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HB Prince: Year of Love By DHobbit
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Category: Post-OotP
Characters:All, All
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Humor
Warnings: None
Rating: PG
Reviews: 309
Summary: *** The author has been reminded via the e-mail address on file that this story is listed as incomplete and has not been updated in over 2 years ***
This story starts at the end of Order Of The Phoenix. Although this story starts as the usual Harry/Ginny romance, I believe after several chapters, you will find that Ancient Dark Magic takes on a whole new meaning to our Harry and Ginny. Will Harry discover the key to the Half-Blood Prince?* * * *American Edition *** * * *
Hitcount: Story Total: 196434; Chapter Total: 3925
Author's Notes: SUMMARY: Luna and Hermione’s tales - Tunnel of Love
**Beta by Wolfs_scream**
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Due to a death in the family... there will be a long delay for future chapters...they are almost all written but not ready for the public.....=(
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Chapter Sixty-one - Pajama Party
After they all returned to The Burrow, Ginny grabbed Harry
and held on.
“Is everything all right now?” asked Molly.
“Yes, we tided up and the Finch-Fletchety’s are calmed down,”
said Hermione.
“Ronald, you should not have left after I told you not to,”
began Molly, hotly.
“Leave him be,” said Arthur, entering the kitchen. “Of course
he was going to go check on his friends after they were
attacked.”
“Arthur...” began Molly.
“Now now, Molly, we’ll talk about this later,” said Arthur.
They heard a sound and all turned towards the fireplace.
Dumbledore’s head was sitting in the ashes.
“We are going to have an Order meeting tonight. Molly, was
that your strawberry whipped cream surprise cake I saw at
the Finch-Fletchleys?” asked Dumbledore.
“How did you know?” asked Molly.
“I thought I recognized it,” said Dumbledore.
“I baked another for us. Would you like some? We are going
to have dinner in a few minutes,” said Molly.
“Could you save me a piece for after the meeting?” asked
Dumbledore, eyes twinkling.
“Of course,” said Molly, beaming.
Harry Flooed home. Ron took Hermione outside to show her
the progress on the chicken coop, since they had eaten not
too long before.
In a few minutes, Arthur, Molly and Ginny sat down for
dinner.
Harry arrived in his kitchen, where Luna and Lupin were
chatting. “Are we eating soon?” asked Harry.
“Yes, Harry Potter. Missy Tonks will be late, so we eats
without her,” said Winky.
“Did Tonks tell you anything other than she will be late?”
asked Harry, sitting down at the table.
“No. She just said that they were busy at the Ministry and
she would be late,” said Lupin.
Harry told Lupin and Luna what little he knew about the
incident at Justin’s party, as they ate dinner.
* * * *
“Ooooo the deck furniture is fantastic,” said Hermione.
“Harry bought it for Ginny,” said Ron. “Looks nice and is very
comfortable.”
“Why would Harry buy deck furniture for Ginny?”
“He said that it was too much work for Ginny to be dragging
the kitchen chairs in and out,” said Ron.
Hermione stood on the deck and looked over to the chicken
coop building. “It’s brilliant,” said Hermione. She ran down
the steps and rushed over to get a better look. “Oh you
slanted to roof as I suggested. The tile roof really makes it.
You’ve done a fantastic job.”
“Harry helped too,” said Ron, beaming.
Hermione entered each room praising Ron as she went.
When they entered the last room that was destined to be the
actual chicken coop, Ron explained how he was going to
make the roost and where he was going to put the nests.
“It’s exciting, isn’t it? I mean you’ve done everything from
scratch. Your mum knew exactly what she was doing when
she put you to the task,” said Hermione.
“Yeah. I can’t believe that I’m even enjoying it. Dad and I
have become a lot closer too. He comes out every chance
he gets to see the progress.”
“It’s a shame to call it the ‘chicken coop’, when the coop is
really just a small part of the whole thing. I mean, it is so
much grander than that, isn’t it? Perhaps you should call it
‘The Complex’ or something,” suggested Hermione.
“Yeah, I like that. It IS more than just a chicken coop,” said
Ron, proudly.
“I can’t tell you just how proud of you I am,” said Hermione,
giving him a hug.
That gave Ron the opening he was looking for. He pulled
her close and kissed her. He’d been wanting to kiss her from
the moment he saw her today. They spent several minutes
kissing before they left the chicken coop. They walked hand
in hand around the garden, then made their way back to the
deck, where they sat in one of the deck swings.
Ron put up a Silencing Charm. “About Harry’s birthday;
Neville is going to have a huge birthday party. They are
going to combine birthdays, since they are only a day apart.
