Harry currently found himself in his room, he was laid back on his bed, Jet resting on his chest and the two were enjoying the comfortable silence. Harry planned to later go to the owlery and spend some time with Hedwig, the snowy white owl was a major part of his life, just like Jet or Daphne or Angela. Harry always took time out from his week to visit her, daily if he was not busy and could get away with it.
Harry, at the moment, was thinking about his summer. The school year would be over soon, he would be returning for another enjoyable summer with Tonks and the family, that thought alone brought a smile to his face. But he also could not help but think about everything that had happened this past year. For Merlin's sake, he bloody killed a basilisk!
He wanted to brag about that, he so wanted to brag about that, he wanted to tell people just to shove it in the face of those who had accused him throughout the year. He wanted to use it to prove that he was a great wizard, but at the same time he also did not want to. Partly because he didn't yet want anyone to know about the chamber or the bracelet until he had ample time to look at both, another reason was the fact that Roman, Ginny and the Carrow twins were involved and they didn't need the attention.
And when Harry really thought about it he realized he didn't care for the attention, if he did get positive attention then so be it, but that was not his goal. He did not need to be someone like that blonde peacock Lockhart, no he did not need fame, he just wanted to be great. And he was already on his way to that, if not already there.
Harry's right hand absently went over and began petting Jet on the head, Harry could not help but wonder what - if anything - could happen to Jet since the lovable snake had shoved his fangs into Harry's arm right when he was full of basilisk venom. Harry had had Madam Pomfrey, Ted, Andromeda, Tonks and even Dumbledore himself inspect Jet and they all said that Jet appeared to be in perfect health. Jet himself had said that he felt normal and not the slightest bit different.
"Harry," A voice called. Harry looked up and saw Angela waiting at his doorway, Harry shifted Jet into his lap and sat up. "are you busy?" She asked.
"Um...no, not really." Harry said with a shake of his head. "Just thinking about this summer."
"Ah, do you mind if I talk to you for a bit?" She asked as she stepped into the room.
"Not at all." Harry said.
"Thank you, but this is something I'd like to discuss with you...alone." She said as she glanced at Jet.
"You do realize that he cannot tell anyone anything he hears between us?" Harry asked slowly while raising an eyebrow.
"Perhaps not, but he shows more intelligence than half the people in our house and this is something I don't really want anyone, snake or otherwise, to overhear. Besides, you'll likely fill him in on it later." Angelina shrugged.
"At least she realizes how intelligent I am, better than most of these other humans." Jet hissed. Harry frowned and looked back and forth between Angela and Jet for a few moments.
"Fine," Harry said to Angela before turning to Jet. "hey buddy, do you mind if we have a few moments alone?" Harry asked.
"Fine," Jet hissed as he crawled off of Harry and down onto the floor. "I'm going to go and play with my pet." Jet said before he slithered out of the room.
"So, what can I help you with?" Harry asked once Jet was gone.
"Well..." Angela paused and closed the door, she cast several privacy charms on it before she walked over and sat on Harry's bed. "do you remember when we were in the hospital wing?"
"Yes." Harry spoke in a slow voice, wondering where she was going with this.
"You might remember me kissing you," Angela continued. "as a matter of fact, I sincerely hope that you do remember because I am not sure I would know how to react if you forgot that fact."
"That's one thing I don't think I would ever forget." Harry said with a small chuckle. "I was...rather surprised when it happened." Harry admitted. "Though I cannot deny that my first kiss was a good one." Harry said with a small smile.
"I am glad," Angela smiled back. "it was my first too." She admitted.
"Really?" Harry blinked.
"Why is that so surprising?" She asked.
"Well...it's just that you...you're so beautiful. I'm surprised you've never kissed anyone else before."
"I've never found anyone who I thought was worthy enough," Angela responded with a small shrug "so...you liked my kiss then?" She asked with a coy smile.
"Um...uh...yeah. Yeah...loved it." Harry said with a quick nod.
"Good." Angela smiled before she leaned over and planted a brief but sweet kiss on his lips.
"Angela, I..." Harry began but was interrupted by another quick kiss.
"I am very appreciative, Master. And I cannot thank you enough for what you have done for me." Angela said as she raised her right hand and caressed the side of his face. "My mother was very worried about me becoming your vassal, she feared I would be little more than a house elf or a sex slave. I'm glad you proved her wrong, you proved that you are the great wizard I see you as."
"I..." Harry coughed as his face turned red slightly. "...I wouldn't force you to have...you know...with me. I...I don't really even know much about it to be honest."
"You don't?" Angela frowned.
"Tonks told me that she would be 'giving me the talk' this summer, I am guessing that that talk will probably clear up any confusions I have." Harry said with a small shrug.
"Hopefully," Angela nodded, wondering what a talk between Harry and the pink haired girl she had saw would be like. "but as your beautiful and incredibly loyal vassal, I would like to help you."
