The Next Morning
Harry went back into his bedroom,
"What's up?" Said Ron looking at Harry
"What do you mean? I have only been away for about 5 minutes,"
"It's just you look a little… no a lot red, what happened?"
"Nothing," Harry said shaking his head, Hermione was staring at him, just by looking at her he knew that she was refraining from saying liar, did she know what happened? Harry hoped she didn't, its bad enough it happened, its worse when you're friends know about it, well at least it isn't Ron who knows, he thought.
Once everyone was showered, they all went to bed, Harry slept in his bed while Ginny slept on a mattress to his right, Ron to his left and Hermione in front, Harry was trying to clear his mind, he knew that if he ever was to defeat Snape, then he has to master occumency, after half an hour of trying, he manage to clear his mind for 2 minutes, until has it been 2 minutes yet? Passed through his head, but he knew he'd have to do better than that, exhausted he fell asleep immediately.
At 6am, Harry awoke with a start, he had been having a dream where Voldemort had him cornered and was yelling "Crucio," over and over again, Harry could feel the pain, over and over again, maddening him. Harry touched his forehead, it was hot and sweaty, but his scar wasn't hurting, and that was a good sign, he pushed his hand through his unkempt hair and reached for his glasses, his friends were still asleep, he decided not to bother them, and pulled his doona off carefully, he stepped over Ron, who was snoring softly, and grabbed the door handle, opening it carefully so it wouldn't make a sound, he started to walk out when he heard,
"I love you Harry," softly, coming from Ginny, Harry turned around and walked over to her, she was fast asleep,
"I love you too," he muttered quietly and walked from his room. Harry walked down the stairs; obviously all the people in the house were asleep because there was no movement. Harry quietly got some breakfast out of the pantry, and started to think what they were going to do today. Harry had to get his apparition licence, even if he was too early, he was going to get it, they had to get spell books, and they had to visit Fred and George's store for magic. Harry finished his breakfast and went to the sink, he washed his bowl and dried it, just in case Petunia's good mood hadn't lasted overnight.
Ginny came into the kitchen yawning, and stretching,
"Hello Harry," she said with a smile, getting herself some cereal,
"Hey Ginny, sleep ok?"
"Yeah, those mattresses were surprisingly comfy," she said nodding,
"Good,"
"I would have slept longer, but I had the weirdest dream,"
"Oh yeah, what was that?" Said Harry smirking, he had an idea what it might have been about,
"Oh… don't remember," she said blushing,
"Ok," said Harry with a small laugh. After they had packed up, Harry and Ginny headed up the stairs, Hermione was beside Ron, poking him hard in the back,
"Wake up!" She roared,
"I think I'd have more chance to wake up a corpse," she sighed,
"You are probably, right," said Ginny, looking at Ron pitifully,
"What you do is this," said Ginny, grabbing his arm and putting it behind his back, when he didn't move she pulled it further up, then further and further, until,
"Gerroff Ginny!" Mumbled Ron,
"Wow, he lives!" Said Ginny, smacking him on the face and getting up,
"Ow! Can't you try a nicer way to get me up?"
"We've tried everything, so we figure, it's either that or a sledge hammer, you're choice," said Ginny crossing her arms and smiling,
"Fine, I'm up," mumbled Ron, picking himself up,
"Harry, do you mind if Ron and I go down to breakfast?" Asked Hermione,
"Yeah its fine, we've already had ours," replied Harry, and Hermione walked out of the room, followed by Ron, Harry grabbed jeans and a t-shirt,
"I'm going to go get changed, um, don't come in this time ok?" He smiled,
"Promise," she laughed back, Harry came back 1 minute later, Ginny was dressed, her Pyjamas folded nicely on her pillow, she was wearing jeans with a black belt, and a pink tank top,
"Oh sorry, I didn't know you were getting changed in here or I would've knocked," he said,
"It's fine, no harm done," she said putting her hair up into a messy bun,
"Not that I would've minded you walking in on me, I did it to you, so I owe you one," she said giggling, Harry blushed, Ginny walked over to him, and started to lean into a kiss when the door opened, she quickly turned around, Hermione and Ron entered, again Hermione looked as if she knew what was going on, but said nothing, Ron was completely unaware of what almost happened.
