Majo Kon-ki The Marriage of Tanya the Witch
(The marriage chronicles of a witch)
Interlude 1
January20, AD 2003, Grimmauld Place in the Borough of Islington, London.
Harry Potter was feeling very anxious these last few days.
One would think it was because of the huge fight he had with his beloved wife, but they actually made up that same night, with no small help from Felix Felicis.
"It was a good thing I kept some during these years but…" Harry felt both grateful and edgy as this actually was the reason for his anxiety.
"S-she will forgive me, right?" Knowing his wife after so many years, he knew the answer was a big NO. In fact, she was bound to be distressed- correction, 'MURDERING FURIOUS' with him.
You see, Harry Potter ingested liquid luck to make up with his outraged wife and it worked. She became very forgiving and, as a big bonus, quite amorous with him. And therein lies the problem. There was an untold rule about Felix Felicis: you never use it AND get laid!
He could have stopped, should have stopped but he only remembered too late, when the deed was already done! And now, here he was, very afraid for his life.
"Perhaps people are right. I am a troublemaker!" As Harry thought this, he finally arrived at the front door of his home.
Just like the former days, he put his best 'poker face' in place. He had difficulties the first day, but now, after so many training sessions, he felt confident he was a passable liar.
"Remember Harry, you know nothing! You are as surprised as she is!" He put his hand in the doorknob, but still hesitated. So much were his nerves that he decided to use the 'trick' so many muggles used in situations as deadly as this.
"Are you there God? It's me, Harry." Harry clapped his hands into a prayer. He wasn't religious, but once had a funny dream in which 'God' put Harry on trial to determine if the boy was worth taking the supreme being's most beloved child as a bride.
"Please! If you let me walk out of this, I promise to thank you every night! I will even call you by that silly name you like so much!"
Not that Harry truly believed the dream to be real, it was too freaking weird. Nevertheless, he needed all the help he could get and besides, this at least calmed him down.
The young man slowly turned the doorknob. In a few minutes he would either be celebrating with his family or go into hiding.
"I am home!" He announced.
Immediately, he could hear fast footsteps coming in his direction.
"DADDY!" A black haired little girl ran up to him.
"Oh, hello Vika!" Harry took his daughter in his arms as she reached him.
"Did you miss daddy-" Harry noticed his daughter had tears in her big green eyes.
"Mummy! She is not moving!"
"What?!" Harry felt his heart almost stop as his daughter showed his unconscious wife on the kitchen's floor. Blood was everywhere and it seemed to come from her head!
"WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" Harry screamed as he fell to his knees to check on her.
He couldn't help feeling the sensation of deja vu. How many times has something like this already happened? And more important, how many times was it HIS fault?
He looked around, it seemed that she fell and by the blood, hit her head on the floor!
"Please! Don't leave me!" The thought of her dying before him, sent a horror beyond anything even Voldemort threw at him.
"TANYA!"
Tanya Potter suddenly shot her blue eyes open at her husband's scream.
"W-what? What is going on?"
"Tanya? Oh! I am so happy! If something happened to you because of me, I would never forgive myself!"
"Huh?"
"MUMMY!" Vika, seeing her mother finally wake, threw herself at her arms.
"Vika? I am alright. Don't know why the commotion."
"But Tanya, your head is bleeding!" Harry pointed to the red liquid sticking in her blond hair.
"Ah? AH! MY RED WINE!"
"Eh?"
"My red wine! It's all spilled! Now I remember. I wanted a glass but as I was pouring myself, I felt a little dazed and then nothing."
Harry let out a breath of relief. Now that she mentioned it, he could see small pieces of broken glass on the floor. It was all just a big scare.
"Come on, we are going to St Mungo's to have you checked."
"Don't exaggerate. I just got dizzy because I have been working too much lately. Trying to compensate for the loss of my main sponsor!"
Harry looked away as her gaze shot daggers at him.
"Ah, well. Since my wine is wasted, I think I will drink a bit of-"
"No! It's better if you don't drink in your condition."
"'My condition'? It was just a dizzy spell. It's not like I am sick."
