Godfather and Godson

by Mark Ward1

Sirius Black was always said to be a playboy. What if he taught his godson a bit of his trade. A more mature and savvy boy-who-lived heads off to Hogwarts for his fourth year. (Harry X Multi, Lemons)

9. Nine

Interlude – Sirius's adventure Pt. 2

Picking his way carefully and making sure not to step on any tails or paws, Sirius had no idea how these creatures would react to him after he was apart from them for decades on end.

Just as he was halfway through the throng, one of the Cerberus stirred.

Freezing in place, the wizard did his best to try and hold his breath, and stay as still as possible with not even a muscle moving an inch. Counting the seconds in his head, once he reached 100, he slowly turned to the one that stirred in its sleep, and thankfully it was back to snoozing.

Letting out a deep breath he did not even know he was holding back, Sirius wiped away at the sweat on his forehead and continued on his way.

However, unknown to him was that the Cerberus he imaged went back to sleep, actually opened one of its eyes, and stared at his receding back.

Wishing that he could somehow just run up to his target, the more rational and survivalist part of him kept a more cooler head. He made sure to keep on repeating 'slow and steady wins that race,' like it was a mantra.

It was one of Lily's favorite muggle quotes to James, him, and even Lupin at times when she wanted them to slow down and think through things when they come up with some of their more foolhardy and crazy plans.

Just thinking about it got a smile on his face, and his rattled nerves and beating heart started to slow down. Now that he was three quarters of the way there and could make out his quarry much clearer, there was a bit of spring in his steps.

However, suddenly he heard a bark coming from behind him and could feel the hot breath of something very big beating against his back and neck.

Slowly, ever so slowly, Sirius turned around until he was face to face with three giant heads that stared at him with slightly tilted heads.

"FUCK," the wizard wore as he spun on his feet and started to run like hell.

The giant three-headed dog did not seem to want to lose track of him, so it gave chase while each of its steps sent mini earthquakes along the ground almost making Sirius fall onto the ground in a heap.

Sirius did not even dare to look back as all the yapping and barking was a good enough indication that the creature was still on his tail. From all around, he could see that the other Cerberus were walking up from their naps thanks to all the noises he good friend was making.

Sirius knew that he was in a real pickle, and as if that thought made the universe want to prove him even more wrong the Cerberus chasing him tried to lap him up. If he was thinking it through straight then the thing tried to just lick him, but he knew that couldn't be right.

Whatever the creature was trying, he did not want to find out, now it was time to transform and try to get out of here. He would have to find some other way to get these winged serpent's men out of his property.

Leaping underneath a paw that tried to squish him in his opinion, Sirius suddenly went from a man to a great black hound.

The giant three-headed dog looked around in confusion as a low whine echoed from all three of its throats. Pausing, Sirius gave the Cerberus a second look while in his dog form, somehow it kind of looked familiar.

Shaking his in his dog form which was more of a waggle, Sirius banished the thought, there was no way this murdering creature was familiar, he had to be losing his marbles. What he needed to do was get out of here before any of them could sniff him out, Cerberus had a very good scene of smell and their nose could catch just about anything- even a wizard pretending to be a regular dog.

Without any notice, a loud yawn echoed in the chamber sending waves of bellowing air through all the tunnels and caverns. Even some of the lava flowing down the walls and in the chamber started to warm up.

Looking up from the place he was hiding in, Sirius saw that the giant mount started to move until six eyes popped open. Coming up to its full height, the biggest Cerberus among them all stood tall with three different crowns on each head and its eyes resting on the previously rampaging Cerberus.

"Muderbeast," a clearly feminine voice spoke from the center head, "what are you doing running about like an idiot?"

"Muderbeast?" Sirius repeated to himself as he stared at the cowering three-headed dog with an unreadable expression.

"Do you have anything to say for yourself, boy?" the head on the right asked as this time a clearly male voice spoke up.

Giving a low whine, the previously obnoxious dog tried to hide its heads as best it could while all its siblings looked on.

Before the three clearly leader Cerberus could speak up again, Sirius stepped out as he transformed back to his human form. "Great Begetters," the wizard called out as he respectfully bowed to the crowned Cerberus. Every head in the place turned to him, and if he wasn't a more braver man then he would have been wallowing in fear and terror.

"Please do not blame Muderbeast for this, all this racket was my fault and the blame of waking you up from your slumber lays at my feet."

Abruptly the third head on the left came a bit closer to him as it stretched its neck and took a whiff of him sending a small tornado at him. "You are a Black," it stated in a genderless voice.

"Yes," Sirius answered, "I am Sirius Black the new head of the family!"

"What are you doing sulking about?" the head on the right growled as it eyes narrowed on the wizard.

Clearing his throat awkwardly, Sirius answered reluctantly, "I feared how you would react after not seeing a member of my family for years."

Snoring as a small bellow of wind swept through the chamber, the feminine head stated, "We are firm in our alliance with your family, boy, it is an insult for you to doubt us like that!"

"I did not mean that, and you have my deepest for the misunderstanding. I know that you, Cerberus, Masters of the Nether have been steadfast in their support of my family," Sirius declared. "But I just did not know how you would react to me, in particular."

"Yes, the wayward son," the head on the left uttered, "I remember you well, now. Both of your mother and grandfather spoke of you very often."

"I hope all good things," Sirius joked, however, he knew how nervous he was as he gave a weak smile.

"Your mother, not so much," the genderless voice answered, "but your grandfather, mmm, he saw you as a great change for your family, but he never knew whether it would be good or bad. So tell me, what would it be?"

Staring up at the Cerberus with a solid set of eyes, he answered with a shrug, "I do not know."

Abruptly they heard the low howl of some bestial creature from deep within the tunnels and the shouts of countless men. Turning back to the giant Cerberus, Sirius announced, "Oh, did I forget to mention, that your territory is being invaded by winged serpents men."

"Woohoo," Sirius shouted from on the back of Murderbeast as if he was a cowboy back in the wild west. He charged ahead with countless giant three-headed dogs besides as they run up the tunnels, and it wasn't only the Cerberus he ran with. Countless different magical canine creatures also appeared out of the alcoves and tunnels from Blink Dogs who teleported in and out, to two-headed Hell Hounds who spewed out lava, Frenzy dog who seem to be covered in blood and with madness in their eyes, and Shadow Mastiff who staked out of the deep corners and shadow, plus Death Dogs who spread death and decay in their wake.

Finally, they all came upon the Malfoy men who looked shell shocked at the stamped of a myriad of magical creatures. None of them really had a chance as they were all bulldozed over and torn into when they fell.

"Lupin," Sirius shouted as he spotted his friends form on the ground. He looked to be in some very bad shape as there were deep gashed all over his body, his wolf mane was caked in blood all over from his enemies and himself, and he panting in and out on the ground.

Taking his wand out of his holster, Sirius cast a levitating spell on his wounded friend and brought him over to him. Slowly resting him on Murderbeast's back, he whispered to him in low comforting tones, "Rest, buddy, rest. You did an excellent job."

Nodding his head and closing his eyes, the werewolf slowly transformed back into a man, and his enhanced werewolf healing came into effect and his wounds slowly started to knit together.

Seeing that his companion would recover, Sirius turned back to the battlefield, he could see that the Malfoy men were already broken and had started to scatter. Victory was at hand!

However as if the universe wanted to prove him wrong again, Sirius heard some hissing coming from the tunnels and whoever was making them was approaching very fast. Then suddenly from out of one of the burrows, a giant snake's head appeared, then its body which was glistening green and black scales, finally its massive bat-like wings that stretched out. And it wasn't alone!

More of these Winged Serpent creatures appeared from the tunnels with riders on their heads until he counted a good twenty.

Cursing under his breath, deep down Sirius knew that this would happen, there was no way Lucius Malfoy would have sent his family's men here without the proper backup- whatever sort of asshole he was.

"Come on boy," Sirius growled as he patted the Cerberus he was riding, "let's set these snakes a lesson they will never forget."

Already the wizarding foot soldiers and the wizard knights riding on the backs of the Winged Serpent were getting back into order as they formed a proper line and held off the magical creatures.

However there was no way Sirius would allow that, whistling out loud to get the other Cerberus attention all he needed to do was make the proper gestures and they were behind him. Then without further ado, he charged as he let out a loud howl quite similar to that of a mad dog.

One of the wizarding knights must have spotting him gleaming in his green and black armor made of the same hide as the creature he rode. Stepping up, the serpent knight was ready to face him with wand in hand and his mount hissing green acid.

Snorting in contempt, Sirius focused on the spot right behind the wizard knight and suddenly apparate right there. Startled, the Bannerman had no time to react at all as Sirius launched a ray of very dark scorching flames at him.

