Note: I would've updated Monday and Wednesday but I was playing a game I had gotten for my birthday (it was Sunday) but I will say I'm going to attempt to start updating each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of this book, at least until I start adding other stories into the mix.
I do not own Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban or the Percy Jackson series/characters.
Mind Talking between Familiar/Bonded
Harry was excitedly packing up his trunk and felt Regina slither around on his chest impatiently as she fed off his own emotions.
"When shall we be greeting your nurturer?" asked the restive familiar.
"Soon, the train leaves in thirty. I'm just working on getting Lunar's place in the trunk set. Neptune and Uranus are already settled," Harry explained.
"I do not see why you do not bond with her like you have me," Regina commented with confusion.
Harry paused in his packing as he stared at the wall in shock. "I didn't think anyone could have more than one familiar?" he murmured confused.
Regina had slithered off his forearm slightly until her head and upper body was just looking at him. Her head tilted slightly. "She was suppose to have been your first bonded. However, due to her young age, she did not know how to extend her magic to accept yours which has been asking her since she was born. It was why she did not wish for you to leave. Have you not noticed?" Regina asked with a slight scold.
"I just thought I imprinted on her. I had no idea she was also a familiar. Will she accept the bond?" Harry asked curiously as he motioned for Lunar to come closer to him.
Lunar had instantly done asked and was chirping curiously at him. Harry was scratching under her chin as he listened to Regina's answer, "I have shown her how to accept the bond. Should the wish occur and you both agree, I have no doubt that the familiar bond will be accepted, Hatchling. It would make it easier for the two of you to travel as she would take up another tattoo space. It is also why she is able to control her size as well, it would not bode well for a fully grown dragon and Basilisk tattoo to take your skin. It would hardly be discreet. So even without the bond having fully formed, magic made it so we could adjust our size as needed to protect you," Regina said as she nuzzled his other hand that wasn't scratching Lunar.
Harry nodded in understanding and cautiously sat on the bed and faced Lunar, making sure to stop scratching so she would take what he was saying seriously. "Lunar, love, would you like to be my familiar? Regina tells me she taught you how to bond?" Harry asked softly and let his hand hover over Lunar's head and have magic bleed.
Instantly, Lunar was chirping in excitement as she nuzzled the hand above her. For the first time, he actually felt her own magic against his and felt safe, love, happiness flow from her into him.
Without the distraction that Riddle Ghost had provided, Harry was able to fully take in the bond that was forming. His magic was settling far more than before he had his two familiars. Feelings entered through him and it felt as if part of him that he hadn't known was missing was filled.
He was happy that his Occlumency was so well as he had to actually filter his thoughts and feelings into separate areas. He had to design an area for Regina, Lunar, and then himself so he wouldn't accidentally show the feelings his familiar's had but could still feel them and still communicate with them.
"Harry!" A childish voice said excitedly as she launched herself at Harry who quickly caught her before she could knock him over.
"Harry! Harry! Harry! Mother!" she said excitedly over and over against as she took to nuzzling Harry's cheek.
"I am hardly your mother, Little One," Harry told her calmly as he startled to scratch her wings carefully the way he knew she loved it.
"I don't think you will be able to change her mind, Hatchling," Regina said softly with amusement as Lunar just kept calling Harry mother over and over again while rumbling in pleasure.
Harry just shook his head fondly as a knock sounded around the room. Harry quickly slammed his trunk shut and told the knocker one seconded as Regina quickly helped Lunar melt into Harry's skin into a tattoo.
It took a few seconds and Harry was happy that Neville had already packed the night before, to make sure he didn't forget anything like he was prone to do.
After double checking that Lunar had melted into a tattoo, Harry opened his door to his dorm room.
"Professor?" Harry asked confused at seeing his Potion Professor at the door.
"No I'm the milkman," deadpanned Severus Snape.
Rolling his eyes at Harry's unamused look, Snape answered Harry's unasked question of why he was there. "You're father had sent word that he would not be able to pick you up from the station due to an emergency at his work. Because Draco and his parents have already left early for their summer house in Malibu, I was asked to drop you off at the aquarium. But because teachers have to stay for a few extra hours to have a teacher conference and then make sure they have all the end-of-year tests, it will be a few hours until I can drop you off. Will that be okay," Severus asked without really implying that Harry really had a choice in the matter.
