I do not own Harry Potter.
Warning: First scene with Lily is very dark.
Lily woke screaming and quickly realized she had lost consciousness during her first submissive training. Turns out she's definitely not submissive and she had managed to royally piss off her trainer, which lead to her current situation.
"Let me go, you fucking bastard!" she screamed, pulling against the leather belts that had her strapped to a table.
Louie, her new trainer, didn't take kindly to that and back handed her so hard she thought she was going to lose consciousness again. "I will break you!" he roared in her face.
Lily slowly turned her face back to him, blood running from her nose and mouth, and promptly spit in his face.
He roared in anger and straddled her on the table before proceeding to strangle her. She fought as much as she could what with being strapped down but he was definitely stronger and she was gasping for air. He continued to strangle her until she was on the edge of death then stopped and laughed at her. "Oh no, you're not getting out of this," he said, as he got off the table and stripped down before he remounted the table and forced himself on her.
Hours later, after being thoroughly abused and having lost consciousness several more times, the healer was called in.
"Fix her up," barked Louie, "She hasn't learned her lesson yet."
"What have you done to her!" yelled Healer Tish, coming to Lily's side.
"She needed to be taught a lesson."
"She's half dead!"
"She's still alive. Now fix her up!"
"Don't worry I will but I'm not letting you near her again! I'm telling the Boss!"
Louie did not appreciate the back talk and shoved Healer Tish into the wall. She gasped in surprise but quickly reacted using her wandless magic to send him flying across the room. She then sent an incarcerous hex at him and stumbled over to the intercom system. "I need the Boss in Training Room 15 now. Lily Potter is in grave condition!" she shouted, breathing heavily.
She stumbled over to Lily and saw that she had lost consciousness again.
"You Bitch! I'm going to make you pay for this!" roared Louie.
"Shut up, you sick bastard!"
She heard running and turned to see the Boss arrive just a split second before Mama.
"What the fuck is going on?" he roared, taking in Lily's state. "Who did this to her?"
Healer Tish motioned to the trainer on the floor.
"Boss, I can explain…" he said nervously.
The Boss narrowed his eyes at the Trainer but focused his attention on the healer one more time, "Fix her and take her to my suite. Do whatever you need to do, but fix her. Sergio!"
"Yes, Sir?" panted Sergio running into the room
"Get Healer Tish and Mama whatever they need to heal Lily, understand!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Healer Tish motioned Sergio and Mama closer and started to work on Lily, healing her as fast as she could. It was several minutes before she regained consciousness again.
Lily started coughing violently and leaned her head over the edge of the table and coughed up blood. She saw Louie, still chained up but he was pushed back against the wall, looking as if he couldn't get far enough away from the Boss. The Boss watched Lily cough up blood and she could see the rage in his eyes. She watched in horror as he stepped forward and put one hand on either side of Louie's head and then he twisted sharply, breaking his neck instantly. Her eyes widened as the Boss looked at her and said, "He'll never touch you again." And then he left the room, not even looking back.
The room was silent, scarily so for several moments as Healer Tish, Mama and even Sergio recovered from what they just saw.
Mama recovered first, "Lily, do you think you're strong enough to move back to the suite?"
"I… yeah… please…"
She felt hands help her up and support her on the table before Sergio intervened and said, "Let me." He then picked her up and carried her bridal style, pausing briefly to let Healer Tish cover her in a transfigured blanket.
…..
"Let me see if I understand this correctly," started Ron, pacing in front of his living room fireplace, "You asked me if you could model, several times in fact, and each time I said No. Yet you still went ahead and snuck behind my back and modeled."
"Yes," replied Rose, squirming under her father's angry gaze. She was sitting on the couch, while her Mother stood nearby, nervously waiting to see how this turned out.
"For three years."
"Yes."
"And Ginny helped you?"
"Yes."
"And Harry?"
"Just the last six months…"
"Right. And your Mother helped too?"
"Only for the last month…"
"Only."
Ron was steaming mad, that much was clear. They knew he would be… but what they didn't know was how he was going to handle his anger.
"Ron, you have to understand," started Hermione but she was cut off as Ron roared and swiped his arm across the mantle, knocking all the pictures off in the process.
They both jumped in surprise and Rose moved further back into the sofa to put distance between her and her father.
"I don't have to understand anything! You lied to me, you all fucking lied to me!"
"Yes, but…"
"SHUT UP HERMIONE!"
