Disclaimer: I don't own them, I just play with them. They are owned by their mistresses, neither of which is me. No harm, no foul….that's my thought.
Pairing: HM (HP)/EC
"Okay" Nan asked her son after they had arrived back to the quarters that they had been given.
"Just tired" Hayes stated before Edward took his hand and lead him to the room that he was calling his own for the time being. The rest of the group watched the pair and then began to plan out what they would do to protect Hayes from the idiots that wanted to call themselves his parents.
"Severus" Nan called out as the man stood near the doorway to the quarters, clearly uncomfortable in the presence of so many people.
"Come sit down" Nan said going over to where Severus stood and then taking his hand guiding him over to a couch so they could sit side by side. Jasper smiled at the man, he was in some serious love with Nan and he could feel the waves of emotions the man was emitting along with Nan's. Soon a game plan was set, one of the vampires would walk Hayes to each of his classes and should anyone try to give the teen a hard time they would have to answer to them.
Monday morning had Hayes getting up early and making himself ready for his first day of school at Hogwarts. He had been lucky over the weekend to avoid the Potters, Sirius and Remus since he had stayed in the quarters that the group had been given for their stay.
"Ready" Luna said as Hayes took his last step from the staircase, everyone else seemed to have been waiting for him to arrive and now made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast and to get their time table.
"Don't let the niffles get to you" Luna offered just as they made their way into the Great Hall and took a seat at the far end of the table, as far away as they could get from the High Table that held the Potter, Sirius and Remus along with the other staff at Hogwarts.
"Harry" Lily called out before making her way over to where her son sat, next to the last person she wanted her son to be associated with. Luna Lovegood was good for one thing and one thing only and that was crazy. Both her mother and father were known to be kooks even the in the Wizarding World, and now it seemed that her son had made friends with the flaxen haired girl. Hayes continued to speak to Luna about one of the mythical animals that she intended to find once she graduated from Hogwarts.
"Can I put them in my book?" Hayes asked, he had loved some of the descriptions that Luna would give about the creatures that only she seemed to know about.
"Of course, I would be happy to see the lesser known creatures finally getting some of the limelight" Luna agreed a soft smile on her face, if Hayes wasn't firmly in love with Edward and gay he would have fallen and quite hard for Luna and her quirky ways.
"Harry" Lily called out again before stomping over to where Hayes and Luna sat talking about some of the animals that Luna had described to him just that morning.
"Harry James Potter" Lily said now standing next to Hayes with her hands on her hips and looking most unhappy that her son wasn't paying any attention to her.
"Harry Potter" Lily warned this time her voice telling most in the hall that if the boy didn't respond there would be consequences that the teen wouldn't like.
"Mum" Junior whined out when he arrived to the Great Hall with his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in tow.
"Not now junior" Lily said still glaring at Luna and Hayes as they continued to not pay any attention to her.
"But mum" Junior continued to whine with the whole hall watching as things played out. The Hogwarts Rumor mill had been in full effect over the weekend and now most of the students knew that Hayes Morganroth was really Harry Potter, and that the boy hadn't seen his parents since was a baby. Some believed that his adopted mother stole him away, while others thought that the Potter's gave up their youngest son because he wasn't powerful enough to be a Potter.
"Here you are" Professor Filius Flitwick said handing over the time tables to both Hayes and Luna.
"What do you have?" Hayes asked Luna, all the while not paying any attention to Lily who still stood by them waiting to be acknowledged by her son.
"Seems we have all the same classes" Luna said after they compared their class schedules.
"Harry" Lily called out again clearly angry with her son not paying her any attention. She had spent all weekend getting things ready for her son and here she was standing next to him and he acted as if he didn't even hear her calling his name.
"Hayes" Edward said as he entered the Great Hall followed by the rest of the coven and Nan.
"Edward" Hayes said a smile on his face before being pulled into a hug by the vampire.
"I missed you" Edward whispered into Hayes's ear, knowing that his words would send a shiver down his mate's spine.
"Get away from my son" Lily stated before Nan rolled her eyes and acted as if the woman wasn't there, Hayes seemed to be doing it so she planned to follow the lead of her son.
"Attention" the headmaster called out, stopping Lily from saying anything else to her son and the group that had now formed around them.
