Fire of the Phoenix
Chapter 5 On the Way to Hogwarts
Disclaimer; I do not own Harry Potter JKR does.
Harry's ride to the train station was uneventful. They had the usual late start due to Ron forgetting Pig in his room. They rest of the journey was smooth though. Harry Ginny, Ron, and Hermione got to platform 9 ¾ with no problems at all. Mrs. And Mr. Weasley gave them their ususal good bye hugs and kisses. Molly Weasley looked up Harry with tearful eyes. "Stay safe, and don't get in to trouble."
Harry gave her a quick hug. "I won't go looking for trouble, but I am sure that it will follow me." She gave him a tearful chuckle and waved him off to the train.
They boarded the train and Ron called out half way down the hall to the prefect's compartment "As soon as we are done with whatever the head boy, and girl wants us to do. We will come and find you."
"Ok we will save you a seat. " Ginny flipped her hair back, and preceded to drag Harry to find nearest empty compartment through the crowd of excited students.
"Bye," Hermione, and Ron spoke in suck perfect unison , Ginny, and Harry had to laugh.
"Now lets go get an empty compartment, while we still can," said Ginny mischievously.
Harry looked at her laughingly, and suggested. "How about I race you there, my dear, sweet, charming, beautiful, red headed witch."
She laughingly grabbed his hand, pulled him into an empty compartment, and started to kiss him at first teasingly, and then the kiss gradually grew deeper. Ginny shivered as she felt his hands run up and down her back.
Suddenly Harry pulled away, and gave her a soul-searching stare. He should not be doing this! If old Voldie ever found out, he would come after Ginny. Harry looked into her eyes, and was scared at what to say next.
"Harry what is it? Why the sudden moods change?" Ginny asked with a look of concern on her face.
"Ginny I don't want you to get hurt by Voldemort. He has a way of taking away everything that I love. At first, it was my parents, and then it was Sirius. I don't want to lose you too."
Ginny looked at him and then held him tight. She looked strait at his eyes and said; "Harry if anything does happen to me, I know you will go on. Don't worry you will never lose me as long as you keep in your heart."
"Ginny, seriously you could get killed because of me." Harry looked at her protesting.
"Harry no I won't be killed because of you. I would be killed because of Tom not you. So please stop thinking like that. None of this is your fault."
Harry pushed a stray lock of red hair out of her eyes. "Deep down I know Ginny, but it is so hard to convince my heart that. Please just don't give up on me." He looked at her pleadingly. She gave him an exasperated look that plainly said you are stuck with me whether you like it or not.
Harry fell silent to his own thoughts. Ginny laid her head down on him, and fell asleep on his lap. Harry ran his hands through her red silken strands. He closed his eyes, and wondered what life would be like, if there was no Voldemort. He began to drift off into a fitful sleep.
Ginny woke up to Ron and Hermione coming into the compartment. Ginny just put her finger on her lips to keep them from talking loud. "Harry needs to sleep whenever he can," Ginny said quietly. Hermione just nodded at her looking understanding.
Ron sat down and begins to ask, "Hermione, can I you help me with my potion's essay please." Ron tried to give Hermione his best impressions of a sad puppy.
"No you can't, you have had all summer to get it done, I am not letting you copy my work, and you will never learn anything that way. You have to do it yourself." Hermione rolled her eyes at him.
Ginny just had a grin on her face on hearing her prat brother and Hermione quietly bickering. "Hermione what is the password this year to the Gryffindor tower," asked Ginny? "Oh it's Dumbledore's army," Hermione replied absently.
"Good password," Ginny commented.
They all fell into silence until Harry began to moan and Ginny saw tears slowly track their way down his cheek. She just gently wiped it away, and her hand found his and gave it a gentle squeeze. Harry began to smile.
Ron and Hermione looked at her with amazement, "you know me or Ron never was able to help him with his dreams like that. He is lucky to have you."
Ginny blushed a little bit, and gave them a look that said drop the subject. Hermione and Ron just nodded understandingly. This was surprising for Ron, since he could be a little bit thick at times.
Slowly the train came to a stop at the Hogsmead station. Ginny gently shook Harry awake. He woke up and groaned he cannot believe he said all that to Ginny earlier.
They all silently got a carriage together. Ginny paled when she realized she could see the threstals that pulled it. Then she quickly realized it was because she was there when Sirius died. Ginny saw that they were beautiful, in kind of a savage way.
She looked over at Ron but him and Hermione were not paying attention to the carriages. Harry noticed the change in her mood and put his arm around her, and brought her into him protecting. "You see them don't you Gin?"
Ginny just nodded her head silently. Harry squeezed his arms a little tighter on her. No one else spoke, for no one really did know what to say. They silently made their way to the castle soon they were sitting in the grand hall waiting for the sorting to begin. Soon McGonagall brought out the first years. They look like they get smaller every year. He could hardly blame Ron for calling them midgets. Harry turned his head towards the hat, because it looked like it was getting ready for it's traditional song.
Come and try me on
I will tell you where you belong
If you are loyal and true
Well than Hufflepuff is the house for you
If you have a courageous heart
Then Gryffindor is where I believe you should start
If learning and books what you crave
Then Ravenclaw is where you will stay
If Ambition is your guide
In Slytherin you will find your kind
Remember united we stand
Divided we will fall.
Harry groaned, at least the hat did not make the unity thing go out for the whole song, as it did the previous year. Harry tried to pay attention as it began the sorting, but was too hungry to concentrate for long. The snacks that he ate on the train seemed like hours ago.
Soon the first year students have been sorted into their houses. Ron and Harry sighed with relief as the table before them filled up with food. Harry was so ravenous he wasn't sure what he wanted first. So he loaded his plate with a little bit of everything. He mashed potatoes, steak and kidney pie, fish and chips. After that, Harry dug into a pig piece of mouth watering treacle tart. Harry felt a nudge on his arm. He looked and saw Ginny pointing towards the front table.
"Attention please I have a few more announcements to make. As usual, the forbidden forest remains forbidden. As you also may have noticed that, there is no new defense against the dark arts professor, so I will be teaching it. Remus Lupin will come back to start up Dumbledore's army that Harry Potter so graciously started last year." They were a loud applause from all the houses, but Slytherin. "Well with all that said now, I think that it is time to now to start heading up to those common rooms. Prefect's you know what to do."
Ron and Hermione got up. "C'mon first years this way to the common room." The first years got up and followed Hermione and Ron out of the great hall. Harry got up to follow them, but looked down at Ginny. He decided that they would take a detour into the broom closet on the way to the Gryffindor tower.
Much later Harry crawled into bed. Ron looked sleepily from his bed hangings. "Took a detour huh?"
Harry could not help the grin that came upon his face. "You can say that." After that, he pulled the curtains around his bed closed. He happily fell into a blissful sleep.
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