"Hello Harry, I understand you have accepted your appointment to Headmaster, however that means you will have to take your NEWTs as soon as possible. When would you like to take them, the latest we can offer you is tomorrow morning at 8:00." Rufus smiled spitefully at Harry, Harry knew that Rufus was trying to deflect him from accepting the position.
"Actually, I would like to take them today Rufus, right now." Scrimgeour studied Harry and found that he was serious, so he led Harry to a sequestered room, he asked Harry to have a seat while the evaluators made their way to the testing room. Harry sat down and waited for the people to arrive. You can do this, Dumbledore is counting on you, you can do this, he thought to himself over and over. When the testers finally arrived Harry jumped a little but calmed down as he began the test.
Harry walked down the Halls of Hogwarts, it felt good to be there again, he made his way to his new office, that he recognized as Dumbledore's, however it was now his, he called a meeting of the teachers in his office immediately. Soon all of the teachers were in his office and he introduced himself as the new Headmaster and Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, they protested slightly, but only to the fact that he was the Headmaster as well as the Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher. He spoke to them about the houses, made Slughorn the head of Slytherin House, he spoke to them about honouring Dumbledore with a statue in the front hall, about the best way for them to unite the houses, and finally about having the Order of the Phoenix take up residency in the school. Their meeting went smoothly and Harry left the school feeling a lot better. It was now 6:30 and Harry remembered he needed to be at the Burrow for a meeting of the Order, so he apparated into the kitchen and sat down next to Mrs. Weasley.
"Hello Mrs. Weasley."
"Hello Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are here."
"If it's okay with you, I'd like to go and talk to them."
"Of course you would dear, see you in half an hour." Harry walked up the hallway and up the stairs and picked out Ron's room which was where they all were sitting. They all looked at him and greeted him happily, he returned the same to them.
"Hello guys, I have something I need to talk to you about," He studied their faces intently until he was sure he had their attention. He told them about Dumbledore, the Order and Hogwarts. They all stared at him, Ginny spoke first.
"So, you are my new Headmaster?" Harry nodded.
"And Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher." She looked at him.
"I think the statue is a great idea Harry," Hermione piped up.
"Yes, bloody brilliant." Ron stated matter-of-factly.
"So," Harry started again, " figured since we had the Order in the school at all times it would make it easier to run, without being spied on I mean, as well I would like to invite all three of you to move in with me."
"At Privet Drive?" They all said at once.
"No, at the house my parents left me."
"Your parents left you a house?" Hermione asked incredulously.
"Yeah well I inherited a lot of stuff, including my own Island and an unhealthy amount of gold." Stated Harry.
"Well, lets see it then!" Ron said excitedly.
"I'm taking the whole order there tonight for our meeting, which means that you'll be coming as well." The three nodded. Ginny motioned to Hermione and Ron to leave them alone.
"Well we'll see you in a minute mate." Ron said as he and Hermione left.
"So you decided you weren't going to run from me?"
"Well, I talked to Dumbledore about it, and he basically told me that you were safer with me than without me anyway." He smiled at her, she grinned back. She got up and walked over to him and put her arms around him and kissed him, he was a little surprised at first, but he responded relatively quickly and kissed her back, Ginny broke the kiss.
"It's seven and if I'm not mistaken everyone is going to be waiting for us downstairs." Harry nodded in agreement and they made their way downstairs. As they entered the living room all eyes were on them, Ginny went to take a seat next to Hermione.
"Hello everyone, I would have the meeting here, but I would prefer it if we didn't impose on Molly and Arthur any longer so if you'll hold on a minute, and I'll fix the wards so that they will let us all through," he closed his eyes and concentrated hard, he opened his eyes and smiled. "Now if you'll all floo after me, you will shout 'Harry Potter's' and hopefully it will work." He smiled meekly. He then threw powder in the fire and shouted "Harry Potter's!" He was then in the entrance hall where another house elf greeted him.
"Hello Sir, my name is Gretch, what can I do for you sirs?"
"Well Gretch, we are about to have quite a few guests and I'd like to change one of the spare rooms into a den if you don't mind, as well could you get a nice dinner ready in the dining room? Thank you Gretch."
"No problem Sir!" Gretch said gaily. Soon there were people popping out of the fireplace like popcorn all getting up and looking around extremely surprised, well except for Remus who obviously had been here before. Once everyone was there Harry spoke.
"So, everyone, welcome to my home, I'd like to think that I paid for it, but I inherited it from my parents just yesterday. Now if you'll all follow me into the dining room, we will be having dinner shortly." He lead the party into the Dining Room where the table adjusted to fit the amount of people and they all sat down and ate a beautiful dinner.
"Well Harry you're house elves are really good cooks." said a very full Remus, the comment was met by unanimous agreement.
"Well everyone, I think that we should all move to the den and begin our meeting." Everyone got up and stood behind Harry, "Shirly!" Shirly appeared next to him.
"Yes Sir!"
"Can you lead us to the Den please?" Shirly nodded and they all followed her out of the dining room and up the stairs.