H P Boy who livesYear 7- Summer
Chapter 23
Stephen Pendragon
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Hmm looks like Harry's family tree continues to grow and to think Lily doesn't like her father-in-law...Who is Stephen James Galen Godric Potter-Pendragon and why didn't he appear in Harry's life until now? Also, the wedding day dawns for some of our favorite characters, but just how many are getting married...
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Harry awoke to a kiss from his Princess. It was a nice way to wake up even if it wasn't even dawn yet and every part of his body ached. He had turned back into his human form and curled uncomfortably in the chair. "Morning, my angel. I'd kiss you properly, but I can't move at the moment." He winced in pain.
Hermione helped him up to his feet. "What on Earth were you doing sleeping in that chair anyway?"
"I escaped the couch in my study and left my parents to continue their argument about some long lost grandfather of mine. I should have asked more questions, but I'm dead tired from fighting all those Dementors. That and I seem to have acquired a younger brother and a temporary roommate. I went to sleep curled up here as Prince, but I've yet to prefect sleeping in my wolf form." Harry stretched to get the kinks out of his body. "Why were you sleeping on the couch?"
"My room is occupied as well." Hermione yawned. "The sixth floor has Penelope and Fleur, Kate and Tonks are on the fifth floor, Bree is on the first floor, and the other rooms have no beds."
"No beds?" Harry frowned at her. "Those are dorm rooms. They should still have beds in them."
"Only when school is in session and it's not time for school yet. I guess I'm going to have to read Hogwarts a History to you." Hermione rolled her eyes at him.
"Oh, great I'm looking so forward to that bedtime story...uh not!" Harry raked his fingers through his hair in frustration. "I have yet to search the boy's dorms; maybe we'll luck out and find a bed." He scooped her up into his arms.
"Harry James what will our parents think." She snuggled up against him.
"Frankly, Hermione, I don't give a damn what they think anymore."
He tried the first floor, Bastion was in there. He tried the second no beds, the third still no beds. The fourth floor same thing not a bed in sight. The fifth had Wills loudly sawing logs inside it. The sixth and seventh had Percy, Bill, and Charlie, all breaking the sound barrier with their snoring. So that left his tower and the couch.
"They really don't trust us at all do they?" Harry paused in front of Ron's portrait.
"It's not even four in the morning. What in the name of magic are the two of you up to now?" Ron stared bleary-eyed at them.
"Look we're trying to find somewhere to sleep. It looks like the couch up here is more comfortable than the one in the Common Room, so please just let us back inside." Harry was losing the battle of staying awake.
"They don't trust you, but they keep forgetting that you never go back on a promise. Sure go right on up." Ron revealed the hidden stairs that led up to his tower.
"Thanks buddy at least you have some kind of faith in us." Harry headed up the stairs.
"You can always count on me mate!" Ron called after them.
Hermione was sound asleep in his arms, so he carefully settled the two of them on the couch, and drifted off to sleep.
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"You wake them up." Ginny hissed into Draco's ear.
"Not in this lifetime, I wish to live." Draco wasn't about to disturb the sleeping prince and his princess.
"Ron's already dead he can wake them up." Ginny went off to get her brother.
Daniel stepped out of Harry's room dressed in a pair of jeans and t-shirt from Harry's seemingly endless wardrobe. He'd had to roll up the cuffs because they were a bit long on him. Jo's version of Harry like himself wasn't nearly as tall as the real deal was. "Good morning, Draco." He yawned.
"It was until I came out here and found them." Draco motioned to the sleeping couple on the couch.
"Harry was crashed out on the couch when I went back to bed, but Hermione wasn't with him." Daniel walked back into the bedroom and came back with a blanket to cover the sleeping lovebirds.
"The thing is that they can't sleep in today. We have all of these weddings." Draco threaded his fingers through his silver blonde hair and began pacing the room. "We're gonna be busy all day, because we're groomsman in the wedding party."
"It's only eight so they can sleep in if it's an afternoon wedding." Daniel didn't wish to wake him either.
"I'm not sure when the whole thing starts, only that it will be an all day event." Draco shrugged his shoulders.
"My cowardly brother won't do it." Ginny stalked back into the room. "He says they woke him up at 4am and to leave them alone."
"Leave who alone? What's going on now?" Wills joined them. "Why's Ron grouchy and talking about promises and Harry not breaking them?"
"Look at the couch and then ask me that again." Draco growled.
"Harry and Hermione are sleeping on that couch?" Wills didn't believe them, so he walked over to have a look for himself. "When last I saw Harry she was so toasted at him that she stalked out of the study. Why are they sleeping here when they both have beds to sleep in?"
"Look you gits. Harry was sleeping in one of the chairs in the Common room, as Prince. Hermione was sleeping down there on the couch. She woke up around three or so, saw Harry trying to sleep in a chair that's several sizes to small for him to sleep in, and woke him up. Evidently, he's still gettin the hang of this whole animagus thing. They then tried to find somewhere to sleep and seein as every room either was occupied or without beds came up here to crash on the couch." Ron was grouchy and not in the mood to deal with clueless morons. "Need I remind all of you that if you stopped and thought about Harry, he never goes back on a promise? He promised that nothin was gonna happen until they're married and he'll keep that promise. Now let them sleep or I'll go get Peeves and the Bloody Baron! He ain't so happy seein as his house is no longer in existence and Peeves, well, Harry's Dad and Sirius did a number on him." With that said he went back to his portrait and much needed sleep.
"Hermione was hiding from the wrath of her mother for crashing Harry's bath-time in the Prefect bathroom." Draco tried to figure out how they ended on the couch.
"Harry may have been fleeing from his parents. I could hear the three of them going at for a while." Daniel frowned.
"Back up for a minute there..." Ginny couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Did you just say that Hermione interrupted Harry while he was taking a bath?"
"I was on my way up to the tower when Moaning Myrtle appeared and started growling about Harry having the right to bathe in private. That they were still just engaged and it wasn't right that she was in there with him. When I got there she had him trapped. I thought she was about to jump in the tub with him. Harry was, well blimey, what could you expect when your fiancée has you cornered while you're trying to take a bath." Draco smirked. "He was the complete gentleman. In fact he was so furious with her that this was the last thing I expected to see this morning."
"I'll say. He took out his temper on me for a while." Daniel saw that Hermione was waking up.
"What time is it?" She yawned sleepily.
"It's just going on eight. Did you sleep well?" Wills was not pleased with her.
"I was sleeping in the arms of my prince what do you think." She purred happily.
"Wrong answer Ducky, now why aren't you in your own bed!" Wills glared down at her.
