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Chapter 12
Talk of Duels and The News
When Harry and Ginny's date had ended they both stood up and transformed the beach back into the lake, and took off the separation spell. They then, hand in hand, walked up to the castle, talking together about the duel that Harry and Draco were to have in a matter of hours. They still, of course, had to get through Potions class, Charms, and dinner. unfortunately Ginny had Charms with the Slytherins, strangely the 7th year Slytherins, and of course she was with the Griffyndores.
Lately Ginny had been having almost every class with the 7th year students, she was beginning to think that she had been put into the 7th year instead of the 6th.And even more strangely Dumbledore had called a meeting with Ginny during potions class, which was next, he said that it was very important and could not wait. She had received an owl during she and Harry's lunch date, saying;
Dear Miss Weasley,
There is something very important that I must discuss with you at once. Please report to my office at 1:15, you will need to hand this letter to Pr. Snape in order to be released from his class. Please be on time, it is a very important matter, and can not be delayed.
Thank you,
Professor Dumbledore
She had absolutely no idea what he was going to tell her, she didn't no whether she should be happy, anxious, or scared out of her mind. She decided to be worried, because if something was that urgent it couldn't be good, could it? She wasn't exactly sure what to think.
By this time Harry had walked Ginny back to the Head boy and Head girls common room where they sat down together talking even more about the duel. They decided that they would stay there for a couple more minutes, because they, after all, did have another half an hour until Potions class started.
Ginny sat down on the red and golden striped love seat besides Harry. She hadn't seen much of this room because she had spent most of her days in her own room. But now that she had seen it she wanted to spend much more time in it.
Half of the room was gold and the other half was red, it had the four house's crest on the ceiling and the Gryffindores' crest on the walls to each of their sides. There was a small oak door leading to a hall way that connected to each of their rooms and the bathroom in front of them. Across from that door there was yet another door leading into a hidden hallway, which ended in the main corridor. There was also a small counter with a built-in box which was found to be a refrigerator, and it had a small golden built-in sink.
Like Ginny,Harry had hardly seen any of this room, but now that he and Ginny were dating he had an actual reason to be in here. Before it was just a mindless room that the two were supposed to use, that had absolutely no reason to be there. Now it was a place where both of them could chat and relax together in.
Ginny scooted over next to Harry so that her head was rested on his muscular chest. He intertwined his fingers in hers and ran his fingers through her soft red hair.
" Harry, are you worried about the duel?"Ginny asked suddenly sounding concerned
Harry looked down at her confused and said, " Well, a little, I mean there is always a chance that a spell could go wrong, but other than that not really, why do you ask?"
" Because I'm worried that something will happen to you, what if you get hurt? Why don't you just call this whole thing off?" she asked beginning to sound frantic
" Ginny don't worry about me, I will be fine," he replied as he looked deep into her eyes, that looked straight back into his own emerald green eyes.
" But, I do worry. It wouldn't be healthy if I didn't worry about my own boyfriend," she stated as she rested her head back down onto his chest.
" Well, really you shouldn't, I can take care of myself, I promise, nothing will happen to me," he reassured her
There was a slight pause in their conversation, but then Ginny interrupted it when she sat up and looked straight into his eyes saying, " I'm going too, I will be there with you, I want to help,"
Harry let go of her hand, and looked at her as if she had completely lost her mind,
" Ginny, there is no way that I am going to let you get involved in our fight," he said shaking his head
" Please Harry, just let me go then I won't 'help'," she said stressing the word help by making her hands form quotation marks.
" I don't know, I mean what if something happens to you," he started but then got interrupted by Ginny
" Nothing will happen to me, I will be there just to insure that you don't get hurt, so I can take you to Madam Pomfrey if you do," she replied very seriously
" I don't know about this Gin," Harry said as he got up and began pacing around the room
" I don't think I could ever forgive myself if something happened to you,"
" Harry, look, I'm touched that you care about me, but I want to be there, please let me go," she said as she got up and walked over to him pressing her hand on his chest and looking up into his eyes " please,..."
