Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or it's character JKR is the owner and I thank her for allowing me to play in her world

A/N: This is my firtst fan fic and I would appreciate you taking the time and reviewing. I would like to say this story was inspired by many fics I have read but mostly inspired by the fic Harry Potter and the Bonds of Time and Bonds of TimeII by Vance McGill also the beginning and parts of the story was inspired by Harry Potter and The Gift of Time by DarkPhoenix89

Chapter 1:

The ringing in his head was enough to wake him from the wonderful dream he was having and that irked him the most. Now waking up he felt some weight on his chest and he looked down and saw a head of fiery red hair that belonged to the most beautiful witch he had every laid eyes upon. Now if this would have been any other time in the six years previous this would be odd to the young man but for the past six years this was a common occurrence for him to wake up with her in his arms especially for the past four years since he made her his wife.

The young wizard untangled himself from his wife and went to the bathroom that was attached to the master suite that he called his bedroom. He turned on the shower and quickly got clean so he could start his day and once he was dried off he looked in the mirror. Staring back at him from the mirror was a young man with handsome features that were accompanied by an athletically build and a height of six feet. The man in the mirror had medium length messy black hair and emerald green eyes. And just under the fringe of said hair was the most famous scare in the entire wizarding world in the shape of a lightning bolt. The man in the mirror was the now twenty four year old Harry Potter.

"Harry?"' Ginny called from the bedroom.

"In here Gin" Harry called back staring at his reflection in the mirror.

Ginny stood in the doorway leering at her husband with loving eyes.

"What?" Harry asked with a bewildered look on his face.

"Nothing. Happy Birthday Harry" Ginny said wrapping her arms around Harry's neck and soundly kissing him on the lips.

"Well it sure is now" laughed Harry as he kissed his wife again on the lips with vigor.

"So what are you doing today?" Ginny asked.

"You know I have to work today" Harry said knowing full well his wife was aware of his daily schedule.

"You really have to work on you birthday? You can't just skive off and say you are sick?" Ginny asked for the hundredth time in the past two days.

"Gin you know I can't the department is swamped and Robards won't let anyone have any time off even if it is for the Boy Who Lived" Harry stated using the nickname he hated most in the world.

"I know you have told me over and over for the past two days. I just thought maybe you would decide to just forgo work and stay around here with me." Said Ginny after pouting at Harry.

"Usually with you looking at me like that I cannot refuse to skive off work but not today dear. I am one of the top Aurors and they need me to be there for the most dangerous jobs." Harry told her.

It was true Harry was the most powerful wizard in the entire wizarding world. He had trained very hard after the Battle of Hogwarts returning to finish his seventh year of education and gaining to marks in all his NEWT's and after finding out about his inheritance and moving him and Ginny into Potter Manor he found his grandfather's library that contained many tomes of magic and Harry soaked it all up like a sponge. He could do any of the spells from any of the ancient books with powerful results. He had also learned how to do wand-less magic and cast spells nonverbally.

Once he joined the Auror division he decided that giving Occlumency another go was very wise and he mastered that along with Legilimency. This made Harry one of the most respected Aurors in the Ministry along with one of the most feared. Harry had helped round up all the Death Eaters that had escaped during the Battle of Hogwarts and was instrumental in the convictions and sentencing of many of the supporters of Voldemort.

The trials were long and very arduous for Harry the first being Fenrir Greyback. Harry had personally captured the vicious werewolf and had taken great pride in bringing in the tormentor of his father's friend. He found the vicious man in a cave in southern Wales and after a great fight in which he was only mildly strained and only received a minor cut to his left arm, due to a Diffindo spell, other than that Harry really had no real injuries from the conflict. Fenrir on the other hand was badly injured when he angered Harry by taunting him about Remus and Harry had taken his anger out on the bastard.

