A/N: I don't have ownership of the characters, they belong to JK Rowling. Soon will own a Eric Northman magnet though.
Chapter 7:
Harry was surprised when he opened the door and saw them. Hermione shrugs, "Draco needed his things."
While they're visiting, the floo goes off. Katie walks through the doorway from the study. "Hey guys. Funny seeing you so soon."
"For the second time today, Draco needed his things. You know he can't live without his styling products." Hermione can't resist the dig.
Draco turns and give his mate a look. "Very funny. You'll pay for that, luv." He smirks. He starts to stalk her. "If I remember correctly, you are very ticklish, right about here." He digs into her ribs. "I used to watch you two a lot." He continues to tickle her until she is on her back, on the floor.
The floo goes off again. Ron comes running out into the hall. "Harry, I wanted to give you guys a heads up. Ginny and Mum are going nuts. They found out that you, Katie, the Zabinis, my brothers, Nev, Luna and Draco spent the last few days in the Muggle world. Bill, Fred, and George showed back up, but Charlie did not. Do you know where he is?"
"Yes, he hired on at the Inn. The owner accepted his plea to get away from Molly. I'm gathering my things and going back with her." Draco answers him. He and Ron still have a strained relationship. It can't be said that they are friends, but Draco tries to be nice to him for Harry, much like Hermione always did.
Ron nods and then looks around. When he spies Hermione he sneers. "So you're home. Well, bully for us all." He comments dryly.
"Nice to see you too, Ronald. Please never come back to the Inn. It took me a full week to clean the place, after you came last month." She pushes past him to go get a drink in the basement kitchen.
While she's down there, the floo activates again. Out steps Molly and Ginny. "How are you today, Harry?" Ginny slinks up to him. She only sees Draco in the room, as Katie's upstairs unpacking her last box and Hermione is downstairs. Ron is standing next to Harry.
"I am completely fine. The only two women that I have ever loved other than my mother are under my roof now." Harry says enigmatically. He winks to Draco, who smirks.
"Oh really, that is so nice Harry. Thank you." Molly coos. Ron can see that his sister and mother were in for a shock, but could not stop the shitstorm that was about to happen.
"Yeah, between having my fiancée and my sister here, I couldn't be happier." Harry answers the older woman.
"So where's my ring, Harry?" Ginny bats her lashes coquettishly.
"I wouldn't know, I wasn't asked to hold one for you." Harry tells her, confused by the question.
Draco decides to help his friend out. "No man, she was trying to wrangle a ring from you. Ginerva, you are too late."
"What do you mean, Mr. Malfoy?" Molly asks snidely.
Hermione walks into the room. "What Mr. Malfoy means Molly, is that Harry already proposed to his choice. This morning in fact."
"Hermione! Where have you been , young lady? We have been so worried about you." Molly rushes over and forces the woman into a hug. Once Hermione escapes from the large woman, she answers.
"Obviously you were not that worried. From what I heard from your sons, the three of you didn't care at all. Ron came to my business last month, with a woman he said was his wife. They tore the room apart, don't worry the charge will be handled by the bank. I have been in Surrey. I don't understand that none of you thought to look in the muggle world. I was the poster child for "Mudbloods" wasn't I, Molly. Did you know that your room in the Burrow is below mine, the walls and ceilings are thin. I heard all of your mutterings. Just because I helped Harry save the known magical world, doesn't mean I can't survive in one that isn't stuck in the Edwardian age."
Harry and Draco laugh at that. So does Katie, who was coming down the stairs. "I tried to tell the knuckle heads."
"Were you able to get everything in place?" Harry asks Katie, looping his arm around her.
"Yes, Lord Potter, I was able to." Katie giggles. Harry and Draco had told her about the ideas that Molly and Ginny had built up in their minds. "There is still plenty of room for your few clothes in the drawers and closet. All my other stuff is around the tub." She answers.
"There is no tub in this house." Molly says. Harry smirks, "Sirius never let you into the master suite, as it was his. There is a tub in my personal bathroom." Molly is shocked.
"Why is she placing her things around the tub then?"
"Well, as my fiancée, she sleeps in my room, in my bed." Harry kisses Katie's head. Molly shrieks and Ginny starts to cry. He turns back to Katie.
"Good, now that Hermione's here; you two can start planning." He smiles as the two women quietly cheer.
"Lady Potter should be a pureblood, Harry." Molly pronounces.
"My mother was not. I'll keep your advice in mind if Katie breaks my heart. Draco, do you know if Susan or Daphne are still available?"
Draco smirks. "They are Lord Potter. Being heirs to the other two houses, either would make a good wife. Just remember that the future Lady Malfoy is taken. If she wasn't my mate, she would make a good wife for you. I know you would be the next best choice for her." Harry, Hermione and Katie laugh.
"If I ever break your heart, you have my permission for any of them. They are your best choices. Potter's have no restriction on who they marry."
