I want to be free
Harry Potter/Glee X-over
HP/ Glee Female Character TBD
XVIII: Transformations and Weddings
The crowd gasped and then collectively winced. They had seen Harry go down, followed by the vomit. Schuester looked in absolute horror, whilst Coach Bieste looked concerned. "Harry, are you okay?" It was Santana.
"Santana, backstage in bag are a pair of cloth scissors, some tablets of Novocaine, on the absolute ceiling worth and a length of black plastic. Get them and a bottle of water." Harry instructed.
Neville made his way out of the audience to Harry and with Seamus's help they pulled Harry to his feet. "You can let out pain in screams. No-one would think less of you."
Unfortunately, their words were carrying across the hall "I have nerve damage, Nev. You and I both know this, furthermore you've seen me deal with worse. It's a simple dislocation, nothing that I've not had before."
"Harry, STOP. You don't need to suffer in silence. You've done what has been needed to be done. You can reach out to people." Seamus replied tersely as Santana returned.
Santana knew needed to be done and she began to slice, snip and tear the jean leg open and then off and the brace was secured with Hermione, making her way over and tightening the leg. "You do have a spare change of clothes?"
"Not this time…"
Principle Higgins stood up "New Directions, William, my office right now." Harry chugged down two of his pills only for Higgins to hold out his hand for them.
"I have a prescription for them." Harry replied to the gesture putting them in his back pocket.
"I'm going to want to see that."
Harry sighed "I didn't think my knee was going to go right now. So if by your leave, I can go home get changed, I can bring it back." Higgins sighed.
"Tomorrow. Now do you require assistance?"
Harry gestured to the two holding him up "I'm going to be alright." Harry hobbled after the New Directions and soon found himself sitting or squatting almost in his chair not breaking eye contact with Principle Higgins.
"Well done! All of you well done! What a truly amazing performance for the awareness of intoxication." Higgins exclaimed as he proceeded to give them free coupons for some yoghurt place in Lima.
The day dragged by Harry had gone home, showered, changed and managed to return without too much hassle. After showing Higgins his prescription, he joined his lessons and found himself in the Glee Classroom.
"How was the Horse?" Artie, asked. Harry tensed and grunted as his leg and knee spasmed.
"Spectacular. Higgins needed to see my prescriptions." Harry replied as he choked down his painkillers.
Schuester looked at him "Sit down…All of you. This is serious…I know your Godfather's Sirius but not the time Harry." Harry grinned and he hopped, limped, fell into a chair. He did not have long to wait as the New Directions Director tore into them for irresponsibility.
"We now have something important to address."
"That is?" Chipped in Mercedes.
"It's to do with the upcoming Wedding."
Harry nodded "No-one's been in contact with me about anything aside from a concrete date."
Finn and Kurt nodded, they knew that the wedding was going to be in just over a month "Speaking of which, Harry…We want you to help, but…Can you remain sober enough until then?"
Harry looked at them, the weary emerald green locked onto the pair of teens "I will be…No question about it."
"You seem…certain about that." Observed Tina.
"Harry says and does many, many things…Quite simply put Kurt, Finn, you've asked him, he will be sober as a judge. Suffering drastically from Alcohol withdrawal but he'll be there." Hermione commented giving Harry a firm glare.
"Anyway, songs need to be decided…and singers." Will.
That got everyone interested and soon enough songs for the reception at the beginning and towards the end were found to be easy enough. Then Harry spoke "What about the event yourself? I mean, Marry You by Bruno Mars could work and possibly Way You Are for first dance?"
"Here we thought you lived in a cloud of thunder and lightning with no sunshine or rainbows." Sam commented.
"Laugh it up blondie. I, prefer thunder, lightning and other depressive elements because they're me. But do not get me wrong, I do like a sunshine and rainbow…"
"But the darker days are what you know."
Mike, one of the better dancers than singers spoke "You're a mess. All of you. But we love you."
"It's appreciated."
Will then spoke "We're going to need suits and all that."
"If everyone here can between the entirety of the Glee Club can rustle up as a collective a stash of funds; we, will be able to get custom fits for everyone."
"You're serious?"
"That's my Godfather. Besides, it's a bloody wedding, everyone should have the chance to have a tailored suit or dress…Even armour." Harry replied drolly.
"Isn't a tailored suit like super expensive? Like 4-5k?" Asked Brittney.
