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Fire burnished golden ties	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 8773 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter franchise so I'm not making any money writing this. If I did, Ginny would have died instead of Fred.

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Title: Fire burnished golden ties
Summary: Dean and Pavarti are bound by fireburnished golden ties that strengthen with every event that draws them closer beginning with the discovery of their soon-to-be-born daughter...
A/N: Star-crossed Lovers or not series [Snake and Eagle, I did not sleep with that wizard! and Rise of the Cannonites compatible. I could have skipped this but I found Hindu marriage quite interesting and I had to write it. The title comes from the Hindu belief that married couples are tied together as partners by invisible golden ties.

Shopping

August 24, 1996

Normally, Dean went shopping for Hogwarts with Seamus and his mother in Tara where the Irish Wizarding Community frequented as opposed to Diagon Alley.

Dean had shopped in Diagon with Professor Flitwick who was now Headmaster, but he was used to shopping in Tara after four years.

So when Seamus invited them to join him shopping, Dean accepted.

Colin was still recovering from his caesarean and nursing little Colm so Dean was surprised when he arrived outside Tara’s wards via portkey with Dana, Pavarti, Padma and Su to find Seamus with Colm strapped to his chest.

“Hi ya Dean, nice day isn’t it. It be your A rúnsearc and her sister’s first time in Tara.”

Dean nodded, his hands entwined with both Pavarti and Dana’s. “Yes, I doubt Su or Padma have been here before either.”

Seamus smirked, “Mathair promised to take the girls to Macmillan’s to be fitted for uniforms, apparently there be special robes for ‘em. We’re to go get potions’ ingredients from McLaggen’s.”

Dean nodded, “We’ll have to have Dana fitted to a wand while we’re here. I remember there was an Ollivander’s as well as a Flourish and Blots here.”

Seamus bowed comically, his eyes were tired and his normally jovial face was starting to show worry more clearly.

Dean escorted his family of witches into the burrow that held the Hill of Tara settlement it was a bit like Hogsmeade but underground.

It was far more vast then it seemed from the surface, the worn downward facing paths were lit with ever burning torches.

Lady Niamh drew the witches into conversation, asking after Pavarti and Padma’s pregnancies as well as Dana’s starting Hogwarts in next month.

This left Dean to talk to Seamus alone.

Dean reached out to squeeze his friend’s shoulder familiarly, “How’s Colin Shay?”

“He be at Marcheness now, resting. He still be stressed but Colm’s here now which be for the best. I wish I’d had more time to discuss the realities of a wizard-wizard relationship before we be expecting Colm here but,” Seamus shrugged.

Dean was worried for Seamus; it appeared that much of Colm’s care had fallen on his friend. Colin’s mental health had become more fragile the longer he was pregnant and it had worried them that the stress would badly affect his godson.

They slipped into the familiar hedge witch shop to purchase their potions ingredients, Dean ordered a First Year set for Dana as well as two Sixth Year sets for himself and Padma. Due to their starting the year pregnant, Padma and Pavarti had decided not to continue Potions despite having the marks for it. It was too dangerous to continue and all of the Lilithean induced pregnancies had managed to survive without seeming to be effected by their studies last spring.

It wasn’t something that his bonded and her twin wished to chance; so Pavarti had chosen to continue History, Charms, Divination and Herbology but had quit Potions and Transfiguration.

Padma had dropped Potions and Charms, choosing to continue Transfiguration despite the dangers of self-Transfiguration. So Su had offered to be the one transformed instead which was quite brave of her considering the in-flux nature of a pregnant student’s magic.

It was still being debated whether or not it was safe for pregnant or nursing students to continue Defence despite it being needed due to the recent Death Eater attacks…

Dean did his best to keep Seamus talking about happy things, he didn’t want Colm to pick up on his Da’s unhappiness…

After receiving their packages of ingredients, they headed over the bookstore to retrieve the books.

Dean already had copies of the First Year textbooks for Dana but had chosen to purchase brand new books for all of them. The House of Dearborn could afford it after all, he had been surprised to find out just how wealthy his birth father’s family was. He had grown up Muggle Middle Class in West Ham, a suburb of London so learning he was actually the heir to a Lordship had been quite daunting.

Unlike Seamus who had been raised with the expectation of being his maternal grandfather’s heir despite being a Halfblood, Dean hadn’t known anything about his sire until a Dearborn elf arrived with bombshell that he and Neville were first cousins because his sire and Neville’s mum were twins.

It had brought Dean closer to Neville, which was a good thing but had unfortunately resulted in hurting Seamus who was his first ever friend…

The two recently bonded wizards continued with what shopping they could do without the witches but ended up having to head over to Macmillan’s to be fitted for their own robes.

They sent their packages back to Marcheness and Deerfield via house elf so they didn’t have to cart them around.

The witches of Macmillan’s were in a tizzy dressing four new clients, Seamus’ family had been shopping for robes at Macmillan’s for generations and had brought Dean in as a client the summer before their Second Year.

Now it was Dean’s turn to bring in clients, while Padma and Pavarti were most comfortable in their native dress, they did need uniforms and more conservative British style robes. Especially since Pavarti was effectively Dean’s consort and Lady Dearborn despite their youth.

Dean wasn’t prepared at all to see to his duties as a Lord when it came to politics and had requested that Lady Augusta continue as his political regent until after graduation.

As long as her health supported such duties but she seemed almost as active as Lady Weasley, George and Colin’s grandmother despite being close to two decades younger…

It was some time before Dana, Pavarti, Padma and Su were deemed well-prepared for the year with plenty of maternity robes for Padma and Pavarti.

Seamus’ mother ordered Dean and Seamus to be fitted for their robes while she saw to it that Dana was paired with a wand.

Dean was torn between seeing to that duty himself as well as knowing that he did need a new wardrobe appropriate for his new station in life; he was a NEWT student, a bonded wizard, a Lord and a father-to-be.

Seamus was going to be staying and Dean didn’t have the heart to abandon his friend so he reluctantly agreed to let Lady Niamh do as she wished. He poked Dana’s cheek gently and made her promise to behave before letting himself to stripped down to his pants so he could be properly measured.

The witches of Macmillan’s were old enough to be his mother or grandmother so he did his best to be stoic about his near nakedness. It wasn’t his first time being poked and prodded like this but it was the first time after he became a bonded wizard…

Dean closed his eyes, he didn’t have good taste in clothing naturally and hadn’t heart to embarrass his fashionista bondmate by appearing in eccentric clothing so he allowed the experienced witches to choose his wardrobe for the year.

In the future, he hoped that Pavarti who was so knowledgeable when it came to fashion would decide his wardrobe. He maybe an artist but that didn’t mean anything when it came to dressing himself…

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?
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