AUTHOR NOTE:

This is a far far better version of the copier story. I fleshed it out, changed a few things around and am far happier. Given the author notes on the other one I'll leave it up too.

Stevem1: Well thanks for the many comments. Glad you found them entertaining. As for my sanity I don't worry about it so no need to worry. Lol. Nope no drugs although beer, mead and a few other adult beverages are imbibed on occasion. I do try to keep the endings happy. The real world is filled with too many sad endings why should out fictional worlds be? As for Ginny over Luna in the first one I flipped a coin. In cases where the plot would not be altered too severely I use my executive decision making device to determine it.

September 1st 1994

Harry and Ron were chatting with Ginny when they saw Hermione come through the barrier onto 9 and ¾. She must have been running very late as the Weasley's had been early and still among the last to board the train.

Harry turned and watched her approach. She looked pretty and healthy today. Her hair was a deep chestnut brown instead of the more lighter shade he remembered but he remembered his aunt Petunia dying her hair to keep the grey away for her vanity. He figured Hermione for some reason had chosen to do that.

She came running up and hugged Harry tightly. "Oh my god guys. I'm so glad you survived that World Cup. I heard all about it and was so scared that you got killed or hurt." She kissed him on the throat.

"Not expelled." Harry joked not sure what to think of her lips having touched his throat.

"oh you prat." she said slapping him on the chest lightly. He stared at her in shock.

"What?"

"Your eyes Mione. They're green like mine."

"Shit. Sorry. I'll explain on the train okay." She said as she headed for the compartments.

Harry shrugged and followed her. Ron uncharacteristically silent as he watched her go.

=====xxxxx=====

Once they were settled she smiled and said, "Okay I'm going to confess something I bet you never expected me to say."
"You're adopted and really Harry's secret sister?" Ron asked hopefully.

"No. Uh NO. Why would you even say that?" Hermione asked in shock and disgust.

"Oh uh no reason. You just have the same exact color eyes as Harry does."

"Yeah that means I imprinted his pattern on mine."

"Hunh?" Both boys asked in confusion, looking at her blankly.

"Okay maybe if I explained from the beginning?"

Harry and Ron both nodded carefully and slowly.

"Okay well I was working on poly-juice. And I thought I'd use the microwave to cut down on some of the time. Well it worked sort of."

"What do you mean sort of?" Harry asked in concern. Remembering the time she spent as a cat. Afraid and embarrassed to show herself to anyone but him. And then only after he promised to never tell Ron anything about her appearance then. At least she hadn't asked him to make an oath.

"Well I can change shape and take on the appearance of someone else. The last person I've touched."

Harry got a surprise look of understanding. "Wait when you touched me on the platform. You did something and changed your eyes."

"Yeah. Let me explain how it works okay?"

"Yeah that's cool though. You look pretty with green eyes."
"Thanks I am kinda partial to green eyes."
Ron frowned and shook his head. Ginny felt a sudden sensation of being shoved to the side emotionally.

"So anyhow what do you mena you can shift?"

"Well the last person I touch their pattern I guess is the way they explained it is what I can shift into. Until I touch someone else and copy their pattern."
"Does it happen just from touching someone?" Ron asked in concern.

"No not anymore. When I first did it I was a mess. Literally. I had touched mom and shifted, lost my original form. Bits and pieces of me shifted and I mean that literally at one point I had one of my breasts, one of moms, different colored eyes, it was ugly."

"Wow. So you can shift into a copy of me now?"

"Yeah wanna see?"

"Sure."
Her form melted and shifted until Harry was staring at a copy of himself. "Whoa that's wicked."
Ginny grinned, "Holy crap. So uh how accurate is that?"

Hermione laughed, "Totally accurate. IF Harry and I stepped out and came back in the only way you could tell us apart is our clothes. If we were naked not even his own mom could tell just by looking."

Ginny licked her lip, "Oh really?" Looking back and forth between her friends.

Ron grunted, "Down Ginny. This is freaky. She's still Hermione even if she looks like Harry."

"Just like Harry." She said hungrily to Hermione's amusement.

"Do you mind? Come back to you please Herms."

"Why Ron I was thinking of charging admission to the showers in the girls dorms with this." She winked at Harry but he still wasn't sure with the new Hermione here."

Ginny laughed, "Maybe get Harry to join you and we charge them to play spot the differences."

"Yeah but if she looks and sounds exactly like me there aren't any."

"Oh I know but we'd have to examine you very very carefully to make sure."

Hermione shifted back to herself and frowned, Reaching under her shirt she put her breasts back in her bra cups to the amusement of Ginny as both boys looked then realized they were looking and almost injured themselves looking without looking.

"You know guys I have lost any nudity taboo I may have had. I had to spend a bit of time naked as I just couldn't hold a form for more than a few seconds at first."

"I thought you said you turned into your mom?"

"I did but she's just tall enough and wider hipped and stuff that my clothes don't fit her and her's don't really fit me. So I just said never mind and got rid of the clothes."
"Oh I bet your mum loved that." Ron snorted.
"She didn't care she has no body image problems or nudity taboo. We've gone to clothing optional beaches in France. And she's gone optional..."

"And your dad is okay with that?"

She shrugged, "He's happy the way she looks. Says that she makes him look richer as he has a trophy wife. You'll have to figure out dad's sense of humor."
"So why are your eyes green in your normal form?"

"Because I take on one characteristics from the person I've got their pattern copied as. When I came in that was mom's hair color. I unfortunately don't get to choose. Its a bit random."
"Do Ginny." Harry said excitedly.

"I'm not a dolly wally Harry."
"Sorry do Ginny please?"

"No wait I don't want my magic stolen."
"Ginny I don't steal people's magic just what they look like."
"You sure?"

