Paris ~ 2 Weeks Later
"Harry, your hair is a mess, we have been invited to a formal event and I am not letting you go out like that. We are not embarrassing ourselves in front of English Wizards and Witches. We can't give that Dumbledore any reason to take you away from us. It should be impossible but I don't trust that man not to find some evil way to steal you away from us" Marinette said to her son, as she combed his hair to make it neat..which was a challenge.
Harry squirmed around as she gently held her hand against his chest to make sure he couldn't move from the wall and used the firm comb to untangle his hair, Finally managing to get it out of the uncontrolled mess it was before handing him a hair tie so he could put it in a ponytail.
He burst out of her arms and started to sort the suit; that she had personally designed for him, which had slight grey feather patterns on the inside of it. Laura who was coming with 4 of us came out of the bathroom and Lucia called out from her place in the kitchen "Laura, the back of your dress is loose, can you tighten it please."
Laura rolled her eyes and went "Aunt Mari can you fix it for me please?" Mari rolled her eyes at her niece but made her way over to her and zipped up the back zip for her, Then tightened the bow on her back.
Lucia exited the kitchen in her Dark blue suit which had small scales in a lighter blue along it and she said "Looking Good my little bug" Referring to Mari's own red and black ladybug-inspired dress.
She twirled slightly and said "Thank you my amazing serpent, It feels good to be able to flex my dress-making skills to new people again. Tikki, can you get the keys for me?" Her trusted friend and Kwami flew out from her purse to go and pick them up as there was a loud knock on the door. Lucia yelled, "Come in".
Chloé entered the room and said, "Hey guys, I'm not late am I?" Shaking her head, Mari told her old bully "Not at all Chloé, how are you finding that dress? Did I get the measurements just right?"
Spinning around, Chloe twirled her yellow and black striped dress "You got it perfect Marinette. Thank you. It's been years since I've worn a dress as beautiful as this…That last time would have been the planned dance…"
"You're the one who's Ridiculous, Chloé. Utterly Ridiculous"
Marinette didn't need to be a mind reader to know the words that Marinette had uttered 15 Years ago still echoed in both of their heads. She tried not to think about if she had ruined Chloé's life during that time but it occasionally rang in her head. The two looked away from one another and Mari called out "Jade are you ready to go?" Her youngest bobbled in, a Black and green suit inspired by Chat Noir and the girl groaned "Mum, Do I have to go?"
Lucia went up to her and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder "You don't HAVE to but I'm sure you're brother and Laura would appreciate the moral support being back in Britain.
Jade signed but nodded and with a smile, Mari said "Alright team, are we ready to go then?" She got nods from all 5 and she yelled 'Tikki, Spot's on!'
The red and black suit formed around her and she grinned as she felt all her strength then yelled "Cosmic Tikki"' and transformed into her cosmic outfit. Next to her, Lucia yelled "Sass, Scales Slither!" transforming into the snake outfit of Viperion before she yelled "Cosmic Sass!" turning into her space outfit just as she had, with Lucia becoming a snake with wings.
Then it was Harry's turn as he yelled "Rapidde, Sonic Humm" transforming into the hummingbird uniform that he had been sporting for the past 6 months before calling out "Cosmic Rapidde!" His suit turned to metal and he gained a metal visor like a woodpecker's face to protect him when he went into space, Otherwise, his outfit was identical to normal.
Laura then yelled "Furttive, Crimson Claws!" transforming into shadow Cat, which had always felt a mixture of Chat Noir and Mari's Lady Noire"Cosmic Furttive" her suit now matching her father's suit form nearly to a tee.
Then it was Chloé's turn, the Bee Miraculous resting in her hair for the first time in 17 years. Mari watched as she breathed in and out heavily "Alright, you can do this Chloé/"
"Pollen, Buzz On!"
There was a flash of yellow light and in Chloé place stood none other than Queen Bee, Chloé studied herself for a few seconds as she mumbled "Whoa…I've dreamt of this feeling for so many years…but to have it back…it's amazing."
"Cosmic Pollen!
Chloé gained a yellow and black astronaut helmet and Mari studied Queen Bee up and down "Not bad Queen Bee, if it wasn't for you're bullying and Lucia, I might have been calling you my Queen."
