Fighting for a family:

From the time the war with Voldemort ended, the wizarding world was peaceful and moving forward. Many of the magical people in Great Britain realised that a lot of the old crowd, meaning death eaters or supporters of Voldemort, did not want anything to change and their part of the magical world had stagnated.

The moment Kingsley Shacklebolt was voted in as the minister for magic, he hired a lot of good people and got rid of many that were against change but were also those types of people that believed only pure-blood's should be in positions of power.

It only took a couple of years but between everyone that now worked for the ministry, they got many laws changed and worked on laws that suited all witches and wizards. From then on, their world was finally moving forward.

Even though Harry Potter was known as a hero and their saviour, something he did not like but he did get used to it. He was asked to join a lot of talks with the new minister and the group he put together to help their world. The first suggestion Harry made that he believed would help everyone but also prevent dark people getting a foothold inside the ministry was to question every person who worked at places like the ministry, Hogwarts and even St Mungo's with veritaserum. He used Lucius Malfoy as an example. That man lied by saying he was placed under the imperius curse. The second suggestion was to hire the right people for positions that were not based on blood but who had the right newt scores and could do the job. His third suggestion was not to allow anyone to have more than one position, like Albus Dumbledore did. Due to his three jobs, he ended up making a lot of mistakes.

Those talks went on for months with many making suggestions. In the end, their world was finally moving forward. More businesses were opening up and most of the owners were muggleborns or muggle raised. There were a lot of couples that began to have babies so their numbers that had decreased due to the two wars with Voldemort was finally increasing. There were a lot of marriages and a lot of babies being born within a year after the end of the war.

Harry Potter married his girlfriend, Ginny Weasley after finishing off his last year at Hogwarts. He, like many others that could not do their final year due to the war, returned to Hogwarts. To Harry, it was the best year he had at the old castle due to it being safe and knowing that most of the trouble making students were either in Azkaban or dead.

Even though Harry was asked to stay on as one of the minister's advisers after he finished Hogwarts, Harry did what he always wanted to do, he became an auror. At the age of twenty seven, he became the youngest ever head auror.

Harry was always gifted when it came to subjects like defence against the dark arts but after he defeated Voldemort, all spells came easy to him, once he learned them. He also had a knack of always bringing in escaped death eaters or snatchers, which is why he ended up a senior auror after only two years of being an auror. He became the deputy head after only five years, then finally head auror.

Harry had been sitting in his office staring at all the pictures that sat at one end of his desk. He had been doing a lot of thinking as he stared at the pictures and he finally realised it was time.

After the aurors that were on day duty left and the night aurors arrived, Harry left to pick up some dinner before heading home.

'Oh great, I'm starved,' Ginny said as she grinned before taking the bags from Harry ready to dish up their meal.

Harry chuckled because Ginny said the same thing every day when he arrived with dinner. When they both got married, then both began their careers, they had talked about a lot of things and one thing they both said was that after a long day at work, Harry as an auror and Ginny as a professional quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies. Neither of them really wanted to cook once they came home so they decided to buy meals from different places every work day. They did cook on weekends or holidays, but while they worked, Harry always brought home their dinner since he was close to London when he left the ministry and there were a lot of places he could choose from.

The young couple talked about their day while they ate. Harry didn't bring up what he wanted, he thought they should talk about that after they had finished eating.

One Harry and Ginny settled down in the living room, Harry told Ginny that he believed it was time to start a family. Harry sat there in shock when Ginny explained how she couldn't fall pregnant due to an old injury that happened in the battle of Hogwarts.

Once Harry got over his shock, he stood. He didn't say anything, he just got up and walked upstairs. He quickly packed anything he wanted to keep in his old bag that had been charmed and left the house.

Ginny had been waiting for this day, she knew Harry would be upset, but she also knew there was nothing he could do. He would eventually accept it. As she stood to go make herself a cup of tea, she realised that Harry would probably leave for a few days. When he got really angry or upset, he usually did that so she was expecting him to be gone before she went up to bed. It did make her curious about how long Harry would be gone for. The longest had been three weeks and that had been before they married.

