A/N: Thank you all for waiting patiently...I hope. I've been caught up in work. It looks like the last few chapters may be a little longer...or at least that's the way they're playing out in my head. Apologies for the wait. Now on with the show...er...story

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39

The following morning Harriet and Luna were on their way to breakfast when Hermione ran up to them out of breath. "It's a good thing I found you before breakfast. You'll want to see this." She handed them today's Daily Prophet. On the front of it was a picture of an angry Luna coming down the stairs shaking her finger at what appeared to be the reader but they knew was actually Rita Skeeter.

Lovegood or Bad Love?

It appears that Miss Lovegood wears the pants in the relationship as she refuses to let Harriet Potter speak for herself. The Daily Prophet's Rita Skeeter had run across the couple a second time outside of Gringotts in Diagon Alley. The first time our intrepid reporter was promised an interview and then abandoned as Miss Lovegood refused to let Miss Potter speak with us despite Miss Potter saying that she would.

Furthermore, a reliable source from inside Hogwarts tells us that Miss Potter has been offered a chance to return her former male self from before the accident that left her in her current state. The source also states that Miss Potter only has 24 hours to return to the Boy-Who-Lived before remaining a woman forever. However it seems Miss Lovegood is not allowing this to happen and is somehow forcing Miss Potter to remain a woman despite her protests. Apparently Miss Potter is being told that she and Miss Lovegood have what is referred to as a soul bond.

Soul Bonds are an extremely rare form of magic between two people and are almost undocumented. In fact the only ones that can actually see soul bonds are house elves because of their magical nature. We're not sure how Miss Lovegood convinced Miss Potter that they shared this rare form of magic but it was either a very convincing tale or she is under the influence of some sort of magic.

Whatever the case may be we hope that Miss Potter is able to come to her senses quickly before she has no chance of going back! Good luck Miss Potter! We look forward to the return of the Boy-Who-Lived.

Harriet raged internally and looked like she was going to explode. Hermione and Luna could see it as her eyes grew brighter, filling with raw magic potential. "When I found out who is responsible for this…," Harriet growled. Hermione took a step back, slightly afraid of Harriet's ever-growing power. Luna, however stepped forward, not scared of her fiancé's power because she knew that Harriet would never hurt her. She took the paper from Harriet's hands and handed it back to Hermione before holding Harriet's hands.

"Harriet," she almost whispered.

Harriet was in a focused state of rage and didn't hear Luna's calling.

"Harriet," she repeated a little louder.

Harriet's anger and focus were interrupted by the voice of the one she loved. Her eyes went back to their normal emerald green as she blinked twice and looked Luna in the eyes.

"You know as well as I do that it doesn't matter what they say or think. Articles like this just attract the wrackspurts and right now you are swarming with them. Let's get out of here and go look at our home." Luna handed Hermione her portkey to the house. "The activation phrase is Marauder's Love. You and Ronald are welcome to come by this afternoon. Just give us time to look around, clean up the place and key you into the wards."

Hermione nodded as Harriet took the key out of her pocket, still holding Luna's hand as she put her other hand on the portkey. "Marauder's Love" The key glowed for a few seconds before they disappeared. Hermione headed back to the Great Hall to find Ron and tell him what had transpired.

With a whoosh and the blink of an eye Harriet and Luna appeared their new home. Harriet had landed on her butt while Luna managed to remain standing. The two of them sat there gazing at their new home in wonder for moments before Harriet stood up. She took Luna's hand and walked towards the house. As they approached the home itself they could feel the magic within and the wards that were around it. Their signet rings let up as they crossed the wards signifying that the belonged and that the magic recognized them as the true owners of the property.

The 2 story home looked like something out of a Mediterranean vineyard. It was a simple white with arches everywhere and a walk out porch above the main doorway in the front. The trim around the large windows was black as was the front door. One side of the house had a large set of double doors which faced the lake that was on their property and led through a garden and patio into the kitchen. The area around their house was flat for the most part except for the slight dip leading towards the lake. Halfway around the lake trees were abundant as it faded into a forest area that lead over the next hill.

Harriet walked up to the door and put her signet ring against the lock and the door clicked open. Harriet swung open the door before bowing and holding out her hands for Luna to go first. "My lady, would you care to have the honors," Harriet asked. Luna giggled as she moved to pass Harriet. In a flash Harriet had swooped Luna up in her arms once more and carried her over the threshold bridal style before setting her back down. She flashed a smile to Luna. "What can I say? It felt right! I mean this is going to be our first house after all!"

Luna smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Is that so Harriet Potter? We haven't even looked at the house yet and you've decided this is where we're living?"

Harriet blushed and started to backtrack. "Well…er…I just thought it was nice and…"

"I'm teasing you Harriet. The house is beautiful. Let's go take a look around." With that the two girls wandered the house exploring. There were 4 rooms, a bathroom and a master bedroom/bathroom that had the walkout porch above the main door on the top floor. The main floor contained the kitchen, laundry room, living room with a fireplace, dining room, foyer, office with a good size library and another bathroom. Their basement was large as well and was completely finished. It contained 2 large rooms, a potions lab, a 4th bathroom and a 2nd living room. When they had finished exploring inside they went out the double doors and onto the nice sized patio that had a path leading off it running down to the lake. There was a large garden off to one side and what appeared to be a large fire pit on the other side.

"It's…."

