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Chapter 3 The House
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 07.30
If there are better ways of being woken up than by having a beautiful fuzzy haired witch, trying to carry out a touch examination of his tonsils with her tongue, Harry Potter couldn't think of them, "How are you this morning?" asked Hermione eventually.
"Awake now, where's Ginny?" asked Harry, "has she decided that she doesn't love me any more?"
"Ginny and I have spent an extremely pleasant half an hour exchanging experiences and now she is in the shower, which is where you should be." Then she got up and pulled the covers off him then ran out of the room with her hands covering her eyes, her voice came from the study/lounge. "I forgot that you wouldn't have any clothes on and we have to go out, oh and Ginny does still love you."
Harry was showered and dressed in smart robes and as usual he had just given up on his hair when Ginny came in, with a beautiful smile on her face, she gave him a lingering kiss and said, "Morning lover, are you ready for a day of sin and debauchery?"
"Just," he said, "and I and I don't really think that your Mum is into too much sin and I very much doubt that Hermione's Mum will allow too much debauchery. Oh remember to bring your broom and remind Parvati to bring hers as well, see you in the common room darling." He gave her a quick kiss and left down the boys stairs carrying his Firebolt, "Morning Parvati, where's your broom?"
"Dam! Morning Harry," she said as she dashed back up stairs to get her broom.
Padma had sat at the Gryffindor table again this morning and when they had finished their breakfast Harry went and spoke to the Headmaster who told him that everything was fine and good luck for today.
The five of them left the Great Hall and went out of the main doors and down the steps. Hermione was to ride behind Harry and Padma didn't like flying either so she was going to travel behind Parvati. They soon arrived at the Three Broomsticks and after speaking to Mme Rosmerta, who kindly offered to look after their brooms, they all Flooed to the Burrow.
When they arrived at the Burrow Molly and Jane Greeted them, Harry was kissed by both of them, then he said, "Calling you both Mrs Granger and Mrs Weasley seems awfully formal and when you are together Mum wouldn't work either?"
"Well you can all call me Molly and Jane has already told you all to call her that." Then she kissed him again and explained to the others the procedure for Flooing to Potter House, it meant that Harry had to go first so he went to the grate threw in some Floo powder and said, "Potter House with six," and stepped into the fire. He recalled this procedure from the crazy afternoon nearly a year previously.
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 09.15
Harry arrived in the entry hall and was rapidly followed by the other six, it was as he remembered it, very smart with two doors either side and double doors straight in front and a red diamond in the middle of the tiled floor.
A disembodied voice said, 'Welcome Mr Potter,' the double doors directly in front of them opened and a bell in the distance sounded.
Two female House Elves appeared in the doorway, they both bowed very low and said in unison, "Greetings master and your friends,"
Then the voice said, 'We had better deal with security first, I know that you are the Master of this house Mr Potter and as such have ultimate authority and access to everything, but who are these people with you they look like your friends or will you be having a harem?' the voice had rather a lewd intonation.
Everybody giggled and Harry said, "I do not have a harem, these are all my friends, they will need to come and go and move around the house and grounds. Oh and please call me Harry."
'Tell me who ranks next to you Harry and what they will be allowed to do?'
Harry indicated Hermione and Ginny and said, "These two will soon be my wives and they should be allowed to do everything that I can."
'Ah! I like it, a mini-harem. What are your names?' the voice said with a very obvious smirk.
"Hermione."
"Ginny."
'Ginny and Hermione have full access and can set passwords. What of the others?'
"As I said that I am getting married soon and these friends and family need to organise the wedding." Harry said.
'Then they require full access, tell me your names?'
The twins and the mothers told the house their names.
'You have full access but cannot set passwords. I have finished.'
"Greetings again Master and Madams," said one of the House Elves who had been waiting patiently.
"Hello Alpha and Beta are these your names?" asked Hermione pleasantly.
"You have discerned our designations these are not our names, but they will suffice if you are preparing for a wedding. Would you all like to sit and talk about the house?" said Alpha, she led them across a large hall, which had several doors leading off it and a red diamond set in the middle of the floor. Alpha stopped and said, "If you stand in any diamond and say where you need to go then you will be deposited there." She continued on through a doorway into a very friendly, comfortable lounge.
Having all sat down, Harry asked the elves, "Would you like to sit?"
