Chances Are Keeperoliver Chapter Forty Two

A/N: I believe this will be the final chapter to this story. There will be a time jump to make things quicker and easier for it to end. I will explain all that occurred in the jump, but just briefly. It has gone on too long and most of you are getting tired of it. I have lost several readers during the story and some of them were very good friends. This tells me It went wrong somewhere besides my bringing the Basilisk back to life after killing it earlier.

I'm thinking of my next story if I chose to write it and it will start off with a one chapter story. For some reason I like to start off a story like this. I have done it in the past with good results. I hope to make it a Christmas theme for the holidays.

I wish to thank all who have stayed with me until the end of this one and hope you will follow me with my next one, if I decide to do it. Those who have followed me for a while, know I say this all the time and then start my next story. Well, enough of this, let's get the show on the road. As always, Ollie the Keeper.

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Harry's team were gone from Hogwarts for five years now and couples had married right from the first summer with Ron and Padma Being the first. Ron used his tickets he got from Harry and found his way onto the team as a back up keeper. Within four years he became the starter. He played great against all the teams except for one, and it was the one team he could never live down. Ginny and the Harpies had yet to lose to the Cannons, even after Ron became the starter. He wasn't embarrassed like his previous keeper though. He kept them close until the end when the Harpies Seeker always seemed to capture the snitch.

Next to tie the knot was Neville and Hermione. It was just before the school year started after they left, and Neville had taken on an apprenticeship for Herbology. Pamona Sprout was ready to retire and he was the perfect one for the job, so instead of going through the hiring process, she trained him to take over for her. With Hermione, It was as close as Alastor would get to getting Harry's team to work for him. She took the Assistant Director of the MLE. Alastor had retired with Minerva, so Kingsley Shacklebolt took over the Aurors.

Seamus and Luna married during the Christmas Hols that year because Luna wanted a white wedding. She said it was because the snow kept the Snifflets away. They liked the damp weather, not the cold icy weather. Seamus bought the Leaky Cauldron from Tom with the help of his dad. Tom sold it because Hannah wasn't planning on staying in England. Viktor asked her to marry him and she accepted and was moving to Sweden where he lived. She became the teams advertising manager.

Luna wasn't sure what she wanted to do, but until she found the right one, she worked with Seamus in the pub. She became the most well tipped server in London. Everyone loved her free spirit, always smiling face and dynamic energy. She even danced for the crowds on a busy night. Nothing seductive or racy, just a dance where she pulled partners up to dance with her. At first they were fighting to dance with her, but when they saw she wanted nothing to do with these people, they all settled down and let her pick who to dance with her.

Fred and George married the summer following Luna and Seamus' marriage. Daphne and Cho managed the books for the twins, and the marketing. They bought full page ads in both the Prophet and the Quibbler. Xeno gave them a huge discount because of what they shared with Luna. The Prophet also gave them a discount, although not as much as Xeno did. It added up to quite a saving over the year, and it brought in four to five times what the normal crowd drawing was. They became so popular that they bought out Zonko's in Hogsmeade because he lost so much business to them. They asked Draco to run it and he was happy to because Astoria still had one more year in Hogwarts and she would join him in the shop once she was finished with Hogwarts. They also planned on getting married two weeks after she was finished with Hogwarts.

Dudley and Susan wanted to marry the same time Harry and Ginny did, but Ginny planned on playing Quidditch for four or five years before she settled down. Susan didn't mind this because Dudley joined Draco in the Hogsmeade branch of the Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. She joined Hermione in the MLE with her Aunt being her boss. She didn't mind Hermione being over her as well, because she knew Hermione was meant to go far in the Ministry. Her grades even exceeded those of Harry's mum, Lily Potter. If any of Harry's team wanted a job in the Ministry, it was theirs, but Hermione and Susan were the only members to join the Ministry. However, if asked, they all would rally to Hermione to help if they were available. Harry was always available, as he became a private investigator for the muggle world. He used his powers only when necessary and was the highest paid investigator in all Europe. He even did jobs in the states.

This was what went on for those five years and things looked bright for the future. Then Dudley got some sad news from his dad Frank. His real dad, Vernon, was attacked while in prison and was stabbed to death. He had started the fight that took his life, with someone who didn't fool around.

Dudley worried about his mum and the news he just received. He asked Harry for help and him and Harry Apparated to a hidden area not far from his mum's house. When he knocked on the door, he was surprised to see a cheery Petunia answering the door. "Mum, are you alright? You're a lot different from what I expected to see."

