TITLE: Twenty One Nights of Paradise
PART: 08 of ?
Chapter Eight – Forming The Coven and Monday Morning
AUTHOR: Red Jacobson ( )
DISTRIBUTION: DISTRIBUTION
DISCLAIMER: All characters you recognize are the property of JK Rowling and her publishers. I only own my perverted imagination.
SUMMARY: Harry discovers a MUCH more pleasant way of getting rid of the Horcrux in his scar, unfortunately it leads to discovering some Potter family secrets and his life just got more complicated!
FEEDBACK: Constructive criticism is happily accepted. This is going to be a Harry/Harem story, with absolutely no claim to being realistic, this is just for fun, and if you don't enjoy stories like that, you might as well give it a miss.
CATEGORY: Harem/Just a lot of Women
RELATIONSHIPS: Harry/Many
RATING: NC-17
WORD COUNT: 10,617
SPOILERS: None; I'm certain anybody reading this is at least familiar with the Harry Potter series and the major Characters and events.
WARNINGS: This story contains people engaging in activities that are frowned on by Rick Santorum and James Dobson and many other people, but, Screw 'Em! If you are familiar with my stories, you know what to expect. Oral, Anal, Dom/Sub, Femme-Slash, Femme-cest, Bondage, Spanking, all the fun things in life!
AUTHORS NOTE: This is an au, Obviously, and I'm going with a Good Dumbledore, still a MOB, but honestly trying to do the right thing. This means that Harry's childhood, while not a paradise, was not the Dickensian nightmare that a lot of fics have. Honestly, there are Hundreds of Evil Dumbledore stories out there, but I really don't feel I have anything that interesting to add to the collection, so I'm trying to do something different.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON CHARACTER AGES: To avoid all the issues with age of consent, all the major characters are considered to have been born 2 years earlier than in canon, and Hogwarts students start at age thirteen. Thus, Harry is 16 in his 4th year, and the age line on the Goblet Of Fire is set to prevent anyone under 18 years of age from entering themselves. Also, Luna is 16 as well, her birthday, in this story, is September 21st, so she missed the September first cutoff to be in Harry's year.
NOTE ON LEMONS: Don't be surprised if their aren't as many lemons in this and future chapters. Now that Harry has bonded all his ladies, I don't see a need to describe what they get up to every time they are together. I think you can figure out what happens for your self.

Hi there, it's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that, but, after the loss of all my files the Muse took a vacation from this story. I'm hoping that she decides to stick around and let me finish the story this time.

The South Wing
Common Area
9:30 Sunday Night

The common area had been deserted when they came back in from their date, and, not wanting to rush anything, Harry and Luna sat down on the love seat in front of the fire, and Harry called Dobby who took Luna's bag to her room, and brought them each a steaming mug of hot chocolate. They sat, enjoying the warmth of the fire for several minutes in silence, just relaxing in each others company, until Luna turned to face him and spoke, "Thank you for today, Harry. It was just about as perfect a first date as I could have imagined, and getting to talk to Daddy about this, and knowing he supports me, makes me feel more comfortable about joining you and my sisters in the Coven. But now I'm worried about disappointing you, because I've never done what we will be doing before."

When Harry raised an eyebrow at the way she phrased things, Luna giggled, "Oh, that's right! You didn't know. Padma and I have been lovers for a few months now. So while I've had her fingers and tongue inside me, I've never been with a boy, and you have already gotten all this experience, and I'm scared I won't be able to measure up!" She looked down as she finished, and was surprised when Harry put his arms around her and pulled her to him, and when he used his hand to gently lift her face to his, she melted at the look of love in his eyes. Softly pressing his lips to hers, Harry said, "Luna, you never have to worry about disappointing me! So you don't have any experience, neither did I less than 24 hours ago, and neither did several of the other girls who chose to give me such a precious gift! The fact that you want to be with me, and spend the rest of our very long lives together means more to me than you can imagine!" Looking deeply into his eyes, Luna could not see any doubt or hesitation, and she relaxed against him, "You really mean that!" she breathed in soft wonder, the chuckled, "Now I know why Hermione already loves you, and Pansy is already halfway there!" Making a decision, she set the empty mug down on the table and stood up. "Take me to bed Harry, make me yours!"

Luna was surprised at how quickly Harry switched from reassuring friend to lover, but almost before the words had left her mouth, she found herself being carried, with her arms around his neck, and one of his arms under her knees, and the other under her arms. He felt so strong and protective that she automatically cuddled into him as he carried her down the hall to her room. When they got to her door, he didn't want to set Luna down, so he sent a small pulse of magic at the door handle and it clicked open. Smiling down at the girl in his arms, he said, "Since this is our Wedding Night, Luna, and I promise you that if you want one, we'll find a way to give you a Ceremony as well. Anyway, since it's our Wedding Night, I thought we'd do things the traditional way, and carry you over the threshold to your room!"

Luna smiled happily, and said, "While a Wedding Ceremony would be nice, so Daddy could come and watch, it's not something we need to do right away. But I do hope you'll be available to spend Midsummer's Eve with me, so we can do a bonding Ceremony in the family grove."

"Just let me know what time, and I'll be there!" Harry promised, as he used his knee to push open the door. Turning slightly to avoid bumping Luna into the door jam, he smiled at the awestruck look on Luna's face. 'Definitely going to have to do something nice for Dobby!' he thought, as the room was dimly lit, the only light source being the candles that were floating in their holders throughout the room. They could see the rose petals glowing with a soft light of their own, as they laid a path from the doorway to the bed, which had been neatly made up. From somewhere, soft music was playing, Harry didn't recognize the tune, other than it was a classical piece, but Luna's ears seemed to perk up when she heard it, and was humming happily along.

"Harry, set me down please, I need to go get ready." Luna said softly, squirming in his arms.