The party is going to go from 9:00 p.m. till 2:00 a.m. so that
the party will be part of both birthdays.”
“That sounds wonderful,” said Hermione.
“Yeah. They are going to have it at Neville’s place. The
Weasley Band is going to play. This is all a secret. I guess
Neville is going to send out the invites but not tell anyone that
we’re going to be there. It’s supposed to be highly guarded.
Anyway, I wondered if you would be my date for the party.
Bill and Charlie are going to be there, so I won’t be singing as
much. We could have more time for dancing,” said Ron,
hopefully.
“Oh Ron! Yes, I will be your date. Ooooo I can’t wait,” said
Hermione, excitedly.
Ron put his arm around her shoulder and squeezed it. They
sat slowly swinging, watching the chickens until it was time to
leave, neither had ever felt so content.
* * * *
When the Weasleys and Hermione arrived at Harry’s
kitchen, the girls were loaded down with baggage.
“Aren’t you just staying the one night?” asked Harry.
“Yeah,” said Ginny.
“Then what’s all this stuff?” asked Harry.
“Harry, don’t say another word, or you are going to be in so
much trouble,” said Luna.
Harry looked at Ginny and Hermione’s faces.
“Eh... yeah. Do you need any help?” asked Harry. He hadn’t
a clue what they needed all that stuff for, but with further
thought, decided that he did like the final results, so decided
not to tease any farther.
“We can handle it ourselves,” said Ginny, coldly. Hermione
nodded in agreement.
Ron was rummaging through the cupboards. He ended up
with a chicken leg, a bag of crisps and a glass of milk. He
took his food and joined Harry in the living room. From there,
they heard the girls upstairs squealing and laughing. A few
minutes later, the girls joined Ron and Harry. They closed
the living room door, since there was an Order meeting very
soon.
Hermione pushed the game table up to the sofa and got the
Aggravation game set up while Ron finished his snack.
Harry put a pillow to his chest and leaned Ginny up to it and
wrapped his arms around her, giving her a feeling of warmth
that she could not get anywhere else. He held her like that
until just before beginning the game.
They filled Luna and Ginny in on what went on at Justin’s
party, while they played the game. After a couple of games,
Harry announced that it was time for Ginny’s walk.
Sometimes while Ginny was there in the evening, Harry
would take Ginny on a walk all through the house.
Sometimes he told her about future plans for the house and
asked her advice. They got plenty of exercise climbing and
descending the stairs in addition to spending alone time.
When they were on their way to the stairs up to the next
floor, Harry opened his bedroom door, pulled Ginny in, then
closed the door. He pulled her in tight and kissed her
passionately. After a few moments, Ginny pulled away and
opened the door. Harry sighed, he knew that if they were
caught in his room for more than a couple of minutes, that it
would cause trouble. He followed her up to the next floor.
They walked around upstairs for several minutes, then he
stole another kiss. He heard Luna coming up to get her
things, so they parted and went back to the living room.
When Ron and Harry decided to play a game of Wizard’s
Chess, the girls decided it was time for their pajama party,
so they left. Harry left the door open, so he could see when
the Order meeting was over.
He and Ron talked a little more about what happened at
Justin’s party and decided that when they got back to
Hogwarts, Malfoy and his cronies were going to pay.
Harry kept his eye open to the Entrance Hall. Every once in
a while, he could hear the girls giggling or banging around.
Out of the corner of his eye, a shadow of black caught his
attention. He hushed Ron, got up and stood with his back
against the wall next to the door. He peeked around the
opening and saw Snape standing at the bottom of the stairs
staring up towards Ginny’s room. Harry stuck his head a
little further out to see Ginny, Hermione and Luna running
from the bathroom to Ginny’s room in their pajamas, with
their hair wrapped up in towels. They were squealing as they
ran.
Snape showed disdain on his face.
Harry stepped forward. “May I ask what you are doing?”
asked Harry.
Snape turned toward Harry, startled. He didn’t speak.
“I said, ‘May I ask what you are doing?’”
“Eh... I heard sounds. Those girls are making a lot of racket
up there,” he snarled.
“Those girls can make as much racket as they want. They
are guests in MY house. As for YOU, your welcome is
dangling by a thread,” said Harry, coldly.
Snape turned sharply and returned to the dining room.
“What was THAT all about?” asked Ron.
Harry thought a moment. Not wanting to call attention to his
fear that Snape was spying on Ginny, he said; “Eh... I don’t
want Snape wandering around my house. He doesn’t have
any business being out here. I don’t trust him.”
