Harry Potter and his Princesses

Chapter 7

Author's Notes: Well, here we go for another chapter of this story. I wanted to try working on my other stories, but the Syndrome of the blank page struck again, leaving me with only ideas for this story. What can you do when your Muse is a fickle lady? You roll with it that is. So I also had several comments about how it was very unfair that Harry was grounded by his mother for having being coerced into doing Farore's bidding and also about how Farore decided to obtain her Champion's compliance. I answered each of them individually to reassure them but I wanted to tell everyone that those particular issues will be resolved pretty soon. Lily/Altrouge will learn the whole truth and Farore will eventually find a much better way to obtain what she wants from Harry in the future. After all, any good women know how to make men do many things for them. *whistle innocently*

Well, the events of Second Year are about over and there are only a few more things to wrap before the family return to Hyrule. I am not one hundred percent certain, but I might put a time skip in this chapter or the next since I think I have covered about everything a twelve years old boy can do, even with supernatural capacities and magic. So here are the current stats. We have 112 Reviews, 893 Followers, 741 Favourites, a whole whooping 16 C2 Communities and also 61 504 Views. Thank you so very much everyone for your continued support. I very much appreciate it. Well that's about all I wanted and/or needed to say I think. Let's get this show on the road!

Once Lily had dragged her protesting son all the way back to their quarters, she sat on a chair after telling him to stand in front of her and waited for an explanation. And what a dozy the explanation she got truly was! Sirius, Midna and Harry left no details out without her having to ask for more. Once her family stopped talking, she kept quiet. She was furious. That... bitch of a goddess had the sheer gall to torture her beloved son into compliance! To force him to go fight a fifteen metres long venomous snake with a killer gaze! He could have died! He was only a child! Her beloved one and only child! This was only a sliver of the thoughts currently warring into her mind. She would also have to apologize and lift the grounding she had imposed on her son earlier since he hadn't been reckless to the point of suicide on purpose. Then curiosity override her other concerns. Harry had said earlier that Farore had given him a boon as a reward for killing the damn serpent, thus succeeding into the Trial she had forced him into.

«Harry», she said, «Show me...What did you called it again…? Farore's Aegis?»

At the boy's nod, she acquiesced and completed her sentence.

«Show it to me then, please. I want to see if the fact that you had been thrown into mortal peril against your will had been somehow worth it at the very least.»

Harry, being eager to please and also happy to show off his brand new toy so to speak, lost no time at all in hitting the knuckles of both hands balled into fists together and in an impressive display, the divine magic shield appeared on command. Altrouge was born at the very end of the Age of Gods. She had seen a few deities walk the world among mortals even if they were rather discreet and preparing to move to the Reverse Side of the World. But even then, it was easy for her to feel the difference in between Magecraft, Wizarding Magic and whatever was that Shield. It came from a Divine Spirit at the very least. Wanting to test it, she shifted to her Dead Apostle form before punching the shield with about a quarter of her full strength. That way she would truly test it and if it failed, she knew that Harry was fast enough to dodge since she hadn't put much speed into the hit. When her marble like flesh made contact with Farore's Aegis, there was a gong like sound and the forest green coloured light rippled a bit, but the shield held without problem.

Blinking with surprise, Altrouge huffed indignantly but finally said

«Alright. You are no longer grounded. You clearly had no other choices. But that doesn't mean I have to like it though.»

She finished by crossing her arms under her sizable bust with an displeased huff, all the while pouting lightly.

Everyone chuckled wanly at that. Relieved, but still somewhat stressed. The situation could have been much worse. It could also have been handled much better if Farore had not been as pushy and demanding, but it was not like they could go find the goddess and take her to task for her bad behaviour. The introspective mood was broken by two stomach gurgling noises, coming from both Midna and Harry. While the child only shrugged his shoulders and laughed it up; being a growing and very active boy, Harry was always hungry. For her part Midna blushed with embarrassment and with a rather tsundere answer, yelled at the currently laughing trio

«All of you, shut up! I used a lot of my magical energy fighting that ruddy snake all the while keeping boy-hero over there alive and in one piece! I am hungry, so what?! It's only natural! »

Midna's outburst only served to send the rest of the strange family into more laughing fits, much to her displeasure. She would get them back for this, she swore it to herself. Harry was then sent to shower all the grime and sweat he had accumulated and the ruler of all Twilis would be next once the boy was out. During this time, Sirius went down to the kitchens to organize food to be brought up for Midna since she couldn't simply attends the meals in the Great Hall or call for an House Elf without causing a scene. On her side of things, Lily, who was back in her human guise, tracked down Dumbledore to explain to him what had happened. Once in his office, she spilled almost all of the entire story. The Twilight Princess' exact involvement in the battle down in the Chamber was edited out of course, but not the fact that Farore had forced Harry's hand to deal with the problem. It was needless to say that Albus didn't take that well.

