"Matt Rosenbaum," Ginny said. The boy beside her smiled and extended his hand for Mrs. Weasley to shake.
"It's very nice to meet you Matt," Mrs. Weasley said, smiling as she shook his hand.
Matt had light, sandy blond hair and crystal blue eyes. Ginny beamed and looked around at who had come to meet her. When her eyes fell on Jersey, Ginny gave a small squeal and ran forward. She threw her arms around Jersey and cried, "I missed you so much Jersey! I haven't seen you in ages!"
"I missed you too!" Jersey cried, hugging Ginny back.
"I'm so glad that you're back in England!"
"I know, I got your letters!"
"I got yours too!"
"Oh, I missed you so much!" The two of them looked as though they were about to dissolve into tears, so Hermione stepped forward.
"Do you all want to go for lunch at the Grind?"
"I don't know…" Ginny said, looking up at Matt.
"I'm sure that my parents won't mind if I'm a little bit late," Matt said, putting his arm around Ginny. Harry felt a pang of… something. He wasn't quite sure what he was feeling.
"So, are you and Matt…" Jersey trailed off, raising her eyebrows. Ginny understood.
"Yes, Jersey, Matt and I are a couple," Ginny said, slightly turning red.
"Oh, this is so great!" Jersey squealed. "Now we can go on double dates!"
"That'd be nice," Matt said. Ginny now noticed Harry standing near Ron and Hermione.
"Hey Harry," Ginny said.
"Hi Gin," Harry replied. Ginny moved forward and gave Harry a quick hug, which Harry returned.
"Oh. My. God." Matt whispered. "Harry Potter, it is such an honor to be finally able to talk to you." Matt rushed forward and shook Harry's hand.
"I saw you play for Gryffindor and you were amazing!"
"Er… thanks," Harry said.
"Are you ready to go?" Hermione asked.
"Sure, but we can't Apparate yet," Ginny said.
"Here, take my hand," Ron said. "Matt, take hers." The three of them disappeared. Mrs. Weasley took out her wand and shrunk their trunks.
"Ah, young love," She said, pocketing their trunks and Disapparating.
"So, how did you and Ginny meet?" Hermione said, biting into a strawberry bagel that she had bought.
"Well," Matt said, wiping his face with the back of his hand. "We had all of our classes together, and after I tried out for Seeker on the Quidditch team, I finally got up the nerve to ask Ginny out."
"Really, that sort of reminds me of-Ouch!" Harry elbowed Ron painfully in the side.
"Sorry, reflexes," Harry said.
"Right." Ron said, glaring at Harry and rubbing his side.
"Well, I think it's very romantic," Jersey said.
"How did you and Harry meet?" Matt asked.
"It was very romantic," Jersey said. "You see, I was walking near a pond and all of a sudden, I slipped and almost fell in. But I was caught by Harry, who was going on a jog."
Jersey was totally making this up. Harry was fighting to keep his face straight.
"Well I looked into those amazing green eyes and fainted. I awoke thirty minutes later with Harry bending over me. And a muggle who was sitting nearby had his radio playing "Angel" by Shaggy, and it set the mood perfectly and then, all of a sudden, Harry said. "I would be honored if you would go to dinner with me." And I said yes, and here we are now."
"Really?" Ginny sighed.
"No," Jersey said, starting to laugh. "We met at the Quidditch tryouts for Puddlemere. And after I knocked two opposing Seekers off of their brooms, Harry asked me out."
"Your first story was better," Harry said.
Everyone laughed. They finished their coffees and said goodbye.
"Ginny, we have to go on a double date sometime," Jersey said, giving Ginny a tight hug. "What d'ya say?"
"Sure." Ginny said, glancing over at Harry again. "I'll see you soon, we'll arrange something."
"All right. Bye Ginny!" Jersey said, waving as Ginny disappeared with her mother.
"Gin and Matt make a nice couple," Jersey said, putting her arm around Harry's waist as they walked away.
"Yeah, I guess," Harry said, putting his arm around her waist too.
"Is something wrong?" Jersey asked.
"No, nothings wrong. I'm er… just worried about our next game against Transylvania," Harry lied. Something was bothering him, but he just couldn't put his finger on it.
"Oh, don't worry about them Harry," Jersey said. "They're pushovers."
"All right. Well, I gotta go now," Harry said, glancing at his watch. "I've got to finish packing for the trip."
"See you soon Harry," Jersey said, pecking Harry on the cheek.
"Bye Jersey," Harry replied, kissing her on the lips. He broke the kiss and disappeared.
Harry reappeared at the Department of Mysteries. There were wizards rushing around. Harry went into the Field Worker department where Horatio was running around, occasionally stopping to give orders.
"Good," Horatio panted when he finally saw Harry. "You're here. We need you out there. There is a mad witch attacking people in Diagon Alley."
"What does she look like?" Harry asked, waving his wand and making a bottle of potion appear in his hand.
"The reports say that she has auburn hair, blue eyes, and that she's actually quite pretty," Horatio said, looking thoughtful.
"That's Perry," Harry said, drinking the potion in one gulp. He instantly felt himself change into the man that he had turned into on his first mission.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. So, do you want us to subdue her and bring her in for questioning?"
"Yes, but the Ministry said that if she tries to attack any of you that you can kill her."
"Whoa, she's that dangerous?"
"Yes."
"All right, who else is there?"
"Well," Horatio said. "Currently Gargas is there, along with Krum."
