Disclaimer = As normal, I don't own anything of any value pertaining to the characters of this story, just some original plot ideas. Rowling owns rights to everything else but boy do I wish I did.
A.N.= Thanks to all my reviewers, school's been kicking me in lately and I haven't had much time to write more of my story but finals for the end of the year are ending April 29th, so hopefully once I'm done for the summer I'll be able to write more. Hope you like this chapter but it may be a bit shorter than normal I don't know. Enjoy reading =)
Chapter 9- The Long Ride
Ginny had just finished getting on the train when the whistle blew for everyone to hurry up and get on the Hogwart's Express before it left the station. Parent's were running to make sure their children got onto the train ok and make sure they didn't leave anything behind. The hustle and bustle of everyone getting on the train allowed Harry and Ginny to sneak into a compartment without all the girls that had been mobbing Harry being able to see which one it was. Ginny was quite thankful of this but didn't let it on to Harry.
Harry had seen the irrational side that Ron always had when it came to jealousy but he had yet to see Ginny's. Ginny made sure to stow her trunk in the compartment quickly.
'Stupid Prefect meeting. Hope those girls don't come back around while I'm in the meeting with Hermione and Ron,' Ginny thought, 'but Harry can take care of himself. Well, maybe.'
After a minute though Ginny realized how funny the situation was and started laughing. Harry, behind Ginny in the compartment, couldn't for the life of him figure out what was so funny.
"What's so funny Ginny is my hair more of a mess than normal."
Harry was getting paranoid now, looking around him trying to figure out what was wrong. Even the dragon pendent Harry wore was starting to look around anxiously. If Harry was searching, the dragon must have felt it needed to also. Ginny thought they looked quite funny together actually. Harry looking one way, the dragon trying to move and look the other way so ever couple of seconds the dragon was jerked back from the direction it was going by Harry going the other way. Ginny laughed as the dragon gave Harry an exasperated look the final time it happened.
"No Harry," Ginny squeezed out between giggles. "I was finding it funny that I was worried about leaving you alone but I remembered you can take care of yourself. I mean, you have faced the Voldemort five times now including defeating him at 1 year old. Those girls shouldn't be a problem to you while Hermione, Ron, and I are at the Prefect meeting should they?"
Harry now had a look on his face that was priceless. Ginny wished Colin was here to take a picture of it; it would be the perfect one to start a new collection of photos for Ginny and Harry to share. There could be a funny caption right underneath, 'Boy –who-lived found out girls like him'. Ginny couldn't help herself and continued to laugh.
"It's ok Ginny, I'll be ok. You know I don't want anyone but you. But when you come back, if there is a locking charm on the door, just knock and I'll take it off."
"Ok Harry, we'll be back after a while. We'll all talk once the meeting is over."
As Ginny was walking out, Harry remembered they hadn't brought any food along.
"I'll grab something off the cart for all of us since it will probably come around while you are still in the meeting. Tell Ron I'll get plenty of chocolate frogs for him."
"Ok Harry," Ginny said as she gave him a quick but meaningful kiss and walked down towards the front of the train to get to her meeting.
As Ginny walked away down the corridor, Harry walked back into the compartment and before anything else could happen he tried to put a locking charm on the door. It wouldn't work though; the door just wouldn't stay shut.
"Well, I guess that won't work. I'll just have tough it out by myself here. Maybe Neville and Luna will be by later. Wish Fred and George were here. Well, maybe not.' Harry could imagine the ribbing he would get from those two about what happened with the girls. They would never let him live it down if it was up to them.
Harry decided the best thing to do would be to get out one of the books for the year and start reading. Maybe he could learn enough about the spells to be able to do them before Hermione. It never usually happened except for DADA but just maybe he could do something right first in transfiguration if he really put his mind to it. Harry read most of the early afternoon as he waited for Ginny, Ron, and Hermione to get back. The entire time, he hadn't noticed, but his dragon pendent was glowing ever so slightly. It was only when the lady with the food cart stopped by that anyone finally found his compartment and knocked.
"It's open you know," laughed Harry as he moved the food he bought for everyone over to the other seat. He had gotten bored of reading and had arranged the food by categories. He had some stuff for Ginny of course and Hermione. The other seat was just a pile of everything for Ron. 'Ron isn't picky, he'll eat any of that,' or so Harry thought.
