A/N: I'm starting to remember why I didn't want to post The Hollow until after I had finished Chaos. I keep wanting to finish the chapter of Chaos, but then I read some of the reviews for this and was like, "Gah!" Oh well, glad you all liked it. I'm sorry it's been taking me a really long time to update because of school and such. Well, here ya go. And I'm sad to say, that as close as some of the guesses about the picture were, none were exactly right.

DISCLAIMER: Just the plot is mine; everything else belongs to the wonderful J. K. Rowling.

Previously

Harry walked over to a bare spot opposite the door. He looked down at the picture in his hands. Smiling he hung the picture for a final touch.

Chapter Two

"Would you four please just be still for about two seconds? Well, at least the three of you?"

The three men smiled and laughed at the woman holding the camera. They all stopped moving and looked at the camera with serious faces. Then a sound came from below their faces and they fought to keep straight faces, and lost the battle, bursting out laughing.

Looking down, they all saw bright, sparkling green eyes and an open, toothless mouth that was emitting a joyous giggle.

"Oh, I give up," the woman exclaimed, snapping a picture. When she lowered the camera, eyes matching that of the baby's in the men's arms were revealed. "You three are impossible," she said, walking over to her husband and his friends. She took her laughing son in her arms and looked up at the owner of the hand still on his head.

"Looks just like you, Prongs."

"Except for the eyes," Lupin commented, "He's got Lil's eyes."

"Well, between the two of us, we're going to have a heartbreaker for a son," James commented to his wife, finally removing his hand.

"What on earth do you mean 'going to'? We already do."

"Hey, look, its done," Sirius said, going over to the table Lily had put the camera down upon, picking up the picture. The other three converged upon him. Lily, picking up the frame next to the camera, took the picture out of Sirius's fingers and slid it into the frame. She hung it on the side of the cabinet that was facing the door. The three males gathered around it. "You know, that is a really rather remarkable picture of me," Sirius commented looking at the picture.

"Padfoot, you think any picture that shows at least your little finger is a "really remarkable picture" of you," laughed James.

"He's got a point though," Lupin stated. "It's one of the rare pictures where we all look good. Plus it's the only one we've got with Harry."

"That's what I was thinking," Sirius said. "How many copies am I conjuring?"

There was one copy in Sirius's flat, it was the one picture he had of the infant Harry. He had it framed and hanging in his hall. Lupin kept his copy in his trunk, with all his other valuables. He didn't want them to risk getting torn apart because of his transformations. James and Lily both kept copies in their offices as well as the one in the entrance.

Just as Lily, James, Sirius and Lupin had gathered around the picture at it's initial hanging, there were four gathered around it now as well. Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron stood in front of the picture looking at it. All of them had smiles on their faces as they looked at the baby Harry.

"You were so cute Harry," Hermione said.

"Yeah," Ron added. "What happened?"

"Oh very funny," Ginny said, rolling her eyes.

Harry yawned and retreated to the couch. Flopping onto the couch and closing his eyes, he soon felt Ginny sit next to him, wrapping her arms around his middle and pillowing her head on her chest. He wrapped his arm around her waist and looked down to see her gazing up at his face.

"How are you?" she asked.

Harry sighed and thought a moment before answering. "I'm okay," he said honestly.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Granted, it is a little weird being here. I barely remember this place. And what I do remember isn't the "good ol' days". But I am glad you're here," he answered, smiling down at her. She smiled back and leaned up and kissed him.

"Hey! Get a room!" Hermione protested.

The two broke apart and Harry smirked, "We are in a room. And I believe these are all my rooms anyway. But if you don't like it, there's the door."

Hermione was indignant, "I didn't mean it!"

Harry laughed, "Calm down, Hermione. I was just joking."

She blushed and Ron commented, "You're kinda gullible, you know that?"

Hermione smacked his arm. "Shut it you."

Ginny, Harry and Hermione rolled their eyes as Ron held his arm, "Hermione! That hurt!"

"Well, when you're done whining, Ron…" Harry said, "How do you guys want to do sleeping arrangements? I'll be sleeping in the main bedroom. There are two other bedrooms and the couch. So, if you guys each want your own bed you can do that."

"Hermione and I can share a room for our stuff, and I can just sleep on the couch. That way Ron can keep all his nasty crap in a containment cell." Harry and Hermione laughed while Ron glowered at his sister.

Ron was about to open his mouth when Hermione spoke, "Are you sure you're fine sleeping on the couch?"

"Yeah," Ginny shrugged. "It's pretty comfy."

"Alright," Harry said, cutting Ron off yet again. "It's a pla-ann," he said, yawning on the last word. And, as everyone is aware, yawning is contagious, so soon, the other three were yawning too.

They all bid each other good night and headed to their separate rooms. Hermione and Ginny pulled their bags into the room they were to share while Ron took his things into his. None of three had pushed Harry about why he had said there were only two rooms available. They had all figured before hand that Harry would want to keep his old room empty.

As Harry changed into his pajamas he thought about that and was glad that they hadn't asked. He chuckled slightly as he thought about the likelihood of Hermione telling him not to mention it. Still smiling, Harry slipped into bed and settled back into pillows and quickly fell asleep.

There was a flash of green light, a woman screaming, a bright light of a different color, a man's face, startled, as he fell through a veil, an old man, thrown over a wall by a bright green light. Harry woke in a cold sweat. The dreams had been haunting him since Dumbledore's death. On the nights that he did dream, it was either that of his dead protectors and family or of the night Dumbledore died. Sometimes, if he was really unlucky, he would have a combination of both.

Tonight, however, it wasn't his nightmares that had woken him up. Well, they had, but not on their own. He looked at his right arm, there lay a hand smaller than his own with nails longer than his own. His eyes followed the fingers up the hand to the wrist, up the arm to the shoulder and from there to the familiar face, which was full of concern.

"Harry? Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he answered, running a hand through his hair as he sat up. "Just…nightmares."

Ginny nodded and hugged him. She looked up at him from his arms. "The ones about your parents and Sirius? Dumbledore?" she asked, quietly.

He looked down at her, "Yeah, the same ones. It's all I ever dream about anymore."

"I'm so sorry, Harry."

Harry felt her arms tighten around him a little and he smiled down at her, "It's okay, I've gotten kinda used to it, but it still shakes me." He had been enjoying talking to Ginny so much that he hadn't thought to ask why she was there. He looked at her, a curious look on his face, "Hey, Gin?"

"Yeah?"

"How come you're in here?"

"I heard you."

"What?"

"You were moaning in your sleep. Your door wasn't quite closed, so I could hear you out on the couch. That and I couldn't sleep," she shrugged and Harry noticed she shivered as she sat up a little.

"Oh, Gin, sorry, here, have a blanket," he said, lifting the covers, allowing her to slide in. Ginny did so, grateful for the warmth. They talked for a little longer, about Harry's nightmares and Bill and Fleur's wedding. They mentioned Fred and George and laughed, rather loudly, before starting to go into detail of their antics.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Ron exploded from the doorway.

A/N: Well, there it is. It's going to be awhile before I update this one. And it will be a little bit before I update Chaos. I won't have Internet access for a few days. Well, hope you liked it. Let me know!

Kat