Majo Kon-ki The Marriage of Tanya the Witch
(The marriage chronicles of a witch)
Interlude 3
September29, AD 2007, Grimmauld Place in the Borough of Islington, London.
"I was so hopeful it could work…" Tanya lamented, despite her partner's passionate efforts, it turned out to be the worst sex she ever had.
"Is it lack of experience? The absence of that significant 'something'? Or like I feared, only Harrycan satisfy me?!" Again, the worry of how deep she fell into Being X's trap made itself present.
"Tanya…" The woman was brought back from her musings by a loving kiss.
"… want to have another go?" She grimaced, there was no way in hell she was fancying another round!
"No, I am done."
"Eh? Why?! You didn't like it?!"
"Sorry, it was far from good for me." Tanya awkwardly looked away, feeling a sense of ingratitude for being so blunt once everything was said and done.
"I can't say I am not a little hurt. Uhhh… We had to learn it the hard way! It's not love-making if you don't do it with the person you love the most!"
She chose to not point out the major flaw in this reasoning: Tanya didn't love Harry Potter at all.
"This experiment was a total failure! The sole silver lining is that Harry-" The door of the bedroom opened and her husband walked in.
"T-Tanya and… you?! What are you two doing?!"
"We are definitely cheating on you!" Tanya facepalmed herself at her one time lover's admission.
"Shit! I could have come up with a good excuse for the reason his wife isnaked in THEIR bed with ANOTHER person- or maybe not." There was no denying the truth and glancing at Harry, she was unable to read his expression.
"I-is hepissed? Does it mean he will finally ask me for a divorce? Now?! After I gave up on it?!" Tanya let out an exasperated breath.
"Wait, why am I feeling guilty? It's all his fault anyway! If he had fulfilled his obligations, we wouldn't have come to this!" How long has she been patiently waiting for him to act the part of a MAN?! Months ago! Ever since Kreacher died!
Kreacher's funeral was regarded as a major event for the elfish community. His mistress, the famous and important witch known as the pure blood princess, honored her servant by opening her house to hold memorial services.
This marked the first holiday they had as elves everywhere were given a free day to attend the mourning service, including the ones working at Hogwarts.
"P-please! It is too much!" Only they all thought appropriate to express their utmost respect by prostrating at her feet.
"I knew this day would come eventually! Hope they don't leave the house as dirty as Kreacher did with his relatives' heads."
"Tanya, my condolences." And of course, Hermione, the infamous founder of the society for the promotion of elfish welfare (aka S.P.E.W.!), had to attend…
"Dobby is sad too, meany lady Harry Potter, ma'am." … accompanied by the first elf to work for the ministry.
As usual, their presence stirred contempt from the elves. In particular, they took as an insult seeing Dobby the 'blasphemer', wearing a mini-sized suit instead of the customary toga-like black towel for a solemn occasion.
"Honestly! Look at all this enmity towards us! On times like these, I am reminded of all the harm our society did to them!" Hermione huffed at the usual reception.
"You said so, many years ago, that it's difficult to help them when they think we are attacking their culture!" Tanya discretely greeted her teeth recognizing the signs.
"Now she will start complaining non stop!" It happened as she foretold, almost an hour later, the elves were delivering their eulogies and Hermione was still babbling!
"… everyone laughed! How can they work for the ministry with this lack of common sense?!"
Tanya agreed with most of her views and was sympathetic, however she wonders if Hermione was doing anything at the ministry or just being paid to complain!
"… I know I need patience but sometimes it's so frustrating! As if my entire career is one big failure!"
"Crap! Won't she shut up already?!" Really, if she keeps going, Tanya's facade of consideration would eventually shatter.
"Oh, I almost forgot! Congratulations, I heard the second prototype was a success!"
"Thank you!" She was grateful as this was a subject which made her happy to talk about.
"Remus tested it under the full moon and there were no issues. He even commented how he felt safe enough to go moon gazing with Dora and Teddy next month."
Who would ever guess Remus Lupin would turn out to be her greatest collaborator? His valuable aid made it possible to speed up the development of the operational orbs a whole decade earlier!
"Plus, the promise of a cure made him work almost for free!"
"Its my dearest wish that the second orb works for him suitably. He had all the right to be upset, instead he gave up the first prototype graciously when he learned of the urgency in Astoria's condition."
"Can the orb 'clean' her mana as efficiently as it did to Remus? Her curse is far worse than lycanthropy. It comes from generations ago."
"Oh, yes! It definitely will, believe me!" She grunted recalling how the whole mess caused by the two time travelers was because Scorpius, on his part, wanted to thank her for saving Astoria's life!
"And how did he do it?! He and Albus changed so much that I almost got a piece of Voldemort inside me!Talk about two inconsequential brats!" Still, what truly made Tanya wish her fiendfyre had reduced the pair to ashes is how they gave her false hope TWICE.
"Realizing Albus wasn't my son made me think I would manage to go home… or thatHarry would settle down with another woman at least! Instead, all I got was doubling the amount of mouths to feed!!"
