"Morning, Harry." Ginny and Hermione said together as he came down the stairs, headed for the kitchen.
"Hi" Harry muttered back.
"What's wrong with him?" Ginny asked Hermione as he disappeared through the kitchen door.
"Don't you know what day it is?" Hermione asked calmly
"Yeah, it's Halloween. What of it?" Ginny stated.
"His parents were killed on Halloween." Hermione whispered.
"Oh. I didn't realize." Ginny said, abashed.
"You should go talk to him, see if you can cheer him up."
Ginny got up and walked into the kitchen. Harry was sitting at the table staring at his tea.
"You should drink that before it gets cold." She stated as she ran a hand along his shoulders.
Harry looked up at her and smiled.
"Ginny, will you come somewhere with me?" He asked after a few minutes.
"I'd love to Harry. Where are we going?" Ginny beamed.
"To see someone." He muttered.
"I'm sure Hermione will watch Teddy for a while. She's here to spend the day with Ron anyways." Ginny smiled at him.
"Thats wont be necessary, I want to take him with us." Harry said, as he finished feeding his godson.
"Sure, just let me go get changed." Ginny said as she bounced out of her chair.
"I'll be waiting outside." He said before she made it to the stairs.
Harry picked up his godson, and walked outside, looking for his "shadow", as he had begun to call his bodyguard.
"Good morning Mr. Potter" The wizard said as he stood up.
"Yeah. Listen, I have something I have to do. I know you will insist on coming with me. If you want that to happen, you have to agree to a couple of things. First, if you even mention to anyone where we are going, I will make you wish you had never heard my name. Second, you are to wait where I tell you to, and not attempt to come any closer to me. I don't believe this will go against your orders, as you will still be able to see me, but not hear me unless I choose for you to. If you are needed, I will call for you. If you come any closer, without my calling for you, I will make life very unpleasant for you. Third, You are to ask no questions, either to me, or Ginny. Not the reason for where we are going, not how long we plan on being there, nothing. Is that understood?" Harry hissed at the Auror.
The Auror looked pale, opened his mouth to speak, closed it again, and nodded.
"Am I allowed to ask where we are going sir?" He stammered.
"Godric's Hollow. Any problems with your orders?" Harry demanded.
"None. I am not to mention anything about today to anyone. I am not to come any closer to you than you say. I am not to ask any questions." He repeated his orders in a cold voice.
"Good, see that you don't break those orders."
Harry turned to the door as he heard Ginny saying goodbye to Hermione.
"Are you ready, Ginny?" He asked smiling.
"Yes, Harry. Where are we going?"
"To a village called Godic's Hollow." He replied without elaborating.
"How are we getting there? You can't apparate with a baby." She asked, praying he wasn't planning on taking a broom.
"Portkey, I set it up with the Ministry last week." He replied as he smiled at her.
Harry put his free arm around Ginny's shoulders and walked away from the burrow.
He stopped as they walked up to the top of the hill, and turned to the Auror behind him.
"Why don't you go on ahead and make sure I'm not about to be attacked by any crazed muggles or whatever it is you're supposed to protect me from."
The wizard turned on the spot and disapparated with a slight crack.
"Harry, why did he look as if he had just seen death coming for him?" She demanded looking him in the eye.
"We had a little chat while you were getting ready. I informed him of the conditions he has to abide by if he wants to come with us." Harry stated, wishing she hadn't asked.
"What do you mean by that? He has to come with us Harry, it's his job." She reminded him.
"Don't worry about it Ginny, he agreed to them. Do you really think he would be able to get anywhere near me if I didn't want him to?" Harry replied with a smile.
"You should be nicer to him Harry. The Ministry just wants to keep you safe." Ginny growled, wishing Harry would be a little more serious about his safety.
"I wish that were all they wanted with me." He muttered.
"What do you mean?" Ginny asked as she turned to face him.
"Don't you find it a little odd that all of a sudden McGonagall offered me a job as a teacher?" Harry muttered.
"They've had a bad time keeping a Defense teacher, you know that Harry." She reminded him.
"Think about it Ginny, school started two months ago. If she just wanted to offer me the job, she would have done it well before that. The Ministry got her to offer me the job. They don't just want to keep me safe. It's been over a year since Voldemort died, and I haven't so much as seen someone who was out to get me. Other than you the other day." He smiled as he finished.