Harry's good mood wasn't to last though. He turned around and there in the doorway were almost all the girls that had been outside except for Cho. They had all decided to try and fit into the compartment while Harry had his back turned.
Harry was thinking to himself how to get out of this situation again. 'I can't be rude; I did say they could come in after they knocked. Wish I had known it was them.'
While Harry was thinking this, he found a place to sit on the floor at the back of the compartment facing the group of girls that had decided to walk in. Lavender finally spoke up as Harry realized they had caged him in once again.
"Harry, we have been searching for you on this train all afternoon. How did you hide away in here?"
"I'm sure we looked at this compartment before," Susan said from off to the side.
'This is where I've been all afternoon girls."
"Well, we couldn't find you. Almost seems like you didn't want company."
In truth, Harry didn't want company, but again he knew he couldn't be rude.
Another of the girls spoke up from somewhere near the door, Harry had no idea who it was. "Harry, tell us, how did you grow so much in one summer? It seems weird we've never noticed you were as tall as you are nor how much your eyes seems to radiate."
"Wow," Harry thought, "these girls don't quit."
"I don't know girls; guess you just never noticed, I have no idea either."
Harry really didn't want to have to explain and give away to everyone his new power. Best to keep that a secret he thought.
"When did you and Ginny start going out," someone asked from the back again.
"Yes when!"
All the girls he guessed had decided this was vital knowledge.
"Ginny and I started to go out over the summer. I told her how I felt about her while she helped me with my own feelings."
All the girls' eyes seemed to sparkle at this knowledge. Harry had no idea why but he could tell he didn't really like it to much.
"So you haven't been together too long yet."
Harry could see where this was going already.
"Girls, I love Ginny, ok. I really do. I appreciate all your attention and we can be friends but I would recommend that you tone it down a little. It bothers me a little but I'm used to attention. But I don't think Ginny will like it much and I don't think you want to be on her bad side."
The girls all had a look of horror for second before being back to normal.
"Ok," Lavender said. "But you are still going to help us out with the D.A. and everything right. We still want to be your friends."
Harry was muttering to himself in his head about what type of "friends" Lavender wanted to be when Padma he noticed had his mother's music box.
"Leave that alone," Harry suddenly shouted grabbing at the box and pulling it to him.
"Who's that for, I bet it's for Ginny isn't it Harry?"
"No it's not," Harry answered quite forcefully. The girls were shocked at how Harry had gone form being nice and friendly to angry so fast. What had they done?
"This belonged to my mother. It's the only thing I have left of hers and it means much more to me then any of you could believe."
"I understand Harry," Susan said from her seat to the right. "I have a couple things that were my mom's also that I don't let people see much either."
"Can we hear what it plays," asked Lavender.
"No, you can't."
"Why Harry, we just want to hear a little of it."
"I don't have to explain myself."
All the girls became a little agitated except for Susan at this and were trying to get Harry to let them hear the music box. Harry knew that he had to get these girls away from him or he had to get away from them, either way. Suddenly Harry had an idea. Harry reached out with his senses and used some of his innate power to snap the door open. All the girls sprung up to look at what had happened to the door when Harry opened the music box and crack and was sucked into it. It may have seemed a little cowardly to run away from the girls to his mom but oh well; they were the ones pushing him.
The girls turned around after not seeing anything wrong with the door and Harry was gone.
"Where did he go," Lavender exclaimed!
The girls seemed mystified that Harry could just disappear.
"Well, he couldn't just disappear."
"What if he can," Susan asked?
"Maybe, lets go look around the train for him," Lavender said.
With that, the girls were rushing out of the compartment trying to find where Harry had gone right when Ginny, Hermione, and Ron were coming back from there meeting.
"What are you guys doing running out of there like that," Ginny exclaimed.
"We were just talking to Harry when the door flew open and when we turned back Harry was gone. Your boyfriend has a very convenient way of getting away when we just were trying to get him to let us listen to his music box."
'Uh oh,' Ron and Hermione thought. They both knew that it was the wrong idea to get Ginny cross at you. Lavender just found a good way to do that, trying to force Harry into doing something he didn't want to do.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE. DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT ALREADY?! IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET YOU HEAR IT THEN DON'T TRY AND FORCE HIM. HARRY HAS ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH LORD VOLDEWHATY TRYNG TO KILL HIM. LEAVE HIM ALONE, I MEAN IT. ELSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME!"
