VII – Explaining and adapting

"Harry, the Resurrection Ritual you told us about had a little more side effects than we expected and you being tried in front of many Magical and Powerful families actually activated one of those Side Effects. You have Venquine Blood, Harry, and the Venquine is known to be the ancestor of Veela, Werewolves and Vampires."
I tell my Godson, glad to know I have enough trust coming from his mates to let them chose me over that commanding woman named Molly and the boy looks shocked. I then sit down a little closer, still allowing his mates to sit next to him and Harry slides off the table to sit across from me, next to a happily smiling Hayner.
He lies his hands, fingers crossed, on the table and I go on and say: "A Venquine is known to be extremely loyal and caring and it is often said that the loyalty strength of the Werewolf, the irresistible charms of the Vampire and the Beauty of the Veela all come from their relation to Venquines, even if none of them have been seen since 1342."
The boy seems amazingly intrigued and Jack says: "Well, if little Harry is anything to go by, those rumors are certainly true." The boy blushes and I smile at the nice first step of swaying the mate, while I can also already see that Harry is a Sub as a Dominant Venquine would have openly flirted back at the pirate.

I then continue and say: "The Last Venquine known to mankind was Confraguos Potter, Harry, your ancestor and he himself was the Neutral Mate of 5 mates." The boy shakes his head and asks: "Wait, what?" Then Remus takes over and says: "That is where Veela, Vampires and Werewolves get their need to mate from.
The Venquine, once they got their blood activated, searched out for mates and because of their big hearts, they needed more than 1 mate." I see Harry looking at the boy and grown man next him before looking at the two men next to me and then I grab the boy's hands and say: "Harry, these four saved your life."

My Godson looks shocked and I say: "A Venquine, when they get their blood activated, fall into a deep sleep which allows their subconscious minds to reach out to their mates and send out a signal for them to come. But your Signal reached out to an entire different universe and these four came from that universe for you.
Unfortunately the Resurrection Ritual also badly affected your Venquine Blood and thus made you stay asleep even after they came. Had Hermione not been subscribed to what she calls the Disney Book Club, we would have never known how to cure you. And even then it was Hayner who performed the required actions."

The two boys look at each other and then Harry asks the group: "You don't mind that this completely freaks me out, do you? The fact that last night I only had a small stupid crush and now I suddenly have four mates, who all came from an entirely different universe, left their lives behind to save me and of which one just saved me from eternal sleep."
The four shake their heads and Leon says: "I have to admit that this whole thing is new for us all. It will take some time for each of us to get used to the fact that destiny has put us together." My Godson nods and says: "Good, glad I'm not the only one freaking out." He then sighs, lowers his head and mumbles softly:
"Can't anything in my life be normal?" To which Donald says: "Aw phooey, Normal is just another word for Boring." To which the twins shout: "YOU SAID IT!" High fiving the weird, duck-like creature. But then Harry says: "Maybe, but a warning about something abnormal happening beforehand would be appreciated by now."

He then turns to the four and asks: "So, who are you four?" But I can already tell by his overly happy and intrigued smile that the boy is just keeping back his shock. And apparently I am not the only one who sees this as Leon asks: "You sure you want to know that and not first scream, throw stuff or something else?"
Harry shrugs, still having that fake smile on his face and he asks: "Of course not, why would I?" And Jack answers: "Because we can recognize a fake smile when we see it, lad. And because we've yet to see you really freak out." Harry sighs and turns back to the table, again with his head hanging low as he says:
"I know, but I currently prefer to just give up on the chance of being normal and believe that an easier way to cope with this. And besides, with the current environment I'm in, it's not as if I really have time to show my emotions. It's best if I just lie low, pretend I don't exist and let people tell me what to do. At least then others will be happy."

This makes me stand up, absolutely furious as it doesn't take a genius to realize who made him believe that, but then Luxord, looking at Harry over the top of his book, says: "The happiness of others is often brought forth if those who care about you see you are happy too. And currently, little mate of ours, you are not."
I look at the man in shock, together with everyone around me and Jack says: "If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I would not have believed that Nobody, cursed gold stealer, Luxord would say something that – sensitive." Leon and Hayner nod at this and Harry turns to them confused asking the question I wonder myself:
"Nobody? Isn't that a little rude?" Luxord shrugs and Mickey says: "Well you see, Harry. If a person is born his heart is pure light. But the older a person gets, the more darkness can consume his heart. And if a person loses his heart to the darkness, his heart becomes a creature, to me and my palls known as, a Heartless."

