Chapter 7
Just A Regular Year
Ginny closed her potions book and looked up at James and Lily, whom had just joined her and Sirius. "Hey, you guys ready to go to Hogsmeade?" she smiled. Sirius looked at her.
"Ginny, is today oneof those attacks?" he asked.
"No, otherwise I would've told Lily and Jamesto reschedule." she shrugged. She pulled a list of the attacks to be made in Hogsmeade that year and Lily took it.
"James, we'll have to reschedule a few trips." she said.
"Are you going to tell Dumbledore?"
"Yes. I'll give him plenty of time to get ready." Ginny nodded. They looked around and saw Remus reading. "Come on, professor." she said. He looked up at her.
"Come where?"
"Hogsmeade." she said. He stood and Sirius took his book.
"And you'll have fun." he said. Remus laughed. The foursome walked to Hogsmeade and Lily gasped at the city limits, dropping the paper. Ginny picked it up and saw something change on it. A new attack was on the list.
"Today." Ginny said. She looked at Sirius and Remus. "Get the Potter's back to the school and tell Dumbledore!" she ordered. She was headed toward the town.
"Ginny!" Sirius objected. He looked at Remus, Lily, and James. "You three go tell Dumbledore." he said. He changed to a dog and ran after Ginny, catching up easily.
"Siri." she scolded. He changed back, still running. "If you insist. Go to as many shops as you can find and warn everyone. Just yell it from the doorway, there's no time to be discreet." she said. They seperated and spread word through the town. In under thirty minutes, every shop was closed. The students were all back at Hogwarts. Dumbledore appeared outside of the three broomsticks and caught Ginny as she was running past.
"What'sgoing on?" he asked.
"There's going to be an attack today. Here." she handed him the list and he looked at it.
"Miss Weasley..." he began.
"Gin." Sirius ran up and sighed. "Everything's closed." he said. She nodded.
"They'll most likely come from the outsides, trying to corner all of the people into the center for a mass slaughter. Which means Voldemort will be somewhere he can watch and interfere if necessary." she looked around. She then turned as a cloaked figure appeared on the roof of the Three Broomsticks. "That's him." she said. She had paled slightly, but continued to glare at the figure.
"Go hide." Dumbledore said. Sirius grabbed Ginny's hand.
"Come on." he said. She nodded and they started to leave, but deatheaters closed in from all around.
"Sirius, go, you aren't supposed to be here." she whispered. He shook his head.
"One of these things doesn't belong." Voldemort said. He was suddenly standing in front of Ginny. "And I've just spotted the odd one out." he said. She pushed Sirius behind herself.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle jr., you really are evil incarnate. Or are you just angry because your muggle father didn't love you?" she spat. He smacked her and she grabbed her cheek. "Did you really hate the orphanarium so much that you gave up killing muggle-borns? Right after little Myrtle. Or was it because Dumbledore knew that you were the one that opened the chamber? I know everything about you, Tom, I'll make you rue the day you began this." she said. He chuckled.
"You really are a spunky little brat, just like he told me." he said.
"He? Let's see...deatheaters at Hogwarts I've pissed off. Malfoy, Snape, Crabbe, Goyle...and I told the marauders that Wormtail was a detheater." she said. There were a few scattered gasps. "Nott, Avery, Rookwood, Zabini, McNair! I could shout names all day!" she yelled.
"Very impressive, you know the inner-workings of my followers."
"I know plenty. Their marks hurt them when they disobey you. You will do anything to live because you're afraid to die. You went back and killed your father and the family he actually loved." she said.
"Do you know that I can kill you before you breathe your next word?" he asked. She smirked and glared at him.
"Do you know that you're not the only dangerous being?"
"Like you could..." he began. Ginny had squinted her eyes ever so slightly and a green light had enveloped him. He fell to the ground, dead.
"GO!" she yelled. Dumbledore dissaparated first and Ginny and Sirius dissaparated together. They were at the Hogwarts gates now. Dumbledore looked at her.
"My office, now." he said. They went up to Dumbledore's office. He sat in his chair and Ginny stayed standing, along with Sirius.
"I know I shouldn't have done that, professor, but he just ticked me off." she apologized. He looked at her.
"You're apologizing for killing Voldemort?"
"Professor, you know as well as I do why he's not really dead." she said. He nodded.
"But we are one step closer."
"That wasn't supposed to happen. There's still five of him out there."
"Didn't you come back to change time?"
"I came back to find one of them for James and Lily Potter's son. He's trying to kill Voldemort in the future. His parents were killed when he was one. I suppose since I've changed this much, I might as well go the whole nine yards. Snape killed you about two months ago in my time, just before school end of levels. Harry had no one but the Weasley family left. I was the only one not involved in the war there. So, McGonogall asked me to come back in time." she said. Sirius wrapped a comforting arm around her.
