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A/N: Here is another chapter, please enjoy. Again please be aware there are references within this chapter to what took place in the last chapter.
Gryffindor Suite
Hermione was fast asleep when she heard a scream. "No leave me alone, stop please!"
Hermione immediately opened her eyes and saw that Pansy was wriggling around in her sleep. It was quite obvious to Hermione that she was dreaming about what had happened. Hermione gently nudged her, which in turn caused Pansy to open her eyes. Hermione could see the bead of sweat running down her face, not to mention she was white as a sheet. Hermione suddenly found Pansy in her arms holding on to her for dear life. Hermione decided she would try a technique that her mother had used when she had a nightmare when she was little. She gently rubbed Pansy back, comforting her. "Its Okay Pansy. No one here. Just me and Harry. Your safe." The rubbing and soothing words seemed to do the trick as Pansy started to calm down. Pansy then lifted her head and looked at Hermione.
"Why are you being so kind to me Hermione? After all I nearly ruined your life." Pansy noticed Hermione look straight at her. Pansy could tell that Hermione was wrestling with her thoughts. Finally Hermione sighed.
"Yes you did try to ruin my life, however that was then. This is now. You have just been through a dramatic experience. One I would wish on no one. Doesn't matter what you had done, no one and mean no one deserved what you went through. Harry has decided that he isn't going to let this slide and he wants to find a way to punish Flint." Hermione noticed Pansy flinched at the name, she was kicking herself for mentioning it. She noticed Pansy settled back down into her arms.
"Hermione, thank you for being there for me. I didn't know there was anyone so kind out there. You and Harry are the perfect master and mistress for me. I am so lucky yet I feel I don't deserve such kindness after what I tried to do. " Pansy began to cry into Hermione chest, much to the surprise of Hermione, who again was comforting her. Suddenly both girls noticed Harry on the stairs.
"Is everything okay down here? I heard crying and thought I would investigate. How is she now Hermione?"
Hermione turned to Harry and shook her head. "Not good. I had to wake her up as she was thrashing around in her sleep. She was dreaming about what had happened, and she been holding onto me ever since. "
Harry leaned against the wall and sighed, he was feeling really guilty right now. Had Pansy not been forced to be his slave, then she would still be under her betrothed contract to Malfoy. Harry knew Flint would have never attempted this had she still been under that contract. This just made him feel worse. Not only had he been forced to take Pansy as a slave, but he had failed in protecting her when it mattered the most. Harry looked to the sofa to see Hermione and Pansy cuddling one another, at least the two were being civil now. "Pansy I know I am the last person you would want to talk to now, after all had I insisted you came with us to Hogsmeade then he would never had gotten a chance to touch you. However if I am going to be any help in making him pay, then I will need the memory of what took place. Soon as Amelia Bone as it, then she can start building a case against him."
Pansy lowered her head, she knew it wasn't Harry's fault, it had been her own choice to leave the safety of the tower, and she had declined to join them in Hogsmeade. Pansy looked up to see Harry had his head lowered. "Harry, I will provide you with the memory, however to make sure it isn't lost, I would like Madame Bones to take it herself."
Harry nodded his head in agreement. He would talk to the headmaster in the morning about visiting the Ministry with Pansy. He would then enquire if there was any laws he could use to make sure Flint was really punished for what he had done. Harry gave Hermione a quick kiss before heading towards the stairs.
Ministry Of Magic
Harry and Pansy arrived in the entrance hall of the Ministry. He had spoken to the headmaster at breakfast and had got his permission to leave school with Pansy so that they could see Amelia and give her the memory. Harry had also used the headmaster fireplace, to contact Amelia to let her know that they would be arriving this morning. Amelia had insisted that he and Pansy were escorted by two aurors who now stood in front of both them.
"Lord Peverell-Slytherin-Gryffindor-Potter. My name is Wilson. Please follow me. I have been instructed to take you to see the head of DMLE. This is my colleague Thompson who will also be escorting you."
Harry acknowledged both auror's before following them towards one of the lifts. Harry groaned, the last time he had used these lifts he had nearly thrown up. Once the lift doors had opened, Harry and Pansy made there way inside, being flanked by both Thompson and Wilson. Once the lift was full the door shut and the lift again began to move up, down, left, right, forward, backwards until finally it stopped. Harry held his stomach he noticed the two aurors grin.
