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Harry dodged the soft ball that was coming at him at a fast speed and quickly picked himself up off the floor. He and Professor Flitwick had been working on his dodging abilities for the last hour straight, and he was really feeling the burn, so to speak. Flitwick had insisted that he be able to dodge for at least an hour before they really started on spell work. He had given him an extremely hard and strict workout regimen and diet that he had to follow for the last two and a half months since they started training. Harry was not complaining though. His body was now very toned but not overly muscular. He was more like a competitive swimmer now rather than a bodybuilder.

He had just made it to the hour-long dodge practice this very day as Flitwick called an end to this portion of the day. The little professor had asked him to stay at school for the break to train even harder, and he had agreed. Though he felt bad that he had to turn down the Bones' offer to come for Christmas Eve. Amelia and the others understood though and wished him luck before they boarded the train. It was now the third day of the break and only a few days before Christmas itself.

"Come have a seat, Harry, and take a drink and a moment to rest," Flitwick told him as he panted hard.

Harry nodded and plopped down in the offered chair. Flitwick had only been tossing soft conjured balls made of foam for the last two months so as not to hurt him. However, he was still sore from all the extra exercise. Plus, after the one hundredth ball struck, it became painful. He took a large sip of the glass he was offered and thanked the professor. "Thanks, Professor."

"Please, Harry, call me Filius when we are working on your dueling," he said with a smile. "Now then, you are doing fantastic, Harry. I honestly did not think you would get to an hour until February. As such, we are ahead of schedule, and that is an exceptionally good thing. Next, we will work on spell chains. I will have you go over various spells, and we shall set you up with no less than five chains to choose from. Remember that you should never overuse one chain and allow yourself to get into a rut. If you do that, you become predictable. If you wish to make a profession out of dueling once you graduate, you will want to have at least twenty chains to keep your opponent on their toes. If we can get more than five chains, that would be particularly good. However, five is the minimum you should have for the fifteen and under."

Harry nodded his head, still catching his breath. "So perhaps something like the leg locker, knockback, Expelliarmus?"

Filius's smile grew. "Oh yes, that is an excellent chain. It is simple and quick yet effective. Now you could do more spells in a chain, but I would suggest keeping them below six spells. Too many, and you may lose focus and miss a dodge. Our goal will be to have all your chains down by the end of February. From there on, I would like you to fire the chains back at me while I fire spells at you to practice your skills in multitasking. By the time the end of term comes, you should be fine and ready for the competition. As such, I would like to add Tuesday and Thursday evening along with our usual Saturdays."

"That works with me, Filius, and thank you again for helping me with this," he said with a smile.

"Nonsense, Harry. You have wonderful potential to go far in this. I could not simply let such potential go so easily," he said to his young student.

Harry smiled as they lapsed into silence, and Harry rested more. As he sat and thought about the last few months, his mind went wandering. James and Pettigrew did not, in fact, get into too much trouble for attacking him. In fact, they only lost a hundred points in total and received a month of detentions. McGonagall did not seem happy about it despite being so good at transfiguration.

However, the more he thought about his last few months, the more he thought about the three girls that were in his life. They were hanging around him even more than usual lately. They would touch his arms or sit closer than one may call appropriate between friends. The funny thing was though he did not mind at all. He knew what was going on… oh yes, he knew, all right. Harry Pendragon was falling in love.

Now this normally would not be much of a problem except for the fact that he was falling in love with all three of them. How would that even work? How could he even tell them how he felt? 'I have started having feelings for you, but I need to tell you that I have started feeling the same thing for our other two friends. Hope you all feel the same and let me love them as well.' Yes, like that would go over well.

Harry let out a soft sigh, drawing Filius's attention. "Everything okay, Harry? You know sometimes it is well to talk about things."

Harry looked over at the diminutive, little Professor and thought over his words. It would be nice to talk to someone about this. But he did not have anyone really to talk to. He doubted going to Edward or Robert would go over too well for this conversation. He let out another sigh. He felt like he could trust the professor. "Sir, let us say that you are in love with someone but also another person… or two more even… what should you do? It is not like you can tell them that you love them and two others. I doubt that it would go over very well."

Filius chuckled a bit at that. "No, I imagine if you told them like that it would not go over well. No, I bet that you are also wondering how something like that could even work if these girls were okay with… said person… being with two others?" Harry blushed but nodded. "Well, while it is not as common nowadays, it is not uncommon either for one man to marry multiple women. Most will choose one woman to be the head wife or the main wife. This woman would be the lady of the house. The other two women would be mistresses. The main wife would have all control over the mistresses as far as when they lay with the husband or even when they can have children. On exceedingly rare occasions though, the man will marry all three as wives and none have control over the other."

