The Seventh Year of Flower and Prongs Chapter 21, a harry potter fanfic

Hello! Sorry, I had to have a cliff on that last one.

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Ginny... Weasley? The girl Harry likes... ooohhh... this is gonna be fun. I wonder if Sirius knows what this means. James' mind was reeling. He stopped thinking too hard so that he could listen in on their little private talk.

'Ginny!' Harry repeated with wide eyes, looking quite shocked and a little upset.

'Harry!' Ginny said in response in an excited voice, looking absolutely thrilled that Harry was there..

'Why are you here?' He asked her quietly, pulling her away from Madame Pomphrey's penetrating glare.

'Oh, stupid train ride... you know, I had to fight off some of those Death Eaters guys, and I took out quite a few actually, you would be very proud... all those spells you taught me last year in Dumbledoes' Army... I'm telling you, miracles! Yeah, but after about twenty minutes, some guy came up and knocked me out from behind.' Ginny said with a little edge to her voice. She had a white bandage from her neck and down her back.

Harry looked dumbstruck. 'No, no, that's not what I meant. Not why you are in the hospital wing... I mean why are you here?' He asked with extra emphasis, meaning being back in time.

Ginny had a look of comprehension on her face, after a few seconds of confusion. 'Ohhh! That, well... you know me... playing with Hermione's things in her trunk has gotten me into some trouble before, but not like this... but that uh,' She lowered her voice. 'That time-turner is really interesting. I sort of pressed this little button thing on the bottom and I just repeated the same thing you did, and now I'm here!' She lied to him with a perfectly straight face. Only Sirius and James saw through it. They sent each other a knowing look.

Harry sighed aggravatedly and looked at the ceiling breathing deeply.

Ginny looked a little hurt, but she held it in pretty well. She began to speak, 'Well if you didn't want me to -'

'Of course I didn't want you to come.' Harry exclaimed angrily.

Ginny stopped trying to hide her hurt face and looked completely and clearly appalled by his rudeness. 'Sorry "Boy-Who-Lived. I didn't know I had to ask your permission before I did anything these days, maybe I'll just leave, then.'

Harry glared. She knew that he hated that nickname given to him. She definitely hit a nerve and he wasn't happy. 'No. You can't leave now.' Harry grabbed ahold of her arm, and felt an unusal tingling feeling go up his spine.

'And why not. You obviously don't want me here... so why stay? I see no reason.' She snapped a response, angry feeling as if she wasn't wanted by him. She was sick of being shunted and turned down by Harry Potter... Boy-Who-Lived or not.

'Please, be quiet, come on we've got to go... now!'

'Mr. Potter, what do you think you are doing with my patient!' Poppy said to him in a loud voice.

'I need her, she'll be back soon. I promise.' Harry told her, and not waiting for the nurse to say anything, he dragged Ginny out of the Hospital Wing and into one of the corridors. The Marauders and Maraudettes followed them silently.

'Where are we going?' Ginny asked, completely oblivious to the fact that Sirius and Remus, the only ones she knew out of the group, were behind her and Harry.

'The Head's Common Room.' Harry told her simply as he dragged her by the arm.

'Harry, I don't understand.'

'You wouldn't.'

Ginny glared at him. She was sick of him insinuating that she was a child and didn't understand anything that older people said.

They finally reached the portrait, and James said the password for them.

Everyone seated themselves comfortably on the couches except Harry and Ginny.

'You came back in time! Why!' Harry insisted.

'I told you I didn't mean to!' Ginny told him in an annoyed voice, though she knew that she lied again.

Sirius laughed jovially. He shrugged at the new girl and laughed again. 'Liar.' He said to her in a hissing voice.

Ginny turned to Sirius. She was about to row with him, saying that she wasn't lying about how she got there, even though she barely knew him. She almost didn't recognize him.

'Sirius!' She squealed, launching herself onto him and giving him a huge hug.

'Ginny... he doesn't know you yet.' Harry told her as he rolled his eyes.

Sirius looked uncomfortable with some strange girl hugging him, but eventually she stopped and he just stared at her quietly.

Ginny giggled. 'Sorry, I uh, guess you don't know me yet...' She murmured, going back over to Harry.

'Liar.' James said with a wicked smile, knowing this would set this girl off again.

'Shut up Harry.' Ginny said closing her eyes. But then, suddenly opening them realizing she just retorted to some unknown person, who wasn't in fact, Harry. It was James, his dad.

She looked from Harry to James and back again.

Ginny looked breathless. 'That's your - that's your...'

'My dad, I know.'

'And your -'

'Mum, yep.'

'And you my dear, must be Ginny!' James said loudly and obnoxiously, with an even wider smile. 'Harry's little -' He was about to say crush, but was cut off by Harry, looking very angry and shocked.

Harry looked horrified at his dad, and quickly added something to the end of the sentence. 'My little best-friend's sister.' He finished glaring at James.

Ginny looked at him confused at what he just said.

'I mean my best-friends little sister.' Harry mumbled.

'Right.' She said to him shaking her head.

'You're a liar.' Sirius said sending a joking look at James.

'I am not a liar! I told the truth, I accidently fiddled with my friend's stuff and got sent back in time.' Ginny retorted snappishly.

'Oh come on... you didn't "accidentally" go back in time. You clearly aren't that stupid enough to mess with a Time-Turner just sitting in some trunk.' James said smartly with a little bit of a smirk on his face.

