The first night...

Harry felt amazing. He'd had a nice warm bath, he got to pick his own rubber ducky from a very fine selection to play with in the tub.

"Hehehehehe" Harry giggled as Chili blew dry his fur and he floofed up wherever she aimed the fur dryer. "Hehehehe." Chili smiled as she heard his laughter.

Chili had to teach him how to brush his teeth. She made a mental note to tell Rad to take him to the dentist asap. His teeth looked okay when she checked them while flossing but you never knew with kids.

"Feeling all refreshed?" Bandit asked as Harry came out in Bingos old PJs.

Yawn* Harry yawned sleepily.

"All right, this is your room until Radley comes back for you." Bandit said as Chili went to bathe the girls.

Harry gasped. There was an actual bed! His tail wagged sleepily yet happily. He'd only had a super thin mattress and a ratty blanket at the Dursleys! "This is mine?" He asked.

"Until ya go home with Rad yeah. No more cupboards for you mate."

Harry hugged Bandit and ran over to the bed leaping onto it joyfully and laughing. Hugging one of the pillows.

Bandit smiled sadly. Thinking this is probably the first proper bed he's ever had. Did those arseholes even give him a baby crib? He wondered. "All right since you're the guest of honor, you get to pick the first bed time story of the night."

"I get a bedtime story?" Harry tilted his head in confusion.

"Yep. We encourage reading in this family." Bandit said. "Come on I'll show ya where the kids shelves are."

Bandit lead Harry to the book shelf in Bingo and Blueys room. Harry browsed the titles until he came across one about space. "This one?" He asked.

"Good choice, it's one of Bingos favorites. We like to test knowledge of space while we read it too.

"What's this planet?" Bandit asked before starting the first page.

"Uh...Mercury?" Harry asked. Trying to remember science class.

"Good job." Bandit encouraged him. He started a story of pups who found a space ship and took a tour through space.

"What's this?" Bandit pointed to a rock flying past the ship in space.

"Uhhhhh...it's..I think while in space the rocks are called Asteroids?" Harry said.

"Excellent. We'll have an astronomer before long."

Harry giggled as he yawned.

"All right I think that's the cue for bed." Bandit said as he pulled the covers over the pup.

"Goodnight Uncle Bandit." Harry said tiredly with a final loud yawn as Bandit walked toward the door.

"Goodnight kid. See ya in the morning." Bandit said as he plugged a night light into the socket by the door.

"He's asleep." Bandit said to Chili who was waiting.

"How'd it go?" His wife asked.

"He's a smart kid." Bandit says. "Definitely likes space. I'll tell Rad in the morning."

Rad and Frisky were collapsed on their couch. It had been hard but worth it. Their home was near spotless now. The floors sparkled with a spotless clean. The pillows in chairs had been freshened and fluffed, Harry's new bed would be delivered tomorrow. So would their gun safe.

"I'm too sore to move." Rad groaned. "But mum would be proud."

"Mmmm." Frisky groaned.

"Pizza?" Rad asked.

"Sounds good I'm too tired to cook anything."

Rad pulled out his phone and ordered off CanisEats

"CheeseSticks or Wings?"

"Both." Frisky said as she leaned over.

"I love you so much." Rad said as his stomach growled. He turned on BarkFlix and turned on a show for background noise.

"Stand Aside. STAND ASIDE I SAY."

"Chili heard whimpering, she peeked into the guest room and saw Harry squirming in his sleep.

"Not Harry please not Harry! STAND ASIDE YOU STUPID MUTT!!!" Harry whimpered again and tossed.

Night Terrors? Chili questioned. A couple of Blueys classmates suffered from Night Terrors. They were awful.

"STAND ASIDE YOU SILLY GIRL." Harry ordered in his sleep. He started crying.

"Poor thing." Chili said. She closed the door and crept over to the bed. She climbed into it with him and held him close. "It's okay. They're just bad dreams. Bad dreams go away."

"STAND ASIDE YOU SILLY GIRL! Not My Baby Please not Harry!!!"

Chili froze, a chill going down her spine as she realized his Night Terror was about his mother? How could he possibly remember this? The one pleading was his mother Lily. Was this about his past? Did his mum die violently? Did he witness it? That would explain the Terrors.

Harry shook violently and roared in his sleep angrily. He leaned up and Chili held him as he reached out and cried. "It's okay. It's okay." Chili said as she hugged Harry. "Aunt Chilis here."

