AN: School is out and I survived! As soon as I finish chapters, I will be posting them! I am now over 80k views and I want to thank you for reading my story. It means a lot. There is still a lot to cover, including another type of serpent, and a final battle. It will be epic, I assure you.

Until then, here is the next chapter and I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 31: No Christmas Spirit

Harry awoke the next day still snuggled in the arms of Charlie. Harry let out a yawn and wiggled from his arms. Harry quickly got dressed and headed into his own room, where he took a quick shower and dressed in a t-shirt and sweatpants. Harry looked at his Christmas themed room and started to worry. Christmas was quickly approaching and he had nothing to give Charlie or anyone really. The tops of his list were Charlie, Hermione, Teddy, Seamus, Dean, Terry, and Blaise. Percy and Mr. Weasley were up on the list as well. He had so much shopping to do.

Thinking of Teddy, Harry decided to visit his Godson. Dressing in black robes, he took the floo after telling Hermione and Charlie where he ws going. As he stepped out of the fire, Harry was surprized to see a little Teddy, this time with dark brown hair cut short and green eyes, was sitting up looking at him, as if he was expecting Harry. Andromeda was sitting on a couch behind him, smiling.

"Everytime he sees the flames go green, his eyes turn green and he gets excited. He is such a smart boy. Nymphadora was a smart baby too." she said, her smile warm but worn.

"Ah." said Teddy seriously.

Harry grinned and picked up his godson, holding him close.

"You are going to be smart like your mother and father aren't you? I guess this means you want me to read to you?" Teddy looked at him, his hair turning black and messy. "I guess that is a yes."

Harry carried Teddy to his room and read him the story of the Three Brothers. Even though it was linked to so much pain for Harry, the story taught a good lesson. Mainly, the book had good pictures and Teddy seemed to love them. After the story ended, Teddy's eyes looked sleepy. Harry, deciding that he would make sure that Teddy knew who his parents were, told Teddy of how he met Remus and how good he was. Harry stopped when he saw that Teddy was asleep and carefully left the room. He rejoined Andromeda in the living room, where she had a cup of tea ready. Harry accepted the tea and sat down in a chair across from the host.

"Thank you so much for being apart of Teddy's life." she said but was stopped by a hand fro Harry.

"Lupin wanted me to be in his life and I will be. I know what it is like to grow up with limited family support. Teddy will get everything he wants. If you ever get to a point where you cannot take care of Teddy, I will take him in." Harry said firmly, his voice showing that he meant what he said. Andromeda looked taken aback but smiled.

"Thank you Harry. You really are..."

The fireplace turned green and Charlie's face popped into the fireplace.

"Harry, the Minister is here. Apparently, the Death Eaters are acting up again. We are to be fully packed and in the Minister's office in 20 minutes. He said to pack for a warm place." Charlie said and after Harry nodded, withdrew his head.

"Seems like the Death Eaters have no Christmas Spirit." Andromeda said dryly and Harry nodded his head, a grin on his lips.

"Take care." Harry said as he stepped into emerald flames.

"You are the one going into danger not me. Take care Harry." the older witch said and soon Harry was running up to his room, packing for a warm winter.

Eighteen minutes later, Charlie and Harry were standing in the Minister's office with shrunken trunks in their pockets and, in Harry's case, Hadi on his shoulder. The Minister was standing behind his desk looking at them.

"It looks like there is trouble in India being stirred up by Rodolphus Lestrange. There is no word about his brother." he said in his deep voice. "This portkey will take you to Korba a large city just north of a series of mountains. In these mountains live a large clan of Nagas." Kingsley pointed to a pen on his desk that was to be their portkey. "A member of the Indian Ministry of Magic will greet you at the destination and show you to the house you will be staying at."

"Nagas," Charlie started to explain, seeing the confusion in Harry's eyes "are another kind of human/serpent hybrid. From the waist up they are human but the waist down they are snake. They are native to India and have been around for a long time. I think in recent years there have been laws past that restrict them."

"Quite right." Kingsley said "It is a similar problem with so called "Half-Breed" laws here with Centaurs and the like. Fear based mostly. Nagas do have some natural poison to them and are fast but they are very civilized and intelligent. They have never broke any laws against them, even if they are unfair. However, there are more strict laws being thought about being passed and the Nagas are not happy about it. I think the Death Eaters are using this to act."

"So what are we going to do?" Harry asked.

"Well I am sending you both as representatives of the British Ministry of Magic. You are to both argue the case against these new measures, which we have not yet been informed of. Also, I would like both of you to visit the Nagas and see if they have been in contact with the Death Eater. Use this picture to ask people about him." Kingsley said as he handed both of them a copy of the same picture. "Now you two had best be off."

Harry and Charlie both waved their farewell and touched the portkey. As soon as both hands were on it, they were swept away. They both landed in the middle of a large room with many windows.

"Glad to see you have arrived." a voice said in front of them.

A woman was beaming at them. She wore a light set of purple robes and Harry could see why she did. It was a good thing they had wore light clothes because it was extremely hot.

"You must be Charlie Weasley and Harry Potter. Welcome to India. I am Jaya Chauhan, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic of India. Welcome to India and we are happy to have representatives from Britain. Our Minister cannot meet with you today so I am here to show you to your house. If you would be so kind as to follow me." Jaya said in perfect English.

"Thank you for allowing us in." Charlie said pleasantly. Harry just nodded. Jaya smiled and motioned them to follow.

Harry blinked as they left the small building. The dusty street and the intense sunlight was not something Harry was used to and he coughed a little. They followed Jaya until they reache a decent sized tanish building.

"You are staying here until tomorrow. Feel free to look around if you wish but I imagine the time zone shift has left you guys a little tired."

Harry thought this was an understatement. He was alright when they first got there but the walk in the direct sunlight took it out of him. He looked over at Charlie and noticed that he was looking tired as well.

"Thank you so much for showing up this place and letting us stay here." Harry said.

"It is no problem. I will be back here tomorrow at 2 pm to escort you to the ministry via portkey. Our Ministry is not located here and will require a portkey. I hope you two enjoy your first afternoon in India." and with a pop, she was gone.

They both entered the building to find that the place was a decent temperature. Harry figured they had used a spell to keep it cool and Harry was thankful again for magic. They both headed upstairs to get unpacked. There were two large room and one bathroom and each of them took a room.

"I have missed India." Hadi hissed as he slithered off of Harry's shoulder.

"You were here?"

"Of course. It was a fun time but that story is for another day. I can act as your translator. I understand Hindi and can translate into Parseltongue for you."

"Thanks. I am going to bring you along tomorrow." Harry hissed back, getting into bed. Both Charlie and Harry agreed they needed a nap and would eat dinner after they got up.

As Harry rested his head, thoughts went to this assignment and Christmas. He had a feeling that they were not going to finish this assignment in a few days. This would require careful deliberations and diplomacy. On top of this, it looks like Christmas would be spent here without anyone else. Harry made a promise to himself to give Charlie the best Christmas he could since he could not go home and they could not have friends over. Harry's eyes dropped and he fell asleep with a smile on his face, plans already in motion.