Alpha sat and Beta asked, "Would you like some refreshments?" the group ordered an assortment of drinks and Beta disappeared.
Alpha said, "We have heard of your kindness to House Elves Master, from Dobby who even in the Daily Prophet you have named your friend, we hope that you will soon also consider us your friends." Beta had returned and had served the drinks; she then stood to one side.
Harry said to her, "Would you like to sit down Beta?" Beta looked at Alpha who nodded and she sat to one side on a stool, Harry continued, "if you all would like to be our friends, would you like to call us by our names, my name is Harry?"
The elves carried on a conversation in what at first Harry thought was a strange squeaky language until he realised that it was simply very rapid high-pitched English. Eventually Alpha said, "We will be very happy to call you all by your names Harry, unless others who you do not classify as friends are in the house then we must use a honorific, like Harry sir, to show respect."
"That will be perfect," said Harry, Hermione and the elves were smiling, then he continued, "so what are your and Beta's names, also who do we call if any of us want something?"
"My name is Mitsy and I am the senior House Elf," said Alpha, "and Beta's name is Tilly and you may call either of us if you need something and if, for some reason, we are not available then another elf will answer the call."
"Well Mitsy," Harry said, "why don't you tell us the main things that you think we need to know?"
"If the house is to be used again," said Mitsy, "we will probably need more staff, currently there are only five elves in the house and three in the grounds, we should have at least one more in the grounds and another three in the house and you sir and your ladies should have personal elves. For you I would recommend Dobby if Professor Dumbledore would allow you to have him and I will see about elves for the ladies if you wish."
'There two persons seeking admission!' the house's disembodied voice said.
Ginny said, "I will go and see who they are," so she went to the hall.
Then Harry said, "If we had two more elves in the grounds and another five in the house would that be better? Do I have to find them or can you do that for me?"
"Those numbers would be excellent and I can find them for you if you wish," said Mitsy smiling.
"I will thank you for doing it," said Harry and with that Ginny arrived back with Remus and Tonks.
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 10.30
After greeting them and introducing them to the house, Harry introduced everyone to Mitsy and Tilly as friends then he asked the visitors why they had come.
Tonks answered, "Well Dumbledore told us last night that you were coming here today and Remus has told me so much about this place that I wanted to come and see it."
"Oh! I thought it might have been because I am getting married?" said Harry, trying to look and sound innocent.
"Your not! Who to? Where? When?" said Remus obviously shocked but very happy.
"On the fifteenth of August, probably here and to Ginny and Hermione," said Harry. "Oh and it's a strict secret until tomorrow lunchtime at which time the world will know. So shall we go exploring?"
When Remus and Tonks had finished congratulating them Harry decided that it would be best if the two mums went with Tilly and after asking the twins all the others decided to go looking around together.
"Right Tilly," Molly said, in her most business like voice, "how do we get to the Kitchens?"
"The easiest way is to stand on that diamond in the corner and say kitchen," said Tilly.
So Molly did and she disappeared Emma and Tilly followed her, 'Wow,' said most of the others.
"I like it here already," said Hermione, "and you are wonderful." She put her arms around Harry's neck and gave him a big kiss and then Ginny came to the other side of him and did the same.
Chuckling Remus said, "I think that I could live with two gorgeous girls forcing kisses on me." Tonks hit him playfully.
"Well I was told that they wouldn't expect any fewer kisses each," said Harry with a smile, "it's just that I would get twice as many and so far I like the arrangement just fine." The rest of them had made their way back into the inner hall, "Do we have a front door?" he asked Mitsy she just smiled and pointed at a diamond and so Harry stood on the diamond and said, "front door," it was as quick as apparition but much quieter and smoother, within seconds the others had joined him.
Thoughtfully Hermione asked Mitsy, "Is this method of transport safe for pregnant women?"
"Perfectly," she answered, "this system was first installed hundreds of years ago, however Harry's Great, Great grandfather extended it all over the house, simply to help his pregnant wife."
The seven of them were looking out with the front door behind them, there was a lovely view down some elegant steps to a huge lawn and over the sea and coast, Mitsy continued, "At one time this used to be a formal garden, we can bring it back if you would like, but your father did not like it and had it changed to this lawn." Then she continued, "We are facing west and the Sea is three-Quarters of a mile away but your land only goes for half a mile, it also goes for half a mile behind the house and it goes for a mile each way parallel to the coast."