"Molly, see I have all worked out. The only other woman that is not a pureblood, is already taken by my veela best friend here. My other two choices are still single. They are both first families like mine. If I am going to marry a pureblood, I will only marry into one of the best lines." Harry sneers at her.
"Katie is a muggleborn, so what. My mother was also, she was the smartest of her class. Hermione, my sister and my future wife's maid of honor, is the smartest and most powerful witch in the magical world since Rowena Ravenclaw, herself. She is also a muggleborn. Maybe it's because the education is faulty in the way that no kid goes to school until 11. The other kids have a head start since age 5. The only reason you and Ginny went up against Bellatrix is because Hermione was battling Voldemort with me at the time. I had a hunch and was not going to let her out of my sight, I was right."
"Well I am sorry that you feel that way, Harry. Albus told us that you would marry Ginny." Molly glares at him. You have ten days to get with the program. We'll meet at Gringotts then." The three Weasleys walk back to the floo.
"That's it. I can tell when I am needed. Draco, we are staying in town tonight. I want to try and help Harry. OK brother; you and I are going to Gringotts. If it is on record, then they will have it." Hermione goes into planning mode.
"You are not going anywhere without us." Draco cries. Katie nods to the three of them.
"They are trying to take Harry's will away. I would do anything to keep him." She turns to him, "You proposed to me, Harry. Don't forget that."
Before they leave, Draco fire calls his father. Lucius agrees to meet them there with Lord Zabini also.
The four; Harry, Draco, Hermione and Katie arrive at the wizard bank. They meet up with the two elder wizards.
"So what is this all about?" Lucius asks, his son hardly asks for anything.
"Mrs. Weasley says that I was promised to marry Ginny by Albus. That I have ten days to "get with the program". They have tried now to get me to hand my family's ring to her. Is there any way you can help me, my Lords?"
"That rat bastard. If Albus promised you to Prewett slag junior, then it's Molly's doing. Arthur is a honorable man. He stayed because of William. If she wasn't pregnant, I know he was planning to leave her. He knew she trapped him with a potion. Molly was pissed that Jamie married a muggleborn. She saw it as an affront to all the pureblood women, even though she was married and had five children by then. You see Harry, there were people who agreed with Riddle's ideals, but not his actions. The Gryffindor line was pure until Jamie and Lily had you. It was until then that the Potter curse worked out that way. The men of the family are cursed to love the smartest of their class. I think when you saw Hermione as your sister early on, you broke the curse." Nuncio explains to the group.
"Let's get inside. The goblins can tell us how to proceed." Lucius coaxes then to the teller's desk.
"Yes?" the teller sneers.
"We would like an audience with Ragnok please." Hermione tells the goblin.
"You can come through Miss Granger. Bring your friends and advisors." The goblin king walks into the room and motions for them to follow him.
"Thank you Ragnok."
"You run with some powerful people, Miss Granger." Ragnok indicates to the group. "Lords, please have a seat. Hermione and I have a business arrangement. Gringotts retains the exclusive right to advertise the Jasen Inn in the magical world." The tall goblin looks around the room, his eyes landing on Harry.
"So you finally came, Lord Gryffindor. You only have ten more days to make up your mind. Albus Dumbledore put through a marriage contract for you and Miss Weasley. We figured that you had not been made aware of it, so we added in an extra, secret clause. It reads that to seal the bond; you and Miss Weasley must lose your virginities to each other the night before the wedding. In the contract, it says that you can marry again, but she must be the only one to bear your first heir." Ragnok reads the contract to them.
Harry and Katie start crying out of happiness. Together they turn to Hermione. "'Mione, I have never loved you more than right now, my sister." Katie hugs Hermione.
Harry looks to Draco and after getting the blonde man's approval, hugs Hermione. "You have saved me yet again." He breaks down on her shoulder. "Thank you, Sis."
"OK, what's going on?" Lucius asks Draco. The younger Malfoy smirks at his father. "My mate, Hermione and Harry lost their virginities together before they were not-so nicely asked to be our guests last year." He turns to Hermione. "Love, is there a way to prove paternity with Jasen?"
"Magically, no. Wait! Yes there is. The goblins can do magical bloodlines with just a drop of blood. Ragnok, is there anything else that you can do that test on? The our son has been dead for a few months."
"If you can get us some of his body's fluid, any sort. Then we should be able to do the test."
"That means exhuming Jasen. Are you sure you are alright with that, 'Mione? If not, we'll find another way." Katie asks.
"If we do it now, before I have too much time to think about it." Hermione states.
"No need to Miss Granger. Let me grab my supplies and we can do the test there." Ragnok offers, seeing her expression of worried determination.
"Thank you Ragnok. I'll pay whatever you want for your help." Harry tells the little man. "Hermione, while we are doing this, how about we get a space prepared for him in Godric's Hollow, next to Mum and Dad? He is the first heir of a Potter, he should be with the rest of the family. If you are worried about your parents, I'll charm the place, so they can visit him. They should be able to. Jasen is their grandson also."
