Chapter Five; Saint Patrick's Day

By the way thanks again Scrappy!

A few days later it was Saint Patrick's Day. Ginny was feeling since she had drank Snape's Liquid Luck potion even though nobody else had known she had. She grinned proudly as she sat down beside Harry at the breakfast table. "What's up with you?" Harry asked her before he turned his head and looked at her, but before she had a chance to whisper her secret to him inside his ear Ron entered the room.

He tossed Johnny up in the air and blew on his stomach. "Coming in for a landing." Ron said as the little boy squealed with laughter and giggles. Then he sat down on Ginny's other side and sat his nephew down on top of his lap. He slowly turned to look at her as she gave him a knowing grin. "What? Aren't I allowed to rough house with my own nephew?" he questioned her.

"I thought you didn't like kids." Ginny said.

"Whatever gave you that impression? I'm helping Harry raise his younger brothers and sisters aren't I? Just because I don't lose my mind every time I see him doesn't mean that I don't love him." He told her before he started cutting up his waffles and Johnny pointed to his fork. "What? You want a piece?" he asked him as he offered the end of his fork to him in which he eagerly accepted. Ron planted a soft kiss on the top of his head and ruffled his hair before they continued eating their breakfast.

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Later on that morning Harry took Zip outside to do her business while his younger brother and sister went to their morning classes. Luna met them outside with Katie. Both of the dogs were wearing bright green Saint Paddy's Day sweaters. "Hey Harry happy Saint Patrick's Day." She told him.

"Thanks Luna you too." He told her.

"I like the shamrock painted on your cheek, it goes with your shirt." She told him with a grin.

"Thanks. Hermione did it for me." He said.

"Well good luck today with your music. I can't wait to hear you." She told him.

"Thanks and same to you and the other girls on your dancing. You all look really pretty this morning by the way." He said before she thanked him and they both said goodbye to each other and went their separate ways.

Harry met Ron, Hermione, and Ginny when it was time for lunch later that afternoon while Tobey and Eve sat down at the table beside them. "I can't believe I'm saying this," Ron began before he pushed his plate away from him. "but I'm not hungry." He said as Ginny and Hermione simply just stared at him their eyes widening with astonishment as they felt their jaws nearly drop to the ground.

"I know, I'm just as shocked as you are but I just don't feel like eating. My stomach hurts." He said as he heaved a heavy sigh and rested his head down on top of the palm of his hand and glanced down at the table.

"Oh c'mon Ron, this doesn't have to do with your guitar solo today does it? You worked on it really hard this week and you shouldn't even need to worry about it." Hermione told him as she placed a comforting hand upon his shoulder.

"Yep, she's right. I have a feeling that today is going to be one of the best days of our lives." Ginny said with a grin as she slowly removed the empty vile of liquid luck from her jacket pocket. Harry grinned back at her while he continued eating his lunch.

"Wow, Snape actually gave you a vile of liquid luck!" Ron exclaimed his eyes now wider than Hermione's and Ginny's were a few seconds ago when he had told him that he wasn't hungry. "I can't believe that he did that." He told her.

"I can. My father works in mysterious way." Harry said.

"I thought that was God." Ron said.

"That too." Harry told him before he started eating his lunch with everyone else.

"Well, I guess that means that I don't have anything to worry about now. We have all the luck we need." He said as Harry nodded and continued to grin at him.

"Yep, we sure do." He told him.

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"That was one of the best Shamrock Festivals that I've been to in years." Ron began later that evening as he, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny made their way back up to the castle. "We killed that Free Bird performance and got almost everyone around here dancing, and you girls did great with your Irish jig. Not to mention we've bought enough food and earned enough prizes to last us a lifetime. I really have to admit it to you sis, I don't know how you managed to talk Snape into lending you that potion but that was a nice one." He told her as Harry turned his head to look at him and grinned.

"That's because that wasn't liquid luck, that was Kool-Aid." He said.

"What!?" Ron, Hermione, and Ginny all exclaimed together.

"Oh c'mon, do you really think my dad would trust with such a powerful and toxic potion if not used correctly?" Harry questioned them. "Besides, he knew that we had it in us all along." He told them as they all exchanged grins. All of their hard work really had paid off.

Next Time; Harry Snape and his family and friends go on a Hawaiian vacation where they meet a few American witches and a little baby orphaned dolphin.