Luxord then snaps his fingers and to my shock a small creature appears above the table. The creature exists out of three parts. A black head with yellow eyes, a red robe that hides the rest of the face with a weird heart-shaped symbol and triangle-shaped cuts at the neck and the end of the robe and a golden hat with a weird twirl at the top.
Luxord snaps his finger again and this time a small humanoid creature that is completely covered in black fur with large yellow eyes that are actually a little too big to be on his small round head, bug-like antenna's on his head and three fingers on his hands and feet appears, moving around weirdly while standing on the table.
Luxord snaps his fingers again and the creature, like the red-cloaked one, disappears in a small cloud of puff and he says: "The Red Nocturne is what we call an Emblem Heartless, the Shadow a Pureblood Heartless. The Emblem Heartless release captive hearts when slain by the Keyblade, Pureblood Heartless don't."

My friends and I nod, while I am completely baffled that people can actually change into creatures like that and mutter: "Thank Merlin that law doesn't apply on our world." Everyone looks at me and I ask: "Azkaban? The Darkness there, caused by the Dementors, is more than enough to change all those Prisoners into Heartless."
Everyone blanches and Mickey says: "Yes, you can then definitely consider yourselves lucky. We have fought the last two years against nothing but Heartless and Nobodies." We all look at the mouse-like creature impressed and then Hermione asks: "But Mr. Mouse, what exactly is a Nobody?" And the creature answers:
"A Nobody is what is created out of the body of someone who lost his heart to the Darkness but had a strong soul. You see, a person with a weak soul loses their body to the Darkness too as that fades away after the heart is consumed, the body of a strong person can either slightly change physical looks or become a being of Darkness."
Now Harry looks at Luxord and asks: "And you're a –Nobody?" The man nods and says: "The name's Luxord and I used to be #X of Organization XIII. Currently I am the only Nobody left alive of that Organization and while I have regained a body and a heart, have I, for some reason, been allowed to keep my powers over time."

The young black-haired boy nods and then Leon asks: "So, where is that freaking out staying. Haven't seen much of it." But Harry shrugs and Hermione says: "Oh no you don't, Harry James Potter. You will not bottle up your emotions like you've been doing all summer. We've all seen what happens when you do that, haven't we?"
To which Remus and I share a look, but then the twins chorus: "During the first meeting. It was loud." Harry hangs his head and Hayner asks: "Anything we would want to know?" And Ron shrugs, saying: "Just that if Harry bottles up emotions like anger, it often comes out in him screaming his bloody lungs out.
That – or amazing speeches." Now even Harry looks confused and Ron says: "Oh, come on, mate. I can still quote that first speech you gave us back in first word for word. Remember it every time we go somewhere mentally dangerous." The boy blushes, making an adoring smile appear on Hayner's face and Ron coughs before he says:

"Don't you understand? If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort's coming back! Haven't you heard what it was like when he was trying to take over? There won't be any Hogwarts to get expelled from! He'll flatten it, or turn it into a school for the Dark Arts!
Losing points doesn't matter anymore, can't you see? D'you think he'll leave you and your families alone if Gryffindor wins the house cup? If I get caught before I can get to the Stone, well, I'll have to go back to the Dursleys and wait for Voldemortto find me there, it's only dying a bit later than I would have, because I'm never going over to the Dark Side! I'm going through that trapdoor tonight and nothing you two say is going to stop me! Voldemortkilled my parents, remember?"

The boy then scrapes his throat, having shouted at the end of the speech and we all look at him wide eyed and with mouths hanging on the floor, while Harry is now red like a tomato and trying to hide under the table without anyone noticing. Remus shakes his head and asks: "And Harry said all that – in his First?"
Ron nods and says: "Memorized it to heart, I did. I always use it before a hard test, when I want to do something I know is either stupid or impossible or when we do something like going through previously mentioned trap door. It really helps." And Hermione nods in agreement, making Harry moan the words: "Hermione, not you too."
But then Leon says: "You shouldn't feel bad about things that make others stronger. It means your hearts are closely connected. You're real strong together." Jack then hangs back and says: "Wonder how long it'll take us to get that strongly connected. Would be nice to know one another inside out, don't yah think?"
And the other three mates nod. Then Harry asks: "So who are you? I still don't know any of your names – well, except Luxord then." The other three sigh, having realized like I did that Harry won't freak out yet and they each introduce themselves, Leon going even so far as to kiss the back of Harry's hand as he does so.
A gigantic blush is now on Harry's face and he asks: "Could you all excuse me a minute?" Before quickly leaving the room. Then Ron says: "We better go and grab hold of those curtains. I think Harry's about to blow." This seems to excite the twins, but me and Remus share a glance and we run at my mother's portrait.

We both quickly grab the curtains, while having heard Harry's bedroom door close and Hayner asks: "Do we even want to know?" And the twins chorus: "You don't!" To this Jack shrugs and says: "And now, thanks to you lads, I do." But he doesn't come over to us to open the curtains and for this I feel extremely glad.