Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!

Chapter 8 A Brand New Day.

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31/08/14

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Chapter 8 A Brand New Day.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Indeed it was a brand new day. The Philosopher's Stone had finished washing, purging, healing and renewing the castle, and she was glowing in all of her original pristine magical sentient glory, filled with the hum of the power of the magic of love. Only those who were up and about were directly affected by the healing. That included the house-elves working in the castle, the ghosts and oddly enough Mr. Argus Filch, the squib caretaker of Hogwarts, who for the first time in his life cast a lot of accidental magic when he tripped over Mrs. Norris, his ever present cat. He almost had a heart attack.

The castle's house-elves were now taller and more fit with clean white Hogwarts robes so the students would notice them, and learn the power of the magical words; please, thank you and respect.

Everyone woke up to a new white pristine sentient castle that was spotless and seemed to glow with a warmth that filled the air with that tingly feeling of magic. As they made their way to the Great Hall for breakfast. The doom and gloom of yesterday was gone and there was this positive happy feeling of hope and love in the air.

The Headmaster, along with professors Snape and Quirrell were conspicuous by their absence at breakfast. But no one seemed to care too much as the rumours of what could have happened during the night started to spread, and the stories grew ever more twisted and exciting.

But nothing could dampen their happy spirits, particularly with Ronald Bilius Weasley not being present to churn their stomach with his extraordinary display of gluttony. And happy children are playful children. It maybe against the Laws of Magic to conjure up food much to Ronald's disappointment, but nothing could stop them from conjuring up mud pies, coloured chalk dust bombs and paintballs. The twins would deny all responsibility but somehow Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint were hit with mud pies, and immediately blamed each other. So with the honour of Gryffindor and Slytherin at stake, a magical mud pie food fight very quickly erupted in the Great Hall and everyone joined in. Even the Professors.

They quickly found that the Slytherin witches had a lot of pent up anger towards certain Slytherin wizards, and very good aim, using their wands to guide their mud pies, chalk bombs and paintballs, on to their target's most vulnerable compromising spots. The remaining Slytherin wizards quickly and cunningly joined the right side, to support their witches against the bullies. Draco was soon covered in mud, chalk and paint that would never wash out of his hair, while he discovered that his boys Vincent and Greg threw like girls when he ordered them to fight back, as he was not going to lower himself to touch anything that had the word mud in it. Unfortunately the paint that covered Draco was not water based and would need a lot of Turpentine to wash it out. It was payback by the Slytherin witches for all the nasty things Draco and the bullies had done.

Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff who were very creatively using their house colours for their mud pies, chalk dust bombs and paintballs, and showed their displeasure towards Gryffindor and Slytherin for all their stupid rivalry and hatred that had spoilt their Hogwarts experience. While Gryffindor bravely and or foolishly took on all comers.

Only the fifth year Gryffindor prefect Percy Weatherby, a stickler for rules and often pompous due to his love of authority, was horrified at such an immature display of childishness and made his objections loudly known to everyone that he would be reporting this shameful behaviour to the Headmaster. This action of course led him to be the center of attention, and Penelope Clearwater the Ravenclaw prefect hit him with a particularly gooey sloppy blue and bronze mud pie that covered his polished silver prefect 'P', his face and stuck to his hair. Everyone followed suit and he was quickly buried under a mound of mud, chalk and paint.

After he had dug himself out, Weatherby stormed off to his Gryffindor dorm, leaving a trail of muddy footprints, only to be caught and hexed by the former squib caretaker Mr. Argus Filch who cheerfully gave him a detention. As he was a prefect who had showed disrespect by leaving a trail of muddy footprints, he was made an example of, and was punished by a week in the dungeon hanging by his wrists from the ceiling using Mr. Filch's well oiled chains. Just like the good old days.

They were having so much fun throwing all the mud pies, coloured chalk dust bombs and paintballs that they did not realize how exhausted they soon became. There was a lull as they caught their breath and grinned each other, friend and former foe alike. As it had been a very liberating rejuvenating magnanimous reconciliatory harmonious experience to discover that they were not so different to each other, and it was Dumbledore and Snape who had allowed the evil hatred of a few greedy bigoted bullies to poisoned the ambiance of the school that had kept them apart and stopped them from becoming friends.

