Hey! Sorry this took a bit to update, I got caught up in other fics, BUT I'M BACK! And so on with the chapter, because I doubt you want to hear me ramble. Also this is really fucking long and covers a good bit, but hopefully not too much.

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Levi POV

Eren and I yanked our chairs next to each other, sitting down and opening the book across our laps. The book was heavy, mostly due to it's enormous size. Upon the first page was a massive map, detailing the walls, and some of the space around them. Each district had been carefully etched out and labeled.

I turned the page and found that the same had been done with the underground, each place carefully drawn and labeled. We turned the page again and found a large table of contents. I read down the page and saw

Before The Fall - Page 1

The First Sightings - Page 3

The Fall - Page 5

The Creation Of The Walls - Page 18

The Founding Of The Royal Line, And Gifts They Hold - Page 21

The Creation Of The Military Branches - Page 24

Genocide Of Minorities - Page 26

I blinked at the chapter titles, which rapidly took a dark turn as Eren turned the page, moving about three pages further as I read,

Corruption Within The Walls - Page 486

Human Experimentations Beginning - Page 500

The Creation of The First Titan Shifter - Page 544

Specialization Of Titan Abilities - Page 556

Current Titan Bloodlines - Page 560

I gape at these titles, glancing up at Eren, who seems so surprised at this as well as I flip the page, skipping that was left on it. I glance down the next page and read

Surviving Minority Bloodlines - Page 650

Important Figureheads Of The Walls - Page 655

Military Figureheads - Page 670

I skim over the rest of the page before Eren gently flips it, leaning over the book with me and reads aloud "The Fall Of Shiganshina District and Wall Maria, Page 800… Levi… This has everything…" I nod slowly at him before flipping back to the page about titan shifter chapters and then flip to that chapter.

I blink at the page before saying "The first Titan shifter was created by accident, when the first member of the royal family came in contact with a chemical compound, later dubbed Titan Serum, which morphed them into a grotesque version of the Titans. This creature went on a rampage until it ate a Titan.

Once it had consumed its prey it reverted to its mortal form. This person was the first of the royal line, and bore powers only they had at that time. After their creation the chemical compound was hidden, only used by the royal family. For more information on this bloodline skip to page 560. The next Titan shifter, outside of the Royal Line was a man named Arthur Jaeger."

I looked up at Eren, who had shock written all over his face as he continued reading "The Jaeger Family was a secondary family to the royal Line, existing for nearly as long as the royal bloodline. One member of every generation has been chosen to become a Titan shifter. Of the current generation, one Frieda Reiss and one Eren Jaeger are the current bloodline heirs.

However, this recent generation bares an odd turn of events. Grisha Jaeger, Eren Jaegers Predecessor, was part of a research program entailing the many powers Titan Shifters can posses. Grisha Jaeger and Frieda Reiss got into an argument about the project, which lead to a battle. In the end, Grisha won by ripping Frieda Reiss from her Titan form and eating her…"

Eren stopped there, looking hurt at this sudden revelation about his father as I continue reading aloud "During the Fall Of Maria, Grisha hunted down and killed all but two of the Reiss bloodline. He than chose his son Eren as his heir and injected him with Titan Serum. Eren's Titan form consumed Grisha and he passed on the King's power to Eren. Making him the Titan King of the Walls technically."

I blink at it, unsure of what to think of this, before Eren turns the page and we see the Reiss bloodline. I could feel a small echo of pain come from him as he moved. At the top we see names written in black ink, mixing with golden Ink. Most have a thin red line through them as thick black lines connect the names, however some have gold lines. This family tree only focused on the members of the family who were written in gold, meaning children were recorded, and marriages, but they focused on the golden threads.

I looked in the upper corner and found that Gold was the Titan power, the red line meant they were deceased, and plain black meant that they were human. Glanced at the bottom and saw that Frieda was crossed off with black, however I saw something rather odd. Someone had two names as I ask "Historia Reiss/Christa Lenz? Why do they have two names?"

Eren shrugs and says "Maybe she was afraid of being caught and changed her name so she could hide…" I nod and we turn the page, finding Eren's bloodline. I gently trace down the names, finding both of his parents had a thin red line through them. He was currently the only surviving member of his family.

I frown softly at it as I read under his name. "Eren Jaeger, Power Of Kings…" I flip back to Frieda and read under hers, "Frieda Reiss, Power Of Kings, Consumed By Grisha Jaeger." I flip over to Eren's bloodline and read "Carla Jaeger, Consumed by Variant Titan… Eren it says how you died…" Eren blinked as he caught on.

He suddenly checks the front of the book and flips to a page, and I see the words 'Ackerman Minority Bloodline' scrawled across the top of the page. I blink at it in shock as I look down the lines as Eren says "Mikasa's mother, and yours were sisters… Meaning that the two of you are cousins... "

I look down the line and find my mother Kuchel, with a thin line through her name and the words 'Death by Illness' written under her name. I never knew the exact reason my mother died, but I'd guessed over the years. I saw the black line connecting her name to a man's name, with a long last name I'd heard in passing at noble parties. I saw the thick black line come down from the line between theres and lead to my name, which was written in normal black ink.

I see Kenny's name connected to Mikasa's mother and mine by a thin black line. I glare and say "So that dick was my uncle this whole time? And he didn't feel the need to say anything about it?" Eren must have heard the pain in my voice as he takes the book and sets it on the nearby table, before picking me up and holding me tightly.

He sent calming waves through our bond as I bury my face in his neck, neither of us saying a word as we cling to each other. I nuzzle against him and he says "Why don't we come back here tomorrow and read more? We've gotten enough information so far, and that's barely scratching the surface of what it could have within. Let's just relax today." I nod into his neck as he picks up the book with his right hand and placed it on the shelf.

As he does a pair of house elves appear and smile at us, removing the bowls on the table and replacing them with two plates of chocolate cake. I smile at them and say "Thank you…" They bow, looking excited as they vanish with a pop. Eren and I adjust so that we can eat, finding the cake amazing.

The feelings of pain and the twinge of old, never really healed wounds gently left the space as it was replaced by the giddy happiness that it held before. Eren and I talked and reminisced as we ate, the information we'd just gained pushed to the back of our minds for the moment. When we finally finished our massive slices of cake, Eren glanced at his watch.

He snorted and said "We've been here a little over an hour, wanna head back? The twins were planning something." I nod and stand up, Eren smiling before standing as well, two house elves appearing and taking our plates, I smile and say my thanks to them before Eren and I leave through a large wooden door.

I pushed the door open, finding it to be perfectly silent as I stepped out of the doorway, Eren right behind me. I turn as the door swings shut behind us, a large glass case attached to the other side of the door. I blink at it while the case swings into place, the door hidden behind the plaques and trophies.

Eren nods and says "Sweet… How do we get back in though?" I blink and groan saying "God dammit…" Eren laughs and says "We'll ask the elves in the morning. They'll be happy to help." I nod happily, Eren offering me a hand as we begin to walk up to the Gryffindor tower. As we turn the corner we see Draco, sitting on one of the benches leading to the Gryffindor hallway.

He looks up at us as we walk and grins, grabbing a silver covered package and darting over. I give him a tiny smile as he hands me the gift, looking like a child at Christmas. He gives us a giant grin and says "Open it!" Eren chuckles as he looks over my shoulder as I open it, revealing a thick black book with white pages and a silver spine.

I raise an eyebrow at Draco as the book has no name and he says "It's a Memory book. You can put photos and writing in it, and it'll record your feelings and even thoughts if you want! My family traditionally gives one to the couple when they get engaged…" He suddenly looks so awkward and sheepish as Eren grins and yanks him into a hug, one I join.

"Thank you Draco, it means a lot…" I say, holding our shocked friend. His face breaks out into a giant grin, and he hugs both of us tightly and says "You're welcome, I'm just happy I could find a gift that you liked!" I nod as we pull away and I say "You should come visit us over the Christmas Holiday."

