Thank you for the great reviews so far, and as the title says this is mainly about the press conference Harry and his family hold in front of possibly the entire Wizarding World. Pan's a little on edge about it, but she sucks it up because she knows it would come out eventually.

Enjoy!

Malfoy Manor:

The day went by fast as the foursome prepared themselves for the press conference. They were having it at the Ministry of Magic in the main courtroom with many witnesses including some of Harry's old friends from school. Lucius had requested Rita Skeeter not be a part of it, but Kingsley already told him she was a journalist and had the right to come; all they had to do was keep her quiet.

At the moment Harry and Ivan were waiting for the others as the Malfoys walked into their master living room with Draco and Astoria. Harry held baby Gabriel in his arms waiting patiently for his wife and sister.

"Everyone else has arrived at the Ministry, we should get there soon enough." Lucius said and then yelped as Gabriel gripped his long hair. "Ouch! Let go!" he laughed. Harry laughed and pulled Gabe's little hand out of the blonde hair.

"Sorry he likes to grab." He said and then Hermione and Pan came in. Harry and Ivan's eyes widened as Hermione donned a burgundy outfit with long black leggings and dark high heels, along with her Auror badge on her chest. Pan wore a similar outfit but in deep purple; both girls' had their hair hanging half loose and straightened from their usual curly styles, wearing their jeweled hairclips given at their wedding from Narcissa, their makeup made their beauty shine more than ever, and their wedding rings glimmered on their hands.

"We're ready." They said. Harry passed the happy baby over to his mummy and kissed Pan's cheek. They stepped inside the floo and soon were greeted by Kingsley, Remus, Tonks, Andromeda, Ron, and Lavender.

"Hey guys, glad you come." Ron and Lavender hugged all four.

"We wouldn't miss this, I mean come on we're pals aren't we?" Harry laughed, not just at Ron but at Lavender who was making goo goo faces at Gabriel.

"He's so cute, looks like his mummy!" Pan smiled.

"Thank you." Harry smiled and turned back to Kingsley.

"Everyone there?" the minister nodded.

"Just follow me." He led them into a large courtroom; dozens of people were gathered there and the reporters all stood or sat in front, pads, quills, and cameras ready. Harry could see Neville and his grandmother, Bill and Fleur, Luna, the Creevey brothers, Minerva McGonagall, Slughorn, the Patil twins, Flitwick, Dean, Seamus, even a few tearful fangirls of his including Romilda Vane and of course the Weasleys. There were more around, and he knew most of them came to support him even if 'others' didn't.

They walked up to some seats in a line along the podium, just enough for a few ministry officials with Kingsley and the foursome. The Malfoys took their seats with the others, and Pan passed Gabriel onto Draco. When they took their seats Kingsley went to the podium and put his wand to his neck.

"Good afternoon everyone, now as you all are probably aware Harry Potter and Hermione Granger have been recently married to Pan and Ivan Lestrange. I am aware that most of you have questions here, and other than the reporters the audience is allowed to ask questions if called on. We know that most of you are not happy with this, but all answers will be given soon; I will now turn this over to Mr. Potter, and please keep your questions to the point." He motioned over to Harry and he put his wand to his neck.

"I will take the first question, who has one?" several hands went up, and Harry pointed to a man he recognized as Ludo Bagman. "Yes Mr. Bagman?"

"Mr. Potter, when you first met Ms. Lestrange what were your first thoughts?" Harry cleared his throat before answering.

"I admit at first I didn't trust her or Ivan, but after I spent time and let her tell me her story I knew she was on our side."

"You knew she could be trusted? Despite her family background?"

"Yes. Unlike her mother and father Pan is a kind-hearted, soft-loving, motherly woman who would do anything to protect those she cares about. She and Ivan were raised by muggles and trained by Albus Dumbledore, and it's thanks to him I knew both twins could be trusted." Bagman smiled and nodded.

"Thank you Mr. Potter." Harry looked around and more hands shot up. Harry called onto another man, short and bald-headed wearing strange robes.