It was rather easy to forget what the man truly was under his grandfather persona. For the first time since Riddle's supposed demise a bit more than a decade ago, Albus Dumbledore's power was felt pouring out of him. His generally twinkling blue eyes were now cold and hard as ice and his usually benevolent and smiling aged face now seemed to be cut from marble. There was some kind of pressure and a visible aura of power emanating from his person. This was not the Albus Dumbledore, the slightly dotty but wise old man and grandfather figure who was chained to three full time jobs. This was the man who brought down Gellert Grindelwald, a very powerful and skilled wizard terrorist who had caused problems all over Europe and in America for close to forty years. This was the man who had been the rampart against Riddle's darkness even if he was no longer in his prime. Albus «Peace-Bringer» Dumbledore.

While it was now too late to do anything against the giant snake, Hogwarts Castle would surely get a very thorough «spring cleaning» once the students went home for the summer and he would revamp the castle's defensive enchantments too, so such things never happen again under his nose. Then Lily decided to smooth things over. While the aged wizard was powerful, she would prefer that he save his magical might and political acumen for other problems that would most likely be cropping out further down the road. Hence why she decided to play the peacemaker today.

«Albus, perhaps a little something out of the ordinary to calm the children would be a good thing? Do you still have the grand piano I remember from my school days somewhere? If you still have it and also can have someone to tune it correctly, I could play for the students after dinner tonight or tomorrow? I know a good song for the piano to help soothe people's spirits.»

Albus managed to calm himself somewhat. He was still very much upset, but it was too late to do anything about it right now. Well except maybe some damage control. And soothing the nervously tense children in their care with some music would do everyone some good. Music was a magic all on its own after all. Once he was calm and having thought about it correctly, the ancient wizard answered

«I'll have it done for tomorrow night. I do know where the grand piano is currently stored, but it would be too much of a rush job to have it ready for this evening. Even magic has limits I am afraid. It has been quite a few years since it has seen use after all.»

Lily nodded and after a few more pleasantries, excused herself from the Headmaster's office. She had the not so unfounded suspicion that she should keep a better eye on her offspring for a few more days. Just in case he would try to be up to no good. Lily sometimes bemoaned that her son had to inherit his father's thrill-seeker ways on top of his love for practical jokes and that it had both been actively encouraged and nurtured by his friends back home and his godfather. Hopefully Harry hadn't caused or gotten into any more troubles so soon after his last misadventure.

XxX

Before going to eat in the Great Hall after his shower, Harry decided to track down Daphne and Tracey. He knew they would be leaving soon, probably in a day or two but he had enjoyed their company during his sojourn here. It would be a bit hard to keep in contact, but what Midna didn't know, was that he knew a bit more about Twili shadow magic that he had let on. Shadow magic was much easier than Wizarding magic when it came to tweak around some spells. He would use his powers to create something so he could exchange letters with his friends here even while he was in Hyrule. The «jet lag» in between the Realms would most likely be hard to deal with, but Harry was ready to invest time and efforts into those friendships. Having followed other Slytherin students down to the dungeons while covered in his notice-me-not charm, he wondered for a moment if it would be better to drop it and simply ask politely for Daphne and Tracey, but in the end, using his shadow powers was a good training exercise. Shifting his density so he could walk through the wall without problems, he kept to the shadows all the way to the Girls' dorms.

Merging into the shadow of an older girl going up the stairs, the young pre-teen bypassed the enchantments meant to keep boys out of there without being discovered or detected. From there it was only a matter of time before he found his quarries. But true to his luck, he had to find them in the middle of changing. Having being raised to respect a woman's or in this case girls', privacy, Harry quickly ducked out of the dorm, still one with the shadows, all the while averting his gaze from the exposed areas he shouldn't look. It was not from embarrassment, but a question of respect. His Zora friends usually didn't wear clothes after all. And you could tell the differences in between the men and women by their general shape. But both Midna and his mother really didn't like it when he used to bust in their rooms or the bathroom at random times without knocking first.

