Author's Note:
To answer some questions: First, I chose Croatia because it was in Eastern Europe and near enough to Albania along the coast of the Adriatic Sea without being directly in the same country as Voldemort. Not to mention that I heard it's beautiful there and decided that it was the place for a rich wizarding noble to have a manor in. I know the two countries are not next door, but like I said, close enough or closer than say England and Albania. As Croatia is about the same distance as it would take for me to get to Quebec (roughly 11 hours by car) so, it works for me as that's how my logic works haha. Second, I will stop worrying about long chapters since no one seems to mind LOL. Third, I love reviews, gushing and otherwise, as I feel like I am re-experiencing the chapter with the reader which is really fun so please never stop. Fourth, just an oversight that Harry forgot to mention the fact that Hermione was grounded and also, at this point, her sentence would be up so it didn't really matter. And lastly, please remember that the fashion of the 90s had its own flare, like today. Crop tops were in; the more belly you showed the cooler your were, as were cut off shorts and extremely short dresses and skirts whereas blokes pretty much stayed with button-downs and jeans or khakis. Not to mention my great love of chokers, I must have had thirty different ones at one time. That is all.
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO:
The One Where Harry Has A Fling
Having Theo at The Burrow was more fun than Ginny had anticipated. His one day stay had turned into four days much to Ron's chagrin, but Ginny was thrilled. They spent most of the time out by the pond talking and to Ginny's surprise, helping her mum in the kitchen. Theo was fascinated by the fact that Ginny and Mrs Weasley did all of their own canning and baking and when he realized that they had no house elves to help, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and wanted to know what to do.
Mrs Weasley at first told him no, that he was a guest, but when he began helping anyway, she only smiled and guided him through the process and soon they were making apple butter, blackberry jelly, dill pickles, red pepper jelly, raspberry jam, strawberry jam, tomato sauce, and grape jelly.
"I can't believe that you make all of this yourself, Mrs Weasley. That apple butter is to die for!"
Mrs Weasley smiled warmly at him. "Thank you, dear. It's my great-grandmother's recipe."
Theo listened attentively as Mrs Weasley showed him how to make the jams and jellies. At dinner that night, Mrs Weasley even told the table that Theo had helped make the chicken and he had found himself blushing. That first night when he had gone up to Ron's room to sleep, he had surprised himself by how much he had enjoyed spending the day there working in the kitchen with Ginny and her mum which had made him decide to stay a few more days.
Ginny was thrilled with that news.
Ron scowled at him when he came into the room after announcing that he would be staying three more days and he was reminded that not all of the Weasleys were thrilled with his presence. "Nott."
"Weasley," he said with just as much disdain before pulling off his shirt to change. "Look, neither one of us fancy sharing a room together so, let's just agree to disagree and sleep in peace, deal?"
Ron only glared at him. "Look, Nott, I don't know what kind of game you're playing, but if you hurt my sister, I will come after you."
"I don't plan on hurting your sister. She's one of the nicest people that I have ever met and she invited me here out of the goodness of her heart and I'm enjoying myself, despite you're dismal attitude."
"And like your attitude wouldn't be dismal if I came to stay over at your house out of the blue?"
Theo snorted. "Like my father would ever allow a blood traitor such as yourself through the front door! Besides, trust me, no one would rather spend time at that house less than me."
Ron raised his eyebrow. "Escaping home? Is that why you're here?"
"Partly," he admitted. "You have an incredible family, Ron, and you should thank your lucky stars every day for them. Not all of us are that lucky." He crawled onto the bed, yawning. "Goodnight."
Ron stared at him for a minute before he climbed into his own bed and let out a frustrated sigh. "Look, Theo, I don't have anything against you, personally. It's just that you're a Slytherin and you hang around Malfoy, who's an absolute foul git by the way, and now you show up out of the blue — and are dating my sister! How did you think that I was going to react?"
Theo laughed and rolled over to look at Ron. "What? You think that Ginny and I are dating?"
"You're not?" Ron asked, a bewildered look on his face.
Theo grinned at him. "No. Let me make something abundantly clear to you, Ron. First, Malfoy is absolutely a foul git, but he's also one of my best mates and I know that it's hard to believe, but being a git is actually part of his charm. Secondly, Ginny is one of the best people that I have ever met in my life and being her friend, which we are by the way, is wonderful and I look forward to it. And lastly, I am one hundred percent, no, make it one hundred and ten percent, gay. And for the record, I'm not interested in you, so cool your heels, but your brothers Bill or Charlie, now they sure are good looking."
Ron blushed. "You, er — you um, you like blokes?"
He only stared at him and raised an eyebrow. "Yes. Do you have a problem with that?"
"No," Ron admitted. "I'm just… actually no, I'm not surprised. A lot makes sense now."
Theo smiled at him, a light weight lifting off his chest. "Well, thanks I think."
Ron was quiet for a long moment before he spoke. "I think Seamus is gay."
Theo opened his mouth in surprise. "Finnigan? No way. If any of your roommates is gay it's Thomas."
"I mean, I don't know for sure of course, but sometimes, I think he is. Definitely not Dean, but Seamus… I'm almost positive. Before the end of the school year, I saw him kiss this bloke with curly brown hair, but he dated Lavender and snogged her brains out for months on end so maybe not. I don't know."
Theo shook his head in surprise. "Finnigan… that surprises me. And you, Weasley?"
"I'm not gay," Ron said.
Theo rolled his eyes. "Trust me, that's incredibly obvious. So, are you finally going to ask out Granger?"
Ron blushed. "What? Hermione's my… she's my best friend."
"Yes, and you want to stick your tongue down her throat!"
"No, I —"
" — So, you don't think that she's attractive and you don't want to snog her?"
