Friday, 8:32pm; November 14th, 1993

4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, Great Britain

Harry's third year; Rose's age: 5

Rose whimpered as pulled her tiny raggedy blanket around her form, trying to keep herself as warm as possible in the cupboard under the stairs.

Rose had been under her Uncle and Aunt's loving care for almost a week now and she had been thoroughly miserable since. Her parents had left her here under her relatives' care instead of leaving her with their house-elves like always due to thinking it not being healthy for her to spend all her time with only house-elves for company. They would be going on yet another trip to see a specialist who might know how Nathan survived 5 years ago.

They had left Rose with her Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon thinking she could connect with her muggle roots and connect with them.

But the only thing she'd gotten from them since the moment her parents left was cold disdain and hatred. The first thing they did when her parents left was burn all her things except for a few of her more worn clothing, saying freaks like her didn't need toys. Rose had cried as her things were burned in front of her and when she tried to protest, Vernon had slapped her.

It had been the first time she'd ever been hit, at least that hard. Sure, Harry had sometimes punished her when she did something bad but he'd never hurt her.

But Vernon didn't seem to care about that because he didn't even feel sorry about it and even encouraged her cousin Dudley to hit her too. He said that freaks like her needed to be taught their place.

Rose had broken down when she saw them break the toy wand she'd gotten from Harry last year. She'd loved that wand, even knowing it was just a toy because it was from her favorite brother Harry. The only thing she'd managed to save other than her clothes was the silver dolphin locket Harry had given her for her birthday this year. Inside the locket, it held one of the few family photos that showed the entire family. It had been taken during one of the few times her parents and Nathan had been home during the summer.

Rose hid the locket under her baggy clothing every time she left the cupboard so that it wouldn't be taken from her like everything else. She wouldn't know what she'd do if they took that too.

Rose held her stomach as it grumbled due to lack of food. Rose hadn't eaten all day due to her being too 'freakish' to know how to cook on the stove. Rose had gotten her left hand slightly burned this morning when she tried and instead of consoling her like Harry would, they had smacked her for almost burning breakfast and sent her to the cupboard. They hadn't let her out all day and she hadn't eaten since yesterday.

Rose would have left the cupboard to get something to eat now that everyone was asleep but they had locked her in. In order to distract herself from her stomach's grumbling, Rose looked at the picture in her locket.

In the little light that came from through the cupboard door, Rose could see the picture in her locket. In it, she was sitting on Harry's shoulders waving at the camera while Harry faked her being too heavy to lift while every now and then sending a frown at the people next to him. Next to him, her parents were waving at the camera, each having a hand on Nathan's shoulder who was between them. Nathan looked embarrassed and every now and then sent an envious glance in Rose's direction.

Rose missed her family. She missed Grey, the lazy, gray-colored kneazle that Harry had gotten her when she was three so she wouldn't be so lonely when he wasn't there. She missed Libby, the family house elf and her funny way of talking. She missed Nathan and the stupid pranks he pulled whenever he was home that never failed to make Harry laugh and rub Nathan's head in brotherly pride. She missed her mother's smile and her father's laugh, rare though it was that she saw them.

But most of all, she missed her Harry. Her beloved older brother who told her stories and tucked her in at night whenever their parents weren't home, which was often.

She missed his soft voice as he consoled her every time she cried because she missed her parents.

But most of all, she missed how Harry protected her and always told her she was his little dolphin because she loved to swim.

Rose cried slightly as she wondered what she had done to be left here. Maybe she had complained too much about Mum and Dad not being there all the time and they had sent her here as punishment? Did they not love her anymore because she was bad?

Did Harry not love her anymore?

Rose cried harder at that thought. She hadn't gotten a single letter from Harry since she'd arrived. He usually sent a letter every other day but she hadn't gotten any since she got here. Maybe he thought she was bad too and didn't want anything to do with her?

Rose's depressive thoughts were brought to a halt by the sound of someone knocking on the front door. Rose pressed her ear to the cupboard door as she heard the knocks come again, this time managing to wake up her Uncle Vernon much to his loud grumbling.

Rose listened as Vernon walked down the stairs above the cupboard and toward the front door, grumbling all the way, before opening it.

"Who are you and what are you doing at my house this time of night?" yelled Vernon angrily. "Normal people sleep at this time, you know?"

A familiar voice answered causing Rose's heart to race as she pressed closer to the door to listen.

"I'm very sorry, sir," said the familiar voice of her brother Harry. "I'm just wondering if you've seen my sister, Rose. I was told she was left in your care a week ago."

Rose could almost imagine Vernon's face turning that familiar shade of purple she'd associated with him getting much more willing to commit violence and hoped nothing happened to her brother.

"There is no one named Rose in this house!" yelled Vernon angrily. "I don't want any of your freaks to come here ever again!"

Rose didn't hear anything for a moment before her brother's voice came again, causing her heart to plummet.

"I'm very sorry for bothering you then," came Harry's cold answer. "I'll just be on my way."

Not wanting her brother to leave her here any longer, Rose knocked on the cupboard door loudly. "Harry! Don't leave me! I'm sorry! Harry!"

For a moment, Rose thought he hadn't heard her. However, eventually her brother's voice returned, this time colder and angrier than she'd ever heard.

"What was that I heard in your cupboard?" asked Harry coldly. "It sounded like a person."

Vernon started to sputter before apparently finding his anger again. "Nothing! Just rats. I'm calling the exterminator to deal with it tomorrow. Now-Hey! You can't enter my house like that! Now see he-!"

Suddenly, the cupboard door opened, almost causing Rose to tumble out due to her leaning on it.Once she regained her balance, Rose looked up to a sight that almost caused her to cry out in relief.

Standing there in what she recognized as his Hogwarts uniform was none other than her brother, Harry Potter. She was just as she remembered seeing him almost three weeks ago with his wild hair and green eyes. He looked slightly disheveled, almost like he'd had to fight to get through which was probably true, actually.

What was different was his eyes. When he first saw her and the state she was in, they expressed shock. However, as it slowly sunk in that yes, this was his beloved sister Rose, rage took over. He took in her skinny frame, signaling at bad nutrition since she arrived and the bruise on her face and his rage spiked. His normally cheerful emerald eyes turned into emerald flames of pure rage that caused Rose to let out an involuntary whimper.

Realizing this, Harry's face turned carefully blank even as his eyes still showed some of his hidden anger before he took off his Hogwarts cloak, revealing his normal Muggle clothing underneath, and covered Rose in it. Then, ignoring Vernon's protests, Harry picked up Rose who eagerly went into her brother's arms. When vernon tried to move toward them, Harry sent him such a cold glare that he froze on the spot, too scared to do anything.

Rose buried her face into her brother's shoulders, relishing in his warmth and the safety it inspired. He had come. Her Harry had actually come for her. Her earlier fears of him no longer loving her had vanished like wind in the desert as she cried into his shoulder in relief.

Rose heard Harry ask her where her things were and she answered, "I don't have anything else. They burned everything when I got here. I'm sorry, Harry. They broke the toy wand you gave me. I'm sorry."

Harry shushed her. "It's okay, my little dolphin. I'll buy you another one. The fact that you're okay is what matters."

It seemed as if Vernon found his courage again since he took the chance to speak. "Now see here! You can't just barge in to my house as if you own it! As for the little freak, she got what she deserved and-"

Vernon was cut off by the feel of Harry's wand pressing itself against his neck as well as the emerald flames in Harry's eyes that sent a shiver of terror down his back.

"The only reason I don't kill where you stand, Dursley, is that I don't know a spell good enough to make you suffer for what you've done." Harry was saying in the coldest voice Rose had ever heard him speak in. She also noticed that the ground seemed to be shaking slightly and the trees outside looked like they were leaning closer to them."Rest assured, though, I will be back. I always pay back my debts."

With that, Harry carried Rose out of the house and back onto the street, leaving her Uncle Vernon sputtering behind them and her Aunt Petunia, who had been standing at the top of the stairs since Harry knocked on the door, looking at Harry's back in terror.

Once outside, Harry walked down the street until he reached an alley out of sight of any of the houses. Once inside the alley, Harry called for Libby who appeared with a pop! of displaced air.

"Master Harry! You called for Libby?" asked Libby in her normal squeaky voice.

Harry smiled down at Libby and nodded. "Yes, Libby. Can you pop us back to Potter Manor? I've never taken a passenger before and I don't want to risk splinching Rose."

Libby seemed to notice Rose's form covered in Harry's cloak in his arms and gasped at the bruise on her face. "Mistress Rose?! Who did this?!"

Harry jaw clenched before answering. "It was those bastard Dursleys. But that doesn't matter now. We need to get her home so she can get better."

Libby nodded and grabbed Harry's arm before snapping her fingers, causing them to disappear with a pop and appear in the foyer of Potter Manor.

