Author's Note: Hi guys! This is my first fic so my writing may not be good. Secondly, I wanted to say is that English is not my main language so any mistakes if found and mentioned in the reviews will be appreciated. If anyone finds any plot holes in my story pls notify me. With that done I will begin the story. Thank you for reading.

Disclaimer: As much as most of us wishes the Harry Potter series belong to J.K. Rowling.

"A bond from broken marriages" – Normal Speak

'A bond from broken marriages' – Thoughts

$A bond from broken marriages$ - Parseltounge

Chapter 1: The Irrefutable Truth

It has been only 2 years since the battle of Hogwarts. Almost everyone had moved on with their life except the boy-who-lived. After the battle Harry went to Hogwarts to complete his NEWTs with Ron and Hermione. As expected Hermione passed with flying colours having scored O in all but Arithmancy where she got an A. After that she married Ron who got a job as Keeper in Chudley Cannons. As for Harry his dream of being an Auror had no motivation after the war so for once in his life he listened to Hermione and studied well. Scoring similar to Hermione in his subjects with surprisingly Outstanding with distinction in Potions & DADA.

As before the Hunt Harry continued his relationship with Ginny Weasley and married to her. That is where we find him with his wife and the rest of the Weasleys, Fleur and Hermione in the Annual Christmas dinner. Suddenly Molly announced "Dinner is ready, gather around everyone."

"Coming!" was chorus answer.

The dinner as usual was the perfect Molly dinner. They conversed about their lives and their jobs with smiles in their faces. Only Harry had a fake smile on his face which was not left unnoticed by either Hermione or Fleur but they kept their mouth shut as they thought they knew the reason for this. Harry never moved on from the battle the deaths still weighed heavily on his mind. Especially the death of his godson Teddy's parents.

But if they performed Legilimency on him right now they would find otherwise. He was thinking over his marriage with Ginny. Recently, it came to his notice that even if he tried to shy away from his fame, his wife seems to flaunt about being the wife of Harry Potter. This started to spread doubts in his mind as he knew he would never fall in love with someone who boasts that is the main reason why he hated Draco.

This single thought seemed to occupy him whenever he wasn't teaching DADA in Hogwarts as Headmistress McGonagall asked him soon after his defeat of Voldemort and he was happy to comply as he could spend time in the place he called his first home. It wasn't easy being him after the battle as magic community was clearly split in two. One part he suffered from loathing of the people who lost their friends and family in the war and thought he should have finished the Dark Lord earlier on the flip side, the other part consisted of the people who rejoiced that they don't have to see he-who-must-not-be-named again.

Harry was forced to learn Occlumency not because people tried to enter his thoughts but because it helped him maintain his façade when Kingsley asked him to speak in public to encourage the people to think that the government is doing its best. It also the side effect of making his memories easy to sort and find, exponentially increasing his learning curve. It also helped that he had a good teacher that explained things to him inside telling him "Clear your mind!" before attacking. He thanked god that Fleur was good in the Mind arts has it helped control her allure.

Two months later…

Harry's thoughts about his love life were clearly placed at the back of his mind. Currently he was at Shell Cottage having a nice cup of tea with Fleur. A year ago if you asked "Who are your best friends?" He would have immediately shot back "Ron and Hermione" but now he wasn't so sure. Ron drifted away as for once he was recognized and he basked in his own limelight.

'Funny! Who would have thought Fleur would come into the category of being one of my best friends. The war definitely changed her attitude. It also maybe because she knows the secrets of his life with Dursleys that Hermione only guessed at and Ron completely ignored. Anyway she has become someone very close to me' were his thoughts.

Life was definitely better for everyone. Fleur had quit her job in Gringotts to be a better wife as the job of Curse Breakers was an adventurous one with lot of travelling not that she didn't like travelling. It is just that she didn't want Bill to constantly worry about her. Thinking about Bill her thought drifted off 'It has been 2 years we have been married he rarely comes home any more always travelling. After consummating our marriage he never seems to want to have sex with me'

Not that Fleur minded it is just that Veela are sexually creatures that appreciate being loved both in mind and body.