When he made it to trial the beaten werewolf was a shell of his former vicious and scary self. The beaten man was led in to the courtroom in front of the Wizengamot he was no longer as large or muscular a figure as he once had been and he was not as brazen or bold in his demeanor either. The man was beaten down and that was due to him being in the high security cell at Azkaban under the watchful guard of the Dementors, they had been hired back to watch only the most high priority cells in the prison and were not allowed to leave the cell blocks in which they patrolled.. No this man was a shell of his former self and seeing this Harry was very pleased.

In the end the former werewolf leader was sentenced to 7 consecutive life terms in Azkaban and if deemed necessary the Dementors kiss. Harry also sat in on the trials of Draco, Narcissa, and Lucius Malfoy. The Narcissa and Draco were found not to be major players in the Death Eater ranks and were sentenced to 4 years of probation in which they would be watched by the Ministry and would have to serve no more than 400 hours of community service for their part in the Second War as it was being called. Lucius on the other hand was not as lucky he was found guilty of being a Death Eater and multiple crimes against the wizarding world including treason and bribery. His sentence was 3 life terms in Azkaban and all his possessions being immediately turned over to his wife and son.

"Harry?" Ginny called to her husband that seemed to be lost in thought of the past for a while but snapped out of it and gave his wife a smug smile.

"Sorry Gin just lost in thought there for a second" Harry said with the grin still on his face.

Harry finished getting ready for work and along with a now showered and dressed Ginny made their way down to the kitchen of the Manor to have some breakfast and talk before Harry had to leave for the Ministry.

When they entered the kitchens they were greeted by Kreacher and another elf that had been taking care of Potter Manor since Lily and James had left to go into hiding by the name of Delfy. The elf was just as small as Kreacher but had kinder gentler features and he also was a lot like Dobby was. The two elves tended to the Potters every need and only were required to take Sundays off for their work, a stipulation made by Harry. They were very well taken care of as far as house elves were concerned.

"Does Master Harry wish for Kreacher to fetch his bag for work?" Kreacher asked Harry and harry nodded in the positive and with a pop Kreacher disappeared, a second later he was back with a satchel that he hung on the back of the chair Harry was seated in at the quaint kitchen table with his wife eating the eggs, bacon, and sausage prepared for them by Delfy.

"So do you think anything "interesting" is going to happen at work today?" Ginny asked in a speculative voice. She knew her husband worked at a very dangerous job and worried a lot about Harry whenever he went to work.

"Nah I will probably just be doing paperwork all day to catch up on cases." Harry said waving off the comment of his worried wife. She gave him a small nod but was still not convinced he was completely safe when he went to the office.

"If anything happens I promise you Gin I will come back to you. I always do don't I?" Harry asked with a smirk on his face, a look he knew would melt her and comfort her at the same time.

"I know you always come back to me, but I worry one day you won't and I will be heartbroken" Ginny said a tear running down her cheek.

Harry left his seat and took his wife in his arms and embraced her and kissed her on the top of her head. She always felt safe when Harry would hold her like this and some of her worry began to melt away with his loving embrace.

"Gin don't worry I am sure you will not have anything to worry about while I am at work" Harry said reassuring his love.

"I know I am just being silly like usual" Ginny said with a small laugh. Harry kissed her on the lips and turned to the fire place to Floo to work. He turned to her and smiled and said "I love you Ginny Potter and don't you ever forget that"

She smiled at him and said "I know and I love you to Harry" and with that he threw the green powder in to the emerald flames and stated "Ministry of Magic" in a calm firm voice.

Harry spun in the network passing grate after grate until his feet firmly met the floor of the grate in the atrium of the Ministry of Magic. Harry stepped out of the fireplace and quickly joined the throng of workers heading to the respective departments. Harry entered a lift and was quickly tapped on the shoulder. Turning to see who had done this he was greeted by his father-in-law who was beaming at him.

"Good morning dad how is mum doing?" Harry asked Arthur.

"Molly is fine how is my little girl and favorite son-in-law doing?" Arthur said with a smile.

