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New Family	By : kirallie Category: Anita Blake > Crossovers > AB/Harry Potter Views: 18587 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4
Disclaimer: I do not own the Anita Blake series nor Harry Potter. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
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Disclaimer: Still the same.
Sorry for the wait. I have a beta now, Mercy Rose, and with her help I’ve been rewriting the earlier chapters, fleshing them out a bit.

Chapter 11 – Consequences and Discussions

Harry groaned and rolled over, trying to ignore the voice calling him. He really didn’t want to wake up yet.

“Harry, come on. Don’t make me do something you’ll regret.” Josh threatened, shaking his friend.

“Go away.” Harry slurred, burrowing further into his blankets.

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Josh said as he grinned and pulled out his wand.

Richard jumped, the sound of his cousin screaming waking him. He blinked, disorientated and looked around his room, still half asleep. He was used to a bit more sleep the morning after the full moon.

“GET BACK HERE JOSHUA!” He groaned and slumped back onto the bed. Richard had forgotten that Josh was planning to spend the entire night with Harry; obviously his cousin had also wanted to sleep in today even though he had school. Hopefully the teen wouldn’t hurt his friend too badly when he caught up with him. Richard rolled over and started drifting back to sleep as the house fell silent again. Either they’d gone outside or Harry had killed Josh. Thankfully Richard didn’t have to go back to work until tomorrow. He burrowed back down to sleep.

Josh fidgeted slightly as Harry continued to stare at his hands and then at the mirror.

“What are they?” Harry whispered finally.

“Nic thinks they’re Family Runes, a type of protection rune. The one on your back looks more like hieroglyphics though. But since Asim is your ancestor that’s not a complete surprise.” Josh explained to his shocked friend.
“Harry, you have to hide them with Glamour.” He said seriously. That broke Harry from his shocked study.

“Why?” Harry asked, puzzled.

“Because normally they’d only appear after the ritual we did if we’d added a few more steps and complications. And that is illegal here, not just in England. I really don’t want to get arrested for something we technically didn’t do.” Josh admitted. Harry nodded at his friends’ explanation. Besides, as interesting as they looked he didn’t need the extra attention they’d garner. A few words later and there was no physical evidence of what they’d done the night before.
“So, want to see the chart?” josh offered with a grin.

“Yeah, better do it before Richard gets up and starts asking awkward questions.” Harry said as he washed his face, taking one last look to make sure the Glamour was firmly in place before following his friend back to the bedroom.

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“What’s with the Glamour Harry?” Amanda asked. Harry refused to look at his teacher; instead studying the book she’d given him.
“You do realise I can order you to take it off.” She said testily. That got a reaction, Harry’s head shot up and he looked about to panic.

“Please don’t.” He all but begged.

“Harry? What happened? Are you hurt?” Amanda questioned as she stood in front of him, studying him closely.

“I’m fine Amanda, just don’t make me take it off.” Harry said. He looked miserable but she had a duty as a teacher so she did something she knew could destroy the trust she’d worked so hard to build with her student.

Harry gasped as the spell washed over him, letting his magic fight it but he simply didn’t have the necessary experience to stop Amanda. He shuddered as his Glamour was dispelled and the marks became visible.

“What the hell did you do?” She cried out as she grabbed his chin, forcing his head up so that she could see the band of Runes going across his forehead.

“Nothing.” Harry protested as he tried to pull away but her grip was too strong. He wished Kek was with him but the small snake was off somewhere hunting.

“Nothing? Harry do you realise what you’ve done? That ritual is banned for a reason! You could be arrested for this!” Amanda cried out.

“I didn’t do it! Okay, so we did the family revealing ritual but we didn’t do this one. They just appeared by themselves after the ritual.” Harry was yelling as well by now, temper well and truly out of control. Amanda stepped back as his magic flared, becoming an almost visible thing as it encircled him. She winced as the few breakable objects in the room exploded. She knew she had to calm him down quickly before his magic got truly out of control and he accidentally hurt someone or himself.

“All right Harry, if you say you didn’t do it I believe you. You need to calm down.” She said soothingly. The rooms’ wards were beginning to react, working to contain his magic inside the room. Amanda had never felt so relieved as a familiar hissing noise made itself heard. She looked down and sure enough Kek was slithering closer to his bonded, hissing in what she hoped was a soothing manner. She relaxed as Harry began to calm and the feel of magic in the room dropped.
“Why don’t we sit down?” Harry nodded listlessly and slumped into a chair. Amanda frowned, worried about his weird reactions.
“Harry, I need you to tell me what you did and what happened.” She said. All he did was silently shake his head, refusing to look up or speak. Sighing she stood again and went to her Floo.
“Ethan, you there?” She spoke into the flames. A second later Ethan’s head became visible. He frowned as he saw her expression.