Harry looked at her and hesitated, here was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen begging him to let her go to a fight so that she could make sure that he would be okay. He wanted to let her go with him, but he didn't want her to have to risk getting hurt. Harry just couldn't stand it when she looked at him like that so he said " Oh, fine, but if you get hurt, I will never forgive myself!" he said as he playfully pushed her off of him " Now, go to your room and get your books, we're going to miss Potions class!"
" Oh, thank you Harry you have no idea what this means to me!" she said as she gave him a hug and ran down the corridor to her room and grabbed her bag, then exited out of her room and ran back into the common room, " Alright I'm ready,"
" Okay let's go," Harry grabbed her hand and walked out of the door into the hidden hallway, then he opened another door and walked into the main hallway. They briskly walked down the corridor still holding hands.
Just as the bell rang they took seats in the back of the room besides each other. They both let out a sigh as Professor Snape walked in.
" Open your books to page 245," Snape said as he walked over to his desk
" We will be learning about a potion that will enable you to see through walls,..now this is an illegal potion that is not to be used in Hogwarts, but it is necessary to show you this potion so that I will be able to show you how to create the antidote for it," as he was saying this Ginny was walking up to his desk with the note in her hand
" What is it Miss Weasley," he said as he snatched the note from her hand and began to read it " Very well then, you will need to write an essay on this antidote that is three pieces of parchment long, it will be due on Monday, you may go," he replied handing the note back to Ginny and waving his arm towards the door. He then continued to ramble about the animadverto ( A/N: i looked that up it is the Latin word for "see" I was not able to find "through" so it is the "see" potion lol.) potion.
Ginny walked quickly up to her desk, winked at Harry, picked up her bag, and left. She was very excited to hear what Dumbledore had to say, she was no longer nervous or scared.
She left the class room and entered the long empty halls, heading towards the large eagle statue that marked the stairs to Dumbledore's office. When she had reached the eagle statue she walked up to it and said " Fudge Brownies," and the eagle began to spiral upwards.
When she reached the top of the stairs, the statue stopped and let her off. She headed down the hallway and went through the door leading to his office. Ginny walked in and saw Pr. Dumbledore at his desk scribbling on a piece of parchment, as usual.
" Ah, right on time," he said " Here have a seat,"
Ginny sat down on the chair and crossed her legs, placing her hands in her lap and said
" So, you said you had something very important to discuss, is there something wrong?"
" Oh, no actually it is a rather happy thing, or at least it should be," he said smiling at her
" Oh, okay," just as she said this there was a small click behind her she turned around and saw none other than, her mother and father.
" Ah, glad you could make it, Molly, Arthur, have a seat," Professor Dumbledore said pointing to the two seats next to Ginny.
" Hi honey, how are you?" Molly asked as Ginny stood up and gave her mom a hug
" I'm doing fine, but what are you two doing here," she replied as she pointed at Arthur, who gave her a hug right after she asked that
" Well, that is what we are going to find out I hope, because frankly I'm not sure," Mrs. Weasley replied shaking her head
" Dad, do you know what's going on?" Ginny said as they all finally sat down
" No, not exactly, I only know that it is not bad news," Arthur replied shrugging
" Well, for heavens sakes Albus tell us!" Molly said jokingly
" Now, now, Molly, you mustn't be impatient," Dumbledore replied shaking his finger at her.
" The reason why I have invited you all here is for a good reason I assure you. But this could be difficult, you will have to make a choice that could change Ginny's life style." at this Ginny's eyes widened, was Ron a murderer? Was he going to be taken to Askaban?
" What do you mean, change my life style?" Ginny asked as she uncrossed her legs and began to lean forward
" What I mean by that is, you have the choice of being in 6th year, or going on to 7th year. You have the capabilities of being in either year, but I would suggest moving up,"Dumbledore said calmly, like it was no big deal.