Rose looked around at the familiar room with relief filling her, happy to finally be back home.

Harry turned to Libby. "Can you whip up a soup please. Rose is obviously hungry but is too tired to eat anything heavy so a soup will have to do till breakfast. Once you're done, take it up to Rose's room. She'll eat it there."

Libby bowed to Harry before replying in her squeaky voice. "At once, Master Harry" With that, Libby disappeared with a pop.

Rose snuggled into her brother's shoulder as he carried her to her room, pinching herself discreetly to make sure this wasn't a dream. Wincing in pain, Rose's smile grew as that proved that this was true and she wasn't just dreaming this as she had been wont to do the last two nights.

Rose was brought out of her thoughts by the sight of the door to her room opening and once again taking in the sight of her room.

Rose's room was a soft blue color similar to the color of waves. Her brother had painstakingly decorated it by hand before animating it with magic with various themes from fish to even a killer whale was drawn along the east wall to make it seem as if she was underwater. The fact that the fish and other creatures swam along the walls as if they really alive made it seem as if Rose was deep underwater, which comforted her for some reason.

The sight of her familiar room brought a small smile to Rose's face which widened when she saw Grey, her tabby gray colored kneazle appear from under her bed with an irritated yowl due to being woken up.

Harry gently put her on her bed where Grey jumped onto the bed and snuggled into Rose's willing arms. Once done with that, Harry pulled out his wand and gently waved it over the bruise on her face as a soft green glow came from the wand's tip.

Rose felt the bruise retreat until her face no longer hurt before her brother continued down over her body, his face becoming more stormy the more bruises he found. Realizing what he was finding, Rose stopped him by purposely yawning, bringing his attention to her and realizing she must be tired from her ordeal. Harry gently pulled back the covers of her bed and helped Rose snuggle into it before speaking softly. "I know you're tired but you need to eat before sleeping. You're too thin for not having gone without eating only a day so that means they must have been starving you all week. Libby will bring a good soup soon."

As if his words summoned her, Libby appeared with a pop!, carrying a medium-sized bowl of bouillabaisse, her favorite fish soup. It even had some soft bread beside it, Libby knowing how Rose loved to dip bread into her soup to eat. Rose smiled as she saw the bouillabaisse was made of red robin fish variety which was her favorite before thanking Libby and digging in. Libby smiled and disappeared with a pop!

Harry watched in concern and barely concealed anger as Rose tore into the soup like a person who hadn't eaten in days. While part of it could be due to her being a growing girl and having always had a big appetite, most of it was due to the poor nutrition she'd had this past week after years of being used to eating her fill.

Rose eventually emptied the bowl within a few minutes before yawning. "I'm sleepy, Harry."

Nodding his acceptance, Harry took the bowl and banished it into the kitchen before helping Rose into bed. Once that was done, he turned to leave her room. However, Rose stopped all thoughts of that by quickly grabbing his arm before he could leave the room.

"Don't leave," pleaded Rose. "Please."

Harry sighed and passed a hand through Rose's hair. "I need to get in contact with our parents to let them know what's happened. Didn't they contact you at all while you were with the Dursleys?"

Rose shook her head sadly. "No. They just left me with them on Monday and I haven't heard from anyone since." Rose started to tear up despite her attempts to stop it. "I thought you didn't love me anymore."

A flash of rage crossed Harry's face, only for it to be replaced by sorrow as Rose started crying. "Oh, Rosie. My little dolphin. I could never not love you. You're my favorite sister."

Rose let loose a laugh through her tears. "I'm your only sister."

"See. That means your position is safe for all of time." said Harry cheekily. The cheeky smile left his face when Rose refused to let him go and he sighed. "Alright. I'll contact our parents tomorrow morning. Scoot over so I can fit."

Rose obediently moved over to give Harry space to fit under the covers in the full-sized bed. Once he took off his shoes, Harry slipped under the covers beside Rose where she snuggled into his chest.

Rose let out a sigh of relief as a wave of safety washed over her as the familiar scent of her brother's body. His body next to hers helped push back the memories of her time with the Dursleys and reminded her of times when her beloved brother told her stories of handsome knights and the beautiful princesses rescued by them.

It was at that moment that Rose decided Harry was her knight. Her hero. Harry would always be there to protect her.

Harry meant home.

Harry meant safety.


7:11 am, Saturday; March 15th, 2003

3rd year girls dormitory, Hufflepuff basement, Hogwarts

Hogsmeade weekend trip

Rose's eyes slowly opened as she woke up for the day. Copper lamps cast a warm light over her four-poster bed, which had a patchwork quilt that was used for extra warmth during the cold nights. Rose sleepily studied the copper bed warmers hanging on the walls and absently wondered why they were there since she never used them. She never got cold despite what her roommates said. Yawning, she rolled over to look at the clock on her bedside table only to groan when she saw the time.

Childishly pulling the covers over her head, Rose tried to go back to sleep to no avail. She wondered why she had gotten up so early only to freeze when the answer came to mind.

With a huge smile that someone would have to nuke off her face to get rid of, Rose quickly got off her bed only to end up falling to the floor when her feet got tangled in the sheets. Groaning in pain, Rose quickly got over it as she ran toward the bathroom to get ready for the day.

Today was Hogsmeade weekend which meant that Harry would be coming to visit. The letter on her bedside table that had come yesterday confirmed his attendance today. She couldn't wait to see her eldest brother again.

As the water from the shower fell onto her face, Rose thought back to the dream she'd had.

The dream had been a memory of when Harry had saved her from the Dursleys. Rose remembered the screaming match that occurred the next day between Harry and her father. Harry had been livid that James had had the gall to just abandon his own daughter with people he didn't even know that well and had been proven to hate magicals without even checking on her. Meanwhile, James had been angry at Harry learning to apparate without permission and using it to leave Hogwarts grounds. The fight only ended when Lily intervened and said both were wrong and what was done was done. They made an unspoken agreement that Harry would from then on watch over Rose whenever they were busy and never leave her with someone else again.

Rose didn't realize until years later that that day marked the beginning of Harry's slow distancing from his parents. Summers became far tenser whenever their parents and Harry were in the same room until Harry and their parents barely spoke.

Rose often wondered how Harry got away with leaving Hogwarts whenever he wanted. It wasn't until after Harry left that she learned that he had threatened Dumbledore and his parents with giving his memories of Rose's condition when he found her to Amelia Bones and making it public knowledge. Being pro-muggle supporters, the fact that the sister of the Boy-Who-Lived was abused by muggles would have badly damaged their reputations and political stance as well as galvanized their political rivals into attacking them.

Not wanting that to happen and their parents outright refusing to mess with Harry's mind to make him forget, Dumbledore had no choice but to give Harry permission to leave the school grounds whenever he wanted. This was something Harry often took advantage of to either visit Rose, his muggle friends at times or... other activities which involved things she still didn't know about.

Either way, that event marked Harry as her protector and guardian as he basically raised her until his departure. While he still hadn't taken her with him, Harry often visited her, and Nathan before their falling out, regularly. Though this was only when they were not with their parents or Dumbledore since he didn't wish to speak with either of them.

Rose huffed in anger as she remembered Nathan's attitude lately.

Nathan had long been under pressure by both their parents and Dumbledore to be the best in everything. When he was young, he was trained by Dumbledore and this increased the pressure by everyone to be the best since he was trained by THE Albus Dumbledore. When Harry beat Dumbledore when he was barely 18, it only increased the expectations people had of Nathan to ridiculous proportions. After all, if the Hufflepuff son could beat Dumbledore at age 17, then Nathan should be the second coming of Merlin.

So when Nathan reached Hogwarts, he was expected to be the best of his year, which he was... but not the best to have ever attended Hogwarts. Nathan quickly became frustrated as every time he achieved something, he would be unconsciously compared to his brother and found lacking. If he achieved a spell within a week, he would hear that Harry accomplished it within a day. If he got an O in a class, he would hear that Harry got an O when he was Nathan's age. The professors never openly stated it, but most were disappointed that Nathan wasn't as brilliant or perhaps even better than Harry was. Snape even openly stated once that apparently all the good genes went to Harry leaving Nathan with the only the weak and useless ones.

The only thing that Nathan had that he wasn't compared to his brother in was Quidditch. Harry never joined a Quidditch team during his time at Hogwarts and it was the one place that was solely Nathan's.

Rose turned off the water and wrapped a towel around herself and another around her black hair as she walked back to her room to get dressed. Getting an idea, Rose concentrated and slowly, ever so slowly, the water started to float off her body and accumulate in an orb in front of her. Rose tried not to lose concentration as the excitement of managing to get more control of her powers filled her and continued to dry herself.

However, a particularly loud snore from one of her roommates startled Rose and she lost concentration, causing the orb to drop and splash the ground in front of her and creating a large puddle.

