Author Note: My mind has been rather chaotic this week so have not worked on any of the main story ideas. I did pull this off of the old USB drive and cleaned it up a little bit. It was an old idea when Cursed Child first came out. Its my own take on the Voldemort and Bellatrix had a daughter concept. Not great but considering I wrote it long long ago in a galaxy far far away...
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Harry had just come out of the bathroom finishing his morning shower in July of 1996 when he heard the pop of an apparation come from his bedroom. He had left his wand in there so had no defense against a magic user. Also as he was only wearing a towel there was not much he could do physically. After waiting a few second and hearing female voices murmuring behind the door he decided that if they were death eaters looking for him after the Ministry they would have already come out of the bedroom seeking him. He took a deep breath steeled himself and opened the door to find Hermione standing in the middle of his room with a dark haired woman with a large raven tattoo across her cleavage.
Hermione turned and saw Harry. She leaped over and hugged him. Knocking him backwards into the door which made him drop his towel.
"Mione. Hi. Whats going on." he managed to choke out after her hug had weakened enough for him to breath.
Pulling back Hermione started talking to Harry rapidly, "Oh my god Harry. You're okay. I'm sorry for scaring you. This is Corva she came to my house this morning saying she needed to bring me to you to help save you because you're in danger and oh my you're naked." Hermione noticed finally blushing bright red and spinning around. The dark haired woman who apparently was Corva merely smiled at him as she checked him out.
"Yes he is Hermione. Nice physique there Harry."
"Uh thank you. Do you mind if I get dressed?"
"Maybe a little bit but it would make things easier as Hermione would open her eyes then." She chuckled. Harry did so as well. Then started getting his clothes together.
"You seem rather comfortable in the buff around me." Corva observed.
Harry shrugged, "Would it help to ask you to leave or turn your back?"
"No not really."
Hermione huffed, "That's rather rude."
"Well if Harry doesn't mind then why should I. You're missing quite a view here Hermione. Besides you two are going to be getting married soon so you might as well check out the package before you buy it."
Hermione couldn't help herself as she opened her eyes and looked at Corva, "What! What are you talking about?"
Harry had his underwear on at least but he was confused looking at the dark haired woman. "I like Hermione but why are we getting married?"
"You like me?"
"yeah I do." Harry blushed.
"Okay you two lets sit down and relax. Harry you're wearing underwear that's dressed enough for now. I want to get this information to you and things done before dinner tonight. So please try not to ask too many questions."
Harry and Hermione sat down on the bed. Slightly awkwardly. Harry did pull a pillow over his lap to try and preserve some dignity but he did notice that Hermione had at least looked.
Pulling his desk chair over Corva sat down. Smiling she sighed, "You two do make a cute couple you know."
"Thanks." Harry said. Hermione just blushed but looked confused.
"Wait a second. Where is the danger Harry is in? You said Dumbledore sent you to get me to help him."
Corva smiled and patted Hermione on the knee. "Oh you are so cute when you trust authority figures. No I implied Dumbledore sent me and yes Harry is in danger. Two dark lords are manipulating and controlling his life. One wants to murder him and the other one merely expects him to sacrifice himself for the greater good."
Hermione's mouth opened and closed for several moments before she bit her lip in thought. "Are you trying to claim that Professor Dumbledore is a dark lord?"
"I am not claiming that I am stating that."
"Well who are you to say this and why should we believe you?"
"Before I tell you who I am I want you to think about the last several years Harry. How much of your life adds up. Does it seem like Dumbledore has your best interests at heart? And if he doesn't wouldn't you want someone to help you do something about that?"
"That still didn't answer my question." Hermione huffed.
"No, no it didn't. But that is why I love you Hermione you will be Harry's doubting Thomas and his conscience. You will keep him centered. He will need that."
"Flattery will get you nowhere."
"Let her speak Hermione. I want to hear what she has to say." Harry had been thinking about things. About how much had happened in his life. And now with Sirius dead and the prophecy Dumbledore knew about. Dumbledore knew. Dumbledore had to know a lot more than he was saying.
"Harry are you sure?"
"No but she is bringing up things I had already been thinking about."
Hermione stopped talking but still glared at Corva.
"Thank you Harry. And yes Hermione I am not going to lie to either of you unless I absolutely have to. Harry and you have both been lied to far too much."
"Hermione I know there are secrets Dumbledore is keeping from me. He told me himself as much. He knew about the prophecy. He knew what it said since before my parents died."
"Of course he did Harry that's why he tried to protect them. Why he tried to get them into hiding." Hermione explained.
