As she did every night Selina Kyle, former cat-burglar turned hero, tucked her nine year old daughter to bed, she covered her well and kissed her in the forehead before stepping out of the bedroom, as she was doing that she saw the light on Harry's bedroom, she knocked hoping she didn't interrupted whatever the pubertal kids were doing, hoping at the same time that anything they were doing was PG rated.
"Harry, Pansy, are you ok?" Selina knocked as she opened the door, she had been told that Bruce had the talk with him but still, she had been young once and knew how things were when the hormonal changes begun.
She peeked inside and saw the couple laying on the bed while Harry read to her Pride and Prejudice. "No wonder he took it out of the library for her, he never steps away from the mystery section" Selina thought to herself.
"Am I interrupting?" Selina asked
"Not at all Miss Kyle" Pansy said
"So the lovebirds have taken a date yet?" Selina teased them but laughed as she saw the confused expression on their faces.
"For what?" They asked
"For the wedding of course" Selina teased as she saw how crimson red their faces went
"MOM!" Harry yelled as Selina chuckled even more.
"Sorry kids, I just wanted to tease you one more time before you leave tomorrow" She said while a nostalgic feeling expanded in her heart, she was going to miss her son.
"Mom don't worry, I'll be back just as soon as I can" Harry said embracing his mother, Pansy wanted to get out but a strong arm stopped her.
"Young lady you need to be part of this hug as well" Selina said as she embraced the girl as well, Pansy relaxed because she could feel the love Selina had for Harry, she wondered if her own mother would ever love her as much as Harry's step mother loved him.
"Well I leave you lovebirds alone, goodnight, I love you Harry" Selina said as she kissed his forehead
"I love you too mom" Harry replied.
"Good night Pansy" –Selina said and out of instinct she kissed Pansy's forehead as well, she had truly changed since her older times and she was happy she had found a family, what she yearned in her youth she had gained in her adulthood.
"Good night Selina" Pansy smiled at the woman, she definitely wouldn't mind that she became her future mother-in-law "I hope she treats Hermione and Millie just as well" Pansy thought
Selina resumed her journey and overheard Damian talking with his mother…
"Mom it really it's ok, you have nothing to be ashamed of" The voice of Damian could be heard.
"Really? It's just that I have been attracted to her for so long that I never thought that she would reciprocate my feelings" Talia confessed, Selina felt for her friend and fellow mother, it was always hard to tell the children of a new relationship and that said person would become part of their dynamic, Selina was glad her love life was over and that Damian was taking the news rather well, she knew her friend was a strong woman but what her son thought of her was important to her.
"They'll be alright" A deep voice whispered from behind him
"Bruce!" She almost yelped in surprise, of course the "Batman" couldn't simply make a noise or something to alert that he was behind you, no he had to give you a heart attack.
"Sorry if I scared you, but as I said, they'll be alright" He replied
"Are you sure?" She asked him
"Positive, Talia is one of the strongest women I know and she deserves happiness and Damian loves his mother so he wants the best for her, though I'm sure part of him expected her and I to become an item" Bruce said
"Oh yeah? How are you so sure?" Selina asked
"Because I know our son" He replied, Selina had to wondered if who he meant when speaking about "our" son, Talia and him or Talia, her and him? She wouldn't question it if Damian saw her as a mother figure as well, she like the kid and Harry saw her as his mother so she wasn't against it.
"I think they make a cute couple" Selina finished referring to Talia and Narcissa "Good night Bruce" She waved goodbye to him.
"Yes they make a cute couple" Bruce whispered to himself.
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Next morning was a complete chaos inside Wayne Manor, Sirius, Amelia, Bruce, Diana, Talia, Narcissa, Minerva, Alfred and Selina were chasing the kids around to make sure they didn't forget anything before they were transported to King's cross.
Luckily the Watchtower Teleportation Device helped them reach their destination far too quickly, and without nausea like the apparition or portkey the wizards liked to use. They appeared in a secluded area of the King's Cross station and the group quickly went to the platform 9 ¾ where many Wizard families were already saying their goodbyes to their children.
"Once again I must thank you Bruce for developing that device for your Justice League" Amelia said, as far as she knew Wayne Tech had made the device and everything else the Justice League had on their spaceship.
"As I already told you, it wasn't only my idea nor my work, it was a combination—" He begins but his line is finished by Selina and Sirius in a mockery tone
"Of Wayne and Palmer industries alongside Dr. Kord and Dr. Holt working on the specific measurements to allow the device to work" They finished and Bruce simply rolls his eyes.
"Ignore them Bruce, I'm sure the League are grateful of your work" Diana said smirking at him.
