H P Boy who Lives 7th year
Chapter 24
Team Bulgaria
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The only question you need to keep in mind is how badly Krum and Harry beat the tar out of each other, while their supposed to be seeking the snitch...
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The Great Hall
Harry appeared at breakfast, energized, and ready to crush Viktor Krum's team. "Good morning, gents! It's a magnificent day for Quidditch! Not a cloud in the sky and the wind is just right." He fixed himself a plate of breakfast.
"Did you tell Hermione that she couldn't play today against Krum's team?" Draco arched a brow at him.
"Not exactly little brother, but she did tell me this morning that she was miserable and not able to play today. I told her that Ron had been cleared to play again, so the team wouldn't suffer if she sits this one out. After that she curled up and went back to sleep." Harry enjoyed his breakfast. "Gods, it's nice to be able to eat again and know that it's going to stay down."
"And now Hermione can't..." Ron smirked. "Oh, the irony…"
"Hey, don't get me wrong. I hate it that she's miserable, but I need energy to take care of her, teach classes, and play today." Harry shrugged his shoulders and shot them a sheepish look.
"Good Morning, comrades, it's a splendid day for Quidditch! I'm looking forward to this match, so don't any of you disappoint me. If he tries anything against you first, and we bloody well know that he will. Feel free to kick duck feet's ass, cousin." Logan sat down next to Harry. The Russian accent in his voice had yet to disappear. "We understand tavarish, your joy of being able to eat again, and it's no fun when she says the word we in a sentence. I know all too well how that feels, only Thea has pity on my person, as your Hermione does not."
"I need you, Thea, and Luna to watch Hermione for me during the game." Harry finished his breakfast.
"That's a given. You need not have asked that of me. She is family and we take care of ones family." Logan poured on the accent.
"For the love of magic, QUINN, will you please cool it with the Russian accent!! You were born in France, attended
Beauxbaton for seven years and fluently speak over twelve languages! You were never a descendent of
Russian czars! It was a fake last name, so Voldemort wouldn't kill your dad, for being Uncle Albus' son!
You know damn well that it annoys the hell out of me and will more than annoy Hermione! She'll take great pleasure in dressing you in drag again!" Harry narrowed his eyes in annoyance.
"Sorry about that cousin. I haven't come out of my Auror persona yet. Being in Russia, it was easy to catch on with the accent." Logan grinned sheepishly.
"Look, I realize that its part of whom you are, Logan, but you need to come back to being you as soon as a mission is over." Harry shook his head at him.
"Yeah, I know. Dad keeps trying to drum that into my head. I promise. I'll work on that." Logan sighed.
Thea walked in for breakfast with Ginny and Luna. "My Quinn loves being anyone, but himself. It's an annoying yet endearing flaw, that I've learned to live with and since I married him, kind of love." She kissed him good morning and he pulled her down onto his lap. "I woke up and you weren't there." She pouted.
"Did ya hear that she loves me, flaws and all. Our marriage will last for eternity." He gave her a long kiss. "Nice lip stuff by the way. Kissing strawberries and not wax is a huge milestone for long lasting kisses."
Thea whispered in his ear.
"So there's more than just lip stuff?" Logan's brows shot up in delight and he growled with approval. "Tens all around on this wickedly fabulous new line of beauty products."
"I hear ya there mate." Ron was kissing Luna, who he also had cuddled on his lap. "Chocolate cherry kisses ain't bad either."
Draco was in a happy mood as well. "I don't know, peaches, vanilla, and chocolate ain't too shabby either." Ginny was kissing him she too was on his lap.
"So Harry, how do you like the girl's wickedly smart new beauty line?" Ron gave him a knowing look.
"Let's just say that I have no complaints with any of it and leave it at that." Harry glanced down at his watch. The match was at noon, it was now nine. "I have to go check on my Sweetness. I'll see you three, at the pitch, at half past ten." He got up to leave, when a series of owls arrived with six packages.
The owls dropped their packages in front of various members of the team.
"Make that one hour. The six of you need to get used to your new rides." He grinned.
"No way!" Justin exclaimed, as he unwrapped his Cyclone 2005 and then read the letter from Cedric.