"You need to relax Harry. The Ministry is no longer ran by a coward or a Death Eater. Could it be that maybe the really do want to protect you, and feel that Hogwarts is the safest place you can be?" She said as she glared at him.
"We had better go before my shadow goes mental." Harry said, trying to change the subject.
Harry pointed his wand at the baseball and muttered "Portus"
"Grab on, Ginny." He said as he put his wand away.
Harry got on his knees, and placed his and Teddy's hands on the ball he turned into a port key.
Ginny placed her hand beside his.
They came out a short distance from Godric's Hollow.
"Harry, this is a Muggle town. Isn't he going to look out of place here?" Ginny asked, looking at the Auror, who was wearing traditional robes.
"Ginny, it's Halloween, it's you and me who will look out of place. Come on." He said as he took her hand.
They took off, walking through the small town. Harry saw his destination at once.
Ahead of them was a small church, and beside it, a graveyard.
He turned to the Auror.
"Find a place to wait, and remember, no closer unless I call you."
The Auror nodded and walked over to stand in front of a closed store.
"Come on Ginny, it's time you met my parents." Harry said quietly.
Ginny finally realized why the name Godric's Hollow sounded familiar. She felt bad for Harry; most guys were able to introduce their girlfriends to their parents, he had to introduce his girlfriend to his parents graves.
She took his hand in hers as they walked through the graveyard. He didn't even look at any of the graves they passed. She figured he had come here often during the past year.
The stopped in front of a huge grave stone with the names "James and Lily Potter" engraved on it.
Harry sank to his knees in front of the grave and placed a hand on it. Ginny got down beside him and placed her arm around him.
"I'm sorry you had to meet them like this, Ginny." Harry whispered.
"I'm sorry you never got to know your parents, Harry. Thank you for bringing me here. Harry. It really means a lot to me." Ginny thought her heart was going to break at the look on his face.
"There is another reason I brought you here today, Ginny." He admitted after a few minutes.
"What's that?" She asked as she hugged him.
"Ginny, you know I love you more than life itself. You have always been there for me, even when I was being an idiot. If it weren't for you and Teddy, I don't think I would be alive today; you two kept me going when I would have rather died." Harry pulled a box out of his pocket and handed it to Ginny. "What I am trying to say is, Ginny, will you marry me?"
Ginny knocked the breath out of Harry as she tackled him, hugging him and kissing him.
Teddy thought it was a game and started giggling.
"Oh, Harry! Of course I will!" She gasped as they came up for breath.
She went back to kissing him like her life depended on it.
"I hope my parents don't freak out when we tell them." Ginny stated after a while.
"I know your dad wont. He gave me his blessing to ask you. Your mum on the other hand, I don't know about. I'm sure he has told her that I was going to ask you. It's your brothers I'm worried about. Especially Ron. He has never been too keen on us being together. Though, he likes me dating you loads better than he liked any of your past boyfriends."
"I can handle them. Come on, let's go back, I can't wait to tell them."
As they walked out of the little town, the Auror detached himself from the shadows of a small shop and fell in behind them, not saying a word.
They found the ball they used to come here, and grabbed it, and felt themselves being pulled instantly to the hill outside the Burrow.
As they walked into the kitchen, Mr and Mrs Weasley looked up at them expectantly, while everyone else pretty much ignored them.
Arthur looked at Harry questionably, to which Harry nodded. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Ginny held up her hand showing her mom her engagement ring.
"Harry and I are going to get married!" Ginny gloated.
The Weasley family erupted into chaos.
Mrs. Weasley pulled Ginny into a fierce hug. Arthur patted Harry on the back and congratulated him. Ron started choking on his food. George started passing around butter beers, while Charlie and Bill looked at Harry like they had never seen him before.
Charlie and Bill walked around the table, each grabbing Harry by the arm, and dragged him out of the kitchen, and into the den. They pushed him down in a chair, and sat in front of him.
"Marrying our sister, huh?" They demanded at once.
"Uh, yeah." Harry said nervously.
"Did you hear that, Bill? He thinks he's marrying our baby sister."
"I heard that, Charlie. What do you think?"
"I'm not sure I like this. He thinks a lot of himself."
"That he does, Bill."
"Very funny you two." Harry interrupted.
"You think this is a joke, Potter? What makes you think you're good enough to marry our baby sister?" Bill growled.
"Yeah, you think you can take care of her? Can make her happy? I'm don't think I like this Charlie."