"I didn't say that! I mean, of course she's beautiful, but she's Hermione and —"
" — And you like her. Just saying, someone else is going to notice her soon and you're going to beat yourself up if you don't make a move first."
"She's my friend," Ron insisted stubbornly, turning his pillow over.
Theo smiled at him. "Blaise is my best friend, but if he asked me to fuck him, I would in a heartbeat. I sucked him off last year and it didn't make things weird between us. Bloke is so damn lush! But I have no interest in making him my boyfriend. He's my friend and I don't want anything else between us. You and Granger… you'd want to do more than fuck her."
Ron blushed again. "You've… you've had sex?"
Theo nodded, looking over at Ron's bed. "I have. Loads of times." At Ron's look of surprise, he sighed. "Another reason why your family is great, Ron, your dad doesn't bring you to a brothel on your thirteenth birthday to help you become a man."
Ron's mouth dropped open. "What? Thirteen?"
Theo let out a slow sigh. "And fourteenth. And over the summer last year. That would be one of the many reasons why I don't like my father, why I don't want to go home, and why I am dreading my upcoming fifteenth birthday in October. And so you know, it wasn't a choice. It was 'you become a man here and now, or else,' kind of moment."
"I'm sorry."
"I don't need your pity," he said, angrily, punching his pillow. "Just… you're lucky to have the parents that you do. Goodnight, Ron."
"Goodnight," Ron said, his brow furrowed as he took in Theo's words.
Theo closed his eyes, his heart beating in his chest and he wondered what it would be like to have parents like the Weasleys in the same way that he often wished that he had Draco's parents.
He let out a slow sigh and drifted off to sleep.
~ ASC ~
By the time the eighteenth of July came around, Harry found himself just as nervous as he was excited. He had gotten four letters from Colt and Flo since they had left in April, each one detailing at least one thing that they wanted to show him when he arrived in Georgia. Colt asked him about any new girlfriends, asked how his Animagus process was coming along now that he could turn into a puppy, and Flo wanted to know all about his exams.
It was nice writing to them; nice to have someone other than Sirius and Remus who cared about what he was doing and what he was getting up to. Zee hadn't been kidding about the potential of a Howler either, as with everything that had happened with Sirius and the Time Turner, Harry had been late responding to the last letter and he had gotten a fun response from Flo telling him that he better write back soon or she was going to have words for him in a red envelope. The threat had made him laugh and then grin at the thought that they cared enough to want him to write.
Zee had spent the last week or two filling Harry's head with what to expect once they arrived. She talked about the old farmhouse that she loved with the creaky stairs and the barn full of horses, the hikes that they had to go on, the time that they had to spend at the restaurant, how they had to go to the beach and to some of the Muggle tourist spots, including that it was mandatory for them to go to a state fair. Harry was anxious to go and nervous as Zee's parents would also be staying with them.
He had liked Misha and Sorcha, Papa and Grandmama, he corrected, but he wasn't quite as comfortable yet with them as he was with Grandma and Grandpa. He packed his bag ready to go and he grinned widely at Remus when he came down the stairs that morning.
"All ready?" Remus asked him, smiling warmly.
Harry nodded. "I think so. Thanks for looking after Marauder."
"Anytime," Remus told him, tugging him close for a hug. "Sirius gave me his mirror for the trip so if you need anything, give me a call."
"I will."
"Also feel free to call and tell me about any time that Sirius makes a fool of himself with Zee's family," Remus added, making Harry laugh.
"I will."
Sirius grinned at him when he came down the stairs. "Got everything, Harry?"
"Yes."
"All right, let's go meet Zee and catch our portkey."
Thirty minutes later, Harry had side Apparated with Sirius to the coast near Bristol where an elderly gentleman was waiting for them. He stamped their passports and paperwork, telling them that their travel plans would be forwarded to MACUSA, the Magical Congress of the United States of America, before he gestured to the rusty bucket on the ground.
"You take off in two minutes."
Harry swallowed nervously, smiling when he, Sirius, and Zee all reached out to touch the rusty bucket as the man counted down and the three of them vanished through the portkey along with Lady Godiva. Harry landed rather shakily, falling to his knees and fighting the urge to vomit as he felt the warm grass beneath his hands.
"You all right?" Sirius asked, picking Harry up by the back of his shirt. "International portkeys are a bit rough."
He nodded, dusting himself off and adjusting his bag. "I'm fine."
Zee grinned widely. "Lady G isn't too impressed either. Take my hand, I'll Apparate us."
Harry did as she instructed and a few minutes later the three of them were walking up the winding drive towards a bright yellow farmhouse with a big wrap-around front porch, a bright red front door and red shutters. Harry followed Zee up onto the porch where a large Saint Bernard was lying. He lifted his head, staring up at them and Zee bent down to scratch him behind the ears.
"Hi, Bruno!"
The dog merely tilted his head to get her to scratch harder and Harry bent down to do the same. Bruno seemed pleased with the attention and they turned when the front door opened. Colt stood there, denim jeans and a white tee shirt, grinning widely.
"Y'all are here!" He picked up Zee, spinning her in a circle as she laughed.
"Hi, Grandpa!" She kissed his cheek noisily and smiled. "I brought my boys with me."
Colt grinned widely, tugging Harry into his arms for a bone-crushing hug. "Harry, m'boy, welcome! Come in, come in!" He led them inside the cool house and urged them to have a seat in the living room. "Your trip was all right?"
"Yes, the portkey was fine," Sirius told him as they sat down. "Thank you for having us."
Colt waved his hand as if it was nothing. "I'm happy to! We'll get you settled upstairs and then I can take you on a tour. Flo's at the restaurant and won't be back until later tonight. She wanted to be here, but two of her workers called in sick and I'm afraid that she's stuck."
