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Chapter 7

Flying rumors

Pansy and her friends headed down to Hagrid's Hut ready for their next class. They were still gossiping about the normal stuff clothes etc etc, when Harry appeared in front of them. He was walking with Ron and Hermione and their conversation soon dried up as all four girls eyes followed Harry with the look of predators hunting their prey.

With a sigh Pansy turned to her friends.

"I'm going to need a bigger purse for all this gold I'm wining." she said making the other three curse.

"You're not there yet Parkinson" spat Millicent but with a grin.

Pansy blew a kiss back at her.

"Nope but I'm going to be and soon if I have my way my friend" she said with a loving sigh as she looked on at her next and final boyfriend, if her plans went right.

"Ok you lot, settle down" boomed the half giant Professor Hagrid "Come on now, that's it, I know a lot of you didn't want to take this as a 'Newt Class'. But as Professor Binns has finally moved on, the headmaster thought you should do my class to keep you busy" he explained clapping his hands and beaming at the class.

"Stupid fucking class" came a voice.

"What did you say Malfoy?" Hagrid spat at the now glowing boy.

"Nothing sir. But I've never wanted to do this silly class. Ever. So, I don't see why I should" Draco announced loudly in a smarmy tone.

Hagrid walked over to the boy and glowered

"Well Malfoy. The headmaster says you've got to do it, so guess what? You're going to do it, got that boy?" he said loudly and then turned away.

Draco was now red with anger.

"Wait till my father hears about this" he snapped.

The Professor turned around and with a sneer replied

"I didn't think they got post in Azkaban boy, now shut up before I put you in detention."

There were stifled giggles coming from the majority of the class, who were happy to see the little shit taken down a peg or two from the teacher.

"Ok kids get into teams of three and let's get to work" Hagrid said loudly.

Harry gazed around and saw that Ron and Hermione already had grabbed Neville as their third, and once again Hermione mouthed sorry back to him as he thought to himself "here we go again, another year of being 'billy no mates'". Suddenly someone stood in his way.

"Hey Harry, looks like were the last odd two so want to pair up?" said Millicent with a smile.

Harry burst into a grin.

"There is no one better I'd like to be with Milly" he replied giving her a wink and walking over to their work station.

Milly glanced at her now stony faced friends with a beaming smile and pursed her lips into a kiss at them. All together they mouthed the word BITCH in response, making her chuckle and turn back to her work partner.

"So Harry how's your day been going so far?" she asked quietly.

Harry moved in closer to her.

"Not bad. Lost a few points for mucking about in Charms and I think my whole house is angry with me for sitting with you lovely ladies" he said giving a nudge "so really it's just like any other year" and he barked out a laugh.

"Oh dear, being the bad boy of Gryffindor, already are you? Well you know us Slytherins like a bad boy" she purred in his ear.

"Why else do you think I'm doing this?" he said giving her a knowing look and making her blush and go weak at the knees.

They all settled down and continued the lesson and despite everything no one died or got hurt which meant everybody apart from Draco was happy. As they packed up their things Milly leaned across and whispered

"Harry?".

"Yes Mills".

"Fancy having lunch by the lake with me today" she said coyly, blushing red.

Harry looked at her with a slight smile on his lips.

"Yeah, that would be lovely. Shall we go straight away? Or sneak away in a bit?" he whispered laughingly.

"Well I've got nothing to hide Harry, have you?" she replied, maybe a little too briskly for her liking.

"Oh Milly, I didn't mean anything by it Hun, just thought about all the gossips and rumours. I wouldn't want you to get you into trouble" he apologised.

Millicent stood tall and grabbed him by the hand pulling him away from the class.

"Fuck them" she spat and they walked away hand in hand towards the lake with a sea of eyes watching them.

The day was still warm and the sun was high, so Harry magicked a rug for them to sit on and then shouted for Dobby, the house elf, to bring them a spot of lunch which luckily only took a few minutes.

"This is lovely, thank you Harry" Milly said warmly while gazing at the young man who she never thought she would even talk with, let alone be sharing a romantic lunch with.

