Chapter 01
AN: surprised that no one's commenting on harry's shadow.
It's shu's shadow from blue dragon, just almost solid black, has white teeth and green eyes, instead of red eyes.
Reviews
TwinstarDragon: dumbledore, perhaps. Dursley, definitely. Two of those are correct. However, to paraphrase husker from the original story: being a toddler is basically a 'get into heaven free card'. Oh, they definitely will.
Thank you, even though it was ENTIRELY unintended
Umbra Lycan: i like a good deal of their project: motherhood stories, as well. Since they haven't updated their older ones, i think it's safe to say that they abandoned them, for the time being. I'm holding out hope that they update them soon. Even a notice that they've abandoned the stories in question, and that they're up for adoption is preferable, to total silence. in regards to harry's new form, it's a slightly altered childhood version of a certain marvel character.
Jacob Fritzsching: here's the next chapter
Previously
So, harry did the one thing he refused to do, when he was with his relatives: he let out years worth of tears and sadness as he cried, clinging to charlie's formal dress.
Now
As harry was crying, and clinging to charlie's dress, charlie herself gently rubbed his back in a soothing manner. After a few minutes of crying, harry's cries slowed to nothing. Once he stopped, vaggie asked the thing that was on both her mind, as well as charlie's mind.
"How did this little guy manage to survive for a month on the streets- EEP!" she was saying, before the head of harry's shadow came out, and looked at her. The shadow looked at her for a few moments, before it nodded, and retreated back into harry's shadow. "I guess that his shadow approves of me?" vaggie asked uncertainly. "It better, because you're not going anywhere," charlie said lovingly, before she kissed vaggie's cheek.
After the kiss ended, charlie's eyes shined, like she got a brilliant idea. "hey, vaggie…" charlie began. "Yes," Vaggie snapped out of her love-induced stupor, to answer her girlfriend. "Why don't you hold harry?" charlie proposed.
"Alright," vaggie said uneasily. Charlie gently handed harry over to her girlfriend. However, before her arms could leave, his tail wrapped around one of her arms "it's ok, harry. I will be right here," charlie soothed him. Harry's tail reluctantly unwrapped from around her arm.
He looked up at vaggie, while vaggie looked down at him, while he was in her arms. "Hey there, little guy," vaggie gently said to him. Harry whimpered in her arms, as his tail wrapped around himself. "You know, you are very cuddly, harry," vaggie said gently.
Harry looked at her, before asking "really?" softly. "Veggie smiled. "Yep, like a teddy bear," vaggie confirmed. Hearing vaggie confirm that, harry began to relax in her arms. "Hey, there we go," vaggie said soothingly, as she gently rocked him.
Harry yawned, which both charlie and vaggie noticed. "Sleep, harry. We will still be here, when you wake up," vaggie said. "Really?" harry asked, his eyes looking like they were begging. "Of course, harry," charlie said. "Ok," harry yawned, before he went to sleep in vaggie's arms.
"Oh, vaggie~, you are SUCH a good mother," charlie softly cooed at her girlfriend. Vaggie blushed a bit at that. "Thanks, charlie," vaggie said in embarrassment. Charlie kissed her girlfriend with passion, who returned the kiss with equal passion.
A few minutes later, the car stopped, and they broke the kiss. "Looks like we're back at the hoTEL," charlie unintentionally yelled at the end. The reason she did so, was because when she opened the door to exit the car, alastor was right outside the door, smiling.
"My, my, my, ladies. Your return is slightly late. I trust that your date went rather well?" alastor asked them. "Two things, alastor. First: yes, our date went really well," charlie began. "Second: i've asked you to NOT do that to me, as it feels like you'll give me a heart attack each time," charlie whined the second bit to alastor.
Alastor simply chuckled, before he responded. "Sorry, that just never gets…" alastor trailed off, as he sensed a large amount of power in the car. "My dear charlie, who else is in the backseat of the car, aside from vagatha?" alastor asked.
Charlie sighed, before she looked into the car. "Come on out, vaggie, harry needs to be introduced to the rest of the hotel at some point," she said. Alastor lost a bit of his smile, as he thought about what the princess, his pseudo employer, had just said. Alastor got his answer (partially) when vaggie exited the car, carrying either a small child, or a midget.