"Thanks Diana" He says kissing her cheek.
Bruce stopped his son before he boarded the Hogwarts' express. He knelt down and looked him into his eyes
"So do you have everything with you?" Bruce asked his son
"Yes dad, once again the belt is safely kept within my clothes" Harry pulled a little his leather jacket showing the signature utility belt.
"And do you have everything?" Bruce asked
"Yes" Harry replied
"Grappling gun?"
"Si"
"Smoke pellets?"
"Da"
"Lock picks?"
"Ja"
"Magnifying glass?"
"Oui"
"Night vision goggles?"
"Ne"
"Bat-shark repellent?"
"Haan"
"Detective's kit?"
"Hai"
"Batboomerang?"
"Ita"
"Duct tape?"
"Shi de"
"That's my boy" Bruce said hugging his son
"I'm still worried that you gave your son all of those things and a batboomerang" Amelia said to him
"What? Batman isn't going to get mad for taking some of the batboomerangs I sent him, he receives like 10 thousand at month, he won't miss a dozen" Bruce smirk
As Bruce and Diana talked with Sirius and Amelia, Talia and Narcissa were saying their goodbyes to the latter's son who seemed cold towards his mother.
"Draco, I love you" Narcissa said as her son climbed the ladder of the train, the blonde boy simply looked at her and nodded continuing his ascend. Talia could see the sadness in Narcissa's eyes, she was caressing her own arm as she watched how her son simply grabbed his trunk and went inside the express. Talia approached her girlfriend, she loved how that sounded, and took her hand lacing their fingers between them.
"My love, you shouldn't be that concerned about Draco's reaction, he is a kid, he will accept what we have here" Talia said as she took Narcissa's hand in hers.
"Are you sure Talia?" The blonde and black haired woman asked her
"I'm sure" Talia replied giving her a small kiss on the lips making the pair smile.
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Harry looked through the window at his family, Pansy went to the ladies' room and he hadn't seen Hermione nor Millie; and Draco went to sit with some of his friends from Hufflepuff while Susan went to look for her friends.
Harry was glad that he had a small time to think, first and foremost Diana, his dad's girlfriend, he had noticed the similarities between the woman and Wonder Woman but interacting with her this holidays simply cemented what he suspected already, they were one and the same, it wasn't that difficult, after all Wonder Woman was one of the easiest superheroes to snap a picture and he easily compared the picture of her with the superhero and voila, still he hadn't had the opportunity to talk with his father about it but he would try to call him or at least wait till the summer to talk to him about it.
The other thing he wanted to know was how to beat Professor Dumbledore's scheme? He knew that the man was trying to do it. Harry was in deep thought when Hermione hugged him from behind.
"Harry! Happy new year!" The girl excitedly said. Harry turned around and hugged her as well.
"Hey Hermione! Did you enjoyed Paris?" He asked her
"Oh yes! Sorry if I didn't kept in touch but there was so many things to see and do that it was simply fantastic, I've never seen something like that, the passes Diana gave us allowed us to see behind the scenes and see how the restorers work or made us avoid the long lines of tourists" Harry was so focused on her excitement, he had missed her and simply stared at her listening on hearing all of the details of her vacations, he likes his girlfriends and he was so glad they liked him back, he hoped he could pull what was next.
Pansy returned and jumped in joy as she saw Hermione, she even returned the peck on the lips the other girl had given her when they said their goodbyes on December, the girls had been friendly towards each other for these past months and they began comparing their holidays, Pansy explaining how great she passed the time at Wayne Manor, omitting completely the part in which she learned about Harry's secret, and Hermione told her about all the great activities she did in Paris and the Louvre.
A few minutes before the train parted Millie arrived which made the trio equally excited as they all hugged in a lengthy group hug with Millie claiming Harry's lips as she told him how much she had missed him.
They all quickly catch up together as the train begun to leave the station, Millie was in a happier mood since apparently she demonstrated that even though she was skinnier now she was still the champion in her family's food festival, everyone cheered on her and then after a few moments in which Harry debated with himself he finally spoke up and said.
"I kinda invited Daphne Greengrass to be part of our relationship" Harry said looking at them with a forced smile hoping that they weren't that angry with him.
The expressions of all of them were of full shock and surprise clearly not expecting those words coming from his lips
"HARRY WAYNE WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Hermione asked with a very vocal pronunciation of his name. "What are we some kind of club? Is that what we are to you?" Hermione said accusatory.
