Hello again my friends, here we go again, I manged to finish another chapter, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
So, no more rambling on, enjoy.
Nickp41
Chapter 17
Marriages come and go
Narcissa Malfoy stepped out of the floo at Malfoy Manor which was now the headquarters for Voldemort. She hated seeing all these bottom feeders in her house, but no more will she stand for this hell that they call life. She saw her pale now scruffy looking husband storm up to her and grabbed her by the arms.
"Where the bloody hell have you been woman" he spat.
His wife sneered at her hobo looking husband.
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"Calm yourself Lucius, you don't want to upset the Dark Lord again with your whining" she whispered as she tugged away from him. "It took longer at Hogwarts than I thought, they made us wait for hours then suspended all the boys for two weeks".
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"How dare they suspend a Son of mine, the blood traitor scum they are" he said trying to look dignified but failing.
Narcissa sighed.
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"They nearly killed the Potter boy, just over some girls. They were lucky not to be expelled and their wands broken Lucius" she explained even though she knew it was a waste of time. "Now where is Bella, I wish to see her.
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"Maybe next time he will die" he sneered "What?...I think she's having one of her rest days down stairs" and without another word he walked off.
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With a predatory grin on her face she walk away from the busy room into the bowels of the manor. When Bella was having a rest day as they called it, they had her locked up in the dungeons. Because in her moments of clarity she either swore at the guards and even the Dark Lord at times, which when she saw him stumble away from her venom it made her laugh inside. The rest of the time she just cried about the life she had lost and the lives she was forced to take.
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As Narcissa came towards her cell she realised there was a guard on duty. He was young, just out of Hogwarts she thought, so she strode up to him and stared him straight into his eye's.
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"Keys…..I want to visit my sister" she barked.
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"Bbbut I was told".
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"I don't care what you were told…..keys" she said with more force, and she watched him hand them straight over "good now fuck off" and watched him run off.
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She opened the door slowly.
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"Bella….Bella it's Cissa are you awake?" she said lovingly.
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With a voice as quiet as a mouse she answered.
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"Cissa? Is that you?".
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"Yes it is my darling Bella" Narcissa said as she sat next to her sister on the bed while stroking her head.
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"I'm awake Cissa, but I wish I was dead".
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"Bella are you ready to leave with me and get away? If you are it has to be now" she whispered into her sister's ear.
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Bella lifted her head and turned her tear streaked face towards Narcissa.
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"Wh wh what? Do you mean it?".
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"Yes, but only if you're willing, and it has to be done now" she replied urgently.
Bella nodded furiously.
"Anything has to be better than this hell Cissa".
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With that Narcissa sent a Patronus, but as it flew away she heard the accursed hissing of Nagini. She could feel her Sister shaking with pure dread as the snake slithered into the room. She knew that whatever the snake saw he saw…. they had to hurry. She pointed her wand at the Dark Lords familiar and calmly said as he reared to strike,
"And you can fuck off, you hissing bastard, Avada Kedavra" Narcissa said.
Several things then happened at once, the snake dropped dead with a screaming black mist floating into the air, both the women's wedding rings disappeared and Dobby the house Elf appeared and within a heartbeat they disappeared.
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The Bones Manor
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Harry had just sent dobby to Malfoy manor after dissolving narcissa and Bellatrix marriage, he slumped back into the comfortable bed and stared at Susan bones auntie who was sitting next to his bed with an odd smile on her face "madam bones where are we?".
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Amelia smiled at the confused youth, everything had happened so quickly, she had to run in and shake him awake and gave him the parchment that narcissa had given her for harry to dissolve the marriages and then to send the strange little elf to retrieve the black sisters she had forgotten to tell him where he was "well harry firstly you are at the bones family mansion, poppy thought you needed some quiet rest and she knew you wouldn't get any at Hogwarts" she said with a small chuckle "secondly it was a very nice thing you did for the black sisters, it will be a real blow to the dark lords movement today, especially that you didn't even need to leave your bed".
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Harry gave a small laugh followed a low groan of tiredness invading his body "thank you for letting me rest here, i feel sorry for poppy when Susan and the rest find out I'm gone" making them both chuckle.
