"Do you think that was a wise idea?" Harry heard Angela say as she caught up to him and started walking alongside him.
"Not really," Harry admitted. "but I can't be expected to be wise all the time."
"True," Angela said with a small chuckle before she smiled at him. "I'm glad you're better." She said sincerely.
"Thank you," Harry looked at her with a smile. "I need you to do something very important for me Angela." He said.
"Of course, Master. What is it?" She asked, ready to help out however she could.
"I need to go do something, wait for me in the hospital wing, but first tell Madam Pomfrey I will arrive there soon and then if the Tonks family show up before I do then I want you to tell them I'm fine and will be arriving shortly."
"Of course." Angela smiled before she placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him from walking, she stopped along with him and quickly leaned down and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
"Angela," Harry blinked. "I'm...I'm with Daphne, we can't..." Harry trailed off and gestured between himself and Angela.
"I'd advise talking to her, my lord." Angela said with a knowing smile before she turned and began walking away.
"You know if you play this right you could get two females." Jet commented helpfully.
"I'll keep that in mind." Harry shook his head before he turned and walked off.
A few minutes later Harry had been able to sneak into the chamber of secrets, he walked past the decaying basilisk, barely paying it any attention, and walked into the room where Salazar's portrait was kept.
"I need to know everything you know about legilimency and flying." Harry said the second he saw Salazar. "Specifically the version of flying without the aid of magical devices." Harry added. "I'll need a quick overview of it since I have to go somewhere as soon as possible. Just please tell me what you know and point me in the direction of any books on the subject."
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"Thank you for being polite enough to say 'hello' first." Salazar said in a dry voice.
About half an hour later Harry was walking back to the hospital wing and stopped when he heard his name be called.
"Harry, there you are!" Daphne said in a relieved voice as she stopped next to him. "There you are," She said after taking a deep breath, she quickly reached out and placed her hand in his. "I was worried about you! You should have gone straight back to the hospital wing! Don't just run off like that again!" She couldn't help but add.
"Sorry Daph," Harry said in an apologetic voice as he took his wand out of his holster and cast a few privacy spells. "I had to just check a few things out. Things that I think will help against...'him'."
"Things that will help against V...V...Voldemort?" Daphne asked, shivering slightly.
"You said his name?" Harry blinked in surprise.
"If you can fight the fucker then I can at least be brave enough to say his name." She said dismissively.
"Fair enough," Harry said with a small chuckle before he quickly sobered up. "Daph, I...there was something that happened on my way there. I asked Angela to wait in the hospital wing for my family and then...she kissed me before she walked off. I didn't kiss her! I swear!" Harry added the last part quickly.
"Oh..." Daphne frowned, before turning silent, and then staying silent. For Harry the silence seemed to have gone for an eternity. "...okay." She eventually said.
"Oh...'okay'?" Harry asked in a confused voice. "I...someone kisses me and all you tell me is 'okay'?"
"It's Angela," Daphne said with a small sigh. "I...well I talked with Angela before I came into a relationship with you. And...we've agreed to share you."
"Share me?" Harry repeated with disbelief.
"Yeah, I think she was just backing off this year to give me some more time with you." Daphne added. "But anyway, long story short, I'm fine with you and Angela having a 'relationship'."
"Is...is this a magical world thing?" Harry asked, still looking quite confused. "Because as far as I am aware that's not a normal thing in muggle England."
"Well...it's not forbidden but it's not common." Daphne explained in a slightly embarrassed voice. "I had a great uncle who had two wives."
"So...you...you would be okay with me and Angela?" Harry asked.
"You mean 'Angela and I'."
"Daph, you just told me that I could be with two girls at the same time, the correct way of saying things is not a priority for me."
"Fair enough, and yes, I am okay with it." Daphne nodded before she leaned forwards and kissed Harry. "You've been so brave and wonderful, if anyone deserves two girls then it's you." She said with a smile.
"Wow...my ego and my dick rose up at the same time." Harry blinked, earning a laugh from Daphne. He grinned at her before cancelling the privacy spells, the two then started walking towards the hospital wing.
"Everything's going to change now, isn't it?" Daphne asked in a knowing voice.
"Most likely." Harry sadly nodded. "But we'll brave it, together." He said before they arrived at the hospital wing.
The remaining days of the year went by quite quickly, at the end of the year Harry had left Hogwarts via the floo network, sadly he and the Tonks family weren't going back to their normal home apart from to collect their stuff. It had been decided that for the sake of safety they would be living in Number 12 Grimmauld Place with Sirius. Apparently the wards on that house were brilliant and were only going to be improved over the summer.
"Ludo," A voice growled. That was the first thing that Ludo Bagman heard when he arrived in his home, he gulped when he saw Lord Arcturus Black casually sitting in Ludo's favourite chair, looking like he not only owned the house but Ludo as well. "we need to have a chat, a very...very long chat." Lord Black said before pulling his wand out, the first thing he cast was a spell to get rid of bad smells because Ludo most definitely pissed himself.
Draco and Theodore Nott were kneeling next to each other, the first thing that happened after they had been taken from the train platform by their families had been them being taken straight to Malfoy Manor where they would meet the dark lord. Right now they were currently kneeling together with their families on either side of them, several other death eaters were also kneeling while Lord Voldemort sat upon a throne-like chair in front of everyone while his snake familiar was curled up next to him.
