So, I'm stuck on my other stories. Couldn't find the map to point out which direction I should go to. I just decided to post this one instead.

Harry James Potter, the-boy-who-lived-twice, and the man who vanquished the Dark Lord was tired. He felt it in every bone in his body; his chest ached every time he breathed, his hands shook with exhaustion and his legs trembled as they struggled to keep him upright. The final battle had just ended but he couldn't rest. They were still counting the dead and Madame Pomfrey was busy tending to the wounded. Minerva had tried to call for help from St. Mungo's but the hospital was also overrun with injured wizards and witches. He was bandaging Fred Weasley's head. Contrary to their first assumption, the young man had not died, he'd merely fallen unconscious after he was hit by falling debris. Harry's hands shook with the bandages and tears began to fall as he finally allowed himself to think of how close he had come to losing his mate.

"Oh Fred," unable to stop himself any longer Harry let his shoulders slump as he began to sob for his partner. They'd been bonded for a year, a few months before Fred and his twin had left Hogwarts to open up their own business.

"He's fine Harry." the gentle voice penetrated through the haze of both grief and relief. "He's going to be fine, and so are you." the voice was familiar and one he hadn't heard in a while. It was one that brought him safety and comfort in his darkest hours and the person who owned it was one that he had missed terribly.

"Mimi?" he looked up hopefully, bright green eyes shining as they fell upon the familiar face. "You're here?" he asked in disbelief.

"I'm here Harry."

"But how?"

"I'll explain later. For now you rest."

"I missed you Mimi."

"I missed you too scamp." she smiled at him then pointed her wand at the redhead's bed. "Now join your mate and rest. I've got to help Aunt Poppy with the others."

"I'm glad you're here." Harry told her as he settled himself next to the resting Weasley.

"I am too." she spelled a blanket on him and smiled as he fell asleep cuddling with Fred. She sighed while spelling the curtains shut and putting up wards on the sleeping men to alert her of any change in their condition. She turned her attention to the infirmary which was overflowing with people and searched for her distraught aunt. Madame Pomfrey's usually neat appearance now resembled that of someone who'd gone through battle herself. She shook her head once more before setting off to take charge; they really needed to put someone with more authority as the leader of this school.

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"Glad to see you're awake mate," Ron said as he peeked through the curtains separating Harry and Fred from the rest of the patients in the infirmary.

"Hey Ron." Harry looked up from where he'd been staring at his mate. "Where's your shadow?" he asked noting the lack of one bushy-haired know-it-all.

"I ditched her right after the battle." Ron shrugged while taking a seat next to Fred, so Harry didn't have to turn away from his brother. "She was going on and on about finally being away from trouble and such. I swear she was planning our wedding by the end of her speech."

"That sucks mate."

"Yeah."

"So, what's been going on out there? Mimi hasn't allowed me out of bed ever since she came."

"She's taken over the hospital wing," Ron grinned. "A day after the battle." his cornflower blue eyes twinkled devilishly at Harry. "Fudge and Scrimgeour both came to see you. They wanted to talk to you about the upcoming elections I think, and they were demanding that Madame Pomfrey wake you up due to the importance of their presence." Ron snorted at the thought. "Poppy tore into them about disturbing the patients but Scrimgeour shoved her away from the doorway." Harry winced though his eyes blazed with anger at the disrespect towards the mediwitch.

"What did Mimi do?"

"Oh, she helped Poppy aside and faced both, but she put a silencing bubble around the three of them before she said anything. I swear Harry, I have never seen anyone turn so many colors without a spell. By the end of their talk Fudge and Scrimgeour were almost on their knees in front of her. She never even raised her wand at them!" Harry couldn't help the small smile of amusement at his best friend's almost blatant hero-worship of his long-time friend.

"Where is she now?"

"Like I said mate, she's taken over the hospital wing. She must be tending to her other patients by now. If not, then she's probably watching over Severus."

"How is he?" Harry suddenly remembered the memories he was given by his primary protector.

"He woke up yesterday, but he couldn't speak yet. I'm pretty sure he had wanted to leave and brew something, but Gemini wouldn't let him." Ron shrugged. "He was glaring daggers at her when she spelled him to the bed."

"Is he going to be able to speak again?" Harry was worried for his mentor. Now that they had no parts to play they could reveal their true selves. He hoped Severus would be able to speak once more else he missed the Potion Master's acerbic tongue.

"I asked Gemini about it and she told me that it is possible. It all depends on Severus' cooperation though."

"Of course, it does."

"Ronald Weasley! Where are you?" Both young men winced at the high-pitched voice. "I've been looking everywhere for you!" clearly, she had no regard for the other patients. "Have you been avoiding me?"

