Hello everyone! I can't believe that I'm updating a day early, but I've been super bored so I obviously watched a ton of anime and wrote this for you guys. I think that this will be pretty interesting, but you're gonna hate me at the end. I hope you're ready for this chapter. I will be making it as long as I see fit, because there are going to be a couple of fight scenes and I need to research spells. Now this chapter may very well suck, but that's not up to me. You can criticize me all you want, but what's done is done, so too bad. A lot of review tell me how much my story suck, know what? I don't give a crap! You can tell me I'm bloody butchering the characters, and I still won't care! This is my story, so let me effing write it. Also, I know I said it took place after the fourth book, but I kinda made a mistake a few chapters ago, so now it's taking place in the sixth book, deal with it. Now, if you plan on not making fun of this chapter, read on.
Harry's POV.
Ron and Hermione stayed close with me. We found an empty room and started to plan on what our next move would be. We had finally found Ginny and it took all of my willpower to not run up to her and hug her like there was no tomorrow, I mean I was seriously glad she was okay, but we also had a mission to complete. I turned to Fred and George. Hermione was acting strange, but snapped out of it as I started to speak.
"I think it's best if you two take Ginny and get out of here." I said in a whisper loud enough for all of them to heard me but also not alert any Death Eaters. Ginny looked offended as she stood.
"No bloody way I'm going home. I'm staying." She had on a glare so mean, if looks could kill. She crossed her arms and turned her head as if saying she wouldn't take no for an answer. Ron held her shoulders. I could tell that he was only concerned about his sister's safety. She was his only sister after all, and she was a person that could always make you feel better. She would be a great wizard one day, I just knew it.
"Gin, please. We don't want you hurt, any of us." George nodded.
"Yeah, we'll take you home. They'll get your wand and the adults will praise us." Fred nodded, smiling.
"Along with pranking a couple o' Death Eaters." Ginny huffed.
"No way. It's my wand, isn't it? I should be able to get it. Why don't all of you go home and let me get it myself?" Hermione threw her arms around her.
"Ginny, we came to save you. It defeats the purpose of coming here if you just go off on your own." I sighed and thought through the problem.
"Fine then, Fred and George take either Ron or Hermione with you and meet us through the way we came in an hour. Ginny, either of you two and I will go and get the wand." Hermione stood with Fred and George.
"I better keep these two out of trouble. Stay safe." They ran out and I gestured toward the door.
"Lets go." I glanced into the hallway before running down the nearest staircase. I heard Amycus and Alecto down the hall.
"I don't want to guard the weapons and wands though! It's the most boring job in this place."
"I know Alecto, but they're direct orders. Come on, maybe we can play with the prisoners wands." I gave Ginny and Ron a look saying that we would be following them, and they immediately understood. We carefully made our way down the hall towards the twin wizards. Then as Ginny stepped into the next hallway a spell came crashing against the wall where we were. I yanked Ginny's hand and she was pulled right on top of me. Ron started sending defensive spell that he could remember at them I quickly forced myself up and shot a spell.
"Prefectrius Totalum" They froze and Ron and I stole their wands and quickly ran to the door they were guarding. I pointed my own wand at the doorknob and whispered.
"Alohomora." The door swung open and I rushed our captives and Ron and Ginny into the dark room. Ron quickly shut the door as I muttered.
"Lumos." Ginny and I scanned the shelves for her wand and Ron worked on tying up Alecto and Amycus. Finally, I saw her wand was on the top shelf, next to many other discarded wands. I rushed over and started to reach for it. Then, suddenly, the doorknob turned. We all hid, leaving the twins on the floor.
"Hello? Amycus, Alecto? Bellatrix said there was a mix-up in the schedule, you're supposed to be torturing the people in the dungeons to get answers." It was Trixie, but I still stayed hidden. I couldn't completely trust her and if the door was open, we could easily be spotted. I held Ginny back from going towards her friend. She gave me a questioning, hazy look. I gave her a rushed and helpless look. Trixie started to pull the twins away. She shut the door behind her and Ron lifted a paper the was on the floor.
"Harry, it says we have eleven minutes before people notice Amycus and Alecto are gone. We only have a couple of minutes to get the wand and get out of here." Ginny jumped and grabbed her wand.
"Alright then, lets go find the others." She smiled in the darkness.
"I want to get out of here today, so hurry up." We took off running through the halls. When we heard other footsteps we concealed ourselves behind corridors. Finally, sick of having to hide, I pulled out the invisibility cloak and threw it over their heads. Ginny blushed because she was so close to Ron and me. I blushed slightly, but we were moving much faster and more efficiently now. I mumbled something to them as we neared the entrance.