"You get use to it after while My lord. Now please follow us. The director his expecting you."
Harry and Pansy followed the two aurors down a corridor lined on either side with cubicles. They approached the main desk and watched as the girl used the intercom then waved them through. Harry and Pansy walked into the office to see Amelia looking over a file on her desk.
"Lord Potter, Miss Slytherin, thank you for coming. Wilson, Thompson you can return back to your duties now. Please inform Sarah that I am not to be disturbed for anything."
Both auror bowed before leaving the office and shutting the door behind them. One Amelia was certain the door was shut, she gestured for Harry and Pansy to take a seat. "As I said before I thank you both for coming. Especially you Miss Slytherin. I can't understand that this might not have been the best time to retrieve these memories, but until I do, then I can't officially put together a case against Mr Flint."
Pansy nodded in understanding. "Well anything to make sure he pays for what he has done to me. At least I might be able to sleep soundly tonight, knowing he is locked up in here. Please Madame Bones feel free to take the memory."
Amelia removed a vial from her drawer, she then walked around to the young girl and placed the tip of her wand to Pansy forehead. "Now just concentrate on the memory, I know it might be painful, but like you said with this evidence, then there is no way Mr Flint can lie about what happened." Amelia watched as Pansy concentrated and a silver strand attached itself to her wand. She then placed the strand in the vial and corked it, before using her wand to scribble on the label. Once that was turn she returned back to her side of the desk, and removed a form from her desk. "I need you to look at this and sign it also. Its basically a permission slip allowing me to view the memory. Normally I wouldn't need a form, however to the nature of the crime, then I need your permission to do so."
Pansy looked over the form. It seemed rather straight forward. She took the quill and signed her name before handing the form back to Amelia who filed away in her desk. "Now that has been taken care of. Is there anything you two would like to ask?"
Harry raised his hand, he had no idea why he had done it. Maybe being in class for three years had caused him to react. He waited until Amelia gave him permission to talk. "Madame Bones, although I am certain that you will do everything you can to make sure Marcus pays. I was wondering if there were any laws I could use to make sure he suffered for what he has done. I asked Professor Dumbledore last night and he said there was no such laws. However with recent events and professor Dumbledore keeping things from me, then I find that I don't truly trust his word."
Amelia leaned back in her chair. She then opened her desk and bought out a huge book. She placed it on the desk and then opened it and turned to a particular page. "Well you were wise to ask Lord Potter, as it seems Albus Dumbledore hasn't been truly honest with you. There is a law that allows a Lord to issue a duel to the death, however it comes with a great risk. You see if you challenge the accused and you loose then everything you own will be handed over to the victor. In this case Mr Flint. This would include everything including marriage contracts and all titles. The other option two is much more sensible and that is as you are head to at least two founders, then you have the right to change the verdict of the Wizengamot. So if you wanted, you could have Flint receive the kiss, even if the Wizengamot agreed to send him to Azkaban. Had Mr Flint been younger then it would be his head of house who would pay. However as Mr Flint is over 16 then by law he can be tried before the full Wizengamot. Of course the choice is your Lord Potter."
Harry slumped back in his chair. Amelia was right the first option was too risky. Especially Flint being older then him. With age came knowledge and no doubt Flint also knew some very dark spells, which Harry would have no clue how to defend himself. Harry for the first time in his life was grateful that he had both Slytherin and Gryffindor Title. This meant he could change a verdict from the Wizengamot. Harry decided to file that thought away for later. "Well I believe that is all we need to know. Pansy do you have anything you want to ask?"
Pansy looked at Harry then shook her head. Both teens then stood and shook Amelia hand before leaving the office. "Soon as we have a date for Mr Flint trial I will send you a letter. Miss Slytherin you won't have to attend if you don't want to. The choice is yours." Both teens thanked Amelia once more before leaving the office. They quickly made their way down to the auditorium of the ministry. They then both floo into the headmaster office.
Albus stood from his desk and looked at Harry and Pansy. "I trust Harry that you spoke to Madame Bones and delivered the memory?" Albus noticed Harry was frowning at him once again. Albus wondered why, however he soon found out has Harry began to lay into him.