"Oh, no," Zee said. "I'll run over there and give her a hand."
"No, you will not," Colt said, staring down his granddaughter. "Sit on your pretty little tush and relax, this is your vacation!"
Zee smiled and stood up to kiss her grandfather's cheek. "It is, which means that I can do whatever I want as it's my holiday, and I'm going to go help Grandma. Sirius, why don't you come with me? I'll show you the restaurant and we'll put you to work. Grandpa can show Harry around the ranch."
"Sounds good to me," Sirius told her, turning to Harry. "You'll be okay here?"
"Yeah, absolutely!" Harry exclaimed.
Zee and Sirius took off and Colt led Harry up the stairs to the room at the end of the hall. He pushed open the door revealing a small room with a slanted ceiling, shaped like the roof of the house. A double bed was in the room with a brown and green checked quilt. There was a dresser under the window and a night table.
"This will be your room, Harry," Colt told him with a smile as Lady Godiva hopped up onto the bed and made herself comfortable. Harry was pretty sure that she had been completely unimpressed with the portkey. "Zee and Sirius will be staying right across the hall. I was going to put Sirius in here with you, but Flo told me that I was being too old fashioned."
Harry chuckled. "This is great, thanks Grandpa."
Colt nodded. "I'll let you settle in. I'll be in the kitchen. Come on down when you're ready."
Harry smiled and unpacked a few things before he headed downstairs. The panther was asleep on the bed, making him grin. The portkey and international travel had clearly worn her out. The house was cozy and warm and he liked the feel of it immediately. It reminded him of The Burrow in the same sense that it felt like a family lived here and just being in the house made him feel like he was part of it.
Harry met Colt in the kitchen and he immediately led him outside. He took him on a tour of the garden, through the barn and out in the paddock where the horses were. They had four horses: a Clydesdale named Shelby, an Appaloosa named Cloud Dancing; a Mustang named King Lightning, and Thoroughbred named White Fella. He showed Harry how to approach them, starting with Shelby, who was the most gentle. It reminded Harry of Care of Magical Creatures class and dealing with Hippogriffs. It was all about respecting the animals. He made eye contact with the horse as he approached, showing respect and the horse allowed him to stroke her. Harry fed Shelby an apple as Colt patted her flank.
"Now she'll love you for life, giving her apples."
Harry grinned. "She's beautiful."
Colt nodded to the Appaloosa who was grazing on grass. "Cloud Dancing is the troublemaker over there, but he's a good horse. He's the one that I plan to get you riding on this summer."
Harry's eyes widened at the concept. "Really?"
"Definitely. I have some ground rules though. Before you ride, you have to learn how to take care of him. That means mucking out his stall, keeping him fed, and brushing him twice a day. If you can do that, I'll teach you how to ride starting tomorrow."
Harry beamed at him and Colt immediately put him to work. He shovelled manure and brushed Cloud Dancing, smiling at the horse. He was beautiful, black with white spots on his back, and he kept rubbing his head against Harry's arm in a friendly fashion, searching his pockets for more apples and making Harry laugh. When he finished taking care of the horse, he played fetch with Chief, Colt's Newfoundland and grinned at Colt when he came out from the paddock where he had been riding Shelby.
"How's Cloud Dancing?"
"Good," Harry said. "He's all brushed, his stall is clean, and he conned two more apples out of me."
Colt grinned. "Sneaky bastard, ain't he?" He ruffled Harry's hair. "I start my chores at five in the morning, if you're out here with me first thing, you can ride Cloud Dancing tomorrow."
"Brilliant!" Harry exclaimed, making Colt grin.
Harry eagerly helped Colt around the ranch for the rest of the afternoon; shovelling out the horse stalls, giving them food and water, taking care of the dogs, and mending a broken fence out by the paddock before he changed into his Animagus form and ran around the garden playing with Chief as Colt laughed. He had worn himself out a bit and after the little break, continued to help Colt mend the fence. They were about halfway finished when Colt introduced him to his ranch hands, Calvin, twenty-one, and Tucker, nineteen.
But it was the brown-eyed blonde that had caught his attention.
Her name was Harley Mills and she was newly fifteen. She took horseback riding lessons at the ranch from Colt four days a week and she had legs up to her ears. He grinned foolishly when she hopped down off of King Lightning, tossing her bright blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Hi, you must be Harry. Colt's been telling me how excited he was for you to come by for the summer."
"Hello," Harry said, glad that words had actually left his mouth.
Her long legs were clad in tight denim and she wore a black off the shoulder crop top, the swell of her breasts catching his attention before he caught himself. She was tall, long legs that put her just at his shoulder. Since his recent growth spurt put him close to Sirius' height, he took the time to appreciate her long legs.
"I'm Harley," she said, extending her hand.
Harry accepted it, smiling. "Harry."
"I know," she said with a bright smile. "I'm sure that I'll see you around."
"Definitely," he said back, earning a grin from her.
Colt smirked at him as Harley hurried off. "Girl's checking you out, must be the English accent."
Harry turned his head and caught her looking at him and he grinned, slowly. She blushed and waved as she hurried off. "She's… nice."
Colt grinned, a deep chuckle rumbling through him. "Nice, right! Come on, Harry; let's get the rest of this fence mended before Flo comes back with Zee and Sirius. You can flirt with the girl tomorrow."
Harry blushed at that, but did as Colt suggested. He couldn't help but wonder if Harley would come back and let him flirt with her again and the thought made him grin.
