Author Note: A very special webisode focusing on the mysteries of How Harry Got Into Ginny.
Harry Potter stood in front of Lord Voldemort breathing deeply. He trusted Dumbledore, his plan to save his friends and defeat the dark creature before him was based on that trust.
"So Harry Potter. You have come to die now?"
"Just get on with it Tom. You've polluted this world far too long." Harry sneered.
"How brash and arrogant, you are your father's son indeed." Voldemort paced until he was only a dozen feet away from Harry.
"Thank you. I am rather proud of that."
"Then say hello to him from me." Voldemort said raising his wand, the sudden ripping and tearing sensation as his body was torn apart into massive giblets was not part of the plan.
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Harry woke up on the floor of a strange white room. Sitting up he looked around and recoiled from a horrific burned corpse curled in a fetal position on the floor beside him.
"Yeah pretty ugly thing isn't it?"
"Ginny?" Harry exclaimed spinning around to face the red-haired girl. "What happened? Where are we?"
"Well what happened was Voldemort cast a spell to tear and shred your body into pieces instead of the AK. Not exactly what Dumbledore had expected but apparently Voldemort didn't want to risk the AK not working again."
Harry's eyes grew wide, "Oh great. So that means my body is gone."
"Yeah. You're pretty much a pile of pieces in the woods right now. Sorry." She said sympathetically.
"So why are you here?" Harry asked with dread.
"Because Bella hit me with an AK. I didn't duck in time." she said with an unconcerned shrug.
"You're dead too? No." Harry wailed before he shook his head sadly.
"Yeah I am, but, well you still have work to do. You've got to go back and finish that red-eyed bastard." She firmly said.
Harry scoffed at her, "How am I supposed to go back? I'm a pile of goo. I don't have a body to go back to."
Ginny smiled at him, "Yeah you do."
Harry stared at her for a minute then shook his head, "No. No. You've got to go back to that one." he protested.
"I can't Harry. That was my time to die. I wasn't supposed to grow up. No matter what I. I can't go back." Ginny explained with a sad voice.
Harry grabbed her, "No, I can't go back without you. I can't."
"Harry you'll go back AS me and finish this. You're the only one that can. Do you really want everyone you cared about to join us? Do you really want my death to mean nothing?" She angrily demanded through tears. Shoving him away.
"I love you Ginny." Harry tearfully exclaimed. He pulled her into a tight hug. She resisted for a moment before relenting, burying her face in his chest to cry. "I know Harry. But you need to go back. Hermione will need your love now."
"Hermione? But her and Ron, she doesn't feel that way. And she certainly won't if I'm you." Harry tried to explain, stuttering and confused.
Ginny sighed heavily, "I'm going to give you a few things they called spoilers. They figured you wouldn't want to accept this, not easily at least."
"Who are they?" He asked warily.
"They are your mum and dad, Sirius, Remus, the fates, Death." She rattled off the list, "Among a few others."
"Oh." Harry said dejectedly.
"Yeah oh. So let me tell you what will happen if you don't go back. He wins, our friends get killed. The war gets worse and worse. It spills over into the muggle world too. They try to fight magic with technology. It gets uglier and uglier until someone unleashes a nuclear bomb. Entire cities vanish in the blink of an eye. The world winds up a dead, or dying, wasteland with radioactive seas and skies."
Harry stood looking at her in silent shock. "Oh. Oh. Okay I get it. I need to go back. But Hermione? I'll be you. She won't want a relationship with me like that, and besides she and Ron like each other." Harry countered.
"They think they like each other. They don't really. They both want someone else. Ron still has a thing for Lavender while Hermione has conflicted feelings for you." Ginny said crossing her arms.
"Yeah but if I'm you that means I'll be a girl. Hermione doesn't like girls." Harry pointed out.
Ginny smiled like she had a secret, "I wouldn't bet against it. Especially when she finds out you are in this body."
Harry looked suspiciously at her, "Did you and her do anything?"
"Maybe. Let's just say I've probably seen more parts of her than you have." Ginny grinned widely.
Harry considered for a moment, sighing deeply, "If I don't go back it'll really get that bad?"
Ginny nodded sadly, "Yes. It will. Humanity will pretty much be ended."
Harry snorted, "Great no pressure at all."
Ginny rubbed his arm, "You'll handle it. You're Harry Potter. The best man I ever knew."
