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AN: UPDATE! YAY! I'm not a huge fan of this one, since I'm basically done this story (one more chapter) and I'm running out of ideas. Also, I have no inspiration since I just had a (awesome) idea for a new story and it won't leave my brain. But you meet Harry's girlfriend! And the Quidditch team and nothing else exciting... sorry :/ Also Maras are Slavic spirits of confusion.
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Harry, Hermione and the Weasley family were sitting comfortably in the Room of Requirement talking lazily about Fred and George's shop when a quiet alarm came out of Charlie's pocket. Everyone stopped to look at him as her pulled out his wand and cast a quick Tempus
"The kiddies should be arriving now. We should go out and help with the clean up." Everyone nodded and stood, chuckling when Harry used Hermione's shoulder to pull himself up, almost knocking her down in the process.
"Harry!" Hermione huffed indignantly but was promptly ignored by Harry as he led the way out of the room. Bill Weasley watched in awe as the ornate door faded back into the stone walls.
"That is so cool." Fleur laughed at him lightly, snuggling into his side.
"We did not 'ave one of those at Beauxbatons." One of the twins turned and walked back to back with his twin as he spoke
"Nah, the founders made it. It was a joint project between Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw when they heard Slytherin had made his own private chamber."
The twins spun around leaving the other to speak
"There's no way to replicate it, that type of magic has been lost. But it will always be here so someone might figure it out." They spun again
"It'll probably be Hermione if anyone since-" they were cut off as Hermione sent a tripping jinx at their feet, causing one to land face first on the floor with the other on his back. They jumped up quickly and shook it off, sending twin mock glares at Hermione who ignored them easily. They continued down the hallways noticing the smaller children who looked suitably stoic at the sight of their school.
"Brave little kiddies aren't they." George muttered glancing at a fifth year Ravenclaw who was directing a group of Hufflepuffs repairing a section of wall. They were all ignoring the splatters of blood on the floor, one even stepping on it like it wasn't there.
"They had to be" Ron shrugged, vanishing the blood "Neville told us what was going on here. It wasn't fun."
"Nobody learned anything." Hermione said sadly
"Not completely true." Harry cut in "Neville said the DA kept grabbing the kids who were in danger, -the most danger-, when they were hiding the room and the sixth and seventh years would teach what they could. And I left my lesson plans with Neville so they did learn Defence at least."
"Everyone is going to have to retake the year." Hermione reminded him but Harry shrugged
"All the muggleborns from this year will too. There will just be a lot of kids here next year." Hermione sighed but didn't argue the point
"Will you three be returning?" asked. The trio exchanged significant looks before Ron answered
"Mum, we would but really… we kind of know everything we need to." He held up a hand when started protesting "No, really Mum! Harry is some kind of language prodigy plus he could easily teach defence to Aurors. Hermione would pass all of her N.E.W.T's with O's, easily. And I've learned everything I need to know. I'm actually pretty good in Care of Magical Creatures and Charms, and Harry taught me Defence so I would pass those easily. School would just be pointless after everything we've done." Mrs. Weasley looked put out but relented. Percy looked like he wanted to protest as well but Harry cut him off
"And its not like any of us are going to work in the ministry, unless its Hermione revamping the justice system." Charlie looked curious
"What are you going to do?" Hermione looked at Harry and Ron who nodded simultaneously
"We aren't completely sure yet, but most likely we're going treasure hunting." She laughed at the gob smacked looks directed at her "I know it sound ridiculous but really none of us are happy unless we're doing something. We'll take a year or so to relax then we'll find some ridiculous rumour about Atlantis or Camelot and off we'll go. I'll research, Harry will do some insane feat of magic, Ron will tame any vicious animals trying to kill us." and Percy spluttered but Bill looked starry eyed
"Could I go with you! Please!" Harry laughed but nodded, causing Bill to laugh delightedly and spin Fleur around.
"Why are you so excited?" asked
"If it's anything like the stuff they do at school, it will be dangerous but amazing." Bill answered lowering Fleur back to the floor. thought about it and shrugged
"That's true."
They walked into the Great Hall, once again ignoring the awed stares, looking for McGonagall who was running the clean up operation. Spotting her at the Head Table, Harry jogged up to her, leaving the Weasley's and Hermione together near the front doors. They watched, amused as Harry stopped as a small girl dressed in cast off robes leapt at him, wrapping her arms around his neck, babbling excitedly. and Fleur cooed as Harry pulled back, grinning at the girl and kissed the top of her head as he put her back down beside her Ravenclaw brother. He ruffled her hair as he jogged off leaving an overjoyed child and an amused brother behind. Hermione laughed
"He's really good with kids. The younger years all adored him, went to him even though he wasn't a prefect. It was kind of annoying actually."
Ron chuckled along the everyone else, watching as Harry was waylaid by Oliver Wood, Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell. Oliver only had a second to hug Harry before the chasers shoved him out of the way and tackled Harry. They could hear Harry's laugh from across the hall as Harry swept them up in a bone crushing hug. cooed again and Fred looked at her incredulously
"Mum are you going to keep doing that?"
"But look at them!" She gestured at the group. Katie was still hanging off Harry's neck and Oliver and the other two were talking happily to them. Harry seemed utterly unconcerned by the dark haired girl dangling from his neck as he listened to the conversation in front of him, commenting every so often.
