Chapter Eight; A Final Farewell

Harry, Ron, and Hermione left Amber and Aaron to have some time alone. "I'm glad she's alright." Harry began as they started down the hallway together.

"I never had any doubts that my sister could do it." Ron said when all of a sudden they all screeched to a halt at the end of the hallway. For Ginny's spirit was now illuminating the room and standing right there in front of them flashing a warm and loving smile at them. "Ginny?" Ron questioned.

"Hullo Ron." She told him. "I thought that I still might catch you here." She said.

"It's you, oh my God,.. it's you!" he exclaimed before he raced towards her and threw his arms around her neck and embraced her tightly. "Oh Ginny, I thought that I'd never see you again!" he sobbed before planting a kiss on her cheek.

"Oh come on Ron get a grip," she began. "well actually loosen your grip, I can't breathe." She told him as he pulled away from her and smiled through his tears before brushing them away.

"You're dead, you don't need to breathe anyway." He told her with a sniff as she simply rolled her eyes.

"Look, I just wanted to say goodbye." She said.

"What!? You can't leave! Harry and I just got you back! We,.. we love you." He told her shakily.

"And I love you guys too, but the only reason that I came back was because I had a job to do. And now it's over." She told him with a shrug. "But I mean it's not like this is goodbye forever. You know we'll see each other again someday." She told them as she smiled at them. "Ooh by the way, that reminds me. Before I go,.. I got a surprise for you Harry." Ginny said as she turned around and looked behind her at Lily who started walking towards them.

"Somebody else wanted to say goodbye to you as well." She remarked happily while Lily smiled down upon her son. Now Harry was the one who felt like he couldn't breathe.

"Mum." He simply said wanting to be able to run towards her but not finding the strength to move.

"Hullo sweetheart. I can't believe how much you've grown." She told him before she glanced over at Ron and Hermione who were just as speechless as he was. "And as for you two, I just wanted to be able to personally thank you. You don't know how much it hurts having to see your son grow up but not being able to be a part of his life. You guys were always there for him, and you gave him a family. Harry's lucky to be able to have friends like you." She told them.

"Thanks." Ron said simply when he was finally able to find his voice again. "Blimey Harry, you really do have her eyes. I mean I've always heard people say it, but I never really knew what they were talking about until now." He said as Lily laughed.

"Ron's right, you really are beautiful." Hermione told her when something suddenly occurred to Harry.

"Hey wait a minute," he began as his mother turned to look back over at him. "Ron just hugged Ginny. Does that mean, that I can touch you?" he asked her eagerly as she nodded at him.

"Indeed it does. But considering that you hardly even know me it would sort of be like hugging a stranger so I can perfectly understand_" she began while she twirled a strand of her hair, but Harry wasn't listening. He had been waiting his whole life for a chance like this. Ron and Hermione stepped back while he raced towards her and threw his arms around her and hugged her tightly sobbing hysterically inside her chest not ever wanting to let go for as long as he live.

Tears flooded Lily's eyes and rolled down her own cheeks while she hugged her son tightly to her and rested her head against his. "Oh Harry,.. my sweet baby boy." She whispered soothingly while running her fingers through his hair and kissing the top of his head. "You have no idea how long I've waited for this." She told him.

"Me neither." Harry wept as he glanced up at her and sniffed. "Why did you have to go? Don't you know how horrible my life was without you?" he questioned her inside a hoarse voice. "I had to go and live with the Dursleys when I was a kid." He said.

"I know but things weren't as horrible as they seemed. After all, my sister and nephew ended up to be not so bad, and you found friends at Hogwarts, and a beautiful girl who was able to love you and be there for you like I never could. And you still turned out to be a great young man, wizard, and father. And of course you had your father's skills at Qudditch. Which by the way, he sends his love but he's on probation so he wasn't able to come here." She explained while Harry sniffed again and wiped away his tears.

"You can get probation in Heaven? Wow, that's scary." Ron said. "No wonder why Fred chose to come back as a ghost." He added when suddenly Harry broke out of his mother's arms.

"I guess, that you and Ginny probably have to go back now." He said.

"I'm afraid so," his mother began pulling a strand of hair out of his face and tucking it behind his ear. "but this isn't goodbye, take it as more of a see you later." She told him as she smiled warmly at him and stepped aside so that Ginny could step forward once again.

"Goodbye Harry, take care." She began. "I love you." She told him.

"I love you too." He told her before wrapping his arms around her neck and kissing her passionately. Ginny placed her hand on the back of his head and leaned into deepen the kiss before they slowly break apart. Then when she stepped back into the light she was wearing her angelic robes once again.

"So, are you going back then?" Ron asked her.

"Not yet." She began with a smirk. "I still have one last piece of unfinished business before I go back permanently." She explained.

A bunch of wizards and witches fled the Weasley's joke shop running and screaming, while the ghost of Fred Weasley felt rather amused and proud of himself. He had unleashed a stink bomb inside the store and hollered boo at them. "You know Fred, we're never going to get any business if you keep scaring away our customers like that." George told him while the ghost of his identical twin brother hovered above him continuing to laugh.

"Oh come on George lighten up. What fun is it being a ghost when you can't annoy or terrify people?" he questioned with a smirk.

"I hate to say it but you're right." George admitted with a roll of his eyes when suddenly a bright light shone inside the store.

"Oh my God they found me!" Fred cried. "Well I don't care what they try to do! They can't make me cross over and if I don't want to!" he yelled as he soared into the closet and locked himself inside of it when all of a sudden Ginny came into the store.

"Oh cool it bro, it's only Ginny." George said while Ginny stepped inside. "Hey sis, what are you doing here? I thought you decided to cross over." He said.

"I did, I've come to get him." She said gesturing over to Fred with a nod of her head as he came out of the closet.

"Oh no you didn't!" he exclaimed with a shake of his head. "I'm not going anywhere." He told her firmly.

"Are you sure? You've just barely made it into Heaven." She told him holding her thumb and pointer finger apart a fraction of an inch.

"Of course I'm sure. They are way too strict and saintly up there." He began. "Besides, I'm having too much fun down here." He told her with a grin.

"Well alright, but you understand that once I leave, it's too late for you to change your mind?" she questioned.

"Yep!" he exclaimed.

"Well in that case goodbye Fred, it was good to see you again." She began before she started to turn around and then she stopped and glanced over her shoulder at him. "Oh and can you do me a favor?" she asked him.

"Sure, anything, you name it." He told her.

"Well if Ron decides that he wants to be a ghost when he dies, be sure and torture him for me." She told him with a grin.

"You've got a deal!" he answered proudly as both of the Weasley twins watched with a grin as their sister walked back out of the store and vanished inside a golden light.

Next Time In Twitches The Series; Mort returns with his new death eaters to say a forbidden curse to resurrect the dead! Meanwhile, the Potter twins return to Hogwarts with the rest of their friends and family and enter into their third year, while their younger brother James goes to Hogwarts for the very first time!