"I know I can make her happy. I love her more than anything in the world." Harry stammered.
"Ha, did you hear that? He loves her." Charlie laughed.
"I heard that. I wonder how many other girls he's told he loves." Bill glared at Harry as he said this.
"Not that it's any of your business, but she's the only one I have ever loved." Harry barked.
"Not any of our business? This is our only sister we are talking about!" Charlie looked like he was ready to kill.
"What the hell do you two think your doing? Leave him alone!" Ginny shouted as she saw what was going on.
"Go back in the kitchen, Ginny, we're having a little chat with Potter here." Charlie said without taking his eyes off Harry.
"I said leave him alone. You have no right to attack him like this!" She barked back at Charlie.
Ginny pulled out her wand and stunned both of them.
"Come on, Harry. I'm sorry they attacked you like that. They are a bit protective of me." She said as she stepped over her brothers and grabbed Harry's hand.
"And I thought your dad was scary." he muttered as they walked towards the stairs.
"Harry, we need to talk." Ron stated as he walked in the room, ignoring the stunned bodies of his two eldest brothers.
Ginny spun around, and pointed her wand at Ron.
"If you value your life, you will go back in the kitchen, and leave Harry alone!" Ginny seethed.
"Damn, Ginny! Watch where you're pointing that thing!" Ron gasped as he looked for something to hide behind.
"I've already had to stun two of my brothers for attacking him, do you want to make it three?" She demanded.
"Calm down Ginny, I wasn't going to attack him!" Ron pleaded.
"Harry! Where are you?" George called from the kitchen.
"At least one of my brothers is happy for us." She said as she brushed past Ron, dragging Harry with her.
"Ah! There you are. You're missing the celebration." George said as he put a butterbeer in Harry's hand.
"Thanks, George." Harry said cheerfully.
"Congratulations, Harry! I was wondering when you were going to ask her." George said grinning at Harry.
George pulled his sister into a hug.
"By the way, where are Bill and Charlie?" He asked as he looked around.
"Oh don't worry about them, they should be coming to in a little while." Ginny said with a sly smile.
"What did you do, Ginny?" He asked, looking to see if her wand was put away.
"Stunned them." She grinned.
"Why?" He looked from her to Harry.
"Let's just say they weren't as happy for us as you are." She stated.
"Blimey. You're one scary girl, I hope you don't give her cause to be mad at you, Harry." He said as he grinned at his sister.
"I know what you mean, George." Harry replied with a smile.
"Cheers, Harry!" He said as a toast.
"Cheers, George." Harry returned.
After a while, Bill and Charlie came into the kitchen and approached Harry.
"Look, Harry. We're sorry for how we acted. Your announcement shocked us, and we just wanted to see if you were serious about it." Charlie said as an apology.
"Don't worry about it. It's Ginny you two need to apologize to. As it is, George is the only brother she's planning on inviting to the wedding." Harry confessed.
Harry wandered outside looking for Ron. He found Ron and Hermione sitting on the wall.
"Hermione, can you excuse us, I need to talk to Ron." Harry said as he approached the two shadows on the wall.
"Sure thing, Harry. Congratulations on the engagement." She said with a smile.
Hermione got up and walked back to the house.
"Look Ron, I'm sorry for how Ginny yelled at you, she just found Bill and Charlie trying to scare me off." Harry stated once they were alone.
"Why didn't you tell me you were going to ask her to marry you?" Ron demanded, looking hurt.
"The only person who knew before today was your dad. I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure she was going to say yes. Will you be my best man?" Harry explained.
"Bloody hell, Harry. This is a lot for a guy to take in. You really love her, don't you?" Ron gasped.
"More than anything." Harry stated.
"You're serious about this aren't you?" Ron said as he looked to see if Harry was telling the truth.
"Very." Harry replied.
"Fine. I'll be your best man. But will you quit snogging my sister in front of me? It makes me nauseous." Ron asked.
"Ill do my best. We should get back inside before Ginny decides to curse both of us." Harry said as he stood up.
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The sun was over the horizon by the time Harry woke up, they had stayed up late last night celebrating.
With a smile on his face, he got dressed.
'I can't believe she's going to marry me.' He thought to himself as he walked down the stares.
As he went to bed last night, Harry decided he wanted to do something special for Ginny today. He found he didn't have much money left, and had decided to goto Gringotts in the morning.
