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?

10. Chapter 10 - Cat In A Bath

STORY TITLE: Year of the Cat

PART: 10 of ? Cat In A Bath
AUTHOR: Red Jacobson ( )
DISTRIBUTION: HP Fan Fiction 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: 7,655

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

Katie Bell is portrayed by Model Pia Marzo

BETA'D BY Grammarly

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Credit Where Credit is Due - Senior Auror Connie Hammer is property of Old Crow, used by permission.

Bell Residence

Outside London, UK

Thursday, August 26th, 1993

6:00 am

Katie cursed softly as the alarm clock rang loudly, waking her from a sound sleep Sitting up, she groaned and grabbed her head, before reaching out and shutting off the alarm. "Damn it, I should have known better than to try and out drink the two of them, they've got years of experience on me."

Looking over at the nightstand with bleary eyes, she managed to smile when she saw the vial of hangover potion sitting there waiting. "Good, I did remember that much." Grabbing the potion, she drank the whole thing, grimacing at the taste. "That's another reason I shouldn't drink that much. That tastes like Oliver's socks smell!"

Forcing herself to her feet, Katie stood still for a moment or two, until the room stopped moving, and slowly walked across the room to her bathroom. She smiled slightly when she saw the bag of 'toys' she'd bought, and shook her head at what the three of them had done the night before. Mary and Elizabeth were extremely descriptive of everything that had done with Harry, and he had done to them, and when Mary pulled out a dildo that she claimed was almost Harry's size, she insisted on demonstrating on Katie.

It had been a night of firsts, that's for sure! She'd had sex before of course, what witch over 16 hadn't? But getting tied to the bed with her tongue in Elizabeth's pussy while Mary plunged that dildo into her pussy and then her arse? That was different and she'd really, really enjoyed it!

Katie also, as she expected, spent quite a bit of time on her knees with the Harry in her mouth, and was looking forward to getting the real thing in her mouth as soon as possible.

The alarm chirped again, and she shook her head, she needed to get moving. It was her morning to open the shop, which was another very good reason not to have been drinking last night, but seeing Harry and Cho had her almost out of her mind with horniness, and the twins were closer than Ang and Alicia. And besides, as far as she knew, neither of them had shagged Harry yet, so they wouldn't understand.

By the time Katie had finished her shower, and, remembering something that Mary had mentioned, she shaved the hair off of her pussy, the hangover potion had done its work and she was ready to face the day.

Getting dressed in her work uniform, she got down to the kitchen just in time for breakfast with her parents and grabbed the front section of the Prophet to see if there was anything interesting going on. She raised her eyebrow at Fudge's announcement of new security procedures at Hogwarts to protect the students from 'crazed Death Eater' Sirius Black. She wondered what idiocy the man had come up with this time, and how bad it was going to be?

After kissing her parents goodbye, she headed to the floo and called out the password to the shop. Stepping through, she brushed herself off and started getting the shop ready for the day, a simple enough job that she could do in her sleep. As she worked, her mind wandered and she wondered if she should approach Harry when she finished work? No, he specified finding him on the Express, and if she really wanted him to train her, she would need to follow instructions, no matter how much she wanted to experience what Mary and Elizabeth already had!

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Ministry of Magic

Director of the DMLE Office

8:25 am

Amelia had just finished her morning cuppa when her day was turned upside down. She was reaching for the first of the reports on the search for Sirius Black when her floo activated and she heard a woman's voice calling her name. There were only a couple of people who had the correct password to be able to reach her from outside the Ministry, and she immediately recognized the voice. Lifting her wand, she locked her office door and activated the extra privacy wards before turning to the fireplace.

"Okay Rita, we're secure. You can come through."

The flames turned green and the reporter stepped through. The first thing Amelia noticed was that Rita had her wand gripped tightly in her hand, and she was looking all around the room before putting up even more privacy charms.

Before Amelia could say anything, Rita said "Can you get your Pensieve? You have to see this, you won't believe me if I just tell you."

Intrigued, because Rita had rarely seemed this shaken by anything, Amelia turned to the cabinet behind her and removed the stone basin, setting it on top of her desk. "What's this about Rita? Why are you so nervous?"

