This chapter is dedicated to Elfin69. Without the reviews elfin wrote it wouldn't exist. It is your fault you know.
I solely blame you for not being able to continue working on Time to Save the World … again like I wanted to.
After reading your reviews I couldn't get this out of my head so here it is.
Harry sighed as he looked over the latest attempt by the Wizengamot to make life difficult for people in general.
His attention was pulled away from the boring legislation by the laughter of his youngest child. Erenigh was outside with the children and Harry wanted this stupid work over and done with so he could join them.
Looking back down at the papers his mind wandered. A small chuckle made its way past his lips as he recalled waking up that morning. The morning after they had first had sex…
Harry woke up slowly. The bed was warmer than usual and there was a heavy weight lying across his chest. Green eyes blinked open. Harry looked down only to be met by bright white, so bright it was almost blinding. He untangled his arm from the sheets and reached out. It was hair.
Harry blinked the events of the previous day came rushing back to him. He almost bolted out of bed. 'Oh, shit what the heck was I thinking?' went through his head.
The warm body on top of him shifted slightly and the raven could now see Erenigh's face. Without even thinking about it Harry reached down and ran his fingers over a pale cheek.
It was completely unexpected and yet it felt so right.
If you had asked him last morning what his feelings for the white-haired teen lying on top of him was he would have said something along the lines of: "He's a really good friend and I care about him."
With his childhood he had never really learnt what love was supposed to be or look like. He now knew that he at the very least felt a deep attraction to the older teen. But love? How was he supposed to know that?
Harry snorted. It had of course turned out that Erenigh was just about as confused as he was – growing up in Malfoy Manor had not given the white-haired teen very much experience either. They had however decided that whatever it was that they felt was worth exploring.
There was another laugh coming from outside and Harry went back to the legislation before him. It was another stupid attempt to make life difficult for werewolves. He couldn't understand them. After Amethyst had published her work and later Erenigh had made the cure available there were barely any werewolves left. Of course the Ministry had tried several times to take control over the distribution of the cure but Erenigh was not a wizard to be crossed something they had found out quite early on.
His mind wandered off to when another good memory. It was about midday the day after Erenigh had reminded him about their child. Harry growled at the thought cursing Dumbledork once more before focusing back on that day...
"I wish there was a way to contact her," Remus told Sirius as the teen entered the kitchen.
"I know Remy but everything we've tried just comes back here," the grey-eyed wizard said with a sigh.
"I probably can't afford it anyway…"
"What are the two of you talking about," Harry asked with a raised eyebrow.
Remus turned to look at them as they sat down in one of the armchairs. Harry's arms were wrapped protectively around Erenigh's waist, his hands flat on the older teen's stomach. "Potion Mistress LeMark made the cure for Lycanthropy but we can't reach her," he said solemnly.
Harry blinked. "We didn't tell you?" he asked.
"Tell us what," Sirius gave the raven a calculating look.
Harry rolled his eyes. "That Amethyst LeMark was Erenigh's female alias and he created Moon's tears," he smirked as Sirius fell out of his armchair in surprise.
"So Remus," Erenigh said with a bright smile, "would you like to be the first British werewolf to undergo the cure process?" he asked the shocked brunet.
Both Sirius and Remus had absolutely loved Erenigh after that. No question about it.
…
"Are you going to spend all day in here, love?"
Harry looked up. Erenigh was standing in the doorway to the study with little Lilith on his arm. "We have been invited over to Ron and 'Mione's for dinner. I think Ginny was going to be there too," the snowy man said.
Harry smiled at his husband. "Well," he said with a sigh, "I might as well give up on this all it does is give me a headache." He pushed his chair out and walked over to his lover reaching out and freeing him of their daughter. "Where is Nathan?" he asked.
Erenigh snorted. "Creating havoc what do you think," he shook his head. "It's nothing I can't handle but when Severus comes over next time he'll get a piece of my mind. Nathan does not need more of those beginner's potions kits … ever," he said.
BOOM
Harry sighed as Erenigh went to inspect the damage their son had created this time around. Really the combination of the Potter's disrespect for rules paired up with Erenigh's potion genius was not a very good one. He was starting to understand poor Molly with the twins. You had to keep them on a short leash.
It didn't take long for Erenigh to come back with Nathan. The boy had a few scorch marks which Harry had no clue how he managed to receive considering the warding that Erenigh and he had placed in the Potion's lab. The raven waved his hand and the boy was cleaned up. They would just get dirty again once they were let go of over at his best friend's place so he saw no reason to change the clothes. "One of these days you're going to give your ada a heart attack," Harry said as he ran his fingers through his son's white hair.
