Harry Potter and the Surprising Marriage Contract

by SoapBox Bill

Harry has found himself in a dire need. He is desperate to find a date to the Yule Ball but the universe seems to have it out for him. Or does it? With the simple act of asking out two of the most attractive girls in his year he has set in motion a binding contract. As if one wasn't enough for one year. but this one will have some benefits of two very pretty witches

1. Chapter 1

Hey everyone sorry for being away for so long. The holidays were stressful and my mom has been in and out of the hospital. At one point we thought we were going to lose her. She just got home from the hospital and some heavy chemo treatments that took her nearly 5 weeks to recover from. She was able to be home for the holidays before starting this new treatment. Needless to say I have not had a lot of time to write as I would have liked. Spiders in the league is now on hold for a while and I am going to focus on spectacular summer and this new story I am starting.

last year I tried my hand at a harry potter story as a bit of a challenge to other authors as an AU starting point called Black Family Beginnings. However no one has taken me up on the challenge yet and I have started to work on my own ideas for that particular plot bunny. This story however is not based on that jumping point I made in BFB. This is a story that starts about half way through 4th year. That's right it is from just before the Yule Ball that this story will branch out. Some inspiration for this story came from others like it that I have read usually were the pairing is Harry/Fleur. However the pairing for this story will be Harry/Padma/Parvati and a marriage contract will be involved but not the typical you have to marry or you die type contract. Also for the two girls I am going to borrow a device I really liked from the story searching for the power from the HPFanFicArchive website. It is a good story, check it out. Suffice it to say the device I am using for the twins involves one soul, two bodies, multiple personalities and a dash of schizophrenia. Well that's enough talking let's get this show on the road!

Harry was having a bad couple of days. The Yule Ball was fast approaching and his luck finding a date seemed to amount to nothing. First he asks Cho who said she already going with Cedric. Then he asked his teammate Katie Bell who like Cho was one year older then him but she also already had a date. The only good news he got from that was Katie agreeing to teach him to dance. Finally he was going to ask Hermione, his best friend, if she would go with him only for that to blow up before he even got the chance to ask her. 'Ron really can be an idiot sometimes' he thought. Yet still Ron was pressuring Harry to not only find his own date but one for Ron as well. 'Lazy git'

All this on top of being forced to compete in a tournament that might kill him and having already just barely escaped with his life out flying a dragon. Most of the school seemed to still be against him. And that just made his current problem even harder. 'Universe please where the hell am I going to find two single witches that would go to the ball?'

"Hi Harry" the Patil twins greeted with a smile as they passed by him.

"Thank you universe" Harry muttered before speaking up. "Parvati, Padma could you hold up a minute? I would like to ask you something."

The girls stopped in the hallway and turned to face the emerald eyed wizard. "Sure Harry what do you need?" Parvati responded with a light blush her sister had a bit more blush. Both girls had a crush on harry but their father had told them growing up that he was nothing like what the stories made him out to be. He told them that like all people the boy should be judged by his own merits and what they could find out about him personally. So far the twins had compiled a list of traits that described Harry Potter; he was a little bit shy but at times had this commanding aura that made you want to be around him. He knew very little about the wizarding world but seemed to have an innate grasp on practical magic even if his theory was lacking. Parvati learned that this lack of knowledge came from the fact that he was raised by his muggle relatives and from what she was able to piece together they did not treat him very well. He was a very powerful wizard and was rumored to have defeated you-know-who his first year, a basilisk his second year and drove off a swarm of hundreds of dementors his third year. Everyone knew he could conjure a patronus and with his power it wasn't a hard feat to imagine him doing so. In short both girls were sure they had a crush on Harry Potter not the-boy-who-lived as many others did.

Their blushing caused Harry to get a bit nervous. "Um well I was wondering if anyone has asked you out to the Yule ball yet?" the girls shook their heads no as he took a deep breath and continued. "Wouldyouliketogototheballwithme" he blurted out as his nerves got to him.

Both girls looked at him for a few seconds trying to figure out what he said. Then it hit them. "Are you asking us to go with you to the Ball?" Padma inquired for the first time looking directly at him. Harry just nodded in reply. The two girls looked at each other than felt a tingling in their magic and both their eyes went wide.

"Parv"

"The contract, but he"

"The tournament"

"He's a"

"Which means"

"He is a legal"

The girls seemed to be doing their own version of the Weasley twins Twin-speak and this one seemed to be even harder to follow at least to harry it seemed that way.