Draco seems surprised at my words while he says "Won't the two of you be going home?" I shake my head as Eren says "Were staying with a few friends, I'm sure they won't mind you joining us for a few days." He nods and says "Sounds perfect. Maybe you'll be able to tell me more about yourselves then."

I nod as he bids us a good night before heading off toward his common room, I carry the book as we walk over to the common room. The Fat Lady grins and complements us before opening without either of us having uttered the password. Eren and I step into the common room as the place erupts with screams of joy.

I could feel Eren wince painfully, as the noise hurt his ears. The twins apparently apparated in front of us as they nearly popped into existence before linking arms with us and saying "HAPPY ENGAGEMENT! COME PARTY!" And we were dragged into the common room, a butterbeer placed in our hands and the party commenced.

Eren laughed, joy and humor pulsing through our bond as I give him a tiny smile before he says "I doubt we'll get to bed any time soon. So we might as well enjoy this!" Taking a sip of his drink. I nod and say "Might as well, as long as we stick together!" bumping him with my hip as he grins and nods, the people around us cheering as I relax around them, feeling safe with Eren as we partied.

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Eren POV

I blink awake, feeling a heavy weight on my chest. I glance down to see Levi, laying on top of me as he holds onto the book Draco gave us. I look around and see that we're still in the common room, with Fred and George leaning against the couch Levi and I claimed. Fred lays his head on George's shoulder, the two looking rather innocent asleep.

Levi was clinging to me in his sleep, hair slightly tousled from how he slept, and I finally remember what happened last night. We'd all partied until we started falling asleep, Levi and I claiming this couch near the fire, where it was warm, but not too warm. Everyone had either wandered off to their rooms or taken a spot in the common room.

However the one thing I was rather surprised to see was a cat, with square markings around her eyes. Said cat stretched across the back of the couch and gave me a small mew. I smiled at it and gently offered it a hand, asking to pet it. Something it allowed as it headbutted me before I stroked it and it jumped down, walking over to Crookshanks.

I gently woke Levi, who groaned softly before blinking awake. I kiss his nose and say "Come on love, time to get up." He groaned again and said "Unless the walls are falling around us, Erwin admitted he's occasionally wrong, or there's a Titan trying to kill us, let me sleep." I snicker and say "The Great Lance Corporal is trying to sleep in? Preposterous." Voice soft and teasing as he glares at me.

I smile as he sits up a bit more, pouting as he says "I'm sleepy Eren. Why do we have to get up?" I sit up and hug him to my chest while saying "Because we promised the twins we'd see the game, remember?" Levi groaned softly and said "It's way too early…" Yet he hugged me back and we sat up completely as the twins woke up.

They grin at us as George says "That, was an amazing party…" Fred nods before stopping and asking "Hey, You never did tell us how you got here. Since we didn't see you on the train and all…" I sigh and say "I won't lie, so I just won't tell you now. But later we'll explain everything okay? Just be patient…" My worry and apprehension leaking through the bond Levi and I share as he gently sets his head on my shoulder.

The twins look a little surprised, but accept with a grin and say "Okay, but that answer better be an awesome one." Before the two walk off to the dormitory, greeting Harry as they ascend the first flight of stairs. I roll my eyes as he steps down the stairs and glares at us before walking over and waking a sleeping Ron.

I manage to hold in an annoyed groan, Levi glaring full force at the two of them, causing them to visibly pale. They rush off to wait by the notification board as I gently pick Levi up and begin walking toward the stairs, the beautiful Tabby runs up beside us, mewing softly as it followed us up into the dorm.

She happily ran inside and ducked under my bed, apparently making herself at home. Levi hums as I set him down before he says "I kinda want a shower, but I'd need a cold one to wake up, and I don't wanna freeze to death." Before walking over to his trunk while I grab out my own outfit, yanking my uniform on.

Levi gently places the book Malfoy got us on his bed and says "Eren… Do you wanna write in it later?" I nod and say "Wanna start with home? Then move forward from there?" He gives me a small smile as he nods and I hand him a thick cloak. I glance at my watch and say "Breakfast should have started by now, after the game we can get some training in before coming here and writing in the book, than go to dinner. Sound good to you?"

He nods and says "It does." I smile at him as he pulls me into a gentle kiss, sweet and soft before he says "Let's get going, I don't want the twins upset that we missed their game." I hum in acceptance before giving him a final kiss and offering him a hand as we walk toward the door, the Tabby running from under by bed and rubbing against Levi's legs.

"Aww." I say as Levi scoops her up, making her mew in slight annoyance as I softly pet her head, Levi scratching her neck. She let's out a soft purr before jumping from Levi's arms onto the floor and standing by the door. I shake my head after her and say "Seems like even the cat is telling us to hurry up."

Levi snickers and says "Well, maybe she is. We are gonna be late if we don't hurry!" He opens the door and let's the cat out, who happily runs off as Levi grabs my hand and we rush off down stairs, quickly stepping around the many people leaving for breakfast. As we walked I saw another group of Slytherins bunched together, waiting to strike an unsuspecting player, having just passed a group of Gryffindors doing the same.

I shook my head at them and say "Hey, all our players are already at breakfast, there's no need to wait here for them." They blink at us in shock as we walk by, the cat having vanished down a hallway after the portrait hole was opened. Levi shivered slightly as we walked and I kiss his cheek softly.

"Sorry it's so cold Love." I say softly as we step into the Great Hall, finding the entire room abuzz with word of the game. I smile as Levi says "You know, we couldn't have chosen a better time to announce our engagement, everyone instantly jumped to something else." He says, happy to be out of the limelight. We sit down at our table, the Twins instantly appearing across from us, both looking excited.

I give them a grin and say "I wish you luck." Levi nodding and saying "I also hope neither of you freeze to death in this cold ass weather." Fred laughs as George snorts his drink, coughing as I laugh with them, Levi letting out a small snicker. However as I glance about the hall I notice all of the horribly hidden hostility between Gryffindor and Slytherin as the people slowly enter the hall.

I shake my head and say softly to Levi "I have a feeling that this will end badly…" Levi nods and says "I haven't seen this much animosity in one room since the Military Police tried to cut the Scouting Legions already meager funds to nearly zero… It didn't end well for them…" I nod slowly as Umbridge marches up to her seat.

I sigh softly as Lee Jordan walks over and starts talking about some stuff that may happen at the game, along with the most recent teacher's remarks about the game as I notice that Professor McGonagall arrived a little later than usual as people start to head out toward the Quidditch pitch. I finish the coffee in front of me as levi clears his plate and we leave, wishing the twins luck again before walking away.

I make sure my own cloak is on tightly before walking out of the Great Hall, giving Malfoy a small nod as I leave. One he surreptitiously returns before Levi and I exit. I happily smiled at Levi while we walked out to the pitch, managing to quiet his shivers and soft complaints about the chill as I pulled him along.

As we got to the stands Luna walks up, wearing a giant lion hat. I blinked at it while it roared, looking very realistic and say "Nice hat." She gives me a dreamy smile and says "Thank you, I wanted to have it chewing on a snake, but I didn't have time…" Levi blinks and grabs a small piece of paper from a stack of flyers and silently transfigures it into a realistic emerald snake.

He passed it to me as I reached up and placed it in the lion's mouth, silently performing the charm for a temporary sticking charm. "It should come off in a day or two." I say as I pull Levi to my side. Snape had been teaching us silent spell casting over the last two weeks, and expected perfection in every spell, he'd also begun to teach us Occlumency, so that no one could just dig through our minds.

She thanked us and said "Oh! The Gryffindors always sit over there, we usually sit with our house at games." She than drifts off toward her blue clad house mates as Levi pulled us up toward the stands. Once we reached the top of the stands even I shivered slightly with the chilly air and windchill.

Levi was shivering almost violently as he hugged me tightly. I pulled him into the stands, moving so that we had some people between us and the wind before sitting down and pulling Levi into my cloak, which he accepted gratefully and pressed against my side as people poured into the stands, Levi and I are quickly surrounded by people, warming the area considerably.

