Chapter eighteen

'So what has she accused me of this time?' Harry glared at Hermione who just looked smug.

'She said that you and Mr Weasley had been engaging in sexual relations.'

Harry and Fred's eyes went wide then they glanced at each other before they burst out laughing.

'Enough,' Minerva said sternly.

'Professor, I admit that Harry and I were in my dorm room, alone, and we were lying on my bed. But all we were doing was cuddling while we talked.'

'That didn't last long as I fell asleep. I haven't been sleeping well as I keep wonder when Voldemort will turn up.'

'There's one way to know for sure Professor McGonagall, a virginity charm will show the truth,' Hermione said smugly.

'It would show the truth,' Sirius said but he stared at his godson who didn't seemed concerned at all.

'Do you two give me permission to perform the charm?'

'Yes,' Fred and Harry said together. Hermione finally lost her smug look.

'I think that's proof enough they weren't doing anything,' Sirius said.

'They might not have done anything this time, but the way they are always over each other, they couldn't resist,' Hermione said.

'Then do the charm professor. Harry and I have nothing to be ashamed of. We've talked and we both said we want to wait until the danger has passed and for Harry to be older. He didn't want me getting in trouble if someone accused us of having sex when he's only fifteen,' Fred said as he sent a glare at Hermione.

Minerva stared at the two boys before she pointed her wand at them and cast the charm.

'It seems you were telling the truth. You are both virgins, which I admit has surprised me.'

'Fred said no, but I also said I wouldn't do anything to get Fred into trouble,' Harry said then glared at Hermione, 'You're still getting things wrong and sticking your nose into other people's personal business.'

'She'll give up eventually,' Fred said with a smirk.

'You two may go. Miss Granger, stay.'

Harry, Fred and Sirius left the room, 'You surprised me, I wasn't a virgin at your age,' Sirius said.

'I was serious, I wasn't going to do anything that could get Fred in trouble, and he would get in trouble since he's over sixteen.'

'And I wanted Harry a bit older, and to make sure he was ready.'

'We also didn't want to get carried away when he could attack before I call him out.'

'We might not have to. I can't say much yet as I don't know a lot. But something happened earlier today, Albus raced off somewhere and hasn't been seen since. Snape is missing along with many of the Slytherin's, but also a few other students from other houses haven't turned up after visiting Hogsmeade.'

'Do you think Voldemort did something to the students?'

'Yes, maybe, I don't know pup. I will come see you once I know anything.'

'Okay, I know you'll tell me. So can we go back to Gryffindor tower now?'

'Yes, and just for now, stay there until I find out what is going on.'

'I promise,' Harry gave his godfather a hug then he walked off with Fred.

When they got through the portrait they called their friends together and hurried up to the twins and Lee's dorm room.

'What happened?' Ron asked.

'Hermione, she went to McGonagall.'

'Said we were having sex,' Fred said with a smirk.

'So did she do the charm?' Angelina asked.

'Yep, it showed us both to be virgins. McGonagall didn't look or sound happy with Hermione.'

'It's time for a new prank,' George said.

'The girls thought she would try something so they gave us an idea,' Lee said.

'So tell us already,' Harry grinned.

'We douse her shampoo with one of the twins new products,' Katie said.

'Hairy scary,' Alicia said making everyone begin to laugh as they realised what Hermione would look like when she next took a shower.

They all knew what this joke product would do. It would grow a person's hair continuously for more than a week. But it grows hair from everywhere. The head, eyebrows, underarms, legs, nose and the pubic hair. Hermione will be trailing hair behind her unless she locks herself in the hospital wing, panicking and hoping Madam Pomfrey could find some way to stop it.

They all nodded, which meant the girls were to pour the joke potion into Hermione's shampoo. The others were going to keep a look out until the girls returned. They had another prank planned for her, the next one she would lose her hair from her head but the hair from everywhere else would grow.

When the girls joined them, the friends decided they better get some work done, until they heard what was going on. Harry was starting to worry that it didn't work. He knew something happened for Dumbledore to leave the school when Voldemort was around, he just didn't know what.

Harry, Ron and Neville walked down to the common room to see their friends waiting for them.

'Anything?' Harry asked Fred in a whisper as he slipped his arms around his boyfriend.

'Nothing.'

'Let's go down to breakfast,' Ginny said.