Green eyes looked up at him and the kid snorted. "There is a bigger chance I'll give you a heart attack than ada. Ada is tough enough to take it," Nathan said cockily.
Harry gave his husband a hurt look before he walked over to the fireplace. They would floo over to Ron and Hermione's. He shifted the girl in his arms noticing that she had at some point fallen asleep on him. He smiled at her before stepping into the flames.
…
Lilith had stayed asleep for about ten seconds flat after Harry had arrived at his friends' house. She was currently running around the garden together with Hermione and Ron's daughter Rose. 'Those two will break a lot of hearts when they get older,' Harry reflected were he sat next to Ron. They were discussing the latest problems within the Auror crops. Apparently some idiot higher up in the Ministry had decided that the reports given by the Aurors were insufficient and it was now close to impossible to get anything done.
The floo shimmed alerting then of a new arrival. Ron got up and disappeared into the house for a moment before returning with a highly pregnant Ginny. He guided his sister into a chair and sat back down.
Seeing Ginny again even though Harry knew she was happy now brought back the very same memories that he'd tried to suppress earlier in the day. Dumbledore…
Harry walked out of the hospital wing were his husband and child were fighting for their lives. Poppy had thrown him out saying that if he didn't get a shower, something to eat, and some sleep he was not welcome back. He was heading down to their rooms when something hit his back.
…
…
When Harry woke up again he was disorientated. Everything was blurry but as he focused past that he could see what looked like a wedding reception. 'What the hell is going on?' he wondered.
It took his groggy mind a while to realise that he was standing by the altar and that Mr and Mrs Weasley was one of the couples sitting before him. He tried to move to speak but nothing happened. He wasn't in control.
Music started playing and soon a woman came walking down the aisle. It was Ginny.
'No,' Harry thought. 'Oh, no I'm not marrying Ginny.'
His mind was, however, unable to figure out why he didn't want to marry the ginger. It was like part of his memories his thought process was blocked off.
As Ginny stopped beside him and turned towards him he could see that he wasn't the only one fighting this. Whatever spell held him bound was working on her too.
Next to them a man started speaking and Harry strained his mind to figure out who it was. He knew that damn voice.
Moving on their own accord his hands grabbed a hold of Ginny's. He could hear himself speaking could feel his mouth move but the words were not his. His fingers placed a ring on Ginny's ring-finger. Then it was her turn and Harry could see her fighting it. He could feel that she didn't want this…
A blinding light.
Then everything went black.
When Harry woke up he was in the Hospital Wing at Hogwarts. To his right sat Hermione with her nose in a book. "What happened?" he asked his voice barely more than a whisper. The brunette heard him though. She lowered the book and threw herself into an explanation.
Harry blinked. Apparently Dumbledore had in some desperate attempt to control things to his liking decided that Harry and Ginny needed to marry. Not that either of them wanted that.
He had used some spell Hermione was still trying to figure out how it worked to force them there. It wasn't the Imperius. No this one seemed much worse and created a lot of confusion. It would probably take both him and Ginny a while to recover.
"It didn't work though, did it?" Harry asked.
"No of course not! You can't be married to two persons at once especially when the first marriage was wowed with the family rings. Your marriage to Erenigh saved both you and Ginny from this horrible ordeal," Hermione said.
"Erenigh?" Harry asked. The name sounded familiar but…
The brunette's face softened. "I'll take you to see him once Madam Pomfrey has Okayed it, yeah," she said.
"Daddy, daddy," Harry turned to his left. Little Lilith was standing there covered in mud and holding a toad. "Look daddy what I found," she said with a bright smile her green eyes alight.
"Lost in thoughts again dear," Erenigh said as he walked up to them. A wave of his hand and the little mud monster next to the raven was squeaky clean.
"You should put that back were you found it honey," Harry said as he studied the toad. "Toads belong in the wild," then he reached out, "and little girls belong by the dinner table if I'm not mistaken."
Lilith pouted but she did let go of the toad which quickly hopped off.
Harry guided the mini-raven inside and sat her down next to Rose. He took his own seat next to his husband and smiled as he looked out over the table.
This was how things were supposed to be.
Even though they had to deal with the idiots in the Ministry and no one knew what had happened to Dumbledork after the failed marriage.
They would deal with it …
Together
