Finding Family in the Shadows

Salazar watched as his new Submissive manipulated Shadows as if he had done it his whole life. It was effortless and quite lovely to watch. Salazar had seen Dragel with decades of experience that were born with Shadow as their element that looked like infants compared to the way that Harry worked with them.

Hadrian had started small with Harry. He asked him to concentrate and pull the shadows in the area to him. They were expecting it to take him a while to accomplish it but Harry had barely closed his eyes for a minute before the shadows were breaking away and slithering toward him. They pooled at his feet and began to wind their way up his legs. Salazar could tell that he wasn't the only one surprised by how easily and natural it had been for the Submissive.

The next thing Hadrian had him do was to manipulate the shadows so that they moved or went where he wanted them to. He was very good at that as well. They went through many different things such as creating a shield of solid shadow. Harry's was as solid as the Alpha had ever seen. Hadrian even hit it with his claws and a blade, and it held against him. He had Harry make a blade that actually sliced Hadrian. Harry had not been very happy about that, and they had taken a break.

After the break, Doyle had come to work with him on a few things while Hadrian took over patrol. Doyle simply had Harry create animals from the shadows over and over again. At first they were whispy and clearly made of Shadows. Harry and Doyle could swipe their hands completely through them. Then the more Doyle had Harry create them and tweak the way he was making them they became more solid. After a while, Harry ended up with a giant Shadow beast that looked and felt like a true animal. After pushing a bit of his magic into it Harry was able to allow it to growl and make other noises.

Salazar was currently standing with the beast pressed against him. It purred while he petted it. It was truly one of the most amazing things he had ever seen. Harry continued to create animals and weapons at Doyle's direction. He did everything he was asked to do and yet the Shadow Beast never flickered or lost its solidity. It was as if Harry had pushed life into it and no longer needed to sustain it in order for it to 'live'.

"Doyle," Harry finally asked. He was looking a bit tired and Salazar figured he was going to ask for a break. He had looked tired a while back but he had just kept going. They would have to watch him to make sure that he didn't exhaust himself trying to please them.

"Yes, Little Snake?" Doyle asked. Harry moved into his arms and nuzzled him.

"I am tired. Is it ok if I rest now for the day? We can do more tomorrow I promise," Harry asked quietly. Doyle pressed a kiss to his head and looked down at him gently.

"How long have you been ready to stop for the day?" Doyle asked. Harry looked down but Doyle lifted his chin back up to look him in the eyes. "How long, Harry?"

"About an hour," Harry said quietly.

"Why didn't you say something then, Little Snake?" Doyle asked gently. Harry shrugged.

"You, Hadrian, and Sal seem so excited about my learning to work with the Shadows that I didn't want to disappoint you," Harry responded just as quietly as before. Doyle clicked his tongue and pulled Harry into his arms. Then Harry felt a brush of fur and looked down to see his Shadow Beast pressing against him.

"Oh, Harry. Listen to me well. Telling us when you are tired or hungry or anything else that you feel will never disappoint us. We want you to always be comfortable enough to tell us what you are feeling. Do you understand? You will never be a disappointment or punished for telling us how you feel," Doyle insisted as he held Harry close to him while the Submissive ran his fingers through the fur on the Shadow Beast.

"I understand, Doyle. I promise I will tell you all how I feel from now on," Harry agreed. Doyle kissed his head again then he reached out and touched the Shadow Beast.

"Are you sustaining it with your magic?" Doyle asked curiously. Harry shook his head.

"No," Harry answered. Doyle looked at him curiously.

"Explain," Doyle insisted. "If you are not sustaining it with magic, then what are you doing to keep it 'alive'?" Harry shrugged and continued to pet the animal as it snuffled at him and then licked his face.

"After I gave him form and saw how solid he was, I wanted to see what he would sound like. I wanted him to be real. So, I pushed my magic into him and thought about him being a real pet. I have never had a pet before. Only Hedwig and she bites," Harry tried to explain.

"So you wanted it to be real like a pet and you pushed magic into it. Now it sustains itself off the magic that you left inside of it. Is that right?" Doyle asked. Harry nodded.

"Yes, I think so," Harry answered him.

"Do you think you will need to give it more magic to keep it like this?" Salazar asked. He had been standing close by listening. Harry shrugged again.

"I don't know. It doesn't feel like he needs magic," Harry told them.

"What does it feel like it needs?" Doyle tried to understand.

