Sorry it's so short. I hope it won't be too long before I can update again


Chapter 15 – Out shopping a Malfoy

The following morning's greeting astounded Lucius as the second he stepped into the room he had received a huge rib-crushing hug from Harry.

"Hello Little One," he smiled, unknowingly using Severus' pet name. "How are you today?"

"Very good thank you Sir," was his reply. "Severus needs some potions ingredients but is too busy to get them himself – can you come shopping with us?"

"I would be delighted," Lucius said with a smile. "I will go and ask the Headmaster for permission for Draco to come with us."

Harry's face lit up at the thought of spending the day with Draco. "I think I would like that Sir," he said with a large smile. "Rinie isn't going to be coming with us. She's staying here with Blaise since he is going to be coming with me tomorrow when I go see Lady Zabini."

"Did you wish for me not to come tomorrow?" Lucius asked.

"Please come," Harry said, slightly panicking. "I'm only going to be one for three hours maximum and I'm sure that Draco would love to have your company."

Lucius chuckled softly and ran his hand through Harry's hair. "I was only checking, Harry. I don't want to come here if I'm only going to annoy you when you are busy. Now, you go back inside and I will be right back."

Harry nodded happily and went back to the group. Forty minutes late found Lucius and Draco walking down the path towards Hogsmeade with Harry bouncing along a short distance ahead of them.

"Do you think he will be able to handle a shopping trip with us?" Lucius asked his son. "You know how your Mother is after a day shopping with the two of us."

Draco shrugged. "To be honest I have no idea. I asked Hermione how she thought he'd go and all she did was giggle at me."

"Well, we will see after today, won't we?" Lucius asked.

"Hi Mr McG!" the two vampires heard Harry call and both of them looked up in time to see Harry throw his arms around a mildly shocked man.

After a moment the man let out a deep, chest rumbling laugh and hugged the small teen back. "Hello there, Harry-mi-lad! No Hermione today?"

"No Sir," Harry chirped back. "I'm going shopping with Draco and Mr Malfoy."

"Are you really?" Duncan smiled. "Well then, why don't you introduce me to the two fine lad's coming up behind you 'fore we head our separate ways?"

Harry beamed at the man and dragged him over to where Lucius and Draco stood, watching with amused smirks on their faces.

"Draco! Mr Malfoy! This is Mr McG. He has a sister who works here and comes to have tea with her every now and then."

Duncan laughed and held out a hand to Lucius. "The names Duncan. I'm Minerva's brother."

Lucius shook the other man's hand firmly. "And how did you become acquainted with our resident demon siblings?"

Harry blushed as Duncan recounted his first meeting with Harry and Hermione as well as the resultant morning they had spent together as they made their way towards Hogwarts.

"It was lovely to meet you, Mr McGonagall," Lucius smiled once Duncan had finished his tale. "Maybe one day in the future we could have you over for lunch."

"I'll cook!" Harry called out happily, making the three older males laugh.

With one last farewell, the small group separated with the promise of an owl later in the week. Once the three younger men reached the gates, Lucius put a hand in the middle of each boy's back and guided them into Hogsmeade to begin what would hopefully be a fun day full of what Malfoy men did the best – SHOPPING.

-Pretend I'm a pole dancing line-

Shopping with Harry was not an experience for the faint of heart, Lucius decided. It had been three hours since they had left Hogwarts and they had yet to leave Hogsmeade. It wasn't that Harry was difficult or slowing them down – it was that he entered every store and looked at everything before questioning the staff on the items until more than one staff member broke down into tears of relief with they had left.

Lucius chuckled as he looked up at where Harry and Draco were seated while he ordered something to snack on before the three of them left for Dagon Alley. Hopefully that trip wouldn't be as intense as this one.

-\|/- line dancing -/|\-

It was worse, Lucius decided as he watched as his son tried to calm his hissing and pacing mate after the owner of the only apothecary in Diagon Alley refused to serve him, even after he had proved he was legally allowed to purchase those items that were kept under lock and key behind the counter. Without warning, Harry stopped and sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"Do you mind if we go somewhere after this?" he asked. "I need some ingredients as well as Severus and since that … person … in that poor excuse of a shop will not serve me, I'll just have to go to my usual provider."

"We don't mind. Let's continue our shopping and then we'll go to your provider," Lucius agreed, "But first, how about Lunch? He shook his head at the disappointed whine that came from the now happy demon as he lead the two youngsters to the nearest eating place.

-Work work all week long-

It was half an hour after the evening meal had finished when Harry shadowed into the room holding the rest of their rag-tag family with one hand on Lucius and the other on Draco. Both blondes looked as though they had survived walking through a hurricane after participating in a tri-Athlon.

