Chapter 1- Defense and Titles

The weeks following the battle of Hogwarts, left Harry with a blur of memories He thought as he laid on his bed at 12 Grimold place.

Harry shot up right when a knock came at the front door, who could be calling at this hour seeing as it was nearly 2am. He thought as he walked to the door "Who is it? '' Harry said with a blend of exhaustion and annoyance in his voice.

"Are you going to leave your dear Godfather out in the rain?" said a voice that Harry was not expecting to hear. With swiftness that he didn't think he was capable of anymore Harry wrench opened the door, and launched himself into his Godfather's arms squeezing the man so tight he heard several bones crack.

"Sirius wh… how i thought the ministry wasn't going to release you for another week or two" Harry said with a shaking voice. He felt a hand pat him on his upper back. "Let's go to the kitchen, I will tell you everything once I get some food in me." Sirius said with a warm chuckle in his voice.

"Okay let's get you some food" Harry said as they stepped inside out of the rain, "Kreacher '' Harry called in a slightly elevated tone of voice, while he watched his Godfather shake his head like a dog. With a crack like a wipe a elderly house elf appeared and bowed and said "how can i be of service Master Harry?"

"Kreacher, would you please go whipe up a small meal for me and Sirius?" Harry asked in a well practiced tone of voice. "Yes of course Master, where will you be wishing to eat?" Kreacher said with a surprised expression on his face, taking in the sight of Sirius standing in front of him. "The kitchen will do fine, when the food is ready please come get us from the drawing room, then please go get Sirius's room ready for him, no rush with the room. We will be up for sometime talking i think" Harry said with a slight side eye look at Sirius.

Just as the Elf was about to set to work on his order Sirius spoke " Kreacher please forgive me? For the way I treated you for all these years" Sirius bowed his head slightly as he spoke. "Master Sirius need not ask for forgiveness because Kreacher was used to that sort of treatment." Kreacher said with tears welling in the corners of his eyes "but Master shall have it, because I can hear the sincerity in Master's voice." and at that there was another crack Kreacher disappeared.

"Well let's go sit '' Harry said as he started up the stairs to the drawing room.

Sirius stopped as he turned to follow his Godson up the stairs, it was only then that he took in the fact that there was no shrieking from his mother's portrait, and the house was cleaner and better maintained than he had ever seen it. "Harry how long did it take to get this house so clean and fixed up and what did you do with my dear demon of a mothers portrait? He asked with a tone of surprise and curiosity in his voice.

Harry stopped part way up the stairs and turned to look down to Sirius. "I will explain in the drawing room" Harry said as he started up the stairs again.

Harry reached the door to the to the drawing room and held it open so Sirius can enter the room, once Sirius was in the room, Harry stepped in and was about to close the door when he heard Sirius say "Please leave it open, I do not like to be in room with doors close anymore, i hope you understand?" with a slightly nervous waiver to his voice.

Harry left the door and went to sit in one of the journalist chairs " I do understand that, seeing as I still jump at random noises" Harry says in a reassuring voice.

"So how did you get the Elf to keep this place so clean, and what did you do with the demons portrait?" Sirius asks while looking around the now spotless room.

"I gave him Regulus's locket as a reward for following orders, and from then on he had a complete change of heart" Harry responds with a light casual tone,"as for your mother i cut the wall out around her and repaired the hole the muggle way, you should have heard her as i burned her portrait" Harry finished with a wicked grin on his face . "Ah I see, well I'm glad to see him happy for once, and i wish i would have been here to see that." Sirius says with a small smile raising the corners of his mouth.

"So… how come they released you early?" Harry asks while looking into his Godfather's face. "My first conviction has been thrown out entirely due to a lack of a proper trial and the fact that Wormtail's body was recovered from Malfoy manor" Sirius replies in a serious yet casual way.

"Wait, what do you mean? First, are there others I have never been told about?"Harry stammers, while his brain starts to worry that he will lose his Godfather again.

"Yes there are others, and you don't know about them because the charges have just now been leveled against me" Sirius says while reaching out and placing a loving hand on Harry's shoulder. "They are charging me with breaking out of prison" Sirius says matter-of-factly.