Ginny was plain angry now, Lavender could tell but of course so could the rest of the train. With that, the girls seemed to vanish to other compartments as they strived to get away from Ginny.
"Where did Harry go then," Ron asked?
"It's simple really," Hermione said as Ginny nodded. "Harry hid in the music box when there backs were turned."
"I'll be right back guys," Ginny said as she went into the music box to get Harry out. Ron had started in on the food, just randomly picking the biggest pile which of course was his.
As Hermione settled down next to him to have a bite to eat of what Harry had also gotten for her Ginny and Harry appeared with Ginny barely controlling her laughter.
"Ginny, you can stop laughing now," Harry said.
"No, I can't, that was too funny. You guys missed it, Lily was poking fun at Harry for running from the girls even though he isn't scared to take on the most vile creatures and wizards around. She thinks it's the pheromones that scare him."
"It wasn't that funny," Harry stated, sitting down and crossing his arms.
At this, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny couldn't help but laugh some more. Harry realized the humor in the situation also and started chuckling to himself also. Even the dragon pendent around Harry's neck seemed to be laughing, little puffs o imaginary green smoke were coming out in burst from its nose as it rolled on it's back against Harry's chest.
"Energetic little emerald guy isn't he," Ginny noticed
"Yes, he was quiet earlier but he got upset a little with the girls but settled down while I hid in the box. Mom wouldn't stop admiring him but when I asked what he really did she wouldn't tell me. Said it was secret, she said she would tell Ginny though but wouldn't let her tell me either."
They all started laughing again at this when Harry realized something.
"Guys, this has been a long ride and I just realized something. Something seems wrong and I can't place it."
"Harry, you are just being paranoid again," Ron said across from Harry.
Ginny and Hermione were thinking of what may be wrong but couldn't come up with anything. It was when Harry looked down at his pendent again and looked at the dark emerald color he figured it out.
"Guys, where is Malfoy?!"
Little cliffy, what is really going on in the train huh? And where is Malfoy at on this long ride? You'll find out next time.
Please review if you would like as always, thanks =)
A.N.= Thanks to all my reviewers, school's been kicking me in lately and I haven't had much time to write more of my story but finals for the end of the year are ending April 29th, so hopefully once I'm done for the summer I'll be able to write more. Hope you like this chapter but it may be a bit shorter than normal I don't know. Enjoy reading =)
Chapter 9- The Long Ride
Ginny had just finished getting on the train when the whistle blew for everyone to hurry up and get on the Hogwart's Express before it left the station. Parent's were running to make sure their children got onto the train ok and make sure they didn't leave anything behind. The hustle and bustle of everyone getting on the train allowed Harry and Ginny to sneak into a compartment without all the girls that had been mobbing Harry being able to see which one it was. Ginny was quite thankful of this but didn't let it on to Harry.
Harry had seen the irrational side that Ron always had when it came to jealousy but he had yet to see Ginny's. Ginny made sure to stow her trunk in the compartment quickly.
'Stupid Prefect meeting. Hope those girls don't come back around while I'm in the meeting with Hermione and Ron,' Ginny thought, 'but Harry can take care of himself. Well, maybe.'
After a minute though Ginny realized how funny the situation was and started laughing. Harry, behind Ginny in the compartment, couldn't for the life of him figure out what was so funny.
"What's so funny Ginny is my hair more of a mess than normal."
Harry was getting paranoid now, looking around him trying to figure out what was wrong. Even the dragon pendent Harry wore was starting to look around anxiously. If Harry was searching, the dragon must have felt it needed to also. Ginny thought they looked quite funny together actually. Harry looking one way, the dragon trying to move and look the other way so ever couple of seconds the dragon was jerked back from the direction it was going by Harry going the other way. Ginny laughed as the dragon gave Harry an exasperated look the final time it happened.
"No Harry," Ginny squeezed out between giggles. "I was finding it funny that I was worried about leaving you alone but I remembered you can take care of yourself. I mean, you have faced the Voldemort five times now including defeating him at 1 year old. Those girls shouldn't be a problem to you while Hermione, Ron, and I are at the Prefect meeting should they?"