Setting her down, she leaned up and gave him a quick kiss and headed toward the bathroom door, where Harry could see her shopping bag sitting. At the door, Luna turned back and said, "I think you're a little overdressed, don't you?" With a giggle, she picked up the bag and slipped into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

Taking the hint, Harry slipped out of his clothes, and, seeing his bathrobe draped over a chair by the bed, put it on, tying it loosely around the waist. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he waited patiently for Luna to come out. Looking around, he wasn't surprised to see a large number of books on the shelves around the room, Luna was a Ravenclaw after all, but he was mildly surprised to see a stretched canvas on an easel in the corner, with a painter's palate sitting on a stool in front of it. He couldn't make out any details in the painting because of the lighting, but he stored that bit of information away in the mental folder called 'Luna' in his mind, as he learned about the women who chose to share his life, he wanted to get to know as much about them as he could.

He turned back toward the bathroom door as he heard it open. The light from the bathroom silhouetted Luna as she stood in the doorway, but he couldn't make out any of the details. When she pulled the door closed behind her, and he got a good look at how she was dressed, he whistled in admiration, making her blush prettily. Her dirty blonde hair was brushed out, and hanging down her back, and she was wearing a white lace kimono tied around her, emphasizing her curves as he could see the shape of her breasts through the material, her nipples pressing against the lace. As she slowly walked toward him, he tore his eyes away from the way her body moved, and looked at her face, and he blinked at the smile full of pride on her face. It was a smile he had first seen that afternoon, when he and Hermione were alone, it was the smile of a woman who knows her lover finds her attractive, and is not thinking of anything but her!

Stopping in front of him, she looked at him shyly and softly said, "Would you undress me, Harry?"

Reaching for her, he gently tugged the end of the sash holding the kimono closed, and it slid open revealing even more of Luna's body, and, for the first time, the lacy white knickers she was wearing, with ribbons on the sides holding them on her. Putting his hands on Luna's waist, Harry pulled her toward him, leaning in to kiss her. Luna shrugged out of the kimono, letting it puddle to the floor at her feet, and put her arms around Harry's shoulders as she moved into the kiss. Closing her eyes, she parted her lips as Harry kissed her, nibbling gently on her lips as his tongue slipped into her mouth. She sighed happily as she felt Harry's hands cupping her breasts, rubbing his thumbs around her nipples, causing them to stiffen.

She opened her eyes in surprise when he pulled away from the kiss, only to close them again and tilt her head to the side as he started planting light kisses along her jawline, finally drawing her earlobe (she'd left her dirigible plum earrings in the bathroom) between his lips and tugging on it. Luna's knees buckled as his touch on one of her most sensitive spots shot bolts of pleasure all through her body, and giving her a tingling feeling all over. The tingling increased as he rubbed her nipples with his hands, causing her to start breathing heavily, and, when he leaned down and took one of her nipples in his mouth and started sucking, she was hit with a wave of pleasure that had her holding tightly to him as she was hit with her first orgasm of the night.

When she could think again, she looked at Harry and smiled shakily. "Whew! I wasn't expecting that! Thank you, Harry, that was wonderful." She frowned briefly, "If just playing with my breasts felt that good, I hope I don't pass out when we get to the actually bonding."

Harry grinned, having gotten used to Luna's matter of fact way of speaking. "Don't worry, if you do pass out from pleasure, and, I've heard it can happen, I'll wait until you are awake again to enjoy it before I do anything else. Now, would you like to join me on the bed? It's a lot more comfortable than the floor, I'm sure."

Nodding, she let him lift her onto the bed, and lay her so that her head was resting on her favorite pillow. She had expected him to climb onto the bed as well so he could straddle her chest to let her take him in her mouth, but she was surprised that he slid down the bed so he was laying on his stomach with his head between her thighs. Luna watched in fascination as he gripped the ribbons that were holding her knickers closed and tugged on them, causing the, now soaked, lace to fall away from her body. She moved her legs wider apart in anticipation, looking forward to having someone besides Padma' tongue inside her, and curious if he would use his parselmouth abilities on her. She wasn't disappointed as she felt his tongue vibrating the instant he touched her outer lips, drawing a gasp from her. As he slipped more of his tongue inside her, she felt him stop when he reached her barrier, and then he pulled his face away from her, to her disappointment. When he raised up on his knees and put his hand on her, she looked at him curiously, because he had a look of extreme concentration on his face. She was about to ask Harry what he was doing, when she felt him slide two fingers inside her, and she suddenly felt a flash of warmth from her center, causing another burst of pleasure to crash through her body. She enjoyed the sensations for a few moments, before she felt she could speak again, and said, "What was that? It felt wonderful, but what was it?"

Harry smirked at her, "I told you that I would make sure you would enjoy yourself tonight, and when I found your hymen, I could tell it was thick enough that it would have caused you pain when we made love for the first time, so I used a bit of my magic to dissolve it painlessly. And the pleasure you received was your magic reacting to mine in such a sensitive area."

With that, he slid back down between her legs and started licking again. Luna soon gave up trying to think rationally about what he was doing to her, the feelings he was causing in her were just too intense, and she just lay back and let him transport her to places she'd never even dreamed of. The climaxes kept coming and coming until it finally became too much and she blacked out!

When she woke, Harry was lying beside her, holding her in his arms as she recovered. She blinked at him groggily, and then started giggling as she remembered what had just happened. He looked at her strangely, obviously not expecting that reaction, and after she got her giggles under control, she said, "I'd heard a couple of the girls in the dorm talk about 'cumming their brains out' and now I know what they were talking about! I'm glad that Padma told me my stamina will increase to keep up with you Harry, otherwise it would get extremely frustrating if I were to pass out every time we make love. But, until then, I'm going to have to use one of the Lovegood family spells Daddy told me about this afternoon to make sure I don't pass out." Getting out of bed, she grabbed her wand from the bed table, and tapped herself on her chest, on her mound, and on her forehead, whispering a phrase that Harry couldn't quite make out each time.

