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Chapter Four: Soul-Bonded
Harry woke up the next morning refreshed and, for the first time in a long time, perfectly happy. Last night's memory still playing fresh in his mind. Ginny, the beautiful, independent, young red head, had agreed to be his girlfriend. Harry smiled at the memory. Slowly he got out of bed and got on his school uniform. After getting dressed, he ran down to the common room; at the end of the boy's stair case, was Ginny. She smiled brightly as she saw him coming down the stairs. To her, last night felt like a dream, one she didn't want to wake up from. However, when she saw Harrys' smiling face, she knew this was no dream. This was a dream come true.
"Ready to go?" Harry asked her. Ginny nodded at him. Harry stretched out his hand towards Ginny; she took it without any hesitation. They walked out of the portrait whole together.
"So what do you think Ron and Hermione going to think?" Ginny asked after a few minutes of silence. Harry looked at her and smiled.
"Hopefully, their happy for us. I don't see why Hermione won't be. I'm more worried about Ron than her." Harry said
"Why Ron?" Ginny asked Harry a bit confused.
"Well, he's your older brother. He's very protective of you. He really didn't like it when you were dating Michael Corner. To be honest, neither did I."
"Harry James Potter, you listen to me right now. No one controls me. Not even my brothers. Ron will just have to get used to the idea that you are my boyfriend and that you're not going anywhere." There was Ginny's fiery personality that Harry liked so much. Harry knew that what she was saying was true. Ginny had a temper, that none of her brothers would go up against.
"Whatever you say, Gin." Was, all that Harry could say to that statement. Harry and Ginny entered the Great Hall together, hand in hand. Everyone turned to look at them; including Cho Chang and Michael Corner. Whom seemed to have and equal discuss for the new young couple.
They approached the Gryffindor table, where Hermione was watching them intently as soon as they entered the Great Hall. Harry and Ginny sat side-by-side. Ginny, already grabbing heaping scoops of eggs, bacon, and toast; while Harry poured them both some pumpkin juice. Harry looked at Hermione and Ron; Ron stopped eating as soon as he saw Ginny sit next to Harry. 'What's going on here? Harry isn't friends with Ginny.' Ron thought to himself. He didn't have the courage to go up against his sister; instead he looked over at Hermione who seemed to be beaming at the pair.
"Alright, what's going on between you two?" Ron asked. Earning him an elbow in the ribs from Hermione. He looked over at her; her glare could freeze the sun.
"Charming, Ronald. Maybe if you would let them tell us first before throwing a fit you might know." Hermione said, smiling in a cocky way. Harry gave an appreciated nod of thanks. Harry looked over at Ginny, wondering if it was okay for him to tell his two best friends that we was now dating her. Before he could speak however, Ginny blurted out, "Harry asked me to go out with him last night, and I said yes." Ginny and Hermione squealed with glee. Ron didn't look too bad at the news. Harry looked over to his best mate.
"We good Ron?" Harry asked him. Ron held out his hand to Harry, which he took gladly.
"Yeah, mate. Were good. Just don't hurt my baby sister." Ron said. Ginny scoffed at the us of "baby". If there was one thing Ginny Weasley couldn't stand was the fact that her brothers still called her at "baby" when she was fourteen years old.
"Oh Harry, I'm so happy for you and Ginny. You guys need each other." Hermione said smiling.
"Thanks Hermione." Harry said smiling back at him. After a while, Harry and Ginny began eating their breakfast and Hermione held her head into the Daily Prophet.
"Well lookey here boys, Potters got himself a little whore." Malfoys cold voice came from behind him. Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione all got up and looked at the sleek blonde haired, spoiled brat that had interrupted their breakfast.
"Shove off Malfoy." Ron said to him. Draco ignored his request, and instead turned to Ginny.
"I sure hope Potty's paying you well. That's the only way your family is going to get money anyway." Malfoy said coldly to her. Ginny belted out a huge laugh at the insult.
"Oh, Malfoy. Harry doesn't need to pay anyone to be with him. Is that how you got Pansy Parkinson's to be your girlfriend?" Harry turned to Ginny and laughed along with her. Ginny wasn't about to let some "pureblood" naive, brat be allowed to call her a whore and let them get away with it.
"You'll pay for that one muggle-lover." Malfoy said before raising his wand to Ginny. Harry got his wand out ready and prepared to defend Ginny if need be.
"Stupify" Malfoy, Crabb, and Goyal all screamed at Harry and Ginny. The last thing that Harry saw before he blacked out was him holding onto Ginny closely.
"What's going on? What's happened to Harry and Ginny?" Sirius Black asked the old Headmaster, as he saw Harry and Ginny being lowered onto an adjoining bed.
"Calm down my friend. They are perfectly alright. They have begun the soul bonding proses. It is crucial that they stay like this until they wake up. No one is to touch them. Their souls are starting to become one. Hence, the green and gold aura surrounding them." The Headmaster explained to the very wary Godfather.
