CHAPTER Five -
Harry woke with a sense of dread and anticipation and he showered and placed his school clothes on before he headed down to breakfast. When he arrived Fleur came from the Ravenclaw table to join him followed by Daphne a second later. They each grabbed a hand before escorting him to the Gryffindor table.
They were laughing and joking when the main hall doors opened and Minister Fudge, Malfoy Senior, and Amelia Bones with three aurors behind her, walked into the room. Minister Fudge stopped and looked before pointing at Harry "There he is arrest Harry Potter."
Amelia stepped beside him "Cornelius, I am not here to arrest him. I have an accusation and I am here to investigate. So let me do my job."
Amelia stepped over to Harry "Mr. Potter I have a complaint from Malfoy Senior that you attempted to murder his son Draco Malfoy yesterday."
Harry looked at her "Is he dead?"
Amelia frowned "No!"
Harry then grinned "If I would have wanted him dead then he would be dead and not able to cry like a baby to his father. Since he is not, all I did was thump an arrogant git…very hard."
Malfoy senior scowled "You will pay for this Potter I will see to it."
Harry stood up and walked over to him "Malfoy are you threatening me?"
Malfoy snarled back to him "I am promising you Potter!"
Harry smirked at him "You know based on Draco's modus of operation when he attacked me first yesterday he attacked me from behind, like a coward. Is that how you are going to do it to…like a coward?"
Malfoy became enraged at this "Malfoy's are not cowards, we bow before no one!"
Amelia spoke next "Mr. Potter what is this about Malfoy attacking first. This is the first I have heard of it?"
Harry smirked "Well of course not, because it wouldn't work for the lie that Malfoy Senior and Minister Fudge have concocted. You don't have to take my word you can place Professor Snape under veratim serum to hear how he masterminded the whole plot to kill me yesterday. Draco Malfoy cast a spell while my back was turned and heading down the stairs."
Harry then looked at Malfoy Senior and the Minister before "Or Madam Bones I could let you review the memories of Severus and Draco that I extracted from them in front of every member of the Hogwarts staff and the student body last night at Dinner."
Amelia looked shocked before stating quickly "I want to review those memories with my Aurors."
Harry held his hand out and called out "Accio the Potter Pensive."
Harry then activated the runes on it to show the memories on a large screen above the hall. Amelia watched first Professor Snape mastermind the plot and then Draco's point of view in receiving the instructions and then casting a border line dark spell.
When the memory stopped Minister Fudge stated first "That is an obviously tainted memory and is no evidence."
Senior Auror Shacklebolt stated quickly "Minister if you didn't notice that was two valid memories because they both recorded the same event from two different points of view. This would withstand the scrutiny of the ICW and is valid in any court in the World."
Fudge sputtered "I demand that something be done about this."
Amelia narrowed her eyes "Minister, oh I can do something all right but it won't be what you want. Would you care that I prefer charges on the people that perpetrated the real crime here?" She gave him a malicious grin "I do have all the evidence I need in those memories."
Fudge eyes widened as he realized what she threatened. As he pulled Lucius with him to depart Hogwarts, they both stopped when Harry Potter cleared his throat and then asked "Madam Bones what is the penalty for attempted line ending of an Ancient and Noble house?" Harry turned to her for an answer as she looked on in shock.
Amelia then answered slowly at first "Mr. Potter the Lord of that Ancient and noble house has every right to seek redress in any manner he sees fit up to and including killing the culprit and/or culprits."
Harry then gave a very feral grin "Would that include all parties concerned even after the fact of the incident?"
Amelia blinked her eyes "That depends Mr. Potter on what the parties did to further the criminal behavior."
Harry kept looking at Malfoy and Fudge "Let's say the next day that the Ministry and the lord of the house that masterminded the plot conspired to falsely arrest and charge the victim with a crime to further their aims." Harry when he said this saw Lucius move and he quickly stunned both Malfoy and the Minister.
Amelia seemed surprised before Harry asked her "If I provide you proof of this collusion and it involved the Minister, House Malfoy, and House Snape what could the Lord of the house do to the guilty parties."
Amelia's eyes widened before she could answer "That lord could do just about anything he wanted because the crimes committed against his house would be considered an all out attack to end his line."
Harry walked up to Lucius and placed his wand tip to his temple. He whispered a quick spell in Gobbledygook "Show me the people that conspired against me and all that you planned." Harry quickly withdrew a silvery strand from his mind and then placed it in the pensieve. He activated the four runes and a series of meetings began with various families to include Malfoy, Avery, Knott, Goyle's, Crabbe and the Lestrange's trying to kill him as a child. The next view was of Professor Snape and of Malfoy Senior planning a series of mishaps to hurt and harm Harry. Then more recently, Lucius, Draco, and Snape conspiring to cause Harry to fall and break his neck. The final memory was of Lucius and the Minister conspiring to put Harry in prison for attempted murder of his son. It clearly showed Lucius giving and Fudge accepting a bribe.
Harry stood up from his seat he had taken while the memories were viewed "Madam Bones along with minister Fudge's memories is this sufficient evidence of their complicity?"
Amelia conferred with the Aurors and then turned back to Harry "Mr. Potter this memory alone is enough evidence and the Lord of the Ancient and Noble house has cause to seek retribution in any manner he so desires."
Harry walked to Malfoy who had awakened and looked him in the eye "I will not give you, a coward I know you to be, another chance." Harry finished the statement by shoving a dagger through Malfoy's larynx. Malfoy crumpled to the ground with his eyes open.
Minerva McGonagall stood up in outrage "Mister Potter that is twice I have seen your brutality in as many days. You will not do this in front of children again. This is a school and not a place for you to seek revenge."
Amelia and the Aurors had drawn their wands and had them pointed at Harry "Mr. Potter the Lord of the house has the right to seek redress, an heir does not. You are under arrest for murder."
Harry lifted his hand to reveal his house Potter Lordship ring "I am Lord Potter as you can see as of two days ago."
Amelia stepped back "How can that be you are not of the age of consent. You are but fourteen years old."
Harry looked at Albus Dumbledore and then pointed at the Minister "I am considered an adult because of the Triwizard Tournament and these two put an age restriction line around the cup, an age line that only allowed wizards or witches of age to be a champion. I was chosen by the cup in this ministry sanctioned event, therefore the ministry has proclaimed me to be of age because I was forced to compete or lose my magic."
Harry then smiled "Two days ago I claimed my position as Lord of house Potter and the magic accepted my oath and I have my ring now. I might also add that a magical bind was removed from my magical core. I fear Madam Bones that for the last thirteen years House Potter has been under attack by various groups in magical Britain."
Harry then looked directly at Albus and then to Minister Fudge "I am fairly certain that as Lord Potter my retribution for these attacks is not over, they are not over by a long shot and there will, most definitely, be more bloodshed as I root out this conspiracy."
Harry then looked at Minerva "Professor if you wish to see no more death in these halls then you and the staff need to provide the protection and the environment for learning, not one of outside politics. If I am attacked I will retaliate with deadly force, so either expel me or provide the protection you have promised."
