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AN: ok folks, here begins the year 4 arc. I'm hoping to cover quite a bit in this chapter, as this arc is gonna be one of the longer ones. Keep in mind that they will find the room of requirement in this chapter, you can probably guess why. Expect more romantic rendezvous between Harry and a few more lovers. Hedwig will be more prominent in this arc, as well as more Dance, Dance Dungeon Grease-bat and Geriatric Idiot Karma. You'll also see a side of Harry no-one has seen yet, his extremely protective paternal side. Buckle up and pray for Harry's enemies, whatever good it'll do. Also, I'm not sure if there will be fewer, but longer chapters this arc or more plus longer chapters. I'll see how it goes.

Chapter 26

St. Mungos

Early the next morning

Harry groaned as he slowly started opening his eyes. The first thing he saw was a familiar sterile white ceiling, though Harry knew it wasn't Hogwarts. This made him internally sigh in relief, not having to deal with Poppy. At least, not yet anyway. Looking around the room however much he could with just his eyes, since his neck felt stiff, Harry saw a few wizards in auror robes being treated, along with a few civilians.

Harry overheard two medi-witches discussing what happened at the world cup, and caught the fact that there were only two fatalities that weren't the attackers. The fatalities were two aurors who bought a group of civilians time to get to the evac point. Harry was relieved that no civilians were hurt, but did feel bad about the two auror's and any families they may have had. He did feel that he got justice for the families though, as it turned out, through overhearing the medi-witches, that the Death Eater he castrated, and the other whose arm he removed were the killers.

The fact that Harry took down the auror's killers did calm him, as it meant he wouldn't have to go hunting for assholes. Harry tried to move, but found his arms pinned to his sides. Looking to both his left and right, he saw both Hermione and Emma lying beside him. Looking past Hermione, who was on his right, he saw Luna, Xen, Emily and his parents, all in chairs next to the bed. While he didn't see Steve, he figured he was helping investigate and giving statements, considering Amelia and Sirius weren't there either, it was a good bet that was the case.

Looking at Hermione and Emma once again, he saw dried tear stains on their cheeks. This caused him to mentally kick himself. The fact that he was brought into a hospital after a fight, again mind you, probably terrified the two.

"Ugh, I feel like I took on a stone giant while dodging a nest of pissed off gargoyles in Paris…..again." groaned Harry.

"HARRY!" was heard from multiple voices, before he felt six bodies embrace him tightly.

Three were his lovers, Emma, Hermione and Luna, while the other three were his family. That was a word he never thought he would utter around the Potter's, but after his talk with the cloaked female at the world cup, he decided it was time to officially bury the hatchet.

"It's OK guys, I'm fine. Just some exhaustion and a bruise on my chest, that's all. My dragonhide powers protect me from even a killing curse. So I promise, I'm fine." smiled Harry.

"You recklessly noble fucking PRAT! The only reason we haven't clobbered you is because it was only exhaustion and a bruise." growled Hermione.

"You did exactly the same thing I would've done Harry. In that instance, I don't know whether to be proud or worried for everyone you know." groaned James.

"Would it help all of you relax if I said one of the Death Eaters I fought ended up castrated?" asked Harry, hopefully.

"...You're forgiven." said Luna.

"Though, if you ever scare us like that again, you're cut off from my ass for 2 weeks." smirked Hermione, knowing that would be a decent motivator.

"I think that would be more of a punishment for you, honey. You know you and your mother love when I play with your asses." smirked Harry.

"Damn. I'll think of something else then." snarked Hermione.

"Hey Lils, I know I should be scolding him for talking like that. But, I can't help but feel proud of him." whispered James with a slight smirk.

"Normally, I would slap you for that, but you're right. Besides, from what Steve told us before he left earlier, he's already become a man, due to the magic flowing through him." whispered Lily, smiling at her son.

"How can you tell?" asked James.

"Look at the way he acts with those three. Also, look closely at where his hands are." smirked Lily.

James did as Lily said, and did notice things he didn't before. For instance, while Luna had her head nestled in Harry's neck, he suddenly noticed she was actually subtly kissing his neck. Harry also gave Luna a light kiss on the cheek. As for Harry's hands, while he couldn't see Harry's left hand, since they were to the right of the bed, Harry's right hand was placed in a way that he was touching Hermione's butt without being obvious. Thus, it stood to reason that his left hand was on Emma's. You wouldn't be able to tell at a passing glance though, so nurses would never notice since they were always busy with patients.

"I guess you're right. He really is all grown up. I'm just pissed we missed it all." said James with a downcast look.

"So am I. But he's accepted us now, at least partially. All we can do now is take it one day at a time." smiled Lily.

James just nodded in agreement, looking back at Harry and his three lovers. Xen was next to them, smiling at his daughter, while also thinking about the letter Harry had given them right before the match started. To say he and Luna were emotional would've been an understatement. Xen wrote a reply on the back of the letter, as instructed, which caused the letter to vanish from his hands. Now it was just a waiting game for him. That small act also made his opinion on Harry more positive than it already was. Sure, as a father, he would always worry about his daughter, especially around boys. But with Harry, he had none of those worries. Sure, by February his daughter would be old enough to mate by creature standards, but in Xen's eyes, no one was as good a choice for his precious daughter than Harry.

"So Harry, what happened after you and Steve pulled a Potter and ran out into the fight?" asked Emily with an evil smirk.

"OH COME ON! It's not just a Potter thing." sulked James, crossing his arms with Lily giggling next to him.

"Well, not much to tell. Killed some, knocked out others to be interrogated, killed the three that were going to kill dad and rape mom. I believe the ring leader of those three was the only remaining adult male of the Goyle family. Honestly, that's the second family that's been knocked down to only a few members remaining due to them being both idiots and criminals." snarked Harry with a deadpan look.

"Yeah, Amelia and Sirius told us. They should be back soon, as they want to question you about the events. Though just a heads up, Fudge-the-dickhead and his Umbitch might be with them." groaned Emily.

"I'm not surprised. That guy is still trying to find a way to imprison me and Steve. I guess that guy is suffering the definition of insanity. He's doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." said Harry while rolling his eyes.

"Not surprising. That guy is the ultimate idiot, to the point where even a dunce cap doesn't want to be near him." snarked Xen with a smirk.

"Hey girls, would you mind getting up, so I can use the bathroom. I'd rather not deal with the two ministry idiots with a full bladder." said Harry.

Harry's three lovers, rather reluctantly, got up from the bed to allow Harry to use the facilities. While Harry was in the bathroom, a loud commotion was suddenly heard. Well, there were three loud voices and one really calm, but increasingly frustrated voice. The minute Harry came out of the bathroom, the hospital room doors burst open. Waltzing into the room as if they owned the place, Fudge and Umbridge appeared, looking incredibly smug. They were followed by two dementors.

However, the entire room, minus those who already knew, were confused when they heard a terrified screech and saw the two dementors flee the room faster than Jiraiya after he was caught at a hot spring.

"Oy, I told those two idiots weeks ago that they didn't have to be scared of me. You kill one asshole of a demented dementor that actually enjoys killing, and it takes years to ease the nerves of the rest." groaned Harry.

"Well, that's the funniest damn thing I've ever seen. Two creatures considered fear incarnate, scared of a 14-year-old wizard. Though, that does explain that time this summer that me and James were doing a runthrough of Azkaban. One of the new guys said 'Potter's coming', then every dementor in the cell block took off screeching." grinned Sirius.

"Mr. Potter, I was wondering if you were able to answer a few questions." said Amila, who was standing beside Sirius but looking frustrated as she glanced at Fudged-up and Umbitch.

"Questions aren't needed, Amelia. I have a reliable witness that the boy used the killing curse on an upstanding member of our society. He will be shipped to Azkaban, forthwith." smirked Fudge.

"Would this witness happen to have long blonde hair, look like a Tolkien elf, have the attitude of a jackass, the personality of an asshole, and a habit of claiming the imperious curse for his multitude of crimes?" asked Harry sarcastically.

"HOW DARE YOU?! Lord Malfoy is a respected and law abiding member of our society. He is currently here recovering from an injury he sustained fighting those anarchists." yelled Umbridge.

"He took a piercing hex to the ass while running with his tail between his legs. I should know, I'm the one that hit him. Though, I guess it could be an honest mistake. He does have a habit of wearing pitch black robes and he might have just picked up that skull mask." said Steve in a super sarcastic tone as he entered the room.

"As for the charge of using the killing curse, read this and educate yourself you ass kissing putz." said Harry as he handed Fudge his lethal force licence. Harry never went anywhere without it, just for circumstances like this.

Fudge glanced at the licence Harry handed him, and what he saw caused his eyes to nearly pop out of his head. It was an I.C.W. S-class lethal force licence. This meant that it allowed an individual to use all types of lethal force, which included the unforgivable curses. What was worse, at least for Fudge, was that he couldn't claim it was a fake, due to the official I.C.W. seal on the lower left of the card. Harry's name and picture were on the licence as well.

"This-this can't be right. You're only 14-years-old, getting a licence like this should be impossible." stuttered a, now pale, Fudge.

"It would've been, if I didn't sponsor him for it. The places we went over the years, I figured he needed something like that to protect himself and not have to worry." said Steve.

"Figures, a foreign riff-raff sponsors a child in order to kill innocent purebloods. Disgusting." sneered Umbridge.

"I wouldn't call those like the Veela's Bane innocent purebloods. Regardless, since Harry is legally able to use lethal force, I believe your reason for being here has ended, minister." glared Steve as he took the licence from Fudge and handed it back to Harry.

"So it would seem." said Fudge through gritted teeth.

Fudge turned and stormed out of the room, pissed that another plan to be rid of the male Potter twin and mudblood bastard had failed. Umbridge wasn't far behind, though she did turn to glare at the gathered group. One evil glare from Harry though, had Umbridge booking out of the room like her ass was on fire.

"Now that the two idiots are gone, I'm willing to answer any questions you may have, Director Bones." said Harry, knowing that he had to be formal at the moment.

"Very well, we'll start simple. What happened with you and Mr. Feros during the attack?" asked Amelia as she brought out a dicta-quill.

Harry began explaining everything to the DMLE head, with the occasional tangent whenever a question came up mid story. Harry gave details on everything, from locations he was at during the attack, what spells he used, how many he either killed or incapacitated. He even mentioned when he killed Goyle Sr. with a killing curse and using his dragonhide ability to survive said curse from Goyle Sr., which made Emma, Hermione and Luna hug him tightly.

It was a good hour before Harry finished explaining what happened. This was mostly due to Amelia stopping him to ask for a more detailed explanation during certain points. After going over the notes her dicta-quill collected, Amelia gave the notes to Sirius to finish the investigation and put away the quill.

"Well, as unbelievable as it is, your account of the events does match up with witness reports from many evacuees. As such, I'm deeming your and Mr. Feros' actions as justified. Also, off the record, I'm glad there are more out there unafraid to end a threat to innocent lives permanently." smiled Amelia.

