Year of the Cat

by red-jacobson

A Response to "His Most Loyal Pet" challenge, Harry/Bellatrix/Multi. During Prisoner of Azkaban, Bella also uses her animagus form to escape at the same time as Sirius. This has an incredible impact on Harry Potter's life. Grey Harry/Dark Bella/Dark Narcissa. Also, what the heck is going on with Hermione?

8. Chapter 8 - Cat Dancing

STORY TITLE: Year of the Cat

PART: 08 of ? Cat Dancing
AUTHOR: Red Jacobson ( )
DISTRIBUTION: My Yahoo Group, HP FanFiction Archive, Archive of Our Own,

Hentai-Foundry, Questionable Questing,
DISCLAIMER: None of the Characters You Recognize belong to me, they all belong to JK Rowling and her publishers.
SUMMARY: A different take on the Prisoner of Azkaban, as Cat animagus Bellatrix Lestrange escapes at the same time as Sirius, with a very different goal in mind!

FEEDBACK: Of course! It Makes Me Write Faster
RELATIONSHIPS: Harry/Bellatrix/Narcissa/Multi, Hermione/Fleur/Gabrielle, Harry/Hermione/Luna, Harry/Hermione/Lavender/Luna, Harry/Cho, Hermione/Susan/Hannah
RATING: NC-17
WORD COUNT: 7,462
SPOILERS: None, if you don't know how the Harry Potter story goes by now, why are you reading this story?
WARNINGS: If You've ever read any of my stories, you know what to expect, Oral, anal, Femme-slash, dom/sub, multiple partners, and Femme-cest. There is also partner swapping and slaves being treated as slaves, being made to sexually serve other characters.

AUTHORS NOTES: I've adjusted the dates of different events during the summer, both because the exact date Sirius escaped hasn't been provided, and also to give Harry more time in the Alley.

NOTE ON CHARACTER AGES: In this AU, Hogwarts starts at 14, so Harry is just over a month shy of his 16th Birthday when the story starts.

CASTING NOTE: Mary and Elizabeth Perkins are portrayed by Porn Actress Bree Olson

Lavender Brown is portrayed by Model Danielle Sellers

Parvati and Padma Patil are portrayed by Model Courtnie Quinlan

Fleur "Good Girl" Delacour is portrayed by Model Rhian Sugden

BETA'D BY Grammarly

The Leaky Cauldron

Harry's Room

Tuesday, August 24th, 1993
7:30 pm

Harry had realized earlier that bathing with a friend and having a slave taking care of both of them was something that he really enjoyed, especially when the friend was a sexy girl like Hermione. Lavender seemed to accept as normal that she was to pay attention to both of them equally, and was doing a fine job. The busty blonde had finished washing them, and then, following the same routine he used with Cho earlier, had her stand against the wall and masturbate as she described the fantasy she was enjoying in the bookstore.

It was extremely exciting, watching the girl he had wanked over fingering herself as she described how Master would summon her and Parvati to his room in Gryffindor Tower, and, while Ron, Neville and the others were watching, he would order the two of them to lay on the floor and have sex with each other. Ron and the others would be stroking themselves as they watched, while Master would just watch them with a slight smile.

When she and Parvati had brought each other to climax, Master would order the two of them to use their mouths to satisfy the other boys in the room and swallow everything.

He had shared a look with Hermione, and the two of them smiled slightly. The girl didn't realize it, but she would be finding at least part of her fantasy coming true sooner than she might think. Harry wondered if Parvati had similar fantasies?

Lavender was too lost in her imagination to notice the slight distraction, as she described sucking Ron and Dean, while Parvati used her mouth on Neville and Seamus, and then, when they swallowed all of the boy's cum, Master ordered them to his bed, where he had Parvati laying on top of her, and tied both of them to his bed, their legs spread wide so he could take them.

Lavender was getting more and more excited as she described how Master would plunge into her body, and then shift to fill Parvati, the two girls snogging furiously as he fucked them, that she was soon climaxing all over her fingers. When Harry saw her eyes clearing, he ordered her to lick her fingers clean and then continue washing the two of them. She didn't even blink at the order, just sucking her juices off her digits and then knelt back down in the tub and picked up the sponge and soap.