Harry took his wand out and cast a lumos. "See I've still got mine. I would have felt it if she had."

"Oh okay. Mom warned us about stuff like this."

She shook her head and held her hand out. Ginny looked at it then took it. There was a brief flicker of Hermione's form and her breasts shrunk to the smaller ones of Ginny.

Looking down Hermione sighed, "Well bummer."

"Hey just go touch Lavender and they should inflate back up." Ron chuckled.

"Yeah or I might get her hair or her eyes its usually one of those three. Hair eyes or boobs, on the plus its the same with each person. So from now on if I copy Ginny I'll be the same size as her."

"Oh man that sucks."

"As if. I'm quite happy with my size you prat. What do you think Harry?" Ginny said thrusting her chest out.

"Yeah they're nice." He said clearing his throat.

Hermione shrugged, "I will not be showing this off to just everyone okay. So Harry can I go back to yours."

"No shift to Ginny first."

"What's the big deal?"

Harry shrugged, "What I wanna see. This is awesome. You're like that one blue girl in Dudley's comic books.

"The mutants thing?"

"Yeah she can look like anyone."
"I'm not quite like that. Its a lot more limited but if you insist Harry."

She closed her eyes and melted and reformed into Ginny. The clothes didn't fit quite right but she smiled and in Ginny's voice said, "So this make you happy."
Harry grinned with his teeth rubbing his bottom lip, "OH yeah."

Hermione raised her eyebrow "I think you're just having some seriously prurient thoughts"

"Hunh?" Harry said while Ron started laughing.

"Whats so funny?" The real Ginny asked.

"Sorry seeing Hermione's body posture and big words on you."

"I can use big words too I just need to learn them." Ginny said glaring at her brother.

"Yeah sure. Now c'mon Harry get Hermione back so we only have to deal with one of my sister."

"Mia. Don't ever copy my brother unless you plan on replacing him. The universe would implode with two of him running around."

Ron huffed and rolled his eyes at her while Hermione laughed.

Harry held his hand out and she flickered and changed then her breasts inflated as her eyes shifted back to green."

"So how are you going to explain those?"

"Love Bond? Lavender will buy it and she'll tell everyone about it."

"Won't it be detectable?"

Ginny laughed, "Harry there is no such thing as a love bond. Only those who are truly romantic or goofy believe there is. But it'll make people not ask more serious questions and think she changed them with transfiguration or charms."

"Yeah. That makes sense." Hermione batted her eyelashes at him.

"Yeah so why would you want to tell people we had a love bond?"

"Well since I was hoping you'd be my boyfriend that would help explain that."

"Oh okay. Cool. Yeah sure. I'd like that."

Ginny sighed.

"Although I don't want to stop being your friend too Ginny, Ron."

"Oh okay." Ron settled back into the friendzone without complaint. Ginny was not as happy but she accepted it.

=====xxxxx=====

They chatted and talked for the ride Hermione shifting back and forth several times to show Ron and Ginny she could do it at will. Although she almost got caught as Harry when Draco came to be snarky. He saw Hermione holding Harry's hand and almost got sick.

After he left she shifted back and mocked him. Harry laughed as well as Ginny.

"So I just thought of something you have to actively touch someone to copy them?"

"Yes Ron I have to touch them an consciously will myself to copy them." She said taking Ginny's hand as she sat down in Harry's form.

"Oh dang. I was just imagining the pranks you could play on Draco if you looked like him."

"Yeah well it doesn't work that way. Besides with my luck my hair would turn his blonde for the tell I have."

"Really."

Ginny looked down at Hermione rubbing the back of her hand. If she didn't know it was Hermione she would think it was Harry and would be very happy. Still as nice as it was it was still Hermione inside there.

"Uh you can let go of my hand any time Hermione."

"Hunh?"

Ginny squeezed her hand and Hermione blushed and puleld her hand back. Uh sorry."
"No problem Ginny laughed. I'm going to go see how my other friends are doing up front. You guys have fun."

As Ginny left Hermione jumped over to beside Harry and shifted back to herself. She sighed in relief and snuggled up against him.

Whispering in Harry's ear she asked, "Uh Harry how do you deal with it when it gets stiff?"

Harry laughed and whispered back, "Very carefully. Try in the shower."

Hermione blushed.

=====xxxx====

A few days later Ron sat on the couch next to Harry. "Hey where's Hermione?"

"I think she went to the library to do some homework. why?"

"Oh I was gonna see if I could talk her into helping me with that potions homework Snape gave us."

"Ron its only a foot on the safety of not using muggle devices when preparing potions. You have to admit Mione got lucky. She could have had much worse happen."
"I guess. Those micronicwave things sound dangerous anyhow. And they put food in them?"

"Yes Ron. The Dursleys have one too."
"Wow do all muggles have them?"

Harry shrugged, "Maybe, I dunno."

"Muggles are weird."

"You know Mione's parents are muggles."
"Oh yeah I keep forgetting. She seems so normal most of the time."

"Really Ron? You keep talking like that people might think you're turning into a Slytherin."

"No need to get insulting Harry. Just cause I don't get muggles and why they do half the things they do doesn't mean I hate them I really don't I just feel sorry for them. They live in such a boring and bland world. The fact Hermione's not more messed up than she is amazes me sometimes."

"Messed up? How's she messed up?"

"You know she doesn't even try to understand things. She acts like we ought adapt muggle ways and forget our magic. I get enough doing stupid stuff at home."

"Yeah well you know I live with muggles too."
"I know man and I keep trying to get mom and dad to try and get you out of there but they say Dumbledore says you have to live there for your own good."
"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Whoa how'd you do that?"

"How'd I do what?"

