Chapter 19: An Indian Vacation
It had been three days since Harry and his friends had traveled to Hyderabad, India. After spending the night at the Patil residence, Tonks and Charlie had disappeared to go their own private trip. Harry had handed Tonks and Aurora boxes full of Indian Muggle currency called Rupees and a bag full of Indian Wizarding currency called Sovereigns and Annas. Surprisingly the muggle Indian population had a very good tolerance for the Wizarding world, with some wizards performing miracles (magic) and being revered as god-men.
Rajendra Patil (please call me Raj), brother of the Patil twins and Septima Vector (please call me Aurora) had hit it off from day one and became much closer after Raj announced that he had applied for the DADA post at Hogwarts. The Patil twins encouraged the obviously-love-struck-yet-in-denial couple to make their own private plans.
The Patil twins, Susan and surprisingly Hermione disappeared most of the daylight hours to shop. They had visited the Chudi Bazaar and bought an assortment of bangles of every color and design imaginable. Harry suspected that they were planning on starting a bangles store in Magic Alley. They had also shopped for traditional Indian clothes such as silk Sarees, Kurtas and Gaghra-Cholis. Harry was very happy that Susan and Hermione had not only shopped for themselves but also for Daphne, Luna, Tonks and Aurora. "Harry, we really tried to hit the 500 Galleons per witch per day limit, but in spite of shopping till we drop, we four could only spend a total of 250 Galleons because of the huge conversion rate." It had become a tradition to display the spoils of the day for Harry's appraisal every night before they hit the sack.
Daphne spent all her time with Mrs. Aruna Patil, grandmother of the Patil twins, Potions Mistress and Professor at the Himalayan Institute of Magic (H.I.M.). Dadi (grandmother) Patil as she preferred to be called, acted like a school girl in excitement when Daphne demonstrated the automated potion maker and looked at Daphne in awe when she showed her all the healing potions that Daphne's team had modified. They had disappeared into the potions lab and had not been seen until later. Daphne told Harry that Dadi Patil had given her copies of all her research and wanted her to collaborate with her. They were now working on effects of Neem and Garlic on Insanity; Lotus Flower and Banana Inflorescence on Insomnia; and Turmeric on Healing Wounds. Apparently the Indian Magical Community had a flourishing trade wherein they sold Wizarding potions as Ayurvedic cures to the muggle population.
Luna had disappeared to the twins' aunts' house the very next morning after their arrival. The aunts, Ms. Pranati Patil and Ms. Parinita Patil were Assistant Professors at the H.I.M. and taught Warding and Charms respectively. Luna mind-spoke with Harry every evening and told him that she was working on a secret project that Harry would love.
The Patil aunts and Luna presented their invention after dinner the third day. They had created a ward that would be applied to a door frame. It was almost undetectable by standard ward-revealing charms except by magical sight like Moody's magical eye or Luna's contacts. The ward stole half a milliliter of blood directly from the heart of any person who walked across the ward and transported the blood into a crystal vial at a distance. The ward would assess the chamber of the person's heart that was in diastole, i.e. in a relaxed state, and vanish a miniscule amount of blood. Removing the blood when the heart chamber was relaxing ensured that there was no pain or discomfort when the blood was stolen, making the ward undetectable. Hermione was hyper-excited and promised that she would have the geographical tracking maps ready as soon as they returned to England.
Harry had had the most interesting 3 days of his life. On the first day Mr. Ashok Patil, the twins' grandfather, had shown him his Herpetarium which housed close to 1500 species of magical and non magical snakes, lesser dragons, and lizards such as the chameleon lizard, iguanas and Indian lizard known as Oodumu. Mr. Patil told Harry a story of an Indian King who stormed an almost impenetrable fortress with the help of these magical Oodumu lizards which produce a very strong sticking solution on their feet. The King ordered his soldiers to tie a rope to the tails of these Oodumu lizards and the soldiers threw these lizards as high as they could against the fortress' walls in the middle of the night. When the lizards stuck themselves to the wall, the soldiers scaled the walls of the impenetrable fortress with ease and captured the enemy king.