"Babe? Everything all right?" Bandit peeked in. "I heard noises."

"Night Terrors." Chili said as she held onto Harry.

"Oof yeah those are rough." Bandit remembered his bout with Night Terrors vividly many decades later.

"STAND ASIDE YOU SILLY GIRL!" Harry said in a gruff voice.

"What is that?" Bandit asked in surprise.

"Dont know but one of them is definitely Lily." Chili said.

Harry started crying. It broke Bandit and Chilis hearts.

"There there. Everything will be okay." Chili said as she held the crying boy. "You're safe here. With Uncle Bandit, Aunt Chili, Bluey and Bingo. The girls can't wait to play games with you tomorrow. Hope you're ready cause they get really into them."

Harry's grunting and roaring calmed until eventually he breathed softly against her again.

"It's okay." Chili cooed softly. She picked Harry up and gently carried him off to their room. She tucked him in between herself and bandit and the two cuddled their new nephew as they went off to dreamland themselves.

Chili was at the beach. It was very peaceful. She heard soft humming nearby. A Beagle woman was treading the water.

"Your country is very beautiful." She said. "I wish I could have seen it."

"Lily?" Chili asked. "Lily Potter? Harry's Mum?"

"Mhm." The beagless nodded. "Come sit with me." She said at the shore line as the waves rolled up. "I wanted to thank you."

"For what?" Chili asked as she felt the cool water at her feet.

"For being there when I couldn't." The Beagless replied. "And for putting my wretched Bitch of a sister and her whale of a Bulldog husband on the Do Not Fly List permanently. That undoubtedly put a stick up her craw."

Vernon and Petunia Dursley now had to take a boat back to England.

"My God he has your gorgeous eyes." Chili said."

"One of his better features." Lily agreed with a laugh. "Radley and Frisky are going to be amazing parents."

"How do you know that?"

"They have you and your husband for guidance right?"

Bandit was on a dig. His dream dig. Egypt. The pyramids. He was dressed for the weather. Heat resistant clothing, a hat and polarized sunglasses.

"Yo." Came a voice.

It was someone who shouldn't be there. A Beagle wearing a robe. And round glasses. Wagging tail, Looking suspiciously like...Harry...

"James? James Potter? Harry's Dad?" Bandit asked in confusion.

"Knew you were smart like my TigerLily." James said eagerly. "Not hard to see where your little Bingo got her brains from eh?" The beagle elbowed Bandit good naturedly.

Bingo was indeed more inquisitive than Bluey had been at her age. She loved to read and learn.

"Bloody Hell he looks just like you it's kinda creepy mate not gonna lie." Bandit said as he looked James over.

James looked almost like a carbon copy of the tiny Beagle in their bed except he had Hazel eyes not green.

"Look I just wanted to say, thanks for being there when we couldn't." James said. "Me and TigerLily agree you two are going to be a far superior aunt and uncle to our boy compared to cunt face and horses ass."

"Who?" Bandit asked in confusion.

James gave him a look.

"Oh those two." Bandit said slapping his head. "Duh."

"Oh look at that." James turned. Somehow they'd been talking all night. The sun was rising over the pyramids. "Sunrise. Tell Rad I said Hi, and Thanks!"

"Oh look at that one!" Chili laughed as a star shot across the sky.

Harry Bingo and Bluey played in the water close to the shoreline. The mothers laughed at their children's antics.

"Can't you?" Chili asked seeing the longing look on Lily's face.

"He can't see or hear me." Lily said. "Oh look." She said as light broke over the ocean. "Sunrise."

Chirp chirp chirp

Bandit and Chili yawned and stretched.

"Did you?" Chili asked.

"You too? James." Bandit said.

"Lily." Chili smiled down at the snoozing puppy.

"Well, I'll get the girls up and ready. Best let him sleep a few more minutes. I get the feeling this is the best sleep he's had in a while."Bandit said.

"I'll get Brekky started." Chili said.

Yawn

Rad and Frisky woke on the couch.

"Morning." Rad said.

"Morning love."

Rad moved in for a kiss but Frisky put a finger to his lips "Shower first." She insisted.

Rad raised an arm and sniffed. He grimaced. "Yeah."

They kissed good morning after both had been groomed properly for a day outing.