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"Yes, I'm glad I won't be there" she said with a sly grin "another thing harry your relatives have been taken into custody for your abuse over the years" she shushed him as he looked panicked and trying to talk "it's done harry, we saw the scars and kingsley is talking to them now so by the end of the day they will be in Azkaban so you won't have to see them again, you're safe now harry".
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Harry physically calmed with a big sigh while letting some rogue tears roll down his cheeks and he whispered "thankyou".
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"No need the thank us, the wizarding world has let you down, and I shall do everything i can to make it up to you" she said grasping his hand making his eyes open in surprise "i know you're a legal adult now, but I was hoping that you would consider staying with Susan and i during the school breaks, and if you like full time, until you decide it's time for you to leave".
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He frowned "you would let me stay here? really" he asked softly.
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"Yes harry, I know Susan loves you and I believe you will be happy with us here, I know Susan asked for you stay over Christmas, though I do understand that you will be visiting your other friends too" she said with a slight cough of amusement as he blushed "but all I ask is you follow the house rules, no locked doors, no alcohol and when it's time for you and my niece to move your relationship forward, i would ask that Susan discusses it with me first….do you agree to those terms harry?".
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With a tired smile, he nodded "I agree madam bones and thank you".
"And please call me Amelia when were in private" she asked and watched him nod in return "good and on that note, I shall leave you to rest, anything you need just ask the house elves and I'll be back later for dinner and poppy will be here to join us as well".
"Thank again Amelia. For everything" he said softly looking directly into her eye's.
Amelia just smiled and nodded "I'll see you tonight harry! And got up to leave, as she reached the door she heard his breathing change as sleep claimed him.
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Back at Hogwarts
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Poppy was woken by an irate Susan Bones.
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"What is it child?" she snapped while looking around to see the group of flustered young girls.
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Susan was standing over her with a very stern look and her hands on her hips.
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"Where's Harry? You said we could come back and see him, but now he's gone…. where is he?".
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With a big sigh Poppy pulled herself up to her less than impressive height.
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"Now quieten down. Despite Mr Potter feeling better, this morning took a lot out of the young man, and considering how busy his social life is, I knew he wouldn't get any rest here, so Madam Bones took him home to rest for the night. I will be seeing him very soon and I will let you all know tonight" she said holding her hands up, but before the girls could start again she cut them off. "Now I don't have time for this, so please go away".
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All the girls looked amazed, they had never been shot down like that by the kindly old matron, but the look she gave them closed down any thought they had about protesting.
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"So it looks like you've finally got him back in your bed Suze" chuckled Pansy as they all strode away from their fruitless visit to the infirmary.
"Not quite the the image I had in mind Pans" Susan replied with a light flush to her cheeks. "Let's go and see McGonagall and find out out about these bloody rings" she snapped, leading the four Ladies of Hogwarts away from the other's.
"Good luck" shouted a laughing Tracey, to which she received four middle fingers flourished at her by the angry teens as they stomped away.
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As they arrived Daphne knocked on the Deputy Headmistresses door.
"Come in" McGonagall called, and as they entered they saw the Scottish witch sitting at her desk drinking a glass of firewhiskey judging by the bottle next to her. "Please take a seat, and as this is a very strange situation, would you care for a livener" she asked and watched three out of the four teen's smile and nod. "Oh, come on Miss Granger, loosen up a bit" the teacher chuckled as she poured out the clear steaming liquid and passed them to the girls including the frowning Hermione.
"Yeah loosen up Granger" chuckled Daphne, making the others smirk at her unease.
Hermione shook off her embarrassment.
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"Well anyway, have you got any information about these rings Professor?" she asked with a edge to her tone while brandishing her ring.
"Well the Headmaster has been doing some research and it appears that a student has come of age, and according to the Founders of Hogwarts he has been found worthy to become their heir" McGonagall explained.
"But why us Professor?" asked Susan after taking a sip of her liquor which made her wince.
"Well ladies, again it seems like not only do you all appear to epitomise the houses you represent, you also seem to have a connection to the new Lord of Hogwarts" replied the Professor whilst rubbing her eye's.
"But what does it mean? Are we tied to him somehow? Who is this Lord anyway and how can we get out of this?" spat Hermione.