"It is with great pleasure that I tell you that the Cullen Coven has agreed to teach Muggle Studies in America as well as a class on vampire myths and truths" the headmaster said, quite happy that Nan Morganroth had come to him with their idea. There would of course be one vampire with Hayes at all times but this gave the headmaster and the Order a better chance of swaying Hayes to help defeat the Dark Lord. Some began to look at their time table and noticed that there was an option for the two classes that the headmaster had spoken about.
"I think I'll take that Muggle Studies in America" Luna said to Hayes before Hayes nodded his head that was one class that he knew he didn't need to take. He had been functioning as a muggle for most of his life and he didn't think he needed to know anything more about muggles than he already did.
"And the vampire class as well" Luna said as an afterthought before watching as her time table changed with her words.
"I guess I can live with that" Hayes said looking sad but with a smile on his face.
"Hayes" Morag MacDougal called out as she swayed her hips over to where Hayes and Luna sat with a coven of vampires surrounding the group and Lily Potter.
"We better get going, Edward will be with you at all time" Nan said before hugging her son and giving him a kiss on the cheek and then leaving to make her way to the University for a lecture that she planned to give today. Lily watched with anger coursing through her veins, her child wasn't paying any attention to her.
"We better get going as well" Carlisle said before the rest of the group minus Edward left to go and find their class room.
"Harry" Lily now said before putting her hands on Hayes's shoulder and turning the boy around. Edward growled when Hayes jerked away from the contact.
"Stay away from me" Hayes said taking a step back right into the arms of Edward, who he knew would protect him.
"I am your mother" Lily said with tears in her eyes, she had hoped that over the weekend her son would realize that they had done what they thought was best for him. It seemed though that her aunt had only pumped her son full of lies and hate for her and James.
"No, my mother just left" Hayes said from the safety of Edward's arms. Most watched the scene with horror on their faces, so it was true that Hayes was a Potter. It was then that Lily turned on the water works, not noticing that Hayes, Edward and Luna had left while she held her head in her hands.
"What a drama queen, and I thought Isabella Swan and Jessica Stanley were bad" Hayes commented as Luna and he made their way to the first class of the day, Potions with the Hufflepuff's.
"Enter" Severus Snape said throwing open the door to his classroom a sneer on his face from the scared looks he received from his intended class.
"Professor" Hayes said in greeting as he made his way past the man.
"Your mother…" Severus stated quietly, wanting to know that Nan was doing just fine.
"Is on her way to the University now, I'll update you at lunch if I have news" Hayes said a smile on his face, he had seen the connection that his mother and Severus Snape had and he could only hope that the pair would realize their love for each other and marry and have the perfect ending.
"Thank you" Severus said as he glided to the front of the class eyeing each one of his students and finding them wanting in many cases.
"Today we are going to learn about….." and so went the first day of classes for Hayes Morganroth at Hogwarts, by lunch time Hayes was very much ready to return to the muggle world and leave the idiots that called themselves witches and wizards to their own demise. In each of his classes the professor taught as if their race was superior to all others, even that of non-magical beings.
"Is it always like this" Hayes asked Luna as they made their way to the Great Hall for lunch, Edward holding onto Hayes's hand while guarding the teen.
"Pretty much"
"I can see why there is a Dark Lord" Hayes said which had a group of witches gasping and hurrying along to start a rumor that Hayes was all for the Dark Lord.
"Humbling Bumblebees just invaded" Luna said watching the girls as they ran into the Great Hall and began whispering to their friends at other tables.
"Mr. Potter" Remus Lupin called out to the teen just arriving with Luna and Edward on either side of him. Hayes paid the man no mind, he had told them repeatedly that his name was Hayes Moraganroth and he planned to be called that and would not answer otherwise.
"Mr. Potter" Remus called out again getting the same response.
"Moony, what's going on" Sirius said seeing that Remus looked frustrated.
"Harry won't answer me"
"Oh, back to that again" Sirius said eyeing his godson and wondering what they had to do to get the boy to respond to his name.
"The headmaster will sort him out" Sirius reassured before taking a seat and loading his plate up with food for lunch. For the rest of lunch the rumor that Hayes agreed with the Dark Lord passed throughout the hall and by the time it reached James and Lily's ears they were steaming mad.