" 7th year? Well, of course she would like to. Uh, I think," Molly said excitedly
" You know Ginny it would be a wonderful opportunity," Arthur added
Ginny sat there for a while thinking about the possibilities. She would be in all of Hermione and Harry's classes, she could careless about Ron being there. But being in Harry's classes meant that she could sit by him, which meant that they would have more "time" together. There was also the fact that she would have to skip a whole year's worth of homework. This would be great!
" Professor, I would like to...," she started,looking at her parents who were staring at her like they were about to eat her alive. She gave them a odd look and finished her sentence " accept the offer of moving up to the 7th year,"
Her mother and father let out two huge sighs and smiled at there daughter, " Oh, Ginny we are so proud of you," Mr. Weasley said, beaming
" Wonderful choice Miss Weasley, here are your books, new quills, and parchments," Pr. Dumbledore stated happily as he swished his wand; the items he listed appeared on his desk.
Ginny gave him a curious looked and asked him , " Professor, how did you know that I was going to accept?"
He smiled at her and shrugged then said, " Well, I've noticed that you are around Miss Granger and Mr. Potter a lot more than your fellow 6th years,"
Ginny blushed about the "Mr. Potter part" since they had just officially started dating, she hadn't told her parents, ... yet, but this seemed to be the right time. And evidentially Dumbledore knew about them dating so he said, " Miss Weasley this would be a good time to tell them about the "boy"," he said stressing the word "boy"
" Uh, oh, yes um mum dad, harryismyboyfriend," she said quickly
" What was that honey? I didn't quite hear you," Molly asked leaning a little closer to Ginny " Yes, repeat that," Arthur added
" Uh, I have a boyfriend...," Ginny said quietly but loud enough to hear
" That's great honey, who is it?" Mr. Weasley asked
" Uh, Harry..," she replied smiling at them a little uneasily
" Harry! That's wonderful dear, I'm very happy for you! Now do I have to give you the safe sex talk?" Molly said standing up and putting her hands on her hip. This made Ginny turn scarlet and she screamed " NO, mom God NO!" Professor Dumbledore laughed at this situation, and so did Arthur.
" Pr. Dumbledore may I leave and head back to my class?" she asked
" Yes, he replied just don't forget your books and such, oh and here is your new schedule. It is the same as Harry's, Hermione's and Ron's.," he said as he handed her the yellow tinted white paper.
" Thank you, good bye mum dad, love you," she said as she gave her mother and father a hug.
" Love you too honey, tell Harry we said hi," Mr. Weasley joked winking at Ginny
" Oh, leave her alone," Mrs. Weasley said to Arthur " go on honey you better get back to Potions!"
At this Ginny put all of her new things in her bag and handed all of her old things to Mrs. Weasley. She turned on her heal and walked out of the office, and down the statue. And before she knew it she was back in Potions class sitting next to Harry once again.
She sat there quietly working on her essay, and by the time the bell rang she was half way done.
" So how'd it go? What did he want?" Harry asked when they had reached the hall
" It went fine, and he told me that I was going to be promoted to the 7th year, as of today," she said excitedly looking up to see Harry's reaction.
Harry was beaming as he said " That's great Ginny! Now we'll be in all of the same classes, Dumbledore sure has great timing,"
" Yes he does, it'll be great to have all of the same classes," she replied as he took her hand and gently squeezed it saying, " I will get to see your beautiful face more often,"
Ginny blushed at this, that was such a sweet thing to say, how was she supposed to respond? " Thank you Harry, you are too sweet," that's how
" I wasn't trying to be 'sweet' I was being honest," He replied beaming down at her with his bright green eyes once again
" Awww,"she thought " I love him, he is so nice, oh my god he has to stop looking at me like that my knees are buckling,"
" Well, then thank you for being ' honest' but you are still being very nice," she replied trying to regain the feeling in her legs.
They walked together all the way to Charms class, where they once again, took seats next to each other in the back of the room. This class began as soon as it ended, and surprisingly they left with no homework. Next was dinner, and they were all relived that they had no more classes for the day. But Ginny and Harry were also a bit worried, for after dinner there was the duel. And surely one of the competitors would leave with some sort of injury, none of them were looking forward to that.
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