Setting her wand down with a satisfied smile, she said, "That's better! Now, you made me feel real good, Harry, and I'm ready to return the favor. Scoot over to the edge of the bed and give me some room to work."

When he was in position, Luna knelt down between his legs and started stroking him. Harry was already fully erect, and her soft hands were feeling very good as they stroked him, and it felt even better when Luna lowered her head, and started sucking on his sack. When she released his balls from her mouth, and spit a loose hair from her tongue, she started running her tongue along his length, teasing the skin under the mushroom before opening her mouth and taking him inside her.

Harry was amazed at how skilled she was, considering she had never been with a man before, 'unless it's part of that family spell she used? The Lovegoods had to get their name from somewhere, after all!' those were the last rational thoughts he had for quite a while.

A while later

The two of them were coated in sweat, and panting from exertion as Harry pounded Luna's arse, they were laying on their side, with Harry behind Luna pumping her while playing with her breasts. Luna was moaning as she rubbed her pussy, working two fingers inside herself and stroking in unison with her lover taking her from behind. Eventually they both hit their peaks, and, as they were cuddling together, Luna chuckled, "Well, I was right!"

"Hmmn?"

"I told Padma, while we watched you and Pansy together, that I wondered if being buggered was as much fun as it looked like, because Pansy sure enjoyed it, and I have to say it was! I think I'd be willing to do that with you a lot, not that the rest of it wasn't amazing, because it was, but I just felt delightfully dirty taking you that way. In fact, if you were up to it, I'd like to try taking you and one of your duplicates at the same time. I saw something like that in the Lovegood Grimmoire, and it looked really interesting."

Harry grinned and started to say something, but he froze and his arms tightened around her. Luna turned around, feeling his strain, and said, "Harry? Are you alright?"

He forced himself to relax and he nodded, "I'm sorry, it's just that my duplicates are dispersing and I just got a whole bunch of memories of what happened tonight, and," He yawned widely, "I'm also suddenly really tired. But, according to the memories I got from the duplicates that were with a couple of your sisters, I can definitely make your dream come true!"

Luna smiled happily and snuggled against him, and with a wave of her hand, the lights dimmed and soon the two of them were snoring softly. Neither of them noticed the three figures, two women and a man who watched them from the shadows of the room, loving smiles on their faces. Harry would have recognized two of them, of course, since he saw them the night before in the room at the Three Broomsticks, but Luna hadn't seen the other woman since she was nine years old.

The Headmaster's Office
A few minutes later

Albus looked up from the report he was reading, shaking his head at the number of innocents that Barty Crouch had locked up, and wondered how it was all missed? There needed to be some improvements in the system to prevent abuses like that from happening ever again. Setting the report aside, he was reaching for a quill to start making some notes when he felt the magic of Hogwarts flare around him.

He jerked in his chair, whirling around to look at the monitors he had on the shelf behind him, and, when he saw the little model of the castle glowing warmly, he smiled and relaxed. Chuckling, he said, "You certainly don't waste any time, do you Harry? But how did you manage to bond all the coven members in one night? Ah well, it doesn't really matter, Hogwarts herself recognized the Coven being formed, and, if I'm not mistaken, is happy about it. But then, the castle always did seem to have her favorites, didn't she, Fawkes?"

The Phoenix just trilled a happy tune before putting his head under his wing and going to sleep. Albus smiled at his companion and shook his head, "Silly bird. But you've got the right idea, I think, it's time for me to get some sleep as well."

Getting up from his desk, he dimmed the lights and walked through the door in the back of his office to his quarters. He was asleep before his head hit the pillow, and for the first time in years, his dreams weren't haunted by the accusing faces of Ariana and Severus, and all the other regrets of his life.

Severus Snape's Quarters
The Same Time

If anybody could have seen the Potions Master that evening, they would have been stunned by the difference in his usual demeanor. Gone was the perpetual scowl, replaced by something that would almost be called a happy smile as he recalled the letter that Harry's elf had dropped off earlier. Albus had told him about Harry's reaction, and it warmed him the way the young man had instantly understood and forgave him for what happened and the way he was being forced to act. He was relieved that he wouldn't have to play that role anymore, but even more, with Lucius Malfoy gone, he could finally act against the thugs who had given Slytherin House such a bad reputation!

He was also very happy that he didn't have to spend the night in the Infirmary. Since Poppy was well aware that there wasn't anything wrong with him, he was able to convince her to let him spend the time in his quarters, as long as he wasn't seen. Of course, if she found out that three of his fourth years had come to him for help leaving the castle and returning, Severus was sure that she would have him secured to his bed! So it's for the best that she never finds out.

He had to admit, that Crabbe and Goyle had actually managed to surprise him, they had kept their cunning very well hidden until the little Ferret was bounced from the school. They had approached him earlier that day with their concerns about what Draco would do now that he was on his own, and in control of the Malfoy money, and he had to agree with them. Lucius may have been slime, but at least he was competent slime, unlike his son, but that just made Draco more dangerous to everyone. He wouldn't shed any tears over the boys' death, but he did regret that they had insisted on taking care of things themselves. He had offered to do it, but they felt it was their responsibility, and he really couldn't argue against it.

Now that the three of them were back in the dorm, and he specifically didn't want to know that Millicent was spending time in the boy's dorm that evening, he was finally able to relax a bit, and had just sat down with a bottle of his favorite brandy and lifted a toast to Harry and his ladies. Severus was really looking forward to sitting down with Harry and telling him stories about Lily growing up.

