A/N: Next chapter and it's the big one. Hope you all enjoy it. Review!!
The day after the Halloween dance dawned foggy and gray. Harry had tossed and turned the whole night, trying to decide what to do about Ginny and Tonks. On one hand, they had an unspoken agreement that the three of them were going as friends, but those kisses at the end shook the foundations of that. As Harry showered, and mechanically got dressed, he replayed the closing moments of the dance in his head over and over.
Over the next few days, relations between Harry, Ginny and Tonks were surprisingly easygoing. Harry had expected many awkward silences and blushes, but perhaps because Ginny and Tonks had ignored it, he did too. They still spent much of their day together, and it was almost as if the goodnight kisses hadn't happened. Almost. There were times when Harry would, out of the corner of his eye, notice either of the girls giving him odd looks, almost hungry looks.
The days passed quickly and soon the occasional chills of autumn changed in to the complete cold of winter at Hogwarts. A light blanket of snow covered the ground, which made getting to Care of Magical Creatures an adventure in itself. The injured dragon was still the main focus of the class, and once a week, the entire school would go out and take turns studying it. Hagrid would go in with one year at a time, starting with the youngest, and give a shorter lecture on different features of the dragon. Each year would have a turn and once everyone had their class, they all walked back in together. Unfortunately, this forced the older classes to wait around in the snow for over two hours, shivering in place.
Things were further slowed down by the fact that the dragon was very restless and would often roar at the watching students, causing many muttered complaints about Hagrid's new class subject. Once, the dragon even breathed a plume of fire directly at the current group of second years, but the flame-retardant wall put in place by Charlie did its job.
One day, as Harry was walking back from his turn watching the dragon, he over heard some of the dragon handlers, who had been introduced to him by Charlie.
"I swear, this baby is getting moodier and moodier. It's a pain in the neck. And the flame wall is harder and harder to maintain." Hearing this, Harry turned to the two handlers.
"How do you know that it hasn't fallen yet?" The handlers gave him an appraising glance, but deigned to respond anyway.
"If the wall fell, the gong would sound, and we would know to clear everyone of the area." Harry nodded, as it made sense and quickly hurried to catch up with the rest of his class and as he did, Tonks gave him a questioning glance. He quietly told her what he heard and started to walk up to the castle. A booming voice caused him to turn.
"Wait, 'Arry, the 'Eadmaster tol' me to tell ya that he expects ya in his office at nine 'clock sharp tonight. For tha Bird-Watchin' Club." Hagrid said with a wink as he came striding up the hill. Harry nodded to show the half-giant that he understood and after a quick goodbye joined Tonks in the castle entranceway and went inside.
Later on, Harry sat in the common room, and glanced at his watch for the twelfth time. The Gryffindor red and gold hands read 8:12 PM and Harry sighed. He had quickly finished his homework and was quite anxious for the meeting to start. The air was stuffy, though Harry supposed that it was just him, as the rest of the people in the common room were fine. Harry watched as Ginny and Tonks sat side-by-side in front of him. They were leaning against his legs as he relaxed on the couch. Another glance at his watch read 8:14. Harry softly started smacking the back of his head against the back of the couch. Unsurprisingly, it did nothing to relieve his anxiety. After some more of this, (exactly 43 minutes of it), Harry was roused and saw McGonagall standing stiffly behind him. She nodded sharply and he rose and followed her. Ares was draped unconsciously around his arm, and Artemis and Apollo moved and lay down next to one of the girls each.
McGonagall led the way through the halls and in no time at all they were at the door of the Headmaster's office and pushing their way in. Harry scanned the room quickly and noticed that it seemed as if the full membership of the Order was in attendance. He nodded briefly at Remus and Moody and smiled at the Twins, who were completely oblivious, as they were busy imitating everyone else's serious face. He turned to Dumbledore who smiled at him. He frowned, and nodded back at the older wizard, much more formally than he had Remus and Moody.
"Oh no Albus, I forbid for Harry to be here! He is just a child!" Molly Weasley's voice shrieked out in the room, causing all talk to cease and heads to swivel in her direction. She stalked to the Headmaster's desk and glared at him, causing her red hair to come out of its McGonagall-esque bun. Harry heard many intakes of breath as some of the Order members saw him for the first time in a year and a half. He supposed that his new features could be a bit shocking.
