Chapter 3: Explanations and Realizations

Harry reappeared in a muggle warehouse in Edinburgh. He immediately went on the offensive and started disabling Death Eaters. 45 seconds after he appeared, Harry had disabled 20 foes and was looking for Ginny. As he searched, Harry stumbled across Neville and Luna who were both stunned and abused. Locating their wands, the threesome continued to search for Ginny.

Finally after almost thirty minutes of searching, they discovered Ginny tied to a bed. She was still clothed, but her blouse had been ripped open. Standing over her was Peter Pettigrew and Bellatrix Lestrange. With strangled cries of rage, Neville and Harry both caste the deadliest cutting curse they knew, Sectumsempra, at both of the Death Eaters; Pettigrew's head fell off his shoulders while Bellatrix's end trails were expelled from her stomach.

Moments later, Harry had Ginny in his arms and kissing her with all of the passion he had, Ginny returning with equal fervor. As they kissed, a red and blue mist surrounded them and penetrated them. The magic within the room grew until suddenly Harry's scar burst open and a green mist escaped. It tried to enter Ginny, but it was incased in a sphere of red mist instead. Then it was squeezed out of existence.

Harry laid there shaken holding Ginny, with what little energy he had left, he turned his robes into a portkey and had Neville and Luna grab a hold of him as they were portkeyed to #12 Grimmauld Place.

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Harry awoke to find himself in a bed in a clean room in #12 Grimmauld Place. As he looked around the room, he noticed that Ginny was lying next to him in bed, with her head on his chest. He gave himself a small self check out and found that he was physically fine, not even the least bit tired. Expanding his senses, Harry saw that the room was very well warded with a number of charms and wards that no one would be able to get past without some serious work.

Expanding his senses further, he felt the presence of Hedwig, Arthur, Molly, Bill, Fleur, Charlie, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Remus, Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alastor Moody, Dobby, Winky, Kreacher, Neville, Augusta Longbottom, Luna and a man who must be her father as well as Minerva McGonagall. What really surprised Harry was that he also recognized the magical auras of Percy Weasley, Penelope Clearwater. However their auras were different now, they were…merged somehow almost like they were…married.

Harry studied all the auras in house and saw which ones were related to each other. All of the Weasleys were gold and red; however Bill also had some gray around his like Remus' as well as a soft blue aura that matched Fleur's. Fleur's was a soft blue as well but had threads of gold and red.

As Harry studied these auras he made a number of hypothesizes about magic. Family members share a general color and shape of aura. However each individual in that family has their attributes that make them unique. The only two people this does not relate to is Fred & George who are exact twins and actually share one aura.

Those who are bonded or are in love with someone but no yet married, like Bill & Fleur, have some threads of color from their partner, but they are still unique. Once they are married, the two auras reach some sort of equilibrium between the two partners. Harry inspected Kreacher, Winky and Dobby's auras and found that each had a different aura from the humans in the house, but each one had red and green threads in their aura that was definitely from Harry's aura. This meant, according to his own hypothesis, that the three elves were bound to him somehow.

Harry finally turned his attention to Ginny. When Harry looked at her, he could see her aura was an exact match to his own Aura. It was red and green along with strong bands of gold, blue, purple, silver, and white. Harry suddenly felt very peaceful with himself and so he leaned back into his pillows and pulled Ginny closer to himself and drifted back to sleep.

The only creature in the house that Harry didn't see with his magic was the only creature that could hide his magic from Harry, Fawkes. The phoenix sat on top of the cabinet staring at the young couple before beginning to sing a beautiful melody. The song caused the aura around Harry and Ginny to flare and manifest itself into phoenix flames that surrounded their bed.

After the flames were created, Fawkes disappeared from the room, leaving his own warding on the room. He reappeared in the sitting room where Ron, Hermione, Charlie, Bill and Fleur were chatting. Fawkes looked directly into Charlie's eyes and spoke telepathically.

'Dragon Handler, I must speak to all of those who are loyal to my new younglings Harry and Ginny. Please assemble everyone here so that I may speak to them.'

"Of course Fawkes." Charlie turned to the others in the room, "Fawkes wants everyone in the house in this room so that he may talk to everyone at once. I don't know how, so don't ask. I guess he wants Harry's owl and the elves here as well."

With a quick acknowledgement, the five moved out to gather the rest of the family.