Minerva huffed and then crossed her arm "Well I never. There is only so much the teaching staff can do." Albus stood up and then looked down at the table "Mr. Potter you have shown yourself to me over these last few days and I fear you are straying to a dark path."
Harry interrupted him "Albus if I were you I would not anger me with lies like that because I sir, do know all that you were hiding. You are still where you stand because I have need of you. Please note the wand I hold because it is the 2nd of three items in my possession of legend."
Albus's eyes shot open and then he sat down with a thud. Amelia then placed her wand in her holster. "Then Lord Potter I have no authority to arrest you and shall be leaving."
Harry turned to her quickly "Madam Bones I have two other items I wish you to witness and I promise you no more killing will be involved but I would prefer a high ranking ministry person to be witness." Amelia nodded to him her consent.
Harry stepped into the middle of the hall and began to chant in gobbledygook again and Filius interrupted "Mr. Potter I know of this magic and you should be warned that a body can only hold so much."
Harry stopped and grinned to him "Yes I know as did my family magic. This ritual is done with an additional spell that Grodric Gryffindor passed onto his heirs. It was he and the Goblins that developed it."
Professor Flitwick looked shocked "It was only a legend even with the Goblins."
Harry chuckled back "It is reality in my family."
Harry started again and for two minutes he chanted in Gobbledygook and then suddenly switched to Latin when magic began to swirl around him. For another minute everyone listened to Latin phrases but only remembered Famila Malfoy, Familia Snape, Famila Goyle, Knott, Avery, Crabbe and Lestrange.
Harry's head fell back and then his arms spread out as the magic increased in density before swirling closer to his body in an ever decreasing coil. Finally it penetrated his skin and then Harry stood with his eyes closed and breathed in heavily. He opened his eyes as everyone gasped at the bright green color of them.
Amelia looked at him "What just happened, what did you do to those families?"
Harry smiled at her and then winked "You will find out soon enough." Harry then lifted Fudge up and walked towards the chamber they had used for the champions and called over his shoulder "Amelia please come with me and bring your Aurors to witness this."
Amelia looked shocked but didn't realize her feet were already moving. She was in a half daze by the events that had already taken place this morning and what had been revealed to her and all from a wizard fourteen years old who had more to reveal this morning.
CHAPTER Six –
When Amelia came into the chamber Fudge had been freed and Harry was standing before him with a very unpleasant look. When the last Auror in shut the door Harry began "Minister Cornelius Fudge you have a choice to make today. Your choice is that I kill you where you stand or you make a magical oath to me to save your life."
Cornelius looked up at him "What would the magical oath entail?"
Harry smiled "For most of my life you have been the most corrupt and contemptible politician. The oath you will give me will make you become the most admired and the most honest politician this country has ever seen. You will not be able to ever accept a bribe or do any under the table politics ever again. For too long you have hampered this nation and our country by a corrupt government."
Fudge visible gulped "But how can a man of politics function like this? Compromise is a most difficult thing."
Harry frowned "Britain has somehow been able to withstand a corrupt government for this many years but it still survives and you will learn to do the same or you will die. Beside," Harry said snidely "Your choice is to end up dead like Malfoy Senior."
Fudge turned to the window and looked out before he answered "I will do it because, the other option is no option at all. You don't give me much of a choice."
"Neither did you running the country for the wrong reasons." Harry handed him a slip of paper and removed his wand from his breast pocket before handing it to him. Cornelius looked at the paper and then his eyes flared when he began reading the oath he must take. When he looked up at Harry he found a sword at his throat and looked into a very serious set of eyes as Harry said sternly "Swear that oath or I will end you and your line right now."
Cornelius gulped but held his wand up and gave the oath "So swear I on my life and Magic, so mote it be."
Cornelius then looked at the Aurors and Amelia for his first order of his new administration "What you have just witnessed is a state secret and will only be revealed with my written permission. Amelia as your first act I want you to clean out any corrupt Aurors and then work your way through the rest of the ministry. I will increase your budget by 15% immediately."
Harry stated "Please note Minister I never made you my puppet and I could have easily done so. I have no need to control things but I will rely on a just and good ministry from here on out."
Cornelius moved out and stopped at the door "Lord Potter I noted that as well." He turned to Harry "If you need anything please call my office and set an appointment."
Harry bowed "As you command minister, so shall I do and offer my services to assist you in any manner you need."
Cornelius smiled "A gracious offer Lord Potter." He then left the room.
Amelia looked at her Aurors "I wish to discuss some things privately with Lord Potter. I will be out shortly." She finished.
When the door closed Amelia looked at him "Are you sure you are only fourteen years old?"
Harry laughed and then grinned "No or I would never swear to it on my magic anyway." Harry sat down in a chair and looked at her "This is your dime as they say."
Amelia sat in a chair beside him and then crossed her legs "You set the minister up to report to me, why? How do you know you can trust me?"
Harry smirked "The first reason is because of Susan, your niece. No one grows up like that without a good role model. The second reason is that Sirius Black believes you to be one of the most honest people at the ministry and he trusts you and I trust him. The last reason is because this morning you did not follow Malfoy or Fudge in their conspiracy."
Amelia sat in thought for a moment "Still it was a gamble on your part and I thank you for the risk you took." Amelia sighed "What was that last spell you did?"
Harry lost his grin "This stays between us. I took away all of those families magic to include the Lords, heirs, wives and children. They are all squibs."
Amelia looked at him "That is impossible."
Harry snickered and responded in a whisper "No impossible is a fourteen year old who is defeating his families enemies, forced to compete in a tournament he wants nothing to do with, and then setting a nation and its' government on a better path. Now that is impossible, right?"
Amelia looked at him and her face turned sour as he grinned at her she turned red "Not one of my more lucid comments, eh?"
Harry smirked "It is a bit overwhelming isn't it?"
Amelia blew out her breath and sighed "So am I going to be coming to Hogwarts a lot in the future?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders "Somebody tricked the cup into naming me as a champion and it is hard to believe they did so for my benefit. Until I can find out everybody that is responsible and those that will take advantage to harm my family, anything is possible."
Amelia looked out the window in thought "Today has been a day of surprising revelations for me and I hope everything goes well for you." Amelia stood up I suppose you have some classes to go to as well.
Amelia turned at the door "I am sure your enemies are on their heels but they always rally back so keep your eyes open."
Harry smiled "I am always on my guard and believe it or not I now have some good friends to help me."
Amelia smiled "I do hope I am included in that category?"
Harry smirked "Yes, of course you are."
Amelia smiled as she left "Good day Lord Potter until the next time we meet."
The Hall was empty except for a stern looking Minerva McGonagall still setting at the head table. She stood as Amelia left the great hall "Mr. Potter a word if you please."
Harry bowed his head before she looked at him "Mr.….Harry I cannot condone the type of brutality I have seen the last two days. There are first and seconds years that have been traumatized by these events." Minerva sighed "I understand the necessity and your reasons but I don't like it. You must in the future try and remove this violence to another venue."
