Molly was allowed back into the infirmary the next day, provided that she kept her comments to herself and behaved. There had been no change to Ginny's condition; for all intents and purposes she was simply asleep. Poppy had kept watch overnight, giving Arthur a rest, the girls vital signs remained stable, and she wasn't showing any signs of distress.

Molly had requested an Auror guard, in case the culprit tried again, one was sent from the Ministry to placate her for the time being, there was no need for a guard, no one truly believed she was in any real danger, only that she posed to herself. Kingsley didn't think for one minute that Harry or anyone else for that matter had poisoned the Weasley girl, he was of the popular opinion she had done it to herself.

Called for a meeting in Severus' office Kingsley had stopped by the infirmary to check on Ginerva's condition, only to be met with a frosty stare from Molly. Poppy informed him that there had been no change, but he would be informed the moment there was. Saying his goodbyes he walked up to the Headmasters office, entering to find a group gathered around the office and Severus' desk.

'What's happening?' Kingsley asked dubiously

'Miss Granger and her friends have found a possible reason as to Miss Weasley's current state' Severus replied

'I see' said Kingsley 'What might that be?'

'Minister last night we found books that led me to believe that Ginny used a spell from a Muggle fairytale as a way to get Harry to leave Severus and be hers' Hermione began

'A fairytale?' Kingsley gaped

'Yes Sir, we think it's this one' Hermione handed him the heavy tome open at the right page. He looked over it, his normally dark features paling considerably.

'Merlin, she really poisoned herself?' Kingsley muttered

'We believe so' Severus countered 'her cauldron was also found, it had a strange odour, there is also a page missing from the book, we believe the potion recipe is on that page'

'Has anyone found the missing page?' Kingsley asked

'No we looked everywhere, she must have it on her' Hermione frowned

'We have no way to prove any of this' Ron scowled

'Yes we do, if the Minister agrees and perhaps Arthur rather than Molly, we might have a way' Severus stated

'What ever it is Severus you have my permission' Kingsley replied ' I can organise for Arthur to be here, what about Harry?'

'I have spoken to my husband and he will be back later this afternoon' Severus answered 'He needed sometime to himself'

'Don't blame him' Kingsley said sympathetically 'How did you go without him?'

'Not very well' Severus admitted 'It isn't often we are apart'

'I'm sorry Headmaster if I had of thought of this sooner, he might not have left' Hermione said sadly

'Come here Miss Granger' Severus instructed

Tentatively she walked over to where Severus was standing, he put his arms out and took her into his embrace. 'There is absolutely no need for you to apologise, Harry just needed to get things straight in his head, it is an agreement in our marriage that we never take any bad mood out on the other, that's why he left' Severus said kindly

'Oh' Hermione said quietly, pulling back and sitting down

'How soon can you organise for Arthur to be here?' Severus asked Kingsley

'This evening, I will head back to the Ministry and explain all this to him' Kingsley smiled 'You tell me what you're thinking and I will get his permission'

Harry packed up his things and left the room he had spent the night in, before he headed back to Hogwarts he was stopping in Diagon Alley to pick something up for Severus, a sort of sorry for leaving the castle, although he was sure his husband would understand Harry wanted to get him a little something. Arthur Weasley had been to see him the previous evening, showing his support for Harry, he didn't believe that anyone other than his daughter had been responsible for her condition. It meant a lot to Harry that Arthur supported him, when Molly had been so against Harry the day before.

The older Weasley confided in Harry that things had been going wrong between him and Molly for quite sometime, it wasn't a recent development that had caused the split. When he got up this morning Severus called him and told him what had been going on, Harry told his husband that he would be home that afternoon, he'd missed his Severus, and by the looks of his husbands dark circles the same could be said for him. Harry promised to make it up to him; Severus told Harry he would hold him to it.

Horace looked at the cauldron and furrowed his brow; he had come straight to Severus' office after his class at the headmaster's request.