The friends all headed down through the castle and straight into the great hall. As they sat down they noticed that Dumbledore was there and staring at them. They also noticed Snape wasn't there, and many of the Slytherin's were also missing, the ones from fifteen years and up were gone. Harry looked at Sirius who gave him the thumbs up, he made sure to look confused which Sirius and Dumbledore would take as he knew nothing.

The post owls arrived. Hedwig landed on Harry's shoulder, Fred removed the Daily Prophet, but many others were also getting copies of the Daily Prophet.

'Blimey, will you look at this,' Ron said as he pointed to the front page of the paper.

'Death eaters drop dead,' Neville said then continued to read the story just as everyone else.

'He's dead,' Harry said staring at the paper.

'Who?' Katie asked, acting curious.

'Voldemort. They found his robes, wand and a hand along with some dust they believe is bone dust. He was at Malfoy manor surrounded by dead death eaters, the three Malfoys were some of them,' Harry said.

'You mean Draco Malfoy got himself marked?' Lee asked in a whisper.

'Sounds like it. But how did they die?' Angelina asked as she kept reading the paper and making it seem like she was just as curious as everyone else.

'We are curious about that as well,' Albus said as he stood behind Harry and his friends along with Sirius and Remus.

'I wonder if the dark mark had anything to do with this,' George said staring down at the paper.

'Hey, the bitch is dead,' Neville shouted making the others give him a kindly smile.

'So it must be linked to the dark mark,' Ron said.

'Have you felt anything from your scar Harry?' Albus asked.

'I haven't felt anything in my scar since he returned. It's like the moment he was back properly, the pain and feelings stopped,' Harry turned to face the headmaster, 'What do you think happened Professor?'

'I am unsure. The aurors are investigating but so far they have not found anything.'

'Is that why Snape's not here?' Ginny asked innocently.

'Professor Snape died at the same time as all the death eaters.'

'One of the house elves informed Professor Dumbledore,' Remus said.

'Well, to be honest, I can't feel sad his gone. He didn't treat us any good,' Harry said, then furrowed his brow, 'He had the mark even if he wasn't a death eater anymore, so it has to be connected to the mark. It's the only thing that makes sense. Unless there was something else that connected them.'

'I need to ask Harry, but do you know anything about this?'

'No, I found out when I read this,' Harry pointed to the paper, 'But I would like to know why you would think I could have done this? I'm not just talking about how I could have done it, meaning the power I would need to do this. But how you could actually ask me if I did this,' Harry scowled then turned and walked out of the great hall with Fred and his friends hurrying behind him.

'I think you finally broke the last of his trust Albus. One, Harry couldn't have done this, and two, he wouldn't do this, but you basically just accused him of committing mass murder,' Sirius shook his head then hurried off to catch up with his godson.

'I doubt he would have any respect for you at all after that Albus,' Remus sighed then he walked out of the great hall.

Albus wasn't sure what to believe, or who could have done this. Was this caused by the dark mark, and if it was, how did it cause all of them to die. A lot of people died, but what saddened Albus was the amount of young people they had lost that could have turned away from the dark path. Now it was too late.

The friends acted like what was expected, upset for Harry, with Fred trying to calm him down. Sirius even tried to console his godson. He had been shocked that Albus Dumbledore could accuse Harry of doing this. Just seeing Harry's reaction should have been enough to tell everyone that Harry had no idea what happened, or why. Sirius decided to leave Harry wish his friends but he was going to talk to Remus about the new house they had bought and what they might do once they left Hogwarts. Sirius would see the school year out to help the kids with their tests, but after the way Albus treated Harry, Sirius wouldn't return.

Fred pulled Harry up to his dorm room, then they were snogging as they door closed.

'It worked babe, they are all gone and we didn't lose anyone.'

'Yeah, I'm shocked that the old man accused me though.'

'He shouldn't have, but to be honest, you were connected to him babe. If he was going to be looking at anyone, it would be you. But we made the vow, no one knows that ritual and those pages are gone from the two books we used. There is no proof that you, nor any of us did anything and that's the way it's going to stay.'

Harry smiled up at Fred then he took his wand and sealed the door, 'I think it's time for a real celebration.'

'You've just been waiting for Hermione to accuse us of having sex so no one will listen to her if she found out we were having sex, weren't you?'

Harry grinned hugely making Fred laugh, then within minutes they were groaning as their clothes disappeared and their bodies came together. Harry and Fred were going to celebrate that all was right in the world and they were together, forever.

The end:

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