"Ladies, who might THIS be?" alastor asked as he leaned closer to harry, who thankfully didn't wake up from his nap in vaggie's arms. "Back the hell up, you cheesy talk show shitlord," vaggie snarled, as she held harry closer to her. "He will be introduced to everyone in a bit, alastor," charlie began. "For now, let's just go inside," charlie proposed. "Alright," alastor agreed.
Inside the hotel
Vaggie was carrying harry, as she walked next to her girlfriend. One who looked like a cat with feathers and wings spoke up from behind the bar. "Who the hell is that midget?" he asked. "He's a kid," charlie retorted. "Yeah, right. Bein' a toddler's basically a 'get into heaven free' card. So, why's he down here?" husker asked. "I have a few ideas, but nothing concrete," charlie said.
It was at that moment that harry woke up from his nap, with a yawn. He wiped his eyes, and looked around. "Where…?" he timidly asked. "You're in our home, harry," charlie said, as she appeared in front of him. Harry, despite having just woken up from a short nap, harry yawned, again.
"Oh, looks like someone's tired," charlie said cheerfully. "Looks like it," vaggie said, before she went towards the stairs. "I'm gonna take him to bed," she said, leaving her girlfriend dumbfounded. "Vaggie, wait up," charlie whined, as she ran after her girlfriend. "It's my turn to hold him," she cried out.
With the rest of the group
After charlie and vaggie took harry to bed
"Why would they bring in a midget like that?" the cat demon asked. "I have a feeling that that was not a midget, but an actual kid," a white feminine spider said. "You would be correct, my dear spider. That is an actual child. Not to mention, that child is extremely powerful, for someone his age," alastor said.
With charlie, vaggie and harry
"Harry, what do you think of the hotel, so far?" charlie asked. "It's cool," harry said honestly, before he let out a loud yawn. "Sleep well, harry," charlie said. And so, harry fell asleep. "I hope you have pleasant dreams, harry," charlie whispered. Harry, in his sleep, took one of charlie's hands, and sleepily said, "mama".
Charlie froze, worrying vaggie a bit. "Charles, you ok?" vaggie asked. "He called me 'mama', vaggie," charlie whispered in joy. Vaggie was about to say something, when harry grabbed one of her hands in his sleep, as well. "Mommy vaggie," he said in his sleep. Vaggie froze for a few seconds, then smiled. "That's right, harry. Mommy vaggie is here," vaggie whispered, before she kissed his forehead.
With that, charlie and vaggie joined harry in his slumber.
Morning
Charlie woke up well before anyone else in the hotel. After she yawned and stretched, she looked at harry and her girlfriend, smiled, and kissed harry's forehead, before kissing her girlfriend gently on the cheek, so as to not wake her. With that done, she tip-toed to the kitchen, as she hoped to surprise her two favorite people in the hotel with breakfast.
After about 45 minutes, she stood proudly over the breakfast she made for the three of them. The breakfast was pancakes and bacon. Harry's had slightly more bacon than the other two, and had two pancakes more, compared to the other two. She put the breakfasts on a tray, and carried the three to the bedroom.
After she exited the kitchen, she passed a little girl that looked like a cyclops with mostly red hair and three red dots on one side of her dress. The girl yawned, and was about to say 'hi' to charlie, when she saw the food on the tray. Eye widening, she ran to the kitchen, and hung her head in despair at how much she now had to clean. As a result of charlie cooking, it looked like a category 6 typhoon appeared in the kitchen.
bedroom
Charlie slowly opened the bedroom door, and made her way to the bed, and stood there. Shortly after she got to the foot of the bed, the smell of breakfast woke them up. "Good morning, sleepy heads," charlie cheerfully said. "Morning, miss charlie," harry said, as he wiped a hand across his eyes. "What about 'mama' and 'mommy'?" charlie whined.
Harry's head tilted to the side, in confusion. "Charles, he was asleep when he called us those words," vaggie said, despite her own heart hurting. Harry was confused. I called them 'mama' and 'mommy'? Harry asked himself.