"That will take some exploring, but not as big as Hogwarts is it?"
"It is probably bigger Ginny," said Mitsy, "but much like Hogwarts, there is nothing else close to the borders and only those not invited see or feel the barriers."
The group turned and went into the Formal Entrance Hall, as the party had come back into the house through the front door they had left it open behind them.
The hall was large, very large. There were four tall sets of double doors both sides of the entrance hall and a smaller set straight in front of them, these had a pair of broad sweeping staircases either side leading up to a balcony with several doors leading off it.
"Remus," Ginny asked, "do you think you could fit the Burrow in here?"
"I believe you would have room to spare for Hermione's home as well," he answered with a small smile.
"Do we have somewhere here for you Remus?" Harry asked seriously.
"You have the most comfortable quarters for me that I know of anywhere," Remus answered, with a hitch in his voice, "your mother had them built for me."
"Well you are always welcome to use them, whether we are here or not." Harry said then he changed the subject, "Mitsy do you know where the others are and how they are getting on?"
"They are nearly finished in the kitchens and they are going to be brought here next Harry," she answered.
"I noticed that your elves are calling you by your given names," said Tonks smiling, "it's nice, I have never heard House Elves do that to anyone before."
"That is because Harry and his ladies reputations concerning house elves preceded them," said Mitsy happily, "so we have decided to all be friends."
Just then the two mums appeared with Tilly, they were astounded by the size of the entrance hall.
Mitsy said to them all, "This is the area where the wedding reception would be."
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 11.30
Mitsy waved her hand and four enormous doors opened two to the left and two to the right, revealed were four, almost identical rooms, each of which was larger than the Great Hall at Hogwarts and she said, "We can make any or all of these into Ballrooms or banqueting halls or we could host a garden party on the lawn."
"What were the kitchens like Mum?" asked Parvati.
Molly beamed at her she obviously liked to be called Mum, "They were fabulous dear and they have a lot of muggle things as well as all the wizarding things. I can see now why Albus thought we should have the wedding here."
"Mitsy will you and the other elves be happy if we have the wedding here?" Harry asked and Hermione looked at him as though he were an angel.
"All the staff will be very happy and extremely proud to have your wedding here Harry, I believe they would all be very disappointed if you had it anywhere else." Mitsy answered with a smile of her own.
"Good, thank you Mitsy and thank all the staff from us as well please. How long will it take to find the new staff?" he asked tentatively.
"I can have the new staff here in the morning if you wish Harry and the personal elves can be here for interview on Saturday." she answered.
"That sounds great Mitsy but I was once told that it was very difficult to find new House Elves?" Harry queried.
"It is only becomes difficult if House Elves do not wish to work for you," she answered in a very matter of fact tone.
"That figures," he said with a grin, "it was Lucius Malfoy who told me that and I can't imagine anyone wanting to work for him. So do you have any ideas about what you are wearing, you have already told us that our reputations have preceded us?"
Mitsy had winced at the sound of the senior Malfoy's name, but she soon brightened up and passed him a couple of pieces of parchment, Harry looked at them and grinning passed them to Hermione, they brought a very wide smile to her face then she passed them around the others.
Mitsy said, "If you approve of these they will be ready after lunch."
"That will be excellent for the house staff, what about the outside personnel?" he asked.
"They have always worn what was necessary for whatever work they are doing and what is suitable for the weather," she answered, "so you will, no doubt, approve of their attire."
"I was wondering whether you or any of the other staff," Harry asked, "have ever wanted to be free?"
They were all strolling around looking in the large reception rooms, whilst they were talking.
"Provided we don't have to leave here, have forced holidays or get paid, none of us would mind," Mitsy said calmly, "we all like working and we all particularly like it here. So you may call us free if you wish."
"If any of the staff ever want anything I might be able to provide all they have to do is ask and although I will not ask any of you to accept payment, I will put some money in a box in your quarters where any who may need some for something have access to it," he said, "Also I know that we arrived today unannounced but would it be possible for us to have some lunch?"
"That all sounds excellent but first there are two gentlemen who have just arrived in reception," Mitsy said, "their names are Mr Arthur Weasley and Mr Mathew Granger, what shall we do with them?"