"Look royal pain it is possible to sleep with the one you love and not do anything! Unlike you and Kate, I'm not ready for that yet." She narrowed her eyes at him. "If you must know Emma was using my room and mother went mental on me."
"Listen to Ron and I won't have to seriously injure you." Harry now awake had his wand pointed at Wills. "I made a promise and I do not intend to go back on it."
"Easy now buddy. No need to give Wills here donkey ears and a tail, even if he is being overprotective." Draco knew that Harry wasn't in a very good mood.
"I don't know Draco. I think Wills would make a cute ferret." Harry was in need of more sleep, so he was a bit grouchy.
"That word to this day is taboo." Draco grumbled.
"That would ruin this day for all the others." Ginny frowned.
"Oh yeah, this is everyone's except for our wedding day." Harry didn't seem to want to attend anyone's wedding today. "You woke us up because?"
"What in the hell is wrong with you!? Are you being an ass because we interrupted...?" Draco stopped in midsentence. "You were sharing a dream? No way that's so not possible."
"It is if your soul mates and no one said anything about dreams." Hermione curled closer to Harry.
"No fair! That is so not fair!" Draco, Wills, Ginny, and Daniel all glared at them.
"If you think that's not fair we can talk to each other telepathically too." Harry chuckled. "So you see it doesn't matter how many obstacles they throw at us we have that to fall back on."
"It takes time to forge a bond like this, so don't sulk. Harry and I bonded when we were babies and have been through hell and back for six years. It may just take time for the rest of you." Hermione gave them hope. "I know that Draco and Ginny have that, because I have seen it. I saw it in Dan and Emma too, but they have time to get there."
"RONALD WEASLEY YOU LET ME IN THERE THIS INSTANT!!" Emma was shouting in frustration at Ron's portrait. "I DON'T GIVE A TINKER'S DAMN IF I DON'T KNOW THE DAMN PASSWORD!"
"It's okay Ron you can let her come up." Harry called out.
"You know this whole password thing is ridiculous! I'm not a threat! I was looking for Daniel!" Emma stalked up the stairs.
"He's just being overprotective. He thinks that everyone is picking on the two of us." Hermione tried to explain Ron's actions.
"After the way your mother was laying into you last night, you risked sleeping on the couch with Harry!" Emma stared at her in disbelief. "You really do have some sort of a grounded for life wish."
"You know what?! I could care less about mother's threats and after September nineteenth I won't have to care about them either!" Hermione snarled. "It would serve her right if I just stayed in the Wizarding World and never stepped foot in the Muggle World again! That would mean no seeing our kids! No grandparent visits period!"
"Angel, Emma is not the enemy calm down." Harry gave Emma an apologetic look.
"In this case I agree with your mother. You have no business being in the bathroom if it is occupied by your fiancée!" Emma growled. "If you were as smart as they say you are then you would try to not create situations where you know bloody well you are going to end up in trouble!"
"Emma, you need to come with me to get some breakfast before Hermione jinxes you." Daniel decided that he had better get her out of there before Hermione did something drastic.
"No Daniel. She's right. I did know better. The thing is little Miss, that you do crazy things when you are in love. That's something that you will learn eventually. If you had any clue what the two of us have gone through then you wouldn't rush to judge." Hermione was extremely calm considering that Emma had just flamed her ass.
"I realize that you two went through hell and I understand that. Daniel and I managed to squeeze our first date in with our movie-shooting schedule and we know how it is to have adults bossing you around. It bites and it's frustrating, but as long as you try to somewhat follow their rules you can manage a little bit of freedom." Emma had calmed as well.
"Emma it's not even nine yet. You can be Zen master when we get something in our stomachs." Daniel pouted.
"You know that I hate it when you do that." Emma rolled her eyes at him.
"Yeah, I know so let's go get some breakfast." Daniel offered her his arm and the two of them headed down the stairs.
"You aren't kidding when you say they're just like them." Wills shook his head in disbelief.
"Yeah, scary isn't it?" Draco smirked.
"He pouts and she melts just like those two." Ginny bit down on her lip.
"Let's not dwell on that until after breakfast." Draco grabbed Ginny's hand and off they went down the stairs.
"Just think of them as my little brother and her little sister and you'll be fine." Harry suggested.
"Nope doesn't help, but thanks for the suggestion. I'll see the two of you at breakfast." Wills retreated down the stairs.
"Wills is Hermione up there? I can't seem to find her this morning." Katherine's voice echoed from the other side of the secret entrance. "Hermione are you up there with Harry?" Katherine took one look at Wills face and knew the answer to her question.
"I'll see you in a bit." Hermione kissed him before reluctantly going to see what her mother wanted now.
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"Let's see. I'm willing to bet that this breakfast is semi-formal, so I'll wear my team sweats." Harry went to get dressed for the morning. "Nothing like being HBP while wearing Puddlemere United team sweats." He was in a better mood when he entered the Common Room.
Hermione raced down the girl's dorm steps dressed in her own team sweats. "Mother wants me to wear a dress robe to breakfast. So let's go before she realizes that I'm not there getting all dolled up." She was pulled into his arms for a good morning kiss. "As much as I would love to kiss you we need to escape now. That is unless you want to get all princed up for breakfast."
"I saw what someone had put out for me to wear and just wasn't in the mood to wear it yet."
Harry and Hermione made a break for it out the of the Fat Lady's portrait.
"Darlings you are really under dressed!" She exclaimed in horror.
"We know and at the moment don't care! Have a nice day!" The two of them ran until they got to the Grand Staircase entrance.
"Do you think they have everything decorated yet?" Hermione asked as they opened the door and stepped out into the Grand Staircase. "Never mind, this answered my question."
The Grand Staircase was decorated with a variety of flowers that were wrapped in garlands of ribbon along every banister. Rose petals of various colors scattered down the steps, it was clear that something big was happening today in the castle.
"And I thought they decorated this place for the holidays." Harry whistled under his breath. "I don't even wanna think of what it would look like for a royal wedding."
Nearly Headless Nick floated up to them. He was dressed in his finest for the wedding. "I say. You two need to go back to your towers and get properly dressed."
"No offense Nick, but the two of us are on strike until we get something to eat." Harry grinned.
"You don't understand, dear boy. I just left the Great Hall and everyone is dressed in their finest." Nick told them.
"We plan on enjoying breakfast in comfort." Hermione smiled.
"You don't understand. You can't meet someone like Stephen James Galen Godric Potter-Pendragon wearing sweats! You need to make a good impression and that is not going to hack it!" Nick wasn't giving up the ghost that easily.
