Chapter 3: Wedding Crashers
Harry soon wakes up to see that he and Hagrid were on land, as the motorbike has seen better days given that it got destroyed. Harry looks around the area, as he sees only tall reeds in the dark. But that's when he noticed a crooked house in the distance, with two people coming out of the house. It was Mrs. Weasley and her daughter, Ginny Weasley. "Harry! Hagrid! What happened?! Have you seen the others?" Mrs. Weasley asked, checking up on the two. "Where are the others? Have they made it back?" Harry asked. Ginny shook her head, "Sorry but no one else had arrived, just you two," she said. "They were on us from the star', Molly - the Death Eaters. And You-Know-Who as well," Hagrid explained. Mrs. Weasley was shocked, but shook it off as she led the two in.
Suddenly Lupin and Sirius arrived, helping a rather injured George, as both Harry and Ginny checked up on George. "Holy shit, George you're bleeding!" Ginny exclaimed. "Yeah I know, can we just get back inside," George stated. Soon the five entered the house, as Mrs. Weasley went down to see what the commotion was when she screamed in shock. "My boy! My darling boy! What've they done to you?!" she exclaimed. Harry could stare in shock, as his friends got hurt and he couldn't do a damn thing. That's when Lupin grabbed Harry by his shirt and hurled him to the wall. "Remus! What the hell are you doing to my godson?!" Sirius shouted. "Quiet Sirius!" Lupin ordered, as he turned to Harry. "What creature sat in the corner the first time that Harry Potter visited my office at Hogwarts!" he asked. "Are you crazy, let me go!" Harry ordered. "What creature?!" he asked. "Ok fine, it was a grindylow, are you happy?" Harry retorted.
"That's all I need to know," Lupin stated, letting Harry go as the boy took a moment to catch his breath. "The plan failed, we've been compromised. Voldemort knew of this plan and had his men take out the clones Naruto made. Sorry if I acted this way, I just need to know if you were an imposter or not," Lupin explained, apologizing to Harry. "It's fine, but who did this to George?" Harry asked. "It was fucking Snape, he did this," Sirius growled, as Lupin nodded. Lupin assured Mrs. Weasley that her son will be fine, to which she nodded as she still weeped. Just then, Naruto and Hermione arrived, as the blond's motorcycle slid onto the front yard. The couple looked pretty shaken and tired, given that they had to fight and escape the Death Eaters.
The others came to check up on them, when Naruto pointed his wand at Harry. "What was the item Dumbledore gifted to me during our fifth year and when was the item gifted to me?" he asked. "He gave you Grindelwald's journal and it was given before we left for the Christmas holidays," Harry stated. Naruto nodded and stowed away his wand, as he and Hermione walked towards them. "What's up with you?" Naruto asked Harry, noticing that the boy was looking upset. "Hedwig…she's dead. She died…trying to protect me," Harry stated, as Naruto and Hermione offered their condolences. Soon the others have arrived, as they look rather worn out and tired.
When they went inside, they talked about what happened. "Mundungus is gone. He bailed out on us when he saw Voldemort in the sky," Cedric stated, as he was looking rather stern. "We haven't suffered from any loss, aside from Hedwig so there is that," Tonks stated. "But that doesn't explain how they knew we were moving Harry tonight," Mr. Weasley stated. The group thought about this for a moment, before they decided to end the night as it had been a long night and everybody could really use some rest. But as Harry slept, he kept having visions of something happening between Voldemort and Ollivander, almost as if an argument was taking place. The scar-headed boy wakes up in a cold sweat, as he looks around the room noticing that it's still night time.
