NOVEL NEXT Chapter 38: Family Matters
"I think I know why she does it" Ginny interjected "Hermione is muggle-born, that's not exactly a bad thing but certain people discriminate against them. You know Harry is famous amongst the Wizarding population?" They nodded
"Well if she got close to him than he could help her out because a lot of people would be willing to look over her heritage if she was best friends with the boy-who-lived."
"You're saying my daughter wants to use his fame to benefit herself?" Mr Granger asked, unable to comprehend the very thought
"Yes" Ginny nodded "Harry is not the first person she met at Hogwarts, I know she at least met a boy named Neville before and he's not her friend so that eliminates two excuses for her to talk to him. She'd probably argue that Harry needs her brains even though he's top of every class he takes in both theory and practical, she might also say something along the lines of she makes him work. Which is untrue as Harry refuses to let her tell him what to do, also if she has a problem with people not working than how come she only ever takes it out on Harry?
Harrys always got all of his homework in on time, you can ask the teachers how well he does and Harry even takes time to help other students including me. Yet my brother is the complete opposite, his homework's nearly always late and he's one of, if not the worst in class and he never studies. So with that information, how come she only ever has a go at Harry when he decides he doesn't want to work at that particular moment in time?" The Grangers had no response
"One more thing" Harry spoke, he felt sorry for ruining their image of their daughter but Hermione had brought it on herself "she could also and has argued that she's the only one who can and will challenge me to be better, that's utter hogwash. As we've stated multiple times I'm far better than her in class, and she's gotten more detentions in her first year than me and Ginny have gotten in our first and second. Mostly because we had none"
"But she told us she's never had a detention" Mr and Mrs Granger lit up in fury
"She also told you I'm her boyfriend, both lies. If you need more evidence than you can ask the teachers but I promise on my life and my magic that what I've told you is one hundred per cent true, at least apart from why she does it. We can only guess but that is why we believe she has done it. If you like I can take a proper wizards oath to prove I'm telling the truth"
"What's that?" Mrs Granger asked
"It's sort of like a promise" Ginny explained "Harry would say the same things under a magical oath and promise to tell the truth, if he breaks the oath then he will actually lose his magic. Which for someone like Harry is an especially bad thing considering all the people that want to take his place as king of the Jungle, which in this case is Hogwarts."
"Err...no" Mr Granger politely refused "thanks for the offer but we'll take your word for it"
"Okay but if you ever doubt what we say then you can always send a letter to the teachers" Harry responded "I'd recommend McGonagall, she's tough but fair"
"Thank you" Mrs Granger smiled for the first time since meeting Harry.
"I'm also sorry for how rude I was" Mr Granger sheepishly added.
"Don't worry about it" Harry insisted and the four talked for a few minutes about Hogwarts and the classes before a certain book worm popped up
"Mum, Dad can I visit the pet store?" She asked before noticing Harry, the fright that etched into her face did not go unnoticed "what were you talking about?" Hermione asked the four while failing to maintain a calm look
"Well Hermione" Harry couldn't help but smirk at her predicament "I was hoping to spend the time with my girlfriend but because you weren't here I had to settle with Ginny" Harry took great delight at her now pale face
"Yeah, I was rather disappointed to know Harry was taken" Ginny played along "I always thought that he was my boyfriend and not yours, I don't know why. Probably the fact that he kept spending time with me, holds my hand, kisses me, never talks with any other girls for more than he had to do so and the fact that he avoided you so much that the teachers actually had to stop you from following him."
"We've had a very enlightening conversation with Harry and Ginny here" Mrs Granger spoke in an ice cold voice
"And to answer your question" Mr Granger spoke in a calm but furious voice that would make even Malfoy tremble "no we're not going to the pet shop, you've got your supplies and we're going straight home. I don't want to hear another word from you until we get home, is that understood?" Hermione nodded, she ducked her head down, hoping the ground would swallow her whole.
Her entire plan had gone wrong and she hadn't even gone past the first stage, she was supposed to tell her parents about Harry to make them like him. Then she would have worn him down over the year until he agreed to let her be his girlfriend. This one meeting ruined that plan, hopefully she'd still be able to salvage something with Harry.
Harry and Ginny said their goodbyes and departed and they slowly departed, soon they met up with Sirius and the Weasleys. They told Sirius what happened when he was alone then told the twins later, all three were angry until they heard how she got in trouble. That made them feel better, but they were still angry.
The twins knew that Ginny had always wanted to meet Harry Potter when she was little, they also know that Harry's made not just theirs but Ginny's life a ton better. Ginny was at her happiest when she was with Harry and vice versa, they saw Harry as an honorary brother and they'd be bad brothers if they let their relationship get torn apart by one stubborn girl. Ginny talked them down from finding the girl and shoving her head in a bin, but she had only managed to reduce them to non-lasting pranks throughout all of the school year.
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