"Why he convinced them to leave their manor house with wards as strong as Hogwarts and hide in the Dowager house in Godric's Hollow." Corva continued her statement.
The two teens turned and looked at her. Harry in shock and Hermione in curiosity.
"And how do you know that?"
"Because my father told me."
"So who is your father?" Hermione was suspicious now.
"Darth Vader." She laughed.
Hermione rolled her eyes and gave her a derisive look. Harry chuckled, "You did walk into that one."
"Very funny. Now how about the truth?"
Corva ran her tongue over the inside of her lips and sighed, "You need to understand that breeding does not make a person good or bad but what they do. This blood purity crap is not something I support. And from a certain point of view Darth Vader is my father."
Harry and Hermione nodded in confusion.
"I am Corva Lestrange daughter of Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort. I was born in 1978 in Wiltshire and raised to be his weapon and heir."
Hermione's eyes widened then she grabbed Harry and flung themselves off the bed backwards to put as much space between them and Corva as possible. She had drawn her wand but did not cast anything. Corva did not move and actually smiled.
"Hermione what were you doing when I walked into your bedroom this morning? If I had wanted to hurt you, you would already be dead or worse."
Harry tried to get Hermione to lower her arm. She was like a steel beam, "Mione. Relax. If she wanted us dead we would be. She had the jump on me definitely. And she has not done anything to threaten us."
"But Harry. She's..."
"Here in peace to talk. I want to listen Hermione. Do you trust me?"
She bit her lip again but she did lower her arm, slightly. "Yes Harry I do trust you but you have made mistakes before."
"Yeah I know. And people have paid for them. I've paid for them," Raising his hand to touch her side where she got hit by the curse from Dolohov, "You almost paid for it."
Hermione stood up but did not take her wand off of Corva. "How do we know you're telling the truth and this isn't some complicated scheme to get us to go with you?"
Corva looked at her with a grin, "You don't. Not for certain. But ask yourself. What sense would there be in doing that?"
Harry frowned, "None really.
"Then can we please sit down and have a rational conversation like civilized people?" Corva sighed gesturing towards the bed.
Harry tugged on a frowning Hermione's arm. She slowly followed him as they took their seats again Harry asked, "Okay start at the beginning how do you know all this?"
"Well as I said earlier I was born in 1978. Mother and Father had a world to conquer and as such I was raised by wet nurses and house elves. Loyal followers of the Dark Lord. Moved from mansion to mansion and kept hidden from the forces of light out of fear that they would destroy me or pervert me to the light." She said with much scorn and derision.
"I found out recently that dear old Father had a back-up plan in case the ritual to revive him with your blood failed. He was going to take over my body. Not his first choice of course but having any body is better than the alternatives. Anybody rather than nobody." She giggled slightly.
Hermione's eyes got big at that but she didn't interrupt.
"So after finding that out I decided that I would not go meekly along with everything. I began to question things. I started researching you and your friends. Its amazing some of the things I have found. Things that people had been trying to keep hidden."
"Like the prophecy."
"Like that. Like the fact that Molly Weasley plans, with the full approval of Dumbledore, to use love potions to get you with her daughter and Hermione with her son Ron this year."
"What! No way." Hermione shook her head in denial.
"I pulled the thoughts from her mind directly. Your friend Ron is oblivious to the plan but Ginny is not only aware of it she is fully in support. She plans on making the ultimate sacrifice and getting pregnant by you as a teen mother so that you are forced to marry her, she doesn't trust you to marry her, even with the love potions. She can see how much you love Hermione. Plus she thinks you have too strong a will to be affected by even a love potion, but your own code of honor would make you marry her if she was carrying your child."
Harry grimaced, "That explains why she has been the possessive stalker fan girl."
"Yes it does. Apparently they feel that Miss Granger would give you too much hope and reason to live."
"You've said that Harry has his life threatened by them. Why?"
"Well Father wants you dead because he thinks you're the only one who will be able to kill him. As for Dumbledore its due to whats in your head."
Harry reached up and rubbed his scar, "What is in here?"
"A piece of father from what he seems to think. It explains the link doesn't it?"
Harry's shoulder's slumped. "Yes it does. The parsel tongue, the dreams, the..." he sighed.
"So why didn't Dumbledore have that removed?" Hermione was looking at Harry in concern.
"I don't know. I can't touch his mind. He's very strong. Too strong for me to penetrate. So I've had to gather information from those around him, those on our side that have had some bits and pieces here and there. I've spent a year putting this together and now its time to act."