Harry grabs his belongings and sneaks out of the Burrow. But as he is about to leave, a voice calls out to him. "Going somewhere?" the voice said, as Harry turned around to see that it was Naruto. The blond was tinkering with his motorcycle, when he noticed Harry about to leave. "Naruto? What are you doing here? I expected Ron or Hermione, but you?" Harry stated. "I talked with them about it and they said that I should talk to you. Are you really considering leaving?" he asked. "I have to, I won't allow any more people to sacrifice their lives for me," Harry stated. "Trust me I get it. I know how it feels having people sacrifice their lives and I'm tired of it. But I'm not just going to allow you to leave on your own," Naruto said, looking serious. "Come with me then, aren't you going to hunt down Kurasame as well?" Harry asked. "I want to, but I know I can't do it alone, not without my friends. I made a vow that whatever we do, we do it together and I refuse to break that vow. Besides, you still have that trace on you, so if anything, it's a liability," Naruto stated. Harry wanted to say something, but he knew he couldn't win against Naruto when it comes to his art of persuasion, Naruto dubs 'Talk no Jutsu' so he decided to stay for the remaining days.
As such, for the few remaining days before Harry finally turns 17, everybody was preparing for Bill and Fleur's wedding. Rehearsals took place, as everybody cleaned up the Burrow to decorate for the event. Cedric, Kingsley, and the rest of the order went back to London to take care of some business while still keeping contact with the others, by sending them any new information. While everybody was decorating for the wedding, the Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, arrived at the Burrow. "Bloody hell, what's the Minister of Magic doing here?" George asked. "Dunno. But something tells me he didn't come to give away the bride," Ron stated.
Harry meets up with Naruto, Ron, and Hermione inside the house, as Rufus Scrimgeour calls for the four personally. The blond raised an eyebrow, as he crossed his arms given that he doesn't have any support for the minister due to how Naruto sees him as a hypocrite. "To what do we owe the pleasure, Minister?" Harry asked, with a sign of sarcasm. "I think we both know the answer to that question, Mr. Potter," Scrimgeour stated. The minister brings forth a cloth bag and places it on the table, as the four look at the bag curiously. "And this would be...?" Harry asked. "Don't be coy, Mr. Potter. Mr. Weasley. Would you say you were close to your former Headmaster?" Scrimgeour asked. Ron was surprised, "Dumbledore? And me? I dunno. I reckon I was just another Weasley to him. He was always polite –"
"Ms. Granger. How would you characterize your relationship with Dumbledore?" Scrimgeour asked. "We were friendly, not close like Harry, but…" Hermione was about to say, when Scrimgeour turned to Naruto. "And you Mr. Uzumaki. What is your relationship with the late Dumbledore?" he asked. "Dumbledore trusts me, as much as he trusts Harry. But what's all this about?" Naruto asked, looking rather serious. "This. Despite the fact that neither of your friends appear to have been particularly close to their recently deceased Headmaster, he saw fit to remember them in his will. Now why do you suppose that would be?" Scrimgeour asked or rather interrogated. The four looked at each other and then at Scrimgeour, "Sorry, no idea," Harry stated. Scrimgeour raised an eyebrow, before reading Dumbledore's will. To Ron, he gets Dumbledore's deluminator. To Hermione, she gets the book The Tales of Beedle the Bard. To Harry, he gets the Golden Snitch he caught during his first ever Quidditch match. Lastly to Naruto, he is given a curved survival dagger that had runes on the silver blade and a wolf motif as its design, along with a pendant showing a triangle and inside a circle and a wand, and a book of runes.
"So that's it then?" Harry asked. "Not quite. Dumbledore left you a second bequest: The Sword of Godric Gryffindor. Unfortunately, the Sword of Gryffindor was not Dumbledore's to give away. As an important historical artifact, it belongs…" Scrimgeour was about to say, when Hermione interrupted. "To Harry! It belongs to Harry! It chose him! It came to him in the Chamber of Secrets when he most needed it!" she said. "Yeah, I saw that the sword came to Harry when he needed it the most, I was a witness to it. Plus given that I own the Scepter of Slytherin due to me being one of Salazar's last living descendants besides You-Know-Who, Dumbledore allowed me to take the scepter, so if anything Harry has a right to own the sword," Naruto stated.