Harry thought this through for a moment. "And this is acceptable in our world?"

Filius nodded. "Oh yes, it is. Many times, it is in families like yours that are down to only a handful of members. The head of the house will either marry more women or contract his son with multiple girls."

"I see," Harry said, thinking about it did make some sense he supposed. But still, how do you ask someone to share you with two others?

Filius chuckled at his young apprentice's face. "I would not think too hard on it, Harry. Things like this tend to work out if they are meant to be. For now, just enjoy your time

with them and let it work itself out."

Harry nodded absently before he realized what Filius said. His face turned beet red in an instant, and Filius fell off his stool from laughter. Shortly after this, Harry did not have much time to think about it as Filius got him working on his spell chains.

Andie was sitting at Black Moor for a small family dinner with her parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins, picking at her food. She had not been having a great break so far. Her father had been drinking again and smacked her in the face again for not being Black enough for his taste. The only reason that she did not have a bruise was thanks to her mother.

"Andie, what are your plans for this break, dear?" Her grandmother asked her, and she felt hope.

"Well, I was invited to the Bones manor for Christmas Eve dinner," she said, sending timid glances to her father.

"I will not be having a daughter of mine associating with those blood traitors!" Cygnus growled out with a cold look to her that promised pain if she continued to talk.

"First of all, Cygnus, look at my granddaughter like that again, and I swear I will skin you, boy. You are not the head of this house, and I think you would do well to remember that. The Bones family are not blood traitors, you ignorant fool. They are a respectable family and are powerful in the Wizengamot. As such, I shall allow Andromeda to go. This may just open an alliance between House Black and Bones," Arcturus growled from the head of the table. Cygnus did not say anything but glared at his father. "You know I think I would like the five of your grandkids to stay here for the holidays now that I think about it. I am sure your grandmother would like to spend time with each of you as would I."

Her heart soared at hearing that. She loved staying with her grandparents. One look at Sirius, one would think Christmas skipped a few days. "Oh indeed, I would. That is a wonderful idea, Arcturus."

It was set then; she would be here for the rest of the break. It was the only place that was not at Harry's side that she felt safe. Her grandfather would never let anything hurt her just like Harry would not. She gave her grandfather her first real smile of the night as she agreed to come and stay. Though Bella would not be staying as she wished to go spend time with Rudolphus and the Lestrange's. Lady Lestrange had invited her to stay for the holiday. Arcturus was not pleased by this but allowed it. The rest of the meal was silent, and her father only glared at her in a way of saying goodbye. She could not wait to get back to the castle and see Harry again.

It was now Christmas Eve, and Andie found herself in the parlor of Bones Manor after a wonderful dinner. It was one of the best dinners she had ever had outside of Hogwarts. However, it was not the quality of the food that made it so. Instead, it was the company that made the night. Without her father and aunt there, things were so much more pleasant for her. No arguments, just laughter and fun conversation.

Now she was sitting, sipping on an after-dinner wine with Caroline, Rose, Petunia, Lily, and Amelia. The conversation had turned to school now. "So, Petunia, has there been any lucky boys that have caught your eye?" Caroline asked in a teasing voice.

Petunia blushed hard and glanced at Lily. "Um, not at my school," she said softly.

Lily and the other two girls narrowed their eyes a bit. She was not talking about Harry, was she? "Oh my, and who is this lucky stud, hmm?"

Petunia blushed harder. "W-well, I have been writing to this boy named Remus at Hogwarts," she said, glancing at the other girls. "P-please don't tell him that I kind of like him!"

Lily shook her head as all three were a bit shocked. Remus had not said anything about writing to Lily's sister. "We will not tell anyone, Toony. Right, girls?" The other two shook their heads in agreement. "Out of curiosity, what do you talk about?"

Petunia's blush remained. "Well, about postions or what you are learning in magical creatures. Sometimes we even talk about what I am doing in school."

"Oh, that is so sweet!" Caroline and Rose squealed. "Oh dear, that is so good for you! He seemed like such a nice boy when he came over for summer." Rose finished.

Caroline suddenly turned a predatory grin to the other three girls, making them gulp. "And what about you three, hmmmm. Who has caught your eye this year?"

All three looked at one another and then went away quickly, not wanting to admit it in front of the others. "No one!" They said at once.

"Oh my, are you saying that it's each other?" Caroline said with a mischievous smile.

"NO!" They said at once. "I LIKE HARRY ONLY!" Then they looked at one another. "I like him the most! NO, I DO!"

Caroline broke into laughter, drawing their attention and making them blush as they realized they had been played. "I see, so you all didn't want to admit it to your rivals then." They nodded with a blush. "And if I am guessing, you haven't told him yet out of fear that he would pick one of the other two?"