"I am OK with that Harry. You are right, he is a Potter, and he should be with the Potters. My parents were too shocked to hear about my whole time this world. They basically let me decompress and then said that they thought about it and could not deal with my world. They said that if I wanted to give up that half of me, then they would welcome me back but only if I completely gave it up. They do not know about Jasen. So don't worry about them."
" I am not going to charge you for your heir's test, Lord Gryffindor. It means a lot just to be able to help you, after what you gave up for all of us. Plus I have been waiting to see this Jasen Inn. I blindly bought all advertising rights for the bank, just from the voice on the other side of the phone. Anything that Miss Granger puts her mind to, is going to be a success." He grins at Hermione.
"I think I should put some backing behind my future daughter in law. Nuncio?"
"Of course, Blaise and Pansy were raving about it when they came for lunch this afternoon. Let's go."
The group apperates to the Inn and follow Hermione to the willow tree.
"I can see that this is a well-run business. Congratulations Miss Granger. Ah, here we go; Jasen James Potter, born on July 31st , 1998."
"I was six months along when he came." Draco nods to Harry as he is closer. Harry wraps an arm around her shoulders as she continues. "I knew he would be stillborn, the doctor, told me so the month before. The physical trauma that I suffered two months before that was what caused it." Hermione stops when she hears a quiet sob, turning she see Lucius stepping forward to embrace her.
"I'm so sorry. I had no idea." His eyes were rimmed with tears. He then turns and knees before Harry. "Lord Potter, your son and heir was injured on my property. Even though I did not cast the curses or kick her myself, it is my responsibility as the culprits are not alive. You have the right to take my life or my heir's for this slight. I can only beg for the life of my son. Do what you want to me." He braces for the blow, which does not come.
"Lord Malfoy, I would not do that to you or your wife. Your son is now my best friend other than Hermione and so, I will not to that to him. Hermione would kill me, if I wanted to anyway. What I want from you is that you first; treat my only sister and the mother of this son with kindness, respect and love. And two; become my advisor and lawyer. Your name still recalls a lot of fear in this world and not for anything doing with that mask you used to wear. Hermione, Draco and I may top out the power scale, but you and Lord Zabini are the most powerful lawyers in the realm. I want that behind me. This is how you'll repay your debt." Harry declares aloud.
"Of course! May I call you Harry, you can call me Lucius."
"If you want. Thank you Lucius."
While the wizards are talking, Ragnok has performed the test. Jasen's bloodline is being written on the parchment with the enchanted quill. He reads it.
"Jasen James Potter; born July 31st 1998. Son of Harrold James Potter, Black, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Hermione Jane Granger."
"Is that proof enough?" Katie asks.
"That is it. Mr. Potter, have you gotten engaged?"
"Yes, I asked Miss Bell this morning."
"Do you have the other rings, Harry?" the goblin asks.
"Yes, right here. Why do you ask?"
The goblin king shakes his head. He had forgotten that Mr. Potter was raised away from the magical world.
"Then by all means, place them on each other's fingers. As a direct descendant of Gryffindor, you can marry anyone by placing his wife's ring on her finger." Lucius tells him, proudly. Nuncio nods.
Harry turns to Katie, "What do you say, love? We can always have a wedding later." He asks.
Katie holds out her hand to him. Harry slides the ring in place. Katie slides his ring on too.
"Congrats Lord and Lady Gryffindor. May your vaults pour out riches. I will inform the ministry. Good day everyone." With that the goblin pops away.
"Harry, Katie, we are staying at the Manor tonight. Enjoy you wedding night." Hermione wags her eyebrows at Katie. Katie and Harry laugh. Before they leave, Harry pulls Hermione aside.
"Thank you again. You and Jasen saved me tonight. I will forever be in your debt. I love you sister." He hugs her. She squeezes him back and is engulfed in Katie's arms. "Thank you, Thank you, and Thank you." Lady Potter squeals. The newlyweds pop away, leaving the Malfoys and Lord Zabini with Hermione.
"So this is where you were? Nice place you have here." Lucius looks around. "I won't give away your surprise. See you two later."
"I'm going to owl Arthur. I have a feeling that he doesn't know about Molly's little deal." Nuncio tells the other three.
Arthur didn't know at all. As much as he would've loved to call Harry son in law, he knew that Katie and Harry were very happy.
Arthur, Bill, and the twins creep into the Burrow, hoping to overhear the other three plotting. They achieve their goal, much to their sadness.
"In ten days, you'll get impregnated by Harry and then marry him. We can use our influence over him to get his money." Molly rubs her hands together in greed.
"Mum, is there anymore soup? I'm still hungry." Ron slurps what's left in his bowl. "Yes, lord knows that wife of yours doesn't feed you enough." Molly ladles more soup into his bowl.
The men decide to stay with Harry and Katie, after tonight; let them have their night. They want to be there to see the faces of their mother, wife and their sister, daughter on that day.