A crack echoed and a female elf appeared holding a wailing toddler.
"Mistress, baby master is hungry." She reported to Tanya.
"Correction: mouths to feed directly on ME!"
"I can't believe it! AGAIN?! Ngh! Give him to me!" With a bow, the elf handed the baby and stood silently waiting for her to be done.
"Grr! I really hate this!" Quickly, Tanya unbuttoned her shirt and moved her bra to give the infant easy access to her chest. As always, he soothed himself by impatiently sucking her milk.
"Ha! Do all of you see? Winky is a free elf and she is doing fine! The same as Dobby!" Hermione shouted, in a vain attempt to advertise the second best accomplishment of her career.
"By the way, I owe some thanks to you. If you hadn't suggested for Winky to be hired as Kreacher's helper, I would be alone caring for the children- Easy Albus! Don't be such an impatient glutton!"
"Isn't he Sev?!" Hermione asked amused.
"Albus! Severus is more behaved!" For an instant, Hermione was speechless.
"Tanya, your attitude is commendable! It's not any woman who can breastfeed the son of her husband's mistress, I myself would never do something like this."
"Thanks to Remus, I barely have to do any work these days. I can do this much while the poor woman works to the bone."
"Not to mentionthe existence of this baby and his mother losing her former job are boththe result of my last plan to try to ditch Harry!" In retrospect, that was her stupidest idea ever.
"How could she accept to work for the Daily Prophet with all the harassment they put her and Harry through? You had to- Ah! Tanya, you realize you are flashing your breasts?!"
"Eh?" Tanya noticed Hermione was right. She had her chest exposed!
"EEKKKK!" Taking care to not disturb Albus, she turned to a corner for a bit of privacy.
"Let me guess, it has become natural for you. For me as well, you can't imagine the embarrassment I had one of these days while feeding Rose!"
"Brr! I thought nothing could beat the hardships of being a woman, until I became a mother!"
"Remember to be careful. There are no men around but you can't know when a journalist is around wearing an invisibility cloak or maybe, in an animal form!"
"Animal form? You mean, an animagus?! There are journalists who can turn into small animals to spy on us?!"
"As far as I can recall, just one: Rita Skeeter! Remember her?" Too long she didn't hear that unpleasant name, and it wasn't long enough!
"How could I forget her?! The ministry used her article to justify trying to annul my marriage!" If it was in the years subsequent, Tanya would welcome it. However at that particular moment, the annulment of her marriage would mean the cancellation of the ritual and consequently her death!
"Sometimes, I think that tramp ran away from me because she knew I found out she was an unregistered animagus!"
"Why is this the first time you mention it?" Hermione turned somber at her question.
"A-after the last task of the triwizard tournament so much was on my mind and I totally forgot. We were all so distressed seeing Harry d- seeing Harry Like that! A-and then, you became the eleventh goddess and nothing else mattered."
Tanya could see her point, those were awful memories for her too. In particular, she recalled how Harry's state forced her to take a desperate action, sacrificing forever her way back home…
'I told you! Use the power of the master of death ONLY to destroy the hallows! Look at what you have done!'
"Peverell was furious! Of all the bad mistakes, I madethe TWOworst!ARGH! The mere reminder of that BITCH pulling one over me…! I am my worst enemy indeed!"
"S-so, what animal Skeeter transformed into?" She decided to change the subject to escape from these memories.
"I am not one hundred percent sure, but I believe it was a bug, probably a beetle. You probably don't remember how we kept seeing a beetle all year long."
"A-a beetle?!" Actually, Tanya remembered it too well. She had the impression every time something bad happened, there was one around to mock her.
"C-can't be! Or could it?! Those annoying bugs stopped bothering when I- Oh boy!It was around those days she vanished without a trace!" The final destiny of Rita Skeeter had been a great mystery. The most widely accepted explanation was that she had found out about Crouch and he killed her.
"Ah! She must have heard what I and Dumbledore were discussing with Harry that day!" If Tanya felt any guilt, it was over now. Instead, she felt relief for one less nuisance out of her life before making more damage.
"GOODNESS GRACIOUS! WHAT ARE THEY DOING?!" Hermione shouted in horror, pointing to the elves while they chopped Kretcher's body apart and put the pieces on sticks.
"I was afraid they would do that! Pay no mind to it. They are merely following Kreacher's last will." Dismissing Tanya's request, the older woman glared at her in a demand for satisfaction.
"You see, the Blacks had an awful costum of beheading their elves once they were too old to carry tea trays and left the heads on full display in the house!" Next, they all burn the pieces in an action similar to toasting marshmallows.
"I tried to teach Kreacher about true funeral rites, about cremating, spreading ashes and how he would live forever as part of the people he served…"
"We turn Kreacher and house one!" Bigby declared as he and his folk took the old elf's ashes and spread all over the house.
"Good grief! This is too barbaric! We have to-"
"Oh! Can Dobby also go same way?"
"What?!"
"Winky wants too!"
Hermione gazed at the two elves in disbelief, with the expression of a person who suffered an utter defeat.