"You said that without moving your lips?"

"No I didn't. I always move my lips when I talk."

Ron looked very closely at Harry then poked him in the chest."
"Hey what was that for."
"Seeing if you're Hermione."

Harry unbuttoned his shirt showing a flat male chest. "See no boobs, no bra. Its me." Buttoning his shirt back.

"Sorry. She's just the kind that would try and trip a fellow up you know. Devious that one."

"Devious she's my girlfriend you know."
"Yeah weird though. At least she looks better with your eyes man. Those brown things reminded me of a cocker spaniel."

"Whatever Ron."

"She went to the library you say?"

"Yeah why?"

"Oh I thought I'd do some research."

"You mean you want to see if Hermione will do your potions homework for you."
"Well yeah she's an easy touch."

"Sure okay Ron good luck with that."

"Later."

Once Ron was gone he got up and went upstairs.

======xxxxx=====

Checking that the dorm was empty Harry began undressing as Harry pulled his invisibility cloak off and flung it in his trunk. He then flopped on his bed staring up at the canopy overhead.

"Sorry Harry. But I told you Ron's a bum. I did a lot of thinking about things over the summer."

"Yeah I know."

"You must be upset I'm almost to my knickers and you haven't even looked once."

Harry rolled on his side and looked at his girlfriend in her female form. "True there are a lot better things to think of."

She posed for him as the door opened and Neville walked in. He froze staring straight at Hermione who smiled back at him, "Uh HI Neville."
"Uh guys according to Seamus you're supposed to put a sock on the door if you're doing something like this."

"Oh thanks. I didn't know." Harry said reaching down and throwing Neville a sock. "Care to take care of that for me."

"Uh yeah. Mind if I grab my potions book first."

Hermione saw it sitting on his trunk. She grabbed it and walked over handing it to Neville who was breaking out in a sweat trying to maintain eye contact.

"Its okay if you look Neville. If I was upset I'd have pulled a shirt on."

"Uh okay." He glanced down then giving a sigh and a thumbs up he stepped out. Harry and Hermione laughed for a few before they found better ideas.

=====xxxxx=====

The month of September passed well. Although Harry and Ron had a bit of a fight over Ron's attitude when Hermione refused to do his homework anymore. Ginny laughed and agreed that Ron had it coming to him. He had failed his potions homework as he had utterly no clue on the muggle devices and refused to ask about them. The only books in the library about muggle devices being rather outdated as they talked about the recent invention of the electric light.

Hermione and the other muggle-borns and half-bloods found themselves briefly explaining and describing the muggle technological advances. So if Snape had hoped to terrorize students with the descriptions of the dangerous muggle world it just stirred more interest up in things like stereos, cars, and television.

Ginny and Hermione had a talk with Harry about Ginny's crush on him. Hermione had not wanted to interfere in Ginny and Harry being friends or lose Ginny as her own friend. Ginny said she would try to remain friends.

======xxxxx=====

October came and the other schools arrived. Hermione was not exactly impressed with the other students. Viktor Krum though seemed to impress most of the female population. Meanwhile a pretty blonde named Fleur Delacour was impressing most of the males with a few exception. Colin Creevey was in the Viktor Camp but Harry only had eyes for Hermione. Ron was in both camps amazingly enough it seemed like. He kept making a fool of himself in front of both of them though to the point that they ignored him or tried to get away from him.

During all the chaos Hermione and Ginny had slipped off to get some air. They were in a small rocky hollow on the other side of the castle and not far from the woods.

"Oh man did you see Ron? The way he makes moon eyes at either one of them you'd think he had a crush on them both. Too bad you can't copy them."

"Krum is from Durmstrang so he's probably got charms and wards on him to prevent copying, plus hes a celebrity so it would be wrong Ginny."

"What about the blonde girl?"

"She's part Veela. I'm kinda leery about doing anything non-totally-human. Especially after second year."

"Yeah that was a bad year. I don't blame you."

"Sorry. I can still turn into Harry though."

Ginny looked off into the woods then chuckled, "Fully?"

"Well uh yeah."
"Are you suure?" she asked with a grin.

"If you're asking if I've compared my body as him to his body then yes. I am totally absolutely identical to him."
"So do tell me about this comparison.." She said laughing causing Hermione to blush but chat with her friend.

=====xxxxx=====

Harry was standing by the doors when Hermione and Ginny came walking up. When they saw him Ginny started giggling and Hermione started blushing but had a rather strange grin on her face. Harry raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Well you two seem to be in a good mood."

"Yeah it was a wonderful afternoon Harry." Hermione sighed.

He looked at Ginny who smacked Hermione on the arm causing her to shake her head, "Uh yeah sorry. Yeah I'm in a good mood."
"Why?"

"Uh well uh."
Ginny started whistling. Hands behind her back.

"Okay Gin when happened?"
"Well its really not something I need to tell. I mean your girlfriend should probably explain that."

Taking her by the arm he gestured towards a nearby bench away from the doors people were strolling through on this autumnal Saturday evening. She nodded and moved over with him. Ginny following.

Looking into her green eyes he leaned in, "So what's going on?"

"Uh well I kissed Ginny, but I was you."

"Oh. Okay."

"Uh Harry I was in your form."

"Yeah." he turned to Ginny who was looking just as surprised, "Did you enjoy?"

"Uh yeah. I enjoyed all of it."
"Just how far did you go?"

"Uh touchie feelie. Of her breasts and your uh."

"I gave her a handie."

"Oh okay. So after dinner you and me empty class room on the fifth corridor east?"

"Uh sure." Ginny said. Looking at Hermione who dug a sickle out of her pocket.

"You thought I'd be upset?" He said turning to Hermione.

