Ok I first want to thank everyone who has reviewed. Also I really need a BETA so if any one wants to or knows anyone who would be good let me know. I am sorry its taking me so long between chapters but I have A.D.D. So I get distracted easily. I hope this chapter makes up for it.


Harry heard voices first, people speaking softly to each other. Instead of letting them know he was awake he simply listened for a while. He noticed that two people sat beside him one on each side, he recognized their magic signatures immediately, although they were weaker than when he last truly felt them he knew instinctively that Fred and George sat on either side of him. He heard several voices throughout the room talking. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around.

Fred and George were watching Draco place himself between Hermione and Blaise who had placed himself between Hermione and Luna. Both boys were dominant to their mates and being so young had a difficult time reigning in their natural instincts to protect their mates and not let them near anyone. He chuckled to himself causing everyone to look his way.

"Well look who"

"finally woke up, you"

"have been asleep for"

"almost a whole hour" the twins said in their disjointed speech. Harry had to smile, it had been a long time since he had seen them this carefree. They were young still but if you looked you could see hints of the men his mates were to become. He decided to address the group as a whole to explain all of their behaviors and after lunch they could do the familure bondings. He stood and the twins stood with him. He had forgotten how protective of him they had been.

"Alright let me explain a few things in case you have not figured it out yet, I am what is known as a dark elf, Fred and George are my mates. Blaise is also a dark elf but he is a Dominant his mate is Luna. Draco is a Veela and his mate is Hermione. Neville is a wood elf and his mate is Susan. Now for those of you who do not know the dominants in a creature pairing are extremely protective so Hermione, Luna, and Susan just a warning they are not going to want you near anyone for a while. When they get older and you bond they will have more control but for now I must ask that no one provoke anyone.

Now another interesting fact is Bill and Percy both have mates but Bill wont meet his for a while. She will go to Beaubaxtons and is a veela. Percy's mate is Oliver Wood. I do not remember what Oliver is but I know they are mates. Charlie you will end up with a girl in your year who will be joining us here soon enough. She is a natural metamorphagus by the name of Nymphadora Tonks. She will be in Merlin house as will Oliver Wood and I will be speaking with the Delacores and getting Fleur to join us as well. Now she is just a year older than the twins but she and Bill are perfect for each other. The reason it is just us now is because I want to have everyone used to each other. When Bill and Charlie go back to school they will be resorted along with Tonks. Wood will be sorted with Percy as he is in the same year but he will be joining us here by Christmas as will Fleur. For the rest of the summer we will be doing seven months under time displacement. Some of you are really young and just learning to read so we will be working on that and we will be working on everyones weak spots. Now while you will not age physically your body's will change somewhat. Your hair and nails will grow, you will gain muscle and lose baby weight and other things. By the end of the summer I want to have those who will be going back to school at least a semester ahead of where you were and by the time you get back next summer I hope to have everyone at least close to each other."

Bill spoke up then "So what about while me and Charlie and Tonks are at school?"

"Well you will be flooing here on the weekends for a day under displacement. Most of the others will be going home on the weekends. We will be doing two days a week under displacement here so that the machine can be used on Sundays with you. You will floo here late on Saturday and floo back late Sunday. It will give you plenty of time to do homework and learn new stuff. Now if I am correct it is lunch time so if you will all follow me we can get to the dinning room and eat. After lunch we will be measured and do the familure bonding ceremony in groups. Olivander will be meeting with everyone over the next few days and by the time that we are back on regular time will have everyone a custom wand, even those who already have one."

Harry led everyone through the 'lair' to the formal dining room. The formal table could fit twenty people so along with the seventeen kids and adults they were joined by Olivander and the main seamstress and Sensai Muzuki. The others sat at a second table with all of the workers and Healer Mikael. Harry introduced everyone and they ate a light lunch of grilled chicken and rice and fruit salads. After lunch the stable boys went back to work and did sensai and Healer Mikael. Olivander went to the room he had been given to meet with everyone which was a parlor on the ground floor and the seamstress's went to the room they had set their supplies up in. Harry divided everyone up into two groups girls and guys. He sent the girls off with Petunia to meet the seamstress's and get measured and he and the guys headed out to the stables to see the familures.