"Ready to head out to ToyTown?" Rad asked after they finished a lazy brekky of reheated leftover pizza.

"As I'll ever be, let's go." Frisky said as she grabbed her purse.

Harry yawned and stretched out. That was the best sleep he'd ever had. He sat up. This wasn't his cupboard, he remembered the events of yesterday. IT WASNT A DREAM!!!" He leapt out of the big bed in the Master bedroom and ran towards the stairs. He ran down them to see Aunt Chili at the Stove, Uncle Bandit reading his newspaper and drinking from a mug. One Harry hadn't had to pour him, risking hot coffee being poured all over himself!

"Morning Harry! What'll ya have? Fruit? Toast? Bacon and eggs?"

"Could I have eggs and bacon please?" Harry asked. He sat at the table while Chili poured him a glass of orange juice and ice cold water from the fridge.

Smiling at Harry's bright smile. Chili cracked a couple of eggs and started cooking one piece of bacon in a pan.

"Where are Bluey and Bingo?" Harry asked.

"Schoolday. They'll be gone until the afternoon." Bandit said as he sipped his coffee. "So it'll just be you and us until then."

"So I thought maybe while Bandit works I could take you to the optometrist and order you some new glasses. Yours eh'." Chili noticed how Harry winced a lot like he couldn't see well and wondered if the Dursleys just gave him a random pair of reading glasses.

Harry smiled and wagged his tail as they left the chemist shop. Seeing properly for the first time in he didn't know how long! The optometrist said he had a small stig...ma...tism! In his eyes that made it hard for him to see without needing corrective glasses.

"How do you like your new glasses?"

"Your country is really pretty! And bright!" Harry said excitedly. "I feel like I've been blind this whole time."

"You probably were." Chili said under her breath as Harry laughed and ran ahead. "Stay close to me!" Chili called.

Rads ringtone played. Chili dug through her purse for her phone.

"How's it going? Thought I'd check in." Rad had called. "We're just about to head into ToyTown."

"Rad they didn't even give him proper glasses so he could see. They denied him SIGHT Rad." Chili told him. "We just left the chemist after an Optometrist visit."

"Chili I can't thank you and Bandit enough for this." Rad said through the phone. He sounded exhausted already. Poor bloke. He had no idea what was coming.

"If it's any consolation, Lily says Thanks and You and Frisky are gonna be amazing parents."

"Lily?" Rad said confused.

"Let's just say Bandit and I both had weird dreams last night." Chili said as Harry was inspecting some Australian birds. "By the way Harry suffers from Night Terrors. So be prepared for that."

"Got it and thanks again Chili."

"What's up?" Frisky said as she came around the car with her purse.

"Well apparently Harry suffers from Night Terrors so we'll have to consult a pediatrician on that." Rad said. "Also they never got him a proper eyeglass prescription so he's been practically blind his whole life."

"Jesus, Rad." Frisky said again.

"I know. But he's with our family now, that's all that matters."

The two new parents looked towards the looming giant ToyTown toy store.

Harry, Chili and Bandit had a nice lunch of BurgerCity take out. Harry got to try Smash Burgers for the first time! Proper food not scraps from leftovers or bread and cheese he snuck out of the fridge at night! He and Bandit had cheeseburgers and fries while Chili opted for a healthier chicken tender salad.

After Lunch it was time to pick up the girls from school. Bandit and Chili assured Harry that he'd eventually join Blueys class probably within the month. He had to become a registered citizen of Australia first. Then be officially adopted by Rad and Frisky.

"They want to be my Mum and Dad?" Harry had asked incredulously.

"Very much so." Chili reassured Harry as they pulled into Bingos school.

Bingo giggled all the way home as Harry's wagging happy tail kept constantly tickling her.

"Think he'd like some stormtroopers?" Rad asked looking at Star Wars toys in the action figure aisle. "Or Darth Vader?"

"Chili said he liked Star Wars when the bastards watched it last year on their kids birthday." Frisky said. She didn't know Star Wars as well as Rad so she let him handle the Star Wars toys while she took care of art supplies and soft toys. He also got Some Indiana Jones toys and planned on a Raiders viewing asap. It was a Heeler tradition!

"Minecraft?" Rad asked as they moved onto the next aisle. "And Legos?"

