Chapter 6

By three in the afternoon the next day, poor Finnick was nearly insane. He was fed up with just about everyone in the house, mainly Harry and Gale though. The two men had made it their mission to make his life miserable, but Harry was worse than Gale when it came to pranks. Gale's 'team', made up of himself and his two brothers were annoying him in various ways. Harry and his 'team', made up of himself, Posy and Dylan were making him miserable though.

Harry had somehow made his piping hot coffee turn to a frozen mess the second it touched his lips. Posy had given him a hat with hair remover in it. Dylan had put some colour-changing Capitol skin-dye in his body wash. Harry had somehow made his pants invisible (right before Mrs. Everdeen sent him out to get some things in town) and Rue had somehow managed to convince a snake that he was its chew toy.

Prim had put a laxative in the cheese he'd eaten on his bread for breakfast. Harry had switched all his boxers with various feminine undergarments. His shirts all gave him a rash, since Dylan had put chili powder in them. Gale had replaced his toiletries with various sex toys. Katniss had talked a bunch of little girls to follow him around dressed in frilly pink dresses shooting little heart-tipped arrows at him.

Mrs. Hawthorne and Mrs. Everdeen had done their best to reverse the effects of the pranks, but it hadn't been all that successful. The things that Harry, Rue, Dylan and Posy had caused were pretty much irreversible. When Finnick had gone to take another shower, he discovered that the water only had one setting; steam. By the time he'd managed to turn the shower off, every hair on his body had gone frizzy.

That led him to plotting Harry's death. He sat on the couch, glaring at everyone who had participated in the dreaded 'pick on Finnick' day, which made everyone (Victors and Gale excluded) flinch and move away from him.

The families weren't at all impressed with the interviews. The reporter asked everyone the same boring questions, and no new information was given about anyone except Rue and Dylan, but even then, the two had burst into tears when the questions began digging too deep, so they didn't have to worry about people becoming any more suspicious than they already were.

"Well that sucked," Finnick said while Harry turned off the TV.

"Yeah, now let's go bug hunting!" Harry said as he clapped his hands together. Every single time someone from the Capitol showed up, they had to do a sweep for bugs. They always found a few, and Harry couldn't just have Dobby do it because some of the bugs had small cameras, so if a small, tennis-ball-eyed creature was seen dismantling them, the Capitol would know something was up.

"Yay! C'mon Finnick, you can help me find some Rita-bugs!" Posy exclaimed, grabbing the poor near-bald man's hand and dragging him out of the room to look for the bugs. Harry just smiled at his apprentice and sent everyone to a different room so that they could finish the job quickly.

It took two hours, but all of the bugs were soon gone. That was when Harry summoned Dobby.

"Yes Master Harry?" The elf inquired.

"Dobby, this is the rest of my family. Family, this is Dobby, my house elf."

"It be's nice to meet you, family of Master Harry and Mistress Kittyness."

"Mistress Kittyness?" Gale asked before bursting out laughing.

"Dobby doesn't exactly have the best grammar. Now Dobby, can you please explain what the others have been up to?" Harry asked the elf.

"Yes Master Harry," The elf said before retelling the story that he'd told Harry, Katniss, Dylan and Rue.

"I swear, if it weren't for the fact that all of this happened 380 years ago, I'd go and pound those disgusting gold-diggers to the ground," Hazelle seethed. Apolline looked just as mad and obviously agreed with Hazelle.

"You know, that might not be a bad idea," Harry said, happily considering the more technical elements of the plan that was quickly forming in his mind.

"Harry, what are you talking about? It's not possible to go back in time 380 years and there is no fucking way you are from the past or some shit like that. Also, what the hell is up with Mr. Tennis balls? Is it a capitol creation or something?" Finnick asked, looking at the entire family like they were crazy.

"Look Finnick, I know everything around here is weird, but I promise I'll explain it, just let me figure everything out first."

"No, you can explain now. I want to know how you've pulled everything off; the portkeys, the capitol creations, the pranks, getting Rue and Dylan out of the games alive. What the fuck is all this?" Finnick demanded, waving his hands around.

"It would be easier if I could show you. Will you let me?" Harry asked, looking Finnick in the eyes.

"Fine, go ahead and show me," Finnick scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest. Harry smiled softly before taking Finnick's hands in his and gazing into the other man's mind through his eyes.

"Legilimens," Harry whispered. As soon as his mind was connected and locked with Finnick's, he sent the man images and memories of everything that had happened to him while he was in Panem as well as the last day he spent in England. The whole process took about tem minutes, but to Finnick and Harry, it was like reliving the past few months.

"So what are we going to do?" Finnick asked once Harry had disconnected their minds.

"We do what the others clearly want to do. As much as I hate some of the people who ruined my life, there are others that I really want to see again." Harry said, fondly remembering Teddy, Andromeda, George, Bill, Charlie and Hermione. Neville and Luna were also people he'd like to hear from.

