Chapter 18: Chapter 17: Starting The New Year
One of the rare downsides of being a metamorphmagus was that one couldn't be an animagus as well. You would think due to how their bodies worked this would be well within their wheelhouse but unfortunately something about the way the magic worked didn't mesh well with the body of a metamorphmagus. As a kid that information had kind of bummed her out though these days Dora didn't really care that much.
According to her research back in the day, like pre-Roman Empire, metamorphs used to be more powerful, like every other witch or wizard. Back then they could actually take the forms of any animal they wished, give themselves specific features or even change genders. They were called Dopplers back then and were considered pretty much a race unto themselves. There was speculation that intermingling with humans both magical and non-magical alike resulted in dulling the gift. Dora didn't really believe that she honestly felt like it was just a lack of power.
As for herself Dora felt like she got a pretty good deal with her ability. She could literally be any woman she wanted, look any way she felt, at any given moment with no surgery or potions involved which made clothes shopping so much easier especially for gifts. She couldn't morph into a little girl, nor did she see a need to though she could do teenagers easily. Short, tall, busty, flat, skinny, fat, it didn't matter she could do it all. She couldn't change her organs though, so she couldn't change genders. She could give herself an imitation cock, but it was really just an obscenely enlarged clit and was far more sensitive as a result.
Externally she could look like a boy, that was just a matter of sculpting her face, flattening her chest and straightening her body proportions but she wouldn't be a boy as even doing all of that her pussy would still be there, she'd just be a flat-chested boyish looking girl. She couldn't pull off male musculature either so she would also just be skinny on top of that. She'd used such a form a few times at Hogwarts, the robes helping to hide her form and enhance the look enough where she passed unnoticed.
At the moment she done the opposite in terms of body sculpture. Her hips and thighs were larger to match her breasts, but more importantly to support the big, fat ass she currently sported for Harry's enjoyment. She was bent over, Harry's hands gripped tightly at her waist as he fucked her from behind, the loud clapping of her enhanced as cheeks echoing through the room and egging him on each time he plunged into her depths.
"Oh fuck!"
The exclamation came just as she felt herself be tossed over the edge of yet another climax.
"Damn, what's that 5?" questioned Susan.
The redhead's hair was a wild mess, both from tossing her head around when Harry had taken his turn on her and when Penny had been gripping it and forcing her face deeper into her cunt. Harry grunted but didn't even slow his pace as his hips hammered into Dora before he stilled as his own climax came and he poured his release into her depths.
They'd been going for nearly four hours, and it was now well into the night. Harry had TOLD them all that they were staying with him that night, then as soon as the door closed threw up an overpowered privacy ward, chugged down a lust potion and proceeded to go to town on them.
Right now it was just the four of them as Fleur and Ciri were both back in France. Everyone else were all at their respective homes and thus still in the country and in range of the full power of the bond. Harry was taking advantage of that and flooding the bond with the feelings from their activities and as such they all knew that Daphne, Hermione, Katie, Sue Li, Parvati and Padma were all currently in their beds doing their best not to scream out their orgasms through their respective homes.
When Harry finally pulled back he was breathing heavily and covered in sweat. Dora was clearly out for the count as once Harry was gone her legs slid out from their position leaving her lying on her front. Harry settled into the spot next to her on his back and Susan shifted just slightly so she was cuddled into his side while she felt Penny shift so that she was once again pressed into her back.
"She's good."
The words caused several heads to look over to Daphne who was sitting at the table nursing a cup of tea. After the nights activities the ladies of the Potter Coven had all come to Potter Manor early in the morning. Daphne, Sue Li, Padma and Parvati arrived via Floo while Hermione and Katie used their portkeys. Currently they were sitting around the kitchen table alongside Harry with the only ones not present being Dora who'd already left for work, Fleur and Ciri who were both still in France. The girls had all come wanting to know what had gotten into Harry the previous night which led to him informing them of part of the meeting he and Neville had with Alice.
"Daphne it's too early for mind games." Said Parvati a deep frown on her face.
"It's not much of one. She was obviously testing them, most likely inspired by the meeting you called in Gryffindor Tower before break." Said Daphne.
"Wait a minute, didn't she congratulate you on how you handled that situation?" questioned Hermione getting a nod from Harry.
