Chapter 2
(One Week/ Two Years Later)
Ron Weasley was sitting at the kitchen of the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, bored out of his mind. His entire family was here, holding down the fort so to speak, as the rest of the Order searched for Harry. Although he was worried somewhat about his friend, he knew that Harry was okay. The prat was just reminding everyone of how important he was. He wasn't too worried that Lupin and Sirius Black were gone. Many felt that the two men had taken Harry somewhere and had forgotten to tell Dumbledore.
Dumbledore. Now there was one enraged wizard. He swept into Privet Drive and had taken charge, ordering everyone to start the search for Harry, saying that Harry's health depended on it. That had made no sense to Ron, but what did he know about what Dumbledore thought.
Ginny had been spending the last week walking around like she was under a spell or something. Ron knew that she fancied Harry but it was getting ridiculous. It wasn't like he was the only wizard out there, besides he probably wouldn't survive the final battle with You-Know-Who anyway. As long as Harry took the bastard out before dying, Ron could truly care less about whether his friend lived or died.
Now Hermione, on the other hand, was someone that he wanted to survive, hopefully with himself saving her. He had many a dream where he would jump in front of some painful curse to protect her and, overcome with gratitude, would offer herself as payment. His overactive imagination had a field day with those.
When the Order told him that Hermione and her parents were also missing, he mentioned that the Grangers usually went on a vacation together right after Hermione returned home from school. They had probably already left for Africa. He remembered Hermione saying something about going on a safari there. Kingsley Shacklebolt, an auror and Order member, had checked and confirmed the Grangers had booked a safari. They had also been seen on a muggle plane heading for Africa. They weren't expected to return until tomorrow. Ron could hardly wait to see his Hermy again.
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Molly Weasley was beyond worried. Harry, her son in everyway but in giving birth to him, was missing and his no good godfather Sirius Black was the cause. That man was more of a child then all the Orders' children put together. Dumbledore had been furious when he found out that Harry was missing and that Sirius was as well. An all out man-hunt was now in progress. Heaven help those two when she and Dumbledore got their hands on them. Those two will be lucky if they would be allowed to visit the loo alone. She kept herself and her children busy by cleaning Headquarters. Her children complained the entire time but did as they were told. It was high time that Harry learned this lesson too. She and Arthur had already discussed adopting Harry, making the boy a Weasley at last. This would allow them to teach him how to properly do things the wizarding way. Her thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell and the screeching of Lady Black's portrait.
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Hermione was slightly nervous. After all, technically it's been two years since she's even seen anyone else outside of the 'family'. She was thankful that her parents took little Cedric until she and Harry got settled in. She would miss her son but was glad that he would be safe. Remus and Sirius stood on either side of her, mostly to give credit to her arriving at Headquarters. Now it was time to put all of her training into use.
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Molly quickly answered the bell and was astounded to see Hermione in the company of Remus and Sirius.
"Hermione! Come in quickly. How was Africa?" She noticed how much the young witch had changed. She seemed older, more in control of herself and her magic, not to mention the changes in her appearance. Gone was the bushy hair, the conservative clothes. They were replaced by smooth hair and clothes that flashed a little skin. It was as if Hermione had grown into herself and was comfortable with it. None of it made sense to Molly. She would keep her eye on Hermione for the sake of her Ron. She was well aware of her son's crush on the young witch. One that Molly approved of. Now if Harry would notice Ginny, Molly's world would be perfect.
"Hot Mrs. Weasley, very hot."
"I'm sure that it was. Let's get you settled in with Ginny, and then you can help with the cleaning."
"Actually, Molly, Hermione's getting her own room. She asked me earlier and I agreed. I know just the room. I'll help her clean it" said Sirius as he levitated Hermione's trunk up the stairs, leaving before Molly could confront him about where Harry had been. Remus snuck out before the woman could turn her attention towards him.
"Really Sirius, I don't think that is necessary. Ginny would be more than happy to share." yelled Molly, up the stairway.