None to quietly Molly whispered to Jane, "Throw them in the lake!" Jane giggled and the twins were grinning impishly but Ginny and Hermione gave their mothers dirty looks, Harry said, "Grant them full access and bring them here please." Arthur and Matt arrived in the entrance hall and were looking around in amazement.
There was a delay whilst everyone greeted the new arrivals, Matt had to be introduced to Tonks and Remus and then Mitsy said, "Harry we have been preparing lunch for you but before you go to eat it, you should finish this area and all see the Chapel."
She walked over and they all followed her into a beautiful small Chapel that would seat about one hundred. "This is where the actual wedding ceremony would be and if necessary it can easily be expanded to hold up to about eight-hundred if that were required."
They were all very enthusiastic about the Chapel then Harry went to a diamond and said, with what seemed like a note of desperation in his voice, "The Dining Room please," and disappeared.
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 12.30
He arrived in a friendly dining room that would probably seat a couple of dozen, he was quickly followed by Hermione and Ginny who both put their arms around his neck and started kissing him alternately, then he looked at Hermione and asked her, "Are you happy with the House Elf situation." Her reply was to give him another big kiss.
When Mitsy arrived she told Harry that he had to sit at the head of the table with Hermione and Ginny in the first seats either side, all the others could sit where they wanted. So they all sat around the table and mountains of food appeared on the sideboards, three other, very excited, elves appeared and they were all served very quickly.
The food was excellent and plentiful so it was quite quiet a few minutes before any conversations started again, eventually during a lull Harry said, "I would like to make a proposal, why don't we all live here for the summer? Let's face it there is enough room and it will probably be fully staffed as from tomorrow and it is rather pleasant."
"It's rather pleasant he says, it's wonderful but is there a telephone?" Jane asked smiling.
"Mitsy!" Harry said and she appeared, she was wearing a very attractive housekeepers dress, it had a gold name brooch instead of the Greek designation letter, "you look very nice Mitsy and do we have a telephone?"
"We have five telephone lines," she said, "one in the Master suite, one in the Master's study, two in the main study and the other is an Internet line feeding the networked computers and if any of you need to go to the study you stand on a diamond and say study."
The majority decided to go to the study but Harry told them that he wanted to look around with the girls, when the others had all left he asked Mitsy, "Are there any other areas of the house we should see?"
Mitsy replied, "There's the Library, the solarium, the lake and pool, the Quidditch pitch, we have forty seven visitors suites and of course the VIP and master suites. It would be a shame to spoil things by rushing so I suggest we start with the library then the solarium and pool then you should go to the Master's study."
So their first stop was the library, Harry and Ginny each took one of Hermione's arms and walked her up and back along the central aisle then stood with her on a red diamond and said solarium when they arrived there Harry sealed the Library to his permission only. To say that Hermione was a trifle miffed would not be quite true she was absolutely furious, "What on earth did you do that for!" she screamed, "I only wanted a quick look and what are you laughing at?" the last comment being directed at Mitsy who had started giggling.
She said, "I am very sorry Madame, but there are more than two miles of shelves and we have over sixty-thousand books, I did say that your reputation preceded you, I humbly request forgiveness and promise not to laugh at you again."
By the time Mitsy had finished Hermione looked really ashamed of herself and said contritely to Mitsy, "It is me who should be begging your forgiveness Mitsy, I do hope we are still friends and you have my full permission to laugh at me whenever you want to and always when I deserve it."
Mitsy smiled shyly and said, "Of course I forgive you Miss Hermione and we are still friends. Harry can I also bring back Xey, she was the Librarian for many years, though she is quite old she still knows where all the books are?"
"Of course bring Xey back and anybody else if you think that they will be an asset to the house." Harry said and added. "Return the library to its original security status," Hermione had a gleam in her eye and Harry continued in a stage whisper to Ginny, "she only loves me for my big library with a 'tame' librarian." Hermione hit him but then him then gave him a kiss.
"Quite right to," said Ginny giggling, "you've certainly got her sussed, but I love you for all this."
They were walking through an enormous indoor garden complete with butterflies, bees and the most beautiful aroma, there were many kinds of plants both magical and Muggle.
