Afterlife

New Dursley Residence: Unknown Location

3AM (British Time) – 2PM (Wellington Time)

Vernon and Petunia Dursley were fast asleep when the phone began to ring. It rang and rang until Petunia picked it up.

"Dursley residence," she replied sleepily. She then passed it to Vernon, "It's Marge."

Vernon took the receiver. "Do you know what time it is over here, Marge?" Petunia winced as she could hear Marge shouting on the other side of the line. "WHAT?" Vernon shouted, "Just wait until I get my hands on that brat! He won't need to come back here – I'll kill him where he stands." Marge spoke on the line a bit longer. "Hold on. We'll be down there as soon as possible, we'll bail you out and then we'll sort out that freak." Marge spoke more. "WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? Just wait there, I'll get our solicitors on the job! Oh, what's that? We'll soon get our hands on that, even if we have to kill those two tarts of his." Vernon put down the receiver.

"What's the problem dear?" Petunia asked.

"That freak made all sorts of allegations against us and Marge and now she's been arrested by the New Zealand government. They've sentenced her to death for what the boy has claimed. They've also shut down the New Zealand branch of Grunnings, confiscated all the funds and put the three of us on a list of people banned from entering the country. All Marge's assets have been confiscated in order to be given to the bastard freak as compensation! First thing in the morning, I'm going to get onto our solicitors in order to have that list revoked, and then we're going to New Zealand where we're going to murder that freak right where he is no matter how many witnesses there are. But before we do, Marge told me he was left a very huge inheritance by his parents, worth hundreds of millions – we'll keep him alive long enough to get the money out and will make sure he hands it over to us – I'll get our solicitors to deal with that first, then we'll kill him."

"I don't think that will be easy dear," Petunia began, "Any inheritance he has would be held in their world and our solicitors won't be able to touch it."

"We'll get it one way or another." Vernon said, with greed in his eyes.

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Dumbledore was pacing his office. It was only a matter of time before he had Harry back in the UK and in the hands of the Dursleys. He cursed the Ministry for forcing him to wear the anti-apparition collar. Dumbledore had the plan set. He would create a Portkey and send Snape with Draco Malfoy there first to find him, and then he would use another Portkey to go there and snatch Harry. He would have him back to the Dursleys and then himself back to Hogwarts before the Ministry would find out.

He wondered if hiring Lucius Malfoy as the DADA teacher was a good idea after all. Reports were going to him that he was only teaching magic to the Slytherin students – nothing to the other houses. But when he confronted Lucius about it, he denied it. Dumbledore decided to do something about it after he sorted out the whole Harry problem.

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Harry was released from the hospital wing the following day. It was a Sunday so there were no lessons. He and Ginny decided to go into the grounds and have a fly to boost their moral. He got his Firebolt out and let it hover.

"Hermione, would you like to sit on my broom?" he asked.

"No thanks, love," she replied.

"It's not going to fly just because you sit on it." Hermione reluctantly climbed onto the broom. To her surprise, it didn't move after she sat on it. She felt Harry climb on behind her. He reached in front of her, making her bend down a little and he grabbed the front of it.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Relax," Harry replied. Then he thought the broom into motion and within seconds, they were flying a few feet above the ground at a very slow speed. Ginny was flying hundreds of feet in the air at very fast speeds.

"You enjoying this, love?" Harry asked.

"It's Okay," Hermione replied as the broom went very slow. After ten minutes, they stopped and got off. Ginny decided to head towards the ground at a very high speed and pulled up just before she hit the ground (forcing Harry and Hermione to duck in the process). Hermione shook her hand at her.

"GINERVA MOLLY POTTER! GET DOWN HERE AT ONCE!" Ginny ignored her. Some of the students were out watching and had a good laugh. Fellow Waikato students Anthony and Gareth were drinking butterbeer.

Ginny flew down and suddenly, a loud voice made her fall off the broom. Luckly, she was only two feet from the ground.

"DID YOU JUST FEEL MY BUM?" shouted Gareth.

"It was my drink bottle!" protested Anthony.

"Oh yeah, blame it on the bottle," Gareth replied. Anthony threw himself at Gareth and the two started fighting. Anna-Maria and Hermione took their wands out and said "Accio!" and separated the two. Everyone started laughing.

