I groaned, sitting up in bed. "Am I seriously in the hospital wing again?" I groaned, shaking my head. It hurt. A lot. I winced, placing a hand on my head. "Well isn't this brilliant? Where is everybody?" I asked, looking around to see no one. Pomfrey walked in, chuckling to herself.

"They're all here. Somewhere. I think your mother is making them all eat. You've done it again Gracie! Be proud! No normal person could have survive that!" She winked, handing me a potion. I drank it quickly, then she left, leaving me by myself. Until Dumbledore came in, looking sad.

"Hello Professor!" I smiled, patting the bed beside me. He took a seat, but the normal twinkle in his eyes were gone. "What's wrong Sir?"

"I owe you an apology Ms. Black. I've been avoiding you as I have Harry. Harry an I have had our talk, now it's our turn. You must have questions?" He sighed, motioning for me to go on. But he was being so vague, and I'm sorry, but I hit my head. So I have no clue what he's talking about.

"What do you mean avoiding us? And yes, I do have questions. That's my first, number two, where's Harry? Is he okay?" I asked, beginning to panic. I looked around, checking the nearby beds. The headmaster gave me a small smile, patting my hand.

"Have you not noticed my behavior? Not responding nor looking at you or Harry? You see, I thought it would make it harder for Tom to invade your minds if he wasn't constantly seeing me, fueling the fire. However, I was wrong. Very wrong. As to your second question, he is fine. He and the others will be back soon. Surely dear, you must have more questions than that?"

"Well duh! No intention to be rude or anything. But of course I do! Like, what was in that prophecy? How am I part of this? Do I play a minor, or major role in it all? Is Harry going to be okay? What's happened since I've been out? How long have I been out? Is everyone okay? Has Nat been here? Sir, what's going on?" I rambled off the questions, not taking a breath until the end. I need to know all of this. This prophecy is going to let me know whether Harry lives or dies, whether I live or die, what I have to do with this. Not that I wouldn't want to be a part of it. Harry and I are in this together. Most couples fight a lot over years, but Harry an I, not one fight. Ever. I love him with all my heart, and when I saw Voldemort possess him, I was mortified. But he's strong. He fought through it.

Dumbledore's chuckle brought me back to the present. "Yes, I do believe Ms. Black is here, in the hall with the Weasley twins actually. Harry is fine, just worried about you, we all were. You have been 'out' for a week, and nothing has really happened. Professor Umbridge has been removed from her position, as has Cornelius. I have been reinstated as head master. And lastly, I informed Harry about the prophecy. You've actually heard it multiple times. I walk in on him discussing it with you often. Now, on to those questions." He sighed, looking at me sadly. "I will not go into a full description, I will only tell you your part, and how this is going to end. Understood?"

"Yes sir!" I nodded quickly, eager to hear the answers I need and want.

"To put it bluntly, only one can live. That, is undecided. Now you my dear, are Harry's strength. You will be the one to help him through this battle. Harry and Voldemort both chose you. The prophecy only mentioned a girl. For all we know, it could have been Ms. Granger. But this, you must understand, means you have the power to help Harry finish all of this. You and you alone. Harry has no chance, with out you. I understand this is a lot to take in. Feel free to vent as you please!"

I scoffed. "Vent? I don't need to vent. I'll always be there for Harry, no matter what. This only makes me want to work harder. I'm glad Harry picked me. Whether it be consciously or unconsciously. I need him. I love him with all my heart." I smiled, going into my own dreamy little world. Dumbledore nodded, smiling.

"Well, now he knows. I believe your next visitor is here and I shall take my leave. Good day!"

"Bye Professor!" I never took my eyes off of Harry, who was standing straight in the doorway staring at me. When our headmaster left, and he made no advance toward me, I began to panic. Is he angry with me? I whimpered, dropping my gaze. Immediately, I heard his footsteps and he was by my side with in the minute. I found myself in his arms, held tight. He peppered kisses all over my face, mumbling how much he loves me.

My heart swelled as I listened to his words, noted his reaction. "I love you too!" I whispered, burying my face in his neck. He sighed, finally pulling back. But I didn't want him to! I want to stay the way we were! As clingy as it sounds, I need him right now. "Harry?"

"Yes?"

"Can you lock the door or something? I don't want to get overwhelmed or anything. I just want to stay here with you for a while!" I whispered, looking down.

"Of course!" A wide smile broke out onto his face, and he jumped up happily, opening the door. "Back up! She's okay! She just needs space!" He hollered, going to close the door.

