Whatever the Weather
by Healer Pomfrey

All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.

I am only writing for fun. If you don't like my stories, don't read them.

In the morning, Harry returned to Severus' and his mother's living room, knowing that they still wanted to speak with him and that he was going to have another busy day of taking people through the dimensions.

"Harry, Severus and I decided to get married on the last day of the summer holidays," Lily informed him, causing Harry to smile broadly.

"Congratulations, Mum and Severus. I'm so happy for you," he said, feeling absolutely delighted at the idea.

"I was thinking about adopting you," Severus added, quirking an eyebrow in silent question.

"That means that we'd be a real family, and you'd both be my parents," Harry thought aloud. "That would be just amazing. Thank you so much, Severus."

"It's not a must though," the older wizard informed him. "We'd still be a family, even without the adoption."

"I know, but still, I'd love it," Harry replied, smiling. "You've been like the father I never had for years already."

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The two pairs of Weasley twins were totally delighted to meet their other selves and immediately decided to enlarge their joke shop and open a branch at Hogsmeade. After a huge Weasley meeting at Hogwarts, during which Molly and her counterpart already began to organise a possible enlargement of the Burrow, the four young wizards left for their shop, eager to begin with their planning.

"Since there are going to be twice the amount of students at Hogwarts.."

"... we'll need twice the amount of joke items..."

"... so you'll just help with our marketing," they told Harry, who could only shake his head in amusement at the antics of his four friends.

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During the following weeks, Harry and Osiris transferred all Hogwarts students and the complete staff except for Professor McGonagall to Harry's own dimension, except for one weekend, when Pomfrey did not allow him to travel and Osiris handled the transfer alone.

The house-elves arranged so-far unused parts of the castle in a way that their guests from the other dimension were able to stay in guest rooms at Hogwarts until they had found a new place to live, be it with or without their other selves and their families.

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While Harry had often assisted Severus when he was brewing the Wolfsbane potion once a month, Remus Lupin suddenly found out that his other self was not a werewolf. However, it was not that he had not been bitten. In fact, he had caught lycanthropy once, but Lily Potter and Severus Snape had together developed a wolvescure potion to cure him.

Two days before the beginning of the new school year, for which everyone at Hogwarts was waiting with mixed feelings, this dimension's Remus Lupin was also cured from lycanthropy.

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It was at the welcoming feast that the Hogwarts students of this dimension learned about the matter with the other dimension and the fact that the other selves of most of them had been brought to live and study together with them. The Great Hall as well as the house tables had been enlarged, and even the high table was twice as long as before.

While Professor Dumbledore informed the students that Minerva McGonagall was the new headmistress and Ginevra McGonagall her successor as Transfiguration professor and Gryffindor head of house, he also introduced all the other teachers.

Harry, Hermione and Neville talked quietly, while their excited housemates - with a few exceptions who did not have their other self at Hogwarts like Ronald Weasley - introduced themselves to their other selves and made plans for the future.

"Since most of you have to get used to your new circumstances, you will have two days off, and classes will only begin on Thursday," the headmistress informed the students, causing deafening applause.

"Quiet!" Severus' spoke up, snidely, making everyone quieten immediately.

"We have two guests tonight," McGonagall continued to speak and introduced both Mr. Weasleys to the students. "As of last night, Mr. Fudge has retired as Minister, and like in the other dimension, Mr. Weasley will take over the position of the Minister of Magic."

As soon as the applause subsided, she continued, "In order to have as much time for everyone and everything, Messrs. Weasley decided to share the position. For the time being, Mr. Weasley from the other dimension will still remain there though, until all witches and wizards have been brought here." She trailed off, giving the ministers a questioning look.

"Tonight, we wish to greet everyone here. We're glad that we could already bring the complete student body and Hogwarts staff here," Arthur Weasley said, smiling. "For this, I'd like to thank Harry Potter-Snape, who is a weather mage and as such able to travel through the dimensions. Mr. Potter-Snape, I'd like to award you the Order of Merlin first class."

The headmistress motioned Harry to come to the head table, and Harry grudgingly made his way over to the ministers.

Mr. Weasley handed him the Order of Merlin and explained that one million Galleons was going to be sent to his account.

"No sir," Harry replied in a firm voice. "Mr. Weasley, please make a special account for this money. I want it to be given to people who need a new home or have to re-build their home like your family."

While all teachers and most students applauded, Mr. Weasley gave Harry a sharp look. "Harry, do you really mean that?" he asked, incredulously.

"Of course," Harry replied, smiling. "I believe that we have many people alone here at Hogwarts who don't have proper positions right now, and there will surely be someone who would be willing to organise this, so that those who need money for this purpose will get it."

"I'd be willing to supervise Harry's foundation," Dumbledore spoke up, smiling. "I believe that this is not only a very generous but also a brilliant idea."

