The Wedding and Aftermath:
Harry was happy, he had a few glorious years after the death of Voldemort and his followers and now at the age of twenty one had a masters in defense. Sue had a masters in transfiguration and charms. They had decided to wed on Harry's birthday that year as they wanted to make it a special day all around. Harry thought this a great birthday present and could not wait to be with Sue in every way. They had both agreed to wait until they were done with their masters and both were virgins. This was not just a moral thing, those who chose to be virgins gained power magically.
There were those that followed the old ways and celebrated the old customs but neither Harry nor Sue did, Harry was Christian and Sue was leaning that way, her parents were Buddhist and really did not care if she did become Christina or not, as long as she still followed the old ways of tending to ancestors. What was good about the magical world in Europe was that they had decided the Americans did one thing right and so allowed full religious freedom in all magical communities. So while many parts of Europe would not allow this freedom, the magical world did though WWII had nearly ended that with the evil of Hitler and the cruelty of Stalin. Where there was not this kind of freedom, the magical people had quietly moved out leaving vast parts of the world without magical people.
Harry was not worried about that, he was going to get married to Sue in York cathedral as he felt that was the prettiest cathedral he had ever seen. So he was here with family and friends and Sue was clad in a traditional Chinese wedding gown. It was a two piece red silk gown with gold flowers painted on it and a golden headdress. She had red sippers on and traditional makeup with ruby red lips. Harry was clad in blue silk robes trimmed in gold and had felt silly but now he felt plain in front of Sue. Ron stood by him clad much the same as Harry as did Neville and Sirius stood next to him. Sue had Hermione, Luna and Ginny on her side clad in red as well. Sue wanted the girls to look as lovely as her and they did, which made everything look that much nicer. The priest got up clad in his Anglican vestments and faced the large gathering.
"We are gathered here to bring in union this man and woman, any who object say so now." He began but of course no-one did object and Ginny grinned at Harry, she had teased him as only a sister could before but really was so happy for him, "then I shall began. Do you Harry James Potter take Sue Li to be your lawfully wedded wife, to honor and support her, in sickness and health for better or worse all the days of your life?"
"I do." Harry said grinning.
"Do you Sue Li take Harry James Potter as your husband, to honor and support him, in sickness and health, for better or worse all the days of your life?"
"I do." Sue said grinning.
"Then by the powers granted to me by the most gracious God I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss."
This was a standard wedding for magical couples in England at least. There were no vows of obedience instead there were vows of support. Harry kissed Sue, their first kiss as a married couple. They then had a three day reception and after went on their honey moon touring Asia, their goal was to finish up in America around the middle of September of that year. They spent a wonderful month in parts of China and visited South Korea where Harry was made an honorary member of the Republic of Korea Army. They visited Japan and found Nara charming with the large Buddha statue in it's shrine. At the end of the month they head across the ocean to America and spent time in San Francisco for a week before heading to Stone City in Colorado to see the famed Yarrow Narrows and Yarrow academy.
It was early on September 11 they were woke up would shouting and anger. They got up and dressed quickly wands out and headed out to the television area of the hotel and saw the most horrible sight. The large projector television was on and on the screen was a horrible sight. The very twin towers Harry had visited and even flown off of were gone. The video replayed over and over the awful scene and both wept at the horrible sight. They knew then that they would have to help, this was not just an attack on America but on a nation they loved and respected and they as British would help America as America had helped them.
"We will help, whatever we can do, we will help." Sue said to those gathered.
"Yes, whoever did this will pay." Harry said.
"What can you guys do?" Someone said anger in their voice.
"We are British and we stand with America, this was an act of cowardice and evil." Harry replied.
"Yes, and we will do what we can to help." Sue said.
"Thank you." Someone else said.
It was a horrible day, one of sadness and horror, but Harry and Sue, though not American were treated well. Word spread that the vanquisher of Voldemort offered his help and of course it spread across the sea. Naturally Dumbledore managed to gain entry to America through Canada (American airspace was off limits to everything including portkeys at this time) and so in a few hours was able to floo his way across America on a special pass to be with Harry and Sue. It was not unmanly of Harry to embrace Dumbledore and weep on his shoulder for what had happened. After this Harry wanted to go to New York City to help out but was prevented and instead was required to head home.
He was met by the new minister of magic Amanda Bones and Fudge had decided to retire and not seek reelection. Even the magical world was unhappy and shocked at what had happened. They were not as isolated as they had been and vowed to help, this would prove to be helpful in the future. Sirius was there with RAM-D and Harry knew that the magical world was on high alert as everyone else. He walked with the minister and the war mage knowing that much was required of him. He saw Ron who was a master tactician, a role that suited him very well. He was working with his team. Hermione was here, very pregnant with twins, she would take six months off and then go back to work. Molly was looking forward to taking care of the children and fully supported Hermione. That Tobby, the brownie had been put in a contract to help would not hurt either. This meant Molly could take care of lots of children as she so very much enjoyed.