"Yeah, about that, why were there so few aurors there for security? And why were the aurors only using stunners and disarming spells?" asked Steve.

"Many of our aurors were sent out to patrol other parts of the country by order of Fudge at the suggestion of Umbridge and Malfoy. As for the spells, it was an order that was voted on and agreed upon by two out of three factions in the wizengamot. Dumbledore brought the motion of non-lethal force and both the light and dark factions actually agreed. The light because they are deep in Dumbledore's pocket, and the dark, well, you can probably guess." groaned Amelia.

"Yeah, though you shouldn't lump all dark families into the same group. I've met some dark families out there that are quite nice. It's the 'evil' families ya gotta look out for. Me and Steve have run into so many of those bastards it's not even funny." moaned Harry in annoyance.

"I'll take your word for it, Mr. Potter. Now, as much as we'd like to stay, we have to get back to the ministry to file all the paperwork. Merlin, I hate paperwork." groaned Sirius, acting in a professional-ish capacity.

"Don't we all, you old fleabag. Don't we all." smirked Steve as he left as well. Just because he was semi-retired from the I.C.W. didn't mean he could avoid the paperwork involved from situations such as the attack.

Sirius and Amelia bid their farewells to the group before leaving to finish the paperwork for the night. After another quick diagnostic charm from the medi-witch overseeing Harry, he was given the OK and discharged from the hospital.

"Daddy, do you think I could stay with Harry for the rest of the summer? After what happened, I just need him close." said Luna.

"Only if it's OK with Hermione and her mother." smiled Xen, already knowing what the answer might be.

"We'd be perfectly fine with it. If it will ease Luna's worries, she's more than welcome to stay with us." smiled Emma.

"Thank you!" said Luna as she leapt into Harry's arms.

This had, once again, caused Harry to instinctively grab a hold of Luna's butt to keep her from falling as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Luna placed her head on Harry's chest, sighing in content. This made Harry move his right hand to gently rub Luna's head, his fingers combing through her hair.

"It's ok my Little Moon. I'm right here, and I'm not going anywhere." whispered Harry.

"I love you, Harry." whispered Luna as she began falling asleep.

"Xen, if you gather her things for school, I'll send either Hedwig or our elf friend, Dobby to get them and bring them to the Granger's. That way she's not scrambling to get everything ready for the express." said Harry, still holding Luna close.

"I'll have everything ready in a couple days. I think everyone deserves a rest right now, though." smiled Xen.

"You hit the nail on the head there Xen. After the night we've all had. Have a safe trip home." said Harry.

Xen nodded as the group exited the hospital and vanished with a loud crack. Harry brought out the premade portkey that would bring him, Luna, Hermione and Emma home. It was a bit difficult to get it out of his pocket though, seeing as he was still holding Luna since she jumped into his arms.

"Harry?" asked Lily, to get his attention.

Harry turned to face both his parents and sister. Sure, calling James and Lily his parents still seemed odd, but after his talk with the robed woman and stopping those three Death Eaters, Harry decided it was time to bury the past. He'd already done so with the Dursley's, and forgetting those bastards was a lot harder to deal with. Hell, he remembered the aurors that escorted the Dursley's to the meeting room in Abrakatraz were there to protect the Dursleys from Harry, just in case.

Anyway, back to the present, Harry kept his eyes on the three other Potter's, waiting to hear what they had to say.

"We just wanna say, stay safe. I know it's 9 years late, but…." started James before Harry interrupted.

"Water under the bridge. Besides, if you focus on the past, you can miss the best moments for your future." said Harry as he gave Luna a kiss on the head.

"So, do you think you'll ever move into the manor with us?" asked Emily.

"As much as we all might wish that could happen, it can't, unless you have a way to move a giant mansion from Romania to Britain. I can't leave the four dragonesses behind either, especially not now. Though I can promise that I'll be visiting often during the summer." smiled Harry.

While the three other Potter's were upset at this, with Lily and Emily already trying to think of a way to move Harry's mansion and four dragonesses near Potter manor, they did understand where Harry was coming from. He had lived in Romania on the reserve for most of his life, so a drastic change right away would be too much, not just for him, but the whole family.

"We understand, Harry. Just promise you'll write often while not at school, and try and visit often during school as well." said James.

"Don't worry, I will. I owe you three a complete tale of my life anyway. Just make sure mom and dad take a really strong calming draught, Emily. Especially mom, I had a hard enough time calming Steve down during some adventures, and even he doesn't know some of the stuff that happened to me the times I went solo." said Harry with a wince of slight fear.

"You're not instilling a lot of calm in us, Harry." said Lily with a stink eye.

"Oh, would ya look at that, time to go!" said Harry rapidly.

Emma and Hermione, sensing Harry's 'let's get the hell out of here' tone, grabbed the Portkey as Harry activated it. The four vanished, leaving a smirking Emily and a nerve wrecked James and Lily.

"I don't know what he'll tell us, but he'd better have a decent explanation for that calming draught quip." said Lily with narrowed eyes.

'Ok, first thing on the to-do list tomorrow, contact Sirius and get that calming draught, ASAP.' thought Emily.

Lily took Emily's hand as James aparated home, Lily following soon after with Emily.

Granger Home

4:38am

Harry, Emma, Hermione and Luna appeared in the living room of the home, Luna having fallen asleep in Harry's arms before they left St. Mungos. The four headed upstairs, not even bothering to remove the clothing they wore that day. Harry was about to enter Hermione's room with Luna, until he felt a hand on his shoulder stopping him. Looking to the source of the hand, Harry saw Hermione smiling at him. She gestured to the master bedroom with her head, the message being clear.

Heading into the master bedroom, Harry gently laid Luna on the bed, so he didn't wake her. Harry then gave Hermione and Emma a goodnight kiss, before getting on the bed, followed by the kitsune and nekomata. Harry draped his left arm over Luna, who instinctively snuggled into his chest. Emma wrapping her arm around Harry from behind him, and Hermione wrapping her arm around Luna from behind. Harry gave Luna one final kiss goodnight on her forehead.

Luna just snuggled closer to Harry's chest, a sleepy sigh escaping her as she returned to her sleep. Emma had already rested her head on Harry's shoulder, while Hermione was gently breathing, already in the comforting embrace of morpheus.

"Good night girls. I love all of you." whispered Harry.

A small smile graced the face of each of Harry's sleeping lovers. This brought a smile to Harry's own face. He was just happy that, despite the attack at the Quidditch World Cup, he and everyone he cared about was alright.

"No matter what happens this year, no matter what challenges I face, I make this vow. I will protect those close to me. My friends, my family, my lovers, and especially, our kids. That's a promise I never intend to break." said Harry to himself, before he too succumbed to the call of sleep.

Hogwarts Express

An Hour and a Half from Hogwarts

The golden group were sitting in their compartment, the trip mostly filled with small talk and just talking about all that happened during summer. Neville and Ginny were sitting next to each other, holding hands and relaxing. Susan and Hannah were just talking about the events of the World Cup and what they thought classes would be like in the coming term. Emily had left a few minutes ago to talk to someone. Though the way she avoided answering who it was, Harry had a good feeling what was up. Daphne and Astoria hadn't come to the compartment at all, but Harry understood, seeing as they were probably with their friends from Slytherin.

Harry was sitting between Hermione and Luna, with Hedwig sitting above him on the luggage rack. Even though the World Cup Attack happened some time ago, Luna and Hermione refused to go too far from Harry. Hedwig had given him the stink eye for a few days when she arrived at the Granger's. Though, that might have been her hormone levels, since he found out that a few days before Hogwarts was due to start, Hedwig and Fawkes became official in more ways than one. Fawkes had better not hurt Hedwig, or Harry would go after him.

Harry himself, was currently waiting for the yearly visit from the blonde ponce of a ferret. It wouldn't be long, considering the prick was a creature of habit. And speak of the devil, the door to the compartment opened and the aforementioned putz was standing in the doorway. Goyle was glaring murderously at Harry, for obvious reasons, but Harry wasn't worried. With pureblood inbreeding, their magical ability was dwindling, and their intelligence was almost non-existent.

"I can't believe the minister allowed you to return, or even let you stay out of Azkaban. It's an absolute disgrace." snarled Malfoy.

"The only disgrace I see is the one at our compartment door, and his father who is in St. Mungos after taking a piercing hex to the ass. Can daddy sit right yet, Draco?" smirked Harry.

Draco glared at Harry, angered at the quip about his father. Malfoy was about to draw his wand, until he remembered his fathers warning. Lucius had warned Draco not to attack Potter in the open. Between the death of Walden McNair during winter break in third year, Walden's brother, Grant, killed during the world cup attack, and Goyle Sr. dead, Malfoy knew he stood no chance against Potter at the moment, he would have to think Slytherin in order to get his revenge. Unfortunately for Malfoy, he didn't have a truly Slytherin bone in his body.

"So, are you going to enter, Potter? With how fame hungry your family is, I suppose you would." smirked Malfoy.

"What are you talking about, ya pissant?" asked Neville.

"That's my confident Nevie." whispered Ginny, bringing a light blush to Neville's cheeks.

"If you don't know Longbottom, then clearly your family isn't important enough in the ministry to know about such an event." said Malfoy, smugly.

"As a matter of fact, Malfoy, I actually do happen to know of the event you speak of. Unfortunately, I won't be able to enter due to some new rules. However, I'm curious to know how you heard of such an event." said Harry with narrowed eyes.

"My father is good friends with the minister, thus, was informed of the event. He told me the moment he got home." gloated Malfoy.

"Wow, talk about a breach in security. The event was supposed to be secret until school started, the only reason I know is due to my status in the I.C.W. from working alongside Steve. The fact that your father openly revealed the event to you makes me wonder, what other ministry secrets has he revealed, and to whom?" asked Harry with a smirk.

Malfoy paled at this, realizing he just fucked up. Without another word, Malfoy and his two bookends fled the compartment. Harry smirked at this, as sometimes a battle of wits is much more effective than a battle of spells. Plus, seeing Malfoy panic brought Harry much joy.

"Harry, what's going on this year? I've been hearing mutters of an event since last week from my dad." said Ginny.

"Sorry Ginny, but I told Steve that I wouldn't divulge the details. Besides, the geriatric bozo will undoubtedly announce it during the opening feast." said Harry.

"What about us, Hare-bear? You wouldn't refuse to tell your girlfriends, would you?" asked Luna, giving him the puppy eyes.

"Yeah, love. You wouldn't leave me and Luna out. Tell us, please?" asked Hermione, giving Harry the same look.

"Sorry girls, as much as you both look adorable when you do that and as much as I wanna tell you, I can't. Before you both start, though, you both know I would tell you if I could." said Harry.

"We know, Harry. We're just teasing you." smiled Luna.

"When aren't you two 'teasing' me?" smirked Harry.

Hermione and Luna both blushed when they heard Harry's tone change when he said 'teasing'. The two girls, plus Emma, had gotten into the habit of doing small things to get Harry to either blush, or touch them. Mostly sitting in his lap, bending over or, at least in the case of Emma and Hermione, walking around butt-naked.