Huffing in frustration, Rose drew her wand and vanished the water before starting to get dressed once more. Her mind wandered back to her previous thoughts and musings as she dried her hair.

Rose vaguely understood Nathan's feelings on the matter since she suffered under the same expectations, though less so since she wasn't the "Boy-Who-Lived" and expected to be the best in everything. However, she learned to ignore and simply try the best she could. Harry had told them both to ignore other people's expectations and simply be themselves.

However, Nathan couldn't seem to do that and was constantly frustrated by his perceived 'failure' to be better than Harry. This eventually turned into anger at Harry himself for being so much more talented than him and made the relationship between Harry and Nathan turn sour.

This eventually culminated into an argument between Harry and Nathan when Harry tried to convince Nathan that Dumbledore wasn't as perfect as he seemed and Nathan defended him. This happened due to the presence of the Philosopher's Stone in Rose's first year and the opening of the Chamber of Secrets last year. Harry had told them that Dumbledore had stolen the stone from Nicholas claiming that it wasn't safe with Nicholas despite the latter managing to protect it from dozens of Dark Lords over the centuries just fine. The fact that he now couldn't even do anything to stop the attacks proved that he was either incompetent or willingly let it happen.

Nathan had gotten angry and said Dumbledore would never do that and that Harry was just making stuff up. The argument had continued for a while before Nathan stated that Dumbledore was always right and if he said the Stone wasn't safe with Nicholas then it wasn't. He then went on to say that Dumbledore could protect it better since he was the strongest wizard in the world and if he couldn't stop the monster of the Chamber then no one could. Harry had angrily retorted that if that was true then that meant Harry was now the strongest since Harry beat him all those years ago.

This caused the argument to take a darker turn since it reminded Nathan of how much more powerful Harry was than him and caused all his frustrations to come out. Only Rose having been there when she wasn't supposed to be in Hogsmeade where they were fighting stopped Nathan from getting physical. A fight Rose knew Nathan would lose since, unlike Harry, Nathan never trained physically and instead relied solely on his magic.

Since then, Nathan ignored all of Harry's letters and refused to meet up with him. Rose knew Nathan still cared for Harry, but that idiot Ronald's whispers in his ear had poisoned his thoughts to make him think Harry was the one in the wrong in everything. Rose had had high hopes for Nathan getting his head out of his arse when the attacks stopped with the only clue being Ginny Weasley showing up unconscious in the Infirmary and a destroyed diary showing up on the Headmaster's desk along with a note that he should start looking for a replacement. The fact that Dumbledore hadn't noticed a powerful dark artifact entering the school when the school was supposed to have wards for that sort of stuff said a lot about either Dumbledore's competence or his willingness to let innocents suffer for his plans. The fact that Ginny admitted to have had it all year only made it worse.

However, Nathan had simply put his head deeper in the sand and said that there was no way for Dumbledore to have known about the diary. No one had noticed Ginny was acting strangely, not even her own brothers, so how was Dumbledore supposed to know?

Rose had retorted that that was the point and Dumbledore didn't know everything. He was just as fallible as the rest of them and following his word like Gospel was stupidity at its finest. Nathan had ignored her and refused to listen to sense.

After that, Rose had simply given up and left the idiot alone. She had a feeling something else happened during her first year when he went after the Stone that made his anger and jealousy at Harry worsen but decided it wasn't any of her business. He would tell her when he wanted too.

This led to Rose's current status with her parents angry at her for not talking to Nathan and her refusing to change her mind. Nathan had no reason to be angry with Harry. Harry had stayed in contact with both of them after he left the house and had always supported them. It was only Nathan's jealousy and his almost fanatic belief in Dumbledore that caused him to be angry at Harry.

It didn't help that this year Nathan was channeling his inner Sirius Black and using his fame to spread the legs of any girl willing. She usually wouldn't care but he crossed a line when he used his status as Harry's brother and Susan's obvious infatuation with Harry to get in Susan's pants. The fact that he started ignoring her soon after he slept with her had broken poor Susan's heart and made almost all of Hufflepuff House turn on him. Rose didn't even try to defend Nathan, having befriended the Bones heir during her first year and finding Nathan's actions deplorable.

Only the fact that any action against her parents would be sure to lose stopped Madame Bones from taking legal action for taking the virginity of the heiress of an Ancient and Noble House. The only silver lining had been that at least Nathan hadn't gotten her pregnant because Rose doubted the idiot even knew the anti-pregnancy charm.

Poor Susan had had to suffer weeks of being called "the Huffleslut" by other houses before the upper years intervened and shut the other houses up violently, giving them detention for a week. Despite this, the upper years were unrepentant, saying Hufflepuffs stuck together and the Lions had better watch their backs now or else the 'timid' badger would stick a knife in it.

Sighing, Rose started to pick out her clothing for the day, slightly annoyed that the carriages to Hogsmeade wouldn't leave until 10:00am. This meant she had three hours before she'd see her brother again and nothing to so till then.

After she got dressed in blue jeans and a white t-shirt (she would change again an hour before the carriages arrived), Rose walked into the Hufflepuff basement, also known as their common room, with a book on water elemental magic Harry had sent her.

The Hufflepuff common room was round and earthy and low-ceilinged; it always felt sunny, and its circular windows had a view of rippling grass and dandelions. There was a lot of burnished copper about the place as well as a lot of plants, which either hung from the ceiling or sat on the windowsills. Rose's Head of house, Professor Pomona Sprout, was Head of Herbology, and she brought the most interesting specimens (some of which would dance and talk) to decorate the common room - one reason why Hufflepuffs were often very good at Herbology. There was a bunch of overstuffed sofas and chairs upholstered in yellow and black, and the dormitories could be reached through round doors in the walls of the common room.

Rose loved it in Hufflepuff and realized why her brother had as well. He had always had a green thumb and Rose remembered when she was young and would play in the mud with Harry as they took care of the garden at Potter manor or were planting a new plant that Harry liked. He must have loved it in Hufflepuff, near the earth and surrounded by plants.

Rose loved it here as well, though she loved it more for the constant humidity that the plants provided than for the plants themselves. Though she had to admit they were nice as well. Professor Sprout was even nice enough to make a medium-sized aquarium in the corner filled with benign aquatic magical creatures that Rose and some upper years took care of. No one knew why Rose was so obsessed with water, but simply accepted it as only Hufflepuffs could.

Of all the houses, Rose considered the Hufflepuffs the most tolerant to oddities to those within their house. Most pro-mutant supporters were Hufflepuffs due to the fact that their most famous alumni, Harry himself, was one. As Susan Bones told Rose when she was first sorted, Hufflepuffs stick together and they would never allow anything to happen to the baby sister of their greatest pride.

Harry's influence could be felt even years after his "departure" from the wizarding world. Hufflepuffs were no longer as bullied by other houses anymore since Harry taught them to stick together and fight back. Hufflepuffs were now no longer amongst the lowest of grade point average but were more spread out, some even competing for top of the year in grades.

All in all, Harry had given Hufflepuff its pride back and he was almost venerated as the pinnacle Hufflepuff in the house. Upper years who had gone to school with him often told stories about the achievement she brought to the house and how he always helped anyone in the House who asked as long as they didn't abuse the privilege. He had brought honor and respect to Hufflepuff house that they had sorely lacked.

The duel with Dumbledore and the negative response it got from Dumbledore supporters was quickly shot down in the house and lost Dumbledore many Hufflepuff supporters due to many Huffelpuffs who knew Harry saying it was his parents who betrayed his loyalty first. The fact that he was passed over as heir (many upper years complaining it was because he was a proud Puff and not a reckless Lion) only increased their hero worship for Harry within the House of Badgers.

As Rose sat down in armchair, her mind went back to the letters she'd exchanged with him over the last few weeks.

Harry had told her last week that he and Satana had broken up last month. While at first Rose had been... less than thrilled about his relationship with Satana due to her childish need to be the center of Harry's attention, she had eventually accepted it. She even grew to like the crimson-haired woman during the times Rose had spoken with her and had easily seen how much Harry loved her.

Their break-up must have been hard on Harry, especially considering his less than stellar history with women and how those relationships ended. Her brother may be good at charming women but he wasn't as good at maintaining a steady relationship, once again due to his previous romantic history.

So breaking up with the first women he maintained a serious healthy relationship for more than a year must have been hard.

Rose only hoped he was getting over it in a nice and healthy manner.


7:32 am, Saturday; March 15th, 2003

Team Training ground, Mount Adam, West Falkland, Falkland Islands

Hogsmeade weekend trip

Harry and Jade were standing across from each other in their team's training field. The training field in question was hidden in the very top of Mount Adam of the Falkland Islands and had hundreds of wards protecting it from discovery, magical or otherwise.

The training field also had wards keeping their attacks from affecting anything outside of the training field. It did this with a mixture of time dilation and space wards that basically turned the training field into a pocket dimension that couldn't affect anything outside of it as long as someone was using the field. Once the people inside were done training, the people inside would deactivate those wards so they could leave.