"So why would she try to talk you into letting us fuck other wizards?" questioned Penny eyes narrowed.
"That's the thing, she didn't." At these words attention focused back on Daphne.
"All she did was present a probable situation and give an option based on her own past experiences. She never actually encouraged them to act on that option." Said Daphne.
"But we're talking about it now." Said Parvati.
"No we're not. We're talking about her giving that option, not about us whoring around with anyone else." Said Daphne.
"I thought that was weird. I don't think there's a mother alive that would want their son's wife actively sleeping with someone else, much less encourage it." Said Padma.
"She's also coming at it from the perspective of someone who wasn't bonded when she had her own experiences." Said Susan.
"Good point. Now that she's bonded she would know the downside of presenting such an option, Neville and Harry would know when any of us were with another wizard and everything that involved." Said Sue Li.
"You are all forgetting the major point, she's Lady Longbottom." Said Daphne causing the other girls to pause.
"Okay, what am I missing?" questioned Hermione with a sigh.
"Alice is the active Lady of a Most Ancient and Most Noble House. She would never suggest such a thing of her sons bonded, not when her foremost duty is the health and welfare of the House." Said Susan.
"She's also Harry's godmother and is oathbound to act in the stead of Harry's mother, Lady Potter. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that she's actually the Lady Regent of House Potter." said Daphne.
"She is." Said Harry getting a smirk from Daphne.
"What's that, a Lady Regent?" questioned Katie.
"It's a fancy title for when there are two guardians of an Heir to a Noble House, and they are of opposite genders. If there is only one guardian the title would just be Regent. That's why Augusta was titled Regent of House Longbottom while Alice and Frank were incapacitated as she was Neville's only guardian." Said Padma.
"Okay, so why would Alice, Lady Longbottom and Lady Regent of House Potter even present the option to her boys?" questioned Penny.
"Because neither Harry nor Neville were taking full advantage of the bond." Said Daphne causing Harry to pause.
"What do you mean, I use the bond." Said Harry defensively.
"Not like we do." Said Padma.
"Harry, unless we are in class we are always engaging the bond, always sharing our thoughts. You use it mostly to check on us and send short messages quickly." Said Susan gently.
"I think that's why we still can't share magic or access your thoughts. Subconsciously you may be blocking that part." Said Hermione.
"In this case Alice presented you with a problem and rather than talk to us about it you kept it private, thought on it, made a decision and figured out a solution, one that you knew we would all agree with." Said Daphne.
"Well I didn't dive into your thoughts, not deeply. I just thought you girls going outside of the bond didn't make sense. Outside of Dora and Penny all of you were consciously trying to bond with me from the jump while Penny and Dora came to that decision during the act." Said Harry.
"Harry it's okay to say, we begged while you were fucking us." Said Penny causing Harry to blush.
"Anyway it didn't make sense. All I did was a quick check to make sure my thoughts were right. Then once I was sure I had to figure out a next step." Said Harry.
"How'd you do that anyway, send sensations through the bond?" questioned Hermione.
"It's a trick one of my grandfather's Chester Potter discovered and taught me. Basically the bond is always active but in a passive state, what I did was change the bond to an active state. Doing that allows you to consciously send not just sensations but emotions over the bond. Last night I wanted you all to feel the same pleasure Penny, Dora and Susan felt so you did." Explained Harry.
"Can we do that?" questioned Parvati.
"Yeah. Just picture the bond in your mind. From there you can either select a single target or everyone at once."
"Hold on, let me try it." Said Katie.
Closing her eyes she took a deep breath and for several moments nothing happened before all of them felt the sensation of their inner left thigh being stroked with a finger. Once everyone confirmed they could feel it Katie stopped.
"Oh, I'm going to have so much fun with this." Said Katie.
"We are not adding this to the book." Said Daphne pinning Hermione with a look.
"Why not?" questioned the girl.
"It's basically a Potter family secret, now a Potter Coven secret. I say we tell Andi, Sirius and Neville and that's it." Said Daphne.
"What about Lavender?" questioned Parvati.
"No, she, Pansy and Ron can hardly keep their hands to themselves as it is. I don't even want to imagine what they would get up to with that kind of distracting ability." Said Susan.
"So our sex lives will be more interesting. New rule, check our status before sending sensations over the bond. If one of us is in class, at work or with a parent or godparent don't target them." Said Hermione.
