"As bad as I hate to say it, you're right." A voice from the back startled them all.

Minerva was standing with Kingsley at her side she grinned, "He asked nicely."

"It's fine." Harry waved her off, "Do you have a suggestion Minister?"

"I do." He gave a slight bow, "As you know I spent a lot of time with the muggle minister. I've seen how their government runs. I think we should copy it."

Kingsley spent a good part of the evening explaining about the muggle government. While not everyone agreed with copying the muggles they all could agree it sounded better than what they had now. They would have to allow changes to accommodate magic but it was a good base to start with.

As they were sitting in his office after the meeting Harry looked across the desk to the tall man, "So did you just come to help us revamp the government or did you have other issues?"

"I have another issue that I am here to address." He shrugged, "Minerva is bringing the involved parties to the office."

"Is this bad for us?" Harry asked.

"No I don't think so." He grinned, "Not all of it anyway."

The two hadn't been speaking for long when Minerva arrived with the Greengrass sisters in tow. Harry's eyebrows disappeared as he looked at the minister again wondering just what was going on.

"Minister." Daphne and Astoria greeted him together.

"Ladies." He nodded, "I have some news."

"Good or bad?" Daphne asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Mixed." He offered without emotion, "You father was admitted to St. Mungo's today."

"What happened?" Astoria asked with concern.

"He went to Gringotts today to disown Daphne and found out that anyone living in a sanctuary cannot be disowned." He offered, "However if he had a male child it could take the heir from the oldest female child."

"He didn't!" Daphne grinned.

"What?" Harry asked.

"He approached their mother demanding she have another child to replace Daphne as heir." He coughed to hide his snicker, "She... wasn't happy about it."

"She hexed him and he's trying to recover in St. Mungo's?" Harry asked also trying to hide a smile.

"Exactly." Kingsley agreed.

Both girls broke into hysterical laughter. They were leaning on each other for support but ended up sinking to the ground anyway. Harry placed a cushioning charm under them and sat back in his chair with a large smile.

"How long do they think it will take for him to recover?" Minerva asked trying to sound concerned.

"A while." Kingsley cringed, "Some of the pieces she removed cannot be grown back."

"Merlin she didn't…" Harry began wide eyed.

"She told him years ago." Daphne tried to get herself under control, "She almost died with Astoria and she told him… if he ever asked for another child… she'd hex his bits off. I guess she meant it."

"Yes she did." Kingsley nodded, "But now that he's incapable of producing any more heirs…"

"He's lost his head of house and I'm now it." Daphne lost all humor, "Merlin's socks."

"Come on Daph you can think of a better one than that." Astoria poked at her sister, "Merlin's pants or Merlin's beard or even Merlin's bits."

"Nope he doesn't have any." Daphne giggled.

"Well it's a start." Astoria grinned and patted her on the back.

"You have to leave and get your house stuff together." Harry grinned lightly, "You can return when you're ready."

"Shouldn't take me very much time." She moved behind the desk and gave him a kiss, "I'll hurry it along."

"Ok." Harry nodded.

"I have a question." Astoria had taken a seat, "Why didn't Mother come and tell us herself?"

"She has turned herself in to the aurors." He offered, "She injured a head of house after all."

"Oh no." Astoria cried.

"Don't worry." Daphne moved back around to hug her, "I won't press charges. I'll forgive her for having a good reason to injure him."

"Then she will be out in time to meet you at Gringotts." Kingsley flicked his wand.

It was a short few minutes later that Harry was alone in his office. He sighed and went off to bed hoping he could sleep. He was worried for Daphne. In the end it took a week before she returned. She entered the Headmaster's office to find Harry listening to Hermione who was yelling and waving her arms about. His head was bowed and he looked tired. Daphne caught his attention when she pushed his chair away from the desk, sat in his lap and proceeded to snog him senseless.

When she pulled away the room was quiet and with a quick look around found that they were alone, "You owe me for sparing you from that."

"And what would the lady desire as payment?" Harry asked.

"Oh, I'll think of something." She grinned and kissed him again.