"Now, comes the tricky part." I gently pulled the cloak away from us and shoved it into my bag. Suddenly, the door that we'd left slightly ajar to come in through was forced closed. There he stood, Lucius Malfoy, his hand over the door and a sinister glare on his face.
"Well, it seems I've caught a couple of weasels in my trap." Another voice also accompanied this conversation.
"Then the twins weren't lying after all. Good work, Malfoy." It was the vicious voice of the Mad Bellatrix. We turned and were met with the faces of Bellatrix, Narcissa and Draco. Behind them were Alecto and Amycus, running towards us. Ron looked at me with utter terror in his eyes.
"Bloody Hell." I quickly whipped out my wand, which was then shot out of my hand by Dolohov. He smirked from where he stood beside Lucius.
"Don't think it'll be that easy. We caught your little friends making mischief around here a while ago, they surrendered without a fight at all." I then realized that Hermione must have a plan. I lifted my hands.
"Alright then, I give up." Ginny, who was leaning onto my back whispered to me.
"Harry, what do think you're doing?"
"I've got a plan, trust me." Ginny sighed deeply before dropping her wand.
"Fine then, I give up as well." Ron dropped his wand too.
"Me too." They took us to a room where six chairs were set up, two chairs back to back to form three rows. The twins were tied up back to back and Hermione was tied to a chair with no one sitting on the other side. There was also an empty set of chairs. They tied Ron up to the chair behind where Hermione sat and Ginny and I sat back to back in the two remaining chairs. Hermione looked very frightened as she glanced around nervously. I really hope she has a plan. Dolohov tied us up and I felt my cheeks go red at the touch of Ginny's warm hands. Dolohov chuckled.
"Alright, let's go see lord Voldemort." They all left the room and I turned to Hermione, who sat right next to me.
"What's the plan." The frightened look faded and she smiled.
"I so glad you let yourselves be caught." She started to describe the plan.
"Okay, so first, Ginny to you still have your bracelets on?" I was confused, what did jewelry have to do with escaping? Ginny seemed just as confused.
"Yeah, what for?" Hermione turned to me.
"Harry, break her bracelets in half." I squinted at her.
"Why?"
"Just do it." She looked desperate as I maneuvered my hands around to grip her bracelets and gentle break apart the thin plastic. I get it now. I started to hack away at the ropes and Hermione smiled in satisfaction.
"Finally figured it out?" I rolled my eyes.
"Whatever, Hermione." I slide the sharp edge up and down across the ropes, focusing only on freeing myself. Finally the ropes snapped, I jumped up and started to untie Ginny. She then worked on Hermione while I freed Ron. We were halfway through Fred and George when we heard conversation outside. I heard that high, cold voice and knew right away who it was. My scar burst into heavy throbbing and it pained my head.
"Is the boy in there?"
"Yes sir, along with his friends."
"You've done very well, you shall be rewarded soon."
"Father, I've just been back to my room. We have a problem."
"Trixie! What's the issue?"
"The prisoner we had has escaped."
"What?! Find her! How would she escape?"
"I have no idea, my guess would be someone came and freed her. I put the metal restraints on her so it was the only way." We heard his footsteps receding and others following in pursuit. We all let out longs breaths. Hermione pointed to the window in the corner of the room.
"That leads the where they're keeping our wands. Harry, you, Ron and Ginny should know the way out from the wand room, right?" I nodded.
"Yeah, only three of us are able to fit under the cloak at a time." Hermione nodded.
"I know, Fred and George would be too big, so they'll be avoiding Death Eaters and taking a alternate path." I nodded.
"I won't go under with you guys. I know a lot more spells than you guys do, I could be your defense." Hermione shook her head.
"No, I know way more spells than you do. I can walk around, besides it'll be harder to catch me a second time." Ginny gave her signature smile.
"Let's get moving then!" We all crawled through the window and ran along the hallways making sure to avoid any shadows or footsteps. Then racing footsteps came towards them. Suddenly, Trixie appeared at the end of the hall. She stopped in front of us.
"Come on, we gotta get you out of here." She gripped my wrist and led me down hallways, I knew the others followed. Finally, we got to the door we'd entered. She pushed us out.
"All your stuff is still out there, quickly, before they catch you!" I smiled at her.
"Thank you!"