"Now this broom is wicked!" Anthony unwrapped his own Cyclone 2005.
Colin, who had gotten a Firebolt for Christmas, stared down at his Typhoon 2005 in awe. "He says that since I can fly a Firebolt that I can easily handle this one."
Ron and Ginny with their Typhoon 2005 and Draco with his Hurricane 2005 brooms in hand wasted no time heading for the doors.
"Anthony, Colin, Justin! We need to test these thoroughly before the match!" Draco shouted at them.
"Be right with you!" Justin shouted.
"Get a move on, Colin! It ain't gonna bloomin bite you if you pick it up!" Anthony rolled his eyes at him.
"Sorry be right there!" Colin grabbed his new broom and they all headed for the pitch.
"Cedric is gonna put the other Broommaker's out of business." Logan read the letter that came with Draco's broom. "Designing brooms for the various Quidditch positions is pure genius."
"Yes, I know. That's why the twins and I helped him start up his new broom company, by being his silent partners." Harry grinned. "He has the galleons, the resources, and the means to follow his dream."
"Triwizards Inc. Catchy name for a broom company," Thea grinned.
"I have to go check on Hermione, suit up, and join them at the pitch. I'll see you after the game." Harry vanished.
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11:50 AM
The stands were packed by ten minutes to game time. The Vrasta Vultures had protested to the officials that Team Hogwarts were riding unofficial brooms. Cedric had cut that protest short, by producing the patent, and the necessary documents about each of the brooms. This had enraged and enraged Krum who had went to throw a temper fit on the pitch.
"Play a clean game or face my wrath. The choice is yours." Harry narrowed his eyes at their team captain.
"Threats will not stop us from crushing you." Krum sneered.
"Oh, Viktor. If anyone is gonna get crushed. It's gonna be you." Harry promised. "Excuse me, my wife wishes to kiss me good luck."
"Good luck you guys." Logan walked over to where the team was gathered down on the Pitch. "Knock duck feet on his ass."
"What are you doing here, Romanov?" Viktor narrowed his eyes at Logan.
"The surname is Dumbledore and I teach DADA with Harry starting Monday. Not that it's any of your frickin business what I do, you worthless washout!" Logan snarled.
"Oi Harry! Enough with the kissing. We play in two minutes." Ron grinned at Hermione and Harry who were lip locked.
"Oi Big brother! Game first dessert after." Draco grinned.
Harry reluctantly let her go. "We're newlyweds and my passion in life is kissing my wife, among other things." He grinned, eyes dancing mischievously, and laughed when Hermione goosed him.
Hermione walked over to Viktor. "You are not welcome here, Krum! So play your little match and then get out!" She glared murderously at up him.
"You can't mean that, Hermi-ooone." Krum stared down at her with a horrified shocked expression.
"I mean what I say, Viktor! Play your match and then get out of this country!" Hermione went over to Logan. "Let's go, Logan. I wish to get a good seat. Harry and the others are going to crush them."
"Luna and Thea are saving us prime seats, by the rest of the family. Don't worry, Princess. We'll have a bird's-eye view of the World Cup's champion's demise." He led Hermione off the Pitch.
"YOU POISONED HER MIND AGAINST ME! FOR THAT PENDRAGON YOU WILL PAY!" Krum roared at him.
"You did that all on your own! Dating Cho Chang labels you a traitor and Dark Wizard supporter in Hermione's eyes and mine! Graduating from Durmstrang that in itself seals any doubt that we have! Either way you slice it! You Washout are toast!" Harry mounted his Tornado 2005. "Eat dust, Krum!" He shot off so fast the dirt formed around him like a minidust devil.
"Yeah, eat dust!" The others mounted their brooms leaving Krum coughing up dust in their wake.
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The Bulgarian team showed them no mercy, but the score was still 20 goals to 25. Hogwarts was up by five. Draco had come up with a solution to their long shots into the goals. Ginny, Ron, and Colin were holding their own against the teams other Chasers. Justin and Anthony were keeping the bludgers at bay.
Harry was the one roughed up. Krum slammed him into stand posts or with his broom every chance he could get. Harry gave it right back to him, only threefold. They both had bloody noses, black eyes, minor cuts, bruises, and abrasions. Neither was even trying to watch out or search for the snitch.
