Author Note: As many American shows like to do for a season ender they like to do a special two part episode. Here it is. Don't worry I already have part 2 mostly written so it shouldn't be several months before the second half comes out. They find a world where things are not happy joy joy but that's okay Luna has a plan.
Harry had awoken early and sliding out of bed without waking up Rhonda he pulled on his pajamas and padded downstairs. He enjoyed sitting on the patio and watching the sunrise. A habit that Luna had gotten him into as the world seemed to be a new wonderful gift at sunrise.
As he entered the drawing room that led to the patio he saw a figure sitting on the couch. The new Hermione, Mia he corrected himself, was sitting there nursing her two month old baby. He started to back out when she looked up and their eyes met. He smiled awkwardly.
"Oops sorry. I didn't realize there was anyone in here." He said quietly.
"Its okay. I'm essentially the same as your wife Hermione so its not like you haven't seen it all before." She joked.
"Are you sure? I don't want to interrupt."
"Yeah its okay. She's almost done and will go back to sleep soon." she tiredly said.
Harry came in and sat across from her in his chair. "She looks happy."
"She's a pretty good one. They're all good kids, just a bit rough around the edges."
Harry chuckled, "I think between Rhonda and Selene they're getting those edges smoothed off."
Mia smiled, "Yeah. I really appreciate that." Andrea had detached so Mia worked her around to burp and then cuddle her so she would go back to sleep. She left both of her breasts out causing Harry to draw a deep breath quickly.
Mia smiled, "So you like what you see?"
Harry smiled silently appreciating the view for a brief moment before nodding, "Yeah. You're very lovely."
She stretched after using cushions to make a small fortress on the couch so Andrea wouldn't roll off. "Thanks even though I'm identical to your wife?"
"Not entirely identical. I've noticed a few minor differences among all of the Hermiones I've met. Makes each one unique."
Hermione shrugged, "Oh. That's something I'm still trying to wrap my head around."
Harry nodded, "Yeah it does take a bit of mental gymnastics. I think Luna's the only one of us to really not have an issue."
"Luna always was a bit different." She rubbed her breasts a bit, "Sorry the medicine Hermione gave me to get them producing milk again sometimes works too well, especially when Andrea's not too hungry. I sometimes have some left over."
"Oh. Do you need to go uh take care of them? I can watch Andrea." Harry said staring at the tiny white bead at the tip of her left one.
She was breathing a bit hard, "You know the only guy I've ever had sex with was Ron. Even doing this under the ritual we used would have had me doubled over in pain."
"Just exposing your breasts?" Harry frowned looking into her light brown eyes.
"Yeah. The ritual was kinda meant to be restrictive. I was a fool." She slumped forward.
"No you were young and in love and made a mistake. It happens to a lot of people, male and female." Harry said supportingly
"Okay well I better get these drained. There isn't much left but it still can get a bit achy if I don't." She said standing up. When she did Harry noticed she had a slight belly, her hips were a bit wider than Hermione's and her back side was not as firm but still round.
Harry took a breath and said, "I could help. If you want?"
Mia looked at him biting her lip, "Your wives wouldn't get upset?"
Harry shrugged, "Maybe. But at me not you."
She licked her lips as she moved towards him, Winky appeared and took Andrea back to the nursery as she recognized when the humans were going to be distracted.
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After breakfast Hermione and Rhonda asked Harry to come to the matriarch's office in the estate.
"So enjoy yourself this morning?" Hermione asked with a smirk.
Harry bashfully looked at the floor then up into Hermione's dark brown eyes. Glancing at Rhonda who was trying to frown and laugh at the same time. "Yeah. I had a good morning."
"You at least made sure she enjoyed herself right?" Hermione asked. "As well as won't be pregnant again?"
"Yes dear. I used the protection charm on myself and her both." He explained, "She had left her wand upstairs since Ron never let her have it, she wasn't used to carrying it."
"Probably afraid she'd hex his balls off." Rhonda sighed, "You know you lost me ten galleons right?"
"What?"
"I had a bet with Ginny about how long it would be before the two of you had sex. I had a month in the pool." Rhonda shook her head.
"You had a betting pool?" Harry looked at the two women incredulously.
Hermione shrugged, "I had last Tuesday. I remembered how much you loved it when I was lactating."
"What can I say its a Weasley thing." Rhonda agreed.
"Great so who won?" Harry sighed in amusement.
"Big surprise All of the Lunas. Ginny said she's not going to let them get into the betting pool next time." Rhonda said.
"Okay so now what?" Harry asked. Ignoring the phrase the next time.
"Well I'll ask her if she wants to be put into the schedule and we'll consider her another wife." Hermione declared.
"Really?" Harry asked happily.
"Yeah really. She's led a bad life. The kids need a strong male role model and she needs someone who'll love her for herself. Help her figure out what she wants to do and support her in it." Rhonda said.
"Even if she just wants to be a wife and mother?" Harry looked at Hermione.
Hermione shrugged, "Hey one of me might as well be a domestic goddess."
"Fine with me then." Harry grinned.
"Okay well I need to get into the office we were running a few more scans and trying to see which world might be the most interesting to send a team to next. Also we still haven't locked down the rogue Harry's transit technique."
"Alright. Well good luck with all that and I'll take the day off to stay here. Do some family time stuff." Harry grinned happily.
"Okay." Hermione said giving him a kiss on the way out.
Rhonda laughed, "So what sort of family stuff you want to do?"
"Oh let's just wing it and see how the day goes."
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Harry came in the next morning whistling a jaunty tune.
"Someone had a good time." Ron laughed throwing a paper airplane at Harry's head. He and the Lunas had finally figured out a balance point so that Ron was back to normal, or at least as close to it as he got. He did say having a house full of Lunas was an incredible thing. The marriage bond among them meant none of them ever felt alone, or doubted the other's love.
Catching the plane Harry grinned, "Yeah. I did. We spent the day playing with the kids and swimming in the lake. Saw the unicorns over at Luna's conservatory. Had a cook out. Too bad you missed it."
"I know but I had to go to the Elseworlds and meet with them. We're coordinating the search patterns and had to give them a briefing on the worlds we've been to." Ron said. "I just got back this morning."
"Oh. Spent the night there?"
