Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
A/N Sorry about the typo in chapter 2. Right now its 1992. Sorry bout that. And instead of writing in someone's point of view I'm just going to write in 3rd person. Now Ginny might be a little OOC in this story but not much. If you really want it in someone's POV I might add it in a chapter. Don't worry I will get a Beta as soon as I can register for one.
Chapter 3: Waking up (again)
Ginny woke up to the feel of lips on hers and immediately knew who it was.
"Harry," she whispered as he pulled back. I can't believe it the spell worked he's alive.
"Ginny are you alright," he said after about a minute of no response. Her eyes immediately snapped to Harry.
"Your alive" she whispered before throwing herself into his arms. Then she started sobbing into his shoulder. His arms immediately wrapped around her waist as she cried. She must be scared about opening the Chamber and getting expelled. Well I'll have none of that. Thought Harry
"Ginny its alright, The Basilisk is dead, look," he said pointing to the Basilisk then turning back to her, "were alive, its okay" he said holding her close.
"Oh, I know," she said sniffling and wiping the tears from her eyes.
"How do you know?" he asked curiously.
"Oh ummm.. I could hear everything that was happening?" she asked more than said.
"Oh," he said and let the subject drop.
Then they both seemed to notice there position. With her on his lap, her arms around is neck, and her legs tucked up to her. His arm around her waist and the other stroking her long red hair. Their faces only a few inches apart. It was Harry that seemed to break the silence.
"We should probably go tell everyone that were alive and they don't have to close the school down." he said and she quickly scrambled of him blushing the typical Weasley red.
"Sorry," she mumbled still blushing for practically jumping on his lap.
"S'okay, didn't mind," he said with a teasing grin, that just made her blush more. He's a lot less shy, I wonder why, thought Ginny.
"What are you looking for?" he asked as she started looking around.
"A way out." she stated still looking around.
"Well I'm sure Fawkes will give us a lift," he said and started walking towards the pipe to the entrance.
"Okay, where's Fawkes?" she asked then she saw Harry stop.
"Bugger, where did he go?" he mumbled to himself.
"We'll think of something on the way," he said blushing, and they started walking.
"Thank you" she whispered to him.
"For what?" he asked surprised.
"For saving me," She said looking straight ahead.
"Wouldn't you save someone if you knew you could?" he asked but she sensed a double meaning to the question.
"Yes, I would, even if I meant risking your own life." she answered and he too sensed a double meaning to the answer.
"What?" she asked with a smile, after she noticed him starting at her.
"Oh its nothing," he said.
"No, tell me," she encouraged
"Well, your acting different," he said after a moments hesitation.
Damn, I did avoid him all year and when I did see him I squeaked and ran off, this must be a surprise, she thought.
"How so?"
"Well usually you never look me in the eye, and you don't talk this casually with me, not that I'm complaining." he added after a moment.
"Well lets just say, that I've realized that hiding won't do you any good."
"Yes, but fighting means you'll have to make a lot of sacrifices." he shot back.
"But isn't it worth it?" she asked
"Not always, sometimes the price is too much to pay." he said. Then they reached the end of the tunnel and looked up the pipe that lead to the girls bathroom.
"How are we suppose to get up there?" Harry asked
"No idea"
"Well, how must have Slytherin gotten back up there."
"Maybe if you say something in parseltongue a staircase will come up or something." suggested Ginny
"Maybe," he said
He closed his eyes in concentration "Staircase up" he said then he opened his eyes and looked at Ginny
"English"
"Staircase up" he tried again
"English"
"Come forward staircase?"
"English"
"Staircase up"
"Are you sure you're a parsletongue?" she asked playfully. All she got in return was a glare.
"Staircase up" he said starting to get annoyed. He looked at Ginny and all he got was a shake of the head.
"So help me if we don't get out of here soon, I will blow this place apart!" he yelled frustrated then he realized that it came out more as a hiss.
Then the whole chamber started to rumble and out of instinct Harry pulled Ginny to him. They where thrown a few feet away as a large rock emerged through the ground. But when they looked up it wasn't a rock, it was a long revolving staircase that went all the way up the pipe. They both got up, but Harry kept a firm grip on Ginny's waist.