By the time that Sirius, Zee, and Flo returned, Colt and Harry had mended the fence in all three areas and finished all of the chores for the day. Harry was helping Colt get dinner started when they returned and he grinned, foolishly, when Flo came rushing into the kitchen, arms outstretched and tugged him into her arms, bending his head down to cuddle him to her.
"Harry!" She covered his face in kisses making him flush in embarrassment as Sirius grinned at him. "We're so glad that you're here! Did Colt show you the ranch, sugar?"
He nodded, kissing her cheek and making her smile. "He did. I met the horses and Tucker and Calvin. Grandpa said that he's going to let me ride Cloud Dancing tomorrow."
"As long as he gets up and takes care of him in the morning," Colt added, a grin on his weathered face. "Zahira knows my rules."
Zee smiled and took a seat at the kitchen table as Sirius did the same. "Same rules as always, Grandpa."
"Harley also stopped by for her lesson. Girl had eyes on our boy."
Harry blushed and Sirius smirked at him.
"Was she pretty?"
"Gorgeous," Harry admitted, sitting next to his father.
Zee smiled and filled Harry and Colt in on the activities of the restaurant for the day. Two people had called in sick making them short staffed, but Zee and Sirius had hopped in to help out and everything had run smoothly. Zee told Harry that she had Sirius serving tables like a pro by the end of the day.
"He only broke a plate or two."
"Seven," Sirius said on a laugh. "But considering that only two of them had food on them, I think that it went pretty well."
Zee chuckled. "It went very well. I appreciate you letting me rope you into helping out."
"Of course," he said, turning to Harry. "So, horseback riding, eh?"
Harry beamed. "I hope so."
"Grandpa is a wonderful teacher, Harry, you're going to love it. This weekend, we're going to go Cloudland Canyon State Park. It's beautiful and we'll go on a hike up there and see everything."
"Sounds great," he told her, honestly.
So far he was already loving Georgia and he couldn't wait to explore more of it.
~ ASC ~
The next morning, Harry woke up when his alarm went off at quarter to five. He smiled at the sight of Lady Godiva stretched out across the bottom of his bed. It was nice that she had come to sleep with him since Marauder was at home with Remus and Tonks. He stroked her gently and she opened one eye to look up at him, licked his hand and simply went back to sleep.
He got dressed in jeans and a tee shirt, putting his trainers on before he headed downstairs. Colt was in the kitchen drinking coffee and he smiled at him.
"Right on time," he said, his eyes twinkling.
Harry drank a glass of orange juice before he followed his grandfather out to the barn and got to work. Colt lent Harry a pair of work boots and a pair of work gloves to put on and he started his new morning chores. He let Cloud Dancing outside in the pasture and then removed everything from the stall. He used a shovel and wheelbarrow to clean the manure and spread out the fresh bales of straw across the ground. He refilled the food and water after moving them back into the stall and wiped his sweaty brow.
Colt came to inspect his work and grinned widely. "You do good work, Harry. Three more stalls to go."
Harry only nodded and got back to work. By seven, all four horse stalls were clean and he made his way out into the paddock where Colt was whistling at the horses. Cloud Dancing pranced right over to Harry and he tugged a green apple out of his pocket, eagerly feeding the horse.
"He likes you," Colt told him.
"I like him, too."
"Stalls are all clean?"
"Yes, sir."
Colt grinned widely. "Let's head inside, get cleaned up, and get some breakfast. Then we'll see about getting you on a horse."
~ ASC ~
Sirius leaned against the side of the fence, his eyes on his son. He had been watching Colt teach him to ride for the last few days. Harry had fallen off twice, but was determined to get back on. Now after almost three hours on his third day, he was riding well. He seemed to have bonded with the horse and as he watched the horse speed off, the sound of his son's laughter peeling out, he couldn't help but smile.
Coming to Georgia had been a good idea. They both needed the break and the holiday, he thought. He smiled when he felt her arms wrap around his waist and he slid his hands over them, taking her hands in his.
"He's doing well, isn't he?"
"Wonderful," Zee told him. "He's a natural. It's his Quidditch talent. He knows how to ride well, brooms and horses."
"Obviously," Sirius told her, watching Harry laugh as he raced Colt around the paddock. "Your grandparents really love him. It's not forced. It's as if they've known him for years."
"They kind of have," Zee told him as he tugged her around to stand in front of him and she rested her head back against his chest, her eyes on Harry. "I've been talking about my boys since the beginning."
"The beginning, eh?"
"Almost the beginning. I might have left out a few things, like what happened on our first date."
"Oh, when I shagged you senseless on my kitchen floor? Great first date."
She smirked. "Merlin, I was such a slag!"
He grinned and bent his head to kiss her neck. "It's okay. I was more than all right with it."
Zee chuckled. "I can't believe how much he's grown! He was so little when I first met him and now he's almost as tall as you, way taller than me, and he's growing up to be so handsome. A little skinny yet, but that probably has more to do with the growth spurt than anything."
Sirius smiled. "His dad was skinny too at that age. He's got muscle though, don't think he hasn't, and when we were practicing his Animagus form I noticed that he has some abs coming in. I mean, he doesn't have abs you could bounce a Knut off of like me, but he has some serious muscle. That Quidditch training is doing him good not to mention all of the manual labour Colt has him doing is only going to add to it."
Zee rolled her eyes as she turned to look at him. "Bounce a Knut off?"
Sirius merely lifted up the bottom of his shirt, his gaze smouldering, and her eyes went to his well defined abdomen. "Want to test it?"
Zee ran her fingers over his muscles, smiling when he trembled at her touch. "You are too fucking sexy for your own good, do you know that?"
The slow smile that spread across his face made her grin.
"Conceited knob," she muttered affectionately, standing on her toes to kiss him. "So, do you want to try to ride a horse?"
