-CHAPTER THREE-
Wands and Weddings"Great game but next time we play, we get Harry as seeker," said George, "and get off it about not being to tell Fred and I apart, we shouldn't have to wear different clothes anymore dad." The seven returned to the house only to find a helpless, yet relaxed looking, Kreacher at the mercy of Dobby and an old wand.
"Never, ever touch what is Harry Potters," Dobby's eyes were filled with rage and were getting meaner and meaner as Kreacher insulted him but even more so when he insulted Harry, "Dobby will make sure Kreacher learns his lesson." Dobby raised the wand and opened his mouth to attack Kreacher when Harry spoke up.
"No Dobby please!" Dobby had just then noticed the five bewildered Weasley's, Hermione, and Harry and he did not hesitate to release Kreacher and drop his wand, "Dobby, what on earth were you doing?"
"Please do not be mad at Dobby, Dobby was helping Harry Potter and his friends," said Dobby in an unusually sturdy voice, he seemed to believe strongly in what he was explaining to Harry, "Dobby was watching Kreacher, and Dobby saw him trying to take Harry Potters book, Dobby knows this book is important to Harry Potter, Dobby heard him talking to his friends." After explaining to Harry what had happened Dobby raised a plate and was about to punish himself for eavesdropping when he saw the look on Harry's face that didn't forbid him, but asked him not to.
Harry looked at Kreacher who was still muttering curse words under his breath, but before Harry could say anything he apparated. Dobby bowed deeply to Harry before spinning off out of sight. Mrs. Weasley entered; she looked at her family, Hermione, and Harry who were all still standing in the doorway, "what's going on here?" Mr. Weasley spoke before anyone else could and told her that they thought they had seen their garden gnome running through the kitchen, he decided it was better if she didn't know about any other unexpected guests tonight.
Mrs. Weasley, too tired from cleaning, decided that an 'instant meal' was perfect for them, she pointed her wand at the oven, opened it, and pulled out a fully cooked turkey complete with stuffing. Mr. Weasley pointed his wand at a microwave he had bought at a muggle store, opened it, and pulled out mashed potatoes and corn, he had to do this a few times considering the amount of people there.
"Mum does this sometimes," Ron told Harry quietly, "but I never thought she'd do it with you here, she must be really tired." Harry felt responsible for Mrs. Weasleys fatigue because she had spent the day setting up for Harry without any notice so he decided to cheer her up by eating more and over complementing her, it seemed to work.
Harry noticed that it was half past eight when they finished eating and decided to spend the rest of the night in his and Ron's bedroom with Hermione, Ron, and Ginny. Harry grabbed the purple leather-bound book which still had it's original title 'Luck, Potions, and Spells of the Irish', he was happy now that he had a way to get to know his father better through his favorite subject. As he walked through the kitchen towards his room he felt something long and thin under his foot, it was the wand Dobby was using to keep Kreacher at bay, he scooped up the grungy wand, which he assumed was an old Weasley wand, and tossed it without interest into his open trunk when he entered his room, which he was to share with Ron. Ron entered after washing his face and asked Harry what he thought about the little incident downstairs.
"I dunno, I suppose Kreacher was trying to damage the book or something," said Harry, "when I picked it up, it was back to normal again, I suppose it switches back when not used."
"We better make sure then next time we read it, to know for sure the book has changed back, don't want it falling into the wrong hands," Ron replied, "I saw some pretty strong spells in there while Hermione was flipping the pages; 'Perfect Patronus', 'Dark Mark Elimination', and 'Imperio Interference'." Harry and Ron chatted with reference to Harry's new book for about half an hour and the more they talked, the more excited, and tempted Harry got to grab the book off his night stand to begin reading it again.
"'Bout time you girls got here, we were wondering if you were still coming," said Ron with a smile. Harry looked at the bedroom doorway where Hermione and Ginny had just appeared.
"Ron, could you come here a second," Hermione's voice gave Harry the impression that she wanted Ron away from Harry for the moment. Ron got to his feet and dragged himself over to Hermione who left Ginny alone at in the doorway.
