Chapter 13: The Battle Of Diagon Alley.
For the months after, Harry and Hermione were completely enjoying life without a care in the world.
Harry had finished his auror training, and was bringing in half a fortune a week.
Hermione had quit her job for two reasons,
Harry brought home enough money to support the family
She needed to be with her children, and her job wasn't giving her that chance.
Although Harry brought in a lot of money, he hated the schedule.
He had to work from 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
With the threat of Voldemort, the office had to put in a lot of hours a day.
Every day more Death Eaters were being caught.
Harry was an excellent auror, and he was bringing in over 35 of the Death Eaters caught.
He was rising in the ranks and was known throughout the Ministry Of Magic for always bringing enemies in alive if he could help it. He had been trained by Moody, but the student had surpassed the teacher and Moody could no longer teach Harry anything. Harry had developed his own style and Hermione was very proud of him.
"Now when we're old, you'll have something to tell our grandkids about" she had told him.
The only thing besides the schedule that Harry didn't like was,
Elizabeth Jenkins, his flirtatious partner.
She knew he was married, but she was always trying to get him to do something that would be unfaithful to Hermione.
He had complained to Kingsley and said he needed a new partner, but there was nothing Kingsley could do about it. Harry had tried to talk to her but she just kept trying to advance on him.
Hermione had even threatened her, but it made no difference,
"And just what are you going to do to a fully trained auror?" Elizabeth had sneered.
Hermione hated the woman with a passion but Elizabeth was right, what could she do to a fully trained auror?
One day Harry had the final straw, it was a night that he had to work late, and Elizabeth thought she'd try something.
A knock came at Harry's office door.
"Come in" he called.
The door opened, and in walked Elizabeth. "Don't come in" Harry muttered, looking down at his paper work.
She walked over and plopped down on his desk, scattering his papers. Harry swore under his breath, something he rarely did now.
"Now, now, Mr. Potter, no need to use foul language." She whined.
Harry stood up, "Get the Hell out of my office NOW!" he yelled, and she cringed.
She walked around the side of his desk and tried to throw her arms around him, but he apparated before she could.
Harry appeared in the apartment with a loud crack.
"HONEY I'M HOME!" he bellowed.
"COMING" she yelled back.
He hung up his coat, and dropped his suitcase as Hermione rushed into his arms.
"Hello beautiful" Harry said, kissing the top of his wife's head.
"You're early, I thought you were working till 2" she said.
"I was but Elizabeth tried to get me again." He replied.
Hermione said something under her breath in German, Harry was pretty sure she was swearing.
"Next time the woman tries anything on you I swear I'll hex her Harry" Hermione said.
"And then you would go to Azkaban for committing the federal crime of injuring an auror" Harry replied.
"She'd be worth it, she's a bitch of a witch" Hermione said.
"I'd hate to be the girl who crosses my protective 'Mione" Harry joked.
"Let's just go to bed" she said.
"I gotta shower, and then I'll be in" he said.
Hermione left in the direction of their bedroom and Harry went to check on the kids.
Both of them were sleeping like angels in their new beds.
Harry quickly made his way to his bedroom, to see Hermione sprawled out on the bed.
"I'll be out in a minute love" he told her, while rummaging through his dresser for some clothes.
"Right, how bout I join you for your nice relaxing shower" she said.
"Fine by me" was his answer.
She picked up her robe off the end of the bed and followed him into the master bathroom.
Harry turned the water on and they stripped down while it was warming up.
Harry turned around to face her.
"God, you're gorgeous" he said, feeling her smooth skin with his knuckles, making her shiver.
When the water warmed, they stepped into the big walk in shower, and began to wash each other.
Just then, Lily walked in.
"Mommy what is you doing?" she asked.
Hermione leaned down, "I'm giving Daddy a bath honey" she said.
"Yes and she needs to get back to it, go back to bed Lily." Harry said.
"I want a baf!" Lily said.
Hermione sighed, "I'll give you one after I'm finished with Daddy if you go lay back down" she said.
"Okeday" Lilly said before running off.
When Lilly was gone, Harry nuzzled Hermione's neck with his nose.
"Alone at last" he said, and a moan reached his ears as her reply.