He paused for a moment, as he realized that it wasn't just Harry that he needed to apologize to, although Longbottom was going to be a much more difficult conversation. Harry had just hated him, but young Neville was honestly terrified of him, at least if you can believe the shape his boggart took. And didn't Albus and Minerva get a good laugh at the idea of him wearing Augusta's dress? He still needed to come up with an appropriate prank for Lupin to express his appreciation for that!

Thinking of how he could ease the relationship with Neville, he smiled, and jotted down a note to contact St Mungo's for information on the treatment that Frank and Alice were being given. Now that he was supposedly no longer cursed, he could see if there was anything he could do to help the two of them. Severus smiled, he always did enjoy a challenge.

The South Wing
Luna's Room
Later That Night

Harry woke briefly when Luna shifted against him in her sleep. He looked down and smiled at the peaceful expression on her face, and pulled her closer to him. He lay back and closed his eyes, thinking of all the different memories he had gotten as his duplicates dispelled. He grinned to himself thinking about Daphne and the dolphins, and wondered if any of the other girls would enjoy swimming with them as well? He could see himself having a lot of fun in a situation like that. Although he doubted that Apolline and her daughters would enjoy it as much as some of the other girls. Maybe they would enjoy flying?

He was still thinking as he fell back to sleep, and when he opened his eyes again, he was standing in the middle of a forest grove. Looking around curiously, he saw several people sitting and laughing around a campfire. He was just about to call out to them when one of the women looked up and smiled. She stood up, and Harry's eyes widened slightly at the sight of her nude body. Granted, he wasn't as shocked as he would have been a few days before, but it was still something that he wasn't completely used to.

The woman looked extremely familiar, with silver gray eyes and dirty blonde hair hanging to her waist. He watched her as she walked toward him, his eyes taking in her firm breasts and neatly shaved mound, and felt himself getting hard again. Tearing his eyes from her body, he saw the amused smile on the woman's face, and she said, "I'm glad to see you enjoy my looks just as much as James and Lily do, but this isn't the time to get that well acquainted! There will be plenty of time for that in the future, especially if your coven earns the reward promised."

Harry looked at her in confusion, "Reward? I'm sorry, but, I really don't know what you are talking about."

The woman just laughed lightly, "Don't worry Harry, as your coven grows together, you will remember what I'm talking about. But, I just wanted to see you and thank you for making my Luna's first time so wonderful. She hadn't had an easy life since she saw me dying, although it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Seeing her laying there in your arms, smiling in contentment, made me happier than you can possibly imagine."

Harry's jaw dropped as he realized exactly who he was talking to, and he struggled to think of what to say, but was drawing a blank. After all, what do you say to the dead mother of a girl you had just spent the last several hours naked and happy with?

Selene grinned at him, "I know, it's a bit of a shock, but you don't have to feel embarrassed about making love to Luna, I'm not embarrassed about watching you. In fact, James and Lily found it just as inspirational as I did!"

"Wha? My mum and dad are here, too? Where are they?"

She smiled, "They are over at the campfire, but unfortunately you don't have the time tonight to meet them, the place we are in only touches the mortal world briefly each month, but you will be able to visit them in your dreams the next time we touch."

Before he could say anything, he felt the grove fading away, and the next thing he knew he was on his broom, flying around the Quidditch Pitch, with several of his ladies around him, and he smiled in happiness as he caught sight of the golden snitch.

Harry smiled in his sleep as he raced for the gold.

Unknown Location
Same Time

The first thing Draco realized when he woke up was that he hurt, badly. He tried to remember what happened, but all he could recall was coming back to the flat and seeing a light, and then, nothing! 'Bloody hell, someone dared to attack me! Who would dare?' His thoughts were racing as he tried to remember any more details of the night before.

He was still thinking when he heard a door open, and heavy footsteps walking towards him. He kept his eyes closed and did his best to even out his breathing to look like he was still asleep, but a male voice he didn't recognize chuckled. "Nice try Malfoy, but I was aware the instant you woke up. So, instead of wasting my time, why don't you open your eyes and we can talk?"

Reluctantly Draco opened his eyes, blinking in the bright light of the room, before turning his head toward the voice. His eyes widened slightly when he got a good look at the man, he didn't know him personally, but had seen him at the Ministry a few times when he had accompanied his father. He wanted to demand answers from the man, but something his father had written stopped him, and Draco decided to actually act like a Slytherin for once in his life.

Keeping his mouth closed, he looked at the man impassively. The man just smirked at him, "Finally decided to keep your mouth shut? Good to see you can learn."

When Draco didn't say anything, the man just sat down on a chair by the bed and said, "You were attacked by one of your former toadies last night, and hit in the back of the head with a bludgeoning curse. Fortunately, I was already there under an invisibility cloak and was able to stop you from dying. But you need to be aware that your little hideaway, with all of the journals, including the ones your wanted to hide, are in the hands of the Aurors now, so your plans for vengeance will need to be changed."

Draco flinched at the thought of all his father's secrets being exposed like that, and the ruin of his own plans, but then he realized, the man said 'changed' not abandoned! Licking his lips, he spoke for the first time, "What do you mean?"

The man laughed, "It's quite simple, I want Harry Potter dead, and as soon as possible. You hate him more than almost anyone else in the world, so you are going to help me achieve what I want, and then, I'll help you get revenge on the rest of the people you want to hurt. Are you willing to assist me?"

Draco didn't hesitate, he didn't know exactly what Potter had done, but he knew that the scar headed bastard was responsible for what had happened to his father, so he nodded at the man. "Yes, I'll help you."

"Good, now here's what's been going on..."