Ron and Harry decided to go into the Defense Room and
work on some music arrangements.
* * * *
The girls unloaded their bags and changed into their
pajamas. Hermione wore white baby doll pajamas with tiny
pink flowers and a tiny pink bow, centered on the neckline.
Luna’s short pajamas were made out of T-shirt material that
were light gray with large red hearts and black lettering
saying “Make love, not war” written in all directions. Ginny’s
were peach and made of shiny nylon. The short sleeved top
buttoned down the front with pearl buttons, the bottoms were
short shorts.
They sorted all their items by category. They decided to first
look at some of the clothes that Luna and Ginny purchased
on their trip to London.
Luna summoned hers from her room. They laughed at some
of the crazy T-shirts she bought. Most of them were wildly
colored with funny sayings on the front or back. Then she
brought out the dress she would be wearing to Neville’s
party. Ginny told Hermione that Dumbledore said that the
girls would be wearing muggle summer party dresses instead
of dress robes, since it would not be a formal occasion and
the boys would be wearing informal suits.
It was a peasant dress, light blue, made of light cotton. It was
strapless, it gathered on elastic and fit around her top going
under her arms all around to the back. There were no
sleeves connected to the bodice, they were worn separately
puffing between her upper arms and her elbows. The skirt
gathered at the waist with the hemline at the knees. She had
bought light blue slippers to match. The earrings she
planned to wear with it were clip-ons with light blue feathers
that covered her ears. Hermione suggested a string of
pearls would set it off.
Ginny pulled out several pairs of shorts and various short
sleeved tops. She described the dresses that she probably
would wear to the party. Both were made with the same
material and same style as the black crepe dress she wore
on her first “appointment.” Since Harry really liked that dress
and its style, she didn’t think she could go wrong. She just
hadn’t decide whether to wear the cream colored or the blue
one.
She explained that she had mostly bought underwear, since
she felt she hardly had enough since the fire. When she
showed them a black lace bra and knickers set, the other
girls squealed.
“I’ll have to go shopping this week, since I didn’t know about
the party until Ron asked me today. I have nothing to wear,”
said Hermione.
“So Ron actually asked you to the birthday party?” asked
Ginny.
“Yes, he made it perfectly clear that he wanted to take me as
his date. Ever since he gave me my ring... “ started
Hermione.
“A ring?” asked Ginny, with surprise.
“A ring?” asked Luna.
“Yes! Didn’t you know? Ron gave me this ring when he
asked me to be his ‘official’ girlfriend,” said Hermione,
holding out her hand.
“Oh! How exciting!” said Luna.
“It’s beautiful!” said Ginny, squealing.
“I know!” said Hermione, squealing.
They all stood around admiring Hermione’s silver rose ring,
giggling and carrying on about it.
They decided that they would not be able to do makeup or
their nails until they got their hair washed. So they went to the
bathroom to wash their hair. They all knelt up against the
bathtub. With cups, they wet their hair and applied
shampoo.
“Ron didn’t tell you he bought me a ring?” asked Hermione.
“No! But he was very excited about you becoming his
‘official’ girlfriend. He wasn’t shy about it either, he let
everyone know,” said Ginny, grinning
“He was acting giddy,” said Luna.
Hermione beamed.
After rinsing and wrapping their hair in towels, they ran back
to Ginny’s room.
They decided that they were ready for some snacks, so Luna
called for Winky. After discussing several hair styles, they
began styling each other’s hair. Winky appeared with a
huge tray full of goodies; cake, popcorn, candy and drinks.
Ginny looked over at the snacks. She felt she had an
appetite tonight. She looked down at her slim body. Harry
had noticed that she lost weight. The other day, when he
put his arm around her waist, she knew he felt her ribcage.
He frowned but didn’t say anything. Mum’s strawberry
whipped cream surprise cake was just what she needed.
Once their hair was done, they began experimenting with
make-up. Ginny and Luna brought out some of the new
make-up they bought on their shopping trip. Hermione had
also brought some new items to add. They began sorting it
and deciding which item to try first.
“Eh... Hermione... have you heard from Lavender?” asked
Ginny, applying lilac eye shadow.
“Yes, as a matter of fact I have,” said Hermione, grinning.
“Did she have anything interesting to say?” asked Ginny.
“Yes, very interesting... she seemed to be confused.
Someone told her that Harry and Ron were out Monday night
‘looking for women’, when they came across Padma and
Parvati at the Three Broomsticks,” said Hermione.
“Really? Monday NIGHT?” asked Luna, looking at Ginny
knowingly.
