A/N: I do have a picture of the winged cat that was mentioned in the last chapter.
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MAJOR EDIT: Great StarClan this does not want to be written! Which is why it's so short…and ends with the funny at the end. Sorry for such a long wait in such a short chapter.
Harry stopped snarling, looking at Tom. "A-another winged cat?" His voice was full of wonder as his fur slowly began to lie flat, his magic reeling back in as he transformed back, still standing in front of Tom though. And blocking the Dark Lord's view of Calix.
"Yes. That is why I'm sending only you, Severus, Minerva, Lily, and Ms. Lovegood. Not only because you are the only four we can spare, but because she will be more trusting of cat animagi. Calix is going to show her that the bloodline has not died out, and to prove that there are young winged cats."
"I…" Harry couldn't think straight. There was another winged cat, like him and Calix. He never knew, never even thought that it could happen. "When do we leave?"
"Later today." Tom told him. Harry nodded before backing out of the room. The brunette's eyes were still wide with the news.
'Another winged cat. Even more family…' He thought, not noticing when a pair of strong arms wrapped around his waist.
"Are you alright Harry?" Severus asked quietly, pressing a soft kiss to his mate's neck. Harry sighed softly, tilting his head to the side a bit.
"It's just…I never thought it was possible," He finally realized that he and Severus had made it out of the room, now standing in the hallway. Severus continued his attack on the smaller's neck as Harry spoke. "She could be family. And we're leaving so soon. We need to pack things for Calix and give him a bath and I need a shower and Calix needs a snack and he'll be cranky if he misses his nap and-"
Severus silenced him with a kiss. "Harry, everything will be fine. Calix can take his nap now and we'll be sure to pack what he needs. Luna will take care of his bath, and I think you should swap your shower for a bath so you can calm down." He advised, lifting Harry up into his arms. The Boy-who-lived wrapped his legs around the older's waist to keep from falling as they walked.
"Alright…stay with me? Please?" Harry asked. Severus nodded.
"Always." The prince smiled softly. He didn't know what it was about that one word, but he loved it when Severus said it.
When they reached the bathroom connected to their room Severus set Harry on the counter before walking over to the large bathtub, turning on the water and making it sure it was warm enough. He left it to fill and went back over to Harry, connecting their lips in a loving kiss. Harry's hands ran up Severus' arms slowly before going down his chest, grabbing the shirt and tossing it off of his mate. His hands wandered across Severus' stomach and chest as his older mate's tongue wandered in his mouth.
"Sev…" He purred. "I thought the point of a bath was to calm us down."
"We are calming down. This is just a bonus to help us." Severus murmured, taking Harry's shirt and tossing it away before working on his pants. Harry chuckled softly before doing the same thing, barely noticing the water turning off when the bath was ready.
They got the rest of their clothes off before moving the large tub, Harry leaning back against Severus and sighing contently. "I told you we're calming down." Severus whispered teasingly in his ear.
"I'm really calm now." Harry confessed. "This is nice." He grabbed one of Severus' hands, twining their fingers together. He missed spending alone time with his older mate.
"Yes. It is." Severus agreed. Harry shut his eyes, listening to the quietness of the room before opening one eye.
'I wonder…' He thought back to a training session he had a few nights ago with Tom. The older man had told him to try and send his magic out to sense things, almost like a seventh sense- Tom claiming that cats already had a sixth sense. He relaxed more, allowing his magic to stretch out as if it was like his wings or tail.
"Harry?" At Severus' voice his magic seemed to calm, before going on high alert. "What are you-"
"Hush." He silenced, focusing on the strand of magic that was the most tense. He sent it out farther, the strand acting like a prowling cat or crawling snake.
"Harry-"
"Severus shut up!" Harry hissed, his magic lashing out at the cabinets in the room. The jet green glow becoming visible as it started to almost fight with something inside them. It swirled around, colliding with a deep blue magic before overtaking it with a small explosion. The two men watched as it quickly came back to Harry, wrapping around him. "…I think we need to go. Now."
"Are you sure Harry? Positive it was his magic?"
"Hermione we've been through this before, yes it was his magic, we have to- I mean you guys have to move everyone out of here." Harry stopped on his way down the stairs, bouncing Calix over to his other hip. "Listen, Potter Manor, it's huge. Big enough for everyone and more. Tell Tom."
