Chapter 15 More news about Harry

Apr 1

The monthly check up was good. I took the chance to ask Madam Pomfrey what would happen if the Cruciatus Curse was used on me and she hesitated. Finally she said that it would be so stressful on me the baby was bound to start growing and there was a high chance that I could lose the baby.

Whatever the reason Snape and the Carrows have been skipping over me I hope it continues.

Apr 8

Big news and another long entry coming. I was home three days when Bill showed up and told us to gather our things we had to be out in five minutes. We were to take only what was necessary and what we could carry ourselves. He said he would explain when we were safe. We got to my great aunt Muriel's which the order has used as a safe house before and Bill told us the story he got from Ron and Hermione.

Ron, Hermione, and Harry had been captured by some snatchers but managed to escape. Snatchers are not part of Voldemort's death eaters but do dirty work for Voldemort from time to time. They catch muggle born evading the new laws on them and truant students that don't return to Hogwarts. Normally the snatchers turn them into the ministry for a reward.

Fenrir Grayback the werewolf that attacked Bill last year was with this group and they thought they recognized Harry by his scar so they took them to Malfoy manor to get the reward Voldemort offered for Harry's capture. Voldemort was still overseas and Bellatrix couldn't be sure if it was really Harry. Hermione had put a sting jinx on Harry as they were being caught so his face was swollen and it made him hard to identify.

Malfoy was there but he said he hadn't seen Harry for almost a year and with his long hair and the sting jinx he couldn't be sure. I think Malfoy was being true to his word that he wouldn't help Voldemort anymore.

They locked the boys in the basement until they could be sure it was Harry. Voldemort would punish them again if they summoned him and it turned out not to be Harry. Bellatrix did recognize Hermione from her reward picture and personally tortured her for information but Hermione held out even under the Cruciatus curse.

Somehow Dobby the house elf showed up, Bill is not sure how; and he helped them escape. Luna, Dean Thomas, Mr. Ollivander the wand maker and a goblin who were all being held prisoner were also rescued. Hermione is in bad shape but will be okay along with everyone else. Ron was recognized so his cover of being sick with spattergroit was blown and that means the family was known to be involved with Harry. Death eaters are probably at the house now looking for some clues about where we are hiding. Poor Dobby was killed by Bellatrix.

This means I can't return to school after spring break but I sent a message to everyone that I am safe and Luna was rescued and is also safe. It also means Harry, Ron, and Hermione are safe at Bill and Fleur's house. I want to go see them but being underage I still can't apparate on my own and everyone says it is safer to restrict movement to a minimum anyway.

Apr 20

Not much to write about here. Everyone is back at school and with me gone along with Luna Neville has become leader of DA. They are pressing the Carrows and Snape with more disruptions than ever and the crackdown and torture is worse than ever. Neville sends me messages through the Galleons almost daily and it sounds bad. I told him to ease off but everyone voted to go on.

I tried to send a letter to Harry but Bill won't take it. He said Harry, Ron, and Hermione are locked in the bedroom with the goblin almost all day every day so they must be up to something. He has asked if he can help but Harry said no. A letter from me will just upset Harry and any plans they are making

Bill did bring me a letter from Hermione. She said she hopes that "my little friend" and I are okay. She assured me they are all fine. Then she said that she gave copies of a letter to Bill, Fleur, Lupin, Tonks, and Kingsley to be given to me if anything happens to them. Before he was killed Dumbledore sent them on a mission and she didn't know how long it would take to finish it but it is very important and must be done. If anything happens to them someone else must finish the mission so she wrote enough information in the letters to allow me to pick up where they left off. I should consider who could help me but keep the numbers small for better security which is why Dumbledore only told the three of them. She made five copies in case anything happens to her letter carriers at least one copy should survive and get to me. There was a cipher key spell with this letter that would allow me to make the other letters readable but nobody could read them if they fell into the wrong hands.

May 1

My mom did my check up following instructions in the book she has kept for the last ten months. The baby and I are fine.

May 5

A message from Neville arrived over the Galleon. Death eaters tried to take his grandmother hostage to force him to stop activities in the school but she escaped and is in hiding. They know he is the leader of DA and he has gone into hiding in the Room of Requirement. He got the room to block out all Carrow supporters. A few other DA members have joined him there to avoid the crackdown. There is a passage way from the Hog's Head Inn to the room and it turns out Dumbledore's brother Aberforth is the inn keeper. I only met him once when we held the meeting there to organize DA. I didn't know he was Dumbledore's brother. He is providing food for everyone in the room.

I asked Neville to let me know if he hears anything about Harry and I will do the same.

May 15

It's all over. The war, the torture, the killings, everything. Another long entry is coming and I still don't know the whole story but here is what I do know.

