Chapter 18
They retreated to bed around two o'clock in the morning, they also both went to Severus' bed.
They didn't give it much thought, because they were both tired, and Severus could deny Harry nothing. Harry had got into the bed after Severus had gotten in; Harry just curled up around Severus and fell asleep. Severus just placed a kiss on Harry's forehead before he too fell into a deep sleep.
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The next day they slept until one o'clock, which surprised them both, they had a quick lunch before they resume their training.
"Sword or daggers?" inquired Severus. He was wearing just a pair of trousers and a light top. It was too warm to wear anything else; Harry had a light top and a pair of jeans, also because of the heat.
"Daggers" said Harry, swords were too large and awkward for him, and he felt better using daggers.
"Ok" said Severus, quickly they chose the set they wanted before they started sparring one another.
"Drink this it will act as a small shield, if the dagger hits you it will only show with a bright red line, instead of making you bleed. It won't hurt much, just a stinging sensation" said Severus softly.
"Ok" said Harry drinking the potion down, trusting Severus, he however, had never heard of a potion that could do that before.
Metal clashed together, as Severus and Harry battled to win.
Harry wished he had his own set of daggers. They were not aware that the other people on the ship, including Ginny ended up in the training room watching them. Going from one side of the room to the other, still hitting each other with the daggers.
After a while Harry decided he was knackered, he had not being using swords or daggers as long as Severus had been.
Severus was a vampire; of course Harry would never be able to beat him! Severus defiantly had the upper hand at all times, but Harry either didn't care or didn't mind.
Severus stuck the dagger in Harry's shoulder, which didn't actually penetrate the skin but left a mark. Harry fell to the floor gasping and breathing hard; the daggers were amazing, he was now more determined to get his own pair.
Clapping brought them out of their thoughts; Harry blushed when he realized everyone on the boat was there. He was too exhausted to care or get up; he needed a bath that was for sure.
"Come on, let's get you a bath, otherwise you will be sore and cranky all day" said Severus helping Harry to his feet, it was as if he had almost heard his mate thinking he needed a bath.
"You read my mind" said Harry, wincing as Severus took him from the room, they may be together, but training was more brutal as ever.
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In the bathroom, which was stunning for a boat bathroom, the boat must be enlarged to accommodate them, otherwise he didn't think there would be enough room for everything and everyone.
The boat was huge, and even then it was smaller on the outside he was sure.
"Wow, it's huge" said Harry, the gleaming white bathtub took up most of the room.
"Indeed" said Severus, running the hot water and pouring a muscle relaxant, lavender essential oil, in the bath.
"Smells amazing too" said Harry; he knew this was what his mate smelt like most of the time. Lavender, now he knew why.
Severus just smiled and was going to walk out, to give Harry some privacy and time alone for his bath. However, Harry seemed to have other ideas and, hesitatingly, asked if Severus would join him.
"Would you join me? I mean, both of us can fit in here" said Harry stumbling over the last part of the sentence, when Severus' eyes rounded on him.
"Only if you want too, I don't want anything to go too fast" said Severus, he really didn't want his mate sick of him when it was time for him to go back to Hogwarts.
"I won't, I want to" said Harry softly smiling, he didn't want Severus to leave; he didn't want to be alone.
"Ok, get in, I will be back in a second" said Severus leaving.
Harry did get into the water, leaving his glasses on the side of the bath, before sinking in with a groan of appreciation as the muscle relaxant started its work, unwinding his tense body, after fighting for over an hour at the least.
Severus came back a while later, a towel around his waist he put it beside the other towel and joined Harry in the tub. He did much the same as Harry did, groaning in appreciation as his body slowly began to un-wind.
"So anything you want to do before you go back to Hogwarts Harry?" asked Severus.
"What do you mean?" Asked Harry confused.
"Is there anywhere in the world you have ever wanted too see?" asked Severus, trying a different approach.