Dumbledore was about to speak when Harry's strong voice cut him off. "I am sorry Mrs. Weasley. But you are not my mother, and you cannot forbid me to do anything." Mrs. Weasley turned slowly and tried to begin her rant at Harry, who quickly continued. "Mrs. Weasley, I am, and always will be thankful for what your family has continued to do for me. You are the closest thing to a mother I have ever had, but that's it:closest. My mother had been dead for 15 years. I have been able to take care of myself, and will make my decisions. No one" and Harry turned an eye to Dumbledore, "I said NO ONE, will control my life." The room fell silent at Harry's proclamation. Mrs. Weasley looked close to tears, but nodded stiffly to Harry before returning to her husband's side. Harry promised himself that he would talk to her after the meeting.
"Listen kid, just because you're the Boy-Who-Lived, doesn't mean you can come in here and act like you're the king. How dare you insult Albus like that?" A tall, broad pale skinned man dressed in blue auror robes stood up to him. Harry figured that most people saw him imitating.
Much to everyone's surprise, Harry chuckled. "Listen…whoever you are. I would call you by your name, but the Headmaster hasn't found you important enough to inform me of it. If you do not show your respect, I will be forced to eject you from this meeting." The Auror looked shocked and stepped forward when a low hiss stopped him. Ares rode out of his perch on Harry's arm and wavered in front of the Auror, fangs out and glistening. He hadn't been seen in the commotion of Harry's entrance.
"Goddamn it Albus, you're letting a wild animal in here? And a snake of all things? Might as well let werewolves and vampires run the meeting!" In the blink of an eye, the Auror was driven back to the wall, both of Harry's swords at his throat. No one moved, as Harry's eyes went from his normal bright green to a pale yellow. A low growl issued from deep in his throat.
Harry was dimly aware of Dumbledore standing up and Remus stepping forward, though Harry wasn't sure if he was intending to stop Harry or hold the Auror down. "Leave. Now. Before I Turn you and make you all that you loathe." As Harry spoke, his fangs grew out and made the Auror whiten considerably. "As you can see, more than one werewolf and a vampire will be present at this meeting, and seeing how I have faced some incarnation of Voldemort more times than you've slept with a member of the female population," (Charlie, Bill and the twins suppressed laughs at this point), "you will shut up or I will cut out your jaw, and feed it to my wolves."
A calm hand on Harry's shoulder brought him back to reality, and his eyes and teeth returned to their natural state. He lowered his sword to his hip and walked away. He tucked his swords away and felt the Auror relax behind him, but also heard some muttering, including something about a half-breed killing them all. Harry whirled around and a clash of metal and stone was heard. Everyone looked at Harry, who had one arm extended towards the Auror. Everyone turned to him, and Mrs. Weasley yelped out loud. The light of the room showed a shining knife blade a quarter inch from the Auror's head on each side, the flat part of the blades directly on the skin. The Auror didn't move, as he could feel the cool edge of the blade on each side of his skull.
Harry cleared his throat and spoke menacingly. "Next time, I won't miss." With a snap, the blades slid out, and went back in to Harry's cloak before he turned and leaned against the wall next to the twins. The room was still frozen outside of Harry and the Auror's frenzied breathing. "Headmaster, I have an essay assigned by our wonderful Transfiguration professor which I would love to finish tonight so can we get on with it?" He winked at McGonagall whose lips twitched upwards and Dumbledore nodded wearily.
"Yes well. Now that we have proven that Mr. Potter deserves to be here, let's move on. Severus has kindly informed us of news regarding Voldemort's forces." Harry snorted as everyone besides himself, the Headmaster, Mr. Weasley and Moody winced at the Dark Lord's name. "As we know, he has control of over 95 of the Dementors, and we suspect that he has managed to obtain a Nundu for his purposes." The room was silent besides Harry's muttered curse words, earning a glare from McGonagall and Mrs. Weasley, and he quickly spit out an apology.
