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Can Love Find Me Now
Chapter 38
Ginny's temper and the plan of attack
Ginny sat in her dorm; she didn't know why she was so mad at Harry but she was. Yes, he had told her what had happened when he came back from Dumbledore's office; not in to much detail but he had told her. She was hurt that he had not allowed her to view the memory in his pensive; like he had done with her brother and Neville. He had also told her that Voldemort had plans to try and take him; that day was tomorrow. She had been in her room since she got out of her last class; it was nearing dinner time and she was hungry; she had only had a small amount of breakfast and a sandwich at lunch. She knew she could go to the kitchens and Dobby would give her anything she wanted but knew she needed to eat in the great hall and then talk to Harry.
For the past two hours she sat on her bed thinking about the second part of Voldemort's plans. Tomorrow was Tuesday; anything could happen; Harry could be hurt badly or she might not ever see him again. She had been avoiding her brother, Harry and Neville since she had walked out on them yesterday afternoon and she knew she had to talk to him; she berated her self for acting like an eleven year old but she felt left out and her temper had gotten the better of her. Ginny had taken her anger out on the "Boy's" for all the wrong reasons and now she had to make it right. She knew she was wrong and wasn't sure how to make things right; she just hoped that Harry would want to still talk to her tonight.
When Ginny entered the great hall; she noticed that Hermione was already setting with Ron; Harry was no where to be seen. She summoned all of her courage and walked straight down the isle to where Hermione sat. When she sat down Ron looked up at her; gave her a weak smile and went back to his dinner. Hermione gave her a reassuring smile and went back to her dinner. Ginny made herself a plate but just pushed her food around; Harry had not come into the great hall for dinner yet and she was getting worried.
"Hermione, where is Neville?"
"He is with Harry."
"And"
"And what Ginny"
"Where are they? Have they eaten dinner or did they go to the kitchens?"
"Well if you must know Harry is in a bad mood; I don't know where they are but Neville is with Harry and that is all that matters right now."
"I know he is upset with me for what I said but I was going to talk to him. I just needed to calm down; Hermione don't give me that look. You know that you were upset too about they guys being allowed to see the memory; you just didn't say what you were thinking."
"Mione, you were jealous about that?"
"Not jealous Ron but like Ginny I felt a little left out."
"Oh, sorry"
"Ron, do you know where Neville and Harry are?"
"No Ginny, I don't; I'm sorry I can't help you."
"It's ok Ron, I'll find him later."
"Ginny you need to eat; not just push your food around on your plate."
"I know Hermione, I'm just not hungry; I'm going back to the common room. I'll see you all later ok and if you see Harry before I do could you tell him I am ready to talk to him."
"Ok Ginny but we can't promise anything."
"I know see you later."
Ginny made her way up the stairs; heading towards the common room but in mid step she changed her mind. She headed for the seventh floor; straight to the portrait of Barnabas the Barmy; Harry had to be hiding in the room of requirements. If he was in there she would send Neville on his way so they could talk in private. She walked past the portrait three times; thinking of the room they always practiced in. The door appeared and she opened the door to find the room empty; disappointed she closed the door and headed back towards Gryffindor common room. Ron and Hermione were sitting at the study table; books were every where and to her surprise Ron was reading one of the big tombs she had on the table. Ginny walked over to the table and sat down; watched them for a few minutes and then decided to ask them about Harry.
"Hey you guys; what are you doing?"
"Oh, hi Ginny, we were just looking at some of the books that Dobby lent us."
"Oh, has Neville and Harry came back yet?"
"No, not yet"
"Are you sure, maybe they are up in the boy's dorm?"
"Nope, when we came back from dinner I went up and checked; they aren't back yet."
"Do you think they are Hagrids?"
"Nope, Ginny he is some where safe ok."
"No it's not ok; I need to talk to him and I need to talk to him now!"
"Now calm down Ginny"
"No Ron I won't calm down; tell me where he is now!"
"Ginny I can't"
"Why not Ron?"
"I just can't, you can wait up for him if you want but I can't tell you where he is."