"So Harry, what do you think this year will be like? Class wise at least." asked Neville.

"No idea. I'm not sure who they got to fill in for Defence, since the greased up bastard basically outed Remus' past problem. As long as it's not another Quirrell or Lockhart, it should be ok." said Harry.

At the five minute mark before they would arrive at Hogsmeade Station, Emily had come to grab her robes and left to change, though she had a deep blush and looked a little dishevelled, which caused Harry to smirk. Ginny and Neville headed to the washrooms to change as well. Harry, Hermione and Luna closed the blinds for the compartment and locked the door, opting to change in the compartment together. Harry would admit that his eyes wandered over both girls, between Luna's purple lingerie and Hermione's green lingerie, it made for a very arousing sight. Harry cursed the British magical community for their concealing school robes, the bulky looks and heavy material really made it unflattering. Not to mention they were as hot as a freaking sauna if you couldn't afford the silk option.

Anyway, when the group had finished changing into their robes, the group, with the exception of Daphne, Tracy and Astoria, met in the compartment. It wasn't long afterwards when the train finally pulled into the station and everyone disembarked. Harry smiled as he saw the new first years going towards Hagrid. The group, minus Harry, were confused as to why he seemed more happy and upbeat than usual. They didn't complain though, as seeing the gentle half-giant so happy was actually contagious. Hagrid just had this way of brightening your day when he was around.

Getting on the thestral drawn carriages, Harry realized he'd forgotten one important detail when they exited the train. It was fucking pouring outside, as in downpour. Drawing his wand and casting a drying charm over his companions in the carriage, which was appreciated, Harry told himself he'd do the same with Daphne, Tracy and Astoria when he saw them, if they hadn't already done so. Harry also made it a point to remember to cast the drying charm on the first years when they arrived at the great hall. Seriously, they were taking boats over the black lake in the pouring rain. If that didn't scream 'Dumbass-dore's idea', Harry didn't know what did.

When they arrived at the school and entered, Harry instantly cast the shield charm around the group, just as a water balloon hit the shield.

"Peeves, as much as I like pranks, the fact that you are risking students' health and increasing risk of hypothermia is something I can't accept. Why don't you go pelt Dumbledore with those balloons, since he doesn't seem to care about the students crossing the lake in the rain." smirked Harry.

"Ooh, pelt old grey beard with water balloons, fantastic idea my young friend. Look out, Dumble-snore. HERE I COME TO WRECK THE DAY!" sang Peeves as he vanished.

"Ya know, if Dumbledore wasn't such a colossal asshat, I'd almost feel sorry for him." smirked Ginny.

"Same, but he definitely deserves it. Hogwarts is supposed to be the safest place in all magical England, baring the ministry. However, something has happened to put students in danger for the last 4 years." groaned Neville.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it was because of me. Whenever the bastard visited before we discovered Harry was missing, he would keep spouting about training me to my peak. The times he thought we weren't listening, he would mumble about finishing his plans to test me when I got to Hogwarts. It was really creepy, with how fixated he was on training me." winced Emily.

"And with that, I have even more of a reason to have Steve investigate. As well as an even greater reason to hate the guy. By the way, does anybody know how the hell a poltergeist knows the tune of the Danger Mouse theme song?" asked Harry, confused as hell.

"I have no idea, Harry. Still, don't worry, babe. Sooner or later, the long-bearded jackasses hubris will be his downfall." said Luna.

"True, too much pride can kill a man. I still can't believe I once thought he was a good man. I now see why creatures around the world hate the asshole." sighed Hermione.

Harry just brought her into a one arm hug, showing that he was still there for her. He figured her idolization of Dumbledore was the only thing about her first-gen act was true. It was like that for many creatures born/raised in England. The truth always hit them rather hard, especially when they found out how many 'anti-creature' laws he secretly helped pass.

Hermione looked at Harry, smiling at him lovingly. It was nice having him around when she needed him. Their calm moment was broken, however, when they entered the great hall. qHarry was suddenly tackled to the ground by two very energetic Slytherin sisters. They were muttering quiet 'thank you's' to him over and over again.

"Uh, not that I'm not glad to see you two, but what's with the greeting?" asked Harry in slight pain.

"We originally wanted to write, but figured it would be impersonal for what you did for our family. We went to St. Mungos during the summer for a follow up on that chimera bezoar you gave us and…..IT WORKED!" exclaimed Astoria.

"We used the extra on me after giving a bit to Astoria. The medi-witches said that all traces of that blood curse, no matter how minor or major, were gone. The Greengrass blood curse is permanently cured. Our family owes you a debt we can never repay, Harry." whispered Daphne, light tears flowing from her eyes.

"Hey, come on now, no tears. And your family doesn't owe me anything. I'm not about to let anyone suffer such a curse if I can help it. Besides, Astoria is too adorable to let suffer like that." smirked Harry.

Astoria blushed while glaring at Harry, which didn't help disprove the fact she was 'too adorable'. Harry just chuckled at Astoria, before gently rubbing her back. It was strange how soon he saw little Astoria as a little sister figure.

"If either of you need anything else, all you have to do is ask." smiled Harry as the three got up.

"We will, Harry. Thank you again, for giving me back my future." smiled Astoria as she wiped away a few tears that fell from her eyes.

"If you tell anyone that you saw us crying, I'll hunt you down, Potter." whispered Daphne threateningly.

Harry just nodded. He wasn't intimidated by Daphne at all, as he had met much more intimidating individuals. Still, Daphne was a friend, and he refused to embarrass her by mentioning her crying. She did have a reputation to keep among a good few Slytherin's that still thought purity of blood mattered.

As Harry, Luna and Hermione went to their respective tables, Harry noticed something that made him smirk. Emily was sitting next to Seamus Finnigan, both blushing, and undoubtedly trying to subtly hold hands. Harry was actually happy that Emily was starting to give dating a try. Harry also hoped that Emily could help Seamus stop blowing things up, though that was a bit of a long shot.

As Harry and Luna sat down, Harry had to stifle a laugh. This was because he saw that Dumbledore was drenched after Peeves' aquatic assault on the bastard. It seems that Dumbass-dore was waiting for Peeves to run out of ammo before he cast a drying charm on himself. It wasn't much longer until Peeves ran out of ammo and took off before the Bloody Baron decided to turn up. Dumbledore then cast a drying charm on himself, just as the new first years came into the hall, soaked from the rain.

Harry drew his wand and waved it in a wide arc, which cast the drying charm over the entire group of first years. McGonagall, as well as the first years, gave Harry an appreciative nod, before making their way to the front of the hall to be sorted. After another 30-45 minutes, all the new first years had been sorted, and dinner was served to the students.

As all students, new and old, were enjoying the food of Hogwarts, Luna decided to lean her head on Harry's shoulder, which he gladly accepted as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"What's this about, Little Moon?" asked Harry.

"Nothing, I just wanted you to hold me. I also wanted to thank you for giving me and my dad that letter. It's nice to know she still loves me and wants to come back." smiled Luna.

"I'm more than happy to hold you. And you're welcome, my Little Moon. In the brief conversation I had with her, she was really regretful for leaving. Hell, I'd almost swear she was gonna break down when she asked me to give that letter to you and Xen." smiled Harry, bringing Luna closer in comfort.

"I just hope it goes well with her and dad. I want my mom back in my life." whispered Luna.

"I know, Luna. I promise to do everything I can to help you to become a family again." whispered Harry.

"Thanks, Harry." smiled Luna.

It wasn't much longer before the dinner was done and desserts were served. Harry, deciding to be a bit of a romantic, began feeding Luna her favorite dessert, pudding. Taking quick glances behind him, he saw Ginny and Neville looping their arms while eating their desserts, but the other thing he saw almost made him laugh and caused his 'overprotective brother' instincts to kick in.

Seamus had an arm around Emily, while gently feeding her a tart, her personal favorite dessert. Harry had so many instincts going through him at seeing this, but he wouldn't act on them. Emily seemed happy and he wasn't going to wreck that, unless Seamus hurts her, then all bets were off.

After another half hour, the desserts vanished. Dumbledore got up to make his usual announcements, and Harry had to roll his eyes that the guy still used a podium to make him seem like the most important wizard in the school.

"To our new students, welcome to Hogwarts, and to our returning students, welcome back. Now, just a few announcements before we all head off to bed. Firstly, the number of banned items has been increased once again, and the list can be found on the door of the custodial office." said Dumbledore.

Harry had to smirk. After Filch was given the boot after second year, the house elves had taken up the remaining custodial work. Oddly, Harry received a letter the summer before third year, from Filch. Harry expected a long winded letter, blaming him for losing his job, but it was the total opposite. Filch had apparently gotten a job feeding the prisoners in Azkaban and the letter was basically thanking Harry for getting him a dream job where he can 'hear the screaming' again, and how Filch owed him a firewhiskey when he graduated Hogwarts. Harry was both happy for the guy and a little scared of his sadistic tendencies. Oh well, he was Azkaban's problem now.

Before anything else was said, the doors of the great hall were thrust open. A bulky figure with a long, staff-like cane walked into the room. One leg sounded artificial when it hit the ground and he had a scared face with a magical prosthetic eye. Harry recognized this guy as Alastor 'Mad-eye' Moody. One of, if not the best auror in England.

"Ah, right on time. Secondly, I would like to introduce you to the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Alastor Moody, please make him feel welcome." said Dumbledore, causing many students and staff to applaud.

"Lastly, I regret to inform you there will be no Quidditch cup this year…." started Dumbledore before a cacophony of protests rose from the students.

Dumbledore raised his wand, sending a loud blast throughout the great hall. This caused the students to quiet down, though many, Emily included, were still pissed about the 'no quidditch' thing.

"As I was saying, this is due to an event being hosted at our fine school this year. The Tri-Wizard Tournament. An event that brings together three schools in a friendly competition. The delegations from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons will arrive this October. I hope every one of you makes them feel welcome. Now, that is all the announcements I have, I hope you enjoy this great year. Off you trot." smiled Dumbledore as the students got up and started leaving.

The first years, as usual, were the last to leave as they had to follow the fifth year prefects. As Harry and Luna headed to their common room, Harry glanced at Luna, who was giving him her 'puppy' look, big eyes and all. Harry just smirked, before looping an arm under Luna's legs and picking her up in a 'princess carry'. Luna sighed as she wrapped her arms around Harry's neck and buried her head in his chest. Harry just chuckled, he knew he spoiled his lovers, but he wouldn't have it any other way.

Harry also thought about the fact that both Durmstrang and Beauxbatons were going to be at Hogwarts this year. This meant that he'd be seeing that musclebound oaf, Krum and the beautiful Fleur. Harry had a decent friendship with Krum, always trading joking barbs with the guy when they ran into each other. As for Fleur, Harry wouldn't be surprised if she tried to jump him the moment she saw him. He hadn't managed to see her the past summer due to all the work he had to do with Steve, so he'd have to be ready for a pent up Veela. He was going to be sore after that encounter, either from how much they go at it, or fending off her claws when transformed. Harry knew he was fucked, he just hoped it would be the fun way.

