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Chapter Nine
Hermione Does some research, Cho gets some news, and Harry gets annoyed at Padfoot
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Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Harem
by Red Jacobson
TITLE: Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Harem (9/?)
PAIRINGS: Harry/Multiples
WARNINGS: M/F, F/F, M/F/F/F, Oral, Anal
The Room of Requirement; immediately following the previous chapter
Harry, Hermione, Padma and Luna are sitting on couches facing each other. Luna has her arm around Padma, and whispering in her ear, causing the Indian girl to blush. Harry has his arm around Hermione, who is leaning against him, her hand on his thigh..
After getting drinks for the girls, Harry said; “I suppose you are wondering why I asked you here tonight?”
The three girls nodded; and Luna said; “I have a feeling it's to talk about the bonding that is going to occur between us, am I close?”
“On the nose, Luna! I only know what I was told about the bond that would form between us, and wanted to find out more. I know that the bond is supposed to increase your magical ability, which I think is a wonderful thing, even though we don't have the threat of Voldemort hanging over our heads anymore. What I'm curious about, is how do we activate the bond? You all are aware of what I have to do, but I really don't want to accidentally bond somebody, especially if she isn't going to be compatible with the rest of the family. I'm sure that, if the information on the bond exists, we can find it here in this room.”
Hermione nodded, and said; “I'll admit, I was concerned about that, I'd been worried that you might end up sleeping with some woman over the summer and bonding her to you, and then we find out she doesn't get along with the rest of us. Right now, all of us get along really well, although,” she chuckled, “Luna and Padma get along with each other a little bit better than they do with me. Although, who knows? When I'm healthy enough and give it a try, I might enjoy that as well.”
At Hermione's admission, Harry smiled happily, saying, “I'm glad that you are open to the possibility, Love, I'll admit that I was concerned you would be uncomfortable with Luna and Padma making love to each other, and I absolutely don't want anyone to be uncomfortable about any part of our relationship. We are going to make mistakes, that's only natural, especially since this whole thing is going to be new to all of us, but hopefully this bond will allow us to communicate, so we can avoid most of the pitfalls.”
Hermione looked at him with a slight smile, “Okay, who are you, and what have you done with Harry Potter? The Harry I know would never have been able to call me by a pet name, let alone talk about a relationship without stammering and stuttering all over the place!”
Harry laughed, “Well, it's amazing how much clearer I see things, and how much more relaxed I am, without that constant reminder of Voldemort pressing on my mind!”
The others laughed as well, although Harry could see that Padma was looking a little uncomfortable, and turned his attention to her.
“Padma; I can tell this is a bit much for you; and I'm sorry if I've made assumptions that you aren't comfortable with; but; I'm hoping you are willing to join us on a formal basis. If this will cause a problem for you, either personally or with your family; please let us know, and we can hold off on your participation.”
“No, it's not that; my father has multiple wives, and they all get along fine, in fact, a couple of them spend more time with each other than they do with my father. It's just that; I had plans to achieve a Charms Mastery after graduation; and I'm worried that you might not want me working. My father didn't want any of his wives working outside the home, and, I'm not sure I'm ready to be a housewife.”
Harry smiled reassuringly; “Thank you for telling me; and; you don't have to worry; I have no desire or intention of preventing you from doing whatever you want to do with your life and career, in fact, I would love to see you achieving any kind of Mastery you are interested in. That goes for any other girls who join us.”
With the major issues between them at least addressed, if not totally resolved, the four of them spent the next several hours going through all the books that the room had available to them, until Hermione gave a little 'squeak' and ran over to Luna, showing her a page in the book she had been reading. Luna and Padma read over what she'd found and they both nodded to Hermione, who said; “Harry; I think I've found a description of the Bond, and from what I can see, Luna and Padma can double check this, but I think it will make the whole Family thing run a lot smoother.”
Bringing the book to him, she said; “The actual bond is called 'The Binding of Cores' and, according to this, it takes three separate steps to activate the bond, and, even then, it's strictly voluntary on both participants. The first step is done at the magical level when two people are making love, and, yes, Harry, it specifies Making Love, not, well, 'romping' is the phrase the book used. Anyway, the first time, Magic itself is determining if the two of you are compatible. The next time you are with the same person, you will find yourselves sharing each other's emotions, and, the Author of the book states that the intimacy of making love at this point is beyond belief! The third time you are together, the two of you have to consciously reach out to each other with your magic, and your cores will bind to each other. From what I can tell, at that point you will be able to speak mentally, and you will each know what the other one knows. It will eliminate the possibility of conflict from misunderstandings, of course, you will still have your own opinions, and there is always a chance that you will disagree about something, but, that would happen in any relationship.”
Harry grinned; “That's exactly what I was wanting to know! Now, does it say anything about binding more than one person?”
“Actually, yes, it seems that your situation is not as unique as we thought. There is a secondary bond, that is called 'The Primary Wife Bond'. The bond will choose the woman who has the strongest emotional connection with you, and, well, it basically marries us!” Hermione paused for a moment as she read further in the book. “Oh! Well, that's going to make things easier at bedtime. The bond actually marries the other bonded to each other! So, in effect, Luna and Padma would be married to me and each other, as well as being married to you! It bonds us together, the same way the original bond bonds us to you. And, it also allows us to, as the book says, 'take pleasure in each others company', It will eliminate any possible jealousy between the wives, and as an added benefit, makes all of us more accepting of the others personalities, so we won't rub each other raw, and Luna, I meant that in a bad way you dirty minded girl!” She finished with a grin.
Taking a drink from her bottle of butterbeer, Hermione sat back down on the love seat and leaned against Harry.
Harry put his arm around her, and leaned back, but he frowned as something occurred to him. “I know this may seem like a stupid question, but, we are talking about a life commitment, a 'till us do part' relationship, and, will any of you need your parents permission? I don't even know what the age of consent is for the Magical World! I really hope that we aren't going to be arrested for doing what we are doing!”
Luna laughed, “There is nothing to worry about Harry, I'm the youngest person here, and I turned 15 last month, so we are all of age to marry, or have sex at any time. The Ministry considers us of age when we turn 15, at least for that, everything else we have to be 17 for. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but very little about the Ministry's rules makes sense to me. As for needing permission; my father gave me his blessing to follow my heart before I got on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of the school year.”
Padma smiled, and kissed her Luna on the cheek, “And I'm very glad he did, otherwise you might not have seduced me that night, and my life would have been much poorer.” Turning to Harry, “It's not a problem for me either, Harry. Parvati is actually a couple of minutes older than I am, so she's the one who has to get the family blessing. As long as I don't embarrass myself or the family, I'm free to do what I please. And I told you that my father has multiple wives, so there's no problem there.”
Harry turned to Hermione; “How about you? I know you mentioned that your parents are fairly unconventional, but will they have a problem with this?”
“Not hardly! I told my mother that I was going to seduce you this year before I left to go to Headquarters, and she just smiled and told me to make sure my contraceptive charms were up to date. None of my parents will have the slightest problem with this, although we should try to avoid getting me pregnant until after we can have a muggle wedding ceremony. We can have the magical ceremony any time we want.”
“Okay, so that's one less thing to be concerned about. Would we be able to activate the Primary Wife Bond without you and I actually making love? Because, as much as I want to make love to you, I don't want to take a chance of hurting you.”
“We should be able to, Harry, because we've already got the emotional connection. We can try anyway, if it doesn't work, there won't be any harm done. We just activate the bond after I can participate.”
“Good. Now, Luna and Padma, are you both comfortable with this?” At their nods, “Okay; what do we need to do to activate the bond?”
“Not very much, Harry, just the four of us recite the oath while holding hands in a circle.”
“Good, now, is there a way to cancel the bond, and if so, what is required? I don't expect to have to end it, but, it only makes sense to know where the exit is before you do something that can affect so many people.”
“Yes there is, it just takes you plus a majority of the wives to get together and say 'The bond is canceled' three times, and it will dissolve the bond.”
“How about the others, will they need to swear the oath themselves?”
“No, only those of us at the beginning need to swear the oath, the others, when they join the bond, will automatically be made aware of it and have to accept the oath before being accepted into the bond, if they don't accept it; their magic won't bond them to us.”
“Okay; are there any other questions about the bond, or the oath? Does anybody have any concerns? If not, I'm willing to swear the oath now, because tomorrow is going to be extremely busy; with the Will Reading at Gringotts for Sirius; plus getting ready to leave for the summer the day after, we may not have much of a chance to swear it otherwise.”
Each of the three girls thought for a moment, before nodding their heads. “Okay, Hermione, what are the words to the oath?”
The Headmaster's Office; Right After Dinner
“Enter!”
Cho turned to her head of house in confusion. “How does he know I'm here?” Flitwick grinned and said, “I've wondered that for years Miss Chang. Now, would you like me to accompany you into the office?”
“Please.”
The two of them walked into Dumbledore's office, and found him sitting in a chair in front of his desk. Dumbledore waved the two of them to seats next to his, and they quickly sat down.
“Thank you for coming so quickly Miss Chang. I realize you have a lot of things to do prior to leaving, but something was brought to my attention and I needed to make you aware of it.”
Cho nodded, a little nervously 'does he know about my drinking? I've done my best to hide it, but, he may have found out' she wondered. 'And so what if I do drink? It's my business, and it takes the pain away, at least for a little while.'
“First off, this decision is normally made at the end of summer, but, this year, it was unanimous, you have been chosen to serve as Head Girl for the next school year. Congratulations Miss Chang!” Albus smiled at her as he handed her the badge.
'Head Girl? Oh, Cedric would be so proud! No he wouldn't! He's Dead!' she thought, while trying to force a smile to her face. She must have been successful, because Dumbledore continued speaking.
“Now, I have to ask you to keep this secret, because we still haven't decided who is to be the Head Boy, and I don't want to cause unhappiness among the Prefects. Will you be able to keep this news to yourself?”
“Absolutely Sir! Thank you very much, this is a great honor!”
Flitwick patted her on the shoulder as he congratulated her as well.
Dumbledore became serious, and said, “Now, there is another reason I asked you to see me this evening, which Professor Flitwick is not aware of. It's a very personal matter, and, I have to ask, are you comfortable with Filius being here?”
“Sir? I'm not certain what could be so personal that I would want to hide it from Professor Flitwick. He can stay if he wants to, I have no problem with it.”
“Very well, you are probably not aware of it, because he has not been widely seen, but a new ghost appeared in Hogwarts yesterday. It was very interesting to meet him, because he is the first new ghost to appear here at the school in over 100 years. Anyway, this ghost managed to communicate with people who have already departed and bring back messages,”
He paused as Cho jumped to her feet, shaking her head furiously, “No! No! He's Gone! He's Gone and he can't pass messages! I tried to connect with him, but it didn't work! Why are you torturing me? Cedric's gone and he's never going to say anything again!” With tears in her eyes, Cho ran out of the office and down the stairs, while Flitwick and the Headmaster sat there, stunned at her reaction.
“Merlin!” Dumbledore swore, “I had no idea she would react so badly. Most people would be happy to receive a message from a departed love one. Has anyone tried to help Miss Chang in dealing with her loss?”
“Several times, Albus, but she always says that she has done her grieving, and is fine. And, until this happened, it truly seemed that she had dealt with her grief.”
“Very well, I'll speak to her again at the beginning of term, and, if necessary, will make her speaking to a healer a condition for keeping her Head Girl position. If she isn't at peace with herself, you know as well as I do that she wouldn't be able to perform her duties.”
Gringotts Bank, the next morning
“I can't believe he did that to me! What the hell was Padfoot thinking, Remus? How am I supposed to spend 50,000 galleons between now and September 1st?”
Remus chuckled, “Actually Harry, I don't think that will be as big a problem and might think, and it ties into where you are going to be spending your summer. Why don't we all go to the Leaky and get a room so we can get something to eat and talk, okay?”
Soon, Harry, Hermione, Luna and Padma as well as Remus and Professor Dumbledore were seated in a private room. As they were eating, Sirius wandered into the room, and, after smirking at the glare Harry threw his way, sat down in the corner of the room. After eating, Harry said, “Okay Remus, spill! You and Padfoot are looking way too pleased with yourselves!”
Surprisingly; it was Albus who answered Harry's question. “Actually Harry; this was partially my idea, because it resolves two problems, one, a secure place for you to spend the summer, and, two, please forgive my bluntness ladies, but, you will have access to a large number of willing partners to take care of your needs while the girls are away.”
Remus was watching for a reaction from Harry and his ladies, but, other than a look of mild curiosity; they didn't seem to have a reaction. “We've already made a reservation for you at a place called “Eloise's; it's a few blocks down from Diagon Alley. I see you are familiar with it Luna?”
“Oh, yes, Daddy mentioned that he has visited there a few times since mommy died.”
“To put it bluntly; it's a brothel, Sirius and I had already planned to take you there this summer, to celebrate your 16th Birthday; it's where we, your father, Sirius, the rat, and I all celebrated our birthday one summer. All the basic costs have been covered for the summer, the only thing you will be responsible for is any extras you may buy, as well as any tips you give the girls. And, I'll warn you, 100 galleons is considered a minimum tip there! There is quite a bit more that I have to tell you about it; but, because of the privacy charms in place, I can't discuss them with you until we are actually inside their wards.” He paused, “I have to say, Hermione, you and the girls are taking this a whole lot better than I expected you to.”
Hermione smiled, “Well, if you had told us this yesterday; I imagine our reaction would have been very different; but; the four of us swore an oath last night that removes any jealousy and hurt feelings. We understand exactly why Harry has to do what he is doing; and; although I'll admit I wish I was able to spend the whole summer with him, in his bed and other places, I know that the experience he gains is going to make it extra special when we do get together. Hell, from what Luna told us, he almost killed her with pleasure without any experience at all!”
The others laughed at the look of embarrassment, mixed with pride on Harry's face. “Anyway, I think we should be heading back to the school, I know I need to finish packing, how about the three of you?”
Luna said, “I've got a little bit of packing left, so we will have plenty of time for a proper farewell before we leave.” At Harry and Hermione's looks, she said; “I know that is what you were thinking Harry, why are you so bashful all of a sudden? It's not like anybody in this room doesn't know we are having sex, is it?”
Harry smiled and shook his head, “Don't ever change Luna, you keep things far too interesting.”
Turning to other subjects, he said; “I'll be honest, I really expected Ron to react badly to some of the things that came out during the reading. He just seemed to sit there with a little smile on his face.”
Luna grinned, “Well, considering that he and Sally Ann have been up to a lot of the same things we've been doing, minus the third person, of course, it's understandable that he was in a very pleasant mood.”
“Yeah, that would explain it! And it looks as though Ginny and Neville and enjoying themselves as well, which, to tell you the truth, I'm pretty happy about, not only for the two of them, but, because I don't think Ginny ever really got over her crush on the 'boy who lived' and it was making me a bit uncomfortable.”
Diagon Alley, after lunch
Harry surprised the three girls by heading directly toward Flourish and Blotts from lunch, turning to the three girls, he said that they could buy whatever they wanted in the store, the only requirement was that they had to spend at least 1,000 galleons; and; he was paying for it.
Hermione tried to protest, but he reminded her about the 50,000 that he had to spend, and she just grinned and nodded her head. While Padma was looking through the Charms section; and Luna was wandering where ever she wanted, Hermione was going through books on wizarding customs and families. Seeing that they were all happily occupied; Harry hunted around a bit, trying to find what he wanted. Finally, a clerk came up to him and asked if he needed help. Harry blushed a bit and nodded, “I really wanted to find some 'marriage manuals' I don't want the relationship to get boring.”
The clerk nodded knowingly, “Say no More! Say no more! I've got just what you are looking for over here, know what I mean, wink! Wink! Nudge Nudge!”
Looking over the titles of the books, Harry did have to admit that the strange clerk was right, this was exactly what he was looking for. As he was paying for the books, Hermione and the others brought their purchases to the counter, and, naturally, had to see what he had bought. After looking at the titles, the girls grinned at each other, and Padma smirked and put her arms around him saying, with a throaty purr; “Harry, lover, I don't think you need any of these, we're still having trouble walking after we make love, are you trying to kill us girls?”
“Cute Padma, are you trying to give this nice gentleman a heart attack?” Harry grinned, as he turned and kissed her, before kissing Luna and Hermione as well.
The clerk just stood there with an awestruck expression, before shaking his head and finishing with their order.
“Well ladies, shall we go? The room is waiting!”
End Chapter Nine
by Red Jacobson
TITLE: Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Harem (9/?)
PAIRINGS: Harry/Multiples
WARNINGS: M/F, F/F, M/F/F/F, Oral, Anal
The Room of Requirement; immediately following the previous chapter
Harry, Hermione, Padma and Luna are sitting on couches facing each other. Luna has her arm around Padma, and whispering in her ear, causing the Indian girl to blush. Harry has his arm around Hermione, who is leaning against him, her hand on his thigh..
After getting drinks for the girls, Harry said; “I suppose you are wondering why I asked you here tonight?”
The three girls nodded; and Luna said; “I have a feeling it's to talk about the bonding that is going to occur between us, am I close?”
“On the nose, Luna! I only know what I was told about the bond that would form between us, and wanted to find out more. I know that the bond is supposed to increase your magical ability, which I think is a wonderful thing, even though we don't have the threat of Voldemort hanging over our heads anymore. What I'm curious about, is how do we activate the bond? You all are aware of what I have to do, but I really don't want to accidentally bond somebody, especially if she isn't going to be compatible with the rest of the family. I'm sure that, if the information on the bond exists, we can find it here in this room.”
Hermione nodded, and said; “I'll admit, I was concerned about that, I'd been worried that you might end up sleeping with some woman over the summer and bonding her to you, and then we find out she doesn't get along with the rest of us. Right now, all of us get along really well, although,” she chuckled, “Luna and Padma get along with each other a little bit better than they do with me. Although, who knows? When I'm healthy enough and give it a try, I might enjoy that as well.”
At Hermione's admission, Harry smiled happily, saying, “I'm glad that you are open to the possibility, Love, I'll admit that I was concerned you would be uncomfortable with Luna and Padma making love to each other, and I absolutely don't want anyone to be uncomfortable about any part of our relationship. We are going to make mistakes, that's only natural, especially since this whole thing is going to be new to all of us, but hopefully this bond will allow us to communicate, so we can avoid most of the pitfalls.”
Hermione looked at him with a slight smile, “Okay, who are you, and what have you done with Harry Potter? The Harry I know would never have been able to call me by a pet name, let alone talk about a relationship without stammering and stuttering all over the place!”
Harry laughed, “Well, it's amazing how much clearer I see things, and how much more relaxed I am, without that constant reminder of Voldemort pressing on my mind!”
The others laughed as well, although Harry could see that Padma was looking a little uncomfortable, and turned his attention to her.
“Padma; I can tell this is a bit much for you; and I'm sorry if I've made assumptions that you aren't comfortable with; but; I'm hoping you are willing to join us on a formal basis. If this will cause a problem for you, either personally or with your family; please let us know, and we can hold off on your participation.”
“No, it's not that; my father has multiple wives, and they all get along fine, in fact, a couple of them spend more time with each other than they do with my father. It's just that; I had plans to achieve a Charms Mastery after graduation; and I'm worried that you might not want me working. My father didn't want any of his wives working outside the home, and, I'm not sure I'm ready to be a housewife.”
Harry smiled reassuringly; “Thank you for telling me; and; you don't have to worry; I have no desire or intention of preventing you from doing whatever you want to do with your life and career, in fact, I would love to see you achieving any kind of Mastery you are interested in. That goes for any other girls who join us.”
With the major issues between them at least addressed, if not totally resolved, the four of them spent the next several hours going through all the books that the room had available to them, until Hermione gave a little 'squeak' and ran over to Luna, showing her a page in the book she had been reading. Luna and Padma read over what she'd found and they both nodded to Hermione, who said; “Harry; I think I've found a description of the Bond, and from what I can see, Luna and Padma can double check this, but I think it will make the whole Family thing run a lot smoother.”
Bringing the book to him, she said; “The actual bond is called 'The Binding of Cores' and, according to this, it takes three separate steps to activate the bond, and, even then, it's strictly voluntary on both participants. The first step is done at the magical level when two people are making love, and, yes, Harry, it specifies Making Love, not, well, 'romping' is the phrase the book used. Anyway, the first time, Magic itself is determining if the two of you are compatible. The next time you are with the same person, you will find yourselves sharing each other's emotions, and, the Author of the book states that the intimacy of making love at this point is beyond belief! The third time you are together, the two of you have to consciously reach out to each other with your magic, and your cores will bind to each other. From what I can tell, at that point you will be able to speak mentally, and you will each know what the other one knows. It will eliminate the possibility of conflict from misunderstandings, of course, you will still have your own opinions, and there is always a chance that you will disagree about something, but, that would happen in any relationship.”
Harry grinned; “That's exactly what I was wanting to know! Now, does it say anything about binding more than one person?”
“Actually, yes, it seems that your situation is not as unique as we thought. There is a secondary bond, that is called 'The Primary Wife Bond'. The bond will choose the woman who has the strongest emotional connection with you, and, well, it basically marries us!” Hermione paused for a moment as she read further in the book. “Oh! Well, that's going to make things easier at bedtime. The bond actually marries the other bonded to each other! So, in effect, Luna and Padma would be married to me and each other, as well as being married to you! It bonds us together, the same way the original bond bonds us to you. And, it also allows us to, as the book says, 'take pleasure in each others company', It will eliminate any possible jealousy between the wives, and as an added benefit, makes all of us more accepting of the others personalities, so we won't rub each other raw, and Luna, I meant that in a bad way you dirty minded girl!” She finished with a grin.
Taking a drink from her bottle of butterbeer, Hermione sat back down on the love seat and leaned against Harry.
Harry put his arm around her, and leaned back, but he frowned as something occurred to him. “I know this may seem like a stupid question, but, we are talking about a life commitment, a 'till us do part' relationship, and, will any of you need your parents permission? I don't even know what the age of consent is for the Magical World! I really hope that we aren't going to be arrested for doing what we are doing!”
Luna laughed, “There is nothing to worry about Harry, I'm the youngest person here, and I turned 15 last month, so we are all of age to marry, or have sex at any time. The Ministry considers us of age when we turn 15, at least for that, everything else we have to be 17 for. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but very little about the Ministry's rules makes sense to me. As for needing permission; my father gave me his blessing to follow my heart before I got on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of the school year.”
Padma smiled, and kissed her Luna on the cheek, “And I'm very glad he did, otherwise you might not have seduced me that night, and my life would have been much poorer.” Turning to Harry, “It's not a problem for me either, Harry. Parvati is actually a couple of minutes older than I am, so she's the one who has to get the family blessing. As long as I don't embarrass myself or the family, I'm free to do what I please. And I told you that my father has multiple wives, so there's no problem there.”
Harry turned to Hermione; “How about you? I know you mentioned that your parents are fairly unconventional, but will they have a problem with this?”
“Not hardly! I told my mother that I was going to seduce you this year before I left to go to Headquarters, and she just smiled and told me to make sure my contraceptive charms were up to date. None of my parents will have the slightest problem with this, although we should try to avoid getting me pregnant until after we can have a muggle wedding ceremony. We can have the magical ceremony any time we want.”
“Okay, so that's one less thing to be concerned about. Would we be able to activate the Primary Wife Bond without you and I actually making love? Because, as much as I want to make love to you, I don't want to take a chance of hurting you.”
“We should be able to, Harry, because we've already got the emotional connection. We can try anyway, if it doesn't work, there won't be any harm done. We just activate the bond after I can participate.”
“Good. Now, Luna and Padma, are you both comfortable with this?” At their nods, “Okay; what do we need to do to activate the bond?”
“Not very much, Harry, just the four of us recite the oath while holding hands in a circle.”
“Good, now, is there a way to cancel the bond, and if so, what is required? I don't expect to have to end it, but, it only makes sense to know where the exit is before you do something that can affect so many people.”
“Yes there is, it just takes you plus a majority of the wives to get together and say 'The bond is canceled' three times, and it will dissolve the bond.”
“How about the others, will they need to swear the oath themselves?”
“No, only those of us at the beginning need to swear the oath, the others, when they join the bond, will automatically be made aware of it and have to accept the oath before being accepted into the bond, if they don't accept it; their magic won't bond them to us.”
“Okay; are there any other questions about the bond, or the oath? Does anybody have any concerns? If not, I'm willing to swear the oath now, because tomorrow is going to be extremely busy; with the Will Reading at Gringotts for Sirius; plus getting ready to leave for the summer the day after, we may not have much of a chance to swear it otherwise.”
Each of the three girls thought for a moment, before nodding their heads. “Okay, Hermione, what are the words to the oath?”
The Headmaster's Office; Right After Dinner
“Enter!”
Cho turned to her head of house in confusion. “How does he know I'm here?” Flitwick grinned and said, “I've wondered that for years Miss Chang. Now, would you like me to accompany you into the office?”
“Please.”
The two of them walked into Dumbledore's office, and found him sitting in a chair in front of his desk. Dumbledore waved the two of them to seats next to his, and they quickly sat down.
“Thank you for coming so quickly Miss Chang. I realize you have a lot of things to do prior to leaving, but something was brought to my attention and I needed to make you aware of it.”
Cho nodded, a little nervously 'does he know about my drinking? I've done my best to hide it, but, he may have found out' she wondered. 'And so what if I do drink? It's my business, and it takes the pain away, at least for a little while.'
“First off, this decision is normally made at the end of summer, but, this year, it was unanimous, you have been chosen to serve as Head Girl for the next school year. Congratulations Miss Chang!” Albus smiled at her as he handed her the badge.
'Head Girl? Oh, Cedric would be so proud! No he wouldn't! He's Dead!' she thought, while trying to force a smile to her face. She must have been successful, because Dumbledore continued speaking.
“Now, I have to ask you to keep this secret, because we still haven't decided who is to be the Head Boy, and I don't want to cause unhappiness among the Prefects. Will you be able to keep this news to yourself?”
“Absolutely Sir! Thank you very much, this is a great honor!”
Flitwick patted her on the shoulder as he congratulated her as well.
Dumbledore became serious, and said, “Now, there is another reason I asked you to see me this evening, which Professor Flitwick is not aware of. It's a very personal matter, and, I have to ask, are you comfortable with Filius being here?”
“Sir? I'm not certain what could be so personal that I would want to hide it from Professor Flitwick. He can stay if he wants to, I have no problem with it.”
“Very well, you are probably not aware of it, because he has not been widely seen, but a new ghost appeared in Hogwarts yesterday. It was very interesting to meet him, because he is the first new ghost to appear here at the school in over 100 years. Anyway, this ghost managed to communicate with people who have already departed and bring back messages,”
He paused as Cho jumped to her feet, shaking her head furiously, “No! No! He's Gone! He's Gone and he can't pass messages! I tried to connect with him, but it didn't work! Why are you torturing me? Cedric's gone and he's never going to say anything again!” With tears in her eyes, Cho ran out of the office and down the stairs, while Flitwick and the Headmaster sat there, stunned at her reaction.
“Merlin!” Dumbledore swore, “I had no idea she would react so badly. Most people would be happy to receive a message from a departed love one. Has anyone tried to help Miss Chang in dealing with her loss?”
“Several times, Albus, but she always says that she has done her grieving, and is fine. And, until this happened, it truly seemed that she had dealt with her grief.”
“Very well, I'll speak to her again at the beginning of term, and, if necessary, will make her speaking to a healer a condition for keeping her Head Girl position. If she isn't at peace with herself, you know as well as I do that she wouldn't be able to perform her duties.”
Gringotts Bank, the next morning
“I can't believe he did that to me! What the hell was Padfoot thinking, Remus? How am I supposed to spend 50,000 galleons between now and September 1st?”
Remus chuckled, “Actually Harry, I don't think that will be as big a problem and might think, and it ties into where you are going to be spending your summer. Why don't we all go to the Leaky and get a room so we can get something to eat and talk, okay?”
Soon, Harry, Hermione, Luna and Padma as well as Remus and Professor Dumbledore were seated in a private room. As they were eating, Sirius wandered into the room, and, after smirking at the glare Harry threw his way, sat down in the corner of the room. After eating, Harry said, “Okay Remus, spill! You and Padfoot are looking way too pleased with yourselves!”
Surprisingly; it was Albus who answered Harry's question. “Actually Harry; this was partially my idea, because it resolves two problems, one, a secure place for you to spend the summer, and, two, please forgive my bluntness ladies, but, you will have access to a large number of willing partners to take care of your needs while the girls are away.”
Remus was watching for a reaction from Harry and his ladies, but, other than a look of mild curiosity; they didn't seem to have a reaction. “We've already made a reservation for you at a place called “Eloise's; it's a few blocks down from Diagon Alley. I see you are familiar with it Luna?”
“Oh, yes, Daddy mentioned that he has visited there a few times since mommy died.”
“To put it bluntly; it's a brothel, Sirius and I had already planned to take you there this summer, to celebrate your 16th Birthday; it's where we, your father, Sirius, the rat, and I all celebrated our birthday one summer. All the basic costs have been covered for the summer, the only thing you will be responsible for is any extras you may buy, as well as any tips you give the girls. And, I'll warn you, 100 galleons is considered a minimum tip there! There is quite a bit more that I have to tell you about it; but, because of the privacy charms in place, I can't discuss them with you until we are actually inside their wards.” He paused, “I have to say, Hermione, you and the girls are taking this a whole lot better than I expected you to.”
Hermione smiled, “Well, if you had told us this yesterday; I imagine our reaction would have been very different; but; the four of us swore an oath last night that removes any jealousy and hurt feelings. We understand exactly why Harry has to do what he is doing; and; although I'll admit I wish I was able to spend the whole summer with him, in his bed and other places, I know that the experience he gains is going to make it extra special when we do get together. Hell, from what Luna told us, he almost killed her with pleasure without any experience at all!”
The others laughed at the look of embarrassment, mixed with pride on Harry's face. “Anyway, I think we should be heading back to the school, I know I need to finish packing, how about the three of you?”
Luna said, “I've got a little bit of packing left, so we will have plenty of time for a proper farewell before we leave.” At Harry and Hermione's looks, she said; “I know that is what you were thinking Harry, why are you so bashful all of a sudden? It's not like anybody in this room doesn't know we are having sex, is it?”
Harry smiled and shook his head, “Don't ever change Luna, you keep things far too interesting.”
Turning to other subjects, he said; “I'll be honest, I really expected Ron to react badly to some of the things that came out during the reading. He just seemed to sit there with a little smile on his face.”
Luna grinned, “Well, considering that he and Sally Ann have been up to a lot of the same things we've been doing, minus the third person, of course, it's understandable that he was in a very pleasant mood.”
“Yeah, that would explain it! And it looks as though Ginny and Neville and enjoying themselves as well, which, to tell you the truth, I'm pretty happy about, not only for the two of them, but, because I don't think Ginny ever really got over her crush on the 'boy who lived' and it was making me a bit uncomfortable.”
Diagon Alley, after lunch
Harry surprised the three girls by heading directly toward Flourish and Blotts from lunch, turning to the three girls, he said that they could buy whatever they wanted in the store, the only requirement was that they had to spend at least 1,000 galleons; and; he was paying for it.
Hermione tried to protest, but he reminded her about the 50,000 that he had to spend, and she just grinned and nodded her head. While Padma was looking through the Charms section; and Luna was wandering where ever she wanted, Hermione was going through books on wizarding customs and families. Seeing that they were all happily occupied; Harry hunted around a bit, trying to find what he wanted. Finally, a clerk came up to him and asked if he needed help. Harry blushed a bit and nodded, “I really wanted to find some 'marriage manuals' I don't want the relationship to get boring.”
The clerk nodded knowingly, “Say no More! Say no more! I've got just what you are looking for over here, know what I mean, wink! Wink! Nudge Nudge!”
Looking over the titles of the books, Harry did have to admit that the strange clerk was right, this was exactly what he was looking for. As he was paying for the books, Hermione and the others brought their purchases to the counter, and, naturally, had to see what he had bought. After looking at the titles, the girls grinned at each other, and Padma smirked and put her arms around him saying, with a throaty purr; “Harry, lover, I don't think you need any of these, we're still having trouble walking after we make love, are you trying to kill us girls?”
“Cute Padma, are you trying to give this nice gentleman a heart attack?” Harry grinned, as he turned and kissed her, before kissing Luna and Hermione as well.
The clerk just stood there with an awestruck expression, before shaking his head and finishing with their order.
“Well ladies, shall we go? The room is waiting!”
End Chapter Nine
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