When he felt enough time had passed that the girls would now be decently clothed, still melded into the shadows, he entered the dorm room once more. Melding with Tracey's shadow, Harry thought it would be funny to see their reactions to his sudden appearance. So slowly, he brought himself back to his normal state. To the casual observer, it would look like he was slowly emerging from Tracey's shadow. But in truth he was already out beforehand. He was just becoming solid and visible again. Needless to say, seeing Daphne being stunned speechless at his sudden appearance was quite amusing. It was somewhat less so when she whipped out her wand in his direction with the intent to cast something hurtful at him tough; even if her angry flush was rather adorable. Yelping out loud with a bit of simulated fear, he dove right back into Tracey's shadow to escape Heiress Greengrass' incoming wrath.

He might just be twelve years old, going on thirteen, but even at his age he was smart enough to get out of dodge when you had an angry female with access to magic after your hide! He had learned from Sirius' mistake! His godfather should have known that messing with his mother's bra straps would get him into very hot water. The old dog was lucky that he managed to apparate away to let her simmer down for a few days without getting hurt quite a lot in the process. The things she had ranted about what she would do to the mutt when she got her hands on him was quite terrifying!

It took a little while, but after assuring the girls he hadn't seen them undressed, he was cleared to take solid appearance once again. Since Daphne was still fighting her blush down, it was Tracey who asked

«Okay, first how can you do all those shadowy things and second, how did you bypass the enchantments on the stairway? »

Harry, deciding to be a smart ass, declared with a wide smile and twinkling eyes

«That...is a secret!»

Tracey's pout was a reward by itself, just like Daphne's annoyed eyebrow twitch. Harry would be quite a poor Marauder if he didn't mess with people just for the fun of it once in a while. He couldn't wait to start on the process to become an Animagus! After a bit of wheedling from Tracey, all Harry accepted to say was that he was using «Shadow magic». In the end, it was Daphne who put an end to their banter. She then asked

«Moving on. What is the purpose of your visit here?»

Harry paid Tracey's pout no mind and Daphne ignored the childish insult of being against fun. The boy shrugged his shoulders and answered

«My family and I are leaving soon to go back home, in the next few days most likely. I don't know when we'll be coming back but I think the tree of us are becoming fast friends. So I wanted to craft for both of you a beacon for a teleportation spell that would let us send letters back and forth. Where I live...»

He trailed off a bit, searching and choosing carefully his words before continuing

«I don't think any Post owls would be able to make the trip safely and messenger birds are not for everyone in my home. I could perhaps tame and train a falcon to do the job but that would take a rather long time. The Postman is very good at his job, but well, everyone has limits. That way we can keep cultivating our new friendship even if I can't visit very often.»

He finished with an enthusiastic smile. Said smile was contagious, even if Daphne was now blushing again like a tomato and much to her dismay and relief, Tracey would no doubt tease her mercilessly about her crush and being in denial but the Potter boy appeared to be entirely clueless like any other boy at that age. In the end, both girls saw him craft with his strange powers a pendant representing a deep violet crescent moon with a few stars for Daphne and for Tracey, he crafted a bright orange sun pendant. Harry thought it represented their personalities well. And for his good deeds, both girls kissed his cheeks as a «thank you» gesture, bringing a smug grin on their faces in seeing the normally unflappable boy starting to blush and stammer. It was rather fun when the tables were turned!

XxX

The reunion in between Lily, Sirius and Remus was awkward. The latter had of course received the owl sent to him by the former two, but after more than a decade without any news, things were bond to be strained. While Remus hadn't truly believed Sirius able to betray the Potters, he wasn't even certain if some of his old friends were even still alive, so you could forgive him to be full of doubts and questions. He did had a good laugh in seeing young Harry run away from a flustered female Slytherin Student currently pursuing him with wand in hand, from the resemblance alone he could tell she was a Greengrass, dodging jinxes and hexes left and right like a pro. It was also easy to see Sirius' influence on him when the lad turned his head back without stopping and make a grimace, thus giving the girl more reasons to yell at him

«Get back here you twit! I will teach you a lesson about respecting girls!»

Her only answer was an amused and defiant laugh and a shouted answer

«No thank you, milady! I do not have a death wish! If you want to catch me though, you'll have to be much faster than this! I'm almost falling asleep over there since you're so slow!»

«Why you…!»

Their banter was lost to the adults when the children turned a corner towards another corridor. Daphne's threats could still be heard somewhat and Harry's bursts of laughter too for a while longer before the silence came back with awkwardness in tow. Once the group were behind closed doors, Remus lost his jovial air and said harshly with a lot of the Wolf in his tone of voice to Lily all the while his soft amber eyes were slowly turning a savage yellow

«You have exactly two minutes to explain to me why you smell like a vampire before I put you down the hard way.»

