A/N- This chapter contains slightly OOC Harry.
Petunia rushed to the door and looked at Dumbledore and Harry in outrage. Her eyes then fell upon a red head that she did not recognize and almost fell to her feet. "Lily?" she whispered loud enough for the others to hear.
Dumbledore strode into the house uninvited and was followed by Harry and Ginny. "I have come to speak to you and your husband." He spoke kindly but there was a sense of authority in his voice.
"I well yes uh..Vernon we have visitors." She called nervously into the kitchen.
Vernon waddled into the living room, "I did not expect any..." His eyes grew wide as they passed from Dumbledore to Harry. "You!" he spat angrily.
Dumbledore motioned them to sit and then conjured a chair for himself and a love seat for Harry and Ginny. It was then that Vernon noticed the third uninvited "guest." 'They do look like an unpleasant lot,'Ginny thought to Harry.
'Trust me the worst has yet to come.' He thought back
Vernon was staring daggers at Dumbledore, "You must be the crack-pot old fool that is teaching the boy all that rubbish." His face grew redder when Dumbledore simply smiled.
"Many people have called me a fool yes," he said quietly. "I have come today though to tell you that Harry will no longer be staying here. I wanted to make sure you got to say your goodbyes."
Ginny gasped in her mind when Harry's uncle spoke. Her anger quickly spiked, 'Did he just say 'the boy' and 'crack-pot old fool?' Harry you were holding back when you told me how horrible they were.'
Harry tried to send soothing thoughts to Ginny. "Good take him the sooner he's gone the better!" Vernon spat.
"This of course means that the monthly allowance you received from the Potter vault for Harry's care stops today." Dumbledore said in a calm tone. That however made Harry gasp.
"They were given money for my care?" He asked
Dumbledore nodded, "They received a small monthly allowance to spend on your food and clothing."
Harry exploded at this point, "YOU SAID YOU NEVER RECEIVED MONEY TO "CARE" FOR ME!"
The Dursleys were now looking a bit nervous as Dumbledore turned and for the first time Harry had ever seen glared at them.
"You did not use that money to care for Harry!" He said coldly.
"That boy does not deserve to be cared for. He is a freak just like you and that girl!" spat Vernon venomously. "He got Dudley's old clothes and the scraps from dinner and he was lucky to get that."
"Griphook!" Dumbledore called out and the gobling appeared.
"Get me all the records of what these people have spen Harry money on please." Dumbledore said.
"Now listen here. You have no right going through our financial records; I will have the authorities after you mark my words." Vernon's face began to blotch purple with anger.
"How dare you!" shouted a voice from the corner. Ginny was on her feet, a fire was blazing in her eyes. "How dare you steal from Harry? He never caused you harm yet all you did was bring misery into his life. How dare you harm my husband?" At the last word she covered her mouth.
"H...husband?" Patunia stammered out.
Griphook came back. "Here are the papers you requested."
They ignored Petunia while Dumbledore pored over the papers, with each page his eyebrows furrowed further in anger. He took a deep breath before speaking in a controlled voice. "It would appear that the money from the Potter vault has been used to give yourselves lavish and expensive items. None of it has been used intentionally for Harry."
Vernon's face was fully purple now and Petunia was still muttering, "Husband?" in her seat.
Again Dumbledore took a breath, "I believe it is up to Harry and Ginevra to decide what to do. They have the ability to claim anything you have bought with the money that should have been used on Harry." He turned towards Harry and Ginny waiting for their answer.
Vernon rose to his feet and stood defiantly in front of Dumbledore. "You neither have the right or the power to take away our stuff. That freak does not deserve anything and he will end up the same way his freak of parents did, six feet under."
Harry turned to Ginny who nodded. 'We should these people are terrible they don't deserve anything and they stole from you.'She thought coldly. Harry nodded and turned to Dumbledore.
"I want to reclaim my gold." Harry said.
"Very well then this house is your home now and almost everything in it as well." Dumbledore said
"I wish to sell the house professor. There are too many bad memories here for me to live happily in this house." Harry said coldly as he looked at his relatives.
"Understandable of course Harry," Dumbledore said gently.