"Oi! What the bloody hell do you think your doing? We're coming in!" Nat growled, putting her foot in front of the door. I giggled, but it made my head hurt, so I stopped immediately.

"No. You're not!" Harry state firm, removing her foot easily. He put a bunch of charms on the door so they couldn't get in. One of these days I'm going to invent a spell lock so that you can't reverse spells with out a password. Cus I can hear Nat trying. Chuckling, Harry walked back over to the bed. "I've put at least thirty spells on there so we should have, oh, ten minutes?" He mused, rolling his eyes. I giggled, curling myself around him.

"So about this prophecy..." I trailed off, feeling him stiffen beneath me.

"I'm sorry!" He whispered, dropping his head. I rolled my eyes again, clinging to him as much as possible.

"Don't be. I'm proud to be the one you chose. Sure, it's been a bumpy ride, an it's going to get worse before it gets better, but I wouldn't trade anything for the world. I love you, and I'm not going anywhere!" I stated calmly, looking him straight in the eye. He smiled, relaxing. Then the door flew open. All of them burst through the door, running over while Harry tilted his head back, groaning. I laughed loudly, but hid my face in his chest.

"How dare you! How bloody dare you!" Nat screamed, glaring at me. "Send me away minutes before you've gone on the biggest adventure yet?!" She growled, looking like she could leap at any second. I rolled my eyes, watching her rant. "And then, AND THEN!, you almost get yourself killed?! You twit! 'Oh ho ho! I'm Gracie. I'm a git! I'm going to tell two bloody deatheaters to do their worst so try can throw me off an indoor cliff!' How FUCKING BRILLIANT!" She cried, seething now. My eyes widened, watching her heave up and down, taking harsh breaths. I didn't know she was mad at all, I mean, I figured most of them would be, those were pretty stupid words, but I was angry, I didn't want anyone else to get hurt.

I dropped my gaze from hers, but I didn't cry. "Natalyn. I know you're angry, but please calm down. First of all, I didn't know we were going anywhere. I didn't even get to watch you three fly off properly because that bloody vision! I panicked, okay? I tried to be sensible! I went to the house and the burrow, checking for Dad. I admit, the fact that no one was there should have been my first hint, but I wasn't thinking clearly. Secondly, I know I wasn't exactly being smart when I told them to do their worst. But once again, I wasn't using my head. And that's on me alone. I'm sorry if I scared you or something, and that's to all of you. I'm sorry!" I whispered, bringing my eyes to Nat's so she knew I was being sincere. She melted before me, groaning.

"Damn you! You make it so hard to be mad at you!" She huffed, sitting on the edge of my bed. Everyone chuckled, some ruffled my hair, and I tried not to wince. But I am human. And stuff does hurt.

"Sorry!" Several people chorused, stepping backward. I chuckled, waving them off. "Merlin it's good to have you back!" Gracie sighed, curling up beside of me. Well, beside Harry. I'm laying in between Harry's legs, leaning back against his chest and his arms are wrapped securely around my waist.

"It's so cute seeing you two together again!" Mum cooed, pinching my cheek. I laughed, swatting her hand away. She laughed as well, leaning back into Dad. He and Uncle Lupin were crying. "They haven't stopped since it happened." Mum whispered, shattering my heart. I started crying slowly, a tear here, then there.

"I'm so sorry!" I whispered, shaking my head. How could I have been so stupid? I felt myself being lifted. My eyes flew open in surprise. Harry was carrying me around the end of the bed, taking me to them. He placed me in Dad's arms, who was now smiling and crying. Uncle Lupin had an arm around Daddy's shoulders, looking at me beside him, crying with a small smile of his own. I stopped crying and looked up at them with tear filled eyes, but I returned their smile. Daddy leaned down kissing my forehead.

"I love you Princess!"

"This is like the day she was born!" Uncle Moony chuckled, kissing my forehead as well. "Remember James? He came running in all sweaty and put of breath, cursing the security guards to hell and back for making him late?" He laughed, shaking his head. "And Evans came in, carrying Harry, cool as ice. 'Well now your even!' That's what she said, wasn't it?" He and Dad laughed, nodding. "We love you kiddo!"

"I love you too!" I choked, tearing up. That's a new story. I never heard that one. I looked at Harry, frowning. He looked confused. "You missed my birthday!"

