Harry Potter and the new Age
Summary: I start off right after DH. Harry got to bed and got his sandwich from Kreacher but what happened next? How did Harry and his friends handle everything and how did they end up where we see them in 19 yrs? It has been done before I know but I want to try as well ;-)
This is my first fan fiction. I always enjoyed fan fictions and always wanted to write one myself! I once started a Stargate SG-1 fic but stopped it. So now I hope this isn't going the same way.
Disclaimer:
I own nothing and JKR owns anything HP related! I am not making any money of this! It's just for fun! Any characters I might add to the story are mine though. All the mistakes as well.
Please R&R
Chapter 1: The next day
Harry had an amazingly peaceful night and wasn't disturbed by anyone of his well wishers or in fact any nightmares. For the first time in 10 month or in fact 17 years Harry Potter wasn't on the run from Lord Voldemort. When he woke he noticed that he wasn't alone in the room and saw Ron and Hermione sleeping next to each other and he felt that the person he wants to see the most was in this very room probably after he fell asleep or he would have noticed her. He grabbed his glasses and his repaired and beloved Phoenix wand. Like when he first held his wand almost 7 years ago in Ollivanders, he felt a warmth running through his arm, and into his fingers. He now knew it was magic but none the less it was amazing feeling especially because he thought he would never be able to hold his wand ever again.
"Ginny came up to see you!" Ron said from across the room wide awake and with a sleeping Hermione in his arms.
"What you mean, I can't remember much from last night after we went to see Dumbledore's portrait."
"When we got up to our room you were really tired and almost immediately passed out on your bed. Hermione and I were tired too but we didn't want anyone to disturb our sleep so we sealed the door. Just before we could do it Ginny slipped in and threatened to Bat Bogey us before she could talk to you. But as you were out she couldn't so she went downstairs and slept in the common room with everyone else. A few other people tried to enter but our protective charms were strong so nobody broke through."
"Thanks mate I needed that sleep."
"We all did mate. We did and we deserved it. I mean after all we had a rough day. Broke into Gringotts and escaped with one of their dragons. Than we find out were the last Horcrux is. Enter Hogsmead and immediately got Death Eaters tailing us. Than enter Hogwarts and defending it against You-Know-Who. And watching a lot of people die….."
"I know mate…."
"But what are you doing with Ginny again? You know she is my lil sis! Do you have any idea how heart broken she was after you ended things?" Ron asked a little louder than he intended.
"Ron I was on the run all the time I didn't do anything with her. I didn't even notice she entered this room because I passed out." Although in the back of his head he found that he felt Ginny enter and he concluded that's why felt he had a nice undisturbed sleep.
"And why did you kiss her on your birthday? First you break up with her than you kiss her again and get her hopes up. Don't play with her feelings like that!"
"I didn't kiss her! She kissed me I just didn't do anything about it until you came running in. I would never play with her Ron. By the way Ron you know I love Ginny more than my own live. I broke up with her to protect her because she couldn't come with us. I wanted her to be safe not with me when every single dark wizard and witch was on the lookout for me. I couldn't stand loosing her. But now that Voldemort is gone I will do everything in my power to try and win her back, unless she moved on, which would be understandable. I just want her to be happy. Even if it is not with me."
"That's the same Hermione said to me about you and Ginny. She made me let her enter and try and talk to you."
"Well it's the truth besides you got Hermione to cuddle up too. How are things between you anyway?"
"Well we are kind off together."
"What do you mean kind off?"
"Harry I feel about Hermione the same way you fell about my sister. I always had I just never realised. I can't see her sad or I will be sad and if she is happy I am happy. It has always been like that. I couldn't live without her not now anyways."
"Well it seems Love finally got the best off us mate" said a grinning Harry.
"Yea it's awesome, just not too much snogging when I am around"
"Can't promise you anything. If she wants me back we have to make up for the time that Voldemort took form us." Harry said, starting to imagine kissing Ginny again and feeling her lips on his and moving in synchrony.
When Harry didn't answer Ron shouted "Oi zoom out" thus waking up Hermione who was startled for a second, grabbed her wand and was ready to hex anyone that wasn't supposed to be in this room. She moved so quickly and shot a stunner at the door before anyone even had the slightest chance to explain the situation! After she noticed her mistake she scowled Ron for waking her up in such a rude way and what kind of a boyfriend he was! At the word boyfriend Ron lit up like a Christmas tree on fire.
"You know Hermione as much as I love you that just was insane and really really creepy. We didn't even have a chance to explain it before you shot the stunner."
Hermione just giggled and the two of them started a snogging session. This time Harry rudely interrupted them.
"Oi you two either get a room or else let's get up, get dressed and go downstairs to see everyone." Harry said a little sad. He remembered everyone whom he loved and lost to Voldemort starting with his parents. Sirius, Dumbledore, Moody, Remus, Tonks, Hedwig, Fred, Collin and thousand others who died at the hands of Lord Voldemort or his Death Eaters.