"Look Nick if I wish I will meet my Grandfather wearing a towel! I don't give a damn what someone who hasn't even tried to see me all these years thinks!" Harry took Hermione's hand and the two of them walked through him and down the stairs.
"He's one of the greatest wizards second to Dumbledore!" Nick shouted after them.
"Big deal. I bet I have his wizarding card too. He still abandoned me to live with the Dursley's!" Harry continued down the stairs.
"No one abandoned you. Dumbledore did that for your own protection!" Nick was following them.
"Look Nick! I know what my Uncle did for my protection and even he admits that he was wrong about most of it, so give it a rest!" Harry opened the door to the Grand Entrance and left Nick in the Grand Stairway.
"Your Grandfather is Stephen Pendragon? Harry, he was the closest thing to a King in the Wizarding World. He just never took his title seriously; I should have known that would have made him your grandfather. I've just never really thought of it until you said that."
"Angel, I just found out about him last night, so as usual your one step ahead of me. Oh, please tell me that those aren't cherubs floating in the Entranceway." Harry stopped dead in his tracks, as he looked at how they had transformed the entrance. There were flowers everywhere and cherubs were floating everywhere throwing rose petals on anyone below. "I hate Cherubs."
"No you don't hate them. You hate the memory that comes from seeing them. Who could blame you for not liking them after that one ill-fated nondate with that bitch that you had a hopeless crush on?" Hermione kissed him on the cheek. "I'm here now and they won't hurt you I promise."
"Oh, thanks angel I feel so much better." Harry chuckled. "So let's go greet the lions in their den."
They had reached the doors to the Great Hall which opened on their own.
"Oh, now that isn't a good sign they have people opening the doors."
"It's too late to run to the kitchen so go ahead enter." Hermione clung to his arm.
Harry and Hermione were not in view yet, but he could see the Hall was made up for the wedding. The cherubs were floating above a ceiling that had Rainbows streaming across it. Flowers were everywhere and the torches had flames of every color, as were the candles floating above. The guests were sitting at large round lace covered tables eating breakfast. Every one of them was dressed in their wizarding best.
"Let's make a run for it before they see..." It was too late one of the Page's had spotted them.
"His Royal Highness Prince Harry James Potter the Half blood Prince and his Princess consort Lady Hermione Anne Granger." The page announced the two of them stopping them in their tracks.
All talking ceased as all eyes looked at the doorway.
"I think you have the wrong people. We're just going, uh, for a run." Harry didn't wish to greet the lions in their den anymore. "Sorry if we, uh, interrupted anyone."
"Yes, we're so not dressed for breakfast and not hungry." Hermione hid behind Harry.
"I just wanna go for that run." Harry grabbed Hermione by the hand and bolted for the front doors they were locked. "Oh, cripes we are so caught." Harry turned around to look at Albus and Stephen
"That's way too many people for us to, um; meet on eight hours of sleep in two days." Hermione was still hiding behind Harry.
"Yes, that's right there was that oak tree yesterday and now I believe it was the couch today." Stephen Pendragon arched a brow at the two of them.
"Excuse me?! Are you talking to me?!" Harry got his courage back and his back up the second Stephen spoke to them. "One I don't know who the hell you are! Second, I don't like anyone spying on me! Third, you abandoned me at one, so you lost all rights to lecture me! No screw this! I lied! I know who you are Grandfather and I don't give a shit what you think!"
:I know that you're upset. You have every right to be, but telling off your Grandfather while the cream of the Wizarding World is looking on is a very bad idea.: Hermione used their link to talk some sense into him. "He's a little upset with the whole being stranded with his Aunt Petunia for sixteen years ordeal, but then you knew about that didn't you."
:I could careless about what the stuffed shirt wizarding elite think! I'm not making nice with someone, who hasn't even tried to contact me even after I vanquished Voldemort!: Harry was being stubborn.
"Stephen did not abandon you Harry. You know why you had to stay with your Aunt, so taking it out on your Grandfather is not going to be tolerated." Albus was angry with him and it was rare that he showed his temper.
"Go to hell Uncle. I don't need to get that lecture from an old man, who admitted to me when I was fifteen that he had made the mother of all mistakes by coddling me! I'm seventeen not one! Try treating me as an adult, and not a kid! I stopped being a kid before I even got to Hogwarts, but then you know all about that don't you!" Harry wasn't even going to take a lecture from Albus.
"Someone close those doors please." Albus glared at Draco, who had come to see what was up. "This is a private conversation."
"Just one question is this gonna be a wedding and a funeral?" Draco couldn't believe that Harry had just challenged his Uncle.
"Please shut the doors Draco. I can assure you there will be no bloodshed today." Albus gave him the look and Draco bolted back into the Great Hall.
"We aren't gonna have the same fifth year talk, Uncle!! I'm not in the mood! You see I spent about a half hour or more looking for a bed and found none, because you don't trust me! Why the hell should I respect you when you don't know me at all! I've never broken a promise and I don't intend to start now! Hermione and I can and have slept in the same bed! It is possible to just sleep with the girl that you love! I am not Prince William and have no intention of anything happening until our official wedding day! Trust is a big issue with me and none of you, even after all of this time, seems to trust me! If you can't trust me then I have no wish to go through with seventh year and you know damn well what that means!" Harry was sick of the paranoia and put his foot down.
"You know with that temper he should have been born with Lily's hair instead of just her eyes. Not even James would stand up to Uncle Albus like this let alone me." Stephen wasn't the least bit annoyed by his temper or outburst.
"That is true Stephen and he does have every right to be furious with me. I did make many mistakes with him. The fact remains that most of us still see the two of them as children and not young adults. It is only because we love them and wish to protect them that we do so. I do trust you Harry. The reason there are no beds in the other dorm rooms is because it's less cleaning for the house elves. You really do need to read Hogwarts a History. There is no conspiracy to keep the two of you apart. We thought since you cannot go see Hermione it was fair that she not be able to enter your room as well. When your parents died, I put a spell in motion that affected everyone in the Wizarding World who would have some knowledge of you. No one was unaffected by it. You see to them you were an orphan, even Minerva was under the spell until the night that you vanquished Tom. That's when the spell was broken and everyone had all of their memories restored to them." Albus was no longer in a temper and had calmed down.
"You mean that Aunt Minerva didn't even know that she was married to you?" Harry couldn't believe that he had gone that far to protect him.
