"Who are you?"

Chapter 7 - Sniff a Lie

"Who am I?" Harry asked the many portraits.

"Yes" spoke the voice of William potter

"He has the same messy black hair as James" Fleamont mused stroking his beard as he circled around them from the various portraits.

"But those eyes" Euphemia added

"My names Harry" he said "Harry James Potter" a collection of gasps could be heard all around them

"Your James and Lily's boy!" Euphemia said clapping her hands with glee

"Yes" he responded with a shaky breath thinking of his parents

"And you Madam?" Hardwin asked. Harry and Ginny turned to each other briefly wondering if they tell her new name or birth name. With a minuscule nod Ginny spoke

"My name is Ginvera Molly Potter" she said "sir" with a Curt nod a moment later

"Not a twin" one mused

"That hair though" mused another0

"Weasley hair" the voice of Dorea Potter said "Say any relation to the Weasleys?"

"Yes they are my family" loud clapping sounded around them

"Francis!" One groaned

"What you cannot tell a soul bond!" He asked.

"We have no magical sight Francis" Hardwin said with an exasperated sigh

"Is he correct? Do you share a soul bond?" Euphemia asked them to end the bickering

"Yes it was activated today" Harry said

"So not a birth one or you'd already activated it at Hogwarts" Fleamont said

"Aha! Savouir soul bond!" Charlus said grinning. From the short nod Harry gave all the portraits clapped loudly. Some even wolf whistled their approval. Harry was filled with a pleasurable feeling of warmth from all the approval he got from his family. Ginny placed a hand on his back to support him after feeeling overwhelming emotions from his side of the bond. Harry smiled at her warmly, thankful of the hand otherwise he'd of collapsed on the floor regardless of her already holding his hand.

"Your mothers Molly Weasley isn't she dear?" Said Fleamont

"It is."

"Wonderful woman. Fabeon and Gideon spoke highly of her in our meetings. How many siblings?" Fleamont asked again as Euphemia stifled a snigger

"6 sir" Euphemia couldn't take it and burst out laughing. When she collected herself she entered the portrait of her husband and slapped him on the back of his head.

"Ow!" He exclaimed like a small child

"What happened to James, Harry? And Lily? I haven't seen them in years" Euphemia asked. Harry felt his throat tighten as tears escaped his eyes. Feeling the sorrow and helplessness Harry felt through the bond she spoke

"I'm sorry but on All Hallows' Eve 1981 He who must not be name…"

"Voldemort" Harry interjected

"Tommyboy" Said Fleamont with venom

"Yes Voldemort" she said emphasising Voldemort "attacked Godric Hollow where James and Lily were hiding with Harry. They died that night only Harry survived"

"Oh you poor baby" Euphemia said with tears rolling down her face

"I'm the only known survivor of the killing curse." Harry said "all I got left with was this scar" he said pointing to the scar

"He's not dead" William said after eying the scar

"Black gook?" Charlus asked Harry pointing at both the ring and the scar. Harry nodded

"Training begins tomorrow for both of you bright and early" he said suddenly

"Wake up at 4. You will run and do workouts until six. Be in the training room at 7 fed and dressed. You will be given training schedule." William said seemingly on the same wavelength

"Goodbye" said Charlus briskly before the portraits went still. They took that as their excuse to leave and headed to the lake as the the evening grew to a warm cool.

At the lake was 2 wooden docks. One looked like it was for swimming and one for boats. They sat on the swimming dock with their feet hanging just above the glassy waters surface.

"Hey gin?"

"Yeah" Ginny asked resting her head on Harry's shoulder

"We need to write letters"

"We do don't we?"

"Yes" Harry said. Together they sat in silence for a while enjoying the peaceful weather "What if we wrote saying we needed to get away because of what happened to better come to terms? It's not exactly a lie just a half truth" He asked. Ginny tensed slightly so Harry pulled her closer to him into a tight hug which seemed to calm her down.

"It could work for Dumbledore but not my mum" she said quietly into Harry's shoulder

"Why?"

"She can smell a lie Harry, literally sniffs the air and says 'Your lying to me'" Ginny explained doing a good imitation of the Weasley matriarch making Harry laugh and herself following a moment later

"Let's just write a brief explanation not saying too much but enough so no one panics okay?" Harry asked again after a thoughtful moment

"Agreed" Ginny said with a warm smile "Can we eat dinner here?" She asked. At that moment Feekey popped in

"Mistress wishes to eat dinner here?" She asked

"Yes please Feekey" Feekey looked at Harry who also nodded approvingly. Feekey snapped her fingers and a table appeared layedened with an array of delicious smelling dishes.

After a hearty meal they wondered up the path into the castle hand in hand. The dinner was delightful and each had full tummies. With content they climbed up the many steps to the owlery and wrote out their letters before sending them off. As the evening grew dark they played some Exploding Snap before heading to bed.

- -

As they lay in bed later that evening soft cries broke Harry from his half asleep slumber. Blinking off the sleep he worked out the cries were coming from Ginny. Watching her crib quietly next to him tugged on his heart. So moving quietly he reached out and pulled her towards him allowing her tears to soak his shirt.

"Ginny, are you okay" he asked a few minutes later when her tears slowed a little

While Ginny nodded he knew she was lying so just hugged her tighter "What's bothering you?"

"Everything!" She chocked out in sobs

"Okay" he said simply rubbing small circles on her back

"I. Don't. Want. A. Nightmare. Tonight" she eventually said in a small voice. Frowning Harry looked at her "of the chamber" she added.

With understanding Harry nodded at her before smiling softly. "It's okay to have nightmares Gin. I do"

"You. Do?"

"Yeah some of last year still, of the chamber but I also get when my parents died" he explained burrowing his face in her flower scented hair.

"Sorry" Ginny said clinging to him

"How about this. If one of us has a nightmare the other must promise to chase it away." He offered which earned him a small smile. Soon they drifted off on each other's arms with small smiles on their faces