Hello to all readers out there! So Chirstmas has arrived. Harry and Ginny have F-I-N-A-L-L-Y kissed. There will be plenty more where that came from. And the Weasleys are coming to bring Harry home to celebrate the holidays leaving poor "Ginevra" all alone with only the headmaster for company.
YEAH RIGHT Like that's going to happen. Harry and Ginny are not going to take this without a fight. And boy will they fight. Dummydore and the others wont have a clue what hit them.
But Albus will not allow his plans to go to ruin. He WILLcontrol the Boy Who Lived. HE WILL!
Who will win this holiday war in Chapter Twenty Three of The Lord and Lady Phoenix: The Stone?
Previously on The Lord and Lady Phoenix: The Stone…
"HARRY!" She yelled at him. He stopped and looked at her. His emerald eyes were full of tears.
She walked up to him and hugged him.
"Harry. They are not and never will be your family. You already have one. Hermione's your family. Neville's your family. I'm family…right?"
"Of course your family Gin."
Their faces were close together.
"What did you call me?" Ginny asked.
"Gin."
"I like that name." Ginny said with a smile.
"Then I'll use it from now on." Harry replied with a grin.
Their noses were touching.
"Merry Christmas Harry." Ginny said.
"Merry Christmas Ginny."
Christmas came to life with a kiss.
The Lord and Lady Phoenix: The Stone
Chapter Twenty Three
The Holiday War
Harry and Ginny reluctantly broke the kiss, for the need for oxygen was far too great.
"Wow." They both said at the same time.
"So…what does this make us Gin?" Harry asked.
"I think you know the answer to that Harry."
"I like that answer."
"So do I." Ginny said, closing the distance between their lips again.
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The sun had risen and Dumbledore paced around in his office. The time was near. Young Harry was sure to go with his new family. He had been deprived of love his entire life and was sure to take the first offer given to him.
Harry would spend the entire Christmas break with the Weasleys. Their loyalty to Dumbledore was guaranteed to rub off on Harry. Ronald would become his friend and his magnificent plan would resume on its intended course.
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of fire blazing harshly. He turned around and there stood Molly and Arthur Weasley.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Weasley." He said with a kind smile. I hope to find you two well?"
"Very much Headmaster." Arthur said. "Thank you."
"I will send a house elf to collect your sons, Harry, and your daughter." Dumbledore said.
"Actually Headmaster, just my boys and young Harry." Molly said. "We will be leaving Ginevra here."
Dumbledore stood in shock. They had informed him of these plans.
"And why did you not tell me?" He asked.
"We are so very sorry Professor Dumbledore." Molly said. "Arthur must have forgotten to owl you."
"Wha…I did not fo-" Arthur began protesting before Molly elbowed him in the gut, silencing him.
"I'm sorry for my husband's forgetfulness." Mrs. Weasley apologized, then glaring at her husband.
"That is quite alright Mrs. Weasley." The headmaster replied.
The elf returned followed by Ron, Fred, and George. But there was no Harry or Ginevra in sight. Dumbledore frowned and then glared at the creature in rags.
"Did I not say to bring Harry and Ginevra as well?" He asked the shaking house elf.
"N-no sir. But I am afraid that I c-cannot enter the R-ravenclaw common r-room."
"You can teleport from one place to the next!" Ron shouted at the trembling house elf.
"In n-normal c-circumstances I can. H-however…I c-cannot enter the Ravenclaw c-common room."
Dumbledore was tempted to strangle the stupid creature. He was messing with his glorious plans! But…reluctantly he held his rage and muttered, "Take us to the common room."
The nervous elf did as he was commanded. He led them to the entrance to the common room. Dumbledore
approached the door and grabbed the handle inside of the stone Raven's beak. Immediately, the stone bird bite down on his hand. He tried to pull his hand away but it wouldn't budge. Then, the bird did something that stunned them all.
It zapped Albus Dumbledore.
The bird released its grip and Dumbledore stumbled backwards.
"What? Professor are you alright?" Molly asked.
"I'm…fine." He grunted. 'What is this?' He wondered in thought. "I'm mostly in shock. Please ignore the pun."
"Pun ignored Professor. But don't touch the door again. It'll shock you twice as much as the last time." Harry's voice said.
"Harry come out right this second!" Dumbledore commanded.
"Nah, I'm good."
Albus took out his wand. He cast an unlocking charm on the door. It did not budge. The Weasleys stared at him, the door, then back at him again.
"Do not fret. I will have this door opened momentarily." He confidently informed them.
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"Looks like he's not going to give up anytime soon." Harry said.
He and Ginny were not even in the Ravenclaw Common Room. Actually, they were above it!