"Now. Severus also discovered that he reached an end in negotiations with the three largest vampire clans, and they will all fight for him, led by their leader Verz Dracula. Remus informs us that almost all of the werewolves have sided with him as well, drawn by Fenrir Grayback's promises." The room was silent for some time before Harry smiled grimly.
"Cool. I am going to be the leader of three vampire clans! And probably some werewolves too." Everyone gaped at Harry, especially Professor Snape, who abruptly exploded.
"My god Mr. Potter, are you that arrogant? Foolish boy, how could over 300 magical beasts helping the Dark Lord be cool!?" Snape continued to rant about 'stupid Gryffindors' and 'ridiculous arrogance.'
Harry smirked and waited for the Potions Professor to run out of breath. "Because my dear Sniv-, Professor Snape," Snape scowled and almost leapt at Harry. "I will take control of these clans, and they will not fight us." Dumbledore quickly cut in before things could escalate.
"And how Mr. Potter, pray tell, will you do that? Grayback and Dracula are two of the most physically dangerous people on this earth." The Headmaster looked down at Harry over his glasses. Harry turned gracefully towards the Headmaster and smirked at him.
"Because oh wonderful Headmaster of mine, I will kill them. And once you kill the leader of the clan, the rest must listen to you." The gathered group of over thirty people gaped silently at Harry before a nameless Order member, hidden by the crowd yelled out.
"How do you know they will listen to you?" Harry glanced at the crowd with an arched eyebrow, his mouth a thin line.
"It helps to understand vampires and werewolves WHEN YOU ARE ONE. Its basic magical animal law, or at least vampire and werewolves. Kill the leader, the pack or clan is blood bound to follow your commands. I can just challenge Grayback and Verz separately and I will eliminate all the werewolves and vampires from our opposition. I will order them to return to their homes, and Voldemort won't be able to do anything about it." Harry settled back in to his spot next to the twins, drumming his fingers atop the fireplace mantle.
Remus turned to Harry. "Harry, I know Grayback personally and I have heard much about Dracula. Why would you be able to defeat them?" Harry smiled warmly at Remus, knowing his question was an honest one, not directed out of dislike or disrespect.
"Because Remus, outside of the Headmaster and on the best of days yourself, I could incapacitate everyone in this room without gathering a scratch or spell hit on my body." Remus whitened, though a smile tugged at his lips at the veiled compliment that Harry had thrown his way.
Knowing that the room didn't believe him, Harry sighed. "Demonstration?" With that, Harry seemed to disappear in a cloud of soft black smoke and that same black smoke appeared in the back of the room, and Harry stepped out of it. Everyone whirled around but Harry disappeared again and continued to do so until it seemed as if there were clouds of black smoke all over the room. The Order members, besides the Weasleys, Dumbledore and McGonagall spun in circles, trying to follow the progress of the younger wizard. Finally he stopped, hanging upside from the upper lip of the large window looking out over the grounds. He jumped off and flipped down to the floor next to the Headmaster's chair.
Harry turned back to the Headmaster, and inquired of him. "Are we finished Headmaster, I wish to speak to Mrs. Weasley and then continue with my schoolwork." Dumbledore smiled at Harry and stood up.
"I believe we are finished. Have a good night." People started to leave the office, most muttering about the little performance Harry put on. Harry stepped out and waited for the Weasley's to exit. They soon came out and Harry approached Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.
"Umm I would like to apologize for what I said." The older couple looked shocked. "I didn't mean to be rude earlier Mrs. Weasley. You have been nothing but wonderful for me since I met you 5 years ago. I needed to show the Order that I belonged in the meeting and that I am not a child." Mrs. Weasley teared up and gathered Harry in a large hug, and Mr. Weasley smiled at Harry over his wife's shoulder. The 4 boys grinned at him too.
"Don't you worry about it dear. I understand, I am so used to mothering seven children and its just old habit." Mrs. Weasley drew back and held Harry at arm's length. "I just have to remember that you aren't my child."
"If I could be, I would be. I adore your family, though Ron can be a prat." Mrs. Weasley gave him a motherly glare, but couldn't stop the slight smile from showing itself on her mouth. The four redheaded children offered some remarks of agreement and a laughing Mr. Weasley shushed them.