"Never a problem Mills, but it was your great idea in the first place. Maybe in the Christmas break, I'll take you out for a meal in Muggle London, if you like?" he said which made her mouth drop open. "Have you been to London?" He asked when he saw her shocked reaction.

She shook her head.

"No never Harry. I would love that, but." she said.

"But what?" he asked staring at her.

"Well I'm not the kind of girl that boys normally ask out on dates" she said looking down into her clasping hands.

Harry reached over and grabbed her hand.

"Milly you're right. But you're better than most of the girls in this place. That's why I call you 'the one and only' because you're different and in a world like ours different is special" he said warmly "and don't think of it as a date. Think of it as two good friends having a meal. Why put pressure on us for no apparent reason? Ok?" still rubbing her hand.

She sniffed and wiped away her tears.

"Thank you, Harry. You truly are a good man, and I'll look forward to our meal" she said and leaned across taking a risk, gently placing her lips on his and kissed him.

Her heart raced as he leaned into her placing his hand on her cheek, and her face burned bright red as she felt his tongue brush her lips which she parted and let him enter her mouth as their tongues danced together for a while until she pulled away.

"Wow" she gasped "that was my first kiss" and her body tingled all over.

Harry's eyes searched her face.

"Well I hope you liked it as much as I did Milly" he said kindly, watching her eyes sparkle as she nodded her head.

"Harry I did, it was truly divine and I'd like to do it again but just as friends. Both of us don't need to be tied down by a partner in this time of war" she said calmly but happily.

Harry's eyes dipped.

"I hate to say this but I agree with you Milly. You know my history. I may not even survive the year and I wouldn't want to bring my troubles to you" he said in quiet sad tones.

Millicent lunged forward straddling the young man.

"Don't ever say that Harry. You won't die. You will fight and you'll win, you got that Harry?" she said sternly looking deep into his green eyes.

Harry looked back.

"I'll try Milly. I promise" he said stroking her cheek.

"Oi! none of that try shit! Fight, win and live!" she shouted and then pushed him back onto the rug, kissing him deeply all the way until they were lying together under the tree, enjoying their freedom and passion.

As their lunch came to a close they got up, albeit somewhat shakily, and they walked back to the castle hand in hand chatting away as before. Heads turned as they entered the entrance hall and in front of the dining hall Milly gave Harry a hug and a kiss on the cheek. As she started to pull away he pulled her into a full-on kiss which silenced the whole room and as they pulled apart Harry whispered

"let the rumours fly darling" making her giggle "see you later Mills" and with a wink as he walked to his next class.

Millicent just stood there for a minute bringing her shaking fingers to her mouth and with a giggle she strode off to see her friends whilst trying not to notice all the dirty looks.

Later that night in the Slytherin girl's dormitories the 6th years were listening to her story about her lunch with the green-eyed hero with their mouths open and eyes wide, and the odd tear running down their cheeks.

"So, he doesn't even expect to last the year" said a visibly shaken Daphne.

"No, he tried to convince me but you could hear it in his voice, and his eyes went all dead, which broke my heart as they normally shine don't they?" said Millicent whose face was red from crying.

Pansy was sobbing into her pillow, as like Milly it broke her heart to hear that the boy who had saved her and treated her so kindly had given up on having a future of his own so he can fight for other people.

"Poor Harry" she cried out to an already quiet room.

"Milly?" said Tracey waiting for the girl's head to turn towards her "I know this isn't the time but how was the kiss?" with a small smile on her face.

"The best Tracey. My lips are still tingling from it and I can't wait to do it again" she answered with a wet smile.

That statement lightened the mood instantly as the girls giggled.

"I can't believe you asked him out in front of all of us and just dragged him away. You should have seen everyone's faces, even ours if I'm honest!" said Pansy which brought a smile to Milly's face.

"Does this mean you're going out?" asked Daphne, trying not to show that she was crossing her fingers.

"No, we are not. I said that we shouldn't be tied down in this time of war, and he seemed upset but relieved as he didn't' want his trouble finding me" Milly explained.

"Typical Harry. So, noble and it's such a Gryffindor thing to "said Tracey whilst drying her eyes "but I believe Harry. I think anyone else's words would be hollow" seeing the other girls agreeing with her surmise.