"Out!" She was angry, but blushing as she pointed to our stuff and slammed the door in our faces. I looked around and Hermione pulled the cloak off of them. Ron looked wary. I smirked.
"Now, it's time for some fancy flying." I climbed atop my broom, gripping the fore of it tightly. Ron jumped on the other broom, Hermione jumped on the same broom, hugging him tightly. I smiled at Ginny.
"You heard Trixie, get on." She looked surprised, before nodding.
"Okay, then lets go." She jumped on the back of my broom, her hands holding my shoulders lightly. I turned to look at her.
"You're going to have to get a stronger grip than that if you don't want to fall off." She blushed and moved her hands around my stomach, gripping hard. I blushed but smiled.
"Time to make a fast getaway." I kicked off, waiting for Ron and Hermione to lead the way. George and Fred's brooms weren't there, so we knew that they'd already escaped. Ron went zipping off in a direction, I followed in pursuit. Not more than three minutes of turning later, Death Eaters were right behind us. They shot many spells in out direction, a lot of killing spells mostly. We made sharp turns and tried to go over and under many times, trying to loose them. This was not an easy task. It's going to be a long night.
We came to crossroads, where there were several different paths that we could take to leave. Three led to certain death, two led to escape routes in the opposite direction of which we wanted to go, and one led right back home. Six different paths, eight Death Eaters, two broomstick riders, two passengers, this is going to be tough.
Just as Ginny and I neared following Ron and Hermione down the path to the house, I made a sharp right turn, all of the Death Eaters followed. I went barreling straight towards the path of certain death, when just last minute, I pulled a u-turn. Three Death Eaters went right into the path, I made sure to make a lot of fakes and tumbles before finally going down the path Ron and Hermione had traveled. Ginny had gripped my stomach tightly during every one of our turns. She kept looking behind us to make sure that we weren't being followed.
Suddenly, from over the top of a building, a Death Eater came right for us! We were knocked off from the force of his shove. I turned and grabbed onto Ginny, turning her so she land on me instead of the ground. All that mattered to me was that she got our safe, I will sacrifice myself as long as she can get out alive. I don't care what happens next, Ginny will survive, if it's that thing I do, I will save Ginny. I groaned as I made impact with the hard cobblestone street. Ginny sat up, her face full of worry.
"Are you okay?!" I nodded and we got up, both holding our wands out. Bellatrix emerged from the shadows, smiling like the mad woman she was. I stepped in front of Ginny, protectively. She yelled at the same time I did.
"Crucio!"
"Expelliarmus!" Bellatrix's wand went flying as I grabbed Ginny's hand and my broom and we began to run as fast as we could. Finally Grimmauld Place came into sight, I gave Ginny a small smile as we rushed inside, our cheeks red from exhaustion. She looked at me a smile in her eyes.
"Let's do that again!" We ran up to the attic and found everyone in on the operation waiting for us. George and Fred sighed in relief. Ron and Hermione immediately jumped up and hugged us. We all recounted our tales of escape.
Ron and Hermione said that they'd faced one Death Eater on their way back, which Hermione had petrified and then moved into a dumpster. Ron had then made a few quick go-arounds around the neighborhood to loose any that were still following. They had arrived minutes before we did. They also said that when I didn't immediately follow them, Hermione almost fell off her broom worried. (Ginny and I laughed at that part)
Fred and George on the other hand apparated out to the doorway and left on first notice, which is why it was unlocked. They had dealt with the people guarding it and hide them in a storage closet, then they picked the lock and set traps for Death Eaters, which Hermione had disabled on their way back. Fred's actions and movement made it out to be as if they'd also fought a dragon and dove for sea treasure.
Ginny and I told of how we'd been chased by several Death Eaters, all armed and shooting spells at us. Then Ginny, a bit too dramatically told of how I'd made so many sharp turns that it made her head spin. We told of our quick encounter with Bellatrix and how we ran like crazy for three blocks. I made sure to say not to say that we'd been knocked off the broom and Ginny had landed on top of me, cause I'm pretty sure that was embarrassing for both of us.
Then, George hopped up suddenly.
"We have to go tell mum and dad that Ginny''s here!" Fred jumped up too, both of them frantic.
"You're right! They said they were going to leave at dawn!" Ginny and Hermione's mouths were wide open, Ron and I just stared. Ginny seemed the most upset out of the two.
"Wait a sec, you didn't even tell anyone you were going to save me!? What if you bloody died?!" Ron hushed Ginny. He obviously didn't want anyone to be woken up, but sadly his ideas were too delayed. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came running up the stairs, followed by Sirius and Buckbeak. Mrs. Weasley saw Ginny and threw her arms around her.