"You are right Harry we slept a whole day they will probably be worried about us" Hermione said sternly.
"Yea right, we survived 8 month on the run from Lord Voldemort when he was at large and they are worried about us when we don't turn up for a day." Said a chuckling Ron. That brought a rare smile to everyone's face. They all got dressed, each using a different bed and pulling the curtains close. After 5 minutes they all stood in front of the locked door and Hermione lifted the spells she placed on the door. She got her wand back which was used by Bellatrix Lestrange, after Molly Weasley killed her. Ron too came across his own wand after the battle was over.
Together the now called Golden Trio moved into the common room which was deserted but for a few older people who helped fight in the war but didn't have dorm anymore. The Weasley family was nowhere to be found so they moved through the portrait hole into the corridors. At first everything seemed alright and in order. But after a few turns they found a massive hole in walls of Hogwarts. They stepped closer and were illuminated by the rising sun. They could see the destruction everywhere.
"You know it's the first sunrise after the defeat of Voldemort. It's the start of a new day but also of a new Age free of Voldemort!" Hermione said.
Silently they all agreed and remembered those who died fighting for this very sunrise. After a few minutes they continued their way through the destroyed castle and into the Great Hall. They were greeted by a storm of friends and other well wishers again. Also it were fewer people than the last time. Everyone was watching as the Trio walk in, Ron and Hermione having theirs arms wrapped around each other. The dead were still lying in the centre and everyone was sitting were they wanted. All of them were mourning and sobbing silently and every now and again someone would break down and start crying in earnest over their lost ones. The three friends spotted a pack of red hair at the end of one of the tables and walked into their direction. They were walking past everyone and were looking down into the faces of those who fell for their cause. Harry was crying silently and was blaming himself for all the death he brought to the happy families. He even tore apart the family he was about to join. Harry just couldn't stand it anymore and began mumbling.
"All my fault. All my fault. I should have done something…I sho…"
The second Harry's and Ginny's eyes met, Ginny got up to move towards Harry but Harry turned around and stormed out of the Hall. Ron wanted to follow him but Hermione held him back and nodded towards Ginny who was taking off after Harry.
"There is nothing we can do for him Ron. He is blaming himself again and I am afraid only Ginny's love and devotion will help him calm down. Lets go to your family they look worried. Apparently they saw the whole scene."
Ron reluctantly agreed and moved over to his family all the while still having his arm wrapped around Hermione hip. The Weasleys greeted them with a sallow
"Mornin" and looked back on their plates. Mrs. Weasley gave them both a warm motherly hug and asked them what the matter with Harry was also already guessing that he was blaming himself. She saw that Ginny stood up when she saw Harry.
While everyone thought she and Arthur wouldn't know about Harrys and Ginny's feeling as well as Ron's and Hermione's, they in fact knew that their two youngest children were in love with a great and powerful wizard and a great, powerful and smart witch.
*Arthur and I were right, our two youngest are growing up to be young adults*
"Where did you guys sleep last night?" asked a curious Arthur.
"Everyone slept in the common room or dorms but you weren't in either one of them and the other one was sealed so we couldn't enter. Not even Dean, Seamus and Neville who used to sleep in this dorm could enter."
"Yea we slept in that dorm and sealed it so that we could have an undisturbed sleep." Answered Hermione truthfully.
"Yea I kind off thought so" was coming from Bill. "Although it was a good spell even I couldn't break into the dorm. And me being a curse breaker that means something" Bill said grinningly before his face fell again. Bill was having one arm around his wife. Percy sat next to Fleur crying softly to himself. Next was George who looked sullen and more dead than alive. Opposite of George Charlie was looking on his plate with empty eyes. Only Arthur and Molly were trying to comfort Ron and Hermione although their sorrow and sadness sat deep as well. Having lost one of their sons they still couldn't believe it.
At the same time in the grounds by the lake.
Harry stormed out of the school and down to the lake. It was a bit chilly as it was only the 3rd of May and he wasn't wearing thick clothes but he didn't notice the cold. His mind was blocking anything out but the blame. He felt Ginny following him but he didn't slow down his pace and couldn't hear her shouts until he came to a halt in front of the lake. It was beautiful. The sunrise was reflecting in the lake and you could see a clear blue sky and the mountains. Before he heard her voice Harry felt that Ginny was standing beside him awed by the beauty of the scenery in front of them as well.
"Finally you stopped Harry." Ginny said panting. "When did you learn to run a marathon? That was a fast pace I lost sight of you a few times but I felt you would be down here.
"I couldn't take it anymore Gin" Harry whispered
"I tore apart all those families and even yo…."