“What’s wrong?” He asked in concern.

“Could you find Josh or Nic and bring them to my classroom please.” She asked tightly.

“I’m on my way.” Ethan said before he broke the connection and left to find one of the two Outcasts.

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“Harry!” Josh rushed across the room to where his friend was sitting but the other teen didn’t react.
“Harry?” Josh questioned as he tentatively laid his hand on Harry’s shoulder but still Harry didn’t react.
“What’s going on?” Josh demanded as he drew himself up to stand protectively in front of his friend, glaring at the two teachers.

“I removed his Glamour.” They watched as Joshua paled rapidly.
“What have you kids been doing?” She demanded.

“Not that!” Josh growled convincingly. Then again, he’d gotten far enough in his Animagus training to know he was definitely some sort of canine.

“So what did you do?” Amanda demanded again. She didn’t react to the growl and simply glared at him.

“Mr. Hawkes needs to leave, it has to do with Christmas.” Joshua held his ground and Amanda finally nodded. They stayed silent until a disgruntled and worried Ethan had left.

“Nic found mention of an Egyptian Serpent Lord from the 16th Dynasty. Part of the message said only someone of his line could read the inscription. Harry wanted to be sure so we decided to use the ritual.” Josh explained calmly.

“There are other spells that aren’t borderline illegal.” Amanda said in exasperation.

“Yeah, but none of them can go back that far into someone’s family tree. It went fine until Harry started screaming and glowing. When it was over the runes were there. He woke up and we put him to bed.” Josh admitted.

“You stuck exactly to the ritual? No variations at all?” She asked, watching him carefully.

“No ma’am… Wait! Kek. Just before Harry drank the potion, Kek put some venom in it. I didn’t think anything of it since Harry’s immune to it.” Josh exclaimed. The both looked at the snake that had taken up his usual perch on Harry’s wrist.

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Richard leant against the rail, inhaling the warm steam coming from his mug. He smiled as he drank his tea, staring out into the forest. The last two full moons had gone very well, and the pard had begun to fit in well with the pack as they hunted. Jason had even jumped a step up in the pack hierarchy when he’d beaten an older wolf that had been insulting the pomme de sang for the last few months. Richard was glad that Jason had forgiven him for the incident last year at the Circus; he still wasn’t able to really think straight when it came to Anita. Seeing her in bed with Jason and Nathaniel who had both been shifted at the time had thrown him into a rage, something he still regretted. He wondered if Jason would be as relaxed around him as he was if Harry hadn’t shown up when he did. Things had still been tense between them when the teen had appeared in their lives. Harry had been the only reason Richard had approached Jason but now things were back to normal, or even better than normal. Richard had to admit to himself though that it was a good thing he’d talked to Jason when he had, because if he’d left that conversation any later Harry would have had the ability to smell what he had whenever Jason was in the same room as the teen. As it was he’d had to teach Jason how to fully mask that particular scent. Jason had been quick to reassure his Ulfric that he would never think of acting on what the alpha wolf had detected and Richard had let him off the hook, letting him know he had never thought Jason would abuse Richard’s, or Harry’s, trust over that. He might act irresponsibly sometimes but he would never do anything to hurt Harry.

Richard inhaled deeply, enjoying the fresh air when a vague scent caught his attention. Without thinking he vaulted the rail, landing silently on the ground below the deck. He walked towards the tree line, where the scent increased. He growled as he recognised it, Harry’s blood and in worrying quantities. He searched the ground but couldn’t see a drop. His growl became deeper as he recognised Requiem’s scent as well. Despite Harry’s reassurances that the vampire could not hurt him he still didn’t trust the vampire. It was obvious that whatever had happened had been carefully cleaned up in the hope of hiding it from him and he was not happy.

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Ethan frowned from his seat at the teacher’s table. His eyes were locked on the Outcasts as they huddled protectively around their newest member. He liked the kid; he was a good student and didn’t care about the various Wizarding prejudices when it came to blood and species.

“What’s wrong?” A voice interrupted his ponderings. He turned to see Amelia looking at him in concern.

“James. Amanda called me to her room during their lesson. Something happened but she won’t tell me what.” Ethan explained briefly, being careful not to use the teen’s real name where he could be overheard. The Headmistress turned her attention to the transfer student.

“He does seem withdrawn. Perhaps something happened during the holidays. I’ll owl his family after lunch. Other than that there’s not much we can do unless it starts to affect his classes or health visibly.” Amelia Smythe offered.

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Harry followed Jamil into the house; tired from the long day after the late night he’d had because of the ritual. He sensed Jamil tense and looked up to see an unhappy Richard staring at him.