"So can you get this out?"
"No but I am certain the Goblin's can."
"So why didn't Dumbledore do that?" Hermione asked.
Corva shrugged. "Probably because he didn't think of it. Or he didn't trust them. They are honorable little creatures once you get to understand them. You have to remember Dumbledore is a casual bigot as is Molly Weasley and many other of the so called Light wizards. Think about how your parents and other muggles are treated and described by even someone as progressive and tolerant like Arthur Weasley. How much has Ron tried to understand muggles or muggle life and culture."
Hermione sighed deeply as she nodded, "He can't even use a phone and doesn't even try. Its like if its not magical he doesn't even want to get involved." Harry nodded his agreement.
"Exactly and that will continue. There is really not as much difference between people like the Weasleys and the Malfoys. I have observed a lot of muggles over the last year. Your parents Hermione are very nice people. The Dursleys are not. Others each have their own merits and faults. Muggles in many ways are the far superior half of the world. Dumbledore encourages the separation, he encourages the casual bigotry the stagnation of society. He discounts Muggles as a curious little silly people but still beneath true magical people. Father, father would murder and enslave all muggles Dursleys or Grangers irrespective. It would not matter to him. That's why I want to stop the both of them. That's why I want to help you."
Harry sat quietly for a minute. Hermione stared at the floor. Harry considered things, "So how do we do that?"
"We work together. I have spent the last few years building up friends and associates. People I can trust. Judging by the little cadre you had at the Ministry plus your Dumbledore's Army you seem to have been doing the same thing."
"Yeah I think we have a few people we can trust. Although Ron and Ginny are going to have go off the list if what you said is true."
"I would certainly recommend that. Besides how reliable has Ronald been really?" Corva pointed out.
Hermione sighed with a groan, "Not very really."
Harry started to say something then closed his mouth as the memories of the tri-wizard tournament came back. How Ron tried to turn people against him. How Ron had said some really horrible things to him. But in the end he had come back and apologized. Half hearted sure but still. Harry was confused. He had been there during the Ministry Battle though. "I know Ron is my friend. And he isn't perfect. But is he really untrustworthy?"
Corva sighed, "I was able to seduce him last summer into spending the entire afternoon at Hogsmeade talking about you and Hermione all day. Just by wearing a tight sweater and acting all coquettish. He sold out your life story for a nice pair of tits. Imagine how much he would be willing to do for something serious."
Harry sighed. "Good point."
Hermione nodded, "I still have the DA membership list at home. I can go back over that with your help if you want."
"Good that can wait until after Harry gets his lordship and the goblins to get that out of his head."
"Wait Lordship?" Harry exclaimed.
"Yes My Lord. You are Lord Harry James Potter. Son of James Charles Potter. 15th Duke of Watchet, 78th Earl of Linscombe, Lord of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter. You have an Estate called Potter Place at Godric's Hollow. The cottage where your parents were killed was merely the Dowager house. You have quite a lot more money, properties and investments. Even in the muggle world as it seems your mother was quite able to convince your father to diversify his holdings."
"Well do you have any idea of when Dumbledore was going to tell me all about this?"
"From what I gather he had no plans to ever tell you about this. According to the Goblins he has told them you are waiting until after you come of age and graduate from school before you take up the burden and mantle of your titles."
"Great freakin way." Harry grumbled.
"So how does Harry getting his titles and lordship now change things?"
"Well as head of his house he will be able to break any betrothal contracts and wills that have been written before now. He will also be able to choose whom he is to marry. Which for the good of everyone's sanity around here is going to be you. I mean Ron waxed on for almost an hour about how hard he has had to work to keep the two of your from going to bed together. About how you got caught making out after the first task of the tournament and having to report it to Dumbledore. He kept complaining about how high maintenance you're going to be. But that his mom said you two were compatible so he had to stick it out you'd come around eventually. He is really a momma's boy. Eventually he might be able to be saved but right now he is so strangled by the umbilical cord its pathetic."
"I think I would have remembered making out with Harry or having those kinds of feelings for him." Hermione huffed.
"Do you know how to cast the detect virginity spell?"
"Well yeah Lavender taught that to us along with the detect pregnancy and the contraception charm."
"So since you can cast magic cast it on yourself."
Harry shook his head, "Wait. What about the trace?"
Corva chuckled,. "You don't think I'd go to all of this effort and not think of that do you?"
"Well things happen." Harry countered.