During their many escapades of the castle, they had found yet another secret path through Hogwarts. It connected the Ravenclaw common room to a very special room inside the castle. One few know as the Room of Requirement.
'It is a good thing I thought of creating security systems for the common rooms all those years ago.' Rowena said to them from within their minds.
"Thanks Rowena." Harry said.
'No problem Harry but I did have lots of help.' She said sheepishly.
Godric snorted. 'Yeah right! You did all the spell work for the systems. Your incredibly smart. Don't sell yourself short dear.'
'Godric, you very well know that I did not!' She said, blushing at the complement.
'Actually Rowena,' Merlin said slyly. 'you did. They simply activated the spells. You created ninety percent of the various parts of Hogwarts. You even created the Room of Requirement from complete scratch!'
'Traitor.' She muttered, but smiling at the same time knowing that it was the truth.
'Shush!' Guys this part's getting good!' Ginny said. They returned their attention to the image on the giant flat screen.
Now, I know what you're thinking. Normally, electrical muggle objects did not work when interfered by magic. But Harry and Ginny had asked for a room where no one from the outside could bother them while they watched Television.
The room had complied and ta-da! They're watching a wall sized HD television show about a deranged headmaster trying to break into a common room.
"Here comes the best part!" Soleil cried happily.
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Momentarily apparently took a very long time in the magical world. For the past half hour, Dumbledore had been hurling spell after spell at the bloody pigeon guarding the door. Right now, he was getting into the more…creative spells.
Fred, George, and Arthur felt like they were watching a game of muggle tennis. Dumbledore sent a spell at the door. They followed the spell. When the spell failed, they turned back to Dumbledore who repeated the process.
"REDUCTO!" He bellowed. The spell shot at the door.. But this time, unlike all of the other spells, the door did not absorb it. Instead, the spell merely rebounded off and slammed into an unsuspecting suit of armor.
A flash of light later and all that was left was a pile of smoking ash.
"Um…professor?" Arthur asked quietly.
"What?" He muttered.
"This is not working. It is obvious that Harry does not want to leave."
"No!" Molly shouted. "He will come home with his family. He needs us!"
"I'm his best friend! He wants to come home! I know it!" Ron shouted.
"Ron," Fred/George replied simply. "Harry is not leaving."
"Yes he is! We are going to get into that ruddy door if it takes all night!" Mrs. Weasley proclaimed. "Now start shooting spells!"
Fred and George reluctantly complied. But they silently smirked at the furious Molly, Ron, and Dumbledore. They did not know what they had done. But the Harry and Ginny they knew would not be leaving tonight.
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"Idiots!" Harry shouted.
"You may not like him Harry," Ardoris said chuckling as he watched how…entertaining Dumbledore was being. "but you have to admit, Dumbledore has style."
"True. Very true." Harry admitted.
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In the end, Dumbledore and his merry men could not break down the door. They decided to call it a night and resume again in the mourning.
But before they left Ron began kicking and screaming at the door despite getting fried via electricity.
"GINNY! YOU LET HARRY GO RIGHT NOW! I KNOW YOU"RE HOLDING HIM CAPTIVE! LET HIM GO RIGHT NOW!
His body could not take the pain anymore and he collapsed into a crumbled heap. He began snoring and everyone knew he was alright.
The next mourning, they returned to the door that brought them so much pain. Dumbledore was holding a gift box complete with a bow on top and a long thirty foot pole.
"What is that?" Ron asked greedily, pointing to the present.
"Hopefully a way to get Harry to come out. We'll knock on the door with a long, rubber pole so we will not get shocked. Harry will come out and see the present on the other side of the hall. When he turns around, we'll stun him and bring him to the Burrow.
"Are you sure that's the best way to do this?" Fred asked.
"Harry might not be so happy once he wakes up." George replied.
"Quiet you two!" Mrs. Weasley yelled at her sons. "How dare you question the headmaster! And of course Harry will be happy. Ginny is probably holding him hostage!"
Fred and George sighed as Dumbledore placed the present down and used the pole to knock on the door.
From the sound of footsteps, it sounded like Harry was coming to the door!
But instead, the Raven head extended from the door. It reached the other side of the hall and grabbed the present with its beak. It quickly began retreating back to the door.
"GET THAT BIRD!" Dumbledore roared.
Everyone except the twins and Arthur jumped at the bird head. The three Weasleys had the logic to suspect that the Raven was still covered in electricity. And judging by the state of unconsciousness the others were in, they assumed that their theory was correct.
The bird retracted back to its original position. Before the knocked out Albus could do anything to retrieve the gift, the raven swallowed it whole.
Fred, George, and Arthur watched as the door opened easily. And out came Harry and Ginny.