"Too bad Binns is gone, that would have been the perfect time to use that ability." Said Susan.
"Make sure I'm not flying either. I'd hate trying to explain why I fell from my broom with that as a reason." Said Katie.
"Anyway, Harry just try and embrace the bond more. I promise you'll like the results." Said Daphne smiling in a way that promised good things in the future.
l'Île de Sanctuaire (Sanctuary Island), the French Veela Conclave, was located amongst the Lerins Islands within the Bay of Cannes. Hidden by magic the island could only be reached by boat and required a specific manipulation of magic to part the veil that hid it from muggle and even wizard eyes. As most Veela did not use wands the magic used was a spoken spell that acted as the password allowing entrance through the veil. Most of the island contained dense woodlands while the center of the island hosted a small village that served as the home of the Veela.
As it was only just entering January the village was still in its winter setting and thus covered in snow. Sanctuary Island was the only island that got snow during the winter season, the result of a runic charm created when Veela first came to the island. Fleur well remembered the time she'd spent within the conclave as a young girl learning to tap into and control her allure, a few years prior to her admittance to Beauxbatons. Most Veela, especially full-blooded Veela would spend their entire lives living within the Enclave though as only a Quarter-Veela that hadn't been something Fleur had ever truly considered doing.
Vivian Merteuil, the mother of Appoline Delacour and thus Fleur's grandmother, as a full-blooded Veela did live within the Enclave. It was in her home that Fleur currently found herself staying within, normally for the Christmas to New Year holiday the elder would come stay at Delacour manor and had been doing so until the family rushed back to France after Fleur revealed her transformed state.
Once Vivian had seen the form herself she rushed the rest of the family to the Enclave. Upon arrival Fleur had been rushed into an audience with the council and the enclaves Chieftainess where she'd been praised and then questioned extensively on the process through which she'd achieved her new ability and had been waiting ever since while they investigated what she'd done. It was not how she thought she'd spend her break from school after the unveiling of her new form.
Things weren't bad though, despite not taking the aftermath of her unveiling into full consideration she still felt pretty damned good about herself. Currently she was curled up on the floor by the fireplace, which thankfully wasn't floo connected, wrapped within a thick but comfortable blanket reading a book. Gabby was lying beside her wrapped within a blanket of her own still asleep.
"Did you two sleep in here?" came the voice of her mother causing Fleur to look behind her to see both her mother and grandmother standing in the doorway.
If one didn't know them you would think that Vivian and Appoline were sisters, thought there were slight differences. Vivian as a full-blooded Vella was sex incarnate, she stood at 5'10 with and wore her golden blonde hair long past her shoulders, she had a slightly wider frame to support her big breasts and wider hips and thighs, which also gave her a bigger ass than most Veela were known for, at least when compared to those of the European tribes. Appoline as well as Fleur and Gabrielle, inherited much of their looks from the woman, though Appoline was slimmer than her mother with smaller breasts and a smaller ass, though not by much.
Vivian Merteuil
Appoline Delacour
"Oui." Said Fleur softly so as not to wake her sister.
"Habillez-vous. Nous devons rencontrer le conseil et la cheftaine dans deux heures. (Get dressed. We are to meet the council and chieftainess in two hours.)" said Vivian, not bothering with English as she addressed her granddaughter.
"C'était rapide. Je m'attendais honnêtement à ce qu'il se passe plus de temps avant que je ne sois convoqué. (That was quick. I'd honestly expected it to be longer before I was summoned.)" said Fleur.
"Votre accomplissement semble avoir été plus important que nous ne l'avions imaginé. (Your accomplishment appears to have been greater than we realized.)" said Appoline.
"Grand-mère, ne t'ont-ils rien dit? (Grandmother have they told you nothing?) Questioned Fleur.
"Bien sûr que non. Tu es ma petite-fille, ma participation pourrait créer un biais. Mon exemption de cette affaire est une procédure normale. Trêve de bavardages. Lève ta sœur et va te préparer pour la journée. (Of course not. You are my granddaughter; my participation could create a bias. My exemption from this affair is standard procedure. Now enough talk. Get your sister up and go prepare for the day.) said Vivian ending the conversation.