Armor kicking into gear, his shielding came to life as it took the brunt of the spell, as for the rest, the man bore through the flames thanks to his strict training and scrap of magical resistance.

However the magical armor was totally toast as it was burnt in places and scorched all over.

Murderbeast too took advantage of their surprise attack as it tore into the winged serpent with its sharp, gleaming claw raking a whole gorge across its body and spilling its blood in fountains. Shrieking in pain the winged serpent went into a blind rage as it lashed out with its tail and smacked against the three-headed dog's body

Taking a tooth for tooth, the giant dog jumped at the snake and tore into its neck with all three heads.

Crying out shrilly the snake went mad as it began to start spitting acid at the giant dog, however Sirius quickly came to the rescue as he threw up a shield to protect his buddy.

But that was a mistake, a real big mistake as the knight sent a glob of acid of his own at the shield, caused it to shimmer and wain as the poison ate away at it.

Now they were at a stand still with the Cerberus holding on tight on the snake's neck, Sirius holding up the shield, the wizard knight casting endless acid bolts, and the Winged serpent spraying its own. Whoever gave in first was obviously the one to lose the battle and their life.

Abruptly one of the Cerberus head unclamped itself off the snake's neck then a pitch dark ball of flames gathered in its mouth. Then without further ado, it launched the attack in a wide beam at its enemy which encompassed the whole of the Winged serpent's head and its rider.

As the volatile attack slowly disappeared and the smoke was cleared all that was left were absolutely nothing whether it be of the wizard knight or the creature's head. Seeing no point in grabbing on, the other two heads let go of the serpent's neck and let its body drop to the floor.

Letting the shield drop, Sirius let out a long sigh of relief, it seems like he would live for another day. Slowly patted the Cerberus neck, Sirius looked around the battlefield, it would seem like the Malfoy men were overwhelmed even with their back up.

He could spot countless men laying about unmoving with some creatures already picking at their corpses. He could also see that the Winged Serpents where all dead as the Cerberus handled them by themselves.

However that did not mean his forces did not take any losses, there where an untold amount of more magical canine creaturs that were lying either dead, dying, or slowly bleeding on the floor.

Taking it all in, it sort of reminded him of days long past he would have wished he had forgotten about long ago. Jumping off his mount he gave it a pat again and let it have at the corpse of the Winged serpent it was drooling over.

Before he knew it, the Crowned Cerberus appeared in the battle field surveying everything with a keen eyes like a Monarch would have its domain.

"We could have sued your help," Sirius called out as he made his way over to the giant thing. From the corner of his eye, he could still spot the three downed Cerberus who laid there in a puddle of liquified flesh as the acid dripped down their ruined bodies.

Even if the losses of Cerberus where minimum compared to the rest of the other magical creatures, it still cut him deeply. Unlike the other magical canines his family has- who can produce countless litters for them, a Cerberus is rarely born every few decades.

"We would have loved to tear apart those little serpents," right head answered as the bloodlust was clear in its eyes. "But it was better for our children to bloody themselves against the spawn of Nāgas . We can not always be by their side."

Deep down Sirius knew that they were right and a very cold rational part of him knew it was best to test their metal now when the odds were stacking in their favor. However he still saw all the losses they suffered, and knew that if he/she/it stepped forward it would have all been over in a blink of an eye.

Ruthlessly putting down his dissatisfaction, Sirius announced, "Well I best be going now, but I will be back."

"Before you do," the central head called out, "here." Out of the blue, a pitch-black fang appeared right in the air before the wizard, picking it out of the air, Sirius turned it his hands.

He knew what this was, the first tooth, the item that would give him complete command of all creatures tied to his bloodline.

Nodding its head, Sirius swallowed it one gulp, he ate much worse in Azkaban so this was nothing. Then shaking his head like a dog, his eyes momentarily went pitch dark and back to normal.

SPeaking up, the head on the left stated, "We will see you soon I believe, Lord Black."

Turning around, Sirius still did not know how he felt about that title, but said nothing about it. Looking over he saw that his friend was already moving about as best he could but he had a serious limp in his leg.

Running up to him, he grabbed him before he fell headfisrt onto the ground and pulled up to his feet. "Hey, come on. I know I am the reckless one here, but you? I sure as hell never expect that coming from you."

Chuckling the werewolf immensely broke into fits of coughing, patting him on the back to ease his pain, Sirius reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a green vial. "Here," he said as he offered up the healing potion.

Taking it, the wizard quickly gulped it down in one motion and instantly his cheeks started to gain a red healthy glow. "Thanks," he breathed out as he started to stand on his own.

"You would think holding off a small army would be easy," he joked as he started to do some stretches.

"Would you look at that," Sirius laughed uproariously, "Lupin making jokes."

"Yeah, yeah," the werewolf waved off, "what do you think happens if you spent years with two jokers."

"I guess you are right," the Black family head noted as he smacked his friend on the back, "we were a great influence after all."

"You tell yourself that," Lupin stated. Gazing around and seeing all the death around, he shook his head to himself, "Let's go, don't we have other places to be."

"Yeah," the animagus said as he gazed the battle scene one more look and turned away from it. War, it truly is a pointless thing.

"Hey, Muderbeast," he called out before he apparated out of here. He still could not believe how big the thing had grown up, he remembered coming here with his father and brother and seeing how small it was as a pup.

Turning its head towards him as blood spilled down its muzzle, Sirius shook his head to himself. "I will be seeing you later, you little monster."

With that, they were both gone.

Suddenly appearing at his family's Black Host fortress, his jaws nearly dropped at what he saw.

Interlude – Sirius's adventure Pt. 3

"So where to next?" Lupin asked as he summed himself a new pair of clothing since his own was torn apart and matted with blood.

Turning around and giving his friend some privacy, Sirius answered, "It is to the Black Fortress where my family's army- the Black Host is posted to guard the Doom Pits. I will need to start rousing them up for the coming war!"

"Well then we best be going then," the werewolf stated as he finished putting on the last article of clothing.

Turning around, the wizard nodded his head in agreement, and they both apparated out of there in two silent pops.

Before they knew it they were in a landscape that made the volcanic area they were at before picturesque. Dark misty clouds swallowed the whole of the land in a tight grip, with red lightning flashing across the heavens, the land itself was dead or dying as if the life has been sucked from it even with the snow that littered the ground.

In the distance was a dark towering mountain with jagged rocks sticking out like spikes and on it was an evil foreboding fortress that stood serving the whole of the land.

However that was not what caught Sirius's attention, no it was obviously the giant Three-legged Crows in the sky and Winged serpent that were attacking the fortress.

"What the fuck is going on?" Lupin asked no one in particular as they watched this massive battle unfolding right before their eyes. On the defending side

"Those are Mort men," Sirius noted with narrowed eyes, he knew those banners better than anyone with the large green M and the twin crow perched on it.

"What the hell are they doing here?" the werewolf asked as gazed at the battlefield in wide wonder.

"They are here to contend for my family's holding and assets just like Cissy," Sirius simply answered as he wasn't really paying any attention to his friend.

His gaze was now focused on his family's army defense which was clearly going poorly, it seems like they never recovered just like the Potter family Griffin Legion with nobody at the helm or more accurately no sane person leading them.

If the two invading armies weren't fighting each other as much as they were his family's army then the fortress might have fallen a long time ago.

"Why? How? What?" Lupin tried to word out but couldn't find the correct words at all.

Understanding what he was trying to get at, Sirius stated, "Bellatrix, Cissy, and Dromeda weren't the only cousins I have. Amaryllis was another, and last I heard she is head of the Mort family after her husband, the old head of the house died under suspicious circumstances."

"So just like Narcissa, she wants to claim your family."

"Yep, exactly," Sirius nodded, "If my family was good for anything, then it is producing cutthroat and scheming women."

"I wonder how you even survived living with them under the same roof," Lupin wondered out loud.

Chuckling, Sirius shook his head, "That is exactly why I ran away from home. I was surrounded by she-devils constantly!"

"Well Andromeda turned out all right," Lupin tried to comfort.

"Yeah," Sirius said as his eyes clearly told he did not think so. "Be that as it may, we still have to go up there," he pointed towards the fort, "and make sure that the defense stands still."

"Of course you would say that," Lupin muttered.

Turning to face his friend tried to argue, "We need to do this, I can not afford to lose the manor because it really isn't worth it, however, if the fortress falls we lose the Black Host a pivotal piece in the coming war."

"I know," Lupin said as he held his hand up, "You know I am always with you. But..."

"But what?" Sirius pumped for.

"If you lose your life here in this battle, who would take care of Harry?"

