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Oh, and one last thing, neither of us were really able to capture the essence of being drunk, so we tried our best, it's also our first time writing a scene with drunk characters, so, to be fair, it's kinda terrible when we showcase them speaking, but, they do get drunker as the chapter goes on, some more so then others, and because its MAGICAL alcohol, I would think that even Natasha and Remus, with their considerable resistances, would be overcome, don't you agree? After all, you got moonshiners, back hills brewers, Americans who love their alcoholic beverages made strong, so, why not have American magicals be the same especially given that magicals may have a stronger resistance to being drunk then normal folk, so please, be considerate, k? Enjoy the chapter! ^^

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Anyway, without further ado, on with the adventure! lol

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~Last Time on How Could One Will Cause So Much Chaos? ~

~SHIELD Helicarrier~

Fury sighed, the Vegas branch had just informed him that a room had been booked under a name that didn't appear in any records they had access to, a name, that had recently popped up out of nowhere as existing with a SIN number, birthdate, and blood type even, but no known family, and no prior history to today. And it would be landing at a Las Vegas airport in a few hours; needless to say, he needed someone he could trust to get to the bottom of this. Needless to say, he called in his best operative.

Natasha Romanova, better known as the Black Widow, was curious about what her boss wanted from her this time. After all, she was supposed to be heading out on vacation right now, and had been called back to active duty for this important matter before she could even leave.

"I wouldn't have called you back if it wasn't something that may be important," Fury began. "Should it prove to be nothing you can just report in that it's not and then begin your vacation," He told her before sliding the information he had towards her. "I'm sending you to Vegas to check on the sudden appearance of this young man. Up until today there has been no record of his existing, yet now he appears to be on a plane heading to Vegas, a room already booked under his name. Go to Vegas, find out just who this Harrison Daniel Radcliffe really is, and report back your findings. Once that is done you can begin your vacation," Fury finished, letting her look over the gathered information.

Natasha sighed, "It's been a while since I was last in Vegas, wonder how much its changed," she then looked at Fury, "Is this purely reconnaissance, or a recon and neutralization assignment?" she asked curiously.

"That will depend on what you find," Fury told her. "If this Harrison is nothing more than just some punk using fake IDs to get into Vegas then leave him be. However, if he is in fact working with someone or up to something that we can't ignore, I defer to your judgement at the time on what to do about him," Fury had little doubt that Natasha would make the right call. She's never failed before, granted, there had been the odd unexpected outcomes from time to time.

Natasha nodded, and picked up the files, she would read up on her target during the trip to Vegas, hopefully she could get there before her target did.

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~Some bar in Vegas~

A woman sighed; she had long, dark brown hair that reached the middle of her back, an attractive if not alluring face, and a slim but athletic figure. She sipped her drink as she thought about what to do; she had FINALLY been allowed to take a vacation away from the ever watchful eye of her guardian. Now, she didn't know what to do, then again, she had never been on her own in a city like this one before, at least unsupervised of course. So far, she'd had to beat up two guys who had tried to ask her out on a date and wouldn't take no for an answer.

Deciding to try her luck, she made her way to the richer part of town where all the good casinos were, who knows, she may get lucky...

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~And now~

~Back when Harry first landed in Vegas~

When Harry first landed in Vegas, he and his chaperones were of different minds. Nym wanted to go straight for the casinos, Remus wanted to check in. Finally, Harry was wondering if it was too late to back out of this crazy trip and go find Sirius in New York or Canada and punch the stupid mutt silly. When both chaperones turned to Harry for the tie breaking vote, Harry sighed and agreed with Remus. Thanks to the Goblins and Sirius's help, they already had reservations for a VIP suite at a Casino and hotel called the 'Golden Nugget Las Vegas', it was apparently run by one of the few Goblins in Vegas who was honorable and that used some squibs as a go between for the mundane side of things, and that did honest business with Gringotts. When they arrived, they were quickly escorted to the VIP suite. Once there, Nym quickly went to the bathroom and got changed, when she came out she was wearing a dark brown trench coat, a white, military style sweat shirt underneath, no bra, dark striped pants, and knee high leather boots, the aura she gave off was 'I like what I like and fuck everyone else's opinion'.

Remus sighed, shook his head and said to Harry, "So, Harry, where do you want to go first?" he asked, as he spoke he took out a special map that showed both sides of Vegas, the mundane, and the magical.

Closing his eyes, Harry took a deep breath, spun his hand in the air, and let his finger drop onto the map, he heard Nym whistle low and long at what he had apparently chosen and when he opened his eyes, he saw that his finger had fallen on a mundane Casino by the name of Encore Casino.

Nym smiled, she had taken magical photos, or rather she had Remus take them of her fogging up the case for the Hand of Faith downstairs, now she was ready to go. Anyway, with their first stop decided, they got ready to go, however even with his best 'party suit', Remus still stood out. In this case, Remus was wearing a party suit that had CLEARLY seen better days, for one it looked to be from the seventies, two, it consisted of a fuzzy lime green coat with a leopard print on the inside, a big hat that could only be described as a modern day pimp hat that was a matching green and had orange ribbon around it. He was also wearing a bright, neon orange fuzzy shirt, with a giant dollar symbol hanging from his collar, and to finish it off, he had dark purple pants with orange buttons on the front doing up the fly with black smart shoes. He also had what could only be described as a pimp cane in his hand. To both Nym and Harry, it was clear that two things had occurred, one, Remus had had to go for something cheap, and secondly, he had taken advice from Sirius, and been pranked as a result.

Nym started laughing her ass off, using the nearby table to keep her balance. She had never seen anything more funny in her whole life. She was so going to high five Sirius when they got back to him. She also wondered just where the camera had disappeared to; she needed to take a picture of this before anything happened to ruin it!

Harry face palmed and shook his head. There was no way they could go out in public with Remus dressed like that. Even in the Wizarding World, there would be no chance of them not getting odd looks at that. "Remus, take off the hat and please get rid of that symbol around your neck. Also leave the cane please." He also thought about telling Remus to forget about the jacket as well, but he wasn't sure if the jacket was covering something more horrible or not.

Remus sighed as his shoulders sagged, "Sirius pranked me didn't he?" he asked in exasperation.

Harry nodded, "You've no idea how badly he got you with this one," Harry told him.

"This one was pure gold!" Nym laughed, "Oh I am so bringing him back something good for doing this!" She grinned before snapping a picture, "This one is going on my wall and will be as huge as I can make it!" she stated proudly.

Remus sighed and said, "Whatever, if anyone asks, I'm 'eccentric', fair enough?" he looked at both Harry and Nym as he spoke.

Harry sighed, not liking the fact that he was going to be seen walking around with someone dressed like Remus was for their time here. After all, Sirius had sent Harry here with the hope of Harry finding a wife, which was obvious, in hindsight. What woman would even take him seriously with someone dressed like that walking around with him. But then again, given Harry's luck with women, it most likely was going to save him some embarrassment in the long run. His track record with women was horrible to begin with so why would it change now?

Nym was going to love this; Remus was a conversation starter, cause of his outfit, now. If nothing else, she would get a kick out of the attempt to enact Sirius's real goal while the three of them were here in Vegas, and that was to get Harry and Remus hitched to someone each. Sirius had confided in Nym why he wanted both Remus and Harry in Vegas together with her on this trip. Remus was too 'cowardly' in Sirius's mind to ever step up and marry someone without something bolstering his courage, or suppressing his faculties. As for Harry, Sirius was of the opinion the boy could use all the help he could get, not to mention Vegas was full of beautiful women. And so, Sirius had confided to Nym why he had his will state that Harry had to go to Vegas to get his inheritance.

"Let's go," Harry said in resignation as he turned away from Remus and headed for the door. The sooner they got out the door the sooner the day could end and he could see about burning that outfit for Remus's own good, he would just have to make sure they found something else while they were out, after all Vegas is full of shops they could hunt for nicer clothes in.

An hour later, found Harry and his chaperones in line to get into the Encore behind a teenage looking girl with a tanned skin complexion and an athletic and well-fit build, and who was currently wearing army pants and a Levi's jean jacket that had clearly seen better days from the tears in it and the rough patch jobs on it. When she turned to look behind them and herself, Harry noticed she was wearing a Hex Girls t-shirt that, like the jacket, had tears in it.

Harry was surprised to find someone around his age in line with them, not to mention one so beautiful. Harry, for a moment, thought about saying something to her; maybe give her a small smile, just something. But then he caught a glimpse of Remus's lime green coat and ducked his head. There was no way he could talk to her with Remus there looking like he should be a neon sign somewhere in Vegas.

Nym took one look between Harry and the young woman and grinned to herself before speaking up, "Hex Girls rule!" She said to the young woman. "Saw their last show and loved their new songs. You ever seen them live?"

The young woman was taken a back for a moment, "Um, no, not really, a friend leant me some clothes since most of mine went missing on the trip here, I suspect she was trying to help me 'fit in' more with those my age," she replied flatly, she then took on a thoughtful look, "You wouldn't, you know, be able to help me get in, would you?" she asked, trying and obviously struggling to give Harry a seductive wink.

Harry blushed and struggled to say something, so Nym took over. "He would LOVE to help you get in. Wouldn't you Harry?" Nym smirked at him.

Harry nearly glared at her in response before remembering he was trying to, at the very least; meet some women, so he gave Laura a nervous smile. "Oh um sure, we can get you in," He could feel the tips of his ears turning red.

The girl smiled and stepped aside for Harry to go forward. As he did, the bouncer, who was six feet and eight inches tall, and clearly weighted about three hundred pounds with most of it being clear muscle, eyed Harry like he was some little punk. "You sure you're allowed to be here 'kid'?" he asked sounding amused by Harry as he looked at Harry with an arched eyebrow.