Rita laughed, "How about Barty Crouch keeping his very much alive son, remember Barty Jr, who supposedly died in Azkaban years ago? Well, I got a tip that Lucius Malfoy, when he was alive, had something that would destroy old Barty, and it made me curious so I managed to sneak into the house this morning and saw him cast the Imperious on Barty Jr! I don't know how or why Junior is still alive and I didn't stick around to find out, I got out of there as quickly as possible and called you.

Amelia sat back, stunned. Barty keeping his son, the one he personally sentenced to Azkaban, a prisoner and used an unforgivable to keep him there? She had to see this for herself!

After Rita deposited her memory into the Pensieve, Amelia touched the memory and found herself looking down on Barty being served breakfast by a house-elf, while someone who was unmistakably Barty Jr sat at the end of the table glaring hatefully at his father. The memory was less than five minutes long, but it was enough to totally destroy the man, and see his son tossed through the Veil.

Pulling back, she removed her finger from the memory and swore, "Shit! This is all we need on top of the Sirius Black mess. But he can't get away with what he's doing. Go ahead and take your memory back, I'll use my memory of watching it if needed."

As Rita withdrew the memory, she said "The person who gave me the tip about Barty Senior also mentioned something else. And it's something you might want to ask Barty when you question him. Apparently Sirius Black was thrown into Azkaban without a trial, on the orders of Barty and Minister Bagnold. I don't know if it's true or not, and if it is, are the two things connected?"

Amelia groaned, "Thanks Rita! Just what I need, more work! Can you see yourself out? I need to get started on this."

Rita nodded, taking down the extra privacy spells before stepping through the floo. Amelia waited until the flames died down before pulling out a voucher to transfer a bonus to Rita's vault. Setting up the 'discretionary fund' was one of her better ideas. Rita and her other sources were far more willing to bring legitimate information to her if they were paid properly.

Unlocking her office door, she steps out and has her secretary send word to Master Auror Hammer and Moody that she needs to see them in her office in one hour. Once the messages were acknowledged, she decided to check the records for the trial or lack of one for Sirius Black.

The Leaky Cauldron

Harry's Room

Thursday, August 26th, 1993

10:00 am

Luna waited at the side of the tub as Bella lowered herself into the steaming water. The woman sighed happily, the oils doing their job of relaxing her overworked muscles. Once Bella was relaxed, Luna picked up the soap and sponge, starting to wash the woman. "I hope you understand just how merciful Master is being to you Bella. For deceiving him like that, as well as what you did in the past, he could have easily killed you, and the public would have given him their daughters in thanks. And not only did he let you live, he ended your punishment several hours early."

Bella opened her eyes and looked directly at her, "I know, and I honestly expected him to kill me. But I'd never intended to deceive Master at all, it was just that I couldn't think of a way to tell him the truth without him trying to kill me before I could get a word out. And I'll admit, I really started to enjoy being 'Midnight' it was a good life. Good food, plenty of sunshine to warm my fur, and I got to enjoy watching Master come into his own as he dominated those twins and my niece, and especially how he seduced Cho. From a blushing virgin, that girl would suck Master's cock out of her mother's arse now!"

Luna snorted, "You're more right about that than you know, Cho actually asked Master if she should suggest that her mother give herself to him yesterday at dinner. And when Master asked her if she was aware that it would mean the two of them would be having sex, she said the idea excited her."

"I hope her mother is better looking than mine, or my aunt!" Bella said with a shudder. "My first Master had me using my mouth on both of them, and they were hideous, inside and out! And they hated what he had them doing, which made them even uglier. At least Master is gathering attractive women this time."

"Oh, I don't think you have to worry about that, all of the girls Master and Mistress are planning on gathering are extremely attractive. But, it will be quite a while before Master lets you enjoy them. Nobody but the five of us, I'm including Narcissa, will know your secret, because if you are recognized it would cause Master and Mistress far too many problems."

Bella actually pouted at that, and Luna was amazed at how different the woman was from the insane killer they had faced in the previous time. This woman seemed to be almost entirely sane, but she's also been able to recover from her time in Azkaban in a relatively peaceful place and was getting plenty of food and positive attention, which could make a difference.

