So sorry this chapter took so long. I don't know why but I just could never get in the mood to write it. I've had to skip time again. Draco is totally depressed and he can't find anything out about where Hermione might be. This chapter is set four months later. Enjoy.
Recap
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were going back to Hogwarts for their last year. In Gringots Harry gets given his parent's will and it seemed as if they knew something was going to happen to them. Harry and Ginny left Hogwarts because everyone was watching everything they are living in the muggle world next to a guy called Kai. They got married with Andromeda and Kai there and Ginny is pregnant. Hermione got a letter telling her to meet someone who had info on her parents. That someone was Malfoy and he told her that they were dead. Hermione was living with Malfoy until Narcissa got her kidnapped by Bellatrix (who I needed to still be alive for a while so she didn't die in the seventh book) and Draco is trying to find her but isn't having any luck.
Chapter 9: More than a dream
Harry & Ginny
Ginny was standing in front of the mirror with her top lifted up slightly. She sighed and turned to Harry lying in the bed. His eyes were closed but Ginny knew he was awake.
"Harry," Ginny whispered. Harry didn't move.
"Harry," she tried again, louder this time.
When Harry still didn't move she took her pillow and whacked him over the head with it.
Harry grunted and sat up. "What was that for?" he asked groggily.
Ginny got back up and stood in front of Harry, facing him. "What do you see?" she asked.
Harry looked at Ginny and frowned slightly. "You?" Harry answered hesitantly.
Ginny sighed and shook her head. She then turned side on to Harry and looked at him. "Now?" she asked.
Harry looked Ginny up and down but didn't see anything. Her hair was the same. So was her face. She was wearing a strappy top that was lifted to reveal her slightly pregnant stomach. Then there was a pair of shorts...
"Oh," Harry exclaimed, jumping up to give Ginny a hug. "The baby grew," he said laying his hand on her tiny round belly and smiling at her. Ginny smiled too and pulled her top down.
"But Harry, this is only the beginning. I'm going to get fat." Ginny moaned once they had gone downstairs to have breakfast.
Harry didn't know what to say. He had known Ginny would think things like that but he didn't think she would start so soon.
"Ginny, you're not fat," Harry started.
Ginny glared at him and pointed to her stomach.
Harry sighed. 'This could be a long five more months' he thought. "You said a moment ago that you will get bigger than you are now so you can't possibly say that you are fat now." Ginny was about to interrupt but Harry silenced her. "And, also, you're not fat, the baby's just growing and happens to be changing the shape of your body to do it."
Ginny decided that that was a suitable answer and went upstairs to get dressed.
When she came back down Harry was sitting in the living room, watching a muggle television, like the one that had been in the head's common room in Hogwarts.
"What are you watching?" Ginny asked.
Harry turned round. "No idea," he smiled. "I turned it on and then I couldn't find the remote and didn't feel like getting up so I kept this on. It seems pretty pointless."
Ginny sighed and picked up the remote. "Harry, you wouldn't see a cow on a broomstick, even if it flew into you."
Harry laughed at this and pulled Ginny down onto the sofa with him. "That's because the only thing I see is you," Harry whispered in her ear. Then he started to kiss her. He turned her round to kiss her properly but Ginny lurched away from him and ran out of the room.
"Ginny?" Harry asked, getting up to follow her. He found her in the kitchen, throwing up into the sink. He went over to her and held her hair back for her.
"What's wrong, Ginny?" he asked once she had rinsed out her mouth.
Ginny shook her head. "It's just morning sickness. It was because you moved me."
Harry didn't know much about how pregnancy worked but he was pretty sure about one thing. "Aren't you supposed to have stopped getting that by now?"
"Yes," Ginny said. "I don't know why I still get it. I think there might be something wrong with the baby." Her voice got more worried as she went on. "What should we do?"
"Don't you have an appointment at the hospital today?" Harry asked, hugging Ginny to calm her down.
Ginny nodded. She looked happier already.
"We can get it sorted there, then," Harry said.
Ginny had calmed down considerably by the time they got to the hospital. She went up to the desk and said "My name is Ginny Potter." She smiled at the name. She still couldn't believe that Harry Potter, who every witch her age wanted, had chosen her. "I have an appointment with Doctor White," she continued.
The receptionist nodded and typed something into her computer. "Just take a seat and she'll be with you in a moment," she said, smiling at Ginny.
It took no time before Ginny was called in.
Doctor White was a small woman with short brown hair and deep brown eyes. She smiled at Ginny and Harry as they came in.
"Has everything been going okay?" she asked Ginny.
Ginny looked at Harry nervously. "Well I've still been getting morning sickness. Does that mean something's wrong?"
Doctor White shook her head. "Is that the only thing?" she asked. Not giving Ginny or Harry any time to answer, she went on. "There's nothing wrong, dear. Since you're quite young, your body's just adjusting to the pregnancy slowly and your unstable hormones won't be helping things."
"So the baby's okay?" Ginny asked hopefully.
Doctor White smiled. "Yes, there's nothing wrong."
Harry felt the relief emanating from Ginny as she lay down on the bed. She squealed slightly when Dr White put what Harry could only describe as 'gloop' on her stomach.