"Well after work they let their hair down pretty good. You know Neville hit on me over there? Crazy."
Jean came walking in, "And how was his bed then?" She had been on maternity leave but was back on the teams.
Ron frowned at her, "You know my broom don't fly that way."
"Oh then whose bed did you wind up in?" She said sitting at her desk with a smirk.
"Me and that Ron had a threesome with that Hermione. I see why you collect Hermiones now."
Harry glared at him in mock anger, "I do not collect Hermiones. They just sort of drift to me. Mr Luna collector."
The phone rang in their office causing Jean to stop laughing at the two boys pretending to be men. "Alright children. If you're done with your masculine one upsmanship that was the boss and she has a world for us to go to. Briefing in 10 so lets go."
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"Okay guys, this world seems to have the usual suspects for the most part. There are a few missing though. Mostly in Slytherin although a few Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and even a couple Hufflepuffs are too." Hermione began the briefing with.
"Oh anyone we know." Ron asked.
"Well it seems like Neville, Your counterpart Ron, The twins and the usual victims." She said referring to Dumbledore, Sirius and Remus.
"Great. So anything else to be aware of?" Harry asked.
"Not really. Hopefully it'll just be a normal mission."
Ron snickered, "I hope it goes better than normal."
Harry said nothing but ducked out to gather his gear before Hermione's glare ignited.
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The team had stepped out of the wormhole and taken three steps after confirming they were through when four people came out of the bushes with their wands pointed at them.
Lavender Brown, Cho Chang, Hannah Abbott and Seamus Finnegan were standing there wearing some sort of mismatched fatigues. Lavender's left eye was covered by a patch due to a strange keloid scar that ran from the hairline down to her jaw. They all wore a crescent moon on their shoulder patch.
"Hold it Potter. You and Weasley keep your hands where we can see them. Granger you transform back from the cat." Lavender ordered.
Ron sighed, "Wow, that did not take long at all." He raised his hands over his head.
Harry smiled, "Uh Hello. Lavender. You uh seem to have us at a disadvantage."
"Yeah I do. Now we need to go visit Luna. She's expecting you."
Harry looked at the other two members of his team then with a wry shrug he said, "Lead on."
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They had taken a portkey someplace Harry did not recognize. It was a wide green valley with a small village beside a small river in the middle of it. Sheep, cows and ponies grazed happily in the fields surrounding the village.
"So this is nice." Harry observed.
Lavender just grunted and pointed towards a small white farm house with a thatched roof, "Walk."
Ron grunted, "You know a bit more politeness would go a long ways Lav."
"Do not ever call me that Weasley." She looked incredibly aggravated by his comment.
Cho put her hand on Lavender's shoulder. "He doesn't know any better. Remember they come from off-world."
"Fine. Call just me Lavender. I don't like that other name." She said turning to Ron. Her one eye glaring at him. "Not anymore."
Ron nodded rapidly. Unsure of what happened here to make her so hurt and angry with him.
Harry looked at Jane then back to Lavender, "You seem to know a lot about us."
Lavender kept walking ahead of them but Cho who was beside Harry nodded, "Luna has told us a lot about you. So are you really married to four wives?" She asked.
"I am. So this Luna. She's a seer?"
Cho nodded, "One of the best." She said proudly.
"So did she say why she wanted us to meet with her?" Harry asked.
"No but she was very adamant about it." Cho said.
"Great. So she have a boyfriend?" Ron asked.
Cho glared at him, "She's a seer. Of course not!"
Ron shut up as he noticed Lavender had glanced over her shoulder at him when Cho spat her reply to him.
"I take it there is something about being a seer that precludes having a boyfriend?" Harry asked politely.
"If you mean losing her powers then yeah. That sort of precludes things." Lavender snorted
"Oh okay. Yeah that would do it." Harry agreed calmly. Being taken prisoner did tend to make one a bit more polite, at least until it was time to become very impolite.
They had reached the large white building on the edge of the village. Entering it they were led to a nice lounge.
Lavender spun on them, "Potter with me. The rest of you sit and relax."
Ron protested, "Hey now. Where are you taking him?"
"To meat Luna. Now sit. He'll be fine." Lavender said giving Ron a shove backwards.
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Harry was led into a quiet lounge. Sitting on a rug in the middle of the room was a Luna. She had silvery white hair, pale skin, and pure silver eyes. She was wearing some kind of white gown that was translucent, but with multiple layers underneath so all Harry could see was hints and suggestions.
She looked up at Harry and smiled. "Hello Harry. Please have a seat."
Harry sat down as Lavender asked, "What do you want done with the other two?"
"Offer them refreshments and amusements please. Ronald will of course be hungry. Apologize to him for my desire not to have sexual relations with him, but feel free to offer yourself. He would not be adverse to it."
Lavender snorted with a smirk but saluted and left.
"You have to understand she fell in love our Ron and had hoped to marry him before he was killed." Luna explained. "She is still grieving."
"Oh I'm sorry. Your war must have been pretty bad then?" Harry sympathized.
"Not entirely. We managed to prevent most of the major deaths. However the cleanup after the war led to a much greater darkness taking over." She sighed.
"What sort of darkness was that?" Harry asked dreading the answer.
Luna sighed, "You are not going to enjoy hearing this but it is your counterpart and his wife Hermione who are the darkness that took over the wizarding world. Although technically it was more her than him."
"Hermione? Why would she do that?"
"She was a muggle-born that was sorted into Slytherin. The first that had ever been sorted into that house. Aside from that, even I do not know much about her. I know next to nothing about her home life. She never spoke much about it." Luna said. "Those who tried to pry found themselves on the receiving end of her wrath."
"And because she was sorted into Slytherin that turned Harry?"
"She became his friend after the incident with Quirrel. They became quite close and no one could separate them. Draco Malfoy tried and there are rumors that she either had him killed or killed him herself."
"Wow. Hard core to quote my father in law." Harry declared in surprise.
"Yes very. When she discovered my powers she convinced me to help her protect Harry. As I saw that he was vitally important to the safety of the world I agreed. I did not realize that I was setting the world to suffer as we replaced one darkness for another."
"Since you saw us coming here why didn't you see her doing all of this?"