She pulled the two in and had them sit down and got them some lemonade to drink, then she sat down and began, "I know what you expected to see Dudley, but your father and I haven't seen each other in over twenty years, and I honestly don't remember him like I should. I remember him as an abusive uncle and a demanding husband. He even tried to control you by bribing you to hate and even threaten Harry. That was why I told you if you didn't do as I asked, you would be helping Harry in his work. He told me to do this to you. He told me how to dress, who I could and couldn't talk to, and who I was never to see. Your Aunt Lily was one of those. I guess I didn't think too much of this back then as I was still jealous of her and her life."

"Dad wanted me to be mean to Harry? He never told me this."

"No, he left that up to me, until you were older, then he would take over. He wanted you use to the idea before he got you to be more abusive with Harry. He knew how you felt at the time Harry had his accident."

"Was dad always this way, or not until he found out about the Potters?"

"No, he was demanding. Right from the start, but I wanted to get even with Lily for leaving me, and I knew she hated Vernon, and tried to talk me out of dating him. I did it because it made me feel like I had something she didn't. At the time, she wasn't with James or Severus. I knew her and Severus weren't going to become a couple, because even then he had thoughts about dark things, like reading other peoples thoughts and controlling people by use of a spell. Lily and him argued a lot when he said something like this to her. It got so that Severus didn't talk much when he was with her. He didn't trust what he would say to her that would upset her. Once they went to school, we didn't talk and I lost contact with her. Of course me blaming her for our parents deaths didn't help matters. I was probably as evil as your dad back then. I see now what I was like and I am trying very hard to become a decent person. I have a job that pays good money and a nice home to live in, although it does get lonely here by myself."

"I know mum, and I am sorry, but Susan and I are ready to start a family and we don't want any influence in our lives to change our thoughts. Amelia is happy to see us being strong and straight forward in this, and does her best to keep Sirius out of the equation. It's a full time job in it self. Of course her being pregnant with his child has taken some of that attention away from us. Their getting married when Harry was finished with school, and her being ready to leave the Ministry when Hermione took a job there changed their entire lives."

"I didn't know Amelia was leaving the Ministry? When does this take place?"

"She's training Hermione for her job as we speak and it shouldn't take too long as Hermione has the memory of...well, let's just say she a a darn good memory and leave it at that. I would say by the end of the school year so that Neville could be there for her promotion."

They talked much longer, but it wasn't about anything important. Harry and Dudley left feeing better about Petunia and he thanked Harry for his help and his support. He knew Harry wanted to get back to Ginny and prepare for their upcoming wedding, just like Dudley and Susan did. With the job that Dudley had with the WWW in Hogsmeade and the job Susan had with Hermione in the Ministry, there life was in very good shape. They had money in the bank, and still had enough to have fun on occasionally. When Susan got her promotion to Hermione's assistant, and Dudley worked his way to store manager, then things would really be looking up for them.

Dudley's promotion came to be before Susan's did and he banked the difference in pay checks because they didn't really need it. They stayed the same as before the promotion. They still had their fun, yet weren't frivolous with their money.

When the time came for the weddings, Susan and Dudley had enough saved so that they could enjoy a small honeymoon. Unfortunately, neither Harry or Amelia would let them have it their way. Harry knew what Ginny wanted for theirs, and Harry and Ginny both agreed that Dudley and Susan should have one almost as good. Harry and Ginny were going to Hawaii, and they gave Dudley and Susan, with Amelia's help, a trip to Aruba. It was for fourteen days, the same as Harry's and Ginny's.

Amelia and Ginny approached Dudley and Susan after the marriage and gave then their gift. If Harry had tried to give it to Dudley he would never have taken it. Amelia and Ginny were a different matter as they would not take no as an answer. They were going and that was that. Before they left though, they had the reception.

Neville was the best man for Harry's wedding and Luna was Ginny's Maid of Honor. For Dudley, George was the best man and Hermione was Susan's Maid of Honor, and they made the speeches before the dance.

When the dance began, Dudley and Harry led their dream girls around the floor without even thinking that they were giving a show to all the guests. It was as if they were the only people there and they enjoyed the time they spent with Susan and Ginny. Once the first dance was over, then the real fun began as the dances became wild and exotic. Of course it was Seamus and Luna who were the wildest and most exotic. Seamus was always carefree in school, but Luna took it to another level. Theirs was an interesting life they lived together, as Luna was always taking him to different locations to search for her creatures. They never found any, but the fun they had searching made up for the loss. It helped that Seamus had a brother working with him that was able to take over the Inn while they were off on one of these ventures. He was also the full time bar tender.

