Harry looked at his watch as the second hand ticked by one millimetre at a time, and looked at Bella lovingly. "Trust me when I say that I'm not like this because I want to let you go."

She returned his expression and nodded. "I know."

Teddy and Alyssa were looking at their friends standing on the hill from the lounge window wondering just what they were doing. They didn't need to ask when a visible shockwave of pure energy blasted from them; spreading through The Valley and bending every tree with its power. At the epicentre of the explosion Harry looked at Bella in shock when a ghosted image appeared around her, and transparent arm lifted out to him. He watched in fascination as his own soul reached out to the arm with its own, and smiled warmly when he saw their very essences intertwine their fingers. Not worrying about doing anything wrong he reached out to his lover and pulled her softly to him; and she smiled beautifully up at him – so full of life – before kissing him.

Had his eyes been open he would have seen both of their souls smiling at them as they started to meld together; he would have seen the shockwaves increasing in power and frequency; he would have seen the ground around them flourish with life; but all Harry felt was Bella, and all Bella felt was Harry. They didn't need to see it to feel it; the completeness they craved settling deep within them; their love breaking all barriers of reason and flourishing – completely unchained and freed from the confines of their previously-limited bodies. They could literally feel the magical pathways in their systems evolving; their cores merging and burning brighter, and knowledge pouring into their minds.

And then as soon as the light and power had come it disappeared; the beam of light from the heavens flickering and dying before raining down and absorbing itself into the two lovers wrapped in their embrace. Harry breathed out in complete disbelief. "So this is what it feels like to be complete with you…I never imagined…"

Bella nodded into his chest and pushed him with a joyous and carefree laugh as she danced away. Harry's eyes lit up and a huge grin spread over his face as he chased after her; casting harmless tickling and slipping spells to bring her back within his reach. He could feel her joy, her confidence, her love for him, and laughed as he was caught unawares by an ice charm beneath his feet. An idea struck him and he continued sliding across the ground using a spell of his own; gaining speed as he sped down the hill. Bella screeched in surprise when she was tackled gently off her feet and flew down towards the hard ground, but her smile returned in full force when suddenly they were engulfed in a whirlwind of flower petals.

They landed with a dull thud and Harry looked through the rain of colour at his lover, and he smiled at her stunningly red eyes and smiling lips. They leant forward at the same time to kiss, and Harry gently massaged the base of her neck while she entangled her fingers in his messy hair. It was minutes later that they finally parted for more than a moment, and Harry looked across at her; her cheeks flushed beautifully; her smile beaming back at him; and her eyes saying to him what she always felt. "I love you."

He smiled and pecked her before replying in kind. "I love you to Bella."

Her smile widened and she raised her hand to his cheek; gently caressing it, and loving the way he moved into her touch. After nearly an hour of nuzzling each other gently, Harry mumbled into her hair, "We need to get Remus, Maria and Hayden over."

Bella nodded happily, breathing in the scent of the bed of petals they were lying on with a smile on her face. "Yeah, but you know why we couldn't before now."

Harry snorted humorously. "Yeah: because those two haven't been practicing and have been spending all their time snogging." Bella rolled her eyes, but couldn't disagree. "I like this."

She nodded happily and brought his hand up to kiss the back of it. "Me too. I didn't even know it was possible to be this in love with another person."

"It isn't." She jerked in his embrace and he smiled into her hair. "Why do you think we're the only people to be like this? The Creator didn't create humans to love like you and I do."

"We…we're not human?"

He shrugged. "I'm not really sure. Our bodies are I suppose, but our souls…that's a different matter altogether."

Bella thought for a moment, but then relaxed and pulled his arms tighter around her with a smile. "I don't care; as long as I am like this with you then I don't care."

Harry puller her closer to him and grinned. "My sentiments exactly."

Harry sat in the lounge and watched the two youngsters go at it with reckless abandon, his eyebrows up in his hairline. "This is… this is some serious preparation for meet the parents."