"No Harry and that has been one of the hardest parts of the spell. Minerva is my soul mate and it has been lonely without her these sixteen years. You were my priority and nothing else mattered." Albus sighed. "Not because of a prophesy, but because you deserved a chance to live and become who I knew you would be today."
"I'm such a prat sometimes and that could be because I haven't had sleep and am actually starving at the moment. It must be the wolf side of me that needs sustenance or it becomes really grouchy." Harry didn't know how to apologize for his actions.
"Yes his temper has been off lately, because of the, um, Prince side of his personality." Hermione finally said something.
"You don't say? Because I know that my grandson has been hot tempered since the day he was born. It's true that he does get grouchy, if he doesn't get sleep or fed. Although, I really didn't expect him to welcome me with open arms either." Stephen was the mirror elder image of Harry with blue eyes almost the shade of violet and silver streaked jet-black hair.
"You dropped me from your broom when I was six-months-old and Mum doesn't really like you does she." Harry focused on his grandfather.
"You jumped off the broom as soon as Lily walked outside to announce that she had ice-cream and that Hermione was there." Stephen sighed. "I'm well aware that Lily blames me for many things."
"One of which was getting dad to change secret keepers. Even though, I'm certain that Voldemort still would have killed my parents eventually, at least Uncle Sirius wouldn't have ended up in Azkaban." Harry pointed out certain factors that made Stephen untrustworthy in his eyes.
"Sirius was in all honesty not mentally or emotionally stable enough to deal with being secret keeper, no matter if he thought he was or not. He had just lost his fiancée, my daughter Jenna. I thought that since Peter wasn't a target that he would have been a safer bet. I had just lost my Anastasia your grandmother and our daughter and wasn't about to lose the rest of you as well." Stephen had a hard time reliving that time and his voice broke as he spoke. "When it happened... What I had seen in so many nightmares and visions. I confronted my Uncle and told him that I was going to raise you no matter what his plan was to protect you, but it was too late... You were with the Dursley's. So I changed my surname to Pendragon and went into what everyone thought was seclusion. After all, I didn't exist. I was a legend so I used that to my advantage. You see I was no longer under any obligation to be their version of a King. The spell had erased that from all of their memories except for mine. It didn't work on me, because I countered it with one of my own. There was no way that I was going to forget that you existed. You were all that I had left of James."
Hermione was bawling on Harry's shoulder.
"Why weren't you there for me when the final battle with Voldemort happened?" Harry had tears in his eyes, but he was still wary and confused.
"I've been watching over you since the day you were shoved in that cupboard under the stairs. There is little that I don't know about your life and I gave all that information to Mrs. Figg. I wanted them to pay for how they treated you. I couldn't do anything without endangering you, but as soon as you were free of the danger I made damn sure that they would pay for their crimes." Stephen had gotten deadly serious.
"So it was you...you sent all of that information." Hermione sniffled.
"The Dursley's weren't the best people in the world, but they did keep me safe all those years." Harry muttered under his breath.
"I've been watching over you in my own way. Let's see when I found out that you were going to be on the team I arranged for you to have the finest broom available." Stephen came clean about everything.
"You gave me my Nimbus, but I thought that...no way it said that Aunt Minerva gave it to me on the note." Harry gaped at him.
"You were still under protection, so you couldn't know about me remember." Stephen went on. "I gave Albus something to give to you the first Christmas that you attended Hogwarts. I left a note telling you to use it well and you have used it splendidly to get out of all sorts of things and to break all sorts of rules as well. You see I've been with you and you just didn't know it."
"The spell was broken the second that I vanquished Voldemort, so why wait until now to meet me?" Harry narrowed his eyes at him.
"I was there that night that you fought Tom, who happened to be my Malfoy when I was going to Hogwarts. I was the one who got you and Hermione to St. Mungo's. I was there for Karkaroff, but the coward wasn't there for the final battle." Stephen snarled bitterly. "I want you to know this and commit it to memory. Dark Wizards are living dead. They no longer have a heart or a soul, and as long as you think of it that way you won't have near as much stress dealing with them."
"Karkaroff was too chicken to join with the Deatheaters again." Harry frowned.
"No he was too yellow to face Tom for not fulfilling his mission that being killing me and my wife and daughter. Tom didn't like failures and because I was just as much a thorn in his side as Uncle Albus, he wasn't pleased to learn that I was out wizard hunting when his attack occurred." Stephen's voice was cold as ice. "He sent Dementors after you so you wouldn't come after him when you finally were told the truth."
"Don't worry grandfather. It might take until after what I think is our third child is born, a daughter that we name Anastasia and now I know why, but I will get that bastard." Harry vowed. "As for the advice I never thought of it that way. It makes sense that becoming dark means that you lose your soul."
"Yes that's right you got to see your future that was one thing that I was happy to do for the two of you. You needed to see that you had happiness to look forward to. I bent the rules a little and showed you more than what I was supposed too. Oh and I bet that Uncle Albus took credit for that one too." Stephen grinned. "Well it was a team effort, so I guess that one was partly his doing."
"Thank you nephew I was beginning to think that I had done nothing for the boy." Albus remarked dryly. "I have made a decision the three of them need to be trained by someone who can handle them and that would be you."
"That might anger Charlie and Tonks. They've made arrangements and that special permit to have those you-know-what's in the forest would be for nothing." Stephen turned to glare at him.
"Oh, god not another thing in the forest...it can't be worse than a giant." Harry and Hermione looked at each other and then at Albus and Stephen.
"Charlie is going to teach Care of Magical creatures as planned and Tonks will help you train the three of them." Albus was as calm as ever.
"Hold it for a moment! Hagrid teaches that class!" Harry glared at the two of them.
"Rubeus is taking a leave of absence to spend time with his new bride in France." Albus explained to them why Hagrid would be absent.
"Nonsense! He would have told us! We asked him forthright and he said nothing to us!" Hermione was furious now.
"He's getting married today too?" Harry felt a migraine coming on.
"It's going to be one grand ceremony." Albus nodded.
"I told them that you two didn't need the pressure of being in the wedding party, but they won't get married unless you stand up there with them." Stephen gave them a sympathetic look.
"Let's see Uncle Remus is like a father to me. Bill and Percy are now my brothers. Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva that's obvious they're more like grandparents than an aunt and Uncle. Hagrid that goes without saying..." Harry gave her a look. "I made a promise to everyone. I will stick to that promise; no matter how much it kills me, or how much torture she inflicts."
"The bathroom situation won't happen again." Albus gave her a look as well.
"Look if he can walk into my bathroom as Prince, while I am taking a bath, then turnabout is fair play. Besides it's not like I haven't seen the view." Hermione grinned wickedly at Harry.
