Chapter 7 -

The house was very different from Hogwart as well as from the Dursley's, it was Muggle but so welcoming, so filled with kindness, entering it was like being hugged … how could his bitter Potion Professor be so at easy here was only one of the many strange things happened today … and Harry simply let it go, put his mind at rest and looked around, feeling instead of analyzing.

"So … what gave you the right to fly here and impose yourself ? have you not be warned to keep your long nose out of my businesses? Do you need a bit of discipline to learn this lesson … again?"

The young man was not scared, even if the words now were matched by a cold warning voice that was not at all welcoming

"The web was shaken, the balance of power disturbed and we all could feel that you were upset, as soon as we were sure you have left your home in a hurry after a visit by the only one we are not allowed to search for, it was all to easy to guess something was changing and I was the spare one, free to come and help "

Harry shivered in pain … that young handsome dark haired boy … a spare?

"NO! not again … you are not the spare … no, please Mistress, no …"

"Harry! HARRY! RavenWing is not in danger, nobody is going to hurt him … trust my words, he is one of my beloved children, he is in no danger … even if he deserves a good spanking for his cheek he will not got worse than that, he will live Harry, breath Harry, breath …"

Fear still rampaging on his face Harry did just what he was asked to, deep breathes to vanish the memories of another time

kill the spare

no, it was not going to happen again, the Mistress had said the dark young man was not in danger, breath Harry, the Mistress had ordered him to breath, the young man was safe, he was going to live, spanked? As a child? And what kind of name is RavenWing?

Breath Harry, just keep breathing, the Mistress will deal with it, the man was safe, RavenWing was not going to die, not yet …

A glass was forced to his lips, cold water in his mouth, the loop broken and the memories dispelled.

"Severus, how could your kind be so uncaring? He is not ready to deal with the Deads, he has seen too many of them without understanding … he is just a boy! How could you ask me to train him? I'm not willing to hurt him, he needs love and caring not training …"

"Yet your training may be his only safeline, if you do not train him then Riddle will win and will kill him in cool blood, Harry is the only one who could stop Riddle, the only one powerful enough to be a treat to Riddle … he is the Boy-Who-Lived, he is our Saviour .."

"He is a boy! And now by your own laws he belongs to me, you all belong to me! You are mine! Mine to hold, to care for, to shield from your unworthy kind … mine … my beloved ones …"

and Morwenna hugged Harry, hard, rocking them both slowly …

and RavenWing added his arms to the embrace, showing them with small kisses while saying soothing words

"Harry is safe now Mother, he is at home, he is in your arms, nobody can touch him now, nobody can hurt him now, he is safe Mother … Harry you are at home, we do love you, nobody can hurt you here, nobody is going to hurt me here, we both are safe, we are loved here, we are cared for, we are safe … safe …"

the trembling decreased and sooner then he himself believed possible Harry was breathing easily again, and was ready to look up and around … Remus was nearby, sad amber eyes showing his pain for Harry … Severus was here too, dark bottomless eyes on Harry but no harsh words, thanks for little miracles! … the older man was nowhere around as well as the old lady … RavenWing was hugging him, a soft smile on his handsome face, caring eyes, deep dark chocolate eyes with just an hint of gold in them, strange, those eyes were golden just like Remus' at full moon, strange …

and his Mistress was embracing him too, rocking him as a small child, showering him with kisses and small touches, making him feeling loved, just like a Mother, wait, she was his Mother, she had told him so, she was Mother, Mother, Mum …

"Mum …"

"I'm here Harry, I'm here … I love you Harry … you are safe now, you are home Harry, home with Mum and your brother, RavenWing is your brother now Harry, you are at home, safe…"

"I'm your brother Harry and I do love you Harry, you are home, safe in our arms, safe and loved Harry …"

"… home … safe … with Mum and with my brother …"

"yes Harry, safe at home with Mum and your brother, sleep now my child, sleep my Harry, my beloved child, sleep"

and Harry let go, feeling safer then ever in his life he let go and went to sleep in the warm embrace of his new family.

RavenWing sat down on the floor, never letting go of Harry, rocking him slowly, smiling at the dark boy who trusted him so much to go to sleep in his arms.

"Blessed Be my dear brother, welcome to our family beloved, you will be so loved by all of us, welcome little bro, we love you Harry … Thank you Mother, thank you for giving us a new brother to love, thank you for letting me be here for him "

"He needs love, in more then one way … and he is loved, more then we could tell you RavenWing.

Yes, he belongs to me in the full meaning of the word, in his world slavery is yet allowed and the faster and safer way to bring him here was to enslave him, and I did it, I did enslave Harry and Remus and Severus … I'm their Mistress by their laws … could you believe it RavenWing? They all are my slaves … slaves … but there was no other way to get them away from the claws of that old meddling fool cot …"

"Morwenna you did what was needed, you have no fault, enslaving us allowed us all to be free, you granted us freedom, it really doesn't matter that you are our Mistress, you are my beloved Morwenna and you are going to help Harry survive, that's all the matters to me"

"Mistress please do not be hard with yourself, slavery is allowed in our world, better be a living slave in the hands of a kind and caring Mistress then a free werewolf hunted around in distrust, I gave you my wizard's oath to do anything you ask for in exchange of your help for Harry, this boy is the only living family I have, I would do anything to keep him safe and you, as a Guardian, are the only one able to keep him safe, so me being your slave is a small price."

