Chapter one

After an uneventful year at Hogwarts, finally, the students that fought in the battle of Hogwarts had been given a wonderful send off with a party that headmistress McGonagall had organised as a way of thanking all those returning students that had stayed to fight. But it was also because everyone, including the four houses put their animosity aside and a lot of them ended up friends, Gryffindor's and Slytherin's amongst them. So the party was held the day after everyone took their final tests and it went on until early hours the following morning and everyone, staff and student enjoyed themselves immensely.

During that year the magical world was finally safe and was moving on by putting the years of violence, torture and death behind them. The families mourned the dead, but everyone thanked those people for their sacrifice.

Harry Potter had become close to his godson Teddy Lupin, whose parents, Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks Lupin died at Hogwarts. Another thing Harry Potter did during that time was came out, he let everyone know he was gay, something Ginny Weasley had suspected when they dated. Ginny now was in a serious relationship with Seamus Finnegan, but so many of those older students were also in serious relationships. Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley were one couple, Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott was another.

Harry was still single, but he did have a few dates with some other gay blokes that had returned to Hogwarts to do their final year. One person that had been at Hogwarts that no one expected to see was Severus Snape who was found the day after the fighting finished and he was barely alive, but thanks to the healers that had been at Hogwarts, they were able to save him. So after he healed he was returned to the post of defence against the dark arts teacher while Horace Slughorn had decided to stay as the potions teacher.

Before returning to Hogwarts, Harry had bought his own home in Godric's Hollow from the money Sirius left him, but he never moved in straight away. He spent some time with his friends at the Burrow, they mainly rested and reflected on what their lives had been like and what they would be like now. So two months before the return to Hogwarts, Harry moved into his home, his first home as far as he was concerned since he had no memory of living in Godric's Hollow with his parents.

He did pay a visit to the Dursleys, he's friends accompanied him, they mainly did that to scare Harry's relatives for how neglectful they were and the abuse they put Harry through as a child. All Harry did was tell them that he would be keeping an eye on them now that he was an adult and a fully trained wizard, the three Dursley's stood there in petrified silence. Harry and his friends couldn't help but laugh as they walked away from number four Privet drive, Harry actually felt that finally his life was looking up because he knew now that he never had to return to Little Whinging again, but he also knew that Voldemort was dead along with most of his supporters.

During the first year where everyone buried their dead, rested, rebuilt the wizarding world. Some people who had seen or been through a lot left the country to start a new life without all the disturbing memories, some people that came from other countries to help decided to stay. Charlie Weasley was one that decided to stay and not return to Romania. It took him a while to work out what he wanted to do now, but after losing his brother, he wasn't going to let any more time pass that he could spend with his family because he realised that he could have lost them all over the last few years.

The trials for the captured death eaters, snatchers and supporters were held. Harry and his friends went to a lot of those to give evidence, one was the Malfoy's. Lucius Malfoy was sentenced to life in Azkaban, Narcissa Malfoy was given seven years, but had that reduced to two years for her assistance to Harry Potter the night of the battle and it was proven she never killed or took part in any torture. Draco Malfoy was released but with restriction for five years, and that came down to Harry testifying on his behalf.

Harry had organised a surprise for all his friends, old friends and new friends, along with some others that were older but had become close to this group of young people that had showed so much courage and bravery. So on the last day of Hogwarts, Harry sent everyone a letter, a bit of a cryptic letter explaining that they were all going to be transported to a secret location to spend a month away from everything before they went into the world of work, marriage, families and all the things that adults had to do.

So they all had one week at home before they had to meet up on the outskirts of Godric's Hollow where Harry would be waiting with port keys. Everyone was excited about this trip they were going on and no matter what anyone did, Harry refused to divulge any information apart from saying they would all have a good time and everything apart from your own personal clothes would be provided.

Hermione naturally asked about bringing some books, Harry said no that she would be satisfied with what was available. Charlie Weasley who had been included in this holiday asked about bringing alcohol as he liked a couple of drinks of a night. Harry said no as there would be plenty for him to choose from, but no matter what anyone asked to bring, it seemed Harry had it covered so that even doing that they never got any information out of Harry, which they were trying to do.

They had hoped in asking for certain things that they would get some hint as to where they were going, but nothing, and people like Hermione was irritated that she couldn't get Harry to talk. All he kept saying was it was a surprise and she would love it just like everyone else and to trust him, which everyone did, but that didn't stop them trying to find out where they were going on this mysterious holiday.

The day everyone was due to meet up for their mystery holiday, Harry took the three port keys, sealed and charmed his home then walked through the town of Godric's Hollow. First he went to his parents graves and placed new flowers against the headstone, then repeated the process on Remus and Tonks' graves before kneeling at the small headstone that read Sirius Black, Padfoot, that the ministry put there as a tribute to Sirius. Harry put some flowers against that and even though he knew there was no actual body here, Harry still felt like this is where Sirius should be, beside his father and Remus.