Mr. Patil also told the story of a Black wizard from Africa who travelled to India more than a millennium ago and sacrificed a few dozen chameleon lizards as a ritual sacrifice. These lizards were considered holy and to willfully harm or kill them was considered an unforgivable sin. He told Harry that stories like that were used to create feelings of Xenophobia among the traditional Indian families. Harry wondered if the Black wizard was actually a Black Family ancestor who became the first Metamorphomagus. Harry was really very happy that Tonks had agreed to the Patil twins condition that she could not morph while in India. Now, Harry understood the significance of such a request.
During the next two days, Harry discovered a lot of interesting facts about Indian Wizarding culture. Mr. Patil explained that all his relatives, including the Patil twins, spoke Parseltongue which was considered as a sacred gift. There were many Indian families who spoke the serpent-tongue and were followers of Lord Shiva, the first Parselmouth, who they considered as a God, one of the Holy Trinity. Harry also found out that Mr. Patil never used a wand and relied on Aryan and Dravidian Runes that were etched into his finger tips. These runes helped channel his magic making a wand redundant.
The third interesting discovery was that the Indian Wizarding population never played Quidditch or flew broomsticks. "A broom is a dirty thing and is to be used only to clean. Who in their right mind would enchant it to fly?" Most people followed the muggle sport Cricket very religiously and some people played a magical variant of American Baseball known as Gola-danda. This game had a pitcher, batters, and fielders just like in the muggle sport. The difference however was that there were 6 bases in Gola-danda, i.e. a base above and another below the pitcher. All players played with a levitation and propulsion device similar to a muggle jet-pack on a shoulder harness and played this game in the air. Harry was enthralled by this concept of flying without the help of a broom, which meant that both hands were free to do other things while in the air.
The most interesting day Harry had during his vacation was the day Mr. Patil had taken him to meet the Centaurs in the Dandaka Aranya Forest in the Gangetic plains. Harry had expected the Centaurs to behave similar to their European counterparts, but Harry was surprised to find the exact opposite. Mr. Patil and Harry were invited into the Centaurian Village with open arms. These Centaurs believed in harmony with other species and they were the keepers of the peace on the Indian sub-continent. The arrival of Dobby to create the Elven portal lead to a frenzy among the Centaurs. They all fell on their knees and prostrated before Dobby. Harry found it hilarious that the Centaurs treated Dobby as royalty, for Wood-Elves were considered Gods by the Indian Centaurs and had not been seen by them in close to a millennium.
The Centaurs requested Dobby to solve the long standing territorial dispute between the Himalayan Yeti and Phoenixes. The humans and the Elf relaxed in the Centaurian village while awaiting the Yeti and the Phoenix. Harry was surprised to hear that there were many Phoenixes in the world and that they were not as rare as considered by the western Wizarding world. By early evening, there was a small pop and a roguish looking man apparated into the center of the Centaur village. Harry was very surprised when the man transformed into a 20 foot Yeti.
"How... How did you do that?" Harry stammered.
The Yeti smiled at Harry showing his abnormally large and sharp teeth. That smile could have brought cold shivers to any lesser mortal. "Dath is a Yedi secred. Yedi dake a necdar given by Lord Shiva do become man."
"A nectar? You mean a potion? Can you give us a sample of the potion?" Harry knew that Daphne would be very interested in that. Unfortunately the Yeti denied his request. "No can give! Yedi secret." Harry nodded his head in understanding and was amazed at Lord Shiva's potion skills. It was almost like a human was an Animagus form of a Yeti. That helped in easier blending of Yeti in Indian society and transportation through human means such as floo and apparition. Harry guessed that apparating was impossible for larger magical beings such as trolls and giants. For that matter, Harry could not recall ever seeing Hagrid apparate. He had always used a portkey.
While they were waiting, there was a flash of fire and a Phoenix appeared in the clearing. As soon as the Phoenix saw Harry, she trilled a welcoming note. "Hello young wizard! My name is Agni. Thank you for accepting my egg given to your mate. I see that you take good care of her."
Harry was surprised when the Phoenix talked to him. "Hello Agni! My name is Harry Potter. It is a pleasure to meet the mother of my familiar. I promise to take good care of her even after she hatches."
