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Harry woke suddenly, startled awake by the vivid nightmare. He rolled over, ignoring the throbbing coming from his entire left side and wrapped his arm around Ginny. Still asleep she burrowed closer, and Harry thanked Mrs. Weasley for what must have been the 100th time that she suggested the couples move into their own rooms.

While she had done it to give Ron and Hermione a kick, he still remembered being absolutely mortified when she suggested the idea so cavalierly one morning.

"Ginny, why don't you move Harry's things into your room with you? Honestly, we gave him Charlie's old room not realizing how badly it needed to be redone. It'll be good for me to get in there and clean it out. I can help you move things around if you'd like."

Ginny took the comment in stride, placing a well-aimed slap between Harry's shoulder blades as he choked on his pumpkin juice.

"No worries, I think we can manage. We might need to change some things though. I can't imagine the hit to his credibility as a fierce Auror if people knew he slept in a bright pink room." Ginny laughed.

"Very true." Mrs. Weasley said looking pleased with herself. "Between you and Harry and Ronald and Hermione everyone should be settled soon."

He looked around at the room that had once been pink but had since been painted in a calm blue. Quidditch posters that used to cover the wall had been decreased significantly, though there still were a fair few. This included Ginny's official team photo that Harry had hung up, much to her delight.

At first, he'd been absolutely mortified at Mrs. Weasley's suggestion until Ginny had talked to him while she was in his room packing up some of his things.

"You've got to calm down." She muttered, sorting through his old schoolbooks. He had been pacing the room and had finally sat down on the bed.

"Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down exactly?" He asked. "Your MOTHER asked us to share a room. Your brothers are going to absolutely murder me. Percy will write a strongly worded letter, Bill will eat me alive, George will pack me into one of his fireworks, and Charlie will surely string me up onto one of his dragons."

Ginny sighed and shook her head before getting up and sitting down on the bed next to him. "You and Hermione talk about how thick Ron is, but honestly you can be so dense sometimes." With another heavy sigh she told him. "Mum's doing this mostly for Ron, she's been worried about the way he's been throwing himself into his work. She's worried for you too, but you actually admit when you're tired. Ron's been acting as though he's unstoppable. She figures by putting Hermione and him up together she'll have someone that's able to keep a good eye on him since not much gets past her. If she puts us together then they can't quibble when she shoves them together too. She would never allow it if she and dad didn't trust you completely."

"I'm not sure if that made me feel better or more nervous because of the fact that they had to have discussed it before she suggested it." Harry said. Ginny just laughed and went back to sorting. Slowly but surely, they moved Harry over into her room, combining their things and making the space their own. If they had been close before the change brought them closer, what Harry assumed would be an awkward transition felt natural and he quickly became comfortable and fell into the new normal.

He remained in bed unable to sleep until Ginny began to stir. He would have gone downstairs into the kitchen when he had woken but didn't want to risk running into Mrs. Weasley who had been beside herself when he had stepped out of the fireplace the night before.

He had stumbled out of the fireplace feeling exhaustion start to take over. Mrs. Weasley who had been on the sofa nervously wringing her hands jumped up when she saw Harry come through. Harry also noted all of the Weasley brothers there too, who all wore mixed expressions that fell somewhere in between horrified and shocked, but just didn't have the energy to get worked up about it.

"Oh, Harry dear! You gave us such a fright!" She said coming to take stock of him. "Thank goodness you're alright. Up to the shower and then straight to bed with you. Are you hungry I can bring something up?"

"I'm fine Mrs. Weasley, don't worry about me." He wished everyone a goodnight and they peered at him worriedly as he leaned on Ginny and they made their way up the stairs.

"You should have seen everyone. They looked at me like I was mental." She said.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, I had a feeling that something wasn't right. I couldn't sit still and started pacing around the garden, then Ron came for me and said you'd been hurt."

He had stood in the shower just long enough to make sure all the blood was washed off of him before getting into the room and collapsing on the bed. Ginny put his sling on the nightstand, laughing at the dark look he gave it.

"I want to know everything that happened." She said with a yawn, "Tomorrow. Tonight, I just want to be happy that you made it home safely and in one piece, well mostly."

Happy for the reprieve, he waited for Ginny to get comfortable and after she had curled against his good side he started playing with her hair.

"I can't tell you everything," He said quietly, and he could feel her go still at his side. "But I can tell you that I wasn't sure I would make it out."

Ginny squeezed his hand. "You're home, it's alright. Try to get some sleep." It took several hours but he finally fell into a fitful sleep filled with nightmares.

He stayed in bed as long as he could keep himself before slowly pulling away from Ginny and making his way downstairs to the kitchen. It was late in the morning, so everyone had already come and gone, but there were two plates overflowing with food sitting on the stove. As he moved toward it the trash bin in the corner caught his eye, or rather a picture of him and Ginny.