Harry fished in his pockets for his ID, hoping they hadn't forgotten it back in the hotel room. Finding the card Harry held it out to the man, "Yes I am, as you can see I am of age," Harry actually found himself smiling proudly about having the card on him.

The bouncer eyed the ID card closely, before looking at Harry, "Kinda small for a twenty eight year old aren't you?" The bouncer asked curiously, before shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Whatever, your Brits are always small," before opening the door and saying, "If the girl is with you, your responsible for her, make sure she doesn't drink, make sure she sticks with you, and if she bets, make sure she knows she has to pay any debts she incurs, oh, and one last thing, I hear about any weapons, and you get your ass thrown to the curb, understood twerp?" he finished seriously.

Harry nodded, taking his ID back before leading the group inside, once out of ear shot he glared back towards the now closed door. "Us Brits are short? Can you believe him? And has he never seen a dwarf before? Someone should talk to his boss about how he talks about customers!" Harry growled angrily.

"Ah who cares about him, we're inside so let's have some fun!" Nym waved off Harry's fears.

The girl smirked, "Thanks, by the way, my name is Laura," she said, "So, what's up first?" she asked, only for Nym to say, "Oh, this is Harrison, well, Harry for short," she said, giving Harry a wink and ignoring his glare, "My name is Nym Tonks, and the funny looking 'goblin' there is Remus!" she finished cheerily. Laura had been glancing at the guy who was with them in much outdated party gear warily now that Nym had pointed out Remus. "Well," Laura said, "I wasn't going to say anything to be polite, but, now that I know your know him, I feel bad for you having to hang out with him," she finished sadly.

Nym snorted as she tried to hide her laughter while Harry frowned a little at that remark. "Remus is dressed like that thanks to a prank done by my late godfather," Harry made sure to make it clear that Sirius was 'dead' in case someone was listening who'd reveal to someone back in Britain that Sirius was very much alive, thus alerting Dumbledore to what was actually happening with Harry.

Laura quirked an eyebrow, "Prank?" she asked, the word sounding foreign to her tongue and mind. Then she saw Nym looking at her weirdly, "What?" she asked curiously. Nym smiled, "I intend to take you under my wing, so to speak and offer you some advice on pranking, and it can be a lot of fun, especially to those who have a mind for tactics!" Nym said proud of her highly skilled past pranks, maybe not as 'flashy' as some of Sirius's, but close to it. The mentioning of tactics got Laura's interest immediately however.

As the two talked, Harry lead them over to a Black Jack table, much to his surprize, he got twenty one on his first hit, and because he had, foolishly, placed a bet of two thousand dollars, he won four thousand. Deciding to avoid Black Jack for now, Harry made his way over to the Poker section. He had been taught the basics by Sirius, who had cleaned him out a few times, and Harry had cleaned him out a few times too.

Harry was surprised by his luck. Normally Harry would find himself failing and needing help to dig himself out of trouble, here he had doubled his first bet in only one game, this made Harry wonder about it. All the times his luck seem to turn on him, he was on or around Hogwarts grounds. At the Dursleys house he could study without any problems, figure out how to solve problems on his own, but once he got to Hogwarts he needed help. It was so bad that he couldn't do anything himself, however it was enough that Harry would more often turn to Ron and Hermione for help. Frowning to himself over this, Harry turned to Nym and Remus and asked, "Is it possible that Dumbledore did something to me so that I would get use to relying on other people, one of which we know he was using?"

Nym and Remus shared a look, before Remus spoke up, "There are any number of things he could have done Harry, why do you ask?" Remus asked, unaware of Harry's thoughts.

"Because when I was at my aunt and uncle's house I could study, answer school problems, do everything by myself with no trouble. But as soon as I get to Hogwarts, I wouldn't be able to do that. I would need Ron and Hermione to help me study, to help me when something went wrong at school, to save the school. I'd be almost helpless without them. But right now, I'm having good luck, I can think of almost every answer to most of the tests and questions I've faced at school, I've even rethought about how I dealt with things like the Chamber of Secrets and how I could've done better, solved what was happening well before Hermione did!" Harry shut his eyes for a moment, "It's almost as if the second I get near Hogwarts my brain is dumbed down and my luck betrays me. I think Dumbledore wanted to make sure I got so use to needing at least Ron's help with stuff that I would never stop being Ron's friend." Harry then opened his eyes and sighed, "That makes me wonder about Hermione now. If she was part of Dumbledore's plans as well or if she really was my friend?"

Nym and Remus gave Harry a sad smile. "Harry, from the sounds of it, Dumbledore did something to the wards of Hogwarts that targets you specifically, which is tricky, but possible for advanced warders like Dumbledore and his knowledge base," Remus said. "As for Hermione, ask her directly, make it clear that if she was in on the plan, then you can't be friends anymore as it would mean your friendship was based on a lie and another's manipulations, however, if she proves to truly be your friend, then consider this a test of friendship, true friendship," Nym added.

Harry hoped that at the very least Hermione wasn't part of Dumbledore's plot, at least he would have one friend who was true. But that was something he would have to arrange when he returned to Britain for the will reading. Pushing it aside for later Harry just sighed.

Laura, meanwhile, was watching all this with interest, she had never heard of Hogwarts, though the name Dumbledore sounded familiar for some reason, she must have heard it mentioned somewhere. Shrugging her shoulders she said, "So, you're going to play some poker?" she asked, as she watched Harry place down a bet of twenty five thousand dollars, something that caught both Nym and Remus's attention.

Harry, noticing the looks of shock and surprise on Remus and Nym's faces, frowned, he had no idea what he'd done to get those looks, was it something to do with American money? Did he bet too low? "What's wrong?" He asked them carefully.

"Uh, Harry," Remus asked, "You know we only came with fifty thousand, right?" he continued, "Granted we could go to...uh...the 'local bank', and get more out if you run out, but, are you sure you want to run through it so fast?" just as he spoke, the round of poker ended and Harry won four times what he bet, prompting him to shut up faster than a unicorn outrunning a threat.

Harry couldn't believe it. He'd won again in a short span. Harry had heard that Vegas was a hard place to win and yet here he was with over one hundred thousand dollars more after only playing two games. Turning to Remus Harry asked, "Is this normal?"

Remus sighed and pinched his nose, "No, it's not normal Harry, you're a beginner at this stuff, you shouldn't be this good!" Nym smirked, "I think its fates way of apologizing for how shitty his life has been up till now!" She said. It was no secret, at least to Nym, Hermione, Sirius and Remus, that Harry had expressed his personal belief he was Fate's Bitch, he had told them this twice, once when he was entered into the tournament in his fourth year, and after Sirius had faked his death but before he found out Sirius was still, in fact, very much alive.

Harry sighed, whatever the reason, at least he wasn't losing everything like he normally seemed to do. However one thing that Harry knew about luck was not to push it the moment things start to look good. "Let's do something other than gamble," Harry said, wondering if maybe they should take in a show.

Nym instantly said loudly, "Let's head to a bar, I know just the one too!" Nym said, she had been looking at a certain map of bars and watering holes in Vegas she had picked up from the Goblins before they left Britain. When Harry looked at her questioningly she explained, "Hey, technically your emancipated, meaning you're an adult, and as I like to say, 'if you're old enough to gamble, you're old enough to drink, if you're old enough to drink, you're old enough to fuck'," she finished with a shrug of her shoulders, missing the chuckle of amusement she got from Laura and the flat look Remus was sending at her.

Harry blushed at the 'fuck' part of what Nym said, but decided not to argue with her about getting a drink. After everything he'd been through the last few days he felt it was time to do something he normally would never do, after all, from the sounds of things, his life had never really been his to live, time for him to start living a little.

Remus shook his head, "You know that is not how it works. I can't allow this Harry, I'm sorry. You can have anything but alcohol," he countered.

Nym scowled, "Sirius was right, you are a party pooper!" she pouted cutely, then she turned to Harry and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, Sirius foresaw this, he had me get a list of drinks that are offered in America so I could get you properly sloshed like you deserve after all the crap you been through!" she then gave him a wink, and stuck her tongue out at Remus who was giving her a curious glance in obvious question about what she whispered to Harry.

Harry knew he could count on Nym to help him out with doing something 'bad', however he did his best not to look like she'd told him anything good.

"Nym I swear if you think I am going to allow you to let him take sips of your drink when I'm not looking you had best think again! I am perfectly capable of sending you back to the hotel room and looking after Harry myself!" Remus warned Nym, figuring that she was going to sneak him some of her own drinks while Remus was in the loo or something.

Nym shot Remus a curious look, "Why Remus, I didn't know you were trying to get me and Harry together, sharing drinks, now that is something I haven't done with anyone before!" she said in mock innocence.

Remus blinked in surprise, his mouth falling open a little, "W-what? I did not suggest any such thing!" He sputtered in protest.

"Suuure you didn't Remus the Ballerina!" Nym countered, getting Remus to freeze instantly at the name she just said.

Harry raised a brow at that and snorted a little while Remus narrowed his eyes at her. "And just what are you implying? I don't know who told you such things but I doubt they are reliable," He asked, struggling not to blush at the title.

"Really, so, you don't remember your fifth year, you and Lily were hanging out and she was having you try on different outfits, one of which, by chance, was a neon pink ballerina outfit that you were quite eager to test out for her?" Nym countered with a raised eyebrow, "I can go on!" she added tad bit too eagerly.