"He isn't that same little kid anymore we amused when he was one year old," Sirius stated. "He is an adult, I can see that now."

"I guess you are right," Lupin sighed as his shoulder slumped a bit, "this world has made him grow up much faster than he should have."

"Yes," Sirius agreed, "and I guess I will have to make sure that nothing happens to me so that I can see him again."

"Alright," Lupin said, "What is the plan?"

Putting his finger to his mouth, Sirius whistled out loud as the sound of it echoed in the area then suddenly two large great big mastiff the size of men appeared from the shadow.

It seems like his control of all his family's creatures are truly absolute. Now he could summon them with ease!

Giving his bosom companion a grin as he hopped on the shadow mastiff back, he answered, "Well first we need to get into the fortress!"

Traveling through the chaotic battlefield, both wizards passed by the command tents set up, the supplies ready at hand for a long siege, the magic cannons firing at the fortress, the fresh soldiers ready to set forth at any given moment, and the bloodthirsty family magical beasts gathered up.

Both of them shared the same thoughts as they passed by the overwhelming force set right outside the fortress. They were fucked!

Finally, they reached the foot of the mountain and spring out of the shadows. Jumping off the Shadow Mastiff, Sirius turned to look up the mountain which at this close distance felt like it would swallow him and the sky.

"Now how do you plan to get up there?" Lupin asked. "We sure as hell can't apparate since I can already feel the wards put up, and there has to be countless traps laid out along the path, plus we would be running into a whole lot of soldiers."

"Who said anything about climbing up the mountain the old fashion way?" Sirius replied with a question of his own, sarcastically. He eyes were darting around the landscape until he spotted what he was looking for something.

"There it is," he exclaimed as he made his way over to a spot on the ground with intricate designs.

"Is that what I think it is?" Lupin asked once he saw his friend wipe all the snow and dirt off the outline.

"Yep," Sirius answered as he stood in the middle of the circle along with Lupin, "It is a Jump Disk." Then just as he said it, he pressed down on a spot and they were both off into the air in a single push.

While Lupin screamed all the way up, Sirius on the other hand just laughed like a mad man. Before they knew it they were high up into the sky nearly reaching the dark clouds, then started to slow down when they crescendo over the fortress. With the magic of the disk at work, they smoothly touched down on the ground in the courtyard of the fortress without a single injury.

Immediately countless soldiers took notice of them and started to point wands, gauntlets, magical swords, and other magical items at them.

"Woah, woah, woah," Sirius said as he held out his hands in surrounded, "we come in peace, gents!" Lupin on the other hand bent over and retched up all his breakfast on to the stone floor.

Walking down the planks was a older gentleman, balding in the head, dressed in military regalia of black, the color of his family, with a sash around his shoulder, and countless badges on his chest. At his hip was a sabre encrusted with tahitian pearls and black opals.

As he came up to Sirius, twirling his mustache and his honor guard at his side, he came to a stop right before them and peered down at them with a sneer. "Who are you, and state your business quickly before I have you killed on the spot."

"What?" Sirius asked as he matched his sneer inch for inch with the man. He knew how best to deal with his family's men and you can not give them an inch or they take it for weakness. And weakness can never be shown before dogs!

"Do you not recognize your liege lord, my fine man?" Sirius inquired with an attitude that looked as if he expected the man to get to bowing right away and scraping before him.

Once he did not see the man react, he pressed in an endless barrage, "Tell me who are you? What is your rank? Where is your superior officer? I think they would need to discipline you, if can not do a simple thing such as bowing before your lord!"

"I recognize you now," the man said as he pointed his finger at the wizard. Then collecting himself and his haughty leaked through. "If you are wondering, I am the General of the Black Host, the supreme leader of this army. And you must be Sirius Black, the wayward son. Heh!"

"The supreme leader of this army, you said?" Sirius asked as his eyes bore into the man even Lupin who gathered himself up took a step back when he sensed his friend's mood. It was never good to be around a mad Black, even Sirius.

"You must think very highly of yourself if you think you can usurp the position of your Master."

"You think I would follow you whatever you think," the man asked, curled his lips. "You are a disgrace who ran away from your line. There would be no way I would ever accept you as my liege and lord!"

When coming to do this small tour, Sirus knew that this might be a problem, but he would be damned if he would allow it. "So," he asked with a barking laugh, "are you going to lead you, Great General!"

Puffing himself the idiot did not even realize he stepped on a landmine and answered arrogantly, "Yes! I will beat back these attackers and restore this family to its former glory."

"Ha ha ha, HA HA HA,"

Laughing piercingly a loud harsh laugh, deep dark shadows started to form against the walls with figures of large giant three-headed dogs and countless other canine creatures.

The soldiers that stood around soon became uneasy as the shadows seem to be coming to life. An oppressive atmosphere build in the area until suddenly Sirus broke of and turned to face the General.

However he did not look at him with human eyes but ones that were pitch black from iris to Sclera with blood red slits in the center. They seem to be just like the eyes of the Cerberus.

"You know I find it funny whenever upstart think that they can lead us to a brighter future," Sirius stated in a barking laugh. Then in a blink of an eye before the man could even react, he was upon him and swung low at the General's gut.

Bending over the man broke into fits of coughing, but Sirius gave him no chance as he grabbed him but the scruff of the neck and lifted him up. "I might have believed that if there weren't two FUCKING armies at our doorstep!"

Chocking as the man tried to pry away at Sirius's hands, the Black family head shook him as if he was a ragdoll and asked. "Now, where was that self styled importance, huh?"

All the man could do was stay there as the wizard held him in a vise grip.

Sneering in contempt, Sirius finally let the man drop to the ground, then waved his hands at him, black chains appeared without the use of any wand and wrapped around the General.

"Take him to the dungeons, I will decide a proper punishment for him later," Sirius declared. Then when nobody moved an inch, he turned to the crowd at large and shouted, "NOW!"

Immediately two men stepped forward and took the ex-general in hand and hauled him off.

"Now," he said as he took charge of the situation, "who is next in command? Step forward!"

Without a word, a man who seem to be quite young for his rank stepped forward, "That would be me, Sir! Colonel Michal at your service."

"Now?" Sirius asked, "I do not need to take proper actions against you, do I?

"NO, SIR! If you would excuse my pardon, General Aemin was always an incompetent, arrogant ass who only got his rank and title because of some connections."

Chuckling slightly, Sirius acknowledged, "then it would seem that we will not be having any problems with each other. Now, give me an assessment of the situation."

"Yes, Sir," the Colonel replied as he followed behind Sirius like a dutiful soldier.

"So our defense is in shambles," Sirius concluded. Right now they stood inside the command center and the Colonel was reviewing and going over everything for him.

"Yes, Sir," the man reluctantly answered.

Rubbing the bridge of his nose, the wizard sighed as he slumped in his chair. Reaching out, Lupin comforted him with a nod and a pat, "You can always abandon this fort."

"No offense, mister," the Colonel as if he looked abhorrent of just the thought of it, "the Black family has held this fortress for over thousands of years. There is no way we would abandon it."

"He is right, Lupin," Sirius said, "We must defend this place to the last man, and we have to also keep to our duties and continue to guard the Doom Pits so nothing gets out."

"What the answer then?" the werewolf asked, "just get overrun?"

"No," Sirius said as he rubbed his chin, "there is still an option left."

"You don't mean that, Sir?" the officer inquired with a slight raise of his eyebrow.

"What are you even talking about?" Lupin grilled for as he wasn't following anymore.

Ignoring his friend for the moment, Sirius announced, "bring up the wardstone."

Nodding his head in signal, the support personal got to work, and promptly a giant stone of pitch-black appeared from out of the floor, floating in the air without any support.

Walking up to it, Sirius rested his hands on it and closed his eyes to focus.

"What is he doing?" Lupin turned to asked the Colonel.

"Look outside," the man said as he pointed to the balcony. Glancing between the two of them, Lupin mumbled under his breath then just followed his direction.

Strolling over to the balcony, he could suddenly feel the wind picking up, and then it began to howl. Looking up at the sky, the dark sky from before was replaced with a bleeding red sun, and the landscape that was worse before now became hellish as the earth split as lava spewed.

Peering down at the two armies camped below who were going absolutely mad, he could see a black shimmering light surrounding all of them, from the soldiers on the ground to those in the sky and every opposing magical beast.

Then in a flash that nearly blinded him, they were all gone, supplies equipment and all. Nothing was left at all, and the landscape when back to his gloomy dark setting.

"What the hell just happened?" Lupin asked no one in particular.

However, someone did answer for him, "It was called Abyss Switch," the Colonel answered.