Harry looked at her "I do understand Professor and if I could have found another way I would gladly have taken it. This venue was not of my choosing, it was of my enemies and I had no choice to end it where they started it, so it was not my choice." Harry wiped his face "I also cannot promise you it will not happen here again. I do not control when I am attacked or the manner they choose."
Minerva looked thoughtful "Perhaps as this tournament is dangerous we should prevent the younger ones from attending and watching it. I think that is the most likely place that something untoward would rear its head."
Harry responded "You have to do what you think is best professor."
Minerva looked at him "There is also a matter that Poppy brought to my attention. I now have a Professor and five Slytherins that have no magical core. Can you explain that to me?"
Harry snorted "I thought that would be obvious. My spell transferred their magic to me as I removed that house's ability to do magic. From this day forward they are squibs and broke."
Minerva looked at him in surprise "So that is what Filius meant. How is that even possible?"
Harry breathed in and rubbed his neck before he answered "My family has been closely tied with Goblins, to include the Gryffindor line with them. For some reason I became the single Heir for the Potter's and Gryffindors and that has never happened before in our family trees."
Harry leaned forward "This triggered an agreement with the goblins this summer and they helped me."
Minerva looked very curious "What kind of help?"
"The kind of help that makes a fourteen year old swear an oath to the goblin King and I dare not break it." Harry whispered.
Minerva looked very concerned "Were you forced into this?"
Harry smiled "No Professor. I made the choice and they see me as family and if it is one thing that is honorable about goblins, they protect their family. I am very happy they helped me and that I am helping them."
Minerva relaxed some at hearing this and began her last topic "I have heard disturbing rumors about you and two witches." Harry looked at her and did not respond. Minerva watched him and then almost smiled "I see Lord Potter. Here again there are some things that younger years do not need to be subjected to yet. There is a place in the castle called the Lords Wing."
Minerva rubbed her temples "If you find it then I will not go looking for you there but for god sakes what happens there stays there…" Minerva pointed her finger at him "Do not get a witch in a bad way or you will face my wrath so act responsible!"
Harry smiled at her "Yes, ma'am." Harry then got an evil glint to his eyes and then winked at her "Perhaps a witch such as your self would answer an invitation there by me?" Harry hurriedly walked away after he heard her gasp in surprise.
Harry heard just before the doors closed "Potter you cheeky bugger that will be five points." Minerva sat in her chair and fanned herself before she let out a huge laugh and then sighed "Oh if I was only sixty years younger she thought."
For the next few weeks' things settled down considerable. Harry was still deeply hurt that Ron and Hermione were not talking to him at all. He saw them holding hands and walking the hallway in between classes. Ron's face would turn red when he saw Harry but he would say nothing to him before walking away. Hermione on occasion just looked at him with a strange expression out of all of the times they were together he could never place that look as he had never seen it from her. In his anger he stalked off but in the back of his mind, that look troubled him.
In between his classes, Fleur, Daphne, and preparations for the first task he stayed very busy. He woke up the morning of the first task with butterflies in his stomach and headed for breakfast dressed in his combat robes. He passed numerous people on the way down stairs. When he got to breakfast, he sat down at the Gryffindor table just a few seats down from Hermione. He was not aware of her until a shadow passed over him and stayed.
He looked up at her and could plainly see the worry in her eyes just as she always had. But then sweat broke out on her brow and her expression started to change just before she whispered "Good luck!" before running away. Harry watched her run away confused by what he had just seen. That niggling thought he had been bothered by jumped to the forefront of his mind.
Harry was pondering this when Fleur came up and asked him a question "Are you as 'ared as I am 'arry?"
Harry was brought back from his thoughts of Hermione by Fleur's question which brought him back to the Tournament and his first task. Harry looked at her and smiled "You would have to be crazy not to be scared. I have had butterflies all morning long."
Fleur sat down "Me too and I am afraid to eat anything."
Harry felt another presence on the other side and heard a familiar voice "Morning Boy Wonder so what activities have you planned to impress your Ice Queen today?"
Harry and Fleur began to laugh as Harry began to tickle Daphne in the ribs "You are completely outrageous you know that?"
Daphne caught her breath and then smiled "You both look like you could grind a piece of coal into a diamond by the looks on your faces."
Fleur suddenly smiled and held a piece of coal in her fingers "'Arry would you do that for me, zaimonds are a girl's best friend af'er all?"
This caused the entire table to begin to laugh. Once everybody settled down Harry looked at them both "I think I needed that." He then grinned or rather smirked "Would you ladies do me the honor of having a private dinner with me this evening?" He then added "I have found a special place for us to have some privacy."
Daphne grinned "You found the Lord's wing?"
Harry smiled "Indeed I did and I need help to break it in."
"Potter your innuendo is not very subtle." Daphne said with a smirk.
Harry leaned over and whispered in her ear "Coming from someone who leaves her under wear whereever she feels like that is rich." Harry snapped his fingers and Daphne squeaked as Harry kissed her ear "If you want me to undo everything I just did to you, then you will show up tonight for your command performance."
Daphne looked concerned as she asked "What did you just do?"
Harry gave his most evil smirk "Make sure you don't undress in front of anybody." He was laughing as he walked away.
Daphne watched him go as she collected her things and ran to the closest bathroom.
CHAPTER Seven –
Harry was just entering the arena as the final contestant to be challenged by a Dragon. As he came into view he heard a loud voice "Potter you will fix what you have done or I swear that Dragon will look tame in comparison to what I will do to you! You are so dead mister!" The entire crowd roared with laughter.
Harry blew her a kiss which made her scream "Arghhh!" then she stomped her foot before she sat back down again. Harry turned to see a very large, a very black, and very pissed off Dragon before him. A tremor of fear coursed through him as he came to the center of the arena.
Harry spoke a weird form of Parsel tongue that quieted the crowd immediately. "Greetings mighty Dragon." He stated. The dragon stopped mid roar and then brought her head down to listen to him.
To the crowd the Dragon thrummed and grumbled some noise but Harry heard "How odd for you to sound like me but you are not like me at all."
Harry smiled and answered "I can speak to another form of life and modified the sound slightly to mimic how a dragon talks."
The Dragon eyed him cautiously "What is a Dragon?"
Harry responded "That is our name for your kind."
She responded in a huff "We are the first ones as in the first ones to reside in this place. Long before your kind contaminated it."
Harry frowned before he replied "They have placed an egg that does not carry a first one in it and I need to recover it from you to finish this stupid game for them."
The dragon eyed him "I am not stupid meat bag. I know there is an odd egg in my clutch. If you want it come and get it but if you touch or harm my young you are dead."
Harry frowned more "You don't have to be so insulting about it." he stated and began to walk forward. When he was close enough the Dragon flicked her tail to bring its' spike out and then launched her tail to strike Harry's shoulder.