He wanted the guys to go first to ensure everyone got the right animal. Upon entering the stables he called out to the stable hands to bring all of the animals. They brought out all twenty of them. He immediately grabbed the two spotted leopards and handed the twins one each. The smiles on their faces were huge. He then turned to address the group.

"Now three of the wolf cubs are spoken for so if Sirius, Remus, and Lucius will pick out which one the want that would be great. When they are done everyone else can pick which animal they want. Now only two guys will be able to pick wolfs so that their girls will be able to have complimentary animals."

It took a few minutes before the men decided. Remus chose first with Lucius right behind him, Sirius was the only one that took time simply because he was trying to decide which one was most mischievous and would fit him best. After they were done Bill and Neville both chose wolf cubs as well while Harry, Severus, Blaise, Draco, Percy, Charlie, and Dudley all picked a panther kit. Harry instructed the guys to grab a matching animal for their mate and follow him. By the time they met up with the girls the seamstress's were ready for them. For those who had a mate present they handed them the animal that they had chosen for them. Harry took the twins leopards and Bill, Charlie, and Percy put their chosen animals down next to him as well. With all of the seamstress's measuring it did not take long before they were finished. Harry ordered everyone six pair of black Dragon hide trousers and several tunic tops, he also ordered everyone at least two pair of riding pants and finally he ordered everyone two pair of knee high dragon hide boots, one for regular wear and one pair of riding boots. He would order more later but it was all they needed for a while. He also made sure to order underthings and night wear for everyone. Once done he had everyone follow him to the cliffs by the sea.

"Alright if everyone will grab your animals and follow me I will explain how this is going to work when we get where we need to be." Everyone followed him out through the gardens past the stables and down one of the paths to the sea. When they got near the cliffs he pointed out a large group of boulders and everyone followed him to them. As they drew nearer they realized the boulders were around ten feet tall a piece and in a circle. In the middle of the circle was an alter. It looked like a table made of stone. The alter and each stone had several runes on them and on each side of the alter was a marking for either north, south, east, or west. The grown ups said nothing for they already knew what was happening. Bill was the first to speak once he got over his awe.

"Wicked, this is a ritual and ceremonies circle."

"Whats it for?" asked Hermione

"It is for special celebrations and rituals. Almost no one follows them anymore. They used to be quite popular but because muggle-borns came into our world and brought their holidays and were not taught about ours they have slowly become rare. Only people who follow the old ways still use them." Charlie answered.

"What are the old ways" Susan asked.

Remus took on his professor tone and answered. "The old ways are basically wizard traditions. Wizards have separate holidays from muggle's. Not so very long ago everyone in the wizarding world celebrated on Samhain and Beltain which were to usher in a new parts of the year. Samhain falls on November 1st and Beltain falls on May 1st they are widely known as the days in which they veil between our world and they spirit world are the thinnest. They were originally celebrated to ask for a good growing year in May and to give thanks for Harvest in November. In November you also honor your dead ancestors and ask for their blessings in your life. These circles were also used for bondings and for other rituals such as blessings for your children once they are born. Now because muggles introduced an easier way with simple marriages they are hardly used anymore. It is a horrible loss to our culture that many have stopped using them and that the significance and uses have been lost."

"Remus is correct. We will all be celebrating the wizarding holidays and will practice the traditions. One of the reasons they have been lost is because the headmaster of Hogwarts about three hundred years ago took them and the wizarding life class from the list of classes at Hogwarts. Because it is seen as the leading school in Brittan the other schools soon followed. That will be changing before the school year starts back. Lucius has already called for a board meeting for the school board for Friday evening. I will be meeting with them and ordering a few changes. This year the classes that will be added wont be ready in time so they will simply be offered as mandatory seminars once a week. Next school year there will be at least two mandatory classes added to everyones schedule. But that is not why we are here right now. We are here to do the bondings with our familures. The process is simple actually. One by one you will bring your familure to the alter, if you have a mate present they will join you to ensure that you are able to get along with your mate or bonds familure. When you reach the alter you will sit upon it with you familure, you will use the ritual knife to slice your palm, because the knife was made for ritual purposes it will not hurt, you will also make a small cut on your familure's flank, you will then place your cut palm against the animals cut and speak the following words:

