The Untold Story Of Harry and Ginny
Part 32
Harry woke up Sunday morning to find his daughter, yet again, beside him in bed. He exhaled after taking a deep breath in, and turning over to face her. He watched her for a few moments, breathing evenly. But after, he sat up and picked her up gently, and carried her into her room. He felt a head turn on his shoulder when he opened the door to his daughter's room.
"Dad?" Lily whispered. He could feel her breath on his neck.
"Hey, Lily," he said and placed her down on her bed. She sank down onto it and curled up under the covers. Her father curled up beside her.
"Okay, what's wrong?" he inquired and brushed the hair in her eyes out of her face.
"Hmm?" she hummed.
"You keep coming onto mine and mum's room," he replied. "It's because of nightmares. Tell me about it."
Lily scooted closer to him and shook her head.
"Lily it won't get any better if you don't tell me," he pursued. "It'll help if you do."
"…You and mummy are hanging off of a big hill or something," Lily began. Her lips began shaking and her eyes began to wet. "This man in front of me told me to pick which one to save. But I can't. It always ends badly."
Harry was saddened (back also shocked that she explained it so well) by this and hugged her close.
"This man," Harry began, "what does he look like?"
"It's not always the same one," Lily replied. "There are two. One with long hair and the other one I can't explain…but he's nasty and has pointy teeth."
Harry's heart seemed to stop for a moment, and then remembered the death eater who was indeed still living. He was the one who they'd been talking about at the Auror Administration: Greyback.
"Mmm," Harry said after a while. " Well…don't you worry about a thing, okay? It's just a dream. Don't let it worry you. Plus, mum and I both would take out our wands and beat those two people and then you'd be safe again!" Lily giggled.
"And let me tell you another thing," Harry began again. "You love mum and me. And guess what that can do?"
"What?" Lily asked, anxious to find out.
"That can beat the bad guy!" Harry replied. "Your love for mum and me can beat those two bad guys. You can beat the bad guy!"
Lily gasped and smiled widely and then jumped up to hug her dad.
"I can beat the bad guy, dad!" she exclaimed. Harry nodded.
"Yes you can," Harry said. "Do you remember this? 'I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one hundred percent! A person's a person, no matter how small.'"
Lily smiled, remembering the muggle book Horton Hears a Who.
"You can just replace that with wizard and you'll get: A wizard's a wizard, no matter how small. Which basically means: size doesn't matter, you can still beat a bad guy."
Lily laughed at this and Harry joined her, laughing at his own conclusion. They had been involved in many muggle books and movies like Dr. Seuss and Disney movies. But they hadn't forgotten things like Babbity Rabbity and such.
"Can we watch Pocahontas?" Lily wondered after finishing laughing.
"We have to see what you brothers want to watch first," he said. "But we watched Pocahontas two days ago, so I think it's time for a new one."
Lily huffed and then sat up in bed.
"Do you want some breakfast?" Harry asked, following her. Lily nodded and Harry picked her up and carried her out to the kitchen, setting her down on the counter.
"Cereal please," Lily proposed. Harry nodded and poured some in her bowl, followed by some milk. Then he gave it to Lily and sat down next to her at the table. Harry looked at his watch.
"Oh wow," he said. "It's 7:00."
"That's early," Lily said with a mouth full.
"Chew with your mouth closed and finish you bites before you speak," Harry said and then laughed at his daughter. She giggled after she swallowed and smiled up at her father. He smiled back down at her and watched her take another huge bite.
"Are you hungry?" he wondered laughing. She nodded and finished chewing before she answered this time.
"Not a big dinner," she said.
"Ah," he replied. Then, they heard footsteps coming from the hallway.
"What time is it?" Albus wondered as he fell into the chair next to his dad's.
"About 7:00," Harry replied as he got up and poured some cereal for his son, knowing that he was going to ask for some.