"Uh well yeah. I mean I thought you might not want to share or play around at least."

"Hermione I wasn't taught anything by the Dursleys except what not to do. How not to act. You made out with Ginny as me. I'm sure there is some kind of social code or something about that."

She blushed, "Uh yeah sorry we got talking about copying people and I turned into you and she was curious and well I was kinda curious about something and now I'm not."

"Cool. So since I don't have all the hangups and stuff because I wasn't taught to have any you mind if Ginny is our girlfriend too?"

Hermione didn't know what to say but when Harry leaned in and kissed her on the lips deeply and with his tongue over her lips she shivered and sighed, "Yeah sure. How'd you learn that?"

"Seamus has this book."
"I know which book My stupid brother has it too."

Hermione torn between kissing and knowing about a new book asked, "What book?" In between kisses.

"How to Woo a Witch in 12 steps." Ginny replied as his tongue was too occupied on Hermione's lips.

After a few moments Harry turned and did the same for Ginny. She broke for air, "Sorry Mia you lose he's better."

"Well we'll see."
=====xxxxx=====

Two days later on Monday October 31st the drawing for the contestants came/ Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour and Cedric Diggory had their names fly out. A few seconds later a fourth name fell out. Harry groaned as he knew what it was going to say.

"Harry Potter?" Dumbledore asked in surprise.

"Harry." He cleared his throat and nodded as Harry walked quietly over.

Quietly he put his hand on Harry's arm, "Harry did you put your name in?"

"No sir."

"Well then we have a mystery."
"Yes sir."
Hermione was upset and she would definitely be working on solving this mystery.

=====xxxxx=====

Over the next several weeks Ginny and Hermione started helping Harry study for his task.

Ron though was telling everyone that Harry had somehow cheated. That Hermione had helped him somehow put his name in. He came close to revealing her ability a few times only Harry, Hermione or Ginny would stop him.

Finally Hermione had enough and caught up with him. She grabbed his arm and shifted into a copy of him. "Ronald Weasley. You will be silent about this or I will go up to Draco in the middle of the great hall wearing my girl's uniform and KISS him on the lips declaring my love for him. NO more. Harry did not cheat. He did not enter his name. I don't know what kind of idiot you are if you're jealous of him for this. This is another way they are trying to kill him. SO whose side are you on?"

Ron glared at her. He hissed, "You wouldn't dare."

"Ron I love Harry, he loves me. To protect him I would do anything. I will walk beside him into any Death Eater camp, I will face Voldemort by his side. SO if you think you scare me get over it. Your life will be ruined, totally utterly and absolutely before you can say one more word. So stop and think. I know you have brains under that mop of hair. So use them. Understand?"

Ron looked into his own face. The anger and determination there was slightly disturbing. He inhaled a few times to calm down. Thinking. Hermione had to be the most stubborn and uncompromising person he knew. If she said she would ruin him she would. "Okay. You win. Now can you go back to you?"

She shook herself as she returned to her normal figure. Only with bright red hair, not quite Weasley red but definitely a brassy shade that was not subtle.

=====xxxxx=====

Lavender asked why the changes that evening and Hermione pointed out that she was trying some new looks using charms. This made the other girl curious and they sat up discussing the fashion charms and transfigurations.

The next morning on the way to the Great hall Harry took Hermione aside to talk.

"Uh do I want to know why you have red hair and is it connected to Ron apologizing to me?"

"Maybe. Just a bit."

"Oh okay. It looks good on you."
"Really?"

"Yeah. Too bad you can't get to keep it when you shift a pattern."

"When they were teaching me how to control it they said they used some of the same magical and mental methods as teaching metamorphmagus. Maybe if I practice I can keep the tells or maybe get more than one pattern?"

"That could be useful."

"By the way is all your hair red?"

"I'll show you after breakfast." She said swaggering off.

=====xxxxx=====

The first task came and went with Harry successful. Barely. Ron kept watching for Hermione to tire of her red hair. Since he had spent the last few weeks behaving himself she kissed Ginny on the lips when Harry won causing her breasts to reduce but as it was chilly no one but her noticed.

They did notice her hair was brown again. Harry when hugging Hermione at the victory party noticed her asset change with a grin.

Hermione and Ginny gave him a victory reward together as twins a couple days later.

=====xxxxx====

The Yule Ball saw a green eyed Hermione dancing with Harry wearing a beautiful emerald green dress. Ginny went with Neville at Hermione and Harry's suggestion. Ron wound up with a very interesting young blonde Ravenclaw that no one else had asked. She kept talking about odd little creatures and she shied away from the mistletoe no matter how often Ron tried to get her under.

"Ronald Weasley if you are wanting to kiss me you don't need to use mistletoe. The nargles are infesting these sprigs so it wouldn't be safe. We should go find a quiet spot outside."

=====xxxxx=====

Ron was hiding in the common room. He had gone straight from the room to the classes or the great hall and nowhere else for the last several days since the Yule Ball.

"Ron why are you hiding."

"You know that girl I went to the Yule Ball with?"

"Uh Luna. Luna something."

"Luna Lovegood." Ginny pointed out from the side.

"Yeah her. She is everywhere I go. She says I'm her boyfriend and has been talking about our wedding and what our kids names will be. She's bloody mental. How do I get away from a crazy stalker fan girl like that?"

Harry looked at Ron then started laughing as he pulled Ginny over for a hug with one arm and Hermione with the other. "I don't know Ron. Why don't you start having some Gryffindor courage and tell her you're breaking up."
"I have and she just looks at me with their weird smile and says 'that's ok I know you don't mean it.' Bloody mental."

"Well you did say you wanted a girlfriend Ron. Looks like you have one."
"We're off to the library."

