Harry Potter and the Magic of the Beasts

by CreatureHarem84

What if Harry had a twin and was named a squib after the attack on Halloween, What if Harry's sister was the Girl-Who-Lived, What if Harry did have magic, a magic so powerful and unique even the Ministry didn't know about it...He is Harry Potter, Lord of all Creatures. WCWL! PowerfulHarry! TwinHarry! DumbledoreBashing! RonBashing! SlightPotterBashing!

25. Chapter 24

Disclaimer: Not sure why I even write these anymore. Don't Own Harry Potter.

AN: Ok folks, only two chapters left for third year, including this one. They will cover the years end this chapter and the lead up to the 'summer rendezvous' which is happening in the next chapter. What shenanigans will our group get into this time? Well, you'll just have to read and find out. Also, a lot of time skips this chapter as it covers until they board the express. Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 24

Hogsmeade

One Week after Halloween

If Harry was honest with himself, he didn't think he'd be able to go to Hogsmeade, considering both Pettigrew being on the loose, and the dementors. Though Harry knew the dementors were more afraid of him than he was of them. Harry, however, was trying to fix that…..very slowly. Hey, he only killed one dementor, and that was because he was trying to kill an innocent rookie auror. Plus, seeing a dementor be afraid for once was funny, sue him for having fun with it. However, Harry was extremely pissed that Dumb-ass-dore had tried to prevent Emily from going. He tried using the 'I'm concerned for your safety' card, but a quick reminder of him not doing shit with that forged contract regarding Emily last year had shut him up.

It still brought a smile to Harry's face at Dumbledore's reaction at the subtle reminder about that shitshow. It wasn't just that memory that brought a smile to Harry's face, constantly reminding Malfoy that his dad got his ass kicked by a house elf was a laugh bringer too.

Currently, Harry was walking through Hogsmeade until he had to meet with Hermione. He passed all the usual shops, such as Zonko's and Honeydukes. However, he practically sprinted past Madam Puddifoot's tea shop. He had heard horror stories from Charlie at the reserve about that place, plus some passing conversations between upper years he happened to overhear.

Harry did go into Honeydukes and picked up a selection of chocolate for him and Hermione to share. He had debated getting peppermint mice as well, but decided that might be going a bit too far, considering Hermione is a nekomata. Though he did wonder how Hermione survived having a kitsune as a mother, considering they were basically the embodiment of mischief. Hell, if he didn't know any better, he'd say that Fred and George were descended from a kitsune. Though that was a long shot, considering the history of the Prewitt line until the end of the Victorian era. Though the Weasley line is debatable.

It wasn't much longer before he heard the clock tower at Hogwarts strike 12 o'clock. Damn that thing was loud. It was time for Harry to meet with Hermione at the Three Broomsticks. He wasn't sure why she was being so secretive about what she wanted to talk about, though he did notice that she was swaying her hips when she walked more than usual. Not that Harry minded, he enjoyed the view. It was nice seeing Hermione becoming more confident, not even caring when 'pureblood elitist's' called her a half-breed.

Harry entered the Three Broomsticks not long after the last chime of the clock, looking around for Hermione.

"Oh, Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger said you were meeting her. She booked a private room for you both, just go up the stairs and it's the first door on your right." said the owner, Madam Rosmerta.

"Thanks, Ma'am. I was actually just about to ask that." said Harry with a small bow of his head before he began heading up the stairs.

Upon reaching the door, Harry decided to do the gentlemanly thing and knock first. It wasn't even five seconds before the door opened and he was yanked inside by the front of his shirt. Harry wasn't worried about that though, as Hermione had a habit of doing that when she wanted alone time with him. Getting a good look at the beautiful nekomata, Harry's jaw dropped.

Hermione was standing before Harry in a white, sleeveless, spaghetti strap shirt and a pair of blue jeans that seemed to be a size or two too small and were extremely tight. Harry was speechless, but also concerned since it seemed Hermione came here without a jacket in the Scottish fall, until he saw a jacket draped over the chair behind her. He was finally brought back to the conscious world by Hermione's light laughter at his reaction.

"So Harry, I take it you like my choice of clothing today?" asked Hermione jovially.

"Oh hell yeah." said Harry before he could stop himself.

This answer caused Hermione to smile, but also blush. When she picked the shirt and jeans she was wearing, it was a total impulse. After hearing about Harry's birthday with Nadine, Hermione started to think about when Harry stayed over last summer, when she asked Harry to ask before he touched. Hearing about his birthday with Nadine made her realize two things. The first was she was not only limiting Harry's options at physical displays of affection, but also depriving herself of letting him show her that she, in fact, is physically attractive. The second was that Harry wasn't one to ask about such things, so she would have to initiate it. Harry was so oblivious at times. Though Harry thought of it as being more respectful of his girls than being oblivious.

"That's good. I would've been upset if you didn't like what I'm wearing." smirked Hermione as she sat Harry down on the bed in the room, before straddling his waist.

"Hermione, you look good in anything. Even the school uniform looks good on you, though the uniform hides a lot of your physical assets." smirked Harry.

Hermione chuckled before lightly slapping his chest.

"Prat. Though, I'm serious about being glad you like my outfit. You wouldn't believe how long it took to get it on." said Hermione, whispering into Harry's ear.

It also helped hide the blush on her face at what she was going to do. She had never been an overly forward girl, even as a nekomata, who were a very forward people. Hermione figured it was her human half. Though to this day, her mother never explained how she was born a nekomata when Emma herself was a kitsune. Some say it was a mix of human genetics. Though Harry told her that he had a theory of her mother having an Echidna somewhere in her ancestry. They may never truly know.

"Why would your outfit take so long to get on? It looks great and fits you perfectly." said Harry.

Hermione smiled once again. Harry had given her the perfect lead up for her answer. Though the blush on her face darkened as well.

"Well, the shirt was easy to put on. The jeans, however, took five minutes to put on. Now, I'm gonna ask an important question, and I want an honest answer from you." said Hermione as she got off of Harry and turned, facing away from him.

"Does my ass look good in these jeans?" asked Hermione as she bent slightly at the waist, sticking her butt out slightly.

Hermione then ran her right hand up her right leg before resting on her butt. Hermione then gave her butt a couple of light pats for more effect. The fact that her tail was swaying slowly behind her was actually helping show off her ass quite well in Harry's opinion. Hermione would have to remember to thank her mother for those 'lessons'.

When Hermione didn't hear an answer from her boyfriend, she looked over her shoulder, and couldn't help the laugh that came from her. Harry was sitting there, jaw dropped, red faced and completely frozen. After finally getting control of her laughter, Hermione walked back to Harry and straddled his waist once again. Hermione used her right index finger to close Harry's mouth, before she kissed him, breaking him from his stupor.

"Well, the look on your face was definitely better than any verbal answer you could've given me. It's nice to know that my boyfriend really does find me physically attractive. That kind of honesty definitely deserves a reward." said Hermione.

Hermione grabbed Harry's hands and gently guided them to her butt, where Harry unconsciously gave a brief squeeze. This caused Hermione to give out a small squeak, which Harry thought was adorable.

"I'm not complaining or anything, but what made you decide to get to this point in our relationship?" asked Harry.

"Well, when you told me about your time with Nadine last summer, I started wondering what it would feel like to have you go that far with me. There's also the fact that ever since your time at my home, you've never asked if you could go any farther when we make out. I figured it was time to help us get there. Also, if I'm honest, I like where your hands are right now." smirked Hermione as she pushed her butt into Harry's hands a bit more.

"Well, I'm glad you're confident enough to go this far. Though, I hope you know that I would never pressure you into this. That's why I never asked for a feel when we made out. Each one of you girls are too important to me to rush our relationships." said Harry as he, reluctantly, moved his right hand from her tight butt and and gently stroked the left side of her face.

This action caused Hermione to pur, which also caused her to blush. The fact that she was purring in front of Harry was always embarrassing for her. Harry just smiled and kissed her, he always found her purring cute.

"Hermione, don't be embarrassed about purring. It's a part of who you are, and you should never be embarrassed about that. Besides, it's a really adorable personality trait of yours. Personally, even though you don't hide what you are anymore, I think you should show who you are more often." smiled Harry.

Hermione just smiled back. If there was one thing she was always worried about when she started Hogwarts, it was that she wouldn't be accepted, due to being a 'half-breed' in the disguise of a first-gen. She had kept to herself for a while, until she met Emily, her first real friend. Then she had her first real meeting with Harry in their first flying class. Then there was the polyjuice incident in second year where she confessed everything to Harry and he didn't reject her. In fact, Harry had confessed his love life to her. While Hermione was kind of reluctant at first, when Harry said all of his girls were equal, all reluctance and worries left her. Besides, harem romances weren't all that uncommon among the various magical communities around the world. Especially the creature community, the Yokai of Japan were a good example of that.

"I can't guarantee anything, but I can promise to try." said Hermione.

"That's all I can ask, Hermione. Now, come here and let me enjoy this Hogsmeade date with the most beautiful nekomata. I love you, Hermione." smiled Harry as he leaned in towards her.

"I love you too, Harry. Now, you'd better get that hand back where I want it." smirked Hermione as she joined the latest make out session with her boyfriend.

Harry happily obliged and moved his right hand from her face back to rejoin his left hand on her ass. It wouldn't be until close to curfew that Harry and Hermione would return to Hogwarts. All in all, both had agreed that the date went perfectly.

Hogwarts

Great Hall

It's been three days since Harry and Hermione's Hogsmeade date, and things have been pretty normal so far. Well, if you can call the quidditch game two days ago normal. It started normally enough, two teams, three types of balls, a powerful rainstorm….and a huge mass of dementors who happened to start swarming the field. However, the upside was that those who didn't know finally found out why the dementors were terrified at the start of the year. One dementor got too close to a Gryffindor chaser named Katie Bell, before Harry flew and stopped right between the two. The terrified shriek from the dementor, paired with the entire swarm flying off to safer areas of the school, caused uproarious laughter from a certain pair of redheads. Still, Harry was just glad he hasn't had to use the patronus charm yet this year. Emphasis on the 'yet'.

Soon after, the entire audience was laughing as well, even the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw teams were laughing. Though the laughter grew when Ginny, the new Gryffindor seeker, noticed Harry used the distraction to catch the snitch and a loud 'Merlin Damnit!' was heard.

While, at the time, Ginny was pissed that she lost the snitch so easily, she couldn't blame Harry. He was laughing along with the crowd and just seized the opportunity when the snitch shot by him. If the roles were reversed, you can be damn sure she would have done the same. Though being comforted about her loss by her boyfriend helped Ginny, and she would never complain about being in his arms.

All-in-all, the quidditch match went well, no one was killed by dementor's and Ravenclaw had won again. It was strange though, that was the second time that the dementor's had been that close to the students when everyone was told that it would never happen. Something was rotten at Hogwarts and Harry was determined to solve it. Though he wouldn't put it past Fudge to try an indirect assassination attempt through the manipulation of one pompous dickhea…..I mean, Lucius Malfoy.

Currently, Harry was sitting next to Luna, everyone having decided to sit at their house tables to catch up with their housemates. Though Harry could tell that Daphne and Tracy only interacted with a few of their housemates. Harry couldn't blame them, when about a third of Slytherin acted like pompous, entitled dicks, you'd hang on to any Slytherin friends who are smart that you've got. Ron Weasley was still acting like a sleaze-bucket with Emily while giving Hermione hateful and disgusted looks. Harry knew that he really needed to deal with him soon.

"So Luna, anything crazy happen during your classes today?" asked Harry.

"Oh, nothing really crazy, Harry. Just the usual spell practice. Though I've been having trouble with wrackspurts lately." said Luna.

Harry frowned at this. He knew that wrackspurts never really ventured outside of any of the fae communities, with the exception of April Fool's day. They were very mischievous, and depending on who you asked, a major pain in the ass. However, the way Luna used the word, there was definitely something amiss in his house.

"Luna, how exactly are you having trouble with these 'wrackspurts'?" asked Harry.

"Just the usual stuff. Some of my things going missing, the same with a few homework assignments. Recently, a photo of my mother went missing. I hope I find it soon. It was my favorite picture of her." said Luna, a small, almost unnoticeable tear in her eye.

Harry's eyes narrowed in anger at what Luna just told him. Someone was bullying her relentlessly. The thing that brought the most anger to Harry, however, was that whoever was bullying Luna was now doing it emotionally as well. This pissed him off to no end. Whoever was bullying Luna, be it a single person or a group, better hope that Harry calms down before he finds them. If he doesn't, then Merlin help them, because no-one else will be able to.

"Luna, I promise you that these 'wrackspurts' won't be a problem for you anymore. I will personally deal with them later. I'll even help you find your missing items. Anyone who would steal a photo of your mother is a sick individual and will be dealt with accordingly." said Harry as he placed a hand on Luna's shoulder.

"You don't have to do that, Harry. You always seem to have enough on your plate. I don't want to be the one to add to it." said Luna.

Harry brought Luna into a comforting hug. He didn't know why, but he somehow felt drawn to Luna. He just couldn't explain it. He knew that with the creature magic flowing through him, it affected him differently, like drawing him to future mates. There were also the weird creature parts he gained at random recently. So he was confused why he was drawn to Luna. That didn't matter to him right now, though. What mattered to him was being there for Luna when she needed it.

"Luna, you never have to be afraid to ask for my help. You're my friend, and I'd do everything I can to help you. I promise that everything you own that's missing, will be returned to you by morning." said Harry with a caring smile.

'I just hope that sugar hyped elf is nearby. I could use all the help I can get.' thought Harry.

Luna smiled slightly, light tears in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around Harry, reciprocating his comforting embrace. To Luna, it was still weird having someone other than Ginny comfort her in these moments. Don't get her wrong, everyone in the group were her friends, but when it was Harry comforting her, it just felt more natural to her.

Noticing the sky on the enchanted ceiling was starting to darken, Harry would love to know how they did that, he looked back at Luna with another comforting smile. While he may not be able to go to the girls' dorms in the common room, he could at least carry the emotional Luna to the dorm. Harry would have asked first if she wanted to go back to the dorm, but the cute yawn that came from her had made up his mind for him. Slowly getting up from the seat, bringing Luna with him, Harry leant down, hooking his right arm under her legs before picking her up in, what many nowadays had called, a princess carry.

