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Chapter Twenty-Two: Fears

"Harry?" Ginny asked softly as she gently shook him. Harry blinked several times and turned to look at her. She smiled softly as she brushed his hair out of his eyes. "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, I had the strangest dream and I can't remember any of it."

"None?"

"No," he sighed. Ginny shifted closer to him, laying her head on his chest.

"Well then lets hope its nothing serious," Ginny mumbled as she tried to cover a yawn.

"Still tired?" Harry teased.

"Well someone shouldn't keep me up all night."

"What? You kept me up all night!"

"I did nothing of the sort," Ginny said with a huff.

"You are such a bad liar," Harry told her with a huge grin.

"I am not!"

"Are too."

"Are not."

"Are too."

"Are not," Ginny told him just before he began to tickle her. "S-Stop it!" Harry continued to tickle her till she gave in. "Prat," she told him.

"But you still love me."

"Maybe. Do we have to get up today?"

"I think it's a Saturday, you're lucky your birthday is on a Friday this year."

"I know, what is yours a Tuesday or something?"

"Don't know," Harry said as he stretched out beside her.

"Well I don't feel like going anywhere," Ginny told him as she cuddled up against his side. His arms wrapped around her, kissing her lightly on the forehead.

"Me either," he said quietly.

A loud banging on the door made the two groan. "GO AWAY," they both screamed.

"Can't Mum would kill us," Ron called from the door.

"What?" Ginny asked as she leaned up, careful to hold the blanket up.

"Mum, Dad, Bill, Charlie, Danielle, and Fleur are here," George called.

"Percy and Penelope are on their way," Fred put in.

"They want you both in the Headmistresses office immediately!" All three said together.

Ginny moaned again. "I don't want to!"

"Ginevra Molly Weasley!" Mrs. Weasley called through the door. Both teenagers exchanged looks.

"Yes Mum?" She asked hesitantly.

"You two had better come immediately."

"But Mum, I don't want to," Ginny whined.

"That's it I am coming in there!" Molly said sternly. The two teens exchanged looks of pure horror.

"NO!" They screamed together and jumped out of bed. With a wave of their hand they were dressed and looked like they had been up for hours.

"We are coming," Harry called as he stole a look at Ginny, who was attempting not to laugh.

Harry opened the door to come face-to-face with a laughing George, Fred, and Ron.

"You gits!" Ginny screamed as she hit all three of them.

"Hey!" Fred yelled. "That hurts you know."

"It's supposed to," Ginny said with a glare as she turned to head off to McGonagall's office. Harry followed behind her, his eyes trained on her as she walked.

It's not nice to stare Mr. Potter, Ginny told him as she shot a glance at him over her shoulder.

But it's such a beautiful sight, it would be rude not to stare, he told her with a smirk on his face.

Well then what would you do if some of the other boys at school thought so too?

Not sure, make them permanently blind? I am the only one with the right to look.

You always will be.

"Yo Harry, stop staring at our baby sister," George called.

"He can look all he wants," Ginny said over her shoulder.

"No he can't!" George, Fred, and Ron all called together.

"Oh yes he can. Besides you can't stop him either."

"Yes we can," Fred said.

"Oh really?" Ginny stopped and turned to look at them. She grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him to her, kissing him passionately.

"Hey!" The three called.

"That's gross," Ron said as he pretended to gag.

"Sick," Fred said.

"Disgusting," George said as the three moved to pull the two apart. They crashed into the gold shield that was around the two.

"Hey!" they cried out indigently.

The two just ignored them as they continued their kiss. Ginny pulled away, a smirk on her face. They are going to kill me for this, Harry told her as he kissed her neck.

You're not helping the situation any.

Well who says they can stop me?

Ginny laughed and pulled away, keeping her hand held in his. "Come on you lot Mum wont' be happy if we take forever."

"Yes well just wait until we tell her where you two disappeared to last night," Fred commented with a grin.

"Just wait until I tell Mum where you take Luna," Ginny shot back. The other two boys laughed as Fred fell silent. "Or where George takes Hermione and well…Ron couldn't get anyone if he tried."

All three boys shut up. "Also you three should stop butting into our business. Since when does it count that you three can assume that we even did anything last night?"

"Exactly. What makes you think I would let him do anything?"

"We know you Gin," Fred commented.

"Know me? Know me? You lot haven't known me since before the Chamber," she shot back, anger in her voice. Harry pulled Ginny to him, stopping in the hall.

"You three go ahead," Harry told them.

They didn't need telling twice as they hurried off down the hall. The two didn't say anything, just stood there, holding each other.

"Gin…"

"I know, I know I shouldn't have said that to them."

"What made you say it?"
"It's just that everyone assumes so much. I'm not the same person I was when I was a child. They just haven't seen that yet."

Harry nodded his head. "But you still are the same person, just as carefree as you were. They may not know you like I do but they still know you."

"I know, but let them assume all they want even if it is true."

Ginny grinned. "Let's go Mum will be waiting."


Three weeks later….

"Harry!" Hermione cried as she came running down the hall. She had been staying at Privet Drive for the first few days of summer.

"What is it?" Harry asked as he looked up from the table. He had been helping Karen with some of her work.

"You two have to come with me right now," Hermione urged.

Ginny and Harry exchanged looks as they headed after Hermione. They headed up the stairs and into Hermione's room. When Hermione had opted to come Harry had set her up with a new room. It had a small library connected to it. In the same room against one of the walls she had a nice setup of computers.

Hermione had paid for some of what they had set up. Ginny had set the older girl to work on helping them deal with the coming war.

"What is all this?" Ginny asked as she looked at the headlines that flowed across the six screens.

"What I just found," Hermione told them. "These are attacks on Muggles. I was scanning the news headlines for England, Scotland, France, Germany, the U.S. and Canada."