"Abyss what?"

"Abyss Switch," the man repeated as he stared off into the empty clearing, "they were all sent to Hell."

"Hell?" the werewolf repeated again as he wasn't following.

"Yes, this place is connected to the realm of the damned thanks to that Pit we guard. Consequently, the barriers between the mortal realm and the demon realm is very weak here. Thus a Black from long ago came up with this spell to send whoever dares to invade this fort to the Inferno."

Appearing outside a dark tower that stretched high into the heaven in a dark mountain, at the height of it was a flaming eye that took in the whole of the surrounding. This was going to be their last stop along their journey.

They visited all the other properties of his family, and he could only say a few remain still. Most where taken by either one family or the other. The other were being fought over, some were ruins, and others were long cleared out with nothing left inside of them of worth.

"Are you still mad about what happened?" Sirius asked his near brother, who was off on the side grumbling under his breath. He knew well when Lupin was angry.

"Yes," the werewolf growled, "death would have been better then what you have done to them."

"You know that was not an option," Sirius stated. "Anyways, they knew what they were walking into or had some idea. There have been legends and rumors surrounding the Black Fortress for centuries on end. All who dare to approach, would enter the fiery depth of Hel!"

"Yeah, but to just press the trigger like that..."

"No," Sirius said with a shake of his head, "my cousins knew better than anyone that it was not a joke or a fairy tale. I take some of the blame, and I will live with it, but it was on them for sacrificing their men like that."

"Will we be expecting any bullshit from your family's Wizarding tower?" Lupin asked as he decided to just change the topic.

"I guess we will have to find out," the wizard answered with a shrug as they marched to the tower.

Interlude – Remus's Fight

Walking into the tower, Sirius threw up some lights for them as he sent some small spheres of white light up into the ceiling.

"This place kind of seems abandoned," Lupin noted as he stared off into the quiet empty hallways that led off deeper into the building.

"I can see that clearly," the wizard noted as he too glanced about, "still let's check it out and see that we do not miss anybody."

"Sure," the werewolf replied with a shrug. With that, they both cross the threshold they walked around in and went deeper inside to explore further.

Foremost what they noticed was how god damn big the place was with nearly an infinite amount of floors that contained classrooms, laboratories, research centers, living corridors, workstations, testing sites, factories, foundries, and the list just went on and on.

Then there were all the wards put up, it was like everyone was hiding a secret but since this was the repository of all researching going on in his family's name he could understand that. However it took forever taking down all of the protections to get anywhere around here.

After that, there were all the traps and guardians littered throughout the place. Even he who had an overriding position and absolute control in the tower had some close shaves with traps malfunction long ago, constructs that were haywire, and magical beasts and plants that went wild over the years.

Still after all the effort that they went through, they were back at the front entrance with nothing to tell for.

Speaking exactly just the thought he was thinking, Lupin voiced, "Well it looks like we came up short. No one is here at all."

"I know that," the wizard growled in frustration, "this would have been so much easier if the Tower Spirit responded."

"Yeah, well that is just are luck," the werewolf stated with a shrug. "You want to head out now or are you going to make us do a second search? Because if so, I am totally not in. A single run-in with an Adamantine Golem is more than enough for a whole lifetime!"

"Shhh," Sirius mouth as he put a finger to his lips to silence his friend.

Marching over companion, Lupin whispered to him in confusion, "What is it one of those Dreadskulls or those Deathstalker?" Lupin asked in a whisper. At this point, he had too many run-ins with all the fucking shit that the Blacks set up inside the tower, too much!

"No," Sirius answered, "did you see that shimmer on the wall?" he asked as he pointed to just another plain black wall like all the others.

"I don't think," Lupin answered. Then giving his friend a scrutinizing look, he inquired in a soft tone, "Do you think that maybe you are still under the effects of the Hallucinogens Blossom?"

"What? No," Sirius quickly waved away, then promptly he walked over to the wall he pointed at and started to feel around it.

Immediately, Lupin shouted, "NO!" as he imagined that his friend just walked into a trap. However, when his hand just went through the wall he came to a pause.

"AHA!" Sirius exclaimed, "it was just an illusion."

"Wait," Lupin called out, as he wanted to take this slowly and very carefully, but Sirius was already stepping through. With a sigh, the werewolf followed after him, all the while grumbling under his breath. Stepping right after, he saw a long, slim corridor that lead downward like a slide.

Taking it slowly he advanced through and finally came out the other way, and instantly he was horrified at what he saw. Before him were long rows of liquid vats that glowed an eerie green in the dark chamber and in them were horrifying monstrosities.

However, what sickened him to his very core was that they were all humans or had been at one point. And he just couldn't get out the horror-filled and terrified expression on their faces.

Taking it all in, Lupin finally spotted his friend who stood rigidly in front of it all. Walking up to him as he couldn't take his eyes off what he saw, and he asked him, "Who could do this all, Sirius?"

"Let's find out," the wizard answered as he indicated with his head towards a room up ahead were a bunch of noises and lights were coming from.

Proceeding side by side, they came up to the entry and walking into a sight that sickened even more. Inside was a short man with a grey balding head and sharp-pointed features. He wore a white lab coat that was stained with some blood and beside him strapped to a table was what used to be a man.

It was as tall as two men stuck together, with purple bloated skin, a disproportionate body, and was moaning loudly as the man cut it up.

It was one thing to see the aftermath of a horrifying, inhuman experiment but to see it right up close and with your own eyes.

In a spitting rage, Sirius had his wand out and was instantly throwing out spells.

By some luck which wasn't deserved the evil magical scientist leaned over just as Sirius's spell struck right at where his head used to be. However, he did not get away scot-free as the aftereffects of spell ricochet on to him.

Flying through the air, the man landed in a heap and remained unmoving as a statue. Prowling up to him, Sirius didn't notice it when the experiment got up from its table unbound thanks to his spell.

"Sirius!" Lupin called out in a panic as the monstrosity was quickly upon the wizard in a few strides.

Turning around, Sirius's eyes widened as the giant fist of the monstrosity came swinging at him like a baseball bat. The new Black family head only had time to react as he threw up a shield.

Even so, all that did was prevent him from being a mess on the walls as the fist broke through the shield like it was nothing then send him flying into the air. Landing against the opposite wall with a loud crack as spider length fissures run along the wall, Sirius dropped to the floor in a flop.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck," Lupin cursed, he knew his friend was down for the count in the fight and didn't have any time to check up on him to assess his situation since he monstrosity turned its eyes on him.

Remus knew even if he did transform into his werewolf state that would be a great big mistake. He knew he could not match this thing strength for strength and doubted he could keep his rationality in that state. The best plan of action would be best to widdle at it from a far with spells.

Dodging a fist that came at him from above, Remus cast a Haste spell on himself to quicken his steps then used Bark Skin followed by Iron Bones, and threw up five shields one after the other on top each other. With that, he might at least survive one attack from it.

Jumping back from another blow, Remus threw four fireballs at it in quick succession and they swallowed the thing in a fiery explosion. However, when the dust cleared he saw that it was unfazed as its skin remained unblemished.

"Come on," Lupin growled. Not only was this thing very strong, but it had very high magic resistance, that would just be his fucking luck. Cursing again, Lupin knew that his options were now limited.

Unlike Sirius and James, who had a bunch of spells at hand thanks to their families. He only had what he learned from Hogwarts which didn't really include very powerful secret spells, and the stuff he picked up throughout the years.

What made him a dangerous wizard was what cursed him as well, and now that was off the table. Still he might be able to pull something off.

"Hey ugly," he taunted getting the thing's attention, "come catch me if you can," he called out as he ran out of the room. If he was going to pull it off he was going to need a wide space and to be far away from his helpless mate.

Not needing to be told twice the giant monstrosity quickly gave chase and walked right into Lupin's trap.

All over in the air where giant lances of ice, and there weren't just one or two of them, no there were dozens upon dozen all pointed right at the thing. Smiling at the creature, a wolfish smile Remus waved his wand at the purple monstrosity and the lanced headed for it t breakneck speed.

If he won't be able to widdle it down then he would overpower it with one of his best combos.

Impacting against the thing, Remus wasn't finished at all as he summoned a whirlwind inside the chamber causing some of the vats to left up into the air. The ice lances on the other hand broke down into tiny splinters and started to spin around in the air just as he wanted.

Rotating around the monstrosity the ice started to do its job and slice apart the thing. Before long it shall be ribbons, however, when the wind settled, Remus's eyes nearly popped out as the thing stood alive and well.

It was bloody and a ruin of a mess as deep gashed ran across its body, but it was still alive. Quickly he spotted it skin slowly knitting together, and cursed under his breath. It had fucking enhanced regeneration on top of everything else!

