Harry and Daphne were sitting on the same couch. Daphne had propped her feet up in Harry's lap. When he gave her a questioning look, she merely smirked. He was too tired to really complain and he enjoyed being close to her.

Today, they had dueling lessons with Ms. Young. They were absolutely exhausted. The woman was an absolute slave driver. Harry couldn't help but grin. He was good at dueling, and to both their surprise, so was Daphne.

"What are you smiling at? Don't tell me you actually enjoy that, that woman's lessons." Daphne said

"Oh no, I'm just so joyed to be your personal footstool." Harry snarked

"As you should be. Now rub my feet, they ache something fierce." she said pompously

Harry couldn't help the smirk as he locked his arm around both her ankles and proceeded to tickle her feet mercilessly. Daphne shrieked in panic and laughter. Thinking quickly, she transformed into her badger form.

Laughing at her ingenuity, Harry quickly followed in his cobra form. He lunged coiling around her, sending them flying off the couch. They resume their human forms as they hit the ground. Harry softens the blow with his body. His arms wrapped around securely around her waist.They laugh with each other at their sillyness. As they calm down, they notice how close they are, but neither moves away. Slowly, their faces inch closer to one another.

"Oh, what do we have here?"

With a small eep, Daphne jumped up. In doing so, she accidentally kneed Harry in the crotch. She winced as he curled up and groaned.

"Sorry."

"It's all good." he rasped out

"Ms. Young, what are you doing down here so late?" Daphne asked

"I came to tell Harry his cobra form is safe. Well, as safe as any cobra can be."

"What's that mean?"

"I was worried my cobra form would be affected by the basilisk venom in my blood. I asked Ms. Young to make sure it was safe and luckily it is." Harry explained

"I also came down to inform you both that from here on out all classes will require silent point casting. I know you both have been practicing diligently, so I hope to see good results in class." Ms. Young explained before leaving

Daphne groaned and flopped back onto the couch. Harry sat up from the ground and rubbed her back in consolation.

"Do you want to stay up and practice together?" Harry offered

Daphne turned her head slightly. Her amber eye peaked through her hair. She gave a small nod, grateful for his help. Point casting was easy, silent casting not so much.

Harry didn't mind. They had been in the chamber for about eighteen months. They spent most nights staying up late studying one thing or another. Sometimes, they just stayed up and chatted about whatever came to mind.

Daphne relished in every moment spent with Harry. She was well aware of her feelings for him by now. Yet she refused to put them into words. She felt that whatever relationship they currently held was incredibly fragile. She didn't want to break it with something as heavy as confessing her feelings. Maybe once they got their 'newts', she would tell him.

"Have you had any luck finding your last form?" She asked

"Unfortunately not, I can feel that I'm close, though. I'll find it soon, I'm sure of it. But we should focus on our school work."

Harry helped her up as they made their way back to their rooms. It wasn't until he reached his room that he realized he was still holding Daphne's hand. It seemed she didn't notice as she didn't say anything, so he enjoyed the warmth of her hand in his.

-TGE-

Leon and Tora were proud of Daphne. Taking such an opportunity to complete her 'newts' a while three years early. They had a whole feast planned for her and Harry once they got back.

Astoria was excited, her parents were planning an large feast. Astoria was no less excited when she found out large just meant a giant cake after dinner.

She lost some of her excitement when her father gave her several school brochures to look through. When she asked why Leon told her he wanted her familiar with each one to help make a decision when the time comes.

-TGE-

It had been a couple weeks of chamber time since Harry and Daphne were required to use silent point casting for classes. Both were doing rather well so their teachers agreed to give them a couple days off. Daphne chose to sleep in for a couple hours.

Immediately Harry set about trying to find his third form. He wandered through the forest the represented his magical plane. His eagle form following from above while his cobra form followed from behind. After spending countless hours searching for his last form Harry was more than a little frustrated.

He stopped for a break and sat against a fallen log. Harry didn't want to admit it but he felt like he would never find his third form. Feeling a chill run down his spine Harry jumped up and looked around. He could feel he was being watched.

Harry continued walking slowly. He felt like he was watching every step for some sort of trap. The feeling of being watched never left either. With little warning Harry dodged backwards throwing himself to the ground.

