unconstrained

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(i know i hurried the practise war along i realised it was making the story drag and was filler to flesh harry and the other characters out more but i also want this story to get moving and  get finished for editing, it is long due)

harry hadn't planned out how long the war could drag, it wasn't going to be one big battle it would be manny and this war he helped on showed that, they fought for the week it took to end it however it had been going on longer than that by a long shot, years beforehand and now harry was scrambling to get things ready for just that.

he had peoples live's in his hands and Harry knew he would have to squash his inner loot goblin once again, harry made a visit that almost made him sick, Harry went to the builders who had been working on the houses and made the hardest request he had yet to ask.

"I need two walls built"

the man slowly nodded.

"walls, we can do that in the snap of a wrist"

Harry cringed.

"big walls, big enough a nandu would have trouble getting up and thick enough to withstand a bombarda"

that had the worker pause.

"that is going to be expensive depending on how long they will be"

Harry sighed and spoke past gritted teeth.

"Money isn't an issue, I need one around my village houses and another along the perimeter of my property"

"....alright we can do that but it is going to cost and take some time, we do have other orders to finish as well"

the teen nodded feeling his stomach disappearing into the floor.

"shall we sign the contract and get the payment done?"

they reached for the contract parchment and hashed out the exact price after harry provided the dimensions of the property, the man knew his stuff and with ease worked out both the length thickness and hight with a small bit of magic.

soon harry was leaving with a lot less money, even if it was Draco's, his husband demanded they use the joint Malfoy account, it still hurt since it was his money now too.

his husband knew it disturbed harry and when the young man got back to the school spent some time cuddling and kissing his husband, he didn't care about the money he was a Malfoy and if a Malfoy wanted something that bought it, simple.

he did, of course, know about how Harry was raised by those people, they had been muttering about harry however could do nothing, though Draco was keenly paying attention to see if they planned to try anyway, Draco wouldn't let any transgression slide and planned to get some Malfoy justice.

harry noticed when he was going back to classes (though he still had and was using the time turner to help his people) Godric seemed to have worked his pride back onto its pedestal and was acting like a tool again, harry wondered briefly if the boy would ever grow up, harry suspected it might be a bit too late for that and harry has other things to deal with.

Godric had glaired at him the moment he stepped into the great hall for breakfast, every teacher watched Dumbledore was doing that godawful twinkling again and harry couldn't give a toss, his head was held high and he was greeted as his station required, he would greet them less formally in before a meeting this was all about reminding the student body he was still king and was to be treated as such.

harry soon found himself greeting his subjects and soon found himself stood before them congratulating them on the successful training.

"you have all done well and i am proud of each and every one of you, especially the ones that have gone above and beyond yo learn new skills that will help both yourself us all of us, and Ichigo you and Anastacia have gone above and beyond and we are all proud of you, especially since you are so young, you saw what we needed and applied yourself without comment for demand, i am proud of you and i will have the same conversation with her"

the young boy stuttered a thankyou at the praise turning red.

harry decided they all needed bed and ended the meeting swiftly not wanting to drag it out they deserved rest, harry himself was restless and found himself sneaking from the castle to the forest, it had been so long since he shifted only finding snippets of time and fewer places a nandu could play, the teen stretched out his whole feline body feeling every crack and pop purring contentedly.

harry wanted to practise, however, because his Nandu wasn't getting any smaller and he feared that he might need this form before the end many that was why magic had done it, many he should try the others and see if they could do it, he admitted it was selfish to just go it alone though it had saved him against a creature that would have killed him in a second, he supposed that could by the reason he was a nandu however he wanted to believe that they were doing something good, the road to hell was paved with good intentions and Harry decided he wouldn't know if it was heaven or hell until he had already walked the path.

the young man decided he would take time to learn this form and that he would work to be able to jump up his new walls that were getting made, he was training all the other facets of his life why not this one too?

and if he was honest sometimes it was exhilarating to let go and be the animal inside.