Chapter 4

Ron woke up to someone sitting on the edge of his bed. When he opened his eyes it was to see Hermione sitting on his bed.

"Hey Ron, I just wanted to wish you a good morning and to see if you remembered anything else from Godric's life."

Now that he thought about it he had. He however didn't really want to discuss it as he knew how upsetting it would be for Hermione.

"Hermione listen, I know what Godric did was wrong. However I am not Godric Gryffindor reincarnate. I am still Ronald Bilius Weasley, Gryffindor keeper and chess player. I have not nor will I ever sleep with your best friend. Especially since your two best friends happen to be a bloke and my sister."

"Well that's nice but where do you fit into all of this?"

Ron swallowed hard, he had not meant for the conversation to go there yet, especially since he hadn't eaten yet. However if things where to be fixed by the heirs he figured that this is a good a place to start as any.

"Hermione, I would love to be in your life. As a friend or maybe something more but as I am hopelessly lost at what to do here; I think this would be a good place for you to decide to make whatever moves you feel comfortable with. As I…"

Ron never got a chance to finish as Hermione placed her lips on his to shut him up. It was brief and to the point, but it sure got her point across.

"Ron I have had feelings for you since first year. I just never expected you to notice the bushy haired, buck toothed, know-it-all. I thought that perhaps you would notice me more in fourth year but you took too long and Victor was so nice when he asked I just couldn't say no. Now I know that you have feelings for me I would like to see if there is really something between us. But I'm sorry that we will need to take it slow. I am not about to give up my virginity before school is out."

Ron started laughing "Hermione I am not about to push you into anything that I think you won't want to do. I will say this however, if I do push too far and am not aware of it, hit me or something. Get my attention so that I know that I went too far. I don't want to hurt you like I have in the past. Seeing a lot of Godric's memories has showed me some of the things that I did wrong. I hope that you can forgive me for being an insensitive prat."

Hermione nodded, "I'll leave so that you can get dressed and I will see you at breakfast."

Hermione stood up to leave but Ron pulled her back down to him. He gave her a lingering kiss before he let her go. She stood and with a large grin on her face left Ron's bedroom. Ron had watched her go before he too stood up to get ready for the day. All he could think about as he got dressed that morning was how Hermione's lips had felt on his.

Harry was walking down the stairs for breakfast when he ran into Ginny.

"Hey Gin, I was hoping that we can grab Ron and Hermione later to talk about our new found status. I don't want to put this off as it might lead us to something to use against Voldemort."

"I understand however I know my brother and you won't be able to get a normal conversation out of him until he has eaten."

"I did!"

Hermione walked past them with a large grin on her face that had both Harry and Ginny wondering just what she had gotten Ron to think about seriously before eating and why it had affected her like that.

"Well that was strange." Harry commented as they watched Hermione walk down the stairs. "I wonder if they were talking about memories. After all Godric and Rowena were supposed to be in a relationship before Godric broke up Salazar and Helga."

Ginny just shrugged her shoulders and they walked quietly down to the kitchen, each wondering about their own ancestors.

Molly was in her element, cooking was always her favorite thing to do. She had started out her day like any other over the summer. She had opened up her ice box to see what there was to actually make for breakfast and wondering what she would make for dinner. She knew that she could automatically thaw whatever she needed with magic but she had learned quite early from her mother that by letting the meat thaw slowly on the counter made it taste better. When she had decided to make pancakes for breakfast she looked around for what she would like to make for dinner. She pulled out her stewing meat. She would make a beefsteak pie with cheese crust. She turned to start making the pancakes. She made the batter and poured the batter into three pans with melted butter. She would only use one pan during the school year but for now she had a lot of hungry teenagers at home. After she had a large stack of pancakes she turned to her cutting board. She diced up some bacon before adding it to a pan. Once the bacon was nice and crispy she drained them and set them aside. She then scrambled some eggs up, adding the bacon towards the end. She then spooned the eggs and bacon onto each pancake, adding tomato slices to all but Ginny's as she didn't like tomatoes. Folding the pancakes over she place the large platter on the table, cast a heating charm on them so that they would still be hot for the late risers. She then placed a jug of pumpkin juice on the table. Once that was done she placed the plates and glasses on the table and went into the kitchen to clean up. Molly then sat down at the table to eat just as Hermione walked through the door to the kitchen.

The first thing that Molly noticed was that the girl had a very pleased smile on her face. She knew that look as she had seen it in the mirror for a while after her and Arthur had shared their first kiss.

"Hermione dear, may I ask whose kiss caused such a pretty smile on your face?"