"Looking forward to this year, my Little Moon?" asked Harry.

"Yes. By the way, I was wondering if we could spend the first night on the couch in the common room, please?" asked Luna, making her eyes water as she looked at him.

"Of course we can. On a side note, HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!" asked Harry as Luna's eyes instantly stopped watering.

"I'll never tell. It's one of my many tricks when it comes to you. I might even teach Hermione how to do it." smirked Luna.

"For the love of all things magical, please Luna, do not teach Hermione how to do that. Because if you do, I might just make your cute butt nice and red." smirked Harry.

"Is that a promise, because that isn't really tempting me to not teach her." smirked Luna.

"Hermione has been giving you tips, hasn't she?" asked Harry with a deadpan look.

"Her and her mother." smiled Luna.

'If those two are teaching Luna how to be seductive with both words and movement, I'm so screwed.' thought Harry, the image of him with a permanent blush entering his mind.

After answering the riddle and entering the common room, Harry and Luna sat on the couch to wait for the usual greeting of first years to finish before they decided to turn in. The first years entered not long after, getting the usual spiel about what the house symbolises, rules, prefects, heads of house and the like. Usually there was a warning about Snape, but with his head of house and most of his professoral powers now stripped, there was no need. Though the first years were cautioned about the fact that he may single them out more than usual due to this fact, and if that happened, to go to Flitwick or any of the other professors, bar Dumbledore.

That little tidbit shocked Harry, as he didn't think that the staff had lost trust in the old bastard that fast. He shouldn't be surprised though, the guy held all the cards close to his chest and only let others know what he wanted them to know. Harry had so many plans to off the old fool, but he wasn't able to make any of them look like an accident. Curse his front line fighter attitude.

However, after coming out of his internal musings, Harry heard Flitwick mention something else that shocked him.

"Now, one final thing before I send you kids to bed. If, for any reason, me, the prefects and other professors are unavailable, I suggest you go and see Mr. Harry Potter. He has an innate skill to prank others without being caught. However, I caution that Mr. Potter is to be used as a last resort. I cannot stress that enough. He already teams with the Weasley twins and Peeves and we prefer as little a turnover rate among the staff as possible. That's all I have for you, off to bed now." smiled Flitwick.

As the first years headed to their dorms and Flitwick made his way out of the common room, he turned to Harry and gave him a smug smirk. This caused Harry to give the professor his own smug smirk.

'So that's how you wanna play it, huh? Well Flitwick, game on!' thought Harry challengingly.

"Harry? Sleep now, plan payback later." said Luna as she yawned, quite adorably.

"Ok hon. I'll see you in the morning." smiled Harry as he laid down on the couch.

Luna laid down next to him and snuggled into his chest. Harry wrapped an arm around Luna, gently rubbing her back as she slowly drifted off to sleep. Harry couldn't help but wonder if Emily was doing the same in the Gryffindor common room with Seamus, but now wasn't really the time for thoughts like that. Right now, he was going to get a good night's sleep next to one of his future lovers. It was gonna be a crazy year. Though Harry swore that if anything happened to him again this year, no one involved will be able to sleep without getting pranked. Hey, he may like a good fight, but he knew when a lighter, more humiliating approach was needed.

'Dad, I swear, if I end up suffering the Potter Jinx again this year, I'll make what I did to Snape look tame.' thought Harry, as he followed Luna to the realm of morpheus.

Next Morning

The castle was currently filled with loud rumbling and crashing. There was also the occasional shake of the school itself. Now, the students and professors, baring a few specific individuals, were concerned as they thought there was something wrong with the wards. Luna, Hermione, Minerva and Poppy, however, already knew what was going on. The only reason Minerva and Poppy knew, was Luna and Hermione told them what Harry's plan was before breakfast that morning, since classes started that day after breakfast.

As for what was causing all the ruckus that morning, well…

(Short lemon-ish?)

In the chamber of secrets, one could only describe the state of the room as a wreck. There were cracked walls and small cracks on the floor. The cause of all this damage was the two basilisks currently wrapped around one another, thrashing around the room in a hardcore moment of mating.

"Damn it, Harry. You're bigger than any basilisk I've known." moaned Ivy, feeling the intense pleasure that came from being mated by her lover.

"That's a short list, babe. If memory serves, you've been here since you were born and I'm the first lover you've had. Still, you're very good for a first timer." said Harry as he enjoyed how tight Ivy was.

Though, Harry would admit that it was odd when mating with Ivy. The fact that the two were coiled around each other in order to mate was definitely an odd experience for Harry. Stiil, as Harry continued his mating with Ivy, he couldn't help but feel immense joy.

"Oh fuck. You fucking hung bastard. Give me the snakelets I've always longed for!" screamed Ivy as both she and Harry reached their peak together.

(short lemon-ish, end)

Harry was now back in his human form and leaning on an exhausted Ivy, who was laying on the ground. Harry had used the tempus spell and saw he and Ivy had been going at it for a full two hours. Harry had woken up early that day to spend time with Ivy then go get breakfast afterwards. It was lucky that he did, a pent up female basilisk could really go at it. The fact that Ivy had never had a mate before was the most shocking bit, as she seemed experienced. Well, it shocked him at first, until Ivy told him of the amount of times Salazar was down in the chamber with his wife. Salazar's wife actually read snake anatomy books to Ivy when she was a snakelet to help her sleep. Looks like the lessons stuck.

"You OK there, Ivy?" asked Harry.

"I'm more than OK, Harry. I've never been better, or felt more loved than I do now." said Ivy.

"I know, babe. I'm sorry you've been alone for so long. I promise, you won't be alone much longer. Come the end of seventh year, you and our future kids are coming home with me." smiled Harry.

"Thank you, my love. Now, I must rest. I'll see you again, right?" asked Ivy.

"Of course you will. Especially when it's time for you to lay your eggs. There's no way I'm missing the birth of any of my kids." said Harry as he rubbed the right side of Ivy's face.

Harry got up and kissed Ivy on the forehead, watching as she slowly drifted to sleep. This caused Harry to smile lightly, before making his way out of the chamber to get something to eat. It wasn't long before he made it to the great hall, deciding to sit next to Hermione at the Gryffindor table. After giving Hermione a quick kiss on the cheek, he dished himself out some breakfast. After the morning with Ivy, he was starving.

"So, I take it Ivy is having a well deserved nap?" asked Hermione with a sly smirk.

"Yeah, she is. I don't blame her though. A thousand years basically alone and me being her first ever mate, she was definitely pent up. I get the feeling there's gonna be a lot more of that this year." said Harry as he ate some sausages and homefries with a few bits of toast.

"Well, not much you can do about it. You'll be busy with a lot of your girls this year. I sure as hell ain't waiting 'til summer for our next romp." smirked Hermione.

"I figured as much. Though, I hope I can get up close and personal with that amazing ass of yours again." whispered Harry with a sly smirk and a wink.

Hermione gained a heavy blush and gave Harry a joking elbow to the ribs for his quip. In truth, the time she had with Harry and shared with her mother was something Hermione could tell would be a regular thing. Still, she would need to find a place for Harry and his other girlfriends to have some alone time, as a broom closet or abandoned classroom wasn't really a romantic spot. Plus, some of the other girls wouldn't fit in a broom closet.

After a few more minutes, Harry and Hermione had finished their breakfast and prepared to leave for their first class. Before they left the great hall, Harry walked over to Luna and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Have a good day, my Little Moon. I'll see you at lunch." smiled Harry.

"You too, love. I'm hoping that if it's review, I remember everything from last year." said Luna.

"You definitely will, Luna. you're the smartest Ravenclaw I know. You'll outshine everyone. Except maybe Ginny and Astoria, you three are pretty even in academics." smiled Harry.

"Yeah, that we are." laughed Luna.

After giving Luna one more quick kiss on the cheek and waving goodbye, Harry made his way out of the great hall and met up with Hermione. The one Gryffindor and one Ravenclaw headed towards their first class of the day, Defence Against the Dark Arts. Harry was actually interested in seeing how a retired auror like 'Mad-Eye' Moody would teach the class. Though Harry suspected it would be mostly practical lessons with very little theory.

But hey, Moody was a retired auror and seemed like an all around badass. The fact that Moody lived relatively normal with his scars and prosthetics spoke volumes about his resilience and tenacity. Sure, the guy looked scary, but they picked him to teach DADA, so how bad could he be?

'Oh slap me thrice and hand me to me mama.' thought Harry, knowing he undoubtedly just jinxed it.

Defence classroom

Not Long After

"Alastor Moody. Ex-auror, ministry malcontent, and your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher." said Moody as he wrote his name on the provided chalkboard, before turning back to the class.

"Now, I'm only here because Dumbledore asked me to. End of story, goodbye, the end. Now, when it comes to the dark arts, I believe in a practical approach. It's as much about knowing as it is about fighting. Now, can anyone tell me how many unforgivable curses there are?" asked Moody.

"Three, sir." answered Hermione.

"And they are so named?" asked Moody as he, once again, wrote on the chalkboard.

"Because they are unforgivable. The use of any one of them will….." started Hermione.

"Earn you a one way ticket to AZKABAN! Correct!" finished Moody.

"Now, the ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do, I SAY DIFFERENT! You need to know what you're up against, you need to be prepared…you need to find another place to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk, Mr. Finnigan. And Ms. Potter, kindly reign in your boyfriend before he does that again." said Moody.

"No way, the crazy old codger can see out the back of his head." whispered Seamus, causing Emily to lightly elbow him in the ribs, before he ducked from a flying piece of chalk.

"AND HEAR ACROSS CLASSROOMS! Now, enough of this tom-foolery. Who can name one of the curses? Weasley!" yelled Moody.

"Y-Yes?" stuttered Ron.

'And that is the one Dumbledore tried to convince my parents to betroth me to? Ugh, pathetic.' thought Emily.

"Stand. Give us a curse." said Moody as Ron stood from his seat.

"W-well, my dad did tell me about one. The imperius curse." said Ron in a quiet voice, being incredibly intimidated by Moody.

"Oh yeah. Your father would know all about that. Gave the ministry quite a bit of trouble a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why." said Moody as he walked over to a jar containing a spider-like creature.

"Engorio. Imperio!" said Moody, both enlarging the creature then sending it onto Ron's desk.

This caused the red headed weasel to panic and the rest of the class to laugh. Moody sent the creature to torment quite a few students, before it landed on Seamus.

"Don't worry, she's completely harmless. If she bites, she's lethal." laughed Moody, before he heard a really obnoxious and full of himself laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" asked Moody as he made the creature land on Draco's face, causing the boy to let out a very unmanly squeal.