"Oh, dear! What have I been doing with my life?! All my hard work and not even those two…" And, again, Tanya had to withstand Hermione sulking for another hour!
It was a rare instance where she was happy for not leaving Harry, looking as she could go with a good fuck today.
It was night, Harry ended completely missing Kreacher's service. By his account, he had been too busy at work as he had to put Theodore Nott under surveillance following reports he had been manufacturing illegal time turners.
"The special time turner used by Scorpius and Albus will be created now!" She wouldn't dare change history. If it was the case, she would have denied Astoria the operational orb which Tanya mistook for the elenium type 95. Although, once it is over, she will have a little chat with Lucius Malfoy to either hear his excuse or his dying wish.
"Yawn! Can we sleep? I am kinda tired." So was Tanya, it was no easy task cleaning the house of Kreacher's ashes. However, she felt her frustration reach its peak and needed to vent some of her stress.
"I will go with the usual!" It was the right opportunity to use the 'I only have sexy lingerie to wear' trick.
Tanya took off all her clothes and laid down in a very inviting pose. Staring at her, Harry had the customary response: a furious blush in his face.
"Hehehe! At any moment, he will start beggingme to-"
"Tanya, I- Have you heard about Luna? She became engaged to Rolf." Tanya blinked as he suddenly brought up an unrelated topic.
"Of course I have, I was there when she told you!"
"Y-yeah! I guess I am still shocked she is marrying someone!"
"Understandable, that woman has nothing besides magical beasts in her mind. Even after everything I told her, she won't lose an opportunity to search for hidden crumpled horns in my head!" Tanya already abandoned any hope her relationship with Luna was going to be any different in the foreseeable future.
"That is not what I meant. She is so affectionate and is always babbling that she loves you! I was concerned one day I would walk through our room's door to find you two in bed! And I'm not talking about sleeping!"
"Ridiculous! Luna's preferences aside, I am not into women…"
"… sadly!"
"Not to say, you are the only one who knows how to 'push my buttons'." Seeing as he didn't take the hint, she tried to resort to his ego. It wasn't a lie anyway, starting with their first official kiss (the one without the effects of the love potion), he had been able to mess with her in ways she thought impossible.
"Ho? Is the prideful princess Tanya finally admitting she can't live without this humble commoner?"
"Don't get carried away! I have not slept with anyone else, but it's a fact Ron is a better kisser than you!" This time, it was a lie. Since appealing to his pride didn't do the trick, she tried the reversal psychology of her 'tsundere' persona.
"What?! A-are you sure the love potion didn't affect your reasoning?!"
"No, I am talking about the yule ball-"
"Ron… KISSED YOU THAT NIGHT?!" Harry widened his eyes at the piece of news.
"I never told you?! O-oops!"
"The- THE DAMN TRAITOR! He kissed half the girls of our year that night and it wasn't enough?! As soon as I see him- NO! I am going right now to murder him!" And, ignoring his half-naked wife completely, he turned to the door.
"Weird, he doesn't sound half angry. He appearsto benervous, as if he was waiting for the opportune reason to leave…" Tanya was suspicious of something fishy going on.
"In the past, less than this made him so aroused- Come to think of it, how long has it been since he last touched me?!"
"Alright! Spew!"
"Huh?" He stopped in his tracks before turning the doorknob.
"What is wrong? Before Severus was born, I had to create excuses for you to leave me alone!"
"T-told you, I have been busy at work-"
"You are a terrible liar!" Tanya knew Harry Potter like the back of her hand. By reading his expression, she could tell he was keeping a big secret from her.
"He acted this way when he- GAH! When he had me pregnant with James!" She shuddered, touching her belly and wondering if she had another baby there.
"N-no! He hadn't been sleeping with me. That is the main problem!" Actually, there was another instance where he behaved as such…
"Is it Ginny? Are you two meeting behind my back?!" Somehow, the possibility made her pissed off!
"HUH?"
"Is she so much better than me?! I admit she is beautiful and her breasts are bigger-"
"The hell? Am I envious of a woman being prettier and bustier?! ME?!" It was a terrifying realization! But she would analyze this calmly another day, for now, her priority is to find out the truth.
"That is not it! For starters, you are the most beautiful woman I know! And I haven't been with Ginny ever since that time one year ago!"
"Then what is the matter?!"
"N-nothing is the matter! I am just tired!"
"You are still lying!"
"Tanya-"
"If you are not cheating, c-could it be that you are bored with our regular sex?!"
"… excuse me?"
"W-we could heat things up, I may be willing to satisfy some of your fantasies! I remember how excited you were to see me dressed in habits. Or would you rather have me as a french maid? I heard men like those!"
"At least, I had fantasies about them…"
For a full minute, Harry kept silently gazing at an empty space in the air.
"… a veela?" He shyly murmured at last.
"Y-you mean the revealing dresses we see them wearing on quidditch plays?!"
Harry nodded his head blushing harder.
"I once dreamed you were one…"
"THAT IS TOO MUCH! I am not going to reduce myself to look like a hooker, I have my DIGNITY!"