As he walked down the stairs, he stuck his head in Ginny's room, she was still sleeping. He decided to go by himself, he hated to wake her.
"Morning, Harry." Mrs. Weasley said as he walked into the kitchen.
"Good Morning." He replied with a smile.
Mrs. Weasley handed him a cup of tea and a plate of eggs.
As he started eating his food, he looked up to Mrs. Weasley.
"I have to go to Gringotts today, is there anything you need me to pick up while I'm there?" He asked her.
"Actually, we are running low on floo powder." She said, as if to herself.
"Floo powder, right. Anything else?" He asked.
"Not that I can think of. You're such a good boy Harry." Again, she looked as if she were speaking to herself.
Apparently she was still trying to sort things out. His and Ginny's announcement had taken her by surprise.
Once he finished breakfast, he went outside, and ran into a wizard he had never seen before.
"Good morning Mr. Potter. I'm Lewis Wigworthy" The wizard droned.
"Where's Trent?" Harry asked eying the wizard.
"Trent? He got transferred." He replied in the same monotone voice.
"Right." Harry said, and started walking towards the hilltop across the street.
As he got to the gate, he heard someone call his name.
"Harry!" Ginny called as she came running up to him.
As he turned to speak to her, he saw the Auror pull his wand and point it at her.
"Stop where you are!" He shouted, "hands where I can see them!"
Harry jabbed the Auror in the middle of the back with his wand.
"If you do not drop you wand right now," He growled in the wizard's ear. "You will not live long enough to regret it."
"But.." He started to protest, but was cut off.
"I said drop your wand!" Harry hissed.
The wizard let go of his wand and watched it as it fell in the grass.
Harry bent over, not taking an eye off him, and picked up the wand.
"If you move at all from this spot, I will make sure you regret it with every breath you draw." Harry snapped at him.
"H-Harry?" Ginny finally spoke up. "Harry, calm down!"
Harry spun around, almost as if he forgot she was there.
"Ginny! Are you all right?" He asked, pulling her into a hug.
"Of course I am you oaf." She replied pushing him away from here. "What was that all about?"
She never once took her eyes from the wizard who was barely breathing.
"I intend to find out. Please go back inside, Ginny. I'll be back shortly." He said as he turned around and pointed his wand at the wizard.
After seeing the look in his eyes, Ginny didn't dare argue with him. She knew he wouldn't allow it, and was best left alone.
"You! Come with me. Say one word, and I will hex you. Even look like you're going to do anything wrong, and I will hex you." Harry growled at the trembling wizard.
As the reached the top of the hill, Harry grabbed the wizard's arm, and disapparated.
After a familiar squeezing sensation, Harry and the wizard apparated into the entrance hall of the Ministry of Magic.
Not taking his wand off the wizard, he headed straight for the lifts.
"Wands, please." The guard said as they approached him.
Harry ignored him, and kept on walking.
"Hey! You have to check your wands!" The guard shouted at them.
Harry could care less about checking his wand. He wanted nothing more than to be able to release the power he was struggling to hold in.
With each step he took, cracks shot through the floor outwards from his feet.
Two Aurors approached him from the lifts. After hearing the guard shout, and seeing Harry pointing his wand at one of their colleagues, they pulled their wands.
Without even drawing a breath, Harry looked at them. Both Aurors were blasted backwards into the wall. Harry walked past the two unconscious wizards, and entered the lift.
Once the door was closed, he jabbed the button of level two with his free hand.
Once the lift stopped, and the doors opened, Harry pushed the wizard out in front of him.
But stopped when he saw a dozen Aurors all pointing their wands at him.
"Move!" he hissed to them.
"Harry?" He heard Kingsley's voice call from the back of the crowd.
"Merlin's beard, Harry. What are you doing? I thought a hundred Death eaters were attacking." Kingsley asked, looking from Harry to the wizard Harry was forcing out of the lift.
"Office! Now!" Harry growled to Kingsley.
Most of the Aurors, realizing it wasn't an attack by renegade wizards, lowered their wands. A few did not like seeing one of their own being held hostage, and kept their wands aimed at Harry.
Once they got to Kingsley's office, Harry shoved the wizard towards a chair.
"Sit!" he growled to him.
The wizard slumped down in the chair, trembling.
"What's going on, Harry?" Kingsley asked, his voice filled with concern.
