Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, any of the fictional locations or characters from the Harry Potter series or any other authors work. This is a work of reworked fiction using the world of Harry Potter. However, I do own this plot and any original characters hence forth created for the purposes of this story.
Shifter
IX
"So, you can be anyone you want?" asked Ginny bluntly as she sat cross legged on the bed next to Senna while chewing her lower lip.
Senna shrugged with a cheeky grin leaving her clothes the way they were she shifted into Ginny smirking smugly as the real Ginny's eyes widened. Fake Ginny leaned over and gave real Ginny a small kiss on the check before giggling as she burnt bright red.
"It's not every day you get to kiss yourself, huh?" asked fake Ginny in real Ginny's voice.
"Whoa. T-that was just beyond weird," she agreed with a giggle. "You know they say that the first sign of madness is talking to yourself."
"Do you wish to know something even weirder?" she asked with a crafty smirk. "Something that could bring you more madness...?"
Ginny nodded, curious.
"I'm really you… every inch… from your toes to your hair. A genetics spell wouldn't even call me your identical twin sister. It would say I was 'YOU'; I even have your personality and emotions. I have 'everything'," she said slowly lifting her dress.
Ginny blushed as her eyes widened and she grabbed fake hers hands and stopped her. "Everything?" she whispered in horror.
"Everything," she whispered back smugly. "I know you better than anyone could! Not your memories, but imprints of who you are – enough that I doubt anyone would notice, ever."
"You haven't-haven't looked a-at me, have you?" asked Ginny with a deep blush.
"Here," said fake Ginny touching real Ginny's hand. Ginny watched as a light burst through and in her skin with a pained tingle that felt weirdly nice before it stopped.
Ginny looked in the mirror shocked. "How did you do that to me?" she asked, startled by her new accent.
"I think I can shift anything, so I can shift others into someone else," she explained to fake Senna. "You can check out me without any clothes now if I can look at you?" she asked barely suppressing her snicker.
"What!?" fake Senna turned around looking shocked. "This isn't even really you."
"Oh. That is me, but I see," Senna said as she returned to her form with a sad smile as she reached out and shifted Ginny back to normal. "You want to see Harry naked?" she asked as the light burst through her, hiding her from sight it was surprisingly beautiful, but it faded away moments later and Senna hadn't changed but looked down at herself.
"Harry is gone, Ginny," she continued after a few moments turning to look at the girl as she preferred seeing Ginny as herself. "I'm sorry, I can't – I don't want too – I won't. Sorry if I'm not good enough as I am, but I can't be that person anymore. I'm free now. I-!
"You can't have him," Senna continued sadly. "No one can ever have him. Harry Potter is dead!
"That form has too many bad memories, and I've grown to like being Senna. Harry was always being stared at for being a freak," she sighed sadly. "The Boy-Who-Lived in a cupboard under the stairs of his relatives' home for nine years, went to Hogwarts and stared at like some kind of sideshow.
"The Boy-Who-Was-Accused by most of the school of being a what…? Voldemort supporter because he speaks snake and commanded one to not harm another student? Because yeah; he would really support that bastard! Harry Potter is just the boy-who-can-not-exist if I want to be happy.
"Dumbledore left him with his magic hating racist aunt and uncle supposedly for his own protection. So, he wouldn't be corrupted by fame," she laughed humourlessly. "No. Instead he grew up alone, hated, beaten and starved.
"I don't plan on being anyone's puppet with the inferiority complex. I plan to grow strong and powerful. I'll become the most powerful sorceress the world has ever known and I'll-," she sighed. "I don't know what I'll do after that… I've never thought of a future before. I honestly didn't think I had one."
Ginny stared at Senna with sad tear brimmed eyes for less than a second before flinging her arms around her and holding on tight. Senna was startled before hugging back enjoying her warmth as she buried her face into Ginny's neck, feeling the red-haired girl's warm hug and cherishing it. It was nice to have someone who would love her for the choices she had made, and she could just cuddle Ginny for ever.
"It'll be okay, Senna - Senna," whispered the red head, snuggling into Senna's neck. "I'll always want you, no matter what… even if you are a-a girl now. Plus… you are a total beauty," she added embarrassedly.