Bella smacked his arm with a grin, "We were just like that in Azkaban, just without the parents part which meant that we were doing that almost every waking minute."

"Point."

Bella smirked, and then the doorbell rang. Harry saw the two teens freeze, then quickly straighten their clothes, and made his way out into the hallway. He opened the door to find three people waiting, and smiled at each of them in turn. "Come on in." They all did, and as he took their jackets he warned them. "Both Teddy and Alyssa look different, older, so there's that…and they haven't had much practice in restraint – not that they'll need to after the bond completes, but for now I would ask that you overlook kisses that go for a moment too long."

Remus smirked while the other two looked a little shocked, and Harry rolled his eyes. "Down Moony."

He led them all through to the lounge, and then stepped back before clearing his throat when he saw the situation. The two teens parted, breathless, but then leapt from the couch when they saw the company. "MUM, DAD!" screamed Alyssa as she careered into them, while Teddy literally blasted Remus through to the next room with his pent up energy. The boy winced, and then ran through the doorway to heal his groaning father. Harry chuckled, and sat down as he watched the reunions.

Today was a good day.

Harry stood guard outside the door with a grim look on his face, and Bella looked just as stern. It had been over two weeks since Teddy and Alyssa's bond had stabilized, but today was the first time that the two lovers had seen or met Nymphadora in over four.

Teddy had been reluctant to see his mother after her last reaction to his relationship with Alyssa, but eventually came to the same conclusion Harry had reached in regards Bella; if he had to choose between someone, or something and her, then she would be his answer every time. They could only hear quiet muttering inside, and hoped that that was a good sign; the two teens could more than take care of themselves even with Nymphadora being an ex-Auror, but Harry didn't take lightly to any threat against his friends lightly, let alone his closest ones.

Finally the door opened and Teddy and Alyssa appeared. Harry looked at the pair questioningly as they closed the door behind them and the young woman sighed, while Teddy had a strained look on his face. "It's so hard to forgive her, I mean in a way she denied that the love I have for 'Liss wasn't real – but I'm trying. It'll take time."

Harry nodded with a small smile on his face. "Time, Teddy, is something that we have. She really is sorry."

Alyssa nodded. "Teddy knows that, but I also know how he feels and agree that it will take time. She hurt us both emotionally and it will be a while before we're back to the way we were."

Harry nodded once more. "I know that; emotional wounds take longer to heal than the physical." He thought for a moment and then smiled at the pair, changing the topic once he heard the pop of apparition inside the room. "So are you two going to be attending the meeting in…" he checked his watch, "ten minutes?"

Teddy shook his head with a regretful smile. "Sorry but we can't make it; we have a meeting of our own to hold with the other youths. Apologise for our absence though."

Harry nodded with a grin. "Will do."

Bella smiled at the pair. "Are we still on for dinner tomorrow night?"

Alyssa's eyes lit up and both Teddy and Harry shared a subtle rolling of the eyes – but there was no missing the affection they had towards their lovers as they did so. "Yes! I'm so looking forward to it…so it's the Ministry's annual…"

"Fundraising ball."

"So we're paying The Ministry?"

Bella laughed and shook her head. "No; The Ministry accountant in charge of the event is Tracey."

All four of them had a chuckle, before Harry leant down with a grin. "Just on a wee sidenote…I've been told by that particular woman herself that she is going to propose tonight."

Alyssa clapped her hands together excitedly. "Oh wow! Oh that is just wonderful! Can you please send me a message when everybody is congratulating them so that we can come and wish them well too?"

Harry nodded with a smile, "Of course I can. I'll pull you to me so that you can avoid everyone," nobody missed the connotations of that, "and congratulate them quickly before being on your way again."

Teddy grinned. "Much appreciated Harry."

Bella smiled with a wink, "Well off with you; you're the leaders and you have to be there at least ten minutes beforehand so that you can act all important."

