Harry Potter ~Protection~

The Final Plan.

5th Year AU! The New Year brings changes for everyone and everything; Harry somehow has to keep his head on straight while trying to balance his crazy family and twin soul mates. Oh and ending the war would be a bonus.

FredxHarryxGeorge pairing because I love it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to it.

Protection – The New Year

"Do we really have to go over this routine again Pa?" Harry sighed as Sirius fused over him on the platform by the Hogwarts Express.

"Humour me Pup." Sirius deadpanned as he finished his fussing.

"Be wary of Dumbledore when you go back." Moony reminded the teen.

"I own the castle and Lady H really doesn't like him, so as long as I'm on the grounds I'll be safe from the old goat." Harry reassured them.

"I'll see you two soon, I can't wait until your classes!"

"We'll do our best to live up to your expectations." Sirius said planting a kiss on his son's forehead before the teen hugged both of them. He boarded the Express and right away he was warped to a compartment where he spotted Neville and Luna waiting.

"Happy Christmas and New Year." Harry sang cheerfully as he entered the compartment and was pleased to see the brown leather of Neville's new wand holster sticking out from under his robe sleeve and the jeweled choker sitting snugly on Luna's neck.

"Harry!" The two grinned and the trio exchanged hugs and well wishes.

"Thank you for the choker, it's beautiful." Luna smiled dreamily.

"It pales in comparison to you Crystal." Harry smirked and she giggled, knowing that her brother was smitten with the twins, but she liked the comments nonetheless.

"I ran into Cho and she tried to take it from me… The Nargles zapped her." Luna said with a smirk and Harry made a noise in the back of his throat.

"What did I ever see in her?" He groaned dramatically.

"One can only wonder Shadow." Neville smirked at his friend's distress.

"Thanks for the holster, Gran wasn't impressed at first, but when I dropped my wand it appeared back in my holster and let me tell you, that feature got her onboard with the idea."

"Glad to be of service." Harry gave him a sweeping bow.

"I really liked your gifts as well." He showed them that he had the leaf clasp from Luna holding his robes closed and the red metal Lily flower from Neville on a chain around his neck, both had protection charms cast over them.

The two smiled and they spent the ride talking about their holidays, the twins joined the trio and when Neville asked where Lee was, the twins admitted that he had gotten himself a girlfriend and was currently with her as he has been with her for a while now.

"So what do the Marauders have in plan for the opening feast?" Neville asked curiously.

"Seeing Charlie over the break had me thinking… Dragons." Harry smirked and the others smirked back and the planning started.

They had to stop their planning when Draco and his posse made their usual stop, but it was unusually pleasant.

"Cousin Harry." Draco nodded.

"Cousin Draco how was your holiday?" Harry asked pleasantly, having no problem with the Slytherin in their compartment.

"Very pleasant and yours?" Draco asked stiffly.

"The same." Harry said before he let out a puff of air.

"We did the whole pureblood greeting thing, can we just talk like normal teenagers now?"

"I wouldn't mind that at all." Draco let out a puff of air as well.

"Harry, Fred, George, Luna, Neville this is Blaise Zabini."

"Pleasure." Blaise inclined his head and with that the group made room for the two new people and effortlessly added the two people into their conversation. It turns out when Draco wasn't being a total prat on his father's orders then he was actually quite amusing and Blaise was a genius and had a quick wit about him.

He and Luna got on rather well and most surprising of all was that Neville and Draco got on as well. Harry managed to get Draco to blush a very bright pink when he thanked him very dramatically for helping the others curse Umbridge.

Minutes before they pulled into the station and the Slytherin's quickly merged with their own group and no one was the wiser.

"Did we just have a nice ride to Hogwarts with Draco and Blaise?" Neville questioned as the group sat in their carriage up to the castle.

"Who would have thought it possible." Harry shook his head in amazement.

"So are you looking forward to having your parents teaching here?" Neville asked Harry and the Twins, Harry had filled him and Luna in on everything. The Boy Who Lived had decided not to keep any secrets from them as secrets just tore people apart as he had learned.

"It is going to be interesting, I mean we warned Draco and Blaise about them and hopefully they will inform the rest of Slytherin and give our dad a break." George said running his fingers through Harry's hair out of reflex.