With more hugs from Mrs. Weasley, and handshakes from the men, Harry made his way back to the Gryffindor common room. He entered the room tired but happy about the meeting, and how the rest of the Order seemed to think about him. He plopped down on the couch between Ginny and Tonks, still doing homework. He quietly informed him of the meeting's events and they laughed quite uproariously at his antics.
As the three friends walked in a comfortable silence towards the common room the next day after lunch, Harry smiled as he remembered Snape's reaction from his proclamation. Lost in his thoughts, he almost bumped in to a smaller boy in front of him.
"Hey Justin, sorry about that man." Justin grinned at him, and waved it off. Then Justin's face became serious, and he turned to Tonks who was waiting for Harry.
"Hey Tonks, can I talk to you for a second…privately?" Tonks nodded nervously and Harry and Ginny watched as they walked off towards the stairway that led to the Astronomy Tower. They waited for a couple minutes before Ginny brushed the dirt of her uniform and she smirked at Harry. Then she quickly went up the same stairway silently and approached the Astronomy door. Harry rolled his eyes and followed her, using his natural vampire ability to make no noise at all.
They made their way to the door and knelt down. Harry placed his head against the door but turned when Ginny tapped his head lightly. She grinned at him, and took out two Extendable Ears. Harry grinned back at her and grabbed one and set it up. Both knelt down and listened in.
"C'mon Tonks, why not?" Justin's voice was pleading.
"Because Justin, I don't like you that way. It wouldn't be right." Ginny raised an eyebrow as she saw Harry breathe a sigh of relief.
"Now, Tonks, this can't be about Harry. You know you will be my girlfriend. Whether you want to or not." Justin's voice grew cold as he said it and Harry's eyes narrowed. Ginny held him back and motioned for him to keep listening. She noticed that Harry was unconsciously gripping his wand.
Suddenly, there was a scattering noise, and a muffled yell. Harry growled and smashed the door open. Tonks was pressed against the wall, Justin leaning in to her and holding her head in place as he tried to kiss her. Her wand was on the opposite floor. At the noise, Justin broke away from her and turned to face Harry. His eyes narrowed.
"Get out Potter, this doesn't concern you." Harry stepped toward him, breathing deeply. Tonks was crying, and seemingly paralyzed. Suddenly, Justin reached for Harry and in the process, knocked an unaware Tonks over the ledge and off the tower. Ginny shrieked and Harry shoved Justin aside.
"STUPEFY." Harry was somewhat aware of Justin's unconscious body hitting the far wall and sliding to the ground. Harry shrugged off his cloak and, stepping on the window ledge, leapt off.
He could see Tonks screaming beneath him, and he quickly brought out his wings and sped up, thinning his body out and catching up. Fifteen feet from the ground, he caught up and grabbed her in a tight embrace. She reflexively pushed him away, mumbling unconsciously. He flattened out and skimmed the grass in a way that was eerily reminiscent of his save of Ginny in the Quidditch match. He slowed his momentum before arcing up and, hitting a rising wind current, he soared up and landed gracefully on the Astronomy Tower, which now held Professors McGonagall and Flitwick along with Ginny and a still-unconscious Justin. He laid Tonks, who was still struggling against him, on the floor and backed away. Harry looked at Ginny for a reason why Tonks was struggling against him but she didn't notice. Ginny ran next to Tonks and gathered her in her arms. Professor McGonagall nodded to Flitwick and stepped over to the girls. The normally stern Transfiguration showed a rare display of emotion and helped Ginny lead Tonks down to the common room, whispering soothingly in her ear the whole time.
Harry went to go with them, but Flitwick stopped him. Harry hurriedly told the diminutive teacher what happened as he retracted his wings. Flitwick nodded and levitated Justin. Harry raced down and went in to the common room. He stepped in and saw McGonagall and Ginny on either side of Tonks, who had stopped shaking and was just crying softly. At the sound of the door opening, Tonks looked up at Harry and got up and ran over to him.