This made Harry, Hermione and Emily, who was still giggling about Moody's prank on her boyfriend, laugh at the 'almighty pureblood' panicking. Harry looked at the other Slytherin's and saw that many of them were laughing as well. This, oddly enough, included Daphne, who was an expert at keeping her composure. Though Harry was glad she was loosening up a bit, even if she would undoubtedly deny it later.

"Ha, talented isn't she? What should I have her do next, jump out the window? Drown herself?" asked Moody, turning the jovial atmosphere into a darker tone.

"Now, many witches and wizards claimed that they only did You-know-who's bidding, under the influence of the imperius curse. But here's the rub, how do we sort out the liars? Another curse, anyone?" asked Moody as a few students raised their hands.

"Longbottom, is it? You know one?" asked Moody as Neville stood.

"There's the cruciatus curse." said Neville, who looked slightly disturbed.

"Aye, your parents suffered through that one, didn't they? Surprised they got through it alright." said Moody, as he cast the spell at the enlarged spider.

The creature writhed in pain, which Harry noticed Ron took a sort of sick pleasure in. However, Moody seemed shocked that Neville wasn't reacting to the spell, so after a few more seconds, he cancelled the spell.

"I'm surprised, lad. I figured you would've reacted to seeing that spell." said Moody.

"Well, it helps that my girlfriend helped me get over the trauma of seeing it happen. Plus, from what my parents told me, Lestrange and Crouch Jr. were losing their touch. They said that listening to a morning briefing and dealing with paperwork as aurors was worse than the cruciatus cast by those two." laughed Neville.

"HA! Ya got guts insulting Lestrange and Crouch Jr. boy. A truer Gryffindor if there ever was one." laughed Moody as he walked over to Harry.

"Mr. Potter, perhaps you know the last unforgivable curse?" asked Moody.

"The killing curse. Created by a medi-witch between 500-1500 A.D. as a wartime spell. She made the spell due to attacks from templars on her home village. Later used by healers as a last resort if there was absolutely no choice or way to save someone. Adding to that, the torture curse was actually created by a healer as a means to resuscitate someone whose heart stopped. The imperius was made by a mind healer to help in extreme therapy cases when all else failed. When the ministry was established in 1707, the families of the spell creators refused to share the secrets of them, thus, 10 years later, they were deemed unforgivable and banned from ever being cast. Thus, those families left Britain and various members settled around the world, as opposed to others, who went the travelling nomad route. In essence, the ministry drove away 3 powerful families and gave the world the knowledge of the 'unforgivables'." said Harry smugly, you could hear the quotations around the word 'unforgivable'.

"Huh, you actually know your history behind the spells, lad. Impressive." said Moody.

"Well, it's the kind of history I needed for my I.C.W. Lethal Force licence test this past summer. I had a lower class of the licence in my first year, but now have a full licence. I'm now legally able to use all forms of spells in certain situations. From stunners to the killing curse. It'll help when the next asshole tries to kill me or Emily this year." said Harry with a devilish smirk.

"Well, I pity the one who tries anything then." said Moody as he turned away.

With such a detailed description of the three curses, Moody felt he didn't need to demonstrate the spell. Shame really, he was curious how the class would've reacted. The remainder of the class went by relatively normal, if you don't count having the imperius cast on them in order to learn how to fight it off.

Luckily, it didn't work on Harry, due to his near mastery of his occlumency. As for Hermione, Emily, Neville and Daphne, they also managed to fight it off after a while. Though it was a little tougher for them. Though Harry was relieved that he didn't have to kill Moody for what he tried to make Hermione do, as the class ended not long after.

"I can't believe he tried to make you bend over and lift up your skirt in front of the class. I know he wanted to teach us to fight off the curse, but that was too far." said Daphne.

"That's actually how I managed to fight it off. The only one allowed to see that is Harry. And trust me, he's seen that a lot this past summer." smirked Hermione.

The entire group, barring Harry, blushed at the implication. However, the group heard a light slap and small squeak and looked towards Hermione. They saw said nekomata rubbing her right buttcheek and saw Harry grinning smugly next to her.

"And I'm happy for the show you gave me each time, my frisky feline." smirked Harry.

"Oh, I'm getting you back for that one, Harry." said Hermione, a lustful look in her eyes.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you try, babe." smirked Harry.

"Harry, seriously, do you have to be all lovey-dovey with Hermione in the hall like that?" groaned Emily.

"Oh, come on love. You and I aren't any different from them. Though I'm actually surprised you wanted to try dating me. My innate skill to make anything blow up is normally a major deterrent." said Seamus.

"Seamus, that was one of the things I fell for. It keeps me on my toes and prepared for anything. Plus, let's face it, you make sure my time with you isn't boring." smiled Emily as she took Seamus' hand.

"Oh, before I forget. Seamus, if you hurt Emily, I'll hunt you down and land you in St. Mungos for a month. There, overprotective brother threat delivered. Now, let's get to potions, I've gotta prank a greasebat." said Harry as the group made their way to the dungeons.

However, Seamus had gone a tad pale. He had seen some of the pranks Harry had pulled and started worrying what would happen if he actually did anything to hurt Emily. However, he let out a sigh of relief when he felt Emily kiss his cheek.

"Relax Seamus. He's just fulfilling his brotherly obligation, he'd never actually hurt you. I'll make sure he doesn't." said Emily.

"So will I. Though Emily's right, I wouldn't worry. Harry only hurts evil magicals, assholes, dickheads and…what was the last one, Harry?" quipped Hermione.

"Manipulative old bastards with a Merlin complex." smirked Harry.

"Yeah, that." said Hermione.

"Hey, does anyone else find it weird that we now have class with all four houses?" asked Daphne as she caught up to the group.

"Must've been a planned thing by most of the staff. I know Dumbledore and Snape never would have agreed." said Hannah as she and Susan joined the group.

"I'm just surprised they got old 'Mad-Eye' Moody to teach defence this year. My aunt said he was a major hardass who was looking forward to retirement. So it was quite a shock to see him here." said Susan.

"It could've been worse. We could've gotten the stick-up-his-ass Scrimgeour or even an incompetent putz in Fudgebar's pocket. Or even worse than that…Dawlish!" said Harry causing the group to shudder as they made it to the potions class.

It seems this year, potions moved to a different room, for better ventilation from the potion fumes. Why Snape wanted the class in a non-vented room, nobody knew. Though Harry liked to believe it was a better way to flaunt his power as a head of house.

Entering the classroom, the students were actually impressed with it. The tables were already set up and the ingredient shelves were prominently displayed. It seemed the professors who voted for this wanted everything to run flawlessly for the first class in the new room. That may also have been why a house elf was hidden in the corner, in case Snape tried anything.

After taking a seat at one of the new, larger potion tables with his inner circle of friends, all Harry and the others had to do now was wait for the grease bat to show up. It wasn't much longer before Snape entered the classroom, looking more constipated and pissed than normal.

"Your instructions are on the board. Get to work and don't bother me." growled Snape.

All-in-all, the potions class was still a pathetic example of such a great art. The fact that it was a double lesson made it much worse in the opinion of many of the students, bar Draco and his cronies. All they really did was brew potions they did last year, so in a sense, it was a review class. Regardless, Snape was continuing to prove that he was not only a lousy teacher, but also never deserved the title of potion master.

As the class ended and the students were preparing to leave, Harry gained the infamous grin that many knew was a sign for an upcoming prank. The entire class seemed to notice the look on Harry's face and wondered what he would do to humiliate Snape this time. Mentally scarring the class was an occupational hazard the rest of the students were used to at this point.

"Well, another less than informative potions class with the most unworthy potions master. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm gonna Beat It!" said Harry as he ran from the room.

Music once again started playing as Snape found himself in a magical replica of a certain 'king of pop's' costume from the same music video. After breaking into song and doing a quick spin, Snape began moonwalking out of the classroom with a look of pure rage on his face. The students, bar Draco and his cronies, were now laughing their asses off at the sight. This was followed by laughter filling the hallways. It seems the rest of the Students saw Snape and were thoroughly enjoying the entertainment.

The rest of the group finally caught up with Harry at the stairs, Hermione giving him a good natured eye roll at the prank on Snape. Originally, she thought the prank would get old, but with the amount of songs and dances in the world, there was no shortage of material for the prank.

"You just couldn't help yourself, could ya?" asked Neville.

"Of course not. That guy is an asshole, who wouldn't wanna pull something like that?" asked Harry in a sarcastic tone.

"Harry, you can really scare me sometimes, you know that?" asked Susan.

"Ah, don't worry. My friends and loved ones have no reason to fear me. I'd never prank you guys, on purpose at least. No guarantee that you won't get caught in the crossfire at some point." said Harry.

"Oh sure, that's comforting." said Hannah with a deadpan look.

"Oh come on, guys. Give him a little credit. We haven't been caught in his pranks yet, so we shouldn't have to worry so much." said Daphne.

"True, though I will definitely be watching every corner. Especially if you team up with the twins and Peeves again." shuddered Neville.

"Guys, we shouldn't dawdle, our next class is transfiguration, and we all know how strict and punctual McGonagall is." said Emily, causing the group to rush to their next class.

The rest of the day went relatively normal, though McGonagall did hold Harry after class to inform him of some rule exemptions that she was granting him. These included being able to go out at night to find a private place for him and any of his lovers. Considering that Hermione was sexually active as well, she wasn't going to deny them their alone time. Plus, McGonagall had seen one or two nekomata in her lifetime, and they could be scary when pent up. As a cat animagus, she knew what that was like.

Charms was mostly a review day and for the first time, Seamus hadn't blown anything up. Emily had rewarded him after class with a quick make out session in the hallway. As for Herbology, not much went on there, other than warnings that they would be working on the more deadly plants starting that year. Along with their classes being done for the day, Harry also stayed behind after each class for a few minutes to explain things to Sprout and Flitwick, who both agreed to never reveal anything to Dumbledore or Snape. Things had changed in Hogwarts lately, and the blind trust in the headmaster was one of them.

As Harry had promised, after transfiguration, he spent time with Luna at lunch. It may not have been a romantic setting, but spending time with any of his lovers was perfect in his book. As he did the previous night, Harry gladly fed Luna pudding when the deserts appeared, something she greatly appreciated. It was about halfway through dessert that Harry noticed Hermione slip out of the great hall.

While Harry did find that slightly odd, considering Hermione hadn't just slipped out since he found out she was a nekomata, he didn't question it. He wasn't going to micromanage her life.

Harry's three electives that afternoon were also just plain review, with runes and arithmancy being nothing overly exciting. Care of magical creatures, however, was quite interesting. Hagrid had brought out some of the creatures they covered last year, which included Windshear, who wanted to meet Harry after the class. She also mentioned Nadira and Elene would be there. Harry laughed when the class gasped when Hagrid pulled out his new oak wand with a hippogriff feather core. Harry's ribs still hurt from the bone crushing hug the half-giant gave him.

Soon enough, the class ended and the group, minus Harry, headed back to the castle. He already explained to the group that Windshear wanted to meet him in the forest with Nadira and Elene. After giving Hermione a kiss and promising to meet up with her at dinner, Harry headed into the forest.

