Hey, Everyone! This chapter, the Order of the Phoenix gathers to plan their next moves. How will they react upon learning the fate of Dumbledore? Will they still follow Harry and his wives? Will the presence of Bellatrix cause problems?
Meanwhile, Voldemort recruits more deadly and dangerous creatures to his cause.
But we open with Hermione going to see her parents. Enjoy!
Chapter 5: Heroes and Monsters.
Emma and Daniel Granger went about their normal morning routine as best they could. Their only child Hermione had been gone on an 'important mission' with a few of her former professors nearly two weeks ago with no word since. They had faith in their daughter's intelligence and magick, but as parents they couldn't help but worry about her; eager for her return or any word from her.
It was the weekend, so unless an emergency came up they would not be going in to the family dental practice until Monday. Given their anxiety, nothing on the telly appealed to them and their tea was of little comfort. Sitting out in the garden near the swimming pool, they didn't hear the front door open and close…..
"Mum? Dad? Are you home?"
"Hermione?!", Emma gasped as she and her husband stood. Tears of joy and relief filled their eyes as their 'little witch' came out the back door. They quickly smothered her in the hugs and kisses of relieved parents.
"We were so worried, Princess!", Daniel gushed. Ever since she was born, Hermione'd had her father wrapped around her little finger.
"Let the girl breathe, Honey!", Emma admonished, but was no less enthusiastic herself.
"It's ok, Mum", Hermione grinned. "I missed both of you as well. But I'm back now, and we succeeded! We found Harry Potter and brought him home. Not only that, but a lot more, too!"
"That's great, Sweetie!", Emma cheered. "So he really was on an 'alternate Earth'? So String-Theory is true, I guess. So was he worth the risk?"
"Yeah. Didn't your headmaster say that Potter was the key to stopping that 'Dark Lord' who's a threat to both our worlds?", Daniel said.
"Oh, Harry is ssssooooo much more than that", Hermione gushed dreamily, raising both her parents' eyebrows. "He's wonderful! So kind and honorable and loving. And as handsome as he is powerful. I'm so happy to be his wife."
"WHAT?!", both her parents exclaimed. "YOU'RE MARRIED?!"
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Minerva exited the floo in her office at Hogwarts, a glamour in place to look like her old self. She had no desire to give lengthy explanations yet, and needed the cooperation of her fellow professors. She sent floo calls to the entire Hogwarts faculty to meet her in the Headmaster's office as soon as possible.
Hagrid was the last to arrive. The poor half-giant was still mourning. After Aragog had recently died of old age, there was nothing to restrain the massive nest of his children. They went wild, rampaging through the Dark Forest, hunting for food. Not even the trolls were safe. It had pained Hagrid to lead a combined force of centaurs, unicorns, hippogriffs and other creatures in what basically amounted to a war to cull the numbers of acromantula. When the few that remained surrendered, Hagrid appointed the oldest and largest one as the new leader and exacted a promise to live peacefully and only hunt mundane animals.
"Thank you all for coming so quickly", Minerva said.
"What's this all about, Minerva?", Flickwick asked. "Did you and the others find…..?"
"Yes, we found Mr. Potter, and brought him home; along with new allies", Minerva confirmed. "However, Albus and Severus will not be returning."
"Wha' happened?", Hagrid asked. Dumbledore had been there for him at a time no one else would! Had faith and believed in him, given him a job when all others shunned him. To lose such a great man…!
"All will be explained at the next meeting of the Order", Minerva assured him. "In the meantime, I will assume the duties as Headmistress-Pro-Tem. Filius? I'm making you my Deputy, just as I was for Albus."
"I'm honored", the half-goblin Charms Master nodded.
"In two days, the Order of the Phoenix will meet at Headquarters", she went on, and those who were members nodded. "From there we will meet with Harry and those with him. Until then, continue preparations for the next term. After I take care of some Hogwarts business, I will be returning to Harry tonight."
After they all departed, Minerva pulled a crystal from her robes. Harry had keyed it to the foul energy of the so-called Dark Lord's horcruxes. Seeing it react, she headed to the Room of Requirement quickly, lest the charm wear off before she could find the cursed item.
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"So you're telling us that Harry Potter has multiple wives?", Daniel Granger asked, still trying to understand.
"And that all of them are monsters?", Emma added. "And that you're now happy to be one of them? How are you ok with that?"
"It's completely normal in the world he grew up in", Hermione said simply. "And it's not that uncommon in the wizarding world here for a wizard to have multiple spouses. I love him and I'm happy to be with him. And my sister wives have all been wonderful and welcoming to me and Minerv…. Professor McGonagall."