As the players stepped out onto the field Levi and I cuddled closer, trading soft words and smiles as the game began, the entire stadium cheering as I realized exactly why the Twins trained constantly, they needed to in order to fly that fucking fast, and as they sped around the field, I smiled as Levi said "Maybe it won't be as bad as we thought it would be…"

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(AN: I won't bore you to death with the game details, as it went more or less the same way as it did in the book.)

I groaned with relief as Harry caught the snitch, yet the Slytherins still sang 'Weasley Is Our King' at the top of their lungs. Levi was still shivering slightly under our cloak while I pull him up with me, seeing Draco, Harry, and the others land on the pitch, a heated argument starting between the Slytherin Keeper and Harry, the Twins joining in moments later.

Levi looks up to me, worry coursing through our bond as he pulls me through the crowd, the two of us rushing down the stairs and out onto the grass. We rush over and stand behind the Twins just as the Slytherin keeper makes a cruel remark about the twins mother and I grab onto Harry, who fights with everything in him, Levi having grabbed a struggling Fred, Katie helping hold him, while Draco, Alicia, and Katie all strained to hold George back.

However madame Hooch chooses this time to appear and scream "WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON HERE? I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH FOUL AND LOATHSOME BEHAVIOR!" Within moments the twins were shrugging off their holders while I gave Harry a light shove toward George.

Madame Hooch shakes her head, body quivering with rage as she says "All of you report to Professor Mcgonagall this instant, Including you two." Madame Hooch motions to us as Malfoy blinks at her and says "Madame Hooch? I'm in Slytherin… I'm supposed to go to my own head of house."

She shakes her head and says "No, go with them. I saw you hold them back, I want the Professor to hear you out as well, and I know McGonagall will be fair, unlike some teachers." She give a small glare in Umbridge's direction before ordering us all off the pitch. I sigh heavily as Harry and the George instantly take the lead, marching away.

Fred sighs softly after them and says "It'll be a little while before those two calm down… Thank you Malfoy, for holding him back." Draco stares at him in awe, jaw dropping open slightly as he blinks. Fred raises an eyebrow and says "You may think we came from a hovel, but our home is far from that. Sure, we may be a little short on money sometimes, but we never went without. Our mother always made sure we were loved and cared for, and that's all that really matters to me."

He than smirks and says "We were taught manners you know, just like you were. Although, we were allowed to play in the dirt with gnomes and other creatures. Better than playing around with pretentious assholes." Draco grins and says "Never thought you hadn't, and you got to play with gnomes? Heck my father rarely let me outside, let alone to play in the dirt."

Fred blinks and asks "Really? What the heck?" Draco deadpans and asks "Do you think I'm paler than a ghost by choice? Heck no, it's because I spent most of my time inside, learning how to be a pretentious asshole." Fred snorts at his words, and Levi gives them both a ghost of a smile as we walk into the castle. The rest of the walk to McGonagall's office was quiet, Levi finally pulling away enough to simply hold onto my arm.

As Harry and George march forward I lean down to Levi and say "You didn't really need help holding him back, why did you let her help?" He shrugs and says "Better for appearances, I don't want people questioning why I'm able to hold back the Gryffindor beater without even breaking a sweat."

I nod at him as we approach Professor McGonagall's office, the Professor marching up behind us. She's wearing a long Gryffindor scarf, which she nearly rips from her neck as she tersely says "In my office. Now!" George and Harry march inside, Fred follows behind them, stepping over and trying to soothe his twin as Harry glares furiously at his fist.

Draco, Levi, and I all walked in behind him as the Professor marched around her desk. She glares at all of us and says "I have never seen such disgraceful behavior in all my years! To think that all three of you would attempt to simultaneously attack another student! Explain this to me now." I saw Harry and George tense as Levi took the stage.

"The Slytherin Keeper was insulting not only Ron, but the Weasley's mother and Harry's as well. He was making jabs as to the song they sung during the game. We tried to let Madame Hooch take care of it, but she was busy screaming at Crabbe." He says, holding her gaze coolly while she looks at Draco and asks "Is this true?"

He nods and says "It is Ma'am." She sighed sharpy through her nose and glared at Harry, Fred, and George and says "Still. Instead of walking away, you all seemed to be attempting to strike that boy, do any of you have any idea-" Her words were suddenly cut off as we hear a girly "Hem, Hem." from behind us.

I turn halfway, keeping Levi close as the Toad marches into the room. She smiles evilly at us, seeming almost like she just found her favorite book as she looked us over. She than smiles at McGonagall, her eyes lingering on my arm around Levi before saying "May I help you, Professor Mcgonagall?"

Her voice was almost sickeningly sweet, like honey dripping off a basilisk fang, creepy and deadly. I see the Professor's face heat up, her cheeks turning pink as she says "Help? What do you mean by help?" She smiles sharply and says "Just thought a little extra authority would be appreciated." From the look on McGonagall's face, she seemed to be truly weighing the cost of ordering her away.

She turns away from her as the toad moves closer to her desk while the Professor says "Your actions are inexcusable, and I refuse to have the three of you go unpunished. You shall all have detention with Snape for at least a week, maybe cleaning without magic may show you exactly why-"

Umbridge cuts her off again by saying "I think they deserve more than a week's worth of detention, or detention at all." I see Professor McGonagall close her eyes momentarily, seeming to almost be praying before saying "Delores, I do believe that I am there head of house, and thereby have authority to decide their punishment. Thus, your opinion at this moment doesn't matter."

The toad seems to puff up happily t her words as she says "Well Minerva, it would seem that my opinion does matter in this moment." She turns slightly, digging through her bag and saying "Cornelius sent me… Oh sorry, the Minister sent me this by owl right before the game started." Her words were deceptively sweet as McGonagall groaned.

She takes out a piece of parchment and says "Hem, Hem, Educational Decree number Twenty Five-" Professor McGonagall cuts her off saying "Another one Delores?!" Sounding exasperated. I zoned out for a moment as the Toad prattled on about how she wished to refuse the Gryffindor team from reforming, but McGonagall made her approve them.

She eventually got back to topic as she says "The High Inquisitor will henceforth have supreme authority over all punishments, sanctions and removal of privileges pertaining to the students of Hogwarts, and the power to alter such punishments, sanctions and removals of privileges as may have been placed by other staff members."

I blink as I hide a sigh in Levi's hair, pulling him close I feel Levi's boredom and annoyance flow freely across our bond, the two emotions mirrored by me. Yet as she folds the paper she says "So I do believe that we shall be forced to ban them from the game." I blink at her in shock as I see Fred's face fall, George's heat up to a red that matched his hair as Harry softly said "Ban us?..."

I growl softly and say "That's far to harsh! Unless you're willing to do the same to the student who taunted them, the this is unnecessarily cruel." Levi nods and says "A lifetime ban specifically is giving to student who have committed infractions far greater than this!" Draco simply gapes at her in shock.

Professor McGonagall seems to be frozen, eyes slightly wide as Umbridge ignored us and said "I'll be confiscating their brooms to ensure they don't infringe upon my ban. I'm not being unreasonable here, but this is the only way they will be truly punished for their actions." She turns them, walking swiftly from the room.

She looked so satisfied as she marched away, waving her wand behind her to gently hut the door. I groan softly as Draco looked over at the twins, who both look slightly heartbroken. McGonagall softly says "You are all free to go…" standing straight backed behind her desk, rage gone as we slowly exit, all of us sharing the depressive atmosphere as we walk back to the common room.

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Levi POV (AN: I'm gonna put in a Educational Decree from the movie in this too, the twenty sixth one. If you don't remember, you will in a minute. Book decree twenty six will be twenty seven and so on. I just had to have it in this.)

The next morning was chilly and bright, with snow having fallen during the night. After we had split up to return to our common rooms Eren and I had walked off toward Professor Flitwick's classroom, as he said we could use it to practice our magic whenever we felt like. So Eren and I spent the next few hours practicing and just spending time together.