Millicent stood up and grabbed her towel.

"I don't know about you girls but I think we should cancel this bet. It just doesn't feel right. I'm going for a shower" she said softly and headed off to the bathroom.

After she left they all looked at each other and silently agreed that they would cancel the bet and all monies would be given back.

"I'll go and explain to Susan tomorrow but I think we should all try and help Harry in any way we can like before. Maybe we will benefit as much as Milly did today" said Daphne bringing the smile back to the room.

Meanwhile in the Gryffindor's Common Room, Ron and Seamus were shouting at Harry who was sitting next to Hermione just trying to read a book by the fire.

"What the fuck has gotten into you mate? Not only are you sitting with Slytherins, you are going out on dates with one" shouted Ron, while Seamus nodded in agreement.

Hermione looked savagely at the two angry boys.

"Ronald!" she snapped "Harry can talk to whoever he likes and go out with whomever he likes" she shouted as she stood up and poked him in the chest "and what's wrong with Millicent? She's really blossomed this year".

Ron threw his hands up in the air and glanced around with a shocked look on his face.

"She's a snake that looks like a pig, and Harry should keep away from them" he said loudly.

"RON!" shouted Hermione.

With that Harry slowly stood up, which made the room goes silent, everybody felt the pulse of magic coming from him, even some 1st years decided it was time for them to go to bed.

"Now Ron I do believe I warned you already about this and I was sure that I had gotten my point across, but sadly I was mistaken" Harry said calmly, but all around people were awaiting the explosion

"Now hear me out" Harry said as Ron opened his mouth "If I ever hear of you slagging off any of my new friends, or even looking at them in the wrong way, I will HEX YOU INTO NEXT FUCKING WEEK".

"But mate" Ron uttered, pale faced.

"Don't fucking but mate me Ron" Harry said angrily, poking his former friend in the chest and sending him stumbling back. "If you say another nasty word about Milly or her friends you'll have to write home so your mum can reattach your bollocks. You got me?!" and he started to head up to his bed barging through the now pale and quiet lads.

"But Harry I'm just looking out for you. We've been friends for six years" Ron said pleadingly.

"My loyal friends would be happy for me and if you don't sort your idea's out you can consider us done" Harry replied quickly without missing a step.

A deal is done

In the morning, Harry was passed a note, as he was walking down to breakfast, inviting him to the headmaster's office that night which had his mind reeling. He plodded his way down the stairs thinking. Plus, he had the fallout from last night to deal with as well "it's going to be a long day" he whispered to himself.

"Oi Potter. I want a word with you" came a voice from below.

Harry looked down the stairs and saw Malfoy and his goons coming up towards him. 'What now' he thought, sporting his biggest smile he locked eyes on the blonde ponce.

"and what can I do for you today Malfoy? Have you dropped a pen? Or perhaps some big bully been stealing your sweets?" he said in a kindly manner.

This did nothing but fuel Malfoys anger.

"Piss off Potter, and keep your hands of our women you hear me?" shouted the blonde boy spraying spittle everywhere while his goons flexed their muscles.

Harry gave a wry chuckle as pretended to wipe some spittle form his face.

"Say it, don't spray it Draco. Theirs's a good lad!" Harry said and leaned against the railing. "Your women I hear you say? Well as I hear it Pansy is no longer your betrothed, and the other girls think you're an obnoxious twat. Well that's what they tell me anyway".

The anger pulsed out of Draco and his cheeks reddened.

"My last warning Scar head. If you don't leave them alone you'll be as dead as you blood traitor parents" he hissed.

But even before Draco got his last word out he fell to the floor, as Harry punched him in the face and quicker than lightning drew his wand pointing at the two thugs.

"Now now Draco. If you ever mention my parents again I will kill you. You got that weasel face?" Harry cursed and knelt by the bleeding boy. "Now before you go running off to telling Snape or one of your darling death eater friends just hear this; I know what you are and if you do anything to me or my friends, you will be sorry, forever" Harry whispered the last part in such a way he noticed a wet patch forming on Draco's trousers. "Oh Draco, how very embarrassing for you" and with his wand still pointing at the two man mountains he slid off to breakfast.