"Mother! He … is he really a werewolf? Are your sure? A werewolf …"

"RavenWing please do keep quiet! Yes Mr Remus Lupin is a wizard and a werewolf, and in his world he is looked upon as a dark creature, he does not know of our world nor of our faith so please be quiet and keep your questions for later … he is not to be bothered by your curiously, did I made myself clear? As for Severus, he too is a wizard and a Master in his art, Potions, and no, he is not expected to teach you a single thing, you will address him as Professor or Sir at any time, you are requested to be respectful and obedient toward both of them as they both are your elders, you must not interfere with Harry's training nor with his schoolarship, Harry is a wizard who will be trained by me to walk on the path of the Deads in order to survive his word's enemy, a wizard turned dark whose name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, he was left alone to deal with hate and rage, raised in an orphanage and pointed at as parselmouth, he is able to speak to snakes – as Harry is – and therefore labelled dark and dangerous … many bad things were done to him, too many to be listed now and here but the worst of all was letting him alone, uncared for and unloved … Harry is here so we may succeed in changing his future, we have no need for more dark mages walking around, so we have better do our best to change Harry's world from now on …"

RavenWing looked down to his precious burden and dropped another kiss on the dark head

"You are loved Harry, Mum will always love you, fear no more, you are at home now, in the arms of your older brother Ravenwing and soon you will be hugged by all your other brothers too and by the better sister you may ever dream of … soon our bros will reach us and we will play a lot, there is a basket ring in the garden, you will be such a good player if you will listen to Path and Rock, they will teach you to fly, to fly high and run with the orange ball, you will love them little bro, they are a couple, they love each other so much … you will not believe how much they love each other … you need to see them together, they are cute, and Path is always so happy, his laugh could make the flower bloom in full winter … and our sister, she is so sweet … but you have better stay away from the kitchen if she is here …"

"As you have better do too when Severus is up to cook too, he is more dangerous then Shoori when around the food, be warned … by the way, keep off of the lab in the garden, it is property of Severus and his work there is really dangerous, so be a good boy and keep off!"

"Sure Mum, I'll keep off … better listen to Mum Harry, she is a straight teacher, you will learn to do as you are told to, it usually is for our own security … Shoori is a great cook, she is a licenced chef authorized to prepare fogu, you will love it … it is the very best! And you will love the teaching of Shoori's husband, his name is StormWalker and indeed he is able to walk on the wings of the tempest, he rides the weather and leads our people to safety, he is our tribe's chief, now he acts also as our medicine man, he reads in the fire and leads us on the paths of life, he cares for all of us even if he is not a man with two souls, he is the best chief we had in a very long time … when I will be good enough I'll help him … I'm still a student, just like you, I will become a full medicine man when I will meet my mate, only then I will be able to reach the full of my powers … I hope it will be soon, my help is needed … but now you need my love more, and here I am, here, to make you feel loved as you deserve, you are loved little bro."

"RavenWing please carry Harry to your room, you will share it while you both are living here.

Severus I must ask you to share your room with Remus, from my son's words my family will soon join us and the house is small and no magical, so no way to create extra rooms …"

RavenWing just nodded and left the room carring Harry as a baby, lifting him with almost no effort … his face saddening in realizing that his care was too much small for his age, he had been underfed in the past, and abused judging by his reactions …

Morwenna gestured the two wizard to sit down and with a sober face started to explain

" Welcome to my home and to my family, Severus knows a bit about me but little about my family.

I have only a doughter of my bloodline and his name is Shoori, that means Victory, and she is my own victory in spite of fate and karma, she is an old soul who had learned to defeat the past and build a new future. Her husband is StormWalker and he is the chief of a tribe in the Circle of the Blue Mountains, between Canada and United States. During the years I've be blessed with other sons, all of them are men of two souls or in more common words homosexual. In the north American native religion those special individuals have been respected and honoured, they were special because they were able to speak with the gods, to search the paths of safety for the tribe, to heal their people and many other things …

In more recent times homosexual were frowned upon and avoided but hose who followed the old ways keep caring for them, allowing only loving people to raise those special boys. I was chosen as Mother for them by the Old Wise Men of the Blue Mountains and so RavenWing became my son after CherryTreePath and his mate StrongRock … and now my family has grown again with the three of you … no need to blush my dears, all of you are gay and your sexual preference is important only because your soul has grown enough to understand that love is more then gender … Harry may not yet have realized his attitude but here he will learn that he is nothing less then any other living being, nor any better because he is a powerful wizard …

You are not involved and you are old enough to restrain from acting were you aroused by the two young men living here, it is too soon for them to be involved in a sexual relationship at this moment … time will tell us if and when they may be interested, till then please be patient and keep a low profile, that means you are not allowed to hurt each other! Severus, beloved, time is your best ally and I do love you deeply, Remus you are here to make Harry feel safe and loved as any child deserves, RavenWing will help you in this … time to rest now, for all of us, see you at dinner, 8 p.m. sharp or you will upset Marietta, hurry up now, take a nap."

And as schoolboys both grownup wizard rose and left the room, Severus leading Remus toward his own room.