"Yes…" They all mumbled. Petunia and Rose were now looking a bit shocked. They knew Lily liked him, but not the other girls.

"Why don't you girls just share him then?" Caroline asked, drawing even more shocked looks from Rose, Petunia, and two of the girls.

Andie blushed a bit. "I… I would not mind being a mistress if I got to be with Harry. I just did not think the other two would be okay with it," she said softly.

Now Amelia and Lily were looking at her in shock. Caroline just laughed. "Amelia, I do not know why you are acting so shocked; you know that is not out of the ordinary for someone like Harry. His house is pretty much extinct now."

"Wait, it's not out of the ordinary?" Rose asked, confused.

Caroline shook her head. "No, not really. If a house is dying out, the head or Heir of the house can marry more women. Most of the time they will choose one wife and have mistresses. The mistresses would be subservient to the wife. The wife can decide things such as who and when a mistress lays with the husband or even when they can have children."

"That seems a bit barbaric," Petunia said with a frown. "I don't think Harry would be okay with that from what I know of him."

Caroline smiled. "And neither do I, however, I could see him being okay with option two where he marries all three as wives and no one is over the others."

Lilly and Amelia looked at one another for a long moment. "Would you be okay with this, Lilly?"

She seemed to think for a moment before looking at her mother, who just gave her a smile. "Honey, you are entering this new world, and it is up to you to decide what's right for you. No matter what you decide, your father and I will support you. Plus, I have a feeling that Harry would do anything to make you happy, dear, and I approve of him."

Lilly's face turned into a large smile. "What do you think, girls?" she asked, turning to the other two.

Amelia and Andie looked at one another with a large smile. "I think it is time for us to get our man," Amelia said with a smile.

"Indeed, I think we should do it soon too," Andie said, smiling as well.

"Oh yes, we cannot let him get away from us," Lilly said.

Caroline, Petunia, and Rose watched as the three delved into planning the capture of a blond-haired wizard soon. The two mothers smiled as they watched their plan. Petunia just shook her head. "You know, I kind of feel bad for Harry."

"Why is that dear?" Rose asked curiously.

"They seem like he may not have a choice," she said with a giggle.

The other two women giggled at that as well. It would be interesting to see the boy's reaction. They could only imagine him stuttering about being told he would be dating all three of them. The rest of the night was spent laughing and having fun with one another.

A few days later, Andie had asked to speak with her grandfather in private and was now sitting in his study. Arcturus smiled over the desk at her. "Good morning, my dear. How did you sleep?"

Andie smiled at him. "I slept well, grandfather. Thank you for asking."

Arcturus smiled and nodded. "So, my dear, what would you like to talk about today?"

Andie turned serious and collected her nerves. "Grandfather, I would like permission to seek a romantic relationship with Lord Harry Pendragon," she said confidently.

Arcturus leaned back at her words and eyed her. Finally, he sighed. "I see. I take it that you are wishing to tell him of your feelings then."

It was a statement more than a question, but Andie answered, nonetheless. "I do, grandfather. Two others and I plan to admit our feelings to him and seek a relationship with him. We believe that he would choose to marry all three of us."

He watched her for a moment longer before a soft smile came to his lips. "Well then, my dear, I shall allow it. However, I have one condition that is non-negotiable."

Andie frowned a bit but nodded. "And what would that be, grandfather?"

"I must meet this boy by the end of summer. If I do not, then I will rescind my blessing," he told her.

Suddenly her face turned into a smile. "That actually really works. Harry will be competing in the under-fifteen dueling tournament this summer, and I would like to go watch him."

Arcturus smiled at seeing his little princess smile. He did not see that enough anymore as the girls grew and his bastard of a son got crueler. He had been thinking for a while now that he should take the girls and even Sirius and Regulus into Black Moor. He should start this summer at least with Andie. He would not force the other two girls, but he would offer it. However, he knew that Narcissa was being courted by that little bastard Malfoy, and he doubted her, nor Bella would come.

"Then your grandmother and I shall take you. It has been a long time since I have seen a good duel so hopefully this boy of yours can provide," he said with a smile. Andie squealed a bit and came around giving him a strong hug. Arcturus chuckled and hugged her back. "Now let us go down and get some of those cookies your grandmother was making, hmm?"

Andie nodded and led him from the office, acting like the child she was. Arcturus loved seeing this side of her and hoped that this boy could bring this out of her more. However, if he ever hurt her, he would tear him limb from limb.

The three girls were sitting in a compartment with their other friends on their way back to Hogwarts. They were giddy with excitement. They would wait until they got settled into their normal routine before asking Harry to go out with them to Hogsmeade. They could not wait to see what the future would bring.