St Mungo's
Sirius' Private Rooms
The Next Morning

Sirius had just finished with a shower, and was putting his pajamas back on when his cousin Andromeda walked through the door, followed by her husband Ted and their daughter, She Who Has No First Name. Giving the three of them a smile, he slid back into bed and reached for the first of the potions that he had to take. Grimacing at the taste, he drank some water and then turned to his three visitors. Taking in the uncommonly serious expression on their faces, he knew that he wasn't likely to enjoy this conversation.

"Good Morning, Andi and family, I wasn't expecting you for a few hours yet, what's the occasion?"

Andromeda took a deep breath, before releasing it, and said, "We need your permission, as the Head of the Black Family, to start legal action against the Daily Prophet, and especially against Rita Skeeter!"

Raising his eyebrow, Sirius said, "Not that I have any problems with ruining Rita's day, why do you want to make this a Black Family matter?"

Andromeda didn't answer directly, just pulled a copy of the Daily Prophet out of her purse and handed it to him. Taking it, he glanced at the headlines, and a growl rose from his throat.

Hogwarts? Or Potters Seraglio?

The Boy Who Lived Forms a Harem of School Girls

The actual article was even worse, a not even thinly disguised piece of character assassination on his godson and the girls who were forming the coven around him. Sirius felt himself getting angrier, and looked directly at Andromeda and Ted, who he knew was a damned fine lawyer and said, "As Black Paterfamilias, I give you authorization to use any means necessary to correct this abomination! Andi, can you get word to Harry on my behalf and let him know we are handling this?" She nodded, and Sirius turned to the other man, "Ted, I trust you to stay within the law at all times, I don't want to give them the slightest wiggle room, but other than that, Cry Havoc! And Let Loose the Dogs of War!"

Andromeda smirked at him, "Shakespeare, Sirius? Since when do you make literary references?"

He grinned, "I actually read several of his plays when I stayed with the Potters after I left home, some things stick in the memory."

Andi nodded, "Fair enough, and Ted and I will get started on the Prophet this morning."

Sirius nodded, before freezing, a manic grin spreading across his face, "I just remembered something that I heard several years ago. Did you know that Skeeter is an animagus? I seem to remember that she was a particularly ugly beetle, and I don't recall ever seeing her name on a list of registered animagi, did you?"

Andi and Ted just looked at each other, and matching feral grins appearing, while their daughter burst out laughing! "Oh Merlin! That bitch is in so much trouble! She's stepped on a lot of toes of really powerful people, and I can just see the Prophet hanging her out to dry!"

Ted nodded, "That should make it easier when it comes time to sit down with Cuffe and the other managers of the paper. Of course, I'm still going to want a full retraction and a front page apology, other wise we are going to be the owners of a newspaper!"

Sirius grinned, "That could be fun! Wonder if Murdoch would sue us if we put Page 3 girls in there?"

Andromeda glared at him, "Sirius! Don't you dare! I don't want to have to put up with daily Howlers from Molly Weasley and the like over the scandalous content of the paper!"

Tonks shook her head, "That woman would probably send multiple Howlers a day. Honestly, I don't know how a woman with that many kids could be such a prude."

Sirius shrugged, "It doesn't make sense, especially from the stories that I heard about what she and Arthur got up to when they were in school. They were no James and Lily, but they got more than their share of detentions for being caught, usually with another girl or two, in various unused classrooms."

Andromeda smirked, "I remember hearing some of those stories. Weren't they the ones who came the closest to completing the 'Hogwarts Circuit'?

"Hogwarts Circuit? What's that, mum? I don't think I heard about it when I was in school."

"I'm not surprised, the staff did their best to suppress it after James and Lily graduated, and the darker elements took control of the Board of Governors. The Circuit was a very unofficial award for the couple who managed to have sex in every room in the castle during their seven years, without using Time Turners or any other method of cheating. I think the only place they weren't able to get into was Dumbledore's quarters, but they did manage to get into his office one time when he was at the Ministry."

Sirius laughed, "They got into Albus' office? I hadn't heard about that! I heard about the two of them getting caught on Minerva's desk the night they finished their NEWTs, but not that they had broken in Albus' office! I don't think that James and Lily even tried it when they were there."

A woman's laugh came from the side of the room, and they looked over to see Narcissa standing in the doorway, with Bella right beside her. Narcissa had a fond smile on her face as she said,

"During that weekend, when Andi was getting some sleep, we managed to get Fawkes to flame us into Dumbledore's office, and James had all three of us on top of his desk. Scandalized the hell out of some of the portraits, that's for sure!"

The smile dropped as she continued, "I think that was the final straw, because the portrait of Phineas Black was there, and I'm pretty sure he was the one who reported to our father what we had done. The next weekend we were called home, and the next thing we knew is waking up here."

Andromeda paled and rushed over to her sisters, pulling them both into an embrace. Sirius watched them for a moment before he turned to Ted and said, "Once you get the Prophet taken care of, I think we need to go to Hogwarts and try and convince Dumbledore to let me lock Phineas into his frame and destroy the portrait. That bastard has done more harm to this family than Grindelwald and Voldemort combined!"

Ted nodded, "I think you're right, and I'm sure that the ladies would love to add their own particular talents to his suffering."

Sirius nodded, watching the three of them crying on each others shoulders.

Hogwarts
The South Wing
Luna's Room
6:30 am

Harry woke up to the sound of women's voices cheering, and the feel of a warm mouth on his cock. It took him a moment to realize that the women were not in the room with him, but he could hear all of them in the bond. 'I guess the coven started properly then,' he managed to think, before Luna's mouth drove all thoughts from his head.

Twisting himself around in the bed, he managed to get Luna moved so that she was in reach of his mouth, and he stuck out his tongue to return the favor.

It was several minutes later that the two of them, wearing satisfied smiles, made it to the shower and got ready for the day.

By the time that Harry and Luna got to the common area, the rest of the coven was already there, fully dressed and decent. He was briefly surprised to see Jane dressed in robes, but realized that her non magical clothing would make her stand out even more than usual.

