Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the characters and alas, not even the universe. Immense praise goes to JKR who does own this and who created it. I'm merely sharing what I think should/may happen inside her universe while we wait to see what really does.
Harry woke up the next morning refreshed with a hell of a lot of information to mull over. Some it seemed to chimera-like to be real. I mean, how could it be real?
He had talked to his father late into the morning and was even granted a visit by his mother and grandmother. His father told him of the prophecy, but no one had answered about Ginny's role in the prophecy and he was beginning to get fed up with all the beating around the bush that was happening.
Sighing, he turned on his side and began to sit up, but found he couldn't. Looking next to him he found Ginny sound asleep. It was then he realized that their legs were tangled together at the bottom of the bed and it looked like she had been resting her head on his shoulder before he'd moved. Before Harry could think of anything, he let out a small yelp, but immediately winced as he heard parents and Weasley bothers' alike get up to see what the matter was.
Thinking quickly, Harry locked the door and put a charm in place to prevent people from opening it, even with magic. He looked down to see looking at him with a curious, surprised expression on her face. Harry quickly told her to be quiet for a few minutes and she obliged knowing they would be in huge trouble if anyone discovered they were both in Harry's room.
Moments later Harry could hear Remus, Tonks, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and the rest of the Weasley crowd trying to open his door. "Harry, what's wrong, why can't we get in the door?" his Dad asked slightly alarmed.
"Dad, it's nothing. I'm sorry I woke you up, just did some accidental magic last night," Harry replied, not entirely lying, but not be honest at the same time. As he said this Ginny's eye brows shot into her hair and she mouthed "accidental magic?" to him.
"Harry, please open this door, I want to make sure you're OK," Tonks begged, hitting the door lightly, her voice taking a firm edge.
"No Mum, I'm fine I promise, I'm just looking for what I misplaced last night and until I find it no one is entering through the door, I don't care how powerful you are, it won't budge," Harry said, panicking slightly.
Ginny chuckled, understanding what Harry was alluding to loosing, and then mouthed, "Looking for me huh?"
Harry's eyes widened as a blush began to creep up his neck.
"Harry I swear if you don't open this door I'm gunna have to take the door off, literally," Tonks said, anger evident in her voice. "I know you didn't just yelp because you misplaced something, you yelped because of what happened last night and I want to talk to you about it, now!"
"Mum, will you relax please? I just made all my clothes disappear and I'm not opening that door until I make them reappear," he said getting annoyed as a blush crept even further up his face.
Everyone outside his door seemed to get the message that he wasn't budging, and slowly went back to their rooms, many chuckling to themselves. When he was sure no one was waiting outside door still, he turned to Ginny, his face bright, bright red.
"I think that was the funniest excuse I have ever heard for keeping your parent's out of your room Harry," she said seriously before breaking down into a fit of laughter. Harry's blush only deepened.
Ginny finally stopped laughing and looked up at Harry. "Would you like to explain to me how I ended up here?" she asked curiously. Harry, beginning to become even more embarrassed, looked away sheepishly and began to throw the covers on him back when he realized something.
"Gin, when I went to bed, I was wearing a shirt," he began slowly, not looking at her, "now I'm not, can you close your eyes for a minute please."
Now it was Ginny's turn to be embarrassed. She complied and closed her eyes, her face beginning to match Harry's. Harry quickly scrambled out of bed and threw on some clothes.
"Gin, I'm really, really sorry, I don't know what happened, you can open your eyes now," Harry said after getting dressed rather quickly.
"Harry, your shirt's on backwards," Ginny said a smile tugging at her lips.
Harry shrugged and sat on the bed next to Ginny. "Do you still have your clothes on?" he asked looking up his door.
"Yes I do, it's safe to look at me Harry. Can we talk about this?" she asked gesturing around her. "I mean, it's not that I don't like it or anything, but how did I end up in here, when did I get here, and did you get the feeling they weren't telling us something too?"
Deciding to answer the last question first Harry said, "Yeah, it was almost as if they were trying to end . . . . oh my god!" Harry's eye's shot up into his hair as realization dawned on him.
"What Harry?" Ginny asked, almost afraid to know what he'd just realized, but curious just the same.
Harry didn't answer her but turned toward the door and yelled, "Damn it Dad!" very loudly. Instantly there were footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Harry, why'd you do that?" Ginny asked panicked.
Remus approached Harry's room and the door opened just as neared it and slammed when he'd entered the room, sealing itself once again.
"Harry, what wrong, are y- . . ." his voice trailed off as he realized Ginny was lying in Harry's bed.
"Would someone please tell me how the two of you ended up in the same bed before your mother finds out and freaks!" Remus said, praying there was good explanation for what he was seeing.
"Well dad, that's kinda the thing. Last night Prongs seemed real keen to get me to wake up and I just realized why. You know, it's funny, my Dad trying to get me to sleep with my girlfriend. I think I've figured out why too, unless, of course, you want to explain it to the both of us," Harry said angrily.
"Harry! Are you telling me that Prongs wants us to sleep together!" Ginny asked angrily.
"Not the act Ginny, just sharing a bed, I think," Harry replied looking expectantly at Remus.
"Harry, I can't, I promised. I – I, oh god am I going to regret this, you two just have to deal with what you're given for the time being, I'm suppose to tell. This puts me in a really hard position as you parent because I - Tonks is going to have my hide if she finds out," Remus rambled.
"Remus, you're rambling," Ginny stated.