The wedded couple snorted with laughter and then popped away with dual smiles, leaving Harry and Bella to do just the same. They arrived in a very private, and very upscale dining room overlooking a huge city and Harry smiled alongside Bella as they stood at the window. The restaurant itself was situated on the top of a huge pillar that was shrouded by an armoury of the most powerful not-notice-me and muggle-repelling charms invented, and it was by invitation only that people got a place there. The private dining room itself was so exclusive that the only people in history since its founding over fifty years ago to have used it were the Manager, Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, and himself.

The reason for the venue was because Tracey had once blushingly told Harry before Azkaban that she had, ever since being a little girl, wanted to propose to the woman of her dreams in that very restaurant; to kneel by the window and ask for that woman to be her lover for eternity. Harry had been so touched, and felt so privileged at hearing such a thing that the moment after she had told him that she was proposing he had cracked through the wards that even The Ministry couldn't detect, and asked the owner right that minute if he could book the famed and illusive Room.

As Harry looked out over the beautiful city lighting up the darkness with light; the small dots of vehicles moving far, far beneath them as people went about their lives oblivious of the huge tower above them; and standing beside the woman he loved, he couldn't help but smile. He would never change the fact that he had proposed to her in Azkaban; as it was a part of them, but the fact that he would soon be seeing two lovers come together in that very room was more than enough to make him smile. The small squeak came from behind him, and the two spun around in confusion; their eyes widening when they saw Jen standing there in smart clothes and a smile on her face. "I am here to bless the two here tonight."

Harry raised an eyebrow, but Bella voiced their question. "Bless them? How?"

Jen laughed a joyous laugh, and then looked back at them with The Source glowing pure blue in her eyes. "Just as I blessed you when you came to The Valley."

Harry frowned. "But you strengthened our Soul Bond…"

Jen nodded, still grinning, and the two immortals widened their eyes with a unified, "No way…"

Jen's grin widened. "Of course. In fact such a thing will be happening to every couple in The Valley. Everybody now in Phoenix is one of The Founders. Not one more person save's the offspring of The Founders will live in The Valley unless a marriage occurs outside of it, and only then if I accept them."

Harry's eyes boggled. "You…you can really do this for us?"

She laughed again and leant her head to the side, "Well not you two; what you share is far, far more than a soul bond, or a soul merge, but yes; I can do this for The Founders."

Bella clapped happily. "This is great! But are you sure that everybody is perfect for each other, as the bond stipulates? If they are then why didn't they bond naturally?"

Jen's eyes darkened at that, and she sat down beside where Harry and Bella would be sitting. "All of them were born when The Ministry had more say where medical procedures were concerned."

Harry's eyes turned furious, and he gritted his teeth. "Please tell me you're not about to say what I think you're about to say."

"I would, but I would be lying si- Harry."

Harry growled and turned around, feeling his wife grip his hand almost painfully in her own rage at what Jen had just told them. "What about Bella and me?"

"Your love was too strong for the blocks they put on you."

Harry nodded once, but stared angrily out over the horizon where Britain was. "We will fix that."

Jen nodded. "I have already begun syphoning off reserves to a separate dimension to solve the problem. I will have enough power in approximately one month."

"And if The Sanctuary wasn't running?"

"Two days."

Harry nodded. "This is far more important than our dancing and losing ourselves. We can still dance and relax, but all of us would be more than happy to give up such a pleasure completely to do such a service for the people out there that are perfect for each other, let alone just a simple two days. Please begin that directive now Jen."

"It is done."

Harry rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Is there anything else like that I need to know?"

"There are other blocks put on new-borns, but I included that and preventative measures from any blocks at all being put on anybody in the power requirements. Two days and The Sanctuary can return to normal for the foreseeable future."

