The next few weeks were enjoyable at Grimmauld Place. Most of the time was spent cleaning, although Hermione found a useful spell to get rid of difficult dirt, this sped up the cleaning process. Aunt Petunia also helped, Grimmauld Place looked nothing like they had ever seen, the house almost sparkled it was so clean. Fleur had charmed the room next to the wedding room into a forest. The room was filled with trees and grass and there was a little stream running the width of the back of the room. The Dursley's had finally stopped fearing magic and were actually talking to Mr and Mrs Weasley. Dudley was still terrified of Fred and George so he was always with his parents.

There was a week and a bit left before term started when the letters from Hogwarts arrived. Ron found them sitting in the fire.
"Mum, why did our letters arrive by floo this year?" Ron asked thickly while eating an eclair
"Because if 4 owls flew into this house that no muggles can see from the outside, it would look a bit suspicious wouldn't it?" Mrs Weasley replied
"Ahh." Ron replied to show his mother he heard her.
"Ginny, how did your OWLs go?" Mr Weasley asked her
"I.. What.. Wow... I passed everything, including History of Magic," Ginny began, "but im not prefect."
"YES!" Fred and George yelled in unison
"BOYS! That's alright Ginny, 12 OWLs, just like Bill, oh, lets celebrate tonight!" Mrs Weasley said excitedly and ran off all flustered
"Ah Ginny, I see - " Fred begun
" - you are one of us, - " George continued
" - the more excitable - " Fred added
" - genes in the Weasley family." George finished
"Boys, stop it, well done Ginny, im proud. Fred, George, do not let your mother here you talking like that." Mr Weasley said
"When did they decide about Hogwarts opening Mr Weasley?" Harry asked curiously
"Well, it was a bit of a debacle really. Just about all of the teachers wanted it open, Professor Slughorn was the only opposing one. The council wanted to close Hogwarts down, but Scrimgeour interfered and now Hogwarts is opening. They decided about 4 days ago. There are conditions though, Scrimgeour wants regular updates about what is been taught, and the pupils progress. Oh yes, and the last condition, he is the new defence against the dark arts teacher." Mr Weasley concluded
"WHAT" Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny cried in unison
"No way, he just wants to watch Harry's every move!" Ron said angrily
"But, wait, Ron, maybe he has given up on that idea, maybe, he wanted to teach because he used to be an Auror.." Hermione tried explaining
"Hermione, don't be thick, of course he wants to keep an eye on Harry and find out... stuff." Ron retorted
"How do you know, have you ever thought that he wants to teach us everything he knows to keep us safe?"
Ron and Hermione kept this up for a while. Harry was silently agreeing with both, Ron and Hermione, but he wasn't about to let either know that.
"How is Scrimgeour going to be able to do both his ministry position and teach?" Harry asked talking over Ron and Hermione
"Fudge has been given extra duties and such so Scrimgeour can teach." Mr Weasley said simply and left the room.
"Well, that gives us an even better reason not to go back to Hogwarts now." Ron said bitterly
"And when were you going to tell me you weren't going back to school!" Ginny said loudly as she turned around to face her brother
"Ah, well, umm, umm..." Ron struggled to answer this
"Ginny, we were going to tell you next week," Harry interrupted Ron, "but we need you to go back to school."
"No." She said flatly
"Look, Ginny, lets go to the forest, all of us." Harry said quickly.
The four of them quickly walked up onto the third floor, and went right to the back of the room and sat next to the stream.
"Ginny, we all need you to go back to school, your mum isn't going to be very happy when she finds out Ron isn't going back, let alone you." Harry said
"So, im not going to let my mothers happiness stop me." Ginny began
Harry sighed before he begun talking, he really didn't want to have to tell Ron and Hermione what they were getting into yet, let alone tell Ginny more then she had to know
"Ginny, let me explain. The night I went off with Dumbledore was to help destroy Voldemort. We had to go into this cave he went to as an orphan. Dumbledore did things I have never seen a wizard do before, it was amazing. Anyway, in the middle of the cave was a lake and in the middle of the lake was a horocrux. Ginny, Voldemort has split his soul, into 7 pieces if Dumbledore is correct, and he has stored it in an object. Dumbledore thinks these objects are Slytherins locket, Hufflepuffs cup, his grandfathers ring, his snake, something of Gryffindors or Ravenclaws. And his diary." Harry explained
"What, the diary? The one that I had, that lead us to the Chamber of Secrets?" Ginny said
"Yes, that diary. Now, I destroyed the diary, and Dumbledore destroyed the ring."
"What is the seventh piece?" Ginny asked
"The last piece of his soul is in his body." Harry said
"Well, I want to help." Ginny said strongly, standing up
"Ginny, sit down. You are not coming," Harry started, Ginny tried to interrupt but Harry kept talking "We need you at Hogwarts, firstly to look out for Neville and Luna, they are in as much danger us we are because they were at the ministry and helped at the end of term. We need you to get as many people from the DA back and teach them in the Room of Requirement. We also need a spy at Hogwarts, no doubt Voldemort has one and I know there are members of the Order there, but we need someone amongst the students. Ginny, you have to listen into every conversation between students and with teachers, any news you can find. And anyway, Ron, Hermione and I will be coming back to school sometime, but not at right away."
Ron and Hermione looked at Harry shocked. They didn't know about this plan.
"Oh, right, ok, I can do that." Ginny said and she sat down
"Harry, do you think that is wise? I mean, we have McGonagall for that." Hermione asked
"Yes, but McGonagall doesn't hear everything does she, she doesn't hear everything the students say, and that is what we need. If someone's parents are acting funny, they will talk about it amongst their friends, if someone is been threatened, they talk with their friends before they go to a teacher." Harry replied
Mrs Weasley walked into the forest
"There you are, tonight we will celebrate next door. Tomorrow we will go to Diagon Alley and get everyone's books." She said and walked out
"So when are you going to tell mum you're not going back Ronnikins?" Ginny asked smugly
Harry saw Rons ears go red and quickly interjected "Lets go clean the attic, its the only room that hasn't been done. Ginny, you should spend the day with your mum. It'll make her extremely happy."