Walking out into the corridor from the painting they found Luna standing there waiting patiently.

"Hello. I was wondering if you could tell my boyfriend I was here."

"Uh Luna is it? Ron isn't too keen on being your boyfriend."

She sighed, "I know he hasn't realized how I will be the only woman to put up with his crappy personality and lack of ambition. That if he doesn't become my boyfriend he'll die alone unloved and drunk in a gutter. Stabbed in the kidneys by a druggie for his shoes."

"Uh that sounds like a rather specific prediction there."
"I know. The classroom on level 6 west is empty if you wish to engage in sexual practices. Ron will have to come out at some point. So I have to be ready."

"oh okay. Thanks."

"You're welcome Harry. Please enjoy yourselves." She turned and sat down by the wall pulling a book out.

=====xxxxx=====

Harry was told to take a bath with the egg and he did. It sang to him so he brought Hermione to help him figure it out. They managed to do that as well.

Hermione wound up at the bottom of the lake. She was rescued handily. Harry briefly debated helping the others then shrugged as they weren't his problem. Fleur was upset when her sister didn't show up as was Dumbledore. Apparently the terms of the mermen had been that they would actually keep any hostage not recovered past the hour. Dumbledore had thought he had talked them out of it. So Dumbledore and several other professors had to go into the lake and rescue the girl form the creepy evil looking merpeople that had more teeth than the Osmond family. They managed to do so before they had human tartar but it was close.

Mister Delacour had ties to the French Ministry so he promised Dumbledore there would be repercussions from this.

Hermione had begun to practice the metamorphmagus routines again this time with the desire to be able to make at least minor changes. Just before the third task she came down to the common room with her brassy red hair, emerald green eyes and small pert breasts.

"Whoa you don't even look like you."

"You don't like it Harry."

He stepped back and looked at her. "I guess. I like one or two of the changes on you as I like the main you. Okay?"

She smiled, "Okay."

She shifted back to herself. "It was funny to see brown eyes this morning."

"So have you worked out how to shift into anyone at will?"

"I don't think I can. I can feel what its like to be you, to be Ginny, I can even feel what its like to be Ron but I couldn't shift into Draco or someone else."

"And you can't shift parts of your body that aren't what one of us has. Like turn your hair blonde."
"No I can't"

"Oh okay. Well this is still neat."

"yeah it is."

"So no more tells?"

"Not unless I choose to."

=====xxxxx=====

Ron had finally given in to Luna's persistence. He walked with her holding his arm smiling at people. By the time of the third task he was actually willingly using the word girlfriend to describe her without her being nearby.

Harry competed in the third task. He and Cedric landed in a graveyard after grabbing the cup which resulted in a dead Cedric, a live Voldemort, and a scared and angry Harry.

When they left school Hermione gave Hagrid a hug and a handshake.

=====xxxxx====

Snuggled in the compartment with Harry he asked Hermione, "What was that with Hagrid back there?"

"Well I copied him as I have an idea to get you away from the Dursleys Harry since I don't trust Dumbledore anymore."

"You don't trust an authority figure?"

"Don't look at me like that. I tried talking to him about you and the things the paper have begun to say and that you will need help and emotional support. He gave me a bunch of empty sounding promises and platitudes. He did everything but pat me on the head and call me little girl. I hate that."

"I know. Just hold me okay. I don't want to think. I don't want to talk. I just want to forget,"

"Okay Harry. Just we'll get you as soon as we can okay?"

"Okay."

=====xxxxx====

Harry had been back for two weeks. Hermione had called him every day to the disgust of his Uncle Vernon but since she knew how to use a phone and sounded normal he did not interfere. He did not allow Harry to call her as that would run up his bill he said.

He had been doing yard work and listening to the news. Trying to find out what was going on. Apparently the Ministry was trying to say he had snapped and gone crazy. The ICW had made waves about the merfolk and their attempt to eat a french national and threatened to withdraw from the alliance with the British Ministry. Which the paper even tried to blame on Harry for not rescuing the girl.

Dumbledore barely retained his position as head of the ICW but he was not in a good political position as the Minister was trying to get him off the Wizengamut and the paper was attacking him too.

======xxxxx====

Harry was sitting upstairs an afternoon two days before his birthday wondering what was going on. He hadn't heard from his friends except for Hermione. The few times he had written the others their replies had been curt. Hermione was the only one who had actually gone out of her way to contact him. She had even sent him some letters through the muggle post. The most recent ones had told him to keep things ready to go at a moments notice.

There was a tremendous pounding on the front door downstairs and Harry grabbed his wand prepared to respond. When he ran downstairs Dudley was running upstairs screaming don't let him get me. When he saw Harry with his wand he dove into his room where Harry was sure he heard furniture being moved in front of the door.

His name was suddenly bellowed by his Uncle Vernon. Harry ran downstairs and stopped seeing his friend Hagrid in his living room with a strange brown haired wizard, at least Harry thought he was a wizard as he was dressed sort of like Robin Hood met Gandalf. The other one had a shaved head with a tight sleeveless t-shirt, tight denims and combat boots. A cape had been thrown on and he looked rather grumpily around.

"Ello Arry. Go and get yer things. Yer coming with us."

"Really okay?" Harry had a suspicion but wasn't going to mention it right now. Within minutes he was packed and leaving. The Dursleys doing their best to ignore the polite half giant in their living room.

Walking down the street with Hagrid and the strange wizards he tried talking to them but the tattooed one hushed him.

Reaching the local park they stopped at a people mover and a tall brown haired woman got out. She hugged the Robin Hood and opening the back door let Hagrid put Harry's things in the back.

"Okay wait here. Harry put your invisibility cloak on and get in the back."