"I said it will be a while, not forever. Master and Mistress are working on a plan to allow you to show yourself openly, and I think they are even talking about a way to remove that mark on your arm which will help."

Bella sat up in the tub, her eyes shining, "Master can remove the old Master's brand? Oh please! That's not who I am now, I don't want anything connecting me to the him! He had been almost completely irrational toward the end, and I still loved and worshiped him, but he still frightened me. Our Master hasn't done the things that drove the old one insane, and we can really change things this time!"

"Oh? What sort of things should we change?" Luna kept her voice as calm as possible. Master and Mistress were counting on her to find as much as she could about Bella's mindset, to see if she were safe to keep alive. Luna didn't let any of that show, of course, she just listened quietly.

Bella leaned forward, talking quietly, but there was an intensity in her voice that was interesting Luna thought.

"Master told us in the beginning that he wanted to preserve magical culture, to prevent it from being overwhelmed by the muggleborn and their ideas. He planned to track down the muggleborn as soon as they did accidental magic and speak to the parents, so the whole family could be taught our traditions and culture as soon as possible. Of course, he would ensure the safety of our world by using mild compulsion charms if needed, or if the parents reacted badly, he would have the child taken away and raised by a magical family.

"That would be a last resort of course, and only if the child was in danger. It's better if the family accepts the wizard or witch. But Dumbledore blocked everything, including bringing back the Magical Culture and Traditions classes that were in place before he became Headmaster. This all happened before I joined him, so I don't know exactly why he changed his goals, but I suspect it was making the second Horcrux that damaged his thinking. That's why I was so happy when I realized that the best, most rational parts of my old Master had joined with Master Harry."

Luna just nodded, "Hmmm, I can understand that, since Master and Mistress aren't likely to make the same mistakes your old master did. But how do you feel knowing that we will be destroying your old Master if he succeeds in getting a body back?"

Bella shrugged, "I'm planning on standing with you as you destroy him. He would have willingly killed himself before he became the cause of the destruction of the Magical World if he'd been sane. As it is, he can't be allowed to cause the damage you saw."

"That's good to know, and I'm sure Master and Mistress will welcome your assistance. But, you have to prove that they can trust you before that happens. I'm sure you don't want to experience what happened again, do you?"

She shook her head vigorously, "No! That was worse than being crucio'd! Although when Master loosened the slave bond and allowed me to finally get relief, the pleasure almost made up for what I went through." Bella paused, "Can I ask what happened to my sister? I know that Master was angry with her, but she was just trying to help me."

Luna smiled softly, the honest concern for another person was good to see, but Bella did ask a question, and she deserved to know. "Narcissa was put under the same form of slave bond you were, but her punishment was more severe. Master had me flogging her, and then, after she was healed, took her to a muggle brothel. She'll be there, selling herself to muggles for whatever they desire for 24 hours without being able to get relief."

Bella shuddered, "Twenty-Four hours? I nearly lost my mind after just six hours, poor Cissy!"

Luna shrugged, "Your sister will know better than to keep secrets from Master now, won't she? But I'm just about done washing you, stand up and use the shower to get the rest of the soap."

Bella stood obediently and moved under the shower while Luna reached down and pulled the plug in the tub, letting the water drain. While Bella finished rinsing, Luna stepped into the tub and sat on the bench in the back, her legs spread. "Now that you are clean, it's time you thank me for washing you." Luna said, command in her voice. Bella may technically be older, but Luna wasn't going to let the woman forget who was senior slave.

Bella just nodded at the order and lowered herself to her knees, moving in to use her mouth.

Luna didn't bother hiding her satisfied smile when the two of them left the bathroom.

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Chang's Apothecary

74 Crescent Ridge
Diagon Alley
11:30 am

Mei was doing her best, but she just couldn't concentrate this morning, the conversation she'd had with Cho the night before, and again this morning kept whirling through her mind. Cho had been practically glowing when Harry brought her home last night, and Mei hadn't been able to resist teasing her a little bit after Harry left.

