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Walking through the house, Harry was able to fully take in that this man, whom he had never heard of, wasn't just a new person off the block. Passing by hallways, following the two males ahead of him, they passed so many other people as well. Did everyone live here or was it just a busy house? People were looking at him as he passed by, but they didn't say anything to him, seemingly just confused to his presence.

"Alpha, I still think this was a bad idea." The younger male told The Alpha.

"You think Casey is in the kitchen or do think he's expected it's my day to help out?" Alex wondered out loud, without acknowledging Aeron's comment. "I bet he made a feast just because he does that when he worries. I'd hate for him to worry more." The Alpha hinted without saying, that Aeron needed to let the topic go.

Aeron turned back to Harry, rolling his eyes, "Fine. Tell Josh I'll be in the Dark Room then." The younger male then stormed off, down another hallway.

The Alpha sighed, and waved Harry up to him, to follow him into the dining room. The room was lit up by what looked like a thousand floating candles, and very large candle lit chandelier that hung lowly just above the long table. Several seating arrangements were made. Maybe all these people did live here. People started to pour out of the kitchen, setting the tables with dishware and goblets. "Mr. Humens,, do these people work for you?"

Alex snorted, "No. They do not work for me. They work with me. This is their home, we all work as team here. We've built this house for those who've needed and we have all kept the upkeep to the best of our ability." That was the unexpected happen.

A tall man came out of the kitchen with a large wooden spoon in his hand, charging at them. "Alex Humens what the hell? Harry Potter?! Are you trying to get this whole place blown apart? And where the hell is Keir? He's on cleanup duty for the rest of his life for his mess! He..Damn Alex pay attention!" Then the spoon was smacked loudly on The Alpha's shoulder, "So what's the verdict?"

Both males turned to Harry at that point, which only caused an eyebrow raise from the younger male. Was he expected to answer when there was a vow that wasn't supposed to be mentioned? "I-"

"He's just going to see how we run things before he makes a final choice on what he wants to do. Let's not focus on it." The Alpha moved his arm around the taller man's waist, which Harry could only assume this was the Casey that was mentioned before. The taller man, looked to be in his thirties, with shoulder length brown hair. Both men were filled out, now that Harry thought about it..so was the vampire that was here and so was Josh Humens. Did they just work out a lot? Harry didn't really work out a lot, sure he's been on his broom enough and worked out enough during warm ups..but other wise, he didn't he didn't really strain himself in doing so, when it looked like the rest of the males here did. Was that going to expected of him too?

The Alpha looked at Harry and nodded him to the kitchens, "Why don't you go get something to eat, we'll join you soon. I'm sure Josh is in the kitchens somewhere, he'll direct you."

Harry wanted to object, but looking between the two males, there was obvious tension, so he just nodded that he would do that. Sure, I'll just go find the other boy who wanted to play kidnap the customer. What the hell am I going to do? Ginny is probably freaking out, but wait, food? Why was everyone eating so late? What time even was it? I had gotten to the hotel passed 2, it was still dark out when I was talking to everyone..what time was it now? Early breakfast? No, probably not, it should be at least dawn then. Right? But the vampire was around earlier. But he did go to the Dark Room.

Walking into the kitchen, Harry expected it to much bigger than it was. The entire house seemed large and the dinning room seemed to fit at least 30 people at once, so it was only safe to assume that the kitchens would be the same. The kitchen didn't seem to be much more than what his and Ginny's was at home. How did so many people fit in here? How did you cook enough for 30 people in such a small place?

Since it was small, Harry spotted Josh pretty easily sitting on one of the countertops talking to a girl. He wasn't sure if he should wait until they were done talking or just walk over there. Looking around at all the people who tried not to stare him, he decided that it would be less awkward for him if he did just approach the boy.

"Uhm, hey." Harry finally said to the younger boy, looking him over lightly. Short blond hair, light muscle, he looked like his dad for sure. Just younger. Maybe it was a gene thing for them to all be active? "Your dad set me down here to look for you."

Both of the teens were now staring at Harry when he approached, but the girl only patted Josh's knee before walking away from the two. Josh just shook his head, "You're still human."