"Look, there's a foot," Dr White said pointing at the screen. "And another one. And there's-" she stopped suddenly and shook her head.
Harry looked at the spot she had just pointed at. It looked the same as the feet she had just pointed out. "Are you telling me that my child has three feet?" Harry exclaimed.
Ginny, who had been staring at the screen, was brought back to reality with that question. "What?" she asked.
"Nothing." Dr White smiled. "It just looked like another foot but it's probably nothing."
Ginny sighed with relief and went back to staring at the screen.
"I'm hungry," Ginny said when they got home.
"What do you want?" Harry said getting up.
Ginny thought for a moment before saying "Cupcakes. I want cupcakes."
Harry was at the door going to buy some when Ginny said. "No. Let's make them."
Harry was unsure about that idea but he agreed anyway. He left Ginny sitting on the sofa and told her would get everything sorted and then she could come and help. Ginny smiled and turned on the TV as Harry left the room.
Harry was pretty sure you needed eggs for cupcakes so he took eggs out of the fridge. He then opened all the cupboard doors and stared at the contents wondering what they would need. "Why didn't I tell Ginny to help with this part?" he muttered to himself while he pulled out a bag of sugar. After that he wasn't quite sure what else he would need so he just pulled out whatever he found. He was staring at a table with eggs, sugar, chocolate, peanuts, mayonnaise, and porridge oats on it when Ginny came in and started laughing.
"What?" Harry asked. "I didn't know what we would need."
"Clearly," Ginny said, heading for the table. She gave Harry the chocolate, peanuts and porridge oats and told him to put them away.
"Is there really mayonnaise in cupcakes?" he asked because Ginny hadn't given him that back. She just shook her head and sighed while she put the mayonnaise away and got out some milk. "Can you get me the flour, please," she asked Harry.
Once everything was on the table Harry was ready to chuck it all in a bowl and star mixing but Ginny wasn't having that. He had to do it in order. He thought he was doing really well until Ginny picked up the bag of flour. "Harry!" she said hitting him over the head. Harry didn't know what was wrong. "It has to be self-raising flour unless you want flat cupcakes," Ginny sighed and got out the other flour. Harry quickly put some of that in the bowl before Ginny could start complaining again.
When the cupcakes were in the oven Ginny expected Harry to clean up too. He was halfway through wiping the table when he realised what was going on. "Hey, I made the things. You just watched," Harry complained throwing the dirty cloth at Ginny. It landed on her head and got mixture in her hair. "Hey!" she yelled at Harry and threw the bag of flour she was holding at him. It exploded all over Harry causing him to rub his hands in it and wipe it on Ginny. Ginny then picked up an egg and cracked it over Harry's head.
The food fight continued until the cupcakes were ready, by which point they were both getting quite tired. They left the cupcakes to cool while they tidied up the kitchen. They could have gone upstairs to get their wands but they were doing a good job of living without magic and didn't want to get into the habit of using it for everything again.
Harry was just finishing his cupcake when Ginny started laughing at him. "What?" Harry asked. "You're still covered in food," she laughed.
"So are you," Harry said starting to laugh as well.
They went upstairs to have a shower and go to bed. Harry started dreaming the minute his head hit the pillow.
"Harry dear," a female voice said. Harry searched for the source of the voice and smiled when he found it. It was his mum and his dad was standing beside her. "Harry we gave you time but you don't seem to have worked it out. It's time you knew the truth," His mum said. There were tears in her eyes.
Harry started to ask what was going on but he was interrupted by his dad. "Did you get our will?" Harry nodded thinking what a strange dream he was having. "Do you know how to use it yet?" His dad asked. Harry shook his head getting more confused by the minute.
"It's not just a will," his mum said wiping her eyes. "But you need to say the right thing to get the truth to reveal itself."
Harry started to reach towards his parents. They were starting to fade. "Use it like the Marauder's Map but tell it who you are." His dad said. "Say 'I solemnly swear that I am Harry Ja-'"
Harry woke up with a start. His dream had been so confusing but he thought he understood what he had to do. To find the truth, was that what his mum had said? The dream was already fading from his memory and he was starting to believe it was more than a dream.
He slipped out of bed quietly, trying not to wake Ginny up and went to find his parent's will. He took it downstairs and sat on the sofa. He stared at it for a few moments trying to pull the right information from the fading memory. The Marauder's Map. "I solemnly swear," Harry started before he realised he had forgotten something. "My wand," he muttered going upstairs to find it. He brought it back downstairs because he didn't want to wake Ginny and started again.
He pointed his wand at the will. "I solemnly swear that I am Harry James Potter," he said and watched the letters on the page move and change. It had turned into what looked like four handwritten letters in three different handwritings. There were tear stains on the one that started the neatest.
Harry took a deep breath as he started to read the letters that told him the truth about what had happened 19 years ago in Godric's Hollow.
I'm so sorry I made you wait so long and the ended it on a cliff-hanger but if I kept going and put the letters in this chapter it would go on forever. Please review and I promise I will try and get the next chapter out as soon as I can.
