Disclaimer: I own none of the characters of this story. It all belongs to JK Rowling and whoever else has their hands in the pot which is sadly not me.

AN: Just a little something that's been bouncing around in my head. To me this is something I wrote for fun with lots of twists to the plot. It moves kind of fast so I can pretty much guarantee that it won't make it past three chapters but for those of you who for some unknown reason follow my stories, you just never know. I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1

The final battle was over and the light side had won. The two heroes of the day were Neville Longbottom who had slain the snake therefore setting up Harry's victory over Voldemort. As the smoke cleared, everyone made their way back into the castle and left Harry standing by himself amongst the death and destruction that littered Hogwarts once pristine campus.

Left alone to his thoughts, Harry started seeing the deaths as his fault for not getting his task done faster. Most of his friends were aware that Harry suffered from survivor's guilt but none knew just how much his harsh younger years truly affected him. While growing up on Privet Drive, he had been blamed for everything that went wrong until he started to believe it himself and looking at all the dead bodies strewn across the lawn was more than he could take. What made it even worse was that the people who were aware of how he would react had left him alone with his thoughts.

As he was lost in his thoughts, an arm came out of nowhere and wrapped around his shoulder. Harry turned in a panic but slightly relaxed when he saw it was Neville. "What's wrong Harry?"

Harry's shoulder slumped as he responded in an emotionless voice replied "It's all too much Nev. I can't face them knowing that everyone's dead because of me."

"Harry, look at me, you did the best you could and I don't see how anyone could ask any more of you."

Harry sighed "But they will. Just watch. You saw how it was over the years. One minute I'll be their savior and the next I'll be trying to replace Voldemort. When can I just be Harry?"

Neville quietly replied "I don't know but if you'll let me, I'll be there beside you every step of the way."

He gave Neville a small smile before shaking his head. "Thanks but no, I won't have anyone else giving up their lives for me anymore. You need to go grab Hannah and run off and get married."

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't know. I've got some things to sort out with the Goblins and then I guess I'll see from there."

Neville said "I can at least go with you for that. We can ask for an estimate of the damages and fines up front and then ask for an inheritance test. With all that has happened over the last few days, I'm sure we both have inherited from several other families."

"What do you mean? I'm just hoping there's enough in my trust vault to cover the damages."

Neville looked at him like he was stupid. "Um…Harry? You do know that your trust vault was set up for your schooling. The family vaults wouldn't become available until you took over the family or like us came of age."

"I have more than my trust vault?"

"Probably, if what you said is right, your godfather more than likely left you his estate as well. The Blacks were thought to be even wealthier than the Potters."

Harry looked up with hope in his eyes. "Let's just hope there's something left after they get through with me."

They stood there looking at the carnage for a few minutes before Neville led him back into the castle. As they entered the Great Hall, Neville separated from him and went and put his arms around Hannah as she sat talking to several of her Hufflepuff housemates. She saw the pain in his eyes and quietly questioned him with a look. His response was a slight shake of his head as he pulled her closer to him.

As Harry made his way through the people to find his 'family', most everyone's eyes met his with looks of awe or maybe even need. He thought to himself that even after all that had happened, he would never be allowed to live in peace and it scared him far worse than old Tom ever did.

The next scene he came upon was that of the Weasleys surrounding Fred's body as they talked quietly amongst themselves. At the back of the crowd, he could see Hermione and Ron holding each other very close and sharing loving kisses occasionally. Next to them, Ginny had reunited with her longtime boyfriend Dean Thomas and were completely lost in each other's eyes. A small smile formed on his face as he thought that maybe now they could get on with their lives if he wasn't there to get in their way. Before he could be spotted, he slipped his invisibility cloak over his head and disappeared.

Neville eyes were following Harry and watched the sad scene before him as Harry slipped on his cloak and vanished. A minute or so later, he saw the doors to the Great Hall open and quietly close.

He muttered out 'bye Harry, good luck' as a lone tear ran down his cheek as he thought of his friend and leader and all that he had lost. Hannah heard him say something and turned to look at him when she noticed the tear. "What's wrong love?" He shook his head and quietly said "Later love. We'll talk about it later."