"I think they are just glad Binns will be gone and to be honest, I think Slytherin only really hates Ron and Ginny, I've seen them all snickering at most of your pranks in the past." Harry said logically.

"I wonder how they got rid of Binns." Neville mused, his eyes lighting up as ideas filled his mind.

"Exorcised him hopefully." Luna smirked, the dreamy façade the blonde kept on was impressive and stable, but underneath she was cunning like a Slytherin and could have a mean streak to her to those she disliked.

"One can only dream." Harry nodded sagely causing the others in the carriage to snicker as they arrived at Hogwarts. The group walked confidently into the great hall, this time Neville escorted Luna to the Ravenclaw table in the exact same pureblood manor Harry had at the start of the year, the exception being her cheeks went bright red after he kissed her knuckles.

"I bet five Gallons on them being together by the end of the term." Fred whispered.

"Sometime in the middle." George countered.

"I'm saying Valentines Day." Harry smirked like he knew something they didn't as the trio shook on it. Neville sat down beside Dean and shot the trio an unimpressed look causing the three to blink innocently at him.

Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly and everyone quieted down, turning to the professor's table where Harry was pleased to see his Pa, Uncle Moony and Mr. Weasley already looking professional and rather pleased with them selves. Snape on the other hand looked very pained, but he was casting a look of one could say confusion at the new three and the Gryffindor table every so often.

"Welcome back students for the new term at Hogwarts!" She spoke, but thanks to a spell her words now boomed around the room like a muggle megaphone.

"As I'm sure you all are aware, Albus Dumbledore is no longer Headmaster as that position has been given to me now and I expect the same if not more respect than you gave him. Things will be changing around here; the first of these changes lies in our three new professors. First we have returning to us to teach first to fourth years Defense Against the Dark Arts is Professor Lupin!"

The werewolf stood up and smiled at the hall and was given a standing ovation, he was the best DADA teacher they have had to date even the Slytherin's couldn't disagree with that.

"Teaching fifth years and up for Defense Against the Dark Arts is Sirius Black, or as he would like to be called. Professor Sirius." The headmistress's voice held amusement as she introduced the man who stood up and waved cheekily at the hall, gaining some loud cheering from Gryffindor plus Luna while the other tables muttered about how he was Lord Black and how powerful he was and his past, etc.

"Finally we have er… Retried Professor Binns and Professor Arthur Weasley will be taking over the class. I can assure you that it will not be used as a period to catch up on sleep in." She gave the students a pointed look and many chuckled knowing she was speaking the truth, there was only so many times you could sit through Binns lectures about the Goblin Wars.

Harry glanced at Luna who mouthed 'exorcised him' making the raven hair teen snicker. Mr. Weasley stood up and many tables (excluding Ron, Ginny, Hermione and a chunk of the Slytherin's) clapped. Harry noticed that thankfully Draco had kept his mouth shut about Mr. Weasley's new position.

"Now with that said, let us begin our feast!" McGonagall waved her hand and the house elves sent up the food and everyone cheered as they stared to fill their empty stomachs.

"Welcome back my heir." Lady H sang inside Harry's mind.

"Good to be back Lady H… What do you think of our idea for the welcome back show?" Harry asked curiously as he chewed some chicken.

"It will be beautiful." Lady H sounded excited. "Now would be the perfect time, shall I?"

"As long as you don't mind…" Harry barely had time to think it before sparks erupted in the air out of nowhere and out of the sparks emerged three red dragons, a white dragon, a grey-green dragon and finally a pure black dragon appeared. The dragons roared and flew around the great hall, making sure not to touch any of the students before they breathed their own colored fiery breaths up towards the ceiling and with every eye trained on the ceiling the message appeared.

"THE MARAUDERS WELCOME YOU ALL BACK TO HOGWARTS. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS, IS JUST THE START." The words shimmered there for a bit before they disappeared into sparks like the images of the dragons did, their clothes changing colours this time around.

The hall was silent before cheers and groans broke out, many of the groans came from the Slytherin's and the professors. McGonagall glanced annoyed at Sirius and Remus who were leaning on each other for support as they laughed and cheered.

"That went well." Harry mumbled to the twins who nodded and the students began to file out of the great hall. The newest generation of Marauders had stayed back to greet the new professors.