Roaring out loud a rage full sound, the monstrosity stared at him with bloodshot eyes as they clearly promised pain. Reacting only on instinct, Remus dodged to the side as the thing came barreling into him like a freight train.

Getting up he saw the thing shake its head as a pillar fell in its wake. Seeing that pillar, suddenly Remus had an idea. Ducking under another blow, Remus cast a Grease spell under the creature's feet causing it to slide and fall into another pillar.

Sending out two Bombarda at a pillar, he watched as two more pillars collapse until only one more was left. Then as he saw the thing trying to get up, he threw a Quicksand spell underneath it, causing it to be stuck in the ground.

"Bye, bye," the werewolf waved to the creature as he cast a Grease spell right before himself and then used a Zephyr Dash on himself as he speeded of like a lightning bolt to the hallway beyond. And he made sure to throw the final Bombarda at the last pillar and then the chamber collapsed.

Coughing and spitting as the dust below into the hallway and got into his mouth and eyes, Remus made his way back into the experiment room. Straight away he spotted his old buddy still laying on the ground.

Shaking him, Sirius groggily got up, and saw his friend's face up above, "What did I miss?"

Shaking his head to himself, the werewolf simply answered, "Not much!"

"Good," the wizard coughed out as he got on his knees and took out a healing potion.

Gulping it down in one gulp, he spun around to face the room and asked, "Now where is that bastard! Oh, I am going to enjoy tearing him limp from limp."

Helping him got up to his feet, Lupin too looked around for the older man's prone form, however, he did not spot anything but a ruined mess. "He was just here, I swear!" the werewolf stated once he couldn't spot a whiff of him.

"No," the black family head said, as he made do on his own as he walked over to a secret door. "He must have gotten away while I was down and you were doing whatever."

"Fuck," Remus swore as he looked into the deep tunnel that must lead off into the mountains. "He must be far away by now."

"That doesn't matter," Sirius growled, "We will give chase. No matter what I will have his head on a spike!"

"Hey," Remus said as he glanced over at his mate, "He must be long gone by now, and even if he wasn't he should be far far away from here."

"I DON'T CARE," the wizard shouted as he punched the wall causing small cracks to run along it. "I can not let him get away for this. This is all my fault!"

"Woah, woah, woah," Lupin said as he held out his hand, "This isn't on you or me, we never even expected to see this when we walked in here."

"I did," Sirius whispered, then turning to look at his friend head-on, he growled, "I knew that Human experimentation would be the least of what my family would do for power!"

Sighing exasperatedly, the werewolf slowly patted his friend on the back, "Listen. Forget what your family did in the past and look at the now and here. You are now the new head honcho, the guy who runs the show just think about what you would do in the future."

"I would first burn this tower to the ground," Sirius answered as he seem to settle down.

"Well that is a bit much," Remus tried to talk his friend out of, "but what about we settle on burning this hidden floor."

"Alright, I can accept that!"

Walking out of the tower side by side with the rays of the evening sunshine settling down on them, suddenly a small exploding rocked the tower as smoke billowed out of the ground floor. Immediately alarm bells blared from it as the tower defenses went into overdrive.

"Well that was an adventure," Remus voiced as he gazed over the setting sun.

Falling back to his old self, Sirius asked, "Let's do it again some time? What do you say to that?"

"I would say," Remus began with, "fuck you," as he stuck out his middle finger.

Laughing out loud, Sirius remarked, "you say that right now, but you will be right beside us for the next adventure."

"I hate you so much for being right," Lupin stated as he cracked a smile. "I am beat, so I am heading home."

"Got lessons for the little squirt," Sirius announced as he was clearly talking about Harry

"Good luck on that," Lupin said as he gave him a wave and disappeared with an inaudible pop.

Checking his watch, Sirius saw he had enough time to do one final visit before he had to be there for his godson's training. With another pop, he too was gone from the dark mountain.

Once again walking down the halls of his family's ancestral home, Sirius came up to the wall with the countless portraits of Black family members of old.

"What are you doing back here?" Walburga Black growled towards her son.

"I just came here to tell you all a few things," he answered while not giving the woman even a glance her way.

"So how are the estate and holdings doing?" Arcturus Black, his grandfather asked.

"I have some in hand," he replied, "others have been taken by the Malfoy and Mort."

"WHAT!" Elladora Blac shouted as her eyes nearly popped over.

"Yes, dear old Cissy and Amary couldn't wait to get their hands on everything when you died," he stated as he finally gave his mother a glance who had the audacity to be shocked.

"Those unfilial vixens," one portrait shouted.

"How could they go against their own family," another called out.

"We should collect are dowry right now!"

"SHUT UP," a voice shouted above all the noise, then everyone turned to face Phineas Black, the old headmaster of Hogwarts. "How, boy? How did they pass through all the defenses that Blacks have been building on for centuries."

"Why don't you ask, mommie dearest," the wizard replied with a smirk as this time everyone turned to face her.

"You FOOL," Arcturus Black shouted in a spitting rage as he run into her portrait with his walking stick held high. It really was a sight watching a grown woman be disciplined at her age by her father.

"Is the Black Host, the Hunting Grounds, and the Dark Tower still in our hands? That is really all that matters," Phineas Black asked as his arrogant facade broke a bit as worry leaked through his tone.

Nodding his head in answer, everyone released a sigh of relief, "Good, if we have those we can always rebuild and counter-attack," the old Headmaster stated. "Now all you need to worry about is fathering a new heir and getting your name cleared."

"I agree with you on your second point," Sirius declared, "however on the first... Yeah, it isn't going to happen."

"What you have a problem with doing that, we all know what a womanizer you are, I am sure you already have a few bastards running about," Walburga stated in a snort as she did her best to try to sit on her chair but really couldn't.

Giving a weak chuckle as his mind recalled a certain tough blonde hair, he got back on track, "Yea, I am not sure somebody would want my criminal self. Even so, I am Blood-Adopting a new son."

"You mean that Potter boy?" Phineas asked as he quickly understood he was talking about. "He might have some of our blood in him, but he is a Potter through and through. He would be changing our family into Light, the second he becomes Lord!"

"No he won't be doing that," Sirius said with a shake of his head, "I would be doing that, myself!"

"What did I tell you!" Walburga exclaimed as she pointed her finger at her son in triumph.

"We have kept to the Dark side ever since the creation of this family!" one voice shouted as everyone broke into chaos again.

"You want to break heritage," another shouted.

"Yeah, well I don't give a shit what you old bastards and bitches think," Sirius declared out loud with a sneer which got them all silent. "I am here just to tell you that as only a courtesy. This family is in for a whole lot of change, you better expect it! Because screaming or shouting, I am now Lord Black!"

Chapter 40: Reunion

"Did you make sure to pack everything that you would need?" Sirius asked as he stood right outside his door in the Potter Manor.

"Yep," Harry answered as he watched his two maids get ready his duffle bag.

"You sure," his godfather rephrased, "the World Cup is a week long sporting event."

"Yeah, I am sure," he said as he grabbed his bag from them. "I think that is more than enough underwear for a week," he stated to them. Just then from his open balcony that let out towards the Roost, a tiny fluffy creature flew in.

"Aaa, you little monster, how did you get down from all the way up there?" he asked as he came over to the Micro Griffin and started to scratch behind its ear.

Crooning softly in his hand, he nearly missed it when Rem asked, "Are you sure Master?"

"Yeah, yeah," he said as he threw the little monster a treat. He knew this little bugger very well, it always snuck into the castle to find him. Rolling over as it let him tickle its belly, he finally let go, and spoke to it, "You better be going before Tobry finds you here."

Giving an angry chirp as it remembered that big meany, it gave him a playful nip and took off into the air. Harry feared for the little house-elf, as he watched the minute like griffin zoom to the Roost, that one day this little monster would call its buddy down on him.

Turning back to his maid, he gave her one of those pats on the head that she liked so much. "You two take care now. I will see you in a week!"

"Okay," the blue-haired maid replied sweetly like a cute kitten. If his godfather wasn't standing right before him he would have torn into like the evil beast he was, but he held himself back.

"You too, Ram," he added with a waved to the pink-haired maid who stared fixedly at him.

Getting no response from her, he just shrugged his shoulders and headed out right behind his godfather's heels. Coming to the living room, Harry was surprised to see who was there standing there and taking in the castle's wonderful interior design.

"Tonks?" Harry called out as he couldn't believe she had come. "I didn't expect you to be here," he stated exactly his thoughts.