"HERMI-OOONE WAS MINE!" Krum slammed him with his broom.
Harry was ready for him and slammed him back, sending Krum and his broom cartwheeling 150ft across the sky. "SHE FELT SORRY FOR YOU, KRUM! THERE WAS NEVER ANY SPARK OR ROMANCE EVER!" Harry roared back at him. Finally, he caught sight of the snitch and shot after it.
Krum howled in outrage when 1.9 seconds later, Harry was holding the snitch. "I AM THE GREATEST SEEKER IN OUR WORLD TODAY! NO ONE HUMILIATES ME!" He shot straight towards Harry.
Harry decided to teach him a lesson and shot straight towards the pitch. "YOU WERE THE GREATEST SEEKER! WASHOUT!" He righted his broom just before he reached the Pitch, then shot up into the sky again.
Krum barely pulled up in time, but a bludger to his head, sent at Harry from a Bulgarian Beater, caused him to wipe out on the pitch.
"NEXT TIME BACK THE HELL OFF!" Harry's lip was split wide open, his nose was bleeding heavily, and one of the hits by Krum had been an elbow to his rib cage, so he was no doubt bruised, as were his legs and arms. He could barely see through his left eye, because it was swollen shut and his other eye wasn't any better. He nevertheless was still standing, while Krum had to be taken off the pitch by stretcher.
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"Nice flying, big brother! Although, you look like a bloody mess! Emphasis on the word bloody." Draco landed beside him. "Ginny, go fetch Dad or Poppy! He's going to need them!"
"Is Krum gone yet?" Harry pulled off his safety goggles revealing a swollen shut left eye and his other eye, was well on the way to doing the same thing.
"Yeah, the Vultures left with Krum." Ron landed beside him. "Why?"
"No reason. I just need to collapse now. That's all." The snitch still clutched in his right gloved hand, Harry passed out cold on the pitch.
"They really clashed up there and didn't hold back either." Justin and Anthony joined them.
"Well, that much hate between two people is bound to end badly." Draco conjured a cloth to try to stem the blood seeping from Harry's nose.
"Harry!?" Hermione raced over to him.
Ron caught her in his arms. "It's just a split lip, black eyes, and broken nose. Nothing to worry about."
"Nothing to worry about!? He's bleeding! Now let me go, so I can help him!" She struggled to break free of Ron's hold on her.
"He really got a number done on him, but he's had worse." Logan knelt in front of his cousin.
James arrived with Ginny. "Up you go champ." He took out some vile smelling potion and put it by Harry's nose.
Harry's eyes shot open and he scowled in disgust. "Gross! Get that away from me! That stuff is rancid!" He squinted at his father. "So what's the damage?"
"To you or to Krum?" James helped him to his feet.
"Me...I could give a shit about Krum." He snarled nasally.
"Broken nose, split lip, blackened eyes, and that's just what I can see. Now let's get you checked over in the Hospital Wing." James picked him up in his arms.
"Angel, all of it was self-defense or most of it was anyway." Harry squinted at Hermione. "He was gonna pull the same crap that he did when he lost last August."
"Let's discuss this when you aren't bleeding..." Hermione fainted in Ron's arms.
"Let's get you up to the Hospital Wing! Ronald, take her back to the castle! Let her rest on the couch in the Common Room. Well! Don't just stand there gaping at me! Move your sorry hides!" Poppy had arrived and she was not pleased.
They did what she ordered.
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Three hours later in the Honeymoon Flat's Common Room.
Harry bent down and kissed Hermione on the forehead. "Thanks for watching her for me." He glanced over at Ron and Luna, who were working on some homework.
Thea was snoozing in Logan's arms, while he looked over lesson plans for Monday.
"She's been sleeping for three hours now. Aunt Lily checked her over. She and the babies are fine." Ron took in his appearance and grimaced.
"You look like hell." Logan glanced up at him and couldn't help but gape at him.
"Daddy and Uncle Sirius tinkered with the digital recorders, so now it can work around the castle." Luna gasped when she saw his face. "Oh, big brother you look terrible."
