Harry rolled out of bed. His first class was Slytherin second years. He grinned. Angie would be there and he wanted to hear how her summer was. He hadn't heard from her all summer.
"Wake up love. We need to get ready and go to breakfast."
She rolled out of bed yawning and went to take a shower. She noticed the calendar and remembered she had to take her potion. She grimaced, grabbed the vial, and downed the liquid before she got in the shower.
Dobby laid out their clothes for them in the evening so Harry joined her in the shower. He said it was because they had to hurry but they spent more time in the shower than normal. Both were grinning widely as they got dressed.
Harry was sitting at the head table looking for Angie. He didn't see her among the Slytherins. He dismissed it as Albus handed him his schedule. Harry looked it over and realized he didn't have any classes except three tutoring sessions a week to prepare for his N.E.W.T.S.
He grimaced as he looked at it. Three hours on Monday nights with Snape. Ugh, that meant he was stuck with Snape tonight. He shook his head and walked to his first class. He still carried his cane but he rarely ever used it. It had become an affectation that was as much a part of him as magic.
Harry was taking roll when he realized Angie wasn't there. "Where's Miss Morrow?"
"We don't know professor. She didn't show up at the train."
Harry nodded and continued with the class. He'd speak to Albus later.
When Harry brought it up Albus told him, "Her father wrote to me she was abducted by her mother. When she didn't come to the school, I decided to send Sirius after her. I don't know what her mother has planned."
Harry nodded and continued with his lunch. He had lost his appetite and went to his classroom.
He walked in and sat down looking at his schedule. Gryffindor fifth years then Slytherin fifth years. He grinned.
Harry was taking roll. Ginny's name was usually the last on the list. "Miss Warkle?"
"Here."
"Mrs. Potter?"
The room exploded with gasps. All turned to Ginny who blushed red. Her friends grabbed her left hand and finally realized the significance of the ring on her finger.
"Here."
He smiled at his wife and began the class.
After the class, he had thirty minutes before the next arrived. Ginny was sitting in his lap in his office covering his face with kisses while his hands roamed under her skirt. His watch beeped and she moaned. He kissed her and she got out of his lap. She had to get to her next class and Harry had to straighten his clothing before the next class came in.
Ginny called out to Harry as she left the room, "I love you."
"Love you too."
Harry was calling roll for the Slytherin fifth years when Mr. Derrick walked in.
"Twelve points from Slytherin and stay after class. We'll discuss your detention."
Carmi glared at the professor but took his seat nodding.
After the class, Derrick was standing by the door when Harry grasped him by the throat slamming him against the wall. He held his left hand up for the boy to see his ring. "You see that? Know what it means? It means if you bother my wife ever again I'll split your skull open and use it as a serving bowl for candy."
Derrick was gagging and turning purple when Harry dropped him to the floor. "Get the hell out of my sight. Your Dark Lord is going to be a memory soon enough."
Harry stalked out of his classroom. Students saw his face and moved rapidly out of his way. He walked outside and conjured a vial of water. He threw it at the ground surreptitiously casting a rune to summon an earth golem. His sword slashed out of his cane and he proceeded to punish the golem. A half hour later half the school was watching him as his sword separated the head from the torso of the golem.
Harry turned to the students watching him. "If any of you decide to follow Voldemort realize that what happened to the golem is a taste of what will happen to you. I've learned that fighting fire takes more than water. It takes a Hell storm."
Harry stalked past the students and up to Gryffindor tower. Ginny and the others were studying up there. He was sitting with his head in Ginny's lap when Dumbledore arrived.
"Harry, you-"
"Albus, I am not in the mood. Accept the fact that I don't believe in the fact that magic is good and bad. Only those who use it make that choice. I'll do whatever it takes to stop Tom so that these students will have a world that they can raise their children in without having to worry about the dark mark appearing over their home."
"I understand that. I came to tell to you Sirius is in the Hospital wing."
Harry's eyes flashed as he came to his feet. He changed in front of the students. A lion ran through the school with doors phasing out or blown off their hinges as he approached them.
Sirius was sitting on a bed while Poppy bandaged his ribs. She screamed when she saw the black lion rush into the room.
Harry changed back and approached Sirius. "What happened? Did you find her?"
"Yes and no. I found a trace of her but I lost the trail when I was attacked. Albus told me you attacked a Slytherin."
Harry nodded. "He was bothering my wife. I let him know how dangerous it was."