"B-but we still should have you checked. Maybe have a full exam!"
"What? No! I am not going to the hospital just because you are overreacting."
"D-don't you remember the last time you passed out? What was the reason?"
"The last time? It was when-" Tanya gasped.
"No, no, no! That's impossible! I take regular doses of my potion!"
"Y-you know how those things are. It's never a hundred percent guaranteed."
"Of course it is! This is a magic potion, not an ordinary contra- Wait!"
His wife immediately gave him a hard look.
"What did you mean when you said: 'If something happened to you because of ME'?"
"Holy shit!"
"I-its just… if I am not here when you need me, it's like I am the guilty one… T-that's all!"
He could tell she wasn't buying his lame excuse.
"Harry…"
"Y-yes Tanya?"
"… am I PREGNANT?!"
"H-how would I know?" It was finally time to see if his time practicing was going to save him or be a total waste.
"That's another good question!"
"Fight Harry! You can't give in!"
"…" Of course, one thing was to practice alone, another was to try to fool the infamous 'acomantula-girl', the one that could make even fully grown wizards cry like little girls.
"…!" It was as if they were in a staring contest. Even Vika was looking puzzled with the display.
"…!"
"Ugh! Come on! Resist!" Harry was still fighting hard to keep the guilt out of his face but it was a matter of time. He was never a good liar in the first place.
"Ah! Shit!" Then his poker face finally broke down and Tanya knew everything straight away.
"Ah?! YOU BASTARD!"
"How can she be so good at finding the truth without using legilimency?!"
"I-I am sorry-"
"YOU ARE SORRY YOUR ASS! YOU KNOW HOW COMPLICATED MY PREGNANCY WAS!"
"Actually, it was quite hard for everyone…"
It seemed it was not the right thing to say as she morphed from angry to livid.
"Do you remember what I said I would do to you if you ever got me pregnant again?"
"W-well, you were very upset-"
"OF COURSE I WAS UPSET! Can you even guess how hard it is to have another human being inside of you? Vika kept kicking my organs making the discomfort constant! In the final months, she was so heavy that my back kept killing me! Oh! And let's not forget the persistent sickness! I still don't know how I didn't starve to death as food would not stay inside too long…"
"I remember everything, since you decided to make everyone suffer with you!"
"… And finally the day arrived. For HOURS I had strangers looking at my private parts as I puked, pissed, shitted myself and screamed at the worst pain in all three of my lives! And when I thought it was finally over, Hermione made me- forced me to- AAAARGHHHHH!"
"B-but it was all worth the effort. Thanks to that we have Vika today!" Harry immediately placed his daughter between himself and his wife to remind her of the living proof of their love.
"If you like children so much then YOU DO IT!"
"If I could, I swear I would!"
"YOU- YOU LITTLE-" Then his wife quickly took a deep breath.
"Why are we still talking about this?" Tanya took her 'red' wand and pointed straight at her husband's face.
"Waaahhh! Tanya, please! Not the Devil of Rhine wand! You know how dangerous that thing is!"
"I warned you what was going to happen!"
"W-w-wait a moment! Y-you are not going to kill me in front of our daughter, right?!" To make his point across, he raised said girl in front of her mother.
"Daddy?!"
Tanya blinked at this action.
"Have you no shame? Using our own daughter as a meat shield?!"
"Meat shield? No, you misunderstand. I was just-"
"Fine by me!"
"!" Harry saw the mad smirk Tanya only had when she was going to make someone suffer.
"M-mummy, I am scared!"
"Sorry Vika, I am going to have to sacrifice you- Uh?!" Then Tanya made an awful grimace. She started to look around until her eyes caught a glimpse of a trash bin. She jumped at it and threw up.
"Blaargh! I can't believe I am going through this again! Just you wait until I finish!"
"D-daddy! Run!"
"Took the words right from my mouth!"
Still holding his daughter, Harry ran for his life. And he kept running even after he could not hear his wife retching anymore.
"I don't believe it! Diggory just took you out to ask if Tanya was happy with Harry?!" Hermione Weasley asked her sister-in-law.