"This is all Gareth's fault!" Anthony said.

"It's not my fault you're gay!" Gareth replied.

"I'm not gay! I'm going out with Anna!" Anthony protested. Neither of them could say anything else because Hermione cast a silencing charm on them. She then went to Ginny and took the broom away from her. "Right, young lady. You're grounded until you can fly like a proper lady. That means NO Quidditch!" said Hermione, then she marched away with the broom leaving Ginny gobsmacked while everyone else (including Harry) laughed.

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During the night, the trio were fast asleep, with the girls cuddled up to their Harry as usual. They appeared in a very familiar building.

"This is the house at Godric's Hollow," said Hermione. The trio walked around then they saw three figures appear. They looked familiar.

"Isn't that your Mum and Dad, along with Sirius Black?" Ginny asked.

"It can't be. They're dead," Harry said.

"We are dead, Harry," Lily said. "But we've come to visit you. We had to come and see how you were doing."

"You're not real. Someone's playing games with me," Harry protested.

"We're visiting you in this dream world. It is not a trick," James said.

Harry flung himself into his mother's arms and burst into tears. Lily hugged him. There was silence for a few minutes, the only sounds being Harry's sobs. He went back to the girls who took his hands. They looked at the three adults nervously. They wondered what they would think of them.

"These are my wives, Hermione and Ginny."

"SIRIUS ORION BLACK! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO REMOVE THAT CLAUSE FROM YOUR WILL!" Lily shouted.

"I tried to remove the clause, Lily, but I couldn't," Sirius replied.

"It's alright, Mum. I already loved both Ginny and Hermione. I couldn't imagine life without them. They helped me get over what the Dursleys did to me," Harry said.

"We love Harry with all our hearts, too, Mrs Potter," Hermione said.

"We would rather die than see anyone do anything to hurt him," Ginny continued.

"Call me Lily," Harry's mum said. James and Sirius told them they could call them by their first names.

"I would rather lose the inheritance than marry any old girls," Harry said.

"We've seen that you three have achieved very high marks at Hogwarts. I notice that Hermione is the best Muggle born student at Hogwarts since my dear Lily," James said, making Lily blush.

"You should have seen the love letters, marriage proposals and similar letters we read through when the Gringotts Goblins returned them to him," Ginny said.

"There were letters from witches worldwide wanting to marry me. Some even sent underwear and photos of themselves in various states of undress," Harry said. James and Sirius laughed. "Good job they didn't get delivered to me at the Dursleys. They would have used them as an excuse to beat me." The three adults looked evil when Harry mentioned them.

"I don't know what Dumbledore was thinking of when he sent you there," Lily said. "We put in our will and he witnessed it that you were not to go there."

"Dumbledore did a lot of things he shouldn't have," Hermione said. "We found out he put a block on Harry so only approved mail would reach him." The three adults looked furious.

"Next time I see him, I'm going to get some answers out of him," Harry said, with menace in his voice.

"Why are we going on about that idiot Dumbledore for? This is supposed to be a happy time," James said. "Ginny, Hermione, welcome to the family."

Lily walked up to the two girls and gave them a huge hug which would rival Molly Weasley's.

"James, you and Lily take the girls aside while I give Harry 'the Talk,'" Sirius said.

"Oh, no you don't, Padfoot. I remember what Moony looked like after you gave it to him," James replied. "I'll be giving him 'the Talk.'"

"None of you are giving him 'the Talk.' Remus can give it to him," Lily said.

"It's alright, Mum. We're not going to do anything until we're ready for it," Harry said.

"That's good, then," began Lily in her best mothering voice. "We want to become grandparents but not yet. We want you to finish school first."

"Then you can produce as many children as you like," Sirius continued. Everyone laughed at that. "Did Narcissa divorce Lucius Malfoy?"

"No," Harry replied, "On your suggestion, I did disown her and Bellatrix Lestrange from the Black family, though. I also reinstated Andromeda. Does this mean Tonks is part of the family now?"

"Yes it does," Sirius replied.

"You should have seen the look on her face when Griphook called her Nymphadora. She looked like she wanted to curse him," Hermione said. "She told us that she hates that name."