Vernon reached for Harry's throat and as thrown back with a bang. Dumbledore had his wand drawn there was not even a trace of the twinkle in his eye only a cold fury. "I would advise you to not attack my students, especially in his own house," he said carefully as he put his wand back in his pocket. "I will recommend packing your clothes and looking for a new place to live at once."
Harry looked up still in shock, we was sure that he was going to die if Dumbledore had not been there.
"You have a half hour to leave after which if you are not gone you will be thrown out by Gringotts' goblins with only the clothes on your backs." Dumbledore said.
Harry left the room silently and walked over to the cupboard under the stairs.'This is where I used to live until I was eleven,'he thought bitterly.
"WHAT?" Ginny shouted having heard him from the bond as she turned to the Dursleys.
"You made him sleep under the stairs until he was eleven?" she spat angrily. Dudley had already run upstairs to pack his things.
Petunia looked up in shock. How could she have known about that?
Ginny took a breath and stormed out of the room and held Harry's arm. 'I'm so sorry Harry,'she thought sadly.
'It's not your fault.' Harry thought.
After thirty minutes the Dursleys reluctantly left. They all eyed Dumbledore in fear as they walked out of the door.
Dumbledore closed the door and sighed, "Harry, I'm sorry that I did not know about this."
Harry nodded slightly and looked at a table, "It is okay sir don't worry." He picked up a bowl, "Lemon drop sir?"
Dumbledore gratefully accepted it. "I do believe we have to go house hunting now Harry and Ginny."
"Yeah let's go when the Dursleys are long gone." Harry said.
Ginny nodded as she took Harry's hand.
"So does this mean we don't have to live near here now?" Harry asked.
"I do not know Harry. We can always move into a place around here for now and then relocate when the time comes," Dumbledore said while pacing back and forth. After a few more minutes he opened the door. "It's time for us to go.
Harry and Ginny nodded as they followed Dumbledore out of the house for good. "Okay so first how big a house do you want?"
'What size do you want Ginny,' Harry thought as he looked at her.
'I don't know Harry. Something with at least two floors,' she thought after biting her lip.
Harry turned to Dumbledore. "Something with at least two floors sir."
"Simple enough, rooms and bathrooms?" Dumbledore asked
Harry and Ginny blushed, "Well sir... Ginny and I wanted to share a room. At least until we did not feel any pain from being apart. I was also thinking of having a lot of spare bedrooms for Ginny's family to stay overnight. Of course a bedroom for you as well... and... I wanted a bedroom made in case Sirius wants to live with me..."
Harry looked down at the last part and Ginny took over. "Sir it looks like were looking for a pretty big house. Instead of two floors I think we will need at least three floors."
"Yes I dare say you will, but I can arrange that you will need many bathrooms as well I expect."
They nodded gently, "Do you have any idea where we can find a place like this sir?" Harry asked as they walked down the street.
"Not near here, but I know one place." Dumbledore said smiling
"Where is it sir?" Ginny and Harry's curiosity was growing rapidly.
"You need to take my arm if you please. Then you will be able to see it" Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye.
Ginny and Harry both grabbed Dumbledore's right arm. "We are holding it sir." Suddenly they were pulled into suffocating darkness and came out in a field.
They gasped for air while they looked around. "Professor where are we?" Harry asked as he saw the field.
'It looks like an empty field Harry,' Ginny thought as she found his hand again and held it.
"When you're ready turn around and find out." Dumbledore said simply.
Harry and Ginny turned around and gasped. In front of them stood a mansion. At the top of the gates were the words 'Potter Estate'.
"Professor how come I never knew of this?" Harry whispered as he touched the gate lightly and it swung open.
"You were not to know until you were of age, but because of the bond that is now."
Harry looked up in wonder, "It's such a big place sir."
Ginny laughed, 'Harry it's a mansion! Of course it will be big'
'I know it's just shocking that this place is ours,' Harry thought.
Harry slowly walked into the yard of the mansion. "It's beautiful," he whispered quietly. Just then a thought popped in his head. "Professor that thing you were talking about before. The Secret-Keeper thing. Can it be applied to this place?"
"Yes of course it can Harry. You just need to find someone who you believe you can trust with the secret." Dumbledore eyed the boy curiously.
"Sir I know who I want to be it... But I want to make sure of some things first," he whispered as his mind wandered to the individual.
'Harry I think that's a good idea. I would be cautious though' Ginny gasped as she saw who Harry was thinking of.