"You-you mean it?" asked the brunette-haired girl hopefully.
"Total beauty," she agreed shyly with a small laugh that Senna shared.
However, Ginny smiled as she pulled out of the hug brushing tears from her eyes, still holding Senna with her arms around her neck. She leaned in and captured Senna's lips with her own, tasting the other girls kiss, and Senna felt her heart skip a few beats as her lips gently moved as she realised skipping any BFF stage for more would be much more enjoyable.
The two slowly closed their eyes as they moved their lips. Senna snaked her hands and arms around Ginny's waist, and Ginny, pulled her arms tighter around Senna's neck. Senna's tongue brushed Ginny's lips as they kissed, like Destiny kissed her, and the redhead opened her mouth more, letting Senna's tongue slid in, tasting Ginny's tongue in return.
The warmth and companionship helped them deepen their sloppy first kiss, drinking in each other, holding the other tighter, needing each other more than they could have imagined when a knock on the door interrupted, and startled them. They froze for several moments when there was another knock on the door and they realised no one would try breaking in,
They groaned with little whimpers, frustrated with the interruption, and pulled apart; their lips slowly peeling away as they pulled back breathing heavily and blushing deeply. They held nothing but affection in their eyes, need, and friendship, each other; they had felt each other's essence so knew each other better than anyone ever could.
"We should answer that," whispered Senna startling Ginny as another knock sounded.
The redhead nodded sadly. "I-I think you're right," she agreed in a whisper as they let each other go and straightened out their clothes before Ginny took a seat on the giant bed and tried to look innocent, even though she wasn't really guilty of anything.
Senna walked to the door, opening it to find a plump red-haired woman that looked around the room suspiciously before placing on her motherly smile.
"Hello dear," she said kindly. "Hermione said you both want to eat up here. Are you sure you both wouldn't like to come and eat downstairs with everyone else?"
Senna nodded her head in agreement. "Well I don't mind Mrs. Weasley. But I thought it would be nice to eat alone with Ginny tonight so we can get to know each other without being interrupted," she grinned. "I'm starting Hogwarts this year like I said, and I'll be in second year with Ginny. We'll be the best of friends. I know it," she said excitedly.
Mrs. Weasley was taken aback by such a long-winded answer before she smiled slightly as she remembered her first year at Hogwarts and how terrifying it was not knowing anyone. She also saw it as an opportunity for her daughter to make a friend since she didn't with the trouble the year before, and that was partially what school was for, making lifelong connections to people.
"Well… okay dear. If you want, I'll have something sent up for you?"
"Oh, okay Mrs. Weasley. Thanks… um, could I have a two-beef chow mien," she began. "And two portions of sweet and sour pork balls. I'll also have a large pepperoni pizza, a large spicy chicken and mushroom pizza, all stuffed crusts on the pizzas, and a large portion of chips with several buttered pitta breads," she then turned to Ginny. "Hey, what do you want?" she asked cheerfully.
Ginny just stared dumbly at her for a moment before shaking her head clear. "Um, a pepperoni pizza?" she suggested unsure whether Senna was joking or not, but it looked like she was being serious.
Senna grinned and turned back to Mrs. Weasley. "Make those two large pepperoni pizzas."
Mrs. Weasley nodded dumbfounded. "Are you sure you want all that?"
Senna nodded her consent. "Yeah, just get Tom to add it to my account," she agreed with a large grin.
"Well, okay if you're sure." Senna nodded, smiling. "Well okay, but you girls be good," she added shaking her head, amused. She was almost out the door when Senna stopped her.
"Oops, I almost forgot. Can you ask him to get me five big bottles of cherry coke, and five bottles of Sprite and some sauces? I've ran out." Mrs. Weasley nodded. "And some clean glasses." She nodded again and left without a sound, closing the door behind her.
Senna grinned in amusement and bounced over to the bed, sitting down next to her 'friend' after locking the door again. "Hey where's Nifes gone?" she asked looking around the room, and only Nightwind was in the room sleeping on her perch.
"I don't know," replied Ginny shaking her head clear. "Can you really eat all of that?" she asked, smiling and looking befuddled.
