The Beginning of the End (chapt. 7)
Ok, so here is chapter 7 hope you all like it!!! I don't know if it's my best chapter but feel free to disagree... Review please... please.
"Hi Andromeda" Harry said once he came back with Teddy.
"Hi Harry! I guess its lunch already" she said laughing
"Yeah, where's Ginny?" he asked confused.
"Oh she went out she'll meet you back at The Burrow tonight." She said
"Oh, alright then, do you mind if I stay here today?" he asked her.
"Not at all" she replied smiling.
Harry appeared out of thin air in The Burrow's back yard. It was nearly dark outside so he made his way to the kitchen door.
"Harry dear! How was your day?" Mrs. Weasley bounded toward him giving him one of her famous bone-crushing hugs.
"Hi Mrs. Weasley" he said
"Well were about to eat but Ron, Hermione and Ginny are all out." She said
"Oh well ok..." he started saying but was interrupted by Hermione appearing out of the fireplace.
"Hi Harry" She said smiling.
"Hi Hermione" he said
"The other's are coming Mrs. Weasley:" she said.
"Oh, good dinner is ready so come all sit at the table." As Ginny and Ron appeared out of the fireplace they all made their way to the table and started eating 's amazing meal.
In no time they were full and sat in the living room laughing and playing chess. Not long after they were all making their way into their respective rooms and soundlessly asleep. Morning came in a blur and Harry was woken by another beautiful morning when the sun went straight to his eyes. He woke up and searched for his glasses, putting them on and sitting up in his bed. Ron was already gone downstairs he supposed. So he got up and got dressed, made his way downstairs but was surprised to find no one except for Hermione.
"Where's Ron?" He asked her.
"He's out and so is Ginny" she said smiling, holding a piece of parchment in her hands.
"What's that?" he asked nodding towards the parchment.
"Hogwarts letters" she said looking down.
"What do you mean letters" he said.
"Well I'm going back to Hogwarts and doing my seventh year." She said measuring his reaction.
"Really?" he said taken aback. She nodded in response.
"I don't know what to say"
"Well you didn't expect me not to go back to school" she said standing up and walking towards him.
"I guess not" he said
"I'll miss you all, but come on Harry it's me. I love school" she said smiling.
"Well obviously it won't be the same without you here but I can't say I blame you to go back to school" he said
"So... do you want to do something today?" she asked him.
"Sure but what?" he said
"Dunno, do you want to go see Hagrid?" she said
"Yeah sure..." he said sitting down and eating. Once they were both done they made their way to the apparition point and vanished to Hagrid's hut.
"Harry, Hermione! What are y'eh doing here?" Hagrid exclaimed once they knocked on the door. He automatically gave them both bone crushing hugs. They set themselves around the familiar tables and Hagrid prepared tea for them. Someone knocked on the door and Hagrid got up and opened it.
"Hello Hagrid how are you?" Kingsley Shacklebolt's voice boomed in the small hut.
"Kingley or should I say minister, would you like a cup of tea?" Hagrid asked
"Alright but I must be off soon" he replied heading towards the table
"Harry, Hermione how have you been?"
"Not too bad minister and you?" Hermione replied
"Not bad either but please call me Kingsley"
Hagrid then poured tea into 4 big cups. Kingsley was eying Harry as though he wanted to ask him something.
"So Harry what are you planning on doing this year? Are you going back to school?" he asked
"Actually no, I'm going to help Andromeda take care of Teddy" Harry said looking at the table.
"Yes... you are his godfather. I just talked to professor McGonnagall and she told me about your ambition to become an auror, is that something you're still interested in after everything that has happened?" Harry was taken aback, he hadn't thought about till quite recently after defeating Voldemort although he would give anything to catch all the remaining death eaters so Teddy and everyone else could live in peace and security.
"Yes I'm still interested in becoming an auror" Harry said looking straight at Kingsley.
"Well whenever you feel like you're ready to start a post will be waiting for you at headquarters, come and see me and I'll arrange everything."
"Wow, thank you Kingsley" Harry said.
"Well Hagrid I really must be off" he said standing up and heading to the door.
"Good evening Harry, Hermione" he said
"Thank you Kingsley" Harry said shaking his hand.
"No problem Harry" he said smiling and turning away.
"What are you going to do Harry?" Hermione asked.
"I dunno, I'll have to think about it" he replied.
"Hagrid it's getting late maybe we should go before Mrs. Weasley get's worried." Hermione said
"Oh, alright but you guys better come back soon" he teased smiling.
"Promise" They both said together laughing. Harry and Hermione looked at each other and smiled they both walked towards Hagrid and gave him a hug.
" Bye Hagrid" they walked out of the school grounds and with a "pop" vanished to The Burrow
"Harry, Hermione!" shouted once she saw them in the door.
"Hi " they replied.
"Where have you been?" she asked
"To see Hagrid are we late for dinner?" Hermione asked her.
"No it's just about ready"
"Where's Ginny and Ron?" Harry asked
"They're still out won't be back till later" she said. What was Ginny doing? Harry asked himself he had barely seen her in two days. As he sat down next to Hermione at the table he was deep in thought. It had only been two days but that's how it was going to be for the next year. He ate quietly and felt Hermione staring at him curious.