"W..what how you just said you got cleared of all charges that sent you to prison in the first place"Harry says back looking into his Godfather's eyes hoping to see a hint of a prank.

"Yes I have been cleared of those charges, that still doesn't change the fact that I broke out of prison and I have to face my time in court for that." Sirius says in a calm and measured voice. Harry looks down at the floor to hide the fear that has started to show on his face. I can't lose him, keep repeating in his mind over and over while Sirius continues " Harry James Potter look at me please." Harry looks up with tears welling up in his eyes as he looks into the warm eyes of his Godfather. "I have spoken to Amelia Bones and she says i most likely will not see any time in prison for this, but i will have fines and other repercussions for my actions" Sirius says reassuringly as he pulls Harry into a hug to try to comfort his Godson's worries.

Harry takes a few deep breaths and steps back from Sirius "So when do you go to trial? We need to prepare a defense for you, because I will not see you sent back to prison." Harry says in an even voice. " My trial is in a month so we have time to do just that" Sirius says with a smile on his face. "Masters your food is ready and Master Sirius's room is also ready for him" Kreacher says from the door. "Thank you Kreacher" Harry and Sirius both reply "Kreacher you may go if i need you i will call, please get some sleep. Because I will be heading to bed myself once Sirius and I finish eating" Harry says politely to the Elf. "Good night Masters Harry and Sirius" Kreacher says as he gives a deep bow before turning to head to his room.

"Well let's eat and get some sleep because I think we are about to have a busy few weeks to get ready for your trial" Harry says as he walks toward the door to head for the kitchen.

Later on as Harry climbs into his bed, he is content with the night's events no matter how distressing they may have been. But he has Sirius back and he will keep it that way, and for the rest of the short time before he fades into sleep his mind begins to prepare the bases for his Godfather's defense.

Over the next couple of weeks things fell into an easy routine, waking up, eating, researching, and sleeping, and this is how things remained till friday evening when Harry's best friend and adopted brother Ron showed up with news.

"I'm going to be away for a while" Ron told not looking at Harry.

"Where are you going, or can you not tell me?" Harry asked, looking at Ron with a quizzical look. " Can't say sorry Harry, technically I shouldn't have told you i'm leaving in the first place, but I couldn't leave and not tell someone that way at least someone knows." Ron says with a slight shake of his head "Harry can you do something for me?" Ron asks with a concerned look on his face

"Anything, you know you're my best friend, bloody hell you're more like a brother than a friend at this point, so ask away Ron" Harry says with the start of a grin on his face that falters when he sees the pained look on Ron's face. "Thanks Mate, same goes for you Harry, but to the point, I need you to look after my family… where i'm going it is 50-50 chance that i make it back, but it has to be done." Ron's faded to a whisper by the time he finishes speaking.

" You have my word that I will do everything in my power for them, but I need you to do something for me as well." Harry says in a serious yet calming way " what do you need me to do Harry, just name it" Ron says with a sad but bemused look.

"Come back alive, i can not lose my oldest friend, i won't know what to do with myself if i do" Harry says standing up " now do you need anything for this 'trip' you're going on?" Harry asks while placing a hand on Ron's shoulder. " No, the ministry is proving everything I will be able to take with me." Ron says he stands and gives Harry a quick hug before he puts his coat on. "Take care Mate, I should be home in a few months, and you better make things up with Ginny before I get back as well, she's getting insufferable since the battle and you two are still not talking." Ron says with a grin over his shoulder from the drawing room door. With that Ron walks back to the front door and leaves for the foreseen future, please don't do anything to get killed Ron Harry thinks to himself while he watches his friend leave potentially for the last time,and he can not help but feel a pit form in his stomach.

During dinner Harry goes over what he has thought of for Sirius's defense all while Rons parting words are playing over in his head "...Make up with Ginny,she's becoming insufferable since the battle and you two still not talking" " Harry James Potter are you listening to a single word i've said" Sirius says from across the table.