Mr. Patil and the Centaurs were shocked when Harry spoke to the Phoenix. "You understand the Phoenix?" Mr. Patil said more as an exclamation than a question.
"I have no idea why I understand Agni, the Phoenix. It could be because I was recently given a Phoenix egg which would hatch to become my third familiar." Harry confessed.
The Phoenix trilled a laugh. "That is a half-truth, young wizard. You know that you understand me because of your other form. But I can understand why you do not want to advertise that."
Mr. Patil put a hand on Harry shoulder to show his support. "Harry, according to our beliefs, there are three main Gods, our Holy Trinity. Lord Bramha, the creator, had a Phoenix familiar and could speak to Phoenixes. Lord Shiva, the destroyer, had a snake familiar and was a Parselmouth. No one knows what Lord Vishnu, the protector's familiar was, but he had 10 incarnations. Some say that he had a chameleon lizard familiar and hence can change his appearance at will. I know you are a Parselmouth, you can talk to Phoenixes and I also see a chameleon aura in you. You are destined to become a great wizard or a God!" Mr. Patil prostrated himself before Harry as did all the Centaurs, Yeti and the Phoenix. This was a traditional Indian way of swearing a fealty oath.
Harry was very surprised by this gesture. He thanked everyone for showing him the respect and confessed that he was a Phoenix Animagus and a Metamorphomagus. He told them that he really wanted to have a simple normal life but his wish never came true. Dobby sniggered at that sentence. Harry glared at him, but internally he was happy that Dobby now acted very differently from how he acted as a house-Elf.
"So what is the reason for the territorial dispute between the Yeti and Phoenixes?" Harry inquired.
"Young wizard, for the last 40 years, the Yeti have been encroaching onto our valleys. The Yeti are very noisy and their presence disrupts the peace of our land." The Phoenix trilled.
"And how come this dispute has not been solved for 40 years?" Harry asked.
The Centaurian chief stepped forward with the answer. "Young wizard, none of us can understand or talk to the Phoenix. This is the longest standing dispute ever in this land. I am very glad that we will be able to solve it now."
Harry nodded and asked the yeti. "Would you be more comfortable talking in your human form?" The Yeti nodded and transformed into a human. "So, why are the Yeti encroaching onto the Phoenix lands?" Harry asked.
"The Yeti are sorry to have disrupted the peace of the Phoenix lands. But Yeti can no longer live on top of the mountains. That is why we are migrating to the valleys."
"And why is it that you are no longer able to live on top of the mountains?" Harry asked.
"It started after the traitor Sha'kala who morphed into a Sherpa and showed the human how to climb to the top of our mountain. Humans call our mountain, Mount Everest. Since then many humans have tried to climb it and most of them have lost their lives. They have converted our beloved mountain into a frozen human graveyard and a garbage dump. Tell me young wizard, will you be able to live in a graveyard littered with frozen bodies and a garbage dump?" The Yeti asked.
"So am I to understand that Yeti have moved to the valleys to avoid the humans and to move away from the graveyard and garbage dump?" Harry asked to confirm and the Yeti nodded.
Harry pondered on the problem. "Hmm... If I were to arrange a way that would decrease the number of humans trying to scale the mountain and arrange a method to remove the garbage and the frozen bodies, will the Yeti consider moving back?"
"You can do that?" The Yeti asked in amazement.
"I can try! Humans will not be able to dig out all the bodies and collect all the garbage. Human bodies are not made for the cold, unlike Yetis. So I will try to increase the awareness among wannabe climbers that they should bring back everything they take up the mountain. We will add a strong compulsion to enforce this. However, to remove the existing junk and bodies, we will need the Yeti's help. I will give you multiple portkeys that you can drop on a body and it will be transported to one of our facilities where they will either be delivered to closest relatives or disposed off. We will give you big bags in which you could collect all the junk and portkey to our facilities for recycling. I know I am asking Yeti to do a lot of work, but will this work for you?"
"As long as the humans do not add more garbage to our mountain, we will be ok with this arrangement." The Yeti replied. "We will however need at least a year's time before we can move back."
