Chapter 12

"What?" Ginny said, eagerly. "What is it?"

Neville inspected the Rose, his eyes almost bulged out of his sockets. After he had inspected it, Ginny stuffed it away.

"It's...it's..."

"Get on with it" Ginny said aggravated.

Neville looked up and began to speak as if he recited a piece from a book (which was probably the case)

"This Rose isn't ordinary...it's the Serenes Rose. One of the most rarest flowers ever to exist. They are magical flowers, though not much is known, because of the fact that they are rare. Gardenia Myson is a witch that has researched it and looked for the power behind the Serenes Rose's" Neville stopped there and went to a bookcase that was filled with books on plants, herbs and other things. He grabbed a book from it and opened it, obviously searching for some thing.

"Here it is" He said. He began reading from the book.

"Gardenia Myson, pureblood. 50 years ago, she claimed to have found a Serenes Rose. When people wanted to see it, she refused, saying it was too dangerous. A Serenes Rose is of course very valuable, should it be found and Gardenia wanted to protect it from thieves. Naturally, people didn't believe her then much. She said, she would research it and tell her findings to the wizarding world. Gardenia disappeared for many years out of the publics eye. Not one person saw her, for years.

Then, after 20 years, she reappeared. Told an unbelievable story to the Ministry about the Serenes Rose that no one believed. Gardenia didn't appreciate it when they refused to believe her and retreated to her house. Occasionally, some people saw her, but mostly she lived as a hermit"

Neville looked up. "That's about all the information about the Serenes Rose. I don't know if there's more about it, but I didn't looked for much information. I didn't believe that such a Rose existed"

Harry piped up. "Then how did you recognized this Rose as a Serenes Rose?"

Neville turned around the book so Ginny and Harry could see it. There was a picture there of a Rose that looked exactly like the one Ginny had. "Gardenia gave a picture of the Rose before she began researching it, but most people didn't believe that the picture was real"

Ginny tried to process all this information and then came with a question of her own. "What story has she told the Ministry?"

Neville shrugged. "I don't know...the Ministry didn't publish what she told about the Rose, just that it was unbelievable and couldn't possibly be true"

Harry and Ginny looked at each other. "I guess we're going to Gardenia Myson then" Ginny reasoned.

"Do you know where she lives?" Harry asked, but Neville shook his head.

Both of them stood up.

"Thank you very much for this information Mr. Longbottom. We shall see you at Hogwarts at the end of the week, Goodbye" Ginny said coldly.

"Ginny wait!" Neville looked up with his puppy-dog eyes. "I'm guessing you're still mad at me for the whole banning you form the- " Ginny cut him off.

"Correct guess, Mr. Longbottom"

Neville fidgeted a bit and Ginny almost pitied him.

"I didn't agree with them, but I didn't do anything to stop them either and I'm sorry for that, Ginny! Please forgive me" He almost begged.

Ginny softened a bit. "Okay Neville, I hope to see you at Hogwarts"

Neville's face lit up and Ginny felt better.

"I'm glad I could help, bye Gin! And you too Harry"

Ginny and Harry left.

"Harry...where do yu think we should begin to look for Gardenia's location?"

Harry looked to be pondering something.

"Anyone home?" She said, waving her hand in front of his face as they walked back to St. Mungo's.

Harry looked at Ginny. "Gin...is this what we're going to do? Looking for people, because you think that the Rose has something to do with this?"

Ginny was annoyed. HE wanted to come with her (unwanted, without permission, forcefully and most annoyingly) and he started questioning HER?

"Yes Harry! I have enough reason to believe that this Rose has something to do with all this and what do YOU suggest we do?" She said, her temper rising.

"Well...I though we we're going to look for Death Eaters"

"Why Would I do that? They know nothing about how Draco disappeared"

Has this boy NO brains at all?

"Well...you said that Voldemort has been to the Otherworld once before and has returned too. So he must've told Lucius Malfoy about it, since he was his closest Death Eater in the inner circle..."

Okay...I give...maybe he has a tiny bit of brains after all

"You know...let's call: Searching for Lucius Malfoy, who is the new Dark Lord and is out to kill me the first chance he get's...plan B"

"Okay.." Harry said. "What now?"

"Ministry of Magic, Library" She said.

Harry looked a bit sick. "using the Knight Bus TWO times a day and also all the way to the Heart of London? That Knight Bus drives as a roller coaster, but worse"

"Quit whining Harry"

"I'm not whining!" Harry whined. He abruptly stopped as he noticed that he was indeed whining. Ginny grinned and he grinned back lamely. Ginny noticed that Harry was still as handsome as the first time she's met him, just older. Not that she would ever like him in THAT way of course...impossible! He and Draco were totally opposites. Draco was the 'bad' boy. Very aware that he was handsome and cunning. In short: #1 Slytherin. Harry was the 'good' guy. Although girls swooned at his feet, he was always a bit thick around girls, but very desirable indeed. Brave and noble indeed. Gryffindor #1.

"And we're...eh...not going with the Knight Bus" Ginny said. "Nor are we going to the Ministry tonight"

Harry raised his eyebrow in question. (Ohhhh! A Slytherin trait)

"I'm going to St.Mungo's to make an appointment, then we're going back to the Leaky Cauldron. Tomorrow afternoon...we'll go to the Ministry"

"Okay..."

Ginny entered St.Mungo's and made an appointment with a Healer for the next day. 9 o'clock sharp.

They returned to their room and went to their separate bedroom. Ginny fell asleep. She was SO tired.

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Ginny yawned as the alarm went off. It was so loud that they must've hear it all the way downstairs. She waved (blindly)for the annoying, loud thing and a'crash' signaled that she had found it. Pulling the covers over her head, she resumed sleeping.

A knock was heared. Ginny didn't answer.

"Are we all decent?" Harry's cheerful voice came.

Why does HE get to be so cheerful Ginny thought, half asleep and half annoyed.

Harry entered, but Ginny had fallen back into slumber.

Suddenly, Ginny felt her warmth stripped away from her as Harry pulled the covers of her.

"wakey wakey" he said, probably grinning.

Curling up, Ginny groaned.

"Harry!" She whined. Ginny was waking up. She opened her eyes and say up. She took in the situation. Harry was standing there, covers in his hand and with a VERY red face.

Why is he so red? Ginny thought. Then...she knew.

Ginny wore her sleeping clothes...and her sleeping clothes consisted of shorts that were very...short and a tanktop that didn't cover as much as Ginny would've liked.

Ginny did the only think she could think of. She screamed!

"GET OUT!"

Harry has fled the room.

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