"Your favorite professor?!", Daniel squawked in disbelief. "Isn't she a little…..old for him?"
"Not anymore", Hermione smiled. "When she was monsterized into a werecat, it also restored her youth. Physically, she's not much older than me now."
"Impressi….wait! 'Monsterized into a werecat'? What does that mean?", Daniel asked dubiously, worried about where this was going.
"She turned into a werecat", his daughter replied. "Don't worry. She's the same person inside that she always was. We both are."
"Hermione, Sweetheart", Emma was afraid to ask, "were you….. 'changed', too?"
"Yes, Mum", she replied with a sigh. She removed the glamour-ring she was wearing, to reveal her true form. Her parents gasped. "Please! Don't be afraid. I'm still me, and you're still my mum and dad and I love you. And I still have my magick. If anything, it's even stronger now."
"But, Sweetheart, it's…. lovely, but it's just so…..different", Emma said. "Is there no way for you to…. change back?"
"No, it's permanent", Hermione told them. "But I like it! I feel like this was how I was always meant to be; like my true self was unlocked and came out. *giggle!* Now I don't need a ladder to reach the high shelves in the library."
"That's our Hermione, all right", Daniel chuckled slightly.
Just then, Crookshanks padded silently out of the house. The half-kneazle tilted his head to the side curiously when he saw Hermione's new body. He gave her a few sniffs, and recognized the scent of his mistress! He jumped up into her arms, purring and licking her face.
"Well, that settles that", Emma said with a small smile. Crookshanks would never act like that with a stranger, or even Hermione if she were not herself.
"Ok, Princess", Daniel conceded. "If you're happy, then we're happy for you. But when all of this is over, we want to meet Harry and the rest of your new extended family."
"Of course!", Hermione agreed happily, sliding the ring back on her finger, and hugging both her parents.
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Harry and Bellatrix were riding a Gringotts mine-cart down to the vaults. That morning, she had told him about the Cup of Helga Hufflepuff that the Dark Lord had commanded she hide for him years ago. It was in the LeStrange Family vault.
With that knowledge, Harry and Natasha had cast a locating and tracking spell, keyed to the foul fragment that had been removed from his head as a child. Sure enough, Gringotts was among the locations of the remaining horcruxes. Oddly enough, two were at Hogwarts, though the one in Dumbledore's office appeared to be dead already. Minerva would retrieve them today.
After confessing to violations of Goblin Law, Bellatrix was given a reprieve for confessing on the conditions that she lift all the curses she placed on the contents of the vault, remove the horcrux from the premises, and pay a hefty fine.
When they arrived outside the LeStrange Family vault accompanied by a senior teller, it was opened and the new lamia that was Bellatrix began the tedious work of lifting all the curses. A short time later, she entered and returned holding a rather ornate goblet.
Upon returning to the bank lobby Bellatrix, as the Widow LeStrange, paid the fine from the vault then transferred all the remaining assets to the Potter Family Vaults as Harry was her new husband. This would keep them out of Death Eater hands. Voldemort had no idea how much gold just slipped through his fingers!
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That evening was the typical weekly dinner visit Margery Dursley paid to her brother Vernon and his family. As usual, Petunia laid out a fine meal for them all, and everyone doted on Dudley; the 'big man on campus' home for the summer holiday. They had all just finished dessert when the doorbell rang.
"Who the bloody hell rings at this hour?", Vernon griped. "Petunia, see who it is and get rid of them, will you?"
"Of course, Dear", she replied dutifully. She went to the door, her face a mask of disdain. But when she opened the door and saw her dead sister's eyes glaring at her from her dead brother-in-law's face, she blanched, unable to speak.
"Good evening, Aunt Petunia", Harry smiled coldly. "I see you remember me. Good."
"It-it-it can't be you!", she stammered, backing away as he entered. "Y-y-y-you disappeared! Years ago! W-w-we were happy you were gone!"
"I'm sure you were, all of you", Harry replied in the same cold voice. However, the fire in his emerald eyes was blazing with anger.
"Who the hell is it, Petunia?", Vernon barked. "I told you to…"
He was stunned silent to see the fit and imposing figure who hd entered his home, especially when he realized it was the nephew they had all abused all grown up!
"H-H-Harry?", Dudley stammered fearfully. As big as he was, even he could see that the cousin he'd tormented for ten years was everything he was not, nor could ever hope to be!
"Dear Cousin Dudley", Harry sneered. "Well you turned out exactly as I thought you would. Still bullying kids smaller than you just to feel better about your fat-ass self?"