"Headmaster, yesterday I asked you if there was any law that I could use to make Flint pay personally. You told me this was no such law. However according to Madame Bones, I had two options. One involved a duel to the death, however this carried a great risk. The other options was as I am Heir to two founders then I can change the verdict of the Wizengamot. I warned you sir that if you kept anything else from me then that was it. So now the bridge is truly burnt. Unless it involves my education, then I don't want anything to do with you sir. Come on Pansy, lets return to the tower we still have 20 minutes before our next class, and I for one would rather spend it in the tower then here with someone who continues to lie to me."
Harry and Pansy walked out of the office, leaving Dumbledore to his thoughts. It seems Harry was never going to trust him again which meant he wouldn't do what was required of him to complete his destiny. The wizarding world was now in great danger, and it was all his own fault.
Gryffindor Suite
Harry and Pansy entered the tower to see it was empty. Obviously Hermione was in class, so Harry and Pansy just fell onto the sofa. They had Potions and Transfiguration this afternoon, so Harry was making sure his kit was all ready for his lesson with Professor Snape. Pansy had gone to her room leaving Harry all alone. It was then he noticed Hedwig was waiting for him with a letter. Harry took the letter from Hedwigs beak. Harry opened it and to find it was from Katie.
Hi Harry
I did want to speak to you personally. However what I want to say is kind of embarrassing. These last few weeks I have found myself attracted to you more and more. I know in the past we have had a sort of brother and sister relationship, but my feeling go now beyond that. They were cemented further when you saved me on the Quidditch field. I know I have already thanked you, but had it not been for your rescue then I most likely wouldn't be here writing this letter to you. I know you already have Hermione, Tracey and Daphne, however I did notice that one of your other titles were vacant. I was hoping that maybe you would consider me for your future Lady Gryffindor. I would really like to meet you later this evening so at least we can talk about the situation. Hope to hear from you soon.
Love Katie.
Harry sighed and slumped against the wall. Of all the things he was thinking about this was the last thing on his list. Not that he wasn't attracted to Katie. But her timing couldn't have been worse. Harry then remembered not everyone was aware of what had happened to Pansy, so maybe Katie was just thinking it would be a good idea to talk to him about her feelings. Harry decided he would talk to Hermione and Tracey before making a decision. After all if Katie was going to be joining them then his two wives deserved a say in it.
Library
Harry sat at one of the tables and looked to the main doors to see Hermione and Tracey walking towards him, closely followed by Daphne. Harry had made sure that Pansy was back in the tower, before he decided to meet Hermione and the other girls. Now they were all sat down at the table. Harry passed the letter to Hermione and Tracey and watched his two future wives reading the letter. Once they had read the letter, they handed back to Harry.
"So Katie, wants to join us. Not exactly a good time on her part especially with what happened to Pansy. Tracey and I spoke about this a few weeks ago i noticed Katie as been giving you the eye lately. At first i was against it, however Daphne then explained the laws and we finally agreed that if another girl was going to join our little family, then Katie would be top of our list. So if you want to meet Katie and talk to her about it then I am fine with that. Tracey?"
Tracey looked at the letter again and then nodded her head. "Katie fine with me. She seems a nice girl and it is clear that you have a thing for her, but don't forget you need to start thinking about Astoria as well. After all she is to be your Lady Slytherin. So you need to start courting her as well."
Harry slammed his head on the table. "Okay one thing at a time. Katie first then I will think about Daphne sister. Honestly why does everything happen to me. All I wanted was a simple life, now I have two future wives, a friend with benefits a slave and now another two girls wanting to join."
Hermione took hold of Harry's hand, and looked him right in the eye. "Harry whatever happens we face it together. We are all in this together, including Daphne. We all know the laws of this world, you don't really have a choice. I'm Lady Peverell, Tracey is Lady Potter, which leaves Lady Gryffindor and Lady Slytherin. Which we now know Katie and Astoria want to fill. So I say go with it. Now get off that chair and go see Katie. That's an order from both your future wives.