"Okay Mione." He said with a laugh as Hagrid walked with swaying hips towards the restrooms.

"Something wrong?"

"Sorry seeing our friend Hagrid with a hip sway is just so strange."

"Yeah she really needs to butch it up a bit. But you better disappear the guy I clocked out front of your house is probably going to be waking up sooner or later and we don't want him to sound the alarm with us still around here."

"True. I guess I'm going to get introductions later?" Harry said crawling in the back and pulling his invisibility cloak out of his trunk.

"Well Hermione already showed us what you look like. Neat little trick of hers. But I'm Dan this fellow with the ink is my little brother Paul and this is my loving wife Emma."

"Hi Harry. Hermione has told us all about you. So welcome to the family."

"Yeah here comes the little lady now."

"Harry get under your cloak." A red haired, green eyed moderate busted Hermione said.

"Okay." he pulled the cloak over him and vanished.

"OH wow. That is absolutely awesome." Dan squeed.

"Okay dad calm down. Mom you better drive, dad's geeking out."

"I know."

=====xxxxx=====

They were on the road with Harry under the cloak and asking questions

"So what took so long?"

"Did you know your house was being watched. Dad and I came over one day but you weren't home. We got a visit from Professor McGonnegal that evening asking us to not try and contact you. That's how I knew you were being watched. I borrowed a few other people's forms, including a few kids from the practice and started observing myself. There is one of your guards who is a bit lax. He smells of bad cologne and stale cigarettes. His invisibility cloak also causes a distortion pattern in the air unlike yours."

"Okay that's not good."

"Yeah sounds like house arrest there bud." Paul said, "Not a good thing. Fortunately the guy had a glass jaw and thought I couldn't see him."

"Wow so you took out a wizard?"

"I guess if that's what he was. I yanked his funny cloak off and he was short bald ugly fart. Missing a few more teeth now too."

"He went down like a rock. I was with Paul and gave Hermione the signal. She came running over from the neighbor's yard and the rest you saw."
"So that's why you copied Hagrid."

"Yeah I had to get some clothes that would fit from the big and tall store which is what took so long. Trying to find something Hagrid would wear is rather difficult in the muggle world."

"I can believe. So where are we going?"

"France. Hermione has spent the next ten years allowance on the phone and post making arrangements. Apparently they like you more than they like Dumbledore or the Ministry of Magic."

"Okay I don't know why."

"Oh probably because that girl the merfolk were going to eat was the niece of their Minister."

"Oh wow. Okay."

"Yeah so you guys are now going to be going to Beauxbatons and Dumbledore will go take a flying fig."

"What about Voldemort and our friends."
"Dumbledore will have to work that one out."

=====xxxxxx=====

When Dumbledore found out that Mundungus had been beaten into submission by a strange looking wizard he got rather upset, when he found out from Mrs Figg that Hagrid had come by to collect Harry with the strange wizards he became concerned. When Hagrid denied he knew where Harry was or that he had left the school grounds he lost his cool. He went to Privet drive and read the minds of the Dursleys. He sat in their living room and cried at the memories he had pulled from their minds. Memories of abusing Harry, hating him and being afraid of him all at the same time. How they had hoped he would never come back from the school. How they hated all magicals and would have no problem killing them all. Seeing them as abnormal creatures and not even people.

Dumbledore sighed and left. He knew the Ministry would not care if Harry was missing either. They would probably be glad given how badly they wanted to keep him from talking. So he would have to find Harry and bring him back. When he did he would modify the Dursley's minds a bit to get them more cooperative but nothing too bad. After all with muggles like them it wasn't a bad thing to improve them.

A few days later two shadowy creatures came to Little Whinging, told to find Harry Potter at a certain address and silence him at all costs. The things came on the afternoon rain. They arrived at the house they had been told about gliding inside and fed off the three beings there. Feeling so many other souls nearby they moved from house to house. By the time Mrs Figg had managed to get someone sent out and they could raise the alarm at least two dozen muggles were laying dead in their homes as the creatures fed quickly and stealthily. Since many qualified wizards had difficulty with the spell it took several precious minutes longer before a properly capable team could be assembled and brought to Little Whinging.

By the time the incident was over 47 muggles were dead, 5 wizards and a squib joining them. No one in the Ministry took the blame and to cover the deaths up they arranged for a plane to crash in the neighborhood. Then they blamed muggle terrorists for it.

Dumbledore activated the Order of the Phoenix to find Harry. The muggle deaths concerned him if there was someone willing to go that far to kill Harry he had to be found and kept safe. Minerva showed him where he was when she gave him the transfer papers from Beauxbatons showing two students had transferred to the school. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger.

Dumbledore tried to go to the school but he was not welcomed. He tried to find Harry but the French Ministry said he wasn't allowed in the country.

Harry and the Grangers had settled into a nice house just on the edge of Andorra La Vella. Although Hermione's uncle Paul had gone to Paris and was working as a bouncer in a club there with a nice boyfriend he met. Not far from the mountainous school they would attended in the fall. They had been fully debriefed by the French Ministry about everythgin that had happened at Hogwarts under Dumbledore and what Harry had known. His experiences at the Dursley's residence at the insistence of Dumbledore. The authorities looking for any dirt on Dumbledore listened and took notes and helped the Grangers settle in. With their permanent house guest Harry Potter.

When Harry signed up to go to Beauxbatons they gave him a complete magical and physical health examination. They found something odd about his scar and looked into it much closer. Discovering its dark secret they used an ancient ritual of light purification to remove it without harming Harry. The fact Dumbledore had to have known about it was the last straw for the French Ministry and they began to move. Remembering how things had gone when Grindelwald had been at his height they built up an army and made preparations.