"Mr. Potter, when were you first in love with Ms. Lestrange?" Harry gave a small smile and looked at Pan.

"From the moment after the war ended, I could feel a strong pull to her and it wasn't until sometime later I knew she was the one I loved." He heard a few groans but ignored them.

"Tell us though, why fall for the daughter of the Dark Lord? Surely you could've done better with one of your classmates?" Harry glared at the man.

"The attraction Pan and I have is more than school-boy or girl love, it's more than knowing someone for years, the attraction is no other attraction stronger…than a soul attraction." Many gasps came. "Pan is my soul mate, and I care for her and my son more than anything."

"But what about her background? From what we understand the boy isn't your son biologically, and it was rumored that she had indeed been a…harlot of sorts?" Harry felt Pan's tension increase from anger, and just smirked at the reporters.

"Why not ask her yourself? Surely you can understand from her point of view, after all…she took Veritaserum before we came here." That made everyone's heads turn towards the twins. Pan raised her wand to her throat and gave a cold glare.

"Before I tell any of you about myself, I would like to know if any of the witnesses have questions for me or my husband, brother, and sister?" she looked directly at the Weasleys, and surprisingly Arthur was the first to stand.

"Have you ever used an Unforgivable Curse?"

"No."

"What is your full name?" what was he getting at now?

"Pandora Noelle Broacher Lestrange Potter."

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen, soon to be eighteen."

"Did you marry Harry James Potter for status or love?"

"I married him because I love him, and he loves me and my son as he's told you all." Ginny was about to retort but Molly stopped her; Arthur smiled and sat back down. "Anyone else?" Harry then saw Romilda Vane stand up.

"How did you seduce Harry?" now that made Pan's glare intensify. "I'm just saying you did get pregnant from your last boyfriend so it could be possible that you're only married to Harry to procreate more little dark lords and ladies?" she had a smug look on her face.

"If you're implying that rumor about me being a whore then you're wrong. I would never force Harry to do anything he'd regret, I'm not my mother or my father so you can get that out of your thick skull if there's any room in there." Harry put his wand to his neck again.

"She's telling the truth Romilda, she never seduced me. If anything I seduced her because she's a lovely woman." Romilda looked at Pan with disdain but sat down. Pan then called on Dean who stood up from his seat.

"I'd like to ask Ivan a question if you would?" Ivan put his wand to his neck. "When you first met your parents what did you think?"

"I had thought they were fine at first, especially our mother. She was almost like any other mother, loving, encouraging, loyal, even motherly; she took care of us when we needed it, even when Pan was pregnant."

"And what exactly were her thoughts on having a half-muggle grandchild?"

"She was actually overjoyed, not at first because it was short notice but later on she came to accept the baby because she wanted a chance at being a grandmother. She supported Pan with me and our relatives, our father however wasn't supportive. He had planned to kill the baby with an infant death potion while he was still in the womb, and expected me to be the one to give it to her." Seamus stood up next to Dean.

"Is it true that Pan's escape was planned?" Seamus asked.

"In a way yes, my mother and I had tried to form an escape plan for Pan after she rebelled against our father. Harry and the others showing up were unexpected but miraculous because Pan had gone into labor that same day. I was glad to hear she was safe and my nephew was born healthy."

"So basically after meeting your parents your mother would be the good parent despite all the crimes she committed?"

"Exactly."

"Thank you. Anyone else?" another girl, Harry recognized as Claire Mothby, Romilda's best friend stood up.

"We all know your background Ivan Lestrange, now what about Pan's? If she's not a whore then she won't mind explaining what happened before she came to our world?" Pan stood up from her seat and stood up at Kingsley's podium facing the entire audience.

"This is the main question is it? You all wish to know what my life was like before I met my husband; well then I suggest you listen carefully because I'm not going to repeat myself." She took a deep breath and Harry was about to stand up when Pan looked at him.

"Pan are you sure about this?" she smiled at him.

