Hey everyone, it's me again. Hope you enjoyed my last story, 'Forgive and Forget'. Well here's a new one for you all to read and review. I will apologize in advace for how long chapter one is. I hope you all enjoy reading this story. It took about a year to write. It takes place twenty years after the fall of Lord Voldemort. Harry and all the Weasley's and some other favorite people servive the second war and now have kids of their own. Well I'll let you read it. Enjoy!
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To Love A Potter Princess
Written By PotterLovesWeasley
Chapter One
A Family Reunion
A few miles outside the small seashore village of Ottery St. Catchpole sat a lopsided house named the Burrow. Today the Burrow was busy with it's twentieth family reunion that took place every summer in mid-June. What started out to be two parents and their six sons and one daughter turned into one of England's largest families. For each of Arthur and Molly Weasley's children where now grown and each had their own children to raise in the new peace of the Wizarding world. Of course, just like every year, the Weasley's also invited some of their closest family friends. Molly Weasley stood in the doorway of the Burrow's back door and looked out at her family and friends in the back garden. To say she was pleased with what she saw was an understatement to the word. No Molly Weasley was beyond pleased, she was proud, very proud of her growing family. To the left of the garden stood the older men, Albus Dumbledore, Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody (the ex-Auror), Remus Lupin, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, and Percy Weasley. All six of the older men where talking business with each other. Not far from the older men stood the younger men Fred and George Weasley, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Harry Potter. Also with the younger men where Molly's eldest grandsons Zackery Weasley, Robert Weasley, Justin Weasley, James Potter, Sirius Potter, Jason Weasley, and Mark Weasley. All of them where talking with each other, but they where talking more of jokes and stuff younger men liked to talk about.
Molly then turned to the right of the garden where there was a very large table set up for dinner. Setting at the table where the women of the growing family. There was Luna (Lovegood) Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, Nymphadora (Tonks) Lupin, Fleur (Delacour) Weasley, Rebecca (Jameson) Weasley, Penelope (Clearwater) Weasley, Angelina (Johnson) Weasley, Alicia (Spinnet) Weasley, Hermione (Granger) Weasley, and Ginny (Weasley) Potter. Also with the women where Molly's eldest granddaughters Sarah Weasley, Jessica Weasley, and Anna Weasley. The youngest of Molly's grandchildren, that also included the Lupin's and Longbottom's children, where farther from the Burrow, but from where she stood, she could still make out which child was which. Out on the Quidditch pitch where Michael and Johnathan Weasley, Katherine and Jennifer Potter, Crystal Lupin, Franklin Longbottom, Daniel Weasley, Arthur and Andrew Potter, Christopher Weasley, Elizabeth and Julie Weasley, Heather and Margret Weasley, Susan Potter, Alice Longbottom and Derek Lupin. Out by the lake where only three of Molly's grandchildren, Jane Weasley, Lillian Potter, and Alexander Lupin. And her last two grandchildren, Amy Weasley and Emma Weasley where sitting by the swings talking with themselves. But Molly wasn't just watching everyone, she was watching the three that sat by the lake. The New 'Golden Trio' is what most people called them. Jane, Lillian and Alexander where just like Harry, Hermione, and Ron when they where that age. The three of them where stuck together like Muggle glue, there has only been a few times where Molly had seen one or two of them with out the others. Out of all of her grandchildren the three of them where Molly's favorite grandchildren. As she looked over everyone once again a smile grew on her ageing face, not in a million years could she be more proud than this very moment. She had six daughter-in-laws, all very beautiful in their own ways. She had the 'King of the Wizarding Race' as her son-in-law. She also had thirty-two grandkids and five of them weren't related by blood at all.
Bill, Molly's eldest son, was now the Head Course Breaker at Gringotts bank. His beautiful, part Veela, French wife, Fleur Delacour, was a French Interrupter for Gringotts as well. They married a year before the second war ended and had their eldest daughter, Sarah Ann Weasley, nine months afterwards. Sarah now works in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes at the Ministry of Magic. Then two year after Sarah was born Bill and Fleur had Jessica (Jess) Angle Weasley, who owns her own Book shop in Diagon Ally. And then three year after Jess they had Amy Rose Weasley, who is now a sixth year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Bill and Fleur have been married for twenty-one years now and are still very much in love.