**TNB**

Harry slowly made his way across the grounds having to step carefully through the bodies that littered the lawn. He could see some people moving around looking for survivors and made sure to avoid everyone on his way out. Once he made it outside the gates, the only thing left of Harry was the loud crack he made as he left Hogwarts for the last time.

Before he knew it, he arrived with a large crack in the middle of Diagon Alley and silently made his way to Gringotts. As he approached the guards at the doors to the bank, he slowly pulled off his cloak and said "I'm here to turn myself over to the Director for judgment."

The two guards looked at him and with a nod, respectfully escorted him to see their leader. As a warrior race, the Goblin nation respected the deeds of Harry James Potter. Even if he was a wanted criminal in their eyes right now, they still gave him the dignity and respect he had earned. As he walked through the main floor of the bank, all eyes stopped and looked at him. Many of the tellers even gave him a warrior's salute as word of his willingness to submit to their judgment passed down the row of tellers. They had known it for a while but this wizard was the exception to the rule.

As the two guards knocked and then presented Harry to their chief, Harry bowed deeply and said "I came here to settle my debt with your people. I know I don't deserve it but it is my hope that you will give me a chance to explain my actions and therefore allow us to work through a solution that would be beneficial and acceptable to both myself and your nation."

Ragnok stood and pulled his sword from his scabbard. As he stepped in front of Harry, he placed the sword against his neck as Harry remained bowed. The first thing Ragnok noticed was that Harry did not even flinch. He had heard the rumors of the honor held within this human but to willingly submit to Ragnok stirred something deep inside him from his warrior days.

Ragnok held the blade there for a few minute and watched as Harry never even broke a sweat or made any movement at all. He finally sheathed his blade once again and said "Arise Warrior Potter. You honor me with your actions and words and have piqued my curiosity. There may be hope for you humans after all."

As Harry stood up, Ragnok waved his hand and two chairs appeared. Harry waited until Ragnok was seated before he took his. "You're a strange human. Unlike the rest of your race, you treat me as an equal."

"Milord, our differences make us unique, not better than one another. In my dealings with your people, I have only once been dishonored. I can't say as much for my own people."

"Yes, the whole Griphook incident. I apologize on behalf of my people for his actions. If Tom Riddle had not killed him, I would have done it myself. As such, I have heard my peoples' testimony on the matter and would like to hear yours."

"Of course Milord. Are you aware of the object we stole from the Lestrange vault?"

"Yes, I was told it was a Horcrux, vile things that they are."

"Yes Sir and it was one of Riddle's. I needed that chalice if I ever wanted to end his tyranny."

"I can understand that but I wish you had come to us. We would not have allowed one of those vile things to remain here."

"Yes Sir, I know that now but at the time, I didn't know who I could trust and I mean no disrespect Sir but if your nation had been in league with him, he would have known what I was trying to do so I took the only avenue that was open to me."

"No offense taken and truth be known, I can't really say that I wouldn't have done the same thing if I had been in your shoes."

"Milord, I came here to try and make things right between your people and myself."

Ragnok sat in thought for a few minutes before finally saying "The damages to the bank have already been charged to Griphook's clan for his dishonorable actions. One of our highest laws states that a Goblin is only as good as his word. To violate this causes his whole family to lose honor and as a result, they have been banished from our nation."

Harry just sat there waiting for the axe to fall. "What of your two friends who accompanied you?"

"Milord, they were just following my leadership and should not be punished for their actions when they were following orders."

Ragnok nodded. "You know, I like you human. You give honor back to your people and such a thing is rare. I'd hate to destroy something so rare. So here's what we're going to do. I'm going to fine you one hundred thousand galleons for the break in and theft."

"Of course Milord. I'll submit to whatever judgment you deem appropriate."

"Even if I asked for your life?"

"Yes sir, as long as my companions are left out of it, I'd willingly spill my blood on your blade."

"Such loyalty and honor from a non Goblin. Well, like I said, I find you a rare breed amongst your kind and would hate to see that spark go out."