"Mafalda hopkirk is one of ours at the Ministry. I asked her to turn a blind eye to things gong on around here and at the Granger house today."
Harry nodded in recognition of that. "So what should we expect?"
"Well since I've never had sex I know what it will be, a white glow." Hermione declared.
She pointed her wand at her pubic region and said the words. Her wand glowed with a steady pink glow. She shook her head and canceled the spell then cast it again. It had the same result then she canceled it and cast it on Harry. The glow was pink as well.
"That's not right. I have never had sex with anyone. As far as I know neither has Harry."
"Really. I mean unless my hand counts." Harry smirked. Hermione was so upset she didn't even blush at that.
"Really. What was the four words that mattered there Hermione. As far as you know?" Corva sighed. "And good to know you're healthy Harry. Now who do you fantasize about when you jerk off?"
Harry blushed that time but smiling wanly when Hermione glanced at him said, "Hermione."
"And why her and not say Ginny Weasley?" Corva pushed.
"Well Hermione is better looking and I like her better. She's also not a stalker fan girl. And she doesn't look like my mom. That's kinda weird."
"Well thanks Harry and I uh. Well when I self-gratify I fantasize about you." Hermione confessed.
"Okay now that we all got that off our chest. Harry finish getting dressed and we can go to Gringotts. As soon as you do that Dumbledore is going to be aware that you're moving so you'll have to be ready for that."
"Ok so how do I handle all that? And where do I go if I can't come back here?"
"Potter Place. Your ancestral home. Were you not paying attention?"
"Sorry there is a lot of things to process right now. You come into my bedroom with the girl I love and tell me I'm being manipulated, my best friend is a liar being encouraged to keep us apart, his sister is scheming to get knocked up and trap me, and that I'm a lord and all kinds of things, little details like I have an estate are going to slip through."
"Well you need to get your head squared away mister. We are not playing some little chess game. Lives are at stake and if we push Dumbledore to the wall I don't doubt he'll take the violence route just as quickly as dad would. You have as of right now myself and Hermione as people you can trust. You'll need more."
"Well yeah if from what you're talking about I have to kill one dark lord and remove the other one as a threat. I'm going to need to start an entire revolution. Bring down our government and rebuild society from the ground up."
"Well that's not exactly a bad idea. I mean the government has been pathetically easy to infiltrate and manipulate. Both Dumbledore and Father have puppets in there. The only ones who are honest and not bought are Amelia Bones, Arthur Weasley and I think the janitor. Other than that not a single one of the department heads or higher are clean."
Harry was getting dressed and Corva interrupted him. "OH my god Harry don't you have anything that is in your size or decent?"
"No the Dursley's only buy me the cheapest things or get them from the discount bin at the thrift store. They spend as little on me as they can absolutely get away with."
"Just wait here. I'll be right back." She said then apparated out.
Standing in his underwear he looked at Hermione who looked back at him. "Well you ok?"
"I don't know Harry. If I didn't know better I would swear the Weasley twin's were involved in this as some kind of prank."
"This doesn't seem like their style. I don't think this is a prank." Harry declared.
"I know there has been a lot of strange and uncomfortable things happen but Dumbledore has helped you quite a lot too."
"Maybe. Maybe its just not my time to die yet. Maybe he wants to keep me alive until its the right time like she said."
She suddenly looked down at the floor. "Do you really think we had sex and all of that."
Harry chuckled, "I hope so. If I knew how much longer Corva was going to be I would suggest it right now."
Hermione blushed. "I've been trying to figure out my feelings for the last year. One minute I love you and want to jump you right there or drag you off to the nearest broom closet at least then the next I think of you like a brother. Like its no big deal. Mom tells me I've been writing about you since my first year after the troll so much she has the wedding cards picked out with our names on them. And dad, dad keeps hinting that I should bring you over so he can meet you. I just don't know Harry."
Harry came over and sat down beside her. "I know. I look at you and I think about how pretty you are and how much I love you and it makes me feel all funny inside and then there are times I barely think about you. I just don't know. But it makes sense. Everything makes sense. Our confused feelings, the way Ron acts, the way things have happened at Hogwarts. It all makes sense now."
"I suppose Harry. I still don't know for certain."
"Well I'm going to if not trust her at least work with her until I can see a reason not to. Are you with me?"
Hermione sighed, "You know I'm always with you Harry. Always." She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. He put his hand on her cheek and was kissing back when Corva popped back in.
"Oh sorry. But you two can screw your brains out later. Here Harry get dressed."