"But I wouldn't." Molly stared at Hermione in surprise. Never had the young witch refused to do as Molly had suggested before. It seemed that Hermione had changed in more ways than one.
Hermione left a stunned Molly standing in the hall. She went upstairs to the third floor. This was the one floor that Sirius refused to allow Order member to have access to, only family. She found the room that Sirius put her trunk in.
"Let's get started. Maybe we'll get done before Harry gets here." The two of them set to work.
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A very different looking Harry Potter waited in the Leaky Cauldron. He was the one that had changed the most during their two year 'vacation'. He had grown several inches thanks to good food, exercise, a loving environment, and Hermione's constant care, understanding, and love. He still had the messy black hair and emerald green eyes, but no longer had the glasses as he now had self cleaning, permanently sticking contacts. The scar was still there but the man, for that was what he was, had the look of someone not to mess with. Those that were expecting the old Harry were in for a rude awakening, especially Dumbledore. Sirius told him that he was more like the older James now, the one who had learned self-control and accepted responsibility for his actions. He was someone that his parents would be proud of.
The plan was for him to be seen hopefully by someone from the Order, other then the ones that knew that he was already there. Sure enough, not more than fifteen minutes after he sat down at a table, butterbeer in hand, several Order members arrived, including Moody and Professor McGonagall. They quickly surrounded him and practically carried him outside and portkeyed him to Headquarters, where they led him inside so fast, that Harry had had to think about where he was.
Sirius came bounding down the stairs and dragged Harry off before anyone else had a chance to say a word. Once on the third floor, Sirius led Harry to the bedroom that he and Hermione had cleaned up. Harry could hear the yelling for them to come back down as he followed Sirius.
Harry looked around in surprise. The magically enhanced room held a small flat within its walls. The main door opened to a small sitting room. Hermione was in their bedroom putting her things away. She pounced on him with a kiss as Sirius left. Then she gave him a tour of the place. A smaller bedroom held Cedric's things and a bath to rival the prefects' bath was in between the bedrooms. There was even a small kitchen. It was prefect for a young family.
Sirius returned and said "This is yours, Hermione's, and Cedric's rooms for whenever you're here, which had better be often. I need to train that boy of yours on how to be a proper prankster."
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An hour after Harry arrived, Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape stepped through the floo. The Weasley children were sent from the kitchen while an Order meeting was called. Sirius was called down from his sanctuary. The moment he walked in Dumbledore sealed the room and turned to the escaped felon.
"Sirius, I demand to know if you are the one responsible for Harry's disappearance."
"Yep, best prank I've pulled in a long time." Sirius was grinning as he sat down at the table.
"What you have done was irresponsible. Harry is in no condition to be having adventures with you. The boy is in delicate health at this time."
"He seems fine to me."
"That's because his situation hasn't announced itself quite yet."
"And what 'situation' would that be?"
"Harry is pregnant." Total silence filled the room. Many looked like they didn't believe it. "It is true. I haven't told the boy yet."
"Exactly how did my godson get 'pregnant'? Last I saw he was a male, not female."
"When Harry returned from his confrontation with Voldemort in June, he was given a potion by Severus to impregnate him, on Voldemort's orders. Now I know what you are thinking. 'That Severus should have ignored the order', but the information that Severus gathers is invaluable. I agreed to let him do this. This way Harry will be constantly protected."
"I don't see how" said Sirius, pretending not to understand. He was having a hard time not hexing the two men before him.
"It's rather simple, Black," sneered Severus. "Since I made the potion, I had to put 'myself' into the potion, therefore I am the other father. The boy will bond with me as according to the law. He will have no choice."
"Over my dead body! Do you honestly believe that Harry will willingly bond himself to someone that he hates?! He'd rather die first."
"Harry will do as he is told. If necessary he will be forced, by means of a potion, to get his cooperation. Now where is the boy?"
"Upstairs putting his things away," answered Molly. She was in shock. Harry was no longer available for her Ginny. All her plans were now ruined. "Perhaps if Arthur and I adopted the boy and then the child, we could be responsible for them. Harry needs some form of authority over him, but I don't think that bonding him to Professor Snape is the right answer. He's not even fifteen yet!""
