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Harry sat behind his desk, in his office, lost at sea about what he was going to do now. Where was he going to find teachers for Hogwarts? Hogwarts was supposed to be open now and he couldn't afford for it to remain shut for long. He had to discuss this with everyone as soon as possible. As if on cue, the twins walked in through his office door wearing their usual grins that seemed to warm his heart. They looked apologetic when they realized that they hadn't knocked. Harry decided to put the at ease,

"It's fine. Come and sit down."

They took their seats. Harry leaned back in his seat and continued,

"We need to hire an entirely new staff for Hogwarts. I've decided Remus is the best choice for Headmaster and he might be able to teach Defence against the Dark Arts as well but we need teachers for all the other subjects. I was hoping you could run an advertisement in the Daily Prophet as soon as possible. I just want Hogwarts to be open as soon as possible."

He wouldn't be needing a ground keeper because the castle would tend to itself. But he missed Hagrid and realized that he hadn't been there with the other order members earlier. Well he missed all of the teachers and he was certain he wouldn't be able to find their replacements. The twins rose to their feet, saluted him and spoke,

"We'll get that done now."

They had just turned to walk to the door when Harry spoke again,

"Wait, you must have come here for something. What is it?"

The twins turned back and wore matching nervous expressions,

"We wanted to ask your permission for something?"

Harry rose to his feet and stepped closer to them,

"My permission? But for what?"

They both looked at each other and then looked at him,

"Umm…. we wanted to invite Sanguini to the castle tonight. He wanted us to come to his but we're not going to leave you alone."

Harry felt genuinely overjoyed. It seemed Sanguini had managed to convince them after all. Before he knew it, he burst out laughing. The twins blushed. Harry barely managed to gasp out between his bouts of laughter,

"Seriously…. He managed to convince you…. This is wonderful news."

The twins stared at him with puzzlement,

"How'd you know about that?"

Harry leaned back against his desk and looked at them smugly,

"He was watching you duel, the night we took over Hogwarts and told me that he was interested in you both. I told him that you weren't into men but he seemed determined enough."

Their jaws fell open together and Harry couldn't help but laugh again. But this time he managed to stop himself and brought a serious expression over his face,

"He hasn't hurt you, has he?"

The twins quickly shook their words. It was wonderful to see them lost for words and so perplexed. Harry smiled and embraced them,

"Good. Because I'll definitely have his head if he does."

Harry felt their arms around him,

"I'll invite him personally. Don't worry."

They pulled away and smiled shyly. Harry didn't miss the blush and the glow on their faces and found the expression extremely adorable and spoke,

"Okay, out of my office now before I start laughing again at how adorable you guys look."

The twins murmured their thanks and stepped out of the office blushing furiously.

Harry made his way back to his seat and couldn't wipe the smile from his face. He felt happy. Extremely happy for the twins. Hope still coloured the world and not everything was as grey and dull as his life now. He still had to invite Sanguini. But Harry had a better idea. The castle felt too empty and the twins seemed honour bound to keep him company there. Maybe he ought to change that. Maybe he could shift the Death Eater headquarters to the castle. It seemed like a viable enough move and the castle was huge enough to house an entire army. Plus, he would be able to keep Sirius, Luna, Bella and everyone else close. He finalized his decision and pulled a parchment from inside the desk drawer to write a letter to Sanguini. He was half way through it when a knock on the door interrupted him. He spoke without looking up from the parchment,

"Come in."

The door opened and someone stepped in. It didn't take Harry long to place the suffocating lust and look up,

"What are you doing here?"

Draco lowered his gaze and stood silent. Harry felt his happiness from earlier fading fast and being replaced by rage,

"If you're here to stake your claim in this ministry then you are sorely deluded. You and your family were nowhere in sight when we were taking over Hogwarts or when Bella was fighting here at the ministry. There is no place for you here, Draco. So, go back to where you came from and DON'T…don't look at me like that."

Draco stepped closer to him and looked positively deranged,

"Why not? Why shouldn't I look at you like that? In fact, I should be able to touch you too now. He's gone. The Dark Lord is gone. So, what are you afraid of now, Harry?"

Harry was about to rise to his feet when Draco grabbed his shoulders, leaned over him and inhaled sharply. Harry pushed him away and rose to his feet,

"Get out of my office, NOW!"

He must have shouted because the door burst open and Bellatrix stormed inside. Her gaze took in Draco and Harry saw her face reflecting her hate,

"What are you doing here, brat?"

Draco still had his gaze fixed on Harry and Harry found it extremely unsettling. Draco finally turned away and was about to step out of the office when Bella grabbed his arm and demanded,

"Answer me."

Draco grinned and then spoke,

"Came here to kiss him. Now that The Dark Lord is gone…"

Draco couldn't complete the sentence because he was writhing on the ground, screaming at the top of his lungs and Harry couldn't help but feel vindictively satisfied at that. After the curse had gone on for more than a minute. Harry finally spoke,

"I think that's enough."

Bella rested her heavy booted foot on Draco's throat and pressed down,

"Kiss him, will you? I'll chop your lips off before you can try"

Sirius stepped into his office, followed by the twins. Harry sighed. This was getting out of hand. The twins looked practically murderous when their gaze found Draco on the floor and Sirius looked at Harry with a questioning expression,

"What's going on here?"

It wasn't Harry that replied. It was the twins, who currently had their wands trained at the slowly suffocating Draco,

"He's lusting after Harry."

Sirius's expression grew stern and he looked at Harry,

"Do you want Draco?"