Charlie, Molly's second eldest son, was still a Dragon Keeper in Romania, when he meet his beautiful wife, Rebecca Jameson. They have been married for twenty years. A year after they married and opened their own Dragon farm, they had their twin sons, Jason (Jay) Dennis and Mark Anthony Weasley. Jay and Mark both took after their parents and are now helping them run the Dragon farm. Three years after the twins they had their only daughter Emma Jane Weasley, who's a sixth year at Hogwarts. Two years later came Daniel (Dan) James Weasley, who is going into the fourth year at Hogwarts, and with another two years came their fourth son, Christopher (Chris) Charlie Weasley, who is now in his second year at Hogwarts.
During the second war Percy, Molly's third eldest, married his long time girlfriend Penelope Clearwater, who is now a reporter for the Daily Prophet, while Percy works in the Department of International Magical Cooperation. Six months after Arthur was made Minister of Magic, Percy came back into the family with his nine month old twins, Zackery (Zack) Allen and Anna May Weasley, and Penelope. Then three years later came Robert (Rob) Michael Weasley. Zack now works in the Improper Us of Magic office at the Ministry. Anna works in the Department of Magical Transportation, while Rob is the Quidditch Reporter for the Daily Prophet.
Now Fred and George, Molly's twin sons, are a different story all together. They own a joke shop called 'Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes' that had locations in Hogsmeade, Diagon Ally, France, the United States and many other countries, too many to count on two hands you could say. Fred married his long time girlfriend Angelina Johnson six years after the second war ended. Then two years later Angelina gave birth to twin girls, Elizabeth (Liza) Bee and Julie May Weasley. Both girls are in their second year at Hogwarts. While Angelina runs and Dress shop with Alicia Spinnet. Alicia married George the same time Angelina married Fred. She also had her and George's twin daughters, Heather Kay and Margot (Maggie) Barry Weasley, around the same time as well.
Molly's youngest son, Ron, married his best friend and longtime girlfriend, Hermione Granger. They married a month after the last battle, then nine months later their oldest son, Justin Ronald Weasley was born. Justin is now playing Professional Quidditch for the Chudley Cannons, Ron's favorite Quidditch team. Three years after Justin came Jane Amy Weasley, who now works for the Quibbler as one of it's reporters. Two years after Jane came Ron and Hermione's twin sons, Michael (Mike) Paul and Johnathan (John) Henry Weasley. The twins are now in their fifth year at Hogwarts. Through the twenty years of being married Ron became the Head of the Auror Department at the Ministry, while Hermione worked as an Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries doing all kinds of research.
