Chapter 4 for you all! Isn't it exciting! Let me know what you think. And yes thanks the wonderful Debbie for doing my editing on this chapter. Shes an angel! This chapter ended up being broken up into two different chapters. Enjoy :)

When Harry awoke next, hands were stroking his head. Small hands that he assumed were Issy's. Harry snuggled into the warm body next to him. "Good evening, Harry, are you finally waking up? You've been asleep for six hours! We were not expecting you to sleep that long!" Issy whispered to Harry. Harry gave a sigh, completely relaxed on the bed next to her.

"I don't sleep so much normally," he stated. Issy laughed at him.

"Well then, it's almost dinner time. Lyle had to leave for a job, so Bartok is going to help me lead you to the dining room! Everyone should be there for dinner. Or well, everyone but Lyle, but he's at work so of course he's not going to be here, Issy said, starting to ramble. Harry laughed a little at her.

"Dinner sounds good, Harry said, sitting up. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Not that he could see yet, but at least he could hear.

"Yeah, now that you can hear, we figured it's time for you to leave the bedroom. That's where you are by the way, your bedroom. I hope you like it when you can see. I made Anna take me shopping so that we could get you some things. You know, so that you can be comfortable…" Issy rambled on. She was cut off by a deep voice.

"All right, Issy, that's enough. Go let Anna know that Harry is out of his bed and will be joining us for dinner. That way she can grab his potions, Bartok instructed. He sounded very close to the bed to Harry. Issy chirped out an 'ok' before Harry heard her pad out of the room. "She is very excited to have you here. Now, let's get you cleaned up for dinner." Harry felt large hands on his arms helping him up from the bed. Harry had a feeling that this mate of Issy's was quite a bit taller than he was. Harry was swept up from his feet into strong arms that carried him.

"Sorry, this is quicker. We are heading to the loo," Bartok informed Harry. When Harry was put down his feet met with cold tile. Bartok helped Harry to get cleaned up and changed. Then Harry was once more swept up into Bartok's arms. "Now we are going to the dining room. There are some stairs, so for now it will be quicker for me to carry you. Anna is happy you're up and about, but wants you to take it easy. You had quite a beating." Harry was slightly uncomfortable in his arms, not having been carried around much during his life. This was a new experience to him, however it didn't last much longer. Bartok gently set Harry down in a comfortable chair.

"I'm sitting next to Harry! And I'll help him with dinner too!" Issy's unmistaken voice chimed out. Harry smiled slightly, his head bent down. Not like he could see anyway. Harry heard movement next to him; he assumed it was Issy sitting down. "We have turkey and mashed potatoes for dinner tonight. Anna wants you to try and eat some protein, and she said that turkey should go down fairly easily for you. Do you like turkey?" Issy meandered.

There was another feminine chuckle across from Harry. "Issy, take a breath and calm yourself, Anna instructed. Harry could hear Issy next to him take a deep breath before breathing out. "Much better, don't overwhelm him."

Issy giggled again. "Sorry Harry! We also got some juice for you." She began to help guide Harry in eating. Harry could hear that there were a few others sitting at the table. He assumed that it was all of Izzy's mates, but Lyle of course. There was some light talking from Anna, about the clinic that she worked at. She was talking to Bartok in regards to a patient she had. Issy, on the other hand, was fussing over Harry. Helping him, and instructing him during dinner. It was very nice, and Anna teased her about it. Anna of course inquired as to how Harry was feeling. She also gave him some more potions to take once dinner was done.

"Issy, I do believe you have some work you need to finish, I'll see to young Harry for now. Go on," Bartok's deep voice instructed.

"Are you going to talk to him about…" Issy started.

"Yes, now go on," Bartok ordered, chuckling. Harry felt a small kiss placed on his forehead, before he could hear the patter of someone skipping away. "Harry, I am going to pick you up, and then Anna and I want to have a conversation with you in the other room," Bartok informed him. Harry felt his chair get pulled out and an arm slid under his legs. He was then lifted into the air and carried.