"Huh… sorry i fazed out, still thinking about somethings Ron said earlier'' Harry stutters out " Ron was here why didn't he come say hi to me, or was he here specifically to speak to you?" Sirius asks, slightly affronted, that his Godson's friend visited and didn't at least say hi to him in own house. " He only stopped by for a quick word to ask me a favor before going on a trip" Harry says, slightly nervous about saying too much about Ron's true reason for stopping. " ah and you can not say or you will not say anything out of respect for Ron?" Sirius asks while setting a hard stare on Harry. "No i can not say anything, both out of respect and because i'm not supposed to know myself" Harry says unflinchingly looking back into Sirius's eyes. " Well then I won't pester you about it then, but I need you to know that I'm here if you need to talk about anything" Sirius states in a soft caring tone of voice.

"Thank you Sirius" Harry says before directing the conversation back to his Godfather's upcoming trial. " I think we should run our idea's by Hermione to see if she can find any flaws in the defense we have thought of for your trial." Harry states in a confident manner.

" I agree, if she can not find a flaw then the ministry won't be able to find one either, i've said it before but she is the smartest witch of her age i have ever met." Sirius says like he is telling a well known fact.

Just then Kreacher comes into the kitchen holding a scroll and a file folder with Harry's name of both " Master Harry these just arrived for you from Gringotts" Kreacher says as he hands both items to Harry. "Thank you Kreacher, you can go, me and Sirius will clean up after we finish eating" Harry says with a smile.

After another hour or so of finalizing Sirius's defense strategy, which would consist of him pleading guilty to the charge of escape and then make the point to convince the Wizengamot that since the first charges had been dismissed then so should this charge " Well Sirius I am confident that this plan will at the very least keep you out of prison" Harry says with a sleepy confidence.

"I think you're right Harry, when are you planning to get this infront of Hermione?" Asked Sirius. "I'm hoping to before the end of the weekend" Harry said as he made the dishes wash themselves and put themselves away."Good, well i'm going to bed, good night harry" Sirius says as he walks out of the kitchen.

Harry turned his attention to take the scroll that Kreacher had brought him and after reading it becoming completely confused by the contents of the scroll he decided to write a letter to Mr Weasley in hopes that he will be able to explain it to him.

Dear Mr. Weasley

I am writing to you to see if i would be able to come by tomorrow, I got somethings from Gringotts and i need some help understanding them

Yours

Harry Potter

After finishing Harry rolled the parchment and sealed it with a tap of his wand " Kreacher please come here" Harry called out. With a crack the Elf appeared at Harry's side " how can Kreacher be of service to his Master" the Elf says while giving Harry a deep bow. "I need you to do two things for me, I need this letter taken to the Burrow and then in the morning i need to know if eyelops is open yet so I can get the house an owl to use, please get this all done as soon as you can please" Harry says to the Elf

"Kreacher will do as he is told, would master like Kreacher to purchase the owl on his behalf?" The Elf asks as he takes the scroll from Harry. "Yes Krescher, if that is what you want to do" Harry replies as he sits back at the table to take one final look at the papers that he and Sirius have put together for his defense. "Then I will be off Master."Kreachers says with one last bow, before vanishing with a crack.

Harry was just standing up from the table after an hour or so of agonizing over the plan, when the fireplace burst with brilliant emerald green flames and out stepped the woman who was the closest thing to a mother he had in the entire world. "Mrs. Weasley… what are you doing here..." Harry managed to only get part of the sentence out before the woman wrapped him in a strong caring hug. "Well Kreacher came by and gave me this letter for Author and he seemed to be worried about you so i decided to come check on you" Mrs. Weasley says, as she takes a step back examine the condition of the young man she has come to find as her adopted son " Harry dear you said something about a letter from Gringotts, i don't know how much help i will be with that sort of thing but i will try to help you" said over her shoulder as she walked around the table to take the seat opposite where Harry had been sitting.

"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley, I do appreciate anything you can explain." Harry says as he walks over to the table with the scroll and folder noticing for the first time that they are both addressed not to Harry James Potter, but to Lord Potter of the Most Noble and Ancient house of Potter. "First thing that gets me is who is Lord Potter, and how come I got his mail?" Harry asks as he hands over the scroll and file folder to Mrs Weasley.