Hermione stopped dead in her tracks and turned towards Molly. "Um…Well you see I went to wake up Ron for breakfast and we started talking. I gave him just a peck when he started to babble but then as I was leaving he gave me a real kiss." She looked Molly straight in her eyes "I didn't do anything wrong, did I?"

Molly let a tear escape from her eyes "No dear you did nothing wrong. It's just that my babies are growing up so fast. I have always wondered if something would happen between you and Ron or Harry. I know how close you are to those boys. I am just glad that you were able to have a friendship like that blossom into something more. Now come sit down and eat something. If I know my Ron he will be down soon. That boy always seemed to know when food was on the table."

Outside the kitchen door Harry and Ginny shared a knowing smile.

"It took them long enough. Don't you think Harry?"

Harry chuckled "Yes they did take their time. In fact if they hadn't done anything by Christmas I was going to lock them up somewhere on Boxing Day until they realized their feelings for each other."

Harry turned his head to see Ron walking down the stairs. He turned and whispered to Ginny "Ready to have some fun with your brother?" Her only response was an evil grin.

"Hey Ron I hear that you kissed Hermione this morning. Is this true or should we be checking you over for wrackspurts?" Ron stared at his sister.

"Yes, Ginny it is true. Hermione and I were discussing some memories from our ancestors and she wanted to see if I would do the same thing as Godric did and cheat on her with one of her friends. We continued talking and as she turned to leave I kissed her. Now if you will excuse me there has been way too much talking before I eat." Ron then walked past them and into the kitchen for breakfast.

Harry turned towards Ginny. "Wrackspurts, you my friend have been hanging out with Luna for far too long?"

Ginny just smacked him on the arm playfully. They turned to follow Ron into the kitchen. As they entered they saw Ron shoveling food into his mouth, Hermione eating rather daintily and Mrs. Weasley watching the two of them with a smirk on her face. Harry sat down at the table across from Hermione.

"Good morning Mrs. Weasley. This looks delicious." Harry grabbed one of the pancakes off the plate.

"Thank you Harry. I do hope you all slept well. You four seemed a little preoccupied yesterday."

Ginny grinned "Well Harry kinda dropped a bomb on us and we were thinking about it a lot yesterday. However this bomb was something that he swore to Dumbledore to only tell us. That means that we really can't go into details with you. Sorry mom." She added a small pout as though she really wanted to tell her mom but couldn't.

"Well as long as it isn't something bad I think I can let it go." Molly didn't sound too happy about it. But because Ginny dropped Dumbledore's name she was willing to let it drop, for now. "Well eat up children."

Just then the door opened and Harry and Ron both started to choke on their food. In had walked an unearthly beauty that made most men drool. Harry stopped choking on his food and took a deep breath.

"Hello Fleur, I didn't realize you would be here. How have you been?"

"Bonjour 'Arry, I 'ave been well. 'Ave they not told you? "Bill and I shall be married."

"No I am sorry to say that I was too busy yesterday with some stuff to have a long conversation. However I am very happy for both of you. When are you planning on having the wedding?"

"Merci 'Arry. We vill 'ave the vedding August of next year. I 'ope that you vill be able to be there?"

"I will do my best to be there Fleur. After all the Weasleys are as close to my family as I will probably get, so with you marrying into that family I will be there."

Molly had tears in her eyes as Harry finished speaking. Fleur nodded "Vell I 'ave things to do today, so I vill see you later. Bonne Journée, Au revoir."

They all watched her leave and began eating again. Molly turned to Harry "Did you mean what you said about us being as close as family?"

Harry swallowed his bite "Yes Mrs. Weasley I did. I have always thought of Ron as a brother and to know that I am now a part of your family means a great deal to me."

Molly nodded her head and hurriedly went back into the kitchen so as to hide the happy tears threating to fall. When the four had finished eating they went outside to enjoy the nice weather. Once they were comfortably sitting on the grass under a large tree Harry decided that it would be a good to finish going through their new memories.

"Well I think we should work on your remaining memories. Once we have them all in place I can teach you Occumelency if you don't have a memory of learning it. I have realized that if your ancestor learned something then you would learn how to do it as well. At least that's how it worked for me. Also we will need to stop by at Gringotts so you can see your vaults. Until then I think Ron and I will work on our sword play with just sticks. It's not the real thing but it will have to do."

They all nodded their heads and sank into their trances. Just then there was a gasp that caused Harry's head to snap up. There standing next to them was Remus Lupin.

"Hey Moony how have you been?"

"I'm doing as well as can be expected. However when I came to see you Molly said that you were all out here. I did not expect you all to be just sitting here however."

Harry laughed "Well Moony you see I read a book on Occumelency and my friends and I decided that it will be helpful if all of learned it. But I am glad that you are here. I needed to talk to you about something."

