Chapter Four; Reunited

That evening Harry met Ginny for supper down in the great hall. "Hey Harry, you know that I'm always happy to see you but why aren't you sitting with Ron and Hermione?" she asked him.

"We're still not speaking to each other." He explained hotly.

"Gee Harry, I know you're upset that they won't help you with finding your mum and dad but don't forget, they are your best friends." She told him. "I mean you can still be friends and not always agree, just look at Rickie. I'm sure that he wouldn't be happy about performing a séance."

"Why not?" he questioned.

"It's against his religion." She explained.

"Oh." He began. "Well I don't care, once they're ready to talk to me again I'm ready to listen to them." He said. "I'll be right back, I have to go to the bathroom." He told her before he got up and walked away.

"Alright but hurry back because I have to talk to you about tonight!" she called after him when suddenly somebody else sat down next to her.

"Excuse me," she began loudly as Ginny gave a sudden loud and startled shriek. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." She began again as Ginny quickly turned her head and looked at her. She leaned her head back and stared at her with a state of bewilderment.

"That's alright,.." she began slowly as she studied her bright red hair and thin face, especially her eyes. "you look familiar." She began again. "Your eyes, I've seen them before." She told her.

"Really? Where?" the other lady asked her eagerly.

"My boyfriend, he has those same eyes, he'll be back any minute." She said and sure enough a few moments later she saw him walking back into the great hall. "See, there he is right now." She said when suddenly the young woman stood up and looked at him as he halted in front of their table. A look of shock and astonishment struck his face.

Ginny's eyes landed on him and then back over onto the lady and back again. "Mum?" Harry questioned as the lady simply just smiled at him.

"Hullo sweetheart." She told him.

"Can somebody please tell me what's going on!?" Ginny pleaded. "How can your mother be here when we haven't even done the séance yet!" she exclaimed worriedly.

"Séance," Lily began before she turned to look at her. "what séance?" she asked her.

"The séance that was supposed to bring you and your husband back." Ginny explained.

"What does it matter? The important thing is that she's here." Harry said.

"I've always been here, but you really shouldn't be performing a séance, it's very dangerous." His mother told him.

"You sound just like Hermione." He told her sadly.

"Who's Hermione?" she asked him.

"She's my_ or rather she was one of my best friends." He said.

"Well don't worry, I'm sure that everything will work out for you in the end." She assured him with a warm and loving smile.

"Can I_ can I touch you?" Harry asked her eagerly but she sadly shook her head.

"I'm afraid not, at least for now, I'm only a spirit. And even I will admit that I don't even know how I got here or why you both can see me when it seems like nobody else can." She said as Harry glanced back over at his girlfriend.

"Come on Ginny, tell me what I have to do to save my parents." He told her.

"Harry, please don't." Lily pleaded.

"I have to. Now that I know that Hermione was right and you and Dad really are trapped I have to do everything I can for you. Please Mum, you have no idea how empty my life has been without you." He said as he felt his eyes suddenly start to well up with tears.

"Alright," his mother finally agreed seeing how upset that her only son was. "just be careful sweetheart." She told him softly as he sniffed and wiped his nose on the back of his hand.

"Come on Harry, if everything goes as planned you'll be able to hug both of your parents." Ginny told him as she placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Alright, what do we have to do?" he asked her.

"First we have to go collect our ingredients, and then we have to wait until everyone else is asleep before we can actually perform the séance." She explained.

"I don't think that's such a good idea, you know how Professor McGonagall reacts to students being out of bed in the middle of the night." Lily said.

"My mum's right, we really don't want to get expelled our last year of Hogwarts." Harry told her.

"Well there may be another way, although there is someone that we have to ask about it first." She said.

"You mean Hermione." Harry realized.

"She's the only one that knows the time freezing spell." Ginny pointed out. "It's the only way." She said as Harry suddenly nodded in agreement.