Chapter 3

A Happy Ending?

"If anyone objects to this marriage," Dumbledore's voice rang out in the Great Hall, "may they speak now or forever hold their peace. Now, the Bride and Groom have exchanged their vows, so Harry, you may kiss the Bride!"

Cheers rang out from the crowd as Hermione and Harry kissed each other. The Bride's Maids and the Groom's Men raised their wands to salute. Sparks and fireworks spouted out of the ends of the wands. Neville's wand though, sprayed fire all over and Hermione's dress burst into flames. Neville tried to put the fire out, but over does it and freezes Hermione. Everyone shouted "NEVILLE!!!"

Through all of the screaming, Dumbledore and Harry manage to hyper thaw Hermione and quiet the crowd down. They repaired the dress and Harry carried Hermione down the aisle and onto Harry's Firebolt, which had cans tied to the back that were charmed to clank in the air. They flew off, but not before Peeves managed to drop four water balloons on to Harry and Hermione.

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The owls were flying through the windows of the central offices of S.P.E.W. Hermione was tied up in a meeting with the representatives for the Ministry of Magic. Harry was sitting at his desk replying to the owls that came. He was Vice President of S.P.E.W. It had been 4 months since his and Hermione's wedding. They had spent one month on their honeymoon in the United States. They had gone to the state of Hawaii and seen a game a lot like Quidditch, but it was called "Quadpot." Harry and Hermione were invited to play. Harry learned the sport fairly quickly and spent the last week of the honeymoon playing the game while Hermione went shopping.

Harry was brought back to the present when a fresh load of owls flew in. All of the letters were reporting acts of enslaving elves. Also letters saying so and so wanted to join. S.P.E.W. was growing big. Over 900,000 members in Europe alone. Ron and his wife Padma took care of the U.S. and Asian memberships. Harry had his doubts about S.P.E.W. when Hermione told Ron and him in their 4th year at Hogwarts, but he was proven wrong. Now, the ministry is meeting with Hermione to discuss the law about mandatory payment of house elves. The Ministry was forced to after the elf protests in London. Now, S.P.E.W. was starting to make a difference. Elves now wanted paid and they wanted sick leave and days off. Harry chuckled when he thought about their school days when Hermione held protests outside the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

The day finally ended.

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"Hello dear!" Hermione greeted Harry brightly.

"Hello." Harry said back.

"Guess what! The ministry agreed! Now all House Elves MUST be paid, otherwise, you are fined and put in jail! Tomorrow, we will hold a rally to announce all that we have achieved! I'd better start writing my speech!"

"I'll contact Ron and Padma to have them come. I'll also send out notices to the members. Well, we did it! We saved house elves!"

Suddenly, an owl flew into the window. Hermione untied the note.

"It's from the Ministry!" Hermione exclaimed. "An elf has been elected to office!"

Hermione cheered and danced around the room. Harry looked on, laughing quietly.

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"Thank you all for coming to the meeting of S.P.E.W. As you know, I am Hermione Potter, President and owner of S.P.E.W. I wanted to thank my husband Harry for his support as Vice President and my close friend, Ron Weasley and his wife Padma Weasley for their work on Foreign Relations." Hermione announced.

Hermione then went on to say that they had reached their 1,000,000th member. Then she started a speech on how S.P.E.W. was started during her 4th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her goals then were to get house elves fair wages and working conditions. Also to get an elf into the ministry.

"Today we have achieved our goals!" Hermione announced.

While Hermione continued her speech, Harry felt that he had done this before. Then he remembered. Her glanced at Ron, who seemed to remember as well because of the horror in his eyes. Harry looked at the crowd and saw the man, approaching the stage. He ran in front of Hermione just as the man pulled out his wand. Harry saw the words form on the man's lips and saw the green light fly at him. He knew no more.

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Hermione bent down in front of Harry, sobbing, and as the man who performed the spell was taken away, Harry's arm moved. Harry shook his head and sat up. Hermione wasn't sobbing any more. Her face was stark white.

She asked "HOW?"

Harry whispered in her ear something Dumbledore told him a long time ago in his 7th year at Hogwarts.

"I'm not sure, but it might have been the Way of The Wand, the magic that decides our fates. It is only a theory, but it is a magic protects humans and bonds people magically. The magic my mother left on me was magic of the Wand. The magic bonds people in ways to complex to understand. When we were married, we were bonded and when you sat in front of me crying, some of your life force brought me back to life because of the bond and because you wanted me back.

Hermione grabbed Harry and pulled him into a hug that he could not escape. "I was so scared!" She suddenly became very stern, "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!! You could have died!"

"You'll never change Hermione." Harry said, "I didn't break any rules, I only saved your life."

"You broke a rule by putting yourself in danger!" Hermione half cried, half yelled.

Hermione broke into tears again and kissed Harry.

The End

(Note: I know that was cheesy, but I couldn't think of any other way to finish it.)

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