'I freely bleed so we may join, I share my spirit so we may be equal, I share my mind so we may know each other and be one'

There will be a warmth that spreads to let you know the bond took hold. With your mates animal you shall simply allow a drop of your blood to fall into the animals mouth. It will not allow you to work with your mates animal as well as your own but is will allow you a certain level of understanding. I will go first to show you how it is done. Fred, George if you will join me."

The three of them climbed onto the alter and one by one they sliced their palms and each of the animals flanks. They bonded with their own animal first and then with each others. Once done they named their new familures. Harry called his panther Shadow and the twins named theirs Trick and Trouble. Draco and Hermione went next. Draco named his panther Riley which meant valiant and Hermione named hers Danu which was the Celtic goddess of wind, wisdom, and fertility.

Blaise named his Arawn.

Luna named hers Kenya.

Bill named his Steel and named Fleur's since she wasn't there Lady.

Susan's was named willow.

Neville's was named Rook.

Severus named his panther Kobi.

Sirius aptly named his companion Joker.

Lucius went with Hades for his wolf.

Remus named his wolf Romulus. Just to screw with people he said.

Percy named his panther Erebus and Olivers Ares.

Charlie named his Ian and Dora's Grace.

Dudley named his Styx.

When they were finally finished Harry led them on a tour or the grounds. He showed them the Dojo were Sensai explained that they would start their training the next morning. They would meet at six in the Dojo in their uniforms. The next month would be spent running and doing endurance exercises. He explained that they would run every day and when he got them to a point they could run two miles then he would begin showing them simple stances. Since he had roughly seven months with time displacement before he lost any of them he expected them to be sparring by then. He would stay with them until he decided they were competent which he estimated around two years real time. Once he had finished talking to them Harry showed them the stables and the animals. The overseer for the stables made sure to ensure that they knew how to properly approach the hippogriffs and that they knew the consequences of not giving them respect. He showed them the regular horses and the Abraxans which were large winged horses a soft silvery gray color with twenty foot wing spans. Harry explained that they would each be taught to ride the animals and that they would often take the horses to a remote part of the grounds for a picnic. He left out the part that the part of the grounds they would be visiting would be harvest fields. He showed them the greenhouses and gardens, finally leading them into the house and showing them each to their rooms.

He had made certain to arrange the rooms so that mates would be next to each other. He honestly expected before the month was up for the mates to be sharing rooms. He knew they were to young to feel romantic to each other and the bonds would simply be like best friends till they were older. But that would not stop the need they felt to be close with each other. He had spoken with Severus, Sirius, Remus, and Lucius about it already and they had said that as long as a chastity charm was on each of the rooms it would be fine. The chastity charm was a charm created for creature pairings which had been adopted by pure blood wizards century's ago. It was a spell that when placed on a room prevented anyone from doing any more that giving chaste kisses. It completely prevented sexual activities. The spell had to be placed by the head of house and once done could not be removed by any but the head of house. After learning of it Harry had placed it in almost all of the rooms in the manor. The grown-ups didn't have it on their rooms but all the other rooms did. It had taken the whole afternoon for the bondings and the tour and supper was ready.

During supper he was informed that they had two outfits each for everyone so far and were working on night clothes. She told him that it would only take another two hours at most to have one set of night clothes for everyone. He informed her to have the house-elf's place the clothes in the appropriate rooms. He was told that because there were so many they workers they would most likely be finished with everything within just a few days. He told her to let him know when and he would let them out into regular time. There was a room in the manor that had stayed on real time for if someone needed to get a hold of them or get out. It had floo access and the owls immediately went there. An elf stayed there all the time so he could come get someone if needed.

After supper he had everyone follow him to the library. Once everyone was seated he began handing out several copies of the same book. It was a thin red book about the size of a journal. The title was 'Mind arts for young minds'.