"H-Harry, what are you doing?" asked Luna, a small blush forming on her face.

"Well, you look tired, and you've lost a picture of your mother. There is no way I'm making you walk back to the common room. Besides, what kind of friend would I be if I made you go back alone?" asked Harry with a suave grin.

That was one thing Harry didn't know he could do, and it made the women in his life want to jump him right there. Even Hermione, who was the most reserved of the group until her mother's lessons boosted her confidence, had trouble not jumping Harry when he unknowingly used that grin.

Luna just smiled back, before leaning her head on Harry's chest and closing her eyes. Harry couldn't help but think she looked adorable like that. Without a single word, Harry made his way out of the great hall towards Ravenclaw tower.

Over at the Gryffindor table, Hermione was watching the interaction between Harry and Luna with a small smile. She already knew why Harry was being drawn to Luna, being a nekomata gave her enhanced senses. So she already knew the truth, but opted to keep it hidden until Luna was ready to reveal it. She just hoped that Luna told him soon. Hiding something like that from friends gets harder the longer you don't tell them. Hermione knew that from experience.

"You know, Hermione. I'm surprised that you're not jealous of Luna right now." smirked Neville.

"No point. I know what he's like, and he has enough room for every girl in his life. Besides, knowing him, he'll get many more girls in his life." smiled Hermione.

Neville was about to make a wisecrack, before he was elbowed in the ribs by Ginny, who was currently leaning her head on his shoulder.

"Any wisecracks out of you, and I'll instigate a 'look but don't touch' rule as punishment." said Ginny with an evil smirk.

This caused Neville to slump and Hermione and Ginny to laugh. Neville had really come out of his shell over the last few years, and being with Ginny definitely helped him. Even if he was, as the no-maj's would call him, whipped. The last thing Neville wanted was for Ginny to use the 'look but don't touch rule'….again. It was a month before she let him touch her other than kissing and holding hands again last time.

"You are one mean and conniving girl when you want to be, Ginny." mumbled Neville.

"Of course I am. Haven't you heard the stories about redheaded women? We can be mean bitches when we wanna be. The sorting hat may have also joked that I have a conniving and vindictive side worthy of Slytherin." smirked Ginny.

Hermione rolled her eyes good naturedly. She had heard their romantic banter many times and there were occasions where the two almost gave the Gryffindor dorm cavities. Though one good thing that came from the two's romantic banter, was seeing Ron's face go atomic red.

Speaking of said Weasley, he had foregone trying to 'woo' Emily for now, since the wand pointed between his legs scared the shit out of him. He was now glaring at the Longbottom heir. It was bad enough that his sister was involved with, what he believed was, a pathetic squib, but he couldn't figure out why his advances weren't working on Emily. Added to the mudblood he was promised by Dumbledore revealed to be a disgusting half-breed and now protected by I.C.W. law, he was getting pissed off, big time.

'Not only am I actually having to WORK to try and get the Potter's money, but that beast is protected by international law. Why would Britain, the greatest magical nation and led by the greatest wizard in the world, need to obey the laws of foreign nations?' thought Ron in anger.

When he gained the Potter's money and used it to buy his way into becoming Minister of Magic, the I.C.W. laws would be the first thing to go. If only the poor fool realized that it would be impossible for him to pull any of that off. But, what can you expect from an idiot who was coddled by an overbearing mother, whose family was related to Jack the Ripper, a Prewitt from the Victorian era. There were bound to be more psycho's from that side eventually.

Ravenclaw Common Room

Harry and Luna had arrived at the common room not long after they left the great hall. It took Harry only a short time to reach the common room, considering he was quite fit for his age. Though being in the wizarding world also helped, since many of the bigots didn't know what the word exercise meant….well, if it didn't involve getting rid of rouge Hogwarts ghosts. Luckily, such an instance hasn't happened since the founders era ended, but that did mean that Peeves had more free reign after that. The rouge ghosts were the only thing Peeves was ever truly afraid of, the Bloody Baron was more an aggravating annoyance to the poltergeist.

Harry set Luna down on the couch in front of the fireplace, before telling her he'd be right back and went to his room.

"Now, what was that elf's name again? Robby? Nobby? Toby? BRUCE! No, that's not it….stupid. Ugh, why is my memory right now being so DOBBY?!" yelled Harry, basically asking himself a rhetorical question.

"Guardian Potter be calling Dobby?" asked the elf in question, who appeared with a loud pop.

The sudden appearance of the elf, who Harry wasn't expecting, due to his lack of remembering the elf's name, startled Harry to the point that he ended up jumping over his bed and crashing to the ground. Dobby, after witnessing this, couldn't help but laugh at what happened.

'Ugh, something tells me that this elf is as much of a prankster as me. It's those damn eyes. They look so big and innocent that everyone would underestimate them. Damn it.' thought Harry as he got up and stood before Dobby.

"Yes, Dobby. I was wondering if you could find the missing items of my friend Luna Lovegood and return them to her, and while you're at it, would you be able to write down the names of those that have them. Most importantly, I'll need the name of the student who has the picture of Luna's mother." said Harry.

"Dobby be doing this for Guardian Potter and Milady Lovegood. Nobody be getting away with hurting Milady." said Dobby with a look of determination in his eyes, before he vanished to complete his task.

"Well, that takes care of that." smiled Harry as he began to make his way back to Luna, before he suddenly paused mid-step at the door to his room.

"Wait a hooey, what the hell did Dobby mean by 'Milady' when he mentioned Luna? And why do I feel like, once again, I'm missing something incredibly obvious that could swat me right in the back of the head?" asked Harry.

Deciding to ignore the feeling for now, regardless of how much that caused him to fuck up in the past, Harry started walking back to where he had left Luna. When Harry reached the lounge, he saw Luna still sitting on the couch, the same dreamy look in her eyes.

"Hey Luna, it's all dealt with. Your stuff should be back with you either tonight or tomorrow at the latest." smiled Harry as he went and sat next to Luna.

"Thank you, Harry. You really didn't have to do that though, my things always come back eventually. Though I appreciate it all the same." smiled Luna.

Harry wrapped his right arm around Luna's shoulder and brought her closer to him, causing the young second year to lay her head on his shoulder. Luna may have been the type of person who could always see the bright side of things, but even she would need the comfort of a friend every now and again. Harry suddenly remembered something that he wanted to ask Luna, about what Dobby had said.

"Hey Luna, when I spoke with Dobby, who I'm having help with this whole thing, he said something when he mentioned you that has me stumped." said Harry.

"Oh, what's that?" asked Luna.

"Well, he addressed me as guardian Potter, no surprise on that. However, he addressed you as milady Lovegood. Do you know what that's all about?" asked Harry.

The dreamy look in Luna's eyes faded a bit at Harry's question. There were things about her lineage that she was nervous about revealing, even Ginny didn't know her whole history. It wasn't so much lack of trust in her best friend, it was due to the near war-like rivalry between both sides of her family. It was almost as intense, if not moreso, than the Veela-Mermaid feud. It was also why she had that photo of her mother, since Luna said her mother died when she was 9, but in reality, her mother just up and left.

It was a sad day for Luna, considering her mother just cut off contact with Luna and her father. That was actually why the dementor's had an extreme effect on her. It was the only memory she had that traumatized her to the point of retreating into herself.

"I-it's something I don't really like to talk about. One of the more depressing points of my life." said Luna, with a sad light in her eyes.

"It's ok, Luna. You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to. Just know that I'm here if you need someone to listen." said Harry as he tightened his embrace.

"I-I want to tell you. I can't keep hiding the truth from anyone, especially my friends. I just don't want to tell you right this minute. Would you mind meeting me down here later tonight, when everyone is asleep?" asked Luna.

"Of course I'll meet you down here later. I understand wanting your privacy for something like this. I appreciate the fact that you're trusting me with whatever it is you want to talk about." said Harry with a caring and comforting smile.

"Thank you, Harry. You have no idea how much that means to me." said Luna, smiling back.

Before anything else could be said, the rest of the Ravenclaw students arrived from the great hall. Harry saw a few of them giving Luna almost unnoticeable glares, so that basically confirmed who was stealing her stuff. He'd have to correct them soon. Maybe in the morning he will unleash pranking hell on them, with a little Weasley twins flair thrown in for good measure. Though his master plan would probably not be ready by morning. Though he would still meet with the Weasley twins to go over some ideas.

A sinister grin appeared on Harry's face, which caused a few students to become wary. Around the castle, however, the teachers got a slight chill down their spines. Something was in the air that night. It got even worse when everyone started hearing Peeves laughing like a madman while flying through the halls.

"I sense a prank to avenge the wrongs done to a friend. Those are always the most entertaining. Like when old Lucy Malfoy was hung from his underwear in the viaduct courtyard. I'm going to ENJOY this!" laughed Peeves as he continued around the school.

Ravenclaw Common Room

1 a.m.

Harry was up and making his way down from his dorm room. It wasn't the first time he was up this early. There were times that he had to be up that early to help nesting mother dragons giving birth. It wasn't the easiest job he had on the reserve, but it saved the other workers from becoming piles of ash, or torn to shreds.

Arriving in the common room, Harry saw Luna already there, sitting on the couch. She was wringing her hands while looking at her lap. Apparently what she wanted to tell him was making her extremely nervous. Making his way over, Harry gently sat next to Luna, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"Luna, if you're still not comfortable telling me what's wrong, you don't have to. I'll completely understand if you want to wait." said Harry.

Instead of answering verbally, Luna slowly stood up, and walked in front of Harry. Luna then turned to face away from Harry, before slowly lowering the back of her nighty. Harry was about to ask what Luna was doing, before he saw 2, near see-through glittery wings. Luna then turned to the side, her front half luckily still covered, and moved her hair behind her ear.

Harry saw that Luna's ear came to a sharp point, and everything became clear to him. Her wings were that of an Ethereal Fae, but the ears were pure elf, as fae ears were pointed, but had more of a rounded tip. Harry couldn't help but feel sorry for Luna. He knew that the feud between Ethereal Fae and Elves was almost as bad as the Veela-Merfolk feud. So if her parents spent all this time hiding what they were from each other….Harry didn't want to think how that went. It would also explain why Dobby called her 'milady'. Her parents must be nobles from their respective species.

Harry said nothing, just walked to Luna and wrapped her in a hug, showing his support for what she's going through. Harry had been trying to end long standing feuds like this for years. He's made some headway among some Veela and Merfolk communities, as well as one or two fae communities. Harry felt Luna start shaking in silent sobs, which just made him tighten his hold on her.

"It's ok, Luna. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." whispered Harry as he began rubbing her back, between her wings.

"Thank you, Harry. For understanding." whispered Luna.

"Anytime, Luna. I'll always be there if you need me. I'll even be right by your side when you decide to tell the rest of the group. Also, don't worry, if it gets out about your true nature, the I.C.W. rule that helped Hermione also applies to you." smiled Harry.

Luna broke the hug, before she looked right into Harry's eyes. Before Harry could ask what was wrong, Luna kissed him full on the mouth. Harry's eyes widened in shock, not expecting Luna, of all people, to actually like him like that. Still, Harry wouldn't say it was unpleasant, plus, it explains why his magic was drawing him to her. Luna eventually broke the kiss and looked back at Harry, the dreamy look reappearing in her eyes.

"I know that may have been a one time thing, but I enjoyed it." said Luna, about to back away from Harry.

Harry, however, gently grabbed Luna's hand and brought her closer to him. He wrapped his left arm around her waist, cupping the left side of her face with his right hand, before kissing her. This time, Luna was the one who was surprised. Though that was mostly because she thought he only went for purebred creatures and would want nothing to do with her, being a hybrid.

"Now why would that kiss be a one time thing, Luna?" asked Harry with a smile after breaking the kiss.

"I-I thought you only wanted to be with purebred creatures. I didn't think you'd want anything to do with a hybrid like me." said Luna, a single tear falling from her eye.

"Luna, I don't care what kind of creature you are. Purebred or hybrid, it doesn't matter to me. I'd honestly be one hell of a hypocrite if it did. I'm, what the British call, a half-blood, I live with and am involved with four dragoness', am dating a nekomata, whose mother, by the way, is a kitsune, with a human bastard of a father. Along with a vampire and a werewolf and am also betrothed to a troll. Do you really think it would matter to me if you're a hybrid?" asked Harry with a raised eyebrow, while wiping the tear from Luna with his thumb.

Luna just held onto Harry, burying her head in his chest. She was shaking in silent sobs, finally glad she told someone about herself. Hell, it was the ethereal fae side of her that gave her that dreamy look in her eyes, which Harry believed was an absolutely beautiful look on her. Harry just wrapped his arms around Luna, his left hand on the back of her head and his right hand rubbing her back.

"Luna, we should probably head back to bed, we have classes tomorrow. I don't want you to be tired for your classes. Plus, having bags under your eyes because of lack of sleep would ruin those beautiful, dream-like eyes of yours." smiled Harry.

Luna blushed at Harry's compliment, she wasn't used to having someone this close to her. Sure, she still had her father, but he was normally out on 'adventures' when she was at school, so she could rarely write to him. Though Luna suspected that her father was going out to find a way to enter the fae communities to find her mother. Luna could tell that despite the species rivalry, her parents really did love each other, but old and ingrained prejudices were hard to get over.

Harry was about to head back to his own bed, before Luna grabbed his hand. Harry turned back towards Luna, noticing she seemed slightly nervous.

"Harry, would you mind staying down here with me for the rest of the night? I just don't want to be alone right now." said Luna.

Harry just smiled and nodded, before leading Luna over to the couch and taking a seat. Luna sat next to him and placed her head on his shoulder, before closing her eyes to try and sleep. Harry wrapped an arm around her shoulder, rubbing her arm and leaning his head on hers.

"Good night, my little moon." said Harry.

This caused Luna to smile slightly with a small blush, liking the fact that Harry already had a pet name for her. It wasn't long before the two had fallen asleep.

