Um... I'm alive? Sorry, I've been hellishly busy with school and band. Maybe I shouldn't have taken all those Honors classes...? It's hard to write about a fun summer fanfic when your English teacher is assigning multiple writing assignments weekly. Gags at 800 word essay written in 30 minutes and throws knife at currently five page project that is due Friday that is only 3/4 done

Just a rather important note...

This is the last chapter because I have totally forgotten what the point of this story was. I need to get to the next part in the series. I know the end sucks, but uh yeah. I don't remember what this was about and said what I THINK was the main point. Luckily, band is almost over so my Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and all of my Saturdays will be quite a bit free-er. Besides, my writing is much better now. I honestly had this written for a while and kept trying to make this chapter better but gave up a couple of weeks ago and now is just the first chance I had to post. Yes, I am that busy.

Chapter Six

Surprise, Kiddo

Harry smiled at Hermione and held her hand as they walked in a park near where she lived. He had a feeling though that it wasn't a coincidence that Hermione was keeping him away from the house all morning…

"So, Mi, are Ren and Danny planning another surprise party?" he asked innocently.

"I told them you would figure part of it out," was her simple reply. She put the picnic basket down under the tree and asked, "Up for a birthday brunch?"

Harry smiled and nodded; the witch spread out the blanket she brought and motioned for Harry to sit next to her. The two leaned forward to briefly kiss before they both dug into the picnic basket.

Hermione gave Harry a dirty look when the mage threw a peanut at her. "It's my birthday," he stated brightly.

Hermione replied, "I know," before throwing a grape back at him.

Harry laughed and threw another nut. Soon enough, the couple was engaged in a food fight. Five minutes into it, Harry fell on his back from his laughter. Hermione smiled lightly and said, "Give in, or I'll dump the whole bowl of apple slices on your head."

"I give…!"

Hermione smile brightened as she shoved an apple slice into her boyfriend's mouth. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, Jamie."

Harry swallowed and sat up with a small pout. "Mi…! You're supposed to be nice to me on my birthday."

"I'm just looking out for your well-being. Besides, you are still too thin."

Sirius looked around the house that Harry called home with wonder. Danny had just warped him from that truly amazing manor and had immediately hung up the banner that was left out on the couch.

"Damn it, Dan, I thought you were kidding," a vaguely familiar voice said.

"Would I kid about something like that, Red?" Danny responded.

Ginny Weasley rolled her eyes before stating rather blandly, "Yes. Yes, you most definitely would as long as Harry wasn't in earshot."

"…Ginny?" Sirius asked with a bit of shock.

"Hi, Sirius! You're alive! Oh, and whatever you do, don't insult," Ginny stopped and quickly looked around before continuing, "Snape because our friend, Ellie, is absolutely obsessed. She actually asked him for his autograph and when he hexed her instead, she said it was a symbol of their love."

"Harry's going to threaten to show Ellie where Snape lives at Hogwarts if he doesn't agree to do something for Har's weekend dueling class," Danny added with a small, mischievous smirk.

"…weekend dueling class…?" Sirius muttered. If someone told him that he had entered a parallel dimension, he would believe it.

"Widdle baby Harrykins is a teacher now!" Serenity mockingly gushed as she entered the room with Mindy behind her. She hugged Danny and said, "Dearie, our widdle baby Hawwy is growing up! He doesn't even need us to pick his clothes out anymore."

"Mostly," Danny added.

Mindy was staring at the strange person next to Danny. She poked the man's arm a few times, making grayish-blue eyes stare down at her. "Um, yes?"

"Who is you?" the half-elf girl asked with her head tilted to the side.

"It's 'Who are you?' Mins," Serenity corrected automatically as she picked her up.

"Okay, Mommy. Who are the person standing next to Daddy?"

Danny chuckled under his breath and said, "Darling, be easy on Mindy. She is seven after all."

"I'm a big girl now!" Mindy chirped happily and pulled Serenity's ponytail out. "Mommy has long hair." Mindy then started to amuse herself by playing with the veela's hair. Serenity rolled her eyes but let Mindy do as she pleased.

"Hello, I'm Sirius Black," Sirius kindly said to Mindy.

"Me Mindy," Mindy stated matter-of-factly as she tried to pull a lock of Serenity's hair out.

"Ow! Mindy, stop that!" Serenity snapped lightly.

