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A/N: I sincerely, absolutely, profoundly, totally, sincerely apologize for the tardiness of this chapter. Would you believe me if I told you I got sick, then flew to Europe, nearly had my heart broken (it was only scratched), flew back to Canada, and found out that I spent more money in Europe than I had intended? Oh yeah, I also have crazy amounts of homework to do, assigned by crazy teachers… I'm making excuses; I'm sorry.
I'm one of those people who hate it when an author doesn't post frequently. But now I've become one of those authors! Forgive me!
Seriously, though, I expect that updates will be very infrequent until school is over. Please bear with me! I assure you that I will NEVER ever abandon this story. In fact, I've written scenes that are going to happen much later. I have plans for this story, you know. I will not abandon it so please do not stop reading or looking out for updates!
About this chapter: This story is getting less funny by the minute. This chapter is loaded with a lot of stuff that may not inspire laughter. If you find that this chapter or the story in general is getting too politically charged or too law-ish, please REVIEW and let me know if it's not to your taste. I will re-edit this chapter and make sure that others are different if that's the case. However, if there are elements that you like about my story, I would also appreciate it if you could review and let me know. I would hate to get rid of something you like. Go ahead and criticize me: I can take it! Remember, your reviews keep me going! Every so often I look at them and I am inspired to write!
Anyways, this is my longest chapter yet. I hope you like it. Review Responses will be at the end.
Chapter Warnings: sex at the beginning, sex-related jokes, some scenes that are not-so-happy and some that are. Happy, that is. Someone gets hurt, severity undetermined.
This chapter is dedicated to
Nelly452
for correctly guessing that the scene in which everyone discusses the weirdest places they've ever had sex is taken from Friends, my favorite TV show.
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Undercover Queers and the Homophobic Society
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Chapter Three: Queer Sensations, Strange Events, and Odd Behaviour
I was lost. As Draco's fingers brushed over every part of my body, I got lost in the sensations. I couldn't tell if he was touching my chest or arm or face; the only thing I knew was that he was touching me. Everywhere.
The only thing I could see was Draco. His face, his body. There was nothing else here. It was just me and Draco. We were nowhere and everywhere at the same time.
His fingers touched some part of my body and I gasped.
"Draco… I"
"Shhh…" he whispered "Tonight, it's all about you. Just lie back and let me do everything." I squeezed his hand, which had become clasped in my own. He squeezed back and I relaxed, ready to accept every sensation and pleasure he chose to give me.
Then, I felt such intense pleasure as Draco's hand grazed over my straight cock.
"Oh… Don't stop." My fingers were playing with Draco's golden hair and his lips were pressed onto mine.
"Never," he said. I suddenly gasped as his slick fingers gently penetrated me. Moving them around, Draco incited such fantastic sensations within my body that I moaned with pleasure.
I could feel his fingers moving around, stretching my passage.
"Are you ready?" he whispered in my ear. I nodded, gasping as his fingers grazed a particularly sensitive spot within me. He pulled his fingers out and I was acutely aware of his cock pressing against me, looking for the entrance.
Then he pushed. My god, fingers were nothing compared to this!
We moved back and forth together, trying to get as much pleasure as we could from each other. I could hear him panting in my ear, his breath constantly tickling my neck.
I wrapped my legs around his waist and brought my mouth to his. We kissed and his hand went between us to grab my cock. Pumping it, I felt myself coming close to the edge.
Soon, I felt myself come in his hand. All my muscles flexed and I could feel Draco pull out of me before coming on the sheets.
We both lay there panting. Eventually, Draco kicked off the dirty sheet and moved towards me. He took me in his arms and whispered in my ear.
"Are you happy?" His eyes were closed, but a warm smile graced his features. I looked at him for a moment before answering.
"Yes, yes I am." His smile grew and he pulled me closer to him. I felt his heartbeat and suddenly I was covered by our quilt.
Soon, exhaustion overpowered me and I fell asleep in his arms.
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The next morning, I woke up to find Draco's side of the bed empty. I glanced at the clock: 11:45 AM. No doubt he'd gotten up hours ago. Draco could never sleep in past 9:30, no matter how tired he was or how late he'd gotten to bed.
