Harry Potter and The Soul Guide

Chapter-9

It was around lunch that Ginny signaled Harry that the plan was going to begin. So Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak and set it on his trunk, hiding it from view. He then bewitched it to move by itself. After he and his trunk got into the bathroom, he took the cloak off the trunk and placed a disillusionment charm on it. After the charm was placed he lifted the trunk and dropped it out the window. He then put the invisibility cloak on and waited for the signal from Ginny.

What was only five minutes felt like five hours until he heard the squawking of owls. Just as was expected, he heard the thuds of feet running down the stairs to help the frantic people below him.

‘There goes Remus,’ he thought with a smile. ‘Any second now Ginny will give me the signal to leave.’

Just as that thought crossed this mind he heard the loud voice scream, “Mum!”

Taking a deep breath, he stepped out of the bathroom and quietly walked down the stairs into the living room. As it was planned, Ginny was standing there with the door open. He stepped out the door and out into the glorious sunshine that he hadn’t been in in days.

Ginny then closed the door, and stepped out into the sun with him. Together, they walked to the woods that stood on the edge of the Weasley property.

When they got to the woods and out of the light Harry took off the cloak, took out his wand, and yelled, “Accio!” It took about two minutes until his trunk came flying towards him.

After it stopped at his feet, Harry pointed his wand at it again and shrunk it. He took off the disillusionment charm and stuck the tiny trunk into his pocket.

When he turned to face Ginny he saw her leaning up against a tree, staring off into space.

“Gin?” he asked. “Ginny? Ginny are you okay?” He walked over to her and looked her in the eye. She just seemed to be staring off into space.

Finally she said, “What have I done?”

Harry just looked at her and said, “What do you mean?”

“Oh, Harry,” she cried. “This could be the last time I see you. For all I know you could get killed the second you leave my sight. Harry… what if I never see you again?”

Harry didn’t know what to say to her. He was also worried about never seeing her again, but he couldn’t tell her that. So, he did the best he could do to comfort her.

He wrapped his arms around her and said, “We may never see each other again. For all I know, I could get killed in five minutes. But think of what’ll happen if I don’t die, if I kill Voldemort. Everything will be normal again.”

“I know, Harry,” Ginny said. “But one of my biggest fears is getting a letter at breakfast saying you were found dead in the woods.”

“Ginny… that’s something we’ll just have to risk,” he replied. “But if I do die, I want you to remember that I’ll always be with you.”

“Always?” she asked.

“Yes,” he replied, and took Dumbledore’s locket out of his pocket, and handed it to her.

She took it and read the words that he had inscribed on it a week before.

“Always and forever,” she said, reading the inscribed words aloud. “Are you… are you giving this to me?”

“Yes,” he said, and hooked it around her neck. “Therefore, even though I’m not there with you, you’ll have a piece of me always there.”

She looked down at the locket and held the heart in her hands. The words inscribed on it were so thoughtful and so sweet, they made her love him even more.