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For a moment there was shuffling from the aurors.
"It's not fake." One hissed after waving his wand at it.
They muttered amongst themselves and then the tall African turned to him.
"Would you willingly submit to veritaserum to clear up any suspicions of the assault?"
Harry frowned. Technically he didn't have to. But then he might have to go to a trial to do it or the goblins would have to get involved. And he definitely did not want to go to court or drag the goblins in.
"Fine," Harry said grudgingly, a warning flashing through his eyes, "but as long as you stay on topic."
The man pulled out a small vial and Harry sat down. Fujita clamped a hand on his shoulder, glaring at the aurors and clearly showing he would be watching over this closely. Three drops were administered and Harry got a content fuzzy feeling.
"Did you assault Mr. Andes Smith?" Came a distant voice.
"No." Harry responded like it wasn't himself.
"What happened?"
"He struck a customer. I grabbed his cane and told him to leave. When he did not I summed a demon Cerberus to make him."
"You're a necromancer?" Another voice asked in shock.
Fujita yelled something at the man that had something to do with the question not being about the case at this point.
His mouth was opened and he swallowed another mixture. He shook his head as he felt the fuzziness slip away. Moments later the group was gone and Harry was back in the kitchen.
"Though I know that was the best choice just now, never submit to Veritaserum unless you have someone to make sure no one asks questions you don't want them to." Fujita warned him.
"I won't." Harry said strongly.
Fujita nodded approvingly and Harry dug a red felt out of the junk drawer.
"I'm going to make a more permanent defence near the front door." He said to Fujita's questioning look.
He stepped into the front café area and found himself nose to nose with the red-headed vampire.
"You are very interesting." The vampire commented looking him over. "How did you ever get an alliance with the goblins?"
Harry blinked and shrugged and stepped around him. Valentine followed him to the front door where he put the red felt to the floor and started on a simple summoning circle. He'd add more details later.
After a quick lesson with Harold the other night he'd learned that once a summoner could focus on what demons they wanted summoned they could use the basic summoning circle, their will making up for the missing parts that were required in a more complicated one.
He finished the circle and a quick spell later it was permanent and mostly ignorable against the black and white tile. He stood again only to have arms wrap around his waist and Valentine to lean into him
"I never got your name." The vampire said in a low voice with a wide smile, looking down at him.
"…Harry Black." Harry said warily.
"Well, Harry Black, I had a question for you." Valentine purred, red eyes smouldering as he leaned in closer.
"…What?" Harry asked hesitantly, pressed
"Do you know if there is a place I could stay for a couple months?"
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Harry raised a brow at his drive way. It was now covered in brightly colored lines that drew pictures of blobs and letters and other squiggly things that showed the artist was a mere child. Cathy grinned toothily up at him from her kneeling position.
"What nice artwork." Harry said slowly.
"We have stones for our road and the road-road has too many cars." She said seriously. "And I wanted to draw with my new chalks."
Harry just smiled at her and crouched beside her, pulling a thick piece of green chalk from the bucket at her feet.
"Can I try?"
She grinned toothily and he put the chalk to the ground. He had only half finished his fairly accurate hippogriff when Valentine swept up behind him. Cathy squealed up at him and remarked how pretty his hair was while Harry rolled his eyes and stood.
"Is that all your stuff?" Harry questioned seeing the one bag swung over his shoulder.
"Magic." Valentine grinned, fluttering his hands about.
Harry shrugged and ruffled Cathy's hair before leading the Vampire inside. He kicked his shoes off and led the man to the extra room right next to the bathroom on the first floor. He unfolded the futon a
nd grabbed some blankets and stuff from the pantry, making the bed quickly.
"You can stay here. The bathroom is the next door over." Harry said easily. "I have two other's staying here; my teacher Harold Van Den and Loraine McKinnon."
The vampire grinned and tossed his back pack on the bed.
place behind the counter. Dee was escorting a familiar blonde to a table. Lucius Malfoy hadn't changed since Harry had last seen him. But this time Harry took a good look at him, taking in every detail. Lucius Malfoy was about the same height as Snape making him neither towering nor short. His long blonde hair, which was a pale blonde not golden, fell to his lower back in poker straight locks. His eyes were a light silvery blue that had a sharp frozen quality to them. His face was angular and attractive and matched his lean form perfectly.
He set his snake headed cane on the table top, next to his arm. He pulled off his gloves in a graceful manner and set them along side the cane. More then a few customers were watching this man warily, including the two dwarves still off to the side. Lucius Malfoy was not known for his acceptance of magical creatures and beings. Harry knew he would not cause a scene here was far to cunning to do anything outright.
The blonde looked amused with Dee's rough attitude and outlandish appearance. Dee seemed to get annoyed with his smirk and snapped at him.
"What the fuck do you want?!"
"Dee." Harry said sharply drawing eyes to him.
"Sorry." Dee muttered shooting a glare at Lucius and allowing Harry to take over.
Dee went off to accept the money from the Dwarves as they stood to leave, leaving Harry with Lucius Malfoy.
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