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Portia's back was sore. It was the first thing she noticed. The second thing was that it was not her room. No, her room didn't have quiddich posters or toys on the floor. She then concluded that either she really did see a half fey and a half vampire or more likely she sleep walked and fell asleep in Harry's room. She went over to Harry's bed and shook him awake.

"What time is it?" asked Harry rubbing the sleep from his eyes

"I don't know but get up! Now brother!" said Portia throwing the covers off of him. She stared and then looked away. His nightshirt had ridden up in the night.

"Go away." Said Harry straitening his night shirt out

"No, it's too important. Oh, and for Merlin's sake cover your shame. Said Portia throwing him his robe. He got up and tied the sash. She rolled her eyes.

"Do you sometimes, just sometimes, oh I don't know…that maybe you should knock?" said Harry putting his glasses on in a huff

"That's what I want to talk to you about. I think I either sleep walked or there was a half vampire and half fey somewhere in the house."

"Or you were sleep walking." Said Harry

"Or maybe I wasn't." said Portia putting her hands on her hips.

"Was." Said Harry standing as tall as possible but failing to look intimidating.

"Wasn't." Said Portia looking harry in the eye

"Was! Was! Was!" said Harry stomping his feet. It was way too early for this.

"Wasn't! Wasn't! Wasn't!" yelled Portia banging onto the wall. A picture fell to the floor and the glass shattered.

"You broke my framed chocolate frog card collection I keep behind a picture of Galatea!" said Harry getting his wand to fix it.

"Why do you have a picture of Galatea?" said Portia in a sing song voice. Harry turned red and repaired the frame. Galatea's picture looked up him, brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes, and continued to lace her boot. He began to put the chocolate frog cards back into their frame. A shadow threw it's self across the floor.

"Children, please don't destroy the house until mommy and daddy have their coffee." Said Addie the sun illuminating her auburn hair. She had been woken up to bits of the ceiling falling onto her and her husband. She had immediately assumed the worst but was relieved when she saw them arguing.

"Sorry mum." They both said at once. Immediately afterwards they heard Beadle crying.

"Do you think the new baby will cry as much?" said Portia looking at he mother's baby bump. Addie pulled her robe closer around her.

"That's enough you two, now get dressed for breakfast." Said Addie turning away.

"I don't think that you're supposed to talk about things like that." Said Harry picking out his clothes for the day. He motioned for Portia to leave.

"Well, why should we dance around the obvious? We're not supposed to talk about these things in public, I understand that, but in our own house is another story." Said Portia

"It's just not right." Said Harry pushing Portia towards the door. Portia dug her heels into the Persian carpet. She wished that she was wearing shoes but her feet would have to do.

"Neither is you being in here when I get dressed." Said Harry picking Portia up bridal style.

"No fair! You're bigger than me!" said Portia wiggling to get free. She fell on top of Harry. Harry then noticed two new things about his sister. Two very new, very different things.

"We're not children anymore." Said Harry pushing her off of him. That was the strangest, most wrong thing to ever happen to him. He knew that pure bloods married their sibling sometimes but that didn't make it alright.

"Well then if we're not children then I guess that you won't mind me telling Galatea you fancy her." Said Portia straightening out her nightgown

"I do not!" said Harry getting his wand. By the time he got it off the night table she was already out the door.

"I'm telling! I'm telling!" said Portia racing down the hall. She pushed a servant carrying laundry down and clean sheets went everywhere. Harry lost his balance and tripped into the wall, knocking an oil lamp over.

"There's nothing to tell!" said Harry. He then cast a slipping jinx on the floor and she crashed into Galatea's room. Harry ran after her and they were both shocked at what they saw. Portia immediately covered her eyes and made gagging noises.

"Get out! Out!" said Galatea. She was in nothing put pantalets and an opened corset. Harry didn't know what to do. It was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen. He knew that he had to leave, knew he had to be a gentleman, knew he had to preserve his cousin's modesty but his feet didn't respond. Galatea whipped her wand out and the door slammed in his face. He didn't register when Portia ran away but he did register being knocked back and slamming into the opposite wall.

"What on earth is going on up here?" said Peter as he surveyed the damage. There were clean sheets everywhere, pictures were askew, and his daughter had just run out down the hall screaming about Harry fancying Galatea.

"Nothing! I didn't see anything! Everything she says is a lie!" said Harry with his hand over his nose.

"Hold still. Episkey." Said Peter as he fixed Harry's nose. He got the feeling that he and Harry were going to have a long overdue talk. A real talk, not the childish one.

"Thank you. I'm going to get dressed now." Said Harry turning on his heel to leave. Peter grabbed him by the shoulder.

"No, you're going to tell me what it going on here. First I get woken up to my ceiling trying to cave in, then I find my staff assaulted and the laundry needing another cleaning, then I find you lying on the floor bleeding."

"Um, Portia found a half fey and a half vampire in the house last night." Said Harry meekly

"He's a peeping Tom! Peeping Tom!" said Galatea through the door. She felt both violated and oddly excited. Btu still violated.