Senna nodded. "Ever since I started using my powers, I've been eating tons. Fawkes says it's because I use a lot of energy shifting, I need all the extra calories. But I pretty much figured I would anyway as I started getting hungrier when using magic too, but they use potions to lower calories to stop us gaining too much weight, but I can't actually gain weight unless I want to anyway."
"Fawkes?" she asked, surprised while nodding slightly. "Dumbledore's Fawkes...?"
"Yeah," she nodded. "Fawkes and Nifes are mates. He introduced me to Nifes and made her my guardian."
"Oh," she grinned and burst out laughing while Senna just grinned. "Oh, sorry, but that's just hilarious…! Do they have a baby phoenix called Spoons?"
"I had wondered that myself," she replied laughing. "But I didn't want to be rude no matter how funny."
Ginny quietened down after a few moments with nervousness creeping into her expression. "Um," she bit her lower lip. "W-what are we?"
"Huh?" blinked Senna in confusion.
"You know. W-we k-kissed," she said blushing.
Senna smirked. "Well, I had thought at first that BFFs was the way to go, but I thought we could be together and skip that part of our friendship. Like you'll be my girlfriend and I'll be yours."
Ginny giggled with excitement shining in her eyes as she threw her arms around the brunette and pulled her down onto the bed and sitting on her lap where Senna's black hair framed her perfectly as she looked up from where she was 'trapped'.
"I-I think we'll work out fine, don't you?" she asked lying down on top of Senna and sheepishly kissing her soft lips briefly.
Senna grinned eagerly as her heart beat powerfully in her chest. "I-I think we'll be perfect together," she agreed pulling Ginny's face down to hers, their lips touching, eyes drifting shut, their warm moist lips moved as their tongues slowly explored each other's mouths, tasting each other greedily.
They drowned in the others taste, enjoying the warmth of each other's bodies as they cuddled tightly and shared their second proper kiss. The comfort they felt in each other, the companionship; the love they would give to each other; the bond they would grow from their contact.
They must have been making out for about an hour, with only the brief pauses to take a breath when a knock on the door disturbed them, and Senna and Ginny pulled back groaning as they lay together on their sides curled up in each other's arms.
"I'll get it sweetie," whispered Senna with a loving smile she kissed Ginny's nose getting a giggle from the redhead as she slid from within her girlfriends soft and loving arms.
Ginny sat up straightening her robes as Senna brushed hers down and opened the door with a smile.
"Hey Sally!" Senna greeted the pretty young waitress pleasantly as she walked in with a wide smile. She was in her mid-twenties with short cropped straight brown hair, and brown eyes wearing a grey robe with a white apron over the front.
She was carrying three large pizza boxes in one hand while levitating three bags, five bottles of cherry coke, five bottles of sprite and six pint glasses into the room.
"Good evening, Senna, sweetie!" she said with a wider smile. "I see you've made yourself a cute little friend!" she commented, smiling at Ginny and giving her a cheeky wink, as she landed the pizzas on the dresser with the 3 bags. She opened the fridge and the cokes and sprite flew in before she closed it with the glasses landing on top as she collected the dirty glasses.
"Good friends are hard to come by in the wizarding world!" Sally said as she patted Senna's head. "So, try to keep a few. Life is harder in the magical world when you're muggle-born like me, or even half-blood like you, Sen, even if you are a little more well off than most. I got lucky when Tom gave me a job because my old man used to run a pub before he retired, and I knew the way things worked. Just a word of advice girls, everything goes to the old families, and everyone else suffers for it, and annoying outdated traditions.
"So, the point is, find a good few friends and stick by them, they'll do the same," she said with a smile. "I still have a few muggle-born friends who work in the muggle world that still keep in touch. Anyway; it's just a piece of advice; especially for you Senna, starting Hogwarts for the first time will be hectic.
"Well, would you girls like for me to bring up some plates for you to eat off, or are you okay with them as they are?" she asked.
"I think we'll be okay thanks Sally," Senna said giving her a quick hug.
"Well anything for our favourite guest," she replied hugging Senna tightly in return before letting go as she headed for the door, blowing them a kiss each.
"Thanks Sally," she replied, giggling as she left, closing the door behind her.
Senna turned to Ginny, and grinned as she brought the food over to the bed placing it between them. The two girls leaned over and kissed briefly before boxes were opened.