As Harry entered the hall he had an idea. As he passed the Hufflepuff table he leaned into his favourite little redhead.

"Want to take a risk Suzie" he whispered in her ear, making her jump.

"Er what kind of risk? and can I bring Hannah?" she asked in return.

Harry smiled.

"of course, the more the merrier. Hannah come on, and grab Neville on your way" he said and laughed as he saw her scuttle off and pull his friend off the Gryffindor table.

"What are we doing Harry?" Susan whispered.

"You'll see." he answered, "Hermione come with us?" he asked her as they passed.

"Why? What have you done now Harry?" Hermione questioned.

"Nothing yet. Come on let's have some fun" Harry laughed and as Hermione stood up, Harry took her and Susan's hand and walked to the front of the dining hall. They were followed by the whispering and hand holding Neville and Hannah.

There was utter silence as the whole room watched the show as they all headed to the front of the Slytherins table stopping in front of Pansy and her friends.

"Pansy, Daphne, Tracey and 'the one and only' Milly, I'd like to introduce my good friends; Hermione, Susan, Hannah and her very good friend Neville" Harry said while beaming.

"Er nice to meet you all" said Pansy "What are you doing Harry?".

"We'd like to have breakfast with you good ladies. Would that be ok?" Harry asked while the other stared nervously around.

It was Daphne who recovered the quickest. She stood up and gestured for them all to take a seat.

"Please, you are all welcome here" she said though albeit a bit shakily.

Within minutes they were all giggling and chatting away like happy families. Harry was the happiest of all, seeing his best friends chatting away to Slytherins while having Milly and Susan by his side. Both of which had their hands on his thighs as well as Daphne playing footsie with him. 'God I'm gonna be in so much trouble this year' he thought to himself.

Later on, that day Susan Bones received a note inviting her to a meeting with her new found friends. She mentioned it to Hannah who volunteered to be her plus one as protection, even though what help she could be against four taller, bigger Slytherins god only knows! At 7.30pm they arrived for the meeting and as they entered she saw all four girls sitting around chatting along with Hermione Granger.

"Hi ya Sue" Hermione called out "Hi Hannah. Are you her back up?" and chuckled.

"Hiya, what's this all about, and yes she's my minder" Susan said with a laugh as she saw the look of horror on her friend's face.

That made the whole group laugh.

"Ok to business, come on in and take a seat, there won't be any trouble, I promise" said Daphne as she watched the Hufflepuffs sit down. "Right us snakes have been talking over the summer, and sharing secret's, which for us is unheard of, and we have found out that we all have a certain attraction to a green eye boy, so much so we had started a little bet on him."

"WHAT!" spat Hermione "That's my friend you are talking about, not a piece of meat!" as she stood up with her hands on her hips getting ready for one of her tirades.

"Hold on Hermione. We stopped it because it felt wrong ok? So calm down please" said Millicent calmly. "We all care about him, that's why we stopped it, and that's why we are here".

"Ok, that's fine then. Just don't tell him, he's got a big enough head already!" Hermione said sarcastically.

"Oh really" Tracey chuckled "Which one, and when did you see it?" making Hermione flush red, along with the rest of the group.

The muggle born witch held her face in her hands.

"You know what I meant" Hermione said while shaking her head. "So if you all like Harry, what am I doing here? I love him like he's my brother, and I would never hurt him".

Pansy stood up.

"No one here would hurt Harry, and that's the truth. But we invited you Hermione because we thought that out of everyone in the castle, you know him best" she said then taking her seat again.

Hermione let out a big sigh.

"well girls, as you said I know him best. But I haven't even scratched the surface. He's very private and guarded. I know almost nothing of his home life, except his relatives do not like him very much, but that's it" she said, then took a deep breath "But he is loyal to his friends and the one's he loves, and would fight to the death for them. That in itself is rare and gives him a special place in my heart forever".