I sighed as I stretched and sat up in bed. Finding the room chilly, I wrapped the comforter around me and walked across the room to the closet Draco and I shared. My side, which constituted perhaps one-fifth of the closet space, was very messy. It contrasted heavily with the way Draco's clothes on the other side of the closet were neatly hung on the hanger and folded on the shelves. Grinning slightly, I took note that he had decided to sort his clothes by color this morning. I grabbed an old sweater off the closet floor (on my side, of course) and a pair of sweatpants to wear that day. After I had dressed and washed up I started to leave the room. However, just as I was leaving, I noticed that I had left the closet door open. Knowing how much that would irk Draco, I returned to close it. It was the least I could do after last night, I figured.
As I descended the stairs, I stole a glance out of the landing window. It had snowed again last night. The entire front yard was a smooth, white landscape. Not a footprint had been made in it.
I felt something rub against my leg and looked down to see Persephone. She looked up at me but just as I was about to pet her, she hurried off towards the kitchen from which some noise seemed to originate. I chose to follow.
Walking into the kitchen, I was greeted with the sight of a delicious-looking pancake breakfast just waiting to be eaten. Draco, Ron and Pansy were sitting on the barstools and had empty plates before them. Ron's was, by far, the messiest. Ginny, like her brother, was still in her pajamas and had her hands on her hips. Hermione was cooking more pancakes as Ron proved to be insatiable. Persephone ran up to her and received a warm greeting and a brief scratch behind her ears.
"Come on! You guys can pee standing up," Ginny said indignantly.
"I should get up earlier if you guys have such strange conversations this early in the morning." I said as I grabbed a plate and loaded it with fresh pancakes. I sat down next to Ron and he stole two off my plate.
"You dimwit, this isn't early."
"Good morning to you, too, Draco." Though he couldn't sleep late, Draco most certainly was not a morning person.
"Where's Blaise? I'm surprised to see you up before him, Ron." Blaise was an early riser like Draco and Ron was, well, Ron. He hated waking up.
"He and Luna were up hours ago, "Hermione answered. "They went out on a lunch 'date.' They'll come back with some groceries."
"I see." I watched as Ron squirted obscene amounts of syrup on his pancakes and chose to just put butter on mine. "So what were you guys talking about when I first came in?"
"The differences between men and women." Pansy said. She was playing with the syrup left on her plate.
"And why men have it lucky, "Hermione added. "It's not easy being a woman, you know."
"Amen to that." Ginny said.
"Women live longer," I said.
"Already covered that," Pansy stated.
"Men don't have to push babies out of their bodies," Hermione said with a look in her eyes that said 'a-ha!'
"Neither do lesbians," Ron said. "Usually."
"Men lose weight faster." Pansy said, arching her eyebrow at Ron. "And can eat more junk food."
"None of you are overweight, so I don't see how that's relevant to our situation," Draco said.
"Oh, ok, you know what I don't get?" Ginny said, "The way guys can do so many mean things, and then not even care."
"No, that's a Slytherin thing, honey." Pansy said as she played with a straw in her mouth.
"Oh, wait!" I said. "I know why girls have it better than guys." Everyone turned to look at me and I knew that my reason would win this competition hands down.
"Multiple orgasms."
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I was cleaning up the breakfast dishes when I was interrupted by a tapping sound. Looking up, I saw that an owl was rapping its claw on the window. There was a newspaper held in its beak.
Draco, the only other person in the kitchen as everyone else had disappeared somewhere, got up from his seat, opened the window and allowed to owl to drop the paper on the table and perch on one of the kitchen chairs. Draco pulled five Knuts out of the jar we kept on the kitchen counter for this sort of thing and dropped the money into a small leather pouch on the owl's leg. Then the owl flew off through the open window.
"So, anything interesting in the news today, Draco?" I asked. When I didn't receive a reply, I turned off the water, dried my hands on the dishtowel, and walked towards Draco, who was sitting at the table, a look of pure concentration on his face.
Just then, I saw the front page. A picture of Ludo Bagman was on the front. He was being led out of his flat by at least three Aurors and was trying his best to hide his face from the camera.
The headline was this:
Ex-Ministry official Ludo Bagman sodomy scandal
Shocked at the headline, I slowly lowered myself into a chair opposite Draco. As far as I knew, Ludo Bagman wasn't even gay. How could this be?
