Chapter 17: The Engagement

Two months had passed since they'd moved to Grimmauld Place -- since Colin had become a girl -- because that's what she was, even though she had no vagina.  Colin was no longer the immature boy that she'd been.  She'd grown up since they'd been living together. 

Harry had no doubt that Colin should have been born a girl.  It was too bad that her parents hadn't used a TS potion on her years ago.  Since she'd assumed the role of a girl, she no longer acted like an immature boy.  Being a boy had probably always been alien to her; she'd never known how to act like a boy.  Being a girl came natural.  She no longer had to act.  Instead, having recently turned sixteen, she was no different from any other sixteen year-old girl.  Oh, Ginny played the role better, but she'd been playing it all her life.  Colin had for only a couple of months.

He loved her.  There was nothing artificial about Colin.  What you saw was what you got.  In some ways, maybe it was better that she hadn't been a girl all her life, because she never played the games so many girls played, such as using sex to get her way.  Colin loved to have Harry fuck her.  She NEVER turned him down.  If anyone said, no, it was Harry.

How could Harry not love her?  All she wanted was to please him.  All she -- and Harry thought it appropriate to call Colin, she -- wanted was Harry's love.

Colin either wore dresses or went naked about the house.  Her breasts had stopped growing,  but they were big enough to jiggle when she walked.  Harry loved looking at her.  It didn't matter she had no vagina.  Her bum was all he needed.  Besides, Colin's bare crotch still turned Harry on. 

Two months, though.  That made five since Harry had mixed the potion.  In love again, Harry rarely thought about Ginny; and sex with Colin was as good as it had been with her.  But -- he only had one month left and that all would change.  In one month, he would have neither cock or balls. 

He'd found a way to satisfy Colin afterward.  He could use a dildo spell.  It would grow a penis on him temporarily.  Colin wouldn't be able to tell the difference.  It would seem like a real penis to her, but Harry would feel nothing.  Although made of flesh, it might just as well be made of wood, for all Harry would feel.  At least he could make love to Colin.  Having an orgasm himself was only part of love making.

At least he would be able to use a potion which would maintain his male hormone level, so he could still be aroused.  He hadn't been able to use it when Ron had used the Infantiliamus spell on him.  Madam Pomfrey had told him it would interfere with his sexual development; that, if he used it, his genitals would never age properly.  Since he would have no genitals that wouldn't be a problem.

Although Harry knew his conflict with Voldemort was far from being settled, he thought he an Colin deserved some kind of a normal life -- and they hadn't been attacked since coming to Grimmauld Place.  He had to keep Colin close to protect her; he loved her; and Colin loved him.  Why shouldn't they be married?

"Will you marry me?" he asked her that morning..

"Oh, yes, Harry," Colin had answered, "but how can we?  We're both boys."

"Do you feel like a boy, Colin?"

"No."

"You sure as Hell don't look like one.  You love me, don't you."

"You know I do, Harry, more than anything in the world."

"I love you, too, Colin.  Get dressed.  We're going to the Ministry to get a marriage license."

Obtaining a license wasn't easy.  "We have you both listed as male," the clerk answered.

"Does she look like a boy?" Harry said.  Colin was wearing a dress and had magically applied a touch of makeup, some eyeliner and lipstick, not much, but enough to make her look even more feminine. 

"No, but it clearly states here that he's a boy."

"She's a she." said Harry.  "Look.  She was born a boy, but she's female now."

"I see no record of a TS potion.  They have to be registered, you know, so we can change the records to reflect the sex change."

"Colin didn't have a TS potion.  She was neutered along with those other boys last spring."

"Then he's not a girl," insisted the clerk.

"Well," said Harry, "she's not a boy either.  She doesn't have either a penis or testicles.  Do you have a category for eunuchs?"  Harry didn't like using that word.  Colin hated it.

"No," replied the clerk.  "We have just male or female."

"Then it's about time you updated your records because there's quite a few that are neither."

"Why doesn't he --"  The clerk quickly added the feminine pronoun when Harry glared at him.  He possibly didn't like the look in Harry's eyes.  Fed up with bureaucrats, Harry was angry. " -- she take a TS potion?"

"Because, to change to a female she would need a penis and testicles.  All the TS potion would do is change some internal organs."

"Are those real?" asked the clerk, pointing to Colin's breasts.

"Yes," said Harry.  "We used a different potion."

Eventually, they were given a license.  The name, Harry Potter, still had some influence at the Ministry -- at least among lower level officials.

Mrs. Weasley  agreed to let them have the wedding at her house.  Hogwarts was back in session in spite of the attacks on it the previous year.  It wouldn't do to raise a generation of ignorant wizards, not now, when those opposing Voldemort, needed them most.  Since Ginny was attending, she wouldn't be at the Wedding, but Ron and Hermione would be -- and George and Fred.  They would leave a strong protective spell on their store.  It should be safe enough for the day.

It wouldn't be a large wedding.  Lupin would come -- and Hagrid, of course -- but none other than those already mentioned and those in the Weasley household.  Ron would be Harry's best man; and Dennis would be Colin's bridesmaid -- although the term wasn't really appropriate.  Mr. Weasley would give away the bride.  They set the date for the next weekend.  Harry didn't have much time left.  Three weeks after the wedding he would have a date with the potion.

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The next morning, after an owl delivered their copy of the Daily Prophet, Harry read:

Harry Potter to Wed

In an unprecedented action, the Ministry of Magic issued a same sex marriage license to Harry Potter and Colin Creevey.  When contacted by this reporter, Harry Potter would only say that the wedding would take place soon.  He wouldn't give either an exact date or a location for the ceremony.

For those of you who remember, this reporter reported last spring that Harry Potter and Colin Creevey were lovers.  That report has today proven to be true.  This reporter has also learned that Harry Potter is Colin's Creevey's guardian. 

Although Creevey, who just turned sixteen, is old enough to marry, he would need a parent's or guardian's permission.  This reporter wonders if it's appropriate for Mr. Potter to give permission to his minor ward to marry him, his guardian.  This smacks of incest.  Even though Potter and Creevey aren't related by blood, Potter is the nearest thing he has to a parent.

We can also assume, that, if Potter was engaged in a sexual relationship with Creevey last spring, he has been all summer.  This reporter would like to ask the Ministry of Magic why they had granted Potter guardianship over Creevey in the first place. 

Clearly, he's had undue influence over the boy, leading us to ask whether the boy would now be marrying Potter otherwise.  We doubt that the boy, Creevey, can make an informed decision whether he really wants to spend his life as a sex toy for this older man.

We call for an investigation.

Why did he bother to subscribe to the Daily Prophet?