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Chapter 30

The Sanctuary

Vacation; this is not a word that is used in the Halliwell manor very often. This is due to the influx of demons that are constantly barging into their lives. This week however the entire Halliwell clan could be found sitting out on the terrace of their Jamaican hotel eating breakfast and enjoying each others company.

It had been at the insistence of Chris and Harry, that the family get away for a week and just have some fun. Their mom, Piper, eventually conceded to their plea and planned a trip for the entire family.

They booked everything in advance except the plane tickets. When asked why they were not taking a plane Piper answered "Because, if we are going to get away and just relax then we do not need to deal with the airports. So we are taking 'Air Leo".

So here they were, sitting on the terrace eating breakfast. A pregnant Phoebe and Paige sat next to their husbands, while Piper and Leo could be found sitting next to their sons; who had each brought someone. Chris had asked his girlfriend of one year to come on the trip, while Harry had brought his Fiancé. They had all been laughing at a joke Chris just told; something about an Ogre, a Banshee, and a Demon going into a bar. Just as soon as Chris had finished the joke and started to laugh, he stopped and gave an involuntary shudder, at seeing this Phoebe asked

"Chris, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I just feel a little weird" He replied in a tone of uncertainty.

"Maybe it was something you ate" Paige put in as she took a drink of Pumpkin juice. When Harry had first introduced the family to the drink she would admit it was not pleasant but overtime she had come to love the orange drink. Though the only other ones in the family that liked the drink were Harry, Paige, Leo and Phoebes husband.

"I think I'm okay" Chris said.

"Maybe you should go lie down" Piper said looking at her youngest son with concern.

"I think I will" He said as he stood up from the table. But as he did his body shook causing him to lose his balance and fall back into his seat. Piper moved from her seat and over to Chris "Are you sure that your feeling okay" she asked feeling his head. He felt a little warm, but that could have been from the sun that was just over their table.

"I feel like my body is being pulled in every direction" he answered with a groan.

"Just take deep breaths kiddo" Phoebe's husband said.

Nodding, Chris started breathing deeply and hoped that this would work. He did this for about a minute and after he had released the breath he had just taken in, he felt the pulling stop, and was no longer feeling uneasy. Smiling he looked up and said "I think it worked. Thanks Uncle C…" but before Chris could finish, he vanished on the spot.

For the next few moments no one spoke. 'How could this have happened', 'who had done it', and where did he go' were all questions going through everyone's mind. Looking at the space his brother had just occupied; Harry just smiled and said

"Well, that was an interesting start to our last day here".

Everyone just stared at him in confusion "How could you say something like that Harry, I thought you two were close?" Paige's husband asked.

"We are close, and it will always be that way. But I am not about to go and worry needlessly over something that I have no control over, not to mention it won't bring him back" Harry answered just before he put a bite of eggs in his mouth.

"You know what happened to him and where he went" Phoebe said looking at her nephew.

"I thought we all agreed that you would not 'read' us anymore" Harry replied.

"We did, and I didn't, but you're just that bad of a liar. Always have been" Phobe said with a smile.

Harry hated being put on the spot and had no idea what he was going to tell them. So he decided to prolong his answer a little longer and stuffed a spoonful of eggs into his mouth. This had been a mistake because the moment he had done so his Fiancé had swatted his shoulder. "Yes, I know" Harry answered after he had swallowed his food.

"Where is he?" Leo asked.

"You're not going to like it" Harry said pausing to look at his parents. Seeing that they were getting a bit restless he continued,

"He's in the Past".

The mass amount of blue flames deposited Ginny and the Stranger in what appeared to be a long hallway. "Where are we?" Ginny asked as she looked at her surroundings. Which were beautiful to say the least.

"We are in a place I like to call 'Sanctuary" the stranger replied as he began to walk down the hall.

Ginny watched as the figure moved away from her, walking with an elegance she had never seen before. Waiting only a moment more she began to follow his lead. The "Sanctuary" as he called it was magnificent; all along the walls were columns that seemed to glow in the light of the candles that were suspended in mid-air just in front of the stone pillar. The hall, Ginny noticed, emptied out into a room the size of the Great Hall. It had tapestries hanging from the walls with all sorts of different pictures on them. The room itself was colored in Blue, Green, Black, and Silver. Though if Ginny didn't know any better, she would have said that she was with someone who was either a Ravenclaw or Slytherine.

Ginny saw the figure that had brought her here take a seat in one of the many armchairs that were in the room. She too made to sit in one of the chairs but stopped when her gaze was drawn to a set of doors that were off to the side hidden in the shadows, the only source of light that was over there was that of a small flame that hung between the two doors barley flickering.