Looking at the women, all of whom were chatting easily among themselves, he said, "Good Morning ladies, I hope you all slept well?" There were quite a few smirks and nods, and he grinned at them. "Excellent. Now, the original plan for the day was for Hermione and Pansy and I to go to St Mungo's while the rest of you got your rooms organized the way you want them. However, with the discovery of Jane being a witch, and Lin and Sira's situations, I think that we need to speak to Professor Dumbledore about a trip to Gringotts as well as Ollivanders' before we see Padfoot."

Pansy spoke up, "Do you want him to come here before breakfast, or should we head to the Great Hall?"

"It would be better if he was able to come here first, we already get enough attention, and I don't want the rumor mill to have even more grist."

Pansy nodded and wrote a quick note before handing it to Harry. He looked it over and nodded, before signing his name to it and calling Dobby to deliver it. Dobby popped back a minute later, with the message that the Headmaster would be there shortly.

Just then, a knock came at the door, and Fleur, who was closest, moved to open it, and, seeing Dumbledore standing there, waved him inside.

When the Headmaster came in, his eyes scanned the room and blinked in surprise at the three adult women standing there. It was obvious to Harry that he recognized Lin and Sira, but he looked curiously at Jane.

Harry smiled, "The lovely lady you don't recognize is Hermione's mother, Jane, who, we discovered last night, is actually a witch as well, but her powers were bound and she was obliviated of the memory as a child. When she was chosen for the Coven, it removed the blocks and now she needs a wand and training in how to use her magic. I also have business at Gringotts this morning with Sira and Lin, so I was hoping you would be available to escort us this morning, instead of waiting until after lunch."

Dumbledore nodded, "Yes, yes, that wouldn't be a problem."

Harry turned back to Dumbledore, "Sir, is there any way you can check to make sure the coven was recognized? Because all of us did feel the coven bond completing last night, and we want to make sure there isn't a problem before we let the girls families know."

"Certainly Harry, just a moment," Dumbledore said, as he pulled his wand from his sleeve. Concentrating, he waved his wand in an intricate motion as he spoke in a language that none of them recognized. They all could feel the magic building as he continued to cast the spell, until, with a shout, the old man slashed his wand down and a burst of light filled the room.

When Harry's eyes cleared, he looked at Pansy and the others, and saw what looked like golden cords connecting all the women to him and to each other. Giving a sigh of relief, he looked at the old man with a smile.

Hogwarts
The Great Hall
Minutes Later

They could hear the uproar even before they reached the doors to the Great Hall, and, bracing themselves, the coven followed Professor Dumbledore inside. The first thing that Harry noticed was that, while members of all the houses seemed to be angry, there was no shouting between the tables, they all seemed to be angry at the issue of the Daily Prophet that was scattered about the room. Grabbing a copy, he looked at the headlines and froze, a red mist coming across his eyes. Turning to Hermione, he handed her the paper and said, "I think it's time we show Rita she's fucking with the wrong people, don't you?"

Hermione didn't even blink at the profanity, her eyes were locked on the newspaper, and she looked just as furious as Harry did. By this time, all the members of the coven had read the headlines, and all of them had looks of anger on their faces. Looking at the Headmaster, Harry was surprised to actually see a look of anger on the man's face, and was very happy that it wasn't aimed at him! The Headmaster strode forward until he was at the staff table, and, turning to face the hall, let off a cannon blast spell, shocking the students into silence.

Once he had their attention, Dumbledore said, "As all of you who were at the meals yesterday evening are aware, this article is nothing but a collection of lies and slanders from the quill of Rita Skeeter. For whatever reason, she chose to ignore the fact that a coven was formed around Mister Potter, and I can confirm that it is magically recognized as such. These slanders will not stand, and I will personally be visiting the offices of the Daily Prophet today to demand a correction and also demand an explanation for how Rita managed to get through Hogwarts wards to gather her scurrilous information!"

Harry couldn't help himself, he tried to hide his smile, but it was difficult, seeing an adult actually behaving in a responsible manner when it came to him was such a change from his usual experience that his smile bloomed on his face for a brief moment, before a nudge from Pansy's elbow made him drop it again.

Apparently the majority of the students approved of the Headmaster's actions as well, as, starting with Cedric at the Hufflepuff table, all the students stood and applauded. Even the Slytherins were applauding enthusiastically.

As the applause died down, Harry led his ladies to the table that had been created for them the night before. Just as he had them all seated, and was sitting down himself, an owl he didn't recognize landed in front of him. Quickly checking the envelope for curses, remembering what happened when Hermione was the subject of Skeeter's quill, he relaxed slightly when his scans came up clean, and he took the letter from the owl, before offering it a bite of bacon. The owl hooted happily, scarfed down the fried treat and took off from the table.

Opening the letter, he glanced at the signature, and smiled, seeing that it was from Sirius' cousin Andromeda. Reading over it, he nodded to himself and handed the letter to Fleur, who had found herself sitting next to him. Getting up, he walked over to the Head Table and, stopping in front of Dumbledore, he said, "The letter was from Sirius's cousin Andromeda, letting me know that she and her husband, who is a solicitor, are going to be visiting the Daily Prophet on behalf of the Black Family. Since you are planning on going there yourself, I'm sure they would appreciate hearing from you and would welcome your assistance."

Dumbledore grinned at him, "What House were you in again, Mister Potter? That's something I would expect from one of the Slytherins. But it is a capital idea, and I'll contact them after I finish eating."

With a smirk, Harry nodded and went back to the table where the letter was back at his place. Loading up his plate, he made sure to add several pieces of fruit, to the amusement of his ladies.

Over at the Gryffindor Table, Ron was watching Harry and the others, trying to work up his nerve to go over there. Ginny just smiled softly and said, "Go ahead, they're your friends and aren't going to tear your head off!"