"Excuse me," she seethed, moving closer to him angrily, "Don't you dare talk to me like that! I understand you're angry, you have a right to be. But Don't. You. Dare."
Ron growled and turned away from Hermione, focusing his attention on Rose. She had never seen him so angry and she was slightly terrified of him. "Tell me why you did it?"
"I… I… really wanted to Daddy! At first it was just because you said No, but then the more I did it, the more I loved it! And I'm good at it too, Daddy. I brought my pictures to show you, just look at them. Please, Daddy."
Ron clenched his jaw and fists, trying to reign in his anger. He looked down at the book Rose was trying to show him… There was a picture of her on the front and she did look beautiful. He motioned for her to show him and she opened the book and began explaining the story behind each picture and what it was used for. After a few minutes he sat down on the couch to her left, still angry but willing to listen to his daughter.
Hermione sighed in relief and sat down on Rose's right to listen as well. Maybe everything would be alright.
…
Harry found Sandra in the kitchen preparing something for dinner, "Sandra?"
"Yes?" she asked, turning to look at him, with complete admiration in her eyes.
He squirmed, uncomfortable with the way she looked at him, "I was hoping… I mean… I would like you to stay at the Mansion from now on. We were able to rescue two more girls, Monique and Katie, and I think it would be good for all of you to be with each other."
Sandra bit her lip and nodded, "Ok, if that's what you want."
Harry frowned, "It is, but I want you to tell me if it's not what you want. You don't have to just do what I ask, Sandra. You understand that right?"
Sandra slowly nodded and said, "I just want to do what will make you happy. If staying at the Mansion will make you happy then that's where I will stay."
Harry sighed and opened his arms, "Come here."
Sandra immediately moved into his embrace and he hugged her.
"I want you to learn to be happy on your own, Sandra."
She burrowed her head into his chest and asked, "Are you not happy with me anymore? Have I done something to anger you?"
"No, of course not. You haven't done anything wrong. I just want to make sure that you're taking care of you, not me. Do you understand?"
She shook her head no, looking to Harry like someone had killed her puppy. Wait… that's not a bad idea…
"How about this… Give living in the Mansion a try, spend time with Monique and Katie and do whatever you want to do but make sure to take good care of yourself. OK? I'll still be there everyday, that won't change, and if you hate it then I want you to let me know, OK?"
Sandra slowly nodded.
"Good girl. Now, eat your dinner and I'll have my son pick you up soon to bring you over. I'm just going to run out and pick up a surprise for the three of you and I'll meet you back at the Mansion. Sound good?"
Sandra smiled and said, "Yes. What's the surprise?"
"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, now would it?" laughed Harry.
"Can you at least tell me if it's a good surpise?" she asked anxioiusly.
Harry frowned and said, "Of course it's a good surprise… You know I would never do anything to hurt you, Sandra."
She nodded, obviously still anxious.
"I promise, Sandra, it's a good surprise."
"Ok."
"Do you trust me?"
"Yes!"
"Good. Now let me get going, I'll see you in a little bit."
Sandra nodded and gave him a kiss goodbye.
He was still surprised every time she kissed him, every time she touched him, every time she initiated sex with him, and he wondered if she would ever stop. He knew he needed to push her away, make her stop, but every time he tried she was heartbroken and he couldn't stand to hurt her after everything she had been through. This scared him because they were going to keep rescuing these girls but if they never learned to stand on their own then what? Even scarier was what if this happened to his daughter, what if she grew dependent on whoever saved her or even worse, what if she grew dependent on whoever had her right now? He shook his head, not wanting to think about it. He just needed to find her, then he would do whatever it took to get her on her feet again. He then checked in with security before apparating to the Mansion.
"James?" he called from the foyer.
"Down here, Dad," he called back from what sounded like the living room.
Harry followed his voice and found his son in the living room, along with everyone else. He noticed Katie and Monique were on either side of James on the couch and worried that the same thing was happening here. "Evening."
"Good evening," replied Lucius.
"Hey," replied James
Scorpius nodded
"Hi Tom," replied both Monique and Katie, each getting up to give him a kiss.
Surprised he said, "You know you don't have to do that, girls. A hello is just fine with me."
They looked at him with big eyes, obviously worried.
"Here, let's all sit down," he motioned to the couches and the girls sat with James again.
"I wanted to let you know that Sandra will be coming to stay here with you girls."
Everyone nodded but Harry focused on Monique and Katie. "I also wanted to talk to you both… It's really important to me that the three of you take care of yourselves. I want you to support each other. Do you think you can do that?"
