Disclaimer: Oh read previous chapters for that, I can't be arsed anymore.
Thanks to:
Pointofnoreturn: Eek indeed lol. I'm glad you like Cara so much, I wanted him to be a character that you would want to see with Harry which is also why I set Little Wolf in a University rather then Hogwarts, new setting new story. But anyway, thank you for all your compliments you're so nice lol.
Elrohir Lover: Lol ah but you've got to love Frank. Aye a wedding could be climbing up but that al depends on Bellatrix doesn't it (Dun dun dun).
Redmeadow: Bombs are awfully uncomfortable don't you think? Give you bum cramp and everything...sorry, rambling (grins). I'll try not to make anyone feel blue but no promises (Cringes).
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Chapter 16 –
They apparated to an area close to Grimmauld Place quietly before making their way to the melancholy building.
Knocking lightly Harry waited with Cara, Remus, Tonks and Hermione behind him. It opened revealing a tired looking Ron who brightened when he knew who it was. Hermione pushed lightly past her best friend to hug her boyfriend.
"Good to see you guys, you're the second group to arrive after us Weasleys. Dumbledore, Snape, Mcgonagall, Hagrid and Kingsley are already here." He moved aside to let them in, helping Hermione to remove her travelling cloak as Harry did the same for Cara.
"We're still waiting for Hestia's and Moody's groups." The red head said as he lead the way into the kitchen where the Hogwarts group and the Weasleys were sat.
"Ah you made it, good. I hope it was without incident?" Dumbledore said as he stood to shake everyone's hands in greeting.
"No we made it just fine." Remus said as he took his hand back with a smile.
"Oh boys!" Mrs Weasley hugged both Cara and Harry together in a tight hug, which extracted sniggers from the red headed men. Each boy that was in her grasp patted her shoulder reassuringly then smiled at her.
"Honestly woman, you'd think they'd died the way you gone about them." Snape said from his chair in the far corner. Harry scowled at him slightly but Cara gave him a slight incline of his head in greeting which the potion's master returned with the barest glimmer of a smirk.
Another knock sounded from the door which this time Remus went to answer. Pulling out chairs the group sat down waiting for Remus and the new gather of people to arrive.
Whilst they were doing this Harry moved over towards Ron to whisper to him.
"You still up for tomorrow mate?" He asked as the red head nodded.
"Sure, although it'll be nice to know why I'm being dragged out on a shopping spree with you." Smirking Ron dodged the animagi's slap to his shoulder.
"It's not a spree, it's a specific hunt..."
The darker man seemed to hesitate as he looked over at Cara who was busy talking to the normally silent Potion's professor. Turning back he leant in a little to whisper to his best friend.
"I need to find an engagement ring for Cara."
Ron's eyes widened comically before he gave an excited laugh causing everyone to turn to him. Wincing he chuckled nervously then turned his gaze back to Harry to find he was receiving a full-blown death glare. He gulped.
"Do you WANT to make this anymore suspicious?" The Auror asked as he slapped Ron upside the head.
"Sorry it's just...When are you asking him? Harry this is huge!" The taller male said with a beaming grin as he regarded the now blissful look on his face whilst the animagi observed his mate from across the room.
"I know, but it's everything I've ever wanted. I love him Ron," He turned his gaze back to the happy look on his friend's face, "Heart, body and soul. I can't imagine life without him and I don't want to. Never in all our years of school would I have believed that this would happen to me."
He looked back over at Cara who smiled at something Snape said. His blonde hair was brushing his cheeks as his eyes glowed with his inner strength and beauty. His face would move into an enchanting smile...Harry was captivated.
"I hated the War Ron, I didn't know what I was fighting for in myself. I knew I was saving the world and that is great but what about me? Everything I love was being taken from me...but look at him, Jesus Ron just look at him."
Smiling lightly at his best friend's words Ron looked over at the blonde- haired man.
"His every movement is poetry, he is a thousand of my sun's and a thousand more of my moon's. He is the air I breathe and the magick in my veins. I want to bond with him and proclaim to the world that he is mine, and I am his."
The red head gazed at his friend thoughtfully before sipping his drink.
"Well you never said anything like that to Cho in fifth year." He quipped lightly as he swallowed.
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"It seems that at the moment we're only being observed. Both Cara, Snape and Sturgis have caught them in the act but that doesn't mean we're not all being watched."
Dumbledore linked his fingers together to form a steeple as he gazed round at the group gathered around the table.
"We're pretty sure it's only the Death Eaters that avoided Azkaban, no new members or what not but that might not be true forever." Kingsley added in his deep voice.