Great Hall

2 weeks later

Harry and the others were sat in the hall for the feast. Once again, everyone decided to sit at their own tables. It was now a rarity for the group to sit at their house tables, but they tried to do that at least once a week. This was mostly due to trying to end the rivalries between the four houses, Slytherin and Gryffindor especially. Harry once again saw Weasley trying his luck over at the Gryffindor table. Harry would've hexed the bastard by now, but he saw Emily gesture to her wand, which caused said boy to pale and look away. Honestly, even those blonde twins from 'How To Train Your Dragon' three years ago were smarter than that. Harry saw that movie, and actually thought that those two characters were smarter than the pureblood bigots in Britain.

Also at the table was his beautiful 'lap cat', as Hermione joked after their, more intimate, Hogsmeade date. She was wearing a beautiful necklace that Harry gave her for her birthday this past September. It took a long time to make, as he used multiple shed dragon scales from around the reserve, and a mix of dryad and water nymph hair for the string. The hair was easy to procure, since both groups have large communities near the reserve. The scales, however, took the longest to prepare, as he had to melt them down and get some help from his blacksmith tutor from Scandinavia, and dragon scales take intense heat to melt down. The smile on Hermione's face and the kiss she gave him for the gift was well worth the sweat, bruises and cursing he went through to finally complete it.

Hermione saw Harry looking her way and gave him a sassy finger wave and a wink. This caused Harry to chuckle lightly. There was definitely a major difference between the Hermione from first year and the Hermione now. She was more confident, more outgoing, and if Harry was honest, the fact that she wasn't shy about the clothing she wore was a bonus. Harry still had a hard time getting the image of Hermione's ass in those jeans out of his head.

Harry suddenly felt a light nudge on his right arm. He turned to see Luna smiling at him, which brought a smile to his own face. In the short time they had been official, it's been wonderful. Though she was still sceptical of revealing her true self to their friends until about a week ago. The group had gathered in an abandoned classroom, where Luna told them the truth about herself. Everyone took it better than she expected, though everyone was shocked that Hermione already knew. Though Harry facepalmed when he remembered Hermione would have enhanced senses. So she'd be able to tell by scent alone that Luna wasn't human. Luna was also ecstatic that all of her stolen items were back in her trunk, with a special elvish ward to prevent theft. If you asked Harry, Luna was even happier to have her mothers photo back than he'd ever seen her.

Susan and Hannah over at the Hufflepuff table were just having girl talk, such as the latest gossip, though Lavender Brown of Gryffindor had both of them beat. Daphne and Tracy at the Slytherin table were conversing with a boy named Blaze Zabini, along with a few others. Apparently when Daphne and Tracy became part of the group, many other Slytherin's were now considering branching out.

Not everything was sunshine and roses though. Snape had become more unbearable in potions. The greasy git had continuously turned a blind eye to Draco's blatant attempts to sabotage other students, which included those from Slytherin who Snape and Draco's group saw as 'traitors'. The most recent incident involved a piece of sloth brain getting into Draco's potion and causing an explosion. This in turn, changed Draco into a cliched version of Igor from old Dracula movies. It took that entire weekend to change him back, and everyone was constantly laughing at Draco's situation. Though a secondary effect was the poisonous fumes that started leaking from the cauldron soon after. Luckily, it seemed Snape had one moment of intelligence when he purged the potion and vanished the cauldron.

Today, however, was a day of reckoning. The last potions class, Snape had finally managed to piss Harry off beyond measure. Snape had the gall to say that Hermione, or as Snape called her, the furry freak, was as good as sold to a friend of his by the name of Walden MacNair. Snape had said this when the rest of the class left at the end. Harry ended up slugging the greasebat, before obliviating him. Harry already had a plan to make a 'house call' during the Christmas break. He already had all the info from Steve, who said he wouldn't stop Harry. This was due to MacNair being on the I.W.C.O. hit-list for years, and Fudge constantly protecting 'imperioused' death eaters from prosecution.

Seeing the resident grease-bat sitting at the staff table, Harry glared hatefully at the bastard. Clearly, no one had told him what happened to the French Malfoy's or the remaining Goyles, 'cause if they did, Snape would have known that you NEVER threaten someone Harry cares about. The first step was humiliation, and this one would be a doozy.

"Hey Luna, wanna see something hilarious?" whispered Harry.

"Sure, Harry. Who will be the victim today?" asked Luna with a devious smirk. Harry thought that for someone as sweet as Luna, she could be one tricky little minx, and Harry loved that about her.

"Oh, trust me. You're gonna love this." smirked Harry as he drew his wand.

Harry sent a spell that wrote words in small fireworks into the air. Everyone was confused as to why Harry would only use a spell to write words, as they knew it was him. They were confused since most of his pranks were more extravagant. Snape just smirked, thinking the male Potter brat had finally lost. So he decided to try and humiliate the boy by standing up and reading the words aloud. Which is exactly what Harry was counting on.

"It seems that you've finally realized how pathetic you truly are, Potter. A truly embarrassing prank on your part. Honestly, what kind of situation could possibly warrant the words, 'Let's do the Timewarp again'?" said Snape with a small smirk.

However, his smirk suddenly vanished when, once again, music started out of nowhere. It was then that Snape realized, he had fucked up. In an instant, Snape's clothes changed into a full on Frank N Furter costume from the Rocky Horror Picture Show movie. Many first years were screaming in absolute shock at his appearance, until the great hall doors opened. Sirius Black had walked in to give James an update on the search for Pettigrew, until he froze at seeing Snape's look.

"MY EYES!" yelled Sirius as he covered his eyes, and promptly ran into the door, rendering himself unconscious.

This changed the screams of shock into fits of laughter, but the best was yet to come. Malfoy suddenly appeared next to Snape dressed as Riff Raff, Crabbe next to him as Eddie, and Goyle was shirtless in short shorts and his hair went blonde, becoming Rocky Horror himself. A few other Slytherins, such as Pansy Parkinson and Theodore Nott also suddenly appeared. Pansy, having an absurd amount of makeup and Nott in old 70's type clothing with sunglasses. A few Ravenclaw's soon joined the group at the front of the hall. The one with the most outlandish get-up, was a girl named Marietta Edgecombe, the one who had taken the photo of Luna's mother personally.

The entire group suddenly started singing and dancing to the classic song (Not even gonna try to describe that, just look it up on youtube). This caused the rest of the great hall, baring Dumblesnore, to break into hysterics. All of this was occurring while a certain Grim animagus was still unconscious on the floor.

Once the entire number was over, the 'spontaneous dance crew' were reverted back to normal and made a bee-line out of the great hall in embarrassment. Snape ran out of the hall in a rage, since he had lost all of his power in the school except his teaching position, thus his ability to take revenge on Potter, unlike Snape's love life, was fucked.

The hall was still in complete laughter, especially when Harry felt a sudden smack on the back of his head. Looking behind him, he saw Emily standing there with her hands on her hips and a slight glare in her eye.

"Ya know, Harry. I enjoy pranking the grease bat as much as the next person, but did you have to use a song that made him look like THAT?! And why were those students involved?" yelled Emily, causing the entire hall to laugh again, as they had gone quiet when Emily started talking to Harry.

"Yeah, Snape definitely did NOT have the legs for that outfit. As for those students, Malfoy and his crew were involved because they almost killed the entire class in potions during the last lesson. His attempted sabotage backfired and caused his dud of a potion to start emitting a poison gas. That's the only time I've seen Snape act to help the class, though he probably just did it to help Malfoy and his posse. The Ravenclaws involved were the ones bullying Luna, they needed to learn a lesson, so I figured a prank was better than my usual method." smirked Harry.

"And what are your 'usual methods', Harry?" asked Emily.

"Well, if it's someone like Malfoy, probably beating the shit out of them. People like the ones Steve handles, however, I'd send them 6 feet under." said Harry in complete seriousness.

Emily was a little shocked hearing Harry say that, but she knew that sometimes it had to be done. Before he was a teacher, James was a full time auror and he had to use lethal force on occasion, regardless of what Dumbledore thought with his (unlimited) second chance policy.

Before much else could be said, Susan walked up to Harry with a look of concern.

"Uh, Harry? What are we gonna do about Sirius? He's completely out. I tried waking him up, but couldn't." said Susan

Harry looked over towards the unconscious Lord Black and smirked. He had used this particular trick on Steve plenty of times last year. Seeing the former Marauder react to this trick would be one of the highlights of his pranking career.

"I've got an idea. Susan, before I do this, I apologize for the image that it might put in your head." said Harry.

Susan was confused at this. She was curious as to why Harry apologized to her and warned of an image that might be put in her head. She had no idea that she would be grateful to Harry for apologizing in advance.

"Hey Sirius, Amelia is standing at the door, butt naked!" yelled Harry.

"WHERE?!" asked Sirius as he shot up like a jack in the box.

The entire hall burst into more laughter at how easy it was to wake up the gullible Black. Susan, though she was laughing, blushed at the image of her aunt, naked and getting it on with Sirius. She now understood why Harry apologized in advance. That wasn't an image she needed floating around in her head.

"Oh, my mistake, it was just Snape dressed as Frank N Furter." laughed Harry.

"Sorry if that was insulting to your aunt, Susan. Figured it was easier than pointing out his eagerness to see your aunt naked." said Harry.

"No worries, Harry. I know you by now. Your pranks are insane, but well meaning. Unless someone pisses you off and deserves it." smiled Susan.

"Wait, that thing with Snivillous was real?! Oh MERLIN, I'll have to obliviate myself and bleach my eyes to get that image out of my head." yelled Sirius.

The joviality in the great hall continued uninterrupted after that. Though, Harry did overhear when Sirius told James that Pettigrew's trail actually WAS getting close to Hogwarts. Harry would have to remember to keep an eye out, before he gouged the bastard's eye out.

Honestly, Harry was just glad to have one normal day at Hogwarts. The kind where you don't almost get killed by the end of the day and filled with friendship, frivolity, romance and pranks. Speaking of which….

Harry glanced at his watch and couldn't help but smirk.

"3, 2, 1." smirked Harry.

Suddenly, small explosions followed by colored powder and startled screams filled the hallways of Hogwarts. Harry burst out laughing, followed by the Weasley twins. This proved that the three, once again, conspired for a two part prank.

"Nice touch with the powder, guys." called Harry.

"Oh, you honor us, oh great prankster." said Fred.

"We also thank you for giving us your notes on such a devious device." said George.

"I am so glad I'm graduating this year. I doubt the school will survive until the Weasley twins are out of here. Especially with the Potter boy." whispered a 7th year to his friends.

The feast ended not long after, everyone still in a jovial mood after the musical number and seeing Sirius Black fall for one of the oldest tricks in the book. Though, considering the places Harry and Steve have been, Harry has read some really old books. Leaving the great hall, Harry bid goodnight to his friends while giving Hermione a goodnight kiss, before he watched her walk away, his eyes glued to her swaying hips for a few seconds. He hadn't been able to prevent himself from staring since that date in Hogsmeade.

'She's no Nekomata, she's a minx.' thought Harry.

Feeling a hand wrap around his, Harry looked towards Luna. Seeing the dreamy, star-like shine in her eyes always made him melt. Harry swore that if he ever had daughters with eyes like that, everyone would be screwed, as none could resist them. Well, maybe Snape, Dumbledore and Malfoy could resist those eyes, but that's what happens when you have no heart, or soul in Snape's case.

"Hare-bear, you've been more open with your staring since your one Hogsmeade date with Hermione. I don't blame you though, she has an ass that most girls here would envy." said Luna.

'Myself included.' thought Luna, not wanting Harry to know she was slightly jealous of Hermione's curves.

Harry didn't need his telepathic creature abilities to know what Luna was thinking. Harry let go of Luna's hand before wrapping his right arm around her waist. While Luna was a little more than 2 years away from full creature maturity, Harry had seen ethereal fae females at full maturity. So Harry knew that Luna would be one attractive girl in fourth year. Though Harry could be wrong about how long she had, considering Luna was just shy of 11 years old when Harry started Hogwarts as a first year.

Harry wrapping his arm around her waist brought a smile back to Luna's face. She knew he wasn't the kind to judge others, unless they were a complete asshole and on a list in the I.C.W. that literally had 'kill on site' written above each picture. However, there were times where Luna's insecurities affected her, though Harry was slowly helping her get over such insecurities.

If you asked Luna, she would say that Harry was the perfect guy and any girl would be lucky to have him. The fact that he spent equal time with both Hermione and Luna, and even made time for his other friends, like Marina, Ivy, Windshear and more recently, Nadira, daughter of Bane and an elaphocentaur and her friend, Elene, a cervitaur. Both girls having the lower halves of deer instead of horses. The only real difference was that Nadira, as an elaphocentaur, had antlers, just like all males and females of her centaur species. Elene, as a cervitaur, did not have the antlers. Though Buckbeak always gave Harry a small 'hurt my sister, I'll hurt you' glare when he was around Windshear.

The five girls were great joys to be around. Though the initial meeting with Ivy was both terrifying and hilarious. Luna had remembered each meeting fondly, as well as the proof that Harry was indeed an ass lover. Though the fact that Harry was always taking quick glances or prolonged looks at Hermione's rump, it was a dead giveaway. Though, there was one thing that she wanted to know and she knew just how to get his answer.

"Harry, I want you to be honest. Am I beautiful?" asked Luna, that glimmering look in her eye.

"Luna, I think all of you girls in my life are beautiful. You, though, have an ethereal beauty that's unique to your fae half. Your skin glows in the moonlight, your eyes shine like the aurora and you have such a bubbly and innocent personality that if you pulled the biggest prank in history, you wouldn't even be a suspect." said Harry, running his right thumb along the side of her face.

"And what do you think of my butt. You always look at Hermione's, do you ever look at mine?" asked Luna, her eyes now looking bigger and more innocent. She also added a small pout with a quivering lower lip.

'That look she's giving me can not be fucking legal. Wait, are her eyes watering? HOW IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT'S MAGIC CAN SHE DO THAT?!' yelled Harry in his mind.

"The look isn't fair, ya know that. Yes, I have looked at your butt. Hermione's may be more seductive at this point, but yours is more cute. Though when you hit your full maturity, you'll have to beat other males off with a stick." said Harry, though he blushed when he admitted he looked at Luna's butt.

Luna just gave Harry a victorious smile. She already knew that he had, at the very least, glanced at her butt. It was one of the many things you could guarantee about Harry. Along with his 'saving people' thing, being a sappy pushover when it comes to his girls and his over-the-top pranks. There were many other guarantees about Harry, but if ya tried to list them all, you'd be here all day.