The meeting took place in the Village Hall, which was in the center of the village, and they arrived with nearly thirty minutes to spare. After entering the hall, Vivian by virtue of being a member of the council was let through the doors into the meeting room while Fleur, Appoline and Gabrielle were forced to wait outside the doors in the entrance hall.
Thankfully the wait wasn't long as within just ten minutes they were passing through the doors where they found Vivian sitting amongst four other people. Three of them were adults who Fleur knew were of an age with her Grandmother and all of whom made up the council. The fourth person, Aurore Passereau, sat in the center of the group and was the Chieftainess, though she was actually younger than Fleur was at 15. She was 'crowned' just after her mother passed in April the previous year
"Fleur Delacour, your recent transformation has brought with it something of a mystery. Your belief that the form you have attained was the true form of the Veela has been investigated thoroughly." Said the woman on the far right, Dorothée Mossé.
"As you can imagine in order to ascertain the truth we had to go deep through the archives. After much searching we have found proof that your belief is the truth." Said Ivanna Garnier, sat on the left beside Vivian who sat on the end.
"We have learned that our race was cursed. There was no information on how it happened, but the curse forced our race to flee from our original home in Greece and consequently divided us into the different tribes that exist today. It is the belief of the council that time has weakened the strength of the curse and your animagus training allowed you to break free." Finished Ivanna.
"Your medical tests support this claim. You are now registering as a full Veela." Said Noémie Joubert who sat on the inner right seat, causing the eyes of Fleur, Appoline and Gabrielle to widen.
"One of the effects of the curse was our inability to give birth to boys. Our research indicates we once had male counterparts known as Zephyr. It is my belief that should you give birth to a boy that boy will be a Zephyr." Said Noémie.
"Because of this new information the council is advocating for more Veela to undergo the animagus process Fleur has undertaken. I have agreed but will start small with a few chosen individuals undergoing the process to see if it will work. Appoline you will be one of those individuals and should the first wave be successful then the rest of us may push forward" Said Aurore speaking for the first time.
"I ask that your family keeps this a secret until we know more. Should things work this could change everything for us as a people." Finished the Chieftainess.
Nearly two hours after the impromptu meeting with the girls found Harry stepping out of the floo and into the Ministry of Magic flanked by Sirius and Remus. At the check-in station they were by Amelia whose no-nonsense expression had people giving her a wide berth. After checking their wands and receiving their visitors passes they were led by Amelia to the VIP lift which they took down. Truthfully Harry would rather not be at the Ministry today however was the first gathering of the Wizengamont for the year and as such would see new Houses elevated to the Wizengamont for the first time since the end of the First Blood War.
Before that he had other business to handle, which was why the four of them were heading down nearly a full hour before the meeting was set to begin. Because of this when the lift stopped, and the grate opened they stepped out onto the 9th floor. Unlike the other floors of the building this one opened to a dark corridor with bare, black-tiled walls with no windows or doors aside from the plain black one at the end of the corridor. The corridor was lit by torches spaced every few feet on both sides that burned with magical fire giving the corridor a blueish-white glow.
At the end of the corridor just in front of the door stood a solitary figure garbed head to toe in the large robes of the Unspeakables. At their approach the person pressed into a section of the wall with their hand causing the door behind them to open before motioning for them to pass through.
Silently the group did so with Harry copying Amelia's motion and nodding towards them and upon entry they found themselves standing in a circular room with a dark marble floor lit by candles emitting a cool blue light. The door shut silently behind them before another opened just as silently behind them leaving them facing twelve handleless doors for only a few seconds before one of the doors on the right silently slid open.
Wordlessly passing through the door they found themselves stepping into an office where a figure was seated behind a large 'L' shaped mahogany desk. The person behind the desk was a man, which they could see as the Unspeakable robes were actually hanging from a coat rack in the back left corner behind the desk. The man himself had short cut hair that was combed back and fully grey, was clean shaven and had brown eyes.
"Welcome to the Department of Mysteries. My name is Jasper Truman, please take a seat." Said the man motioning to the four chairs in front of the desk.
"I thought you guys were supposed to hide your identities." Said Harry
"A misconception. We are called Unspeakables because we are incapable of speaking about the nature of our work, especially outside of this department. Those robes make it easier for us to operate outside of the department unbothered and are also incredibly spell resistant." Said Truman
"So what exactly is it that you want with Harry?" questioned Sirius.
"Initially we only had one interest, however things have changed since the request for this meeting was made with Madam Bones." Said Truman.
"Changed how?" questioned Sirius eyes narrowing.
"There were other developments in that time. For instance Heir Potter we are aware of the peculiar ability that your latest bonded possesses." Said Truman causing Harry's eyes to narrow.
"You may not be aware of this but during your bonding Lady Riannon released a wave of Time Magic powerful enough that it froze everything in Hogwarts for approximately 8.35 seconds and I do everything, people, ghosts, portraits, everything. Though short the wave was powerful enough to register within this department. Time magic if powerful enough can leave traces and as such we have already taken the liberty of collecting those traces from Hogwarts." Said Truman.
"Collecting?" questioned Amelia.
"Believe it or not this is not the first time such an ability has been displayed on our shores. Though before the creation of this department and the order that predated it, we have records taken by Merlin himself of a person who possessed this ability, whom he called The Lady of Space and Time. While he was helping her master this ability, which before went off at random much like accidental magic, he created a device to collect that magic safely. Though I cannot go into detail you should know much of our study of Time Magic was made possible due to this device which also led to the creation of Time Turners." Said Truman surprising Amelia, Sirius and Remus.
"Heir Potter, we ask that you inform Lady Riannon that we are aware of who she is and would very much like to know if she completed her mission or if we should prepare for the arrival of the Wild Hunt." Said Truman. Harry said nothing, his face set in his best neutral mask and it was Amelia who stated that the message would be passed on.
"Now as for why we were interested in speaking with you. As Madam Bones has no doubt informed you we would like to examine your ability to summon spirits, to see how it differentiates from necromancy." Said Truman.
"What makes you think I have such a power?" questioned Harry.
"We are the Unspeakables, it is our purview to know such things. We've known that the Potters have held Death's Cloak for centuries and we've known that Albus Dumbledore had taken possession of the Elder Wand since his battle against Grindelwald. We also know this is the primary reason he never sought to face Voldemort himself, fear of losing the allegiance of the wand. The only one of the Hallows we hadn't known the location of was the Resurrection Stone, but you solved that when you summoned it when you fought off those Dementors." Said Truman.
Minerva McGonagall observed the students as they filed into the Great Hall. The holiday break had truly been needed and she could see clearly that she wasn't the only one that appreciated it. Students, staff and even their foreign visitors had clearly been refreshed from the break and she chose to believe that was mostly from their studies or grading homework and exams rather than the constant debauchery that had gone on during the previous term.
The newest edition of the Quibbler had also been released just three days ago, suspiciously after the opening session of the Wizengamot but just in time for the students to return to Hogwarts. The way the Quibbler spun it, she'd run a special class on the Animagus transformation, fully omitting that several of the students featured had discovered more than one form. Fleur Delacour had been completely omitted, though she knew that was because Xeno was planning to release a special edition dedicated to Veela and hadn't wanted to take away from the focus of the animagus transformation.
Already she'd received numerous owl's requesting she take on one student or another for the process. Transfiguration Weekley had also reached out for information on the newly rediscovered method. While she didn't like being the one being attributed with the credit she also realized it would be easier to add the process to the curriculum for next year. Still she'd had to modify the Animagus Ward, adding the new students to it so that the castle would recognize them and not automatically eject them from the school. Seeing everyone settled she pushed herself up from her seat and approached the lectern and was unsurprised with how quickly the room went silent.
"Welcome everyone back to Hogwarts. While I know we are all looking forward to our upcoming meal, I have a few announcements before that." Stated the woman pleased to see the interest in the students at this news.
"Firstly a reminder for those with Hogsmeade privileges. The monthly Hogsmeade visits has been expanded to every weekend and information regarding the range for which you are approved to travel is available in each common room.
"Next the Tri-Wizard Dueling competition will begin in two weeks, specifically the Saturday after next, so I hope all of you that have signed up are prepared. The Broom Racing events will begin the first weekend in February. That will lead up to the Second Task which will take place on February 24th, which is also a Saturday. That is all for now."
Once the Headmistress stepped back the excitement could no longer be contained as the students began discussing all that they'd just learned. It seemed there was set to be a lot of excitement leading up to the second task.