When they were finished with the shower, they dried but neither bothered putting any clothes on.
Harry picked Hermione up and carried her to their bed.
He gently laid her down, and slipped in to bed beside her.
He wrapped his arms around her stomach, and she frowned.
"What's wrong love?" he asked.
"Nothing, it's stupid, you would say no anyway…." She kept trying to talk, but Harry silenced her with a kiss.
"Try me" He said, looking into her deep chocolaty eyes.
"I….I…I want another baby" she said.
Harry definitely had not expected that.
"You…… you…. Want another…. what?" was his sputtering reply.
She gave him one of her irresistible, seductive, sexy smiles.
"I want another baby" she said quite clearly.
"Well" said Harry, "we are in the exactly right place to make that wish come true"
Hermione's face lit up, "YOU MEAN IT? I CAN HAVE ANOTHER BABY?" she squealed.
Harry smiled, "Anything for my beautiful 'Mione" he replied.
As soon as the last words left his mouth, the beautiful, perfect woman in his bed, jumped on top of him and tried to kiss him into oblivion.
And she did.
Later that night Harry watched the rising and falling of her chest, perfection was in his bed.
Perfection, that was the only way to describe his wife, perfect.
He was still recovering from the night of mind-blowing sex he and Hermione had just shared.
Everything about her was perfect, she was perfect when she was awake, and she was perfect when she was asleep.
She was perfect clothed, and she was perfect naked.
She was a perfect wife, and a perfect mother.
Hermione was just, just, perfect.
Harry was pulled back to reality by the ringing of the phone.
He reached up to the nightstand by his bed and fumbled in the darkness for the phone.
"Who the bloody fuck is calling at…." He looked at the alarm clock, "4:00 am"
His hand found the phone and he answered it.
"Potter" he said groggily.
"Get to the office pronto Potter" Kingsley's voice came through the phone.
"Why?" Harry asked, getting up and pulling on a robe.
"Diagon Alley is in flames with a Dark Mark floating above it" Kingsley said.
Harry frantically started looking for his wand, told Kingsley he would be there in a minute, and hung up.
He picked up his wand and waved it over himself, clothes materialized onto his body.
He summoned some paper and a pen and wrote Hermione a quick note before apparating to Diagon Alley.
Kingsley had not been joking, Diagon Alley was no longer in flames but it was still smoldering.
As soon as he landed in Diagon Alley, he felt Elizabeth pull him into a nearby store.
"Kiss me or I'll hex you" she said.
Harry started to back out but she locked the door.
Then she jumped him, pulling him into an embrace so tight he could not move.
When he finally wrenched his wand out of his pocket, he shouted "EXPELLIARMUS!"
She flew off him and slammed into a door.
Harry stunned her, and then turned around and unlocked the door.
He ran out, and slammed straight into Kingsley.
"Sorry sir" Harry said, rubbing his forehead.
"I saw what she did and thought I would save your neck" Kingsley said coldly.
"Thanks but I took care of her myself" Harry said. Kingsley nodded and then went in.
After a minute, there was a flash of purple light and Harry heard something hard crash into something.
Harry whipped out his wand and rushed in.
Elizabeth was standing over an unconscious Kingsley, with her wand pointed at his heart.
"No one will stop me from carrying out my Master's orders" she said.
"AVADA…" She started, but Harry was too quick for her, "STUPEFY!" he roared.
She froze immediately, Harry rushed to Kingsley and revived him.
"What happened?" he asked.
"She's been a Death Eater this whole time!" Kingsley sputtered,
"Used some kind of curse I've never heard of before"
Harry aimed his wand at Elizabeth, "Incarcerous" He said.
Thick ropes sprung out of his wand and wound themselves around her unconscious body.
"Thank you Potter" Kingsley said as Harry helped him up.
"What are you going to do with her?" Harry asked quietly.
"Well she'll have a trial on charges of attempted murder and presumable past murders, plus a federal crime of injuring an Auror" Kingsley answered, glaring down at her.
Suddenly one of the Junior Aurors rushed in to the shop.
"Mr. Kingsley, Mr. Potter, the Death Eaters are back" He said quickly.
Harry and Kingsley shared a worried glance at each other before rushing out of the building, wands in hand.
