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A/N: Here's the first chapter of the last story! There's a couple quick things I need to let ya'll know before the story starts. While Harry and Eliz were in the Marauders time they were also spending their time learning the newer spells and travel spells like portkeys and apparation. So don't get too confused if you see them use something like that. As for the wedding I decided a different route to the whole thing then the one I was going to take, and I hope ya'll approve. I have no estimated length for this story, but given the fact that I had to end things earlier than the rate they were going in the previous story this one will probably be a decent length. Hopefully chapter lengths will also improve as I'm back to mapping out chapters prior to beginning and I'm also attempting to make myself hit a minimum on word count also before I post. Anywho, enjoy the chapter!

"Phoenixus"

"Atlantian"

'Mind speech'

Chapter 1: Of Returns and Begging

"Well here you are ya little whippersnappers, back to the year 2003, well for Harry at any rate. I daresay that some of the things you'll see Eliz will be quite strange to you," Timeus said with a chuckle as the ether disappeared and they were shown to be standing in the exact place that Harry had been 'abducted' from. Harry noted that what Timeus had told him several years before was quite correct, because things were exactly the same as if only a few seconds had passed.

"Thank you for everything Timeus," Harry said with heart-felt gratitude.

"Think nothing of it," Timeus remarked uncomfortably. He was used to his sisters and their rare display of emotions. Whenever they did display an emotion it was usually mischief or even more rarely did they display regret. Otherwise they remained aloof and didn't display any emotions on the surface.

"Of course we think something of it," Eliz responded, "Without you I never would have met Harry and personally I think that's something that I never would want to live without happening."

"Well, if you want to thank someone you should thank Destiny because she's the one who told me to send you back," he told them modestly.

"Oh we will if we get the chance, but I highly doubt my summoning abilities would be enough to summon her," Harry told the old man.

"She may have told you to do it, but you were the one to choose when to send him back to," she explained before giving the God of Time a very strong bear hug which caused said deity to blush the color of Eliz's hair. When she let go, they all jumped in surprise as a flash of light went off next to them. When the light dimmed they could see that it was none other then the Goddess of Darkness, Lady Nyx herself. Harry and Eliz immediately dropped to a knee in a bow to her.

"Greetings Queen of Darkness," they both said fearfully. They remembered the rage that she had the last time she appeared before them.

"You have nothing to worry about children, I am not angry at you, however you Timeus and your sister Destiny have a bit of explaining to do," Nyx said calmly.

"If you remember correctly Nyx, we created the Gods, we don't answer to you," Timeus responded unafraid.

"What possessed you to send a mortal back in time and then summon me," she asked calmly knowing that Timeus could punish her very easily.

"I was only following Destiny's orders in sending him back in time, and on top of that, we didn't direct him to summon any of the Gods. He just happened to be the first Summoner ever recorded so it was entirely up to him who to summon. Although given whom he was fighting and the amount of power he holds in that field should answer your question as to why you were summoned," Timeus explained.

"Fine," she said admitting defeat before turning back to the two mortals, "Do not fear for I hold no grudge against either of you. I also came here to tell you that should you be able to raise Atlantis once more it will flourish with the blessings of me and Civilia. Do not fret about that," she told them with a kind smile. They raised their faces to look at her and both had relieved smiles on their faces.

"Thank you for both your help in the past and those assurances your Majesty," Harry said to her with relief shining in his eyes. Nyx bid them to stand wordlessly and then gave them both a paternal hug.

"You do not need to thank me. I have been watching you throughout your life here. You deserve the happiness that it will bring," she told them as the shock wore off from the hug she had just given them. What shocked Timeus, Nyx, and Eliz was the fact that Harry went ahead and gave Nyx a hug in return.

"We do need to thank you for you not only saved us before but you are granting us what we have only dreamed would happen since we left Atlantis. We will be able to recreate our home," Harry told her before releasing her from the hug with unshed tears of joy in his eyes. Nyx herself had unshed tears in her eyes as she had never met a soul as pure as Harry.

Every person, no matter God or mortal, dark or light, that she had ever met was tainted in some way and none of them had been put through the things that Harry had had to endure. Not only was he abused as a child, but then he was thrust into a war he had no need to be a part in before coming home with the intention of saving those whom put him in the abusive situation first. Needless to say Harry was a remarkable young man and she was anxious to see what the future would bring for him and his soon to be wife.

