Ginny woke to the feeling of fur under her fingertips and was surprised when she lifted her head to find that she was inches away from a swath of black fur. It took a moment for the fog to clear from her mind that sleep brought her but she smiled as her brain finally cleared enough to take in some of her surroundings. Instinctively as sleep receded she knew that it wasn't Harry, he wasn't the only black big cat that she knew, and she reached out and delved her fingers into the fur, instantly feeling its owner stir into wakefulness ever so slightly. Ginny smiled as she heard the purring emitted from the cats throat, and she let her head drop back to the pillow as she closed her eyes again basking in the warmth around her.

As she ran her fingers through the heat she felt a weight shift against her hip and she looked down over her body to find another cat, this one a small Bengal tiger, stretched across her body, its head resting on top of her hip since she was on her side. Its large paw was on her thigh and she could feel its pads against her soft skin, but it was wonderful.

Moving slightly she realised that these two heated bodies weren't the only ones sharing the bed with her and she grinned when she realised who the last occupant was. His face buried against her hip, Harry was fast asleep and she realised the fur she had her hand buried in belonged to a cat that was leaning against Harry. They were a tangle of fur, cat and human, well shifter really. When she lifted her hand from the fur to run it through Harry's hair she realised that it felt more like fur signalling one thing, that he was in his half form.

She couldn't help but let the full contented feeling waking like this gave her roll through her body, and with a sigh she snuggled back into the feel of all the heat around her. For so long her life had been half formed, and then she had found Harry and things had changed. Yes they had won a war for the wizarding world as a whole, but she had quickly learned that her life belonged with the shifters. Not that she'd ever give up her old life completely, but on mornings like this she was extremely happy of the new family she had found with people like her.

Just then her acute hearing picked up the sound of footsteps outside the door and she lifted her head from the pillow she had been resting on so that she could see over the hunk of black fur to the door on her right. Slowly the door creaked open and Blair's face appeared through the sliver of a crack he had created. He took in the sight in front of him and smiled brightly at her, before pushing the door open further and slipping into the room. Ginny was happy to see that he was pushing a cart laden with food ahead of him, always good to have a heft supply of food around when shifters woke up.

Uncaring of how she so unceremoniously jostled her bed mates Ginny clambered up, climbing clean over Harry's body making him grunt with an errant knee to his body, and launched herself at the food. She snagged a waffle from the top of the pile and all but shoved it into her mouth with a moan of delight. Blair chucked as he sunk down onto one of the chairs next to the door. The bug plush cushions enveloped him as he sat and Ginny didn't miss his sigh of happiness. There was one thing all cat shifters shared, there love of the soft and comfortable things.

As she followed the first waffle with a second one Ginny turned to glance over at the bed, well it wasn't really a bed, it was a raised platform that had been transfigured to be as soft as the best mattress in the world, but was covered in a soft downy fur that they all loved to cuddle over. She had seen upwards of ten bodies comfortably sleeping on that platform and so the three that still occupied it looked small compared with its size.

She wasn't surprised to see that Harry had fallen back to sleep after she left them, his body moving so that his face was buried against the belly fur of the tiger. His arm had reached out and was now thrown over his head, across the body of the tiger, his fingers lost in its thick back fur. As she watched the jaguar she had been petting yawned glanced at her briefly before it shuffled forwards slightly, dropped its head onto Harry's furred back and fell back into a deep rumbly sleep.

Ginny laughed lightly before grabbing the plate of waffles, suddenly happy no one was going to be fighting her for breakfast yet, and dropped into the chair next to Blair. Unlike Blair she didn't sit with her back against the chair, instead she sat across it so that her legs dangled over the side and dropped right into Blair's lap. He growled softly at her as she pushed her bare legs against his body but he caught on quickly to what she wanted and began rubbing her calf as she ate. They were quiet like that for a moment until Harry's head finally lifted from his resting place and he looked over to Ginny.

He grinned at her when he saw her, and she felt their connection flare for a moment as he poured his love into her. She would have bit her tongue if not for the waffle in her mouth, and then she was moving, thankful that Blair deftly reached over and snagged the waffle plate out of her hands in a practised move. He was used to the way Harry and Ginny interacted now, as so many others of their tight group were, and they always knew to watch out for falling things when their eyes collided.

Pushing the jaguar back Harry climbed to his feet even as the cat growled annoyed at him. Before he had even left the bed magic rolled over him and suddenly it wasn't a jaguar shooting daggers at him, but a beautiful very naked woman. Her long raven black sleep tussled hair fell in soft curves around her body, reaching all the way to her bum, and covered her breasts mostly, until she flipped it over her shoulder and humphed in annoyance.

"I guess I'm up then," she mumbled as she clambered up under Harry's watchful eyes and walked across the room to snag a piece of melon from the pile.

She grinned at Ginny where she had paused on her approached and then the woman was turning so that she could come to Ginny. Ginny simply stood and waited for her, and then the other woman was pressing her body against hers in an affectionate caress, a shifter version of good morning.

"Mm need more food," the raven hair beauty murmured and Ginny couldn't help but reach up and run her hand across the woman's cheek affectionately.

