Chapter 7
Confrontation
They were still entwined and were beginning to get more and more daring when they were startled by a voice from behind them.
"OY, POTTER! GET OFF MY LITTLE SISTER!" Ron stood with Hermione at his side, his face was bright red with anger and his eyes looked as though he could kill Harry right here.
"R-R-Ron, it's not what you think" Harry stammered
"I think that you were just kissing my little sister Potter - but im sorry - it must be me who's wrong!"
"OK, so it's exactly what you were thinking but please calm down - I don't see why your so angry anyway - this has nothing to do with you - its about me and Ginny" Harry felt slightly annoyed at Rons behaviour, he wasn't doing any harm - why should he be in trouble?
"Im telling you now Harry, I don't want you near my little sister!" Ron began to step forward and his fists were tightly clenched but Hermione placed a restraining hand on his shoulder, "Ron calm down, you don't want to hurt Harry he's your bestfriend" she told him calmly but shot Harry quite a shocked glance.
"I don't want him as my bestfriend any more - he might as well have stabbed me in the back!" Ron spat the words his eyes narrowed with anger and his ears burning a deep shade of scarlet.
Harry looked over to Ginny who although looking outraged at her brothers behaviour, had tears flowing down her cheeks because. Ron had just spoilt one of the best moments of her life which made Harry suddenly feel a great fury burn from deep within him - nobody was going to take this happiness away from him and especially not from Ginny.
"SHUT UP RON! How dare you stand on your high horse to me! DON'T TELL ME TO STAY AWAY FROM THE GIRL THAT I LOVE BECAUSE I AM NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT NOT EVEN FOR YOU! Are the rules different for me? Just because im the 'boy who lived'? How come you and Hermione get to have eachother but when I find someone close to me it just can't be allowed? Don't I deserve some happiness too?"
His outburst shocked everybody. Not only had he just stood up to his bestfriend who was like a Norweigan Ridgeback when he was in a temper, he had also said that he loved Ginny Weasley.
"But she's my sister" Ron attempted to stay calm but his ears looked like they were going to start steaming at any moment.
"THAT'S IT!" Ginny Weasley screamed to her brother, "YOU ARE NOT MY DAD, OK? I don't want you telling me who I can and can not see, do you understand me?" her voice was now calm but so cold that it could have frozen the entire lake, she was so close to Ron that their noses were almost touching. She carried on, "Did I have any objections to you and Hermione getting together? No. Do I ever dictate to you what you can and cannot do? No. Have I ever once butted into your life and told you not to do something, even if you ended up getting hurt? No. Do you know why Ron? Let me tell you - because I think it's best if you let people follow their heart - they know whether they should or shouldn't do something without you trying to change their mind. Whenever Harry has ever told you not to put your self in danger because of you-know-who have you ever listened? No. Because you follow your heart and because Harry is your friend. She calmed down, and looked at Ron with affection in her eyes. ''Now let him follow his heart. Don't try to take this away from us Ron, you know that your fighting a losing battle."
And with that she kissed Ron on the forehead, told him he was a good brother, walked over to Harry placed her hand in his and proceeded to pull him away.
Ron stood by the lake shocked. Hermione moved closer to him, placed her arm around his waist and said "she's right you know, you should leave them to it."
"But how can I, she's my little sister - I need to protect her."
"Incase you hadn't realised Ron, she isn't so little any more. She's grown into a beautiful young woman. And," She said tentatively, "Ginny's Birthday is in January, she is only younger than Harry by five months - your almost older than me by the same amount" A/N- JUST MADE THAT UP - ARTISTIC LISCENSE AND ALL.
Ron's brow wrinkled in frustration, "Your right, Herm. I think I went a bit far. It was just such a shock to come down here and see them doing that"
"Well, I 'spose they had a right - I mean they have seen us doing that plenty of times" she said with a cheeky grin.
