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17

Tuesday had started off kind of slow with transfiguration in the morning which Harry and Susan breezed right through before helping other students much to the surprise of Professor McGonagall. Everybody had still been holding back giggling as Draco attempted the spells in his squeaky voice, even Professor McGonagall had turned away a few times. By Harry's count the hair and the voice should last for about a week if Madam Pompfrey didn't figured out how to reverse them.

Neville had been having problems getting spells to work right but they had figured out what the issue was. The wand he was using was not his own, it was his fathers, meaning that the wand had chosen him and not Neville. Harry and Susan said that they would take him down to Ollivander's during the upcoming weekend and get him a new wand. A wand that chose him and would work for him. Neville wasn't quite certain about it or how his grandmother would feel about it but he agreed.

The rest of the week flew by but Friday found Hannah and Susan alone together in the library for the first time in a while. Normally they were accompanied by Harry and Neville but they had excused themselves to go have a guy talk or something. Harry was acting kind of strange but Susan put it past her as she talked to her best friend.

"What do you mean your magic is off," Hannah asked.

"Just what I said," Susan replied "For a while it was more powerful but now…now it seems like it's losing power instead."

"Have you done anything different? Have things been ok between you and Harry?"

"No I haven't been doing anything different and things are fine between Harry and I. At least I think they are. He's been acting a little strange the past day or so. Why do you ask," Susan inquired.

"Well I have heard that emotional states can have an impact on your magical abilities but usually that's only found in strong relationships, like marriage. WAIT! You and Harry didn't get married did you? I mean you'd at least tell your best friend if you did right," Hannah questioned excitedly.

Susan put her hands up to calm her friend. "Calm down Hannah. We can't make too much noise. We're in the library. Also no Harry and I are not married and if we were you'd be the first to know."

"Oh so you have thought about marrying him then," Hannah teased.

"HANNAH," Susan squeaked as she blushed. "We are way too young to even be thinking about that. I mean you heard Auntie we can't even date for years now!"

"And I recall Mr. Potter knowing the exact amount of time," Hannah added.

Susan turned a darker shade of red than her hair as she tried to change the subject back to her waning magical prowess. "Maybe I should go talk to Madam Pomfrey and see if she has any ideas."

"Good idea. I'll tag along if you don't mind. I'd like to make sure you're ok after all."

"Fine. Fine. Let's get going then," Susan said as they started to pick up their bags.

Minutes later they arrived at the hospital wing where Madam Pompfrey greeted them as they entered. "Miss Bones. Miss Abbott. What can I do for you this evening?"

"Well I've been experiencing some weird events regarding my magic. For a while it seems like it had gotten stronger but now it seems like it's weaker than before," She quick drew her wand and cast a Protego as an example. It started normally but quickly fizzled away to nothing. "See what I mean?"

"Hmm...," Madam Pomfrey observed. "Get up on the bed and let me take a closer look at you." Madam Pomfrey drew a curtain around the bed and withdrew her wand and started casting examination spells. Hannah watched on with eagerness. She had always been interested in the healing arts and was thinking of becoming a healer herself one day.

Madam Pomfrey frowned at the results of one of the spells. "Hmm….have you done anything new or different recently Miss Bones? Maybe made any recent attachments?"

Susan looked confused and then shook her head. "No. Nothing I can think of. Why? Is everything ok?"

"We shall see…I need verification of this. Twinkle!"

*POP* A house elf in a tattered nurse uniform appeared next to her. "Yes Misseses Pomfrey?"

"I need you to take a look at Miss Bones here and tell me what you see."

The house elf looked at Susan for a moment before turning her head sideways. "It looks like Misses Bones here is…"

"The blue line right," Madam Pomfrey interrupted. The house elf nodded. "Go get me Professor Sprout and bring her here. Find the other end of this and bring them here but don't tell them what it is about. I also have a feeling we are going to need Professor Black as well." *POP* The house elf vanished once more.

