The following day, Harry sat beside Draco in the blondes' room, excitedly waiting for when Ava and Iris would arrive. His tail swished behind him happily, his ears perked and listening for the sound of the two girls arrival. He glanced at the blonde teen beside him, knowing he wasn't the only one excited to see the girls.

Finally, around eleven o'clock, the two heard the familiar 'crack' of someone apparating outside the front gates. Both Draco and Harry instantly knew it was the girls. Quickly making their way downstairs, the two stopped short when Professor Snape walked in, soon followed by Ava, Iris right behind the other teen as her animagus. Harry mentally grinned as he saw the two older teens. He stood off to the side as Draco walked over and smiled at the three.

"Draco!" Ava cried happily as she pulled the blonde to her in a tight embrace. "It's so good to see you!" Harry heard Draco chuckle as he wrapped his arms around the happy girl.

"It's good to see you too, Ava." he said softly as he tightened his grip on the teen. Narcissa and Snape watched the two with an amused expression on both their faces, Snape's harder to see then the blonde woman's. As the two teens pulled away from each other, Ava grinned down at Draco before leaning forward and placing a light kiss on his nose. Draco's face scrunched up in fake annoyance and disgust as he instinctively rubbed his nose.

"Ava! You know I hate it when you do that!" Malfoy mumbled as he half-heartedly glared at the brunette. Ava simply grinned at him.

"I know! That's exactly why I do it!" Draco laughed lightly, but stopped when he felt something brush against his leg. Blinking, he looked down and smiled as he saw the large black and white tiger looking up at him with expectant eyes. He kneeled down and ran his hands through the dark and light fur.

"Hello Crysta, it's good to see you too." Harry titled his head to the side and he stared at Iris, amusement gleaming in his eyes as he listened to the tiger purr to Draco's ministrations.

"Crysta?"

"It's my name when I'm in my form. It adds to my cover." Harry mentally chuckled, allowing Iris to hear through their link

"Of course it does."

"Of course. I couldn't go walking around with my real name, now could I? It would be suspicious if a tiger shows up every time I'm gone, and has the same name as me."

"Yes, I suppose it would." Harry noticed Iris glance at him from the corner of her eyes.

"Are you ready to put on a show?" Harry's ear twitched as he stared at the tiger.

"Show?"

"Yes, we have to act like we are just meeting." Realization filtered through Harry's eyes.

"Right, what are we going to do?" He asked, his voice now serious.

"We're going to get into a small fight. We'll make it so you overpower me into submission, since you would be guarding your territory." Harry gave her a small nod in understanding. "Ready Cub?"

"Yeah."

"Severus, I'm glad you're here." Draco said to his godfather as he gave the older male a quick hug. Snape looked down at him, a fond look in his eyes.

"As am I, Draco." he said softly as he placed a hand on the teens shoulder.

"It is lovely to see you again, Ava." Narcissa said softly as she gave the teen girl a hug. Ava smiled up at the older woman.

"It's wonderful to see you too, Narcissa." Said woman then looked over at Snape and smiled.

"Severus, welcome."

"Always a pleasure, Narcissa." Suddenly, the four heard a deep, harsh growl come from behind them. Turning, they all saw Emerald standing in a wide stance, his sharp fangs barred, his fur standing on ends, and his ears flattened back against his head. The four then heard another growl from beside them and notcied that Crysta was in the same position as the other. They looked back between Emerald and Crysta as the two cats growled and hissed at each other.

"Emerald?" Draco asked as he took a step towards his familiar. A hand on his shoulder quickly stopped him before he could reach the animal. Looking behind him, Draco met Snape black eyes.

"No Draco, do not interfere." Malfoy raised a blonde eyebrow at the older man, but stayed quiet. He then turned his attention back to his familiar, who was now crouching low to the ground. All of a sudden, Emerald launched himself at Crystal and tackled the tiger to the ground. The four quickly stepped back as the two animals continued to fight against one another.

Finally, after a few minutes, Iris told Harry what to do. Nodding his head slightly, Harry then jumped at Iris, landing on her back. As the two wrestled slightly, Harry acted like he bit Iris' right ear, though he had really only nipped it. Iris gave a fake howl of pain and quickly lowered herself to the ground, her head bowed as Harry climbed off her.

Harry growled one last time at Iris before he walked over and sat down beside Draco, his head held high with pride. He smiled inwardly as he heard Iris' laugh within his head.

"Nice work Cub." she said with amusement as she slowly walked towards the group, her roll of a defeated animal still in play. "I think we won them over." Harry chuckled at the girl, his eyes shining with amusement as he watched her.

"I think we should get an award." The two laughed secretly as Ava and Draco kneeled down beside their familiars. Harry watched curiously as Draco looked over him for any injuries, his eyes showing slight concern.

"Are you alright Emerald?" Looking up at the blonde, Harry gave him an assured nod. Draco sighed with relief as he reached up and began to pet Harry. Unable to stop himself, Harry closed his eyes and began to purr softly.

"Draco, why don't you take Ava and Crysta up to your room so you can catch up with each other?" Narcissa suggested as she smiled down at her son. Draco looked up at her and nodded her head. "We will meet later Dragon."

"Yes Mother." Ava grinned at Narcissa and Snape, waving back at then as the two teens and cats walked down the hall and up the stairs to the blondes room.

Hours later, the sun was beginning to set off on the horizon. Ava and Draco were getting ready for the meeting while Harry and Iris laid peacefully on the floor beside each other. They were laying much the same way they had done in the forest on their last night at Hogwarts, Harry's head resting on Iris' paws as her own head was settled on the back of his neck.