"MUM!" Yelled Harry and Jade embarrassed.
Lucia chuckled "Let's not embarrass the kids already Spot-arella, we still have to cross the entire ocean. Now do you want me to carry Jade or are you okay doing it?"
Flexing her muscles, Marinette responded "Don't worry, I'll carry her. Alright, team let's go."
Picking up Jade, Mari shot out of the apartment into the dark night and was soon followed by the rest of the group. The 6 of them, flew towards the French Ministry of Magic, landing just outside the entrance of the Bank that acted like the hidden form of the Ministry, Before transforming back into their civilian outfits. She was honestly expecting an Akuma attack to ruin their plans for the night but apparently, Lila had other plans on somenight, unlike Gabriel.
As they walked through the bank and got close to the floo network, Harry called out "Uncle Felix!"
Felix turned around and said with a small smile on his face "Harry! Laura!" Hugging them both as they collided with him, the only reason he wasn't flat on the ground was because of dealing with his own kids.
He hugged them and looked at us and said "Well look which family is all nicely dressed. I'm the one with the family of fantastic Witches and I still think I'm going to be outshined. Truly some amazing work Mari." Mari smiled at him and said 'Why Thank you, Felix, I'm rather proud of them, some of my finest work in a couple of years."
He looked around and said quietly "No Adrien or Alya the?"
"No Dara kept them up all night and Adrien is ill. They trust that we can keep an eye on Laura."
He nodded then got serious as he let the kids go to hug their aunt Kagami who looked like she was struggling to keep her eyes open and asked, "Are you sure you are prepared to do this"
Lucia looked at her for the briefest confirmation, "We need to show Albus Dumbledore and the other British Wizards that they don't scare us in the slightest. What better way to do that than by returning to Britain during the biggest gala in Wizarding Britain?"
Kagami snorted "I think our dear Marinette put the fear of the miraculous into him anyway when she nearly shot him. Still can't praise you enough for that by the way."
Felix grinned and chuckled "How devious, my music-making friend."
Lucia smiled proudly "This face isn't just pretty you know. This will show you don't mess with the Dupain-Chengs Couffaines…no any of us and Dumbledore is about to learn that the hard way. We don't back down and we will just repeat it over and over again until we drill it into his thick skull. WE ARE FAMILY!"
Marinette noticed that the group was getting weird stares from French Wizards and Witches, and turned them towards the Floo; "Come on team let's get moving." Felix stepped through first, calling out as the powder hit the ground, "Greengrass Manor." disappearing in green flames.
Marinette waited until the rest of the family had gone through the floo and felt the floo powder in her fingers, how fine it was, what made it click, how did they form it? Could she make it with her creation powers? Slamming the powder into the green flames, she felt them engulf her and when she reopened her eyes on the other side, She was met by a large ballroom with large stairs spiralling up at either side of the room. All around people were dancing and talking in their fanciest dress robes coming straight from the 16th century, Marinette was 90% sure she had never seen so many people look out of touch with the 21st Century.
For the first minute of them being through the Floo, nobody noticed them…then someone did….and then they all did and the entire room went silent and everyone stared at us with eyes like a hawk. Lucia straightened her back and Mari placed a hand on both Harry and Jade's shoulder, with Harry grabbing Laura's hand to show support for his best friend.
Together as one, they made their way further into the room. Each stride they took radiated power and confidence and after 10 or so seconds; everyone soon went back to talking and dancing but those that were talking were talking about the Dupain-Cheng Couffaines and friends.
From the staircase, a Woman in her Late 30's strode over to them; as the woman got closer, Marinette studied her ice-blue eyes and dark brown hair…she looked like that Daphne Girl that Laura had a crush on. She reached them and said "Mrs and Mrs Dupain-Cheng Couffaine, It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you are both keeping well and that the trip from Paris wasn't too tiring. I'm Roxanne Greengrass. And the two of you must be Harry and Laura, "I've heard so much about you from Daphne and Tracey. They are both over there, see them?"
Both of them nodded and started to make their way over to their friends when Mari said "Not so fast you two."
The two of them slowly turned around and crept back towards her and Lucia and both of them hugged them. Before she wet her finger using her tongue and cleaned a bit of dirt off of Harry's face and said "Now go and have fun, but stay out of trouble." They nodded and waved as they walked over to their friends.
