5 Contracts, Betrothals, Vows...
I kept my cool, "It was, she gave me hugs," was my answer, "that takes a lot of my stress away."
Hannah was surprised, "Just a hug can do that?" was her question while she was studying Hermione's blushing face.
I shrugged, "You saw what my life at the Dursleys was about, Hannah, the only hugs I ever had, or the ones I can remember were from Hermione." I smiled sadly and continued, "I only held one other girl in my arms and that was a disaster, you must have felt sorry for Parvati when I only danced once with her and moped the rest of the night. I was a stumbling mess then and still am one now. Hermione is my best friend and her hugs are priceless."
Hermione got her wits back online, "That is because I am the only one that gave you hugs, Harry, you have no one to compare me with. I bet I fall to second place if Susan hugs you."
Susan was the one blushing now, she tried to divert the attention, "The Yule Ball made all of us jealous of Parvati until we saw how you treated her. I understand now what was wrong with you, we didn't know why you didn't dance with her. Did you apologize to her?"
Ashamed I shook my head, "Not yet, but I am planning to, at the Yule Ball I was overwhelmed, I had to sit between the champions and I felt so out of place. Everyone thought I cheated my way into that Tournament to get attention. Sitting between the other Champions made me want to hide away, I could not dance to save my life and I felt like an idiot on the dancefloor. I still can not dance."
Susan commented a bit embarrassed, "We did not apologize to you for how we behaved either, Harry. All the Hufflepuffs should apologize. Hannah and I are truly sorry for that."
Hannah smiled, "We can amend for that! We teach Harry how to dance as an apology! We happen to love dancing, so you better get used to dancing with the three of us," Hannah looked at Hermione, "You can dance, Hermione, you did with Krum, why didn't you teach Harry to dance?"
Hermione tried to remember why, finally she answered, "Ron was hogging all of Harry's free time, I spent most of that month researching the clue of that Golden Egg in the library, that was where Krum asked me to the Ball. I was the only one that ignored his presence."
Susan clapped in her hands, "That settles it! We are teaching Harry how to Dance! We have cushioning charms for our feet, this place must have a music room somewhere, usually there as a room attached for dancing, or you could come to our place."
Hannah joked, "That way you have two more girls in your arms, Harry… oh! Harry? Did you have your first kiss?"
That is debatable, does kissing the ears, neck, and shoulders count? To be sure I asked, "Does a kiss on the cheek count as one?"
Hannah shook her head, "Nope, it has to be on the lips with tongue and with a girl."
"Let me get this straight, it only counts if it is with a girl?" I asked confused, "Why in Merlin's name would I kiss a boy?"
Susan shrugged, "There are a lot of boys that do it, Zabini for one and I suspect Malfoy does too with Crabbe and Goyle, we even thought you and Ron… that is why Hannah said it had to be a girl."
I had to process that last tidbit, people think Ron and I? In what bloody universe would that happen? Crap, in a lot of Fan Fictions it would! Now that is a nasty picture, me and Ron sitting in a tree… Crap! What was Old Guy using to get disturbing mental pictures out of his head… Miley Who? Why the fuck is she sitting naked on a wrecking ball? She is singing a song on a swinging Wrecking ball? Ah, that old perv was wondering how long it took to tape that video clip and if her pubic hair… What the bloody hell! Now I am thinking about that wrecking ball? Wait a bloody second! Why didn't they ask that I kissed with Hermione?
I pointed at Hermione and asked, "I could have kissed Hermione with tongue, why would you think that of Ron?" I shuddered, "I have nothing against homosexuals or bisexuals, but there is no way I'll be snogging Ron… I never snogged Hermione either."
Hermione tried to lighten the mood, "Susan, Hannah? Did either of you have your first kiss with a boy or a girl?"
Susan and Hannah looked at each other, Hannah nodded, Susan answered, "We did, but not with a boy, we practiced kissing each other. Hannah and I are always together, when we were talking about kissing, we wanted to try it out."
Hermione raised an eyebrow, "What else did you try out?"
Hannah held her hand up, "First of all, this stays between the four of us! I need a Vow on that. A Vow that we tell the truth and keep this conversation a secret. Do you agree?"
Hermione nodded and raised her wand, "I Vow to speak and act truthfully from now until we leave this room, to keep this conversation a secret, and only talk about it with the permission of Harry, Hannah, and Susan. So Mote It Be!"
We could agree with that Vow and made it too, soon we settled down, Hermione asked, "Can you tell us now why you demanded that Vow?"
Susan answered, "Because we did more than practice kissing, we explored almost everything," Susan looked at me, "If we ever want to make it work, you had to know this upfront, Harry. I don't think I am a Witches Witch, but I enjoyed playing with Hannah and I would like to keep doing that."
Hermione asked, "Even after you marry Harry?"
Susan carefully explained, "It is more of a double deal, you see, I am the last Bones of my line, I want my children to keep my name. I ask for you to include Hannah so she can birth Potters, and take me as a Consort to make our children Bones."
Hannah commented, "Greengrass and Davis have the same arrangement, so are the Carrow sisters. For Ravenclaw, I think Lisa Turpin and Lilith Moon. There are others, the Death Eaters did a lot of damage to our community. There are a lot of single heirs too. You, Longbottom, Malfoy, Smith, Zabini. Those are from our year alone."
Hermione sighed, "So this is more than just a visit? This is to see if Harry is willing to accept you both?"
"It is, Hermione," answered Susan, "Hannah and I grew up together with the knowledge that I had to be a Consort and I have rather Hannah as the main wife than a stranger or some cow like Parkinson. That is why we explored our bodies."