"Can we go visit Sirius?" Harry asked
Dumbledore thought hard for a second, "I believe it can be managed, I must warn you though of the Dementors. They make us revisit our worst memories." He waited for Harry to understand then held out his arm. "Mr. and Mrs. Potter please take my arm again."
"We're ready." Harry said as they took his arm.
Dumbledore turned on the spot and they were instantly brought back into the suffocating darkness. When Harry opened his eyes he instantly sensed something wrong.
They were on the pier of an island and the cold seeped into his bones. "Welcome to Azkaban," Dumbledore said coldly. "Stick close to me you two." He began a fast walk to the prison.
With each step Harry felt worse and worse. A dull roar began to grow in his head as he collapsed onto his knees.
"Professor!" Ginny called out as Harry fell.
Harry held his head as he sobbed. First he saw Ginny's pale body on the chamber floor. Then the scene changed. It was dark and he couldn't see but he was able to hear clearly.
"Move out of the way silly girl," a cold, snake-like voice called out.
"I will not leave Harry," a female voice cried out.
"Your husband was a fool and so are you. Avada Kedavra!" The voice shouted.
He heard the woman scream and saw a green flash. He then heard her body collapse on the ground.
"No!" Harry wailed out.
Dumbledore stood next to Harry and drew his wand. "Expecto Patronum!" he shouted as a silver phoenix erupted from his wand. As soon as it appeared the area became warmer and happier.
After a minute Harry was able to sit up a little. "Mum?" he whispered and began sobbing some more.
Ginny looked almost as upset and she turned to Dumbledore and whispered in his ear. "I saw what happened sir. It was... He remembered me in the chamber first but then it all... changed... he heard a cold voice telling a woman to move. Then he heard the woman refuse. When she did... he... he casted a spell that caused a green flash of light." Ginny was sobbing by the time she ended the story.
"Oh, Harry." Dumbledore said sadly.
Harry sat up fully and looked at Dumbledore and Ginny with puffy eyes. Dumbledore spoke affectionately, "Harry stay near my patronus. I should have cast it before but I did not think the Dementors would affect you so much. The patronus will protect you from them."
Ginny helped Harry up and wrapped her arms around him. 'Are you okay sweetie?' she thought in a worried tone.
'I've been better.' Harry thought
Ginny hugged Harry tight as they began to walk again, 'I'm so sorry Harry.' After ten minutes of walking they arrived at the entrance of the prison.
'I'll be fine Ginny' Harry thought.
Ginny nodded silently. Dumbledore knocked three times on the door before a guard opened the door. The guard jumped back in surprise. "Dumbledore sir what are you doing here?"
"I have come to speak with Sirius Black. I have Mr. Harry Potter and Miss Ginevra Weasley accompanying me. I owled Madam Bones earlier today about the visit." Dumbledore stood back so that Harry and Ginny could be seen. "We will not need an escort or guard. I will see that these two remain safe and that Mr. Black stays where he rightfully belongs."
The guard nodded and opened the door fully. "I'll get Mr. Black. Who should I say is visiting sir?"
Dumbledore smiled, "tell him Harry Potter, son of James and Lily Potter has come to visit."
"Of course sir, give me just a few minute won't you?" He said leaving the room as they were escorted to a private visiting room.
Dumbledore turned to Harry and Ginny, "are you two ready for this?"
They both nodded with a smile on their faces. They waited a few more minutes before they heard the door finally open.
Two men lead in a third man bound in chains he looked thin and gaunt as they sat him down.
Dumbledore excused the two guards and closed the door.
Harry looked uncertainly at the man in front of him, "Sirius... Sirius Black?" he said softly.
Ginny's hand never left Harry's side as she entered the bond to talk, 'He looks so terrible Harry. He looks like a walking corpse.'
'I know'Harry thought bitterly.
"Harry is that really you?" He asked, his voice hoarse.
Harry nodded, "I know sir. I know that you are my god father and that you are innocent."
Sirius looked up in surprise, a brief light flashed behind his eyes, "How do you know that?"
"My parents left me a letter." Harry said
Sirius grinned a little. "Lily and James," he whispered and finally turned away from Harry and looked at Ginny. His body stiffened as he stared in horror. "Lily... Lils?" he whispered as he stared at Ginny.