"Mmm," he murmured into her neck. "I'd rather ride you."
Zee hit his arm and he smirked before she tugged herself out of his arms and he watched her run towards the tall man walking towards them. His short dark blond hair was streaked with salt and pepper and his blue eyes nodded in Sirius' direction before he hugged Zee tight to him and kissed her cheek.
"Hello, my dochka. I've missed you."
"Papa," she said, kissing his cheek. "Come, you remember, Sirius?"
Misha nodded and stepped forward, extending his hand out to him. "I do. How are you, Sirius?"
"Good, thank you, Sir."
Misha nodded towards the figures in the distance. "Is that young Harry riding vith Colt?"
"He's a natural, Papa. Only been riding a few hours over the last three days and he looks like he was born to do it. I was just saying to Sirius that I think it's due to his Quidditch talent."
"Could be," Misha said with a smile. "Sorcha decided that she needed to stop and do some shopping before coming. I left her at va store."
Zee grinned. "Well, I'm glad to see you. How's work?"
"Vork is good. New cases, new Aurors, same old. How is your vork? You still vorking vith vat mudak?"
Zee chuckled. "He's gotten better, Papa."
"Mudak?" Sirius asked. "What does that mean?"
"Loosely translated, arsehole," Zee said with a smirk.
"Ah, Forester then."
Misha smiled. "You know this mudak? See, I know he is not good for my daughter. You need a new partner, dochka."
"I can handle myself, Papa." She kissed his cheek. "Now, Grandpa plans to keep Harry busy with horseback riding, which I think is great, but he's quite powerful and it would be wonderful if you wanted to bestow some of your infamous Auror expertise on him."
Misha raised an eyebrow. "I vould love to show him a good Russian curse or two."
Sirius grinned. "Nothing too dangerous now, Misha."
Misha only smiled. "Ve'll see."
~ ASC ~
Horseback riding was incredible and Harry loved it. He didn't even care that his entire body was sore, the feel of being free, of flying on the animal was almost as good as being on a broomstick. Almost. But he could see why Muggles loved it so much. He had spent the entire afternoon riding Cloud Dancing before cleaning up the horses and the stalls for the night. Colt put him in charge of the horses for the rest of his time here and Harry was pleased to do it.
Dinner was great. Papa and Grandmama told him stories about Zee's childhood from her sneaking in stray cats and kneazles to the time Misha came home and found an entire nest of occamys living in her wardrobe or when she had befriended a demiguise and named him Herman. Papa told him about working in the Russian Ministry as an Auror, hunting Dark Wizards, and helping to keep the world safe. Harry found it fascinating.
Sirius added his own stories in, making Harry blush in embarrassment as Sirius told them about the time Harry had pulled his first real prank and accidentally covered the Hogwarts Headmaster in flour, confetti, and sprinkles, or when Sirius had transfigured all of his clothes into frilly dresses and Harry had worn them, or when they had gone to Pompeii and Harry had asked the tour guide questions about the sexual graffiti on the wall. Colt, Flo, Sorcha, and Misha had laughed hysterically at the last story.
After dinner, Harry went for a walk with Misha around the property and Misha put up a protective warding around the woods, grinning at Harry.
"I show you some good spells, da?"
Harry beamed at him.
Misha taught him a few neat tricks. The one that he liked the most was a double shield charm. It worked similar to the shield charm that Remus had already taught him, but this one added a second layer of protection with a reflective mirror surface that not only protected him from oncoming spells, but sent them back at the caster while hiding him from view behind his shield. The charm was: Protego Speculo. It took Harry five tries to cast it and for the first time all year, he finally mastered his shield, letting it settle over him in a large protective bubble covering him on a three hundred sixty-five degree angle.
Misha was impressed and sent a few spells his way, dodging them when they rebounded back.
"Very good, very good! Zee vas right, you are very good, very strong," he said, smiling. "I teach you another, da?"
Harry only grinned. He learned three new spells that night on top of the double shield. Another one that tasered and stunned his opponent simultaneously, a curse that caused boils to surface and erupt black foul smelling pus all over one's face, and lastly a sneak attack charm, that made one almost completely invisible and soundproof to the human eye and ear.
He showed Misha his Animagus transformation and Misha urged him to try to practice his magic as a puppy. Harry was confused by this, but Misha told him that if he was powerful enough, he could make parts of his magic work even without being in human form and having access to his wand, most specifically simple spells or for Apparation when he was older, which Harry found fascinating. He had no idea that he would be able to learn how to Apparate in his Animagus form. He ran around his grandfather, yipping happily as a puppy and trying to think of what Misha meant, imagining something simple like lumos and his wand lit up from the ground five metres away.
Harry's puppy dog eyes widened and Misha grinned.
"Powerful indeed," he murmured.
Sirius came out to check on them, his hands in his pockets and he grinned. "Padpup!"
Harry transformed back into himself and rolled his eyes. "I refuse to answer to that."
Sirius simply smirked and put his arm over his son's shoulders. "How's it going out here?"
Harry told him what Misha had taught him, demonstrating his new skills and Sirius grinned, nodding to Misha in appreciation.
"Looks like you're learning some great new spells."
Harry said goodnight to everyone after that and made his way upstairs to bed. He had just settled himself in his bed when there was a knock on his door. Sirius stuck his head in.
"Hey, got a minute?"
Harry nodded, grinning when Lucy, the chubby Beagle wandered in and made herself comfortable on the end of his bed.
"Yeah, hi, Lucy."
He rubbed the dog's belly and she stared at him adoringly, happy to be getting attention.
Sirius took a seat on the edge of the bed next to the dog. "I know that you made plans to spend the day with Colt tomorrow and the horses, but Zee, her parents, and I are going to head out, go on a boat ride and enjoy the sunshine. If you want to come with us you can or you can stay here. It's up to you. Flo will be at the restaurant."