"Listen here, Harry Potter!"
"W-what?"
"F-fine! G-get the dress and I will wear it…" Tanya almost felt physical pain as her dignity crumbled to dust.
"Sob! To what lengths have I come! It is almost as if I am begging him to fuck me!"
A big and stupid grin popped up on Harry's face.
"WOW- Ah!" It seemed he had remembered something, his smile vanished from his face.
"Err, forget. Never mind."
"What do you mean never mind?! You agreed a second ago!"
"I-I… I am going to pay a visit to that traitor Ron Weasley!"
"YOU DARE TO THROW THAT EXCUSE AT ME AGAIN?!"
"Specially after the humiliation I just had to go through! Give back my dignity!"
Harry staggered seeing her so irate.
"Now, I order you to get on this bed and fulfill your OBLIGATIONS!"
"… sorry!" He turned and stormed off.
"COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE- LITTLE…! NOT FUCKER!"
Harry didn't return to their bed that night, neither did the ones following. He always had the most unbelievable excuses or stupidest reasons to spend the night away.
By now, months passed and the unchanged routine aggravated Tanya's mood to an extreme people were avoiding her, thinking she was pregnant again.
"That womanizer must be fucking Ginny so much he ends too tired to do it with me!" Considering all the possibilities, this was the one which made more sense.
"While I am reduced to babysitting THEIR son!"
She found consolation in the fact that Severus and Albus become old enough to eat solid food, meaning her chest is free at last.
"I vow this day: I shall notbreastfeed another baby as long as I live!"
As a matter of fact, these last months have not solely been about pain. Her operational orbs had finally moved to the phase of mass production, Remus Lupin was taking so great care of everything that she barely had to do any work and fully enjoy the fruits of her labor.
"The day I have been dreaming of for so long! With the estimated profit, I will attain my financial freedom! Easily, I could divorce Harry by my own account…" Yet, she won't! If the last two year taught her anything, it is that Being X's trap worked to a certain degree.
Tanya never fell for Harry and she never will. Nonetheless, on the day she told him about Visha, she realized something equally disturbing…
"I becamedependent on him! How did this happen?!" Maybe, it was the outcome of living too long as a woman. She felt the need of having someone to support her, not just physically, but also emotionally.
Or perhaps, deep down, she was afraid of ending up alone. After all, someone so devious and twisted was destined for a life of solitude with, at most, the occasional company of perverts or morons fooled by her 'cute' looks.
Only two people had the faintest idea of her true colors and still placed her above the whole world. Visha was lost forever, while the other… Tanya finds herself unable to let go of the last person to ever give her unconditional love.
"In hindsight, this must be why I married him in the first place." That evening, as soon as she realized his usual bad luck wasn't going to stop the ceremony, she was going to run away, the ritual be damned! Regrettably, she gazed at his eyes and was mesmerized.
"I am so stupid! Harry and Visha have the same eyes! So green, so innocent, so full of love for me! Why didit took me so long to realize it?" Thus, before she could think things over, she nodded her consent. On the same night, she lost her virginity to him, in the most pleasurable moment of her whole three lives until that point. They had sex again, again and again… and sometimes, she would think all they ever did together was screw each other!
"Now I am addicted!" Harry couldn't know how much control he had over her and somehow, she had to regain the upper hand on their relationship, then force him to keep up with his 'duties'!
"He has to relearn to obey me without questioning! I need to give him a lesson he will-"
"WAAAAHHHH!" With a startle, Tanya woke up from her musings by Albus wailing.
"Oh! What a surprise, Albus is crying!" It was the umpteenth time that day! Her guess was his teeth were coming in.
Suddenly, she felt her head spinning and the need for a second to regain her strength.
"Vika, help me with Albus, will you?" The bright side of having multiple kids is that the older one can help out.
"I don't wanna!" … or maybe not.
"Vika?"
"Why should I help him? Because of him, people said bad things about mummy! He is not my brother!"
"I should be expecting this…" That is another repercussion of her stupid plan. Her daughter was left deeply affected by the whole affair. Mostly, she was resentful of Harry, Ginny and Albus for all the nasty gossiping Tanya had to endure.
"Put it in your head already, Viktoriya! It wasn't Albus' fault for all the troubles we went through…" Tanya tried to reason with Vika but couldn't help turning the conversation into a lecture on good manners.
"… respect your elders! Your father and Ginny deserve-"
"Sob!" Tanya flinched, realizing too late she made the little girl upset.
"I HATE YOU MUMMY!" Completely distraught, Vika ran to the solace of her room.
"I should have stopped while I- GEH!" Tanya was caught by surprise as James grabbed her hair. This was his favorite play, to search her head for the crumpled horn his godmother assured him his mum has!
"James! How many times do I have to tell you?! I DON'T HAVE A HORN!" Quickly, she freed herself from the little boy.
"Ah? WAAAAHHHH!" Either by the way his mother screamed or because she denied him his play, he began to cry too.
And to make things worse, Severus also got scared at his brothers screaming and also began to bawl.