By the time we returned to the common room, the trio were rushing past us, talking about someone named 'Hagrid'. Now, as I stretched across Eren's chest, cuddled under the warm comforter we had, I just wanted to cuddle with Eren till breakfast. I'd been rudely woken by Hermione asking Harry and Ron if they wanted to go see Hagrid again.

I groaned softly, feeling Eren breathe under me, chest rising and falling gently. I peek up at him, only to find him staring down at me with an adorably fond look. I glare at him, stretching up and running a hand through his hair. His smile grown as I pull him down for a kiss, humming softly against his mouth.

He pulls away and gently rubs my back, letting me glance at the calendar on the wall above the bed. I blink before moving slightly, looking up at Eren and saying "You know someone's birthday is coming up right?" A small amount of excitement leaking into my bland voice. I tried to keep it as even as possible while excitement and joy jumped through my body.

My mother always tried to make sure I got a present on my birthday that wasn't Christmas related. After that Kenny always made these chocolate chip pancakes for me on christmas as my birthday present. When I met Isabel and Farlan, they always got me something sweet from the both of them.

After they died I didn't really tell anyone about my birthday, as it got overshadowed by the giant Christmas ball that the corps threw every year. But once my squad found out they always made sure to get me something and throw a little party. Eren hadn't been around my last birthday, but he spoiled me practically rotten every day of the week according to Hanji.

Eren smiled slightly as he says "Oh really? Who's would it be? I don't think I know who could possibly have a birthday coming up." Voice teasing as I gently kick my legs, pouting slightly at his words before he says "I haven't forgotten Levi, I wouldn't dare. And yes I have something planned and bought for you. But I won't tell you what it is."

I perk up, smiling brightly at him as I hug his neck, burying my face under his chin as I let my own joy bubble up. Eren hugged me tightly, his embrace warm and comforting as we laid together for a few minutes more. Eventually though my stomach rumbled and Eren let out a soft laugh. "Hungry?" He asks as I pull away enough to glare and say "Nope. My stomach is just singing the songs of food."

He chuckles, slowly sitting up as he holds me and says "What do you wanna do? Because we can go grab food now, and be forced to breathe the same air as the angry trio, but maybe see the twins. Or we could sneak into the kitchens, grab food and learn how to get back into the library, than hide in there till lunch."

I pout and groan before saying "We kinda gotta appear at breakfast. Than we can at least try and learn who Hagrid is." He nods and pulls the blanket off, making me hold onto him tighter as I shiver and say "I hate you for that." He laughs softly and says "Yeah yeah, I know my tiny, cold toed, lover."

I pout at him as he gently pulls me off him and sets me down before grabbing our outfits. He hands me a stack as I immediately pull on my socks. My pants follow and the chill slowly starts to become tolerable. Eren and I forgo our thicker winter cloaks as Eren says "We can talk to the House Elves after breakfast. Than maybe we can get some training in."

I nod enthusiastically, wanting to be able to actually run without freezing to death. Since Harry had been taking up the room for a while, we'd barely been able to use our gear as I ask "Can we practice with our stuff too?" He nods and offers me a hand, one I happily accept as we walk out of the dorm, the room pleasantly empty as we walk down to the Great hall, missing the two giant decrees on the wall.

However as we step down onto the main floor I saw the twins run up and yank us into an empty classroom. "What the fuck?" I hear Eren ask as I say "What's up? You both seem pretty worked up." They don't say anything, instead they shove a giant piece of paper at my face, looking like it had all the answers.

I take the paper, expecting it to be the same decree that I saw yesterday, only to feel my blood almost freeze for a moment. Eren looks over my shoulder and reads "Boys and Girls are not permitted to be within six inches of each other." He blinks a moment, taking the paper, handing it back to Fred and saying "I have no clue as to how or why that pertains to us."

Fred blinks and says "You can't be have less than six inches between you two." I blink and turn to Eren, pulling a face of absolute scandalization as I say "Eren! You got rid of your dick? How could you not tell me!" He blinks before placing his hand on his chest and saying "I was about to ask you the same! Last I checked we both had dicks! How could you just get rid of yours without telling me?" Voice bright and melodramatic.

The twins are in stitches, clinging to desks to remain standing at Eren and my theatrics. I give them a small smirk, brandishing the paper and saying "It says boys and girls. Last I checked there wasn't one between guys or girls. So technically, I could let Eren pin me to a table and fuck me on it without breaking a single one of her rules."

I see Fred go red as his hair while George says "Next Educational Decree! Children, of any gender, are forbidden from having intercorse on the tables of the Great Hall!" Eren laughs beside me before pulling me into a hug and saying "I'm hungry. Let's eat, and maybe flaunt, before getting our happy asses to the freedom of elsewhere."

I nod and toss the paper to them as Eren and I walk out of the room and over to the Great Hall, seeing the toad smiling at people as they stepped into her view. As she sees us she waves her wand and Eren and I jump apart a few inches, his hand yanked out of mine. "Couples are forbidden to be within six inches of each other."

I scoff and say "No they aren't. Boys are forbidden from being within six inches of girls. I'm a guy, Eren is a guy, as such I can touch him all I want." Eren pulls me to his side as we walk passed her, watching her eyes nearly bug out of her head as she quickly reads over the paper again while the twins suddenly dart passed us shouting "HAGRID!"

'Hagrid' was a giant man, standing at eleven feet at minimum. He had a giant scraggly beard and hair that covered most of his face and was a deep black. He had a giant grin on his face as he greeted the twins and Lee Jordan, his return was met with an odd assortment of expressions from the students.

Some looked ecstatic, Harry and Ron for example. However some looked rather disgruntled at his sudden return, namely many of the Slytherin house. However Draco seemed rather wary of his sudden return. We'll talk to him later… I shrug at Eren and say "Guess we better go introduce ourselves."

He nods and lets me lead us up to him. Yet as I approach I realize exactly how massive he is. My head barely comes up to his waist, and Eren is barely taller than that. The both of us stared up at the giant man as Fred and George grin at us and say "Eren, Levi! This is Hagrid." Fred says as George continues with "He's our actual Magical Creatures teacher."

I nod at them and say "Hi, I'm Levi." I look over at Eren before saying "This is my Fiance Eren." He let's out a loud laugh and says "A pleasure to meet the both of you!" (AN: I'm shitty with accents, so I'm not going to even try with his. I'll end up butchering it and I refuse to do that to my precious character.)

His voice is deep and loud, but kind. He seemed to radiate warmth, both figuratively and literally. However he looked like he went a few rounds with the whomping willow and had quite a few bad bruises across his face. Eren smiles up at him and says "We're transfers. We're here to study Magical Creatures native to the Hogwarts woods."

If Hagrid's grin could get bigger, it did as his eyes lit up and he says "Are you? Thats amazing! I love magical creatures, and I'll happily show you some of them within the forest if you'd like!" Eren and I nod, knowing that it would be a truly amazing experience. He nods and gives us both a pat on the back, one that nearly winds me and Eren nearly topples over before walking up to the teachers table.

I cough lightly, getting my breath back as we sit down. However the mood in the hall rapidly fell as the fucking Toad marched through, separating couples as she went, and pursing her lips at Eren and I when she couldn't split us up. I give her a small smile, almost daring her to try and take my mate from me.

Wait. Mate? I blinked slowly to myself, the word different but oddly fitting for Eren. He was my mate, and I was his. I could feel the possessiveness and protectiveness thumbing through the center of his being. I could feel it within my own as well, along with a deep and unwavering love for each other.

I leaned against Eren than, not caring who stared as I gently nuzzled his neck before kissing his cheek. I see Eren smile and kiss my cheek back before softly saying "Love you Levi." I hum and say "Love you too." Breakfast passed easily, mostly with the trio throwing us weird looks as we ate.

I rolled my eyes and say "Hey Eren, If they follow us, what will we do? It'll be kinda hard to give them the slip with how annoying they've been lately." Eren shrugs and says "I don't know. Let them I guess? What'll they see? That we know about the room? That all of the house elves adore you?"