"What was that all about," Susan asked "Am I ok?"

"It's nothing to worry about I believe but we will wait til everyone else gets here to discuss it. However, Miss Abbott here will have to leave."

"Yes ma'am," Hannah said as she looked at her friend. "Take care Sue. Let me know what's going on." With that she turned and left as Professors Sprout and Black entered.

"Poppy, is everything alright," Professor Sprout asked worriedly.

"Yes yes. We just have a….development that you should be aware of."

"What kind of development," Sirius asked as he looked at Susan. "Are you ok Sue?"

"I feel fine. I've just been having problems with my magic actually. It was strong for a while but now it's weaker than before."

"I remember. You and Harry sure gave me a run for my money. Speaking of…where is Harry? I thought he'd be here with you."

"Well actually…" Susan began.

*POP* Twinkle the house elf had appeared near Madam Pomfrey but she wasn't alone. She had brought none other than Harry Potter along with her. He looked around confused. Sure he recognized the hospital wing. He had been there plenty of times. However he had never been brought there by a house elf (to this knowledge).

"Uhhh…hey guys. What's up? I was talking to Neville when Twinkle popped in and got all excited before she popped us back here. Is everything ok?" He looked around before he saw Sue sitting on the table. "Sue? Are you ok?"

"She is fine Mr. Potter. Now if you will do me a favor and sit up on the table next to her. I want to run a quick test," Madam Pomfrey assured.

Harry shrugged and hopped up on the table next to Susan and snuck his hand into hers as they sat up there together while Madam Pomfrey did a diagnostic wand scan.

"It's as I thought. I'm not sure when or how but it happened."

"What happened," Sirius and Harry asked at the same time.

Madam Pomfrey turned to Twinkle. "If you could show them please Twinkle." Twinkle snapped her fingers and the magic around Harry and Susan became visible, including a bright blue line running from the ring finger of the left hand of Harry Potter to the same finger on the same hand of Susan Bones.

"It would appear that Harry Potter and Susan Bones…are married."

Everybody was silent for a minute as they looked at Madam Pomfrey like it was some kind of joke and then slowly turned to look at Harry and Susan who were both bright red looking at their hand and then the line and then the hand of the other. They looked at each other and blushed, both were speechless. They looked at all the adults in the room and nobody spoke a word.

"You're kidding right," Sirius asked. "This is a practical joke of some sort isn't it Harry?

"This is no practical joke Professor Black. No matter how great a prankster may be, not even you could pull this off. They are for all intents and purposes, married. Their magic is tied together. I have no idea how, when or why but they are."

Sirius chuckled and whispered to himself. "Just like James…" Then he paled at his next thought. "Madam Pomfrey may I use your fireplace? Amelia Bones needs to be informed of this…predictament." Madam Pomfrey nodded and Sirius rushed off to make a floo call he was dreading.

Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout stepped away to talk about it leaving Harry and Susan alone processing the new information. They could feel each other's hearts racing through their amulets. Harry turned and looked at Susan who was already looking at him. He chuckled as a thought ran through his head.

"Well this didn't happen before…"

Susan looked at him shocked for a minute before busting out laughing.

"Well I'm glad you find this so funny Susan Amelia," a serious voice came. She immediately tried her best to hide and contain her laughter as she tightened the grasp on Harry's hand. They turned to see Amelia Bones, followed by Sirius approaching them.

"I'm sorry Auntie," Susan said as she looked away embarrassed. "It was just something that Harry said that's all."

"Well perhaps he'd like to share with the rest of us what's so funny about this moment," she said sternly.

Harry was determined not to show signs of fear because it wasn't their fault (he thought). "All I said was this didn't happen last time…" He heard Sirius snicker behind her.

"Well that's all fine, well and dandy Harry but I'm more concerned with how you ended up married to my niece at such a young age and what we can do about it."

"Well we could see about getting them magically divorced. It might take a toll on their magic but they'd be free…" Madam Pomfrey began

"Or you can let us answer for ourselves," Susan interrupted. "We may not have wanted this or are even sure how this happened but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing."