Roxanne Greengrass then bent down to Mari's daughter and said "And who are?"
Jade narrowed into her mom slightly so Lucia said "This is our daughter Jade."
A small smile appeared on Roxanne's face "Go and join you're brother and his friends. So us Adults can have our grown-up talk"
Jade ran after Harry and Marinette turned to face Roxanne Greengrass again and she said, "It's lovely to meet you in person Roxanne. Thank you for the invite, after our little stunt at the end of the school term, I'm surprised they were willing to allow us back in the UK at all."
Lucia then continued "And thank you for allowing our Cousin in Law Felix and his wife to come too."
Roxanne scoffed loudly "Oh it was no problem. I know how much the 4 kids were missing each other and the plan you mentioned in your letter is ingenious; Both of you would have been Slytherins had you gone to Hogwarts for your education. And I more than happy to have the Delacour, they are the parents of one of the champions after all and Felix is an old friend of mine, his family is always welcome here It would have been stupid for me not to invite them.' Marinette smiled, she liked how this woman talked.
"I don't believe you've had the pleasure of meeting our friend Chloé Bourgeois yet?"
"So that's Harry?" Albus nodded as Sirius studied the boy who had just appeared at the manor. His hair was slightly bluer than James had been with Amythest hair dye on the side of his head, Without turning around, Sirius heard a slight sneer in Albus's voice as he replied "You would be correct, they have forced him to dye his hair to disrespect James.'"
Sirius felt his face scrunch up as he saw the two Adults hug Harry and the girl who looked to be a close family friend; a niece perhaps and the amount of love in their eyes and Harry's, "Are you sure them having him is a bad thing Professor, he looks really happy. And he probably dyes his hair to feel closer to his family, I did it all the time when I was living with the Potters." Which was true, the Potters let him do anything with his hair… let him and James be WHOEVER they wanted.
Dumbledore violently shook his head and said "No I'm quite certain that he is unhappy. Look at how much he wants to see his Hogwarts friends. Watch him closely tonight Sirius and you will see what I mean." Nodding slowly, still doubtful, Sirius replied "Sure thing Professor...by the way, how did you manage to clear my name within 2 weeks?." Dumbledore tapped his nose and said "There are some secrets that I can't share my dear boy, now go and see your godson.'
Slowly Sirius made his way over to the corner of the room where Harry had walked to see Harry kissing a girl, the kiss was passionate but mostly one of love and longing. He had kissed many a girl like that in his youth. The pair separated, and they placed their foreheads against each other. Over the rest of the party, Sirius could just about hear Harry say "God I've missed you, Trace."
So the Professor was right...he needed to get ready for court. But then the girl 'Trace' said "The old coot tried to force you into something you weren't comfortable with and pushed you too far. You had every right to leave. He had no right to try and keep you at Hogwarts and as much as I knew I was going to miss you, I wasn't going to force you to stay."
The girl Harry had arrived with came over with what Sirrus could only assume was Roxanne Greengrass's daughter and said "Are you two done snogging yet?"
'Trace' chuckled and said, "Oh Haha Laura, we all know that if the two of you confessed you would both be exactly the same." Both Roxanne's daughter and Harry's Cousin/Friend/Sister -Sirius really wasn't sure what she was" blushed as bright of a red as Mars before Roxanne…Daphne -that's right, her name was Daphne- said "Yeah well even then we have more class than do it while we have yonder siblings around."
Daphne stepped out of the way showing a young girl who looked like the two women who had arrived with Harry who rolled her eyes "My Classmates do a lot worse on a daily basis than that" In the thickest French accent that Sirius had heard since his time as an Auror.
The 5 of them then turned around to face the centre of the room as Daphne said amazed "Wow your parents are natural at this Upper-class stuff Harry"
Harry chuckled "Well Daphne, they never came from rich backgrounds but mum is a massive fashion designer and my Mom is a a fairly large musician. They get invited to events like this all the time and they know how to get their way around them."
Daphne then asked, "Are your parents like this to Laura."
So, Laura…that was the name of the girl that had come with Harry. Sirius didn't hear what the girl said in response but he did turn around to look at the dancefloor and saw the two adults dancing in perfect step with each other and it was no wonder that everyone's attention was on them.