“Yes, according to Lavender, Harry and Parvati had a very
private conversation. It was very romantic with candlelight
and all. Ron, not wanting to intrude, danced with Padma,”
said Hermione.
“Interesting,” said Ginny, nodding to Luna.
“Yes, she proceeded to tell me that Ron began telling Padma
how beautiful she was and how he’s always been in love with
her, then he kissed her. The kiss was so passionate and he
became quite aggressive, Padma panicked and left him
standing there,” said Hermione.
“That’s strange. I never knew that Ron was attracted to
Padma,” said Luna.
“Quite the opposite,” said Ginny.
“Yes. Well, according to Lavender, seeing that Padma was
clearly upset and wanted to leave, Parvati had to leave too,”
said Hermione.
“I see,” said Ginny.
“Of course, I wrote back to her right after Ron left,” said
Hermione, grinning.
“After Ron left? Do you mean they sent you an owl BEFORE
Ron got there?” asked Luna.
“Yes,” said Hermione.
“That explains it then,” said Ginny, thoughtfully.
“Explains what?” asked Hermione.
“Ron said that you didn’t want to hear an explanation as to
what really happened,” said Ginny.
“Well, I saw through that ruse immediately,” said Hermione,
removing the purple mascara that looked ridiculous. “The
owl came not long after dark. Obviously it would have been
too early for a candlelit rendezvous and of course, we know
that Harry and Ron would not be out ‘looking for women’,”
said Hermione, taking out some pink nail polish.
“Did she say why she was telling you all this?” asked Luna,
taking a piece of cake.
“She told me that since we were so close and that I knew
everyone involved, that I would surely want to be the first to
know,” said Hermione, tempted by the cake, but chose
popcorn instead.
“Yeah, you’ve always been close to Lavender,” said Ginny,
sarcastically.
“Very best friends,” said Luna.
“Soooooo are you going to tell us what you told her? asked
Ginny, as she began painting her nails pearl white.
“You want me to tell you what I told my very best friend in
confidence?” asked Hermione, mockingly.
“Yes!” said Luna and Ginny in unison.
“Ok! I’m trying to remember, the wording may not be exact,”
said Hermione, thoughtfully, reaching for a drink.
“That’s ok, I’m sure you will be close,” said Luna, as she
began painting her nails midnight blue.
“My most dearest friend, Lavender,
Thank you for informing me of the latest, since I was not
really going with Ron at the time, it hardly concerns me.
Since I am friends with all who were involved, it was kind of
you to want me one of the first to be informed. There seems
to be some mistake, however.
Firstly, if this event were to have happened tonight, it would
have been impossible since I received your owl not long after
dark. They don’t light candles at The Three Broomsticks until
after sunset, so there could be no candlelit rendezvous.
Also, since everyone knows that Padma has had a crush on
Ron all this year, and he has shown no interest, I doubt that
anyone would believe this story as told.
Surely you didn’t receive this information from Padma or
Parvati, it would have been a pathetic attempt to save face.
Of course, Padma being in Ravenclaw, has heard the old
adage: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make
him drink.
With further thought, no, I don’t believe you heard the story
from Padma or Parvati. Perhaps you were told by one of
Padma’s many enemies. If she wonders who they are, the
one who told you this ridiculous story would be a good place
to start.
Since we all know that you don’t pass on information unless
you are very sure it is true, I would also caution you about
the person that told you this story.
As always,
Hermione “
“Padma has many enemies?” asked Luna.
“I really wouldn’t know that, but I’m sure she will be looking
over her shoulder from now on,” said Hermione, grinning.
Ginny and Luna busted up laughing. After they caught their
breath, Ginny painted little white stars on each of Luna’s
fingernails and a crescent moon on each thumbnail.
Hermione checked her nails to see if they were dry and
noticed her ring shining. She looked at it admiringly and
smiled.
“I can’t wait until Fred gives me a ring.”
“You think Fred is going to give you a ring?” asked
Hermione.
“Oh yeah. After our date, he’d better,” said Luna,
thoughtfully.
“Why? What happened?” asked Ginny.
“Boils.” said Luna.
“Fred has a case of the boils?” asked Hermione.
“I wondered why I hadn’t seen Fred for a while. It’s strange
that I didn’t know about it. I know most of Fred and George’s
secrets. Hmmmm of course I haven’t seen much of George
either,” said Ginny, thoughtfully.
“Harry has been concerned. I don’t know if he suspects boils
or not, but he knows that something is not right. Fred doesn’t
want Lupin and Harry to know. He doesn’t think they would
take it in the right way. He is especially concerned about
what Mr. Weasley would say or do, so he has been lying low
until they heal,” said Luna.