"Ron I will tell you this once; if something happens to him tomorrow; mark my word; I will hurt you and I do mean badly."
"Ginny please don't do this; I know you could hurt me and you could hurt me bad but I can't betray Harry."
"Ron right now I hate you; I really hate you for doing this to me. I know I messed up by yelling at him and ignoring him but you have to understand that I need to fix this; no matter what I need to fix this Ron please."
"Ginny"
"Never mind Ron; just forget I asked. Hermione I will see you later; I'm going for a walk by the lake."
"Be careful Ginny and don't be long ok."
"OK and don't worry; there isn't anyone out there looking for me anyway."
"Ginny"
"Good-night Ron"
With that said she headed for the exit; when she stepped out of the common room; she walked down the stairs slowly. One lone tear slid down her face; how could she have been so stupid. She felt like her soul was being torn from her body; why had she yelled at him. She hated herself right at that moment; he had become her rock to lean on, her life force and felt that he was her soul mate now more then ever before and now he wouldn't want anything to do with her. She didn't know how she got to the lake but there she was; standing there with tears flowing down her cheeks. She found her way to her favorite tree and sat down; she knew that if she got caught outside that she would be in a world of trouble but she didn't care. All that mattered to her right at that moment was Harry.
(Back inside the castle)
Neville and Harry were sitting in the room of requirements; just sitting there enjoying the quite. They would talk about different things and then not say a word. Harry had told Ron where he was going and asked him to not tell anyone where he was. He needed time to think and deal with the emptiness he was feeling. He wanted to be alone but knew that he had promised Remus that he would not go anywhere alone. He knew he had to keep safe and if it meant that Neville had to be with him right now then so be it. When they first arrived; Neville had told Harry that if he wanted quiet then that is what he would have; they each took a chair before the fire place and got comfortable.
Neville sat there watching his friend; the pain was evident and he would not intrude unless Harry spoke first. They talked about what had happened the day before; Harry still didn't understand what he had done to make Ginny so mad at him and tried to see if Neville understood how a girls brain worked. Neville was just as in the dark as Harry was but had tried to let him know that all this would pass and that Ginny would be ok in a few days. He had told Harry to just "Give her time mate" and everything would be ok. They had just finished eating the dinner Winky had brought to them when they heard the click of the door knob turning; they slipped under the invisibility cloak and watched the door open. Neither was surprised when Ginny's face appeared at the door; she stuck her head in and seemed to be looking around and then closed the door. They waited a few minutes before they came out from under the cloak; then took their seats again. Neville just looked at Harry and shook his head; the boy was crazy. He knew Harry wanted to talk to her and couldn't understand why he didn't just call to her so he could and it wasn't his place to ask.
Neville watch as Harry would fidgeted in his seat and then he would pace the floor. After about twenty minutes; Neville just couldn't take it any more and suggested that they go back to the common room and that Harry get the courage to just try and talk to Ginny. Harry gave in and followed Neville back to the common room. Just as they reached the hall where the entrance was; they saw it open and Ginny come out. Harry watched her walk slowly down the stairs and then she was out of his eye sight. He told Neville to go on in and that he would see him later. As he walked away he told him "I'm going to talk to her" and then he was gone.
Harry placed the invisibility cloak around his body and followed Ginny outside; he stayed a few steps behind her so she wouldn't know he was there. He watched her walk towards the lake and then turned towards the Oak tree that stood between Hagrids hut and the lake. He could tell by the way she was walking that she was upset and probably crying but he wasn't ready to show himself. He watched her look over the lake as she slid down the tree; just sitting there with tears flowing down her cheeks. It tore at his heart to know that he might be the cause of her tears but why was she crying, wasn't she the one to yell at him. Tell him that she would hex him if he tried to talk to her, told him and the others to go to hell. Just watching this take place made him feel like his soul was being ripped from him; she was his heart, his faith, his soul and he wouldn't let her hurt anymore. Just as he got the nerve to approach her; she started talking to the air around her; like she was talking to another person and that person was answering back. The only problem with this picture was that Ginny Weasley was talking to her self and answering her self.