Harry heard a familiar scream in the stands before he heard the dragon speak clearly as it moved its maw closer to his "Meat bag calling you what you are is not an insult so don't presume to understand me. An insult by a first one is to end your life. I chose not to insult you by hitting you in an appendage only. You will live from today but it will cost you."
Harry responded "It still hurts flame breath." The Dragon laughed at his term and then Harry asked "What is it that you want?"
The Dragon looked back at him "Freedom to have my clutch as I want and to raise my young in the wild. I will trade you the egg for my freedom."
Harry drew his wand and pointed it at the chains holding her before then applying a numbing charm to his shoulder. The dragon sat him down and then retracted her tail dart from his shoulder. He grabbed the fake egg under her watchful eye. She then grabbed the remainder of her eggs and flew away. She yelled out "Thanks meat bag!"
Harry laid on the ground as people ran up to him the first being Charlie Weasley "Hey Harry that was very interesting."
Harry smirked "Mr. Weasley let me be the first to say that you have my undying respect for working with Dragons because I realized what a pain in the ass they can be."
Charlie grinned evilly "I missed the one where she got you in the ass then, shame that."
Harry chuckled "Wise ass! Can you at least help me up?" Charlie gave a guttural laugh as he helped Harry get to the medical tent.
Charlie was laughing as he left the tent "Potter you have another Dragon to deal with later, from what I hear." Charlie's head popped back in "A much prettier one than the first but a real Dragon none the less."
Harry snorted "You know as soon as I get well this means war, don't you?" Charlie laughed as he left the tent for good.
Unknown to Harry the scream he had heard was Hermione who thought she would have to watch him die. When she sat back down shaking something in her broke free and she looked at Ronald Weasley with a death glare. She then stood up and stunned him with her wand before making her way out of the stands and to Professor McGonagall.
When she found her she went up to her "Professor I have been drugged and potioned for the last few months and I need a flushing potion." Minerva looked at her and then suddenly nodded before leading a crying Hermione away. Once they went into the castle they made their way to her office.
Minerva sat her down and then rummaged through her cabinets "Do you know who did this to you?"
This made Hermione cry even harder "Yes, but I don't even want to think about that right now. I did something far worse by betraying someone I have loved for three years and I know he will never forgive me as I can never forgive myself."
Minerva administered the flushing potion and within ten minutes Hermione was retching her guts out. After she finished the tears had not stopped and she was able to get out, with much cajoling from Minerva that Ron Weasley had been making her take a potion for over three months and he had raped her numerous times while doing so.
When Hermione was taken by Poppy to be checked out at St. Mungos, Minerva went to the Gryffindor forth year's dorm and found two bottles of potion in Ron Weasley's trunk. She made her way to her office and called Amelia Bones. Once this was investigated it was found that it was Amortia and a loyalty potion. Minerva was very, very angry.
Harry not knowing of any of the events that happened to Hermione recovered after one night in the hospital wing and was released. When he was released Daphne and Fleur were waiting on him.
Daphne had a look of fury on her face as he led them to the Lord's wing. She wheeled on him as they entered a luxurious room. "Potter you take this off of me right now and caste the counter so I can wear panties!"
Harry grinned and then crossed his arm "No!"
Daphne looked shocked "No…what do you mean no?"
Harry's grin got bigger "I mean exactly that, No!"
Daphne's eyes turned angry as she pulled her wand "You are going to regret this."
Harry walked closer to her and then his smile got bigger as he spoke to her "See Princess I got your number already. I know exactly what you want and I will do exactly whatever I want with my property!" Harry walked forward causing Daphne to walk backwards. "Go ahead use your wand."
Daphne backed up into the wall and then Harry closed the distance "I think the only thing you didn't like about what Malfoy was going to do, is it was him that was going to do you and not somebody you wanted doing it to you."
Daphne's eyes flashed in anger and she attempted to slap Harry. Harry caught her hand and then kissed her. She did not fight the kiss and in fact made it more passionate as she attempted to slap him with the other hand. Harry leaned back with a smile before charming her arms to stick to the wall above her head.
Daphne growled "I will cut your balls off for this Potter. You will be so sorry."
Harry's eyes became harder which made Daphne gasp as they lit up. Harry grabbed her shirt collar and ripped it down exposing her bra. "Daphne yelped in surprise before gulping at the look Harry was giving her.
Soon Daphne was held to the wall nude and fully exposed to Harry. She was completely defenseless. As Harry just kept rubbing on her making her start to moan "Why haven't you told me to stop Daphne?"
Daphne in her haze popped her eyes open "What?"
Harry eyes got a feral look in them that sent shivers down her spine "Admit, no, beg me to take you. You know you are my property and that I own you so beg me to take you."
Daphne growled around her moans "You have lost it Potter! You are crazy and no decent woman wants to be treated this way."
Harry smacked her butt "I don't want a decent woman, I want you. You are going to become my toy." Another resounding slap was heard causing Daphne to respond with a moan. "Beg me like the whore you are."
The damn broke within Daphne and she began to plead with him and ask him to do anything he wanted until thirty minutes later she blacked out. She awoke to the feeling of some ones hands on her and then she opened her eyes to a very concerned looking Harry above her.
Harry asked her very quickly "Did I force you or did I read the situation correctly."
Daphne smirked up at him "Did I say stop or no?"
Fleur from the other side said "Not once!" Harry looked relieved and this caused Daphne to sigh contentedly.
Daphne caressed his face "You were absolutely right. Malfoy excited me but I really didn't want him but I did like what he was doing… You don't think I am a pervert do you?"
Harry now smirked "I don't think you are…I know you are now." Daphne growled and shove him away before he forced her down and looked into her eyes "Daphne that is not a bad thing and I like this passionate person you have become. I am sure that I won't do some of your nasty sexual perverted things but if I say no or stop you had better listen or I will hex your privates… you got that Greengrass?"
Harry held it in for at least a few seconds and between Daphne's growls he was rolling on the floor in laughter. After he was tackled by Fleur and Daphne in a well coordinated tickle attack, they ended up in a heap on the floor all of them were laughing.
Daphne set up with a smile and then looked at Harry "Harry you are a special guy and I want to hang out with you."
Harry looked at her and asked "But?"
Daphne frowned "I do want my freedom from having to be married or tied down to a man. I have plans for my future that involve politics and/or business."
Harry looked down "So you don't want me to develop feelings for you."
Daphne scooted closer "Not exactly, I have no expectation for the future with you but I want us to be very close friends. I want you to count on me to back you up but I will never give you marriage or family and from the little I know about you that is something you definitely want. I don't want to ever hurt you."
Harry thought about it for many minutes and then laid his head down in her lap and smiled up at her "I suppose most guys would be ecstatic to have their own toy like you with no attachments."
Daphne waggled her eyes "After you making me pass out from pleasure you, having bragging rights sir. You are what we girls call a sex god! Anytime and anyplace all you have to do is ask."
Fleur lay her head on his chest "Harry I have other things I want to do in life as well but I feel the same way Daphne does. All you need to do is ask."
Harry smiled "I think I am a very lucky man to have two gorgeous sex slaves at my disposal."