"How dare you say things like that, you brat!", Marge snorted derisively. "And how dare you come back here after all these years and disrupt my brother's family life again! Stella! Sic'im!"
The bulldog at her feet, sired by the now deceased Ripper, growled and charged forward. Harry simply lifted a finger, and Stella stopped and sat, as if begging for a treat from Harry!
"Still using your dogs to do you dirty-work, Marge? Pathetic. She deserves a better life."
Stella began to glow with magic…..demonic energy. And she began to grow, and stand upright! When the glow faded, Stella was a 5' tall humanoid bulldog with human-like female curves!
"What did you do to my Stella, you freak?!"
"I'm just getting started", Harry hissed. "Although Stella is a nice bonus to the justice I will be serving all of you."
"What are you blathering about, Freak?", Vernon barked, finally finding his anger and voice again. "You deserved everything you got!"
"Oh no, Uncle Vernon!", Harry all but snarled. "No child could ever deserve what you all put me through! Only the least of which was lying to me about my parents! They were a witch and wizard, loving parents, and far better human beings than any of you could ever be! If the situation had been reversed, I can assure you they would have raised Dudley here with kindness and love, and we would have grown up together like brothers. And you know that better than any of these fat pigs, don't you, Aunt Petunia?"
"W-w-w-what are going to do?", Petunia asked fearfully.
"Justice", Harry smirked. "Poetic justice. Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt any of you. No. But I can assure you that the carefully constructed mask of 'upstanding, normal respectability' you've built, and hid you atrocities to me behind, is going to come crashing down so thoroughly, publicly and irrevocably that everyone will see just how perverted you all are for the rest of you lives!"
With that, Harry froze them all. Then he blasted Petunia and Marge with concentrated demonic energy, causing them to change rapidly, almost painfully so. The became younger, though not to the extent as Minerva did. And while Marge's abundant fat shifted and redistributed on her body to a more hour-glass shape from her normal amorphous blob, skinny Petunia became more voluptuous. Both then took on pig-like characteristics; curly-tails, cloven-hooves for feet, floppy ears, and turned up noses. When the changes stopped, they had both become orcs and somewhat more attractive. Harry unfroze all the Dursleys. Petunia and Marge took a few breaths, looking at each other, then smiled lewdly at Vernon and Dudley; very disconcerting for them.
"Mom?"
"Marge? Is that you? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Oh dear", Harry chuckled. "Stella, are you in heat? You might have to wait your turn."
Harry turned and left, locking all the doors and windows with magick. About a week should do.
"Dudley, dear", Petunia cooed with lust as she slinked up to her son, pressing her new larger breasts into his chest as she embraced him. "Come make mummy happy?"
"M-M-Mum?", Dudley gulped, confused at his manhood hardening in his pants for his own mother. She grinned lewdly as she felt the stiff length while she slipped off her dress since all the buttons had popped off during her monsterization. She backed him against the wall, then opened his pants.
"It's all right, Dudders", she purred. "Fill mummy's pussy with your hot, young cum."
"Petunia!", Vernon gasped, then yelped as his shirt was ripped open. He looked at his sister in shock. "Marge! What the hell are you doing?!"
"I've always been in love with you, dear brother", Marge panted, reaching for his pants. "That's why I never married, because I only wanted you. Give me the baby I always wanted, Vernon; your baby!"
Dragging the Dursley men to the floor, the Dursley 'women' pounced on their hard rods, riding them rough, hard, wet, and fast; eager for their seed.
Meanwhile, the now cu sith Stella paced the room, eagerly waiting her turn to be impregnated.
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(Six Months later)
Privet Drive and the surrounding neighborhood was still aghast from the scandal months after it was exposed that the Durlseys – previously believed purely moral, upright, normal and respectable – were involved in blantant incest and bestiality! But in recent weeks it became clear that it was even worse as it was revealed that not only were the women pregnant with babies of incest, but even the strange dog was pregnant from one or both of the men! And even worse, they all blatantly engaged in lewd and lustful public displays of incestuous affection!
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Two days later, the Order of the Phoenix gathered at 12 Grimmauld Place, aka "BlackStone", aka 'Headquarters'. From there, Sirius and Remus led them all through the floo…to Potter Manor! Several were awed, having never been there before. The Potter Family magical portraits greeted them, then Vincent announced 'Lord Potter' and Harry entered.
"Welcome everyone. I'm grateful to you all for having the faith to meet me here today to discuss stopping Tom Riddle once and for all", he bowed respectfully to them all.
"It's our pleasure, Lord Potter", Filius Flickwick replied, echoed by others. "We had feared you were gone for good, or even dead, after you disappeared all those years ago."