Harry smiled wanly at her, "I'm going to miss you."
Ginny hugged him, "I know. But you have a lot more to do. So get back there and do it. Just maybe name a daughter after me. Okay?"
Harry sniffled, "Sure."
"Before you go back. Two things. One, Lavender is in danger on the first floor east. Save her and Ron will be happy. And Two and more importantly, the only anchor left now is the snake. Deal with that and he can die. Make it happen." She commanded him.
"I will Ginny. I will."
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Harry felt a warm body again, he heard the sound of people crying and felt someone cradling his head. He opened his eyes and sat up quickly. A curtain of red hair swept in front of his eyes briefly before he tossed his head back.
"What the bloody hell!" Ron shouted.
Harry looked around, he felt weird and strange right now but he couldn't take the time to explore that right now.
"Ron you and your brothers need to go save Lavender. She's on the first floor east. She's in danger. Mione I need you, Neville and Luna to come with me. We have to end this." Harry said jumping to his, er her, feet.
"Ginny. What the hell. You were dead." Fred was saying.
"Look do you want to save Lavender's life or not Ron!" Harry shouted at him. Ron shook his head in confusion but turned and ran, Harry turned to the twins, "Well get after him. He's not going to do it by himself."
Hermione was looking at Harry in confusion, "Ginny? What happened to you?"
"I'll explain later." Harry was looking around the room and saw Neville and Luna sitting on the floor by the corner. Neville's hair was singed and he was bleeding from a scalp wound. The sword of Gryffindor was Luna was cradling her left arm but otherwise was just dirty.
Running across the great hall with Hermione following quickly behind Harry observed that running with breasts was going to be something to get used to and that Ginny really was quite athletic.
"Neville, Luna I need you to come with me. You need to kill his snake." Harry explained quickly.
"Okay Harry. We can do that." Luna said standing up shakily.
Hermione looked at Luna, "Luna? This is Ginny."
Luna tilted her head before replying, "This is Ginny's body but Harry is inside it right now. I will find it very interesting to hear the explanation when we have the time for it."
Harry smiled, "Thank you Luna. I promise. I will explain everything when we get this over with."
Hermione frowned but since Neville was not arguing or questioning things she didn't either.
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Voldemort had shown up to gloat over killing Harry, throwing his head onto the floor of the entry hall. He and his followers managed to resist the initial trap that Harry and his friends had quickly prepared. A furious spell battle ensued in the halls again. This time Neville managed to leap out and pin the snake's head to the floor, the Basilisk envenomed blade causing the Horcrux within to explode into a gory mess. He spun and managed to run the blade through the body of Voldemort just as Harry cast an expeliarmus followed by a cutting charm.
Hermione and Luna had dealt with the nearby Death Eaters swapping Bellatrix's head and her right breast, another's organs suddenly left their body through their left nostril. The two girls had decided that mercy and kindness was not possible for the one's who had killed their friends.
The battle was finally over and Neville was being hailed as the hero who slew Voldemort as more people saw him stab the sword into Voldemort's body than Harry, or rather Ginny, slicing his chest open. Harry laughed and congratulated Neville on his success. Playing up the story and supporting that Neville was the true Hero.
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The battle was over and Harry sought out a bed to get some sleep. He had been running and fighting and died then came back in his girlfriend's body. It was what one could call a very long day. Before he could climb the stairs to the boy's dorm though Hermione, Ron, Lavender, Luna and Neville stopped him.
"Alright. What's going on?" Hermione demanded. "Ginny?"
Harry turned and took a deep breath, "No. Luna is right I am Harry Potter. At least in spirit. When I was killed I ran into Ginny in, I guess Limbo. She convinced me to come back and take her body. That I still had work to do."
Ron growled, "And what about her? What was she supposed to do eh?"
"What do you mean Ron? Death told her she couldn't come back. That she was scheduled to die in the battle." Harry tried to explain.
Ron grabbed her by the front of his shirt and raised his fist like he was going to punch Harry, Neville grabbed his fist. "What are you going to do Ron? Beat Harry until he leaves Ginny's body? Then what? Hunh? Answer me?"
Ron shoved Harry backwards into Hermione who caught him. Turning on Neville he screamed at his friend, "You believe this crap? How do we even know that's Harry in there in the first place. What makes you so sure?"
Neville got in Ron's face and firmly said, "Luna believes it. Luna says its Harry so its Harry."