"Thank you," Albus thanked after his dad set it down in front of him. He began to eat it immediately.
"Can we watch it daddy?" Lily wondered after she finished her last bite of cereal.
"Ask your brother," he told her as he got up and placed the bowl in the sink.
"Albus do you want to watch Pocahontas?" Lily wondered.
Instead of saying a retort, Al replied, "We watched that a few days ago didn't we?"
His father smiled at this.
"Yes," he replied from the kitchen as he was walking back to take his seat again.
"I want to watch Tarzan!" Albus said. Lily looked up at her dad.
"We haven't seen that in a while," he started. "Lily, are you okay with Tarzan?"
Lily nodded, smiling immensely at the sound of one of her favorite movies. She hastily got up and ran over to the family room and turned on the television. Yes, wizards had been able to deal with electronics like TVs and stereos. The solution, don't use any magic around them (at least, not too much).
Albus followed her, done with half of his bowl. He got out the disk and popped it in the slot and it turned on. The volume was up a ways, so he instantly turned it down so that he would not wake his mother or James.
"Al, finish your cereal," Harry ordered and he brought the cereal to him. Albus ate it as he watched. He sat besides Lily on the floor, and Harry sat next to him. He had to admit, out of all the Disney movies he liked best, Tarzan was one in the top three. The other two were The Lion King and Aladin. But Pocahontas never did get old, and he knew that that was one of Lily's absolute favorites. But also, the movies that weren't Disney like Shrek were simply terrific.
He was humming along with the Tarzan opening theme. Lily smiled as she saw the baby Tarzan with his two parents.
"That looks like Gramma!" she said and pointed to Tarzan's mom. "Your mum daddy! Like in the pictures!" Harry looked down at Lily and smiled softly at her.
Albus paused the movie as they stared at the television.
"She does," Albus said. Harry thought about this, and just then, he realized how closely related he and Tarzan were: they both had a mum with red hair, they both had parents who died when they were just babies, they both wanted to know about the world they never knew existed! (Harry's being the wizard world and Tarzan's being the human world). Harry then immediately loved this movie more than all of them.
"How come we don't see them?" Albus wondered. His dad looked down at him.
"I'll tell you later," Harry replied. Albus then pressed the play button and he played the movie, satisfied with that as an answer.
"He was confused at first, as if he had never seen another human before. His eyes were intense... and focused, and... I've never seen eyes like those before."
"Oh. Shall I - ahem - leave you and the blackboard alone for a moment?"
"Oh, daddy, stop it."
Harry smiled. The movie kept passing on and he went back and forth between the kitchen and family room to drop off Albus's empty cereal bowl. The movie was getting closer and closer to the end.
"I've never felt so alive!"
"Good, 'cause I'm gonna kill you!"
Lily laughed at this. Then, they heard footsteps coming closer them. Harry turned his head.
"Morning, Jamesie," Harry greeted. James fell into his lap.
"Why are you up so early?" he wondered.
"We're watching Tarzan," Al replied.
"Watch it with us," Harry said as James positioned himself on his dad and sat on his lap.
"What part is this?" James wondered.
"They're on the ship that Clayton tricked them onto," Harry responded. James sat up and watched the rest with them.
The movie had finished.
"I want to do something with you guys later today," Harry told his three kids. They all turned to him as the credits were rolling.
"Do you guys want to go out to see a new movie out in theatres in Muggle London?" he wondered. James smiled and so did Albus. Lily cocked her head to the side.
"It's on a big screen that you can go into with other people it's huge…it's wicked, Lil!" James told his youngest sibling. Lily smiled and nodded.
"What are we going to see?" Al wondered.
"It's a movie I thought all of you would particularly like…" Harry began.
"What's it, what's it, Dad?" Lily wondered and crawled closer to him.
"…It's a surprise," he whispered.
"Aw come on!"
