Ginny admittedly enjoyed the next few days, everybody wanted to talk to her about Harry, fortunately the DA ran interference. Ron and Hermione were kept away by the twins and Malfoy always looked a bit fearful when she approached. Some people offered their support while others were just curious about Harry.
The day before the trial she was called to Dumbledore's office, when she got there she saw Dumbledore sitting at his desk with McGonagall standing next to him. Her parents were standing at the side.
"You wanted to see me Professor Dumbledore?" Ginny asked politely
"Yes, do take a seat Mrs Potter" Ginny did so "would you like a lemon drop?"
"No thank you, Harry told me never to take food from you, something about compulsion charms" Ginny smiled sweetly. Dumbledore gasped for a second before controlling himself.
"Mrs Potter" He said "I've brought you here to discuss your husband"
"I know" Ginny replied "Harry told me before he left that you'd probably want to talk to me about him doing, whatever he went off and did" Of course Ginny knew exactly what he did through the soul bond.
"How much did you know about Harry being Curse?" Dumbledore asked
"I learnt only what he told me" Ginny replied "you can ask him if you want to know"
"Ginny!" Molly shouted "you will answer the headmaster!"
"Why? He's not an auror" Ginny responded calmly "besides I know what he wants, he wants to know information about Harry, and like I said he can find all of that from Harry, providing he wants to tell you of course."
"Mrs Potter, this is serious" Dumbledore spoke in a grandfatherly voice "we cannot help Mr Potter if you don't allow us"
"Help him?" Ginny was confused
"Young Harry has lost his way" Dumbledore shook his head sadly "I simply want to help him. Killing all those people"
"Death eaters" Ginny corrected
"Is not the right way to fight this war" Dumbledore continued as if Ginny hadn't even spoken "Harry is in big trouble. Killing all those people without giving them the chance to repent for their crimes, it's a horrible thing to do. I offered to make myself Mr Potters legal counsel but I am told that he refused, in fact he refused to even have a legal representative."
"Probably wants to represent himself" Ginny shrugged
"Mrs Potter we must work together to stop Harry from going to Azkaban"
"Must we?" Ginny asked "I'm pretty sure he'd love Azkaban"
"I beg your pardon?" Dumbledore was very confused
"Putting Harry in a confined space with a lot of death eaters for him to kill, he'd love it" Ginny explained "I promise you that if he went in there then the prisoner population would decrease"
"Mrs Potter, please, I'm asking you to help me help Harry"
"No" Ginny refused "Harry doesn't want help and I don't think he needs it either, especially not yours"
"But Mrs Potter"
"Headmaster" Ginny interrupted "I'm not revealing anything to you without Harrys consent and I am not convincing Harry to follow you, what he does is up to him, and I'm sorry but you will not change my mind. Now, I'd like to know what my mother and father are doing here"
"You're mother wished to speak with you regarding your relationship to Mr Potter" McGonagall explained
"Ginny" Mrs Weasley spoke whilst Arthur stepped back and gave Ginny an apologetic smile which told her that he'd keep quiet and out of the way, something Ginny appreciated "I know you are fond of Harry"
"Little bit of an understatement considering he's my husband" Ginny interrupted
"Don't interrupt! Like I was saying, I know you care for Harry but this cannot continue. The boy is a criminal, he's clearly going dark. I don't care if you're married or not, you are to break off this relationship with him and return home."
"No"
"What do you mean no?!"
"I mean no" Ginny shrugged "Harry is mine and I am Harrys, I'm with him every step of the way. If he wants to go out and hunt death eaters then he can and I will support his decision, mostly because I don't see anything wrong with it"
"Ginny he's dangerous!" Mrs Weasley argued
"Not to me" Ginny replied "anyone with a snake tattoo, probably, but I'd be willing to actually bet my life that he would never try to harm me. Outside of practise of course but even then he holds back. Listen up mother, you may see a criminal when you look at him but I see a kind man who does what he thinks he has to do"
"Oh please" Mrs Weasley scoffed "he clearly enjoys it"
"I know, good thing too. If he didn't then it would make his life so much more difficult, but either way, I support my husband one hundred percent."
"Enough of this nonsense" Mrs Weasley moved to grab Ginny but was stopped when she heard a hissing sound, she pulled her hand back and quickly stepped away when a snakes head peeped out of Ginny's sleeve. "What is that?"
"Oh mother, you remember Emerald" Ginny stroked the snakes head "I'm sure you do, he's Harrys snake. He ordered him to guard me while he was away, it's a shame I can't understand what he's saying without Harry translating but I have to admit I rather enjoy his company"
"Ginny! Get away from it! It's a dark creature!"
"That's funny seeing as he's never bit a human and the only thing he eats is what Harry or the elves provide for him."
"Ginny, he's corrupting you!" Mrs Weasley screamed in horror
"Oh really?" Ginny asked with an amused voice "Fawkes" Ginny called and the headmasters former Phoenix flamed to her shoulder "mother this is Harrys Phoenix and as you know there is no creature more light then a Phoenix, so tell me, if Harry is such a dark wizard then why does he have a Phoenix that left the headmaster for him?"
Molly sputtered but she found that she couldn't come up with a reply, neither could Dumbledore who was struggling to come up with an argument. Arthur smirked behind his wife's back and McGonagall did the same behind Dumbledore's.
"Now" Ginny continued "if you'll excuse me I have to get some rest as the trial is tomorrow and I want to look good for when my husband is released"
"You and he both seem confident that he will be released" Dumbledore said
"That's because we are, goodbye headmaster"
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