"But Mommy has prettier hair than Mindy."

Serenity kissed her cheek as Danny started to laugh a little louder.

Ginny rolled her brown eyes and asked, "Don't we have a party to decorate for?"

"Right," Serenity stated, "Danny, go finish hanging the banners and streamers up."

"Yes, Master," was the snide answer from the vampire.

"Glad you got out of denial," Serenity shot back with a smirk.

Mindy giggled and chirped, "Daddy Mommy's slave."

"Yes he is," Serenity said with a small smirk that was just daring Danny to tell her otherwise.

"I am not your slave!"

"Then why do you have a collar?"

"Why do you?"

"Because you were whining to your great-uncle, so he had one enchanted that would immediately go on me the instant I entered royal manor grounds," Serenity stated without hesitation. "Now, why do you have a collar?"

"Uh…"

"And why do you normally do whatever I ask with little to no hesitation?"

"Um…"

"Daddy is Mommy's slave, Daddy," Mindy said brightly.

"Do you know who's all invited?" Harry asked Hermione as they were putting the stuff back in the basket.

"I think Luna, Remus, me, and then some Nundus you were actually friends with…" Hermione said.

"Luna? Oh wait, Danny must have seen me talking to her a few times or something…"

"He probably did."

"Hm… Mi, would you mind if we went around and inviting people to the surprise party I'm not supposed to know about? It won't hurt to ask some people I would like to be there."

"Sure. Who all do you want to try?"

"Um, the Weasley twins for sure, Dean, Seamus, Lavender and Parvati because they're not so bad if they're not worshipping you, and maybe Neville…"

"Well, I think Serenity and Danny are going to be surprised."

"I know! I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they realize that they're ebil plans of ebulness backfired!"

Hermione rolled her eyes and led the way back to her house to drop the basket off.

Their first stop was Weasley Wizard Wheezes. Harry pulled Hermione out of the prank just in time.

"Thanks, Jamie," Hermione muttered under her breath.

"Welcome to-. Oh, it's just you two," Fred (or was it George?) said.

"Just us two? I feel insulted," Harry said with a fake sniffle.

"Zip it, birthday boy," Hermione said with an eye roll.

"What? For all they know, I could be ready to spend lots of money to prank everyone again like I did on my sixteenth birthday. Didn't you know that I was the one who teepeed Grimmauld Place, Mi?"

"Are you going to hang Headmaster's underwear up on the wall again then?" Hermione sarcastically asked.

"No, he made me promise that we wouldn't at the teacher meeting yesterday. He was worried we would. Bleh, like I want to see Dumbles' undies again… It was funny though when they hit Danny in the face after I summoned them."

George, Fred, whoever the hell it was started to hysterically laugh at the visual that must have brought.

"Let me guess, you have photos, too?" Hermione asked again with a bit of exasperation.

"Well, duh. Ren has them though. Her and her damn camera… I swear, when I find out where she hides her blackmail photos…"

"Maybe I should take her up on her offer to let me see the ones of you…" Hermione mused.

"No!" Harry immediately cried out with a blush threatening to show on his cheeks.

"Why? Because she has pictures of you and Danny sn-?" Harry put his hand over his girlfriend's mouth with his cheeks flaming.

"You and Riddle what?" the twin asked with a mischievous smirk.

"Um… No comment!" Harry quickly said while still blushing vividly.

The other twin appeared from the back and asked, "What is going on…?"

"Mi's being mean and trying to reveal one of my deepest, darkest secrets to him before Serenity even had a chance…!" Harry whined. "It was bad enough when Serenity started flinging those photos around to the Minister of all people."

Hermione rolled her eyes before she was forced to drool on the mage's hand. "Thank you," she sarcastically said when he removed it.

"It's your fault."

"Says he who made out with his best friend."

"Mi!" Harry's cheeks were a bright red at the moment. "We were drunk, damnit!"

"I got Lupin!" Danny yelled. He had just picked up the werewolf due to lack of trusting him enough to give him the floo password.

"Dear, must you be so loud?" Serenity snapped as she tied a string to a balloon.

"Yep. Admit it, you love my loudness," Danny stated back cheerfully.

Sirius seemed to be making up for lost time by the way he said, "In what way?"

Serenity and Danny just blinked at him confusedly while Remus cuffed his friend. "Sirius, those two haven't…"

"Oh. But I don't have anything to tease anyone about here!"