He snapped his fingers and a bowl along with a silver knife appeared on his desk. "Come young warrior; let us see who you really are."

Harry sliced his palm as instructed without even a wince and pooled his blood in his palm before letting it fall into the bowl. Ragnok watched a he clenched his fist causing a green glow which healed his hand. Ragnok gave him a toothy grin "Impressive young one. You may have Goblin blood in you after all."

"Thank you Milord, you do me honor."

Ragnok did a double take and could see that Harry was sincere. He then started waving his hands over the bowl and chanting and in a cloud of smoke, a piece of parchment floated up into the waiting hands of the director.

As he read over it, he said "Curious."

Harry snorted and said "You sounded just like Ollivander when you said that."

Ragnok smiled for a second and said "You're right. Thank you for calling me out on that. He is a creepy old human isn't he?"

"Yes Sir that he is."

"Anyway, it says here you are Harry James Potter. Your Potter line has absorbed quite a few minor families which were eventually combined in the Potter assets. The Potters are direct descendents of Godric Gryffindor who was a direct descendent of the Peverells and Merlin himself. I tell you this only for historical value as you won't gain anything extra from it."

"Thank you Sir, no one has ever told me about my family before. It is my hope that there are at least some tomes somewhere that I may learn of my family."

"Yes, in reference to that. It seems that your Magical Guardian failed you in many ways over the years."

"I'm sorry Sir but my Godfather never had the chance."

"My apologies Mr. Potter but I was not referring to Mr. Black. While he was supposed to be your guardian, his incarceration allowed someone else to take control of your affairs. It is this individual to whom I refer."

"May I ask who?"

"Albus Dumbledore"

"I should have known. He never gave me a straight answer as long as I knew him. May I ask if my inheritance was tampered with?"

"Oh no Mr. Potter, he may have been many things but he was no thief."

"Well that's good to know."

"Well to be quite honest, he never got the chance. When your parents died, I took personal control over all Potter matters. It was the least I could do for two people who treated me with as much respect as you have done today. If it were possible, I think we would have called each other friend."

"Milord, it is my hope when I leave here today, we part as friends."

Ragnok looked at him for a few minutes and nodded. "I think I'd like that too. True warriors should stick together. Now, the Potters were fairly easy. The Blacks not so much. When you leave here today, you will be wearing the Head of House rings for Potter and Black effectively making you Lord Potter-Black. As Lord Black, you have control over several vassal families including Houses Malfoy and Lestrange. The Malfoys have several vassal houses unto themselves which in turn fall under your control. These would be Crabbe and Goyle. While neither is wealthy, both are now being lead by the ladies of the house since all the males of the family perished recently. Are there any specific requests regarding any of these houses?"

"Yes, release the Crabbes and Goyles from the Malfoy's control. They don't need Lucious plundering what little they have just to pay his bribes. Now as far as the Malfoys go, inform them that I will not take direct control of their house as long as they conduct themselves with honor from this point on. If necessary, I will require an oath for this."

"Mr. Potter, you know you are allowing a lot of gold to pass out of your hands."

"Yes, but the only reason I sit in front of you is due to Lady Malfoy's actions a few days ago. I do this to honor the risk she took."

"I will make it known to them." Ragnok was impressed as to how quick he was handling the affairs of his houses.

"Thank you, now how much is House Lestrange worth?"

"Roughly one hundred and fifteen thousand galleons plus an estate on the outskirts of London."

"I personally want nothing to do with that vile family. Please allow me to sign over the entire estate to your nation as compensation for my misdeeds against you to do with as you will."

"Milord is quite generous. What about the seat on the Wizengamot?"

"Milord, you have honored me today by speaking to me as an equal even though I was in your debt. Please drop the formalities and speak as warriors or friends."

Ragnok chuckled and said "As you wish Harry. Now what is on your mind?"

"Ragnok, my life in England has been crap all thanks to the people of the wizarding world. I was more than willing to place myself in your hands so that I wouldn't have to face the realities of my life. I know that as soon as I step outside your doors, I will be put on public display and will never be given the chance to live my life as I choose. That being said, I want nothing to do with Wizarding England and will make every effort to escape the existence they will subject me to."