"What am I going to say to them? Harry is going to hate me"
"No, he won't. He'll see it from your point of view when he's calmed down. I suggest you give them your blessing and explain that it was hard for you to see you baby sister grow up" Hermione said hugging him.
"Your right. That's what I'll do, thanks 'Mione" He grinned, kissing her on the nose.
"You know...Ginny was right about another thing..."
"she was - what?"
"She has got a great brother" With that she leaned in and kissed him again.
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Harry and Ginny were walking over the lawns in silence. The confrontation that he had just had was still replaying in his head. Telling Ginny about his feelings had been hard and one of the things that had made Harry hide them for so long (apart from putting her under threat from Voldermort) was Ron's reaction. He had anticipated that it would not be pretty but when Ron had found them, Harry had not been prepared at all. He had thought that he and Ginny would have at least been able to become familiar with eachother before they had to worry about people knowing.
"Don't be so mad at Ron, Harry. He was just trying to protect me. He doesn't think before he speaks but he does generally mean well." Ginny's voice broke through to his thoughts.
"I know that. And I did try to restrain myself but when I saw you crying, I just saw red"
"Literally" she giggled "Ron looks like a giant tomato when he gets angry!"
Harry grinned. "Anyway, I think you should start telling yourself to be kinder to him don't you? You can be really scary Gin! I thought I was face to face with a Hungarian Horntail!" he teased.
Ginny swatted him on the arm. "Don't start you - or you will be on the other side of my wrath!"
"Oh yeah?'' and with that he grabbed her and began tickling her.
''AAAAHHHHHHHHH!'' she shouted struggling out of his grip. Ginny started sprinting of to the castle and once inside she headed for Gryffindor tower. Harry was surprised by her speed. He was shocked at first that she had been able to get away from his grip 'must come from living with all those brothers' he reasoned. It had given her quite a head start so by the time he had caught up with her they were in the common room.
When Harry first stepped through the portrait hole - he had no idea where she had disappeared to. He had just seen a flash of fiery red hair when he turned the corner to Gryffindor tower - so where was she now?
He stepped further into the common room. He could hear giggling coming from behind a large arm chair next to a window. Harry was halfway across the common room and he knew that Ginny now had no escape, he could easily block both the girls dormitory entrance and the portrait hole. A slightly evil grin spread across his face (not very different from the grins' often found present on the Weasley twins' faces).
''Ginny Weasley - you have no escape - prepare for your punishment'' with that he fell to his knees infront of her and began tickling her causing her to squeel in outrage. She couldn't however repress the giggles and began trying to free herself. Ginny's arms and legs kicked out as the tickling became almost too much to bare . Tears of laughter fell down her cheeks. Harry was very amused and didn't look as though he was going to stop anytime soon.
'There is only one thing for it' she told herself. Suddenly she stopped struggling and stared up at Harry. Her large doe like eyes mystified him so much that he stopped. He saw her lips coming to his, he leaned forward to meet them but to his surprise Ginnys lips completley missed him.
She managed to free herself from the tangle they had become in record time and stood up with a look of triumph on her face. Drawing her wand from her pocket she pointed it above his head ''Fricareus!'', she said causing a bucket of cold water to appear above Harry's head. As he looked up to see what Ginny was staring at - she moved her wand to point to him. Harry felt the water fall over his head. ''GINNY! It's freezing!'' he shivered up at her. The look of mischief on her face made her look so beautiful however that he couldn't be angry at her.
''I thought you could do with cooling down'' she said simply with a grin.
''Ha Ha. Now help me up''
Ginny held out her hand to him, affection now overtaking the mischief in her eyes. ''We'd better get you warmed up hadn't we?''. Harry nodded taking her hand but instead of letting her pull him up, he pulled her back down to the ground. ''OY!'' she said indignantly but stopped as she caught a glance of his brilliant green eyes. What she saw in them was clear. They mirrored her own. She saw love. Harry had just noticed the same thing in her eyes. Together they shared a kiss that seemed to make the whole world stop around them. With that kiss they swapped their souls and the electricity which flowed between them created a bond which they knew could never be broken.