"Because her actions served two purposes. Everything she did was a move to bring herself closer to Harry, by associating herself with the Hero who saved the wizarding world she was able to gain influence and champion her causes. Clearing out the corruption, the bigotry of the blood purity movement. Securing our world from muggle encroachment. Modernizing society. All of it sounded so rational, so acceptable. Especially when she posed it as a direct response to the rise of Voldemort. How he only came about thanks to all of these things she was wanting to change." Luna explained.
"Yeah but I mean why would the Ministry let a pair of teenagers, even if they did save the world, just take over like that?"
"Because the Ministry was in shambles. Most of the leaders were dead, the Wizengamut dead or powerless. Harry called for a vote to rebuild the Ministry or to revert back to the old ways of the Anglo-Saxons. A wizard king and his council. Due to the fear of muggles, the fear of the corruption and return of the darkness the people voted to dissolve the Ministry and elect Harry our new king. Hermione and he was married soon after that in a simple ceremony." Luna shook her head, "I did not see it because I did not want to see it but things began to change. The people did not see anything but the face Hermione wanted to show. Only they began to lose freedoms, all in the interest of public safety. Protecting the magical community from muggles. Their wars, their diseases, their criminal elements. So they closed our borders more tightly. They began to steal magical children from their muggle parents. Her and Harry had placed the people they trusted and considered loyal into key places in society. The paper told only the story they wanted, father was killed when he tried to report anything else. I tried to warn him but I saw that my life was in danger because she no longer trusted me, so I had to choose." She had a small tear leave her eye.
"I'm sorry. But you'll see him again." Harry said handing her a kerchief.
"I know. And thank you for being supportive." Luna said.
"You're welcome. Now this Harry and Hermione. They've turned the magical world into a cage." Harry observed. "Although a gilded one I take it?"
"Yes, but a gilded cage is still a cage no matter what. It is as the ancient Romans said panem et circes that we are living in." Luna frowned, "So I formed a rebellion, a resistance to their actions. Ron and Neville were part of their inner circle still at that point so I recruited them. They fell in combat. I cannot see what happens in combat as it is too chaotic, too many variables. So I have to wait until the threads are sorted out after combat. By then it was too late and they had been killed. Lavender had been injured and Ginny." She stopped talking then.
"What happened to her? Tell me please." Harry urged her to answer.
Luna took a deep breath, "She had been captured. Hermione tortured her to try and get her to reveal our location at the time. She never broke under the torture. She tried to rip it from her mind but the defenses we built were too strong. By the time we rescued her she was barely able to function. We have worked to heal her as much as we could but having to move from location to location as she expanded her grip on our world has not helped."
"We could maybe take her back home with us. We have some pretty spectacular healers, plus with our world integrated she might be able to get different help than can be received here." Harry explained breathlessly.
"Yes. I know. When you are ready to leave I will have her brought to you."
"Thank you. Now I have a feeling you're going to ask for more help than just that." Harry stated.
Luna smiled and laughed gently, "I thought I was the seer?"
"Doesn't take much psychic ability to see you're in trouble here. This is one of the reasons I helped form this organization. To help people in trouble, both back home and out here." Harry declared proudly.
"Thank you for doing so. You are what we were waiting for. We could not defeat them by ourselves. There is but maybe a dozen of us left. Her assassin has known she was facing a seer so she has been moving chaotically. Doing random things to prevent my being able to predict her actions."
"So who is it that is their assassin?"
"Daphne Greengrass. She is highly skilled and trained. With a natural talent for murder." Luna flatly stated.
"Okay. I'll need to go back, consult with my Hermione and the team. See what we can do. I don't suppose you have any suggestions?" Harry asked with a chuckle.
"Unfortunately no. Your interactions from this point have muddied the waters too much. I cannot tell anything much past this point forward." Luna shook her head sadly. "I do not even know if we will succeed or fail, but I do know that if you do not help eventually she will take over the world and have no further need for Harry."
"Alright. Then I better get back to headquarters and start making plans." Harry said.
Luna shook her head, "It will be at least another thirty minutes before Ronald is done making love to Lavender. She has not felt the touch of a man since our Ronald's death. She was not going to let this opportunity escape. Would you like some tea?"
"Uh not Gurdyroot." He said cautiously.
She shook her head, "No. Lemongrass for myself and you prefer Earl Grey with two sugars and cream."
Harry just smiled as they began to talk about family, friends and how the worlds turned out.
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Ron and Jane were sitting on the couch opposite Cho and Seamus quietly. They had been served tea, biscuits and light snacks which Ron had shrugged and taken some. Especially when he saw Cho and Seamus eating from the same plate. Jane refused to do anything except sit and glare at Cho.
Lavender returned to the room causing Jane to stand up, "Where's Harry? Is he alright?"
"Sit down Granger." Lavender barked, "You're lucky you're not ours otherwise you'd be dead already. Potter is in with Luna. He's perfectly fine."
Jane and Ron both recoiled in shock at the venom in Lavender's words. "What do you mean by that?" Ron asked. "What'd Hermione do to you?"
"This Weasley. She did this to me." Lavender said pointing to the scar running down her face. "She did a lot more than this to others. But you and I need to go have a private talk so follow me Weasley."
"What are you going to do to him?" Jane demanded.
"Nothing he'll be upset about so sit down and shut up." Lavender ordered.
"Hey, you don't talk to my friend that way." Ron stood up causing the others in the room to stand and draw their wands.
Lavender snorted through her nose before saying, "Look, there's something I haven't said in a while." She paused and composed herself, "But please, sit down and relax while Ron and I go have a talk." She tried to be polite it sounded like.
Ron stared at her for a moment before nodding to Jane, "I'll be okay. If they had wanted to hurt us they'd have done it by now."
"Maybe." Jane replied uncertainly.
"I'll be fine." Ron tried to reassure her. Before turning and gesturing for Lavender to lead him on.
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The two of them entered a small bedroom which made Ron look at Lavender curiously. She smirked at him then put her wand in a wood box, "Put your wand in there too."
Ron raised his eyebrow but did as she requested. Once both wands were in the box she closed it and handed it to someone outside the door.
"Okay now we're both unarmed. Unless you're some prodigy with wandless." Lavender said in a odd tone.
Ron shrugged, "Dunno. But you should know I'm a very dangerous man. Very powerful." He rubbed his nails on his shirt casually.