Harry had enjoyed watching as their potential slave took a great deal of time washing Hermione, and, he wasn't going to deny he liked seeing his best friend completely naked. He hadn't talked to her about taking the position of Lady Potter yet, that could wait until Lavender had left. It wasn't a subject that the other girl needed to be involved with, and the blonde had no idea of the secrets the two of them held, and that wasn't going to change. None of their slaves, outside of Luna and Narcissa, who already knew, would be told the truth about their Master and Mistress.

When they got out of the tub and Lavender had dried them, he led them back into the bedroom, where Midnight was perched on her pillow. The glare the cat gave him was clear, she wasn't giving up her pillow again! With a laugh, he summoned the two chairs into the center of the room, and sat down, with Hermione grinning as she sat down next to him.

Hermione had brought a couple of her toys with her, and was going to use them to fill their new pet, but Harry had remembered the 'futa' spell that Tonks had used, and soon Hermione was moaning ecstatically as she experienced what a knobber really felt like from a guy's perspective.

From the look on her face, he was sure that his best friend had found her new favorite spell. It was certainly entertaining seeing the look on Lavender's face when she was face to cock with Hermione's new appendage, but the girl just smiled widely and went to work. It was obvious that she had sucked a cock before, with the confident way that Lavender used her hands and mouth to drive Hermione out of her mind with pleasure.

He'd been tempted to move behind the girl and slide into her soaking pussy, but held back, letting Hermione enjoy the girl's complete attention. There would be plenty of time to feel her wrapped around his cock, after all. He was looking forward to experiencing her mouth first.

Lavender was sucking happily on Hermione's cock, lifting her head a few times to stretch out and wrap her tits around it, something he had wanked over multiple times since the girl started to develop. When she got Hermione to cum, and swallowed everything, she immediately moved between his legs and went to work.

The devotion in Lavender's eyes was intoxicating, and he couldn't resist lightly scanning her thoughts. The girl had no shields to speak of, and was happy to kneel at his feet, sucking his cock. Out of curiosity, he went a little deeper, to see if he could find out who else she had been with, in case it was someone that could be useful.

He nearly shouted in surprise when he saw her memories of being seduced by Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater at the end of the previous year. Harry had to wonder just how many girls the two of them had seduced, because Daphne had told him about her encounter with the two of them as well. It gave him a very different opinion of the older Weasley boy, and decided he would have to make an effort to develop a friendlier relationship with him. Somebody who was that good at keeping himself hidden would probably be worth cultivating.

She was very, very good at using her tongue on him, easily as good as Daphne, but not as good as Narcissa and Anastasia, but then, both of the older women had a lot more experience with Tom to draw on. Lavender's hands were soft as she rubbed his balls as her tongue licked his shaft, before taking the head of his cock into her mouth and starting to suck.

He glanced over at Hermione, and softly said, "So how did you find our new pet? And what was she doing at the bookstore that got your attention?"

Hermione had smirked at him, and then started telling him about the hidden area of Flourish and Blotts, and the section that Lavender found so fascinating. He was rather intrigued as well, and wanted to talk to his account manager to make sure he was getting paid for the use of his name and likeness. He wasn't all that bothered that witches were getting off to reading about him, unless it was somebody like Mrs Weasley, or Neville's gran, that would be nasty!

"It's too bad we can't put a monitoring charm over that section of the store, it would be interesting to see who else likes those books. We could learn all kinds of interesting information that way, and if they were attractive, we would have an easy way to separate them from their knickers. I'm sure you'd enjoy more practice with the spell, wouldn't you?"

She just chuckled, stroking herself, "It is a lot of fun, but how long does it last? I'm not going to want to walk around with a permanent hard on, people would probably notice."

He shook his head, "A finite will take care of it, but I'm sure you don't want to get rid of it yet, do you?"

She gave him a look, and he just laughed, before turning his attention back to Lavender's mouth.

That was only the start of the evening, and things got even more interesting when Luna arrived.

YOTC & YOTC & YOTC

Harry grinned down at Hermione as the two of them had Lavender sandwiched between them. Their new pet had been losing her mind from pleasure ever since the bath, but when Luna had showed up and joined in, he doubted the girl even knew her name anymore, she had cum so many times. He had considered showing Luna the 'futa' spell, so she could enjoy Lavender's mouth, but that would have probably overwhelmed the big titted blonde.