She tossed him a set of clothes that turned out to be a nice casual suit. Harry looked at himself in the mirror. The cream color flattered his complexion and looked stylish without being ostentatious.
"Wow that looks nice on you Harry." Hermione appreciated the view.
"Yes it does. Now that you're dressed shall we depart?" Corva smugly stated.
"Ok how?" Harry said sliding his wand inside the jacket into a sewn in holster.
"By apparate of course. Each of you take an arm."
...
They appeared in a rather dingy room. The sort of hotel room the bedbugs complained to the management about being too dirty.
Hermione looked around and made a derisive sound. "What a lovely accommodation you've brought us to."
Corva laughed. "Its a handy spot in Knockturn Alley. I rent it under an assumed name."
Harry nodded, "Makes sense I guess."
"Yeah if things go bad you guys will need to have stuff like this."
Harry shrugged, "Hopefully it won't get THIS bad. Anyhow lets get where we need to get."
"Ok but follow me and don't say anything to anyone."
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They made their way out of Knockturn into the main Alley with only a little bit of trouble a few easy ladies had made a pass at Harry calling him a precious pretty piece of meat at one point. Harry wasn't sure if she was being sexual or hungry either way he was glad that Hermione stepped up and told the woman to back off he was taken in no uncertain terms. Corva just found it amusing.
They soon reached Gringotts and entered through a side door. Corva said that it was for special accounts and clients. That the goblins had no problem working with the dark as gold was gold to them.
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Harry and the two women with him were soon seated in a nice office. The name plate was of an accounts manager named Rothak.
"Ahh Mister Potter. We at the bank were informed that you would not be taking up the mantle and burden of your titles and inheritance until you came of age and graduated Hogwarts."
"I suppose the individual who told you that was in error. I was not made aware of my inheritance or titles until recently. And I am quite ready to take up the mantle."
"Very well. I'll need a drop of blood placed in the square to confirm you are who you claim to be. Then we can begin the process."
Harry took the needle and pricked his finger. Putting several drops in the square to make certain and seeing reddish black lines spread out. Forming his name, his parents names among others going back 10 generations. Cousins and family.
The goblin took the parchment made a copy and gave one to Harry and placed one in his file after looking it over. "Well it seems you are who you claimed to be. So we will begin."
The Goblin retrieved his files and told Harry he was rich, titled and had several properties. An estate outside Godric's hollow, the Dowager house of which was seized by the ministry as a historic monument. A small island in the Aeolian Chain off the coast of Italy, A chalet in Gimmelwald Switzerland, A villa in the French Riviera, and a Caribbean island. He also had investments in many businesses in both the wizarding and muggle worlds.
Investiture in his titles did not take long. He had to sign several more sheets of parchment and provide a bit more blood but soon he was wearing a ring on his right hand. Further since he had been named as the heir of House Black he was entitled to inherit all of those titles, holdings and wealth. Making harry if not the richest wizard at least in the top 5. He chuckled at how the Dursley's would fall all over themselves if they ever found out.
"Now as to the matter of your wives. There is a marriage contract between your former guardian and the Weasley head of family Arthur Weasley. The terms are the first born daughter of the Weasley family shall be married to Harry James Potter upon such time as she becomes pregnant by him or he reaches his age of majority. Whichever comes first."
"We want to cancel that. Destroy it and renounce it. Make it go away and null and void." Harry emphatically declared.
Rothak smiled, "A simple statement that you wanted to cancel it was all that was required."
"I just wanted to be sure." Harry shivered at how close he had come. That explained why Ginny had been looking at him the way that one lady in the Alley had been.
"So do you have any plans to take a wife." Rothak looked politely from Harry to the women on either side of him.
"Uh yeah my wife will be Hermione." He said pointing at her.
"Very good for which bloodline?"
"Excuse me?"
"You are legally Lord Harry Potter and Lord Harry Black. Two separate legal entities. With two separate households, entitlements and right to a wife for each line."
Harry's eyes grew wide as he looked at Hermione who was in her thinking mode. "Uh okay. I don't exactly have an idea for the Lady Black as I hadn't planned on that."
"Well no rush. No rush indeed." The goblin steepled his fingers. "So I take it we shall be recognizing Miss Hermione Granger as the Lady Potter?"
"Yeah we can do that today?"
"Oh but of course. Its simply a matter of paperwork then you and her do whatever it is you choose to do. Some leave it at the paperwork, some prefer a large ceremony, some a simple one. Its all none of our concern once you fill out the paperwork and pay the proper fees."
