Chapter 6
Hogwarts
Ginny yawned and sat up. It was the first day of her sixth year. She pulled on her uniform androbe before going down to the common room. Remus was down already. "Ah, Ginevra, you're up early." he smiled.
"Early? Please. I overslept. I wanted to check all possibilities for my schedule this morning. Oh, I should've done it last night." she sighed. He laughed.
"Don't let Sirius hear you say that. He and James have a tradition of being late for their first class." he sighed.
"Late? That's absurd. I'll go fix this now." she said. She went up the boys stairs and heard Remus chickling. She opened the door to the seventh year boys dorm and saw Sirius asleep in his bed. She went to his bedside and smiled, watching him. "Sirius." she whispered. He smiled in his sleep.
"Ginny...why are you in the boys dorm?" he mumbled, rolling over.
"Because it's time to wake up. Now, hurry. Remus told me you're planning on being late for class and if you think I'll allow that, you really are dreaming." she said loudly. He shot up and looked at her.
"Gin...how long have you been in here?"
"Like, three seconds. Get up. You're not going to be late for class." she said. He sighed.
"Do I have a choice?"
"Not one. Get up and get dressed." she went to his wardrobe and pulled out a uniform and robe for him. She looked back at him and saw him watching her, blanket pulled down to his waist, bare-chested. "What?" she brushed a stray strand of hair out of her eyes. He smiled.
"Nothing." he said, shaking his head.
"And your hair. It's so messy." she said.
"You're a dedicated student, aren't you?"
"Yes. Now you listen to me.You can get ten detentions a month for all I care, but you will go to every class unless there is a plausable reason that you can get past me." she said. He smiled and faked a cough.
"I think I need my nurse Ginny to take care of me today." he smiled. Ginny frowned at his childishness and laughed.
"Sirius, it's the first day of school. If I don't show up, I'll feel terrible about it forever." she pouted. He sighed.
"Fine. But, Gin?"
"Yes, sweety?"
"It's two hours before breakfast starts. Why the hell are you up this early?"
"I wanted to read some of my spellbooks." she blushed. He smiled.
"No, I think you're going to stay in here and go back to sleep." he said. She frowned and he sat up with lightning speed and grabbed her arm, pulling her down next to him. She laughed and kissed his cheek.
"I can't believe how stubborn you are." she said. He smiled and moved the blanket so it was over them both.
"Stubborn and childish. Don't make me follow you down to breakfast and embaress you. You know I will." he smiled. She laughed. James sat up, sighing.
"Shut up." another voice said. They looked at him curiously and they saw James and Lily half-asleep.
"Ah, Lily, are you actually sleeping with Mr. Potter?" Sirius smiled. Lily sat up with the covers pulled around her and they saw her shoulders were bare. "ARE you?" he asked, wide eyed. Lily blushed.
"Siri, leave them alone." Ginny mumbled, already starting to go back to sleep. Her arms were around his waist and her face was rested on his muscled pecs.
"Come on, we just caught Miss Goody-two-shoes..."
"Sirius, if you don't shut up, I swear I'm leaving." she sighed.
"Okay, okay, but only because you're so cute." Sirius said. She smiled and began drawing shapes on his chest. She snuggled closer to him and he smiled down at her. "Sleep tight, Tink." he whispered. She hit him in the stomache and he laughed.
"Mutt." she sighed. She fell asleep.
Two hours later, Sirius shook Ginny's arm. "Wake up, baby." he said. Ginny jumped up, knocking him over, and was soon over him with her wand to his neck. Her eyes opened and she looked around, then at him.
"What happened?" she asked. He smiled.
"Bad dream?"
"Dammit, I almost had him." she sighed, standing up. She helped him up.
"Him who?"
"Voldemort. We were all fighting and then I was fighting with Voldemort. I tripped. I was about to Avada him." she said. He paled. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Siri." she said immediately, realizing she'd almost killed her boyfriend.
"It's okay. I just have to remember to never wake you up again when you have your wand." he smiled. She replaced her wand in her wrist-sheathe.