"NO! No, that's not, I just thought" He tried to explain but Pansy interjected
"Please tell me you're joking" Pansy asked, she didn't had nothing against Daphne, she considered a friend but she was too stiff and serious on her personality, she hoped that the Greengrass heir could lighten the mood if she ever wanted to be a part of all of this.
"How?" Millie simply asked.
"Well on Christmas I received a letter from her, she told me how she was smitten by me since we were kids and how during this months' coexisting together and attending classes she realized that she loved me and that she was sad that I was on a relationship with you three, so I wrote her back and gave her a similar looking necklace I had for her but I couldn't give it because she had been avoiding me like the plague, so I sent the necklace alongside the letter in which I explained her that I had feelings for you three and for her as well, and that if she wanted she could join this thing we have between the four of us, I mean we like her don't we?" Harry presented his case.
The three girls looked at each other and the boy in front of them. "We need to discuss this, please leave" Hermione said to which Harry nodded and grabbed his book of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and stepped onto the aisle.
"Hey man what happened?" Blaise asked him as he was coming from the bathroom.
"I think I just angered my girlfriends" Harry explained
"That's a bad thing man, my mother always told me that if you want a happy life you need to make your wife, or in this case girlfriends, happy, what did you make to encourage their wrath?" Blaise asked him.
Harry told him
"You're a dead man, can I have Hedwig and Copper when they kill you?" Blaise joked
"Why are you sure they're going to kill me? And you need to feed them well to avoid them from fighting all the time" Harry joked back
"Wanna come to our compartment? Gregory has a new game of exploding snap" Blaise said
"So that's where the burnt smell came from" Harry joked.
"Let's go" Blaise said but then the compartment door opened and revealed the three unamused girls looking at the Wayne boy.
"I have to go, good luck Wayne" Blaise said as he sped off to avoid their wrath.
Harry gulped and entered the compartment. The three girls looked at him with a complete stare and their arms folded in front of their midsection.
"First we need to understand…" Millie begun
"What were you thinking…" Pansy continued
"When you invited her to this" Hermione concluded.
"Honestly, I really wasn't thinking that much" Harry said
"Is that so…?" Pansy said
"Is that the only explanation…" Hermione continued
"The detective Harry Wayne can give us?" Millie finished.
"Yes, well no, I was thinking of how devastated she looked whenever we were together so I felt bad for her but at the same time I remembered that I like her just as much as I like you three, so it seemed like a simple solution for all of us" Harry said
"And what you thought we were going to be thinking?" Hermione asked
"Did you think we would simply accept it just like that?" Millie asked
"Or did you think that you were going to break up with us to be with her?" Pansy accused.
"No, I would never break up with any of you, but I thought that you might accept the situation, after all what's different from her than when we started all of this?" Harry asked confused. "It was simply months ago and you simply accepted that you wanted to be with me and just rolled with it, can Daphne enter our weird club/relationship?" Harry finally asked them.
"Don't know, we will have to see what she has to say" Hermione replied
"I already sent her a note telling her to come here" Pansy added
"We will have to wait, until then you're on still in trouble Wayne" Millie said with a glare.
Less than two minutes passed and Daphne entered the compartment after being granted access, behind her came Tracey who was wearing a big smile.
"I'm sorry but this was supposed to be a talk with Daphne only, sorry Tracey" Hermione said
"Oh don't worry I already know everything about Harry's proposal and I want in as well" Tracey replied shocking everyone including Harry who looked at the blonde with a shock expression.
"Well if I was going to be in a relationship I wasn't going to leave Tracey behind, she's my best friend after all" Daphne shrugged.
"Ok so what do you want with our Harry?" Pansy started
"The same as you, I want to be able to hug him, cuddle when we're sitting in a couch, being read to with one of his books and be able to give him little pecks on the lips from time to time, and being able to be called his girlfriend" Daphne said methodically and to the point
"I simply want kisses and hugs" Tracey added
"Will get to you in a moment Davis" Pansy said, she was scary when she got serious.
"You have no ulterior motive?" Pansy asked
"Look, my father makes business with his father, if I wanted I could simply ask him to write a contract that allowed me to marry Harry, so that it would be me and only me his one and only girlfriend and future wife, but I consider you my friends so I wouldn't do that, instead Harry offered me to enter this relationship, if you want it excellent, if you don't then be warned that you have made me very angry and don't know what could I do or what I'm capable of" Daphne said, her serious tone was even scared but Harry and Hermione saw what she meant with her statement, surprisingly Millie was the first one to speak up
"I'm fine with Daphne and Tracey joining, after all I was Harry's first girl and nobody can take that from me" Millie said making Harry laugh and be embarrassed at Millie's words remembering the talk he had with his father and what he had explained about having his first time with someone.