"Why U.S and Canada?" Harry asked.

"To be safe. I was checking most of the country headlines to be on the safe side. See Voldemort won't just aim for London he wants the world. These are the top ranking Wizarding countries. While England, France, Germany, and Scotland all rank about the same in their abilities, the U.S. and Canada are fast approaching. So he will be attacking the unsuspecting."

Harry and Ginny both nodded. "That is understandable," Ginny commented.

"I figure you would see it my way. Now we already know that the Dementors have sided with Voldemort. I am sure a number of other magical creatures will be doing so as well. Now our biggest problem is getting as many as we can on our side or possibly not fighting at all. Since I know Dumbledore still heads the Order it wouldn't be a bad idea to try and persuade them over to our side."

"Which would be a bigger help," Ginny started to say. "We will have a lot more allies and more people to go out and reach out to those that will be a part of helping us take down Voldemort. If we can keep a lot of people out of the war and out of the battles it will mean less casualties."

"Exactly," Hermione said with a proud smile on her face. "Well as I was saying I was checking the headlines. While here in the eastern hemisphere have nothing to report, I did come across some startling things in the U.S. and Canada. Apparently in some of the major cities like New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington D.C., and I think Dallas was one of them have all experienced dramatic changes in temperature. A lot of them have reported large amounts of fog hanging just beyond the coast. While some of these cities aren't even on the coast they have reports of fog just hanging outside of city limits."

"What does it mean Hermione?" Harry and Ginny said together.

"Dementors mate and spawn in fog, I believe that is what is happening. Voldemort is going to be increasing his numbers dramatically," she said impatiently. "We have to warn the Department heads in those countries."

"How can we do that? No one will believe us?" Ginny said with a sneer.

"I don't know but we have to try. Those Dementors will kill whatever they get their hands on. Voldemort is going to kill hundreds of thousands of people. In Canada they have reports of numerous disappearances." Hermione clicked on a few more things and quickly typed on the keyboard.

Ginny and Harry waited patiently as more things began to pop up on the screens. Hermione bypassed all of this and continued her search. No one said anything and the only sound that could be heard was Hermione's hurried typing and the clicking of the mouse.

Finally she settled down and began to read through the headlines. "This is what I was afraid of," Hermione said solemnly.

"What?" Ginny and Harry asked together.

"It's time Harry," Hermione said as she turned to look at him. "The war has begun."

"Ginny, Hermione, Harry would three mind coming down here?" Mrs. Weasley shouted.

The three teens headed down the stairs. There, standing in the living room, was Professor Dumbledore. Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley, Professor McGonagall, Karen, and Lily were all waiting as well.

"Hello Professor, I see you are doing well," Harry said with a broad smile. "What brings you here to this side of the country? I don't remember ever seeing you here before."

"Harry," Mrs. Weasley said shocked!

"It's alright Molly, he has every right," Dumbledore said sadly. There was no twinkle in his eyes, only sadness. "I've come to speak with you Harry and Ginny."

"What would it be about?" Ginny asked in a cold voice as she moved to sit with the girls. Lily moved into Ginny's lap, while Karen moved to sit closer to her. Harry moved to sit on the other side of Ginny, pulling Lily into his lap instead.

Dumbledore watched the four, the guilt in his eyes increasing. "I've come to help."

"Help? Help?" Ginny started on.

Harry placed his arm on his fiancés shoulder. Calm down love, lets hear what he has to say.

Ginny sighed but nodded her head as she leaned into Harry. "Alright, help us with what exactly?"

"I've come to offer the services of the Order and to pass along whatever information that I have."

Harry and Ginny exchanged looks at this, then they both turned to look at Hermione. She was studying the ageing wizard. Dumbledore had always been a good man, or so she had thought. If he was offering them extra help then they could definitely use it. Hermione nodded her head at the two who exchanged one more look.

"There are terms to this," Ginny said slowly.

"Of course," Dumbledore said quietly.

"You are no longer to be head of the Order and it won't be called that much longer. While it is a good task force we have our own. Your members will report directly to Hermione. Until they have been proven trustworthy and their information correct they will under no circumstance be allowed within these walls."

"Ginny, dear, don't you think that's a little harsh?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Not at all Mum. We have to think about this logically. We aren't just protecting ourselves but the members who are helping us and the girls. I will not endanger anyone's life by being too trusting. There is a lot more at stake now. The war has begun. The rest of the terms are: whatever information is passed on will not, under any circumstances, be repeated ever. They will have spells cast on them to prevent them from passing on such information."

"I see," Dumbledore said. "Those are terms I will agree with."

"Good," Ginny said.

A loud beep traveled down the hall and into the ears of the occupants of the house. Hermione took off for the stairs, taking them two at a time. She ran into her room and moved into her chair at the desk. She gasped when she read the heading.

"Harry! Ginny!" She cried to them. Harry and Ginny came in at a run, halting just beside her chair. Both teens read the headline and gasped.

Thousands killed in a mysterious explosion off the coast of Texas. The ship was said to be carrying tourists on a cruise that had traveled from England. No one is quite sure what has caused the explosion.

"It's time," Harry said weakly. Ginny wrapped her arms around Harry, who held her tightly.

"Voldemort will pay," Ginny said in a fierce whisper.


A/N: I am depressed to be saying this is my FINAL author's note for Harry Potter and Twist of Fate: Part III. It's been a long time coming I suppose. After all this took about three months to get done but its so hard to let go. Now the best part is you all have NO idea when Part 4 is coming out and for that matter neither do I. I have taken a bit of a break from my usual writing and part 4 hasn't been touched in almost a week, sadly. I had a lot of personal problems to work out before I can get back to working on part 4 but I will do my best.

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