Disclaimer: Thank you J. K. Rowling for letting us play with your children in your world, you own everything in this story except the plot.
Authors Notes: PLEASE READ.I have been asked 'what is my other story with this ship', it is called 'A Week in the Life of Harry Potter.' If you read it please review it, I am still not sure if I should continue it.
Also I have been asked to update 'Love Conquers All' (HP/HG), the last chapter I put out for that story weeks ago was again well over six thousand words and it has received TWO reviews, to me that speaks for itself, nobody wants the continuation, so I won't bother writing it. If you did not know of this story and decide to read it each chapter is well over six thousand words so please comment on them.
This story is a replacement for 'Escape and 17,' because of the confirmation of Ginny's birthday, all the same ideas will be used in this story. So for the moment I will concentrate on this story for a little while and see how it goes.
Chapter 2: A Strange Ally.
Harry awoke to find both his loved ones smiling at him, "Morning angels, I love you both." They both responded by trying to prove how much they loved him with their lips and tongues.
A few minutes later Ginny asked, "It's very quiet in here what time is it?"
Hermione replied, "It's eight fifteen, it should be noisier than this."
Harry removed the silencing charm by waving his hand and it sounded like a small riot outside, they all got out of bed and quickly put on dressing gowns then Harry unlocked and opened the bedroom door.
Outside the door were Molly, Arthur and Ron all with their wands out and Ginny said, "I need a wee," and she pushed past all of them and went into the loo.
Arthur asked very seriously, "What did you do to the door, none of us could open it?" Ginny came out of the loo and Hermione went in.
"I just waved my hand at it and thought that I didn't want it to open, like this," and he waved his hand at the door and it closed then Hermione came out and Harry went into the loo for a minute.
When Harry came out of the loo all five of them had their wands out and were trying to open his bedroom door including Hermione, he waved his hand at it and it opened he then started down stairs saying, "Would you like me to make breakfast for everyone mum?" Molly immediately started hurrying down the stairs after him leaving the others to argue amongst themselves on the landing, then after thinking for a few seconds he waved his hand at the table and he asked, "Is this alright?" the table was covered with a huge Hogwarts style breakfast.
Molly looked at him then went and tasted a few things then she called up the stairs, "Come on you lot, your breakfast is ready!" A thumping like a charging rhino started, they thought that it must be Ron thinking of food. Molly smiled at Harry and told him, "That really is very good and you should read this," and she passed him the Daily Prophet.
They all took seats around the table except Arthur he said, "My that looks good, reminds me of Hogwarts, but I have to go to work."
Harry smiled and said "There's an Apparation ban in force at the moment so you might as well have some breakfast."
"Well I never," Arthur said sitting down to breakfast and smiling, "I just tried to go across the room and couldn't so I might just as well eat some of that excellent looking breakfast."
So he did.
"So what are we going to do about the crowd outside?" asked Ron after they had been eating for about ten minutes.
Hermione answered his question with two of her own, "What crowd outside? What do they want?"
"They're by the gate and we don't know what they want," said Molly, "none of us has dared to go out and ask them yet."
The grate erupted and Luna stepped out dusting herself off, she was closely followed by the Headmaster who said, "Good morning everyone. There seems to be an Apparation ward in force, Luna was kind enough to let me come this way."
"Oh I'm sorry Headmaster," Harry said, "I did it to make Arthur have some breakfast but I see he has finished now." Harry waved his hand and continued, "The ward has been lifted."
Ginny asked, "Should we go and see what the crowed outside want?"
Molly replied, "Not until after you have read the Prophet!"
After talking to the Headmaster for a couple of minutes Arthur said, "I must go to work. Bye all!" and he apparated away.
Of course Harry was sat between the girls so he picked up the paper and held it up and the three of them started reading the front page:
The Daily Prophet.