"We have waited for so many years, we can wait for another year. Thank you young wizard." The Phoenix trilled.
"Thank you Agni!" Harry bowed to the Phoenix. "The arrangement is agreeable to the Phoenixes, Yeti. I will get in touch with you as soon as I make the arrangements."
Mr. Patil volunteered to help out. "Harry, I can arrange for the Indian and Nepali governments to reduce the number of passes available to scale the mountains. I can also get a wizard stationed at base camp who will do the compulsions. It is the least I can do."
"Thank you Mr. Patil. Please let me know your expenses and they will all be reimbursed. Agni, could you fire-transport me to your valley so that I know where to meet the Yeti?" The Phoenix trilled a positive note. "Yeti, I will meet you in a couple of weeks." Yeti nodded his head and disappeared with a small pop.
"If that is all gentlemen and ladies, I take your leave. Mr. Patil, thank you for bringing me here. It has been a pleasure to meet the Centaurs. Dobby, could you finish the portal and then join me at the Patil residence?" Dobby nodded.
"Agni, there must be at least a thousand Phoenixes here!" Harry exclaimed as soon as the reached Phoenix land. Agni laughed and said, "And your point is, young wizard?"
"Well! If Phoenixes are immortal and there are a thousand of them here and I see a lot of nests, I wonder how you keep the population under control? Why are Phoenixes not commonly found in the human world?"
Agni laughed even harder. "Young wizard, all Phoenixes are not immortal. We do have all other magical properties of the Phoenixes you studied about. Only those Phoenixes that bond with a wizard before they are hatched gain the ability to draw magic from wizards to prolong their life. It is not true immortality."
"So that is how Fawkes has lived so long!" Harry mumbled.
"Who is Fawkes young wizard? Is it a Phoenix?" Agni asked confused.
"Yes Agni. Fawkes is a Phoenix and it is our headmaster's familiar. It is rumored that he was given as an egg to Merlin, but no one knows for sure. How is it that you do not know of him?"
"I am not sure young wizard. We have never seen him here. It is possible that he does not know of our lands. Poor Fawkes, he must have been very lonely all these years. Could you bring him along the next time you come here?"
"Sure I will." Harry's interest was piqued by the sheer number of Phoenixes there. "Agni, does that mean that all these Phoenixes can shed tears that have healing properties? How about magic in their feathers as magical foci?"
"Yes, young wizard. We all have healing tears. Our feathers may be used as magical foci, but they wont be as strong as a feather from a Phoenix that has bonded to a wizard as an egg. I know our egg shells have healing properties too and we have been collecting them for years as a tradition. Our songs speak of a wizard a long time ago who did the Phoenixes a great service and in return we promised to deposit our eggs in a cave. We have not seen the wizard in many centuries now. Would you like to look at the cave and take the shells?"
Harry was gob-smacked by that offer. "That would be awesome Agni! Would the Phoenixes here be willing to donate a few tears and feathers too? If so, I will find a way we can collect them."
"That should not be a problem young wizard. After all tears are tears. Just a replenishable product of our bodies."
Harry laughed out loud. "You wont believe how precious those tears are in the Wizarding community and you talk about it as if it is like urine."
"Believe me young wizard, it is! We Phoenixes always make fun of Humans for that." Agni trilled in laughter.
"Why are there so few Phoenixes who bond with Wizards?" Harry inquired.
"There are very few wizards who have Phoenix forms. Only those who have Phoenix forms can bond with Phoenixes as eggs. Once their master dies, such Phoenixes usually bond with wizards who are powerful and pure of heart. The wizard Flamel has bonded with many Phoenixes because the mother Phoenix readily donated all her eggs to him."
Harry was surprised to hear about Nicholas Flamel. "So you are saying that I can bond with more Phoenix eggs if the mother Phoenixes donates their eggs? Did you know that my four wives have the potential to become Phoenix Animagi too?"
Now it was the Phoenix's turn to be surprised. "Is that so? Could you come here with each of your mates as soon as they get their Phoenix form? I am sure some of the mother Phoenixes would be ready to donate their eggs."