"Well, why aren't you dressed?" she asked. He smiled, grabbing his clothes. He went into the bathroom and James and Lily came out. "Good morning." she smiled. Lily smiled.
"When did you come up?"
"This morning. What exactly did you two do last night?"
"Nothing." Lily said immediately.
"Don't lie to me. You stink at lying, just like Harry." Ginny laughed.
"That's it. We were practicing for our new family." James smiled. Lily went as scarlet as her robes.
"Shut up." she hissed.
"Don't be ashamed. Just know that you aren't supposed to get pregnant yet, otherwise Harry won't be your only kid. Ooh, that would be perfect. You could have a little girl with red hair and her fathers blue eyes. Oh." Ginny smiled. Lily laughed.
"Oh, if we have a girl, we have to name her Carmen." she said. James nodded.
"I'm picking her middle name then." he said.
"If I don't like it, I'm picking her last name." Lily said stubbornly. He laughed and Sirius came out of the bathroom.
"Your hair is still a mess." Ginny scolded.
"So?" he shrugged.
"Sirius Orion Black, get back in that bathroom and brush your hair." she said. He pouted.
"I don't want to." he said. She grabbed his arm and pulled him into the bathroom. Grabbing the brush, she sat on the counter and began working with his tangled, wavy black hair, humming. "I could get used to this." he said. She giggled.
"Like you don't have millions of people to do this for you."
"I don't." he said. She rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, Mr. Black." she said.
"Mr. Black is my father's name."
"Fine, mutt." she smiled. He laughed. "Lily and James are picking out baby names in case they get pregnant before Harry." she said. He laughed.
"I always liked names that aren't linked to just one gender." he shrugged.
"I always liked Phoenix. It's a nice name." she said. He smiled.
"It is. I like it."
"Really? It's not too...logo-ish?"
"No, of course not. Especially if she or he has your hair." he said. She laughed. "Your hair and my personality, wouldn't that just be hell in a hand bag?" he chuckled. Ginny smiled and hugged him from behind, after putting his hair into one of the rubber bands on the counter.
"There we go." she smiled. He turned to her and smiled.
"Thanks." he said. He kissed her and she wrapped her legs around his waist. She pulled back slightly, tongue tracing his bottom lip, and sighed shudderingly.
"Siri...we should go down to breakfast." she said. He nodded, moving so she could get off of the counter. She went to the bathroom door, then turned back to him, holding her hand out. He took it, smiling, and they went down to breakfast. When they walked in, holding hands, a lot of girls stared at them. They sat by Remus, whom was busy eating.
"Hi." he said between bites of oatmeal. Ginny smiled and her schedule appeared on her empty plate as Sirius' appeared on his. She looked over hers and then peeked at Sirius'.
"We have Potions together first today. And wednesday we have double transfigurations and Friday we have Double potions in the afternoon." she smiled. He nodded.
"Do you want toast?" he asked, looking around the nearby dishes. She nodded.
"Thanks." she got a few sausages and pancakes and about four cinnamon buns.
"Gese, you can eat." he sighed.
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." she said. He smiled. "Well, are you looking forward to Potions?"
"Of course. I rock at potions. Slughorn has named me one of his shooting stars."
"Oh, in the future I was one. So were Harry, Hermione...a few stuck-ups." she shrugged.
"Yeah, Lily and James are in it, too. Lily for her powerful charms, James for his Quidditch skills. Me for my amazing looks, of course." he smiled. She laughed and nodded.
"Of course." she said.
"Why were you in?" he asked.
"Amazing at hexes, charms, and curses." she looked at him seriously. "I was also in a club called Dumbledore's Army. In my fourth year, we had a high inquisitor or whatever for our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and she was totally useless. So, Harry, Hermione,and Ron decided to start a group for teaching defense. It was hilarious. My boyfriend at the time was NOT Harry's biggest fan, so when Harry said the first spell we would be working with was expelliarmus, you can imagine there was a stink." she smiled.
"How many boyfriends have you had?" he asked jealously. She smiled.