Harry nodded, and then kissed Bella once before holding out her chair for her. She smiled at the gesture and then sat down, before taking his hand in hers when he did the same. After some casual conversation between the threesome a multitude of pops signalled the arrival of the, now labelled, Inner Founders, and Harry smiled as they all walked in from the entrance room with curious looks on their faces. Mouths dropped as they saw what faced them, but it was when Tracey entered that Harry's smile was truly brought to fruition. Her eyes immediately went wide, her jaw dropped, and then she looked to Harry with shock, wonder, and complete indebtedness. She sprinted over to him and tackled him to the floor with a sob; hugging him with all her might. Harry's smile warmed completely as he rubbed the crying woman's back, and Bella beamed at him.

After several minutes Tracey pulled back, and looked up at Bella. "May I please kiss your husband?"

Bella nodded without hesitation, and Tracey then turned to her lover. "Lisa, would you mind if I kissed Harry?"

She shook her head still confused, and Tracey pecked Harry quickly on the lips before pulling back and staring into his merrily pulsing orbs. "Thank you so much Harry, this…this has always been my dream."

Harry nodded with a smile. "I know."

Tracey froze in standing up, and looked at him, for the second time that night, with shock and surprise in her eyes. "You remem- but I only muttered it under my breath as I was passing you!"

Harry shrugged and pulled himself back to his feet before straightening his clothes with a grin. "Anything to do with my friends…I never forget things like that." He sat down before the woman could assault him again, and motioned to the seats around the table. "Don't ask what that was about, it will become clear later on. As for now, please take a seat; we have much to discuss and some of the best food to eat." The meeting and dinner went just as well as Harry planned, and it was just after desert was served that Tracey stood from her chair and offered her hand to Lisa.

Conversation quietened as the ex-Ravenclaw confusedly followed her lover to the huge window overlooking the city, and Harry swivelled in his chair to watch the scene with Bella already snuggled into his lap. He dimmed the lights slightly, and then watched as Tracey explained to the woman by her side; the woman whom she loved. "I heard about this place when I was five. Nobody really knew much about it except that it was the most exclusive restaurant in the world, and that the clientele were actually invited to dine there. My mother told me that there was even a place in the restaurant in which only three people had ever been offered to dine; the Manager himself, Albus Dumbledore and Amelia Bones." That particular woman nodded slightly at the curious looks that were sent her way, and then turned her attention back to the mysterious scene in front of her. "Ever since then I knew that I wanted to go there one day and do something beside the window in that private room."

She turned to Lisa and knelt down on one knee, and the shy girl put a hand cutely over her mouth with a gasp as she realized what was happening. Tracey reached into her pocket and pulled out a small, velvet box. "I wanted to propose to the person that I would spend the rest of eternity with here, to show them that even with such a view I would only be looking at them." She cracked open the box and Lisa's legs finally gave out on her. She collapsed to her knees and looked at the engagement ring in shock, and then at Tracey with love that positively shone from her. "Lisa Caroline Turpin, will you be my wife?"

The redhead looked at her lover with tears in her eyes, and then nodded. "I've course I'll marry you!" Tracey's nervousness melted away immediately, and her smile was radiating love and happiness towards Lisa. She carefully slipped the ring onto the delicate finger of her lover, and then found herself engulfed in a hug by her happily sobbing fiancé. She wrapped her arms around the woman and buried her head into her shoulder with the most contented and happy smile she had ever had on her face.

It took a few moments for people to get over their shock, but when they did a roar of approval and a deafening round of applause burst out in the room. The newly-engaged couple broke away for a moment, looking deep into each other's eyes, and then leant forward into a deeply loving kiss which only drove the people there wilder. Had it been any other group of people Harry would have been certain that at least a few of the men would have been whistling for the woman-on-woman action, but with this group he knew that every single one of them was applauding, yelling, and whistling for the love the couple had just announced, and so he smiled happily and applauded with everybody else.

After several minutes the passionate kiss ended, and the pair blushed as reality hit them once more and they acknowledged the congratulations they were getting. Tracey helped her lover to her feet, not releasing her hand once she had done so, and Harry stood up with Bella to be the first to congratulate them. He looked them over; their ruffled clothes, the messy hair, the ruined makeup, and then pulled them into a hug alongside Bella with a happy whoop. "You two are beautiful together, I can't even begin to describe just how happy I am for you."

