Chapter ten

'I can really see the change in him Tonks, he's like a completely different person. Before he left Hogwarts, he was so down and feeling guilty even if he never said anything.' Minerva smiled at the woman.

'Yes, I noticed that myself. But like Harry said, the moment we actually got together as a couple, he just seemed to get better.'

'It's because you've given him a family, something he has never had.'

'Yes, when I told him that even though we'll tell Teddy who his real father is when he's older, as far as I'm concerned Harry is his father now and Harry loves him very much.'

'Of course I do,' Harry walked out with the little boy in his arms.

'Merlin, will you look at that. If I didn't know any better, I would have said that you were his father. He looks just like you.' Minerva said smiling at the small boy. 'I remember holding you when you were that small, when you're parents brought you to Order meetings.'

'I'm not sure how I feel about that Minerva.' Harry said then laughed. 'But yes, Teddy always seems to change to look like me, even down to the scar. Luckily he's never seen all my scars.' Harry kissed the little boy on the forehead.

'Just before we go, I would like to ask you one more thing Harry, about when he hit you with the Killing Curse.'

'Okay.' Harry said as he sat back down with Tonks.

'The scar on your forehead was from when he tried to kill you as a baby. You said he hit you again with the same curse. Do you have another lightning shaped scar?' Minerva asked tentatively.

'Yes I do, on my chest.' Harry handed Teddy to his mother and unbuttoned his shirt. 'It's just a little bigger.' Harry saw the amazed looks on Minerva and Kingsley's face, then he re-buttoned his shirt and took the boy back into his arms. 'I'd like that kept between us if that's alright. I don't need more people asking me about that scar, I still get people asking me about the one on my head.'

'No problem Harry, why don't we go then?' Kingsley said standing up, as Minerva stood up as well.

'Alright,' Harry and Tonks stood up and Harry turned to face her. 'Do you know how long you'll be?'

'Since I know what I'm getting you, probably no more than an hour.'

'I won't be much longer, so we'll see you when we get back.' Tonks handed Harry the baby bag, putting a drink in there for Teddy, then Harry kissed Tonks tenderly. He smiled as she kissed her son then watched as Harry, Kingsley and Minerva disappeared one at a time. Harry holding Teddy close to him, stepped out into Minerva's office.

'Once we saw the memory Harry, Albus was able to answer a lot of the questions we needed.'

'That's good then. I really didn't want to have to go through that again.'

'Why don't you go for a walk around Harry and I think you'll be surprised. Most of the damage has been fixed now, there's just a few things left to do.' Minerva gave him a small smile.

'Alright, how about it Teddy, let's go see you're future school.' Harry smiled at the boy, nodded to Minerva and Kingsley, then left the office to walk around the place he always loved.

Minerva and Kingsley waited until Harry left the office, then Minerva turned to the portrait of Albus Dumbledore. 'Albus, we just witnessed Harry do the most extraordinary thing.'

'And what would that be Minerva?' Albus asked looking down at the both of them.

'Harry produced a non-verbal, wandless Patronus. He said he could do pretty much anything wandless. Neither of us has ever heard of any witch or wizard being able to do that.'

'Yes, that is quite extraordinary. I think I know why that is. Harry's real power has finally emerged, the horcrux blocked that power coming out. He would have probably done a lot better when he was younger if he didn't have the horcrux inside of him.'

'Yes, if you are right, then that would have been the case. He's always understood what he was learning, but just had trouble doing the spells. I'm just still stunned.'

'Why do you think I want him as an Auror, Minerva. Let's hope once he's walked around Hogwarts, he realises that Hogwarts is not like it was when he was here.' Kingsley said looking between the old headmaster and new headmistress, hoping Harry would feel comfortable at the school.

Tonks walked up towards Gringotts and stepped through the doors and went straight over to the counter and handed them a piece of parchment.

'I'd like to visit my vault please.' Tonks said to the goblin.