I shake my head before a rather dirty thought comes to mind, one that Erwin would have had our asses for back at the base. I guess Eren suddenly felt my sudden emotional shift and looked down at me with a slight smirk. I roll my eyes at him and stand up, waving at the twins before Eren and I leave, the trio following us after a few moments.

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Harry POV

Hermione had set us up a schedule for following them. If we did it now, we only had an hour before she had to leave. She wanted to help Hagrid set up his lesson plan, and I'd never stop her from helping him. But I needed her with us as we followed them, since she was the best at magic out of all of us.

Shed agreed, and now we were all huddled under my invisibility cloak, which I swear to god is shrinking. First year we could all fit under this fucker easily without any problems and suddenly I have to crouch to cover my feet. Eren and Levi didn't even look behind them though, quickly walking over toward the Hufflepuff stairway.

"Where are they going?" Hermione asks as Ron says "The Twins said that the kitchens are down there. Other than that, I don't know what else they could be doing." I nod at them as we quietly hurry after them, the pair obviously knowing where their going as I see Eren opening a painting as we round the corner.

We barely manage to slip into the room with them, Levi looking around oddly when the cloak accidentally brushed his leg. He shakes and says "Creepy feeling." Before Eren wrapped an arm around him and kissed his forehead and says "Come on Love, there's nothing there." Levi didn't seem convinced but the pair still walked further into the kitchens.

Within moments of seeing them the pair were swarmed by laughing House Elves, who all clung to their legs as Levi picked a few up, hugging them with a small smile. I nearly gape at the smile on Levi's face, which was such an odd thing for him. I'd seen him level a glare that felt like you were about to die, and a smirk that was tiny and easily missable.

But this was a true smile, one of joy and laughter that made Levi look like the sixteen year old he was. I snap back to reality as an elderly House Elf steps forward and says "Hello Masters Eren and Levi. What can we do for you?" Levi instantly smiles wider at him and says "You don't have to call us master. Just Levi and Eren will be fine. And we were curious as to how we would get back into the Library."

The House Elf nods as my mind runs with possibilities. What Library? When did they find another one? Why would they need to learn how to get back in? I heard Hermione mutter something as the House Elf says "Simply walk up to it's entry point with the intention of entering it. It shall open for you."

They nod and thank him happily as two house elves suddenly walk up with two large bags and hold them up to them. When Eren blinked in surprise the smaller House Elf says "Misters, you often miss lunch on Sundays. You need to eat, so we made food for you to take with you." Eren's smile was warm enough to melt the coldest heart as he gently took the bags and Levi transfigured a bag out of thin air.

It wasn't long after that the two of them left the kitchens and headed up the stairs as Levi suddenly asks "Want to get some training in now? I think the room is free." His words spike my curiosity as Eren nods and says "Perfect. If it is then we will. If not, then we we can go to the library and read more of that book."

Levi nods as the two walk up to the seventh floor, and I realize the direction they're headed. "You don't think-" Ron and Hermione punch me simultaneously and say "Shh." Eren however turns around, looking at the spot we're in with a confused look. Levi blinks up at him before looking back as we freeze.

"Eren? There's nothing there…" Levi says softly, peering up at his Fiance with a concerned look ghosting around his features. Eren seems to blink for a few centuries before saying "Thought I heard someone…" Levi shrugs as the two continue on there way, and stop directly in front of the Room of Requirement. Eren suddenly sweeps into an exaggerated bow and says "Shall you my love?"

Levi scoffs, mask firmly in place since we left the kitchens. Levi then walks by the room three times and a large wooden door appears. It looked like a regular door, save for the giant crest upon it. It showed the two overlapping wings that Eren and Levi had on a lot of there stuff. My friends and I quickly move, darting in the room as Levi opened it and looked back at Eren.

We move to the side of the door as I look around the room. It was massive. It had a high ceiling, which was so distant it almost seemed like it could vanish. They had a track around the edge of the place, and tables within the center. However they had two wooden set ups in the center too, with two massive cords on either side.

(AN: It's the 3DMG training thing. The one where they learn how to balance in the gear.) There's a table beside it, holding two piles of fabric on it. Eren takes his and says "Best bet would be to use the bathrooms, since the last time we changed in here you ended up bent over a table." I feel my face heat up at Eren's words while Levi says "Worth it though."

Levi however does walk off into an adjacent room saying "I call out room than, bathrooms all yours." Giving Eren a playful grin. Eren rolls his eyes with a light laugh as he walks into another room. As the doors shut I look at them and say "I think this might have been a bad idea… Maybe we should go..." Ron nods as Hermione seems unfazed and says "We're learning too much to leave now! There comfortable here. We could learn more now than we have in the last month!"

I grimace at her, seeing her logic but kinda wanting to leave as Eren walks out of his room, dressed in an outfit I'd never seen before. Hell, I'd never seen anything like it before. Eren wore a plain white button up under a brown leather jacket that came down to the bottom of his rib cage. He wore tight white pants that hid absolutely nothing and knee high, brown leather boots.

The oddest thing though was the thick leather straps that criss crossed across his torso and legs. Along with the belt was a small leather cover around his waist. He stretched with a giant grin, sighing happily as Levi stepped out of his room and says "You look happy." Eren nods and says "It's nice to be back in our uniform. I missed it." Levi nods, his outfit almost identical to Eren's, save for a cravat he wore around his neck.

Levi stepped over to Eren and gently adjusted the strap on his chest saying "I missed this about the uniform." Before using the strap to yank Eren down a little lower. Eren hummed and gently reached up to touch Levi's cravat, adjusting the material before gripping it and forcing Levi up onto his toes.

Eren smiled and says "I agree, I missed this about our uniforms. Now, weren't you wanting to work with out gear, which the trio so blatantly tried to steal?" I feel my own face heat up with anger as Levi nods and let's Eren go, walking over to the giant wooden set up as Eren follows him.

Eren raised an eyebrow and asks "You want to start with this? You sure? I doubt you need it." Levi suddenly gives Eren a small smile and says "I have an idea." Eren suddenly gains a very suspicious look as he helps Levi set up the harness. Levi climbed up the side of the wooden contraption, the inside and strapped one of the large ropes to his right hip.

His belt apparently had spots for it as Eren walked across to the other side and grabbed the other rope and easily hooked it to Levi's other side. Within a few seconds Levi had adjusted to the center and was hanging off the floor by the ropes, and smiling at Eren. Eren got a fond look as he says "I miss using this stuff more often…"

Levi nods as Eren steps around him, looking upwards to check on the suspension as Levi suddenly grins and flips, rolling his weight until he's hanging upside down and looking up at Eren. "Spider Kiss?" Levi suddenly asks, grinning up at him. Eren laughs and says "You're a little too low for that Levi."

Eren was right, from the way Levi was hanging, his head was about a little below waist height. However instead of looking upset Levi says "No I'm not!" Voice almost like a lilt as he moves again, using his legs to adjust his weight and make him move closer to Eren so that he could kiss at the bulge in his pants.

My mind starts to freak out then, and I stare at the two of them while Levi smiles like an innocent little angel and Eren looks slightly surprised as he smirks down at Levi. Eren moves a little closer and says "Hm, perhaps you are at just the right spot Levi." Levi doesn't respond, only moving forward and grabbing onto the straps on Eren's legs.

He than moves his face so that he could nuzzle at Eren's bulge, as Eren buries his hand in Levi's hair. I feel someone suddenly bury there face in my back, holding on tightly to my shirt. I feel my entire face heat up at this scene in front of me as I think Hermione suddenly clings to my arm as Eren let's out a soft pant.

Oh god I wanna hide. I bury my face in my hands as I hear Levi whimper from where Eren is pressing him against his dick as we all suddenly appear in another room. I blink as the light changes and I find myself in a small room with two doors. Not seeing Eren or Levi I yank the cloak off as Ron, who had hid his face in my shirt said "Thank. God."