"Yes."
"Yes."
"I'm going to see about having a healer come here every day, someone that you can talk to about what you've been through and how you can learn to recover. I want you to be able to stand on your own. Do you understand?"
They both nodded but Monique asked, "Are you mad at us?"
"No, Monique, I'm not mad at any of you. I just want to make sure that I do my best to help you. After this is all over … you'll need to be able to take care of yourselves. And I just want to make sure that you're never taken advantage of again."
"But why can't we stay with you?" asked Katie, but she was looking at James.
James' eyes widened and he suddenly understood why his Dad was doing this. If all of these girls depended on them then they would never be able to live a normal life and he didn't think Kristine would appreciate having several other witches living with them. "Oh Katie, I wish it were that simple, but my Dad's right. You need to be able to stand on your own, to be able to take care of yourself."
She nodded but there were tears in her eyes so he pulled her in for a hug. "I'm going to help you though, as much as I can, until you're ready, OK?"
This time when she nodded, she looked much happier.
"Monique?" asked Harry.
"If it's what you want… then I'll try my best."
"It is. Thank you," said Harry, opening his arms.
She launched herself into his arms and squeezed him hard, making him chuckle.
"Now, I have to run out for a bit but when I come back I'm going to have a surprise for you three girls… a good surprise."
They looked at him hesitantly and he added, "I promise, it will be a good surprise."
They nodded and he said, "James, I told Sandra you would pick her up and bring her back here… do you mind doing that while I go run out and get the girls their surprises?"
"Sure, Dad."
Harry noticed Scorpius hadn't said much since he got there, in fact he looked pretty miserable. "Scorpius, would you mind coming with me, I might need the extra hands?"
At first it looked like he was going to resist but he reluctantly nodded and stood, "Sure."
"Great. Alright, we'll be back in a few hours," said Harry, leaving the room and exiting the Mansion with Scorpius. "So I need to use a computer with access to the internet… we can either go to the Ministry or my house."
Scorpius nodded, not really caring.
Harry scrutinized him and thought maybe it would do them all some good to go to his house. He just hoped Ginny wouldn't mind… "Let's go to my house… or I guess it's really just Gin's now…" he grabbed hold of Scorpius' arm and apparated to the front door, quickly knocking on it.
Scorpius raised his eyebrow at him but he just shrugged in response.
A minute later Ginny opened the door, surprised to see them, "What is it? Did you find her?"
Harry shook his head, "No, sorry, not yet. I just needed to use the computer and I never took it with me. Do you mind?"
Ginny deflated before his eyes and turned away from them, leaving the door open for them to follow. "Do you want some tea?"
"Sure, Mrs. Potter, that would be great," said Scorpius following her into the kitchen.
"I'm just going to head upstairs, I'll be down in a few," said Harry, climbing the stairs.
Scorpius sat down at the table and watched as Ginny made tea, "How have you been?"
She shrugged, "Some days are better than others."
"Yeah."
She heard the anguish in his voice and turned to look at him, "How have you been?"
He shrugged and said, "Honestly, I've been better."
She nodded and sat down at the table with him. "How is the case going?"
"I guess it's going well, I mean we're helping lots of witches…"
"Just not Lily."
"Yeah."
"Do you think you're getting closer?"
Scorpius nodded and said, "Yeah, I do. I'm just tired… it's taking so much longer than I thought it would."
The kettle whistled and Ginny got up to get it and pour their tea. She then brought two steaming cups over to the table before turning back and grabbing a tin of biscuits as well. They sat in silence for several minutes just enjoying their tea and biscuits.
"I really miss her," said Scorpius emotionally.
Gin teared up and said, "I do too."
And before they knew it they were hugging and crying on each other's shoulder. They stayed this way for a long time until Harry entered the kitchen and surprised them, "Everything alright?"
They pulled apart and both wiped their faces, neither willing to look at Harry.
"Yes, fine," said Ginny standing to go make some tea for Harry, "Go ahead and sit down, I'll get you some tea."
Harry nodded and sat down at the table.
"What did you need to use the computer for?"
"Puppies… I needed to find three puppies."
"What?" asked Ginny surprised.
"Puppies?" asked Scorpius, grinning.
Harry smiled and said, "Yeah. We've rescued three girls but they're having a hard time being independent so I thought if I got them each a puppy that they had to be responsible for, that depended on them that it might help them become a bit more independent."