"But Perfessor Dumbledore jus' wouldn't give up on findin' ya!", Hagrid gushed, wearing his hero-worship on his sleeve. "Great man, that Dumbledore! C'n ya tell us all what happened ta him an' Perfessor Snape?"
Several others shared his curiosity. Albus Dumbledore was the 'Leader of the Light' and nearly everyone in the room was loyal to or at least respected the man. Harry shared a look with those 'in the know', then took a cleansing breath.
"Let me be clear on this", he began. "While I am grateful to Albus Dumbledore for his efforts and success in finding me so I could fulfill my destiny, I looked into his mind and saw that his reasons and plans for me were…..less than pure. As for Snape; he had lusted for my mother and hated my father, and me because of my father. He was also the one who told Voldemort about the prophesy, which ultimately cost my parents their lives."
"What d'ya mean his intentions were 'less than pure', 'Arry?", Hagrid asked somewhat defensively. "He's Albus Dumbledore! The greatest Wizard fer the Light since Merlin 'imself!"
"I'm sorry Hagrid". Harry said sympathetically. "I know this is difficult for you to hear. After hearing the prophesy, Dumbledore was the one who convinced my parents to leave the impenetrable wards and defenses around the Potter Estate to go into hiding. He decided to place me with my magick-hating, abusive muggle relatives when he knew it was against my parents wishes and will. He had wanted me weak and moldable so by the time I would go to Hogwarts so he could mold me not into a champion to defeat the Dark Lord, but into a sacrificial lamb intending me to surrender my life just to make Voldemort vulnerable enough for him to finish off. He never once considered another path to defeat Voldemort. I saw all of this in his mind as clearly as I see all of you here. So I punished him. Fear not, he is alive and unharmed. For his punishment, I gave him a new life."
"And Snape?", Flickwick asked.
"Will spend the rest of his days as a breeding stud for an entire clan of orcs; pig-like monstergirls", Harry smirked, getting a mix of gasps and giggles from his guests.
"Now don't be getting your broomsticks in a bunch", Sirius chided them. "We all knew Snivolus for what he really was! You ask me, a lifetime of wild sex with any female creature is too good for 'im!"
"I'll buy that", Alistor Moody agreed gruffly from his corner. "And much as I've respected the man for many years, I can't say I'm surprised at these revelations about Albus. He was always goin' on about doin' questionable things fer 'the greater good'. Looks ter me like he finally went too far and paid the price. And if you've got a better plan to deal with that snake-faced bastard, then I fer one will follow you inta Hell ta get it done!"
"Well, I suppose I ain't got no real reason ta doubt ya, 'Arry", Hagrid said dejectedly. "An' if'n you say Dumbledore is all right, then I s'pose I believe ya. I just hope he's happy in this 'new life' ya gave him."
"I assure you he will be, my large friend", Harry smiled. "Now, before we continue, I wish to introduce my wives to you all."
Numerous whispers and gasps came from the gathered Order members as Harry's wives entered and were introduced, greeting them warmly. Hagrid was positively giddy meeting such wonderfully lovely 'beasty-ladies'. But when Harry's newest wife came out…
"Bellatrix LeStrange!", Neville snarled, pulling his wand, as did his parents. Bella 'eep'ed and seemed to shrink inside herself in shame.
"Stop!", Harry commanded, then calmer, "Yes, this is Bellatrix. However, as you can see, she is now one of my wives. I broke the psychosis that made her the vile creature that caused so much pain and suffering. She has turned from Voldemort and now only seeks redemption by my side. She has already begun by aiding in the recovery of a horcrux and cutting off a source of funds to the Death Eaters. But, somewhat against my wishes, she has requested one thing. Bella, my dear?"
The witch turned lamia handed her wand to Harry, who nodded in reassuring support and love. She then slithered over to the Longbottom family, her head bowed in tearful shame. She then lowered herself down to a level matching that of a human on her knees and spread her arms open, offering herself to them.
"Most Ancient and Noble Family of Longbottom", she sniffed tearfully. "I have harmed all of you in the most horrible and shameful ways imaginable. I am most deeply sorry for the pain I have caused you and others. I can only try to redeem myself, as hopeless a dream as that is. But of all those I have wronged, I can offer myself to you for judgement. You may take your revenge."
Frank and Alice could only look from Bella to each other and back, While Neville's wand-hand trembled with anger. This woman had cost him a happy childhood with his parents, caused two decades of anguish for him and his Gran.