Remus blushed darkly at that. "Lily told you, didn't she?" He couldn't believe that he'd been found out. It was one time and he'd been sure that Lily wouldn't say a word to anyone about it. He had been young back then and just wanted to goof around a little. It wasn't anything serious after all. But for Nym to have found out about that moment in his life, oh Remus could only hope she wouldn't breath a word to Sirius about it, there would be no living with either of them if they both knew.

"Nope, Sirius did!" Nym countered, "James was spying on Lily that day, remember, he was a teenager, catching you trying on outfits was just too hilarious for him to miss, he later told Sirius to use it as blackmail on you if he ever needed Sirius to corrupt Harry without his knowledge somehow!" she added, "So, if you want me to keep my silence, and not tell Sirius to tell Luna, then, well, you're going to let Harry drink to his heart's content!" she finished.

Remus couldn't believe that James had been the one behind this, that James had seen him and shared it with Sirius just for moments like this. Though when he thought about his deceased friend, it made a lot of sense that he would. While Lily would never have stood for something like drinking underage, James wouldn't have been against it too much. James only would've been against it if it led to a drinking problem. Sighing and slumping his shoulders in defeat Remus knew he was beaten. "Alright," He grumbled before straightening up and narrowing his eyes, "But for Merlin's sake I will be keeping a close eye on how much he drinks. I will not allow James and Lily's son to become an alcoholic at his age!"

Nym smirked and held up two fingers in a peace sign, "No promises!" she replied before taking Harry and Laura's arms and dragging them out of the casino much to their confusion.

Laura was, while surprized, also a bit curious, her father figure drank quite a bit, and she was curious what it was like, figuring that it was worth the experience, she let herself be dragged by the woman who had quickly become one of her new friends after teaching her some of the basics to pranking while Harry had gambled.

Harry didn't like to be dragged or led like this, it reminded him too much of how he'd been led around by Dumbledore. But this was Nym after all, and she'd always had his best interests at heart, she also tended to make things more fun so Harry let himself be pulled away, though where they were going he hadn't the faintest idea.

Remus followed after them, wondering just where Nym was taking them as the casino they had been in did have at least one bar that was close to where the poker table Harry had played at was.

Nym finally came to a stop outside an alleyway that was kinda shady, and pointed in front of her to a sign that said, 'The Drunken Niffler' on it. "This is one of the greatest places, according to the Goblins anyway, and Laura, you're under mine and Harry's protection, but if anyone asks, you're with me kay?" Laura nodded in response, though, she couldn't see whatever Nym was talking about, all she saw was an empty plot of land in the city.

"This place is run by a relative of the Scamander family by the way," Nym added as she went to hold the door open for Laura, Harry, and Remus.

Harry thought the name was familiar and turned it over in his mind for a moment as they entered. "Wait, Scamander? Isn't that the name of the guy who wrote Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?" Harry questioned, finding it odd that there was a bar owned by the family of the man whose book Harry had read throughout most of his schooling.

Remus nodded, "Yes, Newt Scamander. I do believe he spent some time in America during his youth. But I had no idea there was a bar here owned by his living family," Remus commented as he looked around the place. Part of him was worried about bringing a muggle here, however thankfully the place didn't seem to have anyone that would stand out too much to Laura, meaning they could get away with having her there.

Laura looked around in wonderment at all the new things she was seeing, then again, she had seen mutants, so this wasn't exactly new to her, just different. Nym, on the other hand, went up to the bar and said, "One Giggle Water for the 'pimp'," she said, nodding to Remus, "One Ultimate Prostitute's Abyss for the new Lord here," she said nodding to Harry, "I will take an Amazing Desert Milk," she then looked at Laura, and smirked, "Get some of that Back Hills Magical Moonshine for the girl, I'm paying this time!" she said as the bartender looked at her, then each of her companions for a moment, before shrugging and then going to get the drinks.

Harry stared at Nym before asking, "Should I be afraid of what an Ultimate Prostitute's Abyss is?" It sounded like something he should be protesting against, however he did trust Nym so maybe it would be okay.

Remus, who didn't know anything other than Giggle Water and to a point Back Hills Magical Moonshine, but the other two drinks however were unknown to him. "Nym, I trust you are starting Harry off lightly with his drinks," Remus said with narrowed eyes at her.

Looking at Harry Nym said, "It will help you loosen up around Laura," she said with a wink, before turning to glare at Remus for a moment before saying two words "Leopard leotard," she said simply. She then paused and added, "I know where, and I know when, want to push it?" she asked with an evil shit eating grin that only begged for more.

Remus groaned a little and knew he was going to need more then Giggle Water to get through this night if Nym was going to keep this up. Clearly she had more on him then he'd thought. "James, I blame you for this so much..." He mumbled to himself before hiding his face in his hands, wishing the night would end.

Nym grabbed the bartenders attention as he arrived with the drinks, and said, "Hey, do me a favor, if you get me a Draconic Spirit for the pimp here yeah, I will pay you double for it if you get him one quick!" she said with a shit eating grin, she knew that Remus would never turn down a free drink or food without good reason, even if they smelled or tasted funny, and she knew he didn't know this drink.

When the drink Nym just ordered a rush on arrived Remus gave her a suspicious glance but accepted it. While there was nothing wrong with Giggle Water it was more a drink one would order if they just wanted to relax, and that was no longer what Remus needed thanks to Nym, Sirius, and James. So he took the drink and, though his nose crinkled at the rancid ocean beach like smell, he drank the forest green drink, noticing how thick it was, like syrup almost, the taste reminding him of the few times he'd gotten soap in his mouth. It wasn't all that unpleasant but Remus would need something to get the smell of it off his breath later.

Harry taking his drink took a sip and nearly choked on how powerful it was as it was a mixture of magic potion and alcohol. The potion they used, which Nym knew about but wasn't saying, was a bravery potion, something Americans had come up with back during the revolutionary war era. The colour was a lustful red like lipstick given liquid form, as for the taste, it was like honey, but with a tinge of something he couldn't identify. Then it hit like a ramming truck as he gave a hiccup before burping and then his lids became half lidded as he began to sway a bit.

Nym sipped her drink; it was a greenish white in colour and was bubbling slightly under its own magic power. As she took a long sip she emptied half the glass before slamming the mug back onto the table with enough force to make a smacking sound, but not hard enough to break it. She then took a deep breath and said, "Man I love Amazing Desert Milk, always gives me the best hallucinations!" she said before looking at Remus and seeing a orange horse wearing Remus's pimp outfit, causing her to snort and burst into laughter.

Laura sniffed her drink cautiously for a moment before taking a sip of the Back Hills Magical Moonshine. Immediately she was hit by the power of it, and like Harry, quickly grew heavy eyed and swayed a bit, but far less then Harry. Looking at Nym she asked, "Who makes this moonshine exactly?" she asked curiously.

"Some redneck wizard, forget his name at the moment, he's been making the stuff since the fifties though!" she replied proudly as she finished her drink, blinked, before peering at Harry closely and asking, "Hey, Harry, when did you grow that dragon's tail? Its epic!" she grinned a tad drunkenly.

Remus wasn't sure if he should stop Nym from speaking or just brush it off as drunken ramblings to Laura, so he just took another drink from his drink and tried to ignore everything.

"What?" Harry questioned before turning around, nearly slipping off his seat as he tried to see this tail Nym was seeing. "What are you talking about? There's no tail!"

Laura was looking between the three with a raised brow trying to work out just what Nym had meant by wizard. Did she mean like Dr. Strange? Or was this something different? Whatever the answer was at least the drink this person created was good.

Nym, after having a few more drinks of different types and getting Harry drunker steadily, finally smiled as she whispered in Harry's ears, "Hey, Wonder, go sing Laura a love song, I think she's drunk enough to love whatever you come up with and sing for her now!" she said with a drunken grin.

Harry smiled at Nym before getting to his feet, struggling a little to make sure he didn't stumble, before heading for the small stage. He was going to get up there and sing, cause it sounded like a great idea at the time.

As Harry drunkenly got on the stage, he smiled and waved to Laura, who, in turn, was buzzed, watched on.

~Song Start: Scooby doo Adabracadabra doo - I Feel Magic In The Air~

As soon as Nym heard the song, she snorted before bursting out in laughter from her drunken and hallucinating state.

Remus, who had a good buzz going, face palmed and ordered another drink. Hoping that no one would ever know that it was Harry singing up on stage like that. Of course, that didn't mean he wouldn't tell Sirius about this song number, provided that he remembers this night that is...

Harry honestly felt that he was doing a great job as he kept his eyes on Laura, he would have jumped off stage and gone over to her as he sung, however he knew he'd face plant if he got too close to the stage's edge. So he stayed on stage and started dancing to the music.

Laura found herself laughing a little at Harry as she watched him, but also found it a little cute. He just looked so happy up there and seemed to be having a good time, a slight redness to his face from his drinking.

As Harry sang, he could see some of the other patrons smiling, along with a few women who looked like they were deciding something. When he finished, he drunkenly got off the stage and walked over to Laura, smiling as he said, "Did you like that song I sang for you?" he had slurred a bit during the song, given his drunken state it was to be expected.

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Laura found herself blushing a little, though most of that blush she would blame on the drink there was a part of it she would admit was from Harry admitting the song was for her, seeing as no one had ever done anything like that for her before in anyway. "That was for me?" She asked before smiling. "Thank you, that was sweet of you."

Remus raised a brow at that but didn't comment on it, if she liked it then good for Harry. And since Laura seemed to be about his age this was very good, for it could lead to something serious between the two one day, unlike Sirius's hope that Harry would just get married right away to some girl he barely knows.

Nym smiled, through her eyes there were floating tiny Harry fairies flying around their table, she could still hear what Harry and Laura were saying and approved how things were going between them. If Harry could keep this up he might not be sleeping alone tonight.

