Chapter 5: Nymphadora's Destination

5 Years Later

"Wake up!" was the first thing Harry heard as he came to in his bed. The sound had come from his best friend, his wife, Ginny. Now he had grown up being married to her so he had never really felt anything wrong with being married as a five year old. The few times they were around any kids their own age they were made fun of for being married already, though truth be told they were criticized more for being best friends with the opposite sex than actually being married. Cooties ran rampant, you know?

What was even weirder was that kids their own age could define two different age groups. There were the 6 year olds, the ones who had been alive approximately the same amount of time that they had been alive. Then there were the 11 year olds that were getting ready to go off to Hogwarts that resembled them more in what really matters. You see since they were both very young, before they could remember, they had been put on a potion regimen that caused them to age twice as fast as normal. Now for normal children this lack of time to mature and gain knowledge could be a problem. But due to them being soul mates, and their souls being compatible with one another. Their Uncle Dumbledore had taught them a special meditation that allowed them to share knowledge with each other.

During this meditation they were able to communicate mentally and share experiences rapidly, sadly when they were outside of the meditation they could no longer maintain their mental connection so every time they separated it was with a profound sense of loss. So they spent their days studying different topics from either books or specialists that their parents would hire at the recommendation of their Uncle Dumbledore. After each day before they went to bed every night they would do their meditation for an hour. When they were done meditating they would curl up with one another holding onto dear life at the loss of their mental connection and fall asleep in one another's arms.

"Harry, I said wake up. How many times do I have to call you!" made him snap out of his ruminations of the past. "We are going to see Nymph off to Hogwarts today!"

Nymph was what they called their only real friend Nymphadora Tonks. She was their Uncle Sirius' cousin, so they grew up around her and her family. All three of them were metamorphmagi. Meaning they could all change any aspect of their body to look anybody or anything. This caused them to get in lots of trouble with their parents and Uncles, and gave them a common trait to cement their friendship.

"I heard you the first time, let me sleep just a little longer" was Harry's reply to Ginny's insistence. This caused her to start tickling his sides causing him to break out into raucous laughter. "Fine I am up. I'm up! Please stop!"

Having finally succeeded in waking Harry up, Ginny ceased her attack on him. "Wouldn't it have been easier if you had just got up when I first asked?"

Now bring free from the tickling and wide awake because of it Harry grabbed her around her waist and flipped her over and started kissing her forehead and cheeks before giving one brief peck on the lips. "Then I wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to do that he said letting her go."

"I know you and it wouldn't have mattered how I woke you up you would still try that. But now is the time to be getting up and get ready to go. I still can't believe Nymph gets to go to Hogwarts before us. Stupid age restrictions."

"I know, it sure would be nice to be able to go off to Hogwarts like everybody else, but we aren't like normal kids. Though. I still wish Dumb Unc could have found a way around those restrictions. It is what it is though. Well I guess we might as well be getting out of bed and ready to go."

With that Harry got out of bed and walked to their bathroom, turned on the shower and got in. Ginny kept him company in the bathroom while he showered since she was already ready for the day. Once he got out he brushed his teeth and got dressed and they headed down stairs to meet their parents before heading off.

"It is about time you two got down here. We are leaving in less than five minutes. There is some bacon and eggs on the table you two better eat quick, we know how hungry you two can get." Lily said when she saw them arrive downstairs.

"You know how Harry can get, mum. Took me forever to get him up out of that bed."

"Yes, well you still need to hurry up and eat up before we leave."

"Yes mum!" They responded at the same time with salutes. Lily and James snickered at them as they hurriedly went to the table and ate their breakfast quickly. When they were done eating they all went outside where they all apparated to King's Cross Station. They only had to walk a short ways before they ran into Uncle Sirius talking to Uncle Ted and Aunt Andie with Nymph glancing around looking for them. When she saw them the pink haired girl came running to them and gave each of them a hug, her hair changing to black while hugging Harry, and Red when hugging Ginny.

"Thanks for coming to see me off, I wish you two could at least ride the train with me to keep me some company on the way."

"We wouldn't miss this for the world." Harry responded.

"I am going to miss you both so much! At least you have each other to keep you company, while I will be all by myself for the next year."

"You will make so many new friends on the ride there that you may even forget about us by the time you arrive at Hogwarts." Ginny encouraged the again pink haired girl.

"I would never forget my two first and only friends." She said as the parents came up to them and told them it was time they start heading onto the train platform. They passed through the stone gateway to platform 9 ¾ and saw the thousands of kids and adults saying goodbye to each other before the kids headed off to Hogwarts. They only had a little bit of time left to say last goodbyes to each other before they headed off to Hogwarts. It may even be the last time they ever see their pink haired best friend again.