Chapter thirteen

It was months before Harry and Sally saw Ron. They met up at the Leaky Cauldron with some of Ron's team mates. The moment they all sat down, Harry knew Ron had told his team mates how Harry hated people staring at his scar, asking about Voldemort or treating him like he was famous. Once they began to talk, they all saw who the real Harry Potter was and liked the man he was. Sally got on well with the players but also the girlfriend, boyfriend, wife or husband of the players. She could easily see them getting together again and probably many times. Harry would be able to stay close to Ron even if this was the only way they could spend time together.

Kingsley had informed Harry that Hermione had received a big fine and a warning but she wasn't sent to jail. That normally would happen if someone threatened the Minister for Magic. She was only let off due to what she did do to help win the war. If it was anyone else, she would have spent time in Azkaban.

It was only a few months later that Kingsley spoke with Harry again. He explained that the aurors ended up arresting Hermione for breaking the statue of secrecy. She had gone to the military and she said she would give them vital information if she could work in research. They said they would do their best, then she explained about the wizarding world and even shown them magic. Breaking the statute of secrecy was an instant five year jail sentence in Azkaban, which could go to life, depending on what the person did. Hermione broke it by telling muggles about the wizarding world and showed them magic. The obliviators got the information from Hermione's mind on who she spoke to and where, they then had to find all of them and anyone they told. They also found out that Hermione had hoped to combine muggle and magic to make better weapons that would work on everyone.

Harry was shocked. He never thought Hermione would betray the wizarding world. He knew after what she did, she deserved Azkaban but he was pleased that the unspeakables were able to destroy the dementors. Azkaban was guarded now by human guards, hired specifically for Azkaban, which had also been updated. The prisoners were still kept in cells and kept isolated but they were fed better and wouldn't be subjected to dementors. Now Hermione would be spending years in Azkaban which could mean that when she was released, she never ends up with a decent job. No one in the wizarding world would trust her and now the muggle military and government had her on the banned list. The obliviators did that after they removed the magic from the muggle's memories.

Harry really didn't understand what Hermione was thinking or if she might have been planning anything that could hurt the wizarding world. She was furious when she wasn't given the jobs she wanted and Harry knew she would go to the extreme to prove those people wrong. He just didn't want to believe she would put them all in danger by revealing their world to the muggle military.

The racing league at Hogwarts took off and now almost all the students enjoyed the sport. The ones that did not like to fly, enjoyed the pool and the obstacle course. Some of the ones that joined the racing league also enjoyed the races in the pool. All students had to choose one sport to do as it was mandatory but they could do two if they wanted. But all the staff and many people at the ministry, like Harry and Kingsley, all smiled when they realised the students finally had more things to do but they were also

getting fit.

So far, all the new teachers were working out and there hadn't been any trouble since Hogwarts opened. One thing Amos did when he took over as headmaster, he had all the old headmaster's portraits moved from his office to an old unused classroom in a part of the castle that no one went near. He did not want to listen to people like Albus Dumbledore or any of the other old headmasters. Albus was the worst and kept trying to tell Amos how to do the job. Albus also kept telling Amos that he had to make sure Harry Potter ended up a teacher at Hogwarts. Amos did explain to the portrait what Harry was doing and there would be no way Harry will end up teaching, at least not until he was a lot older and his children, when he had them, had finished their education. Amos even said it probably wouldn't even be then. If Harry wanted to teach, he would be around the age of sixty or older before he would even consider it. He had a good job and had a good life, there was no way Harry would give any of that up just to be a teacher at Hogwarts.

Amos did not listen to Albus or any of the other portraits and often spelled them silent. It was after Albus went on about Harry that he decided to move all the portraits to a part of the castle where no one went. He did that so those old headmasters and headmistress's could not influence young susceptible minds. If Amos wished to, he could still speak with them if he wanted to get some advice. So far, he had not been near the room since he had the portraits moved. But neither had any of the staff.

Time skip

Harry and Sally ended up marrying a couple of years after they began dating. Sally would continue to work from home doing her paintings but she also got pregnant straight away. That was something she wanted to do when she knew she loved Harry. It was also something she knew Harry would want but had told her it would always be her choice when she wanted to have children.