"I must go, but thank you for your warm tidings and be assured that I will be watching over you and shall come to aide you should you ever need it without the need to summon me once again," she told him. Regardless of the fact that Harry wasn't a descendant of hers, or any God, she swore right then that she would do her best to protect him.

"We are in your debt," Harry and Eliz said before bowing at the waist. "Do not feel the need to be a stranger, either of you, you are both welcome to stop by for a visit no matter where we are living," Harry told them both.

"Thank you," Timeus and Nyx responded with a small bow of the head to show respect.

"I'll take you up on that offer sometime, it's not often that I get the chance to have some decent girl-talk," Nyx responded with a wink to Eliz.

"I suppose I'll have to come save you from that Harry," Timeus responded with a chuckle which set everyone off in giggles and laughs. "We must go now, but if you ever need us just call out to us. Whether it is just someone to talk to or should you be in danger."

"We will do that," Eliz said before giving Nyx a hug and following up by giving Timeus another one.

"Timeus make sure that you express our gratitude to Destiny and tell her that we would be honored if she were to come by sometime so we could thank her in person," Harry said while shaking Timeus' hand once Eliz had let go of him.

"I'll do that."

"Your Maj…," Harry began before getting cut off.

"Call me Nyx, both of you," she said kindly.

"Nyx, thank you again for everything and don't be a stranger," Harry said.

"You are both welcome," she said before disappearing.

"Likewise, it's not often that I meet people such as yourselves. You're welcome for what little I did and thank you for your invitations," Timeus said before disappearing in ether.

"Well my dear, shall we go home," Harry asked.

"It would be a pleasure," she responded as Harry hugged her before Apparating both of them to his flat.

(Break)

Once they arrived at Harry's flat he gave her a quick tour of the small living quarters, which were comparable to the rooms they had at Hogwarts the previous year in size, before they set down their trunks in the bedroom to await the unpacking after they had settled in a bit more.

"Harry?"

"Yes?"

"When can we get married," she asked somewhat nervously which Harry couldn't figure out why.

"Well, we can either go to the Magistrate as soon as I can make the appointment or we can wait a little while until we can plan a traditional wedding," he informed her, "As long as you're happy then I'm happy."

"Can we do both?"

"What do you mean," Harry asked somewhat confused.

"Can we go to the Magistrate thingy and get married now and then plan a regular wedding later on once everything has settled down and we have more people we can invite," she asked hopefully.

"If that's what you want then that's what we'll do," he told her before scooping her up in a big hug and twirling her around making her squeal. After setting her down they shared a passionate kiss before they both calmed down so they could plan a few things out. "I'll call the Magistrate tomorrow and get things scheduled, but if I remember right we'll need a couple of witnesses. I could call my friend Josh and he and his girlfriend to be our witnesses if you want."

"That will work perfectly," she told him while positively glowing.

"Now, as we'll have quite a few things to get accomplished I'll also let Josh know that I can't take the promotion and give him my resignation for the factory so I can help you out since we'll undoubtedly need to train people," he said thinking out loud to her.

"That sounds like a good plan, it's not like we're exactly hurting for money and you might even have a trust fund or something and an inheritance in Gringotts since you never went to Hogwarts when you were a kid," she agreed.

"I'll call Josh in the morning to arrange everything, I just remembered that it's Friday, I won't be able to call the Magistrate's office until Monday, I'm sorry hun," he told her.

"That's alright, I don't think two days will kill me," she said jokingly.

"We'll have to conjure some paperwork and identification for you so nobody questions your identity, but we won't be able to use your true name. We'll just have to use Samiz as your last name for now until we can get married," he told her while she just nodded in agreement not really caring for the specifics since she was finally getting to marry Harry. It's something that she had been dreaming of since shortly after they had started dating when she realized that she had fallen in love with him and him her. It was what caused her more feminine side to emerge after spending so much time as a warrior and fighting.

"When will we go back to Hogwarts and let them know that you're here," she asked.

"After we're married, then nobody can dispute that we are and try to make us live separately. In the past we had the whole mysterious thing going for us so they couldn't exactly say we weren't married, but now people know me and would know I'm not married so it's better to just go afterwards to save us the headache of having to fight Albus some more," he told her.

"Alright, but you're going to have to be under illusion charms when you're around someone you know because they won't recognize you as you are now," she told him.

