Harry Potter and the Amulet of NaRuin

By JaBootiekins

Chapter 8

Examination of Compatibility

Ginny surveyed the wide-open desert. It lacked even the few plants and signs of life that where present in Egypt. Ginny turned to look at Harry.

"Did you bring me here?" Ginny simply asked.

"I dunno." Harry shrugged his shoulders.

A gruff laugh made the two youths turn and stare at a tall dark haired man. Seth was almost doubled over in laughter. He was using an elegant white staff for support. This staff was absolutely stunning with a fire red orb set on top seeming to just balance there on it's own accord. Harry had never seen Seth with a staff before.

"I didn't think that you would work so fast my boy." Seth was finally able to manage in a gentler voice than he had used in all the other meetings with Harry. "According to my sources you're not all that suave. I didn't expect you to see what was right in front of your face till the end of term at best."

Harry looked at Seth like he was crazy. It dawned on Harry what Seth had told him to do. " Are you sure it's her?"

"By god man what are you doing sleeping in the presence of a lady if you do not know if she is yours!" Seth sobered and demanded of Harry.

"I don't know how they did things in your time, but now days a woman can not be owned." Ginny piped up from beside Harry. Her hands planted firmly on her hips.

Seth faced Ginny and did something that Harry thought very out of character for his ancestor, he bowed deeply and kissed Ginny's hand. " I do not mean to offend my lady. I humbly ask for your forgiveness." Seth raised his hands as he gracefully stood. " I have spent too much time here and I forget my manners." He then made another small bow.

Ginny stared wide-eyed for a full minute before slapping Harry upside the head. "Now why can't you apologize like that?"

Harry rubbed his head. " When have I needed to?"

"If you don't know then I'm not telling Mr. Potter." A sly grin spread across Ginny's gentle features.

Seth snorted. Harry looked at him challenging the old man to say anything.

"There is a simple spell that can determine if you and miss Weasley are in fact soul mates." Seth paused and composed his thoughts. "I can perform the spell and teach it to you. Bella informs me that the bushy haired one and the youngest fire head need to stop fighting their destiny and get on with it. She is ever the romantic and babbles on and on about winning some bet she has with a human."

Harry smiled he had a good idea as to who the human or humans where.

"Wait, how can you talk to Bella?" Harry questioned.

"Oh, I have had that special talent since I was young. Thinking about it you should too. Try to communicate with her sometime. I hear that these abilities sometimes skip a few thousand generations."

Seth began to wave his staff around both Harry and Ginny as he was speaking. He then mumbled a long word; at least Harry thought it was a word. A bright blue light enveloped Harry. After what seemed like an eternity the light receded and surrounded Ginny. Harry now realized how short of a time the light had encompassed him. The light then traveled back to Seth's staff. The staff made a dig as a rolled parchment appeared in front it. Seth grabbed the roll and read it quickly before making a copy and handing Harry and Ginny each one.

Examination of Compatibility

Subjects: Harry James Black Potter, Ginerva Molly Weasley

Results: 99.99 compatibility

Summary: Harry and Ginny are perfect for each other as humanly possible.

Wedding Date: A week from today.

Number of children: 12

Years of Marriage: 1,598, (give or take a century or two).

Have a nice day kids.

Harry was flabbergasted. No way, there was absolutely no way that any of this was true. Harry was just having a dream, a nightmare. An extremely realistic nightmare about Ginny and Seth, yes that was it.

Ginny was taking the news a lot better than Harry. "Darn, Mum won't like losing the bet she made with the twins."

"Ah, but maybe she will win the one on Hermione and Ron or perhaps the one on Snape turning pink."

"Okay am I the only one not stark raving mad?" Harry cocked his head to one side waiting for an answer.

"You may not like knowing your fate Mr. Potter but I for one take immense joy at knowing that one day I will be your wife." Ginny was in the stance that Molly Weasley preferred when yelling at her husband.

"One day soon." Seth supplied through an ear-to-ear grin.

"I just don't believe it." Harry stammered.

"Well if it makes you feel any better Harry it is necessary for you to marry before you can even begin training to use the amulet." Seth had conjured a large extremely padded chair for himself and two less padded ones for Harry and Ginny. He sat back and waited for Harry to ask the right questions.

"What? Why do I need to be married to use the amulet? Joslurhen isn't married and she said she knows how to use it." Harry was close to shouting.

"Are you sure about that? Have you ever asked her? Besides a Protector cannot use the amulet in the same ways as a Guardian."

"If she is married I would like to know to whom." Harry was very protective of his cousin and didn't like the sound of her being married to some one he didn't know.

Ginny snorted and quickly covered her mouth.

Harry turned his glare on her. "What do you know?"

Ginny squirmed forming her answer, She settled on a simple, "Everything."

"Then you better start telling." Harry stated as he crossed his arms.

"Alright, alright, she is married." Ginny blurted throwing her hands up. She thought to her self that Joslurhen was going to kill her for this. At the moment though she was not entirely sure that Harry wouldn't kill her if she didn't.

"And!" Harry interrupted her.

"Well if you'll let me get a word in edge wise I'll tell you!" It was Ginny's turn to glare and cross her arms.

"Sorry."

"She had to get married before she could receive the amulet form her mum."

Harry stopped short of yelling that she was only a year old when she had received the amulet. Who gets married that young?

"It was an arranged marriage and when she turns 16 in a couple days it will be enforced." Ginny finished.

"But who is her husband?" Harry asked.

"She wouldn't tell me. I really hope he is nice. Did you know that she likes Neville Longbottom?" Ginny tried to get Harry's mind off the current topic of conversation.

Seth barked out in laughter causing Harry and Ginny to stare.

