Harry Potter and the Time for War
By RBlack
Chapter four Surprise and Surprise!
Four weeks passed rather quickly after the night that the girls showed Harry their true feelings. The group at Potter Castle spent the days talking and getting to know each other in very intimate ways, although since that fateful night the girls shared with Harry, it seemed to be the first and last night they would spend in his arms.
Harry no ever more confused with his emotions and thoughts began to wonder which one he loved most. The one he would take later in life as a partner and soul-mate.
Never a day went by that he hadn't thought of it. He loved all three girls, and that night they shared together was shear bliss.
He also felt betrayal and loss without his best friend and surrogate mother. He knew they were evil but he still missed them, they were his "family". He tried very hard to pull himself from the depression that was dragging him down. In the midst of his thoughts that day, and the problems of dealing with his emotions on a whole of the previous two months happenings he was so lost in thought that he never noticed the door open and someone walk into his room. It wasn't until nearly an hour later that the person watching him intently made their presence known.
"Umm, Harry?" Sirius spoke.
Harry looked up quickly grabbing for his wand, completely startled.
Looking over to where the voice came from he lowered his wand and sighed heavily.
"Sirius, I hadn't heard you come in. What's up?" Harry asked.
"A knut for your thoughts Lil-Prongs?" Sirius relied.
"Ohh, erm I'm just trying to sort through all these thoughts and emotions, it's been a very long summer so far." Harry noted.
Harry never being one to be open with his feelings and thoughts was taken back by his own admission to Sirius.
Sirius was thing on the same line, 'He's never been this open, I guess I should take and run with it' he mused.
"So, can I help? I mean someone on the outside is always good to talk to." Sirius asked.
Harry figured the cats out of the bag and decided to let Sirius in on what was happening to him.
"Well, you see the girls and I erm...Well! You know a few weeks ago, they wanted to show me how much they cared for me. Well afterwards, well I've been confused; I don't want to hurt any of them." Harry sighed.
"Look kiddo, I know this must be confusing, and the only thing I can say is just let it ride for now, it will all work out." Sirius gently spoke, however looking very serious.
"Thanks Padfoot" Harry returned.
Just a week before term was to start and although Harry was still having trouble with his emotions and what they meant, he knew that this was the best summer he had ever had even with the problems at the start of it.
It was late afternoon, Harry was lounging on the terrace of the top floor of his home, the girls were on either side of him, they talked about this and that and nothing at all for hours, just enjoying each other and the late afternoon breeze.
All a sudden a large black as night owl flew over and handed Harry a letter and left immediately.
Harry scanned the letter, he had been taught reviling spells by Remus and Sirius, and he didn't see any hexes or dangerous items, so he opened it.
Harry,
Well it has been awhile. Yours and the old fool's win over me at the Ministry, has proven to be difficult to handle. I believe the correct words would be "you've been a pain in my arse" please forgive me for not being formal in this note, however you have proven to be difficult to reach and harder to kill. So I am proposing you a deal, come stand by my side and rule with me. If you deny me, I will kill everyone you have ever loved, or even cared for; you will never have the chance to love again.
Lord Voldemort.
Harry immediately fire called Albus and informed him the content of the letter. Worried that Voldemort could make good on his promise. Of course Harry had no intention of joining that sadistic fool.
"Harry, don't fear, he can't touch any of you, you are safe at home. I have done some research on your home at it appears to have direct connections to Hogwarts itself. I have decided that you and your current companions living at your home will not be returning for the school year to keep you safe. Instead I propose that you all get private tutoring.
I have spoken to Remus on the matter and he is willing to teach you all DADA, and Sirius, is rather gifted with charms and transfiguration, so he's volunteered for those lessons. Before you say no, you will be able to travel to and from the school, to watch the quidditch matches as well as you all will be able to participate in the school balls."
Harry sat stunned; they wanted to take away the last of his school years, in exchange for his safety.
"But sir, who will teach us the other subjects? Who will we get lessons on potions and COMC? I tell you now that I will never allow Snape on my property until he gets over his little grudge of my father and treats me like a human being." Harry replied.
"Ah, yes the few subjects we still have not covered. Well Harry if you all will go along with this I am prepared to have outside tutors that at your approval will be hired at my expense." The old headmaster answered ignoring the comment's directed toward his potions master.