"That sounds like a plan, let's go to bed for now," he told her before giving her a light kiss and leading her into the bedroom to get some sleep.

Next morning (POV change)

Josh woke up reeling from the dream he just had that seemed way too lifelike for him. He had dreamed that his girlfriend had taken him to a school for magic and that they told him that his friend was a person that they had thought was dead for 12 years. It took a few minutes for his mind to catch up to him before he remembered that it wasn't a dream and that had really happened! His mind was once again reeling from this information as he tried to assimilate this before he hopped out of bed to take a shower and get some breakfast so he could call Harry and talk to him about what was going on. Once he had finished breakfast he tracked down his cordless phone, which he lost constantly, and dialed Harry's flat.

"Hello?"

"Harry," Josh asked.

"Yeah, who's this?"

"It's Josh, what, you hit your head," Josh joked his friend.

"Not quite, just got into a car crash," Harry replied with a laugh.

"Suuure ya did."

"No, seriously, my git of an Uncle nearly killed me," Harry told him which caused Josh to pale as he saw the list of injuries in the paper. There was no way that Harry should've been out of the hospital yet.

"How'd you get out of the hospital? You were nearly dead when they brought you in," Josh asked nearly hysterical, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Josh, don't worry, I let myself out."

"How on Earth did you manage that? You were in critical condition," Josh asked quite scared.

"I felt fine when I woke up so I left," Harry told him.

"Harry, do you remember me telling you about my girlfriend Hermione?"

"Yeah, oh, speaking of which, do you think you and her could be witnesses at my wedding later this week provided I can get a Magistrate to officiate that soon?"

"Married? What the bloody hell are you talking about," Josh asked now ready to faint.

"I'll explain later if you agree," Harry replied mischievously.

"Of course Harry."

"Oh, and Josh, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to turn down that promotion. I have some things that need to be taken care of immediately. I don't know how long they'll take," Harry informed him.

"That's alright Harry, I know a little bit about what's going on, and you can take as long as you need off of work to get things taken care of," Josh replied.

"How much do you know about what's going on," Harry asked somewhat apprehensively.

"Hermione is a Witch," Josh said in way of explanation, "I should start at the beginning. Hermione took me to see her employer who's the Headmaster at a school for wizards and witches. He told me that they thought you died 12 years ago after you suppressed your magic somehow."

"Josh, have you been drinking this morning," Harry asked going along with the idea that he didn't know anything about the magical world.

"No, I'm being serious. I didn't believe it when Hermione first told me she was a witch until she proved it to me by doing some magic with her wand. Anyway, they told me that if your magic is released without you knowing how to control it that you could possibly hurt yourself or someone else," Josh explained.

"I still think you're nuts, but I'll go along with this for now. We'll go to meet this Headmaster guy after the wedding okay," Harry compromised.

"Alright Harry, sounds like we both have some things that we need to explain a little better, like where you met this girl and why I didn't know about her," Josh replied jokingly, "Why go to a Magistrate though, why not do the whole regular wedding?"

"We'll do the traditional wedding later on, but we wanted to get married now to avoid any problems that might creep up. You'll understand why later," Harry told his friend.

"I'll trust you on that, why don't you give me a call later this afternoon and we can meet up for lunch," Josh asked.

"Sounds good, I'll talk to you later on today. Oh, is it alright if I bring Eliz," Harry asked.

"Sure, I'll bring Hermione with me as well so you can get to know her," Josh responded, "Talk to you later Harry. Bye."

"Bye Josh."

Josh hung up the phone even more confused now then he was when he woke up. He knew that was Harry on the phone that he just talked to, but at the same time he didn't act like the Harry that he knew. The Harry he was just talking to seemed a lot more open, as if the years with the Dursleys never happened. I only hope he isn't pretending to be alright after what happened in my office Thursday, Josh thought to himself before calling Hermione's.

"Hello," the reassuring voice of his girlfriend sounded through the receiver.

"Hello Hermione."

"Josh, is that you," she asked.

"Yeah, it's me. Could you come over, I just talked to Harry and there are some things that I need to talk to you about, and I also wanted to know if you wanted to go out to lunch with him and his fiancé later today," he asked.

"Sure, I'll be right over, I'll see you in a minute," she said before hanging up only to appear next to him with a pop. "What's up," she asked while hugging him.