"Shadows," Harry said and then called a Shadow to him that he held in his hand. The Shadow Beast ate it out of his hand and made a noise that could only be described as happy. Doyle looked at Salazar over Harry's head. He had never seen or heard of anything like this before. The Alpha shook his head. He had never heard of anything like it either. They would just watch and see what happened. See if Harry was able to keep it alive or if it would eventually fade away.

"That was very creative of you, Little Snake. Do you want to name it?" Salazar asked. Harry looked up at the Alpha.

"You will let me keep him?" Harry asked surprised.

"Of course, you created him after all. You wanted a pet right?" Salazar asked. Harry nodded and smiled at Doyle and Salazar.

"Then what do you want to name him?" Doyle asked Sal's question again. Harry thought about it as he petted the massive Shadow Beast. It was bulky and wider across than Harry and its head came to his chest when it was on all fours. It was feline-like but not any kind that Harry or any of the others had seen before. It was solid black and had eyes that glowed the same green as Harry's eyes. It had massive paws with sharp claws and three tails that flicked out behind it and had barbs at the end. It was a beast made for protection and devastation.

"Erebus is his name. I remember reading about about the God of the Underworld in Greek Mythology. Erebus was the son of Chaos. I think it fits," Harry said with a smile.

"Yes, Erebus sounds like a good fit," Doyle agreed. "Come let's go and rest. Your other bonded will be interested to see your new pet." Harry nodded and then he gripped Salazar's hand and fisted his other hand in the Beast's fur. It was truly miraculous what he had created with Shadows and Magic. His will alone was enough to create a being from nothing. He could have done anything and he chose to create a pet. A massive, dangerous pet but still just a pet that was happily trotting along beside the smiling Submissive as if it were just a small kitten or puppy.

Their home was mostly empty right now while the others had taken the day to finish putting their affairs in order. Like moving their things into Slytherin Castle. Severus and Kiran were out purchasing food, clothes, linens, and other things that they would need now that it wasn't only two Dragel living in the massive castle.

Hadrian and Dorrin were patrolling the grounds. Garrick was out speaking to someone about the trials that needed to take place. Wikhn was speaking to someone about his shifts at a medical facility. He apparently had been working there and needed to let them know that he would be taking the offered six weeks off at least to settle with his new circle. He was also going to be speaking with someone he called his training Ace to let her know what had happened.

Frost was away gathering all of his and Doyle's belongings and putting their home on the market to sell. Tavit was with Amon and they were reporting to Death's Court about what had happened. Blaise and Zagan had gone on an errand for Salazar. Harry wasn't sure where Riven had gone. He had just said he would be back later.

Harry had eaten lunch and now he was lying on one of the large couches with Erebus lying on the floor right next to him. Lying down the beast was tall enough that his head and back were even with the couch and Harry was petting him absentmindedly. He must have fallen asleep because he woke up when someone made a startled noise. He looked up to see Severus standing in the doorway looking at him like he had lost his mind. Harry smiled up at his Pareya.

"Hi, Sev welcome home," Harry said sleepily. The beast lifted its head and sniffed the air. Sensing no danger, it licked Harry's face and then laid back down.

"What beast have you adopted, Troublemaker?" Severus asked and cautiously moved into the room. Harry grinned at the man.

"I made him. His name is Erebus," Harry said with pride. Severus looked startled.

"What do you mean, you made him?" The Pareya asked. Salazar snorted from the doorway.

"He means exactly that. He was practicing making animals out of shadows with Doyle. He thought about how much he wanted a pet and then pushed magic into the beast. Now it lives. It is sustaining itself on the magic that Harry pushed into it. He feeds it Shadows. He created it from Shadows and Magic," Salazar explained the best he could. Severus just chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"Of course, he did something impossible. Couldn't have just asked for a pet, Love?" Severus teased. Harry shrugged.

"This was much more fun. And won't cost anything to maintain," Harry said with a laugh, and then to prove his point he called a shadow into his hand and fed it to the massive beast who happily ate it. "We can never run out of Shadows."

"It stays right next to him at all times or in a place that it can see him. Like a guardian. He made it hours ago and hasn't had to do anything so far except occasionally feed it a Shadow," Salazar told Severus.

"Well, I guess we will just adjust to having it around," Severus replied. Salazar nodded.

"It is quite impressive. I knew his affinity was going to be strong but this is more than any of us thought was possible," Salazar said and sat down. He pulled Harry into his lap and the Submissive chirred happily and snuggled close.