"Snape looks like someone destroyed his potions lab." Neville commented as Professor Weasley, Lupin and Sirius approached the group.

"You should have seen his face when we walked into the staff meeting." Sirius snickered as he elbowed Remus.

"It was one for the books." Remus nodded before he made a shooing gesture.

"Off to bed, you guys will need it for tomorrow."

"Yes Professor Lupin" The group chimed in sync before they all headed out of the great hall towards their dorms leaving a snickering Sirius and Arthur and a bemused Remus behind them.

~~/~~

Two weeks has passed since the welcome back feast and Harry had to admit, making McGonagall Headmistress had been one of his better ideas. The castle was flourishing under her care and Lady H seemed extremely cheerful about all the changes that were happening.

Everyone (even the Slytherin's, who would never say anything) was pleased that Professor Lupin was back; meanwhile the higher grades loved having Professor Sirius (Padfoot refused to be called Professor Black and sent a stinging hex at anyone who called him that, he said it was for 'teaching purposes').

Even Professor Weasley made History more than bearable, he not only taught wizarding history and he also threw in muggle history as they overlapped at times. He projected battles on the walls around the room when needed, he was a brilliant teacher and he gave everyone a proper chance. As a professor he had calmed down about his fascination with everything muggle and not even Draco had anything horrible to say about him, he didn't even let his father do anything about it.

Potions were still unbearable, but Snape no longer taunted Harry and Neville while they worked and their grades rose up much to Snape's annoyance. Harry was walking towards the DADA Professor's dorms when he passed by Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and he froze in his spot.

The Chamber of Secrets, Slytherin's secret sanctum.

He nearly face palmed, he had went through a whole term without checking out the chamber how could he have forgotten about it?

He glanced around and slipped into the bathroom and faced the correct sink.

"Open up and create stairs." Harry hissed at the sink and watched satisfied as the sink opened up and stairs appeared leading down into the darkness.

"Lumos." Harry held up his wand and a bright light shone from the tip and descended downwards into the chamber. He looked around in dismay at the crumbling state of the corridor, looking exactly the same as it did in his second year.

"Dobby?" Harry asked with a crack, the long eared house elf appeared next to Harry in a toga with both the Potter and Black crests stitched over his heart.

"Mr. Harry Potter sir bes asking for Dobby?" Dobby asked looking up eagerly.

"Yes I did Dobby. Could you possibly clean up this chamber for me? Also can you store all the profitable parts of the Basilisk for me? " Harry gestured to the massive snake in front of him.

"Yes Dobby can bes doing this for Mr. Harry Potter sir." Dobby nodded just as eagerly before he disappeared and a few minutes have passed by and Harry stared at the corridor leading down to the main area of the chamber as it became pristine and well lit.

"Impressive, thank you for all your hard work Dobby." Harry beamed as the elf appeared beside him with a crack.

"No thank you Mr. Harry Potter sir." Dobby bowed lowly, his voice wavering as his huge eyes welled up in tears before he disappeared with a crack. Harry flicked his wand back into his holster and wandered down the hallway humming under his breath. He stood in front of the huge Slytherin statue and rolled his eyes at it, knowing from meeting Salazar's portrait that the man liked his dramatics.

"Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four." Harry spoke to the statue and watched as its jaw unhinged and a set of stairs appeared. Harry smirked and ran up the steps and he looked down at the darkness below.

"Well this is going to be fun." Harry huffed and lowered himself down onto the top of the slide going down into the darkness. He let out a small whoop of joy that bounced around the walls as the slide twisted around and then Harry landed on a dusty carpet with a thud.

"Ow." Harry whined as he rubbed his butt as he stood up taking in the 'secret sanctum'. It basically looked like a mix of the Slytherin common room and the potion lab's on a much larger scale of course.

"Ah." Harry nodded his head, having expected this sort of décor. Harry spent about half an hour wandering around the 'sanctum', scanning the rows of ingredients for potions and it had very detailed books on all subjects that Hogwarts had available and Harry knew this would help immensely in his upcoming OWL's.

"This place will be perfect." Harry grinned before he looked around the walls for a door, before he tilted his head backwards to look at the chute he had came through from.

"Oh come on Salazar." Harry moaned, rubbing his forehead making a mental note to question the founder of the Slytherin House why on earth he thought putting the only entrance and exit that far up.