Draco growled and gripped the paper as though to crumple it.
"It's absurd! The lengths to which these people will go! Completely biased and untrue is what it is." Draco threw the paper at me and I opened it up to the second page where the story would be.
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Ex-Quidditch player Ludo Bagman is accused of homosexuality
Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet
LONDON – Former Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps, Ludovic "Ludo" Bagman allegedly committed sodomy with another man, whose identity is unknown. After an investigation, Aurors arrived at the residence of Bagman yesterday morning and arrested him for sodomy.
A reliable source, who wishes to remain anonymous, came forward to authorities on Sunday. "I recently discovered that Ludo Bagman was having sexual intercourse with a man who I do not know. When I found out, I was disgusted." The source, having mistakenly overheard Bagman discuss his misconduct through the floo, willingly donated his memory of the event to Aurors, who evaluated it and determined it to be reliable as evidence. Not an hour later, Bagman was arrested for sodomy. The maximum punishment for the crime of sodomy is death.
"He put up quite a fight," says one of the Aurors on the case. "He was denying everything and even tried to apparate away." Ludo Bagman is also being charged with resistance of arrest, which is punishable by three years in Azkaban.
Authorities are trying to discover the identity of the other man involved in this heinous crime. Authorities ask that anyone with information come forward and present their information to the Auror department at the Ministry of Magic.
Bagman's trial begins on Friday, September 22, 2000. He is currently held in a holding cell at the Ministry until his trial begins.
As of yet, no one has come forward to plead or testify on Bagman's behalf.
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"Oh, no, not again." I sighed. The ministry was infamous for removing dissidents by manufacturing evidence and holding unfair trials. The whole system was severely flawed and politically corrupt. Anyone who disagreed with the system or its beliefs was promptly removed.
Recently, Ludo Bagman had been lobbying for the rights of werewolves. During the war, he and Remus had become good friends and Ludo was often appalled at the discrimination Remus had to endure. The Ministry had even refused to honor Remus with an Order of Merlin for his services during the War. Remus saved more lives than any ministry official and they chose not to recognize his heroic deeds because of a bite he had received when he was but a child.
Ludo, like any other righteous man sobered by the war, advocated werewolf rights. And now, as a result, he was accused of homosexual intercourse.
I made a noise in my throat and threw the newspaper on the table. And the Minster for Magic claimed the wizarding world was a free one. I scoffed.
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"Well," Draco said at about two that afternoon, "I have a meeting with some investors in about forty-five minutes. Bye, love." He grabbed his coat and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before leaving through the front door.
I returned to the living room and saw Ginny curled up on the couch, reading a magazine.
"Where are Hermione and Pansy?" I asked. Now that I no longer had Draco here to monopolize my attention, I became aware that I hadn't seen either of them for a number of hours. Ginny raised her eyebrow at me.
"Oh, they ran off somewhere. Pansy wanted to do something private for Hermione's birthday. They left hours ago." Before I could say anything more, she continued. "Blaise and Luna are still out on their 'date.'"
"Ron?"
"Sleeping." Of course.
"Well, I guess it's just you and me, Ginny," I said. She put her magazine down and looked at me apologetically.
"Actually, Harry, I'm about to leave for Diagon Alley. I found this beautiful, 'rare' magical device that I know Luna would just love. I wanted to get it for her." Ginny got up and ruffled my hair with her hand. "Sorry, Harry."
"Oh, that's alright. I don't mind. Besides, isn't it your anniversary soon?"
"Exactly."
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The sound could be heard from the bottom of the stairs. I could swear I felt the house shake with it.
Ron's snores. The loudest thing you'll ever hear, I guarantee you.
I trudged up the stairs and, doing my best to ignore his snores, went into my room. I didn't really want to stay in the house and so had decided to run some errands.
I let the newspaper article I had been holding drop onto the bed. Ludo Bagman's picture faced the ceiling and the Aurors grinned into the camera.
I quickly searched through all my clean clothes and found some nice slacks and a button-up shirt. After putting them on, I brushed my teeth and did my best to comb my hair. I was unsuccessful.
Giving up, I hid my wand in my sleeve, a habit from many years ago, and grabbed the article, folding it and putting it in my pocket.