"Don't think too much on it," the brand new Auror replied as she seemed distant from him. "Mother forced me to come here to keep an eye on the two of you. Plus to get out some more as she put," she voiced the last sentence in a grumble.

"Well, it good to see you," Harry said with a grin. Then using some of the new tricks he learned over the last few months, he telepathically whispered to her so that his godfather couldn't catch a whiff of what was going on between them, "I have missed you greatly."

Quickly hiding her surprise, the witch gave him a punch beyond the Sirius's view and growled to him, "Shut it!"

"It is good to see that the two of you are getting along," Sirius voiced as he made his way over to them. He was now back in his Yankee form with blond hair, blue eyes, and a stocky frame. They both knew the story that they would be going with, Sirius, or Andrew Goldhound in this case is an old family friend who he got to know very well over the summer.

"Yeah," Harry said as he gave a smile with double meanings, "we are getting along very well. If fact what do you say Sirius if we shared enchanted tents to get to know each other much better?"

"Sounds good to me," Sirius replied, as he rested his hands on both of their shoulders. Harry could see how much she wanted to argue against this, till the man added, "We are all family here right!?"

"Yep, the best of family members," Harry said as he gave the plucky witch a wink.

"Now come on," the older wizard said as he gave them a smack on the back. "Fun and excitement await us."

Appearing out of thin air, the three of them stood outside the premises of a wide open field, Harry could see countless people in the air with brooms, flying carpets, and other strange contraptions.

Making their way to the front gate where a wizard sat there slumped in his chair, bored as he picked at his nails. He took notice of them, and greeted them with his complementary, "Hello and Welcome to the 422nd edition of the World Cup, hosted by yours truly, Magical Great Britain. What can I do for you today?"

Smiling, Sirius asked with, "Do they make you do that for ever single body? That has to be a mouthful."

"It all part of the job," the young man answered with a helpless shrug. "Entry would be 10 Sickles a person."

"Here," Sirius said as he passed him three Galleons.

"Aaa, you paid me an extra Galleon," the wizard noted.

"Keep it and the extra change," Sirius said as he stopped him from reaching into his cash box. "We are looking for our reservation. Could you help with that?"

"Yeah, let me see," the man said as he pocketed the money and pulled out a list of all reservations. "Name on the reservation?" he asked.

"Goldhound."

"Goldhound... Goldhound, yeas, Goldhound. Your spot will be on field 22."

"Thank you," the older man said as they walked through the gate. Immediately when they trudged into the misty field of the campsite, Harry was blown away by all that he saw.

In long rows were a myriad of different tents. Most looked almost ordinary; their owners clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, bellpulls, or weather vanes.

However, those that were much worse where those who were so obviously magical that even an idiot could spot it. Halfway up the field stood an extravagant confection of striped silk like a miniature palace, with several live peacocks tethered at the entrance.

A little farther on they passed a tent that had three floors and several turrets; and a short way beyond that was a tent that had a front garden attached, complete with birdbath, sundial, and fountain.

From there it just became much more wilder as there were mini castles about here and there, Wizarding towers spewing out magic from over head. Witch cottages with strange lights going on inside them, and even more wilder things

"Always the same," Sirius said with a silent shake of his head. "We can not resist showing off when we get together. Ah, here we are here."

Ahead was a large plot of large marked Goldhound with plenty of room to set up any sort of strange and wonderful structure. However, right now there were only two large tents set up on the place and just as they made it over the hill Remus walked out of one of the tents with a mug in hand.

"I see that you have made it safe and sound, huh?" Remus asked as they trudged over to him.

"Yep," Sirius said as two men slapped hands together, "thanks for holding the fort."

"No problem," the werewolf replied and just then somebody else walked out of the tent.

Glancing over Harry met eye to eye with the young woman who had to be only a few years older than Tonks. She had the same light brown hair as Remus in a short crup fashion. She was wearing ripped jeans, a simple white shirt, and with multiple arm bands on her wrists. Her eyes were a sharp green that kind of reminded him of a wolf, with pale smooth skin, lush lips, lean athletic figure, and calloused hands.

He could seem the woodsy scents from her as he caught pine needles and green shrubs, he guessed she must be an outdoorsy kind of person.

Seeing the confusion and unrecognized look on his face, Remus put in, "Oh, yes, you have never meet. Harry meet my baby sister, D-..."

"Daisy?!" Tonks cut in as she ran up to the woman who now that he put them side to side looked as if they were the siblings then Remus and her.

Embracing her, Harry watched as the Metamorphmagus hair turned a light brown and her grey eyes became a dark green.

"Hey are you doing little one?" the young woman asked as she patted the witch on the head. Harry was surprised when he noticed how meek Tonks was, the Auror was anything but submissive, maybe except for in the bed, but nevertheless, it came to him as a shock as he watched her nuzzled her head against the woman's shoulder.

"You know each other?" Remus asked as he looked between the two of them.

"You can say that," the plucky witch answered as she broke away from her hug and finally took notice where she was as she blushed a deep crimson and pulled her hair behind her ear as it turned back to its usual bubble gum pink.

"We were in the same house, and as her senior, I looked after this baby crier."

"Hey, I was no baby crier," the plucky witch muttered as he didn't know it was possible for someone to blush even deeper than she was.

Coming to her rescue like the gentlemen he was, Harry held out his hand for the woman and greeted, "Remus might have said who I was, but I find it best to always introduce yourself. Harry, Harry Potter."

"Daisy Lupin," the woman replied as she shook his hand.

"A nice grip you have," he noted as he felt like she had a wolf paw wrapped around his hand.

"Oh, sorry," the witch said as she tried to let go of him quickly. "I forget how weak wizards can be."

"Hh-ho," Harry laughed as he refused to let go then returned the hard shake as he put a bit of his enhanced strength he gained from all the Legendary magical creatures. "You will soon out that some of us are not that weak," he said as though her comment was about the male side of magic users.

"Andrew..." Sirius tried to began, but the woman cut him off.

"I know it is you, Sirius, I can smell your scent for miles away and Remus already told me everything."

Laughing, Sirius smacked her companionly, "It good to see you, Daisy."

"Been keeping my brother safe?" she asked with a grin.

"Hey, I am the one who does that," Remus cut in, then in a mutter he added, "and who is older here?!"

"Yeah," Sirius answered with a shrug, "just saved his ass, yesterday from something nasty."

Giving his friend a disbelieving look, the werewolf was stuck for words as he clearly couldn't believe the words coming out of the man's mouth.

"Thanks," the witch said, and just as they getting into things a group came over the rise.

Glancing over at them the only words that came to his mind was a group of hooligans. They had cut shirts, ripped jeans, all kind of hip accessories, chains and piercing, and everything else to show how tough and rowdy they were.

"Hey, bossman," one of the delinquents called out in greeting.

"Are these your friends?" Remus slowly asked as glanced over the group.

"Who is talking to you, you packless Omega?" the kid mouthed off.

"AJ," Daisy simply said, which immediately shut the kid up. "This is my brother, so show some respect."

"Sorry Bossman, I had no idea," the delinquent said as he held his hands out in surrender.

Turning back to them, the young woman spoke to them at large, "Well it seems like I best be going since my group is here."

"You take care, okay," Remus said as he was the first to step forward, "and make sure to owl."

"I will bro."

"Same here," Sirius proclaimed as he comforted his friend with a clap.

"Are you sure about this?" Tonks whispered as she gave the group of delinquent a glance.

"Don't worry, they are as tame as pups before me," the woman comforted. "Don't worry I will be here for the World Cup so you will see me around."

"Okay," Tonks said as she gave a weak smile in answer.

"It was great to meet you," Harry said as he hooked her hand once again, but this time in farewell.

"You too Potter," the woman said with a smile. Then turning around and heading out with her friends, for a moment Harry swore instead of humans, he saw a group of bestial wolves heading down the small rise.

Quickly shaking his head, he assumed that he must be just seeing things. Anyways besides World Cup, he came for something else, to reunite with his friends.

"Well I am heading out," Harry said as he turned to the two older adults.

"Yeah, go ahead," Sirius said with a wave.

Shaking himself, Harry was both glad and disappointed with how careless the man was, turning to face the newly minted Auror, he asked as he held out his hand for her. "You want to come with?"

"No," she snarled at him and for a moment he imagined that she was going to eat his face. "I got other things to do," she concluded with as she stalked away.

"Okay," Harry said with a shrug as for the hundredth time he asked himself was going on with her.

"See you both later," Harry waved at them as he head on.

"Make sure to be careful," Remus said ever the worrywart in the group, but if he wasn't, then they would have jumped off a bridge, long ago.

"Live life to the fullest, pup," Sirius contradicted.

