Well here we are again my friends; better late than never I say.

So i wont bang on, enjoy todays update from old rainy England.

But anyway, here we go, I do not blah blah harry potter, but I wish I did.

Nickp41

Chapter 20

The House of Black

After the stress of meeting of the parents, Harry managed to unwind by having extensive make out sessions in various broom cupboards with all of his betrothed ladies. He managed this with each of them one by one as he walked each one back to their relevant dorms, all of whom were congratulating him on a job well done, and showing him thanks for protecting their parents. Then once again he found himself dozing in the Gryffindor common room with Ginny and Hermione curled up next to him as they let sleep claim them.

The next morning after a gruelling but pleasing Quidditch practise, Harry had a shower then headed up to the infirmary. As he entered he shouted,

"MOM!" and with a grin on his face he saw his favourite healer poke her head out smiling.

"Yes Harry, what have you done this time?" Poppy asked with a grin.

"Nothing at the moment, but the day is still young, as am I" he chuckled.

Harry slumped down on a nearby stool.

"Can I ask some advice Mom?" he said sadly while looking directly into her eyes.

"of course, Son, what's up?" she asked softly, as she pulled her chair close to his.

"Don't get me wrong, I am happy" Harry started "but how the hell am I meant to keep eight girls happy?" he blurted out while putting his face into his hands.

With a sorrowful look Poppy lifted his chin.

"Now look Harry, out of eight girls six are purebloods, and those girls have always known that they may have to share a husband, so trust me they won't be a problem" she explained earnestly while rubbing his hands.

"How do you know Poppy" he sobbed while trying to force his head even lower, feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders.

"You may not know this but I am a pureblood as well as a Slytherin. I was one of three wives for a Lord Pomfrey. He was a kind man who allowed his wives to follow their own career paths, just like you Harry" she said letting tears roll down her cheeks.

"So, what happened Mom? Why don't you speak of him more often?" Harry queried and watched his surrogate Mom shudder as she dragged up her memories.

"He passed away many years ago Harry, along with Kitty and Amanda, my sister wives. I was on shift at St Mungo's when Grindelwald's forces attacked, and they were wiped out" She shuddered as she dissolved into tears. When she had calmed down she continued.

"I was the last one to join the family, but it didn't take long for us all to work together to make it work. I had a career and the other two wanted families first. So, it would have worked out in the end as by the time I wanted kids they would be wanting to start careers of their own, and I imagine your family will be much the same, just don't worry" She said reassuringly, as her tears started to fall again.

Harry leaned forward and pulled Poppy into a hug.

"I'm sorry Poppy, I'm so sorry for your losses" he whispered.

Harry's kind words sent a wave of happiness through the matron's body. As this boy who she thought of as her son in all but blood had lost and suffered so much in such a short life, but was showing her such sympathy and it meant more than anything possible in this

world.

"Thank you, Harry, it means a lot" Poppy smiled through her tears but then gave Harry further advice. "You will have to show Miss Granger and possibly Miss Tonks more affection than the other's. I know Tonks is a half blood and her mother would have taught her the pureblood ways, but I don't think she cares. She's a free spirit but she will make you a wonderful Lady Black, she may tire you out but she will be good for you."

Harry concentrated on every word, trying to take in all of Poppy's valuable counsel.

"Miss Granger, being a muggle born may have trouble adapting, so she will need the support of yourself and your betrothed" Poppy continued "although seeing them all interact when you were hurt this shouldn't be a problem" she explained and watched concern etched across his face. They were now sitting with their foreheads pressed together.

"Thanks Mom, I don't know what I would do without you" he whispered placing a kiss on her nose.

"You won't have to Harry, not for many years yet" She replied, which made them both smile.

Right at this touching moment Tonks came walking in.

"Hey Hubby! Poppy how's it hanging?" she shouted as she walked into the room.

Harry smirked as he looked up and down his betrothed. She was wearing a men's dress shirt and a flared mini skirt with a pair of cowboy boots.

