Chapter 35 -
"Thank you Arry," Fleur smiled as he dropped her at her apartment after their date. "I have never been to an art museum before, it was a new experience."
"It was a new experience for me too." Harry admitted.
"You didn't care about the art," Fleur laughed. "you were looking at me the whole time."
"Not my fault you were more interesting than the art." Harry shrugged.
"Hardly my fault," Fleur smirked. "now I do believe that our date is at an end."
"Hmm, regrettably." Harry said as he pulled her in close and kissed her as he placed his hands on her hips while she placed her hands on both sides of his face.
"Hmm," Fleur moaned into the kiss. "would you perhaps like to continue our date and stay the night?" She asked when they broke apart
"Well, if you are offering." Harry smiled as he allowed her to pull her into his apartment.
"Harry," Sirius said when Harry arrived in the morning. "were you with Fleur?"
"Yep." Harry nodded.
"I don't really know what I am supposed to say." Sirius admitted.
"How about 'well done'?" Harry suggested.
"Hmm...that works." Sirius shrugged. "Well done." He smiled proudly.
"Thanks." Harry smiled back.
"Daddy." Selena hissed as she slithered forwards and rested on Harry's body with her chest on his head.
"Yeah sweetie?" Harry asked as he lay down on his bed, simply choosing to relax and enjoy himself in some peace and quiet. He looked at Serena who had grown a decent amount, fortunately she would always be the same size in her tattoo form.
"I am confused, which one is your mate?" Selena asked. "The pink haired Tonks or the other one, Fleur? Or are they both going to mate with you?"
"It is kind of complicated dear," Harry frowned as he tried to decided how to explain it. "as of the moment I am considering both of them. They both are considering me, first we are just spending time together to see if we are compatible." He said, hoping that that was a good enough explanation for Selena to understand.
"Hmm." Selena replied as she seemed to think about it.
"You are still my favourite girl though." Harry could not help but add, he grinned at Selena and petted her head.
"Thank you daddy." She purred, to Harry it was like having a talking cat on his chest, not a deadly basilisk.
"You are welcome dear." Harry smiled as he continued to pet her, he kissed her on the head before he laid back and closed his eyes.
Eventually Harry's short Christmas holiday was coming to an end, on the last day before he had to leave he had went on a date with Tonks, after an enjoyable day together the two had returned to Number twelve Grimmauld place. Normally Sirius would be there to greet them but he was apparently on a date of his own.
"You want to eat something?" Harry asked as he was about to move to the kitchen, he was stopped by Tonks who grabbed his hand.
"No thanks," She smiled. "can we go to your room?" She asked suddenly.
"Oh are we finally at that point in our relationship?" Harry joked. "Because I have been dreaming about it." He added, that was not a joke.
"Not yet," Tonks rolled her eyes. "I just want to talk to you about something important and don't want Sirius to come back and interrupt."
"Fair enough." Harry said, "let's go." He said as he gestured to the stairs. Tonks climbed up the stairs first with Harry gladly following behind.
"You had better not be looking at my arse Potter." Tonks called without looking at him but Harry was not worried as he could almost feel her smile.
"I am only human," Harry protested. "if you are looking for a review then twelve out of ten by the way." He added.
"Thank you." Tonks smirked as they got off the stairs, they walked to his room and entered.
"So," Harry said as he closed the door and waved his wand several times before he walked over and sat on his bed. "I just cast a couple of locking and silencing charms," Harry explained. "so what is up?" He asked.
"Well first of all I just want to say that I am glad we have started to go you with each other," Tonks said as she walked over and sat next to him. "I have enjoyed our last few dates, all sex jokes aside you haven't really tried to force anything on me." Tonks said. "I mean when we went to the cinema you didn't even try to get me to give you a hand job or a blow job."
"Wait...that was an option?" Harry blinked in surprise. "You reckon we could still make it to one more movie?" He asked hopefully.
"Ha ha." Tonks said with a fake laugh as she rolled her eyes in amusement, she seemed to be doing that a lot recently, "No but seriously most of my ex-boyfriends have tried to...you know...be nice enough so that they can eventually add a metamorphamaugus to their list of people they have slept with. And I am really glad that you are fine with letting me decide the physical pace of our relationship." Tonks admitted. "And you have never really asked me to transform unless the two of us are pranking Sirius."
"Our last one was hilarious." Harry chuckled.
"Yeah," Tonks snorted as she remembered Sirius's reaction to seeing himself with pink hair. "honestly, the man lasts in Azkaban and comes out skinnier than a twig and dirtier than mud but it's only when he has pink hair that he decides to scream, anyway you also don't mind me showing up with different looks. I mean I come on one date with a red mohawk, you say nothing, I come on another date with blonde dreadlocks and you say nothing but my first boyfriend didn't like when I showed up to one date with short and spiky blonde hair."
"When I think about you I mostly remember you with pink hair but I don't really mind if you experiment." Harry replied.
"To be honest I was...kind of testing you." Tonks replied. "Just to see your reaction and I was rather glad that you never told me to change or anything."
