When everyone returned the next morning it was to see Hermione fussing with her hair in a mirror and Harry still passed out.

"Don't mind him." Hermione said finally getting her hair under control. "I had to give him Dreamless sleep last night. Out of my own stock . " she said quickly. " He has bad dreams sometimes. "

"You don't give it to him too often do you?" Severus asked.

"No. no. this is actually the first time in two months. He's been doing so good." She tied her hair off then faced them. "Oh, Bella you took my advice." Everyone looked to see Bella once again in her robes but her hair calmly and neatly pulled into a high pony tail. "It's very good."

"Much easier to control. " Bella grunted. "House elf!" Winky and Dobby both appeared. "Will you please get me some coffee."

"We is almost being done with Breakfast." Dobby said to her. "We is getting drinks along shortly so no one is being tempted to murder cranky master."

With that they both vanished. Harry groaned and sat up. He rubbed his eyes and looked around.

"You didn't need to force Dreamless Sleep down my throat." he snapped at Hermione as he stomped over to the circle. Last nights mess had been cleaned up. He was still wrapped in his sleeping bag.

"You woke me up screaming at 1 o clock this morning!" Hermione snapped back. "Neither of us are morning people and I was having a very good dream!"

Coffee suddenly appeared with milk, and various juices.

Harry and Hermione got thermoses in front of them. Both gladly grabbed them and drank deeply. Both letting out a sigh of relief as the bitter taste and caffeine hit their systems.

"I think that's the closest I've seen you two coming to a fight." Draco yawned. "Out side the Great Hall."

"Oh, we fight." Hermione mumbled, "those rows are legendary if you ask the Gryffindors. We normally keep our issues in the common room. Gryffindors aren't as Loyal to Dumbledore as you might think. So it never leaks out."

Harry let out a huge yawn and wrinkled his nose at the plate Hermione was presenting him with

"Food or Potion and you must eat lunch."

Harry growned his teeth together and pushed her away he grabbed a slice of Spinach Quiche (love quiche hate Spinach. Gran makes awesome Quiche. ) He picked up his fork and cut into it then took a bite.

"Fair enough. " Hermione replied, starting in on the plate in her hand . "Two slices or you eat something else and you must have at least one glass of milk."

Harry grunted .

"Hermione." Cissy said, "Are you interested in becoming a Healer?"

"I'm already doing my Apprenticeship. I am duel studying for Mind Healing as well. " Harry grunted. "They wanted to fast track Harry into the Auror program but I wouldn't let them." she sipped her coffee. "he used to want to become an Auror but he's joined me in my Healing classes while studying to become a Chief. You should taste some of the things Harry can cook. " she hummed to herself. "I take cooking classes in the same room so it's okay. We managed to get a whole month off."

"It was forced down my throat and I still hate it!" Harry growled. Hermione absently patted his back.

"I didn't know you wanted to be a Healer." Sirius said to his Godson looking hurt. "Why didnt you tell me? I would have gotten you a Potions tutor and ..."

"I'm good at Potions." Harry yawned. " I got extra help after classes let out. I say I but I mean we." Sev yawned and drank his coffee. "I was terrible first year because really it didn't sound cool to me and thanks to Ron I never opened the book. I had to hold back how smart I am in classes and when I was around Dumbledore or he might suspect something. "

Harry was too tired to notice what he'd just let slip. He drank his coffee and flinched when Hermione began lecturing. He quickly found out it was Sev she was on about and went back to eating.

"Do you have to put up with that every morning?" Bella asked, in awe at the girl.

"Yes we do." Draco nodded, "It wasn't morning in the Great Hall with out Harry and Hermione yelling at each other over Harry eating and Hermione threatening him with a Nutrient Potion she'd gotten from Poppy. " He settled in to eating. "Ahh...just like old times."

Severus growled at the annoying girl and took Harry's example quickly getting the same lecture as Harry about what he had to do.

Hermione huffed sitting back down.

"I swear I take care of two kindergartners."

"she takes care of you, Severus?" Tom asked.

"These two annoying beings are holding me at their flat against my will." Severus responded. "They seem to think that i need mother henning." he nodded toward Hermione. "and protection from you and Dumbledore." he nodded to Harry. "If I'm not back at a certain time a portkey forces me back once I'm at of Muggle vision. " he sighed, again nodding to Harry. "That is unless I have meetings to attend to. Then as soon as they are over I am whisked back. Some times it's a good thing because I am in no shape to Apperate. "

"so we get a lot of practice brewing Potions." Hermione yawned. "We've almost become masters at the Crucio Potion. "

Harry grunted still working on his first slice of Quiche. He tiredly poured a glass of milk and took a drink . Severus quickly copied him not wanting to hear another tirade . They normally put up a fight in the morning but today no energy was had to do so.

