Harry Potter Breaking The Chains

Ron, still clueless, turned toward his sister demanding, "What's so funny?" The action only served to reinforce her bout of hysterical laughter. He turned to Hermione next. "What the bloody hell are you staring at?" Ginny snorted loudly as Ron finally turned toward Harry. "And who the hell do you think you - Blimey!" Ginny doubled over with tears in her eyes struggling to breathe in between her fits of laughter. The twins, who had walked over once Ginny started laughing, were wearing identical wicked grins.

"Harry, mate, quite an entrance you made," Fred started.

"Yeah, only you could leave both men and women alike gawking at you like this," George continued the thought, waving his hands at Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.

"And we just finished explaining to Ron how you don't swing that way."

"But apparently he just wasn't listening."

"It's sad really."

"How he desperately clings to that hope."

"But we just don't have the heart to burst his bubble."

Harry chuckled at the twins' antics while Ginny was clutching her stomach in her mirth. Hermione finally broke out of her stupor and squeaked "Harry," as she threw her arms around her friend.

"Good to see you too, Hermione," Harry said into her bushy hair. They separated after a moment, and Harry held his hand out to Ron. "Alright, mate?" he asked as they firmly shook hands. Ron only nodded in response as Harry turned his attention toward Ginny and waited expectantly. She stood there for a moment recovering from her hysterics before Harry held out his arms and asked, "Don't I get a hug hello?"

Not needing any more encouragement, she responded by flinging herself into Harry, wrapping her arms around his neck. He responded to the action by wrapping his arms around her waist and spinning her around once to dispense her momentum without ending up on his backside. "Nice entrance, Potter," she told him. "I haven't laughed that hard all summer."

"I live to please," he murmured into her fiery red locks. As she pulled back Harry saw that her cheeks were lightly stained pink and chuckled lightly to himself. He turned to the twins and held out both hands to them as he greeted, "Fred, George."

"Harry, mate."

"Bloody brilliant."

"Knocked 'em dead."

"You've got style."

"and pizzazz."

"We like it," they said in unison.

"Couldn't have asked for a better business partner."

"Definitely worth every bit of that 10."

Harry moved to argue with them, but the twins persisted. "We mean it, Harry."

"We wouldn't have a shop if not for you."

Harry finally relented with a sigh and said, "Alright. So when is the grand opening, anyway?"

"September 15th."

"Yep, only two weeks away."

"We wanted to open up before school started."

"But we just couldn't manage it in time."

"Our owl order business is still going though."

"So you should be seeing our merchandise at Hoggy Hogwarts."

"That's great, guys," Harry interrupted their diatribe. "You'll have to keep me posted on how the opening goes."

Just then Mrs. Weasley descended on Harry and engulfed him in one of her trademark hugs which he gladly returned. "Harry, dear, it's so good to see you. You look good, still a little thin, but you've filled out a bit. You look a lot better than you usual do at this time of the year."

He blushed slightly under her scrutiny. "Thanks, I've been taking care of myself this summer."

"It shows, dear" she told him as she released him from her embrace. "And you've grown too. You're nowhere near Ronald, but who is? I swear if that boy doesn't stop growing we'll have to enlarge the doorways just so he can walk through without having to stoop. But just look at this hair," she continued, holding a lock of it in her hands. "You're really in need of a trim, dear. If we had more time, I'd be more than happy to take care of that for you."

The train let off a warning whistle to let the students know they had only another minute to get on board. They all said a quick goodbye, and the quartet set off onto the train. Hermione and Ron mentioned the Prefect meeting and told Harry and Ginny that they would meet up later. That left the two of them in the corridor by themselves. Harry turned to Ginny and said, "I've already claimed a compartment in the back. Would you like me to carry your trunk?"

Ginny smiled brightly at him. "Thanks, Harry. That would be great. Lead the way."

Harry obliged and hefted Ginny's trunk in front of him. It was heavy. He let a little magic slide into the trunk to lighten it up a bit, making it more manageable. He didn't make it weightless, as that would have been a little too obvious. He just lightened it up enough to reduce the effort it took to carry. As Harry approached the door and opened it up he heard one of the younger students mutter "How come it opened for him? We've been trying to get in there since we got here."

Harry turned around and informed him, "You've just got to have the magic touch."

As Harry bent down to lift her trunk into the overhead storage rack, Ginny moved to set her cat carrier down to give him a hand. "Here, let me help you with that." But he had already hefted the trunk up and was sliding it into the rack.

"You should've let me help you out with that," she admonished him gently. "You already carried it all the way to the compartment on your own while I was just carrying Em here. You didn't need to lift it up onto the rack all by yourself."

"Oh, how is Em? I missed her after I sent her off with you," Harry said, ignoring her comments as he stuck his hand into the carrier and scratched her behind the ears. He could hear her loud purring even that far away.

"She's wonderful, but I was wondering…" she trailed off as she pondered how to ask her question.

"Yes?" Harry prodded. "What is it?"

"Well, I was just wondering how you managed to get Em for me. I know she came from the Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley because I saw her when we went to get our school supplies. But there's no way you could have gone there to get her for me, and there's no way you could have known that I had absolutely fallen in love with her the moment I laid my eyes on her." She said the last part softly to herself.

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