I left a note for Ron on the kitchen table in case he woke up and wondered where everyone was. His waking up before dinner was unlikely, however.
As soon as I was out of the Apparition wards, I Apparated myself to a rather shabby part of London. There were a number of run-down office buildings, a pub, and an overflowing skip.
I stepped into a grungy old phone booth, picked up the receiver and dialed 6-2-4-4-2.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business," said the woman's voice from above my head.
"I'm Harry Potter. I'm here to save a friend." Then, I heard a click and rattle and a square silver badge with Harry Potter, Rescue Mission on it came out of the coin slot. I pinned it onto my shirt.
"Visitor to the Ministry, you are required to submit to a search and present your wand for registration at the security desk, which is located at the far end of the Atrium." With that, the floor began to shake and sink slowly into the ground. Eventually, I was greeted with the sight of the Ministry Atrium.
"The Ministry of Magic wishes you a pleasant day." Yeah, I'll bet.
I walked down the hall towards the desk with the sign that said Security above it. A small and rather bored-looking man sat behind the desk, eating a meatball sandwich. When I approached him, he looked up and recognized me immediately. He stood up and grabbed my hand, shaking it furiously.
"Mr. Harry Potter, sir! What a pleasure it is to meet you! My name is Dennis Bishop. What an honor it is to meet you, sir!" His whole face was stretched into a smile and he wouldn't let go of my hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Dennis. However, I'm afraid I have business to attend to here and must go quickly." He let go of my hand.
"Why, of course, sir! I imagine a rescue mission is no easy business and must be attended to immediately." I said nothing but let Dennis register my wand.
"Thank you," I said as I tucked my wand back into my sleeve.
"You're most welcome, sir!" Dennis called as I walked towards the lifts.
The golden grille of the lift slid back and I stepped into the lift. No one else was in the lift with me. The grilles slid shut and the lift began to ascend slowly. The same cool female voice from the telephone booth rang out again.
"Level Seven, Department of Magical Games and Sports, incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club and Ludicrous Patents Office."
The lift doors opened but no one got in. Instead a number of paper airplanes swooped into the lift. The doors closed and I ascended once more. The lift stopped at every floor and every so often, a paper airplane would come or go. Finally, I heard the woman's voice announce my stop.
"Level Two, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Auror Headquarters and Wizengamot Administration Services."
The lift stopped and the doors opened. I was startled to see Remus Lupin standing by the lift and he seemed just as surprised to see me.
"Remus, what are you doing here?" I stepped off the lift and stood next to my old friend and mentor.
"I've come to see Ludo, of course. You?" Remus looked horrible. His hair was a complete mess and his clothes were shabby. It looked as though the full moon was just last night but it was over two weeks ago that Remus had last transformed.
"Me, too." Remus seemed relieved at this and patted me on the back. "How is he?"
"I don't know. They won't let me see him." Remus's eyes drooped and it looked as though he hadn't slept at all.
"Remus, are you alright?" He looked at me quizzically, as though he were trying to decide something. Then he assured me he was fine, just worried about his best friend.
"I've come to visit him. I'll see what I can do for you. Just wait here, alright?" I squeezed his shoulder and walked towards the Auror Headquarters.
A man carrying a large amount of papers was walking down the hallway towards me. He saw me and his eyebrows knitted together, perhaps wondering why I was here.
"May I help you?" he asked.
"I would like to speak to the Auror in charge of Ludo Bagman." The man's face betrayed no emotion.
"Follow me, please." I followed him past a number of cubicles and he led me into an office piled high with papers and files. He set down the papers he was holding, brushed off his hands, and reached out to shake my own.
"My name is Frank Chorley. I am in charge of Ludo Bagman."
"Harry Potter." I shook his hand. "I request a visit with Ludo Bagman." Auror Chorley's eyebrow rose.
"May I ask why?"
"I would like to speak to a friend," I said with a tone of finality. He sighed.
"Very well, Mr. Potter. However, you cannot take your wand with you." I gave him my wand. "And another Auror will be present to monitor your conversation. It's procedure." I nodded and the Auror led me through a number of security doors to a holding cell.