"I am, sorry. Look, I'll cover for you in the mornings, but until you realize this or James tells you, I can't. I think this is more of Padfoots' way of doing things than anything else, but there not really anything I can do about it. My advice is to ward your door like you did this morning at night and then apparate Ginny back to her room in the morning," Remus said sheepishly.
"Fine, but I need to speak with Dumbledore this morning, it's very important," Harry said as the door to the bedroom opened, hinting for Remus to leave.
"OK Harry, I think he's stopping in a little bit anyway, when he comes I'll tell him you need to speak with him," Remus said as he left Harry's room and the door once again slammed shut.
"Harry, you need to calm down. I'm sure your father has a good reason for what he's doing, so lets not worry ourselves about it, please calm down. Are you going to talk to Dumbledore about what your mom told you?" Ginny asked him softly, taking his hand hers.
Harry nodded. Ginny could tell he wasn't calming to down, so she leaned forward and kissed him gently on the lips. Harry was slightly surprised, but didn't mind in the least. When she made to pull back, he put his hand behind her head, preventing her from moving away. The kiss deepened, and before either of them new it, they were lying on the bed with Harry on top of Ginny. They remained like that for a while, but before things could get out of hand, Harry pulled away, breathing heavily.
Looking down at Ginny, he said, "We should probably stop before things get out of hand." Ginny nodded, and Harry moved next to her. "Do you want to head back to your room?" He asked her.
"Yeah, Dumbledore's probably here by now anyway," Ginny said, taking Harry's hand, still trying to get her breathing under control as Harry apparated her back to her room.
"I'll meet you downstairs, we should act like we're just each other too," Harry said as he walked toward her door. Ginny nodded her agreement as Harry headed down to breakfast.
"So, find your clothes I see," Fred chuckled the moment Harry walked into the kitchen.
"Harry rolled his eyes and grabbed a piece of toast. "Is Dumbledore here yet?" he asked.
"Yeah, I heard upstairs a few minutes ago, try the study," Hermione said from the doorway.
"Thanks 'Mione, I'll see you guys later," Harry said as he headed upstairs receiving confused looks from everyone around him.
"Professor," Harry started, almost politely when he entered the study, "I have something I would like to ask you. I just ask that you be honest with me, completely honest."
If Dumbledore appeared surprised by the manners Harry was now using around him, he did a wonderful job of hiding it. He simply motioned for Harry to sit down next to Remus and Tonks, who were both looking at Harry bewildered.
"I have a hunch about Ginny's place in the prophecy, and since no one, alive or not, will tell me, I'm going to take a wild guess and if I get it right, I ask that you be honest with me. If I am wrong, then please feel no obligation to tell me the truth, since I know you all have a fun game being played, trying to figure out how long it will take me to guess," Harry said eyeing his parents and Dumbledore alternately.
"Dad, this morning when I called you I had figured it out, or so I believe. I didn't want to say anything there for fear of someone else's reaction," Harry started looking directly at Remus who nodded in understanding.
"I think Ginny's part in this whole thing is that we are soul mates. We are each other's other halves and in order to unlock what's in me and defeat the Old Fart we need to realize this and love each other unconditionally, kind of the same principle as when Mum died for me," Harry said slightly unsure if he was right.
Dumbledore simply nodded his head, his eyes twinkling brighter than Harry could ever remember. "I think the reason you didn't want to tell me, any of you, was because then we wouldn't love each unconditionally, but because we felt an obligation to, right?" Harry continued.
"I must say," the Headmaster began, "I would have thought it would have taken longer for you to realize this. But I am very proud that you have, I would just like to know how you have come to this conclusion, if you would be so kind as to enlighten us."
"The first thing I want everyone to know, is that I love Ginny," Harry started, "not because of this stupid prophecy, but because I love her, and I'm not sure why it took me so long to realize it. I think waking up the way I did this morning served as a wake-up call to me. I'm not really sure how I figured the rest out, but when I was yelling at you guys to go away this morning is when I realized how much I loved her, and everything about her. But, like I said before, I don't really know how I know the rest, I was just bouncing things around in my head about this morning occurrence and it popped into my head and I just knew it was right," Harry said blushing slightly.
"Harry, when you say this mornings occurrence, what exactly do you mean?" Tonks asked suspiciously narrowing her eyes at Harry.
"That is something for Dad to tell you Mum, I have some things I need to tell Ginny, if I am right that is. well, actually, even if I'm not right, I still have some things to tell Ginny," Harry said looking expectantly at Dumbledore.
"Well Harry, I would like to tell you are right on all accounts. I think that Sirius' death opened up a little of your powers because you realized how much you loved him and because today is your birthday, but being around Ginny, and getting closer to her has really strengthened them, bit by bit. Now, if I am not mistaken, you have something you need to tell Ms. Weasley, and might I suggest to do it where she comforted you," Dumbledore said, his riddles going over Remus and Tonks' head.
Harry nodded and turned to leave the room, but hesitated when he realized he had something he needed to tell his parents. "By the way," he said looking directly at Remus and Tonks, "I'm really happy for you two that you got married and stuff and Prongs, and apparently Padfoot, although I don't know how reliable that is, seeing as that I haven't seen him yet, are very, very ecstatic and said something about Dad's honeymoon that I could catch."
A/N: For those of you unfamiliar with Latin mythology, a chimera is a mythological beast with body parts of a lion, serpent, and goat that breathes fire. It's used in reference to things to fantasy-like to be real. I realize this is shorter, but I will update again tomorrow,I promise, school's out so I'll have more freetime. I hope this answered some questions and I thank the FEW people who reviewed.