She hadn't expected Cho to go into such detail about everything she had done with Luna and 'Mistress', but she could deal with that, but when her daughter casually suggested that if Mei was so interested she should approach Master herself? That was a shock, especially since Cho had intimated that the two of them would be in bed together.

Mei didn't know what to think about the idea. A big part of her wanted to reject the idea of having sex with her daughter out of hand, but another part was more interested in have Harry spreading her legs and pounding her through the mattress. She could even handle submitting to him, just because James and Lily were fairly vanilla, she'd had other lovers that were dominant, including her husband and she'd come to enjoy it. Just not to the extent that Cho and the other girl seemed to.

And it would ensure that she and Cho stayed close, which would be a good thing. Mei just wasn't sure if she was ready to be that close to her daughter.

The chime of the door opening distracted her, and she looked up, giving a smile to one of her regular customers. Pushing the thought of Cho naked in her bed away, she could think about the problem later, she needed to earn a living.

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Adriana's Cafe

Diagon Alley

11:30 am

Harry smiled as he saw Mary and Elizabeth come walking toward him down the Alley. He'd decided it was time for Cho to meet his other pets and had sent a message to the two of them while Luna was questioning Bella. He had no doubt that they would show up, they'd been submitting to him from the beginning. But now it was time to make things a bit clearer to the two of them.

"Mary, Elizabeth, it's good to see you, you're right on time," Harry said as they stopped in front of him. "I want you to meet Cho, she's my concubine for the Potter family, and she's been anxious to meet you."

The two girls shared a glance, and they grinned as their eyes roamed over Cho's body. Cho smiled calmly and stood up a little straighter, pushing her breasts out.

Mary turned to him with a smile, "So this is who Katie watched you with yesterday? I can see why she had to wring out her knickers after seeing the two of you. She's really looking forward to the Express now, I can tell you!"

Cho giggled, and he smirked, "I wasn't aware that you and Katie knew each other well enough that she'd share something that private."

Elizabeth snickered, "Oh, the three of us have been extremely close since the beginning of Summer when Mary and I did some shopping and she helped us out. In fact, she stayed with us that night and we tried out all the toys."

Harry laughed, "That sounds like an interesting story, but you can share them later, our table is waiting."

Taking Cho's hand, he led the sisters into the cafe and took a seat at the table in the back corner. They had just sat down when the waitress appeared and after Harry ordered for all of them, which the girls accepted without blinking, he put up a privacy charm around the table.

"It wasn't just that I wanted to introduce you to my concubine that I invited you to lunch. I'm going to be blunt since the food will be here soon and don't want to be interrupted. The two of you belong to me, don't you?"

The twins didn't hesitate, they nodded immediately and he smiled at them. "I've decided that we need to formalize things, just so everybody else is aware. I discovered a couple of days ago that I have several family lines to continue, which activates the multiple marriage laws. And the interesting thing is, they are all Ancient and Noble Houses. I've chosen the two of you for positions in the Ambrose family, since they were renowned for their merchant empire before dying out. Is that acceptable?"

The sisters looked shocked for a moment before smiling widely and nodding. He continued, "I know that the two of you are considering opening your own shop in Hogsmeade in a year or so. Once we formalize your positions, I will be financing you completely."

Their food arrived before the twins could do anything but gape at him, and they were too busy eating to discuss anything serious.

When they finished, Harry looked both girls in the eyes, letting a bit of his magic out, and said, "So far, your training to belong to me has been slow and subtle, that is going to change today. Are either of you wearing knickers or a bra right now?" They both nodded, "Stand up and go to the ladies room and remove them. You are also to check that you don't have any hair showing on your pussy. After you do that, bring your underwear back and give them to me. Any questions?"

The two sisters didn't say anything, they just stood and walked toward the back of the cafe, where the bathrooms were. As soon as they walked away Cho grinned, "I like them! It's going to be fun having sister slaves to play with. And when you claim Padma and Parvati, you'll have two sets of identical twins, they'll be so beautiful when they play together."

He smiled, not surprised that Cho had realized he was going after the two girls. "I'm going to be counting on you and Luna to help Mary and Elizabeth as they learn to properly serve me, along with my Alpha, who I will introduce you and Luna to in the morning. You will also be meeting two other women who belong to me, one of them will be the Lady Slytherin in the near future."