The training field was magically expanded to about the size of two football fields side to side and twice in length. This gave the users plenty of space for all kinds of strategies as well as space to truly cut loose.

Currently, Harry and Jade were making use of it for a spar before they left to relax for the weekend. This weekend was meant for relaxation for everyone on Harry's orders so everyone was sitting back and not working.

Harry was going to visit his sister and other friends in Britain along with Jade who would be coming along. John was spending the weekend with his daughter, Danielle was off doing her own thing, and Julia was going to relax with Rachel here on the island where she wouldn't have to worry about when some crazy villain would attack. Download was off... you know, it was probably better for Harry's mental health that he didn't imagine what that little lesbian nympho was off doing.

Mirror was still in her deep undercover assignment which was basically a long vacation for her so it wasn't like it affected her.

Back in the training field, Harry smirked at Jade who was looking at him with narrowed eyes. "Well, love? You think you'll manage to break through my defenses today?"

Jade just smirked. "Only one way to find out." With that, Jade dashed toward Harry as a giant samurai made up of psionic energy around 8 feet tall appeared surrounding her.

Harry lost his smirk as he stretched out his hands and a series of pillars made up of dense, compacted earth came out of the ground, heading toward Jade.

Harry's powers outside of magic weren't limited solely to controlling plant life. That was simply the weakest aspect of his powers and would have probably been his sole mutant power, if he hadn't become Gaea's champion.

Being Gaea's champion allowed his mutant power to evolve further to consisting everything related to the earth, from the earth itself to manipulation of plant life on a massive scale.

Harry himself divided his methods of attack into four 'phases' of increasing levels of difficulty. The first phase was him simply controlling already present plants. While it may sound weak, in a forest or a place with a lot of plant life, he was basically a god with how dangerous he could be. Even the fastest or strongest beings would be caught in his vines if he put his mind to it.

The second phase was the one he was using now. He controlled the earth itself like he was a sculptor and manipulated it to his whims. It was his third strongest defense and had a powerful offense as well. This was especially true considered he could use his alchemy to change the composition of his earth pillars into anything from steel to vibranium as long as he knew the chemical formula for it.

He unfortunately didn't know the formula for adamantium, which would turn his defenses indestructible but he hoped to learn it someday.

The third and fourth phases... well, that would telling, wouldn't it?

Jade smashed into the first pillar with all the strength given to her by her psionic armor. The strength of her armor wasn't actually related to her physical strength but the strength of her focus. Years of fighting and being taught Occlumency by Harry had turned her focus unshakable and razor sharp.

Which explained why she broke through the first few pillars as if they weren't even there despite them being strong enough to take a few Scud missiles without a scratch. Jade's focus and will had become without peer thanks to her years of combat and usage of her mutant powers.

Realizing that she might actually reach him, Harry slammed his hands onto the ground, using his alchemy to change the composition of the pillar in front of him into vibranium before it changed to take the shape of a wall protecting him from attack.

When Jade reached said wall, she hit it with all her strength, but only managed to cause a few cracks to appear. Jade quickly had to backtrack as a series of giant earth fists burst out of the ground and would have crushed her if she hadn't moved.

Jade jumped and dodged as dozens of rock fists started to rise out of the ground and attempt to crush her. Luckily, her psionic armor also increased her reflexes and speed, allowing her to do so easily.

Jade was running on top of a pillar when she drew a few ninja stars from her side pouch and threw them at Harry in hopes of distracting him. The plan failed when Harry negligently blocked the stars with a pillar before sending even more rock fists to crush her.

Realizing she'd have to get serious, Jade evolved her armor to the next stage. Instead of getting bigger, her armor got smaller, becoming denser until it was barely a few inches away from her skin. In this stage, her amor could block anything short of an adamantium blade and increased all her natural skills even further.

Once that was done, Jade started moving even faster, completely dodging all of Harry's attempts as she left afterimages behind her as she moved.

Narrowing his eyes at the sight, Harry's eyes glowed a powerful emerald before sending hundreds of rock fists in Jade's direction. Harry got slightly annoyed as he saw Jade simply avoid all the rock pillars even as she continued to get close enough to make him uneasy.

In a sudden burst of speed, Jade was in front of Harry and sent a powerful punch that actually managed to land and send him back a few steps.

The reason for him only being sent back a few steps despite the force behind the blow being strong enough to turn a small city into a crater became apparent when Harry turned his face back toward Jade. Covering Harry's body was a thin armor made up of the densest minerals in the field camouflaged to look like his skin to make it seem like he had no armor. The armor was paper thin but Harry knew for a fact that it could take a nuclear strike and only have a small crack on it.

Which made the fact that Jade managed to leave a small crack on it along his chin pretty impressive.

Harry smirked. "Not bad, Jade. You've gotten better in evolving to the second stage of your armor. It used to take you a minute to do that and now you've got it down to a few seconds and your strength and speed have increased even further."

Jade smiled at his words even as she looked slightly put out. "Thanks, though I hoped to make more of a mark on you than just a crack."

Harry just winked. "You're not the only one whose been training. Now let's continue."

As he said that, the earth shook as it heeded Harry's call. Spears of earth moving at binding speeds tried to impale Jade only to fail as she just barely dodged them.

"And this time, no more holding back," finished Harry with a smile as he started twirling his cane around. Jade returned the smile and drew her katana which channeled her psionic power so the armor around her also had a blade.

The two titans had continued to spar for almost two hours within the training field though it was only two minutes outside it. By the time they were done, the training field had become a series of craters and destroyed pillars that resembled a warzone. The only reason an earthquake hadn't shaken the entire island and caused it to sink beneath the waves was due to the wards.

Jade was panting as she stood across from Harry who was also breathing heavily. Jade felt a hint of pride as she had forced Harry to use the third phase of his abilities to survive her most powerful hit, as the wooden barrier surrounding Harry's position proved. The fact that he had used that to protect himself told her that he knew that his earth defensive shield wouldn't be enough. The fact that he had to use his second strongest which could probably take a dozen nuclear bombs and not even have a scratch on it, said a lot about how strong Jade had become.

Harry grumbled under his breath as he manipulated the wooden barrier back into the earth where it disappeared. Harry's shirt was now in tatters, leaving him in only black pants to cover his modesty and even they had a few tears. Jade had really gotten good at using her psionic armor to its full advantage even with all of Harry's many forms of attack.

Sighing to himself, Harry pulled the broadsword he had been using during the latter part of their spar out of the ground where he'd impaled it and walked towards Jade. As he walked toward her, Harry deactivated the wards so they could leave and transformed the sword into its more manageable state. By the time Harry reached Jade, the sword had transformed into a familiar silver dragon topped cane.

Harry looked at Jade who looked like she was seconds from keeling over and picked her up bridal style. Jade simply let him and pointed at her broken katana laying a few feet away. "You're replacing that."

Harry simply chuckled. "Yes, ma'am. Now let's go back to the retreat."

Harry twisted on his feet and apparated without a sound only to reappear in front of his retreat on the Falkland Islands.

Harry's private retreat here on the islands was a large villa hidden halfway up Mount Adam on West Falkland and only reachable through magic or from the air. The stunning area was dotted with luxury dachas and covered by prosperous vegetation of logwood trees that Harry had obviously grown using his mutant powers since the islands had no natural trees of its own.

The villa itself was built with pre-cast and in-situ cast concrete, steel and glass. It had a characteristic fluid design and was divided into two main components: the first one strategically merged with the sloped landscape and the second was a separate volume floating 22 meters above the ground to benefit from the spectacular views.

The residence was divided into four levels. The lower level or basement was dedicated to leisure space and included a living room, a massage and fitness area as well as a sauna and hamman (Turkish) baths. The latter two were favorites of any and all females who visited and the females on the team often used it after a hard mission. The ground floor hosted the living room, dining, kitchen, entertainment, and indoor swimming room. The main entrance lobby, study/library, and guest rooms were distributed on the first floor while the master bedroom and a lounge with exterior terrace occupied the upper level.

The two main components of the house were connected by three concrete columns that established a strong dialogue between the two volumes and function as structural elements: within the interior space of the columns were the vertical shafts required to place all the mechanical elements and services connecting to the upper level. Incorporated within the space between the columns is the vertical circulation of the house where a transparent glass elevator and staircase were situated, providing a direct connection between the lower and the upper levels.

On the first floor the main entrance held three concrete columns which intersect with the main roof. With this, skylights and a double-high space are created. The view from the living room, following the grand staircase located in the entrance lobby, was framed by two curved in-situ cast concrete structures. These concrete structures serves both a structural purpose and the functional purpose of creating the divisions between main living room, dining room and indoor swimming pool.

All in all, it was a marvel of house design that Harry was quite proud of and he wasn't stingy in inviting friends and family to visit. The place was also protected by powerful wards that would have made the ones around Hogwarts look weak in comparison.