“Hi.” He said as he dropped his bag and then took an unconscious step back as Richard stepped towards him. He didn’t see Richard’s flinch at his reaction but Jamil did.

“Are you all right Harry?” Richard asked softly, not getting any closer.

“Fine. I have homework.” Harry said as he went to leave the room but Richard’s voice stopped him.

“It can wait, we need to talk.” He said seriously. Harry looked back up at his cousin, trying to work out what he wanted. He nodded and sat at the table. Richard sat opposite him as Jamil faded into the background like a good bodyguard.
“I got a letter from Mrs. Smythe today. Apparently a few of your teachers were worried about you today. She wanted to know if anything had happened over the holidays.” Richard said as he struggled to keep his voice even.

“I’m fine, just tired. We stayed up later than we should have last night.” Harry shrugged, hoping Richard would drop it.

“Because of Requiem?” Richard bit out, a bit more intensely then he would have liked. Harry’s eyes went wide.

“What?” Harry blurted out.

“Did he hurt you?” Richard asked in concern as he reached across the table to gently hold Harry’s wrist, keeping him at the table.

“No, why would you think that?” Harry said in shock as he tugged ineffectively, unable to break the hold.

“Because I could smell your blood, a lot of it.” Richard’s said intensely, his whole body screaming concern and fear.

“It’s nothing, I’m fine.” Harry protested. Richard reluctantly let go.

“Harry please don’t do this, don’t shut me out.” He said tiredly. Harry froze in the doorway.

“I can’t tell you.” Harry whispered and bolted for his room. Richard let his head drop into his hands.

“That could have gone better.” He commented bitterly.

“He’s scared.” Jamil replied.

“I noticed. But of what?” Richard demanded.

“Not us. Something else.” Jamil offered with a shrugged, but he had no more idea what was wrong than his Ulfric.

“Stay with Harry, I’m going to the Circus.” Richard said as he grabbed his keys and left.

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“Requiem.” The vampire turned and waited as Richard approached.

“Can I help you?” He asked politely. He could think of only one reason the werewolf would want to see him, and that was Harry.

“We need to talk.” Richard said. Requiem followed him into an empty room.
“What happened last night?” he demanded as soon as they were alone.

“I don’t know what you mean.” Requiem protested.

“Don’t lie to me! I know you were there just like I know Harry lost a lot of blood. What’s going on?!” Richard said angrily.

“If Harry does not wish you to know then it is not my place to tell.” Requiem told him, wishing he was not trapped with Harry's cousin, the third of Jean-Claude's triumvirate, and the Executioner’s part-time boyfriend. Really, he wasn't sure who to be most scared of if he hurt the Ulfric. Probably Anita. Jean-Claude would probably punish him, and feeling Harry's disappointment with him would really hurt, but Anita could and would kill him, painfully and slowly. And there was no way back from that death, no way to be with Harry after that.

“Why? Because you’re a Black?” Richard snarled.

“Yes. I can not tell you if he doesn’t want me too.” Requiem said, relieved Richard understood at least that much.

“Did you have anything to do with it?” Richard half pleaded for an answer. Requiem stared at him for a bit before answering.

“No, but I felt his blood loss through the link and went to investigate. And I stayed until he was asleep to make sure he came to no harm.” Requiem told the Ulfric. He hoped what he had admitted was enough for the other, because he could say no more. Not without breaking Harry's trust in him, and he was not willing to do that. Not for anything.

“Is Harry in any danger because of what happened last night?” Richard asked, he needed to know at least that much.

“If people find out then yes. What he and his friends did had an unexpected result. Harry is in no danger from that in itself, but he would be if anyone learned of it. That is in all likelihood why he will not speak of it with you.” Requiem gave him that much, Richard had to know that asking questions was too risky. Richard stared at the vampire for a bit before nodding in understanding. Maybe even understanding more than Requiem did. Richard knew that Harry took responsibility for his own actions, but this explained to Richard why he was refusing to talk. Harry was protecting his friends.

“Thank you.” He said softly in relief, turning to leave. But he paused on the threshold.
“I’m sorry for accusing you.” With that Richard was gone and Requiem relaxed. Neither man noticed as another figure slipped away, having heard everything.

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Richard looked up to see Harry hovering in the doorway. He smiled warmly at his cousin to let him know he wasn’t upset about what had happened earlier. Harry looked down at the ground. Richard sighed and put down the last minute work that needed to be ready before classes the next day.

“Come here kid.” He called softly, extending his hand. Harry approached hesitantly and Richard pulled him into a hug. Harry stayed stiff for a while before slowly relaxing.

