Chapter 21
"Ok now remember, concentrate on having the object in your hand, not the object itself or the movement of the object. Focus on your intent and magic will do the rest." Harry said.
"Ok, I think I understand. Accio" Schrodinger said and to his astonishment and Harry's delight, his animated dragon toy flew across his room and into his hand.
"I did it!" Schrodinger cried.
"I'm so proud of you!" Harry said hugging him.
"What's going on?" Zorin asked, hearing the commotion.
"Want to show her?" Harry said with a grin. Schrodinger nodded so he took the dragon and placed it back on his desk.
"Floor's yours!" Harry said.
"Accio!" Schrodinger said, catching the dragon as it flew towards him.
"That's amazing!" Zorin said, picking up a laughing Schrodinger and spinning him around.
"Hang on a sec." Harry said, pulling out his mirror, and writing 'Hermione' in it.
"Hi Harry!" Hermione said, harry blushed and angled the mirror away from him, they could hear hermione laughing.
"Harry I'm just feeding Daniel. I don't care if you see it I trust you." Hermione said. Reluctantly Harry looked back at the mirror.
"Besides this way I can tell Ron you were staring at my tits." Hermione said, giggling.
"Hermione Weasley! Such language." Harry said with a grin.
"So did you need something?" Hermione said after she stopped laughing.
"Schrodinger cast his first spell!" Harry said.
"Wait, he's doing magic? But the... oh right. God Emperor." Hermione said, Harry frowned.
"You're mean. Also this isn't nepotism, I amended the law for everyone. As long as the child casting the spell is in the presence of a supervising adult, muggle or magical, it will be perfectly legal. This way muggleborns won't be at such a disadvantage." Harry said.
"That's great!" Hermione said.
"You wanna see something else?" Harry asked, and she nodded. Harry whispered into Schrodinger's ear.
"Do I need to move my wand in any specific way?" Schrodinger asked.
"Nope. Now remember." Harry said. Schrodinger nodded.
"Expecto Patronum!" Schrodinger said and to Hermione's astonishment a pale white mist erupted from his wand. It started flickering, so Harry whispered into his ear again and it coalesced and formed... into a stag.
"Oh!" Harry said.
"What did I do it wrong?" Schrodinger asked, and was worried when he saw Harry's eyes were watery.
"Harry, what's wrong?!" Schrodinger asked.
"Schrodinger, one's partronus takes a form of something that is relevant to someone who is very important to them. Harry's patronus is also a stag." Hermione explained, beaming proudly at him through the mirror.
"Schrodinger.." Harry said, taking him in his arms.
"I know it wasn't a conscious decision, but I consider it a great honor." Harry said. Schrodinger smiled up at him.
"Also, and I'm sure Harry failed to mention this to you, but you are now the only person on record to successfully cast a patronus before entering school. You should be very proud of yourself." Hermione explained.
"I am, and Thank you Mrs. Weasley." Schrodinger said. Harry kissed the top of his head.
"I love you, you dear sweet wonderful boy." Harry said.
"Is everything alright?" Rip asked, appearing behind Zorin.
"I think everything is wonderful." Zorin said with a smile. Zorin and Rip left them to their moment, and went to their kitchen where Zorin as she usually did, started a pot of coffee, then caught Rip up on what had happened.
"Sometimes when I stop and think about it, I wonder if I died on that zeppelin and this is heaven." Rip said. Zorin nodded.
"When I lay on that surgical table and let that... thing... turn me into a vampire, I honestly thought it was the end. That Ada Zorin had died, and some monster had woken up in her place." Zorin said, not noticing Rip's shocked expression.
"Your birth name is Ada?" Rip asked. Zorin looked surprised.
"I never told you? God, I'm sorry, especially after you told me. I was named for my grandmother. I was born and lived in Warsaw." Zorin said.
"That's beautiful. My love is named Ada." Rip said, getting a goofy smile from Zorin.
"I think I still prefer to go by Zorin, if that's ok. To honor my family." Zorin said. Rip nodded.
"Of course, though I can't be held accountable if I scream 'Ada' when we're alone together." Rip said with a seductive grin that still managed to give her the sensation of butterflies in her stomach.