"But how are you going to leave?" Hermione asked, the possibilities running through her mind. "The floo is probably watched, apparation might work but you have no idea where you're going, if you fly-"
"We'll risk flying." Harry said. "I can carry everyone if I have to, and Severus has his raven form." He sighed, stopping on the last stair step. He looked at Hermione, noticing the distress in her eyes. "Just focus on what I told you. Keep everyone safe and put up more wards around the manor with Bill and Charlie. Oh!" He stopped once again. "Tell Charlie to look in the basement. There's a few dragons down there I think he'll like."
"Harry…" Hermione hugged him tightly, being careful of the sleeping boy attached to her brother's hip. "Just promise you'll be careful."
"I promise 'Mione." Harry smiled. "Besides, I was able to last this long with sheer dumb luck." His smile turned into a cheeky grin as he dodged Hermione's weak blow to his head.
"You didn't have Calix before though." Hermione said softly. Harry's playful gaze softened.
"I know. I'll be careful." He promised before walking outside. The others were already waiting. Lily and Minerva looked like two copies of the same cat, the only difference being the coat colors. Luna was nearby, her tail flicking as she looked at the stars, muttering something. Calix started to squirm though when he caught sight of a raven sitting on the ground, grooming his feathers. Harry smiled and set the little boy down just as he transformed. White wings fluttered happily as he tripped over his paws to Severus. The large bird caught sight of the kit, transforming just in time to a sturdier form to catch the kitten in large black paws. Harry smiled at the two of them before transforming as well, walking over to them.
"Alright, we're going to fly. Is everyone ready?" Luna looked at Minerva and Lily before nodding. Severus let Calix go, touching his nose to Harry's for a second before transforming back into his animagus form. Harry crouched down, letting the three small cats and his son onto his back before stretching out his wings. His magic flowed around, making sure that they couldn't fall off before flying up high. Severus followed soon after. Both were silent in flight, the wind rushing through fur and feathers as they made their way towards the ocean
Draco watched as death eaters and the small group of teens rushed around the manor. Alice was sitting on his lap, her legs swinging and seldom hitting his. His grey eyes took in everything as they passed him, the twins sometimes stopping to give him a feather-light kiss or tease Alice about something. The girl always replied with a sharp retort or a laugh.
"Daddy?" Draco looked down at the young girl in his lap, golden eyes shone up at him. "Do we have to leave too?"
"Yes Alice." He said. "It's not safe here. But we'll be leaving…differently." The blonde was just glad that it wasn't a full moon tonight.
"Differently?" She asked. "How? Aren't we going to use the floo?"
"No."
"Apparation?"
"Nope." Draco smiled slightly. "We'll be running." He stood up, balancing the girl on one hip before following the others outside. Tom looked at everyone gathered around, it was his idea to move the group in different ways to avoid detection. The blonde put down Alice before transforming. Icy fur that almost glowed an icy blue smoothed over the large wolf that stood in his place. Eyes snapped open to reveal just as icy gray eyes. He stood taller than Alice, but smaller than the werewolves.
"Show off." Muttered Blaise as he transformed as well, his hawk form coming to rest on Draco's shoulders as the Slytherin crouched down to allow Alice onto his back.
"Shut it Blaise. You ready to kick the light sides butt?" Draco gave a toothy grin that caused Alice to giggle.
"Oi! Malfoy mini and Zabini!" Draco growled at the nickname as Tear landed on his back as well. "It's time to get moving." At least he didn't have on those damned claws. Draco hated those things, what was the point? Animagus forms are supposed to not use magic. He growled again before slowly moving off in the direction of their destination, determination renewed in his eyes.
'I won't let myself be used again, not by Voldemort, not by Dumbledore, not by anyone!' Frost started to gather around his paws as he started to gain more speed, going into a full run as the two hawks left his shoulders, allowing Alice's arms to go around his neck. 'Once this war is over…I'll be able to just forget it all…but first, I have to get my revenge…be ready Chang…because I will kill you for what you did.' A loud howl tore from his throat, being answered by another as they began to get further and further away from the manor, and the life they used to live.
"Harry! It's down there!" The two fliers took to a dive, Luna holding onto the cats on Harry's back. They had deemed it safe for Luna to transform back into her human self a few miles back, making it easier to keep track of Calix and keeping Minerva and Lily from falling off. They flew straight down, landing on a port. Harry kept flapping his wings, making the landing softer. They all transformed, making sure no one had seen them before walking out. "Alright…the boat should be around here somewhere. Why we can't just apparate though, is beyond me." Severus said, passing Calix over to Lily.