'Of course Mrs. Lupin, this way,' the goblin said and led her to the carts and took her down to her vault. He opened the vault for her and she stepped in and stopped dead at the amount of gold that was in there. She turned to look back at the goblin.

'Are you sure I'm in the right vault?' Tonks asked amazed.

'Of course Ma'am,' the goblin said gruffly.

Tonks shook her head and thought she was going to have a word with Harry. She took a heap of gold galleons and put them in her purse, then they got back into the cart and headed back to the main floor. She nodded to the goblin and walked outside and down to Quality Quidditch Supplies and looked in the window. She stepped inside and over to the new Firebolts. She knew Harry had lost his Firebolt when they took him from the Dursley's, so she decided to buy him a new one. She walked up to the counter and spoke with the owner.

'I'd like to purchase a new Firebolt please, but I was wondering if you could have a name put onto it?'

'Of course Ma'am, just tell us what the name is and we'll have it ready for you in a few minutes.'

'Alright, the name is Harry Potter.' Tonks said and saw the amazed look on the man's face.

'Are you a friend of Mr. Potter's?' he asked.

'I'm his girlfriend and he lost his last Firebolt and I know he'd like another one.'

'Then if you would permit me, the name will be no extra cost as a small thank you to Mr. Potter.'

'That's very nice of you, but he never wants anyone to thank him.'

'Yes, I've heard that about Mr. Potter, but I would really like to do this for him.'

Tonks thought for a moment, 'Yes, alright.' Tonks smiled at the man and paid for the Firebolt, 'Could I have a new broom servicing kit to go with that please?' Tonks put some more gold on the counter and the man placed the kit on the counter, took a new Firebolt into the back room. Within a few minutes, he brought out the broom and showed it to tonks. 'That's wonderful, thank you. He's going to love it,' the man wrapped both the broom and the kit and handed them to Tonks and she walked out of the store. She sent the broom and kit back to the house, making sure they went to her cupboard. Then she started to walk down the street.

'You stole him from me. Harry was mine,' Ginny yelled at Tonks. 'How could you do that?'

'Ginny, I didn't take Harry from you because he wasn't yours to begin with.' Tonks looked at the red headed girl and saw a couple of her brothers walking towards her. She pulled her wand but Tonks was faster. 'Don't, I'm an Auror Ginny and I could have you arrested.'

'Ginny don't.' Charlie said as he gripped her hand tight, making her wand lower towards the ground. Then he looked up at Tonks.

'I think you need to explain the law to your sister, you wouldn't like it if she was arrested and with what's about to happen, she's going to have to learn how to behave when she sees Harry or me.'

'What do you mean by that?' Charlie asked fiercely.

'I can't go into that. I'm sure you'll hear soon enough. Now I won't do anything to Ginny now, even though I could. But because I know she's hurt right now, I'm just going to leave her to you.' Tonks said and she turned and walked away. She glanced over her shoulder once and saw her brothers taking her back to George's shop.

Harry and Teddy were walking through all the corridors of the Hogwarts castle until he came upon the great hall. He looked in and saw that it looked like it was supposed to look like and he couldn't help smiling. He walked out through the main doors and down onto the ground and over to the black lake.

'You'll like it here Teddy. When I didn't have Voldemort to worry about, I use to love coming here and it's good to see it's been fixed.'

'arry, what are ya doing back 'ere?' Hagrid said as he walked over to him. 'Wow, ya never told me ya 'ad a son 'arry.'

Harry laughed as he looked up at his big friend. 'He's not my son Hagrid, it's my godson. Tonk's and Remus' son and as you can see, he takes after his mother. Whenever I'm near him he changes to look like me.' Harry kissed the little boy.

''e looks exactly like you.'

'Yes, clever isn't he. Hey, is fang around, I'd like to introduce Teddy to him.'

'Sure 'arry, come down ta the 'ouse and thanks again fa fixing everything.'

'Anything for you Hagrid, you were my first real friend.' Harry smiled up at him.

'Oh 'arry.' Hagrid said getting a little embarrassed. They walked together until they came to Hagrid's hut and Fang bounded out the door and sat down in front of Harry.

