Disclaimer, summery and warning: See chapter one!
What happened so far: After defeating Voldemort Harry finds out that Ginny is dead. In shock, he uses a spell gives him a new start, minus the memories. Right after arriving in another time without memories he stumbles into a village where they are about to burn two children. Furiously Harry fights the whole village alone only to find unexpected help. They all escape though by then Harry is wounded and unconscious. As usual, he doesn't let such small things stop him for long and starts to get to know his new companions, including a grumpy Salazar Slytherin who after shipping of the kids to a new family invites Harry to become a defence Professor in his new school. There Harry meets Godric and Helga and is promptly brought to the hospital wing! In the meantime, Ron and Hermione followed him to ensure he was safe and not alone in a strange place. They can protect their memories and are much better prepared and now Salazar worries what their arrial might do to Harry's memories! Especially after just a few weeks after their arrivel a major memory returns to Harry. Luckily though the memory only brought them closer. Now read how things are nearly two years later.
New life, new time
Chapter seven
They are nearly at the end of their second year of teaching after the opening of Hogwarts and it's becoming more and more of a routine to work there. The children already feel at home when arriving apart from the new arrivals. During the summer, the founders are going out again like the last year to spread the word about their school and see if they can find any Muggle-born child that might need their help. Ever since Salazar heard a bit more about Harry's childhood the day after his first nightmare about Voldemort he is adamant to help as many children in such a situation as possible.
Salazar's relationship with Harry's two best friends is still strained at best, though currently, it's more him who is weary of them rather than the other way around. Hermione has finally accepted that he isn't what they had assumed him to be, and even Ron says that he might be tolerable but their personalities just clash too much to actually get along. Still, Ron accepts and admits that Salazar is good for Harry and makes him happy and that is all they care about.
But ever since Salazar found out that neither Hermione nor Ron had ever been around when Harry had cried and had just accepted that he was sent back to his muggle relatives not only shortly after Cedric's death but again and again the following two years after losing a loved one, Salazar is really pissed with them. No wonder it hadn't been familiar for Harry to be comforted the way Salazar had, he hadn't been comforted at all because those blasted Muggles that were supposed to raise Harry certainly wouldn't bother. No surprise he had wanted to forget everything, he had not only been through a lot, he probably never managed to get over one blow before the next one hit him with the kind of comfort he received. Or rather failed to receive.
Now Harry is nearly constantly watched like a hawk by Salazar, at least apart from their lessons where both have to give different ones. Salazar wants to make sure to notice when the next bad memory hits the younger man and to be there for him when it does. So far it has been peaceful, luckily. It seems he at least gets his bad memories back much slower than he had first feared after remembering Umbridge and Voldemort shortly after each other. Maybe the fear of more bad memories stops his mind from remembering too much.
Today is the last Quidditch game of the season and it's Slytherin against Gryffindor. Ron, who trains both has a hard time since even though they are Slytherins, he had helped train them all and now wants both to win. The game is more or less even when Ron suddenly says, "You know Harry, we should try and get a teachers team and play the winning team of the students."
"Why should we do that?" Salazar sneers. He still doesn't like to fly even though he does like to watch Harry go for a spin with Ron and whenever he hears that they go out he stands at some window to watch them.
"Because I miss playing the game." Ron whines, "I bet Harry does too, or would if he could remember how much he loved to play. And he really was the best seeker ever. Even if our team sucks with me as a keeper to block at least some of the opponent's goals and buy us some time and him as a seeker to get all those points the snitch gives us we're sure to win!"
"Is he really that good?" Godric asks. "Because I could play chaser. I used to play with some friends when I was younger."
"Then we just need two more of those and two beaters," Ron says.
"I doubt you'd get them." Hermione says, "I'm not much on a broom and while I agree that with Harry on the team it won't matter too much, I'm in danger of breaking my neck and such refuse. Rowena isn't even here because she cares that little for Quidditch, hell she doesn't even watch her own house play. That only leaves Salazar, who we all know doesn't fly unless he absolutely has to, Helga, who we know loathes the game for the injuries it can cause and I very much doubt she wants to partake, and Mortimer Byrne and Juliet McGuinness which means even if both of them agree, we are still two people short and to be frank, Juliet doesn't strike me as a flying kind of girl and similar to Rowena she never watched a game since she's at the school."