"Hey," said Harry uncertainly, "umm, come in." Ginny's face, which was usually good at hiding sadness, began to turn red, and slowly tears streamed smoothly out of her eyes. Harry had no idea what to do except lead her over to himself where he rose from where he was sitting and crouched slightly to meet Ginny's eyes, "what's wrong?" Harry didn't know why, but he felt he had just asked the dumbest question in the world, should he know what was bothering Ginny?
Ginny looked up, tears still slowly creeping out of her eyes, "I miss you so much," Harry was surprised but said nothing, "oh Harry, I thought I could get through it but, even after being with you for that short time I realized that you mean so much to me, I really wish you'd reconsider what you said about us." Now Harry really didn't know what to say, he had never been faced with this sort of thing. Ginny wiped her tears, "I guess your coming back to Hogwarts this year then, right? I mean, you're here and from what Hermione told me you have a very good reason for going back, right," Ginny's face was confident again, that's what Harry really liked about her, she was a strong girl, she doesn't let many things bother her.
"Well, I guess your right," Harry hadn't thought about returning but he figure he might as well, he owed it to Hermione and Ron for inviting him to stay and for giving him his fathers book that no one knew existed, "and you really do want us to get back together, even after all that stuff I said after the funeral?"
"Yes Harry, I'm not like most girls, I won't hold you back," there was no doubt in Harry's mind that Ginny was different from other girls, "Ron, Hermione, and I will be by your side every step of the way," Ginny straightened up to full height and said very steadily, "Voldemort, Snape, Malfoy, and the Death Eaters will pay for all that they've caused."
Harry was very pleased to hear this coming from Ginny, but not at all surprised. What was he doing, he'd liked Ginny for so long, lost her, and he now has a second chance at being with her, he was lucky the first time and he wasn't going to let her slip away now. Harry knew perfectly well that she could take care of herself better than most people he knew and the only reason, besides that, that he left her was because he was not going to return to Hogwarts but, now he was, "your right," said Harry after thinking it through. Ginny's eyes light up and the next thing Harry knew, he was kissing the girl he had been after for so long.
"Are you two done yet, Ron's getting… oh," Hermione came into the room and instantly turned pink when she saw Harry and Ginny, "well, I guess everything's fine now?" Harry looked up, not at all embarrassed and saw Hermione and Ron standing in the doorway, neither of them seemed to mind. Ginny kissed Harry on the cheek and skipped weightlessly out the doorway followed by Hermione after she had said her good-byes.
Ron entered and set himself down on his own bed, Harry did the same, "Hermione told me that Ginny wanted to talk to you," said Ron, "so I guess you to are back together then eh?"
Harry searched Ron's face for any signs of irritation or anger but saw none, if anything, he seemed to be smiling slightly, "yea, it's alright with you though, is it?"
"Are you kidding," Ron replied with a surprised tone, "of course I am, my sister with Harry Potter, my best friend. I know you, you'll treat her good, won't you?" Harry nodded in response. "Alright then mate, we should get some sleep, big day tomorrow, gotta' be at the… I think dad called it a chapel, by twelve thirty."
Harry had completely forgot about the wedding, but he decided not to tell Ron that he had, "right, see you tomorrow, g'night."
"G'night Harry."
Harry couldn't fall asleep so he decided to think about today, his first and most exciting day at the Weasleys this summer, he had been given the Defense Against The Dark Arts book written by his father, which was almost stolen by his house elf Kreacher. Harry still didn't understand why Kreacher was spending time at the Weasley's, he hated these people. Harry also thought about the talk he had just finished with Ginny, he was glad they were back together, he really couldn't understand why he had broken up with her so easily, but he wasn't going to beat himself up over it.
Still not able to sleep, Harry decided to think a little longer about Kreacher, why was he here, what was he doing with his book. Had he seen the fake title or did he see the real title? If he saw the fake title why would he bother trying to take it, he never did that to any of Harry's other books or possessions, that he knew of. 'He must have seen the real title,' Harry thought to himself, he probably touched it causing it to change back, everyone knew he wasn't pure of heart at all, and was taken down by Dobby. Harry was very thankful that Dobby was there to save his book, Kreacher could have taken the book even with it's fake title, knowing it had strange secrets, and hid it on Harry. Harry decided he should really get to sleep, and at around ten thirty, finally did.