Serenity smirked and said, "I'll show my picture album I have that is filled with all of Harry's blunders I witnessed. Heck, I have a photo of his first kiss. It's very hot."

Remus, who didn't know the whole story, gave her a strange look and a stranger one at the now blushing vampire.

"Don't you dare flaunt that picture again!" Danny snapped.

"Why not, dearie? You look so sexy snogging Harry while both of you are drunk. You know what, that probably should have stopped your drinking instead of you stopping when I made it very clear that I am not being involved with a drinker. At least Jamie stopped when you two thought it would be smart to attack Fudge under the influence of something alcoholic."

"Heh… I wasn't all that out of it. Harry, yeah. He had started to talk in third person."

Serenity shook her head in disbelief and muttered a few not-so-nice things under her breath about the stupidity of men.

Danny made a face at her before stating, "I fell on my head when I was five, what's your excuse?"

"I chose you as my mate for some deranged reason," Serenity muttered.

"Hey! I resent that. …what does deranged mean?"

Serenity rolled her eyes and said, "Danny, either make yourself useful, or I'll have to lock you in our room with the collar on." Serenity squealed slightly when Danny scooped her up in his arms and started to pepper her head with kisses.

"Making self useful," Danny cheerfully stated before he went upstairs with his mate trapped in his arms. "Ha, ha, I kidnapped lovely!" was heard from upstairs.

Ellie groaned before saying to the two men, "Which one of you is going to help me with the streamers and banners now that Danny has ran off? None of the other tall Nundus are here."

Sirius pointed at Remus quickly and tried to flee. Ellie rolled her eyes and made the animagus come back with a simple charm. "It's very convenient having a wand, isn't it Black?" she drawled.

"Hey, where is my wand?"

"How would I know? Ask Harry." Ellie rolled her eyes and started to magic the streamers up. "Oh, and by the way, do either of you want to bet on Harry's reaction? We have a betting pool going."

"Not particularly," Remus said.

"He'll be surprised," Sirius stated.

"That doesn't count, Black. More specific. Ren, Gin, and I all agree that he's going to faint like a wuss."

"So let me get this straight," Augusta Longbottom said in disbelief, "you, of all people, want my Neville to come to your surprise birthday party that you shouldn't even know about?"

"Yep," Harry cheerfully chirped. "And here's a present for his. You can check it for hexes and what not, but you're not going to find anything. Mi already took the prank off, the meanie…"

"I'm right here, Jamie," Hermione said as she flicked Harry's ear.

"I know, Mi-Mi!" Harry happily said.

"Okay, were you allowed to have caffeine this morning?"

"Yep-yep!"

Harry smirked to himself as he approached his home. He wouldn't have even attempted this if he and Danny managed to fiddle with the wards that allowed only those invited in that weren't keyed into the wards. The Patil twins, Lavender, a nervous Neville, and the Weasley twins were trailing behind him. Lavender and the Patils were thrilled because all three of the girls were interns at Witch Weekly. Harry was a little worried about that. He had no doubt in mind that pictures of his home would be everywhere.

"Okay, when I go in, I would really appreciate it you all yelled 'Surprise!' before the others manage to. I just want to see the look on Danny's face," Harry stated with his hand in Hermione's.

"Jamie, why would I yell that when I'm supposed to be the one keeping you away from the house?" Hermione asked.

"Shut it, Mi."

Harry flung the door opened, and a few of his friends yelled, "Surprise!" when he turned the light on.

"Surprise, Ginny," the Weasley twins rang from behind him. They both decided to use his head as an armrest.

"I'm not an armrest!" Harry whined and swatted the two freckly arms off.

Harry looked for Danny and was confused when he saw a small smirk. 'Okay then…' Harry thought.

"Surprise, kiddo," a voice from the back said. Danny and Serenity moved aside to reveal…

"S-Sirius?" Harry choked out as he lunged himself at the wizard.

"In the flesh, seriously," Sirius whispered and hugged his godson.

"B-but-? …Danny?"

"Happy birthday, mate," Danny said with a smile. "Sorry, I know you wanted me to paint you something as a guardian for your quarters and all, but that was too much work, siriusly."

"Oh, you're going to steal my jokes?" Sirius asked with a bit of hurt.

"Yep," Danny replied with a small smirk. "You two can go upstairs if you want, Har. Just don't make out or something."