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The Professor took a long draft then pulled out four letters from Gringotts and handed them to the young witches. She leaned back as she watched them read and take in the new information. She saw Hermione's eyes open wide and her jaw drop.
"You got to be kidding….you got to be fucking kidding me!" shouted the bushy haired witch.
"Language Miss Granger" said the Professor sternly, despite understanding her reaction.
"But this says we are betrothed to this bloody Lord and by the looks of it, it's bloody legally binding" ranted Hermione while the other just stayed slumped in their chairs staring off into space.
"Wha wha what's Mum going to say" cried a worried looking Ginny. "They always said I never had to marry anyone I didn't want to" and she started to hug herself.
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"Now I know it's a shock, but I shall take you to see the new Lord later, as he doesn't know the ins and outs of what happened at the moment. So, till then we shall have dinner served here and have a quiet evening together until it's time" the Professor told them before calling for the house Elves to bring them food.
"What are we going to tell Harry" whispered a red eyed Susan. "He's only just got used to the fact that we all love him, this will crush him" she sobbed.
"Now listen girls, let's just take things one step at a time. We can tell Harry when we've sorted things out and he's stronger ok?" said the McGonagall. "Now come on, let's eat".
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Back at Bones Manor, Harry, Poppy and Amelia were having dinner when four Gringotts Owl's came flying in, landing in front of the tired looking wizard.
"What now?" he whined to the amusement of his elders.
After the owls took off he opened the first letter and paled with a tinge of green.
"Are you ok Harry?" asked the kind nurse, as she watched him rip open the other three letters as quickly as he could, and while scanning the said letters he turned even paler if that was possible.
"Talk to us Harry, we're here to help" Amelia said reassuringly.
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They both then watched the young man run out of the room and into the bathroom where they heard throat ripping retching and in a whisper "I'm so fucking dead".
Harry was bent over the toilet and his body was determined to void his body of everything. At the point, he thought he had retched up a bit of his boxers, he could hear gentle knocking on the door.
"Harry, are you ok dear?" came Poppy's voice "Is there anything we can do to help?".
Harry spat out some bile.
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"I'll be out in a minute Mom" he said shakily and heard the Matron walk away. He washed up and headed back out to the worried witches.
As Harry sat down, Amelia lent forward and grabbed his hand.
"Are you ok Harry? You can talk to us you know" she said kindly while rubbing his hand.
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"You may not want me in your house after you've read these letters Amelia" Harry said, pushing the four letters towards the witches, watching them read them slowly and seeing the surprise appear on both of their faces.
Finally, both women finished reading all of the letters. Then both smirked at each other before turning towards Harry with stern looks. They watched as he shrunk back into his chair, and then all of a sudden, they burst into laughter at the poor boy in front of them.
"Oh Harry, you poor boy" Amelia laughed "I bet when you woke up this morning you didn't expect to be betrothed to five different girls".
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Poppy was literally crying into her hanky.
"Oh, my poor baby boy, they are going to rip you apart when they find out" she giggled as a Patronus flew in.
"I HAVE THE LADIES OF HOGWARTS HERE, AND THEY WISH TO MEET THEIR LORD. MAY, WE PORTKEY OVER?".
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Amelia and Poppy looked over at Harry with eyes filled with mischief, and saw the young wizard shaking his head furiously with a pleading look flashing in his green eyes. Poppy gave him a loving smile as Amelia cast her Patronus.
"THE LORD OF HOGWARTS IS DYING TO SEE HIS BETROTHED" Amelia replied, trying not to laugh at the end.
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Suddenly with a bang and a lot of curses coming from the living room, Poppy and Amelia walked in to see one smiling Professor McGonagall standing amongst four teen witches struggling to regain their composure after falling down after the portkey.
"Nice to see you again Poppy and Amelia. I have brought the Ladies of Hogwarts to meet their Lord" McGonagall said with a smirk.
"Auntie what's going on? Why are we here? Who's this bloody Lord, and where's Harry?" snapped Susan, as she was joined by three other irate girls.
"Yeah, where's this Lord then" Daphne threw her lot in.
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Amelia walked forwards and tried to calm the girls down.
"Now calm down girls. Harry has been resting and yes the Lord of Hogwarts is here" she said holding her hands up to quiet them down. "Just settle down, and I'll have Poppy go and get the Lord…..Poppy if you could?".