Crap this is going to be a harem story? Why is Hannah mentioning Greengrass and the Carrows? I have to be careful here, the line continuance trope was a good excuse to get me plenty of wives…
Old Guy abused the shit out of that! Let's see… Sirius lost his swimmers in Azkaban so I got House Black, right of Conquest for Slytherin and Gaunt… Vassals? I got those Death Eaters as Vassals? Peverell? Sixteen wives? Twenty-three? Fuck me! Thirty wives? A Veela conclave? Now that is a thought… I would never leave the bedroom… Focus, Harry! Miley… Wrecking Ball… Son of a bitch! Now I have her in my head too? What is a Pokemon? Got to catch them all? WTF?
I better cool things down a bit, I asked, "Are we not a bit too young to decide who we are going to marry? What if some big muscular male catches your eye and sweeps you off your feet? What if he throws you on the bed and rips off your clothes to make love with you for hours?"
Hermione pointed out at me, "That can all be solved when you go to a Gym, Harry. Those potions will correct your body soon enough, and some cardiovascular training will get plenty of muscles onto your bones. That way you can ravage Susan and Hannah for hours."
Hannah, chuckled, "You convinced me with ravaging for hours, Hermione. But tell me, didn't you and Harry do something naughty? I doubt you are angels."
Hermione blushed and sighed, "We did, when we found out about the betrayal of the Weasleys, we hugged, it was a long time since we both had some relief and we well… we hugged hard. That night we shared the bed, nothing happened, just cuddling, taking comfort in each other's company."
I took over, "Last night I went to her bed, Hermione gave me a handjob and I kissed her neck and shoulders to make her feel better. We sleep together now, I don't have nightmares when she is holding me. Before that, I had nightmares from the night of the third task til two days ago. We look at it as friends with benefits, we don't want to lose our friendship over this."
Susan asked, "What will happen now? What about us? What about Hermione? What about Hannah?"
I shrugged, "You have to wait for a ravaging, I need at least a year to build that kind of muscles up or there must be some kind of potion for it." I looked at Susan and Hannah, "Both of you are beautiful and nice and I am starting to like you both a lot, I am willing to give it a try. But to be honest, I want to continue the friends-with-benefits with Hermione too, I like Hermione a lot, I want both, although I don't know how this could work… is this Vow forcing me to say that?"
Hannah nodded, "We Vowed to say the truth until we leave this room. Personally, I want to try it with you, Harry, we saw what you had to overcome and not many would keep sane with what you have gone through, and I like you a lot. I played with Susan, maybe we can learn to include Hermione in this. I am willing to give it a shot."
Susan sighed, "We know you are important to Harry, Hermione, we are willing to make it work. More importantly, Harry, I like you a lot."
Hermione was conflicted, I could see it on her face, Susan said, "Just talk, Hermione, the Vow will lead you to say what is in your heart."
Hermione closed her eyes, "I like Harry, a lot, I also like you and Hannah, Susan, the three of us are in Ancient Runes and Arithmancy and we work well together. My situation with Harry is new and exciting, but I am also curious about you and Hannah. I have never been with a girl and I don't know if that is something for me but I am willing to find out." she opened her eyes and looked at me, "I want to give this a try, Harry, we deserve a bit of happiness."
Here is a dilemma, the four of us told the truth to each other, what we are feeling and thinking, but what will happen when we leave the room? Social standards and pressure will stand in the way, what if Sirius really is shooting blanks? Do I have to take a couple of girls more? House Black will have no doubt some contracts open.
Carefully I asked, "What will happen when we leave the room and we are free of the Vow? Will we think the same? What will your parents say, Hermione? What about your parents, Hannah, or your aunt, Susan?"
Hermione came over and sat sideways on my lap, "I don't care, right now, I want my first real kiss from you, Harry."
Hermione didn't wait for an answer and locked her lips with mine, who am I to refuse, a few seconds later we were in the middle of a steaming snog. My hands did some exploring, one on her back, the other found its way under her shirt and was battling with the biggest enemy of teenage boys, the bra. For now, I admitted defeat and worked her boobs above the bra, I will get my due tonight though.
Hermione left my lap and immediately got replaced by Hannah, bummer, she has a one-piece dress, there is no way in to reach her boobs… my hand started to go down and moved up under Hannah's dress, knee, thigh, now do we go for the front or back? The bum for now, we can't attack the pussy on the first kiss, so Hannah's bum got groped. She liked it, going on the moans and her wandering hands.
When Hannah made room for Susan, I gave her the same, Susan had a boob complex, so I was happy to rub her bum instead.
When our lips parted I said, "Move a bit, Susan, Little Dude is cramped up below your bum."
Hermione smiled evilly, "Why don't we make him feel better? Ah, let's give Little Dude some air, no shame, Harry, we are going to do this sooner or later anyway. Lift your bum so I can pull your pants down… yes, your boxers too. I did not get to see Little Dude last night, Susan, Hannah, come closer, Harry, spread your legs a bit so I can get between them."
Huh? WTF? Hermione is on her knees giving me a handjob in front of Susan and Hannah? Since when is she so daring? Is she staking her claim for a piece of me? Bloody fuck she is good!
Hannah and Susan were watching the action, Hannah asked, "What does it feel like, Hermione?"
Hermione stood up and stepped aside, "Try it, don't be shy, I bet you did more with Susan, it feels warm, doesn't it? Put one hand on the shaft and one hand cupping his balls gently, they are sensitive, move your hand up and down, maybe blow some air on the tip. If you want, you can suck on the tip like a lollipop."
Susan commented, "That is a bad idea, Hermione, Hanna always crushes lollipops with her teeth."
When Little Dude heard that, he chilled, a few moments ago it was ready to shoot his load, now, however… Soon after, Hannah got in the rhythm, when Little Dude sensed there was no danger of getting chewed on, he started to enjoy the treatment.
I moaned, "Hannah, I am close, if you don't move your head it will get sprayed."