"Miss Granger," Harry grinned at the sound of Mimi's voice. "May I remind you that this is a hospital wing and my patients are in need of rest? They cannot do that if you are shouting in the vicinity for whatever reason you may have."

"For your information I was looking for my boyfriend." Harry raised an eyebrow at his best friend who shook his head frantically in denial.

"I was not aware you were in a relationship." Harry almost laughed at the tone of Mimi's voice. "I trust congratulations are in order."

"I-uh-..." It was all Harry could do to keep himself from laughing as Granger began to stutter. "That is to say... Uh..." he could just see the way Mimi's eyebrow would rise at the hesitancy and put his hand in his mouth to stifle his chuckles. "He's not my boyfriend yet." there was an awkward silence after Granger's admission and Harry just knew that Mimi let it grow on purpose.

"Well then, I must wish you luck on that front. On the other hand, I must insist that you leave my infirmary as the people here have been grievously injured during the battle. They need their rest if they are to recover."

"But..."

"Good day Miss Granger."

"You can't kick me out! I need to see if Ron is here. You shouldn't even be here." she protested loudly. Both Ron and Harry winced at the accusation. They both knew Gemini didn't like being told that she couldn't do something and waited with baited breath for the retort to come but none came. Silence met their ears when suddenly the curtains were pulled open and she slipped inside.

"Hello Harry, Ron," she greeted both young men.

"Hi Mimi!"

"Hello Gemini."

"How are you feeling 'Ry?"

"Better. Fred's going to wake up soon."

"I hope so." Ron said. "George's not the same without him."

"What about your Mum?" Gemini asked.

"I really don't care."

"He knows what Molly tried to do to me by using Ginevra, Mimi."

"Oh."

"Yeah. Anyway, you shouldn't worry about George," Harry said. "He'll be back to his trickster self once Fred's awake."

"By the way Ron, your girlfriend was looking for you."

"She's not my girlfriend!"

"What did you do to her?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" she said slyly before checking on Fred and ignoring them both. Harry and Ron exchanged looks as they thought the same thing - if Gemini had gone to Hogwarts she would have definitely been in Slytherin.

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It was a week and a half after the final battle when Fred was allowed to leave the hospital wing. He had woken up two days prior and was pronounced well by both Poppy and Gemini.

"Mimi, thank you for taking care of us."

"It was nothing 'Ry."

"Still, I wish you luck with Severus. He doesn't like being kept immobile for too long."

"I know how to deal with stubborn patients like him," she assured her young friend. "Don't worry." Harry hugged her just as Fred emerged through the curtains that had hidden his previously occupied bed.

"Should I be worried?" Fred stepped next to Harry and wrapped a possessive arm around the younger man's waist while Gemini smirked in amusement at the pair.

"No need for that Mr. Weasley," she assured him. "I'm not interested in Harry that way. Besides I'm old enough to be his mother." she then kissed Harry's cheek as if to prove a point. "Now off you go; before I decide that you need to stay here for another night." she left the couple alone to tend to some of the patients still left in the infirmary completely missing Fred's gaping expression.

"Fred?" Harry called out to his mate.

"Just how old is she?"

"Oh. Mimi's thirty-five."

"But she looks no older than us."

"The wonders of magic." Harry laughed. "Come on. I want to spend some time with you."

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Dark onyx eyes glared holes through the woman currently tending to him. He was Severus Snape, the youngest Potions Master in all of Britain. He was a double spy during the two wizarding wars, he'd faced down the Dark Lord at the megalomaniac's angriest and come out of it alive. He'd trusted and followed a manipulative old man's plans and died - nearly anyway - multiple times but he survived. So how was it possible that his darkest glare did not have even the slightest effects on this woman? Even Poppy had succumbed to his whims when directed with this particular stare, so why wasn't she?

"Harry, Ron and Draco are here to see you." the blasted healer told him as she spelled his clothes onto his nearly-naked body. Damn the woman! It was not enough that he was confined to the bed at all, she also had to bathe him like an infant.

"I am not inclined to having company at the moment." the words shone in bright red above his head.

"If you truly mean that then I will send them away." she told him and waited for his response. When none was forthcoming she decided to speak again. "At least see your son. He's been worried about you."

"What are you talking about woman? I have no son!"

"I'm sorry. I meant your godson."

"Very well," Severus sighed deeply as if the meeting with the teens troubled him greatly. "If I must. You might as well let them all in."

"Alright, I'll be back soon with your potions." she finally left him alone. The silence around him grew until he himself became restless. He would have tried to get up if it was not for his godson and his two other students slipping through the curtains that hid his person from view.