Harry strolls through the small town, getting smiles from the witches and wizards and curious looks from the muggles who had no idea who he was. Harry just smiled at everyone until he came to the large hill overlooking the town, which had muggle repelling charms around it to keep the muggles away. He put his bag down then leant against the tree to wait.

'So we will finally get to know where we're going,' Charlie said as he approached with Ginny, George, Ron and Hermione.

Harry chuckled, 'No, you'll just be arriving there, but I'm not saying where it is, not yet.'

'Oh you're so frustrating Harry,' Hermione huffed.

'Relax Hermione, it's a surprise and a holiday, something we all need. So unwind that smart head of yours and just go with it.'

'Looks like we have no choice mate,' Neville said as he approached with Hannah, Seamus who went straight over to Ginny, then Dean, Luna, Ernie, Michael, Padma, Parvati, Susan, Lee, Katie, Angelina, Alicia all arrived. Right after them Draco, Theo, Blaise, Daphne, Tracy and Astoria arrived.

'It looks like we're all here,' Harry grinned, then put three port key's on the ground, separated them into three groups, 'We have a couple of minutes, then all will be revealed and the fun begins.'

'Are you sure it's safe?' Draco smirked.

Harry narrowed his eyes, 'Perfectly safe, I own this place and it's charmed to only people I allow in, no one else. So everyone take hold of the port key, we're about to leave.'

The group of twenty six took hold of the port key, they looked around then a minute later they all felt the familiar pull and were instantly transported away. When they all arrived, some landing hard, some falling, some on their feet, they all looked around at the beautiful tropical beach facing them. Harry waved his hand and everyone turned to stare at all the small but nice looking beach cabins, with three larger ones away from the rest but all joined by a closed in walk way.

'You each have your own cabin, the three over there are dining and kitchens where the staff are right now preparing lunch for everyone. The next is a large movie screening room in one section, and games room in the other section, most of those are muggle games, but you will all enjoy them. The last has a huge library with lots of soft squishy sofa's for anyone, Hermione, who wants to curl up with a good book.' everyone laughed as they looked at Hermione who had a huge smile on her face.

'Are you saying you own all these cabins?' Ron gapped.

'I own the island and everything that is sitting on it, all thanks to Sirius.'

'You mean he owned all this?' Neville asked.

'No, I bought this with the money he left me. I figured we could all do with a holiday where no one knows us. We can do anything we want, be alone if we want, go for a walk, read, watch movies, play games, swim, rest, shag, whatever anyone wants to do they can. So your names are on the doors, find yours, settle in, then we can have lunch,' Harry grinned hugely then laughed as everyone looked excited and started to hurry towards the cabins. Harry found his, which was a little on the larger side to the others as he does own it so he decided to have his build just a bit bigger because he knew he would come here often, or as often as he could. He unpacked then walked towards the large dining room, 'Kreacher, thank you for helping out.'

'Master Harry is welcome, lunch will be ready in a few minutes.'

'Great, I'm starved,' Harry sat at the end of the large table just as the door opened and the others started to arrive. Within minutes, Winky was pouring everyone drinks, a glass of wine along with water, but she also put pitchers of juice on the table. 'As you can see, there is a large bar with any drink you want, the kitchen is fully stocked and you can help yourself, but Kreacher, Winky, Dibly and Sorty are here to help with food or cleaning and before you say anything Hermione, they get paid, even Kreacher who refuses to accept the money. Well, they all do, but I still pay them.'

'Apart from Winky and Kreacher, where did the other two came from?' Charlie asked.

'I found out from the ministry that their master or mistress had been killed and had no family to take them, so they became free, I offered them jobs.'

'I think Sirius would love this Harry,' Ginny smiled.

'Yeah, so do I. So now we can eat and then it's just up to what everyone wants to do.'

'One question Harry and I know it's just my natural way, but what if one of us gets seriously ill or hurt?' Hermione asked.

'Ah, Sorty is a healer, I thought of that Hermione. Now most don't let their house elves train for that type of stuff. But Sorty's last owner was a healer, so she trained Sorty who is fully qualified just not recognised by the magical world. So the most she can do is heal for her owner or their friends. Since she works for me, she can heal any of us. I spoke with Poppy about her qualifications and she assured me that Sorty can do anything she could. So I had her bring anything she might need, she can even make potions if they are necessary.'

'I think that's wonderful and I feel a lot better,' Hermione beamed at Harry who laughed, 'It seems like you did think of everything.'

'I tried, I wanted to make sure we had a good time but not have anything to worry about. After the last few years we all deserved a break before going out into the world with all the responsibility that comes with being an adult. Now, I know most of you are purebloods so you have no idea what movies are or these games, but I assure you that you will enjoy them. So I thought I could show you how everything works, explain everything, then it's up to you. So how about we eat and get on with the fun?'

Everyone nodded then Kreacher and Dibly brought out the food, so they ate and talked about what everyone might do first. Harry couldn't stop smiling knowing he was giving his friends a good holiday, something they did all deserve.