"Hey guys." Harry said as if nothing had happened. Then he looked down. "Why are Dumbledore, Ron, and Mrs. Weasley sleeping on the floor?"
"Don't know Harry." One of the two twins said, a smirk on his face.
"Harry." Arthur said.
"Mr. Weasley." Harry acknowledged him. "I see you have some logic in you. Unlike some others I could name."
"Yes. I have to admit. It does feel good to have Dumbledore's ego knocked down a few pegs." Mr. Weasley smiled. "I am sorry though Harry. My wife and Ron follow Dumbledore blindly. They are corrupted by greed and have no common sense."
"Its alright. That sums up almost every witch and wizard in Magical Britain." Ginny stated the sad truth.
"So Harry, what are you going to do about these guys?" The twins asked.
"This." Ginny said. She and Harry pointed their wands at the fallen witch and wizards. What looked like silky strands of white hair traveled from their foreheads, into the tips of the wands. When the trail of "hair" ended, they gave their wands another wave. Three more strands of "hair" jumped from their wands back to their heads.
"What was that?" Arthur asked.
"We modified their memories." They think that nothing eventful has happened so far in the break. They never thought about bringing Harry to the burrow. They will act like this whole thing never occurred." Harry explained to them.
And it didn't…right?" Ginny asked.
"Right." They agreed.
"I also need to cast a small spell on you three." Harry said. "Don't worry, you'll be able to remember what happened. These events just will not be able to be seen by Dumbledore since he reads the minds of everyone.
"Okay Harry. I trust you."
Harry waved his wand in a semi-circle and pointed it to them. A soft blue glow surrounded their minds. After a few seconds, it disappeared. "Now we just need to levitate them into bed and they'll think they just slept in."
"Right." I'll be taking this ungrateful lot home." Arthur said, waving his hand towards his wife and son. "And…if they want to," He turned to his other two children. "You two are welcome to come home with me."
"Of course Dad." The left one said.
"I agree with my handsome twin. Besides, we can't go a week without pranking Ronny here." The right one laughed.
Arthur shook his head and smiled. "Bye Harry."
"Goodbye."
"And Ginny," Mr. Weasley called out to his daughter.
"Yes?" She asked.
"No matter what your mother says, I am proud to call you my daughter."
Ginny's eyes filled with tears. She ran to her dad and hugged him tight.
Harry levitated his headmaster and walked to his office, leaving his best friend and her father alone to share this private moment.
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"No!" Dumbledore yelled in his sleep. His face was cloaked in icy sweat. His skin was pale and clammy. "NO!" He shot straight up. He looked himself over and checked his surroundings.
He found that he was in his chambers.
"Phew. I'm alright. It was just a nightmare. I can't believe that happened! The world's supply of lemon drops had actually run out! That was scary! Good thing that's over."
He walked into his office. "Good morning Fawkes." He said to his "familiar."
The phoenix just glared at his "master." Dumbledore checked the time.
"Hm…that nightmare must've really been bad. It's nearly noon!" He shuddered remembering the horrible fate his nightmare had included. "Now where was I? Ah that's right! I gave Harry the gift! Tonight is the night. Oh how I've been looking forward to this moment!" He reached into his bowl of his favorite sweets and plucked one out.
He tossed it into his mouth and savored the lemony taste.
"Ah…that's better."
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Harry and Ginny stared at the present Dumbledore had given them. Neither had touched the item, suspecting it could be anything.
"Use a very long knife to open it." Merlin advised. "That way your magic cannot be tracked. The Room of Requirement answered by giving them a twenty six inch blade of steel.
Harry prodded the bow and slowly opened the package. Out fell a silky cloak. Harry and Ginny stared at it.
"Not yet!" Morgana said. "There's bound to be a few tracking charms at the least." Harry and Ginny used a checking charm and found thirty eight different spells invading the cloak. After an hour of removing the spells the cloak was back to its original self.
Harry apprehensively picked up the cloak. The elders gasped.
"Harry! Merlin shouted. "Do you know what that is?"
"What?" He and Ginny asked curiously.
"It's an invisibility cloak!" Helga told them.
"No way!" The children said.
"Not only that." Rowena informed them. "But it is the very one of the three Deathly Hallows!" Harry and Ginny stared at the cloak in utter silence. The Deathly Hallows were real. They had read the legends of the hallows in children's' books.
"Well then?" Ginny asked. "Put it on!"
Harry nodded and threw the cloak over his body.
He turned to a mirror that had just appeared. He was gone!
But then, he realized something.
"Dumbledore wants us to go to a certain room tonight." His voice said. He took off the cloak. "I checked his mind and his surface thoughts were about getting me into a room where he had moved the mirror."
"But he doesn't know about the Stone…right?" Ginny asked nervously.