"Go on."

"If I want nothing to do with the wizarding world at large, then I even want less to do with the so called group of people they call a government. Would it be possible to sell my seats to say maybe the Goblin nation?"

"Sell, no they wouldn't allow that. The best you could do is assigning us the proxies to your seats where we would have to rent them from you."

Harry smirked "What if say I leased your nation my proxies for lets sat one hundred years in exchange for your nation building and warding a house for me in some remote location where I would be allowed the privacy I feel I deserve after all I've been through for the nation of wizard sheep."

Ragnok actually laughed out loud at that. "I think something like that could be arranged. I'll even let you pick two locations and build two homes for you for all that you are offering."

"Agreed, do you think I could meet with them today if we can find suitable locations?"

"Of course. Now we must attend to some other business. Once you place the family rings on your fingers, you will need to name your heirs or at the least have a wife that can provide you an heir."

"Am I allowed to change the heirs?"

"Yes you can, you also may want to bring someone back into the family who may have been cast out in the past."

"Yes, I think Andi would appreciate that. Just so you know I plan on taking her and Teddy with me."

"Might I make a suggestion?"

"Certainly, you have given me sound advice so far."

"I'm going to assume that you will list your Godson as your heir?"

"Until I find a Mrs. Potter, yes but he will always be the heir to the Black family."

"That makes this easier then, the stigma surrounding his father's status will forever follow him and it may be in his best interest to officially adopt him into the Black family. I would never presume to interfere in your families' business but you may want to speak to Ms. Tonks about it."

"Thank you; I'll do that this evening."

"We need to take care of a few things first and you look as if you're exhausted. Do you have anyplace to stay?"

"Not really. I could stay at Grimmauld Place but it's not really high on my list right now plus I could be found there."

"Then I offer you rooms here for the night. You'll probably need them after bonding to your rings and bringing Ms. Tonks back into the family. I've heard it is quite draining and I would feel better knowing you are here. In fact I'll send one of my people to get her now if that is alright with you."

"Sounds good."

Ragnok pulled out two boxes and handed them to Harry. The small wooden boxes required a blood smear to prove that who opened the box was the one chosen by the family magic to lead the family. Once he had the Potter ring on, it resized itself and a soft red glow surrounded Harry. As the red glow subsided and sunk into him, he repeated the process and per Ragnok's instructions, he placed the ring on the same hand as the Potter ring. Both rings glowed as they merged to form one ring and once this was done, a green glow surrounded him as the Black family magic sunk itself into him.

Harry reeled a bit from the magic infusing into him along with the information overload he was getting through both rings. He now had control over all wards on all his properties along with quite a bit of knowledge regarding his families. Not long after recovering from the rings, Andromeda rushed into the room holding Teddy in her arms. As she rushed to him, she pulled him into a one armed hug. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah Andi, I'm fine. There's a few things we need to talk about but before I do that. I, Harry James Potter-Black, welcome Andromeda Lucinda Tonks back into the Black family with all rights and privileges granted a member of the house of Black."

Not really thinking about what she was doing, Andi gently kissed him on the lips causing a spark to shoot between them. She blushed and said "I'm sorry Harry. I was just overcome by what you did. It has been a dream of mine for many years."

"Yeah Nym told me. We have a lot to discuss and since Ragnok offered me rooms for the night, I thought it would be a good chance for us to talk without being disturbed."

She blushed and turned to Ragnok. "Forgive me Milord. I meant no disrespect by not showing proper manners."

"It's quite aright Ms. Tonks. Allowances must be made for the times we have just lived through."

"Thank you Milord."

Harry laughed and said "Andi. Everything is fine and Ragnok here is doing a lot to help us. I'll explain it once we get to our rooms. Milord, may I summon a house elf into my quarters tonight. I think there's someone else we need to add to our family."

"Of course Harry. I'll have someone escort you right away and here is the property information we talked about earlier. Maybe Ms. Tonks can help you make some good choices."

