Harry Potter: Shadows of Tomorrow

Chapter 102: Confrontation in the Maze



"Now Harry" Molly spoke softly, hoping to regain control of the situation "it's not like that"

"You see Bill" Harry continued "me and Ginny were already in love with each other, we fell for each other when we first met in Diagon Alley"

"Diagon Alley?" Ron was more confused than usual "you met on the train!"

"That's what I let you believe, I'm not sure if you remember but let me try to help you. You insult Ginny one day, Ginny gets upset and runs off before becoming lost. Then she meets a boy who she spends some time with before reuniting with her 'lovely' family"

"Ron" Ginny smiled "meet Harold Smith"

"That blonde boy we ran into" Bill explained to the still confused Ron

"Oh"

"Now" Harry continued with the story "Harold who is me sends a letter to young Ginny, one of his house elves see the letter get delivered but then her dear old mother takes the letter and rips it before slapping her daughter" Molly was nearly white by this point

"So then the boy makes a vow, he decides to help the only person who had ever treated with kindness and sneaked into the house daily and helped make her life easier and other time the two confirmed that they definitely loved each other"

"Soon it's time for Hogwarts" Ginny now told the story "the two met on the train and pretended to just meet for the first time and they went about the school year as normal as they could. During the second year they become boyfriend and girlfriend and find out about a horrible contract designed to steal Harry's money. Fortunately they knew a way around that, get married before we become of age so the contract is not completed and therefore broken"

"Nice" Bill whispered, he knew all about contracts and that was a simple but effective way to break one.

"Thank you" Harry and Ginny replied at the exact same time

"But you can't get married at your age without parental consent!" Molly argued

"Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve for it" Harry quoted his wife who beamed at the fact "needless to say we found a way, a rather brilliant way I might add. Unbreakable so you can't do anything about it no matter how hard you try and doesn't need parental consent for it to work"

"What? How?" Bill asked, Ginny wasn't surprised that he was more curious than angry

"Sorry Bill" She replied "we want to tell you but we'd rather keep it secret for now"

"Okay" He smiled "but I expect to know as soon as possible"

"I bet you two aren't even married" Ron piped up

"And I'd bet you're an idiot" Harry responded "difference is I'd win money from my bet. Speaking of money, from now on the only Weasley that gets any of my money is Ginny."

"Harry!" Molly sounded horrified

"I've made my decision and I'm sticking with it" Harry replied "tell me my lovely wife, do you approve of my decision?"

"I love it" Ginny did her best not to laugh at her mother's face.

"As soon as school is finished you will come straight home young lady!" Molly ordered

"I don't think I will" Ginny placed her head against Harry's shoulder "you see thanks to our marriage, me and my husband are considered of age so technically I can do what I want. And I want to move in with Harry"

"Are you sure?" Bill asked

"Hell yeah" Ginny immediately replied "I love Harry and would live with him in the muggle world if it meant staying with him. Plus I've always wanted to see his house, he told me all about it. He's got a quidditch pitch, lots of animals and more than fifty house elves. I won't have to do another chore or clean anything for the rest of my life" Harry saw that Ron looked a bit jealous.

"If you're going then I insist that you invite me along as well" Molly demanded

"Let's think" Harry and Ginny appeared to be in thought for a while "nah" they both replied.

"Listen here"

"No you listen" Harry interrupted her with a cold and deadly voice "I feel sorry for Ginny, I never had to stomach you for as long as she did. But let me make two things clear, your constant shouting and your voice in general is annoying. The second thing is I do whatever it takes to make Ginny happy, if that means helping her get away from you then so be it. But I should warn you, interfere in Ginny's happiness means happiness plummets as well and that last time I was really unhappy I took Dumbledore to court and nearly cost him his reputation and all of his money.

Now, let me ask you a question, Mrs Weasley. What do you think will happen if I get unhappy with you? If you need me to put this in perspective I was relatively calm every time I put your son in the hospital wing" Molly was about to retort when the sheer power emanating from Harry shut her up.

'Harry you're scaring everyone'

'Sorry' Harry lowered his power.

"Bill" Ginny spoke up "how about you walk with me and Harry and we show you how much Hogwarts has changed?"

"An excellent idea" Bill smiled before the three of them walked out, leaving a stunned but furious Molly Weasley and her son who had a similar reaction.

"For what it's worth I support you two" Bill whispered as they walked around "you to love and care for each other and that's good enough"

"Thanks Bill" Ginny hugged him

"Yeah it means a lot" Harry added

"No problem" Bill replied "just promise to take of each other and treat each other right. Out of curiosity who also knows? About your marriage?"

"Remus and Sirius" Harry replied "a few teachers, all of my house elves and I'm guessing all of the Hogwarts house elves, the twins as well and a few choice friends. Although I imagine now everyone in the school is going to know it."

"True" Ginny agreed "you'd figure people would have better things to do than gossip about us"

"Well you two are quite interesting" Bill grinned. Harry and Ginny looked at each other.

"True" They eventually agreed.

Soon came the day of the third task, all three champions gathered by the maze. Victor and Fleur were nervous, not for themselves as they knew that they were throwing the match. But for Harry, they knew that he was very well planning to face Voldermort within a few minutes time. Ron was also nervous, it dawned on him that he'd probably come last just like in the other tasks.

Harry looked around, he saw Ginny and his friends cheering for him. He also saw Bill waving and Mrs Weasley scowling and glaring at him. So, naturally as a sensible person he decided to blow her a kiss and wink at her before tapping his wedding finger.

"I hope you're ready ladies and gentlemen" Bagman exclaimed from his microphone "first Mr Potter will enter as he has a ten minute lead thanks to the previous task. Prepare yourself Mr Potter"

And Harry did, he prepared to start running. He mentally prepared himself for possible scenarios. His eyes it with determination and focus so strong that the other competitors couldn't help feel impressed. Even Ron who now looked absolutely petrified.

"Begin!" A voice exclaimed

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