"See what I mean." Harry groaned. "If I survive with my sanity intact..."
"I tookmore medicine when I got dressed." Hermione bit down on her lip.
"Oh, really so you could tell me anything I asked about my grandson." Stephen grinned.
"Not gonna happen grandfather. We're gonna go eat now." Harry bolted with Hermione into the Great Hall.
"I can see what Remus was saying about seventeen going on twenty-seven." Stephen gave Albus a look.
"You have no idea, but you will." Albus and Stephen went back to breakfast.
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Harry stood in the doorway with Hermione. "I just want all of you to know that I apologize for my actions. I want to thank every one of you for coming to share this joyous day with my family. To all of my brothers, Aunt and Uncle, and friends may your day be a happy and joyous one." He was in HBP mode.
"If I had a goblet I would toast every one of you." A drink appeared in his hand. "To Uncle Remus, who is like a father to me, and Aunt Genevieve, who saved my life more than I realized as a Healer. May your day be a happy one. To My Aunt Minerva and Uncle Albus may your reunion be the last one that you ever have to make. Don't let anyone keep you apart again. I'm a big boy now I can take care of myself."
That got a chuckle out of the guests and his family.
"To Bill my new brother and Fleur my soon to be sister-in-law. Don't take anything that you have for granted, life is too short, so live it to its fullest." He paused when he looked at Percy and Penelope.
"Oh yes Percy, my other brother and once pain in my back side. I wish you and your bride all the happiness and give you this one bit of advice. Be yourselves and not what everyone expects you to be. To Rubeus Hagrid and Madame Olympe Maxine, you my friend deserve the greatest and happiest day of your life. You have gone through so much and done so much for us there is no way that we could ever repay you. I would never have survived without you in my life. You have always been there, you stuck up for us all those years, we are proud to stand by your side as you marry the woman that you love, and who we know loves you. You will be missed while you are away and we will make sure that your baby brother, if I can call him that, is looked after during your time away. I wish all of you all the happiness in the world for many years to come." He finished the toast and everyone toasted the brides and their grooms.
Hagrid had tears in his eyes that Olympe kissed away.
"Long live Prince Harry and his future bride Lady Hermione!" They all raised their glasses to them.
"No offense or anything. I'm really honored that you feel that way, but your prince is in desperate need of food." Harry groaned when his stomach growled loud enough for everyone near him to hear.
"Well then let's get some food in you." Stephen placed an arm around his shoulders.
"The Prince and his majesty have reunited." There were murmurs all around the room.
"You really are the Half-Blood King." Harry grinned.
"Well, when the spell wore off everyone's memories returned, so yes they know who I am now. The thing that muggles are wrong about is that Arthur Pendragon was half-blood. Therefore he was the first Half-Blood King, the first half muggle and half wizard." Stephen led him to a table where they sat down.
"I was telling Harry about that this morning." Hermione picked up a menu.
"That doesn't surprise me, considering that you are the smartest witch in nearly a century. You absorb information like a sponge, which is why this guy here is still breathing today." Stephen winked at her.
"My angel has a photographic memory. I gladly admit that she's the reason that I'm alive today. She's my best friend and the love of my life. I wouldn't change it for anything." He took Hermione's hand in his and kissed it.
"Oh, I heard that you liked that American singer Clay Aiken. He's one of us, only he's American and they really don't advertise that they're of the magic kind. He has fey blood running through his veins, which explains why he enchants all of his fans with his music. He really has no clue that he is either which is beyond humorous to me." Stephen chuckled.
"Harry sang one of his songs to me." Hermione sighed happily.
"I know I was there. You see Harry has the same blood running through him because of his lineage. Magic is as old as time, but in this era it was being wiped out of even the smallest child's minds. I agreed with Uncle Albus about using your story to enchant them again." Stephen set him menu down. "We will have ham and cheese omelets, bacon, sausage, muffins, toast, and orange juice."
"I got everything from you didn't I?" He had just ordered what the two of them had been craving.
Breakfast appeared on the table with a plate of chocolate scones for Hermione.
"Well you got some from your parents, Anna, and me." Stephen grinned. "Now as for your special blood type, well, that hasn't been seen for 17years. Arthur, Merlin, Godric all had it, James had it, and so do I."
"Thanks I feel so much better." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Harry, I didn't mind giving you blood first, second, fourth, and sixth years. Now when you took your ancient Grandfather's sword and sliced open your hand in a temper, well, that showed me that you really need to work on reining in that temper of yours." He lectured him.
"I wouldn't know. I was kind of not conscious at the time for the first four. Now as for the last one when I saw Toad lady I lost it." Harry focused on his meal.
"His temper is the reason you have no worries about anything happening between the two of us until we're married." Hermione paused from biting into her scone.
"I believe the two of you both need to work on your tempers. In his defense you can't barge into his bath, his room, and whatnot without his James side emerging. You see there is Harry the prince, and then there is James the Marauder. No he's more like a pirate, who takes what he wants when it is given." Stephen could see that Hermione thought that Harry was the only one in the wrong and called her on it.
"Thanks Grandpa."
Hermione kicked him under-the-table. "Are you saying that he has pirate blood in his family tree?" She ignored the other remarks completely.
"I'm saying that you are clueless when it comes to what you can do to my grandson. Then again maybe you aren't that clueless, and are making him pay for treating you like one of the guys, even after he saw that you were in fact female in his fourth year." Stephen pinned her with a look.
Hermione didn't say a word she just focused on her breakfast.
"You flirted blatantly with Ron all the time! What the hell was I suppose to think when you all but threw me at Cho. I know that I was clueless and I have admitted that. In my defense I had bigger things than my love life to deal with, like vanquishing the Dark Lord and his death squad..."
He paused to think about it for a moment then said. "Nope I think it all boils down to the fact that you treated me like a brother and kept flirting with Ron." Harry went back to eating his breakfast.
"I argued with Ronald that is not flirting." Hermione narrowed her eyes at him.
"Hermione, even Ron thought that it was him that you were in love with! Why else would he ask you out in the first place?" Harry grumbled. "Hell the muggles reading the books and watching the movies all think the two of you are meant to be! Emma even called me on it last night!"
"If you and I had been an item then your mind would not have been focused on what needed to be done and that being breaking the blasted curse and killing Voldemort! Now as for Emma or the muggle fans it's not my fault that they have missed all the signs and clues in the books or the movies are hell-bent on getting Ron and I together!" Hermione's snarl was loud enough for guests to look their way.
