A/N: Thank you once again for all the reviews. It's what keeps at the keyboard.

Maxmilian- Actually Tonks was referring to their relationship.

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The Rise and Fall of Harry Potter and the Wizards From Mars

Chapter IX: Harry Potter

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Seamus and Ron entered the Three Broomsticks, as they always did, every few months.

When Neville announced that he was going to be teaching at Hogwarts, neither of them were particularly surprised. But they were surprised when he told them that he was getting married to Hannah Abbott, a girl he barely knew in school.

Hannah had taken over the Three Broomsticks when Madam Rosmerta had retired. As the bar maid, she was kept busy and didn't see Seamus and Ron right away. But when she did, she treated them like her long lost brothers.

"Hello! How've you been," she greeted, giving them each a hug.

"Fine," they both said.

"I'll tell Neville you're here."

A few moments later, Neville came down the stairs and joined his friends at the bar.

"Hey, Neville," Ron said, "the teaching business slowing down?"

"No way. I've just been grading papers. What about you two? What's new?"

"Well, Hermione and I are planning a rally on Elf rights and Seamus is getting married."

"I am not!"

"Just admit it. All the papers are talking about it."

"Yes, just like last year," he shot back with a nod.

"Ah, but now the Quibbler's reporting it. It must be true!"

They all laughed, and Seamus was glad they weren't taking it seriously. He had no idea how the press had found out, but he was ready to tell his friends yet.

"I recognize you."

This statement didn't come from Ron, Seamus, Neville or even Hannah. It came from a young witch, probably a seventh year, who stood at the head of a small group of Hogwarts students.

"We come here a lot," Seamus said offhandedly.

"No, I mean we've seen pictures of you. You're the other two Wizards From Mars."

"Yes," Ron admitted.

"Could we have your autographs?"

They obliged and even bought their fans butter beers. It wasn't every day they met Wizards fans, as opposed to Potter fans.

"So," one of the students asked, "why did the Wizards break up?"

"Harry," Neville answered. "We may have been good on our own, but we're always Harry's band."

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"So, when do we tell Harry," Seamus asked.

"Next week. He still needs us the save the earth. In seven days, it won't matter if we go off on our own," Ron answered.

The three Wizards had been debating for months whether they should keep playing with Harry or not before they made the decision to leave. But they weren't going to abandon him when they needed him most. He may have been acting like a prick, but he was still their friend.

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"You were that loyal to him?"

"Oh yeah, Harry was great. You couldn't ask for a better friend."

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"Step it up, "Harry teased. "You guys were terrible out there. Am I going to have to do voodoo on you?"

They pretended to laugh until Harry left.

"Somebody get me a hammer; I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna crush his sweet hands! See how well he plays then."

"Calm down, Seamus. He was only joking."

"Really? You think so? Then why does he bloody say after every concert?!"

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"So, you were never jealous of him?"

"No. Why should we be?"

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The Wizards found themselves sorting through fan mail.

"One for Harry. Another one for Harry. And for a change of pace, one for Harry. An- hey! This one's for you Neville."

Ron flung the letter to the drummer.

"Gee, thanks," Neville said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "If this another letter asking me to introduce someone to Harry, I'm gonna hex somebody."

It took them fifteen minutes to lift the bat-bogey hex from the unsuspecting Seamus.

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"Oh, come on. No one can be that perfect."

"True," Seamus confessed. "He was over the top sometimes."

"But," as if this forgave everything, "damn, he could play guitar."

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"Can it wait, Hermione? I'm having bad night."

"No. We need to talk now."

"What is it?"

"We've just checked the earth's life force. Harry, it's still going to die."

She shoved a folded piece of paper into his hand.

"This will tell you what needs to be done."

Decisively, Harry walked to the door and shoved the paper into his pocket.

"Don't you walk away from me, Harry Potter! We don't have much time!"

"I'm not walking away. I'm going to make things right."

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"I hope Harry's happy, wherever he is," Neville to his wife and friends, long after the students had left. "I sometimes wonder if he'll visit us."

"I think he would have by now," Ron said, "if he was ever going to. But Tonks. I would have thought we'd have heard from her."

"Uh uh," Seamus retorted. "She'll be too busy. Besides, I don't think she'd want to revisit that part of her life. She had it harder than any of us."

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Ron could tell something wrong when he saw Harry walk onto the stage without his guitar.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Harry said into the microphone. "I have a confession to make. All of this," he said, indicating the band behind him, "this is a sham. We're not aliens and no Starman sent us. We're wizards who got told by our professor to try and bring world peace to save the earth."

At first Ron thought this would all blow over. The audience was laughing. Clearly they didn't think Harry was doing anything more than joking.

"I'll prove it," Harry said to the laughing crowd, and promptly turned Seamus' keyboard into a pig.

Ron, who had been like a deer in the headlights, didn't think about it. He just instinctively ran up, grabbed Harry and apparated both away.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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A/N: Another cliff hanger! But I promise you, you won't have to wait long for the next chapter. Please read and review!