Harry scowled and tried to hex his best friend; Danny laughed and ducked with ease.

"Harry, if I'm not allowed to kill Hermione, you're not allowed to hurt my Dannikins," Serenity stated and pounced on the prince's back.

"Why would you kill Hermione? You two are friends now," Harry stated.

"Dude, bro, we used to hate each other's guts."

"Break it up, guys," Danny cut-in as he wisely put his hand over Serenity's mouth. "Harry, ass upstairs. You too, Black. Serenity, behave, or you're sleeping on the couch."

"That's the most mature thing I've ever heard you say!" Ellie chirped mischievously.

Harry rolled his eyes before heading upstairs, dragging his godfather by the hand. "Remy…!" Harry whined with a pout when the werewolf didn't follow.

Remus rolled his eyes and went upstairs.

Serenity poked her mate's chest a few times after Harry, Remus, and Sirius were out of sight. "Dearie…! Are we still playing I Never?"

"If Harry wants to. No, you are not getting anything with alcohol."

"But, dearie…!"

"No."

"Ren, you get drunk off butterbeer," Ellie pointed out.

Serenity pouted, got off her boyfriend's back, and started to brood in a far away corner. Danny rolled his eyes before going to sit next to her. Serenity scowled at him and knocked the much taller vampire over. "Ow, damnit, Ren," Danny muttered. Serenity just stuck her tongue out and sat on his chest.

"Dearie makes a good chair," Serenity decided.

Voldemort glanced at his wife in concern. She hasn't been feeling well lately. During every meeting he held in the morning, she would have to rush out and seemed to be retching. He was going to have one of the few Healers he had check over her.

The only problem was that she, like most if not all Royal Lamiae, was extremely stubborn and was insisting that she was fine.

"It's nothing, Tom," the vampire insisted yet again with her full lips forming a small scowl. They have been at each other's throats lately.

"I told you not to call me that when we weren't alone," Voldemort hissed back.

"Why the hell should I listen to you? You are not my master," Dawn said with a dangerous red flickering in her sapphire eyes.

Voldemort sneered before throwing the irritated royal over his shoulder. "Maybe I should be," he drawled.

"Put me down, you bastard!" Dawn screamed as she banged her delicate fists against his back viciously.

Voldemort looked around quickly for non-Inner Circle Death Eaters before giving the Dark Lady a well-deserved—in his mind anyways—smack on the arse. Dawn gave a shrilly squeal. "Behave," Voldemort grounded out.

Dawn backed away when she was thrown on the bed after entering their rooms. The only reason why Voldemort was currently alive or not, she knew for a damn fact that he had always been lenient with her compared with his followers. She was even allowed to decline when he had wanted to mark her.

Riddle rolled his eyes before cupping her chin immediately.

"…sorry?" she squeaked out nervously.

"I will not have you tarnishing my image anymore, Dawn," he hissed at her with disapproval. Dawn was about to say something else when Voldemort pointed his wand at her heart and whispered, "Morsmordre."

Long, Slytherin-green fingernails dug into a delicate, pale palm when Dawn felt the burning pain. Her Tom marked her… as his.

Riddle gave a brief, amused snort when the vampire collasped on him with her slender arms wrapped tightly around his waist. "You will address me as Master when we're in public now," he whispered sharply as he tilted her head up, so he could see her pure blue eyes.

"Yes… Master," the slightly older one muttered.

Harry hugged his godfather tightly as soon as the three wizards entered his commonroom.

"I can't believe you're really here," Harry muttered in Sirius's chest.

"Neither can I, kiddo," Sirius whispered.

Remus backed out slowly and watched as the two started to catch up with a smile.

"You are actually letting her play I Never?!" Remus heard someone whine.

Riddle was muttering about deaththreats under his breath when Remus walked downstairs.

Serenity was smiling in a slightly evil way. "Why do you care, Gin-Gin? It's bro and Dannikins that need to be worried."

Harry almost gulped when Sirius suddenly asked, "Why did you betray the Order, kiddo?"

"I was never on your side to start with," Harry whispered firmly.

"Harry…"

"Don't you dare try pulling a guilt-trip on me," Harry snapped as he tightly gripped his wand.

"I-." Sirius stopped talking when he remembered the very realistic threats that Dante Riddle spouted out.