As it was, Luna was currently laying on her belly behind them, using her tongue to lick of all three of them, and taking the time to suck on his balls, a very enticing experience, and even Tom was making expressions of jealousy that he'd never thought to have Bella and the others do that for him.

He was feeling the pressure building, and he could see in Hermione's expression that she was getting close to cumming again, which wasn't surprising, the two of them had already had their toy in all of her holes once already, and this was the second time he was enjoying Lavender's arse.

Harry pulled back slightly before pushing forward, his hips slapping against the cheeks of her arse, relaxing his concentration to let the release finally hit him. He groaned as his cum flooded Lavender, making her cry out blissfully, and Hermione's growl as she climaxed was probably the sexiest sound he'd ever heard!

Sliding out of Lavender's arse, he helped lift the delirious girl off of Hermione, and laid her out on the carpeted floor of the room. The blonde was panting, but the smile on her face didn't look like it was ever going to disappear, especially since Luna moved in and started licking up the mixture of juices and Hermione's cum leaking from her pussy.

When Luna had Lavender cleaned up, Harry put a gentle sleep spell on the girl, and she closed her eyes and started snoring gently, still smiling happily.

Standing, he said, "Luna, I need to take a shower, go get the water started."

Luna smiled and nodded, climbing to her feet and heading for the bathroom. Turning to Hermione, he gave her a tired smile and said,

"I found out something interesting earlier, it turns out that I have several other families besides the Potters that I need to continue, and I wondering if you would be interested in the position of Lady Potter? I know that you aren't interested in having sex with me, and that's not really a problem, with the girls who are joining us we aren't going to be deprived, but can you think of any other girl who understands me the way you do? You've been my strong right arm from the first Halloween, and I can't imagine my life if you weren't part of it. Granted, it's not the most romantic proposal, but this isn't exactly a romantic situation, is it?"

She stared at him for a second before giving a light laugh, "No, no it isn't, and I'm not against the idea, obviously, but what about the requirement for having a heir?"

"Well, there's a couple of choices, one, Luna or one of the others can get you excited enough to get some pleasure out of having sex with me, or two, there are muggle methods, and I have more than enough money to afford the procedure. That's not something that has to be decided right away, I don't have to have an heir until I'm 25, so we've got the next several years to decide."

She smiled slightly, "Harry, just because I prefer girls, doesn't mean that I haven't enjoyed sex with a guy in the past. Granted, it wasn't something I got a lot of pleasure out of, but I didn't hate it either. But we can talk about that later, you've got an eager girl waiting in the bath for you."

Later that Evening

Lavender had left for her home, with strict instructions on what she was to do between then and meeting them on the Hogwarts Express, and the three of them had, reluctantly dressed and went down to the dining room for a late dinner.

The conversation was light, frankly none of them had a great deal of energy after that afternoon, but the smiles were proof enough of how they were feeling.

When they finished eating, Harry went up to his room with Luna, while Hermione went up to her own room. She was still thinking about Harry's offer, although she was leaning to saying yes, while Luna was ecstatic about being offered the Peverell name.

Harry and Luna had both invited her to join them, but she begged off, she really did need to get some sleep, but when she got to her room and stripped down, she was too restless to sleep, and, with a sigh of frustration, took a quick shower and dressed again. But this time she pulled out a dress very similar to the one she wore that night in France, when she went dancing with Good Girl and the Brat.

Twenty minutes later, she was stepping out of the front door of the Leaky, her wand hidden in her arm holster, and hailing a taxi to take her to a club she remembered from her previous life.

She stepped out of the taxi in front of 'Lipstick' and smiled, it wasn't her usual friendly smile, no, it was a predators grin, and she was on the prowl for a playmate for the night. She loved what she had with Luna, and her Veela girls, but she just wanted some fun without complications.

Paying the cover charge, she slid easily through the crowd, her eyes scanning the room, ignoring the girls dancing together for now, she wasn't going to poach if they were a couple. That would be too much drama for a night of fun.

Making her way to the bar, she ordered a fizzy drink, cursing the fact that this body wasn't old enough to drink alcohol, but not willing to use magic to confound the bartender. Turning so her back was to the bar, she took a sip of her drink as she watched the room. There were several attractive girls, but most of them were displaying far too much confidence, and even if it was a facade, it was more effort than she was interested in spending to break through.