As she pulled her sweater over her head Lavender smirked, "That's what I'm hoping for."
Ron's eyes grew wide as her trousers dropped to the floor. Revealing a muscular body that had seen combat. There was small purplish scar that ran from just below her right breast to her left hip. Her left thigh had a small puckered star shaped scar on it.
"You've seen some combat." He said as she reached up to undo the bra clasps.
"Less talk more undressing." Lavender's husky tone showed she was not joking.
Ron grinned, "The things I do for science." as he began pulling his clothes off.
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Jane was sitting on the couch frowning at the two guards keeping track of her.
Seamus laughed, "Don't worry yer friend's haven a really good talk by now I'm sure."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jane was not wanting to put up with Seamus on a good day, and this was not a good day.
"What that means. Hermione is that Lavender was wanting to uh. Well she's been rather lonely and she had been lovers with our Ron." Cho tried to explain politely.
Jane's face expressed her surprise.
"Yeah that's right, yer friend Weasley is getting a booty call right now." Seamus confirmed with a laugh.
"Oh. And Harry?"
"Is probably having some nice tea and conversation. I wasn't joking. Seers lose their magical powers if they have sex. So Luna has to remain pure to keep her powers." Cho explained.
"Oh. Well there are alternatives." Jane smirked.
"Not for her. IF she gets off then boom, there goes the powers." Seamus crudely said with hand gestures.
"Rather crudely put Seamus. But accurate. Kissing a person passionately will cause them to lose their powers. Its a cosmic balance Luna says. Seers are cursed like that to prevent them from frivolously using their powers to gain lovers. At least that's one explanation." Cho said calmly drinking her tea.
"Yeah and to de-power them all ye got ta do is de-floer them." Seamus sniggered in amusement.
"Oh. Well then. What are we going to do while they have their discussion?" Jane said scowling at Seamus
Seamus winked at her, "We could have a talk of our own?"
Jane shook her head, "No thanks. I'd rather go talk to Cho."
Cho smiled, "That could be arranged."
Jane looked awkwardly amused but shrugged as Cho led her off.
Seamus sighed, "Damn it, a whole nuther dimension of girls and I still can't score."
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"Look I don't really like girls I just wasn't in the mood for Seamus." Jane tried to explain.
"Don't worry. Most of us girls here get tired of Seamus. Katie's given him a few pity fucks but that's more because she wanted some and he was handy." Cho explained.
"So were you and Cedric Diggory together in this world?" Jane inquired.
Cho's face fell so quickly Jane thought she'd somehow hit her with a saddening charm. Before Jane could apologize Cho nodded and said, "Yeah. Cedric and I were close. I loved him. Then the final task happened and Harry came back from where ever they had been and claimed Pettigrew killed him."
They walked outside into the sunshine where Cho paused and with closed eyes took a few deep summer breaths.
Jane stood quietly beside her as she looked around. The yard sloped down to the river in a long unbroken stretch of bright green grass. Birds wheeled over head singing as they looked for food or mates. The sky was a deep azure that seemed to be infinite.
"This is a beautiful place." Jane sighed feeling the peace and beauty filling her soul.
"Yeah it is. Luna said this is our last stand. Her family's ancestral home in Innisfree." Cho explained.
"So why did this Hermione do that to Lavender?" Jane carefully asked.
"How many different versions of you have you met?" Cho asked in return, her voice soft.
Jane shrugged, "I dunno. I haven't kept count but maybe a dozen or so."
"Have you met any that were evil. Not just impolite but cold heartless and cruel?"
Jane blinked rapidly as she considered it, could a version of herself be like that. She wanted to deny it but after talking to the version of her that had been abused by her church deacon father, after watching the her that was driven to make the Granger Institute work she could see it. The drive, the control, the thirst for power and to prove herself if it got perverted by anger, darkness or pain she could become a dark queen. Ruling with an iron fist.
"So you see it in yourself. You could be like that?" Cho continued.
"Maybe. If the circumstances were just so. But why would Harry go along with it? He's one of the nicest, most honorable and decent guys I've ever met." Jane said in defense of her friend, "Even the one that owned me only did it to save my life."
Cho turned to look at her with a sad smile, "Harry was a nice guy. I'm sure out there he is a nice guy. Here he trusts and believes in Hermione above all else. This means he listens to her and agrees with her. Which makes him not a nice person."
"Oh. She's really that bad?" Jane said looking at Cho, watching her reaction.
Cho sighed, nodding she said, "Yes. Harry tried to comfort me after, after Cedric died. Hermione thought I was making a play for him because I kissed him at Christmas. We were under the mistletoe and on impulse I kissed him. She told me if I ever did that or touched him again I'd join Cedric. I believed her."
"Wow. That just. We'll do our best to help I'm sure."
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Laying in post coital bliss Ron flicked some of Lavender's hair out of her face. She frowned as that was the side on her scar.
"Why did you do that?"
Ron shrugged, "I wanted to see your face."
Lavender shifted so she was sitting up, her back to him, "What you got some kind of scar fetish?"
"No. I was just, I guess I was just thinking about how much I took the Lavender I knew for granted back in school." Ron said looking at the parts of Lavender she was showing.
"So what happened to her?"
"She grew up, got married. Has a couple of kids now. She works at the Institute so I see her in the corridors now and then." He said slightly wistfully.
"Oh. So you going to tell your wives about this?"
"Considering how I'd like to survive long enough to come back yeah. Besides I'm bonded to four Lunas they'd notice." Ron earnestly declared.
"Well come on. You guys need to get back. Luna said we'd have time for one session." Lavender said with a slight tone of disappointment.
Ron shrugged as he got up, "At least this visit."
Lavender looked up as he smiled at her in a friendly warmth. She smiled back seeming to be relaxed for the first time.
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In the briefing room back at the Institute Hermione was drumming her fingers on the table. "How certain are you this Luna was being honest?"
"As certain as I am you are. She shared her thoughts with me. I believe her." Harry declared. "Besides she is trusting us with her friend Ginny."
"Yeah this is for reals. A version of you has taken over the wizarding UK and we need to do something about it." Ron firmly said, slapping the table. "What she did to my sister, his sister. To a Ginny." Ron was passionate if not a little confused about this.