Cho nodded, "I'm looking forward to it Master. Will you have a place for Marietta if she joins us?"

"Of course, and I've also have a place for Mei if she decides to join us."

"I'm pretty sure she will, Master, she actually had to excuse herself for several minutes while I was describing how Luna and I served you and Mistress, and she was extremely flushed when she came back."

The sisters came back to the table then, and Harry held out his hand to them. They both blushed slightly but put their bras and knickers in his hand. "Thank you girls, now, do you want any desert or should we go back to my room so the two of you can get acquainted with Cho as well as my Lady Peverell?"

"I think we'd rather have Cho for dessert," Mary grinned, "especially after hearing for Katie what she saw the two of you doing yesterday and how hot Cho looks when she's cumming."

With that, Harry dropped the privacy charm and signaled for the check.

Later

Midnight was in her usual perch, watching Master and Mistress's slaves as they cuddled naked on the bed, sated smiles on all of their faces. Bella had transformed back into Midnight as soon as they left the bathroom, and found it was easier to move in this form. She recognized that Master had been lenient with her, but the punishment was still brutal, and she could only imagine how bad it had to be for her sister.

She was sitting on top of the clothes cupboard when Master brought Cho and the new girls into the room and she enjoyed watching as Cho stripped and joined Luna who was already naked, in getting the new girls undressed. Bella was amused to see that Master was casting the silencing charms again, even though the charms from the night before were still going strong. By the time they got on the Express, this room would have enough privacy charms that dragons could mate in here and nobody would notice!

Once they were all naked, the twins wasted no time getting their tongues in Luna and Cho, stretching the two of them out on the bed while Mary's pussy was at Luna's mouth and Elizabeth was on top of Cho. All of them were so turned on it didn't take much time at all for the room to be echoing with the sounds of their orgasms. Bella hoped that Master and Mistress were able to find a way for her to walk around in her human form because she really wanted to get a taste of Cho and the others.

Mary and Elizabeth were so involved with Luna and Cho that they didn't even notice when Mistress came out of the bathroom. Mistress glanced at the girls on the bed before giving Master a grin, which he returned. Bella was happy that the two of them were together because they were a lot stronger together than apart. They sat down on the couch, watching the girls play together and talking too quietly for Midnight's ears to catch, but then Mistress gestures with her wand, and two of the bondage frames are visible in the back of the room!

Bella shuddered at the sight of the frames, it would be a long time before she could see them and not remember the brutal flogging she'd received. If nothing else, she was determined not to do something that would get her punished like that again.

Her attention was pulled back to Master when he stood and clapped his hands sharply, making the girls on the bed jerk. The sisters looked a little confused when Cho and Luna scrambled off the bed and knelt on the carpet, their hands behind their backs, but they quickly took the same position.

Master smiled at the kneeling girls, and said, "Mary, Elizabeth, this is the Lady Hermione Potter, my wife, but in private you will call her Mistress, just as you will call me Master, the same way Narcissa and the Greengrass ladies do."

Midnight heard Cho's gasp of surprise, and realized that the girl didn't know who Master's other women were. Well, she's going to get intimately acquainted with them fairly soon, Bella was sure of that.

Master told the sisters that as part of their training, they would be experiencing intense sensations, to teach them how to find pleasure in pain. He would start slowly to allow them to get accustomed to the feelings, but it would be a regular part of their training. He then had them move to the frames, and Luna and Cho cuffed them in place.

Midnight closed her eyes and moved her body to try and hide her head as Master and Mistress used the crop on the two girls, but she could still hear the sister's cries. Even when the cries turned to moans of pleasure, she couldn't make herself turn to watch, not yet, it was too soon.

It was only when she heard the girls climax that she was able to turn around again. The girls were still in the frames, but Master and Mistress had cast the futa spell on Cho and Luna, and Mistress had cast it on herself. Her sister slaves were snogging the bound girls, and fingering their pussies, getting the twins even wetter than they already were.

