Don't really think it is my best but I got it up and I love REASON! I find her so cute! What do you think?

Mid-morning light flooded into the bedroom through a wall of windows, casting a gold glow over everything in the room including the golden boy, now a man, whose legs were twisted in blue cotton sheets. Eyelids fluttering, the man began to stir, rolling over and away from the window. Yawning, he stretched out his long arms and shuddered, slowly opening his eyes. The air in the room was soft and the man took a moment to soak in the sight around him before sighing. He had packed up most of his things, shelves and walls were bare with necessities in a trunk and most everything else in cardboard boxes to give away. It was his last day in his cozy Tampa apartment; he was heading back to Hogwarts.

The man shut his eyes again and felt a wave of sadness run through his body. He had vowed to never go back, that he would stay away from the wizarding world and the sadness it had given him. The only contact he'd had with any of the magical persuasion were the visits from Hermione and Ron and their 3 going on 4 children as well as from the other Weasly's and once even Luna and Neville when they were on one of their family vacations on a search for some new magical creature. Harry had made sure to keep his location from the presses and slowly his name disappeared from the wizard news. For months after he had run away there were hunts for him, search parties and news alerts telling people to keep an eye out for the missing boy wonder. Now, 11 years passed, he no longer feared going into the muggle public and did so freely, becoming familiar with his neighbors and going to events like the fair and school plays and competitions.

Harry sat up and looked at the last item on his bedside table, a framed picture with a beautiful woman and two rosy faced children smiling at him as he was taking the picture. It had been at the girls 10th birthday and they had had it at the park with just the four of them. It was the year the girl's magic powers had begun to emerge, untamed and powerful and so they had had a family party to avoid any possible accidents. They had gone to the state park and canoed down the river to a secluded picnic site where they had a wonderful picnic and went swimming and played games. When they got home, Harry lit a magical fire that blazed all the colors of the rainbow and warmed the family as they drank pumpkin juice and watched old black and white movies. Now almost a year later, the picture was about to be packed in one of the remaining boxes as the family prepared to move to London. Reason had just turned 11 and was be entering Hogwarts along with Cadvan, the boy whom she claimed as her brother although she had figured out long before that he was not daddy's son like she was daddy's daughter.

Cadvan was about two months older than Reason and the boy guarded her fiercely, always making sure that she was safe and happy. The boy was the son of the woman Harry lived with, Riley. When Harry had first moved to Tampa, he had no one. He had left Ron and Hemione's home in the darkness of the night, telling no one of where he was going and he arrived in the warm city with only gold coins, a sack full of cloths, a broom, and a bloody cough. There he stood, in the light of the street lamp, alone. It was in those moments, bathed in the artificial light, that a warm breeze hit him carrying the feelings of regret and immeasurable sadness and Harry realized exactly what he had just done and began to cry, his sobs broken up by the occasional fit of violent coughing. In the moments following these, a miracle happened. From a bookstore across from where the sick man cried, a blonde woman emerged carrying a baby in her arms as well as a few picture books. The woman stopped at the sight of the man, eyes widened with surprised but softened with sympathy. With a glance down both directions of the road, she jogged across the street with her cargo and approached him.

"Hello? Sir?" she prodded with her voice and Harry glanced up at her, his emerald eyes red with tears. She straightened and looked serious all of a sudden.

"Mr. Potter, do you need a home for tonight?" she asked and Harry cringed. How had he come all this way to run from his past and happened to run into possibly the only witch in Tampa? Harry turned to leave but felt a hand grab his arms. "I will not speak of it to anyone Mr. Potter. I sense that you are dealing with some things and you are welcome to warm lodgings and food if you require it sir." And a little hesitantly, Harry let himself be led to the woman's apartment where she settled her son in a cradle and prepared chicken soup to "warm [Harry's] innerds" and there he stayed.

2 months later, a second crib was erected and when Reason was placed in it Harry cried bittersweet tears at the child with her silver blond hair and snow white skin. Now, almost 11 years later Harry was getting out of bed to face a day of packing and departing from his home and returning to Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Harry didn't know what awaited him their but most of the staff at Hogwarts welcomed him with open arms: Neville, the new Herbology teacher, Hermione, the new Muggle Studies and History of Magic teacher, and Ginny, the new Charms teacher, to name a few. There was only one teacher he was worried about. Draco Malfoy had taken over Potions which was not surprising since it always was his forte but Harry was worried about what it would be like seeing the man all these years later. Harry shut his eyes for a moment and felt a farmiliar warmth press against his eye lids. When Draco had left him that day he had left Harry with more than a broken heart and Harry didn't know how he would fair being faced with that again but Harry didn't have much time to think about it as his door was thrown open and purple shot through the room.

Reason flung herself on the bed and smiled widely at her father, her blond hair in two thick braids down to her butt to keep her long hair from knotting. Clothed in a large purple night shirt, Reason twisted herself in the blue sheets her father had discarded before unrolling herself and standing up in the bed with fantastic speed.

"Father, today I become a woman," she announced and Harry chuckled at her outburst.

"Sweetie, I am pretty sure that is when you get married," Harry jested and she looked at him with serious eyes.

"No father, actually it is when you have sex for the first time," Reason took a moment to smile at her father's shocked face, "But since I will never have sex I proclaim that today I become a woman." And with that she stepped off the bed grandly as Riley and Cadvan slipped into the doorway.

"She's been announcing that all mornin', Da," Cadvan said sleepily and walked over, throwing himself face down on the bed, his dark hair touseled from sleep. Riley smiled and walked over as well, sitting politely on the edge of the bed, stroking Cadvan's hair as she looked at Harry.

"I explained to her that she will not be heading to Hogwarts today but she seems to think that since it is her first time leaving her home she has reached a milestone of sorts," the blond woman laughed and Reason crossed her arms.