'There has been a strong cleaning charm cast over this Severus' Horace countered 'makes it hard to isolate the different ingredients'

'I figured as much Horace' Severus replied 'hopefully we will have the answer to that problem in the next few hours'

'Yes I would hope so, you and Harry deserve a hassle free life' Horace smiled

'Thank you Horace, that means a great deal' Severus nodded his head slightly

'Anything I can do, let me know' Horace told the headmaster

'Be on hand to check these ingredients once we have a list, I can only guess she took them form your personal stores' Severus supplied

'Yes I dare say you a correct' Horace replied grimly

'Sev?' Harry called as he stepped into the oval office later that afternoon

'Harry love welcome home' Severus smiled, emerging from the room behind his desk

'Thanks Sev, sorry I left' Harry said quietly

Severus gathered his husband up in his arms and held on tightly. 'No apology needed my darling, you did exactly what I would have done'

'I love you Sev' Harry whispered

'I love you my soul' Severus replied 'Although there will be punishment for failing to wake me up in the proper manner this morning, therefore forcing me to handle things on my own'

'Oh, poor baby, I will make it up to' Harry chuckled

'I should think so, it doesn't have the same allure if I do it' Severus breathed 'your mouth and hands do a far better job, with excellent results'

'I better double my efforts' Harry husked

'You will husband of mine, that I can promise you, soon as this mess is over, you will be repaying your debt many times a day, may have to get Ron to take over your class' Severus said in a low seductive tone, licking the shell of Harry's ear

'Merlin yes' Harry moaned

Everyone gathered in the hospital wing, around Ginny Weasleys bed, Molly had left when Arthur arrived, claiming she couldn't stand to be in the same room as him. It suited the head of the Weasley family just fine; the plan would work much better without his ex wife's interference. Arthur had given his permission for Severus to perform Legilimens on his daughter, therefore finding out how exactly she poisoned herself, the missing page hadn't been discovered, which meant the girl had either disposed of it or Molly had come across it and taken it home.

'Ready when you are Severus' Poppy informed the headmaster

Severus raised his wand and muttered 'Legilimens' in a matter of seconds he was in the recess of Ginerva Weasley's mind. First thing he saw was what she had been dreaming about since she had been under the spell, it sickened him as the dreams were of Harry and her performing lude acts, the girl had some serious problems. Severus itched to remove those memories from her mind, but forced himself to continue; comforted in the fact that none of those images would come to life.

Sorting through the myriad of thoughts, he finally came across the ones he needed, including the one of her ordering and placing the divorce document on Harry's desk, then the courtship contract, he saw her writing to her mother asking for books, then at the owl post office in Hogsmeade collecting the parcel.

She was in the library, asking Irma Pince for books on German folk tales, then back in her dorm, flicking through the pages until she came across the spell she needed.

A day or later, she was plucking a stray hair off the back of Horace's teaching robes in the potions room, drinking polyjuice potion and sneaking to the locked room on the fourth floor, one by one he watched as Ginny took the required ingredients from the shelves and stuffed them into her robes.

Severus committed the recipe to his memory bank. He continued watching as she stole an apple from the kitchens, snuck down to the chamber of Secrets and began brewing the potion.

Lastly Severus watched as she took a bite from the laced apple outside Harry's classroom, falling to the floor, the apple rolled away into the alcove.

He pulled out of her mind and back to the present. His breath was ragged in his chest and his anger bubbled beneath the surface, threatening to boil over every time he looked at the figure asleep in the bed.

'Did you see anything?' Kingsley asked carefully

'I saw every thing, she poisoned herself with the belief Harry would be the one to wake her' Severus answered 'Draco I need you to go to the alcove outside Harry's room and collect the apple, pick it up with a cloth or something don't touch the skin'

'Yes Uncle Sev' Draco answered hurrying from the room

'An apple?' Arthur asked quizzically

'It was what she used to absorb the poison' Severus countered, it rolled out of her hand when she fell'

'I can test the apple see what she used Severus' Horace chimed in

'Yes Horace, that would be most helpful'

'I've got it Uncle Sev' Draco came in a few minutes later, the bright red apple wrapped in a handkerchief

'Give it to Professor Slughorn' Severus instructed his godson

Waving his wand over the apple, Horace rattled off every ingredient Severus had committed to memory, at once he went to his personal stores to confirm they had gone missing.

Severus told them the rest of what he had seen, leaving out the dreams he had first seen, that was something he would have to tell Harry about in private. The mere thought of it made him physically ill. Kingsley asked what was to be done next now that they knew what she had done. Harry who had been quiet the whole time spoke up.