"Exhausted himself earlier, didn't he? Just kept doing whatever was asked of him without telling anyone he was tired," Severus said. Harry grumbled and Salazar chuckled before nodding.

"Doyle has already had a conversation with him about how important it is for him to tell someone how he is feeling," Salazar informed the Pareya.

"Good. We picked up everything that we needed at the market. We also ran into the Weasleys who gave me the coordinates of the Prewitt home they have been given to stay in," Severus handed the paper to Salazar who tucked it into his pocket.

"I am going to go and help Kiran put things away and get started with supper. I just wanted to see how your day had been. It looks like it was quite eventful," Severus said. He stood and kissed Harry before leaving the room again. Each one of his new bonded did the same thing as they returned. They would come into the sitting room and touch him or kiss him. They watched his new pet warily but Salazar told all of them that they would explain about it at dinner so that he only had to do it one more time. Harry dozed contentedly in his Alpha's arms with the Erebus lying close by for the next few hours until it was time for dinner.

Twenty minutes before dinner there was noise from the transportation room. Harry looked up because all of his bonded were already home. Erebus perked up when Harry did and stood facing the hallway that the noise was coming from. When the people came around the corner the Beast started to growl and all movement stopped.

"Salazar?" A voice called from the hallway and Harry recognized it.

"Erebus, no," Harry said quickly and firmly. The beast calmed instantly and laid back down next to Harry and Salazar. The Alpha chuckled. He didn't think that Harry realized he had commanded the Beast in Parseltongue.

"It is fine now," Salazar called out. Harry chirred happily as his family came into the room watching his beast carefully. Harry jumped up from Salazar and into Tom's arms.

"Hi Dad," Harry greeted. "I didn't know you all were coming. Are you staying for dinner?"

"Yes, we are staying for dinner. Was it a courting gift?" Tom asked. He indicated the beast. He had never seen anything like it before but that didn't mean that it wasn't native to Nevarah. Harry shook his head no.

"Sal says we are waiting until dinner to explain about Erebus so that we only have to do it once," Harry said excitedly. Tom chuckled and then let him give everyone else hugs as well. Luna hugged him and then headed straight for the beast.

"Child of Chaos," Luna said in her airy voice. There was a snort and Harry looked up to see Draco ducking from a smack from his father.

"What? I wasn't being rude. Erebus is the child of Chaos. Capital C. There are a lot of people who think Harry is also a Child of Chaos. I just thought it was fitting," Draco explained after he got a look from his father. Harry started laughing.

"He isn't wrong. I swear Chaos follows me everywhere," Harry agreed. "It was one of the reasons I picked Erebus for his name." Draco made a face.

"See. He gets it. There was no reason to try to hit me," Draco said and moved over to where Luna and Harry were sitting with the massive Shadow Beast. "Can I pet it or will it bite me?"

"You can pet him. I don't think he bites. I mean only Sal, Doyle, and I have actually touched him so far. He hasn't bitten us," Harry said. Draco paused with his hand halfway to the beast and was about to pull back when Luna grabbed his hand and placed it in Erebus' fur.

"He will only hurt people who are a threat to, Harry. You are not a threat to my brother," Luna insisted. Harry smiled when Draco didn't move at first and then slowly petted the beast. He relaxed when nothing happened after a minute.

"He is going to be with you for a very long time, Brother. The nargles told me," Luna said quietly with a soft smile. Harry grinned and then looked up at his Alpha.

"I heard, Little Snake," He said and then ruffled Harry's hair as he went back to talking with Tom, Remus, and Rodolphus.

"So, what do you think about Nevarah?" Draco asked. Harry smiled at his attempt at conversation.

"It's different. But no one has tried to kill me yet. So I like it just fine," Harry said honestly.

"Is that how you judge things?" Draco asked surprised. Harry shrugged.

"Well, yeah. I mean I was stolen from my family as a baby. Then I was given to people who beat me and starved me daily. Then I was almost killed at eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fifteen. So being in a place where no one has tried to hurt me or kill me is definitely a good start," Harry said while looking down at Erebus. He didn't see the looks of distress that passed between his family and bonded. Draco reached out and touched Harry's hand gently. Harry looked up at him.

"I am really sorry for my part in your torment in school. I am sorry that I was such a shit," Draco said to him. Harry grasped his hand for a moment and smiled.