"Here comes my most elegant soon to be Lady Black" Harry announced before chuckling as he watched her curtsy and showing off a lot of thigh and cleavage.

"I'm all yours my Lord" Tonks replied, while giving him a suggestive wink as she walked up and sat down on his lap and kissed him.

"Nymphadora Tonk's, you are going to be a Lady of noble House of Black, is this any way to dress and act?" barked Poppy while glaring at the young Auror.

Tonks pulled her lips from Harry's and stared at the matron while thinking.

"Ermmmmmm yeah I think so" she said giving the aged witch a wink and grinding her bum onto Harry's ever tightening trousers. "Mmmmm very nice Hubby, but we've got family to meet" she whispered and jumped up from Harry's lap leaving him red faced and uncomfortable. "We need to pick up Mom, then over to House Black, and then let the games begin" Tonks chuckled while pulling her betrothed to his feet and dragging him out of the infirmary.

"BYE MOM" Harry shouted as he disappeared.

They both walked arm in arm un hassled all the way to the front gates and with a twist and a crack they apparated and reappeared in front of a quaint little cottage with a thatched roof, only to see Andromeda Tonks with her arms crossed, tapping her foot and looking very irritated.

"You're late Nymphadora" she spat giving her daughter a frosty stare. "And what do you think you are wearing? You are going to be a Lady of the noble and ancient House Black, not some go-go dancer!" she screeched making the young Auror flinch!

Mrs Tonks, noticing Harry, seemed to calm herself.

"Nice to see you again Harry, and thank you for freeing my sisters" she said giving Harry a slight curtsy.

"No problem Mrs Tonks, it was the least I could do" he said nervously, while looking from daughter and mother. "should we get going?...Dobby" and with a crack the house Elf appeared.

"Master Harry sir, how can I serve you today?" Dobby said while bowing.

"Can you take us to the House of Black please?" Harry asked kindly, as he grasped Dobby's and Tonks hand and watched Andromeda stalk forwards, staring down her daughter before grasping the Elf's hand and once again they disappeared.

As they landed at Grimmauld Place, Andromeda was engulfed in a three-way hug from her sisters.

"Dromeda" shouted her siblings.

Harry and Tonks just giggled as they looked at the three siblings hugging and crying, he turned towards Tonks and gave her a wink.

"I think you look fantastic luv" he whispered, bringing a smile to her face.

"Thanks Hubby, think she was a bit pissed but just wait till she hears about our wedding plans" she said and snorted in a very unladylike manner.

Harry looked shocked.

"What wedding plans? I didn't think we had discussed anything yet?"

Tonks just beamed.

"Oh Harry, how cute you are, thinking you have any say in this at all! All you have to do is say 'I do' at the right time, and then hold on for the night of your life!" she whispered into his now red ear.

Suddenly Bellatrix appeared in front of the young couple and dropped to her knees.

"My Lord Black, thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving myself and Cissa, and also for welcoming me back into the family Black" she cried and was joined by her blond sibling.

"Please Ladies" Harry intervened "There is no need to thank me. I am just glad I could help. Now please stand up, and I'm not 'my Lord', I'm just Harry" he said kindly as he helped up the two tear streaked witches. "And may I introduce your niece and soon to be Lady Black" He announced and watched as the two-sisters gazed at the pink haired Auror.

"Aunt Bella, Aunt Cissa" Tonks said while trying to curtsy without showing too much off again and nearly falling over, which made her mum shake her head.

"Always so graceful Nymphadora" Andromeda said with a smile.

Tonks grimaced.

"It's Tonks and only Tonks, and you wait until I'm Lady Black. I'm going to kick your arse Mom" she snapped and stormed off into the kitchen.

Harry shook his head as he heard a grunt and plates smashing quickly followed by his betrothed cursing.

"Has Tonks always been this graceful?" Harry asked with a roguish grin.

Her mother just nodded while chuckling.

"I can't wait for our first dance at our wedding" Harry continued "I'd better invite Poppy just in case" making the whole room chuckle.