"Everyone pack a bag, we're going to England."

*page break*

"Ronald, come down for supper please." Mrs. Weasley yelled. She had slow-cooked four roasts and had spent most of the afternoon preparing mashed potatoes, cooked carrots with brown sugar, toasted French bread (courtesy of Fleur) with freshly churned butter. She had also prepared some of her children's favourite desserts, hoping to stuff them full that they would stay the night.

"I'm coming mum," He said, stomping down the stairs. He had mostly kept to his room for the last month, since all of Magical England was beginning to think he was behind Harry's disappearance. He had been receiving at least fourteen howlers every day from fans of the Boy-Who-Lived, demanding that he reverse his dark magic and bring their country's saviour back.

Ron looked into the dining room carefully, taking in who was there. His parents had taken their seats at the table, along with Bill, a heavily pregnant Fleur, Percy and his girlfriend, George and Angelina, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Andromeda and Teddy. The only seat that was empty all the time was the one between Teddy and Fleur, where Harry always sat. Ron finally took his seat, carefully avoiding his family's gazes. He knew teddy remembered Harry as a father, so the glare from the two year old was the worst.

It was only ten minutes into the meal that there was a knock on the door. The whole house went quiet, something that hadn't happened since Harry first disappeared. Molly got up and brushed her hands off on her apron before opening the door, her full figure filling up the door frame.

She screamed and feinted.

"Who knew she would react so poorly to me being late for supper?" An extremely familiar voice exclaimed.

"Daddy!" Teddy screamed, running over to Harry.

"Hey little man, did you and Fleur save me a seat?" Harry asked, picking his little boy up.

"'Arry!" Fleur exclaimed while trying to maneuver herself towards him without her beach ball sized belly bumping into anything. Harry grinned at his old competitor, carefully hugging her around her baby bump.

He hugged each and every one of his true friends, before taking his seat between Fleur and Teddy.

"Oh Harry, I'm so happy you're back. I've got some great ideas for the wedding," Ginny said instead of a greeting. Harry decided to have a little bit of fun with her, before sending the signal to Katniss.

"Really? Because I'm still waiting to hear back about my tuxedo. My stylist has it narrowed down to four, but I'm still waiting to hear which one is going to be the one I wear. And I was thinking about having a small wedding with just family before having the big wedding open to the public." Harry said, helping feed Teddy his carrots before making a snowman out of the potatoes.

"Really? That's a brilliant idea. Of course, we'll have to make up invitations and hire a wedding planner so that the Burrow is perfect for the smaller wedding." Ginny said, happy that Harry was seeing her way.

"Actually, I was thinking about having the wedding in the meadow close to my house. My fiancée loves that meadow; especially in the fall when all of the flowers are all still out but the leaves are just starting to change colours and the weather is starting to cool down. That way the long sleeves on her family wedding dress don't make her hot." Harry said, ignoring the looks of shock he was getting from his friends.

"Harry, what are you talking about? My family dress has a sweetheart neckline and doesn't have sleeves." Ginny said, wondering just what harry was talking about.

"You're getting married, Gin? Who's the lucky man?" harry asked, feigning confusion.

"You are, silly." Ginny said, taking a sip of her wine.

"But I'm marrying Katniss Everdeen, not you." Harry said, holding back a grin as Ginny spat out her wine, nearly choking on it. Teddy found that funny though, and decided to spit out his milk, drenching Harry's shirt.

"Thanks a lot, Gin. Now Teddy's going to think its okay to do this." Harry said, blotting his shirt dry with a napkin.

"Harry, who do you think you're marrying?" Mrs. Weasley asked, having woken up and returned to her spot at the table.

"I know that I'm marrying my old neighbour, Katniss Everdeen. She found me after Ron sent that dark curse at me and patched up all of my wounds. Anyways, I bought a house near hers and after a while, her family started to think of me as family, so I have Katniss, her mother and younger sister Prim as well as her honorary family, Gale, Rory, Vick, Posy and their mother. Then there are the two kids who are like my children, Aelia and Felix and a friend of mine turned brother, Finnick.

"That makes no sense, Harry. You haven't been gone long enough to fall in love with her." Molly tried to tell him, seeing one of Ginny's tantrums coming on.

"That's hypocritical of you Molly. You told Ginny that her love for me was strong and that she would marry me before she even met me. Katniss is a muggle and loves me for me."

"Harry, you're marrying someone we haven't even met?" Hermione asked, betrayal showing in her eyes.

"Of course not, she'll be here any minute with the rest of the family. I thought maybe we could all meet up in the backyard, and have a picnic." Harry said, smiling at his old friend reassuringly.

"That sounds wonderful Harry. I'm sure Prim, Posey and I will get along wonderfully." Luna said before placing a spoonful of mashed potatoes in her mouth.

