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Hey! So I'm doing a double update right now and updating this and Fire N Gold and this is a big deal for me, so be excited.

This is just a cute little family chapter, which is really from Harry's POV, so I feel like that makes it even cuter.

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Love, Essie

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done

~The Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine

Harry woke up to someone shaking his shoulder. It was Mason. Lynn was standing at his bedroom door, obviously keeping watch for any grownups.

"Mason?" He whispered and Mason nodded. "What are you doing in here? What time is it?" He asked and Mason grinned.

"It's about 6 in the morning. No one's up yet. At least I don't think so. Lynn's keeping watch, just in case." He said and Harry sat up, rubbing his eyes.

"Okay. Well what are you doing awake at 6 in the morning?" Harry asked and Mason grinned.

"You know how all of the grownups always get us up?" He asked and Harry nodded. "I want to get them up this time." He whispered and Harry had to try very hard not to laugh.

"We need payback." Lynn said from the doorway.

"Alright, how do you want to do that?" Harry whispered as he got out of bed. This sounded like it was going to be really fun.

"Well I was thinking that we could start with Aunt Dany and Uncle Sirius; they're closest to your room so in case they hear us we can just run back here." Mason said and Harry nodded.

"Yeah, and then once we wake them up, we'll run up to your parents' room and get them." He said and Lynn nodded from the doorway.

"This was my idea, you know." She said and Harry grinned. His cousins were much trickier than he was.

"It's a great idea, Lynn." He said and she smiled, glad that her idea was being used.

"Alright, let's go." Mason said and they all left Harry's room, trying to be as quiet as possible. Harry stopped outside of the double doors to the Master Bedroom. He had only been in here once, and that was when Dany had been busy talking to someone down stairs and Sirius had taken him to his room to keep him from hearing what they were talking about.

"Are you sure we're allowed in there?" He asked his cousin and Mason shook his head.

"We're probably not, but that's half the fun." He said before silently pushing the door open. "Wow, big room." He whispered and Harry and Lynn both nodded. They all slowly walked over to the bed and saw that both Sirius and Dany were asleep. Sirius was on his back and Dany was curled into his side. Harry almost felt bad for waking them up. "Start jumping on the bed" Mason mouthed to Harry and his sister and they both nodded. All three got on top of the bed and started jumping.

"Aunt Dany! Uncle Sirius! Get up!" Lynn started yelling and both adults sat up abruptly.

"What the hell?" Padfoot said loudly and Dany rubbed her eyes and looked around blearily.

"What? What time is it? Is everything okay?" She asked, looking alarmed.

"It's time to get up!" Mason shouted and Harry couldn't help but laugh. Dany rolled her eyes and suddenly Sirius grabbed Harry and dragged him over to him, sitting him on his lap. Harry squirmed around, trying to get away, but his Godfather was much too strong to escape.

"Oh no, your ours now." He said and grabbed Lynn, who started shrieking with laughter. Mason looked alarmed and before he could get away, Dany grabbed him and started tickling him.

"What did we do to deserve this?" She asked him and Mason seemed unable to answer he was laughing so hard.

"I'm—I'm sorry." He said and she stopped tickling him and laughed.

"You get us up all of the time so we wanted to get you up." Harry said and Dany and Sirius both laughed.

"Was this a revenge thing? Sirius, our child is trying to get revenge on us." Dany said and Padfoot laughed.

"Oh, there's no way that this plan was hatched by Harry. This has the Masters' family trademark of waking people up in horrible ways all over it." He said and Dany laughed. Mason and Lynn looked alarmed.

"How did you know?" Mason asked and both adults laughed again.

"Because your father would wake me up every morning by dumping cold water on me. He did it for years." Dany said and suddenly her eyes lit up. "You haven't gotten your parents up yet, have you, you two?" She asked and Mason and Lynn shook their heads.

"No, we came here first because it was closest." Lynn said and Mason nodded. Dany got out of bed and took her wand from her bedside table.

"Well I think now would be a delightful time to repay my brother for all those years of wet clothes in freezing weather." She said and Padfoot laughed. Harry glanced at Mason and Lynn, who seemed amazed by the sudden turn of events. "Now Rae is a light sleeper so you're going to have to be extra quiet. We sleep like the dead so you got away with it this time but you're going to have to be extra careful, alright?" She asked and all three kids nodded. Padfoot got out of bed and put a shirt on.

"Let's go…I've always wanted to see you get back at Rhaegar for this." Sirius said and all five of them silently walked upstairs and Dany carefully opened the door to Uncle Rae and Aunt Shay's room. All five of them walked towards the bed and Dany pressed a finger to her lips and drew her wand. Padfoot did the same thing.