Normally Harry would take her in his arms, but based on her reaction earlier, waited until she grabbed him around the middle before encircling her in his arms. McGonagall walked over and patted Tonks lightly on the back. "Thank you Mr. Potter. 100 points to Gryffindor for your brave actions. I believe Ms. Tonks and Weasley will explain her strange reaction." With a soft nod towards Harry, the teacher left the very empty common room. But there were more people returning and Harry mouthed my room to Ginny and she nodded.
Harry led Tonks up to his empty room and Ginny followed. They all sat on Harry's bed, Harry on Tonks' left, and Ginny on her right. "Oh Harry, thank you. I am sorry you had to do that." Harry shushed her and put his arm around her. Ginny slowly rubbed her back softly. Tonks' voice came out of her hands, muffled and watery. "Ginny, can you tell him?"
Ginny didn't stop moving her hand smoothly, but looked at Tonks' down turned face. "You sure?"
Tonks leaned in to Harry's chest slowly, and he let her nod tearfully in to his shirt. Ginny sighed and slowly began. Harry motioned for a moment, and put up a silencing charm. Ginny smiled thankfully.
"Well. Tonks here is known as a tough girl. Work as a professional Auror will do that. I bet you are probably wondering how a professional Auror was beaten by a 6th year Hufflepuff? In a fight, Tonks is one of the best but… Let's just say her last relationship wasn't great. She broke up with him, and used the second year at Hogwarts to get out of it. She was dating this Auror who worked with her, Cameron McMichaels." Tonks leaned away from Harry and sat up.
"Cam was a nice guy at first. He was really sweet, romantic, took me out all the time. But as we went along, it changed. He changed. We stopped relaxing together and everything became physical. When I wouldn't…reciprocate…he would…" Tonks broke off there and turned away from Harry, shame covering her face. Harry was shocked and let his arms fall slack as Ginny held Tonks close. Ginny restarted the story.
"She came over to the Burrow this summer, and I noticed some bruises, since she stayed in my room. After a while, she finally broke down. He would hit her sometimes, and since they had been together for so long, she didn't want to leave him." By this time, Harry had grabbed on to Tonks' hand in a vice grip, and she tightened her hold. His face had stiffened, and his eyes had narrowed. Tonks finished the story.
"When Justin started up, I just froze, because I thought about Cam and everything he did. I just couldn't think like I was trained to." Tonks looked up at Harry with fear in her eyes. "So… I guess I'm weak huh?" Harry gaped at her.
"Nymph, you are one of the strongest people I know. Abusive relationships are traps that are hard to get out off. For leaving that dick, you should know that you are strong. Not to mention how great of an Auror you are. And the fact that you can do all that, while still being amazingly clumsy is astounding." Harry finished with a grin, and wiped Tonks' tears away. Tonks laughed, and Ginny smiled a grateful watery smile at Harry. Harry's face became serious. "I understand why you pushed me away before now. I want you to know that no matter what happens, I would never hurt you. You know that right?" Tonks nodded, tears in her eyes. He smiled back at her then narrowed his eyes.
"Cameron McMichaels?" Tonks looked up at Harry and nodded slowly. Harry kissed her softly on her cheek and stood up. His face was cold and his eyes were an alive green.
"Why?" Tonks asked but Harry was gone. "Harry? Harry Potter, don't do you dare do anything!" Ginny yelled but Harry was gone, disappeared from the castle altogether.
Cameron McMichaels was at his desk doing what he thought was completely meaningless paperwork. He pushed his blonde hair out his eyes and sighed. Truly, he joined the Aurors because he liked the action. The paperwork was incredibly boring.
Suddenly his door opened and a shapely blonde strode in to the office, and called out loudly. "I need to discuss your battlefield technique McMichaels." She smiled seductively at him as she closed the door and he put some discreet silencing charms.
"Come here." He smirked at her and pulled her close and began to take off her robe, revealing the short skirt and blouse underneath.
She was already breathless. "Cam….you really…need to dump…that little girlfriend of…yours." She kissed down his neck quickly, and began to unbutton her blouse.
"What she doesn't know can't hurt her." As he reached down and started stroking her leg, she smiled against his hair. His hand began moving up her thigh. Suddenly they sprang apart as a soft black cloud appeared out of nowhere. The nameless blonde girl adjusted her blouse and threw on her robe hastily.