"Oh Fleur, Prim and her mother Apolline are part Veela. Could you give Prim some pointers? She's going through puberty and having some problems with her allure." Harry said, helping the woman up.

"Of course, 'Arry, anyzing to 'elp a budding Veela." Fleur said. Harry picked Teddy up and placed him on his shoulders, letting the young metamorphagus grip his hair to keep his balance. By the time everyone was outside, Katniss and the others had been there for several minutes, eating a cake that Peeta had decorated as a celebration cake for their 'welcome home' party. They had gotten twelve cakes for that though, and had decided to eat Peeta's last in order to savour it.

"Harry, you're finally out!" Katniss said happily, giving her fiancé a quick but loving kiss on the lips. Gale and Finnick, being the mature young men they are, gagged and make hacking noises.

"So you're the whore who took my husband-to-be from me!" Ginny screamed, running straight at Katniss. This of course caused a bad reaction from Katniss, causing the girl to pull a hunting knife from her jacket pocket and place it near Ginny's neck as a warning.

"How dare you call my daughter a whore," Apolline snapped, glaring dangerously at Ginny. It was clear that nothing anybody said was going to calm the blond woman.

"She 'as the temper of a Veela woman! Zat eez wonderful!" Fleur said, going forward to hug the angry mother.

"You know about Veela? Can you teach me?" Prim asked, her blonde hair bouncing as she skipped towards Fleur.

"But of course! I would love to, ma Cherie." Fleur said.

"What does that mean?" Prim asked, pulling Fleur off to pick the pregnant Veela's brain.

"Sorry about that, the hormones are making my wife a little crazy." Bill said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Damn man, talk about a catch. What, did you get that scar beating other men back with a stick?" Finnick asked with a laugh.

"Just about. A werewolf went after her and scratched me."

"Shit man, that's incredible. I got this from a mutated wolf based on the British werewolf." Finnick said, lifting his shirt to show a long, jagged scar on his stomach.

Bill and Finnick quickly ended up in a conversation, leaving a few less people there. Hermione ended up talking to Apolline about healing techniques and Rory, Vick stuck to Luna and Neville like glue. Gale and George became quick friends, connecting over their immaturity. Posey and Teddy got along great, since Posey got to be a big sister and teddy got to show off his metamorphagus abilities. Angelina and Rue had gotten off to a tentative start, but had slowly gotten into a conversation, and Percy's girlfriend Audrey got along wonderfully with Dylan. Katniss and Mr. Weasley ended up conversing over various Muggle inventions, and Harry couldn't be prouder.

Molly, Percy, Ron and Ginny stood away from the others, silently stewing and trying to figure out how to get the two families to separate. It wasn't long until Harry had to prepare a portkey to take his family home though.

"Harry, we'll have to come visit you for your wedding. Send us the date and for goodness sake, don't you dare lose contact with us again." Hermione said.

"Don't worry dear. I promised Fleur I would be there for her birth, so if you don't hear from us before then, you can kill harry then." Apolline reassured.

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence Mum." Harry said sarcastically.

"Fleur, Angelina, Hermione, Luna, would you all like to be some of my bridesmaids? I only have my friend Madge and Prim at the moment, and for a large wedding, I need a lot more, especially with all of Harry's groomsmen."

"We would be honoured!" Hermione said, accepting for the whole group.

"Andromeda, would you and Teddy like to come back with us? I'm sure we can come up with a reason for you two magically showing up."

"I would love to Harry, but can I have a week to get everything in order?" Andromeda asked, smiling at her 'grandson'. She had grown to love Harry in the two years she had known the young man.

"Would you also take a thousand galleons out of my account for me? I have a feeling I'll be needing some bribe money in a little while." Harry said before hugging the woman.

"Of course. Would you like to take Teddy now or wait a little longer?"

"We can take him now." Katniss said, grabbing the adorable little toddler, who immediately changed his hair and skin to match hers and his eyes to match Harry's. That both scared her and made her melt on the inside. Teddy looked exactly how she imagined any children she and Harry had would look.

"Are you sure dear? Do you need me to pack a bag for him?" Andromeda asked.

"No, it would actually be better for us to be seen buying him all new things so we can play the 'look at the boy we adopted' card." Harry explained.

"Alright dear, I'll see you next week darling." Andromeda said to her grandson.

"Bye Grandma." teddy said with a yawn.

"Is everyone ready to go?" Harry asked, passing one end of the rope he had turned into a portkey around. After getting a nod from everyone, he activated it and the group disappeared into the night.

Author's Note:

Check it out people! After a year of having little to no interest in this story, I'm back! I saw Mockingjay Part 2 in theatres the second weekend it was out and my muse bitch-slapped me in the face and screamed "You fucking idiot, you forgot about 'Let the real games begin'!" so I had to write another chapter. I hope to keep the updates coming, and I have a dental surgery coming up sometime in the next few months, so I can get my buffer back and start updating regularly again.