" well dear this person is you" Mrs Weasley says with a warm smile " you see Harry dear, the people at the heads of their families are called Lords or Ladies" Mrs. Weasley said as she opened and read the scroll "and according to this you are needed at Gringotts at your earliest convenience to settle some discrepancy with your titles" Mrs Weasley says passing both items back to Harry.

"Thank you, I will have to stop by Gringotts in a few days, I also need advice about some more personal matters." Harry says in a less certain way as he looks down at the table. " I'm sure things can be fixed with my daughter" Mrs Weasley said as she tried to suppress a chuckle " Harry dear you will figure it out, you have mine and Arthur's blessings if that helps, and I have told Ginny this as well." Mrs Weasley says standing from the tables.

"Th….Thank you" Harry stammered out while looking up at Mrs Weasley. "Why don't you come by tomorrow and talk to Arthur, you can also see Ginny, as well as Hermione since she's been staying with us since she still hasn't found her parents yet" Mrs Weasley said with a smile as she stepped into the fireplace "see you tomorrow Harry dear." With that emerald flames burst to life and the motherly witch was gone.

With nothing else to do Harry got up from the table and went to bed for the night.

The next morning while eating breakfast Harry filled Sirius in on his plans for the day, after he finished with this he walked to the fireplace took a pinch floo powder and called out the name of his second favorite in the wizarding world the Burrow and in an instant he was stepping out of the kitchen fire.

"Good morning Harry, have you had breakfast yet?" Mr Weasley says from the kitchen table. "Yes Mr Weasley, I ate with Sirius before I came over." Harry says as he steps out of the kitchen fireplace. " If you're looking for Ginny, she went to Diagon Alley with Hermione" Mr Weasley says after taking a sip from his morning tea "she should be home soon." Mr. Weasley says with a warm smile.

"I honestly do not know how to begin to fix this with Ginny, I do want to fix this because she means a lot to me" Harry says with a faint blush on his face, knowing who he had just said that to. "Harry no need to be shy with me, I can and will say that I do like the idea of you with Ginny" Mr Weasley said through a very hearty chuckle "you have my blessing to be with my daughter Harry, please fix things."

"Tha…nk you Mr Weasley, I will do everything I can do to fix…" Harry never finished the sentence because at that Moment, two women ,one long haired ginger ,and one with a wild mane of bushy brown hair, walked in the back door. " HARRY" shrieked Hermione as she ran across the room and crushed him in a bone bruising bear hug "what are you doing here? How have you been? Why haven't we heard from you since the battle?" Hermione asked in her normal rapid fire way, meanwhile the one person Harry had intended to see today, flushed with confusion and anger before she turned and stormed from the house.

"Hermione i will answer all of your questions in time, but i need to talk to Ginny right away" Harry says as he pulls out of the hug Hermione has him trapped in her face showing something like longing and loss. "I promise we will talk soon,okay.". Harry says as he runs out of the house into the yard.

Once into the backyard Harry looks around for Ginny and finally finds her up by the orchard staring back at him, he starts up the hill to the orchard "Ginny please, i need to talk to you" Harry says in a pleading way. " Why should i talk to you Potter, you clearly didn't want to talk after the battle you just disappeared' Ginny shouts down the hill at Harry who stops in his tracks with a hurt look on his face. "I'm sorry Harry, please forgive me for saying that I have just been so upset and worried, and you just show up unannounced to the house" Ginny says in a whisper that Harry almost can not hear from where he is standing.

Harry walks up the rest of the way up the hill and stops within arms reach of Ginny "Ginny I'm so sorry I did what I did, I can't change what has happened but I can do better going forward and that is what I am going to do" Harry says with a pleading tone.

"Harry I get where you needed time for yourself after the battle, but you should have told us, so we would have known you were okay…" Ginny shouts at Harry but when she notices the sorrow in his eyes her tone her voice begins to soften "I'm sorry for shouting at you again, but i'm not the only one who was worried, none of us knew you were okay till Ron told us he had seen you." Ginny's voice has fallen to a calm and caring tone by the time she finishes.