"That's… a really good idea," said Scorpius, smiling.
Harry smiled and said, "I thought so too."
"I'm sure that will help…" replied Ginny. She brought his tea over then sat down at the table again, thinking. "You know… if they have an extra, I wouldn't mind one myself."
"Really? You never wanted a dog before?"
Ginny shrugged and said, "It's kind of lonely here without you and the kids."
"Gin… I'm sorry. If I had known I would have come to visit… I just figured you didn't want to see me again until I found Lily."
Ginny nodded and said, "I'm sorry, you know, for blaming you. I didn't mean it."
"Shh, Gin, it's fine. You don't have to apologize. But we are getting closer."
"Scorpius told me…"
Harry nodded and drank his tea
"Would it be ok… I mean … would you mind if I visited Lily's room?" asked Scorpius.
Ginny and Harry both looked surprised but Ginny slowly nodded and said, "Sure, let me show you up."
Scorpius sighed in relief and said, "Thank you… I just…"
"You don't need to explain Scorpius, I understand," said Ginny comfortingly.
He nodded and followed her out of the room and up the stairs to Lily's room. The door was closed and he watched as Ginny steeled herself before she opened the door for him. She paused in the doorway, scanning the room before she quickly turned and said, "I'll leave you to it."
He watched her as she went back downstairs before he went into the room, closing the door behind him. He took in all of Lily's things as he walked around the room, touching trinkets and stuffed animals as he went, before he sat down on her bed and put his face in his hands, unable to stop the tears from falling. Merlin, he missed her. He grabbed one of her pillows and smelled it, surprised to get a whiff of her shampoo, then looked to the nightstand and found her lipgloss, which he remembered tasted like peaches. He picked up the lipgloss and put it in his pocket, as a reminder of her. He needed to remember why he was doing all this… needed to have hope that in the end he would find her. He looked around some more before leaving, closing the door behind him. He felt much better when he returned to the kitchen.
"Ready to go?" asked Harry.
"Yes."
Harry stood and put his cup of tea in the sink, "Alright then let's head out. I told the breeder I would be there at 8PM."
"It's only 6:30?" said Scorpius.
"They're an hour ahead though."
"Where are we going?"
"Germany."
"Germany?"
"Yes. That's where the puppies are."
"Are there no puppies in England?" asked Scorpius amused.
Harry shook his head, "There are, but not these ones."
"Okay…"
Harry chuckled and said, "Come on, you'll see soon enough. Gin, if I can get one for you I'll bring it back tonight. OK?"
"Sure, Harry."
"Thanks again Mrs. Potter."
"Ginny, Scorpius, please. And you don't need to thank me," she said, pulling him in for a hug.
"Thank you… Ginny," he said, hugging her tight.
"We'll see her soon," she whispered.
"We will," he replied before he pulled away and followed Harry out of the house.
"Ready to head to Germany?" Harry asked standing in front of the house.
"Sure, why not," replied Scorpius, smiling.
"Hang on," said Harry, pulling Scorpius into apparition.
They landed on a gravel road, outside what looked like a farm house and Harry motioned towards the door, with the porch light on. Harry knocked on the door and they waited...
"Harry!" said a big burly man, gripping Harry's hand hard to shake it.
"Good to see you Damian, this is Scorpius, my daughter's boyfriend."
Damian turned and shook Scorpius' hand then moved out of the way to let them in the house. "I was surprised to hear from you, Harry. I take it you finally convinced your wife to let you get a dog?"
Harry laughed and said, "It's a long story but I actually need four puppies, if you have them?"
"Four? Are you sure, that'll be a handful!"
"I'm sure. I need one each for four girls."
"Alright. I actually have eight that are weaned, so you can take your pick of them. I have buyers lined up but I have another litter that'll be ready in two weeks. Come on I'll bring you to see them."
They followed him through the house to the back, where they found two mothers and more puppies than either of them had ever seen in one place. Harry smiled wide and Scorpius chuckled, "The girls are going to love them."
"Yes, they will," said Harry, stepping over the baby gate and sitting down on the floor, where he was immediately overrun with adorable Rottweiler puppies. Harry laughed and played with them happily. "Scorpius, come in here and help me pick four of them."
Scorpius hesitated to make sure it was ok with Damian, but he motioned him forward happily. "Go ahead, son." So Scorpius stepped over the baby gate and found a place to sit next to Harry. He was soon overrun with puppies himself and couldn't stop himself from laughing. "Look at all of you… you're so adorable, aren't you?"
