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When everyone returned to the suite it was dark and quiet.
"Do you think they went somewhere?" asked Lily.
"Seems like it," replied James, moving to sit on the couch.
Hermione and Draco both frowned. Neither liked not knowing where Harry was or what he was up to.
Daphne moved to the room the trio was last in and said, "Maybe they just didn't hear us enter." She then opened the door, gasped, and quickly closed it, blushing.
"What is it?" asked Draco, already moving towards the bedroom.
Daphne whispered when he was close enough, "They're asleep, Draco."
He frowned and moved around her to open the door, growling at the sight of Harry between Blaise and Luna, all naked and blissfully asleep.
"Draco, what is it?" asked Hermione and he knew he had to act quickly to prevent her from seeing this.
"Don't let her in here," he whispered to Daphne before quickly entering the room and locking the door behind him.
He felt the doorknob turn in his hands and heard, "Draco, open the door! What's going on?"
Draco quickly moved to the bed and shook Harry hard, probably harder than necessary.
He blinked his eyes open and asked, "Draco?"
"Get up and get dressed," he seethed.
"What?" asked Harry, still drowsy.
"Hermione is coming through that door very soon and trust me when I say she does not want to walk in and see what I'm seeing right now. Get up. Get dressed. Or I swear to Merlin Potter I will curse you."
Harry sat up and looked around him to see a very naked Luna and Blaise draped all over him. Nodding, he quickly extracted himself from the bed and began searching for his clothes.
Luna and Blaise stirred as Hermione began yelling through the door, "Draco, you let me in there right now!"
"Oh dear," said Luna.
Draco narrowed his eyes at her and said, "Get dressed. Both of you."
"Draco, don't take it out on them. It's not their fault," said Harry, getting annoyed.
Regardless, both Luna and Blaise began searching for their clothes.
Luna held up her lingerie and said, "This is all I wore."
Draco growled and waved his wand at the skimpy lingerie transfiguring it to a dress.
"Explain to me how helping Blaise ended up with the three of you naked in bed together?"
"Uh," stuttered Harry
"Um," stammered Blaise
"It was my fault, Draco. I knew that I needed them to be completely relaxed and uninhibited, so I seduced them," said Luna matter-of-factly.
Blaise looked down, ashamed.
"Draco, so help me, if you don't open this door right now, I'm going to blast through the wall!" yelled Hermione.
Draco clenched his jaw, waved his wand at the bed, making it, then waved it again making the air smell fresh, before he glared at Harry one last time, "We will talk about this but I'm not going to tell Hermione. Not now at least."
Harry looked relieved and nodded.
Draco turned and opened the door, letting Hermione in as he left the room.
"Draco? Where are you going?" she asked, thoroughly confused.
"For a walk, I'll be back." He snarled as he quickly left the suite.
Hermione turned back to the three occupants in the room and said, "What happened?"
None of them would meet her gaze which immediately had her on edge. "Harry?"
"I should go after him," he said, barely making eye contact as he passed her by.
"Harry!" she shouted as he headed for the suite door, but he didn't stop.
She turned back to Luna and Blaise and said, "Would one of you care to explain what just happened?"
"Nope," said Blaise as he exited the room to get away from her.
"Well, I'm glad to see you're feeling better at least," snapped Hermione to his back.
He stopped, feeling guilty and said, "I'm sorry." He quickly made his way to his room and locked the door behind him.
Hermione huffed then glared at Luna before heading to her own room, slamming the door shut behind her.
Luna came out and Daphne raised her eyebrow at her in question.
"Blaise should be fine now," said Luna in response.
"See this is why I just stick with one or two witches. It's impossible to please everyone," said Sirius breaking the tension.
James snickered and Lily whacked him on the arm in response, "Honestly."
Even Daphne cracked a smile. "Well, I guess it's just us for a bit. Should we go over the plans again?"
….
Harry found Draco sitting by the Black Lake watching the giant squid. He took a seat next to him and waited a few minutes before he finally said, "Hey."
….