At Master's command, the two girls gripped their cocks and slid them into the sister's pussies and started shagging them. The moans of pleasure were muffled when Cho and Luna started snogging them again. After the sisters were used to being filled, Master and Mistress moved behind them and pulled their wands. It was obvious, from the way the girl's eyes shot open, that they were being prepared for a buggering.

It was interesting to watch Mary and Elizabeth's faces as they were being filled. The look of surprise in their eyes changed quickly to a smoky look as Master and Mistress and their slaves found a rhythm. It didn't take much time at all for the girls to pull back from the snogging and start crying out, doing their best to move in their bonds.

The girls collapsed in the bonds from the force of their orgasms, and Master and Mistress released them from the bonds and told Cho and Luna to take them into the bath and help them recover.

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Hermione was relaxing, sipping on a glass of wine that Harry had managed to get from somewhere, and she smiled. "You know, Harry, if things work out the way you're planning this year, you're going to have three sets of identical twin sisters in your bed? Parvati and Padma are almost a given, and with Daphne, she could get the Carrow twins, plus Mary and Elizabeth. If Fred and George find out about it, they'll either try to assassinate you, or worship you as a god!"

Harry chuckled, "Probably try to assassinate me, since I'm going to collect the Chaser Trio, at least once. Plus, when Ginny is sixteen, I'm planning on being the first to take her knickers off, in payment of the life debt."

She smirked, "Luna would enjoy helping you with that, she always had a crush on Ginny, but until first me, and then you claimed her, she didn't have the courage to act on it. That won't be a problem this time."

He nodded, "I don't think there's anything that our lovely Moon-child would be afraid to do now. But, on another subject, do you want to make arrangements for a wedding in the non-magical side during Christmas Break? There wasn't any point in bringing your parents over to watch us sign the contracts, but I'd imagine they would love to see you married in a church." Hermione felt herself going pale, and Harry looked at her in concern. "Hermione? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a boggart."

She shook her head, "Sorry, it's just, I just realized that I hadn't let Dad and mum know that we got married! I'm going to have to call them and tell them, and tell Good Girl and the Brat about their new sisters."

Standing up, she said, "I'm sorry to shag and run like this, but I don't want to put it off any longer." Grabbing her clothes, she dressed quickly and hurried out the door. She couldn't believe she'd forgotten to tell her parents, and how was she going to explain marrying Harry since they knew her preferences?

When she got to her room, she took the time to make sure that her clothes were perfect before sitting down at the dressing table and brushing the 'just finished shagging' look out of her hair. When she was ready, she pulled the communication mirror out of her purse and set it in front of her. Tapping it with her wand, she watched as it fogged and then cleared, showing her parents smiling faces.

"Hi Daddy, hi Mum, how are you doing? Sorry it's been a couple of days, but as usual when Harry is involved, things have taken a turn for the strange. Nothing life threatening this time, but still, very strange." Hermione knew she was being a coward, but it's not exactly the kind of news you just blurt out to your parents is it? You have to ease into it, and that's what she was going to do.

Her father smirked at her, "When don't things get strange when Harry Potter is involved, why don't you tell us what happened?"

She spent the next ten minutes or so telling them about restoring Luna's memories, and meeting Lavender, and Cho before starting to tell them about Midnight. Her mother winced when she described what they had discovered, and how they punished her, but her father growled that they should have just killed her, she was still a danger. Hermione managed to calm him down by explaining the slavery bond and how it prevents her from doing anything to harm any of them.

As she finished, she said, "I've got another piece of news for you, and I'm sure it's going to come as a shock." Taking a deep breath, she released it and said, "Harry and I are getting married, I'm going to be Lady Potter."

There was dead silence for a long moment before her mum squealed happily and looked like she wanted to start asking questions, but Daddy put his hand on her arm and she quieted down.

"I have to say, I'm fairly surprised. I'm sure there is a reason you are getting married to a man, considering your preferences. Care to explain?"

She smiled, "I know, I was surprised when he asked me, since he knows that I prefer girls. But, he made several good points, mainly, we understand each other better than anybody else could, and we're best friends, that's not going to change. The fact that we are both dominants is going to make things a bit easier, because we will be sharing our girls. And on top of that, there are political reasons for it being a good idea. We are going to be making changes to our society as we get older, and as the wife of the Head of the Potter family, I'll have a lot more clout than plain old muggleborn Hermione Granger, no matter how many NEWTs I get."