'Luckily I had Harry for company otherwise I would have gone mad. Teaching him Occlumency was the perfect distraction but calling him little boy all those years ago was a mistake. He never had a good home life and every year in Hogwarts was life or death for him. Being rich yet forced to wear baggy clothes definitely didn't create a good image of him. Oh well! At least the war got over with him surviving' her thoughts continued on not listening to Harry.

"Fleur! FLEUR!" he shouted to get her attention.

She got pulled out of her thoughts and asked "What Harry? And why are you shouting?"

"Well I wouldn't have shouted if someone had listened to me saying that I was going home as it was getting late" he answered.

She looked sheepishly before saying "Sorry Harry. I kind of drifted off in my thoughts"

"No doubt thinking about your handsome hunk" he teased back.

She blushed brightly before replying "Shut up Harry!"

"Ok. Ok. I leaving. Good night" he said before flooing to Godric's Hollow which was rebuilt.

The next day…

It was a Monday and Harry didn't have classes till the evening so he was basically free if you considered correcting papers and doing paperwork as free. When Minerva floo called him.

"Harry, would you mind coming to my office?" she asked.

"Sure professor. I will be right there" he replied as he entered her office through the floo.

"What do you want Professor?" he asked.

"Oh! Nothing much there are lot of Albus' belongings in this office so I thought you might appreciate them" she answered.

"That's great. Thanks Professor" he replied.

"Don't call me Professor, Harry. I'm no longer teaching you. Especially what you learnt the past 2 years" she replied hotly.

"Sorry Minerva but you'll always be Professor to me so, I will not change it. By the way can speak with Albus" he replied.

"Sorry Harry. He is currently sleeping. So why don't you take these to your office and go through them".

"I will do that. Once again thanks Professor" with that Harry left taking the belongings to the office.

After placing them on his desk he decided to explore Albus' belongings. During his search he came across a diary much like Riddle's diary. He decided to read it just to pass the time especially since it was written by Dumbledore. The entry started with the prophecy given to Dumbledore. By this Harry's interest has been piqued so became engrossed in the book that he almost forgot about his classes. He came to the part where Albus was about to inform his parents. Unfortunately students began entering class therefore he decided to continue. He decided to teach the 3rd year students the severing charm "Diffindo".

The class practiced the charm for half an hour before he thought them the practical applications of the charm. After that he returned to the diary when he began he was happy to note that Albus was taking care of the parents whom the prophecy might affect. Slowly but surely his smile was replaced by a frown. Albus began writing about the betrayal of Peter and his part in making sure that Sirius was imprisoned. Then how Harry's core must be bound so that he is weak and malleable to his machinations.

Harry became furious but kept reading on about how his meeting with Weasleys was staged and that his marriage with Ginny would be forced if the love potions don't work. Even Hermione was not left alone, to make sure she doesn't interfere they doused her with love potions keyed to one Ronald Weasley, who acted as Albus' spy. He also made sure that Harry depended on Albus and him alone and supported Albus' belief of the greater good. It went to talk about how Harry must sacrifice himself but if he died then the Potter and Black Vaults would go to the Weasleys due to his marriage contract. It also mentioned the need to keep the plans secret as Arthur and the twins would not agree with. Such entries continued till his day of death.

After closing it Harry went through a range of emotions. From rage, to misery, to pain, to relief that he at least had Ginny's love otherwise the plan wouldn't work. He was angry that the pig Ron doused Hermione to love him and ban him from talking to her just because he was jealous. He was much tried but he at least got his answers to why he had started dating Ginny and was happy that at least didn't betray him. Little did Harry realize that his world would come crashing down due to his uninformed visit home. He really wanted to see Ginny and the love she had for him.

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The updates may not consistent but I'll most probably update at least once a week after the first few chapters. With that Drakkus signing off.