"Question." Harry stated as she pulled away again, "Do all the pureblood families have that rule about when the head of the family can't produce children they lose their position?"

"Not all of them. Malfoy's don't." She frowned, stood and moved around the desk, "One of my male ancestors had to wait until his mother was almost one hundred and fifty before she died and he could take over. He changed the rule so no woman could continue as head until their death she would lose it when her child bearing days were over. Backfired on him though, was sterilized with a dark spell only two years later. His son took over but kept the rule."

"How do you continue the line with a female head of the family?" Harry asked.

"I have to produce at least one child with the last name of Greengrass." She shrugged.

Harry noticed a look of worry crossed her face, "What's wrong with that?"

"I have to prove I can produce a child by becoming pregnant during the first year as head of the family." She was looking at the floor, "I don't have to name the first one after me but if I don't have more than one…"

"I always wanted several children myself." Harry interrupted, "Three or four would be nice."

"That would be nice." She agreed but didn't look up, "I need to know if you're interested in being married and having a child right away, if you aren't I need to start looking now."

"Do you know why Ginny and I broke up?" he asked.

"She wanted to be a famous quidditch star and you want a quiet life." Daphne answered having heard it before.

"True." He agreed, "But her being a quidditch star had more than one major hindrance. First was the quiet life I wanted but second was the family I wanted to start right away." He pulled open a drawer on his desk and grabbed something before stepping out from behind it and knelt before Daphne and pulled the box open, "I wanted to ask before but I thought I might be pushing things too fast. Now I believe you are as ready as I am. Will you marry me?"

"Yes!" she answered a bit shakily before he stood and pulled her into a kiss.

After a few minutes they pulled apart when a cough interrupted them. The four house ghosts had arrived and the Baron spoke, "Hogwarts says well done."

"Thanks." Harry grinned.

"Did you tell her about the list?" Helena asked.

"Yes he did, but he'd never told me what number I was." Daphne pouted.

"You were first." Harry smiled at her, "Luna was second and Padma was third."

"I would never have put Luna at second." Daphne smiled.

"Most people underestimate Luna." Harry shrugged, "If only Ravenclaw students knew how strong she was and how easily she could take them all out her school experience would have been much better. But it will be better this year."

"I sense an or else in that statement." Sir Nick grinned.

"We are still a sanctuary." Harry shrugged, "I don't need to explain the or else do I?"

"I'm surprised I'm first." Daphne commented, "I thought someone older than me would get the top spot."

"I don't know the criteria but I do believe being single was one so that did knock out a lot of the older girls." Harry shrugged, "I don't know if any of them would have made the list anyway."

"What was Hermione yelling about anyway?" Daphne asked when they were alone again.

"She was yelling at me for moping." He gave her a grin before throwing his arm around her and steering her out the door, "Something about not eating right and walking around the castle instead of sleeping. I think there may have been more to it but I'd quit listening to her after the first half hour."

"Should you be taking a nap now?" she asked with a smirk.

"And miss the chance to see the reaction to our news? No way." he scoffed before he turned serious, "Do I need to talk to your dad before we announce this?"

"No you have to ask permission from the head of the family." She grinned up at him, "Since that is me I give you my permission to ask me and I still say yes."

"Oh good." Harry laughed and teased her back, "The head of your family is so mean I'm glad she gave in without too much of a problem."

"Why you." She tried to punch him in the arm but he dodged out of the way, "You know if you move you get it twice as hard."

"But you have to catch me first." Harry stepped farther away.

With that the chase was on. Both were laughing as they ran through the school and dodged around the other people in the halls. Calls to the both of them were ignored as they continued on without stopping. Harry made it to the front doors and threw them open as he ran out onto the lawn. Daphne had gotten a lot closer as he paused to open them and she grabbed the back of his shirt as his feet hit the grass. He turned and grabbed her around the waist and pulled her with him as he fell and landed with a huff. Several people had made it to the doors as they landed.

"What are you two doing?" Ron called.

"Nothing." Harry answered with a grin as he sat them both up.

