Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews and votes in the poll. After many votes, the votes are tallied and drum roll please...the results to my surprise actually Susan came in first place, followed by Gabrielle, and then Pansy, with the rest trailing down after that with the votes much closer, Hannah, Millicent, Su, Angelina, Cho, and then the people who wanted just the 5 and then Harry ending up miserable and alone. I'm not really sure what I would have done if people had chosen that last one the most, but fortunately I don't have to. What I've been doing all along is essentially looking at a few different factors in choosing who should end up in the harem or not. Popular opinion among reviewers and in this case voters, what value or particular skills she brings in, looks, background, how funny or entertaining they can be, then of course and most importantly chemistry between Harry and the other girls. The girl in question might be a great girl but if the chemistry isn't there then it won't work. In my head I've gone through most of the girls in the school actually on imaginary dates just to see, only selecting the ones I see having some potential that I actually opted to write out and include in the story. For example, Daphne as soon as I introduced her character there was immediate chemistry between her, Harry, and the other characters, so much so that I simply had to include her. Hermione as regular Hermione however would not work very well which is why I had to spice her up a bit. All that being said however I've decided to eventually include Susan and Gabrielle, but eliminate Cho with the rest still undecided. Even if a girl doesn't make it into the final harem however doesn't mean that I won't be using them at all ever again. For example I eliminated Parvati and Lavender but they still occupy some role in the story.

Chapter 26

By the time he was done with his shower, he was squeaky clean and more well rested, but he had to hurry and get ready for his date with Su.

When he got there to pick her up in front of the Ravenclaw dorm, he noted that she was wearing what appeared to be a Chinese red silk dress that came down to her knees, her hair as it always was, still wrapped up in its bun.

"Hello Harry," She said in a seductive voice as she came up to him wrapped a shapely leg around his. Her face was now mere inches away from his as she pressed the tip of her long red fingernail lightly into his chin, "are you...ready?"

He gulped loudly, aware that she had probably noticed but managed to say back boldly, "are you?"

"I don't think it's me you should worry about," Su answered, "I can be very...flexible."

At that, she used her foot to come up and somehow press into his back.

Wow, he thought. Just wow. She had his attention now.

"So am I," He countered back, "and if I'm not that's what Madame Pomfrey is for."

Su smiled, a wide, evil looking grin as she said, "I think I'm going to enjoy this date very much. So long as you don't disappoint me."

"I'll try my best," He promised.

"Bring your A game," She told him, "we're going to have some fun."

Somehow he actually liked the sound of that.

As he accompanied Su over to the Room of Requirement, she did several flips and cartwheels causing him to wonder if he could see his underwear when she was doing them. He just couldn't help trying to at least catch a glimpse.

She seemed to realize what he was doing, a knowing look on her face as she admitted, "I'm actually not wearing any underwear in case that's what you were looking for."

He didn't skip a beat as he answered, "even better then."

"Good luck then," Su coyly told him, "of course when you do accidents...such as me accidentally kicking you in the face while doing a flip tends to happen."

"That's fair," He agreed, "although I think it just might be worth it."

She laughed at that as they finished getting to the Room.

When they entered it, he looked at Su for a reaction to what she thought of the events he had planned for the evening.

Her expression was unreadable before she looked over at him and said, "bold but familiar. You've got my attention at least."

The entire Room had become a circus. Literally.

In addition to a huge sign in red with gold lettering saying Circus on it, there was an arena with a trapeze, a tightrope, and many other things besides.

He had heard from Padma that Su had grown up in a circus and so he figured he'd try to give her a little taste of home.

Yet after she had got done looking around, Su's eyes alighted on a black whip.

"Did you somehow get some animals or were you thinking I might decide to use it on you?" She asked him with a smile.

Truthfully he hadn't even noticed a whip when he'd first been in the Room making sure it was date worthy.

He did not like the look of that smile however, he concluded. Or did he?

"RAWR!"

The sound of a lion's roar hit his ears.

His first reaction was fear, thinking that the Room had managed to bring an actual lion here. In that split second he was trying to go protect Su as best as he could when the lion pounced.

The next thing he knew, he was on the ground, he could feel lion's fur totally covering his body while his eyesight was mostly obscured by what appeared to be the lion's mane.

He expected to feel claws gash into his side any minute and then...

"Hello Harry," The lion said brightly, "did I scare you?"

The lion readjusted herself on top of him so that he could now see her face, a human face just below the lion's.