"I HEARD THAT POTTER BOY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SLEEPING ON THE SOFA TILL YOU'RE A GREY OLD MAN!" came an angry voice from the kitchen.

Harry gestured to Bella and Cissa to sit down.

"Mrs Tonks, could you leave us for a moment please? Maybe you could try and calm Nymphadora down" he said quietly.

"IT'S TONKS FOR FUCK SAKE!" came flying from the kitchen.

"Please calm Tonks down" Harry corrected and grinned at his Mother in law before she headed off to the kitchen.

He turned his attention to the other Black sisters.

"How are things going for you two?" he asked kindly while looking from one to the other.

"Quiet Harry, it has been an adjustment for sure, but it has been a lot harder for Bella than myself" said the blond grasping the hand of her sister.

Bella dipped her head.

"I've done so many bad things Harry, things I had no control over. But I can still see myself doing them, hurting and killing so many people, my soul will be black for ever, I truly am damned" Bella sobbed as her sister hugged her.

"Listen to me Bella" Harry said firmly "You were forced to do these things by the contract. Now, the contract and the people who wrote and signed it are the damned ones, and I'm guessing you've saved more people than you killed" Harry asked as he looked into her dark eyes. "Just as I've been told about certain spells, it's intent. You have to mean it. So, in my heart I think your soul is as clean as mine".

Harry noticed that Bella's sobbing had eased, and she lifted her head looking intently at Harry.

"I hope you're right Harry. I only killed when he ordered me to. I know your friends with Neville Longbottom, tell him I am sorry that I couldn't help his family, but I did save him as my husband just told me to take care of the kid, so I hid him" she whispered with a watery smile.

Harry smiled at Bellatrix.

"I will tell him when I find the right moment. He may want to see you, or not, but I'll leave that up to him" he said watching her nod softly. "On another note, I have decided that you two can stay here and make this house your own. I will continue to be the secret keeper for the Fidelius Charm, until the war is over. Then I shall sign over the deeds to you Cissa, and you will have your own vault at Gringotts to which I will transfer a monthly agreed amount into it for yourself and Bella. Then you can both live to a standard that becomes the daughter of Black, and I hope in time we can all be a family together" Harry watched the smiles this brought to the sisters of Black, and continued. "But until the war is over only Cissa can leave the house." Harry looked regretfully at Bella and explained. "It's just too dangerous at the moment, and the very last thing I want to do is upset you, but I have to ask" he said softly.

"Harry I owe you so much and I have taken so much from you" Bella replied as her eyes teared up again. They all knew what she meant by that given her part in the death of Harry's godfather. She continued "but you can ask me anything my Lord".

Harry smiled.

"Thank you, Bella. Did Voldemort ever give you anything to care for? I know that he gave Lucius a diary to look after, but was there anything you can think of that he either gave you or your ex-husband to look after for him?" he asked, hoping for some good news.

Harry watched as Bella racked her brains.

"I'm so sorry, nothing comes to mind, but my thoughts are still a bit hazy. Just give me some time, I'll hopefully be able to give you an answer" she said warmly.

"Thank you, Bella," Harry smiled gratefully. "That's all I can ask from you. Now shall we go and see if the Tonk's have killed each other yet, and have a drink?" he said, and led the sisters to a suspiciously quiet kitchen, only to see Tonks gagged and tied to a chair while her mother was drinking a cup of tea in a typically dignified way.

"Oh, good you're here, would you all like a cup of tea?" Andromeda said kindly while waving her wand about casually.

"Yes, please Mrs Tonks" Harry chuckled, and he pulled out a chair for Bella to sit on which made her blush.

As they settled down to idle chit chat Harry marvelled at the Black sister's talent for holding a three-way conversation without a break. With a smile on his face he leaned close to his gagged and tied betrothed.

"Now wifey, if I untie you are you going to behave, and play nicely with the other grownups?" he whispered, but saw anger in her eyes and her hair was as red as you could get. "Ok well that answers that question" and he smiled at the rest of the table and continued you to make small talk. "Oh, Cissa I meant to ask earlier, did you have much trouble rescuing Bella?".