Daphne deadpanned back "I will never call you master you can forget that shite right now Potter!"
Harry winked at her "We will see Princess. Just remember whose name is tattooed on your ass." Daphne let a little smirk play across her lips.
They stayed like that for another hour and had dinner that one of the house elves brought to them. Daphne looked at the time "I have to go I have some homework to get done. She looked at Harry with a smile and then bent down to kiss him."
Fleur hung out for a few minutes more and then she left as well. Harry explored a little bit more before he went to pack his trunk to move into the suite permanently. When he reached the common room many people were sitting around very quiet and he looked over at them but didn't find Ron or Hermione anywhere.
He was use to avoiding everybody so he went into his dorm room and collected his things before dragging his trunk down stairs. Just as he passed the couch Neville asked out loud "You are leaving us too?"
Harry stopped and looked at him "What do you mean too?"
Neville stood up "Ron Weasley was just expelled from Hogwarts and Hermione has been resorted into Ravenclaw. Something happened but nobody will tell us what. All we see is that everyone is leaving our house."
Harry looked around and then back at Neville "Ron was expelled? Have you talked to Hermione?"
Lavender spoke up "In between her bouts of crying she won't tell us anything."
Neville seemed sad "They announced it right before dinner and when we got back she was already moved over."
Harry frowned "I don't think she will talk to me either and I don't know what to tell you." Harry looked into everybody's eyes maybe this is a sign that this house should stick to its own instead of throwing them to the wolves like it has done recently." Harry turned to Lavender "Perhaps you should quit casting rumors about because they do hurt people, even the harmless ones." Lavender bowed her head. Harry finished "We never acted like family when it really counted and I feel no remorse that you all feel this bite you in the ass. I know who my true friends are now. I am glad to be shot of you." Harry turned and left as the remainder of Gryffindors contemplated their recent behavior and actions.
Over the next weeks until the Yule ball came Harry kept busy with his studies with Fleur and Daphne. Every once in a while he caught glimpses of Hermione she would look at him sadly and then tears would start before she ran away. Harry felt like her seeing him made her sadder and quit trying to approach her.
He cornered Professor McGonagall in her office and she did everything but run away from him to avoid talking to him. He got her attention when all her doors and Windows slammed shut and his voice was riddled with anger "You will go no place until I get an explanation of what is going on with Hermione. What did I do to her to hurt her? Every time I see her and she looks at me, she starts crying and running away."
Professor McGonagall sat down heavily "Harry I can't tell you because I have been sworn to secrecy. It is not because of you that she is feeling this way. You never hurt her but her guilt is making her act like this."
Harry looked even more angry "What happened to her?"
Minerva stood up "I can say no more Harry." Harry kicked a desk in frustration and it smashed into the wall into small splinters.
Harry clenched his fists "Who made you swear the oath not to tell?"
Minerva sighed "Hermione herself and her reasons were sound."
Harry snorted "Is this because if I found out the truth I would hurt someone?"
Minerva stood upright at hearing this "Harry if you care about Hermione leave this alone. Stop asking. You have a tournament to complete."
Harry with an ice cold voice "You and Hermione know the one thing I hate most in the world is to be kept in the dark. I will find out what is going on and someone is going to pay when I do." Harry turned and cast a reductor curse as he screamed out in anger. Minerva flinched as a huge hole appeared in the wall exposing the room to the outside.
Minerva sat stunned as she looked at it and her mind began to worry "Oh good god he is going to be so angry at her when he finds out." Minerva jumped up and then ran to find Hermione. She had to tell her before she ran into Harry.
The next day before the Yule ball the students who were not remaining for the holidays left for home. Before the train left for the holidays, Harry looked for Hermione at the train station but could not find her. He was very angry when he walked into the main hall. His eyes were bright and vibrant as he walked up to the head table and looked at Albus and Minerva.
"I know you think you are doing right but I will find out what is going on and you won't be happy when I do because everybody who lies to me will be in trouble." Harry smacked the main table and turned it into kindling.
Dumbledore, Flitwick, Sprout, and McGonagall looked at each other as Filius stated "There is only one person who can fix this."
Minerva sighed and threw a scroll on Albus's lap "She is as stubborn as he is and she resigned from Hogwarts to protect him because she knows what Harry will do when he finds out."
Filius looked down "The prat deserves it for what he did to her."
Albus spoke finally "Yes, while true the laws says he is innocent of any criminal charges."
Pomona frowned "Laws that Harry is fighting tooth and nail to get rid of." Pomona then smiled "Laws that the ministry and Britain will get rid of or Harry will level this country of that I have no doubt."
Minerva smiled "Do you think they know they love each other?"
Filius dropped his spoon "Not yet but I suspect that things will come to a head right after boxing day and Harry learns that Hermione resigned."
CHAPTER Eight –
Harry had been in a right snit all through the holidays as Hermione and what happened stayed on his mind. Daphne and Fleur worked wonders to distract him but any time he spent alone his anger grew.
By the first day of term his mood was more foul than even when he took care of Lord Malfoy and Draco. He came into the dinner feast and jumped on to the Ravenclaw table "Hermione Granger I want to talk to you, stand up."
The whole room was quiet as Harry looked down the table and could not find her. He then looked at the head table "Where is she?"
Albus stood up "She is not here."
Harry stomped down the table "Tell me or I will find her myself. I have had enough!"
Minerva stood up "Mister Potter, Hermione Granger resigned from Hogwarts."
At this Harry's anger grew exponentially until he suddenly flashed away.
Filius grinned "Oh, that girl is in so much trouble." He said to the table at large.
Harry landed in a muggle neighborhood in front of a house that he had never seen before. He felt the draw from his transport here pull him towards this house. Harry knew he had to calm down before he went in because his emotions would make his magic wonky and he didn't want to hurt anyone in this home…in Hermione's home.
He took many deep breaths and was getting himself under control when a tall man stepped beside him and asked in a quiet voice. "Young man I start to worry when someone appears close to my porch and just stands there, without knocking."
Harry looked over at him and saw a tall man about six foot two with brown hair with slightly graying temples. He also noticed that the man looked very fit and in shape for someone in their late thirties or early forties. "I am sorry sir. I have been worried about someone for the last few weeks and I cannot get anybody to tell me what is going on. I am trying to get myself, my emotions under control before I talk to her. I am very frustrated right now."
The man smiled "You wouldn't be Harry Potter would you?"
Harry frowned "Yes sir." Harry sighed and rubbed his eyes "Something terrible has happened to my best friend and I want to know what."
A woman stepped out on the porch and looked at her husband and then at Harry. "Minerva said you would be by, warned us really. When Hermione heard she demanded we leave the country. She said if you found out you would end up in Azkabahn so she had to leave to protect you."
The man frowned "but we refused to leave and she has worked herself into an emotional mess. Minerva said you two need to work this out."
Harry frowned "I don't know what to work out until I know what is going on. May I go and see her?"
