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For as long as people could recall both Muggle and Magical when they reached the age of adulthood their body would change into one of seven, some said eight different Classifications. The Classifications were long ago labeled and most people accepted them, even the Muggles who doubted the existence of Magic. The Classifications were separated into three categories, dominants which included Alphas, Masters, and Caregivers. On the other side, there were the submissive which included Omegas, Pets, and Littles, and finally, the final category was the Neutrals.
Information about the Classifications
Alpha & Omega
One of the most prominent types of Dominants in the world at twenty-one percent of the adult population are typically bonded with Omegas who make up twenty percent of the population. At least once every other month an Omega, both male and female would go into a Heat period where for a day or two would be overcome with a desire and need to mate with their Alpha. Until they actually meet their Alpha in person an Omega will not go into a Heat Cycle. Due to focusing on nothing but sex for the entire Heat Cycle any children or people the Mating Pair has Guardianship of must be watched over by others. Omegas, once more both male and female, can get pregnant and were the ones most likely to produce offspring than any other Classification.
One of the main deciding factors for a person in gaining an Alpha or Omega Classification according to years of research was that one of the pair had creature blood in their bloodline. Once an Alpha and Omega were given their classification their results would also reveal to them their destined Mate. Among themselves, Alpha and Omegas usually referred to themselves as Mates and the Alpha would do their best to support their Omega even especially when said Omega was with child. When one of the Mates has no or little Creature blood in their family they are found to be Classified as an Omega.
Due to the presence of Creature Blood resulting in an Alpha/Omega, there is no non-magic using Muggle that has this Classification. Unlike most dominants, an Alpha is not necessarily larger or more muscular than their submissive and it is not a strange sight to see an Omega who is even a head taller than their Alpha. Omegas have long been discriminated against in the working world, both Magical and Muggle, as they are expected to stay home and take care of their kids. Omega and Alpha can produce scents to detect each other as well as calm each other down.
An out-of-control Alpha can only be stopped by its Omega or said Alpha being in danger of hurting one of its offspring or a Little. Strength-wise, even if they may sometimes be shorter than other Dominants, the only one who can overpower an Alpha is a Caregiver. An Alpha and Omega have heightened senses of smell that allow them to find each other even when one is hidden by magic. During a Classification test in the Magical World, an Alpha releases a deep red glow, while an Omega has a light blue one once the glow is gone a parchment will appear listing who their Mate is.
Master & Pets
Both Master and Pets make up seventeen percent of the population. Though the gender public refers to this Classification as Master and Pet or the less kind name of Master and Slave the ones who hold this Classification just call themselves Bonded and the top and bottom. Even though the dominant of these bonded pair is called Master by other Classifications, they never take advantage or even do anything that would hurt their submissive in either physical or mental pain.
Just like an Alpha/Omega when they get their Classification their results will contain a possible person to bond with, but unlike Alpha/Omegas a Master and Pet can choose a different person to bond with. Female Pets can get pregnant through their chances of this happening are more likely when they are with their listed Master. Unlike their Omega counterparts, a Pet will have no trouble finding jobs though they are prevented from working in the same location with their Master unless they are hired as their assistant or secretary.
While not as protective as an Alpha, a Master will do everything they can to protect their Pet short of killing themselves or a Little. Years of research have determined that a Classification of a Master or Pet is akin to Alpha and Omega but without the Creature Blood. During a Magical Classification test, a Master exhibits a green glow while a pet shows an orange one before the glow vanishes the name of their Bonded will form from the aura.
Caregivers & Littles
Caregivers make up only seven percent while Littles only make up two percent of the population. All Littles are asexual no matter what age range they fall into and while Caretakers are their dominants it does not stop the Caretaker from finding someone to produce their own children with, though most prefer not to. Due to how small of the population gets Classified as Littles all other dominants and submissives do their best to protect them, but their primary support is their Caregiver.
A Caregiver can have multiple designations from their partners due to the age range of the Little but the most prominent ones used are Mommy and Daddy. A Little could range in age from one year old to fifteen years with a secondary Classification depending on what age they were. From the ages of one to four were considered babies/toddlers while ages five to ten were just considered to be kids and from eleven to fifteen were considered tweens/teens.
