A/N : Hey guys, before you start reading those new chapters, I have some things to say first.
-First of all, thank you to the people who recently favored and/or followed this story so far and I also want to thank the nice guys (and gals) who reviewed me.
-Second, for those who don't like my story… then don't read it.
-Thirdly, there IS a possibility to see Sirius and Remus (along with Hermione and some others) coming to Mysteria but Harry WILL NOT return to Earth.
-Fourthly, some people had been asking me to add a Manticore and/or an Arachne in Harry's Harem and I'm still thinking about it at the moment.
-Fifthly, in this chapter, Harry WILL gain another wife… which had been recommended by someone I admire.
Now that everything was said, I wish you all a Good reading everyone !
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Previously on 'Where there's Love, there's Life' :
Hermione Granger had grown to slowly distrust the Headmaster… but what she just heard completely broke it. She was horrified that the Leader of the Light would order someone to KILL people ! Especially nice people like Sirius Black and Remus were !
Sure, Sirius could be annoying with his jokes and childish behavior from time to time but he was still a nice guy. And Remus… he might be a werewolf but he was a not a Dark Beast like everyone thought he was.
They don't deserve to die like this… She had already lost friends in this forsaken war (Parvati, Padma, Cho, Cedric…) and she WON'T lost another one… less two ! But then her thought went to another thing that the Headmaster said : ' will not have them corrupt the boy… Harry needs to be what he was supposed to be in the first place: a malleable and frail boy who will listen to anything we say without hesitation'.
She knew, like many other members of the Order that Dumbledore was obsessed with the Missing Boy-Who-Lived but Hermione never thought that the Old Wizard would want to CONTROL the boy !
With a determined face, the bushy haired young woman rushed away to find her targets and warn them of Dumbledore's true nature.
00/(Present time: Grimmauld Place; England; Earth)/00
It had taken her a hour but Hermione was able to tell Sirius, Remus and unsurprisingly, Nymphadora Tonks (unsurprisingly because it was well-know that the girl had a crush on Lupin) about what she heard and needless to say that the trio had been deeply shocked.
Sirius, Tonks and Remus were sitting around a table, talking with each other when Hermione barged into their room, panting in exhaustion. The owner of the place asked her what was going and the bushy haired young woman told her everything… without pausing.
As Hermione took deep breathes to fill her lungs with air, the other three were thinking about what they just heard.
"Let me get this straight : you heard Dumbledore saying that he was using us to find my godson…" Sirius said in a dark tone as his eyes showed nothing but anger.
"Yes..."
"Then you heard him saying that he planned to kill us once Harry is found..." Remus growled out as he looked at the panting young woman before him, his eyes turning yellow as his werewolf side was angry.
"Yes, he had been clear about it : he thinks you will corrupt Harry and turn him into something other than a 'malleable and frail boy' ..." Hermione said with a huff of disgust.
"Then you heard him giving this greasy bastard the permission of ending Sirius and Remus' lives..." Nymphadora 'Don't-Call-Me-That-Or-Suffer' Tonks with nothing but anger as her hair turned red in color.
"Yeah… it was Snape who asked the Headmaster to do it and Dumbledore accepted..." Hermione responded with a deep sigh, still shocked that the Great Leader of the Light would allow someone to KILL people.
"THAT SENILE OLD BASTARD OF A TRAITOR !" Sirius roared in anger as he jumped on his feet before pacing around the room.
Thankfully, there were privacy charms around or else, everyone could heard it.
"Calm down, Padfoot… I'm mad too but anger won't solve anything…" Remus said to his old friend in a stern tone.
Of all the Marauders, he was and still is the… responsible and calm one while Sirius was impulsive and immature.
"He is right, Sirius ! We need to focus on what we should do now..." Tonks said from her place as she sat near Hermione who was now back to normal and no longer taking deep breathes.
Lord Black glanced at everyone present in silence before sighing deeply as he literally fell on a chair, looking tired.
"I knew it was a mistake to work with that Old Fart..." he grumbled to himself in self-loathing.
"I know…So what do we do now ?" Remus said with a nod of agreement to his old friend's words before looking at everyone.