Ron looked at Luna was was standing beside the body of his sister. His only sister. He shook his head and stomped off. Hermione went to follow him but looked at her other friends. She hesitated long enough that he had left the Gryffindor common room.
Luna sighed, "Ron will need to come around on his own. Right now if you follow him he will try to force you to agree with him."
Hermione sat down with her head between her legs crying gently into her hands. Harry came over and sat beside her. Putting his arm over her shoulder. She turned and began to cry on his chest.
"So what do I do about Molly and the other Weasleys?" Harry asked softly.
"I spoke with Fred he and George are willing to accept the theory that it was not the killing curse that hit you, Molly and Arthur were in another part of the castle as was Percy so they are saying it was someone getting confused in the heat of battle about which spell hit you." Luna explained.
"You mean Ginny?" Harry asked.
"No I mean you. You are going to have to become Ginny Weasley from this moment onwards. Too many people have seen Harry's dead body parts. It was almost as important for them to confirm it was Harry as it was Voldemort. If you try to claim to be Harry Potter then the best you can look forward to is being confined to Saint Mungo's." Luna said sadly giving Neville's hand a squeeze.
"Seriously Ginny." Neville said. "We all need to mourn for Harry and accept that Ginny survived."
"You understand that this is the way don't you Hermione?" Luna asked stroking her friend's hair.
Hermione nodded her head against Ginny's breasts. "I will miss her, the real her but I agree we need to refer to Harry as Ginny from now on. And you will need to be her."
"Great so how do I access my vault and stuff at Gringotts?" Ginny asked.
"Well you and Harry dated so maybe we can say he gave her access?" Hermione said.
"I guess I'll have to go talk to Rothak and find out more." Ginny glumly said. "Only I want to do that tomorrow. Right now I want a hot shower and a long sleep."
"Right good idea Ginny." Luna said. "However you should probably not be alone."
"I'll stay with you." Hermione declared.
Ginny laughed, "I'm not surprised. Ginny alluded to a few things."
Hermione narrowed her eyes but bittersweetly said, "Oh I am definitely going to get you alone so we can talk."
"Yes talk. I am way too tired for anything more strenuous than that."
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Ginny and Hermione climbed the stairs into the girl's dorm. Ginny paused at the trunk with the name Ginny burned into it. Hermione had pulled her expanded bag out.
"Something wrong?"
"I'm going to have to get naked." Ginny said awkwardly.
Hermione laughed, "Yes you are."
"Uh. Are you going to get naked?" Ginny asked sort of awkwardly and sort of hopefully.
Hermione considered things then pulled her shirt off, revealing a dirty once white bra. Reaching down she kicked her shoes off.
Ginny sighed, "I guess that is a yes then."
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Ginny sat across from Rothak, the Potter Accounts manager, with a frown, Hermione by her side. Ron had calmed down but his relationship with Hermione had been burned too badly to ever be rebuilt. Rothak frowned as he looked at the parchment in front of him. The Goblins had stopped her when she tried to access Harry Potter's vault as they had seen the news that he was dead.
"Well its like this Rothak..."
Pinching the ridge across his nose he frowned as he held a hand up for silence. Thinking he nodded, "You have tested as the magical signature of Harry Potter. So the bank will allow you to access the vault and wealth of you. However the Hew-mon Ministry will require you to register any inheritances such as Grimmould place or the Black titles by having one of their tests performed."
"Oh well how hard would they be to fool?" Ginny asked.
"They use a derivative of ours, unless you claimed that the two of you had married in a muggle ceremony when you discovered you were pregnant and then were merely holding said titles and inheritances for the birth of your child." Rothak said with an odd toothy grin.
"Pregnant?" Ginny said in a slightly horrified tone.
"Won't that require the familia paternas test?"
"Not if we provide the appropriate paperwork, and it is sworn to by two witnesses. The child would get tested for bloodlines, not full ancestry so as long as it showed a Weasley and a Potter bloodline then the Ministry would blissfully approve of it. Especially in the current climate of honoring a martyr who gave his life in such glorious sacrifice."
"Now I see what Sirius meant." Ginny said with a frown.
"Oh? And what exactly did the former Lord Black say?" Rothak inquired.
"Uh well. That Goblins are nothing more than greedy, manipulative, opportunistic, little creatures with an unhealthy interest in profits that he wouldn't turn his back on." Ginny said reluctantly when the Goblin kept staring expectantly.
