A/N: Any words that are italicized, represent communication between Harry and Ginny. Words that are italicized and bold, are letters and book paragraphs that are being read. Words that are italicized and between this symbol: ~ are flashback moments or memories that are being viewed in the Pensieve.
"Speaking"
"Mental Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Parseltongue"
Writing/Reading
"Yelling"
Ginny just couldn't believe what Griphook had just told her and Harry. If she and Harry weren't together for twenty-four hours, then they were going to die!
'I guess that there has to be a little downside to equalize the good on some things or something.' Ginny thought.
Ginny looked at Harry, and she easily saw the concern and fear in his eyes, but through their empathy link, she could feel that his fear and concern were mostly for her, not him. She couldn't help but feel somewhat pleased that Harry was concerned for her since she was feeling the same for him.
"So, what exactly do we do?" Ginny asked Griphook, looking back at the goblin.
"I would recommend that the both of you must stay side by side of each other for the next twenty-four hours until the Bond has had a chance to settle in." Griphook continued to explain, motioning for two other goblins to grab some chairs, and brought them over to Harry and Ginny to sit in, which they did. "I would also strongly recommend that your parents put in a request for guardian custody for Lord Potter as well Lady Potter, that way, the two of you can continue to strengthen the Bond between you."
Harry and Ginny nodded to Griphook, understanding what the Goblin was saying. As they got up to leave, Griphook grabbed Harry's arm and produced two letters from his coat.
"One more thing before I forget Lord Potter, I have two letters, one from your mother, and another from your father, written for a specific professor at Hogwarts." He explained, handing them over to Harry, and Ginny felt Harry's shock when he saw the name of the professor that they were for. "They specifically told me to hand them to you, so that you could give them to their designated recipient."
"SEVERUS SNAPE!?" He exclaimed, making her eyes widen in shock. "Why would my parents write a couple of letters to Snape?"
"From what I understood, your mother and Professor Snape used to be close friends when they were young, and had a sort of falling out in their fifth year at Hogwarts," Griphook said, making Harry look even more shocked. "As for your father, I know that he and Snape were once rivals, and so I can only assume that his letter is probably an apology letter to Snape, but I'm not quite sure. I'm merely a banker Lord Potter, not a mailman."
Ginny couldn't help but chuckle at the attempted joke that Griphook had made. She looked at Harry, and she could still see the confused look on his face, so she gently took the letters out of his hand, placed them safely in her pocket, and kissed him on his cheek, comforting him. After he finally looked at her, she saw the smile that she had come to enjoy and love seeing on his face.
"I believe that that will be all for today. If either one of you still has any questions, don't hesitate to contact me and let me know." Griphook said, finally finished with the preteens, and bowing to them. "Good day Lord and Lady Potter."
Harry and Ginny bowed back at him and proceeded to leave the bank. As they did so, they started to have a mental conversation in their heads, discussing what they just learned.
'Wow, I can't believe that we're going to die if we don't stay together for twenty-four hours!' She said to Harry, opening the mental link between them.
'Don't worry Gin, I won't let that happen, I promise!' Harry replied, comforting her. 'I would rather have you still alive, rather than dead. If anything happened to you, I don't think I'd be able to keep going.'
Ginny couldn't help but smile and laugh as Harry said that, feeling pleased that he would do anything for her. If anything, it just made her love him even more. Then another, somewhat grim thought came into her mind.
'Harry, what exactly are we going to say to my family?' She asked, somewhat scared at what her mother's reaction was going to be. 'I mean, how do we tell them that we need to stay together for the first twenty-four hours until our Bond has settled in, or else we die?'
'I don't know Ginny, but I promise that no matter what, I'm not going to leave your side, whatsoever.' He answered back, a feeling of determination coming over her, as she felt his determination to stay with her through their empathy link. 'Even if I have to run away from the Dursley's house just to do it.'
Ginny couldn't help but feel some sort of, intense pain coming from Harry, as he thought of his muggle relatives, or at the very least his Muggle uncle; his feelings about his Muggle aunt and cousin were more positive. Then all of a sudden, as quick as the feeling came, it vanished, and she realized that Harry had closed that part of his feelings off so that she couldn't feel it through their Bond. She realized that there was something that he wasn't telling her, something to possibly to do with his muggle uncle. Ginny figured that maybe either Ron or Hermione might know what it might've been, since they were his best friends. She decided that she would ask Hermione since she was her best friend, and she knew that she would be a bit more open than Ron, especially if it had something to do with Harry's self-safety.
'Harry, is there something wrong?' Ginny asked him, just hoping that she wouldn't have to go around his back with either her brother or Hermione.
'What? Of course, everything's fine!' He replied to her, but even through their Bond, she could tell that he was lying about something.
'Are you sure Harry? There isn't anything that you're hiding from me in regards to your muggle relatives or at least about your uncle?' Ginny then asked, trying to press him further into telling her the truth. 'You know you can tell me anything Harry, I want to be able to know that you can trust me with anything, no matter what.'
'I do trust you Ginny, but there are a few things that I just don't want anyone else to know, not even Ron and Hermione until I am ready to let others know about them.' Harry replied, hesitating on what to say exactly to her. She felt his grip on her hand tighten, not enough to hurt her hand, but just enough for her to know that he was not comfortable with not telling her the full truth. 'Come on, let's go rejoin our family and tell them what we just learned.'