"Yeah, sounds alright. Can I hand out in the library in the meantime?" Harry asked.
"That seems reasonable," Snape said stiffly before leaving the dorms and heading back toward his dungeons. He wanted to make sure he had the tests ready to go before the meeting, Hecate knows why he would want to stay longer than necessary.
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By the time Harry and Snape had gotten to the aquarium, Harry was impatient to know what the emergency was.
The only time his father wouldn't be able to leave would be if there was an animal injured or needed him because they trusted him as he was the Son of Poseidon.
Harry ran up to his father's right hand man, Drake, and asked him, "Which room is Dad in?"
"The one by his office," Drake said without hesitation and watched his boss' son run off.
It was a code that the close friends of Percy who knew his background, usually the ones that were also demigods that have moved from America, or the significant other of one (such as Drake as he was dating Alma who was a daughter of Aphrodite). It was to let the other know that they had a magical creature and they had to take them to the secret recovery area which was a hidden wall built by children of Hephaestus or Vulcan with help from Lou.
Snape had just shook his head and cleared with Drake that he would be going as he had Summer Shopping he still needed done (he had no time during the school year and had no house elf himself no matter what Lucius would insist).
Meanwhile, Harry had entered his father's office and pressed the red button that sat on his father's desk. The common sound of an animated fart sounded around the room and Harry instantly went to the wall right beside his father's chair.
Resting his hand against the wall, he made sure the wall had become incorporeal as the illusion stayed. Feeling his hand fall through similar to the platform to get on 9 and 3/4, Harry quickly entered the wall before the magic fell back away.
In front of him was now a giant room that had different pools of water for the different types of creatures they may help. The water in side were from salt, river, or ponds as the different bacteria in each of them to help the animal feel at home but still wouldn't cause infections because of the magic embedded in the walls of the pools.
Harry spotted his father instantly by a river pools, the water had been changed accordingly and was more of a murky green that was lightly enchanted to act like flowing water.
"Woah, Harry!" Percy quickly stopped his son before approaching as the skittish creature he was helping snarled at the boy.
Harry instantly stopped where he was and eyed the creature before focusing on his father.
"Just take a deep bow and wait for him to return it. They focus a lot on politeness," Percy said cautiously as he and Alma were addressing a bleeding wound on the creature's arm.
Harry calmed his beating heart (which had sped up briefly when the creature had snarled at him) and bowed as deeply as he could without losing balance.
He briefly looked through his fringe and noticed the sea creature looking at him before nodding to his father and bowed back before scooping some more water onto the basin on its' head.
Harry looked at his father for approval to move more toward them and was greeted with a nod. "Is he okay? What type is he? I don't think I've seen an image of him in one of your books?" Harry asked curiously as he knelt beside his father.
"This type of sea creature is called a Kappa. They're mostly in Japan rivers and are often mischievous tricksters. They don't cause too much harm, mostly known for looking up women's kimonos. Though if you anger one, they will do harm, they can drown livestock, kidnap and eat children, and force themselves upon women."
"Will I be okay? And Alma?" Harry asked softly has he helped his father with the many wounds that the Kappa seems to have. It was like someone had attacked it with a whip and then decided to hurt him more with some shallow knife wounds that while wouldn't kill him, would cause significant pain.
"Yeah, we rescued him when some contacts had found out that a husband and wife had trapped him and kept him in their basement in an old bathtub that would sometimes leak for hours on end. He's more wary of you then you should be of him," Percy said softly has he cupped some more water and helped put it into the small basin like cup indent of the Kappa's head.
"What are you doing now?" Harry asked softly.
"If the water gets low or out, he's harmless. But if he's on land, it could kill him. I want to help him to get back into the habit of scooping more water and making sure its' sara is filled. Sara is the depression on his head that holds the water," Percy explained.
Under the guidance of Percy, Harry, and Alma, the Kappa, while flinching at some of the handling, was mostly purring under their hands as Percy scratched some of his scales and generally felt healthier than the past place he lived in.