"Okay, so you're good a Potions but you still didn't tell me you wanted to be a Healer." Sirius whined.

"I also didn't tell you that I have my mastery in everything except Healing because one test made it so I didn't have to do Apprenticeships." Harry hissed out. "No offense , Padfoot, i love you and all but Dumbledore hangs around here far too often and you and Moony don't have strong enough Occlamency shields to block him out." He yawned again. " I don't want him knowing i'm not on the track he thinks I'm on."

Sirius smiled fondly at Harry.

"I understand." He nodded, "I 'll practice harder. Every Black is supposed to know it but I hated the way my folks taught it. They just invaded your mind with no warning..."

"now why does that sound familiar?" Harry drawled, Hermione was choking on her juice. She'd started when Sirius had spoken. "Oh, yeah isn't that how Dumbledore told you to teach my Occlemancy 5th year, Sev? "

"Shut it." severus growled, "and yes. I already explained my actions ."

"and I apologized for the pensive." Harry yawned again. "It was Tom's turn."

"Lets play a different game." Draco said, " Come on."

"No." Harry said simply. "Siri,..." he whined, "Draco doesn't want to play with me."

"As Head of House I order you to play with Harry , Draco."

Draco huffed he had to obey. The Black House beat out the Malfoy House in purity. The Black House was also stronger.

"Very well, Harry." Tom said and spun it landed on Severus who scowled at Harry. "A change of pace. Severus Truth or Dare?"

"It doesn't matter you're going to tell me to answer the question either way." Severus replied, grumpily. " Truth."

"Who are you most loyal to?" Tom asked "and why?"

"My loyalty has always and will always lay with Harry Potter." Severus yawned "Because I swore to protect him from all harm be that you , Dumbledore or crazed fans. I will do everything I can to protect the boy and his safety is my utmost priority and by extension Hermione as well. "

Everyone in the room Minus Harry, who was too focused on choosing his next thing to eat, and Hermione who was too busy hitting Harry's hand away from the Strawberry Crepe's , looked at Severus.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER!"

"Merlin!" Draco rubbed his head, "Harry you're allergic to Strawberries!"

"Oh, right." Harry stared down at the treat in his hands. "Thanks, Draco." He passed the Crepe to the boy who eagerly attacked it. "Guess the whole hall heard that lecture. " He once again examining the food.

"Pretty much." Draco agreed. "You two came down really early that morning so only a few of us were there. It was lucky Dumbledore wasn't."

Harry grunted and pointed to a cheese danish. Hermione nodded. Harry gladly claimed his new prize and began eating again.


Severus spun the bottle it landed on Lucius.

"Truth or Dare."

"Dare."

"DOBBY!"

"Master Sev'us is calling Dobby?"

"Take Lucius into the smallest room in the house and lock him in with Welburga's painting do not let him out for the whole day and tell her about Lucius cheating on Narcissa."

"Yes, Master Sev'us."

Dobby took Lucius and was gone.

Sirius actually hit Severus on the back and said "Good one,"

"As Harry suggested the game he should take Lucius' turn." Hermione said, Bella pointed to the boy who was now eating an omelet and didn't seem to being paying attention. "Oh, sorry he just gets distracted by the smallest things some times."

"We've noticed." Tom said, "While he is distracted why is he like this?"

"I honestly couldn't tell you." Hermione sighed, "I think it goes back to the Dursley's. He's been like this for as long as I've known him. He can do his work and not get distracted or play Quidditch but in a normal setting he focuses on the weirdest things. "

Hermione then set about getting Harry's attention, saying how proud she was that he was eating; that earned her a smile, and catching him up on what had just happened

"You mean Sev actually did that?" Harry blinked, "I thought it would be Sirius."

"I was going to but Sn...Severus beat me to it." Sirius admitted. "I didn't want to find out anything that would make me even madder. "

"I didn't want to listen to him." Severus replied finishing his milk and going back to his coffee. " Cissy made him sleep alone last night and he always gets in a foul mood when that happens."

Harry scoffed and spun. He took another bite of his omelet and watched the bottle land on Cissy.

"Truth or Dare."

"I'll choose Dare."

"Get Winky to give you a bucket of water with Ice in it then tell Dobby that I dared you to dump it on Lucius. Then do so."

Cissy looked at him in shock then gave him a small smile before leaving the room. Harry seemed to deem his job done and went back to his breakfast for some reason he was hungry. He drank more coffee. Suddenly he seemed to jolt awake as a loud scream came from somewhere in the house. He blinked as several people laughed, or cackled in Bella's case. He looked to see he'd been leaning against Tom.

"Sorry." he mumbled.