As the kiss ended they noticed Hermione and Ron staring at them by the portrait hole. 'Oh no' thought Harry, 'not another arguement!' he sighed. But to both he and Ginny's surprise - Ron stepped forward and said ''Im sorry about what I said earlier. I was just shocked. I mean, it is not the kind of thing that I was expecting to see when we went to find you. But,'' he turned to Harry now ''if my sister has to be with any guy, im glad it's you Harry. So I hope that you will be really happy together''.
Harry and Ginny were shocked. ''Thank you Ron. We appreciate it'' said Harry. Ginny nodded in agreement, while Hermione smiled happily. ''You two make such a cute couple'' she giggled. At this both Harry and Ron rolled their eyes and grinned at eachother. 'I have a feeling,' thought Ginny, 'that everything will be just as normal from now on - with a few exceptions' she glanced at Harry.
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Harry and Ron had gradually got back to normal now. Most of the Gryffindor's had gathered that he and Ginny had become an item when they saw them cuddled up in a chair by the fire that night. Harry had found himself glad that Ron was the only one of Ginny's brothers he had to explain himself to - otherwise he and Ginny wouldn't have been able to sit together in the Gryffindor common room wrapped up in eachother.
Now Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting in Potions trying to ignore Snape's evil glances at them from across the room.
''Hey Potter, I heard that you were dating Weasels sister. So I was right then huh? How much is she charging you? Maybe I should give her a try'' Malfoy smirked across from Harry and Ron. They both stepped forward, fists clenched but before they could get any closer the scar on Harrys forehead began to burn painfully.
Harry shouted out in pain causing Snape and the entire class to look over at him ''Potter what is it?'' he asked with a note of irritation in his voice.
The pain in Harry's forehead was becoming even more intense. This was the worst that these headaches had ever been it felt as though his head was going to explode.
He heard Ron shout and catch his body as his vision blurred and he began to fall background. All went black as the pain he felt caused him to break out into a horrible sweat. The last thing he remembered was Ron and Seamus trying to restrain his shaking body as he fell unconcious.
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''It has begun'' an evil, high pitched voice said to the person who knelt before him.
''But how do you know master?'' asked Wormtail, Lord Vodermort's most willing servant from below him.
''You should have learnt by now not to ask idiotic questions Wormtail'' Voldermort said casting the small man a piercing stare - his red eyes almost seemed to burn.
''O-O-Of course m-m-aster. I will not forget again''.
''They will discover soon enough what their destiny is to be - I must destroy them before they grow strong enough to defeat me! I must retrieve that power!''
''But ma-a-aster - how will the seirios benu even know about the power that they posess? They cannot trigger the power if they have no knowledge of it already.''
''Because my dear Wormtail, they are in Dumbledore's company. He has known about their power and about the prophecy since the day they both were born but he will tell them when he feels the time is right or when he feels my power is getting too strong.'' Voldermort let out an evil laugh, ''Though I have tried and tried to kill Harry Potter - he still lives and he has already discovered his one true love.'' Voldermort grimaced at these last words as if mentioning love caused him pain. ''Tonight is the full moon. The second that the moon rays cast on the grounds of Hogwarts - both Potter and his love will bare the mark of the Benu! Their new power will be released tonight and I cannot do anything to stop it at such an early stage. I am still weak after my last battle, We will have to bide our time until we can figure out who the other seirios benu is. Though even when we do - they cannot be touched while they each wear a ring of Heliopolis! Blasted - I should have killed Potter when I had the chance! I knew when he was a baby who he was but I couldn't kill him - Why? because of a stupid prophecy!'' Hatred grew in Lord Voldermort's eyes at the mention of Harry Potter - the boy who lived.
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Harry Potter awoke from his nightmare with a start. He was covered in sweat and his scar was burning. He was aware that he was shaking uncontrolably. He was in the hospital wing. He had been here so many times that he could recognize it immediatley even with his eyes closed.