"Okay Ron. I understand. I never said we weren't going to help. We need to know what's going on. Find out what triggered her to do this and what it will take to stop her." Hermione stated, "Plus we need to see what her goals are."
"She's turned the wizarding world into a police state. She kidnaps muggle-borns from their families. You can't be serious that you'd let her keep doing that." Jane frowned at her counterpart.
Hermione shook her head at Jane, "Luna's got to be confused. She can't be that bad."
"Are you saying that because you honestly believe that or just because you can't accept that a version of you would do that?" Harry gently asked.
Hermione looked at him then flicking the intercom, "Set up the beam for mental transference. I need medical to the gate-room with a heavy sedative and anti-magic collar." She flicked the intercom off. "Jane you mind doing a body-swap?"
"You want me to take over her?"
"Just until I can get some information from her. What I find out from her will determine what we do." Hermione tiredly said.
"Okay. I'll go over there. But I'll not hurt anyone. I refuse to. Even under cover." Jane said standing.
"I know. Just be careful and do your best." Jane nodded and headed out. Ron followed her leaving the two Potters alone.
"Do you really think I could be like that?"
"Hermione you're the one that told me in this infinite multiverse there is the possibility of anything going on. I've seen a bimbo version of you, a muggle version lives in an apartment in Godric's Hollow. I'm not going to think any less of you because in one universe a version of you went to the dark side." Harry lovingly said holding her hand.
"But that potential is inside me." She considered.
"Yeah its in all of us. Look at the Ron that abused Mia. I'm sure there's one where I gave in to the Horcrux and became evil." Harry chuckled.
Hermione nodded, "Be careful when you look into the abyss for sometimes the abyss looks back." She said with a sigh.
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Hermione stood in the control booth. Multiple heavily armed security personnel stood around Jane as she sat strapped into a chair in front of the transferal beam emitter. They were armed with stun rifles and would use them the moment the transfer occurred.
Hermione nodded to Padma as they manipulated the controls. Luna working the keyboard to ensure their friend would wind up in the proper spot. A few moments later the beam shut down and Jane's face took on a horrible frown before six stun beams all struck her simultaneously.
Calling over the intercom, "Okay Granger go in and give her the cocktail."
The medical Granger walked up and injected the body with a clear fluid. "Okay she'll be out for the next few minutes then when she comes to she'll have a headache the size of a star destroyer but she'll be compelled to answer your questions."
"Okay move her to the interview room." Hermione flipped the intercom off, "And lets hope our Jane is safe."
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Jane was sitting in a chair at a desk in an office. She looked around quickly to determine if she was alone and seemed to be. She quickly examined the desk. On it there was a framed set of pictures. Her and Harry, two children, both boys. A pen and pencil set, desk blotter, several papers detailing the increasing accuracy of muggle mapping technologies, something from the ICW warning her if she continued to push the muggle government so harshly she was risking sanctions. A report from the DMLE about the rising rates of muggle baiting among teens.
Jane frowned at the minutia of running government and studied the pictures. This Hermione and Harry were standing side by side, slightly over lapping with him behind her, his hand on her shoulder. Both of them looked very stiff and formal into the camera.
Jane stood up and examined the office she was in. There was a mirror over a small side table with glasses and a pitcher on it. A small table stood in front of two stuffed wingback chairs angled just perfectly for a face to face conversation by the floo. There was a large carpet on the floor with some sort of heraldic symbol in the middle of it.
Looking in the mirror she saw the face within had small frown lines just beginning to form, medium brown eyes and shoulder length wavy hair. She shrugged as this was not too different from the average Hermione looks.
There was a book shelf behind the desk which held magical reference books, law references, a few other books on the war and history of England and Anglo-Saxon culture and laws. Jane supposed that was where the local Hermione and Harry had gotten the idea to rebuild their society.
There was a knock at the door which startled Jane before she seated herself at the desk and said, "Yes."
Millicent Bulstrode opened the door, "Sorry ma'am your maid is here, she doesn't have an appointment, shall I show her in."
"Oh yes. Show her in." Jane tried to be casual and yet professional. Millicent apparently did not notice anything odd as she nodded and said something to someone outside the room. Romilda Vane drifted into the room Jane saw.
Romilda had definitely grown up, and outward as her bosom was on display in a corseted dress. Hints of her aereola played along the edge of her neckline. The skirt's hemline swirled along below her knees as she briskly entered the room then stopped and curtsied to Hermione. "Milady."
Jane waved dismissively, "Rise. So what do you have to say?"
"Our lord is resting well and satisfied. Milady. He asked when you would join him next though." Romilda said.
"When I choose to."
"That's what I told him. He seemed to accept that but forgive me for speaking boldly milady. He desires you."
"I'll deal with him soon enough." Jane tried to make her voice sound cross and must have succeeded as she saw Romilda swallow suddenly.
"Yes milady. My apologies."
"So what else brings you here?" Jane asked softly as she sat behind the desk once more.
Romilda composed herself briefly before smiling coyly, "I was missing you as well. I had hoped we might be able to take a few moments for ourselves. If the milady is not too busy."
Jane looked at the papers on the desk then sighed, Romilda must have mistaken the sigh for a dismissal as she raised her arms in front of her holding her wrists together.
"You can tie me up if you want. I won't mind." Romilda breathlessly whispered with a wink.
Jane raised her eyebrows at that as she did not personally go for girls. Romilda though must have taken her expression for displeasure with her suggestion.
Worriedly Romilda asked, "Do I not still please you milady? I have been your woman for many years now. Or am I to be replaced?"
Jane stood up and walked over to Romilda. Grasping her roughly by the chin she pulled her face around to her own. "You are my woman until I tell you otherwise." She hissed.
Romilda stared into Jane's eyes in anxious surprise. Jane internally shrugged and decided that kissing and more would be better than hurting someone so she leaned in and kissed Romilda on the lips passionately. When they released Jane commanded, "Come let us go to our bed chamber and I will remind you why you are mine."
Romilda seemed very relieved, "Yes milady."
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Hermione stood staring at her friend Jane's body, knowing that inside there was the soul or life force of a version that was described as evil as Voldemort. There was an anti-magic collar locked around her neck and she was still strapped into the chair. The drugs she had been injected with would make her more compliant and confused so that hopefully this would all wind up being treated as some kind of dream.
