Chapter 77: Kiss!

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"Hundreds of people have died when venturing too far into his garden. I urge you not to risk your lives. Lily won't ever forgive me if this quest results in your death. Please don't be foolish in attempting this quest. You are only eleven years old after all. You are just children." Lowng Boner begged passionately.

Harry hmmed in a non-committal manner and stared at his luminous mother. He scrunched his brows thoughtfully before doing something so strange that left both Iris and Lowng Boner incredulous.

Harry grabbed Lily's face, leaned down and kissed her on the lips. Hard.

Honestly, Harry didn't even know how to kiss properly. He just pressed his lips on hers and moved his mouth on hers until Lily Elven Boner's eyes fluttered open and she instinctively shoved him away. 

Harry stumbled back and fell down the bed while Lily sat up and wiped her mouth with the sleeve of her dress. She growled angrily, but before she could say something her eyes rolled back in her head and she fell into the enchanted sleep. Again.

Harry stood up and dusted his clothes.

"I see. I thought maybe any kiss would suffice. I mean it was illogical to think that a curse could differentiate between Severus Oleways' and my kiss. After all, a kiss is a kiss. Then I remembered in which village I am." Harry grumbled under his breath at his unsuccessful attempt.

"Brilliant! You are here just for an hour and you already woke up Lily, even if it was for a brief time. It was the first time I saw her open her eyes in the last decade. I am so proud of you. You know what, go, attempt to steal the lemon drop from Dumbodoor, you have enough brain to trick him. I am sure." Lowng Boner jumped up and shook excitedly.

Iris gave Harry a half-impressed and half-annoyed look. He shot her a small cheeky grin to which she just rolled her eyes.

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"I can't believe you kissed mum." Iris snorted as they lay together on the bed after dinner. It was night and they had decided to attempt the quest tomorrow morning. When Lowng Boner had offered them a room to stay, they readily accepted it.

"What's so hard to believe about it? Let's look at this way. If you, Iris, was put to an enchanted sleep. And there were two boys, one me and one a stranger, whose kiss could wake you up. Wouldn't it be better for you to be kissed by me instead of some creepy stranger?" Harry explained with no shame.

Iris stared at him for a second before dissolving into giggles. She scooted closer to him and patted his cheek condescendingly.

"I see now. I understand you now, Harry. You are cutely possessive. You think that if anyone needs to kiss me or mum, then it should better be you since we are your mother and sister. What a strange and ridiculous logic." Iris laughed, holding her sides.

Harry frowned and asked, "Is it really that strange?"

That just sent her into another fit of laughter.

"Hey! Enough. You are making too much fun of me." He pouted as he pulled her to his side, hugging her close.

"You know what, Harry, you are really adorable." She smiled softly, snuggling against his side and clinging to him.

"I still don't know if you are making fun of me or are being genuine."

"I am honest. It was a compliment. Kind of."

"You just had to not say 'kind of'."

Iris didn't answer and just smiled on his chest before closing her eyes.

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The next day, they left for the garden of the evil dragon, Dumbodoor. Lowng Boner told them that the garden was behind the dark forest from where Harry and Iris entered into the village. The siblings left Teatanpole and climbed up the small hill and stood at the edge of the forest. They shared a look as a wolf howled from somewhere deeper in the woods.

"Let's just fly above the forest and directly into the garden," said Iris. Harry beamed at her for the good suggestion and nodded. Why fight various animals and magical beasts when they could altogether avoid them?

They activated their flying skills and soared into the sky.

As they flew over the dark forest, various winged beasts screeched and followed them. Harry turned mid-flight and shot a [Bomb] in their midst before grabbing Iris and hurrying frantically forward.

The big boom of the bomb echoed throughout the jungle and the village. The people looked up, thinking it was thunder and a herald of a storm.

The followers were nothing more than pieces of flesh and bone as their remains rained down onto the treetops.

Iris couldn't help but roll her eyes. She hadn't forgotten the Halloween night where Harry had solved every challenge by dropping a bomb on it. 

Though she hoped that this day would not end like that. She should probably stop drawing parallels between this quest and the Halloween one. She had no interest in dying again, thank you very much.

They soon cleared the forest and reached the other end of it. Behind the line of trees was a small plain that ended in a cliff after a fifty metre expanse. Below, far below the cliff, a river rushed to meet the sea. The sound of the loud swirling of water was still hearable from this high up.

This fifty metre expanse was filled with dozens of types of pretty flowers. A narrow path between the flowerbed cut straight towards a single giant tree which stood near the cliff.

Harry and Iris flew down and stood at the beginning of the path. The whole surrounding was filled with the sweet fragrance of roses and daisies and other ten types of flowers. 

They took a minute to admire the beautiful garden, but then their gazes fell on the giant tree or more specifically on the sleeping white eastern dragon with its body wrapped around the trunk. Its beautiful scales were gleaming in the morning sunlight. It was the Largebone tree and the dragon was Dumbodoor.

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