The blond witch just smiled.

"Nope, Lucius was more concerned about Draco than what I was doing. They had some boy guarding her but I scared him off quickly enough and that was that" Narcissa replied happily watching the smile appear on the young lord's face. "Oh, and I killed the Dark Lords snake. It made one hell of a noise! I guess that would have pissed the Dark Lord off enough to thin his deatheaters a little bit more" she said.

This made everyone around the table roar with laughter. Even Tonks' hair went back to pink after hearing that! Harry gave her another look and she just nodded back, and with a smile and a wave of his wand she was released and for a second her hair flickered red but in a blink of an eye it went back to her natural pink. She casually stood up and once again took her place on Harry's lap draping an arm across his shoulders before whispering in his ear.

"Oh, my Lord Black, one is going to pay for not letting me go" which sent a shiver down his spine until she kissed his cheek gently.

Harry stood up after a while, manoeuvring Tonks off of his lap.

"I'm afraid ladies I have to go back to school. It has been a pleasure Mrs Tonks, if you wish to stay just ask for Dobby to take you home later" he said while receiving goodbye hugs from all three women.

Harry grabbed Dobby's hand and with Tonks on his other side they vanished. As they arrived in front of Hogwarts Harry and Tonks picked themselves up and brushed themselves off while a chuckling Dobby disappeared again.

Tonks took Harry's hand and started to walk up to the castle just like young lovers would.

"Tonks?" Harry said quietly.

"Yeah?"

He started to blush which made her giggle.

"I've got a Quidditch game coming up in a couple of weeks, ermm I didn't know if you wanted to come and watch, if you can get time off that is?" he asked quietly.

With a chuckle, she pulled him into her arms and kissed him.

"Oh, hell yeah!"

Catching up on dates

Harry dragged in a deep breath once he entered the main hall, leaving Tonks to walk back to the boundary. It was still too early for dinner so he thought he would head up to Gryffindor Tower and have a chat with Hermione & Ginny. He walked towards the stairs and just as he placed a foot on the first step he was hauled bodily into a little alcove behind a suit of armour, and felt warm lips attach themselves to his.

"About time Harry" a female voice hissed as they pulled apart.

Harry tried to focus and saw the pretty little redheaded Gryffindor chaser in front of him.

"Ginny? Haven't you heard of saying hello?" he chuckled as his lips were smashed into again, while her arms wrapped around his neck. Feeling daring, he dropped his hands and grabbed her gravity defying arse which made her groan.

"Bollocks to hello Harry, I've missed you" she panted as she gazed into his sparkling green eyes. "You owe me a date Potter, tonight! Flying around the grounds, just you and me...ok?" she demanded with a wry grin on her face.

"Whatever you say Gin" Harry muttered, still in shock after being grabbed.

With a smile on her face she took hold of his hand and led him back to the Tower.

"Good boy" she giggled looking at her red faced betrothed as they climbed the stairs.

"Gin, can I ask you a question?" Harry asked quietly while looking a bit pensive.

She just looked back at him a grinned.

"Of course, you can Harry, you should know that by now" she replied while still going up the stairs.

Harry didn't speak straight away, until he'd built up his courage.

"Are you scared of this whole marriage thing? Because the whole thing is starting to scare me a little" he muttered and gave her a worried look.

Ginny stopped and smiled at Harry. She placed a warm hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes.

"Harry, it's not the fairy tale I had always imagined when I was growing up, but if we are honest the world isn't like that either. In the end, I love you and always will, and you are surrounded by good people who care and love you too. So is it ideal, well no, but it's as close to as we are going to get Harry" she said and placed her soft lips on his, making all of his doubts melt away.

Once they had settled onto one of the plush sofa's, Ginny sitting sideward with her legs across Harry's lap letting him just softly stroke her toned legs.

"Where's Hermione? oh let me guess, the library?" he asked with a chuckle.

The redhead just chuckled.

"Well with no lessons and you were out, so she went to her favourite place" Ginny said.