Hannah moved her head backward to see what would happen, it almost reached the ceiling! Not. Fascinated, the three girls saw Little Dude erupt, I guess I am in teenage heaven.
Susan pouted, "I didn't get the chance to try, Hannah. You hogged him for yourself."
Hannah shrugged, "Remember that we read that teenagers recuperate fast. That Little Dude will stand back up in no time at all. Faster if you stimulate it. Give it a go."
Twenty minutes later there was a second eruption, too fast you say? Try to hold it in when three beautiful girls are giving you a handjob, when I tried to get my mind to concentrate on something else, I saw that Miley was on her Wrecking Ball, and I lost my load, I was just in time to warn Susan.
When I came down from the rush, I asked, "That was awesome! How about I return the favor?"
Susan shook her head, "We are having our periods, Harry. But I love to have it next week."
They are in Sinc already? According to the Old Guy, women in the same household have their periods synchronized and have them on the same days. Now that I think about it, why did they rush it? Why are they so eager to make it happen?
Hermione got us back on the main topic, "So… we are going to date Harry? All three of us?"
Susan nodded, "I want to make this work."
Hannah nodded too, "Me too, but Harry, I can't wait for you to be buffed up and to ravage me for hours."
Meh, I'll go with the flow, Susan and Hannah are both beautiful girls, I could do a lot worse. Where can I find a Gym?
Xxxxx
We left my room... Reality slammed into our brains, those girls did a handjob on me on their first visit? How fucked up can that be? Speechless, we went back into my room and sat down, carefully avoiding the couch of sin.
I decided to speak up first, "That Vow did more than let us speak the truth I suppose, I am guessing here, but did that Vow let us act on our honest feelings?"
A blushing Susan nodded, "It had to be, there is no way I would have done that on our first visit! Maybe after some months, or in our marriage, I would have feared being called a slut if I did THAT."
Hannah groaned, "I can't wait for you to be buffed up and to ravage me for hours? Did I really say that? Is that what I am? Oh, Morgana! I held Potter's Little Dude in my hand! I cupped his... OH, Morgana!"
Hermione said reluctantly, "I might have been the catalyst for that, Harry and I are at that level already, my feelings drove me to it and both of you followed. It also means you were thinking about doing that too eventually."
I concluded, "Now that we have our minds back in control, where are we going from here? Cancel the whole thing or go through with it?"
Susan looked at me and answered, "No matter how embarrassing it was, we expressed our true feelings, those feelings want us to try it out. Harry, I want to go for it, but you can forget those handjobs for at least a couple of months."
Hannah sighed, "Same here, we vowed to speak and act truthfully, I still want it, Harry. You can take your time to get buffed. Morgana, I still can't believe I said that."
Hermione nodded, "I want it too, Harry. This last hour opened our eyes, these last minutes even more, but I still want it."
I smiled, "So do I, although I would not mind another hour of truth someday. Three beautiful girls gave me three smoking hot snogs and two handjobs. I would be lying that I did not enjoy it and want more of it."
I stood up and held my hands out to Susan and Hannah, "What do you think? Dating and kissing first, before we move to the heavier stuff?"
Susan and Hannah took my hands and got out of the ouch too. Susan answered, "We agree, Harry."
Xxxxx
At dinner, I told Sirius, "The Tally is on three, Sirius. We are going to try and make it work. You are allowed three jokes a day and maybe one prank."
Sirius choked on his food when I told him the news, yes, I timed it. Tonks looked curiously at Hermione and asked, "You want to share Harry? Why?"
Hermione shrugged, "Because I like him, Susan and Hannah convinced us to give it a try."
Sirius warned us, "Keep it still, for now, announcing it will draw a big target on those girls' backs. With so many Death Eaters and Voldy around, it is not safe for them or you."
He continued, "On another note, there is a meeting here in an hour, to discuss any future actions. Dumbledore will be here too."
I told Sirius, "I will sit in that meeting Sirius, as Dumbledore said I am destined, I refuse to be the bait."
Tonks warned me, "They will say that you are too young, Harry."
I shrugged, "Screw them, Kreacher? Ah, Uncle Kreacher, can you keep an eye out for men with sticky fingers? Sirius might have some bad memories here, but that is no reason to let others rob this place. I kind of like it here."
I grinned at Sirius, "I made some awesome memories in this house."
Uncle Kreacher got a nasty grin on his face, "Kreacher will watch closely, Young Master. Sticky fingers won't grab young Master's things. Does Kreacher have permission to get stolen things back? Kreacher marked them before dirty Fletcher took them away."
I nodded, "Get them all back, Uncle Kreacher, nobody is allowed to steal from House Black… or House Potter. They will pay."
I looked at a slack-jawed Sirius and told him, "The time that they treated us as a doormat is over, Sirius. Now is the time that Lord Black and Heir Potter show their teeth. Starting tomorrow by getting yours and my finances back in order. Tomorrow we will visit Gringotts. Now, where do you keep your Lord Ring? Where do I find my Heir Potter ring?"
Sirius thought for a bit, "I think your Heir ring is in the family Vault, James must have put it there when they went into hiding. My Lord's ring is here in my Study, when Grandfather died, the ring portkey'd into the safe of the office in this house, all House Black rings will do that."
I thought of something else, "One last thing, Sirius, Dumbledore, and Snape are masters at Legilimency and use it all the time on me, is there something that can block that?"
Sirius cursed loudly for a minute, when he calmed down he said, come with me to my study after dinner, I have just the thing for you, for you too, Hermione, as one of Harry's three girls, you need some protection too."
Xxxxx
After dinner, Sirius led us into his study… office… whatever it is called and showed me a set of rings, "These are the House Black rings, Harry. On your first birthday, James allowed me to partially blood-adopt you and make you my Heir. Uncle Alphard left me a lot of money and I did not want any Blacks to get their hands on it. I did not know Grandfather refused to kick me out of House Black, this means you are the Heir Primary of House Black."