"DON'T you dare blame yourself for all the death that happened here last night Harry James Potter. It was all Voldemorts doing. You just stood up to him and others followed you. But they didn't follow you because you commanded them. They followed you because they knew it was the right thing to do and because they wanted to"
"But Gin if I hadn't come here, than…"
"Than Voldemort would still be at large and not dead, lying in a corner of the castle." Ginny said softly. "Harry look at me" and he looked away from the scenery and was taken aback by her beauty. She was the most beautiful being in the Universe. In his anyways.
"Gin. I love you with all my heart. I am so sorry what I put you through and that u had to follow me instead of being with your family. You are my life Ginny. You are the only reason to live. Without you I would be lost. I would die. I need you Gin. Please take me back. I could understand if it was too late and you moved on but if that isn't the case please Ginny take me back. I know I have been an arse but I just tried to protect you I couldn't live without you especially if it was my fault that you died."
"Harry I love you too. I wanted to hate you for breaking up with me but I understood that you just wanted to keep me safe and that you did it out of love for me. You are so noble, selfless and brave that I have no other choice but to love you. But please Harry NEVER EVER do that to me again. You are my boyfriend I want to help you. I want to share your pain and I want to share your joy Harry. That's a relationship. So I will never leave you Harry I could never leave you for I too would die without you in my life."
When their lips touched it was unlike any other time they kissed. The cold was forgotten. The sun warmed them as they stood there holding and kissing each other. They felt a warmth similar to what they feel when they hold their wands. Only this time their whole bodies felt this warmth, this energy, this magic. In the back of his head Harry began to understand why Dumbledore always thought love was the greatest and most ancient magic of all.
After they broke apart they stared into each others eyes and drowned in the depths. Their eyes displayed everything they felt right now. They could see the pain and sadness in each other eyes but also the undying irrevocable love for each other. In the back of their heads they knew that now they would never ever be alone again. Come what may they will face it together and they will win.
"We need to get back to the castle Harry, my family wants to see you and McGonagall and Minister Shacklebolt want a word with you. And than Mister Potter, you and I gonna have a conversation about how come Voldemort displayed you as dead and moments later you are alive facing off against the darkest wizard ever." Ginny said sternly
"Gin. I will tell you everything but after that you might hate me and want to break up with me."
"Harry I could never hate you. I tried to hate you for breaking up with me but I ended up here with you." Ginny said and warmth spread trough Harrys body that was amazing and he felt safe. Ginny noticed the impact her words had on him and felt the same that he felt.
*This is amazing* they thought in unison.
An hour after Harry stormed out of the Great Hall they slowly started to walk up the castle arms wrapped around each other swearing in theirs minds to never let the other go.
As they approached the Great Hall there was a lot of chatter as groups of volunteers came together to help restore the castle.
The second they were spotted by the Weasleys they all made their way over to them. Ginny was holding his hand the entire time that they walked to the castle and waited for the Weasleys to come over.
"We are going to help build up the castle. Do you want to help?" Bill asked after Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry and the rest of the family bid him good morning as well.
"Yea I think we should. But what's happening with all the dead?"
"Well most are being taken away for the burial at home. And Fre…we…are taking him tonight….." Molly stumbled.
"What happened to Voldemort?" No one flinched at the mention of Voldemorts name and Harry liked it.
"Well…. He is still here…..Over there with the other Death Eaters…. No one knows what to do…. Everyone is too afraid…."Charlie finally said.
"I see" was all Harry responded.
For the next 3 hours before lunch Harry and Hermione worked with the Weasleys to restore some of the more serious damages that had been implied to the castle. They all talked and before lunch Percy asked Harry in front of his family if he was dating Ginny.
"Well… you see…we kinda…" Harry mumbled
"Yes Harry and I are together." Answered Ginny
Harry was feeling uncomfortable but feeling Ginny at his side he thought he could withstand anything.
"Oh that's wonderful Harry, Ginny dears. You know Dumbledore would have liked the idea that you found love." Mr Weasley said beamingly. He and Mrs. Weasley were in fact looking approving and Ginny's brothers as well.
"At least we know she will be safe as it was Harry who defeated Lord Voldemort" said Bill acknowledging Harrys achievement.
"Just remember that it is our lil sis your going out with." Said a still sullen but slightly better looking George.
"I will. I love Ginny with all my heart and never again will someone separate us." Said a convinced Harry after all the warnings about their baby sister.
"I hope you find happiness Harry. You and Ginny both deserve it." Said Fleur
"So what about you and Hermione?" said a grinning Arthur.
Ron did the same mumbling as Harry before Hermione saved him the embarrassment and answered that they too were now dating.
Everyone was happy and even George's mood increased due to so much love after so much pain. Upon entering the Great Hall they noticed that almost all the bodies were retrieved and only those who volunteered to clean up the castle stayed behind.
