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Tsuna was doing his magical history homework when he found something that had him blink a few times in surprise.
"What? Um, excuse me sensei?"
"Yes Tsuna-san?"
"Who is Harmony Potter?"
"Harmony Potter-Black is the known as 'Girl-Who-Lived' for surviving the killing curse. Supposedly she killed the 'dark lord', though recent events in England dispute this. No one is sure where she is now, though is a so-called prophecy stating that she will defeat the current Dark Lord in England, though that is up for debate. For example, it could be another Oedipus case," said the teacher.
"Oedipus?" said Tsuna.
"Greek myth. A child named Oedipus was given a prophecy at birth to kill his father and marry his mother. His parents were so horrified that they sent him away to be abandoned. He was found by a goat herder and given to another king and queen. Naturally he found out about the prophecy and left his kingdom, not knowing he was adopted. On his journey he killed a man at a crossroads and eventually came across a kingdom plagued by a sphinx... the reward for defeating it was that he would marry the queen. So he answered the riddle correctly and the sphinx died and he became a king who had three daughters," said Hayato.
He had heard of the myth and looked it up.
Tsuna didn't need much to guess what happened, as he was already turning green.
"The man he killed was his father and the queen was his mother, wasn't she?" he asked.
"Yeah. They didn't find out until a plague hit and the same oracle told them to go look for who killed the last king. When Oedipus found out what happened he was so horrified he cut out his own eyes for being blind to the truth and the queen killed herself," said Hayato.
"That is horrifying."
"Well, the Greeks have a few myths like that," said Hayato.
"In any case, Oedipus is a well known and documented example of a self-fulfilling prophecy. If they had kept their son and explained things, then chances are that he never would have completed it," said the teacher.
"So Harmony Potter is missing?" asked Tsuna.
"Her current location is unknown, but she did clearly state to the English fools that she was not going to be another Oedipus case and to 'clean up their own mess', to quote the statement she sent to every country. Considering their own papers ran the gambit of golden girl to delusional child who cries wolf back to savior, it's little surprise she got fed up with their stupidity and refuses to go back," said the teacher without any sympathy.
So long as Voldemort kept to the UK, the other nations were content to let the English sort out their own damn problems. But if he tried to expand past those borders a lot of people were going to remind him that they weren't sheep like the English fools.
Tsuna nodded and finished the assignment. Magic was fascinating, and at the same time occasionally terrifying.
Though he did bring up their history assignment when he came home.
"We had an interesting topic for magical history today," said Tsuna.
"Oh?" asked Harmony, already dolling out the food. Dino was distracting the twins, who were a bit rowdy. They were almost bigger than Reborn was now, but then again they were nearly three years old.
"We were focusing on modern history and the teacher was discussing how the 'girl-who-lived' nearly became a classic Oedipus," he said.
Harmony jolted.
"What."
"What's a classic Oedipus?" asked Dino. He knew the old legend but didn't get why his wife reacted like that.
"Oedipus is a warning example of a self-fulfilling prophecy in magical history," explained Hayato. "Apparently there was a similar one focused on Harmony Potter-Black, and she only avoided it by leaving the country entirely."
Dino eyed his wife oddly.
"Is this why you hate England so much?"
"Part of it, but most of it was because all my memories of the country were bad. I have only a few good ones and they were so far and few in between it wasn't worth sticking around," she replied. Her expression went flat and cold. "Dumbledore (she spat out the name like it was a vile disease) didn't want someone to replace him. He wanted to pretend he was the sheep herder of England's magical flock with me as the one acting as the guard dog at the door ready to commit violence against anyone who tried to disturb the status quo."
Dino's eyes went hard at the implications of that. Tsuna and the others winced.
"Civilians are only able to sleep in peace with their laws because there are men and women ready and willing to commit violence to protect them from danger," quoted Hayato, wincing. It sounded like the so-called 'Leader of the Light' in England wanted to force Harmony into becoming one of those people, and she disagreed.
"Yes, well the Order of the Phoenix certainly didn't expect me to tell them to sit on it and spin when they tried to emotionally blackmail me into solving their problems for them. And Dumbledore was in a magical coma when they visited," said Harmony flatly. Her eyes sparkled with a dark malicious amusement. "And they definitely didn't expect the likes of Reborn and the other who were all too happy to commit violence for my sake if it meant telling them to get lost."
Tsuna was heading to the kitchen when he heard it. The sound of someone throwing up their guts.
He was quick to go investigate...only to find Harmony bent over the sink.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. This is actually normal, though I'm going to keep it quiet from Dino for a while," she said, once she got over it.
"Normal?" repeated Tsuna.
Harmony gave him an amused look.
"Dino and Reborn did give you boys the 'talk', right?"
Tsuna blushed with embarrassment at the reminder. Then he realized what she meant and stared.
Harmony put a finger to her lips with an amused grin.
"I'll let you know when I tell him, so you can record him fainting again. He nearly had a heart attack the last time," said Harmony.
Tsuna snickered.
Needless to say he watched with open amusement as Harmony kept dropping tiny hints that had Reborn frowning and Gokudera confused.
Harmony was out getting groceries when she was knocked out. Fortunately they only clipped her on the head, rather than anywhere near her stomach.
She woke up in a decrepit room that was falling apart, and a group of three teens and someone from Italy she vaguely recognized.
The blond Sun was talking to the one who's hair looked like a pineapple.