Hermione's face was bright red as she buried her face in her hands and said "We are never following them here again." I nod shakily and say "I agree… Uh… Ron. Let's go get our homework done…" Ron nods and we all exit through the door marked 'Seventh Floor Hallway'. Oh god… I'm not going to be able to look them in the eyes for a long time…

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Levi POV

I hear Eren sigh as he says "There gone love." Hand tightening slightly in my hair. I hum, mouthing up the outline of his cock in his pants. That was another thing I missed about these uniforms, they hid absolutely nothing. And sure maybe I'd had a couple fantasies about doing this with Eren back at the base, but I never thought I'd actually be able to do this.

The hard part about this though was staying balanced, as I had to hold my legs at just the right spot so I'd stay in this position. However Eren seems to notice this and moves closer, before placing my legs on his shoulders. However I didn't expect him to nuzzle against my cock as well, humming gently against it and making me shiver.

I easily love my hands up, unbuckling and unzipping his pants and gently tugging him free, making him sigh in relief as I lick along the underside of it. He wraps his arms around my waist, face against my cock as he groans deeply, sound pleasureable against my cock, making me shiver as my hips twitch against him.

I lick up him again, this time slower as his hips jerk and twitch, a deep groaning moan coming from low in his throat against my cock makes me whimper as I take the head of it into my mouth, licking softly at the slit. His hips instantly twitch forward, making me pull away slightly as he moans against me again, making my legs tighten around his head slightly as I moan as well.

I hook my fingers under the straps on his legs before taking as much of him in as I could, which was a decent amount, but not all of him. He panted softly, one hand dropping down to bury itself back in my hair, tugging gently as I gave him a hard suck. He groaned instantly, mouthing against my cock as he started fucking my mouth.

This continued for a minute more, Eren groaning against my cock while I sucked on his before He suddenly pulled away. He pulled himself out of my mouth, panting softly as I whined, looking up at him as he said "Flip over. I'm getting you down." I smirk up at him and say "What if I don't wanna get down?" Letting go of his pants so that I'm suspended by the rope alone.

He raised an eyebrow and said "Then I guess I'll have to let you get off, and get down, alone than." I smile up at him and gently flip over, Eren having walked around me and held me through the sudden head rush I felt as I wrapped my legs around his waist while he held me with one arm and unbuckled me with the other.

I clung to him as my head rush went away, and his mouth began to leave hot, open mouth kisses and love bites down my neck. I squirmed in his grip, grinding forward against him as my cock twitched from neglect as I asked "Bed?" His other hand suddenly falls to my ass as he pressed me against him, grinding against us both and making me moan.

"I don't think we're gonna be able to move that far." He says against my throat as he drops to his knees, grinding roughly against me while marking up and down my neck as his fingers yanked my cravat off. I cry out softly, burying one hand in his hair while my other grips the back of his jacket. My back finds the floor as he practically humps me, movements rough and amazing, sending jolts of pleasure up and down my spine.

I wrap my legs around his waist, tightening my grip on his hair as I buck up against him. Moans flowed freely from my mouth as I felt my own end nearing, I yank Eren's head up as I meet him with a deep kiss that he reciprocates. I barely pull away from his mouth before I'm coming, crying out under him, coating the inside of my pants.

Eren follows not long after, coating my stomach as I pant, clinging to him tightly. He drops his head gently against my shoulder, panting himself as he held most of his weight off of me. We lay like that a minute, basking in the afterglow as I cuddle against him, pulling him close. After a moment though I tug softly on his hair, making him look at me as I say "I want a kiss." Giving him a tiny pout.

He chuckles at my antics and kisses me, soft and sweet as I hum. He pulls away and says "We still need to check the library… And get a shower." I pout and say "Yes I'm filthy, but I'm getting cuddles before we can laugh at the fact that the trio probably won't look us in the eye." He chuckles softly, reaching down and tucking himself into his pants before hugging me tightly and rolling us over, letting me stretch on top of him.

I hum happily as he rubs my back, cuddling with me until the feeling of my own cum in my pants is unbearable and I pull away. He smiles and asks "Shower?" I nod at him as he says "I'll grab one in the military bathroom, and let you actually get clean. Instead of other things happening and we stay here for a week."

I nod at him with a small smile before walking over to our room, finding it as perfect as ever with the bottle of firewhiskey still on the table as I walk into the bathroom, which has a decent sized shower in the corner. I turn on the water before I yank my uniform off, stepping under the warm water with a small smile. It was relaxing as I cleaned up, thinking back to something before I got to far into my own thoughts.

Monday will be the second week of November… And we've gotta get all the way to December without anyone finding out… I feel a little disheartened by this before I brighten back up. We just made it so that the trio won't follow us as closely, which means we just might be able to make it to Christmas Break… And from there my mind wandered to my birthday.

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Levi POV - Sunday

I glared at Filch, who had just placed signs around the hallway going to the Library Of Remembrance. He glared back and said "You brats aren't allowed to go down this hall. We've got some maintenance going on for the next two weeks. Meaning this area is off limits to every student."

Eren gently pulled me away, despite how I could easily feel his own hatred of Filch pulsing from our bond as he lead me upstairs. "Let's go to the common room. Maybe we can go to our dorm room and cuddle till were forced to appear at dinner." I nod, pressing close to his side as cool air drafts through the castle.

It was just about lunchtime, meaning that everyone was headed to the Great Hall, where the Toad and Filch should have been. But instead Filch was performing 'Maintenance' on the one hall we needed to get down. He'd even had the Toad put a spell up preventing anyone but him entering the area.

As we stepped into the Common Room I sighed with relief at the warmth, still sticking close to Eren though as we walked up toward the common room, startling a pair of fourth years who were having a heated make out session. They both darted into the dorm room, red as the weasley's hair.

I rolled my eyes as Eren laughed and we walked up to our dorm, finding it peacefully empty. I kicked off my shoes as we stepped over to Eren's bed and climbed on top of the covers. Eren climbed after me and placed the bag in his lap, pulling out the two bags of food the house elves had given us.

Eren passed me one bag and opened the other. I open mine and pull out a plastic container of some pasta dish, another with a soup, and a container with hot tea in it. In the bottom of the bag I saw some utensils, sugar packs and a small container of cream. I touch the soup container again and find it to be perfectly warm.

I give Eren a raised eyebrow as he shrugs and says "Magic?" I nod before grabbing a spoon and tasting my soup. It was heavenly and as I devoured my bowl Eren and I talked, making sure we didn't say anything about home as we'd seen Fred and George's extendable ears before. "Just four more weeks before break." Eren says with a grin, motioning to the calendar above his head.

I nod as I move onto my pasta dish and say "I don't know how we're gonna make it though… With how the twins are wishing for answers and everything…" Eren nods and says "We may grab them and take them to Dumbledore and have him tell them that we can't say anything about it." I nod with a small smile as we finish our food.

My tea was amazing and I was sure I'd need to get more for tomorrow, and as I cuddled against Eren's chest, my face against his throat, I honestly relaxed. I felt safe and warm, able to really relax without fear of Erwin smashing into our room to tell us that the Military Police are here, or that Wall Rose has been breached. I wasn't afraid of how I might lose Eren due to a mission or anything else. And as I dozed off, I knew Eren felt the same way.

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Eren POV - Tuesday, 3rd Period

After lunch Levi and I quickly walked down to the small cabin beside the forest. And by walk I mean Levi was on my back, arms around my neck as I walked through the two and a half foot thick snow. The moment Levi had seen the snow he'd wanted a piggy back ride, something I agreed to as the snow would have come up to his waist, instead of his thighs like it did on me.

So Levi was cuddling into the spot between my shoulder as I walked down to the cabin, finding the others already there. Draco slowly wandered over to us, giving me a small nod as I set Levi down on a cleared patch of ground. He hums in acceptance as we all stand close together in the chilly air.

Hagrid stands on the edge of the forest, looking a little beaten at the moment. I could tell that some of the cuts he had were little more than a few hours old, and he had massive bruises across his face. I was a little confused though as to why he had what looked like a massive cow carcass over his shoulder. Levi adjusted so that he was under my cloak and a bit warmer.