"No. He still believes it is in there. The idiot didn't even check the mirror when he moved it. He just assumed no one could get passed his spell."
"So what should we do?" Ginny asked.
"I think you need to go." Merlin said.
"What? Why?" Harry asked the sorcerer.
"You need to retain the image that you're innocent and have no clue about the stone. Dumbledore still thinks you are a carefree eleven year old. Any normal eleven year old would go out and explore with that cloak."
"Yeah but-"
"Harry, he's right." Salazar agreed. "You are not normal. But Dumbledore still thinks you are. It's best to keep that image for the time being."
"Alright. I'll go."
"And it needs to be just Harry." Godric informed them.
"No! I'm not letting Harry do this on his own! Ginny shouted.
"Ginny. We need to find out what else Dumbledore is up to." Harry explained sadly. "If we keep an innocent appearance, he'll slip up one day and tell us something big. If he sees us as threats, he'll be more reserved and secretive…more than usual."
"Yeah but-" Ginny argued.
"Ginny, we can communicate with each other with our minds. You'll be able to see what I see. You'll be right there with me."
Ginny stood there in silence. She looked out the window. The sun was sinking behind the mountains. Time had flown by.
Then without warning, she flew into Harry wrapping her arms around him tight and kissing him with all her heart.
She broke the kiss leaving a dazed Harry.
"Just be safe Harry." Harry came to and smiled. He picked up the invisibility cloak and threw it over himself.
"Don't worry Ginny. I will. I promise."
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Harry followed the breeze that he knew was pushing him to the unused classroom. He knew that Dumbledore was tailing him, but he couldn't let the appearance shatter. He needed to continue acting like the innocent eleven year old Dumbledore believed him to be.
Harry followed the breeze and saw a fight between Snape and Quirrel. Snape was threatening the stuttering professor that he was onto him.
Harry quickly walked by inside the cloak and pretended to hide from the professors in a conveniently close room, the one with the mirror.
And there it stood. Just as tall and proud as he saw it the last time. The backwards message was still magnificently carved into the golden frame.
Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on woshi
"Hello Harry." A voice called out.
Harry faked jumped and turned around. There stood the form of Albus Dumbledore.
"Oh I-I didn't see you Professor." He stuttered.
"Strange how nearsighted being invisible can be." Said Dumbledore. "So you, like hundreds before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised."
"I d-didn't know it was called that sir."
"But I expect that now you have realized what it does?"
"It…it shows me my family." He said. He had seen his family. A future one at that. But he had never told Ginny and he blocked that part of his mind. He didn't want to spoil the surprise.
"And it showed your friend Ron himself as head boy." said Albus, smiling.
Harry was confused for a moment. But then realized Dumbledore thought Ron had gone with him to see the Mirror.
"H-how d-"
"I do not need a cloak to become invisible." Dumbledore said.
"Now can you think of what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?"
Harry shook his head.
"Allow me to explain. The happiest man on Earth would be able to gaze into the mirror and see himself exactly as he is."
"So…it show us what we want." Harry pretended to guess like the average eleven year old. "Whatever we want…"
"Yes…and no." Said the headmaster. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. You who have never known your family. Ronald who has always been overshadowed by his many brothers, sees himself as the best of them all."
Harry stared at him.
"However, this Mirror gives us neither knowledge nor truth. Men have wasted away in front of it. And that is why, the Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow. And I ask that you not go looking for it again." He stared into the mirror and sighed.
"Sir?"
"It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that."
'It also does not do well to be a manipulative bastard and forget to use logic either.' Ginny thought to him.
"Sir, can I ask you something?" Harry asked, knowing Dumbledore would lie.
"Obviously, you have just done that." The headmaster smiled. "But I will allow you to ask one more question."
"What do you see when you look into the mirror?" Harry saw Dumbledore show a look of panic before becoming calm once more, his eyes twinkling.
"I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks."
Harry stared at him.
"One can never have too many socks Harry. Remember that as well for it is a valuable life lesson. Now off to bed."
Harry donned his invisibility cloak and returned to the Ravenclaw Common Room, the door now devoid of electricity to avoid suspicion. Harry climbed into bed thinking one last thing before sleep overtook him.
"Socks? Stupid bastard."
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A/N: And that is the end of the Holiday War! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And now, Harry's got an invisibility cloak to use now free of tracking charms! Hip. Hip. Hurray! The new term begins next chapter. What will our old pal Quirrel be up too? Will Ron still try to be friends with Harry? Probably. And Snape will meet with them to discuss Dumbles latest scheme.
Do the challenges below and find out next time on The Lord and Lady Phoenix: The Stone!
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Challenges
1. What will happen during the Forbidden Forest section?
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