"So as usual it's my fault! My fault that I got this scar at one! My fault that maybe I was trying to stay alive instead of focusing on my love life! My fault that I thought that you were giving Ron and I mixed signals! That you all but threw me at Cho!" Harry was on his feet and not happy. "I chose you in the end! I do not love nor can I stand Cho! You are my soul mate! My best friend and life-mate, so please I'm imploring you just let it go!!"
"And I thought that James had problems with Lily." Stephen groaned
Hermione got to her feet and glared into his eyes. "It's not my fault that you had no memory and didn't know that you have been mine since the two of us were in diapers! I was terrified that first day until I saw you on the train and then I knew that everything was going to be all right! It took you time, but our bond was there even then! When that troll was attacking me you didn't even second-guess your actions and saved me! When I was petrified, you stayed with me for hours! The two of us have faced more peril than anyone should ever have to endure in a hundred lifetimes! You and I have always had a bond so even when we were not happy with each other; we still talked to each other! I pushed you at Cho, because you thought that she was what you wanted! I wanted you to be happy! That is all that has ever mattered to me! I decided that I was going to be selfish if we lived through that final battle and make you see that it was me that you needed! Me that you loved! It was me that knew you better than anyone! And when you woke up you finally did! Only you did the noble thing as usual and instead of talking to me went off to brood, because you thought that I belonged to Ron! I risked my life getting on that broom of yours, so I could get what was mine! I would kill anyone who tried to get between us! I would marry you right now but we promised..." She was shut up by a kiss from her prince.
"Yes, well, the two of them are in dire need of sleep. It is clear now that the two of them are completely committed to each other. The Daily Prophet has been spewing lies again, fed to them by a mentally challenged young lady, who needs help." Stephen looked over at one of the tables and saw the girl in question. "Would someone please escort Miss Chang out of the castle and back to her home before my future granddaughter sees her. That is unless one of you invited her to the festivities?" He looked over at the wedding party they shook their heads. "I didn't think so."
"He was mine first! She stole him from me!" Cho broke away from the wizards that were trying to do as Stephen ordered and stupidly stalked over to the table.
"Young lady you were using my grandson to connect with young Cedric everyone knows that. You only want him now because of his newly acquired title." Stephen glared down at her. "Our world has strict laws when it comes to anyone stalking another person. You need to seek help or will wind up spending time in Azkaban."
Cho did not like the sound of prison. "I don't need therapy and what I told The Prophet is the truth! Hermione has always wanted both Ron and Harry!"
"I would choose your words more carefully young lady. You have no idea what you're talking about." Stephen's temper was on slow boil. "I would however like you to know that when Hermione was hit by that rouge bludger. That mind you was first thought to have been sent at her by the All-Star Beaters. It was later discovered to be a tampered with bludger. I had it analyzed and found that it had been jinxed by someone. Wands are fascinating things you see, no two are alike, and therefore it's very easy to trace the jinx back to its source, which happened to be your wand."
Harry broke off the kiss, had his wand out, and pointed at her. "YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROKE MY PRINCESS! YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I DO SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I WILL NOT REGRET!"
"But it was only meant to scare her!" Cho took a step backwards.
"ONE!"
"You liked me first!"
"TWO!"
"She ruined everything!"
"THREE!"
Draco and Ginny took action and grabbed her by the arms. "Let's go Cho before he uses Crucio on you or something."
"Crucio? I was thinking of Avada Kedavra. Look at him!" Ginny remarked.
"It was my arm that got broken!" Hermione took the wand from Harry. "Let's see what to make you, a donkey, Flobberworm, ferret, or a fly that I can swat out of existence."
"Keep her away from me!" Cho was making a break for the door.
"A Flobberworm it is then!" Hermione succeeded this time since no one tried to stop her.
Cho was now a slimy brown colored worm with a bad case of acne.
"That's much better." She sat back down and went back to breakfast.
"Not bad very original, angel." Harry took his wand back and put it away.
"I try to keep everyone guessing otherwise they might think that I'm predictable or something." Hermione fed him some of her egg.
They were taking Cho Worm out of the Great Hall and off to St. Mungo's.
"Crikey Hermione remind me never to get on your bad side." Draco pulled up a chair and sat down with Ginny in his lap.
"Oi what did we miss?!" Fred and George had arrived dressed for the wedding.
"Yeah, who was that they just carried out?" George looked at Hermione.
"That boy's was Cho." Hermione grinned.
"We missed it!? I told you that we should've changed when we got here!" Fred punched George in the arm.
"Oi are you the Stephen Pendragon!?" George noticed there was a newcomer at the four hearts table.
"Boy's this is my grandfather and yes he is who you think he is." Harry loved flooring the twins.
"I know all about these two. I know about anyone who is around you." Stephen gave the two of them a look.
"We might not have acted like it a lot..." Fred gulped.
"But we really are with the good guys." George finished.
"I have an enormous file, which I had sealed on Draco, but since that part of him no longer exists, I am going to give him the honor of burning it." Stephen looked over at Draco. "Now as for Ginny, she does tend to be like her brothers, but she also has a very loyal and protective side which will make her a very good Auror."
"You have dossiers on all the people in Harry's life?" Hermione had no idea just how far his grandfather had gone to protect him.
"I made a vow to keep him safe and that meant knowing who was in his life. Cho's family has a history of mental illness, so her actions did not surprise me." Stephen set his fork down. "I can't eat cold eggs." The plates vanished and new ones appeared. "Thank you Dobby."
"Thanks grandpa. I was trying to be polite and eat them, but I can't stand to eat cold eggs either." Harry was intent on eating his meal while it was hot.
"Don't mention it kiddo. I just thought that you needed a full stomach before addressing the guests."
"Is it true that you're an action addict?" Fred asked curiously.
"Yeah, is that where Harry gets it from?" George echoed.
"Here we go again." Hermione, Ginny, and Draco groaned.
"We happen to be natural wizard hunters, but that does not make me an action junkie, nor does it make my grandson one either." Stephen narrowed his eyes at the twins.
"Yeah right, like I get a rush out of constantly having my free-time interrupted!? I challenge anyone in this room to go through the hell that I went through and remain as sane and in control as me! I am not an action junkie! I would love to be able to sit with Hermione in a movie theater and not have a Dementor jump out of the screen at me! I would love to attend a celebration and not have to go to work in the middle of it! This has nothing to do with getting a rush out of vanquishing someone! I was saddled with being a Dark Wizard Hunter at birth! I was forced to undergo a destiny, where I very well could have, and almost did die at least seven times all before I was seventeen! I am Half-Blood Prince by birth. I have embraced my birthright, but only to a point! I do not have to fight anyone or anything to be happy or get on with my day! I have a family, friends, and a soul mate to provide that for me! If I want an instant rush I will get on my broom and play a game of Quidditch!" Harry paused in midrant everyone was staring at him.
