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I hope you liked the last chapter and maybe it gave those of you who have asked about Hermione's love interest a hint. Don't jump to any conclusions and you won't find out anytime soon probably not before chapter 9 or 10. Harry and Ginny will be having some rocky times ahead just so you can be forewarned.
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The Final Battle Trilogy Part One
"Ron? Hermione?" Harry called entering the drawing room to see Ron and Hermione glaring at each other both with their arms crossed angrily.
"Hello Harry." Hermione said brightly before going back to her staring match with Ron.
"Hey dude." Ron nodded not taking his eyes off Hermione.
"What's going on here?" Harry asked looking between both of his friends. He hoped they weren't going to get in one of their long fights because Hogwarts was starting tomorrow and he wanted them to be on good terms at the start of term feast they always had been since second year.
"Hermione thinks I'm not capable of passing my apparation test." Ron said in an angry voice.
"I didn't say that I merely said maybe you should've studied more because your test is today." Hermione replied pointedly.
"Ron studied lots." Harry defended him.
"Thank you." Ron said.
"Fine take his side." Hermione seemed disgruntled.
"He has he keeps me up studying with him every night, because in case you haven't remembered my test is today too." Harry said and watched as Ron left the room.
"Oh no." Hermione shook her head worriedly.
"Just talk to him once he passes and don't get mad if he says I told you so when he does." Harry suggested, "I'm going to say goodbye to Gin."
"Since when did you call her Gin?" Hermione asked slyly.
"Since we became good friends." Harry said trying to cover his mistake.
"With benefits." Hermione added.
"I…what…no idea what you're talking about." Harry shook his head.
"I saw you two kiss and Ginny and I talked don't worry I won't tell anyone." Hermione nudged him and followed him form the room.
"Kiss eh?" Fred said to George from where they had been listening to the fight with extendable ears.
"This won't go unnoticed." George agreed and the pulled away from the landing.
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"Name." A ministry official by the name of Matilda stated boredly.
"Ronald Bilius Weasley." Ron stated.
"Age." Matilda continued.
"17." Ron said in a tone of voice that said duh.
"Parent's names." Matilda asked.
"Molly Elizabeth Weasley and Arthur Francis Weasley." Ron told her.
"You go to Hogwarts, seventh year on September first, Gryffindor house?" Matilda asked quietly.
"That's right." Ron said and rolled his eyes at Harry who was behind him.
"Take this," Matilda said putting a large stamp on the card with his information and handing it to him, "Go through that door step onto the first circle and apparate to the second then wait for instructions, have a nice day."
"See you on the other side." Ron said.
"Ya." Harry said stepping onto the yellow line on the floor.
"Next." Matilda called.
Harry stepped forward and waited while Matilda filled out the date and other nonsense information on the little card.
"Name." Matilda stated boredly.
"Harry James Potter." Harry announced and waited for her to look up but she didn't.
"Age." Matilda continued her boring line of questioning.
"17." Harry said slowly.
"Parent's names?" Matilda asked.
"If my parents are deceased do I tell you my guardians name?" Harry asked embarrassed.
"Yes please." Matilda agreed.
"Then shouldn't you say parent or Guardians name?" Harry questioned.
"Guardians name." Matilda asked slowly.
"Remus Alexander Lupin." Harry told her.
"You go to Hogwarts, 7th year as of September first and you are in Gryffindor house, yes?" Matilda checked to see of she was correct.
"That's right." Harry said.
"Here take this," Matilda stamped his card.
"Go through the door step in the first circle and apparate to the second, then wait for instructions I know." Harry said and he hurriedly went through the door. Stepping onto the first circle Harry gripped his card tightly and thought hard about the other circle. Slowly he imagined being pushed over there and voila there he was.
"Congratulations you passed the short distance apparating test, please apparate from the circle you are into a similar circle in the atrium." A voice came out of no where.
"Here goes nothing…" Harry thought as he concentrated hard on anything he could remember about the atrium and the little white circle he was standing on. He thought of being pushed all the way downstairs and poof like magic there he was. There was a box that said if you passed place your card in here and follow the yellow line to the desk at your right.
