A/N: *snorts* So, I have been trying to get this update finished for I don't know how long but real life kept getting in the way… The good news is that I'm finally able to finish it… hehe… Now, there will be some prompts used in this chapter and they come from a brand-new prompt forum if you would like to take a look at it…
The forum is mine, Erin's (whatever55), and Sophy's (Crownless Queen)… We are still getting some things up on it but there are a lot of prompts on it already and we're not finished yet! The forum name is Quill is Mightier Than the Sword! Come and join us! Hehe..
Alright now onto the story!
Disclaimer: I don't HP or CM!
Word Count: 1,609 words
Word Prompt 2 – Alliteration: Bad blood
Word Prompt 2- Alliteration: Common courtesy
Word Prompt 2 – Alliteration: Peer Pressure
Word Prompt 2 – Family (Words for family members or such): Sister-in-law
Word Prompt 2 – Family (Words for family members or such): Brother
Word Prompt 2 – Family (Words for family members or such): Son
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Dave's House
Aaron looked at his ex-sister-in-law, brother, and son with narrowed eyes. "Why aren't you three surprised by anything that has been spoken of so far?"
Jessica looked at Aaron with a sheepish smile. "I know of the magical world because Tim's niece is magical, Aaron. I couldn't tell you though and after I met Jack's best friend Ben I wanted to tell you even more."
Aaron nodded and looked at his son. "What about you, Jack?"
Jack blushed. "Ben is what you would call a first-generation wizard, dad. After he performed accidental magic in front of me I was let in on it because they don't like obliviating kid's minds because later it could cause problems."
Aaron smiled slightly at his son. "You just keep on being a good friend to, Ben, Jack. There is nothing wrong with having a wizard as a best friend." He turned to look at his brother with a raise eyebrow. "How do you know about magic, Sean?"
Sean smirked as he sat back in his seat and looked at his older brother. He knew that he was about to shock him. "My fiancé is a witch, Aaron. She told me about the magical world as soon as she accepted my proposal. Funnily enough she too is related to Harry, but on his father's side. She wanted to come meet him but didn't want to overwhelm him so she decided to wait a day or so." He looked over at Harry and smiled slightly at his nephew being sound asleep with his head now resting on Emily's lap before he looked back at Aaron with narrowed eyes. "I think that you need to fill Jess and I in on somethings, Aaron. What exactly is going on and why does it look like Harry has been starved most of his life? I got the gist of everything, but what I want to know is whose ass I need to kick for hurting my nephew?"
Aaron ran a hand through his hair as he looked from Sean to Jess and back to Sean. "There is some bad blood between Harry and several people. As you heard Armando talking earlier Harry will have several bodyguards and it isn't just because of who he now is. If you want to know everything then talk to Armando and/or Nico to get the full story from them because if I talk about it I'm going to lose my temper and right now I can't let that happen. Harry was being used, abused, and stolen from and that is the gist of it all. He is healing now but as Sebastian told him earlier he will have to take it easy yet for the next several days and/or weeks. I may just now be getting to know him but I already know that he is tougher than he should have had to be at his age."
Jessica sighed as she looked at Aaron with sad eyes. "He really hasn't had the support he should have had growing up. However, he has it now and we will just have to make sure that he understands that. Aaron, we can't push him to talk if he doesn't feel like it. He is going to need time to get used to all of us and we are going to need to show him that we can be trusted. He is a fifteen-year-old boy that is pregnant and has lost the boy that he loved fiercely. He is going to need time to deal with all the emotions that he is feeling rather they be positive or negative emotions. I can tell by the look in his eyes that he is hurting more than he has expressed out loud and my guess is that he doesn't feel comfortable expressing just how much he misses the boy he lost out loud because of what he has went through."