It wasn't a question. Harry didn't have an answer.

"You wizards seriously make no sense. You're offered so many things in life and you guys just don't care. You have the opportunity to be something more than yourself, but you're so scared to take chances..you guys are literally scared of yourselves. The Boy Who Lived, scared of the mirror."

"You dragged me here. You forced this on another person to change their life without permission."

Josh only shook his head, not bothering to get down from the counter, talking down to Harry. The boy was not happy that Harry was here, and it was obvious of that. "You're life will only change if you fight it. You're life changes because the rest of the world hates you for being what you are. You're on the base of the rebellion, you're watching people try to figure out their lives to revolve around you, because you hate them."

The accusations pissed Harry off, the boy obviously didn't have the patience of his father, speaking his mind without thinking of the consequences. "You don't know a damn thing about me or what I think."

Josh got down from the counter, standing only a few inches shorter than Harry himself, despite his age. "I know you grew up muggle. I know your best friends are pureblood and muggleborn. I know you saved the world from pureblood power. I know that you're the godfather of a boy who's the son of a were, and I know that Severus Snape made the wolfsbane for the only were in your life. I know you nothing about us, but the entire world knows about you. Tell me again, what is there about that matters enough that it'll change what I think about you?"

Harry didn't even think twice before he went to punch the younger boy, but it wasn't before Josh had not only blocked the punch, but grabbed Harry and pulled him forward, pinning him with the arm he had gone to hit Josh with against his back, pressing his body to the counter top. Everyone in the kitchen has started to clear out. "Listen very close savior, I'm younger than you, sure..Aeron is my mate, and if I loose him because of you, you will regret it. But he likes you and he obviously wanted you to stick around, so whatever it is my dad and him have you set up to do, you better blow their bloody minds, or I swear to Merlin, I will make sure you regret it."

Letting go of Harry, the youngest Humens stepped back, and looked to the stoves. "If there's a spot at the table to sit and eat, you're more than welcome to it if you're hungry. If not, I can show you how to get around the house and the base." The simplicity of how he was being talked to now, was much different than how he was talked to in the beginning by the boy. Bipolar much?

"Are you eating?" Harry assumed he was just supposed to stick with the boy, since he didn't really understand what was in store for him.

"I eat with Aeron usually, but since he's with my dad, probably not going to happen tonight."

Tonight. Everyone was eating at night not early morning. Oh shit, how long has he been here? "What day is it?" Harry asked the blonde boy, slowly turning back around to face him, but keeping a distance embarrassed enough to have been roughed out by someone obviously younger than himself.

"Tuesday." Josh didn't even suppress the smirk he had, from understanding that the fact the savior was obviously more confused that he had originally thought. "Sorry, we had only assumed that you knew, which really I shouldn't have."

"No, you're lying. I left my house Friday night.I heard you when I woke up. You had just talked to your dad when I woke up." Harry reasoned, glaring back at the younger boy. He didn't have time for games like this.

Josh nodded with a duh expression on his face, "Yeah. Me and Aeron were trying to figure out how to wake you up without you running to the aurors that you were attacked. And we had to heal the bite mark. And we had to make sure you had never checked in to the hotel. So we had a lot to do before my dad was notified. With you bitten, we had time before you woke up, your body was pretty drained from everything."

Drained?! Harry's eyes widened. "Drained?"

"Yeah, venom will wear a lot on your body. It's not like your human body can just take it all in without needing to rest for the changes. Don't you know- Oh, drained like your blood? No, if Aeron drained you, you'd be dead. And he has more control than that." He started to get defensive again.

"But not controlled enough to stop himself from biting me. Right. Makes sense."

Josh stepped close to Harry, noses nearly touching, "Be very careful on who offend when you're here. We don't use magic to solve our problems here."

That's when the two were found glaring at each other by the Alpha. "Josh." It was simple and stern. "Aeron's waiting for you in the Dark Room."

"Kay." Josh stepped back from Harry, turning to his dad, "He didn't seem to be too eager about eating. He's real freaked out by how long he's been here."

The Alpha shrugged, "I think he's going to keep an open mind about his stay here."

"And how long will that be?"

"Until he's ready to leave."