"I don't mind that you look, Harry. You're my boyfriend after all. Plus, I know you won't do anything that I'm uncomfortable with. It's one of your best traits. That, and it's fun to tease you with a small 'show', as Hermione called it." smirked Luna.

'I swear, if Hermione teaches Luna anything she knows, I have no idea how I'll handle it.' thought Harry.

If Luna ended up being as seductive as Hermione, he'd have to punish said nekomata for teaching the innocent appearing Luna. Harry considered the threat of spanking Hermione, but he got the strange feeling that she'd enjoy that. Catnip was out of the question, as you do NOT want to see a nekomata hopped up on catnip. Well, Harry would think about it when that happens, and he did mean when not if.

"Luna, if you ever do decide to tease me with a 'show', at least hold off until it's just you and me. The last thing I want is someone leering at you and getting ideas. If they did, I'd have to kill 'em, or at least send them to a hospital." said Harry, hoping he hid his blush enough that Luna would forget the second reason for his request.

Luna smiled and lightly giggled at that. People always say that chivalry is dead, but the proof against that was standing right in front of her. Luna also remembered the second reason Harry asked what he did. A few days ago, Hermione's swaying hips had distracted Harry to the point that he ran into the door to transfiguration. It was yet another notch in the groups 'embarrassed Harry' stories.

"I promise, Harry. The last thing we need is you hitting another door." smirked Luna.

Harry lowered his head in mock embarrassment, before looking at Luna with a devious smirk.

"Oh, my little moon. You should really watch who you say that around, as someone may just cast a tickling charm on you." said Harry as he slowly drew his wand.

Luna suddenly ran down the hall, laughing the whole while. Harry giving chase and subtly casting the charm at Luna the whole time, as magic in the halls was still restricted. That is, unless you happen to have the favor of the portraits due to your entertaining pranks on a certain grease-bat.

For the next half hour, all you could hear through the halls up to Ravenclaw tower was the laughter of Harry and Luna. Even Hermione heard it, due to her enhanced hearing, as she was just getting to her common room. Hermione couldn't help but smile. It was moments like that, between Harry and whichever of her or Luna he spent time with that day, that always reminded her that she made the perfect choice when she started dating Harry, and come his birthday next summer, she would give him a gift to remember. Maybe something extra if the feeling she got about her mother was right.

December 24th

MacNair Manor

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, a young wizard was hunting a death eater louse. That's right, Harry had broken into the home of Walden MacNair and was now searching for the bastard. On the official papers, it was Steve who was authorised by the I.C.W. to officially take MacNair out. However, said wizard was outside, reading the paper and drinking a can of vanilla cola. Steve decided to let Harry take this one alone, as Harry told him what Snape had said. Steve was NOT getting in the way of this one, since Harry could be fucking terrifying when he was pissed. This was especially true since those random changes started happening, luckily Steve was told by all the doctors he went to that the result of Harry's blood tests should be ready by new years.

"Ah, nothing like the sweet taste of vanilla coke on a cold winter's night. Now, let's see what's new in the news. Holyhead Harpies thrash the Chudley Cannons, no surprise there. Jason Crabbe, brother of accused death eater Francis Crabbe, found mauled by gargoyles in the Amazon rainforest, fucker should have learned from the last time he tried that. 99% of first-gens in Azkaban acquitted due to miscarriage of justice in cases of self defence, the pink hag was probably super pissed at that. She must be enraged at this point since those types of cases are now out of the British ministry's jurisdiction." smirked Steve.

Steve then looked over his shoulder at the manor, before looking at a watch on his wrist.

"Hope you're not much longer, kid. Your girls really want you home for christmas. That, and Kate will kill me if I'm not with her in the morning. Damn that girl is scary when she wants to be." shuddered Steve.

Inside the manor, Harry was currently moving towards the main living area, which was the only room with light that he saw before he snuck in. Harry was currently dressed in all black with a cape, white mask that had the appearance of Guy Fawkes and a black hat. Harry wore this disguise for two reasons. The first was he figured it was appropriate, since he had a vendetta against this asshole for 'buying' Hermione. The second reason was he really loved that V for Vendetta movie, so sue him if he thought the disguise was a good idea.

When Harry reached the door, he heard a muffled voice inside, bragging about a young nekomata that was now breeding age that he had bought from a friend in Hogwarts. Harry was just glad that this guy wasn't married or had any kids. Well, no legitimate kids that he knew about anyway. If MacNair did have a family of his own, Harry would have done this on a different day, he wasn't heartless. Harry kicked the door open, sending the doors themselves flying off the hinges. This caused MacNair, who was sitting in front of the fire, giggling like a pedo, to jump from his seat, wand drawn and pointed at the intruder.

"Who the fuck are you?" demanded MacNair.

"Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is a man in a mask." smirked Harry, though with the mask, you'd never know.

MacNair was pissed at the cheek of this intruder. Not only had this guy broken into his manor, he had interrupted his planning to capture that bitch of a nekomata. MacNair raised his wand, the eerie green light of the killing curse on the tip, ready to be cast, but was confused when the intruder started laughing.

"What's so funny, asshole?" demanded MacNair.

"Just the fact that you haven't prayed to mother magic yet." said Harry, trying to catch his breath.

"And why should I pray to a tool for the great purebloods?" snarled MacNair.

"Oh, now you fucked up. Firstly, you should never insult magic, or imply that it is a mere tool. Secondly, you should pray to magic that your killing curse hits me, because if it doesn't, you'll be dead before you can fire another one." said Harry, a noticeable dark edge to his voice.

MacNair's eyes narrowed before he fired the curse. However, Harry remained calm as he just stepped to his left, avoiding the spell. Harry then drew out two daggers and ran at MacNair, who was now panicking. Before MacNair could fire another curse, Harry drove one dagger into MacNair's chest, and used the other dagger in his left hand to cut MacNair's throat.

It wasn't even 30 seconds before the light left MacNair's eyes. Harry pulled the dagger from MacNair's chest as the now lifeless body fell to the ground. After using the dead man's robes to wipe off his daggers, Harry just turned around and left the room. However, he had added a little something to prevent Fudge from going up the ass of the I.C.W. about an 'upstanding pureblood' being found dead. Not that it would do much, considering Fudge and his administration were already on thin ice at this point.

It wasn't long after exiting the manor that Harry met up with Steve. All Steve did was nod to Harry in acknowledgement, before he placed a hand on Harry's shoulder, apparating them both back to Romania to enjoy the Christmas holiday.

December 25th

Romanian Dragon Reserve

Harry was up and about, just enjoying the day with Dathin, Airlentor, Sissilth and Fredha, who had gone to spend a few hours with their families. He was currently lounging in his new home on the reserve, which was basically a large mansion with extremely high ceilings and large doors. The ceilings were due to the height of the near full-grown dragonesses that lived with the young wizard. The doors were made larger for that same reason, since until christmas eve, Harry had to contend with four large rears blocking the doorway, one after the other. It seems since his birthday with Nadine, he couldn't avoid being in such situations with his girls. The fact that it was also getting cramped in the small, one floor cabin he had was also a factor. Harry looked at the paper that had arrived that morning with a satisfied smile on his face.

Known Death Eater, Walden MacNair, Found Dead

By

Will Valorum

That's right folks. In a shocking turn of events, known death eater, Walden MacNair, was found dead in his manor early this morning. During the investigation into his death, many dark artifacts, which included death eater robes and mask, were found. Amelia Bones, the lead investigator, was quoted saying….

"I've had my suspicions about MacNair for some time. He's been the main suspect of many missing persons cases, especially during the blood war. Hopefully this will be enough to get an I.C.W. investigation into those cases. It sickens me that THIS was an 'upstanding member of society' that was framed through use of the imperious curse."

Currently, the only clues to the demise of MacNair are the knife wounds on his body, along with the rune for 'unity' carved into MacNair's chest.

More details as the story develops.

Harry would never outright say he had a sadistic side, but reading about his victory in the paper was quite satisfying.

To be honest, other than that brief excursion, Harry was enjoying spending christmas at home this year. It was nice being here with his dragonesses, Steve and Kate, even everyone else who worked around the reserve. He had sent out the gifts he got for his friends two days ago and today, he had received the gifts they got him. From Neville, he received a few seeds from magical plants that came from the Longbottom greenhouses. Luna got him a pair of thin metal gauntlets that covered halfway up his forearms and back of his hands, the fingers coming to a sharp point. Apparently she had them made by an elf community her father knew. There were also fae markings and gems in them. Harry hasn't taken them off since he got them.

Daphne and Tracey had gotten him a black dragonhide jacket and a pair of hit-wizard grade boots, enchanted to be silent so as to never make a sound while walking or running. Susan got him an auror grade dueling robe, while Hannah got him a memory projection orb, which could play any memory you thought of while it was in your hand. From Emily, he had received a signed copy of the Marauders books, 'Causing mischief and Looking Good while doing it', and 'Looking so Innocent that a Kitten looks suspicious'.

From Vriska, he received some of the best troll-woven clothing in his size. Ivy gave him bag loads of shed skin to use in armor creation, she sent them via Dobby. He got a centaur made bow from Bane and assorted arrows from both Elene and Nadira. Harry would have to remember to visit them more often. Harry also realized that he hasn't been visiting his creature friends around Hogwarts as often as he wanted. He would have to fix that.

His gift from Hermione, however, was two-fold. The first was innocent enough, a picture of him and her at Honeydukes on one of their later Hogsmeade dates last term. The second part of her gift to him, however, Harry vowed that he would never show it to Steve. The guy didn't need more blackmail material on Harry.

The second part of Hermione's gift to Harry was a book on creature mating habits. Inside the book were a few pictures of Hermione in bikini's from the first half of last summer when she was in France. Harry had to work very hard not to blush, or faint at the pictures. The gears were now turning in his head. Harry knew that Hermione's mother, Emma, had a hand in this, but there was currently no way to get to her, so he would have to get mischievous revenge on Hermione when school started back up. He already had a few ideas already, though a few of the ideas finally did break his resolve, causing a heavy blush to appear on his face.

Harry soon heard the front door and smiled, knowing his fire-breathing beauties were finally home after spending time with their own families. Harry looked towards them, and couldn't help but smile. Each were now fully grown, had a beautiful shine to their scales, and getting much more flirty. Though, what Harry didn't know, was that the four dragonesses were a little miffed at the fact the door was expanded. They liked being able to tease Harry, but it would be harder to do so now. Harder, but not impossible.

"Happy Yule, Harry. Sorry it took so long to come home. You wouldn't believe the questions our parents were asking us, especially our mothers." said Airlentor.

"I can only imagine. At least you three are home to enjoy the rest of the Yule holiday with me. Oh, before I forget, how are you girls liking the fact you can actually get inside the house now?" asked Harry.

"Oh, it's great, Harry. It's nice not having to worry about getting our….." started Dathin, before the dragon's equivalent of a blush appeared on her face.

Harry gained a blush upon his own face, knowing what Dathin meant. Though Harry would admit, internally mind you, that for creatures whose scales could stop the killing curse, their rumps were surprisingly soft, yet firm. Added to the fact that his randomizing creature parts were getting more frequent. Though when Steve told him his test results would arrive during the new year, he was relieved. It was high time he figured out what the hell was going on.

"Y-yeah, I can understand that, Dathin. Something like that can't be all that fun." said Harry.

"I don't know. Dathin seemed to enjoy you basically groping her during that time. I know I did, and I'm sure Airlentor and Sissilth did as well. You aren't so innocent either, Harry. I saw that you were enjoying both the feel and the view each time." smirked Fredha.

This caused the remaining two dragonesses to join the blush fest. Harry now looked so red that if you saw him, you'd think he was about to pass out. Though, he actually did enjoy those moments, not that he would ever admit it out loud. He blamed Nadine for his enjoyment of those situations with his girls.

Hell, Harry remembered as they were building his new 'mansion', Steve started giving him 'the talk'. It was embarrassing, but it also brought a realization to Harry about his 'preferences' as he heard many of the other guys on the reserve call it.

Brief Flashback

Harry had just leaned against the outside wall of his cabin in exhaustion. It took about a half hour for Harry to get all four dragonesses inside. That was about 7 ½ minutes for each large rear he had to shove through the door. He would have gotten it done faster, if he wasn't worried about hurting them by combining different strengths.

Harry suddenly heard footsteps coming towards him. Looking up, he saw Steve with the most devious smirk. Steve was watching the spectacle from a distance and noticed that, despite the situation, all five seemed to enjoy it.

"Rough night, kid?" asked Steve, still having that smile plastered on his face.

"Ugh, you have no idea. I'm just glad everyone is pitching in to make that new manor for me. I don't know how many more nights I can do this." sighed Harry.

"Well, the strain from the effort must be a killer on the muscles. Though I couldn't help but notice, you rather enjoyed that." smirked Steve.

"Oh stuff it, Steve. It's not my fault that I find physical attraction to that." snarked Harry, his arms crossed in agitation.

"Ha, I never took you as an ass man, Harry." smirked Steve.

"Yeah, well, when you spend a lot of time with dragonesses, who are quadrupeds, you tend to get an appreciation for a nice ass." said Harry.

Harry's eyes suddenly widened at what he said, as he slammed his hand to his forehead. All he heard from Steve was laughter. This wouldn't go away anytime soon.

Flashback End

That's where Harry's memory cut off, thanks to his occlumency training. The last thing he wanted was to remember the 'talk' from Steve. Harry believed the only thing that would make it more embarrassing was if he got the talk from Sirius, or worse, the fathers of the four dragonesses currently lying around him.

"Ya know, I just remembered that our relationship can hit the next level come the end of July. I'm actually excited for it." smiled Sissilth.

"I agree. It will be a time to remember, for everyone in our growing family." smiled Harry.

That was something that all five of them agreed on. Harry looked out his window and saw the sun was beginning to set. Harry then heard the yawns from all four girls, his own yawn soon following.

"Well, time to hit the hay. There is plenty to do before the next term at Hogwarts starts. I'll see you girls in the morning." said Harry as he leaned back on Airlentor this time, ready for another night's sleep.

"Goodnight, Harry." said all four dragonesses.

