Chapter 1

Harry scratched again at his back. For the last week it had felt tight, like there was something just beneath his skin and it was driving him up the wall. He wanted whatever it was that was going on to stop.

Turning back to the dishes, Harry tried to put his discomfort out of his mind for the time being.

Finishing his chores for the night, Harry went up to his room and prompty fell asleep.

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Harry woke and was momentarially disoriented. It wasn't that he didn't know where he was, or at least have an idea where he was. He just didn't know why he was here or how he got here or most likely who would bother to bring him to the Hogwarts infirmary or why.

Harry was about to sit up when voices stopped him.

"A Royal Nyx, Arthur, do you knnow what this means?"

"Yes, Molly, I know."

"Finally, we can do a little fixing up at home. And the children, new robes and books for everyone. Oh, Ron and Ginny will be thrilled."

"And how are you planning on explaining all this good fortune to Harry?"

"We'll think of something. Tell him...there was a raffle at work, or no, tell him you have some new recrutes and they gave you a bonus to teach them the 'hows' and 'whys' of the department. He wouldn't question it, not from you."

"A bonus even I can belive, but, a bonus that was enugh to fix up our house and buy expensive clothes and books for the four of us? Honey, Harry has been to our house alomst every summer since his and Ron's Second Year. He would still question the amount counsidering how much you complain about the Ministry's treatment of our family."

"Then tell him that along with the bonus, Percy was promoted to, 'Junior Assistant to the Assistant of the Minister' or something. And becuase of this he decided he wanted to start making amends with the family and gave us enough money to make the repares. What are the chanses that Harry will ever meet Percy or anyone from the Ministry besides you that can tell him otherwise?"

"Maybe."

What was going on? Why were Molly and Arthur here and why were they planning on lying to him about money? What was a Royal Nyx? Did it have something to do with the money? What did he have to do with it?

These thought kept swirling around in his head as he listened into the conversation.

"That may not be true," Dumbledore's voice was quiet, but clear. "Do not forget, many of the Order members are part of the Ministry as well. He may not ask any of them for the truth, but, someone could just as easily let somthing slip in his presance that could make him question."

"So then what do we tell him?"

Molly sounded like she was getting impaticent.

"Don't worry, even one strand of a Royal Nyx's hair will give one enugh money to last for months. Longer if one is carefull with how they manage that money. We'll use some of the money from Mr. Potter's hair, enough for some groceries, and give them to Black. We will tell young Mr. Potter that I have decided to help some of the less financially gifted. Black's house is already well off enough, and food benefits all of us as we use the house as headquarters."

"Wonderful," Molly clapped her hands together like an excited school girl.

Harry felt sick. Three poeple he trusted with his life and looked up to as the family he never had, were ploting to lie to his face and useing his godfather as a tool for that lie. But why; why were they lying to him and why would his hair have moneitary value?

"If you're going to do that Headmaster, then what about the werewolf? He's worse off then we are. Harry is very close to both of these men, he'll question why Black and us are being given payment and not Lupin."

"Arthur."

"I'm only trying to keep him happy and controlable like the Headmaster wants us to. Keeping Harry controled means taking care of all the people he has a bond to. Not just him and her along the way."

"He's right, Molly, and I'm sure one or two new robes will suffice. After all, this is a war we are fighting. Some sacrifices must be made if we wish to succed. It's accually a good thing Arthur pointed that little detail out. It shows I was correct in my assumption that your family would be able to handle this task of keeping an eye on him."

"Thank-you Headmaster," the replied in unison.

"Now, I have some other Order business to attend to. Will you be heading home or are planning to stay until he wakes up?"

"No, I don't belive there is any more reason for us to remain here, Headmaster," Molly spoke up.

"Very well, I shall see you at the next meeting."

"Of course, come on Arthur."

The door to the Hospital Wing closed and Harry started to cry silently.

A shadowy figure slipped out un-noticed.

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Draco bolted strait up in bed. He didn't know what had woken him up, but a shiver ran down his spine. Grabbing his wand, Draco cast sevral detection charms and, finding nothing went back to sleep.

A nagging feeling still in the back of his mind.