Ginny was just about to continue talking when she noticed a shadow across them both. She looked up and locked eyes with a very confident looking Lavender Brown.

"Hi Harry" the bubbly blonde said. "How are the preparations for next week's Quidditch game coming along Captain?" She asked, giving Harry a saucy wink and smile.

Harry's face flushed a bit whilst being stood over by this busty blond who was dressed in some revealing Muggle clothes. He tried to focus on her face but his eyes had their own will and drank in the view. She was wearing a mini skirt which was more like a belt, and a tank top that was doing a Stirling job of holding her assets in place, but only just. He gave his head a shake and with a smile he answered.

"All good thanks Lavender, my Co-Captain and Girlfriend has done a great job keeping the team going while I was away, but they haven't finalised who is playing who yet, as the Slytherins team was decimated with the suspensions" he explained kindly, even though he could feel the anger flow from his partner.

"Bastard snake's, they deserve more for what they did to you" Lavender spat but she noticed her mistake very quickly as the sitting pairs looks hardened. "But anyway, see you around Harry" and after giving him a small wave and a wink she walked out of the room swaying her hips in a very hypnotic way.

Harry tore his eyes away and gave his head another shake to clear it.

"What the fuck was that about? I can't remember the last time she even said good morning to me!" he said with astonishment, while giving a sideward glance to see how angry Gin was.

To Harry's surprise the anger had left Ginny and her face was resting with a queer smile.

"You did very well Harry, this will be more of a problem as time goes on. Other girls see how happy we are with you and they want a part of it, despite what trouble it could cause" she said with a sigh "I've even had my room mates asking if there is room for another girl in our group. They were polite about it, but I'm pretty sure it will only get worse".

"What will get worse?" asked Hermione who had just entered the room, throwing her bag to the floor and taking her place next to Harry and giving him, a soft kiss making all three smile.

"Girls hitting on Harry, we just got visited by Lavender" answered the red head.

The Muggleborn witch bit her lower lip.

"I was worried about this." Hermione pondered "Lavender has been bombarding me about Harry all week, and she hasn't been the only one" she whispered and looking around she placed down a Privacy Charm. "I think we will have to announce the betrothals soon, and that should stop at least a few of the skanks" she snapped, which was not a very 'Hermione-ish' thing to do!

"I'm surprised I haven't heard any gossip about the Hogwarts Lordship thing" Harry asked looking from witch to witch.

The girls just smirked at their clueless boyfriend.

"Harry since it happened people have talked about nothing else" said Ginny.

Harry opened his mouth to interrupt until Hermione jumped in.

"People have been betting on who the ladies are, but everyone knows there was only ever one person who could be Lord Hogwarts, and that is you my love" she said lovingly, letting blood flow to her cheeks.

Ginny smiled as she looked on, seeing how the two old friends love has grown since it was released into the world.

"I think we should all get together tonight after dinner, and make a decision on the announcement, and maybe I'll tell Milly about Lavender" she said with an evil glint in her eye.

Harry's eye's opened wide.

"Oh no no no, I don't think any of the Slytherins should be told. Somehow I don't think they are very forgiving" He pleaded to a chuckling Ginny who just held up her hands in surrender. "Hermione, is there something I can use to talk to all of you, like if you each have a scroll so you can talk to me separately or as a group?" he asked.

Hermione gave him a thoughtful look.

"Hmmm that's a good idea Harry. I know the other girls do feel a bit closed off from you sometimes, but let me think on it" she said and settled back into the sofa as they all cuddled down waiting for dinner.

A few hours later the Gryffindor trio headed down to the dining hall together arm in arm, they joined up with the rest of the group at their normal tables. Since the majority of the most vocal of Harry's enemies have been suspended, school had become almost enjoyable. Harry regaled them about the meeting with Tonks and her Mother, which had them all rolling in fits of laughter. He knew deep down that he wasn't ready to tell Neville about Bellatrix, but the time would come and he was worried.