Sirius put the Heir ring in front of me, "Before the inauguration of the Heir at the Wizengamot, the Lord of the House demands a Vow from his Heir to serve the best interest of House Black and all members of the family. You decide to accept or refuse, I never got the chance to get the ring, my Mother said it had to be done on my seventeenth birthday. I ran away from home when I was fifteen."
I slid the ring on my finger, and raised it with my wand in its hand, "I Harry James Potter, adopted son of Lord Sirius Orion Black, accept this ring and all the duties and benefits it entails. So. Mote. It. Be!"
After the light show was over, Sirius handed a ring to Hermione, "This was once my Mother's engagement ring, as Harry is wearing my Father's. This means not that you are engaged, but that you are promised. If you remove the ring from your finger out of your free will, that means you break the relationship. You don't need to say a Vow the ring offers a lot of different protections."
Sirius looked at Tonks, "Nymphadora, after the meeting I will invite your parents and ask Andromeda if she wants to return to the Family. If she says yes, then you will be my Heir secondary."
Sirius stood up and stretched out, "Now that the stuffy stuff is done, let's get this meeting over with."
Xxxxx
The meeting took place in the Meeting room, yes, there is a room just to have meetings in, go figure. Sirius sat on the head of the table with me and Hermione on his right side, Tonks was on his left. A good preparation was to block Phoenixes from flaming into the house, which is plain-out rude.
One by one, the Flaming Bird members came in, guided by Dobby or Kreacher, Arthur came but kept Molly at home… smart move. Ten minutes too late, Sirius grinned, even I felt Dumbledore bounce out of the Wards, a bit later a Dumbledore with scourge marks on his robes was led in by Dobby.
Sirius began, even before Dumbledore sat down, "Now let's start this meeting before we lose some more precious time. The first point of order! Dumbledore, did you return all the money you stole from House Potter? There are also the five loans you prevented Sharpclaw from going after the payments and the freeloaders you allowed to live in the Potter buildings. We demand that those rents be paid from the day they moved in, also any repairs that are caused by your neglect have to be compensated. If you had the nerve to claim Magical Guardianship, you had to do that Duty. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Dumbledore felt all eyes focus on him, he was not prepared to defend himself from those accusations, finally, he answered, "The money is returned, Sirius, as you demanded, I transferred the Magical Guardianship over to Amelia. The rest is out of my hands now that I am not a Guardian anymore."
Sirius frowned, "So you hand a big mess over to Madam Bones, Why did you allow your buddies to live rent-free in Harry's houses? Why did you protect those five defaulters? We are talking about over a million Galleons, Dumbledore, thieves go to Azkaban for stealing thousands of Galleons and you think you can rob my Godson unchallenged? Who the hell do you think you are? Merlin? No, Merlin was not a thief."
Dumbledore looked coolly at Sirius, "What I did as Harry's Magical Guardian can not be challenged, Sirius, I acted in the wizarding world's best interest. I did what was needed at that time. Why is Harry here? He is too young to be here, send him out of this room."
I glanced at him and commented, "According to you I was old enough to face a Dragon, old fart, I was old enough to swim to the Mermaids village, and I was old enough to go into that maze. I was not old enough to face Tom Riddle at the graveyard, but there were no adults around to help me. It is in the Wizarding World's best interest that I attend this meeting, old fart, I will stay here."
Moody took control, "The boy stays, Albus. He faced more dangers than most of us put together, dangers that you put him in, Albus. The only reason you are allowed to be here is that you are good with a wand. Know this Dumbledore, our friendship is over. You are a child molester of the worst kind."
The verbal smackdown from two men and a boy made the members that didn't know the full story frown, Dumbledore a thief and child molester? When did that happen?
I asked, "What has been done against Tom Riddle?"
Mundungus Fletcher was puzzled, "Who's be Tom Riddle?"
Hermione showed off, she saw the memory of the Basilisk and did Tom's anagram with fiery letters above Sirius's head. She said, "Tom Marvolo Riddle is Voldemort's real name. He is the son of a squib and a muggle, a fact Dumbledore knew for thirty or more years."
Dumbledore stood up, "That is dangerous information that can not made public! The country will fall into chaos!"
Vance frowned, "Dumbledore, why would the country fall into chaos? At most those Death Eaters would rebel against their muggleborn Master, he would not get new members. Why is that so bad? I fear that by keeping his name a secret, you helped Tom Riddle's cause."
Moody grumbled, "We will spread the news I'll bet the international reporters will be interested too. That will clip Riddle's recruiting on the continent. Sit down Dumbledore."
Vance reported, "The Unspeakables confirmed that there is a prophecy about Potter and Riddle, they ask for Harry to visit the Department of Mysteries this week."
Dumbledore stood back up, "Absolutely not! Harry is not ready for that kind of knowledge!"
Sirius snapped at him, "And you failed to prepare him for it Dumbledore! Or is leaving Harry with the Dursleys your way of training him? Ten years in a cupboard under the stairs is preparing Harry for his destiny? Sit down, Dumbledore, be glad you are still a repellent for Riddle or I would kill you myself."
That moment McGonagall and Snape entered the room, Snape's face soured up at the table setting, Sirius at the head and the Brat Who Refused To Die next to him.
McGonagall sat next to Dumbledore, "Sorry for being late, my discussion with the clans got out of hand, but I got their support if we can prove he is back."
Snape glared at me, "What is the Potter brat doing here, or Granger for that matter, this is not a kindergarten."
I smiled at him, "Sit down and shut up, I already explained why I am here, you had to come in sooner to find out."
6 More questions,
McGonagall stood up, "Mr. Potter! Never did I hear such disrespect for a professor! Apologize at once."