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Remus and Sirius sat on either side of Harry's bed. They were still awed by the sight before them. Harry was completely transformed, hardly recognizable; and not becuase he was 1/2 a foot tall.

He had waist length blue-black hair, cute little pointed ears, pale skin, red lips, a dusting of pink on his cheeks. He was still thin, but he was no longer skrawny, and both Remus and Sirius could tell he was taller with long legs. Like any fay, both male and female, he was delicate looking, like a living doll. But what was most prominate, what indicated he was a Royal Nyx Faerie, was the turquoise blue 'Nyx symbol' tattoo in the middle of his forehead. A full moon in between two crescent moons with a fairy Irish Celtic Knot Circlet framing half his face.

He was...in a word...beautiful. Remus was worried about how they were going to keep the student body from trying to jump him. He would feel a lot better if he and Sirius could be there to keep an eye on him.

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Harry woke to someone stroking his hair. He smiled and snuggled into the touch before freezing. The last thing he remembered was crying himself to sleep after discovering he had been betrayed. Did the headmaster or Weasleys come to collect more strans? Harry hoped not, he felt violated at the thought.

But the person stroking him wasn't pulling any strans out. Not even any loose ones. So it wasn't the headmaster or Weasleys.

Harry turned his head slowly to look at who was behind him. He met the warm chocolate eyes of Remus, and fell off the bed. Luckily bed turned out to be a pillow so his fall was short and his landing soft.

"Morning cub, how did you sleep?"

"Okay. Why is everything so big?"

"Harry...everything isn't big, you're just small," the werewolf chuckled. "Are you hungry?"

"A little. What do you mean I'm small? Why am I small?"

Remus conjured a mirror for Harry to see himself with. Harry's eyes grew huge when he saw his reflection. Rremus had to bite back a laugh.

"What am I? I remember Molly saying something, a Royal something."

"A Royal Nyx Faerie, that circlet tattoo is what tells you apart from normal Nyx Faeries. It's a rare breed of fay so naturally there is little information of them. We'll do everything we can to get you whatever books we can find on them for you, don't worry."

"I'm not worried. But what is a Nyx Faerie, normal or royal?"

"Many believe a lot of them are extincted. You see, a Nyx Faerie is a type of night fairy, more beautiful then the more common night fairies. Because of this, they were sought-after for brides in the case of females and sex-slaves in the case of males. Thet are also valuable in the monetary scence because every part of them has an ehansed or enhansing properties that can be added to potions, turned into enchanted items or eaten. Apreantly your kidnes, liver and apendix are extreamly tender and succulent; your heart is a bit more chewy then the others but still another part said to be fit only for a king.

"Because of this many believed Royal Nyxes were hunted into extinction."

Harry could feel the blood drain from his face, "oh."

"Don't worry pup," Sirius chose that moment to join in the conversation. "We won't let anybody eat you...unless you want them too, that is."

"SIRIUS!"

Harry's face was beet red, "um...thanks?"

"Don't listen to him cub, he's being an idiot."

"Hey!"

"Well, I'm glad to see the lot of you so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed," Madam Pomfrey came bustling over to the three males. "That means I can get on with the examination. Now if the two of you will kindly move...I'll only be a few moments, then I want him to eat something."

"Yes, ma'am," Remus and Sirius said in unison.

A few moments later and Harry was given a clean bill of health and a full breakfast was pilled in his lap, which he dug into whole-heartedly; much to the amusment of the three adults.

A/N: Check out Emerald Isle Forest Fairy Irish Celtic Knot Criclet, google it.

A/N2: I had a request from Vamprincess38 to do a Harry/Hiei slash fic for a while now and I kept getting stuck on how to procced. So, I had a fic I have and am still working on that I originaly hadn't had as a cross over but turned it into a cross over later that happened to be Yu Yu Hakusho that I am using as my Harry/Hiei slash fic. I only have about three and 1/16 (if that) chapter done so there is no "damage" done to my original plot; not that I have too much of a plot to go on anyway. I hope you all like it and leave lots pf reviews. If anyone has any ideas as to what they would like to see, I could use it and might put them in a later chapter.