The Caregivers were both the largest and strongest of the dominant types so that they could easily carry and care for their Littles. Due to the rarity of Littles in the overall population, there is less research done on this type of submissive leading to more speculations about them. Some hold the opinion that a Little came into their Classification due to an extremely bad childhood which caused a Pet or Omega to change their Classification into a Little. There are some believe thanks to a belief that Lord Voldemort had been a little who had never found a Caretaker had gone insane being unable to be properly taken care of leading to new laws that as soon as a Little was Classified unattached Caregivers were gathered to see if the Little choose them.
Unlike other pairs, Littles did not have a destined partner but had to find one that worked best for them. Until a Little bonded with their Caretaker they can be watched over by almost any other Classification apart from the Neutral. In the Magical Community as soon as a Little finds their Caretaker the first thing that they do together is go shopping for the Little's supplies.
One of the first things every single Little picks out, no matter the age range, is a stuffed toy. For some reason this first stuffed toy is an anchor point along with their Caretaker and the Little will guard it more than any item they ever receive. Only under a Caretaker can they truly shift into their Little Space which a Little needs according to some theories, to keep their minds fully intact. Some Littles will spend most of their time in Little Space after they find their Caretaker but some can live perfectly "normal" lives and only slip at least once a month for a full twenty-four hours.
Regardless of how little or much time a Little spends in their Little Space, each Little has trigger phrases or actions that can make them regress or return to their normal mindset. These triggers can be both negative such as meeting an abuser, or positive like finding a toy their Little side loves after they had lost it, A male Little no matter the age range their Little Space occupies will never grow any natural facial hair.
No matter the age range a Magical Little holds once they slip they need to be watched more closely than a normal child especially when they are in the baby/toddler range due to them still having control of the Magical Cores. Except for the Tween/Teen range, Littles are forbidden from creating Potions or taking part in classes for Dark Arks, Care of Magical Creatures, or playing Quidditch just in case of slipping during them. Surprisingly all Littles have a natural talent in performing Animagus transformation. Once a Little has bonded to their Caregiver, the lives of the pair are joined so if one dies it will cause the other one to go into an insane rampage that will only end with the survivor's partner's death. A Caregiver's presence is enough to calm down their Little, unless of course said Little is throwing a tantrum due to the Caregiver. When taking the Classification test a Caregiver gives off a Purple glow while a Little gives off a shade of yellow the brighter the glow the younger their little space is.
Neutrals
A Neutral Classification makes up fifteen percent of the population and is neither overly dominant nor submissive and can marry with any other free Classification, except for a Little. While the Neutrals tend to call themselves "Normal" each other group of Classifications has a different name for them. They are called Betas by both Alpha and Omegas, while a Master and Pet tend to call them Switches. A Little depending on the relationship with a Neutral can call them anything from Babysitter to Aunt/Uncle. A Neutral who joins as a triad with an Alpha/Omega couple is not fully bound by an Omega's Heat. Unlike an Alpha, they can leave during the Heat Cycle but will still try to take part in it unless they have other important business to take care of. Unfortunately, with anyone not part of their immediate family, a Neutral tends to be the one who shows the most discrimination to other Classifications. Neutrals also blocked out any research into why a person would gain a Neutral Classification. A Neutral will only glow a soft gray during a Classification test
Hybrids
The last one percent of the population is referred to as a Hybrid which is when a person shows traits from more than one Classification. While they are considered one percent of the population, only a single Hybrid will exist on the Earth at a given moment. This changes as a Hybrid reaches a certain age, as a second Hybrid can emerge and be taught how to live their lives by the elder Hybrid. This makes it hard for any research to be taken on what causes a Hybrid to appear as no common factors have not been found between the shortlist of Hybrids that have appeared since it had been discovered. Hybrids when they take the test their body will are covered by two, or more auras showing what Classifications they possess before turning black
Some people combined with other Classifications to create either a triad or a clan depending on the size of the group. The only real rule in these relationships is that there is never more than one type of Classification. A triad usually forms as Neutral joins in an Alpha/Omega Mateship or a Master/Pet Bonding. A Clan is usually formed between couples of different Classifications and is usually started by several couples wanting to help raise children or help care for a Little.