"This is a book on Occulemency which is the defense of your mind. It gives instructions on how to begin building your mental walls. It also has instructions on leglemency but none of you are ready for that yet. This book was designed for children. For those of you that can read I want you to begin reading. Is there anyone who cannot yet read most simple words?" he asked.

Luna raised her hand. Remus walked over to her and sat next to her. When no one else raised a hand he instructed them to begin reading and to ask if they had any questions. It was only six so he decided to get Olivander to start dealing with the wands. He called Bipsy and told him to bring the wand maker and his supplies to the library. Ten minutes later Olivander was setting up in a corner of the library. He called the youngest to him and one by one worked his way to the oldest. They each had to find a wood that matched and then a material for a core, he also took a hair from each of their familure's. By the time he was finished with everyone and about ready to begin crafting wands it was eight at night. Luna looked like she was about to fall asleep along with one or two others. He sent everyone to their rooms and instructed them to begin the mental exercises described in the book. Everyone but the three oldest Weasley's headed to their rooms. Bill, Charlie, and Percy all approached him slowly. He led them to a group of chairs and had them sit. He called Buttercup and ordered five butterbeer's knowing Sev would be back soon.

"Alright boys tell me whats bothering you." he ordered. It was Charlie who spoke.

"We talked during dinner. We want you to know that we are thankful for everything you have done for us so far but we all feel kind of left out."

Percy took over "We all just feel odd being the only ones without our mates. I know you said they would join us by Christmas but its kind of lonely watching the others walk around in groups when we are alone. Is there any way for them to join us now instead of waiting?"

"I was actually already thinking that. When I though this out I forgot the effect it would have on you to be surrounded by couples and be alone. Nymphadora is already going to be joining us on Monday so Charlie all you have to do is make it through this one month under displacement. I will send a missive to the Delacore's as soon as we are on real time. Hopefully she will join us Monday as well. As for Oliver he is vacationing with his family and it will be the 24th of August before he returns. I am sorry for that Percy. If you would like you may stay at home so that till then so that it is only a couple of weeks for you or you may stay with us and train but it will be like several months on your own. It is up to you. We will not hold it against you at all. Was there anything else you needed?" When no one else had anything they each headed to their rooms for a good nights rest.

Buttercup woke him at five-thirty the next morning. After he was assured that the others were being woken as well he dressed in his exercise outfit. The exercise outfit was a pair of black, loose linen drawstring pants, a fitted, cream, soft cotton t-shirt, and a pair of trainers. He made his way out to the Dojo where everyone met outside. They were all dressed like him and waiting for sensai. Sensai came out and ordered them to do a few warm-up stretches which he showed them and then they followed him to one of the running trails that went along the cliffs and through some of the trees. The trail was around a mile long and he had them jogging it. All of their familure's were running along with them. Harry, Bill, and Charlie were the only ones having an easy time of it around halfway through. Harry because he had been running it not just jogging it for the past week and the other two because of quidditch drills. Dudley had been forced to jog and attempt running for the past week but because he was so overweight he was still having a lot of problems. He had lost around eight pounds but seeing as he was still over forty pounds overweight he had a while to go. Healer Mikael had ordered a potion regimen for him that he had started on the day before that would maximize his weight loss. He said that if Dudley really tried he would only be about ten pounds overweight by the time they were back at normal time. Harry didn't know how that would work but he wasn't going to argue.

They finally made it back to the Dojo where they took of their shoes and went in. Sensai then set them up doing crunches and push-ups. They finally were released to go clean up for breakfast at around seven thirty. They all trudged back to the manor tiredly and showered and changed. They met back in the dining room at eight for breakfast. They were joined by Petunia, and Sirius who had not joined them for the run. Sirius because even though he was getting there he was still not completely well from azkaban and Petunia for what ever reason she chose. After breakfast they made their way to the library where they discussed the occulemency that they had read about.

"I understand that building your defenses is like making everything blank and hiding it behind walls and such but people can break walls and stuff. I was thinking about maybe putting reactive protection wards on my mind to react and hurt anyone who tried to get in. Like booby traps." Bill said.