Again Harry thought about the situation, on one hand he would be able to be where he was not most comfortable, as well as being secure. He would be able to watch, however not play in the quidditch matches. He would also be able to be around the girls like he was used to now, and that was a bonus. Harry decided it was worth it.
"Ok, sir I'll give this a shot. However I reserve the right to go back to school as normal if this doesn't work out." Harry answered.
Albus had a gleam of happiness in his eye; Harry would be safe and finish his schooling.
"Very well my boy, I will make the preparations." Albus noted as he stood and with a pop was gone.
Later that night Harry decided that it was time to have a talk with the girls.
Candle's lit his room, a hint of jasmine in the air. The moon was brightly escaping the drapes on the windows.
To say the least it was a very romantic atmosphere. Harry had called the girls to his room
Earlier that evening asking they all be present at 11:00 pm as he wanted to speak with them.
A few minutes before 11:00 pm the girls stood outside Harry's door, nervous, and excited about what he wanted to speak with them about. Knocking on his door, it opened and they entered into each of their own most wanted dreams.
'Wow, this is so romantic!' Ginny exclaimed to herself.
'He knows just what I'd want in an evening alone' Hermione mused.
'That man has more heart and compassion than anyone I've ever met, he will be my husband.' Tonks noted to herself.
Each of the girls sat on the love seats that were surrounding a single chair in the middle.
They each noticed that Harry wasn't there yet.
Hiding under his father's old invisibility cloak, Harry was taking in each of the girls reactions with diligence. He needed to figure out which on he loved more, and whom he would be spending the rest of his life with.
Slipping the cloak off his head, the girls noticed him immediately and jumped from being startled.
Harry chuckled when he removed the cloak, knowing what would happen.
With a confidence previously unknown to him he began.
"Girl's, I asked you here tonight because I am on a quest of my own heart. I can be perfectly honest with you all that I in fact do love all three of you and am in love with the three of you. What I need to know now, is what we plan on doing knowing that, I mean I know in the muggle world, that it's illegal and improper to take more than one partner. So I ask you what we will do." Harry spoke clearly and full of life.
Not expecting this, the girls looked at each other, not knowing how to respond, they each sat in silence for what seemed to be hours. In reality it was mere minutes.
Tonk's thoughts were fairly straight forward, she would marry him, and if he continued to love the other two girls so be it. She loved him in total no matter if she had to give up having him to herself.
Ginny's thoughts were more self centered, she loved Harry with all her heart, but since the night she and the other two girls made love to him, she wanted him to herself more and more. She did love Hermione enough to possibly share the man she loves with her, but it wasn't certain.
Hermione on the other hand thought nothing more than the fact Harry had to be happy, she would gladly give up her need to have him to herself, if it made him happy. Since she was 11 years young, she fell in love with that raven haired boy she'd met on the train.
However one of the three girls had a secret, a secret that would come out that night, and change each of their futures forever.
As Harry watched the girls in thought, he knew, no felt a fifth presence in the room, but it wasn't normal, not evil, more of a true light. It was a humbling presence that he'd felt a few times over the last week or so, when he was around the girls. He couldn't explain how he knew that this other being was with them, but it was calming, even secure.
He scanned the room as if trying to sense where this feeling was coming from. He concentrated hard on trying to locate this presence. Harry was in shock as he started to see what appeared to be aura's around the room, of those that were present and those that were not.
He saw Professor Dumbledore's aura from earlier that day. He saw, Sirius's aura.
As he looked about the room in awe, he noticed the girls; they all had rings of white emanating from them. All except Ginny she had, both white and gold. He thought this was very curious. He also noticed the intensity of the white, Tonk's was nearly blinding as was Ginny's. Hermione though was almost silver in shade.
Harry took the moment to awaken the conversation.
"Umm, I think I just had a power awaken!" He exclaimed.
That brought the girls back to the present.
"What do you mean Harry?" Hermione asked, she was always the most curious of all
"I think I can see your auras or that's what it looks like. The top level is nearly blinding me, it's a bright white, except for Hermione's, yours is bright silver, and Ginny you have a second layer of gold in-laid with yours... What does that mean?" He noted.
