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Harry and his family ate at the Leaky Cauldron, and there was much discussion about what had just happened. Harry smiled and laughed and shook his head. "Ok ok I'll answer, guys, but let's get some food in us, too?" Everyone slowly quieted down and, in seeming agreement, all looked at Hermione to let her go first.
"Harry, what just happened?" She asked, simply.
He laughed again and took a bite of his lunch, and then reached for Pansy's hand. When he swallowed, he said "I had to either assign members to each family, combine the three families into one line, or give up the other two names completely. The latter option was not going to work. If I gave up the Black name, it would revert to the oldest, closest living relative, and that's Narcissa Malfoy. That actually reminded me that Tonks was a Black, and the rest of it kind of fell from there. I thought about combining the families together but that would require one last name and that just didn't feel right." He took a drink of his butterbeer and chewed through a few more bites of food as they all thought about that, and then continued. "By accepting all three families as separate, I could choose a primary family name for myself and Pansy, and then only needed to name a Lady for each other house. The barristers thought that, since I have no blood family, and Pansy is an only child, that I would have to marry two other women."
Pansy growled, and everyone laughed. "That clearly wasn't going to happen," Harry said with a smile. "And they didn't realize that Sirius making me the heir of the Black house technically made Tonks my cousin." He smiled at the older woman. "Although I've realized that for a long time now. And nobody knew about Ron and I becoming blood brothers that night, which made Hermione the perfect candidate for the Peverell family." The woman in question blushed at that. "Ignotus Peverell could very well have been your ancestor, 'Mione. When you get a chance to peruse the library of book she left, you'll see why you were the only choice."
He worked on finishing his meal, and then sat back. Ron spoke up then. "Harry, what did you mean by the Potter Mansion?" he asked. "Did you buy a house already?"
Harry shook his head. "The Potter family goes back to the twelfth century. It's one of the older houses, but not quite as old as the Black line. There is a family home in Godric's Hollow. It's not the house we found on Christmas, Hermione. Mom and Dad were staying there during the war because the manor was too well known." He took a sip of his drink. Pansy and I have been there a couple of times, but until I finalized the paperwork, the wards won't let us enter the grounds. Kreacher, Winky, and a few other house elves have been there getting it ready for occupation. More of the mysteries of house elves, the wards don't affect them at all, as long as they're there to take care of the place."
Holding up a hand to quell Hermione's outburst, he said "They are there of their own choice, and they all have employment with me and get paid, before you start yelling." Hermione shut her mouth and settled down.
"After we sign all the necessary paperwork, I'll receive the symbols of the families, one of which will signify to the manor's wards that I am the Head of House. And the manor will be open to anyone in our family who wants to stay there," he said, and Pansy nodded.
"Also, the doors are always open to anyone who wants to visit," she said. "And we will expect lots of visits." She glanced at Harry, a sly smile on her face. "Especially anyone who wants to help with the baby."
She could not have gotten a more surprised reaction out of him at that news if she had hit him in the back of the head with a board and announced she was the love child of Tom Riddle and Minerva McGonagall. She giggled at the look on his face as everyone cheered and shouted congratulations. She turned fully to him and used her index finger to push his jaw back up from the floor. "Surprise, love," she said, her face beaming at him.
Harry stared at her, and then snapped out of his shock to say, "Really? We're going to have a baby?"
She nodded at him, smiling. "Yes, love."
He leapt out of his seat and picked her up around the waist, laughing, and twirled her around in the air. When he set her down he kissed her deeply and then hugged her close against him. A cough from Hermione made him blush as he remembered the others in the room with them. "Sorry, guys. Got a little excited," he said, but they all nodded knowingly.
"It's okay, Harry. You're going to be a father!" Hermione said, happily. Everyone got up and gathered around the couple to congratulate them.
Back at Gringotts, Harry and his family gathered in the same room as before, with the subdued and disappointed lawyers. They carefully read everything that was given to them to sign, and finding everything as it should be, gave their signatures where necessary. When it was done, Harry was handed a case by one of the goblins. "Your items of House, Duke Potter," he said, with a bow.
Harry opened the case, and frowned. "Pansy, love. You're better at Transfiguration than I am. Help me here for a moment please?" She walked over and looked in the case.
"I see what you mean, Harry. Let me see what I can do." She took out her wand and tapped it on something in the case, murmuring a spell. She looked satisfied with that, and did the same on another. She nodded, smiling. "Better, dear?"
Harry beamed at her and touched her hand, and nodded. "Tonks?" he said, picking up a necklace from the case and holding it out to her. "I present to you, Lady Black of the Ancient and Noble House of Black, this House necklace, bestowing upon you all the rights and privileges of that position. No one not recognized as a member of the Black family line will not be able to remove it from your person." The chain was platinum, and the pendant hanging from it bearing the Black family crest was an opal. He undid the clasp and put it around her neck, and then hugged her tightly.
"Hermione?" he said then, reaching in the case for another necklace, and told her the same words, put the necklace on her, and hugged her as well. Hermione kissed him on the cheek as she thanked him. Her necklace was a simple gold chain with a quill and parchment charm hanging from it, and on the parchment was the Peverell crest.
He turned to Ron and Remus, who had finally been able to join them, and held up two signet rings. "As Lord Peverell-Weasley, this ring grants you the same rights and privileges as the Lady, and the same protections apply. Remus, the same for you, Lord Black-Lupin." He put the rings in their hands, and embraced them both.
Harry then lifted a slim silver coronet out of the case and placed it on Pansy's head. "Duchess Potter," he said, simply, and kissed her. She took a matching band and placed it on his.
"Duke Potter, my heart," she said, and kissed him back. They stared into each other's eyes for a long moment and then faced the rest of the family. "These are largely ceremonial," Pansy explained. "My engagement ring, which was Harry's mother's, serves as my regular house jewelry. Harry's signet ring does the same for him. So don't expect to see us wearing these all the time," she said, grinning.
"And now, I would like to invite everyone back to the mansion for the grand unveiling, and dinner, if you are all free." He turned to Pansy. "You told your parents, correct?"
She nodded back at him. "They're meeting us there at 3."
"Well then," Harry said, and turned to the now empty case. He tapped it with his wand and muttered "Portus."
"Everyone, gather round. Next stop, Potter Mansion," he said happily, and everyone circled the table and touched the case. He tapped the case and triggered the Portkey, and they all disappeared.