill we need your help in getting us out of here. Harry's being guarded hard by Trolls, and we haven't figured out how to get passed them. Is there any way that you can tell us how to get passed them? Also, Harry proposed to me, and I have accepted. We need for you to make arrangements for a small wedding while we are on the run before we start our training if possible. I would also like it if mum and dad were able to be at it. We have already given Ron and Hermoine a pendant each so that they can make it to the wedding. Can you make the arrangements please?" Ginny was really nervous now, for she didn't want anyone to know about what was going on.
"Ok there are a few things that I want to make a reaction to their Gin. One congratulations to you and Harry on the engagement, and I will be happy to make the arrangements for the wedding before the training starts. I will also try to make it so that mum and dad will be able to be at the wedding. Do you want any of the other members of the family to be there? Also the best way for you to get Harry past the trolls is a simple sleeping spell. It will only keep them out for about 10 minutes, but that should be enough time for you to get him up to the headmasters office to get out that way. Yes I figured that you two would like to go that way to thumb your noses at him. I have heard from most of the teachers there that they are supporting you in your chances at getting out of there. Be ready in tomorrow night, and I will get you out of there. Good luck little sister, I love you. Tell Harry welcome to the family from me." He winked at her, and disappeared.
Ginny went up to her room and started packing. She kept a little bit of stuff out so that none of her roommates would guess that she was leaving. She would pack the rest of it up and shrink her trunk in the morning. She left her room after packing and went to the Head Girls room to tell Ron and Hermoine what she found out from Bill. When she got there, she knocked and the door was opened by Ron who ushered her into the common room. "Hey you two, I found out from Bill what we can do to get Harry out of there. All it takes is a simple sleeping spell to take out the Trolls, but it will only last 10 minutes, then we are on our own. He said that he will pick us up tomorrow night at the headmasters office." She hugged them and went to leave when they stopped her.
"Ginny we have something else that we need to tell you." Hermoine was a little nervous when she said this, and she looked and Ron and he nodded. She smiled as she turned to her sister-in-law and said. "We found out about a half hour ago that we're expecting a baby in about eight months. Ginny I'm pregnant." She smiled as she was hugged by Ginny and congratulated on this.
"Way to go you two, mum's going to freak out. She thinks that you two are too young to be married, just think what she will think when you tell her this. She will still be happy for you two tho. Congratulations again." She hugged her brother and made her way out of the room smiling for she was going to be an Aunt by the time she gets done with her training.
The next night found Harry pacing nervously while waiting for Ginny, Ron and Hermoine to come and get him. He had his wand out, and had all his stuff packed and ready to go. He was standing and looking at his watch one last time, when he heard the commotion coming from outside his door. He looked up when he heard two loud thumps like something big hitting the floor. "God I hope that were the trolls being taken care of. Ron, Hermoine Ginny is that you?" He asked as he heard his door open, and he had his wand out and trained at the door. He was happy and relieved when he saw them waving him out.
"Hurry Harry, we only have 10 minutes before they wake up again. We need to get you two to the Headmasters office." They were going quickly from the Gryffindor tower and up to the headmasters office. They didn't meet any resistance until they made it to the office. Ron and Hermoine told them that they couldn't go up with them, but wished them the best of luck. They would see them in a couple of months at the wedding. They also told him about Hermoine being pregnant, and he congratulated them. They told the statue the password and made their way up to the headmasters office. When they got to the office, they found the door ajar, and walked in to find the headmaster sitting behind his desk.
"How may I help you two? Harry what are you doing out of your room? What happened to the Trolls?" He took out his wand, and pointed it at them before they could take another step. "You two aren't going anywhere. Stop where you are now. Don't make me stun you."
"I'm sorry headmaster, but you won't be able to stop us from going. We already have a ride coming to pick us up. You can try to stop us from going, but we do have friends in the school that are going to help us if they have to. You're not going to stop us from leaving." Harry hadn't even drawn his wand yet, but Dumbledore could tell that he wasn't going to be able to stop them from leaving. He didn't know what it was that he had on his side, but he had a feeling.
"I'm sorry Harry, but you two can't leave. Stupify." The spell shot out of the headmasters wand, but got only half way to Harry and Ginny before rebounding on him in which he had to duck out of the way before he got hit himself. "I don't know how you did it, but I'm still not going to let you go. Professor's come in here now, we aren't to let them leave." With that all the staff of Hogwart's came into the room converging on the young couple. Dumbledore could tell that some of them weren't going to stand behind him.
"We're sorry headmaster, but you have gone too far in trying to stop Harry from doing what he is supposed to do. I don't stand up to you very much, but we believe that you are wrong in what your doing in this. Now stand down Albus, Harry and Ginny need to get to the window for their ride out of here." The three people that Albus most counted on in stopping Harry and Ginny from going, were standing against him. Severus Snape was one of the biggest surprises in this, in that he thought that he had hated Harry Potter. Minerva McGonagall stood next to Severus in this, and she was one that usually agreed with whatever he had to say. The last person to stand against him was Hagrid, and he was one that was always stoic in his support of him.
"Why are you doing this, you know that he can't be let out to train. You don't want him to turn into the next Voldemort do you? You remember what happened to the last person who did this training don't you? He turned into the one we are fighting against in this war."
"We know that Harry's not like that. We also know what happened to the person before that, and that was you. The only thing that we're afraid he will turn out like is you, and that's because your turning power hungry Albus. I'm sorry, but you will have to step aside because it looks like their ride is here." When they looked out the window of Albuses office, they saw Bill Weasley sitting there in mid-air waving at them.
"You two ready to go now. I only have a permit to use this here for the next 20 hours, so we need to go. Come on, don't let the old fool get in your way." He laughed as he watched Harry and Ginny walk by there old headmaster and climb out the window to climb onto the awaiting Flying Carpet.
"Good bye headmaster, I hope that doesn't mean that I won't be able to come back to finish my schooling in a couple of years. If it does, then good luck to you. We will be back in a couple of years to take out Voldemort, then you won't be able to turn me away, because I'm sure that the goveners wouldn't like that. Good night professors, and thank you for all your help over the years." Harry and Ginny waved at the onlooking professors as they flew off.
They flew off into the night, and spent the next 12 hours flying to Egypt over the different parts of Europe. Ginny showed Bill her ring and told him about the news that Ron and Hermoine had about the baby. "That's good for those two, when are they getting married?"
Bill didn't understand the laughter about the question, he thought that it was a good question, for he didn't know that Ron and Hermoine got married over the last Valentines day. "They're already married Bill, they got married over Valentine's day of this year. So when did you set up our wedding for anyway?"
"You two will be getting married in a couple of months when you are done getting settled into Egypt. We wont be going back down into the tomb until after then either. You will be having some time to get anything that you might need, and to get ready for your training. I understand that you will be needing some training clothes, and weapons for the training. You will be able to look at the book when we get there. You will be staying at my place while we get ready for the training. To let you know, we will be training all over the world, including the Far East, America, and even back in the time of the founders of Hogwarts." Bill laughed at the looks on their faces, and was happy that they were happy about this.
A/N: Ok that is the end of the second chapter, the next one they will be in Egypt finding out about the Ancients and the wedding will also be in that chapter. Please read and review. –Donald