"Maybe we can start by throwing Dumbledore ou-" Tonks began to say only to be stopped by Sirius.
"No… If we do that, the Old Fool will surely not take long to realize that we know about his little plan…"
"Indeed, Dumbledore may be a manipulative old bastard but he is clever… to clever to his own good..." Remus grumbled from his seat with a nod.
"He is not a dinosaur but we get the point..." Hermione retorted with a tiny smirk.
Remus and Tonks both snorted in amusement as they caught the reference but Sirius merely looked at her with confusion. It wasn't surprising that he didn't got it being a Pureblood and a Wizard with no knowledge of the Muggle World.
"What ?" he asked her with a blink.
Tonks groaned in disappointment before saying with a sigh "That's it ! Next time, I will bring the movie and we are going to watch it !"
Sirius looked at the pink haired woman with some confusion and merely nodded as curiosity could be seen shining in his eyes.
"While this would be delightful, we are getting off topic..." Remus commented with some amusement.
"True..." the other three said at the same time before looking at one another.
"Jink ! Double Jinx ! Triple Jinx! INFINITE JINX !" Sirius and Tonks said at the same time while pointing at one another.
Remus and Hermione merely stared at the two blankly before face-palming. The Werewolf was doing one of epic proportion as he felt nothing but exasperation and shame.
"I'm surrounded by idiots..." the bushy haired young woman commented to herself with a groan.
"And people wonder why I think to be the only mature guy around..." Remus said at the same time in a dry tone and a groan.
"HEY ! WE RESENT THAT !" Sirius and Tonks cried out in indignation at the same time.
Remus and Hermione glanced at one another… before laughing in amusement while the other two merely glared at them, their faces as red as tomatoes and steams of embarrassment could be seen coming out of their ears.
00/(Time Skip)/00
(Mysteria; Location : Unknown)
Two weeks…
It had been two weeks since Harry left his family to find a place to settle. His sorrow was not as strong as the moment he left the city but it was far from out of his mind. Beside, he was not alone in his travel as he was followed by his wives : Gabrielle the Griffon, Reina the Ryu, Hela the Hellhound, Cirila the Chimaera, Lilith the Succubus and Pyralis the Wyvern.
First they had stopped at Lana's village where they staid for a day or two (much to the delight of the Lamia in question) before they all resumed their journey. Of course, Lana had tried to make them stay but in the end, they won and the Lamia let them leave with a heavy heart.
The little group of travelers visited many places and seen many beautiful landscapes : meadows, lush forests, swamps… even some villages. Some places were nice and some… weren't in lack of better therms. The girls had a hard time keeping an eye on their husband as he involuntarily drew attentions to himself.
His good look was both a curse and a blessing.
Why ? Because, he sometimes caught the eye of some Mamonos (of course they were single) who tried to flirt with him… only to be beaten black and blue by angry wives (mostly Hela or Gabrielle … even if Cirila often joined in).
It was part of the reason of why the girls wanted to AVOID villages or any kind of settlements. But, of course, they still had too when they were out of food or needed some stuffs to live… or to rest after a long day of walk… or simply to have some QUALITY time with one another.
Indeed, the girls would use any opportunity to have sex with their beloved husband… and Harry, being outnumbered 6 against 1 had to accept… even if he knew that he would be TERRIBLY exhausted in the end. When they weren't in a hotel or an inn, they would simply in some caves in the woods… as long as no one lived in.
Of course, Lilith and Harry would use their magic to not only protect everyone with wards but also make sure nothing would disturb them in their sleep.
During their journey, apart of horny Mamonos, the group would encounter some bandits but they were just thugs and pretty easy to defeat… They even managed to defeat a whole band of forty bandits all by themselves !
In short, Harry's journey was far from uneventful.
Back to present, our little group was walking through a forest as the sky was slowly being covered by dark clouds. Hela was leading the group, her sharp senses on alert as behind her stood Harry who was protected on each side by a Mamono : his right by Cirila, his left by Lilith, his back by Reina and the other two were flying right above him.
"Is it really necessary ?" Harry asked with a grumble of fond annoyance.