Bella kissed them both on their foreheads and smiled warmly at them. "We do have a gift for you, but it will need to wait to the end."

The pair begun to protest that they had already done enough, but Harry stopped them with his hand. They noticed a slightly dark look in his eyes as he spoke, but it was clear that the anger wasn't directed at them. "No complaining, it should have happened already." They nodded, still confused, but then turned to the next couple that greeted them and congratulated their engagement to each other.

Harry smiled from a corner, his fingers slowly rubbing Bella's bare stomach under her blouse. "I can't believe what they did." Harry growled his agreement, and she leant back further into his body. "All the people that could have been together in such a way…all of the people that are dead now and never experienced it at all…it's horrible."

"It's criminal." She nodded, and he sighed. "Two more days and we can remedy that, but I have a plan for those that are dead – just to give them recognition for how beautiful they were together."

She picked the idea out of his memories and then smiled warmly before turning around and pulling him into a hug. "You are the most selfless and thoughtful man I have ever met."

Harry smiled but shook his head. "Naah, I love being around you so much that I actually spend time making love to you rather than freeing the Wizarding world."

She chuckled. "That doesn't count."

Harry grinned and then pecked her on the lips. "I know."

Finally the last couple came and Harry walked back over to the pair. "I have two last people that want to congratulate you, but they will need to leave very quickly after they arrive; there is a person here that…well her intentions aren't completely clear."

The two nodded, confused, and Harry gently sent feelers out through his mark. He felt a pulse of confirmation, and pulled the two sources towards him. A second later a double crack sounded in the room, and Alyssa and Teddy appeared beside Harry – grinning happily at the couple before tackling them to the ground. Harry observed Nymphadora, who was looking at them in shock, and kept an eye on any movement.

"We've been working on this for the past two hours; think of it as a gift from the Youth division." Teddy nodded to Alyssa, and with a complicated motion of their hands they cast as one. Tracey's robes morphed into a pretty, dark red dress, and Lisa's ruffled and transformed into a strapless black number that hugged her curves just like her lover's. In an instant their makeup repaired itself; their hair was beautifully done; and their arms were around each other. The two looked into each other's eyes, lost in the love and beauty of the other once more, and then kissed lovingly, unable to help themselves. Teddy opened his eyes wide for several moments, put his hand to his temple and pulled out a golden strand, and looked to Harry.

Harry's eyes widened, and he grinned in complete pride at what the young man was planning. He winked at Alyssa, who giggled, as he pulled his own strand from his temple and placed it in Teddy's palm, and the teen closed his hand over them before, with a crack, apparating them away. Harry looked at Teddy in confusion, and found a cheeky grin facing him, and when he tried to get a sense for where this was going from Alyssa got much the same reaction. He was shocked when, moments later, two cracks interrupted the silence in the room, and both Teddy and Alyssa held a large, velvet covered square in each of their hands.

The newly-engaged couple broke the kiss at the loud apparition, and looked at the two mysterious squares in confusion. Alyssa stepped forward with a genuine smile on her face, and Teddy stood by her side. "Teddy and I, along with all the other Youths, want to congratulate you on your engagement." And with that they whipped off the coverings of the paintings. Both of the lovers broke into tears when they saw the two scenes; the first of Tracey's proposal to Lisa, and the second of their loving kiss in their beautiful dresses – both of which moved with the memories that were infused within them. The young married couple found themselves engulfed in a huge hug a moment later by two very emotional women, and they smiled into the embrace before patting them both on the back.

Eventually they parted, and it was then that Harry saw Tonks move. He tapped the two on the shoulders, and with one last congratulations they popped away – leaving Tonks to look at the space where they had been only moments before in defeat. Harry truly looked at the paintings then, and was awed by the quality and workmanship that had been put into them. "They're wonderful…" whispered Bella, and the two women nodded their agreement; tears still running down their cheeks unchecked.