"Molly the law states that Harry must marry or bond with the other parent. Now please tell him to repack and be down here in fifteen minutes. I will perform the bonding ceremony and then Severus and Harry will return to Hogwarts."
"Actually the law says that Harry need only marry or bond so that the child can have two parents. There is nothing that states that he must marry or bond with the other parent" stated Remus.
"Enough! Harry WILL bond with Severus and only with him. He is the father to the babe and has the right to deal with Harry as he sees fit. There will be no more discussion about it. Now Molly, if you please." He waved his wand to unseal the room for Molly to leave.
Molly moved slowly. She went upstairs to the third floor landing but could go no further due to the invisible barrier that Sirius placed to keep the Order members out.
"Harry!" A door opened and Molly saw a much different Harry stick his head out of the door.
"Yes, Mrs. Weasley?"
"You're wanted in the kitchen, dear. Also you need to repack. The Headmaster will be taking you to Hogwarts afterwards."
"I don't think so."
"You won't have a choice, dear. Do you need help in packing?"
"No, Mrs. Weasley. I'll be down in a moment."
Molly turned and went down stairs, back towards the kitchen, tears sliding down her cheeks. 'That poor boy' she thought. 'He should have been my Ginny's.'
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Harry walked into the kitchen. Nearly everyone there stared at the young man, noting the changes that his body had gone through during those few weeks that he was out of school. It was noted by many that Harry didn't have his things with him. Dumbledore resealed the room when Harry arrived.
Severus was practically drooling over the gorgeous body before him. When he and the Headmaster concocted this plan, Severus only wanted to control Potter, ordering him about. But now he was looking forward to using that delectable body. He hardened at the thought of the wedding night that was later to come. Potter had grown over the last couple of weeks to between 6'4" and 6'5". Hair that looked like he had just left bed. Green eyes of his mother radiated power that no longer had those awful glasses that hid their intensity. Severus looked the boy up and down. He noted the firm muscles and flat stomach. 'Shouldn't the boy be showing by now?'
Albus Dumbledore was speechless as he watched Harry enter the room. Gone was the skinny, scared little boy. The boy, now looking like a man, had gone through a great many changes, physically and magically. He could practically feel the power actually flowing off the boy. 'The sooner I get control of his power, the better off I'll be,' thought Albus. The boy looked to be in too much control of himself. Albus noted that he wasn't showing just yet.
"Harry, my boy, sit down." Once Harry was seated Albus continued. "Harry, it was very irresponsible of you to run off like that. People having been searching for you all week. Now I want you to apologize to everyone, then we will get started on the reason why you are here."
"No." Harry's voice had changed, dropping it to a baritone level. "I didn't ask them to search for me. I was safe and happy for once. I refuse to do what you want, old man."
Sirius and Remus grinned as the rest of the order gasped. No one talked to Albus Dumbledore like that. The magic in the room began to crackle.
"Harry, we had no idea where you were. For all we knew, you had been kidnapped by Voldemort."
"You should know better, old man. Those so called blood wards are supposed to stop Voldemort. Try again."
"Those blood wards only work when you are there, not gallivanting around the countryside. I realize that Sirius probably told you that you could do so, but it was very irresponsible of you. I don't know where this attitude is coming from but it will change. You will follow the directions of the Order members or you will be punished. Your time with Sirius will be limited and supervised. Do you understand?"
"What I understand is that you want me to blindly follow you. SURPRISE! I won't be doing that any longer."
"You will because you will have no choice."
"And why is that, old man?"
"You are pregnant, Harry. Pregnant with Professor Snape's child. According to the law you must bond with him or go to Azkaban."
"First of all, NO I AM NOT! I am a male and I happen to love women, not men. Second, I wouldn't bond with the greasy git if I was dying and it would be the only way to save me. Prove it to me. Prove that I'm having that greasy git's child."