The youngest of Molly's children was her only daughter, Ginny. Molly was proudest with her for many reasons of course. One reason was that she married Harry Potter. He was like another son to Molly and she so wanted to make him a Weasley. So now they where related if only by marriage. At the age of seventeen Harry found out he was the last member of the Wizarding Royal family, who where related to both Merlin and Godric Gryffindor. When he found out of his heritage he became King of the Wizarding Race on that day. Six months later he married Ginny because it was both a requirement to become King and because he loved her with all his well being. Nine month's after their wedding their first born son, James Harry Potter, was born. James was named after Harry's father. On James's seventeenth birthday he took the title of 'Crowned Prince of the Wizarding Race', and is now working with Harry, learning about being King. A year after James came the Potter's second son, Sirius Michael Potter, named after Harry's godfather Sirius Black. Sirius now played Professional Quidditch for both the English National Quidditch team and Puddlemere United. Both James and Sirius took after Harry in every way, from the unruly raven black hair to the bright emerald green eyes. They also had his tallness and body structure. Two years past before Ginny gave birth to the first Potter Princess in over six generations of the family history. Lillian (Lily) Molly Potter was the spitting image of her grandmother Lily Evens-Potter. She had the flaming red hair and the bright emerald green eyes, but what set her apart from her siblings where the shape of her eyes, they looked like cat eyes. No one knew why her eyes where different from her siblings, they just where. Harry, also Dumbledore, believe that it was just one of those things Magic had to do with. And being the first Potter Princess in many generations there was a lot of Magic in Lily that even she had no clue about. Two years after Lily was born came Harry and Ginny's first set of twins. Katherine, Kate for short, Ann and Jennifer, Ginger for short, MacKay Potter where the second and third Potter Princesses to be born to the Potter family. But where always pushed into the shadow of Lily, not that Lily wanted the attention that came with being thrust into a lime light that was different from the rest of her family. Kate and Ginger had Ginny's features, Harry's emerald green eyes and flaming red hair, with a hint of black mixed in with the red. Now that Lily had graduated from Hogwarts, Kate and Ginger where going into their fifth year and hoped to their ancestor Merlin that they would become even more popular and stay out of Lily's shadow when they returned to the school. A year after Kate and Ginger where born came their twin brother's, Arthur (Art) Johnathan and Andrew (Drew) William Potter. Like James and Sirius the twin boys took after Harry in everyway possible, but they where also just like their Uncles Fred and George, which Harry blames himself for jinxing them when Ginny was pregnant with them. Going into their fourth year Art and Drew where already planning to use some of Fred and George's new inventions at school. Two years after Art and Drew came the youngest and last child of the Potter family, Susan, (Susie) Emma Potter. Just like Lily she was identical to their grandmother Lily Evans-Potter, but Susie didn't have the cat like eyes as Lily did, and she didn't really care either. From the day she was born to today Susie has Harry and her older sibling's wrapped around her little finger. For the first few years of her life she had Ginny wrapped around it to but as she got older Ginny some how unwrapped herself from it. Which made everyone laugh every time little Susie tried to get Ginny to get her something she wanted.
Molly smiled at the thought's of her blood related children, their spouses and her grandchildren. Then her thoughts turned to the Lupins. Remus Lupin had been an old family friend of the Potter family. But during the second war, he quickly became a family friend of the Weasley family as well. Two years after the war ended he marred Nymphadora Tonks, who hated being called by her first name and only went by Tonks. A year after they married they had Alexander (Alex) Remus Lupin, their eldest son. Since Alex graduated from Hogwarts he was excepted to play Professional Quidditch for Puddlemere United as one of their Chasers. Then two years they had their only daughter Crystal Angelina Lupin, and three years after her they had Derek John Lupin. Crystal is one of Kate and Ginger's best friends while Derek is the in the same year as Susie. After the second war and when laws where changing Remus retook the job as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. Just before Tonks gave birth to Alex she went into inactive as an Auror, then after having three kids stopped being an Auror all together, saying that she wanted to raise her kids as a full time mother. Another family friend where the Longbottoms. Neville Longbottom had been in Ron, Hermione, and Harry's year while at Hogwarts, while his wife, Luna Lovegood had been in the same year as Ginny. Neville and Luna married three years after the second war. Luna took over the Quibbler after her father's death. While Neville became a Herbologist researcher for St. Mungo's hospital. Two year's after they married, their son, Franklin, Frank for short, Allen Longbottom was born and is in the same year as Kate, Ginger, and Crystal. Then their daughter, Alice Ann Longbottom was born three years after Frank was.
Now that Molly thought about it, to say she was proud or pleased of her family was close to the truth, but it didn't get it right on. There was no word for the feeling she now had about her growing family. As she stood there looking out at that very family and friends she was over proud of, she gave a very happy sigh. Then she felt her husband, Arthur, put an arm around her shoulders as he too looked at what she saw, "Pleased?" He asked looking down at her.
"Very!" She answered looking up at him with a satisfied smile on her face.
"It's only going to get bigger, you know that right?" he said with a smile of his own, looking back out at his family and friends.