"Why did I have to yell at him for (Ginny)?"
"Because Ginny, you were acting like a spoiled child (the voice in her head answering)."
"No I wasn't, he …he had the chance to tell me everything and he didn't. He used me to comfort him but couldn't include me."
"You know that isn't true, now don't you?"
"Yes, but why did he not trust me enough to tell me everything?"
"And why are you being such a child?"
"Oh shut up you, I know I messed up and he hates me now."
"How do you know, unless you ask him?"
"Yeah right, he's hiding and Ron won't tell me where he is. How am I going to fix this if he won't even let me talk to him?"
"You my dear self are losing your mind; sitting here talking to yourself. Did you expect him to be there anytime that you thought we were ready to talk?"
"Yes"
"You just better hope that you can talk to him before anyone tries anything tomorrow."
"Oh Harry, where are you?"
"Right here Gin"
"Harry"
"Yeah"
"When…where…how…Harry where are you?"
"Sorry I forgot to take off the cloak. Better?"
"How long have you been here?"
"Long enough"
"Oh, watched me act crazy"
"Nah but you do argue with yourself quiet well"
"Are you making fun of me?"
"It made you smile"
"I'm sorry Harry; I acted like I was eleven again."
"I'm sorry too and you didn't"
"It's not your fault; so there is no need for you to apologies to me."
"Yes there is; I am so sorry Gin that you felt left out again. I know that's what you felt and I am so sorry. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"
"As long as you can find it in your heart to forgive me Harry; for acting like a spoiled eleven year old and yelling at you."
"Forgiven, Ginny please promise me that if I ever make you feel left out again that you will talk to me about it; not just yell at me and then run off and not talk to me."
"I promise that I will do my best not to yell at you and run away."
"Good, are we ok now; friends?"
"OK"
"Gin, what's wrong?"
"I…ruined…you hate me…I…I"
"No, Gin I don't hate you; what would make you think that?"
"Harry"
"Ginny come on now I thought we just fixed everything; didn't we?"
"But…Harry…I'll be your friend…if that's what you want."
Ginny, (walking to her) what are you saying (taking her hands in his); are you (his voice cracks) are we (touches her face) breaking up?"
"Isn't that (looking at the ground) what you want? You just (a lone tear falls from her eye) said that we could be friends (blushing) so I thought…that was all you wanted."
"Ginny, I'm not an expert about relationships (wiping the tear from her cheek) but I would say that we had our first disagreement; unless you want to break up?"
"No, that's not what I want. Harry for the past twenty-four hours I have felt like my soul had been ripped out; I know it sounds weird but that's how I felt; thinking that I had messed everything up between us; I'm really sorry."
"Ginny, I don't think it's weird; I felt the same way; that's why I followed you tonight. I had to get you to talk to me; so I could fix what I did to hurt you; with every thing that happened I didn't think; I'm really sorry too."
"I'm sorry I ignored you; I won't do it again."
"Good, now that we have this settled; let's get inside before Filch catches us and gives us detention."
"You've got your cloak, so could we just sit by the tree for a little bit. We can sit under the cloak; that way we can't be seen."
"OK, but only for you Gin and no other."
They sat under the tree and enjoyed the presents of each other; both thinking that there could be no better way to end the night. Just being alone, no talking, a light kiss every now and then and holding each other like their life depended on it. They watched Hagrid go into the forest; carrying a large piece of meat. Harry wondered if he was going to feed the Thestrals or Grawp; thinking about Grawp made him shiver. He hoped that he was adjusting to his new home and wasn't beating on Hagrid any more. They had sat there for almost and hour; Harry was thinking it was time to go in. He was sure that Ron and Hermione were probably worried where they were; he was sure Neville told them that he had followed Ginny.