"Yes my love, it's high time I got all this off my chest anyway."

"Very well." He sat back down and listened carefully to his beautiful wife.

"For starters my brother and I were in fact born in Azkaban's infirmary on November 18, 1980. After our birth Albus Dumbledore and Kingsley Shacklebolt were the ones who took us to our adopted families; while I was raised in a simple life with loving parents, Ivan grew up in the life of politics. My adopted father was a policemen, or a muggle crime-fighter if you will, and my mother was a nurse. When I first started using magic I was about fifteen years old, the reason being so late was because Professor Dumbledore put a seal on my brother and I before we were adopted to hide us from our father in case he ever returned. My parents raised and schooled me at home, so I never actually went to Muggle school until after grade school. My life was amazing, but around the time before I turned seventeen my father was killed on the job; so my mother began working extra shifts as a nurse because that was around the same time I became pregnant with my son. Soon after my mother was diagnosed with a muggle disease call cancer, and died sometime afterwards. At her funeral Professor Dumbledore found me and took me into the care of his younger brother Aberforth Dumbledore." She paused.

"So you were brought up well?" Minerva McGonagall asked with a soft smile.

"Absolutely Professor, it was sometime afterwards that Professor Snape found Ivan and I and took us to our parents on Voldemort's orders and yes I dare say his name. My mother was overjoyed at becoming a grandmother as Ivan has told you, but he was not. After I escaped I had the great pleasure of befriending Dean Thomas, Bill and Fleur Weasley, Hermione, Ron Weasley, and several others who stand among you all today." She gave a smirk knowing she'd trumped all Harry's fan girls in the audience. Then of course her cousin Tonks raised her hand.

"If I may ask, are you and Ivan parseltongue?" Ivan and Pan exchanged looks and smiled.

"Indeed we are, it's one of our favorite traits." They hissed and the audience gasped. Harry then placed his wand at his neck again.

"They said 'Indeed we are, it's one of our favorite traits.' They speak it very clearly to me, but of course I'm the only one who understands them. Anymore questions for Pan?" at that moment Rita Skeeter's hand shot up making Pan give a deadly hiss.

"Now we know about your past life, or part of it Pandora Lestrange…"

"Pandora Potter to you Skeeter." She growled and some people ooed at that.

"Mrs. Potter, we know about part of your past life. But you haven't exactly clarified for everyone who Gabriel's real father is. Care to share?" the woman didn't even bother hiding her smirk, but as Harry watched Pan just took a deep breath and stared into the audiences' eye.

"My first boyfriend, well for starters we dated like any other normal teenage couple. We went out on dates, we knew each other greatly, and we were a nice couple according to everyone else. The only issue I ever had with him was…he wanted to have intercourse, but I wasn't ready and I kept telling him that. I thought he understood, until that one night…" she paused again. "It was our anniversary, and he'd taken me out to this lovely restaurant and it was a glorious night; but for some reason after I had eaten my food I began feeling sick. He had offered to take me home, but then we ended up in his place." Harry could hear Pan's voice cracking. "I told him I wanted to go home, but he wouldn't listen…and then after…." She covered her mouth and tears began to fall; her face turned red and Harry knew he couldn't take it anymore. He ran up and hugged her to him, then placed his wand at his neck while rubbing her back.

"In short words, he raped her. Does that satisfy you Skeeter?" he growled staring at the shocked mob of reporters and the audience. "He gave her what the muggles call, a date-rape drug. It's supposed to erase the memory of the assault from the person's mind but since Pan is a witch it didn't work on her; she went to the police and her ex was arrested. It wasn't until sometime afterwards she found out she was pregnant." Harry turned to Hermione and she stood up.

"It was because of that she came to our world for shelter and comfort after losing her parents. Harry and I both don't care who the parents of Ivan and Pan were, we love them for them and nothing else. They love us and if they didn't then the bonding ceremony would've never worked you can ask Kingsley! It's scum like Rita Skeeter who make it hard for anyone to express their true emotions, stalking them, and framing them, the same goes for you Ginevra Molly Weasley!" she yelled so loud people flinched.