Hermione blushed madly, as did both other girls, aura's were something that girl's learn to read early at Hogwarts, as man girl's had the ability to do so. Boys on the other hand were generally not emotional enough to see the hearts of others, so it was rare to find one that could do so. That being so, boys were only taught in their 7th years because so few were "cut" for the ability.
Tonk's was in awe, she was in love with a man that could read hearts. It was both a blessing and a curse to her, as he would know if she was ever unfaithful or if her heart ever changed. Not that it would ever happen on either account, but it was still frightening and exciting at the same time.
Ginny, however was frightful, that he would find out her secret, she didn't want to loose him because of it, she also knew the other girls would be angry as would her father.
She couldn't think of her mother right now. She had purposely not taken the contraception potion when she gave herself to Harry those weeks ago, she wanted to make sure that if something happened that, she would always have part of him with her. As so, with loosing her virginity, she was now also a mother to be. She had to say something now, as she noticed the other girl's eyes on her.
"Ok, I know what you two know what the gold means, just let me tell him ok? I know that both of you are mad at me just let me explain." Ginny spoke, a hint of fear in her voice.
"What's going on Gin?" Harry asked confused and worried.
"Harry, you need to understand, I was so excited, and happy, I just couldn't take not having you in my life forever, I thought that, if something happened, or if you didn't feel the same for me as I do you, that" tears started creeping down her cheek's and she started sobbing out right. A moment later she continued. "I wanted to have at least part of you to have, so I'd never loose you. I'm, I'm carrying your child Harry." She cried openly after she finished.
Harry's mouth dropped open the very moment that she finished, his thoughts slowed to a dead halt, all he thought of was the phrase, "I'm going to be a father?" he wanted to voice it but he had no ability to speak.
Tonk's and Hermione both had similar reactions to Ginny's confession. However theirs were not the reaction that Ginny was expecting, she figured that the other two girls would hate her now that they had found out. To her surprise both girls ran over to her and held her close. Telling her that they were not mad in the least, disappointed a bit but not mad, and everything was going to be alright.
Harry sat in his chair, those three word's kept running wild in his mind, he was shocked to say the least, but a immense feeling of happiness filled him to the brim, he looked at the girls and knew right away that law's or not it wasn't right to try to break up his girls.
"Dora, Gin, Hermione? I have to ask you all something, I know this is right for me, and I need to know what you all think. Ginny I am happy beyond belief that your going to mother my child, even if we are still young, at least we don't' have to worry about the finances" He chuckled "What I'm going to propose is going to sound strange, but I need to know your stance on it, ok?" Harry exclaimed.
Harry got up his courage and bent down in front of the three huddled girls on one knee and asked the question that every woman wants to hear.
"Before I ask of you what my heart desires, I need to know how you three feel about the possibility of all of us staying together?" Harry asked.
Nothing however was said each girl smiled broadly and nodded their heads.
"Well with your acceptance, I ask you Nymphadora Tonk's, and you Ginerva Weasley, and you Hermione Jane Granger, will you three angles of heaven be my wives?" Harry finished, his body was shaking badly now, he was nervous, really nervous.
He looked into his angel's eyes, and before he was able to speak again, he hear in unison a yell of "YES" followed by a series of bone crushing hugs and more kiss's he'd ever had in life. He knew then that life would be good, he would make sure of it, and Moldy Voldy would pay for all the harm he'd done.
Later that night, Harry woke with Ginny spooned against him, Tonk's behind him and Hermione behind her. He had a great twinkle in his eye; he knew that this was a life worth living.
Remus and Sirius sat in the library the next morning discussing lesson plans for the kids for the year. Dumbledore had recommended many private tutors on the remain subjects and each person's history was being completely checked, so far they only had two witches that had any connection what so ever to the dark, and that was from distant relatives. They would indeed be interviewing for the positions needed that afternoon.
Breaking into their train of thought Sirius had something he needed to get off his mind.
"Remus, do you think that Harry bonded to the girls last night? I felt a surge of magic, stronger than I have ever felt in my life come through the castle just around twelve am."
Sirius questioned.
"Padfoot, I do believe that Harry has indeed however it's going to be interesting there hasn't been a multiple joining in over a thousand years, and it's not a followed practice these days." Remus answered.