'The attic must have been Sirius room' Harry thought
He looked around and there were no photos of the Black family at all. All that was in the room was a bed, a photo album and something in the corner Harry couldn't quite make out.
"Hermione, could you just perform your spell so we can have some lunch." Ron asked as his stomach began making noises
"Tersus sursum ocius" Hermione muttered and with a wave of her wand the 3 inches if settled dust disappeared and the room looked cleaner then ever. The three left and went down to the kitchen for lunch.

Ron was on his 10th club sandwich when Fred and George apperated next to him, and Ron began to choke.
"Ananpneo" Harry muttered pointing his wand at Rons throat
"Thanks mate, and guys, don't do that!" Ron said reaching out for 2 more sandwiches
Hermione looked at him with disgust
"What?" Ron asked with his mouth full
"Tomorrow, you little lovebirds have to get up early." George said
"You are coming with us to Diagon Alley to get your school books." Fred said
"Ginny, Ron, we are paying for yours to save our lovely mother stress - " George began
" - And so you can appreciate the joys of working." Fred finished
"Great, just great, will we even need our books this year?" Ron muttered darkly
"I think it will be a good idea if we have them, you know, in case a spell comes in handy." Harry muttered back
"And why would you not need your books this year Ron?" Fred asked, he apparently had heard them
"Yeah Ron. Why would you not need your books?" Ginny asked trying to sound innocent
"Of course Ron needs his books, what will he learn off at school this year?" Mrs Weasley said absent mindedly
Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other and silently agreed
"Well Mum, the thing is, is, is that. Wearentgoingbacktoschoolthisyear." Ron finished quickly
"MMhmm... WHAT of course you are going back to school, this year is your NEWT year, your final year, no you are going back to school!" Mrs weasley screamed, totally outraged at the thought of her youngest son dropping out.
"Mrs Weasley, you see the thing is, is that, well, umm, we are doing more important things." Hermione tried to explain quietly
"What is more important than your NEWTs?" Mrs Weasley screeched
"Stopping Lord Voldemort." Harry said as Ron chocked again, Mrs Weasley dropped a plate and most others flinched at the sound of his name
"Mrs Weasley, Dumbledore would not have wanted me to stop what he started, if he did want me top stop he wouldn't have told me what he did, and no I cannot tell you because what if Voldemort found you and tortured you. We aren't going back to school so everyone can go back to having a normal life." Harry said shortly. He grabbed a few sand wiches and left the room.

It had been a while since Harry had lost his temper, but he was sick of people questioning him. Harry suddenly stopped in front of a door. He opened it and walked inside. He was back in the attic. Harry sat down on his dead godfathers bed, picked up the photo album and started looking at the moving pictures inside. There were pictures of Sirius with Harrys father and Lupin. Many photos of those three in fact. There was a photo of Lily and James' wedding, and of Harry's christening. Harry kept looking through until he came across a photo of Sirius and someone who looked like Sirius but younger. Harry pulled the photo out. On the back was written Sirius P. Black and Regulus A. Black. Harry thought nothing of it and put the photo back. On the next page was a photo of James, Lupin, Sirius and Peter. Harry could feel the anger and rage filling him again so he slammed the album shut, put it down on the bed and looked around. HIs eyes fell on the package he saw when they were cleaning. He walked over and picked it up. It was a top and underneath the top was a small hand mirror. Harry picked the mirror up and suddenly remembered the one he had. Harry apperated into his room and searched through his trunk until he found what he was looking for; an identical hand mirror. He turned them both over and Harry saw a note still stuck onto the back of his 'If you ever need to speak to me just call my name into the mirror and I will appear. Your father and I used to use these when we were in separate detentions.' Harry thought for a moment and could hear footsteps on the other side of his door. He flung it open and saw Ron, Hermione and Ginny.
"Hey, come in here quick." Harry said making all 3 people jump.
They hurried into the room and shut the door behind them.
"Here, Ginny take this." Harry said excitedly and disapperated out of the room leaving Ron, Hermione and Ginny feeling very confused.
Harry was back in the attic. He pulled out his wand, placed the tip on the handle of the mirror right below the frame and said clearly "Ginny"
The mirror heated up for a moment, his reflection disappeared and Ginny came into view. She looked shocked.
"What, Harry, how did you do that?" Ginny asked
"Sirius gave me one a few years back, I found the other one in his room. Now you can talk to me whenever you have something important to tell me. When you are at Hogwarts, go to the Room of Requirement, think for a sound proof room with no interruptions. When you are in just place your wand tip on the handle, just below the mirror frame and say my name! I think to make it back into a mirror all you have to do is put your wand back on the handle and say your name, here let me try. Harry." Harry explained and the mirror went back to normal.
Harry quickly apperated back into his room.
"Wow Harry, thank you." Ginny said and kissed him on the cheek.
Harry noticed Ron and Hermione quickly look at each other then look away going red. He smiled to himself and was happy inside again.