Harry got angry about the plans Ginny was making for their wedding, yet she refuse to listen to him, so he left and never returned to the Burrow or answer any letter. It took two weeks before Ginny realised she might lose Harry so she put a message in the Quibbler that said she would agree to his decisions if he came back. There was no name in the letter so no one except Harry would know. They had done that twice before. Luna didn't mind putting letters in for Harry and Ginny since they could not get any privacy.

'I'll give him a week then put another message in the Quibbler. He should be fine by then. Besides, Harry doesn't have anywhere else to go,' Ginny said then decided to head to bed. She had an early start the following day.

The following morning, Harry had contacted Susan Bones so she could run the office for the day that he had some things to do. Susan was the deputy head auror. Since she had known from the time she was young that she wanted to be an auror, like her aunt, Amelia Bones, she had learned a lot from her aunt which gave her a head start when she began training. Harry knew Susan was a great auror and she could easily handled anything at the auror office.

Harry snuck into the ministry using his invisibility cloak. He got to the office he needed, where he was shown straight in. He then went on to explain to the woman what he wanted and why. He even provided his memory.

'It's granted Mr Potter. As you know, there has to be a very good reason and this is one that has come up from time to time. It will be legal by the end of the day.'

'Thank you for everything,' Harry shook the woman's hand before leaving her office. He used his invisibility cloak to sneak out of the ministry. He kept the cloak on until he got to the doors of Gringotts.

'I would like this name removed from my vaults. But I would also like all my vaults to be combined and moved to one of your most secure vaults,' Harry said to the woman behind the counter. He really hated dealing with goblins, now he didn't have to. Voldemort had killed them all so people now ran the bank, 'I have proof here so you can see I can legally do this.'

'Very well and I will need to see proof as this name is your wife.'

'Ex-wife, and I hope that doesn't get out to soon.'

'It will not be from me,' the woman knew people would sell stories about Harry Potter to the papers. She always felt sorry for him. Now she finds out he is legally divorced, which was rare in the wizarding world. When she read the document, she realised why and she agreed with the man. She pressed three buttons on her desk, which would get the vaults combined into the largest security vault Gringotts had. The keys to the old vaults were invalid and another key appeared on her desk, 'In case you don't know, these vaults require the key and a small drop of blood to enter.'

'Yes, I know. The minister explained that to me a few years ago. But thank you,' Harry took the key, saw the woman holding out her hand so he shook it before leaving.

Harry used his invisibility cloak again then snuck away from Diagon alley. He was able to apparate directly into the house in Godric's Hollow. He knew he could fight for Grimmauld place but Harry never liked the house so he didn't care if Ginny kept it. The top two floors still looked the same, they had just sealed them and redid the rooms on the first two floors.

When Harry and Ginny first began to strip the house and talk about furniture, they both knew money would be tight since they had only just began to work. Ginny never knew Harry had other vaults. He didn't think anyone needed to know since he knew he would never use them. He owned two houses, he worked, so did his wife, so they would be comfortable. When they had stripped Grimmauld place of all the old carpet, wall paper, snake heads, elf heads and furniture, Harry mentioned how much cheaper furniture was in the muggle world, especially flat packs that came in a box. Ginny liked the idea and that's how she got plenty of furniture for all rooms on the first two floors.

Harry had fixed his parents home after the war with Voldemort, then he put the house under the fidelius charm. When a few individuals complained because they believed the house belonged to the people, Harry put in a statement in Witch Weekly. He explained that the house belonged to him, that the ministry could not take the house, if they did, then it would mean they could take anyone's home. If anyone tried to stop him from owning his parents home, he would push for those people to lose their homes as well. Harry never heard anything about it after that.

Harry had never allowed anyone into the house so most did not know that the house was much larger on the inside. It might look like a cottage from the outside but it was a large seven bedroom home.

'Well, I'll take some time but there were a few girls who told me they were interested if things with Ginny didn't work out. Maybe some of them are still single and interested,' Harry decided not to worry about relationships for now. He had to get used to a life as a single man again.