"Thank you, until the morning then."

"I look forward to it."

**TNB**

Once they were in their rooms, Andi turned to Harry and said "Okay spill. What is all going on?"

"Have you already been informed about Nym and Remus?" He asked as he wiped a tear from his eye.

"Minerva flooed me earlier today. I knew when they left the house that I'd never see her again. I know I should be sad but she died as she lived and I know she's at peace with making the world safe for Teddy just as I would have done for her."

Harry nodded "Yeah, Andi, all I've got left is you and Teddy and I just want to get out of England and start over somewhere. They'll never let me live my own life here."

"I know. Minerva didn't even finish telling me about Nymphadora before she started asking if I had seen you. I knew something was wrong at that point but I knew you would contact me when you could."

"Andi, we've both given too much to this world and I don't see where we owe them anything. Will you and Teddy leave with me?"

"With Ted and Nym gone, the only thing keeping me here is you and Teddy. A change of scenery may do us all good."

"The next thing is that I'm naming Teddy my heir and would like to change his name to Theodore Remus Black. Ragnok made a good point about Remus' shadow following him all his life. I don't want that for my son."

Andi gave him a weird look at what he said but then reached out and pulled him into a hug. "I think it's a splendid idea and I think Remus would want it too."

Harry sighed "I just don't want to arrive up there one day and have Remus and Nym waiting on me to kick my ass for doing this."

She smiled "They loved you very much and as long as you are doing your very best for Teddy, they will be proud of you. There were times when Remus would finally open up and talk about the regrets he had concerning your life and his lack of a part in it. No, he would be very proud of your giving Teddy every opportunity in life."

"When is the funeral?"

"In two days, I'll take Teddy and we'll do our part."

With eyes full of sadness, he said "Andi, I can't."

She gently touched his arm "I know sweetie. If they see you, they'll drag you back in."

The room remained quiet for several minutes before Harry asked "What if we um…have Ragnok enact their wills and bury them in Godric's Hollow with my parents? We could even have a marker put up there for Sirius."

She looked off in thought before replying "Well, it might work. We'll ask in the morning if it is possible. What else needs to be talked about?"

He smirked "Well, I kind of leased my three seats on the Wizengamot to the Goblins for the next hundred years."

"What was your price?"

"Hell Andi, I would have given them to them for free but he offered to build me a house on any two properties anywhere I chose. I'm even thinking about having him clean out and sell Grimmauld Place."

They looked down and Teddy had finally fallen asleep. Harry picked him up and took him to what had been set up as a nursery. He kissed his head and laid him down in the crib. After he had covered him up, he turned and saw Andi standing in the door watching him. "You will make a wonderful father one day."

Harry sighed "Looks like one day just became today. If I had been better or quicker, it may not have had to be today."

She pulled him into a hug "Harry, you did all you could do. Nobody could ask for more. Nym always said you had the world on your shoulders. If they could come back, they would tell you that you did more than your share."

He leaned in and wrapped his arms around her "You're probably right but it will be a doubt that I live with the rest of my life."

She blushed as she released the hug "We need to change subjects. Have you seen Teddy's Godmother recently?"

Harry sighed "No, we had an argument the last time I saw her and she didn't show up at Hogwarts so I don't know where we stand anymore."

"I saw her a couple months ago but she never said anything."

Harry nodded. "It will work out if it's supposed to. Right now I have other things to worry about."

Andi smiled at him "Nym thought you'd be good together. That's why she set you two up. One night she told me that if she couldn't have you then the least she could do was making sure her best friend did."

The conversation died out and they both sat exhausted on the couch. Andi finally stood and reached out for Harry's hand. When he reached up, she grabbed it and pulled him to his feet. She led him to the bedroom and pulled him inside. As she closed the door, she said "Harry, I think we both cold use some human contact right now. I know I'm too old for you to think about me that way but I just want to be held again."

His hand found her cheek and brought her eyes up to his. Andi, to me, I've always thought you looked more like Nym's older sister than her Mum and I think you're beautiful. I don't know if I'm ready for something like that yet but I think a little human contact might be a good thing for me too."

