Chapter 3

Up in Ron's Room Hermione and Ginny sat on the bed, Ginny patiently having her hair braided by Hermione as Harry paced back and forth and Ron sulked about his still invisible hand. Harry finally turned on Ron and simply said in a, surprisingly, calm voice, 'So could I please hear what is going on around here? Or is that a privilege too great for me?'

Ginny looked at him and snorted, 'Right, like we could ever have any secrets from you. I mean come on, you'd eventually find out all about them anyways.'

Ron looked at his sister and said in a more warning voice than uncertain, 'Perhaps we should leave it to mum and dad to tell him.'

Ginny laughed and said, 'Yeah, I can just see it now. Mum blubbering all over and dad getting side tracked about some muggle thing that he is just certain Harry will tell him is hugely amazing and fascinating. Ronald, either you tell him or I will.'

Hermione looked at Ron and said, 'I agree with Ginny, Harry has a right to know, besides, he tells us everything about him.'

Harry only felt slightly guilty that Hermione trusted him to tell her everything. But he quickly got over it when, as Ron looked like he'd just tasted something sour, Ginny said, 'All right, I'll tell him.'

Turning to Harry, with Hermione playfully scolding her for moving, Ginny said in a strictly factual manner, 'Just a couple days ago, our Uncle Amadeus died at the hands of you-know-who. He was on a 'mission', only mum and dad truly know what it was, and they won't tell us.'

Smiling at Harry Ginny said, "But Harry, when you do find out, could you tell us? I mean, he was one of my favorite uncles.'

As Harry gave her a disbelieving look Ginny said, 'He was, I've just gotten over grieving him, ok?"

Harry put his hands up in mock defense and said, 'Alright, I give, I give. So then why wouldn't Ron tell me earlier?'

Ron gave a strange happy little meep from the corner as his hand began to reappear (looks like Fred and George's newest invention would be a huge hit). Ginny looked at her brother for a second and then continued on, 'Well….he was our mother's twin, and the only one besides her that hadn't been killed off in the initial you-know-who time.'

Harry nodded his head as he came to understand, he was intelligent you know. Meanwhile Ron was happily flexing his hand over in the corner, sure that his hand was back without any unseen complications he tuned into the conversation.

'Not only that, but Uncle Amadeus was also our mum's little sanity keeper. He would go off to all these fantastic places in the world and owl mum different gifts from each place. It helped her remember that there is a whole world out there besides just us kids.'

Ginny now seemed bored and when Hermione magically put her hair back to normal Ginny leaned her head back against Hermione and said, 'So now what-'

But just as Ginny was about to complete her sentence a sharp crack sounded at the window. Harry seen his owl, Hedwig, and so walked over to let her in. He was only mildly surprised that she hadn't been here earlier.

Walking into the room with her on his arm he left the window open and looked down to see a bit of parchment attached to her leg. As she stuck it out for him to take off he said, 'Now who is this from?'

As he was about to open it another owl swooped into the room. She was just as beautiful as Hedwig, but Harry had never seen her before.

'Ginny, did you get a new owl or something?'

Ginny shook her head and said, 'Nope, I still just have Arnold.'

Hermione blushed and said, 'Owl's for me.'

They watched Hermione go and let the owl perch on her shoulder, quickly, and excitedly untying the scroll of parchment from the owl's leg.

Ginny who had been watching seen Hermione's face break out into a huge grin asked, 'It's not another note from Viktor is it?"

Hermione laughed and said, 'No, of course not. It's a new letter from my owl pal.'

Ginny raised an eyebrow and Hermione laughed, 'A girl from Canada and I, we owl back and forth all the time. And she said here in this letter that she'll be coming to Hogwarts this year. Her mom was being transferred to the local wizardry of magic, and so they're moving to England.'

Ginny smiled, slightly sad, and said, 'Well….you'll have to introduce us when she gets here.'

Smiling widely Hermione hadn't noticed Ginny's sadness and said, 'Don't worry; I'm sure you'll love her.'

Harry watched all of this, his own note forgotten for the moment. As he just remembered it Pig, Ron's pigmy owl, came into the room and excitedly circled Ron's head.

Snatching the owl out of the air Ron read the parchment and then crumpled it and dropped it into Hedwig's cage on the bottom, 'Stupid Git.'

Nobody asked who it was; they all already knew it had to have been from Percy.

Ron, not wanting to answer what it had said asked Harry, 'So what is yours all about mate?'

Harry quickly opened his own note and read it over. Getting angry as he read he crumpled it up and shoved it into his pocket. Hermione looked at him in an examining sort used on prisoners if they'd been suspected of doing something wrong.

'What did it say?'

Harry just shrugged his shoulder, 'Dumbledore was just saying he wants me to be taking some extra lessons this year. You know, for fighting Voldemort with.'

As Harry said the name everyone in the room gave an odd squeak and shudder, sighing Harry said, 'You guys have to get over that.'

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