"I get it, i messed up, but im my defense i was not in a mindset to be talking to anyone, Merlin's beard i didn't even let Kreacher come around me for three day" Harry replied in a very level manor "but after Sirius showed up at the door, i realized that i needed to reach out to everyone and let you all know i'm okay." Harry finishes while looking into Ginny's eyes trying to see if she is going to forgive him for leaving her in the dark for the last several weeks.

"Harry, please understand that I am not mad at you, because i can understand why you needed time to yourself" Ginny says to Harry looking back into his eye and seeing the relief flow into them at her word "but understand you ever do something like this again and I will be the one who brings an end to the boy who lived, understand?" with this Ginny puts her hands on her hip and a stern expression on her face.

"Understood" Harry replies fully understanding that the woman before him is completely capable of following through with her threat.

"Now let's go back inside, someone else needs to chew your ear off" Ginny says, stepping past Harry and grabbing his hand and giving it a squeeze, when he did not pull away but squeezed her hand back, her heart finally relaxed fully.

While the two walked back to the house Hermione watches the two holding hand, her heart sank knowing now she had no shot, no matter how cruel that thought is towards Ginny "get it together Granger, you knew this was likely to happen so suck it up, and keep you mouth shut" Hermione thought to herself, before she turned and went upstairs to the room that she has been staying in since she moved to the Burrow.

The two made it to the back door of the Burrow only to find that Hermione was no longer in the kitchen "Hermione went up to her room, if that is who you two are looking for" Mr weasley says with a ear to ear grin on his face at the sight of the two young adults holding hand before him. "Dad do not make this awkward" Ginny said as her face blushes three shades of red lighter than her hair.

Harry and Ginny proceed from the kitchen to the stairs before stopping from the door of what used to belong to the twins, and just as Ginny was about to open the door both of them hear crying coming from inside the room. Which causes Ginny to stop and look at Harry before knocking on the door instead of opening it to just walk in " coming in" said a very shaky voice from inside the room.

Ginny opens the door, and both her and Harry walk into the room to find Hermione sitting on her bed with her face in her hand, Ginny leaves Harry standing in the doorway "Hermione what's wrong?" Ginny asks in a soft voice

"Nothing just… don't worry about it" says Hermione's muffled voice from behind her hands.

"Oh no, that is not going to work with me, and you know this so talk Granger" Ginny says as she tries to get Hermione to take her face out of her hands. "No, I do not want you two to hate me" Hermione says as she begins to cry again. "Why would we hate you?" Harry says as he walks over to sit on the bed on Hermione's otherside " you are both of our best friends, so again why would we hate you?" Harry in typical fashion is oblivious to girls and their emotions does not notice the change in Ginny's expression.

"Harry, please give us a second" Ginny asks him while never taking her eyes off of Hermione, Harry nods his head and goes out onto the stairs before can shut the door " go sit in my room Harry." Ginny said finally looking up at him "i will come get you when i get done talking to Hermione" finishes before she closed the door to the room, Harry still not understanding in the slightest just shrugs and goes across the hall and into Ginny's room "I wonder what has gotten into Hermione" Harry ponders to himself while he waits to be told to come back to the room.

Back in Hermione's room Ginny returns to the bed and forces Hermione to look at her " spill it Granger, how long have you had feeling for Harry, you can not hide it from me i know you to bloody well for you to, and i do not hate you for it." Ginny tells Hermione gently.

"But you will, i truly did not intend for things to end up this way" Hermione stammers out before continuing " I did not realize that i had feeling for him more than him being my best friend, until we went to Godric's Hollow, and he called out to me while he was fighting you know who's snake, Ginny i knew he was likely to go back to you but i hoped he wouldn't so i could try to get him for myself." Hermione finishes just above a whisper with more tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"No I do not hate you Hermione, it is honestly hard to not fall in love with Harry, we just have the problem of figuring out who he is going to pick, but Hermione you need to tell him" Ginny says with a strong blush creeping across her face.

"How am i supposed to tell him something like this?" Hermione asks with a panicked tone to her voice. Ginny with a wicked grin and a deepening blush "I have a devious idea Hermione, why don't we just both give him a kiss and tell him he has to choose one of us before the next school year starts" Ginny finishes explaining her idea to get Harry to see that he has two witches ,who want him, and he needs to choose which of them he wants."Ginny you're just as devious as the twins." Hermione says with a giggle.