"Kingsley. If I ever see this wizard again, I will kill him!" Harry snapped.
"What happened, Harry?" He asked as he glared at the soon to be ex-Auror.
"He attacked Ginny." Harry stated.
"What! What do you mean he attacked Ginny?" he gasped.
"I didn't" the Auror started, but was cut off.
"He drew his wand on her as she came out of the house to see where I was going!" Harry snapped.
"I wasn't going to attack her!" the wizard pleaded.
"If I hear one more word out of you, it will take more wizards than are in shouting distance to protect you." Harry shouted at him.
"Harry, calm down." Kingsley demanded.
"No! I will not calm down! If this wizard ever comes near me or my family again, I will kill him before he has a chance to so much as draw a breath."
"He won't, Harry. You have my word on that." Kingsley said with a tremble. Apparently he hadn't ever seen a trained wizard radiate power like Harry was.
"Where's Trent?" Harry asked.
"Trent? Trent Jackson? He was transferred to a job where his skills would be more useful." Kingsley stated.
"If you want to continue to be allowed to get an Auror anywhere near that house. I suggest you reassign Trent. At least he never tried to attack my fiancé!" Harry snapped.
"Okay, Harry! I'll have Trent reassigned to you immediately." Kingsley said as he pulled out a memo, and filled it out.
Once he was done writing, he flicked it with his wand. The memo folded itself up and took off out of the office.
Harry got up and headed for the lift, but stopped when he heard a voice speak up.
"M-Mr. P-Potter? C-Can I have m-my wand b-back please?" The Auror asked, poking his head out from behind Kingsley.
Harry had forgotten that he still had the other wizard's wand. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the other's wand. He held it up in front of him, as if admiring it. Suddenly, he reached up with his other hand, and snapped the wand in half.
"There, looks like you won't be able to threaten anyone anytime soon." Harry stated and got in the lift.
As Harry appeared on the hilltop overlooking the Burrow, another wizard appeared beside him.
"Good day, Mr. Potter" Trent said as he turned towards Harry. "If I may ask, what happened to Lewis Wigworthy?"
"He made a mistake." Harry stated simply, and started walking towards the Burrow.
"A mistake? What kind of mistake, if I may ask?" Trent said nervously.
"He drew his wand on Ginny." Harry growled.
"He did what? I'm sorry, Mr. Potter, I will see to it he is appropriately punished." Trent asserted.
"That won't be necessary. He no longer has a wand, and has been warned that his life is forfeit if he ever comes near us again." Harry said to the nervous wizard.
Trent nodded and fell back to his customary place three paces behind Harry.
As Harry walked into the kitchen, Charlie and Bill jumped out of their chairs and rushed Harry.
"Where's the wanker who drew his wand on our sister?" They both demanded at the same time.
"He's wandless, most likely jobless, and has been warned that if he ever comes near us, or this house again, that he will die." Harry said to the two rather angry looking Weasleys who were looking at Trent like he was part of it.
They both visibly relaxed, and slapped Harry on the back.
"We just came over for lunch, and Ginny told us what happened. Good job Harry!" George said with a grin.
Apparently, they fully approved of Harry after hearing of him protecting their sister the way they felt she deserved.
Harry looked around the room looking for Ginny, not seeing her, he looked at Charlie questionably.
"Try out at the pond." He said simply.
Harry found Ginny sitting at the edge of the pond, throwing rocks into it.
"Mind if I sit down?" He asked.
As soon as he spoke, her hand darted to her side and pulled out her wand. Once she realized who it was, she put it away.
"Go ahead" She said without looking at him.
Harry sat down next to her, and put his arm around her shoulders.
They sat there like that, neither saying a word, for a while.
Eventually, Ginny looked up at Harry.
"Harry, what happened to that wizard?" She asked quietly.
"I didn't harm him, if that's what your thinking." He replied.
"Who was he?" She asked, still looking at him.
"He was Trent's replacement. I took him back to the Ministry, told Kingsley that if I ever saw him again, I would kill him. Then I broke his wand, and came home. Trent's been reassigned to me, by the way." He said simply.
"Harry, he was just trying to protect you. Don't you think you were overreacting?" She asked hesitantly.
"Ginny. I am fine with the Ministry appointing Aurors to protect me. But I will not allow anyone to draw a wand on anyone here. Especially you. You and your family are the first real family I ever had, and I will not let anyone threaten, or attack, any of you." Harry said fiercely.
"I can take care of myself you know!" She said tartly.
"I know that, love. I was just quicker to react, thats all. I'm sure you would have done an even better job had you reacted first." He said with a smile.
"Harry Potter! I do believe you are telling me what you think I want to hear!" She said grinning at him.
"I haven't begun to tell you what you want to hear." He said, smiling at her.
"And what do you think that is?" she said laughing.
"I love you." He said quietly.
"Well, I guess I'll have to settle for that." She said with a grin.
Slowly, Harry lowered his arm to her waist. Once he had it there, he pulled her on top of him, and started tickling her.
"Ha-Ha-Har-Harry!" She gasped, but was unable to say a word through her laughing.
Harry rolled over on top of her. Suddenly, he stopped tickling her, and kissed her.
"You guess you'll have to settle for that?" He demanded while grinning.
"I'm sorry! That's exactly what I wanted to hear!" She stammered.
She gasped as he started tickling her again.
"Are you sure? I can keep going for a long while." He said while laughing.
"I'm sure!" She gasped.
"All right then. I believe you." he said and kissed her ear.
"Uh, Harry?" Arthur said, as he walked up.
Harry jerked up, and realized what kind of position they were in, his hands on Ginny's hips, his face next to hers. He jumped up, realized Ginny was still laying down panting, reached down and helped her to her feet.
"Mr. Weasley! I, We were." He started to explain but was cut off.
"It's okay, Harry. And it's Arthur, remember?" He said bestowing a fatherly smile on them.
"Sorry, Arthur. I remember." Harry answered.
"Harry, I just came back from the office. Is it true?" he asked, his voice full of concern.
"It is." Harry said simply.
"Care to explain? There I was, just filling out paperwork on a biting waffle iron, when I'm told you barged into the Ministry, holding an Auror hostage. They are saying you attacked a couple of Aurors, Harry. This is serious." Arthur said sadly.
"They replaced Trent with some guy named Lewis. When I was leaving this morning, Ginny came out of the house and was running to catch up with me. He drew his wand on her, and ordered her to stop where she was.
"I snapped. All I saw was some unknown wizard pointing his wand at Ginny and threatening her. I took his wand from him, and dragged him to the ministry. It was all I could do to keep from killing him where I stood. I knew I had to get to Kingsley soon, or I was going to explode. It's kinda blurry, I remember two wizards pointing their wands at me, and felt something slip in my mind.
"Next thing I know, they are flying backwards into a wall. I forced the wizard onto the lift, and headed for level two. When I got off the lift, there were a bunch of Aurors, all pointing their wands at me. I felt myself losing control when I heard Kingsley speak my name. I relaxed, then. I knew he could take care of the wizard.
"I explained what happened to him. Then I told him if he ever wanted to get another Auror near me and my, er, your family again, it would have to be Trent. Then I told him that if that wizard ever came near me or Ginny again, that I would kill him where he stood. After that I broke his wand, and came back here. I'm sorry." but Harry was cut off at this point.
"Harry, are you all right? It's unusual, but not unheard of, for a wizard to loose control of their powers when they are under a great deal of emotional stress. How are you feeling?" Arthur asked in concern.
"I feel fine now that I'm back with, Ginny. A little tired though." He said quietly.
"I'm surprised you haven't passed out yet. Harry, you practically destroyed the floors in the entry hall, and on level two. Harry, I know you've had a hard life, and are having a hard time controlling your emotions. Especially after the last couple of years. But you are an extremely strong wizard, Harry. It's imperative that you learn to control your anger and your rage better than you did. You could have hurt someone Harry. I can understand how you lost control through. If someone threatened Molly or any of you kids like that in front of me, I would have reacted the same way.
"Thank you, Harry. Thank you, for living up to your word to never let anyone hurt Ginny." Arthur said, his voice trembling.
He looked from Harry to Ginny, and back again, before pulling them both into a hug.
"Arthur? Have you found," Mrs. Weasley called but stopped when she spotted them. "Oh good. Arthur, Mr. Shacklebolt is here, he wants to speak with the three of you."
"Come on, you two, we had better see what he has to say." Arthur said simply.
As they started back towards the house, Mrs. Weasley walked over to Harry and Ginny, and pulled them into a hug.
"Harry, how are you feeling dear?" She asked.