"Uncle Sirius got the whole match, with the help of Dennis, on Disk. Krum pulled nearly every dirty trick in the book mainly, when the Hooch wasn't looking. Oh and you smashed your Seeker record as well 1.9 seconds." Ron was proud of his best mate.
"Bully for me on that one, at the moment I just wanna sit in a steaming hot whirlpool tub. I'm beginning to feel the aftereffects of my battle with Krum." He winced in pain when his rib cage protested the way he was moving.
"Go soak, big brother. We'll watch over Hermione. Logan is right. You do look like hell." Luna got up and gave him a gentle hug.
"That's the word around the castle, baby sister. I for one haven't dared look in a mirror, as of yet." Harry headed for the stairs.
"Wizarding healing can mend minor broken bones in a heartbeat, but evidently not bruises and the like." Logan went back to the lesson plan.
"Now I know that I don't wanna see my face right now." Harry groaned.
"Have your soak, Mate. Uh, you might wanna try focusing on healing your bruised body as well. After all, you are the Next Merlin." Ron called after him.
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Hogwarts grounds
Wills and Henry arrived at the Castle gates, as bruised and battered as Harry was.
"This really sucks! We're sore, busted up, bruised as all get out, and tomorrow's Valentines Day." Henry pulled out his wand and used it to open the gate. Then because his knee was in a brace-cast, gimped inside with crutches.
"It's our fault for letting our competitive nature, towards each other, get the best of us." Wills, also on crutches, and sporting a cast on his right foot up to his knee, passed through the gates, that clanged ominously shut behind them.
"Yeah, you're right. It's just that this Sergeant seemed to be pitting us against each other. He wasn't a big fan of ours either." Henry grumbled as they slowly made their way to the castle.
"He was trying to break our spirits, little brother. It's in his job description." Wills had never thought the gates were this far from the castle.
"Yeah, well, all it did was tick me off and get my knee screwed again." Henry groaned when the girls came out to walk the pups. "They're gonna go postal when they see us like this!"
"Rory is gonna say, see William I told you so. You can't even go through a weekend of training without competing with each other." Wills sighed in defeat.
"What in grandfathers name did the two of you do to yourselves and who do I have to jinx because of it!?" Rory, took in the appearances of Wills and Henry and lost her temper.
"They broke my prince!" Dromi fumed.
"Good thing we left Mum's portraits at Highgrove or she'd really give us a..." Henry felt his Mothers presence. "Nix that she's here…"
"What in heavens name happened to the two of you!?" Diana appeared behind them.
"That's a long story..." They found themselves trapped between their mother and their girls.
"Do not move!" Rory snarled.
"Let's get them settled in the Castle." Dromi agreed.
Charlie and Tonks, who were coming back to the castle, after checking on the Dragon's, stopped to see what was up. "Three battered and broken princes in one day this has to be a record."
"Yeah, it seems like princes are accident-prone this weekend." Tonks smirked.
"Who else is broken?" Henry frowned.
"Harry was after the Quidditch match against Bulgaria." Tonks frowned.
"Krum went to war against him. He's got cracked ribs, busted nose, black eyes, and the works." Charlie took a lead from the girls.
"We'll walk the pups. You get these two inside." Tonks took the other lead.
"Thanks Dory. Thanks Charlie." Rory and Dromi hugged the two of them and kissed Charlie on the cheek.
"Anytime ladies," Charlie let the pups loose.
"Run to your hearts content kids! Charlie and I'll be snogging under that tree." Tonks dragged him off to snog.
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Rory placed her arms around Wills, in seconds they were standing in the Pendragon Common Room. "Did you have a car accident? Did you fall off a rock facing? Or was it the wilderness course that attacked you?" She snarled at Wills.
Dromi appeared with Henry. "You are to pick a couch and lie down. Then you can explain what happened."
"We had a rough time of it. The sergeant was not so nice and showed us no mercy." Wills sprawled out on one of the couches.
"By the gods! What is this busted up prince day?" James came down the stairs.
"I told him it was a lousy idea to be in the Army, with Henry, but no he had to try to prove me wrong!"