"Well when you grow up with them you learn a thing or two"Ginny says, beginning to giggle as well.

"When do you want to do this?, Ginny" Hermione asks with a curious expression, that quickly turns to horror when she sees Ginny walking for the door to her room and beckoning her to come to the door with her, and with a sigh Hermione stands and walks to stand on the opposite side of the door as Ginny.

"Harry come here please" Ginny says as she opens the door and steps to the side taking her position to give Harry the best surprise of his life, "coming" replies Harry from Ginny's room, "here he comes, be ready we do this as soon as the door shuts" Ginny stats in a determined manor, not able to speak Hermione just nodes.

Harry steps out of Ginny's room and walks across the hall and into Hermione's room, and as soon as he was in the room fully the door closed. "Is everything okay with Hermione G…" he never finished this thought because at that moment both girls gave him a kiss on his cheeks, Hermione and Ginny's kiss on his cheeks caused his mind to go completely blank.

With an enormous giggle, Hermione guided Harry to sit on the bed, then she and Ginny stood in front of him. "Harry, I need you to listen to me and Ginny, for a few minutes okay?" Hermione says gently,"Harry, I know we just broke your brain, but me and Hermione have talked things out," Ginny says in a caring way, "we have both discovered that, we are both in love with you." Ginny finishes with a smile on her face that was shared by Hermione.

"Harry, me and Ginny are going to leave it up to you, as to who you want to be with." Hermione says as her face takes on a deep shade of scarlet.

"What!you want me to do what?" Harry exclaimed, as his brain had just caught up with what was being said to him by Hermione and Ginny.

"We need you to pick who you want to be your girlfriend, because we both want to be with you, and we have both discovered that we love you." Ginny says in a matter of a fact way. "You need to let us know who you want by the start of next school year, and by the way are you going to go back for your 7th year?" Hermione says

"Yes i'm going back for 7th year i just need to let Professor McGonagall know, but back to the matter at hand" Harry says with a confusion,"what if i don't know who i want to be with, because i know i really like you Ginny, but Hermione i know i really do like you i just do not know how far that extends, though i can easily see us being together and i like that idea of us being together." Harry finishes feeling embarrassed that he can not pick one of them right away.

"Well i'm glad to hear that you feel that way about us" Ginny says, and just as though they practiced it the two girls bent and kissed Harry on the cheeks again, before turning to walk out of the room.

After a few minutes Harry got up and walked upstairs to Ron's room "now you've gone and got yourself in an impossible positions again potter, your going to have to pick one of them, and you know your going to lose the other one for good" Harry thought to himself , as he reached Ron's room his brian remembered something "you are needed at Gringotts at your earliest convenience to settle some discrepancies in your 'titles' is what Mrs Weasley had said to him." and with this thought finished he turned and ran back down stairs and came to a stop in the kitchen where Mr Weasley was still sitting with a smile on his face. "Yes, Harry" Mr Waeasly says with an amused tone.

"Mr Weasley, late yesterday I got a letter from Gringotts, and I learned that I'm to become Lord Potter" Harry says as he takes the seat across from Mr Weasley "but in the letter it mentioned something about Titles, can someone be a Lord of more than one House and how would that work?" Harry had finished his statement with the question he just realized he needed answered.

"Well Harry, to answer your first question, yes someone can be a Lord of more than one house, but i have no clue how that would work, i suggest you get the Gringotts as soon as possible." Mr Weasley says in a curious tone.

"Well i was going to wait till tomorrow, but i think i'm going to go today, please let Mrs Weasly i'll be back later, that is if you don't me eating dinner here" Harry says to Mr Weasley.

"Harry, you know better than that, you're always welcome in our home" Mr Weasley says with a smile on his face, "but you may see Ginny and Hermione in Diagon alley, they left just before you came down stairs." Mr Weasley finishes.