Then Sirius watched as the smaller woman with the blueish/black pigtails lifted up her wife and spun her around in the air before putting her down on the ground once more with ease. He couldn't believe how in synch they were and he had to wonder if they could somehow read each other's minds to be able to pull off manoeuvres like that and still be in time with each other.
Turning back he saw the 5 children head up the stairs to get away from the ball; the more he watched, the more certain that Dumbledore was keeping something from him. Because Harry looked Happy the entire time, and Harry's girlfriend did mention that it was the professor that pushed Harry too far...Albus, what did you do?
Before he could consider it anymore he heard a "So how are you enjoying your long-deserved freedom Snuffles?" Turning around he saw his former flame Amelia Bones standing there with two glasses of wine in her hands. She handed one to him and he was just about to answer her when suddenly there was an explosion from outside that shook the entire mansion. What was going on?!
A minute before
"Well Daphne, they never came from rich backgrounds but mum is a massive fashion designer and my Mom is a a fairly large musician. They get invited to events like this all the time and they know how to get their way around them." Harry said, amazed by how his parents were twirling around the hall.
Daphne then asked, "Are your parents like this to Laura."
He didn't hear whatever Laura said however as the hairs on the back of his neck shot up tightly and his body tensed. Glancing around he noticed a man with long shaggy hair and a thin frame standing near them who seemed to have been staring at them but had quickly snapped his head around to study Harry's Parents.
Harry didn't sense any hostile intentions from the man but just to be safe he asked Daphne "Is there anywhere else we can go? I feel like someone is watching us."
Daphne nodded and said, while pointing to the stairs "Only family friends are allowed upstairs, so let's head up there."
She led them to the stairs and he looked down just in time to see the man's head shift from watching them once to talking to a woman. Probably someone sent to keep an eye on me by Dumbledore who didn't really believe him.
Daphne led us to one of the spare guest bedrooms which was the room that Tracey was using based on her clothes being scattered around the room when suddenly there was a loud explosion and the entire Manor started to shake, the candle went out plunging the room into darkness. They all ran to the window only to find Mr Pigeon with a rat sentimonster. How did he get all the way to the UK… and what is an Akuma doing here?!
Looking at Laura, the two of them came to the conclusion that it was time to suit up "Rapidde, Sonic Humm" Rapidde was sucked into his bracelet and he felt the quantum magic flow through and across him as he transformed into his hero outfit.
Next to him, he saw Laura hug Daphne tightly around the waist before yelling "Furttive, Crimson Claws!" transforming into Shadow Cat. Tracey threw open the window and Shadow Cat, threw herself at it before pouncing off the ledge, He followed closely behind her grabbing her under the arms before she reached the view of any of the partygoers downstairs.
They flew towards the Monsieur Pigeon and he threw Laura at him. She had a knuckle sandwich waiting for him which collided against his face making his cheek wobble as it sent them both falling towards the ground. Flying close to the Rat himself, he got up close to the rat sentimonster before shooting past its biting head and along its body. Pushing his right wing against its side making it stomp on the ground in pain. he did that the entire way around before colliding with its head son, with him being about 60% sure he had just gained a concussion; while the rat tried to see Straight.
On the ground, Shadow cat was trying to use her claws to slice at Monsieur Pigeon who was nimbly dodging each slash with the pigeons he was using to hold him up until she surprised him, kicking him in the stomach, sending him flying backwards. He huffed, "Now, Now little Girl, all you have to do is give me the Miraculous and I will let you live!"
Shadow Cat rolled her eyes leapt forward and said "Yeah right as if Hawkmoth/Monarch or whatever she is calling herself now would ever let you not finish it off!"
Punching Monsieur Pigeon right in his face. Flying all the way up into the sky Harry looked down at the Rat Sentimonster and Mr Pigeon and Pulled out two large Swords made out of his feathers, Then he allowed himself to freefall.
Crossing his metal swords he prepared to slash in an X shape across the sentimonsters head. The wind flew past him and as he got closer he realised he had miscalculated his angle slightly and ended up slashing the front of its face right between the eyes giving it a nasty X-shaped scar, but not enough to defeat it.