"Dobby?" Harry asked aloud, hating that he was bothering the house elf again.

"Hello again Mr. Harry Potter sir." Dobby's floppy ears bounced as he appeared with a loud crack.

"Hi Dobby, I was hoping you could do something else for me." Harry asked rubbing the back of his neck.

"Of course! Anything for Mr. Harry Potter sir!" Dobby was rocking back and forth on his heels looking honoured that Harry was asking him for something else.

"Could you clean up this room, make it more livable I guess? Separate the potion's area so if explosions do happen it won't damage the rest of the room and could you make that chute more fun? Like adding a large cushion at the bottom and maybe a lift up back up into Hogwarts?" Harry asked for all the things he could think of at the moment.

"This bes easy for Dobby Mr. Harry Potter sir!" Dobby beamed as he snapped his fingers a few times and Harry watched in awe at the sight of the sanctum cleaning itself and the potion area being sectioned off into a lab like room. Comfortable couches, chairs and large pillows of the colours of the four houses appeared in front of an unused fireplace that was squeezed between the huge bookshelves. A magically enhanced cushion appeared underneath the bottom of the chute and a door with four buttons (marked with each house's symbol) appeared across from the chute.

"Whoa, this is amazing Dobby! Thank you so much!" Harry spun around the room as ornate crystal chandeliers dangled from the now enchanted ceiling (like in the Great Hall) and they gave the sanctum a warm, inviting glow.

"It was nothing Mr. Harry Potter sir!" Dobby said shyly.

"It isn't nothing, you are amazing Dobby. Here I wanted to give this to you a while ago but I haven't had the time." Harry reached into his bag (thank god for the expansion and featherweight charm Sirius had helped him put on it) and pulled out a pin. Harry knelt in front of Dobby and pinned it to the cloth he was wearing (it was much better than the pillowcase he used to wear as Sirius had forced it on him when they met, Dobby had sobbed for an hour after that).

"There now you are officially part of the Potter-Black family." Harry said proudly and Dobby looked down at the pin that was both of family's crests merged together (something Remus had created over the summer and Gringotts approved of the design) and his huge eyes watered up.

"Ohhhh Mr. Harry Potter sir!" Dobby burst into tears and Harry rubbed the house elf's head softly, allowing him to cry his eyes out.

"It's okay Dobby, you've earned it ten times over." Harry soothed and Dobby nodded, hiccupping before he disappeared with a crack to go cry without making any more of a scene in front of his Harry Potter sir.

Harry shook his head fondly and dusted his robes off before a covered portrait caught his eye and he walked over to it and pulled off the portrait and let out a shocked yelp, stumbling backwards.

"Don't be so dramatic child." Salazar huffed as he peered around his sanctum to see what had been done to it.

"Well sorry for not expecting you to be here." Harry placed his hand on his chest to calm his beating heart.

"It is my sanctum, why would I not have a portrait here?" Salazar crossed his arms.

"…Fair point, well do you like what Dobby's done with the place?" Harry waved an arm behind him.

"…It is sufficient." Salazar sniffed and Harry rolled his eyes, used to the Slytherin's attitude.

"Well I better get going, I have no idea how long I've been down here. I do have homework." Harry walked towards the lift Dobby had installed and pushed the Gryffindor button that lit up red.

"Yes, yes, hurry along. Don't forget to come back for your potion tutoring." Salazar reminded his heir and Harry muttered under his breath but nodded at the founder before he slid into the lift.

"Sheesh, that man." Harry pushed his black hair out of his eyes as the lift moved upwards and he wondered where it would spit him out. The door slid open to reveal another door. Harry frowned and pushed on the door and blinked, as it swung open easily, he stumbled out into the Gryffindor common room. He turned around as the two doors slid shut. Turns out the second door had been a portrait in the common room that Harry had honestly thought was just there to make the wall feel less empty.

"Ah there you are Harrykins." A voice sang as a pair of arms wrapped around his waist, Harry leaned back against George's chest as Fred leaned down and pecked his cheek.

"Were you worried?" Harry teased as he allowed his twins to maneuver him towards the staircase leading up towards their room.

"About you, only all the time." Fred grumbled.

"But we know you can handle yourself and…" George spoke up next, resting his had on top of Harry's head.