"Well...you are who you are, you know?" Harry shrugged. "I spent years pretending to be someone I am not, I felt so free when I could stop pretending. I wouldn't want to force someone to pretend to be something they are not."
"And I like that about you," Tonks smiled at him, "anyway I know that tomorrow you will be going back to school. Me and Fleur are going to write to each other and work out a schedule before we send it to you, hopefully we can get together on your Hogsmeade weekends."
"I am legally emancipated as well," Harry reminded her. "so every now and then I could probably leave the castle."
"Oh, I like the sound of that," Tonks smiled, happy at the news. "anyway I figured that since you are going away and have been a good boyfriend, I would like to give you a going away present."
"Oh?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Yep." Tonks smirked as she stood up and walked in front of him before slowly sliding down to her knees, her hands went to his belt buckle. "Just something to remember me."
"Wait...are we actually going to..."
"We are not going all the way," Tonks interrupted. "I don't think I am ready for that yet. This will just be your run of the mil blowjob."
"Fair enough but I don't really think that ordinary is the right word to describe anything that relates to either of us." Harry replied.
"True." Tonks admitted before she pulled his trousers down. "Merlin! What do you feed this thing?!"
"So far blondes." Harry answered with a small laugh.
"Blonde huh?" Tonks raised an eyebrow before her hair was replaced with shoulder length blonde hair.
"Tonks, you don't have to..."
"Shush Harry, I am going to treat you." Tonks cut him off. "I know you wouldn't ask me to change but that doesn't mean I can't occasionally. Hmm," She paused and frowned. "you know, there is something I have always wondered."
"What's that?" Harry asked.
"How long my tongue can get, let's find out." She said before she leaned her down.
"Oh fuck." Harry blurted out as Tonks began pleasuring him.
"Alright Harry," Sirius hugged Harry as the two stood on platform nine and three quarters. "you enjoy the rest of your year."
"I will Padfoot," Harry said before the two let go. "I will write you whenever I can."
"You do that," Sirius nodded. "and if you need anything at all, even if it is just to talk then use the two way mirrors. I'll always have mine with me."
"I'll remember if you promise that you will try not to lose what little sanity you have left while I am gone."
"Sanity?" Sirius snorted. "I guess I should feel nice that you think I ever had any to begin with."
"As well you should," Harry smiled. "alright I have to go now Sirius."
"Have fun Prongslet, I'll write you as soon as I come up with an animagus name for you." Sirius replied.
"Have fun with that, bye Sirius."
"Bye Harry, have a good year."
"Harry!" Harry heard a female voice cry before he found himself being hugged around the waist.
"Hey Tori." Harry smiled as he hugged her back. "Good Christmas?" He asked.
"Oh it was brilliant," She smiled as she grabbed his hand and pulled him into a compartment where she was sitting with her two friends, Jean and Scott, both of whom greeted him. "did you get my Christmas present?" She asked.
"Yes, I had to stop my godfather from eating it." Harry smiled at her. "Did you like the one I sent you?" He asked.
"Yeah," Astoria smiled widely. "though I don't think Daphne liked the fact the fact that you sent me a book full of jinxes and hexes." She added almost as an afterthought.
"Ha," Harry snorted. "they're not even that harmful, though they are pretty good for your current magical level. Just remember to..."
"Wait until I get decent excuse to use them?" Astoria guessed.
"I was going to say have someone like me, Flitwick or Daphne be there when you practise them but what you said works too." Harry replied after a moment of thinking.
"Ah," The group turned to see the compartment door open and found Daphne and Tracy standing in the doorway. "here you are." Tracy said as she and Daphne entered.
"And you were hanging out with my sister while we wasted time looking for you." Daphne said to Harry with an annoyed look.
"She kidnapped me." Harry shrugged.
"You are expecting me to believe that my little sister kidnapped you?" Daphne asked before she paused and started looking thoughtful. "Hmm, actually that does seem possible." She shrugged before leaning back in her seat.
"Ha ha." Astoria said with a fake laugh as she stuck her tongue out at her.
"Anyway, did you guys do anything for the holidays?" Harry asked out loud.
"We went to see a play." Jean answered.
"It was alright," Scott added. "we also went to see a film at the cinema as well."
"I went to the cinema as well," Harry said before he looked at Daphne, Tracy and Astoria. "what about you guys?"
"We just hung out at home." Tracy answered.
"What about you?" Daphne asked.
"Oh well I went to a couple of places and on quite a few dates."
"Dates huh?" Daphne raised an eyebrow. "Got a girlfriend Potter?"
"Two actually." Harry answered.
"Wait what?" Astoria, Scott and Jean blurted out with disbelief.
"I am sorry, did I hear that right?" Tracy said to Daphne.
"I don't think I heard that right," Daphne said before turning to Harry. "are you saying that you have two girlfriends?"
"Yes," Harry nodded, slightly more proudly than he intended to. "I am."
"I never thought that you would be the sort of person to cheat on someone." Tracy said in a disapproving voice.
"Oh I am not cheating on either of them," Harry replied, understanding what Tracy thought was happening. "it was actually their idea." He added.