"I chose to become an Auror because it's the only thing besides Quidditch that comes natural to me. Who knows I may change my mind one of these years and teach DADA here at my castle when Hermione's and my kids turn eleven, but for now an Auror is what I choose to be. I am not my mother, father, or my grandfather! I am Harry James Potter, Half-Blood Prince, and I am my own person! Now if you'll excuse me I am going to the kitchens to eat in peace!" He got up and proceeded to stalk out of the Great Hall.
Albus and Stephen stood up and began to applaud him followed by everyone in the Great Hall.
Harry hadn't seen that one coming. He hadn't been on his best princely behavior at all.
"A toast to my grandson, your prince, may he and Hermione have a less stressful final year at Hogwarts!" Stephen raised his glass to him.
"Long live our Prince! Long live Prince Harry James Potter!" They echoed.
:That was very enlightening young master. You just proved to everyone why you can be trusted as HBP.: Leo commended him.
Hermione raced into his arms and kissed him senseless. :You were beyond wonderful! That was one monumental declaration and on a partially empty stomach too.: She put all of her feeling into the kiss.
Now this was definitely not, what he had expected. Not that he was complaining, she had never kissed him like this, and it was much more enjoyable than breakfast any day. :You mean you aren't furious with me for losing my temper again?: He had to force himself to behave, the James side of him was ready to take over, but he did kiss her back.
:You didn't lose your temper at all. In fact, you reined it in and I am so proud of you for that!: She was so happy with him that she was almost purring.
:Angel, as much as I love it that you're rewarding me with a semi cookie, because you aren't really keeping your hands to yourself. I made a promise...: Harry groaned when she wasn't listening to him.
:I don't care all I care is about you and me.: Hermione purred.
:Please angel at this rate I don't think that Glacius is gonna work on me!: He was in big trouble and sinking fast.
Stephen saw all the warning signs and was the only one with the gumption to go over and break them up. "Playtime's over Hermione let him go."
Hermione ignored him.
"That was not a request young lady. I can take him away with me after the ceremony and you won't get to see him until September first. I think that after sixteen years apart the two of us need to go off for a week or so and bond." Stephen played his ace.
Hermione opened one eye to look at Stephen and knew that he meant every word. So she reluctantly let him breathe again. "He belongs to me." She growled.
"Kitten its bad manners for a princess to be selfish. You have to share him with the rest of the family." He chuckled.
"I was a little rash in my actions..." She pouted.
"Kitten you attacked the poor guy and he was seconds from breaking his promise." Stephen looked over at Harry. "Not to mention that Monday's paper is going to be, well, you won't like it."
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Harry was standing outside in the entrance hall trying to rein in his James side. "She's gonna kill me at this rate." He looked up at the stairs, Daniel and Emma were kissing. "We are such a bad influence on them."
Hermione turned to look at the guests and the family who were none too pleased with her. "I love him and because of that my actions aren't going to be rational at times. I'll see you, um, later!" She bolted into the entrance hall and got her first look at Dan and Em. "Oh no I just know I'm going to get the blame for that."
"I just know that both of us are gonna get blamed for that. How are they supposed to act like us back then, if they're like that?" Harry raked his fingers through his hair in frustration.
Ginny raced from the hall and over to them. "They just formed a royal wedding committee. Mum, Aunt Kath, most of the females in the family are gathered at a table with Franc, Beau, Fleur's cousin Regina, and other high-class witches. I came out here to tell you that it's planned for the day after term ends, the location, well; they're up in the air about that one. Your mother wants it in Godric's Hollow under your favorite oak tree. Mum wants it here under your tree at Hogwarts, and there's talk about throwing it in London."
"Get back in there and vote for the beech tree!" Harry panicked.
"Or even the oak tree!" Hermione gulped. "Not London there's no way I will go through a circus like that!"
"You know I think the two of you might have ruined the movies." Ginny noticed the kissing couple on the stairs.
"Oh, we know." Harry groaned.
"Stop stalling and get back in there!" Hermione could just imagine what else they were planning.
"Oh, Mum wants you to keep an eye on them and now I know why." Ginny raced back into the hall.
"We'll show them Buckbeak that should keep them occupied for a while." Harry came up with a plan.
"Emma! Daniel! We want to show you two Buckbeak!" Hermione called out and the two broke off their kiss.
"Hello and the two of you are what fourteen and fifteen? Let's go." Harry ordered.
"We got bored listening to the two of you spar or listening to you spar with your grandfather." Daniel grinned sheepishly raking his hand through his hair.
"I'll make sure that you aren't bored anymore today let's go smart ass." Harry was enjoying this whole big brother gets to boss little brother around deal.
"Come on Emma let's go see Buckbeak." He took her hand in his and the two of them walked passed Harry and Hermione and towards the now open entrance to the castle.
"Daniel it's not like they can help it, after all they are this close to being grown-ups." Emma gave the two of them a look.
"If it wasn't that millions of fans would be devastated..." Hermione followed them.
"I don't ever remember being that cheeky at their age." Harry agreed.
"Well, at the time we were fighting for our lives." Hermione mused.
"Aqueductus!" Harry waited until they were outside and cooled the two teens off. "That should cool their jets for a while."
"Hey that was not cool!" Daniel glared at him.
"You got us wet!" Emma growled.
"You're lucky that he didn't add Glacius." Hermione took the wand from Harry and used it to dry them off. "Now be a good little boy and girl and behave!"
"Or we can and will make it so you'll have some explaining to do when you return to the set on Monday." Harry promised.
"Just because your day started off badly is no reason to take it out on us!" Emma snarled.
"Em if I were in fact taking out my anger or frustration on you I can assure you that you would be a Flobberworm by now. I know that it really sucks to not be able to kiss him all the time, but you are only fourteen so relax. It isn't every day that you're asked to go see a Hippogriff or even be here at Hogwarts." Hermione was back to normal now.
Harry whistled and to his surprise, not one but two Hippogriff's answered his call. "Angel even Beaky has a girlfriend."
"She's gorgeous!" Hermione watched as Beaky and a golden-feathered female landed in front of Harry and immediately bowed.
"Hey there buddy. I see that you have yourself a mate." Harry stroked his flank. "She's a beauty Beaky."