Auror Chorley let me in and closed the door behind me. There was an Auror in the cell standing guard by the door. I looked across the room to a small bed. Ludo Bagman sat up and waved me over. I grabbed a chair and sat near him.
"Harry! What a pleasure to see you." Ludo had dark circles under his eyes, and I wondered if he had slept since his arrest. "You're my first visitor, other than these annoying Aurors." Ludo seemed a little disappointed when he said this, as though he had been hoping that someone would have visited by now.
"Remus has been trying to visit you for hours." Ludo smiled. "But they won't let him because he's a werewolf." Ludo's smile faded.
"Bloody prejudiced ponces." I wholeheartedly agreed. "Remus is a good friend, though."
I looked at Ludo. His contributions during the war were innumerable. The Ministry's treatment of him was horribly unjust.
"Ludo, do you have a lawyer?" Ludo looked at me but said nothing. "Do you have someone to represent you in front of the Wizengamot?" Ludo smiled bitterly.
"No lawyer in Britain is willing to take my case. I was going to represent myself." It was as I thought. No lawyer would ever, in his right mind, take a case in defense of a person accused of sodomy. All lawyers thought that it would damage their reputation. This lack of representation led to the defendants losing their trial and facing harsh consequences.
"Ludo, may I represent you?" I looked him in the eyes.
"Harry, you'd do that for me?" I nodded. "I would be honored to have you represent me."
"Good," I said. "Ludo, I'm going to try to get them to allow Remus in here. I'm also going to see if I can get you released."
I stood up and nodded at the Auror. The door opened and I found myself face to face with Auror Chorley.
"I need to speak with you." He nodded and we returned to his office.
"You would like to represent Ludo Bagman before the Wizengamot."
"I am more than qualified for the role." The Auror nodded. "I also assume you know what else I said in there." He nodded again. "I would like to see Ludo Bagman released until his trial."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Potter, but we can't do that." I was about to argue when Chorley spoke again. "However, Mr. Bagman can be put under house arrest until his trial. Wards would have to be installed and an Auror would have to stay at his residence to keep watch." I nodded.
"That is acceptable," I said. "Another thing – "
"You would like to allow Mr. Lupin a visit with Mr. Bagman."
"There is no law that says a werewolf cannot visit a person in Auror custody so long as the situation is deemed safe. The full moon isn't for another two weeks so there's no chance of his changing. Also, Mr. Bagman poses no threat to the situation."
"It seems as though you are right, Mr. Potter. I will allow Remus Lupin to visit Mr. Bagman but two Aurors shall be present, including myself. You understand why, I presume."
I nodded and made my way back to the holding cell where Ludo was being kept. Another Auror escorted me in and Ludo seemed surprised to see me again.
"Why are you back, Harry?" The Auror in the corner of the room monitoring our conversation was motionless.
"You are going to be allowed home under house arrest until your trial. I've also convinced them to allow Remus in. I will have to stay here as your legal representative, of course." The corners of Ludo's mouth turned up in a weary smile.
"Thank you, Harry. It means the world to me." I squeezed his shoulder and sat in a chair close enough to Ludo to hear anything said.
Just as I sat down, the door to Ludo's cell opened. Remus came in with Auror Chorley close behind. The door was locked behind him. Remus walked right over to Ludo and sat in a chair so that he was facing him.
"Remus."
"Oh, Ludo! I'm so sorry." Remus' face crumpled up like he was holding back tears. "You don't deserve this." Ludo made soothing noises and leaned forward to clasp Remus' hand.
"No touching please," the unknown Auror said gruffly. Their hands parted immediately. Remus looked warily at the Aurors in the room.
"No, Ludo. You shouldn't be here. I'm the one who – ."
"No, Remus. It was my decision." Ludo smiled. "I don't regret anything." Remus seemed to calm at these words. I felt as though I were intruding on some private conversation and so I faced the other way as Ludo and Remus said their goodbyes. I turned around again as Remus stood up and thanked the Aurors.
I waved goodbye to Ludo, who nodded back, and Remus and I were led out of the cell. After clearing up all legalities with Auror Chorley, making sure that Ludo would be taken to his flat as soon as containing wards and escape-preventing charms were put up, Remus and I took the lift back to the Atrium.
