Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JKR, of course. Just puttering around in her world.

When the house wards buzzed, Luna reached for her wand where it lay on the table. She murmured the spell to identify who was at the front door. The names made her smile, so she called for Kreacher as she tucked her wand behind her ear. The old elf popped into the kitchen, gazing approvingly at the baby nursing in her arms.

"Missus Potter needs Kreacher to escort visitors?" he asked.

"Yes, thank you." She smiled at the elf before he popped away to the entrance hall, listening to his efficient greeting. From what Harry had said, Kreacher's behavior now was worlds different from the half-mad, sniveling elf that had served Grimmauld Place after the last Lady Black's death. She certainly couldn't fault his devotion to the baby's care.

As she heard footsteps on the stairs down to the kitchen, she finished off the last of her cup of hot chocolate, frowning a little at how cool it had gotten while she'd been reading at the table. The frown disappeared as she saw George leading the way into the room. "I wondered how long your curiosity would hold out," she said, favoring him with a sweet smile as he sat down next to her.

"It may be a longer visit than just an afternoon's visit," he said, reaching out to carefully caress the baby's silky wisps of black hair.

"I had a feeling that might happen." Like the dream she'd had of Teddy coming to the house, she'd dreamed last night of the house growing to hold even more family. It hadn't been clear who it was, but she wasn't surprised to see George arrive. She turned to the two who'd accompanied George. "Hermione. Percy. Are you just making sure he got here safely, or did you also want to change where you call home?"

Hermione looked almost relieved at Luna's matter-of-fact acceptance that the trio had arrived to stay. She nodded, causing stray curls to escape the loose twist she had her hair in. "Things are a bit uncomfortable at the Burrow right now and a bit overcrowded too."

Luna figured being overcrowded was a bit of a polite excuse to say yesterday's news about the Potter marriage was still causing strife among the Weasleys. "Harry's gone today to the Ministry and Gringotts, but he should be back by dinnertime. I know he won't mind me saying you are all more than welcome to stay here."

She paused to thank Kreacher for the fresh mug of hot chocolate and asked him to ready tea for the other three. "Of Percy and George don't mind sharing, there are two rooms free. Sirius' old room on the third floor and the one on the first floor, although I think Harry would be worried if you took that one, Hermione. He wouldn't like you alone on the ground level."

The other woman sat across from Luna, motioning for Percy to sit too. The man looked distinctly uncomfortable, but sat down, focusing his attention on the bustling house elf. "If there are only two rooms empty, who all is staying here?" Hermione asked.

Luna hummed as she pondered how best to answer that question. Harry had admitted rather sheepishly, once he'd assured himself she was not still upset over Ginny's venom, that he'd forgotten to explain the full extent of their family to everyone. Her drowsy son gave her time to think, as she righted her clothing and settled him on her shoulder. Patting his back gently, she smiled at the three newest residents of Grimmauld Place.

"As Lord Black, Harry is responsible for all members of the Black family. He's reinstated Andromeda, and through her line, Teddy, as members of the family, but there are two other members of the family that were in need of his protection as well."

It wasn't Hermione who first made the connection, but George. "Narcissa and Draco."

Luna nodded. "Lucius rescinded their marriage contract, which returned them both to the family."

Hermione looked offended. "He can just cast them off like rubbish by revoking a contract?"

"Depending on how the contract was worded, it might be more to their benefit, and Harry's," Percy said, looking directly at Luna now that she was no longer nursing. "The Blacks were quite infamous for their contracts favoring their own family if the other family was foolish enough to reject one of theirs. Cyrus Black was known as a shrewd businessman, so I'd wager that Harry's vaults are considerably richer, especially since Narcissa bore a suitable heir during the marriage."

Rewarding him with a bright smile, Luna nodded. "Mr. Malfoy had to return double Narcissa's dowry plus the same amount again for Draco, plus all their personal things and two house elves." Deciding to take advantage of George sitting so close and seeming interested in the baby, Luna settled Alexander in his arms. "You'll be quite interested in meeting the elves, Hermione. The younger is Dobby's daughter."

Deciding to introduce the elves now, she called for Lannie and Nettie, giggling when the two females popped almost silently into the room. She hadn't yet figured out how they knew when the baby was sleeping in order to quiet their arrivals into a room, but figured it was related to the wealth of nanny related spells Lannie knew and had taught Netta. Both sank into polite curtsies, before looking curiously at the newcomers.

"Lannie, Netta, we have three new people who are going to be staying with us. The lady is Hermione Granger, and you may call her Miss Hermione. She'll be in the red and gold room across from Master Draco's room. The gentleman next to her is Percy Weasley, and he'll be in the room on the first floor. This lovely fellow snuggling the young master is George Weasley. He'll share with his brother, so make sure there are two adequately sized beds for them. You can rummage in the attic if you like. I don't think Draco set it up for two people when he redid that room."

She turned back to the others, giving them her warmest smile. "You're welcome to try to dissuade them from honorific titles, but it upsets Lannie, which in turn upsets Netta. Then Kreacher will go on a house-wide rant about ungratefulness that none of us want to experience ever again." Since Hermione looked resigned to the elves' behavior, she shared the tidbit discovered after Kreacher's tantrum that had had her, Harry, and Draco in spasms of laughter. "It seems that Lannie is Kreacher's baby sister, and he apparently learned some overprotective big brother routines from watching a certain family that spent a few summers here."

It had the effect intended. Hermione started giggling and Percy chuckled, no doubt able to imagine the antics of his younger brothers despite his own growing schism with his family during that time period. Even George managed a smile, before reaching out with his free hand to take Luna's left one and run this thumb across her rings.

She smiled sweetly at him, recognizing a return of the concern he'd shown her yesterday. Perhaps logic and politics had dictated the choice of Harry versus Draco as spouse to her and father to Alexander, but she realized belatedly that accepting Harry as her unexpected husband was far easier than accepting Draco would have been. George would have always worried she'd been forced or coerced, no matter how changed the blond was.

"You seem happy, moon-child. Very comfortable as lady of the house," he said at last.

"I am," she assured him. "Maybe it isn't the fairy tale way of things, like the stories Mum read me when I was little, but real life is about taking happiness where you can and taking care of those you love." And in her most private thoughts, she allowed herself to hope that the happiness of her dreams was the path her marriage would take her on. She'd cared deeply for Harry for years now and knew he also cared for her, but knew it wasn't truly the marriage sort of love for either of them yet.

"I'm sorry we weren't able to get you out of that dungeon," George said softly. "Fred and I tried everything we could think of, short of getting captured ourselves."

"It's okay," she reassured him. "Once they had me, they mostly let me be, since I wasn't much of a hostage for Daddy's good behavior if they didn't. And Draco did his best to slip me extra food, even before he knew about the baby."

Hermione looked puzzled when Luna glanced her way, reminded of Harry's cautions that she was the true test of their stories. When she saw Luna's glance, she sighed softly. "I'm not sure which I want to hear more about first – Malfoy trying to take care of you or why George is so protective of you."

Before Luna could reply, George spoke up. "It was a vow we made as kids, me, Fred, and Cedric, that we'd always look out for Luna. We were the ones who found her after her Mum's accident. Her dad was out of the country at the time, and Mrs. Lovegood had promised us boys a really fantastic potions lesson that afternoon. But when we got there, Luna had been alone with her mum for about four hours." He let go of Luna's hand to put an arm around her and hug her tightly to his side. "It's just me left now, so I'll just have to be triply protective."

Luna giggled. "Poor Harry. Last night he joked that only he could marry a woman with no brothers yet still have to fear for his life due to overprotective males if he upset her."

"Who managed to threaten him before I had a proper chance?" George asked.

"I told him that cursing his balls off would be the least of his worries," came the unexpected reply from the kitchen doorway. Everyone's attention diverted to Draco, who shrugged off the stares and nodded in greeting as he shifted Teddy from his shoulder to the crook of one arm. "Hello Weasleys, Granger."

"Malfoy beat me to threatening Harry for you?" George asked incredulously.

Luna frowned at them both. "This surname business had got to stop," she told them both. "And besides, he'd not a Malfoy anymore."

Both looked suitably chastened at the reminder, but Draco reacted first. He strode to the table and offered his hand to Percy. "Allow me to introduce myself," he said. "Draco Black, and the tyke who thinks my ear is a chew toy is my cousin Teddy."

He chose well for the flippant introduction, since Luna figured of the three newcomers, Percy had the least bad blood with Draco and the most personal insistence on good manners. The thin redhead accepted the handshake and went through the formality of introducing himself, his brother, and Hermione.

Steps towards her forgiveness taken, Draco flashed her a smile and then went to rummage about in the cold cabinet to retrieve a bottle for Teddy. He settled gracefully into the chair next to her and settled the older baby to his feeding before realizing all eyes were still on him. He arched one elegant eyebrow inquisitively.

"Well, that settles it. He's certainly not the boy I remember from school," Hermione said at last, causing Luna to laugh.

"Of course not. I'm much better than that pampered little snot ever was," Draco quipped.

"Draco has been renovating the house since he moved in. Combined with Narcissa's knowledge of the family spells, he's made amazing headway at making everything livable."

"Not to mention less like a creepy, dark-infested hovel," Draco added. "I've seen old family properties that had almost a life of their own due to their wards and absorbed magic, but this house took that to amazing lengths. Seems like it understands everyone wants to be here and be proud of the family name now though."

"Would it be something you could use some help on?" Hermione asked. "I'll bet the sorts of spells needed aren't anything they taught us at Hogwarts."

The blond nodded and began an explanation that also drew in Percy, leaving Luna to speak quietly to George. "You didn't have to move in here," she began, but he shook his head.

"There is no 'have to' involved, moon-child. I wasn't staying at the Burrow while Mum and the youngest two wallowed in self-pity and spitefulness, and Percy didn't want to either. My flat above the store isn't livable at the moment, even if I could stand to be there just yet. Hermione got shouted at for taking sides even though she tried to stay out of it all, so I packed us all up and came over. I knew you and Harry wouldn't turn us away."

Reassured, Luna just hugged him tightly, happy that even if her marriage was causing divisions in the Weasley family, it had spurred her favorite Weasley back to life. She figured Fred wouldn't mind if she made a vow of her own to look after his twin as fiercely as Fred always had. Love worked like that, after all.

A/N:

Sunsethill: it seems that George definitely has ideas about his place in this story. Originally the only Weasley to accompany Hermione was going to be Percy. Hopefully you've got the background info now, which I feel might explain Ginny's friendliness toward Luna but no actual friendship between them. Making nice with big brothers' adopted Ravenclaw and all that. Next chapter should see the larger wizarding world begin to make an impact on the family.

Bookaddict19: I did some research, and in the Church of England, I read that tradition there is to have two godparents of the same gender as the baby and one of the opposite gender. I figure that wizards in Britain might be more likely to follow that tradition than the Catholic one. In the books we never truly see how wizards do it, other than to note that Harry and Draco had at least one godparent.

Azilamm: thanks! I'm not a big fan of Molly or Ginny. I doubt I'll advance to full on bashing but they definitely won't get large roles in the story.

PurpleBullet: glad you're enjoying it so far!