Slowly he opened his eyes. Soft moonlight faded through the window, and three faces were gazing down at him in alarm.
''HARRY!'' Ginny shouted jumping to give him a hug and a kiss as he sat up.
''Are you Ok Harry?'' Ron asked
''We were so worried!'' added Hermione, ''We've never seen you as bad as that before. Did you-know-who kill somebody?'' she asked tentatively - knowing Voldermort was a sore point.
''No it was about something else'' Harry's brow wrinkled as he tried to remember what his nightmare had entailed. ''He was talking about me and the person that I loved'', he cast a look at Ginny - ''he kep on talking about the, the benu? I don't know what that is - the sei - something or other, I can't -''
''He was talking about the Seirios Benu, Harry.'' Harry was startled to find that Proffessor Dumbledore had entered the hospital wing. ''I need to talk to Harry and Ginny privatley, Hermione and Ron - would you mind going back to the common room please?'' he asked politley
''Ginny? What does my sister have to do with this seirios thingy?'' Ron asked suspiciously
''All will be explained to you soon, Mr Weasley. Now please this is rather important'' Ron didn't look very happy about leaving but he allowed Hermione to drag him away.
''What does this have to do with me proffessor?'' asked Ginny
''Before I explain - let me show you something'' He moved forward so that he was inbetween Harry and Ginny. He proceeded to move Harry's and then Ginny's robes away from their necks until each of their collar bones was visible. Harry gasped when he saw what was on Ginny's collar bone - as did she when she saw his. Visible on each of their flesh was what looked like a tattoo. It was about the size of a two pence peice and held traces of red and gold colour, whilst most of the middle was black.
Plain as day on each of their collar bone was a mark that wasn't there before. A mark of a small phoenix.
A/N: Well ive got the writing bug! I hope you liked it! It was quite fluffy i know but also a bit of dark stuff! trying to put more of a plot to it. Hope you liked it so far.
Confrontation
They were still entwined and were beginning to get more and more daring when they were startled by a voice from behind them.
"OY, POTTER! GET OFF MY LITTLE SISTER!" Ron stood with Hermione at his side, his face was bright red with anger and his eyes looked as though he could kill Harry right here.
"R-R-Ron, it's not what you think" Harry stammered
"I think that you were just kissing my little sister Potter - but im sorry - it must be me who's wrong!"
"OK, so it's exactly what you were thinking but please calm down - I don't see why your so angry anyway - this has nothing to do with you - its about me and Ginny" Harry felt slightly annoyed at Rons behaviour, he wasn't doing any harm - why should he be in trouble?
"Im telling you now Harry, I don't want you near my little sister!" Ron began to step forward and his fists were tightly clenched but Hermione placed a restraining hand on his shoulder, "Ron calm down, you don't want to hurt Harry he's your bestfriend" she told him calmly but shot Harry quite a shocked glance.
"I don't want him as my bestfriend any more - he might as well have stabbed me in the back!" Ron spat the words his eyes narrowed with anger and his ears burning a deep shade of scarlet.
Harry looked over to Ginny who although looking outraged at her brothers behaviour, had tears flowing down her cheeks because. Ron had just spoilt one of the best moments of her life which made Harry suddenly feel a great fury burn from deep within him - nobody was going to take this happiness away from him and especially not from Ginny.
"SHUT UP RON! How dare you stand on your high horse to me! DON'T TELL ME TO STAY AWAY FROM THE GIRL THAT I LOVE BECAUSE I AM NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT NOT EVEN FOR YOU! Are the rules different for me? Just because im the 'boy who lived'? How come you and Hermione get to have eachother but when I find someone close to me it just can't be allowed? Don't I deserve some happiness too?"
His outburst shocked everybody. Not only had he just stood up to his bestfriend who was like a Norweigan Ridgeback when he was in a temper, he had also said that he loved Ginny Weasley.