Once in the Hall Kingsley Shacklebolt and Minerva McGonagall made their way down from the podium to the Weasley clan. Kingsley was followed by what seemed like two Aurors, one, Harry noticed was an Auror named Dawlish who tried to arrest and follow Dumbledore before, and a few secretaries. The Aurors were obviously for protection of the new Minister and the secretaries so he can give orders that need to be seen to.
Kingsley and McGonagall greeted them all and then Kingsley spoke to Harry.
"Harry good to see you up and around" said Kingsley in his slow, deep, reassuring voice.
"It's good to see you too Minister"
"Harry please we have know each other for quite a while now you can call me Kingsley as goes for the rest of you. I am afraid that we have some business to do. Would you, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna please come to the Headmistresses office in two hours time?"
"That should be no problem" Harry said agreeing.
After that Kingsley left with the troop and Minerva led them to her new office.
The quartet went to find Luna and Neville who were sitting with their relatives being two of the few to remain at Hogwarts for the clean up. The House Elves led by Kreacher during the battle, had made an impressive lunch as well as any other meal ever served here. They too were helping with the clean up and it seemed as if everything was progressing at a fare rate.
Luna and Neville were awed, much like Ginny after Kingsley told her to come as well. They didn't understand why the Minister would like to see them.
Harry, Ron and Hermione then pointed out everything they did to deserve the right to talk to the Minister.
Neville's grandmother was proud of her grandson and was beaming at him all the time. Luna's father on the other hand was a nervous wreck because of what he did to Harry, Ron and Hermione. Luna scowled her dad for the betrayal but Harry assured her that it was quite a noble thing as he wanted to get her back.
After lunch they still had an hour before the meeting and decided to go visit Hagrid. Hagrid was happy to see them and so was Grawp.
"Harry m'boy u showd 'em all. You beat him. N'one ever beat you-know-who not even Dumbledore but you 'arry showd 'em all. I m so proud of you. And you three were incredible too." Hagrid said to Ron, Hermione and Ginny.
"Never seen witches and wizards like you."
After half an hour they had to leave to don't be late at their meeting with Kingsley.
They picked up Neville and Luna from the Great Hall and went to off to the Headmistress's room. The Weasley and the other volunteers returned to work on restoring the castle.
When they reached the Office the gargoyle sprang to life and moved aside without asking for a password. They all said their thanks to the stone gargoyle and moved up the spiral staircase.
Upon knocking on the door one of the Aurors opened it and let them in.
They all took a good look around and noticed that nothing had been changed yet. As well they noticed that all portraits woke up when they entered and were now wide awake.
"Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna. I am glad you all made it. I wanted to talk to you in private and I need your help." Kingsley greeted them
"Dawlish is there anything else?"
"No Minister"
"Than please leave. Don't wait for me I will be travelling to my office via the floo."
"Yes sir." Dawlish said and let the Ministers escort out of the room."
Next Dawlish and McGonagall put charms on all the Windows and the door so that they could talk without being rudely interrupted or being overheard.
Harry noticed that Dumbledore's portrait was smiling at him and slightly nodding.
"First of all I want to thank you all. You did a great service to this country and the whole wizarding world. Thus you will all receive the Order of Merlin 1st class.
Next I need to ask you what you were planning on doing now that the war is over?"
"I want to be an Auror" Harry said immediately
"Me too" Ron and Neville said in Unison
"I want to start a career as Chaser" was Ginny's answer
"I would like to help the House Elves and all the other magical creatures that are mistreated by the wizarding community" Hermione said
"Well I don't know yet but I could imagine I would like to travel and invent spells and discover new animals and plants like my mother" Luna said in her dreamy voice.
"Impressive" was all McGonagall said before Kingsley said
"Harry, Ron and Neville you will become Aurors for sure and you Hermione I will appoint you to the Office for control of magical creatures. I am afraid I cannot help the two you as both your jobs are non ministry related but I will see what I can do so you too will achieve your dreams."
"But don't we need our N.E.W.T.s to become Aurors?" Harry asked.
"Normally you would Harry but as the Ministry is in need of good and capable people especially Aurors, you don't need to take tests or achieve your N.E.W.T.s. You have already achieved more than any Auror can ever dream of. This goes for the rest of the people who fought and are still alive, especially people from Dumbledore's Army. Furthermore I need people in the Ministry that I can trust because we will need to do a lot of reformation. And I don't know how long I will be in charge thus we need to make quick adaption's and make it impossible for Dark Wizards to ever again regain control of the Ministry." was Kingsley's reply.
"That's very generous but I would also like to finish my education" Hermione injected.
"That should be no problem. Ms Granger. All students who want to will be aloud back to finish their education."
"I would like to finish my education as well" the rest of them said in unison.
"That's really sad…. But by no means unexpected" said Kingsley
"Kingsley it's nice that you trust us and I will help you reform the Ministry but I think I will have a better chance when I finish my education. I don't want people to think I became an Auror because I know you or because I defeated someone. I want to deserve it and show all those who denied me that I am capable of being an Auror." Harry said.