Harry was set down on a very cushy couch, and a fuzzy fleece was placed on his lap. Harry stroked the blanket, it felt very nice. It was the softest thing he had felt in, well, ever. It made Harry smile to himself. "If you like the blanket, you can keep it," Anna said.

Harry gripped the fleece. "Are… are you sure? I mean, it's so soft," he said hesitantly.

Bartok responded this time. "Yes, we are sure. You can keep it. Harry, we want to talk to you about what's been happening this past week. I was the one, who found you, and you were in a bad condition, luckily Anna is a wonderful healer. You will be on some potions for a while, and we have been adding one into your bath to heal the scars. Anna is going to keep a close eye on you. As for your living arrangements, you will not be returning to that house. In fact, your relatives have been arrested for child abuse, and negligence, and a whole list of other charges. You will not be seeing them again."

Harry snuggled into the blanket a little more. Many different thoughts running through his head. Most centered around where would he go now? Who would want him? So many fears.

"Harry." A hand was laid on his arm, he assumed it was Anna's. "We know what you're thinking. No, you will not be returned to your relatives, you will be staying here with us. Bartok is a solicitor, creatures have different laws, and Bartok got full custody of you." The hand started running up and down his arm.

"Now Harry, this leaves us with a few options, options that you get to pick from. Your first option is that you stay as our ward, under Anna's care, until you are fully healed. Once you you're better, we can re-vist your living arrangement. You will be our ward, until you make a decision for a different living arrangement. Or, there is a second option, where you are fully adopted by us. Issy would love to be your mum and I can honestly say that I wouldn't mind being your dad. Your are a sweet kid, Harry, you deserve to be with a family that will love you, and provide you with the care you need. But all of us have talked about it, and we would love to be your parents. You don't have to pick your option right away, you have plenty of time to think about it." Harry buried his face into the soft blanket, holding it tightly in his hands.

"Why would you want a child that's not yours? Why would you want a useless freak like me…?" Harry questioned. The hand on his arm moved and he was enveloped into a hug.

"Oh Harry, what you have gone through is horrible. You are precious, all children are. We would be blessed to have you as our adopted child. We really do want you. We want to shower you with love, and I am sure Issy has plans to spoil you. You have not seen what a real family is; the way they treated you, that's not how a real family acts. We truly do want you." Anna reassured Harry, but that didn't clear up his doubts.

"What about when you have your own children, won't I just get in the way?" Harry asked, lowering the blanket a little.

"Harry, Creature clans are known for their large number of children. You will not be in the way at all, and will be a big brother to all of our children, if you decide to let us adopt you. Issy is already very attached to you. She's wanted children for a while. Really Harry, we want you, all of us," Bartok responded. "This is what she was going on about after dinner. I wouldn't be surprised if Issy is waiting to pounce on you as soon as we are done," Bartok joked. Harry smiled, and cuddled the blanket some more.

Harry licked his lips and shifted a little. "What do you want in return? For taking care of me?" Harry asked hesitantly.

"Ahh, what do we want. We want you to have a childhood. To act like a kid, play, be happy. How does that sound? Oh and you will have to put up with our crazy family. Anna said, teasing. Harry giggled and snuggled into Anna's side.

"Yeah, I want it… I want a family… I want to be loved; I want to be taken care of… I, I want you to adopt me,"Harry said, some tears running down his face.

"Oh Harry," Anna said, hugging the sobbing boy. "Everything will be fine, son, Bartok will handle everything. You're going to be ours. Our baby, we will take care of you," Anna soothed him. Harry held on to Anna tightly, and allowed himself to be rocked in her arms. Harry stayed cuddled in her arms, clutching his new blanket, until he fell asleep.

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"Well, he took that well," Anna said, a smile on her face. "Issy will be happy, she is so excited, and now we have a son." She looked fondly at Harry who was sleeping in her arms.

"Yeah, a son. We have quite a bit of work to do, to get him healthy. But we will take care of him, and make him whole. We should get him to bed, I will need to start the paperwork." Bartok said, standing up from his seat. He carefully lifted Harry from Anna's arms, and carried the boy up to his room. The door was opened suddenly and Issy was standing in front of him.