Harry now had a look on his face that was priceless. Ginny wished Colin was here to take a picture of it; it would be the perfect one to start a new collection of photos for Ginny and Harry to share. There could be a funny caption right underneath, 'Boy –who-lived found out girls like him'. Ginny couldn't help herself and continued to laugh.
"It's ok Ginny, I'll be ok. You know I don't want anyone but you. But when you come back, if there is a locking charm on the door, just knock and I'll take it off."
"Ok Harry, we'll be back after a while. We'll all talk once the meeting is over."
As Ginny was walking out, Harry remembered they hadn't brought any food along.
"I'll grab something off the cart for all of us since it will probably come around while you are still in the meeting. Tell Ron I'll get plenty of chocolate frogs for him."
"Ok Harry," Ginny said as she gave him a quick but meaningful kiss and walked down towards the front of the train to get to her meeting.
As Ginny walked away down the corridor, Harry walked back into the compartment and before anything else could happen he tried to put a locking charm on the door. It wouldn't work though; the door just wouldn't stay shut.
"Well, I guess that won't work. I'll just have tough it out by myself here. Maybe Neville and Luna will be by later. Wish Fred and George were here. Well, maybe not.' Harry could imagine the ribbing he would get from those two about what happened with the girls. They would never let him live it down if it was up to them.
Harry decided the best thing to do would be to get out one of the books for the year and start reading. Maybe he could learn enough about the spells to be able to do them before Hermione. It never usually happened except for DADA but just maybe he could do something right first in transfiguration if he really put his mind to it. Harry read most of the early afternoon as he waited for Ginny, Ron, and Hermione to get back. The entire time, he hadn't noticed, but his dragon pendent was glowing ever so slightly. It was only when the lady with the food cart stopped by that anyone finally found his compartment and knocked.
"It's open you know," laughed Harry as he moved the food he bought for everyone over to the other seat. He had gotten bored of reading and had arranged the food by categories. He had some stuff for Ginny of course and Hermione. The other seat was just a pile of everything for Ron. 'Ron isn't picky, he'll eat any of that,' or so Harry thought.
Harry's good mood wasn't to last though. He turned around and there in the doorway were almost all the girls that had been outside except for Cho. They had all decided to try and fit into the compartment while Harry had his back turned.
Harry was thinking to himself how to get out of this situation again. 'I can't be rude; I did say they could come in after they knocked. Wish I had known it was them.'
While Harry was thinking this, he found a place to sit on the floor at the back of the compartment facing the group of girls that had decided to walk in. Lavender finally spoke up as Harry realized they had caged him in once again.
"Harry, we have been searching for you on this train all afternoon. How did you hide away in here?"
"I'm sure we looked at this compartment before," Susan said from off to the side.
'This is where I've been all afternoon girls."
"Well, we couldn't find you. Almost seems like you didn't want company."
In truth, Harry didn't want company, but again he knew he couldn't be rude.
Another of the girls spoke up from somewhere near the door, Harry had no idea who it was. "Harry, tell us, how did you grow so much in one summer? It seems weird we've never noticed you were as tall as you are nor how much your eyes seems to radiate."
"Wow," Harry thought, "these girls don't quit."
"I don't know girls; guess you just never noticed, I have no idea either."
Harry really didn't want to have to explain and give away to everyone his new power. Best to keep that a secret he thought.
"When did you and Ginny start going out," someone asked from the back again.
"Yes when!"
All the girls he guessed had decided this was vital knowledge.
"Ginny and I started to go out over the summer. I told her how I felt about her while she helped me with my own feelings."
All the girls' eyes seemed to sparkle at this knowledge. Harry had no idea why but he could tell he didn't really like it to much.
"So you haven't been together too long yet."
Harry could see where this was going already.
"Girls, I love Ginny, ok. I really do. I appreciate all your attention and we can be friends but I would recommend that you tone it down a little. It bothers me a little but I'm used to attention. But I don't think Ginny will like it much and I don't think you want to be on her bad side."
The girls all had a look of horror for second before being back to normal.
"Ok," Lavender said. "But you are still going to help us out with the D.A. and everything right. We still want to be your friends."
Harry was muttering to himself in his head about what type of "friends" Lavender wanted to be when Padma he noticed had his mother's music box.