"Very well," Mr. Weasley agreed and promised to contact Dumbledore on the following day. "I have one more Order of Merlin to award tonight, which goes to both Professors Lily Potter-Snape and Severus Snape for the invention of the cure for lycanthropy. I will still pester you about as many doses of the cure as we can get in order to cure all werewolves."

"Thank you Mr. Weasley, and of course, my husband and I will provide you with as many doses as needed during the next few months," Lily spoke up in a soft voice, while Severus slightly inclined his head.

"Professor Dumbledore, please make sure to transfer an appropriate amount to the Weasleys' account," Harry whispered to the old wizard, who nodded, reassuringly. 'Mr. Weasley does at least as much as I'm doing,' he thought. 'Even if his family's here now, he's going to return there to be there for everyone still in that dimension.'

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During the following months, Harry still visited the other dimension together with Osiris once a day on school days and up to three times a day on weekends. To his relief, Mr. Weasley gathered the people who wanted to travel next at Hogwarts, so that it was easy for Harry and Osiris to pick them up.

Even if he knew that it would still take a few years to transfer all witches and wizards to his own dimension, Harry felt happy about each single person whom he had managed to bring into safety. Since he did not have much time to help the people adjust, Dumbledore jumped in for him and remained at Hogwarts as the advisor for those who had come from the other dimension and their families.

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By the time Harry took his NEWTs, he felt outright happy. He had a real family, his parents were even expecting his little brother to be born during the summer holidays, Hermione had just agreed to become his wife, and they had both accepted teaching positions at Hogwarts. While McGonagall had decided to give up her positions as Transfiguration professor and Gryffindor head in favour of Hermione and instead share the position of the headmistress with her other self, Lily and Severus had decided that the Potions classes were too large and thus dangerous and asked Harry to either assist Lily with her classes or separate the classes into two smaller ones.

However, there was one thing that bothered Harry more than everything else, and he spent much time mulling over the matter. It was the question what to do with his own other self.

'I don't want to kill anyone,' he thought. 'On the other hand, I don't want to endanger anyone, let alone my family. When Alexander will be born in six weeks' time, he might be in great danger. Who knows if my other self will hold grudges against me and my family, oh well, Mum and me. She's his mum too.' Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind that recurred whenever he began to think about the matter.

However, it took until the end of the summer holidays, before he finally made up his mind.

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During the second week of the holidays, Alexander was born. With his father's black hair and his mother's green eyes, he was extremely cute and soon became the centre of attention at Hogwarts - to Harry's great relief, since he had been the main topic of the teachers' conversations much too often for his liking.

Hermione and Neville, who had begun an apprenticeship with the two Professors Sprout, became the baby's godparents. However, whenever baby Alexander opened his emerald eyes, Harry became the brightest smiles.

"He absolutely adores Harry," Lily once said to Severus, causing Harry to absentmindedly smile.

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One day, Harry spoke with Mr. Weasley of the other dimension about his idea concerning evil Harry and Ron.

"Harry, if you're sure that you wish to pull through with it, I'll support you of course," Mr. Weasley replied, gently. "Do you want me to call them over?"

'Now?' Harry thought, horrified. However, the thought 'Now is as good as any time' began to play at the forefront of his mind, and he grudgingly agreed.

"I'll just have to fetch what I need," he replied and returned back into his own dimension, where two small potions phials were already waiting at the back of his bookshelf.

Ten minutes later, he was back in the other dimension. When he entered the former headmistress' office, which was now occupied by Mr. Weasley, Harry and Ron were already assembled. They both turned to him, glaring at him in apparent disdain.

Just when his other self opened his mouth to say something, Harry unobtrusively spelled the content of one of the phials into his other self's system, before he repeated the process with Ron.

Harry and Mr. Weasley exchanged a look, before they both began to laugh at the sight in front of them. Two babies were lying on the floor, looking absolutely peaceful and happy. Harry quickly conjured nappies and blue jumpsuits with yellow, quacking ducks for the babies and dressed them with a flick of his wand, before he pressed the red-headed child into Mr. Weasley's arm and took his other, younger self into his own arm. He held on to Mr. Weasley's arm and brought them all back to his own dimension.

"Harry, are you sure that they don't remember anything?" Mr. Weasley asked, worriedly, when they arrived in the headmistress' office.

"Absolutely certain," Harry replied, before he swiftly left the office and returned home, handing the baby to his mother.

"Mum, I suggest to name him Felix, as he is very lucky to not remember what he already did in his former life and as he can grow up anew together with Alexander and a real family," he said in a soft voice, smiling at his parents.

"Of course Felix, my baby," Lily cooed, cuddling the baby close, before she handed him to Severus, when Alexander woke up from the commotion.

'Double trouble,' Harry thought, grinning, as he headed to his own room in absolute relief, an image of the Weasley twins in front of his mind.

The End