He rolled his eyes, walking towards me with a smirk. He took me from Dad, turning his back to everyone else. It was then I noticed Bill and Charlie. "I think we're even love. You missed mine first!"

"I wasn't born yet! So it doesn't count!" I smirked, poking my tongue out. A few people laughed, teasing Harry.

"You still missed it! To think! We could have been born on the same day, but nooooo you had to be late!" He laughed, making me till my eyes.

"Well you know Gracie, always has to go and complicate things!" Ron snickered, earning a slap from Mione.

"Hey! If it wasn't for her, none of us would be friends!" Mione scolded, smiling at me.

"Are we taking a trip down memory lane? Cus that sounds like a good idea to me! I missed loads!" Tonks clapped her hands, then looked at me and Nat sadly. "I'm sorry guys. You guys could have known each other your whole lives if it wasn't for me!" She pouted, shaking her head.

"NO NO NO! Everything needed to happen the way it was. If I wasn't adopted by the Weasley's, I wouldn't have all my brothers, or my baby sister, and I wouldn't have met Harry at the platform and I wouldn't have sat with him on the train and I wouldn't have met Mione. Well, I would have, because we shared a dorm. So that might be the same. But we wouldn't be in the group we're in! No no no! Nothing should change! We wouldn't know the Weasley's! Nat wouldn't be with Fred, and Harry and I may never have gotten together. Nothing should ever change!" I ranted, shaking my head furiously the whole time.

"Agreed!" Harry, Ron, Mione, Ginny, Nat, Fred, and George all agreed, shaking their heads. Billy and Charlie came to my side, hugging me.

"This little squirt covered for us her whole life. From the time she was able to talk!" Bill smiled, punching me playfully. I nodded proudly, ruffling Charlie's hair.

"Best time was when we snuck out to a party. Mum asked where we were. 'They check my closet for monstwers!' Brilliant!" Charlie laughed, hugging me sideways.

Harry raised an eyebrow. "Monstwers?" He mocked, snickering. My face heated up. I used to speak really weird. I added a w to EVERYTHING! And now Harry is going to laugh. He already is! "Look at her blush!" He laughs, pointing at me. I pouted, dropping my face.

"The kid couldn't speak properly till she was what, nine?" Ron snickered, along with the twins, Ginny, and Bill and Charlie. Molly and Arthur chuckled.

"No. Not that old." Arthur defended me, which I was grateful for.

"More like eight!" Moony burst into hysterics, along with everyone else.

"Won? Won! Will wou welp mwe pwease?" Ron laughed, holding his stomach from laughing so hard. I glared as my face heated up.

"Chawie! Chawie! Fwed bwit mwe!"

"Bwilly bwilly! Geowge gone gwet mwe!"

"Mwummy! Mwe thiwsty!" Molly finally broke, helping embarrass me. Everyone was laughing hysterically at me expense while my face burned shamelessly. I wanted to die.

"It's not that bad!" I defended, crossing my arms. They all continued to laugh.

"Sure it isn't!" Nat rolled her eyes sarcastically, but the laughter didn't stop.

"Fine, that's how you want to play it? So shall it be! Compared to the rest of you lot that's nothing! Bill still spills food every time he eats, Charlie still stutters, Fred and George slept in the same bed till they were ten, Ron couldn't sleep in the dark until two days before we left for Hogwarts, Ginny can't sleep with out a stuffed animal, Mione still has her blankie, Nat still sucks her thumb when she sleeps. Harry still checks his closet and as for all of you!" I glared at the adults, everyone has stopped laughing by now. "I don't know your secrets yet, but you have them. And I will find them!" I said, deadly calm. No one said a word. I smiled sweetly. "Now that that's over with, lets go down memory lane. But nothing embarrassing! Got it?" Everyone nodded, smiling again.

"Tell me about Gracie when she was little!" Harry smirked, making himself comfortable on the bed. I joined him smirking.

"Oh I was amazing! 'Nuff said!"

"Pft! If you call throwing Ron out a two story window amazing!" Charlie scoffed, Nat and Mione laughed furiously while Ginny rolled around on the floor.

"Ginny wouldn't help me! Fred and George talked me into it! Mum and Dad were gone and Bill and Charlie were at school. Ginny just sat in watched. 'Your going to get in trouble! Mummy won't like it! You're going to get yelled at!' So annoying!" I shoved her playfully, watching her roll her eyes.

"What about you!? 'Shwut up! Shwut up! Fwed and Geowge said too! Shwut up!' Poor Ron, screaming bloody murder the whole time!" She laughed, poking Ron.

