Harry Potter and the Lightnings curse- Discontinued

Chapter 14 - A bloody broken nose and a bloody broken boy

Dumbledore sat in his office, thinking about Harry and Ginerva. He had exhausted his mind wondering how Harry was so different from what he expected. Not only was Harry an incredibly powerful and dangerous young man, he was also confident and cocky and nearly everyone liked him. Dumbledore saw many similarities between him and Tom Riddle, both were smart, handsome, gifted boys who hated attention yet could bring people to look at them in awe, fear and wonder.

He also refused to listen to anyone when he didn't feel like it. Even with Lockhart, the man may have been a complete idiot, but he was still a teacher yet the rumors say that Harry refused to take part in his class. It seemed that the only person who could really tell Potter what to do was Ginny Weasley.

On two different occasions she was the one to stop him from conflicting serious harm on Malfoy, he never left her sight unless he had to. Even all the students knew that upsetting her could be hazardous to their health if Harry found out. Dumbledore was then struck with a thought, 'Why her? Why did Harry choose Ginny Weasley?'

According to her mother, Ginny had never met Harry until his first train ride. Something didn't make sense; Harry would never become this close with the first girl he had met on a train and for that matter of fact, why was she in school a year early? The recent development with Corner had raised a concern for Albus, Harry was effectively held back by the girl but what if she had decided not to hold him back, what if Harry rubbed off on her? It was highly unlikely that a member of the Weasley family would go dark but it would be better not to take chances. If he couldn't control her then he should probably break up their relationship, yes, he could then approach and comfort Harry in his time of sadness and install a new relationship between the two. This would be a good plan if Weasley doesn't work out, but it would be preferable to have them both working together for him. Perhaps tomorrow he could see how much he needed to work on by viewing her mind, it could also allow him to learn more about Harry.

In the common room, Harry and Ginny were conversing whilst Ginny sat on the floor and leaned on Harry's legs and read a book, Harry just ran his fingers through her hair and that was good enough for him. Ginny was amused by the thought of what others perceived their relationship to be. The two loved each other, and that part was true, but she thought the fact that people thought Harry was 'whipped' by her was laughable. The only reason people thought that was because Ginny was the only one who asked him to do things, to others he obeyed but she knew he didn't mind or did it because he thought he should. Like with Malfoy, he knew he shouldn't kill him, she just had to remind him.

Personally she thought they were on equal footing, if she asked him to do something then he'd do it and vice versa. They'd both refuse if they absolutely didn't want to do something, but that situation never came up. Besides, she expected Harry just liked caring for someone, it made sense. Especially after his time with his muggle relatives, she was the only one he ever told about what really happened there, frankly she couldn't blame him. It didn't happen to her and she wouldn't ever want to repeat those stories if she didn't have to, they still gave her nightmares, the thoughts of a young Harry doing all of those things. That's probably why he was so happy around her, he had found someone who cared and he'd be dammed if he couldn't be happy now.

Soon Hermione came in the room with Ron and a few other Gryffindor's, Hermione was trying to get them to buy badges and join her in this new organization she had made called 'The Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare', or S.P.E.W for short. Though she got angry when you called it that, unfortunately for her Ron had been the only one who had brought one.

Hermione wasn't very popular with the lions, especially after the rumors had been flying around, that combined with the fact that most people didn't care or disagreed with her cause meant no one wanted to join. People found her idea of leaving clothes around ridiculous, it didn't even remotely occur to her that the elves didn't want that and could be offended, she just glared and argued with the twins when they told her that.