"…Our bracelets didn't warn us of anything happening to you…" Fred picked up next as he unbuttoned Harry's robes for him.

"…So we knew you were okay, we just…" George slid the robe off Harry's shoulders.

"…Wanted to find you." Fred finished and the twins manhandled him onto their bed and curled up around their smaller boyfriend.

"You two are so cute." Harry smiled softly as he snuggled down between the twins feeling comfortable and at ease.

"We know." They chorused and Harry rolled his eyes fondly.

~~/~~

"Isn't this exciting?" Luna asked as she swung Harry and Neville's hands as they wandered around Hogsmeade.

"It's freezing out here." Neville said in response as he tugged his winter jacket tighter around him trying to keep his warmth to himself.

"I'll keep you warm." Luna wrapped Neville up in a hug with a cheery smile on her face and Neville's cheeks turned rosy red while Harry gave him two thumbs up and wandered off to give the two lovebirds alone.

He shoved his finger glove clad hands into his pockets of his fleece-lined jacket as he peered into the windows of the shops that made up Hogsmeade. Nothing really caught his eye, which was good so he wasn't distracted when screams rang out. Instantly he flicked his wrist and his wand slid into his grip before he rushed towards where the screams came from. His blood ran cold at the sight of black cloak's and skull masks, sending spells every which way.

"Death Eaters, of course I couldn't get an non eventful trip out of the castle." Harry grumbled as he cast a shield spell as he darted in front of a third year that had fallen while trying to escape.

"Thank you." She breathed out in shock, her wand trembling in her hand.

"Hurry and get back to Hogwarts!" Harry told her as he fired off a blasting spell at a nearby group of Death Eaters. They were blown every which way and the third year scurried to her feet and rushed towards the outline of Hogwarts, casting her own shield spell (thank god for Remus's lessons).

Harry felt his rings turn hot against his skin in a warning and he managed to toss himself to the side to avoid being slashed by claws.

"You smell like a wolf I used to know." A man with grey hair, long pointed teeth and claw like nails and whiskers on his face circled around Harry.

"You're Fenrir Greyback." Harry realized, remembering what Remus had told him about the wolf that had turned him when he was a child and suddenly he felt a lot less confident about this fight. He had never dealt with a werewolf before and he knew just how dangerous they could be, even a claw slash could turn him. Harry narrowed his eyes and stayed on his guard, he would not allow himself to be turned it would destroy Remus and he wasn't going to allow that.

"So my reputation precedes me." Greyback sounded smug as he inspected Harry interested, his nose twitching every so often.

"Only that you are a monster that likes biting innocent children." Harry snapped, unsure if he should attack the werewolf or not. He rather avoid getting into a fight with him if at all possible, he just sent more of his magic into his shield praying that if Greyback did pounce it would stop at least his fangs and claws.

"Hm I remember what wolf you smell like. Remus Lupin, my cub that got away." Greyback said as he bared his teeth.

"He's not your anything Greyback." Harry snapped rising to the defense of his uncle.

"Oh this is going to be fun." Greyback purred before he leapt forward. Harry yelped and brought his shield around and sent a powered stinging hex towards the werewolf who yelped as it contacted, Harry dropped to the ground as Greyback pounced towards him, he flew over his head. Harry scrambled to his feet and took off running; he needed to find someone to help him.

As powerful as he was now, he didn't want to fight this monster on his own, he ducked under curses from other Death Eaters and his hand flew up to the bracelet his soul mates gave him and breathed out in relief that none of their initials were glowing any kind of color and he opened his mouth to speak the word to activate the portkey back to the Den when he yelled in shock as he was tackled to the ground. His head bounced against the ground hard and his vision blurred and faded into darkness.

~~/~~

Awareness came back to Harry in stages, first was his hearing and sense of smell. He heard wind rattling wood panels and a musky smell invaded his nose. Next he felt harsh rope tied tight around his ankles, knees, wrists and elbows and a horrible taste was in his mouth thanks to some sort of cloth that had been used as makeshift gag and so he forced his eyes open. He had to blink several times before his vision focused and he managed to look around. He was in the Shrieking shack, in the same room that he had first met his Pa a few years back, he was sitting on the slashed up chair that Ron had been on when his leg had been injured.