"Why Cara?" Ginny asked suddenly causing the group to look round at her.
"What do you mean?" The young werewolf asked as he looked at her quizzically. She looked over at him.
"Well I mean you weren't in the Original Order, we haven't even got around to initiating you into the current Order but they seem adamant on getting you too."
Harry nodded slightly as he played with this thought and took his lover's hand in his own.
"I suspect it is many reasons Miss Weasley," Dumbledore said regarding them all again," Cara has both apprehended an attack on one of the Order members and is in a steady relationship with the man who brought about the downfall of their master."
The young animagi gripped his mate's hand tightly as Cara looked at him slightly, squeezing his hand lightly in comfort. When the group continued talking he leant in to whisper into Harry's ear.
"I'm not going anywhere love." He placed a kiss lightly on the dark-haired man's ear who in turn closed his eyes wistfully before regarding his mate.
"Don't make promises like that, fate usually has a way of coming back on things like that." He whispered back as he stroked a thumb over one of the werewolf's high cheekbones.
"Then instead I'll do everything within my power to not go anywhere." Smiling gently at Harry Cara placed a quick kiss on the man's lips.
"...And because of these frequent followings I'd feel better if the Order stayed here again, at Grimmauld."
Harry jerked his head back round in shock as he looked at the Headmaster.
"But not everyone will fit." He said, trying to think of other reason's why he should not stay in the building that had been a prison to his late Godfather.
"Forgive me, I meant the Order members near by. That would be yourself Harry with Cara, the Weasleys, Miss Granger, Miss Tonks and Remus. We need the Headquarters back up and running so I'd be greatly appreciative if you could do this."
Dumbledore seemed to be watching him closely, ready to take back his order should Harry show any signs of great distress. Harry was about to say that he couldn't stay here, never here but then he felt a hand on his knee. Following the trail of the arm he came face to face with the loving face of his mate and he realised he wasn't alone this time...he could do this.
Turning back to the Headmaster he nodded once, curtly as the aged man seemed to relax in his seat a little.
"Right then, that'll be all for now. Meeting adjourned."
The members that weren't staying stood to take their leave, bidding the people left behind a goodnight until only the members staying were left with the Hogwarts group as well.
"We'd best be off for now ladies and Gentlemen. Are you all alright for now?" The aged leader asked them where he was meet with varied replies of agreement.
"Then I bid you all a good evening." He said pleasantly. He looked at Harry for a brief moment, gripped his shoulder reassuringly until the young man reached up and clasped a hand over his in understanding.
The teachers then took their leave as everyone else settled around the table.
"Anyone want dinner?" Mrs Weasley asked suddenly and it was if the room sprung to life, loud exclamations of 'Oh Merlin yes' and laughter.
"Well then, I'll cook..."
"We'll help!" Cara said suddenly as he pointed at himself and Harry who nodded also.
"...Ah perfect. So we'll cook, you lot sort out the table, dump your things upstairs boys. As for you lot," She looked at the group that had arrived with Harry, "I suggest you go get your stuff and these two's stuff from the apartment. Tea won't be ready for at least an hour anyway."
Giving a nod Remus and Tonks apparated out of the building as Hermione went to help the Weasley kids with their stuff.
"So what are we making?" The animagi said as he flicked through a cookbook. Cara removed some utensils and a cutting board from the cupboard as Mrs Weasley adjusted various knobs on the stove.
"I was thinking maybe a simple stew." The red headed woman said as she checked the hob of the cooker.
They then began to set themselves up for different jobs to prepare dinner.
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Cara sliced the parsley whilst Harry sliced the onion next to him. He kept glancing over at the way the darker man's hair would slip from behind his ear and graze his cheek where it was now beginning to reach just above his lover's chin. He loved the concentrated look in his mate's eyes but most of all he loved THIS. The domestic atmosphere of cutting up food beside one another, handing one another a required utensil that you knew they wanted despite the fact they hadn't asked yet and the way that even he forgot sometimes that he was a werewolf in this normal and pleasant life.
"See what you like?" Harry asked suddenly as he smirked a little. Cara blanched them smiled...as if his mate ever missed a thing.
"Yes actually." He replied with a little cheeky grin.
"Harry...I really want to say thank you." The werewolf said suddenly causing the dark-haired man to look over at him curiously.
"For what?" He asked amused as Cara took his hand in his own.
"For given me a normal life."
"Normal? Chasing bad guys, changing into a wolf once..."
"It's good enough for me." The blonde said as he placed a kiss on the smiling man's mouth.