Harry fell asleep, anticipating the coming term at Hogwarts. The only thing that Harry wanted more than anything though, was to find and kill Pettigrew. Said traitor was on one of the top three spots on Harry's shitlist. Harry also wanted answers, and depending on Pettigrew's answers, would also determine how painful it was. Some may be concerned that these thoughts came from a 13-year-old, but the fact that Pettigrew was one of the ones who caused Harry's years of hell with the Dursley's, even Steve wasn't getting in the way of that. Merlin help Pettigrew if Harry found him, as no one else will.

Hogwarts

Beginning of Second Term, Third Year

The ride back to the school was slightly subdued, considering Harry wasn't as talkative as he usually is. Those that went home during the holiday that year were concerned for their friend, as this wasn't like him at all. Though this wasn't due to a depressing thought, as many would think. It was caused by the results of his blood test, and boy were they crazy.

It turns out that the inherent creature magics that flowed through Harry, had made him a sort of 'natural' animagus. The thing is, through the tests, and a bit of projection magic, it was discovered his forms were those of endangered breeds of each creature. That was what was causing the randomized changes. It was the magic altering his DNA to be compatible with each rare breed he could soon become. That was one of the only things he said to his friends on the way back to Hogwarts. They completely understood what he was going through, in a way. Harry's creature magics had basically made him a walking beast lord and magizoologist's dream. Hell, if Newt Scamander was in England at the moment, he would no doubt be salivating at the thought of studying Harry.

Harry's silence was due to strengthening his occlumency shields in order to separate each creature. As well as keep full control, as he remembered what he did to those three Malfoy's in France. The last thing he wanted was to lose control like that again, no matter the situation.

Harry was brought out of his thoughts by a hand intertwining with his. Looking to his right, he saw Luna giving him a comforting smile, which caused him to smile back at her. It could have been the ethereal fae half of Luna, or the elf half, but Luna just had this aura to instantly calm you down. Due to it being the 'welcome back' feast after the new year, everyone was required to sit at their assigned tables.

"Don't worry about this so much, Harry. Me, Hermione and everyone else are here for you. If, on the slim chance, you do lose control, we'll help snap you out of it. Even if I have to scratch under your chin in dragon form." smirked Luna.

Harry actually choked on his pumpkin juice when Luna said that. It was a trick he used on the reserve if all else failed. If you managed to scratch under a dragon or dragonesses chin, it would send them into a blissfully euphoric knocked out state.

"Who-who told you about that?" asked Harry in shock.

"Oh, no one told me. I already knew about it. Though the others found out when Steve wrote to them after new years. He never mentioned why he told them though. I guess he knew you'd want to be the one to tell everyone." giggled Luna.

'Oh, that's it. Steve, you will be getting the worst prank-a-thon when I get home. VENGEANCE WILL BE MINE!' thought Harry.

"Luna, I'm asking you now, and I'll ask the others later, don't go spreading that around. I don't want something like that to get around." whispered Harry.

"Don't worry, Harry. That tidbit is safe with me, and the others as well." whispered Luna.

Harry sighed in relief, knowing that Luna wasn't the type to lie about stuff like that. It wasn't the fact that it was embarrassing, even though it was, it was the fact that he didn't want anyone to take advantage of the specific weak points of his future creature forms.

Harry looked to a small roll of parchment that he had next to him, which happened to be covered in runes. It just so happened that this was his rune assignment. Ancient runes and arithmancy were actually the most interesting classes during the year, along with care of magical creatures. The runes assignment was actually very helpful, as Harry was mere weeks away from finishing the rune to apply to his prank brush.

As for why he took arithmancy, he just wanted to make his own spells. Be they for pranks, charms or combat. Harry always found the creation of spells to be interesting, especially with the differences of magic around the world. From the wandless magics of monks, shaman's and druids, to the staff users of the southern tribes and the entirety of asia.

"Harry, you know you don't have to work on that now, right?" asked Luna.

"I know, little moon. But thanks to this rune homework, I'm close to officially finishing a product I worked on recently. Don't think I'm ignoring you though. I'd never do that." smiled Harry.

"I know, Hare-bear. I guess I'm just trying to get over my remaining insecurities. I'm just glad I have you to help." said Luna with a small smile and blush.

"And you always will, my ethereal elf." whispered Harry as he grabbed Luna's hand, interlocking their fingers.

It was soon time for the two to separate for their classes. Luna going to charms and Harry to defence against the dark arts. Harry wasn't worried about Luna though, as ever since his last big 'musical' prank, people had avoided harassing Luna. Luna was grateful to Harry for that result, and she also enjoyed using Harry's name as a threat against those who didn't get the hint. Oddly enough, Harry didn't mind when she did, though he did tell Luna to only use his name as a threat when they deserved it, but he also said that if it was Malfoy, go nuts. The evil smirk she gave after that sent shivers down Harry's spine. The strange thing was, though, he liked it. Though it also cemented the point that Luna had a mischievous side that was so well hidden, that you wouldn't know what hit you until it did.

As usual, defence was rather interesting. Today's lesson, having covered the grindylow, a nasty little creature that was more of a pest than an actual sentient creature. Regardless, Harry's goal was unity and equality of all magicals, human and creature. Besides, even creatures like grindylow and pixies had their uses, regardless of the annoyance they can cause.

The other classes of the day included charms with the Hufflepuff's and transfiguration with the Gryffindor's, DADA being with the Slytherin's. Charms was fun and entertaining as always. Flitwick having demonstrated the different uses for the charms they had learned so far. Transfiguration was, as always, informative, moreso at the end of the class when Harry stayed behind.

The class had covered the animagus transformation, but the class was told that they wouldn't be attempting it until their sixth year. Harry, however, needed to talk to McGonagall about what he learned about himself and he figured that the transfiguration teacher, as an animagus herself, would be the best choice to ask.

"Um, professor? I have something to ask you, if I could have a moment of your time." said Harry.

"Of course, Mr. Potter. I always have time for an inquisitive student." said McGonagall.

Minerva would never admit it, and would keep this secret 'til the day she died, but Harry was actually one of her favorite students. He had always finished his work on time, and even improved a few of the spells, either intentional or by accident, it didn't matter to her. There was also the fact that he had made her laugh on more than one occasion, which she was grateful for. She hadn't laughed since her husband died in the war with Grindelwald and she would be forever grateful to the boy for bringing the joy of laughter back into her life, when even the Marauders couldn't.

"Well, since today covered the animagus transformation, I was wondering if there were other ways, other than occlumency, to control the transformation." said Harry.

"Hmm, the only thing I can think of would be a calm environment during the first transformation. Though there have been cases where an animagus meets another of the same or similar species and they have mated, which has been recorded as a way to merge the two different minds, thus the transformations become second nature to them." said McGonagall.

"Well, that will definitely help me in the long run." said Harry with a relieved sigh.

"May I ask as to the sudden inquiry, Mr. Potter?" asked McGonagall.

"If I'm going to tell you that, Professor, I'm gonna need a magical vow not to divulge the information. Especially to the headmaster. It's not that I don't trust you to keep it a secret, it's just an extremely personal matter." said Harry, gaining a serious look in his eyes.

McGonagall was slightly unnerved by the sudden request, but did give the oath, as she'd been having growing doubts about the 'leader of the light', especially due to his recent behaviours.

Letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding, Harry began explaining to McGonagall what he found out on new years day. How all the magics that flowed through him had turned him into a natural animagus. He also explained to her how his instinctual 'urges' were near their peak and he would need her help to run interference next year. Before she could bring it up, Harry told her that he intended to inform the other professors, besides Snape and Dumbledore, in order to help when he had 'alone time' while at school.

McGonagall actually took the information better than he thought. Though that was mostly due to Minerva knowing about the mating age of creatures. So she wasn't really surprised that Harry would be that way next year. Seeing as he had creature magic flowing through him, along with wizard magic.

"Well, this information is slightly shocking, to say the least. However, I shouldn't be surprised at this point. Everything crazy or unique and unusual that happens at this school revolves around you, Mr. Potter. It's actually quite humorous, as I expected your sister to be the troublemaker, due to being raised by James. I guess Mr. Feros is much worse when it comes to mischief." smirked Minerva.

"Ha, that's an understatement. Steve taught me everything I know, and I've surpassed him by an entire galaxy. Hell, even the norse Loki would be scared of me. Both me and Steve combined, however, would probably scare even Dumbledore. As for me combined with the Weasley twins and occasionally Peeves….." said Harry with an evil smirk.

"Oh Merlin. Mr. Potter, Harry, for the love of all things magical. Please warn me and the other professors, bar Severus and Albus, when you team up with those three. So we have enough time to run and hide." said Minerva, going completely pale.

Harry just smirked as he got up and walked to the door. Before he left, however, he paused and looked back at Minerva over his shoulder.

"Now honestly, professor. Where would be the fun in that?" asked Harry with that same mischievous smirk.

Harry then left the classroom, leaving a semi-panicking professor to go over Harry's not-so-subtle hint that there would be more team up pranks to come.

'Maybe I should start on my will now. I might just need it.' thought Minerva.

Hagrid's Hut

Forbidden Forest border, after class

Harry was standing at the forest border, waiting for Nadira and Elene, as he had promised the both a date when he got back from his yule holiday. Harry was actually quite surprised when the two had asked him for a date, as historically, wizards and witches had to approach centaurs first. The fact that Nadira was the daughter of Bane, who was known for his extreme dislike of humans, was an even greater shock.

Harry didn't have a lot of time to mull over that thought, as he saw the two girls in question arrive at the forest edge. Harry's jaw dropped, as Nadira and Elene were both wearing elegant coverings on their top halves. A mix of red and gold for Nadira and a mix of fawn and green for Elene. They were also wearing a form of leather covering on their lower halves that ended where their legs connected to their 'hips', or the equivalent of such when it comes to centaurs.

Nadira, as stated, was an elaphocentaur. Her lower half and antlers were that of a female reindeer. Her deer half was a deep grey, but had a shine to it in the sunlight. This showed that she was one to take pride in the care of her deer half.

Elene's lower half was that of a white-tail deer. Once again, there was a slight shine on her deer half, showing that she also took pride in her care. Both girls had lightly tanned skin. Nadira had blue eyes, while Elene had green. Their hair colour was polar opposites of each other. Nadira's hair being raven and Elene's being blond.

Both girls were real beauties and had figures that many would kill for. Though he may have been biassed about that, as he thought the same thing about each of his girlfriends.

"Hey girls." greeted Harry.

"Hey Harry, glad you made it." smiled Nadira.

"Yeah, we've been looking forward to this since the end of your school term last year." said Elene, with a similar smile to Nadira.

"Same here. I've actually always wanted to take any one of you girls on a date here. But there's always something that comes up. Though, at least I can have a date in the forest with you two visions of beauty." said Harry, giving the two girls a warm smile.

The two girls blushed at Harry's comment, the history between magicals and centaur's was taught to both of them when they were younger, was that human magicals would never see creatures as equals. However, the evidence to the contrary was standing in front of them. Harry not only treated them with respect, but the few times they were able to meet, Harry had shown genuine care for them. He even showed genuine concern when he fought off an acromantula that belonged to a colony that was a rival of Aragog's. The colony had been giving the inhabitants of the forest trouble for years.

Harry mentioned to the centaurs after that event that he would deal with them soon. When Harry said that, he could swear he saw a slight twitch of a smile from Bane. Firenze, on the other hand, was more optimistic about Harry's abilities. Unlike Bane, Firenze didn't doubt what the stars told them. Harry gentured for Nadira and Elene to take the lead, and not for the reason you'd think.

He knew that the centaurs were a proud and protective people, especially the females. Hell, he had seen a female centaur in Greece buck a fucking NEMEAN LION through a wall for attacking her foal. The lion was the size of a freaking school bus, for crying out loud.

The two centaurides nodded and began leading Harry to where they had planned to spend their date. Harry eventually fell in stride with the two girls and held their hands, intertwining his fingers with both of them. This caused the two to blush, still not used to such shows of trust, since the two had dealt with those of less than honorable intentions in the past, before meeting Harry.

It wasn't long before they reached where Nadira and Elene had picked for the date. It was a small clearing with a crystal clear lake and a waterfall. The waterfall was in such a place that the sun reflected off it constantly, creating a permanent rainbow in the mist. Harry would honestly say it was the second most beautiful thing he had seen since entering the forest. The most beautiful being the two at his side right now. Again, Harry knew he was being biased, as he thought that about all of his girlfriends.

'Merlin's oversized bead, that was corny. Even in my mind.' thought Harry, while he internally grimaced.

"Wow, this place is amazing. I didn't think there were places like this in the forest." said Harry, admiring the view of the clearing.

"You'd be surprised how many places like this exist here. If you live here like we do, you can find the most secret of places. Places like this are always so peaceful, they make you forget all your troubles." said Nadira with a content sigh.

Harry had to admit, the look of blissful calm on Nadira's face was something Harry would use for a patronus. Elene had the same look, though her arms extended slightly to her sides, basking in the breeze that flowed from the waterfall. Harry agreed with the unspoken words between them. It really was peaceful here.

Harry always believed that a good balance was the most important thing in life. Sure, he loved pranks and dueling, hell, he even loved when he could spar with a few of his tutors growing up and during the summers between school years. But taking time to just relax and spend time with each of his girlfriends and betrothed, that was how Harry liked to relax.

Speaking of which, Harry pulled a shrunken basket out of his pocket before placing it on the ground and enlarging it. He heard both Nadira and Elene start sniffing, causing him to smirk. He had put this basket together so they could have a small bite to eat, and he happened to know how to get their specific centaur breeds mouths watering. He pulled two bowls of salad from the basket. The salads were made with the freshest lettuce, but that wasn't what was catching the girls attention. What caught their attention was the scent of the many berries that Harry added to the salads, guaranteed to make any deer subspecies of centaurs mouth water the instant they smelled it.

"Harry, you didn't have to make those salads for us. We would have been content with just relaxing here with you." said Elene.

"I know, but I wanted to. All of you have done so much for me, even if you don't know it. The first few years of my life haven't been easy, but with each of you that enter my life, it's easier to forget. That's why I do everything I can to treat each of you the way you deserve. Whether it be cooking your favorite foods, pampering you with massages, or even forging jewellery. Anything you two want, just ask." said Harry with a loving smile.

