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Chapter 7: OotP: Part 2: Marriage

"Speech"

(Young Luna's thoughts)

Old Luna's thoughts

Luna's mom's thoughts

The sword's thoughts

Parseltongue

As Harry walked out of Gringott's Wizarding Bank wondering who he was going to find that would be willing to marry him when he spotted a sign down the street that said: "The Quibbler: the Truth is Out There." This caught Harry's eye and gave him an idea how to counter the slander against him perpetrated by the Daily Prophet. When he walked in the door, whom did he see sitting behind the reception desk but his old friend, Luna Lovegood!

"Harry! What brings you here?" said Luna.

"Actually I came to give an interview about the return of Voldemort and the death of Viktor Krum," said Harry. "But perhaps you can help me with another thing?"

"Sure Harry, I'd love to help you with anything" said Luna

"Well, I just found out that in order to get emancipated, I have to get married and I was trying to figure out who to propose to. Who do you think I should ask, Hermione or Ginny?" asked Harry.

"Well Harry, you could always marry me?" replied Luna.

(Wow!) Thought Luna's younger self

(Luna! No! You're too young!) Replied her mother.

(Give me a break mother. I'm older than you) Luna's older personality admonished her mother.

(But fourteen is too young for my baby to get married!) Pleaded Selena.

(Mother, I know what I'm doing. Now that Voldie's back I need the freedom to do magic and train) explained Luna's older self.

(Listen to the girl. She knows what she's doing) said the sword.

(I need to be by Harry's side so that I can protect him until he's ready) older Luna told her mother.

(Well he'd better not hurt you) replied Selena.

(It's okay mommy, she won't let anybody hurt me) assured younger Luna.

By now, Harry had recovered from his shock at being proposed to by his oldest friend. He had never even considered her as a potential girlfriend, much less a wife. Then he noticed that Luna was staring off into space as she often did.

"-Uh, Earth to Luna? Luna, are you there?" asked Harry.

"What? Oh, yes Harry. So what do you think?" asked Luna.

"Well, if you really want to do this, I want full disclosure," said Harry. "What's your secret? You're more than just a seer, aren't you?"

"Yes, I'm from the future," replied Luna. "You see, the war against Voldie didn't go well. Almost all of our friends died in the war. In the end, you had to sacrifice yourself in order to kill him. So I tried to send my spirit back in time in order to change things for the better. I went back to the moment of my mother's death. She had tried to conjure a long dead spirit on the form of a sword of icy fire. Unfortunately, the spell backfired and the sword went through her heart. When I arrived, I pulled the sword from my mother's body and in the process absorbed not only the sword but also my mother's spirit. So I am a composite of my young self, my older self, my mother and the sword."

"Does the sword give you any special powers?" asked Harry

"Yes. It multiplies my strength by a factor of ten. Thus far, I haven't been able to take full advantage of this as I was afraid if I trained too hard I would stunt my growth," said Luna. "Also I heal very fast and can instantly understand and speak any language."

"Hang on! Does this mean that you have been able to read Slytherin's Parseltongue library all along?" asked Harry.

"Yes," Luna admitted sheepishly.

"No wonder you ended up in Slytherin," mused Harry.

"Finally, I have the ability to make the sword appear at will, like this," said Luna as a sword of icy fire appeared in her hand. "The sword can absorb any spell and can direct it back in a blast of pure energy."

"So you're not really a seer? You just have memories of the future?" accused Harry as Luna dissolved the sword.

"No. I am both a seer and I have knowledge of the future," replied Luna.

"Assuming I agree, how are we going to get parental consent?" asked Harry.

"Well, since I am my mother, I can get my mother to sign and you can get your uncle to sign, he'll be glad to be rid of you," said Luna.

"Here," said Harry as he pulled out the marriage form.

"In order to give my mother's signature, I need to meditate for a few minutes and give her control of this body," said Luna closing her eyes.

After a few minutes, Luna opened her eyes and signed the form: Selena Lovegood and sealed it with her mother's wand. When Harry went to take the form, she reached out and grabbed his wrist in a crushing grip, looked him in the eye and said:

"If you ever, EVER, do anything to hurt my daughter, I will cut off your head, make fun of it, then apparate it into the middle of the ocean where it will be used as shark bait! And I'm not talking about the one on your shoulders either!"

After this outburst, Luna relaxed her grip and said:

"You should go give my dad that interview now. And I wouldn't tell him about our plans."

Uncle Vernon proved to be very easy to deal with. When it was explained that if he just signed the form Harry would be gone from his life forever, he was all too eager to sign.

The next day, Harry picked up Luna at the Quibbler before returning to Grindbar's office.

"Ah, Mister Potter, is this your new bride?" asked Grindbar.

"Yes, this is Luna Lovegood and I have the completed form," said Harry. "Is there a ceremony we have to go through now?"

"Only if you want to," replied Grindbar. For our purposes all that is necessary is for you to complete the form and claim your inheritance.

"What do I do now?" asked Harry.

Grindbar pulled a pad and pin out of his desk and slid it towards Harry. "You need to prick your finger and get a drop of blood onto this pad."

When Harry did as he was instructed, the blood faded away and in its' place appeared four rings. Grindbar took one of them and handed it to Harry who slipped it on.

"Congratulations, Lord Potter, you are now legally an adult," said Grindbar as he shook Harry's hand.

"What are the other three rings for?" asked Harry as he gazed at his ring with its' ruby flanked by a griffin on one side and a stag on the other.

"Well, you see, the Potters are the senior most family of the Gryffindor line. That makes you the new Lord Gryffindor," said Grindbar, handing him a ruby ring flanked by a griffin and a phoenix.

"I have relatives?" asked Harry.

"Distant relatives, to be sure. Your father was an only child – as were you," replied Grindbar.

"Who's next in line to be Lord Gryffindor?" asked Harry.

"Neville Longbottom," replied Grindbar.

"Who's third?"

"Peter Pettigrew"

"Who's fourth?"

"Albus Dumbledore. It was from his hand that the ring passed when someone more worthy came forward to claim it just now," said Grindbar.

"Who's fifth?"

"Arthur Weasley"

"What about the other two rings?" inquired Harry.

"Well it seems that your mother was a direct matrilineal descendant of Rodrik Ravenclaw, the last male Ravenclaw," explained Grindbar. "Back then, daughters were unable to inherit. This makes you the first Lord Ravenclaw since the sixteenth century. Furthermore, Rodrik's mother was a direct matrilineal descendant of Harold Hufflepuff, the last male Hufflepuff. This makes you the new Lord Hufflepuff.

Grindbar handed Harry the other two rings. As he slipped them on, he noticed that Ravenclaw's sapphire was flanked by a raven and a unicorn. Hufflepuff's diamond was flanked by a badger and a hound.

"Would Lady Potter also like some rings?" asked Grindbar.

"Yes," said Harry.

"Just Potter and Ravenclaw please," said Luna

Harry looked at her quizzically.

"My older self and my mother were both Ravenclaws," Luna explained.

After Luna put a drop of blood on the pad and her two rings appeared, Luna slipped them on.

"Now, would you care to inspect the vaults while we compile a list of your assets?" asked Grindbar.

"Yes please," said Harry.

Authors note: The sword of Icy fire is based on the one portrayed in Dreadstar comics from the 1980's. Dreadstar was written and owned by Jim Starlin.