'We lay a trap so to speak, Kingsley can you tell Molly what has been discovered, maybe not that Severus was in her mind, but embellish a little, I think I know someone who would like a shot at being her knight in shining armour, her prince charming' Harry smirked

'Care to elaborate love?' Severus raised a brow

'Zacharias Smith has a thing for Ginny, perhaps he's the one to bring her out of this, I know it certainly isn't me' Harry replied

'Ah that explains the request I had from Pomona about him, he had been asking when she could have visitors' Severus connected the dots

'Now might be a good time to grant that request Headmaster' Harry winked

'Indeed' Severus shuddered

'Everyone be back here tomorrow morning at 8 sharp' Kingsley instructed

Later that evening as Harry and Severus lay in bed, the headmaster confided in his husband what he had seen while in Ginny Weasley memory. It still left him with a sour taste in his mouth and a twisted feeling in his gut.

'Severus you know that nothing like that is ever going to happen' Harry assured him 'I have everything I need right here'

'I know love, it just makes me ill' Severus replied 'That and I know that Molly Weasley will demand that you kiss the stupid bint in order to prove a point'

'It will mean absolutely nothing Sev, yours are the only lips I want on mine' Harry said warmly

'There is a spell I can cast, it creates a barrier between your mouth and hers, you will be kissing her but won't feel her lips' Severus offered

'Then that's what we shall do' Harry grinned 'Now you said something today about being left to your own devices this morning?'

'I did love' Severus whispered

'Mmm better see if there was any damage done' Harry purred, crawling down his husbands body, snaking a hand beneath his pants and palming his erection.

'Can't quite tell from this angle, might have to get a better look' Harry giggled

He pulled down Severus pants, revealing the gorgeous cock standing to attention, waiting to be pounced on. Harry pressed feather light kisses to the tip, swirling his tongue around the leaking head, he licked under the hard shaft, massaging Severus' balls slowly

'I think I see the problem' Harry breathed

'What's that' Severus groaned

'My mouth isn't on it' Harry replied engulfing his husbands prick in one feel swoop, Severus arched and writhed as Harry sucked his dick like it was his favourite sweet. Head bobbing up and down, Harry sucked, relishing in the noises his husband was making.

'Fuck Harry, your mouth is heaven' Severus panted

'Love your cock in my mouth' Harry mumbled he rutted against the duvet getting the friction he yearned for his own hard aching cock

'That's fucking hot Harry, you fucking the duvet while my cock is in your mouth' Severus purred

'So fucking horny Sev, you make me so hard' Harry whispered rutting his hips deeper

'Oh god Harry I'm going to cum' Severus cried as he spilt his seed into Harry's eager mouth, watching as his husband swallowed every last drop

'Taste so good Sev, Harry panted, rutting faster his own orgasm fast upon him. 'Sev oh fuck, yes Sev, I'm cumming Sev' Harry shouted as he emptied his load onto the duvet, shuddering as the orgasm tore through him.

Sated with his head on Severus' chest Harry was just drifting off to sleep, when Severus spoke

'When this is all said and done, how would you feel if we started trying for a baby?' he asked cautiously

Harry turned over and faced the man he loved more than life itself. Black eyes shone in the dim light, filled with want, love and a touch of uncertainty

'I'd say how does tomorrow evening sound?' Harry grinned

'Yeah?' Severus asked

'Yeah, lets have a baby' Harry replied taking his husbands lips in a sweet and tender kiss.

'What's with the crowd this morning?' Molly asked abruptly taking a seat beside her daughter's bed.

'We have diagnosed your daughters condition and have the cure' Severus replied stiffly

'So Kingsley told me, I don't see why it requires an audience' Molly snapped

'As Headmaster it is my job to be here, as Harry was the reason your daughter took this measure he is therefore required here' Severus shot back

'Molly what I didn't inform you about last night, was that while we have discovered what's wrong with Ginerva we have also discovered who was responsible, and I'm afraid to say it was Ginny's doing, she deliberately poisoned herself in the hopes of gaining attention from Harry' Kingsley explained

'That's outrageous how dare you suggest such a thing, my Ginny would never do that' Molly seethed 'You are making it up to protect the real culprit'

'Mrs. Weasley I can assure you that it is indeed the truth, I entered your daughters mind and found the memories of what she did, I am happy to show you my memory if you don't believe me' Severus intoned

'You had no right' Molly screeched 'I did not give my permission for you to enter my daughters mind'

'No, but I did' Arthur answered coming into the room 'I would do it again'

'How could you, your own daughter' Molly raged

'This needs to be solved and Ginerva held accountable for her actions' Arthur retorted

'So where's this miracle cure' Molly quipped

'Your daughter made use of a fairytale, it seems that the only way to wake her from her slumber is for her true love to kiss her' Kingsley informed the red head, handing her the book she had sent her daughter

Molly cast her eye over the book, the words sinking in, her expression changed from a scowl to one of smug satisfaction, just as everyone in that room knew it would.