"They are something that we will always treasure." Tracey turned to them with a wide smile. "I never thanked you for giving us our home together."

Harry shook his head. "There is no thanks needed; you belong there, together."

The two women, and Bella, sniffed suspiciously, and Lisa smiled wetly at them. "We'll put them on the wall in our bedroom."

Harry looked to Bella, wondering if she wanted to break the little…surprise that The Source had just popped into their heads, and she nodded before leaning forwards and whispering so that only they could hear. "When you are ready The Valley can help you have a family."

She stepped back and watched the myriad of emotions flooding over their faces; disbelief, shock, then excitement, and finally complete and utter joy as they hugged each other. Harry and Bella were the only people who heard Tracey's comment of, "Our dreams are all coming true," and both smiled when they thought of the next gift they would be given.

They stepped back to make room for Jen, and the woman herself stood in front of the couple, who looked at her in shock. Jen cocked her head to the side, and then smiled when she saw the fear in their eyes appear. "What Harry and Bella said is true; I am not here to correct their statement." The joy once again returned to their eyes and Jen's smile turned genuine – a rare spectacle. "I was left till last for a reason. The reason is that after I return to you what you should have, you will want to be together physically for over two weeks – as it has been supressed for so long."

Tracey frowned, "What has been supressed."

"The ability to soul-bond," replied Jen frankly, and everybody in the room gasped. Lisa and Tracey looked astonished, but flickerings of hope had already begun to appear in their eyes. Before they could voice the obvious question Jen answered. "Yes, you are bond-mates; you were meant to be since you first met. Those years were taken from you, and will be given back to you also as a gift. As such my gift to you is this; your ability to soul-bond back, a blessing of that bond, and twenty three years added to your lives." Before the gaping could begin she placed her hands on their heads, and a bright golden pulse ripped through the room; making everybody shudder in happiness. When the two women opened their eyes again, the emotions had changed quite substantially. The love was truly palpable, but instead of excitement and joy being the strongest feelings, lust and need was now the most prevalent emotion.

Harry grinned and leaned forward. "Rules while the bond completes: one, stay in physical contact or within five meters; two, there is no two. Love each other, and make love to each other; do everything that feels right."

Tracey was clearly fighting the need as she forced out her last question. "How will we know when it's formed?"

Harry grinned. "Oh you'll know. You'll feel so complete you'll cry." And with that he placed his hands on their shoulders and apparated them right into the bedroom of their house. He lowered his arms from the now-empty spaces and smiled as he turned around to face the shocked people around him. "I was told by Jen that the people who are now in Phoenix are considered the Phoenix Founders. Only them, their offspring, or their husband or wife if they marry outside of The Valley, will be able to enter to where we live." His smile dropped, and instead anger worked its way into his gaze. "I was also told that for the last two thousand years or so, up until twenty years ago, blocks were placed on newborn babies to prevent soul-bonding among other things."

Everybody yelled in anger, and Harry raised his hands to quiet them. "I know; I'm just as angry as you all are. We have a solution however; as all of you, I have been told, as couples, are intended bond-mates for one another, over the coming weeks you will all receive the same gift that you just witnessed."

Looks of awe and joy appeared in everybody's eyes and Bella grinned. "Additionally every single block of everybody in the world will be obliterated in two days' time. The Source is putting all of its output into gathering the reserves needed, so The Sanctuary will be powerless for that time. I'm sure you all agree that doing so is a reason to joyfully give up our club for only two days." Nods and enthusiastic murmurs of agreement met her words and she nodded happily. "When Jen comes and visits you she will explain the rules while the soul-bond completes itself."

People nodded, and Harry smiled before beginning to fade into a shadow; taking Bella along with him. "Well, until we see you around!" They faded away completely in the silent room, and the moment they had completely disappeared Remus shivered.

"Merlin I hate it when he bloody does that!"