It was about 5-6 minutes before Harry reached the place Windshear wanted to meet. It was the same clearing with that small pond that Nadira and Elene liked to bathe at. Harry would admit, the few times he had come out here to secretly bathe himself, it was quite relaxing.

(Lemon Warning)

Harry was brought out of his thoughts by something big and soft hitting his face and slamming him into a nearby tree, causing him to let out a muffled moan.

"Glad you made it, Harry. Hope you don't mind if I hold you in place until Nadira and Elene get here. Besides, I figured you'd like the way I hold ya down." smirked Windshear as she shook her ass.

That's right, the 'big and soft' thing on Harry's face holding him against the tree was Windshear's ass. Harry reached up and seemed like he was gonna try and push her off, but instead, he grabbed her ass and started groping and spanking it. He could really only do something like that with his quadruped lovers as a human, with the exception of his centaur lovers. Harry went a little bolder and started pushing his face further into Windshear's ass, causing her to gasp in pleasure.

"By all that's magical, Harry. If I knew you liked my ass that much, I would've delivered it to you on a silver platter when you got here at the start of the year." moaned Windshear as she pushed her ass farther into Harry's face, giving him a helping hand.

Harry delivered another hard spank to Windshear's right asscheek, before going back to groping both cheeks. To Harry, this was a perfect end to a rather chaotic day. There was also the fact that this was only the third ass his face has ever been in, with Emma and Hermione being the first and second, respectively.

"You know, when we said 'keep him occupied until we arrive' this isn't what we had in mind, Windshear." said Nadira as she and Elene finally arrived.

"Mmph, don't blame me. Nngh, you've seen how he stares at our asses. Ooph, especially when you two were occasionally flashing him when he visited. Hmmph, just let me enjoy his face for a minute." moaned Windshear as she consistently thrust her butt back into Harry's face.

"How do you know how to do that anyway?" asked Nadira.

"Yeah, I wouldn't have thought a more animal-like creature would know how to do something I've only seen the more human-ish creatures do." said Elene.

Both Nadira and Elene were trying to fight their growing arousal. It was increasingly hard to do so, however, as they saw Harry's erection through his pants and how hard he was groping and spanking Windshear. Each spank brought the equivalent of an aroused gasp from the female hippogriff.

Windshear had just pushed her butt back into Harry's face once again, before she felt something push her forward, causing her to let out a small squeak of surprise. She landed with her upper body on the ground, but her ass was still in the air. She was about to right herself, when she felt a taloned claw firmly, but gently, place itself on her head to keep her there.

"I never expected you to be such an erotic tease, Windshear. Still, you gave me a great time, forcing my face into your ass. It's only fair that I reciprocate and give you a clutch. That way, you will know you will always be my beautiful and feisty hippogriff, and mother to our kids." said Harry, having taken his hippogriff form with a beautiful bronze-ish color to both his feathers and horse half.

"Please, don't tease me, Harry. Just take me you feral bast-AAH!" screamed Windshear as Harry thrust into her.

"Damn, I never knew Harry was that wild when mating. I mean, sure, we knew he might be able to take on creature forms, but this was definitely unexpected." said Elene with slight nervousness in her voice.

"You got that right, Elene. I'm not gonna complain though. Did you see the size of him before he rammed into Windshear? Fuck did we get lucky with this one or what?" asked Nadira.

"B-but, aren't you nervous about this? Look at the way he's ramming Windshear, he's more wild than your Greek cousins." stuttered Elene.

It was true as well. Harry was thrusting into Windshear with an exorbitant amount of speed and force, more than he would need. Though, from the look on Windshears face, with her eyes rolled into the back of her head, she didn't care and was enjoying it. Windshear added a small wiggle of her butt every now and then, mostly due to Harry spanking her ass with his wing every once in a while.

"Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm nervous as hell about having that monster in me, but I'm also excited. We both know that no male centaur in the other herds here will even look at us, the other herds here having lost their sense of honor. Plus, look at us, we're both deer themed centaurs, with me having antlers. Harry actually acknowledges us for who we are. So yes, while I'm nervous about mating with him, I'm glad he will allow me the gift of being a mother to his kids." said Nadira.

"You know what, you're right. I'm done being nervous about things. It's time I break the stereotypes of cervitaurs being timid. I will proudly be his mate and bear him a child." said Elene, with renewed confidence.

Back with Harry and Windshear, Harry had sped up his thrusts, feeling his release was close. Windshear was panting in pleasure, Harry's wing still smacking her ass every now and then. Windshear had never felt such pleasure before, but at this point, her mind wasn't focused on that. Hell, her mind couldn't focus on anything right now. All she knew right now was that she was not letting Harry go at this point. As both Harry and Windshear were nearing their release, Harry leaned down to Windshear's ear.

"Get ready, love. Like the girls I love in Romania, you will have the honor of carrying a clutch of our children. I'll be there for you whenever I can, and even help you lay your eggs when the time comes." whispered Harry.

"Give it to me, you wild bastard!" growled Windshear.

Both Harry and Windshear released, Windshear letting out a loud call as reached the peak of her pleasure. As Harry finally pulled out, Windshear collapsed to the ground in pleasured exhaustion. Harry leaned down and lovingly nuzzled her as Windshear sighed in content.

"Rest well, Windshear. You deserve it." whispered Harry.

Harry then turned to his next two lovers, slowly walking towards him as he took on the form of an Irish Elk Elaphocentaur. Harry had to shake his head at his form, considering Irish Elk's had been extinct for over 8,000 years. As he got closer to the two centaurides, he could already smell their arousal due to his enhanced senses. He smiled when he saw the lustful gazes in their eyes, though it was more obvious in Elene's eyes. Elene was proof that it was always the quiet ones that had the most repressed 'energy'.

"Damn, Harry. Your Elaphocentaur form is really turning me on. If I didn't want this to be more romantic, I'd have you claim me like a beast." said Nadira.

"I'll say. I've never seen a breed like that before." said Elene, her lustful gaze increasing.

"That's because the breed of my deer half has been extinct for over 8,000 years. My beast forms can never be normal. Hell, my dragon form is a Pacific Storm Wraith. Anyway, which of you two wants to go…..hmmph." said Harry, as Elene kissed him full on the mouth.

"If I have to wait any longer, I may just lose my mind. So you're going to fuck me stupid, or else, got that?" growled Elene.

"If that's what you want, my white-tailed beauty." smiled Harry.

Harry brought Elene into a heated kiss, full of the lustful desire that was currently filling Elene. Nadira crossed her arms with a pout, though from the playful gleam in her eyes, you could tell she wasn't serious about it. As Harry and Elene were currently joined at their lips, Harry was gently guiding Elene to a nearby tree. When they reached said tree, the need for air caused them to break their make-out moment. Harry then smirked, before turning Elene to face the tree and pushed her against it. Harry then made his way behind Elene, gently caressing her ass and giving it a pinch and a couple of light spanks.

"I can tell this one is gonna be tight. I hope you're ready for this, babe." smirked Harry.

"I am, just do it quickly. Like ripping off, what the humans call, a band-aid." said Elene as she shook her ass.

"Gladly." said Harry as he mounted Elene and thrusted into her without abandon.

Elene screamed out in pleasure, a few tears in her eyes at the sudden pain she felt. However, she felt Harry turn her head, gently and lovingly kissed her. He also wiped away her tears, as he hated seeing his girls cry, regardless of the circumstance. He then placed his forehead on hers, comforting her.

"It's ok, love. I won't move until you're ready, just let me know when." whispered Harry, soothingly.

It was a full minute before the pain Elene felt subsided. She nodded her head, signaling Harry that he could start moving. Harry started slowly thrusting into Elene, drawing a slight moan of pleasure from the Cervitaur. Harry brought her into another kiss, all while slowly picking up speed, continuing to kiss Elene.

Nadira continued to watch the spectacle of Harry really giving it to Elene. The muffled moans coming from her friend and her lover were really getting to her. Hell, it was the one downside and frustration she had, that she couldn't pleasure herself properly as she watched Harry and Elene.

Harry continued to speed up after 10 consecutive minutes, before he felt his release build up. You couldn't blame him for that though, an Elk and regular white-tailed deer were a complete opposite in size, thus it would happen much sooner than Harry thought.

"Prepare yourself, Elene. Because here it comes, love." moaned Harry.

"Just shut up and breed me, you feral beast. Make me a mother!" screamed Elene as she and Harry released.

Harry once again brought Elene into a kiss, putting every ounce of love he had for her into it. As Harry pulled out, he waved his hand, casting a cushioning charm on the tree so Elene could be comfortable as he lowered her to the ground in order to rest. After giving Elene a kiss on the forehead, Harry turned his gaze to Nadira, noticing an unrestrained, lustful look in her eyes.

"And then, there was one." smiled Harry.

"And this one wants you in her, now." said Nadira as she faced away from Harry and lowered herself on her front legs.

Harry walked over, admiring the view Nadira was giving him. Harry then turned her head and gave her a kiss, gently caressing her cheek. It was a quick, 5 second kiss, but Harry put as much love as he could ino it.

"If that's what my future herd matriarch wants, that's what she'll get." said Harry with a sly smirk.

Harry got behind her and didn't waste any time as he thrust into Nadira. This resulted in her crying out in pleasurable bliss, as she now had both a mate who would treat her right, and a stag to make her a mother.

"Don't worry about waiting, Harry. Just mate me like a beast." moaned Nadira.

"You asked for it, Nadira. Just don't go waking up the forest." smirked Harry as he began moving.

Nadira began breathing heavily as Harry reached around and started massaging her breasts. Harry also started kissing her neck, adding to the pleasure she was feeling. Unlike with Windshear and Elene, who wanted it wild, being mostly repressed, Harry took it slow and loving with Nadira. He had no idea how long he was mating with Nadira, due to how Harry was also making sure it was pleasurable for Nadira as well.

"Babe, I'm at my limit. Are you ready to be a mother?" whispered Harry.

"Do it, love. I want to be yours forever. Make me a mother." whispered Nadira as both her and Harry released.

"Welcome to our family, Nadira," smiled Harry.

(Lemon End)

Harry had stayed with all three girls until they were able to regain enough energy to move on their own. This thankfully didn't take too long, especially when he gave each of the girls their favorite food to help restore their energy. Luckily, he had Dobby make a basket for after he mated with the three, knowing the girls would be hungry.

"Well girls, I gotta get back to the castle. If I don't, Hermione and Luna will end up hunting me down and that's the last thing I want to happen. Having a grumpy nekomata and elf-fae hybrid hunting you down is not something I want to add to my list of 'incredibly stupid things I've done in my life' list." said Harry in a sarcastic smartass tone.

"Don't worry, Harry. We'll be fine from here on our own." said Nadira.

"Yeah. The last thing anyone will do is attack us, considering Bane is Nadira's father." smirked Elene.

"And I don't have far to go to get back to the herd. You'll be there for the births though, right?" asked Windshear in a timid voice.