"As I said Harry it is sad but not unexpected. You will become a great Auror Harry. Most likely you will be the best there ever was. And I have no doubt that you will become Head Auror Harry." Kingsley answered.
"You are all granted to come back to Hogwarts and continue your education" McGonagall said."
"Still I will appoint you to be Aurors and I will send someone I trust over one the weekends to train you as well. You will already be fully fledged Aurors but you will also get some training in all the fields. Besides I will appoint you to your new office Hermione, to the House Elf section. And I will see what I can do for the two of you."
"Thank you sir"
"Please call me Kingsley"
"Okay Si…..Kingsley"
"Now Harry we both know that Dumbledore left you a job to do to finish off Lord Voldemort and you succeeded. Do you think you could tell us how?" Minerva asked.
"Yes I think I can. But what I am about to tell you should never leave this room. Some information can be released to the press to satisfy their hunger but most of it is confidential." Harry said. Everyone but Ron and Hermione were nodding eagerly. For them it was funny to see the new Headmistress and the interim Minister looking at them and listening to their every word.
So Harry Ron and Hermione told them everything starting at Harry's six Year and what Dumbledore taught him about Voldemorts Horcruxes, over what happened on the day Dumbledore died, to what happened after the Wedding, being on the run, breaking into the Ministry, being on the run, almost getting killed in Godrics Hollow, getting captured by snatchers and escaping from Malfoy Manor, breaking into Gringotts and escaping on a dragon and than coming to Hogwarts to finish the job for the Horcruxes. All the while everyone was listening to Harry, Ron and Hermione. They didn't say that Ron deserted them because it was not necessary. They went into detail about seeing Snapes murder and learning that Harry was the last Horcrux and why he walked into death. By now even Ron and Hermione were staring at Harry because he hadn't told them that. Harry looked into Ginny's brown eyes and saw that she was crying but he also saw that she still loved and than he felt this warmth he felt early today spread through him again and he continue the story. After he finished everyone was awed and McGonagall got up and told one of the portraits to go down to the Great Hall and inform someone that Snape's body needs to be retrieved. Ginny ran over to him and hugged him tightly crying into his shoulder. Harry just whispered that he loved her and that he would never leave her again.
"So you see its confidential information that should not be released or we might have someone else making Horcruxes and trying to be the new Dark Lord." Harry said after a few minutes.
"Yes absolutely Harry. This must be prevented from happening again." Kingsley said and the rest nodded agreeing. But I am afraid I will have to inform the press about some details on what happened while you were on the run. You don't know it but by now Harry you are known even more than before. The press will want to talk to you Harry and I don't know if I can keep them in check. The Order and the Ministry will do everything to ensure your safety but you will be expected to talk to the press and especially your announcement to work with the ministry will have some impact. You will most likely be described as my man or the ministries man. I know you don't like being the poster boy for the ministry but it would greatly help us stabilize our world. You are their new rallying point Harry. They will look to you for guidance. So you see if you work with us they will assume you approve of the new administration. It will help the people. Once you decide where you want to live the Order and the Ministry will do everything and provide every protection we can. We will do our best to reduce your assault of the press to a minimum but I can't promise you anything. That goes for all of you by the way." Kingsley added towards the others.
They were all shocked by that revelation.
"Yes I should have thought so." Dumbledore's portrait mentioned.
"Well I guess I am left with no option. Besides I would rather be your man than anybody else and I think your administration is the most capable. Still I would rather not talk to the press right now and not at all to Rita Skeeter."
"I also need to give Dumbledore's wand back." Said Harry
"Ahh yes Harry before you do this I have to talk with you, Ron, Hermione and Ginny about something. It is of confidential nature and I am afraid I have to request that everybody else leaves." Said the portrait of Albus Dumbledore.
"Very well we shall all leave. I believe everything that needs to be taken of has been seen to right Kingsley." Answered Minerva
"Indeed. The six of you will receive Owls when the ceremony for you will take place. It will be the same day that you will become members of the Ministry." Kingsley said.
After that Neville Luna and McGonagall left to the Great Hall and Kingsley flooed back to the Ministry. The quartet sealed the door again to make sure that they would not be overheard as it was conversation of private nature.
"So what do we need to talk about Professor?" asked a now curious Harry. After all he told Dumbledore last night that he was planning on returning the wand.
"It was wise that you didn't tell them about the Hallows Harry. But I think your Soul mate has a right to know who you truly are Harry. I might be a portrait now but I am not blind I could see that Ms Granger and Mr Weasley here finally found each other and that you again found your second half."
After that Harry explained everything about the Hallows and how he was the true Master of Death and the rightful owner of all of them. Again Ginny was awed by Harrys story and she could only begin to imagine how hard his life must have been the last 10 month.