"You know the story, that one time she beat Hufflepuff in quidditch left him very enamored with her."
"She technically defeated Hufflepuff twice!"
Both women laughed hard at the memory.
"Ugh! How can you two laugh at anything related to that year?" Hermione heard her husband's cranky comment.
"You think like that because of Voldemort or that Christmas party?"
"Y-you promised to never mention it again!"
"Ron, Harry was just feeling a little lonely at the time."
"'A little lonely'? Have you forgotten the things he wanted to do to me?!"
"You still have to admit that year was less stressful than the next one."
The three occupants just nodded in a silent agreement. That year, the school was taken over by a certain 'tyrant'! Just the memory was enough to drop the temperature of the room several degrees.
"L-let's just forget about THAT! It's never happening again anyway- Oh?" Hermione turned as someone knocked on the door.
"Who could it be at this hour? Ah! Harry and Vika!" As soon as Hermione opened the door, she noticed the tired look on Harry's face and that his daughter seemed a little upset.
"H-hello Hermione. Can we come in?"
"Of course! Is something wrong? You are all sweaty."
"I-I came running."
"Huh? All the way here? Why didn't you aparate?"
"I kind of forgot I could do that. You know, it's the effect Tanya has when trying to kill you!"
"Honestly! So that's what happened AGAIN!"
"HERMIE!" Her goddaughter embraced her.
"Something wrong sweetie?"
"Mummy is angry!"
"Vika, I am sure she is not angry with you, you are a very good girl."
"She is… AND ALL BECAUSE OF DADDY!" Hermione looked at her goddaughter pointing an accusing finger at her father.
The three moved to the living room and were welcomed by a blushing Ginny. Hermione could not avoid being sorry for her. She clearly still fancied Harry.
"H-hello Harry and- Oh! Is that Viktoriya? Last I saw you, you were so tiny!"
"Go on, say hello." Harry encouraged his daughter.
"Hi! I am Vika. I am four."
"As a matter of fact, she will be five in less than two weeks."
"Oh! She is so cute! She looks just like Tanya but with your eyes and your hair color!"
"And we all hope she doesn't inherit Tanya's 'spider-like' ways."
"Ron!" Hermione called off her husband, afraid that Vika would take offense.
As Ginny and Vika got to know each other, Harry just gave a small glance to his two best friends.
Maybe Ginny also noticed something was amiss and took Vika with her to the house garden, promising to tell her a story.
"Once upon a time, there was this strong German warlock traveling around the world… One day he met and fell in love with a beautiful Japanese witch princess-"
Hermione heard the start of a very familiar tale.
"Hope Tanya doesn't mind."
"Alright mate. Spew! What have you done this time to annoy the blond acromantula?" Hermione glared at her husband's lack of tact.
"Yes, Harry, please sit and tell us what happened this time." In fact, this was becoming a regular occasion. Harry would irritate Tanya and then run to his best friends, who in turn would mediate a reconciliation between the two.
"From where should I start? Ah! Remember when I told you how last week I punched one of Tanya's sponsors?"
"Oh, yeah! I really thought this time you were kicking the bucket! Is she still mad?"
"Hold on. Why did you assault him in the first place?" This was the part of the story that Hermione didn't know.
Harry gave a quick explanation about the night that Tanya had a business dinner with a bloke that clearly wanted more than just talk about business…
"Whoa! Do you reckon that she and him-"
"No! But she was so beautiful, she never dresses like that for me!"
"Harry, regardless of what he wanted, you should know better than anyone that she would never cheat on you! You on the other hand…"
"I-I know! It's just, I sometimes feel very insecure. That time she wanted a divorce still haunts me to this day!"
"But she didn't! And why? Because even wishing for her independence back, she still loved you more. Did you forget? She gave up returning to her former home and life to stay with you!"
"D-don't remind me! I am so glad she chose me, but now that I am a father, I can't help wondering what her parents must have gone through. Their little girl will never return to them…"
"It only makes your fit of jealousy even worse! Again and again she proves how much she cherishes you, and yet, you are always messing up!"
"Ugh!"