"Sorry, I just find that extremely…ironic. Now the next time we meet you will be married." Seth rose from his seat. Harry and Ginny followed suit. " Ginny I look forward to seeing you then." Seth bowed and kissed Ginny's hand softly. He then rounded on Harry in a stern voice. "I trust that you Harry will not be sharing a bed with young miss Ginny till you are properly wed."

With that Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley were gone.

Back in Grimmauld Palace Ginny stirred. When she realized that she was safe in Harry's arms she smiled.

Harry knew that Ginny was awake but he liked the feeling of her warm body next to his. He felt that when she was in his arms the world couldn't touch either of them. He wanted nothing more than to spend forever in this moment. Maybe marrying Ginny next week wasn't such a bad idea.

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Harry had a very uneventful trip to Hogwarts. This was due to the fact that Dumbledore had arranged to portkey all the residents of Grimmauld Palace to Hogwarts. He didn't want to have a repeat of last year.

Harry had enjoyed it. He didn't have to get up early even though he did. Everyone had enough time to gather their things up, or in Ron's case pack. No one was rushed. They had all sat down to a nice large lunch. Mrs. Weasley cooked enough to feed all of Hogwarts for a week. It was almost as if she thought that the house elf's didn't supply enough for her family. Of course she made Harry match Ron plate for plate. Harry now knew why Ron ate the way he did. It made his mother proud.

They arrived a full hour before any one else. So Harry and Ron had enough time to shower and unpack before meeting the girls and heading down to the great hall.

Bella had opted to explore the castle while Hedwig went up to the owlery.

Harry sat near the head of the Gryffindor table. Joslurhen was absent from the Slytherin table. Harry thought that it was odd but didn't give it much thought as the rest of the upper students flowed through the door.

Harry was just getting caught up with Dean when McGonagall came in with the first years. She placed the Sorting hat on a stool and waited for the hat to sing its song.

After a full five minutes the first years where starting to get fidgety. Headmaster Dumbledore stood and calmly walked around the head table. He sat on the stool and plopped the hat on his head. He stayed that way for quite some time.

Dumbledore then stood thanked the hat and walked straight to Joslurhen. Harry hadn't noticed her entrance. They spoke for a minute. Joslurhen then stood and followed the aging headmaster.

Joslurhen sat on the stool and placed the hat on her head. She too spent an extraordinarily long time sitting in front of the whole school with the sorting Hat on her head.

Everyone was very confused. Why would a six-year Slytherin have to be sorted again?

"I must right old wrongs

Or there will be no more sorting songs

For this mind

Is truly one of a kind

You see at her core

I find all four

Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Rvenclaw, and Gryffindor.

In times past

A bond chose her path

Now those times are gone

I must search once more

For order I must restore.

There is no place for you but Gryffindor!"

No one clapped as Joslurhen placed the hat back on the stool and made way to her new house table.

Harry stood and met her half way. "Welcome to Gryffindor, I am Harry Potter." Harry held his hand out; Joslurhen smiled meekly and shook it. Harry did not want anyone who didn't have to, to know how Joslurhen and Harry knew each other.

The rest of the welcoming feast was focused on one thing, Joslurhen.

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"Oh! Harry don't forget Joslurhen's birthday is tomorrow." Ginny said as she was dashing off to the library. It was only the second day of the school year and already Ginny was swamped with schoolwork.

Harry had a lot on his plate as well. Not only was he taking all his NEWT classes but he was also doing the appropriate paper work to restart the DA. Harry still needed to decide if he wanted to be Captain of the Quidditch team. He also was the new Head Boy. How Dumbledore thought that he could handle it he didn't know. But Ginny had pointed out that Harry was the only choice. Dumbledore thought of Harry as a grandson and even with the prophecy no grandfather would deny his favorite grandson something so special as Head Boy. Naturally Hermione was Head Girl.

Ginny had been really surprised when she was chosen as a perfect.

Joslurhen wasn't having that hard of a time fitting in since she already knew Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron. For some reason since Joslurhen changed houses Ron had reverted to treating her the way he had when he first met her. Ron liked her but felt like she was still stealing his best mate.

Joslurhen was sitting on a couch on the opposite side of Harry, staring into the fire and twirling a lock of her hair.

"What's wrong Jos?" Harry asked,

"Tomorrow I'll be sixteen." Joslurhen didn't move in the slightest in acknowledgement of Harry.

"And that is a bad thing?" Harry didn't think being sixteen was so bad.

"Ginny told me you knew." Joslurhen straitened up and looked at Harry perplexed.

The memory of meeting Seth with Ginny hit Harry like a ton of bricks. "Do you know who it is you'll be marring?" Harry just had to know.

"I do, and technically we have been married for sixteen years today." Joslurhen said as she returned to her slouched position and stared at the fire.

"Are you going to tell me who it is?" Harry sounded put out.

"No." Joslurhen replied.

"Do you like him?" Harry was getting very agitated by Joslurhen's vague responses.

"I like him a lot. I'm just not sure that I love him." Joslurhen turned her gaze on Harry. "I have always known that I was his and he mine. I have never dated anyone because I was already married. We have never gone out on a proper date. I think he is absolutely the cutest, most honest, and brave guy I have ever met. He is loyal and has a strong character. I can see myself living the rest of my life with him and never regretting a second of it." Joslurhen paused and inhaled deeply. " I'm just not sure that we're, that I'm ready for this. It's one thing to be married on paper it's quite another to live it."

Harry nodded. He didn't know what to say to console his cousin. But he knew the feeling. According to Seth he and Ginny would be married in two days. Harry wasn't sure how that would work out since they were both underage and still attending Hogwarts.

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