Harry knelt down in front of the large dog and Teddy giggled at him, then Fang licked him. 'Fang, not the baby,' Harry said wiping Teddy's face, but he just kept giggling. 'He likes you Fang.' Harry said and he took Teddy's hand and made him pat Fang, which made him laugh louder.

'Wha' are ya doing back 'ere 'arry?'

'Kingsley, he wants me to become an Auror and stay here through the day so parents feel safe to send their kids back. I just wanted to make sure I'd feel comfortable here again. So much has happened to me here over the years and I wasn't sure I could come back.'

'Ya seem fine, 'appy.'

'Yeah, I am. You'll probably hear soon anyway. I live with Tonks now, we got together a little while ago. I love her Hagrid and I've got a family.' Harry said looking down at the little boy in his arms.

'I'm 'appy for ya, anyway, I need ta get' back to 'elp to the res' of the repairs.' Hagrid hugged Harry gently as he was holding the little boy and Teddy reached up and grabbed his beard.

'Teddy,' Harry laughed and loosened his hold on Hagrid's hair. 'Sorry about that Hagrid.'

'I's fine 'arry. I'll see ya soon.' Hagrid smiled and walked away then Harry made his way back towards the castle and saw Kingsley walking towards him.

'You look okay Harry, I wasn't sure what I would find.' he smiled at Harry.

'I'm okay Kingsley, I feel like I always felt about this place, it feels like my first home again. So it looks like you've got a deal.'

'That's great Harry.' Kingsley said looking relieved. 'So will that mean Tonks will as well?'

'She said if I did, she would. She still has to talk to Andromeda though about looking after Teddy.'

'Why don't I come over tonight and I can see what you can do? Once Tonks has worked out what days Andromeda can take Teddy, then we'll work on training at the Ministry.'

'That's fine Kingsley. Why don't you come for dinner and we can get to work right after?'

'Thanks Harry, I will. I'll let you get home and I need to organise some things. I'll see you tonight,' Kingsley patted his arm and walked off.

Harry and Teddy walked back to the castle and up the stairs to Minerva's office, he knocked and heard her tell him to come in. he walked into the office and stood near her desk.

'So, what's it going to be Harry?' Minerva smiled at him.

'I just told Kingsley I'm going to do it. As I was walking around the grounds I felt like I always felt being here, like it was first home and I was happy here. So it looks like we're going to see a lot of each other and not as student and professor.'

'I'm glad you still think like that about Hogwarts, and I can understand it. I love this place myself and yes, you'll be a colleague now, not a student. Well I'll let you go and we'll discuss everything at a later date. But are you going to be on the Hogwarts Express?'

'Yes, I understand why parents are a little frightened and that won't ease for a while. So if their happy to see me board the train, then I'm happy to be on it. Anyway, I better get this little one home. I'll talk to you later Minerva.' Harry gave her a smile and stepped into the fireplace and vanished.

Harry stepped out into the living room and saw Tonks sitting on the couch and she didn't look happy. 'Tonks, love, what's wrong?' Harry said as he sat down next to her and placed Teddy in her arms.

'I wasn't sure about telling you Harry, but I don't want to keep anything from you. Ginny confronted me today and I had to tell her and her brothers that she will need to learn the law because I could have had her arrested.'

'What did she say to you love?' Harry leaned in and kissed her tenderly.

'She yelled that I took you from her, before pulling her wand. I was too quick for her then Charlie grabbed her arm, making her lower it.'

'I'm sorry Tonks, I know she's hurting right now, but I don't want you to be caught in the middle of this.'

'I'm already in the middle Harry because I'm with you. But I don't care, I love you and I'm not going to let anyone try and scare me away.'

'Good, because I want you with me forever, I love you. Why don't we put Teddy to bed and go ourselves for a while?'

'That's a great idea,' They stood up and walked into Teddy's room, put him into his cot, kissed him then took each other's hands and walked into their bedroom. They spent a couple of hours making love then just happy to hold each other.