"Oh, and how do you plan to do that?" Harry asked.
"Well...I can help you experiment and practice," Angela said as she moved closer and wrapped her arms around Harry's neck. "I must assist you, it is my duty, I'm sure you understand." She winked before she pulled him into a kiss. "Oh, and by the way," Angela broke off a few seconds later. "I have heard that it is far more enjoyable if we use our tongues. Show me what you got, parslemouth." She grinned before pulling him into another kiss.
"You wanted to see me Beth?" Harry asked as he stepped into Professor Babblings office. It was odd knowing that he could call Professor Babbling 'Beth', but it did feel more natural than if he had called Professor McGonagall 'Minnie' or Professor Snape 'Sev'.
"Harry," She smiled brightly before gesturing him to sit. "take a seat." She said, Harry nodded and did so. "How are you doing?" She asked.
"Pretty well, all thing considered." Harry replied. Beth knew that he was referring to the recent events at the school, between the chamber of secrets, the student population turning on him and that peacock Lockhart, she was surprised at how well Harry was handling everything. He was certainly handling it better than she did, when she had found out what had happened she waited until she could get Harry alone and hugged him so hard that she thought she nearly broke something, and that was while she was alternating between telling him off for risking his life and expressing how glad she was that he was okay.
"That's good," She said after a moment. "now you're not in trouble or anything. But I was wondering if we could just talk, we don't have to if you're busy or anything like that. By the way, where is Jet?" She asked, noticing that the snake wasn't with Harry.
"Ah, he's taking a nap at the moment, he had a big breakfast." Harry explained. "And no, I'm not busy or anything."
"Good, now I was wondering if you wanted to join my runes class when you come back for you third year?" She asked in a hopeful voice.
"I've already signed up for it," Harry smiled. "I'm taking runes, arithmancy and care of magical creatures."
"Really? I should warn you that the first two are very challenging subjects." Beth replied.
"Well, I'll still have the option to change my subjects around, won't I?" Harry asked.
"Yes, that is true." Beth nodded. "There are usually a few that drop them within a few months, some after a year. The subjects are challenging but rewarding."
"If I'm being honest then I suppose that if I ever do drop a subject then it will likely be arithmancy."
"Oh, can I ask why?" Beth replied, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, it is much more theory based than the others." Harry replied. "I understand that the other two will also have theory but not the same amount as arithmancy, it is - from what I have heard - basically a lot of math's. Caring for magical creatures sounds fascinating, and so do runes which I understand can be used for a variety of things like wards or making brooms fly."
"That is true," Beth smirked. "but with that being said I would not be so quick to dismiss arithmancy."
"Oh, why?" Harry asked in a curious voice.
"From what I understand, you have basically been told that the subject is mostly just a lot of mathematics and using numbers to predict the future, correct?" She asked in a knowing voice.
"That was how it was described, yes." Harry nodded.
"Well it has also has other uses." Beth replied. "For example, spell creation, people who create spells learn how to do so with the help of arithmancy."
"Really?" Harry asked in an interested voice, leaning forward. He couldn't help but imagine creating his own spells, the possibilities were endless.
"Yes," Beth smiled, amused and glad at how attentive Harry was being. "there are other things it can help you with but I would advise you ask Professor Vector, the arithmancy teacher, about it. She'll explain it better than I can, and for your sakes I think we should both agree to not mention how you said her class was boring." Beth finished with a grin.
"I did not say it was boring," Harry protested. "just that it didn't sound as interesting as the others. I can hardly be blamed if the school does so poor a job at advertising their classes, something I do intend to mention to Miss Vector."
"Of course, of course, blame the school." Beth said with a roll of her eyes.
"Her class is already seeming better than yours." Harry mumbled.
"Hey!" Apparently he wasn't quiet enough.
Gilderoy Lockhart was not a happy fellow, no...not at all. 'Why?' You might ask, well a big reason might be the fact that he was sitting on an extremely uncomfortable floor in an Azkaban prison cell while dressed in the most horrid and dull grey prison uniform ever to exist. A few days ago he was at his all time best, he was famous, rich and handsome and everyone wanted him or wanted to be him. He had sold a number of books, he had plans to write more and he was working at the premier school of magic and was showing the students just how wonderful he was so that they would buy more of his books. Well...he knew that most of the boys didn't care for him and quite a few girls had lost interest in him but the boys were just jealous nobodies and the girls would have come back around given time.
Though there was one boy that Lockhart had been interested in, that was Harry Potter. The boy-who-lived, Lockhart had wanted to get the boy on his side so the two could take advantage of their fame to get even more fame but the boy just appeared far too uninterested in acting like a celebrity. The boy preferred to 'be a great wizard' instead, didn't he understand that famous celebrities were 'great wizards'?