"YES !" they all replied at the same time while shooting him a brief glance and his shoulders slumped as he sighed deeply in exasperation.
It became a habit of theirs to surround their husband to prevent other Mamonos to flirt with him or trying to kidnap him for themselves. Some had tried and it ended badly for them.
"You know I can defend myself, right ?" Harry asked them dryly with a blank face as he glanced at each of his wives.
"We do… but it is still our job to protect our lovely husband..." Cirila 1 retorted in a calm but stern tone as she shot him a small glare.
"That and make that everyone know that you are OURS and no one else's !" Hela replied with a toothy grin as she looked over her shoulder at him.
"Have you ever been told how possessive you are?" the young man asked them again in a blank tone.
"Yes…" Reina answered calmly while still looking for a possible threat.
"Yes !" Gabrielle retorted from the sky.
"Yes !" Lilith answered with an eye-closed smile.
"Yes..." Cirila 3 retorted with a nod and a tiny grin.
"Yep !" Pyralis answered as she flew alongside the Griffon
"Many, many times in fact~" Hela literally PURRED her answer at him.
Harry groaned in fond exasperation and annoyance and the sound of it caused his girls to giggle in amusement. However, it was quickly broken by the sound of thunder echoing above them
'CRACK'
They all flinched at his before blinking as rain drops started to fall from the sky… slowly at first before it intensified. Gabrielle and Pyralis quickly landed near the rest of their group as the former had her feathers completely wet.
"We need to quickly shelter from the rain !" Harry cried out to the gals as he used his magic to create a barrier above their heads.
" I can't see anything with that rain !" Gabrielle cried out as she stood near the Wyvern and Reina.
"As for me, I can't SMELL anything !" Hela whined as she shook herself to get rid of the water in her fur (which was a bit useless).
Cirila and Pyralis used their wings to protect themselves from the rain while Reina, being a Ryu, used her magic to create a little barrier around herself… and her comrades despite Harry's own barrier being there.
What of Lilith ?
Well, the gorgeous Succubus hummed in thought before waving a hand.
"We must go this way !" she declared a few seconds later as she pointed at her left.
"Are you sure Lil ?" Gabrielle asked her oldest friend and former rival-in-love with skepticism.
"Positive !" the Succubus retorted back to the Griffon.
Harry, a bit skeptical himself, secretly waved a hand, muttering "Point-Me a safe place..."
Instantly, his hand shot straight toward the west… in the same spot Lilith's hand was pointing at the moment.
"Alright, people, let's move out ! Unless you want to stay here and get wet for a bit longer..." Harry said to his wives with a cheeky grin at the last part.
Which caused say wives to glare at him, unamused. Sadly for them, they were all ignored as he walked out of the 'road' toward where his hand was pointing. Having no choice but to follow him, the Mamonos silently went into the same direction that their beloved husband.
For a while, the small group walked through the forest while the rain fell heavily on them. But then… Harry smiled when he saw something standing a few feet away from them : a cave !
"Quick ! In the cave !" Harry called out as he rushed forward, instantly followed by the rest of the group who wanted nothing more than to get out of the rain.
The moment they entered the cave, the barrier Reina and Harry used disappeared as they were no more needed. The little group of seven breathed in relief at the fact they were now in a relatively dry area and no more under the heavy rain outside. Seeing some of his wives shivering from the water covering them, Harry waved his right hand and instantly, they felt something warm passing through their bodies, instantly ridding them of the water on their skin.
"Thank you, love !" they thanked him at the same time with warm smiles on their faces.
"No problem, gals !" Harry retorted with a warm smile as he pressed his back against a cave wall, exhausted.
Soon enough, he was joined by Reina, Pyralis, Hela, Lilith, Cirila and Gabrielle as themselves pressed their backs against cave walls with the Griffon, Hellhound and Succubus closest to him.
They had been walking for HOURS now so it was understandable that they would be a bit tired.
"You know… If I wasn't so tired, I would have used this moment to fuck the handsome stallion, over there~" Hela commented from her place with a wolfish grin on her face as lust shined in her eyes.