"Anything, Harry? Well, in that case, I want you to kiss me. Then, I want you to keep your eyes on us, no matter what." smiled Nadira.

"I agree and want the same thing, Harry. I hope it's not too bothersome of a request." said Elene with the same smile.

"Not at all. I would never think that was bothersome. Besides, requesting a kiss is as enjoyable for me as it is for you." said Harry as he cupped the left side of Nadira's face before kissing her full on the mouth.

Nadira melted into the kiss as Harry's left hand moved to her hair, combing his fingers through it. Oddly enough, her hair was like silk and soft to the touch. After about 3 minutes of kissing Nadira, Harry broke the kiss and was immediately set upon by Elene.

Like with Nadira, Harry had one hand cupping her face and the other combing through her hair. Unlike Nadira, Elene's hair felt more like the softest cotton and flowed a little more in the light breeze from the waterfall. Once again, the kiss lasted for about 3 minutes before Harry broke it, leaving Elene in a dream-like state.

"Well, I may have experience with kissing my girlfriends, but I didn't think I was that good." laughed Harry.

Even Nadira giggled at this, as even though Elene was the more timid of the two, she had never seen her friend completely out of it like that before. It was actually quite amusing to her, though she couldn't say she wasn't the same. Nadira remembered when she first heard from her father about the warrior that the stars told them about. Bane had told her that it was her destiny to be one of his mates, though when she heard that it was a human wizard, she almost threw a fit.

Though that changed when she first met Harry. She expected a wizard that thought himself above magical creatures and had unmeasurable arrogance. However, that opinion changed almost instantly when she officially met him. The first thing he did was kiss the back of her hand in a gentlemanly way and compliment her. Nadira was somewhat embarrassed to admit that she blushed like a young filly, especially when she was teased by Elene.

However, the tables turned on Elene when she went with Nadira during her second meeting with Harry. Karma had hit Elene hard, as when Harry greeted her the same way he did with Nadira, Elene had actually fainted. Still, the fact that Harry never brought up the fact that Elene fainted just proved that he took the emotions of others into account.

Back to current events, Harry and the girls had settled on the grass, Harry eating a sandwich that Dobby had made for him and Nadira and Elene eating the salads he had made. The look of bliss on their faces told Harry that he made the salads perfectly.

"So, I assume that you two are enjoying the lunch I brought?" asked Harry with a smug smirk.

The two girls nodded, though they didn't want to admit that if Harry wasn't there with them, the salads would have been gone in seconds, as each one had the girls favorite berries. It wasn't long before their quick lunch ended and Nadira, along with Elene, started making their way to the small lake.

"Harry, you remember the second part of what we asked you, about not looking away?" asked Elene.

"Yeah, though I'm confused as to why you would ask that. Like I would ever look away from any of you, depriving myself of admiring the beauty of each of you girls." said Harry.

Though he was confused at the slight nervousness from Nadira and the heavy blush on Elene's cheeks. Harry also had the feeling that he was about to hit another milestone in one of his many relationships.

"Well, we know you aren't 'of age' among the creature community yet, it doesn't mean we can't give you a tasteful preview." smirked Nadira.

"Uh, w-w-what do you mean by that, Nadira?" asked Harry, a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"Well, me and Nadira always come to this lake for a specific reason. It has magical properties that make it permanently clean and crystal clear. It makes it an ideal bathing area." smiled Elene, whose blush had increased the more she spoke.

Before Harry had any time to say anything, Nadira had already started removing the leather covering on her lower half, Elene doing the same. Now it was Harry's turn to start blushing. This would be the first time that he had seen any of his girlfriends naked. He didn't count the dragonesses or any other animal creatures he was with, as they were naturally naked. His semi-human girlfriends, however, that was another story.

It wasn't long before the leather coverings on both centaurides lower halves were discarded to the side and they began removing their shirts. At this point, Harry wanted to look away to preserve their modesty, but they had asked that he not look away, and he didn't want to break his promise to them.

It wasn't much longer before both girls were as naked as the day they were born and making their way into the water. The water was waist deep for the two, only their human halves being above water as they both went under the waterfall to wash their upper bodies and hair.

At this point, Harry's face was so red that it looked like the blood was no longer circulating his body. This brought a smug look to Nadira and Elene, though the latter was still blushing.

"Hey, Harry? Why don't you join us? The water is perfect." said Nadira in a flirty tone.

That was it for Harry, as he fainted right on the spot. This brought laughter from the two female centaurs at succeeding in out flirting him. Though another reason for their laughing celebration was the fact that they won their joking bet with Hermione when she visited with Harry.

The two had made a friendly bet with the nekomata as a joke. The bet was that all three would try and make him faint during a date. Hermione had almost succeeded each time by wearing increasingly tight jeans and such. Though Nadira and Elene bet that they could make him faint on their first official date. Sure, stripping down and bathing right in front of Harry was 'slight' overkill, and an argument could be made that they cheated, but there were no official rules as to what methods they could use. So, in the opinion of the two beauties in the lake, they had just used 'natural resources' to win the bet. Hell, they already had a counter argument for when they told Hermione they won, as she could tease Harry at the school whenever she wanted, while they had to wait for when he was near the forest.

While Harry was slowly regaining consciousness, Nadira and Elene were already out of the small lake, dried and dressed. It turns out that Harry was out for a full half hour.

"Ugh, what happened? The last thing I remember was you two…." said Harry before his blush returned at the memory of Nadira and Elene naked in the water.

"That wasn't a dream, was it?" asked Harry.

"Nope. It all happened. Stiil, thanks for not looking away like you promised, Harry. I'm sure it boosted the confidence of Ms. Bashful here." said Nadira with a small chuckle, gesturing to Elene.

Once again, Elene blushed before lightly elbowing Nadira on the side. It was true that she was bashful, it was in her nature as a cervitaur. That didn't mean she liked having it pointed out, jokingly or not.

"Ya know, you two didn't have to do something like this. I would have been content to just sit and talk. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate the show. From the blushes you both had, it probably wasn't easy for you two." said Harry with a loving smile.

"Heh, it definitely took a lot of talking and preparation for us both to get the courage to do that. Though we definitely tested YOUR nerve limit on that one, didn't we?' teased Elene.

"Ugh, if Steve ever found out about that, I'd never hear the end of it. Also, I swear this is the universe getting payback for when I tricked Sirius into thinking Amelia was at the school butt naked." said Harry as he facepalmed.

"Hey, don't worry about it. We both wanted you to see us naked and if I had to guess, we aren't the only ones. We did this for a few different reasons. One being that we barely see you during the school year, and I doubt it'll change much during summer. So we wanted to make this date memorable. It undoubtedly worked if we do say so ourselves." smirked Nadira.

"Heh, I guess it did. Still, I promise you two, just as I promised the others, that I will do my damndest to visit more often. I hate myself for not visiting all of you more often and depriving myself of seeing the beauty of each of you." said Harry as he held both Nadira and Elene's hands.

The rest of their date was spent just holding hands and relaxing by the small lake. All-in-all, Harry really enjoyed it. Though, any time he could spend with any of his girlfriends was time well spent.

Ravenclaw Common Room

June 6th

Harry's day could be described in one word, exhausting. Between his runes and arithmancy classes, plus his regular, non-elective classes with exams almost around the corner, it was getting hectic. Though there were some upsides, such as Snape going through more spontaneous dance numbers. Which included songs such as 'I'm too sexy for my shirt', 'Schuhplattler' and the ever popular 'Hit me baby one more time'.

Then there was Draco Malfoy, who made the mistake of badmouthing Steve and implying that his father was going to petition for the eradication of the dragon reserve he lived on. He woke up hours later, hanging by his underwear in the great hall with the words 'daddy's bitch' painted on his chest.

Harry was currently in his common room, looking at a map the Weasley twins had given him some time ago. The thing was a fucking life saver at times, ironic considering who had created it. It was the legendary Marauders map, created by the greatest pranksters in Hogwarts history. The group happened to include James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and a certain rat that was currently at the top of Harry's shit-list.

He had been using the map for the last few weeks to keep an eye on his friends. He saw Neville and Ginny's dots in one of the broom closets and couldn't help the chuckle that escaped him. He knew they would only be snogging, since Neville wasn't the type to go that far yet, regardless of Ginny's fiery personality and free spirit.

"You go get him, Ginny." smirked Harry.

His focus then went to the Slytherin common room, specifically, the dots labelled Daphne Greengrass and Tracy Davis. The two seemed to be far away from Malfoy and his goons. The two were huddled with Milicent Bulstrode, Blaise Zabini, Astoria Greengrass and a few others, both first years and a few upper years. It brought a smile to Harry, knowing that not all Slytherin's were bigots, assholes and morons.

Hermione was hanging out with Emily in their common room, probably exchanging stories about him. Harry shuddered at that thought. Between the two of them, they had enough embarrassing stories for the remaining 4 years at Hogwarts. Though his eyes narrowed when he saw that Ron Weasley was close to them both, but not close enough to be obvious. That little prick was definitely planning something. Harry would just have to be prepared for it. Though Harry did find it odd, since the Weasley boy had little to no brains at the best of times.

In the Hufflepuff common room, Susan and Hannah were hanging out with a few other students as well, which included Cedric Diggory. He remembered that S.O.B. during the last Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff game. He actually had the balls to try and match Harry move for move, which resulted in a broken arm for the Hufflepuff seeker and plenty of laughs when pointing out how stupid that was. Though everyone had a good laugh about it, especially when Cedric quipped about leaving the crazy stunts to the Potter sibling that lacked self preservation.

Harry remembered the uproarious laughter when he didn't even deny it. Though Harry did shudder when Hermione ran a clawed finger along his jaw. It wasn't the pleasant type of shudder either, it was the 'run for your fucking life' type of shudder.

Just remembering that made Harry look to his common room door out of reflex. He had a hard enough time talking his way out of more severe trouble at home, but adding in a pissed nekomata is when he had no chance.

Luna was currently in bed, probably having one of her more eccentric dreams. There were a few times that Harry and Luna cuddled up on the couch for the night and every time, he couldn't keep the small smile from his face at her sleeping form. There were times where Harry thought it should be illegal for Luna to be that adorable. Harry wouldn't change her though, as Luna added a uniqueness to his already unique love life.

As Harry continued perusing the map, he found the area by the shrieking shack. The names he saw, however, brought a sinister smile to his face. There on the map, in ink and parchment, were the names Peter Pettigrew and with him was Narius Alucard. Narius was a distant descendant of Dracula, in the sense that someone Dracula turned had a kid. Narius was known for trying to usurp the vampiric throne from Dracula's main family line. He was also someone that was the source of a bet between Harry and Dracula. Harry had bet that he would find and kill Narius before Drac even sniffed him out.

However, Harry then saw something that made him pissed and worried. Everyone in the Gryffindor dorms had gone to bed except for Emily, Hermione and Ron. Ron was currently walking behind Emily and Hermione, who were strangely heading to a secret passage that Sirius told him about that led right to the whomping willow, and by extension, the shrieking shack.

Harry knew that Weasley wasn't smart enough to pull this off, so one of the two bastards currently in the shrieking shack must've used a mind spell or vampiric hypnotism on the boy during the last Hogsmeade weekend. Harry immediately deactivated the map and ran full sprint out of the common room. He knew that by the time he reached the secret passage, the three would already be in the shack. Harry just hoped he got there before something happened to the three of them. Though it had nothing to do with wanting to deal with Weasley himself, nope, not at all.

During his run to the passage, he happened to run into both James and Sirius, literally. The collision knocked the two wizards over while Harry kept running, having used his troll strength and dragon durability out of reflex while running.

"Hey Harry, where's the fire?" called Sirius.

"Can't talk. Pettigrew. Hermione and Emily in trouble. Weasley bastard involved through possible mind manipulation. Shrieking Shack. Two assholes about to die." said Harry, growling at the last point he made.

"Uh, you catch any of that Padfoot?" asked James.

"Yeah, I did. He said he found Pettigrew in the shrieking shack, possibly with an accomplice. The Weasley boy has possibly been put under some kind of spell or hypnosis and is bringing Emily and Hermione there. Harry also basically said Pettigrew and his accomplice are both dead when he gets there." said Sirius, nonchalantly, having learned to decipher small rants like that.

"Oh, makes sense I guess." said James.

Suddenly, both wizards' eyes widened when realization slapped them in the face. Both wizards looked to each other in a 'how the fuck did we miss that' kind of way.

"SHIT!" they both yelled as they got up and ran after Harry. Already knowing he was heading for the secret passage.

Harry had already entered the passage and was making his way down, all the while planning on how he was gonna take the two bastards down. Though it would be worse for the two if there was a single scratch on either Hermione or Emily. Besides, Harry wanted an excuse to give Narius a right cross to the jaw. Merlin, Harry hated rouge creatures.

It wasn't long before Harry exited the passage that led him right to the fucking Whomping Willow.

"Well, you'd think they would have put a warning on that. Heh, and Steve thinks I'm crazy." said Harry as he started running towards the tree.

Luckily, Harry noticed the tunnel at the base and managed to get through before the tree even took its first swing at him. Using a speed boost magic helped a bit. Harry was about to keep going, until he heard a shocked yelp and string of curses outside, followed by a yell of 'Immobulus'. Not long after, both James and Sirius entered the tunnel.

"Damn, was the whomping willow always that aggressive?" asked James.

"I don't remember it being as aggressive as that. Though how old it is may factor in. pfft, and they say everything mellows with age." said Sirius.

"You two sure as hell don't." snickered Harry.

This caused the two adult wizards to look towards Harry with deadpan looks.

"Ok, that was a low blow, Harry. We are not that old." said Sirius with a very non-serious growl.

"Debatable, but we don't have time to argue the whole age thing, we have to get moving." said Harry as he began making his way down the tunnel.

James and Sirius followed soon after. The reason the two followed Harry in the first place was that they both were trained aurors. There may have also been a slight curiosity of what Harry could really do. They both knew he was skilled magically and was physically fit, but didn't know the full extent.

"By the way, nice idea with the immobulus charm on the tree. Wish I'd thought of that one." said Harry. He was more concerned for the safety of Hermione and Emily, so the thought of using the spell against the tree slipped his mind.

"Well, if you can't outwit a tree, it'll make ya wonder what we have for brains." said Sirius.

