Chapter 1 Ginny comes Home
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Harry was woken up by Mrs. Weasley yelling for Ron to wake up. "What's going on Ron? Why's your mum waking us up at 6 in the mourning?" Harry asked still partially asleep.
"Ginny's coming home today" was Ron's reply. Ron sat up and started getting dressed so Harry followed Ron's lead. "She's been gone for almost a year now. Mum can't wait for her train to come in to the train station." Ron continued
"Why did she go to Durmstrang anyway? That must have been horrible and than she went with Charlie for most of the summer. She probably can't wait." Harry said as he got dressed.
"She went to Durmstrang to get away from the war. Than she went to live with Charlie for the summer because for some reason she wanted to be close to some prick she'd been dating. Ron grumbled than he added. Now she's coming home only because mum said she couldn't go to Durmstrang for another year."
"Wow she must really like that guy." Harry said trying not to show jis surprise. However the fact was that Ginny bounced around with many different boyfriends in her fourth year. The fact that she had picked one guy for a whole year was more than surprising.
" Yea but she'll get over it." Ron said "She'll soon be sating someone decent not some jerk from Durmstrang."
Harry almost laughed out right in Ron's face. It was another known fact that Ron thought that nobody was good enough for his little sister. Percy and Bill agreed with Ron where as Fred, George and Charlie believed Ginny could hold her own against any guy.
"I'm sure she'll find another boyfriend soon. Whether or not you like him is another story in itself." Harry said
That's where their conversation left off because Mrs. Weasley was letting the rest of the family in the house. Everyone had showed up Percy (who had made amends with the family after it was proved Voldemort was back) Bill, Fred, George and of course Ron. Hermione wasn't coming until the end of the week and none of Ginny's other friends had managed to make it.
Ron raced down the stairs with Harry close behind. They sat at the table to eat Molly Weasley's delicious breakfast "Hey, Bill, Fred, George, Percy, Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley. Harry greeted the family
"Hey Harry." Bill replied "So what have you and Ron been up to?" He asked
"Not much, I passed my apparation test yesterday. Ron's been telling me how much he misses Ginny. But that's about it." Harry said
"We all miss her. All except Charlie he's coming back with her today. Last I heard he's even bringing a bud of his with him." Bill said
"Really? I didn't know that. He's never brought any of his friends home before." Ron said
"I know maybe it's a new girlfriend. He never did say who it was..." Bill said
"No it's a friend of his and Ginny's from the Dragon reserve. A guy named Dan. I had asked to know whether I should set up a cot in Ginny's room or let the guest sleep in Fred and George's old room." Molly said
"Oh... ok maybe its Ginny's boyfriend." Harry said
Silence met his ears. He looked up from his breakfast to see Percy, Ron and Bill contemplating this idea. Bill seemed the most deadly at the moment. Molly also seemed to realize the sudden silence.
"Oh no Harry! Molly laughed "Dan is about 19 Ginny would never date a man that old!" This seemed to calm all of them. Even though Bill no longer looked daedly he still looked uneasy.
"Maybe this Dan fellow should sleep at my apartment." Bill said
"Nonsense, Charlie assured me that this Dan fellow is very respectable. He says that we should worry more about Ginny making a move on him than the other way around." Molly said to Bill
"Ok mum just be careful." Bill said "When will they be here?"
"Any minute now." With this said the bang of a door opening was heard.
"Mum I'm home!!!" came a female voice that Harry could only guess was Ginny. The whole family raced out of the kitchen to see Ginny walking in. All of a sudden you could hear a pin drop when they all reached the living room
"G-G- Ginny?" was all Molly could say Ron's face was turning the different shades of red and the other boys faces soon fallowed suite. Harry who was the shortest of the bunch couldn't see what was making them so upset.
"Yea... What no hugs no kisses no nothing?" the female voice said he could detect a little bit of amusement in the voice.
"Charlie!!!!" was a scream that could probably have been heard half a continent away.