Finally together, everyone just seemed to have one last throw in them with one last mud pie or coloured chalk dust bomb or paintball, and they did not want to waste it. As one they chose the most suitable target. Well actually there were two of them being twins and all. With a deafening cheer, they launched the final assault and in an instant the twins were buried under the biggest pile of mud, chalk and paint. The redhead twins had never felt so loved as everyone else high-fived each other and cheered again.

Hagrid won the prize for throwing the largest fighting rock cake, and for causing the most damage. Flitwick was able to charm his mud pies to attack in formation with a Wingardium Leviosa, McGonagall transfigured her mud pies into little pigs which ran among the students, while She-with-no-first-name Tonks proved to be the hardest witch to hit, and went through the whole fight with clean robes.

It was the most fun they had ever had at Hogwarts, and they even cleaned up after themselves to show respect to the house-elves. And it was made so easy as the new glowing walls of the castle were non stick and self cleaning. Then they went to enjoy their day together.

It was grand to be magical today at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Gryffindor and Slytherin buried the hatchet that day, along with the rivalry and hatred until the next Quidditch match or mud pie food fight. Whichever happened first.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Neville, Luna, Harry and Hermione were served breakfast by Kreacher and Dobby in the Founder's quarters, and had missed all the childishness in the Great Hall. Fawkes flamed them directly to the Janus Thickey Ward (a.k.a. Ward 49), of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for Neville to heal his parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom of the curse inflicted on them by convicted Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. It only took Neville ten minutes to heal his parents, and he taught the counter spell to the head healer who was able to heal another six victims of Bellatrix.

Neville's Gran rushed from the Longbottom Manor when the healers called her, and was so overjoyed to have Frank and Alice back that she did not notice that Neville had grown two feet, aged seven years and was the younger image of his father. But she did notice he had a girlfriend holding his hand, and cheerfully welcomed Luna into the family.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

After breakfast and cleaning the hallway, Percy finally went to find out what could have possibly kept Ronald from coming to feed. He stormed into the first year boy's dorm to find the curtains around Ronald's bed still closed. He reached out to tried and open them but found they had been charmed shut. He took out his wand and with a wave removed the locking and silencing charms to open the curtains. He screamed as he saw the sight of an unconscious old fat balding man laying on top of Ronald, right where Dumbledore had wanted the rat placed. He waved his wand to push the man off his brother, and saw Ronald's wild wide open eyes of someone who had lost his mind. Percy fell to the floor and cried. Mother would never forgive him for not looking after her little Ronniekins. But always the bureaucrat, he cried for the required three minutes, then he dusted off his robes and filed his report in triplicate to father with his owl Hermes.

Professor McGonagall rushed into the dorm and recognized the unconscious old fat balding man as Peter Pettigrew. She immediately sent a Patronus message to Madam Bones who came straight away. Without the interference of a missing headmaster, missing Potion master, the late Minister of Magic, along with his late ugly toady undersecretary and the late Lucius Malfoy, Sirius Black was a free wizard before dinner.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Arthur Weasleys was surprised and very concerned to receive Percy's report. It confirmed that the Weasley family clock had not malfunctioned, and that Ronald was really in the hospital after his hand on the clock had fluctuated between School, Lost, Prison, and Mortal Peril all night. He gathered Molly and Ginny to come to Hogwarts. Molly was beside herself as her little ickle Ronniekins had been injured and mumbled something about Dumbledore, while Ginny was excited that she would meet the boy-who-lived. Both reactions worried Arthur as they made their way to the hospital wing. Percy was standing by Ronald's bed as Molly took one look at Ronald, and demanded to see Dumbledore that instant. While Ginny ignored her brother, and looked for his best mate, the boy-who-lived.

When Madam Pomfrey told Molly that Dumbledore was away, she shrieked louder until Arthur stunned her. Madam Pomfrey advised Arthur that there was nothing she could do for Ronald or Molly and they need to go to St Mungo's for checking and treatment. Arthur thought that was a very good idea, and used the floo to take Ronald, Molly, Ginny and Percy directly to St Mungo's to be checked.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

After dinner there was a meeting in the former Headmaster office to discuss what had happened and what to do next. The Awesome Foursome were there with Sirius Black, Augusta, Frank and Alice Longbottom, Xeno Lovegood, Dan and Emma Granger, Amelia Bones, Arthur Weasley and the Hogwarts professors along with representatives from Gringotts. They were brought up to date by Fergus the sorting Hat, and watched the recordings of the events of the last year at the school with Dumbledore's part in them highlighted.