"Well, Darling, lets dig in," giggled Senna as she handed Ginny her pizza.
"Where'd she get these?" the redhead asked opening her box, looking at her food with her mouth-watering.
"Oh. There's a whole nest of takeaways around the corner," she replied opening her chips. "Want some chips?" she offered. Ginny shook her head.
"What's a takeaway?" she asked as she bit into the juicy delicious pizza slice. "Wow, Senna… this is the best pizza I've had in ages, and the crust has gooey cheese and pepperoni in it. It's freaking awesome!" she declared in amazement.
Senna laughed as she ate a few chips. "A take away is a junk food place that makes deliveries to people's homes or you walk in to get food to take with you so you can eat and go about your business, or take home yourself like Sally does for me since the muggles can't deliver here."
"So, it's a muggle place?" she asked, surprised. Senna nodded. "And Sally doesn't mind going for you?"
"Oh, of course not, you saw that. She's fun, always imparting knowledge about the unfairness of the wizarding world to muggle-born's, taking them, and leaving them completely unprepared for the reality of after school in the magical world. Plus, she so fancies me, but because I'm only twelve she can only flirt and play around. If it was a guy, I so would have beaten him up," she said laughing. "Sally's really nice anyway, has a secret girlfriend who's married to some douche bag rich pureblood or something, older lady too. Sally said she's 30-something, and gorgeous and her husband doesn't want to know, I don't think she told me her name, but Sally's only twenty-four.
"Anyway," she continued, shrugging. "I pay them extra for her to go and tip her well. I found this great pizza place, and then around it were other places, and I guess I was really lucky to find such good takeaways. No offence to the Leaky Cauldron's cooking or anything. But their food doesn't have enough calories because of potions they use, and I need the calories to keep me going without eating absolute tons."
"But what will you do at Hogwarts?" Ginny asked worriedly.
Senna smirked. "Fawkes said he'll show me how to get into the kitchens, and I'll be able to get the house elves to make me whatever I need."
"You are so lucky… junk food without any downsides."
They laughed together before they soon finished up their food, placing leftovers on the fridge, and had some ice-cold coke that Ginny discovered she enjoyed, 'much better than pumpkin juice'. Then it was time for bed. Senna made sure to lock and sealed the door: to keep perverts away; or nosey parents who liked to but in where unnecessary.
"Hey. I have to go get my night clothes," complained Ginny.
"I've got you covered, Darling!" she said as she reached out and touched Ginny's sleeve and shifted her clothes into a cute pair of red pyjamas with white fluffy clouds while her own clothes shifted into black PJ's with little red cartoon bats, and their shoes disappeared leaving them bare foot.
Ginny smiled wrapping her arms around her girlfriends waist, (girlfriend, she was so happy; she got who she always wanted, so the wrapping was different, it was what was inside that mattered to her, as long as she's cute too, as she had some standards). Senna returned the smile and wrapping her arms around Ginny's waist in return and kissing her she slid her hands lower groping the red heads soft firm butt playfully giggling.
Ginny gasped as she felt Senna's hands squeezing her butt, "are you enjoying that?" she reprimanded playfully.
"Very much so," agreed Senna with a cheeky smile, she kissed her girlfriend's soft nose.
"Well. I'll have to try with yours," she retorted cheekily kissing Senna's small nose in return; her hands sliding down to Senna's bottom. "Nice, tight, and soft," she grinned as they slowly let each other go, and walked together towards the bed, crawling under the covers they curled up in each other's arms contently.
Ginny let a huge grin crack her face in two as she held on to her girl tightly. "T-thank you for saving me from the Chamber... I never really got a chance to really say thank you before with everything-…"
"It was something I shall never regret, and do again without a second thought," Senna interrupted laughingly as she tightened her grip possessively. "Plus, I'm The Saviour, so rescuing beautiful damsels in distress is in my job description"
"You'll always be MY hero," the redhead replied kissing Senna's neck, enjoying that it made her squirm a little and giggle. They slowly entered a content silence as they drifted off into the land of wonderful dreams of each other, curled tightly, cuddled together comfortable and happier than they could ever remember being.
To Be Continued…