"Harry" he looked up to the Ravenclaw twin. "Perhaps we should continue this discussion in private." she said as her sister opened the door to an unused classroom and ushered them both in and the three of them sat down at a table together.

"Okay Harry what we are about to tell you is kinda complicated." Padma started

"Even we don't know all the details." Parvati added

"But suffice it to say a betrothal contract has now been activated for us." Padma finished allowing Harry a moment to process the information.

Though he did not know a lot about wizarding families or politics he did know what a betrothal contract was. "So I am guessing you can't go to the Yule ball because now you are each engaged to somebody else right?" his features slumping at the rotten timing of it all.

Parvati was the one to clarify. "No Harry when we say a contract for us we do not mean just me and my sister. We mean for all of us. Between me, Padma and... You."

Harry did what he normally did when he was confronted with strange and complicated news. He tilted his head to the right and went "Huh"

Parvati blushed and her sister giggled "You are right Parv; he is adorable when he does that." Harry blushed as she continued. "As far as we know your parents along with our father had plans for the three of us to grow up together and be quite close. It was decided that a contract would be written up so that when we came of age we would be engaged once you proposed to the both of us. If it turned out that we just didn't click or connect like that then our parents could dissolve the contract and there would be no consequences."

Padma took a breath and her sister took over. "Now according to the contract the proposal would have to be within 6 months after you harry reach your majority being a recognized adult. So we should have had three more years before making a decision but with this tournament..." she turned to her sister who nodded. "We think that because you are being forced to compete in this tournament that is only open to those who are legal adults that means that you are in a legal sense an adult thus activating the contract."

The room was silent for a while as harry processed the information.

"So let me get this straight." harry said looking at the two. "Because my parents signed a contract with your father and because I am being forced to compete in this bloody tournament and because I asked you two to the Yule Ball we are now engaged?" the twins nodded hesitantly. Harry's head impacted the table with a thwack and a muttering of "why universe? Why can it never be simple?"

"The good news is that there is no set time limit on when we would have to get married." Padma said trying to find a silver lining. "And there is still a way out. I am not sure of the details exactly but the contract can be nullified if we all decide not to get married." Harry perked up at the sound of that. "However we must have been engaged for a certain length of time first, there are a few other clauses in there that make it tricky but easily doable."

"So then we are engaged until some time when we can get out of the contact?" harry asked

"Don't say it like that Harry." Parvati grinned "Most boys would be over the moon at the thought of being with two hot twins." she added with a saucy smirk. "Besides it will be a while before we could get out of it so why not enjoy our time together? Who knows maybe it will all work out and we will live happily ever after."

Padma nodded as her blush receded. "I have to agree with my sister on that. This was something out parents wanted for us. Maybe they knew what they were doing. I know father is coming for the ball to check up on us and the school. He will defiantly want to talk to you about this."

Now Harry's eyes went wide again. Meeting his girlfriends'/fiancés' father the same night as the first date and at a ball he was already nervous about attending, Voldemort just moved down the list of things that scared him. "And your father is..." he trailed off hoping that their father was a friendly guy.

"Samesh Patil is our father." Parvati said with a smile "He is the Indian Magical Ambassador to England."

"Oh bloody hell." was Harry's only reply.

Later in the Gryffindor common room

"So let me get this straight." Ron glared at Harry having just told him about what happened with the Patil twins. "Not only did you not get me a date for the ball but you somehow managed to get two for yourself?"

Harry sighed at his friend's jealous tone. "No Ron I was going to ask Padma and Parvati if they wanted to go with us. One with me and one with you. I had no idea that there was some crazy betrothal contract between the three of us. Ron had I not been in this bloody tournament it wouldn't have come into effect."

"Yes Ron you're being totally unfair to Harry" Hermione said defending her best friend. "I mean he is being forced not only to compete in this deathtrap of a tournament but now he is being forced to get engaged. Betrothal contracts I mean how barbaric."

"Um well based on what Harry said the contract he is in is actually very lax." Neville said from the couch as the three others turned to him "some of the older contracts if broken meant those involved died or were driven insane. There were even clauses that could force a wife to submit to the will of her husband. They aren't used much anymore and most now are usually written up as a formality or to solidify an alliance between houses."

Hermione looked horrified at what she had heard. Stripping away free will, deadly punishments should they break the contract. Her only solace was that they were not a common place.