"… great!" And from upstairs, she could hear Vika's sobbing.
An awful headache formed as she tried to decide which one to tend first.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH! THAT IS IT! I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED TO GET LAID!" Finally, it was her breaking point!
"Err, g-good morning honey." Harry, as usual these days, shamelessly only showed up in the morning.
"You wouldn't believe what-"
"Hello, Potter."
"EEK! S-SNAPE?! I mean, h-hello, sir."
Their interaction always amused Tanya. Despite the two having a truce on her behalf, there was an unavoidable animosity present whenever they met.
"At what brings us the honor of your presence? Shouldn't the headmaster be at his school?!" Harry's sarcasm wasn't hiding his annoyance at the old man's presence so early in his house.
"Humpf! I am going back as soon as- Oh!"
"Grandpa!" The permanent frown in his face melted away into cheerfulness as soon as Vika ran to him.
Harry rolled his eyes and then allowed himself to smile at the scene. He bitterly acknowledged how Severus Snape is an important and caring grandfather figure for their children.
It's no wonder how much he likes Vika, as people say she resembles her grandmother greatly. James in turn, had more of Tanya's characteristics, and the headmaster's namesake was almost a small copy of Harry except for his blue eyes. Still, the professor held the two boys in a place as high as their older sister.
"Ready to meet Hogwarts ahead of time, my little princess?" The little girl giggled as he patted her head.
"Severus, please, don't call her a princess! It will go to her head!" Tanya remembered when Ginny told her daughter that fairy tale. As a result, the 'princess' would refuse to eat her vegetables alleging the food was not worthy of royalty.
"You can't be planning to take Vika to Hogwarts, she is too young!" Harry let show all his concern with this idea.
"Do not fret. Today, she will go as a visitor." The professor sneered, seemingly entertained over Harry's distress.
"Besides, there are no more trolls, three-headed dogs, philosopher's stones…"
"What I mean is-"
"… basilisks, whomping willows, dementors…"
"Err-"
"… murderers and perverts passing as teachers, forced entries on lethal competitions-"
"Blimey! Was Hogwarts always such a dangerous place?!"
"This is what I kept saying for all our seven years there!" In truth, Tanya thought that place to be the unsafest place on all earth!
"Rest assured, things have been peaceful for some years. Ever since a certain troublemaker graduated!" Headmaster Snape finished with a dirty glare at Harry.
"Why am I not surprised?!" Imitating the old man, she also made a face at him.
"Ugh!"
"Then, with your permission, if we hurry, we can have breakfast at the castle. Come Vika!" Before Harry could offer any protest, they apparated away.
"Why the sudden decision to introduce Vika to Hogwarts?"
"We agreed to see, in a controlled environment, if Victoria inherited the 'Potter trouble magnetism'! The boys will go another day."
"Oh, makes sense… Speaking of the boys, where are they?"
"Luna already picked up James, she has been wanting to introduce her godson to Rolf. And Hermione took Severus and Albus to spend the day with Rose. It seems she is fond of the two."
"Actually, Ron told me Rose only likes Sev."
"In any case, I can't watch them today."
"Eh? Are you going out?"
"Yes." And with a flicker of her wrist, her clothes morphed into a glamorous dress.
"WHOA! So pretty! What is the occasion?!"
"The occasion? Why, I am going to cheat on you."
"Can't you ever wear stunning clothes to me- Wait! WHAT?!"
"I will say it louder: I AM GOING TO CHEAT ON YOU!"
"W-W-W-W-WHY?!" Before she could answer, there was a knock on the door.
"Good morning Tanya, hello Harry!" Ginny cheerfully greeted them.
"I got a free day today and I was thinking we could- is something wrong?"
"Here is your reason!"
"Y-you mean you want to get even?! Why now of all times?!"
"Don't play dumb! You know exactly why!" Harry and Ginny were looking at her with equally dumbfounded expressions.
"And if you two excuse me, I have an appointment with Cedric Diggory!"
"Y-Y-YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS, ARE YOU?!"
"You can bet I am! Originally, I thought of Luc Millefeuille as he is as handsome as Cedric plus had this smart vibe under all that shyness. Unfortunately, he is unavailable."
"Because he was arrested for poisoning muggles, for Merlin's sake! He is a psycho!"
"Always thought strange of how a talented potion maker ended up as a mere pâtissier…"
"I remember the name. You mean that handsome boy from Beauxbatons? You still were in contact with him?"
Despite Ginny asking her, it was Harry who answered.
"For the last two years, the bloke sent owls after owls to Tanya saying he would receive her with open arms!"
"Humpf! Are you angry I am not going for Ron like you asked so many years ago?"
"Hey! I thought I was going to die and wanted you to be with someone nice!"
"Then your wish becomes reality! See ya!" Quickly Tanya left, leaving two thunderstruck Harry and Ginny behind.
"Hehehe! I will punish Harry and test a potential new lover! Best scenario, I discover I am okay divorcinghim!"
"… talk about a total letdown!" Tanya murmured walking back home, more grumpy than ever.