"But she's my sister" Ron attempted to stay calm but his ears looked like they were going to start steaming at any moment.
"THAT'S IT!" Ginny Weasley screamed to her brother, "YOU ARE NOT MY DAD, OK? I don't want you telling me who I can and can not see, do you understand me?" her voice was now calm but so cold that it could have frozen the entire lake, she was so close to Ron that their noses were almost touching. She carried on, "Did I have any objections to you and Hermione getting together? No. Do I ever dictate to you what you can and cannot do? No. Have I ever once butted into your life and told you not to do something, even if you ended up getting hurt? No. Do you know why Ron? Let me tell you - because I think it's best if you let people follow their heart - they know whether they should or shouldn't do something without you trying to change their mind. Whenever Harry has ever told you not to put your self in danger because of you-know-who have you ever listened? No. Because you follow your heart and because Harry is your friend. She calmed down, and looked at Ron with affection in her eyes. ''Now let him follow his heart. Don't try to take this away from us Ron, you know that your fighting a losing battle."
And with that she kissed Ron on the forehead, told him he was a good brother, walked over to Harry placed her hand in his and proceeded to pull him away.
Ron stood by the lake shocked. Hermione moved closer to him, placed her arm around his waist and said "she's right you know, you should leave them to it."
"But how can I, she's my little sister - I need to protect her."
"Incase you hadn't realised Ron, she isn't so little any more. She's grown into a beautiful young woman. And," She said tentatively, "Ginny's Birthday is in January, she is only younger than Harry by five months - your almost older than me by the same amount" A/N- JUST MADE THAT UP - ARTISTIC LISCENSE AND ALL.
Ron's brow wrinkled in frustration, "Your right, Herm. I think I went a bit far. It was just such a shock to come down here and see them doing that"
"Well, I 'spose they had a right - I mean they have seen us doing that plenty of times" she said with a cheeky grin.
"What am I going to say to them? Harry is going to hate me"
"No, he won't. He'll see it from your point of view when he's calmed down. I suggest you give them your blessing and explain that it was hard for you to see you baby sister grow up" Hermione said hugging him.
"Your right. That's what I'll do, thanks 'Mione" He grinned, kissing her on the nose.
"You know...Ginny was right about another thing..."
"she was - what?"
"She has got a great brother" With that she leaned in and kissed him again.
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Harry and Ginny were walking over the lawns in silence. The confrontation that he had just had was still replaying in his head. Telling Ginny about his feelings had been hard and one of the things that had made Harry hide them for so long (apart from putting her under threat from Voldermort) was Ron's reaction. He had anticipated that it would not be pretty but when Ron had found them, Harry had not been prepared at all. He had thought that he and Ginny would have at least been able to become familiar with eachother before they had to worry about people knowing.
"Don't be so mad at Ron, Harry. He was just trying to protect me. He doesn't think before he speaks but he does generally mean well." Ginny's voice broke through to his thoughts.
"I know that. And I did try to restrain myself but when I saw you crying, I just saw red"
"Literally" she giggled "Ron looks like a giant tomato when he gets angry!"
Harry grinned. "Anyway, I think you should start telling yourself to be kinder to him don't you? You can be really scary Gin! I thought I was face to face with a Hungarian Horntail!" he teased.
Ginny swatted him on the arm. "Don't start you - or you will be on the other side of my wrath!"
"Oh yeah?'' and with that he grabbed her and began tickling her.
''AAAAHHHHHHHHH!'' she shouted struggling out of his grip. Ginny started sprinting of to the castle and once inside she headed for Gryffindor tower. Harry was surprised by her speed. He was shocked at first that she had been able to get away from his grip 'must come from living with all those brothers' he reasoned. It had given her quite a head start so by the time he had caught up with her they were in the common room.
When Harry first stepped through the portrait hole - he had no idea where she had disappeared to. He had just seen a flash of fiery red hair when he turned the corner to Gryffindor tower - so where was she now?