Harry also knew that he would begin to get attention again from the next day, when the news that Harry Potter divorced his wife of seven years due to the fact that Ginny Potter could not give her husband any children but also the fact that she never informed him that she could not conceive. As he is the last Potter, he deserved to have children to carry on his name. Now he was single and might find a woman who would give him those children.

Harry decided to arrive at the ministry early the following day since he knew the information on his divorce and why would be on the front page of the daily prophet. He figured he could miss the stares but also the women who would be trying to get him.

'You're in early boss,' Neville said as stood at the door to his boss's office.

'I had a good reason, which will be in the Prophet. I decided not to put myself in that situation.'

'We knew you must have had a good reason for not turning up yesterday. Anyway, the papers are due soon so I guess I'll find out then.'

Harry stared up at his friend, 'I'm legally divorced.'

'Blimey mate. How did you get them to agree to that?'

'Easy. I had one of the reasons that makes it allowed,' Harry watched his friend as he began to think. He knew Neville would figure it out. He grew up in a pure-blood house and being taught all the laws.

'There is only two things I can think of would make this allowed. Either you had proof that a love potion was used or it's to do with children.'

Harry nodded, 'Children. She never told me she couldn't, not until the other night when I mentioned to her that I think it's time. She knew how much I wanted a family, from the time I was friends with Ron until now, yet she kept it quiet.'

'She probably didn't believe you would be able to divorce her if she didn't know those laws. If she did know about them then she may have believed you wouldn't, not after all these years of being married.'

'I've never heard any of the Weasley's talk about those laws. Only Hermione did when she explained to me that she wasn't going to marry Ron until they stayed together for five years. When Ron and Hermione told Molly they were going to live together for a while, the house almost came down with her yelling. Tell me who you think I'll hear from first?'

'Hermione, she reads the paper the moment she arrives here, which is in about ten minute. I think you should keep your door shut until everyone has had a chance to hear the news. We can deal with anything but we'll let you know if you're needed.'

'Thanks Neville and I believe that is a good idea. This will also allow me to catch up on some of my paperwork.'

Neville shut the door before going to his desk. He knew this was going to be explosive news. He knew Ron's temper would go off so the moment he found out, he was bound to turn up. Ron did train as an auror but he ended up leaving after two years and now works for George. Ron did know the laws though so he should know what could happen if he tried to threaten the head auror, or if he tried any spells on Harry. Ron could end up doing five to ten years in Azkaban. Neville had a feeling that Ron's mother might also come here so he was going to talk to the rest of the aurors so they would know what they could expect.

It was only an hour after Ginny began training that the captain called her into her office. The coach and manager was in there.

'I need the truth Ginny before we can make a decision.'

'The truth about what?'

'Can you fall pregnant?'

Ginny's brow furrowed and wondered why she was being asked this personal question. She decided to answer then find out the reason.

'No, I can't, due to injuries sustained during the year Voldemort had control. Now why did you want to know something so personal?'

'Did you tell others about this, like family or your husband?'

'My mother knew as she was told by the healer. I was still underage so the healer had to inform my mother.'

'And she's the only one that knew?'

'Yes, now why are you asking this?' Ginny asked as she began to get angry.

'Because it helped us make a decision,' Gwenog looked towards the manager.

'Due to your actions which gives the Harpies a bad name, you are sacked from the team. Effective immediately. Go clean out your locket and leave the premises.

'What?!, You have to tell me how I gave the team a bad name?'

Gwenog slid the Daily Prophet in front of Ginny. There was a large picture of Harry Potter. The story went on about how his now ex-wife never told him she couldn't have children. He is the last Potter and wants to make sure his family's name continued, which is why he was granted a divorce straight away.

Ginny sat there in shock. She thought Harry would get over it if she just gave him enough time. She also didn't know there were ways to divorce. As she continued to read, she read that there were a few ways that will allow a couple to divorce. Once it was proven, then it's granted straight away. She realised she was no longer Ginny Potter but she had also lost her position on the team. Ginny was furious but she got up, scowled at the three people in the office before leaving.