"So do you think that there will be any little Harry's running around soon? I mean I know he's young and so are two of the girls so I am a bit concerned about all this." Sirius asked.
"I would say that Harry and the girls will have some issues to work through with the public once this is known however I think that they will be happy together, as for pups running around my senses tell me that we will see one within 8 months, Dumbledore knew their hearts when he preformed the spell." Remus replied smiling.
The school year began shortly after, Remus and Sirius choose three other tutors to train up the three students, Arithmancy was taught by Mrs. Grubman, Potions was taught by Mr, Whipstickle, and COMC was taught by a short woman who simply called herself Dot.
The months flew by Harry and the girls attended the All Hollow's Eve Ball, as well as every Quidditch match during the year. It was surprising that there were no attacks around Brittan, for that matter anywhere around the world. Harry's sixth year was going better than he'd ever imagined.
There were a few small incidents while on school grounds like students trying to hex Harry while his back was turned, but with the training that he was receiving from Tonk's as she was an Auror, and from Sirius whom he'd found out was a former Auror, and the DADA material that Remus had taught him, he was well above seventh year material and was able to deflect these minor hexes with ease.
The girls and Harry were now so advanced in their lessons that Dumbledore had decided that the three of them would be taking there NEWT's this year and simply finishing school early. He had noted to them "It's for the best; you are obviously ahead in your studies, so it makes sense to be done with it."
It wasn't until mid April that anything nerve racking happened. While studying for her Charms NEWT Ginny wasn't allowing anything male to come within 10 yards of her,
She was irritable, moody, and she hurt constantly, her normally perky breasts were heavy with the liquid of life, her back ached, and now as she was studying she felt a gush of fluid rush don her legs and pool to the floor, doubling over in pain, she knew it was time, she was having a contraction.
Harry sensed something wrong; he was in the back yard with Tonks flying when he felt Ginny's pain. Nearly falling off his broom, He yelled for Tonks to follow him to the house.
They arrived at the house to find Sirius, Remus and Hermione all huddled around Ginny.
"What's wrong? Harry asked in a rushed concerned voice.
"She's gone into labor we need to get her to Saint Mungos Harry." Hermione said.
"Grab her bag Sirius, the rest of us will floo over" Harry called out.
Flooing to the wizarding hospital, they quickly got Ginny settled in as the medi-witches began working their miracles, numbing the pain, reviving Harry after Ginny had wandlessly knocked him unconscious, and finally seven hours later a small redheaded girl by the name of Alexandria Lily Potter was born.
Unbeknownst to the proud father and mother's the first battle of the war was raging a floor beneath them.
The Order and Dozen's of Aurors were defending the long care center at Saint Mungos.
This was the ward that Neville Longbottom's parents resided. They had started to slowly regain their minds not just a few days prior, this led to the belief from Voldemort that they needed to be removed completely and permanently.
On the floor above, a medi-witch started screaming down the halls as a loud siren sounded out that they were under attack.
Torn between leaving his child's mother and fighting, he looks at the girls and they simply nod knowing what he has to do the last thing they hear from him as he runs out of the room is "Protect each other and our daughter".
In the heat of battle Harry arrives to find a dozen or more Death Eaters battling in the halls just coming onto the floor of the mothers ward.
Harry sends stunners as fast as he can, slowly realizing that stunners won't stop them from reviving each other, so as he dodges and drops, working hard to not be the recipient of an unforgivable. He starts casting the more advanced spells that he was taught.
Battling to keep his family safe, a thought occurred to him at that moment, he actually had a family to protect now, and it feed him strength and hope once he had realized it.
Harry turned sharply as a death eater that seemed familiar launch several nasty hexes in his direction. Harry fell to the floor to avoid them, as he did the death eater ran and launched himself atop Harry.
"You will die tonight Potter" the Death Eater said.
Harry reaching over the cowards head, pulled the mask hiding his face off reveling
none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Not tonight ferret face" Harry retorted as he spit into Malfoy's face.
Now enraged Malfoy made a mistake, he wiped the spit from his face, leaving his body unguarded. Harry took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Not wasting a moment, Harry rolled to one side, toppling Draco to one side. Swung around and cast a full body bind and magical ropes to bind the Death Eater.