After they had walked about a hundred yards they reached the outer glass wall, on the floor just inside a doorway was a red diamond. They went through the outer door and were facing a large free form bathing pool they started walking around the pool, from the far side the view was over a shallow valley with a lake in its centre; there was a boathouse by the lake, it all looked beautiful.
Casually the trio completed their circuit of the pool and from the red diamond just inside the solarium door they went to the master study.
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 15.00
Having arrived in the master study they could see that it was a very comfortable room having several comfortable chairs, bookcases, two desks and a large circular love seat. The walls were wood panelled and the panoramic window had an interesting view over the inside of the solarium.
Harry asked Mitsy, "Is there a plan of the house?"
She went to the desk drawer and took out seven large sheets of parchment and laid them on the desk. Harry soon realised that they went from the roof, with an astronomy tower and observation deck down to the basement with storage rooms, wine cellars, kitchens and a room marked Remus's room. Included was a plan of the grounds with the swimming pool, lake, a Quidditch pitch and a lot of parkland.
"Your mother drew these plans Harry," said Mitsy, "she was a very clever lady and I liked her a lot." Harry eyes started filling with tears as Mitsy continued, "I will tell you about her and your father but now isn't the time," she said gently. The girls were comforting him and she continued, "I was your mothers personal elf and as you are my master now I can tell you everything I know of her and your father, but today is not the time, the only other thing I will tell you of this matter is that Dobby was your fathers personal elf and that Lucius Malfoy thing stole him after the Dark Lord murdered your parents, that is why Dobby never truly served him, please bring him back to us, I really miss him so very much."
Mitsy was now crying and Ginny had sat on the floor comforting her while Hermione was still comforting Harry who said, "With what I know now I am sure that Dumbledore will allow me to employ Dobby, I can not buy him he is a free elf but with all I can promise, I will bring Dobby home."
When they both stopped crying and had all pulled themselves together, the girls were tearful as well, they had a good look at the ground floor plan then they went through to the study.
"Where have you all been?" Molly asked as soon as they appeared.
Ginny knew what Molly was hinting at and ignored her, but quite unconcerned Hermione answered, "We have looked at the library, the solarium, the pool, over the lake and the master study and we thought that you would like to come up and look at some of the bedrooms with us?"
Molly was placated and said, "That's nice dear, we will come in a minute but do you have a plan of the ground floor?"
Harry asked Mitsy, "Do we have any more large sheets of parchment?"
"Your mother made the large sheets by joining two ordinary rolls of parchment." Mitsy said handing them two blank rolls of parchment that she had taken from a cupboard.
Hermione took the parchment rolls from her and took out her wand to cast a charm on them so they laid flat on the table, then with two long edges touching, she ran her wand down the long join and she had a single large sheet of parchment, she picked it up and walked towards the master study door.
Her mother said, "That door doesn't op... Oh, she opened it!"
"That door will not open for you," Mitsy said kindly, "the room was last used by Harry's parents and he needs to get used to that idea first."
Two minutes later Hermione came back and laid a perfect replica of the ground floor plan on the table, Remus looked at it and with a tear in his eye said, "Lilly drew that!" then all the adults started poring over the plan.
"So," Ginny said loudly, "Padma and Parvati are you coming with us to see the bedrooms before we go?" they both said that they would come then Ginny asked, "Which are the best ones to look at Mitsy?" and she told them to go to the second floor central, so the five of them went to the second floor.
The five of them were on their own in what must be a central hall on the second floor, it had the diamond in the centre, Harry went and opened a door and they all followed him through, he said, "Mitsy told us that there were forty nine visitors suites, so I assume that they are virtually all the same, we can look at a couple."
The room they were in was fairly large, about eighteen feet by thirty, it had a large four-poster bed there was a huge walk in closet and a very elegant en-suit bathroom. In the room itself there were two comfy chairs, a small writing desk with chair and a loveseat. The predominant colour was a dark rose pink and through the large panelled windows there was a spectacular view to the front of the house over the sea and coast.
All the others followed Harry back out of the room and he walked straight across the hall and into another room it was virtually the same as the first one they had visited except the colour was very pale turquoise. Of course the view was in the other direction, over the glass roof of the solarium to the Pool and lake with mountains in the background.
Padma said, "You must have known that I was coming Harry, I adore this room."
"Well I absolutely loved the first one." Parvati said.