Danny unwittingly broke up an argument when he bounced in and chirped, "Oy, come on, Har…! Talk to him some other time. We're playing I Never, and no, you don't have a choice."

"…please tell me that Ren isn't playing."

"Uh, she threatened to castrate you and, uh, I'm not telling you what she threatened to do to me if we didn't let her play."

"Right, she wants children, and you're the only one who can give her them."

In Harry's mind Danny meekly muttered, 'She threatened to keep me as her sexslave after ripping away all my freewill…'

'That's scary.'

'The scary part is is that she can easily do that with the right ritual…'

'Don't think about that. She was probably kidding.'

'I know… She saw the look on my face and said the worst she could bring herself to do to me is handcuff me to the bed for the rest of my life. I would still freewill though she just had to point out.'

Harry snorted and started to go downstairs. Sirius blinked a few times before following.

"I wanna go first! I wanna go first! Can I go first?" Serenity cutely said as she bounced on her mate's lap.

"It's my birthday; I'm going first," Harry stated.

Sirius had just managed to pry off the cap off a firewhiskey bottle Danny had handed him when the formerly dead man complained about wanting something stronger.

Serenity was using water, some of the older people there were also using firewhiskey, and the majority was using butterbeer. Remus was just watching and claimed that he was old enough to refuse. Serenity had thrown a tube of lipbalm at his head in retaliation.

"Come on, Harry," one of the twins complained.

"I'm thinking. Um… I never died."

Sirius gave his godson a glare before drinking his shot. "Um, mate, do I count…?" Danny sheepishly asked.

"Yeah!" Harry chirped with a smirk.

Danny scowled before drinking his butterbeer.

"My turn. Hm… I never snogged a female best friend," Serenity said.

Danny and Harry glared at the minute blonde before both taking their drink. One of the redheaded twins did theirs also.

Danny smirked at his mate before saying, "I never locked my signifigant other in the room I share with them."

Serenity grumbled under her breath as she sipped her water. "Meanie… You know I wasn't in my right mind!"

"So?"

Hermione went next with, "I never pullled a prank."

All three Weasleys, Sirius, Harry, Danny, Ellie, and Serenity had to drink for that one.

Neville meekly said, "I never dated my best friend."

One of the Weasley twins thought carefully before saying, "I never crushed on a teacher, and yes, Harry and the blond midget count as teachers."

It went on with one of the Patils or Lavender scribbling something down occasionally.

Serenity smirked before saying, "I never threatened a policeman with a spatula."

A blushing Danny sheepishly drank. Lamely, he muttered, "I'm never had fully blond hair."

It was Ginny who said the one thing Danny and Harry were expecting from Serenity. "I never made out with my best friend that is the same gender as me." Now that got a reaction.

"I never wasn't brunette."

"I never kissed a non-being." Weird glances were sent at Sirius when he said that and drank afterwards.

"I never crushed on Snape," Ginny said when she realized that Ellie had only taken a few shots.

"I never joined the Nundus."

A Nundu shot back, "I never didn't join the Nundus."

It was when Serenity said, "I never had a twin," that Padma rushed towards where she was told the bathroom was.

"I never kissed a guy."

"Okay, will you guys drop that already?" Danny complained.

"I never didn't graduate."

Glares were sent at the adult in the room after that.

After it was down to the Weasley twins, Sirius, Harry, Danny, and Serenity, Serenity started to really target specific people.

"I never was a vampire."

"Darling, if you get me out, you won't have someone to sit on," Danny pointed out as he drank yet again. He wasn't going to last much longer. "I never went to Hogwarts."

"I never saw Professor Dumbledore's underwear," Fred stated.

"…Sirius?" Harry carefully asked when his godfather drank.

"I could be asking the same thing to you, kiddo," Sirius shot back.

"We hung his underwear up on the pillars at Hogwarts last year on my birthday," Harry stated.

Danny had convinced Serenity to an alliance on the account of him immediately quitting and letting her win if they succeeded.

The other twin said, "I never was You-Know-Who's son."

Danny flipped him off moodily.

Harry said, "I never wanted to start a prank shop."

Serenity stated with a small smirk, "I never was in Gryffindor."

Danny added to the injury, "I never dated Hermione Granger."

Sirius was by now thinking hard. He was at a disadvantage here. "Um… I never… wasn't an animagus!" He was a little surprised when only the Weasley twins drank. George rushed to the loo like many others had.