But then the night took a turn for the interesting, as she recognized two girls from Hogwarts, and the way they were sitting together answered the nagging question about just how close the two of them were. They were looking around nervously, and Hermione didn't like the look of a couple of the butches that were starting to circle. Picking up her drink, she casually walked over to their table and sat down, "Hey Susan, hey Hannah, I haven't seen you here before."

Both girls looked at her, relief in their eyes, and Susan said, "It's our first time, but I'm not sure it's exactly what we expected."

Hermione laughed slightly, "No, it's always better to have an experienced guide the first time you come into a place like this, to steer you through the rough spots." She grinned at the two of them, "So what are two good little girls like yourselves doing in such a naughty place? Don't you know what happens to innocent little girls like you?"

Hannah flushed, but Susan tried to glare at her, "What's this good little girl crap, Hermione? You're only a couple of months older than we are, are you saying that you can handle yourself better than we can?"

Hermione's grin was showing far more teeth than usual, and she practically purred, leaning closer to the buxom redhead,

"I'm going to be seventeen in less than a month, little girl, and I've been busy giving good little girls what they need for quite a while. Good little girls like the two of you, both of you are trying to appear strong and in control, but it's obvious that you want somebody to take you by the hand and teach you what you really desire. You both want a strong Mistress to guide you, to bring out the things that you thought were hidden in the darkest corners of your dreams, don't you? Or do you fantasize about finding a Mistress and a Master and serving them both?"

Both girls blushed brightly, and Hermione nodded, "I can make that happen, because Harry is just as capable of giving you what you need as I am, I watched him do it this afternoon. But the question is, will you take the chance I'm offering you? Or will you scurry back home and pretend this never happened?"

Susan looked down at the table, but Hannah surprised her, "If you know so much, why are you here alone? Why aren't you enjoying the girl that you and Harry played with earlier?"

"Because she had to get home to her parents, we'll be seeing her again on the Express. But what about you, it's getting late, shouldn't good little girls like you be snug in your beds by now?"

Hannah looked her directly in the eye, "We have a room in a hotel, my parents are on vacation, and Susan's Aunt is busy at work, something about the Minister's undersecretary disappearing. But if you aren't all talk, then prove it!"

Hermione blinked at the news about the undersecretary, Umbridge, it had to be, disappearing, but that was something she could think about later, right now, it was time for fun.

Standing, she reached out and took both girl's by the hand, and led them out of the club, ignoring the disgruntled looks from a few of the women. Once they were outside, she said, "Okay, where's your hotel Hannah? I'm going to teach you the meaning of the phrase 'Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!"

Stepping into a nearby alley, she checked to make sure that no non-magicals could see her, and sent a message to Harry and Luna, letting them know she wouldn't see them at breakfast, because she was auditioning a couple of naughty Hufflepuff's.

With the message sent, she smirked, these two girls were about to have a night they would never forget!

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster's Office

Wednesday, August 25th, 1993

6:30 am

Albus walked into the staff dining room, smiling genially at Minerva, Filius and Pomona, before frowning slightly at the empty seat where Severus usually sat. It wasn't like the man to be late, especially since he'd sent a message when he returned to the castle the night before. Ah well, perhaps he overslept.

Taking his seat, he tucked into the delicious breakfast the elves had prepared, chatting amiably with the other members of the Senior Staff. But when he had finished, and there was no sign of Severus, he began to get a bit concerned. Turning to Minerva, he said, "Did Severus tell you that he was going to be late this morning?"

She shook her head, "I haven't actually spoken to the man since he returned from the Malfoy funeral on Sunday evening, now that I think about it. He didn't say anything to me, did either of you talk to him?" she asked the other two, getting head shakes from both of them.

"None of you have seen him in almost three days? Didn't you find that unusual?" He tried, valiantly, to keep the sarcasm out of his voice, but wasn't completely successful. He knew that Severus wasn't the most popular member of the staff, but he was a member of staff and they should have paid attention.

Calling a castle elf, he had the creature check to see if the Professor was ill, only to learn that there was no sign of the man in his quarters or anywhere else in the castle. Getting up from the table, he walked as quickly as he could to the dungeons and made his way into Severus's private quarters. Alarm bells started going off in his mind at the condition of the quarters, they were immaculate! And so was the potions laboratory and classroom.