"Perfect," Harriet finished in awe of the house. Luna nodded as they began to open the windows in the house and let the warm breeze roll through and clear the dust and staleness out of the house. Suddenly Harriet had an idea. "Kreacher! Winky!" *POP* *POP*

"Mistress Black has summoned Kreacher?"

"Miss Harriet needs Winky?"

"Yes I did. I was wondering if you two would be able to help us clean the house up a bit. It's been shut up for quite some time. We'll also need to restock the pantries."

"Kreacher will do as Mistress Black commands." With that Kreacher popped away to fetch some cleaning supplies from Grimmauld Place and popped back and set to work.

"Winky would be honored to help Miss Harriet and her Misses Luna!" Winky too set off to work cleaning and dusting the house.

"You know, Kreacher could stay here with us. We have plenty of room and I don't want him to get too lonely over there by himself," Luna suggested. Harriet agreed with her. While her and Kreacher hadn't exactly got off on the right foot things had gotten better after Harriet destroyed the locket horcrux and gave the fake one to Kreacher which he still wore all the time.

About lunch time their stomachs started grumbling and that's when they realized that they hadn't eaten breakfast that morning with all the commotion that had happened that morning. *POP* Winky appeared next to the two girls. "Misses Harriet and Misses Luna has lunch in the kitchen. Winky brings it from Hoggywarts."

"Thank you Winky. That was very kind of you to think about us," Luna said to the house elf.

"Winky just wants to help her Misses Harriet and Misses Luna."

"Winky, can I ask you a question," Harriet asked as she knelt down beside Winky.

"Yes! Yes! Misses Harriet can ask Winky," the excited house elf said.

"Is it true you can see soul bonds?"

Winky nodded excitedly. "Winky never has seen one before but Misses Harriet and Misses Luna has one. A connection connecting them. Is very bright and strong!"

Harriet and Luna blushed at the news. Now they both knew that soul bonds did in fact exist and that there's was quite strong. "Thank you Winky." Winky smiled and disappeared with a *POP*, presumably to clean another part of the house.

After they had finished eating the two girls went to the main entry and found the log that contained all the people that were allowed access. Several names had been crossed off several times, presumably for either vacations or arguments. All the names on the current page were in her parents' handwriting. The names that were still there on the list, allowing them access, made her tear up. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Albus Dumbledore. Luna saw a tear roll down Harriet's cheek and reached out to wipe it. Harriet grabbed the quill and added Ron and Hermione's names to the book.

They spent some time going around looking at what was in the house, checking out the pictures of Harriet's parents and a very pregnant Lily that were hanging on the wall. All of a sudden there was a loud noise out front followed by a very familiar "Bloody Hell! Stupid thing!" and then another more feminine voice, "Language Ronald!" Their friends had arrived. They made their way to the front door to greet the first guests in their new home.

"Welcome to our home," Luna said proudly.

"It's not much but we like it," added Harriet with a grin.

"Not much? Bloody hell! It's almost a mansion," stated Ron.

"Almost doesn't count as is Mr. Weasley," Luna said trying to have a strict teachery voice. It didn't work and they all shared a laugh.

"Come inside. Let us show you around," Harriet said.

During the tour Hermione had been distracted by the office library. It was hard to pull her away from but they promised that she could come back and browse their selection later. Afterwards, they took a seat on the couches in the main living room.

"So what happened at Hogwarts today," Harriet asked not really wanting to know the answer.

"Oh nothing much. Same old Hogwarts," replied Hermione as nonchalantly as possible.

"Are you kidding? You two were the talk of the entire school all day! People were arguing about what was going to happen."

"Thank you Ronald," an annoyed Hermione replied. "I was trying to take their minds off of it."

"Thank you for trying Hermione but we need to know what's going on so we're prepared when we go back. Speaking of did you two tell McGonagall you were leaving," asked Harriet.

"That's PROFESSOR McGonagall…and no we didn't. We've been busy most of the day. In fact, I'll have you know I walked into the Gryffindor common room to find Ronald yelling at some of the fellow Gryffindors and setting them straight. He said it didn't matter if you were going to stay a girl because it was none of their business anyway. The only people it affected were you two. He went on to say that Luna wasn't tricking you or deceiving in anyway. That he had known you a long time and this was the happiest you'd ever been and that…."

"Hermione, don't," Ron asked her, still blushing as red as his hair.

Hermione looked at him curiously for a moment before continuing, "He said that no matter what you guys were still best mates and he would always stand by you. He told each and every one of them there that they should be lucky to have such friends and such happiness in their lives. Then he saw me standing there, turned this adorable shade of red like he is right now, and stopped talking."

Ron stood up and looked like he was going to run off when Harriet stood and looked him in the eyes. "Ron, thank you. Thank you for defending Luna and thank you for defending me even though you didn't need to do either. You're absolutely right though. You'll always be my best mate and I will always stand by you too." With that she moved forward and hugged a surprise Ron who turned a deeper shade of red if that was possible and returned a quick hug.

"Now I should probably let Professor McGonagall know that you two are here with me so she doesn't panic that she can't find her two favorite students," Harriet said with a wink and a grin. She moved over to the fireplace and grabbed the black jar of floo powder that was on top. She waited for a few minutes for the floo to connect to the network again. It had been a while since it was used. She threw some floo powder in and stuck her head in the fireplace. This was going to be a fun conversation...