They put both of Dumbledore's portraits together side by side. As neither had been charmed to keep the old goats secrets, and as he was no longer Headmaster, they could speak freely. The portraits were trying to out do each other to show how Machiavellian manipulative and brilliant Dumbledore had been, and filled in and explained a lot of details of the old fool's plans and schemes for the Greater Good of the whole Magical World. They were shocked how callus and manipulative the Headmaster had been to put the school in danger and risk the lives of all the students for his social experiments.

Arthur reported what he had found at St Mungo's. It was a sad story of compulsions and potions that had all the hallmark of Dumbledore's interference in his family going back to his time at Hogwarts and that was confirmed by the portraits. Percy, Ginny and himself will be okay after treatment with flushing potions, but the potions and compulsions used on Molly and Ronald had done too much damage. They would need to stay as the only patients in the Janus Thickey Ward for Unliftable jinxes, hexes, and incorrectly applied charms. The head healer was surprised that Dumbledore had done more damage to his most faithful die hard supporters than Bellatrix Lestrange.

Everyone was surprised of Severus Snape actions, and it was agreed to posthumously award him a statue of Honor to go in the Forbidden third floor corridor with the epitaph of; 'Severus Snape, Slytherin. Defeated Two Dark Lords with one blow.' Plus a Special Services to the School, award.

The award was mounted in the trophy room next to an award for Special Services to the School for Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna. Tom Riddle's award was removed and Hagrid's expulsion was revoked, so he went to get a new wand to finish his Owls and Newts.

While the Ministry posthumously awarded Severus Snape the Order of Merlin first class, twice after they had rescinded the awards given to Dumbledore and Pettigrew. The Ministry also planned to award the Order of Merlin first class to Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna at a Grand Ministry Ball during the summer. (No hints to who Harry asked to the ball, but Neville asked Luna and she wore the diadem.)

They prepared a suitable true story for Xeno to publish in the Quibbler and Daily Prophet to describe what a senile criminally insane Dumbledore had done to endanger the school and the magical world. They highlighted the parts Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna had played to save the school with a positive view of Severus Snape sacrifice to vanquish the world of two dark lords.

On discovering Harry's the financial situation at Gringotts, and that as Lord Slytherin; Harry was now head of house of a number of former Death Eater and Pure-blood supremacist bigoted families. In a show of unity and friendship, Harry asked Lord Ragnok if he would be a proxy for a Wizengamot seat and Ragnok chose the seat of the Noble House of Fudge. While Sirius tried to claim the Wizengamot seats of Malfoy and Umbridge. But it was decided that Madam Longbottom would be more effective with the seat for Umbridge and they gave the Malfoy Wizengamot seat to Arthur Weasley as Narcissa and Draco were returned to the House of Black. Sirius had to make do with the consolation prize of proxy for the House of Dumbledore.

It was agreed that the Awesome Foursome were to have a long holiday with their parents for the summer, and with all the knowledge and information given to them from Hogwarts by the Philosopher's Stone. They were to use a Portkey when needed to go to the Wizarding Examinations Authority where Madam Griselda Marchbanks has arranged for them to sit for their Owls, NEWTs and one or two or three masters examinations that they will need before they start teaching in September. Harry and Hermione decided that they would sit for the Transfiguration, Alchemy and Potions masters while Neville and Luna decided that they would sit for the Potions, Herbology and Magical Creatures masters. They all would sit for all 16 Owls and 20 NEWTs including classes that had not been taught at Hogwarts for centuries.

Hermione only agreed to the arrangement when they decided to allow her to sit for more master examinations during the following year. Harry just knew that he would be sitting for the same examinations. The Mastery that Harry really wanted to sit for was the Time Mastery used to manufacture time turners and other forms of time travel but the Time Mastery Test were only held on the destroyed planet of Gallifrey. Fortunately they recently discovered that the planet Gallifrey had not been destroyed only misplaced and lost, which is almost as bad. But they still had to build their own TARDIS to get there if they could not borrow one over the Christmas Special.