"Draco, I'm sorry."
"No, you're not!" snarled Draco furiously
Taken aback Harry stared at him in surprise.
"You're so quick to apologize but you're not actually sorry! Are you?"
Harry opened and closed his mouth several times before he finally said, "I am sorry Draco. For so many things… I'm sorry that I hurt you. I'm sorry that we did this stupid ritual that brought us back in time. I'm sorry that I'm the Alpha and have to force my will on all of you. I'm sorry that I had to make Blaise submit to me today. I'm sorry that I didn't resist Luna, that I let her lead me and Blaise. I'm sorry that I literally can't be faithful to you and Hermione. I'm so very sorry, Draco. You both deserve better."
Draco's shoulder's slumped and he sighed, "Fucking prat. How can I stay mad at you when you just apologized like a sappy Hufflepuff? You're not going to cry on me now, are you?"
Harry chuckled and bumped shoulders with Draco, "Would it help?"
Draco shook his head and sighed again.
"Talk to me, tell me what you're thinking," asked Harry.
"We have to figure this bond out. For whatever stupid idiotic reason, I want to be with you and Hermione. I love you and Hermione. I don't share. I just don't. What's mine is mine. End of story. Hermione and I are both faithful to you. But you're not faithful to us. And that's going to become a problem real fast."
"I don't know how to fix this Draco. We knew the bond might have these types of requirements," said Harry, frustrated.
"Yes, but I didn't think it would bother me!" replied Draco, equally frustrated.
Despite the seriousness of their talk Harry couldn't help but grin and said, "It's cause you like me so much."
Draco huffed and bumped his shoulder against Harry's, "Prat."
Harry smiled as he joined his hand with Draco's.
"We have to talk about this, first me, you and Hermione, then with everyone. You and the others either have to agree to boundaries or Hermione and I need to get comfortable with sharing you. What we're doing now isn't working. Not for me."
"Alright."
…..
"Are you ready for this?" asked Hermione, looking first at Draco and then at Harry.
Harry nodded as did Draco, both too nervous to speak.
"The goblins have told us everyone is present that we invited. All of them."
Draco snorted, "Not like they had a choice, we ordered them as their Head of House."
Daphne moved forward and said, "Remember, don't give them an inch. No matter how many of them are alive now, you're both still the Heads of the family. We won't let any of them leave without vowing to support you and our new alliance."
"And you need to be brutally honest with them, let them know they'll all die unless they make these changes. Be cruel if you have to," added Blaise.
"Everything is going to go exactly as it should," said Luna serenely.
Everyone cracked a smile at that before Harry nodded to Draco and they moved to the doors together. They had decided that only Draco and Harry would stand on the stage and address their family. Daphne said the room setup was like a wedding so that would give some comfort to the others while they waited. Obviously, the Potters weren't usually at the same functions as the Black's and Malfoy's but it was what it was. Harry and Draco waited to begin until their pack sat down as the room quieted soon after they noticed them standing on the stage.
"Good Evening everyone," started Harry.
"Thank you for joining us," finished Draco.
"I'm sure you have a lot of questions and hopefully we will be able to answer all of them tonight. But first let's start with introductions," said Harry.
"My name is Draco Malfoy, Head of House Malfoy."
There was quite a stir but when it settled down Harry added, "And my name is Harry Potter, Head of House Black and House Potter."
There was a bit of an uproar after that.
"That's not possible!" yelled one man
"Over my dead body would the Black and Potter houses be combined under one head!" yelled another.
The Malfoy's were snickering at the Potter's and the Black's arguing.
After several minutes Harry and Draco nodded at each other and together cast a modified silencio on the entire hall. When they were met with silence again, Draco chuckled and said, "I have to admit I didn't think we'd need to cast that quite so soon."
Harry smiled and said to the group, "We'd like to tell you how we ended up here, how all of you are now involved."
"But you need to shut up and listen. Do you think you can do that without a spell?" finished Draco.