Harry, meanwhile, called loudly, "Bartender!" when the bartender turned to him, he continued, "Get me your STRONGEST DRINK!" he shouted, causing Nym to do a spit take, along with Remus.

Remus quickly rounded on Nym with a glare, "Now look what you've started!" He whispered to her before turning to Harry. "Harry I think it's a little too soon for something like that."

Nym waved her hand at Remus, though if it was at the comment or at something she was seeing even Nym wasn't sure. "Who knows what that drink is gonna be!" She then grinned, "Let's all have it!"

The bartender gave them all a dubious look before shrugging his shoulders, "Four Random War Brews, coming right up," he said before going to the back of the bar and beginning to mix the drinks. As he did, there were bottles of Firewhiskey, Giggle Water, mundane Vodka, Back Hills Magical Moonshine, and a number of dozens of other drinks added to each mixture making it turn into a bubbling and slightly shaking mix. Turning back to the four, the Barman said, "Be warned, this was made back in the day by war veterans who fought against Grindlewald's followers in World War two, and then perfected by those who fought in the Vietnam war," he then turned serious, "I should warn you, this drink was also thought up by a man who was said to be able to heal from any wound, and that fought with Old Cap back in the WWII, it was said it was the only thing that could get him drunk!" he warned, after all only hard core drinkers were known to order this drink, and only when they really wanted to get messed up, needless to say, he was pretty sure this group didn't know what they had asked for.

Laura smiled a little to herself, she knew someone who could fit that description but wasn't going to say anything. If he could handle a drink like that, then she was certain she could too.

Remus looked at the drinks nervously, having not drank too much since the death of Lily and James, he wasn't sure if he would end up blacking out from something like this or dying from it. He was half temped to order it be taken away and something lighter be brought for them, he was sure he could convince Harry that the lighter stuff was stronger than it actually is.

Nym grinned down at the drink like it was a challenge she was happy to take, "Let's do this!" She cheered before grabbing hers and chugging it down like a pro, much to the shock and utter horror of Remus.

"YEAH!" Harry cheered before following Nym's example, Laura joining the two soon after.

With little choice, and not wanting to see the results of this drink with a semi sober mind, Remus sighed and downed his in one go as well.

As soon as the drink hit each of their stomachs, they began to cough before they each burped or belched in their own way. Harrys was long and quiet, Remus's was mixed with a giggle so it came out as a garbled mess. Laura's came out long and hearty, which was surprizing for someone her size. While Nym, from practice, made it long, loud, and hearty, almost like she thought she was trying to win a burp contest. The other patrons clapped and cheered as Nym finished. Then, suddenly Harry, on impulse, thought it would be a good idea in his new state of mind to surprize Laura, and gave her a deep kiss as he took her by surprize, not that she was much better since this drink was intensely strong, even for someone like her.

Laura was stunned and for a moment completely unsure what to do. Should she push him away? Maybe leave? What was she expected to do? Though, when she stopped and thought about it, the kiss wasn't that bad, not that she would know a good kiss from a bad one anyway. Eventually insistence, and the alcohol, kicked in and Laura found herself doing her best to return the kiss, one hand coming to rest on Harry's chest before taking hold of his shirt and pulling him a little closer to her.

Nym wolf whistled, causing the two to break apart with drunken blushes. "I think it's time we got back to gambling Harry!" Nym shouted drunkenly trying to get him to focus as well.

Shaking off the blush Harry smiled, "Yeah lets head back and play more games," Harry grabbed Laura's hand and ran, stumblingly a little, to the door with Remus giving chase after them.

Nym smiled and went after them, leaving a hefty tip on the table behind her as she went.

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~Meanwhile Elsewhere in Vegas~

Having just arrived in Vegas, Natasha sighed, this wasn't going to be easy, her target could be anywhere, and she had a rough image and name, but, beyond him staying at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, she didn't know where he could be, not to mention that because of Phil, who wanted her to make sure she knew she was only to track and assess first and foremost, she had gotten here AFTER her target had arrived. As such, there was no idea where he could be right now. Deciding to try her luck, she headed to the Imperial Palace Casino Resort to wait and see if he shows up there, who knows, its name might catch his interest and then she would be able to assess him and see if he was a threat or not.

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~Meanwhile, in transit from the bar with the four drunken 'idiots'~

Nym suddenly spoke up drunkenly, "Hey, Harry, let's go test your luck at the Imperial Palace, who knows, we might clean up with how your luck is going now!" she exclaimed drunkenly, with a constant slurring, and also a lot of enthusiasm.

"Sure, let's play all the games in Vegas!" Harry grinned before looking around. "Where it at?" He asked as he squinted to try to make out the names of the places around them.

Remus, really feeling the effects of the drinks they had before didn't argue with this, he just pointed down the street, "I think it's that way."

When they reached Imperial Palace, the bouncers out front gave Harry and Laura a disapproving eye until Harry produced his ID card the Goblins gave them. Once they were in, Harry and his group headed straight for the Poker table, betting the one hundred grand he had won earlier that night. As Harry played, he was unaware of the red head who upon his entering, had gotten into a position to observe him.

As soon as the man entered with two others who matched descriptions of people who had been rushed through customs quite quickly, with one of them looking like her target's description, she got a better look. The man was young, younger then she thought he looked according to the photo and information on the guy's ID she had been given by Fury, then again, there were always differences between photos and reality. She did recognise X23 though, and was curious about why she was with this man, and why she looked drunk...

Nym, after glancing about a bit looking for the next game Harry could play had noticed Natasha watching them, but had figured Natasha was just some lonely woman who was interested in Harry. Nym grinned to herself, thinking about how jealous Sirius would be if Harry were to come home with a beauty like that as his wife. Slipping away from Harry's side Nym carefully made her way over to Natasha, sliding up beside her. "Hey Red, you interested in my friend there?" She asked her with a bright smile.

Natasha smirked inside, this was a great opportunity to get info, "My name is Natalie, what's yours?" she asked, hoping she could slowly chip away some information from the obviously drunk woman who knew her target.

"Nym Tonks, and you are so joining us!" Nym answered with drunken excitement before grabbing Natasha's arm and beginning to drag her over to where Harry is. "Harry here's going to clean out Vegas. Just you watch that cutie!" Nym giggled when she realized what she called Harry through her drunken haze.

Natasha smirked as she looked at Nym, "Harry huh, is that a shortened form or what his name is?" she asked curiously as she followed Nym over to the others.

Nym had to think for a moment before nodding. "Oh yeah! Harrison, but Harry is so much better a name don't you think? Harrison sounds too stuffy," Nym answered. "And guess what Nat, he's single if you're looking!" Nym told her with a sly smile.

Natasha smiled, so he was her target, at least in terms of first name, and the physical appearance matched, so she was reasonably sure it was her target. Finally arriving at the group, she looked at Harry and smiled, "Hello, your friend invited me to hang out with you," she offered, "My name's Natalie by the way," she introduced.

Harry turned from his cards and smiled up at her, "Wow you're pretty!" He blurted out intelligently before turning to Laura, "Isn't she pretty?" he asked, and then he turned to Remus, "Really, really pretty." Harry then turned back to Natasha. "You're pretty, everyone said so!"

Remus shook his head, regretting it when the room started to spin a little. "Harry, no one said anything other than you!" He pointed out.

Harry waved him off and raised his bet, nearly tripling his original bet as a result. He wasn't even looking at his cards, which did worry Remus a little.

Laura looked Natasha over a few times, taking notice of how Natasha held herself, callouses on Natasha's hands, and the way her pleasant look didn't really reach her eyes. These things all meant something in Laura's mind, but the alcohol made it hard to think, so she pushed it aside for now.

Natasha smirked, she was finding his drunken reactions cute, which was strange to her, as she had never really felt anyone was cute, sure, kittens were cute, its why she had one back at her room on the Helicarrier, to be precise though, it was a Munchkin cat, she had found it abandoned while returning to a Shield base after a mission, she couldn't find its owners, so she took it in. She had named it Hawky, as a reference to her partner, Hawkeye, to annoy him by knowing that there was a cat on the Helicarrier named after him, it was also to reminded him that he was under her, as she knew he was married, but, she also knew he was SLIGHTLY attracted to her. Looking at Harry's bets, she raised an eyebrow, "You sure that is a good idea Harry?" she asked curiously. No sooner had she spoken when Harry got a royal flush.

Harry grinned, "I win again!" He cheered with a laugh. "Again!" He ordered the dealer.

Remus raised a brow at that. While he knew he should step in and stop this, the fact that Harry was winning so much, as well as the alcohol, made him bite his tongue. So long as Harry didn't lose a large amount of money Remus guessed he could let this continue. Also so long as they don't get kicked out everything should be fine.

Laura smirked at Natasha, "He's not lost once since he started. It'll be fine," She told her. She still had the feeling that something was off about Natasha, but she still couldn't pin down her thoughts long enough to work out what.

Nym hugged Harry, "Great job Wonder. Keep that up and you'll own Vegas!" She told him proudly.

Two hours later, Harry had won a hundred million dollars from Imperial Palace, however, because they could not prove that he had cheated, and had to go under the possibility that he had in fact won, fair and square, they 'asked' him to leave, albeit under heavy escort with his winnings. As they were escorted out, Nym opened the map again, and drunkenly pointed out one in particular, "Harry, let's go to this one next!" she said proudly.

Natasha took the map and look at where Nym was pointing and saw it said, "'Dumb Lucky Winner?" she asked curiously, "Never heard of that casino in Vegas," she pointed out.