That left one last Mastery to complete. The Master of Death. But Hogwarts was not able to give any information on that Mastery. Nor was Hermione able to find any reference to it in the Hogwarts' Library or in the Headmaster's secret stash, save for a book of children's stories. It seemed the only place that had any information was the last place they wanted to go to. Not for a very long time.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Lord Ragnok had another surprise for Harry and Hermione. Hidden deep in Dumbledore's old vault which Harry now owns, the Goblins had found a lot of things Dumbledore had stolen from Harry's family vaults. Including the portraits of his parents James and Lily. After the meeting, Fergus took Harry and Hermione with Neville and Luna to the Room of Requirements with the portraits. Harry with the elder wand was able to remove the curses Dumbledore had placed on the portraits and they woke up surprised to see their Harry all grown up. As Fergus had hoped, there was so much magic within the Room of Requirements that James and Lily were able to leave their painting as fully corporeal avatars, able to touch and hug and kiss their son and Harry finally felt the love of his mother for him.

The amazing room would prove to be a great blessing for the Awesome Foursome as in later years Harry and Hermione with Neville and Luna were able to bring their children to meet their grandparents as Luna would bring a portrait of her mother. They shared that blessing with others like Susan Bones and her aunty as they brought their family portraits to the room to become corporeal avatars, and with the magic of the room, they could spend time together anywhere in the world. Hermione loved it when the room took them to Bondi Beach so she, Luna and Susan could work on their tan during the Scottish winter, and the Scottish summer for that matter. Harry loved going to Disneyland and a new placed called The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Hollywood).

It was an added bonus for Lily and Celeste to provide 24/7 child minding in the magical Room of Requirement for their grandchildren while James couldn't wait to teach them how to fly on a broom and play Quidditch.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Dan and Emma waited until they reached home with Hermione and Harry before they had their long discussion of what had happened to their daughter and their new son / son-in-law. They had accepted that Hermione was well mature for her age but they did not wish to be grandparents too soon. Hermione was able to use her knowledge to heal her mother so she could have more children, and she was soon with child. (twins)

Dan and Harry agreed for the sake of their sanity to only have one Granger woman with child at a time.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Professor McGonagall was appointed Headmistress of Hogwarts, so the Awesome Foursome could live a little and enjoy the experience of life together. She quickly discovered that the ghost of Dumbledore had not complete left Hogwarts as he had signed binding magical contracts for the next DADA professor and for a revamped Tri-Wizard Tournament with Beauxbatons and Durmstrang to take place after the World Quidditch Cup.

They had plenty of time to sort out the Tri-Wizard Tournament but the new DADA professor, the flamboyant Gilderoy Lockhart, was a narcissistic wizarding celebrity. Who had very outlandishly selected all of his own published works for his course text books, and the cost was prohibitive for most families. Minerva sent copies of the books to Harry and Hermione and Hermione quickly worked out that the new professor was a fraudulent author and knowing Dumbledore, were not surprised why the old fool had selected him. But the contract was binding and they could not get rid of him without being sued.

Fortunately Harry and Hermione with Neville and Luna and their parents came across the charlatan at a book signing at Flourish & Blotts. Lockhart had spotted Harry and drew the attention of all his admiring witches to Harry. So he could manipulate the young man to have his photo taken with him. He was sure a picture of both of them would get him on the front page of the Daily Prophet. But the witches took one look at the gorgeous handsome young gentleman that Harry had grown into, and completely forgot all about Lockhart.

Not to be foiled Lockhart went to plan 'C' and announced himself as the new DADA professor of Hogwarts and challenged Harry to a demonstration wizard duel. Right there in the crowded store.

Lockhart had already worked out the title of his next book. 'Gilderoy Lockhart Vanquisher of the Boy-who-lived'. Lockhart would not take no for an answer, and drew his wand to fire his first curse at Harry. Even before he hadn't even taken his wand out. The curse went wide and missed Harry by a mile but in a store full of people, it would have to hit someone. And that someone was Hermione's father Dan Granger. The curse removed all the bones from Dan's right arm. Dan was in pain as Hermione went to him while Harry moved to eliminate the threat. But before he could get anywhere near the fool, Emma Granger got to him first and with a beautiful right hook smashed Gilderoy's face breaking his nose and jaw, destroying his lecherous smile, and sending him flying over a stack of his books while another three stacks of his published works collapsed on top of him. Giving him a concussion as cage of freshly caught Cornish Pixies fell on top of him.

There was pandemonium as the cage broke open and the Cornish pixies shot in every direction like rockets, all over the store full of screaming witches. Knocking over bookshelves and throwing books everywhere. They found and released the handsome green cover books, emblazoned with the golden title The Monster Book of Monsters. All these monster books charged through the fleeing customers scuttling sideways like some weird crabs as they sort out dark spaces to hide in.