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Thanks to:
Pointofnoreturn: Eek indeed lol. I'm glad you like Cara so much, I wanted him to be a character that you would want to see with Harry which is also why I set Little Wolf in a University rather then Hogwarts, new setting new story. But anyway, thank you for all your compliments you're so nice lol.
Elrohir Lover: Lol ah but you've got to love Frank. Aye a wedding could be climbing up but that al depends on Bellatrix doesn't it (Dun dun dun).
Redmeadow: Bombs are awfully uncomfortable don't you think? Give you bum cramp and everything...sorry, rambling (grins). I'll try not to make anyone feel blue but no promises (Cringes).
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Chapter 16 –
They apparated to an area close to Grimmauld Place quietly before making their way to the melancholy building.
Knocking lightly Harry waited with Cara, Remus, Tonks and Hermione behind him. It opened revealing a tired looking Ron who brightened when he knew who it was. Hermione pushed lightly past her best friend to hug her boyfriend.
"Good to see you guys, you're the second group to arrive after us Weasleys. Dumbledore, Snape, Mcgonagall, Hagrid and Kingsley are already here." He moved aside to let them in, helping Hermione to remove her travelling cloak as Harry did the same for Cara.
"We're still waiting for Hestia's and Moody's groups." The red head said as he lead the way into the kitchen where the Hogwarts group and the Weasleys were sat.
"Ah you made it, good. I hope it was without incident?" Dumbledore said as he stood to shake everyone's hands in greeting.
"No we made it just fine." Remus said as he took his hand back with a smile.
"Oh boys!" Mrs Weasley hugged both Cara and Harry together in a tight hug, which extracted sniggers from the red headed men. Each boy that was in her grasp patted her shoulder reassuringly then smiled at her.
"Honestly woman, you'd think they'd died the way you gone about them." Snape said from his chair in the far corner. Harry scowled at him slightly but Cara gave him a slight incline of his head in greeting which the potion's master returned with the barest glimmer of a smirk.
Another knock sounded from the door which this time Remus went to answer. Pulling out chairs the group sat down waiting for Remus and the new gather of people to arrive.
Whilst they were doing this Harry moved over towards Ron to whisper to him.
"You still up for tomorrow mate?" He asked as the red head nodded.
"Sure, although it'll be nice to know why I'm being dragged out on a shopping spree with you." Smirking Ron dodged the animagi's slap to his shoulder.
"It's not a spree, it's a specific hunt..."
The darker man seemed to hesitate as he looked over at Cara who was busy talking to the normally silent Potion's professor. Turning back he leant in a little to whisper to his best friend.
"I need to find an engagement ring for Cara."
Ron's eyes widened comically before he gave an excited laugh causing everyone to turn to him. Wincing he chuckled nervously then turned his gaze back to Harry to find he was receiving a full-blown death glare. He gulped.
"Do you WANT to make this anymore suspicious?" The Auror asked as he slapped Ron upside the head.
"Sorry it's just...When are you asking him? Harry this is huge!" The taller male said with a beaming grin as he regarded the now blissful look on his face whilst the animagi observed his mate from across the room.
"I know, but it's everything I've ever wanted. I love him Ron," He turned his gaze back to the happy look on his friend's face, "Heart, body and soul. I can't imagine life without him and I don't want to. Never in all our years of school would I have believed that this would happen to me."
He looked back over at Cara who smiled at something Snape said. His blonde hair was brushing his cheeks as his eyes glowed with his inner strength and beauty. His face would move into an enchanting smile...Harry was captivated.
"I hated the War Ron, I didn't know what I was fighting for in myself. I knew I was saving the world and that is great but what about me? Everything I love was being taken from me...but look at him, Jesus Ron just look at him."
Smiling lightly at his best friend's words Ron looked over at the blonde- haired man.
"His every movement is poetry, he is a thousand of my sun's and a thousand more of my moon's. He is the air I breathe and the magick in my veins. I want to bond with him and proclaim to the world that he is mine, and I am his."
The red head gazed at his friend thoughtfully before sipping his drink.
"Well you never said anything like that to Cho in fifth year." He quipped lightly as he swallowed.
~*~
"It seems that at the moment we're only being observed. Both Cara, Snape and Sturgis have caught them in the act but that doesn't mean we're not all being watched."
Dumbledore linked his fingers together to form a steeple as he gazed round at the group gathered around the table.
"We're pretty sure it's only the Death Eaters that avoided Azkaban, no new members or what not but that might not be true forever." Kingsley added in his deep voice.