Harry raised his eyebrow at him
"What? They are adorable," scoffed Scorpius
"Yes, they definitely are. Now, how are we going to pick just four of you?" said Harry, picking the biggest one up and holding it up over his head.
"That's Bruno, he's the biggest but also the most relaxed," said Damian.
Harry smiled and said, "Alright, Bruno, how would you like to come home with me?"
Bruno squirmed in Harry's arms and Harry smiled, "I'll take that as a yes, then."
Scorpius snorted and Harry glared at him, "What? Think you can do better?"
Scorpius nodded and said, "I think we should take this one," motioning to the one curled up in his lap.
Damian chuckled and said, "That's Princess."
Harry laughed, "Nice name Damian."
"I know right? My daughter insisted. But honestly what Dad can say no to their daughter?"
Harry sobered and said, "Too true."
"Alright, it's your turn again," said Scorpius trying to change the subject.
Harry nodded and looked around at the puppies again before he picked up the smallest one and held her up, "How about you girl?"
The puppy tried to lick his face but he was too far away so she settled for his hand, licking it several times. Harry chuckled and looked to Damian, "What's her name?"
"Elsa."
"Elsa?"
"Yeah, don't ask. There's this damn movie my wife let the kids see… main character's name is Elsa. I cringe every time I hear the movie playing… just be glad your girl is too old to be interested."
"Alright then. Bruno and Elsa are my picks. Scorpius, one more for you."
Scorpius looked around and saw one of the puppies climbing all over the others trying to get to the food bowl. He smiled and grabbed him, pulling him onto his lap next to Princess, "Hey there little guy."
The puppy looked up at Scorpius, tilting his head to the side, as if he was sizing Scorpius up.
"That's King… because he always climbs on top of everything, like he's the king looking down."
"King, huh. That suits him well. OK, that's Princess and King for me."
Harry and Scorpius both stood, holding one puppy under each arm. Harry handed his puppies to Damian before climbing over the gate again but Scorpius stopped and held the puppies down to their mother, "Say bye to Mama."
Their mother licked their faces and then Scorpius moved and handed the puppies to Damian before climbing over the gate again.
"That was nice of you," said Harry, deciding he should do the same with his puppies. Scorpius shook his head as he watched Harry climb back over, hold the puppies down to their mother and then come back and climb over again.
"Alright Damian, what do I owe you?"
"Don't worry about it Harry."
"Oh no, absolutely not. You said you had buyers line up, how much do they pay?"
"But I don't know them like I know you Harry. It's a business deal."
"Exactly. How much do they pay?"
"5,000 Euros."
Harry whistled and said, "Each?"
"Yes."
"Now I understand why you do this," he said, as he pulled out his credit card. "I assume you take credit cards?"
"Yes, of course. Are you sure you won't let me at least give you a discount?"
"No discounts. 20,000 Euros is what I'm paying."
"Well, thank you, Harry. I'm happy to do business with you."
Harry nodded and said, "Do you think you could give me some food for them, just enough to last until I can get to the store tomorrow?"
"Don't you worry, I have a whole packet of stuff I'll send home with you for them."
"Great, thanks."
A half hour later, Harry and Scorpius exited the house, four puppies in tow as well as two bags each full of stuff for the puppies.
"I had no idea dogs needed so much stuff," said Scorpius, trying to keep the bags on his shoulders as the puppies ran in completely opposite directions, tangling their leashes.
"Me neither," said Harry, struggling with Bruno, who had decided he didn't want to walk and was stubbornly sitting down on the grass. "Come on Bruno, come on," he said, tugging on his leash. Having no luck he moved to pick him up just as one of the bags fell in front of his face. "Bloody hell," cursed Harry, finally deciding to drop the bags on the ground. Then he picked Bruno up and held him in his arms, "Stubborn little thing, aren't you?"
Scorpius laughed in the background, having managed to get his puppies in order.
"Now, Elsa, where are you?" said Harry, looking down. He found her curled up, asleep, right behind his legs. "Merlin's pants, you two are a lot of work, you know that?"
Harry bended awkwardly, picking Elsa up as best he could with one hand and pulled her up under his arm. "There, now we're ready to go."
"You're forgetting the bags," snickered Scorpius.
Harry groaned and said, "I'll come back for them."