"Harry James Potter" both Lily and James screamed out as Hayes, Luna and Edward left the Great Hall talking about their next class, Care of Magical Creatures. Hayes paid them no mind, it was when James grabbed Hayes and began to shake him that Edward went into 'protect mate mode' and let out a growl that had James taking a step away from his son.
"Stay away from mine" Edward growled out pulling Hayes to him and wrapping his arms around his mate, the whole time not taking his eyes off the enemy.
"That's my son, vampire"
"My mate" Edward growled out before Hayes began to shiver, he could now feel the magic crackling throughout the foyer area of Hogwarts.
"Harry come here and come here now" James demanded before Edward pulled his mate closer to him, so as to protect him.
"What is going on?" Severus said before seeing that Edward had a protective stance over Hayes.
"You idiot" Severus said approaching slowly to the trio that held Hayes in it.
"Don't tell me I'm an idiot" James started before walking forward, which in turn made Edward growl out a warning.
"Stay back you idiot, you are challenging a vampire" Severus stated before James stopped all forward motion at the other man's words.
"What do you mean challenging him? That's my son" James said clearly not understanding the situation. It was then that Remus and Sirius along with the headmaster came out of the Great Hall and saw the scene.
"Severus" the headmaster said asking the man what was going on.
"Potter has felt the need to challenge a vampire over its mate"
"That blood sucker is not my godson's mate" Remus growled out, now in 'protect mode' for his cub.
"You forget, that vampire knew your godson even before you did" Severus sneered out finishing his approach and speaking to Edward quietly so that no one besides the two with the vampire could hear him speak.
"He will die the next time he touches what is mine" Edward warned to the group that had gathered.
"So noted" Severus said turning around and giving the group a look that told them they had better agree and quickly.
"That's my son"
"Get over it" Severus demanded before shaking his head, they just wouldn't learn it seemed.
"Get to class" Severus barked out sending everyone moving to their appointed locations, even the professors.
"Severus a word" the headmaster said not at all happy with his Potions Professor.
"Headmaster there is nothing to be said, Potter has yet to learn that Hayes is not a Potter" with those words and a whispered word to Hayes the Great Bat of Hogwarts disappeared into his dungeons.
"Come on, we'll be late" Luna said breaking the staring contest that was going on between Edward and the three Marauders. Hayes nodded his head and began to make his way outside where Hagrid waited for the rest of his class to arrive.
"We will talk Harry" James threw out as the doors closed behind the group.
"What in Merlin's name happened?" Sirius asked, as he looked at James.
"Hogwarts Rumor Mill says that Harry agrees with the Dark Lord's thinking"
"And it's just that, a rumor" Sirius said pointing out the flawed fact that if someone was to believe what was said by the Hogwarts Rumor Mill, they were one carrot shy of a bunch.
"But" James said truly believing the worst of his son; after all he barely knew the teen.
"We'll sort this out at dinner, now get to class" Remus said being the level headed one for the time being. The three broke up and made their ways to the appointed classrooms and classes that they taught.
"elcome class" a large man that could never be considered fully human greeted his class of Ravenclaws and Slytherins. Hayes and Edward took the man in and asked Luna who he was.
"Who is he?"
"That's Rubeus Hagrid, keeper of the keys and grounds of Hogwarts" Luna whispered before Hagrid called on her to explain what a Tebo was.
"It's like a diricawl that can become invisible at will. They are warthog-like creatures native to central Africa" Luna explained while Hayes wrote down the information she had given. He had quite a few creatures in his notebook but this was one that he had missed.
"Right-o Ms. Lovegood, ten points to Ravenclaw" Hagrid said a smile blooming on his face; it seemed that there were at least a few students that were truly interested in the creatures he taught about in class.
"I was lucky ernf to get a pair of them to show you" Hagrid said moving towards where two large cages covered sat, each student taking a step back. They knew better than to get too close to cages that Hagrid supplied to them. Hayes though was busy scribbling away that he didn't notice that a blonde haired Slytherin made his way next to him.
"A Potter" the teen said a sneer on his face, making him look most unattractive. Edward stood next to his mate, wondering what the teen would try and pull with him standing so close.