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Meanwhile, Albus Dumbledore was sitting in the backroom of the Hog's Head bar with his brother Aberforth and the half giant Hagrid. Albus was not just drunk, he was flat out gone. After going thru 5 bottles of firewhiskey himself plus three bottles of Mead and another 2 bottle of Ogden's Really Old Firewhiskey with his two drinking companions, it was really no wonder he couldn't stand.

After leaving the Burrow, Albus attempted to return to Hogwarts, only to find that he could enter the castle or the grounds. Fawkes gave a sharp trill and then cuffed him on the back of his head before disappearing in a flash of flames.

Albus then realized what had happened; Harry had become the Lord Gryffindor and presumably Lord Slytherin. Albus knew that when Voldemort attempted to kill Harry and failed when he was a child, he activated very old magic. Magic that was older then Merlin even.

By losing his body and "dying" Tom Riddle, the Heir of Salazar Slytherin was destroyed. All that was his from the Slytherin line fell to the one that he attempted to kill, the Heir of one of the 12 Houses and the direct descendant to Godric Gryffindor, Harry James Potter.

However this led to more issues, Harry's birthday wasn't for another month. How could he come of age early? Not even a marriage contract could do this, only a soul…Of course, Harry had become soul bonded. Harry and Ginny finally professed their love for one another.

However, now Harry was an adult and not in a very good mood. Albus couldn't blame him in the least. If Minerva had been taken from him, he would…actually he did rip St. Mungo's apart a year ago when it happened, Harry would rip the world apart to get to Ginny. This made Albus very happy, but also very-very sad. And to add insult to injury, Fawkes still hadn't returned to him. He knew Fawkes was still bonded to him, but it was strained, Albus had a lot of fences he needed to mend.

Then to top it all off, Minerva had decided to side with Harry. She had gracefully exited the castle and walked right past him into Hogsmeade earlier when he was trying to access the castle. He caught up with her as she entered the Hog's Head.

Flashback

"Minerva, please wait a moment!" Dumbledore was running after his long time deputy and girlfriend.

"I have nothing to say to you Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore! You caused this entire mess! First with Tom Riddle, then Hagrid's expulsion, and then with the Potters and Harry. I have made my choice, I stand with Harry. If you ever want to speak to me again, you had better put your head-on straight!" With that Minerva stepped into the fireplace and floo'd to Grimmauld Place

"Albus, why don't come into the back and enjoy a drink with me, I believe that you could use one…or maybe a hundred." The bartender, his own brother said, while grinning like a mad man.

End Flashback

Yes it was very true, Albus was in real deep shit and he knew it. He tried to each out to certain order members, namely Kingsley and Alastor, but they stated that they were siding with Harry for now as well as all the Weasleys, Tonks, Remus, the Longbottoms and the Lovegoods.

Albus knew he had many things to do in order to regain Harry's trust. The first would probably be to make sure that the houses of his friends were secured, since they would all probably be at Grimmauld Place. With Albus' rebirth thanks to his phoenix powers, he now had access to phoenix magic, a powerful form of light sided magic.

Albus decided it was better to start now, then later so he stood up, waved his wand over his face, sobering himself up instantly. "Abe, Hagrid, thank you for the company, but I have work to do. Please tell Harry that I will earn his trust again, or die trying." With that said, Albus disappeared.

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Charlie and the others were able to gather all the inhabitants of Grimmauld Place in the sitting room on the second floor rather quickly. After everyone was seated, Fawkes used his magic and sealed not only the room, but the entire house. He then used his magic and transformed into a human being. Fawkes stood 6'4" tall with broad shoulders and blond hair streaked with red and black. His robes were fire red. His aura was visible and commanded attention.

"Welcome friends, the form I am now is a representation of what I would look like if I were human. I will not be able to transform back into this form again. I have a number of things to tell you tonight so let us begin.

"As you have now seen for yourselves, or have heard, Albus Dumbledore lives. I showed Harry the memories of what happened. Albus is a phoenix animagus. I used my own phoenix magic to help him grasp his full powers. Due to our bond, I was able to revive Albus after he died. He is now perfectly healthy physically, however he did not take into account what he has done to Harry; but he quickly learning what he did and I would not be too surprised to find him out trying to earn Harry's trust back.

"You see we phoenixes, live off of positive emotions. Love, laughter, happiness, is what strengthens us. When Albus fully became phoenix he realized how much pain he had caused Harry because of his bond with Harry. Yes, Albus and Harry share a bond, a family bond. Harry is Albus' grandson in all but blood, just like Harry is your grandson in all but blood Minerva. However in your case Minerva, your bond comes from the love you have for James, Lily, Sirius and Remus. Because of this bond and condition it is in, Albus is going what feels is right, not what is easy.