They both looked at each other sheepishly before going to opposite sides of the bed and starting to disrobe. Once the robes came off, Harry was impressed by the tight jeans she was wearing along with the tight tank top. As she began to slide the jeans down her long legs, he was mesmerized by the incredibly toned legs that went up to her firm bum that was adorned by a thong. He chuckled and said "You really are just Nym's big sister aren't you?"

She grinned at his praise and said "What do you expect, we did shop together."

She did a quick turn around allowing him a good view before pulling off her tank top to reveal a pair of the most beautiful breasts he had ever seen. She reached up and pulled her hair from the bun she was wearing and her long dark hair fell down across her creamy shoulders and his breath caught in his throat at the vision in front of him. As she giggled at him ogling her, he quickly pulled off his clothes and joined her in the bed. Her eyes did a quick rove over his toned chest and shuttered at the many scars littering his young body. As he lay back, she rolled over and curled up against him and they succumbed to the exhaustion that took them.

She whispered "Thank you for that Harry. Nobody has looked at me like that in years."

He muttered back "Then their either blind or bloody stupid."

Andi went to sleep that night with a smile on her face. It was her first peaceful sleep in many months only to be broken by her sleeping partner thrashing about in the bed. Nym had told him about his nightmares and what she had done to calm him. She tried the first approach which was to hold him tight a whisper into his ear that she was here for him. Harry pulled her tightly against him and cried into her hair. "Nym…I'm so sorry. I failed you."

With tears in her eyes she said "No baby, you didn't fail me. You saved my son."

He settled for a bit but kept her pulled tightly against him. As she held him in return, she couldn't help but enjoy the feeling of a young man pressed up against her. Completely on instinct, she leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. When he groggily asked "Nym?" She responded "No honey, it's Andi. I'm here for you."

"Andi?"

"Yes honey I'm here."

As he slowly started to wake, he sat up and started talking taking her by surprise. "You know, I don't really care about the age difference if you don't. I was thinking maybe you could be my Lady Black. We already have an heir so no children would be necessary unless you wanted them."

She was so stunned that she couldn't respond. He chuckled at her reaction "You know it's really not that difficult of a decision."

That comment brought her out of her daze and in true Black form; she asked "Could I at least have a test drive? If I'm going to take a young husband, I'd at least like to know if he can keep up."

He laughed "Nym thought I was pretty good."

That brought everything to the front of her mind. "Harry, Remus was sterile from his lycanthropy wasn't he? You really are Teddy's father."

"Yeah, I fathered him but he's Remus' son at least to me. They both came and got me before I left the Burrow and took me back to their house where they asked me to do this for them. It was hard to do because I'd been in love with her for several years but didn't think she'd ever think of me that way."

Andi started laughing and said "Oh honey that is too funny. She was in love with you too; she just didn't think you'd want an old lady. She loved Remus and was happy with him but realized too late that age didn't matter to you when you and Hestia started seeing each other."

"Well I was never one to play the games that the girls wanted to play at school. I tried but it never felt right."

She shyly asked "So you prefer older women?"

"If you're asking if I want you then the answer is yes. We are already in the position where we're going to be Mum and Dad to Teddy so why not go all the way with it."

"So you at eighteen would settle for a forty year old wife?"

"When that forty year old wife is as hot as you, hell yeah."

"You do realize that I will start to age eventually."

"Okay then you want to talk about this logically. Hmmm….Andi do you think you could truly fall in love with me?"

"Yes Harry I do, do you feel the same way about me?"

"Andi, please don't take this the wrong way but you and Nym are so alike and I was already in love with her. I don't see how I couldn't. Besides, that night, I saw her base form and fell in love all over again and I have that right in front of me in you. Before you say anything, I know you're not Nym but I also know that we would be good together. What do you know about love bonds in marriage?"

"Just what we were taught in school. It was something I never really researched. Would you like to educate me professor?"