He stepped further into the common room. He could hear giggling coming from behind a large arm chair next to a window. Harry was halfway across the common room and he knew that Ginny now had no escape, he could easily block both the girls dormitory entrance and the portrait hole. A slightly evil grin spread across his face (not very different from the grins' often found present on the Weasley twins' faces).
''Ginny Weasley - you have no escape - prepare for your punishment'' with that he fell to his knees infront of her and began tickling her causing her to squeel in outrage. She couldn't however repress the giggles and began trying to free herself. Ginny's arms and legs kicked out as the tickling became almost too much to bare . Tears of laughter fell down her cheeks. Harry was very amused and didn't look as though he was going to stop anytime soon.
'There is only one thing for it' she told herself. Suddenly she stopped struggling and stared up at Harry. Her large doe like eyes mystified him so much that he stopped. He saw her lips coming to his, he leaned forward to meet them but to his surprise Ginnys lips completley missed him.
She managed to free herself from the tangle they had become in record time and stood up with a look of triumph on her face. Drawing her wand from her pocket she pointed it above his head ''Fricareus!'', she said causing a bucket of cold water to appear above Harry's head. As he looked up to see what Ginny was staring at - she moved her wand to point to him. Harry felt the water fall over his head. ''GINNY! It's freezing!'' he shivered up at her. The look of mischief on her face made her look so beautiful however that he couldn't be angry at her.
''I thought you could do with cooling down'' she said simply with a grin.
''Ha Ha. Now help me up''
Ginny held out her hand to him, affection now overtaking the mischief in her eyes. ''We'd better get you warmed up hadn't we?''. Harry nodded taking her hand but instead of letting her pull him up, he pulled her back down to the ground. ''OY!'' she said indignantly but stopped as she caught a glance of his brilliant green eyes. What she saw in them was clear. They mirrored her own. She saw love. Harry had just noticed the same thing in her eyes. Together they shared a kiss that seemed to make the whole world stop around them. With that kiss they swapped their souls and the electricity which flowed between them created a bond which they knew could never be broken.
As the kiss ended they noticed Hermione and Ron staring at them by the portrait hole. 'Oh no' thought Harry, 'not another arguement!' he sighed. But to both he and Ginny's surprise - Ron stepped forward and said ''Im sorry about what I said earlier. I was just shocked. I mean, it is not the kind of thing that I was expecting to see when we went to find you. But,'' he turned to Harry now ''if my sister has to be with any guy, im glad it's you Harry. So I hope that you will be really happy together''.
Harry and Ginny were shocked. ''Thank you Ron. We appreciate it'' said Harry. Ginny nodded in agreement, while Hermione smiled happily. ''You two make such a cute couple'' she giggled. At this both Harry and Ron rolled their eyes and grinned at eachother. 'I have a feeling,' thought Ginny, 'that everything will be just as normal from now on - with a few exceptions' she glanced at Harry.
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Harry and Ron had gradually got back to normal now. Most of the Gryffindor's had gathered that he and Ginny had become an item when they saw them cuddled up in a chair by the fire that night. Harry had found himself glad that Ron was the only one of Ginny's brothers he had to explain himself to - otherwise he and Ginny wouldn't have been able to sit together in the Gryffindor common room wrapped up in eachother.
Now Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting in Potions trying to ignore Snape's evil glances at them from across the room.
''Hey Potter, I heard that you were dating Weasels sister. So I was right then huh? How much is she charging you? Maybe I should give her a try'' Malfoy smirked across from Harry and Ron. They both stepped forward, fists clenched but before they could get any closer the scar on Harrys forehead began to burn painfully.
Harry shouted out in pain causing Snape and the entire class to look over at him ''Potter what is it?'' he asked with a note of irritation in his voice.
The pain in Harry's forehead was becoming even more intense. This was the worst that these headaches had ever been it felt as though his head was going to explode.