I shrugged, "Sure, Professor McGonagall, can you point me to the professor I insulted? All I can see is an incompetent twat."
Snape lost it, "You arrogant brat! You are worse than your father wait until you are back at Hogwarts you will have detentions for the whole year!"
I held my hand on Sirius to stop him, and said to Snape, "I know, like father like son, isn't it? I'm arrogant like my Father, and you are an abusive bully like yours. Doesn't it feel great to be just like your father, Snape? I heard my aunt talk about him, beating you and your mum up all of the time. Does it feel great to follow in Daddy's footsteps? To bully me all these years, Snape? Just like Daddy?"
Snape was shaking with rage, only the wands in every Auror's hand stopped him from hexing me.
Dumbledore spoke up, "Enough, Severus sit down. Harry, Professor Snape deserves the respect of a professor from Hogwarts. Apologize at once."
I laughed, "Respect? Old Man? Did you ever see him teach a class? Did you read the course books he is using to teach? Do you know how many students drop Potions because of this incompetent bully? Don't let me start discussing your Hogwarts Professors, more than half of them are morons!"
McGonagall shouted, "Mr. Potter! That is the worst slander I heard in my life! You are suspended!"
I chuckled, "No, Professor, McGonagall, your precious Headmaster needs me under his heel at Hogwarts. And slander? Let me spell it out for you.
-History, is taught by a ghost that puts everyone to sleep within ten minutes and keeps on rambling about Goblins. Only Hermione manages to stay awake for the whole lesson.
-Dada, first year a possessed teacher, second year a plagiarizing fraud, third year a werewolf that forgets to take his Wolfsbane potion, and last year a Polyjuiced Death Eater!
-Muggle Studies, is a course that got its last update a century ago! It is so far behind the real world that it is bordering on sabotage!
-Divination, Trelawney, so high on fumes and cherry, she predicts the future through the bottom of her cherry bottles.
-Care for Magical Creatures, is taught by a man who keeps an Acromantula nest in the forest and thinks that crossbreeding Fire Crabs and Manticores is fun and harmless. Dragons are misunderstood creatures to him. Hagrid is a good man but a safety hazard around children.
-Broom flying classes, although Madam Hooch is not at fault here, Dumbledore spends that money on his hideous robes instead of buying some decent training brooms.
-And worse of all Potions! The recipe is on the board you have one hour! Potter! Ten points from Gryffindor for breathing! Draco! Ten points to Slytherin because I have to prove I am still a blood bigot!"
I looked at McGonagall, "Seven useless classes, tell me if I said one word wrong, McGonagall?"
Hermione spoke up, "Professor McGonagall, Snape is using apprentice books to teach Potions, he expects us to know everything about brewing potions, something he should be teaching us. He is not a teacher or professor, he has been sabotaging his students for over thirteen years. Did you know that?"
That is a trick question, if she did not know that, then she is incompetent at her job as deputy Headmaster, if she knew, then she is an accomplice in sabotaging the students' education.
I commented, "That old man knew, he turned Hogwarts into one of the worst schools in the world. Tell me, Headmaster, are you aware of that acromantula nest that is killing all the local wildlife? Hundreds of acromantula not two miles from Hogwarts? Yes, you know, you are filling your pockets with the silk Hagrid harvests from it, isn't it? That those Acromantula decimating the Unicorn herd is not your concern is it? Your silence said enough."
I turned to McGonagall, who was imitating a fish, "And you, Deputy Mistress slash Head of Gryffindor slash Transfiguration professor slash stand in for the ever-busy Headmaster. Explain to these Aurors why you send four first-year students as punishment for being out after curfew, into the Forbidden Forest After Curfew, tracking a wounded Unicorn that a possessed teacher was hunting. Hagrid in his infinite wisdom split the group in two, so I ended up with Malfoy and a cowardly dog. Was that a fitting punishment for being caught after curfew, McGonagall?"
McGonagall stammered, "I never sent you into the forest Mr. Potter! You were to help Mr Filch clean some corridors, nothing more."
Hermione called out, "Then why was Hagrid waiting for us at the edge of the forest? Someone must have told him what we had to do. We lost a hundred fifty points for being out after Curfew, how is that fair?"
I laughed bitterly, "That is an easy answer, Hermione. The old man is the reason for everything. If something bad happens, the old man is the cause, here everyone, read this and tell me if that old man has my best interest in mind."
I handed copies of Mrs. Abbot's examinations out and let them read the three pages, even Dumbledore got a copy, and said "Read it, this is how good My Magical Guardian took care of me all these years."
After a few minutes, I looked at McGonagall and asked, "I bet your precious Headmaster told you that he had a nice talk with my aunt when he handed me over to them? Did he say he visited them each month? Half year? Each year? No, McGonagall, someone dropped me at her doorstep like a piece of trash and never came to visit me. Tell me, McGonagall, did you know that?"
Sirius was observing McGonagall's face, "Minerva McGonagall, spit it out! What do you know about that? Please tell me you were not there and left Harry on Petunia's doorstep. I trusted Hagrid with Harry, knowing he was a good man. He told me Dumbledore sent him to collect Harry… why was he there so fast?"
When McGonagall looked down ashamed, Sirius turned to Dumbledore and growled, "You had the house under surveillance! You knew he was attacking James and Lily! And you bloody coward send Hagrid, someone without a wand, to their house instead of coming yourself! You wanted James and Lily dead!"
I commented, "He probably heard that drunk fraud spout some bullshit prophecy and did all he could to let it play like he wanted. I bet he arranged for a Death Eater to hear a part of it and let him run to Snake-face with it. So what is your plan now, Old Man? Let someone guard the entrance of the Department of Mysteries while your pet Death Eater is sucking up at Voldemort? Get Sirius killed before he gets his common sense back?"