"Harry, act like a man! She will forgive you anything. Maybe after a few punches to show who is the boss, but you can survive it."
"H-hey!"
"She will forgive you anything- Oh! Except knocking her up, of course."
"Eh?"
"Ron! Don't ever joke about it! H-have you forgotten what she was like in those hellish days?!"
"Y-yeah! Don't take us wrong, we all love Vika, but everyone will agree it's better if she never gets a little brother or sister."
"…!" Hermione saw Harry's nervousness reach a new level after Ron's comment. She was starting to have a really bad feeling this time.
"By the way, you didn't mention what you have done."
"W-well, as I was saying, she was very upset with me. She kept yelling that because of me, the first fully functional operational orb would take at least ten more years to be completed."
"Ah, you know how dedicated she is to her job. So that's what-"
"It made me panic! I thought she was going to take Vika and leave me! Something had to be done and fast! I guessed I needed a bit of LUCK."
Hermione paled as the realization hit her.
"H-Harry, please! Tell me you didn't use Felix Felicis!"
"You still had some?" Hermione could tell by his tone that Ron still didn't get what was going on.
"Only a few drops."
"Oh! Let me guess. You got so lucky that not only she forgave you, but you two had some make-up sex!"
"In short, yes."
"Y-you IDIOT!"
"Sorry! I only recalled professor Slughorn's warning when it was too late!"
"Huh? What is wrong, Hermione?" Ron didn't get what made his wife so upset.
"Have you forgotten how Felix Felicis works?"
"Err, I kind of never learned?"
Hermione took a deep breath and assumed her 'know-it-all' persona.
"Felix Felicis is one of the most magical potions ever created. It has the ability to alter reality to fit the drinker's best interests. What few know is that it also works on the body as a whole. It increases the efficiency of cell division, but is particularly proficient with the strengthening of spermatozoon-"
"H-huh?" Sometimes Hermione felt very frustrated at how dense her own husband could be. She had to remind herself that wizards scarcely studied biology.
"It also acts in his 'little fellas'. Making them 'swim' better and faster. Get my meaning?" Hoping to get her point across, she tried a more silly approach.
And yet, Ron just shook his head.
"Good grief! It basically turns any contraceptive useless! Be it magical or muggle made!"
"Oh! So Tanya is preg-" Ron paled.
"BLIMEY! What are we gonna do?"
"We are gonna pack our things and run to a place as far away as we can, of course!" Hermione declared the obvious course of action.
"WAIT! Did you tell her where you were going?! Does she know you are here?! DID SHE FOLLOW YOU?!" Ron grabbed his friend in panic.
"I-I don't think so. She was very busy throwing up-"
"She is already puking her guts out?! We need to hurry!"
"L-lets calm down. First of all, Harry, are you ABSOLUTELY sure she is-"
A loud crack echoed. In the middle of the room, a very old house elf appeared.
"K-Kreacher?!"
The elf turned very slowly to the one who said his name. And even with his tired vision, he could clearly see his mistress' husband.
"Humpf!" He snapped his fingers and was gone. The three were already dreading what was happening next.
Five seconds later, Kreacher was back with someone.
"Kreacher found worthless husband, superior mistress, ma'am!"
Tanya had a serious expression on her face, but once she saw her husband, she licked her lips and muttered what could be guessed as 'found you'. Next, she gave 'that smile', the one that always made Hermione shiver in consternation.
Any hope that Tanya's pregnancy was just a misunderstanding was out of the window. Because that is what it did to her last time. It twisted Hermione's kind friend into someone akin to a hideous psychopath looking for excuses to ruin the life of any person stupid enough to cross her way. Ron once joked that this is who she truly is and that her condition actually just took away the will to pretend. Needless to say, Hermione gave him the cold shoulder for even suggesting this nonsense.
"Will I be like that if I became pregnant? Could that be the reason Ron is always pestering me if I am taking my contraceptive potion?"
"Thank you Kreacher. Please, go home and rest now."
One last crack and the ancient elf was gone.
No one uttered a sound. This was the effect that Tanya's infamous smirk induced.