"Wow Nev you sure do know your stuff about this." Harry nodded to the shy Gryffindor

Ron glared at the boy while Neville himself smiled with great pride. He had been trying to come out of his shell and his recent feat of daring, asking Ginny Weasley out to the ball, had given him the courage to start speaking up for himself. "Gran says I need to know all this stuff for when I become head of house Longbottom. I am surprised Dumbledore hasn't been teaching you Harry, House Potter was a political power house and is one of the few most Ancient and Most noble houses left."

Harry let out a sigh, again something Dumbledore should have told him. "Hey Nev you think you could help me learn about this kind of stuff?" both Ron and Hermione turned to him with shock on their faces though for very different reasons. "What? If I am going to be the head of some Ancient and noble house I should know what I am doing. Not to mention being engaged to the daughters on the Indian magical ambassador."

"Their father is Samesh Patil?" Neville asked as he recognized the name. Harry nodded "Wow I had no idea." was Neville's only reply.

Hermione was puzzled by this reaction to who the twin's father was. Sure being a very important political figure and an ambassador was impressive but going by Neville's reaction it must mean something more. "So what can you tell us about him Neville? Parvati usually doesn't talk a lot about her family besides her sister." was Hermione's reply both her and harry leaning in curious to learn more.

"Ambassador Patil is well known in the political sphere here in England. He is not particularly liked by quite a few people both because he is a foreigner and because he has a complete lack of any kind of prejudice. His moto is to judge a person not based on their bloodline or heritage but by their own merits and character. This doesn't usually mix well with the pureblood traditionalists." Nevil paused seeing both Harry and Hermione's faces smiling a bit at learning what kind of man Samesh was. "He is also the only son of the current magical king of India."

The golden trio were all shocked at this revelation which was summed up in a single word. "Fuck"

One week later, the night of the Yule Ball

Harry stood waiting on Padma and Parvati just down the stairs from Gryffindor tower. The girls told him to wait there so they could make an entrance. He was not alone in their waiting for his dates. It seemed quite a few other girls told their dates the same thing. both Fred and George were leaning up against a wall, Neville was pacing a bit his nerves evident, Dean leaning opposite of the twins, and most surprisingly Victor Krum was also among those assembled there.

Everyone turned to the stairway as they heard someone coming. "Alright boys." Katie Bell smiled as she descended the stairs in her elegant sky blue dress. "Get ready to get your socks knocked off. I would love to stay and watch but I believe my own date is waiting for me." she smirked at the obvious effect she was having on some of the boys before turning the corner to go meet up with her own date.

The next Lady to come down the stairs had Neville fighting to contain his blush. Ginny Weasley was wearing a conservative but flattering dress with a pale silver top and emerald green skirt that really brought out her red hair. She blushed as she approached Neville who hesitantly took her arm after noticing the grins and thumbs up her two older brothers were giving him. The two then left the group proceeding down to the great hall.

"I think they make a cute couple don't you agree Gred?"

"Why yes I do Feorge. They are cute together in that kind of awkward way."

The rest of the boys nodded with the twins as the next lovely lady descended the stairs. They didn't have to wait long as Lavender Brown slowly descended the stairs in her simple yet elegant pale pink dress. Taking dean by the arm the two made their way down to the Ball.

The Gryffindor boys chuckled at Lavender's obvious excitement about the ball but were broken out of it as Krum approached the stairs. On his arm was a girl with curly brown hair wearing a Purplish pink dress and the three Gryfs had no idea who it was.

Until realization dawned on Harry. "Hermione?" he asked receiving a nod and a smile. "Wow you look fantastic!"

"You do too Harry, and wait till you guys see your dates I think you are in for a nice surprise." she said with a knowing smirk. "See you at the ball." she finished as Krum escorted her away.

"What could she mean by that?" harry said turning to the twins who were not paying him the least bit of attention. Their gaze was focused firmly on the two girls descending the stairs. Angelina and Alicia, the remaining two chasers were dressed to kill. Angelina was wearing a strapless dark red dress that contrasted well with her dark skin. Alicia was wearing a halter top midnight black dress. Both showed off their athletic figures and both were smiling at the struck dumb looks of their boyfriends. Too stunned to make any kind of jokes the twins once they regained their senses bowed to their dates, each taking one of their hands and giving it a kiss before escorting the ladies to the great hall. Their antics drawing a bit of blush from the girls.

Harry thought about what this meant for him. Over the past few days he had gotten really close to the Patil twins opening up to them more and more. He had even told them about his own childhood growing up with the Dursleys. Though he kept the full extent of their abuse to himself he had never shared that with anyone except the school nurse madam Pomfrey who had seen the scars on his back.