Heading back to the campsite at large, he made his way slowly through the rows, staring around. It only just dawned on Harry how many witches and wizards there must be around in the world; he had never really thought much about those in other countries.

Passing by some Americans Harry glanced over at them, then he saw some European men speaking other languages. Then there were the people wearing long pieces of white robes and turbans who must have come from the middle east. Then there were those from all over Africa with dark, brown, and olive skin wearing a myriad of different clothing.

He saw some men from Russia as that had on winter clothing even in this late summer morning. Then Indian folk, pacific islanders from all over, people from a bunch of different Latin American countries, Austrians with their weird English accent, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and the list just went on and on.

Harry was just blown away with it all! All these people from all over the globe, he wondered what kind of lives they lived, what kind of tales they had to tell.

Finally, he spotted a spot with a Wezzly sign on it, at first he thought it was another group's spot, but then he saw all the red heads milling about in the place.

Walking over, the first person to notice him was Bill the oldest Weasley now that he was up close to him he noticed that the guy was only a few inches taller than him then the whole feet he had on him last they met.

"Harry, is that you?" the young man asked as he dropped what he was doing and walked over to him.

"I hope so," Harry answered with a grin as they shook hands.

Then the twins stuck their hands out of their tents as they must have heard their older brother and shouted, "Hey, Harry is here!"

Running up to him as they pushed it each other, Fred or was it George, shook his hand next. "Look at you mate, you really have grown tall," he observed as he measured height with him and they came out to be the same.

"And he might have surpassed us in looks, brother," the twin joked as they greeted each other.

"Your right, he might take all the ladies for himself," Fred said as he sized him up like they were rivals, and yes, Fred, he was 90% it was him.

"It good to see you two, you jokers," he expressed.

"Great to see you again," Charles Weasley voiced as they greeted each other. He might have been the shortest Weasley amount the older bunch, but he was a lot more stocky then them all.

Suddenly from out of the tent came out the one person he knew well, Ron, just looking at him really put into perspective how much he has grown. He did grow quite a bit but he still did look like a child compared to him.

"Hey, Ron!"

"Is that you, Harry?" the redhead asked as he narrowed his eyes at him in suspicion.

"Yeah," George cut in, "what happen to you Ickle Ronnikins?"

"Still a baby, huh?" the other twin asked.

"I...I-" with any more words, he ran back into his tent, fleeing in embarrassment.

"Did you have to do that?" Bill demanded with a raised eyebrow while Charlie shook his head besides.

Finally the last Weasley appeared, the only girl among the lot of them, Ginevra Weasley. Catching a glance of him, the younger girl asked, "H-Harry?" as her cheeks went as red as her hair.

"Hey, Ginny," he waved at her, but it seem before he knew it she was running back into her tent.

"Hey, it isn't our fault that they are shy maidens," George stated, breaking the silence.

"Especially Ickle Ronnikins," Fred voiced with a sad shake of his head, "you would think after long years being around Harry he would get used to him."

"Yea, couldn't agree with you anymore, dear brother."

"Harry, look at you," Arthur Weasley interrupted the twin's commentary, "you really have grown."

"Thanks, Mr. Weasley," he said with a nod.

"Does everyone have to mention that?" George asked out loud.

"Yea, you are making the man feel very uncomfortable," Fred added with a nod.

Ignoring them, Mr. Weasley asked, "who did you come with, son?"

"A family friend," Harry replied back with his rehearsed answer. Looking around the campsite, he asked, "Do you know where Hermione is?"

"Aaa, look at him looking for his first conquest," Fred elbowed his brother.

"and his best friend no less," George stated with a shake of his head, "what a player!" he added with pure worship in his tone.

"She went with her girl friends from the same house," Bill helpful answered, and Harry just knew he was in on the joke as he gave him a wink.

Chapter 41: Girl Feud

Walking through the campsite by himself, here and there Harry met familiar faces from Hogwarts.

Oliver Wood, the old captain of Harry's Quidditch team, who had just left Hogwarts, dragged him over to his parents' tent to introduce him, and told him excitedly that he had just been signed to the Puddlemere United reserve team.

Next, he was hailed by Dean Thomas, a fellow Gryffindor in the same year as him, and he could have sworn he spotted the Crabble and Goyle, and where ever those two idiots are then their master isn't far behind.

A little farther down, he saw Cho Chang, a very pretty girl who played the same position as him on the Ravenclaw team. She waved and smiled at Harry playfully, and he returned the gesture which surprised her when she did not get the blushing mess he used to be.

Finally, at long last, he spotted that familiar brown bussy hair he could spot from a mile away. Strolling over he saw that she was hanging out with fellow Gryffindors from the same year.

"Hey guys," he called out as he made his way over to the fire that the witches sat around it in a small circle.

Turning up to look at him, he saw all the expressions that Hermione's face went through from confusion to shock, then suspicion and back to shock.

"Is that you, Harry?" one of the witches perked up. She had long blonde hair in curlys, large green eyes, pale silky skin, and a round sweet face. She stood at 5 ft 5 inches, with large bosoms that had to be an E-cup at the very least, with wide hips and curvy frame.

"In the flesh," Harry replied as he spread his hands wide, "how have you been doing, Lavender?"

"I am doing good," she answered as she eyed him up and down, and bit her lips when she took him in.

"Hey Harry," Sally Smith waved to him shyly. She was a shorter, petite kind of girl with light blonde hair braided, and brown soft eyes. She had a rounder face with a bit of baby fat, pale smooth skin, an arched eyebrow, and a snub nose.

"Hey, how is your brother?" he asked as he remembered the sulky Hufflepuff in the same year as him.

"He is doing fine," she answered as he could see the onslaught of a blush creeping in for keeping a conversation with him this long.

"Wow, you really got a lot taller," Fay Dunbar noted. She was a much taller girl nearing his height with brown hair that reached to her shoulder blades. She had sharp blue eyes, a long face with sharp features, a straight nose, full red lips, a toned athletic figure with all the right curves, and large breasts that fit perfectly.

"Thanks," Harry said with a grin, "now I guess you can call me short stuff anymore."

Giving him a wink, she stated, "you sure as hell ain't that anymore!"

"Is that really you?" Hermione asked as she got out of her dazed state.

"Yeah, did you expect someone else?" he joked.

Seeing that she wasn't biting, he comforted, "You could say, I hit a growth spurt doing the summer."

"I hope in all the right place, mmm," Lavender Brown mused to herself, but he was able to catch it with his enhanced hearing.

Horny teenagers, he thought with a shake of his head, but then he released he too was a horny teenager! Nevertheless, he won't be denying any time that he did not appreciate their attention.

Just then from out of one of the tents a young woman walked out, she looked like an exact copy of Lavender but much older with a few inches of height, a much more mature face that brought out her beauty really well, and an amazing F-cup size bust.

"Hey girls," the young woman waved at them with a wave, "having fun?" Then she noticed the extra figure, namely him, and asked, "And who is this cutey?"

From the expression on all the girls' faces, it remembered him of angry cats that had their toys stolen from. He really would have been surprised if they started spitting and hissing like ones!

"Sis," Lavender whined just like any younger sibling would.

"Aaa, don't worry," she said unabashedly, "I would only steal him for a short bit so that I can make him ready for you."

Unable to hold himself back, Harry broke into laughter, coming here was so worth his time. Offering his hand for her, he stated, "I would assume you are Lavender's older sister."

Shaking his hand and holding it a bit too long than necessary, "Well, would you look at that smart and handsome, what a wonderful combination," she joked and could have sworn she flashed her cleavage just for him.

"Yes, I am her older sis, Lily Brown."

"Really!" Harry said.

"What rings any bells?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Its the name of his mother," Hermione added.

Recognition blossoming on her face, she pointed her finger at him and exclaimed, "Your Harry Potter!"

"Yep," he said with a shrug.

"You have no idea how much my sister talks about you," she giggled.

"Sis," Lavender once again whined as this time she hide her face to hide her embarrassment.

That got a good laugh out of everyone and laughter broke all around in the circle.

"You guyyys," the blonde hair witch griped.

Then once again, they were interrupted as a very familiar figure came barging in as she shouted, "You little bitch!" like an angry lioness as she had her fist balled into fists.

"Tonks?" Harry asked as he never imagined he would see her with how she was acting around him.

"Harry," the witch also asked as she too looked as shocked as him.

"You know each other?" Lily helpfully cut in.

"Yeah," Harry said with a shrug.

"No," Tonks contradicted.

"Is it yes or no?" Fay slowly asked.

"We are cousins," he said as he pointed between them.

"He is no one of important," the valiant witch stated.

"Wow, why didn't you tell me that you had such a hot cousin?" Lily inquired with a grin as she looked between them.