A boat sounded fun, he thought but he really wanted to spend more time with Cloud Dancing. "I think I'll stay with Grandpa and Cloud Dancing. He goes back to work soon so, maybe we can go out on a boat after."
"Definitely," Sirius told him with a grin. "Zee said that she's taking us hiking this weekend, too. Just the three of us — should be fun."
Harry grinned at him. "That double shield charm that Papa told me is so wicked! It reflects spells right back!"
"That is pretty great," Sirius admitted, a small smile on his face. "Just remember, no matter how powerful your shield is, not all spells are going to bounce off."
"I know. Dodge and deflect. I remember from Defence Club."
Sirius smiled. "All right. Goodnight, kid."
"Goodnight, Uncle Siri."
~ ASC ~
Harry woke up early the next morning again. Lucy was still sleeping on the end of his bed and at some point, Checkers, the part cat, part Kneazle had found his way into his room as well along with Smokey, Flo's grey cat. They were both curled up on his pillow. Lady Godiva was stretched out on the floor next to him making him smile, apparently he had inherited guard animals in his sleep.
Harry changed into work clothes and headed outside for his now usual morning routine of cleaning the stalls. By seven, he was back inside and in the shower before he made his way down to breakfast. He said goodbye to Zee, Sirius, Sorcha, and Misha before spending the morning riding Cloud Dancing.
Colt was called into the station for a work emergency just after lunch and Harry promised him that he would be fine on the ranch as both Tucker and Calvin were working with the horses.
He brushed Cloud Dancing, smiling at the horse and talking to him. When he heard his name, he turned, squinting at the sun despite his dark sunshades and smiled at the sight of Harley coming towards him. She was in tight jeans again, but this time a red short-sleeved crop top with a black leather vest over it, and she had a cowboy hat on with a black and red choker around her neck.
"Hey, Harley," he said with a smile.
She sauntered over to greet Cloud Dancing, pressing a kiss to his face. "He likes you."
"He's a good horse."
"How are you liking Georgia so far? Colt told me that you're from England?"
Harry nodded, scratching his nose. "It's nice. Hotter then I'm used to, but still good. You've lived here your whole life?"
She nodded, tucking her blonde hair behind her ear. "I have. I'm just over yonder. Colt's been letting me come out to ride the horses since I was a kid."
"I've only been riding for four days, but I can see the appeal."
She smiled at him, her lips a lovely shade of dark red. "Tucker said Colt got called into the station, guess that means my lesson is cancelled."
"If you've been riding your whole life, what are you taking lessons for?"
Harley grinned. "Oh, honey, I'm learning how to race. I think I want to be a jockey so Colt is helping me practice. I've got the right build, but I'm tall so I have to adjust to the horse."
"That's wicked," Harry told her.
"I love your accent," she said, biting her lip.
"Er, thanks. Yours is nice, too."
Harley smiled. "Well, since my lesson was cancelled, would ya maybe want to ride with me? I know a great trail through the woods."
Harry grinned at her. "That sounds great, but I told Grandpa that I'd stay at the ranch."
She smiled and took a step closer to him, her finger tapping up his arm. "We won't go far, I promise."
Harry swallowed, his eyes on her blue ones as all of the blood rushed down his body. "All right."
Harley hopped up onto King Lightning and Harry jumped back onto Cloud Dancing. They told Tucker and Calvin where they were going and that they would be back before dinner. Calvin nodded and promised to pass on the message if anyone returned home before they got back.
Harley took off on King Lightning and Harry grinned in surprise, urging Cloud Dancing to chase after her. The speedy run through the trees had him laughing before they slowed down, the horses walking side by side through the trail.
Harry learned that Harley had just turned fifteen two weeks ago. She was hoping to get her driver's license and loved horses more than anything in the world. She had two older sisters named Harper and Holly. It was just her dad raising them as her mother had died in a car accident when she was six. She told him about her love of racing and how she wanted to race horses more than she wanted to do anything else.
Harry told her that it was his birthday in a few days as well and how his father had taught him how to drive a motorbike. That had impressed her and Harry went on to tell her how he and Sirius had spent last summer driving the Ducati all over Europe. He told her about his friends and how he went to a boarding school in Scotland. When they finally reached their destination, Harry's eyes widened in awe. The scenery was beautiful. The lush green forests, the fresh grass they crossed over by the river. They tied up the horses to the trees and sat down near the water.
Harley smiled at him, shaking out her hair as she leaned back on her hands. "Is riding a motorcycle a lot like riding a horse?"
"Similar," Harry admitted. "But it rumbles beneath you and the power of it is pretty great. Uncle Siri says that I can get my licence for it when I'm of age."
She grinned. "That's really hot, Harry."
He smirked at her. "Is 'hot' a good thing?"
"Yes, totally a good thing."
His grin widened. "So, do you take all the blokes out here?"
She chuckled. "No. You'd be the first."
"Not even your boyfriend?"
Her eyebrow rose. "Honey, if I had a boyfriend, do you think I'd be out here with you?"
He shrugged. "Couldn't say. I don't know you that well."
She smiled. "Do you have a girlfriend back home in England?"
Harry shook his head. "I did. We broke up. She was jealous over my friends and I didn't like that. I realized that I really just liked snogging her and wasn't too fond of her otherwise."
"Snogging?" Harley asked, giggling at the word. "What a strange term."
"Is that not what they call it here?"
Harley grinned. "Definitely not. What is it?"
Harry watched her toss her hair back again and he grinned, suddenly feeling rather bold. He leaned in close to her until his lips were inches from hers and he smiled slowly. "Why don't I show you?"