"How dare you!" Molly Weasley stood up from her seat with her wand in hand.

"Sit down Mrs. Weasley or you'll be removed from this court." Kingsley said so loud more people flinched, and Molly did as such. "I think that's all you will need, unless anyone has any more questions for Harry and Hermione?" a couple of hands went up. "You in the middle there."

"This is for Hermione; I can see why you're married to Ivan. Are you happy with him, and if so, what do you love about him most?" now this was a believer.

"Yes, I am truly happy and if any of you nonbelievers must know…I love him because unlike others I know he's charming and he respects everything I believe in."

"And I would have it no other way." Ivan kissed Hermione's lips and a few camera flashes went off. Harry called on the other hand that rose; a young man Harry saw was Colin Creevey.

"This isn't exactly a question, but it's more of a statement. I for one can see the magical bond between these two couples and it's already been proven that neither Pan nor Ivan plan to follow in their parents footsteps. I say let them be who's with me?" several hands rose up, and surprisingly Harry saw the rest of the Weasley hands shoot up except for Molly and Ginny. Even most of the haters seemed to have come around, including Romilda and her friends.

"Thank you everyone for your time, I do hope this satisfies most of you." Harry thanked them and led Pan off the stage back towards the Malfoys who led them out of a separate door away from the crowd.

"You alright love?" Pan wiped her eyes and nodded taking little Gabriel from Draco.

"I will be, I just hopes these eases the tension among them all." Harry kissed her cheek and they went straight for the floos but then stopped at someone's voice.

"Harry!" they all turned and saw the entire Weasley clan coming toward them.

"Yes?" Arthur stepped forward.

"Forgive me, but Fred and George have something they want to say." The twins came forward.

"We're sorry, for what we've been saying and how we've been acting mate." George.

"We should've known that Ginny was lying when she called Pan a whore." Fred.

"So we were wondering…" both. "Forgive us?" Harry thought for a minute, and turned to Pan.

"It may take a while, but I think I can forgive you." She said.

"Me too." Ivan.

"Me too." Hermione. They looked at Harry, and he nodded.

"I can forgive you in time, but I suggest you keep your sister under control. I don't think you all know she tried to seduce me yesterday in my office, dressed like a prostitute." Arthur looked at Ginny with angry eyes.

"You did what?" Ginny tried to speak but nothing came out. "Ginevra Molly Weasley, consider yourself on house arrest for the next year." Molly looked at him aghast.

"Arthur that's unfair." He growled at Molly.

"I say it's completely fair, same goes for you and Percy since he's moved in with us. For what they've done to Harry, Pan, Ivan, and Hermione this will be the least of their problems. Go home, I'll deal with you later."

"Arthur…"

"Now Molly!" Molly didn't need to be told again, she took Ginny and Percy then flooed home. "I'm sorry for this Harry, I will keep them under watch and I'm sure Fred and George won't mind helping." The twins laughed and nodded.

"Thank you Arthur. Where's Ron?" Arthur smiled.

"He moved out during your honeymoon, he's sharing a place with Lavender now. They left just a minute ago, said they had to meet with the landlord about the heater." Harry smiled; Ron living in a muggle apartment would be just funny since he was Arthur's son.

"I'll owl him then, thank you again Arthur, Fred, George, Bill, and Fleur." They all smiled and exchanged hugs, kisses, and handshakes with everyone before leaving. Harry knew he could count on 'most' of the family now.

"Well…" he turned to his family. "Shall we go home?" they all nodded.

"But to the manor or…?" Harry kissed his wife again and took Gabriel.

"Potter Hall love."

Good enough? Think I should bring Ginny back with a vengeance next chapter, then finally reveal her true nature or leave it with a cliffy? What did you think of the conference? I think I'll bring Molly back with a tone towards Pan about getting her and her two children in trouble.

Any ideas for me? Feel free to share in a review.

Later!