"Oh! Ginny! You're okay! How did you get out?" Ron rubbed his head.
"We kinda went out and got her." Mr. Weasley looked enraged.
"What!? How could you do something like that without supervision!? You could've gotten killed!" George them smiled mischievously.
"But we didn't!" Sirius gave me a disapproving look.
"Harry, that was very dangerous to do. Next time, at least tell someone what you're planning, so you have backup. Did you even have a plan?" I shrugged.
"Find Ginny and escape." Sirius sighed, but smiled as well. He took a seat and rubbed his tired eyes.
"You're just like your father. So simple-minded." I stared at him.
"I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing." He chuckled.
"Both." Meanwhile, the Weasley boys were getting the lecture of their lives.
"-if you boys ever pull a stunt that dangerous or crazy again, I'll personally make sure that the Burrow and Hogwarts are the only places you'll ever see in your lifetime!" Mrs. Weasley humphed and turned, walking out the door. Over her shoulder she spoke loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Go to bed boys! Harry, get some rest your hearing is tomorrow." Then I remembered the Dementor attack that had felt like it happened weeks ago. It felt like a whole other school year away from what had just happened. Sirius stood next to Mr. Weasley at the doorway.
"Molly is right, go to bed now." They gestured toward the door. Fred and George just apparated, not really caring about walking all the way down some steps. Ginny and Hermione began to become engaged in conversation, both wanting enough time to recount their emotions throughout the whole ordeal before they had to brush their teeth. Sirius messed up my hair in a noogie on the way out. I smiled and Ron and I went into out room and quickly put on our pajamas to go to bed. After all, this had been their longest day of summer by far.
Ginny's POV.
Since we weren't going anywhere tomorrow and mum had said 'go to bed boys' we stayed up and talked. We decided to talk about boys, mainly because they are the most troublesome and most confusing species known to man. Hermione groaned when I brought it up.
"They are complete and utter idiots. I can't believe that we are considered lower than men in society." I nodded.
"My brothers are completely clueless. When their being idiots they deserve the right hook that's coming to them." Hermione laughed.
"Seriously though, how do you put up with them? I could never imagine having to deal with so many pains!" I shrugged.
"Well, when I couldn't defend myself when I was around six, Charlie defended me, cause he was used to taming wild beasts and Percy defended me because he claimed it was unfair to a lady." I giggled at Hermione's bewildered face.
"When did you start defending yourself?"
"I started to defend myself when I turned eight. I was sick of Fred and George's pranks so I pulled one of my own."
"What did you do? Hermione's face carried an excitement that I'd never seen her have before. I smiled triumphantly.
"I covered the whole floor of their room in mud, filled their mattresses with bugs and I filled their room with gnomes." Hermione stared at me open-mouthed.
"Why would you do that to them?" I smiled evilly.
"Because I was sick of their stupid water balloons always hitting me in the back. They were animals so I was going to treat them like it." Hermione shuddered.
"Remind me to never get on your bad side. You have magic now, who knows what you can do?" I laughed and we continued to talk like that for hours. Hermione and I shared our stories and hopes for what would happen this year at Hogwarts. We talked more about teachers and the kind of work that we expected. Hermione gave me advice for moving on instead of continued to like Harry for the rest of my life. I also talked to her about Quidditch.
"I want to try out for the team this year, but I don't know if I would be able to get on the team." I explained to Hermione. She looked confused.
"Ginny do you even have any experience with flying on a broom, or playing Quidditch for that matter?" I let out a small laugh. Hermione just stared at me.
"Don't worry, Hermione. I break into the shed all the time and fly my brothers brooms. They never notice either. Just say that they must've put it there cause that's where they found it." Hermione laughed.
"Don't you ever ask for your own broom though? It must be annoying having to rely on the boys."
"Well, sometimes I think of asking, then I remember that I don't have that much money, neither does any of the rest of our family. I don't mind all that much. I can use the school brooms if I try out for the team this year. Hopefully, all the practice I've had will pay off." I squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"Don't worry, they'd be crazy not to let you on the team. Wait, isn't Oliver Wood out of Hogwarts this year? Who'll the team captain be?" I placed my finger on my chin in thought.
"Probably Katie Bell, or Harry. The others graduated as well, so we don't have that many options. Most likely, it'll be Harry, Wood was always too proud to let anyone but the best player be the star. If it's Katie she'll probably be safe and make everyone try out for positions even Harry. Harry will probably have to go to Katie for advice on how to run the team, since he'll most likely get caught up on trouble again." Hermione burst into laughed.