"No matter what I have to do, I'll be there for each of the births. Our kids will know their dad from day 1, if I have anything to say about it." said Harry in determination.

"That's all we need to know, Harry. Now you'd best head back. We love you." said Nadira.

"I love you all, too. I'll see you all later." said Harry as he gave the three a goodbye kiss, before making his way back to the school.

It was a pretty good day, all-in-all. He had officially mated with four more of his lovers, pranked the resident grease bat and spent time with his circle of friends. Harry only wished that he could have done something to Malfoy and Dumbass-dore, but it was only the beginning of the year. There would be plenty more opportunities to deal with them. Still, Harry was worried about the Tri-Wizard Tournament. He just knew he would somehow get roped into it, which made him pause mid-step.

"MERLIN DAMMIT, DAD! I'LL GET YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS CURSE!" yelled Harry, before continuing his trek to the castle.

Said Potter patriarch felt a sudden chill down his spine. He didn't know why, but he had the intense urge to sleep with one eye open for the rest of the year. He also had the funny feeling that this sudden fear was caused by his son. Merlin help him if that was the case.

September 19th

Great Hall, Dinner

Harry was sat at the Gryffindor table with Emily, Seamus and Hermione today, while the rest of the group were mingling at their own tables. Harry looked to the Ravenclaw table and smiled when he saw Luna sitting with Su Li and Padma. Harry befriended them a while ago, and asked them to keep an eye on Luna when he wasn't around. The two had readily agreed as they both loved Luna's quirky personality. Though when the two squealed when they saw her beautiful, glitter wings, that shot that excuse out the window, as he jokingly put it.

"So, Harry? Is there a reason you sat with us today?" asked Seamus.

"Does one need a reason to sit with his beautiful nekomata girlfriend on her birthday? Besides, I made her a beautiful present for her birthday this year." smiled Harry.

"Oh Harry. You always go all out for me on my birthday since we started dating. You know I'm happy with whatever you get me, right?" asked Hermione.

"Yeah, I know. But what kind of lover would I be if I didn't spoil you every now and then?" asked Harry in a suave, joking manner.

"Like you didn't spoil me enough this past summer, big boy. Though, the fact that you made my present again this year makes me curious as to what it is." said Hermione.

"Well, there are a lot more people around than I expected when I planned to give you this, but…" said Harry as he pulled out a ring box.

Opening the box, it revealed a beautiful crystal ring in the shape of a phoenix feather. Inside the feather was a beautiful blue flame with flecks of green in it that was actually real and flickering with light. The crystal feather actually came from Hedwig, Harry just shrunk it after using a dwarvish process to crystalize it first. Adding a living fire was actually the hardest part of the whole thing.

"Harry, it's beautiful." whispered Hermione.

"I would hope so. A promise ring should be beautiful." smiled Harry.

"A p-p-promise ring? Harry, I'd be honored to accept it." smiled Hermione with a tear falling from her eye.

Harry removed the ring from the box and gently placed it on Hermione's finger. Before Harry could say anything, Hermione kissed him full on the mouth. Harry wrapped his arms around Hermione, being careful not to touch anywhere too intimate as they were currently in the great hall.

"Way to go, Harry." called Fred.

"Master of pranks and the ultimate ladies man." called George.

Cheers were soon heard from many in the great hall, including a few professors, barring two, three guesses who they were. When Harry and Hermione finally broke apart for air, Harry saw a look in her eyes that he got to know really well.

"Harry, let's head somewhere private. I thought of something else you can give me today, and I know you'll enjoy it too." whispered Hermione.

"Right behind ya, hon." said Harry as he followed Hermione out of the great hall.

"So Gin, what are the odds that Hermione will be walking funny when she gets back to the common room tonight?" asked Neville.

"Sucker bet. You saw how Hermione was swaying when she walked out, Harry's gonna wreck that. Added to the fact that they are at the creature mating age, it's a given that they'd go wild. Even during the school year." said Ginny.

"Wait, Ginny. How do you know about the creature's mating age?" asked Emily.

"Had to learn it so we could de-gnome easier at home. If we drive them off before they're mature enough to mate, we can keep mom's garden clear longer." said Ginny.

"Uh, does someone want to explain to the guy who's new to the whole 'Potter Circle' thing?" asked Seamus.

"I hope you have a lot of time, babe." smirked Emily as the four left the great hall to explain to Seamus.

With Harry and Hermione

Grand Staircase

"So, where are we heading?" asked Harry.

"Oh, it's a surprise. With a little help from a friend of ours. DOBBY!" called Hermione, making the little elf appear instantly.

"Mistress Kitty has called Dobby. What can Dobby do for you?" asked Dobby.

"Would you mind taking me and Harry to that secret room you told me about, please?" asked Hermione, rolling her eyes at being called mistress kitty, and her mate trying not to laugh at it.

"Of course, Mistress Kitty. If yous and the Guardian Potter be taking Dobby's hand, Dobby will bring you to come-and-go room." said Dobby, holding out his hands.

Harry and Hermione took the house elf's hands, vanishing soon after. The three reappeared in front of a blank wall in front of a tapestry. The tapestry depicted one of the weirdest wizards Harry had ever heard of, Barnabas the Barmy. The idiot tried to teach trolls to dance ballet. While female trolls were quite graceful when dancing, something Harry would definitely agree with, especially with Vriska, male trolls were incredibly uncoordinated. And Barnabas tried to teach male trolls.

"Thank you, Dobby. Your help is very appreciated." smiled Hermione.

"Yous is welcome, Mistress Kitty. Dobby hopes yous two be having fun and bes cautious." smirked Dobby as he vanished.

"Ok Hermione, wanna tell me why we're in front of a blank wall?" asked Harry.

"Well, at the start of the year, I asked Dobby if there was anywhere that we could go for 'privacy'. He told me about this place called the 'come-and-go' room. Just give me a sec." said Hermione as she paced in front of the wall three times.

A door started to slowly materialize in front of the two. Harry raised an eyebrow, but otherwise had no reaction. Hey, he was in a magical school, a hidden room such as this was nothing. Hermione opened the door and brought Harry inside with her, and that is when Harry's eyes widened in surprise.

The room itself looked like Hermione's room at her house, but it was what was hanging on the walls that shocked him. All along the walls were pictures of Hermione, her ass out and striking different poses to put emphasis on it. Under each picture was either a paddle or riding crop. Harry knew that this wasn't Hermione's actual room, so there was only one conclusion he could come up with. This room created whatever the one who uses it wants. Though seeing the paddles and crops made Harry realize he was right, Hermione does enjoy getting spanked.

(Lemon)

"Harry?" called Hermione in a sexy voice.

Harry turned and couldn't help but mentally curse the bulky Hogwarts uniforms. Hermione was on the magical construct of her bed, her front half down and ass in the air, like her mother was on his first night mating with them. Hermione gently swayed her ass for a moment, before reaching back with both hands and smacking them on her own ass, groping her beautiful cheeks through the concealing school robe.

"Come over here and play, Harry. You can use the paddles, crops, even your own hands. Come lift up the robes and let's get started, love." whispered Hermione huskily.

"I like what I see, regardless of the robe, but isn't this your birthday? Why are you giving me a gift?" asked Harry as he very slowly began making his way over.

"Oh, this is as much a gift to myself as it is to you. I've wanted to be spanked by you for a while. I'm glad the curtains on the beds in the Gryffindor girls dorms have silencing charms. I've had to do this to myself for a while until Dobby told me about this room." moaned Hermione as she started rubbing circles on her asscheeks.

"Do I have to come over? I'm enjoying the show of you playing with your own ass." smirked Harry as he licked his lips at the sight.

"Please, Harry. I need the relief of a good spanking and your meat in my ass. I only want anal tonight, but you can play with my ass as much as you want, please." begged Hermione.

Harry decided that he had teased her enough and began walking towards Hermione. When he reached her, Hermione began rapidly patting her butt, all the while sexily wiggling it at Harry. Harry gently grasped her hands, moving them from her ass, before he placed his hands at the top of her ass. Harry gently started moving his hands down over Hermione's ass, drawing a sigh from the girl.

Hermione's tail was swaying in the air in contentment. However, her tail shot straight up and she let out a gasping moan of arousal as a resounding slap filled the room. Harry had delivered a full force spank to her right cheek, before doing the same with her left cheek. Harry reached for the bottom of Hermione's robe, before he slowly started lifting it up, revealing the incredibly tight, dark blue jeans that she was wearing.

"Damn, I can't tell how I prefer your ass. Naked or in the tight pants your mom gets you. I'm gonna have to run a few tests. First test, spanks." smirked Harry as he brought his hand down on Hermione's right asscheek again.

Hermione gasped in both relief and pleasure, glad that Harry was willing to indulge her. Hermione thrust her butt back towards Harry as she felt another spank on her left cheek. She was glad she wore these jeans today, as every spank felt like it was directly on her ass. After Harry gave her a few more spanks, with Hermione continuing to wiggle her sexy butt after each one, Harry suddenly stopped and began rubbing her right hip.

"Test number two. The face to ass test." said Harry as he shot his face forward, ramming it right into Hermione's jean clad ass.

"OOPH! Harry, a little eager, aren't ya?" giggled Hermione, before gasping as she felt another hard smack on her ass.

Harry was alternating between spanking and groping with each hand, his face buried in the beautiful rump of his Nekomata girlfriend. Harry also noticed one other thing as his face was in her butt, she wasn't wearing panties. Hermione started moving her butt in a humping motion, drawing an aroused moan from Harry, still muffled by the amazing ass. Harry moved his hands from Hermione's cheeks and smacked them down on her hips. Harry grabbed the hem of Hermione's jeans and started pulling. It was taking a bit of effort to remove Hermione's jeans, as they were very tight and he didn't want to rip them.

Hermione felt Harry as he tried to work off her pants, made harder since these jeans were pure slip-on, no button or zipper at all. Hermione shook her ass harder in an attempt to help Harry get her pants off. It took another 3 minutes to finally get Hermione's jeans off, but Harry didn't complain.

Harry stood there for a moment, admiring his girlfriends, now bare, ass as he gently caressed it. Harry suddenly slapped his hands on Hermione's firm cheeks, before putting his face back into her ass and starting to lick her. Hermione had to bite her lip to keep from screaming in pleasure, especially when Harry started spanking her again. Each spank made Hermione thrust her butt into Harry's face more, which, in turn, made Harry spank her harder. After one more, particularly hard spank, Harry removed his face from the nekomata booty and stood up, positioning his rock hard member at her tightest entrance.

Without as much as a warning, Harry thrust right into her ass, before Hermione reached back and rapidly patted her own ass. She let out a scream of orgasmic bliss, pushing her ass into Harry's pelvis, Harry getting a firm grip on her hips. Harry then leaned forward so he could whisper in Hermione's ear.

"Happy birthday, beautiful." whispered Harry.

"Thanks, love. Now finish taming this ass. If you can, that is." smirked Hermione, wiggling her ass slightly.