"We are going to go to Diagon Alley today, and Hogsmeade," began Harry,
"I am going to get my apparition licence,"
"But Harry, yo-," said Hermione
"I know it's not my birthday yet!" He said cutting Hermione off,
"It's just, I have to have it! What if I need to make a quick getaway if something went wrong?" He continued, Hermione nodded,
"We also need to get spell books, I know we know a lot, but that amount isn't enough, most are little curses, we need bigger stuff, we are talking about killing someone, and I don't want to use an unforgivable curse unless I have to. We can also go to Fred and George's shop to get supplies, its good we woke up early so we can get a move on. Hermione, Ron you get changed, I am going to run down stairs and write a note, if Petunia is still acting like she was yesterday, she'd get worried," Harry said, it sounded strange saying that Petunia would get worried about Harry,
"Are you and Ginny taking the Knight Bus?" Asked Hermione, Harry thought for a moment,
"Yes, you guys apparate, and we will meet you there," Harry said. He shuffled through his draws and pulled out a pouch of galleons, and put it in his pocket,
"See you there!" Said Harry, Ginny followed him, Harry grabbed a pen and paper, and wrote a short note and put it on the fridge,
We have gone out; don't expect us back till the afternoon,
Harry,
Harry went out the front door to the edge of the street, it was a cool day, but the sun was shining, and there were no clouds. Harry and Ginny walked and walked until they came to a road where there were barely any muggles, Harry remembered this was the place where he first caught the Knight Bus, but then he remembered that Sirius sat on the other side of the street, and he felt a lump in his throat. He held out his wand and the Knight Bus came in front of them with a bang, a young, trainee, (who was obviously standing in for Stan,) came out, his hands were shaking, and he looked to be around 12,
"Um, Hello, I-I am R-Roger, welcome to the Knight Bus, or the Morning Bus, depends how you look at it," he snorted, pointing to the sky, when he got no laughs from Harry or Ginny, he stopped laughing and gave them their tickets,
"Thankyou," said Ginny going up the steps and taking a seat, Harry took the seat next to her, there was only one other wizard on the bus, he looked as if he was overworked, and was going to collapse any second,
"Where to?" Said the driver,
"Leaky Cauldron please," said Ginny, she found a paper under her seat just as the Knight Bus took off, BANG! She bashed her head on the seat,
"Ow," she said, "Here," and she passed the paper to Harry, Ginny got up and read the paper over his shoulder, Harry gasped and read aloud the article,
"Voldemort kills again; there has been another attack, this time one someone small. A poor 5 year old girl was taken from her home by death eaters and killed," Harry said looking at Ginny, who looked extremely upset about the news,
"Her body was found in a house in London by a curious neighbour, who has now been questioned by the police. "An Unforgivable Curse has been used to kill this child," says Healer, John Malche,
"There is no bleeding, no ruptures or anything, no cause of death, she was just… dead," ended Harry,
"And the rest is just about what the Ministries doing about it… nothing,"
"Why would Voldemort kill a harmless child?" Said Ginny, shocked,
"No idea," said Harry, folding up the paper, the man got up, steadying himself with the rail and walked out the door,
"Now Leaky Cauldron," said the driver, BANG! And they were going down the streets at incredible speed, then BANG! And they stopped just outside the Leaky Cauldron, Harry and Ginny got off the bus and it took off and disappeared. Walking into the bar, which was usually full of drinking wizards, was empty, the barman looked happy to see visitors,
"Welcome, how may I help you!" He said cheerfully,
"Sorry just passing through today," said Harry, and the barman looked extremely upset,
"Well, on the way back we will have a drink ok?" Said Ginny, the barman smiled,
"You are quite kind," he said. They walked out the back,
"What did you say that for?" Said Harry,
"Well did you see his face?" Said Ginny, Harry smirked, and hit the right combination of bricks with his wand, the bricks formed an arch and they walked through to Diagon Alley.
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