"I never was over twenty-five," Fred stated, a little irked at Sirius for making George lose.

"I never had a canine animagus form," Harry stated happily.

'Let's get Harry out first,' Danny said to Serenity.

'Okay,' she responded. Aloud, she exclaimed, "I never had green eyes."

"Oh, come on," Harry complained.

Danny gave a rather evil smirk before saying, "I never thought I was the Lord of Coffee."

Harry blushed bright red and looked like he was about to hide under the tabel. Instead, he fled in the direction of the upstairs bathroom.

"…Lord of Coffee…?" Sirius asked carefully.

"Harry develops another personality if he has too much caffeine combined with not enough sleep," Danny chirped.

"My turn, right?" Sirius asked. When he was confirmed he said, "I never dropped out of school."

Fred and Danny were both anxiously tapping their fingers against the table by now. "Uh… I never dated a mage."

Serenity scrunched her nose up before saying, "I never supported Dumbles."

That was enough for the other Weasley twin.

"It's just you and us now, Black," Danny stated deviously. "I never was a Black."

Sirius shot back, "I never was a mage."

"I never was a wizard."

"I never, um, escaped from Azkaban."

Sirius scowled lightly and said, "I never… lived with Harry for more than a few months."

Serenity was worried when she saw that her Danny was about to leave. Maybe she should just eliminate both of them… "I never was from a Dark family!"

"Hey! I thought we were working together…!" Danny whined. "That does it, I never was a girl!" Both teenagers were a little disturbed when the wizard also drank.

"Uh, sex-changing powder. I never made love with someone in this room." The glasses remained untouched as the teenagers stared at the man in disgust.

"Ew… I never had sex," Serenity stated.

Sirius grumbled under his breath. He was about to give.

Danny bit his lip and said, "I never… considered James Potter part of my family. Drink up, love, he's techinically your adoptive father now."

Serenity whimpered when she realized that her bladder was rebelling.

"I never was a veela," Sirius said when he decided that Serenity was more of a threat.

"I never… Oh, screw it. I have to piss," Serenity muttered as she ran upstairs.

"I never seen a naked lady," Danny said in a sing-song voice after he watched his mate rush off.

"I never looked down Serenity Potter's shirt."

"Touche. I never bossed around a house-elf."

Harry, who came back rather quickly, was rather amused by it all. "…I never was over six feet tall."

"I never was under six feet."

"Uh, I never kissed a veela."

"I never kissed a witch."

"…I never knew Voldemort's mother-in-law."

"I never had a cousin."

"I never… Shit, fine, you win, Riddle. You don't have cousins?"

"Both of my parents are only childs. Now excuse me as I run to the bathroom…"

Danny flinched when his path was blocked by a pouting veela. "Dearie…! You said you would let me win! Not Black!"

"I won."

"B-but…! Danny…!"

"Sorry? Can I please piss now?"

"Only if you turn around and let me grab your snexy bum once."

"Fine…" Danny closed his eyes and turned around. He flinched again when he felt Serenity's hand over his butt.

"Good, dearie," Serenity cooed once she removed her small hand.

"Can I go now?" Mentally, he added to himself, 'Why did my mate have to be so grabby?!'

"Sure."

Sirius scowled when Danny plopped a bow on the wizard's head when Harry said he was opening presents.

"Dan, knock it off," Harry said as he picked the largest gift first. "This is from… Danny?"

"C'mon…! Open it, mate!" the vampire chirped as he bounced on his heels.

Harry rolled his eyes before peeling the paper off. A few moments later, he launched himself at his best friend and hugged the vampire.

"Uh, Har, you do know Vixie's the jealous type, right?"

"It's my birthday," Harry stated while looking directly at his pouting sister.

"But, bro-bro, that's my vampire!" Serenity whined and grabbed Danny's arm. Harry made a face and grabbed the other. Danny sighed when they both started jerking him.

"I thought you two stopped doing this when we were six," Danny grumbled as he pried Serenity off his arm. Harry smiled triumphantly and dragged the vampire next to him. Serenity pouted but decided to sit on both of their laps.

"My Dannikins…!"

"Share," Harry snapped.

Danny rolled his eyes with a sigh. "Har, open your frigging presents. Love, shut up and behave," Danny stated with exasperation.

"Make us!"