"Boys and later men have been trying to get into my pants for years! Now that I want it, I have to find a gentleman?!" Her date with Cedric had not even started and he was spurting things like 'will you marry me?', and the infinitely worse 'once we have our own BIG family'!
"No way in hell I am having more children!" Not that there was any danger, she had her contraceptive potion ready. Only, this unpleasant topic completely ruined the mood!
She let it show how vexed she was, it was a last chance for him to realize his mistake. His reaction was peculiar to say the least.
'The Tanya I love is someone who would never jump in another man's arms.'
He kissed her hand and told her he knew she wasn't serious from the beginning and was probably worried since he was still single.
'Thank you, I finally will move on!'
"I should have gone for someone with low morals! I wonder if Luc can receive guests in prison…" She made a note to try another day.
Arriving in the house, she was met by no one. Winky had a day off (thanks to Hermione always complaining!), the children were out and she guessed Harry was with Ginny.
"I will take off this useless flashy dress and take a warm bath the entire- Eh?" Opening the door to her bedroom, she notices someone sleeping on the bed.
"Harry?!" This visage filled her with pure indignation.
"You use our bed only when I am out? You prick!" She pointed her red wand, deciding a few blasts would have to be revenge enough-
"Ah!" Tanya recalled her agreement with Harry. He couldn't touch her as she lay sleeping but it doesn't go both ways. SHE can attack him in bed!
Smirking, she stripped off her clothes and crawled under the covers. Finding her target, she began to kiss him passionately.
He woke almost immediately and began to try to fight her off, she, however, wasn't letting him go-
"Huh?" Something was amiss… Her hands didn't find a certain 'important part'. Pulling the covers off, she found someone different from her husband.
"Ginny?!"
"T-Tanya?! What are you doing?!"
"I thought it was Harry! Why are you here? And like that?!" Tanya pointed out how the woman, the same as her, was completely naked.
Caught in the act, Ginny confessed her plan to seduce Harry.
"I-I thought it would be okay… you said you were going to cheat on him! Please forgive me!"
"YOU TWO HAVE BEEN DOING IT IN MY BED?!" This news hit a nerve with her.
"EEK! No! After you left, Harry went out without saying anything! I was waiting for him to return and fell asleep!"
"Can't believe it! That good-for-nothing is already tired of you and went looking for another woman?!"
"Tanya, I believe there is something you are gravely mistaken about. I haven't slept with Harry since that night two years ago."
"Eh?" Unlike her husband, Tanya could not detect any deception from Ginny.
"T-then it means…"
"Yes, Harry remains loyal-"
"… the goody two-shoes has yet another woman!" It was an outrage! She could forgive Ginny, seeing as he was originally destined to be with her.
"Who could the tramp be?! Cho Chang? Romilda Vane? Moaning Myrtle?!"
"Hold on a sec! How come you think he is cheating on you in the first place?"
"Because that man had fire in his loins! If he is not sleeping with you or me, he has to have a lover somewhere else!"
She saw Ginny opening her mouth probably to defend Harry again but instead, she let out a hiss.
"Now I remember! The other day, I saw him at Bill's, merrily chatting with Gabrielle Delacour! And whatever he was saying, made her blush!"
"The little succubus?! I should have known! He admitted liking veelas-"
"THAT WANKER!" Tanya shuddered at the sudden outburst from the redhead.
"I kept myself for him, felt so crushed by guilt for betraying your trust and he- HE IS WITH SOME PART-VEELA BITCH SOMEWHERE?!"
Ginny was so angry it was as if heat was coming from her.
"ARGH! I am so pissed! I want to cheat on him too!"
"Believe me when I say finding a good bad man is hard!"
"Diggory didn't work out?"
"He is way too nice! He wants a proper relationship! One leading to a house full of children and I am done being knocked up!" The fury on Ginny's features receded and she let out a giggle.
"Despite all the pain, I would love to have another child, a little girl! Especially if she has Harry's green eyes-" Ginny shook off her daydreaming remembering she was angry with Harry.
"A-anyway, we must pay the cheater in kind!"
"I am all ears for any suggestion you might have. As long as the man isn't-"
"Does it have to be a man…?" Tanya widened her eyes as the realization of Ginny's proposal sank.
"D-d-don't take me wrong! I-I don't reckon I feel any attraction to you or women in general…" The woman was so embarrassed she avoided locking eyes.
"… but Harry needs a lesson! B-besides, I am kind of c-curious as well! Aren't you- mmmpphhh?!" Tanya didn't give a second thought, she kissed Ginny fervently and let herself be swept by the flow.
"Hmmm, this is looking nice! Perhaps, I am into women after all!" Long she had lost hope of feeling any attraction for women, ever since she first saw the alluring veelas and her body lacked any enthusiasm.
"Feh! I merely don't like those succubus! With a woman as attractive and pretty as Ginny, I will surely, definitely feel…"
"… bored?!" Sadly, this experience was as hot as a cold shower. Plus Harry caught them in the act.
"Y-you two cheated on me with each other?!"