"Ginny blushed no, I'm Ginny, Ginny Weasley."
Sirius cast his gaze down and saw Ginny and Harry's hands. His eyes locked on the ring on Ginny's hand. He tried to reach for it but was restrained by the chains. "You have her ring. How dare you wear Lily's ring. How did it get out of the Potter vault," Sirius said heatedly.
Dumbledore rose and strode over and stood next to Harry and Ginny. "Sirius calm yourself. If you agree to not over react I will unbind you. I believe Harry has quite a lot to tell you about the past two days. Before they begin though let me formally introduce everyone. Harry, Ginny, this is Sirius Black. Sirius, this is Harry and Ginny Potter." Dumbledore emphasized the last word as he unbound Sirius.
"Harry's married? How long have I been in here?" Sirius looked dumbfounded now.
"A little less than twelve years Sirius. Now please let Harry explain." Dumbledore sighed.
Sirius nodded as he loosened his body up. "Sorry those chains are killer on the old joints."
Harry began telling Sirius about entering the chamber and then about the bond. He told Sirius about the rings and the note his parents left and that was when he became quiet.
Sirius looked at Dumbledore as he gently put his hand on Harry's shoulder, "Look at me pup. I am so proud and happy for you. From the sound of it this bond can only happen with someone you truly love unconditionally. As for my situation, I believe you and Dumbledore may be able to help in my case. I never got a trial and if that fact is brought up it will surely raise questions." He looked over to Ginny, "Thank you for helping my god son out the past few days. Also welcome to the family." He gave out a hoarse, bark-like laugh. "Bloody Potter curse. The whole lot of Potters fall for red heads."
Harry looked down at his hands as he blushed. 'Now is my chance,' he thought quietly. "Sirius... I just recently moved into a new home with Ginny and Professor Dumbledore. Actually I just saw it before we came here and... I was wondering if you could be Secret-Keeper when you are freed, and if you would want to live there with us."
"Ha...Harry it would be my honor." Sirius said smiling which made him look younger.
Dumbledore looked up in awe and shock. "Sirius, I have spoken to Madam Bones and she has agreed to interview you with me as a witness. You will be subjugated to Veritaserum during the questioning. The meeting is in two days and from there you will be a free man. The problem that remains though is the death of Pettigrew and the muggles."
Sirius looked up slightly, "Pettigrew is not dead. If he was the Fidelius charm would have died with him. No, that sneaky rat escaped and blasted that street apart as well. There is a reason we called him Wormtail. He was one of three illegal animagi that attended Hogwarts all at once. James and I were the other two. Peter was a rat, James a stag, and I am a dog."
Harry looked down at the stag on his ring and felt closer to it.
"Dumbledore during the questioning bring up the supposed murder of Pettigrew and I will tell them I did not kill the innocent muggles."
Dumbledore nodded as he turned to Harry and Ginny. "I believe it is time for us to go. You two need to return to school, I have much to prepare for.
Ginny rose but Harry stared at Sirius, "I will make sure you are released Sirius. We can be one happy family then." He grabbed Sirius' hand with his free one and gave it a firm squeeze before getting out of the seat and leading Ginny and himself over to Dumbledore.
"Thank you Harry you have no idea how much that means." Sirius said
Harry nodded, "I hope to see you soon." He followed Dumbledore out of the room and walked to the edge of Azkaban in silence. When they were about to apparate he finally spoke up, "Professor why did he call Ginny by my Mum's name?"
"Ginny does look a lot like your mother at that age." Dumbledore said.
Harry looked up, "She does sir?"
Dumbledore nodded as they apparated. They arrived in Dumbledore's office.
"So, Harry, Ginny on to business, you really want to tell no one else of the bond?" Dumbledore asked.
Harry turned to Ginny who just shook her head. 'Not yet Harry,' she thought silently.
"We don't want our friends to know yet. I don't think you can keep this from the teachers though." Harry looked from Dumbledore and back to Ginny before continuing, "what is going to happen now Professor?"
"We need a reason why Ginny and you are staying with me first of all." Dumbledore said
'I don't need an excuse because I don't have a family to go home too...' Harry thought as he turned to Ginny.
Ginny gave him a look,'Well now you do have a family Harry. You will have me and hopefully Sirius as well.'She gave him a caring touch and continued, 'I suppose we can use the chamber as an excuse.'