But now...now that was all ruined. He had only been hoping to have some fun with Miss Zabini, the girl was so beautiful, so alluring, she was turning heads even at her age. Was it so wrong to want a piece of that? Why should some unworthy nobody get to experience all of that before Gilderoy Lockhart? Lockhart knew that she was Harry Potter's vassal, that fact filled Lockhart up with unbelievable amounts of jealousy. How on Earth did Potter get such a pretty girl to essentially agree to do whatever he wanted for the rest of her life? It's not fair! If anyone deserved a sex slave then it was him, Gilderoy Lockhart!
Unfortunately before the 'fun' could begin he was interrupted by a first year Slytherin and Harry Potter himself, the boy was a vicious little bastard. He had ruined the good looks that Lockhart had prided himself on, the good looks that had helped him get as far as he had in life, his face was his brand and Potter had burned half of it off. And if that wasn't bad enough then add in the fact that he was now suffering and rotting in the hell hole known as Azkaban.
Not even in one of those simple low level wings either, no, no he was put in a high level wing. Just a level or two under the likes of the Lestrange's and Black, the dementors flew around here regularly and right now Lockhart was enjoying what little peace and rest he had before the dementors came back.
"Hello Gilderoy," A voice said, Lockhart blinked and shook his head before he looked up and saw a robed figure enter his cell. "how are you doing today?" A soft yet female voice asked.
"H...how? W...who are you?" Gilderoy said as he backed away until he unintentionally slapped his head against the wall. "Ow!" He hissed as he began rubbing his head, only to hiss again when he touched his burns which had still not fully healed yet.
"You know who I am, Gilderoy." Mrs Zabini said as she lowered her hood, she flicked her wand and the cell door closed. "You might remember my daughter, the girl that you tried to rape." Mrs Zabini calmly added as she double checked her privacy spells were up, the good news was that they were, well...not really good news for Lockhart. "As for how I got in here, the answer is quite easily." She said before she cast a paralyzing spell, removing Lockhart's ability to move everything from the neck downwards.
"What...what are you going to do to me?" Lockhart asked in a trembling voice.
"Oh, there are so many options." Mrs Zabini purred as she knelt in front of him, "I could maybe rape you like you were about to do to my daughter. But that's not my style, plus you'd probably enjoy it, you filthy pervert. Don't even entertain the idea that I will allow you to even touch my body, even if you weren't a burnt and filthy rapist. No, I'm going to make you suffer." She said before she pulled out a potion.
"What...is that?" Lockhart stuttered.
"This...is a lovely little potion that will force your mind to relive every bad memory you can think of, and you will continue to do so for a month at least, possibly a month and a half. Hmm, I can't help but wonder what that would be like for a person living in Azkaban with all of these dementors flying around, they'll be attracted to you like moths to a flame." She said with a vindictive smile.
"No!" Lockhart screamed. "No! Please don't!" He cried.
"Shush Gilderoy, it'll all be over soon." She said before she grabbed him by his hair and yanked on it hard so his mouth was facing upwards. She forced the potion down his throat, only being fully satisfied once she was sure that there was no more left for him to drink. With a smile she pocketed the potion before standing up, she placed a silencing charm on Lockhart before aiming her wand at his crotch. "The potion was because you attacked a member of my family, the following is going to be because you tried to rape my daughter." She said before she fired castration charm at him, the spell wouldn't actually castrate him but it would definitely make him feel like he had just been castrated.
Lockhart began screaming in silent but extreme pain, his mind bombarded by horrible memories, including but not limited to the time he had already spent in Azkaban plus Harry Potter burning him. While that was happening his body was screaming to him, saying that something very, very bad had happened to the most favorite part of his body. What made it worse was the fact that Lockhart could not move his body, he could not attempt to curl up and use his hands to even slightly reduce the pain.
"Obliviate." Mrs Zabini whispered, wiping away Lockhart's memory of her coming into this cell. She smirked before she pulled her hood up and walked out of the cell, she locked it then made her way out of Azkaban. She estimated that the silencing charm would last somewhere between eight to nine hours, the paralysis charm would last between five to six. But in the end it didn't really matter, screams were common things to hear in Azkaban and the only guards that come up here for the most part were the dementors. It wouldn't take long for Lockhart to lose his mind.
Overall Mrs Zabini was satisfied by the results she has gotten, now she could go home and relax. Hmm, there was also the matter of Potter, the boy who had saved her precious daughter's life in more ways than one. Mrs Zabini wondered how she could repay him, a few ideas came to mind.
Harry was currently with his fellow Slytherin second years on the Hogwarts express, enjoying the ride back. Harry was reading a book while Daphne was stroking Jet - who was sat on her lap because his pet needed attention as well - as she talked to Tracey.
