Harry was in Octavia's room. Why? To plead and beg his sister for something he never considered possible, a date.

"Can I Please take Francesco to the Yule Ball?" Harry begged Octavia with a bow and his hands clapped together. "Please! I don't want to take Andrealphus he's a total asshole who hits me! Please!!!"

"All right all right I'll see if Francy will take you." Octavia said.

"Thank you so much!" Harry said grabbing his sister into a hug and shuddering. "Thank you Thank you Thank you." Octavia returned her little brothers hug.

Octavia Video Called Francesco on her laptop.

"Hi Francy, I know we're taking a break in our relationship right now but I need a favor." Octavia said.

"Anything for you Viabee." The green parrot said. "Besides your brothers cute. But isn't he engaged to Lord Marquis Andrealphus?"

Octavia sighed. "Uncle hits him. He has since he was six years old and Harry hugged his leg thanking him for a birthday present.

"Wow what a total stronzo."

"Yes. Before Harry returned to school Andrealphus slapped his new blessed scar on his face in front of Uncle Ozzie and Uncle Fizzorolli."

"I bet they weren't happy."

"They where not. So will you take him to the Yule Ball?"

"These humans are aware of demons yes? I won't need mine Human Disguise?"

"No their aware. Harry is in his everyday body too."

"Perfetto!" Francesco said with a smile. "I accept the invitation, it's a date! By the way Via, if Harry and I hit it off..." He said with a sly look.

"I won't hold it against you per or mutual break up clause."

"Perfetto!" The Parrot said. "When's the date?"

"Christmas Eve?"

"Weird."

"They still celebrate Yule."

"Explains that."

"Thank you Francy."

"I'll always love you my Viabee." Francesco said. "In my own way. But I feel like our time is done."

"I understand."

"Bonjourno!"Francesco said as he hung up.

"What did he say?" Harry peeked from the floor next to Octavia's bed.

"He said he'd take you." Octavia said.

"Thank you." Harry said giving her a big hug.

"We'll get you out of this contract with Uncle." Octavia said. "Somehow."

"So whose your date gonna be?" Daphne Greengrass asked as Harry accompanied the girls to get fitted for their dress robes. "Your fiancé? The tall bird man?"

"Over my rotting corpse. No I'd give my left nut to avoid going with him.

Astoria giggled as Pansy blushed at the language.

"Who is my favorite of the boys by the way."

Astoria giggles more.

"I thought you had a cloaca now?" Daphne said.

"Irrelevant."

"So who are you taking? Anyone we know?"

"My sisters boyfriend. Francesco. The only son of the archduke Zepar."

"Your SISTERS BOYFRIEND!" The girls all said at once to the objections of the seamstresses.

"Relax, their taking a break in their relationship right now and Octavia said they have a mutual break up clause in their break agreement."

"What does that mean exactly?" Pansy asked.

"That if either one of them find someone else they wish to date while on their break they can break up with no animosity between them."

"Do you think this Francesco might like you?" Daphne asked.

"I don't see why I've only met him once over video call." Harry told his girlfriends.

"Harry if he's agreed to take you out he must at least think your cute. Don't you want to get out of this contract of yours?"

"More than anything." Harry said, pitiably.

"Then see where this goes." Pansy insisted. "This could be your chance don't Archdukes outrank Marquises?"

"Hmm." Harry said in thought.

On Saturday the 12th of December, Harry would introduce himself formally to Francesco and also his father Archduke Zepar.

"Stand up straight, don't slouch." Stolas ordered walking around a formally dressed Harry. They where having a formal dinner with Archduke Zepar And Francesco. "Zepar will judge everything about your appearance."

Archduke Zepar...had let himself go in the years since his older sons death. He had been outside on Extermination Day and been killed by Exterminators. Now Harry could see a bit of pudge on a male being attractive, but Zepar was downright obese. An American cartoon dad came to mind.

"Do you hear the word Morbidly a lot sir?" Harry blurted out before putting his hands to his mouth. Stolas has used a spell to create a zipper at his mouth and zip it shut.

Francesco snickered into his hands as well before Stolas clapped his hands to Harry's mouth and started pulling him into another room.

"Please My Lord Archduke, make yourself comfortable in the drawing room." Stolas insisted as he pulled Harry in his magical grasp alongside him to another room.

"WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING?!" Stolas demanded harshly ripping out headfeathers.

"I wasn't thinking I swear!" Harry put up his hands in defense. He'd never been afraid of his father ever. But when he got furious he could be downright terrifying. It just blurted out!"

"We want to make a good impression on the Archduke to make him believe your a good match for Francesco. Outright insulting him the moment he appears is not Kosher!"!

"Wait so instead of me being the match He's the one being matched?"

"Yes! That's how royal hierarchy works!" Stolas shouted. "I did not raise you to be a stupid child and here you are ruining your prospects before the Archduke even says a word to you!"

"I can't help that I use humor to diffuse uncomfortable situations Dad raised me to do that!" Harry said.

"Yes, yes! We'll blame Blitzy for that little slip up I'm sure the Duke will understand." Stolas said as he paced the room. "And I Hope Blitzy will too..."

"No no no no no." The young owl protested as he made a crossing motion with his arms. "We are not throwing Dad under the bus." He protested. "That's not fair to Dad as he can't defend himself right now cause he's at Hogwarts.

"Your right." Stolas hooted sadly. "I just hope he doesn't outright execute us."

"Over a little joke?" Harry asked.

"Harry a servant remarked once about him starting to gain weight and he had that servant drawn and quartered."

"Say no more. Eggshells. Got it."

"I find the boys attitude refreshing." Zepar said during the middle of the quiet dinner.

"Huh?" Harry asked in surprise.

"It's ever so boring having my servants and people around me treating me like a bomb that could go off at any moment. Your little quip was a instance of total honesty I quite enjoyed. I approve of the date." The obese cockatiel said as he speared a delectable fried shrimp on his fork.

"Thank you Papa!" Francesco said eagerly, hugging his father around the neck.

"Remember yourself Francesco." Zepar reminded the emerald parrot demon. But one could see a pleased smile and a small blush in the Archdukes cheeks.

"Yes my Lord thank you!" Harry said in relief sighing as he sat down.

"Besides I hate Andrealphus and his part of the family, they've always been so arrogant for their status for my taste. I'll do anything to screw with him and his works. I heard your the one who killed his uppity Bitch sister boy am so right?" Zepar asked as he spread butter on a roll.

"I am sir."

"Good lad." Zepar said with approval. "I never liked that business with Paimon matching you with hat Harpie Stolas. I would much rather have matched you when you where older with someone like Leopold before his untimely death."

"Oh." Stolas said with a blush imagining himself with the younger male ten years his junior.

"Did she suffer?" Zepar asked.

"Define suffer sir?"

"Was she utterly and completely humiliated before you pulled the killing blow?"

"If you mean she got the shit beat out of her by an imp, a class she despised and then had one of her lungs blown out with a blessed round and then got told she was never going to be anything but garbage before getting her brains blown out with another blessed round then yes she suffered."

"Satan your hot." Francesco said bluntly with his head in his hands and his elbows on the table looking at Harry with dreamy eyes.

Harry blushes.

"Good lad!" Zepar said banging his fist on the table. "I won't have none of this Nansy Pansy yak of giving mercy to those who don't deserve it. She kidnapped a member of our family with intent to kill him and beat him with blessed weaponry at that. She's lucky I didn't call in my legions to destroy her."

"Would you have really sir?" Harry asked in surprise."

"Of course I would have lad, your family. And no one slights the Ars Goetia the way she did without paying for it with their life's blood." Zepar said as he crushed a lobster claw with a fat fist. Lobster juices sliding through his greasy fingers.

"Why couldn't I have been matched with THIS GUY?" Harry asked Stolas pointing towards Zepar. "Honestly, the weight and Age Difference I could work with. But it's this passion for defending FAMILY that I enjoy hearing about from this man!"

"Where have you been hiding away this one Stolas? He's a delight." Zepar laughed as he elbowed the younger owl man who just looked shocked that Zepar and his son where getting along.

"Papa, Lord Stolas, night I take the Prince on a stroll through the Garden?"

"Sure, sure. Meanwhile Stolas and I shall brainstorm ideas on how we get young Harry out of this Satandamned contract with that insufferable bastard Andrealphus. Eh old boy?" Zepar elbowed Stolas while waving the two young men off.

To Be Continued...

and so Zepar has been introduced!