"No way she'd be able to trick Penny again, right?" Harry mumbled to himself before he shook his head and opened the door. What he saw was not a topless set of young women, but something equally nice. Tonks and Penny were in 'sexy' Santa outfits that showed off their midriffs, legs, and some cleavage. Penny was a bit pink in the cheeks but looked fine with the outfit. The brown-eyed blonde was a full head taller than Harry. Her hair reached a bit past her shoulders and thanks to her current outfit Harry was able to see her figure very well. The swell of her breasts, unknown to Harry, marked her as a healthy C-Cup. Her trim waist flared out to wide hips that gave her a slight 'hourglass' figure. Combine that with her long legs and Harry could only think that Penny was a very beautiful girl. Tonks had shamelessly increased her bust size so that her own outfit revealed far more cleavage than normal. The Santa hats on their heads completed the look.
"Surprise Harry!" Tonks announced with a grin. Harry just stood there taking in the lovely sight for a bit.
"How did I let you talk me into this?" Penny questioned and Tonks pulled her into a sideways hug with a smile.
"Because you want to show off for Harry?" Tonks teased the younger girl.
"Th-that's not it!" Penny denied though the glance she threw Harry's way 'might' have brought her denial into question.
"Really?" Tonks laughed as she turned both of them around so that Harry could see them from the back. His eyes were drawn to the short skirts covering their bums before Tonks playfully flipped both her skirt as well as Penny's.
"Ohβ¦" Harry uttered out as he found out that the outfits apparently came with underwear too. Panties with horizontal green and red stripes filled his vision for a moment before Penny quickly forced her skirt back down. The blonde's face was now bright red as she slapped at Tonks' with a whine about Harry being 'too young' again.
"Hope you enjoyed your 'special' present, Harry!" Tonks laughed as she fended off Penny's embarrassed slaps. "Give us a bit to change again and we'll be right down." Harry nodded; his own cheeks a bit red, with a small happy smile on his face as he closed the door behind him.
'Tonks and Penny have nice bums.' Harry thought to himself before shaking his head. It'd be best to get his face back to normal before being seen by Sirius again. His Godfather could spot a successful prank with just a glance after all.
It wasn't long after that when Harry pulled out his prototypes to show to Sirius, Remus, Ted, and Andromeda. They were all impressed with the Vitris Auri and Sylvuan knife's ability to weaken and dispel the Charms Harry produced. Pulling a bit of a prank Harry demonstrated the Oulm Circuit knife's ability by tapping Sirius on the shoulder with it. After the initial surprise at not being able to feel or move his left arm was over, Sirius had laughed and flopped his arm around in amusement.
"What an odd effect." Remus commented and Harry agreed with him, explaining that it was the same Runic Array just made with different materials. Their talk was interrupted when Sirius swung his unfeeling left arm into Remus' back with a very fake 'Sorry Moony, can't seem to control my arm.'; which had led to Remus pulling out his wand and sticking the offending limb to Sirius' side with a Sticking Charm.
"Hmm, this Oulm Circuit one could be pretty useful for the Aurors, Harry." Tonks mused as she held the prototype. "If you could make it a different shape and it still worked the Ministry might want to purchase some for the Aurors to use. We can't exactly be swinging around knives at people, you know?"
"Not a bad ideaβ¦" Harry trailed off as he thought upon the implications of his prototype. A 'weapon' that would allow Aurors to render a criminal Witch or Wizard immobile for several minutes would indeed be useful. The fact that it couldn't be reversed with something like an Enervate Charm or a Finite Charm would make it better than a Stunning Spell or Immobulus Charm too.
"At the very least Madam Bones might be interested in looking at them." Tonks shrugged. "It would make on scene questioning of suspects easier if they could still talk but couldn't move their arms and legs."
"I'll look into altering its Form when I get back to Hogwarts, Tonks. Thanks for the idea." Harry smiled at the Metamorph, who was showing her festive spirit with red and green striped hair.
"No problem Harry, I kind of want one of these already." Tonks chuckled as she watched Sirius unstick his left arm and swing the floppy limb at Remus again.
"Certainly not for pranks, I'd hope." Andromeda looked at her daughter who only smiled 'innocently'. "What are we going to do with you, Nymphadora?"
"Not call me that?" Tonks grumbled at the use of her first name. Ted could only smile as his wife and his daughter got into another debate about Nymphadora's name.
Penny had to leave at around three in the afternoon to go with her parents to the Clearwater Family Christmas Dinner. So with goodbyes, as well as hugs from Tonks and Harry, Penny left via the Floo for the day. Remus tried to leave shortly after their own Christmas Dinner but Sirius had practically forced him to stay the night. The Tonks' had left around nine that night with another round of goodbyes and hugs. Tonks even kissed Harry's cheek with a smile and a wink. Harry would be teased again by Sirius for the rest of the night before bed about it too.
All in all Harry found he very much enjoyed his first Family Christmas. The Dursleys had never neglected him; but the cheer of the Season was rather absent between them and Harry. This was the first Family Christmas where the full Spirit of the Season was everywhere for Harry and he was a part of it; wholly and completely. It was no surprise that Harry fell asleep that night with a happy smile on his face.
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