"To think, though, we owe it all to him." Zorin said.
"You don't owe me anything." Harry said smiling. Schrodinger followed closely behind him.
"I realized I never told you my birth name, it is Ada. I still prefer Zorin though." Zorin said.
"To honor your family, I heard and I agree it is a beautiful name." Harry said with a smile.
"But we do owe you tremendously, Harry." Rip said.
"If you had you've paid it back and then some. You know my story, Rip. I never had a family growing up and now that I have all of you guys... It was all worth it. You know?" Harry said. Rip wiped at her eyes.
"Damn you Harry you keep doing this to us." Rip said with a smile.
"Hello?" Helena said, walking through the door.
"In the kitchen!" Zorin yelled, pouring coffee for everyone and adding some of Harry's blood from a flask to all but one.
"You know I'm a vampire, I could hear you if you whispered." Helena said with a smirk. She was wearing very revealing modern clothing, as she had been insistent upon doing now that she had a figure to show off. She walked over and hugged everyone and stole the cup that Zorin had been preparing for herself. Zorin grinned and filled another.
"What are you up to today?" Harry asked Helena.
"I was at the library catching up on all the stuff that I missed. I still can't believe people landed on the moon." Helena said with a grin.
"Did you ever have a formal education, Helena?" Zorin asked.
"No, however I've been reading through the massive library I'd collected for centuries. I understand science, mathematics and several languages, I'm just catching up now." Helena explained.
"Any more high school boys harassing you?" Rip said with a grin. Helena scowled.
"Thankfully, no. Honestly after Harry aged me, thanks to a whole new set of hormones I found myself excited about the concept of relationships and sex, but meeting the men around here really makes me wish Harry had a twin brother." Helena said, causing Harry to blush, which made her laugh as it always did.
"Ever think about dating women?" Rip asked.
"I did but I just don't feel attracted to them." Helena said. Rip shrugged
"Schrodinger, are you still going to go up a year on each birthday?" Helena asked.
"That's the plan, as long as Harry figures out how to stop me from seeing his memories." Schrodinger said.
"We're almost there. Occlumency is a strange concept. I'm also trying to find a way to keep it open for Seras. Seems unfair that I can feel her but she can't feel me." Harry said.
"What's that like anyway?" Zorin asked. Harry pondered.
"It's difficult to differentiate what I'm feeling and what she's feeling. We're both frequently happy, scared, angry and horny at the same time. Sometimes I'll be telling her a story that doesn't affect me any more but it'll make her very sad. I'll also get a sense of amusement that clashes wildly with my irritation when she laughs at something dumb that I do." Harry said with a grin.
"What does 'horny' mean?" Schrodinger asked.
"It's an adult thing, I'll tell you when you're a little older." Harry said.
"Oh, ok." Schrodinger said.
"I'm kidding it's when you're sexually aroused, like we talked about a couple weeks ago. Not sure if you've experienced that but you will, especially when I age you up." Harry said. Helena and Rip looked scandalized, but Zorin laughed.
"He always does that just to wind us up. He doesn't like hiding things from Schrodinger." Zorin explained to Helena.
"Honest curiosity is something that should always be encouraged." Harry said.
"You gave him 'the talk'?" Zorin asked. Harry nodded.
"Someone had to. I had to figure it out the hard way." Harry said.
"'The Talk?'" Helena asked.
"Puberty, sex, anatomy, relationships that thing. Oh that's right you're gonna need it too. I'd offer but it's probably best if you hear it from a woman." Harry said.
"I'll handle it once you and Schrodinger aren't around." Zorin said. Harry nodded.
"Speaking of which, you ready to hit the cinema?" Harry asked. Schrodinger nodded enthusiastically.
Seras was walking down a London street when she felt her magical cell phone, or MCP as they'd started calling it, go off. She ducked into an alley and opened it up.
"Seras, are you busy?" Integra asked.
"No, I'm just shopping, what's up?" Seras asked.