Her breath hitched before she nodded and he lowered his head and kissed her. Her lips were soft and moist and he put one hand on her waist as his lips met hers. He nibbled on her bottom lip, licking it with his tongue before he slid it between her lips and she moaned against his mouth, her hands slipping into his hair.
Harry smiled, kissing her once more before he pulled away, moving to sit back on the ground. "That would be snogging."
Harley licked her lips and grinned at him, sitting up. She moved up to her knees and smiled at him. "You, Harry Potter, can snog me any time you want."
Then she leaned in and kissed him again.
He held onto her, the feel of her hands in his hair, one hand sliding over his chest making his breath hitch. His own hands roamed over her back as his lips met hers over and over, tongues meeting and dancing, lips moving over each other's necks. Harry groaned when she sucked particularly hard on the left side of his neck and he chuckled.
"You'll leave marks," he said on a laugh.
Harley grinned at him and kissed him again. "Maybe I want to."
By the time they made it back to the ranch, Harry was grinning from ear to ear. They had spent almost an hour snogging and he knew that he had at least two hickeys forming on his neck. He had even brushed one of her breasts and had groaned as his body reacted. She invited him to a dance that her high school was putting on. It was a summer fundraiser to raise money for the art program. Tickets were five dollars each and the dance would be in the school gym. Harry gladly accepted, kissing her goodbye at the barn.
He brushed Cloud Dancing, humming to himself as he settled him back into the barn and made his way up to the house. No one was back yet so he played fetch with Chief. Bruno only watched, staring at Chief as if questioning him why he would want to run around like that on such a hot day. Then Harry transformed into his Animagus and ran around with Chief and Lucy, having the time of his life as he played with the dogs.
It was where Sirius and Zee found him an hour later.
Harry changed back into himself. "How was the boat?"
"Great," Sirius told him. "How was the horseback riding?"
Harry grinned widely. "Great. I need to get some dressier clothes for next week."
Sirius' eyebrow rose. "Oh?"
"Got invited to a dance."
"Oh really?" Sirius asked, grinning broadly. "Your first dance, are you nervous?"
Harry shrugged and then he frowned as if a dawning realization had just struck him. "I don't know how to dance."
Sirius laughed and draped an arm over Harry's shoulders. "All problems we can fix. So, is it the Harley girl, then?"
Harry nodded, blushing. "We went riding out on the trail when Grandpa got called into work."
"And riding only of course," Sirius added, a knowing glint in his eye.
"We talked, too," Harry said with a smile.
"So, the love bites on your neck are just hazards of the ride then?"
Harry grinned. "She didn't know what snogging meant."
Sirius busted into laughter. "Harry, you'll be the death of me." He kissed the top of his head and grinned. "We'll do some shopping tomorrow. Zee mentioned going into town and seeing some of the tourist shops. Sound like a plan?"
Harry nodded, grinning. "Sounds great."
~ ASC ~
Harry spent the next two days with Sirius, Zee, Sorcha, and Misha. They went shopping and saw some of the sights in the Muggle town of Toccoa. Zee convinced them to go bowling, much to the amusement of her parents and Harry found the game rather charming and fun. They stopped at an automotive museum which completely fascinated Sirius and he bought himself a tee shirt souvenir along with a model of a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro in excitement.
They visited the Historic Ritz Theatre, catching a matinee of Casablanca before Zee led them down to Flo's for dinner. Harry was immediately charmed by the restaurant. It was styled like the 1950s from the white and red barstools, to the vintage booths. The waitresses all wore poodle skirts and the waiters wore jeans rolled at the ankles. Elvis was playing on the radio and Flo was behind the counter serving pie, a big smile on her face.
Harry took a seat at the counter and Flo leaned over to kiss him. "Hi, baby, welcome to my humble home away from home."
"It's great," Harry told her.
Flo immediately told him that she was going to serve him a good meal. Twenty minutes later he was eating a large hamburger with bacon and cheese with a large side of onion rings and homemade mac and cheese. Flo listened as he told her what he had done that day. She gave him a piece of mudpie for dessert and told him that on Sunday she was going to teach him how to make her infamous cornbread and mudpie.
After dinner, they headed back to the ranch and Sorcha smiled at Harry, asking him to walk outside with her. They walked around to the yard, taking a seat on the bench swing and she smiled brightly at him.
"We haven't really had a chance to talk since Zahira's birthday, have we?"
Harry shrugged, smiling at her. "Zee has a big family."
"That she does and we are more than happy to welcome you and Sirius to it," Sorcha told him, a big smile on her face. "I just wanted you to know that Zee loves you very much and that you will always be welcome in our family, no matter what. Flo and Colt are the nicest people that I have ever met. They welcomed me into Zee's life with open arms, even though they had lost their daughter, they accepted me as Zee's new mum. Misha and Zee are everything that I ever wanted. I love Zee and she is my daughter in every way that counts."
Harry nodded. "I don't remember my parents. Uncle Siri tells me about them, but it's not the same."
Sorcha smiled. "It's not the same, no." She was quiet for a moment. "The real reason I brought you out here was that I heard Sirius mentioning that you are going to your first dance next week?"
"On Friday," he told her, fidgeting nervously.
Sorcha grinned. "Well, I happen to love dances. I used to drag Misha out dancing as often as I could. I'd be more than happy to teach you."
"To dance?" he asked in surprise.
Sorcha smiled. "Nothing too fancy of course, but I'm sure that you'd like to know the basics before Friday."
Harry beamed at her. "That would be great actually! I've never really danced before. Well, I went to a wedding once with Uncle Sirius, but I was a kid so, I don't think the dancing counted."