By the time Ginny went home, after visiting her mother at the Burrow, she found a lot of things missing. Anything that was Harry's was gone but so was some things they bought together. Since the paper said the blame for the divorce lies with her, she was not entitled to anything. Ginny realised that Harry could have stripped everything from the house, he could have even stopped her entering the house. She already knew that she would not be able to access the Potter vault, only the vault her and Harry set up together. For all she knew, he might have cleaned that out. Since it was late, she decided to go to Gringotts the following day to find out if she had any money. She would find out that most was gone, there was now only one hundred galleons left in what used to be Harry and Ginny's shared vault. She planned to go speak with some of the other team managers after she finished at Gringotts. She was sure one of them would agree to her joining their team. She was one of the chasers that had been on the team that won the quidditch world cup.

It was as bad as Harry thought it would be. First was Hermione, who actually hugged Harry then said she agreed with what he did. While they had been talking, Ron had yelled as he ran into the auror offices only to be stopped by every auror, then his own wife who was supporting Harry and saying Ginny was a bitch for not telling Harry. They all knew Harry wanted children and could be a father now if Ginny had told him. Molly was next but when she heard what the aurors said to Ron about threatening the head auror and she heard what Hermione said, she realised how much trouble she could be in if she said what she planned. She never saw Harry but she did notice the door to his office was shut. As she was trying to calm her son down, the minister walked in and went straight into Harry's office. Molly heard Harry's voice so she now knew he was here.

Molly realised something as she was pulling her son away. This was the first divorce in her family. She had seen the way Ron and Hermione yelled at each other and the fact that Ron hated when Hermione went against him. Molly now believed that Ginny and Harry's divorce won't be the only divorce in the family, Ron and Hermione would be next and going on what she heard, it won't be long. She finally pulled Ron away and out of the ministry where she was finally able to get him to understand that Ginny had been in the wrong and she had told Ginny that. Harry wanted a family but Ginny couldn't yet she never told Harry. If Ginny told Harry, they might have stayed together and work on adopting children but she keep silent, which is what Molly believed to be the reason Harry instantly went to get a divorce from Ginny.

Kingsley and Harry waited until it got quiet before they spoke.

'I got word that Ginny was sacked from the team. It won't be known until tomorrow so this could happen again.'

'I wasn't sure if anything would happen with her career. I do remember Gwenog telling the girls that they had to have good reputation or they will be sacked. I'll arrive early again, in case it does.'

'You also won't get surrounded,' Kingsley smirked, 'by a bunch of woman.'

'That's another reason. It's too soon to date. I'll concentrate on my job and Teddy.'

'did anyone else know this about Ginny?'

'I believe only Molly knew, but I don't know for sure or if she agreed with Ginny to keep it quiet. What I don't know is if they knew there were ways someone can divorce. When Ginny first told me she couldn't and she knew I was angry, she didn't seem concerned at all. It makes me believe that she didn't know and thought I'd have to stay married to her. I don't know, I just know that seven years was wasted and I was hoping to be a father within a year.'

'You will. Give it some time then you'll find the right girl. I would give you this advice but naturally you do not have to take it. Find a woman who you have more in common with. Apart from playing quidditch yourself, you and Ginny didn't really have a lot in common.'

'I know which is why I wanted to take time before we married. I wasn't sure if we could make it yet they don't allow divorce in the wizarding world unless there is a situation like mine. I think when I'm ready, I will but I have to take time to get to know someone to see if we have things in common. Anyway, I'm a single man again.'

'When you're ready, you won't be. Anyway, I'll get back to my office.'

The moment the minister left, Hermione and Neville walked in but this time they left the door open.

'I heard Molly telling Ron that Ginny was in the wrong. I think she was still going to yell but she would have heard me tell Ron how much trouble he could get into,' Neville said.

'If she can get through to him, he will realise just how much trouble he could be in. Sometimes it takes a while before he understands,' Hermione said.