"A little tired, but otherwise fine, Mrs. Weasley." He replied.
"I'm glad to hear it. How are you, Ginny?" She asked as she looked over at her daughter.
"I'm fine, mum." She said, as she rested her head on Harry's arm.
As they walked into the sitting room, Harry saw Kingsley, and the Auror Lewis.
As soon as he saw him, he went to draw his wand, but Ginny stopped him by clamping both of her hands over his.
"Just hear them out, please?" She pleaded in his ear.
The wizard jumped up at seeing Harry reach for his wand, and dived behind Kingsley.
Bill and Charlie came running in after hearing the commotion.
At seeing the look of hatred on Harry's face, they realized that this was the wizard that had threatened their sister.
As one, they drew their wands.
One of them used a nonverbal spell, and the wizard went flying against the wall, his feet dangling a foot off the floor.
The house was thrown into chaos. Ginny gasped, and Mrs. Weasley shouted.
Arthur tried dragging his sons off the helpless wizard with the help of Kingsley, but they were unsuccessful.
"You dared to attack our sister! On her own property! As she was saying bye to her fiancé! Give us one reason why we shouldn't kill you?" Charlie demanded.
Ginny finally realized what was going on, and jumped in front of her brothers.
"STOP IT!" she screamed. "Just stop it, please!"
Realizing they couldn't get a clear shot at the wizard without harming Ginny, they grudgingly lowered their wands.
They turned, and stormed out of the house.
Kingsley decided that there weren't any more family members waiting to do harm to the Auror, and sat back down. He glanced at the wizard, who was still dangling a foot from the floor, due to Bill and Charlie neglecting to release him from their spell.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Shacklebolt. I didn't think they would act like that." Mrs. Weasley pleaded.
"It's all right, Molly. I would have been surprised if they hadn't." He said with a sigh, before turning to Ginny.
"Miss Weasley, I would like to think you for restraining Harry. Of everyone here, Harry is the only one that I believe would have carried out his warning."
Ginny nodded at him before forcing Harry to sit down on the couch, making sure that she kept his wand arm wrapped up in hers.
"You have a lot of nerve bringing him here, Kingsley!" Harry snapped.
"I'm sorry, Harry. I had no choice. You made some very serious accusations, and warnings earlier. This has to be taken care of, and I don't imagine that you would have willingly come back to the Ministry to handle it." He explained to Harry, before looking at Ginny. "Miss Weasley, is what Harry accused Lewis Wigworthy of doing true?" he asked calmly.
"Sort of." She said hesitantly
"Care to explain?" He asked.
"Well, I came out of the house this morning, and ran to catch up with Harry. As I got close to him, I called his name. He" she jerked her head to the wizard hanging against the wall. "Pulled his wand on me, and ordered me to stop where I was, and keep my hands where he could see them."
"Thank you, Miss Weasley. At any time did he look like he was going to actually attack you?" He asked her.
"He bloody well pulled his wand on her! That's bloody well looking like he was going to attack her!" Harry shouted.
"Harry love, please let me finish talking to him." Ginny said, kissing Harry on the cheek.
Harry grunted, and sat back against the couch.
"What you have to understand, Mr. Shacklebolt, is that Harry has seen his friends attacked too many times over the past couple of years. He is extremely protective of us. When he saw that wizard pull his wand on me, he remembered what happened every time over the past few years that someone pulled a wand on someone he loves.
"Harry did what he did instinctively. He saw someone threatening someone he loved, and did everything he could to eliminate that threat." Ginny explained.
"Thank you, Miss. Weasley. That explains a lot of things. Harry, you overreacted. But in your shoes, I would have done the same. You did what you knew best to do. You protected the one you love. Thankfully, you didn't lose control and hurt him. Thankfully, no one got hurt. There was quite a bit of damage done to the floors at the Ministry, but nothing that can't be fixed.
"Well, I see no reason for this to go any further. Harry, I will make sure Trent Jackson continues to be your protector. I am sorry for everything." He said with regret, before standing.
Harry grunted, and made a point of not looking at the wizard as Kingsley let him off the wall, and left the house.
"Well," Mrs. Weasley said to Harry. "I'm glad to see you controlled yourself better than those two sons of mine."
"Don't be, Mrs. Weasley. The only reason I didn't attack him is because Ginny was stopping me from drawing my wand." Harry said regretfully.
He would have liked nothing more than to be able to attack the Auror.