The Boy Who Lived Again
Chapter Six: Slow Acceptance
Mrs. Weasley and Harry lifted Ginny from the floor, and set the unconscious girl on the table. Hermione walked into the kitchen and grabbed a rag. She filled a bowl with warm water, and walked back to the table bearing both. Hermione dabbed the cloth lightly across Ginny's forehead. The silence was stifling. Slowly, but surely, Ginny flickered back to the world of the living.
"Uh?" Ginny said coherently. The situation finally made sense to her. "May I speak with Harry?" She asked "Alone."
Hermione and Mrs. Weasley left the kitchen and went out to the garden.
"How are you still alive?" Ginny asked him.
"Salazar Slytherin's Trident. It curses the people it stabs to die, and then be reborn as a vampire. Only two of the prongs stabbed me, So I haven't a clue what the third prong does." Harry replied in a monotonous voice.
"Oh Harry..." She said with a sigh, wrapping Harry in a large hug that clearly made him feel uncomfortable.
"I don't remember anything since I was reborn in my coffin." Harry added.
"You... Don't?" Ginny asked in a shocked tone
"Nothing before the coffin."
"Not even the Chamber of secrets?" Ginny questioned
"Not even the Chamber of Secrets." Harry replied
"I suppose we should call them back in." Ginny told him "COME ON BACK. WE'RE DONE."
Harry covered his ears at Ginny's sudden yelling. His vampire hearing was sensitive. Startled by the yell, Harry fell backwards off of his stool and onto the floor. Harry jumped to his feet, and put his stool back as it was. Hermione and Mrs. Weasley came back in.
"You two done?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah." Harry and Ginny answered at the same time.
Mrs. Weasley winked at them, causing Ginny to blush and Harry to look puzzled. Four loud whooshes sounded off the arrivals of Charlie, Fred, George and Ron.
"MOM! WE'RE HOME!" Ron yelled causing Harry to wince and cover his ears.
Harry hopped quickly under the cloak. Mrs. Weasley pondered how they would explain this.
"Come on in here! Hermione's come for a visit!" Ginny called
"Wow! Really?" Ron asked excitedly, running towards the kitchen.
"We'll be out packing!" one of the twins yelled "The big day is in two days."
"All right." Mrs. Weasley shouted back
"I'll be in the Orchard!" Charlie called.
"Be back before dinner!" Mrs. Weasley commanded
"I will!" Charlie replied
Harry heard two doors slam. 'The front door and the door to the twin's room.' He assumed mentally.
"Hey Hermione! Good to see you again!" Ron said cheerfully as he stepped on the corner of Harry's invisibility cloak. Harry tried to pull away. That was a big mistake. The Invisibility cloak slid off, just as Ron was turning to look at the clock.
"Harry?" Ron asked, stunned
"Yes." Harry replied
Ron pulled him into another crushing hug.
"Great to see you mate!" Ron exclaimed
"I...can't...breathe..." Harry gasped
Everyone laughed. Ron sat, and Harry told his whole life story again.
"You don't remember anything?" Ron asked with a look of childish delight on his face "Does that mean I can tell you that you fell in love with a mountain troll and you'd believe me?"
"RON!" Mrs. Weasley scolded
"Come on Harry, I've got to tell the others!" Ron said loudly before grabbing Harry's arm and running off to the Twin's Room, Harry running behind him.
Ron banged on the door "HARRY'S ALIVE!" he yelled. Harry plugged his ears.
"That is a joke in very poor taste Ron. I don't even say things like that." Fred said in a sorrowful tone.
"NO, HE REALLY IS!" Ron said opening the door. "See?"
"Harry?" both twins exclaimed "Is it really you?"
Harry labored into his life story yet again, and the twins grinned like bandits.
"You remember nothing? This could be fun!" George told his brother
"Yes, dear brother, it could." Fred replied.
Then Ron Dragged Harry off to find Charlie, the twins following behind.
"HARRY IS ALIVE!!!" They shouted as they came towards Charlie
"That is a joke in very poor taste. I wouldn't even joke about that." Charlie said, causing Fred to giggle.
Harry stepped out from behind Ron and labored into his life story for the final time.