"Now I wanted you four to stay here because I am offering you the chance to become the greatest Wizards and Witches the world has ever seen!" claimed Dumbledore's portrait.
"How?" was all they asked unison.
"There are two things first of all for all your wands there is a twin. Only Harrys twin was bought. Before Fawkes gave his feather I did some research on the Elder Wand and found out that its immense power came from 2 cores twin cores to be more precise. It took me 5 years after I won the Elder Wand to discover and it was merely by accident. After that I began thinking. I came to the conclusion that there must be people other than me fit to have the power of such a wand. Especially because I knew I would never live forever and I couldn't always be there to help the people. Right enough Tom Riddle came around and first I thought he would be the right one but I quickly noticed that it would be very unwise to give Tom the means of such a powerful weapon. Than of course Tom met his downfall with Harry and 10 and 11 years later you 4 came around. I immediately noticed your bond. You are bound to each other by love. You are like siblings and lovers and as I always said Love is a power that has yet to find its equal. I have seen enough things to know that you were meant to do great things so I asked Ollivander about the wands you purchased and whether there is a twin or not. It turned out that all of you did indeed have a twin wand but only Harrys was sold. So I purchased them and watched your steps and I was impressed. All your wands are quite powerful on their own and combined with your magical power you were meant for great things and you did achieve them. Sadly I didn't have the chance to tell you in person and I was wondering if you would like to help the wizarding community by taking my last gift to you."
Everyone was impressed by what they heard and couldn't speak for awhile.
"But… but wouldn't that ne dangerous? I mean us in power what if we would fall for it?" asked a worried Hermione.
"Ahhh yes always the rational one Hermione. It could indeed be dangerous but you have already proven that you are well suited for leader position as well as being powerful. Besides you are already extremely powerful. Did you know that a lot of people compared you to me in your genius. In power Harry was compared to me. In strategic thinking Ron was compared to me and in passion Ginny here was compared to me. Furthermore a wand is only as powerful as the owner and unlike Antioch Peverell you will most likely not go around boosting that you are wielding a power unknown to man kind. So I assume it will be perfectly save for you."
Again the quartet was silent and lost in their thoughts.
"Do you want us to do it?" Harry asked after about 15 minutes.
"Of course I don't Harry. I have long since learned that you are a noble and exceptional powerful wizard. I just wanted to give you the chance Harry. I know how much you got a, as Hermione puts it, people saving thing. You always want to protect the people around you. I just wanted to give you the means of doing so."
"It is indeed a nice present I think I will accept it." Harry said
"Are you sure about this Harry?" Hermione asked worried.
"Yes Hermione. We would have the means to stop a man like Voldemort and I have long since learned that we will never be able to destroy or extinguish evil. We can only reduce it and who would we be there for those who cannot fight for them selves. I have always been chosen to fight Tom Riddle and I chose to become an Auror. I will always have a people saving thing and I will always want to save everyone so with this I might be able to get a little bit closer to doing that." Was Harry's answer.
"That is why I chose you Harry and your friends. You are so focused on the well being of those you love that none of you could ever become a Dark Wizard like Tom Riddle. What you are doing is because it is the right thing to do you chose to accept the power so that you can protect those you love. Not because you wanted to power."
"Harrys right" Ginny said.
"I will accept it as well."
"Me too" Ron and Hermione said in unison.
"I am glad you decided to help the wizarding world. Under your leadership I very much think that our world will grow and become a better place for both muggles and magical folks alike. Now to do so you will need the Elder Wand and as you are its true master you need to perform the spell. But first you will need to summon your twin wands. I hid them and protected them in a way that only you will be able to retrieve them. Use the Mirror of Erised."
And so they did one after another Ron, Hermione and Ginny stood in front the Mirror they could see that their reflections in the Mirror were putting them in their pockets.
"This magic is amazing Sir. It was same when you protected the Philosophers Stone right" asked Hermione.
"Right again. Only you who are wielding the twin would be able to retrieve the other one. Now Harry you need to summon Tom Riddles wand."
After that, Dumbledore told Harry that the spell he would be using was the "twinemun reunion". Half an hour later Harry finally succeeded and performed the spell four times. Doing his own wand last. After Harry finished the procedure they all picked up their new wands and the feeling they now felt was unlike anything they ever felt before also not entirely. It was close to what Harry and Ginny felt down by the lake and Ron and Hermione when they spent the night in bed. As soon as recognition appeared on their faces Dumbledore's portrait spoke again.
"You are not unfamiliar with this power am I right. It is impressive that while still so young you already experienced a power that most wizards would never dream to achieve let alone experience it in their entire lives and it seems that my assumption was correct. You are not the least bit tempted by it because you felt it before. Now I am even more certain. The world can expect the greatest things from the four of you. Now Harry my old wand is useless. Your wands will rival his power. It is nothing special at least not to you. Still I would make sure that this wand cannot be retrieved again for if Tom was able to figure out I was the rightful owner than other Dark Wizards who like Harry said will come for sure, will also be able to find about it. I would advice you to place the Fidelius Charm on my old wand. Thus only you would be able to find it if it ever should be necessary what I highly doubt." Dumbledore concluded.