"I should know you would go grovelling to your friends. Now let's hear your final words. Oh, and any last wish?"
"Err… Don't kill me?"
"Kill you? I am not going to kill you…"
Seeing Harry relieved made Hermione wonder how little he knew his own wife.
"I am going to rip out your balls, make you swallow them and watch as you choke to death!"
"GAH! T-Tanya, please! Vika is outside!"
"Don't worry. This will be an important life lesson for her. Never mess with me or-"
"Tanya, hold on!" Hermione stood between the woman and the target of her fury.
"What? Get out of the way or I swear I will curse you too!"
"Please! From what Harry told us, it was an accident! You should at least hear what he has to say! If anything, he is your daughter's father!"
"Nothing he says will change anything-"
"Y-you asked about his final words!" Ron recalled this important part.
Tanya gave Ron such a dirty look that it was possible that he actually peed himself.
"FINE! Harry can say his goodbye!"
"Hurry, Harry! Tell her how much you regret it!"
"I don't! I admit it was an accident but I consider it an opportune one!" Harry said in a serious tone.
"That night we made love for the first time. I made a vow after noticing that between the moans of pleasure, you also cried of homesickness."
"W-what are you saying in front of people?!" For a moment, anger left her face, replaced by a blush of embarrassment.
"You gave up going back to Japan, your home. You gave up your friends, your family and your life just to stay with me!"
"I-idiot! That wasn't why I stayed!"
"Awwww, there goes her shyness again! Would it hurt so much to admit how much she loves Harry? Everyone already knows anyway!" Hermione discreetly hid the blush on her own face.
"Then why did you stay? Why didn't you go back home?"
"Y-you know I don't want to ever talk about it!" Tanya reddened even more mentioning this.
"To think that even as an adult woman, Tanya can be so cute when she is like that!"
"Whatever your reasons, I made a promise that I would compensate you by giving you a new family! That's what I saw that day in the mirror of erised. Me, you and our big family!"
"…a big family?" Harry's words seemed to take the intended effect, as Tanya was struck.
"You mean to say that it was your intention all these years to make me pregnant again?"
"Oh no!!" Harry's chances of survival had just become nil. Not even her undying love for him would matter now.
"Oh-oh…" Even Ron could see where this was going.
"I-I didn't say that! I merely thought that in a few years maybe we-"
"And what is exactly a BIG family? Perhaps me bearing SEVEN kids like Molly Weasley?"
"Eh?"
"Was I supposed to keep popping out babies for you?! Is that what you wanted to say?!"
"No! I-" Harry flinched under the murdering aura Tanya emitted.
"If you have nothing more to say, farewell!"
"No! Stop!" Once again, Hermione stood between the couple.
"Afff! What now?!"
"Tanya you are pregnant! Your hormones are making you a little out of your mind! When you go back to your senses, you are going to regret ever doing this!"
"I will regret NOT doing it if I ever find myself pregnant a THIRD time!"
"D-don't! You are a rational and intelligent person, you know you will end up in Azkaban!"
"Even laws can be bent, I can't be accused of anything if people never find his body or… any witnesses." Hermione widened her eyes as the meaning behind her words was fully registered.
"T-try to remember why you didn't divorce Harry!"
"!" Finally this seemed to reach her as Tanya just stopped, she adopted a thoughtful look but wasn't putting her wand down.
This was the last defense Hermione could think of. Tanya was a very independent woman who loved dearly her freedom even as a child. Their only hope of survival would be for her to think back on the sacrifices she was willing to make for Harry.
Tanya touched her belly, the place where her baby was growing, and Hermione felt the tension being washed away as she knew they finally managed to convince her.
"AAAAARGHHH! Harry!"
"Y-yes, honey?"
"Don't you 'honey' me! You will be working extra time to make up for the costs this child will bring to our household!"
"Okay."
"And you are the one who will care for it!"
"Huh? But you already said I will need to work overtime, and I was the one who cared for Vika. The only thing you did was breastfeed her-" Harry gasped as Tanya expression turned back to murderous.