"Sh…" started Harry before he was interrupt.

"Oy, watch it!" said James.

Sirius was also giving Harry a 'I'm not that stupid' glare. However, there were those, such as James, Lily and Minerva, who would disagree with him.

"No, Shh, I hear something up ahead." said Harry.

As the three began heading up the stairs to the top of the shack, as Harry said, they started hearing muffled arguing behind the only door upstairs. James and Sirius recognized one of the voices as Pettigrew, but they didn't know the other one. Harry, however, knew the other voice from experience, as he was there when Narius was banished from Drac's court.

"We are wasting time. The longer we wait, the more time those fucking wand wavers in that castle have to mobilize a rescue team." snarled Narius.

"Will you shut up already, you fanged bastard. I will not be denied what the Dark Lord promised me. Once this ritual circle is complete, both the Potter girl and feline freak will be bound to me permanently." said Pettigrew in a very creepy, giggly voice.

Harry's eyes narrowed, before he cast a quick spell to make the door transparent. Though a bonus to the spell is that the door was only transparent on the side of the caster, so Pettigrew and Alucard had no idea the three wizards were out there. Harry also saw Weasley just standing there, with a vacant, glazed look in his eyes. Emily and Hermione were tied up in front of Weasley and gagged. Seeing the ritual circle that Pettigrew mentioned, Harry was at first filled with rage, until he noticed something. Upon noticing it, Harry had to cover his mouth to prevent himself from laughing. This actually confused James and Sirius.

"Harry, we have to get in there before he finishes the circle." whispered James.

"No we don't, because it isn't for the ritual he thinks it is. The minute he finishes the last rune….oh boy, I wish I had a camera." said Harry, still fighting laughter.

"You mean like this?" asked Sirius, holding up a wizard camera.

"Where the hell were you keeping that?" asked James in quiet shock.

"I'll never tell." smirked Sirius.

Pettigrew had just finished the last rune in the circle, which started glowing an eerie green color. James actually started panicking, until he heard Harry speak.

"3….2….1!" said Harry.

As soon as he hit one, the glow completely encased the room, and Pettigrew's girlish squeal was heard. They also heard Narius yell out in pain, as the light had the intensity of the sun, but unfortunately, not enough to kill him. Harry should know, he's seen it happen before.

When the light faded, the first thing those inside the room heard was the flash of a wizard camera, followed by uproarious laughter. The flash and laughter was enough to knock Weasley out of whatever was controlling him and the other four occupants of the room looked towards Pettigrew, before also laughing. Despite the fact that they were bound and gagged, Emily and Hermione could only laugh at what they were seeing.

Standing there, in the middle of the depowered ritual circle, was Pettigrew. However, it appeared that he was now a mix of a human and rat. His teeth were now bucky rat teeth, his ears were replaced with rat ears, fur had covered his body and a tail was not protruding from his pants.

"What the fuck happened to me?!" yelled Pettigrew, his voice now high and squeaky.

Suddenly, the door to the room was kicked down by Harry, who was still laughing.

"Curse and Ritual Repair. Has your cast put you in a cast? We can help for a fair price. Offer doesn't apply to evil wizards, rogue creatures and assholes." smirked Harry as he drew his wand.

James and Sirius entered the room soon after. Though you could tell from their red faces that they were trying to hold their laughter at Harry's entrance. Pettigrew narrowed his eyes at the three while Narius just narrowed his eyes at the Potter boy, having recognized him instantly.

"J-james, Sirius, my friends. H-how nice to see you both. W-what's been going on?" stuttered Pettigrew, his 'have to preserve myself' attitude kicking in.

"You should know you fucking traitor. Not only did you lead Voldemort to us that night, but now you have the gall to try and kidnap and enslave Emily? How fucking stupid are you?" snarled James.

"I should've just killed you that night, Pettigrew. Why I stayed my hand when Dumbledore told me, I have no idea. Rest assured though, I won't be making that mistake again." snarled Sirius as he raised his wand.

"Avada Kedvra!" yelled Pettigrew, aiming his wand at the three.

James and Sirius both hit the floor to avoid the spell, but Harry just stood there. The reason being, Pettigrew was currently looking at his wand in shock as no spell came from it. Pettigrew started aggressively waving his wand in an attempt to cast the killing curse, but still, nothing happened.

"You do know if you shake your wand more than twice it's playing with it, right?" laughed Harry.

"What did you do!?" yelled Pettigrew

"Me, I didn't do anything. It was all you." said Harry.

This caused Pettigrew to look confused, as did everyone else in the room. James and Sirius were thankfully off the floor at this point when they realized Pettigrew couldn't cast spells.

"What?" asked Pettigrew

"Quite simple. That ritual you used was a part of a fake out book made by the I.W.C.O. to more easily identify evil wizards. Also, notice I said 'evil' not 'dark'. Anyway, the book has all sorts of forbidden and blacklisted rituals. At least when it comes to names and descriptions." smirked Harry.

"Uh, what does that mean to those of us who don't speak undercover operative, Harry?" asked Sirius.

"Easy, the rituals and descriptions of what they do are accurate. The ritual itself, however, is designed to give grave consequences to the caster. The diagrams were altered and all originals for each ritual were destroyed upon alteration. So records of each evil ritual no longer exist. In fact, the one Pettigrew used was altered and destroyed over 2000 years ago." smirked Harry.

"WHAT!?" yelled Pettigrew.

"Yup. Benefits of having a semi-retired I.W.C.O. agent as a guardian. As for the effects of the ritual Pettigrew performed. It basically transforms the user into a magical creature, but strips them of the ability to cast spells. They can still do things like apparate and use the floo and potions, but as for actually using magic, say bye-bye to that." smirked Harry.

Most would be confused as to how it was 2000 years ago that specific ritual was destroyed. However, the I.W.C.O. had existed long before the ministries around the world. Originally, the I.W.C.O. was just a collection of wizards and witches from various countries protecting all magicals, creature and human. In those days, they were known as the 'Grey Guardians', but when the ministries came into existence, they changed into the International Wizarding Covert Ops. their history was more interesting than you'd think.

Everyone in the room, besides Weasley who was still confused as hell as to where he was, was now laughing. James and Sirius made their way over to Emily and Hermione and cast 'liberatio' on them, freeing them from the ropes that bound them. Harry narrowed his eyes at Narius though, who was also laughing.

"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you, Narius. Out of everyone here, you definitely aren't leaving here alive. Or undead, in your case." smirked Harry.

"Oh really? And how do you plan on that happening, boy?" snarled Narius.

"Either crushing your heart, or removing your head. I know that the whole cross thing is a load of bullshit, so is the silver thing, as I've seen vampires with silver replacement fangs. As for a steak through the heart, seriously, who wouldn't that kill?" asked Harry sarcastically.

"You dare mock the might of the vampire's, boy?!" yelled Narius.

"Oh no, I would never dare do that. I'm just mocking your faction of the vampires. I knew the Alucard's were a pureblood line and cousin of the Dracula family. I mean, it's not that hard to figure out. Your family name is just Dracula spelled backwards. Though even I was surprised how big your egos got after being turned. You guys are like pureblood bigot wizards on steroids." said Harry while facepalming.

James and Sirius were slack jawed. Harry was smack talking a vampire without blinking an eye. Even crazier was it was a member of the Alucard line. The British ministry had both the Alucard and Dracula lines as kill on sight. James and Sirius refused to follow that rule though, as a Dracula family member actually saved Lily's life not long after graduating Hogwarts, during the war.

"The vampiric throne should be mine. It should be the goal of all vampires to turn all of earth into our people. Whether they want to or not doesn't matter. We are the superior race. Micheal just doesn't understand that. My brother always was soft." snarled Narius.

"Hey, old Drac is a just a fair ruler of all vampires, he's more worthy to rule than….wait, his first name is Micheal?" asked Harry with a slight twitch at the corner of his lips.

Almost immediately afterwards, Harry, once again, burst out laughing. This would be great blackmail material. Especially since Dracula had been going by the name, Vlad, for who knows how long.

"Oh man, this is gonna be great. Anyway, back to business." said Harry as he composed himself, then sent a side kick to the unsuspecting Vampire, sending him crashing into an old bed in the corner, causing it to collapse.

Pettigrew was beginning to make a run for it, before Harry extended his arm, clotheslining Pettigrew right in the neck. Pettigrew landed flat on his back, gasping for air after having a minor blunt force collide with his windpipe. Turning to look at the rest of the group, the look in his eyes said that he would not hear any arguments.

"Sirius, as much as this may shock you, I'm trusting you to get everyone else out of here with Pettigrew. I'm gonna end Alucard here and now. Don't worry about me, past experience dictates that I'll be mostly OK after this brouhaha." said Harry.

Sirius had seen the look in Harry's eyes in the eyes of Lily many times before, so all he could do is nod. Hermione, on the other hand, walked right up to Harry, grabbed the front of his shirt and kissed him full on the mouth. James couldn't help but give a congratulatory whistle, which resulted in Harry subtly giving him the finger. When Hermione broke the kiss, she looked Harry dead in the eye and spoke with finality.

"I swear, if you have to go to the hospital wing after this, I will personally see to it that your stay is extended until the end of the year. Please, just fight smart, Ok? I'll need you there with me tonight after what happened, whether controlled or not, I don't trust Weasley." whispered Hermione.

"I promise that I will do my best, my beautiful kitten. Besides, if I was gonna end up dead, it would've happened long before Hogwarts. Believe me, you don't wanna know the shit I've been through. Though I always come back to those I love, and you are no exception." said Harry with a loving smile, before kissing her.

Hermione blushed at one of Harry's many affectionate nicknames for her, but kissed back. The two broke apart soon after, due to the wolf whistles of two aurors and an excited squeal from Emily. However, what they heard from Weasley would result in a stay in the hospital for the red head.

"Ugh, that's disgusting. How can Potter lower himself to kiss that creature as if she was worth anything?" demanded Weasley.

Almost instantly, Weasley was sent into the wall by a stunner. Luckily, it wasn't strong enough to break the bastard's back, but it was enough to cause a few weeks of back pain when he woke up. The group, including a recently restrained Pettigrew, looked towards Harry, who had his wand pointed at Weasley, the tip smoking slightly.

"The next time he says anything about Hermione like that again, I'll use something more lethal. Along with aiming much lower and hope I hit something." snarled Harry.

"Ok, I say we get out of here before Harry decides to kill someone who isn't an undead asshole." said Sirius as he levitated Pettigrew.

"Agreed. I've seen Lily when she's pissed off and she had the same look Harry currently has." said James as he levitated the unconscious Weasley boy and started gesturing everybody out of the room.

As the group left, they all thought the same thing.

'Be safe, Harry.' they all thought in unison.

Harry turned back towards the collapsed bed, hearing it shift as he saw Alucard getting back up.

"Damn, what the fuck just hit me?" Narius asked no one in particular.

"A teenage wizard with creature magic and a very low tolerance for tyrants, rogues and assholes." said Harry.

"Fuck, I don't know what's worse. The fact that there were witnesses to that embarrassment, or the fact that wendigo I hired to kill Michael's eldest daughter failed." snarled Narius.

Narius suddenly paled as the air instantly got very cold and a feeling of foreboding caused a shiver up his spine. He slowly turned towards Harry, who had a look of pure rage in his eyes as he glared at Narius. What was even worse, in Narius' eyes, was that Harry's eyes had gone blood red and his nails had grown. He also went pale skinned and his canine teeth grew to fang length.

"Did I just hear that correctly, asshole? You were the one that sent that wendigo after Elora?" growled Harry.

"Of course I did. Michael refused to contract her to me as one of my brides. He even threatened me should I attempt anything. So I hired that wendigo to kill her. If I can't have her, no one can. I just wish I had more information on who killed that wendigo. My spy only said that it was a young wizard with black hair, green eyes, incredible strength and magical skills. He also told me the brat mentioned something about wielding creature magic and…." smirked Narius.

Narius' smirk suddenly vanished as what he said just clicked. He began trembling in fear as he slowly turned to completely face Harry. Narius' eyes held an 'oh fuck' look in them. He knew that what the kid said earlier was beyond true at this point. Narius was a dead duck. What's worse, in Narius' mind, was that the boy had somehow taken the form of a full-blooded vampire, with the Dracula family mark now showing on his neck.

This confused Narius, as the only reason to have that mark was the boy was either adopted into the family, or he was a chosen lover of one. He knew the boy couldn't have been adopted, as he didn't have the vampiric appearance until now. That meant he was a chosen lover of a Dracula family member, but who. The boy hadn't reacted until he mentioned the assassination attempt on Elora, so…

'Oops.' thought Narius.

"I was gonna make it painless, but now, yippee-ki-yay motherfucker." snarled Harry as he jumped at Narius, claws poised to strike.

"Mother." squeaked Narius.

Outside the shack

Same Time

James, Sirius, Emily, Hermione and a now conscious Ron were now outside the shack, having used the tunnel underneath the whomping willow. Pettigrew was still bound and being dragged, rather unceremoniously, by Sirius. James looked relieved at finally having caught Pettigrew, Sirius had a sadistic grin on his face, Weasley just looked confused as usual, but Emily and Hermione were a different story.

Both girls had looks of worry on their faces. Emily was worried for her brother as she only just got her sibling relationship back with him. She didn't want to lose that so soon. Hermione was terrified at the fact that she actually let her boyfriend stay behind and fight a vampire. A fucking vampire of all things. Before she went to Hogwarts, Hermione was the most cautious nekomata you would ever meet, regardless of the reckless reputation of the rest of her species. However, since she met Emily and Harry, she had really come out of her shell, which she both loved and hated them for.

You can't blame Hermione, though. Anyone who was so used to a way of living would still be iffy when they change. Still, even though Hermione hated that she was less cautious, the fact that she knew how to have fun in her life now eclipsed that. She would be forever grateful to both Harry and Emily for that, regardless of how much Harry made her want to pull her hair out.

"Ok, everyone is thinking it, but I'm asking it. Was it a good idea to leave Harry back there with count psychopath?" asked James.

"James, as your friend, I'll let ya in on a secret. If Harry ever gets to the point of telling you and Lily everything, you'd be more worried for the other guy." smirked Sirius.

"I agree. I'm one of his girlfriends, so it's my job to worry, but I trust him to come back mostly unscathed." said Hermione.