"Harry, Ren…" Danny said in a warning tone.

"What started this in the first place?" Hermione asked, just as annoyed as the vampire.

"Uh… I forget…" Harry muttered as he grabbed the biggest box. "This is from the bitch who seems to think I'm a chair…"

"Hey!" Serenity snapped. "I'll take it back, birthday ass."

Harry ignored her in favor of opening the gift. "Did you get me tissue paper for my birthday?"

"No, I just wanted you to open mine first, and I knew the bigger it was, the more likely you would open it in the beginning. Look near the bottom."

Harry rolled his eyes and just dumped the box upside down. "I hope it wasn't fragile…"

"No, luckily."

Harry rummaged through the green tissue paper before finding a wrapped prism. He took off the wrappings, and his jaw dropped.

"When did you write and publish a book?!"

"That's the first published copy. I've been working on it behind your back since… April I think. It's on the Hogwarts booklist and is in stores tomorrow. Hear that, people?"

"Self-advertising much, darling?" Danny sarcastically added.

"Well, duh," Serenity stated as she pecked her mate's cheek. "A good chunk of the people here have to buy it anyways or else they'll be getting detention in their first class with me… Hint, hint, to Blaise, Hermione, Longbottom, both Patils, and Brown who I'll be seeing in class in a little over a month."

"…where are our letters anyways?" Harry mused.

"Oh, I managed to talk Dumbledore into giving me yours yesterday, Har."

"…" was Harry's only reply before he went back to his presents. Presents usually good. Serenity usually evil.

"Come on, guys," Harry pleaded.

"Jamie, we wouldn't mind going on a double date with you and Hermione if you didn't tell us five minutes ago and want to leave in an hour," Serenity said with exasperation later that day.

"…uh, sorry? Pleeeeeease?"

Serenity and Danny exchanged looks and briefly talked to the other. "Fine…" Serenity muttered. "I have to get ready now, so leave me alone."

Danny rolled his silvery eyes and mouthed, "Women," behind Serenity's back.

Harry laughed quietly. "I'm going to get ready, too. I have to pick Mi up in forty minutes," Harry said as he headed towards the stairway.

"Okay, I'm going to get some flowers for Ren… I'll be back in five."

"You need to change, too, Dan."

"I'm not Ren. It'll take five minutes."

"…good point. Here, buy some roses for Mi for me, please?" Harry asked as he handed his friend some money.

"Sure."

Serenity leaned her head on Danny's shoulder as they waited for Harry to come back with Hermione. She was clutching the bouquet to her chest and sniffing it frequently. The couple were sitting on a bench next to the front door.

Harry poked his head in through the door and said, "Come on, guys!"

"Coming!"

Serenity carefully stood up and placed the flowers in a vase filled with water before running back to Danny with her heels clicking away with every step she took.

Danny rolled his eyes before gripping her hand and leading her out the door cautiously. "Don't fall over, my dear," the vampire stated.

Serenity stuck her tongue out in retaliation.

"Finally, what took you?" Harry asked impatiently.

"Ren was about to fall on her arse," Danny stated.

"Ookay then…"

"…not a word," Serenity grumbled as she clung to her boyfriend.

"…kiddo?" a curious voice asked from the staircase.

"Oh, hey, Sirius," Harry said, trying to hide his impatience. "Um, Siri, what are you staring at…?"

Danny was looking at Harry's godfather before he narrowed his eyes and whispered something in Serenity's ear; Serenity scowled, and walked up to Sirius and…

WHACK!

She slapped him across the face. "Pervert," Serenity snapped.

"My mate," Danny muttered and scooped the veela up, holding her possessively to his chest.

"My mate," Serenity said with a smile, deciding to just enjoy the ride.

Danny glared at Sirius before he walked outside in a huff.

"Good going, Siri; you managed to piss of my extremely possessive best friend and sister who somehow are oblivious to how possessive the other is of them," Harry stated with a groan.

"Uh, sorry?"

"And please keep your horniness away from my little sister!" Harry added. Harry followed his friends outside.

Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "Can you tell Harry and Danny are protective of Serenity?" rather sarcastically.

"…I am starting to realize that."

Um... the end? Heh... heh... heh. Oh, and I don't know why Luna wasn't at the party. I realized I didn't put her in a little too late. She was, um, washing her hair!

Disclaimer: come on already!