"The 'only thing' I did?! And you think that using your own body to feed a baby is easy?! Know what? Maybe I will kill you after all-"
"No, no, no! I am sorry! I will work overtime and find a way to take care of the baby! M-maybe hire a nanny!"
Hermione saw that Tanya wasn't fully satisfied, but at least was starting to calm down.
"Phew… We are saved-"
"Oh, and you two are my slaves for the next nine months and beyond!"
"Ehhhhh?" Hermione wanted to scream, but instead copied Tanya's own catchphrase.
"How did it end up like this?!"
Harry Potter was in a great mood. Just a few hours ago he thought he would die by the hands of his beloved wife, or at least end up sleeping on the couch. But as he lay in their bed, ALIVE and getting ready to sleep TOGETHER, he understood he was finally safe.
His daughter was also forgiven. Tanya declared as Ginny came back.
"It's okay Vika. I was never angry with you in the first place." Vika ran to her mother and embraced her.
"Sob! Thank you, mummy! Sniffle!"
"Stop crying! People will think I am an awful parent."
"N-no, you are not bad. I love you veeeery much!"
"Yeah, yeah. Love you too."
"And mummy is a princess?"
"What?"
"Am I a princess too?"
"Now listen here-"
"Yes, of course you are a princess, sweetie!" Hermione agreed with her goddaughter.
"Who told her that stupid story?! Do people still believe that 'pure blood princess' nonsense?!"
"Oh and Vika! Did you know that you are having a little baby brother or sister in a few months?" Harry gave the good news to his daughter.
"T-Tanya is pregnant?!" Ginny paled just like her brother and sister-in-law before.
"Huhhh?! But daddy takes her from me always! Mummy will have no time to me…" Like her mother, Vika didn't seem very happy with the news.
"Sorry runt. The stork is already on its way." Ron explained.
"A stork? Mummy, a stork is bringing a baby to you?"
"No Vika. In my case it is a fat lying slime-ball who is bringing it!" Tanya gave another glare to her husband.
"B-better if I just shut up for now."
As his thoughts reached that point, his wife returned to their room.
"Vika is finally sleeping. I had to reassure her again that I wasn't angry anymore."
"Tanya, you need to be careful with what you say to our daughter. At this age, a mother means the world to a little girl." Harry thought that he wished his daughter felt the same about him. Not that Vika didn't love him, but Tanya held a higher place in her heart.
"She kept insisting I would not need her anymore since a new baby is on the way. Do I need to spell out who is to blame?"
"R-right. How about your sickness? Are you feeling better now?"
"I had to gulp down an entire bottle of an expensive potion that won't last even a day!"
"Indeed! Better if I just shut up for now- no,for a few months!"
Harry watched his wife take off her clothes, preparing to sleep.
"Now she won't let me touch her for a long time!" Tanya was very shy about lovemaking, it was usually Harry who took the initiative. And when she was pissed, it could take a long time until she would allow any intimacy again! And now with the pregnancy, he would probably spend some very cold nights for no less than a year.
"It will all be worth when we have another child in the house, though. This time the baby will be named James or Lily! It's fair since last time it was- Ah?"
Harry was brought back from his thoughts as he saw Tanya in just her underwear.
"T-Tanya?! S-since when you have that lingerie?"
"Hum? Oh. You mean this?"
Tanya showed a better view of what she was wearing and Harry flushed hard. She was wearing a frilly black bra with matching panties together with a pair of dark stockings up to her thighs!
"Hermione got me this set as a gift last year. She said it would make you happy."
"O-oh!"
"Way to go Hermione!"
"I never wanted to wear it but Kreacher made a mistake and this was the only clean underwear I had."
"I-I see!"
"Nice Kreacher!"
Harry seldom had the pleasure of seeing her in such a sexy outfit.
"Meaning, I have to enjoy it when it happens!"
Giving in to his arousal, he got up from the bed and hugged his wife from behind.
"H-Harry? What are you doing?"
"Well… you see… you wouldn't mind if we… you know…?"
"Let me guess. You want to have sex with me?"
"Of course not! Love, I want to make love to you."
"You do realize I am very pissed with you, don't you?" And yet, she wasn't fighting him.