Over those few days he found himself genuinely enjoying their company even becoming a bit affectionate. When Padma came into the Gryffindor common room to get ready for the ball with her sister she gave him a kiss on the cheek before heading up to the girls dorms.

He was broken from his thoughts by a twin call of "Harry" from the stairs and he looked up gasping at what he saw.

In a word the two of them were stunning, though that could be said about them every day but in their gowns they looked positively divine. Both were wearing the same single sleeve dress only one was a mirror of the other. Padma's had her sleeve running down her left arm while her sister had it on the right. As for coloration both had the same colors of a deep rich red and dark purple. The patterns mirroring each other, Parvati reminding harry of a sunrise while Padma reminded him of a sunset. The only thing that was the same on both was the golden sash that called attention to their curvy figures.

"We should get going Harry we wouldn't want to be late." Parvati smiled as she took her place on his right side while her sister took the left and the three of them made their way to the great hall looking like the happiest people in the world.

Outside the great hall the champions gathered. Hermione smiled at Harry while the Cedric looked at him with a mix of amazement and a touch of envy. Cho had a bit more envy in her eyes and a jealous glare for the two Indian witches. Rodger Davies who at first was sure he had the most beautiful girl when Fleur said yes to him glared at Harry for what he thought was the younger boy's attempt to show him up. He tried to pull Fleur closer to him but the French veela was having none of it and sent him a fiery glare of her own to behave.

When McGonagall saw them however the look on her face assured them the stern teacher was taking this first dance very seriously however a slight smirk was hidden at seeing Harry and his dates. "Mr. Potter you always seem to surprise me by going above what is usually expected, but when I informed you that you would need a date for the opening dance of the ball I had expected you to only have one date." she said with a bit of mirth. Cedric and Hermione smiling and laughing a bit under their breath.

"It's a bit more complicated then that professor." harry replied sheepishly

"Now that does not surprise me." the Professor said truthfully. "I hope you can decide which young lady will be dancing with you for the opening dance?"

Harry looked nervously from one twin to the other and seeing the nervousness on his face they decided to make the decision for him.

"Best two out of three?" Parvati said to her sister receiving a nod in confirmation. The twin girls then had a quick round of rock, paper, and scissors with Parvati coming out on top to dance the opening dance of the ball with Harry. She took Harry's arm and lined up with the rest of the champions for the opening dance.

As the music began to play the doors to the great hall opened at the champions marched into the hall taking their positions. Padma snuck in after them and took her place at one of the champions' tables and waited for the opening dance to conclude so the feast part of the ball would then begin.

As the music changed from the entry marching tune to a slow ballroom chord the champions took their partners and began to dance. Harry was thankful that Katie Bell, his team mate and sort of big sister had taught him how to dance in the week leading up to the ball. Though she had a date already herself she said "I have to make sure my little brother doesn't step all over the toes of whatever lucky lady he gets."

Parvati was surprised at his dancing skills as they twirled around the dance floor. Of all the things she thought about harry, his bravery his kindness and his incredible power she honestly had not expected him to be a dancer. She was all smiles as she leaned in closer to harry. She enjoyed being in his presence and the intimacy of such close contact made her heart race.

From her seat at the table Padma had to fight the urge to moan. Though it was her sister dancing with Harry she could feel all the emotions, the excitement, the passion, and the hint of lust her sister was giving off. Twins in the mundane world usually are very close, in the magical world they are even more close and in sync, and the Weasley twins are a perfect example of this. However this was not the case for the Patil twins. Most think that because they are in two different houses they must be vastly different people. This however could not be further from the truth. The bond they shared was even deeper than any others in recorded history. The fact of it was they were not two different people but rather one person with two bodies. This was further complicated by their parents raising them as if they were two separate people. Their father would often take Parvati with him to the office when they were younger while their mother would read to Padma. This caused them to develop two different personalities; however the personalities were not always tied to the same bodies. As children they slept in the same room and in the same bed so if they woke up on the other side of the bed that they went to sleep on it was easily dismissed. However when they were 7 Padma had fallen asleep in the family library, she had remembered being in the library all day but she woke up in bed and in pajamas. Her sister came charging into the room wearing the exact same cloths that Padma had been wearing the day before. Needless to say they were a bit scared but eventually they got through it. It was still scary when Padma woke up in the Gryffindor girls' dorm the first time.

They found that through their bond they could feel things the other felt, if they concentrated they could even share thoughts with each other. Not only that they could draw on each other's magic and when they performed spells together they were much more potent.