Rothak laughed, "I always did like the Lord Black. He seemed to understand us so well."
"So how much is this all going to cost me."
"Ahh. Now let us begin to calculate things Lady Potter."
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"Ron. I need you to get me pregnant, and if you don't I have to go to one of your brothers or your dad. I'd really rather it be you." Ginny was saying awkwardly. She had brought Luna, Neville and Hermione along with her to Ron's flat to provide emotional support and backup when she explained things to him. Lavender it turned out had been there at the time so had to have everything explained to her as well before Ginny could even begin to explain the problem.
"Look Harry."
"Ginny. Call me Ginny." Ginny corrected.
"Whatever. I am just now getting used to the idea that you are in my sister's body running around and not being creeped out by it. I am not going to have sex with her, or you or whatever weird thing you are now. I mean the soul of my best male mate in the body of my sister is not very conducive to getting aroused." Ron explained with a disgusted shiver.
"Look I'm not exactly happy with the first thing I find out I have to do as a female is get pregnant. But to get my wealth, properties and titles I need to do this." Ginny said honestly.
Ron shook his head. "No way man."
Ginny looked to Hermione who was frowning. Luna spoke up, "I bet the twins could be persuaded to impregnate Ginny. They would find it a very humorous prank."
Ginny frowned and turned to Ron, "Look. I'll give you a share of the money, set you up in any business you want. I heard the Three Broomsticks is for sale."
Lavender put her hand on Ron's arm, whispering something into his ear he turned with a frown but said nothing. Lavender smiled, "Are you being serious about helping?"
"Rothak said I'll be able to make some under the table transactions, for the appropriate fees of course. So what do you want?"
She looked at Ron then back to Ginny, "Put me through Healer's apprenticeship. Get the Three Broomsticks for Ron and you'll be pregnant by tomorrow morning."
Ginny rocked back, "Tha quick?"
"We've got to move quick. The longer we go the more suspicious it will be if you suddenly realize you're pregnant. Harry's been dead a week now. That limits the window of how long you could have been been pregnant without realizing it." Lavender explained.
"Okay but how are you going to get me to do this? I am absolutely disgusted by the idea. I mean she's my sister. No matter whose soul is in that body its still Ginny's body." Ron exclaimed.
Lavender smiled, "You don't even have to be conscious Ron. We give you a sleeping draught, give Ginny a fertility potion, and cast an erectus on you. Ginny takes a ride on your magic wand and boom, nine months later a little bundle of joy."
Everyone looked at her with expression of shock or blank stares. Eventually Hermione chuckled, "That is absolutely perfect. Are you sure you shouldn't have been in Slytherin?"
"Oh absolutely. I've just heard a few rumors and stories among the gossip mills." She said with a wink.
Ron frowned, "I guess so."
Ginny sighed as this was not how her first sexual encounter was planned to go by her.
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Ginny rubbed her round distended belly. It had gone exactly as Rothak and Lavender had schemed. She now carried her son and was his regent, the Holyhead Harpies had replied and said that she could tryout anytime after her maternity period she wanted.
Hermione and her were living together in Grimmould as Hermione worked on a transfiguration mastery. They had discussed things and developed their relationship. Becoming lovers to the surprise of no one. Luna and Neville were going to be the godparents to the child. Hermione and Ginny had come to the decision that he would be named Arthur James to continue the cover that Ginny was still Ginny.
"Good evening babe. How's the little one?" Hermione asked bounding into the room.
"Settled in for the next ten years I think. He might come out when he gets his letter." Ginny huffed.
"Aww. Is it not as much fun as you thought it would be?" Hermione cooed rubbing Ginny's feet.
Ginny mock grumbled, "Okay the attention is nice, but some of this. Wow. I still say next one is your turn."
"Only if I can get it figured out to let you get me pregnant." Hermione sighed yet once more.
"But you've managed to give us the gear for fun times before I got too fat and ugly."
Hermione rolled her eyes at Ginny's comment, knowing that it was just for the sake of being dramatic. "As I've said multiple times you are not fat or ugly. And yes I can transfigure the equipment but according to Gamp's laws you cannot actually achieve the potential to impregnate without greater magics than what I am capable of."
Ginny grumbled under her breath.