Harry let that thought pass through his mind; he pulled Ginny closer to him and nuzzled her neck. She let out a small giggle; his breath tickled her neck; she moved around to where her face was facing his. She captured his lips with hers and kissed him slowly and fully. She wanted him to know that she was ok, that they were ok and everything would be alright. A rustling sound came from the forest edge; they both looked over and were expecting Hagrid to come out but Hagrid never appeared.
They watched as five cloaked figures came out of the forest; hoods pulled in so tight you could barely see their eyes. Two of the five kept looking around; making sure no one was in sight. They made their way towards the castle; and then turned towards the Quidditch pitch. Harry and Ginny knew that they were deatheater's and knew this had something to do with Voldemort's plan to try and kidnap Harry. Harry knew he couldn't leave Ginny there all by herself and couldn't go there alone either. He spoke softly and quickly to her; he told her that he was going to put a disillusionment charm on her so she couldn't be seen, that she needed to be very quite and to stay close to him.
Harry pulled the cloak around himself after putting the charm on Ginny; they walked as fast as they could towards the Quidditch pitch. They made their way over to the end of the stands; the five figures were standing at the bottom of the Quidditch goals; two looking and searching for the person they were to meet and making sure no one interrupted their little meeting. First person Ginny though of was Snape and let Harry know that is who she figured was going to meet with the deatheater's but he told her no it couldn't be him; it had to be a student. Their curiosity about who was meeting the deatheater's came to an end when not one but three figures came out of one of the changing rooms. They had their cloak hoods up around their faces; their eyes were they only thing visible. Harry watched as the group gathered in a circle; their voices meet his ears; like whispers on the wind. He cursed under his breath; they would not be able to hear what they were saying. He wished he was closer so he would know their plans.
Ginny being a true Weasley and prankster at heart had pulled a pair of extendable ears out of her cloak pocket; slinging the long strings towards the group. Harry had to smile; she was so much like her twin brothers and that scared him some times but not tonight; the look of pride took over his face. She just smiled up at him and handed him one of the ears.
"Your late, what took you so long to get here; the caretaker almost caught us out and you know what would have happened to you if that would have happened."
"Boy, you watch your tongue. That stupid half giant came into the forest; we had to wait until he left so we could come unseen."
"What ever, our great lord has sent word that you will supply me with the means to send Potter to him; did you bring it?"
"Yes we have it, there are instructions form our master. He wants Potter taken as soon as you can. He wants Potter to him before noon; do you think you three can handle this mission."
"You don't worry what we can or can't do; just give me the item and tell me how to activate it."
"The dark lord will be told of your arrogant manner you stupid boy. Just know that you are to make sure potter is sent before noon; only Potter. Make sure you stun him and place the portkey on him and activate it. To activate it just say the word Pureblood and it will send that Potter boy to our lord; he will not tolerate failure from you."
"How are we supposed to do this with only one portkey; if we had three we would have a better chance at catching him."
"Do not question the dark lord boy; just take care that you find him and deliver him by noon. We have done our job now you do yours."
"Fine, but if we fail it's your fault no ours. I will be in contact with someone who will inform our master that one portkey and a time limit of noon has already doomed this plan."
"I will enjoy watching you get punished by our master boy; what was that noise."
"Has to be Filch; the caretaker; we have to go."
"Remember by noon boy."
Ginny and Harry pulled the extendable ears back and put them away; they didn't wait for the deatheater's to leave; they ran to the front of the castle. Once inside the castle Harry grabbed Ginny's hand and headed to Dumbledore's office; out of breath he whispered his name to the Gargoyle and waited for it to open. He pulled Ginny up the stairs and stood in front of the office doors trying to catch his breath; he knocked and was told to come in. He opened the door and let Ginny move into one of the chairs that sat in front of Dumbledore's desk. He stood facing the older man; waiting for him to ask why he was there; this gave him time to get his breath back.