"The sword may present itself to any worthy Gryffindor, Miss Granger and Mr. Potter. That does not make it the wizard's property. And in any event the current whereabouts of the sword are unknown," Scrimgeour stated, shocking the others. "Excuse me?" Harry asked. "The sword is missing. I won't pretend to be your friend, Mr. Potter, but I assure you I'm not your enemy," Scrimgeour stated. "You'll forgive me, Minister. But it's a little hard to tell the difference these days," Harry retorted. "Dumbledore said something very similar the last time we spoke," Scrimgeour stated, as he looked out the window. "Where is your guard, sir?" Hermione asked. "I came alone. I don't really need them anymore…" he said, before he left.
The Burrow-Night Time
The wedding party is soon taking place, as everybody is celebrating the union between Bill and Fleur. Naruto was among the crowd, cheering the newly weds on as he clapped for them along with everyone else. The blond was dressed in a white dress shirt with rolled sleeves, a black tie, a black suit vest, black slacks, and black leather shoes. He was with his date, Hermione, as she was looking beautiful tonight, wearing a scarlet dress of hers. Of course Harry and Ron were there, alone as Harry wasn't with Daphne given that the two are keeping minimum contact due to that vow they made of keeping each other safe, whereas for Ron, well since he broke up with Lavender, he is technically a free man. Anyways, as Harry was walking around and talking with some of the guests, Luna came up to him. "Hello Harry," she greeted, as the scar-headed boy turned to her in surprise.
Harry sees that her dad was here as well since they are both wearing yellow. "Oh, I've interrupted a deep thought, haven't I? I can see it growing smaller in your eyes," she stated, surprising Harry. "No, 'course not. How are you, Luna?" he asked. "Very well. I was bitten by a garden gnome only moments ago," she said, nonchalantly showing her bloody finger. "Gnome saliva is enormously beneficial! Xenophilius Lovegood. We live just over the hill!" Xenophilius said, enthusiastically. They talked with each other, but it seemed that Harry wasn't as interested in the conversation, as something was troubling his mind. Luna notices this and manages to get her dad to steer the conversation away to someone else. Harry continued walking around and talking with some of the people that seemed to know more about Dumbledore.
With Naruto
Naruto and Hermione have been talking, as they watched the newlyweds have a good time. "Ah, do you think one day this could be us?" Hermione asked. "For us, definitely. But we'll have to wait until this war is over," Naruto stated. "Honestly I can imagine us living a peaceful life together, filled with blond-haired brown eyed little girls or brown-haired blue eyed little boys vice versa. Growing up, I always wanted a family, you know like a mom and dad and some siblings. Even now, one of my dreams is to start a family of my own with the one I love. But one of my greatest fears is that what if I disappoint or fail my children, like I don't know much about parenting and all that," Naruto stated. "You won't fail Naruto, I know you won't. Believe me I'm scared too, but like you said, whatever we do, we do it together," Hermione stated, as Naruto looked at her in surprise, but nodded. He thanked her, as she smiled and nodded. "Come, dance with me," she offered, as the blond took her by the hand.
They slowly danced together, as they couldn't stop staring at each other. In this moment, they forgot about what was going, as Hermione placed her head on Naruto's chest as they slowly danced. But soon the moment was ruined, when a silver lynx arrived in front of the crowd, with a message from Shacklebolt. "The Ministry has fallen. The Minister of Magic is dead. They are coming…" the voice said before the lynx vanished. Soon screams could be heard, as people tried apparating away when the Death Eaters arrived. "Get the others go!" Naruto ordered, as Hermione nodded and proceeded to find the others. Naruto took out some of the Death Eaters using the Armiger spell, as the crystal blades sliced and pierced through each unfortunate Death Eater that got caught between the spell and the caster. The blond manages to regroup with the others, as they are facing off against some of the Death Eaters. "Sectumsempra!" Naruto shouted, slashing through some of the Death Eaters with the invisible sword spell. "Come on, we need to get out of here and fast," Harry stated. "Let's get to my place! We're safe there," Naruto stated, as the others nodded. The others held onto Naruto, as he apparates them to the Uzumaki residence.