"So you're awake." Greyback spoke from where he was leaning against the dust-covered window, his eyes trained on Harry as he tested his bonds and tried to spit out the gag.

"Don't worry Boy-Who-Lived. I'm not turning you over to the Dark Lord, you are my leverage against Remus Lupin." Greyback pushed off the window and stepped in front of Harry, letting his nails lengthen into claws. He used the tips of his claws to trail down Harry's cheek, laughing when Harry jerked back away from his claws.

"You would make a very good wolf young one." Greyback mused, eyes glinting as he mulled over the idea. Harry let out a string of muffled curses at Greyback who threw his head back and barked out a laugh.

"That's the spirit." Greyback dug his the tips of his claws into Harry's cheek, little rivers of blood trickling down his cheek. Harry swallowed hard and prayed that this wouldn't affect him and he wiggled away from the stinging pressure on his skin.

"Ah they are here." Greyback rumbled as he pulled his claws back before he yanked Harry up onto his feet and wrapped an arm around the teen's waist and positioned his blood stained claws at the base of Harry's throat.

"Harry!" The door slammed open to show Sirius and Remus standing there, wands out and rage coming off of them in waves. Sirius eyes found the small claw marks on Harry's cheek and Remus's nose flared at the scent of Harry's blood and fear and both let out snarls of anger and something dangerous and insane flashed in their dark eyes.

"Hello Remus." Greyback purred and Harry let out a muffled shout at the two men and struggled against the rope loathing the fact he was so helpless even with his magic, he made a mental note to ask Sirius to teach him muggle martial arts and maybe learn how to get out of ropes and the like.

"Greyback let him go now!" Remus snarled, his eyes glowing yellow as Moony growled in outrage at the sight of his sire threatening his cub.

"You have two options here Remus, come back to me and I'll let your little cub here live. Option two is that I turn your little cub and take him instead." Greyback spoke as he dug his claws into Harry's skin laughing at the snarls and curses Sirius and Remus gave at his movement and words.

"I can't fight my sire Siri." Remus muttered low to Sirius, not lowering his wand.

"I know, take care of Harry." Sirius muttered back not taking his eyes off his son. Harry looked into his father's eyes and gave thanks that he had learned how to learn how to read people and jerked his head slightly. He suddenly went limp leaning all his weight back against Greyback and at the same time he threw his head back against Greyback's face, smiling around the gag when he heard a crack of Greyback's nose. Greyback roared in pain and he released his hold on Harry letting Remus dart forward to scoop the teenager into his arms and dart back out the door of the room in the shrieking shack.

"I have you cub, Padfoot is taking care of Greyback." Remus said soothingly as he carried his still bound teenager out of the shack. He placed Harry down onto the ground under the frozen Whomping Willow and using his wand he sliced apart the ropes and worked the gag out of Harry's mouth, rubbing his raw skin while Harry coughed and gasped for fresh hair.

"Are you okay Harry?" Remus asked softly.

"I have been better, facing a werewolf in battle was…" Harry trailed off not wanting to offend his werewolf his uncle.

"Terrifying, I know the feeling." Remus finished Harry's thought and Harry nodded subdued.

"Why couldn't you fight Greyback?" Harry asked as Remus muttered healing spells over his wounds and inspected the claw marks in more depth.

"He is my sire, he is the one who created me. Werewolves can't fight that kind of bond, no matter how much we want to." Remus explained dismayed.

"So that's why Pa is fighting him instead." Harry realized, he also realized that his father was fighting a werewolf and he should be panicking and fighting to get back to help him but he wasn't.

"Sirius can handle Greyback, he might be the best person to do so." Remus said like he saw his thoughts across his face.

"The marks aren't deep enough to affect you completely, you might feel more wolf like sensations like possession of people you deem pack and maybe heightened senses, but these won't last more than a few days at the most." Remus explained and Harry nodded understanding what Remus was saying.

"How's our pup?" Sirius asked as he exited from the tunnel, Harry twisted his head around to make sure his Pa was uninjured. He was, he was dustier than before and his hair was out of place but overall he looked the same if not a bit more smug than before. Relief crossed his face at seeing both of them uninjured and safe. He knelt down next to Harry and swept him into a tight hug.

"He's dead Moony." Sirius said over Harry's head, stroking his dark hair.