Draco seemed a little on edge as he said "Oh god I hope we're not going into the forest…" I raise an eyebrow as Levi asks "Why?" Draco looks back at us and says "Last time we went into the forest I got clawed by a hippogryph." I blink at him with slight confusion as Levi says "But they only attack you if you're disrespectful to them. What did you do to it?"

His face goes a little red as he says "Well… I kinda insulted it." I nod and say "Than it did nothing wrong. Hagrid explained that they were proud didn't he? And that they don't take well to people insulting them?" Draco nods slowly, seeming a little put down as I say "Hagrid seems like a kind person who's doing what he loves. Sure he likes more dangerous things, but he tries to make sure you are as safe as possible. He stayed between you and it the whole time didn't he?"

Draco nodded slowly as Levi says "He didn't do that so he could take to you while you saw the creature. He did that so that on the rare chance that it decided to attack, it would have gotten him first. And he would protect all of you with his life." His voice was matter of fact, and rather adorable as his nose was starting to turn a little pink from the chill.

Draco nodded slowly in shock as I say "And if you're afraid stick with us. There is very little I can't take down. And if anything manages to get by me, Levi can and will stop it. That is if anything gets by Hagrid." Draco nods, a few other students having heard me stand a little closer as Draco says "I keep forgetting that both of you are here to study magical creatures."

Levi nods as Hagrid says "Today were working in the forest, less snow and they like the dark anyway." Quite a few people look afraid as I hear a few whispers of "What likes the dark?" and "Into the forest?!" Draco shivers in slight fear as I say "Relax. There are any number of Creatures that like the dark. They prefer it over bright places as it makes them harder to hunt. Like bats and Moke Lizards."

Quite a few people around us relax at my words, but still seem wary of the forest as Hagrid happily says "Ready? I've been saving a trip into the forest for your fifth year. I wanted you to be able to study these creatures in their natural habitat, instead of elsewhere. These creatures a pretty rare, and I think I'm the only person to be able to train them-"

Malfoy cuts him off by fearfully asking "And you're sure there trained?" I see Hagrid's face fall slightly as I reach up and smack the back of Draco's head. "Ouch!" He says, giving me a questioning look as I say loudly "Listen to him. He hasn't even said what he trained them to do. Now listen to him, and you might actually be able to avoid another Hippogryph incident."

Hagrid seems to get his spirit back at my words as he says "Of course there trained! I wouldn't let you near them if they weren't." He hoists the cow a little higher on his shoulder as someone to my right asks "Than what happened to your face!" He glares in that direction as he says "None of your business. Now follow me."

He turns and walks into the forest, without a single care in the world. I smile after him and say "I like him." Levi nods as we follow him, Draco on our heels with the trio right behind him. We walk into the forest for a while, at least ten minutes as the trees get closer and closer together, until the entire forest is cloaked in twilight and there isn't any snow on the ground.

He sets the carcass on the ground and turns back to us, a giant grin on his face as he motions to all of us and says "Gather round!" I glance behind me to see Draco nearly touching me as he peers quickly around us, the other students either close to Levi and I, or slowly moving from tree to tree like something was going to pounce on them from nowhere.

"Now. They'll be attracted to the smell of meat, but I'm gonna give them a call anyway, just so they know it's me." He says to us before he tilted his head back, took a deep breath, and let out some kind of shrieking cry that nearly shattered my eardrums as it echoed around the clearing like some kind of monster bird crying for it's children.

I wince slightly, Levi doing the same due to our proximity to him before he makes the cry again. We all look around, Hagrid going to make the sound again before I saw one and pointed to it. It had large, blank white eyes that seemed to almost shine in the darkened light. As it approached I saw it had a dragon like face and neck, with a long skeletal body. It had large wings folded upon the sides of it's great black body, and a long tail that swished from side to side.

It looked at us a moment, peering at me before walking slowly over to the carcass and tearing off a chunk of meat with its pointed fangs. I blinked at it, it's image feeling oddly familiar, but I couldn't place it. I give Levi a questioning look and he says "I can't remember what they are either…" Draco however seems to be more terrified as he inched closer and said "Remember what?" Sounding slightly panicked.

I pat his shoulder soothingly as the others all seemed to be slowly approaching hysterics. I saw a few more creatures appear. I see Neville, who was watching the creature's tail with rapt attention, and a small Slytherin who'd paled from his place behind Malfoy's friends. Harry seemed to be relieved to have seen them, yet his friend Ron said "Why doesn't Hagrid make that call again?" Seeming slightly afraid.

I blink as I put two and two together as Levi breathes out "Thestrals…" Hagrid heard us and grinned before he said "Exactly right you two. Ten points to Gryffindor. Now, who can see them? Put your hand up." Levi and I raised our hands, the other three as well as Hagrid says "Yeah… I knew you would be able to Harry…"

His voice had become very serious as he said "You too Neville? And -" Again someone interupted and asked "Excuse me, but what are we supposed to be seeing?" Hagrid simply pointed down at the carcass, which had a few Thestrals around it, tearing at the carcass. However to all of the others, it must have looked like the meat was just tearing away from the bones and vanishing.

"Oh god, what's eating it?" I heard Parvati say from behind me, cowering closer to the tree she was next to. Hagrid grinned and said "Thestrals." Seeming proud of them. I nod, going to speak as I hear Hermione say "Oh!" In recognition as I hear Parvati say "Oh no! Professor Trelawney told me about those! There supposed to be really bad luck for those who see them!"

Hagrid shakes his head and says "No no they don't. We have an entire herd of them here, and they are amazing creatures! Clever and useful, and kind as well. They mainly help around the castle by pulling the carriages and assisting teachers in long trips when they can't apparate. There's another pair there."

I turn and see a pair of them walking toward the carcass, stepping right by Parvati, who huddled closer to her tree and said "Oh god something was near me." Almost to the point of hyperventilating as her friend stepped over and started calming her down as Hagrid said "Now, who can tell me why some of you can see them, and why some can't."

Hermione, Levi, and I all raised our hands at the same time. Hagrid seems a little surprised at us and pointed at me. "You can only see Thestrals once you've seen death. Because of this they were seen us heralds of death and hunted to near extinction by people." Hagrid nodded happily at us and said "Exactly! Another Ten points to Gryffindor. Now, in this herd I started off with-"

"Hem, Hem." Umbridge said from nearby. I damn near jumped out of my skin at the sound. Levi jolted as well as I turn and see the Toad in a green hat and cloak near Harry. Hagrid however was looking very confusedly at the nearby Thestral, as though the noise had come from it instead of the tiny Toad.

"Hem, Hem." She said again, and Hagrid finally looked down and saw her, giving her a giant grin and saying "Oh! Hello." She glanced down at the clipboard in her hand before saying "I believe you got my note in your cabin this morning?" I glared at her as she stepped forward. She was speaking to him very loudly and slowly, like he was half deaf and an idiot.

"Telling you the time and date that I would be inspecting your lesson?" She continues as Hagrid nods and says "Yes I did! I'm glad you found this place. As you can see - Well. Can you see them? Were covering Thestrals-" She cuts him off saying "I'm sorry? What was that?" Cupping her hand over her ear, as though making like she couldn't hear him.

I glare at her as Hagrid starts a moment and goes to speak, only for Levi to say "I heard him fine Professor Umbridge. Didn't you Eren?" I nod instantly, seeing Hagrid's blatant relief as Levi turns to Parvati and asks "Did you hear him?" She nods shakily as a few people give him questioning looks as he turns back to her.

"It seems all of us heard him perfectly fine Professor. Are you sure you don't need to have madame Pomfrey check your ears?" He says in a mockingly patient voice, laying his head against me. Her face goes slightly red as I hear a few giggles circulate around us. Hagrid looks a little more relaxed as he throws us a grateful glance as he says "I was talking about Thestrals. For those that can't see, they are big winged horses with black skin and skeletal bodies."