The unconscious Lockhart almost made good his escape as six pixies carried him away by his ears and hair. But Hermione immobilized the six pixies with a clever Freezing Charm. Causing them to drop the professor and Harry caught him on the first bounce with an Aresto momentum! While Luna frown, stamped her foot, and crossly waved her finger as she made a sad disenthralled tizz sound to show how disappointed she was with the bad behaviour of the pixies and monster books. Ashamed the pixies quietly left the store and flew over to Hyde Park while the Monster book of Monsters scuttled back into their boxes to the amazement of the store assistants. Who had been fighting a losing battle with the books since Hagrid put them on his book list.

The photographer from the Daily Prophet had been clicking madly all through the bedlam and was in two minds which picture went on the front page the next day. A picture of Gilderoy Lockhart being knocked for six by the fiery witch or Luna taming the savage beasts. Luna won with the caption; Beauty and the Beasts. While Gilderoy and Emma were on page 3. (They never bothered to ask if Emma was a witch and would never believe that a muggle could hit that hard.)

They rushed Dan to the Hogwarts hospital wing where he spent a painful two days regrowing the missing bones in his arm. Lucky for Dan there was more than enough magic in the air for the potions to work. Otherwise Dan would have lost his arm and a dentist needed both hands.

Gilderoy Lockhart was arrested and charged for attacking Harry Potter and causing grievous bodily harm to Dan Granger. But with the sure possibility of going to Azkaban for injuring a muggle, his state of mind collapsed in a grand display of his best performance ever, and he was sent to St Mungo's Janus Thickey Ward for Unliftable jinxes, hexes, and incorrectly applied charms. Where he smiled at all the witch healers and was admired and adored by Molly, plus he could play Wizard Chess with Ronald all day and night.

It was Minerva who made the observation of how far the Magical World had come for if Dan had been injured only two months ago while Dumbledore was in power, Gilderoy would have walked free and Dan would have lost his arm, been obliviated and his memory modified to show that he had lost the arm in a car accident before being dumped back into the muggle world. In fact the last Pure-blood to be sent to Azkaban for injuring a muggle was Percival Dumbledore, the father of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore, who died in Azkaban after he took vengeance on some muggle boys who assaulted his daughter.

With Gilderoy Lockhart no longer available, Minerva gave the position of DADA professor to Remus Lupin, who quickly proved to be a popular teacher. Then by a stroke of serendipity, Madam Poppy Pomfrey used Helga Hufflepuff's gold cup to administer Remus' Wolfsbane potion before a full moon. Only for him not to change that night. After a full examination Remus was declared cured of his Lycanthropy.

Remus was overjoyed to be cured of the illness that had characterized him all his life, and shared that joy with an old friend, Aurora Sinistra the Hogwarts' Astronomy professor. They soon became a couple. As did their old friends Sirius Black, the new Magic for Fun professor and Emmeline Vance, the new History of Magic professor.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

Harry and Hermione woke up late in each other's arms enjoying a Saturday morning sleep in, as they had enjoyed their first year of teaching together the subjects of Potions for Owls and NEWTs and Alchemy for NEWTs. Kreacher brought breakfast as Dobby and Winky were caring for Hermione's parents and the twins.

Neville taught Herbology for Owls while Professor Pomona Sprout taught Herbology for NEWTs, and Luna taught the Care of Magical Creatures for Owls. While Hagrid taught the NEWTs class for Seriously Misunderstood Large and Fire Breathing Magical Creatures from his Dragon Sanctuary deep in the Forbidden Forest.

Neville and Luna came to tell Harry and Hermione about a prophecy that they had fulfilled with the defeat of the dark lord. Luna had been sent an advance copy to review for the Quibbler of a new book by Rita Skeeter called; The Life and Lies of Albus the-darkest-dark-lord Dumbledore. A companion volume to her tell all best seller; Severus Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?

Rita had quoted from a diary of Dumbledore in which he had written the original prophecy, plus His improved Greater Good version, with all his notes and plans for Harry and Neville if they survived.

Harry thought back to where this story had begun and the one who came back to save him.

And the more important things;— fun and friendship and bravery and above all Love. – Lady Hermione Jane Potter PS.

Harry kissed his Hermione.