Most in the hall were nodding, others were obviously steaming mad, arms crossed but in general they thought the point was made so Harry waved his hand, cancelling the spell. Draco insisted Harry did this on purpose so that he could impress the audience with his wandless, silent magic.
"Now, where were we?" Asked Draco.
"First off let's get the necessities out of the way. Everything that is told to you tonight is told to you as a House secret. Nothing said or discussed tonight can be repeated to anyone not in this room right now. And under no circumstances can it be discussed in a public setting."
"Let's be clearer Harry, shall we. Everyone in this room is now bound by their magic to keep our secrets. By our, I mean House Malfoy, House Black and House Potter. You are all bound to us and betrayal of this will mean the loss of your magic as well as expulsion from your house."
Harry and Draco nodded at each other, then tapped their wand to their House ring, or in Harry's case, House rings, binding the oath.
Everyone in the hall felt the tug on their magic, letting them know they were now bound to keep these secrets. Many shifted uncomfortably, not sure what was to come.
Harry clapped his hands together loudly and said, "Now then, on to the next topic."
Draco smiled and continued, "We've got a bit of a story to tell you, then we're all going to eat a nice dinner and socialize a bit, before we talk about what our plans are going forward and how we can all work together towards the same goal."
There was a bit of rumbling again from the Black's and the Potter's, but they trudged on.
"Right then, Draco and I traveled back in time from 1996…"
An hour later, the hall was still silent, absorbing what they had been told.
James and Sirius exchanged glances wondering who was going to break the silence. They were both surprised when Charlus Potter scraped his chair as he stood, "Even if there's a chance we believe you, and you wanted to avoid two wars, why would you declare a blood feud between the Potter's and the Lestrange's, an ally of House Black?"
There were a lot of murmurs of agreement.
Harry and Draco looked at each other before simultaneously raising their wand, "I swear of my magic that what I have just told you are the facts as I know them, so mote it be." They had been prepared to do this.
They both cast lumos to confirm they still had their magic.
Harry looked to Hermione and nodded. She then left the room to return a minute later, accompanied by Lily. Lily moved to join her son on the stage, grasping his hand when she was close enough.
"When we arrived back in time, we had a few simple goals, shall we say, to keep us on track. Obviously, defeating Voldemort was our priority, but other things kept popping up, so we had to determine what else mattered. We quickly concluded that we also needed to protect our parents so as to not change the timeline so much that we no longer existed." Here he raised his joined hand with Lily and said, "I'd like you to meet my future mother, Lily Evans."
Lucius Malfoy squirmed uncomfortably, causing many to look at him strangely.
"On the day that I declared a blood feud between House Potter and House Lestrange, my mother was attacked by three wizards. Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange were two of the wizards."
"Who was the third wizard?" asked Charlus, still standing.
Harry looked to Draco, who nodded and responded, "Lucius Malfoy."
There was an uproar as everyone turned to find him in the room, he looked extremely uncomfortable.
"Unfortunately, due to our commitment to keep our parents safe, I was unable to exact my full revenge on Lucius," said Harry coldly.
When the questions started Draco added, "Lucius is my future father."
"Now, before we settle in for a nice dinner so you can absorb all we've told you, I'd like to introduce you to the rest of our pack, as we like to call ourselves. In the coming days we will be entering into formal alliances with their houses, for reasons that should be obvious." Harry motioned to the rest of his pack and they slowly joined them on stage.
"This beauty here is the love of my life, Hermione, of House Blishwick," said Harry pulling her into his arms.
She smiled and waved at the audience before moving to the side. There was some murmuring from the Black and Malfoy groups, having thought that line was extinct.
Harry pulled Luna forward next and said, "And the enchanting Luna, one of my dearest friends, of House Lovegood." Luna curtsied before moving next to Hermione.
Next was Daphne, who smirked at Harry, wondering what he was going to say when he announced her. He kissed her hand, then bowed, "May I present Daphne, of House Greengrass, a true Slytherin that has helped me more than I could ever repay her for."
Daphne nodded to the crowd before she kissed Harry on the cheek and moved next to Luna.