"You might want to sit down," he told her.

"Alright," she replied cautiously before sitting next to him in the dining room.

"As I told you on the phone I just talked to Harry, and he has somewhat agreed to go to Hogwarts to meet with Albus," Josh told her.

"What do you mean 'somewhat'," she asked nervously.

"Well, he had conditions," he began slowly not sure quite how to put what he was suppose to say.

"What conditions," Hermione asked prodding him to continue now.

"Well, the most shocking of them was that I have to be a witness at his wedding, not that I really mind, but I didn't even know he had a girlfriend," Josh rambled.

"What do you mean you didn't even know he had a girlfriend?"

"I told you all about him before Hermione," Josh responded, "He mostly keeps to himself and rarely asks the questions that are needed to really get to know someone. The times that we did manage to set him up on dates they managed to go horribly wrong as he wouldn't open up to any of them."

"I don't see where you're going with this Josh," she told him.

"Ok, imagine this; you went out on a date with someone who was pretty much a brick wall when it came to his emotions. You couldn't tell what he was feeling, what he was even thinking, and conversations were like pulling teeth while trying to get to know him as he would not ask any questions unless forced to do so. What would you think?"

"I would think he was a real prat that wasn't interested in me anyway before leaving," she told him before comprehension dawned on her.

"He really is a great guy, and he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but you can't find that out until you get past that initial stage which is mighty difficult. Plus, why would he let us set him up on dates when he has a girlfriend or a fiancé? See why I'm confused about that now," he asked.

"Of course," she responded, "What other conditions?"

"Other than that it was just stuff I can handle which is taking care of things at work for him like filing the paperwork so he doesn't have the promotion and putting in a leave of absence because he says he has some other things that needs to be taken care of. Speaking of which, I never did find out what that was, I knew he would have things to take care of, but as he didn't know about the whole magic issue I can't comprehend what else he would have."

"Maybe we can find out at lunch later," she suggested.

"Sounds good," he replied much happier before he looked confused once again.

"What's going on in your mind now," she asked with a giggle.

"Do you remember that article yesterday about the car accident," he asked her.

"Of course, it's what started this whole escapade," she replied.

"Harry was the one that Dursley hit with his car," he told her, "But the funny thing is, he told me that when he woke up he felt fine and he let himself out of the hospital."

"Oh no," she gasped, "His magic must have been released! That's the only way he could've been healed so quickly is if his magic did it for him!"

"That's not good," Josh replied, "He pretty much made it clear that he wouldn't go anywhere until he was married."

"But…But what if we told him that his magic could harm his fiancé," she asked him desperately.

"There's a good possibility, but he didn't seem as surprised as he should've been nor as worried as I know he normally would be about that when I talked to him," Josh responded, "Something tells me he knew and did something to prevent that."

"We'll find out at lunch," she told him praying to Merlin that they could convince Harry to go to Hogwarts early.

As it turned out they couldn't convince him. When they met up with Harry and Eliz later that day she found out that Eliz was a witch and was told that she had placed some temporary blocks on him that were just enough to hold his power at bay until after their wedding. After much futile begging Harry told them point blank that he wouldn't go anywhere until after he and Eliz were wed, at which point Josh informed her that there was no use arguing. Once Harry decided something he was as stubborn as a pit-bull with a bone, that simile made Harry and Eliz laugh a bit. Josh agreed to be a witness to the wedding if everything was explained once the meeting with Albus was finished to which Harry whole-heartedly agreed. In fact, he told Josh and Hermione, that explanations would most likely come during the meeting. This confused them, but they decided they would wait and find out. They parted agreeing to meet after Harry had scheduled the wedding with the Magistrate so they could pick up some simple wedding outfits for the day.

A/N: Well, that's it for this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it! This chapter is un-betaed, and right now I'm not sure if I want to go back to having every chapter betaed or not. I'm thankful to Thanach for doing the work he did on the previous story, but I'm the impatient type. I like to update when I've finished a chapter instead of waiting for it to be finished. So I'm putting it up to a vote, I want everyone to let me know if this chapter's grammar, spelling, etc… is noticeably worse than the chapters that were betaed in the previous story. I did the work to beta this chapter myself, so I want everyone to be honest. If ya'll want me to go back to having someone beta I will, if Thanach will do the work for me once again. Let me know people, please!