He heard Ron shout and catch his body as his vision blurred and he began to fall background. All went black as the pain he felt caused him to break out into a horrible sweat. The last thing he remembered was Ron and Seamus trying to restrain his shaking body as he fell unconcious.
**********
''It has begun'' an evil, high pitched voice said to the person who knelt before him.
''But how do you know master?'' asked Wormtail, Lord Vodermort's most willing servant from below him.
''You should have learnt by now not to ask idiotic questions Wormtail'' Voldermort said casting the small man a piercing stare - his red eyes almost seemed to burn.
''O-O-Of course m-m-aster. I will not forget again''.
''They will discover soon enough what their destiny is to be - I must destroy them before they grow strong enough to defeat me! I must retrieve that power!''
''But ma-a-aster - how will the seirios benu even know about the power that they posess? They cannot trigger the power if they have no knowledge of it already.''
''Because my dear Wormtail, they are in Dumbledore's company. He has known about their power and about the prophecy since the day they both were born but he will tell them when he feels the time is right or when he feels my power is getting too strong.'' Voldermort let out an evil laugh, ''Though I have tried and tried to kill Harry Potter - he still lives and he has already discovered his one true love.'' Voldermort grimaced at these last words as if mentioning love caused him pain. ''Tonight is the full moon. The second that the moon rays cast on the grounds of Hogwarts - both Potter and his love will bare the mark of the Benu! Their new power will be released tonight and I cannot do anything to stop it at such an early stage. I am still weak after my last battle, We will have to bide our time until we can figure out who the other seirios benu is. Though even when we do - they cannot be touched while they each wear a ring of Heliopolis! Blasted - I should have killed Potter when I had the chance! I knew when he was a baby who he was but I couldn't kill him - Why? because of a stupid prophecy!'' Hatred grew in Lord Voldermort's eyes at the mention of Harry Potter - the boy who lived.
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Harry Potter awoke from his nightmare with a start. He was covered in sweat and his scar was burning. He was aware that he was shaking uncontrolably. He was in the hospital wing. He had been here so many times that he could recognize it immediatley even with his eyes closed.
Slowly he opened his eyes. Soft moonlight faded through the window, and three faces were gazing down at him in alarm.
''HARRY!'' Ginny shouted jumping to give him a hug and a kiss as he sat up.
''Are you Ok Harry?'' Ron asked
''We were so worried!'' added Hermione, ''We've never seen you as bad as that before. Did you-know-who kill somebody?'' she asked tentatively - knowing Voldermort was a sore point.
''No it was about something else'' Harry's brow wrinkled as he tried to remember what his nightmare had entailed. ''He was talking about me and the person that I loved'', he cast a look at Ginny - ''he kep on talking about the, the benu? I don't know what that is - the sei - something or other, I can't -''
''He was talking about the Seirios Benu, Harry.'' Harry was startled to find that Proffessor Dumbledore had entered the hospital wing. ''I need to talk to Harry and Ginny privatley, Hermione and Ron - would you mind going back to the common room please?'' he asked politley
''Ginny? What does my sister have to do with this seirios thingy?'' Ron asked suspiciously
''All will be explained to you soon, Mr Weasley. Now please this is rather important'' Ron didn't look very happy about leaving but he allowed Hermione to drag him away.
''What does this have to do with me proffessor?'' asked Ginny
''Before I explain - let me show you something'' He moved forward so that he was inbetween Harry and Ginny. He proceeded to move Harry's and then Ginny's robes away from their necks until each of their collar bones was visible. Harry gasped when he saw what was on Ginny's collar bone - as did she when she saw his. Visible on each of their flesh was what looked like a tattoo. It was about the size of a two pence peice and held traces of red and gold colour, whilst most of the middle was black.
Plain as day on each of their collar bone was a mark that wasn't there before. A mark of a small phoenix.
A/N: Well ive got the writing bug! I hope you liked it! It was quite fluffy i know but also a bit of dark stuff! trying to put more of a plot to it. Hope you liked it so far.