"Come on guys! We have a schedule to keep! Mayra has to be in bed before eight, Harry is on curfew, and I want to work on a song tonight. Lets move it, BOYS!" Emily said, taking immediate charge of the trip the minute they entered Hogsmeade.
"Welcome to our own personal hell, Emily and Evelyn shopping." Alex whispered into Sirius's ear.
"I heard that Alex, and you are only making it harder on yourself. I do believe you and Hermione need a costume for tomorrow night." Sharai said, stepping up behind Alex and making him jump out of his skin in surprise.
"Sorry, Sharai." Alex mumbled sheepishly, before walking up with Jeremy, careful to avoid the eyes of the girls, who were searching for shops to start in.
"Hey, you okay Potter?" Sharia, letting a hint of concern enter her voice, Harry's head snapped up from watching his shoes intently. Sharai only used his last name when she was serious and concerned for him.
"I'm fine." Harry mumbled, staring at his shoes once again. Sharia rolled her eyes, and stepped to Sirius's other side right besides Harry.
"I'll believe that when you can look me in the eyes and tell me your fine. Look me in the eyes and repeat that." Sharai said signaling for Sirius to walk ahead as she talked to her student, who she considered as a son.
"I don't know," was all harry mumbled.
"What don't you know?" Sharai pushed.
"Is Sirius disappointed in me, angry, sad, does he hate me? I've never been grounded before as IO stated earlier. What does it mean?" Harry asked, his voice taking a tone of vulnerability that Sharai knew only she was graced to hear.
Her gazed shifted from concern and softened, "It means he loves you in a strange way. It means that you disobeyed the rules, but he will always love you. Remember that, okay? He just wants you to stop cursing, and maybe toning down the smart-ass comments and smart-ass talk would help that a bit"
She brightend and gained a mischievious grin, "Come on. This is your last day of freedom, let it last. And maybe, if your nice and stop Emily from buying me and Sirius strange costumes, maybe I will forget about your grounding for a night or two, and you may just find your guitar lying around in the deserted studio." Sharai said, winking at Harry.
Harry looked up to her and smiled. "Alright." He said as Emily called his name from a a store front waiting impatiently for him to enter.
"Now sweetie, green or red?" she asked as Harry entered the shop with her.
"Um...Why?" Harry asked warily, his eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Just answer the question. Personaly, I think green, but May says red. I have a feeling that it's because red's her favorite color, but who knows?" Emily said in a whispered voice as the young child in question was playing with Remus (who seemed back to normal, much to Jeremy and Harry's disappointment).
"I'll take green." Harry said decisively as Sirius signaled for him to join him. Harry's brow furrowed as he wondered what his godfather could want.
"Harry, are you sure your okay?" Sirius asked concerned as he lead the teen to a more private area.
"Yeah, just surprised that I was grounded for once." Harry said, watching as Mayra played with Remus.
"Alright, well get used to it because I sorta liked the look on your face when you were that shocked. I think I should do it again just to get a wonderful picture of the look on your face." Sirius said now, talking to himself and smiling deviously.
"Uh-Huh. Sure Siri, hold on a sec." Harry said absently, walking over to Mayra and Remus as Mayra started to sniffle.
"Hey, Pumpkin, what's wrong?" Harry asked kneeling in front of Mayra and seeing a hysterical crying fight beginning to form in her eyes.
"I won't let her get candy at Zonko's. I figured she didn't need it this close to her nap." Remus answered, seemingly unaffected by her whimpering. He had seen that exact face on Harry when the boy was younger.
"I want canby!" Mayra said, her voice going high and a few small tears dripping down her face.
"No candy May, I'm sorry." Harry said picking the girl up and walking out of the store. Not realizing that he was forgetting to inform everyone of where he was going. Only Remus knew he had left.
"But I want canby, daddy." Mayra whined, putting on her best puppy dog face.
"No Mayra." Harry said firmly sitting on a bench outside of a store across from the robe store the rest of the group was in.
"YES! I WANT CANBY!" Mayra screamed.
"Mayra, you will stop screaming now, or we will go back to the carriage and you will take a nap." Harry said firmly, with a slight glare at the girl.
"NO!I! WANT CANBY! NOW!" Mayra screamed hysterical, by this time Sharia had come out of the shop hearing her screams.
"I told you 'no'," was all Harry said as he picked her up and walked over to Sharai. "I gave you a warning Mayra, back to the carriage we go." Harry said. Sharai heard what he had said and nodded, watching as he took the screaming child down the Hogsmeade street and as he ignoed her screams and let her kick him.
She walked back into the store and over to the girl's mother, "Emily, Harry took May home because she was throwing a fit. He'll be back, I think, but she will be staying at the carriage with Showans taking a well needed nap." Sharai said.
Emily frowned slightly that Harry hadn't told her himself, but let it go. He would be back and they could talk then.
Sirius had walked over as she spoke and he glared, "You let him walk through Hogsmeade without adult supervision! He could be attacked! He's vulnerable right now!" Sirius yelled at Sharai, not meaning his voice to be so harsh but he was concerned for Harry's safety at this point.