"I have never even thought of that. You would have to make sure that it started with a warning and upgraded as they kept trying because some people unconsciously send out passive leglemency probes. I know the headmaster does. If he came across the warnings and was zapped a time or two he would stop trying but if you had super high powered wards up as first defense he could be hurt unintentionally. If he was zapped and kept trying it would be his own fault but you need to at least give a warning." Harry spoke.

They went on planning out the schedules. They decided to do a basics test which would allow Remus and Harry to see where everyone was at in their reading and maths. Harry took it that they wouldn't know any sciences or history but had them test on that as well. They tested Bill and Charlie on all of that and on spells, charms, and curses that they knew. It took most of the morning to finish. In the end all but Luna could read children's books and do addition, subtraction and basic multiplying. Hermione was actually able to do simple division and she knew the most when it came to reading. Draco and Blaise both read well and knew a little wizard history but not much. Neville knew more history than the others, Susan knew the most maths after Hermione of course. The twins, Percy, Bill and Charlie did the best. After lunch Remus sat with Luna and worked on her reading and writing and the others were being taught more about the muggle world. They didn't have wands yet because Olivander was working on them so they had to work on stuff they could do without them.

Sev had gone through the group and hit them all with a edictic charm. With the charms it was like they had photographic memories. They would be able to learn at an accelerated rate and remember all they learned. The charm was in one of Ravenclaws diary's and Hermione had found it shortly before she had been killed. She had been livid that she hadn't know it in school. Her tantrum had been the biggest one Harry had ever seen her throw, even Draco had a hard time calming her down. With the charm they could have Luna caught up with them in a months time instead of the several months it would have taken otherwise. Harry was trying to explain electricity to the wizard raised at that point and was doing a terrible job.

"Well electricity is like magic for muggle's. They use it for lights and cooking. They watch telly and play on computers and stuff. It is created in plants and sent along wires to homes. It is caused by how electrons and neutrons react. They create a reaction like a spark. When you get enough sparks they add together and can be used to power things. Its like when you try to put on a wool sweater and get zapped. That is electricity, muggle's found a way to get a bunch of that and use it." Hermione decided she should step in before he ruined their minds at it went easier after that.

When they had exhausted electricity for the time being Hermione brought up wizarding traditions and holidays again. "So why are you a lord. And how are you head of your house when you are just six?"

"Well first thing you need to realize is that the wizarding world is very into tradition. A thousand years ago people lived very differently. They had the feudal systems. Now in the muggle world they have surpassed that but in the wizard world we operate on a modernized version of it. See they decided way back around the time of merlin that they weren't going to listen to the muggle king anymore, they decided to set up their own government based on the muggle's. They offered Merlin the title of king and he refused. He suggested they get the heads of all the strong magical family's in Europe and bring them together so everyone got a say. So they got together and decided on the heads of the strongest hundred or so family's coming together once a month or so. Now for muggle's to come from all over in those days would have been hard but wizards can apperate and stuff so they were able to do it. So they picked a spot and met up regularly. Now one thing you need to know is that there are a lot of wizards and witches. Way more than those hundred family's. So when these family's that weren't chosen to be on the council got wind of it they decided that they wanted to be able to make decisions as well. So they would go to one of these Lord's and offer something in exchange for the Lord listening to their opinion. Well so a few years go by and one of these Lord's who has a lot of people offering goods, services and protections decides that since he has to listen to them gripe all of the time he should be able to place more votes. So Mcvade brings it up at council. He submits an idea that for every few people that he deals with that he should get one vote. The others like this idea and it becomes a law. Well when it gets out all of the lesser family's go and try to make deals if they haven't already. One of the Lords demands that they sign a contract of fealty. That in return for voting in the way they want him to, they have to help protect his lands, and another family has to allow him to give one of their daughters in marriage so he can make a deal with another lord because he doesn't have any daughters. One Lord had trouble getting a lot of people to sign contracts because he asked really steep sacrifices so he gets the idea of getting muggleborns. It grew into a common practice. Only within the last three hundred years or so has it become an out of date practice only held up by the purebloods."