Wills rolled his eyes at her in exasperation. "44 weeks seemed a hell of a lot better than 62weeks apart from you! I decided on the Army before you ever brought that up! It was not to compete with my brother!"
"The moment our SUV drove onto the base, the man had it in for us! He saw us as wet nosed rich brats, who are only joining to humor our Granny!" Henry grumbled.
"Well, that is partially true." Wills saw that Rory was not the least bit sympathetic towards his current situation. He ignored that and continued with what he was saying. "Granny and Dad want to court-martial his sorry ass, for egging us into nearly killing ourselves, on the obstacle course, or at every bloody drill!"
"Oh, I'll do more than court-martial his hide!" Di growled.
"Mum! He was just doing his job! They're supposed to break you down and then build you up again!" Henry growled.
"I'll show him a break down! No one breaks my boys and gets away with it!" Di vanished.
"Master Chen is in his quarters. Looks like you boys are gonna face the needles this time." James paused before going to get Master Chen. "That is unless this is all over the Muggle press and you have to suffer the Muggle way."
"Now that would be a good learning experience for the both of you." Rory saw no problem with having them mend the Muggle way.
"All right, Katherine Aurora! Enough! You were right! We went at each other competitively and suffered for it! We have more than learned our lesson and will refrain from ever doing it again! Is that what you wish to hear?" Wills wasn't about to suffer because Rory thought that he had it coming to him. "Dad already has our seclusion covered with the press. So, it will be no problem getting a little healing form Master Chen."
"I second what he said." Henry winced in pain.
"Daddy, ignore Rory and go get Master Chen." Dromi made her wishes known.
"I'll be back." James vanished.
Rory went over next to the fireplace, sat on the hassock, conjured a sketchpad and pencil, and proceeded to ignore him completely.
"I think you went from the doghouse, all the way to the pound. She is not happy with you at all, big brother." Henry frowned.
"Should I be happy that my other half went and got busted up? Over some juvenile urge to make sure that he is better than you? If so then hell will freeze over first!" Rory glanced up from her sketchpad and scowled at Henry.
"EXCUSE THE HELL OUT OF ME FOR BEING HUMAN AND MAKING MISTAKES!" Wills lost his temper with her.
"A MISTAKE IS WHEN YOU MISJUDGE A SITUATION!! WHAT YOU DID! YOUR HIGHNESS WAS BLATANTLY THREW A PROMISE THAT YOU SWORE TO ME, OUT THE WINDOW! BUT THEN YOU CAN'T HELP IT! AFTER ALL YOU'RE MALE! IT'S IN YOUR NATURE!" Rory let loose her fury on him.
Wills had never felt this kind of fury from her. Not directed at him anyway and it cut like a knife in his very soul. "I lost my head okay! When that happens all rational thought goes flying out the window! Even his Royal Highness Prince William, isn't free from flaws! This cast that I'm sporting on my foot and lower leg proves that!" Wills ignored his pain and pushed himself up to his feet.
Rory dropped her sketchpad and raced over to him. "Lay back down you idiot! Don't you realize that when you hurt I hurt as well?" She settled him back onto the couch. "We're linked you and I." She knelt beside him.
"So you're beyond toasted at me, because it hurts you to see me like this?" Wills reached out to brush a lone tear from her cheek.
Rory nodded.
"Well then it won't happen again, not out of competitiveness anyway." He pulled her into his arms.
"We can't cuddle your leg..." Rory protested.
"Is fine," He put her in his arms, so she cuddled against him.
Henry and Dromi were already cuddling on the other couch. "I'm glad that we don't have miscommunication like the two of them do." He kissed her on the forehead.
"You and I don't fight our link and those two cling to their separate identities like Muggle lifesavers." Dromi sighed.
"Why fight destiny." Henry kissed her. "I prefer to cherish it in my arms."
:There is that and you don't resist me in your mind. So, I can heal you and ease your pain.: Dromi linked with him and for the first time let him know she was there in his mind.
:The ultimate private way to converse. We never have to be recorded in public again.: Harry kissed her nose. :I can make you blush by saying naughty things and they won't be any the wiser.:
:Henry Charles behave! Especially, in the castle, others can tune in as well.: She giggled.