The man raised his hand and nodded to go in the house. As he passed Hermione's mom she stopped him with her hand on his arm "Harry everything she has done from the time she was aware of what was done to her is because she loves you."
Harry looked at her "We were just friends."
Emma Granger looked at him like he was the stupidest man on the earth and asked him "Really Harry? Think about how emotional this has made you and why you are so angry. Why when she took Ron's side did it hurt you so bad? Did Ron's betrayal hurt like Hermione's did?"
Harry rubbed his neck and then looked down "No, Hermione's bothered me the most. It…I never understood it. She has always been there…it shattered me really."
Emma then smiled "Because maybe you care about each other more than just friends. She didn't betray you willingly Harry, she would never ever do that."
Harry stepped forward and looked very confused "Is there ever a time when women can just tell us what the hell is going on, you know like normal people do?"
Emma grinned and then chuckled "Nope, it's what makes us women."
Harry just snorted "Bloody hell! …makes a man want to become a monk."
Dan Granger then laughed before speaking "Harry she is set on this course of action and you are going to have to shake her tree."
Harry mumbled "Bloody Dragons seem tamer." Dan and Emma just smile at each other as he walked through the door.
Harry walked up the steps and then saw only one door closed in the hall he was about to knock but his anger welled within him and he vanished the door. He looked over and saw Hermione sitting on the floor with a book in her hands. He took a deep breath and began "Hermione I am bloody tired of chasing you and waiting for you or someone to tell me what is going on."
Hermione jumped up as if she had been electrocuted "Harry….What…Get out!"
Harry looked at her with very determined eyes and crossed his arms "Not until you tell me what happened?"
Hermione looked at him and then suddenly the tears started falling like waterfalls and she turned away "Harry I can't. I can't. I know you feel like I am betraying you again but I really can't. Go away and leave me alone. Go back to Hogwarts."
Harry stood behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders which caused Hermione to break down even more. "Please Harry don't I don't deserve you I let you down I know I did. Don't make me tell you. Just please go and forget about all of it. It is better for everyone."
Harry sighed "Hermione I can't, you know that about me. I can't do it. If my friends need me I will go through hell for them. It is my people saving thing. Just tell me what I need to know."
Hermione broke down even more "Harry I can't you will kill him."
Harry took a big guess "You mean that I will kill that Prat Ron because he gave you a love potion to keep you away from me."
Hermione turned around in a flash and said with shock and anger "Bloody hell who told you?
Harry's eyes glowed in anger "What else Hermione what else did he do to you?"
Hermione looked scared now but quit crying "Harry please don't do anything stupid. That is what I feared the most I don't want you to go to prison over that loser."
Harry's cold voice came across "Hermione what else did he do or I promise I will beat the shit out of him until he tells me."
Hermione drew closer to grab him and held him here "Harry, promise me."
Harry stopped her "Tell me."
Hermione eyes teared up "He raped me multiple times and used me like a slave."
Harry looked at her and then finally her looks over that time began to make sense and then his sense of guilt rose to the surface. "Oh bloody hell that is what those looks meant. I am the stupidest git in the world. Here I was acting like a prat and you were suffering under my very nose."
Hermione looked at him in disbelief "What Harry no! This was not your fault. You had no way of knowing. You felt betrayed, hurt and you reacted. I don't blame you for this. It was my fault for trusting him.
Harry wiped his face "Hermione I saw your looks you were trying to fight it. If I had only paid more attention and been a better friend. I could have helped you and stopped it."
Hermione suddenly became angry "Harry James Potter this was not your fault in any way shape or form. You stop this right now. You don't need this shite right now because you have a dangerous tournament to finish."
Harry stood up and raised his voice "Yes it is Hermione, I didn't help you when you needed me most. I was too busy paying attention to my own needs instead of being there for you!"
Hermione raised her voice "It is not your fault Harry! Now quit taking the blame for it."
Harry yelled back "It isn't your fault for betraying me if you were under a potion."
Hermione's eyes watered "Yes, it is I should have recognized the symptoms and then I wouldn't have hurt you."
Harry then threw her for a loop "If it is neither of our faults then why are you running away?"
Hermione didn't think before speaking "Because I know you would try to kill him and I don't want to see you go to prison. You Prat!"
Harry stood and smirked and continued this enraged conversation "Because you love me?"
Hermione answered before thinking "Yes, I love you, you..." Hermione clamped her hands over her mouth and turned away in embarrassment."
Harry sat back down "Hermione… I didn't understand it either but I am pretty sure that I love you, of course with my background I am not sure what love is really."
Downstairs Dan and Emma listened with great interest and when Harry got Hermione to tell him she loved him Emma smiled "He is really good. I think he knows our daughter very well."
Dan then smiled back "I think he will be the one. What do you think?"
Emma snorted "They are practically married already."
Hermione spun around and looked at him then sighed "You are such a prat some times. That was not fair what you did to me."
Harry smirked at her "But it was effective and now that the truth is out there we can get to the heart of things and figure out our legal revenge on one Ron Weasley."
Hermione sat down beside him and smiled "Am I forgiven for betraying you?"
Harry grabbed her hand "Well see this is where I have a problem because you were under a potion and not yourself were you, so it is really not your fault."
Hermione rolled her eyes "Harry that is not how this works. You forgive me I feel better and then we can make up as friends."
Harry smiled "You forgot already. I don't do normal so the Potter way is to lay the blame where it rightly belongs, at Ron 's feet, and I don't forgive you but I do this." Harry then sat her on his lap and proceeded to kiss her.
Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and then opened her eyes to look into his. Hermione smiled "I have to say this plan of yours has some merit at the least I feel much better."
Harry sighed "Hermione I am very disappointed in you. If there is one thing I know you know about me is that I hate not being told things for my own good. How could you of all people do that to me?"
Hermione frowned heavily and then stood up "Harry, I was so afraid when you found out that you would lash out without thinking. What you did to Draco is all I could think about."
Hermione sat beside him "I was also dealing with being violated in the worst way from someone I thought I could trust. My emotions were all over the place."
Harry leaned forward and looked at her "What broke you out of the potion?"
Hermione chuckled "You." She said softly. Then Hermione smirked as she smacked his head "How could you let that Dragon almost kill you?" Harry frowned then smiled at her.
Hermione continued "Everything broke when I saw the dragon spike enter your body, I thought I had lost you and I became angry and then I stunned Ronald Bilious Weasley before finding Minerva." Hermione then pulled her hair away from her eyes "I have loved you since first year, since you saved me from that troll and that is what broke the potion."
Harry rubbed his fingers over his shirt "See I am that good, even from a distance I save damsels in distress."
Hermione then looked at him in shock "I did not hear Harry Potter just say that."
Hermione placed her hands on her hips "How could you take a tender moment I was having and make it about you?"
Harry felt bad at first and then looked at the glint in Hermione's eye and realized she was toying with him. "Just like a woman to do something despicable to the guy and then make him feel guilty."
Hermione's mouth dropped open in shock and then she smirked "Not working, huh?"