"I told you that I have two things to inform you about to ensure you will become the greatest wizards and witches in history. Besides from your powerful wands your second strength will be your bond of love. As I have told you before Love is a Magic beyond anything known to mankind. So alone one can never be as strong or powerful as when they are together. As you all know the sacrifice Harry's mother made for him saved him from the Avada Kedavra so for now this proves that besides the twin cores love is the only magic that can successfully shield someone from the killing curse is love. From what I heard so far I assume that Harry made the same sacrifice again. You tried to die for your friends and those you love. Especially those three here. You may not have done it on purpose but it was the principle you wanted to die for them. So my assumption is that you cannot die from the killing curse anymore of course it would be more than unwise to try it but now that you are having twice the protection in your blood I think you will be shielded against the darkest spells. Furthermore I assume that as you are not too surprised about the power of your new wands that you already experienced real true, pure, undying, never wavering Love. You felt a connection to your loved ones. You will learn that if you train your Love you will pretty much become invincible. And again No Hermione. It will not be dangerous. Your love makes you strong not your desire for power. You were born with it. You all were. Your ability to love someone unconditionally and irrevocably, nothing they would do would let you feel any different about them. You would do anything and give everything for them. It's love in its purest form. So perfect so powerful that only the greatest wizards were able to control it. As you were born with it you will have to control it or it could indeed be troublesome. Still I have the out most fate in the four of you. Furthermore as I overheard you talking about returning to Hogwarts I want you to come here every weekend so I will tell you everything I know about it. I will guide you as you will experience abilities that no one not even me ever discovered. All I know about it is what I found out on my research. For all I learned the last one to experience this power was Merlin." Again everyone was awed by Dumbledore's revelation.
After that they bid the portrait a good day and walked through the castle all lost in their thoughts. They didn't even noticed that everyone was quite worried about them as it was almost 6 hours since they have last been seen. By the time they entered the Great Hall the whole Weasley family, Neville, Luna, McGonagall and Ms Tonks carrying giggling Teddy Lupin came running towards them.
"Where in Merlin's name have you been?" asked Mrs. Weasley.
"We have been talking to Professor Dumbledore's portrait but didn't notice the time passing by." They all answered at once.
"Very well. The castle is mostly restored. The rest should be done by the teachers and the castle it self. Now I spoke to Kingsley and your family are all ready. At the very moment you are unable to return to either the Burrow or Grimmauld Place both places are heavily cursed and it will take the Ministry some time to sort out the Burrow and because of the Fidelius Charm only the Order is able to sort out Grimmauld Place. So you will be sleeping in Gryffindor Tower again as well as the Lovegoods and the Longbottoms." Minerva said.
"Fine by me." The quartet answered as one again.
"Very well. Now secondly Kingsley informed me that reporters from all over the world are on their way and it will be wise that none of you that includes you Mr Longbottom and you Ms Lovegood as well should leave the castle alone. The castle will not let any reporter or member of the press enter and is working its own magic but the grounds are different. So as your defeat of Lord Voldemort happened here at the school by now probably every witch and every wizard knows about you. Especially the British wizarding community is going crazy." McGonagall added.
"Great just what I needed. More fame." Harry said silently.
"I will protect you from them. Maybe I will Bat Bogey them and this Rita cow still needs a lesson." Said a grinning Ginny while holding Harrys hand.
"You know Gin. As long as I am with you I feel like I can face everything." Harry said only for Ginny to hear.
"I feel the same." Was Ginny's short answer.
"Now I assume that this is Ted Lupin!" Harry directed his question to Ms. Tonks.
"Yes indeed, this is young Teddy."
"I am so sorry Ms Tonks. I wish I could change it."
"Don't be Harry. There was nothing you could have done for Ted and as for Nymphadora und Remus you more than anyone knew that Remus was a fighter und Nymphadora was an Auror after all. Plus they knew were they were going and what they were doing. It's just sad." Andromeda concluded.
"I don't know if Tonk… I mean Nymphadora or Remus told you but they named me…"
"Yes they told me. They named you to be Teddy's godfather. As such you are his legal guardian. Still I hope I could take care of him for the time being." Andromeda answered.
"That's just what I wanted to ask you. I am returning to Hogwarts and I won't have a lot a time to come see him. I will of course visit him now over the Holidays and as well in all the breaks and after that as well but I wouldn't know what to do with him while I am attending Hogwarts." Harry said.
"I will help you with him if you want me to." Molly Weasley offered.