Laura too hadn't heard of that casino before and she had checked out many of the casinos from the outside when she arrived. And from the looks of the map, when she looked over Natasha's shoulder it seemed to be in a part of Vegas she hadn't been to before.

Nym waved Natasha off, "Don't worry about it, we'll show you where it is."

Remus pulled Nym over to him and whispered. "Is this really a good idea, they are both Muggles after all? We don't want to get in trouble with the Americain magical community." He asked her.

Nym hushed him, "We can obliviate them later, what's more, if we're lucky, one or both of them will get Harry to marry them!" she countered, "If that happens, they will be allowed to know about magic anyway!" she added, then she took out a bottle of Back Hills Magical Moonshine, "Here, drink this, I don't think your hammered enough yet!" she said proudly, albeit drunkenly as she handed it to Remus, by shoving it into his chest, knocking the wind out of him cause she did it too hard.

Remus sighed but took the bottle, wanting to be a little more drunk for when they would get caught. Besides, it's not like he was going to be the one embarrassed by the end of this trip if he enjoyed a couple more drinks.

Twenty minutes later they were outside a fancy but also worn looking casino with carved gargoyles outside its entrance and a sign that said it was called the 'Dumb Lucky Winner'. Nym, looking at it, "Well, it certainly gives a statement, right?" she asked curiously.

Natasha smirked, "It certainly says something," she admitted, thinking that the whole area was one Shield should investigate given she couldn't see the entrance to this place till Nym had pulled her past a barrier.

Harry was already heading for the door, waving his ID card above his head. Laura was right behind him, looking over the casino's exterior with interest.

Remus had a feeling they shouldn't be here, however he wasn't completely sure about that. Something about the place just gave off that feel, however he wasn't about to let Harry out of his sight if he could help it.

As they entered they saw it was done in an elaborate style indicative of the nineteen twenties. "Interesting look," Natasha commented as she followed Harry into the casino, only to stop when she saw what looked like extremely beautiful blondes walking around with collars on their necks, she really hoped that those were part of their costumes.

Nym also noticed the women, or rather the Veelas and though drunk, she made sure to burn this moment into her brain, so that she could report it to the first American Auror she finds. But for now she was going to act like nothing was wrong and she isn't a member of law enforcement here in America.

Harry looked at the Veelas in surprise, "I didn't know there were Veelas in America," he commented.

Laura and Natasha both looked at Harry, "Veela?" one asked drunkenly while the other asked in curiosity.

Remus, the only one not completely out of it just yet waved it off. "Don't worry about it. It's...uh...just a title we have back in Britain..." He lied, praying it wasn't as weak as it sounded. "What game do you wish to play first Harry?" He asked trying to move the subject off the clearly enslaved Veelas.

Natasha noted the lie easily; someone of her skills wouldn't be fooled by something so foolishly weak. However, she chose not to comment on it as clearly something more was going on.

Harry lead them over to the poker table where he began to rake in win after win as time passed by, something that clearly made the dealer more and more nervous as time went on. Natasha noted how the more Harry won, the more the dealer and the other employees grew nervous.

"We should get drinks after we're done here. Get Natty here in on the drunken fun!" Nym said with a laugh.

"Yeah! We need to get Natalie a drink!" Harry agreed as he won again.

"You have to try the drinks that they order, there amazing!" Laura told Natasha drunkenly, "And they really pack a punch!"

Natasha raised an eyebrow at that, if it could get X-23 drunk, she didn't doubt that they pack a punch, a powerful one, perhaps she would have to try them, see if she could find something for when she had down time and needed a drink. As they finally 'broke the bank' of the house, a little pink skinned with a green tinge person walked up, the 3 who were aware of the magical world knew it for a Goblin, but Natasha mistook it for a very short dwarf.

"Esteemed customer," the Goblin began, "My name is Agnar, I am afraid, I must ask you to come to my office, it would seem you have somehow cheated the House of several dozen millions in American dollars," he began, his tone made it clear it WASN'T a request.

Natasha narrowed her eyes, "I am well familiar with cheating in a gambling den, and Harry here was doing nothing of the sort!" she defended Harry, making note when Agnar narrowed his eyes and shot a more searching look at Harry before nodding minutely, like he just realised something important.

Harry looked around in confusion. "I cheated? How? Didn't I only start playing just today?" He asked everyone.

Laura shook her head a little, trying not make the world spin on her. "I didn't see you do anything that the other players didn't do. So if you cheated then they must've been cheating as well!" She reasoned.

"And if they cheated then this whole place must be dishonest!" Nym added with a grin. "Someone alert MACUSA so they can straighten out this place!" Nym shouted loudly.

Remus covered Nym's mouth with his hand and sighed, yep, he was going to need another strong drink when they got out of this place. "I don't think that will be needed, I'm sure we can work this out without resorting to harming anyone!" In truth Remus wondered if he could just throw Nym and Harry over his shoulder and take them back to the hotel room, he was certain Natasha could take care of Laura for him.

Agnar smiled, but it wasn't a kind smile, "Of course, you may leave, with your winnings, but, you will never return here, ever, if you do, I will have your hands for your dishonor!" here he looked pointedly at each of them.

Natasha, again, raised an eyebrow, but said nothing once more, she would get answers later. Laura smirked, "LET'S GO TO ANOTHER BAR!" she shouted excitedly in her drunken state.

"Yes, let's go get a drink!" Remus agreed readily, he then grabbed both Harry and Nym and, after Harry had collected his winnings, dragged them out of the casino, "That was close," He sighed.

"Aw Remmy you are too tense. You got to loosen up more. You're chugging a bottle of the hardest stuff the bar we visited earlier had!" Nym told him before pulling them to a nearby bar, causing him to groan a little in response.

As they left, Aganr's smile, turned into a disgusted frown, turning to one of his bodyguards, he said, "Set up a meeting with Narcissa Malfoy, and a meeting for the day after with one of that Light fool's followers too!" he commanded, he would get his money back from the Potter brat, along with everything else the fucking disgusting sack of human skin owned, and then, and only then, would he hand over the boy to Voldemort, he would have to hire some muscle to...'collect' the boy first though.

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~Twenty minutes later at a magical bar called The Unlucky Leprechaun~

Natasha had begun to question what she knew of the world due to what she was learning was hidden in Vegas underneath Shield's nose, even if her target didn't seem to be inherently dangerous, he was attracting a lot of attention. She had already seen two duffle bags on Laura's shoulders, one from the casino they had just left, and one from another casino before that. Now she was sipping from a glass of something called Ogden's Old Firewhisky, and likes its name implied, she would get a slight burning sensation when it went down, but it was otherwise extremely good, if only it wasn't so powerful though. She had quickly realised that it was a drink that was powerful enough to get even her drunk, as a result, she was trying to sip it carefully, but, Nym kept glancing at her as did Laura, just to make sure she was drinking it.

Nym was tempted to reach over the next time Natasha took a sip and use her fingers to tip the glass more so Natasha would drink more. For some reason Natasha just didn't seem to want to get drunk. That was kind of the point of this trip to the bar. "Come on Natty, what's the point of drinking firewhiskey if you don't get drunk?" She asked her teasingly.

"Just down it, come on, I bet you can down it in one go with no trouble!" Laura encouraged.

Natasha glared, and just as she was about to take another sip, someone bumped into her from behind as they passed, sadly, this meant she inhaled air in surprize, and, the rest of her drink too. She coughed as it went down and when it had passed, she burped, long and loud, and breathed fire as she burped.

Both Laura and Nym cheered while Harry clapped at Natasha. Remus reached over and rubbed her back, knowing how bad the burn must've been. "If you want something else just say so," He told her kindly.

Natasha coughed a bit before she held her head, the alcohol hitting her in a rush as it flooded her system, it was powerful indeed. As the drunkenness set in though, she inadvertently ordered the most powerful drink on their menu, something called, Blessed Assassin's Sunrise, she liked the name, and as she drank it, she became immensely drunk. Seeing the happy smile appear on Natasha's face as she finished her drink, Laura ordered one too and quickly downed it in one go.

From there, it was a blur of casinos, bars and resort casinos, until they came to a casino in the magical side of Vegas called, The Benedict Arnold's Last Laugh. The name caused each person in the group of five to pause with their own thoughts on the matter, drunk as they were, with Remus being the least drunk of the lot.

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Shaking off the casino name Harry took out his ID to show the bouncer and took a closer look at it in confusion. "I think something's wrong with my card," He said as he showed the group his upside down ID card.

Nym, more use to being drunk laughed, "You're holding it wrong!" She said before turning Harry's hand so the card was right side up.

Harry looked at it and smiled, "Yay it fixed!" he said excitedly, he then walked over to the bouncer; his hand still twisted and held out the card. "I is legal!" He slurred happily.

The bouncer raised a brow at the drunken group before glancing at the card and waving them through. The expression on the bouncer's face would tell anyone he was tired of dealing with drunks.

"Onward!" Laura shouted excitedly and with exuberance before stumbling towards the doors with Harry, Nym, and Natasha following them.

Remus sighed, "Would they notice if I left and didn't come back till morning?" He asked himself before following them into the casino with a sigh.

As they entered they were met with a man who looked like nature had done him a disservice instead of a kindness by making him uglier as he got older. His hair was beyond greasy and his face looked almost like it was dripping with sweat. Over all, he was a very unpleasant man to look at. "Greetings, greetings, Mr Radcliffe!" the rat face and disgusting looking man said in a whiny voice, "Word has been spreading through Vegas of a new player in the games, and one who has been winning, even against odds he shouldn't be!" the man finished.

Harry smiled drunkenly at the man, "It's crazy, I just keep doing good!" Harry told him. "Now where the games at?" Harry asked as he looked around.