Her look toward the doors had not escaped the still cloaked man who said "The one to the left are the facilities and the one to the right are my private quarters to which only I have access to. There is also a door joining the two rooms, however only I am able to use that one as well". Nodding Ginny looked back at the sitting area; there were several armchairs and couches that created a half-circle around a stone fireplace that was set into the center of the back wall.

"Your 'Sanctuary' is amazing" Ginny said as she sat down into one of the armchairs.

"Thank you, some of my best work" the figure said with a smile.

"You built this place?" Ginny asked in awe.

The figure laughed and replied "No, I just came up with the idea for the look. I had to bring in some help to make that idea become reality".

Ginny nodded as she stared at the figure that still had his hood up hiding his face. Frowning a little she asked "So are you going to take down your hood so that I can see you properly?"

"That, I'm afraid will have to left for another time" he responded "however I am going to let you ask me four questions; some of which depending on what you ask I may not answer, so choose them wisely".

'Just four questions' Ginny thought, 'I have a ton, and even then there is the chance that he will not answer me'. They sat in silence as she was going over which four questions she would ask. There was one that had been at the forefront of her mind as soon as they had arrived here and so she decided that her first question would be "So you call this place the Sanctuary, but where exactly is it, I mean where is this place located?"

Under his hood the figure smirked, not that Ginny could see this of course, he had just had a feeling that this would be at the least one of her questions. "We are just a little bit more south than we were when we left the grounds of the school" the figure answered.

Ginny sat there staring at the figure, tapping her fingers on the arm of her chair trying to think of yet another question. He had not really answered her question but decided that it would be best if she let it lie. Having her question in mind she stopped the tapping and put her hand in her lap and asked "So that bracelet you sent me, is it safe to wear?"

The figure nodded and replied "Indeed, in fact I am not surprised that you didn't put it on. You didn't by chance happen to bring it did you?"

Nodding Ginny pulled out the red velvety box and set it on the side table just next to her. "That leads me into my next question" Ginny started "Are there any charms or spells on it?"

"Yes there are, but none that would harm you. I had that bracelet made just for you. Once on, it will remain unnoticed by those you do not wish to see it, and also acts as a Portkey" He paused at seeing her shocked face but continued on "You misunderstand me, it acts only upon command; your command and will bring you here and return you to the spot in which you left. So if you were, lets say, in the Girls dormitory and you left to come here from there, then when you left the Sanctuary you would go right back to the very spot you left".

Ginny was surprised, she was right to not have put the bracelet on as she had not known who it had come from, and two it did have enchantments on it…just not ones that would cause her any undue harm. Ginny had wanted to ask another question that she had been hoping he would answer, but with his last answer she had thought of another one and just could not stop herself from asking it. "Is it able to bring me here from the fifth year girl dorms?"

The figure nodded and was about to speak when Ginny started up again "But how did you do it? I mean to create a two way portkey, you have to have been in the spot where you are taking them from or returning them to in order for it to work".

"I will answer that question, but I caution you to think before you speak or you may find that you will lose a question when we do this again". The figure said matter of factly. "Let's just say, I know somebody that knows somebody".

Ginny sat in silence thinking over what the figure had told her. She had glanced down at her watch and blanched at the time, she was going to be out past curfew if she did not head back now. "I hate to rush, but I am going to be late if I do not leave now" Ginny said as she stood up pocketing the velvet jewelry she had set on the table.

"Very well" the figure said as he too stood.

"Um, how do we get back?"

"Just take my hand like you did before" the figure answered as he stretched out his hand for her to take.

This time Ginny smiled as she took his hand and just like before they were engulfed in a massive amount of blue flames. Only this time instead of appearing in a long hall they she found herself and the cloaked stranger at the base of the steps leading into the school. "Goodnight and sleep well, you will need it" The man said.

Ginny nodded and said her goodnights as well. She was at the top of the stairs when she turned around to look back at the figure standing there staring at her. She was about to say something about it, but he got to it first. "Oh and when you put on the bracelet and want to activate it say 'Sanctum'. Just make sure you are alone someplace that you can leave from and go back to without being seen. I suggest your bed though I would draw the curtains first".

Ginny smiled and said "Thank you" and walked through the doors and into the Entrance Hall and began to make her way up to Gryffindor Tower. When the doors shut the figure smirked and even though his hood was up, two striking white eyes could be seen 'flashing'. Then without warning another massive amount of flames appeared; only this time they were bright white and they swallowed him up and left nothing standing at the bottom of the steps outside of Hogwarts School.

A/N: And here it is folks, chapter 30. Also props go to RoseMarieLynn, who wrote a portion of the last chapter. Thank you ma'am. Anyway I do realize that this is a shorter chapter than the others but I wanted to get this out and get started on the next chapter. Which has been started. I guess you can call this one a filler. Anyway...

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