He laughed "Well, if the love is true, then the bonded share magic. I don't know if Nym told you but as far as magical power goes, I'm a little above average. What this would mean to you is that it would supplement your magic and make it stronger therefore keeping you younger longer. With what I know of the Blacks, they were all above average so you would stay like this until you were sixty or seventy before it diminished. With you sharing my magic, you'd probably gain another twenty years before we both started to age. So as far as I'm concerned, my Lady Black would remain as she is today for sixty more years. I think I could live with that and then growing old together."

"So just how powerful are you?"

He just smirked at her "Andi, will you be my Lady Black?"

"I don't know Harry. I've been Andi Tonks for so long I don't know if I can be anyone else."

"Is it too soon after Ted?"

"No, it's been a year and although I loved Ted, we had grown apart over the years and pretty much led our own lives."

"Then what is it?"

"I'm scared Harry."

"Of me? Andi, I won't deny that I want you. If you just want a good shag then I'm good with that. If you want more, I'm more than good with that too."

Her hand was sneaking down his chest and slipped beneath the waistband of his boxers. What she felt made her wet just from thinking about the pleasure she would get from Harry this night. She hadn't felt anything that young, healthy, and large for many years.

After many orgasms, Andi was once again riding on a peak of ecstasy. As she screamed out in passion, she yelled "Oh yes Harry, I can't live without you or this. Please make me your Lady Black." As they peaked once again together, magic took their affirmations of love as a vow and sealed the union. After a glow surrounded both of them, a light surrounded her ring finger and the wedding ring that once sat there was replaced by the ring signifying the Lady of the House.

As they collapsed into each other, Andi chuckled out "I'll keep the car Harry."

"Good thing to know since you're stuck with me now. Go to sleep, we've got another busy day ahead of us."

She giggled out "Yes my husband."

**TNB**

The couple that appeared after breakfast carrying a baby was nothing like the couple who had retired to the room last night. When Andi appeared, she looked ten years younger and was radiating health and happiness. As soon as he saw them, Ragnok bowed "Lord And Lady Potter-Black, it seems congratulations are in order."

Harry laughed and said "Yes she finally agreed after a lot of convincing. She put up a good fight but I won her over in the end."

Ragnok chuckled "Yes, from the amount of magic that was released in your chambers, I can assume it was a very rewarding conversation."

Harry smiled "Most definitely." Andi just blushed.

"So what is on the agenda for today?"

Andi said "We need to attire my husband in proper clothing instead of these rags."

"Yes, well I'm sorry to say that the Alley is still full of revelers so might I suggest you use out entrance into muggle London. You could do your shopping and then allow our tailors to attire you in proper robes."

Harry said "Thank you Ragnok, you honor us with your generosity."

"Always glad to do it for a friend. Now have you decided on any of the properties yet?"

"No Sir, we never got around to it. We'll try to it when we return."

"Very well, he handed them both black credit cards and said "These are linked to your accounts here. With your assets, they are set to a limit of ten thousand galleons per transaction."

Andi looked shocked and asked "If I may, how much is my husband worth?"

Harry corrected "You mean how much are WE worth my love."

"I didn't want to seem a gold digger."

He laughed "Well you married me when I was wearing rags so I don't think that's really a problem."

"Lady Black, net worth is over a billion galleons."

She looked at Harry with wide eyes and he laughed "I told you there was nothing normal about me. Wow, a billion huh. Guess we don't have to work if we don't want to."

"No honey, but you need to find something to occupy your time."

He waggled his eyebrows at her "I can think of a few things already."

She giggled "I won't become a Molly Weasley."

He looked shocked "God I hope not. I think we'll be quite busy managing our affairs and raising Teddy to worry about too much."

Harry grew solemn for a minute and asked "Did Remus and Nym leave a will that we can activate? We really don't want them buried at Hogwarts when the rest of their family will be buried in Godric's Hollow."

Ragnok bowed and said "I'm sure there is something we can do. If nothing else, we can say that Ms. Tonks contracted us to bring her family to be buried with the rest of their family."

Harry smiled "Thank you my friend. I'd prefer to be able to say our goodbyes in peace."