"Long as we don't let him go online I don't see why not." Frisky said. They had a Xbox hooked up to their tv and Radleys job on the oil rig payed good enough they could afford the premium subscription pass so they rarely as gamers where bored."

"so now they'd need to make sure he couldn't access the games they played that weren't for his age group.

"What are we going to do about your job?" Frisky asked.

"Oh." Rad said suddenly remembering his job. "Right, Oil Rig. Well I got enough sick days piled up I could take a sabbatical from work and not lose my job over it. While that's going on I can apply for family benefits like weekends off and Holidays. This will especially help when we gotta get him registered as a citizen.

"I love you." Frisky said and she gave Rad a kiss on the cheek before going after a store employee.

"Excuse me." She got the store employee. "Where's your STEM section?"

"Harry can be the bellhop!" Bingo said. "Bellhops help customers with their bags. I'm the chef Blueys the clerk. Your Codswallop the Bellboy. I'm Mary Anne Kibbins the Chef and Bluey is Charlene the Desk Clerk."

"Okay." Harry said confused.

"Here's your luggage rack." Bluey brought Harry a small skateboard. "You don't ride it in the house. You use this stick." She showed Harry a thick walking stick "And roll it to the room." She edmonstrated by holding the stick in the middle of the board and rolling it back and forward.

"Okay." Harry nodded understanding the rules.

"Wait here until your called out." Bingo said giving Harry the walking stick and skateboard."

"Codswallop!" Came from the hallway and Harry wheeled out his luggage rack.

"Your luggage sir?" Harry asked Uncle Bandit.

"Hoop." Bandit heaved pretend luggage up. Indicating it was heavy.

Okay playing pretend. The small Beagle thought with a smile. Harry grunted pretending the rack was heavy and followed Bluey and Bingo through the hallway to the parents bedroom.

Harry pretended that his luggage rack was now extremely heavy. He went "Oof." As he slowly turned the luggage rack around. And "Hurgh." As he pushed it slowly behind Bandit and

There ya go yer gettin it. Bandit smiled as he walked with Bluey.

"Your luggage sir." Harry said politely as he grabbed the air and grunted pretending to carry heavy luggage into the room.

"Thank you Mr. Bellhop, here's your tip." Bandit opened a pretend wallet and slipped an invisible note into Harry's non existent uniform. Harry's tail wagged happily as he left the room. Proud he did a good job. He went to the girls room which was where he was supposed to wait until he was called again.

"Codswallop!" Bluey called.

"Yes Ma'm." Harry said coming into the room.

"Our customer would like this pir of pants pressed and cleaned." Bluey instructed.

Harry had seen a toy ironing board set up and pretended when he got back to the room to iron the pretend pants and brought them back to the room. "Your pants sir."

"And there's another tip for you mate."

"Hey how come he's getting all the tips?" Bingo asked.

"Well Bellhops do a lot of services for customers like handling their luggage and taking their clothes to be cleaned." Bandit explained. "You're a chef. You get paid an hourly salary. Bellhops don't make a good hourly salary so most folks try to give them good tips."

"Ohhhh." The girls said.

Rad and Frisky stared at the Twin Bed Sheets for children. There were so many options and themes to choose from. Characters, patterns, colors, stripes and more!

"Hmmm." Rad said as he crossed his eyes. "

"Hmmm." Frisky said as she crossed her eyes.

"SpongeBob?" They both asked.

"He might not like SpongeBob." Rad said.

They crossed their eyes again.

It was dinner time. Harrys first family dinner where he was given an actual plate and place at the table next to Bingo!

"I hope ya like lasagna Harry, I make a mean one." Bandit said as he played Harry's portion.

"I've never had it it always smelled so amazing though."

Chili and Bandit gave each other dark looks again. Every now and then, Harry let out little blurbs about his life with the Dursleys that made clear he was abused. Bandit made a promise to beat the living shit out of Vernon Dursley with Stripe and Rad if they ever saw him again.

Chili plated the garlic toast and said "All right everyone dig in." As she sat at the other end of the table.

After Bath Time and story time, Harry yawned as he bid Aunt Chili and Uncle Bandit goodnight again. He'd had a perfect day. Would tomorrow be another perfect day? Who knows. He smiled and his tail slowly wagged as he drifted off to dreamland.

To Be Continued...

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yes the lasagna bit was another homage to Gift of Sirius (PLEASE CONTINUE!!!)