"Thank you, Draco. But let's not act like I didn't give as good as I got when it came to you," Harry insisted. Draco grinned.

"Yeah, you're right. You definitely did," Draco said. "Some of the most painful stinging hexes I have ever experienced if we are being honest." Harry shrugged and grinned.

"Well, bygones and all that," Harry replied. Draco nodded. Severus walked into the room just then.

"It's time to eat," Severus announced. Harry stood up and walked toward Severus. Erebus stood as well and trotted along behind him. Severus tucked Harry up against him and headed into the dining room. Harry heard a strange noise behind him and Remus was watching the beast in surprise.

"I didn't realize how entirely massive it was. Geeze it is almost bigger than, Harry," Remus said. Rabastan laughed and threw an arm across his shoulders.

"At least it looks dangerous enough to deter most people from messing with him. That makes it a good thing in my book," Rabastan told Remus and then kissed his head. Harry chuckled and then turned back to Severus who kissed him on the head.

"Where do you want to sit today, Love?" Severus asked. Harry thought about it.

"With Blaise, please," Harry asked. Severus nodded but before he could do anything Blaise was there and had wrapped an arm around Harry.

"Good choice, of course," Blaise said and winked at Harry. Harry blushed brightly and Blaise chuckled before kissing him gently on the mouth. He led Harry to a chair and let him sit before taking the seat next to him. Draco sat beside Blaise so they could catch up and Zagan sat on the other side of Harry. Erebus pushed through the chairs nearly knocking Zagan over and laid down under the table with his head on Harry's feet.

"Doesn't get too far from his does it?" Garrick commented.

"Not so far," Salazar answered. Food was set on the table and plates were made. Harry hadn't moved yet to put food on his plate but before anyone could say anything he mum reached across and gently picked up his plate. She piled it with a little of everything and then set the plate back in front of him. He smiled up at her gratefully and then started to eat.

"Do we get an explanation now about his new pet? Because he did not have it when I was working with him and no one left or returned when I next saw him and he had it?" Hadrian started the conversation.

"Well, that is because I made him," Harry said. Then Doyle and Salazar took turns explaining to everyone exactly how Harry had 'made' the Shadow Beast.

"So he isn't sustaining it himself?" Tom asked.

"No, I have checked there is no tether between them. It isn't leaching magic or anything from him. He has essentially created a self-sustaining magical core inside the Shadow Beast," Amon answered.

"So he manipulated Shadows and Magic to create a being that has never existed before because he wanted a pet?" Zagan asked.

"Basically," Salazar replied. Harry just blushed and shrugged. Zagan and a few others started laughing.

"You do realize that means even if he is ever somehow alone in a bad situation he could essentially create his own creatures to protect him and help him escape. This isn't an ability that I have ever known anyone to have in the millennia that I have been here," Frost pointed out. Harry looked startled as if he hadn't thought about that at all.

"You think I could do that?" Harry asked quietly. "Erebus was kind of an accident." Zagan ruffled his hair.

"I think that you, Little Snake, can do anything that you put your mind to," The Hellcat told him. Harry smiled at him and let Zagan kiss him gently.

"I have a question. I have been curious about since we got here," Tom asked.

"What is it?" Salazar asked.

"Does he only command it in parseltongue?" Tom asked them both. Harry looked startled.

"I didn't," He said. Salazar chuckled.

"You did, Little Snake. I didn't think you realized it," Salazar answered him. "Also, I believe that is the only command Harry has actually verbally given. So I don't know if it will respond to anything else or not."

"Why don't you try?" Hadrian offered. Harry nodded and pushed back from the table. He stepped across the dining room and then called Erebus in English.

"Erebus, come," The Beast raised its head but did not move. "Erebus, come," He said again but in parseltongue that time. The beast stood up and happily trotted to Harry and bumped against him. "Good boy, Erebus," Harry smiled when the beast wagged all three of its tails before following Harry. The Submissive happily crawled into his Beta's lap. The beast lay down beside them.

"So only Parseltongue," Tom said with a grin. "I wonder if you used Parselmagic to create it. I had been experimenting with Parselmagic versus wixen magic. It seems to be much more powerful and follows intent and will far easier. It would make sense why it responds to Parseltongue if you cast with Parselmagic."

"I don't know, Dad. I wish I could tell you. Sometimes I don't even realize when I am speaking Parseltongue until someone says something. It all just sounds like English to me," Harry told Tom.