"You'll have to wait and see… But we can bring Theodore, Fred, Addison, Uncle George, Aunt Hermione, Uncle Ron, Aunt Parvati, and even Teddy if you'd like," he said.
They all nodded and James said, "Let's bring all of them!"
"To do what?" they all heard Ginny ask. They turned to her. She was looking at Harry.
"To see you know what, you know where," he said to her. She laughed as he winked stupidly.
"Oh, okay then," Ginny replied. "I'm guessing George, Hermione, Fred, Addy, Ron, Parvati, and Theo?"
"And Teddy!" Albus exclaimed.
"He does everything with us don't you think he's getting tired of us?" Ginny said jokingly.
"No!" Albus said.
Ginny giggled and said, "Well, all right then. Contact him soon, though." She then went into the kitchen. Harry immediately followed her.
"Ginny I realized something today," he said. "Actually two things."
"Okay and what might they be?" she wondered.
"Okay well first, I am just like Tarzan!"
"…Sorry?" she asked as she went into the cupboard to get a bowl out for cereal.
"Think about it, Gin: We both have a ginger mum-" Ginny laughed at this, "-, we both have parents who died when we were just babies, and we both wanted to know about worlds that we never knew existed!" Ginny laughed and then went over to him.
"Well then, Tarzan," she began and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Does that make me Jane."
"…No," he replied. "You can be Tantor."
Ginny laughed and pushed away from him, and then asked, "What was that other thing?"
Harry's mood immediately changed.
"Oh," he began. "Maybe we should talk about it later."
Ginny looked at him and furrowed her eyebrows.
"I don't want our day to become negative because of it," he replied. "Maybe tomorrow."
"You have work all day," Ginny replied.
"Well after work then," Harry said. Ginny sighed and nodded.
"I guess," she concluded. "Anyways, when are we going to go see it? I don't want to go passed any of their bedtimes by much."
"I was thinking about a showing at 5:00," Harry told her. She nodded.
"Sounds good," she agreed. "George, Hermione, Ron and the kids know right?"
Harry nodded and replied, "Parvati's at a meeting though, so she can't come."
The doorbell then rang. Harry turned to it and furrowed his eyebrows.
He walked over to it and then opened it to see Andromeda and teddy standing in front of it.
"Hi, Andromeda," Harry welcomed. "Do you want to come in?"
"Oh, no I don't want to interrupt anything. I was just wondering if Teddy could stay here until about…9:00 at night? I'm so sorry I'm asking this-"
"No, no, it's perfectly fine," Harry responded. "Actually, we were just talking about him and wondering if he could come over. It's just fine."
"Oh, thank you!" Andromeda replied. Teddy walked in and said, "Hi," to his godfather. When he said this, the whole house erupted with a loud, "TEDDY!"
The three children ran to him. He smiled down at them.
"Thank you so much," Andromeda said to Harry. "I'll be here to pick him up at 9:00."
"Okay," Harry replied. "Oh, and we're going to the theatre tonight is that-"
"Oh of course it is," she replied and then walked away. Harry closed the door and faced the four kids in his house.
"Well here you are again, Teddy," he said. Teddy laughed at this and at Lily who was clung to lower torso.
"We just finished watching Tarzan," Harry said. "They're a little hyper." He muttered this last part.
"Tarzan? I love Tarzan!" Ted said, pleasing the three young Potters. "And what are we going to see tonight?"
"It's a surprise," Harry whispered.
"But, it's in Muggle London, right?" Teddy wondered. Harry bobbed his head up and down.
"I've only been there one other time," Teddy replied. "This is going to be great! Is anyone else coming?"
"Ron, Theo, George, Hermione, Addy, and Fred," Harry replied. Teddy grew more excited as he heard another one of his close friends name, which was Fred.
"I can't wait!"
*StarStarStar*
"Come along now," Hermione told Addy, who was a year older than James. They spent a lot of time together. The group of Potters, Weasleys and Teddy were crossing a long street ing Muggle London to a large theatre.