"Now as to the other reason I have come here tonight, Harry and Ginny are Soulmates. This goes much deeper then a normal soul bonding which I might remind you has not happened in over 600 years. Because of this bond ancient magic, of which we all are bond too, considers Harry and Ginevra married with the rights and responsibilities to go with it.

"Now if you think this is big, wait for the rest of it. As many of you may know, the Potter Family line is directly descended from Godric Gryffindor. Harry is now Lord Gryffindor, Harry James Potter. There has not been a Lord Gryffindor since William Potter, whose grandfather was Godric Gryffindor himself. Because of this, Harry and Ginny are very, very important now. As Lord Gryffindor, Harry has not only the Potter Family Estate to manage, but the Black Family Estate and the Estate of Lord Gryffindor. This includes the seats on the Wizengamot, various businesses and investments and of course gold in his vaults.

"I am telling you this so that when Harry starts handing out money, and he will hand out money, that you accept it. He is not trying to buy you off; he is only trying to share the wealth he has with his family." Fawkes stared intently at Ron Weasley who turned a little red, but nodded in agreement.

"Now this bond gives Harry and Ginny remarkable powers. But this is not their only source of power. You see when William Potter fell in love with his wife; the woman he was promised to not only sealed their bond, but imbedded their soul bonding into William's blood. This way, when the two halves of a soul profess their love for one another, the new bond is formed without any other help. Because of this magic, all of the knowledge that has been acquired over the centuries is given to the new bonded pair. There has not been a Potter soul bond since William & Ariana 800 years ago. The last recorded soul bond was between Nicholas & Perenelle Flammel over 600 years ago."

Remus spoke up, mainly out of shock, "So that is how Harry knew so much battle field magic and spells, as well as Legilimency?"

Fawkes nodded, "Yes you are correct Mr. Wolf-man. Harry is now very powerful. When Albus talks about love being Harry's strength, this is what he means. However, I have more I must tell you. How many of you know about how the Ministry of Magic was formed?"

Hermione raised her hand along with Percy, no one else did. Fawkes smiled and continued, "As you know, I have been around a very long time. I was here when Merlin and the Founders of Hogwarts came together and helped found the First Ministry of Magic of Britain. The first Ministry was actually called the Council of Twelve, modeled after King Arthur's Knights of the Roundtable. The council was made up of the twelve original magical families of what are now England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. The thirteenth seat was for Merlin, which he never took, saying that he was just a guide and mentor and did not deserve a seat; it has remained empty since then.

"Over the years, the council ruled magical Britain fairly until 1252 when the Ministry of Magic was formed by permission of the King. The members of council of twelve were given seats on the legislative council, the Wizengamot, and the Ministry grew in function and control. Over the years, as families have died out, the Council of Twelve families that made up the council have changed. Families die out or commit crimes so grievous in nature that there was no other choice.

"The only remaining families of the original twelve were the Gryffindors/Potters, Slytherins, and Dumbledores. One of the safe guards the Council of Twelve put into place when the Ministry was first formed was that it only took a majority of the original 12 families to overrule or take control of the ministry if needed. Any of the families who have joined the twelve since its inception cannot vote in this matter.

"Due to the death of Tom Marvolo Riddle, who died the night Lord Voldemort attempted to kill Harry, Harry James Potter became the magical heir Salazar Slytherin. Harry can over throw the Ministry if he sees fit and no one can stop him. Also because of this, he also controls Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

This did it, many of the people in room fainted. Harry James Potter now had Wizarding England in his grasp, it was terrifying really. With how upset Harry was with Dumbledore, many people could see Harry take his anger out on the people and make Voldemort look like a baby niffler. Fawkes picked up on this and addressed their concerns.

"Do not worry, for Harry and Ginny cannot go dark, they are both Phoenix Animagi just like Dumbledore. It is one of the reasons why they must make up. The three of them are the only phoenix animagi in recorded history. Now, Harry and Ginny are also physically maturing while they sleep. The phoenix magic that encompasses them will mature their physical forms so that can channel their magic easier.

"In Harry's case, he will look the way he should have looked if he had been taken care of since he was a baby. So when you seem them tomorrow do not worry. I have warded their room, on top of the wards and charms Ginny placed before me, they are perfectly safe.