Harry ended up celebrating by drinking too much and flooing all his friends to tell them he was going to be a father. Sally hadn't been able to stop laughing as she watched her drunk husband with his head in the fireplace. He did remember to use the mirror for the ones that had them.

Like when Harry was named the-boy-who-lived and the saviour, the wizarding world celebrated the

marriage of Harry Potter and celebrated that he was going to be a father.

When Orion Edgar Potter was born, the wizarding world celebrated the birth of the saviour's son. Harry also celebrated again and like last time, he got drunk and called everyone he was friends with to tell them about his son.

When Harry and Sally were asked about the name of their son, the statement Harry released explained that his godfather's name was Sirius Orion Black. Sally's father's name was Edgar Anthony Perks. It was Sally's suggestion to name their son Orion, she liked the name and knew Harry would love their son

being named after his godfather.

On their third anniversary, Sally presented Harry with two portraits. She never told them who they were of, he would find out when he unwrapped them.

'I always said I wanted some of your paintings around the house,' Harry smiled at his wife then he

unwrapped the first one.

'Hello my darling boy.'

'Mum, dad,' Harry gaped at the portraits with wide eyes making James laugh.

'It's us son but I think you should unwrap the second one,' James said.

'But...but...how?'

'I spoke with an unspeakable who was able to help me create the portraits. It took us three years but we were finally able to work it. Normally he wouldn't be able to help someone outside the department but he said it was thanks to you that helped him save his family.'

Harry swooped down on his wife and kissed her making James and Lily laugh.

'Open the other one love.'

Harry grinned. Now he had seen who was in the first portrait, he knew who was in the second. He was right. The moment he pulled the wrapping off, Sirius's smiling face was looking back at him.

'Hey pup, about time.'

'Sirius,' Harry reached out and touched his godfather's painted face, 'I'm so sorry Sirius.'

'You have nothing to apologise for. Even though we are not real, with some magic, we have our

memories up to when we died and what we were told by your wife while she was doing the portraits. We blame Albus for what happened Harry. The order had been telling him for months that he needed to tell you about the prophecy, he didn't listen, just as he never listened.'

'We've made sure his afterlife is not a good experience,' James said, 'Sirius, Remus and I pranked him, then your mother decided to prank him as well.'

'Good, he deserves everything that is coming to him. Amos had his and all the other portraits moved. He got sick of listening to them, especially the old man who tried to tell him how to run his school. Amos wasn't going to keep listening to them so he had them moved where they can't annoy anyone else. Did Sally tell you the name of our son?'

Sirius beamed making James and Lily laugh, 'Yes, she told us. Sirius ended up speechless, which

naturally had James making fun of him,' Lily said.

'Your not upset that we didn't name him after either of you?'

'No, son, after Sirius filled us in on everything, we knew if your children were named James and Lily

Potter, it could have made their lives difficult.'

'Yeah, but we do plan to name a girl after flowers and we're working on adding your name dad, we'll probably use Jamie, for a girl's middle name or something. We haven't really had a lot of time to work that out.'

'You will, you and your wife will decide when the time is right,' Lily smiled.

Sally watched as her husband spoke with his dead parents and godfather. She planned to do the same with her mother, but she wanted to give Harry his parents and godfather first. Now that was out of the way, she could concentrate on her mother's portrait, since she found out her mother was a muggleborn, not a muggle. That had shocked her when she found out.

Sally also thought of doing one for Teddy Lupin. She loved that little boy just as much as Harry did and was surprised but pleased when Andromeda named her godmother. She said she was waiting to see who Harry ended up with before she decided. Now Sally knew she would give her godson a bit of his parents, even if it was just in a portrait. She would work on Remus and Dora Lupin for Teddy, it would also be good for Andromeda.

Harry ended up kissing Sally again then said the portraits were great and he would finally get to know his parents. James and Lily might be dead but they were finally able to know their son, but also, their grandson.

Harry had never felt so happy in his entire life. He had the greatest wife anyone could ask for. He had a beautiful son and Sally was pregnant again, this time they would have a girl. Now, he had talking portraits of his parents and his godfather. He didn't think anything to make him happier than he was right at that moment. Harry said it again, I love magic.

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