As soon as they left the building, a jet of purple light hit Kingsley and he crumpled to the ground.
Harry looked up, and found the assailant, he raised his wand, "AVADA KEDAVRA" he shouted.
The Death Eater fell back and Harry bent down to check on Kingsley, he was dead.
Harry rose, and went to identify the body he had just murdered.
He removed the hood of the Death Eaters costume, "Bellatrix" Harry spat with hatred.
He incinerated her body with a wave of his wand and jumped into the raging battle.
Curses, hexes, jinxes, charms, and spells were flying through the air and Harry's training kicked in, he dodged many of them but was hit a few time.
He hit, killed, and stunned at least 40 Death Eaters in about an hour.
The battle raged on for about 2 hours, when the sun finally rose, the Death Eaters apparated simultaneously with a loud Crack.
The aftermath of the battle was horrible, men and women were lying dead in the streets everywhere you looked.
Harry saw many people he had gone to school with, went through training with, lying there dead.
Occasionally he saw, with a pang, the body of a close friend lying bleeding on the curbs or in the middle of the street.
He found a fireplace and called The Department Of Magical Accidents And Catastrophes, who sent a team to clean up the mess.
Harry had to go back to his office to file a report on the battle.
He wrote everything from witnessing Kingsley's death to the end of the battle.
He didn't have to worry about Elizabeth's trial because she had died in the battle, the building she was in had been burned to the ground.
Harry had found her body under a section of roofing.
After he finished the report he looked at his watch, it was 7:00 a.m.
He Apparated back to the flat.
Hermione was sitting on the couch reading a book.
When she saw him, she jumped up and ran into his arms.
"I was so worried" she mumbled into his shirt.
Harry lifted her head and caressed her cheek with his thumb, "I'm fine baby" he said soothingly.
She buried her face back in his shirt, "I was still worried about you, what happened?" she said.
Harry told her everything that had happened from the time he appeared in Diagon Alley to the time he came home, when he finished his wife had a look of horror on her lovely face.
"That's horrible!" she exclaimed.
Just then the phone rang, Hermione answered it and handed it to Harry, "It's for you" she said.
"Hello?" Harry asked.
"Potter, this is Amelia Bones" Came the voice of the head of his department.
"Since Kingsley died I want you to take his place as head Auror, you'll receive a payment raise and Kingsley's old office" she said.
For a moment, Harry couldn't find his voice,
"M…M…Me? Head Auror?" He stuttered, and Hermione's head shot up.
"Yes Harry, you, Head Auror, you can start in the morning" Amelia said.
"Ok, thank you Amelia" he said, and she hung up.
"What was the all about?" Hermione asked, scooting closer to Harry.
"She wants me to take Kingsley's place, office, and payroll" He said, wrapping his arms around her waist.
Hermione's eyes lit up, "Harry that's wonderful!" she squealed.
"Because I was thinking about something while you were gone"
"What?" he asked curiously.
"We need a house, this apartment isn't big enough for 5 people" she said.
Harry nodded his head in agreement, "You're right, you start looking while I'm at work tomorrow" he said.
"Done deal" Hermione said with a huge smile on her face.
A/N: Ok that's the end of this chapter, I've decided to make this a trilogy, "The Gift Of Life Trilogy"
The books will be called,
1: The Worst Summer And The Best Year (Thinking About Changing The Title To "Love Lasts Forever")
2: The Fall Of The Dark Lord
3: The Beginning Of The End Of Darkness
I've already got the story lines planned out, I'm just not sure how to end this story.
I've already started writing the sequel and it's damn good if you ask me, and like this story the end will be a BIG surprise, I already have the last chapter of this story written and my brother (My beta tester) said it was a hell of a good surprise, so I'm pleased with that.
I need some suggestions for this story to keep going, because I'm running out of Ideas,
The kid's are now 2 years old, I need them to be 8 by the end of the story.
(If anyone is wondering Harry and Hermione are now 20, they married at age 18)
The reason I need them to be 8 at the end of this story is because there are 3 years between this story and the sequel and they need to be at Hogwarts in the second story.
Ok that was possibly my longest authors note yet, hope you liked the chapter, please give me some ideas, hope you like the next one! Ok bye-bye.