Harry shot her a fake-look of exasperation which did nothing to get rid of the expression on her face.
"I agree with the Dog… I wouldn't mind a piece of our lovely husband~" Cirila 2 purred from her seat as her eyes landed on the only male of the group with desire and lust.
"Not you too..." Harry groaned loudly from his seat as he rubbed his eyes in tiredness.
The girls all giggled in response at those words which caused him to groan even louder. But then, the fun moment was broken by Hela who suddenly froze with her ears on alert. Ignoring the looks she was receiving from her Harem sisters and husband, the Hellhound started to smell the air before growling toward the deeper part of the cave.
"Hel ? What's going on ? What did you smell ?" Lilith asked her with a serious look on her face.
"Death..." Hela replied with a tiny growl, not even glancing at the Succubus to answer.
Frowning, Harry rose from the ground before approaching the Hellhound with a serious expression on his face. As he stood next to Hela, he raised his left hand in the air as a ball of light formed in the palm and saw in the distance… the entrance of a tunnel.
Approaching it, he then looked at the strange inscription written above it. Sadly for him, he was unable to read them as a good part of the words were either erased or about to disappear forever… But there were three words he managed to translate : 'Riches', 'Magical items'.
"What did you find, Harry ?" Lilith asked her husband with curiosity as she and the other girls cautiously approached the entrance of the tunnel.
Hela was still growling at something but was paid little attention as everyone was looking at Harry, waiting for his answer.
"Well… I found some inscriptions over there but I only managed to get two words… well… more like three words..." the young man answered while eying the tunnel with suspicion.
"What words, love ?" Cirila 3 asked him with a gentle tone filled with curiosity.
" 'Riches', 'Magical items'..." was Harry's answer.
"..." a long silence followed those words as their minds processed those new informations.
"Well… you don't really need the gold saying as you are freaking rich already…" Hela commented with a shrug after a moment of silence.
"But the magical items could be interesting…" Lilith added with a grin of excitement on her face.
Reina herself looked interested. Those two were literally book-worms but hey, it was part of their charms.
Harry looked at the two with amusement before sighing deeply "Alright then… might as well get in to retrieve them… After all, we don't know how long it would take before the rain stop..."
At those words, all of them glanced at the outside, watching as the rain was still falling, the sound of it echoing in the air. All of the girls then looked back at Harry before nodding their heads in agreement.
Internally chuckling in amusement, the young man then turned around to pass through the entrance of the tunnel… but the second he did, a grid magically appeared out of nowhere, locking Harry inside the tunnel while the girls were on the other side !
"Harry !" they cried out in shock at the sudden development as they looked at their husband with wide eyes.
Cirila tried to use her strength to destroy the metal bars but it was futile as they didn't bulge. Reina tried to use her tail but she got the same result that the Chimaera. Hela went as far as trying to bite them off but again, it was in vain.
"How can these metal bars be so strong ?!" Gabrielle snarled in anger and frustration as she pulled on the bars with her claws.
Lilith frowned as she stepped closer to inspect the bars. After a moment of analysis, the Succubus' eyes widened in shock as she opened her mouth to say
"Those bars are protected by wards !"
"She's right ! This grid had been enchanted by someone powerful…" Harry commented with a groan after a quick examination.
"What should we do now ?" Pyralis asked loudly with slight panic in her voice but managed to hide it behind a growl.
"Well… I have no choice but to go in… who know maybe I can find whoever or whatever had done this..." Harry said with a deep sigh of resignation after a moment of thought.
"No way ! You are not going in alone !" Gabrielle snarled at her husband in anger as protectiveness overtake her body.
"We have no choice, Gaby ! Those bars won't bulge and I don't plan to sit there and die of starvation !" Harry retorted to his Griffon wife who opened her mouth to say something back… only to close it with a sigh, having nothing to say to counter that.
The girls looked at one another with hesitation clear on their faces but after a moment, they looked back at him.
"You better be careful down there…" Pyralis began to say in a serious tone before someone else took over.
"because if you come back bruised or bleeding..." Reina said in an equal tone as she looked at the only Human of the group.