"Aguamenti." They both whispered and blasted Uncle Rae in the face. He woke up, waving his hands around, looking completely confused. Aunt Shay looked like she had gotten some of the water to the face and was shocked by the rude awakening. "Danilynn! What the hell did you do to me?" He yelled and Dany started laughing.

"Run!" She yelled and all five of them ran down the halls as Rae tried to blast them back with water. He could hear Aunt Shay laughing from their room.

"You're setting a horrible example, Danilynn!" He shouted down the hall and Dany laughed and he finally got her with the water, spraying her down her back. She slipped on the hardwood floors and landed on her butt. Everyone stopped momentarily, concerned that she might be legitimately hurt, but then she started laughing and sprayed him back and everyone laughed.

"Are you going to start lecturing me like Mom would for ruining the furniture?" She laughed from her position on the floor. Uncle Rae drenched her unabashedly and she shivered a little.

"I could. Danilynn, this furniture is worth more than most people's homes and I don't think it's responsible to be ruining it in the way you are. Do you think that it's response—Ack!" He suddenly cut off and Sirius started laughing. He had blasted his brother-in-law directly in the face. He was now soaked too. "What was that for?" He asked Padfoot, scandalized. Padfoot smirked.

"You made my wife shiver, Masters. It's my job to exact revenge how I see fit." He said and Rhaegar rolled his eyes as Sirius pulled Dany up from where she was still sitting, apparently quite comfortable on the ground. She shivered again and he wrapped an arm around her. She clearly moved closer to him, trying to steal some of his body heat. "Look what you've done." He said, clearly amused.

"Yeah Rhaegar, look what you've done." Dany said with a grin as her shivering slowed.

"You're such a baby. Spoiled by different men your entire life. First it was Dad and now him. And we can't forget James and Charlie Potter. Or Alastor." Her brother retorted and she shrugged. Suddenly, Aunt Shay appeared out of nowhere and hosed them all down with water. All six of them protested.

"That's payback for dragging me into this whole ordeal. I wasn't even in the country when this thing started between you two with the water!" Shay exclaimed and everyone laughed.

"Yeah, we weren't even born yet." Harry said and everyone chuckled. Harry suddenly realized just how cold he was now that he was as wet as Dany and Rae were. Mason and Lynn huddled together and Dany was rubbing her hands up and down her own arms to try to stay warm.

"Now seeing that we've effectively used up and hour hosing each other down with freezing water in October, I think it's time to get ready for the day." Aunt Shay said and everyone nodded. Dany and Sirius took Harry's hands and walked him back to his room. Dany insisted that he get a bath to warm him up and he wasn't opposed to that at all. Sirius walked off, claiming that he was going to get some coffee made for everyone. Dany sat on the toilet seat as Harry took a bath. Even though he was a young nine-year-old, Dany and Sirius insisted that someone be in the room with him when he took a bath just because he hadn't exactly had years of experience with any kind of bathing more than Aunt Petunia dunking him in the tub for a few minutes, just long enough for him to not smell. Padfoot walked back in, still in his wet clothes, and handed Dany a blanket. She gratefully took it and wrapped herself up in it.

"Thanks. Are you sure you're okay soaking wet like that?" She asked and he shrugged.

"I don't mind the cold but you look bloody miserable." He said and she smiled.

"I was always a wimp about being cold. If you want to start getting ready, go ahead. You almost done, Kiddo?" She said and Harry nodded. Dany handed him a towel and he got out, draining the tub. She kissed him on the forehead and smiled. "Go ahead and get ready for lessons." She said quietly and he nodded before his Godparents walked out of the room. Harry found clothes that he thought would be warm enough and put them on. Dany had been right; the bath had warmed him up a lot. He picked up the bag he carried his homework in for Mrs. Weasley and left his room, headed for the kitchen. Aunt Shay was already downstairs and she smiled at him.

"Hello, Harry. I'm sorry that you got blasted with water this morning but I didn't have any other way to get Dany and Rae at the same time." She said and Harry laughed.

"It's okay Aunt Shay. It was really funny, honest." He said and she smiled at him.

"How about something to eat?" She asked and he nodded.

"Yes, please." He said and she rummaged around in the cupboards and put some bacon on the stove. Every time he had bacon, it reminded Harry of the day that Dany had taken him away from the Dursley's; he had been cooking bacon that morning. He thought that might be the best day of his life. She placed the plate down in front of him and he happily munched on his food for a while, soon there were sounds of people trying to get out of the house.