"Luna?" He questioned in surprise.

Now he could actually see that Luna was actually wearing a full body lion costume.

Taken by surprise like that and with the realistic roar before hand he hadn't been able to tell the difference while she had been on top of him and he was momentarily worried he was about to be eaten.

Now however it was obvious that it was just a costume.

Su however clapped her hands and laughed.

"You totally scared him Luna," She observed with mirth, " and I totally love the costume."

"Thanks," Luna answered, "want to be friends now?"

Su shook her head as she replied, "you're too cool and sexy for me Luna. I'd probably become a lesbian for you if we ever got any closer."

"That's because I'm a sexy beast," Luna claimed, "it happens all the time. Unfortunately you aren't a lesbian, just really turned on by hypersexual activity like me."

Well this was awkward, he observed.

"So what are you doing here Luna?" He questioned.

Luna shrugged before admitting, "I told you that Su was too much for you so I figured I'd help you out a bit."

She then pressed a button on her costume, causing another lion's roar to come out of it.

"You're so lucky to have Luna as a girlfriend," Su replied, "she's always been my hero."

She said it sincerely causing him to once again accept that Luna was actually a lot more popular than he had thought, always pulling people out of the woodwork.

Su was considered by many to be a very "difficult" girl to handle, but he could tell that in being around Luna she tamed down a bit.

However with Luna's next statement, that did not mean too tamed down.

"You want to whip me Su?" Luna asked.

Su smiled as she replied, "oh I'll totally whip you Luna."

He was momentarily confused before Su picked up the whip she had found again.

Before he could stop it, she let the whip go crashing down on Luna.

Luna let out a loud cry of pain.

"LUNA!" He yelled in worry for her, trying to get between her and Su to prevent her from getting hurt again.

"It's okay Harry," Luna replied, "the costume makes it so it doesn't hurt. Su just likes to hear me scream when she whips me."

He glanced over at Su, who was clearly enjoying his surprise and fear again.

Perhaps everyone was right. Su was too much for him. Not for Luna though apparently.

"Whip me some more!" Luna whined.

Since Luna clearly wasn't bothered by it, he backed away and allowed the display to continue as Su proceeded to whip Luna again and again and again while Luna pretended to cry out in pain and plead for mercy.

As he watched, personally while he was aware some people rather enjoyed stuff like this even if it was fake, he decided he just wasn't one of them. He could never allow a girl to be hurt like this no matter who they were.

That realization struck him. He cared little for himself after being so used to physical and mental abuse he was actually used to it. When it came to the girls however...

Suddenly he had a reason to need to physically and mentally train.

He'd dedicate himself to that, he decided. As much as he could. Nobody was going to get hurt on his watch.

Just as he was reevaluating and making plans for his life, Luna commented to Su, "you're really turned on by this aren't you?"

"Oh yeah," Su admitted as she already had a hand on her nether regions although at least it was over top her clothes.

"You should make out with Harry," Luna suggested, "it's lots of fun."

Su then got a smoldering look in her eyes as she claimed to him, "you hear that Harry. I'm going to make out with you and there is nothing you can do about it."

He somehow got what Su was getting at as he pretended to protest.

"No, I won't let you," He answered as he tried to back away.

Su proceded to follow him slowly, hungrily like a tiger, clearly enjoying this game that they were playing.

Then, she pounced, much like Luna must have done to him as she leaped on top of him.

This time however he was more ready for an attack as he managed to stay on his feet even while she was on him.

Su did not weigh all that much, easily less than a hundred pounds, but she was still doing a remarkable job trying to pull him down.

"You're not getting my lips," He insisted, playing their game still, "my kissable, succulent lips that you want so badly."

Clearly still enjoying this Su was trying to get him to fall before kissing him.

Finally she succeded, partially due to the fact that he was still tired from earlier, but also because of her sheer tenacity and willpower.

He fell backward onto the ground with Su still on top of him as she tried to lean her face in and kiss him with him still resisting, putting his hands into her face.

She however then cried out, causing him to worry that perhaps he had poked her in the eye.

That hesitation however had been what she had been waiting for as she finally managed to succeed as she leaned in and kissed him.

As enjoyable as the action was, he still pretended to resist, causing her to go at it all the more, her dexterous limbs now succeeding in pinning his down while they continued to make out.

When they finally did break apart, she had a big grin on her face, looking extremely satisfied as she then turned to Luna and confided, "you're right Luna, making out with Harry is fun."