"Harry is correct miss Granger. Four hundred years ago or even three hundred years ago no one really had an issue with muggle born children as long as they signed a fealty agreement to a family. It was when they decided they did not want to follow tradition and began speaking against or practices that people began to distrust them and dislike them." Lucius spoke "One of the things that will be required before you marry Draco is that you sign a fealty agreement with one of the old family's. I will allow you to sign with us or you may sign with Potter which I actually suggest doing since he has so graciously accepted you into his home and is covering the cost of your education. It would be disrespectful if you did not offer to sign with him first because of all of the trouble he is going through for you."

"Ok I have to talk to my dad about it but I guess you are right. Now what about the holidays and stuff cause I do not really understand why you would celebrate them." she asked

"Let me take this one please" Neville asked.

"Sure go ahead Neville, if you leave out something important we can add it in when you done." Harry offered

"Alright its like this. The two main holidays are as Harry said earlier Samhain and Beltain. On Beltain you do you planting and have a ritual and feast. The ritual is where after you plant you and your family and all those you help provide for gather in the field or garden or where ever you plant your crop of food and when the moon rises you all spell sing. Spell singing is where you sing with your magic. It draws magic not only from you but from everything around you, then you take this magic you have gathered and you push it into the ground of your field or garden. The extra magic in the ground allows the food to grow more abundant and of better quality. It helps prevent weeds and bugs and all of the diseases that plants can get and lets you get more food than you would otherwise. A lot of smaller families used to all get together and sing, when they harvested the food they would split it because it is easier to grow more and insure better crops with more singers. Samhain is for when all the crops are harvested. People come together and have the harvest during the day and that night they give thanks. They light huge bonfires and dance around them, they would feast and trade wares. It is also the night when the spirits are closest so seers are more likely to have visions and loads of other stuff. It was like one huge party or carnival. Now though most people buy their food instead of growing it but honestly the quality isn't as good. Another downside is that because they are not coming together to help with the harvest they don't all meet up and they don't have bonfires, the seers don't give fortunes, and people don't dance to music, story tellers don't get to tell their tales and so the stories are lost, and because people don't dance with the fires they also don't speak with the spirits and so they lose their own histories and peoples ancestors don't give their blessings which make marriages weaker. The list goes on and its horrible that we are losing another piece of our culture each year." He finished sadly

The atmosphere in the room was downcast. Blaise was the first to speak.

"My family in Italy still gathers but there are only about twenty of us now. I wish that we could bring that part of our history back. It would be wonderful."

"Well then you will be glad to know that we will be celebrating them from here on in. For those of us that are here we will celebrate here and your family's will be invited. I have had a field prepared and warded off on the far edge of the property and on Samhain we will all come together as will our family's. There are several family's who will be joining ours as well. I will also be demanding that Hogwarts hold the celebrations as well. They grow their own food but now it is just done in special greenhouses tended by the house-elf's. I will be demanding that they move the plants to a ritual field and they will practice the ceremonies as well." Harry informed them. They all were excited after listening to Neville's passionate explanation to see what they had been missing. They wanted to see the fields and Harry promised that they would practice their riding skills during their month under displacement time and they would go out there Sunday evening when everyone got back. He told them they would do several small singings from them till Samhain since they did not get to do the original big one for Beltain. They went on to discuss Yule and the way wizard customs differed from muggle for that time of year. The day ended on a high note and everyone headed off to their own beds. Harry had been sleeping and dreaming of bonfires and dancing when he was woken by the sound of his door opening, he was a bit worried till he heard the voices.

"Are you sure George cause I don't want him made at us cause we got in his bed without his permission"

"I'm sure Fred. I need to be near him. We didn't sleep well last night cause he was missing even though he had never been there before it hurt because he was missing. If he gets mad then we can deal with it when it happens."

"How about you both just shut up and get in bed with me because we have to get up early and I'm tired. I claim the middle so pick a side and get in." He could tell the twins were shocked but they both crawled in one on either side. A few minutes their breathing slowed and the had somehow rolled toward him both draping an arm over him. Harry smiled and cuddled down in between them for the first time since killing Voldermort thinking that things were maybe going to be alright. With a soft smile he drifted to sleep.