"Did you have fun?" Hermione asked Harry with a smile

"It was so much fun! We'll have to do it again soon!" Harry exclaimed happily, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"So, did you manage to keep up with the two of you?" Hermione teased as the two blondes fought to remain standing upright.

"I'm going home for a long bath and then bed," Lucius yawned, much to Severus' delight.

"Starting to feel your age, are you Lucius?" Severus jabbed.

"Sev, I'm sore!" Lucius whined. "Now I know how you feel when I drag our around the Alley."

"Oh yeah, Professor?" Harry cut in, wringing his fingers together. "I sorta, kinda cancelled your account with the Diagon Alley Apothecary."

Everyone froze in shock.

"You did what?" Severus asked, too shocked to show his infamous temper.

"I didn't mean to," Harry stated in a pleading tone of voice. "The idiot behind the counter wouldn't serve me even after I showed him the note you wrote and my own certification, so I kinda … "Harry muttered something and turned away, cheeks burning.

"What did you do?" Severus asked, trying his hardest not to laugh at the suddenly shy teen.

Harry muttered something again, making Draco and Lucius chuckle as they both downed a pepper up potion that Remus had handed to them.

"I didn't quite catch that Young One."

"I may have, possibly sorta cursed the shop in parseltongue before vowing that no one in my family will ever do business with them again," Harry said, just above t a whisper.

You could hear a pin drop in the room at the absolute silence that overcame every person in the room.

"You didn't," Hermione breathed, eyes wind in shock. "Sweetie, tell me you didn't put a demon curse on the."

"I can't tell you I didn't, Rinie," he said, turning away from her with tears in his eyes, "Because I damn well did. And I would do it again with no hesitation Hermione, so don't try to tell me that what I did was wrong."

"They are lucky that all they got was a curse, Miss Granger," Lucius stated seriously. "If Draco had heard what caused Harry to curse the business, then they wouldn't be alive."

"What was the curse?"" Sirus asked.

"What was said?" Remus asked at the same time.

"Demon and those close to demon will find the shop distasteful and refuse to do business with them or anyone associated with it," Harry answered Sirus. "As for what was said," harry moved so Draco was seated and he was sitting on his lap. "One of the men behind the counter said that it was a pity I was with the Malfoy's as if I wasn't I'd be a good fuck toy and any resultant young would be perfect for potions ingredients."

A deep growl came from Remus and Sirus while everyone else went deathly pale at the words. Draco buried his face into Harry's neck, gripping him tightly so he couldn't disappear on him.

"Then thank you for saving me the shame of being a customer of theirs," Severus stated. "I was only a customer of theirs because they gave me a discount due to being a Professor attached to Hogwarts and a potions master." He sighed, "Now I just have to find someone else to gain my ingredients from."

"You don't need to," Harry stated shyly from Draco's lap. "I added you onto my account with my source and provider. I have a few things for you … but I need to find them. I remember putting them into a plastic bag ..."

Muttering to himself, he started pulling shrunken bag after shrunken bag out of his pockets before doing the same to Draco – who looked like he couldn't decide whether to moan in embarrassment or arousal, so he just grit his teeth and scrunched his eyes tight and listed all the ingredients and steps needed to make both wolfsbane and polyjuice potion in an attempt to focus on something – anything – else.

Severus gaped as more and more bags were enlarged and set aside until a soft exclamation of happiness came out of Harry's mouth. "Okay, this bag holds all the plant-based ingredients, this one holds all the animal-based ingredients and this one hold the mineral-based ingredients," Harry rattled off as he handed three large bags over to the stunned man. He gulped when a fourth bag appeared. "This one has all the paperwork for you to fill out should you decide to make you own account. There are also copies of every certification of every staff member, every result from each investigation that has been made, the way to contact them, details of the staff – as in what position they hold, how long they've worked for the business etcetera. Finally there is also a copy of each of their catalogues and a supply of order forms."

"Thank you," Severus blinked. "I'd better go and deal with these then look through all of this stuff. I will see you tomorrow."

"I would go through the paperwork first," Hermione said with a smile. "The bags and the storage containers are charmed with so many preservation charms that the ingredients in them will still be fresh in a thousand years or more."

"If you need or would like help in preparing the ingredients, you know where we are," Harry said with a sweet smile. Severus nodded and left the room in an absent-minded daze.

"I'd better follow him to make sure he gets back to his room," Lucius chuckled. "And I best be heading home as well. I shall see everyone tomorrow."

Over the next half an hour, Draco and Blaise said their farewells and left for their dormitory, leaving Harry to sort through his eighty-odd bags.