'Why do I get the feeling that kid's gonna give me and Lily grey hairs prematurely?' thought James.

As the group continued their trek to Hogwarts, they saw two other figures running towards them. The first being Remus Lupin, who was on his way out anyway to enjoy the full moon night. Something he had been doing since he was basically cured of his uncontrolled lycanthropy. The second figure was Lily herself, who had heard the outburst of James and Sirius in the hall after their encounter with Harry. Lily looked relieved to see Emily and Hermione safe, and to a lesser extent, the Weasley boy. Hey, she was a professor as well as a mother. If she didn't show some concern for the little sleazeball, it wouldn't end well. Regardless of how she felt about his advances towards her daughter.

"Oh, thank Merlin. When I heard you two and saw you running for that secret tunnel, I feared the worst. Wait, where's Harry? Wasn't he with you in the shack?" asked Lily.

Regardless of the complicated relationship she and James had with Harry, he maternal instincts still refused to calm down when Harry was involved. It was worse for her when they sent Harry to Petunia originally, Dumbledore's constant manipulations and excuses prevented her from visiting Harry, and the headmaster's attempts to downplay his disappearance, along with his subtle attempts to stop the search pretty much destroyed a lot of the Potter's respect for him.

To this day, she hates herself for the decision to send Harry away. Still, they were slowly making progress to re-enter his life. Her and James only had to be patient.

"Oh, he was. But apparently he had a beef with the vampire that Pettigrew here teamed up with. He stayed behind to have one of those 'it ends here' brawls with the guy." said Sirius nonchalantly.

James had seen that look in his wife's eyes before and subtly grabbed Pettigrew's shirt to keep him restrained. Sirius didn't have much time to dwell on his mistake before he was grabbed roughly by the front of his shirt. Lily was now staring Sirius directly in the eyes, and Sirius was reminded why Lily was nicknamed 'the dragon' in Hogwarts.

"Let me see if I got this right. You all decided to bring Pettigrew out here in order to be handed off to the auror's, LEAVING HARRY TO FIGHT A VAMPIRE ALONE! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU TWO IDIOTS THINKING!" yelled Lily.

The two wizards were completely pale at this point. The both knew about Lily's legendary temper, and both were, once again, victims of it.

"I swear, if Harry is hurt because of this, I'll pound you both into the ground and use every jinx and hex in my arsenal before even starting on the other bastard." snarled Lily.

Before anything else could be said, the group heard what sounded to them, screaming coming from high in the air. It also seemed to be getting closer. Almost immediately afterwards, a form landed between the 5 adult wizards and 3 students. The group looked into the crater left behind and saw Narius Alucard, beaten, bruised and groaning in extreme pain.

"Well, if you want the vampire's head on a plate first, there ya go." said Sirius, gesturing to the broken form of Narius.

The sound of something else landing on the ground not far away drew the group's attention. The sight that greeted them both awed them and terrified them. There stood Harry, in a full vampiric form, rage shining in his eyes as he made his way to Narius' downed form. The only question in their minds, barring Weasley who was scared shitless, was 'what the fuck happened?'.

Shrieking Shack

A Few Minutes Earlier

Harry had reached Narius after his initial jump towards him, impaling his claws into the bastard's shoulder, sending both to the ground. As Harry got up, his new claws still in the shoulder of his opponent, Harry threw Narius into the opposite wall. Narius was slow to get up, he hadn't anticipated this vampire impersonating wizard to actually have vampiric strength. Narius had just assumed that his informant was exaggerating the brat's abilities. In fact, Narius still believed such. It was gonna cost him, big time.

Narius ran at Harry, taking a swipe at the young wizard with his own claws. Harry barely managed to dodge in time, shallow claw marks appearing on his chest, drawing a small trickle of blood. Harry managed to turn in the direction Narius ended up, before grabbing the vampire's shirt from the neck collar and slamming him to the ground.

Harry knelt down on his left leg, grabbing the front of Narius' shirt, lifting the upper half of his opponent up. Harry then delivered a right cross to Narius' head, causing the attempted usurper's head to turn to the right sharply. After a few more right hooks connected to Narius' skull, Narius sent a swift punch to Harry's chest, sending the young wizard crashing into the remains of the bed that Narius previously occupied.

Harry got up, in slight pain, before charging Narius again. Both wizard and vampire were now engaging in close quarters combat, which appeared to be styled similar to 'tiger style' in kung-fu, but with a more feral outlook. Strikes were sent and avoided, scratches and minor lacerations were received by both parties and insults were sent flying.

Narius, however, was confused as to why the boy's injuries seemed to be healing nearly instantly. What was even stranger, was the injuries were coated in a small fire, before both the fire and injuries disappeared. What neither combatant realized was that Harry's magic was unconsciously using his phoenix healing abilities as well. However, this was putting a strain on Harry, as it seemed that using another creature's magic when in the form of another was physically taxing on Harry.

However, the adrenaline coursing through Harry after Narius unintentionally confessed that he was the cause of the wendigo that almost killed Elora was preventing him from noticing. After backhanding Narius with his right fist, Harry sent a knee to his gut, causing the Alucard clan head to fall to his knees, gasping for breath.

"How? How are you able to match me, even injure me? What motivates you to fight so hard to kill me?" snarled Narius.

Harry grabbed Narius by the front of his shirt, bringing him to eye level. Staring into the deep red eyes of the boy scared the shit out of Narius. He had used this glare to intimidate his enemies and now was on the receiving end of one.

"Well, originally I just wanted to end you to preserve old Drac's rule. As he is a just and fair ruler of the vampires. But when you mentioned that you hired the wendigo to kill Elora, that's what really pisses me off." snarled Harry as he grabbed Narius by the throat with his right hand.

"There are very few things that truly piss me off. Such as hurting the innocent and giving your species a bad name. You, however, threatened someone I love and care for. To anyone who knows me, they know that's the time to start making a will. Since they know that it's the end of the line for them." growled Harry, his eyes gaining an eerie glow to them.

'This little bastard is bluffing. There's no way he's killed before, he's too young by wand waver standards. Once he lets go, I'll run him through before killing Michael and claiming both Elizabeth and Elora as my…..' thought Narius in his superior attitude.

Harry, however, picked up his surface thoughts and grew even more enraged. He let go of Narius and immediately sent a kick to his tadger, eliciting a high C from the overlord wannabe, before immediately sending a side kick to his chest, sending Narius soaring through the wall into the distance. Harry then turned into a shadowy mist, before following the flight path to Narius.

'Seriously, who came up with that bullshit that vampires turn into bats? Brahm Stoker couldn't have come up with that on his own.' thought Harry as he found where Narius landed.

Coincidentally, it was near the others. Though when he saw Remus and Lily arrive as well, he was a little more nervous. This was more due to what everyone not in the full loop would think of him. Though he knew he would have to deal with that later. He had a tyrannical usurper to kill after all.

Present time

Harry was slowly making his way to the crater Narius was occupying. The others, which included a now conscious and extremely pale Pettigrew, didn't say a word as Harry came closer. Hearing a shuffling, the group turned their heads to see Narius getting out of the crater, glaring hatefully at Harry.

"That's it. I'm tired of being humiliated by you, boy. I'm ending this, NOW!" growled Narius as he took a fighting stance.

"I have only three words for you then: BRING IT BITCH!" yelled Harry as he moved his right arm around his left side.

Unleashing an enraged roar, Narius lept at Harry, intent on finishing off the boy. However, the group heard what sounded like a blade unsheathing before Harry swung his arm out while stepping slightly to the right. Narius landed on the ground not far behind Harry and the tension was almost unbearable. The two fighters looked like one of those old samurai movies when the duel finished.

The group started seeing small droplets of blood coming from Harry, showing he did get cut. They also saw a unicorn horn-like blade coming from the back of his wrist where it joined at the arm. Though the group was relieved that, from the miniscule size of the blood drops wasn't enough to cause problems. The group then heard a strangle gargle, before turning to Narius in time to see his head separate from his body, before both were reduced to nothing but ash like in the Blade movies.

'One more threat to inter-species peace, eliminated.' thought Harry.

The other slowly approached Harry as the unicorn blade retracted into his arm and his vampiric features vanished. While the majority of the group were being cautious, Hermione broke from the group. Reaching Harry, she hugged him to the point where the life would be squeezed out of him if he was a normal wizard. Harry just rubbed her back in order to comfort her and show he was OK, even though the exhaustion was starting to hit him like a stampede of graphorn's.

"I'm Ok, love. That horror movie reject barely touched me. I promised you I would come back mostly uninjured." smiled Harry.

'Good thing I never said anything about coming back exhausted.' thought Harry, glad he weaselled his way out of that one.

"Just….just hold me, Harry. I need the physical comfort right now." said Hermioen as he buried her head in his chest.

"I understand, hon. Though, would you mind if we took this to somewhere with a bed or comfortable couch. Using that form, plus whatever I was unconsciously using during that fight really drained me." said Harry as his legs started giving out.

"Woah, easy there, Harry." said Lily as she rushed over to help keep him on his feet.

Ron Weasley was off to the side. He was enraged at the fact that everyone else was treating Harry like a normal wizard. He was a freak who turned into a vampire for fuck sake. He would have to report this to both his mother and Dumbledore. The only problem was that Dumbledore wouldn't be able to use the paper to vilify the boy again, since the World Wizarding News prioritised actual news and facts, instead of buyouts for articles.

The group began heading back to the castle, when another individual was seen making his way over. Cue the unwanted, dungeon dwelling grease bat himself. Harry was starting to think he had an internal radar to detect anything fun or those having sentimental moments, so he could swoop in and ruin them.

"Well, what do we have here? Four students out of bed past curfew. This must be my lucky…." started Snape, before Harry cut him off.

"Oh, for Merlin's sake. SHUT UP, you fucking grease bat. You always call students dunderheads when they aren't in Slytherin, that's the pot calling the kettle black. Or did someone forget that his authority as a professor has been shot dead. You only have the authority to teach potions, every other bit of power you had is kaput." smirked Harry.

Snape was going red in the face. In his eyes, every problem he had for the last three years could be laid at the feet of the brat who talked back to him. Everything before the male Potter brat showed up was perfect. Students were intimidated by him. His Slytherin's were on top in potions, regardless of his sabotaging other houses and overpraising his own house.

Without thinking, as usual, Snape drew his wand to hex the brat. Dumbledore would sweep it under the rug as justified anyway. However, before he could cast any spell, he went down like a sack of bricks. Looking at the spot behind Snape, revealed Luna standing behind him, wand raised and slightly smoking from the stunner she shot. Before anyone said anything, she obliviated Snape of the last hour.

"Um, ms. Lovegood, what are you doing out here? More to the fact, how did you know we were out here?" asked James.

"Oh, the nargles woke me up and told me Harry might be in trouble. So I got up and came out here. Luckily I did, Snape seemed really unhinged." said Luna in her usual dream-like voice.

"When wasn't he?" sighed Lily.

She remembered the young boy she met who told her about magic. The boy she called a friend. Now he was a vengeful, hate filled asshole. Lily realised years ago that it was a good thing her friendship with him ended.

"Alright, that's enough excitement for tonight. Let's get back to the castle, and get Harry here to the hospital wing….again." sighed James in joking exasperation.

However, before they could continue walking, James felt something missing from his hand. He looked and noticed that Pettigrew had somehow apparated away. It seemed they were still far enough away from the Hogwarts wards that prevented that and Pettigrew used Snape's arrival to escape. What no one knew was that Dumbledore was counting on that, as he needed Pettigrew to escape as part of his overall plans to be seen as the next Merlin.

"Damn it. Pettigrew got away." snarled James.

"I wouldn't worry about him right now. What happened to him is permanent, so he's about as dangerous as a wet sock right now." snickered Harry.

"I'm still gonna send a patronus message to Amelia. She can put a BOLO out on him." said James.

"I'll tell her tonight when I get home as well. That way we know she gets the message, seeing as Dawlish seems to avoid getting the messages to her." said Sirius with a slight glare at the thought of the lousy auror.

"That's all well and good, but we should really be getting Harry to the hospital wing to rest." said Emily, trying to get everyone back on track.

"Right, right. We've delayed long enough. Let's go, but leave the grease bat there." smirked James.

The group, barring Weasley just rolled their eyes as they, once again, began making their way to the castle. Weasley was glaring at Harry's back the whole time. Not only was he hypnotised into bringing Emily and the half-breed to the shack, but the ritual Pettigrew used was fake. Before the fact the ritual was fake was revealed, Weasley planned to use it to finally get Emily Potter and her family's money. Now that plan was scuttled from the start. He would get his revenge somehow, or die trying. Bad choice of words there, Weasley.

Hermione was helping Lily support Harry, but also whispering to her boyfriend.

"Harry, are you sure you're OK?" whispered Hermione.

"I'm more than OK, 'mione. Just magically exhausted. But thanks for caring." whispered Harry

"Of course I care, you reckless knucklehead. But you're my reckless knucklehead. Come your birthday this summer, I'll be happy to prove it." whispered Hermione with a slightly seductive tone in her voice.

Harry just smirked at her as he subtly moved his hand so he pet her tail, causing Hermione to fight to keep her purring quiet.

"I can't wait. I'll arrange a time to come over. If I have the energy when Dathin and the others are done with me that is." smirked Harry.

'Oh, I'll make sure of it. Our pepper-up potion supply still has years left in it.' thought Hermione, internally smirking.

Harry knew two things for sure. The first was that Pettigrew, while a coward, was at least smart enough to seize an opportunity to escape. Second, he was gonna be working on his stamina a lot this summer. He'd best get started on prank ideas to use against Steve. As there was no way that Steve was gonna shut up about how 'busy' Harry's summer will be. It was gonna be one hell of a summer.

Okay, that's the last year 3 chapter done. The next chapter covers the Hogwarts express and Harry's 'productive' summer, plus the quidditch world cup. We then move on to year four with more harem member reveals, more of Harry's time before Hogwarts, and the return of Fleur. Also, I would like to apologize for how long this chapter took. With trying to increase the length of each chapter to a least 20,000 words, it takes a while. So unfortunately I won't be able to give a set time for chapter releases, but I can promise you they will happen. Anyway, please review and I'll see you all next chapter.