Luna only giggled at that.

After a brief moment where Su pretended to half heartedly still hold him down he was able to get back up again.

"Your turn now Luna," Su offered.

"Don't mind if I do," Luna instantly agreed as she came towards him.

He half expected her to do the same thing as Su, but by now he didn't think he'd have the energy to do so.

Fortunately she decided that totally unresistant kissing was fine with her, her lips pressing into his as they began making out in earnest.

Su, who was watching the display, told him, "touch her butt."

He broke off from kissing to tell her, "I didn't know we were in a private porno for you Su."

"Well not yet you aren't," Su pointed out, "what kind of cheap porno is this?"

Luna looked at him, her face only half a foot away from his as she informed him, "you really shouldn't touch my butt yet Harry. You're not supposed to even if I want to be a bad girl like Su and let you touch it."

"You shouldn't feel like you need to be a bad girl just for me," He pointed out.

She giggled before replying, "okay, but it's going to happen anyway."

He really wasn't sure what she was talking about, but then she leaned in and started kissing him again, causing him to forget all about it.

Or really anything else for that matter. He was really into this tonight, he realized. Luna was just incredible.

However the next thing he knew however, his hand was now on her bum.

No matter the reason, if only because he'd gotten caught up in the moment or because they had already just been talking about him doing this very thing, he couldn't help keeping it there to see her reaction.

She made no protest so he opted to keep it there.

He'd touched her butt before of course, although on accident and only for a millisecond.

Now he had had it for much longer as he opted to risk cupping and squeezing it.

Luna let out a small moan of pleasure, but this was the only reaction he got out of her.

It wasn't his fault she had a great butt. She talked about her boobs way more, but she did have a rather nice cute bubble butt that had gotten his attention as well as some fantasies.

By the time they finally broke apart, let's just say he got to know that bum a lot more than he did before.

"That was hot," Su admitted, "I think I'm going to have to stick around both of you more from now on."

"It'll cost you," He answered.

Su, with that same devious look in her eye that she seemed to often have replied, "I'm sure we can work something out."

After all that had already happened on his date, he was already exhausted but Su pointed out that there was plenty more still to do...

Su, who evidently knew every aspect of a circus rather well, decided to show off her various talents that evidently went even beyond being a contortionist.

She breathed fire for him, and when he asked if that made her mouth hot, she'd had him kiss her again just to find out.

After that, she walked effortlessly and easily across the tightrope, but when Luna decided to try it she just fell straight into the net below her that caught her fall.

Of course being Luna, she considered that so fun, she decided to climb back up and try it again. She even wanted Su to get on the other side of the trapeze to catch her as she swung across, but even Su nixed the idea. She did however opt to take Luna with her on one swing with her.

"Swing me higher Su, swing me higher," Luna asked of her.

With the way that they were able to move however, he was pretty sure that Su was using some sort of magic to keep them continually in motion.

Still it gladdened his heart to see both girls having fun. He was really glad now that Luna had decided to hijack their date. It was a lot more fun (as it always was with Luna) to have her around.

TOOMANYTOOMANY

Hermione, Daphne, Pansy, Millicent, Fleur, Gabrielle, Susan, and Hannah were currently having a girl's night having just made a chocolate cake which they were currently eating.

"How cliché is this?" Susan commented, "baking and then doing each other's makeup?"

"It works for me," Daphne replied happily as she took another bite of brownie, "we need to do this all the time."

Thank you, metabolism, she thought. She'd definitely be taking advantage of it before she hit what her mother called a woman's second growth spurt, only in the wrong direction.

Hannah needed to join the harem, she thought. No way she could live without these treats...Hannah in her life.

If there was a harem, she corrected herself. More and more she was starting to think of the harem as an eventuality, something that was going to happen no matter what and something that she was more and more accepting of. She hadn't made her decision yet.

Nor should she be wanting other girls to join, especially for the vain reason that they made good treats.

Shaking her head yet again, she then decided to focus on the task at hand as she asked Gabrielle, "so how did Harry do today?"

"Better than I expected actually but he's still got a long ways to go," Gabrielle admitted, "I'm going to enjoy torturing him for the rest of the school year."

It was at that point however when Fleur grabbed her arm and whispered, "come with me."

She followed her out immediately, deciding to question her when they were alone just where they were going.

Once they were, she then asked her.

"It's time we had another little talk," Fleur would only say.