The private lab and classroom being clean and orderly wasn't a surprise, it was almost a requirement for safety purposes, but the lack of clutter in the private quarters was extremely unusual. Drawing his wand, he scanned the room, and didn't find anything unusual, just the normal magics of the elves as they went about their duties, and if one of them had noticed anything unusual they would have notified Minerva in his absence.

Returning to his office, he checked his monitors, but other than showing the man to still be alive, there was no indication of where he was. It was frustrating, because he really needed to speak to Severus to find out what he knew about the deaths of the Malfoy men.

And he was concerned about a report that Harry had been present at the funeral service. Why would the young man be in attendance, it was well known that he and Draco did not get along, and after the incident at the end of the previous year, Lucius would probably have considered Harry an enemy. So why was Harry there? It didn't seem in character that he would be in attendance to gloat, especially since, after his birthday he was busy doing what almost all young wizards do, and enjoying different witches.

He was slightly amused at the sheer variety of witches that he had managed to attract though, especially a pair of identical twin sisters. His father would have been insufferable if he'd managed the feat when he was just 16. Although, considering that Harry seemed to be spending a great deal of time with Miss Chang, Albus wondered if he would be curtailing his activities?

Not something he really needed to worry about, unless it started affecting Harry negatively. He was more annoyed at Cornelius' latest brainstorm of posting those damnable demons around his school. Albus would love to know who had put that idea in the man's head, because it was far too idiotic for him to have thought up on his own!

The morning Prophet had been delivered while he was investigating Severus' absence, and he glanced over the headlines as he poured himself another cup of tea. The main article, as usual, was a bunch of bluster about the hunt for Sirius Black, with listings of supposed sightings of the man. It was the article on the lower front page that caught his attention, Gringotts had announced that several previously inactive accounts had been activated as a valid head of the family had been found.

That was interesting, Gringotts only made an announcement for Most Ancient and Noble Houses, which ones were activated? The first few names, Ambrose, Evanshire, and Quinn didn't mean anything to him, but Peverell? And Slytherin? Those names had a lot history, and would have a great deal of influence with the public. Albus read deeper into the article, trying to find any clue who the Family head would be, but unfortunately Gringotts was being typically close mouthed about any details.

The other article at the bottom of the page that raised an eyebrow. It seemed that Dolores Umbridge, Cornelius' undersecretary had disappeared the day before from her home, and the DMLE was investigating. Albus shook his head, he'd had several unfortunate confrontations with Madame Umbridge and found her thoroughly unpleasant, but if the disappearances were starting again, he doubted that the woman would ever be seen again.

Four Seasons Hotel

London

Approximately the Same Time

Hermione was certainly glad she had decided to go out prowling the night before, because Hannah and Susan were naked and on their knees even as the door was closing behind them, and the night just got more entertaining from there. They may have been a bit nervous in the club, but once they were in private, both of them were eager to do anything that Mistress wanted them to do!

She had even borrowed one of Harry's tricks and had them fingering themselves as they described their favorite fantasy, not surprisingly both of them had fantasized about Master Harry claiming them. The two of them nearly went out of their minds as she described how the two of them had claimed Lavender earlier that day, although she didn't mention Lavender's name. There would be time for them to get better acquainted with the girl once they were at Hogwarts.

The surprise was how excited Susan got describing how Master Harry had her exposing her breasts and arse at random times during the day, just for an instant before she was covered up. Hannah got really excited about being restrained, so it was only natural that Mistress demonstrate how easy it was to have the girl tied to the bed while Mistress rode her face.

She had used the 'futa' spell and taken both girls in all three holes, driving Susan out of her mind, especially when she was Lucky Pierre, and both girls had begged to be taught the spell to use on their roommates.

The two girls fell asleep not long after, with satisfied smiles on their faces, and as she watched them sleeping, she was thinking. She hadn't been lying to Harry, she hadn't disliked sex with Ron or the other male lovers she'd had, and the night with Neville had actually been pleasant, because he had gone down on her for a long time, making sure that she was ready for him. But, she did get far more pleasure out of her female lovers, even though Astoria wasn't even slightly submissive.

She was sure that Luna and her Good Girl and the Brat, not to mention Lavender and the others, would be happy to make sure she was ready to take Harry as a lover, both to magically seal the marriage, as well as to get her pregnant with the Heir. Harry had told her that he couldn't imagine his life without her in it, and she felt the same way. Hell, she and Luna had sacrificed everything on the slim chance they could come back and help him prevent the rise of Voldemort, hadn't they?