That night there was a party at the Burrow.
Mrs. Weasley and Harry lifted Ginny from the floor, and set the unconscious girl on the table. Hermione walked into the kitchen and grabbed a rag. She filled a bowl with warm water, and walked back to the table bearing both. Hermione dabbed the cloth lightly across Ginny's forehead. The silence was stifling. Slowly, but surely, Ginny flickered back to the world of the living.
"Uh?" Ginny said coherently. The situation finally made sense to her. "May I speak with Harry?" She asked "Alone."
Hermione and Mrs. Weasley left the kitchen and went out to the garden.
"How are you still alive?" Ginny asked him.
"Salazar Slytherin's Trident. It curses the people it stabs to die, and then be reborn as a vampire. Only two of the prongs stabbed me, So I haven't a clue what the third prong does." Harry replied in a monotonous voice.
"Oh Harry..." She said with a sigh, wrapping Harry in a large hug that clearly made him feel uncomfortable.
"I don't remember anything since I was reborn in my coffin." Harry added.
"You... Don't?" Ginny asked in a shocked tone
"Nothing before the coffin."
"Not even the Chamber of secrets?" Ginny questioned
"Not even the Chamber of Secrets." Harry replied
"I suppose we should call them back in." Ginny told him "COME ON BACK. WE'RE DONE."
Harry covered his ears at Ginny's sudden yelling. His vampire hearing was sensitive. Startled by the yell, Harry fell backwards off of his stool and onto the floor. Harry jumped to his feet, and put his stool back as it was. Hermione and Mrs. Weasley came back in.
"You two done?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah." Harry and Ginny answered at the same time.
Mrs. Weasley winked at them, causing Ginny to blush and Harry to look puzzled. Four loud whooshes sounded off the arrivals of Charlie, Fred, George and Ron.
"MOM! WE'RE HOME!" Ron yelled causing Harry to wince and cover his ears.
Harry hopped quickly under the cloak. Mrs. Weasley pondered how they would explain this.
"Come on in here! Hermione's come for a visit!" Ginny called
"Wow! Really?" Ron asked excitedly, running towards the kitchen.
"We'll be out packing!" one of the twins yelled "The big day is in two days."
"All right." Mrs. Weasley shouted back
"I'll be in the Orchard!" Charlie called.
"Be back before dinner!" Mrs. Weasley commanded
"I will!" Charlie replied
Harry heard two doors slam. 'The front door and the door to the twin's room.' He assumed mentally.
"Hey Hermione! Good to see you again!" Ron said cheerfully as he stepped on the corner of Harry's invisibility cloak. Harry tried to pull away. That was a big mistake. The Invisibility cloak slid off, just as Ron was turning to look at the clock.
"Harry?" Ron asked, stunned
"Yes." Harry replied
Ron pulled him into another crushing hug.
"Great to see you mate!" Ron exclaimed
"I...can't...breathe..." Harry gasped
Everyone laughed. Ron sat, and Harry told his whole life story again.
"You don't remember anything?" Ron asked with a look of childish delight on his face "Does that mean I can tell you that you fell in love with a mountain troll and you'd believe me?"
"RON!" Mrs. Weasley scolded
"Come on Harry, I've got to tell the others!" Ron said loudly before grabbing Harry's arm and running off to the Twin's Room, Harry running behind him.
Ron banged on the door "HARRY'S ALIVE!" he yelled. Harry plugged his ears.
"That is a joke in very poor taste Ron. I don't even say things like that." Fred said in a sorrowful tone.
"NO, HE REALLY IS!" Ron said opening the door. "See?"
"Harry?" both twins exclaimed "Is it really you?"
Harry labored into his life story yet again, and the twins grinned like bandits.
"You remember nothing? This could be fun!" George told his brother
"Yes, dear brother, it could." Fred replied.
Then Ron Dragged Harry off to find Charlie, the twins following behind.
"HARRY IS ALIVE!!!" They shouted as they came towards Charlie
"That is a joke in very poor taste. I wouldn't even joke about that." Charlie said, causing Fred to giggle.
Harry stepped out from behind Ron and labored into his life story for the final time.
That night there was a party at the Burrow.