Harry yipped happily and ran, he was in the sleeping room, and searched for his parents. He found them and bound over, and ducked behind his mother, she looked back at him, chuckling,
"What monster are you running from?" She asked gently, he giggled,
"Draco's after me! Ah! He's coming!" Harry ducked into her skirts making her squeak. The adults nearby hid their amusement and pretended that they hadn't seen the small black-haired pup.
"Hello Mrs. Potter. Have you seen Harry?" Draco asked sweetly, hands folded behind his back, gazing innocently up at her. She cooed,
"What a sweet little boy! But I'm sorry, I haven't seen him, have you dear?" She asked, turning to look at James, his eyes were twinkling but he shook his head. She shrugged, "Have you looked outside?" She asked, looking at the blond-headed boy. He nodded,
"Yeah. I saw him come in here." Draco's nose lifted into the air and he sniffed, then he dropped to the ground on hands and knees and peered beneath Lily's skirt, making her squeak again, as the adults roared in laughter.
"Found you!" Draco said happily, Harry giggled and shot out from under his Mother's skirts and ran out of the room, Draco in hot pursuit. Lily was shaking with laughter, it had been such a comical thing, having the two boys beneath her skirts, entirely indecent, but incredibly comical. The adults quietly went out to watch the boys mess around. Soon all of the pups were wrestling, battling with one another, and it was so funny that the adults just had to stay and watch. Because of such chaos ensuing, they didn't see Harry roll right into the lake. Draco cried out, and Lily looked up to sharply and saw her pup missing and ran over. She knew he was unable to swim and dove into the freezing water, and dragged him out, he clutched her and sobbed into her shirt as she walked silently passed the now quiet adults and pups. She walked into the sleeping room and sat down near the hearth fire, allowing her frightened pup to cry against her. She rocked him and made soothing sounds, nuzzling against him. His sobs slowed and turned to the occasional hiccup, Lily sighed and looked down at her son, he had his thumb tucked into his mouth, and his eyes were drooping from exhaustion. She watched as he nodded off, and holding him she began to remove his clothing, once they were off she laid them out in front of the fire and settled him back in her lap. Her clothes too were drying in front of the fire. The adults were walking in, casting concerned glances at the two, James walked over and caressed his mate's neck with his hand, and gently took their son from her hold, and held him gently, and allowing Lily to lean against him, shock and fear had taken a toll on her emotions and worn her out. It wasn't physically draining, but when she realized her son was drowning, she panicked, and when she got to him, she was terrified he was already gone. Sometime before, Draco had come over, worry etched into his very being, she allowed him to curl beside her son, and snuggle against him. She realized then that the two pups would make very good mates.
"Is Harry all right?" She heard a small voice asked, she turned and smiled, the small girl was a shy one, Harry and her had bonded quickly because she was a submissive too. Lily nodded, the girl sighed, and grinned at the other girl, their hands clasped. Lily watched happily as slowly the pups gathered around her son and surrounded him in a mass of bodies. She smiled gently at them all and lay down, head resting on James' stomach, and slowly more bodies began to gather around them, as sleep pulled them to their dreams. Harry sighed in his sleep, turning into the embrace, nose burying in the chest behind him, not even caring that it wasn't his mother, but his brother. Fenrir was nearby, eyes sharp as he watched them all, he couldn't be jealous that his mate was embracing another, his mate didn't even know he was his mate for heaven's sake! He was brought from his daydreaming by a pitiful whimper, he looked over at the pile of pups and saw Harry whimpering and struggling, the pups around him beginning to rouse, his Mother and Father already wide awake at hearing their son's cries. He woke with a gasp, the pups around him waking with starts as well, all of them watching him as he trembled and sweated, his whimpers still sounding, more pitiful than before, his Mother gathered him up in a gentle embrace, he dropped his head onto her breast and started to cry, James came forward and kissed his son, petting his hair gently, both of them crooning to the frightened boy until he calmed down. Harry whimpered again and shivered in his Mother's hold,
"I'm cold." He whined, Lily chuckled quietly and the three went over and lay down before the hearth fire, Harry curling against his Mother's breast, eyes closing almost immediately. He wasn't aware of the other pups joining him once more, all of them curling their bodies around him, somehow managing to touch him or hold him in some gentle, comforting way. And Harry smiled in his sleep, because he wasn't drowning in darkness and coldness anymore, he was drowning in warmth and happiness, snuggling and cuddling with his friends and packmates. Maybe, just maybe, this type of drowning wasn't as bad.