Ginny looked uncomfortable. Harry ignored that fact and went back to the real subject.

'You shouldn't have come back.' He mumbled angrily glaring at an inanimate object.

'What's so bad about me coming back! Huh?' Ginny asked him flaring up again.

'What's so bad! You ask that? I'll tell you what's bad. Voldemort is gaining power and it's only more dangerous here than there, and I can't endanger you like I did last year!' Harry said loudly to her and firing up just as much as she did.

'Aww... he's protecting you.' Faye said in a sarcastically, sweet sounding voice.

'Shut up Faye. It's sweet.' Lily said, listening raptly to Harry.

'She's right,' Ginny said pointing to Faye. 'I already have six brothers and a mum and dad to protect me. I don't need anymore. I need someone who will let me be involved and quit babying me!' She told him desperately.

'Like Harry.' Sirius said in between coughs.

'Shut up Sirius!' Harry and Ginny yelled at him.

'Why don't you embrace the fact that I'm back in time with you, and admit that I'm here to stay until you leave! Get used to me, I'm not going anywhere.' Ginny told him firmly in a casual voice.

Harry sighed, seeing defeat. He glared at James and Sirius who were already, he could tell, plotting something evil.

'Hi I'm Ginny, or as Harry simply loves to refer me as, his best-friend's baby sister.' Ginny said with contempt and glaring at Harry.

'I don't think of you as that.' Harry said, but knowing really that she was Ron's little sister, thus giving him absolutely no chance what-so-ever with the pretty red head, as much as he would want to.

'Right.' Ginny snapped.

'Hey, I'm Lily. This is James. You seem to know Sirius and Remus I suppose. And this is Faye and Michelle.' Lily introduced them all.

'Hi, it's really neat to meet you guys. I've heard a lot about you from Sirius and Remus... from our time. Except, I've never heard of Faye or Michelle.' Ginny said with a wide smile, glad that someone was including her.

'So you came back like Harry?' Remus questioned.

Ginny sent a look at Harry and finally gave in. 'Fine. I was lying, I knew you came back in time and I thought I would too.' She admitted a little huffily.

'See, we told you she was lying.' James added in to Harry.

'Why were you in the hospital wing?' Harry asked her.

James watched Harry's concern closely, even though it was hidden behind some lingering anger from the previous arguement.

'I arrived in Hogsmeade when the Time-Turning was done, which actually took forever, considering that I had to go back about fifteen years. But, when I did, I decided to stroll a little while around town. I wanted to go Diagon Alley as well. So, as I boarded the train to leave from Hogwarts, as it was attacked. Most of the kids were being carted off some places, but come on, I couldn't just leave to some nonsense place I knew nothing about, so I stayed and fought. Unfortunately, I was put in the Hospital Wing and I eventually had to explain everything to Dumbledore, who mind you, is looking very young but under as much stress, if not more, as from our time.' Ginny explained to him.

'You fought the Death Eaters?' James asked her, his respect for the girl growing more and more.

'I had nowhere else to go, besides, they needed my help.' Ginny answered in a protesting type of voice.

'She's a Weasley, she's stubborn.' Harry commented harshly to James.

Ginny glared at him from across the room.

'It's true.' Harry said shrugging at her.

Ginny continued glaring.

'Will you stop looking at me? I'm not too happy with you at the moment either, so please do, if you don't mind.' Harry snapped at her with a little bit of an edge to his voice. He matched Ginny's glare and crossed his arms.

'Really Harry, what's so bad with her coming back?' Sirius asked Harry.

Harry's head snapped upward and he looked at Sirius sharply. James elbowed his friend in the side for asking such a stupid question.

'Besides the fact that if she gets hurt while she's here, then I'm to blame. And, also the fact that I refused to let Ron or Hermione to come, means that if they find out they will be beyond pissed... and more than I am right now. I just don't see the reason why she had to come because it will only be a bigger target for us both. I came back to save you guys, I didn't do it for a game.' Harry told Sirius strictly, completely ignoring the fact that Ginny was in the room.

'I'm not going to get hurt. I got here in one piece didn't I?' Ginny complained.

Harry yet again, ignored her. He wasn't in a very good mood.

'Speak.' Ginny ordered, getting angry that Harry wasn't acknowledging the fact that she was talking to him.

Harry really didn't know why he didn't want Ginny there at the time. It wasn't that she couldn't protect herself, but he would feel horrible if something really did happen to her while under his watch.

'I'm going to bed.' Harry said, going up to James' room to lie down. He couldn't stand being under the wrath of Ginny at that time.

He couldn't exactly put his finger on it, but there was something in his conscience, something protesting Ginny's presence in this time. It was an unusual feeling, and if Ginny wasn't in the room, he would've explained it to James and Sirius, but it would be embarrassing to actually say it infront of Ginny... He was afraid to admit that he loved her.

'Looks like I'm sleeping down here tonight then... Sirius and Remus, if you want to stay you can, the girls can bunk in Lily's room.' James told them, as he watched Ginny's eyes follow Harry's trail up to his room. In her eyes were more than just flaring anger, but also want and sorrow. He knew how it felt... he knew her pain. He'd felt it so many times when Lily rejected him, and it must've been even worse as a girl... it wasn't like she could just ask Harry out, (That would be ridiculous!) but she definitely wanted him, and she wanted him bad... like he wanted Lily.

That is chapter 21. I hope u liked it!

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