Friday the 1st August 1997
VOLDEMORT IS DEAD
HARRY POTTER NOW 'THE LOVE GOD WHO LIVED'
At approximately eleven thirty last night during an attempted mental attack by the Dark Lord on 'the boy who lived' Voldemort, (aka he who must not be named,) was destroyed with a blast of energy returned to him by Harry Potter. At this time it is believed that the adoration of his girlfriend was responsible for the love discharge with which he hurled Voldemort into oblivion. It is also suspected that this has killed all those carrying the Dark Mark...
Harry started putting the paper down, Ginny was giggling but Hermione took it from him and continued reading the article.
"Well, after seeing that, I think that I can guess what the crowd outside all want," said Harry with a smirk.
Still grinning Ginny said, "Well they can't have the 'Love God Who Lived', he's ours." Then she kissed him.
Hermione finished reading the article and said to the Headmaster, "Well for Rita Skeeter that was a very accurate article and all in all very subdued, what's she up to?"
"How accurate was it?" asked the Headmaster who as yet had not heard the whole story from the trio.
"Well," she answered, "Ginny and I were giving Harry an extremely passionate Birthday kiss goodnight," her ears matched the colour of Luna's radish earrings, "and when Voldemort tried to break into Harry's head he found a bit more occupied than he bargained for." She looked puzzled for a second, "But the only place she could of learned what she has printed, was in this room last night after we said goodnight to you on the Floo we were sat here talking with Mr and Mrs Weasley. So that means she knows a whole lot more than she has printed in this article but the additional information would only cause embarrassment to us three, nothing more."
The Headmaster replied with a puzzled smile, "Maybe she is learning restraint at long last and what's with the wandless magic Harry?"
Harry waved his hand towards the back door and answered, "It started last night after the fracas with Voldemort, I just sort of knew that I did not need a wand anymore and it seems quite powerful. I have locked the backdoor can you open it please Headmaster?"
Albus went to the door and cast several spells at the door then smiling said, "If I try anything stronger than that it would probably remove the wall and bring the house down around our ears. What did you do Harry?"
"I simply told the door not to open!" he answered.
"Well it seems that the power we both knew was locked inside you has been released at last, we will have to call a conclave of the Magisterium when we return to Hogwarts." the Headmaster said, "Be very careful with the power you may well be Magi and you will need to learn to control it.
So we will tell everyone that what the Prophet has printed is as near as we know the truth, which although I find it strange for Rita Skeeter and the Prophet, is also true."
Hermione was looking confused, "Why are you calling the Roman Catholic Church Bishops for a meeting?"
"Ah Miss Granger, your vast fund of knowledge again," the Headmaster was smiling. "The Magisterium is far, far older than Rome let alone its church, it is the High Council of the Magi, who are the most powerful Witches and Wizards in the world."
"Thank you headmaster, should we go and visit your fan club now darling?" and this time Hermione kissed Harry as she said it.
"I think that I shall come out with you," said the Headmaster, "it may well be very interesting and amazingly thanks to you three I find that I have nothing particular to do all day."
"I'm sorry but I will have to clean and tidy the kitchen," Molly said, so Harry waved his hand and the detritus of breakfast disappeared also Hermione, Ginny and himself were clothed and the kitchen was pristine, "Oh, I can come as well then." A smiling Molly concluded.
As they were heading towards the gathering by the gate Ron said, "The crowd has nearly doubled since earlier mum."
Looking at the Headmaster Ginny said, "Do you think that they would like a party to celebrate Voldemort's downfall?"
"I think that that is an extremely good idea, if your mother doesn't mind of course." Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling.
Molly agreed that a party would be a very good idea and by this time they were about five yards from the gathering and the Headmaster said in a loud voice, "We thought that we should have a party to celebrate the downfall of Voldemort."
There was a loud cheer at this announcement but then one lone dissenting woman's voice screamed, "I want no party I want to make him suffer, Advada Kedavra!"