"Why does nobody think I am serious, anyway, why are we still sitting around? Isn't it time to finish packing?" she commanded and Harry got out of bed and stretched again as he stood. Harry walked around the bed to the serious child and picked her up with a smile.

"And how are we supposed to go anywhere with you dressed like that, huh?" Harry jested and began to tickle the little girl, throwing her into a fit of giggles and pants and she struggled to free herself from her father's grip.

"Cadvan! Ca-ha-ha-hadvan!" she cried out and the boy stood quickly, stepping over to Harry and holding his arms out to him. At 11, Cadvan was nearly as tall as Harry and just as strong so Harry handed the little girl to the boy confidently and left the room as Reason cried out dramatically about cruel father's and the poor little Reason-Child being oh-so-abused. Harry entered the kitchen and heard soft footsteps behind him and a small touch on his arm. "Good morning, Harry," Riley said quietly as she stepped up next to him and pulled a mug for him from the cupboard. Harry thanked her and poured himself a cup of coffee and Riley lounged against the countertop silently, drinking her own, full of sugar in contrast to Harry's black coffee. Harry sat down at the table and took a donut from the box from the local bakery and looked to Riley as he took a bite. The woman was beautiful. Tall and curvy, but no fat, just right Harry would say. She had a comforting air about her as if just by being near her she made you feel better and her warm smiled calmed even the most violent of Harry's tempers. She had a fairly sharp face with deep eyes that seemed so thoughtful and bright and her light blond hair fell in loose twists around her face, her pale skin glowing in the light of the apartment. Harry loved her as much as a man like him could.

Riley smiled as she caught Harry staring at her and tuck a curl behind her ear. "What are you looking at?" she asked with a smiled and Harry just smiled in response before his happy mood was spoiled with a reminder or Malfoy. Riley, sensing this change of mood stepped forward and sat at the table, eyeing Harry with a serious look. "What's wrong? Is it," she hesitated for a moment, "Malfoy?" Got to love the woman, Harry thought, she knew him well.

"I don't know what I will do," Harry voiced his concern and she took his hand.

"You will do whatever it is you feel when the moment arises. You may try to figure how you will react but until you are put in that situation, you don't know. No amount of worrying will change your reaction when you greet him after all these years." Harry looked deep into her hazel eyes and sighed again.

"You're right," he replied and he nodded. In a few moments he stood and went back to his room, Cadvan having carried Reason off to finish packing and get ready to go. Harry closed the door to his room and entered his bathroom, stripping himself and stepping into the shower, turning it on and letting himself get hit by the cold water before it warmed up and he bathed himself, letting his mind go blank for the few minutes he was there. After he had washed his hair and rinsed his body, Harry turned off the water and emerged from the shower into the steamy bathroom, grabbing a towel and opening the door, releasing the steam into the bedroom.

Harry looked at the clock as he entered his closet; 11:32. Hermione and Ron were expecting him and the others between noon and one, better hurry, he thought. Harry turned on the light in his closet and began to put on a pair of black slacks, one of the last things in his closet. After he had buttoned his pants he pulled on a white button down shirt, not bothering to tuck it in before reaching for his only pair of unpacked socks and black converse which he placed on while sitting on his bed after leaving his closet and turning the light off. Once he was fully dressed Harry paused a moment before picking up the picture frame from the night stand and looking at it for a moment before he placed it next to him and pulled out the drawer. In the drawer was a single wooden box which Harry lifted out carefully and opened. He had not had much use for his wand so he often kept it in the bed side drawer to keep it safe. Throwing the box aside, Harry felt the weight of it in his hand and stared at it for a while before being interrupted by Cadvan, fully dressed and waiting in the doorway.

"Da, we're ready to go," the boy said and left after receiving a nod from Harry. Harry stood and picked up his pack, placing his picture in the main pocket and throwing it on. With a fluid movement of his wand, the trunks began to move themselves into the living room and the cardboard boxes to the door. As Harry shut the curtains in the bedroom he heard Reason shouting form the living room, "WHY CAN'T I MOVE MY TRUNKS WITH MAGIC?" and Harry shut off the light and closed the door to his quiet life before entering the barren living room where the three waited for him.

"Ready?" Riley asked confidently and Harry nodded shakily while passing around the bag of floo powder to the members.

"Get a clear idea of where you want to go, and then say it out loud, clearly," Harry instructed, his body moving forward while his heart pulled back and away from the times ahead of him. "Now Riley will go first then Cadvan, then Reason. Think of the Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron, then say, 'The Sett*', ok?" Harry swallowed hard as they nodded back. Riley approached the floo with her trunk and after a moment, threw down the powder, spoke, and disappeared, causing Reason to yelp in surprise. Next, Cadvan entered the fireplace and threw down the floo powder, also disappearing.

"My turn Daddy?" Reason asked excitedly and Harry nodded, feeling his stomach twist and she entered the fireplace with her trunk. After a moment with her face scrunched in concentration, the small girl disappeared and for a moment Harry was left alone in his apartment but when the sense of loneliness began to creep into him he rushed into the fireplace, murmured a quick goodbye to his past life and threw down the powder and called the name of his friends home, settling into the familiar feeling of magic.

Harry landed with a thud and looked into the room of people hugging and kissing and squealing and for a moment, he felt no concerns or worries as his friends embraced him and Reason stood on the couch loudly pronouncing that she was now a woman.

So what do you think?

Dont'cha just LOVE REASON?

*A "sett" is Badger den, I wanted to keep it in the "Burrow" feel and I thought sett sounded more sophisticated, like the Burrow with the Hermione touch. I think it's cute.

Anywho, Reviewing is loving!

S.