Sean nodded. "I have to agree with Jess, Aaron. Harry seems like he is a well-grounded young man despite or maybe because of what he has gone through in his short life so far. From the sounds of it he has connections that he could use but more than likely won't. He also sounds like he just may be the richest person or close to it in both the Wizarding and Mundane world yet he refuses to let that go to his head. He has a lot of things resting on his shoulders and while I may not know him well yet I have no doubt that he will deal with everything in a manner that would put most adults to shame."
Emily chuckled lowly as she looked at the three family members that were talking. She looked around to make sure that Jack was busy elsewhere and smiled when she saw the young boy with Dave, Mick, Armando, Nico, and Sebastian. She then looked back at Aaron, Sean, and Jessica. "Harry has always thrived in situations where he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. He will shake things up and make sure those that have used and abused him pay for what they have done by following the letter of the law. He is going to make sure that the laws are abolished that are unfair to those the Purebloods in Britain have always thought were beneath them. He is going to make sure that nobody else is ever hurt in the way that he has been. While I hate what he has gone through I have to admit that what he has been through has shaped him into the young man that he is today."
Jessica nodded thoughtfully. "Tim's niece Heather is a half-blood witch and I can recall some of things that she has heard from some of her pen pals overseas. When she first told me some of the stuff that was expected of Harry I was ready to jump on a plane to London just so I could kidnap the boy that Wizarding Britain were trying to force to kill the homicidal maniac that was wreaking havoc on their world once more. I didn't understand or condone why in the hell they thought it was alright to expect a twelve-year-old boy to kill someone that was several decades senior to him and who knew a hell of a lot more spells then the young boy did or ever could at that point. I don't get why they thought it was alright to let him be in danger year after year. If I'm honest I still don't get why they don't seem to have a problem with the danger that he has been in since his return to the wizarding world."
Emily snorted. "That is Wizarding Britain for you, Jessica. Why should they do something for themselves when someone else could do it for them? Why should they act like the adults they should have when there is a kid that could and would defend them? I have been to several Wizarding districts and I have to tell you that Wizarding Britain is the worst that there is by far. When Harry had to participate in that damn tournament there were a select few students who didn't turn their back on him despite all the peer pressure they were getting put under. Harry has always showed people common courtesy even if he didn't like them but even some adults never once showed him the same common courtesy that he had shown them. I'm glad that he is here now because maybe just maybe he can finally grow like he should have and I'm not just talking about height."
Sean smiled at Emily. "I think that we know what you mean, Emily. Harry can grow into the young man and then the man that he should have been all these past years without having to hold himself back. He doesn't have to please anyone else unless he chooses too. There is not a single one of us that is going to make him do something that he doesn't want to and anybody that even dares to try is going to wish that they never met any of us. I don't know the full story and I do plan on talking to one of the others later but I can tell you now that I won't stand idly by and let someone take his choices away from him. He is old enough to make decisions and I think that he is mature enough to make the right decisions."
Aaron chuckled. "Oh, Sean, Harry is very mature for his age. I think that Harry is a lot more mature than several adults that I know. I plan on spoiling him and the babies that he is carrying because he and they deserve to be spoiled. He deserves to be doted on just because of who he is and I'm not talking about his titles. He deserves to be loved for the person that he is and not the person that he represents if that makes sense. I know that once we move house I plan on making sure that he knows that no matter what we are all here for him. Now, I think that we should relax because I would think in the next half an hour or so that his bodyguards will be here and then we will have to wake Harry up."
Emily, Sean, and Jessica all nodded and then changed the subject to something lighthearted. Every once in a while they would look at Harry to make sure that he was alright before they started talking once more.
A/N 2: *smiles* Finally I got it finished... hehe... I decided to cut this chapter in two because I didn't want to take away from the conversation between Aaron, Jess, Sean, and Emily... The next chapter will be up next weekend since it is pretty much done... lol... Next chapter will definitely have Lucius and the others showing up at Lucius' DC house... Hope you all enjoyed this chapter... Click the button and let me know what you think!