I glared at Snape, "And you! Why do you hate me? From day one, you have been on my case, sabotaging my potions, grading me unfairly, insulting my parents whenever you can, even helping the ferret to harass me. Whatever did I do to you?"
Shacklebolt interrupted, "We can keep the answers to these questions for the hearing at the Wizengamot. Madam Bones is gathering all the information as we speak. I am afraid to find out what dirt will come up during that hearing, Albus. Do not think for a minute that you can keep your job, with the evidence I saw in this report I read, even I want to fire you. Minerva, you too are in murky waters. Now let us concentrate on You Know Who, Severus? What can you tell us about him and his followers?"
Snape reluctantly answered, "They don't trust me, Dumbledore spoke up for me at my trial and told everyone I was his spy. I have to prove my loyalty."
Vance jumped up and shouted, "By sacrificing one of us! A woman so your buddies can rape her? An expendable one! ME!"
Moody looked at Dumbledore, "All For the Greater Good, Dumbledore? Like in the last war?"
I commented, "It is a game between Voldemort and him, who can kill most of their followers?"
Vance walked to the door, "I had enough of this Order of Sacrifices, I quit! And Snape, if I see you or any other of your Death Eaters near me, my spells will be aimed to KILL!"
That started an exodus, one after the other quit and left. Arthur Weasley was one of the last ones to quit, "Mr. Potter, my family has been fooled by Dumbledore's schemes and got involved with them. We annulled the contract between my daughter and you with your new Magical Guardian. For what it is worth, we are sorry."
I sighed, "I accept your apology, Mr. Weasley. We might never be friends again, but I am not your or your Family's enemy anymore."
A shell-shocked McGonagall looked at Dumbledore and asked, "What just happened? Albus, What have you done?"
Dumbledore stubbornly answered, "What I had to do to stop the war, Minerva. Voldemort was weeks away from taking the Ministry over, he had to be stopped. Harry, I need my wand back. If nobody wants to help me stop this, then I need my wand."
So that is why that old fart is so docile, he wants his Death stick back, he is afraid that he won't get it back if he got into arguments with me or Sirius. Too bad for him, I never planned to return it he can fight Tom with his old wand for all I care.
I looked at him, "It was really the Order of Sacrifices, wasn't it? You, holding all the secrets for yourself and a bunch of pawns steer events to the way you want them. Did you tell anyone how or why he came back to life? What was in my scar? Get lost you fraud, do you believe you are the leader of the Light? How many of your friends died because you thought it was for the greater good?"
Sirius spoke up, "I reset the wards, Dumbledore, and I marked you as hostile, if you cast a spell at one that I marked as friends or family in this house you won't live to tell the tale. Leave, Dumbledore, you are not welcome anymore, once you are out the door I will mark you as an enemy."
Dumbledore stood up and looked coldly at me and Sirius, "As you want, Sirius Black, but remember that I am the secret Keeper of the fidelius charm. I want my wand back Harry."
A treat? I have to slap that down, "Then you have to remember, Albus, that the first thing that will happen if Death Eaters attack here is to break that wand in a dozen pieces… or I might owl it to Tom. Fuck off, Albus. Go find some pieces of your Soul, I think you lost them somewhere in the past. I said you would get your wand back if you returned everything you stole from me. You failed to do that, I will see you at that hearing if you are man enough to show up, Albus."
Xxxxx
When Dumbledore and McGonagall were gone, I asked, "Sirius? Can I try something? Can you key me into the Wards for a bit?"
Sirius connected me to the wards, carefully I explored all its functions until I found the Fidelius connection. After a bit of experimenting, I grinned, "Sirius? I believe that I can remove Dumbledore as the Secret Keeper. Or do you want it transferred to you?"
Sirius was shocked, "You can do that, Pup? Do it! Dumbledore is capable of ratting us out to the Death eaters so Snape can prove his loyalty, or he can point Fudge to us."
I took the part of the Secret Keeper of Dumbledore's Fidelius and transferred it to Sirius, "You can remove everyone that knows the secret from Dumbledore. Focus on the Key Wardstone and follow it to the Fidelius Link. Do you see his meddling? By anchoring the Fidelius to the Key Wardstone, he can tamper with the settings. A few months later you are a depressed alcoholic with low self-esteem."
Sirius reset the wards and erased Dumbledore and his puppets from the Fidelius. He marked Snape and Dumbledore as enemies, McGonagall as hostile, and Lupin as neutral.
Sirius finally came out of the Wardroom and said to Tonks, "Get your parents here, Dora, this is the secret of the fidelius." he said while writing it down on a piece of paper.
When Tonks was gone I asked, "Is there a way Dumbledore can spy on us? He does that at Hogwarts with the Elves and Paintings."
Sirius cursed, went to his office, and came back with an empty frame, "Phineas Black, Headmaster for a couple of years. There, I froze his frame, he won't be able to come here again. Kreacher! Put this frame in the basement vault please."
That was another one of the Old Guy's rants, the paintings in Dumbledore's office were eager to follow him without questioning his morality. Hmm? Why didn't I hear Sirius's mum? She is supposed to be a banshee, I'll ask him later.
Xxxxx
A half-hour later, the Tonkses arrived, Tonks must have explained most of it. After the greetings, the Healer's report was read and discussed.
Andromeda looked at Sirius, "I tried several times to visit you in Azkaban, Sirius, but I was never allowed to. Maybe it is interesting to know who prevented my visits. I always thought it was Crouch who blocked me."
Sirius shrugged, "Dumbledore, as always, everything can be traced back to Dumbledore. Right now I am not even surprised anymore."
He asked Andromeda, "Andy? Do you and your family want to be accepted back into House Black?"
Andromeda studied Sirius's face and asked, "If we do, are you going to sell Nymphadora to some Pureblood? Or as a prank when you are drunk in a sleazy bar?"
