"Happy birthday Harry!" the full house of people shouted. Leaving Harry in a state of shock. He quickly made sure it wasn't a dream by pinching the soft inner part of his wrist. Once he got that out of the way, the biggest grin fell upon his face and he started saying his thanks to everyone. He turned around and gave his surrogate godfather a big hug for organizing his surprise party. He walked around and said his hellos and thanked everyone for being able to come.

The party went on for a couple of hours until, Harry felt suffocated with the masses and excused himself for fresh air. He walked to the back lot of Grimmauld place and sat on the steps while looking at the sky and thinking how this year would turn out "hopefully not revolving around moldy voldy" he muttered darkly while running his hands through his hair haphazardly.

"Well I don't think he'd very much care to be spoken about like that," spoke a gruff voice off to Harry's left "but it doesn't matter what he thinks anymore."

Harry shot up and drew his wand on a man that seemed to tower over Harry with at least a foot in difference. But still Harry was unable to guess the identity of this man still hidden in the shadows, so he stood his ground. "What do you want, sir?" Harry asked tentatively.

The man barked in laughter and said "nothing right now, I just wanted to check up on you and tell that I'll be back for you next year," So fast Harry couldn't even move an inch before the man wrapped his arms around the teen. And whispered next to his ear," my mate." licking a strip of skin from neck to ear suckling the back of his ear until his tooth made a minuscule mark behind Harry's ear. All the while Harry shivered and struggled for his knees not to give during the ministrations. His body was at ease being handled in that way, but his brain screamed to him that he should make some kind of move to stop the stranger.

"See you later precious" an ominous promise for what was to come.

And just like that Harry was left sitting on the back porch trying to regain his composure to that he could face his friends. It took longer than expected since he kept staring at where the man had walked away as well as touch his moist neck and was surprised to see a bit of blood come with the fingers. Once he got up he marched straight for the bathroom but was intercepted by a distressed looking Remus.

"Why do you smell like him?" Remus asked with a murderous glint in his eye. "Like who?" Harry tried to side step him to get into the bathroom but he grabbed his hand and yanked looking at the small puncture, big enough to scar but small enough to stay unnoticeable and gasped rushing him into the bathroom and sitting him on the toilet while warding and putting a silence charm against the door.

"Harry how could you do this, how could you meet him and not say anything, like its ok to host ex cons in the back-yard for recreational purposes!" distraught and looking at anything but Harry trying to keep calm and listen to what happened.

"Remus I don't even know who that man was he was just spouting nonsense when he decided my neck looked like a treat, I swear I wasn't hosting anything with anyone" Harry looked exasperated and ready to give up when remus asked him.

"What did he tell you Harry be very specific" Remus said while sliding onto the floor on his knees to look Harry straight in the eyes.

At this point Harry was just about finished with all the dodgy attitude of that man and Remus. But looking at the deep worry lines etching his friends face he relented "well at first he didn't talk he was leaning against the wall and he only said something until I asked myself something about Voldemort and about him being moldy he told me he wouldn't like to be called names but it didn't matter what he wanted anymore, which I thought was sorta strange, next he moved so fast I couldn't defend myself and he was holding me and telling me he would come for me next year and that I was his mate he must have been a quack, right?" when Harry looked up from his hands to Remus he had a defeated look on his face like he failed at Super Mario.

He sighed "Harry I am so sorry I couldn't protect you."