Still falling towards the ground he started to flap his wings powerfully to keep him up in the air and he came to a sudden stop right before he was set to crash upon the ground. Floating up he landed on the monster's head and looked around. The Partygoers were watching us intensely, especially his Mum and Mom who were watching what they were doing; Checking to see if they needed to step in or not.
Taking a couple of deep breaths he stepped off the head of the Sentimonster and yelled "Speed Demon" Everything around him slowed as he flew faster and faster around the Sentimonster. At this speed, he could already do some serious damage if he wanted to but he wasn't done yet, he had been practising a new special move "Feirce Wings!" All of the feathers connected to his back shot off him. Each wing shot went flying in the direction that he wanted and willed them to. Haff of them collided with Monsieur Pigeon stealing his akumatized items from him which Shadow Cat promptly grabbed and placed into a jar which was held in her purse.
The Sentimonster was stabbed several times right into the X making it scream out in pain. Harry had only had one chance at this. Using his still sonic speed he shot upwards into the sky before diving down and sticking one giant wing sword into the Giant Rat, he slid down and reached the underside, where he found several giant screws. Just as he thought, the sentimonster was based on a toy rat.
Using his few remaining feathers, He sent them up to the screw and began unscrewing them as quickly as possible. The Bottom panel fell apart and he grabbed the Amok feather before it could cause any more damage. Safely storing it within his Bracelet container. The Sentimonster returned to just being a toy rat and he picked it up noticing there was a slight bit of damage to it. Flying back down to Shadow Cat, he passed the damaged toy to Mister Xavier civilian form and he asked worried and confused "I didn't cause too much trouble did I?" Shadow Cat shook her head "You didn't don't worry."
Then Harry said, "But you did somehow manage to get to England."
He looked surprised and said, "Can get me back home?"
They both nodded, walking him to the Manor's door, where Chloé greeted us. 'Shadow cat wasted no time in asking her "Miss Bourgis, do you mind helping this poor man get home?"
Chloé smiled "Of course, Humming Bolt, Shadow Cat. Thank you for stopping the Akuma and the Amok. I'll get this poor man back home straight away. Come on Mr Xavier, let me tell you about how I get rid of stray thoughts" They heard her say as she led the man to the Floo.
Shadow Cat faced him and said "We should go home too Humming Bolt" He nodded not saying anything and grabbed her under the arms and flew her up towards the sky. Once they were beyond the sight of the people in the ballroom. he landed up within Tracey's room again and let Laura down who said "Claws in" transforming back into ball clothes.
Before anything else could happen Laura launched herself at Daphne in a full kiss "I wanted to do this before but I was too scared…I love you, Daphne"
Shaking his head, Harry said "Slow Fall" getting back into his suit.
From outside of the room they could hear a commotion as several people including Dumbledore made their way towards the room "See I told you Minister, They don't care about their kids! We need to take their right to care away from them."
They all looked at each other trying to figure out something until Tracey suddenly shot against him and pushed him to the wall and started snogging him, making his suit get all messed up as well as her hazel brown dress, placing her hair in my hands. It took him a couple of seconds to understand what she was doing, but he realised making it seem like we were just fooling around up here it would clear us of all suspicion of being the two out there and would stop them from thinking our parents didn't care. He wrapped his arms around her back and took a deep breath before they both dived in for another deep kiss.
Laura quickly got onto the bed by Daphne who quickly responded in a gasp if air "I love you too." before going in for a snog that would put his mum and mom to shame if you judged the passion and longing in i; both clearly wanting to feel each other's lips again after their kiss at the world cup.
He really hoped his parents wouldn't kill him for being in such a state, it not like he was doing anything wrong but they might get the wrong idea seeing both him and Laura in similar states. he made sure to ruffle Tracey's dress a bit more right as the door banged open, the wood shattering like with a crack.
So when headmaster Albus Dumbledore entered; all he found was 4 teenagers…..being passionate, romantic teenagers. Tracey made a shocked shove away from Harry, as she turned away, a look of disgust on her face as she stared at the old man and said "Do you bloody well mind Headmaster!"
"Zi is very rude Headmaster Dulbledore." Whoops he had forgotten to recast the translation charm.