Sirius shook his head, "I will take a Vow or sign a contract that I won't sell her of."
I followed the discussion and asked, "Sirius? What if there is a contract standing out already? One from years ago? For example, the contract Mrs. Tonks ran away from?"
"Mum!" shouted Tonks in a panic, "Check that first! I don't want to be shipped off to some old man."
She turned to Sirius, "Smelly dog! Don't come to me a few months later and say, sorry Tonks we missed a contract, you have to marry Dumbledore."
Sirius asked innocently, "What if you got to marry Harry?"
""Hey!"" came out two voices, "He is too young!" "She is too old!" "I am NOT old! Pipsqueak!" "And I was never young, Aunty!" "Be careful kid! Or I spank your ass!" "I am not into that, old lady! Find someone of your own age, like Snape! Auw! Why the hell are you giving me stinging hexes, crazy woman?"
"Because you think I am of Snape's age! You brat! How would you feel if they wanted to set you up with someone older?" "They bloody just did set me up with an old woman, YOU!" "I AM NOT OLD!"
Hermione softly asked Sirius, "Why don't you stop them?"
"It is too funny to stop that," was his answer.
Too bad for Sirius they heard him, two pairs of angry eyes focused on him, Harry said, "You hold him still, I will neuter him." "No, You hold him, I want to cut those parts off" "So, you are into that kind of stuff, I knew it." "What about me neutering you instead?" "I told you, I am not into that! Will you stop those bloody hexes old woman!" "I AM NOT OLD!"
Sirius softly said to Hermione, "They remind me of a married couple I once knew before they killed each other. That was one bad marriage contract."
Hermione whispered, "Make sure there is not a contract between those two Sirius, I happen to like Harry a lot, if a contract between them turns up, I will be the one holding you down."
Sirius paled, sweet rule obeying Hermione turns to violence to protect Harry? Several pranks he was considering lost their allure.
"Enough!" I heard Andromeda shout, "Nymphadora stop hexing Harry, and Harry, stop insulting Nymphadora. I will make certain that you will never marry each other."
I wanted to comment on that but her glare prevented it.
Andromeda turned to Sirius and said, "Before I agree on anything, we will check every record and contract first. And Sirius, I want a Vow that you will let everyone choose their mate on their own."
Sirius nodded, "I will gladly take that Vow, Andy. I saw what damage it did to our family."
Xxxxx
When Sirius and the Tonkses discussed the details, Hermione and I retreated to my room. Hermione sighed when she looked at the couch where she and the puffs gave me a handjob.
"That Vow was not smart of me, was it, Harry?" asked Hermione, "I should have kept it at speaking the truth alone instead of including to act truthfully. I messed this up, didn't I?"
I shrugged, "Not from my point of view, Hermione. Now we know what they think and feel about us. Those snogs and handjobs I consider a bonus. I know now that I need to get some muscles for Hannah, and that Susan has a complex about her big boobs."
I grinned at Hermione, "I also found out that my friend with benefits has a kinky side, foursomes, Hermione? Suck on the tip like a lollipop? You have to let me read that book you got that from."
Hermione groaned and hid her face behind her hands, "Don't remind me of that, Harry! I don't know what came over me, once you said 'Little Dude' I got the urge to show them what I did last night. I guess I wanted to show off and boast to them how far I got with you."
I got next to Hermione and put my arm around her, "Hey, I am a boy, you will not hear me complain about it. In fact, I am looking forward to that future," I rubbed her back, "thank you for my first kiss, Hermione you made sure I will remember it for the rest of my life."
Kreacher popped in, "Young Master, Kreacher got all things back from sticky fingers. All is back in their place."
I smiled at Kreacher, "You did good Uncle Kreacher, marking the House black possessions when they got stolen was a genius idea and deserves a reward. Is there something you want?"
Kreacher can blush! When he composed himself back to normal, he said, "Kreacher be getting old, Kreacher be needing help soon, Kreacher knows young elf that be needing a new Family. Will Young Master be willing to take Young Elf?"
I did not expect that answer, but the state this house is in proves that he needs help, "I am willing, Kreacher. Can you bring that Elf here?"
Kreacher said, "Dobby be doing that, it is too far away for Kreacher."
Dobby popped in with a pisdrunk Winky, somehow I knew it would be her, I asked Kreacher, "Can I accept her while she is in this state? She is barely conscious."
Kreacher nodded, "You can, Young Master, it will be helping her. Without a new family, she be dead soon."
Hermione gasped, "She will die without a Family? House Elves die when they are set free? Dobby? What about you? You were happy to be set free wasn't it?"
Dobby nodded, "Dobby was, Missy Hermi, not all Masters are bad, lots of Masters are very good for us. Dobby was waiting for Master Harry to ask, if Master Harry did not ask, Dobby would when Master Harry was done with Hoggiwarts. Winky needs a Family, Missy Hermi, Winky be needing it bad."
I put my hand with the Black Heir ring on Winky's head and said, "I Harry James Potter, Heir Primary of House Black, accept Winky in House Black if she is willing. So. Mote. It. Be!"
That was the least embarrassing vow I could find in the memories of those Fan Fictions.
Winky came to her senses, "Winky is wanted? Winky be proper elf again? Winky be willing to be House Black Elf!"
I smiled at Winky, "Welcome to the Family, Winky." I told Kreacher, "Kreacher, make sure Winky has a nice place to live. For now, let Winky get better until she is fit to do her duties. Dobby, thank you for bringing Winky here."
"Master Harry is the bestest!" Said Dobby when he popped away.
Hermione leaned in on me and asked, "Since when are you so good at handling people? I noticed that you controlled the discussion at the meeting, or when we were here with Susan and Hannah. You were confident and calm, even when you confessed to being a stumbling mess. What changed you that much?"