""Yes!"" There was no longer any point in lying, whatever happens, the only path available was the truth.
She expected him to be angry, instead, he revealed a puzzled expression.
"Err, does this count as true cheating? There was no other man involved."
""Eh?""
"As a matter of fact… y-you two mind if I watch you doing it?"
"Ah! Thinking back, men did consider this sort of thing exciting!" Another failure, he didn't feel bad and she was as frustrated as ever!
"How dare you, you cheating TOSSER!"
"G-Ginny?!" Comprehensively, Ginny was affronted by his lack of remorse.
"Come Tanya! We are going to sleep with the first couple of blokes we find in the streets!"
"She isn't serious, right?!" Tanya wasn't willing to go that far for her revenge!
"Wait! You called me a cheater? I am not cheating!"
"Liar! Tanya understands you better than anyone else and she said you are hiding something!" Harry blinked at Ginny's accusation.
"What? It's not me who is hiding anything…" He murmured the last part while sending a small glance at Tanya's way.
"ME?! For your information, I didn't sleep with Cedric and neither with anyone else!"
"You don't need to tell me, I never doubted your faithfulness to me." Harry nonchalant declared.
"N-never?!"
"No. I was sad for you to ever consider doing it with another bloke, but I know you would only RISK your life with me!"
"At least be worried- Wait, risk my life?"
"You don't have to hide it any longer! I can live without making love, what I can't lose is you!"
"The heck you are-"
"I-I even asked Gabrielle Delacour if she didn't have an inverse version of that spell…"
"An inverse effect of 'that spell'?! Were you trying to become impotent?!"
"I want us to go back to the beginning! When holding hands was all we needed…"
"He wants a sexless relationship?! After years of us fucking like rabbits?! It's kinda late to be my little brother now!"
"… and making love with Ginny won't put any danger to your life."
"Harry! Explain what you mean about Tanya's life being in danger!" The same as Tanya, Ginny grew tired of his nonsense and demanded an explanation.
"The day Sev and Albus were born, I heard Tanya talking with Malfoy's wife, saying how another pregnancy was going to kill her!" This reveal made Ginny pale.
"Is that why you didn't want another baby?!"
"It was wrong to hide I knew, I-I thought you would pity me and still wish to make love! Besides, you hid things from me first!"
Tanya was confused. The day Severus was born, she shared a room with Astoria Malfoy, who showed symptoms of a blood curse. Fortunately for her, the first operational orb was about to be completed and they needed a guinea pig to test the mana 'dialysis' function. Remus Lupin was supposed to act as such, however, besides preserving history, Tanya thought saving the life of a pure blooded witch would make a good appeal to her sponsors. In the end, it doubled the investments and Remus was able to have the next orb. Everyone won.
"We merely talked about Astoria's life being in jeopardy. From where did the moron had the idea I am in danger?"
'I swear! If that husband of mine ever knocks me up again, it will end up in tragedy!' Tanya facepalmed herself realizing how this mess started.
"Y-you should have told me when Vika was born! I love James and Sev-"
"You idiot!" Tanya let out an exasperated sigh.
"You heard me telling Astoria how a new pregnancy would surely be YOUR doom! Because I am gonna kill YOU if you put another child inside me!"
"Your pregnancy isn't life threatening?!" Harry was baffled, like someone who's gone to great pain just to find it wasn't necessary.
"Of course it is, FOR YOU!"
"Another misunderstanding, this is becoming the story of my life!"
"Besides, I am prepared!" She showed him the small vial with her contraceptive potion.
"I am never separated from- Harry?!" Seemingly turning into a starved beast, Harry tackled her. Despite being caught by surprise, Tanya didn't fight off his rough kisses.
"Oh! Finally!" She wanted to lose herself in the pleasure but felt she was forgetting something crucial…
Looking around, she caught a glimpse of Ginny dazzled watching, the envy in her eyes telling how much dejection she felt.
"Aff, why not?" Tanya waved at her, gesturing for her to join in.
"Should I feel bad for feeling so good?" Tanya woke up alone on her bed feeling a nostalgic sensation of refreshment. It was similar to the aftermath of the very first sexual experience she had with Harry.
"If I close my eyes, I can remember all the pleasure… as well as the taste in my mouth!" On that occasion, she could blame the little succubus' spell. Today, it was all her free will. She even invited Ginny herself.
"The kinky things I did! The depraved stuff I asked to do! I-I pleasured myself while urging Harry to- with Ginny!" Tanya buried her head in the pillow, hoping a little more sleep would make her forget all the immorality she had just participated in.
"… Sirius' book still helps me to this day!" She heard Harry and Ginny chatting, but couldn't see where they were.
"Eek?" She felt a little nudge around her thigh.
"Like this?"
"Almost, you need to put a bit of strength on it while keeping the gentleness."
She kept hearing them and feeling more touching in a more 'sensitive' place.
"What is- AHHNNN!"
"See the difference in reaction?"
"Wow!"
Immediately, Tanya kicked out the covers to reveal Harry and Ginny seriously staring directly at her groin!
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING TO ME?"