"Running through the school is not permitted." Hermione scolded them with a smile.

"It's not a school." Harry retorted, "It's a sanctuary. Running in the sanctuary is permitted."

"Technicality." She waved her hand at him.

"Why were you running through the halls?" Ron asked.

"I wasn't running." Daphne sniffed, "I was chasing."

"So why were you chasing him?" George asked with a slight bow.

"Because he ran." She answered.

"Why was he running?" Ginny pushed a bit further.

"Because she was going to hit me." Harry offered quickly.

"You deserved it." She huffed, "He said the head of my family is mean."

Astoria started laughing, "Shame on you Harry."

"That wasn't all I said and it was a compliment." He held up his hands in surrender.

"It wasn't a compliment." Daphne finally punched his shoulder.

"Ow." He complained.

"What did you say Harry?" Hermione asked as Minerva finally made it to the door.

"I said her head of the family is so mean I'm glad she gave in without too much of a problem." He said, "See it was a compliment."

"How was that a compliment?" Minerva asked.

"I was glad she gave in." Harry grinned.

"What did she give in to?" Astoria asked.

Daphne stood and held up her left hand to show off the ring he'd given her. Astoria, Ginny and Hermione mobbed her to get a closer look. George and Ron helped Harry off the ground and gave him pats on the back.

"I'm a little shocked you're doing it so quick." Ron stayed well away from the giggling girls, "You've only been dating a few months."

"It worked out." Harry shrugged, "I was going to ask her at Christmas but when she arrived earlier it hit me as the right time."

"So whipped." George snorted.

"And when Angelina's around you're what exactly?" Harry snorted at George.

"True." He grinned unrepentantly.

"Congratulations Harry." Hermione grabbed him around the neck and hugged him tightly, "The ring is beautiful."

"Thanks." He hugged her back.

"Not bad Potter." Ginny and Astoria punched him each on an arm.

"Ow." They hadn't been easy on him.

"Congratulations Mr. Potter, Ms. Greengrass." Minerva shook her head at the two of them as she tried to hide her grin, "I guess this may call for a celebration."

It was more than a year later that Harry joined Kingsley for a speech in Diagon Alley. The new Wizengamot was in place and was reviewing the rest of the Ministry. The alley was packed as Kingsley began his portion of the speaking. When it was Harry's turn he stepped up and applied a sonarus charm.

"First I want to thank Madam Delores Umbridge." Harry shocked everyone right off the bat, "Without her we wouldn't have been able to come this far. The marriage law she proposed was meant to destroy us, instead it brought us together and we've been able to achieve something far better than I had ever hoped to see. Her hatefulness brought us together to give mercy. Her idiocy paved the way for this brilliance. "

He had to stop for the cheers. Kinglsey and a very pregnant Daphne were on the sidelines and both gave him very large grins.

"Next I want to thank everyone who had a hand in this project to rewrite our laws." Harry paused again, "They helped us remove a useless and burdensome system and its laws and replace it with something that is fair, meaningful and beneficial to us all."

Harry truly hated speaking in front of people like this. Worse he hated the extra fame this was bringing him. But the smile he was receiving from his wife made everything better. He could only imagine the horror he would be living if he had married Pansy like they had wanted him too.

THE LIST:

1 – Daphne Greengrass – Slytherin- 18

2 – Luna Lovegood – Ravenclaw - 17

3 – Padma Patil – Ravenclaw - 18

4 – Angelina Johnson – Gryffindor - 21

5 – Camilla Burstand – Hufflepuff - 23

6 – Susan Bones – Hufflepuff - 18

7 – Katie Bell – Gryffindor - 19

8 –Tracy Davis – Slytherin - 18

9 – Hannah Abbott – Hufflepuff - 18

10 – Ginny Weasley – Gryffindor - 17

11 – Sue Li – Ravenclaw - 18

12 – Demelza Robins – Gruffindor - 16

13 – Rose Notting– Slytherin - 20

14 – Mary Wellington – Ravenclaw - 21

15 – Hermione Granger – Gryffindor - 18