"Pity," Harry sighs, it would sound interesting.
"I agree." Mortimer says, "I used to play chaser with friends a lot when I was younger and still do during the summers."
"That means we have to find three more players." Ron says, "Maybe some of your friends can join even if they aren't teachers?"
"Wouldn't be a teachers team then." Harry points out before looking at Salazar, "How much can you do on a broom? I mean hover in a corner without falling like Hermione seems to doubt she can is surely possible for you right? You could officially be a chaser and it seems Ron thinks we'd even win when we're short a player."
"Certainly could," Ron says.
"You'd still be short two beaters," Salazar replies. "And unless I have a reason to think that there is someone stopping the opponents from trying to hit me with one of the bludgers I'm not going up there."
"Too bad." Ron sighs.
"Maybe I find someone to replace Julia to play for us." Godric muses.
"Julia?" Hermione asks, "Don't tell me you're thinking about replacing a teacher just to have another player?"
"Don't be silly." Godric laughs. "It would be pointless because we'd still be one down unless I replace Rowena or Helga which isn't easily possible and apart from that Julia has met someone last summer and they have met up a few times in the village and he has asked her to marry him and they want to start a family. He can support her which makes it unnecessary for her to work away from the family she wishes to start and such she is leaving us due to her own choice. She told me last night."
"Then let us both see if we find a teacher," Helga suggest we both could have done Transfiguration and you could also have done defence and Sal Herbology. If we find another for Herbology or Healing I could take Transfiguration instead, I would prefer to keep Healing though but you know that while I'm adequate in Herbology I've never been very fond of the subject. Not like with healing or charms but alas, I hadn't found a god Herbologist and Mortimer is very good at charms, better than me in fact."
"I thank you for the compliment." Mortimer throws in.
"Agreed then." Godric says, "We both look for someone to take over either Transfiguration or Herbology and once we found one we'll let the other know with an owl."
Suddenly everyone cheers and Godric looks back to the game and whines, "I missed the catch! Why didn't anyone tell me the seeker was after it."
"Not my fault you didn't watch the game." Harry, who had seen everything grins.
Suddenly fireworks go off from the stands on the other side of the teachers and while most draw their wand Ron gasps, "Those are Wheezes."
"What?" Salazar asks sounding worried since one of their teachers from the future recognises some magical fireworks that are far superior to anything he had ever seen!
"Weasley's wizarding wheezes. The name of the joke shop Ron's older brothers opened." Hermione explains. "They made exactly those but I have no idea how some students could possibly have gotten their hands on them since we didn't bring those, we did bring some stuff but not them. They are harmless though."
"I think the students aren't involved," Harry says watching along the rows of students on the other side.
"What do you mean?" Hermione asks.
"I think I'm seeing the red-headed twins from my memory of the DA and this Neville as well as a young blond that was also in my dream," Harry explains.
"Impossible." Hermione says and looks across to find them, "Where do you see them?"
"Accio Firebolt." Harry summons his broom and says, "I'll check, wait here."
"Be careful." Salazar orders.
"Don't worry." Harry smiles at him, "You won't get rid of me that easily."
A moment later his broom is there and Harry just jumps up while it flies at him and sets off over to the other side. "Hey, Harry." One of the twins says once he's close enough.
"Remember us already?" the other says.
"We came to see how you are." The first says.
"Our time is boring without you around." The other says.
"So we thought we see what kind of mayhem we can cause here." The first says.
"And no worries about mum or anything." They switch again.
"She wasn't thrilled at first," One replies.
"But she was fine with us going." The other adds.
"And she has so many grandchildren around." His brother points out.
"She'll barely notice us gone." The second says.
"Everything is covered." They say together.
"Are they always that annoying?" Harry asks the young man that must be Neville according to Hermione's explanations.
"Yep." Neville says, "And it seems you're still a few memories short. They are Fred and Gorge in case Ron never mentioned their names. I'm Neville and this is my lovely wife Luna."
"You are still good at catching aren't you?" Luna asks and suddenly lets herself fall down to be caught and Harry flies after to do just that.
"Are you crazy?" He asks as soon as he got her seated safely on his broom.
"I don't think I am but many people would probably disagree." She says cheerfully. "And thanks for the hug." She adds from the safety of his hold on her.
"I think the others might be right," Harry says but can't help to grin at the strange woman.