The two talked about what they have been doing since school. On occasion, Ava would also say something when she wasn't talking with Draco. The four shared a calm peaceful evening until it was time for Draco and Ava to leave for the meeting. The two teens said goodbye to their familiars and walked out of the room and out of sight. As Harry and Iris were lying comfortably in the silence, a thought occurred to Harry.

"Iris?" he asked softly, not knowing if the girl had fallen asleep.

"Yes Cub?"

"Why aren't you going to this meeting?" Harry felt and listened to Iris as she chuckled lightly.

"Because it is not of importance. Tonight is simply a meeting on their up coming plans and such. I don't need to be there when I can simply get the details from Ava and Severus." Iris explained as she gave Harry's ears each an affectionate lick.

"Then why is Ava going?"

"We are each others familiar. One of us has to go as our animagi while the other stays human. Besides, it is her turn to go to the meeting. I went last time." The two laughed together and shifted to get comfortable once again.

The two stayed like that for a few hours until the bedroom door opened, revealing Ava and Draco as they walked in. Harry and Iris both sat up as the two teens sat down on the bed, sighing together as they fell back onto the comforter.

"I still don't understand why we have to go to those boring meetings. There's nothing important we need to know about." Ava complained as she glared up at the ceiling. Draco groaned as he threw his arm over his eyes.

"Because, Ava, they're trying to turn us into them." Ava snorted and grinned at the blonde.

"You mean, becoming grumpy old people with no life, so we give our lives to a deranged mad man who's trying to kill one of our school mates?" Ava asked as she looked up at the ceiling, her face completely expressionless. There was a paused between them before the two bursted out laughing. Iris and Harry watched the two with amusement as they laughed together, they're own laughter within their minds. After a few minutes the laughter died down until it was quiet in the room once more.

Draco then looked over at Emerald and noticed how close he was sitting next to Crysta as the black and white tiger absentmindedly curled her tail around his slightly smaller body in a protective manner. Ava noticed his stare and glanced over at the two large cats, smiling secretly as she watched the two.

"Those two got pretty close fast." Ava stated quietly as she watched the blonde teen. Draco furrowed his eyebrows as he watched the animals purr together.

"Yeah, I guess they did." Ava grinned at him, a mischivious glint in her eyes.

The hours seemed to fly by as the two teens continued to talk with each other, their familiars right beside them, who were having a conversation of their own. Before long, the sky began to darken and there was a knock on Draco's door. Standing up, the blonde walked over and opened the door only to see Snape standing in front of him.

"Hello Draco." Snape said softly as he walked into the room as said teen stepped aside.

"Severus. What are you doing here?" Draco asked as he stepped up beside his godfather. Snape glanced at him before turning to Ava.

"It is time for us to go." he said as he laced his fingers together.

"Aw, do we have to Sev?" Ava asked as she looked up at him with large puppy-dog eyes. Snape looked down at the girl, a fond look in his eyes.

"Yes Ava, we have buisness to take care back at the house." Ava rolled her eyes as she got up from the bed and walked over to the older man. She crossed her arms and pouted.

"We can come back soon though, right?" she asked innocently, her puppy-dog eyes still in play. Draco snickered quietly as Snape stared at the girl before sighing.

"Yes, we can come back soon." Ava squeled happily as she ran up and hugged Draco tightly.

"I'll come back and torment you some more! Promise!" she said as she pulled away from the blonde, grinning teasingly at him. Draco chuckled at her and nodded his head.

"I look forward to it." Ava smiled at him and gave him one more hug before pulling away and quickly placing a kiss on his nose, just like she had done when she first arrived. Draco scowled at the giggling girl as he rubbed absentmidedly at his nose. He yelped as he felt a sudden weight on his back and shoulders. Looking behind him he was meet with Crysta's tounge as she licked his cheek.

"Crysta!" Draco cried out as he wiped at his cheek and glared at the black and white tiger as she seemed to smile at him. She moved off of him and rubbed up against his leg. Sighing to himself, Draco leaned down at stroke the tigers head, earning a soft purr in return.

"I'll miss you too." Giving one last lick to Draco's hand, Crysta then walked back over to Emerald. Both Draco and Snape watched with slight surprise as the two cats purred softly to each other and rubbed their heads together. As Crysta pulled back, she gave a soft lick to Emerald's cheek. Emerald seemed to shy back slightly but purred none the less.

Ava watched the two with a smile as she walked up to the two. She kneeled down and wrapped her arms around Emerald's neck, holding the panther close to her. She lifted her head up and placed a kiss on top of Emerald's head.

"I'll miss you, Harry." She whispered softly in his ear, low enough for only the black panther to hear. Harry purred at the girl and rubbed his cheek against her, causing Ava to giggle as his whiskers tickled her ear. Ava stood back up and walked over to Severus, Iris right beside her. She smiled brightly up at the older man, her hands behind her back.

"I'm ready to go now, Sev!" The older man stared down at the girl as she smiled innocently up at him. Rolling his eyes slightly he turned to Draco.

"Good day Draco, we'll see each other soon." Draco smiled up at his godfather and gave him a quick hug. Ava waved back at him as the three left the room. Minutes later, the familiar sound of them apparating was heard. Draco sighed to himself as he walked over to his bed and fell back on to it again.

Harry watched him closely before he stood up and moved over to the bed. When he was standing at the end, he gracefully jumped up onto the soft comforter and moved closer to Malfoy, laying down beside the blondes head. Draco opened his eyes when he felt the bed dip and meet Emerald's green eyes. He smiled lightly at the panther.

"I guess we should get to bed." Draco sighed to himself, his eyes closing as he ran a hand through his hair. "This is going to be a long week." Harry titled his head to the side in confusion as Draco stood up from him bed and walked into the bathroom, closing the door softly behind him.

What did he mean by that?

TBC . . . .

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