The Real Harry Potter

Harry was calmly walking along the lake, enjoying the peaceful and calm atmosphere. Today was his last day in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, tomorrow he would be returning home so he could face the rest of the world. Harry didn't really know how to describe what he was feeling, it felt like finishing a big book, only to know you had to write another.

"Harry!" Tonks called, Harry turned around to see Tonks, Sirius and Fleur all walking towards him.

"Hey guys," Harry smiled before pulling each of them into individual hugs. "I'm so glad you're here."

"And miss your graduation ceremony? Never!" Sirius said as he clapped Harry on the back.

"You're going to behave yourself?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow at Sirius.

"Yes he is," Tonks grinned before Sirius could reply. "old Bonesy will be here to keep an eye on him."

"Yeah," Sirius rolled his eyes. "and unlike my lovely godson over here, I can't survive any and all spells."

"I can't 'survive any and all spells'," This time it was Harry who rolled his eyes. Harry raised his left hand and allowed his palm to change and become covered in green scales, "my skin can become thick enough to let me survive most spells, but that would hardly matter if I got roasted in fiendfyre." Harry said as his skin changed back. "Besides, you can do it as well if you happen to have a spare basilisk around." Harry added.

The secret to Harry's incredible ability to survive so many spells without injury came from a secret ritual invented by not just Salazar Slytherin, but also Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Godric Gryffindor. According to the books in the chamber of secrets, Merlin had used this very ritual. It had involved a lot of blood, hours of chanting, a few rare ingredients, nearly all the energy Harry had possessed and the complete trust of a magical creature.

That was preciously why Tom Riddle had never done the ritual, he could provide all of the requirements apart from the last one. The basilisk that Tom had access to didn't completely trust Riddle, nor did Riddle completely trust the basilisk. Harry had been able to do it with the help of Selena who naturally trusted him as he was her father as far as she was concerned. The ritual granted him the ability to transform his skin, covering it in basilisk scales.

If Harry had taken the ritual all the way then he could have gotten the basilisk death stare and teeth, but he had chosen not to do that. He didn't go for the teeth, because he couldn't risk someone seeing them, he also thought it was unnecessary, not to mention he didn't really want to feel what it would be like to accidently bite your tongue or the inside of your cheek with basilisk teeth. Harry had also chosen not to get the killer death stare of the basilisk for obvious reasons, mostly because he didn't want to accidently kill someone by looking at them.

"I'm so proud of you," Fleur said as she kissed Harry on the cheek. "you've grown so much from the skinny boy you used to be." She smiled at him.

"Thanks Fleur." Harry smiled at her. "Word's don't describe how happy I am to have you all with me."

"Oh, you flatterer." Tonks smiled back as she ruffled his hair. "You can properly express your gratitude later when we get rid of the old dog for some alone time."

"Hey! I'm not old!" Sirius objected as the others laughed while walking away. "I'm not!" He added as he followed the others towards the castle.

At the end of the graduation ceremony it was reveled that Harry had taken the place for top student of the year while also getting the highest score for his year on his newt exams, something which didn't really please Hermione Granger.

Speaking of Hermione, after Hogwarts she had gone to work at the ministry. She had originally tried to work to make a law that would force people to free their house elves, unfortunately for her that didn't work as well as she would have liked. She was barely able to get some laws to prevent abuse of house elves before she found herself working in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office, which she eventually became the head of. Her job was hardly the best paying, nor was it what she desired seeing as her original plan was to become the first muggleborn Minister of Magic. As far as she was concerned it was not fair for her to have such a low paying job and a failed marriage with Ron Weasley while Harry had two beautiful partners and was working at Hogwarts. Hermione would eventually grow old and die alone, with nobody but her pet cats for company.

If Hermione thought that she had it bad then that was nothing compared to Ron Weasley, Ron had never completed his last year at Hogwarts thanks to being expelled. Apparently there were too many complaints about him resorting to violence when getting angry, angry being something he often became, Ron in his last year had tried attacking many Slytherin's because they were 'evil death eaters'. He had also bullied a few younger years into doing his homework for him, the fact that he tried to attack 'savior of the wizarding world' did not help matters in any way or form. After school he and Hermione had gotten married and then Ron had to suffer through a new collection of problems.

The first being how difficult it was for him to get a job, for some reason the Chudley Cannon's wouldn't let him play on their team, he couldn't imagine why. At one point he was able to get a job working for the twins but after a few months they grew tired of his behavior at work and fired him. He had tried to get both Bill and Charlie to give him a job, both brothers quickly refused as their jobs were dangerous and they were not going to bring someone as unqualified as Ron to work with them. That was how Ron ended up going to Percy and his father for a job, the best the pair were able to get him was a janitor job. It was simply because nobody wanted to hire someone who had gotten expelled from Hogwarts, especially one who had attacked Harry Potter. Ron was convinced that Harry was constantly sabotaging his attempts at getting a job.

Ron's lack of jobs was connected to one of his main problems with Hermione, as far as Ron was concerned it was the husband's job to bring in the money while the wife stayed home and cooked, that was the way that Molly Weasley had raised him after all. Hermione had disagreed with that, something which lead to a large amount of arguments. Eventually the whole marriage just became the two arguing constantly until one night when Ron had gotten angry enough to call her a 'mudblood', that was the night that Hermione left to go get a divorce. Ron would grow old and eventually die in the burrow which was left to him by his parents.

Though life wasn't bad for everyone, Sirius had gotten married to Amelia Bones and when he wasn't spending time working at the ministry or with Amelia then he would be Harry's proxy at the Wizengamot. Fleur on the other hand had a very successful career as a curse breaker, she would eventually become Lady Potter and would give birth to two kids, one boy called James Potter and a girl called Victoire Potter. Tonk's became Lady Black and continued to have a good career in the auror department, and would give birth to a few children of her own. One would be a boy called Teddy Potter, a girl called Lily Potter and a third girl that was named Astoria Potter.

After Hogwarts Harry had made a name for himself on the quidditch pitch when he wasn't trying to get his defense mastery, he had switched between a few teams and proved that it was his skill and not his fame that earned him his spots on the teams. After Harry had gotten his mastery he had been prepared to quit quidditch when what else but the world cup came around the corner, Harry stayed as a quidditch player just long enough to play for England at the cup. It was a close match but England had won, the celebrations lasted for days.

After that Harry had gotten a job as the DADA professor at Hogwarts, something which made most people happy, after all their children were getting taught by the defeater of Voldemort who would also help look after the school. Harry would also attend Wizengamot meetings when he could, but sent Sirius when he couldn't. Between the two of them, plus their allies, they were able to improve many laws, making life easier for many people, including but not limited to muggleborns and werewolves.

Harry would also end up eventually becoming Hogwarts Headmaster Potter, he lived to an old age, enjoying each and every moment that his life had to offer. He would spend his last few years at Hogwarts, apart from his last year which he spent with family.

One week after his death a statue was created in his honor, many books were written about him. Some people would happily talk about how they knew what many considered to be the greatest wizard of their age. It was hard to find a person in magical Britain who didn't know about the Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived who became the man-who-conquered.

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