"Let me make it up to you." He murmured and gave her a kiss in the nape of her neck earning a small moan.
"I-I have all the right to say no…" He could tell that she was slowly getting into the mood
"Come on, I am asking. Remember what you said on our first night?"
"How dare you bring that up?!" It was the wrong thing to say as she freed herself from his embrace to scowl at him.
"If it is a matter of promises, then you broke it first. You swore to me we wouldn't be having more children!"
"Ugh! W-well, you don't want for me to be too horny to the point of sleepwalking attack you during sleep-"
Tanya flinched and Harry understood right away he had gone too far.
She backed away trembling, her eyes showing uncharacteristic fear.
"Y-y-you are not serious, a-are you?"
"No! Of course not!" He immediately embraced her again and began to apologize.
"You know why we had that agreement!"
"I know, please forgive me! I would never attack you in your sleep. It was a bad joke!"
They stayed like that for a few minutes. With Harry caressing her hair, hoping that she wouldn't start crying.
"If you want, I can sleep in another room tonight."
"No. You are right. It was a verbal contract between us, I should honor it. Besides, it's my duty as your wife."
Harry wondered if it would be a good idea, he didn't want to force her into anything but in the end his arousal got the better of him. He lay her on bed very gently and just gazed tenderly at her.
"W-what are you looking at? Don't stand there just watching, d-do it quickly so I can sleep!" Tanya asked with an adorable blush in her face.
"Why? Can't a 'peregrine falcon' admire its prey?"
"Y-you beast- mmmph!" As always, she melted under his kiss.
As he lay in bed admiring his sleeping wife, Harry couldn't help letting a bit of guilty surface. Once more, he troubled Tanya with his mistakes. It wasn't enough the times she almost died for him, he had to complicate her life again.
"And she already went through so much even before meeting me." Harry's mind was taken back to the day he heard about Tanya's tragic past in a world torn by war.
"It's understandable why she never liked ghosts and the sort- Hum?" Harry noticed his wife quivering in bed. Looking closer, he realized that she was having a nightmare.
"Dammit!" Harry hugged her, very cautious to not touch any 'improper' place.
"Shhhh! It's okay… You are safe…" He started the usual routine. He would embrace her and whisper encouraging words until she calmed down. After about ten minutes, she fell into a deep sleep. A serene expression adorning her face.
"All because I insinuate I would attack her during sleep, SHIT!" Harry cursed himself, as the years went by, these episodes were becoming less frequent. Nonetheless, he had to scare her, make her think that her husband was another depraved bastard trying to molest and rape her!
"Loria! Is it possible to hate so much a person I never met? Even if he never touched her, she still believed he did for many years. Tanya may never truly recover from such emotional trauma-"
"Mummy?"
Harry turned to the sound of his daughter's voice. She was at the door, holding a pillow.
"Mummy is sleeping sweetheart, as you should be too." Harry whispered, Tanya was a heavy sleeper but he didn't want to risk it.
"I had a bad dream!"
"Oh!" He lifted the small girl in his arms.
"Tell daddy what you dreamed."
"Mummy was super angry with me… and the baby came… and, and she left me all alone… Sob!"
"Vika, both me and mummy love you very much! We will never abandon you."
"You promise?"
"I promise."
"Can I sleep here?"
"Yes, but only tonight." Harry slowly laid down his daughter in bed.
"Hey daddy, why is mummy with no clothes?"
"Oh!" Harry forgot Tanya was still completely naked under the covers, as she usually fell asleep after their sessions of lovemaking. He hoped she wouldn't mind her daughter sleeping with her in such a condition.
"I will wake Vika first tomorrow morning just to be sure."
"Wahhh! She is warm!" His daughter whispered, hugging the sleeping Tanya. She stirred for a moment, but next wrapped Vika in a tight embrace. After a few seconds, the two were sleeping peacefully.
Harry felt struck by joy as he watched the two- No. The three most important people of his life, his family.
As he laid down in bed, he again remembered the silly dream he had so many years ago and the promise he made earlier.