After his talk with Mr Weasley, Harry made his way to Diagon alley, and straight to Gringotts, once he had been let in through the front door Harry walked up to the counter and asked for his account manager,and was told to go take a seat in the waiting area by the goblin behind the counter.

Harry had just sat down in a chair ,when a goblin that Harry never thought he would see again in his life,"Griphook, are you coming to take me to my account manager or are you my account manager?" Harry asks with a quizzical tone "either way it is nice to see you again, I had heard you had died." Harry finished just as Griphook came to a stop in front of him "Yes Lord Potter, I am in fact your account manager Lord Potter, please follow me back to my office" Griphook says with a toothy smile before he turn and leads Harry down a hallway to a very lavish office about half way down."please take a seat Lord Potter, would you like a drink?"Griphook asks while offering Harry a glass of fire whisky."No thank you Griphook, I would prefer to stay sober while I discuss what kind of future I can look forward to."

"As you wish Lord Potter, now as you know you have already taken the title of Lord Potter, but there are several other Houses that have your name on them as well"Griphook says as her pulls out 7 Small boxes and the same number of file folders,"these boxes all contain house rings that you will wear and the folders contain the details for all the houses, but before we open these boxes i need to see your hand please Lord Potter" Griphook finishes as he reaches out for Harry's hand which Harry had offered to him. "Now to check to see if your claim on these houses is legitimate i am going to need a drop of blood for each house, that i will let fall onto the ring box and if the house accepts you the box will glow gold and the ring will appear on your hand, at which point i can either go through each individual file or you can on your own time" Griphook finished as he pulled a pin out of one of his drawers and proceed to prick his ring finger and let one drop of blood fall on each box, and one after another they all glowed and a different ring appeared on his hands 7 in total leaving only a couple fingers without a ring.

"Well, Lord Potter it seems you're going to be a busy man for the foreseen future" Griphook says with a grin and a chuckle.

"What do you mean by that Griphook?, and as for the folders I'll take them with me and look over them, what houses are there?" Harry asks his questions as he examines the rings on his hands. "Well Lord Potter i mean the number of wives your going to need, as for the Houses, they are Hufflepuff,Ravenclaw,Gryffindor, slytherin,Peverell,Potter and the last one is the Hires ring for the house of black." Griphook finishes and looks up from the files to see a horrified look on Harry's face, "Are you okay Lord Potter." Griphook askes with a bemused look on his face.

" Your saying in the end I'm going to have 8 wives, why do I need 7 wives isn't that against the law" Harry asks in a calmer tone than he thought possible at this news,"I mean I do not know 7 witches who would want me to be their husband." Harry finishes

"It may be uncommon today, but it is not against the law, and you will need 7, because you will need and hire for each house, unless you wish to hold the title but not continue the name at which point upon your death the name would become dormant once again" Griphook explains as he stacks the files and passes them to Harry, " now my Lord i hate to cut our hat short but i have another meeting in 10 minutes, should you be of need i am just an owl away" Griphook says as he gets up from his desk.

Harry got up from his seat and walked back out of Gringotts carrying a stack of files, and started back up the street when someone called his name from inside flourish and Blotts, he turned to see three witches walking toward him, Ginny,Hermione,and Susan Bones.

"Harry what are you doing with all those files, they look like financial files from Gringotts?" Susan asked moments before seeing the 7 rings that now adorned his hands, "my Lord please forgive such a casual tone." Susan says with a slight bow.

"Susan, you do not need to be so formal with me, I'm still Harry Potter" Harry says with a smile on his face, when susan looked back up her face was Scarlet, and with out a word she turned and quickly walked away "what has gotten into her, but anyways i think i have an answer to the situation that you two put me in this morning" Harry says looking at both Hermione and Ginny with a smirk "lets go get some food and i'll tell you everything." Harry finishes as he turns to head back to the leaky cauldron.

Once the group had made their way to the Leaky Cauldron, and had got a private room and lunch from Tom, Harry sits the files down and lays them all out on the table so the house names are clear to see, "So this morning i had two witches confess their love for me, and i was told to pick one of them" Harry looks between both Hermione and Ginny before continuing, "well i must say that now you two have a choice to make, can you two share me for the rest of your lives." Harry finishes with a grin

For a few moments both looked stunned, then as though someone turned on the light in Hermione's brain,"Harry do you mean share as in both of us be with you, and please explain why you have 7 rings on."Hermione says as her face begins to take on several shades of pink.