"Sirius Black! Don't you dare take that tone with me, do you honestly think I would let him walk back to the carriage if I thought he couldn't defend himself? If you remember I have been training all these kids in every defense muggle and magical for eight months, he has trained the hardest and only Showans can beat him know. Do you honestly think he is still vulnerable!" Sharia hissed at Sirius, not wanting to draw attention to them more than they already had. "He is fine, and he would die before letting something happen to Mayra. Leave him alone for a few minutes, then maybe you will realize that he has grown up more than necessary for a boy his age." Sharai said storming out, following Harry towards the carriage. She personaly didn't care if they went to the party together anymore, her anger was overpowering her love for him right now. How dare he accuse her of putting Harry in danger!
"Sharai wait!" Sirius yelled coming out to follow her. "I'm sorry, but the last time I saw my godson was when he was alone, beaten, and vulnerable to everything, he didn't have these powers! I just want him to always be safe. You understand that right?" Sirius asked, putting his cutest puppy dog face out that he knew would work on her.
Her gaze softened, "I understand, but he has hurt so much! He has a hidden anger that will come out soon. He needs to be able to feel that he is allowed to be left alone. He has a family and he needs to be able to feel like he deserves his family." Sharai said walking towards the carriage again, this time in a cooler mood since Sirius was now holding her hand and walking close to her.
"We just left Remus, Emily and the rest of the kids to pick out our outfits for the dance tonight." Sirius brought up with a groan.
"When will you learn Sirius? No matter whether you were there or not Emily and Evelyn would have picked out our outfits. It's easier now because we aren't arguing, which would have done nothing to faze them might I add." She laughed. "I'm thirsty, do you want some soda?" Sharai asked as they entered the carriage.
"Soda?" Sirius asked confused.
"Don't tell me the great Sirius Black has never had soda!" A voice from the kitchen asked in mock shock.
"You hadn't had soda either Potter, your no better then him." Sharia said to Harry who was sitting on the counter top dangling his legs and sipping on a strange metal can.
"Actually, I am. See, I asked Emily out the minute I saw her, planned all her dates without the help of my friends, and I have been drinking soda longer than him. So there, I am better!" Harry said jokingly and stuck out his tongue at the couple as Sharai gave Sirius a similar strange can.
"Harry, my dear godson, if your head grows any bigger I will be forced to pop it in a most humiliating way." Sirius growled, not missing a beat.
"Good come-back." Harry grinned as Sirius began to inspect his can. "You pull the top lever off, Siri!" Harry said almost falling off the counter after seeing Sirius shaking the can trying to get soda out of it. Sirius pulled the top lever off only to be sprayed in the face with a stream of sweet tasting foam. By now Sirius and Sharai were cracking up, Harry had long since fallen off the counter and was laughing his head off on the kitchen floor as Sirius sputtered.
"What is this!" He yelled.
"It's soda! The greatest invention made by muggles, you have an orange flavored one. I personally like grape but orange is good. You can drink it now. It won't bite." Harry said, getting back up onto the counter as Sharai sobered a little.
"He only says that because he is addicted. And he's right, it won't hurt, nor is it poisoned. The boy's pranking potions are in a different fridge." Sharai said sitting at the table, still smiling.
"Hey! This is good!" Sirius said after taking a tentative sip. It took him a few more drinks to be able to stop the soda from falling onto his robes and going up his nose.
"I told you." Harry said finishing his drink and setting it in the garbage. "I'm going to draw, you kids have fun here and remember my daughter is seeping in her room, so nothing too naughty." Harry said winking at Sharai. She blushed and glared at him as hard as she could without smiling. It didn't work very well.
"Does he always go to draw a lot?" Sirius asked curiously when Harry had left hearing range.
"Yeah. Don't try to ground him from drawing Sirius. He loves to draw more than he loves quidditch and music combined. If you ground him from it, I will send him to your quarters to deal with his moods. He vents when he draws." Sharai said. Sirius nodded his head, after seeing what the boy could do he wasn't about to second guess the grounding but a few things could slip thought the ban. For the next hour and a half he and Sharai talked about books, quidditch, Harry, the elements, training, and what they thought there costumes would be.
"Were home!" Evelyn yelled into the carriage. Emily, Alex, Jeremy, and Remus followed, carrying bags on each arm. With a sigh of relief they set the bags down on the living room floor as Harry entered for his drawing room with a piece of black charcoal in his fingers and a few smudges on his face and clothes.
"So, what are our costumes?" Sirius asked holding Sharai's hand as they entered the living room.
"It's a suprise, but I suggest you start getting ready. Harry, Jeremy, Remus, Sirius, and Evelyn go to Remus and Sirius's room to get ready, Evelyn knows what to do. Sharia, Emily, Mayra and I will go into Sharai's room to get ready. Alex you go get Hermione. Send her down here and then join the boys. MOVE EVERYBODY! Harry your first in the showers." Evelyn said as Harry and the boys began to move towards the door and the girls stepped into action. Emily went to go wake Mayra up. Tonight would certainly be interesting.
secretlycharmed13 HI! Here is another chapter for all you! I need a girl for Ron to date! Review and tell me who you think Ron should date!
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