"You are actually not wrong," Salazar spoke up. "Parselmagic is actually a Dragel gift. Beast speak it is called here. It starts with snakes, they are the easiest. Some only ever speak with snakes. Or it can develop into other reptiles and finally dragons. If you cast in it, it can make your spells far more powerful and does bend to will and intent much easier than other magics. I can help you both develop your skills in it if you like."

"Thank you, that would be most appreciated," Tom accepted.

"Thank you, Alpha," Harry said gratefully. It truly was so nice to have so many people around him who wanted to help him rather than hurt him. He snuggled deeper into Garrick's arms. All of them continued to talk and discuss different things about their day and what they wanted to do going forward. He heard someone bring up the trials.

"They are going to start the trials next week," Garrick answered he had spent most of the day dealing with it. "Ginerva will be the first on trial. She is a minor and the Prewitts are petitioning for her to be released into their care for mind healing." Harry looked up at him.

"Truly?" Harry asked. "She isn't sick. She is spoiled. I used to watch Molly make the boys do without things just because Ginny threw a fit and wanted something they couldn't afford. She told her mother that she wanted to marry me. That she deserved to marry me and demanded that Molly find a way to make it happen told her she didn't care what she had to do to make it happen even potion me. Wanna know how I know? Because that happened before Dumbledore took over my body. I overheard it when I was twelve the summer before second year. She came to me after school started and tried to get me to date her. I told her in front of everyone so that there was no misunderstanding, that I was gay and not interested in her at all."

"Then that is what we will tell the courts, Little Snake," Garrick tried to soothe him.

"You will?" Harry asked gratefully. Garrick nodded but caressed Harry's face.

"We will, Darling. Unfortunately, you have to be there as well. Your testimony is the most important. You are the one they plotted to kill. If we could spare you from this we would. I swear it," Garrick told him. Harry gave a distressed trill. He didn't want to be around those people. He never wanted to see or hear them again. Garrick and many others rumbled to him soothingly.

"Harry, I swear that we will all be there for you. All of us. Your circle, your family, everyone. They will not touch you and can never harm you again. Do you understand? You may have to be in the room with them but you do not have to speak to them and they do not get to speak with you. We will keep you safe," Salazar told him firmly. Harry nodded but stayed curled as tightly in Garrick's arms as he could get.

"Your Alpha is right, Love. We will be with you as well," Bellatrix insisted. "Those horrible people get away with nothing." Harry smiled at her insistence. Seriously, it was so nice to know that he wasn't an orphan that no one would stand up for.

"Thanks, Mum," Harry said quietly. They retired to the sitting room for a bit to talk a bit more. Harry still had so much to learn about his family and his bonded. He truly hated Dumbledore for the mess he had made of his family. Harry thinks growing up with his family would have been really nice. They all seemed like they would have been great parents.

About two hours later, Harry was lying against his Dad's legs while his mum held him and told him stories about what Hogwarts had been like when they were in school. It was nice to think about a time when the school wasn't under a threat of some sort. His Dad reached down and petted both him and his mum on the head.

"Unfortunately, My Loves. It is time for us to head home. It is getting late and everyone is getting tired," Tom announced. Bellatrix whined softly and wrapped her arms around Harry as tight as she could. Harry just held her back and buried his nose in her neck. They held each other while their circles said their farewells. Finally, Bellatrix pulled away and kissed Harry gently on his head.

"Goodnight, My Love. Mummy loves you so much. I will see you soon," Bellatrix said softly and let Rodolphus pull her to her feet. Tom leaned down for Harry and brought him up into a tight hug. Each of his parents hugged him tightly and wished him goodnight. His sister was the last and he held her tightly as well. Finally, they were gone and it was just him and his circle left. Salazar picked him up.

"Garrick and I are taking our little Submissive up for a nice long bath. We will meet the rest of you in the resting room afterward," Salazar stated and then Harry was being carried upstairs and into a giant bathroom. Erebus stayed outside the door to guard it while they were inside. It looked like the prefect bathroom and had a huge tub that looked like a small pool. Garrick moved to start the water and added different scents and oils. He also conjured their night clothes and laid out towels.

While he did that Salazar gently sat Harry on a bench. He removed his shoes and socks and then helped him to stand. He carefully removed Harry's trousers and then his shirt. He waited until Garrick let him know the bath was ready to pull Harry's pants off and then he picked the very naked submissive up and placed him in Garrick's arms in the tub. Harry was blushing like crazy.

