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Monday morning dawned entirely to bright and cheerful for practically everyone in the castle and beyond, though it was dealt with differently by everyone.

Severus Snape rolled over to look at the charmed window that Albus had put in 'to brighten the dreary dungeons' and spelled the black curtains over it before rolling out of bed. He would much rather be almost anywhere than in this drafty old castle trying, vainly in his opinion, to teach a bunch of coddled idiots the subtle art of potion making. The only bright spot was that with Potter finally acting more like his mother and the Weasley cretin was out of the picture he had two less idiots to deal with. Now if only Longbottom would quit blowing his potions up, even the ones that shouldn't be capable of blowing up, and the know-it-all would realize that there is more to potions that what you get out of a book his life would be complete.

Albus merely turned to watch the sun rising through his tower window as he had spent the majority of the night trying to plot his next great plan. He turned back to his desk and downed a rather large dose of pepper-up before returning to the large dusty tome that he had dug out of the restricted section.

Anisuke stretched out much like a cat and wriggled his way out from his mass of mates, for once he was actually the first one up, and made his way to the bathroom to get ready. The spray of hot water did wonders for his aching muscles. The weekend had been absolutely wonderful but trying for his poor muscles, he probably wouldn't be able to sit right for a week. He wouldn't give the experience up for the world though, even though he didn't really talk with his mates he learned a lot about them and what they really liked. It was almost enough to make him want to crawl back into bed but he persisted and left the room quietly to let his mates get a little more sleep.

{M}

Neville was waiting on Anisuke and stood up with a smile the moment that he walked through the door. "Did you have a good weekend, you weren't in the Great Hall for any of the meals?" There were eyes from every table riveted on the both of them but neither of them paid the slightest bit of mind.

Anisuke pushed the instinctual blush down and managed a smile that was hopefully not half as awkward as it felt. "Yes, I got to spend some quality time getting to know my mates."

Neville's eyes twinkled and he leaned forward a bit. "What's it like to have three mates like that, I can hardly imagine having one girlfriend, let alone three mates?"

"Sometimes its like having three overprotective siblings with how they worry but if I need them they're there for me, I wouldn't trade it for the world." Anisuke couldn't quite keep in the sigh and didn't notice the way some of the girls closest to them giggled at the look on his face.

The air shifted slightly and Anisuke moved over without a thought to let Luna slide onto the bench, she was dressed much the same as she always was with her radish earrings and bottle cap necklace. "How is the day treating you Night Fox?"

"It's a fair day so far Moonbeam." Anisuke loved the fact that he never had to confess anything to Luna, she always knew what he wanted her to without embarrassing conversations. "I need to talk to the both of you after classes." The rest of breakfast was quiet as they ate and ignored the bushy haired menace that kept trying to get Anisuke's attention while glaring heatedly at both Luna and Neville.

{M}

Classes went on much the way that they normally would though they were much quieter without a certain redhead jabbering on about something inane or insulting everyone he thought was out of earshot. There was a certain calmness about the teachers and most of the students that could almost be seen with the naked eye. The only hitch was that Hermione simply would not leave well enough alone and continued to vainly to get Anisuke to look her way so that she could tell him how sorry she was and how she wanted nothing more than to restart their friendship with Ron out of the way.

{M}

"Mr. Potter, if I could have a moment of your time my boy?" Anisuke very much wanted to tell the old coot where he could shove those violent colored robes of his but barely managed to restrain himself in the knick of time.

"Unfortunately as the submissive of a mating bond it is considered illegal for me to speak with someone in a position such as yours without at least one of them with me." It was a law put in place to make sure that no one tried to break the bond between mates and to keep the submissive from getting too upset, people tended to get mauled when that happened. "If you would like to talk to me, I'm sure that one of my mates would be more than happy to take the time to listen in." Anisuke widened his eyes and put the best puppy dog look he could manage on to hide the smirk that was hiding underneath at the frustrated look on Dumbledore's face.

"Surely all that isn't necessary, it isn't as if I have any plans to get in the way of your mating, I just wish to check in with one of my students. Surely you could grant an old man that at least." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled slightly and it was more than a little obvious that he was trying to play up to whatever part of Anisuke that might still care about him.

Unfortunately that part of Anisuke died a long time ago. "I'm afraid that that really isn't any of your business sir. My mates are the only ones that need to worry about my safety and happiness now and they are doing a splendid job of it I assure you."

"That's certainly good to know little one." Naraku's voice brought a shiver to Anisuke's spine and drained the blood from Dumbledore's face, he hadn't even heard the man approach. "I believe that my mate still has a class to attend before dinner and it wouldn't do for him to be late due to the Headmaster's influence." Naraku raked his eyes over Anisuke before facing the rather annoying wizard before him. "Surely you don't wish for him to neglect his education for you to 'check' in with him?"

Dumbledore puffed up as much as possible within Naraku's presence and glanced back at Anisuke with a forced smile. "Of course not. Why don't you head to your class Harry and maybe we will get the chance to talk later."

Anisuke forced back a snort and practically skipped off to his last class of the day.

"My mate is quite correct about the laws surrounded a mate bond as I am more than sure you know. Even attempting to walk up to him in a common hallway is really pushing the envelope." The smirk on Naraku's face combined with his crimson eyes reminded Dumbledore heavily of Tom Riddle after he started truly devoting himself to the darker side of magic. "I'm sure that this is something that the Minister would love to hear about as would Sesshomaru and Kouga. Hopefully you learn to keep your nose out of our business and stick to managing school wide affairs, like you're supposed to. Good day Headmaster."

Dumbledore swirled around in a bad mockery of a rainbow and stomped off to his office with the eyes of Naraku laughing at him the entire way there.

{M}

The unused classroom that Anisuke found to confess to his two best friends was a little worse for wear but a couple of quick charms made it at least presentable though he certainly wouldn't be staying in here any longer than necessary.

Neville was the first one to find somewhere to sit, his pureblood upbringing dictated that he sit the proper way in one of the least rickety looking chairs to the front of the room. Luna merely breezed over to a sturdy looking desk before almost floating onto it. Anisuke couldn't quite find it in himself to sit and merely paced at the front of the room as they both settled before casting Silencing and Locking charms on the door before facing the only two students in Hogwarts that he could trust. They were the ones that never turned their backs on him and he only wished that he had noticed them so much sooner.

"A lot happened this summer and most of it is going to be very hard to believe so just let me get everything out before you say anything, okay?" They both nodded, Luna looking deadly serious for once, and he started with his interesting feudal tale.

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