Once they got inside, they ordered their tickets and went into the movie theatre that was semi-packed. They all sat in the same row, taking most of it up.
"Tell us what we're seeing now!" Lily ordered her dad who she was sitting next to.
"It's called How to Train Your Dragon," Harry replied to her. Lily gasped happily and then told Albus who was next to her in the cushiony sheets. The row then became happy and the lights dimmed.
"What's these?" Lily whispered to her father.
"They are advertisements for other movies before the movie we watch will play," Harry replied. "But we have to be quiet when the movie starts."
Lily understood and sat back in her chair. Then, the lights dimmed some more. The music began to play and then, Hiccup began to tell the story.
This is Berk…
Harry and Ginny found themselves laughing at this. They knew everyone would like the movie they had picked out.
After the film had ended, they all got up and left the theatre, smiles on their faces.
"Did you like it?" Harry asked Albus who was holding his hand while crossing the street.
"It was awesome! Dad, can I have a dragon?" Albus wondered.
Harry laughed and then replied, "Maybe we can visit your Uncle Charlie in Romania where he works with dragons."
Albus smiled and said, "Okay. Uh dad? Can you tell me now?"
"About what, Al?" Harry wondered.
"You were going to tell me about why we don't see Gramma and Grammpa, remember?" he specified. Harry understood. He then stopped his son so that the crowd could pass him. Then, he bent down so that Albus could get on hi shoulders. He did and then they walked slowly down the Muggle London street behind the crowd of people so that they couldn't hear him.
"Albus," Harry began, "…my parents died when I was just a baby."
Harry didn't hear a reply to this, to he continued.
"There was this evil wizard who came and took them, trying to get them to join him – sort of like how Scar tries to get the other lionesses to join him – but instead of taking no for an answer, he killed them."
Harry felt Albus's head on top of his after he said this. Harry decided to stop there, going to explain everything else to him later.
"He was mean, wasn't he?" Albus wondered.
"Yes he was," Harry replied. "But don't worry. He's also dead now, because he was so evil."
"If a wizard's so evil, will he die?" Albus wondered.
Harry just hummed, "Mhm," as a response and then, "They have their ways."
Albus didn't exactly know what this last part meant, but he just moved on to his next question.
"How did he die?"
Harry didn't answer right away, but when he did, he said, "I'll go into details later, but he was defeated by someone from his past and was joined by a lot of other good witches and wizards."
"Okay," Albus murmured. Harry sensed that he was sad.
"Hey, Al," he began and picked him up over his head and placed him on the ground. He made himself go eye-to-eye with his son.
"Listen," he sustained, "Don't be sad."
"But your mummy and daddy died just like in Tarzan," Albus pouted.
"I know, I know," Harry said, gradually getting softer and softer. "But they are up there, in the sky, watching out for me-watching out for you and all of us. Think of The Lion King. It's the circle of life."
Relating things to Disney made everything all the more easier. Albus (not knowing what else to do) went to his dad and hugged him tightly. Harry returned it.
"Come on, we should get going home," Harry said as he stood up, taking Albus's hand in his. Albus and Harry then walked home, long after the group had already gotten there except Ginny, James, Lily, and Teddy were waiting for them in the car. Albus got in and double-buckled with Lily. She looked up at him and then at his dad, who side-smiled briefly before turning on his car.
"Did Hiccup loosing his leg make you sad?" she wondered. This seemed to slightly cheer him up. It did the same to Harry, but he was still worrying about his middle child and how he'd be the next day, and also hoping Lily wouldn't have the bad dreams anymore.
A/N: Wahoo! Wow, I'm uploading like crazy! Anyways, I'm glad all of you guys like it so much! Anyways, I thought How to Train Your Dragon was a perfect match for wizards to watch. Disclaimer: All of the movies that were listed above are not mine.
Anyways…Hope you liked it! Next chapter coming soon!