While Sirius was surprised that Lily's cover had been blown so quickly, the woman concerned only rose a well manicured auburn eyebrow, not at all intimidated by her old friend's tone of voice. In fact, she answered in a voice that spoke of a matter of fact

«Kudos to the sense of smell you inherited from Moony, Remus. So even when I am in this form, some smell from my true self still remains. I'll have to work on that in the near future I suppose. But even before my Awakening I was more than a match for all of you Marauders with a wand in hand. As am I now, you wouldn't even stand a ghost of a chance of defeating me. So if you don't want me to treat you like a misbehaving pup that his owner have to discipline, you'll sit your arse down on that chair right over there and you'll listen attentively to what I have to tell you. »

She finished with a tone that brooked no argument and also by leaking some more of her power, Just enough to make the eyes of the lycanthrope widen in surprise, primal fear and for his breath to become erratic before she reeled it back in. Of course, most of Lily's power wasn't readily available to her when she was in human form, but when the door to their quarters had closed behind them, she had reverted back to her Dead Apostle Ancestor form once her cover has been blown. It was needless to say that Remus did exactly as he was told. When the story was entirely resumed, Remus was speechless. If Lily had not offered her Oath beforehand, he would never had believed any of it. Seeing Midna in the flesh and also being witness of her opening a portal as a demonstration was all the proof he needed and then some!

Unlike most Wizards, Remus was in the know about the other magical community called «The Moonlit World» having had dealings with some Magi in the past, that existed out there, thus he knew the differences in between the classical vampire and the Dead Apostles. As a Werewolf, he could tell the differences instinctively. To use a comics comparison, Altrouge was what a Kryptonian living under a yellow sun was to a regular human, but for the entire Vampire species. It would be Harry in fact who would later coin the term «Super Vampire» after seeing a particular episode of an Anime called Dragon Ball Z. It would be somewhat crude, but also true. In the end the offer to take Remus to Hyrule with them was accepted. They would proceed to leave the United Kingdom behind the day after tomorrow if there was no setbacks. It was a bit of a short notice to put his affairs in order but he should be able to manage with Sirius' help. Lily then told him

«If you need some more time, I can make a frankly overdue visit. I have a...let's say… a younger half-sister who currently lives somewhere in Japan. I would like to have her meet my son before vanishing from this Realm for a few more years. Harry deserve to know both sides of his family after all. Well except Petunia. If I saw her ever again I don't think I would be able to stop myself from bleeding her dry.»

Remus had nothing to say to that and for good reason. He was still reeling from all the emotional bombs that had just been dropped on him.

XxX

The next evening came quickly. After the evening meal was over, the Headmaster stood up from his golden throne like chair and lifted his hands in the air, asking for silence. In the matter of a few minutes, the elderly man got what he had asked. Clearing his throat, he then said

«Thank you. I have a few announcements to make before I offer you all a rare treat. First, I have the great pleasure to announce you that the Chamber of Secrets was found and the Heir of Slytherin apprehended. Also the supposed «Monster of Slytherin» was stopped.»

During the shouts of joys and other noises, Albus felt somewhat bad to lie to the children, but the truth was so unbelievable that even with the proof he saw with his own eyes, he was still questioning it. So a white lie it was. Once he had the attention back after a few well placed Canon blast charms he continued

«The next topic is to announce to you all that due to a generous donation to the school from a patron that wish to remain anonymous, we can now afford to import mature Mandrakes from the Continent so Professor Snape would be able to brew a Restorative Draught to help Madam Pomfrey cure all the currently petrified students. They should be right as rain and out of the Infirmary in the next few days.»

This time, Albus was prepared and was not drowned by the noise. He rose his tone of voice

«As such, all final exams except for the OWLs and NEWTs are now hereby cancelled. And before you drown me with your cries of joy, I have the treat I promised for you all. Madam Lily Potter will play and sing us a song on the grand piano.»

With a flourish of his wand, the candles lighting the Great Hall dimmed and on the stage where the lectern usually was, the grand piano which was a fetching pale blue color with some black was now suddenly visible with Lily sitting on the bench. The Widow Potter cracked her fingers before making a few tests by hitting various keys. She also cleared her throat and took a few sips of water in a glass before starting to play a soft, a bit haunting and somewhat melancholic melody*. (Song of Healing (Majora's Mask) Vocal Cover by Nikki Jensen [With Lyrics] )

«Day to night, dark to light,

Fall the sands of time.