Suddenly their door was open, everyone looked up to see Roman Lestrange standing in the doorway, a nervous but determined look on his face.
"What do you want?" Pansy sneered, for a second it looked like Roman was going to respond to her but he seemed to have changed his mind as he instead turned towards Harry.
"Am I interrupting anything?" He asked.
"What do you want?" Harry asked as he tilted his head to the side slightly.
"I...I understand that you have a vassal." Roman spoke, it looked like he was forcing his voice to stay steady.
"And? What do you care about that?" Harry asked.
"I...I have researched vassals, what they are and what they do." Roman admitted, he gulped before he continued speaking. "I wish to be your vassal." He said, stunning the compartment into silence.
"You wish to become his vassal?" Theo repeated with disbelief, as if he wasn't really sure if he had heard right.
"Are you sure you know what that means?" Harry asked, very much surprised but unlike the others he seemed capable of hiding his.
"I do," Roman said after taking a big breath. "you don't have to decide now. I can wait until next year, I hope you will say yes." Roman nodded before he closed the door and walked away.
"You've got another person wanting to be your vassal?" Draco said as he shook his head.
"No Draco, I am not accepting you as my vassal." Harry said in a jokey tone.
"This year wasn't too bad." Harry said to Tracey and Daphne as they stood at the train station, the train had arrived a short while ago, Harry had said his goodbye's to the other Slytherins and was now waiting for the Tonks family while Tracy and Daphne stood with him. "I mean...if you ignore the attacks...and the school turning on me...and me shouting at the school...and the rapist...and the basilisk...okay, maybe it was worse than I thought." Harry sighed.
"Here's hoping next year will be better." Tracey replied.
"It's hard to imagine it being worse." Daphne replied.
"Don't jinx it." Harry responded. "Anyway, I..."
"Harry," A voice interrupted, Angela turned up and stopped in front of Harry. "I think I saw your family coming this way."
"Oh, thanks." Harry smiled.
"Not a problem," Angela smiled. "by the way, my mother has asked me to let me know that you're invited to our house."
"Oh?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, we'll send you an owl for when you can come." Angela replied. "I've got to go now, I'll see you later." She smiled before she leaned down pulled Harry into a kiss, Harry returned the kiss, he liked to think that he was at least somewhat good at kissing after all the practicing the pair had done in their limited amount of time together.
"What?! But...but...but..." Tracey stuttered with disbelief as she looked between the two while Daphne's jaw dropped.
"Did you just kiss him?" Daphne eventually asked once Harry and Angela had separated.
"Of course I did," Angela said with a knowing smile as she looked at Daphne and Tracey. "my master is a young and growing boy, he needs experience in these sort of things. It is my duty to assist him in all matters that I can assist him in, so unless somebody else is going to take over..." Angela trailed off, she winked at both girls before planting one last kiss on Harry's lips. "Goodbye Harry, hopefully we can practice some more." She smiled before walking off.
"Bye Angela," Harry called, he turned back to Daphne and Tracey. "I..." Harry stopped when he suddenly realized that Daphne now had her face less than an inch away from his. "Daph?" Daphne leaned her face closer and for a moment he thought that she was going to kiss him on the lips. But she suddenly froze, an odd look came across her face before she leaned her face to the side and kissed his cheek before she stepped back.
"I...I will see you later." She coughed before walking off to her family.
"Tracey," Harry frowned. "do you know what that was about? I feel like I should what that's about."
"Um...not sure." A blushing Tracey said, "I've got to go now Harry, I'm leaving with Daphne's family." She said, she began to walk away before suddenly changing her direction so she was walking back to Harry but then she moved back in her original direction before she stopped and once again walked towards Harry. It looked like she was trying hard to decide on something.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked, wondering what she was doing.
"Maybe it's a weird human mating ritual." Jet guessed while being wrapped around Harry's right arm. "Y'all fuckers be crazy."
"Where the fuck did you learn the word 'Y'all'?" Harry asked but before he could get an answer he felt Tracey kiss the cheek that Daphne didn't kiss.
"Um...goodbye Harry." Tracey said before she quickly turned and rushed towards Daphne and her family.
"Harry!" Tonks said in a happy voice as she stopped next to him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "I saw all of that!" She grinned. "Three girls! Attaboy! I'm so proud of you, and you are going to tell me everything."
"Do I even have a choice in the matter?" Harry asked in a dry voice.
"Nope!" Tonks said brightly.
A.N: Hi guys, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Let me know about your thoughts on how I am currently handling Harry's relationship with the girls. Also I just want to point out that Angela is not his girlfriend at this point in time, just his vassal that he likes to kiss. As for the animagus forms, thank you all for giving me your opinions. I hope you appreciate that there is nothing I can chose that will please everyone, but I am giving the matter a lot of thought. I might just pick another animal like a chimpanzee or honey badger.
Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a review.