"Uncle Sev!" Draco launched himself at the older man as soon as he saw him. "I was so worried. I thought you were never going to wake up!" Severus held the clearly distraught boy and carded potion stained fingers through pale golden locks. "Mum's dead and Lucius is gone. I don't know what's going to happen to me." only then did Severus realize the blasted healer's comment about his son. If it were true that both Draco's parents were otherwise incapable of taking care of him then he had just gained custody of his godson. "The ministry wants to take me away and put me in some of the Light families' custody." Severus' onyx eyes blazed at the thought of someone taking his son away from him. He put a long finger beneath Draco's chin and had him look up, so he could see the words floating above his head.

"I will not let anyone take you away from me."

"Whoa! How did you do that?"

"That's one of Mimi's spells." Harry informed his best friend. "She used it on me once when I had a sore throat. It projects what you want to say from your thoughts but only what you want to say." before anyone could say anything more, Gemini slipped through the curtains looking anxious.

"What's going on out there?" there was a commotion happening just outside the curtains.

"Miss Granger has somehow convinced the minister that I am holding all of you against your wills."

"What?!"

"She has Fudge, Scrimgeour and a group of aurors here to arrest me. They are also to take Draco and Severus into their custody and then have an interview with the Golden Trio." Harry's jade eyes flashed angrily, and the temperature began to drop.

"Don't worry Mimi," he seemed to get a hold of himself, but his expression remained icy. "I won't let them take any of you away."

"Are there reporters outside?" Ron asked.

"Of course, and that Skeeter woman is the first in line."

"Isn't she always?"

"Ron let's go. I think it's time they meet The-Man-Who-Killed-The-Dark-Lord." the best friends snuck through the curtains and were immediately bombarded with questions.

"Good luck to them," Gemini muttered as she sat on the chair Ron had occupied. "I do not envy whoever places themselves in the wrong end of Harry's wand."

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"Mr. Fudge, Minister Scrimgeour," Harry addressed the two prominent men at the head of the crowd. "Are you aware that you are in a hospital wing?" he asked, jade eyes flashing angrily at the gaggle of people making a fuss by the doors of the infirmary. "You are impeding the recovery of the patients with your presence here." he glared and flared his magic silencing his shocked audience in the process.

"Harry!" Hermione smiled but he spared her no glance.

"Mr. Potter," Scrimgeour sneered at him.

"Potter," Fudge glared at the young man before him.

"Mr. Potter," Skeeter simpered at him. Brightly colored lenses covered her beady eyes as she eyed the two young men in pleasant surprise. "Mr. Weasley," in the moment Harry and Ron had emerged, Harry had spelled a glamour charm on them both to appear as the young lords they were.

"You may address me as Lord Potter-Black," he drawled in a bored tone.

"Impossible!"

"I was emancipated at the age of fifteen." Harry informed the crowd. "My godfather, Sirius Black, made me his heir after his name was cleared."

"He has not been cleared!" Fudge protested.

"I do believe you are not in any position to argue with me Mister Fudge," the man cowered at his glare. "Peter Pettigrew was found groveling at his master's feet days before my godfather was freed. I'm sure you were far too busy with your other duties as you were unable to attend his hearing."

"I-I-I was!" Harry simply raised an eyebrow at him.

"Then I assume you are completely unaware that Sirius Black was in fact pardoned and compensated after Pettigrew confessed everything he had done under veritaserum."

"I apologize... I was not informed."

"And yet the news was in the Special Evening edition of the Daily Prophet."

"Harry! You can't speak to Minister Fudge that way!"

"Silence Granger. Learn to respect your betters." the bushy-haired girl gaped at the young man who was her former best friend. He sounded so much like Malfoy!

"Kingsley why are you here?" he addressed the head auror who was hanging behind the rest of the crowd.

"I was ordered to take three people into my custody." the dark man shrugged as he walked to the front of the group until he was face to face with Harry. "A Healer Gemini, surname unknown, for illegally detaining heroes here at the infirmary. Draconius Scorpius Malfoy is to be taken as a ward of the Ministry and Severus Snape is to be captured for death eater activities during the War."

"What is to be done with them and who gave out these orders?"

"Snape will be sent to Azkaban without the benefit of a trial as he is a well-known death eater. Malfoy is to be given to a light family in order to be reformed from his parents' dark teachings." Shacklebolt trailed off as he tried to keep his amusement from showing. Beside him, the two ministers and the lone female in what used to be the Golden Trio began to pale rapidly as Harry's eyes darkened while he listened. His magic crackled around him, but he refused to acknowledge anyone else besides Kingsley. "The orders came from Undersecretary Delores Umbridge."

"And what of Gemini?"

"The healer will be taken by the Unspeakables for experimentation. She is also supposed to teach the healers at St. Mungo's everything she knows. An anonymous source gave the minister a detailed report about the way she healed the patients here. Allegedly she was able to help those who even Madame Pomfrey herself couldn't." Flashing jade eyes turned to the three people he knew were the most involved.