"No" Hayes said quietly as he listened to Hagrid rattle off information about the Tebo and his cousin the Diricawl.
"Not a Potter, aye? Then what are you? Parents didn't want you?" The blonde haired Slytherin taunted not realizing that his words didn't affect Hayes in the way that he thought they would.
"Mr. Malfoy, glad you could volunteer" Hagrid said pulling the blonde haired boy away from where Hayes, Luna and Edward stood at the back of the class that had formed an arc around the covered cages.
"You oaf" the boy named Malfoy said glaring at the large man, clearly not happy with being picked for whatever demonstration he was about to do.
"Five points from Slytherin" the large man said before pulling back the tarps that covered the cages that held the Tebos in them.
"Mr. Malfoy here will feed one of them" Hagrid said before going over to a table with fruit and other items on it. The blonde haired boy glared at the man before snatching the piece of fruit out of the large man's hands and making his way over to the cage wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. He had better things to do than feeding some stupid animal. Hayes watched in awe before setting to work on sketching out the animal next to the information that Hagrid had given about the creatures.
"Mr…." Hagrid was at a loss as to what to call Hayes, on the one hand he knew that Nancy Morganroth nee Evans had adopted the boy, but he also knew that he was a Potter by blood.
"Morganroth" Edward supplied for the half giant, knowing that the large man didn't want to offend Hayes in anyway. It was a blessing to know what others were thinking, for the most part but there were times where he wished he could block his power.
"Mr. Morganroth" Hagrid called out which had the class turning to look at Hayes who was busy sitting on the ground sketching his heart away. Hayes looked up to see the huge man looming over him.
"I'm sorry" Hayes said quickly before backing up leaving his notebook on the ground where he had been sitting.
"No, no" Hagrid said backing up knowing that his large frame was what scared the teen.
"Hayes" Edward called before encircling his mate in his arms and calming him down, while Edward did that Hagrid noticed the sketch that Hayes had of the Tebos in the cages.
"Simply amazing" Hagrid said picking up the book and making his way back to where Edward and Hayes now stood, with Hayes looking much better than he had a moment ago.
"Sorry 'bout that" Hagrid said a bit sheepish, he tended to forget that he was much, much larger than the population of students at Hogwarts.
"No sorry" Hayes said knowing that he hadn't been paying attention and that was the reason the scene had been caused.
"You stupid oaf" the blonde haired teen said making his way through the crowd and towards where Hayes and Edward stood together. As the teen neared Edward began to hear his thoughts and they were less that pleasant, at least the boy wasn't thinking about killing them. No instead the boy wanted to bed Hayes and tell the world that he had slept with a Potter, all the while tricking Hayes into believing that he loved him.
"What do you think you are doing?" Malfoy said coming to stand in front of Hayes, acting as if he cared about Hayes and what had scared him.
"What?" Hagrid said clearly confused, he had been certain just moments before that Malfoy had been goading Hayes into trouble, but now here the teen stood acting as if he cared about Hayes and the scare that he had caused the other teen.
"Couldn't you see…." Malfoy started off before he was cut short by a bell signaling the end of class. Malfoy turned towards Hayes a fake smile on his face as he offered to walk Hayes back into the castle and to his next class.
"I'll pass" Hayes said waiting for Luna to come so that they could make their way up the hill and to the castle.
"I think I'll just walk with you" Malfoy said before sneering when Luna arrived and began walking with Hayes, their arms linked together while on the other side Hayes held onto Edward's hand.
"So" Malfoy started off, he knew he had started off on the wrong foot but there was just something about the Potter's and the Weasley's that always brought the worst out of the Malfoy family.
"The niffles have gotten to you" Luna said knowing that if she said enough strange things that Malfoy would break away from them, and it seemed she was correct for the blonde haired boy was soon making an excuse to get away from the group and away from Luna.
"You did that on purpose" Hayes said before laughing at the look he got from Luna, so she did know what she was doing when she talked about creatures that didn't even exist.
"Whatever do you mean?" Luna said her voice taking on its normal quality as they reached their next class, Defense against the Dark Arts.
"Beware Professors Black, Lupin and Potter teach this class" Luna warned before they entered the class to see the three men standing at the front of the classroom deep in discussion about something.