:Saying is fine. Try anything before you're married and I'll take great pleasure in killing you.: James was back with Master Chen.
"Right, I'll remember that." Henry stared warily up at her father.
"Girls, take this up to the young prince and princess's chambers. It will help her with the morning sickness." Chen held out a pouch of herbs for making tea.
Dromi reluctantly got up, but Rory was not about to move.
"Now, Katherine Aurora, or I will change my mind about tending to him. His suffering will be on your own head." Chen frowned at her.
:Drat! Just when that wicked mind of yours was getting interesting.: Rory reluctantly slid off Wills and went to join Dromi and her father. "You win you old party pooper." Rory grumbled.
Wills eyes widened in shock, as he felt, and heard her in his mind. :Tigress, we're gonna have a seriously long chat. Was it intentional that you sealed our link or tactical error on your part?: He conversed using their new means of conversation. "I love your daughter more than the air I breathe, but she can be a brat at times."
"What I am wise as time. You young lady, were exploring where he hasn't given you permission. I blame this part on the genes that you received from your father." Chen smirked.
"KATHERINE AURORA! HIS FANTASIES ARE JUST THAT HIS! NOW GET YOUR FANNY OUT OF HERE AND TAKE THAT UP TO HERMIONE!" James roared down at her.
:Damned old ancient fart! Daddy's no fun either. I wished to link with you and so I did.: She growled. "I may be a brat, but you're a stuffed shirt, spoiled, preppy, and always will be!" Rory shot back at Wills.
"Katherine Aurora!!" James took her over his knee and swatted her backside four times. "Behave!"
"No need to have a coronary, Daddy. The swat on my rear was not necessary either. I didn't get to the good parts. You spoiled that by arriving with Master Teacher." She crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue at her father. "The Kamasutra... Hmm that might be worth researching about. Love you, Wills...don't hurt him to badly." Before James could grab her, she raced out of the Common Room.
"She's just, um, menstrual Daddy. She didn't have a clue what she was saying." Dromi paused on her way out the door. "Be gentle with them...love you, Henry Charles." The door closed behind her.
"Give William Arthur Philip Louis the works and Henry Charles Albert David as well." James snarled at Chen and then stalked up the stairs to his floor to hold Lily.
"And I thought Princess Hermione was a handful." Chen shook his head, as he helped Wills to his feet.
"Not even close Master Teacher. Hermione's docile compared to, my Tigress." While Chen got Henry to his feet, Wills headed for his room on crutches.
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Hermione was tending to Harry's face, while dictating various weaknesses in Ron's DADA essay. "I should leave you in this state of appearance, but you would scare the first years looking like you do."
"It was all done in self-defense. After you verbally flogged him, Krum went postal." Harry grumbled.
"Ninety percent of it maybe, but the other ten percent was all you." Hermione concentrated on healing the bruises around his eyes and nose and they slowly faded away. "I wrote notes on the parchment, under your essay, use those to fix it and you'll get an E or O if you really tweak it." She glanced over at Ron.
"She's all yours mate. We're taking our leave." Ron and Luna packed up their schoolwork and headed for the doors.
"Good luck with the rewrite Ron. I look forward to reading it." Harry grinned.
"Well, that settles it then, I'm getting an O." Ron beamed at Luna as the door closed behind them.
"Harry James Merlin. You will swear to me here and now that when it comes to Ronald's class work, you will act like a teacher, and not like a best mate." Hermione narrowed her eyes down at him.
"Lioness, I take teaching seriously. Ron isn't gonna cruise by, because we're best mates. He'll be graded according to his work. Now since you basically did it for him, I would predict at least and E or and O on the essay." Harry shot her a wounded look.
"Ron's intelligent. He just doesn't ever apply any of that intelligence in his essays. It's the bare essentials and that's it. Until now it has worked every year. It's just this year he has his N.E.W.T'S to think about." Hermione sighed in frustration.
Harry winced when she pressed her palm against his rib cage. "Easy lioness, your Wolfe is bruised goods at the moment."
"He cracked your ribs again!?" Hermione yanked up his sweater and t-shirt to examine his bruised and tapped torso.