Another interesting pair were Fred and Daphne. At first, Daphne acted like she wanted nothing to do with the red haired idiot, as she liked to call him. But once their bond finalized, she was like a different person. Where once stood a somewhat cold and uncaring girl now stood a free spirited and a loving and caring woman. However, Fred toned down his youthful antics and was now in love with the most beautiful girl he ever knew. She had changed him to be more practical and sensible, yet still be able to have fun with his brother in the lab, where they were so creative with their products. They even used ideas that Cho and Daphne gave them.

Dudley and Susan watched the others dance and have fun while they took a breather. Susan sat their remembering her time in school, and how she became invovled with Harry and his team. How she dated Cedric for that short period of time and then lost him to Quidditch. Then she remembered how lucky she was when Dudley came into her life. Where she liked Cedric, she didn't really love him, She couldn't because she never felt the same way she felt about Dudley. Right from the start, he always put her first in everything they did together.

Hermione an Neville were dancing a slow dance and she leaned her head on his chest as they moved around the floor. Then she lifted her head and said, "Neville, did you know we were meant for each other when we first met?"

"Not like you did. I still had thoughts of Luna in my mind and when Harry and Ginny did that bond at first sight thing, I thought Luna and I might share it. But when you and I got together in class, that all changed. That was when I saw you and me together like we are now. Harry and I talked about it quite a bit. He said that when he told us of him and Ginny falling for each other and he mentioned you and you told him that he was not for you, I should have realised then that it was us that should be together. However still being young, I could not believe in something that permenent. Harry could, but not me."

"So how long was it before you really knew we were meant for each other?"

"The next day during our first class. I saw you in a different light and forgot all about Luna. I care deeply about Luna, like Harry does, but also like Harry, it's love at a different level, like family. With you, I love at a much deeper family level. My family now included you as the center of it all."

Hermione laid her head against his chest once again, but this time there was a huge smile on her face. She knew what she wanted to hear, and Neville didn't let her down. He was honest almost to the point of hurting her, but was quick to correct he feelings with his total commitment to her.

The evening finally came to an end, and the four said their good byes to everyone and then they were gone, while the party continued for another hour.

For Dudley and Susan, the two weeks were completely gorgeous. The weather was perfect, the water was perfect and the food was perfect. But the most perfect thing was the love they shared. Over and over and over did they share it.

For Harry and Ginny, they decided to just get lost on the island. They started from Honolulu and from there it was one leap to another using Apparation. Never using a populated location allowed them to travel freely, but by using maps Harry picked up from a tourist center, they knew the safest places to land, without being discovered. They found small lagoons where they could swim in private and find food there as well. They lived off the land and never stayed in a motel or hotel. It was the greatest time they ever shared together, and, making love under the moonlight was a remarkable experience.

Ginny wished to play one more year with the Harpies, so she protected herself from being pregnant and still enjoy her time with Harry.

Their two weeks went by in a hurry, and soon it was time to return to England and Ginny to the Harpies. Harry set his own hours, having his own business that really didn't have regular hours to begin with. He also had the team to use if it became necessary. So far he had been lucky and only needed the help of Luna on one of his cases. Her insight proved to be perfect in one of his cases where he was looking for the wife of a powerful business man. At first it was thought it might be a try for ransom, but there was no note. Then it was thought she might have run off with another man. This proved to be false later on when Luna felt the wifes presence in a hotel room in Liverpool. She was alone when she registered.

Harry and Luna finally found her in a hotel room in Ipswich. When Harry asked why she left, he found out that her husband was seen cheating on her and he refused to divorce her because of what it would cost him. Harry and Luna sat with the woman to try and come up with something that would give them both what they wanted. Harry and Luna just wanted to see the woman treated right, and she wanted out of the marriage and be compensated for the time she spent in the meaningless marriage. She had pictures to show his infidelity, but it wasn't enough to satisfy her wish. She wanted to humiliate him to the world and ruin his career like he ruined her life.

He brought the woman to a solicator and he told her what they needed for this to happen and he would be happy to handle her case when she got what she needed. He was from Ipswich, so the business man would not know of his part in her case.

Harry had the woman stay there while he and Luna went back and started to set up their plan. It all started when Harry met with him to update him and gave him information on what he found. He told him the truth up to a point, saying he caught up to her in Liverpool and that she was alone, but not willing to return to London. Her excuse was she did not like the living conditions she shared with her husband.