Hermione grinned seductively, "You want me to show you how much I don't think you're fat or ugly?" as she ran her hand up Ginny's leg.
Ginny grinned, "Maybe. A little bit."
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The labor and birth had gone so much better than Ginny had feared. She had been scared of what would happen and it turned out with the spells and meditations to have been no more difficult than a slight bit of exercise. Soon she was holding a swaddled baby with a shock of dark reddish auburn hair and hazel eyes. Molly and Hermione both grinning like fools while Ron acted like he wanted to brag and slink off in shame simultaneously.
Ginny found breast feeding to be quite enjoyable, bonding with her son and becoming a real mother. Ron had gotten over his squeamishness about the situation and had almost let the secret slip several times until Hermione had a long special talk with him alone. When they came back "Uncle Ron" agreed he was just a very special friend and would remain as such until AJ was old enough to even begin to remotely understand the situation.
Ginny waited until AJ was a toddler before trying out for the Harpies then showing to the world that she was still a champion quality player by setting multiple records and leading the team to two world championships.
Eventually time moved on and while Neville and Luna, as well as Ron and Lavender had children she and Hermione had not had any. Not that AJ was not enough to make them happy. He was considered an excellent student by his professors and a good friend by his fellow students. Eventually making head boy and forming a career in the diplomatic office.
Hermione had a breakthrough eventually though and found a way to permit Ginny and her to get each other pregnant. Their dual pregnancy gave their friends fits but made everyone happy.
They named one of their daughter Guinevere and Ginny smiled broadly when a cardinal circled over them on the day they brought the girl to the Burrow to visit her grandparents.
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Eventually life reaches its closing of the circle and Ginny looked up into the dark brown eyes of her friend, her lover, her partner for the last century. "So do you think I'll go back to being me over there?"
"Probably. I doubt even Heaven is ready for two Ginnys." Hermione chuckled softly. Stroking her hand softly.
"I'm not sure I'm ready to go yet." Ginny said squeezing her hand as best as she could.
"I know. But we've had a good long run. We'll be together again soon enough."
Ginny closed her eyes, "Not too soon dear. Could you hold me, please. Just while I rest a bit."
Hermione slid into the bed beside Ginny to hold her in her arms listening to the slow steady breaths. "Of course dear."
She held the lithe figure that felt as light as feather, listening to her breathing slow, fade, eventually stilling, never to wake again.
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Harry found himself in a familiar white space. Only this time there was more than Ginny standing there waiting for him. Sirius, Remus, his mother and dad, Ginny, they all stood waiting. Welcoming him there.
He ran to them and hugged Ginny tightly, then hugging and crying with all of them he stopped, "I. I don't know what to say."
"You don't need to say anything Harry. You've done a good job with your life." James said.
"With Ginny's life you mean. Harry said holding the red head. She looked so young Harry thought after seeing the face in the mirror for so many decades.
"No Harry, you made it your own. I'm proud of what you did in my name." Ginny said burying her face in his chest.
He kept looking over his shoulder which Lily noticed, "Don't worry she'll be along in a little in her own time. Don't worry she'll be with us again, so will the rest of your friends." She said softly. Putting her hand on Harry's shoulder. "Don't worry. The time for worry and pain is over."
Harry looked into the emerald green eyes of his mother and smiled, he felt at ease, finally.
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OfficerDonNZ: Yes. One could even say he takes his task a little bit fanatically. And oh yeah. I have an idea that will expand on that in at least a little snippet for the short visits storyline. Theoretically it has also gone into the notebook as an expansion into its own full fledged world. A world where Harry, Hermione and Luna grow up as adopted siblings, Pandora is more careful with her research. Dumbledore held in check by the power of the press a lot more. It could be interesting, at least to me. I've had an idea that kinda involves Rogue Harry and Dumbledore having a rather unpleasant encounter for Albus at least. Just trying to get it to make sense and flow.
Timekeeper: And here is the answer. Hope you find it good. Also hope life is good for you.
IdlemanRPG: Glad you enjoy reading her exploits as much as I enjoy writing for her. She is definitely a Hermione, smart (in her own way), determined, aggressive about her wants and desires, and willing to do what it takes to get it. So yeah she will be recurring more often. As for the supersized series I am working on a way to bring them back but need to do it without it just being a cheap cameo. I want them involved in a meaningful way in the story. Anyhow they still exist in the notebook so we may flesh them out later. Who knows..