The body began to stir and groggily began to look around. Seeing herself staring back at her she tilted her head briefly before giving a strange laugh.
"Whats so funny?" Hermione asked crossing her arms.
"This is not real. It can't be real. I must have fallen asleep at my desk."
"Well at least it'll give us a chance to have a little talk. Try to understand what happened." Hermione pulled a chair out spinning it around so she could sit in it facing herself.
"Understand what happened? Who do you think you are? Where am I? Bulstrode! Bulstrode get in here!" She shouted.
"Its just you and I. So why do you hate muggles. Aren't mum and dad muggles?" Hermione asked.
"What about mum and dad? They're gone and good riddance." She sneered.
"What did you do to them?" Hermione frowned. She knew Harry, Ron and Luna were watching in the room next door but still she felt a sudden shiver at the tone of hate in the voice of her alternate.
"What did I do to them? You're me. You should know." the body of Jane spat at her.
"Pretend I'm not you. Pretend I'm meeting you for the first time and want to get to know you. So tell me what did you do to your mum and dad?"
She grinned drunkenly, "I killed them. Just slipped some poison into their wine and they died."
Hermione felt a surge of horror run through her at how casually, how proudly this one said that.
"Why? Why would you do that?"
"Why not. They never cared. Charles and Helen Granger, upstanding members of the community, all the right social clubs, all the right social events. Never any time for me unless it served their purposes to look like the good loving family. Like it mattered." Her voice drifted off slurring anything further as she began to cry a little bit.
Hermione licked her lips as they had gone dry before she asked the next question, "Who else have you killed?"
"Personally or ordered others to take care of for me?" she slurred briefly.
"Lets just deal with you personally. For now at least."
"Okay. Not like I've done anything to be ashamed of. The Dursleys. Those fucking animals were the typical sort of muggles. Hated our kind. Hated us. So they had to die. And it helped get Harry away from them and he was so grateful to me. Draco challenged me for control of Slytherin. He paid the price." She gave a harsh laugh, "Oh the best one was when I killed Sirius Black right under Harry's nose and he didn't even notice. Just a little shove and tripping hex and right through the veil he went. Harry thought it was that bitch Bellatrix which just made it all the sweeter."
"Why'd you kill Sirius?"
"He was going to take Harry away. He didn't think it was a healthy relationship for Harry and I to be together. He wanted Harry to be with that bitch Weasley." Jane sneered.
"Right. Okay. That's enough of that. Why do you take muggle-born children away from their families?"
"Have you looked at the muggles? They're dirty filthy animals. They aren't fit to be our slaves. They have so much potential they waste. They throw away their lives watching mindless pablum on television, they fight over the most irrational things. Whose sports team is better, whose flag is prettier. My god is bigger than your god. The land you're standing on is not yours its mine. They buy junk with their money they waste their lives working days for then throw the junk away when it doesn't make them happy anymore. They're stupid and beneath us." She was breathing hard panting with a zealots flames in her eyes. "They don't deserve the gift, The blessing of magic. We deserve to rule over them."
"So you're not going to try to control them?"
"No. They resist it too much. At least too many of them. Some of them are sheep we can control though. We'll let those live as slaves. It doesn't matter anyhow as they're a dying species, I'd rather let them die than try to control them. At least most of them. Maybe save some for breeding stock. Can't let the superior species die out." She said fervently although drunkenly as the drugs coursed through her veins.
Hermione looked at the version of her in the chair in revulsion. She picked up the syringe and injected Jane's body. Looking at the wall that she knew her friends were behind she said sadly, "We intervene."
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When they had returned the vile creature back to her body and retrieved their friend Jane they gave her the antidote. Jane came around gagging.
"You have no idea how bad my mouth feels right now." Jane grumbled sickly.
"Sorry about that but I wanted to make sure she wouldn't have any opportunity to use her magic." Hermione said.
"No problem. Spending several hours as her was not fun." Jane shuddered as she carefully stretched.
"So how was it?" Harry asked.
"Well Millicent Bulstrode is her bodyguard. Romilda Vane is her girlfriend and she uses her to keep Harry happy when she's not in the mood. Daphne Greengrass seems to be some kind of Darth Vader to her. Going out and taking care of things. What's sad is even though her and Romilda have a thing going on Romilda flinches and acts like she's scared of her."
Hermione grunted in derision, "Given how casually she bragged about murdering her own parents I would bet being her bed partner isn't a guarantee of safety."
"Well I suppose that explains why there were no pictures of her parents. Every picture of her and Harry though was stiff and formal. Nothing of them smiling and having fun."
"Maybe she keeps those in her private areas, you know the professional iron queen appearance in public and the family woman in private?" Harry hopefully suggested.
Hermione shook her head, "If she does its all part of a controlled persona. You saw the video. She bragged about killing Sirius."
"What if we showed that video on their TV. Showed that video to her Harry."
Jane shook her head, "I get the feeling he's just a kept figurehead. She's the real power."
"So we have to take her and her leadership out." Hermione stated flatly.
"How do we do that?" Ron asked. "And what do we do in the place of her?"
Harry nodded, "I need to go talk to that Luna. See if she can help or take over when this dark regime is removed. If not maybe she knows who could."
"Okay but I'll send Ron. I want to use you to interview that Harry. See what he knows and see what we can do to get his help. Ron can stay there and monitor the situation."
"Plus he can get a booty call, you good with that Ron?" Harry agreed.
"Yeah sure. No problem." Ron grinned.
"Just don't get so lost in the moment you let Harry get killed." Hermione warned coldly.
Ron nodded, "I wouldn't think of it."
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Ron stepped out of the wormhole at the appointed coordinates. He fell into a crouch looking around, when he saw no one he moved off in the direction of the rendezvous.
Arriving at that point he heard someone call out, "Chudley Cannons suck."
"Bollocks to you!" Ron hissed back.
Lavender stepped out with a smile on her face as Ron came up and took her into his arms. A deep passionate kiss later and the two broke apart.
"Welcome back. So how did your wives take it?" Lavender smirked.
"Better than I thought. All they had to say was they'd like to meet you someday and that they hoped I made you happy." Ron said taking her hand.
Lavender shook her head, "So strange. You're so much like him and so much different." She started walking towards their headquarters.