"Are you still tired?" Tom asked brushing off the apology. Everyone had seen how Harry had just dozed off. Hermione had just managed to save the sleeping bag, and Harry's lap from a hot sauce covered omelet when Harry had suddenly fallen asleep. "Should you go back to sleep?"

"I'm fine." Harry replied shaking his head. "Great job."

Cissy came in looking triumphant. She held out a picture. She'd been given a camera by Dobby.

"'Mione, he drank the drink." Harry cried, "He must have done it before he went to sleep.."

Hermione snatched the picture and broke down laughing.

Lucius had horn and red hair. Harry passed the picture around to the amusement of the circle.

"Oh, and the House Elf is knitting. "

"Winky is expecting. " Harry yawned. "Kreacher wanted a mate and so did Winky and Winky didn't care who it was as long as she got babies that would be loyal to her master and Kreacher wanted some that were loyal to the House of Black so they decided to mate and came to ask permission so we gave it and Dobby is Godfather."

"That actually made sense." Remus chuckled, "He normally doesn't when he babbles like that. "

"So half of any babies they have will be Potter elves and the other half Black elves." Sirius said, " For some reason we can't find any of the Potter elves anymore. We've got Harry to Claim his Lordship and called them but they don't come so we went to all the properties save two and couldn't find them. "

Harry grunted and chose his next food some French thing that Hermione said she'd had in New Orleans . To him it looked like a powdered doughnut. All he could remember was they started with B. He piled a lot on his plate. Hermione was practically bouncing in excitement that Harry was eating but didn't say anything and shook her head at everyone else. Sirius of course said something but not what they expected.

"What you got there, Harry?"

"B." Harry said, absently. "Ben..."

"Beignets." Hermione said, and Harry nodded, "He likes them because of the sugar. "

"taste good."

Cissy spun the bottle as Sirius loaded his plate. Remus took a few he'd had some when looking for work down there. The bottle landed on Bella.

"Truth of Dare, sister?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to tell me what you actually think of Andy since she became a Blood Traitor?"

"WAIT!" Harry suddenly said, "The Potions, Sev!"

"Oh, right." Severus quickly passed them out. And everyone drank.

"I love her and miss her and wish she could be excepted back in to the family . " Bella said a hint of sadness in her voice. " I hate that we are apart."

"Moony." Sirius yawned.

Remus quickly got his list out.

"Accept all "Blood Traitors " Back into Black family. " Remus said as he wrote. Sirius nodded, " Reinstate money coming from Black main vault."

Sirius nodded again he wouldn't have remembered that one.

"Add make Remus Lupin personal assistant and pay him for his services. " Sirius stated. Remus gave him a smile and wrote it.

"And Write add 'Mione as my personal Potter assistant and accountant and pay her for her services." Harry parroted. Giving Hermione big innocent puppy dog eyes. Hermione chuckled and wrote it down. "Good. No!" Suddenly said, "I got a better one! Adopt Hermione as my sister and make her a Potter!"

He grunted as she hugged him tightly.

" 'mione my Benny!"

"Beignet." she corrected letting him go so he could catch one from falling off his plate. "and thank you."

Harry shrugged and began eating again.

Sirius was laughing and Remus looked amused.


Bella spun and it landed on Severus. Who glared daggers.

"Truth or Dare, Sevvy."

"Dare."

"Oh..." she seemed to think. Then leaned over and whispered in his ear. She sat back and he sat frozen.

"What happens if we refuse dare's ?"

"Lets say..." Harry thought. "You get an hour with Walburga in the same room where Lucius is. Normally you'd have to forfeit the game and be labeled a coward. "

Severus took a deep breath grabbed Sirius and kissed him. Sirius was soon getting into the kiss. Bella kept glancing from the kissing to her watch. Harry was amused and turned on. Hermione had broken into giggles again. Draco gagging and Cissy trying to calm while looking happy and amused herself. Three minuets later Bella called time. Severus shoved Sirius away from him and spun the bottle. Sirius was sitting against Remus dazed. Remus was giggling himself. The bottle landed on him and he sobered up. Severus was known to be hostile first thing in the morning he remembered working at Hogwarts third year and the arguments he had caused just saying good morning to the man before the man's tenth cup of coffee.

"Truth or Dare, Wolf?"

"Truth."

"Is the witch you had a crush on when you taught Hermione?"

'I am so dead.' Remus thought to himself. Said witch was frozen and said witches soon to be blood brother glaring ready to kill. "yes, it was."

Hermione grabbed Harry but he made no motion to move.

"You hurt 'Mione and you'll be sorry." Harry stated, "I will kill you and feel no remorse over it."

Remus nodded slowly and her Hermione sighed in relief. Remus shortly echoed her. Sirius and Tom both blinked at Harry in shock.

" 'Mione is the most important person in the world." Harry replied to the un asked question.