"I didn't touch a piece before you woke up," Ginny whispered making the other woman laugh.

Behind them Harry cleared his throat drawing their attention to him, "I haven't even greeted my mate yet Lilah," he growled but Ginny could hear the playfulness in it.

Lilah stuck her tongue out at him, but bounded back to the platform as he dropped to the green carpeted floor. Lightning quickly Lilah dove in rubbing her face against his, before turning on her heal and heading back to the cart for more melon.

Ginny couldn't help but chuckle as Harry swiped playfully at Lilah who easily dove out of his way, and with a sway of her hips sauntered over to Blair, dropping into the other man's lap easily. Now that Lilah was occupied Ginny's mind snapped back to Harry and the beat of love that pulsed through her system. In two strong strides that met each other and he wrapped himself around her pulling her against his body.

Her fingers went to his chest, pushing against the midnight fur that still covered his body and she moaned softly in the back of her throat as his lips ghosted over her neck. She arched into him as his hands circled her waist to come to rest at the small of her back his palms heated against her skin. She shivered into the feel of it, a spike of desire searing its way through her body.

"We best stop love, unless you want to put on a show," he whispered against her skin and she wasn't surprised when Lilah laughed behind them.

"Oh go right ahead, you know I don't mind, hell if you'd let me I'd join in," she called and Ginny felt the heat raise in her cheeks.

"Lilah," Harry breathed out warningly and the other woman laughed.

Ginny had gotten used to a lot when it came to shifter society. This sleeping arrangement wasn't unusual for any of them, and this was a welcome home of sorts since Ginny and Harry had only just returned to Britain the night before. Ginny often shared nights wrapped around other shifters, though they did tend to be other woman except for a select few males since Harry was still prone to possessive tendencies.

But there were still things Ginny wouldn't share, and Harry was definitely one of them, and she knew that Lilah didn't really expect them to take her up on her offer. Yes cats were promiscuous and quiet regularly took more than one partner, sometimes at the same time, but it was a known fact that mated pairs were different, and Harry and Ginny were most definitely mates. No neither of them would ever share their mate with another, and people knew not to truly push the matter, even if Lilah sometimes pushed a little further than was comfortable to Ginny.

"I guess everyone's sodding up then," a voice grumbled from behind them and Ginny went on tip toe so that she could see over Harry's shoulder.

She grinned at the blonde woman who was now perched at the edge of the platform running her fingers through her short pixie cut hair. She growled softly when Ginny grinned at her, but Ginny could see her smile.

"There's food Ella," she called playfully and watched as Ella's blue eyes shot happily to her face and then to the cart in the corner.

Ginny laughed as she bounded to her feet and was at the cart in seconds already shovelling food into her mouth. But Ginny's thoughts quickly returned to the man pressed against her when he growled low in his throat and bit lightly at the soft flesh of her throat. Instinctually she rolled her head back presenting her neck to him more and his hands pressed into her back locking her against him.

"I think we better skedaddle ladies," Blair's voice broke into the cloud that was taking over her mind as she turned enough to see that Blair was leading the two other woman out and with a wink over his shoulder they were gone, thankfully leaving the food behind.

"Harry," she managed to whisper out before he gathered her against him and flung her onto the bed.

With a growl he was there blanketing her body with his own, and before she could even gather her thoughts enough to take a breath his body was sliding into hers. She gasped and gripped at his shoulders ready to simply hold on and give him everything that he needed. But Harry had never been a selfish lover, and it didn't take long for her to feel the heat rising in her belly. His hands were everywhere as they caressed her to her peak and soon she found herself tumbling over the cliff he had brought her to. It was as he growled low in his throat, his teeth sinking into her sensitive flesh that she knew he fell with her and she simply wrapped herself around him as he fell.

When he pulled back they were both covered in a fine sheen of sweat and her body trembled slightly beneath him.

"Well good morning to you to," she smiled up at him and he chuckled softly as he snuggled into the side of her neck.

They had been together for close to two years now and yet the hunger he had for her never truly subsided and he had a feeling that it never really would.

"Morning love," he whispered against her skin and she shivered at the feel of his lips against her, not the mention the feel of him still between her thighs.

"Down boy, food please," she whispered and Harry chuckled softly as he slipped from her body.

For a moment he pulled her against him so that he could kiss her deeply, and then when he was sure she was thoroughly kissed, he slipped back and left the bed heading for the cart. Ginny simply reclined back against the pillows watching him as he pulled the cart closer to the bed and brought her a plate of mixed waffles and fruit. She popped a strawberry into her mouth as he sunk back onto the bed next to her.

For a while they were quiet as they both ate but Harry could feel Ginny itching from the inactivity. For the last few months they had been travelling the globe, searching out other cat shifters like themselves. They hadn't had much luck but they had found a few, some that Harry had come into contact with while his mother had kept him in hiding. They had even sent a few back to their own refuge but still it was small beginnings. Harry hoped to bridge the gap between shifters soon, he had already gathered friends in other shifter refuges on British soil, but it was slow going since Eve still had her claws securely locked onto most of them.

