Hermione had called the girls, but left Lewis out, a few days later.

She had told the group what she had found out, causing Rikki to look at Emma and Cleo while shouting 'I told you so!'

Cleo was beginning to believe they should avoid Charlotte. She didn't like Cleo and believed she would only get worse the longer they tried to teach her.

Sadly, Emma was still of the mindset to add her to their group so she wouldn't be alone nor go through it alone as well. This caused Hermione to look at her in disbelief and Harry to raise up his still new Occlumency shields so as to not explode on her.

"Emma; did you not hear what Hermione just said about a similar situation as Charlotte? She clearly wants nothing to do with you other than humiliate and eliminate you. Especially Cleo." Harry says as he holds Hermione to him in support. Their relationship seeming to be going better than they thought possible, then again they went trough a lot together.

"I just feel that if we support her, she will calm down. She invited us to a party she was organizing for Lewis!" Emma replies with a smile and hope, "I'm sure she's finally accepting us."

"I cannot believe you. Emma she clearly doesn't!" Rikki says as she walks around.

"I'm with Rikki on this one. I feel like she's going to do something to you. What that something is, I'm not sure." Harry says as he waves his wand and puts away the scroll and other books. Just then, the stone he had picked up, fell in front of him and he grabbed it. Inspecting it with a curious frown on his face, not noticing the glow it slowly began to emit.

"Hermione?"

"Yes?"

"I think this could be a Moon Stone or Moon Crystal."

"You mean, like in the story from the scroll?"

"Yes. I mean, look at it. I know I've never seen a gem like this one before. Have you?"

Hermione shakes her head and holds the stone in her hands, inspecting it carefully once more. The stone starts to glow on her hands and her eyes widen at the power it emits. It felt like the moon.

The girls looked at the stone as if they were in a trance, while Hermione simply kept inspecting it. Harry noticed the look on the other girls and frowns before pointing it out to Hermione. Once she notices, she covers the stone and the girls go back to normal.

"What happened?" Cleo asks as she notices the stone being hidden. "Why are you covering the stone?"

"Because all of you were staring at it like you stared at the moon when its full. You were in some sort of trance." Harry says, having remembered what they had said happened when they stare at the full moon. "Hermione, we should really keep this hidden until we can make an appointment at Gringotts."

Hermione simply nods and puts the stone in her trusty bag after covering it with a scarf.

Rikki put on a confused look. "What's Gringotts?" She asks, causing Harry and Hermione to chuckle. "What's so funny?"

"We forget that you girls don't really know about the magical world."

"We would if you would tell us." Rikki complains as she sits and looks at them.

"I think we can all agree that we've been having quite the busy schedule as of late, don't you?" Hermione says and Rikki sighs before agreeing. "But to answer your question. Gringotts is the wizarding bank, and it's run by goblins."

At her declaration, the girls looked at them with bewildered expressions, causing Hermione to chuckle while Harry laughed outright.

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Andromeda had agreed on letting Harry and Hermione show the girls a little more of their world next they went to the magical district in Sidney. When that would be was still uncertain.

Emma and Cleo were still going to try and be friendly with Charlotte while Rikki wanted no part in it. Same with Harry and Hermione, but they said if something happened to give them a call. They did, however help Rikki with the finishing touches on the boat party surprise for Lewis.

Later that day, Rikki gets a call from Ash from Charlotte's house and tells her about the girls just "leaving" the party without even saying goodbye. Rikki tells Zane, Harry and Hermione. They agreed for Rikki and Zane to head over towards Charlotte's, while Harry and Hermione head over to the boat and set towards Charlotte's to pick up Lewis.

As they made their way over, Harry and Hermione couldn't help but feel worry for what this would bring their way. Harry felt that confrontation would be unavoidable when it happened.

The moment they rounded the corner, music started loudly and everyone started dancing and cheering. Harry and Hermione could only smile while dancing slightly. Lewis quickly got on and the girls after a talk with a very angry Charlotte. After leaving, they all enjoyed the party and relaxed for a bit.

Harry and Hermione had also decided to include Zane in on their more magical secret. Though neither wanted to bring the subject up to Andromeda.