After casting a silence on Draco Harry and decided that Draco would be better off in Jail, so he tapped the ropes and created a portkey that would land Malfoy in the middle of Auror headquarters.
While Harry was busy dealing with Malfoy, he had neglected to notice a tall redheaded Death Eater maneuver past the battle, and enter a room at the end of the hall.
"What are you doing here?" Hermione screamed out.
Three wands pointed at Ron, he was nervous, but he also wanted to talk his sister to joining with him, he hated Potter now, and he didn't want a single member of his family
to be near the-boy-who-lived-but-not-much-longer.
"I came to see my sister stay out of this mudblood." Ron coldly replied.
Hermione couldn't believe that this was the same man that had defended her against Malfoy for calling her the same name.
"Ron, I suggest unless you want a lifetime holiday in Azkaban, you turn around and leave." Tonks sneered.
"I want to know Ginny, who's baby is it? If its Potter's the child and Potter will both die tonight." Ron said with as much venom as a king cobra.
"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH MY AND HARRY'S DAUGHTER NOR WILL YOU TOUCH HARRY" Ginny screamed.
That blew it for Ron, he was enraged to the point of seeing only red, no mask of family, or any feeling followed his heart. He quickly stunned Hermione, the rolled out of the way to miss Tonk's bind. Quickly turning his wand on Tonks and stunning her, he stood up wand trained on Ginny, tears rolling down her face. "Why Ron, why did you do this?" She begged.
"I have had enough, you are no longer my family" Ron heartlessly replied.
With his wand on Ginny he get out the words "Avada Kedavra" just before he saw black, and heard or saw no more.
Ginny's body crumpled limply onto the bed, her lifeless body having all its previous luster.
Moments before
Harry ran down the hall as he heard Ginny scream, it was more than he could bear.
He cast a stealth charm on himself, and slowly opened the door to the hospital room where the girls where.
The scene he found as he entered immediately had his blood boiling. He saw Tonks and Hermione stunned on the floor, Ron in the room with his wand trained on Ginny.
Before he had time to react he'd already heard the words of death come from his former best friend's mouth as he'd killed his own sister. Harry acted quickly not looking at the result of the green flash of light. Training his wand on Ron, he cast the most powerful stunner he'd ever used, did a full body bind on the coward and finally trained his wand on Ron's crotch, and muttered a quick cutting spell, and a blood clotting spell, severing Ron's manhood from his body. Using an old pillow case, he created a portkey and sent the traitor directly to the last place on earth that anyone would want to go to, Azkaban.
Harry cradled the lifeless body of his fallen love, crying his eyes out, he'd just lost his daughters mother a mere few hours after the birth of the baby girl.
Tonks and Hermione started to wake from their stunners, they immediately took notice of the carnage that Ron had done, they noticed Harry cradling Ginny in his arms, her body was pale and lifeless they knew what had happened by the amount of distress that was coming from Harry.
Both girls ran to Harry and tried hard to console him in his grief, however they were not making progress as they knew not that Harry had slightly fill them in of what happened.
Two weeks later, a mass of students, friends and teachers from Hogwarts can to the funeral, Harry, Tonks and Hermione, all in black, a small child in Harry's arms, walked over to the plot, set their flowers into the grave, said there goodbyes and waited for the crowd to leave.
Calling his family to go home the got into the car the Ministry had arranged for them, and asked the driver to take them home.
Voldemort was furious about the attack, it was not a scheduled attack, he sisters stupid Son had decided that he had the pull to get enough of his followers to create a distraction long enough to see his fool sister that had just had a child, a child that was rumored to be Potters. Now she was dead, his stupid nephew was incarcerated along with eighteen of his followers. Adding to that loss his newest lieutenant was simply missing as well.
Ron awoke in a cold damp cell days later, his head was pounding, he slowly remembered how he'd gotten to where he was at, and he had killed his sister. No more than a few minutes awake, he felt a familiar dread of icy cold darkness flooding into him, he opened his eyes, only in time to see the horrid face of a dementor kissing his lips.
Draco at the same time awoke in a cell similar but he did not feel the darkness of the dementors. However once his eyes adjusted all he say at that point was a large flame coming at him from a dragon chained to the wall outside his cell. Draco had not even a moment to register what was about to happen and was no more.