"He's gonna own all of Vegas before the night ends!" Nym said before turning slightly and shouting. "HEY LADIES! RICH SINGLE GUY HERE!" As she pointed to Harry, making both Harry and Laura laugh.

Natasha, though drunk, still had some ability to reason and she could tell that the man they were talking to was no better than that Agnar person they met earlier that night. So she made a mental note of his face and the location for later.

Remus sighed and took a drink of the bottle of firewhiskey he had bought himself at the last bar. Glancing at the full bottle he knew it wouldn't be enough to get him through the night, but at least he was starting to lose his ability to worry about things.

Laura wrapped her arms around Harry and stuck her tongue out at Nym. "Nope, mine, he mine!" She giggled playfully before sniffing Harry's hair and sighing.

The man waved them off, "Please, My name is Phobos Prewett," he said, "Mr Harrison," he continued, "I heard tale you cleaned out a bunch of business men recently at a casino only a few hours ago, is this true?" he asked interestedly.

Natasha rolled her eyes, "So what if he did? What business is it of yours what happens between Harrison and some business men? Also I hope this casino is of a better class than Dumb Lucky Winner is. That man, Agnar tried to claim Harrison was cheating, when he clearly did nothing different than the others at his table," She questioned him, glad that some of the alcohol had worn off a little, allowing her at least some ability to think clearly.

Remus glanced at Natasha with a raised brow, wondering just what she was trying to do with that question.

Phobos grinned, "If he puts up the shares he won for a bet, I would be willing to match its worth with some information that could be of value to you...Miss Widow," Phobos said with a grin that only twisted the ugliness of his face even more.

Natasha glanced over at the others and noticed that, for the most part Harry, Laura, and Nym appeared too drunk to care what they bet. Remus however, still seemed able to think somewhat clearly, though he did seem to be getting close to not being able to remember anything. So with luck he wouldn't object to anything Natasha convinces Harry to do, so long as it didn't mean hurting Harry at least. "Harry dear," Natasha called sweetly. Once she had Harry's attention she smiled sweetly at him. "This man said he will match a bet of those shares you won with something I want. Will you be a dear and play him for me?"

Harry smiled and pulled out the papers stating he owned the shares in his possession. "Let's play!" he replied cheerily.

Remus wondered after the name Phobos had called Natasha, finding the name Natalie Widow to be very odd, yet he couldn't think of any time he'd heard that name before.

Nym grinned at Natasha. "And another one wants some of Wonder. Knew you'd join us!" Nym giggled.

"Harry's gonna win all the things for us!" Laura commented happily, though it was slightly muffled as she still had her face buried in Harry's hair.

Phobos smirked, as he had the dealer set out the first two face down cards, "For your new shares in Oscorp Industries," he began, "And I will match you with information about some secret Hydra Operatives that have infiltrated the Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division," he said with a smirk that became a grin when he saw Natasha's eyes shoot to him as she turned her head to him like a bullet from a gun at his words.

Natasha eyes narrowed at that, she couldn't believe that Hydra had infiltrated Shield. However she couldn't dismiss this information as false until she heard everything on the matter. If there was any truth about this, then she needed to learn everything he knows and inform Director Fury. If there was any truth to this matter, then Fury needed to know about this.

"Hydra?" Harry asked, "What's a lizard with lots of heads got to do with your bet?" He questioned Phobos.

Natasha set a hand on Harry's shoulder, "It's just a name Harry dear. However do your best to win that informtaion, for me, please?" She then leaned down and kissed Harry's cheek deeply, causing the poor boy to blush a deep crimson and get a goofy grin.

Laura pouted, "I wanted to do that first!" She sulked before kissing Harry's other cheek almost as deeply.

Nym laughed at the other two, "Nah, that's not how you do that! Do it like this!" Nym then kissed Harry right on his lips, right before burping into his mouth.

Remus took a long drink from his hidden bottle. Thankfully though, the alcohol was actually starting to kick in and things were starting to seem like good or even great ideas that he knew shouldn't but couldn't care about at the moment.

Suddenly there was a cry of despair from the table causing Nym, Laura, Remus and Natasha to turn to the table as they saw Harry had a straight flush, while Phobos, at best, had a pair of twos.

Natasha smirked at Phobos, "Looks like I'll be taking that information and Harry will be keeping his shares," Natasha then leaned over and hugged Harry from behind, "Well done Harry dear, I knew you could do it," She said as she kissed his neck, one hand lightly stroking Harry's chest.

Harry grinned, "I did good again," he said drunkenly.

"Pay up Ratty!" Laura ordered before giggling. "Ratty, it fits."

Nym smiled, "Yeah it does. Ratty Ratty Ratty." Nym sang before breaking out into a giggle fit with Laura.

Remus, while getting to the point of not caring wondered just what a Muggle wanted with information on this Hydra, as well as what that thing Phobos said Hydra had infiltrated was and what it meant to Natasha.

Phobos grumbled, shifted his eyes about, before handing over a small bag that looked like it could barely hold a video game, "Get one of your magical friends to unshrink it for you Widow, now leave, your no longer welcome at this establishment!" he ordered pettily.

"Hey now, that's not very nice. Harry's got all this money he wants to gamble with and you're just kicking us out because he beat you in one game?" Nym said with a frown.

"Not to mention Harry likes betting high. Wasn't his last starting bet twenty thousand?" Remus questioned.

Natasha took the bag with a confused look. She had no idea what Phobos was talking about but at least she hadn't lost anything of value. And it wasn't like she hadn't found information on things smaller then this bag.

Laura cracked her knuckles, "You're not being very nice!" She growled, though since she was drunk it did lose some of its effect.

Phobos snapped his fingers and two extremely large ten foot men walked forward carrying large clubs and perma-scowls on their faces. The one on the right stepped forward threateningly as he said, "We have problem for Boss?" it asked unintelligently.

Natasha, slightly surprised by the size of these two new men could see the danger they were in. "Let's just go everyone, clearly this place is worse than Agnar's and thus we need to find a better class of casino to spend our money!" Natasha told them with a hand on Harry's shoulder.

Harry looked between the two large men with a frown. "Didn't I go to school with you two?" He questioned before Natasha pulled him from his seat and towards the door.

Laura glared at Phobos but followed after Harry and Natasha. It would've been nothing for her to take down those men, to rip the casino apart by herself. But since Harry was leaving she decided to leave it alone. After all she wanted to spend more time with Harry, not rip that asshole a new one. Besides, god only knew what touching Phobos would do to her.

Nym tried to make a mental note to herself to come back when she's sober and bring along every MACUSA Auror she could to shut Phobos down. A part of her brain was telling her that Phobos had a connection she should be worried about, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She knew it had to do with his family name, but that was it.

Remus followed the group, one hand on his wand and one eye on Phobos's men. Last thing they needed was an attack from behind. Remus wondered just what Phobos wanted with the shares, why a magical would want shares in a Muggle company? And he seemed to want them so badly that he didn't care about all the money he might have won off Harry. And then there was the information that Natasha got Harry to win for her. It was clear that whatever Hydra was, it wasn't of the magical sort. And then there was the bunch of words Phobos said that Hydra had gotten into. Did that mean Natalie was working for whatever those words meant? Remus took another drink as they exited the casino, he didn't want to think about what this could mean now.

After they left, they ended up at a bar called '7th Heaven'. It was clearly a magical bar, at least to the magicals of their group as there were Goblins, Veela, Dwarves and even a Leprechaun, drinking and chatting at various places around the bar, hell, there were even two Elves talking in a corner though they were clearly bodyguards of some sort as they were standing behind a woman with jet black, almost midnight black hair, green eyes, and a cape around her shoulders. She appeared to be sipping something strong as it was in an old medieval styled mead tankard.

~Song Start: Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies~

As they got settled in, they all noticed the songs that were playing, though only Nym recognised it, "Flogging Molly!" she exclaimed proudly, "And that song in particular is, Drunken Lullabies I believe?" she said proud that in her drunken state she recognised one of her favorite drinking songs.

As soon as he had been in the room for a minute or two, Remus's senses flared, his nose breathed deep, and he swirled to look at the woman instantly. Grabbing the nearest drink, which just so happened to be a tankard of something called 'Obvious Evil Sunset', he took a deep swig before coughing violently for a few moments, only to sway heavily before slowly regaining his posture, but not without wobbling violently. He then, as best he could given his newly intoxicated state, swaggered over to the woman and, speaking more loudly then he thought he was asked, "Were you in Azkaban earlier? It's gotta be illegal to look that good!"

The two guards rolled their eyes at Remus but did not move from their post. The woman however turned her head to look at him with a raised brow. Most tended to avoid her unless they didn't know who she was, so that would explain why he was speaking to her now. But to use such a poor line showed that he was not right in the head. "That line is older then you, and far too over used," She waved her hand at him. "Come back when you have something fresher," She dismissed before taking a deep drink from her tankard.

"Oh, Remmy got shot down on the first try!" Nym said when she noticed what Remus was up to.

Harry and Laura were getting drinks, leaving Nym with Natasha, who also wasn't impressed with the pick up line. "I've heard shut in teenage boys with better lines then that!" Natasha sighed, wondering if she should got over there and whisper a better line in Remus's ear.

"Remmy doesn't hit on women often, scared he might hurt them," Nym told Natasha and then waved off the question Natasha was clearly about to ask, "Long story I not sober enough to tell," she added on.

Remus looked crest fallen for a moment before he racked his alcohol raddled brain for another attempt to get her attention, "Did you survive Avada Kedavra? Cause your drop dead gorgeous," he tried this time, hoping to at least get her attention so he could try something better next to get her to laugh or something.