Hermione suddenly burst forth with a question that had been bothering her since this all began. "Why are you handling all of this when in the muggle world the government bureaucracy would be handling this. It seems like the ministry would be handling this not the bank."
Rothak laughed, "You are the second witch to ever question this process. The previous lady Potter was the first. We take of these things for the Ministry for account holders due to simple expediency. Our records and our methods of identification are fool-proof so we were ceded authority over these things in the treaty of 1687. The same one that made the banks officially a separate government entity."
"So what does the ministry actually do?"
Rothak chuckled and shrugged, "Not very much useful. Nor that we care about. Anything outside these walls is hew-man problems. Inside here it is Goblin country. Our laws matter here."
"Oh I see." Hermione seemed mollified.
They filled out the paperwork and retrieved a Potter family wedding band for Hermione. Soon he and Hermione were legally married. Her name changed on all papers. It would be recognized in the Muggle-world too they made sure. Which was going to be interesting to explain to her parents but Hermione said it would be okay she could get them to understand.
"Well thank you Rothak. Now Harry and Hermione have some issues they will need to speak with the curse breakers about. So shall we?" Corva politely said.
"As you wish Madam."
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Arriving in another office the newly minted Potters soon sat facing a very ugly little Goblin. This Goblin reminded them a bit of Alastair Moody with scars and pieces missing. He had both eyes even if one was pure black.
"Greetings I am chief Curse Breaker Storak. You said there is something we need to look at?"
"Yes this wizard has within his skull an impacted soul fragment that was going to be part of a Horcrux creation ritual."
The Goblin said some words that Harry was not sure he wanted translated , or if they could be. The way Corva gave an amused half smile while raising her eyebrow made Harry wonder about it though. Hermione seemed to make note of it to look up later.
"Yes well we will have to examine that. If true this is not going to be easy or pleasant."
"I think we understand. Of course he must come out of it with his powers and intellect intact."
"Oh yes of course. This is a rarity though. Making a living vessel for a Horcrux is difficult and was usually not done. Fortunately Horcruxes went out of favor a few millennia ago."
"Yes well the Dark Lord was one for old traditions."
"He was something that is certain."
"Well come with me hew-mon. Your gold had better be plentiful."
"I'm Harry Potter. I think I can manage that."
The goblin did not seem to be impressed by his statement at all.
...
Harry was poked, probed, and had goblins waving their hands over his head for almost an hour. They conferred and considered and came back to the three of them.
"You are correct. The soul piece has merged slightly with his but it can be removed."
"And what sort of injury or damage would he have?"
"Very minimal. There has been only a few minor tendrils infiltrate into his soul. Nothing that cannot grow back if we remove it."
Looking at Harry he licked his lips and nodded, "Very well. What do we have to do?"
"Come with me. Your women will remain here."
Review Responses:
Stoopid Dawg: Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad I was able to provide enjoyment. As for the possibilities and ideas I'm not sure where I want to go. I want them to still deeply love each other but like you say having spent a century alone with just their daughter being around other people is going to be an adjustment and something they might want to spend some time enjoying. Or they might withdraw and want to go back to being alone. Or somewhere in between and be more selective about how many people they have around them. I want to follow up with something just as good, or at least as close to it as I can, as the first one.
Ironhidensh: Thanks. Go for it. I'll be interested to see where you go with it.
Katmom: Thank you. Yes it would be interesting to see where this goes.
Dennisud: Thank you. Since it is saved on the USB of doom and the hard drive maybe at some point as my mind drifts back to it I'll expand on it. The possibilities are rather broad to think about right now.
OfficerDonNZ: True. I would think Sirius might be more careful and yet more willing to take the gloves off if he thought Harry was gone. He seems like the sort of person whose passions are very easily aroused. Ron would definitely not understand the situation and the attitude of them. Probably push for them to see other people as they already had a life together. Ginny could go one of two ways. Like you said backing out reluctantly but respectfully or going kicking and screaming. I'll have to think on this one.
Rifannuari95: Thank you. I am pretty sure at some point there will be at least a part 2. I'll just have to think on it to make sure it's worthy of the first one.
Alaskan-dracolych: You're welcome. I'm glad I could bring a silver lining into the world.
Minerdude: Yes indeed! That was just on TV the other night and I agree that is a beautiful episode. The only thing that made me upset was that it did not seem to have a bigger impact on Picard in every other episode afterwards. But then that is the big problem with a lot of episodic television status quo is king. But I'm glad you enjoyed this and that's why any sequals are going to have to take a few moments to think about.