They spoke for a while longer, Daddy asking probing questions which she answered as best as she could, but eventually, they accepted her decision, and mum was thrilled to start planning a church wedding for the two of them.

After ending the conversation, she checked the time and saw it was time for dinner, so she used the room mirror to have dinner sent up.

It wasn't long after she finished eating that she crawled into bed and fell fast asleep.

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Malfoy Manor

Wiltshire

Friday, August 27th, 1993

7:00 am

It had taken all the strength Narcissa had to get out of bed and make it to the floo to call Anastasia and Daphne to help her, but they had come through without question, only to be shocked at her appearance. She hadn't been able to dress herself so she was still completely naked when they arrived. Anastasia had immediately started casting healing spells and then sent Daphne back to retrieve healing potions.

Narcissa had almost shed a tear in relief as the pain stopped and she was able to move easily again. Anastasia had helped her to her bedroom to put on a robe and stretch out on her bed. Once she was comfortable, she and Daphne started asking questions.

Daphne was clearly shocked that Master had done this, she was so used to dealing with Harry Potter at school she didn't understand just how much he had changed, while Anastasia just listened, an expression of worry in her eyes. She didn't tell them what she had done, other than keeping something extremely important secret from Master, that he could have considered a betrayal. Narcissa was able to reassure the two of them that that Master had been in the right to punish her, and there was no sign of the madness even when he was at his angriest.

She skipped over the actual details of the punishment because she didn't ever want to think about her ordeal again, just like she skipped over Master putting Sirius into a healing coma to keep him asleep and unaware while she was gone, and just told them what happened at the end of the twenty-four hours.

Master had arrived a few hours earlier and taken her, still naked, out of the hellhole he'd sent her to. He hadn't said a word until they'd arrived back at the manor, and he'd just asked her if she'd learned her lesson. She wasn't ashamed that she'd started sobbing and begging his forgiveness, what she'd gone through would have broken Morganna herself!

Master's gaze had softened slightly as he touched her with his wand, and she felt the horrible restrictive binding on her magic loosening, and she sighed in relief as she could feel her magic again! He carried her into her bedroom and called for Dobby who appeared immediately. The elf almost collapsed in shock when he saw her, and Master told the elf that his Mistress's punishment was over and to take her and bathe her before letting her rest.

Dobby had been wailing and pulling his ears that he hadn't protected his Mistress, and she had found herself in the unusual position of trying to calm the elf. He couldn't believe that Mistress had done something to deserve her punishment, but she told him that she had betrayed her Master and he was right to punish her. Dobby had been shocked that she would do such a thing, but he followed her Master's orders to clean her scratches and welts before popping her into her bed.

Narcissa hadn't slept, even though she wanted to, her body still hurt too much, and even worse was the feeling of disappointment in herself. She knew that she should have told Master about Bella, and had multiple opportunities to do so, but she'd kept quiet. She swore to herself that she would never do anything like that again.

The one small consolation was, even when Master and Mistress were punishing her, it was only with the flogger and not the Cruciatus Curse. And they had their slave Luna wielding the flogger. Master had told her that he and Mistress were too angry with her, and didn't want to do her permanent damage. She could see the relief in Anastasia's eyes at that, because Master wouldn't have considered anything that trivial when he was in the grip of his madness.

Narcissa had been feeling stronger as she spoke, the potions and her magic restoring her, although her body was still extremely sore. She invited the two of them to join her in having breakfast before soaking in the tub. They agreed quickly and Narcissa had to struggle to keep her manners as she ate. It had been almost 30 hours since she'd last eaten, and she was ravenous!

It was when they were soaking in the bath that Daphne spoke, "Is that something that I'm going to have to look forward to? We do something wrong and get punished so horribly? Because I don't know if I can do this! I guess I'm not as strong as the two of you, but when I saw you this morning, I wanted to be sick that he could do this to anybody."