“When did this happen?” asked Hermione.
“The night of our date. After he took me to that famous
restaurant, we went to a carnival,” began Luna.
“What famous restaurant?” asked Hermione.
After Luna explained about the restaurant, Hermione giggled.
“Anyway, after we got to the carnival, we had a great time
walking around watching Muggles. We thought they were
hilarious.”
“We watched them make candy. They put this cone made of
rolled up parchment into this spinning thing that has sugar in
it. After whirling it around for a while, a big piece of pink
cotton appeared. When you take a bite of it, it melts down to
almost nothing, but it tastes ok,” said Luna.
“We went to these little booths and played games, like
throwing darts or hoops. If you hit the target, you win prizes.
Fred reckoned they were rigged, but he used magic and won
me a few prizes.”
“The most amusing part was watching the Muggles. They
would eat all kinds of treats, then bought tickets to go on the
rides. The rides are big machines that have seats that they
sit in, then the machine starts. Most of them would spin the
Muggles around, then the Muggles got dizzy and threw up.
We did a lot of laughing at the Muggles” said Luna, giggling.
“We walked around looking at all the different rides. Some
would go up and down or side to side, but most of them did a
lot of spinning. We decided that we were smarter than the
Muggles, so we didn’t ride any of them. Except the “Tunnel
of Love”. At first I thought the “Tunnel of Love” was boring.
You get into a little car big enough for two and it goes into a
black tunnel very slowly. You can’t see anything. We got
bored, so we began kissing, there really wasn’t anything else
to do. Anyway, that’s when Fred got the boils,” said Luna.
“How did that happen?” asked Hermione, fascinated.
Luna looked strangely at her.
“I mean, Eh... I didn’t want to ask that. I meant, eh... you
know, did they come up on him suddenly? I mean, how did
you know he got them?” asked Hermione.
“Eh... well... his hand sort of slipped, then he cursed and told
me he had boils,” said Luna, blushing.
“Fred and George have been experimenting with the ‘boils
project’. George hasn’t been happy with Fred because he
hasn’t been helping him except that first time when Mr.
Weasley cursed them,” said Luna.
“So what is this ‘boils project’, exactly? “ asked Hermione.
“Fred and George believe that it was up to them to find a way
around the ‘Boils Curse’ since they believe that all previous
generations of Weasleys have let them down. It’s a challenge
to them, you see. They believe that if they don’t find a way
around it, then nobody would or could,” said Luna.
“Fred and George have a theory. They believe that Weasleys
are more passionate than normal people. They believe that
the curse was not invented by a Weasley, but by one of the
local townspeople many many generations back. The curse
was put on the Weasleys because once someone has been
loved by a Weasley, they would accept no others,” said Luna.
Hermione rolled her eyes.
“Anyway, they believe that after several generations,
someone took pity on them and the curse was entrusted with
the head of the Weasley family. This person would decide
whether the younger Weasleys needed the curse or not.”
“They think that the curse is cruel and needs to be stopped.
They believe by knowing exactly how the curse works, they
will be able to stop it, or at least alter it so that it is not so
painful. George has been doing all the research and
experimenting. So when Fred got them that night, he
thought it was his duty to test them. He said that he owed it to
the future generation of Weasleys. So I helped him with his
research,” said Luna.
“What did this research entail ?” asked Hermione, fascinated.
“Well, we found out that the curse has several levels of
intensity, actually George discovered that. But depending on
what the violation is determines how severe they are. What
we discovered was that once it is evoked at a certain level or
from a specific action, that you could repeat that action and
they will not get any worse,” said Luna, sheepishly.
“Luna!” said Hermione, shocked.
“It was all to a good cause,” said Luna.
“How do you know for sure if that’s the case?” asked Ginny.
“We tested it several times,” said Luna.
“How many times?” asked Ginny.
“I’m not sure... but we rode the ‘Tunnel of Love’ twenty-four
times,” said Luna, sheepishly.
All three girls hooted with laughter.
“I can’t believe you fell for that story,” said Hermione, after
catching her breath.
“Who said that I did?” said Luna, grinning.
“You just let him get away with that?” asked Hermione.
“Well, it’s not like he did anything drastic, besides I had my
own family history to share,” said Luna, grinning.
“What was that?” asked Ginny.
“That our family had the same problem with passion, but it
was handled in a different way. We were all forced to carry
our burden every day to warn the unsuspecting,” said Luna.
“What was it?” asked Ginny.
“Our name,” said Luna, grinning.
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