"Thank you Agni! Would you be a dear and fire-transport me to the Patil residence?"
The next three days were spent with the witches. Harry had to drag Daphne out of the potions lab. She promised Dadi Patil that she would visit her at least once a month. Thanks to Goblin portkeys, the Hogwarts group including the Patil twins visited the pink palaces of Jaipur, the Taj Mahal at Agra, Red Fort and Lotus Temple at Delhi, the infamous Kaala Paani Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and landed in Goa for the final day of their vacation and some serious sun tanning. Tonks and Charlie were supposed to meet them in the evening at their private cottage in South Goa.
Harry finished his breakfast and changed into shorts and a T-shirt to relax in the tropical sun. Dobby had earlier helped Harry erect privacy barriers to keep out curious onlookers. Harry propped himself up on a lounge chair and settled down with one of the graphic novels from his mother's trunk on 'Ancient Indian Wizarding Folk Tales'. Harry had never read a children's book before and he realized that he loved reading these bedtime stories. The Jungle book and Panchatantra were his favorites.
Harry heard someone call his name and he stood up to investigate. What he found left him dumb founded. There were six visions of beauty walking towards him in the sexiest two-piece bikinis he had ever seen. Harry could not help but be transfixed and stare at them. Hermione wore a red polka-dotted bikini and looked gorgeous. Harry was glad to see that there was no scarring left on her body due to her injuries from the battle at the Ministry.
Harry's eyes moved to the Patil twins and they wore identical green bikinis. Harry could have sworn that like the Weasley twins, they too had a 'twin-act'. It was unsettling to see both the twins giggle and bounce. This behavior increased as Harry flushed seeing them bounce. He could have expected Parvati to act this way, but it was surprising to watch Padma act the same way too. Harry observed that there was absolutely no difference physically between the two twins. Harry was mesmerized by their beautiful olive skin which had absolutely no blemishes.
Harry then moved to stare at Daphne who was wearing the tiniest bikini he had ever seen. Harry wondered if the total area of her bikini was less than 10X10 centimeters. She wore a silver colored bikini that covered only her naughty bits and Harry guessed that she has used sticky charms to ensure that the bikini did not slip.
Harry's jaw dropped when he saw Luna. She was either wearing a perfectly matched skin tone colored bikini or nothing at all. Harry could see the obscuration charms the she had used to cover up strategic areas of her body. Harry remembered Luna's comment from the morning after the soul-bonding ritual, 'I sleep in the nude' and Harry definitely believed that she was not kidding.
Not wanting to be caught staring at Luna, Harry forcefully turned towards Susan, 'Thank Heavens! She is wearing a normal brown bikini.' Seeing the relief on Harry's face, Susan did not want to miss out on embarrassing Harry Potter. "Harry, check this out. Thanks to the geniuses in this group, aka Hermione and Padma, We have a tan-line free bikini." She removed the shoulder straps of her bikini and moved her bikini bottom downwards to demonstrate the absence of tan lines. "Susan! STOP!" shouted a flustered Harry. All the witches burst out laughing and walked towards Harry.
Harry watched the witches move towards him flirtily and realized that he was drawn towards their beauty. He would do anything for them. He wanted to be their love slave. 'Wait a minute! That doesn't sound right!' Harry snapped his head towards Daphne for confirmation.
"Only you Harry! You are strong enough to resist the Veela allure from 6 witches! Only you!" Daphne pouted cutely while the other witches tsked in mock exasperation. Harry's face brightened and asked Daphne, "So you were able to use your early birthday present?"
"My birthday is more than a week away Harry! And you gave me the Arithmantic formula for the Veela charms last week. You did not expect me to not open my advance birthday present until my birthday, did you?" Daphne swatted him on his forearm.
"Presenting to you 'Veela Allure Sunscreen' Lotion!" The Patil twins struck a pose and held a bottle in their hands just like those gorgeous women on Television who sell beauty products. Harry laughed at the twins' antics and clapped his hands in appreciation. "How did you geniuses come up with tan-line less bikinis?" Harry asked Hermione and Padma, or whoever he assumed was Padma.