Hermione was petting the female and saw that she was wearing a golden-jeweled halter with the words Goldie engraved on it. "Hello Goldie welcome to Hogwarts. I bet that you belong to Madame Maxine."
Harry was about to tell Dan and Emma when he noticed smoke and then flames shoot up somewhere in the forest. "So that was what the special permit was for. Angel we're not going in the forest this year."
"Charlie brought some dragons with him." Hermione gulped. "And I thought that having a giant in the forest was enough."
"Ok anyway on with the lesson. You just bow get on and let them fly you around. Got it?" Harry looked at Em and Daniel.
They nodded.
"Good now try not to fall off." Harry motioned for the two of them to mount the two Griffs. "Have fun."
The two of them flew off into the air.
"Dragon's can fly. He had better have them chained or something." Hermione eyed the smoke plume warily.
"I was thinking that Grawp might set them free, so he could play with them, which would be very bad." Harry continued to stare at the forest.
"Grawp won't do that as long as he has been told not to by someone."
"Oh, really ya think! Then why is that dragon flying over here towards us!" Harry grabbed Hermione and made a run for the castle.
The dragon landed in front of them, it had a harness on it, and was staring at them as if they seemed familiar to it.
"Hermione you don't think that he's Norbert do you?" Harry looked at the way the dragon was eyeing them and it wasn't as if they were his next dinner.
At the sound of its name, the dragon got even closer to them.
"Hello Norbert longtime no see." Hermione was hiding behind Harry, who had his wand out, and was going to go into protector mode.
The dragon lay down in front of them and looked woefully at them.
Harry put away his wand. "Stay here until I tell you its safe." He got closer to the dragon.
Hermione was right behind him.
"Hermione is it so hard to just do as I say for once?"
"Where you go I go dragon or no dragon." Hermione even though scared out of her mind wasn't about to let him check out the dragon alone.
"Norbert it's us. Do you remember? We helped Hagrid raise you when you were a baby, and we got you home. It cost us 150 House points, but it was worth it to get you home." Harry was so close to him now that he could feel his hot breath and prayed that he wasn't in the mood to shoot fire at them.
Norbert puffed out a plume of smoke but no flame.
"Berta you naughty girl!" Charlie raced outside after seeing what was happening from the Hall Windows. "She's really harmless and can't flame anyone, besides you helped raise her for the first weeks of her life."
"Norbert is a girl?" Harry and Hermione stared at the dragon in surprise.
"She sure is. You see it's hard to tell the sex of a dragon until they're at least a year, so we had to change her name a little. She isn't even full size yet." Charlie causally walked over and patted Berta's flank. "There was an illness that most of the dragons we were watching caught and many of them can't shoot flames anymore. I brought those with me and the one that you tangled with for your first task. She's a sweetheart too as long as you stay away from her nest. Dragon's only shoot fire out at you when they feel threatened."
"So do you, uh, ride Berta?" Harry noticed there was a saddle on Berta.
"That's been my greatest accomplishment and I brought all the tame ones with me. Grawp really likes them and he probably let this one go." Charlie grinned at Harry. "So you wanna take her up for a ride?"
"Sure I'll try anything once." He scooped Hermione up into his arms and carried her over to the dragon.
"This is not a good idea we have to get dressed for the wedding." Hermione was sat on the dragon.
"Trust me angel, I can fly anything magical." Harry got on behind her. "So Charlie, is it like flying Beaky?"
"Steering wise yes, but this girl she makes flying on a Firebolt seem like child's play." Charlie slapped her on the flank and off they went into the sky.
Hagrid raced outside as they soared into the sky. "Was that Norbert?"
"That she was my friend, but its Berta not Norbert." Charlie grinned.
"She looks happy." Hagrid sniffed.
"She's my favorite." Charlie sighed.
"You brought more?" Hagrid noticed flames shooting from the forest.
"I brought the tame ones from the colony. That one isn't a Norwegian Ridgeback either. She's a Hungarian Horntail and Harry faced her for his first task. She doesn't like to travel and she's still a little grouchy. This place holds bad memories for her and I wager she still recognizes Harry." Charlie explained.
"Hagrid you should be getting ready?" Harry and Hermione landed in front of them.
"Well since the brides all fainted after seeing the Dragon land in front of you, its going to be a while." Stephen walked outside with Albus.
"Charlie what happened? I enchanted those chains?" Albus frowned.
"Berta doesn't need a chain. She heard him whistle and thought it was me." Charlie was calm about the situation.
"I see so this is the dragon that caused the two of them and young Neville to lose 150 points from their House that first year." Albus stroked the dragon.
"Yeah, she's the one. That female from Harry's first task is still holding a grudge though." Hermione glared at Charlie.
"Don't worry I have no wish to enter that forest this year. That dragon shot flames at me." Harry pointed to his singed shoe. "You owe me new Nikes big brother!"
Charlie used his wand to repair the shoe. "She was just telling you hello."
"Hello! She was trying to fry my ass!" Harry dismounted Berta with Hermione in his arms.
"Harry where are Daniel and Em?" Hermione looked up at the sky.
"Not gonna be coming down anytime soon not with Berta sittin here anyway." Hagrid spotted the two Griffs.
"Your baby brother is sitting down in the middle of all these dragons and he was petting the one that tried to fry me! Not only that, but he pointed up at me, shouted Harry, and then she flamed at me!" Harry glared at Hagrid and Charlie.
"Well then go make nice with her, since you're dressed to ride Berta and we're not." Stephen suggested.
"He does have a point Harry, Daniel, and Emma need to land." Hermione saw the logic in his thinking.
"Just remember if I get barbecued it was you that you sent me off to my end!" Harry got back on Berta and off he flew. "I thought that you loved me!"
"I do love him its just that I don't like flying. I only fly my broom to humor him." Hermione pouted.
"I heard that! Fine who really cares if you happen to be the best Chaser that I've ever seen! You don't have to humor me! Consider yourself officially off the team!" Harry soared passed them.
"Kitten, I watched you play and you were clearly enjoying yourself." Stephen frowned.
"I'm still getting over getting flamed at. I don't know what I'm saying! I just didn't wish to go for a second ride!" Hermione ran back inside in tears.
Harry hovered above them. "This happens once every month?"
The three of them nodded.
"I'm gonna go out of my mind at this rate!" Harry took off towards the forest.
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Chapter 24
The wedding
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I do not claim any of JKR's characters only that I love being able to create my own kind of mischief with her beloved characters. I do not claim any other things that are owned by other companies that I may mention once and a while in the stories...Although the original characters and ideas are mine and I loved creating them. So please review if you wish but try not to flame me too badly.
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