Chapter 20

Harry was still drenched and ignoring Vanna who was trying to apologize by making cute faces, Harry was unaffected by these tactics.

Small puddles left in his wake as he travels to the foyer of the hotels main entrance, as he comes down the stairs he is first noticed by Husker who falls over laughing.

The next to notice Harry was Nifty who immediately begins cleaning him up and then cleaning up his trail of water.

Angel noticed his son and started laughing at the disheveled and wet appearance joining Husker on the ground. Alastor also chuckles at his son's appearance but doesn't let it stop him from using some of his power to dry him off the rest of the way after Nifty gets done with Harry.

soon enough Vaggie and Charlie notice him before Alastor can finish drying him, Charlie immediately goes to Harry's side and begins asking what happened, while Vaggie just stares at Alastor with a frown.

"It's nothing Vanna just wanted to wake me up and chose to go the quick route rather then try and use a different method."

Harry doesn't look at the skull chain that is trying to make the biggest puppy dog eyes it's ever done, instead he heads for the kitchen and immediately begins cooking.

Charlie follows after him and just helps with making breakfast but not pushing him to talk it out, Vaggie matches up to Alastor.

"What did you do you shit lord."

Alastor turns an eye on Vaggie and his smile grows.

"Why whatever do you mean darling, I was as shocked as anyone to see young Harry drenched and so foul of mood with his little parasite."

Vaggie growls and summons her spear before pointing it at Alastor.

"That doesn't just happen, so what sort of weird voodoo, magic, hocus pocus did you do to make Vanna dunk Harry?!"

Alastor just chuckles in amusement before simply vanishing into his shadow and appearing at the kitchen door.

"My dear I didn't do anything, it was all Vanna's idea, I can assure you that if I had done it, Harry would have had some fishy friends greeting him as he fell in."

Vaggie growls and stomps off towards the main desk muttering words in Spanish that seemed to mainly be about slicing off something from Alastor and making him choke on it.

Alastor just shakes his head and lets his smile soften a little, he knows the young lady has all the reason to mistrust him, but how would he get his entertainment if he played his hand so early.

Husker had finally stopped laughing as had Angeldust, both picked themselves up off the floor and found seats, with small chuckles escaping now and again.

"I'll tell you something Al, Harry looked like a drowned rat." The smile on Angeldusts face as he talked to his husband could have brightened up the darkest hole.

"I guess we'll have to take him out and get him to get out of that funk he's been put in before he heads topside."

The small amount of worry and melancholy in Angeldusts voice makes Alastor wrap his wife up in a hug to comfort them as much as his dark heart can manage. Angel grabs onto Alastor and uses him as a comfort and a reminder that their son will be back, nothing would keep them from their child, though perhaps they should give Harry a sibling before he gets back.

In the kitchen, Harry and Charlie had just finished making breakfast and setting them in the trays when Charlie finally broaches Harry's mood.

"So Harry, what's really going on, I know it's not just Vanna throwing you in the tub."

Harry simply grabs onto the counter and takes a deep breath, focusing on nothing and just staring at the wall before he speaks.

"I know that the deal I made let's me get a second chance at life with all my power and all my gear, but I don't know if I'll like the mortal world after all the time I've spent here."

The ache that enters Charlie's heart is nothing to the pain in Harry's voice as he speaks.

"Don't get me wrong, I want to make dad proud and get mom so cool things while I'm there, but the idea that I'll be separated from them for so long, from all the people I care about, makes this deal seem less and less worth it."

Vanna nuzzles her host hoping to provide some comfort and apologize more for dunking him, harry absentmindedly pets her.

Charlie feels the tears springing to her eyes and hugs Harry from behind, hoping that he finds comfort in her hug.

"Harry, I know you will miss your family, but the thing is that we will still be here waiting for you and missing you just as much, maybe even Husker."

A chuckle escapes them as they don't move just letting the moment continue.

"Thanks aunt Charlie, I really appreciate it, but I hope that when I get back that you and aunt Vaggie finally tied the knot."

The blush that spreads across Charlie's face as she buries it into Harry's back almost makes him think her faces is going to catch fire. With a chuckle Harry turns around in Charlie's hug and wraps her up in his own, Vanna feeling a little left out even if she was the clothing that Harry wore, wrapped around the pair adding into the hug.

"You better be well behaved while you're up there, try and change some of those sinners into heaven bound souls instead."

Harry let's put a laugh and nods his head.

"Whatever you say aunt Charlie, I'll make sure to do the Happy Hotel proud."

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Blitzo was starting to hate taking jobs from that weirdo, don't get him wrong he loved the money and all the violence, but it was getting to the point that they had so many bodies to bring back they had to rent a warehouse just to store them.

But this was supposed to be the last group that the client wanted, so as long as he kept getting his chest full of coins then he didn't care if he had to fill a building with bodies.

Of course Moxxie being the little whiny bitch he was, just had to ruin his good mood.

"Sir I'm telling you that we need to have Stolas here in order to make sure this shady fellow doesn't try anything."

Blitzo moaned at this, he had been telling Moxxie for weeks that they didn't need a prince of hell sitting in on the exchanges with their client, it would just make their client feel like they were going to double cross them.

"Listen Mox, I get that your insecure when men who have bigger dicks then you are around, but we don't need that horny bird around to take care of business, this is the last shipment and then we're done with this client. So take the dick out of your ass and shove it down your face hole while I finish this."

Moxxie seemed to try and build up steam to say something but a shadow stretched out from the wall and formed a large gateway, from it came the hooded figure of their client along with his new entourage of armored soldiers.

As the armor moved it made not a single sound, even as its bladed limbs move across the tiled floor and its armor rubbed together, not a sound came from these bodyguards.

The dark green and silver made them eye catching and distracting from their master, the smooth yet thin body showed that each and everyone was meant for speed.

The blades hands and cricket like legs meant that it wasn't a merciful creation, but something meant to intimidate and cause mass pain and destruction. Which Voldemort had been doing as he built his army, testing them on the denizens of the greed ring, establishing a territory that almost had a full section of the pentagram.

But he now had the final pieces for his army, the one Harry Potter would use to see the wizarding world brought to heel at his feet.

Wether Harry knew it or not Voldemort would see the wizarding world bow to this boy since he couldn't come back from the dead, when Harry had died and brought him here, his horcrux dieing had lead to his entire soul being sucked into hell with the boy.

All his preparation had come to nothing because he had tied his soul to another, making their fates shared, but once the boy went back to the mortal world he would have power and resources.

Enough to make his dreams and ideals a reality, and with an army whose loyalty could never be questioned, he would never have need to worry about betrayal.

Or the follies of incompetence, but he would still be trapped in hell while the boy left, but because of the entanglement of their souls, whenever the boy called on his soldiers, Voldemort could come through as well. Another soldier but one with a mind and will, to bend his young charge to his cause and make the world his playground, but first he needed his last shipment.

"Have you acquired my targets?"

Blitzo pointed to a corner and Moxxie dragged out a group of people, a family of three, a blond haired father, mother, and son, each wearing high end clothing that had been dirtied.

Voldemort moved towards the group and when he got closer the father seemed to recognize him, immediately falling to his knees and trying to say something through the gag in his mouth.

"Hello Lucius, happy to see your fallen master, don't worry, soon enough you and your family will be able to serve me as dutifully as you once did."

With a snap of his fingers, Voldemort, the Malfoy family and the armored guards disappeared, and the only thing left was a chest and two imps happy to be done with this job.