The green blast hurtled towards Hermione but Harry stepped in the way and dissipated the spell. There was total stunned silence and Harry said, "Come and tell me how I have wronged you." It could be seen that the woman was coming forward, although it appeared to be against her will. There were six pops as half a dozen Aurors arrived they included Tonks and Kingsley, but ignoring them Harry continued talking to the woman, "Please tell me the problem."
The woman looked fearfully at the Aurors but said, "Last night you killed my husband and two sons."
"If it was what I think then it was Voldemort who killed your family," Harry said looking sorry, "it became inevitable when Voldemort bound their souls to his through the Dark Mark they accepted from him. I did not know that when I vanquished Voldemort all of his marked minions would also die, but had I known I believe I would still have had to vanquish him."
The woman crumbled in a crying heap on the floor and said through her sobs, "Of course you are right, the world had to be rid of him. Are you going to give me to the Aurors now?"
"Of course I won't give you to the Aurors, I forgive you," he said, "you are bound to be upset and I understand your sorrow." Then he turned to the crowd and called, "Rita, a moment of your time please!"
Molly had started comforting the crying woman and together with Tonks, was leading her over to a seat and gave her a cup of tea then when she had recovered sufficiently sent her to her home.
Meanwhile, Rita Skeeter came forward and said, "Good morning Harry. Did you enjoy my article in the Prophet this morning?"
"Yes I did," he replied loudly, "it was very accurate but actually I was just checking that you didn't know that woman's name?"
Rita gave him a big smile and said, "Well that's a funny thing now it's just gone from my mind completely."
Harry with his own smile then said, "Good so you can print everything that has happened out here and if you were to run it as a special edition you could also tell everyone about the party we are having here all day."
"You are welcome to attend Rita," the Headmaster said then added quietly, "but if we catch you as a beetle we will swat you."
Rita grinned, nodded and 'Disapparated'.
Professor Dumbledore turned to the crowd and said, "In about half an hour we will open the gates for a party and you are all welcome, why don't you go and get ready and bring your friends?" He cast a one-way mirror across the gate preventing the visitors seeing what was happening in the garden but allowing those inside to see out.
With a note of panic Molly said to everybody in general and nobody in particular, "We don't have enough room there are likely to be hundreds coming, what are we going to do?"
"Well Molly," Albus said, "you go in and make some tea for us all and we will see what we can do."
Harry, the Headmaster and the Aurors stayed outside and all the others went into the kitchen for tea, five minutes later Albus and Harry went into the kitchen for a cup of tea.
Immediately Hermione confronted Harry, "Did you know that you could stop the killing curse from that woman?"
"I guessed," he said, "I was not certain."
"And what would of happened if you had died?" she was starting to get a little angry.
"If that curse had hit you there was no chance that you would survive it and you would now be dead," he said, "I figured that there was a ninety-five percent chance that I could survive it with no ill effects. I did so now we are both here to enjoy the party, so be happy, stop complaining."
Hermione was somewhat mollified, then smiling at him and she said, "What are we going to do with you Mr Potter?"
"Not a lot." He said with his cheeky grin.
Tonks had come in with them and asked, "How are the preparations for the party going?"
"Fine," said Harry.
"That was very informative," snapped Ron, who received a slap from Luna for his rudeness.
"We have sent a few House Elves for some Ale and Ogdens Finest Fire-Whisky, apart from that everything else is ready." Harry said calmly sipping his tea.
"Headmaster I didn't know that wizards were allowed to keep one wife for every ten million Galleons they had," said Luna dreamily.
"Oh, the solicitor didn't quote that law fully," Professor Dumbledore replied, "the rule is, 'Any person subject to magical law is permitted one matrimonial partner for every ten million Galleons they have.' So either Witches or Wizards may have more than one husband or wife, Mr McMahon only told Harry the bit that was relevant to him."
Tonks said, "We still haven't caught the slightest whiff of Snape, Albus."
Harry waved his hand and Hermione said, "What did you just do Harry?"
He smiled and told her, "I just set an anti greasy haired potions teacher ward," everyone burst out laughing, "it will allow him to enter but as soon as he does he will be restrained."