"Leave that alone," Harry suddenly shouted grabbing at the box and pulling it to him.
"Who's that for, I bet it's for Ginny isn't it Harry?"
"No it's not," Harry answered quite forcefully. The girls were shocked at how Harry had gone form being nice and friendly to angry so fast. What had they done?
"This belonged to my mother. It's the only thing I have left of hers and it means much more to me then any of you could believe."
"I understand Harry," Susan said from her seat to the right. "I have a couple things that were my mom's also that I don't let people see much either."
"Can we hear what it plays," asked Lavender.
"No, you can't."
"Why Harry, we just want to hear a little of it."
"I don't have to explain myself."
All the girls became a little agitated except for Susan at this and were trying to get Harry to let them hear the music box. Harry knew that he had to get these girls away from him or he had to get away from them, either way. Suddenly Harry had an idea. Harry reached out with his senses and used some of his innate power to snap the door open. All the girls sprung up to look at what had happened to the door when Harry opened the music box and crack and was sucked into it. It may have seemed a little cowardly to run away from the girls to his mom but oh well; they were the ones pushing him.
The girls turned around after not seeing anything wrong with the door and Harry was gone.
"Where did he go," Lavender exclaimed!
The girls seemed mystified that Harry could just disappear.
"Well, he couldn't just disappear."
"What if he can," Susan asked?
"Maybe, lets go look around the train for him," Lavender said.
With that, the girls were rushing out of the compartment trying to find where Harry had gone right when Ginny, Hermione, and Ron were coming back from there meeting.
"What are you guys doing running out of there like that," Ginny exclaimed.
"We were just talking to Harry when the door flew open and when we turned back Harry was gone. Your boyfriend has a very convenient way of getting away when we just were trying to get him to let us listen to his music box."
'Uh oh,' Ron and Hermione thought. They both knew that it was the wrong idea to get Ginny cross at you. Lavender just found a good way to do that, trying to force Harry into doing something he didn't want to do.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE. DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT ALREADY?! IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET YOU HEAR IT THEN DON'T TRY AND FORCE HIM. HARRY HAS ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH LORD VOLDEWHATY TRYNG TO KILL HIM. LEAVE HIM ALONE, I MEAN IT. ELSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME!"
Ginny was plain angry now, Lavender could tell but of course so could the rest of the train. With that, the girls seemed to vanish to other compartments as they strived to get away from Ginny.
"Where did Harry go then," Ron asked?
"It's simple really," Hermione said as Ginny nodded. "Harry hid in the music box when there backs were turned."
"I'll be right back guys," Ginny said as she went into the music box to get Harry out. Ron had started in on the food, just randomly picking the biggest pile which of course was his.
As Hermione settled down next to him to have a bite to eat of what Harry had also gotten for her Ginny and Harry appeared with Ginny barely controlling her laughter.
"Ginny, you can stop laughing now," Harry said.
"No, I can't, that was too funny. You guys missed it, Lily was poking fun at Harry for running from the girls even though he isn't scared to take on the most vile creatures and wizards around. She thinks it's the pheromones that scare him."
"It wasn't that funny," Harry stated, sitting down and crossing his arms.
At this, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny couldn't help but laugh some more. Harry realized the humor in the situation also and started chuckling to himself also. Even the dragon pendent around Harry's neck seemed to be laughing, little puffs o imaginary green smoke were coming out in burst from its nose as it rolled on it's back against Harry's chest.
"Energetic little emerald guy isn't he," Ginny noticed
"Yes, he was quiet earlier but he got upset a little with the girls but settled down while I hid in the box. Mom wouldn't stop admiring him but when I asked what he really did she wouldn't tell me. Said it was secret, she said she would tell Ginny though but wouldn't let her tell me either."
They all started laughing again at this when Harry realized something.
"Guys, this has been a long ride and I just realized something. Something seems wrong and I can't place it."
"Harry, you are just being paranoid again," Ron said across from Harry.
Ginny and Hermione were thinking of what may be wrong but couldn't come up with anything. It was when Harry looked down at his pendent again and looked at the dark emerald color he figured it out.
"Guys, where is Malfoy?!"
Little cliffy, what is really going on in the train huh? And where is Malfoy at on this long ride? You'll find out next time.
Please review if you would like as always, thanks =)