"Mukuro-sama, she smells funny."
Harmony blinked.
The leader of the group, who had dual-colored eyes, blinked at his lackey. He ignored Harmony, because his Rain and the only adult mafioso were standing near the only viable exit.
"Smells funny how?" he asked.
"She smells like animals and something else."
"That could be because I'm considered a civilian who is only married to a mafioso," she said dryly. "And I happen to raise several different varieties of horses."
Mukuro blinked, before he sneered at her.
"A civilian in the mafia?"
Harmony's lips quirked up.
"Not my fault if the Vongola is so full of idiots they haven't picked up on what I actually am yet. Only my husband and a few select others have. And have you really sunk to the level of a mafia thug that you'd kidnap a woman like that?" she shot back dryly.
Mukuro glared at her.
"I am not some petty mafioso," he snarled.
"No, you're a survivor and the leader of this little group of yours," she countered bluntly. She gave the blond Sun an odd look. "And how do you know I smell funny?"
The boy blushed under her gaze without realizing it.
"I carried you to where Lancia was," he muttered.
"Well thank you for going for the head, rather than the stomach," she commented.
The Rain behind her was clearly very perceptive, because he was the first to figure it out.
"She's pregnant."
Mukuro looked like he had been shot in the gut, before he whipped his head towards her in shock.
"What?!"
"Only two months along, so you can relax. But I hope you don't mind dealing with someone that has morning sickness."
Harmony enjoyed the chaos of that little tidbit as Mukuro clearly didn't want anything to do with dealing with a pregnant woman, much less the fact she was likely to be puking her guts out at irregular intervals. However he couldn't just let her go, because she would know where they were and tell the mafioso.
Harmony stood up and went over to the clearly panicking Mist.
She gently put her hand under his chin, making him meet her eyes.
"Look at me. Take a few deep breaths and calm down," she said soothingly. "I'm not going to call in my husband or my Elements to take you or your friends out. Not before I get an explanation on why you think this is an acceptable hide out."
Mukuro, oddly enough, followed her advice and took a few deep breaths to calm down.
"Better? Now, tell me why you thought it was a good idea to kidnap a mafioso's wife like this," she said gently.
What she heard had her radiating motherly fury, and it was only worsened by her hormones.
"You mean to tell me that the entire reason you three are being chased is because some sick bastards experimented on you, and a familigia took you in without taking into account that you would have PTSD from your previous situation?! Are they bloody morons?! This is on the Vongola's level of stupid!"
As if in response to her fury, the Vindice showed up.
Apparently even the terrifying guard dogs of the Cosa Nostra weren't about to cross a pregnant Sky who also happened to be a witch. They were at least willing to listen to her counterarguments and investigate before they arrested the teens.
Though Mukuro had to release Lancia if they even wanted a chance to avoid being arrested.
Mukuro wasn't the only one beyond confused when he found himself and his two minions being dragged all the way to the Cavallone mansion in Namimori and given a proper meal, with stern orders from Harmony to use the baths and clean up for the first time since they left Italy.
Though seeing the Cavallone Decimo almost have a heart attack at seeing them at the dinner table made it worth it. Almost.
"Harmony-nee, where were you today? Colonello was about ready to send out search parties and Skull was upset that you couldn't join in the movie marathon," asked Tsuna.
"Well, I had to clear up a misunderstanding with the Vindice about whether or not Mukuro and his friends here deserved to be arrested. After all, it was only polite after they proved to be such good company," she said impishly.
Dino wasn't the only one choking. Mukuro was as well, and he gave Harmony a very incredulous look.
"You were near the Vindice?!" said Dino horrified.
"Well unlike the English idiots, they at least gave me a chance to explain my reasoning before they dragged them off to prison. That's more of a chance than Sirius ever got," said Harmony flatly.
Mukuro eyed Harmony oddly.
"You are a strange, strange woman."
Tsuna snickered. Then he saw the looks Reborn was giving Harmony and she nodded. He was quick to get a camera and was even nice enough to hand one to Mukuro too. The reaction was sure to be worth the cost of loaning him his spare.
"Well, it only comes with the territory. Especially since I'm two months along," she dropped.
Dino's reaction to that was immediate. His head whipped to his wife and he didn't even register the sound of the cameras going off. Mukuro was snickering openly at the look on his face.
"Wha... You're pregnant again?" he said in shock.
Reborn snorted.
"Stupid Dino, the two of you go at it like rabbits almost every week. Is it really that much of a shock?"
"I thought you were..." started Dino, running his hand through his blond hair.
Harmony snorted.
"I haven't taken any potions or pills to prevent it since I left England. It was just luck that it hadn't happened sooner after I had the twins, though it's possible my magic decided I was healthy enough to have more."
Dino fainted.
Harmony snickered and looked at the grinning Tsuna and chuckling Mukuro.
"That was hilarious, byon!" said Ken snickering.
"How was dinner, by the way? I haven't made fish and chips in some time," said Harmony.
"It was good," said Chikusa quietly.
It was the best thing they had ever had. It was obviously made with love and attention to detail, and the food was just the right crispy texture.
"Oh good. Reborn, would you like the honors of waking my husband up, or do you think I should just get the ice water in the kitchen?"
Reborn was quick to get up and grab a pair of defibrillator paddles.
"Clear," he said with sadistic glee.
"GAH!"
Harmony snickered and Tsuna winced with sympathy. Reborn could be an ass.