A story that someone broke into Gringotts and escaped on the back of a dragon was on the news. I knew it could only be Harry. A few hours later my Galleon got a message from Neville that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were at Hogwarts and he called everyone with a connection with DA even people that graduated but kept in touch with friends through the Galleon network. With Harry back we were going to fight and throw Snape and the Carrows out of Hogwarts. Fred and George got the same message and they took me by side along apparition to the Hogs Head Inn.

When we went through the passage we found everyone in the Room of Requirement. Harry was telling everyone he wasn't there to fight. He was looking for something that would help stop Voldemort but he didn't explain himself very well. It might be Ravenclaw's missing diadem but he wasn't sure. He left with Luna to go to the Ravenclaw common room to see her statue which had a copy of the diadem on it and told the rest of us to wait.

Ron and Hermione said they had to go to find a bathroom and left to. More people kept arriving including my parents who were not happy to see me there. When Harry and Luna returned we were arguing about me staying; my parents insisted I had to go back to Aunt Murial. Harry announced that we were going to defend the castle and Voldemort and his death eaters were on the way. Younger students were to be evacuated and anyone wanting to stay and fight should go to the great hall to get organized. I tried to go with everybody else but my parent saw me and made me promise to stay in the

Room of Requirement where I would be relatively safe. I looked at Harry and he nodded, he didn't want me in danger. Then he left to go with everyone else to the great hall.

Soon the younger students began to pass through on their way out to safety. A little later after everyone was gone Tonks and Neville's grandmother came through the passage. Mrs. Longbottom closed the far end because Aberforth had come through and there was nobody on guard there. Harry, Ron, and Hermione came back a few minutes later. Tonks left to find Lupin and Mrs. Longbottom to find Neville. Then Harry said I had to get out of the room for a few minutes so they could transform it into the Room of Hidden Things ; but I shouldn't go anywhere dangerous just wait in the hall. When they were done he said he wanted me to go back in and be safe.

As soon as they went into the Room of Hidden Things I left to join the fight. I am one of the leaders of DA and I couldn't hide while others were fighting. It was awful. Dozens of our people were killed including Fred, Colin, Tonks, and Lupin. Then Voldemort's voice was heard all over saying he was calling a truce to give us a chance to help the wounded and recover the dead. He would give Harry one hour to surrender or they would attack again.

There was no sign of Harry but I couldn't go looking for him. I comforted my parents over Fred's death but I couldn't just stand there. I went out with Neville and a few others to recover bodies and help the wounded. Then Voldemort's voice was heard again saying Harry was dead. He told us to come out and see the body. I couldn't believe it but Harry's body was there on the ground. I cried harder than ever before in my life.

Then Neville rushed forward at Voldemort and Voldemort cast a body binding curse on Neville freezing him in place. Voldemort offered to forgive Neville if he would join Voldemort's death eaters. When Neville refused Voldemort said he would be an example for anyone that continued to resist. He summoned the sorting hat from the headmaster's office, pulled it down over Neville's face, and set it on fire.

Then everything happened at once. People from Hogsmeade came over the hill and attacked the death eaters. Centaurs came out of the forest and attacked to. Animals like the thestrals swooped down attacking. Neville pulled off the sorting hat and he had the sword of Gryffindor in his hand. It came out of the hat like it had for Harry in the Chamber of Secrets. Instead of attacking Voldemort Neville swung the sword and cut off the head of the snake Voldemort had with him. Voldemort screamed and at the same time Hagrid screamed.

Hagrid yelled that Harry's body was gone. Nobody saw what happened to it because the fighting was in full swing again. Death eaters were overwhelmed by the massive crowd and everyone was pushed back into the great hall by the force of the attack.

Voldemort was fighting Kingsley, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Slughorn at the same time but they couldn't hit him with a curse. I saw Hermione and Luna fighting Bellatrix and joined them but we couldn't hit her with a curse either. Then she just missed me with a killing curse and I heard my mother yell. She charged in dueling Bellatrix and telling everyone else to back away. "Bellatrix is mine!" she yelled. I thought no, Fred was already dead and I couldn't lose my mother to. As I watched I couldn't believe how my mother moved. She matched Bellatrix's every move and suddenly she leaned down and shot a killing curse under Bellatrix's blocking spell. Bellatrix looked stunned for one second and then collapsed dead in front of us.

I heard Voldemort scream and he threw a curse that knocked Kingsley, McGonagall, and Slughorn off their feet. He turned and came after my mother but before he could act a powerful shield charm appeared between them. Voldemort froze and looked around to find who had cast it. Then Harry appeared throwing his invisibility cloak on the floor. Everyone yelled at the same time, "He's alive." Then there was silence.

Harry told everyone to back off it had to be just him and Voldemort; nobody was to help. They circled each other with Harry admonishing Voldemort for not learning from his mistakes and Voldemort calling Harry a coward that was only alive because he let others die for him. Then they struck at the same time. Harry's spell reflected Voldemort's killing curse back at him. He was hit by his own curse and as he fell dead. His wand flew through the air into Harry's hand.