Ginny nodded her head, signifying that she was agreeing with what he said, and continued to walk with him. As they were about to rejoin Ginny's mother, brothers, and Hermione, they saw that they were rejoined by Ginny's father, as well as unfortunately Draco Malfoy, and his dad. This definitely can't be good.
Harry couldn't help but feel his anger start to rise, as he saw that slimy git Lucius Malfoy, as he remembered what he tried to do to Ginny in their recently finished year at Hogwarts. When he slipped Tom Riddle's (Voldemort's) Diary into Ginny's cauldron, leading to her accidentally opening the Chamber of Secrets, and he even dared to deny it, when Harry confronted him about it. Seeing Lucius Malfoy now, Harry felt a desire to curse and hex him, that's how much he was really angry to see him. Harry guess Ginny must've felt what he was feeling and thinking of, cause he felt her grip on his hand tighten, just enough to make him calm down, but he still had a bit of anger in him.
As Harry and Ginny got closer, they started hearing what Draco and his father were saying to Hermione and their family.
"Yeah right Weasley, as if Potter would have any interest in your sister whatsoever, much less a "Soul Bond" with her!" Draco scoffed, making Harry's blood boil, as he knew that he was talking about Ginny. "Your sister is nowhere near as good for him, especially after what happened in regards to the Chamber of Secrets incident."
"Now, now Draco, let's not get too carried away." Lucius Malfoy said, lightly scolding his son, but doing no effort to conceal the smirk on his face. "After all, perhaps it would be appropriate for young mister Potter to be with a blood traitor Weasley since he spends all his time with filthy mudbloods like Granger."
That was it for Harry, his anger had just reached its limit. He took my hand out of Ginny's, and quickly strode over to Draco, spinning him around to face him, and raised his fisted right hand, slamming it into his nose, hearing it distinctively crack as it broke, with blood spurting out of it. As Draco tried to stop the bleeding, Lucius tried to pull his wand out, but Harry was faster than him, and with a wave of his wand, once he pulled it out, he was flying across the courtyard of Gringotts and landed in a heap. Draco ran over to his father, still holding onto his nose, and Harry looked at my right hand and saw that he had busted the skin open, and his blood was starting to seep out of it, but he honestly didn't care about that at the moment, and he looked back at the two Malfoys.
"No one, and I mean no one, insults my family!" Harry snarled at them, venom in his voice. "And I will not allow you to call my best friend, who is like a sister to me, or my wife any nasty names. If you do, I'll make sure you'll regret it. Now get out of my sight, Malfoys! And one more thing Mr. Malfoy, I don't forget what people do to the people that I care about, and that includes what you did to Ginny, in regards to the diary. As for you Draco, for someone who, admit-ably, does have some value as a student, and possibly a person, you have an unfortunate habit of wasting it by wanting to be just like your dad, when you could just simply be your own person, and have friends who actually care about you."
Lucius Malfoy sneered at Harry, as if he wanted to retort something back to him, but couldn't, while Draco, very clearly had a look of self-confusion on his face. Harry wasn't entirely sure, but he was sure that Draco was thinking about what he had just said to him. In the end, Lucius used his wand to heal Draco's nose and straightened his cloak. As he walked away from Harry's group, he turned to look at Harry and Ginny as he took her hand back into his. As he turned to look at his, he mainly kept his focus on their faces, but fortunately didn't look at their hands to see the rings.
"At least allow me to congratulate you and your new, wife, Mr. Potter." He sneered, as he gave the two an unwanted piece of congratulations, and a twisted smile began to form on his face. "Enjoy your time with her as best as you can, because I know for a fact, that if you and your Soul Bond Mate aren't together for the first twenty-four hours ...."
Lucius laughed at the comment and left dragging a conflicted Draco with him. As Harry watched the Malfoys leave, he, along with Ginny, felt Hermione and the Weasleys looking at him and Ginny, and he could tell that they were concerned about what Mr. Malfoy just said.
'Well, this is certainly not how I wanted my parents and brothers to learn about the twenty-four-time limit.' Ginny said through their bond.
'Yep, same here Gin, but there's nothing we can do now but explain it to them before they get over-concerned.' Harry answered, knowing how Mrs. Weasley could get sometimes.
With that in mind, Harry and Ginny turned to look at the rest of the Weasleys and his honorary sister. The concerned looks on their faces were really difficult for him to face, but he knew that they deserved to know the truth. Harry took a big breath and started to explain about the time limit.
A/N: Going to leave on this little cliffhanger, but I will make another post. I will also be making and posting another Harry Potter fanfic story that will be featuring a new Harry Potter ship that I recently discovered and find a little fun to try. So be on the lookout for my new and upcoming Harry Potter fanfic: Harry Potter and his Slytherin Princess, featuring the Harry Potter and Daphne Greengrass ship. And for all of my fellow Hinny shippers, don't worry, I'm still strongly loyal to Hinny, I just thought it'd be fun to branch out a little bit and play with some other ships.
Inspired by GinnyWeasleyRules, I will be encouraging anyone who reads the story to ask the characters any questions that they have, and they'll answer them as best as they can.
Characters: So don't hesitate to ask us anything!
Ok ok ok, I think they get the point now get back in the story! So anyway, have a nice day.
Hinny For Life!
This chapter was posted on July 31st, 2018, so Happy Birthday to Harry Potter & J.K. Rowling!