"How about we go see your family," he said as he finished his bite of bacon and was rewarded with a huge grin from her.

He knew she had missed them when they were away and he also knew how much she was looking forward to seeing them. So they would take some time out from the preparations that had been gathering momentum in the last few months so that she could reconnect with her family. He loved this woman more than he had ever loved anything and he would give her the world if he could. As he watched her eating, he felt his mind slipping to conversations he would rather not remember, but as always they haunted his thoughts whenever he thought of their future.

"You have to tell her Harry, she deserves to know," Blair paused as he looked out at Ginny where she was laughing as she was overrun by three little cubs, "look at her out there, she was born to be a mother," Blair's words made his heart ache but he knew they were true.

Ginny had indeed been born to be a mother, from the moment he had started bringing her here she had taken to the little ones like a duck to water. He knew the dreams she had had, the world she had built for herself when their reality had become too much, and he worried greatly that the knowledge that it was physically impossible for them to have that dream come true would push her back over the edge.

"I can't yet Blair, but I will," he watched as Ginny scooped up a little cub burying her face against its belly fur her laughter a stab against his heart.

Eventually of course he had told her, when he was sure that there bond was indeed strong enough to stop her slipping away from him. It had been a painful few weeks between the two of them after that, but eventually Ginny forgave him for not telling her knowing that when the two of them had come together neither of them had particularly seen this was where they were headed. Things had been worse a few months later when a freshly married Ron and Hermione had announced they were going to have a baby, it was a pain that still made Ginny ache when she thought of it, but they were pushing past that and he knew eventually he would give into her and one of the cubs that found shelter at the refuge would go home with them. But not yet, now they had to figure out some other things before they could think about family.

A nudge from Ginny pulled him from his thoughts and he watched as she slipped past him to the floor.

"I think I need a shower," she said as she sauntered passed him and he watched as she moved, scooping up a silk robe and then she was gone disappearing into an adjoining room.

Seconds later he heard the water of the shower turn on and sighed falling back against the bed as he ran his hands through his hair, hair that Ginny barely let him cut, he thought grudgingly. He could hear her in the shower so he simply let himself relax back against the pillows, pulling one of the sheets from where it was bunched across his hips.

His mind turned from listening to her in the shower when he heard a scatter of claws on wood and knew that it singled one thing and one thing only. Just then the door banged open and two balls of fluff came barrelling into the room.

"What are you two doing," he growled and they stopped short skittering to a halt at the foot of the platform.

He looked down at them casting his best angry adult stare until he couldn't help the smile that slipped across his lips. Reaching down he easily scooped the both of them up onto the bed and they growled and nipped playfully at is hands their tiny baby teeth barely grazing over his skin.

"Where's your minder?" he asked as one of them wiggled form his grasp and pounced at one of the pillows nearby, he other little one simply mewled and Harry laughed, "gave her the slip again did yea," he laughed and scratched behind the little one's ear.

Harry sensed the moment Ginny left the bathroom but he didn't look at her his attention on the fact that the pouncing little cub had wiggled his way underneath the blanket he had pulled over his hips. With deft fingers he reached under the sheet and gripped the little one by the scruff of his neck and lifted him until he was eye level.

"I think we should find your minder don't you?" he asked and the little one answer by licking the tip of his nose.

"I think he likes you," Ginny laughed out and both cubs wiggled from his grasp so that they could skitter off the bed and run to her.

She leant down to pull them into her grasp and they snuggled into her. Harry listened as she whispered to them and soon the both of them were purring softly as she walked towards him. Sinking back down Harry wiggled closer to her so that he could slip his legs to either side of her body as his feet hit the floor. With a soft sigh she pressed her body back against his chest as the inside of his thighs pressed against hers instantly heating her skin.

In her grasp one of the little cubs playfully nipped at her collar bone and she laughed openly.

"I think this little man wants to claim me for his own," she laughed as he snuggled her face against his little cat one.

Harry growled low in his chest and both of the little ones ears flattened their bodies pressing against each other for comfort.

"Harry," she chastised and buried her face in their combined fur as Harry chuckled softly, his hand coming around Ginny so that he could scratch at the cub closest to him ear.

The little one nuzzled into his touch and he knew that he was forgiven his growl, but just then his ears caught the frantic calling of the monsters names.

"I think your busted little ones," he whispered and looked up as a frazzled looking woman burst into the room.

Her soft brown hair was pulled back into a bun, that had strands of hair escaping it, and her honey eyes were wild as she took in the sight of Harry and Ginny snuggled together with the cubs.

"There you are I should have known, Lucas, Max, you come with me this instantly," the cubs mewled at her harsh words but she simply strode over to them plucking them up by the scruff of their necks and marched out of the room without another word.

For a moment Harry and Ginny sat in silence and then feel against each other laughing. When they finally managed to gather themselves together again Ginny grinned as Harry's fingers slipped into her hair.

"Let's go see your family," he whispered and she simply nodded her smile as bright as sunshine.

A/N so I just couldn't sodding resist doing this since this Ginny and Harry just wouldn't leave me alone lol! so I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think of the beginning of my new chapter. I promise to carry on with other projects though my posts might be a little slow