"Hey mum, how are you?" came Charlie's meek voice
"Charlie when I let you have Ginny for the summer I was assured that you would keep her just the way she was. You said she would have no more holes in her than when she came to you but yet here she is with earrings all up her ears one in he nose and if I'm not mistaken there is a hole in her belly button and one in her eyebrow. What happened?!!" Molly asked in a deadly whisper
"Mum that is how she came to the reserve." Charlie said sounding truly relieved
"No she didn't! I have a picture taken from the day before she went to you!" Molly said. Now Harry was curious he started to move himself around to see Ginny.
"Actually mum I took my piercings out for that picture. When I take the rings out you can barley notice I have the holes for them." Came the voice of Ginny
"Ginevra Molly Weasley later we will need to talk." Molly said he voice shaking from anger.
"Ok mum I will be glad to talk with you about anything you wish to talk about later." Ginny said he voice so calm that it almost seemed indifferent.
By now Harry had squeezed a space for himself. He looked at Ginny and could only gape. She was still short maybe 5'4" her hair was past her waist and in waves but her hair's color was a blood red instead of carrot red it had been. Her eyes were a beautiful blue and now Ginny had curves. But that wasn't the only thing Ginny had. Ginny had piercing. About 5 on one ear and 3 on the other, one eyebrow was pierced her right nostril was pierced and she was showing off her stomach which looked ok and there was a place for another ring there.
For a girl who had left Hogwarts a cute little girl she was hot in a gothic sort of way. He'd seen better looking girls but she had a certain charm about her now. If you liked prissy type of girls you might run screaming but she did look good in a goth way.
In other words part of Harry wanted to run to her the other wanted to run far away. But neither one 'cause Ginny started to talk again.
"I'm going to go and put my things in my room now. I'll be down in a few." Ginny turned around and grabbed her bags. Her back that was to the door now faced him and he saw part of a tattoo. Apparently so did Mr. Weasley.
"Ginny what is that on your lower back?" Mr. Weasley asked
"Oh that's just my tattoo. I'll show it to you guys later." Ginny said to her dad as she let a smile spread on her lips. "The agency I worked for insisted upon it. Something about tradition." Ginny said as she lifted her suitcase and walked up the stairs.
With this said a new voice joined the scene. "Hey Ginny, I'll get the rest of your bags for you! Don't forget the S.W.A. is sending over a photographer tomorrow so you need rest and also they're sending the outfits for you via owl."
In walked a new male Harry had never seen before. He was tall about 6' 9" and he was tanned, as tanned as Charlie. Unlike Charlie though he was dressed in black baggy pants that had chains on them. His hair was long like Bill's only black like his own. The stranger's eyes were a dark blue that he had only really seen on objects. He wore a tee-shirt today and it showed his tattoo of a Chinese Fireball dragon.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt anything. I'm Dan, me Ginny and Charlie work together at the Dragon Reserve." The guy named Dan introduced himself. "I'm also Ginny's manager. You're daughter has a real talent for modeling, I hope she decides to continue when she goes back to school." The man said
"Oh hello, I'm Molly Weasley, Ginerva's mother. This is her father Author, her brothers Bill, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ron's best friend Harry Potter." Mrs. Weasley said
"It's nice to meet you all." Dan said as he picked up Ginny's bags that, he had put down in order to shake hands with Mr. Weasley. "I hope that I'm not intruding on any family problems or fights." Dan said looking around at some of the faces who were still in shock at Ginny. Dan went up the stairs led by a still silent Charlie to Ginny's room.
"I think I'm going to need some tea." Mrs. Weasley said as she walked into the kitchen. Harry noticed that Mrs. Weasley did look faint. Than again Ginny did leave a relatively good kid who like Fred and George could get into pretty innocent mischief easily and turned into a punk/ rocker/ who knows what else. The whatever else thing scared Harry more than he was willing to admit...