Harry Potter, his two remaining loves and his newborn daughter all sat in the main lounge of his home quietly. For hours not one voice was heard in the house, other than the sobs of a heartbroken man and his two female partners.
Weeks passed Harry decided after Ginny's passing, that she needed to be honored by making sure their daughter was raised happy and loved. So he packed away his grief for a later time, and decided that it was his mission in life to make sure that his daughter was as happy as she could be. Harry also remembered that he still had two other women that he loved as well. The new family of four played, spent time, and read together. Making sure that no one was alone to wallow in grief or self pity, yes they had lost a loved one and the mother to the child, however there was life to live and a family to take care of.
Harry and Hermione took their respective NEWT's and passed with flying colors.
Tonks had quit her job at the ministry to be with her love and his daughter.
Little Alexandria was growing fast, her green eyes took on a glimmer of happiness that her fathers never had as a child that he could remember, but each day he made sure to bring her happiness and love.
Soon it was the ending of term and the friends that Harry and Hermione had left at school for the term, were scheming they wanted their friends back, a plan was launched to make sure Harry and Hermione were reminded that they still in fact did have many close friends.
Little Colin Creavey wasn't so little these days, he'd had a growth spurt that could only be explained by magic, over the term he had grown from his small 5 foot 2 inch frame to a towering 6 foot 1 inch man. His hero was always Harry, he'd read about him in books even before attending Hogwarts, and yes he knew that he was an insufferable hero worshiper. However he enacted a plan that would make sure that Harry and Hermione knew that they still have their Hogwarts family.
"Look you lot, here's what I'm proposing. We all write a letter to them both, flood them with owls, and demand that we all spend the summer with them, the entire DA is going to go in on this. I've spelled this parchment to only accept those that are true friends and would never harm Harry or Hermione, if you want to be part of this then grab a sheet and write your letter. If you have mean ill towards anyone under Harry's roof this parchment is spelled to label you as a traitor and death eater." Colin spoke to the group in the common room the day before leaving Hogwarts. He had not only grown in size but in confidence as well.
"If you know of anyone else interested, take a sheet for them as well." Colin finished.
Later that day, over eighty owls were on their way to deliver the notes, much to Colin's charge over sixteen students had been labeled. Each of those students now had 'TRAITOR' or 'DEATH EATER' tattooed onto their foreheads.
One small second year girl after being marked, had confessed to playing part in a plot to kill Harry that was to take place just before Christmas, however that plan was never enacted due to the Dark Lord being infuriated at the younger death eaters making plans for themselves.
Harry was rocking his daughter asleep late that evening, when Tonks came in informing him of the regiment of owls waiting for himself and Hermione in the mail room.
After putting his precious one to bed, he headed to the mail room to find out what was going on. After the letter from Voldemort Hermione had found a spell that would block delivery owls that were from those that had intentions of harm towards him or his family.
"What the bloody hell is going on here?" Harry asked as he noted the eighty plus owls waiting for him in the small room.
"They appear to be from all our friends at school Harry. They are all safe I received this from Colin just before they all arrived." Hermione answered handing Harry the note.
Harry opened it and read.
Harry and Hermione,
We know that the last few months have been hard for both of you; we (your friends) decided to let you both know that you both still have many loyal friends here at school, and that we are demanding to spend time with you both this summer. (We know you have the space). I have spelled the parchment of the letters you are about to receive to only be deliverable to you if the senders intentions are true and good. What we all are proposing to you is that you all us to spend a least a few weeks with you at your home this summer.
If you agree simply tap the parchments you receive and say the date we are to arrive.
Also we are very sorry for your loss Harry, and we do hope that your daughter is in good health.
Truly
Colin Creavey
Tears of happiness trickled down Harry and Hermione's eyes, they had forgotten the friends that they had left behind at Hogwarts for the most part, and it overjoyed them to know that no one had abandoned them.
"So what do you think?" Harry asked.
"I'd like to see everyone Harry we need some time with our friends." Hermione answered.
"Tonks what do you think?" Harry asked.
"Set the date for next Monday" She answered.
Harry and Hermione spent the evening tapping each parchment and noting the date for arrival.
As Harry climbed into bed between the two women in his life, he settled in grinning at the surprise all his friends would receive on Monday once they arrived.
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