Unaware of harry's internal questioning, charlie placed the tray in front of her girlfriend and harry. "The kitchen is a disaster area, isn't it?" vaggie deadpanned at her girlfriend. Charlie's only response was rubbing the back of her head and giving a sheepish chuckle. "I'll pay nifty a bit more, as compensation," charlie promised. Vaggie sighed, thinking how is it possible that charlie's a great cook, but the kitchen ALWAYS ends up a disaster area?
After charlie, vaggie and harry finished their breakfast, harry seemed to reach a kind of conclusion to his inner debate. So he took one of charlie's hands, surprising her. "Mama…" he said, surprising charlie. He grabbed one of vaggie's hands, as well. "Mommy…" he said.
Both charlie and vaggie froze. After a few seconds, charlie *squeed* and picked harry up in a cuddle hug. "My precious little baby boy," she stated happily. Vaggie got up and stood next to charlie and looked down at harry with love in her eye, before she gently took him from her girlfriend, shocking and upsetting charlie in the process. "Vaggie, why~?" charlie whined.
"Charles, you need to get your excitement under control, or you could end up hurting our little boy by accident," vaggie warned her girlfriend, as she gently carried their son. Charlie's head hung in sadness. "I know, love. I was just excited," charlie attempted to explain.
"Well, in any case, it's time that harry gets introduced to the others, before we go shopping to get him some clothes, and stuff," vaggie said. Charlie's eyes widened at that realization. "Right, i forgot that he was supposed to be introduced to the others," charlie exclaimed.
And so, charlie led the way downstairs, with vaggie following behind her, with harry in vaggie's arms. Once there, most of the other people in the hotel, who happened to be there, in the main hall, turned to look at them. Harry whimpered a bit, his tail wrapping around vaggie's arm, as he tried to hide in her arms. "It's ok, harry. They won't hurt you," vaggie soothed her son.
Charlie went over to her girlfriend and their son, and gently took harry from vaggie's arms. "Um, charlie?" vaggie began. "Yes, love?" charlie answered. "His tail is wrapped around my arm, and he won't let go," vaggie said sheepishly.
Hearing that, charlie soothed their son as best she could. After a few minutes, his tail unwrapped from around vaggie's arm, and just hung there. "Now, harry, it's time to introduce you to the other guests of the hotel," charlie said. Harry nodded in a timid manner, but he felt that as long as at least one of his two mothers was there, he could handle it.
Just before charlie could introduce hers and vaggie's son, the cat demon asked something that was on his mind, ever since he saw harry for the first time. "What's a toddler doing in hell, anyway?" he asked. Before charlie could answer, two things happened. A guy that looked similar to an angler-fish came down the stairs and said "morning, all," as he yawned, and harry's shadow made its appearance.
The shadow looked at the cat demon, who raised an eyebrow. "Huh, is that why?" he asked, before he took a drink of alcohol. The dragon shook its head in disgust. The shadow looked at the little cyclops, who quickly dove under a chair, to hide from it. The shadow looked at the fish dude, who was now WIDE awake, at seeing something new. "Fascinating, i've NEVER seen anything like this, before," the fish dude breathed in wonder. The shadow then looked at alastor and the spider demon, and it growled. "Stay back! Come no closer!" the shadow ordered.
The spider looked surprised at that, while alastor looked amused, more than anything. "Well, now, it appears that we are not the favorites of the shadow dragon, old boy," alastor said, his smile never leaving his face. "Hey now, just give me a- SHIT!" the spider was saying, as they walked forward before harry's shadow swiped a claw at him, forcing the spider to jump back.
"Why are you attacking him?" charlie asked the shadow. "Many evil deeds. There is nothing but evil in their hearts," harry's shadow explained. "That's why they're here, at my hotel: to redeem themselves," charlie explained. "Very well, but i will be keeping an eye on them!" harry's shadow declared, before it went back into harry's shadow.
Since the others, with the exception of vaggie, were shocked because of harry's shadow, charlie took control of the situation. "Well, it's time for vaggie and me to get some clothes and other necessities for our new son," charlie said, shocking them even more, before leaving to the limo outside, with vaggie following her.
After the family of three left, alastor was the first to recover. "The child is mostly human, while his shadow is mostly demonic," alastor said. What he said surprised the others. "I should make a device to scan the child. Nothing that'll hurt him, of course. Don't wanna get vaporized by his mothers," the fish guy went off on a mumble tangent, planning on how to make the device.