"Has there been an investigation to confirm these allegations?"

"No."

"Then what right do you have taking people into your custody?" Harry asked Scrimgeour.

"I am the Minister of Magic."

"So, you have the right to do as you please?"

"Snape is a death eater!"

"He was a spy for Dumbledore. The true death eaters were killed by their own marks. Seeing as he is alive and trying to recuperate from his grave wounds then I see no other reason for you to arrest him."

"He worked with You-Know-Who!"

"As was his job," Harry continued to glare at the man. "The Lestranges died after I killed Voldemort," he almost rolled his eyes when everybody flinched at the name. "So did Lucius Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew and all the other known death eaters. Severus did not. Why do you think that is?" the group fell silent as they processed the new information.

"He killed Dumbledore!" Fudge cackled maniacally.

"That happened at Dumbledore's own request. He was dying from a cursed horcrux. This has already been explained to you Kingsley."

"I know Harry, but they wouldn't listen to me."

"What about Malfoy?" Scrimgeour changed the subject seeing as he had no more case against Snape.

"What about him?"

"He was a death eater in training."

"And how do you know that?"

"We have spies~"

"Draco was not a death eater in training. Even all the junior death eaters were marked, which is the reason why Crabbe and Goyle died." another long silence ensued. "Now why are you taking my healer for experimentation?" Harry's voice went cold.

"She has techniques that Madame Pomfrey didn't know."

"Healer Gemini is Madame Pomfrey's niece." Ron spoke as he put a hand on Harry's shoulder to calm him. "She is Harry's personal healer who has been in training in America under Harry's orders. Madame Pomfrey is a simple school nurse. She has not had the same training or experience that Healer Gemini has so of course, Gemini will know techniques that her aunt didn't." he quieted for a moment waiting for a response, but none came. "All you have are baseless accusations. Perhaps you should return once you have actual proof."

"Kingsley, I trust this matter shall be handled by different trustworthy people?" Harry once again spoke to the head auror. "This is not the type of government I imagined we would have after I defeated Voldemort."

"What do you mean?"

"I did not expect to have a Ministry that would throw wizards into prison without trial simply because they want to. Neither did I imagine someone being experimented on because they know things that others don't." his comment earned whispers from the vultures behind. "I risked my life along with countless others to rid our world of evil only for it to fall into the hands of the corrupt."

"I will speak to Amelia Bones," Kingsley said. "She is the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot."

"If it comes down to it inform her that she has my vote for anything. She is a fair and just woman, I trust her to make the proper decisions for our Ministry." Harry nodded. "I do not appreciate the threats to those who are under my protection." he turned back to the other people. "If any harm shall befall Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Gemini Pomfrey, Fred, George and Ronald Weasley, the perpetrators will find themselves facing the full power of the Potter-Black Houses. I extend that protection to Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom and Blaise Zabini."

"What about Hermione Granger?" Skeeter asked.

"I have no intention of protecting a witch whose ambitions are higher than their morals." Hermione shrank back at the accusation as Skeeter's eyes gleamed with a new story. "Oh and Rita?"

"Yes Lord Potter-Black?"

"If I find that you twisted my words today, you'll find yourself looking for another identity when I'm done with you."

"You should arrest him for threatening a well-known journalist!" Granger exclaimed trying to save face.

"It wasn't a threat, it was a warning." Harry waved the protest off in a nonchalant manner. "Kingsley, keep me informed of your investigation, would you?"

"That I will Lord Potter-Black."

"Thank you Head Auror Shacklebolt." he dipped his head in acknowledgment. "Now, if you would excuse me, there are still patients that need to be tended to." and with a push of his magic he threw out the unwanted guests to the edge of the wards.

"You okay mate?" Ron asked as Harry let their glamours fall.

"I need a vacation."

"Don't we all?"

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"Is Draco finally asleep?" Gemini asked softly as he she noted the even breathing of the blond. Severus looked up from carding his fingers through his godson's hair and nodded silently. "He hasn't been able to sleep properly since the end of the Battle. Ronald has been helping him cope but Draco really needed to see you." Severus glanced down at the young man currently sleeping on his chest. Dark onyx eyes tracing all the lines on his godson's pale face. Gemini watched quietly until she felt a slight prodding in her mind and then Severus's velvety voice echoed in her head.

"Thank you for taking care of Draco while I was unable to."

"It was no trouble at all. He is such a sweet child now that he doesn't have a role to play." they both fell silent, watching the other in contemplation until Severus's eyes began to droop. "Sleep Severus. Harry will take care of everything." she could see him fighting his exhaustion so she rose from her seat and enlarged the bed. "Sleep," she watched him as he settled more comfortably with his bed mate. "I'll wake you both for dinner."

"Thank you Gemini."

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