"Yes and I wouldn't have it any other way." Molly answered "Com on, it's time to eat." She added then she turned to the table where the older and younger women say. "Come on girls, come help me put dinner on the table."
"Coming mum." Ginny said, standing with the other women at the table.
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After everyone was seated and the food was on the table Arthur Weasley stood from his place at the head of the large table and smiled at his huge family. "What started out as two, then turned into nine, then turned to this loving family will never stop amazing me. For the past twenty years we have been having this family reunion to remind us of the people we have lost and the good times we have had in our lives. But I would like to share with you all that we are the largest family of the Wizarding world and to that I am more than proud." He then raised his glass of dinner wine. "May we grow in number and let our children always stay true to the light for many, many generations to come."
"Cheers!" Said everyone as they all raised their own glasses and with that they started in on the lovely meal Molly had made for them.
As everyone ate different conversations started up all over the table.
At the head of the table where Arthur sat, Ginny on his left asked, "How's the new Law's at the Ministry coming along?"
"Quite well, quite well." Arthur answered "And how are things with our Royal family?"
"The same as always. Let's see Harry is teaching James about being 'King of the Wizarding Race'. Sirius is mostly at Quidditch practice. Lily is getting ready for her Crowning as 'Crowned Princess of the Wizarding Race', now that she's seventeen. Kate and Ginger are driving Lily crazy about taking her clothes, Art and Drew are trying to figure out a way to get to Fred and George's shop with out me knowing. I just wish sometimes they weren't so much like Fred and George. I'm being to see why mum is the way she is with them." She paused as she thought.
"I'm sure that it's already to late for Art and Drew." Arthur said with a smile of knowing.
"Yes and I blame Harry for being their key investor." Ginny said.
"And how are you and Susie?" Arthur asked
"Susie is doing great. It's amazing how she has them all wrapped around her little finger so tight. I'm surprised she's not spoiled yet." Ginny said with a small smile. "As for me, I have a lot to do. Which is the bad thing about being 'Queen of the Wizarding Race'."
"You've only been Queen for twenty and a half years. I would have guess it would get easier not harder?" Arthur asked.
"Well with raising eight kids, five of them still in school, while the other three are still living from home because of a stupid Royal family tradition and law, plus all my regular Queen duties and helping Lily plane her Crowning Ball. I'm surprised I have slept more than five hours at night." Ginny answered.
"Anything else Gin?" Arthur asked watching his youngest child rant about her own life.
"Oh yes, trust me there is always something else. Like the bloody Press hounding Lily." Ginny said.
"Their still on about her and Max what's-his-name?" Arthur asked. He hated the Press when they hounded his favorite granddaughter, Lily. Lily was special in many ways. Besides being the most powerful out of the whole family. Lily was also the first Potter Princess born in six generation of the Potter family. She was put into a lime light that none of her siblings where put into. Every move she has ever made had been monitored by the Press since the day she was born. If it wasn't for how she looked then it was about what she did and most of the time the Press made it so bad that it made her cry and shut her self in her room at 'Potter Castle'.
"It's a mixture between Max and her Crowning." Ginny answered, knowing the look on her father's face and she had to agree with him. "This weeks article was about why she shouldn't be named Crowned Princess of the Wizarding Race. Then they compared her to Kate and Ginger."
"Yes, I read the article in the paper. If you weren't the Royal family it would be because she's the eldest daughter of Harry Potter." Arthur said "Fame is fun in some ways but as someone once said; 'You have to take the bed with the good.'"
"You got that from a Muggle movie didn't you?" Ginny asked with a sly smiled as she watched her father.
"Yes, it's from the movie 'A Knight's Tale'. Very good movie by the way." Arthur answered with a small laugh.
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It the middle of the table there was talk about Quidditch and Fred and George's joke shop 'Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes' "Hey Uncle Fred when's the new line of Pranks coming out?' Asked Art with an evil kind of smile on his face. His twin brother Drew, who sat next to him, had the same smile.
"Now boy's you know what your mother said?" Harry said looking at his twin son's.