"Sirius Black, marauder, Casanova of Hogwarts, is asking for a boyfriend count?"
"Yes." he said childishly.
"Six, not counting you. And how many girlfriends have you had? And one-night stands count."
"Well...about...thirty." he shrugged.
"So who has the right to be insanely jealous?"
"You. But I'm possessive." he said. She laughed.
Later that day, after classes, Ginny went to the common room and saw Remus writing a letter. She sat acroos the coffe-table from him and smiled sweetly. He smiled. "Ginevra, how are you and Sirius?"
"We're great, professor." she blushed.
"Great? And a blush? What's with you?"
"This morning, Lily and James were talking about baby names and I was brushing Sirius' hair. He said he liked names that fit both genders, i said I liked the name Phoenix. He said it was a good name if they had my hair. Then he said my hair and his personality would fit the name perfectly." she said. Remus' eyes went wide.
"A perfect name for what?" he asked, jaw slack.
"What do you think, professor?" she smiled.
"And you think this is a positive thing? You still have two years of school left." he said.
"I know. It's just nice to hear he's not scared of committment." she shrugged.
"Be careful. Any child in a family of seven should be careful about...intimacy."
"Very delicately put." she smiled. The portrait hole opened and Sirius came in. He sat next to Ginny on the couch.
"Hello, Gin. Hey, Moony."
"Hi." she smiled, leaning against him. He smiled down at her. "What's up?" she frowned, noticing something was bothering him.
"I heard Dumbledore talking to someone. They said that there was going to be an attack on Hogsmeade in one weeks time. That Voldemort woke and oredered it. Just like that. It made me think about this morning." he said. She nodded. "Do you think they're linked?"
"It's possible. I've seen too much to believe in coincidences." she shrugged. He sighed.
"So, you're probably the one they said Voldemort was after. The one Dumbledore was speaking to called you the red faerie. I assumed it was you from the start, but I was hoping it wasn't."
"We all hope it's never someone we know." she shrugged. The portrait hole opened again and Dumbledore walked over to them. Ginny stood. "Hello."
"Miss Weasley, please come with me." he said. She nodded and Sirius stood. "Mr. Black, this does not involve you." he said.
"I'll be fine, Siri. Promise." she smiled. She followed Dumbledore to his office and he sat in the large chair behind his desk. "I assume this is about oneofyour informants telling you Voldemort was after one of your students, a red faerie." she said.
"How..."
"Sirius overheard you and told me."
"Really? I must remember to have my discussions in private." he sighed. She smiled. "Miss Weasley, you said your family was murdered by Voldemort. I checked all of the obituaries of the wizarding world. There have been no Weasley's murdered." he said.
"No, there haven't." she said.
"Are you going to tell me the truth?"
"I'm not permitted to tell you everything. I'm not really permitted to tell you anything. Well, I'm from twenty years into the future. And I am the one Voldemort's after."
"Why?"
"I had a dream I was killing him. Sharing dreams with him has never been uncommon. I have a link to him, so it happens whether I want it to or not." she shrugged.
"What link?"
"He posessed me in my first year."
"Oh."
"Yeah, oh. Don't worry, professor, I've fought against him since I was eleven." she smiled.
"Why hasn't he been killed yet?"
"Well, it's not like no one's tried. Don't worry. I'm here to help do that. I've got to find something and leave it somewhere for my friends in the future to find."
"Why can't you take it back to them?"
"My time turner only goes back and it was the only one left." she said.
"Thank you for your time, Miss Weasley. Will you require anything for protection?"
"No thank you, professor." she shook her head and left. She saw Sirius waiting for her in the corridor. "Siri." she smiled.
"I was worried, so sue me." he smiled. She laughed and hugged him.
"What do you want to do? I finished all of my work in my classes." she said. He smiled sheepishly. "How much do you have?"
"I have a four inch essay for herbology and a new charm for charms." he said.
"Okay, come on." she smiled. They went up to the common room and he pulled out his herbology book. "What is it about?" she asked.