It dawned a glorious new day for a new happy magical world and a new story.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

AN: Hopefully this new telling of different Philosopher's Stone Quest might encourage the muse others to write a better longer ending with Voldemort and Dumbledore trying to make a comeback with their Horcruxes and Harry defeating each one with the brilliant logic of his Hermione and the help of their loyal friends Neville and Luna.

Or you could just read Souls Abound by the great Robst whom, you will be happy to hear, is writing again.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

PS: One morning a few years later. The Awesome Foursome Professors were at breakfast in the Great Hall, when a strange looking black bat like creature appeared in front of Harry and Hermione as they sat with Neville and Luna at the staff table.

"That's a Sleekit Weetimorousbeastie!" Luna cried. "They're inter-dimensional travelers. Look he has a letter."

"It's address to you Harry." Hermione said and Harry went to untie the letter and open it.

A magical movie postcard fell out. It had a picture of a nice country landscape with a sign 'Welcome to Sunnydale.' and there, waving to them, was a wizard with a long nose, black greasy hair and a black billowing robe with a fiery redhead witch holding a cute baby wizard, standing on the left with a dark blonde witch holding a sweet little witch, standing on the right.

"It's from the Bat Wizard." Luna said. "Aren't they so cute?"

Harry turned the postcard over and read.

"Greetings from Sunnydale. Say hello to Willow and Tara with Harry Severus and Hermione Lily Prince. Wish you were here. Love Sev. PS: This world doesn't have any shrimp or Dumbledore."

"Awe isn't that nice. He went to a world without shrimp and Dumbledore." Luna said as she started to feed bacon to the Sleekit Weetimorousbeastie to fatten him up for his return inter-dimensional jump.

Hermione asked Winky to go and get the group photo of herself, Harry, Neville and Luna when they were awarded their masters in Potions with the outstanding grade. The four of them were smiling and waving in their billowing purple Potion-master's robes standing next to the statue of Severus Snape in the third floor corridor. Winky popped away.

A moment later she returned and gave Hermione the magical photo. She turned the photo over and wrote.

'Hi Sev, Willow, Tara, and little Harry and Hermione. Glad to see you are making the most of your second chance and found some happiness. This is a photo of Harry, myself, Neville and Luna on our Potion-master's graduation night at Hogwarts. Harry and I teach Potions at Hogwarts. (Don't laugh!) The school has change a lot since that night and you would never recognize the castle. Stay in touch. Love to all. Lady Hermione Jane Potter. OOXX (hugs and kisses for little Harry and Hermione)'

"Awe that's so sweet Hermione. Ralph is ready to go." Luna said, indicating the Sleekit Weetimorousbeastie that was snuggling into her arms.

"You're amazing with any magical creature Luna." Hermione said as she placed the photo into an envelope and carefully tied it to the creature's leg. "So this one is Ralph?"

"Yes, he looks like a Ralph and he loves the Hogwarts' bacon so he will be happy to come back."

"I think he loves your snuggles more." Neville laughed as he tried to get some attention from his beautiful wife as the little creature disappeared with the letter in a poof.

"Anyway it was nice to hear from Sev and those two witches were gorgeous. He still has a thing for beautiful redheads with green eyes." Harry said still a little surprised that Sev had named his children after Hermione and him. "Little Hermione is so cute and little Harry is in the image of his father with his greasy messy black hair."

"But he has Willow's green eyes so she must be his mother, and he has her cute button nose." Luna observed as Hermione looked closely at little Hermione's eyes.

"We should be thankful that he doesn't have his father's nose." Harry said. "Harry and Hermione Prince? It has a nice ring to it."

"Prince?" Asked Minerva as she came over to see the picture. "Prince was Severus' mother's maiden name. He used to call himself the Half Blood Prince and Lily would be the Muggleborn Princess."

She turned to show the picture to Filius. "Oh hasn't Severus done well for his second chance."

And Filius nodded in agreement.

"So will little Harry and Hermione Prince be coming to Hogwarts?" Neville asked.

"Well we will find out in ten years." Hermione said as she shared that look with Luna.

Harry and Neville saw that look; Harry could feel that it was time for their little James and Lily while Neville thought about a little Harfang and Aggie.

PPS: Hermione got to say or rather scream "OH Harry!" a lot, particularly late at night after some bravery and a great deal of loving care.

-Harry Potter and bravery and — oh Harry —be careful!-

The End.

Thank you for reading.