Taking a deep breath, Ron nodded, and, wiping his face with a napkin, got up from the table and walked toward the coven. Stopping when he was a couple of feet away, he said, "Excuse me? Harry?"

Harry and the others turned to look at him, and Ron relaxed slightly seeing the friendly smile on Harry and Hermione's faces, although he did wince slightly at the frown that Padma and Parvati wore. Harry said, "Hey mate! Good to see you again, do ya want to have a seat and join us?"

Ron shook his head, "Not right now, thanks, but, can I talk to you and Hermione in private for a minute or two? And Padma and Parvati, too? I've got something I need to say, but it's not something I'm comfortable with saying in front of the whole school!"

Harry glanced at Hermione and the twins, and, seeing that none of them had any objections, got up from his seat and cast a warming charm over their plates. Looking for a place they could talk, he spotted the doorway to the ante-chamber the Champions waited in the night of the Goblet of Fire. Leading the way, the five of them were soon standing in the room.

Once the door was shut, Harry turned to Ron and said, "Okay, Mate, is this private enough, or should I silence the doors?"

Ron grinned slightly, shaking his head, "Nah, this is fine. I just get nervous with everybody looking at me, and I didn't want to mess this up. First of all," he said, turning to Padma and Parvati,

"I sincerely apologize for my behavior during the Yule Ball, I had an exceptionally beautiful girl as my date, and I ignored her the entire evening. I'm not making excuses for the way I acted, but I was extremely confused about a lot of things, and I certainly handled it badly. If there was a way I could go back to that night, I would do my best to be the sort of date you deserve. I know that I won't ever be dating either of you again in the future, but, I'd like to start over so we can at least be friendly."

Looking at Parvati, who, along with everyone else, was looking at him in surprise, Ron said, "Parvati, even though I wasn't your date, it was partially my behavior that caused Harry to be a prat to you, and I apologize to you as well."

Padma shook her head slightly, and smiled at him, "Thank you, Ron, I appreciate your apology, and, while I was extremely angry at both you and Harry at the time, I understand there was a lot of things going on that night that I wasn't aware of. I accept your apology, and would like to be on friendly terms with you as well."

Parvati accepted his apology as well, and with a quick kiss on Harry's cheek, she and her sister went back to their breakfasts.

When the door closed behind the twins, Ron grimaced, "Okay, those were the easy ones. Now for the hard part."

Looking at Hermione, he said, "I hope you don't mind if I give both of you a general apology, if I gave an individual apology for everything I messed up and every time I hurt either of you, we'd be here until NEWTs!"

Harry chuckled, "I'm fine with that, how about you, Hermione?"

Hermione seemed to consider the idea, drawing out the silence as Ron started looking nervous, before she grinned, and said, "That's fine, I want to get back to my breakfast anyway!"

Ron stared at her in shock, before he started laughing, "I don't believe it! You bloody pranked me! That's brilliant!"

Getting himself under control, Ron said, "I know that my behavior over the years, making fun of your study habits, and fighting with you about Crookshanks, not to mention that damned broom, hurt you badly, and I'm sorry for that. I'm trying to do better, and to think before I speak, and I'll try not to hurt you again."

Hermione nodded, "You did hurt me, Ron, you hurt me a lot, but, I know that I could have expressed myself a lot better to avoid some of the problems, so I accept your apology, and thank you for offering it."

Ron nodded back with a smile, and Hermione smirked, "Now I have to let you two manly men have your private time, since I'm sure you don't want me to see you getting all emotional now, do you?"

"Oi! I'll give you emotional, you cheeky minx!" Harry laughed, as she left the room, shutting the door behind her. Turning back to Ron, he grinned, "Don't sweat it, we're good. It's like you said, if we had to take the time to apologize to each other for every little thing, we'd be here for years, and, nothing personal, but I'd rather spend time with my ladies!"

Ron laughed, "Don't blame you, there, mate! But, I do have to say this, I care for Hermione, a lot, even though I didn't exactly pick the best way to show it, so try not to hurt her, 'kay?"

Harry nodded, "I'm doing my best not to hurt any of them, especially Hermione. She was one of my first friends, long before any of this craziness happened, and I'm determined to keep her as my friend, even if we are closer than that."

"Can't ask for more than that, I guess. So, are we done? Because I was so nervous I barely ate anything and I'm starving!"

With a laugh, Harry threw his arm around his best mate's shoulders, and the two of them walked out, laughing, to the stares of the entire hall, including the staff table. For some reason, the two of them found that even funnier, and fell over laughing hysterically.

Eventually, they got their laughter under control and climbed back to their feet, and, with a hand shake, made their way to their separate tables, where they concentrated on their breakfasts, ignoring the stares and whispers.

Looking around the table, Harry saw that all the girls were smiling at him, Hermione and the Patil sisters especially, but a couple of them looked a little confused, not having been aware of the Golden Trio dynamics over the past several years. Hermione, Parvati and Lavender would explain it to the others later that day.

After a few minutes, the others in the hall went back to their own conversations, and ignored Harry and the others. As Harry was finishing up, Padma turned to him and asked, "Did you tell Ron to apologize?"

Harry shook his head, finishing chewing what he had in his mouth, and said, "Not recently, I did say something to him right after he got back from the Holidays, but that was over a month ago. I think he was just planning to apologize to Hermione and I, but saw your reaction, and realized that he owed you and your sister an apology as well."

Padma considered that for a moment, before nodding, "Good enough. It was nice that he decided to apologize on his own, but I certainly won't recommend he date any of my friends until he shows that he's serious about improving his behavior permanently."

Luna looked at her curiously, "Who did you have in mind if he did show improvement, Padma? I know that I couple of the girls in your dorm were interested."

"Morag, mainly, because she needs somebody willing to take her name and continue the family line, and since Ron has so many older brothers, he doesn't need to worry about keeping the family going. I'll keep an eye on how he acts for the next few weeks, and talk to her if he keeps improving."

Harry looked at her seriously, "Don't you think Ron deserves to be included in the conversation? After all, it is his life that you are discussing."

Of all the reactions he could have gotten, he wasn't expecting every one of the women, including Gabrielle, to look at him in amusement, and shake their heads. It was Pansy who took pity on him and said, "Harry, it's nice that you care about your friend, but, if we left it up to the boys in a situation like this, nothing would ever get accomplished! I mean, look at this situation we are in, it was all of us who decided to form the coven, and just presented the idea to you as a fait accompli. If we had left it up to you, would you have thought about bringing us all together like this?"

Harry looked at her, and then at Hermione and the others, before shaking his head and grinning wryly. "Okay, I guess you've got a point, I'll admit I was a hell of a lot more confident yesterday morning when I came to breakfast, but I doubt I would have even considered something like a coven. Hell, I don't even remember hearing about them until Fleur contacted me."

The grin dropped off his face, and he cast a privacy spell around the table. Once he was satisfied that nobody could hear them, he looked at Pansy seriously, before glancing at the others at the table. "But, I'm telling you now, I don't want you trying to manipulate me on something major again, is that understood. Things are a lot better now, but over the next few days, I'm going to sit down with all of you and go over everything that has happened since the beginning of my school career, and the way I was manipulated, and I won't tolerate it from my family, is that understood?"

All of the women nodded, and he smiled again, "Good, now, that doesn't mean you can't try and manage me on the little things, because that's just part of who you are, but when it's something major, just come to me directly and we can figure out what to do, okay?"

Getting their agreement, Harry dropped the privacy spell, and finished up his breakfast, the others had already finished and were just sitting back and relaxing. Standing, he walked up to the Headmaster and said, "We are heading back to our quarters to finish getting cleaned up, when would you like to leave, sir?"

After checking the time, Albus said, "The shops don't open until 9am, so if those of you who are coming with me could meet in the Entry Hall about 5 minutes before the hour, that would be fine."

With a smile and a nod, he and the others left the hall. As they were walking, Harry made sure to walk next to Tracey and quietly said, "If you could write your grandfather today, I would appreciate it, because I have a feeling that I need to know what you were referring to last night."

Tracey grinned, "I already started the letter before breakfast, and I'll send it out before we go to lunch. I agree, it's information you need to know, and I'm sure he will give me permission to tell you, but I don't want to take a chance, the oath we swore was a nasty one!"

By the time they reached the South Wing, Harry had made a few tentative plans, and, once they were inside, said, "Lin, Sira and Jane, can you join me for a few minutes? Your daughters, and Pansy, are welcome as well."

When the nine of them were seated in the common room, he said, "Okay, there are few things that need to be taken care of today, and I'd like to get your opinions. First of all, Sira, when we get to Gringotts, I'm going to be paying for the remainder of Padma and Parvati's years here at Hogwarts, and opening a vault for your use as well. I'll be doing that for every member of the coven, I just have to sit down with my account manager to determine the amount to deposit.

"I'm also going to have my manager going over the condition of my properties, to find one that is large enough for all of us, and any children we have, eventually. Also, Pansy? Can you talk to the coven members, find out if any of them has been trained in running a household? I don't want you taking it on, you are going to have enough responsibility as my Alpha."

Pansy nodded, and pulled a notepad from her robes and jotted down a note. When she saw the other girls looking at her, she shrugged, "I saw what Fleur was using yesterday, and it's more convenient than carrying around sheets of parchment."

Smiling slightly, Harry turned back to Sira, "Now, do you have anything that you are interested in doing outside the home we will be building? I mean, do you have any interest in starting a business, or working at the Ministry or St Mungos, or even working towards a Mastery in any particular field?"

Sira looked at him thoughtfully, a smile on her face, "Do you know, you are the first man in my life who has actually asked me that? Can I think about it for a little while and get back to you?"

Harry nodded, "Of course, and that brings up another thing, and I'd appreciate it if the word got out to the other girls, think about what you want to do, what you would like to accomplish after we graduate, and if it's something I can help with, I'll support you all the way. You are all individuals, with your own hopes and dreams, and I look forward to helping you achieve them as we get to know each other on a much deeper level than we already do."

Turning to Lin, he said, "Considering our conversation last night, I'm guessing you want to keep your business, correct?" Lin nodded emphatically, and he smiled, "I'm going to be putting the Potter family seal in your window, so that it's obvious you are under my protection. Whether or not you want to put the word out that you are part of the coven is something we can discuss later, but if your brothers in law try to cause any problem, I promise you that I will squash them like bugs. You spent the last several years building that business with your late husband, and they have nothing to do with it."

Smiling at Jane, he said, "I'm also assuming that you want to be trained as a witch?" When she grinned and nodded, he continued, "Okay, then the first thing we should do it get you a wand of your own, and the most up to date books for the first four years of classes. I'm sure Hermione and the others would be more than willing to work with you to get you up to speed. Now, do you want to keep your house and dental office? You don't have to answer right away, but, if you decide to let them go, I'd like you to think about what you would like to do instead, because studying and bonding will only take up a certain amount of your time, and I don't want you to feel stifled if you are staying here with us."

This led to a conversation about different things the women would like to do, and, by the time they had finished, it was almost time to leave. Quickly getting themselves ready, the group left to meet the Headmaster at the Entry Hall.

End Chapter Eight

I know that there wasn't a great deal of action in this chapter, but, after such a long hiatus my muse wanted to reintroduce the characters and get things set up for future chapters. I promise that I will try to have the next chapter up a lot quicker next time!

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