"It's because there's a barrier." Luna said it as if it were an everyday fact. "Witches and Wizards over in the States were hunted a couple decades ago, so they built a barrier large enough to cover most of the states to keep anyone else from coming in and meeting that fate."
"Only you would know that Ms. Lovegood." Minerva commented. The Ravenclaw lived up to her house's reputation. She could bet that not even Hermione knew that. "Now, Tom said that it will be a blue boat," Calix whined. "With the numbers 3, 6, 13, and 7," The boy pulled on the sleeve of Lily's shirt. "And the captain will have a long scar on his face." Calix looked back to what he saw before letting out a loud wail, catching everyone's attention.
"Calix?" Harry was the first to react. "What is it sweet? Are you ok?" Calix pointed to a blue boat, with the numbers, and the captain smiling down at them.
"I believe that this is one of the cases of the student passing over the master now isn't it?" He asked, leaping down to the pier. "Name's Seth. I believe that I'm the one who you're looking for, but first…" He pulled out his wand, pointing it at Severus. "My old friend… what was the first thing that Tom told us both after we got into that large argument?"
Severus pulled out his own wand. "Don't waste your time your dunderheads, even a two year old around here knows better than to go towards the Dark Water. What was the last part?"
"If I catch either of you over there, I'll skin you alive and feed you to Willow!" Seth's voice imitated that of Tom's, causing Calix to giggle and the captain and Severus to grin. "Had to make sure it was you."
"Who's Willow?" Lily asked. Seth looked over her.
"Dunno. Tom never told us. Who are you missy?"
"Lily Potter neè Evans. Former Gryffindor, Death Eater of the Inner Circle and Defense Army." Lily introduced herself.
"Professor Minerva McGonagall. Former Ravenclaw, Head of Gryffindor, Transfiguration professor, and Death Eater of the Inner Circle." Minerva said next. Seth nodded before looking to Luna and Harry.
"Luna Lovegood. Seer and Former Ravenclaw, Death Eater of the Inner Circle and deputy of the Defense Army." Luna smiled.
Harry shifted Calix over to his other hip, letting his wings flex out proudly. "Harry James Potter, Former Gryffindor, Third in Command of the Death Eaters, Horcrux of Tom Riddle, Leader of the Defense Army, and Prince of the Winged Cats. This is Calix Lucius Potter-Snape, Slytherin-and-Death-Eater-In-Training, Prince-in-training, and my son." Harry said calmly.
"A Potter-Snape eh?" Seth grinned again. "Never thought I'd hear that. Guess I owe Lucius 20 Galleons, where is he anyway? Always thought you two were closer than brothers Severus." At everyone's quietness, his grin disappeared, a solemn expression appearing on his face. "Ah…another casualty…"
"One that was unneeded." Severus whispered. Harry rested his hand calmingly on his mate's shoulder.
"It's alright, we'll get the Light back for that." He whispered before looking at Seth. "You can take us to the states, yes?"
"Of course I can! Fastest boat around here. It'll only take about an hour thanks to magic. Sorry that you can't apparate though, crazy Americans…" He started to rant about stupid muggles and fires. Severus rolled his eyes, walking up the ramp to the large boat.
"Come on! He'll stop ranting soon." Harry chuckled, following Severus as the three girls shared a look of skepticism.
"Well? Are we going or not?" Harry looked at the remaining four as Calix started to fuss. Harry watched as the blue light of transformation flowed around the fussing child, a leopard taking his place as the wings on his back flapped rapidly. Harry tightened his grip on the young cat. "No Calix, this is something new. I don't want you getting down."
Severus paced back and fourth anxiously as they approached the magical divider that kept the States separated from everyone else. He had heard rumors that the barrier could tell dark magic from light and would sift though it and that's where the stories always broke up. Some said the dark magic was allowed through unharmed, others said that the dark wielders were killed on sight. Right now there were only two things that could even remotely scare the Potion's Master. Them dying, or Harry and Calix being in mortal peril.
"Severus, have you seen Harry?"
And that, was the sign of mortal peril. Luna asking if he had seen his younger mate.
"I thought he and Calix were with you…" Severus looked around fearfully. He could hear Calix nearby, with Lily. But no sign of Harry. "Harry!"
"Sev?" Harry's head popped out of the door leading to below deck. "Hey, how much trouble would I be in if I said I was pregnant?" The only answer the cat animagus received, was a dull thud of his mate hitting the deck in a dead faint. He looked around innocently as the others began to laugh. "The worst part that makes this even more funny, is that I'm still a virgin." The added sentence led the captain to laugh even harder.