"She is Padma, Harry", one of the twins pointed at the other. Harry mumbled his apologies and looked at the other twin.
"Sorry Harry! I am Parvati. She is actually Padma!" The witches burst out laughing.
Harry groaned. "What is this? A female reincarnation of the Weasley twins?" The witches continued laughing.
Hermione explained that the bikinis had an enchantment on them that triggered a Zero Sun Protection Factor (SPF) invisibility charm on the bikinis while simultaneously triggering a glamour in the exact form and shape as the bikini. "Viola! You can have the cake and eat it too."
"So what triggers these charms? Sunlight?" Harry was curious now.
"Let us demonstrate on our gorgeous bodies," Parvati said sultrily. Parvati and Padma moved in front of Harry, the former pointing to something on her bikini top between her breasts and the latter pointing to a pattern on her bikini bottom right below her navel. "These are the trigger runes." They enjoyed making Harry uncomfortable and making him blush.
"You know what? I have a wonderful idea! Parvati and Padma turn around!" The Patil twins followed his instructions. Harry whipped out his wand and transfigured the bikinis of his wives into similar green ones as the Patil twins, in case of Luna, he conjured a bikini. Harry made eye-contact with his wives and they all knew what Harry had planned. When the Patil twins turned around, they found 5 women clad in green bikinis who looked exactly like them. Both of them were so shocked that they fell back on the sand in disbelief. "How?"
One of the twin look alikes bounced and giggled just like the twins did earlier and soon the rest of them joined in. "It is easy to spot Harry because he does not have the Veela Allure Lotion on his body," Padma reasoned. "Excellent Padma!" Harry-twin clapped. "What do you say ladies? Shall we tell them our secret?" Harry-twin asked in a conspiratorial manner reminiscent of Parvati's gossiping ways.
"We sure should Harry! But they will have to give us a witches oath to keep our secrets," Hermione-twin commented.
Before the original Patil twins could respond, Luna-twin said in her classic dreamy voice. "I love this body. The skin is so flawless." This brought about a fresh round of laughter which was joined in by the original Patil twins.
Susan-twin challenged Harry-twin. "Harry, I challenge you to stay as you are now until dinner time. Are you man enough to be a woman for a few hours?" Harry accepted and counter challenged that if he succeeded then, one of the witches must either morph or Polyjuice as Harry and spend the night in the Gryffindor dorms.
"But Harry, Polyjuice only lasts for a couple of hours," Padma complained. "And it tastes horrible!" Parvati exclaimed.
"And when did you try Polyjuice, my dear twin?" Padma asked.
Parvati flushed and confessed, "Lavender and I were experimenting with it."
Not wanting to know who Parvati Polyjuiced as during their experimentation, Harry decided that they needed a diversion. "Thanks to our resident potions genius, you wont have to take the Polyjuice potion every 2 hours!" Harry proclaimed and the original Patil twins' jaws hit the floor. Parvati and Padma were too curious to not know their secrets, and they gave their witches oaths immediately. Harry and his witches then took turns to tell their story while others laid back and enjoyed the sun.
"Incredible! So you four are soul-bonded to Harry. You love him, but you are not in love with him. How does that work?" Padma asked confused.
Hermione-twin explained, "Ours is not a traditional soul bonding, which occurs between two people who are deeply in love with each other. Our bond was created to help eject Riddle's soul piece. We all love Harry very dearly, but we haven't done anything physical other than cuddling and kissing to satisfy the emotional requirements of the bonds. We do not crave, umm.. let me correct myself, Harry does not crave for physical intimacy with us. Not that he is gay, but he is just too strong willed. When Harry reaches his Seventeenth birthday or when his magic core settles, we will evaluate our relationships. Harry is very adamant about this fact."
"I thought those kind of bonds cannot be broken!" Parvati commented.
"Traditional soul bonds cannot be broken. There is a possibility that ours can be broken. It may require a sacrifice of life years and some magic, but it can be done. It is too early to say if we witches are going to opt for termination of our bond. So right now, we live in the present and we accept that we are Harry's wives."
"What happens if you like someone else? Or if Harry falls in love with someone else?" Padma enquired.