As the song finished Harry and Parvati came and sat down next to Padma as everyone else sat down for the dinner. Both Harry and Parvati were coming off the high of their first dance and didn't notice when an older man joined them at their table. "It seems that both my daughters are quite taken with you Mr. Potter."

Harry nearly jumped out of his seat and flushed as he faced the man and began stuttering. "Um I um sir and."

"Haha relax Mr. Potter. If I had a problem with you being with my daughters I would have never signed that contract with your parents." Samesh smiled "I assume you have some questions for me about that contract, and I find few things help relax people for such a discussion like a good meal."

As the four finished eating Harry looked at Samesh. "So sir this contract is there any way out of it? I mean I really do like Padma and Parvati but from what Neville have told me these contracts can be pretty severe."

"Now Harry, may I call you Harry?" Samesh asked receiving a nod before continuing. "The contract does not have any such punishment clauses like you were thinking about. This situation is something that we never thought would happen. This also makes using the exit clause a bit more tricky. Normally if the contract was enacted with the three of you underage then myself and your parents could sign the first exit clause, however sadly that is no longer possible." Harry got a sad look on his face and the twins each took one of his hands and gave it a gentle squeeze. "However there is still another exit clause that could be use but under that part of the contract you would have had to have all been of age."

"So basically we are engaged until we are 17?" Harry asked.

"Simply put yes. Though there are no punishment clauses if we disregarded the contract it would be a stain on the honor of both of our families."

Harry thought about this and he had to admit he liked the twins and as far as girlfriends go they were really supportive and patient with his issues. They never pressed but he felt like opening up to them. Then the music changed and Padma gave his arm a gentle tug, "Harry you still owe me a dance." she smiled as she got up from her chair.

"If you will excuse me Mr. Patil, my fiancé' has requested my presence on the dance floor." he said with a smile as he followed Padma to the dance floor.

Samesh smiled as they walked off then turned to his remaining daughter. "How is he really?"

"He is great daddy. I honestly think he is starting to really starting to open up to us. Though we think his relatives he lives with aren't doing him any good. They, they we think they abuse him daddy." Parvati started tearing up at the thought.

Samesh put his hand on his daughter's shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze. "He won't be going back to those people Parvati not if I can help it. Is there anything else you want to tell me about him? Anything you think I should know?"

And so his daughter gave him a quick summery of Harry's life at Hogwarts and how the Headmaster had not taught him anything about his house or about the magical world in general. Needless to say this upset not only the twins but Samesh as well. "It seems my dear that I need to have a discussion with your Headmaster. Please enjoy the rest of the evening and give my regards to harry and your sister." he smiled before leaving the table.

The rest of the evening was spent by the trio dancing and talking together. The twins would trade off dancing with harry and when he finally got tired they sat down and talked. Harry could not remember the last time he had this much fun in a single night.

Meanwhile with Samesh and Dumbledore

Albus to-many-names-and-titles Dumbledore was surveying the students as they enjoyed the evening next to him was the Deputy headmistress Minerva McGonagall, both enjoying a comfortable silence until a party guest joined them at their table.

"Would you mind if I joined you Headmaster, Professor?" Samesh Patil asked as he pulled out a chair.

"No of course not Ambassador, please sit." Albus said with his trademark twinkle. "I take it you had a nice discussion with your daughters' date?"

"It is fortunate you brought Harry up Headmaster there is something about him that I wish to discuss with you." Samesh stated firmly, he had many dealings with Dumbledore and the old wizard was as politically savvy as they came.

"I surmise you do not approve of Harry dating both of your daughters." Albus deduced.

"Actually Albus I whole heartily approve. In fact I am at least partly responsible for the complicated circumstances that brought them together." Samesh countered before sipping his tea.

"Mr. Potter did mention something along the line of it being 'complicated' when the three of them showed up with the other champions." McGonagall mentioned genuinely intrigued and a little concerned as two of them were her lions.

"What complicated circumstances are you referring to Mr. Patil?" the headmaster inquired his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Without getting into the specifics due to Harry competing in this tournament he activated a clause in a contract that was written between myself and his own parents involving him and my daughters." at this point both the headmaster's and Professor McGonagall's eyes went wide.

"You don't mean?" the Scottish professor asked

"Indeed I do. Harry Potter is now betrothed to my daughters, and as such I will be opening my home to him to stay at." the ambassador stated sternly. "He will never be going back to those mundane relatives of his. There are also some issues over his current residence and his complete lack of knowledge about his titles and assets. I will seek to correct this oversight. "

"Now ambassador I can assure you that Harry is perfectly safe living with his relatives. And as his magical guardian I must insist that he stay there."

