Chapter 25
Letters from Home
*In the last chapter*
Dear Draco
I am proud of you, little dragon, and I am glad you have found out about the trials of teenaged true love on your own steam. Pansy Parkinson's father as you know is a death eater and was looking to sell his daughter for a bride price and install his awfully dull insipid daughter as the next Lady Malfoy. He is a truly awful man and now we have been threatened Draco because we are neutral. But as your father has learned the true meaning of our family motto, he has also realised that we cannot allow Tom Riddle to be resurrected. We are Malfoys and we do not scrape and bow to anyone. Be true to your lady love, young dragon and we shall arrange a betrothal contract with Xenophillius for his daughter's hand in marriage when she comes of age in the wizarding world.
All my love
Mother
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Harry, Lena and Snape were enjoying their last day of the family honeymoon on the sun-drenched beaches of Croatia, enjoying their last moments of family time before heading back to the drudgery of real life.
"It's Hedwig! Dad, It's Hedwig!" Harry held his bare arm out and Hedwig landed perfectly. "She must have missed you terribly, Harry, your girlfriend is probably driving her insane?" Severus raised an eyebrow from his tanned face and Lena chuckled. "Leave Hermione's research alone" Harry pouted. "Anyway, there are letters from Draco, Sirius, Luna, Hermione and Ron, and Headmaster Dumbledore."
"Harry, you can read them later without all this sand ruining them, but for now I have hired a treat for the afternoon in the Hotel's spa. A masseuse to help unknot all these muscles, and you, my errant son are going for a Siesta."
"Dad, I am thirteen, I don't need a nap, but I wouldn't mind going to the Waterpark" Harry grinned
"Mm-mm, Lena, dearest, I think because it is our last day here, we should let Harry go to the Water-Park?"
"Yes, dear, but Harry, no silliness there and pay attention to the Lifeguard's instructions"
"I will….Mum" Harry stuttered then gave a Lena a quick hug followed by his dad, he ran off back to their hotel rooms to get his t-shirt and shorts on then got walking to the local water-park. "He's embarrassed he called me 'mum' Sev"
"He still sees you as his friend, dearest, don't worry, you two get on very well and I am sure that will continue."
Lena shed a few tears. "I will never try to replace Lily Potter, she was your first love, but I am here and I'm alive, Sev"
"I know you are, dearest, I love you very much and Harry, and Dante, you are my family, now and you will always come first."
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"Mum, have you seen Hedwig, flying about?"
"Harry's owl?"
"Yes, Harry's owl, white and Grey and beautiful? My feathery companion for the last few days?"
"She was flying off in the distance, two hours ago, I gave her some bacon and she took your letter to Harry, I imagine"
"Or she got sick of me quoting from my schoolbooks."
Emma Granger smirked "Well, there is that possibility"
"Mum, you are meant to be on my side" Hermione whined
"Maybe Hedwig missed Harry more, and my dear, I am on your side, when do we get to meet the boy who has stolen your heart?"
"Soon, just….no baby pictures, please?"
"I can't promise a thing my dear?" Emma smiled again, and Hermione huffed as she set the table.
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In the Water-Park
Harry was waiting for his go on the waterslides with a big rubber ring and he was pushed quite rudely into another boy who was looking pale and jumpy
"Do you mind? I nearly fell over and took this poor lad with me?" Harry spoke loudly to the taller boy who looked a bit like an older version of Gregory Goyle without the chubby look.
"And who are you, pipsqueak?" Less-chubby older version of Goyle laughed
"Harrison James Potter-Snape and you are a rude queue jumper who doesn't know when to back off, Dimwit!"
"Ok. Respat! Respat!" The lifeguard shouted at the hooligans "You lot, go, go!"
"Us, we haven't done anything, you, foreign twat!" The other hooligan spat at the lifeguard as Harry helped usher people away from the racist thug. The young boy was rocking on his legs with his ears covered by his hands in distress. "Hey, it's okay, is your mum or dad here?" The boy nodded "I want my mommy!" the boy wailed loudly
"Ok, I call police then, dja?" The other tall boy swore and suddenly swung his fist and punched Harry in the nose for interfering in his business. Harry fell backwards into the arms of a young woman and grabbed his nose wincing as blood pumped out.
"Respat! Police now come here, Razbojnik!" The other guy behind them waiting for his turn shouted out "He's just a kid, you monsters!"
"We are going, we didn't want to come to this lame park, anyway!" The less-chubby version of Goyle stated with a smug smile as they all sauntered off
"You okay, boy, go now, First aid, that way!"
"Okay, but I'm taking this little guy with me!" Harry led the young boy who was still visibly upset, down the steps to "the lost child" section of the Park, there was a first aid office and a nurse too. Harry feigned needing the bathroom and rushed to get his bag with his wand and pointed it at his nose "Episkey" he whispered, and his nose cracked back into place. In the bathroom he cleaned most of the blood from his nose and mouth and sighed as he looked at himself in the mirror. "What is dad going to say?" he groaned "I can hardly get Skull to explain this, can I?"
"Hello, are you alright, Mister….?" The nurse called through the door
"Harry's fine, Madam, and yes I just cleaned the blood off from my nose
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"Oh, Merlin, that felt good!" Lena groaned "Sev…."
"Mm-mmm" he turned over onto his back "Where's Harry? he should be back by now, we have a two o'clock international portkey booked." Lena said
Just as the Masseuse left the quiet room, Harry walked in with a sad look on his face "Dad, some thugs punched me, for standing up for another boy who had autism and I had to use the 'Episkey' charm on my nose, the Ministry won't snap my wand, will they?" Harry looked at his dad in tears. "Harry, you aren't going to get your wand snapped, we cleared it with the ministry in case we had issues like this. It was only a temporary licence, but it lasts a whole month.
"Phew, I thought my goose had been well and truly cooked then!" Harry grinned at both Lena and Severus.
"Tell me about these thugs?" Lena asked gently.
"Tall, chubby, they reminded me of my cousin Dudley who was nothing but a bully to me."
"The Lifeguard called them…Razbojnik! It's Croatian and he threatened them with the police. He spoke very few English words, but good enough for me to understand. Also, he was pushing the boys back saying "Respat!"
"Yes, it means, "Break it up!"
A/N I didn't know how to continue this chapter, the dreaded block is back Please read and review, please be kind and constructively critical