"Are you sure we should trust it?" asked Ginny
"I don't know, but its that or stay." he said and led them up the staircase. This doesn't sound like second year Harry, this sound more like sixth year Harry to me, thought Ginny.
After about 20 minutes of walking they started to see the dim light of the abandoned bathroom. Then a sudden thought struck Harry.
"Gin, do me a favor, when we get up their act like your hurt." he asked
"Why?" Ginny asked
"You'll see"
Once they got there they stepped onto the wet tiled floors.
"Myrtle must've flooded the toilet again." said Harry then Myrtle came through the walls
"Oh, Hello Harry I didn't think you would come back alive, it does get rather lonely here." she said
"Yes I know Myrtle, but I can't stay and chat Ginny here is hurt and I need to get her to the hospital wing." he said as he nudged Ginny in the side. And she rested her head on his shoulder and held her arm as if it was broken. And tried her best to look in pain.
"Oh I see, leave then, leave me rot here by myself!" she wailed again and flushed herself down another toilet.
"She is too dramatic," stated Ginny
"A little," Harry said then after a look from Ginny he added, "Okay, a lot."
"We better hurry, your family must be worried sick." Harry said then grabbed his invisibility cloak off the sink, grabbed the sword and they left the Girls bathroom.
"Of course, Oh Merlin! are all the people who where petrified okay now?" she asked warily
"Umm I'm not sure actually, the draught should be ready later today." He said surprise that he heard nothing of it this morning.
They walked in a comfortable silence all the way to the Headmasters office. Where they stopped in front of the gargoyle.
"You don't by any chance know the password, do you?" Harry asked
"No, he uses sweets doesn't he?"
"Yes actually," he said "This could take a while" and they started naming of sweets.(A/N I might just start making these up)
"Berttie bots"
"Chocolate frogs"
"Cockroach cluster"
"Pumpkin pasties"
"Acid pops"
"Peppermint toads"
"Droobles"
"Fizzing Wizveeves"
"Sugar quills"
"Licorice wand"
"Snickers?" (A/N I love those) said an annoyed Harry, and surprisingly it worked.
Ginny and Harry ran up the staircases, and stopped at the front door and they heard a lot of noise. Crying, yelling sniffling, and more crying.
"My poor baby"- Mrs. Weasley
"Its all my fault I shouldn't have ignored her all year, now she's gone" -Ron
"I should have looked for her before I came for breakfast."-Percy
It seemed almost everyone was finding a way to blame themselves.
"Ginny put the cloak on," he said handing her the cloak.
"Why?" she said curiously
"Trust me," he said then knocked on the door.
"Come in," came the voice of Albus Dumbledore
He entered with a smile on his face. Then all head snapped towards him.
"How can you be smiling! Our sister is most likely dead!" yelled the angry voice of Fred Weasley. Or was it George.
"She's dead? Then who's this?" Harry said as he ripped the cloak off Ginny.
"GINNY!!" yelled all the Weasleys' and rushed over to her and they all took turns hugging her.
"Ginny your all right." her mum cried in relief.
"Of course she's alright, she's strong, just like me" said Ron
"Ron" said Harry
"What?" he replied
"Spider" he said simply
"WHERE!!!" he said and ran all over the room, again.
"Oh yeah, heart of steel that one." Harry said sarcastically. Once Ron had calmed down enough to realize there was no spider. They all settled down and Harry asked,
"When did you get back professor?"
"Minerva called me by floo." Dumbledore replied with the usual twinkle in his eye
"Ah" said Harry.
"And I'm going to forget I ever saw that cloak Mr. Potter." he said with a smile. "So may I ask what happened to cause young Ginerva to be taken down to the chamber." he asked in a more serious voice.
With one glance at Ginny, Harry spoke up, "Well sir.." but was cut off by Ginny.
"It was my fault sir.. I guess I better start from the beginning." she said with a hint of hesitation and nervousness in her voice. Harry then grabbed her hand and gave it a comforting squeeze, she gave him a weak smile. Earning a raise of eyebrows from Ginny's parents and older brothers, but they said nothing of it. They all leaned in, in anticipation for Ginny's story when she started.