Dumbledore became more obsessed with getting Harry back than paying attention to what Voldemort was doing. He kept contacting the French Ministry, Beauxbatons. He sent members of the Order to try and find Harry but when Sirius learned he was a free man in France he contacted the Goblins and transferred his wealth. Remus discovering that Werewolves were not treated as harshly or discriminated against remained as well.

Finally over the Yule break the French Government agreed to facilitate a meeting between Harry and Dumbledore. It would take place in Paris at one of their facilities or it would not take place at all. Dumbledore arrived with Professor McGonnegal as the agreement stipulated. They were told to place their wands in a lead box and be scanend for other wands or items. McGonnegal complied but Dumbledore refused. When he was told it was that or to leave he tried to bluster and pull rank as head of the ICW. The French Minister of magic herself told him she would see France leave the ICW before she allowed Dumbledore to enter with a wand.

"Especially after you left a Horcrux in the boys head that we had to remove."

"You. How did you find out about that?"

"So you did know. You are very lucky we do not arrest you here and now Dumbledore. The crimes you have committed would see you in the Chateau D'endu for the rest of your days. You are a dark wizard."

"I am not dark Marguerite. Honestly. Please let me speak to Harry."

"You may do so. After you comply with the security protocols."

Dumbledore reluctantly did.

McGonnegal was not happy at what was going on, especially when Dumbledore was denounced as a dark wizard. She had been having a great many questions that had been brushed aside about Harry and things going on that she wanted answered.

=====xxxxx=====

They entered a meeting room. It was high in a glass walled building with sunlight streaming in. Harry was sitting there with wizards and witches on either side of him wearing uniforms, or business suits, with mirrored sunglasses. He was wearing mirrored sunglasses as well with a Beauxbaton's uniform.

"You're looking rather well Harry."
"Thank you sir. I'm certainly a lot happier."
"Well that I'm sure is just a matter of opinion. Why are you wearing the glasses?"

"Just in case you try to read my mind. Eye contact is a big help to that and I'm only a few months into my mind shielding classes."

"Oh well. That's good. I had not realized the curriculum at beauxbatons was so much more advanced."

"Oh it sure is."

"And Miss Granger?"

"She's happy too. We're having a lot of fun."

"Oh. So your relationship is still very serious?"

"Well we've already talked about what we're naming the kids so I guess you could say so."

Dumbledore huffed. This was going to be tougher than he thought. "So I don't suppose there would be any way to appeal to you to come back is there?"

"Nope."

"We need your help Harry it is of grave importance to the war, to saving the wizarding world."

"ME a kid. A teenager. What is so important about me?"

"Harry I can't tell you here. I must implore you to trust me though."
"TRUST YOU. TRUST YOU! Go to hell Dumbledore. I asked you to tell me why Voldemort came for me in my first year. I killed Quirrel with my bare hands when he tried to kill me. I asked you to tell me why I had to go back to the Dursleys. You said it was for the best. You have given me no reason to trust you at all. NOW either I get full disclosure of EVERYTHING or we walk away and I never see you again." Harry said standing up slapping his hands on the table.

Dumbledore stared at Harry whose held his head in a manner that Albus knew he was not making eye contact. He could feel mind shields in place keeping him out with the low level scan he was doing. He knew he could punch through them but Harry would sense it. He would try a different tack.

"Well Harry I suppose if you have stopped caring about your friends like Ginny and Neville and Ron, you and Miss Granger will be happy here. You've head about how things are changing at home. My hands are tied Harry. I need your help. But I cannot risk word of these things getting out."
"I trust these people more than you do sir. They've actually helped me. That's more than you've ever done. The only time you've helped me was when I almost died saving the school and Ginny. You have problems fix em yourself."

Albus narrowed his eyes, being talked to by this boy like that. He shook his head sadly, "Very well Harry. I shall wait as long as possible. I shall return to Hogwarts and prepare to defend your friends since you shall not. I will do what I can. Without you it will be much more difficult."

Harry just sat back down and said nothing. Crossing his arms he refused to say anything else.

Dumbledore got up to leave but Professor McGonnegal remained. "Minerva?"

"I think I'd like to speak to Mr Potter a bit. See if I cannot persuade him."

"If you can Minerva. Please try."

Once Dumbledore had left she turned and smiled, "Well Done Miss Granger. You have copied Mr Potter quite well. Though I suppose that is to be expected."

Harry shifted and melted into Hermione. Taking the sunglasses off she asked"How did you know it was me ma'am?"

"A woman can usually know another woman. The subtle body postures and such."
"I know Harry keeps telling me I make him look way too effeminate. Do you think Professor Dumbledore noticed?"

"He has become far too obsessed with finding Harry and convincing him to come back home to see anything but Harry. I believe he may have forgotten about your ability in the moment of seeing Harry."

"Why is he so obsessed?"

"I do not know. I am loyal to him as I am his friend. But I am concerned by his behavior."

"So are we ma'am. Can you try and convince our friends to come here. To leave before its too late."

"I will do what I can. I fear the war is coming too soon to do much."

=====xxxxx=====

Dumbledore would not concede defeat but he would not share the secrets he knew with anyone. He would have to find Slughorn and find how many of those anchors Tom made.

Minerva was placed in charge while Dumbledore searched for Slughorn. He found him hiding in a house in Lancaster. When Dumbledore couldn't talk him into giving him the memory Dumbledore decided that the ends must justify the means and took it from him. Overpowering the man's mental defenses he took everything he had about Tom. Discovering that Slughorn had helped him far more than even Dumbledore had believed he left him a mentally broken wreck and did not feel anything but mild sorrow about it. It was justified.