"Exactly," Harry added, "Susan and I have been pretty much inseparable since we started this go around. We go almost everywhere together. We sleep in the same bed. What's the difference? She's my best friend and I'm not going to give that up just because other people are uncomfortable. The only lives that this affects are ours and we will talk about it and get back to you." With that he pulled off his family ring and hopped off the table. He took Susan's hand and pulled her off the table. "Since we're already married, I guess it can't hurt to do this," he said half out loud and half to himself.

"Harry what are you…" Before the question could be asked Harry turned and dropped to a knee and asked his own question. He held his family ring in his hand nervously as he looked up at Susan. "Susan Amelia Bones, even though we're already technically married, would you give me the honor of making it official and becoming my wife?"

"Harry! What are you….Susan! No! You can't," Amelia began. Sirius put his arm around her and pulled her back to him. He held her close as tears began to form in her eyes.

Susan didn't even hear her aunt. Her heart was beating loudly. In front of her was the person who had been her best friend since they started this crazy ride. The person who would protect her with his life and who she would protect with hers. It was true that they spent almost every single moment together and even slept in the same bed together. She couldn't begin to imagine a world otherwise. She knew deep down in her heart that she loved him. Even if they didn't say it. She blinked and looked down at him.

"Yes…" she almost whispered

Nobody else heard her but Harry. He grinned that fabulous Potter smile as her took her left hand and placed his ring on it. It shrunk down to her size and changed to form a beautiful diamond ring with the Potter family symbol on the side. A ring appeared on Harry's left hand too and it became a solid black wedding band that also bared the Potter family symbol. He stood up and pulled her closer. Their eyes locked together and all they saw was each other. Neither one of them noticed they were no longer in the hospital wing. They were about to have their first kiss when wedding bells and confetti rang out from above them, frightening both of them.

"YAY! Congratulations you two. It's working out so much better than I had hoped. I'm so proud of you two," a familiar voice said from behind them. Harry instinctively pushed Susan behind him as he spun around and quickdrew his wand. There before them stood Marion in what appeared to be a formal wedding outfit. Looking around they appeared to be in King's Cross, decorated for a wedding. He lowered his wand and holstered it again before taking a deep breath.

"Good reflexes Tex. I can see why you married this one," she said to Sue.

"Speaking of, why are we married," Harry asked. "Sue and I never…"

"Oh but you did my dear boy. Don't you remember?" With a wave of her hand a scene appeared before them. It was the night they made promises to each other only this time they saw the blue glow. "Before you ask, that was the glow of magic accepting your vows to one another. As far as magic is concerned you were married that night."

Susan grabbed Harry's necklace and pulled him close, concentrating on that night as she put their amulets together. Once the memory had been stored she let go and smiled at him.

"Good call Miss Bones….or should I say…Mrs. Potter," Marion asked with a grin. "Speaking of… I've got a present for you two." She held up her hands and snapped her fingers. There was a bright flash of light and both Harry and Susan moved to cover their eyes. As they light died down they looked at each other and gasped. Somehow…they'd gotten older. "You're both how you looked when you were 14. I believe that was Amelia Bones requirement," she said with a grin.

"Great! Now we're going to need new clothes," Harry said with a grin.

"Or you could just use the ones you've got that have been resized smarty pants. On a quick business note, what you did to old Moldy Shorts Mr. Potter was absolutely brilliant. I loved the idea. 30 points for effect. Bravo."

Harry bowed and held up his hands. "Thank you. Thank you. Hold your applause."

"You're coming right along Mr. Potter. Just don't forget the Horcruxes. I'm sure I'll see you again. Congratulations you two love birds" With a quick snap and a flash of light they found themselves back in the same place and the same time they left.

They looked at the adults who were gawking at them with their jaws opened.

"Wh…what happened to you two," Amelia asked.