Let the years like the gears

Of a clock unwind

In your mind walk through time

Back to better days.

Memories, like a dream,

Wash tears away.

Like a star in the sky,

Darkness can't reach you

Light the night, joy is light,

Till the new dawn.

Cast away your old face

Let go your spite,

With this mask I'll ask

To borrow your light

Once the years still your fears

Time will seal your fate

Will the curse be reversed

Before it's too late

Ash to dust left to rust

All time fades away

All your pain still remains

Cast it away

You must take on the light

Let it help guide you

Follow the path ahead

Forge one anew

Darkness is fading now

It's not too late

Three days is all you have

To change your fate»

Once the song was over, Lily made some vocalizations and continued the song for a few notes before finishing. The song was magical of itself, but adding hew own power in her voice and in the music to it amplified the cleansing power of the Song of Healing. It reached the entire hall, easing everyone's spirits. It helped heal old wounds and also more recent ones. The effect wouldn't be felt immediately, but it had he desired effect of putting the children at ease. Lily even had the surprise of getting a glowing ovation from the entire school body, teachers and students alike. She was honestly surprised that the entire school population liked the song so much, but hey. To thank the people for their ovation, she did a series of quick bows before leaving the great hall towards her temporary quarters. Harry and she would leave for Misaki Town, Japan tomorrow, so they needed to finish packing.

XxX

Altrouge first considered taking a plane to Japan, but she wasn't equipped to distract a very active twelve years old for fourteen hours straight. Taking an international portkey would involve a lot of red tape and frankly, she wasn't in the mood to deal with blockheaded idiots. So she did the next best thing. That is to ask Midna if she could create a portal to Misaki Town if she shared her memories of the place with the Royal Twili. She would have asked Harry, but for a distance that big, she preferred to err on the side of caution and ask her best friend for help. The warp was successful since they found themselves into a deserted back alley. They hadn't really accounted for the different time zones, but Altrouge didn't want to look everywhere in the town for her younger half-sister, so she was travelling into her Apostle form. That way her presence should be detected easier.

To help things, she changed to a similar look to her old appearance, but as an adult. Altrouge had lived long enough in an adult body by now that she no longer wished to go back to be a teenager. They didn't have to wait for long before a statuesque short blonde haired woman with ruby red eyes, marble like skin dressed in a long sleeve white shirt, long purple skirt, and black boots found them. She stayed silent for a moment, observing the newcomers. Midna's looks made Arcueid Brunestud study her deeply, trying to remember if she had ever seen such a being before. Her eyes moved to the other adult and in a calm voice she then said

«Sister. It has been a while. Why are you here and who is that with you?»

Seeing as her younger sister was calm and seemingly in the mood to talk reassured Lily. Their last meeting hadn't been a good one and they had laid much destruction during their fight across Europe at the end of World War II. She smiled and answered

«It has indeed been a long time since our last meeting, sister. With me is my best friend, Midna of the Twili. They come from an alternate reality, or more like an in-between dimension? It is quite hard to truly explain and the technicalities are rather headaches inducing..»

Midna waved «Hello» to Arcueid who only nodded her head before letting her gaze fell on the young boy. His scent was a strange one to her, she could smell his warm blood flowing into his veins but he didn't register as «prey» to her senses. But before she could ask for clarifications, her elder sister beat her to it by explaining

«This is my son, Harry. His father was a wizard.»

Arcueid blinked with incertitude at that statement. A wizard? Isn't it one of the various classes of Magi? When she asked that very same question aloud, Altrouge went into details to explain the differences in between a Magus and a Wizard to her sister. Once done, the younger Brunestud sister then took a better look at her nephew. And what a word. A nephew. Her family was growing. Then she remembered the mechanisms needed to produce said child and also the fact that her sister had possessed enough self-control during a very precise moment to not kill her lover.

She then asked, fumbling with her words

«How did you…? I mean not «how». I do know how babies are made. Grandfather gave me the «Sex Talk» years ago. But I wasn't certain that it was possible for our kind to interbreed with humans, be they magical or not. Now that I'm thinking about it with more data and proof in front of me, it's obvious that we theoretically could. But in practice, there is great many risks... Generally we are much too strong for them. You didn't, when you…? Did he even give you...?»

