Title: Not Quite Gone
Author: SweetAsheyPie
Summary: Harry leaves the Wizarding world after defeating Voldemort. He then disappears without a trace, and creates a new identity for himself. Then things get tricky when his true identity is discovered.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter (and associated characters, likenesses, concepts, etc.) belongs to J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Scholastic, Inc. AOL/Time Warner, Inc., among others. I make no claim, written or implied, upon Harry Potter. No money is being made and no infringement or disrespect to the creators / copyright holders is intended.

Previously:

"…There is no body, therefore there is still hope. I've accepted that he probably won't be coming back after so long but I still have hope." With that Ginny ran from the room and left two shocked people staring after her, thinking about what she had said.

Chapter 5

She ran out of the house and apparated to the Leaky Cauldron. She tended to go there whenever she needed to think. She had unofficially claimed the table in the corner of the room. That was her haven, a place where she could just think and not really be bothered. She went over to sit in her corner table, when, to her surprise, there was already someone sitting there.

She had a vague sense of déjà vu. The same thing had happened almost 10 years ago. She ran away from her house to get away and when she went to her "haven," Harry Potter had been sitting there.

:Flashback:

A young, 18 year old, Ginny Weasley ran through the doors of the Leaky Cauldron in tears. She had just run away from her house after a huge argument with her parents. She wanted to go away to the Wizarding University to study Charms but her parents thought it would be too dangerous for her to leave the Burrow when a war was going on.

She headed straight toward her usual table but stopped abruptly when she saw that it was already occupied. One, Harry Potter, was sitting there calmly sipping tea and writing in a notebook.

After a few seconds of arguing with herself over whether to sit with him or not, she heard him say something to her and she looked at him with wide eyes.

"What?" She asked.

"I said are you going to sit down or just stand there all night?"

"Oh...er…yeah I'll sit."

He smiled gestured to the seat across from him and she sat down.

"So what's wrong? You seem really depressed."

"Nothing. What makes you think I'm depressed?" She replied defensively.

"Besides the fact that you look like you've been crying?"

"…"

"Well if you don't want to talk about …"

"My parents won't let me go to the University." She interrupted. "They are being totally unreasonable. Just because there is a war going on doesn't mean I should cower at home and do nothing with my life. This war could last for years and I don't want to just throw away all my dreams. It's just not fair. They still treat me like I'm 10 years old. I just don't know what to do. I just spent the past two hours arguing with them about it. After a while I got so fed up that I just ran out of the house and apparated to Diagon Alley. I don't know what to do, Harry. I can't go back there. The fighting would just start all over again. They think that I'll be killed if I leave the house without a chaperone. It's ridiculous. Ever since I got home from Hogwarts it's like I have no freedom. I can't take it anymore." When she finished her rant she was on the verge of tears again and was biting her lip to keep from crying.

"Oh, Ginny, It'll at work out I'm sure. Here," he stood, "come here."

Ginny reluctantly stood up and Harry pulled her into a hug. Ginny breathed in the scent of Harry and it calmed her. Then she got the overwhelming urge to kiss him. She backed out of the embrace a little and stared up into his beautiful green eyes. He stared right back and started to lean towards her. She leaned right back and soon enough they were kissing.

:End Flashback:

That night was the very beginning of their long relationship. Her love was out there somewhere. She just knew it.

"Oh Harry." Ginny whispered.

A/N: Hmm long wait. Sorry! School is really difficult though and I've been very busy. I'll probably only be able to get out a chapter a month.

Happy Halloween!