"we will, of course, heal you but..." Lilith took over with narrowed eyes.
"We will make sure you will be severely punished for it..." Cirila 1 said after the Succubus, growling a bit with a serious look in her eyes.
"And by 'punishment', we mean..." Gabrielle added with an evil grin.
"Fucking you really hard~" Hela finished with a wolfish grin and a quick lick over her lips.
Hearing this, Harry gulped in slight fear but quickly hid it as he opened his mouth to say in a reassuring tone
"Come on ! Everything will be fine ! Nothing will happen to me ! Its just a cave ! What could possibly happen ?" as he said this, he blew them a kiss before slowly going further into the tunnel, leaving them behind.
They watched him until they couldn't see him anymore and then Gabrielle looked at her Harem sisters with a straight face.
"Am I the only one who think that something will happen in there or not ? " the Griffon asked the others in a calm but blank tone.
"You are not !"
00/(Time Skip)/00
"I hate my life sometimes..." Harry grumbled as he pressed his back against a wall, catching his breath.
He didn't know how long he had been in this tunnel but damn, it was anything but a stroll in the forest ! He quickly discovered the existence of many different rooms in this tunnel… all filled with traps or monsters.
-The first one, he had to avoid being killed by Poison Needles coming from every part of the room. Thankfully, he created some barriers that protected him from them.
-The second room was no better. He had to fight against Shadow Wolves ! Those Dark Beasts were not Mamonos but creatures of Darkness that used Shadows to attack their targets. He had to use his attacks of Light to fight against them but in the end, he managed to defeat all twenty of them (Yes twenty wolves… don't ask how this is possible).
-The third room was worse than the precedents : at first glance, the room looked normal… except that, the floor was covered in tiles. He almost fall into a hidden pit when he walked on one. The pits were filled with water… where large fish lived.
Those black fishes were very big and had an upright dorsal fin and three smaller fins below their bellies. But their striking features were their mouths full of vicious, razor-sharp teeth.
No wanting to be their snack, it took him a moment to understand the enigma : he had to find the right tile to walk on. Thankfully, after the use of his magic, he managed to escape the room without any bruises… except the ones he got from the wolves.
-the fourth room was, in short, a nightmare : he had to avoid being crushed by a large boulder ! It was thanks to a large crack on the wall that he managed to survive !
-The fifth room and the last one was… well it was literally Hell :
As he passed through the rooms, he had noticed some skeletons laying on the ground, surely poor souls who got caught by the many different traps.
Once he was back to normal, our hero turned his head… only to gasp as he found himself into a large chamber filled with mountains of riches, shelves filled with books and potions… the sight made him think of the reactions he would get from a certain Ryu and Succubus if they were there to see this.
"Well, well... Looks like an adventurer has finally made it here~" a melodic feminine voice suddenly echoed from nearby.
Harry froze when he heard the voice and slowly turned his head toward where it came… before blinking in shock when he saw who it was. The voice belonged to a Mamono similar to a Lamia but with some differences.
Like Lamias, she had a long snake tail in place of legs. Her total length appeared to be around 30 feet ! The color of her primary scales was sky blue and a darker outlined diamond-pattern while her underside scales were a dull yellow in color.
Looking at her upper body, he could see that she had light blue skin and nearly waist-length, dark blue hair and what looked like tribal markings on her left arm and her torso. She had her hands crossed under her large bust (which equaled Reina's !), and a warm smile on her face. She was wearing a green leather and lace mini-skirt and matching greenish leather and lace halter-top.
Then he looked at her face and was captivated by it : she was truly beautiful to look at : a heart shaped face, beautiful golden eyes with vertical slit pupils, and her elven-like ears. Behind her lovely hair, two long snakes appeared and strangely, they had the same colors that her scales.
After a moment of thought, Harry realized what he was looking at and was shocked to the core : he was facing an Echidna… the Mother of Monsters !
"Congratulations, adventurer, and welcome to my domain !" the Echidna said to him with a smile on her face as a strange glint shined in her eyes.
At this moment, Harry stared at the newcomer blankly as one world passed through his mind
"Fuck..."
(To be continue…)