Harry crossed his arms across his chest "Nope, it might have worked on me last year but not now." Harry stepped closer to her "Today you shall have to make amends for your transgression. You must give me your oath…that you will never, ever withhold important facts about anything…ever."
Hermione stood back and placed her hands on her hips "I will not!"
Harry placed his hands on her shoulder's and trapped her against the wall "Yes, Hermione you will because if you ever do this to me again I will have nothing further to do with you. We lost time together because I didn't know what happened to you and you were going to leave me behind. You will do it or else."
Hermione looked at him "But Harry a magical oath is very serious."
Harry arched his eye "Oh, so you intend to lie to me in the future?"
Hermione back pedaled "No, I would never…"
Harry gave her a look "Then make me a promise." Harry then raised his hand with his pinky extended and looked at her with a mischievous grin.
Hermione then started to laugh before she latched on with her pinky "I promise to never withhold information from the biggest prat I have ever known, Harry Potter."
Harry leaned down and kissed her softly and deeply. They separated a few minutes later. Hermione looked up and smirked "You didn't have to stop doing that you know."
Harry smiled "I want to show you something and if you want you may join me in my bed tonight… if you play your cards right, you might just get lucky."
Hermione mouth fell open in shock "Harry, I have never heard you say or act like you have tonight. What changed, I mean what happened to make you this way?"
Harry turned away from her "They entered me in a tournament I didn't want to be in and I have decided I have had enough. I want to live for me and what I want and I won't be their poster child any longer."
Hermione hugged him from behind "Then can I help you?"
Harry turned quickly and smiled "Yes, of course I am in need of your Ginormous brain power to survive this bloody tournament."
Hermione frowned "Ginormous Harry? That is not a word."
Harry looked shocked "Says who?"
Hermione smiled "Says Webster dictionary."
Harry grinned "I think you should check again I did have a talk with the editor."
CHAPTER Nine –
Hermione went to her book shelf and pulled a thick book from its shelf. She placed it on the desk and then flipped through the pages "It starts with Gi." Harry stated with mirth.
Hermione snorted "I know how to spell Potter" Hermione's finger fell down the page and then it suddenly stopped and then her face looked surprised. She turned the book over to read the title again and then turned back to the page before looking at him "How did you do that?"
Harry almost laughed "Magic!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and had a little smile "So you want me around for…" she looked at the definition "A definition of Hermione Granger's intellect and intelligence." She chuckled out "That is so corny Potter."
Harry with much mirth "But it is so true my beautiful and brainy friend."
Hermione smirked before crossing her arms "So what is the reason you want me in your bed, my brains or my beauty?"
Harry looked shocked "You have to ask? I mean really it should be obvious. It's for that beautiful brain and a body that does things to me but I was too young and stupid to realize it before."
Hermione seemed pleased before she asked "This is not a part of your saving people thing?"
Harry placed her in a hug "When you get back to Hogwarts make sure you ask everyone how I have been acting for the last two weeks, all of your concerns will be answered by others. Hermione I do love you and my life is far better with you than without you. You should never doubt that."
Hermione smiled up at him "I have to learn all about you all over again. I have missed so much."
Dan stepped through the door with Hermione's trunk rolling behind him and Hermione's eyes widen "How, I threw it away?"
Dan smiled "I knew you weren't thinking right so I retrieved it then hid it so just in case."
Emma came in and stood beside her "Dear I was happy to have you home and will miss you terrible but not like this, not because you are running away. You belong where Harry is that much is obvious." This caused Hermione to blush and Emma smiled.
Emma walked up and knocked her head "Hermione the boy loves you. Why else would he come here like this?"
Hermione heard Harry mutter "Stubborn as a mule, that one."
Hermione thumped his arm before Harry quipped back "I am telling Minerva when we get back. Just wait until she gets a hold of you."
Hermione narrowed her eyes "You do Potter and I will make you regret it."
Harry smirked "Yes, well the only way you can stop me is if you are there. So if you are done feeling sorry for yourself we need to head back." Harry smiled "Shouldn't you be packing or something?"
Harry ducked as she tried to hit him again and grinned as he pulled Dan from the room. Hermione watched him go "Potter this is not over."
Emma smiled "Are you happy he came for you?"
Hermione's face began to glow and then smiled "Ecstatic, thrilled, scared."
Emma laughed "In love."
Hermione really smiled "That too. Harry has always been a challenge and a weakness for me."
Emma caressed her face "Love, the only way to wipe out the past is to plan for the future and Harry I think is your future."
Hermione's face darkened for a second and then brightened. Hermione folded her clothes and placed them into her trunk "Mum, Harry suggested we should sleep together tonight. Do you think it's too soon?"
Emma sighed "Hermione I don't have the answer to that, you do. You have to do what you feel is right."
Hermione let a tear fall "The only memories I have of being with someone are a cloudy and hazy mess and they hurt when I think about them. Maybe being with Harry would make them go away?"
Emma smirked "Hermione don't think of it like that. It will dirty your tomorrows. Be with Harry because that is what you want." Emma quickly added "Don't make me a grandmother until after you are out of school."
Hermione smiled "Worried you will feel like an old maid?"
Emma chuckled "Having a magical child and the trouble she gets into with her wizard boyfriend, I am surprised I don't have more grey hairs."
Hermione's eyes brightened "What you want a dull boring life? Embrace the excitement." They finished and stood up and then looked at each other before they began to laugh while hugging each other.
"When you see that scoundrel of yours tell him I want my door back, will you." Emma stated.
Hermione smirked "I don't think daddy is going to like it because I can hide boys in my room again."
Dan turned up to look at them "Princess what is this about hiding boys in your room."
Harry placed his hands on his hips "Yeah, Princess why is my girlfriend hiding boys in her room."
Hermione was smiling by this time "Well Harry that was before you so it doesn't count and besides I am not your girlfriend because I am have not been properly asked. Just seducing me to get your way doesn't count."
Harry grinned before Dan turned to him "Potter have you been beguiling my daughter… I mean my little princess here?"
Harry bowed his head and almost laughed "Yes, sir I have but my intentions are honorable I assure you."
Dan raised his eyebrow "Yes, well behave because I have shotguns."
Emma piped in "Harry put my door back before you sweep my daughter off her feet."
Harry smiled and waved his hand and they heard the door shut upstairs. Emma then shoved them out the door "Now go on and don't come back til June." Emma then pointed at Harry "That means you to for the entire summer."
Harry smiled at both of them "Oh, I am so happy I put the door back then because it will be easier to hide in Hermione's room from the mean man there."
Dan growled "Potter!" Harry and Hermione flashed away before he could say anything else.
Dan held his wife "She is going to be just fine."
Emma smiled "I know a perfect way to embarrass them all summer along." Dan grinned as Emma turned to go back inside "We should plan a holiday in France, the nude beaches." They both laughed together as the door closed.
Harry and Hermione landed together in a very nice suite. Hermione looked around "Where are we?"
Harry smiled "This is my new room while at Hogwarts. It is in the Lord's Wing."