Last to come forward was Blaise, who made a show of bowing to Harry, making a few in the hall chuckle. "Last but not least is Blaise, of House Zabini."
Blaise nodded to the hall before moving next to Luna.
"Now that introductions are out of the way and you've heard our story, let's eat," said Draco, causing many to chuckle.
"We'll do our best to talk with each of you during dinner then we'll talk about next steps after dinner," said Harry, before he nodded to the Goblin near the stage to begin serving meals.
They all stepped down from the stage and Hermione moved between Draco and Harry, lightly squeezing both their hands, "You did well."
They both stopped to look at her.
"Now we just have to survive dinner," said Draco.
Harry nodded and watched as Luna, Daphne and Blaise moved to sit at various tables, as they previously planned. He saw his mother approaching his father's table and was pleased they made room for her immediately.
"You still think I should sit with the Black's first?" asked Harry.
"Yes. It's obvious you have ties to the Potter's, so you need to make sure the Black's don't feel slighted," replied Draco.
"I agree. Plus, it will help smooth over your killing the Lestrange's," added Hermione.
"What are the chances they kill me before dinner's over?" he joked.
"I'd say 50/50," replied Draco, already moving away towards his father's table.
"Great," replied Harry before he squeezed Hermione's hand, motioning her forward. To not completely insult the Potter's both his mother and his love were going to sit with them.
Harry nodded at many as he passed them, acknowledging several that wanted to speak with him. Finally, he stopped at the table Regulus and Sirius were sitting at, noticing the hall quieted, waiting to see how he would be received.
Harry held his hand out, "Lord Black."
It took what felt like an hour but finally one of the older men stood, shaking Harry's hand, before motioning him to join the table. A chair was promptly provided, and Harry was pleased to see he was sitting next to Sirius. He looked around and found Bella at the next table, smiling, he winked at her before returning his attention to the table.
"I must admit to some confusion as to what to call you… Lord Black, Lord Potter, Lord Peverell… you certainly seem to have quite a few titles."
"I would be honored if you would just call me Harry when we're amongst family. In public, I suppose let's stick with Lord Peverell."
There was a flicker of surprise in his eyes before he nodded and then gestured to the others at the table. "Let's give proper introductions then, I'm Arcturus," then he motioned to the seat next to him, where another man stood, "my son, Orion," here Orion shook Harry's hand. "Then my cousin Pollux," another stood and shook Harry's hand, "and his sons, Cygnus and Alphard," both stood and shook Harry's hand, "and finally, my grandsons, "Regulus and Sirius." Both stood and shook Harry's hand as well.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all in person. Shall we sit?" said Harry, motioning to the table. Best get this over with.
Arcturus noticed how Harry's eyes strayed to Bellatrix, not for the first time. "After dinner I'll introduce you to the wives and daughters, sitting next to us," he motioned to the table as if they were unimportant.
Harry nodded.
"Although I believe you know Cygnus' daughters. I believe you sent me a letter of interest regarding Bellatrix before all of this."
"I did. I'm still interested, although I think we both know now that I no longer need your permission," replied Harry.
Sirius choked a bit on his food, causing all at the table to look at him.
"Sorry, went down the wrong way," he muttered.
"But you've just told us that," here he motioned to the Potter's table where Hermione sat, "She was the love of your life. What is it you want Bellatrix for? A concubine?"
Harry blushed fiercely and cleared his throat before responding, "Bella is a beautiful, intelligent witch. She also has a huge role to play in the upcoming wars and it's important to me that I do whatever I can to help her. But to be clear, I have no intention on making Bella my concubine. As you know I am head of several houses, which allows me to have a Lady for each, should I choose to."
Arcturus scrutinized him closely then moved to start eating, digesting what Harry told him.
Sighing in relief at getting through the first few minutes at the table, Harry turned to Sirius, "How are you, Sirius?"
"I'm well, and you?"
"So far so good," replied Harry, as he dug into his food.
Author's Note: I'm so sorry for the long hiatus. Hope you enjoyed the update!