"Dad I am your only son-in-law" Harry joked with him and both laughed at his comment.

"Gin is fine she was worried about me leaving for work this morning per usual but she was happy when I left." Harry informed his father-in-law.

"Good, Good" Arthur said "By the way Harry happy birthday lad" Arthur finished.

"Thanks dad I hope it turns out to be a happy one and not an abysmal one." Harry said half joking when the lift stopped and the voice informed the occupants that they were at his floor.

Harry said good bye to Arthur and made his way to the Aurors office down the hall from the lifts. Once inside of the office he made his way to his own personal office and sat down at his desk looking to see if he had any new messages or orders to take care of this morning. After finding no such thing he began to catch up on the paperwork that was piling up on the corner of his desk. About that time an inner Ministry note floated in to the office and onto Harry's desk. He opened it and read:

Auror Potter

Could you please report to my office as soon as possible? I have a matter that needs your expertise to take care of at your earliest convenience.

Kingsley Shackelbolt

Minister of Magic

Harry finished the note and put away his quill and the paperwork he had just started and left the office and made his way to the first floor where the Ministers office is located. He exited the lifts and went down the hall and entered the door with the plaque that read in gold lettering "Offices of the Minister of Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt, Senior Undersecretary P. Weasley". Once inside Harry looked around the waiting area the room was a good sized room and it had two doors one to the left past the large oak desk where a witch sat, apparently Kingsley's assistant, on the other side was another door with a plaque that stated it was Percy's office.

Harry made his way to the assistants desk and stated "Auror Potter here to see the Minister."

The assistant looked up at Harry and nodded and went to the large golden double doors that led into the Minister's office and stuck her head in. Harry could just hear her say that there was an Auror Potter here to see him then he could make out a muffled reply from within the office in the positive. The witch turned to Harry and ushered him into the office with a smile on her face and left him just inside the doors.

Harry took in his surroundings a subconscious habit he had picked up in his time as an Auror. The room was very opulent it had wood paneling from floor to ceiling in honey oak and prominent in the room was a grand fire place that was made out of obsidian and shone in the light of the small fire within. The other major focus point in the room was the massive honey oak desk that was where a large bald headed man was sitting smiling hugely at Harry and motioned for Harry to take one of the comfy looking armchairs in front of his desk.

"Good you got my note. Thank you Harry for coming in such a timely fashion" Kingsley stated.

"No problem Minister I just got to the office and was not really that busy at the time"

Kingsley's smile grew even larger after this statement. "Well Harry the reason we are meeting is because I have a job for you to do and it is of a high priority. We just received word that there was a murder in Surrey." At this Harry was shocked. His Aunt and Uncle lived in Surrey and Harry began to wonder if it was they who had been murdered. Kingsley must have noticed the look on Harry's face cause he hastily included "it was not your family Harry. It was an older couple from a prominent wizarding family by the name of Williams" Harry blew out the breathe he didn't realize he was holding at the time.

"So what do you need me to do it seems if you found them you have the murderers in custody and I would not be needed" Harry asked.

"Well Harry as I said they were a prominent family and the last of said family and what I was wanting you to do is go and head up the raid of the home and insure the items that are obtained are safe and that they are collected by our members and not some salvage expert like Dung" Harry scowled remembering the cowardly former member of the Order.

"Ok that sounds like something I should be able to handle give me the location and I will head there now. Is the Detection and Confiscation Department going to be joining me or are the un-speakables going to be obtaining any of the artifacts from the home?" Harry asked.

"Well I think both will be there. I have already sent Arthur a note stating he should meet you in the atrium so you should probably meet him there and make your way from there to the location in Surrey" said Kingsley with that Harry got up from his chair and shook hands with the man and left for the atrium.

Once the lift door opened Harry scanned the area for his red-headed father-in-law which he spotted almost immediately. He made his way to Arthur and greeted him.

"Hey dad I guess you got Kingsley's note?"

"Yes and I was very surprised do you know exactly what he wants us to do?" ask Arthur.

