A/N: Okay I haven't updated this because I haven't had the time and also I couldn't decide how to continue this

A/N: Okay I haven't updated this because I haven't had the time and also I couldn't decide how to continue this. Just to clear a few things up, the final battle happened when Harry was 20, so he is now 24 meaning Ginny was pregnant when she was 18.

Also the magical traces that they are looking for is the trace that wizards and witches leave behind after performing magic, those who are powerful leave behind traces that are strong and can last for about 7 years, those who have weaker power only last for about 1 or 2 years or sometimes less.

If there are any questions just ask, now on with the story, finally!

Disclaimer: I do now own Harry Potter.

A soft wind blew into the room through the open window, the curtains waved with the wind letting shards of light into the room. Ginny moaned slightly as the light hit her face, opening her eye slightly she sat up blinking rapidly giving time for her eyes to get used to the light. Once they had she looked over the her bed side table looking at the time, 6:30 AM. She stretched and got up, pulling on a dressing gown she made it downstairs to the kitchen.

"Good morning Gin." Hermione greeted.

"Morning Herm." She said pulling an empty cup towards herself and with a flick of her wand it filled up with tea. "I didn't hear you come in last night, what time did you get in?"

"I was late, very late." Hermione said sitting down with a bowl of cereals and an orange juice.

"Where were you, on another raid?"

"No I wasn't, it seems that the trail isn't as cold as we thought." Hermione raised her eyebrows at Ginny before taking a bite of her toast.

"Really, what happened?" she asked sitting up.

"You know George is over in France with Stacy, he was just walking around in the alps and he came across a trace in a small cabin." Hermione explained.

"Trust George to find that whilst he was having a romantic getaway from his family with his wife." Ginny laughed.

"Yeah." Hermione agreed laughing too. "That's where I was, I've been trying to work out how old the trace is, it must be at least more than a year old."

"Do you want me to go down there and work on it?" Ginny asked poring cereals into a bowl and starting on her breakfast.

"Oh would you, I know you have James but if you could that would really be great." Hermione said putting her finished bowl into the sink and flicking her wand at it so it started to wash its self.

"It's the least I can do I'm not working today so it will be fine, and James is going to nursery today, and I would love to intrude on my brother and his wife." Ginny laughed.

"Oh, what about you know, James Williams?" Hermione asking remembering that they had a guest.

"I'm sure he'll be fine, he's probably got things to do anyway." Ginny said.

"Probably, he seems to have been gone for a while." Hermione said.

"Yeah, maybe he left like some others after the war, he doesn't seem to have any family so he might have lost them, a lot of people moved around for a bit after the battle."

"Possibly, but most of those who left came back after a year." Hermione pointed out. "And there's something familiar about him, I don't know maybe I'm just remembering him from Hogwarts." She said dismissively. "Well, I'm off, fire call me if you fine anything, I should be back early, unless the Minster decides to finally raid Dumbledore's old office and allow Snape to move in, its just a month before school starts again and there are some positions still open which need to be filled, which cant be done without the head office."

"I think Snape's going to re-evaluate the whole staff team just to check they are in the right minds." Ginny laughed remembering some of the old professors that had been teaching for the last four years whilst Dumbledore was still headmaster many of them had been taken out of positions by the Minster him self.

"Well they need it, hopefully there will be more students attending this year now Snape's in charge, I know he was a pain when we were younger but at least he's sane!" She looked down at her feet remembering the times that she had followed the madness of Dumbledore without questioning his motives, it turned out she was just being used to help control Harry till he could convince everyone that Harry was to be the next Dark Lord and get him locked up for good. How foolish they were.

"I hope I get the Charms position, teaching Muggle kids in that primary school down the road is interesting, but I hate not being able to teach them magic."

"I'm sure you will get it, teach everyone to charm like you do and there will be another good set of aurous on the way." Hermione laughed. "Now I really must leave, see you later."

"Is Dean coming round?" Ginny called after her before she left.

"That's the plan, I'll being something home okay, see you soon." Hermione shut the front door behind her and apperated to work.