"Oh come on dad. We're just finding our how the joke shop is doing.' Drew answered. The two of them may have looked like him, just like their older brothers did as well, but they where just like Fred and George in every way but looks. Harry smiled at the thought.
"Alright, but don't let your mother find out or it's my head." he said, going back to his dinner.
"Hey Dad, who you thinks going to win the World cup this year?" Asked Harry's eldest son, James.
"No idea, but I hope it's England." Harry answered.
"How's Puddlemere doing this year Sirius?" Asked Charlie.
"We're doing great. We have a match against the Cannon's coming up, right Justin?" Sirius answered looking over at his cousin that played for the Chudley Cannons as their Keeper.
"Yeah, but Puddlemer's going to win, Sirius. You're ten times better than us." Justin answered.
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At the very end of the table sat what most people called the new 'Golden Trio'. Jane, Lily, and Alex, the three of them have been best friends for seventeen year and counting. And just like Ron, Hermione, and Harry they where inseparable. Always doing things together, besides getting into trouble that is. They where close, as close as one could get as best friends/cousins could. "Can you believe we're finally done with school?" Jane asked the other two.
"No not really." Alex said "It's going to get even harder when we each start working." he added.
"Alex we'll always be together." Lily said, noting the sadness in his voice. "We'll have to work harder at getting together over the weeks and holidays."
"Yeah, it's just hard to imagine that we're never going back to Hogwarts." Alex said, looking at Lily. Jane saw the look in his baby blue eyes of longing and she smiled to herself. For as long as she could remember both Alex and Lily had liked each other, but where to afraid to say anything about it. When Lily started dating, Alex would get jealous and tell the guy if he ever hurt Lily, he would not only be facing him, but Lily's other male relatives as well. Lily was the same way almost when Alex got a new girlfriend, but she would just be to nice about the whole thing. Which would lead to her being called a true 'Potter Princess', which was true, Lily was a Potter Princess, but she hated the fact that everyone thought she was a spoiled brat, who had to have everything her way. Which was a far cry from the truth. Jane and the rest of the family knew that Lily hated being called 'The Potter Princess' and did her best to get out of that lime light. But try as she might, she knew she could never step out of that light. Everyone also knew that Lily tried to earn everything she got, like her NEWT's she got Outstanding on everyone of them. Well all three of them did, but she had worked her butt off studying for them. To Lily it didn't mater what her grades where, or the fact that she was a Princess, all she ever wanted was Alex. And Jane knew Alex wanted Lily, but felt he didn't deserve her. They where close, closer to each other than they where with Jane, but she didn't mind, she always thought they should be together.
"Are you done dear's?" asked Molly looking at the three of them.
"Yes grandma." Jane said still watching the looks Alex and Lily where giving each other when the other wasn't looking.
"Would you like some help grandma?" Lily asked looking away from Alex. Jane then saw that longing look in Alex's eye again. This time Molly saw it as well.
"No love, I've got it. Why don't you three go do something before you go home." Molly said with a smile at her three favorite grandchildren. They so reminded her of Ron, Hermione, and Harry when they where that age. The three seventeen year olds left the large table when Ginny came over to her mother.
"Let me guess, you saw the look as well?" she asked.
"How long?" Molly asked looking at her.
"For over five years now." Ginny answered "Jane's noticed it as well."
"Yes. I saw her watching them, but she seemed surprised when she was the longing look in Alex's eyes." Molly said.
"That look started after Max entered the picture." Ginny said helping Molly take dishes into the Burrow.
"What do you mean?" Molly asked walking into the kitchen, where the rest of her daughter-in-laws where, with Luna and Tonks.
"Who you talking about?" Tonks asked.
"Lily and Alex." Ginny said putting the dishes in the sink then taking a set at the table.
"Oh you've noticed too?" Tonks asked.
"I think everyone's noticed by now, but its gone a step farther since Max started dating Lily." Ginny said.
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"Alex show's signs of longing in his eyes now. It started about the time when Lily introduced us all to Max." Tonks said.
"So what does Max have to do with it?" Angelina asked.