She turned to Dumbledore, "Sir, can we use the chamber as an excuse?"
"I'm not sure what you mean?" Dumbledore said sitting behind his desk.
"Would the excuse of shock be a good reason? Or we can say that I am receiving lessons from you since I missed most of my year because of the possessions," Ginny looked at Dumbledore with wide eyes as she spoke.
"Yes that could work." Dumbledore said carefully.
"Do you wish to tell your brothers and friends now?" He asked
They both shook their heads, "No sir not yet. We still don't fully understand what is going on and we want to wait until we do." Harry looked as Dumbledore's eyes and saw them twinkle once more.
"Very wise Harry, now I suggest you two enjoy the rest of your time here at Hogwarts."
Dumbledore looked up as the two were about to leave, "I almost forgot. Each night you are to go to the hospital wing to sleep. That I believe would be the easiest solution since you two cannot be in the same dorm together."
"Yes sir." They both said together.
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The last week of school was near torture for Harry and Ginny. Ron was now becoming suspicious as well. He had asked Harry if he wanted to stay at the Burrow over summer and was shocked when Harry instantly declined the offer.
'You should have not said no so quickly,' Ginny thought to him during the last breakfast at school. 'He may be thick but he is now suspicious too.'
Harry looked down at his food unable to eat another bite. The owls began to arrive now. It was a small flock since everyone was going home today. Harry looked up at Hedwig in surprise and noticed the Daily Prophet in her talons.
Ginny grabbed the paper and gasped in shock, 'Harry you have to read this!' She handed him the paper and he almost dropped it when he read the title.
"Sirius Black Free"
He began to read:
Late last night Sirius Black long thought to have been the traitor to the Potter family was set free. This shocking turn was do to recently discovered evidence by Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter that proves Blacks innocence. Mr. Black has been released and given 7,000,000 galleons for twelve years of wrongful imprisonment.
The Great Hall erupted in chatter as others read the article as well.
'He is finally free!' Harry thought as he looked towards the staff table. The staff was muttering excitedly the exception was Snape who looked livid.
'Wonder what Snape's issue is?' Harry thought
Ginny shrugged her shoulders slightly, 'I don't know Harry but we need to finish packing. Dumbledore is going to meet us at King's Cross Station.'
'Right lets go' Harry thought as they stood and made to leave, but Hermione caught them.
"Harry, why didn't you tell us about this Sirius Black business?"
Harry sighed as he looked at Hermione. He didn't want to explain and decided to give a half-truth, "I forgot to tell you guys okay. Look, I have other things on my mind and Sirius needed me."
"Harry you seem to be very off lately and you won't talk to us anymore." Hermione said sadly
"I'm sorry Hermione but some things have happened that I don't want to talk about. I will tell you in time but now is not the right time." He pulled Ginny by the hand as they walked past Hermione.
"You used to tell us everything else no matter what." Hermione said in a bit of a cold voice.
Harry looked back sadly, "I'm sorry Hermione. Not telling you is for the best. I was hoping you would understand." He turned around again and walked next to Ginny releasing her hand in hopes that Hermione did not notice.
'Harry I'm sorry that this is coming between you, Ron and Hermione.' Ginny thought sadly
Harry sighed and looked at Ginny, 'it's okay Ginny. Like I said to Hermione, it's for the best that they don't know.'
'Still I feel bad.' Ginny thought
'Don't feel bad Ginny it is fine.' He gave a half smile and looked at her. "I would rather be with you anyways," he whispered after a minute.
Ginny blushed. "Thank you Harry." She said leaning into him
Harry leaned in and kissed her gently.'Ginny how come when we first met you never spoke?'
'I was just so nervous when it came to you.' She thought
Harry looked at her curiously, 'what did I do that made you nervous?'
'You were Harry Potter somewhat of a legend to all of us who grew up in the magical world.'
Harry chuckled, 'I forgot that I am apparently some important bloke here in our world.'
'You have no idea'
Harry blushed as they reached the common room. "Let's pack," he said happily.
"Race you first one done gets to pick where we sit on the train." Ginny said
Harry ran up to his dorm and started to pack in a rush. He was about to finish when he noticed Ron staring at him from his bed.