I put my arm back around her shoulder and pulled her closer, "I almost got kissed by that Dementor, Hermione, I could move my head down at the last second and that Dementor sucked something out of my scar. Something that was there since Voldemort gave me that scar. There is more, but Sirius has to hear that too."
I thought for a bit and speculated, "Another reason could be that Sirius added me as the Heir Primary to the wards, I suppose that gives me some authority when I speak up in meetings. Anyway, I can think more clearly now, and recognize my past mistakes."
I put a finger under her chin and lifted it up, I placed a soft kiss on her lips and said, "One of my biggest mistakes is taking you for granted. From the day after the Troll you were helping me, you were a bit… a lot bossy, but you were taking big risks and putting yourself in danger to help me." I sighed, "I should have kissed you at the end of our third year and wasted a whole year acting like a fool."
Hermione pecked my lips and said, "I was a fool too, Harry, I blindly followed Dumbledore's commands without questioning them. I never saw his manipulations when we were doing all those crazy stunts. One of my biggest mistakes is not writing to you this summer, I followed Professor Lupin here without questioning or listening to my parents' protests."
I thought about that and asked, "That probably was a compulsion charm from Lupin on you, Hermione, or is it normal for you to disobey your parents?"
Hermione gasped: "I never disobeyed my parents! They were the ones that protected me from the bullies, they even got a teacher fired because she helped the bullies! I love my parents and would walk through fire for them! Harry? What have they done to me? I trusted Lupin!"
"Not a professor Lupin anymore, Hermione?" I asked, "Is your mind clear, or do you need an examination too? Mrs. Abbot is good at that."
Hermione groaned, "I better let myself be examined by Mrs. Abbot, Harry, I fear that I was manipulated from the day you saved me from the Troll."
She gasped, "Harry! What if what I am feeling for you is caused by spells or potions? What if all of this is orchestrated by Dumbledore?"
I thought for a bit and shook my head, "Remember the Vow? To say the truth and act truthfully? I think that would have overridden any spell or potion. You still are my friend, Hermione, nothing can change that, not even spells or potions."
I stood up and pulled her out off the couch, "Let's talk about it with Sirius, we can inform him about Winky too."
Xxxxx
The Tonkses went home, the old hag stayed here though, I felt her staring daggers at me. Why would they ever hook me up with her in all those Fan Fictions is beyond me, I glared back and said, "Trying to hex me with your eyes doesn't work. Didn't Flitwick tell you that?"
She shot back, "Neither is undressing me with yours, little kid."
I shrugged, "I don't need to, I can look at Hermione, she is still young and not saggy."
"I AM NOT OLD!" was screamed through the room.
"Of course you are not old," I said patronizing, "You are well lived, matured like good cheese."
"I AM NOT OLD! And if you even hint at it again then I will tie you up and, and, and… AAARRRGGG!"
The old lady snapped when she saw my eyes shine when she gave me new ammunition, "Let it go, Harry," came Hermione's voice, "focus on what we came down for."
Tonks' "Whipped!" masked with a cough followed me from behind.
I faced Sirius, "Sirius, Uncle Kreacher repossessed all House Black's possessions back. For that I asked what reward he would like, he said that he was getting old and knew an elf who needed a new Family. So I accepted Winky in House Black. Being free was hurting her, she needs to recuperate first. If you don't want her I'll take her to House Potter. What do you say?"
Sirius shrugged, "I say that from now on you handle the Elves, it seems like you have a handle on it."
"Ah goody," was my response, "there is another worry Hermione and I have, we think that Hermione is heavily manipulated by Dumbledore. For example, she went with Lupin to this place against her parent's wishes, something she normally never does. We think it is a good idea to let Mrs. Abbot check her out."
Sirius swore, "Remus using compulsions on minors? Could he really stoop so low?"
Tonks was listening to us and commented, "We will add this to the list of questions at Dumbledore's hearing. I will talk to Madam Bones and Mrs. Abbot tomorrow after breakfast."
I took a deep breath, and let it slowly out, "Thank you, Tonks, I appreciate that. I am sorry for insulting you about your age."
Tonks took a deep breath and let it slowly out, "I accept your half-assed apology, Potter."
"Huh? That was a perfect apology, Madam Tonks! There was nothing wrong with it!" I protested.
"You are doing it again you little shit! I am not a Madam!" Tonks almost shouted.
"OK, ok, keep your corset on, you are young, I get a boner every time I see you. Is that better?" I asked flatly.
Sirius commented, "You better kill him now, Dora, when I take you back in House Black, that could be looked at as line theft. Harry, don't push it too far."
That made me think about what I am doing with Tonks, I am bullying her? As a matter of fact, I am… how did that happen? I am venting my frustrations on Tonks? I thought I was funny?
I looked at Tonk's fuming face, I sighed, "Sorry Tonks, I drove it too far, I should have stopped after a few lines, but I kept on pushing to vent my frustrations on someone, you were closest and made an easy target. I am truly sorry. I will take any punishment you want to hand out."
That calmed Tonks down, "Apology accepted, Harry. As punishment, drop the old age barbs at me."
I nodded, "It will be hard, but I can do that."
Xxxxx
That night, Hermione came to my room, "No matter what they might find, I will stay with you, Harry." was what she said when she got between the sheets, "and I need that hand on my belly and those lips on my neck." she added when she cuddled closer to me.
"What a coincidence," I said, "Little Dude was just thinking about you, he was on the brink of taking matters into his own hands."
Hermione slipped her hand into my boxer, "We can't have that, can we, that is what the benefits are for. I might try the lollipop method on Little Dude… oops, sorry Little Dude, not Hannah's lollipop method but mine."
I groaned, "Hannah ruined the lollipops for me, Hermione, call it anything but a lollipop."