Gin's POV
'Damn my mum looked at me like I had 5 heads. But it serves her right. I mean look what she's done to me. I had a great life in Russia. I should have been able to take my summer vacation either here or in the Dragon Reserve than go back to Russia and be happy. I mean God what was fair about bringing me home to a country so torn in war.' Ginny thought to herself. Her ranting though were interrupted by a knock at the door
"Come in!" Gin yelled. Dan than walked in. By the sight of him she was comforted. "Hey babe so did they fall for the manager act?" Ginny asked as he put down her suitcases.
"Yes they did babe, but I must say that they were in shock when they saw you! You should have seen your mum's face." Came Dan's husky voice.
"I don't know if I should be happy or if I should feel bad for her." Ginny said in-between giggles.
"Oh common Gin I know you feel some sympathy for your mum, Dan said "even if you are mad at her."
"Ok I do, Ginny admitted begrudgingly "but I still don't see why she made me come home."
"Well it doesn't matter, replied Dan, "All that matters at this moment is that you are surrounded by people who love you, like me and Eric. And Eric will be teaching you this year so you'll be seeing me and him a lot this year. And your parents are letting you keep your modeling job. So it could be worse."
"Your right...this will be an interesting year. And I can't wait till school starts. I'll be able to sneak out and visit Destiny and Ella and all the other girls and guys in school. And I'll get to go to meetings and be me. I can't do that here.
"When school starts thing will probably be back to normal I promise. Things will get better and you know it." Dan whispered in her ear. Get some sleep I wasn't joking about the photo shoot being tomorrow and you look like you could use the rest."
Harry's POV
"I can't believe what has happened to Ginny." Moaned Ron for what must have been at least the 5th time
"She has changed her look, Harry said, "but you don't know if she herself has changed. You guys haven't talked to her longer than 5 minutes so give her a chance."
"But what if she has changed?" Ron asked
"Well than you'll have to adjust because she'll always be your sister." Came a voice from the doorway. That voice was heavily accented so it could only belong to one person in this house.
Harry and Ron whirled around to see who it was. In the doorway stood Dan with his arms folded. "Ron your sister has been through much in last year. She learned new a language, got used to new teachers, she became famous and just when she was used to everything she has to move here again. Of course she is not the same person as she was when she left here."
"How would you know anything about my sister?" was Ron's angry reply.
"Your sister and brother are my friends. Me and your sister arrived at the Dragon Reserve at the same time. In fact I knew your sister while she was in school because like I said I'm her manager and all managers know their clients very well." Dan said his accent rather thick but he seemed to know the language pretty well for a guy who was from Russia.
"Well than you should know that Gin was relatively innocent before she left England." Harry said from his forgotten corner.
"Like I said Gin went through a lot in the last year just like you have." Dan said to Harry. "Ron I'd start treating your sister with more respect soon she may have more control over what happens than you do." Dan said mystically
"What the fuck are you talking about? Yea right Ginny is too young." Ron replied his ears and neck red from anger. "Besides she is home now she will turn right back to normal now."
Dan's face showed more amusement than Harry could understand. Sure what Ron said was stupid but not hilarious like Dan obviously thought it was. Dan knew something that he didn't.
Harry had changed a lot over the year since Voldemort finally had come out and started killing. Lucius Malfoy had escaped from Azkaban along with many other Death Eaters. Only a few of them had been re-captured or killed and he wasn't among them. Voldemort had been going after mainly muggles so far but how long would that last? He and his friends tried their best last year to find Voldemort but it was almost impossible. Hermione had almost succeeded but in the end Voldemort stayed hidden.
Dan walked out of the room with grace like a cat and left Harry to his thoughts and Ron grumbling. "Ron look at it this way he's leaving in a week and Hermione will be here soon too." Harry said to Ron in hopes of cheering him up.
Over the next week Ginny was rarely seen out of Dan's presence. This pissed Ron off more and more. Harry thought maybe he had been right about the boyfriend thing. That was until Dean started showing up soon after Ginny got home. Ginny told him when he asked about it that she and Dean had never broken up, they had just put their relationship off until she got back home. When Ginny said it she had sounded sincere but now that he thought back to it the sincerity could have easily been mockery. He wasn't exactly sure. One thing was for sure by the end of the week. Ginevra was different.