Ginny was left in the kitchen eating her breakfast she thought about how they were getting closer to finding Harry, every day brought them a little closer, she smiled sadly. She thought about finding him, telling him that they never thought that he was evil and that they were truly his friends but she had never worked out how she felt for him, what would happen if he came back and found he had a son, would he want to marry her? Did she even want that? She couldn't deice.

"There's not point in thinking about that yet." She said to herself as she added her bowl and mug to the washing and went up stairs to get ready for the day.

Harry awoke in the attic room, he looked around and smiled, he felt more at home already, he mulled over what he found out yesterday, that there were only a handful of people that believed he was evil, that people were still searching for him, and that he had a son. That was the most pressing bit of news yet, he had a son! He got up, pulled on some clothes for the day, and not bothering to brush his hair as he had learnt that it made no difference he went downstairs to the kitchen.

There sitting at the table was his look alike, James, happily eating his breakfast of muggle coco pops. He smiled watching as James eat his breakfast. Harry was shaken out of his trance by his name cover name being called by Ginny.

"James your up." She said as she walked past him into the kitchen, she was dressed in a pair of shorts and a tank top, Harry smiled and wished her good morning. "What do you want for breakfast, we have cereals, toast, bacon, egg…"Ginny continued making a list on her fingers as Harry sat down at the table looking round deciding what he wanted.

"Erm…can I'll just have cereals thanks." He said grabbing a bowl from the middle of the table and filling It up with coco pops. "James can you pass the milk please." He said politely to the young boy. James passed the milk over and continued eating his breakfast happily.

"I'm going out today so I won't be in, if you want ill give you a spare key and you can come and go as you please." Ginny said as she folded some washing up on the other side of the room.

"That would be great thanks, I've got some things I need to get in London, and I may start looking for a job somewhere, I haven't quite decided yet." He said wondering weather he did want to stay in one place for the time being.

"If your looking for one in the wizening world there are a few positions going at Hogwarts if you feel like teaching or becoming caretaker."

"I don't think I really want to work for Dumbledore thanks, I don't really agree with him on a lot of things." Harry said smirking at the thought of him turning up and asking for a job.

"Well you wouldn't be working for him, Dumbledore passed away earlier this year."

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that."

"Don't be, he was a mad old coot, I'm pretty sure he had lost his marbles and few hundred years ago." She laughed slightly.

"Oh, right then. Who's the new head?" He asked.

"Snape." Ginny said.

"Snape!" Harry exclaimed surprised.

"Yeah, surprise, he was on our side all along." She laughed at the dumbstruck look on Harry's face. "I'm guessing you weren't in Slythrine then."

"No I wasn't I was in Gryffindor. I don't think Snape will hire me at all then, he never really liked me see."

"Snape's fine he's only like that to gain respect, when you are out of school he's a good friend."

Harry just sat there trying to imagine Snape as a good friend, he was failing at it so decided to move the conservation on. "What are you doing today?"

"I'm going to visit my brother George and his wife Stacy they are in the French Alps so I thought I would spoil their quite week away."

"Mummy can I come and see Uncle George?" James asked from his seat at the kitchen table.

"No James, you have nursery today and I'm there on business okay hon."

"But, mummy…" James pleaded.

"I said no. Now go get your shoes on and we'll start walking to the nursery." Ginny said firmly to him.

"Okay, but can we see them soon."

"Yes, we'll go to London and see them there and you can re-stock your room full of their jokes." She laughed as he ran off to get on his trainers hoping that he would be seeing his uncles soon so that he could buy more exploding powder to scare his mum and auntie Hermione.

"He likes his uncles then." Harry laughed as he head James singing the song that was on the advert for Fred and Georges joke shop. /At least there's something that hasn't changed./

"He does, he loves the jokes, he's a right prankster scares the children at the nursery half to death, they have never seen magical jokes before. She laughed. "I'm off, here is the spare key, it opens the front door, have a good day, I'll see you when I get back." Ginny handed Harry the key and left the house with a happy James swinging from her hand.

A/N: I hope this is okay, I know its not that long but there should be more coming soon, I promise, if there are anything's that don't fit please tell me, I don't think there are but there could be…