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Later that night, all of the merpeople could be found swimming around in a private beach. Harry and Hermione weren't going to risk it with Charlotte being vengeful.

They had all finally began to bond after the day's misadventure and were letting out some pent up energy. Harry had brought the Moon Stone with them, though he didn't know why exactly other than he felt like it.

The stone seemed to shine brighter when swimming a certain direction, so Harry motioned everyone to follow him.

They swam at a slow pace, enjoying the warm waters and being attentive to any boats, predators or even Charlotte. Just because they decided to part ways with her, didn't mean they wouldn't encounter one another while swimming.

The stone was getting so bright they had to dive deeper into the water and the girls saw for the first time Harry's glowing tail. They felt a tinge of envy at how beautiful it made him look, he looked even more natural at the depth they were at. They reached the ocean floor and Harry saw some odd rock formations a few meters in front of him.

Before he could head over, a tap on his shoulder made him pause and turn to see Cleo pointing at Emma, Rikki and herself before pointing to the surface.

Understanding, he nods and the girls quickly make for the surface for a gulp of fresh air. They didn't have to wait long for the girls to join them and swam the remaining distance to the rock formations.

Harry swam closer and held the Moon Stone before him, seeing how it was shinning brightly. He felt the rock formation and tried to dust it off but it remained looking the same. Narrowing his eyes in contemplation, he takes his wand and focuses.

'Diffindo!'

The spell left his wand and hit the rock formation, cutting a shallow part of it off. The moment it fell off, they saw that underneath it was glowing like the Moon Stone in Harry's hand and the girls were once again in a trance like state. Hermione quickly turned them away and stayed with them so as to prevent that from happening.

Harry cast another 'Diffindo' and now he held a larger Moon Crystal in his other hand after putting his wand away. He swam to Hermione and gave her the smaller Moon Stone while he carried the larger crystal. That way they can avoid the girls getting hypnotized as they made their way back to the private beach.

As a precaution, Harry cast a ward to hide the remaining rock formations and cast a mild confundus charm on them as well. Satisfied, he followed behind the girls.

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It was two days later that the girls had gotten permission from their parents to accompany Harry and Hermione to be shown the magical district. Lewis had also joined them after reassuring them that Charlotte would not find out. Zane had decided against going this time around since he had a race soon and needed to practice.

Still Harry and Hermione remained skeptical of that but decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

"How are we getting there? Flying broomsticks?" Lewis jokes only to see Harry give him a smile while Hermione paled and shook her head quickly. "Wait, flying broomsticks are real?!"

"Very real. Unfortunately, we aren't going to fly all the way to the magical district. Mainly because none of you have magic to be able to fly a broom, but because Muggles would notice and we could all get in real trouble with the Ministry...and Hermione hates flying." He finishes with a chuckle only to turn into a laugh when Hermione smacks his arm.

"No, we will be using a Portkey to get there. Driving would take too long seeing as it would be hours and it would be afternoon by the time we get there."

"What's a Portkey?" Cleo asks with the others nodding curiously.

"Think teleporting. A Portkey is an item that has been spelled to 'teleport' to the destination it was programmed to at a certain time. All we have to do is hold on to the Portkey and are teleported towards our destination." Harry answers and Accio's a worn out boot before turning into a Portkey. "Right, in two minutes this will activate and take us near the entrance to the magical district. So don't wander too far. Is everything packed Andy?"

Said woman smiles and nods, a small bag on her person and holding and Teddy. "Everything is in order Harry."

"Mione, what about you?"

"I have all I will need Harry. Including some of the scrolls from Mrs. Chatham's boat and the Moon Crystals. Some money and a list of things to buy for the house. What about you Harry? Do you have everything ready?" Hermione asks him in return.

Harry simply sighs and holds on to the boot. "Yes, and because of that I will take longest in leaving Gringotts. So you and Andy can either wait for me while I finish or go on ahead and show our friends around and I'll catch up once I'm done. Now everyone hold on, it's time."

Everyone holds on to the boot before Harry gives out a warning. "You'll feel horrible when we land!" Before anyone could say anything, the Portkey activated and they vanished.

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