"The ajorm flower. I have to tell about it's poisonous properties."
"Oh, that's not too difficult." she smiled. She opened his book to a page with a list of poisons. "Which one is it?" she smiled. He frowned.
"Uh...onpoti poison?"
"Very good. Okay, hop to it. I'm gonna go fly around the pitch a little." she said.
"Wait, I want to go."
"You have homework."
"But I want to protect you." he pouted.
"I can protect myself." she said. She kissed him and went up to the girls common room. She got her broom and went down to the pitch. She started flying around slowly and took a deep breath. In her years at Hogwarts, she'd noticed that the pitch had it's own distinct scent. Grass, old blood, and something she'd never been able to place. This was the only place she'd felt like she belonged until he'd held her. She did a dive and pulled up when her feet gazed the grass.
"You!" a voice barked. She looked around and saw Lucius, Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle.
"What do you want, Malfoy?"
"Get off my pitch!" he barked.
"Your pitch? Here I was under the impression it belonged to the school." she smirked. He mounted his broom and flew up to her. He looked at her broom.
"What is that?"
"It's my broom, genius." she said.
"I have a proposition for you, girl."
"And what would that be, deatheater?"
"I'll forgive you for your cruel trick if you make yourself available for my enjoyment on Saturday." he said. She looked at him incredilously.
"You expect me to sleep with you? That's funny." she said. He grabbed her arm and glared at her.
"No one says no to Lucius Alexander Malfoy." he spat. She tried to jerk her arm out of his grip, but it was too strong. He smirked, pulling her towards him. She tried to jerk away and there was a snapping sound. Her arm began to throb with pain. She used her other hand to grab her wand and shoot the expelliarmus at him. He flew away from her, her arm being released, and she flew to the front entrance of Hogwarts. She went in and ran to the Hospital Wing.
"What's wrong?" Madame Pomfrey asked.
"I think my arm is broken." Ginny sighed. Pomfrey took her to a bed and waved her wand over Ginny's arm.
"It is. What happened?"
"Lucius Malfoy got angry when I said no. He broke my arm, I did the expelliarmus." she said. Pomfrey nodded, her wand already shooting out bone repairing spells. A few seconds later, she was done.
"Any pain?"
"No, ma'am." Ginny sighed. Pomfrey nodded and told Ginny she could go. Ginny went to the common room and saw Lucius waiting.
"Girl, you made a mistake."
"You made the mistake." she said.
"You can't win without your wand and, look, we're in a corridor." he smiled. She rolled her eyes and tried to walk past him to the portrait. He blocked her. "So, girl, what are you going to do now?"
"Call for my big, strong boyfriend to get the deatheater away." she said. She looked at the fat lady and she vanished for a second.
The fat lady appeared on the inside of the door and saw Sirius. "Mr. Black, the redhead isin trouble." she said. Sirius was immediately at the portrait. He opened it and saw Lucius pushing Ginny against the wall.
"Malfoy!" he barked. Lucius looked at him.
"You do have a nice catch, Black. Mind if I borrow her?" he smirked. Ginny took his distracted attention and kneed him in the crotch. He doubled over, gasping, and she went into the common room, pulling Sirius after her.
"Are you okay?" he asked, calming down. She nodded.
"Of course I am. I just didn't want to draw in the hall andget a detention. And I really don't want Voldemort to know I do wandless magic." she said. He nodded.
"How'd your fly go?" he asked. She explained what had happened at the pitch. "He broke your arm?!" he demanded. She shrugged.
"It's fine now, I went to Pomfrey." she said. He nodded.
"Still going to kill him." he said. She smiled.
"Have you finished your work?"
"I did my paper." he said. She looked over his herbology paper and nodded.
"And the charm?"
"Not difficult. Just a cleaning spell."
"Okay, show me." she said. He sighed and looked at the table. Everything was in dissarray. He waved his wand, muttering the spell. The books and papers straightened. "Okay." she nodded. He laughed.
"Where's James and Lily?"
"I don't know." she shrugged.