Curiously Tonks asked, "What do you mean by restrained Harry?"
He waved his hand and told Tonks and the Headmaster to Apparate across the room, they both did as asked but when they arrived at the other side of the room neither of them moved.
Harry went over first to Tonks, he released her and said, "That is what I mean by restrained."
He then released the Headmaster who was smiling and said, "Very effective, lets go to a party."
So they did.
Molly was the first to get outside and she saw at least fifty Hogwarts House Elves waiting to help people with food and drink then looking at her garden she immediately realised that it had been stretched enormously. Outside the kitchen door was a paved patio that was at least fifty yards to a side and on it were half a dozen long trestle tables laden with food and drinks of all kinds. There were also another six even longer trestle tables with benches either side for people to sit at and eat. The patch of weedy grass that had passed for a lawn had grown to about five or six acres of lush, velvety flat lawn and on it were a lot of circular tables of various sizes all with chairs. In the centre of the lawn was a large dance floor with a stage in the middle for a band.
Ginny, Hermione and Harry went over to the gate and Harry looking at the people outside opened a small door in the mirror, first the 'Weird Sisters' and then 'Celestina Warbeck' with her backing group came through into the garden.
All the ladies that came in took the opportunity to kiss Harry and Celestina acting as spokesperson for them all said, "We heard that you were having a big party so we have come to play for you as a thank you for what you have done for us all. We have put out the word and some more bands will probably be arriving later."
All the ladies took the opportunity to kiss Harry again and then both groups set off chatting amicably and walking together towards the stage.
Next Harry cast some security wards on the gate and grounds, then an anchored an exclusion bubble around the three of them after that he removed the mirror and opened the gate.
Within seconds a hoard of screaming girls had surrounded them, but they couldn't reach the trio because of the bubble, after a few minutes they started to calm down slightly and Harry said, "If you all behave reasonably we will have a great party if you don't I will either have to stay in this bubble or leave and I don't think that that would be fair, do you?" The last was said with a pout and the sighs could be heard a hundred yards away, then he continued, "Now if you all set about having a good party we can come out from in here and enjoy ourselves with you, I promise that we will try to get around and talk to as many of you as possible."
Gradually a few of the girls started to move away, slowly the movement built up, eventually there was only one small group of girls left then Ginny looking at them said that we know all these from Hogwarts, the four were Lavender, Parvati her sister Padma and Cho Chang.
Harry removed the bubble and with a grin Lavender said, "Ok Potter which one of them is it?"
"Lavender," said Harry with a grin of his own, "I'm very disappointed in you, I would have thought that you and Parvati would have made a guess and told everybody by now."
For a change Lavender looked serious, "This isn't the time for any of our wild ramblings Harry."
"We are not going to answer the question," he said indicating the girls all around watching them intently, "if word gets out who it is there is liable to be a murder," the four girls giggled. "I can't kiss any of you either," Cho looked especially hurt, "because there are about five hundred girls all watching just looking for a precedent and I don't want calluses on my lips." Harry was relieved because Cho seemed to accept this and all the girls laughed, "We had all better move on now." He finished and they moved on to the party that was quickly warming up.
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The Minister for Magic had arrived at about six with a bunch of Ministry cronies, they looked like they were a typical bunch of politicians on a diplomatic mission, so nobody had paid any attention to any of them, this was very much a party for the people. After about an hour one of the hangers on climbed up on the stage and tried to make a speech but Harry simply cast a silencing charm on him until he gave up and after about another half an hour they all left looking most despondent.
At about nine forty five when it had become dark, there was a huge display of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes fireworks that was provided of course by Fred and George and everybody thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was ten thirty in the evening and the party had been going for over twelve hours and showed no sign of easing up; another three musical groups had arrived during the day and they were all taken turns to keep the crowd entertained and partying during their breaks.