"These will always be your rooms when you stay here girls and I have just thought of something else," said Harry. "When we get back to Hogwarts if anyone asks what we have been doing all day, just say private research for the Headmaster and we are not at liberty to talk about it. Mitsy," he called and she appeared, he continued, "Padma would like to have this room please and Parvati would like the one with the open door across the hall?"
Mitsy said, "Of course," and pointed at the door, an ornate plaque appeared on the door with the legend Padma and then she walked across the hall and did exactly the same to the other door except that the plaque had the legend Parvati on it.
"Thank you Mitsy," said Harry, "how do they lock their rooms and is there anything else we should do before we go back to Hogwarts?"
"Their rooms do not need to be locked, now only they will be able to open them, however they can give permission for others to be allowed entry. Now we should decide which are to be Hermione and Ginny's rooms, let us go to the first floor?"
The five of them with Mitsy arrived on the balcony overlooking the main entrance hall on the ground floor, there were five doors one in the centre and two each side, they went into the end room on the left, "This is a parent's room," said Mitsy, it was similar to the upstairs rooms but about twice the size and beautifully furnished, the predominant colour was pale primrose.
From there they went to the next room; it was the same size as the previous room but the fittings were more elaborate, the room was finished in sky blue. "This is one of the rooms for one of your wives," said Mitsy.
They checked some of the doors around the room and found a huge walk-in closet and a bathroom that rivalled the prefect's bathroom at Hogwarts; they were running out of time so they had started hurrying a little.
They all came out of the blue room and walked past the centre door to the next one; this room was identical to the previous room they had looked in but it was finished in very pale lemon.
"I love this room," said Ginny, "but why do we all need our own rooms?"
"Well when you are married and having children this will be a berthing and nursing room and for now your mothers will probably not approve of you all sharing one room." Mitsy told them.
"Well I adored the blue room," said Hermione.
"Would you like Ginny or Ginevra on your door?" asked Mitsy.
"I would prefer Ginny please," she said and an ornate plaque with her name appeared on the door. When they were back on the balcony they could see a plaque on the last door inscribed Mr and Mrs Weasley.
"We have run out of time, the master suit will have to remain as a surprise for next time, it would be a shame to spoil it by rushing." Mitsy said, then she handed Hermione seven tiny scrolls rolled together, "These are shrunken copies of the plans of the house and grounds so you can all study them at your leisure, before you return. All you have time for now is to go back to the study and try to get your guests to make a decision, as to what they are going to do for the next few days, please." Harry smiled at her and they all went back to the study.
"Can I have your attention for a minute," Harry said loudly, when the all arrived back in the study, "we will be leaving in a few minutes and most probably we will not be back until Friday evening. The twins have chosen their rooms and they are identified also the staff would appreciate it if Remus and Tonks would do the same if they are staying. You are all very welcome but they would also like to know who and when you are going to be staying and are we definitely going to have the wedding here?"
"Yes we will be having the wedding here, but what about my boy twins?" Molly said smiling at the girl twins.
"The twins are welcome to stay here of course, but they are not to try any of their tricks on the staff and the house has been instructed to keep them in order and it will." Harry told them, "Bill and Charlie are also welcome, yours and Jane's rooms have been allocated, Mitsy will show you where they are."
"Why are our rooms allocated and everyone else gets to choose?" Molly complained.
"Because we thought that you would both like your room's to be next door to your daughters," said Mitsy, "we can move you up one floor to choose a room if you wish?"
"No, no if that is the explanation then it is not a problem, it's a very good reason. We have all decided to stay and if the twins don't like it they can look after themselves in the Burrow. We will see you all again on Friday, if not before." Molly said the adults all seemed to be very preoccupied.
Everyone kissed nearly everyone else goodbye and the five left; of course Harry didn't kiss Arthur, Remus or Matt.
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 17.45
As soon as they entered the Great Hall for dinner the Headmaster beckoned to them and went through to the room at the back of the stage, Dobby was with the Headmaster when they entered the room and he indicated that Harry should talk to Dobby, so Harry said, "Dobby, I have been talking to a free house elf called Mitsy and she told me that she needed help running Potter House." Harry hadn't finished but Dobby had thrown his arms around him so hard it knocked him over. Then he continued, "Even if you are free you should ask your master if you can leave and come to work for me, that is if you want to of course."
