Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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The prefects approached Hermione after school. Hermione went to the Staff Room where everyone, minus Harry, now sat and discussed the situation.
"The students want to know what is going on. There are rumours but they are too close to the truth for my liking. They think that Lillian had a miscarriage when she was in a meeting with Harry and me. And Harry being the strongest carried her to the hospital wing. However there are those who were in the classroom and are saying something different" Hermione said
"If the parents and press get wind of this, the school's integrity will be damaged. Lillian is still the Headmistress and Harry is a student, no matter their ages"
"What if Harry wasn't a student? Not anymore at least" Sirius said, everyone looked at him dumbstruck, "I have an idea" Sirius explained "What if Harry took his final exams early without anyone knowing, he would hand the position of Head Boy to Ron and leave the school as a student, he could become a teacher or something and then they would be free to have all the babies they want"
Everyone was silent, staring at Sirius as if he just grew a second head, "What?" he asked
"In all the years I've known you, I think I've never heard you talk so much sense" James said.
"I'm not a complete sarcastic, humorous and insensitive fool you know. Only partially"
"Obviously" Lily said, "But I have to admit, that idea is brilliant" Sirius beamed.
"What is brilliant?" Harry asked, entering the room.
"An idea that will help the situation, you will be taking you exams early, in the next few days. Then you will no longer be a student and you relationship will not be questioned. The people love you so I doubt they will want to pursue this issue any further. They are saving their strength to Voldermort"
"Sounds good; anything to help. Perhaps I can help Lillian with the running of the Order, alleviate some duties off her. We can actually get married" He smiled at the thought.
"We can say that Lillian was only a few weeks pregnant and that Harry did his exams early last month and only remained in school to complete his Head Boy duties and obviously protect the school. If we mention the Soulmate Ceremony the public will know there was not much they could do, they are fully aware of what it entitles" Lupin said.
Harry nodded "I will have to mention this to Lillian but I think she will agree"
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Harry entered the small classroom at exactly 7am, his father was there along with an elderly man who Harry recognised from his DADA OWL practical exam. It was him that had awarded Harry his only 'O' OWL.
"Hello Mr. Potter, forgive me, I mean Lord Potter. As you may know you are here to take your NEWT examinations, the dates on them are from last month and I assure you as a member of the Order of the Phoenix I will keep my mouth shut. You may sit down and start the exam; you will be tested in Defence Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, Transfiguration, Potions, Divination, Charms, Herbology, Arithmacy, Ancient Runes and Mermish, as you have requested. You have 1 hour and 30 minutes for each paper. These papers have the most powerful anti-cheating spells on them but I know you will not be tempted to cheat, so you may begin"
Harry zoomed through each paper in 30 minutes, he wanted to get this over with as soon as possible, he wanted to go and join Lillian. He was finished with all his theory papers after 6 hours non-stop. The examiner did not seem surprised; he had heard that Harry had become a very smart and powerful individual.
"I was wondering if we could do the practicals today, I want to get this over with. Don't worry, I'm not tired at all, I've built up resistance over the last few months"
The examiner nodded as well as James and they kept going; neither of them stopped for breaks, not even eating. The practicals involved going outside for Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid overseeing as well, down into the dungeons with Professor Slughorn, to the Black Lake so that the Mermaids could test him and back into the smaller classroom for the rest. Night had fallen and Harry was walking up the Astronomy Tower with the examiner and his dad in front for his final practical. Truth was he wasn't tired, even though his dad shot him worried glances every so often. The training with Lillian was much more tiring than the exams. And he hadn't even spent any time revising for them. He looked through his telescope; yep Saturn was still there, fairly close to Uranus. He finished in 20 minutes.
"Well Lord Potter, I will mark these myself and you should have them back tomorrow afternoon". The examiner left father and son alone atop the tower. Harry sighed in relief. James gave Harry a piece of parchment; it was titled 'Voluntary Completion of Course'.
"Just sign it and you will no longer be a student here. However I am looking for an assistant" James said. Harry smiled and signed. James let a tear escape his eye "I would never imagine I would live to see my son finishing Hogwarts, I'm sure you can feel the castle's excitement too". It was true, he felt the aura of the castle brighten up. "I'm so, so proud of you Harry".
"You shouldn't be. You warned me to be careful, and because I was not it led to all this trouble"
"Harry don't say that, no one was enjoying seeing you and Lillian having to hide your relationship everyday. Love should not be hidden, especially Soulmate love, it only leads unwanted feelings"
Harry hugged his father with all his might. He would never be able to thank Lillian enough for bringing them back.
"Get something to eat Harry, rest, sleep and tomorrow go and see Lillian" Harry nodded and left, he decided to go and sleep in his bed in the Head Boy room. Sleeping in a bed with Lillian's scent and not having her there would drive him crazy. Before he went to bed he popped into the kitchen through the special door in the Head Common Room. Dobby was more than happy to stuff him with food. He ended up going to bed completely stuffed. Be before he could fall asleep he heard a knock on his door. He opened it to find his mother on the other side.
"Hi Harry, I figured you would be here. Can we talk for a minute?"
"Sure come in" They both sat on the bed.
"I heard you finished your exams. I'm so proud of you Harry, you take after me" Lily said, smiling.
"Don't let dad hear you say that"
"He knows it's true" she replied. Lily took something out of her wedding finger. She gave Harry the ring, he had never noticed it before; he wondered how that was possible since it was impossible to miss. It had a huge diamond in the middle, surrounded by two red rubies on each side, embedded in the purest gold.
"James gave that to me when we became engaged. It's been in the Potter family for 400 years. I figured you would like to give it to Lillian, you two deserve a true wedding"
"Thanks mum" Lily smiled, planted a kiss on his forehead and left. Harry examined the ring, he would definitely use it. He fell asleep wondering where his future daughter was.