Dumbledore got out of his chair and walked over to the door; he had a small smile on his face as he passed Harry. He opened the door and looked out in the entrance hall to his office; shrugged his shoulders and closed the door. He made his way back to his desk and went back to the paper work that was in front of him. Harry couldn't believe that he was ignoring them like this; what game was he playing. He was getting mad; was that what he was trying to do; make Harry mad enough for him to start yelling. Harry let out a loud breath and turned to Ginny; hoping she would help calm him down. Where was she; he knew she came in with him and sat down in one of the chairs but which one. Then it dawned on him that he was still under the invisibility cloak and Ginny still had the disillusionment charm on her. Pulling off the cloak; he blushed;
"Sorry about that professor; forgot I had it on. Ginny where are you?"
"Here Harry"
"Touch my shoulder so I can take the charm off you."
"OK"
"I see that you have made your self visible; I was beginning to wonder how long it would take you to figure that out but I thought you might start yelling before you figured you still had on your father's cloak."
"I'm sorry about that sir but there are deatheater's here; they were meeting students down at the Quidditch pitch."
"Are they still there my boy?"
"Um, I don't think so; Mr. Filch came and the students left and we ran here."
"We will deal with one thing at a time; how many were there?"
"Five"
"Five students"
"No um five deatheater's and three students."
"Did you see who any of the eight were?"
"No sir, they had their hoods pulled over their faces; we could only see their eyes. They were just too far away to tell who they were."
"Did you happen to hear any of their conversation?"
"Yes sir, they brought a portkey to take me away with."
"I see did you hear any of their plans on how they were going to succeed in getting you."
"Only that they were to find him, stun him, place the portkey and activate it; they have to do this before noon tomorrow."
"Miss. Weasley, am I to understand that you may have gotten close enough to hear what they were saying?"
"No sir"
"And how did you manage to hear their conversation?"
"Extendable ears sir"
"Aw, a useful product of Fred and George Weasley; a brilliant pair of students; I wish they had not quit so early."
"Mum said the same thing but she's happy that they are doing well."
"We at least know that we have three young deatheater's here at school; it is a shame that you could not identify them but we will make sure that they do not succeed in their plan."
"How are we going to do that sir; I have to go to classes, I have to eat and I know it will be hard since my friends will always be with me."
"We cannot take that chance; I have wondered how they were going to accomplish the task and I must say I am glad that Bill Weasley is still here; we will make sure wards are up to stop portkey usage for the time being. Please for your safety and the other students; do not go off alone."
"I won't sir"
"Now onto other matters; how were you able to find out the deatheater's were here?"
"We were sitting under the tree by Hagrids; we watched him go into the forest and thought it was him coming out but it turned out to be them."
"And when did you put the disillusionment charm on Miss. Weasley?"
"When we decided to follow them; so we could move faster with out being seen."
"And you were under your father's cloak?"
"Yes sir"
"Why did they not see you when they came out of the forest?"
"We were under the cloak sir; it was getting late and we didn't want Mr. Filch to catch us; we were only talking sir."
"I see, well no harm done; you should be getting back to your common room; I am sure that Mr. Weasley and Miss. Granger are wondering where the two of you are; I must speak with our curse breaker before it gets to late."
"Good-night sir"
Harry and Ginny made their way up to the Gryffindor portrait; giving the password "Alpha Omega" they entered and went straight to the couch by the fire. Ron and Hermione were still at the table but you could tell that they were just sitting there waiting for them to return. The common room was empty so it was easy for the four to talk; they talked about where they had been, what they had seen and what they had heard. Hermione used her logical thinking to point out that they had more information then they had before; she went over their time tables from breakfast to dinner. Hermione pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote down his schedule for the day.
8:15 to 8:45 Breakfast
9:00 to 12:00 Transfiguration
12:15 to 12:55 Lunch
1:00 to 2:00 Care of Magical Creatures
2:15 to 4:15 Potions
To everyone's shock and surprise; Hermione suggested that they tell the whole Gryffindor house that Slytherin house was planning on hurting some of the members of the Quidditch team; mainly the seeker of the team. This way he would be surrounded by to many people; no chance for the three unidentified students to curse Harry and send him to Voldemort; via portkey. Reluctantly Harry agreed to this plan; it was better then worrying about the three wana-bee deatheater's. Ron and Hermione said their good-nights and headed to bed; they weren't sure how well things were fixed between the two and wanted to let them have some time alone.