Narcissa moved as quickly as she was able, and pulled the girl into her arms. "No Daphne, you don't have to worry about being punished like this. You have to understand, that what I did, and I knew it was wrong even when I was doing it, Master would have been correct to just kill me. If I had confessed what I had done in the beginning, he would have still punished me, but it would have been nothing more than a flogging and then it would have been over! And no, a flogging isn't pleasant, but punishment isn't supposed to be. Just remember, don't try to hide your mistakes, Master is an understanding man, and depending on the nature of what happened, there may not be any punishment at all."

Daphne looked relieved and nodded her understanding, and Anastasia added "I'll admit I was worried when I first saw Narcissa, because of how severe the punishment was, but she's right, Master was actually merciful in how he treated her. And having their slave, Luna you said? Having Luna doing the flogging was even more comforting, because he knew enough to realize he could seriously harm Narcissa if he'd been the one punishing her."

Seeing that Daphne was calm again, Narcissa decided to change the subject. She wanted the girl to have something else to occupy her mind. "So, how are plans going for Cyrus's broom accident?"

YOTC & YOTC & YOTC

The Leaky Cauldron

Diagon Alley

Friday, August 27th, 1993

8:00 am

Mistress was already sitting at a table when Master brought her and Cho into the dining room. Mary and Elizabeth had left late last night to get some sleep before they had to work. Master was taking them to Gringotts tomorrow morning to sign the contracts and get them their collars, he was going to be too busy for the rest of the day. When they got to Mistress's table, Luna wondered what was causing the malicious smile, until she showed Master the headline of the Daily Prophet.

It was a struggle to keep her expression correct, because seeing that Barty Crouch Senior and Junior had been arrested, let alone the fact that Junior was supposed to be dead, was going to remove one of the tools Voldemort had used in his attempt to get a body. Not to mention throwing a huge spanner in the works of bringing back the Tri-Wizard Tournament, since Crouch Senior was one of the people most pushing for it to be revived.

Master looked just as pleased as Mistress at the news, and when he read deeper into the article he started to chuckle. Mistress smirked, "Saw that bit about tossing people in Azkaban without a trial, did you? That will help when we catch the traitor,"

Luna was a bit surprised that they were so open around Cho, who didn't know the truth, but Master just turned to her sister who was listening curiously and, after putting up a muffling charm, he said,

"This is absolutely secret until I tell you otherwise, but Sirius Black is my magically recognized godfather, and not the one who betrayed my parents or killed those other people. He contacted me not long after he escaped and explained everything to me. He's currently in hiding, being treated for what he's gone through, and your Mistress and I have a plan to capture the real traitor. We couldn't tell you until you were a part of the Potter family, and we've all been a little busy the last couple of days."

Cho smiled and nodded, "Yes Master, we certainly have been, and it's been wonderful. Thank you for explaining things and I look forward to meeting him when the time comes. Will he be somebody I'll be serving?"

Luna almost choked on her milk at how casually the girl was accepting things, and she could see Mistress was almost as surprised, but Master just smiled slightly and nodded. "That's quite possible Cho, but it won't be until he is free and healthy. Does the idea of serving him bother you?"

Cho looked honestly confused and shook her head, "Of course not, Master. You told me when you first claimed me that I would be serving you by letting others enjoy me, so I'll do my best to get pleasure out of doing so."

Master gave her a pleased smile, "That attitude is why I'm so pleased you belong to me, Cho. You are learning so quickly, and I will be showing you how much that pleases me later today."

Cho smiled happily, and Luna smiled, her sister slave was already such a different girl than she was before, and much more fun to be around!

They had just finished eating and Master had dropped the privacy spells, when Tom the bartender came over, a letter in his hand. Luna was surprised to see that it was actually for her, from Professor McGonagall. Opening it quickly, she read through it and smiled, "I'm going to be allowed to test out of second year, and I'll be getting re-sorted when we get to the Castle."

Mistress smiled, "Then we'd better see about getting you books for the third year courses. Did you choose what electives you'll be taking?"

Luna nodded, and they started talking about the different choices, with Cho adding her thoughts on Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, the two she was taking. Luna could honestly say that she was looking forward to going to school for the first time in years. Things had already changed so much, and Master and Mistress were just getting started!

End Chapter Ten