"It suits you." She suddenly says.
"What does?" Harry asks.
"Being happy." She explains while Harry flies her back to the ground.
Shortly after they land the other teachers are there and Ron runs towards his brothers worriedly. "Is everything all right? What about mum and dad?"
"Bill and Fleur moved in." One of the twins says. Harry has no idea which one.
"We are all uncles." The other says.
"And we got annoyed by the screaming." The first says again.
"Bloody annoying." The other agrees.
"We moved out again to escape." And they switched again.
"And then Luna and Neville showed up out of the blue." The other says excitedly.
"Just as we were starting to get bored." One explains.
"Saved our sanity." The other adds.
"Our dear Luna." One says.
"My wife by now by the way," Neville says towards a glaring Salazar who clearly looks jealous at the blond that is still way too close to his Harry for his liking.
"Found out that Zonkos was opened around this time." The other twin says ignoring Neville completely.
"And guess by whom?" The other asks sounding even more excited.
"By red-headed twins that's whom." The other says.
"The names aren't in any books." One says.
"That information somehow got lost." The other says.
"But we talked it through with Charly, Bill, Mum and Dad and as usual," One says.
"Ignored Percy!" Both say together.
"And since Luna insisted that her baby has to be born where Harry is." One says.
"We found out two weeks ago," Neville says proudly and moves an arm around his wife.
"Because she wants Harry to be the godfather of her child." The other says once again ignoring Neville's comment.
"We thought we come along." They both say together.
"We also made that potion to keep our memories," One of them says again.
"Which is mainly why they came to us," The other explains.
"We might not be potions masters," One of them says.
"And loved to mess up Snape's classroom," Both cheerfully say together.
"But we do know how to brew." One of them says again and by now Harry forces his grin down seeing Salazar's glare and wonders how much longer he can keep it in.
"We have to find a job for them!" Ron suddenly cheers. "I mean they are the best beaters I know, we could get that team running I'm sure they'd keep Slytherin over there safe from bad, bad bludgers while he hovers in a corner and with Godric and Mortimer playing chaser and me as keeper as well as Harry here as seeker we'd beat the winning house team for sure!"
"Playing again?" Both twins say. "We're in."
After that they evilly glare at Salazar, "Salazar Slytherin is scared of Bludgers eh?" One says.
"Better remember that." The other grins.
"We have to research pranks that include them." They say together.
"Pick on him and Harry will rip you to shreds," Ron warns.
"Why?" Both asks confused.
"Harry and Salazar are best friends," Ron grumbles. "They are thick as thieves and trust me, pick on him and you have Harry against you."
Both twins look at one another for a while before they sigh, "What a pity."
"You actually listen?" Ron asks shocked.
"It's Harry." Both shrug. "We owe him one. More than one actually."
"Why?" Harry asks.
"You sponsored our first shop." One says.
"Without you, we'd have nothing." The other says.
Hermione just sighs and says "I think Introductions are in order." After that, she points towards the teachers and says their full name before doing the same with Neville and Luna before she moves to the twins. "And I have no Idea who of them is who, no one ever does, but their names are Fred and Gorge Weasley but you might as well call them chaos and destruction."
"Hermione." One says.
"We never knew you could be so kind." The other says.
"We are so happy you appreciate us." They say together.
"Appreciate?" She says, "I'm a teacher here, I fear you!"
"Aw Hermione." Both swoon, "You are too kind."
"That bad?" Godric grins towards Ron.
"They are the biggest pranksters in history." Ron confirms, "Fear the worst and it will only be half as bad as reality."
"Oh." Hermione suddenly says, "You were talking about possibly hiring a new Herbology teacher and have Helga take over for Julia right?" Hermione asks suddenly, "Neville here was great at that. I'm sure he would be perfect."
"Neville." Ron says, "You fly don't you?"
"You do remember our first flying class don't you?" Neville asks.
"That's a no." Ron sighs after Godric's questioning look.
"I broke my arm," Neville says. "Lost my remembrall too and someone wanted to bully me by hiding it in a tree or somewhere high but you know, Harry was around and he hates Bullies. He tried to get it back and when the other boy wanted to throw it against a wall he flew after it and nearly crashed but he did catch it and save it and got down in one piece. Or so I was told."
"It was awesome," Ron confirms nodding.