Looking over Harry saw a large gray cat eyeing him. It was covered in black spots and had a short nub of a tail. He recognized it as a lynx. Harry started pulling on his magic as the lynx lunged once more. As the lynx collided with his chest Harry's eyes snapped open.

Staring back at him in the mirror was the same grey and black spotted lynx just with greener eyes. He shifted back and forth several more times getting a feel for this new form.

Harry settled back into his meditative state, once more appearing in his forest. He immediately noticed the weight of his cobra form wrapped around his torso. His legs tickled as his lynx form nuzzled against him.

Harry's were drawn skyward as a loud screech warned him of his harpy eagle form coming down to land on his shoulder. Harry couldn't stop the smile that wormed itself onto his face.

Even after finishing his meditation Harry couldn't rid himself of his smile. He was so happy to finally complete his animagus transformation. Transforming once more into his lynx form he stalked off to Daphne's room intent on surprising her.

Daphne was having a rather nice dream involving several gallons of ice cream and a shirtless muscled Harry Potter feeding it to her while she tanned on the beach.

Her bliss was interrupted by a cat licking her arm. Swatting her arm at didn't make it go away. It seemed to only make it more persistent. Daphne considered her dream completely ruined when the cat started swiping and pawing at her arms and face.

Daphne awoke only to come face to face with a large green eyed cat. Doing the only reasonable thing she screamed and threw several pillows. Harry in his lynx form nimbly dodged all the pillows before landing at the foot of her bed and transforming back.

Daphne was shocked at first before a dazzling smile lit up her face. She tackled Harry into a hug.

"You did it. You found your final form."

"Just this morning in fact. It's a lynx."

"I'm happy for you." Daphne said still hugging Harry

She must have finally realized that she was hugging Harry in her pajamas as she jumped back like she had been burned. Her cheeks practically glowing. Harry merely chuckled at her before getting up and heading towards the door.

"Hurry up and get dressed. I want to get some more practice on silent point casting. Ms. Thompson said we would be ready for our mock 'newts' soon." Harry said

Daphne just groaned before throwing another pillow at Harry. Once he left she got up and dressed rather quickly. He was right, they were almost ready for their 'newts'. That also meant that Daphne was almost ready to confess her feelings.

-TGE-

It had been roughly two years inside the time chamber and Harry and Daphne were finally taking their mock 'newts'. They had studied and practiced all they could. Now they simply had to have faith in themselves.

Harry and Daphne flopped onto the couch heavily. They were absolutely exhausted. They had ended their mock tests with Ms. Young. She insisted on several duels to gauge their proper abilities.

As was his new habit Harry had pulled Daphne's legs into his lap and started idly massaging her feet and calves. Daphne wasn't sure when this habit started but by magic she never wanted it to stop. His hands always felt heavenly and always took the tension away.

Daphne wanted nothing more than to ask him to work his hands up her legs and across her back. She had no doubt his hands would feel absolutely divine rubbing the tension out of her shoulders. Alas she was too embarrassed to ever openly ask such a thing.

Ms. Young approached the pair briskly.

"Congrats kiddos you've passed your mock tests with flying colors. As of tomorrow we'll be leaving the time chamber so make sure to pack up tonight. Also on a personal note. I'm proud of the progress you've both made in my class. I'm sure you two would be fighting each other for the title of junior world champion." she said before walking away

"We did it. We actually did it." Harry said smiling to himself

"Technically we've not done anything yet." Daphne said enjoying bringing him back down to earth

"Oh hush those 'newts' are as good as ours. We'll be taking the actual test as soon as we get a chance. Now what's the first thing you're going to do once you have your results."

Daphne only gave him a side glance tinted with smugness of sorts.

"Come on Daphne, tell me. Don't make me tickle you again."

"Try it Potter and the first thing I'll do once I have my scores is curse your balls off and hang them over my fireplace." Daphne said with a challenging look

Harry laughed and held his hands up in surrender.

AN: this chater bout wraps up the whole time chamber arc. next chapter will have about a paragraph or two of them leaving and such but we'll be moving forward with the story finally.

also sorry for the delay but the past month and a half since new years has been pretty crazy for me from moving halfway across the country to my dad collapsing and going to the hospital. good new is hes ok and i should be able to get more chapters done now.