So why was she hesitating? There was nobody who understood her as well as Harry, although Luna came close, and she probably understood Harry better than anyone. Putting thought into action, she slipped into the bathroom and closed the door, not wanting to disturb the sleeping girls, and cast the messenger spell. "Harry, I've given it a lot of thought, and I would love to be your Lady Potter! We can figure out the details in the morning, right now I'm going to be joining Susan and Hannah in bed, I wore the poor girls out, but they are both eager to meet Master Harry!" With a laugh, she ended the message and sent the spell on it's way, before heading back to bed and falling asleep.

Hermione awoke to lips on her nipples, and smiled as the memories of the night before came flooding back. She felt their fingers stroking her pussy, and was soon enjoying a mini-climax, which was always the best way to start the day.

Sitting up, she pulled the two girls into a kiss, before sending them to the bathroom to prepare the tub. They still had a few hours before they had to be back at Susan's home, and she was determined to enjoy it as much as possible.

Chang's Apothecary

Diagon Alley

Same Time

Harry knocked on the door right at seven o'clock, and Cho hurried to open it letting him into their flat. Mei deliberately didn't watch the way her daughter molded herself to Harry, and the way his hands touched her body, making Cho moan as they snogged.

Cho's reaction didn't surprise her, after her daughter's enthusiastic description of everything her Master had done to and with her, and the way the girl's magic was reacting, she wouldn't have been shocked to see Cho drop to her knees and take him in her mouth right there in the doorway!

It was only when Cho's hands started stroking him through his trousers that Mei cleared her throat, loudly. Cho turned to glare at her, but then seemed to realize what she had been doing, and blushed, moving away slightly. Mei looked up at Harry, and he wasn't even slightly embarrassed, which surprised her, he had a lot more self-confidence than any boy his age should have. But then, the amount of power he had may have contributed to his attitude, not that it was really important.

Inviting Harry to sit and have breakfast with them, they were soon busy eating, with only light conversation. It was after they finished that Mei said, "You mentioned an arrangement between our families yesterday, Harry, what sort of arrangement did you have in mind?"

"I had considered naming Cho as Consort for the Potter family, I've already chosen the Lady Potter." Turning to Cho, he said, "You met her already, my friend Hermione? She's accepted my proposal." Cho nodded agreeably, but there was a slight blush on her face, and Mei wondered what that was about, but then Harry turned back to her,

"After thinking about it, and also considering Cho's true nature and desires, I'm offering to name her as the Potter family concubine. I had my account manager prepare the standard documents, you can look them over at your leisure, but I do need to notify Hogwarts before we get on the Express so they can arrange our quarters."

Mei nodded, it was obvious that Cho wouldn't have been temperamentally suited for the Consort position, or the Lady of a Ancient and Noble House, and she gave Harry a smile, "I'll look over the contract this afternoon, but considering what I've already seen, I'm fairly certain that we will be signing them before the Express leaves next week."

Cho was practically bouncing with happiness, and Harry put his arm around her, calming her down. Picking up his cup, he took a sip and said, "I'm curious about something though, Mei. You mentioned that you were aware I was Heir of the Peverell family, but wouldn't something like that have been common knowledge? And how did you know that my father was looking for a wife to continue the family?"

It was Mei's turn to blush, but she met his eyes, "Let's just say that Cho isn't the first member of the family to find herself in a Potter's bed. I was extremely close to both James and Lily when we were at Hogwarts, and for a while afterward, and if my parents hadn't already made an arrangement with my late husband, I would have possibly been the Lady Peverell."

Cho gasped in surprise, but Harry just chuckled, "Okay, that wasn't the answer I was expecting, but then, I'm already considering changing the family motto to 'Potter's Don't Do Normal' after everything that's happened in my life. But thank you for telling me that, and I'm sure you have a lot of stories about my parents. When we have the time, I'd love to hear them."

"Oh, I'm sure that my stories will be tame compared to your experiences, James and Lily were fairly vanilla in the bedroom. But there are a few stories I could tell about James and his friends, and how they made Severus Snape's life a living hell, not to mention a few others that ended up having the dark mark. But we really don't have time for that today, I've got to get the shop opened up."