"Not really. It all comes down to the material, besides tailored suits are much like the generic on the rack. Or better yet the saying WYSIWYG or Whizzywig. What You See Is What You Get or What You Want Is What You Pay. At the rate of pound to the dollar on the rack is about £300-400 so add a 100 for a tailored one and then extrapolate."
"What if we have a suit and want…"
"Made to Measure? What, people forget I have insomnia and my internet goes places. That's cheap, like really cheap. Probably £100-£200 for entire thing to be fitted for you." Harry countered cutting off Kurt.
"If that's everything, I have a sofa to get to and a promise to uphold." Harry said and this time, Hermione pulled him to his feet and bundled him into the car and onto the sofa.
She then proceeded to shift the beer out of the fridge and place it in a brand-new chest fridge in the cellar, keyed only to her. "Harry, you're tough so I'd suggest cold turkey."
Harry nodded and soon enough the ordeal to become alcohol free began. It started with shaking hands, then the sweating and followed by wave upon wave of nausea. Andy had taken Teddy on a trip to an unknown Black Holiday Cottage near a lake, home to various magical creatures for a fortnight.
Before she left, she nodded to everyone in the household and left them to it. It should have taken three weeks, but Harry had several things on his side, a tonne of raw will power, stubbornness, magical power to match and healing tears in the blood stream.
As soon as it started, it stopped. It had been a week, and Harry had been tucked up on the sofa starkers as he sweated his way through the blanket nest he had been snuggled up in. When the doorbell went "Dean!"
Dean hurried for the door as Hermione checked her friend over. It was the Glee Club, Dean let them in and almost immediately the tranquillity was shattered by Rachel "How is he? How can he be so irresponsible?..."
"Berry, ENOUGH!" Harry growled, he stood up and the blanket fell away.
"It's called life, pretty well…until you showed up. As for irresponsible, it was a coping mechanism that got out of hand. Reasons for it are and not including dealing with petty little girls who evidently do not understand that need that being the best isn't always the best thing to do. Grow up everyone, I'm naked. Wunderbar, yes I know I am and it's my house so I'll dress how I see fit. Now, Hermione am I clean?"
Hermione smirked "Cough and take the position." Everyone turned away and even Harry stared at her.
"If…"
"I'm fucking with you. You're clean…But you smell ripe…Shower! GO! Or Neville will hose you in the back garden."
Harry vanished. Soon enough the sound of the shower turned on "Seriously Hermione? Take the position?" Asked Will.
"William, in the years I have known Harry, I have rarely if ever got the chance to make him jump to my commands. It's mostly been the other way around."
"To be fair love, the two of you had a chemistry between you that seemed to be 'you found the target' and Harry 'dealt with it'." Dean commented as Harry came down the stairs.
Brittney turned and whistled, gone was the perpetual grey tinge to the skin, sunken, hollow, green and red eyes and darkly hidden by lines of skin representing sleep deprovision and the potentially hostile look. The cuts and scars the covered Harry now no-longer glass like and now looked far more natural. "Damn, Santana, look."
All of the female members of Glee looked at Harry and they all had to double take "Is that you Harry?"
"Me as well, as well, all mental health examination results pending. But is this me, in regards to when I'm not a homicidal, unpredictable, drunken mess then yes…when I'm sober nothing has changed but I'm not a drunken mess. Just a…"
"Homicidal and unpredictable mess…Homicidal, we can deal with. Unpredicatable same. Being a mess, considering the snippets we've gotten out of you we'd be concerned if you weren't." Santana replied with none of the usual sarcasm.
Harry grinned, this one felt much more human than the twisted things he had normally given. "You still going to drink?"
"Yup…Just, not as much these days. But I'm gonna be sober as a Soldier on Parade up until the wedding day."
"Speaking of which, we were speaking with the Bride and Groom to be and they said, they'd want you to do the music and something about using your resources for everything." Finn commented.
Harry sighed and slumped into a chair and stretched out his braced knee "I can do that…Have you decided on the songs?"
"For the aisle they wanted Marry You and Way You Are for the immediate before dinner dance. Then they said as long as you have decent party playlist for the guests and until we give a cue then you can turn it into a student party."
Harry grinned toothily "That I can do. That I can do. Anything else?"
There was nothing else aside from organising a date to get the suits done. Which was decided to be done on Thursday, two days before the wedding and the weeks flew by.
Soon enough the men and women were standing getting fitted for their dresses. Harry and the rest of the household decided to skive school to get theirs done the day before.
Finally it was the day of the wedding and the males of Glee were checking out their suits and rushing around trying to sort out their ties when Harry, Dean, Neville, Seamus and Hermione turned up wearing four almost shiny black and white suits and ties, only to reveal form fitting suits and a red dress to die for.
Harry opened the boot of the 4x4, and began to take the equipment into the wedding hall. After ten minutes of moving with purpose and double or even triple checking the band positioning with Kurt everything was ready. Will checked on the bride, the groom and the Glee club before nodding to Harry, who nodded and raised his right fist with middle and forth fingers outstretched and tilted downwards.
(Marry You- Bruno Mars)
[Finn and Rachel:]
It's a beautiful night
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
Is it the look in your eyes
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you
[Quinn and Sam:]
Well I know this little chapel
On the boulevard we can go
No one will know
Oh, come on, girl
Who cares if we're trashed
Got a pocket full of cash we can blow
Shots of Patrón
And it's on, girl
[Artie and Brittany:]
Don't say no, no, no, no-no
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
And we'll go, go, go, go-go
If you're ready, like I'm ready
[Tina and Mike:]
'Cause it's a beautiful night
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
[Artie and Brittany:]
Is it the look in your eyes
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you
[New Directions:]
Don't say no, no, no, no-no
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
And we'll go, go, go, go-go
If you're ready, like I'm ready
'Cause it's a beautiful night
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
Is it the look in your eyes
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you
[Sam and New Directions, Finn, Artie:]
Just say I do
Tell me right now baby
Tell me right now baby
Just say I do
Tell me right now baby
Tell me right now baby, oh!
[New Directions:]
'Cause it's a beautiful night
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
Is it the look in your eyes
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you
Dean, who was playing on the keyboard, looked at Hermione who was participating with the Glee Club singing and they caught a brief glimpse on Harry's face. Will noticed as well.
As Harry played, his fingers dancing with precision and the thrill of the performance flowing through him. He was grinning, a full-blown smile, something that Hermione had noticed becoming a rarity over the years.
The smile even carried over during the meal where he ended up dining with a few of the new Mrs. Hudson-Hummel, and kept a calm and collected conversation.
Harry grinned as he sipped his sparkling water "You seem rather tired." He looked up "I'm sorry Mr…"
"Jones, David Jones. I am a former acquaintance of the Bride."
Harry nodded "You could say so. It's been a rough couple of years, mainly having to clean up mistakes left by the elders of the community that I resided in. It didn't help that they thought I was the only one able to do anything."
Jones chuckled at that "You'll find it's a similar thing here in Lima."
Harry grinned "Here, at least you can tell people to stuff it. Anyways, I…" Something off to his right tingled. Something was about to happen.
"…Please excuse me." He pulled out his phone, opened it and quickly stowed it away. "Something's just happened. My Godson's primary caregiver."
As he walked away, he pulsed his magic 'Something going south. Might want to try and contain it.'
Andromeda, who attended to keep an eye on Harry felt the pulse of magic. Got Teddy and they began to make their way out.
(Outside)
"Are you sure this is going to work, Weasley?" Snarled Cormac McLaggen.
Outside, Ron sighed "As long as the people you've got running the anti-apparation, anti-portkey jammers going then this will be over shortly. Make sure the power sappers are ready to go in case Harry picks a fight and for Merlin's sake, make sure they know what they're saying."
"It's time to bring them home and for me to get what is rightfully mine."
(Inside)
"Harry…" Harry turned to see Tina, Mercedes, Artie and surprisingly Puck coming up to him.
"Something's about to break out. Anything we can do?" Tina asked.
"Keep everyone inside…this…shouldn't take too long."
"Harry, DON'T keep us out of it." Hermione ordered.
"You're not alone, besides we knew the risks when we followed you…WE NEED to do this. You've proven that you can, WE in as far as we tell ourselves at night need to do this. Some scars can only be dealt with by opening them again." Dean commented.
Harry reluctantly sighed and embraced the flow of magic, coursing through his body at the impending fight. As the doors blew open and Ron Weasley, dressed in combat armour strode in "HARRY JAMES POTTER, HERMIONE JANE GRANGER, NEVILLE FRANKLIN LONGBOTTOM, DEAN THOMAS AND SEAMUS FINNEGAN! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!"
Harry looked at the speaker "Hello, Ron."