"Harry, Harry, wake up," whispered Ginny. Harry opened his eyes to see Ginny sitting on his bed looking at him with a mischievous smile, "watch this." Harry looked over to see Hermione, also looking at him smirking. She was standing between his bed and Ron's so all he could see was Ron's face, and for some reason, she was holding a gray, slimy fish.
"We're going to get him good," whispered Hermione. Harry looked over at Ron and saw him wink at Harry, he tried to hold back his laughter, Ron seemed to know about this little prank, "I'm going to give him a little wake up surprise." Ginny giggled and Hermione walked towards Ron, still holding the fish, "good morning Ron," she pushed the fish's lips against Ron's.
"Mmm, oh, mmm, Fleur," Ron opened his eyes and smiled widely at Hermione who seemed to be in shock, "can't get me that easily." Hermione gave Ron a very heated look and stormed out of the room, "oh, here we go, I've been awake for twenty seconds and I've already upset her," Ron followed Hermione through the door calling her to come back.
"Ron's got some making up to do I suppose," Ginny said chuckling, "well we better head downstairs for breakfast." Ginny pulled Harry from his bed and dragged him down stairs towards the delicious smelling meal.
Once everyone was done eating and dressed they headed outside where a muggle limousine was waiting for them, "Hi Fleur," said Harry, "Bill, hey, how are you?" Bill was sitting in the back with Fleur, Harry hadn't seen him since Hogwarts and expected his face would look a lot worse than it actually turned out to be.
Fleur replied as well as Bill, "Hey Harry, I'm very well thanks," Bill replied, "mum, dad, Ron, Hermione, Ginny," Bill greeted each person as they entered with hug or hand shake, except for Fred and George who he warned, "Fred, George, please guys, no pranks at the wedding today."
"No problem Bill, just for you, not one prank," Fred sounded sincere but had a mischievous look in his eyes.
The whole time spent in the limousine was spent talking and laughing, everyone was surprised to see Fleur and Mrs. Weasley chatting away like old friends. The rest of them talked in a group of their own, mostly about Bills wounds, "so are you like a werewolf now of what," asked George.
Bill laughed, "sorry to disappoint you but, no, not even half," every was surprised, "well I'm very sorry, didn't mean to ruin your day," Bill laughed again and everyone realized the message they had just sent him and apologized. "Oh, don't worry about it. Nope I'm not a werewolf but my scars do swell and hurt a bit during full moons, not to mention my rapid hair growth."
"Now Bill I don't theenk zat is a gud subject to be bringing up now?" Fleur said with a grin.
The full limousine headed to a London chapel where Mr. Weasley had set up a traditional muggle style wedding, neither Fleur nor Bill had any complaints about this. The wedding went on without a hitch, and Bill and Fleur were now Mr. And Mrs. Bill Arthur Weasley. The rest of the night was spent celebrating, which was easier for Harry now, his sadness for Dumbledore's death had slightly subsided after he learned that he would be able to assist him once more to look for the last Horcruxes. Fred and George had kept their promise of no pranks at the wedding and decided to break in some new ones at the reception. Fred lined a few toilet seats with his homemade 'Incredibly Idiotic Itching Powder', after warning the few people he didn't want scratching themselves all night, and George hexed a few people's shoes to scream and use vulgar words when ever their owner stepped down on them. Hermione seemed to have forgiven Ron for his little prank that morning because she was slow dancing with him, and when Harry saw this he went looking for Ginny. Harry didn't have to look far because she was right behind him and she seemed to have the same idea as him. Everyone danced, ate, and had a good time, except Percy who left almost immediately after entering the hall. Charlie also had to leave but he did it kindly after bidding everyone farewell.
Fleur and Bill set off for their honeymoon in Austria that night and the rest of the Weasleys, along with Hermione and Harry, returned home and set off toward their own rooms immediately after washing up and changing into their night robes, ready for their forty winks.