'What about you two? We all heard how you yelled at each other.'

'One of the many yelling fights we've had over the years. That is why I refuse to marry. It took me a while to get Ron to agree with me but he also agreed to make his family believe we were married. Ron knew how often we could have broken up, which meant if we did end up having a huge fight, we might end up stuck with each other. We do love each other but we still have a lot of problems, which is why we haven't married.'

'I think that law needs to change, it just needs to be worked so people don't rush into marriage or divorce,' Neville said.

'I always thought that law was wrong. I know the minister does as well. All we can do is work on it and others so they will support it. I agreed with Hermione, live together, see if they will work. The only thing that I wasn't sure about was how long you would do that,' Harry said.

'I originally thought two to five years. I really believed I would know after two years. There were times we never fought and I thought, finally, things were working out for us. But I decided to wait a bit longer, then the fights began again. Two of our biggest fights were caused by Molly, butting in like she does.'

'Let me guess,' Harry smirked, 'babies and how you should stay home and begin a family.'

'Exactly but it was mainly how she hates the fact that we woman like to work. Just because she was content being a stay home wife and mother, doesn't mean she could push her beliefs on others. All of the Weasley boy's wives work. Fleur might have had three children but she went back to work as soon as she could.'

'Yes, woman can work and in a lot of cases, they proved to be better than the men who used to have those jobs. Anyway, are you going to be okay when you head home?' Harry said.

'Yes but if I need to leave, I'll head to my parents place. I'll send you and owl if I do.'

'Sorry, but I'll expect the owl either tonight or first thing in the morning.' Harry said with a sad sort of smile.

'I think Harry's right, sorry Hermione.' Neville said with a shrug.

The young woman sighed but she knew they were right. By tonight, she would be a single woman, just like Harry was now a single man.

'It's the reason why Ron and I decided not to marry but we also talked a week ago about finally telling the family that we aren't married. He did agree but this might just be the thing that pushes him to far. He was always protective of Ginny. This was Ginny's fault this time, and he knows I'm supporting you. So yes, I believe you will be receiving my owl sooner rather than later.'

It was exactly as Harry and Neville thought, Hermione's owl went to them before dinner time. Harry went straight to Hermione's parent's home, where he joined the Grangers for dinner and to talk. They talked mainly of their failed relationships and the reasons behind it.

'At least Ron isn't blaming you or me. I think you finally got him to calm down and think things through before going off. It didn't take much for him to stop yelling when he came into the office.'

'Even though we do love each other, Ron realised we just weren't suited. We talked and both of us believe the only reason we got together was because the three of us were always together and didn't really get close to anyone else, not until Neville and that wasn't until our sixth year at Hogwarts.'

'I think you're right and it's the same with me. You were the only girl I spent a lot of time with, but Ginny was always around at Grimmauld place, the Burrow or Hogwarts,' Harry said with a sigh.

'Hermione told us that you also loved being with the Weasley's and they thought of you as another member of the family,' Jean said.

'Yeah, I did begin to think of them as family.'

'So you married Ginny to remain part of the family you loved,' Dan said, 'If you did spend time with other girls, like most teenage boys, you would realise your feelings for Ginny weren't the love a man has for a woman but for a man who loved a younger sister or cousin.'

'Harry did begin to get protective of Ginny, just like her brothers. I believe mum and dad are right Harry. Your mind made you believe you were in love with Ginny to remain or be a legal part of the Weasley family,' Hermione said giving Harry's hand a squeeze.

Harry sighed as he nodded. Those thoughts had come to him from time to time but he always talked himself into believing he loved Ginny. He now knew he didn't, not when he was already thinking about some woman he might like to date. If he loved Ginny, he would be hurt, but he was just angry that she kept this information from him. He felt like he had wasted seven years and now had to start again.

Harry knew it might take a while but he had a good feeling that if he just had some patience, he will meet the right woman. A woman who loved him for him and not the saviour. A woman who would be his equal. A woman who would give him the family he always wanted.

The end: