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Chapter 13: Winding down to Winter Solstice

The shortest night of the year while it is less energetic in certain matters was a rather good time to enjoy the moonlight don't you think? - Harry on Yule and the Winter Solstice.



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"So everything is prepared than?" Sarah asked from where she was kneeling on the floor and squatting on a double pronged box with a very blissful look on her face.

"Most definitely, pet," Alice said as she ran her hands through the woman's hair. "So you're looking forward to this as well?"

"Yes mistress," Sarah said with a smile even as Alice absently caressed the controls. "You both have been so good to me but even I know that Master needs more."

"True," Anne says from where she is seated with two other girls between her legs while two were nuzzling and more her chest. "Still I know that it will be a holiday to remember. I just hope that he enjoys it as much as possible. Still if it wasn't for that man I would not know how to best please our master and yet be unable to give him something before the others."

"I see," Alice said with a sigh ignoring the sudden yelp of Sarah as her body was suddenly stimulated. "While his death removed him from harming others he did hurt you so and yet you claim that to heal that slight having our master reclaim that from you. It makes as much sense as most of our other notions at times. I myself feel a bit irked not to be masters first in all things but I understand that it is far better to share than bring his displeasure. We shared many firsts with him and while I wish to be greedy I know it would not be fair to you or him. Loath as I am to admit that Hermione bested me considering our rivalry this will be the one thing she will do first for him while you will be another."

"Hmmm," Anne said as she reveled in the tongues and fingers increased vigor before gasping. "Still I can see where you are coming from. I myself wished I could be the first for myself as him but I will content myself with what I can do. Besides Sarah will be quite entertaining in cleaning us up and that will be enjoyable in itself."

"Practice does make perfect in if we get better at this way of talking we would be able to be practically ecstatic from his or one another's attention and no one would suspect," Alice said before her face smirked at the change on Sarah's face. "Despite our families being rather unavailable there is the fact that as amusing and arousing as offending them by vocally exclaiming how wonderful it is to be fucked by our master even more so where they cannot stop the activities that is little reason to not make an effort to avoid falling into habits that would draw attention on us. Not all of the police and other authority figures are as hypocritical or corrupt as the ones we seem to find. It is inevitable that well meaning people would eventually stick their over eager noses into things that are best left alone."

"Yes there is far too many that would see what we are doing as criminally wrong or worse a sin against their morality or religion," Anne said with a soft sigh as a gentle release was drawn from her body. "Still I wonder why they have to decide that these things that feel so good are so wrong. Besides it is not as if we are doing anything like those fuckers did to us as all involved in this are willing. Still I do have to admit that Sarah is coming along rather well don't you think?"

"True and she is still going to take a while before she is able to think coherently or actively recall any conversation when she is in such duress even if she loves every minute of it," Alice said before grabbing a rather interesting toy. "Still perhaps after our most beneficial master has taken his own turns at our holes the one who best pleases him will get a round on that. It does look like she is having the time of her life well definitely comes close to her sessions."

"So true she does seem to be constantly peaking," Anne said watching the shuddering nonstop orgasms that their pet was experiencing. "I wonder if we should try that on some of the others as I do think that they will like it. Any idea what effects it has on tongue or mouth when she is churning like that?"

"Yes I do think that the rest are willing and on the easy side at least the rest are not as adamant as we are in who pops our cherries as they say on the playground," Alice said as she set the flat to vibrate as she watched the various changes to their pet that tweaking the controls had. "We could always see what effects it has and if their tongues or mouths vibrate from the effects. I wonder if a single dildo would allow for a vibrating ass or cunt. Something to worry about later I think. We will need to get better at thinking through orgasms and making sure that Sarah does as well."

"Practice and training I would say for that," Anne said after grabbing a spare girl and moaning into her mouth. "Still with our current allies being so eager to help is there any way we can crush Dudley's Dummies?"

"That is so tempting if it wasn't for the risk of Dursley getting the authorities to curious with their flimsy lies," Alice said with a sigh. "We need to either have enough legal arrangements that there is no way that the system would require him to go to a foster family. The only exception would be if we could get either ours or, even as loath as I would wish it, Hermione's parents to do so. Still there is something familiar about them; it makes me wonder what secrets they hide..."

"Master likely has a plan to render more of that dealt with," Anne said as she started to think about the little things that were out of place. "I believe he plans to gain control of both his parents' estate as well as his godfathers. That the bitch has no notion of a will always seemed fishy to me. Any chance that whoever picked the Dursleys violated the will?"

"Likely considering how bad the relationship between them was and how well known it was," Alice said with a shudder. "I so wish they would indirectly ask for one of the services we provide to get some leverage on them. Fear of violence is enough for the moment but I would prefer more subtle control. Ideally blackmail or better yet control of their finances in some manner either their mortgage or control of Grunnings would be my desire. It would be quite fitting if it was his mother that owned either or even better both of those things."

"Once they are completely contained we can get Dudley out of things permanently," Anne said with a vicious smirk before her fast shifted as she undulated around the tongues pleasuring her. "If it wasn't for the coppers I would see about making him desperate enough to go and get involved in some of the even less savory clients and services. He won't be able to keep with the pence shake downs or reselling the cheap stuff. Idiot that he is would likely do something to get some major inspector involved. That boy would be dumpster dropped, river logged or even pig shit if he tried his games anywhere near a major city let alone London. I heard there have been some shakeups and there are still some players left."

"Ah let me guess either the less useless uncle or cousin has been a bit too free in conversation after a few pints," Alice said with a thought. "I have heard a few things and the self styled Big D would definitely get aerated if he tried to step on some toes like he does here. There is going to be a throw down eventually because that boy has got the brains of a maggot and the greed of a wanna be gangster. He has no brains to do more than knock a few head around. That he would likely squeal like a pig and get investigators as well as a risk for a yardie to get a few fakes to drop out of the woodwork when we would have to vanish is going to become more of a concern if he gets even a taste of becoming a big boy. Best hope is that one of the gangs at Smelting knocks him down and shows him that he would be lucky to be a thug let alone running things."

"I get having a kick back and some fun but that boy is going to be causing a lot of grief for us," Anne said with a sigh. "Shame he couldn't have an accident or something. He is getting a bit cocky again and while the average footman is about as aware of anything here as a drunk squirrel that doesn't mean that even there shear unwillingness to believe half the shit that goes down here could go down does not mean that a few that are not a few coins short of a bag won't get transferred here. There are only so much that they could chalk up to boys being boys after all."

"True enough," Alice said as she contemplated things while savoring her current entertainment. "Still his rents are useless and believe he is a perfect angel. So far the bigger concerns have stayed out, but if they find an in with those idiots than we will need to do some serious damage control either that or we will need to do some major disposals. It is a shame that Sarah seems completely out of it or she could give us some good advice or a list of who to trust and who to get in our pockets. I wonder if Vern has something to do that could get him divorced or just out of the way as he really is no more needed than the dumb-dumb. Boy is a thug pure and simple as I said before and he is going to squeal like a rat at first chance. He just doesn't have the minerals for this line of work."

"Funny Alice that was real funny of you to say," Anne said her voice full of satisfaction and almost purring. "So think a few sessions of that will further our little playthings resolve to keep watch while we are with him. I do rather feel some attachment to our subordinates and they have been ever so willing. Still we have almost half a year to get the mess sorted out. Now despite how willing and eager she is for whatever we wish her to do, you will have to admit that she can do a good job in keeping the boys and girls in line and not just with all the sexual and sensual persuasive methods that she knows. So Alice should we show some of our pets how deep the rabbit hole goes?"

"You have been waiting to use that haven't you?" Alice asked in a despondent voice as she moans in irritation before the toys ministration altered the pitch. "Still I had expected you to use the eat me, lick me line by now. That at least would have gotten a groan out."

"It could be worse we could know someone that made a Sirius/ serious joke," Anne said before shaking her head at the thought of anyone doing that. "Nah that would take someone with a very pathetic sense of humor or a teenage boy to think it was funny. Um is Sarah still cuming because I don't think I have seen her stop since you switched that on?"

"Yeah she is spasming like she was," Alice said as she observed the sensual and sexually enticing display of their pet, toy, sex slave contorting in either one continuous or a series of orgasms. "Think we should give the girls a turn?"

"Yeah that would be something to try almost as much as being like that while our oh so willful master uses us," Anne said shuddering again at the ideas forming in her mind's eye. "Do you think she will collapse and faint if you switch that off?"

"One way to find out," Alice commented switching it off. "Damn would you look at that?"

As soon as the vibrations stopped, Sarah slumped still impaled on the device soaked with her juices. The two girls' eyes were wide open in shock as the woman passed out with a sigh barely escaping her. The two looked closer and winced at the puffy red skin surrounding her abused holes.

"Now that seems to have drained her completely," Anne said in interest. "How high did you have that set?"

"Definitely need to make sure not to forget when someone is on that when it is set that high," Alice comments to herself. "Oh it was set all the way to max. No wonder she is raw. Some cream should ease the soreness. Now I think a bit more on this as it might be a bit too intense for them."

"Maybe set a time limit or something," Anne said as she licked her lips at the sight before her. "We do have a few volunteers to see how they last singly and doubly and some other variations as well."

"Considering that there is no way that we will get anymore business done today," Alice conceded reluctantly. "Pass one of your current playthings over and one of the three goes on and we rotate them at least until Sarah recovers. Maybe let some of the boys put some cream on her will quicken her recovery."

"Maybe," Anne said as she looked at her friend in interest. "So thinking of unwrapping Sarah while on that and with a nice open gag are you. Don't be surprised that was what your face was showing and we have some more activities to get to. Darling as loath as I am to lose your tongues skilled ministrations go and hop on for a reward. Now you take her place while you go over and give Alice a good cleaning."

"Well you got this planned out," Alice said as she sat down on the girl's face. "Now pet do a good job and get me off quicker than your friend does Anne and you will go next. Oh yeah your tongue feels good keep it up..."

The two pairs watched as their friend soon was babbling deliriously under their new toys movements. If it really worked to adjust a girls mind than maybe he wouldn't be too upset if they managed to use it to make that woman show a proper deference and not the slight terror she currently exhibited. She may look like an anorexic with far too long limbs and a not too pleasant face quite at odds with the beauty they had seen in the photos of his mother, but anything that eased his life was worth it to them.



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Morning had started and the three were as reluctant as ever to untangle themselves from their entwined form. They had time before breakfast to get ready and play a bit but it was the sudden recollection of what would be occurring that made them motivated enough not to cut breakfast short with their morning romp. Well to be precise it was in ways a hard decision for them. They could either continue pleasuring each other with hands and tongues or they could see their two thorns being mortally embarrassed in front of the school.

'I really wish there was a simple way to make people think we were in the hall or classes,' Harry thought from where he was as muffled as the rest. 'Still I know that Hermione and I have been keeping up on the schoolwork regardless of all these distractions. Perhaps having such rewards for completion as well as our natural competitions has helped us avoid hexing everyone that dares to impede our private time. Still we have been taking a decent care of Dora and yet I cannot shake the feeling that as flattering as her putting us in front of everything in importance is that it would do us more harm than good regardless of the damage it would do to her own possible future.'

Dora's thoughts were far less formed more or less focused on her tongue and lips worshipping and swallowing the entirety of his morning attention while Hermione was busy giving her an Aussie kiss while receiving one from Harry. Suffice it to say there were no thoughts regarding schoolwork which she had been putting a bit more off than usual or even the importance that their plans had with this day present in her mind. It was in fact a babbling of freeform perversity of perverted words interspaced with exclamations such as Oh, God, Yes and Holy and normally involved the more guttural words that would have led to her getting the hose. Well there were also the derogatory situational and descriptive thoughts of herself and her fellow lover in regards to their male lover and why being used by him was most likely the best thing ever and why couldn't it be Christmas or close enough to give the last restraint to him.

Hermione thankfully had started sooner and thus was able to keep one thought to her mind. It in fact turned out to be a very important thought. Still considering the grip of Dora's hips to her head and the rather daunting effect of Harry's teasing it would still be a few moments more before she could verbalize it. Though her shouts muffled by their direction into Dora's sex did bring the girl more excitement.

"Merciful God! I thought I was going to asphyxiate in there Dora!" Hermione shouted when Dora's thighs slackened letting her lose before seeing the clock and its large display showing what the time was. "Fuck! Dora you got to stop trying to milk him dry we are going to be late! Master! Stop that! As much as spending all morning... Making me Cum! Would be a good... thing! I still want to see those two being embarrassed!"

Harry's disgruntled grunt was punctuated by a loud smack and Hermione hopping off his head. His hands no longer involved with Hermione's body snaked into Dora's hair. Despite the rest of her body being limp she was still holding on to him like a leech. It didn't help matters that she had him buried down her throat as well as being held by far more than just his short and curlies as he could lose the entirety of his rather recently used parts if she chose to sharpen her teeth and bite. Oh he was damn well aware of a way to regrow lost appendages but that was just not right.

"Dora!" Harry growled out when despite his grip she refused to let go. "We need to go so let go!"

Dora however was rather unwilling to do so. Now while she did tend to be somewhat well to be blatantly honest extremely submissive there were times when she would disobey and this sadly was one of them. She was far too involved and out of it as she mostly was doing things without thinking. She was in fact almost treating his dick in a manner similar to a mother's nipple and she was not quite done yet with it.

"Master said to let go!" Hermione said as she rounded on the other girl. "You had best let go or you will get a far harsher punishment than you have already earned."

When Dora refused to respond there was a flash of complete anger that consumed Hermione. How dare she do this was as coherent as her thoughts were at that moment. For the most part when around Harry her personality tended to the subservient and it had only been with Dora that she had again had a chance to embrace her controlling impulses. That someone they had spent so much time on already would behave as she was doing had been a letdown to Hermione.

Hermione didn't even notice when she had her newish whip of dragon hide appear in hand. She had yet to use it on anyone, well save one of the simulacrum to see what it did to living flesh. In none of those times had she really been even irritated let alone the complete pissed off mood she was in at the moment. If Dora had even been at least somewhat aware of her surroundings outside of her mouth, she would have stopped what she had been doing, but as it was her attention made her completely oblivious to the towering inferno of rage that was Hermione Granger at the moment.

Harry as it was had been trying unsuccessfully to pry the eye crossing suctioning mouth of Dora from where they were securely fastened. As much as it was extremely difficult to ignore the shudders and sensations that her actions were causing, they had the more pressing priority of avoiding either their head of house, deputy headmistress or even the headmaster's attention let alone any inquiry by their fellow housemates and prefects in particular. If it had been a weekend morning, Harry likely would have been somewhat willing to just allow himself to relax and enjoy the heavenly sensations that Dora's actions were causing; however, this was anything but that type of morning and to complicate matters Dora was raising her own wants over theirs which was unacceptable in their present relationship.

'Damn it Dora!' Harry thought in irritation as he failed to cut off a groan from the swirling writhing tongue even as he focused on not being overwhelmed to complacency by the techniques being used. 'There is a time and a place for everything and as much fun as this has been this is not the time to get caught especially with you glued to me in such a less than socially acceptable manner. Until I get to Gringott's and get some things settled that meddler mother of yours would take you away from us and this is just the sort of excuse that she would use.'

Hermione was barely aware of anything around her besides her anger and its focus. This was supposed to be a sad thing for Dora; however, when Hermione first brought her whip to bear in the audible crack that rent the air and left a very visible red mark as it landed there was a lack of reaction. She expected Dora to gasp and release him from her hold. It was for that reason that she was disappointed when all Dora did was moan and shudder. She felt her right eyebrow start to twitch in irritation as she saw Harry's eyes cross as well as stop grabbing her head to push her away. It wasn't that he was giving in that she could tell but more taking control of the situation. She had noticed his eyes focus before that as well as the almost sadistic smirk that he sported. For a moment she wondered what he had done before placing it out of her mind as she returned to her task. Even as she knew that Dora had responded favorably to spanking and even paddles and the like there was the fact that she did not think this was something that Dora had been ready for.

'Fine if you want to play it that way,' Harry thought as he used a few esoteric meditative exercises to allow him to get one simple spell off. 'You tend to get off when you get one of us off or if we play with you so why don't I simply block that. Besides it will make sure that you don't just try to escape your punishment by getting yourself off...'

If Hermione or Harry had been able to see into her eyes, they would have known that Dora had not been entirely if at all there more than a passenger in the pleasures enveloping her body. Despite all the at the times seemingly excessive play that Dora had been able to indulge in there was simply too much built up need that was finally being vented to keep even the basic of control. It was in a way there own fault for having allowed Dora to be built up to the state she had been before there second intense encounter. Well there was also the fact that she had not been a late bloomer but had begun to have needs and desires early and all that had been submerged and subsumed for too long. If this past while had been say over the summer where they could have indulged until such times as all parties spent days or even weeks consumed and consummating every carnal notion that they had, than none of the problem would have occurred. Dora as it was at this moment was consumed and devoid of rational thought as her mind had gone out and was merely a constant state of pleasure and bliss.

'How dare she?' Hermione thought as her arms moved without conscious direction laying red stinging lashes along Dora's exposed flesh. 'If she thinks her seduction was frustrating, that will be nothing to how she will feel after this!'

Growling with her irritation, Hermione was relentless in her application of physical punishment on their wayward pet. She worked her way from back to ass before working up and down her kneeling legs. Paying no attention to the churning and almost dribbling sex where Dora's arousal mixed with her sweat before flowing down her thighs, Hermione was seeing red and the fact that she didn't notice the moisture staining her whip nor the way it seemed to move unnaturally to play along the length from Dora's puffy and ready sex to her aroused breasts when she gave an underhand flick. As she turned her attention from the areas already warmed by her actions, she turned her movements to Dora's underside in full. She went from left, middle to right before working back.

Hermione continued her actions until Dora reached her limits of concentration under the effects of Harry's curse. She watched as Harry succeeded in extraditing himself from her nursing mouth even if near the end he had no reluctance in spending the arousal her efforts had somewhat forcefully on the mouth that had been so eager in its attentions.

"So no time for slight play now," Harry said with a sigh looking at the insensate whimpering form. "If only she had listened, we would have time enough for some mutual play in the shower. Now to get ready in time we have to contend with far less enjoyable charms."

"True," Hermione said curtly with the whip reluctantly tracing its way over their pets form. "So what did you do to get her to snap out of it because even my rather thorough attempt to persuade her otherwise was ignored?"

"A rather useful thing I had not planned on unless she really regressed or did something truly disappointing," Harry said as a quick charm cleaned them of any dirt, dead skin and sweat. "Considering that it is her first time losing her control and forgetting what she agreed to it may be a bit harsh. Fine you don't need to give me that look. It prevents her from gaining any release by herself and for the past few minutes nothing would allow her to gain completion always kept on edge until it became too much."

"I would normally consider it quite cruel," Hermione said with a look, "but I think I will take it as appropriate do to her actions. She is healing quite nicely though. I wonder why this whip didn't cause lasting harm considering its nature though it is for the better even if I do wish that she felt the punishment linger."

"True enough that having her be uncomfortable sitting down let alone moving would have an effect in reconditioning her," Harry said even as he started to get dressed. "Still having to take her to the hospital wing let alone prevent anyone from detecting her being to the gills on potions would cause other problems. I do think that it is likely that the visible signs will fade while the tenderness will linger."

"That should at least allow her to regain some control of herself," Hermione said with a growl. "Still this is a good punishment for the moment considering how she now seems to need to make up for the time she denied herself the experiences she so craved. It won't be the last for this little mistake."

"Well she is our pet and I guess we should rub her nose in it," Harry said with a stretch as he summoned his school things to his hand. "It was an interesting experience though. I don't think that I would even be able to be that rough normally. She really seemed to want us to use her more though I think that she was more of a passenger in her body as it acted so driven. Still I don't think that I want to know what else you plan to do in punishing her though if you don't start to get ready I am more than willing to see how you respond to your own toys."

Hermione's eyes widened as she looked down at her nude form. She had let her anger get to be much and now noticed that she hadn't been pulling her strikes at all, and yet Dora was not a blood encrusted form with muscles exposed and skin lying on the floor. The same could not be said for herself. Her body was almost painted with red turning to brown along with other things. The only thing that the two of them had in common was the sticky and now crusting stains from their own loss of control. For a moment part of her wanted to throw herself to the floor and take the well deserved punishment that she had earned from her own loss of control before being scrubbed roughly clean, but that was quickly dissuaded when she realized that as well would take too long even if they forgo her tasting her own whips.

"Forgive me this failing, my master," Hermione managed to plead as she dropped to her knees in supplication with her whip coiled and set before her. "I let my own control slip and have made myself a worse example to your pet as well as failing to keep from disappointing your trust in me. Do with me as you will. I will take whatever punishment you think is appropriate for I have done worse than she as she disobeyed an order while I put my own needs, wants and desires ahead of your will."

'This is an unexpected development,' Harry thought as he tried to think what to do now as well as force down the want to run his hand through his hair to attempt to distract himself. 'Still she is in a way disobeying me as well. Things were far simpler when it was just Kiki and me, and yet I feel that I would regret it being any other way than it is now.'

With a wave of his hand, Harry cleaned Hermione of the various fluids drying and still dribbling down her kneeling form. He had however refrained from the particular charm he had used and while he knew she wanted and needed something harsher and longer than the spell merely went with one that roughly scrubbed her clean. With his hand to the side, a twist of the wrist sent her whip back to its place. He would have known that it would have needed to be cleaned and cared for more certainly and completely if he had not noticed that it shed anything that would stain it when it was placed away even if they could allow stains to seem to cling for impression and appearance.

Turning around after casting the same charm on Dora, Harry said, "Get dressed and make sure you are both presentable. I will handle any additional punishments later as there is no time to waste."

"Yes, Sir," Hermione said as she rose up and grabbed Dora to get the two dressed. "I am sorry if this in any way ruins your plans."

"No, the plans are still fine," Harry said as he read over a note that he had been thinking over. "Your behavior was no more out of place than if anyone else had challenged either your place or my authority. Still it is a good enough reason to see what your new limits are..."

"Thank you, master!" Hermione chirped as she yanked the clothes onto Dora's body studiously making sure that while they looked normal that the changes to allow them to easily and readily access their pet's body were there. "Still I think that you will need to be quite firm with me as I know that the next time Alice and I meet that we will likely have to settle things again."

"You will hold off on doing anything like that in front of others and settle your matters privately," Harry said as he slowly went through a list of reports. "If the two of you cannot learn to keep your struggles for dominance out of sight, than I will see how you fare in a suspension harness."

Hermione licked her lips at that. It was tempting oh so tempting just to hang there as he worked both of them or even all of them over. Complete helplessness and submission to him at least was rather appealing. It was as appealing to her as keeping Dora, Alice and Anne in their places. Sure she would rather have that after she finally had him possess her completely and hopefully beating her rivals to that goal. Well she was willing to concede one of the ways to each of them, but she wanted one for herself.

As she had Dora dressed in her clothes, Hermione turned to her own attire. She pulled her skirt and blouse on before she quickly tied her own tie on. Feeling slightly vindictive she rubbed herself against Dora's tie and whispered a minor charm to prevent others from picking her scent up even as it would stay strong enough to drive their pet nuts. Part of her knew that Dora was acting out in part for the same reasons that she was. They may technically be Harry's lovers but they were not quite one of his women yet.

'At least I have less uncertainty for when I have to introduce Harry properly to my parents as more than a mutual friend,' Hermione thought even as she wished it was a weekend so they could have just stayed in. 'Dora will likely never be able to do that and her mother will cause issues unless Harry gains control of the Black Family. Still we all hide things so I wonder what it was that they were hiding. Can it be anywhere near as life changing as whatever it is my parents are doing? There is more to it than what little I have overheard and as much of the talk as I have had with mum.'

Hermione was a very curious child and she now was a bit more understanding of the games her own parents played. Still something didn't add up and it was bothering her. Something about their eyes reminded her of her comrades and yet that something was still missing from her own eyes. A part of her wished deep down and unvoiced that they had some of the same ideals and that they would definitely accept her choice of a relationship. She still wanted them in her life and she had feared when she had first learned of magic that she would someday do something that would disgust them with their precious daughter. She never wished to do something that would do that and yet was her mother's daughter and would follow her convictions and her path to the end. It had been memory and mind magic that had turned her stomach. It was far too close to rape in her mind to take that which is most personal from someone; however, unlike physical rape, she knew that if it came to it she likely would loath herself if she had to do so, but would do it regardless. To keep her friends and family safe there was not much that she admitted deep in her mind that she would not do.

Sighing Hermione gave Dora a quick and resounding swat to get her awake before saying to her, "Dora we must head down now or people will ask questions. If you are lucky our vengeance will sooth our disappointment in your behavior. As it is master has something to tell you before we go down. So get up off your ass before I see how uncomfortable I can make you sit for a while!"

"Yes, mistress," Dora said with a dejected look on her face as she stood up. "It is just so hard not to ignore everything else and surrender to nothing but pleasure after so long without."

"I understand and I am as loath to cut back on such pleasurable ventures personally," Hermione said with a sigh as they moved to stand next to Harry. "Still there are things that must come before our own personal gratification."

"You both have proven that I have allowed you both too much leniency and indulging of your own inclinations," Harry said as he gazed at the two fidgeting witches. "Dora as you have already mostly been punished you will not be returning here until Hermione's punishment is over. That does not mean that you are not going to wish that you were here. As it is you are neither permitted nor able to achieve orgasm by your own actions and neither of us will be doing so until you both learn your lessons."

Both of them went still at that pronouncement. Hermione expected that he would work her over for her actions after classes. He would put the matter out of his mind until than to get through the day without causing an incident. Still Hermione suspected that whatever he did to her would be even worse than this punishment would be for Dora. He had emphasized that Dora had in some ways already paid in part for her mistake.

"Yes master," both of the now contrite and downcast girls said. "We understand."

"Good," Harry said with a slight sigh. "Dora, you will be sitting away from us. Now although I expect that while it does not make up for things, those two twits being pranked will at least ease some issues. Hermione, you will still be next to me, and we will continue as normal; however, I expect you to think on things and figure out how to avoid such situations in the future. Now let us go. It is a shame that you had to act out, both of you, or we would have had time for some playtime before breakfast instead of spending it so."

The two nodded before following Harry out of his room. The day had been looking up and then things had spiraled out of control. Each was in their own ways blaming themselves for the downside of their morning. Hermione blamed herself for losing her control and letting her anger control her. As for Dora, she was being wracked by guilt for failing them both and ruining the perfect morning they had. Harry even though he had mostly avoided voicing it was blaming himself for not noticing that they both needed him to be less lose in his control from time to time. He also was blaming himself for not realizing that Dora was as she was slightly older more so in the maelstrom of emotions and hormones than they were. How much longer could he go until he took that last steps to assert his control as well as allow that remaining experience be denied between them all? All their games were less settling in some manners than others. He was well aware of the girls' plans and he knew that the inevitable resolution was approaching.

'Feh,' Harry thought as he descended the stairs with two of his girls in tow. 'I will accept what they offer, when I want, and not when they demand it. Still after today we should get as much of our studies either back on track or further ahead; we will soon be quite readily distracted over the holidays and when we return to do otherwise.'

Harry was well aware of their watching him as he moved and knew that he had done the same when their positions had been reversed. He realized as he could literally feel the hunger they were projecting at him. For a moment he contemplated how much he would and did enjoy the view when they walked or better crawled up or down the steps. He knew he had to put those thoughts away for the moment as other more pressing matters had to be dealt with. Still he let himself picture the sight of his girls crawling clad in only collars walking in front of him. He was grateful they couldn't see his eyes or the twinkle as he realized that if they had done so even his hesitation would have caved long ago.



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The Great Hall was full of active students until a sudden hush fell across the room. Something truly shocking had occurred. The current inhabitants had become somewhat used to the spontaneous pranks that the Weasley twins had become famous for but this was different. This was an epic but of spell work a bit more subtle than their usual simple pranks. Oh their pranks were quite impressive mix of potions and charms but normally they were short moments of embarrassment and that was quite different than what the students and staff saw unfolding before them and for two in particular it was as if a glove had been thrown down.

"What was that oh twin of mine?" one of the twins asked the other before turning to look around. "I do believe that there is a joke a foot but I didn't do this and we don't tend to prank solo so who did this. I will admit that it is quite well thought out, but is it a worthy one?"

"I do believe that was a prank worthy not only of ourselves but them as well," the other twin said. "Ronnikins has been growing quite embarrassing and who needs a reason to prank Slytherins?"

"As you say Gred," Forge said with a look of admiration as they watched the mischief that was unfolding. "We need to find out who did this as it would liven things up a bit more."

"True But whoever they may be are quite good and did not claim responsibility for this prank," Gred said with a moment of horror coming to his face. "My dear Forge I do believe we will be having a problem?"

"Whatever could that be Gred?" Forge asked wondering what his twin for once had spotted sooner. "Please tell me that McGonagall is not glaring at us and trying to regain her temper?"

"Sorry twin mine I cannot tell you that," Gred said with a shudder. "What are the odds you think on us being blamed for this?"

"100%," Forge said as he realized the effect of the prank. "Whoever it was not only pranked those two but us as well as no matter what we say no one would believe otherwise."

"Fred and George Weasley, you are both in serious trouble!" McGonagall yelled to the hall as she stood up. "A hundred points from Gryffindor and two weeks detention for the both of you. Now get to my office right now. Your pranks have gone too far!"

The twins looked at each other and as they had realized no one would believe that they had nothing to do with the prank for two reasons. One was that the Gryffindors knew that they pranked their own and their brothers in particular. Second was the fact that the mutual animosity between the Malfoy and Weasley family was known by everyone baring the odd muggleborn and they tended to find out fairly quick. Yes with those two things and the fact that they seemed to be the most active of pranksters eclipsing any other currently in the school there was little reason to believe otherwise.

As the two departed with the irate deputy headmistress in two there was a subtle motion at the Ravenclaw table. One of the twins spotted it and his jaw dropped at it. A Ravenclaw had toasted them as they were moving just barely quickly enough that she hadn't boxed their ears yet. Disbelief soon filled his face at the obvious challenge that had been offered from an unexpected source.

"Was that necessary?" Hermione asked as Harry sipped at the drink that was thankfully not pumpkin juice. "You do realize that they will try to retaliate; so why do it? I had thought that you were of the impression that we were becoming too distracted from the plan."

"As much as I am motivated and driven I think that it would be nice not to focus as intently on my goals as the end or what will I do once it is accomplished," Harry answered with a sudden smirk. "Besides how better to start a conversation with those two than to have them off balanced. Besides you as well wish to see yourself challenged or life has no meaning. We are driven people and do our best when there is a goal to overcome, a challenge to meet, or an adversary to dominate."

"I guess that you are right on that if I wasn't challenged in some way I would be merely mediocre if it wasn't for a need to know and understand things," Hermione said with a sigh sipping her own juice which was a rather careful mix of fruit to be both nutritional, tasty as well as influencing in certain body chemical effects while she knew that Harry's had been tailored similarly to increase her own enjoyment of a certain activity. "Still conflict does lead to struggles to become better and thus improvement either technological or biological occurs. Remind me to see about some more in depth books on chemistry and physics. I wonder what transfiguring can do to provide certain rather difficult to process materials."

"For which purpose would they be for practical use or for monetary gain?" Harry asked in sudden interest. "We already have a sufficient pool of funds from our previous ventures and that is without taking into the gold stashed at Gringott's or the current added options that we have. Still it is quite costly to gain access to certain literature to further things along let alone some of the components that we will need. I take it you have an idea for more uses for this current situation?"

"Of course I do," Hermione said with a smirk even as she hid a wince from the distant shouts of McGonagall at the twins. "Consider how horrible what little forms of entertainment exist here. Now add the obvious fact that the twins have unlike Ronald some measure of real ambition instead of wanting everything they could get for nothing there is the fact that pranks here are a rather profitable business given the competing joke shops here and in Diagon."

While Hermione was hiding her discomfort and Harry was well schooled in maintaining a facade over the years there were several of their fellow classmates discussing things. This made the background dialog momentarily interesting as a number of rumors and theories were generated by the students. The fact that some of the professors had to resist cursing the boys for their current lack of even their pathetic filtration on the stupidity of their statements was not helping.

Several of the Slytherins were doing a good job in concealing the fact that despite the protection of their head of house and the influence of the Malfoy name and fortune that most of the other years were very willing and eager to put the completely lacking in subtlety brat in his place. That a number of the female Slytherins were glaring with an almost physical force to castrate and silence the idiot before their houses reputation plummeted further. Despite the fact that most of the positions in government were held by Slytherins do to their ambition there was a tendency by most not to trust them making reaching their ambitions quite harder. There was a good reason that no one that was truly worthy of the house seemed to be sorted there anymore.

Even the Gryffindors as often as they were to turn on their own seemed to become more antagonized by Ronald 'Foot-In-The-Mouth' Weasley. Oh the boy was quite vocal on things but even his piss poor sense of self preservation had kicked in and he had yet to speak of his notions on women's place in society and Quidditch in particular in front of the Chasers Three. They likely would have borrowed the twins' bats and smacked some bludgers around at the boy or seen if they could pop the set he had. That was without a doubt the fact that Percy was twitching and contemplating if his younger sister would salvage the family reputation. He was barely restraining his mumbles of irresponsible twins and unmannered baby brothers.

"Hmm it is likely there secret ambition," Harry admitted with a moment of interest even as his eyes seemed to dance in humor at all the things that the rest were discussing. "It seems to be that despite the fronts the two houses share that they are quite the little powder kegs. Perhaps the two thought they could be the year leaders in their respective houses. Just think how bad it would be if we had been sorted into Gryffindor."

"We would likely have to socialize with the brain addled boy and deal with the narcissistic albino thinking he was your rival," Hermione said with a shudder at the thought. "Likely he would distract you with childish games and your grades would suffer as well as practical experience. If we are lucky his complete unwillingness to do more than the barest minimum and even that is pushing it will result in him being either held back or transferred to some little local school for lesser wizards."

"As amusing as that would be that would mean the teachers would be stuck with him or forced to explain how he was admitted as transfers would require grades and the lack of an entrance exam always seemed off," Harry said a sadistically dark humor in his eyes. "No at most he would be held back or someone would be required to tutor him. Hopefully not one in his year or we might get picked."

"I think I want to either throw up or flay someone," Hermione said with a slightly queasy look to her. "Why couldn't the hat have said, there are no brain here, now go away?"

"Because he hasn't failed to sort ever and that would break tradition," Harry answered with a slight glance to the dejected Tonks looking somewhat miserable as she winced from the tenderness her bottom was experiencing. "He lacks the ambition for Slytherin, the drive to know of Ravenclaw and the loyalty of Hufflepuff so the hat used Gryffindor as a dumping ground. Why those two offend me by their mere presence I do not know, but if they do not develop in some manner to something more than wasted space something must be done about them."

"He does need an attitude readjustment," Hermione said with a slight darkness to her eyes. "One would think that being pranked by the twins whenever he said something stupid would have trained him somewhat but it seems he is quite the simple creature. He eats like an animal, sleeps while snoring like one and dreams of Quidditch and chess with the odd bits of jealousy and delusions of competency. The only thing I think either of us can agree with Snape is that boy is a menace who likely would never open a book or take notes if the professors were not watching. Does he even have any redeemable characteristics at all? I fear that if I had been placed in that house someone would give the twit a potion to drug me or worked some subtle delusion that arguing with people was a sign of passion."

"The sex might be good if it is from such passion," Harry said before he thought better of it. "Never mind he likely would give as much effort to that as everything else and leave whatever woman thinking what just happened. I pity whoever he gets involved with in the future almost as much as Malfoy and the poor women they are making suffer from their incompetence."

"Like any woman would touch such a crass menace without potions," Hermione scoffed at the notion. "Hell he likely would be lucky if he was a quintuple amputee by the time they were done!"

"Quintuple?" Harry asked before his eyes widened in understanding. "I see your point though he should likely need to be rendered mute as well as something about his lack of hygiene otherwise as well."

"I will agree with that a permanent silencing charm might have worked out better anyways," Hermione said as she watched the professors try to reverse the spells on the two prats fail over and over again. "Maybe next time we should put consequences for trying to reverse the spells like they are doing well more so than currently..."

The two looked on as their pranks more embarrassing aspects came into play. Besides making the two look ridiculous in their attire that had already impressed the twins there were the more complex yet amusing aspects. Sure having Ronald dressed as a rich yet effeminate man and Draco as a poor muggle punk was interesting and in some ways humorous, but that was far less than the other aspect. Since neither seemed to care about manners and appropriate behavior to either everyone or their inferiors in the Malfoy scions case the prank was designed so that because they could not say anything nice they wouldn't say anything at all. However their currently unspeakable words were flashing visibly for all to see. Some of their current ideas about people would likely get them cursed more by students and some staff if the twitching of the professors' faces were anything to go by.

"Well it isn't that bad," Harry hedged even as most of the other students were trying not to hurt themselves from laughing too hard or other such things. "Even some of our fellow Ravenclaws are quite cracking up. Even the more straight laced and up tight ones are acting better. Who would have thought that Penelope would act like that?"

"It just goes to show that even the most seemingly emotionless individual has something that stirs their humors," Hermione said with a slight smile as she watched the reactions of the more seeming conformists getting twitched. "To justice served!"

"To justice served," Harry turned to toast his friend with none the wiser of the slight red added to their drinks. "There is so much left to do still and yet so much to enjoy in doing so. A shame that some people cannot control themselves well enough."

"Yes a shame that," Hermione said with a sad look to the miserable looking Tonks. "How long should she be punished though? Her only problem is the fact that she has latched on to what she had been denied far too long. If we let her forget things than problems will surface for both of us and that could be quite disastrous."

"I agree even if it seems cruel doing otherwise would be even crueler in the long run," Harry said with a slight bit of regret. "I should have expected it though considering her pervious behavior even if I tried to dismiss it as a more childish thing than a true need. Attention sadly is something that we have to avoid for a good deal longer. Despite how offensive Andromeda's actions are to us they are reasonable for their point of view while we would be viewed as the ones in the wrong. Still with a few documents those issues will be corrected."

"So we need you to get to Gringott's proper without being intercepted by any of the other factions," Hermione said with some resignation. "I take it you have a way around the obvious plans that have been arrayed against you."

"Of course I would be a fool to do otherwise," Harry commented with a hint of pride in his friends reasoning. "Still as much as Dora wishes to throw herself completely to our needs, we cannot allow her to waste the opportunities that she has let alone draw attention or authorities to us too soon."

"A shame as I think this will be almost worst than all the anticipation," Hermione said with a hint of pity. "I guess it is a good thing that we have some schedules to keep ahead as well as factor time enough for our interests. Perhaps after this little lesson we should take a more personal and direct view on her studies. It would not do to deny ourselves the potential by squandering it for mere gratification."

"My thoughts exactly," Harry said with a smirk that many a villain would have been proud of. "We will see how this turns out but many more things will need to be discovered. A shame that we cannot directly send a message yet though it would tip both our and his hands which are something neither of us would benefit from. Still we need to go to our classes regardless of how boring and slow the material is covered. It almost makes one wish to skip a few grades here but that would cause more attention than our real level in the official education system."

"As enjoyable as being ahead and sating ones need for understanding is, I see your point," Hermione said with a sigh as they rose from the table once their plates and cups were devoid of substance. "Even if some of our housemates would be jealous or more likely envious there is no reason for them to know that we will both have passed University courses before they pass their OWLS. It really is amazing how many varied things one can learn about even just peripherally connected to your ambition."

"True," Harry said as they reached the hallway neither noticing the looks that Tonks was shooting Penelope. "We will need to compare the relative histories and archaeology considering how much of the knowledge we need is likely lost or amid ruins."

'To think that my parents seem completely oblivious to all these things,' Hermione thought as they made their way to class. 'They do their best and they may be somewhat open minded and yet I am quite reluctant to tell them things considering how much bad experience he has with adults and other authority figures. To think how close I came to being a statistic so unpleasant of one at that. I think holding off most of those talks until I am older and less likely for them to believe in any way am too immature to deal with the horrors of reality would be best. Do I fear them rejecting me if I am no longer the naïve bookworm? I wonder at that...'