"Not really he just said that we were going to Surrey to take into custody the belongings of a wizarding couple that was murdered. Apparently they were a prominent family by the name of Williams." Harry finished and looked at Arthur.

Arthur frowned and explained to Harry that the Williams family was an old wizard family that was close to both the Potters and the Weasley's for years and were of the same mind when it came to Muggles and Muggleborns. They were very wealthy and very well respected. He bowed his head in silence for a few seconds then snapped up and said "Shall we" to Harry and disapperated.

Harry followed closely behind and appeared shortly behind Arthur in front of a set of large wrought iron gates with a large W in the center where the gates met. With a wave of his hand the gates opened and the two made their way up to the large manor house that was very similar to the home Harry and Ginny shared outside of Godrics Hollow.

The house was three stories tall with large pillars in the front. The whole house was made out of white marble and it shone in the morning sun. You could feel the magic that was surrounding and contained within this home. Harry was taken aback by the feeling of such power radiating from all around him in that minute.

They made their way to the front doors and were met by two men who nodded to Arthur and glanced at Harry. Harry recognized the two men as being members of Arthur's division at the Ministry. They greeted Arthur and Harry and the four men made their way inside once there one of the men turned to Harry and said "the spook in is the basement and said you should meet him there" the man shuddered at the reference to "spook" cause the un-speakables were very mysterious and nobody really spoke to them. Harry had been in contact with a few so they really did not bother him too much though he had to admit they were a bit creepy.

Harry left Arthur and his crew to take care of the upper floors while he made his way to the basement of the property. Once there he found the man who he was to meet and was happy it was one he had many dealings with in situations like these.

"Hey Croaker" Harry greeted the man with a firm handshake and a smile.

"Ah Auror Potter I figured you would be the one they sent for this mission" Croaker said to Harry with as big a grin on his face.

"This is a big one they have many interesting artifacts down here with a few protective curses and spells on them" Croaker informed.

"I will be careful so how far have you gotten down here" Harry asked looking around the cavernous basement. It had to be at least the size of a regulation Quidditch pitch and 20 feet tall.

"Just this shelving unit I am at now, but not too much here just books on old magic's and some amulets" stated Croaker.

Harry made his way down the room to the other end where he would start cataloging and obtaining the artifacts to take back to the Ministry once they were finished. He found many books and a few of them seemed like something he might find back in his library back home that belonged to his grandfather and father. He found many dark magic detecting devices and began to wonder just what Mr. Williams and his family did for a living. He could not recall any Williams in the Auror department when he was there, but thought he must have been there years ago maybe when his grandfather was an Auror. As Harry had found out later that his father's father was a very well respected Auror at one time.

Harry continued to look through the shelves and every now and again he would have to break a protective spell on an object or remove a curse from another. After a few hours and many shelves he took a break to check up on the progress of the others in the residence. He passed Croaker just as something caught his eye on a shelf. The object was made of solid gold and looked like a huge flat hourglass. Harry walked over to the object and sensing the protective magic surrounding it cast a quick spell and incantation to remove it. He reached out with his non wand hand and picked up the object and immediately wished he had not touched it cause as soon as the fingers of his left hand clasped the object he had a feeling of traveling by portkey and was soon engulfed in blackness. Harry felt himself stop traveling and he could not tell exactly what had happened but he had the strongest feeling that whatever happened was not good at all. He dreaded opening his eyes for fear of what he would find once he did. He knew he couldn't put it off any more so he slowly opened his eyes to find his vision was blurry. "This can't be right my vision hasn't been like this for 4 years" it was true Harry had his eye sight fixed four years ago when the healers at St. Mungo's perfected the process and it helped in his job as an Auror not having to worry about losing his glasses. He felt around and found a pair of plastic rimmed glasses and placed them on his face bringing in to clarity his surroundings. "Ginny is going to kill me" is all Harry said as he passed out at the sight of his surroundings.