"Now, we must figure out Voldemort is doing and how we can help the leaders of light."

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Meanwhile up stairs in the master bedroom of Grimmauld Place, Ginny Weasley was beginning to stir. She immediately felt Harry's chest under her cheek and unconsciously took in a deep breath. As she opened her eyes, she looked up into Harry's emerald green eyes and saw them filled with emotions, love hurt, comfort, lust, and peace were just a few she saw. Without any thought, she moved up and kissed Harry deeply.

They broke their kiss when hey heard someone clear their throats. They broke their kiss and saw two ghostly forms sitting in chairs next to their bed; they were William and Ariana Potter.

"Well, now that you are both awake, we need to finish telling you what you need to know." stated William.

"You are now both married, with the right sand privileges that go with that. You are also both known as Lord and Lady Gryffindor, this comes with a great many responsibilities. Harry, you are also known as Lord Slytherin, due to your confrontation with Voldemort when you were one year old. Because of this, you now hold 2 seats from the Council of Twelve; you know what that means now, don't you?"

Harry nodded his head. The information he received from William had already been processed by his brain and ready for instant retrieval.

"Good, now we have spoken to a certain phoenix and he is explaining everything to your family right now. He also wanted us to tell you that he will teach you how to control your phoenix animagi forms. The others will come to quickly, but not yet." Stated Ariana in a soft kind voice.

"Now Harry, I have a personal favor to ask of you. I want you to make up with Professor Dumbledore. I know you are upset with him, and you have every right to be, but you must understand that he feels terrible about how you were raised and unprepared for what lays before you. If you can you be the bigger man, then your will find your power will increase by leaps and bounds. Now, we have over stayed our time, farewell, and good luck." With that, the elder Potters faded away into nothingness. Harry held Ginny for a few moments longer; trying to get control of his emotions, to make with Dumbledore seemed like a very hard task.

Harry knew Albus was trying to look out for him, but it still hurt quite a bit. After some deliberation within his head, Harry decided he needed to find the old man; before he ran off to do something stupid, well something else stupid. Harry threw the covers off the bed and made his way over to bathroom. He was about 6 steps away from the bed when he realized he was completely naked.

He froze and turned around just as Ginny rose up from the bed and showed him that she too was completely naked. Harry tried to think, but he had a serious lack of blood flow to his head; it was all going to his groin, making him harder them NEWT Arithmancy for a 1st year. This reaction caused Harry to blush and Ginny to stare at him with a hungry look in her eyes. She crawled across the bed towards Harry, keeping her eyes locked on his hard cock.

"Harry, are you happy to see me, naked, or are you always like this with a naked woman in you bed?" Ginny smirked as she reached the foot of the bed and got off of it. She moved to stand in front of Harry and then dropped to her knees. In one fluid motion, Ginny took Harry's large penis into her mouth, making Harry groan.

"Yes I am happy to see you naked in my bed, and I think I am always…oh god Ginny…I think…shit Ginny, I don't want to blow my load so quickly…"

Ginny released Harry's cock, and stood up. She knew they both had grown up thanks to the bond, but this was amazing. Harry was now 6'3" and about 240 pounds of pure muscle. He had a very well developed six-pack and toned in all the right places. His untidy black hair was now shoulder length and wavy. In a word he was good enough to eat.

Harry was thinking the same thing about Ginny as he pushed her back onto their bed. She was now 5'9", quite tall for a woman, and well toned. Her red hair was now almost flaming red and her chocolate brown eyes were like melted orbs of chocolate. She was a goddess, and she was his. They had both come to terms quite early with the fact that they were man and wife.

As Harry laid out Ginny, he looked into her eyes as he began to lick her womanhood. She immediately began to moan and groan as Harry slide a finger into her slick opening, causing her to come. Harry then started to attack her clit with his mouth again, only this he began to speak to her in Parseltongue.

This caused Ginny to be turned on even more. She knew she could speak Parseltongue, a parting gift from Tom Riddle, but she never tried to use it until now.

"Please Harry, I want you inside me. I want you to be my first right NOW!"

Without any thought, Harry slide up Ginny's body and positioned himself at her entrance and began to slide in, all the while speaking words of comfort into her hair and ear. They moved in unison as they felt each other's magic flare and wrap around them. Finally with a loud groan, Harry exploded and came in Ginny as she came hard too. Harry stayed inside Ginny and wrapped his arms around her and pulled into a peaceful nights sleep. All thoughts about taking a shower long gone.