"I am sorry this happened on your honeymoon." Ron said to Harry and Sue.
"Never mind that, evil never takes a vacation." Sue replied, "my parents are probably already helping get things set up. I have to start working the family business as I already signed a twenty year contract. However, I will do what I can." Sue said.
"I am not obligated that way." Harry said, "I want to join the RAM-D."
"Good, you will make a perfect trainer." Dawlish said walking up, "I have seen you train others before, you have a good hand at it, and you will say yes?"
"Sure, what kind of training?" Harry asked.
Sue smiled at her husband, this was why she had married Harry. He was a fighter and a good one, but the years had tempered him and turned him into a teacher. He could do very well on the battlefield but he was best suited for training. It turned out that there was little for the magical world to do, this was a completely muggle war as the terrorist side shunned all magic and thought it was of the devil. Still, the magical armies needed to be trained to help keep things safe. There was something that was good at this time, Sue was pregnant and Harry was over the moon. When he found out he was to have a daughter he was floating on air. He always wanted a daughter and his first child would be a girl!
Nearly nine months later, on May 1stof 2002, little Rose Sue Potter was born. She was a cute little thing and already had her father's green eyes. Dudley was there, still single so far but willing to be the good uncle that his father never had been of Harry. He was the third person to hold little Rose and doted on her fully. Harry was happy and that was what mattered to Dudley. Still, the fall out of the attacks had taken a toll on people, those that had thought of moving out of the protected areas now refused and the magical communities were staying together instead of moving back to ancestral lands. Dudley was doing well in the RAM-D himself working intelligence as he was very smart.
That was one thing that the fall of the blood wards had corrected, Dudley was very smart, he was not a genius but he was very close to that. He loved strategy and had liked video games that required him to think a bit when he was younger. Now he enjoyed real life strategy and was helping hunt down evil wherever it was. He was on an international team to see if the terrorists were using magicals in any form. He found to his surprise they were not, they killed anyone who was slightly different than what they thought they should be.
Their favorite targets were women and girls, for to them nothing was more evil and vile than a woman. Never mind that women were the mothers of all humankind. The logic of that was maddening, without women there were no future generations. Destroying that which created life was, in Dudley's opinion so very wrong and vile. He happened to like women and respected and honored them. To him, harming women was the worst thing anyone could do. He was a defender of women and would do his best to free as many as he could. Yet he had to save the muggleborn first, and this is what he spent his time doing. Nature wanted magicals all over the world, but it was not safe in certain parts of the world, Dudley and those like him would search out muggleborn or first generation and rescue them making the non-magical people think they had died.
Things were not all bad, Harry and Sue were enjoying their beautiful girl. They loved their little Rose and were besot with her and her beauty. For Rose was a pretty little girl. She was a tiny thing, but she had a shock of black hair with her mother's dainty features with her fathers green eyes. She had a few weeks of learning that nighttime was for sleep, but she had caught on and now slept through the night. She did wake very hungry and had to be fed right away, but then after being burped she settled down and was a perfect little baby.
"We got so lucky with her." Harry said looking down at his sweet daughter. "she is perfect."
"That she is." Sue said," she is going to be beating off the boys."
"Yes she will, I nearly pity them, nearly that is." Harry said, "I could do the beating myself."
"Oh I am sure you could." Sue said opening a package that held a silk red robe that Rose could wear for at least a year, "oh this is lovely."
"Your mother has great taste." Harry said.
The robe was decorated with lavender flowers edged in gold. The muggle world might put babies in cute play clothes, and the magical world did as well, after a baby started walking and entered toddlerhood. Yet babies as the Li family thought should have a least two silk robes, light weight to not over heat the baby but bright to show off the wealth of the family and advertise what the Li family could do. Harry did not mind, the two robes Rose had would be handed down as was tradition to any other children they had, for they would have more, that Harry was very sure of.
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So yes, I did touch on the attacks on 9-11 so long ago. I mean yes, Harry would have heard of them after all. However the terrorists would not stand for anyone who is different from them existing. I mean they hate women, really hate women and love nothing more than seeing how miserable they can make women. They make how women in the west were treated for centuries look kindly and gentle in comparison.
Harry in contrast would be over the moon about any child he had, but I think he would be happiest having a daughter. That would make him extremely happy.
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