Everyone screamed and cheered; we rushed Harry trying to just touch him. The victory celebration went on for hours and I didn't get a chance to talk to Harry.

I decided since then not to tell him about the baby yet. The war is over but there is still a lot of uncertainty in our lives and I don't want to cause him another problem until he has a chance to sort out all the other things.

May 31

We have been home for while and things are beginning to sort themselves out. Funerals were held for the dead and I attended not only Fred's; but also a service for Tonks and Lupin, and another for Colin. Harry was at all three but we still didn't get a chance to talk. Everywhere he goes people swarm over him. He did tell me he loves me more than ever and wants to talk to me in private as soon as he can.

Kingsley was named the new Minister of Magic and offered Harry, Ron, and Hermione positions at the Ministry of Magic as Aurors. They will not have to finish the year they missed at Hogwarts but they will have to go through the ministry's course which means another three years of schooling. Harry and Ron accepted but Hermione declined.

She wants to return to Hogwarts to finish her 7th year and Professor McGonagall who is now Headmistress McGonagall said it is not a problem. That is fine since I will be there for my 7th year; we will finish together.

The bad news is Harry and I can't be together until he finishes his training and I finish my last year. I think I will also take the job at the ministry that Kingsley offered to me when I saw him at Tonks and Lupin's funeral. I asked if I could finish Hogwarts first and he laughed. "Yes Ginny", "he said "that is what I expected of you." Who would have thought four years ago that I would be on a first name basis with the Minister of Magic and he would be holding a position for me.

Dad also got a promotion and a raise. He said, "Who knows; when Kingsley retires maybe I'll be the next minister."

Neville is going to advanced school for botany and wants to become the herbology professor at Hogwarts some day. I just found out that he proposed to Luna during the middle of the fighting and she accepted on the spot. "Yes, assuming we are both still alive when this is over." was her exact answer according to Neville. They will wait until Luna finishes her 7th year.

That leaves two questions. When will Ron get around to proposing to Hermione; and when will Harry ask me. I have no doubt and neither does Hermione and we have talked about a double wedding if the time line permits it.

Hermione told me of their adventure during the past year and I told her my story. When she heard about the truce with Malfoy she said that explained why he didn't identify Harry when he had the chance at Malfoy manor. Also in the Room of Hidden Things during the battle he did not want to kill like Crabb and Goyle he just wanted to get his wand back.

Her story of Snape being on our side explained why he kept my secret to himself and why he protected me from the Carrows.

Aug 11

Today is my 17th birthday and I have the best news. Harry finally got to the Burrow and we had our talk. He asked me to marry him and we went together to ask my parents' permission. He is so old fashion; like if they said no; I wouldn't still marry him. He did say we will have to wait three years for him to finish training but he couldn't wait that long to ask me.

I talked to mom and Hermione earlier when I found out Harry was coming and explained that I had not and did not intend to tell Harry about the baby for now. It was more than a year since I got pregnant and all is well. Waiting until we are ready will not make any difference to me or the baby and it will give me time to finish school and my ministry training. If I tell him now he will insist on getting married immediately. They agreed that I should wait.

Ron proposed to Hermione at the same time. They agreed to wait until the two of them are finished with training so the possibility of a double wedding is still there. I'm sure Ron and Harry planned it this way.

May 25 2004

I haven't made an entry in this diary for almost four years now but I decided it needs to continue to some extent so my children will have an idea of how their parents and family played a part in the great war. Ron and Harry have finished training and are full fledged Aurors. Hermione is in the ministry working on better treatment for magical creatures like house elves. If it wasn't for Dobby she, Ron and Harry would be dead and Voldemort still alive.

We had the double wedding today and it was beautiful. Harry and I have a house near London and the ministry offices where we both have jobs. Ron and Hermione have a place close by and we plan to see each other often; still best friends like it has been for the past twelve years.

After the wedding I finally told Harry about the baby and he was speechless for about five minutes. He asked me to repeat it three times. We decided to wait until October to bring the baby out of stasis. Since he was put in stasis during the second month another seven will have him born in the spring. Harry loves the name I picked out James Sirius Potter after Harry's father and god father.

Oct 15

The healers at St. Mungo's mixed up the antidote for the baby a week ago and I took it. There have been no side effects on me and the healers told me there should be no problem with the birth.

May 12

James Sirius Potter was born 7:25AM today eight years to the day he was conceived. He is a healthy 7 pound 14 ounces with dark hair like his father. This puts an end to what started when I first saw Harry on platform 9¾ when I was ten years old. Perhaps I will make more entries for important events in the future but for now I give my diary a rest.

Oct 18

Here we go again. I am pregnant again and James is only five months old. Harry and I went to tell mom and dad the good news and found Ron and Hermione at the Burrow with the same good news. While I am only a month along; Hermione is three months with a girl. It looks like this is ….

Not The End