"What does this soul bonding stuff all mean Albus?" Sirius asked him. Albus looked at him and answered, "That is something that I will explain to you, Molly, and Arthur, when they arrive. Sirius just nodded. "When will they be arriving?" Sirius asked the Headmaster.
"Very shortly, I just sent word out about the attack." Sirius looked up at him.
"Attack? What the bloody hell do you mean by attack? Who attacked Harry and Ginny?" Sirius asked angrily.
"Draco Malfoy. Now Sirius you must take it easy. You wouldn't want you wounds to open up again now would you?" Albus said to his former student. Sirius shook his head. Still, he made a mental note to make Draco pay for what he did to his Godson. No one was going to harm James and Lily's' son. No while he was still alive.
The doors to the hospital wing busted open. "WHERE IS MY BABY GIRL?" Mrs. Weasleys' brutal cry rang throughout the hospital. She ran up to Albus. Her eyes fell onto where her daughter was laying….in the same bed as Harry Potter.
"What the hell is my daughter doing in the same bed as Harry?" Albus chuckled a bit to himself. "Why Molly, I thought you considered Harry to be one of your sons." Molly's face became in a state of shock and horror at the Headmasters comment. True, Harry was like one of her sons. She's known him for so long, ever since Lily Potter was pregnant young boy. However that didn't help the current situation, where her fourteen year old, only daughter was in bed with a fifteen year old boy.
"He is like a son to me Albus. Now what is going on? Why are Ginny and Harry in the same bed together?" Molly asked. Dumbledore turned to face Molly.
"They have become soul bonded Molly." Molly looked at the Headmaster in shock and in disbelief.
"That's not possible Albus. Soul-bonding is just a myth. It's not real. There has to be some other explanation." Molly stated to him.
"Molly my dear, look at them. Have you seen anything like this before? No, I gather that you haven't. Soul bonding is not a myth; I can assure you of that."
"What does all this mean Albus?" Mr. Weasley finally spoke up. Albus looked over at the older gentleman.
"It means Arthur, that Harry and Ginny, in the eyes of the Ministry; are now married. It also means that they are now considered adults and the trace on them has been broken. There is still much that I don't know about the bond. However, I do know this. Harry and Ginny must be near each other for next several months. Not doing so, could end up killing them. They must also sleep together at night. They must be in contact with each other for a majority of them time." Dumbledore looked at the three adults in the room, each face vacant, trying to proses what they had just learned about their children.
"So what about Harry during the summer? Is he coming to live with us?" Molly asked the Headmaster.
"I'm afraid not Molly. Harry must return to the Dursleys' for the summer. The blood wards surrounding the house must be reinforced. It is the safest place for both Harry and Ginny. I will make the reasonable accommodations for Mrs. Potters stay." Molly looked at Dumbledore dumb founded. "Mrs. Potter? Not going to get used to that anytime. Neither will Ginny I imagine." Molly said. Dumbledore chuckled to himself.
"Now let us go to my study and we can contact the Dursleys about what is going on with their charge." Albus said.
"Don't know why you are even bothering, they won't care either way." Arthur said to the Headmaster.
"Oh I will make them care. Harry is my godson and I would like to have a word with them about how they have been treating him in the past." Sirius said as he got up from the chair that he was sitting. Dumbledore nodded his head in agreement, as did Molly and Arthur.
"Shall we go than?" Dumbledore smiled shyly at the three angry adults. They fallowed up to the Headmasters office to floo to Number Four Privite Drive.
Harry awoke in a place that he didn't recognize. It was a castle that much was for sure. Otherwise, he was completely lost. He looked around and saw Ginny looking around as well. Her eyes caught his gaze.
"Oh Harry, where are we?" Ginny asked him. Harry shrugged his shoulders. He had no idea either. All he could think about was how they even got there? He looked around, the castle seemed old, but well maintained. It was fancy that much was for sure. Old tapestries on the stone walls. Looking outside, he could smell the salt water air. They were on an island that didn't look like any of the British islands he had seen before.
"Welcome to Potter Castle." A small female voice from behind him said. Harry turned around immediately. There he saw a women, a women he saw many times in his dreams, and in photos that he had of her. Her hair was long and fiery red, just like Ginny's were. Her eyes were the same emerald green as Harrys.
"Mum?" Was all that Harry could say to her. The older red head nodded slowly.
"My dear, sweet boy. I'm so proud of you. You finally realized your true feelings for Ginny, I was getting a bit worried that you would never look at her the same way you once did." Harry blushed at the memory Sirius had told him about.
"Mum? What's going on? Why are we here?" Harry asked. Ginny walked over to Harry and his mother, taking her hand in his.
"You've started the soul bonding proses. As to why you are here, well am not sure about that. If I had to guess, I would say because, this, Potter Castle is your heritage. Myself, and your father are here to help you along this path, as well as answer any questions you might have about the bond." Lily said to her only son. Harry and Ginny only nodded.