Sorcha reached over to hug him. "It most certainly did. Children are the best dancers because they dance they like no one is watching and have the most fun doing it. Now let your Grandmama show you how it's done."
Harry simply grinned at her.
~ ASC ~
Sorcha spent most of the night teaching Harry how to dance in Colt and Flo's living room. She taught him the waltz and how to slow dance. Zee came out and asked him to dance with her and soon he was taking turns twirling Zee and Sorcha around the room. They moved onto a faster tempo and Sorcha showed him how to move to the beat without having to outright get down and dance. He didn't like it as much as the slow dancing as he thought it made him feel self-conscious, but then he laughed when Zee tugged Sirius into a dance and he spun her and dipped her, kissing her passionately as she hit him in the arm in an attempt to get free.
Then Sirius made Harry slow dance with him, making him laugh the whole time as he placed Harry's hands on his hips and with their joined arms pointing out, guided him around the room with his head held high. Sirius sang loudly to the music, which was 'At Last' by Etta James and kind of hilarious to watch him sing too, and when the song ended he told Harry that they were going to waltz to ACDC's "Thunderstruck."
They did.
Needless to say it didn't work out so well, but Zee took a lot of photos and when Sirius dipped Harry, he kissed him with a loud smacking 'mmm' right on his forehead as Harry protested and shoved his father's face away in laughter.
Sorcha took pity on him and they practiced again to a more appropriate beat.
Zee swapped through the CDs until she found some country. She put on Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" and then showed Harry how to line dance. He found the steps easy to follow once he established the beat and when Colt and Flo joined in, he grinned widely. They continued their lessons with Brooks and Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie," dancing around the living room and laughing as Sirius, Misha, and Zee all joined in.
Harry waltzed with Flo, Sorcha, and Zee to different tempos and then Sorcha showed him how to do a basic slow dance and explained where his hands should go. Harry watched Sorcha and Misha dance, Zee and Misha, Zee and Sirius, Colt and Flo, Zee and Colt, and then Sirius and Sorcha and it made him smile. Dancing was a lot more fun than he had thought it would be. It was almost two in the morning when they finally stopped dancing.
He wasn't as worried about embarrassing himself at the dance now. But now he also knew never to dance in public with Sirius Black, the man was a menace he thought as he watched his godfather sing loudly to Abba's "Dancing Queen," twirling Zee around the room as she laughed. He liked watching her laugh, he realized. When Zee laughed, her whole face lit up and the sound was loud and catching and it brought an immediate smile to his father's face, lighting up his whole expression in turn. They were really happy together, he thought; and he was really happy being with them, his family.
He went to bed that night with a huge smile on his face.
When he woke up on Saturday morning and finished his morning chores of cleaning the horse stalls, he couldn't believe that he had already spent over a week here. It felt like home, he thought. He showered and went down for breakfast, smiling at Zee as she filled his plate with scrambled eggs, hash-browns, and bacon.
"What time are we going on this hike?" he asked her, eagerly digging into his breakfast. By the time he finished mucking out the stalls, he was always starving.
Zee smiled at him. "We'll head down to the park at nine. It should take us most of the day as I want to hit two of the main trails. You have your camera?"
"Of course," he told her.
He had been taking pictures most of the week and he knew that Zee had snapped photos of him learning to dance last night.
"Good. There's going to be some beautiful scenery for you to get photos of. It's one of my favourite places in the world."
Harry grinned at her. "Where's Uncle Sirius?"
"He was in the shower when I came down. As soon as we finish eating, we'll head out. You have your new hiking boots we bought?"
"Yes, Zee," he said, making her laugh. When they had been shopping for clothes for Harry's upcoming date, Zee had insisted that both he and Sirius buy hiking boots.
"I'm just checking," she said, moving around the table to kiss his cheek. "How were the horses this morning?"
"Great. I took Cloud Dancing out for a quick ride before I came in to shower. He's wonderful."
"I knew that you would love horseback riding."
"It's like flying. I can see why Muggles love it so much. But I definitely prefer my broom for speed."
Zee laughed. "That's allowed, I suppose, but don't tell Grandpa."
He grinned as Sirius came down and joined them for breakfast followed by Colt. Flo had already left for the restaurant.
"Y'all heading up to Cloudland Canyon?" Colt asked, helping himself to the eggs, bacon and hash-browns.
"We are," Zee said, smiling. "You're back to work today?"
He nodded. "I am, only for four days, and then I'm off until after y'all head home."
"Why only four days?" Harry asked.
"I'm just giving my deputy some time. His wife had their first baby the other day which is why I had to go in and cover. I told him that he could have some time with his family and that I would cover his shifts," Colt explained as he ate. "Where are your parents this morning?"
"Still sleeping, I imagine," Zee said. "Papa said that they were heading to Atlantic City today as Mama wanted to go shopping, and he promised to take her."
Colt snorted. "That boy's going to head straight to the casino while she shops."
Zee grinned. "Most likely, but they'll both have a grand time."
"State fair opens on Friday," Colt said, scooping up his eggs. "You should take your boys, give them a real American welcome."
"Sounds great, Grandpa. Maybe we'll head down there on Saturday. What do you think, Harry? I know that Sunday is your birthday, but does the fair sound fun?"
He shrugged. "I don't really know what a state fair is, but sure."
Zee grinned. "You boys will love it, I promise. Now come on, eat up. We have a very long day of hiking before us."
End Author's Notes:
Some terms I used:
(Russian) dochka = endearment for daughter
(Russian) mudak = asshole, someone so arrogant doesn't even know what a dickhead is or that he is one
(Russian) da = yes
I thought it was time for Harry to have a little fun American fling — and no, he didn't tell her how old he is lol.
Thanks for reading and please review!