Standing, she said, "So what do you have planned for the day?"

He grinned, "Well, the first stop is going to be Gringotts, so Cho can pick out her collar, and then I have to register the new Lady Potter and Lady Peverell." Cho looked at him curiously, and he said, "She's a housemate of yours, a couple of years younger, her name is Luna Lovegood. Do you know her?"

Cho frowned, "I've seen her in the common room, but haven't talked to her, but I'm sure we'll find lots of things in common now."

Harry chuckled, "Since she is just as eager to serve as you are, I'm sure that the two of you will be very close in no time at all."

Mei noticed that Cho had flushed again when Harry mentioned how close she was going to be with this other girl, and it hit her, her daughter had never played with another girl before, and was probably nervous. It was silly, there was nothing to be nervous about, and it was a lot of fun, she and Lily had spent plenty of time in bed together when James was in detention back in Hogwarts, and they really enjoyed themselves.

But this wasn't the time to reassure Cho, but they could crack open a bottle of wine when she got home this evening. "Harry, I'm sure that you would prefer that Cho spends the night with you again, but I'm going to ask that she be back by 9 o'clock, there are things that need to be done to get ready for school."

Cho looked a little disappointed, but Harry nodded easily, "That's no problem. In fact, I could walk her back and we can go over the contracts and I can answer any questions you may have, if that's acceptable?"

Mei smirked, "Don't worry Cho, it's just for tonight, you'll have plenty of time for your Master to enjoy you after the contract is signed." With a smile and a nod to Harry, she said, "That would be fine, but I am going to insist that Cho finish her NEWTs before getting pregnant, is that understood?"

He laughed, "It's already included in the contract. I've got plans for the family after I graduate, and all of my ladies will have their NEWTs, if not Masteries if they wish to attempt them."

Mei raised an eyebrow, "Ambitious, aren't you? But we can discuss your plans when you come back this evening. I do have to be going."

He nodded and took Cho's hand, leading her out the door and down the steps. Mei shook her head with a smile, James and Lily would be extremely proud of their son, he was a fine young man. She didn't really understand the Master thing, but Cho was happy with it, so she wasn't going to complain.

Picking up her outer robe, she hurried down the inner stairs to the shop and was ready to open right at nine o'clock.

Malfoy Manor

Later that Evening

Narcissa waited until Rita had left and the flames on the floo changed back to their normal colors to let loose with the laughter she had been holding back for most of the evening. Rita had been pathetically easy to steer in the direction they wanted her to go. Just a casual mention of a couple of comments Lucius had made about having leverage over Barty Crouch, and how he was an even bigger hypocrite than people suspected, and Rita was practically salivating. It was no secret that Rita had no particular use for Barty, but then, very few people did, he was an easy man to hate. Oh yes, Bagnold was out of reach because she died, but Barty was going to find out the hard way that you don't fuck with the Black Family!

And once Barty had been destroyed, they could start making plans to remove Dumbledore from his positions, but that would be a long term project. Stripping out of her robes, she picked up her glass of wine and walked naked up the stairs to the room where Sirius was resting.

Knocking lightly on the door, she opened it and stepped inside, grinning happily at the desire in her cousin's eyes. "Well thank you, Sirius, always nice to be appreciated. But you can only look until Andi says you've recovered enough. But when you're healthy, I'm going to be helping you act out every single one of the things you've ever fantasized about me. So make sure you follow your healers orders, okay?"

He gave a strained laugh, "Trust me, that won't be a problem. Sure, I love the incentive to get well that seeing you is, but I'm more interested in avoiding another bawling out from Andi! She's scary!"

She laughed merrily, "Whatever works, Sirius, whatever works. But, I did have a reason to come up here, besides teasing you. I put Rita Skeeter on Barty Crouch's trail tonight, so he's going to end up in deep, deep trouble very soon! If he's lucky he'll get the kiss, but I really think he needs to spend the rest of his life in your old cell, don't you?"

Sirius' smile turned positively feral and he nodded, "That would be something I'd love to see. And if Harry and Hermione catch the rat in time, I might even be in the audience to watch it!"

"From what Mistress Hermione said, the Weasley's, including Pettigrew, will be arriving back on Saturday, the 28th, and they plan to expose him by the next morning. So it's only going to be a few more days and you'll be a free man! Then we can start causing problems for Dumbledore for letting you get tossed in prison like that. Well, more problems than we've already caused him by taking care of Snape, that is."