"Come on, let's go home. Alma is going to get his get the cucumbers that Drake was suppose to get and give them to the fella. I'll check in on him over the summer but he should be fine to release back to Japan by the end of the summer," Percy said as he dried his hands.
"And you're sure he'll be alright?" Harry asked concerned as his eyes stayed glued to the Kappa who made a noise that sounded like gurgling water and waved softly at Harry.
"Yeah, he'll be alright. Come on, let's go home and then you can tell me about your school days that didn't include Regina," Percy said with a smile as he wrapped his arm around his son's shoulder and lead him toward the secret entrance.
Putting his hand against the wall, Percy felt the wall fall under his hand and he guided Harry out of the room.
"I suppose I can start by saying I bonded with Lunar," Harry said with a smirk.
"Your grandmother is going to kill me," Percy groaned.
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"We'll win this year," Percy said determinedly as father and son sat in the seats for the annual UK and US Quidditch match they have each year.
"You wish," Harry snorted with a smug look.
"Oi! It was because your team last year did an illegal move that wasn't caught by the refs that you guys won last year!" Percy said with a pout.
"Hey, the refs were Americans. It's not our fault that Americans miss everything."
"Oo, sick burn. I forfeit," Percy said while pretending to bow to Harry.
Harry said up straighter with a smirk and pretended that he was above everyone else.
"Fifty bucks like last year?" Harry asked curiously.
"You're on."
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"So I gave myself the best birthday present."
"I don't think that's allowed," Percy pointed out as he finished the cake they were making for Harry's birthday.
"It's totally allowed," Harry insisted.
Percy shook his head as he finished the yellow and black frosting that his son had asked for. "I really don't think it is. But I'll bite. What did you get yourself?"
He was met with silence and after a few more seconds, turned away from the cake to look where Harry was just standing.
"Jesus Fucking Christ!" Percy shouted and slipped backward from some spilt Olive Oil from when the poured some into the cake mix.
Percy instantly crashed the ground and became face to face with a Lynx that seemed to be having a smirk on its face.
"Fucking fuck fuck fuck. Warn a guy before you transform into a fucking cat," Percy swore
The cat had hissed by his knees and started moving by carefully stepping on Percy's chest before rubbing the top of his head against Percy's chin.
"Yes, yes. Love you too. Now can I have the human form of my son back?" Percy asked as he rubbed the top of the cat's head softly and noted how soft it was.
Before he could really think about how he should've asked his son to get off of him first, he felt the sudden weight of a soon-to-be thirteen year old boy on him.
Letting out an oof, Harry chuckled awkwardly at his father's slight pain before moving to get off him.
"So....you can turn into a cat. Still don't think it counts as the best birthday present," Percy said as he rubbed his chest (where an elbow had conveniently elbowed when his son transformed) and got off from the ground to finish the cake.
"According the research I had to do, my animagus form is a Lynx," Harry pointed out as he grabbed one of the chips that had been set out for the party later.
"Oh, anything interesting you learned during that research?"
"Yeah, did you know the Lynx has a prominent role in Greek, Norse, and North American mythology. According to some of the books, they're believed to have supernatural eyesight, capable of seeing even through solid objects. As a result, it often symbolizes the unraveling of hidden truths, and the psychic power of clairvoyance."
"Well that makes no sense. You're as blind as a whale."
"Don't you mean bat?" Harry asked confused.
"Please, bats aren't blind. Some even use eyesight to hunt instead of echolocation. Annabeth and I had a whole argument about it. Apparently some fruit bats don't use echolocation at all. And whales actually do have poor eyesight just like you," Percy pointed out with a slight mock at the end.
Harry just rolled his eyes. "My eyesight is extremely better though as a Lynx. I think it'll take a few years to really know if I can apparently see through solid objects but we'll see. It probably has to do with my magical ability or something," Harry said with a shrug before grabbing some icing from the container his father brought and booked it to his room.
"He better not be ask mischievous or annoying as an actual cat. If he starts swiping stuff off the table and breaking them I'm banning his ass from the kitchen," Percy muttered to himself.
Website's Used in Making Chapter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(mythology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx#Behavior_and_diet
http://mythology.net/japanese/japanese-creatures/kappa/
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