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Chapter 10:
Saturday rolls around and Bella gets ready to meet with Molly Weasley and Narcissa Malfoy at the Three Broomsticks. She kisses Mars goodbye and heads down the worn path with some other early risers.
"Hey Professor K, we heard that you are meeting with Mum." The Weasley twins shout as they catch up. Bella nods and they shrug and continue on to the sweets shop.
Bella pushes through the bar's door and orders a butterbeer from the barmaid. The woman sets the drink down with a sneer. 'She doesn't like the competition.' Bella thinks.
"Don't worry Rosemersa, I have a husband. Please let me know when Mrs. Weasley and Lady Malfoy get here" she walks to a booth in the back and corrects some essays while she waits. Twenty minutes later the barmaid and the two women are standing in front of her. Bella puts away her busy work.
"Ladies be seated. I asked you here to get to know you both better. I don't have many female friends here. Most of them are back in the States. Cissa, have you and Lucius discussed Mars and my terms?"
"Thank you and yes to both. We have decided to join the Light, if they will have us. Thank you for keeping us updated about Draco. You are so kind to do so." The poised woman gushes.
"I meant what I said. I want you involved in his life. Now Molly, I want to discuss Harry with you. You and Mrs. Granger have basically been his mother for four years now. I want to thank you for that. Mars and I consider your whole brood our family." Bella tells the redhead.
"Thank you Bella, Harry is like my son. I have always hoped that both he and Hermione would be actual parts of our family someday." She blushes.
"I am unsure about Hermione, she is not my child. Now that we have been in contact again, I can feel Harry's signature. I feel all my children's. Harry has inherited a few of my quirkier aspects. I suspect that once he became of age, he would have siren tendencies, he has already started showing the minor calls that I did at his age. If so, then he will be carefully watched as I was. He has shown a pull towards a certain girl in his class. I would not be surprised if they are soul bound and if they are then it would be because of his siren blood."
"Mr. Potter has siren blood. Will the school be safe?" Cissy asks.
"Oh, yes. As long as he finds his mate soon. I have noticed that some of the young ladies have started to follow him. I wouldn't be surprised if he has fully mated by Saint's Day or thereabouts. Any longer and we will start to see the typical siren behavior." Bella urges.
"Out of the four boys, only Harry missed the veela gene. Both Draco and Nico are. So is my nephew, Orion. Nico has already found his mate. It's Thalia Grace. They were already an item, much to her father's chagrin. My uncle is very protective of her, with her being a pine tree for about five years."
"What do you mean a tree?" Molly asks. Both women were hanging on every word. Bella led a very interesting life in their opinion.
"She was fatally wounded in battle against a monster, trying to get her friends to safety. Her father, my uncle, turned her into a tree to one; keep her alive and two; protect the campground. Percy ended up finding a cure for her, when he and Clarisse brought the golden fleece to the camp."
Molly sighs, "My God, the poor girl! How many children do you and Mars have? Is it just the three boys?" Cissa seemed interested also.
"We have the triplets, a set of twin girls; Reyna and Hyla, a son that we haven't seen in many years until we came here, Remus and another set of twins; Alec and Jane. Mars and I have taken in Frank and Clarisse, after their families either died or couldn't take it anymore. Mars granted a boon to both of their mothers for being good soldiers. In that respect, he views them as his children. So I think that adds up to ten." Bella smiles at them. She is very proud of all of her kids. "I am such a mother hen that I take in almost anyone. I keep an eye on Percy for his mother. He even calls me 'Mama Belle'. Hazel, my little sister, stays under my wing, as does Grover and Fred and George's new best friends, the Stolls. Jason, Thalia and Leo needed parents, so we stepped up. Mars is Thalia and Jason's older brother. They are Zeus' kids. Annabeth is my god-daughter and Mars' and my niece."
"Girls, I am meeting with Mars for dinner in an hour. Will you please excuse me?" Bella, Molly and Cissa stand and go their separate ways with the promise to meet again.