After a nice quiet meal, they all headed up to the 7th floor. This time it was Daphne and Tracey's turn to walk with Harry, and where Daphne was the refined pure-blooded heiress with grace, Tracey was the opposite. She gossiped and told dirty jokes as they walked upstairs, keeping the whole group laughing all the way to the room, and as they waited for Hermione to create the Room of Requirement for them, she chose that moment to snog Harry senseless and was seemingly oblivious that her closest friend was still on his other arm, and kept getting bumped into.

"Tracey will you please calm down" barked a now angry Daphne while she tried to lever her friend off Harry.

Tracey pulled away and with a big cheesy grin she said,

"Just chill ice queen, you'll get your turn soon enough!" and with a flick of her hair disappeared into the room, leaving a very angry Daphne and a happy Harry.

As the rest of the group filtered past giggling she turned quickly and stood face to face with Harry.

"Potter, for my date I want to leave the Castle and go dancing" she demanded, making Harry's face create a very good impression of a goldfish! She continued "And before you say we can't leave the Castle, I say bullshit. You know what I want so make it happen" and with a peck on his lips she left him standing alone.

"WTF" Harry uttered and followed her into the room, watching her hypnotic sway take her place next to Susan, and as Daphne sat down she just beamed back at him with a look that said, 'the ball is in your court Potter!'.

With a brittle smile, he pushed on.

"Now, something has cropped up, and I thought we should discuss how to stop it happening again" he said trying to hide as much detail as possible.

"What's happened Harry?" asked Pansy.

"He got hit on" barked a smiling Ginny.

"Who?" demanded a scowling Millicent with her arms crossed.

Harry sighed.

"Mills, that's not important. Gin was there, so it wasn't a problem, but Hermione, Gin and I talked about maybe announcing all of our betrothals. What do you think?" he asked looking around the room.

"WHO!" came Milly's voice again.

"She just asked about Quidditch, that was all, it wasn't much" Harry placated.

All eyes were now on a pale Harry and a slightly pink faced Millicent.

"Harry, my love tell me, and tell me now, because I imagine she did this in front of Ginny" she asked and saw the redhead nod. "So, if she's willing to do that in front of one of her own house, what else might she try with us?" she continued gesturing to the puffs and snakes. "So, I'll ask again…. WHO?".

Harry dropped his head.

"Lavender Brown" he uttered and looked into his girlfriend's eyes "But".

He was silenced by Milly holding up her hand.

"There that wasn't hard, was it? Now I think the girls will handle this…err... 'problem' tomorrow. But I think it's a wonderful time to announce our betrothals, especially with all those shits out of the way for now" she said coolly.

Susan stood up.

"I agree with Milly, on both counts" she said with a wicked grin, "I shall write a letter to Auntie to let her know about our decision, and ask Tonks if it's ok to add her, because one way or another they will find out".

Daphne stood up and walked around for a bit looking thoughtful.

"Ok I think Pansy should write the announcement letter to The Prophet. I've seen the work she has done for her father" she said and looked around at the group and saw them all happily nodding, apart from Harry who seemed to be watching her legs as she walked, which brought a smile to her face. "Harry, my face is up here" She said as she pointed to her face.

"Who...what...yes, I mean no" Harry mumbled after being pulled out of his lust filled dreams, and making all of his girls chuckle away.

With a big smile on her face Daphne bent down and gave him a peck on the lips.

"With language skills like that Harry, maybe you should write the article" she said while giving his hair a ruffle.

Ginny gave a cough.

"Sorry ladies, we better rap this up, we are encroaching on my 'Harry time'" she said making herself blush furiously.

All of the girls smiled while also looking envious, but they all knew their turn would come around.

"Ok just one last thing before we part for the evening" Daphne announced as she brushed some lint off of her skirt, and once again saw Harry eyeing her up. 'oh i'm going to make your life hell Potter' she thought. "Now, surely there must be betrothed apartments, or married halls, we can't be the first ones ever to be betrothed at Hogwarts? and hell, four of us are ladies of the founders for god's sake, does that mean nothing?"