"Reducto!", Neville shouted. When the smoke and dust of the blasting hex cleared, there was a hole two feet wide a eighteen inches deep blasted into the floor just in from of Bellatrix. She looked up into his still angry eyes, as he put his wand away.
"You're not worth staining my soul", Neville growled. "And death would be to quick and easy for you anyway. You want redemption? You're gonna have earn it the hard way. Besides, I respect Harry, and it's obvious that he loves you; though I can't imagine why. But know this, Bellatrix; if you betray Harry or the Order in any way, I will kill you where you stand!"
Neville then turned away, into the embrace of his parents.
"Well said, Neville dear", Alice told him.
"We're very proud of you, Son", Frank assured him as Bella slithered into Harry's comforting arms.
With the tension in the room relaxing somewhat, Harry spoke up again.
"Hermione, Minerva? I think you can reveal the truth now before we continue", Harry said, to the collective curiosity of everyone else. The two witches nodded, and removed their glamour rings, revealing their new forms. Another saeries of gasps and muttering swept the room.
"Yes, when Harry took us as his wives back when we arrived in the realm he'd grown up in, we were 'monsterized' as it is known there", Hermione explained.
"We are still ourselves, our minds and magick intact, improved even", Minerva assured them all. "And in my case, I was made physically young again as well."
"When a human man has monster wives, the intimate exchange of mana eventually turns the man into an incubus", Harry explained. "And in my case, being a wizard and the husband of a lilim like Natasha here, if I take a human wife she will be monsterized; a process that I can sometimes somewhat control, but cannot prevent."
"We can assure you all that the Professor and I are both very happy in our new forms, and we love Harry dearly", Hermione added.
"And what about your children, Harry?", Andromeda Tonks nee Black, Sirius' cousin and sister to Bella asked.
"All my daughters will be as lovely as their mothers", Harry smiled lovingly at his wives.
"But what about male heirs to carry on the Potter and Black lines?", Andromeda added.
"I…..I hadn't considered that", Harry replied, perplexed.
During all of this, Order members Fleur Delacour and Nymphadora Tonks (daughter of Andromeda) had been lustfully admiring Harry, but it was Tonks who had a sudden burst of brilliance.
"Harry, what if you took a wife who was already a 'monster' or had creature blood from this realm?", she asked. "Would they still be 'monsterized' and only able to bear daughters?"
Harry 'hmmmm'ed as he arched an eyebrow, then looked questioningly at Natasha.
"In our realm, all monsters are female and only able to bear monster daughters", the lilim explained. "It is something Mother has been gathering power to correct for centuries, but has yet to succeed."
"But *ahem!* I'm a metamorphmagis, a shapeshifter, and thus not entirely human", Tonks pointed out with a sly grin.
"Oui! And I am veela!", Fleur added enthusiastically. "And I must confess, 'Arry, that the moment I first saw you, my veela instincts told me you are 'the one', my perfect match! And for my kind, a perfect match can bear sons as well as daughters."
"Female monsters of this realm?!", Natasha beamed. "Come! Take my hands, both of you!"
Fleur and Tonks stepped forward and each took one of the lilim's hands in their own. Natasha concentrated as she felt their mana and souls, reading their potential as well. After a few moments, her eyes flew open!
"My Love, it's true!", Natasha all but squealed joyfully. "They cannot be monsterized as they are already not quite fully human! And yet, they are capable of giving you sons!"
At this pronouncement, most of Harry's wives 'ooh'ed and 'aah'ed, suddenly surrounding the two witches and their loving husband, all talking at once about how the two should 'marry' Harry immediately…
"Whoa! Hold on, my Loves!", Harry called out, silencing his wives. "I'm sorry, Ladies. My wives can be….over-eager at times for others to join the love we share. No harm is meant, nor would I simply presume…."
"I wish to marry you, 'Arry", Fleur interrupted. "As I said before, my inner-veela will have no other now that I have found you."
"And even though I remember playing with you as a baby when I was five years old, I find myself…..incredibly attracted to you, Harry", Tonks confessed. She was not normally so forward, but something about Harry was just irresistible.
"I would be lying if I said the feelings were not mutual for both of you", Harry confessed with a smile. "But we can discuss this a bit later. For now…..we have a self-proclaimed Dark Lord to deal with."
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Author's notes: With the addition of Fleur and Tonks, Harry will have 12 wives. Counting him, that makes 13, a very important and powerful number in magick! And this will play a role in the final battle.
The exchange between Bellatrix and Neville was inspired by a similar scene in DragonRaptor's "Harry Potter and the Curse's Cure".
Next chapter, the hunt for horcruxes begins in earnest!
Long reviews and suggestions are welcome as always! No flames, please.
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