"Okay, I'm off." Harry disappeared with a small pop and reappeared in Diagon Alley.
Several agents had a woman cornered. She was shouting at the top of her lungs.
"I WANT WHAT HE PROMISED ME!" She screamed. It was definitely Amanda Perry. Her auburn hair was askew, and her smile was no longer cheerful, but it was the same person. "NONE OF YOU ASSHOLES WILL KEEP ME FROM GETTING WHAT HE PROMISED!"
"Ma'am, put down the wand," said Krum, who was in disguise, along with the rest of the agents.
"No," Perry snarled. "This wand will not leave me until you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
"Ma'am that can be arranged," Harry said, stepping forward. "But if you come with us peacefully, we will not have to go to extremes."
"So they gave the order?" whispered Gargas, who was standing beside Harry. "We kill her if she attacks?"
"Yeah."
"Now, ma'am," Harry said. "Please, put down the wand." She did the exact opposite.
"Avada Kedavra!" She yelled. A flash of bright green light erupted from the end of her wand and hit one of the agents in the chest. Almost as one, all of the agents yelled "Avada Kedavra!" The spells hit Perry in various places, and she was thrown into the wall, a look of fear and panic frozen on her face.
"I had hoped that it wouldn't go that far," Krum said, glancing slowly over at the motionless body of the fallen agent. "Jesus Christ, what are we going to tell Morningside's family."
"We'll leave that to the head of our department." Harry said, looking at Morningside who had a similar look of horror on his face. "Now, c'mon, we have to get back to the department." The remaining six or so agents put the two bodies on stretchers and brought them back to the department.
Harry sat, hours later, filling out a report for Horatio. They had killed someone, and there was always a lot of paperwork after someone died.
"Almost done Potter?" Horatio said, coming into the quiet office where Harry was sitting.
"Yeah," Harry said, signing his signature at the bottom of the piece of parchment. "Here you go."
"Good job out there today," Horatio said, "Good idea to try and negotiate."
"Thank you sir," Harry said.
"Well, you'd better go home, your family will start to get worried."
"Goodbye."
"Where have you been?" James asked when Harry Apparated into the living room.
"I had some work to do at the D.M," Harry said.
"What happened?"
"You'll read about it in the paper tomorrow," Harry snapped. He wasn't in a good mood. "Goodnight."
Harry went upstairs and fell onto his bed, exhausted.
The month after that, Harry turned 19. There was a large celebration, in which all of the Weasleys, Hermione, Remus, Sirius, James and Jersey were invited. After the cake was cut and it had been devoured, Harry started opening presents.
The first one was from Jersey.
To Harold James Potter read the card. Jersey had been making fun of Harry's name ever since she found out what it really was. Inside of the large box, was a smaller box, and inside of that box, was another, and another, and another. Finally, Harry opened the last, tiny box and found a gift certificate to Quality Quidditch Supplies.
Ron's present was wrapped in golden paper that had Snitches on it. When he tore off the paper and opened the box he found a Secrecy Sensor, it looked like a squiggly golden television aerial.
"Just in case," Ron said.
"Thanks, I'll be needing it." Harry said, setting the present on top of the gift certificate.
"Open mine next," Hermione said. It was a book (surprise surprise). The book was called The Puddlemere United Quidditch Team. Harry leafed through it, before he was presented with another present.
A half an hour later the floor of the living room was littered with bits of wrapping paper.
Jersey had piled bits of ribbon on Harry's head, while she herself wore a dark blue ribbon.
"All right, my present now," James said, handing Harry a very small present. Inside of the colorful wrapping paper was a small, black box, which Harry opened and found two, small keys, one was gold, and the other one was silver.
"What are these for, Dad?" Harry asked, picking up the keys and looking for them.
"The gold one is the key to your bank safe," James said. Harry picked up the key and looked at it. "And the other one is to your apartment."
Harry's jaw dropped.
"My-my apartment?" Harry asked. "I have an apartment?"
"You do now," James said. "It was the last in the Wizard Wonders building-"
"You got me an apartment at Wizard Wonders?!" Wizard Wonders was one of the most high class apartment buildings in the whole wizarding world! Sure, on the outside it looked just like a regular, small, house, but when you go inside there is an extravagant entrance hall, with stained glass and a giant oak staircase that leads up to all of the apartments.
"-and it doesn't have the best wall color, but we can always paint over it."
"Can we go see it?"
"Yes, just press that little button on the key and say, 'take me home'." Harry pressed the button and said "take me home". He instantly felt himself disappear.
Harry reappeared a second later. He was in a brightly lit room. There was a breakfast bar, and there were hardwood floors. It had spiral stairs leading up to the second story. The windows outside showed a beautiful countryside, even though Wizard Wonders was right in the middle of the England suburbs. Harry explored all of the rooms. It wasn't furnished yet, so there was a bunch of empty rooms. Harry quickly chose the largest room for his bedroom and then went back downstairs. James was waiting for him.
"So, what do you think?" James asked. "Oh, by the way, you can change the view from the windows."
"Thank you so much," Harry said, still admiring his new surroundings. "I love it. But you're right, we do need to paint over the walls." The walls were a pale green that reminded Harry of a hospital.
"Yeah, we'll do that next weekend, before you move in."
"Thank you so much," Harry repeated.
"I'm going to go get the rest of your guests," James said, "I'm sure that they would love to see where the famous Harry Potter will be living."
A.N. That's all for now!!!!! Now, be a responsible reader and review!!!!!!!!