Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, I do not have any rights to Harry Potter and I do not make any money from writing these fic's.

A/N: Harry's experiences on Crochet is based on my own as I just started learning how to crochet not long ago. For anyone who wants to know Crochet the definition of it I found online is, a handicraft in which yarn is looped into a patterned fabric with a hooked needle.

A/N 2: Just to stop the confusion I live in the UK and I know the UK way of crocheting so I am using the UK method of crocheting so to me a Single Crochet in patterns mean a double crochet.

Chapter Ten

Epemetheus let out a low groan of frustration as he looked blankly up at his old friend who was still talking after one whole minute! Rubbing his head Epemetheus turned his head away from his friend and looked outside only to find himself feeling even more frustrated. The sun was shining, the birds where chirping, his servants where happily going about their duties while the small amount of children that there was played happily in the summer sun as their morning lessons where done.

"...which is why we should...the benefits will be...but then the percentage..."

With a dramatic groan Epemetheus turned back to his friend only to give him a sheepish smile as the young man gave him a pointed look. Epemetheus watched as his childhood friend gave him a dark look and crossed his arms.

"Really my Lord, I would of thought that you of all people would want to go on this type of mission," Matsuo said with a sigh as he pushed his sharp black glasses up his nose showing bright yellow eyes, "It would give you a chance to get out of here, to meet new people, there's action and adventure plus it would mean you could get away from Lady Grata for a few days if not a few weeks."

"Really? I could get away from her?" Epemetheus asked as his blue eyes widened in excitement, "Tell me! What is this mission about?"

Matsuo let out a low groan of frustration as he ran a stressed hand through his short and smart black hair, being careful not to knock the pair of black tiger ears with black strips sitting on top of his head, his black tiger tail with black strips flicked from side to side in a show of his emotions. With tired yellow eyes Matsuo looked over his friend and still could not work out just how they had stayed friends after all these years, what with his plain short black hair, yellow cat like eyes, his medium height, love of being organised and his love of numbers and how he always wore a plain black suit with a black tie and white shirt. Compared to Epemetheus's bright blue eyes, shoulder length wild black hair, tall frame with well toned muscles that could easily be seen as Epemetheus refused to wear a shirt unless it was for a very good reason, the baggy pair of cargo trousers that was covered in different sized pockets, and the only thing besides trainers he would wear on his feet, flip flops. All in all Matsuo Shun and Epemetheus Tigre was two opposites.

'How did we become friends again?' Matsuo thought as he eyed his friend who was looking at him like an eager kitten his black ears with black stripes standing tall and to attention while his long black tail with black stripes standing to attention 'Oh yeah...we bonded over one of our side jobs, being an assassin.'

"Mat," Epemetheus wined out reminding Matsuo of a young child, "Tell me!"

"What do you think I have been doing for the last two hours?" Matsuo's growled out as he looked down at his pile of paperwork filled with numbers and statistics, "To put it simply Epemetheus so that even you can understand the mission is to go undercover at a human's house to see just what is going on, for some reason several members of different magical creature groups and even one of our own has reported feeling the magic of a young magical creature child calling out for help only for it to disappear before anyone can work out where the child is."

"And I take it that you have worked out where the little one is? You must of if I am being sent on this mission!" Epemetheus cried out as he held back an angry snarl and gripped tightly onto his chair only for his sharp nails to rip through the material, "Children are precious! They are gifts! Whoever hurts one should be dealt with in the harsh manor possible!"

'There goes another chair' Matsuo thought dryly before nodding his head and speaking, "Yes Epemetheus, which is why you are going, when your mother and the rest of the elder's found out about the child's location your mother suggested that you be the one and everyone agreed."

"Good, I'll make that idiot pay for harming a precious kitten!" Epemetheus growled out darkly, "Is there anything else I should know?"

"Why I am happy to see that you are finally taking an interest in your work," Matsuo replied sarcastically causing Epemetheus to calm down slightly and send his friend a playful smirk, "And yes, apparently there are high chances of the child being like us-"

"You mean those stupid humans had the guts to hurt a Black Tiger Demon?" Epemetheus asked as his blue eyes glowed with anger, "Don't they know how rare kitten's are after the last war when we were stuck in the middle of an argument between Voldemort and Dumbledore about whose side we belonged to?"

"Apparently not through they are muggles and not the best kind I hear," Matsuo replied with a dark look on his face, "Now the child in question is the nephew to the two muggle human adults in the home, his mother is the wife's sister, through as you know neither adult holds any positive feelings towards the child, they do not even see him as a human. The husband is known for abusing the child physically and verbally, making the child do chores and tasks that not even a grown adult could do in a single day, with holding food, not allowing the child to do better than his own child in all areas which must be hard as the son has less brain power to him then a one cell organism. The wife is known for abusing the child mainly verbally through she is known for hitting the child with a saucepan over the head or slapping him or even pouring boiling hot liquid over him...you get the idea, she also likes her husband favours her own son over her nephew and gives the child all of her son's old clothes. The son, or should I call him the baby killer whale, is starting to take after his parents in his treatment of his cousin by beating him up, playing a game with the name something like 'hunting', doing his best to get the child into trouble and being a normal spoilt brat."

Epemetheus let out an angry growl showing his pair of sharp fangs only to pause when his blue eyes met Matsuo's yellow eyes, "There is more isn't there?"

"Yes," Matsuo replied with a stiff nod of his head, "The son is a known bully but the parents will not listen to anything the teachers, or the doctor during check-up's, tries to tell them, in their eyes their child could kill someone and he would still be innocent and not at fault, they spoil the boy rotten. The wife is well known for her hatred of anything not normal and she is also a well known gossip and busy body, there is not a single thing going on in the area that woman does not have her nose into, there are also rumour's going about that she is having a...fling...with the local postman and the librarian at the local community library where she goes to 'help out' once or twice a week. The husband works for a drill company called Grunnings which his income does not match his job, also the extra amount of money he gets a month matches the amount of money missing from the company he works for. Both the husband and wife also encourage their son to act the way he does."

"And they call us monsters and demons," Epemetheus growled out as his a low dark growl came out of his mouth, "How am I going to get into their house? How will I survive for more than five seconds alone with them? Hell! How did the little one mange to last however long he has?!"

"Yes, the child must have a very strong inner power for him to last more than a few minutes with these people," Matsuo replied with a flash of anger in his eyes, "Also there has been other muggle humans finding out about the way these people have been treating their nephew and have reported them only for them to suddenly disappear the next day and to never be seen again while the child is not seen for at least two weeks."

"Who are they?" Epemetheus asked with a low dark growl, "What are their names? I will show them what happens to idiots like them who dare to mess with a kitten!"

"Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley and Dudley Dursley."

To Be Continued...

Just to clear up any questions, Epemetheus Tigre is a Black Tiger Demon who is next in line to rule over what is left of the Black Tiger Demon clan once his mother retires or dies. Matsuo Shun (thank you to Jostanos for allowing me to use the name) is Epemetheus's childhood friend and second in command and will still be when Epemetheus becomes the leader of the clan. Both of them are sent on missions and similar things by the elders (the only people in the clan above the leader and second in command) to help prepare them for their future.