Ginny, Hermione and Harry had quietly surreptitiously went into the deserted lounge of the burrow all declaring themselves to be absolutely knackered. They had each brought a couple of bottles of Butterbeer with them, the girls flopped onto a small sofa and Harry into an armchair near them.
"I am definitely ready for my bed tonight." Harry said taking a mouthful from one of his bottles.
"We are as well," said Ginny only half managing to stifle a yawn, "is there anyone in particular we should say goodnight to?"
"Apart from all the Professors and your mum and dad you mean?" answered Hermione.
"I think we could get away with just the Headmaster, Professor McGonagall and your parents." Offered Harry.
"Who all happen to be here now," said Professor McGonagall leading the other three in and sitting in another comfortable chair, "a brilliant party, I think."
The others sat around the room and there was a tap on the door, Rita Skeeter put her head in and said, "I have a bit of a problem can I talk to you all for a minute."
"Come I and sit for a bit," said Arthur, "what's the problem?"
Harry waved his hand and said, "I have put a privacy bubble around the room."
"One of the gentlemen," Rita began, "with the Minister for Magic has asked me to run an article on the front page of tomorrows Prophet about them being snubbed at your party, what should I do?"
After about three seconds Hermione asked, "How are you with long headlines?"
"Fine, what were you thinking of?" Rita replied.
"Well the ministry has asked you to so you must run an article, why don't you try, 'MINISTRY DELEGATION IGNORED WHEN THEY TRIED TO USURP HARRY POTTERS PARTY.' Do you think that you could work with that?" offered Hermione.
"I prefer 'THE LOVE GOD WHO LIVED' to 'HARRY POTTER' don't you?" asked Professor McGonagall with a big smile.
Then the Headmaster said, "You should change USURP to USE then keep what Minerva said and add 'FOR POLITICAL ENDS.' How does that sound?"
Ginny had been scribbling it on a piece of parchment, so she read it back, "MINISTRY DELEGATION IGNORED WHEN THEY TRIED TO USE THE LOVE GOD WHO LIVED'S PARTY FOR POLITICAL ENDS."
Harry had a big smile on his face and he asked, "I hope that it won't be too much of a problem for you to work an article around that headline Rita?"
Rita with a huge smile of her own said, "It will be a bit of a struggle but I think that I might just be able to manage it. Thank you for your help and goodnight to you all." Then she left still grinning.
"You know I don't think that I will be able to sleep if I don't get something to eat." As Harry said this there was a pop and Dobby appeared.
He bowed low and said, "What would Mr Harry Potter Sir like to eat?"
Ron and Luna came in and he said, "Did someone just mention food and what was Rita Skeeter smiling about when she left?"
"I think that we are all a bit hungry," Molly said, "so we will go and sit at the table and you please bring us a selection of supper food."
By the time they reached the table it was well laden with food so they all sat around the table and started eating, after about fifteen minutes Ron said again, "So why was Rita grinning?"
"Well," Hermione said, "we just wrote tomorrow morning's headline for the Prophet, I suggest you read it." She rested her head on Harry's shoulder and closed her eyes.
"What are we doing tomorrow darling?" asked Ginny yawning again and resting her head on his other shoulder.
"I thought that we might go to the Potters Wheel, what do you think?" he said.
"That's the Potters family home isn't it?" asked Luna, "We are going to the Quibbler offices tomorrow, aren't we Ronald."
Ginny mumbled, "That sounds fine," and started snoring quietly.
Harry could see that Hermione was asleep as well so he said, "Goodnight everyone," and levitated the girls up to bed. He did a switching spell for their clothes to nightclothes then placed them on either side of the bed, he closed but did not lock the door and put a silencing charm on the outer wall of his room to keep out most of the party noise. He put out the light and climbed into the middle of the bed then he put one arm around each of the girls who snuggled up to him and after kissing each of them gently he was asleep in seconds.
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Authors Note:
It annoys me when people write thank you' to reviewers at the beginning of chapters so I am writing mine at the end so you don't have to read through them to find the story.
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