"What did you wish to speak about Harry? Is it about Sirius?"

"No it's not about that particular Black." Remus winced he didn't like where this was going. "Moony, exactly are your feelings about a certain pink haired Auror? Oh and I don't want any of your excuses, just the hard honest truth."

Remus gave a long sigh. He was afraid of this but he figured that it was best to get it over with. "Well Harry I can't lie to you. I do have some rather strong feelings for Dora. The problems are that as a Werewolf I will never be able to hold a job and that means that I am unable to provide for her. Not to mention I know that she wants a family and I am too scared to give her that as I might pass on my infliction to the unsuspecting child. There is one thing that I have learned and that is if you love someone, the best thing for that person is to let them go. You understand don't you Harry. I do love Dora but to see her happy and well I have to let her go."

Harry watched Remus finish his speech and bury his face in his hands. Harry could see what Remus refused to see. He would not be able to let her go. Remus Lupin was totally whipped and it seemed to pain him more than it should.

"Moony if Sirius or dad was here what do you think they would say?" Harry didn't let Remus speak. "They would tell you that life is too short to give up on love. Even if that means that you always make sure that she is on the potion and you adopt children. That would save you a guilt trip and still let her have a family. Now as for her job you just need to keep it quiet until Umbridge is out of office. Then I am sure that a lot of the laws stating that Werewolves are unable to marry will be gotten rid of." Harry watched as Remus thought about what he was saying. "There is something I have learned recently. Our Gryffindor tendencies will get us only so far. Sometimes we need to act more like Slytherins and think more for ourselves. It is OK to be selfish sometimes Remus. That is something that you need to learn." Harry stood up after his speech. "Now I am going to go rejoin my friends. I think you should go see Tonks. If anything tell her everything exactly as you just told me."

Harry turned to leave after placing a comforting hand on Remus's shoulder. He returned to where his friends were still sitting in their trances. Almost as soon as he sat down Ginny opened her eyes.

"I GOT IT! Not only was I able to organize my mind but I already knew how to do Occumelency. So I just spent the last fifteen minutes setting everything up. Now all I need is someone to help test my wall so that I can make sure it is strong enough."

Hermione and Ron opened their eyes as well. Hermione smiled at Ginny "You aren't the only one. It feels like I am in much better control over my emotions now too."

Ron laughed "Just what we men need. Women who can control their emotions so they can confuse us even more. I do have to admit that it is nice to have a better organization on my mind. Especially since Godric knew Occumelency as well. So now that we all can use Occumelency I think we need to find a way to get into Gringotts. That should be our next plan of action, until we do maybe Harry and I should see if what we can do from our ancestors are limited to mind stuff. So Harry how about a fake swords duel?"

Harry nodded and he joined Ron in finding a stick that they could use. Once they did Harry had found two three foot long sticks that were of equal weight and thickness. Ron had found a slightly thicker stick that was four and a half feet long. They then faced off of each other and got down into a fighters stance.

Both Ron and Harry started off slow to see how things went. When it seemed that after an hour of attacks, parries and evasions not one of them had been hit, they decided to speed it up. Hermione and Ginny watched the breathtaking dance of danger that they was happening in front of them. The speed that the boys were going at seemed to make their moves invisible to those watching. Harry using two 'swords' seemed to always be in motion as his arms worked together to try and disarm or injure his opponent. Ron who would be more used to a broadsword was holding is one 'sword' in both hands preparing to block whatever Harry sent his way, as well as waiting to see an opening to strike.

Just as Harry had both of his 'swords' in a crossed pattern against Ron's neck and Ron had his one 'sword' firmly pressed against Harry's neck they heard Mrs. Weasley calling them in for lunch.

"Well mate" Ron said breathlessly "I think we gained the knowledge of sword fighting from our ancestors as well."

Harry nodded his head "We just need to know what the girls do for their second weapons. As magic I think is our first weapon."

Ginny grinned "I can answer that one Harry. Helga; was quite adapt at knife throwing and Rowena had a thing for the bow."

They all stretched and in some cases got their breath back as they headed in for lunch. Today was turning into a very fulfilling day.

AN: As I am American I had to use the internet for the British recipes. The address is .. If anyone would like to check it out it has some great recipes on the site. I will probably be using a lot of them for this story. If I use a different site I will let you know. Also if there is a British, Scottish, French or Irish recipe that you want me to add to the story let me know and I will try to add them. If you do ask for a recipe please put the name and the recipe down. If it a family recipe and you don't want to tell me the full recipe that is fine just let me know that fact and I can work around the recipe.

French: Beside the obvious hello and goodbye, the other phrase translates to 'Have a Good Day'.