"How many people know this?"
"The marauders, minus Pettigrew, the Potter's, and Lily."
"Good. Try to stay out of trouble this year. I have a feeling we'll need your help, Miss Weasley." he said. Ginny nodded.
"Professor, I need my list back. I want to know how many attacks will still occur."
"Of course." he nodded. He handed it to her and she looked at it.
"Only four attacks now, but...they're all too soon to be real. Unless...professor, has he hidden them yet?"
"Not to my knowledge."
"Then he has them all stored where he's staying. All he needs is to activate them. Hold on, I need to go up to my room." she said.
"Why?" Dumbledore frowned.
"More lists." she said. He nodded and she ran to the common room. Lily, James, and Remus were in the common room.
"Ginny!" Lily smiled.
"You'll come with me to Dumbledore's office. Just wait a moment." she got the book of lists from her trunk and led the other three to Dumbledore's office. When they got there, Ginny opened the book.
"I have lists about almost everything. What would you like?" she asked.
"It isn't safe to speak here." he said.
"The Room of Requirements then." she sighed. They looked at her curiously. "Follow me." she said. She led them to the roomof requirements. "Walk past the portrait three times, thinking what you need the room to be. In this case, a safe place to discuss secrets." she said.
Everyone obeyed and they were soon inside of the room. It was bare everywhere except for chairs. They all took their seats. "Now, what's going on?" Sirius asked.
"I have a list ofknown horcruxes that I copied before I left my time. I put a spell on all of the lists to change with the facts of my time." she said. Dumbledore nodded and beganlooking throught the book.
"This is remarkable." he said.
"Not especially. Will it help save lives?" Ginny asked. Dumbledore nodded.
"Very many." he said.
"Will it save the Longbottoms and the Potters?"
"Yes. No one will die." he smiled. Ginny beamed and smiled at Sirius. "I must say, Miss Weasley, you've saved not only the wizarding world, but the muggle world as well." he said. She shrugged. "Your name will be a household name."
"I don't want to be the next Harry Potter, I just want you to use the lists. Don't even mention my name." she said. He frowned.
"Then mum and dad wouldn't have named my Ginny." she said. He laughed.
"As you wish, Miss Weasley." he said. She smiled. "It's lunch time. Let's get down to the Great Hall." he said. They all nodded and went down. After lunch, Lily, James, Remus, Sirius, and Ginny all went to the common room.
"Well..." James sighed. Lily nodded.
"This is the beginning of the end of the war. Be happy." Remus said.
"You want Greayback for yourself, don't you?" Sirius smiled. Remus chuckled.
"It's perfectly understood. I want to get Malfoy." Ginny shrugged.
"Says the girl that took out Voldemort." Sirius said.
"He had it coming. He pissed me off." she said. He laughed and kissed her head.
"That's my girl." he said. She smiled at him gently and giggled.
"Only October and we've already seen Voldemort. Yep, pretty typical." she shrugged.
"Which reminds me, are you guysgoing home for holidays?" Lily asked.
"Mum asked me to invite you four to stay at our house." James said.
"I'm okay with it." Sirius said. Ginny nodded.
"I'll have to ask mum. I was going to spend the holiday making my sister's life hell."
"A golden idea. Hold on." she said. She pulled a slip of paper from her pocket and smiled.
"What?" Lily asked. Ginny showed it to them.
AS OF 1997
Harry was born - July 31, 1980
Lily and James Potter died - ????
Sirius Black died - ????
Ginny was born - August 30, 1981
Remus Lupin died - ????
Dead Weasley's - ???????
"It's changed." she smiled. Sirius laughed.
"You are the smartest little witch I know." he said.
"1980? That means we'll be pregnant...in, like, two years." Lily said.
"And? Can you believe it, Lily? We'll get to watch him grow up." James smiled. Lily smiled.
"I can't wait."
"Aww, I'm going to barf." Sirius smirked. Ginny hit his shoulder. "Hey, what did I do?"
"I bet you would be just as excited about having a baby, Sirius, let them be happy." she smiled. He smiled at Ginny goofily.
"I bet I would." he said. James made a whip sound and Sirius blushed.
"Ginny, I believe you're claimed." Lily said.
"I belong to no one."
"Hey." Sirius objected. She looked at his cute pout.
"Aw, hell, who am I kidding?" she smiled. She kissed him. Lily laughed. "You're my little puppy dog." Ginny said.
"And you're my little pixie-poo." he cooed. They rubbed their noses together, giggling.
"That's nauseating." James said.
"I apologize, but I must agree with James." Remus said.
"You just don't appreciate the rarity of our relationship." Sirius said. Ginny smiled, kissing him again.
"Keep your hands off of each other." Remus said.