"I'm fine with it too, Daphne is smart and no offense Millie and Pansy, but you're not that fan of going into the library, I could have a study buddy" Hermione said.
Pansy let out a sigh "Fine, but I'll be watching you Greengrass" Pansy said
"What about me?" Tracey asked
"You're fine as well" Pansy said as she sat on the compartment's couch
"GREAT!" She said as she went and kissed Harry on his lips surprising the American boy "It's as great as I imagined!" Tracey said "Come on Daphne, do it!" She encourage her friend who simply approached him and gave him a quick peck clearly ashamed of being seen by all of these girls.
"What have I gotten myself into?" Harry thought to himself as the girls chatted and giggled between themselves. As he watched the British countryside moving on his window, he begun to think, to plan on how he was going to take down Professor Dumbledore, which he felt wrong doing it but if Sherlock Holmes had ever thought him anything was that justice had to be served.
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Leaky Cauldron…
Bill Weasley walked inside the pub, the Helmet of Nabu being on his hand but under a notice-me-not spell so that no one could find out he was the newest Doctor Fate, he greeted Tom the bartender and went to sit on an empty table, there he drifted away in his thoughts.
Memories of the sad and tragic life of Harry Potter flashed through his eyes, Bill was livid at this, he had finished watching the other possible timelines in which Dumbledore had manipulated Harry Potter's life and he was beyond disappointed, he had admired Professor Dumbledore for years, he had read the stories of how he defeated Grindelwald, heard of his greatness from his parents' lips, heard about him from the man itself, how could he even threat a child like that, endanger his life year after year just so he can be part of a "greater scheme" to defeat evil.
Bill begun to meditate about what should happen next, yes Harry had claimed to find a way to defeat Dumbledore inside the castle, but on the outside he needed to be punished as well, he knew that the headmaster was also Chief Warlock and Supreme Mugwrup, he couldn't technically take those titles away, but he could assist the Board of Governors to take him his Headmaster status, but the question was how?
The bell rang and from there it entered Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody, his trademark scowl on his face and his multiples scars on his face made everyone recoil in fear. "That's how" Bill smirked as he took the helmet and approached the gruff Auror.
"Mad Eye, nice to see you!" Bill said with friendliness, the older man looked at him over the shoulder.
"Ah Weasley, what are you doing here?" The man asked
"Well I came here to lunch, before my final shift in Gringotts" Bill said as he sat beside the man.
"Final shift, what are you saying boy?" Alastor asked
"I quit, I got a better job opportunity and I took it" Bill explained.
"I see, well let's toast to that" The man replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Yes I celebrate to that, how about you Mad Eye? You seemed disappointed" Bill asked as his turkey stew and pumpkin juice arrived in front of him.
"Just a missing person case I've been working on, the person is still missing" Moody replied
"I see, if you need anything I could help you" Bill offered
"No thank you, this person is of particular interest for, you know" Moody replied as he made a hand sign of a long beard.
"Oh" Bill simply replied as he took a bite from his meal.
"Still, I could help" Bill replied.
"No kid, the person he is looking should be kept a secret, he doesn't want anybody to know that he is looking for said person" Moody said in a hushed tone.
"Let me guess, he is looking for You-Know-Who" Bill said, he had studied under the man so he knew very well his mannerisms, besides Nabu allowed him to enter into the mind of anyone and see their thoughts, even if they were good at occlumancy.
"No" Moody replied
"Harry Potter then" Bill said as he drank from his pumpkin juice, Moody's expression changed for a moment and that's all Bill needed.
"I see, so what is he looking to gain from the legendary boy?" Bill inquiring further.
"He, he, he wants to train him to make him a weapon against the dark lord" Moody confessed as if he had been under verita serum, he quickly checked the water he was drinking and found it unaltered.
"Train him he told you? I'm afraid he lied to you" Bill said as he approached the man's ear and whispered "I've seen what your "friend" did to Harry in multiple timelines, he placed him in a house of horrors, were they ignored him, they fed him poorly, treated him like a slave, like dirt and a punching bag just so when the time arrived he could willingly follow whoever showed him some kindness, do you think that's the training the future slayer of dark lords deserve? Is that what you want for a child? Or do you think that's a worthy life someone deserves to live?" Bill asked Moody who was at loss of words, the magical eye on Moody's eye socket showed him flashes of the miserable life the Harry Potter boy could have and when they were done Moody saw a magical golden aura surrounding Bill.
"I-I guess I should stop looking for Harry Potter" Moody said as he left some knuts on the counter and proceeded to walk to the pub's exit.