"Angel, that's not possible... I would pass out in..." He yelped when she pressed on the bandage with her palms. "Pain...Seriously Annie, enough with the tough medicine." He groaned.
Hermione closed her eyes and focused on him. "Will you shush, I am trying to concentrate."
Harry felt warm all over, his aches were all but gone, and his bruised body felt healed. "I love it when you use your empathic healing ability to heal me, rather than make me suffer through god-awful hangovers." He sighed.
"The hangover taught you a lesson. Where as, these injuries were inflicted by a hopeless man who doesn't know when to just leave well enough alone." Hermione unwrapped his now completely healed rib cage. "Now you can hold us for awhile." She cuddled up against him.
"Or not my sisters are about to pop in for a visit." Harry sighed in frustration.
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"Daddy's gonna lock you in a tower! What were you thinking blurting out a thing like that!?" Dromi was snarling at Rory outside their doors.
"Harry! Hermione! It's us. We brought something for baby sis from Master Teacher." Rory ignored Dromi and knocked on the door.
"Come on in!" Harry called out. "For once it seems that my sisters are on the hot seat with Dad." He grinned at Hermione.
"So it would seem." Hermione yawned sleepily. "Drat! I just woke up two hours ago."
"It only bothered Daddy, because I said it, and not Draco or Harry." Rory growled at Dromi, as they entered the Honeymoon flat. Josh Groban was playing on the entertainment center, so that filtered throughout the Common Room, soft candles were lit, the torches were on dim, it was a very romantic setting. "Told ya we were interrupting."
"Ron and baby sister just left. This is calm and soothing for the babies and Hermione." Dromi rolled her eyes at her twin.
"What did you say to dad?" Harry arched a brow at them from his place on the Common Room couch.
"William and Rory had a bit of a row over his current state of appearance. They eventually made up and she peaked, as usual only this time into his wicked subconscious." Dromi explained.
"Dromi and I were both linked with our guys. Daddy sensed it and butted in where he wasn't wanted. I merely stated that I'd have to research whatever Kamasutra was." Rory grumbled.
Hermione instantly woke up. "Um, Rory, the Kamasutra is a book, specifically about the ancient art of love."
Harry now had some idea, as to where Rory had wandered inside Wills mind. He wasn't pleased at all about it. "His fantasies are private, Katherine Aurora! That is abusing your privileges and you know it! I don't see Wills or Henry trailing after you. What went wrong with their military weekend?" He wasn't gonna broach the other topic that one was just too hot to handle.
"Henry injured his knee and Wills his right foot and leg. They each have bruises and scrapes as well. Master Chen is tending to them and gave this to us to give to Hermione." Dromi handed Hermione the large pouch of tea ingredients.
"It's a special morning sickness tea from Master Teacher, how sweet of him to think of us." She could smell the various mints and other herbs. "Wills took a human anatomy art class at the University. They sometimes use book illustrations in classes of that nature. Now as for Henry's knee, well, he injured that awhile back ago at a Polo match. It's been tricky for him since then. Wills only gets injured when he's being competitive with Henry, so I deduce that's what went on this weekend."
"Wills took a class like that? Muggles have interesting classes at their universities." Rory smirked.
"Try to behave around Dad. I would think that Wills is gonna wanna chat about your new link and wandering around his head at your leisure. Henry's accepting with his bond with Dromi, so I imagine that he's calm about it. The two of you on the other hand, fight it because it means giving up a piece of yourselves." Harry gave her a knowing look.
"Girls, go help your mother design the nursery. The boys aren't gonna wake up until morning." James walked into the room.
"YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE DADDY!" Rory was furious with him.
"Dromi go. Your sister will be with you in awhile." James gave Dromi a look and she left the room no questions asked. "Katherine Aurora Lily Elizabeth, you will speak to me civilly or else."
"We'll adjourn to our room." Logan and Thea woke up from where they were snoozing on the other couch and vanished.
"So will we," Harry and Hermione vanished.
"I'M TWENTY, DADDY! IF I WISH TO I CAN BE WITH WILLS! YOU CAN'T GROUND ME, SO DON'T EVEN TRY!" Rory was not heeding his warning.
"YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR NEARLY SIX MONTHS, NOT TWENTY YEARS! DO NOT EVEN TRY TO PULL THAT CARD WITH ME! IT WON'T FLY AT ALL!" James glowered down at her. "YOU CAN'T HANDLE YOUR BOND, AS IT IS! NOW YOU WISH TO COMPLICATE THAT WITH GETTING INTIMATE WITH WILLS, JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PROVE THAT YOU CAN!"
"So what if he lost his cool and broke his promise about competing with Henry. He's paying for that in spades. They both are. You cannot move forward if you refuse to explore the parts of the relationship that you have now. It's not all about being able to shag Wills at your leisure. Being in a relationship is hard work. You need to trust in, share, and build that together, before moving on in your relationship. Otherwise, it complicates matters. Trust me I know this." Harry was sitting on the stairs.
Rory was not in the mood to listen, even if her father and brother were right. "WILLIAM GETS TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF ME AND IT ISN'T FAIR TO HIM! KATARINA HAD NO PROBLEM SLEEPING WITH HIM LAST SUMMER! WHILE I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THIS NEW WORLD AND THE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT GO WITH IT! I'M A BURDEN TO HIM THAT WAY AND I HATE IT! HE DESERVES SOMEONE WHO WON'T MAKE HIM SUFFER LIKE I DO!" She screamed at James and Harry in frustration.
"Suffering!? I'm not one for casual intimate relationships. It's not who I am nor would Granny or Dad allow it. Katie and I were in what I thought was a serious long-lasting relationship. So we took that step, only once mind you, little brother called me out on the carpet about it afterwards. That artistically creative and brilliant mind of yours tends to take one situation and run with it, usually in the wrong direction. I discovered three weeks later that my destiny had eyes of violet, hair like fire, a beauty that took my breath away, and a temper to match. You mean everything in existence to me. I would never in a million years pressure you into a step that you're not ready for. You aren't a burden. What you are, my angel sent from above, is new to everything around you. I love watching you discover this new world that you now live in. The book that you cleverly picked my brain about is something that I read, to do a paper for a class, and that is all it is for now anyway." Wills was standing, with the aid of his crutches, in the open doorway. "I'll love you for eternity, Katherine Aurora Lily Elizabeth. We have all the time in the world for the rest."
"I'm sorry, Daddy... I just never want to lose him!" Rory burst into tears. "This article that I read in a magazine yesterday said that I could because I'm..." She sobbed against her fathers shoulder. "…Frigid in my relationship with him! They were awful about it."
Wills gimped his way, on unsteady legs, into the Common Room. "They only write rubbish like that to get under your skin. You're not going to lose me ever. I made a promise to our whole family, not until we're married and have no problem abiding by it." Wills reached out and stroked her hair. "Oh baby doll, you called me on my mobile last night. I couldn't return your call, because I was getting patched up. No wonder you're all worked up...you thought...What's the name of the rag? I'm gonna file a lawsuit against them first thing tomorrow morning." Wills was now holding her in his arms.
"The Royal Watcher..." She sobbed against his shoulder.
"I was hoping that was the one. When I'm finished with them... They will rue the day they ever opened shop." Wills snarled.
"Focus on Rory and less on the revenge." James growled. "I have my own means of dealing with pond scum like them."
"Daddy, I wish to snuggle with Wills for awhile." Rory sniffled looking up at her father with miserable teary eyes.
"I trust him and Henry completely, so go ahead." James found himself hugged and kissed by his daughter.
"Thank you, Daddy, you're the best. I won't let you down." Rory was almost out of her mood.
"Neither of us will, Uncle James." Wills yawned.
"Let's get you back to bed and off your leg." Rory cuddle up to Wills and they vanished.
"Goodnight son, I have a magazine to crumble." James vanished.
"Finally, some peace and quite, now I can watch over my girls tonight." Harry headed back up the stairs and to Hermione.
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Chapter 25
Valentines Day Morning
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I do not claim any of JKR's characters only that I love being able to create my own kind of mischief with her beloved characters. I do not claim any other things that are owned by other companies that I may mention once and a while in the stories...Although the original characters and ideas are mine and I loved creating them. So please review if you wish but try not to flame me too badly.
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Cindra 2004-2008