He motioned brightly toward the Thestral by his side and I nod at him as she says "Seems… To… Resort… So… Crude… Sign… Language…" Jotting things down on her clip board and I feel my patience start to fray while Levi grabs my hand, rubbing calming circles on the back of it. He knew I hated it when people are unnecessarily cruel to people. It brings up bad memories.

He looks uneasy at her words but says "Um… Yeah! I was gonna tell you how I got this herd to be so large!" She scribbles on her clip board and mutters "Poor… Short… Term… Memory…" Voice loud enough to be heard around the clearing as I see his face fall a little further. I can feel Levi sending calming waves through our bond at me, in an effort to calm my fraying patience but I can tell that even he's getting fed up with her antics.

Hagrid gulps and says "We started off one male, and five females. This one," He gently patted a large male beside him, "Is named Tenebrus, he's my favorite and the first one born in the forest -" Umbridge cuts him off again and says "You are aware that Thestrals are on the 'dangerous' species list at the ministry correct?"

I feel my patience snap like a dry rotten twig as Levi pulls half a step away as I take a menacing step toward Umbridge. Not only is she purposefully insulting and attempting to make him seem like an idiot, SHE'S GIVING OUT INCORRECT INFORMATION! Her gaze snaps to me as I shrink the space between us to barely a foot as I glare at her, the entire clearing going silent.

"Thats incorrect and you know that it is. Thestrals were removed from that list once they were placed on the endangered list. You should know that, since you work at the Ministry. Now I have a question for you Professor Umbridge. Is the care of Magical Creatures your field of study?" I snap at her, shaking slightly with rage.

She blinks and says "Well no it's not. But-" I cut her off and say "So you have not spent multiple years studying and spending time with these creatures like the professor has?" She blinks with slight surprise and says "Of course not. I work-" I cut her off again and say "As a secretary. Looking at paperwork running after the minister. So you do not know the intricacies of raising and caring for a herd of Thestrals? Nor do you have the information to navigate these vast woods?"

Her face goes red as she says "I do not, but-" I cut her off a final time and snap out "Then you have no business interrupting a professor who does know what they're talking about, nor attempt to heed my learning. I, unlike you, am here to learn. My major is Care of Magical Creatures. And in front of me is the only man to ever tame thestrals and maybe even save them from extinction. So I would be very grateful if you would remain silent and allow him to speak. You should have enough information to work with anyway."

Her entire face is beet red as she glares at me, sputtering out soft curses as she glares up at Hagrid and waspishly says "You shall have your results in ten days." Before spinning around and marching from the clearing, walking back toward the castle. The tension in the clearing increased as Levi stepped forward and took his place at my side, cuddling into my side and sending calming waves toward me as Hagrid gave me a relieved smile as many other students smiled as well.

The lesson continued nicely from there, he even went into how he managed to get near them, but slowly feeding the first by hand over a course of two years before it warmed up to him. As we walked back to the castle I got multiple pats on the back, even the Slytherins nodded in approval of me as Hagrid said "You two?... Come talk to me a moment…"

So Levi and I hung back as Hagrid gently petted the nearby Thestrals softly and said "I… I just wanted to thank you… I never thought she would try something like that…" I shrug it off and say "It was nothing. She's a hag who deserved a good insult. SHe had no right to speak to you the way she did, no one does. You seem like an amazing teacher." He beams at me before yanking us into a bone popping hug,

I hug him back, even though it was a little hard to breathe. Levi was perfectly fine though, as Hagrid was nearly as warm as I was. Once he sets us down though a Thestral softly walks over, nudging my hand gently and nibbling at my sleeve, another doing the same to Levi. I laugh and pet him softly, Levi petting the large female in front of him.

After a few minutes though Hagrid shooed us off to our next class, which was Herbology, and Levi climbed back up on my back, using his wand to vanish the mud on his cloak and shoes before cuddling against my back. I laugh as I walk and say "You love that spell don't you?" He nods and says "Yup." As I march off toward Herbology through the path I found, which was probably made by Hermione.

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Levi POV

November easily slipped into December with cold ass wind and show that easily went up to my knees. Eren and I spent most of it cuddled up in the Library, reading over every book we could and praying that the toad wouldn't walk into the room and cast that fucking spell again. Since Eren politely told her to fuck off, she's made life hell for us.

It started the day after her meeting with Hagrid, she seemed to have a vendetta against us. Shed used that fucking spell that made us jump apart six inches at every time she saw us together. She'd even come into the common room and split us apart, once making Eren fall of the couch we'd been on.

On top of that she'd put some spell on the beds so only one person could sleep in them, making Eren and I start sleeping in the common room after we both woke up from nightmares. Also Harry had taken up the room almost every day, making it so that Eren and I had literally no time for the other.

The only way we'd even been able to get the book from the Library of Remembrance had been because Eren snuck into it at three am about a week ago, since Filch had more or less sectioned the hall off till after christmas. Meaning that both Eren and I were either training by working around the castle, running along the lower levels, doing push ups and crunches in the common room while others watched because apparently we were entertaining.

Or doing what we were now, which was cuddling together in the school Library and reading over every magical book we could get our hands on. The cat had also started following us too, the one with square markings around its eyes. She would vanish from time to time, only to reappear by rubbing against mine or Eren's legs.

On the rare occasions we weren't here, we were with Professor Snape or Professor Flitwick. I swear Eren and I learned more magic in the last month than we have in the entire time we'd been here. We'd mastered spells from years one through five, working on our final two years of spells. Snape had given us full access to the Library's restricted section, letting us work on whatever spells we wanted in his classroom whenever he didn't have a class.

However Snape was always there so that we could ask him any questions, and the Toad had taken to locking Every. Single. Spare. Classroom. So Eren and I hadn't gotten a single minute to ourselves in a month, not even to work on the book Draco got us. But now, as we cuddled together as the Librarian threw us the occasional glance, it was a little relaxing to be able to finally be held by him as we cuddled.

Yet as the clock ticked by the Librarian finally threw us out, giving us about two minutes to get back to our common room. Eren and I quickly ran back to our common room, making it just as the hag stepped into the room. I panted softly, having bolted up multiple flights of stairs in moments and used an old short cut the twins showed us.

She nodded at us and cast the spell again, forcing us six inches apart before leaving with a toad like smile. I glare after her as Eren gently pulls me toward a couch, which was thankfully empty. Break should start soon, so the room was buzzing with words about who was going where, and why and how.

The twins eventually wandered over to us and asked "Hey? Are you two going home for the holidays?" I shrugged and said "We're not sure yet…" They nodded and said "Hey, maybe you can visit us over the holidays? Our mom wants to meet you!" I blink up at them and say "We can try, No promises though."

They cheer and run off to there friend as the Common room slowly emptied, people quietly headed off to bed. Eventually, when Eren and I were two of about twelve people left here, he sat up and said "Come on… I have a thought." I take his hand as he walks us up to our dorm. The room is dark and quiet and he steps over to the place between his bed and mine, and created an extra large sleeping bag.

He smiled at me in the moonlight and whispered "See? We're not in bed, but we can at least get some sleep." I nod gratefully to him as we both get dressed, him handing me one of his shirts, which I pull on. Despite the cold I still sleep without pants whenever I can cuddle with Eren, as it can get a little warm depending on how I fall asleep.

Eren set our wands on his bed side table, before grabbing two pillows and climbing into the sleeping bag, before opening his arms to me. I climb in beside him, finding one of his legs wedged gently between mine as he holds me gently. I stretch slightly so I can kiss him properly, something that'd been hard to do without being stared at or the two of us separated.

He kissed my back pleasantly, my hand carding through his hair as he hugged me tight. I slowly pulled away after a moment, smiling at him before snugging under his chin, feeling safe and warm as I dozed off, falling asleep easily. Only to be woken up by an a scream coming from my left a few hours later, I can see Ron jump up as the lights snap on and he shouts "HARRY!"

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Yeah yeah massive fucking chapter with a cliffhanger! I hope you all love it, and don't worry I should be getting everything on a better schedule soon. Comment! Review! Tell me your thoughts!