Harry grins and suddenly says, "He was blond wasn't he? That brat that threw that ball."
"You remember?" Hermione asks with a bit of worry in her eyes. Malfoy might not be the direct cause for many of his worst memories but he did have to do with Dumbledore's death and the older Malfoy was there when Sirius died. She just hopes this doesn't trigger anything bad. At least Salazar had questioned her thoroughly enough to probably fear the same. The man must be an expert on Harry's past considering that he had grilled Ron after their talk to find out everything directly that she only knew from their explanations like what happened in that chamber. By now Salazar knows everything they know. Which is also the reason he currently glares like he is about to behead someone.
"Yeah," Harry says, "And this strict woman came out of the castle and I thought I'd get kicked out and she told me to follow her but instead of getting kicked out she introduced me to Wood the team captain and I became seeker right?"
"Right." Fred and Gorge say. "We were in the team too and you were the best seeker ever."
"Which is why we have to get a team going." Ron whines.
"But we don't have any jobs for Fred and Gorge and in case you forgot, they want to open a shop instead of working as teachers." Hermione points out. "Apart from the fact that I shudder at the thought of what they might teach."
Both twins just grin evilly while Helga suddenly says looking at the twins, "Would one of you like to play in my stead? If the other does for Rowena then we founders would all be represented in the team. Even if Salazar only hovers in a corner."
Salazar grumbles a little and Harry just looks at him beggingly. "Please, for me?"
"I said I would if you find someone right?" Salazar grumbles, "But I don't intend to just hover, you better teach me enough to at least be able to fake some talent."
Harry just grins and hugs him. "Don't worry, we'll get it done. But I have a feeling that while I'm good at flying, Ron should teach you this. He actually learned, I just fly."
"He has a point," Hermione sighs, "You can be too good at some things to teach it."
"How is that?" Salazar asks. "You can never be too good."
"Not for yourself," Hermione explains. "But since he never actually learned anything about flying, he wouldn't know what to look out for as a beginner. He has no idea what you'd need to learn first because he just knew everything from the start. Apart from that, he might have been around during team practice and he was even captain and training his team for a bit but Ron had to help him there too because he doesn't know much about the other positions and you already know his talents in chess, this isn't so different. He'd have to have a strategy and as you know."
"He acts instead of thinking." Salazar sighs.
"Hey," Harry complains, "I am able to think."
"Really?" Both twins say tighter sounding shocked. Harry glowers at them a little and then they sigh, "Dragon fourth year, he had a plan there!"
"That's right." Hermione says sounding shocked, "I nearly forgot that. But then again, he didn't come up with that on his own."
"Sorry mate." One twin says with a shrug.
"You're on your own." The other says.
"But more importantly," Harry just rolls his eyes and wonders if they switch just to annoy others while the twins move to stand on one of Hermione's sides each.
"Did our brother finally man up?" One asks.
"And ask you to marry him?" The other wants to know.
"Or did your brain finally catch up?" One says.
"And you dumped the loser?" Both say together.
"Hey?" Ron complaints. "I'm your brother we should stick together."
"That would include Percy!" Both twins say outraged.
"Okay," Ron sighs, "That I understand but me?"
"You are too much fun to tease." One says.
"Why do you think we missed you so much?" The other nods in agreement.
"At least you do miss me," Ron grumbles "I wish you'd stop picking on me though."
"And what are we to do instead?" Both want to know.
"But to answer your question." Hermione interrupts to help Ron, "I most certainly didn't dump my fiancé."
"Poor girl." Both twins sigh. "And what about our youngest honorary brother?" And now they move towards Harry and one dares to push himself between Harry and Salazar.
"Are you happily married?" One asks.
"Engaged?" The other asks.
"Dating?" Comes from Harry's other side.
"A father?" Comes from the other side.
"Having a tonne of affairs?" Both ask together.
"None of the above," Harry says. "I'm single with no illicit affairs and hence no kids. But I am happy!"
"How boring." Both sigh melodramatically.
"Don't worry." One says.
"We'll find you a nice one." The other says.
Hermione grins seeing Salazar's glare and sees that both twins eye him for a moment and grin as well and she already assumes that they will try to annoy the hell out of him by suggesting someone else to Harry just to bother the other wizard. And as if to prove their point they even say together, "Preferably someone who loves to fly and is a great Quidditch player."