"I've never heard anything more spot-on! That is the best description of what happens every year. I don't know how Ron and Harry put up with all the craziness that goes on in our lives. I can't take it sometimes. I just want to escape, especially since Ron and Harry are boys. They don't understand a girls feelings sometimes, and it drives me stark-mad." I nodded in agreement.
"Boys never understand a girls feelings, which is why I learn spells to beat them up. Anyone on the train to Hogwarts in free gain. If you attack people there no one can put you in trouble because school hasn't started and you're technically using magic in magical territory." Hermione looked surprised that I'd figured that out.
"Well, I already knew that. Has no one read Hogwarts A History? It's a very interesting read."
"Sorry, Hermione. No one has an intellect as great as yours. I wouldn't have the patience to read that much." Hermione sighed.
"No one seems to appreciate what other people write these days. I mean, I've read books that no one has ever heard of before. It's not that hard to read something once you're interested in it." I nodded, agreeing with her.
"Yeah, Hermione can I ask you something?" She nodded.
"Go ahead."
"Did you recognize Trixie?" She stared, before sighing.
"I met a girl before, in the Forest of Dean. I was lost when I was younger, the girl helped me find my way to my parents. She said her name was Trixie Ellana Riddle. When I found out that Tom Riddle was You-Know-Who, I was shocked and scared. I never thought that I would meet her again, but she seemed like she was the same girl who had helped me out all those years ago." I was still taking in the information. Hermione and Trixie had met before, and Trixie had done the exact same thing for us as she had for Hermione all those years ago, helped us. I smiled happily.
"Then she hasn't changed one bit. If she's going to Hogwarts, she'll have to pass the test sometime this summer for her knowledge of spells, potions, history and everything else. Then she'll be sorted if she's accepted." Hermione nodded, smiling.
"I hope she's in Gryffindor. She'll do well as a Gryffindor." I nodded.
"Or maybe Slytherin, if the Sorting Hat doesn't take in her consideration, because of her father. Or maybe she'll have to be in Slytherin because Bellatrix says so, that would suck." Hermione seemed to be deep in thought over the days events. I smiled and stood up.
"Lets get ready for bed. You seem tired and we've talked for quite a while." Hermione immediately snapped her head up.
"What? Oh, yeah. Lets go to bed then." We each changed into our pajamas and climbed into our respective beds. I went over the events that had happened throughout the last few days. A lot of things had happened and supple amount of events to last me a lifetime. Surprisingly enough, I was way excited for Hogwarts to come, it would definitely be more interesting if Trixie were there. But, one event tugged at my mind more than the others.
When Bellatrix knocked us off the broom, Harry had turned us both so I wouldn't get hurt by making sure I landed on top of him. Why would he do that? I'm just Ron's little sister to him, his life should be more important to him than his best friends little sisters. I wracked my brain for any reason that would make plausible sense. Nothing made any sense except that Harry considered me to be a friend or possibly valued me. I found myself smiling and blushing at the thought.
Then I brought myself back to reality by shaking my head. No, No, No, No, No! Harry doesn't think of you as more than a friend! Why would someone so famous and someone who could be anyone's lover want to be friends with you? You're trash to him! Wow, I was rude to myself. But, I knew that this type of thinking was right, he would never like someone like me, no matter how much I hoped that he did. I sighed as the tears slipped silently down my cheeks. This was often how things were. I hung out with only Luna and Neville, usually. People liked to tease us, for all of our faults, I pretended that I didn't mind, but inside I was just broken. Sometimes people joked around that I was more of a boy than a girl, guess they're right sometimes.
I mean, nobody ever cared enough to tell me otherwise, so it must true, right? That's how I fell asleep, that ideal, forever pictured in my mind.
Yep, this is how I'm ending the chapter. I'm a great person, aren't I? Yeah, I know that this is really sad and that I should've ended the chapter two paragraphs ago or something, but I think this is better. This makes it better because, Ginny is broken right now, but just think, what if Harry has a glue-gun? Ginny feels useless right now, but after basically making all these characters OC's, Harry will make her feel important, I will be sure to make a lot of fluff in later chapters, I promise! Also, I told you you were gonna hate me in the end, I mean who dreams up this stuff, me apparently. I hope that you won't stop reading because of this. This is just the beginning, get ready for the pain and happiness these characters are about to go through, because it'll be one heck of a ride.