Harry looked down as Jade moaned and signaled him to let her down. Doing so, Harry held back a laugh as Jade stumbled a bit on her feet and put a hand on her stomach as if trying to stop herself from dry heaving. It was hilarious for the usually graceful Jade to be unsteady on her feet after apparition.

Somehow sensing Harry's thoughts, Jade turned to glare at him. "It's not funny! That damn teleporting trick of yours is disorienting as all hell! I don't even want to know how you manage to use it in battle so effortlessly."

Harry gave her a cheeky grin. "Practice, love. Practice."

After Jade moaned out her discomfort for a minute or two, she finally managed to stand up by herself without any outward signs of distress. Chuckling slightly, Harry led the way into the villa and walked into the living room where he heard the TV was on.

Stepping into the room, Harry saw Rachel playing with puzzle on the floor while also watching a cartoon on TV.

Rachel was a cute three year girl with her mother's blond hair and teal eyes that Julia says she inherited from her grandmother on her father's side. It always fascinated Harry when he saw those eyes because he never thought he'd ever see natural teal-colored eyes. Harry just knew Rachel would have to beat off the boys with a stick when she grew up if she inherited her mother's looks.

Harry felt sorry for Rachel's father who would probably get dozens of headaches once she reached her teenage years and started dating.

Rachel turned at their entrance before a toothy grin crossed her face. "Uncle Harry!"

Harry chuckled as he picked up Rachel when she made motions for him to do so. "Heya squirt. How's my favorite little girl doing?"

"I'm good, Uncle Harry," said Rachel happily. "Are you going to play with me today? You haven't played with me all week."

Harry had a sad smile on his face as he answered. "Sorry about that, Rachel. Been busy with work. But this weekend's my time off so that means I can spend it with you and your mom if you want."

"I think we'd like that," said a voice coming from the other door into the living room.

Despite having seen and been with many beautiful women in his life, Harry couldn't but feel his heart skip a beat as he took in the sight of one his oldest friends, Julia Carpenter.

Julia had long strawberry blond hair that reached mid-back and deep blue eyes. Her hair looked like a mess from far away yet still managed to look perfect on her. Julia had long toned legs that were emphasized by the jean shorts she was wearing and Harry had trouble looking away. Covering her upper body was a large white t-short that, while baggy, didn't completely had the fact that she had quite a large pair of breasts. If anything, Harry had to say that looking at Julia in casual wear made her seem even more beautiful.

Looking at her now, Harry was vividly reminded of exactly why he had once considered marrying this woman and why the fact that she had married someone else barely a month after he disappeared hurt so much.

When he had woken up from the coma he'd entered after Diane's death, he'd awoken to find out that Julia had gotten married and was even then expecting a kid by the man. It was for that reason more than anything that he had stayed away and hadn't informed her he was still alive. It would have hurt too much to see her happy with another man.

Harry wasn't the only one checking the other out. Julia felt her heart start to hammer and her face start to heat up as she took in the sight of Harry standing there shirtless with only pants on. Julia took in the sight of his chiseled body with a six pack and not an ounce of fat on him, being all muscle, and had to hold back the need to drool. His body looked like the body of a god, no scratch that, even better than one since if Thor was any indication, they were too bulky for her taste. Harry had plenty of muscle while still maintaining a lean physique. Julia continued to look up his body before their eyes met.

The moment their eyes met, a familiar connection was felt between them that got both of their motors running. Only the fact that Harry was currently carrying Rachel and Jade was in the room stopped them from ravaging each other then and there. God, Julia couldn't believe that despite not having seen him in years, she still felt exactly the same if not stronger for this man. His very presence still made her feel like a schoolgirl with a crush and she had to admit that she liked it.

Julia eventually broke the connection by looking away, missing the look of disappointment on Harry's face when she did. She looked back at him and forced a smile. "Like I said. We would love it if spent the weekend with us."

"You would?" asked Harry, the double meaning obvious.

Julia and Harry's eyes met, something passing between them as she spoke. "I-We would."

The sound of a throat clearing broke them from their thoughts as Harry turned to Jade who gave them an apologetic look. "I'm sorry but, weren't you going to visit Rose today, Harry? You haven't seen her in a month and she was looking forward to it."

Harry seemed to remember and grimaced as he realized she was telling the truth. He was actually looking forward to seeing Rose too, not having seen her in almost a month. He turned to Julia with an apologetic look on his face. "I'm sorry. I did promise Rose I'd see her today. But tomorrow-"

"Tomorrow you're going to see Lady Davis, Harry," interrupted Jade smoothly. "We won't be back till Monday morning. Remember?"

A frustrated look came to Harry's face and he tried to think of something and therefore missed the look of utter jealousy that came to Julia's face when Tracey Davis was mentioned.

Julia eventually buried her jealousy and forced a smile on her face. "Oh well, maybe next weekend then?"

A determined look came to Harry's face and he shook his head. "No. The company can survive a week without me and I don't have any important meetings this week. Plus, I brought you here and haven't even been a good enough host to show you the sights. No. We'll spend the week here together and I'll show you the sights. Sound good?"

Julia looked surprised and tried to hide the eagerness in her tone as she spoke. "But the city-"

"Can survive without you for a week, Jules," interrupted Harry smoothly. "There are plenty of other heroes to pick up the slack and Spider-man has been complaining about you making it boring to patrol now. He can use a little excitement now and then."

Julia tried not to smile at the thought of having Harry all to her-themselves for a week. Seeing him with Rachel made her heart clench with how right it looked. Guilt at not telling Harry the truth filled her. Maybe this week was just what she needed to tell Harry the truth?

Julia bit her lip before speaking. "You sure you don't have anything important this week?"

Harry turned to Jade with a questioning look who only shrugged. "Just the party at the Queen's palace on Wednesday. We're required to attend this one. Other than that, nothing that can't be postponed for a later date."

Harry turned to Julia with a smile. "See? Even more of a reason for you guys to stay. You wouldn't make me embarrass myself by not having a date for the party, will you?"

Julia tried not to giggle as she saw him pout and Rachel copy him. They looked so unbearably cute like that. 'Like father and daughter.' said a small voice in the back of her head which she forcibly ignored.

Julia's smile faltered for a second before she started to look for excuses. "But... I... I don't have anything to wear!"

Harry just gave her his famous roguish smile that still managed to get her heart to skip a beat. "Then we'll just have to fix that won't we? Tell you what. What if instead of spending the day in this boring place, you girls and Jade go to Paris and help Julia here buy a dress for the party? I'll drop you guys off and then give you each a portkey back here for when you guys finish. Once Rose has to return to Hogwarts, I'll return here to pick Jade up and then we'll go to the Davis's. Sound good?"

"But I don't have the money to buy a dress in Paris!" protested Julia.

Harry just winked at her. "Then it'll be on my tab. You are honoring me with letting me escort you to the party. The least I can do is pay for your dress. In fact, buy one for each of you. I'm sure the Queen will just love little Rachel here." A mischievous look came to Harry's eyes and he turned to Rachel in his arms. "Would you like to meet a real life queen, Rachel?"

Rachel eagerly nodded her head. "Really?! I get to meet a queen?" Rachel turned her puppy dog eyes on Julia who faltered at the sight of them. "Please, mommy. Can we go?"

Julia gave Harry a dirty look for cheating by getting Rachel's support before playfully sighing. "Fine. I guess I can sacrifice an evening and bless you with my company. But you owe me, Mister Peverell."

Harry just gave her a cheeky grin. "As you say, Lady Cornwall. Come on, everyone. Let's get dressed. You girls have shopping to do and I have a sister to spoil."

With that, Harry passed Rachel over to Julia and walked toward his room, Jade following behind.

They eventually reached Harry's room and Harry turned to Jade. "I'm gonna take a bath. When I leave you with the girls, be sure to watch over them if you enter the magical section of Paris. Some wizards are known to capture pretty muggle women for their entertainment or to sell on the black market. They'd take Rachel too since she'll probably to grow to look like Julia."

Jade nodded her understanding. "Don't worry. I'll be alert."

Harry smiled and nodded. "I'll never know what I did to deserve you, Jade. Anyway, I'm gonna take a bath to get the aches out of my muscles. You should do the same."

With that Harry walked into the bathroom with his towel and change of clothes. Back in the room, Jade walked out of the room only to come back in soon afterwards and locking the door behind her. With a naughty smile on her face, Jade created a trail of clothes behind her as she entered the bathroom where Harry was bathing, naked as the day she was born.

Inside the bathroom, Harry had turned the shower head on to allow the warm water to spray out over his body. He took a long and deep breath as he relaxed after his two hour long spar with Jade. Jade was getting better and not only making her psionic armor stronger but also evolving it to the next level faster. Harry was also getting better at manipulating the earth and he was already getting new ideas on ways to use it. Only practice would see if his ideas had merit though and he made a note to spar more often with his team to keep them all sharp as well as learn how to apply his abilities to opponents with differing skill sets. He doubted his earth manipulation would be as effective on John.