When she finished she threw herself down on a sofa and crossed her legs causing her skirt to ride up to expose a bit of her thigh, and saw Harry blush slightly as he watched the show.

"I'll have a word with Professor McGonagall tomorrow, plus I think you should all write to your parents about the announcement. I think it will create a bit of a media storm" said Hermione sadly. "Susan, could you ask your Auntie if she could arrange for our mail to be checked before we receive it, as I think there will be a lot of angry people out there, especially about a Muggle born becoming Lady Ravenclaw".

Susan nodded.

"I'll write it tonight and send it first thing, so we should get an answer by evening post".

"And Hermione, don't worry we shall protect you, I promise" a now focused Harry reassured, despite trying not to watch Daphne run her nails up and down her thigh. 'damn witches, they're going to be the death of me' he thought. "Right come on Gin, we have a date to go on" and he stood up before giving every one of his ladies a kiss goodnight, and when it came to Daphne's turn she bit his bottom lip playfully, making him groan. "Ok ladies, goodnight my loves" He said and walked away arm in arm with a grinning Ginny, albeit a little strangely thanks to Daphne playfulness.

Half an hour later Ginny was held firmly as she and Harry flew around the grounds through the night sky, it was truly a nite of dreams as she was flying with the man that she had loved all her life.

Harry leaned forward and whispered in her ear,

"Are you enjoying yourself beautiful?" he asked placing a kiss just under her ear.

She nodded gleefully and squealed as he put his firebolt into a dive over the lake, pulling up at the last minute. They were so close to the water they could feel the coldness through their boots. Finally, Harry pulled up and headed back to the castle, Ginny could see a part of the roof which was flat and lit by candle light, and as the grew closer she could see a fire pit with a love seat close to it, with a House Elf standing by.

"Thanks for this Dobby" Harry said as they landed and dismounted.

He watched in amusement as his girlfriend gazed around her with her mouth open.

Dobby bowed.

"Anything for the great Master Harry Potter, and his ladies" he said, "here is the hot chocolate to take the chill off on this lovely but cold nite" and Dobby handed both mugs to Harry before disappearing with a crack

Ginny turned to harry wide-eyed.

"Oh Harry, this is beautiful, however did you find this place?" she asked as he led her to the seat and they cuddled up in front of the roaring fire.

He took a sip of the hot liquid and gazed into her once dark eyes which were now shining with the candle light.

"Oh, I found it in my forth year, after my name came out of the goblet, I needed to get away so I flew around and found this spot and pitched a tent up here, so when it got really crazy I had a place to hide" he explained as he saw tears forming in her eyes like diamond droplets. "Oh, hey now that's all in the past, but it's a handy place to have. No one can see it from any part of the Castle, and I left my tent up here too, just in case" and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

Ginny finished her warming drink and snuggled even closer into Harry's arms forcing him to relinquish his mug.

"I remember that time so vividly, you've never had a easy time at school have you" she said quietly and continued not even waiting for an answer. "Even now, when you have so many that love and care for you, and who will give you the family you desire, once again you have this burden hanging over your head" She said breaking down.

He kissed the top of her head.

"But what has been explained to me by all of my lovely brides to be, is the fact I'm not alone anymore, and that if I try and do anything as if I am alone I shall be ermmm….punished" he said while giving a shudder at the thought of one of Daphne's or Milly's punishments, that they had lovingly described to him one day. 'scary snakes' he thought.

She looked up and kissed him softly.

"And we are right, you are not alone, not now and not ever Mr Potter" she replied and let the kiss grow deeper as the stars danced in the heavens above the young lovers.

a/n Their we go, anouther chapter done, I hoped you liked, I wish to thank all those the fav's & follows and the reviews, apart from the professional flamers who haunt this site.

Here's a couple of good stories that I enjoyed and you might too.

Harry Potter and the Magic of Life by Kate Carpenter.

The Right of Conquest by tlc1984

Right that's me done, hopefully see you in a week or two depending on life.

Take care and look after yourself.

Nickp41 out…