Events before the story take place.
After Voldemort had returned after the Triwizard Tournament Albus Dumbledore who had seen how badly Harry had been treated at the Dursley's house was thanks to using Harry's memory of the battle in the Graveyard was able to prove that both Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew were alive freeing Sirius from having to be on the run. Since Harry needed blood wards to protect him from Voldemort and his Death Eaters, Albus talked Sirius and Harry into Blood Adopt each other thus creating a connection between them and getting Harry away from the Dursleys for good.
As a free man, Sirius finally admitted his feelings for Remus Lupin. Due to his forced creature blood, Remus had been an Alpha but without a Mate, and with Sirius's confession as well as finding his mate in the fellow Order of the Phoenix Member, Nymphadora Tonks. Being without a Mate for so long Remus accepted both of them as they formed a triad. For Harry going from having only an abusive family to three loving semi-parents had been a shock but it led to one of the best times of his life since his parents had died all those years ago. It was also around this time that Harry became aware that as his friends and classmates began to start to date in the few years before they received their Classifications
Harry took no notice of anyone and would rather curl up against one of his new guardians and read a book. During his fifth year, Harry began to suffer from nightmares that after talking with Sirius he found were caused by his connection to Voldemort. Albus and Harry's new guardians had tried to get him to learn Occlumency but after a few lessons learned that thanks to a Horcrux connected to Harry's soul it was impossible for him to block out Voldemort. Doing some research, Albus had found a ritual where they could use the Horcrux attached to Harry to destroy any other Horcrux Voldemort had created in his life at the same time.
At the end of the year, they decided to put their plan into place as Harry walked willingly into a trap set for him in the Ministry of Magic. As the Order took on the Death Eaters, Albus and Harry confronted Voldemort. The Dark Lord tried to force Albus to kill Harry as he fully opened their connection which was just what they wanted with an ancient spell that cast a blast of energy through the connection which sought out Voldemrorts' Horcruxs and destroyed them. As Voldemort felt the missing pieces of his soul be destroyed, he pulled himself away from Harry and in a dazed state cast a dark curse. Without even thinking about it Albus leapt forward and took the brunt of the spell as the pain became too much for Voldemort leading to both men's death and Harry passing out.
When Harry woke up a week had passed and his fame had been doubled for his part in stopping Voldemort once and for all, all Harry wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cry for Dumbledore's sacrifice. Sirius, Remus, and Tonks had shared a look as they pulled Harry into a tight hug letting him cry his eyes out at the Headmaster's death. Each of them after watching Harry over the last summer had guessed which Classification he would get when he came of age.
During Harry's Sixth-Year nothing really happened with Voldemort dead and his top Death Eaters had been sent to Azkaban. Not having to worry about Voldemort showing up, Harry for once was able to be a normal student. But as Harry and his friends were having a good year the same could not be said for several students in Slytherin House as with their fathers' being found to be members of Voldemort's inner circle Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy's positions in the school had plummeted. As two members of what was called the Three Slytherin Princes, the pair were now constantly harassed outside of any teacher's sight.
The only thing that surprised them was that the so-called Gryffindor Golden Trio did not take part in it the three actively tried to the other students to leave the pair alone. The only other ally that Theo and Draco had was the third Prince who had managed to stay clean of the rot from Voldemort's association due to his family's neutrality. However, near the end of the school year a couple of students, led by Ginny Weasley flat-out attacked all three of the Princes as she yelled that the school would be better without their lot in it.