Sirius grinned. "James did the same once. He broke a muggles jaw when they went to a movie. Lily beat him upside the head after making sure his hand wasn't broken."
Harry smiled slightly as Ginny, Albus, and Ron and Hermione swept in.
"Where did you lose the trail?"
"In Hogsmeade actually."
Harry changed and flew out the window.
Ginny asked Sirius what happened.
"I was trying to find Angie Morrow. Her mum kidnapped her from her father. She didn't come back to school and Albus sent me to find some clues."
Albus sent the three students off. He didn't realize they would go to help Harry. A few moments later a Kneazle, lioness and a hawk headed into Hogsmeade.
Harry landed and cast an unobtrusive spell on himself before turning into a lion. He needed to be able to follow a ground trail and a lion would be somewhat noticeable. He was hidden near the gates of Hogwarts when he heard a growl. He turned and saw his wife and smiled. He cast the rune on all three of them and told them his plan. He changed and they followed him.
Harry and the other three followed the trail that Sirius had found. They headed north from Hogsmeade and found a cabin. Harry could smell fear in the air. He started forward the stopped. He fell back and changed. The others changed back also.
"Ginny, I want you to circle around to the back, Ron I want you to wander up to the back door and see what you can hear. Hermione I want you to fly above the house and see what you can see. Ginny, you'll stay there and I want Ron and Hermione to report to me in thirty minutes." They all nodded and changed.
Harry stood there tracing the magic in the clearing. It was far enough a way that it was taking all his concentration. By the time Ron returned, Harry had found out that a portkey had been used. Unfortunately, he couldn't tell what the destination had been.
"I couldn't hear anything inside."
Hermione said, "I didn't see anything."
Harry nodded. "Go get Ginny Hermione. I'm going to go inside. If it's safe you all come in."
Harry changed and flew towards the house. He landed under a window and changed into a snake. He slipped up onto the doorstep. He slid under the door and found a wand. Ha changed back and waved them all in.
"Don't touch anything." they all nodded.
"Alright we're done here."
Harry picked up the wand and slipped it into his pocket. He picked up a scrap of parchment and reached for his own wand. He muttered a few choice obscenities over having forgotten it.
"Someone give me their wand."
Ginny handed him her wand and he flicked it. It cast scarlet and emerald sparks then he began tracing runes over the paper. Fifteen minutes later, he held out Ginny's wand for her and the four grasped the paper. Harry tapped the paper and the group disappeared and reappeared in the hospital wing.
"Albus, I found Miss Morrow's wand. I brought it back for you to do the priori incantatem spell. We found it in a hut north of Hogsmeade. Whoever was there used a portkey to leave. I couldn't tell where it went though."
Albus nodded and Sirius shook his head angrily. "They must have left after I showed up. If I hadn't screwed up we would have her."
Albus tried to console him but Harry spoke first. "True. We'll find her. Albus? I need a port key to her father's home. I need to ask him questions about his wife." He turned to Ginny and the others. "Go to bed love. I'll see you when I get back."
Ginny kissed him and walked with the others out of the ward.
"Why didn't you do the spell Harry?" Albus asked.
"I didn't need to. I already know what it did."
Albus blinked then did the spell. A corpse floated into the air made of sickly green smoke.
"Either Miss Morrow killed someone or someone else used her wand," Harry said.
Albus' eyes went hard and Sirius went pale. Albus began doing the portkey spell on an empty bandage roll. Thirty minutes later Harry took the roll from him and headed to his quarters. He needed a wand. His was sitting with his parents'.
He stepped into his quarters and Ginny started asking him questions.
"I have to go talk to her father. I just need to get my wand. I don't know how long it will be. If you haven't eaten, you better go down to the kitchen and see Dobby. Please don't wait up."
She nodded and he kissed her. Ron and Hermione were heading back down she told him and he nodded. He touched his wand to the portkey and he disappeared. Harry looked around and realized he was in Italy. He shook his head and knocked on the door. He hoped Albus hadn't screwed up.
A man answered the door. "Yes?"
The man answered in English and didn't react to his robes. Must be the right place, Harry thought. "Are you Angie Morrow's father?"
The man paled and nodded. Harry sighed.
"I'm Professor Potter. I found your daughter's wand and I need you to tell me about your wife. Where was she born and so on."
Mr. Morrow invited Harry in and offered him a drink. Harry asked for water and was asked to call Angie's father Mikal.
Harry nodded and listened to him.