At that point, Harry felt a soft hand between his shoulder blades and another on the small of his back as the hands began to rub circular motions on his skin. Harry sighed at the pleasurable motions that these two hands were making. He recognized the soft feel of the hands on his back and chuckled as he realized the spar must have gotten Jade hot and bothered.

"Hello, love," Jade breathed in his ear in a sultry manner which made Harry's cock twitch a little bit. She continued her motions, massaging his back slowly and seductively as she pressed her crotch against his ass. "Care for me to wash your back?"

Harry allowed his secretary to do so with a nod as her hands worked over him nice and slowly with circular motions. The dark haired wizard / mutant felt the joy of a pair of soft female hands on him. She worked circles around the small of his back before she worked down further and further to wash other parts of him as well.

"Does that feel good, Harry?" Jade breathed as she went between Harry's legs and scrubbed him down there before she continued with the back of his legs. Through the mist of the shower, Harry could see that Jade was completely naked and couldn't help but appreciate the sight. Jade was truly a beauty that few, if any, could match. A perfect combination of sensual curves with the ability to look prim and proper at a moment's notice. It only made it more satisfying when he fucked her so hard she couldn't manage to walk straight anymore.

"Yes, it does," Harry managed before Jade gently spun him around and slowly pushed him against the shower wall. Jade traced patterns on Harry's chest as she looked her boss in the eye with sexual predatory intent. Her fingers traced circles around his chest, pinching his nipples, as she ground up and down against his erection, before her mouth was up against his ear.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush, love, I'm here so you can fuck me nice and hard," Jade purred in his ear before she leaned forward and began to suck on said ear, slowly and seductively. Harry knew what she wanted, having told him a few days ago that she wanted to act out this fantasy. He had been hesitate considering her past but she insisted and he wasn't going to let her down. Harry felt her fingers trail down his chest and down his stomach. She pulled off and looked at his body hungrily. "Do you think it's wrong to be fucking your secretary, Harry?"

"Of course, I think it's very wrong," Harry breathed as he pulled his arms from around the wall and wrapped them around Jade's slender waist to pull her body into his. Her hot body pressed nicely against his wet body, before Harry grinned. "That's what makes it so exciting, isn't it?"

"It's so wrong. If anyone knew they would be in an uproar and say it was improper," Jade breathed as she ground up and down against Harry's erection. "But I can't resist you and I know you can't resist me. So why should we stop ourselves and not just embrace it?"

"We really should," Harry agreed as he drank in the sight of her naked body as he wanted nothing better than to hold her down and screw her long and hard for hours on end. "Such a gorgeous body deserves to be properly attended to."

"Yes it should, should it?" Jade responded before she cupped her breasts for emphasis as the water droplets rolled down them. Her luscious lips twisted into a sultry grin. "But do you think you're up for the challenge? A lot of men brag they can but they all fall short. Will you be any different?"

Jade continued to rub her hands up and down Harry's chiseled chest as their lusts were rising to the breaking point. The steam in the shower was not just from the hot water.

"I can have anyone in the world with my looks, but I'm not interested in other men. Only you," said Jade as she cupped Harry's balls in her hand while her eyes met his. "I don't mind sharing you with other women, love. Can you imagine Julia eating me out as you pound her from behind?"

Harry's expression of lust not to mention the growth of his member had indicated that he was imagining that very thing and he found it immensely arousing.

"But that's for another day," Jade continued as Harry grabbed her around the shoulders before he shoved her back hard against the shower, causing a grunt of desire to leave her mouth. "Oh, that's it Harry! Take me! Show your dirty secretary how much of a real man you are!"

Take her was exactly what Harry did.


Lemon begins

Harry pushed his lips onto Jade's with a searing kiss as he cupped her large breasts. The two motions caused Jade to moan lustily in her lover's mouth as she felt his motions grow more intense. Her back was pressed against the shower wall nice and hard with his tongue invading her mouth and his overwhelming aura filling her mind with ecstasy.

Jade gave as good as she got however and the kiss got deeper as the two of them ran their hands down across each other's body. They groped flesh as their kisses got more frantic and more passionate with the two lovers violating each other's mouths with their tongues as they got deeper and deeper into their passions.

Harry pulled back just a slight bit as he looked in Jade's similar yet still different green eyes when she slumped up against the edge of the shower. He rubbed his hands down her body slowly and surely as he reached her pussy. It was clean shaven and extremely wet which Harry felt as he rubbed his fingers against her dripping cunt.

"Are you wet for your boss?" Harry asked at that point as he looked at Jade with a lustful smile.

"Yes, wet for you, love. Punish me, punish me, Harry!" Jade begged as she looked at Harry in the eyes. "Take your secretary over your knee and spank her for being such a dirty slut."

Harry sat down on the shower floor and draped Jade over his lap before he raised one hand. With a thunderous smack he spanked her hard on the ass. Jade shivered at the impact of Harry's hand going over her backside. Harry raised his hand once again and spanked her hard.

"Oooh, that's it, that's it!" Jade screamed in passion when Harry continued to spank her and these actions caused her pussy to clench with a furious orgasm. "Fucking punish me, punish this dirty secretary!"

"You're a dirty girl," Harry commented as he spanked her a few more times before he grabbed Jade and straddled her on his lap to look at her. Her passionate green eyes, lovely tits, flat taut stomach, and he cupped her firm, sexy ass as well when she straddled him.

Jade's eyes glazed over when Harry's hands reached around her breasts and gave them a nice squeeze. She ground onto his erection to give him some encouragement as Harry continued to fondle his secretary who continued to throw her head back and moan at these actions.

"Please Harry!" Jade begged loudly as she felt Harry's cock scrap against her stomach, it was torture not to have this thick piece of meat in her.

"Please, what?" Harry asked her as he feigned ignorance with Jade moaning before Harry stuck a finger up her ass. Jade screamed in pure pleasure from this action.

"Cock, I need it in me, please," Jade breathed heavily while she felt the pleasure of Harry's finger manipulating her anus. "Please, love, fuck your secretary like the silly slut that she is!"

Jade's legs wrapped around Harry before he slowly carried her over to the shower wall. Harry pushed her against the wall and brushed his cock against her extremely wet entrance before he pushed his hips back for a tease. Her eyes were on him with anticipation before Harry plunged his member deep into her cunt.

"OH SWEET SHIVA, YES!" Jade screamed as she gyrated against Harry when he fucked her against the shower wall. The thrusts were deeper and deeper in her as she felt her body heat up from the feel of his powerful aura caressing her body. "Punish your dirty secretary with your meat Harry!"

Harry pushed out before he pushed back into her as he continued to thrust his cock deep inside Jade's pussy. Jade moaned in sinful lust when Harry continued to stretch out her walls with his hard cock. It felt so good to have a good, hard cock deep inside her but this would be the only one that she would ever allow to touch her insides ever again. She was his, completely and utterly.

"Oh glorious Shiva, that's good, fuck me, fuck me!" Jade breathed heavily as her eyes were glazed over in bliss with Harry's thick cock spearing in and out of her cunt.

"So tight, so wet," Harry managed as he continued to speed up his thrusts to push his member in and out of his lover who was pushed against the walls. "God, you're pussy is tight."

Jade felt herself clench as Harry continued to spear into her over and over again with his balls slapping against her flesh. Jade's arms wrapped around Harry as did her legs so Harry could continue to fuck her brains out.

"That's it Harry, fuck my brains out!" Jade yelled lewdly at the top of her lungs as she felt Harry's cock pump into her to hit pleasure spot after pleasure spot. "I want to not be able to think straight after this is done!"

"You're a goddess, but you're mine," Harry grunted as he speared into her nice and hard when he continued to bang her against the shower wall. "God, I love you!"

"I love you too!" Jade screamed when Harry's motions sped up as he banged into her and caused more steam to appear in the shower. The only thing that mattered was their focus on each other as sweat rolled down their bodies. "People may think this is wrong but who cares... Ugh!... What other people think? Especially when it feels so fucking good! Sweet Shiva, you can pay me in sex, it's so good!"

Harry's cock would have to agree with this sentiment he continued to fuck his slutty secretary nice and hard.

"Such a whore for my cock," Harry told her when his motions sped up deep inside her and Jade felt like she was being fucked at hyper speed. Thankfully her mind was able to process it even though it was dangerously close to shutting down.

"Yes, I'm your cock slave, your whore, fuck me, fuck me, FUCK ME!" Jade yelled at this point as she felt an orgasm wash over her once again.