"I have always wanted to go to Japan, Egypt, China too see the Great Wall of China. I've always wanted too see dolphins. I've always wanted to go to Gibraltar; it's a part of UK but its in Spain I've always wondered how that happened. I've never been allowed on holiday, but in school we read about different places or wrote essay's about them using books. I read up on them and they sound fascinating" sighed Harry.
Severus eyebrow had risen each time Harry mentioned a new place, groaning softly he rolled his eyes at his mate.
His eyes softened when he heard the reason, yet again he swore to himself that his mate would want for nothing.
"Why Japan?" asked Severus curious.
"Well Japan and China have really nice herbs, if you got a mass of them and experimented God-knows what you would find. Not many people really bother about Japan and China, yet they are really amazing cultural countries." said Harry passionately.
"You are right; I have stumbled upon some Chinese herbs, there are some interesting potions I'd like to try out. I suppose we could go there but I would need to speak to Serena first see if she can take us there" said Severus.
"Who's Serena?" asked Harry surprised.
"One of the girls I took when she was younger, she was abused apparently so was her squib mother, for being a squib, I took them both. Samantha helped me raise the others, as well as her daughter" said Severus.
"Why is it up to her if we go or not?" asked Harry brows creasing.
"She can teleport, she could maybe get us there" said Severus.
"Oh, smart gift to have!" said Harry in awe.
"Yes took us by surprise too" said Severus.
"So when do I meet them?" asked Harry curious once again.
"They will be back today; of course the house elf will have to apparate them since we have already left the port we made. They have been shopping and most likely picked everyone new clothes, of that I have no doubt" said Severus.
"I look forward to it" said Harry relaxing back onto the bath.
"I as-well, love." said Severus, he was looking forward to Harry getting to know the woman he thought of as a sister, and the girl he thought of as a niece.
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"Harry, this is Samantha and Serena" said Severus amused as both woman glared at him from where they were lying on the floor. They had just been popped by the house elves onto the ship, and they had fallen over.
"Hey" said Harry, smirking himself.
"Hey yourself, who is he?" asked Serena turning to Severus.
"I'm Harry Potter, nice to meet you" said Harry softly. His eyes brighter than the sun, twinkling softly, no one knew him here. It really was amazing that he could do a simple thing as introduce himself.
"Nice to meet you too!" said Serena excitedly.
"He is my mate" said Severus seriously.
"Found him at last?! Good" said Samantha chirped.
"Serena, how is your magic?" asked Severus.
"Fine, why?" asked Serena frowning.
"Up to taking us somewhere, it will take a few stops before we get there, you should be able to get us there if you want too" said Severus.
"Its fine, where we going?" asked Serena eagerly, it had been a while since she had used her magic.
"Japan is where we are going..." said Severus smirking
"Cool! I've never been there, sounds nifty. Ok, give me a few hours to learn all I can then I will tell you if I can or not" said Serena.
"Thank you Serena" said Severus.
"Yeah, cheers" said Harry smiling softly.
"Well is it one person extra for dinner? I have food fresh food, not just magicked fresh. I'm going to make us a huge dinner how about it?" asked Samantha.
"There are two new people on the ship actually, Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter. So its two extra dinners you will need to make, and we need it, we were training for quite a while and we are quite tired, we need to keep our energy levels high." said Severus.
"Very well then, extra big dinners! Off with you! Out of my kitchen until I call for you lot shoo!" said Samantha, making a waving motion with her hands.
"She almost sounds like Mrs. Weasley" said Harry shuddering softly.
"How is Ginny coping without her family? She has so many brothers isn't she close to one of them?" Severus inquired.
"She hates her family as much as she loves them I think, I can't say because I'm not sure. She likes being free of her brother's shadow and being locked up and ignored. I don't think she would go back to her family after realizing what freedom is like. Just like I don't want to go back to Hogwarts but in the end I know I will." said Harry.
"It makes sense" said Severus, nodding his head.
"They treat her like she is still five years old, in reality I think she is more powerful than Ron, Fred, George or even Percy Weasley. I think she is the third most powerful Weasley in the family, but I could be wrong she might even be the second most powerful" said Harry with certainty.
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