By the time Harry arrived in the common room the next morning; Hermione, Ron and Ginny had already spread the word. All the way down to breakfast his house mates would call out to him not to worry; he would be protected. In the great hall Hermione and Ron would glance around and see if anyone looked guilty; Neville had told Luna what was going on and she spread the word through Ravenclaw; they jumped at the chance to help protect Harry from any attack from Slytherin house. By the time the three left transfiguration; Hufflepuff had joined in to help keep Harry and the others on the Gryffindor team safe; most students wanted their team to win the Quidditch cup but if they couldn't then they would support and protect the best team; which was the team from the Gryffindor house.
Lunch came and went; Dumbledore had informed the professor's about what had happened the night before and when they heard the rumors about the Slytherin house they knew what would happen. Hagrid greeted Harry and the others for class even though they were late. Potions class was a different story; Snape being Snape ridiculed Harry in front of the whole class. He accused him of making up the story against his house to get attention; since he was a spoiled attention seeker. Harry just took his seat; lost 20 point for Gryffindor and went to work writing down the directions for the potion that was on the board; the potion they were making that day was a bit complicated and the maker had to be meticulous with every step.
Draught Kanker Drankje (Kanker Drankje is Cancer Potion in Dutch)
Ingredients are to be added in the order they are listed. This potion must brew slowly; and exactly done or will become a very deadly poison. The brewing time for this potion is One hour and thirty minutes and should be a vibrant red in color.
2 cups of distilled water; add water to heated cauldron; bringing water to a slight boil; about five minutes.
1 crushed Venomous Tentacula seed stirring contents four times clock wise; wait ten minutes then add next ingredient.
8 tablespoons of powered eye of newt; add 4 tablespoons and stir counter clock wise; wait ten minutes then adding the remainder 4 and stirring clock wise; let simmer for fifteen minutes.
18 drops of Phoenix tears; your Phoenix tears must be added in three stages. Add the first six drops of Phoenix tears; stirring contents of cauldron eighteen times in a counter clock wise motion; let simmer for twenty minutes. Six more drops to be added at the end of the twenty minutes and stir eight times in a clock wise fashion; let simmer for ten minutes. You will add the last six drops of Phoenix tears; stirring six times in a counter clock wise fashion and let simmer for another ten minutes.
3 drops Dragon Blood; the dragons blood will be add to your potion in a slow and easy manner. You must get your dropper as close to the potion as you can. This being the most dangerous time to add any ingredient; if one drop of blood causes a ripple in this potion; it will explode. After adding the last drop of dragon blood you must stir this potion sixteen times in a counter clock wise motion; taking your cauldron off of the heat and letting cool for ten minutes. Fill a vile with a sample of your potion, marked with you name and year; then hand in.
After reading over the directions for the potion; Harry and the others set to work. Harry noticed Crabbe shooting glances at him; his hands were shaking as he worked on his potion. "That's one" he thought as he added the crushed Venomous Tentacula seed. He set to work crushing his eye of newt; he took his time to make sure that it was in a fine powder when he was done. Harry was doing his best to make sure his potion was perfect; he didn't want to lose his house any more points and Snape would be more then happy to take a hundred more if he could. As time went on he added his powdered eye of newt and his Phoenix tears; in five minutes he would add the dragon blood.
The last drop of sand fell; it was time to add the three drops of dragon blood and then he would stir it sixteen times in a counter clock wise motion. Just as he was adding the dragons blood his scar started tingling; he took a few deep breaths and then went to add the last two drops of the blood when his scar burst into pain; dropping the whole vile of blood and his dropper into his cauldron. He could feel that Voldemort was pissed; very pissed that his spies had failed him. As his vision blurred from the pain; his cauldron exploded with a deafening boom. As he lay there on the floor he could hear the students screaming; chairs were being slammed into tables and walls. He could feel hands touching him; voices talking to him but couldn't focus on anything but the pain; then there was black.
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