“I’m sorry.” Harry whispered and Richard tightened the hug.

“Nothing to be sorry about. I should have trusted you and I didn’t. I’m sorry. I won’t push you to tell me what’s wrong Harry. Just let me know if you need anything, okay?” Richard felt Harry nod against his chest as he finished speaking.
“How about we crash on the couch with a movie for a while?” He asked. Harry looked up and smiled slightly before nodding.

“Okay, but I pick this time.” The teen stated, remembering Richard’s last choice. The Phantom of the Opera was not his thing. Richard laughed at the expression on Harry’s face as they made their way into the other room.

“I bought Pirates of the Caribbean yesterday, how about that one?” Richard suggested.

“Is that the one Jamil recommended?” Harry asked, already looking for the movie amongst his cousin’s collection.

“Yeah, it should be right on top.” Richard said, smiling as he watched Harry rip the plastic wrapping off it and then set it up himself. When he’d first moved in he hadn’t had a clue how to use a DVD player and now he acted like any teenager around one. Richard raised his arm and Harry made himself comfortable leaning against his side, Richard’s arm wrapped around him securely.

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“Can I talk with you Nicole?” Nic looked up, startled by Harry’s voice. The green-eyed teen had sat down opposite her without her noticing.

“Sure James.” She said, closing her book.

“I told you that Richard had adoption papers, right?” Harry asked and she nodded.
“I want to say yes.” He said quietly.

“That’s great, but why are you telling me and not him?” Nicole asked, confused.

“Should I tell him? It’s a big thing Nic, it means he’s stuck with me even once I’m of age.” Harry sounded hesitant and she knew why. He’d told them enough since admitting his true identity for her to realise some of how he’d been treated over the years by friends and family.

“It’s obvious Richard gave this a lot of thought before approaching you. He loves you James, for who you are, no other reason. He’s not trying to replace your parents or anyone else. But you have to do this because it is what you genuinely want, not because you think it will make Richard happy.” Nicole said seriously. Harry nodded.

“Joshua said something similar when I asked him Christmas day.” Harry said, watching the other students as they worked or talked with their friends in the main hall.

“Well, sometimes he’s smarter than he looks.” She laughed as she said it and they shared a grin at the unofficial leader of the Outcasts expense.
“Have you talked to one of Richard’s friends? Maybe get an opinion from someone who’s known him longer.” She suggested.

“Thanks, I will.” Harry said, standing up.
“I’ve got to get to class but thanks again.” He waved as he ran for class. Nicole smiled as he walked away. She watched him go and made up her mind. She’d give her answer to Josh about his question when she next saw him.
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Harry knocked on the door nervously. He hoped he was doing the right thing but he needed an honest answer. Jamil had frowned when he’d dropped him off and Harry had had to beg the werewolf not to tell Richard where he was, but he was now confident that Jamil would keep this meeting secret. He smiled as Micah opened the door; he’d only met the wereleopard twice and didn’t know much about him, except that Nathaniel had explained he was one of the chairpersons who ran the were-coalition thing.

“Harry, right?” Micah asked, curious as to why Richard’s cousin was at the door. Nathaniel hadn’t mentioned the boy was coming over today.

“Yes sir, is Anita home?” Harry asked, shifting nervously. Micah nodded and let him in, leading him through to the kitchen.

“Harry! Is everything all right?” Anita stood as soon as she saw the teen half hidden behind her boyfriend. Nathaniel turned from the sink to watch and smile at Harry.

“Yeah.” Harry paused, gathering his courage.
“Can I talk to you alone, please?” He pleaded slightly, trying to hide how nervous he was. He’d still never been alone with the Necromancer and that was what he needed right now. If Richard found out that he hadn't made sure someone he trusted was still around before being alone with her he'd probably try to throttle him, but Harry needed to do this. Although Harry was reassured Nathaniel was here he did understand why Richard wouldn't be impressed with him as Harry's backup. Even Harry knew Nathaniel would choose Anita over him, although that didn't bother Harry.

“Are you sure?” Anita asked, worried about how nervous he was acting.

“Positive.” Harry managed to say calmly. Anita nodded and Micah and Nathaniel left the room. She motioned to a chair and Harry sat perched on the edge of it.

“What do you need to talk about?” Anita spoke anxiously. She didn’t try to hide her concern; the shy teen had somehow managed to find a place in her heart, even though she barely knew him.

“Richard offered to adopt me and I want to say yes but I don’t know if he really wants it or if it’s the right thing so I thought you could tell me from the point of view of someone who’s known him a long time.” Harry blurted out in one go. Anita stared at him in shocked silence, unsure about exactly what he’d said.
“Anita?”

TBC…
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