After first seeing the dark lord, the boy's both found themselves even more impressed that Harry Potter had managed to survive him.
"Ah, welcome Severus." Voldemort purred in an amused voice when Severus Snape entered the room. "How nice of you to drop in after so long."
"My lord," Snape said as he bowed his head and kneeled down once he found a close enough spot. "forgive my delay, I had only been able to leave recently."
"Since I am in a considerably good mood I shall be quite forgiving today, but do not test me further by being late again." Voldemort replied. "I have several important questions for you, Severus. Most can wait until we are alone, but there is one I would like to ask now. Tell me, what do you know about Harry Potter?" He asked, Draco and Theo stiffened slightly but other than that they didn't show any reactions to what Voldemort has said.
"Potter," Snape began before pausing, he let out a small breath before he continued. "he is...far different from what I had expected him to be." Snape admitted. "When he first arrived at school I was expecting another snotty nosed Gryffindor, an arrogant brat, it turns out I ended up getting an arrogant Slytherin."
"He is very Slytherin," Voldemort chuckled in agreement. "tell me, Severus, do you think Potter would make a great addition to our cause?" He asked.
"I...reluctantly will have to admit that he would be a good ally."
"Good," Voldemort smirked. "head to the side chamber, I will talk with you more once I am done here."
"Yes, Master." Snape nodded before he stood up and left the room.
"My lord, forgive me," One death eater spoke up, "I do not mean to question or offend you but why would you want Potter? Sure the boy has money but we have more than enough of that, besides the boy is just a half-blood. There are all these stories about him but most of them have to be false, or done with additional help. Any single person from our numbers would be able to deal with him. I..." He would have continued but was cut off by two snorts.
"You have something to say?" Voldemort asked Draco and Nott, both boys paled as they realised that they had been far louder than they had intended to be. "Stand up." He ordered. Both boys gulped but did as they were told. "Which part of what was said was amusing to you?" He asked in a voice that was oddly curious.
"We...we meant no disrespect, my lord." Draco spoke in a nervous voice.
"And none was taken," Voldemort said, waving him off. "but I will consider it disrespectful if you do not answer my question with the truth, do not lie, I will know. What was amusing to you?" The two boys exchanged looks before turning back to the dark lord.
"W...well, my lord, personally for me it was the 'Any single person from our numbers would be able to deal with him' part." Theo answered.
"Same." Draco nodded.
"Hmm, both of you, come closer." Voldemort ordered.
"Please, my lord," Lucius spoke up. "do not punish my son, allow me to handle it."
"I ask of the same, please do not punish my heir. If needs be I will do it myself." Nott Senior added, he and Lucius both knew that any punishments they could do would pale in front of the dark lords.
"They will not be punished, nor will you punish them. In fact, should I hear that they have been punished then I will torment the both of you." Voldemort said in a cold voice before gesturing the boys to come forward. The two gulped but did as they were told and stopped in front of the other death eaters. "Now, tell me what you know about Harry Potter." He commanded.
"Um, my lord..." Draco began. "...when I first met Potter, before the sorting feast, I offered to help him work out which wizards were 'the wrong sort' as my father had instructed me to do so. He then told me that he was capable of doing it on his own but was willing to listen to me. Then during the sorting he was sorted into Slytherin house, which was quite honestly a surprise for everyone. I didn't really expect him to last more than a week."
"Me neither," Theo spoke. "he acted in a very Slytherin like manner during the feast and then when we got into the common room a sixth year boy tried to bully Potter, he grabbed him by the collar and the next thing we know a snake shot out from Potter's clothes, this was the snake that would be his familiar. We learnt that he was a parslemouth. Potter then hit the sixth year boy with a knock back jinx before he used his parslemouth abilities to set all the metal snakes in the common room on him."
"Nott and I have both spent a lot of time with Potter," Draco spoke next. "I...he is truly a great wizard. It would be foolish to deny that. He's consistently the best in our year, his week is not complete if he hasn't mastered advance spells and his day is not finished until he learns or practises some form of magic. He even practises taking his wand out of his holster just so he could do it as fast as possible, he's been doing that since first year."
"He's mastered the patronus charm and Merlin knows how many other spells we're too young to learn." Theo spoke. "I am not saying that he is undefeatable, you yourself have defeated him, but he is not an easy win for the average wizard. He regularly spars and beats older students, most of the time just for fun. Nobody who has been in Slytherin house for a long time is willing to challenge him."
"Um..." Draco coughed before taking a deep breath. "Potter has...also challenged you." Draco added.
"Oh?" Voldemort asked.
"Yes, I can tell you the exact words he used if you wish." Draco offered. "But to sum up, he walked into the great hall with the school nurse following behind him and telling him to get back to the hospital wing. He goes up to the front, pushes Dumbledore out of the way and then basically said that he wasn't a liar and if people didn't believe his words about your return then they could suffer the consequences."
"After that he told everyone to pay attention because he wanted you to hear his words," Theo said nervously. "he basically said that you won their last fight but you won't win their next, and even if you do then he's going to do his best to take part of you with him."
"Hmm." Voldemort hummed, he decided to take a look into the mind of these boys to truly discover what happened without wasting time listening to them, only...he quickly realised that he couldn't. He showed no visible reaction but internally his mind was racing. 'What the hell happened to my legilimency?!' He mentally hissed.