"Harry, that visit meant more to me than you'd understand. Thank you." Remus seemed more alive than when I first saw him at Auror Headquarters but his face still showed the weariness that years of fighting and losing can do to a person. To me, he had never seemed so old.
"Remus, would you join me for a bite to eat in Diagon Alley?" Just then, Remus' stomach growled fiercely.
"I don't think just a 'bite' would be enough to satisfy the werewolf inside me. I'm famished!"
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Remus and I spent the better part of the next two hours sitting at a small café, enjoying a couple of filling meals, and talking about our lives. I told him about Hermione's birthday and assured him that she had received his gift well. When he asked about my marriage to Ginny, I nearly didn't know what to say. I had never told him the truth about my situation as I thought that it would only be a burden for him. I really wanted him to know, so that I could have somebody outside of my circle of homosexual friends to talk to about things (since Fred was no help at all), and I knew that he would never betray my secret. Even so, Remus' opinion of me meant so much that I had an irrational fear that he would shun me if he knew the truth. So, I let him think I was happily married to the girl of my dreams and that I was living the life of your typical heterosexual male celebrity.
"You seem pretty happy, Harry." I wanted to ask Remus why he seemed the complete opposite, why he seemed to envy my happiness, why he wasn't happy himself. But I knew that if I did, I would get no answer.
"I am happy."
"I'm glad." Remus smiled.
"Harry Potter?" A somewhat familiar female voice called my name and I turned around to see who it was. I recognized her as the shopkeeper from whom Ginny and I bought Hermione's new cat.
"Hello, um, I'm sorry, but I never caught your name." She smiled and looked me up and down.
"My name's Vanessa. Vanessa Porter." She was fidgeting and I saw her eye the chair next to me. I would have offered her a seat but I really didn't want her to sit with Remus and me.
"Please, have a seat." Remus pulled out the extra chair for Vanessa and she turned to look at him as though she hadn't realized he was ever there.
She sat in the chair and smiled at Remus. There was an awkward moment of silence until I broke it.
"Vanessa, this is Remus Lupin, my mentor and a very important person to me. Remus, this is Vanessa. She's the shopkeeper of Magical Menagerie. She sold us the cat."
They both said their 'nice to meet you's and Vanessa's attention was once again on me. Remus grinned at me like I was some sort of playboy and Vanessa just blabbered on about some thing or another.
"You know, Harry," Remus spoke up. "If you know more pretty girls like Vanessa, Ginny might become suspicious or jealous." He meant it entirely as a joke and I was about to retaliate with a witty remark when Vanessa spoke up.
"If she thinks Harry would cheat or be disloyal, she does not deserve to be his wife." Both Remus and I raised our eyebrows in surprise. My impression of her was hardly getting any better.
Just then, a large crash was heard. The whole café went silent and people were running around outside trying to see what had happened. A really bad feeling settled itself in the bottom of my stomach.
I ran out the door and caught someone who was running away from the sound's origin.
"What happened?" I yelled.
"The Gringott's sign, it fell down. Someone's hurt." That made no sense, whatsoever. There should have been spells cast on the sign to prevent any such thing from happening. Wards.
"What's wrong?" asked Vanessa. She and Remus had run out of the café after me. I didn't bother to answer her as a horrible thought had entered my mind.
Draco had gone to Gringott's to discuss business with his investors. It's where he always went for that sort of thing. That person had said that someone was hurt. What if it was Draco?
I raced towards Gringott's as fast as my legs would carry me. Panic rushed through my veins and I found it difficult to breathe. I pushed my way through the throng of people who were surrounding the fallen sign and, presumably, the body next to it.
When I finally managed to get through the crowd, I expected to see blonde hair matted with dirt and mud. Instead, the hair was red. I'm ashamed to say that I was initially relieved to see that it wasn't Draco's body next to that sign. Instead, it was the body of a petite woman with vivid red hair and freckles.
"My God! Ginny!" I pushed my past a few more people and ran towards her motionless body. There was a shopping bag lying not two feet away from her hand. It was, most probably, a gift for Luna. Please God, I prayed, let her still be alive.
Please.
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A/N: I hope you liked it! As I said at the beginning, I went out on a limb by changing the feel of the story. Please let me know if there was anything you didn't like. Even the smallest suggestion could greatly improve my story.
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