"I hope you two barnacles already have accommodations because while I might not have a problem to let a possible teacher for the coming year stay here already nor would I mind his wife joining him as long as he works here, I don't see any reasons to let two annoying pranksters into our castle," Salazar growls.
"Guess we did it, brother." One twin grins.
"We pissed of Salazar Slytherin." The other grins.
"But don't worry," The first says.
"We made plenty of money in our time with a joke shop." The other says.
"And we can buy a house in no time." Both say together.
"And what will you do until you have it?" Hermione asks slightly worried about her soon to be brothers-in-law.
"Camping!" Both brothers say excitedly.
"I guess you brought everything for that?" Ron asks.
"Of course." Both say again and Neville just looks at Salazar.
"I'm glad if we can really stay here though. I feel safer when I'm not around those two since they use whoever they can get their hands on to test their experiments on."
"You did look funny with green spots in your hair." Luna smiles at her husband.
"As I said," Neville says, "Thank you for saving me."
Harry just grins a little before saying, "We should get the kids in order and dinner started though. It's getting late and they are probably still wondering about the fireworks and those four."
"Sure." Salazar says, "But those two leave. Now!"
Hermione just grins and says, "Write us when you have that shop up and running."
"Only if you tell your students to come and check it out!" The twins say.
"Over my dead body," Ron says.
"We can arrange that." The twins grin.
Harry looks worried but Luna just smiles at him and says, "They are kidding. They wouldn't do anything to harm anyone. They are funny. Death is not."
"Smart girl." The twins say and both give her a hug, "See ya and annoy our brother for us!"
Luna just waves at them before both summon a broom and get into the air saying, "And write us when you need us to represent some Prof in a game. We're totally in!"
Salazar is just glad to see the last of them and Godric get's Neville set in a room to make sure that he and Luna have a place to sleep especially since Luna is pregnant and then explains during dinner who the two new arrivals that stay are and just hopes no one will ask about the twins to avoid the students buy countless of pranks before the next year starts.
Later that night Salazar finds out that he was right to worry that the new arrivals and their talk about their family and Malfoy have triggered something. Harry wakes up again during the night and once again has tears run down his face. This time he stays in his room to avoid that blasted snake tell Salazar anything. He even tries to muffle his sobs with his cushion. To Salazar's luck, however, the Snake painting not only reports everything to him, but it also has a very good hearing. And since Salazar knows the password to Harry's quarters he just walks in. Harry is still trying to muffle his sobs when Salazar's hand touches his shoulder and he sits down on the bed.
Harry looks up surprised to see anyone but then just throws himself into his arms and holds on to him crying. Like last time Salazar just holds him until his tears calm down and once he quiets down Salazar gently asks, "What did you dream about?"
At first, Harry just buries deeper into his chest and Salazar assumes that it must be worse than last time and just holds him tighter for a moment and gives him some time to maybe change his mind and start talking. When it doesn't look likely he says, "Please Harry, I just want to help you and talking might help, it did last time, didn't it?"
It is quiet again for a moment but eventually, Harry tells him about his dream. It started with a Giant and Umbridge and went through everything that happened at the ministry that night, including Sirius' death, and didn't end until after he was back with his so-called family.
The only good thing that Salazar hears in that story is Luna since apparently, she had comforted Harry a bit in her own quirky way after Sirius had died. Salazar just listens until the very end of it and once again holds him while the sobs that start again during his talking subside again. He also rubs his back again in a circling motion and eventually shifts them both into a lying position in Harry's bed and gently holds him and once Harry's tears slow again he says, "I know it hurts now Harry, but like last time, it's just a long forgotten memory. Not much more than the nightmare it was. It's over and everyone is safe. No one can hurt your friends here. Neville and Luna are even here now. They are safe, just like you are."
It is quiet and Harry looks thoughtful while Salazar lazily moves his hands over his back to calm him further he wonders what else could bother the other man since something clearly still does. And Salazar has the feeling that it isn't just the loss of his godfather. "You know it wasn't your fault right? You wouldn't want Sirius to blame himself were the roles reserved and that it means you shouldn't either right?"
"He came because of me." Harry mumbles.