This was the first time he had ever been naked with anyone like this. He watched as Salazar undressed and could feel himself getting excited. He was almost seventeen after all. He might be a virgin but he had been thinking about this moment since Salazar had told him about how to complete bonds after his soulscream. He didn't know exactly what his Alpha and Beta had planned but Harry was hoping that when he came out of this bathroom not only were his bonds sealed with these two but that he also wasn't a virgin anymore.

He purred when Salazar was finally naked in front of them and couldn't help how it made his cock twitch when the Alpha slipped into the water with them finally. He felt Garrick chuckle behind him.

"Lovely, isn't he?" The Beta's breath ghosted over his ear as he asked. Harry nodded and sighed when Garrick nipped his ear and then started pressing open-mouthed kisses down his neck. Salazar pressed himself against Harry so that he was surrounded by the two men. Garrick naked against his back and Salazar against his front. Harry mewled up at his Alpha and reached for him.

Harry wrapped his arms around the Alpha's neck and buried his hands in his hair as he leaned down and captured his lips in a searing kiss that stole all of the thoughts from his head. Salazar dominated his mouth and Garrick kissed and nipped down his back and across his shoulders. Both men were running clawed hands up and down his body. Finally, Salazar pulled away from his mouth and Harry threw his head back onto Garrick's shoulder and panted as the Alpha kissed across his jaw and down his neck.

Garrick moved his had that had been sitting on Harry's hip down until he could gently grasp Harry where he had most wanted to be touched. His Beta slowly pumped him while His Alpha whispered a spell that had Harry loose and wet in a way that was very different from the water around him. He wasn't naive he knew what a lubrication spell was. He and the other boys in their dorm had found a spell book about it. Harry moaned, Loudly, when Salazar wrapped his mouth around Harry's nipple and at the same time sunk a finger into his virgin hole.

Merlin, it felt amazing. Garrick continued his slow pumping and leaving bruises on his neck and shoulders. Salazar leaned up and captured Harry's mouth again as he pushed first two and then three fingers into him. Salazar worked him open expertly and when he pressed against that bundle of nerves inside Harry he moaned again and thrust himself back into the fingers inside of him and then up into the hand still around him.

He whimpered when the fingers were removed from him and Salazar chuckled.

"Don't whine, love. I am going to fill you up the way you crave," Salazar whispered in his ear. Then Harry was lifted and turned around until he was straddling his Beta. Garrick encouraged Harry to wrap his legs around his waist. and then proceeded to snog the life out of him. Harry whimpered when he felt Salazar line himself up with his waiting hole. Slowly, inch by slow incredibly lovely inch, Salazar pressed into him until he was in as far as he could get. He waited a moment for Harry to adjust. But Harry was impatient at this point, and he just wanted his Alpha to move.

"Please, Alpha. I need you......move please," Harry begged. Slipping into Parseltongue unknowingly. Salazar and Garrick both shivered at the erotic sound of it coming from Harry's desperate lips.

"As you wish, Little Snake," Salazar hissed back. Then he was moving and Harry thought he might die from how amazing it felt. Garrick's cock was pressed against Harry's between their bodies and with every thrust Salazar made they rubbed together. Merlin, Harry was in heaven. He had died and that was the only way he could be feeling this much bliss. Moments later Garrick was moaning with him and Salazar was emitting these little grunts and it was the sexiest sound Harry had ever heard.

Harry was so lost in the sensations he didn't really register when his wings unfurled from his back but he did notice when Garrick's did and then he caught the sight of dark wings and knew that Salazar's wings were out as well. Harry trilled in ecstasy and finally, he spilled himself into the water around them. He bit into Garrick's neck and it tipped the Beta over the edge with him. He felt his bond click fully into place with his Beta. The feeling of it pulled another unexpected orgasm out of Harry. His walls gripped around Salazar tightly and pulled his orgasm from him. Harry mewled when he felt the warm liquid release inside of him and his bond with his Alpha shifted and clicked into place as well.

The three of them stayed pressed together for a bit to catch their breaths and come down from the high of an amazing orgasm. Harry nuzzled his Beta contentedly and licked the blood that was slowly trailing down his neck from the bite Harry had given him. He licked the wound closed and whimpered when Salazar finally pulled himself out of Harry. Salazar then kissed Garrick as thoroughly as he had Harry before gently pulling Harry out of his Beta's arms. He sat down on a seat that was made into the tub and sat Harry down straddling his lap.