As Ginny raised her wand to signal the attack the three Slytherins, Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushed forward to shield them, disarming Ginny and making the others flee. Ginny had screeched, mostly at Harry, about how could they protect baby Death Eaters. The Slytherin Princes were surprised when it was not Harry but Ron who told the girl to let it go pointing out that during the entire year as they were bullied by the other students not a single member of the Slytherin Princes had even fought back. It took Harry pointing out that Ginny was behaving more like a Death Eater than they were which caused the redhead to run away screaming that trusting the Slytherins was going to get them into trouble one day. Ron had just shaken his head at his sister's retreating back as the Golden Trio made sure that Draco and the others had not been hurt. From that day grudging respect grew between the two groups which even had them sharing the same train car during the ride home for the summer.
Due to a person's Classification taking part of a student's seventh year in the books, a student would need all Seventh-Year students to be told to come to Hogwarts with their parents or guardians one at a time over the summer for testing. On the day of his own test, Harry had shown up with Sirius alone as Tonks had gone into a Heat cycle meaning she and Remus were busy. The pair walked to the Hospital Wing where Harry was tested under the watchful eyes of not only Madam Pomfrey but Professors McGonagall, Sprout, Flitwick, and Snape.
As Harry drank the Classification potion a wave of magic washed over him changing color a couple of minutes before turning yellow of middle intensity showing his Little Space fell somewhere between five and ten years old. As the others moved forward to congratulate him, Harry fell to his knees with his hands held protectively over his head as the words of the Dursleys zoomed through his mind. "Littles are freaks even more than you. All Littles should be rounded up and shot. Littles what the point of them, nasty people who should not be around normal people." Unknown to Harry, without even finding a Caregiver he had slipped into his headspace as he rocked back and forth calling for his Papa.
The others in the room looked shocked as Madam Pomfrey rushed to her office to find the records of the other students already tested to find out if a Caregiver had been found so that they could bring them into comfort, Harry. Finding that three students were classified as Caregivers she rushed off to bring them in, while the others tried to comfort Harry, who was now rocking back and forth on the floor curled into a ball not even seeming to notice the others. A few minutes later Madam Pomfrey came out of her office followed by the three students who were Caregivers. Sensing them Harry finally stopped rocking back and forth but his tears continued to fall like streams from his eyes.
"Hush little one everything is going to be alright," Padma Patil said only a little shocked to see the identity of the Little. However, as she began to approach him to comfort him. Harry took off one of his shoes and threw it at her. Seeing this as Harry not accepting the fellow Caretaker Susan Bones tries to calm Harry down by singing a lullaby. She was only able to get out a few words before Harry's magic sent her flying across the room and into the wall where she collapsed into a heap on the floor. The last of the Caretakers gulped having seen what had happened to the other two but he squared his shoulders and moved forward.
"Come now little on,e what is the matter," Micheal Corner asked only for Harry to growl at him as he stamped on the Ravenclaw Caretakes's foot with enough force it actually broke one of his toes. As Micheal hopped away in pain, Harry curled back into a ball the short-lived calm ending as he went back to rocking himself on the floor.
Pomfrey was about to bring out the list from last year to see if there had been any Caretakers that had already left Hogwarts who still did not have a Little to take care of when the door to the Hospital Wing opened and the next person who was scheduled for testing walked in. The student stopped in place as did his mother as they took in the scene before them. Blaise seeing Harry curled up on the ground moves forward and to the shock of everyone pulls Harry into his lap and begins to rock the other boy gently in his arms. "What is wrong Harry?" the tall dark-skinned boy asked as Harry's sobs began to subside thanks to Blaise's rocking.
"I am a fweak just like they always said," Harry said in a small voice.
"You are not a freak Harry whoever told you that could not be more wrong," Blaise said a little sternly as without thinking bent down and kissed Harry on his forehead.
At the kiss, all traces of Harry's tears vanish as he lays his head on the other boy's shoulder with a content sigh of "Papa." As Harry seemed to fall asleep, Madam Pomfrey just to be sure had Blaise drink the Classification Potion, and to no one's surprise, it showed the Italian boy was a Caregiver.
Side Character Information: As this story will be focusing on Little Harry, Papa Blaise, as well as the other members of the Golden Trio and Silver Princes I am going to put down some information about side characters that may appear in the story such as what their classification is as well as who they are attached to and possibly some background information about them.