Harry was surprised how vocal she could get but he liked it. Every time she referred to him as her boss or her master it honestly got Harry off. A small part of him realized that might be a bit messed up but a larger part realized that this was natural. If two people loved each other and wanted to share in that love with each other, then why should others have any right to tell them what was the right way to express it and which was the wrong way?

"I'm about to cum," Harry warned her after a long hard round of screwing her hard when he pummeled her snug snatch with his rod. He was honestly surprised he held off so long but he passed it off as having a lot of practice.

"Cum in me, shoot your seed in me!" Jade screamed as she decided to go on. "Give me all of your cum, knock up your slutty secretary with your bastard child!"

Harry's balls tightened at these words before they exploded to spend a shower of cum deep into her fertile womb. Jade's pussy clenched and convulsed around Harry to milk every single drop of his virile seed that he had out of his balls before she collapsed on top of him with a satisfied and slightly goofy grin on her face.

Lemon end


Harry helped Jade stand on wobbly legs as he pulled her into a deep kiss which she happily returned. Despite their lust-filled fuck / domination session, Jade had to admit that it was nice to be in the arms of someone who had loved all of her. It was different from her former husband. Harry may have dominated her but she could feel his love for her in every moment. He cared about her pleasure and actually got off on getting her off. It was like night and day and she could honestly say that she wouldn't mind submitting to Harry again.

With another motion Harry broke the kiss before he looked in the eyes of his lover / secretary who was now glowing in sexual satisfaction.

"So, were you being serious about the entire knock me up thing?" Harry asked Jade with a raised eyebrow. "Just out of curiosity."

Jade offered Harry a rather mischievous grin before she spoke.

"Well just because I said it, doesn't mean it's going to happen," Jade said as she rested in Harry's arms. "Although I wouldn't actually mind. I love you, Harry." she said seriously, not a hint of lie in her face or tone. "I may never be your wife but I'll happily and proudly bear your children and spend the rest of my life as your lover."

Harry gave her a soft kiss and smiled down at her. "What did I ever do to deserve you in my life?"

Jade just smiled lovingly up at him. "You saved a woman who had given up on the idea of escape and offered her a future when she was lost. Not only that but you accepted her love when you had every right to reject her. For that and so much more, I'd follow you anywhere. To the very depths of hell itself. You're my hero, I guess."

A melancholy look crossed his face. "I'm no hero, Jade. You know that better than anyone."

"Yes, I do," answered Jade seriously. "I know that you're not like other heroes, you're better than them. It's easy to save someone being mugged or fight against a villain who's doing outward kinds of evil. What you do is more than that. You make the hard choices that others can't make while also taking the long view. You're not only fighting crime but also helping create a world where such crimes won't happen again. You may do things that are morally questionable. But in the end, you're a greater hero than any one of those tight wearing morons could ever be."

Harry sighed, knowing anything he said against her statement would just hurt her feelings at this point. "Well, do you think I impregnated you?"

Jade's mouth just curled into a smile. "I suppose you'll know in a few weeks, whether or not you did. Although you shouldn't worry about rumors. I'm willing to say someone else is the father if you want."

"No," said Harry seriously. "I already have one child I can't ever announce publicly as mine. If you get pregnant I'll happily admit it's mine no matter what. I'm not ashamed of loving you."

"If that's what you want," Jade answered outwardly. Inwardly, his words made her love him even more if that was possible. "So I suppose that we should get clean."

"Just so we can get dirty again," Harry responded with a smirk which Jade returned as she looked back at her boss/lover.

"Of course," Jade answered with a wink as she and Harry prepared to soap each other up before the dance continued all over again.


10:02 am, Saturday; March 15th, 2003

Carriage road to Hogsmeade, Hogwarts, Scotland

Hogsmeade weekend trip

Rose impatiently waited in line for an empty carriage so she could go to Hogsmeade. She had changed a few times during the intervening time since she'd woken up and was currently wearing blue jeans and black boots with a green t-shirt and a short long-sleeved black jacket over it.

Rose tried to ignore the looks she was getting many boys due to her looks as she waited for the carriage to arrive.

Rose had been one of the early bloomers, having starting growing breasts when she turned 12. At 14, she was amongst the largest of her year at a large C-cup. Rose had also followed her brother's footsteps and trained her body along with her magic. Along with the usual exercises, Rose also did laps around the lake regardless of the weather unless the lake was frozen. This gave her a slender and toned body that had many boys drool over her.

Not that she would give them the time of day. Rose admitted she had high standards which she secretly blamed on Harry. Rose had seen how Harry treated his girlfriends, even the ones that only lasted a few weeks, and she wanted that. She wanted a boy that was considerate, honorable, charming, smart and respected her space while being irresistible at the same time.

And good-looking. That was important as well.

But all the boys here either acted like cocky little brats who she should be honored to date or worse, talked to her chest and not her face.

The worst of the latter was currently walking beside Nathan as he walked toward her. Latched onto his arm was the girl Rose considered the slut of Ravenclaw, Cho Chang, gossiping with her best friend Mariette Edgecombe who was walking on her other side. "Hey sis. You going to Hogsmeade too?" asked Nathan curiously.

Rose ignored Ronald Weasley who was busy staring at her chest with the ease of much practice and nodded at Nathan. "Yep. You too?"

Nathan nodded with a smile. "Yeah. We're gonna see if there's anything new at Zonko's. Wanna come with us? We can spend the day together."

Rose bit her lip in indecision. This was the first time her brother actually made the first step in trying to breach the gap between them. This made her suspicious since she knew that Nathan was stubborn and wouldn't have made the first move unless prompted to by someone else. It couldn't be his parents since they had been trying to prompt him since last summer and he'd ignored it. That left only one other person she could think of.

Rose narrowed her eyes at Nathan. "I'm going to meet Harry actually. You know, our eldest brother. You should come along as well. He's missed you."

An indecisive look crossed Nathan's face as beside him, Ron scowled. "What are you doing talking to him? He's obviously a dark wizard! Look at the way he attacked Dumbledore for no reason! Heck, he's probably the Heir of Slytherin and released the monster last year!"

Rose glared murderously at Ron, causing him to flinch and step back. "Don't ever insult my brother again, do you hear me Weasley?" said Rose dangerously. "He is not a dark wizard like you Dumbledorian arse lickers all say he is. Just cause he handed Dumbledore his arse doesn't make him dark. And newsflash moron, if he was descended from Slytherin that would make Nathan the potential Heir as well. Way to support your friend, idiot."

As Ron flushed in anger at her insults, Nathan looked embarrassed to be standing next to him while cho simply continued gossiping with her friend Mariette Edgecombe. "Was that why you invited me to come with you?" Rose asked Nathan angrily. "To keep me away from Harry? Did Dumbledore put you up to it?"

The guilty look that crossed Nathan's face said it all and Rose couldn't help but feel hurt by it. She was his sister and Harry was his brother. Why was he so insistent on making Harry seem like the bad guy and even go so far as try to keep Rose away from him?

Rose kept the hurt from her face and scowled at them fiercely. "I'll do what I want, when I want and you two can stick you opinion up your arses." With that, Rose ignored their calls and walked toward where Susan Bones and Hannah Abott were standing waiting for the carriages.

Susan turned at Rose's approach and smiled at her before looking behind her at the fiercely scowling Ron who was now arguing with Nathan as the former glared in Rose's direction. Susan sent Nathan a dirty glare which caused him to look away uncomfortably and start to talk to Cho.

"They try to stop you from seeing Harry?" asked Hannah knowingly as she glared at Nathan as well. Susan was her best friend and she took it as bad if not worse than Susan did when he did what he did. At Rose's resigned nod, Susan and Hannah scowled. "Don't worry." said Susan reassuringly. "We Puffs stick together. We'll stop them from starting a scene though I don't think you need us. I don't think Harry would take kindly from some little boys trying to come between him and his baby sis."

The last part had been said loud enough for the aforementioned little boys to hear and caused them to flush in anger and the Hufflepuff girls around them to start to snigger. Cho and Marietta glared at Susan and Hannah who dismissed them as unimportant, causing them to get even angrier. Eventually, the girls got into a carriage, making sure that Rose was in the first one with Susan and Hannah while Ron and Nathan's group were forced to take one five carriages down since the Puffs kept blocking them when they tried to get on.

Rose barely hid her excitement at seeing her brother, causing Susan and Hannah to giggle. Rose blushed at their giggles before playfully glaring at them. "What's so funny?"

Hannah smirked. "You are. It looks more like you're going to see your boyfriend than your brother."

Rose flushed at the insinuation and glared at them, causing them to giggle. Rose knew she had a huge brother complex but she couldn't help it. Harry always meant a lot to her and she always unconsciously tried to follow his example in most things. However, that didn't mean she had romantic feelings for him. For the love of Merlin, he was her brother! If anything he was more like her father than her brother with how he raised her. The idea of doing more with him was just... ugh.