"Ah, Sorry! I was showing Ginny your 'love spots'."
"And why if you mind me asking?!"
"She asked for my help, saying you didn't appreciate her performance earlier."
"There is no need! We are not doing 'STUFF' together ever again!" Her definitive tone left Harry with a disappointed look while Ginny seemed about to cry.
Tanya closed her eyes, sighing hard.
"I am not going to regret this, right?"
"As long as you don't forget your obligations to me, you can be with Ginny as much as you want."
"Y-you mean it?!" Ginny was beaming for finally getting permission to be with the man she always loved.
"Yeah, yeah! Just try to be discreet around the children! And like I said, orgies are-"
"UGH! D-don't say that word!"
"You mean 'orgy'-"
"UGH!" Tanya decided to offer an explanation for Harry's squeals, seeing Ginny's nonplussed expression.
"Sirius once mentioned how Harry's parents also had a threesome with a teacher back in their last year."
"Come on, Tanya! Don't tell her!"
"A teacher?! Really?! And who was it?!" Ginny completely ignored Harry's pleas and eagerly listened to Tanya.
"One of the 'disposable' DADA teachers of the time. A Mrs Tectriti." Tanya thought the name was so weird she never forgot.
"Oh! The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, eh Harry- YIKES!" Ginny suddenly shrieked.
"H-Harry! Is THAT what I think it is?!" The redheaded asked, pointing her trembling hand at something on the floor.
"What are you- WHOA!" It was his turn to yelp. Then, shivering, the two turned to her.
"TANYA!"
"Huh? Yes?"
"I-I think w-we are going to, w-well- I AM GOING TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN, OKAY?!" Quickly, Harry jumped from the bed and rushed out of the room.
"What are you-"
"WAIT! D-DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND WITH HER!" Ginny hurried after him, sounding very concerned with the idea of being alone with Tanya.
"Aren't you going to get dressed first?!" Incidentally, as she got up to get her own clothes, she saw what got them so over the edge.
"GAHHHHHH!" On the floor was as liquid spilled over, her forgotten contraceptive potion!
Immediately, she began performing a spell she now knew by heart.
"White light! White light! WHITE LIGHT!" Her wand glowed a…
"Pink, is there a more detested color?! The damn harbinger of nine months of HELL!"
"Sniff! Thank you Tanya, you gave me another beautiful daughter!"
"… k-kill… you…" She felt an urge to get up from the hospital bed to squeeze his neck until he stopped breathing however she was still too tired following her FOURTH great ordeal.
"Who is the cutest girl? You, Lily!" Unaware of her troubles, Ginny was happily rocking the newest addition to the Potter household.
"Giggle! I feel like a man! To have a beautiful daughter without all the painful stuff! I only get to enjoy the good parts!"
"Huh? You are saying Lily is your daughter?"
"Why? By any chance, didn't I have a crucial part in her conception? In fact, you can say she was born because Tanya cheated on you!"
"Ginny! Don't say something people may get wrong!"
"Hahaha- Ah! I think Lily is hungry, Tanya."
"Then feed her! Isn't she your daughter too?!"
"Sorry! If I could, I would!" Tanya highly doubted it looking at the cherry smile pasted on the younger woman.
As the newborn is placed on her arms, she feels another murdering urge… towards herself!
"Where was I with my head? I had Harry afraid of touching me! He wanted to go impotent!" What was so bad about sexual abstinence?! She had lived out without fucking for about sixty years! There wouldn't be a new mouth suckling on her breast right now!
"Oh! I am so FURIOUS! I am going to- to- Grr… I give up!" Her rage subdued, being replaced by a sense of resignation.
'You merely need a kind soul to unlock your heart! Once love is overflowing, so shall faith fill your body!' She remembered Being X's accursed words so long ago.
"I may stay with Harry but that is all! I am NEVER going to fall in love! Do you hear me you perv poltergeist? NEVER!!"
Several years later, she would find out how wrong she was…
End of interlude 3
AN: I am really sorry for the long time this chapter had to be ready! But I was very busy writing the draft for the next arc and I also did a major revision on this entire story. I think that now, most of the mistakes, misspellings and the abuse of ellipses have been corrected.
I still plan to do a second revision on the first arc and maybe even a complete redo of the teaser chapter and the prologues. Only it may be after I finish the next arc.
About S.P.E.W., I considered dismissing it completely but I believe this to be an important aspect from Hermione. This is also another thing I feel was missing from the cursed child story, we never hear what Hermione did about elfish rights after she became the minister for magic.
Visha has green eyes on the original light novel only and I like the character design of the manga better. However, I thought it would have a nice ringing as the two people who loved Tanya the most had green eyes. Also, it offered a good explanation of how Harry managed to convince the unwilling Tanya to marry him.
About Luc Millefeuille, he is a character only mentioned on Pottermore if I am not mistaken. I needed a boy from Beauxbatons for the next arc and there was no other named character!
Oh! And do I need to say who 'Mrs Tectriti' actually is?
Next chapter: Tanya starts fighting against her worst enemy yet: puberty!