"That was amazing," Harry said with a blissed-out grin. Salazar kissed him lazily as he felt a soapy rag start rubbing his back. He turned to see Garrick grinning behind him.

"Yes, Little Snake it was," Salazar said. He began to scratch his nails along one of Harry's wings and it felt amazing. Harry was purring by the time Salazar took the rag and began to wash his front as Garrick began the same scratching against his other wing.

"Do the same to Sal, Harry. Pick your scale," Garrick insisted. Harry nodded and did as he was told. He gently scratched at Salazar's wings until he found a patch of loose scales when he removed them he looked down at them and inspected them.

"See any you like, Love?" Salazar asked. Harry nodded and picked one that was pitch black and looked like it had a slight outline of silver it was so pretty. Salazar banished the rest and then stood. Garrick took his seat and Harry was placed in the Beta's lap. He knew what they wanted now and so he found a patch of loose scales while Salazar washed his hair. He chose one that he liked a lot. It was a pretty deep red that faded into the color of Garrick's eyes almost exactly.

"What do I do with them?" Harry asked when all three of them were finally clean. Salazar dried all three of them off and then they got dressed and sat down on the floor together.

"We are going to make cords made of our hair they will be what you attach all of your scales to," Garrick explained to him. Salazar ran his fingers through both his and Garrick's hair and then began to twine them together. It ended up as a swirl of black and strawberry-blonde hair that Harry loved very much.

"Do you want it as a necklace, bracelet, hairpiece, or belly chain?" Salazar asked him.

"A necklace please," Harry said and watched as the cord was lengthened when it was long enough Salazar placed it around Harry's neck and it sealed together.

"Now simply place your scales on it where you want them to sit. The magic will do the rest," Garrick told him. Harry nodded and pressed Salazar's scale right in the center and then Garrick's to the right of it. Severus was going to give him a scale tonight whether he knew it or not and Harry was going to place his on the left side of his Alpha's scale. He sat and watched as Salazar made two more chains. One with Harry and Garrick's that he placed around his own neck and one with Sal's and Harry's that he placed around Garrick's. They each picked a scale from the pile that had been taken from Harry's wings and placed them on their cords with the scales that they had taken from each other long ago.

When they were all finished Garrick put the rest of Harry's scales into a bag that he handed to Harry.

"Keep them, it will make it easier to exchange scales. Though be aware that some may want to pick their own," Salazar told him. Harry nodded and took the bag. Then Salazar swung Harry back up into his arms and the three of them headed to the resting room where the others were waiting. Harry went straight into Severus' arms as soon as he was sat on his feet. He chirred a the Pareya.

"What do you need, Harry?" Severus asked. Harry reached up and ran a hand along the scales around his neck.

"Can...Can I...would you let me?" Harry stuttered out. Severus smiled and kissed Harry.

"Of course, you can. I have only been waiting for you to ask," Severus released his wings and Harry trilled at how pretty they were. Harry had thought they were just black before when he had seen them in his mindscape. But up close they were black and had streaks of silver running through them.

"So pretty, Sev," Harry said in awe. He hadn't noticed just how pretty before now. He reached up and began searching for a loose patch. He found one and the first scale that fell into his hand was black and had a silver streak like lightning through it. Harry didn't need to get any more, this one was perfect. He happily placed it on his cord to the left of his Alpha's scale.

"Garrick and Salazar picked a bunch of scales earlier do you want to see if you like any of those or do you want to pick one yourself?" Harry asked Severus.

"I will look at the ones that you already have, Brat. Show them to me," Severus said. Salazar had already begun the process of making a cord for Severus while he searched. He picked a scale that was silver with his Ferros markings going through it. Said it reminded him that Harry's Ferros instincts were first awakened because he was trying to defend Severus. Harry thought it was the nicest reason. Severus took a necklace as well. Finally, with the scales exchanged Harry was placed in the middle of the bed. Salazar on one side of him and Blaise on the other.

Harry turned so that his back was pressed against Sal and he snuggled into Blaise's chest. He was asleep only moments later. Harry didn't have any nightmares that night. Everyone was so grateful.

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Dumbledore was pissed. It had been two days since his plans had gone horribly wrong and currently, he was hiding out in Septimus' home with Gellert. It had started out fine honestly but then things had just spiraled out of control.