The woman found herself cracking a small smile at that one and the irony about it. Turning to him she propped her head on one of her hands. "Tell me sir, do you have any idea as to who I am?" She wanted to see if it was just the alcohol that made him want to talk to her or if it was her being who she is.

Natasha was surprised; a second bad line had gotten him the woman's attention. "Well, I guess there are some who fall for that kind of line," Though Natasha didn't really understand the line she had a feeling it was just as bad as the last one.

Nym laughed a little, "Knew the old wolf was a fox!" She said with a grin, "Looks like Harry might not be the only lucky one tonight!" Nym was glad to see Remus flirting. The poor guy needed some loving in his life after all.

Remus grinned drunkenly, "Not a clue, but, if you're someone important, it's no wonder your here, it's must be a crime to be as beautiful as you are!" he said drunkenly.

The woman smiled up at him, "My name is Hela, and who might you be?" Hela was going to leave out the rest of who she is and just act like she's not all that different from the other women around them, even if she was taller than any other woman by at least a foot, and if one can overlook the Elf guards that is, clearly this man was.

Harry walked over to Nym and Natasha with two drinks in hand. "Huh? What Remus doing?" Harry asked drunkenly as he saw where Remus was.

Nym took one of the drinks from Harry and grinned drunkenly, "He getting some of dat ass!" Nym said with a smile before taking a long drink from her tankard.

Natasha took one of the drinks that Laura brought over, "Well, he does seem to need it," She sighed before taking a sip and coughing at the strength of the drink, regretting ever getting into drinking this stuff as she knew she was past even her limit by now.

Laura looked at Hela with a frown, "She's not normal, is she?" Laura questioned.

Nym waved it off, "Ah leave it, Remus needs to be cured of his blue balls and we're gonna let him tap that creature over there, not to mention that he's kind of a lost cause when it comes to normal..."

Remus grinned, "My name is Remus, and I'm a werewolf!" he admitted, he was too drunk to realise what he had admitted, nor to see her smile at that, "Anyway, I caught a whiff of your scent, its...intoxicating..." he admitted drunkenly before blushing up a storm.

Hela smiled at Remus, finding his drunken admission to being a werewolf somewhat charming, not to mention she could easily handle a man like him, even on a full moon. Waving the guards away slightly Hela pointed to the seat across from her. "Well then Remus, I suppose I can entertain you for now. Won't you sit?" She invited, before hearing a loud cheer from four people who were watching them. "You're friends I take it?" Hela chuckled.

Remus blushed drunkenly and nodded silently, "Yeah, ones my nephew in all but blood!" he admitted, "He recently got emancipated, so we're kinda here on a inheritance test and celebration to honor his new lease on life, at least compared to the one others were ora-ora-uh," he couldn't quite remember the word in his drunken state correctly.

Hela frowned a little to herself, "His old life was orchestrated?" She supplied, finding the idea highly upsetting as it was similar to her own past.

"Yeah, that!" Remus nodded, "Old farts long beards types," he continued, "Anyway, if all goes to plan, he will have two women in his life to help him when he starts feeling guilty for things out of his control again!" he said like it was the cheeriest thing in the world.

Hela looked over at the four people who were now seated at a table. "Oh? Only two? Because from here it looks more like there are three women who would happily lay claim to him!" She said in amusement. Hela could tell the boy with the women was only fifteen years old, far younger than the three women who looked like they would jump at the mention of getting in bed with him. If what Remus had suggested was true then Hela would say nothing more on the matter, let the boy be loved for however long he can. It was something she had wished for when she was younger after all, and she wouldn't begrudge the boy for his chance at happiness at a young age.

~Song end here; Song start: Flogging Molly - Devils Dance Floor~

Harry and the three women soon joined him, though no one noticed when Hela's eyes narrowed as she got a closer look at the boy, like she had a suspicion raised by his appearance, but like she couldn't confirm it. As they sat chatting, they also got drunker and drunker as the late hour of the night, became the early hours of the morning. Finally as it reached three AM, Nym suddenly made a suggestion in her drunken state, glad that she wasn't the only one who wasn't going to have any memory of this night from the drinks, "Hey, girls, lets all get married!" she suggested drunkenly.

Natasha raised a brow drunkily at Nym. "Who we gonna marry? After all he's already trying to claim her," Natasha waved between Remus and Hela.

Nym grin, "We can marry Wonder!" Nym said as she draped herself over Harry's shoulders. "Why settle for one of us beauties when you can have three?" Nym said to Harry.

Larua cheered, "Yeah, let's marry Harry! I'm gonna be good wife!" Laura tried to lean in and kiss Harry's cheek only to miss and get the corner of his mouth, making her giggle drunkenly; she was, as they say, gone to the races with drunkenness.

Natasha smiled at Harry, "Well he certainly is better looking then most of the men I can think of," not that Natasha could remember any of those men right now to be honest. "And he is the sweetest. Alright, I'll be his wife," she finally agreed drunkenly.

Harry looked between Nym, Laura and Natasha with a drunken smile before looking to Hela and Remus. "I'll marry them and you marry Hela, deal Remus?" Harry asked him drunkenly.

Remus looked to Hela and attempted to give her puppy dog eyes only for it to be messed up horribly by his drunkenness, causing him to look positively funny instead.

Hela chuckled a little and thought on the offer. Sure Remus was drunk now and might not want anything to do with her afterwards, however a marriage to someone like her would be binding, meaning they would be forced to stay together even if later they wanted anything but that. Yet there was a chance that Remus really did want this and the alcohol was just pushing him to go after what he wants. Sure the guy didn't look like much, but Hela understood that appearances are misleading. And Remus had been very entertaining and sweet in his own way. Also, when Hela really thought about it, when would she get this chance again? Odin after all barely let's her out long enough to even think about men in the marriage sense. So really, why shouldn't she grab Remus and make him hers? "Well, I suppose you would make for a fine husband, once properly sobered," Hela commented, "Alright my little wolf, I will be your bride."

Harry and the others cheered at that and congratulated Remus.

Heading out from the bar, they found a late night magical Vegas chapel called, 'I'm With Cupid'. Sure it was cheesy, but, they were drunk and in love, so it mattered little to them. As they stood before the 'priest' who looked like he had TRIED to copy Elvis's look, but messed up like many magicals did, except this one apparently tried to mix it with traits of Cupid, such as having blonde hair in Elvis's style, a pink and white suit, and lots, and lots, of sparkles. As he looked at the group of eight people, he asked the obvious question. "So, who all is getting hitched this night?"

Harry reached out his arms and tried to wrap his arms around Nym, Laura, and Natasha but ended up only getting his arms around Nym and Laura while the fingers of his right hand just barely managed to take hold of Natasha's fingers. "I'm marrying these three!" he proclaimed proudly though drunkenly. Remus smiled, "And I'm marrying this goddess of beauty right here!" he added proudly, not seeing Hela blush at his words, or the quirk of a smile on her lips.

When Nym saw the look the Elvis was giving the guards she laughed. "Don't worry about those two, unless they want to marry each other!" Nym said the last part in a teasing tone to the guards who snubbed her, causing her to laugh.

The 'priest shrugged, "Whatever floats your boats kids," he said uncaringly though with a smile on his face as he thought of how much trouble the poor boy would be in when he woke up with three women attached to him, "So, we have two standard marraiges, the first is without room for divorc-" he was cut off by Nym as she exclaimed in outburst. "Just marry us with the first contract!" she said in frustration and hurry, she wanted to have some fun after all, it had been a while. Now the 'priest' sighed, "Alright, your guys are the ones running the show here, so, whose first and names of witnesses!" he said loudly.

"We are!" Nym cheered. "Remmy, will you and your bride to be be our witnesses?"

Hela just smiled and let Remus answer for them.

"Remus Lupin and Hela as witnesses," he said. The 'priest' nodded before jotting that down. "Now, what last names will the brides be taking?" he asked curiously.

Harry struggled to recall his own last name before Nym leaned in and whispered, "Since you a lord with three family houses under your belt we can each take one of those names. So just pick which one of us you want to have which name!" Harry grinned to himself, "Alright! Laura gets the name Peverell, Natalie-" Here he was interrupted by Natasha, "Actually, dear, my name is Natasha," she corrected before giving him a kiss on the lips. "Uh, right, Natasha, will take Gryfindor, and Nymphadora will be Potter." Nym of course, was too drunk to care about the use of her full first name.

Nym cheered. "Yay I get Potter!" She then giggled, "In more ways than one!" She winked at Harry.

The priest gapped for a moment before sighing and signing each of the three papers with the new last names, he then handed each woman their correct paper to add their maiden names.

As Nym, Laura, and Natasha signed the papers Harry turned to Remus. "Sirius is going to be so mad he missed this!" Harry commented with drunken excitement.

Remus chuckled, "Harry, he's going to be jealous that you have three beautiful wives while he's still a single mangy mutt," He corrected, thinking of how Sirius will react when he sees the beauties with them. "He's going to be even more jealous when he sees Hela with me!" Remus added with pride.

Hela hearing this rolled her eyes at the pair, wondering if they would continue to be like this after they've sobered up. While it was a little charming how Remus acted towards her, Hela knew that she would get annoyed with it before long. And as for Harry, well she could always use it for blackmail later, that thought made her smile a little, after all, blackmail can always be used to one's amusement.

The priest, tired of the talking declared loudly, "Congratulations," he began, "You are now man and wife and wife and wife!" he declared. "Now," he said, turning to Remus, "You and this woman are next?" he asked.

Remus smiled, "Yes we are. Ready dear?" Remus asked as he turned to Hela.