Scorpius laughed loudly and Harry huffed before he disapparated. By the time Scorpius apparated to the front yard of the Mansion Harry had called a house elf to hold the puppies while he went back to get the bags. Scorpius shook his head and started walking to the front door, deciding he would wait for Harry there. He then sat down on the front stairs and played with the puppies.
Several minutes later Harry approached, "Having fun?"
Scorpius grinned and said, "Yeah, they're great."
"They are. I met Damian years ago at some Ministry function and he told me about his side business. I was so excited I made Ginny come with me to his house to see them, but she didn't want a dog at the time, the kids were still young and she had her hands full. I understood but I always knew someday…somehow I would get myself one of his dogs."
Scorpius nodded and said, "Well, now you have four."
Harry shook his head, "No, three of these are for the girls and the other is for Gin. Maybe when this is all over, I'll get myself one."
Scorpius stood and said, "I bet Lily would like one too…"
"Then we'll get her one," said Harry, "Should we go in and surprise the girls?"
"Sure."
They entered the Mansion, each holding the puppies under their arms as they learned the dogs didn't quite understand how to walk on a leash. They quietly made their way to the living room, figuring that's where everyone would be. They were right.
"Oh my!" gasped Sandra.
"Look at how cute they are!" squealed Monique.
"They're precious!" said Katie happily.
Harry smiled and asked, "Do you like your surprise?"
All three of their eyes widened.
"You got them for us?" asked Sandra, surprised.
"Yes. I got you each one."
The girls were still surprised and stood a few feet away as if they couldn't believe him.
"Who's the fourth one for, Dad?" asked James smiling.
"Your Mother."
James frowned and said, "But Mom always said she didn't want a dog."
"I know. She's changed her mind and you're going to bring it to her. Tonight."
James grinned and said, "Sure, Dad."
Harry smiled and put the dogs down on the floor, motioning for Scorpius to do the same and then they each sat down on the floor with them. "Come on girls, come here and sit down. You need to pick which one you're going to keep."
The girls hesitantly came forward and sat down on the floor, making a circle around the puppies. One by one they slowly reached out to the puppies and began playing with them.
"What's this? I leave the room for 10 minutes and I come back to a zoo?" said Lucius standing in the doorway.
James laughed and said, "This is my Dad's surprise."
Lucius walked forward and peered over the group, looking at the puppies in the center. "What are they?"
Scorpius, Harry and James laughed loudly.
"They're puppies Grandfather, surely you know that."
Lucius huffed indignantly and said, "Yes, Scorpius, thank you for that brilliant deduction. I meant what breed are they? I assume they're purebred?"
Harry rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, Lucius, but that doesn't matter. I know the person that breeds them and I thought the breed would be a good fit for the girls. They're Rottweiler's."
Lucius nodded and took a seat on the couch, far away from the puppies, making everyone smile.
Harry noticed the girls each had one in their lap and asked, "Have you made your picks?"
All three girls smiled and nodded.
Harry smiled, picked the remaining puppy up and said, "Well King, it looks like you're going home to Gin. Here you go James."
James came over and took the puppy from his father and said, "Hey pup, Mum is going to love you. And Lily too when she gets home. Just you wait."
"There's a bag of stuff for each of them, make sure you bring one," said Harry as James walked out of the living room.
"Got it," he called before they heard the door close.
"Now, girls, I need you each to take care of your puppy. It's going to be your responsibility to make sure they are fed every day, that they go outside to the bathroom every few hours. You need to play with them and love them. Do you think you can do that?"
The three girls looked to each other, then down at their puppies and then back to Harry, resolve set on each of their faces.
"Yes," they replied in unison.
"Good. One more thing… I want you to each sleep in your own room with them. You can let them sleep on your bed if you want but this will help them bond to you. Let them know that you two are a pair. Do you think you can do that?"
"Ok," said Monique and Katie.
"I'll try," said Sandra.
"Great. Now, go find their bags in the hallway. Tomorrow we'll all go to the store and get them some food. There should be enough for breakfast in the bags."
The girls smiled and got up to go look for the bags, each stopping to kiss Harry in thanks as they passed by.
He blushed before standing and running his hand through his hair.
"That was very nice of you," said Lucius.
Harry shrugged and moved to sit in a chair.
"You should have seen how many puppies they had Grandfather. They were everywhere," said Scorpius happily.
"Let me guess… you're going to get one now?"
Scorpius shook his head and said, "No, I'm going to wait and get one with Lily."
Lucius nodded and said, "I'm sure she'll like that."