The business man knew what she meant, but didn't know Harry knew it as well. He demanded that Harry bring her back to London to be his wife once again. Harry told him that he couldn't do that as she had done nothing illegal and if she didn't wish to come back, then that was all he could do. It was the end of Harry's connection with the business man, but not the end of his case with his wife.

Harry and Luna returned to Ipswich and the wife to let her know what transpired with her husband, and to set up the second phase of their plan to trap him. He brought her back to Liverpool, where her husband knew where she would be, and Harry and Luna set up surveillence to watch for what they expected to happen. It was their fourth night of watch when it took place. Three strangers entered the room where the woman stayed and forced her to come with them by threatening her. They even struck her to show they meant what they said. The marks they left were all they needed and Harry and Luna met the four people at the car they used and overcame them and tied them up and took them and the woman back to London and the constabulary to show what they did to her and on who's orders. The business man was taken from a staff meeting in handcuffs and an arrest warrant was used to prove the cause of the arrest.

The trial that took place went as expected, and the woman got seventy five percent of his net worth and their home. He lost his position in the firm and received a jail sentence for his actions against his wife. Harry and Luna also got a large some for their helping the woman, which Harry gave to Luna for her assistance. Luna used it to renovate the Leaky Cauldron and to make it larger and make the rooms more modern.

When Ginny finished her last season with the Harpies on a winning note as World Cup Champions, she joined Harry in the agency, and found out that Luna also wished to join them. Seamus was not too happy with this because he was losing the best waitress in the world, but wished them all the luck in the world as he wanted Luna to be happy. That was the start of the Celestial Detective Agency as Harry called the girls his angels.

Petunia had been helping out with the Hogsmeade WWW when she found out about Harry's new agency, she wanted to ask to join the team as well. Possibly as a receptionist or secretary. Harry felt it was a good idea and he hired her as their receptionist/secretary. She didn't know what it all entailed, but it sounded intersting. She was not wrong as she received calls from foreign ministries asking for Harry's help. She would collect all the data Harry or his angels would send her and she would file it, after she separated it. Harry liked the info in chronological order in the way it took place, not when she got it.

His business took a break when Ginny delivered her first child to Harry, a boy he named James Sirius. It was the second happiest moment of Harry's life. Ginny will always be his first happiest moment. After the birth, she had to take additional time off, so Harry had to find someone to take her place. His first choice would have been Hermione, but the Ministry would never give her up. He asked Fred if he could ask Daphne, and Fred almost laughed at him, "You're shitting me right, Harry? If I say no, and she finds out, I'm chopped liver. As if I have any say in what Daph can do with her life. Go on, ask her and I hope she agrees. She really does need a challenge. I think she is getting bored here, just looking after the books. Her and Cho are brilliant, but where Cho is content, Daph needs to explore different avenues to stimulate her brain."

When Harry asked Daphne, she almost bowled him over with her happiness. "Shite, I didn't think I would ever get out of those books. I don't know How Cho can take it, they are so boring. When do we begin?"

Daphne never did go back to the WWW to work. She was with Fred every evening when they weren't doing something for the agency. It wasn't often that this happened, so Fred was happy for her, and it made their life so much better as they didn't fall into the same old routine that Daphne hated so much. As long as Harry had it open, she was going to work with him and the other angels. Ginny was back after a few months, with Molly taking care of James until someone picked him up.

She did it again for Lily Luna and for Hermione Daphne, Harry and Ginny's next two children. They decided they didn't want any more after this, but Ginny didn't get fixed, they just used a strong protection spell. Daphne and Luna took the time off when they had children, and once again it was Molly that volunteered to watch them, as she loved children.

So it was for Harry and his team after they were done with school. Their lives stayed close and their families even closer. They were all cousins, no matter what their last name was. If it was one of the team members, the child was family to the team.

Harry's family, which included, Frank, Alice, Sirius, Amelia, Remus and Tonks always stayed close. Holidays was always a family gathering.

Harry and Ginny bought a very large home that they also used for their work. Their library was so huge, Hermione often used it for relaxation, when work got too much for her. Well, maybe a little more often than that. At least once a week on Saturdays. She even brought her kids with her. Neville usually went as well, since they were all so close. But once she was in the library, it was off limits to all, even Neville. Some things never change.

A/N: Well, there it is. I finally finished it. I probably left something out and someone will remind me. I hope it ended alright for everyone, though I doubt it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday season and that you all stay safe. Until the next time. As always, Ollie the Keeper.