Story Title: The Destined Couple, Part # 1
Rating (up to PG-13 only): PG-13 (later use)
Any warnings to readers (e.g. slash, other ships)? Things are implied.
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Word count for this installment: 983
Running Total no. of words for entire story (5,000 or less): 983

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

AN: Thank you so much to my wonderful Beta! Ill tyr to update asap if you all like it!

Chapter 1: The Second Prophecy

A raven-haired, emerald-eyed teenager was walking through the streets of Godric Hollow in mid-July. He looked around as neighbors and town folks had their annual town carnival. Harry Potter saw his parents, Lily and James, sitting on the bench talking to his godfather, Sirius Black. His neighbors and friends would describe him as a 17-year-old boy.

Best unknown to them, the Potter Family aren't your normal family. They were a wizard family secretly in hiding from the Dark Lord. Harry smiled as his mother laughed at something his father had said and his godfather looked at them with bug eyes. Harry had been walking around thinking about how to defeat the Dark Lord after receiving more news that he had attacked yet another muggle town from The Order of the Phoenix.

By age 15, he had faced He-Who-Must-Not-Named six times. When he was one, he had his first encounter after had been attacked with the killing curse when his parents were at an order meeting. Even though he survived, his grandfather did not. After the sixth encounter, Headmaster Dumbledore told Harry about a prophecy which stated….

The one with the power to vanquish the dark lord approaches ...
Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ...
And the dark lord will mark him as equal, but he will have power the dark lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.

Now Harry is known as The Chosen One, as he thought more about the prophecy, he became lost deeper in his thoughts and emotions. He was becoming more depressed as each day went by. He thought about how he would probably never have a normal life. He thought about the girl he had found himself falling for ever since fourth year, Cho Chang, and how he could never have a real relationship with her. He saw his best friend Ron Weasley having a life without Harry and how Harry wanted the life Ron had. All though Harry loved his family, he wanted something different. He wanted to have siblings; he wanted to have a real chance for a normal life; he wanted to be able to have a real girlfriend like the one Ron had with his girlfriend Luna. He wanted- most of all- so much to hav---

His thoughts were cut short as Sirius walked up to him and slapped him on the back. "Hey Harry. How are you? Meet any girls lately?" asked Sirius wiggling his eyebrows as he teased his godson. Harry blushed and rolled his eyes as he struggled with the laugh threatening to escape when he saw Lily's face as she walked up and looked annoyed towards Sirius.

"Will you just leave poor Harry alone Sirius? He will find a girlfriend soon enough." Replied Lily as she put and arm around Harry and kissed the top of his head. Harry blushed harder and muttered a thank you to his mother. James just laughed at the scene and threw a look at Sirius, who nodded and started to walk towards Potter Manor with James.

Lily shook her head at the look and her eyes followed her husband and his best friend. Then, she turned to look at her son and gave him a small sympathetic smile as Harry saw a look in her eyes that told him something was up. Harry took his mother's hand and gave it a squeeze to insure her it was okay. They started to follow James and Sirius towards their house.

As soon as the four of them were all in the manor and each had a cup of tea, Sirius and James walked into the library and sat near the fire. Sirius sat in a big leather seat and Harry sat down next to Sirius in an identical matching chair as Lilly sat down next to James on a matching sofa. All of a sudden, out of the fireplace came Remus Lupin, a member of the Order and a friend of the family.

He got up from on the floor and stood looking at them. "Hello everybody… There is something I must tell you. For it is very urgent and must been seen to as soon as possible. There has been another… how should I put it… prophecy… I guess you could say… It was revealed yesterday but the new of it didn't reach me until this afternoon..." Remus saw the look of horror on Lilly's and Harry's faces. "It is not as horrible as the last one... but it isn't something I think you will be very happy with…"

James looked at him, annoyed with how long it was taking, and said, "Remus, we are never happy to hear these things as you know so if you will please tell us, we can try to figure out what to do."

Remus, nodding in understanding, stated, "To defeat the Dark Lord once and for all,
The chosen one must marry a witch, who's wit matches his power."

Lily jumped up and gasped. "Oh my goodness! What!" Harry dropped his tea. As it crashed on the floor next to his feet, he got up, looking at his parents, Sirius, and Remus. HE looked at Remus and tried to respond in a calm tone and shocked voice, "I r-r-r-ref-fuse to be-e-e m-m-m-a-a-rr-ried to s-s-s-som-m-meon-ne I don-n-n't kn-n-now-w-w, w-w-wh-hic-ch w-ill gulp probably be the case." With that Harry turned and ran to his room. As he ran, the voices of James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily could be heard yelling, begging for him to come back. When he reached his destination, he locked his turn with a strong locking charm, walked over turned on his music and put it on semi-full blast, and finally flung himself onto his bead and buried his head into his pillow.