He went up to bed early when Ginny hadn't shown up and he didn't have anything to do. When he got up to his room he found a piece of parchment on his bed. He unfolded it, and it was a message from the Quiddtich supplie store and it said that his new broom had arrived. He threw the piece of parchment aside and as he dressed for bed he thought about how he missed that broom so much, because Sirius had given it to him. He woke up early and realized that he was now eighteen years old. He looked over at Ron's bed finding it empty, he got dressed made his way downstairs expecting to find someone but the kitchen was deserted. So he went outside apparated to the leaky-cauldron and made his way to the brick wall. He tapped the right places with his wand as Hagrid had his first time there. And Diagon Alley immediately materialized before his eyes.
"I love magic" he said to himself.
Once he got his firebolt he decided to get a spot of breakfast at the leaky-cauldron. Later, he flew back to The Burrow on his new broom. Once he landed in the backyard, he put his firebolt in the Weasley's broom shed.
"Harry!"
"Hi Hermione"
"Where've you been?" she asked
"I just went to get my new broom" he said
"Oh" she said smiling
"Do you want to go inside?" she asked suddenly after a long and awkward silence.
"Um... ok" he replied curious of her behaviour.
They walked in silence, once he was in the kitchen it was unusually quiet. She led him to the living room.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!" several people exclaimed. He felt a smile creep up his face as he saw the faces of many people he hadn't seen since the battle.
"Well let's all go outside before we all suffocate" Mrs. Weasley said.
As Harry started making his way towards the door someone suddenly grabbed his legs laughing. He looked down and saw his godson smiling up at him.
"Teddy!" he exclaimed, he picked him up and gave him a kiss on the forehead. Hermione, Andromeda and Harry all started laughing once Teddy gave a big laugh.
"Well he really does love you. Nymphadora and Remus chose his godfather well" Andromeda said coming closer.
"Hi Andromeda" he said.
"Happy Birthday Harry"
"Thank you, and thanks for bringing Teddy" he said
"Shall we go to the party?"
"After you" Harry replied.
All three made their way outside.
"Harry, Hermione!" they turned around.
"Hi, Neville, Luna" Hermione said.
"How are you?" Neville asked.
"Not too bad you guys?" Harry asked them both.
"Great actually" Luna replied as Neville nodded.
"Are you lot going back to Hogwarts this year?" Neville asked
"Well, I'm not but Hermione and Ginny are. As for Ron I have no idea. What about you?" Harry said.
"We both are" he said looking at Luna.
"That's great!"
"Why aren't you coming back Harry?" Luna asked him serenely
"Well I have new responsibilities and quite frankly I'm not sure I'm ready to go back just yet" he said
"Is that professor Lupin's son?" Neville asked Harry
"Yes, meet my godson. Teddy Lupin" he said proudly.
"Well I'd best be off and find Andromeda, thank you all for coming" he said
"Is it lunch already?" Andromeda asked him, once he was close to her. Harry nodded and handed her Teddy.
"Lunch is on the table enjoy!" Mrs. Weasley yelled at the same time.
"Hi Hermione" Harry said as he sat down next to her with his lunch
"Hi Harry" she said brightly
"Have you seen Ginny and Ron?" he asked her.
"Um, no but I'm sure they'll be here soon" she said looking bizarre as though she was hiding something. Lunch passed by in a blur and after a small chorus of "Happy Birthday" they all ate the cake and passed to the presents.
"We have one left" Ginny and Ron said coming out of nowhere. They handed their present to him and he saw that it had the form of a broom. But it couldn't be a new broom; after all, Ginny had been with him when he bought his new one. He unwrapped the package and it was indeed a firebolt.
"But I already have a new broom" he said confused and looking at the lot of them. They laughed together.
"Well Harry it's not actually new, it's used" Ron said.
"I don't understand" Harry said even more confused than before.
"It's you're old firebolt, the one Sirius gave to you"
"But... It got destroyed when I fell last year"
"Well it wasn't that bad, we went to look for it at Andromeda's house once we found it we brought it to the Quidditch Supplie store and the guy fixed it"
"Who's we?" Harry asked
"Me, Ginny and Hermione" he said grinning obviously please with his work. Finally Harry looked at Ginny she was smiling slightly as though scared about his reaction. He hadn't noticed everyone around had gotten quiet.
"We knew how much you loved that broom Harry, not because it was firebolt the best broom in the world but because Sirius gave it to you" It was Ginny who spoke this time.
"Wow. Thanks guys a lot" he said standing up. He walked to Ron and gave him a hug. This was by far the best present he had ever gotten him. Next, he went to Hermione and gave her a hug as well. And last he came to Ginny; he looked her straight in the eyes.
"Thanks" he said and she threw her arms around him.
"I love you" she whispered in his ear.
"I love you too" he whispered back. Once they broke apart he turned to everyone else.
"Thanks everyone, for everything."
The afternoon passed along quickly and soon enough all the Weasley's, Harry and Hermione were seated at the table eating their dinner and enjoying each other's company.
Later that night, Ginny and Harry sat in the living room. Ginny was cuddle in Harry's arms her head resting against his shoulder.
"I missed you Harry" she said suddenly.
"So did I, but it's only been two days" he said chuckling.
"Yeah, in a month's time we'll only see each other on the holiday's and if you come to Hogsmeade" she said looking up at his face.
"Don't worry I'll be there and thanks again for the present today, I really appreciate it. Ron told me it was your idea"
"No problem, like I said, I know how much that broom meant to you" she said reaching up to touch his face with her hand.
"I love you Ginny" he said
"I love you too Harry" she said before they shared a deep passionate kiss.