Harry thought about the info. Angie's mum was from America but had a home in Sicily. She was a Goldsmith and had a studio in Milan and one in New York. He shook his head and almost left for Hogwart's when he saw someone he thought he recognized.
"Oliver?"
Oliver Wood's head snapped around and he saw Harry. "Harry, what are you doing in Italy? Shouldn't you be in school?"
Harry smirked. "That's Sir Harold or Professor Potter to you." He shook Oliver's hand and continued, "I'm the Dark Arts professor. I'm here investigating something."
Oliver grinned and then noticed the ring on his left hand. "You're married? You're only sixteen."
Harry nodded. "I'm married to Ginny Weasley. We got married this summer." He thought for a moment then asked, "Do you know Mikal Morrow or his wife?"
Oliver shook his head. "I'm here on vacation. Taking a week off while my team makes up its mind whether or not to trade me to the Cannons. You didn't get married cuz you knocked her up did you?"
Harry grimaced and shook his head. "We didn't until we were married. Ask me something else like that and you'll find out why Voldemort wants me dead."
Oliver flinched when he said the Dark Lords name and wisely shut up. Harry and Oliver talked for a few more minutes then Harry left for Hogwarts.
Harry appeared in the headmaster's office.
Albus walked in a few moments later and asked Harry if he had any new info. Harry started to speak then changed his mind. He placed his wand to his forehead and concentrated on the memory of the conversation being pulled out of him and onto his wand. He looked at the tip of his wand where a silver strand glistened. He flicked it at the headmaster and watched the Albus' eyes glaze over.
"That's useful information Harry. We'll have Sirius and Remus follow it up. Hagrid told me you met his mother and the others. I'd like you to sit down with them and learn as much as you can about the giants involvement with Voldemort the last time he was in power."
Harry nodded then said, "I need to go to my tutoring session now sir."
"Ah yes, about that. It's cancelled today and another staff member will be taking that over. Remus will teach Potions during the day and Snape will be here off an on as his new duties permit. Next Monday you will meet with the new instructor. He may not always be able to make it due to his duties but I'm sure you will forgive him."
Harry nodded and looked at his watch. It was almost midnight and he was tired. He was about to change into a phoenix, since that way he would be back in his quarters in moments, when he collapsed.
"Harry, are you all right?"
Harry nodded his head. "I changed from one form to another earlier. It's quite draining."
Albus helped him stand and started leading him to the hospital wing. Harry shook his head. "I want to go to my bed. I'll be fine in the morning."
Albus nodded and the two walked to Harry's quarters. Harry had changed his cane into the staff and leaned on it as he walked. He might let someone help him up or carry him if he couldn't walk but he wouldn't let someone help him walk like a feeble old man.
Harry stepped through the door and saw Ginny sleeping on the couch wrapped in his favorite cloak. He grinned and kissed her forehead. He stripped down and summoned a blanket while he settled down beside her.
Ginny woke up and saw her husband naked beside her. The blanket that had been on him was kicked to the floor and his erection aimed at his chest. She giggled as she placed her hand around it and pumped her fist up and down slowly.
Harry wafted up to consciousness slowly. There was a warmness spreading through him and then he realized there were eyes upon him. He cocked an eye open just slightly and realized Ginny was up and touching him. He watched through hooded eyes as she leaned down and licked the tip of his organ.
A few minutes later, he exploded in her mouth and she smiled after she licked her lips clean.
"Thank you."
She jumped and looked up at his face. He was grinning at her and then ran a finger down her naked arm. She sat on his lap facing him. "How was your trip?"
"Ok. Sirius is going to go to New York and Milan to get more info."
She kissed his neck and smiled up at him. He saw the look in her eyes and grinned. "Have I told you how much I love you lately?"
She shook her head then grinned evilly. "You can show me though."
She started rocking back and forth on him until he was hard again. She lifted up her skirt and Harry disappeared her underwear. He slipped into her and she sighed in pleasure.
The two slipped into bed after an hour in front of the fireplace making love.
"Wake up Harry; I need to get more info from you."
Sirius was pounding on Harry's bedroom door. Harry grumbled as he pulled himself out of bed and walked to the bedroom door. He picked up his dressing robe and slipped it on before heading out to the sitting room. Harry and Sirius sat down in the living room. The two were talking when Sirius shifted and grimaced. He reached under him and held up Ginny's favorite bra. He chuckled as Harry flushed and took the bra from him.