"Well I have to agree with you. I never thought I had it in me to be some of the versions I've seen since I started doing this." Ron sighed.
Lavender said nothing but walked with Ron holding hands. Silently sharing the night.
They soon arrived at the headquarters and was passed through to Luna.
"Hello Ronald. I am not certain what you did but she has increased her security."
"We had Jane take over her body for a brief time." Ron said by way of explanation.
"Your dimensional transference beam?" Luna asked.
"Yeah something like that. I'm not real sure about the details."
"Understandable you are not a technical sort of person. You are more in the physical realm." Luna said agreeably.
Ron was taken aback a brief moment before nodding, "Right yeah. So they are working on a way to remove Hermione from power here and help you take over. If you're ready."
Luna closed her eyes and seemed to stop breathing. She shivered a few times but as no one moved to help her Ron stayed put. She eventually stopped and sighed. "We can be ready to fill the power vacuum. The other nations would not interfere as long as we do not involve the muggles or go outside our borders. We would be able to take over"
"And the ICW won't do anything to you guys?" Ron wanted to make sure they didn't trade one problem for another.
"Yes . The ICW does not become involved unless there is a threat to the wizarding world at large or a conflict strays beyond the borders of the originating nation." Luna explained.
"Okay. I understand. They're going to try and talk to the Harry from here to find out how deeply he's involved. Maybe they can convince him to help."
Luna shook her head, "Good luck, the risk to whom ever you send will be great."
"Yeah I know but he's used to it and they've probably already done it by now." Ron shrugged.
"Then you have to go back?" Lavender asked a little too eagerly. "You can't stay?"
"No. I'm supposed to monitor the situation and report in if we find out anything." Ron grinned with an eyebrow wiggle.
Lavender grinned back. "Oh well, we should monitor things."
Luna laughed, "You'll have time for at least one sexual encounter before things get interesting. I can see that at least."
"Okay. Thanks Luna." Lavender said tugging on Ron's hand.
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Back on Alpha they had set the chair and the beam projector back up. Harry was strapped into the chair and the security team was in position.
"Well if I don't make it back. Tell everyone I loved them." Harry said in some gallows humor.
"Enough of that Harry. You'll be back. You have to be." Hermione declared from the control booth.
Luna, Padma and Hermione worked the controls and Harry soon found himself in a body that was both familiar and not once more. It had been several years since he had done the body hopping so shifted and stretched to get used to this body. It was fit and healthy, wearing nice clothes. He was alone in an office that overlooked the Thames, although that was a magical window Harry soon figured out. What was disturbing though was he had no wand. It was not on him, it was not in his desk, it was not in the room at all. Dismissing that worry he moved to the desk.
He saw that he had quite a few papers on his desk waiting for his signature. Most of them countersigned already by Hermione. Reading those papers he found that there was several actions against muggles going on. Controlling the airspace over the UK, several television shows and actors on the BBC were under their control and would be working to help influence the public to give up more freedoms and rights to the government. Reports from multiple officials in the muggle government who were Slytherins he remembered from back home. Reports on trials of wizards who had helped certain muggles escape the country. A plan to fake a widespread disease to help control the populace.
Shaking his head he wondered how deep in this his counterpart here was. Did he do all of this willingly or because Hermione had convinced him to go along with it. What kind of person was this Harry really. He needed to get information for his Hermione. That meant finding his personal chambers. This office was a stage, a presentation place. It felt like it had been carefully designed and chosen to present an image. There was nothing of the person in it he could feel.
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Hermione looked at the body of her husband strapped into a chair, drugged and wearing an anti-magic collar, in pain but knew they needed to do this to help free the world they had encountered. The soul in that body was not her Harry and they were doing this in the transfer chamber in case they needed to act swiftly.
He began to come to and groggily looked around. His eyes eventually fixed on Hermione causing him to give a sloppy grin.
"Hey. There you are. I was missing you." he said gently.
"I've been busy. I need to ask you a few questions Harry." Hermione said going with his assumption she was his Hermione.
"Why am I in this chair?" He tugged feebly at the straps.
"Its a new game. If you're a good boy I'll give you a reward for playing along." Hermione tried to sound seductive and in control. She had to admit it did feel good being the dominant one.
He grinned, "Now that's new."
"Well yes big boy. Now just play along and tell me all I want to know and you'll get rewarded." She purred kneeling before him.
"Okay ask away my lady."
"How much do you trust me?"
"Hunh? Why do you ask that? You know I trust you completely. You're the brains of the outfit."
She glanced up at Luna who was monitoring him for his behavior. She frowned but otherwise did not react. "Oh goodie. Now tell me what happened to Ron?"
"Ron? Ron turned on us. He tried to kill you. I know you didn't have any other choice." He sadly slurred.
"And Neville?"
"He helped Ron. Why are we talking about sad stuff. I wanna talk about fun stuff." Harry was blinking.
"I just want to make sure you're remembering things clearly." Hermione frowned. He seemed to be pretty confused.
"Of course. You know I love you Hermione. You were the first person to ever truly love me. You do love me don't you?"
"Yes of course I do Harry. Now do I give you anything to eat or drink special?" Hermione wanted to see if he was being potioned. The thought was not without precedence.
He chuckled worriedly, "Not often. Hermione I'm confused. You aren't acting like yourself. What's going on? I don't like this game."
"Oh and how am I supposed to act." She said trying to ignore his childlike pained tone.
"Usually you're a lot more dominant. You like to be in control of things. I like that as it keeps me from mucking things up. I always muck things up without you." His head lolled onto his chest as he said that in a sad mournful tone.
"Why do you always muck things up Harry?"
"Because I'm not as smart as you are." he said with a weak grin.
Their conversation went on like that for several more minutes. Hermione discovered he did not really do much to think for himself, allowing her to make most of the major decisions as he was afraid he would mess them up. His trust in Hermione was absolute.
Luna mimed a talk to her gesture. Hermione nodded and frowning addressed him, "Now wait right here Harry. I'll be right back."
"You'll be back?" He asked with so much pain and loneliness she felt her heart wrench.
"Yes Harry. I'll be back. Just relax here." She said patting him on the knee.
"I think he's been brainwashed. She probably manipulated him into thinking he was not as smart or capable as she was. That he should just let her take care of things and she proceeded to do so." Luna said.