Suddenly, the three adults slowly began to vanish.

"We can't stay much longer," James said. "We'll try and see you again. We will promise this much though; when possible we'll give Dumbledork and the Dursleys hell."

"Forget everything the Dursleys ever said to you, Harry. You are not worthless; you are not a freak; and you were not brought into the world to become their slave and punch bag," Sirius said.

"We're very proud of you, Harry. We'll definitely try to come back to you. Ginny and Hermione are great girls and they will make you very happy in the future."

The adults vanished into thin air. Harry woke up suddenly, and remembering the dream, burst into tears. The girls woke up, also with tears in their eyes and the three hugged each other as they realized that they really did share that dream.

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The Academy was visited by a representative of the leading Maori tribe the next day. He went to see Headmistress Jackson.

"As you know, when Harry Potter vanquished Voldemort, he saved the Maori from extinction. My tribe wants to repay him in the best way we can. Our tribe leader wants to conduct our VIP wedding ceremony for him and his wives."

"I'll have a word with Harry about it. I know he had a small ceremony in the UK with none of his friends. It'll mean a lot to him to have a nice one with friends and family. He told me a few days ago that his old Transfiguration teacher is coming to visit them at Christmas," Jackson said.

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Remus' next Defence lesson was covering Dementors and the Patronus charm. Naturally, Dementors couldn't be brought into class so Remus had some cardboard cut-outs made.

"To cast a successful Patronus, you will need to think of a happy memory, focus on it and say the incantation – Expecto Patronum," he began, "Normally, third year witches and wizards are unable to cast a corporeal Patronus. That means one that has a clearly defined form. Otherwise, it'll be mist."

"Harry, you first."

Harry stepped forward and raised his wand. He focused on his memory – the day he, Ginny and Hermione got married. "Expecto Patronum!" A huge shiny stag charged out of his wand and attacked the first cardboard cut-out. The stag turned and looked at the class.

"Prongs," Remus whispered just before the stag vanished. He composed himself after a few minutes. "Excellent Patronus, Harry. Hermione, you next."

Hermione stepped forward. She concentrated on her happy memory and cast the charm. A nice shiny otter appeared and appeared to charge the Dementor cut-out.

"Brilliant work, Hermione. Ginny, you next." Ginny stepped forward, focused on her happy memory and cast the charm. A big shiny fox appeared and charged another cut-out.

"Great stuff, Ginny," Remus said. The rest of the class stepped forward one by one and cast the charm, focusing on happy memories. Some of them cast corporeal Patronus but most cast mist. Anna-Maria cast a silver tiger. Her boyfriend, Anthony, only cast mist. Her best friend, Sarah, also cast mist. They both cast her an evil look.

"Excellent work, everyone. Twenty points to each person who cast a corporeal Patronus. Homework – summarise the effects of your happy memory in the creation of your corporeal Patronus. Also, note down the significance of the animal your Patronus forms. To those who conjured mist, please practice on concentrating on happy memories and performing the charm for the next lesson, please."

Harry and the girls walked to Remus.

"I heard you whisper the word Prongs after Harry conjured his Patronus. What does it mean?" Hermione asked.

"James became an animagus at school to help me when I turned into a werewolf. He transformed into a stag and we nicknamed him Prongs. When I saw Harry's Patronus, it reminded me of James."

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A/N:

Another chapter for you all, and I'll explain something. Marge calling the Dursleys is possible as she would have been able to send a phone call as is her right by law.

A reference to the previous chapter:- the Sgt Garvie is the proper name of Henno in "Ultimate Force" … The line he speaks however is Tom Cruise's in "Top Gun" – the scene where he explains why he took an unauthorised simulated shot.

Many thanks to all of you who wished me a Happy Birthday the other day – virtual slices of cake and virtual party bags to you all!

To be frank, I am growing a little tired of working on this, so I am going to pause production on these chapters and work on doing "The Great Road Trip" I'll return to working after I have de-stressed myself... I just want to take a break from doing three fics at once.

If you have ANYTHING that you want answered, then by all means ask me… and I will get back tp you as soon as my Owls are flight capable…

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