"Yes right in one Hermione, and I have all these rings on because I am Lord to 6 of these houses and Heir to 1 and I will eventually need heirs of my own for each and every single one." Harry stops and lets what he has just said sink in for both girls, and on cue Ginny rapidly goes from pink to scarlet "So you are going to need 7 wives, is that what we are hearing Harry?" Ginny whispers. "Yes, you heard correctly Ginny, and I would be over the moon and back if you two would be willing to be with me " Harry finishes as he begins to show an impressive blush of his own.

"Harry, can you please give us a minute to talk please?" Hermione asks, looking at Ginny. "Yes of course" Harry says before he opens the door and steps out of the room, thinking "Merlin's Beard, Potter how do you always get so lucky" to himself. " Ginny, how could we have gotten so lucky, I know how I feel about this, but how do you feel?"

"I do not know how i truly feel just yet, but i do know I'm going to be Lady Potter" Ginny says with a beaming smile " i mean i can share him with you, but what if we can't get along with the others?" Ginny finishes with a question that was on Hermione's mind as well, " Well who do you think would be a good match with Harry?" Hermione asks.

"Well let's make a list, though we should not tell Harry who is on it, because he needs to choose for himself." Ginny says looking over her shoulder at the door before grabbing a piece of the Parchment, quill and ink that were on the table. "Since this is your idea Ginny you go first." Hermione says looking across the table at Ginny

List of wives

Susan Bone

Katie Bell

Padma Patil

Parvati Patil

Luna Lovegood

Daphne Greengrass

Astoria Greengrass

Tracey Davis

Hannah Abbott

Cho Chang

Demelza Robins

Emma Dobbs

"Well there are more than five but i think it is a very good list of who should be a good match for Harry" Hermione says looking up from the list, that Ginny and she had just made,"so i take it we are going to tell Harry he only needs 5 more wives." Hermione says with a mischievous grin on her face. "What's the grin for Hermione?" Ginny asks questioningly. "Let's get Harry in here and tell him our decision without words." Hermione smirks as she goes to the door "Harry come in here please we are ready to give you our answer." Ginny quickly hides the list and goes to stand beside Hermione "let's do this" Ginny whispers into Hermione's ear, "you get him first."

Harry steps back into the room and finds Hermione and Ginny Leaning against the table "so have you two made up your minds?" Harry asks standing just out of arm's reach of both Ginny and Hermione, knowing both have tempers that few can rival."yes Harry we have" Hermione says stepping up to Harry and kissing him full on the lips, before stepping aside and Ginny does the same except for the fact that she whispers into Harry's ear "2 down 5 more to go Potter." before both Hermione and herself walk out of the room.

"You know Harry is going to get us both back , because we have pulled this stunt twice today" Ginny says to Hermione with a wide grin on her face "though i don't mind the idea of him doing something to me, how about you." Ginny asks Hermione while the two walk up to the bar to grab the lunch they had ordered."I can honestly think of worse situations to be in." Hermione Giggled, the two girls collected their orders and went back to the room, where they found Harry holding a black card and looking over an account statement, "what do you have there Harry?" Hermione asks as she sets Harry's food down in front of him.

"It is like a muggle debit card, but it is magically linked to the Potter family vault. I can go to any muggle shop and use it to buy anything I could ever want." Harry says looking up at Hermione. "Wow if they gave you one of those, then the Potter family vault must be loaded full of gold." Ginny says gapping at the Card in Harry' hand. "Let's put it this way Ginny, I could give you this card and tell you to go wild for a month, and you couldn't spend a tenth of what is in the vault." Harry says as he holds the card out to Ginny and Hermione, "want to go shopping, My Ladies" Harry winks.

Ginny looks to Hermione "care to spend some Money."Hermione grins" I could always use more books." Hermione finishes with a wink at Harry.

With lunch being finished, the three young adults went to do some shopping, before heading back to the Burrow for dinner.