Samesh shook his head "Now Albus surely you have not forgotten that as Harry is participating in this tournament that is only open for adults then that means that he is legally considered an adult himself. It is this very reason that the contract was enacted so Harry is an adult or at the very least an emancipated minor and thus no longer requires a magical guardian." seeing that the Headmaster was about to protest further Samesh hardened his gaze.

"The protections at..." Albus began

"He will not be returning there Headmaster, my daughters have informed me that they believe that Harry is being abused by his relatives. Whatever protections you may have over that house obviously do not protect him from them." Samesh glared at the old headmaster

"Abuse? Albus you told me that no such thing would happen. I told you what kind of people they were, the worst sort of muggles I had told you. Did you think my fears unfounded? Did you not once check up on him to make sure of his wellbeing?" McGonagall was now very angry. Lilly, James even Sirius and Remus were some of her favorite if at time trying students. Not to mention her own personal relationship with Harry's grandmother Dorea when they were in school together.

Samesh was not done yet though. "You were only his Magical guardian in the absence of his parents and his godfather. In that role Albus you have failed, Harry knows nothing of his family, of house Potter, or even the culture of the wizarding community. Someone needs to teach him these things and it is obvious that you are unwilling to do so."

Albus now being glared at by both his friend and the ambassador decided the best move for now was to attempt a compromise. "I would be willing to give you custody of Harry while I retain the position as magical guardian. With your position ambassador you holding the Potter vote would be a serious conflict of interest." He tried to reason.

"One could say the same thing about you Chief Warlock." Samesh quickly responded switching to Dumbledore's wizengamoot title to illustrate his point. 'So that is why he wanted to retain Harry's guardianship he would control the Potter vote.' Samesh thought to himself growing ever more angered with the professor but maintaining his calm and composure. "I would suggest a different compromise then."

"And that would be?"

"Minerva would take the role as Harry's proxy in the wizengamoot. She was his father's godmother and knows a great deal about the Potter family from her own friendship with Dorea. Also as she does not hold any position in the government there would be no conflict of interest nor would it be seen as a political power play. And as Harry's Head of house here at Hogwarts she would be able to teach him some of what he needs to know before the year is out where I will take over during the summer. What do you say professor?" Samesh turned to the now shocked older teacher.

Both men looked at Minerva awaiting an answer. Albus knew the odds were not in his favor; Samesh had perfectly blended reason and emotion together in his argument to make it nearly air tight. His only chance of retaining guardianship of harry was if Minerva turned down the offer.

Minerva thought about it for a moment, and a moment was all she required, this was something she should have done that night Harry was left at the Dursley's. "I accept your proposal Mr. Patil."

Smiling Samesh turned back to the headmaster, "Well then I suppose that settles it then don't you agree Albus?"

"Very well, Minerva will take my place as Harry's proxy for the Potter vote." Albus conceded

"Excellent!" Samesh smiled "I will inform them tomorrow. They seem to be really enjoying themselves tonight. I hope you have a wonderful holiday Professors. I will be in touch." he finished before getting up and making his exit from the great hall.

As the ball came to a close Harry and the girls walked towards the Ravenclaw tower to drop off Padma. "I wish we didn't have to separate like this." She said holding harry close "being in different houses sucks."

"I know I really enjoy spending time with the two of you." harry replied giving her a gentle squeeze. While Parvati seemed deep in thought.

"Who says we can't spend more time together?" Parvati spoke up

"Sis both you and Harry are Gryffs and I don't think the rest of the Gryffs would take too kindly to me always being in the tower. Visiting once in a while is one thing but were would I stay?" Padma questioned.

"Well we could always ask Professor McGonagall to open up one of the married lord's suites." Parvati replied.

"I forgot all about those! We can ask her tomorrow after our meeting with dad." Padma smiled as they came to the entrance to Ravenclaw tower. She then turned to harry and looked directly into his eyes. "I had a wonderful night Harry." she blushed slightly before giving Harry a kiss on the lips. It was not a sloppy snog or a chaste kiss but a tender one filled with feeling. "I will see you both tomorrow." she said receiving a nod from her sister while harry was still a little dumbstruck from the kiss and smiling like a fool.

Harry and Parvati made their way to the Gryffindor tower holding hands both smiling. "Harry?" Parvati spoke up

"Yes Parv?" Harry had taken to using the twins own nick names for each other and they both liked it when he called them that.

"Dad was really impressed with you tonight."