"Its nothing like that," the witch replied as she turned her head but he could see the blush on her face. Then as if she was remembering something, she turned her glare back on the busty witch and snarled, "You think you could make me forget what I came here for."

"What would that be," the young woman asked as she innocently lashed her eyebrow.

Snarling like an angry beast, Harry wouldn't have known what would have happened if he did not step in between them. "Alright cool it, the both of you."

Ignoring him, the plucky witch spoke over him and barked out, "You think I wouldn't figure out that you told Erin Samael that I was interested in him!"

"Did I?" she asked as she rested her chin on her hand.

"It always you who is meddling in my life! Who else could it be?"

"Alright fine," she said with a sigh, "I might have told Ivy and she must have told Belle and she must have told..."

"I don't care," the Metamorphmagus shouted as her eyes turned an angry red. "You lost any right to involve yourself in my life after what you did!"

"Okay, okay," Harry said as he knew he had to put a stop to this before it became violent.

"Get out of my way," the Auror growled.

"ENOUGH!" Harry shouted which started everyone from side watchers to the two involved.

"You don't know what you are involving yourself in," Tonks barked out.

Lily on the other hand looked close to tears and kept on whispering, "Sorry, sorry, I am sorry."

"Yeah, I might not know what going on here, but it is clear the both of you are not acting like adults!"

"Yea," Hermione nodded as she got up from her log, and made her way over. "Whatever this is I can see it is weighing the both of you."

"Yes, Hermione is right," Harry agreed. "Whatever it takes you are both going to make up and discuss things like grown people."

"That's never happening," Tonks declared as she narrowed her eyes at everyone.

"It is," Harry rumbled as he stood at his full height and matched her glare inch for inch. When she turned around, Harry was quite surprised. He really thought they were going to stay in that position all day until their eyes went dry.

"Why don't we get some water?" Lavender helpfully tried to ease the situation, "we are kind of running out."

"Sure," Harry said with a nod.

With that, they all got up from the fire and headed out only before Lily thew up a ward to protect their stuff and tent.

Spotting a water pump, each person filled up a bucket to carry which the busty witch summoned.

"Isn't that more than enough?" Harry asked as he counted 7 buckets among them.

Sniffing, Lavender replied, "that would barely last us half a day. A woman has needs."

"You mean you will be using all the water," Fay joked.

Shaking his head, Harry spoke to Lily, "alright summon three more."

"It's alright," Lily said with a soft smile, "we can come back for more."

"I can carry two more," Tonks stated.

"I do one more," Fay said with a shrug.

"Who said anything about carrying them all?" Harry asked. "Just do it," Harry said to the busty witch.

Nodding her head, she summoned another 6 buckets. Filling them up, Harry took out his wand only for concealing sake as he lifted them all into the air with his telekinesis.

Taking a sharp intake of breath, Hermione hissed, "That underage magic!"

"Oh, come on, they won't know this place is brimming with magic use," he said with a wave as he indicated all the people doing magic about. Among them were kids his age and even those younger, and he even saw little children with their parents' wands shotting small spews of magic.

Grumbling under breath, Hermione said nothing more since he had a point, but still he knew how much she hated breaking the rules.

"Wow, that is some very fine control," Lily noted, "I would have already spilled all the water if I had to focus all the while."

"I could do more," Harry said with a shrug as they made way for people to draw water and back to their camp.

"Here," Lavender said as she proffered her bucket, "my arms are already getting tired."

"I can lift everyone's bucket with no problem," Harry stated as he took it from her.

"Can you carry mine?" Sally asked in a near whisper.

"Sure," he said. "What about you guys," like a flood gates everyone gave their buckets to him except for the two grown women.

"I can easy lift them," he said to them.

"This is punishment for me," Lily simply answered.

"I have no problem carry this small load," Tonks stated.

Without a word, he lifted the buckets out of their hands and brought them over to his side. "Stop acting like petulant children," he simply voiced as they looked over at him.

With that silence prevailed the group, wanting to break it, he pointed at other kids wearing different kinds of uniforms.

"Hey look at that, kids from other schools!"

"There are other schools besides Hogwarts?" Lavender asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yep, there are a bunch of other premier schools like Hogwarts all over the world in other countries," Hermione answered for him, ever the wise one. "Those kids," she said as she pointed out some Latin American kids, "are from Castelobruxo located in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest. They are a school that mainly focuses on Herbology and Magizoology."

"So schools focus on subjects?" Fay followed up with.

"Yes and no," Harry answered. "Schools like Hogwarts and Mahoutokoro," he said as she pointed to Asian looking kids, "are more general studies."

"Other like Durmstrang," he said as she pointed out European kids, "focus on certain subjects. I know Durmstrang focuses on the Dark Arts."

"I see that you have been doing your readings," Hermione said with a pleased, happy nod.

"Been heading the old reading stacks," he stated with a shrug. "I finally want to take you down from you top position in our year."

"Oh-ho-ho, you want to challenge me, Harry James Potter?"

"There would be no else," he said as he looked her in the eyes.

"You are so on then!" she said as she gave him a challenging grin.

"Could you please stop flirting," Fay asked in an exasperated sigh.

"We were not flirting," Hermione quickly defended herself as a deep blush crept up her face.

"I wouldn't mind flirting with you," Harry voiced as he gave her a wink.

"What about me?" Lavender asked as she shook his hand and gave him a small sad smile.

"You too, sweetheart," he said as he gave her a suggestive eye raise.

"Harry," Hermione shouted in a scandalized voice.

"What sister, you got you turn," Lavender voiced as she turned on the bussy brown hair, "now I want his full attention on me.

And for a moment he swore he also heard another soft, "What about me too?"

Before long they reached their campsite, and Harry set aside the buckets of water for later use. "So," he said as he smacked his hands together, "What do you guys want to do? The game is in 5 days so we have plenty of time to explore and do other stuff."

"There is a bunch of menageries in town," Fay voiced, "seeing a whole lot of magical creatures from around the world sounds fun."

"They got Auctions going on," Lavender said as she clapped her hands and jumped up and down, "there has to be a lot of rare goodies!"

"What about the amusement park?" Sally asked, "they have a lot of fun rides."

"The carnival sounds good," Tonks finally getting in on the conversation, "there is food from every single country there!"

"There are a bunch of rituals going on that we can freely participate in," Lily mused out loud.

"They have interesting seminaries going with a range of topics on magic," Hermione spoke up as she twiddled with her fingers.

"Alright all of them sound like good ideas," Harry declared with finality drawing the ideastorm to a close. "We can do them all if you guys want, but what about the amusement park that Sally pointed out and the carnival so that we can get some grubs. We can do the rest tomorrow and the days after. Sounds like a plan?"

Nodding their heads, everyone was in agreement and they started to head out. Catching up to Lavender, there was one question his mind that kept on bothering him, and if somebody knew or in this case answer his questions it would be her.

"Hey, Lavender."

"Hey, Harry," she greeted back, then in a whisper, she added so as not to be heard by the other girls. "You know in private you can always call me Lav, that sounds a lot more intimate."

"Lav it is then," he said with a nod, anything to make a lady happy.

"Thanks," she said with a sweet smile, "I would love for us to get to know each other much better," she purred to him as she ran her fingers along his hard muscled chest.

"Same here," he nodded as he would love that very much indeed, but he had to focus and ask what he came here for. "I wanted to ask you, Lav what happen between them?"

"Oh, you mean your cousin and my sis?"

"Yea!"

"Well I remember that they used to be best of friends in Hogwarts, like me and Parvati. Ow, how I miss my bestie it would have been so much more fun if she was her, and she would love to get to know you better too."

"Focus lav," he said as he tried to get her back on track, "you said used to be, yeah?"

"Mhm hmm, something happened between them, I don't know. Lily always blamed herself for it, and ever since then they have never been on talking terms."

"Mmm," he mused, then turned back to the blonde witch and smile at her. "Thanks for sharing, it means so much to me."

"Anything you want, dear," she answered with a giggle.

"So it's dear now?" he asked with a single raise of his eyebrow.

"Ow, we are going to be so much more than that," she answered as she wrapped herself around his arm with her soft bosoms pressing against his chest. "Aaa, I so can't wait for the school year to begin."

"What about right now?" he flirted back.

Turning to give the other girls a glance, she turned back to him and answered, "I wish, but I got others who are eyeing me."

Chortling, Harry just couldn't wrap his head around a woman's mind, if he wanted something everyone be damned, he would go for it. Breaking off from him, she went over to chat with the other girls leaving him along.

Suddenly, he was cut short from his wandering thoughts as a voice growled, "You had no right!"

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