Lavender nodded, "I agree. He seems to have Stockholm syndrome. He trusts her and identifies with her."
"I need to know how far. If we can save him or not." Hermione said looking out the window at the body in the chair.
Luna and Lavender looked at each other and consulted for a moment before Luna said, "I think if we get him away from her he can be saved. She's the key to all of this. Remove her and the rest of it should collapse."
"Okay. Let's hope Harry has been careful." Hermione worriedly said.
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Harry was walking the corridors with the various guards saluting him. The salute was very much Roman style starting over the left breast and the arm extended straight out palm open and down level with the chest.
He had figured out he was in the former Ministry of Magic building in London. It had been modified greatly though which confused him a slight bit. He also noticed he was being shadowed by Tracey Davis. She kept talking into the palm of her hand so he guessed she was his security. Not so much to keep him secure but controlled.
Romilda Vane showed up a few minutes after he had begun his exploration. "Harry. Shouldn't you be in your office?"
"I got bored." He said with a smile.
"Oh? Maybe I could help you with that." She flirted with her arms held behind her back. Thrusting her large bosom forward. Harry raised his eyebrow.
Shaking his head he sighed, "Nah I'm not in the mood. I'd rather go take a walk. Let's go walk eh?" He said putting his arm through hers and striding towards the exits.
"Uh where do you want to walk to?" Romilda worriedly said.
"Oh well maybe along the Thames. Or how about Hogsmeade. High street should be nice this time of day." He suggested to see how she would react.
"Oh you know how Hermione is not pleased when you go off on one of these unplanned jaunts. The resistance wants to kill you Harry." Romilda reminded him.
"Maybe. Maybe they just want to talk to me? It is Luna in charge of them you know." Harry chuckled.
"I doubt she's just going to hit you with a tickling charm." Romilda sarcastically declared.
"Maybe. She might rub soup in my hair." He chuckled. "It could be fun."
Romilda frowned, "She is a dangerous unstable terrorist Harry. You know that. She helped Ron and Neville almost kill Hermione. We can't trust her."
"She was my friend in school." Harry countered.
"She was just pretending. You know that. What's really wrong Harry? You're not feeling nostalgic again are you?" Romilda asked kindly.
"I kinda miss the way things were supposed to be. How it was all supposed to go. Don't you miss that Romilda?" Harry asked quietly.
"No. I am a proud and loyal member of the regime." Romilda announced quite emphatically.
"You're afraid of her." Harry observed politely.
"No. Of course not. Hermione is a good friend and companion. You know that Harry." Romilda said. Her voice tightly controlled but strained.
Harry raised his eyebrow looking around, there was the security shadow and a couple of other people. "I never said Hermione. Why would you think I was referring to Hermione?"
"No reason. I must have misunderstood you." She smoothly covered for her statement. "Still let's go for a walk on the secured beach. You know the one where I can go topless and its just you and I?"
"So you're the official consort? Or is it the official whore that keeps her pet under control?" Harry asked.
Romilda's eyes narrowed angrily but she never stopped smiling.
"What does she have over you Rommie? Why are you so loyal to her?" Harry was whispering as they walked.
Romilda looked around, "I really think we should go to the beach Harry. You need to get some fresh air."
Harry saw the pleading expression in her eyes. "Okay good idea."
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Harry had gone by Floo with Romilda and their shadow Tracey to a small sandy beach somewhere on the channel coast. Harry did recognize that the breeze was out of the south and the sea currents seemed to be running in a direction that made him think it was the channel. He had walked out onto the shore while Romilda said she would get changed. Tracey was hovering by the small cottage that they had arrived in. Harry felt the warm tingle of the shift and scowled.
"Send me back, right now. Then wait five minutes and open a gate at my location." He quickly ordered when he was back in his own body.
"What?"
"Just do it!" he shouted.
Hermione nodded, "Make it so Padma!"
He was on his knees with Romilda and Tracey running towards him. Romilda bouncing a lot more as all she was wearing was a skimpy bikini bottom with a three quarter wrap around skirt.
"I'm fine. I just tripped. Okay?" He said with a grin.
Romilda stopped and looked confused as Tracey frowned, "Perhaps we should take you back to the Estate milord." Tracey suggested in a tone that was almost an order. "Too much fresh air can be unhealthy."
"Nonsense." Harry said waving his hand and casting a silent confundus on Tracey. She shook her head briefly as she apparently was fighting it off. However the struggle took long enough for Harry to step up and try to knock her out with some well placed strikes. She was trained and skilled too which resulted in a brief struggle.
Harry and her spun and kicked. Tossing and using joint locks on each other before reversing them around. Tracey did not seem to be holding back on her strikes so Harry felt no reluctance in fighting dirty. He had thrown sand in her face causing her to be temporarily blinded at one point but she must have been using spells or something as she stayed in the fight, catching Harry's arm when he went in to hit her after the sand.
Tracey had just gotten the upper hand when there was the ka-woosh of a full powered wormhole opening. A squad of security troops poured out surrounding them with Hermione in full MVA uniform striding out behind them. The wormhole closed behind them.
Tracey released Harry who fell back into the sand. She raised her hands before she was hit by six stun blasts simultaneously.
"Perfect timing dear." Harry choked out with a grin.
"You better explain this." She demanded pointing her wand at Romilda.
"This is the King and Queen's private beach. Only a handful of people can access it." Romilda explained in a confused tone as she stood looking at Hermione.
"We should get home before anyone decides to check on us." Harry said, "I'd like to go back to my body now please."
"Take me with you! Please. I can help you." Romilda begged Hermione.
"Harry?" Hermione asked.
"Swap me back, then bring the three of them with us." Harry ordered standing up.
Review Responses
IdlemanRPG: True. The supersizers might get something someday. I'm sure I may refer to them again in passing at the least but having something in this story focus on them I dunno.
Timekeeper: Welcome. It was able to be done so quick because I basically had the backstory idea before I had the main story.
OfficerDonNZ: Well as my wife likes to say I am a very cunning linguist. Besides what could be more British than the double entendre as put forth by the master of it Benny Hill. Thank you yes. I wondered what the results of a different sort of sacrifice would be. What if Harry wasn't the only one who had a destiny to fulfill that night. And Ron will more than likely always be Ron.