"YOU will bond with Severus tonight and you will behave. I have had enough of this attitude young man. I don't need to prove anything to you or anyone else. Poppy performed the test before you left Hogwarts. You know that you can trust her." Harry snorted.
Suddenly both Albus and Severus fired several spells. One was to silence the others in the room, and one to tie Harry up. All but the last worked. Harry started firing back. Severus used the distraction to tie the others up so that they couldn't interfere. He was surprised to see Potter holding his own against Albus. The boy was stronger than either of them had thought. It took several minutes of exchanged spells before Harry was subdued. Tied to a chair, fuming mad, and silenced, Harry was bonded to Severus Snape by Albus Dumbledore. Many noted that Harry refused to answer the Headmaster's questions and that the Headmaster didn't require them answered. He just simply continued with the ceremony.
When Severus placed the bonding bracelet on Harry's left wrist, it refused to lock. It either meant that Harry was already married or bonded, or that Severus' wasn't the father of the baby. Since the boy was too young to be married and they already knew that Severus was the child's father, they assumed that it was Harry's magic stopping the bracelet. Dumbledore solved the problem by placing his strongest locking charm on it. Nothing was going to stand in their way of controlling their weapon.
Once the ceremony was done, the two older wizards released their spells on the others, leaving the room sealed and Harry tied up. Many were stunned at what they had just witnessed. Sirius was beyond furious.
"Dumbledore, what you have done is inexcusable. I hereby refuse to allow you or Severus Snape entry into this or any other home that I own. You and your order can go to hell for all I care."
"Now Sirius, we had to do this. We couldn't let Harry go to Azkaban. He needs Severus' support because of the child. This will ensure that he gets it."
"No, this is what you wanted. You have given no one any actual proof. You just expect us to accept your word. Well I don't! I no longer wish to associate with you or your order."
"That goes for me as well."
"Remus, I need you! You are my only contact to the werewolves. I need you to help me win them over to our side."
"You should have thought of that before you pulled this stunt."
Snape had the gall to laugh. "If that is what you two want, so be it. You will have no further contact with Potter until you do as the Headmaster wishes."
"You won't stop us, Snivellus. Harry refused the bond. We all saw it."
"There is nothing that you can do, Black. The boy is mine now to do with as I please. Now excuse us, we need to leave for our wedding night."
At that moment Harry's magic flared. The ropes that held him burned into ash. The bracelet fell to the floor with a clang. "Do you honestly believe that this little stunt would work?! I refuse to accept this bond on the fact that I am pregnant. You've pushed too far this time old man. Fight Voldemort yourself. I'm done!" Harry turned around, blew through Dumbledore's spells, and went upstairs. The kitchen was silent. No one had thought that Harry would deny his help in the fight against the Dark Lord. Many wondered what had just happened and how things had gotten so out of hand.
Albus and Severus both came out of their stupors and made their way to the stairs, not realizing that Harry had played a prank on them. Slowly the two wizards' clothes were morphed into pink tutus. Severus' greasy black hair was turned purple and had a wreath of daisies sitting on top of it. Albus' beard and long hair were turned acid green and braided, tied off with turquoise ribbons. There was nothing on their legs, showing the world how hairy they were. Their shoes had been replaced with ballet slippers. Sirius had to cast a Silencing charm on himself and Remus so as not to give the change away, for the two had yet to notice.
Albus and Severus made their way upstairs where they, too, were stopped by the barrier. Not knowing that Harry had reinforced it, the two wizards spent over an hour trying to break through. Sirius and Remus walked right past them and entered the upper hall, canceling the Silencing charm and laughing until tears rolled down their cheeks.
"Fun wedding night, huh, Snivellus? By the way I was very serious when I said that you and you followers were no longer welcome here. Once you leave you won't be able to return."
"We signed a contract, Sirius. You have to let us meet here."
"No I don't. You broke that contract when you pulled this stunt. A clause in the contract states that you can not do anything to Harry that I object to. Well I objected to this and you refused to listen. Now you have to pay the price."
It was then that the two wizards noticed their changed appearance.