Notes:

I didn't want to write a generic Harry/Multi story, where you could switch one partner for another and it would make no difference to the scene.

Harry's every partner has their own unique dynamic with him and the others, different personalities and sexual preferences. The final pairing has been voted for and is Harry/Susan/Daphne/Gabrielle/Katie/Padma/Hermione. Gabrielle is the same age as Harry.

There will be morally gray characters. There will be flawed characters.

There will be smut, a fair bit of it.

There will NOT be any bashing.

Prologue

Worried sea-green eyes studied Harry as the dejected boy trudged through the library. Everyone visibly recoiled when he passed their table. Their behavior disgusted Susan. All he'd done was seemingly talk to a snake. A snake conjured by Draco Malfoy of all people.

Now everyone seemed to believe he was the one behind all the attacks in the castle.

"I'm just saying, only a wizard with truly dark powers could defeat You-Know-Who," Justin Finch-Fletchley proclaimed loudly as Harry passed their table. Susan frowned when she saw Harry flinch visibly, and he skipped the table next to theirs in favor of the one in the very corner, as far away from everyone as he could manage. Justin's pompous know-it-all attitude irritated her on most days, today, she found it downright disgusting.

"I suppose that means Professor Dumbledore is the greatest dark wizard of our time?!" Susan snarled, angrily pushing her chair away from the desk and getting up. She ignored the reproachful look Madame Pince shot in her direction and the confused looks of her own housemates. "Hufflepuffs are supposed to be kind," she hissed, snatching her bag from the table.

She dug around in it as she slowly walked over to Harry, pulling out a crumpled photograph from the bag. She paused and took a second to study the faded photograph, smiling at the red-headed girl and the black-haired boy whizzing around on toy broomsticks while their parents watched and laughed.

He wasn't evil. He couldn't be evil.

She let out a sigh, trying to build up her courage. He was all alone. Hadn't their parents activated their bond for the very reason that they should be there for each other when needed?

He needs a friend right now.

She sighed again and looked at the photograph one last time, before walking over to Harry Potter with a determined expression on her face.