This made all the girls sigh with happiness, even Hannah who clearly had no desire to be with Harry. The Slytherin girls did indeed know how rare it was as all of the boys in their house were looking for an advantage and the right pureblood wife to make their political standing that much stronger. None of them were interested in love or getting to know the girl behind the name, and the Slytherin girls were sick of it.

Hermione stood up and looked around with a big smile.

"Well ladies, you've already got his friendship, as well as mine. What you do with it is up to you. But as you know there is only one Harry and five of you, and don't forget Ginny Weasley and maybe some other girls!" she chuckled, counting them off one by one. "Five of you and only one place next to Harry. Good luck!" She summarised and with that she headed for the door "I will help out where I can, but god help you if you hurt him in anyway".

Susan was in turmoil. She had information about Harry. But should she share it? As Hermione passed her Susan noticed her giving her a look which sent her guilt over the edge.

"Hermione, I was told something by my Auntie about Harry" Susan blurted out which stopped the frizzy haired witch in her tracks.

"What was it Susan" Hermione asked briskly.

Susan was now aware of how the room had gone silent and all the girls had moved their attention to her. This made her already rose coloured cheeks burn even more.

"errr whatever I say, it has got to stay between us. Do you promise?" she said while looking around awaiting the acknowledgement and, once they had agreed she took a deep breath. "Auntie told me that Harry is heir to the noble house of Potter as well as the noble house of Black" she said shyly which brought gasps from around the room.

Hermione looked confused.

"Well I knew Harry was due to inherit the Potter lordship, but he never said anything about the Black lordship?" she mused and sat back down "but I don't understand what that means anyway".

"It means that Harry can have more than one wife, if he wants to continue both houses that is" Susan explained loudly over the now noisy room.

"But that's illegal, he can't and won't do that, it's wrong" spat Hermione.

This once again got the group interested and they all watched as the Susan tried to calm Hermione down. But every girl now had hope, it would take a lot of thinking about sharing your boyfriend/husband with another woman.

"Hermione please calm down and listen" begged Susan.

"What!".

"It's not illegal, not in the wizarding world. It's is rare for anyone to have more than one lordship, but any lord can have more than one wife. It's just that normally they don't" Susan explained calmly "It's all about the children, and heirs to continue the lines".

"I just don't understand. It's barbaric. Muggles haven't done that since the reigns of the old kings" Hermione shouted, knowing as she did so that she had upset a few of them. She looked around observing the dark looks. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I just don't understand. I'm Muggle born. I just don't understand, and I don't think Harry will either".

Daphne stood up but managed to push her anger down.

"We understand as it's our world. It's what we have been brought up to do. Yes, we can have a career but in the end, it comes down to the family line continuation" she said in a 'mum tone' voice "Every girl here is going to be heir to their house, as there is no male heir. So, we have to have a male heir for our husband's line as well as one for our own line, if our husband agrees that is" and she looked around and saw all the girls nodding. "So, you either have one wife to get the male heir, which in our families they failed. You have two wives to increase your chances and it can even stretch to more wives if he desires. It just comes down to all parties to decide how to proceed".

Hermione collapsed onto a chair.

"I had now idea. But are you all ok with this?" she asked.

Tracey just shrugged.

"It's how we've been brought up Hermione. It could be worse. Look how Pansy was betrothed to Draco, but luckily she got out of it, and like us we all have a choice on our lives" she said with a smile.

"For now," added Millicent.

Hermione frowned.

"what do you mean" she asked.

"Our families won't wait forever. I'm guessing that just like my father he wants to know that our family name will continue, before he passes. So, I think sooner the better for him" Millicent explained sadly.

Susan shook her head.

"Auntie said there was no rush, and I must do what I want to make myself happy. But I feel I must continue the House of Bones just for the sake of my family's memory" she said as tears fell onto her lap and Hannah hugged her.

Pansy got up and gave Susan a sad look.

"It's not an easy life for a pure-blooded Witch Hermione. All we can hope for is for a good marriage to a kind man and to have healthy children, boys hopefully" she said.

Hermione looked on with wide eyes.

"And you all want Harry to be this wizard?" she exclaimed.

"YES!" they all said, apart from Hannah who just mumbled "I like Neville".