**TNB**

At the same time Harry and Andi were beginning their shopping excursion, Hermione was searching the castle for Harry. As she entered the Great Hall, she was on the verge of panic. When he realized what was starting to happen, Neville quietly pulled her to a corner and told her he was gone. A loud shriek was heard across the Great Hall as she collapsed to the floor. Ron sat down and pulled her into a hug as he tried to calm her down. They were quickly surrounded by the surviving members of the DA who were trying to find out what was going on and offer their support. Through tear clouded eyes, she looked at Neville and said "Go ahead, tell them."

Neville sighed and said "Harry is gone. He snuck out of here yesterday under his invisibility cloak."

Hannah replied "So that's why…."

He placed his finger over her lips so she couldn't say much more. Ginny snapped "Why didn't you stop him?"

He snapped back at her "Why should I? I've watched Harry over the years and I think I know him pretty well. I could see that he was a mix of emotions. I saw relief that it was over but it was overshadowed by the pain of the losses. Remus was the last of his family and now even that had been taken from him. You know Harry; he more than likely felt that each and every death was his fault."

Susan said "But that's ridiculous. Yes, we lost a lot of people but it would have been much worse if it wasn't for him."

Ron softly said "You've got to understand that Harry has been in the middle of this his whole life and has had to watch as those around him died. I think Hermione said he suffered from an extreme case of survivor's guilt."

Neville started again "I watched as he came in and looked around, after he saw the bodies, he started looking around and then saw Ron and Hermione along with Ginny and Dean. At first I thought I saw a flicker of pain but then it looked more like he was happy for you. Like maybe you could get on with your lives without him to stand in your way."

Hermione's exasperated voice yelled out "But….that's…"

Neville laughed "Yeah well, I'm talking about Harry. So he looked around the room and started seeing the expectant expressions on everyone's faces and quite honestly, I think he realized at that point that they would never leave him alone and let him just be Harry."

Hermione said "No, they wouldn't have. He could have at least said goodbye."

Neville softly asked "And what would you have said?"

Her eyes went to the floor as she just nodded. "You're right Neville. Thank you."

Ron asked "Do you know where he went?"

"Not really, he said he had some unfinished business to take care of and left it at that."

Hermione's eyes opened wide at that and said "Ron, he went to Gringotts to settle up with them. We have to go help him."

It was at this time that a troop of Goblins entered the Great Hall only to be questioned by Filius and Minerva.

Filius bowed "Master Blackclaw, we are honored by your presence. May I enquire what business you have at Hogwarts this day?"

"Certainly Master Filius, I have orders from Chief Ragnok to remove the bodies of Remus and Nymphadora Lupin so that they may be buried with family."

Minerva interrupted "We planned on burying them on the grounds of Hogwarts as true warriors in honor of their sacrifice."

"I'm sorry Lady McGonagall but these orders come from Lady Tonks as she wanted them buried with their family."

"May I ask where so that we can pay our respects?"

"I'm sorry Madam but I was not informed of the final arrangements."

The whole time this was going on, something was wiggling at the back of Hermione's mind. 'Why would Andromeda not want them to be buried with honors unless she wanted something more private so that…Harry was behind this? They were Harry's family and he wanted them buried with the rest of his family. They're being taken to Godric's Hollow.'

Hermione stood and approached the Goblins. When he finally acknowledged her, she bowed and said "Master Goblin, I present myself to you in order to make amends for my recent actions against your nation."

Minerva said "Miss Granger, No."

Blackclaw smiled at her and said "Mr. Potter was right in that you are an honorable human as well Miss Granger. Mr. Potter informed us that you and Mr. Weasley were following his orders and that the blame rested solely on his shoulders. Mr. Potter has already been judged for his actions and the sentence carried out. I must say that Mr. Potter conducted himself with honor and courage during his punishment."

"Is he dead?"

"Miss Granger, even the phoenix rises from its ashes stronger than before. He is finally free of the pain that was his life."

Filius raised an eyebrow to that in which he received a Goblin smirk in answer. He snapped his fingers as the Goblin guards went over and lifted Remus and Tonks onto their shoulders and carried them out of the Great Hall with the honor befitting warriors.