"This summer when I got home from Diagon Alley I was looking through my books and when I got home I noticed a diary in one of my text books, I didn't think anything of it, I always wanted a diary. So then I started of write in it, but when I did it.. It well it wrote back." she said looking down.
"Go on Ginny, they won't care they love you." Harry whispered squeezing her hand again.
"Well, I started writing to it and soon I felt very close to him."
"Him?" cut in Dumbledore
"Yes, him he told me he was a peace of him soul preserved in a diary for fifty years." she said and she didn't notice Dumbledore's grave look.
"Through the year I felt so alone, so I turned to Tom, that was his name, and he was always there for me when I felt alone. But then the attacks started," she took a deep breath "During the exact time of the attacks I started blacking out and when I woke I had evidence that I did, even if I couldn't remember it. I got scared and realized that I always blacked out when I wrote in the diary. Then I tried to throw it away in the Girls Bathroom, but then I stole it back," she said skipping the part of Harry finding it. "I was afraid that the same would happen to that person, or that Tom would tell them all my secrets. So when I got it back I wrote to it, and he was angry that I got rid of him. And I didn't write for a while and when I did, it took over and then I woke up and saw the Basilisk and the diary were Dead."
"Dead? how did you kill it?" asked Ron
"Well when I killed the Basilisk with this sword" Harry said holding up the sword. "It was coated with venom so I dug the sword into the Diary and it was destroyed." he finished.
"Harry, if I may could I have that sword, so I could put it on display?" Dumbledore asked with that same merry twinkle.
"I guess." he said
"Well, good then Ms. Weasley you will not be punished since you were under the control of the diary."
"Now if all is done will these two go to the Hos…" but was cut of from Lucius Malfoy walking thought the door.
"Albus, I am hear on behave of the Ministry to remove you as headmaster since a student has been taken and they are not safe with you." he said not noticing Ginny and Harry.
"Oh my god, who died?" Ginny asked Malfoy faking concern and then he seemed to notice her.
"Oh, your alive." he said with no concern. "How?"
"Well it seems that Voldemort was taking control of a student by the means if this." he held up the diary.
"Oh well shame on who ever gave that to her." he said with no emotion and turned to leave.
"Glad you admit it." said Harry and all head snapped towards him.
"What?" sneered Malfoy
"I think you slipped it into Ginny's cauldron, that day at Diagon Alley," he said
"Prove it" he spat.
"Oh, I plan to, I could just give the memory to the Ministry." he threatened and Lucius paled.
"Unless.." he continued
"What?" Malfoy said.
"Free your house elf Dobby and send him to me" he said.
He heard Lucius call out "Dobby!" and with a pop he was there.
"Yes master," he said bowing as low as he could.
Lucius sneered at Harry and took off his glove and threw it to Dobby.
"Master has given Dobby clothes, Dobby is free," he said staring at the glove in awe.
"Yes and you are to stay with Potter from now on." he told him sneering the name.
"Thank you Master." then ran over to Harry. Then Malfoy stalked off.
"Harry Potter has freed Dobby how can he ever repay him." he said to him still in awe.
"Well how about you come work from me?" he asked and as expected Dobby nodded his head vigorously.
"And one more thing."
"Anything sir."
"Don't ever try to save my life again." Harry said with a smile. Dobby just looked at his feet bashfully then nodded.
"Good now as I was saying before this whole ordeal, Molly would you please escort Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley to the Hospital Wing?"
"Of course Headmaster." she replied
They walked in a silence all the way to the Hospital Wing.
After trying over and over again to convince Madam Pomfrey that they were fine they were forced to stay the night. Harry and Ginny were left thinking in bed about what they were going to do and what they noticed was different in this timeline.
'Something's different about Harry this time, he was never this observant and confident, he acts a lot more like he did when we were dating.'
'Ginny is so much more confident and less shy in this timeline, this is what she acted like when I was in my 5th year'
'What has changed?' they both thought, and fell asleep.
A/N Okay that's Chapter 3 sorry it took so long my computer was acting weird and I promise that the next one wont take as long. Sorry, I know the grammar sucks! REVIEW if you want an update! Summer will begin next Chapter and Harry and Ginny will begin there plans. Don't worry people Ginny will not be this emotional through the whole story. It's just these chapters. Hey, who should I pair Hermione with? Ron or George or Fred?