Hermione shocked "That rumor was true then you took your lordship?"
"I told everyone at breakfast when I took out Malfoy senior and made the Malfoy's paupers." Harry said. I thought you were there?" he asked her.
Hermione bowed her head "He heard about it just before we went to breakfast. It made him very angry and he took it out on me. He has very low self-esteem."
Harry sat her down and kneeled in front of her while holding her hands "Hermione what happened to you was terrible, it left you vulnerable, and feeling weak. I lived with those feelings for thirteen years and I do know how you feel."
Hermione let a tear roll out of her eye "How could you know?"
Harry looked down "Because my aunt and uncle use to beat me, my cousin also took his turn, and I was made to cook, clean that house since I was five years old. I was their slave in every sense of the word. I know how you felt."
Hermione brushed his hair back "why did you never say anything?"
Harry looked at her "I tried as a child and they believed my uncle and then I got beat worse so I learned quickly to suffer in silence to avoid more pain."
Hermione leaned forward and kissed his forehead "I tried writing in books until I was caught and he made me do more degrading things, so I stopped."
Harry looked at her and then caressed her face "It hurts Hermione I know but I want you to remember one thing and one thing only. I am proud of you because you suffered and survived and when you found a way to overcome it you took action and came out on top. The Prat will always be a prat because that is what he is and always will be."
Harry smiled at her "But you, you are very special and don't forget that he had both of us fooled as to his true nature, not just you." Harry kissed her lips softly "Promise me that if you feel bad you will say to yourself Harry Potter is very proud of his Hermione."
Hermione giggled and then looked at him in the eyes "That is so corny Harry."
Harry smiled "But you know you will be saying it."
Hermione pushed him away "You are too cocky for your own good. I am not sure I like this new you."
Harry sat down beside her and leaned back "Oh, so you don't want to hear about my brilliant plan to pay Ron back in spades?"
Hermione stopped "What Plan?"
Harry turned away from her in a mock pout "No, my feelings have been hurt. My poor male ego has been shattered."
Hermione began to smile and then took a bold step as she leaned over and placed her hand on his upper thigh "Ah, you poor thing. Are you sure I can't do anything to make it up."
Harry had a small smile on his face "I don't think it's possible but I think you are very close to my ego. Perhaps if you move to the right and a little further up and rub there it will feel better."
Hermione almost laughed as she moved her hand and got an evil grin on her face and then she caught Harry totally by surprise as she strategically squeezed him "Need I remind you Mister Potter I have the upper hand here?"
Harry turned to her with wide open eyes "No, ma'am absolutely not. The plan is simple in that we will curse any magazine he sees, where ever he is at, to show the two of us prancing around together. He will see us around London, Paris, all over hugging, kissing and all sorts of things. Laughing and having a good time. Any articles will speak about how wealthy, famous and rich I am. It will drive the jealous Prat over the edge."
Hermione was smiling by this time as he continued "My hope is that this will cause him and his mother to show up at the station in London to gloat over us. Then I will be able to beat the shit out of Ron and you can have revenge on Molly because we both know she is the one that made the potions."
Hermione smile faltered and then she sat back "It won't work Harry. The laws won't allow us to touch them, they are poor but they are still pure bloods."
Harry scooted closer and then put his arm around her and sighed "I know because you are muggleborn and have no rights compared to purebloods. It makes me mad too."
Harry waited a second and then grinned evilly "Ok, so we are done with the pity party so I can continue and we can execute this plan?"
Hermione looked at him in awe "You are so different but I am listening."
Harry kissed her cheek and then covered his crotch "Do you think I can extract a little black mail from you without you threatening my man hood?"
Hermione smiled "It depends on it being a good plan?"
Harry chuckled "You are going to love it."
Hermione twirled her hair in thought "Maybe?"
Harry smiled "Ok, to make my plan work and to add more icing on the cake I will have to make a betrothal contract with your dad for you and then Fleur and Daphne will become concubines. If you are the future Lady Potter, then as Lord Potter, from an Ancient and noble house I can legally beat him almost to death for besmirching my future wife."
Hermione looked at him "Why are Daphne and Fleur involved and are their contracts going to be real?"
Harry's smile faltered "Oh boy this is complicated."
Hermione listened intently to what he had been doing in her absence. Many times she chewed her lip while listening intently to his plan.
Harry finished up "They both agree they don't love me or want anything long term with me but they helped me and I agreed to help them so they could have freedom to do what they want without having a husband forced on them."
Hermione looked at him "How far did the three of you go?"
Harry looked into her eyes and answered without hesitation "We went all the way and we have been friends with benefits the entire semester."
Hermione held his hand and answered after five minutes of thought "Thank you for being very honest with me. I am sure that a part of you is worried that I might be disgusted by what happened but I am not. I owe both of them a thank you for keeping you sane and together in a stressful time."
Hermione blew her hair out of her eyes "I am scared Harry. They are two very beautiful women and I am not the prettiest girl. They can take you away from me at any time and I just got you back when I thought all was lost."
Harry nodded his head "I thought it would be something like that. Today was especially hard for me because no one would tell me what happened to you. I have been a right terror for the last two weeks. I reducto'ed a wall out of Minerva's classroom and when anyone sees me with a scowl they generally either shite their pants or run in the opposite direction."
Harry brushed his hair back with a nervous hand "Two hours before dinner Daphne and Fleur were scared that I would tear the castle down if I didn't calm down. So they chose a unique method that involved sex to do that. I was much more sociable after but still very angry."
Harry looked at her "Hermione they offered in the middle of the main hall in front of God and everybody to take me back here and give me whatever I wanted."
Harry smiled "You are so important to me I turned them down because I wanted to know what was wrong with you. You, regardless of what other idiots tell you are just as beautiful as they are in every way."
Hermione was smiling by this time "I don't think I will believe it unless I see it in writing."
Harry chuckled and then handed her a very thick book Harry opened it to beautiful and it said the following definition "Lord Potter of Hogwarts states emphatically that Hermione Granger, Daphne Greengrass, and Fleur Delacour are his definition of Beauty."
Hermione was laughing by now "I am going to find out how you keep doing that." She then stood up and looked around before holding out her hand "Where is your bed sir." Hermione then looked at him in the eye "You promised we would sleep together and I expect you to perform up to expectation. I have to find out if my new friends broke you in right or if I have to make some slight adjustments."
Harry smiled at her "You are in charge tonight and I don't want to hurt you in any way or make you feel uncomfortable. So tell me what you need."
Hermione smiled as she followed him "Harry, I never fear you acting like the prat. You will be fine."
Hermione was lying in bed when the bathroom door opened and Harry leaned against the door frame and looked at her with his lopsided grin "As you can plainly see now you know why I am so cocky."
Hermione's eyes shot open "Oh good god is that real?"
Harry strolled over to the bed and crawled up it to get closer to her. Hermione was still staring at his lower section and her eyes flickered to his face every so often. Harry pulled her sheet lower down to expose her body. Hermione's last cognizant thought was to sigh in pleasure.