"Well I am just glad I didn't mess it up." Harry smiled his nerves soothed slightly

"He wants to meet with us tomorrow to talk about things and what our plans will be for the rest of the holidays. After that we can talk to McGonagall about the Lord's quarters so the three of us can always be together." She finished a tad dreamily

Harry went red at the implications of that and nearly tripped as they entered the portrait hole to the common room. Fortunately it was late and no one was still up. "Does that mean that the three of us would be um ah sharing a ume bed?"

Parvati laughed slightly at his shyness. "No Harry it doesn't, usually those quarters have two bedrooms. The second is usually for guests or if the married couple has children. Me and Pad would take the second room we usually share a bedroom at home anyways." when they reached the stairs to the girls dorms she leaned into her date. "Well I guess this is where we part." she smiled awaiting her own kiss

"So it seems" harry said before leaning down and capturing her lips with his own. Like Padma's kiss this one was very tender but this one had a bit more lust accompanying it and it showed when Parvati let out a slight moan when they broke the kiss.

"Though I wouldn't mind sharing a bed with you Harry." She whispered into his ear before turning up the stairs. "Good night Harry pleasant dreams." she finished with a smirk knowing what she did to him.

That night Harry had very pleasant dreams indeed. For the first time in a long time he had no nightmares and his scar had not so much as twinged in the past few days.

The next morning Harry met Parvati in the common room at about 10am so they could go and get her sister before meeting their dad for brunch at the three broomsticks. They needed to decide what they were going to do for the rest of the holidays as the express left Hogsmead that afternoon. Unfortunately for the two Ron Weasley was sitting in the common room and doing his best to give both of them the evil eye. He hadn't even gone to the ball and spent the whole night in his room sulking and being angry at Harry. The night had not lessened his mood against his friend as he watched him leave.

"Hey Ron what's wrong? You look constipated maybe you should see Madam Pomfrey." Katie Bell commented as she came down from the girls' dorms

Apparently he would have to work on his evil eye...

Meanwhile Harry and Parvati had met up with Padma and had made their way into Hogsmead. The little village was very quiet despite it being late in the morning. The students at the castle were either asleep or busy packing and most of the shops were closed up for the holidays. As the three entered the Three Broomsticks they were approached by the owner/barmaid Madam Rosemerta.

"Ah the Misses Patil and Mr. Potter it is good to see you. Your father has booked a private room and asked me to direct you there when you came in." she said with a smile "Up the stairs and the second door on the left. I will be up shortly for your order." with that the three went right up the stairs. "Ah young love." she smiled before returning to work.

they entered the room and found it to be set up as an informal dining area with a small circular table with four chairs around it, Mr. Patil was already seated at the table and drinking a cup of tea. "Ah good morning girls, Harry." He smiled looking up from his cup. "We have much to discuss."

Padma and Parvati talked lightly with their father for several moments while harry just listened. They asked about how their mother was doing and about their grandfather. To hear the magical king of India being referred to as 'gramps' was incredibly humorous. Soon Madam Rosemerta came up and took their orders, and the conversation took a turn for harry to be more talkative. Samesh would ask him questions nothing really invasive or private but things like his hobbies, his favorite subjects and teachers, normal things and that meant a great deal to Harry to feel normal. This continued through the meal and at the end everyone was sipping tea.

"Well not it is time to discuss some more serious topics. Harry as you know participating in this tournament has labeled you legally as an adult." Harry nodded to the elder Patil's statement. "This has more consequences then just the betrothal contract. It means that you no longer require a magical guardian."

At this Harry tilted his head causing both the girls to giggle at his expression. "Um a what sir?"

"I thought as much." Samesh sighed. "A magical guardian is the person who in the absence of your parents was supposed to teach you about the magical world and also holds your family's seat in the Wizengamoot as a proxy. Till now Dumbledore was your magical guardian with your parents dead. For him to not even inform you of his status as your guardian proves to me what I had already thought. Parvati informed me about your lack of knowledge of House Potter this means that the headmaster has been incredibly negligent in his duties in this regard yet he never has failed to use the Potter vote whenever the Wizengamoot in in session." harry was silent disbelieving that the headmaster would just use him for political gains. "There is some good news to him no longer being your guardian; you can now appoint a proxy for yourself thought I do have a suggestion."

Harry nodded the sisters on either side of him squeezing his hands in support.

"I myself cannot take that role as it would conflict with my obligations to my father and to India it would be a conflict of interest. I would suggest your head of house Professor McGonagall as a proxy. That way you have ease of access to her and she will keep you informed of the goings on. She also was very good friends with your grandmother." Samesh suggested

"My, my grandmother?" Harry asked with emotion in his voice. He knew so very little about his parents. And knew nothing about his grandparents.