First thing that had gone wrong was he had tried to call Molly and Ginny to him only to find out that the entire Weasley family was gone. Arthur and Percy had put in their notice at the ministry. Bill had resigned from Gringotts, Charlie from the dragon reserve. Even Fred and George had signed their shop over to their best friend. Ron and Ginny had been removed from school. They were just gone and there was no trace as to where they had gone to. Albus suspected it had something to do with Harry. He had broken many things that day.

The second thing that had gone wrong was he had received an owl from James and Lily demanded to know what had happened to their daughter. Albus had been confused because of course the girl was here at school. Except she wasn't. When Albus had asked McGonagall about her the woman had looked at him like he had lost his mind. Apparently, she had never returned from the ministry incident. She was among the people that had been captured. Albus had then contacted the ministry only to learn that Hermione was not among the prisoners. Another person had just vanished.

He had finally gone to Gellert and told him what he was starting to suspect had happened. That somehow, without them knowing the damned Dragel had taken The Weasley family as well as Hermione. This led to an investigation and it was turned up that the Dursleys hadn't been seen either. This was going to cause bad backlash. Septimus was going to be outrageously angry. Vernon was his nephew and Albus had made promises about him being able to finally leave the muggle world this year and return to his family. Now he was missing as well.

Then the next day he had been sitting in the great hall during lunchtime when there had been a ruckus when Minister Fudge, Amelia Bones, King Nipmonger and Fleshgutter followed by many goblin warriors as well as Aurors had marched in.

"Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, by the authority granted to me as the minister for magic I am placing you under arrest until you can be given a trial for your actions," Fudge had stated right off the bat. Albus had been upset. What had happened that had led to this?

"And what have I been accused of doing that you would come in here to arrest me like this in front of all these young people," Albus asked. He was playing hard on his old-man act. A parchment was pulled out and handed to Amelia.

"Kidnapping, illegal use of mind magic, Illegal use of mind-altering potions, Use of Unforgivable curses, Conspiring with muggles to abuse a wixen child, line theft," Amelia began to name off.

"Shall she keep going?" Minister Fudge asked. "There are many more on the list." Albus had paled something had gone terribly wrong. They wouldn't be here without proof. Especially if there was going to be a trial.

"There has obviously been some kind of misunderstanding here. Who has accused me of these things?" Albus demanded. He needed to find out who had brought these charges against him and get them to drop them.

"The Goblin nation has brought these accusations against you at the behest of their vault holders," The Goblin King spoke up. He sent Albus a vicious grin. "We have you wizard. We have the evidence gathered in the proper way and handed over to the ministry. We have irrefutable hard evidence, proof of every crime that you are being accused of." Finally, Albus realized that he would not be talking his way out of this. He summoned Fawkes and used the bird to flash away from the school.

He landed in Septimus' home where his husband had been staying. When he arrived Gellert and Septimus were summoned and he had to explain to them what had happened and why he had to flee the school. Both of them had been livid. The papers that had started coming out in the next few days had been worse. Albus was undesirable number one. Gellert had been outed as his conspirator. Everything was going to shit and all of their plans were ruined. The worst part was a few days after he had fled the school.

James and Lily had returned to the wizarding world. They returned as grieving parents saying that Albus had tricked and used them from the beginning. That Albus had come to them sixteen years ago with a plan. Those horrible ungrateful bastards had revealed everything about Albus coming to them with a stolen child and how he planned their 'deaths' and then forced them to hide themselves in the muggle world and pretend they were dead. It played them up as victims and Albus as the horrible mastermind.

He was being painted as the worst Dark Lord of all. His marriage to Gellert was revealed in an article about his escape and they were being called the worst thing to ever happen to the wixen world. They were being actively hunted now and there was no way to get this situation back under control. He had tried to contact what was left of the Order only to be ignored. He had turned to his contacts outside of the country only to be told that if he attempted to cross the borders or contact them again they would turn him in on sight.

They were only safe at Septimus' home because there was nothing to tie him to the Torvak and so they were not searching for them here. Albus and Gellert were trapped with nowhere else to turn. They were cut off from their vaults because they had been seized by the ministry. Everything had gone horribly, horribly wrong and there was only one person to blame for all of his misery. Harrison Serpens Black. He was going to hide and plan. He was going to find a way to get to Nevarah and then he was going to enjoy ripping that awful boy to pieces. He was going to greatly enjoy taking that boy apart limb by limb and then feeding them to his parents.

Albus Dumbledore was going to get his revenge. Even if it killed him.