A figure stepped out the cloud, long black cloak trailing just above his ankles. A hood was thrown up covering his face. All Cameron could see was a pair of gleaming white fangs. A dark voice broke out. "Blondie, get out. You don't mention me; I don't mention the fact that your panties are leopard print and mysteriously missing." The girl shrieked and bolted out of the room. Cameron turned around and pointed his wand at the stranger.
"You are invading the personal space of a professional Auror. You'll be in Azkaban by nightfall." Cameron smirked and stepped forward. The stranger reached out and snapped his fingers softly. Cameron's wand flew in to the fireplace, and burst in to a sizzle of sparks.
"Your actions regarding a certain ex-girlfriend annoy me. You will pay." The stranger stepped forward as the fangs moved in a way that could only be construed as a smile. Cameron stumbled backwards, fear evident in his eyes.
The next morning, Ginny and Tonks couldn't find Harry in the common room. After some searching, they decided to go down and wait for him the Great Hall. They were quite early, and entered to see Harry alone at the Gryffindor table. He smiled at them and waved them over. They fell in to their normal conversation and banter, as the students streamed in for breakfast. A loud hooting announced the arrival of the morning owls. As the majority of the students opened their newspapers, an odd hush fell on the Hall.
Ginny and Tonks opened Ginny's newspaper and gaped. Tonks dropped her toast and turned. "Harry. James. Potter. What did you do?" Harry looked up and met Tonks' eyes.
"What? Is something interesting in the paper today?" He asked innocently. Tonks glared at him and threw the paper in his face.
Harry picked up the paper and read the large, bolded, extra-big font title. The entire first page was concerned with one article.
AUROR ATTACKED IN OFFICE
Auror Cameron McMichaels was attacked yesterday in his office. At
9:12 at night, McMichaels' secretary, a Ms. Dover, was seen leaving his
office in a disheveled manner. At 9:37, a loud noise was heard from the
office and when investigated, showed Auror McMichaels unconscious on the
floor, with two bites that were clearly of vampire origin, and every bone
in both hands were broken. A large cut was on his chest, which read Thou
shall not abuse thy girlfriends. After being revived, all McMichaels could say
was that he was sorry. McMichaels is currently in the long-term
damage unit, as he hasn't stopped apologizing. What was he
apologizing for?
Harry concealed his grin, and chanced a look at Tonks. She was glaring at him, and Ginny was staring, mouth hanging open. Harry leaned over and lifted her mouth to close it.
Tonks seemed to shake with fury. "Harry, you had right to do that. You made him a vampire! You broke his hands!" Harry sighed, motioned the girls to follow him and left the hall.
As soon as they left the hall, he pulled them in to an empty classroom and cast some silencing charms. "Listen, he deserved what he got. The second he touched you, he deserved it. And I didn't Turn him, I just took some blood." Harry's eyes blazed. His hair seemed to blow in an invisible wind and Ginny and Tonks inadvertently gasped.
Tonks regained her composure. "Maybe, but you didn't have to do it. I left him, and that's all that matters." Tonks shook her finger at him, striking Harry as a pink-haired miniature Mrs. Weasley. He took Tonks' still shaking finger in his hands and pulled her closer. "Nymph, I am sorry, but he needed to be put down. No one should be able to do that to you, or anyone else. I would have done that for anyone, but you get some extra credit, since you're my little Nymph." He winked at her. Despite herself, she laughed and relaxed. Tonks relented and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. Harry led Ginny and Tonks out of the room and they went on their way to class.
The second to last day before the Christmas Break, snow fell in blankets, and since Harry, Ginny and Tonks finished their exams, they were allowed to join in the celebratory snowball fight.
It was 2-on-1, the girls against Harry, and since Harry was, well, Harry, the girls were allowed the advantage of cover. Harry was stalking along, and ducked along behind a tree. He leaned against it, and brushed the snow off his shoulder. Suddenly, a snowball hit him in flush in the face and a bucket of snow hit him from above. Looking up, he saw Tonks hanging from the branches, and Ginny behind a tree thirty feet away. Both were laughing, though Tonks was quickly silenced when Harry grabbed her off the tree and pulled her in to the snow. Ginny ran over and leapt upon Harry, trying to pull him off Tonks but he spun and she collapsed in the snow. He squatted over both of them, and with a smirk, began tickling them mercilessly then dumping snow in their jackets, and back to tickling.