"Mum, the Quidditch team is like family." George laughed "We thought you'd be used to it. We invite all of them over every year in the summer once Harry gets to the Burrow." Fred and George ran over to the group and stopped in front of them. Angelina and Alicia turned around and started to run at them. They stopped for a moment, making sure they were going to the right twin then continued, kissing them sloppily then pulling them into the group. Katie finally let go of Harry to hug the twins then standing between Harry and Oliver. gaped and went to rush over to them when grabbed her hand and pulled her back
"Molly, you can berate them for not telling you later." He turned to Charlie " Was your team like that?" Charlie shrugged
"We weren't that close since we kept switching players each year. We never really had a chance to get close." Ron cut in
"Harry spent a lot of time with the team, especially since it was just them for three years. Even in fourth year, once Oliver got over quidditch being cancelled they helped with his training."
"They really are like family. Harry and Katie were the closest since they were the youngest but they would all hang out for hours after practices." Harry eventually extracted himself from the team and finally made his way to Professor McGonagall. He talked to her for a moment before nodding and jogging back to the remaining Weasleys, waving at the small girl as he ran by.
"McGonagall wants you and the team to help with the outer walls. Bill, you and I are supposed to help Flitwick with the wards " The Weasleys nodded and Harry turned around and whistled loudly, catching the attention of his team. He waved them over and explained the same thing to them. They walked out of the great hall in a large group and wandered out into the grounds, ranting at Fred, George and their respective girlfriends about not telling her. Harry glanced around looking for Flitwick
"He must not be done in the Ravenclaw common room yet." He said shaded his eyes against the sun. Fleur looked over at him in surprise
"'Arry, where are your …lunettes?" Bill whispered in her ear " Ah, oui, your glasses."
"I found a potion in one of the books we … borrowed from the Headmasters office. It was too dangerous for Harry to be running around half blind if he lost them." Hermione piped up from under Ron's arm.
"You didn't notice before?" Harry asked curiously. Fleur flushed.
"We were a little distracted" Bill chuckled " You just appeared on the beach with a dead house elf-" Harry flinched a bit as Hermione patted his arm sadly " After sending two kids, Ollivander and a goblin to us. We weren't really looking for little details." Oliver, Katie, Angelina and Alicia looked confused but shrugged it off.
"We're going to go do this section okay?" Oliver waved at the crumbling wall near them. "You can do the section near the astronomy tower." Everyone nodded as their group split into two, the twins staying with their family. Harry and Bill stayed with the Weasley as they got to their section and helped with the wall.
"We can't start on the wards until Flitwick gets here." Harry shrugged when he was sent questioning looks "Might as well do something."
They were just finishing up their section of wall when Flitwick came out of the front doors.
"Mate." Ron shouted over to Harry who was levitating a large chunk of stone so Hermione could seamlessly reattach it. He waited until Hermione finished then spun around, grinning blindingly. The rest of the Weasleys stopped their work and turned to watch as Harry raced towards Flitwick and was met halfway by a blur a blond hair. He laughed freely as Luna wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed all over his face, her hand wound tightly in his hair.
"Luna?" The twins jaws dropped. Ron and Hermione snickered at their looks of shock before turning to the rest of the family. looked mildly surprised, Percy confused, Charlie was unconcerned and Bill and Fleur were shocked
"But they were both at our house! How did we not notice!" Bill hissed still staring at the couple as Harry slid one arm under Luna so she wouldn't fall and kissed her soundly on the lips.
"Bill, they hid it all sixth year. We didn't even notice until February. They just waited until you were asleep and went out to the beach." She glanced over at and held back a laugh. She looked absolutely delighted and slightly teary eyed as Harry tried to put Luna down and she refused to let go
"Mum really?" Ron groaned, following Hermione's gaze "Why are you crying?" sniffled, still beaming at the oblivious couple
"He looks so happy! I was so worried he was dating some fame hungry trollop" The Weasleys mouths dropped simultaneously at her language "Who was only dating him for his money. But he's not! He's dating Luna who is just lovely and they're both happy and-" she stopped and sighed contentedly. Everyone glanced back at Harry and Luna and had to admit it was rather adorable. Harry had sat down in the middle of the grounds with his arms wrapped Luna with their faces close together as she chattered about something or another. He would kiss her every so often but seemed happy enough to sit and listen to her talk. Even Professor Flitwick was grinning cheerfully at the couple. Eventually they looked up and noticed everyone watching them. Harry flushed lightly but Luna said something that made him laugh as he stood the pulled her up, not letting go of her hand. They stopped to speak with Professor Flitwick then walked to the waiting Weasleys as Flitwick walked to the front gates.
"Do you think they ran into some Maras?" Luna asked when Fred and George kept staring at them in shock. Harry glanced at them, deliberating
"No, love. I think they weren't expecting you." Luna pouted and Harry laughed, kissing the side of her mouth. Ron laughed and hugged Luna lightly, though she refused to let go of Harry's hand. Hermione hugged both of them together making Luna beam and Harry laugh again. He turned to Bill
"Professor Flitwick wants us over with him now if your ready?" Bill nodded. Harry kissed Luna again and let go of her hand
"I'm going to talk to Flitwick. You can meet me over there if you want?"
"That would be lovely Harry." she said distractedly, examining the air around the twins. Harry jogged over to Flitwick with Bill, leaving the Weasleys staring at Luna who blinked at them.
"Did you really sneak out onto the beach at Bills?" Fred burst out. Luna blinked at them again, her wand tucked behind her ear. She nodded.
"What did you two do?" George wiggled his eyebrows suggestively
"We had 'you're probably going to die' sex." Luna said bluntly, her eyes twinkling mischievously. Ron, Charlie, Fleur and Hermione collapsed laughed while refused to acknowledge her comment and and Percy steadfastly pretended nothing had happened. Fred and Georges mouths dropped again as Luna spun on her heel and jogged back over to Harry, squeezing under his arm. She whispered something in his ear and he glanced back and chuckled, kissing the top of her head and continued talking to Flitwick.