"What did he say? Did he say yes? Is he ok?" Issy pounced on him as soon as she opened the door. Bartok rolled his eyes as he made his way past her. He gently laid Harry on the bed; Issy tucked the blankets around Harry and cooed at the boy as he cuddled up with the fleece blanket that she recognized from Bartok's office. It was one she bought him to help add color to his office. It had a phoenix on it, and then had a fiery pattern. It was a bright and beautiful fleece. She also noticed the red puffiness on his face. "Was he crying?" she whispered.

Bartok sighed. "He said yes to us adopting him, and was a little overwhelmed. He will be ok, let's just let him rest, Bartok said, before turning to leave.

"I'll stay here with him in case he wakes up, we can't leave him alone right now, and I've got my homework spread out in here anyway," Issy said and she smoothed Harry's pillow. Bartok chuckled at her actions.

"Issy, he said yes," Bartok told her again, causing her to freeze up. Her smile widened and she stroked the hair out of Harry's face.

"That means that I'm a mummy," Issy said, looking fondly at Harry. She looked up at Bartok with a large smile on her face. "We are going to be the best parents ever!"

Bartok chuckled at her, and gave her a kiss. "Yeah, little one, we will be great parents. Now, go do your work. I've got paperwork to get started," he said, leaving the room. Issy skipped over to the couch to start on her homework.

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Harry's bedroom door opened and Lyle walked in carrying potions and a snack for Harry in his arms. He was not at all surprised to find Issy asleep on the couch in the room. Lyle moved over to Harry's bed and shook the child gently. Harry snuggled into the soft red blanket that Lyle noticed he must have got from Bartok's office. "Come on champ, you have to wake up for just a little bit," Lyle said, rubbing Harry's back. Harry rolled over, and yawned.

"Lyle?" Harry mumbled.

"Yepper champ, now come on wakey just a little. I've got some banana pudding for you, and then some potions," Lyle said trying to coax Harry awake. Harry sat up, his ears twitched cutely. Lyle laughed at the boys extreme bed head.

"You know, if you grow your hair out a bit, then it will be more manageable. It's just I had to grow mine out some, so I know," Lyle said, flicking Harry's hair around a little.

"Mm, can you help me to the loo?" Harry managed to mumble. Lyle helped Harry to the bathroom, where he drew a bath and helped Harry get cleaned up for the night. Once Harry was in nightwear, Lyle helped tuck him back into bed.

"Here we go, eat your pudding," Lyle said, handing that over to Harry. Lyle helped Harry when it was needed. Once the boy was done eating, and the potions had been taken, Lyle tucked Harry up in the red fleece blanket. "So how was your day?" he asked, watching Harry snuggle down into his bed.

"Anna and Bartok told me you all want to adopt me," Harry said. Lyle smiled and Harry shyly buried his face against the fleece blanket.

"Yes, we want to adopt you, we all talked about it a few days ago. What was your answer?" Lyle asked.

Harry shifted a little on the bed "Yes, I want to be part of your family," Harry said softly. Lyle smiled at the boy.

"Well, I guess that makes me your dad then? I am sure Issy was all over you, demanding that you call her Mummy. She was so excited when she first suggested the idea. But this means you've got two moms and three dads. Can't call us all the same thing. I want to be Daddy! Got that, champ? You can call me Daddy!" Lyle insisted. Harry's smile lit up the room.

"Ok… Daddy," Harry mumbled. Harry's whole face was bright red. He was smiling though, and that made Lyle happy.

"That's my champ! Now I am going to go take Mumy Issy to her bed, and then I'll come back here. If you need me through the night I'll be here for you," Lyle told Harry. Lyle scooped Issy up in his arms, and carried her out of the room, across the hall, and into the master bedroom, settling her on the bed. David woke up and pulled Issy into his arms. "I'll be in Harry's room for the night," Lyle let him know. He then went back to Harry's room, not surprised at all that Harry was sleeping. The potions he took would have knocked him out. Lyle bunked down on the couch for the night.

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