"It would be my pleasure Amelia" Poppy said before walking away to the dining room, only to see Harry sitting there pale with his mouth wide open. "Your betrothed are waiting for you my Lord" she chuckled, as Harry shook his head and silently mouthed out 'mom...pleaseeee'. She walked around and helped him off the chair. "C'mon Harry it'll be fine…..I think" she said with a giggle and led him to the door.
"You do know if they beat me up, you're the one who has to put me back together again" he said while trying to drag his feet.
"Well I've done it so many times Harry, so it shouldn't take me long" Poppy replied and positioned him behind the door. "Now wait here until I give the word. No running off now or I'll sew your feet together, got that?!".
With his head hung low he nodded,
"Yes Poppy" and watched her walk back out to the living room.
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"Ladies" Poppy announced, "may I introduce you to the Lord of Hogwarts, your betrothed" and she pulled open the door revealing Harry standing there sheepishly.
"Hi girls" he said with a small wave.
"HARRY!" they all cried out in shock.
"You're the Lord of Hogwarts?" asked Ginny wide eyed.
"Yep" Harry replied
Suddenly realisation dawned on all four witches and smiles appeared on Susan, Daphne and Ginny's face as they lunged forward giggling and rugby tackling him to the ground.
"Oh, thank Merlin's saggy nuts" Susan called out "We thought it might be an old git" and she started to join in with the other two in kissing his cheeks.
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Professor McGonagall walked over to a stunned Hermione.
"Are you ok Miss Granger?" she asked looking into her tear-filled eyes, as Amelia and Poppy started to pull the other girls off of Harry.
"How can this happen? Why did this happen?" Hermione whispered.
"It's your and Harry's magic. You must have felt it before now? You've been friends forever; didn't you ever think you could be more than just friends?" the teacher asked quietly.
Harry struggled to get up.
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"Are you ok Hermione?" he asked softly, while trying to wipe all of the lipstick off his face.
"Harry, can we talk please?…...alone?" she asked looking around the now silent room.
"Ok everyone into the kitchen for hot chocolate, let's give them some space" ordered Amelia as she pushed the red-faced girls, and the now worried looking adults out of the room.
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Hermione took a seat with her hand clasped tightly on her lap.
"Please Harry, sit with me" She asked.
He rushed over and sat by her and grabbed her hand.
"I'm so sorry Hermione, I didn't know this was going to happen" Harry apologised until she pushed her fingers against his lips to silence him.
"Harry, I know it's not your fault and I wouldn't blame you anyway. The thing is I've loved you since you saved me from the troll, but I've always forced down my feelings because I never wanted to lose you as a friend and with Ron there we always knew how jealous he was. I just didn't want our friendship to break down because of some school girl infatuation" she said with a sad sigh "I just didn't want to lose you Harry".
"Hermione, you have always been there for me, you have been my rock, and truth be told I loved you since the first moment you entered my train carriage looking for Nev's toad! But you never seemed to like me as more than a friend so I held back, and with Ron being so jealous of me all the time I daren't ask you out just in case I lost you and him, I just couldn't risk it".
"You love me?" she whispered,
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Harry nodded.
"Always Hermione, always and forever. Like you, I hid my feelings and decided that I'd rather have you as a sister than not at all." he explained. "But now hopefully we can let our love grow as it always should have done. What do you say?" he asked, right before she pounced onto him forcing backwards onto the sofa as they kissed, and as they parted Harry looked into her eyes. "So, are we good?" he said with a wink.
"We're better than good my Lord" Hermione smiled and they continued kissing each other.
It took nearly an hour for the Bones house to get back to normal. Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey had flooed back to Hogwarts after getting Amelia to agree that all the girls will be back at Hogwarts before midnight. The head Auror was sitting at the head of the table, listening to the Lord and his Ladies bantering away, when a fun thought entered her head.
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"So, Harry, when are you going to marry these young ladies" she asked with a roguish grin and happily watch Harry's face go pale again as excitement shot through the witches. "And don't forget Harry, you've got to meet all of the parents too?" She added, giving him a wink.
The young wizard just stared at the eldest witch in disbelief and just mouthed to her 'why?' and he just received a smile in return.