"Good." Remus said darkly and Sirius blinked at a soft purr coming from the teen in his arms.

"Did he just purr?" Sirius asked as Harry nuzzled his face against his robes, inhaling his Pa's scent.

"Aftereffects of Greyback's claws, it will fade after a few days." Remus assured Sirius patting Harry's head.

"Hm, okay up you go pup." Sirius chuckled and stood up, holding Harry in his arms.

"Where are we going?" Harry asked, wrapping his arms around Sirius' neck.

"To get Poppy to check you out just in case and then we are tucking you into bed." Sirius said cheerfully as they headed back up towards Hogwarts.

"What about the attack in Hogsmeade?" Harry asked as he allowed his Pa to cradle him in his arms.

"The Professors and some Auror's arrived and drove them back, they captured a few but once Luna and Neville told us that they saw Greyback heading towards the Shrieking Shack with you unconscious we came right away." Sirius explained and Harry hummed, warmth spreading that his Pa and Uncle dropped everything to come rescue him the moment they heard he had been taken.

"Is everyone okay?" Harry asked, eyeing his bracelet and not seeing any colors shining so he assumed they were all fine but it never hurt to be sure.

"Everyone is fine most are just worried about you." Remus confirmed as they climbed the steps toward the infirmary. Some students were laid up in the beds and their friends surrounding them, but once the trio entered the ward fell silent at their entrance. Sirius and Remus didn't pay attention to the awed looks they were getting, clearly they had been seen in action in Hogsmeade and Harry was never more proud of his Pa and Uncle. Sirius gently set Harry down onto one of the empty beds and huffed when he tried to pull away but Harry grip was strong and didn't seem to be ready to release his hold just yet.

"Okay, okay I'll stay." Sirius chuckled before he arranged Harry and himself on the bed so Harry was half on top of him all curled up.

"Oh dear what happened?" Poppy fussed as she started to look at the healing wounds on Harry, never once trying to extract him from Sirius' grip.

"Greyback kidnapped him, he's dead now but he used his claws on Harry. From what I see the effects are temporary." Remus explained as he pulled up a chair and stroked Harry's hair.

"Actually, that isn't correct. These effects are going to be permanent." Poppy reported and both men looked at her with confusion, shock and fear on Remus' part.

"Oh no, nothing to worry about. It just appears that Greyback's claws awoke a part of his DNA that is tied with his animagus form, he is just going to be more possessive of what he deems is his and the heighten senses will match his animagus's form but it will not affect him negatively." Poppy explained and smiled when Harry let out a purr as Remus continued to stroke his hair soothingly.

"Thank you Poppy." Sirius said and she nodded easily seeing the dismissal and left to treat her other patients.

"Is this going to be okay?" Harry asked, he had heard what Poppy said and didn't seem to put out by it.

"Of course it is pup, there is nothing wrong with having heighten senses and now we get better excuses to cuddle you whenever we want." Sirius said cheerfully, Harry squinted up at his Pa and felt relief at seeing nothing but truth in his face.

"Like we needed an excuse in the first place." Remus snorted and Harry let a smile cross his face at the obvious love and support that he was getting from the two of them.

"Harry!" Fred and George cried out as they rushed into the infirmary, searching for their soul mate and all but collapsed against each other at the sight of Harry curled up mostly unharmed with Sirius on the bed.

"I'm okay." Harry said soothingly, reaching out for his soul mates. Sirius smiled and slid out from under his son to allow the twins to curl up on either side of him.

"No wandering hands." Sirius made the 'I'm watching you' gesture at the twins before Remus towed him away to go see if Poppy needed help and to check in on Luna and Neville.

"Your initials went blue and green…" Fred started as he rested his cheek on Harry's head.

"We were so worried." George finished as he resting his ear against Harry's chest to hear his heartbeat in reassurance.

"I'm okay I promise, Pa and Uncle Moony saved me, but apparently I'm going to be more possessive from now on, so be ready for that." Harry warned his soul mates.

"Looking forward to it Harrykins." Fred kissed his cheek while George kissed the other one and Harry felt his face heat up before he ducked his head against Fred's chest, a happy feeling spreading from within as he felt his mates bodies pressed up on either side of him and the feeling of his Pa and Uncle watching over him from a far.