"Thanks I would appreciate your help Molly and look Teddy apparently likes the idea of having the two of us keeping him company. Twice as many people to play with." Said a chuckling Andromeda and everyone joined in on the laughter.
They were all talking and lightened up a little. Suddenly Harry jumped up the second he jumped Ron, Ginny and Hermione jumped up as well. All four had their wands drawn and hurriedly left the Great Hall. After a few seconds shock, as most people still at Hogwarts had never seen such a display of speed in drawing a wand Harry came rushing back in and said sorry but he and the other completely forgot about Voldemort so now they would take care of him. Everyone still left at the School hurried out after Harry to see what was about to happen. This included all of the teachers, some people from Hogsmead, older students and some family who helped repair the castle as well as some Ministry people who stayed on Kingsley's order to help rebuild the castle.
They didn't need to run fast as they could see Harry joining up with the other three who left with him. They were levitating the Dead Lord in the middle of them. When they reached the shore of the lake they stopped and Hermione stepped away and conjured up a jar and placed it underneath Tom Riddles dead body. Next all of them muttered and incarnation and conjured flames that devoured everything and soon nothing but the ashes of Lord Voldemort remained. Still these four did not seem to think it was enough. They placed the ashes in the Jar and then all of them muttered Incarnations again. And the jar began glowing. Next Harry levitated it and threw it in the lake. Now they looked mildly satisfied. No one would ever find that jar of that everyone of the spectators were certain. Those who brought about his downfall now secured his last location. The crowed slowly re-entered the castle only the four friends remained outside. Next these four moved over to Dumbledore's grave and repaired it. Even if someone would have watched no one could see that Harry placed the Elder Wand in Dumbledore's finger as they already placed the Fidelius Charm upon it. Next they strengthened the grave so that no magic could ever again crack it open. Only muggle strength would be able to crack open the grave and no one could do it alone you would at least need more people to help you. Furthermore Hermione placed a charm on the grave that if anyone should try to break it open them four would be informed about it. A silver Phoenix much like Dumbledore's patronus would sore in the air and cry his lament before it would be off to find Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. Of course this is unknown to any wizard or witch and no one would ever find out about it.
Afterwards the quartet silently made their way up to the castle as it was getting late and they didn't want to risk running into the press that might already be around here. Only few people were in the Great Hall and none of them were the Weasleys so the quartet made its way to Gryffindor Tower remembering that they didn't know the password.
The fat lady however told them that never again these four would need a password in Hogwarts. These four as well as Neville and Luna gave up everything and were calling the castle a home or a as close to home as it could be. They fought for the castle and for what was right.
"It is ancient magic that is working here young friends. I do not understand much about it but the castle will never seal itself towards you as you have proven loyal to the school, the headmasters, the teachers and ideals of Hogwarts." The portrait told them and swung open.
Again Harry and his friends were amazed but what magic could do.
Inside the common room they found the Weasleys and even Andromeda and Teddy.
"What happened back in the Great Hall Harry? Ron? Hermione? Ginny?" asked a confused looking Arthur and everyone in the common got quite and looked up.
"Well I just remembered him and that I need to do something about his body. I have seen Lord Voldemort return before although I am 100% sure he is more than dead I wouldn't want to put it past some wicked Death Eater to try and retrieve his body. Now that the ministry employees saw what happened to the body, the Daily Prophet will write it and I hope the Death Eaters won't do anything stupid about it. Apparently the other three remembered at the same moment as I did and we all jumped to conclusion and wanted to do something." Harry said.
"Yea that must have been it." Everybody agreed. Deep in their thought they bade everyone a good night and returned to the dorm they slept in last night but before they could open it they found yet another door that labelled all their names and they opened it. In it they found a smaller version of the Gryffindor common room and two doors. Those were labelling Ronald W. and Hermione G. as well as Harry P. and Ginerva W.
"This must be the magic the portrait of the Fat Lady was talking about." Hermione answered their unasked question.
"This is amazing. Although I would rather sleep in here with you guys." They all said at the same time.
"Okay we can do that." Harry said "But we also have to figure out what is happening. First this thing down in the Great Hall now this. We always seem to speak the same ideas and thoughts and at the same time too. This is too much coincidence." Harry told them.
"I agree." Was Hermione's answer. So they all sat in their own common room and talked about this kind of connection that they seem to have. Ginny only went down to ask if it was okay if she slept with Harry, Ron and Hermione in a room upstairs. Her parents were fine with that although they didn't know about this new room that they would be sleeping in.
When Ginny returned they continued talking before one after another they all drifted off to sleep all feeling safe and comfortable. Ginny had one arm around Harry's stomach and her head rested on his chest listening to his heart beat. Hermione and Ron could be found in the same position.
If Mr and Mrs. Weasley would find them they would be in trouble but they didn't care and their sleep wasn't interrupted as the rest of the Weasleys slept in the common room on conjured beds.