Hela smiled at Remus, "I believe so my wolf," She answered as she moved closer to him. "Where do I need to sign?" Hela questioned the priest.

The priest took out a new licence and held it out to Hela, "Will the bride be taking the grooms last name, or will it be the other way around?" he asked curiously.

Hela thought on the question. By mortal standards the bride takes the groom's name normally; however should she really change her name? Then again thinking about it having her husband to be take her name didn't sound right. "I shall be taking his name." She told the priest, before turning to Remus, "Though I do believe my father may have a few words for you when you both meet in time."

Remus seemed to not hear her on that matter as he was too busy with repeating 'Mrs. Hela Lupin' over and over again.

The priest nodded, handed the license to Harry and his wives to sign as witnesses, and then turned back to Remus, "And with that, the deed is done, you are now married, whether it is happily remains to be seen..." he finished mysteriously before saying, "Now, all of you, out, I have a buissness to run, its late, and I need sleep!" he said as he shooed them out.

As they were ushered out, Nym took out her map again, but before she could suggest anything, Remus turned to Harry, and, drunkenly, stated, "Hey, pup, I going to, uh, you know, take care of the missus now, see you later?" he finished.

Harry tilted his head in confusion. "Take care of her?" He questioned in confusion.

Hela shook her head and took Remus's arm, "Never you mind. You just run along and enjoy your own wedding night!" She told Harry before pulling Remus off.

"Yeah let's leave them to do whatever they are doing. What should we do?" Natasha asked the group.

"Let's gamble more!" Laura cheered excitedly.

Nym, looking at her map said, "Hmm, the only really big place in magical Vegas we haven't hit, is somewhere called, the Velour Bastille Casino," she stated, "Wait, why does that sound familiar?" she said, looking in confusion for a moment, before looking back down and shrugging her shoulders in an uncaring way, she then looked to the others, "Want to go?" she asked drunkenly, she was coming down from her drunkeness slowly, but, it was still clear she wouldn't remember much come morning.

"Lead the way Nym!" Harry cheered. "I want to play more games and drink more."

Laura cheered in agreement to what Harry said.

Natasha wrapped her arms around Harry. "I agree, let's go have some more fun. And maybe have more of those amazing drinks."

And so the drunken party of four headed to the most high end area of magical Vegas, where they found a grand casino in the style of a French manor, complete with property, grounds, and fountains.

As they entered, they couldn't help but marvel at how good looking everyone was, though, granted, there were other races besides humans though, some of whom were surprisingly sophisticated, given their race. As they approached the Poker table, the group was met by a woman of other worldly beauty who said, "Mind if I join you?" she spoke english, but had a French accent.

Nym grinned at the woman. "Well if you wanted a shot at marrying this guy you are a little late. We just got through with the weddings already," She told the woman proudly.

Natasha shook her head, "I think she wants to join us in playing Poker," She corrected Nym. "And that's up to Harry," Natasha pointed out as she turned to Harry.

Harry looked at the woman before smiling, "Sure, you can join us. We're going to play a lot," He told her without a care in the world.

The woman smiled, "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is, Circe," she said before ordering a round of something called, 'Lover's Matrimony', for everyone at the table, apparently the drink was the house special.

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AN: DASTARDLY CLIFFY APPEARED! It is grinning! lol, anyway, did you guys enjoy this extra-long treat this time? I now hand the 'mic' over to Oracle here.

We covered so much in this chapter. So many characters have appeared (who knows which one could've hired Beetle), the weddings were had, and Remus's misadventures have truly started. Will the next chapter continue the flashback? Or will we get back to present day things? That's a secret we aren't going to spill. You'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out. :P

Putting that all aside though, it is amazing how loved this story is becoming with each chapter posted. It really inspires us to keep working hard to bright more of it to all of you to enjoy and we thank you all for giving this story a read.

Ogremen: We're also trying to be original by doing a flashback to how it all happened as most takes of this challenge are like, oh, it happened, brief covering, and then never mentioned again, our take on the other hand, will have multiple flash backs to it through the story, as, for as much as what is said happened, remember, there is also what goes UNSAID, lol

Now for Review Responses! Sadly, we have none on AO3 or Archive Of Our Own yet, so we only have those from Fanfiction. net to respond to.

To Freaked Wotan: lol Thank you so very much for sharing that thought with us. I almost couldn't stop laughing at the thought of a 'Going Commando' Harry in canon. Honestly one of the best head canon's I have heard.

To Fireofargentis: We can say for certain that there will not be any MoD Harry in this story. For those reading this that are not sure what that means it means no Master of Death. Also we know having more then 3 Lordships is much but when you think about it we really don't get a lot of information about Harry's family past his parents in canon. So there could be any number of unknow ties to his family, at least through his father's side. But in any case the many Lordships also give more reason for Harry to have more then one wife and for it to be acceptable by Wizarding views, as each title needs a wife to carry on that family's line. We also understand that 14 casinos are a lot to clean out but, well, you know Harry and his luck (Ogre: yeah, and being 'Fate's Bitch' and all, she has to make it up to him somewhere! :P ). And most of those casinos would've taken one look a the drunk young Lord and thought 'yeah, we'll clean him out' and with each casino he cleared out the amount they could get in return would grow until Harry stopped gambling. On the matter of the Goblins and how even Hagrid said they are nasty, well look who he idolizes. He practicely worships 'the shit Dumbles craps out', as Orge so kindly put it and thus Dumbles can easily color Hagrid's views. And since the Goblins know that Hagrid works for Dumbles, no matter if he is misled or not they would in turn treat him poorly for it, not wanting anything to do with Dumbles or those that willingly serve him. On the matter of the betrayal and how Harry's handling it, well he was too over whelmed to register everything at once. So he did what he could, he delt with what little he could and then held off on the rest till after he had time to relax and possibly think over what he'd learned.

On the Weasley side of the betrayal, well right now we know Ginny is trying to force Harry to fall in love with her, Ron wants Harry's money and fame, and we know that Molly wants to give her little girl whatever will make her happy.

However when it comes to Molly the only real proof of her wrong doing is the marriage contract and the love potion. Does this mean she has betrayed Harry as well? Well that's up for debate between you, the readers until we reveal that answer. And the only other Weasley that has appeared in this betrayal is Percy. And we all know where his loyalties truly lie, and it ain't with his family. Now on to the subject of Shield and Natasha. Well it was never really stated where Natasha was going on holiday so who's to say Fury wasn't trying to send her to 'Grown Up Fun Land'? And really when it comes to Fury you should never take anything at face value. Fury didn't just send her there because Shield knew Harry had a fake ID. The Goblins gave Harry a whole new identity when he went to America. Birth certificate, socail insureance number, the whole nine yards, more then he really needed. They pretty much made a whole new life for him, and when this new life popped up on Shield's raidar Fury had to stop and wonder just who had this identity made. If it was a criminal or just someone who went further then they should've for a fake ID. So the reasoning for her being sent there is a little more indept then you've taken into account. As for Hela being on Midgard. Well looking over her mythology and even her place in Marvel it's never really stated that she can't leave or that she's a servant of anyones. And what with the new movie, Thor Ragnorok coming out, showing her not only in Asgard but also from the looks of it appearing on Midgard as well, it kind of makes it clear that she can leave her realm. However we have it shown here that she's on Misgard in this story with the Allfather's permission. I hope this has cleared up some things for you, if not just message me, Oracle and I'm sure I can help clear the air ^w^

To SSSra: Well the story got updated as fast as it did before because we wanted to get a couple chapters out before we switched back to the other story we write together. We do hope we didn't keep you waiting too long for this chapter though. And it's nice to see someone who knows Blood Brandys challenges and can confirm that we are following the rules, so thank you.

To Djberneman: Oh we have no plans to take either the Nundu or the dragon from Harry. Too many good scenes can come from having them around after all.

To TimothyB: Oh you just know they are going to teach Harry many things, and now that Harry's eyes are opened to the fact that people have been using him you can be sure he's going to want to learn how to spot people like that before they get too close to him.

To Althalus57: Oh don't you worry none there. We are working hard to bring out more of both stories and there don't seem to be an end in sight for either of them.

To FinalKingdomHerarts: Once more on the subject of lemons (Ogre: or as I prefer to think of it as 'Intense Romance' scenes, for those who love to talk about it in polite conversation,) (which we have covered in the AN's before this chapter) yes, we will do our best to get out some smutty goodness between Harry and the wives. However FIRST, Harry and his wives have to become comfortable around each other without alcohol in their systems. We are not going to throw sex in just for shits and giggles. That's not what this story is about after all.

To Joe Lawyer: Harry has spent his life being either pushed around like a servant or being lead around blind, even when it seems like he's doing things on his own, with no adult help he was actually just dancing to the tune someone else set for him. However now he is free of their control and has three badass wives who, after they learn all about his past will see to it that he is trained so that that never happens again. In regards to Harry 'hiding behind his wives' as you put it. Did it not cross your mind the fact that both Laura (X23) and Natasha have no idea that Harry's a wizard or that he does know some defensive magic? I mean they are the nonmagicals of the wives and even Nym doesn't really know just how much Harry knows when it comes to combat magic. So in reality it wasn't so much as Harry hiding behind his wives as it was his wives think that he's more or less helpless. They saw a threat to Harry that, in their minds was more then a 15 year old could handle, and thus went into protective mode.

To sarahpotter42: Here ya go! The answer to the question of how Remus got so drunk. Harry, Nym, and Laura drove him to it lol. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

To kossboss: Thanks for giving it a chance, glad we were able give you something enjoyable to read ^^

To DeathCrawler: Thank you for understanding about the cliché's, and glad your enjoying the story inspite of them, rather than complaining about them ^^