"Thank you! After that day, not only Tanya came back, but we married and even had a daughter! Some bad stuff happened later, but I am really grateful for my life! So, thank you very much… Being X!"
End of interlude 1
AN: And here it is, the first interlude chapter of this story. It actually, ended bigger than what I first wished it to be. Don't know if it is any good… I kind of lost myself writing.
I may change my mind later, but I am thinking of making at least one interlude between the arcs. The main reason to make this one, was to show that Tanya was not really raped, as the next arc will start touching this subject more seriously. The next interlude will be about Tanya's past in the Empire. My version of how the war ended, and how was her last fight with Mary Sue.
Technically, I revealed too much in this chapter. But I believe that a story is not about the end, but the journey to reach that end. I also think I raised many questions to keep you guys curious.
About Vika. Her name is Viktoriya Potter, she was born in January 30 1998. Harry was going to name her Lily, but after seeing his wife finally relax for the first time in months, he let her do as she wished. Unnecessary to say that her name is homage to Visha, actually, Tanya almost nicknamed her 'Visha' too, but she was reminded that Visha was a unique person in her life and there would be never a replacement. Physically, except by the color of her hair and eyes, she has her mother looks but she will grow up normally, she will look like exactly as her age suggests. Now the great question: will Harry have only two kids? Or will Tanya have even more children than Moly Weasley? What you readers think?
Before people start pointing that Tanya would never have sex with a man, I must remember that this is after seven years of marriage. I will show later how it reached this point.
Unnecessary to say that some facts of this chapter were big misunderstandings never cleared after so many years. Tanya at some moment, revealed that she was originally Japanese, but keep out the part that she was a man.
I am considering using some characters and aspects from the Cursed Child story. What do you guys think? From all of Harry's children from the end of the series, Albus Potter would be almost the same as he was in the series… I really didn't wish to do this… as I really hate that character… He is so annoying! But to do the story I am planning, it has to have him. I liked Scorpius Malfoy although. I may also use Delphini (or a more powerful version of her).
Tanya black lingerie scene is slightly based in a hentai doujin named Luxury rose where Tanya is Grantz lover. I thought it was unique in the couple choosing and it was the first time I ever saw an adult Tanya even in fandom.
Oh! And I am now making a last call for anyone wishing to beta read this story. With the next arc, my fanfic will turn too big for me to ever go back to revise and correct.
Next chapter, the start of the chamber of secrets arc.
Reviews:
Najex: Please don't take that too much seriously. It's just that I wished to see they losing the house cup at least once. I also agree with everything you said. But remember that most of this story is in Tanya's point of view and she is a more cynical person, just like Snape. And I really enjoyed the discussion we had. In a future chapter, I will point out McGonagall opinion about this moment, hope that her answer pleases you.
Wedgegeck: Thank you! I almost feel sorry for Harry. But as you can see in this chapter, he earned his good ending!
RedOuroboros: Thank you! I mean to dedicate the next two years of my life until this story is finished.
Lubber: Unfortunately for Tanya, Harry will never learn about the misunderstandings.
Guest: Thank you.
Slade01: Thank you so much. You are very kind. About Gryffindor winning or losing, I believe it's most a matter of point of view. Harry and his friends are very brave and good children indeed. But I wonder if they got more punishment instead of Dumbledore fawning over them, maybe they wouldn't be so eager to look for trouble. Oh! And I once was tested in Pottermore and got placed in Slytherin. Sorry! I am biased! Mwahahahaha! About the philosopher's stone leaving shards in both Harry and Tanya and slowing their aging process… THAT WAS AN WONDERFUL IDEA! I really wish I could use it but a part of my plot is that they are mortal beings that will get older and die.
Ocansino: Thank you. Yes, I will talk about Luna and her family. About Visha. There will be no 'new Visha'. This is actually, a plot that I will address in the prisoner of Azkaban arc. The closest to a new Visha is Tanya's own daughter Vika. About your questions about Luna… see in the next arc.
Setokayba2n: To Vernon utmost horror, yes, she will visit him.
Grizzmon: No, she is not under a love potion. At least, not now, but the future is always uncertain…
Alexc123: Thank you!