"If I hadn't gotten back that could have been very bad!" Molly chuckled, shaking her head. I giggled, nodding furiously.

"Ooh, what about when she and Harry met?" Ginny giggled. Everyone who wasn't there looked a bit excited. "Gracie didn't even notice he was there! She was completely spaced out. Harry noticed and walked right up to her, then they ran through the platform together!"

"Love at first sight!" Mione squealed, smiling happily. I smiled, remembering.

"The first time I ever saw him was in Diagon Alley!" I pointed, earning confused looks from everyone, except Harry. Which surprised me the most. "When Ron an I went to get ice cream! He was in Madam Malkin's!" I shrugged, playing with his fingers. He chuckled, nodding.

"That's true! I saw her too. That's one of the reasons I walked up to her on the platform. I wanted to see her eyes again." He admitted, smiling down at me. I smiled up at him, entwining our fingers.

"I didn't know that?"

"I didn't know you saw me!" He teased, kissing my nose.

Nat laughed, rolling her eyes. "Well obviously you made eye contact. So of course you saw each other!"

"Hey preggo! No need to hate!" She automatically groaned, face palming.

"What?!" Dad yelled, turning to look at her. My eyes widened.

"Shit! Gracie!" She groaned, hiding behind Fred.

"You haven't told them? You were supposed to go straight there!" I snapped, crossing my arms. We had a glaring contest. For like, ten minutes. No one said a word, just let us have our moment. I let my face go blank, emotionless. She faltered. I narrowed my eyes, hoping the darkness would take over. I won.

"I may or may not be pregnant." She muttered, glaring at the floor this time. I can't wait to see how this plays out.

"Fred! Did you know about this?" Arthur asked, sounding genuinely angry.

"I swear Natalyn! If they put us all on security to the point where I can't stay with Gracie I'll get you!" Harry whisper yelled, glaring at her. She just flipped him off.

"Oh that's exactly what is happening!" Dad narrowed his eyes, sizing Fred up. He and Uncle Moony made eye contact, giving each other a slight nod.

"Woah! No killing anyone! Fred is going to be a man, aren't you Fred?" I stepped in, helping him a bit. He nodded, backing away from them slowly. Even Bill and Charlie looked pissed. Ron and Mione looked completely horrified, Ginny was looking like, 'what the bloody hell? When did this happen?' And Harry was watching it all play out with an amused look. Mum and Tonks were whispering back and forth, and Molly was crying on Arthur's shoulder. "And you have a job, correct?" He nodded furiously.

"Been open a week and already have forty two orders in. Plus in store business is-"

"Amazing! Thousands of people everyday!" Nat finished, peaking out. "Guys, Gracie's awake! She's okay! We can talk about this later!" Nat smiled, using me as an excuse to get out of it. I rolled my eyes, going to stand up. My knees buckled beneath me.

"Well crud!" I pulled myself up, waving off all the helping hands. "Now my bum hurts!" I whined, but kept walking anyway. I just wanted to walk it off. I'm so stiff! I tripped a few times, but caught myself so I didn't fall. I was doing really well, considering I could have ended up paralyzed. "Um, I have a serious question!" I asked, suddenly confused. I turned back to the group, who were waiting for me to ask. "How did I live? I mean, I feel like normal! A little stuff and sore, but that's all. There should at least be some defect, shouldn't there?" I asked, making my way back go them.

They all turned to Harry with a small smile. He walked over, wrapping his arms around my waist. I gave in, letting him support me completely. "All we know is, 'she's stronger than anyone you'll ever know.' According to Dumbledore." He smirked, kissing my forehead. "Not that we didn't already know that!" He rolled his eyes. I smirked.

"Well, it is me we're talking about!" I flipped my hair, rolling my eyes. They all chuckled, then I sent them a look. The few who caught on closed their eyes, those who didn't followed shorty after. I crashed my lips to Harry's, drinking him in. Merlin, I'm addicted to this boy!

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We opened the door to Grimmauld Place, setting our trunks inside. The Weasley's and Nat are at the burrow. It's just me, Dad, Mum, and the twins, who were being baby sat by Uncle Moony. "We have a meeting. We'll be back soon! If you need anything, break a few rules and send us a message!" Dad smiled, waved, them grabbed Mum and apparated out. The goof ball. I laughed, pulling Harry towards my room.

"Hey Harry?"