"We're not leaving until you can't even sit for a month." smirked Harry as he slapped her ass with both hands simultaneously.

For the next few hours, the sound of flesh meeting and pleasured moans filled the room. In fact, no one would see either of the two lovers until the next morning.

(Lemon End)

October 30th

Main Courtyard

The entire school was currently waiting in the main courtyard for the delegations of the other two schools. Harry was standing next to his entire circle of friends, deciding to do away with the house divide that was slowly dwindling since he started. To his left was Emily, mostly making sure her brother didn't decide to do something stupid. On his right, snuggled up to him and his right hand cupping her butt, was Hermione. Ever since her birthday in that room, Harry made a point to meet Hermione there after dinner every 2 weeks on a saturday. Harry also decided to bring Luna there when it was finally her turn.

"So Harry, you know a lot about other magical communities. What can you tell us about the two that are arriving?" asked Daphne.

"Now that's a bit presumptuous there, Daph." smirked Harry.

"Oh? Does that mean Hogwarts resident smartass and beast master doesn't know anything about the schools?" asked Emily with an evil glint in her eye, causing Harry to sigh.

"Ok, here's the rundown. Durmstrang is one of, if not the toughest magical school out there. Actually it's in the top three, right under the Mayan Academy of Arcane Arts. anyway, they have the same courses we do, with a few extras. Battle transfiguration, battle magics, etc. Also, they don't just teach how to defend against the dark arts, they actively teach it. It's one of the reasons Dumbass has been trying to subtly get it shut down." said Harry, glaring towards Dumbledore at the front of the crowd.

"As for Beauxbatons, it's one of the many progressive schools around the world. Contrary to belief, it's a co-ed school, but also houses Veela. I'm sure I don't need to tell anyone about them. Their headmistress is actually a half-giant herself. Just don't bring it up, it's a bit of a sore spot for her. Though I bet you anything that Hagrid will go gaga when he sees her." smirked Harry, glancing at said half-giant.

"Now that would be a sight to see. The lovable oaf trying to be a romantic. So, do you know how they'll be getting here?" asked Seamus.

"No idea. That's the one thing I could never figure out with them. But knowing how the two schools love to show off, it'll be impressive." said Harry.

"Up there, in the sky!" called Neville, causing the entire courtyard to look up.

Flying down towards a makeshift runway, was a large carriage pulled by pure white, winged abraxan horses. Hagrid was on the runway, helping to guide them in, though he had to dive out of the way when it got too close for comfort. This caused the students and all but two staff to chuckle at the antics of the game keeping professor.

"Oi, something's going on with the lake!" called Ron, though you could tell he'd rather be anywhere but there.

True enough, the lake was bubbling, before a large ship shaped like a pirate galleon emerged from underwater. While everyone, bar the professors, was awed at the sight, Harry just smirked and shook his head good naturedly. Leave it to Durmstrang to make an entrance like that.

"Hey, looks like they're sending us back inside." said Susan.

"Probably to start introducing the delegates of the other two schools. Well, we'd better get inside before the crowd gets too backed up heading in." said Hannah.

"I have to agree. Elvish Fae or not, we are not good in large, confined crowds." said Luna.

The others agreed, already heading inside. Harry gave a light swat to Hermione's butt, and gave Luna's butt a subtle pinch as he passed her. This earned Harry a small squeak from his fae lover, and a playful glare from both Luna and Hermione. He didn't care.

Great Hall

5 Minutes Later

The students were all sitting at their own tables, considering it was a welcoming feast for the visiting schools. They were waiting patiently for the other schools to make their entrances. It seems that Dumbledore wanted to act like the most powerful and important individual here by making them wait. It didn't help that the bastard was taking longer than usual to finish his announcements.

"And now, without further adieu, please welcome the proud sons of Durmstrang, and their Highmaster, Igor Kakaroff." said Dumbledore.

Said school soon burst through the doors, slamming staves on the ground in a pattern as a showy entrance.

"Blimey it's him, Viktor Krum." muttered Ron as the star seeker walked in with Igor.

The entire performance ended with one student blowing on the tip of his wand, which somehow launched a large dragon of fire from the wand.

"Bravo, most impressive, Igor. Your students are still in top form, as always." said Dumbledore with a smile, though Harry could tell it was way beyond fake.

"It is true, Albus. I always keep my students in top form." said Igor as he went to take his seat at the staff table.

The Durmstrang students started moving towards the Slytherin table, except for Krum. Krum stopped at the Ravenclaw table, standing right behind Harry with a devious smirk on his face.

"Um, Padma, Luna, is there an over 200 pound sack of muscle with a military style haircut and penchant for really stupid, borderline suicidal, maneuvers in quidditch standing right behind me?" asked Harry in a serious tone.

"Yup." smirked Padma.

"Oh, big time, love." said Luna with that dark grin she got when something was funny to her.

"Of course there is. Hey Krum, can we do our whole song and dance tomorrow? Beauxbatons has to come in and sit down. I doubt they're enjoying the British autumn." said Harry.

"Very well, my friend. By the way, it's good to see you again. Though I'm still gonna get you for heckling me at the world cup." snarked Krum as he sat on Harry's left.

This shocked many in the great hall, except Harry's inner circle of friends. The things they had seen from him made the fact that he knew Krum seem normal. After picking their jaws up off the ground, the staff table finally regained their composure as Dumbledore got back to the matter at hand.

"And now, please join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of Beauxbatons, and their headmistress, Madame Maxime." said Dumbledore.

The entire hall looked to the doors again and saw a truly beautiful sight. A group of girls, and maybe one or two male students at the back as a 'precaution' against more handsy students, walked into the room with majestic strides. Each one in a light blue uniform with a hat. As the Beauxbatons students walked toward the front of the hall, a certain male Weasley was busy looking at other 'assets' on the female students. Harry's eyes, on the other hand, were focused on the two coming into the hall with Olympe, as she insisted Harry call her.

The older of the two was his beautiful Veela girlfriend, Fleur, while the younger one performing a few gymnastic flips to the front of the hall was little Gabrielle. Harry smiled when he saw little Gabby, as it seemed she was getting closer to her old self since what happened with the Veela's Bane.

"Madam, it's a pleasure to have you here at Hogwarts." said Dumbledore, trying to keep the disdain for this woman out of his voice.

"The pleasure is mine, Dumblydore. I would like to ask beforehand, my horses have travelled a long way. They will need attending to." said Olympe.

"Not to worry, my dear lady. Our gamekeeper, Hagrid, will be more than willing to handle that." said Dumbledore.

Olympe nodded as she made her way to the table, stopping just in front of Hagrid. Hagrid was jaw dropped at the woman in front of him, which made Harry, his inner circle and many others chuckle at him. Sure, there weren't many like him out there, but him gaining a crush on Olympe this fast was a Merlin send for the poor guy.

"Monsieur Hagrid, I must inform you, my horses drink only single malt whiskey." said Olympe.

"O-of course, madame. I won't forget that at all." said Hagrid, a heavy blush forming on his face.

"You better not, Hagrid. One idiot thought it was a good idea to give them fire whiskey once. That didn't end well, did it Raul?" asked Harry, looking at one of the male students.

"Oh, damn. Of course you had to be here. IT WAS ONE TIME!" yelled Raul, the entire hall laughing at the reaction.

The Beauxbatons students made their way to the Ravenclaw table, though Harry got up from his seat as he did and opened his arms. The reason for this? The young, 8-year-old blonde missile that launched herself at him and into his arms.

"HARRY! It's great to see you again." exclaimed Gabrielle as she snuggled into his chest.

"Hey Gabby. Sorry I wasn't able to come around this past summer. It got really busy with Steve on his job. Added to some rendezvous that I couldn't ignore, it was impossible to get there." said Harry.

"Well, at least you have a legitimate excuse for being unable to visit. I still missed you though." said Fleur as she reached her sister and Harry.

"And I missed you, my feisty firebird." smiled Harry as he untangled himself from Gabrielle.

Harry reached up and gently caressed the left side of Fleur's face, before leaning in and kissing her softly. Now, unlike many other instances, no jaws dropped at this. Considering Harry's veritable harem that he had, no one was surprised that he was kissing a drop dead gorgeous girl from France.

After letting Fleur sit next to him, with Gabrielle sitting between Padma and Luna, Dumbledore announced the start of the feast. The tables were laden with food from all three schools and Harry saw one of his favorite french dishes.

"FUCK YEAH! BOUILLABAISSE!" yelled Harry as he dished some out to himself, doing the same for Fleur, as it was her favorite as well.

The rest of dinner passed with small talk and the occasional friendly barb. It wasn't much longer when dessert was both served and ended. It was then that Dumbledore called for everyone's attention. He then gestured to the atrium door, a suit of armor coming out with a large crate. Dumbledore tapped his wand on the crate, causing it to open, revealing a large goblet that suddenly lit aflame.

"The Goblet of Fire. Fame and eternal glory await those that it chooses for the Triwizard Tournament. But know this, if chosen, you stand alone. Now, here to give the new rules of this tournament, is Barty Crouch." said Dumbledore.

Harry had to smirk at this. He was just glad they busted Ludo Bagman for fraud and debts not long after the world cup. He was happy to go with Steve and put the guy in cuffs without Fudge knowing.

"Now, the ministry has decided that, due to the nature of the tournament, no student under the age of 17, may be allowed to put their name forth. This decision is final." said Barty, much to the outrage of many in the great hall.

"SILENCE! This is a decision agreed upon by, not only the ministry, but all three participating schools. As such, to deter any of our more determined students, I will be erecting an age line to prevent those under 17 from entering. You have until the evening feast tomorrow to enter your names. I wish all who enter luck for the events to come." said Dumbledore.

The entire hall started to disperse to their respective dorms or sleeping areas. Though, Harry did give Fleur a kiss and promise to catch up the next day, as classes were canceled both for the celebration of Voldemort's defeat, and for any who wished to, to enter their names. Harry also promised Krum that they would have their 'I'm getting you back for that' duel as well.

After giving Hermione a good night kiss as well, Harry wrapped an arm around Luna and headed for his dorm. Upon arriving, Harry offered to sleep with Luna in the common room again, which she readily agreed to. Harry transfigured their robes into sleepwear and both relaxed on the couch in front of the fire. All the while, Harry was mentally cursing James again.

'Guess I'm using this year to brush up on my offensive and defensive spells. I just know I'll get dragged into this somehow. When that happens, I'm hunting the bastard down and ending them. Painfully if I end up hearing it from my lovers.' thought Harry as he brought Luna closer, kissing her forehead as she snuggled into his chest.

This was gonna be a long, but certainly not boring, year.

AN: ok, finally got this one out. Sorry it took so long, but as I said, I'm trying to make longer chapters. While this one isn't as long as I'd like, I was aiming to get it out tonight. Hope you enjoy it, and look forward to the next one, where we get into the action of the tournament. Now, as stated in the last chapter, I don't have a set schedule for chapter releases, but know that they will come out, barring any writer's block. So, look forward to the next update.