"Mrs. Potter, how can we already be bonded?" Ginny asked Lily. Lily laughed lightly. She looked down at her new daughter-in-law who liked like she was in fright from being laughed at.
"Oh Ginny dear, forgive me. It's just; you are now Mrs. Potter as well. As to why are you have bonded, the bond can form in anyway. When Harry protected you from that stunner, it activated. You two may not be in love yet, however, it is the beginning of love." Ginny hung her mouth open in disbelief. She was married to Harry? Not that she didn't want to be, but this was moving all too fast. After all they just started dating.
"Ginny, Harry, I know this seems like a scary thing for you two, but believe me, you two have become the most powerful witch and wizard, or the age. You have the power to defeat Voldemort. Only, however, if you work together. As of right now, you are not ready to defeat him. Love has to be the factor, my son, and you are not in love, nor do you know what that feels like yet. Ginny is the one to show you what love is how love feels. Let her teach you." Lily said to her son. Harry knew that he didn't love Ginny yet. He only knew that he liked her a lot. Maybe, through this bond, the feelings would come more to him.
"So, besides being married, what else has changed?" Ginny asked Lily. Ginny was always the one to get straight to the bottom of things. That was something that Harry liked very much about Ginny.
"Well as far as we know, your power has one core to it. One very powerful core. Your magic is tied together. No matter how far away you two are from each other, the power will still be powerful." A man said from behind Lily. If Ginny didn't know any better she swore it could have been Harry. Only his eyes were blue, not green. Not to mention he was a bit older than Harry was. This must have been James Potter, Harrys' father.
"Dad?" Harry asked in confusion. He was thinking on the same lines as Ginny was. He really was the spitting image of his father.
"Yes son, and I believe Mooney, and Padfoot call you Bambi?" James let a rough, loud laugh. Harry blushed and muttered something under his breath. Harry really didn't like being called Bambi. It seemed to childish for him. James just laughed at his son.
"You tell Mooney, and Padfoot, to start call you Prongs Jr. Does that make things better?" James asked. Harry just nodded to his father. He really was a prankster. Known for causing trouble.
"James, honestly, you haven't seen your son in thirteen years and you're going to tease him about a nickname?" James laughed at his wife's comment.
"I'm sorry Tiger Lily, your right. Son, why don't you introduce me to your lovely wife. She's a red head, and I'm sure you will have your hands full. Just remember Harry, they do have a wicked temper, so try and stay on her good side." Harry blushed a deep red. It was hard to think that Ginny was now his wife. And based on the look on his father's face, told him he already knew Ginny. However, just to humor him, Harry took Ginny by the hand and looked into her warm brown eyes. Without looking away from her Harry said, "This is Ginerva Molly Weasley, well I guess now its Potter." Smiling after his statement to his father, Harry felt more confident to the fact that he was now married to Ginny. Something about that sentence felt so right to him.
"So besides the same power core, what else should we expect?" Ginny said, briefly taking her eyes away from Harrys to ask the question. James looked over at Lily to answer that question.
"Well, when you go back, you will be able to communicate with your thoughts, feel what the other is feeling, and you will need to be kept in close contact for a while. Just as long as it takes for the bond to form properly." Lily stated. Harry and Ginny looked at each other. Not really sure if they wanted to feel or even hear, for that matter, what the other person was feeling. Though the communicating with each other, by not talking might come in handy. Harry and Ginny both nodded. Lily and James looked on to the two pair, and realized that their time here was coming to an end.
"My dears, it's time that we say good-bye. You have learned everything that we could possibly teach you. I'm sure that Professor Dumbledore will have some more information when you get back." Lily said to them. Harrys face saddened, He didn't want to leave his parents so soon, but he knew that they had a point. Harry looked from his mother to his father.
"Harry, please tell Sirius and Remus, that we don't blame him at all for our deaths. It was all Peter. We miss them, and they need to look after each other." James said. Harry nodded at his father. He gave them both hugs. His mother longer than his father. All Harry ever wanted was to be hugged by his own mother, and this was the only way he could. He was savoring the memory of it.
A force pulled them back to Hogwarts Hospital Wing. Harry looked at Ginny and smiled and smiled.
'Hello Ginny Potter.' Ginny smiled as she heard Harrys voice in her head. More so the fact that Harry had used his last name in hers
'Hello Harry Potter. I guess that doesn't have the same effect on you than it does me huh?' Harry laughed.
'No, I guess it doesn't. I do like how its sounds in your name though. Like it was meant to be there.' Ginny smiled. A huge burst of happiness came through the bond and both Harry and Ginny couldn't figure out whom it was coming from. All they knew was that they were perfectly happy being in each other's arms.
A/N: So this chapter took me all day. I hope you guys all like it, I know I am fond of it. Im also thinking of switching Hermione and Ron's relationship, I need some ideas on who would be good for them. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW.