The Same World
by Healer Pomfrey

All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.

A story with small, daily updates! COMPLETELY AU! Partly OOC.

It is my story, and I intend to write it the way I want it. If you don't like it, go and find something else to read or write your own story to your liking!


During the weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays, Harry wondered where he should spend the holidays. On the one hand, he had always intended to return to the Cox', however, now that Sirius was free, he expected him to spend the holidays with him. 'I need to ask Connie,' he thought. 'The most important thing is to be together with her in any case.'

A week before the beginning of the Christmas holidays, he finally asked her.

To his surprise, he felt Connie chuckle. 'I was wondering when you'd discuss this,' she finally replied. 'Sirius has invited my parents to spend Christmas at his house, and we're just decorating everything,' she informed him, seeming very happy. 'I can't wait to have you here, Harry.'

'Me too,' Harry full heartedly agreed.

A few days later, he received a letter from Sirius, in which his godfather suggested that he should invite Hermione and Neville for some time after Christmas, and Harry happily relayed the message. His friends immediately wrote home and a few days later informed him that they were allowed to visit him during the second half of the holidays.

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When Harry arrived at the old Black house, he looked around in surprise. It was large. Connie happily showed him around, and Harry noticed that she as well as Sirius and Remus seemed to be very proud of their achievements renovating the place. 'I wonder how it looked before,' Harry thought, unaware that he had voiced his thoughts.

"Black, just black and dark," Sirius replied, his voice laced with disgust.

"Believe us when we tell you that it's a huge improvement," Remus added, smirking.

"The worst was the life size painting of my mother," Sirius admitted. "She was screaming whenever any of us entered the house, calling me blood traitor. However, when she realised that I was in the company of a werewolf and a muggle, she had a fit. We tried everything to take her portrait off the wall but couldn't."

"Where is it then?" Harry asked, curiously.

"Thank Merlin Connie gets along so well with Kreacher," Sirius continued, chuckling. "He finally took it off for her sake."

"Where's Kreacher by the way?" Harry suddenly remembered to ask. "I haven't met him yet."

"Kreacher," Connie called for the old house-elf. "This is Harry, my husband."

"Nice to meet you, Kreacher," Harry greeted the elf in a friendly voice.

Kreacher merely nodded and popped away.

'A strange elf,' Harry thought in surprise.

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Christmas at the old Black house was just wonderful. Sirius and Remus had put up a large Christmas tree in the living room, and together with Sirius, Connie's parents, Remus and Tonks, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

A few days after Christmas, Hermione and Neville joined them and stayed until New Year's Eve.

"These were the best Christmas holidays ever," Connie said, sighing happily, while they were waiting for the New Year to commence.

"For me too," Harry agreed and gently pulled his wife into a long kiss.

"So if that was the best Christmas ever," Sirius spoke up, chuckling, "what do you wish for the New Year?"

"That Connie will be able to visit me at Hogwarts," Harry voiced what they both thought. "And I don't mean just for the Quidditch matches, even if that's better than nothing, but I'd like to her to be able to come over at any time."

"All right," Sirius said in understanding. "I already have an idea." Turning to Connie's parents, he asked, "Does your house have a fireplace?"

"Yes," Giselle replied in clear surprise.

"Well, that's the first step," Sirius said, seemingly contented. "Would you mind having your fireplace connected to the Floo network?" Seeing that the muggles eyed him in apparent confusion, he explained, "If your fireplace was connected, Connie as well as you would be able to travel through the fireplace. So far, she can only travel to the two places, where her Portkeys lead her, however, if your fireplace was connected, she'd be able to travel anywhere."

Harry let out a small snort. "So what? She could take the Floo to McGonagall's office or the Great Hall?" he spoke up in disbelief.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "No Harry, but there are trunks in the magical world that contain whole rooms, even complete apartments, and it would surely be possible to add a fireplace to one of the rooms, so that you could spend some time together without anyone at Hogwarts knowing about it."

When Connie and Harry stared at him in absolute delight, Sirius added, "We'd have to ask Buckbean if he can add your fireplace to the Floo network though."

"I'm sure Amelia would be willing to assist you as well," Tonks threw in, grinning.

'Do your parents already know that we're married in the magical world?' Harry thought to Connie, who unobtrusively shook her head.

'No, but I think we should tell them,' she finally replied. 'They might not be able to understand, but it's surely better if we tell them than if they hear it by chance from any of your friends.'

'Our friends,' Harry corrected her, however, had to agree with her reasoning. 'Shall we tell them right away?'

However, Sirius was beginning to motion Harry, Connie and her parents towards the fireplace in order to travel to Diagon Alley, so that they dismissed the idea for the time being.

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The small group spoke with Buckbean, who offered to take Giselle and John home to connect the fireplace, and everyone gratefully agreed.

In the meantime, Sirius, Harry and Connie went to buy a trunk. They found one with three rooms inside, of which one held a fireplace.

"Excuse me, sir," Harry asked the shopkeeper, "is the fireplace connected to the Floo network?"

"No, but I can connect it," the old wizard replied, gently. "Most people only want these fireplaces to be connected to certain addresses and not to the complete Floo network though."

"Oh yes, that would be fantastic," Harry said, contentedly, and decided to only connect the fireplace to those of Sirius' and Connie's homes.

A few minutes later, the fireplace was charmed accordingly, and Harry was asked to seal the trunk with a drop of blood, so that no one but him would be able to open let alone access his trunk.

"Excuse me sir, would it be possible to give my wife access to it as well?" Harry asked, eagerly.

"Yes of course, that's possible," the shopkeeper reassured him, causing Connie to cast her husband a frightened look.

tbc...

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