Hogwart Grounds Black lake
Katie paced back and forth along the bank. We had received word from Harry that he wanted to meet her here. Katie mind was full of thoughts, was he going to accept her or reject her. Katie had tried not to come on to strong in the letter, but she couldn't help it. Katie then thought about the other girls Harry all ready had. Tracey was a nice girl, of what she had seen. it was clear by her attitude that she wasn't like many of the other Slytherins. The same could be said for Daphne, although Katie was still not sure how the Blonde Slytherin fitted in. Hermione she had known for the last three years, kind of a bookworm, however Katie had noticed a big change in Hermione this year, she seemed more relaxed where before she was always on edge and was also retreating into her books. Katie had tried a number of times to get to know Hermione, only for her to nose dive into book. She wasn't going to force someone to talk, especially if they didn't want too. Katie was pulled from her thoughts by a voice behind her.
"Sorry I am a bit late Katie, but I had to take care of a few things. So you want to sit here by the lake or go for a walk. Either option is good with me."
Katie blushed at Harry then took hold of the hand he was offering. "How about we take a walk around the lake." Both teens began to walk, at first there was a nervous tension between the two of them, however the further the walked the more comfortable that got with each other. Finally Harry decided he would start the conversation.
"So Katie, how are you? I know we seen each other a few times, but we never got a chance to talk properly. Especially with everything happening. So I got your letter, how long have you been having these feeling for me?"
Katie blushed a little before trying to hide her face behind her blonde locks. "Actually it started at the end of last year. Not sure what brought it on, but you know we sort of had a brother and sister relationship, well I started to have feeling for you beyond that. At first I thought it was just a crush, although normally I would crush on older boys. Not that you're too young far from it, but there something about you that sort of drew me towards you. I must admit when I saw you at the opening feast with three girls on your arms I was a little bit jealous, I actually began to think maybe us being together wasn't a good idea. Of course that all changed when you flew on the Quidditch field and rescued me. I knew then I would love no other. So to hear that you were not only the heir of Slytherin, but Gryffindor gave me new hope that maybe I could be apart of your life."
Harry grinned. Well, if I have to be honest I was crushing on you in my second year, I mean what boy my age wouldn't crush on you. You're smart, nice looking and kind as well. Of course I was confused at the time as I was also having feeling for Hermione, so decided I would just keep things simple between us. But as you already know I chose Hermione, however, I still have feeling for you too. Don't get me wrong I would have rescued any of my old team mates if they were in trouble, but when I saw it was you, well you know the story. No doubt Angelina has told you it a dozen times."
Katie blushed again and placed a lone strand of hair behind her ear. "Angelina wouldn't stop going on about it. She described it like a living fairytale. honestly I wonder sometimes what the girl reads, most likely some trashy romance novel"
Both teens began to laugh with one another. "Well I have spoken to Tracey and Hermione, they are happy with me offering you the title of Lady Gryffindor. Of course we will have to write up an official contract at Gringotts, and of course I would need to ask your father permission first.."
Katie paused Harry in mid sentence. "Already done. Sorry Harry but I just couldn't help myself. My father has said that he would be thrilled to write up a contract between house Bell and Gryffindor. So you don't need to worry on that front. Its just the case of you accepting me into your family."
Harry turned then sighed. He then dropped to one knee, Thankfully no one could see him and Katie, or this would be really embarrassing. "Katie Bell, although we have only known each other for three years, I asked if you will consider being my future Lady Gryffindor. I promise you will be treated no different to the rest of my wives. Katie Bell will you accept this proposal."
Katie giggled then pulled Harry up. "Very sappy Harry, but yes I would be honoured to be your future Lady Gryffindor. Now come here, I have wanted to do this for ages."
Harry took hold of Katie in his arms, and kissed her. The two then fell down into the grass and carried on kissing each other. Harry of course was careful where his hands went, especially this being his first real interaction with Katie. However soon both teens were caught up in the moment and hands began to wonder all over each other.
Meanwhile up in the Tower, Pansy looked on as she could see Harry and Katie on the verge kissing and messing around with each other. She wrapped both her arms around herself, she was worried after what had happened to her that Harry would think twice about wanting to take her and make her his own. Of course she had hoped that he would have been her first, but that wasn't to be. Pansy shut the window and climbed into bed. She then fell asleep thinking about Harry once more.
A/N: Okay hope you enjoyed the chapter. From now on this is the only story i will be working on. Taking on too many at one time as taken a lot out of me. So for those waiting for my other stories. I'm sorry.
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