"Yes, Dorea Potter, formerly Dorea Black. The two of them went to school together, Dorea in Slytherin and Minerva in Gryffindor. They stayed very close in fact she was your father's godmother. She would also be able to tell you a lot about your family."

Parvati gave Harry's hand a squeeze and he turned his head to her. "Harry I think you should go for it. McGonagall is always fair with her students and I know she likes you. Hell she has you doing fifth year assignments to do after you completes your classwork." Harry looked at her surprised; he thought he was only a little bit ahead of some of the others but to be nearly a whole year ahead.

"Yeah Flitwick says the same about you. I think Professor Lupin told him you could perform the patronus charm so the work he has been giving you is way ahead of the rest of us." Padma added

"I had no idea." Harry said. Unlike Ron who would try and get Hermione to do his work Harry always did it on his own. he never had any real problems understanding the material so with Ron's constant complaints and Hermione saying that it was easy he thought he was somewhere in the middle.

Padma got a smile seeing how Harry was taking this. Beside quidditch he never really excelled at anything not wanting the attention. for two of his favorite teachers to know this about him, to allow him to excel without calling much overt attention to it even to the point that he didn't realize it was both touching and baffling. "Also Harry we have to ask her about the Lord's quarters for us to use."

Samesh raised an eyebrow at this, sure he liked Harry but for them to already wanting to share a bedroom was perhaps moving a bit too fast. "Though it would be a good idea for the three of you to grow closer I hope that you would be responsible in It." he said in a bit of a hesitant voice before switching topics. "Now we have to decide what you want to do for the rest of the holidays."

The twins shared a look before Parvati started. "We want to stay here Daddy. I don't think introducing Harry to the family during the chaos of the holidays would be the best thing."

"Plus we have to help him prepare for the second task." Padma added on.

Samesh agreed with his daughters' reasoning even if they stayed at the ambassador's manor it would still be really hectic what with all the parties and events. As for returning to India for the holidays, that had its own issues. For someone as shy as young Harry to be living in the royal palace would be hard to adapt to, what with the dozens of servants and the constant spotlight of being betrothed to the emperor's grand-daughters. "An excellent idea! I would say the three of you working together will be able to prepare for the next task quite well. Then I shall take my leave, father has requested my presence to update him on the contract and how you are all dealing with it. I believe he will be quite pleased." he finished giving his daughters a hug and a firm hand shake to Harry before they left the room to return to Hogwarts.

Upon returning to the castle they ran into just the teacher they were hoping to talk to.

"Mr. Potter if I could have a word with you in my office." Professor McGonagall said motioning down the hall to her office.

"Professor there is something we want to talk to you about as well." Parvati said moving to follow Harry with her sister just behind.

"I thought as much. You just came from a meeting with Mr. Patil am I correct?" she asked receiving a nod in return. "And he informed you of the compromise we agreed upon?" Again nods from all three students. "Well what have you decided?"

Harry stepped forward "Professor I would be honored if you would be my proxy in the wizengamoot as well as my teacher for the things I have to know as the head of house Potter. Though I do have one condition."

"And what is that mister Potter?" Minerva replied genuinely surprised by this.

"I would like it if you could tell me more about my parents, about my family." Harry had to force himself not to choke on the words with his nerves

Minerva smiled a kind gentle smile. "It would be my pleasure Harry, to be honest though many compare you to your mother and father, you remind me more of your grandmother. Never searching for the spotlight but when those close to you are threatened never shying away from a challenge. Though she was more cunning about it being a Slytherin after all."

Harry smiled as a small tear ran down his cheek. this was what he wanted for so long to learn more about his family and where he came from and now he had someone to tell him all sorts of stories about is parents, about Sirius and even his grandparents.

"Professor there is one more thing we would like to ask you." Padma interjected "We would like a place where the three of us can spend more time together as well as a private place for your lessons with Harry."

Parvati picked off. "To that end we request that the lord's chambers be opened up for us."

Minerva sighed. "I had anticipated that you would ask for that and they have already been set up for you. But before I show you the quarters I feel as I must iterate that this is not a pass for you to engage in, physical and intimate activities are we clear. "She finished sternly receiving three very enthusiastic nods "Well let us be off to your new quarters."

End chapter one.

Wow that was a long one. Again sorry for not posting something sooner but think of this extra-long chapter as an apology. Please read and review!