"Why Cara?" Ginny asked suddenly causing the group to look round at her.
"What do you mean?" The young werewolf asked as he looked at her quizzically. She looked over at him.
"Well I mean you weren't in the Original Order, we haven't even got around to initiating you into the current Order but they seem adamant on getting you too."
Harry nodded slightly as he played with this thought and took his lover's hand in his own.
"I suspect it is many reasons Miss Weasley," Dumbledore said regarding them all again," Cara has both apprehended an attack on one of the Order members and is in a steady relationship with the man who brought about the downfall of their master."
The young animagi gripped his mate's hand tightly as Cara looked at him slightly, squeezing his hand lightly in comfort. When the group continued talking he leant in to whisper into Harry's ear.
"I'm not going anywhere love." He placed a kiss lightly on the dark-haired man's ear who in turn closed his eyes wistfully before regarding his mate.
"Don't make promises like that, fate usually has a way of coming back on things like that." He whispered back as he stroked a thumb over one of the werewolf's high cheekbones.
"Then instead I'll do everything within my power to not go anywhere." Smiling gently at Harry Cara placed a quick kiss on the man's lips.
"...And because of these frequent followings I'd feel better if the Order stayed here again, at Grimmauld."
Harry jerked his head back round in shock as he looked at the Headmaster.
"But not everyone will fit." He said, trying to think of other reason's why he should not stay in the building that had been a prison to his late Godfather.
"Forgive me, I meant the Order members near by. That would be yourself Harry with Cara, the Weasleys, Miss Granger, Miss Tonks and Remus. We need the Headquarters back up and running so I'd be greatly appreciative if you could do this."
Dumbledore seemed to be watching him closely, ready to take back his order should Harry show any signs of great distress. Harry was about to say that he couldn't stay here, never here but then he felt a hand on his knee. Following the trail of the arm he came face to face with the loving face of his mate and he realised he wasn't alone this time...he could do this.
Turning back to the Headmaster he nodded once, curtly as the aged man seemed to relax in his seat a little.
"Right then, that'll be all for now. Meeting adjourned."
The members that weren't staying stood to take their leave, bidding the people left behind a goodnight until only the members staying were left with the Hogwarts group as well.
"We'd best be off for now ladies and Gentlemen. Are you all alright for now?" The aged leader asked them where he was meet with varied replies of agreement.
"Then I bid you all a good evening." He said pleasantly. He looked at Harry for a brief moment, gripped his shoulder reassuringly until the young man reached up and clasped a hand over his in understanding.
The teachers then took their leave as everyone else settled around the table.
"Anyone want dinner?" Mrs Weasley asked suddenly and it was if the room sprung to life, loud exclamations of 'Oh Merlin yes' and laughter.
"Well then, I'll cook..."
"We'll help!" Cara said suddenly as he pointed at himself and Harry who nodded also.
"...Ah perfect. So we'll cook, you lot sort out the table, dump your things upstairs boys. As for you lot," She looked at the group that had arrived with Harry, "I suggest you go get your stuff and these two's stuff from the apartment. Tea won't be ready for at least an hour anyway."
Giving a nod Remus and Tonks apparated out of the building as Hermione went to help the Weasley kids with their stuff.
"So what are we making?" The animagi said as he flicked through a cookbook. Cara removed some utensils and a cutting board from the cupboard as Mrs Weasley adjusted various knobs on the stove.
"I was thinking maybe a simple stew." The red headed woman said as she checked the hob of the cooker.
They then began to set themselves up for different jobs to prepare dinner.
~*~
Cara sliced the parsley whilst Harry sliced the onion next to him. He kept glancing over at the way the darker man's hair would slip from behind his ear and graze his cheek where it was now beginning to reach just above his lover's chin. He loved the concentrated look in his mate's eyes but most of all he loved THIS. The domestic atmosphere of cutting up food beside one another, handing one another a required utensil that you knew they wanted despite the fact they hadn't asked yet and the way that even he forgot sometimes that he was a werewolf in this normal and pleasant life.
"See what you like?" Harry asked suddenly as he smirked a little. Cara blanched them smiled...as if his mate ever missed a thing.
"Yes actually." He replied with a little cheeky grin.
"Harry...I really want to say thank you." The werewolf said suddenly causing the dark-haired man to look over at him curiously.
"For what?" He asked amused as Cara took his hand in his own.
"For given me a normal life."
"Normal? Chasing bad guys, changing into a wolf once..."
"It's good enough for me." The blonde said as he placed a kiss on the smiling man's mouth.
~*~