The two finished speaking and Sirius got up to leave. He tossed a key at Harry. "This is to my lab in my quarters. In it is Polyjuice potion. I want you to carry a few vials with you everywhere of people who are your approximate size. That way you can disappear in a crowd more effectively."
Harry nodded and kicked his godfather out. Harry stalked back to the couch and muttered about taking Ginny somewhere during the summer so the two could be alone without people bothering them when she walked up behind him and kissed his temple. His mood brightened immediately and the two went to take a shower. Afterwards they dressed and headed down to breakfast.
Harry was sitting at the head table when a black hawk flew down and dropped a black envelope on his plate. He squinted at the seal but couldn't make it out. He slit the envelope open with a knife and a green Dark Mark floated into the air. Some of the younger students screamed when they saw it. Harry waved his wand at the mark, made it disappear, and then pulled out the letter inside.
I send you greetings young Potter,
You will never defeat me.
He grimaced and handed the missive to Albus who looked at it then handed it to Remus.
He finished his meal and walked to his next class. Ginny and the others hadn't finished yet so he walked alone. He was sitting in his office when he heard a disruption. He walked out and saw two third year Hufflepuffs fighting.
"What's going on?"
One of the boys looked up at Harry then down at the floor. "Malcolm kissed my girlfriend."
"Shouldn't you be discussing what happened with your girlfriend rather than hitting him? Find out from her first if she encouraged him. If she did, break up with her then get revenge… on her. If he did it without her permission, then get revenge on him. As it is fighting in the halls is undignified. Ten points from Hufflepuff each. Go to class."
Harry walked back into his classroom and sat down. His thoughts centered on Angie and Sirius. He hoped Sirius found out something and was able to bring her back soon. Half an hour later he walked out of his classroom and sat on his desk watching the first year Gryffindors straggle in. he took roll and then began the lesson.
"What scares you the most?"
He looked at the widened eyes of the students.
"Is it failure? Is it dragons? What? My biggest fear is fear itself. When I come across a Boggart, I see a dementor and then relive my parents' death. Today we'll be working with a close cousin of the Boggart. It's called a Bogey and does the same as a Boggart only it can't be defeated by the Ridikulus spell. I want all of you to practice this wand motion for a moment." He took out his wand and waved it in a circular motion then flicked it towards the floor. All the students copied him and he let them continue until everyone had it perfect.
"Now repeat after me; Folicus." All the students repeated the hex and he had them do it three more times. All of them said it perfectly.
"All of you stand up and go to that corner of the room. One by one, you'll come up and face the bogey. When you use the spell, the Bogey will change back and be frozen in place for thirty seconds or so." He motioned to a short blonde girl who walked up to the front of the room trembling slightly.
The Bogey jumped out of the closet as she approached and turned into a snake. The girl said the spell and the snake turned into a cute little fluff ball with bright blue eyes. She stepped away as the Harry smiled and said, "Well done."
The rest of the students did quite well and no one needed to retry. "Excellent all of you. Three points apiece and I'm going to let you leave…" he looked at his watch. "Twelve minutes early. Have a good day." His students walked out the door chattering happily.
"Good morning Albus."
The headmaster appeared out of nowhere and frowned. "How did you know I was here?"
"No offense sir, but you have a distinctive scent. I've been boosting myself with enhanced sensory potions all summer."
The headmaster wrinkled his nose and asked, "Why?"
"For that exact reason. I don't want anyone to sneak up on me. What can I do for you?"
"I have three messages for you; one from the Queen, one from the minister and one from Angie's father."
Harry nodded and took the notes from him. He read the one from Arthur first. It was a request for him to make an appearance at the ministry to be brought on as an Auror. He thought about that for a moment and decided to set it aside. He'd talk that over with his wife and Ron and Hermione. He read the one from the Queen. She invited him and his wife to a party for the winter solstice on December 21. He grinned slightly and thought, Can't refuse a request from her. That might be a perfect opportunity for Ginny to wear the tiara. She'd have to buy a gown and Harry would have to buy a suit but they could hit Oxford Street for that. He opened the note from Mikal and nearly had a heart attack.
"Albus, do you know what he wants from me?"
Albus nodded. "I think you should discuss that with your wife, Arthur and Molly. I've made arrangements for you to be absent this evening."
Harry nodded and sat there stunned. That was something he was patently sure needed to be done. "Can I bring Ron and Hermione?"
Albus nodded and left him to think before his next class.
The rest of Harry's day was somewhat surreal. When he finished with his classes, he found his wife and friends. They took the floo to the Burrow.