"It was nice seeing you again Mad Eye" Bill said loudly as the older man left and simply waved him goodbye. Bill returned to his meal and he saw his reflection on the glass in front of him, instead of his reflection he saw himself on his Doctor Fate armor
"Thanks for the little push on letting me get to Moody's secret mission" Bill said to the reflection.
"It was necessary, justice must be served" Doctor Fate replied.
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Gotham City…
Harvey Dent, former mayor of Gotham City, arrived at Bruce's CEO office in Wayne Enterprises but he founded it empty, the man turned his right side towards the assistant.
"I thought you told me he was expecting me" Harvey asked her.
"He is sir, there's a live feed on the computer" The assistant replied as she walked out of the office.
"Thanks" He managed to say as he went to sit in front of the computer. On the screen he saw his friend reading and signing some papers, and before Harvey had a chance to speak Bruce spoke first.
"Sorry I'm not there to greet you personally" Bruce apologized
"And I'm sorry I missed the New Year's party, there's nothing to apologize for" Harvey Dent said shrugging.
"Rachel told me that Duela was sick, sorry to hear that, how is she?" Bruce asked
"She's fine, she had fever and vomit but luckily she seems fine now, the doctor gave her something for her stomach" Harvey said
"That's great, ok so let's go straight to the point, your Presidential campaign" Bruce immediately said
"Bruce I already told you, I'm not in a hurry to race for the presidential chair. Besides it's two years too early to think about that" Harvey replied
"Yes and in two years everyone will be going mad trying to put their candidates to the front, you already did a great job at Gotham for eight years, you could do better for the whole country" Bruce said.
"Yes and look what cost me" Harvey pointed to his scarred left side of his face, it had been years since Mayor Dent with the help of the GCPD and the Batfamily had apprehended the last of the mobsters in Gotham, the Maroni Family, but after the trial that sentenced Salvatore Maroni to 75 years in jail for his multiple charges of murderer, blackmail, drug dealing, weapons smuggling and prostitution, the Mayor was giving an interview to the many reporters when someone threw acid to the left side of his face, if it weren't for Batman's quick thinking and reaction the Mayor could've been killed by mortal wound or scarred by said acid, luckily the Batman managed to cure the mayor quickly using one of his many gadgets.
"Please Harvey, its barely noticeable by now" Bruce said to his friend, and it indeed wasn't that obvious, yes his eyelid had some traces of burnt flesh and his upper lip was slightly charred that showed a little of his canine tooth, still Rachel, Harvey's wife, said he was still handsome.
"Look it's a touchy subject and I'm not sure if I want to be president anymore, some days I don't even have time to see my kids before they go to bed, so I know you mean well Bruce, but I'm not going to be running for a presidential campaign just yet" Harvey said
"Is a no then" Bruce stated without a hint of angriness nor disappointment in his voice.
"It's a maybe" Harvey said
"Fine, I won't push this, but you know that whatever you need you can call me" Bruce replied.
"I know" Harvey said
"I have to go, my next appointment just arrived, I'll return to Gotham in a few days, perhaps we can convince Ethan to go play some hoops" Bruce said
"Detective "Clayface" Bennett? Please he never has time for basketball anymore, but sure it would be nice to get the gang back together" Harvey said smiling
"Don't tell him that name in front of him or else he'll get really mad" Bruce joked
"Let's hope he doesn't use his powers then" Harvey joked back "See you later Bruce" Harvey waved goodbye and the transmission ended. Harvey leaned on the chair and contemplated Bruce's office, it wasn't the first time he had been there, ever since they graduated from college and he officially returned to Gotham they had share many talks and drinks in here, he contemplated how the office had change across those years, when he took the mantle of CEO of Wayne Enterprises the office had look like the one Thomas Wayne had, a picture of the Wayne could be seen and said picture was surrounded by photos of Bruce with celebrities, politicians, supermodels, musicians, etcetera. But now, now the Wayne family photo was surrounded by pictures of Bruce's family, his children on a birthday, on a competition, on an achievement or celebration.
"Bruce has change for the better" Harvey said as he stepped outside of the office.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry…
It was deep in the night and the students had already gone to their dorm rooms after the feast, but a single person was still fully awake and plotting something
"You wasted the best opportunity at getting the stone!" The hissing voice of the master talked to his servant
"M-master, but, t-there were still students in the school, a-and with so little staff, p-professor D-Dumbledore would've realized I was up to something" The cowering man replied with fear.
"You're wasting my time Quirrell! I can't continue feeding from unicorns, we NEED THE STONE!" The master replied.