Fishing it out he found that it was The Daily Prophet that clearly someone didn't want him to see.

The Boy Who Lived Nearly Killed

Harry Potter has once again put himself in danger for the greater good. Auror Potter, along with the rest of his team tasked with hunting down the remaining Death Eaters, was taken to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries just last evening with what were considered to be 'serious injuries'. After refusing to stay for observation Potter was released after he had been treated for a large head wound, a dislocated shoulder, several broken bones in his arm, bruised ribs, and a concussion amongst other things.

Although Senior Auror Montgomery Barnard refused to comment saying that his injury was because of an "active investigation", sources within the ministry confirmed that a full internal investigation was launched this morning on the incident after Barnards team reported multiple wrongdoings on his part.

Kingsley Shaklebolt, Minister for Magic, was asked about the incident and made a short statement. "Auror Potters injuries were due to active investigation, however, the circumstances leading up to the incident are under review for wrongdoing. Nothing has been determined as of yet, and everyone remains as active members of the team pending the results of the inquiry. Auror Potter, as well as Thomas who was also hurt during the incident, has been given several days off to rest and recover."

It's hard to imagine any incident that would take Harry Potter by surprise, who just over two years ago defeated the Dark Lord, and with an investigation underway foul play does seem to be the likeliest cause.

Potter was not alone at St. Mungo's for long, with his fiancé Ginny Weasley joining him shortly after his arrival. The young couple refused to be separated as the Healers took care of Auror Potter, and before leaving the ward stopped to share an intimate moment. The two promptly left for the Weasley's family home where Potter is expected – Continued Page 5 Column 3

Harry gave a heavy sigh, rubbing the back of his neck as he stared down at the paper. Someone had managed to take a photo of he and Ginny when they stood in the hall before returning to the Burrow. Luckily it wasn't as nauseating as the last photo, and actually looked somewhat sweet.

He jumped as Ginny put a hand to his back, not having heard her come down the stairs.

"It's just me." She murmured, kissing him before looking down to the prophet. "My we're popular this week, aren't we?" She read quietly for a moment before looking up at him. "A full inquiry?"

"Apparently." He said. "Though considering what happened it's not surprising."

Ginny looked at him with an eyebrow raise and he sighed and pulled her with him to sit down in the living room.

"I can't tell you where we were or why we were there, although I think Ron let it slip last night when he came in, I can tell you that none of us were comfortable with it. When I got to work initially, we made a set plan of action and went to the… area of interest. It was supposed to be mostly deserted, however when we got there, there was more activity than expected. I told Barnard that the situation didn't feel right, and we should go back for more Aurors. Everyone except for Barnard agreed. He said that we'd waste too much time going back and we might miss them."

"Why on earth did you go in then?" Ginny asked surprised that Harry would go through with it.

"Because Barnard is the Senior Auror, he has the power to override our decisions. If any of us had left, we would have been in serious breech and would have had to go in front of the Wizengamot. Thinking back now we all should have left together since I doubt Kingsley would fire us all, but Barnard is the Senior Auror we all assumed he knew what he was doing and followed his lead. It was an ambush from the start. I'm honestly not sure how all of us made it out." Harry admitted.

"Ron said that Greyback was involved, he also said that you jumped in front of everyone. What did he mean by that?"

"When we went to go in Barnard said he'd take the rear position to make sure no one came at us from behind. I immediately became suspicious. I-." He stopped for a moment looking at Ginny sheepishly. "I told him I'd lead; I didn't want anyone to get hurt if I could help it."

He paused and waited as Ginny muttered something about noble wizards who just had to throw their lives in front of others because it was the 'right' thing to do. "Greyback was the one we were trying to secure, though there seemed to be more people than originally expected. The moment I walked in he launched at my left side. If it weren't for Dean, I probably wouldn't have made it out of there."

Ginny took a deep calming breath before asking, "But why would Barnard do something that puts the whole team at risk? How does that make any sense?"

"There were rumors that in the war Barnard sympathized with Voldemort and began feeding him information before the ministry was taken over." Harry stopped her when she opened her mouth to interrupt him, an angry look coming over her face. "There was no reason to believe any of them though, there was no evidence. It's possible that Barnard was forced into giving information, or that he was being coerced. And that's assuming that he did do it, like I said no evidence was ever found. I hadn't thought anything of the rumors until last night. That was a risky call that I'm not sure most other Aurors would have made."

"Do you think he did it on purpose? That he was trying to lure you there for a reason?" Ginny asked concerned.

"If he really was a sympathizer during the war, it's definitely possible. If we had been killed last night, it would have been easy for him to pass it off and say that we were overpowered and that the only reason he made it out was because he was more experienced." Harry said.

"Does that mean…" Ginny trailed off, not wanting to put her thoughts into words.

"Does that mean he's going to try to kill me again? If I'm right, then yes."