Tonks and Ginny were squirming, trying to slip out of Harry's grasp. "No, please…Harry stop. It's so cold." Suddenly, Ginny realized that Harry has stopped, though he still straddled them, one of his legs in between each of the girls' legs. Tonks stopped yelling a moment later. Both looked up to Harry to see him intensely gazing at them. Both fell silent and just looked at Harry. The girls were on their back, and Harry's face was half a foot over theirs, breathing deeply. His face was flushed and his eyes were searching, snapping back and forth between the girls, as if his brain couldn't decide whose face to look at.
Suddenly, his gaze focused on Ginny and settled down towards her face, and lightly brushed his lips to hers before making it a real kiss. Tonks looked on, crushed but happy for Ginny. Suddenly, Harry rose up and moved over to Tonks and kissed her, somewhat deeper than Ginny. Both girls felt like their bodies were on fire. Harry moved up to his knees, and watched the girls when suddenly a snowball flew in and landed next to Ginny. Another one hit Tonks in the leg. A final one smacked Harry right in the back of his head.
"Get Potter!! Get Weasley! Get Tonks!!!" Screams yelled out and the three of them managed to scramble to their feet to see almost all of Gryffindor house charging at them, flinging snowball after snowball. The three ran, and escaped back in to the castle.
Though all three were laughing quite heartily, they only had thoughts on the moment in the snow.
"Ginny, Tonks, come here for a second." Ginny and Tonks rose up from their seats and joined Harry at the common room door. It was later in the evening of the same day that Harry kissed them in the snow. He grabbed their hands and led them down the hall.
"Harry, where are we going?" Ginny asked as Harry's journey led them to the painting of Barnabas the Barmy. He let go of their hands, and paced back and forth, deep in thought. Tonks was about to reprimand Harry for wasting their time, when a door appeared across the hall.
Harry led them inside. It was a relatively small room, and the only features were a soft couch in front of an austere looking fireplace. Harry led them to the couch and sat them down. "This is the Room of Requirement. It is a magical room that provides you with whatever you need. I needed a private place to talk to you guys." Ginny and Tonks looked around, amazed that such a room existed in Hogwarts.
Harry started pacing back and forth. Tonks gave him a questioning glance. "Harry, what's up?" Harry froze mid-pace as the firelight flickered; causing little gleams and shines to appear the hilt of his swords.
He stopped pacing and settled his nerves. He knew why he brought them here. He had to stop this little game they were playing. "Alright. Well. I brought you here, because I needed to tell you both something."
The girls looked up at him fearfully, each going over different scenarios where he decided they were ugly or stupid and he doesn't want to hang out with them. "Well… with what happened with the snowball fight. I… I don't want to mislead you guys." Both girls visibly sank, finally knowing that he didn't care for either of them that way.
Ginny looked up at Harry, who had fallen silent, trying to find the words to say. "Just tell us what you want to say Harry."
Harry looked up shyly at Ginny and saw her on the edge of tears. "Okay…here goes… IreallylikebothofyoubutIcan'tdecidewhotopickbecauseyoubotharesowonderful." Ginny and Tonks stared at him, unable to decipher the meaningless mumble he had spat out.
Tonks arched an eyebrow. "Care to repeat that Mr. Potter?" Ginny cracked a grin which relaxed Harry a little.
"I really like both of you but I can't decide who to pick because you both are so wonderful, if either of you will have me." He breathed a sigh of relief. It was nice to get that off his chest.
The room was silent as both Ginny and Tonks stared at Harry, who dropped his gaze and became intensely interested in his shoe. The silence increased and soon a full fifteen minutes had passed by. Suddenly, a voice broke Harry out of his stupor.
"So now what?" Harry looked up. Ginny was looking at Tonks who was looking at Harry, who shrugged. He had absolutely no experience in the area of girls. Being bitten by a vampire and werewolf, along with watching a friend die and being shipped off to some training facility in Greece tends to limit one's exposure to the opposite gender.