"He wasn't the only one." Salazar says, "And even though he came for you and your friends, you had a very good reason to go. You were worried because you are a caring person and wanted to protect him and there is nothing you could be blamed for. You were tricked, so what? You were 15 years and that man that tricked you was not only older but also tricked many people before you. No one can hold it against you. And you wouldn't if your roles had been reversed, would you? You'd still love your godfather."
Salazar notices the frown increase when he says that Harry would still love him and tries to go over everything Harry has told him about the other man rather than what he knows from Ron and Hermione since their perspective might be different. He remembers that Harry mentioned, that Sirius wanted to take him in and now he was once again forced back to the family that doesn't love him. "We all love you, Harry, you know that right?" Harry just nods wordlessly. "Harry, please, tell me what troubles you. I see that there is something else. What is it?" Harry just moves his face to hide it in the crock of Salazar's neck. "Tell me, Harry, please." Salazar just whispers into his ear.
"He called me James," Harry admits, he had left out that part. "When we both duelled Malfoy, he called me James, when I had thrown that spell he said 'good one, James.' Not Harry. James. Even then, even in my memory, it made me pause and wonder. I think I was just a replacement for him."
Salazar sighs and moves to lie Harry down and hover above Harry a little and holds one hand on his cheek to make the other look at him before he says, "He would have to be incredibly dumb not to care for you the way you are. And everyone has a slip of the tongue every now and then especially when in the middle of a duel where his main focus is elsewhere and maybe at that moment he was reminded of your father and the good old times but that does in no way mean that he didn't love you the way you are with all the differences you have. I don't know if he'd ever been so close to you otherwise, because he wanted to be close to you for his friend's sake just like you will be close to Luna's child eventually just because it's your friends child but that doesn't mean you won't love the child or worse try to use it to replace Luna or Neville should something happen to them. And as I said, this Sirius would have to be incredibly stupid not to see how wonderful you are."
"My family didn't love me." Harry mumbles.
"Like I said," Salazar grins "Incredibly stupid."
Harry grins a little and looks up at the other man with a teary smile on his face. "How do you do it, make me always feel better?"
Salazar just shrugs "Don't know. But there is something else we have to make clear here, how do you think I would feel had the snake not told me that you were crying and I find out in a few weeks time that you remember something and I weren't there to comfort you. I would feel incredibly guilty that's how I would have felt and you just let that happen by not telling me that you need me. Now promise me that you won't selfishly try to pull through something like this alone ever again."
Harry chuckles and asks, "Are you seriously trying to guilt trip me into bothering you in the middle of the night when I'm sad about something?"
"Depends on." Salazar grins, "Is it working?"
Harry chuckles again still with tears in his eyes and then says. "Fine, but on one condition."
"What condition?" Salazar asks.
"That you'll stay and hold me tonight," Harry whispers looking beggingly and Salazar just moves both arms around the younger and holds him close against himself again and whispers into his ear "Always!"
Harry cuddles closer into his embrace again and Salazar starts to move his hands through his hair and after a while, he gives a kiss to his forehead and Harry looks at his face again, this time much closer to him. They look at each other for a while and after a moment Harry moves even closer and their lips meet for a short moment and then he cuddles against him again and sighs deeply and whispers, "Thank you, for everything."
Salazar still holds him and moves his hand through his friend's hair wondering if he's still only a friend or if maybe, he could be more now. He hardly dares to hope though and it takes some time before he finally falls asleep.
When Salazar finally wakes up after a few hours of sleep he sees Harry lean over him and watch him. "Morning." Salazar mumbles.
"Morning." Harry grins at him and leans down to give him another kiss and smiles shyly at him afterwards only to feel Salazar's arms around him again and pull him down to him for more morning kisses.
Authors Note: They kissed! And thanks to Gambito and daithi4377 for the reviews.
And again, they kissed! Who else is happy about that? Me myself and I agree that we are happy about it :P Does that make me sound crazy? Well, now we have Luna and Neville there too and Salazar has even more reason to be angry about stupid time travellers that only think about themselves though Luna certainly was more thinking about the best godparent for her child and what mother doesn't put their child first especially when she is certain that Harry will be fine either way because he wrote he was. So Luna clearly has no reason to worry, right? Well, despite all those visitors, still no Ted, guess he didn't make it into the story but will Harry at least remember him? Will he remember that Voldemort was the heir of Slytherin? Will that put a damper to their just starting relationship or will Salazar still get his Harry to marry him eventually?