Hermione-twin explained. "Take Daphne for example. Harry has given her his permission to continue her relationship with Tracey. But it looks like Tracey might soon start a relationship with Neville, thanks to Daphne's encouragement. You have to understand that Daphne was under chastity charms before that were undone due to our soul-bonding. If Harry falls in love with someone else, we are all okay with it. In fact, we have sworn an oath to never be jealous of the one who Harry showers his affection on. But then Harry is Harry! And till date, he has taken care of all of us very well and has never shown any partiality." Harry-twin blushed at the praise.
"So it is okay if I hit on Harry!" Parvati giggled while Harry-twin groaned. This lead to more laughter. The seven look-alikes spent their time having fun and enjoying themselves.
Late evening, Charlie and Tonks joined them and brought with them bottles of fire-whiskey, muggle Rum, Russian Vodka and the Goan specialty, Fenny. When they were surprised seeing seven look alikes, Harry explained that they had taken Polyjuice as a dare. It is never a good idea to mix different types of liquor and the assembled group learned that first hand. They soon crashed into an alcohol induced sleep after their dinner. Dobby transported Charlie and Tonks into a bedroom of the cabin and the seven lookalikes into another one after expanding the bed.
Harry woke up to a sound that his hungover mind could only describe as angels giggling. He realized that he had reverted back to his body sometime during his sleep and his bikini transfigurations had undone themselves. There were occasional flashes of light and he tried to will his eyelids to open in vain. His head hurt so much that he felt as if a herd of Hippogriffs, Unicorns and Centaurs were running around having a speed racing competition. Slowly sensations started returning back to him and he realized that he had two warm bodies, one spooned into him in front and another in a similar position at the back. His right hand was under the one in front and gripped her waist. His left hand was around her chest and cupping her right breast. Harry loved the smell of her hair and leaned a little forward to kiss the nape of her neck which elicited a moan in pleasure. There was that giggle and flash again and he wondered what was going on.
As more sensations came back to him, he realized that the body behind him was flush with his backside. There was a hand that had snaked under him and was holding onto his chest. The other hand, Harry slowly realized and panicked, was inside his boxers! As Harry's intoxicated mind tried to reason if this was a good thing or not, he heard a loud voice say, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?"
Harry got up so fast the witch in front of him was forcibly rolled away from him and she fell on the floor and cursed for a few minutes in a very colorful language. The witch behind him had her hand so forcibly removed out of his boxers that she held her left wrist and cried out in pain. Harry forced his eyes to open to find an amused Charlie and Tonks beaming at them. Susan was busy taking photographs while the other witches snickered and giggled. The pounding in his head became worse as Harry realized that Charlie had shouted deliberately to startle him. He collapsed on the bed, held his head in his hands and groaned. Parvati in the meantime sat up and whacked him on his head with her good hand and yelled, "What the hell did you do to hurt my hand, Harry?"
Harry sheepishly mumbled, "You had your hand in my boxers and I was startled out of my sleep by the great dragon master here", and flushed. The Indian witch blushed a Weasley red and cried out that her head hurt. The other twin climbed onto the bed groggily still cursing that she was rudely woken up from a very pleasant dream and position in bed. The rest of the people in the room giggled more and Susan continued taking more pictures. Hermione took pity on the trio and gave them the modified hangover potions. Daphne give Parvati a pain potion and immobilized her hand so that it could heal naturally.
"Susan, give me the camera!" Harry ordered and Susan took off singing and mocking Harry, "Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na". Harry tried to run behind her but she was too fast for him and he was still very groggy.
"I am never going to drink again! The hang over is not worth it!" Harry declared and the others in the room snickered.
Harry, Charlie and the witches had a leisurely breakfast and lunch before taking the portkey back to the Den, Privet Drive, Surrey. Aurora had decided to spend an extra week with Raj roaming around the country before returning home by muggle airplane. The Patil twins took the portkey to their home, while Charlie apparated to the Burrow and had the shock of his life. Tonks decided to catch a nap and mumbled an excuse that she was up all night while the others were drunk. She never really answered as to why she was up all night. Harry and the witches caught up on recent events by reading the High Inquisitor.