"Anderson has a lead, he went to pick up ammunition from his source and they told him they were sold out of 9x19mm Parabellum rounds. Claimed they were cleaned out by a group of 'world war 2 re-enactors' in full nazi regalia. When Harry gets back I want you and he to go investigate. Anderson assures me you won't be in any danger from Iscariot." Integra said.
"Ok, he shouldn't be much longer, he took Schrodinger to the movies, and that was about an hour ago." Seras said.
"Understood, and please be careful. Iscariot won't bother you but they're not the only group within the Vatican that is aware of and actively hunts vampires." Integra said.
"I'll be sure to wear my new body armor under my uniform." Seras said.
An hour later, Seras and Harry were in their quarters gearing up for the trip to Rome, and Seras was trying on her new body armor.
"How's the fit?" Harry asked, checking his coat to make sure his potions were stocked.
"It's a little loose, am I wearing it right?" Seras asked.
"Let me check." Harry said, checking the buckles and straps and tightening them. His hands made it to her chest and he stopped.
"Huh..." Harry said.
"What?" Seras asked.
"Hmm... I don't know." Harry said.
"It looks right to me." Seras said. Harry stood there silently with his hands on her breasts for another minute before she figured it out.
"Stop it! You keep that up and we'll never get to Rome." Seras said, grinning.
"Alright, don't be a spoilsport." Harry said with a laugh.
They made it to the basement of an abandoned cafe that Harry found during his last trip to Rome, and when they made it out Harry lead Seras to the orphanage. They were greeted in the front of the building by Heinkel.
"I'm glad to see you again, Harry. This is Seras I presume?" Heinkel said.
"This is the love of my life, Seras Victoria. Seras, this is Heinkel Wulfe." Harry said, introducing them. Before Harry could say anything else he was intercepted by a flying human missile in a Nun's habit.
"Oof! Hey Yumie, Yumiko. You guys doing ok?" Harry asked. Yumie smiled up at him and nodded before slipping her glasses on.
"I'm happy to see you again Harry. I just wish it were under better circumstances." Yumiko said.
"Seras, you're aware of Yumiko's situation, right?" Heinkel asked.
"Yes, Yumiko wears glasses, Yumie does not." Seras said with a smile.
"Good, come on in I just put some coffee on." Heinkel said.
"Oh awesome. Heinkel's coffee is amazing." Harry said following her in. Heinkel handed out cups to everyone and was about to apologize for offering one to Seras when Harry interrupted her.
"We found a solution for that." Harry said, cutting his finger and bleeding into Seras' cup. She mixed it and took a sip.
"Oh bloody hell this is marvelous!" Seras said.
"Seras, this is an orphanage, watch the language." Harry chided.
"Sorry!" Seras said, covering her mouth.
"It's fine they're playing outside right now. So did Integra explain everything to you?" Heinkel asked.
"We got the jist, people dressed as nazis buying MP40 ammo?" Harry asked. Heinkel nodded.
Harry did not notice Seras stand and walk over to the door, then exit when beckoned by Anderson who was waiting outside with a smile. Nor did he notice him whisper into her ear, her stifle a giggle, and nod.
"I mean there are other guns that use that ammunition, and there are legitimate WWII reenactors in Rome, but the coincidence was too much not to explore" Heinkel said.
"Harry Potter-Victoria!" Harry heard Anderson bellow from outside. He stepped outside and saw him there looking stern. He pushed his glasses further up onto the bridge of his nose and looked at Harry.
"It is the sacred duty of the Iscariot Organization to punish the Demon, the Heretic... and the false God." Anderson said, letting a pair of bayonets slide into his hands.
"Father Anderson wait! I told them to retract that! I never claimed to be a God! It was all a stupid... why are you laughing?" Harry asked
"Oh Lad your face, it was priceless!" Anderson said, stooped over his hands on his knees laughing hysterically.
"You!" Harry shouted pointing at Seras who was standing aside and laughing just as loudly.
"But?" Harry said staring stupidly at Anderson.
"Wha?" Harry asked.
"I believe they were playing a joke on you Harry." Yumiko said.
"Yes, thank you Yumiko." Harry said, folding his arms and pouting, causing Anderson, Seras and Yumiko to start laughing even louder.