"What do you mean," Susan asked confused, forgetting they had aged.

"I think she means how we suddenly grew up dear," Harry replied.

Susan looked down and then back up at her Aunt. "Oh yeah. That."

"Long story short, we got visited by Death and this was our wedding present. Kinda cool that we got a present from Death to be honest. Not many people can say that I reckon."

Sirius chuckled. "I reckon not pup. I think that is the fastest anyone has every grown up."

"Probably. I set the bar high though."

"If you two are quite finished," Amelia Bones said seriously, "we've now got numerous issues to deal with this evening. First off we should probably contact Dumbledore and let him know about…well everything."

"I'm already here Madam Bones," a voice said from behind them "I felt some very strong magic in the castle and I felt the need to investigate." Dumbledore walked up beside Amelia and Sirius. He looked over Harry and Susan with a curious eyebrow raised. "It seems there has been quite a few interesting developments this evening…with a little outside help it seems. Why don't you tell me what happened?"

"Well sir, I guess we should start from the beginning." With that He took Susan's half of the amulet and pulled her closer, both feeling the other's heart start racing. He connected their amulets to show the night him and Susan actually got married. When he was done all the adults were gawking at them. "That was the start of it. Marion figured it out. This wasn't our intention by any means but I think it worked out quite well." He looked over to Susan and smiled as he held her hand. She blushed slightly as she smiled back at him before turning back to the room of adults.

"So apparently our being married for a while has had some sort of effect on our magic," Susan began. "We're not really sure how or why. Lately I've noticed a decrease in my magical power…"

"You too?"

She turned and looked at him, surprised. "Yeah. Have you…"

"Yeah. That's what I was talking to Neville about…"

"I was talking to Hannah about it when we decided it was a better idea to come check with Madam Pomfrey and see if she had any ideas. The rest you know."

"As for the aging…" Harry began to explain to Dumbledore.

"Let me guess…Marion," Dumbledore interrupted. Harry and Susan nodded. "Let's see….if I had to guess…you look about…14 or so. Correct." They nodded again. "That should make you 4th years but let's move you up to third years. You seem to be doing well in your Defense class. I heard the two of you managed to defeat Professor Black. Well done. Now your new schedule will start on Monday so take the weekend off and prepare yourself for Monday. Maybe pick up some new books while you're in Diagon Alley tomorrow with Miss Abbott and Mr. Longbottom."

"Yes sir," they replied.

"Very good. Now we don't have to worry about moving you since you already share the same room. So I think we should be all set to go. We'll figure out an announcement to make on Monday to keep all the curious minds at bay that will be wondering what happened. For the time being though, have a good night." With that Dumbledore turned to leave.

"Professor Dumbledore, aren't you worried about them being married," Amelia Bones asked.

"Why should I be worried of that? Those two go everywhere together and are inseparable. Magic has accepted their vow, so shall I. Besides to find true love at such a young age one should be blessed. It will make them more powerful in the long run." With that Dumbledore left.

"But…but…" Amelia Bones stuttered.

Sirius put us arms around her and turned her so she was facing him. "Let it go Ami. For now at least. Harry and Susan are happy and that's what matters. Pretty soon we're all going to be up to our elbows in Dark Lord if what they say is true. Let them enjoy it. We should enjoy it too." With that he and Amelia headed towards the fireplace talking to each other. Sirius only looked over his shoulder once to wink at the newlyweds before they disappeared into the fireplace. Sirius had obviously gone with to comfort her.

"In all my years…," Madam Pomfrey started. "Nevermind…congratulations you two. Now if you'll excuse me…" With that Madam Pomfrey left to tend to other patients.

They newlyweds were left alone with Professor Sprout who was beaming. "Oh my! Congratulations! Yes yes! How exciting!"

"Thank you Professor," they replied.

"Let's get you back to the Badger Den. I should probably be there to help field any questions."

With that the newlyweds and Professor Sprout headed back towards the kitchen and back towards their home.