"Oh hi Ron." Harry said awkwardly
"So now you decide to talk to me," Ron said glumly. "I thought I was invisible for the past week."
"What? Ron it's not like that." Harry said
"Sure it is Harry. Ever since that bloody chamber you won't talk to Hermione or me that much. You even said no to staying with my family." Ron glared at Harry, "Why won't you tell me anything? I'm your best mate."
Harry paused this and Hermione's reaction seemed to get to him he had been ignoring them ever since the chamber which was a week ago.
'Ginny what do I do?' Harry thought through the bond.
Ginny sat on her bed while thinking, 'Harry just tell him something happened in the chamber and you were not ready to talk about it. Tell him that you will try to visit the Burrow once you feel better.'
Harry repeated to Ron what Ginny had told him.
"Harry, whatever it is I hope you can feel better soon. Hermione and I miss you and Ginny seems to be taking up all your time lately. I just thought you should remember you do have other friends too." Ron said somewhat bitterly and sadly as he left the room.
Harry sat on his bed and tried to gather his thoughts. Ron's words stung more than Hermione's ever could. He also began to feel a sharp twinge of pain as he longed to be by Ginny's side. After a few more minutes of packing Harry descended the staircase with his trunk and saw Ginny looking at him with concern etched on her face. He smiled weakly when he saw her. 'I guess you get to choose the compartment,'he thought as he moved closer to her.
'Yeah, but we need to talk about what just happened. Maybe it was a bit selfish of me to have you not tell Ron and Hermione.' Ginny thought guiltily.
'I know Ginny but you know how Ron will act when he finds out. He will do anything he can to keep us away and I can't let that happen. I think we should owl them as soon as we get back to Potter Estate and then we can help Dumbledore set up the final protection to the place,' Harry thought of his two friends and felt a pang of guilt.
'At least tell Hermione and ask her to keep it to herself. She will understand.' Ginny thought.
'I'll keep out the marriage part and a few other things,' Harry thought back. 'Can you get her from her dorm and tell her that we want to talk to her?'
'Yes I'll be right back.' Ginny thought.
Harry paced the common room nervously as he waited for Ginny to return. He finally sat on the couch while holding his hands.
Ginny and Hermione came down Hermione looked eager to know what was wrong.
Ginny turned to go back up the staircase. 'Oh no you don't Mrs. Potter. If I have to tell Hermione about us you need to be here as well. Besides it still hurts if you are away for too long,'Harry thought as he stared at her.
Ginny sat down next to Harry and then motioned Hermione to sit across from them.
"Hermione we think it is time that you know what is going on. You cannot tell anyone else though," Harry said quietly as Ginny nestled into his chest.
"Of course you know I can keep a secret." Hermione said.
"We mean Ron too." Harry said
Hermione's eyes grew wide. "Why is Ron not allowed to know?"
Harry looked down at Ginny; she had dozed off in his arms. He smiled at the sight before looking back at Hermione. "It's because the secret involves Ginny and me. I don't think Ron would be too pleased about it either."
"Well he is a bit overprotective...alright, I won't tell him until you say so." Hermione said
Harry took a deep breath and noticed Ginny was dreaming. His smile grew wider as he spaced out and watched the dream.
"Harry!" Hermione shouted for the fifth time trying to get his attention.
"Sorry I spaced out," he said sheepishly. "So after I saved Ginny in the chamber something happened. I remember falling and then she was there holding me. She said she loved me and I said it back and then there was a glow. We didn't know what it was until Professor Dumbledore told us it was a soul bond."
"A soul bond I've never heard of that before..." Hermione said
"It's an ancient form of magic. Apparently one has not occurred since Gryffindor and Ravenclaw formed one," Harry said slowly.
"Wow! That's great, but did it do something to you both?"
Harry eyed Ginny as he thought over his words carefully. "Well we can speak to each other through our minds and we need to be close to each other for a while or else we will feel pain."
"Well that certainly does explain a lot."
"What do you mean?" he looked at Hermione suspiciously.
"Why you both became so close lately." Hermione said
"Oh. Yeah that would explain a lot..." he looked again at Ginny and then back at Hermione. "Just please do not tell Ron about anything I just told you."
"I won't Harry I promise." Hermione said
Harry nodded and shook Ginny gently, 'Time to wake up sleepy head.'