Ginny continued to look at Tonks until she made a face. Harry knew it was the face that she only made when she figured something out. Harry inquired. "Ginny, what did you suddenly realize?" Ginny shushed him and dragged Tonks off to a dark corner of the room and put up a silencing charm. He could see them whispering hurriedly.
He resigned himself to wait and collapsed on the center of the couch, head in his hands. Finally he heard them cancel the charm and make their way over to the couch. They sat on either side of him, though with a few inches so they were very separate. Harry raised his head. Ginny nodded at Tonks who began.
"Alright Harry. So you pretty much just asked us out." Harry nodded confusedly; he had no idea where this was going. Tonks nodded in response and looked at Ginny and they seemed to communicate. Finally Ginny spoke.
"Yes." Harry didn't respond. She spoke a bit louder. "Yes." Harry finally turned to her. He couldn't help but notice how the light made her hair shine.
"Yes what?" Ginny noticed that Harry was sweating and his eyes seemed to flick unconsciously to her hair. Tonks put her hand on Harry's shoulder, making him turn.
"To your question. We would both like to go out with you." Harry adopted his seemingly favorite look of utter confusion. "We both like you and you like both of us, so why can't we all be happy?"
Harry looked back and forth between Tonks and Ginny, trying to read their reaction. Ginny's face softened, as for a moment, he looked like the old Harry, before the vampire and werewolf and Voldemort. He opened his mouth to speak but Ginny had enough. "You stupid boy." She leaned forward and captured his mouth with hers, effectively silencing him. She pushed forward and he leaned back on the couch.
Harry had been about to protest when Ginny jumped him. Now all he thought about was how soft her lips were and the feeling of her hair as it slipped around his neck. Suddenly, his thoughts were completely stolen by another pair of lips, as they kissed his jaw line, and slipped down to his neck. He moaned softly in to Ginny's mouth, which she took as a sign to slip her tongue inside. His mind spun as he realized what was happening. He was being kissed, actually more like manhandled by two beautiful girls.
Harry's mind fell as both pairs of lips left him. He whined deep in his throat but quickly stopped as Tonks' lips devoured his and Ginny started kissing the opposite side of his neck, and nipped lightly at his earlobe. Harry marveled at the warmth of Tonks' lips and the probing wetness of her tongue. Harry's mind exploded with fireworks, as his hands woke up and one slipped up to Tonks' cheek, holding her in for the kiss while the other wrapped itself in Ginny's hair, pressing her deep in to his neck.
Finally, after what seemed like hours of kissing, the three broke apart. All of them were panting heavily, especially Harry whose face was flushed. His head lolled towards Tonks and he saw her grin at him. "Well Mr. Potter, you have what every man dreams of. Two beautiful women. What do you say to our proposal?" He looked at her then over at Ginny.
He leaned over and kissed Ginny deeply, then did the same to Tonks. "I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Whose idea was it?" Tonks pointed to Ginny who smiled shyly. Harry grinned and leaned over her and pushed her softly to her end of the couch. Her face whitened nervously and she bit her lip. He smiled. "Good job." Then he started kissing down her jaw line and around her ear. Ginny moaned deep in her throat. Tonks smiled and got up and made her way in front of the couch, kneeling until she was at head height for the two younger students. She leaned in and started kissing Harry's neck from the side, licking in the shallow dip around his collarbone. Suddenly Harry shifted and Tonks ended up licking down Ginny's face, who could only moan in response. Tonks and Ginny met eyes, both with mirrored feelings of surprise. Harry smiled at their reaction. Ginny looked hesitant, so Tonks decided to take the plunge. She leaned forward and softly kissed down Ginny's neck. Ginny whimpered in response and her hand automatically wrapped itself in Tonks' currently bright blue hair.
Harry lay almost on top of Ginny, in heaven as he watch as one of his favorite girls licked the others neck. He only grinned in response. As he leaned down to capture Ginny's mouth again, his only thought was pure and simple. I really am the luckiest guy in the world.
A/N: And there it is!!! I know they moved a little fast and I didn't plan for Ginny and Tonks to go a little lesbian on us but it was more spur of the moment (for me and them!) What do you guys think of the chapter! I expect many reviews!!