"Harry!" Ron called and Harry walked forward careful to follow the yellow line in case it had something to do with the test.
"Hey Ron, how'd you do?" Harry asked worriedly.
"I made both circles on the first try, you?" Ron asked.
"Same." Harry smiled now, in two weeks after Hermione passes her test on the weekend at the Hogwarts apparation booth we'll be all set.
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"Hello!" Molly cried as they entered Grimmauld place.
"Hey mum guess what?" Ron asked looking downcast.
"Oh Ronnie what is it?" Molly asked worriedly.
"I passed!" Ron yelled happily.
"Oh goodness me, and you Harry dear?" Molly asked hopefully.
"I…passed!" Harry said happily.
"Oh good. Tomorrow we leave at Ten O'clock so go pack, the girls already are." Molly told them shooing them up the stairs.
"Okay mum, tell the twins for me." Ron said and he and Harry walked up the stairs, "How loud is your pop?" Ron asked grinning wildly, "Mine's really loud."
"I didn't notice." Harry told him slowly, "Let's scare the girls apparate into their room, okay? One…two…three!"
"Ahh!" Hermione and Ginny screamed as Ron appeared with a loud crack, "Bloody hell Ron." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked looking around.
"Dunno, he was right behind me." Ron told them looking around and spotting Harry under the desk. He must be able to silently apparate because Ron didn't hear anything when he apparated in. Deciding to let the girls figure it out on their own Ron sat down on Ginny's bed and said, "He'll probably be here soon."
"I'll go look for him." Ginny suggested and she quickly left the room Harry apparating right behind her.
"Silent apparating takes a very powerful wizard you know." Ginny said once she reached the drawing room.
"Does it really?" Harry asked pulling her closer.
"Yes it does and I think you should tell Dumbledore soon…" Ginny smiled into Harry's lips as he kissed her before quickly kissing back.
"I think you're right, maybe I should tell him. I'll go do that now." Harry suggested and he began to walk away.
"Not so fast mister, I wasn't finished with you yet." Ginny pulled him back and kissed again this time gently and the kiss lingered on their lips as they pulled apart, "You can go now."
"Maybe later." Harry said pulling her down onto the couch.
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"Okay brothers we have called you here," Fred began.
"To tell you something we overheard with our incredible," George continued.
"Invention. We were simply eavesdropping on a heated discussion between our youngest brother and Hermione," Fred began the actual topic of discussion.
"When…Ron left angrily and Hermione stayed behind to talk with Harry who we were unaware was even in the room until he spoke right before our brother left." George finished.
"That's it? What is this all about?" Charlie demanded.
"Oh nothing it just seems," Fred started.
"That our little sister…" George continued.
"What's up with Ginny?" Bill asked quickly.
"Obviously you guys don't want to know," Fred said slowly.
"Because if you did you'd shut up." George laughed.
"Would you two quit that and move on with the story, what's Ginny been up to?" Ron asked angrily.
"Kissing Harry in the drawing room." Fred said quickly and laughed as Bill, Charlie and Ron fell over each other trying to rush out of the room and him and George quickly joined the chaos and followed their brothers up to the drawing room.
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All five brothers stared into the drawing room angrily as they watched Harry and Ginny kiss on the couch. Charlie the angriest of them all barged into the room and lifted his fist, quickly driving it towards Harry who caught it in his hand, "Good try." Harry said slowly as he broke apart from Ginny.
The brothers looked between themselves clearly shocked at Harry's reaction time and Fred and George quickly decided to stay out of it. They backed up and left the room as fast as they could, while Bill stood there with his mouth open in shock and Ron stood there still looking angrily at his best friend.
"Where'd he go?" Bill asked looking around.
"Right behind you." Harry said smiling as he leaned against the doorframe.
"Silent apparation…oh boy this is bad." Charlie said, the hand that Harry had got still shaking.
"You guys are impossible. This is our decision and we are happy with it, so are mum and dad so even though we won't get dads help, mum would so be on our side." Ginny walked over to Harry and he put his arm around her.
"I think that you're too young Ginny, I mean how old are you now?" Bill asked carefully.
"16. Two years older than you were when you first started dating." Ginny said with a grin.
"Oh." Bill looked down.