Dobby let go of Harry and bowed to Professor Dumbledore then asked, "Please sir may I leave Hogwarts and go to work for Mr Harry Potter?"
"Yes Dobby you can but," the Headmaster was still speaking however The Elf had gone, "I was going to tell him that the school owed him over two years wages, not to worry we will sort that out later. Well how did you all get on at Potter house?"
"Very well really," said Harry, as he was picking himself up of the floor, "Potter House will have a lot of new staff tomorrow and quite a few people will be staying there to organise the Wedding, so every thing is looking fine at the moment. We only managed a very quick look as a very small part of it but it seems great."
"I arranged the mini press conference for tomorrow morning at nine thirty," the Headmaster then informed them, "but then I had the thought that none of you ladies had rings so I had the best jewellers in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade send a selection of their finest for your perusal. If you would all like to come to my office after we have all finished dinner you may all look at them, there are wedding bands as well as Engagement rings, so let us now go and eat."
In the Headmasters office after dinner it only took the twins about five minutes before they both chose to have plain wedding bands made from pure Welsh gold. Dumbledore took the wedding bands and asking the twins to stand before him said a few words in some ancient language and put the rings on their wedding fingers, they both looked blissfully happy and started cuddling each other and crying tears of joy.
Ginny and Hermione eventually decided to have the same design Engagement rings, they were plain bands of platinum each set with a single two carat completely clear emerald, Harry signed the chits to pay for all the rings. Then he took the emerald rings and knelt on one knee before the two girls and said, "Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger will you please do me the honour of becoming my wives?"
"Yyeess!" they both shouted together and he put the rings on their fingers and kissed them, now Hermione and Ginny looked radiant as well.
When the excitement had died down Harry said, "Headmaster, it has just occurred to me that I need to go to Gringotts and a Muggle Bank to release some funds to pay for the wedding."
The Headmaster thought for a moment then said, "There is no reason why Miss's Granger and Weasley should not accompany you and you may go after the press conference tomorrow, just be back in time for dinner." He continued with a gleam in his eyes. "Twins I would like you to do me a favour, for some unfathomable reason Miss Weasley has been extremely remiss with her attendance in classes this week, so can you speak with her classmates and Professors then make a list of everything she has missed including the homework, so she can catch-up with it over the summer?"
"We most certainly will sir," the giggling twins said together.
When they left the Headmaster's study the twins went to Gryffindor tower and the trio went to the medical wing, there they explained the situation to Poppy Pomfrey. The nurse was especially excited because she was the first person to see their engagement rings, she gave Hermione her three-month contraceptive potion without question and then said to Ginny, "And it would be best if you had the twelve month potion."
"Why?" Ginny asked petulantly, "I want babies too!"
"Well you will be a lot better off not being Pregnant all through your NEWT examinations and if you want to play Quidditch next season, it is up to you to make your mind up, so what do you think?" Poppy asked.
After discussing it with the other two, Ginny decided that the most sensible course would be to take the twelve-month potion, which she repeatedly told the others for the next quarter of an hour, 'It tasted absolutely disgusting'.
Tuesday 16th June 1998 – 22.15
Harry was relaxing in the middle of the love seat, he was trying to memorise the ground floor plan of his house, which he had enlarged back to full size. All of a sudden his vision was obscured when in a flash of red hair someone was kissing him deeply. Another pair of hands took the plan off him and after removing his glasses started removing his clothes, the lips that were kissing him changed as did the hands that were undressing him, he was not being allowed to see anything then a voice said, "I think that it's time for bed?" He was lifted gently from the love seat and deposited on his bed, then he could see the two most beautiful girls in the world and they had no clothes on either.
I do not believe that we need to go into how many times who had their wicked way with whom before they slept.
Wednesday 17th June 1998 – 07.35
Strangely enough, Harry was the first awake in the morning and he found himself laying between the two loves of his life, then from one side of him a little voice said, "This is rather nice," and another little voice from the other side of him said, "no this is very, very nice," and Harry said, "no this is wonderful!" and Hermione said, "he has his eyes closed again," then he was being kissed in some naughty places.
Harry said, "As much as I love this we do have a press conference this morning."
Ginny said, "Double dam! It's quarter to eight."
They started flying.
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