"Ever since Harry and I started letting Lily date, Alex has always got a little jealous of the boy's she's dated. The same goes for Lily with Alex's girlfriends." Ginny started, "Well over the years that 'Like' has turned into 'Love'. Alex can't stand being around any of Lily's new boyfriends, especially Max."
"That still doesn't answer the question?" Angelina said.
"I know the answer. Well Jane told me this. She said that the only reason Alex dislikes Max is because he knows Alex loves Lily. And Max is rubbing it in Alex's face, because Max doesn't like Alex, no offence Tonks, because Alex is a half Werewolf." Hermione answered "And Max thanks that Alex isn't worthy of Lily."
"How'd she find that out?" asked Ginny.
"She's the only one other than Lily, that Alex confides in. Of course Lily also confides in Jane.' Tonks said.
"And she's the only one who hangs out with the both of them the most." Hermione added.
"Let me get this straight. Alex hates ever boy Lily goes out with because he loves her?" asked Molly. Tonks and Ginny both nod their heads.
"And Lily hates every girl that Alex goes out with because she loves him?" Fleur asked and again Tonks and Ginny both nod their heads.
"Then why don't they just tell each other how they really feel and be done with it?" Alicia asked
"That's the problem. Their to afraid what the other would do if they said they loved each other." Tonks said.
"Sound's a lot like Ron and myself." Hermione said recognizing the signs now.
"Yes, but you never had as many boyfriends as Lily has 'Mione." Ginny said. "I guess I could say Lily's not really scared of what Alex would do, it's the rest of the world she's afraid of."
"Why's that?" Penelope asked
"You've all read the papers. Lily is known as 'The Potter Princess', which is only half true, but even if she could step away from that lime light for being the first Potter Princess born in six generations, she can't. So she's afraid of what the world would think and say if she confessed her love for her best friend" Ginny said "Of course Alex, on the other hand, thinks his not worthy of her."
"That's true." Tonks said in agreement.
"Then I say we do something about it." Luna said. Looking around the kitchen.
"I agree." Molly said "I can see they love each other and it's tearing at my heart to see them not together."
"First, we have to get Max out of the picture." Angelina said.
"True." Ginny said thinking. "I've got it. . . ." And for the next hour of so, all of the women sat in the kitchen talking about the best ways to get Alex and Lily together and Max out of the picture.
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Meanwhile out at the large table in the garden all the men, young and old, sat talking. Harry looked over at the kids, who where now playing with some games and pranks from Fred and George's joke shop. He noticed Alex watching Lily play with a Muggle Sparkler and talking with Jane, who also had a Sparkler. Remus saw where Harry's eyes where looking and he smiled, "You see it too?" he asked.
"Yeah, but when did it start?" Harry asked looking at Remus.
"It started with the first boyfriend Lily got. But that longing look started when Lily introduced Max to all of us." Remus answered, watching his son watch Harry's third oldest.
"Where have I been the last few years?" Harry asked running a hand through his unruly raven black hair.
"You've been doing your Royal duties as our King." Remus said with a smile. "And working."
"Like I need to work. No why didn't I notice the signs between Alex and Lily before now?" Harry asked.
"Can't tell ya that sorry. I didn't start noticing until her seventeenth birthday ball, when we all meet Max." Remus answered. Harry looked at him with a confused look. "Oh sorry, Max found out some how that Alex loves Lily. And he's been rubbing it in Alex's face ever since."
"So in other words, Maxwell Smith is using my Lily to look the better man?" Harry asked, with a disgusted look on his face.
"You could say that. Yes." Remus answered.
"Remus, Alex, Crystal, Derek, Time to go home!" came Tonk's yell from the back door.
"Well, I'm being called home. I'll talk with you later Harry." Remus said.
"Yeah see ya Remus!" Harry said watching Alex hug Lily bye, then heading into the house. Lily looked after him with that same longing look Alex had. 'I'm going to have to talk to Gin about this!' Harry thought to himself. Then he and his eight kids where called to go home to 'Potter Castle'.