Rose was stopped from saying so to the girls when the carriage stopped. Rose was the first out of the carriages and looked around before smiling widely as she caught sight of her brother.

Harry was standing not far from them wearing black designer pants with black boots and a green shirt that matched his eyes. He was also carrying his signature cane with a silver dragon on top which he was currently twirling in his hands like a baton. He was smiling in her direction, having already sensed her presence inside the carriage before she exited it.

Rose quickly ran forward and gave her eldest brother a big hug which he gladly returned. They eventually separated and Rose was the first to speak. "Hey, Harry. How have you been?"

Harry gave her a wry smile. "You know how it is. Been busy with work a lot but that's par for the course. How about you? Have you been following my instructions and stayed away from any trouble?"

Rose huffed and crossed her arms childishly. "I don't need to be babysat anymore, Harry. I'm 14!"

Harry just smiled indulgently at Rose. "Maybe but to me you'll always be my baby sis."

"Awwww," came a voice behind Rose. Rose turned to see Susan and Hannah standing there, the former being the one who spoke. "That's sooo cute. I wish I had an older brother like Harry. You look so cute with your matching outfits."

It was only then that Rose noticed that, yes, they did indeed have matching outfits, the only difference being that Rose had blue jeans instead of black as well as the short jacket over her shirt.

Rose blushed and glared at the girls. "I am not cute! I am sexy and smart and tough and bad-ass-"

"You look so cute when you're angry," interrupted Harry with a chuckle.

Rose's face felt like it was on fire as the girls laughed at her embarrassment. Rose childishly stomped her foot and maturely retorted with, "Nuh-uh!"

That only caused them to laugh harder and Rose crossed her arms and looked away with a pout.

She was so misunderstood.

The laughs eventually stopped and Rose looked up at Harry only to catch him looking toward the carriages with an unreadable look. Rose followed his gaze to see Nathan helping Cho Chan get out a the carriage with Ron and looking longingly in their direction. Nathan looked as if he was about to come over when Ron grabbed his arm and pulled him in another direction, speaking angrily while glaring at them. Nathan didn't protest and let himself be led away with Cho and Marietta following, much to Rose's disappointment.

Rose looked at Harry and saw the hurt in his eyes at Nathan's attitude before he forced a smile on his face. "Well, Rose. Why don't you tell me how the last month has been? Have they finally caught Pettigrew?"

Rose accepted the change in subject and happily told him about everything that had been happening that year as she led him down the High Street after saying goodbye to Susan and Hannah. They were walking toward the Shrieking Shack when Harry cast a privacy charm around them causing Rose to look at him curiously.

"Rose, how has your training with your mutant powers gone?" asked Harry seriously.

Rose pouted. When Rose turned 13, she discovered that she was a mutant like Harry except her powers revolved around water. At Harry's advice, Rose had kept it secret while he sent her instructions on how to master it. However, it hadn't gone as well as they'd thought since it was harder to follow instructions on a piece of paper than it was to have an instructor like Harry had had. Especially since she was trying to keep it secret. "More or less." said Rose slowly. "I've been doing the exercises you've given me but it's really hard. It's easier if someone teaches me because I don't know if I'm doing it wrong."

Harry nodded his head absently as he thought of the problem and his tentative solution. "Well... I've recently made... acquaintances with a woman who runs a school for mutants. If things go as planned then I think I can get her to accept you as a student next year. The trick would be to convince James and Lily."

Rose hesitantly spoke. "I think just telling them I'm a mutant is enough. Despite a lot of Hufflepuffs supporting mutant rights, things have only gotten worse for mutants. A lot of witches and wizards who find out they're mutants leave the school to avoid being bullied." Rose huffed and scowled as she thought of the ones who bullied possible mutants and how Nathan didn't even do anything to stop despite having a brother who was a mutant. "Nathan doesn't even do anything to stop them. Sure he stops them if they pick on muggleborns but if they're being bullied for being possible mutants, he just looks the other way. There's this girl in Ravenclaw in the year above me named Luna Lovegood who's bullied something fierce because she's strange and people think she's a mutant. No one does anything except the Hufflepuffs and the one time we fought back against the bullies we all got detention for 'excessive violence during a civil argument'." Rose scowled angrily at the injustice. "Dumbledore's unbiased, my arse."

"Language, Rose," said Harry absently. Harry frowned in thought. "So you think they'd send you to a school for mutants in the U.S. if you told them you were a mutant. I thought you said they were getting better?"

Rose sighed sadly. "They're not as... distant as before but they still won't defend mutant rights. They say it isn't 'politically feasible'." The last part was said with sarcastic quotations marks made in the air. "If they find out I'm a mutant as well, they'd probably jump at the chance to send me away before anyone found out. They wouldn't want to damage their and Nathan's reputation by having yet another mutant relative."

Harry scowled at her words and his face darkened. "Looks like James and Lily haven't changed much. I wonder what they would do if Nathan was a mutant."

Rose bit her lip before hesitantly speaking. "I think... he might be."

Harry looked at Rose in surprise before asking. "What do you mean? I thought you said that Nathan never showed signs of being a mutant. He's 15 so he should have shown signs by now."

Rose shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe he's a late bloomer or something. The thing is that during the first Quidditch game of the season, he fell off his broom due to the presence of the dementors. As he fell, he suddenly started, floating down before touching the ground softly. Everyone thought that it was due to one of the teachers or accidental magic but I'm not so sure. Dumbledore looked strange when it happened, like he was annoyed at something and Nathan swore he felt the wind catch him. That doesn't sound like any charm I've heard."

Harry cocked an eyebrow in surprise. "An air elemental mutant then? It would make sense since I'm earth and you're water. Still, it surprises me that he doesn't know it. It definitely became obvious to me from the first moment they emerged." Harry's face darkened as a dar suspicion started to grow in his mind. "Rose, let me see your necklace for a second."

Rose looked curious before complying and taking out her necklace for Harry to see. She watched Harry wave his hand over the necklace while muttering something before scowling something fierce.

"It's like I thought," said Harry angrily. "You've been hit with a Magical Ability Suppression Charm recently. It's a charm meant to suppress magical abilities like Metamorphagus or the like and is considered illegal in every nation of the ICW. I recognize the magical signature. It's Dumbledore. He must have cast it on you sometime this month to make sure you didn't show any mutant abilities. It's temporary and has to be recast every month. The only reason it didn't work is because the necklace has runes I inscribed into it for protection of all kinds. The only thing it won't block are Unforgivables."

Rose blinked as a sinking feeling filled her stomach. "So if he cast this on me."

"... Then he must have cast it on Nathan as well." said Harry grimly. "The thing is that the charm is meant for magical abilities. It doesn't completely block mutant powers because they're genetic. It's like putting a cover over a boiling pot. Eventually the pressure will rise and it'll explode out of them."

Rose looked horrified at his words. "Explode?! What does that mean? Will Nathan die?!"

Harry shook his head. "No, not Nathan. But when his powers finally break through they'll probably take out anyone within 20 feet of him. Merlin, I hope its Dumbledore."

Rose bit her lip as she thought about the problem. "So what do we do? We can't just let it happen. What if innocents are around him when it happens?"

Harry sighed. "I never thought Dumbledore will go this far. The Charm is temporary so the best idea I can think of is to for me to make him another necklace or bracelet that'll protect him so that when the Charm wears off, it can't be reapplied. Then, his powers will come naturally like they should have instead of exploding out of him. You'll have to say it's from you and it'll have to be on his birthday. He'll be suspicious if you do it before. Say it's a protection bracelet and you're worried about him so you made it for him. He definitely won't take anything from me."

The last part was said with a hint of bitterness and hurt and Rose couldn't help but give him a hug to comfort him. "Nathan's just being stubborn. He'll get over it and see the great person you are. That's why I want to learn to sue my powers. So I can be a hero like you."

Harry looked down sadly at Rose. "I'm not a hero, Rose. A hero would have gotten you out of here long ago."

Rose shook her head fiercely. "That's not your fault. If you did that, Dumbledore would say you're kidnapping me and with his political capital right now, he'd win any case you brought before him. It's probably why he lets you meet with me alone. He's probably hoping I'll go with you so he can use it as an excuse to attack you." Rose scowled darkly. "It's not like my opinion matters to them. I'm underage and a woman to boot. Merlin, these people are so behind compared to muggles. They still haven't even gotten equal rights for colored people!"

Harry sighed. "Yeah, but that doesn't make me feel any better. A hero would do what's right regardless of the law."

Rose smacked Harry on shin. "You are a hero. You simply help people a different way, Harry. Even if you don't think yourself a hero, you're my hero. You always have been."

Harry smiled down sadly at Rose and engulfed her in a hug. Memories of the things he'd done to protect Nathan and Rose passed through his mind, filling his soul with guilt. Things no real hero would have done.

'No, Rose,' thought Harry sadly. 'I'm definitely not a hero.'