"Are you kidding me?"
"No I am not," Harry shook his hand. "we had a temporary timetable for the holidays and we're working on one for the school year where I spend equal time with each of them." Harry said honestly.
"How does having two girlfriends work?" Astoria asked.
"I will tell you when I work it out." Harry replied. "Okay on to other topics, I remember before the holidays I had promised to show the three of you..." Harry gestured to Astoria, Jean and Scott. "...the 'Draconifors' spell."
"Oh that's the one that turns things into dragons right?" Astoria asked in an excited voice.
"Isn't that a bit too advanced for them?" Daphne frowned.
"To learn, yes," Harry nodded. "but not to see." Harry added. Daphne paused for a moment before she nodded.
"Fine just be careful, I don't want to have the entire compartment filled with thousands of mini-dragons."
"Fine, we'll stop at the hundreds." Harry joked before he got to showing the three young Ravenclaws the spell, pretty soon the three of them each had a small mini-dragon in their hands that they gladly played with until they reverted back to their original objects. The rest of the trip flew by without any problems, Harry was glad for that, he knew that things would likely get much worse for him, he wold soon have to be in the same building as Snape and Umbridge after all.
Minister Fudge sat in his office late at night, behind his desk, quietly filling out forms. While he loved being the Minister of Magic he could do without all the paperwork, honestly he would have so much more time to just relax and enjoy himself if not for the bloody paperwork. As he filled out his forms he could not help but wonder how Dolores would be doing as the students returned to Hogwarts. As of right now Minister Fudge simply wished that Dumbledore would admit that he was wrong about you-know-who and stop causing panic so Fudge could get Dolores back.
He did not know why Dumbledore insisted on claiming that he-who-must-not-be-named was back but all Fudge knew was that he could not let it continue, the people would panic and he was not built for war and mass panicking. Surely if you-know-who was alive then proof would have been found years ago, he had to be dead, after all Harry Potter had defeated him when he became the boy-who-lived.
Speaking of Harry Potter, Fudge was glad that the young boy was not joining Dumbledore in his decent to madness. He had originally been rather worried that the boy would start agreeing with Dumbledore, more likely out of a sense of respect and worship for Dumbledore than any other reason, but he was pleasantly surprised when he did not. Dumbledore had everyone convinced that Harry Potter looked up to him, heck before the goblet of fire incident Fudge would have suspected that the boy was someone who would worship Dumbledore. Apparently not.
"Fudge." A voice said. Startled as nobody else was supposed to be in his office, he looked up and his eyes widened in shock when he saw the dark wizard that Harry Potter had fought at his muggle relatives house. 'Apophis' if Fudge remembered right.
"What the devil...guards!" Fudge screamed.
"They can not hear you." Apophis replied in a bland voice.
"What the hell do you want?" Fudge demanded as he discreetly reached for his wand. He was not discreet enough as Apophis noticed, Apophis flicked his wrist and his wand shot into his hand before he shot a bone breaker at Fudge, hitting him in his right shoulder. Fudge screamed out in pain right before Apophis hit him with a silencing charm followed by a cruciatus, Fudge screamed as his entire body was covered in pain. He fell off his chair and shook on the floor for several seconds before the pain was lifted.
Fudge gasped in pain as tears poured out of his red eyes, a second later he felt himself rise into the air by his ankles and hanged in the air from his ankles. He looked at Apophis who, despite being upside down as far as Fudge was concerned, still looked intimidating and scary.
"W...what do you want?" Fudge cried out.
"Dumbledore is tired of you not listening to him." Apophis answered as his wand tip grew green. "Dumbledore thinks if you are not going to listen to him then you are not worthy of being the Minister of Magic, soon Dumbledore will take over as the new Minister of Magic." Apophis said, frightening Fudge.
"Step away from him!" A voice shouted. Apophis turned to the voice and Fudge looked past him to see Lucius Malfoy standing in the door way, Fudge watched as the two quickly engaged in combat and shot spells at each other until he was forced to close his eyes due to a bright light. When Fudge finally opened his eyes he was looking up at the face of Lucius Malfoy.
"Cornelius?" Lucius said in a concerned voice as Fudge looked around for Apophis. "He is gone," Lucius said, understanding what Fudge was thinking. "what happened?"
"He...he was sent by Dumbledore!" Fudge shivered.
"No!" Lucius gasped disbelievingly.
"It's true!" Fudge cried. "He told me himself, he was going to kill me Lucius!" Fudge sobbed.
"Shush, it will be fine. I will help you," Lucius said in as sincere a tone as he could manage. "first let's get you medical attention and you can tell me all that happened."
"Is it done?" Voldemort asked.
"It is done," Apophis nodded. "Malfoy was competent enough to appear on time."
"That is good," Voldemort smiled. "I am sure that he did not hurt you during your performance?" Voldemort said with a questioning look.
"He is competent enough to not unintentionally hurt me but he is not competent enough to intentionally hurt me." Apophis replied.
"No," Voldemort chuckled. "I did not think that he was. Hmm, poor Dumbledore, I almost feel sorry for him."