"Harry, let's discuss something important." Said Peter dragging Harry back to his room.

"Am I in trouble?" asked Harry looking down at his bare feet

"I'm not sure but let me make one thing clear; seeing a lady naked is no way to get to her heart. Also, please respect the house's right to be a house." Said Peter not sure what to do about the situation.

"Yes sir." Said Harry hoping his father would leave soon so he could get dressed and sort out what happened.

"Good. Also, do try and make it up to Galatea. She seems upset." Said Peter

"Yes sir." Said Harry meekly

"Also, please leave the house alone." Said Peter as he looked at the mess in the room. He picked up a framed picture of Galatea and then tsked at the state of the room.

"Why don't we have silencing charms on the rooms and make every room unbreakable?" asked Harry wondering why he cared. They were rich. They could either afford to get it fixed or made unbreakable.

"There was some unpleasantness when I was a boy." Said Peter

"What unpleasantness?" asked Harry genuinely curious.

"There's a reason we don't have house elves son. I'll tell you the rest when you're older. Now get dressed and come down to breakfast."

"Yes sir." Said Harry. Peter left and Harry began to get dressed for the day. He decided on a light blue summer suit with a cloak over it in case it rained. He went downstairs to breakfast and avoided Galatea's eyes. They ate together, the silence only permeated by Portia whispering to Persephone about something. Galatea looked over at them and seemed to get very pale all of a sudden.

"May I be excused." Said Galatea suddenly. She didn't wait for a reply and immediately went for her room.

"May we be excused?" asked Portia and Persephone at the same time. They too didn't wait for a reply and left.

"May I be-" started Harry looking at the empty table

"Just go." Said Addie with a hand on her stomach. Beadle began to laugh and wave a piece of toast around.

"Did I miss something?" asked Peter as he surveyed the empty breakfast table

"Why do we bother to have a family meal if the family leaves?" asked Addie rhetorically as she spread some butter on her toast

"It's not like when we were little." Said Peter remembering eating alone in his room with only Paulette as company

"We had more siblings." Said Addie remembering drowning in a sea of siblings

"They aren't siblings." Said Peter

"So you're going to tell them the truth? Are you mad?" asked Addie alarmed. She was contented with her life up to that point. Harry wasn't her son but she loved him just the same.

"No, I meant that they are cousins, not siblings." Said Peter looking up at the large family portrait above the table.

"What is he going to say when Beadle Bard inherits?" asked Addie picturing curses flying and a trip to the hospital…or the morgue.

"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." said Peter crossly

"Let's hope that isn't soon." Said Addie putting Peter's hand to her stomach.

"Pumpkin." Said Peter

"Yes?"

"No, Pumpkin Pasty Pettigrew." Said Peter

"Alright but you're teaching it to fight." Said Addie picturing bloody noses and torn clothing.

"Look at the others, they get along just fine." Said Peter

"Are you mad? Are you, Galatea Algoria Black? Well?" yelled Portia as she looked at Galatea's newest acquisition.

"You're the one always wanting an adventure." Said Galatea snatching the phoenix gate from Portia

"This is suicide." Said Persephone quietly

"No, we must." Said Galatea

"Why?" asked Harry as he examined the Phoenix Gate. It seemed to radiate an ancient sort of magic. He wanted to hold it, to possess it. To master it.

"I've seen this person for many years, my whole life. She said that when the time came I would need to use it. Yesterday I was told what I had to do."

"Step on a butterfly?" said Harry

"What?" asked Galatea

"I don't know where I heard that but I know that if you step o a butterfly in the past it will destroy the future."

"Well then I won't step on any butterflies Mr. Peeping Tom."

"I didn't mean to see you naked!" said Harry loudly. Awkwardness hung in the air like a dense fog.

"You saw her naked?" asked Persephone giggling

"That's none of your business." Said Harry and Galatea together

"When did this happen?" asked Persephone

"This morning." Said Portia

"Can we return to the task at hand?" said Galatea

"Your quest to destroy the present?" asked Harry

"It would already be destroyed if she went back though." Said Portia

"Who's side are you on?" asked Harry

"I'm just saying. I mean, if she was going to do something she would have already done it." Said Portia

"Except that she didn't do anything yet." Said Harry

"But if she goes back into the past then-" said Portia

"My head hurts!" wailed Persephone. Galatea rubbed her back

"It's too early for this." Said Portia thinking about the remnants of her breakfast.

"Whose fault is that?" asked Harry remembering what had transpired that morning

"The task at hand!" said Galatea loudly

"Hey! What's that say?" asked Portia grabbing the phoenix gate from Galatea. Galatea held onto it with one hand

"I just want to see." Said Portia pulling on it

"Let me see!" said Persephone grabbing onto the phoenix gate. This alarmed Harry

"Give me that! That's a delicate magical artifact!" said Harry. Now they were all touching it

"What's his gibberish? DEFLAGRATE MVRI TEMPI ET INVERVALIA?" said Portia. Soon they were consumed in a ball of light.