Roxxane Greengrass arrived at the door alongside his parent's and Harry kind of wish he died in that fight than see the smirk that was on both of their friends and Roxanne said "Told you headmaster, they were just catching up. Their teenagers of course they would rather be up here 'catching up' rather than be downstairs with us boring adults. Now if you don't mind headmaster, Get the Hell out of the private quarters of my House before I need to call for Cyrus!" Dumbledore muttered and groaned but walked away in a sulk along with everyone else.
Daphne stormed over to the door and slammed it shut. Smiling at Tracey a bit dazed he said "Nice job Tracey, that was such a quick plan" she blushed bright red and said "Thanks Harry" giving him a quick peck on the lips before dragging him over to her bed where she pushed Laura off it and let him sit down on it, snuggling into him "Now tell me why you thought doing such a freefall was a good idea?!" For some reason, he had the feeling that would not be the last time he had that conversation that evening.
In the meanwhile Jade rolled her eyes in the corner before going back on her phone.
Returning downstairs, Lucia heard Sass speak from my pocket "I'm hungry Lucia."
"Sorry Sass, will get you something when we get back home in a bit
As we reached the bottom of the stairs Sass went silent but she also realised that she had gotten separated from Mari, Felix and Kagami but she wasn't concerned, and she knew the kids were safe. She looked around and found that Marinette had settled near the floo talking to Felix, and Roxanne Greengrass, a small smile graced her lips. She knew Mari didn't like these massive events but she was holding herself really well.
As she started making her way over, she was interrupted by someone she didn't recognise, "You put a very impressive show on Mrs Couffaine" Turning around she found herself looking at a woman about the same age as herself and Mari with Dark brown hair and a monocle.
Giving her a small smile, Lucia said "Thank you very much, Miss?"
The woman chuckled and said "Amelia Bones. I'm the head of the Auror force here in Britain."
Auror….Auror…..oh right the magical Police force. "An impressive night would you not agree?" Lucia said as Miss Bones put her hands out in a 'Do you want to dance' kind of way and Lucia took them in her hands and we started to slowly dance. Miss Bones smirked "Oh absolutely, as someone dragged along to these things every single year, I'm awfully impressed by this one. But I'm assuming you and your wife had a hand in that."
Raising her eyebrow she asked "Oh and what makes you think that?" as she spun Miss Bones.
Miss Bones returned back to her and said"'How about the fact that prior to your children leaving Hogwarts this was going to be a small event however after you took your children away, rightfully so might I say, the event suddenly got larger, more formal and your family was invited. Everything points to you having a hand in it." Wow busted! Smirking Lucia said, "Very impressive Miss Bones, I thought we had covered our tracks fairly well."
She smirked and said "I didn't get to where I am Miss Stone; without doing my job right. The moment I saw you on the Guestlist it was more than simple enough to work out what was going on and with a small deep dive into your personal history. I'm glad you're happy with yourself now"
Moving around another dance pair, Lucia said "Well then I'm sure the British Wizarding world feels at ease with you at the helm" She scoffed "as if. If I actually got money from the minister of Magic maybe, right now we are as useful as your standard muggle beat cop…actually maybe more useless"
From behind her, Lucia heard a cough as Marinette said "Lucia honey, I just got a message from Alya, she's has fallen ill and is wondering if we could keep an eye on the kids."
Miss Bones let go of Lucia while she was spinning her and she span all the way over to Mari, with Miss Bones saying, "It was nice talking to you Mrs Couffaine" Turning to face Marinette, Lucia said, "Of course, Honey, is someone getting Harry and Laura?"
Mari nodded, cracking her neck to the left and then to the right "Roxanne is getting them for us, she said to meet them at the fireplace." The Two of them walked towards the floo fireplace in step with each other showing that they were a well-oiled unit that nothing could break. They were just standing around the Fireplace waiting when a deep male voice spoke up "Mrs and Mrs Dupian-Cheng Couffaine?" They both turned around to face a man with combed-back black hair and a well-trimmed beard wearing a fine suit that clung to his skinny frame which would have hidden his bad health if his shallow eyes hadn't betrayed him.
Mari spoke up first "How can we help you Sir?" he stood up a bit straighter before sighing, running a hand through his hair. "My name is Sirius Black, I'm Harry's Godfather." there was a gasp and they turned around to see Harry standing there wide-eyed along with the others. Harry's godfather?! What?!