"You have to be kidding me?" Hayes groaned out before taking a seat in one of the open seats towards the side of the room and towards the back. As the class began to fill in the three broke apart and noticed right away that Luna, Edward and Hayes all sat in the farthest corner of the room, they would just have to fix that.
"Class order, order" James called out as the last of the students made their way into class talking about their previous class.
"Today we are going to go into dueling and start the dueling challenge" James stated looking at each of his students his eyes lingering on Hayes, wanting to know how much his son really knew. They had of course come up with a plan that would require Harry to spend time with them so that he could defeat the Dark Lord but it all hinged on how much the teen knew. The room exploded with excitement, they had been waiting for this for years. Every year the Defense against the Dark Arts professors would hold a duel challenge for the seventh years and the winner got one hundred points and an automatic spot in the Auror training program offered by the Ministry of Magic. The room's volume went up a notch and the professors allowed it, knowing that with the excitement that Harry would approach them wanting to know about the challenge that would start in the near future.
"Today we will be learning basic etiquette of dueling" Remus said before handing out books to each student, stopping a bit longer at Hayes' desk than he needed to. Remus growled when the vampire took Hayes's hand in his and glared right back at the werewolf. Remus knew better than to say anything to the vampire, but his wolf couldn't help but say something.
"Leech" Remus said before passing the table and finished handing out the books and returning to the front of the class.
"Now I first want to do a demonstration" James said leading the class, which had the students getting out of their seats and moving their tables to the outside walls of the classroom. Hayes stayed close to Edward and Luna, not wanting for any reason to become a participant in the demonstration that he was certain would end badly for anyone that went against one of the professors.
"How about you, Mr….." James hated to say the words but it seemed that Harry was only answering to the name that Nan had given him.
"Mr. Morganroth, and Professor Black" James said giving a look to Sirius before watching Hayes as he broke away from Luna and Edward coming to stand in front of Sirius, his eyes telling the man how unhappy he was about being their demonstration dummy.
"You may begin" James said not really giving any information on how a duel began and what sort of things needed to be said before the duel could begin in earnest. The three didn't expect Hayes to start talking about what would end the duel.
"First blood" Hayes stated looking at the man across from him, they were going to soon find out just how capable he was without their help.
"No shape-shifting" Hayes also stated knowing that Black was an animagi, whose form was that of a large black dog.
"No dark magic" Sirius finally stated stunned that Harry knew as much as he did about formal duels.
"Agreed" Hayes said before the pair bowed to each other and both throwing a spell at the other, Hayes was soon in his element. He was throwing curse after curse at the man that deemed himself worthy of being his godfather. The three men were very surprised at how well Harry was doing; Junior had never been one for dueling instead sending out his best friends to do his dirty work. It was the lack of attention that won Hayes the duel, Sirius had been busy thinking about Junior and was unable to move fast enough at the slashing hex that Hayes had thrown at him.
"First blood" Hayes called out before putting his wand away and making his way over to Edward and Luna, both had looks of wonder on their faces. Hayes had just gone against probably one of the best duelers in Great Britain and won.
"Wow, amazing" James said clapping his hands before helping Sirius up and then making his way over to where Hayes stood eyeing the three wondering what their next move was.
"They intend to offer you private lessons" Edward warned before the three dismissed the class with them reading the first two chapters in the book that they had been given in class.
"Harry good show" James greeted the group, not paying any attention to Luna or Edward. Hayes did nothing to acknowledge the group; if they continued to call him Harry he would continue to ignore them.
"Where'd you learn to duel like that" Sirius said clearly impressed, it seemed that they had found the real Boy-Who-Lived. Hayes didn't answer instead he began to pack up his things and make his way toward the classroom door.
"Harry" Remus called out just as confused as James and Sirius over the reason why the boy refused to answer to their calls.
"His name is Hayes" Edward snapped out, he was quite tired of the thoughts that the three thought about his mate.
"His name is Harry James Potter" James stated before grabbing a hold of Hayes and dragging the boy into the office that was attached to the classroom. Edward followed but was slowed down by Sirius and Remus, who stood in his way. It was just as he managed to pass them that the door slammed shut and a locking charm went into effect. The two canines smirked at their good luck.