Luna Lovegood and her father left the U.K. Just before the ministry fell. They were the only ones of their friends to make it out before that happened. They heard about camps being formed to hold Muggle-borns and other dissidents. Pure-blood breeding programs where pure-blood girls would be forced to carry children bred for magic from the purest families.

Hogwarts had closed itself to the world when these things happened. Kicking the Slytherin students out, even the ones who were grey. Dumbledore was searching for the Horcruxes and found the ring. He barely managed to resist putting it on but destroyed it with the sword of Gryffindor. He went to the cave by the sea and retrieved the false locket with the help of a volunteer from the order. Remembering the brother of Sirius he sent the locket to him with a request for information. Recognizing the locket as the same as the one his elf wore Sirius traded the false locket for the real one and Remus destroyed it.

He managed to get to the castle and find the diadem in the room of requirement. He destroyed it all in situ with fiendfyre.

Dumbledore sought out the last Horcrux he suspected. Having Tonks use her shape-shifting abilities to infiltrate the Death Eaters she managed to find out that it was in Gringotts in the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange. She sent that information but was caught and killed.

Dumbledore attempted to gain access to the vault but was caught by the thieve's downfall. He survived and encountered the multitude of objects in the vault used fiendfyre once more on it. The goblins did not react well and fought him. By the time Dumbledore had managed to regain the surface Voldemort was there having sensed the end of his Horcrux. The two of them fought a titanic battle destroying most of Diagon Alley as neither pulled their punches. Ancient magics tore the streets and buildings apart. Monsters made of stone were summoned and fought for their masters. The battle tore down the unplottable nature and of the Alley. It was revealed to the muggle world.

As the Ministry had fallen and the Death Eaters didn't fear or care about muggles they did not even try to cover the destruction up. They reveled in it and moved openly while their lord fought for his life.

The French government seeing that the secret of their world had been revealed moved to finish the fight. London became a battle ground as the British Wizarding resistance, the Death Eaters, and the French government forces moved across the city. Muggles caught in the middle tried to run, some tried to fight. Neither survived any longer than the other.

The British muggle military began to join the battle and have more effect with their harder weapons and sheer firepower. The Death Eaters expecting black-powder and tight formations facing a modern military were unprepared. Caught by surprise many of them fell before they worked out how to defend themselves. That caused the battle to stagnate but when students from Durmstrang came to help the Death Eaters they were faced with students from Hogwarts and Beauxbatons.

Harry soon found himself fighting side by side with Ron and Neville. Hermione by him at all times as well. At one point Neville was attacked by the snake familiar of Voldemort which appeared to be very difficult to kill until Harry found the sword of Gryffindor not far from Dumbledore's battle with Voldemort. Harry took the sword and managed to chop the snake's head off when it went to strike at Luna.

Dumbledore was struck down by a curse at last that dropped him to his knees. He saw Harry kill the snake causing Voldemort to stagger and drop to his knees not far away. Panting Dumbledore laughed, "You will not win Tom. Harry has come to end you. He has the sword. He has the power."

Equally drained and injured Voldemort staggered to his feet. "The boy will fail. I am immortal."

"No you are powerless now. You are just as mortal as I am. You will die Tom. All things die."
"Then you shall do so first. Avada Kedav..."
While he had been posturing and debating Dumbledore Harry had taken his cloak and snuck up behind Voldemort. The sword ran through Voldemort's body with only a slight hesitation. Harry felt it scrape off of bones. He yanked it backwards and to the side pulling it through Voldemort's torso only so far before his rib cage managed to catch the sword. Harry pulled his wand and cast a cutting charm to remove Voldemort's head which rolled and bounded into the gutter.

"There it's done." Harry said looking into the eyes of Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was too tired to try and read Harry's mind he smiled though and laid back on the rough stone. "Congratulations Harry. You have fulfilled the prophecy and won." The old man took a few more breaths then no more.

Hermione came up and held Harry as he dropped the sword and took her in his arms. They found that most of their friends had come through the battle with minimal injuries or wounds. Neville had cuts, and bruises and burns. Ginny was going to have a scar of her own along the side of her head from a curse but she would live. Ron had lost his left arm just above the elbow but Luna who was dirty and bloody but otherwise healthy said he would be okay. He would just have to watch his balance.

Others had not been so lucky. Fred, Percy, Filius and Arthur had been killed from the people they had known. Many muggles and magicals had died. Harry and Hermione sat with their friends until it was time to go back to France.

It took a lot of effort and skilled negotiations to achieve a peaceful resolution to the war. It resulted in the magical community joining the mundane community openly and working together for the greater good of all mankind. The last of the open pure-blood bigotry ended by the ardent fanatics committing suicide rather than joining with muggles. Hatred fear and suspicion remained in both cultures as humans are wont to do.

Harry rejected war and violence. Having been involved in horrible things since a child he got help, he became a healer and counselor. Working to mend people's lives and help them achieve inner peace and happiness. Hermione became his wife and not wanting to use her ability to help fight or cause more war she became a model and an actor. Having several children that were loved and supported by both parents. Two of whom had some of Hermione's abilities while the third was a full fledged natural animagus.

Neville and Ginny married and settled down to have kids and be a gentleman farmer and lady. Ginny had some traumatic events during the war and she had not had help after the Chamber of Secrets. Harry introduced her to therapy and she became a head of a magical orphanage to take care of those who were lost.

Ron and Luna married and began to run a magical creature preserve. Teaching and understanding these creatures and working with muggles on how they integrated into the natural biosphere. Ron's muggle prosthetic arm was enchanted by Harry more and more as he gained skill until it became almost as interchangeable with his real arm. Ron appreciated that as he didn't think being mad-eye Weasley would be very good.

Draco was among those who could not handle the new world and he took his wand one day and fired it up.