"Ermm yeah, the parents. Any idea's…. any worries?" he asked looking around the table.
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Ginny just beamed.
"Well Mum and Dad adore you, so I don't think there will be a problem Harry, once we've explained it all" she said happily with a slight blush to her cheeks.
It was the other red heads turn next.
"Well I'm pretty sure Auntie is fine with it" Susan explained "Because I guess you would have been hexed to oblivion and sent to Azkaban by now if she wasn't" she giggled and gave her Auntie a wink which made the elder witch agree.
Hermione looked a bit nervous.
"My family knows I've always liked Harry. But the whole multiple wives thing might be an issue, but since Daddy doesn't have any guns in the house you should survive Harry" she said brightly, as Harry banged his head on the table with a groan.
"Harry dear, don't damage my table" Amelia laughed "What about your Mum and Dad Daphne? What will Cyrus do to our young Harry here".
"Well Dad has been fighting off other contracts from tons of families. But he always promised that Astoria and I have until we are twenty to marry, otherwise he will have to help out as he doesn't have a male heir. But now I'm to be married and as long as I produce an heir, Astoria can live and marry whomever and whenever she wants" Daphne said brightly, but then she looked directly into Harry's eyes "You do want children don't you Harry?" she asked meekly.
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At this Harry gave a nervous smile.
"I've always planned on having a big family, never thought it would be this big, but hey more the merrier" he said as all the girls giggled and smiled at each other. "But I will say one thing, I want you to follow your dreams and career paths. I will support you in anything you wish to do. Just because we're married doesn't mean I'm in charge. It's a union, we discuss everything and put trust in each other. As they say teamwork makes the dream work" and as he looked up he saw all of his ladies staring at him with happy tears and Amelia raising her mug as a toast to him.
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"well said Harry, well said indeed" Amelia agreed "But what are your thought about the weddings Harry?" She asked with another big grin on her face.
Harry sighed and he ran his finger through his already messy hair.
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"Well if there is one thing I have learnt at Hogwarts, it's that most girls have dreamt about their wedding day since forever" he said and as he looked around her saw all the girls beam and nod. "So, we shall marry separately and each of you will have your own perfect wedding, you will all have you own special day and honeymoon...agree?" and once again he was answered by four nodding happy witches. "Good, so far so good. Next week Amelia will escort me to Gringotts to see about all the Founders and my family's holdings. I've already asked Mr Weasley to be my House Peverell proxy in the Wizengamot".
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This made Ginny gasp with happiness.
"Oh, Harry you are so kind" She said, to which Harry just waved it away.
"But there is something else that we need to talk about" Harry broached hesitantly. "Something I found out about after I took hold of the Potter, Black and Peverell Lordships".
Daphne frowned.
"What is it Harry? As you said, trust is the main thing and so much has happened in the last couple of day, what's one more thing?" she said leaning forward and grabbing his hand.
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"Well the thing is" and he was interrupted as a pink haired Nymphadora Tonks fell out of the fireplace, knocking over a vase of flowers.
"Fucking hell" she cursed as she brushed down her Rolling Stones t-shirt. "Ah, there's my husband to be".
"WHAT!" they chorused while Amelia just burst into laughter while shaking her head.
"Bloody hell Tonks, talk about timing! I was just about to tell them about the contract Sirius set up" Harry said shaking his head, as she strode over in her army boots and hugged him from behind and giving him a big kiss on the cheek.
"Sorry Hubby" She said and pulled up a seat next to him.
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"What Sirius and a contract between you two?" said a shocked Hermione.
"Yep." Replied Tonks unapologetically "It was quite a shock for both of us, but it could be worse. So, I've heard a few things from Poppy when I was trying to track down old lover boy here, so if I'm going to be Lady Black, who are you girls going to be?" she asked with a grin on her face, as one by one each girl held up their ring and announced their houses. "Holy shit Harry, five stunners and you've still got to find a Potter and Peverell, you better start taking some vitamins boy!" Tonks said giving him a wink.
"I'm so fucking doomed" he said as he bounced his forehead of the table once more.
"Language" said all of the women.
a/n well there we go for another week, hope you enjoyed it.
Peace out
Nickp41