"Snivelus? What did you do to that greasy bastard?"

"Oh, nothing yet. He's just dosed with the Draught of the Living Death and hidden somewhere that Dumbledore can't get to. Master has quite a bit of anger towards the man, and so does Mistress Hermione, so I'm sure it will be quite exhilarating to see what they come up with!"

Sirius shook his head, "I know he swore an oath that he wasn't going dark, but it's still hard to believe that James and Lily's baby boy could have changed so much. I can accept killing somebody in a fight, I've done it myself, but this is a planned execution! It doesn't sit right with me, no matter how much I hated the man."

Narcissa had been about to make a comment, but paused, from his point of view it would possibly look that way, because he didn't know the whole story. "Actually, if Dumbledore hadn't protected the man back then, he would have probably been shoved through the veil years ago. You were already in prison, so you wouldn't have known, but Snape was arrested and put on trial for a multitude of murders and rapes, as well as sundry other crimes, but Dumbledore stood up and testified that the bastard had been his spy among the Death Eaters, and so the sheep in the Wizengamot were so gullible they let the man go! But what really got him on Master's list, he was the Death Eater that gave the prophecy to the Dark Lord, and caused the attack on the Potters that caused Master to lose his parents and end up living with the Dursley's for all those years! It's no wonder that Master hates the man, do you blame him?"

Sirius went pale, "He was left with the Dursley's? Oh, bloody hell! They were monsters! No, not if Snape was the reason he lost his parents, I don't blame him, I'd want to kill the man myself."

"Then don't worry about him, Sirius, it's not murder, it's justice. Now, I have several things I need to accomplish before going to bed, so I'd suggest you take your potions and get some sleep."

He grumbled a little but drank them down as she watched, and, when his eyes closed and his breathing deepened, she slipped out of the room. She wasn't kidding, she did have a great deal of work to do, starting with her 'guest' in the dungeon. She hadn't told Master or Mistress her plans for the woman, it was best that they could deny any knowledge of the fate of the Minister's Undersecretary if the subject should ever come up.

It had been extremely easy for Dobby, once he had Severus hidden, to stun and transport the odious witch, since she lived alone, not even a house-elf would be willing to bond to her. Stopping at the potions cabinet, she picked up the Veritaserum and a dictation quill. The woman had a great deal of knowledge, and Narcissa was going to be getting every bit of it before killing her.

It was several hours later that she cast the curse that killed the hateful witch, after she had writhed under the Cruciatus long enough to nearly destroy her mind. Mistress Hermione had only known the surface actions that Umbridge had taken, the reality was so much worse. Narcissa had to stop at one point to be physically sick at the woman's crimes, and she had thought nothing could affect her like that.

But once the woman was dead, she transfigured the body into meat for the family hounds, and vanished all of her personal belongings. Narcissa had considered using the parchment listing all her crimes and sending it, and the woman's wand, to Amelia Bones, but decided against it. The last thing they wanted was for anybody to realize just what had happened to Umbridge and start asking questions.

She was looking forward to nothing more than a hot bath to scrub the filth of that woman off her body, and taking a dreamless sleep potion, but when she arrived on the main floor, Bellatrix was standing there looking around.

With a tired smile, she called for tea for her guest and went to see what Bella wanted.

When her sister left an hour later, Bella was much relieved, but Narcissa had an even bigger headache, because there was no way to let Master know about his cat without exposing her own knowledge, and she couldn't imagine that he would be happy that she had kept something so important from him.

But Bella was right, he had to know, and Mistress Hermione as well, and hopefully the punishment that Master would inflict wouldn't be too terrible. She and Bella would endure it, of course, but neither were particularly looking forward to it.

It was too late to do anything about it tonight, she was too tired to think right now. Maybe the morning would bring answers with it, but she wasn't that hopeful.

Leaky Cauldron

Harry's Room

A Few Minutes Later

Bella appeared silently in the center of the room, and was changing back into Midnight so she could get some sleep, but the red of the stunning spell that hit her took her completely by surprise.

End Chapter Eight

You'll get to see Cho and Luna 'getting acquainted' in the next chapter. There really wasn't room for the scene in this chapter.