Chapter 4: What the...... !?
Time passed, and Harry's classes were going great. There was a memorable incident when a leprechaun flew around the room backwards. It flew straight into a candle and caught fire!
One day, while Harry was wandering around talking with his friends, Dumbledore came up.
"Hello Proffessors Malfoy, Granger, Weasley, Weasley, and Potter. I trust you are having a good time?" Dumbledore smiled. "Draco and Hermione, the preparations for your wedding these holidays have been completed. Hermione, I need your parents permission to spell them so they can see Hogwarts. Ron and Ginny, your family will be arriving in a week for the wedding. Harry, please come see me in my office in your free period after lunch. I have some things to discuss with you. Now, please continue to wander around talking." And with that done, Dumbledore walked off. Hermione was searching her pockets for something.
"Errr... Draco? We're not ALL invited to the wedding are we?" Ron asked, meaning his family.
"Sure, why not?" Draco replied. Ron still looked a bit disturbed about his entire family being at Hogwarts.
"Is Lupin invited?" Harry asked Hermione, who was still searching her very many pockets.
"Of coarse he's invited Harry.... Ahah!" Hermione pulled out 3 bits of very fancy wedding invitations. "Here are your invitations!" She handed a bit of paper each to Ron, Ginny, and Harry. "Well, it's time for lunch, I'm going to go eat. See you later Harry!." Hermione walked into the Great Hall and Ginny and Draco followed her.
Harry glanced at Ron and saw that the red-heads eyes were unusually bright and sparkly.
"You okay mate?" He asked Ron, remembering Ron's feeling for Harry's other best friend, and even though Ron was clearly not okay.
"Yeah.... yeah, I'll be fine.... She's happy with Draco.... that's what counts..... right Harry?
"Yeah Ron. I'm sorry." Ron tried to pull himself together.
"It's good she's happy. I've got to go and plan tomorrows lesson Harry. See you later." Ron walked off in the direction of his room.
After lunch Harry waited outside Dumbledore's office.
"Please come and sit down Harry." Dumbledore called. Harry walked into the office and sat down in one of the comfortable plushie armchairs in front of a warm fire. Dumbledore, who was sitting in another plushie armchair, began speaking.
"Now, Harry, I have some very important news to give you."
"Yes Proffessor?"
"You don't need to call me Proffessor now Harry."
"Sorry."
"I'm retiring."
"WHAT!"
"And leaving the school in your hands."
"You're retiring!"
"Yes Harry."
"You.... your.... you're leaving me the SCHOOL!?"
"Yes Harry. When I retire at the end of this Year, you shall become Headmaster of Hogwarts."
"But.... I.... you can't...."
"Yes Harry, I can. I can and I am leaving you the school. I am after all it legal owner.
"....ummm...... thanks Proffessor!"
"By the way, I know about you and Ginny, Harry."
"There's nothing to know!"
"Harry, I know, it's alright. I suggest you tell the Weasleys when they arrive in seven days. They'll be very happy for you both, I'm sure. You should tell your friends too. You can go now Harry."
"Yup."
A shell-shocked Harry Potter walked out of Dumbledore's office.
Dumbledore..... retiring.... him... Headmaster... of Hogwarts.....
Then the excitement hit.
Ron and Ginny Weasley were sitting in the otherwise empty private common room Dumbledore had given the five friends, talking, when 'The Whirlwind' a.k.a Harry, swept in. Completely oblivious to Ron, Harry picked up Ginny and spun her around.
"Ginny, I'm going to be Headmaster of Hogwarts next year! Dumbledore told me! Isn't it GREAT!"
"That's wonderful news Harry!" Ginny cried, and, forgetting the presence of her shocked and confused brother who knew nothing about Ginny's and Harry's relationship, kissed Harry.
"Oi, Harry, WHATS GOING ON!" Ron yelled, after seeing his little sister kiss his best friend.
Harry and Ginny jumped apart and looked extremely guilty.
"Well, you see Ro-" Harry began, but Ginny cut him off.
"I want to say it. He is my brother." Ginny blushed scarlet.
"Ivebeensecretlydatingharrysincesixthyearandwereengaged."
"Slow down Ginny, I can't understand you." Ron said. Ginny took a deep breath.
"I've been secretly dating Harry since sixth year and we're engaged." Harry and Ginny exchanged a look. How would Ron react to the news?
"Well, that okay then! Congratulations!" He hugged them both. "Why didn't you tell me earlier, who else knows?" Ron asked.
"We didn't tell you earlier Ron," Harry began, "because we were afraid you wouldn't like it. Only us three here and Dumbledore- He guessed Ginny, I didn't tell him" Harry said when Ginny threw him a 'look' "-know. It is a secret right now, so you can't tell anyone." Ginny started speaking.
"We're going to tell Hermione and Draco after tea, and we're going to tell mum and everyone when they arrive in a week."
"Bloody brilliant!" Ron exclaimed. "Mum'll be thrilled! We'll, I've got to go see Draco. Don't worry, I wont say anything," Ron reassured the nervous couple, "He said he'd teach me to make a potion which lets you fly for a short while, without a broom. See you later." Ron smiled and walked out of the room.
As Ronald Weasley glanced back down the hallway leading to the five friends private common room, to see his little sister and his best friend kissing, so he shut the door with a flick of his wand.
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