Smiling in amusement at the sight of her sister fumbling for the right words to use to get her point across and to not traumatize her son, Altrouge answered with mirth in her voice and a twinkle in her eyes

«James was very good in bed. He gave me many orgasms since we were very sexually active together. And at the time I wasn't a Dead Apostle, I went through a mortal lifetime as a witch for a vacation of sorts. So no, I didn't snap him in half or suck his blood dry during climax. If you wish to have intercourse sister, in your place I would appease the blood-lust a few hours before the event. I suggest that you took to hunt large carnivorous animals and drink enough blood to feel way, you won't be even tempted to snack on your bedfellow when climbing towards your orgasm. This is a friendly bit of advice if you want to interact more with Humanity. I would also heavily recommend to train to master your strength or for a stop-gag, find a reliable and amiable magic-user that could seal away your supernatural strength for a determined time. That way you can enjoy the intercourse without killing your partner.»

Of course, Harry made a grimace when his mother started to talk about the mechanisms of sex, much to the amusement of all three adult women currently present.

XxX

They finally extended their stay in Japan for five more days. Harry had the occasion to get to know his aunt and he had to admit that she was very likeable. It was like there wasn't a single mean bone in her body! Misaki town was also an interesting place to visit. Not enough population to be staggering like London, but populated enough that they could be just one other face among the crowd. But every good thing has an end. Lily felt they had been away from home for too long already and Midna was due back from her vacation to see if her Realm hasn't crumbled in her absence. It was an exaggeration from the Twilight Princess' part, but she did indeed had a duty to her people.

So Midna opened a portal back to Hogwarts to go collect Sirius, Remus and all their luggage. Once back in Scotland, she decided to spring a test on her pupil. It would be Harry who would create a portal stable and powerful enough for all of them to go back to the Twilight Realm and then to the Upper Zora River in Hyrule. Technically he could already do it, but practicing again and again would simply make him better. He wasn't born with shadow magic, but since he had access to it now, he had to hone it just like his native magic. So Harry did just that by casting on the floor a bolt of shadow with his open left palm. A very large green and black mosaic of light appeared with a green spiral going clockwise in the center and some blue lights shining at the edges of the said mosaic. Everyone took place with the ease of long practice, well except Remus who had to be coerced into the portal.

An unknown time later, they were all in the Twilight Realm at the foot of the royal palace. If Midna hadn't created some protective amulets for the men before going to prevent such forceful shifts, Sirius would have been stuck into his animagus form by now and who knows what would have happened to Remus, what with him being a werewolf? But while Midna left the group to go back to her responsibilities, they didn't stay in the Twilight Realm for long. The boy recharged the portal and with clear destination in mind, he let the magic do its job. Another unknown time later, the quartet materialized in the Upper Zora River, in the Lanayru province in the kingdom of Hyrule. They had arrived at night but it was still beautiful. Harry had really missed the place. Lily and Sirius too.

«Well, let's go home. We'll go tell the Zoras we're back and present you to them in the morning. The Domain is just up ahead following the river.»

Said Lily to Remus.

It was as if she had said the magic word, since both Harry and Padfoot took off at great speed toward the door leading to the Fishing hole and their homey cabin. Padfoot became Sirius the time it took to open the door so he and Harry could keep racing all the way there. This time Harry was the first to reach the finish line, but his godfather wasn't upset for so little. They were finally back home. But before Harry could race to bed, Lily called out

«Harry, go wash yourself before jumping in bed. You stink young man!»

Her son answered her with a grumbling tone of voice

«Fiiine...I'll go take a bath first.»

So Harry went inside the magically expanded cabin to go put his luggage in his room and fetch his toiletries from inside of it. Of course he took out everyone's luggage from the shadow space in which he and Midna had put them for travel and left them on their doorstep along the way. Usually he would have brought them inside their room, but if he had to bathe before jumping into his bed, he had to cut corners somewhere. Still running, the boy went towards another building nearby. Even with the help of magic, their current cabin was too small to build a modern bathroom in it. They had managed to squeeze a porcelain toilet and a sink into a small cubicle like space, but no bathtub or shower stall could reasonably fit. So the family had decided to go for something bigger. A full bath house had been built so each member of the family could bathe in peace and privacy.

When he was little, Harry would either bathe with Sirius or his mother. But now at twelve years old he was old enough to take care of his personal hygiene. Once he was done and placed his dirty clothes in the appropriate basket so they could be washed later, he got dressed for bed and went back into the cabin. Once everything needed to be done was taken care of, Harry did slip into his familiar and comfortable bed and was swept away in the world of dreams not long after. It was good to be home once more.