Aunt Shay opened a window and an owl dropped the Daily Prophet onto the table before flying back out. She unrolled it and looked at the front as soon as Dany and Sirius, who were dressed for work and were now trying to simultaneously drink coffee and put on their shoes, walked into the kitchen. Shay put the paper down and put a hand over her mouth.

"They found me. How did they find me?" She said suddenly and Dany stopped trying to put her shoes on.

"What?" She asked and Shay pointed to the paper. Dany picked it up and read the cover before handing it to Padfoot. "It was only a matter of time, Shay. Rae's been back in England for a few weeks now and he's set to be reinstated on the Wizengamot any day now; they've had enough time to track down who you are. I'm sorry that your life just became so public, but at least there's nothing cruel or derogatory in it." She said and put a hand on her sister-in-law's arm.

"Dany? What does derago—that word you just said mean?" Harry asked suddenly and Dany glanced over.

"Derogatory? When something's derogatory it's mean or disrespectful. It'll get easier, Sweetie, I promise." She said, her attention going back to Aunt Shay.

"Shay, if you ever want someone's perspective that wasn't born into this lunacy, I can help you out." Sirius said kindly and she nodded.

"That would be nice; I'd like to know how you dealt with it at first." She said and Sirius nodded before checking the time.

"We're late; we're going to have to just Apparate in today." Dany said, checking the time. "Shay, can you drop the kids off at Molly's today?" She asked and Aunt Shay nodded. "Tell her that we'll see her when we pick the kids up tonight." She added and Dany and Padfoot each kissed Harry on the cheek and then left out the front door. He heard them Apparate with a 'crack!' and then silence fell.

"Aunt Shay? What does the paper say?" He asked quietly and Shay smiled at him.

"When I came here from America, no one knew who I was. I was Rhaegar Masters' mystery wife. Someone at the Daily Prophet just found out who I am and they published a nice and long article about me." She said. "Mason and Lynn will be next, I'm sure of it. It won't be long before they're in the paper too." She said and Harry thought that she hadn't meant to say that.

"It doesn't matter what other people think. We all like you and think that you're great." Harry said simply. It was the truth; she was a nice person and was definitely the best in the house at Gobstones. She smiled.

"Thanks, Harry. You're a sweet boy, you really are." She said softly and Mason and Lynn came into the kitchen. Harry saw Aunt Shay flip the paper over discreetly. She obviously didn't want her kids knowing about that just yet. "So, whose idea was it to take it into their own hands to wake everyone in the house up?" Shay asked the room at large. No one said anything. "I see it was a mass conspiracy. Well I'll be sure to keep that in mind." She said. "Alright, I'm taking you lot to lessons today; Dany and Sirius had to leave pretty quick." She said and they all followed her out onto the porch. They all took her hands and she Apparated them to the Burrow. Harry was proud to say that he had gotten the hang of landing on his feet after Apparation. She walked them up to the door and knocked. Aunt Molly opened the door and smiled.

"Shay, how are you? I saw the paper, those people are just dreadful—" Aunt Shay pointedly looked at the kids and Aunt Molly stopped talking. "Yes, well are you ready for lessons, kids?" They all nodded, not very excited at all. They all stepped into the Burrow.

"Dan and Sirius are getting the kids tonight, so you know." Shay said and Mrs. Weasley whispered something. All three of them strained to hear.

"I know it's not my place but they should know."

"I just haven't talked to Rae about it; I don't know how to tell them that both of their parents are under nationwide scrutiny. What if the papers find them, Molly? How do I handle that?" Harry heard Shay whisper back and he quickly looked at Mason and Lynn. Neither of them looked happy but they also didn't look shocked.

"Daddy told us that might happen." Lynn said sadly. Mason nodded.

"I hope Mom isn't too upset. I wonder what they said." Mason commented and Harry couldn't help but telling them what Dany had said this morning.

"I heard your mom talking to Dany about it this morning; Dany said that it's wasn't mean." He said and they both seemed reassured at that.

"That's good…oh, I didn't do my math. Please tell me that you did yours, Harry." Mason said and Harry nodded.

"Here, copy it quick." He said and Mason started to frantically write down a duplicate of Harry's answers. He couldn't ask his sister for the answers because Ginny and Lynn were a year behind them. Molly took that opportunity to walk in.

"You two better not be cheating on your homework." She scolded and both boys exchanged guilty looks.

"Well it appears that you're more like your parents than I thought." She said, amused. She didn't even scold them.