Harry hadn't expected that question. Of course, he didn't want him. Harry couldn't understand Draco's obsession. Had never been able to understand it. Bella eased her foot off from Draco's throat and turned to look at Harry as well. Harry felt immensely touched by that gesture. Bella was willing to let Draco live if he wanted him despite her overwhelming desire to kill him. Harry knew that he had never seen so much pure devotion before,

"No, I don't."

Bella cackled madly and replaced her foot on Draco's throat again. The twins looked ready enough to kill but Harry didn't want Draco's murder on his conscious. It was Sirius that finally spoke,

"Stop, Bella. We don't need a murder on our already long list of issues."

Bella hesitated but reluctantly pulled off her foot. Draco immediately began sputtering and coughing and raised himself to his knees. Harry decided that a threat would be suitable at this moment. After all he knew that Draco valued his life,

"If you come anywhere near me again. I'll let Bella and the twins have their fun with you and I can assure you that they won't let you live afterwards."

Draco rose to his feet shakily and leered at Bella,

"Tell me auntie, you kissed him. What did it feel like? Did it taste good?"

The colour drained from Bella's cheeks and she looked practically haunted. She stumbled back and Harry felt himself consumed by unimaginable rage. His hands balled into fists. He had had enough. Harry launched himself at Draco and they both landed on the carpet. Harry on top, Draco beneath him. He landed blow after blow at every part of him he could possibly reach,

"You bastard…."

Draco laughed madly and made no move to protect himself. Harry felt Sirius's grab his shoulder and attempted to pull him away from him but Harry refused to move and continued to punch Draco to a pulp. Sirius managed to pry him away and wrapped an arm around him. Harry struggled against him,

"Let me go, Sirius. He deserves it. That bastard deserves it all."

Sirius held him tight,

"Breathe, Harry. Calm down. You don't want to do anything that you'll regret later."

Harry strained against Sirius's hold, trying his best to launch himself at Draco again,

"Harry, stop it!"

The rage was beginning to drain away from Harry leaving him feeling extremely empty. Sirius turned him around and hugged him,

"Breathe. Just breathe."

Harry caught sight of Bella leaning against the wall with tears streaming down her cheeks. Harry pulled away from Sirius and stepped closer to her. He wiped away the tears and spoke softly,

"Forget about that. Everything's alright."

She didn't meet his gaze. Harry cupped her face and made her meet his gaze,

"It's alright. Everything's alright."

Harry embraced her and attempted to soothe her. He managed to succeed to some extent. She stroked his cheek with her cold metallic cheek,

"You've really forgiven me?"

Harry pulled away from her,

"Yes, I have."

After she seemed to have calmed down to some extent. Harry turned to Draco,

"Get lost, Draco. I don't want to see your face again."

The twins looked at Harry with their wands at the ready, waiting for his approval but Harry shook his head,

"Not today, guys. But if he shows up again, you have my permission to kill him."

Draco rose to his feet and almost nearly stumbled out of the room. As soon as he was gone, Sirius grabbed Harry's hands and brushed his fingers over his bruised knuckles. Harry winced and pulled them away reflexively,

"I'm fine, Sirius."

He looked around and saw the concern on everyone's faces. Sirius sat him down and began healing his knuckles. Harry sat still and silent through the entire process and when Sirius was done, he finally spoke,

"I'm fine. It's a good thing that all of you are here though. I was thinking earlier and I've finally decided that I'm going to move Death Eater headquarters to my castle."

My castle. It was his and it truly and utterly belonged to him. Sirius was rubbing soothing circles on his back,

"What caused you to make this decision?"

Harry pursed his lips and spoke,

"Because I don't want to be alone. The castle is huge and I would like all of you to stay there with me."

Sirius kissed the top of his head,

"When do you want us to move in?"

Harry thought about that,

"We can have a feast there tonight. I'm going to invite Sanguini and Remus tonight as well."

Harry didn't miss the way the twins blushed at Sanguini's name. Bellatrix laughed raucously,

"It's done then. I'm going to spread the news and find Rodolphus so we can get the packing done."

She rushed out of the room excitedly. Sirius gently spoke,

"Are you sure you're fine?"

Harry nodded and smiled,

"I'm fine, Sirius. In fact, I'm happy that we're finally going to be living together, like a family."

Harry turned to the twins,

"It seems we have a feast to prepare for."

The twins chuckled softly,

"Leave it to us, Harry."

Harry suddenly remembered the task he had set them up with earlier and spoke,

"No, you should take care of the advertisement. I'll prepare for the feast."

The twins looked hesitant but then nodded and stepped out of the office. Harry turned to Sirius,

"I have some letters to write then I'm going to head home. You have to be there by seven. The twins will provide you with the details."

Sirius was frowning,

"How are you going to prepare for the feast all by yourself."

Harry smiled brightly,

"You're going to be surprised."

Sirius didn't look like he believed him but nodded nonetheless and walked away. Harry got back to his letter to Sanguini, curled it up and threw it away. The letter wasn't relevant anymore. Harry thought that this was the perfect time to mingle with all his allies. They had been there with him at the time of war. It was only fair that he keep in touch with them during the time of peace. He wrote down an invitation to the feast along with the instructions to get to the castle and with a wave of his duplicated it and sent the copies to be mailed to all his allies including Sanguini and Remus. He had to admit that he was excited. Even though memories of Voldemort kept plaguing his mind and his heart kept yearning for his presence, he was happy. Or as happy as he could be.

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