'Huh, I didn't put the bacon there!' She thought blearily
Harry laughed and noticed Hermione's confused expression. 'Put the bacon where Gin?'
'In the bathtub.' Ginny said blushing as she woke up more
Harry helped Ginny up, 'Why the bathtub?'
They gathered their trunks and left Hermione in the common room. 'It was an odd dream alright?' Ginny thought defensively.
'Okay Ginny,' he thought as they went towards the carriages. "Are you ready?" he whispered as his hand tightened around hers.
"Ready as I'll ever be for people to know we're a couple."
Harry blushed, 'I forgot about that. I was asking if you were ready to not go home to the Burrow.' They sat in a carriage as they headed to the Hogwarts Express.
'Oh! Well I am a little nervous, but I have you. It'll be fine.' She thought blushing
Harry smiled and leaned back in his seat. "I'm lucky to have you Ginny," he whispered affectionately.
"No, I'm lucky to have you." She whispered snuggling into him.
He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. 'Ginny?' he thought quietly, 'if it wasn't for the bond would you still like me?'
'Yes I already liked you before that.' She thought.
Harry smiled and sat her on his lap, at that moment the carriage stopped and they began to unload their trunks from it.
"Let's go." Harry whispered taking her hand.
Ginny nodded and led Harry to the train. 'I get to choose the compartment,' she thought as they entered the train.
'I know I lost fair and square.' Harry thought following her.
'Well you were cornered by Ron but I would have won either way,' she kissed his cheek and several students watched in shock.
'I think people noticed.' Harry thought.
Ginny blushed, 'Let them notice Harry. We can't keep it a secret forever.'
'In that case.' Harry thought pulling her close to him.
He wrapped his arm around her waist and gave her a long kiss. 'Now we don't need to do that in secret.'
'Can we do that again?' Ginny thought smiling
Harry grinned, 'after you get us a compartment we can.'
'Okay come on then.' She said pulling Harry away from the crowd and her brothers.
She led Harry to an empty compartment and instantly locked the door behind her.
"Now where were we?" She asked out loud.
Harry blushed as he began to kiss Ginny again.
However just as they were getting into it the lock clicked open and Fred and George walked in.
"Look what we have here Fred." George said
Harry and Ginny turned towards the door in fear. 'Oh bloody hell,' Harry thought.
"It seems that our sweet little sister," Fred started.
"and her brother's best mate..." George looked at Fred
"are an item now."
"I we well..."Harry stammered as they closed the door.
They both pulled Harry away from Ginny.
"What is young Harrykins doing to our dear sister?" They said together.
"Nothing we were just talking is all." Harry said nervously.
'Ginny what do I do?' Harry thought
"I think it looked," Fred said.
"A bit more like snogging," George squeezed Harry tightly.
Ginny rose from the seat. "Leave him alone," she said coldly.
"We aren't going to hurt him we just want to make sure he treats you right is all." Fred said as they stepped away from Harry
Ginny pulled Harry over to her, "and it is none of your business if I choose to snog him!"
"Ginny! We know that, but you know us, we worry." Fred said.
"Yeah Ron is the git you need to watch for." George said
Ginny calmed down a little and nodded, "That's why he cannot know about this."
"Then don't snog in front of the platform." Fred said causing them to blush
"We didn't think anyone saw," Harry admitted while looking down.
"Well we did and that is what matters." Fred said
Ginny stood up, "and I would appreciate it if you told NO ONE about this. I trust Harry and I know he won't hurt me. Now please leave us alone."
"Well alright." George sighed
Harry looked at the twins, "I'm sorry if I worried you two."
'Ginny we have to be more careful from now on. Maybe if we shut the blind too,' he thought with a grin.
'I like the way you think Mr. Potter' she thought to him as Fred and George left.
Harry locked the door and closed the blind. "So where did we leave off?" he whispered quietly into Ginny's ear.
Ginny smiled as she kissed him again. The ride basically passed with kissing and talking. They got off the train and passed through the barrier into King's Cross. Harry noticed everyone seemed to be avoiding the corner of the station and instantly knew why. "Sirius!" he called out as he ran towards his godfather.
A/N- We want to thank you all for reading so far. Please review as well. If you get the chance read Sacrifices on Batmarcus' profile. It is another Harry Potter fan fic that I can helping him write.