Albus Dumbledore: A Master who had been forced to battle his Pet, Gellert Grindelwald, which led him to a position of power that he felt he did not deserve. Albus had moved to create a law for finding a Caregiver for newly presented Littles after seeing Tom Riddle's fall to becoming Lord Voldemort.
Tom Riddle/Voldemort: A Little who had never found a Caregiver and thus had never been able to deal with the harshness of life by finding his Little Space. Led two wars against Magical Great Britain only to be stopped both times by fellow Little Harry Potter.
Minerva McGonagall: A Pet bond to her Master Pomona Sprout and Current Headmistress of Hogwarts. She has to keep secret her Classification from the Ministry to achieve her rank in the school, thanks to both Albus turning a blind eye and the gentle nature of her Master.
Pomona Sprout: A Master who is bonded to Minerva McGonagall one of the most caring Professors at Hogwarts she prefers to let people do their own thing and has no issue with working for her own Pet.
Filius Flitwick: A rare creature-blooded Caregiver. He has yet to find a Little but has adopted all the students of Hogwarts as his own. As a world-renowned Duelist and his views of the students, he is Hogwarts greatest protection if an enemy were to breach the school's Wards.
Severus Snape: An Alpha who had been mated to Regulus Black before he died. It was Regulus's death coupled with Voldemort going after his old school friend Lily that made this former Death Eater into Harry's secret protector.
Poppy Pomfrey: A Neutral who cares more about the students of Hogwart's health than anything else.
Sirius Black: Though he was raised in a family of almost all Neutrals who hated any other Classification, Sirius who was also a Neutral never gave into that line of thought he is bonded to Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. Is Harry's Guardian.
Remus Lupin: An Alpha due to being bitten by a werewolf in his youth he was shocked when he did not receive a parchment with his Mate's name on it when he presented. It was not until years later when he first met Nymphadora Tonks during a meeting of the Order of the Phoenix that he found his Mate when she approached him. He is currently Mated to both her and Sirius Black with Harry as his adopted son.
Nymphadora Tonks: An Omega who had not presented until recently since when the parchment listing her Mate appeared neither she nor her parents had recognized the name. It was only recently that she had met her Alpha and had bonded with him as well as Sirius Black to form a triad with Harry Potter as their charge.
Arthur Weasley: An Alpha Mated to Molly Weasley nee Prewett he is one of the few with creature blood in his family left due to dilution of it.
Molly Weasley: An Omega Mated to Arthur Weasley is a stereotypical Omega who does not mind staying at home and taking care of her family she was shocked when she had been Classified as an Omega as there is not a drop of creature blood in the Prewett line.
Bill Weasley: An Omega Mated to Fleur Delacour it was only in the last two years since he had met his Alpha and presented.
Fleur Delacour: An Alpha thanks to her the Veela blood of her line she is Mated to Bill Weasely and is in the process of getting him to agree to take her name.
Charlie Weasley: A Master who has yet to find his pet
Percy Weasley: the only Neutral in the family is currently courting the Master/Pet couple of Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint
Fred Weasley: A Little in the age range of tweens/teens loves to pull pranks. His Caretaker is his twin brother. When he is not in his Little Space he and George run a joke shop.
George Weasley: Fred's Caretaker helps plan and pull off the pranks with him as well as own a business together. The only real difference in the Twins relationship after getting Classified was that George took over the leadership role from his older brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Granger: Are Hermione's Muggle parents and are both understanding Neutrals.
Lucius Malfoy: A Master who was a willing supporter of Voldemort now in Azkaban for life.
Narcissa Malfoy: A Pet who had been bound to someone else before Lucius killed him and forced her to bond with him under threat to her baby son, Draco. She has yet to reveal to Draco the fact that Lucius was not his father.
Adriana Zabini: A Master whose bonded partners would mysteriously die. It had taken a couple of years before she realized that their deaths were caused by a foreign House Elf working for someone who was trying to claim her as their own. Thanks to her son being Harry's caretaker she is partially his grandmother.