Chapter Fourteen; The Big Bombshell

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Everyone cheered after Bill and Fleur officially tied the knot before they started setting up for the reception. After the wedding was over Harry finally realized that Hermione must have given her parents' memories back since she was with them. That's when she started introducing everyone to Elvis. "Wow, you've got a cute little brother there Hermione." Hagrid began. "When is he coming to Hogwarts?" he questioned.

"I'm only seven years old and I'm not a wizard." He replied with a sad sigh and a shake of his head. "I wish I was though. Hermione has all the fun." He said glancing over at her.

"Oh I don't know about that. There is a lot of stuff that muggles can do that we can't." she told him.

"Name five." He told her.

"Well for one thing, we never get to go to junior high and high school which means that we miss out on all of the school dances. Especially homecoming and prom. We also can't play muggle sports or do anything like cheerleading or scouts, or for very long anyway because we have to get sent away to boarding school. And you know how much you enjoy Cub Scouts." She pointed out.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Maybe it isn't such a bad thing being a muggle after all." He said as Hermione started explaining to him that he should be happy just the way he was while Harry watched them together.

"At least you don't have to worry about going after an evil wizard that's trying to kill you and I try to kill him first." He added inside his mind while Hermione bent down and hugged him tightly just as a tiny blue little puppy started jumping up on them and wagging his tail.

"Chance no, get down!" Hagrid cried while grabbing his collar and pulling him back down to the ground. All four paws hit the grass before he started sniffing them. "Sorry about that, he's still in training mode." He apologized as Harry walked over to them.

"I didn't know that you got a new puppy Hagrid." He said as he knelt down on the ground and Chance leapt up onto his lap wagging his tail and starting to lick his face.

"Well I didn't have much of a choice. I was looking for an adult dog since it's been awhile since Fang passed away, but they were scheduled to put this little guy to sleep because nobody wanted him." He explained.

"He looks like a Pitbull." Hermione's mother said.

"That's because he is. Now don't believe everything you hear about them, it's the owner that causes them to go savage not the dog itself. Anyway, I couldn't just let that happen so I decided to adopt him and give him a second chance. That's where he got his name." he explained while grinning down at Harry who was petting the top of the puppy's head while he continued wagging his tail and licking his face.

"I think he's brilliant. And one of the most beautiful dogs that I've ever seen." He said before starting to laugh. "Hey, cut that out! That tickles!" he cried remembering back to the time when both of his dogs were puppies and how he had missed having a cute little puppy like that around.

"You can come down to my hut to play with him if you want. That is whenever you have some free time." Hagrid told him.

"Does he get along with other dogs?" Harry asked him.

"Oh yeah. In fact I could hardly get him out of the shelter since he wanted to stop and play with every dog and child that walked by. He's very friendly." He told him. "And I'm sure he'd love playing with Cowboy." He added as Hermione knelt down beside Harry.

"Aww, I can't believe anybody would want to try and kill him." She said starting to scratch him behind the ears. "I remember when Buddy was that small."

"I know, it makes you miss having puppies around doesn't it?" Harry questioned her. "I mean don't get me wrong, I love both of my dogs with all my heart. They're members of the family. I just missing smelling their puppy breath and carrying them around from place to place." He said.

"Well you can still do that with Cowboy any time you want to." Hermione pointed out since Cowboy was a very small dog.

"Yeah I guess you're right." Harry began. "But I can't do that for Tobey and Eve anymore, they've gotten too big. And pretty soon Teddy and Heather will be too." He said. "I can't believe how fast that they're growing up. We haven't had babies around since the twins were born, and that was five years ago." He said.

"Well who knows? Since Bill and Fleur are married now, maybe you'll get a little niece or nephew soon." Hermione implied with a grin.

"Oh yeah I bet Eve would just love that." Harry said.

"What? Doesn't Eve like babies?" Hermione questioned him.

"No. She doesn't like anything if it means that she isn't the center of attention. I mean the only reason that she loves Teddy and Heather is because she has to." Harry told her as Hermione giggled. "I bet she would sell them for a boatload of chocolate frogs if she could." He said as Hermione giggled again.

"No she wouldn't!" she exclaimed.

"You've got to remember Hermione, she's my sister. I've known her for ten years, I've practically grown up with her. Even Mum and Dad know what I'm talking about." He said when suddenly Eve stormed over to them as Hermione started laughing again.

"Stop talking about me Harry James Snape!" she yelled angrily with a stomp of her foot.

"Stop listening in!" Harry yelled back.

"I wasn't!" she protested.

"Then how did you know that we were talking about you then?" he asked her.

"Because you always are! Just wait until I go to Hogwarts too, you'll be sorry once I learn how to do magic! Then I'll learn how to do the bat boogey jinx just like Ginny can do and you'll never mess with me again! Just you wait Harry James Snape!" she snapped before she turned up her nose and quickly spun back around on her heel. "Hmph!" she exclaimed storming away again as Harry and Hermione turned to look at each other and busted out laughing.

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Harry sat down at the table with the rest of the wedding guests when all of a sudden Charlie stood up and started clinging his spoon against his goblet. Everyone else stopped talking before glancing up in his direction. "Ladies and gentlemen I just want to make a toast to my big brother Bill and his new wife Fleur. May they be happy and blessed for many years in their marriage." His said as everyone said the names of the two newlyweds and toasted their goblets together before he sat back down again and his mother stood up.

"Just to let everyone know we are ready to eat, but first Lily has volunteered to say grace." She said as everyone bowed their heads and took ahold of each other's hands.

"Heavenly Father we would just like to take this time to thank you for the wonderful food that we are about to receive, and thank you that we all have been brought together to enjoy it. Bless Bill and Fleur and everyone else here today Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen." She said.

"Amen." Everyone else said while raising their heads and opening their eyes as food started magically appearing on their plates and chatter filled the air again. Chance started whimpering and pawing Hagrid's leg.

"I know, I know." He told him as he glanced down at him. "I haven't forgotten you don't worry." He reassured him with a grin before tossing him a bit of chicken that he caught inside his mouth perfectly and started chewing it up with his little puppy teeth.

"So how have you been Harry?" Neville asked him as he turned his head around and looked at him realizing for the first time that he was there.

"Alright, you?" he asked him.

"Truthfully, no." he replied with a shake of his head. "You see my grandmother died a few weeks ago."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Harry told him. "Was she religious?" he asked him.

"Yeah well that isn't the worst part, and yes she was." He said.

"So what's so bad about it? She's in Heaven now isn't she?" Harry questioned him.

"Yes, but let's just say that I went to hell because of it." He told him as Harry scrunched up his face in confusion and that's when Neville leaned his head towards his and whispered inside his ear. "Professor McGonagall stuck me with a foster family until I can move out on my own." He said.

"Where did she stick you? I mean what family can possibly be that bad?" Harry asked him.

"Your aunt and uncle's." he whispered back as Harry glanced up and saw that sure enough his aunt, uncle, and cousin Dudley were sitting down at the end of the table and neither one of them looked happy." Harry dropped his fork and spoon on top of his plate making a loud clattering noise in which everyone stopped talking and turned to look at him.