"But we're guys and we can take care of ourselves, besides how much damage can a girl do, right?" Charlie spoke up.
"Have you seen Ginny's Bat Bogey Hex she can do damage." Harry said surely.
"And don't even go there because if I remember correctly it was Sandra Smith who first broke your heart and I believe she gave you a black eye to go with it." Ginny smiled smugly.
"I…uh…I don't…" Charlie stuttered.
"I can't believe you would go out with my sister Harry, I mean and not tell me about it…" Ron began.
"It happened three days ago Ron and I was afraid of how you would react, obviously for good reason." Harry pointed out.
"And you can't blame Harry for that because it was I who requested none of you were told for good reason, seeing as the first thing one of you did was throw a punch." Ginny pointed out.
"Right." Ron was reduced to silence.
"How did you find out anyway?" Harry asked suddenly.
"Fred and George overheard you and Hermione talking and called an official meeting of the Weasley brothers." Bill explained.
"I thought I was a part of that…" Harry began.
"Obviously Fred and George felt you couldn't be included in the meeting seeing as what we were discussing." Charlie told him.
"I see." Harry nodded obviously amused at the Weasley brother's discomfort.
"We are clearly not going to win this one and Harry and I have packing to do before I leave in an hour to go to Luna's so maybe we should call a truce." Ron suggested.
"Maybe." Ginny said sarcastically.
"Take care of her Harry if you hurt her, we break you." Bill spoke for the three of them.
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"I can't believe I'm going to meet her father." Ron said, "A father's little girl is always like the most sacred relationship and I'm actually going to meet him." Ron was pacing around his and Harry's room trying to figure out why he had agreed to meet Mr. Lovegood when he could have easily met him before the train tomorrow. Ron sat down on his bed and tried his hardest not to think about how nervous he was.
"You're going because your girlfriend asked you to and you care about her." Harry reminded him pointedly.
"Right, I knew that." Ron said.
"Time to go." Harry told him and watched as Ron left the room. Harry was laughing to himself as he thought about how nervous Ron was going to be tonight. Ron would be spending the night with Luna and her father in pure agony while he got to spend the night with Ginny and her family in perfect bliss.
"Harry?" Ginny called entering the room.
"Hey Hun." Harry smiled.
"Hello Harry James," Ginny said seductively closing her arms around him.
"Hello…" Harry said slowly.
"Are you excited about going back to school?" Ginny asked leaning into him.
"Yeah, I'm excited, I mean being here has been really hard just like last year and Hogwarts is like my home." Harry said and he pulled her down onto the bed so they could lie next to each other. He loved just sitting with Ginny; they could talk or just sit in silence but no matter what he just loved being with her.
"For me it's like a home away from home. And I know being here has been hard for you but you've done really well, you've handling everything thrown your way so well and I know it has to be hard for you. Everyone thinking that you're going to kill Voldemort when you don't have too and…" Ginny trailed off.
Harry got very silent after she said that and was seriously considering what to say next, the truth was he did have to defeat Voldemort and he knew that but he was one of the few who did. He wanted to tell Ginny about the prophecy so badly but she wouldn't take it well…he knew that. He really didn't want to be the one to tell Ginny…to tell the girl he loved…that he either had to kill or be killed.
"Harry?" Ginny asked slowly.
"Sorry…I don't know what you mean though, I haven't really done anything spectacular." Harry argued.
"Harry you've faced him and lived 5 times now other than Dumbledore I don't know many people who can say they've faced him and lived to tell the tale." Ginny explained.
"In first year I…and in second year Ron was…fourth year Cedric…and Dumbledore was there in fifth year." Harry said glad he had finally found one Ginny couldn't say wasn't true.
"But he wasn't the one who was possessed and he didn't stop Voldemort, you did." Ginny put a hand on his.
"And I only lived the first time because my mom saved me and sometimes I wish she hadn't. That maybe if I had died with her things would be better for everyone. None of you would be in danger and maybe you could have had a life of peace, which is all I want for you." Harry told her.
"Harry James! How could you say something like that? Without you the wizarding world would be at a loss, Voldemort is terrified of being defeated by you and that's what stops him from trying to take over the wizarding world." Ginny told him.
"I wish it was that simple." Harry said thinking again of revealing the prophecy.
"It is that simple and how you would even think of dying so we could be safe is beyond me. With you we are the safest we can be and what is a life of peace and happiness if I can't be peaceful and happy with you? I could never be happy without you." Ginny sat up looking at him.
"But if I had died when I was little you never would have met me and then you wouldn't think that." Harry told her sitting up as well.
"Harry I don't know what you're trying to do but if you're trying to push me away it won't work. I love you and…" Ginny froze mid-sentence.
"You what?" Harry asked suddenly.
"I love you." Ginny said with more confidence this time.
"I don't…" Harry trailed off.
"I love how you're so good with words, how you try so hard to please everyone, how you hate the fact you might be putting anyone in even the least bit of danger and how you hate your fame that you don't even want and don't think you deserve. But mostly I love the way you are when it's just us together alone." Ginny laced her fingers through his.
"I…" Harry began.
"Don't. If you say it now I'll think you're just saying it to make me happy and I don't want to think that. I want to know you mean it." Ginny lay back down pulling him with her and closing her eyes.
"Don't fall asleep." Harry cautioned.
"But the sooner I sleep the sooner we go back to Hogwarts." Ginny murmured.
"Okay." Harry consented and watched as her eyelids got heavy and her breathing became regulated, she was asleep now and he knew they couldn't stay like this as much as he would enjoy it. Slowly Harry stood up careful not to wake her and lifted her into his arms. Harry slowly carried her through the hall and into the room she shared with Hermione, placing her on her bed he kissed her lightly on the forehead, "Goodnight angel see you tomorrow."
"Thank you." Harry could have sworn he heard a little voice say as he crossed the hall back into his room.
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"We need to go in ten minutes!" Molly called up the stairs.
"Coming." Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny called.
"Are you sure you have everything?" Hermione asked Harry and Ron.
"Yes Mione." Harry rolled his eyes to Ron and controlled his laughter as Ron made faces behind her back.
"Good, let's go downstairs and get ready to go." Hermione said.
"How are we getting there?" Harry asked worriedly.
"Walking again, you and Ginny are going with Mrs. Weasley and Tonks." Hermione said.
"She really does know everything." Ron rolled his eyes.
"I asked them earlier Ronald." Hermione told him.
"Oh." Ron said.
"I'll get Ginny you two go on ahead." Harry said going into Hermione and Ginny's room.
"Harry?" Ginny asked throwing one last thing into her trunk.
"Yep. Why aren't you ready yet?" Harry asked sitting on her bed.
"Woke up late, don't tell mum. Is everyone else ready to go?" Ginny asked closing her trunk with a snap and straightening her skirt.
"Yeah, we're going with Tonks and your mum." Harry said and he took her trunk down the stairs.
"I can carry that Harry." Ginny protested following him.
"I got it." Harry said as he nearly fell down the stairs.
"Uh huh." Ginny nodded.
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"Hurry up, we're late as usual." Molly ushered Harry and Ginny through the barrier.
"We have ten minutes mum." Ginny said rolling her eyes and following Harry through the barrier.
"But you need to get a good seat and Ron and Hermione need to go to the prefects carriage. I still don't know why you didn't get prefect Ginny dear." Molly shook her head.
"Albus knows what he's doing." Tonks told Molly and she hopped onto the train. Tonks and Remus were riding with them on the train because of security reasons.
"Bye mum." Ginny hugged her and hopped onto the train after Tonks.
"See you later Mrs. Weasley." Harry said and she hugged him and ushered him onto the train.
"Bye dear!" Molly called and went over to Remus and Arthur to make sure Ron and Hermione were on the train.
"I knew we were forgetting something." Arthur said smacking his forehead.
"Oh shush." Molly scolded.
"I have to go." Remus said as the train whistle blew.
"See you soon." Molly said and she watched as the train slowly pulled out of the station. She hoped they would be all right and prayed the school year would go all right. She knew about the prophecy most of the order did but she wished it weren't true Harry was so young and he had to grow up so fast. Molly reached out and grabbed Arthur's hand trying not to let her tears fall.