In the shadow of Hermione Granger.

Home?

Wednesday December 30th

I wake up the next morning by Ginny's hand holding mine, this is everything I ever wished for, finally I am in love, and she loves me back, this not platonic, this is real, I can feel it. Ginny is still asleep, but I can hear Astra hooting, she is getting impatient and wants to go outside. So, I carefully unwrap my hand from Ginny's and open up the tent, and Astra flies out, I see the most beautiful sunset, I sit down on a blanket and just enjoy the moment, not long after I hear Ginny behind me, I guess my attempt not to wake her failed, but I guess its fine, we have to get going anyway. I feel Ginny's hand on my shoulder and her sleepy voice saying: "Morning, did you sleep well"
"I guess, I'm used to the ground by now"
Ginny: "I'm not, I miss my bed"
"I do too, but the ground doesn't feel so hard as it did the first few nights"
Ginny: "That's true, should we pack up and get going"
"Yeah let's do that"
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We take off from the rose field and fly over rows and rows of roses, and then we hit the sunflower field. It feels even more endless than the first time, but I guess its because we want to go home so bad, that the journey feels so unrealistically long. After finding out that I am cursed I cant think of anything else. Who did it? I'm glad I have Ginny by my side.
Ginny: "So do you recognise any people from your dreams"
"It's always Hermione's voice telling me I'm not enough, but I've had those dreams all my life, but the dreams that leaves marks, I don't know it's only you and Hermione, but your eyes are white, so you have to be cursed"
Ginny: "So the person who has cursed you is controlling Hermione and I inside your mind"
"I guess so, but it sound unrealistic"
Ginny: "It does, but I would never stab you so all this is unrealistic"
"It really is"
We keep flying until we can see the stars upon us and Ginny points while saying: "Isn't that the forest?"
"Yes, it is"
Ginny: "Then we keep flying and then we make a fireplace"
"And then its time to get home"
Ginny: "Finally"
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We reach the forest and Ginny finds firewood and we create a fireplace, and with the help of incendio we get the fire started. Ginny finds the Floo powder in her bag and says: "Should we wait till tomorrow or should we just do it now?"
"Why wait"
Ginny: "Its late, no-one will see us"
"Exactly, so we can go to your house unseen"
Ginny: "I guess you are right, we have to go one by one, and we cant reach my house exactly so we have to say the city"
"And we will end up at the same place?"
Ginny: "If we say the same, then yes"
"Good"
Ginny: "Okay, I'll go first and you come right after"
I nod
Ginny: "The town name is Ottery St. Catchpole"
"Okay, I'll say it just after you"
Ginny: "Great, I'll go then, one thing here you'll need some floo powder"
She hands me some floo powder an the the throws her into the fire while saying: "Ottery St. Catchpole"
Then its my turn, I do the same thing: "Step forward so my right food is touching the stones surrounding the fire, throws my floo powder and says: "Ottery St. Catchpole"
One second later I am at an Inn and Ginny is tied to a stool, I see Sebastian, he's stepping towards me and grabs my arm and says: "I've got you now"
"I thought you was with your sister"
Sebastian: "I was, but she'll be okay"
"This isn't you why are you doing this"
I am really scared and then I see it, Sebastian's eyes glances white for just a second, he is cursed too, but by who?
Sebastian: "You really don't know why I'm doing this, after all you put me through"
"I don't know what you are talking about"
Sebastian: "You cheated on me twice, first with Xavier, my roommate and best friend, and then Ginny, how dare you, that's why I cursed you, you had to suffer after what you did to me"
"I was never with Xavier, he was my date at the yule ball but we went as friends"
Sebastian: "Friends, just as you and Ginny are just friends? Ha, I don't believe that you are a liar and a filthy mudblood."
After Sebastian called me a mudbood I realise who it is, Its Xavier, he called me a mudblood once, mostly for fun but I still went crying to Hermione. I look over at Ginny, she looks scared, I have to do something Xavier can't get away with this. He needs to be stopped. His only grip on me is by my wrist so I kick him where it hurts the most and I feel my anger taking over. I transform into a bear and growl, my transformation scares Xavier so much that he returns to himself, and the real Sebastian is laying on the floor in front of me. I stand up on my hind legs and swing a paw at Xavier, it pushes him to the ground and by then Ginny has released herself and sent Astra to get her parents, I hold Xavier down and Molly and Arthur Weasley appear with the law keepers of Ottery St. Catchpole, I let them take care of Xavier and when the law keepers have left the Inn I transform back into human form. Everyone looks stunned at me, I run over to Sebastian, to make sure he is okay, when I reach him, I realize it was all an illusion, Xavier set Sebastian up to get close to me, and sadly his plan worked perfectly until now. We just have to find the last two pages at Hogwarts to solve the rest of the mystery. I hug Molly and she says: "Now dear, come on home with us, Hermione is already there"
"Thank you Molly"
Molly: "No problem dear"
Ginny: "Is Harry there too mom?"
Molly: "Yes of course he came straight from Hogwarts, Hermione had to go home first"
Ginny: "Okay, just had to be sure"
We walk back to the Weasleys house, Ginny and I are walking behind Molly and Arthur and I say: "Are you okay?"
Ginny: "I guess, Xavier was already waiting for us, I have no idea how he knew where we were"
"That's not what I meant, but that too, but are you okay about Harry?"
Ginny: "I will talk to him in the morning, I guess he's already sleeping"
I just nod and at the Weasleys house Molly makes us a cup of tea before we go to bed
Molly: "You did the right thing by sending an owl, is it yours Harlow dear"
"Yeah, she's mine"
Molly: "You two are very brave, but I thought you were at Harlow's parents for the break"
Ginny: "I'm sorry I lied mom, I had to help Harlow"
Molly: "Everything is okay, the important is that you are both okay and unharmed"
Ginny: "I think we will head to bed now mom"
"Yes, thank you for tea Molly"
Molly: "No worries dear, I'll see you two in the morning"
We go up to Ginny's room where I will be sleeping too, we get changed and the we go straight to bed.
"I'm glad we are finally safe" I say to Ginny
Ginny: "Me too, no more adventures this year"
"But the year ends tomorrow"
Ginny: "Yeah, I know, we still have to find the last pages and stop Xavier once and for all"
"and then after that, no more adventures for the rest of the school year"
Ginny: "we can always try, but I don't think its going to happen"
"I don't think so either"
Ginny smiles, kisses my forehead, and I fall asleep with my head resting on her chest.
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