'So that's why you're here Harry, finally come to your senses and realised that Ginny was right' Molly jeered

'Not at all Molly, I am simply here to prove a point, I will not be the one to wake your daughter, you know that and I know that' Harry quipped

'Never took you for a coward' Molly muttered

'Is that a challenge?' Harry snapped 'but before I do, there is someone who had been wanting to visit your daughter since she has been in here, you don't mind if he comes in now do you?'

Molly remained silent, Severus went to the entrance of the Infirmary and ushered a tall boy with sandy blonde hair into the room, and he was dressed in his school uniform.

'Mrs Weasley this is Zacharias Smith, he is in the same year as Ginerva' Severus introduced the Hufflepuff

'How do you do Mrs Weasley' Zacharias said politely 'I am sorry about Ginny'

'Thank you young man, you would be the only one that is' Molly snipped

'Lets get with it shall we?' Kingsley announced

'Right' Harry answered 'I take it you would like me to attempt to bring your daughter out of this spell?'

'Looking forward to it Harry, perhaps after this we can all move on' Molly smirked

'Fine' Harry walked over to the bed and quickly kissed the sleeping redhead, the barrier spell worked wonders and Harry didn't feel a thing. Stepping back he waited to see if anything was going to happen, when it didn't he walked back over to Severus and stood beside his husband.

'You did something so it wouldn't work' Molly protested

'For Merlins sake Molly, Harry isn't the one to break this, let it go' Arthur said exasperated

'I think Zacharias would like a turn perhaps' Harry offered 'I know you're keen on her Smith'

'Don't mind if I do Potter' Smith huffed he leant down over Ginny and presses his lips to hers, lingering for a few seconds then pulling back. Almost instantly Ginny began to stir, her eyes fluttering open, blinking as she took in her surroundings. A smile spread across her face, as it dawned on her she was awake, and that could only mean the spell had been broken.

'Harry I knew you would come aro….' she stopped mid sentence as she saw not Harry but Zacharias Smith standing beside her bed smiling broadly

'What's going on?' she squeaked 'Harry was supposed to be the one to wake me'

'Nope not me Miss Weasley' Harry walked forward into her line of sight 'Seems there was a flaw in your plan, should have read the fine print, only someone who returns your feelings will be able to break that sort of spell, you must have feelings for Smith here or it wouldn't have worked'

'But I –I did this – for you' she stuttered

'What poisoned yourself?' Harry intoned 'Yes we know all about it, bit of a desperate attempt if you ask me, certainly not something I would risk'

'You – you love me' Ginny squawked

'No I don't I never have, but you wouldn't listen, I am married to my soul mate, nothing can break that not even ancient forms of dark magic' Harry reminded her

'I don't want to be with Smith' Ginny wailed

'Not my problem, I'm sure you will sort it out, now excuse me I have a class to teach' Harry turned and walked from the room.

Ginny could be heard screaming for Harry to come back as he walked out into the early morning light, a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders, that weight would be soon on its way to St Mungo's psychiatric ward. Kingsley had told them that because she voluntarily harmed herself, she would be under a 72 hour hold at the hospital while a Mind Healer assessed her mental health and determined a course of action.

Over the coming days things got back to normal, Ginny was committed to the psychiatric ward at St Mungo's, Arthur had served Molly with divorce papers, she was staying at the Burrow, Arthur being quite happy in his flat in London. Dudley was coming to visit Harry at Hogwarts over the Christmas break; he had permission from the Headmaster. Life was good, he had everything he needed, there was only one thing that could make everything perfect, and he was currently working on making that happen. Zacharias Smith visited her often, in fact besides Molly he was the only one, intent on making her see, he was far better than Harry Potter.