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Summary: Albus Dumbledore's childhood, and the events that led him to be the great wizard he became.
Rating: T, to be sure. It may change in future.
A/N: this story is written in the most correct English I know. However, English is not my mother tongue, and I apologize for any error which has escaped me.
Brothers
Chapter one:
Someone new
Another day, another walk in the woods. It was a tradition for the two twins-not that they had much else to do. So they just spent a considerable part of each day wandering and playing through the enormous trees and the high grass. Today was not an ordinary day, but they walked in the woods nonetheless.
It was autumn, Tayaut's favourite season. He said he loved the leaves' colours and the melancholic atmosphere and to Albus that wasn't strange at all: his twin's hair was the same colour as autumnal leaves, and in his grey eyes melancholy was always persistent, even when he laughed or when they played together.
Tayaut was as melancholic as Albus was lively: his auburn hair had reddish highlights that shone in the sun, and his blue eyes were always merrily twinkling. He laughed very often, and he talked much.
But there in the woods none of them dared to speak-not in that place. Ancient oak trees surrounded them, and nothing disturbed the silence. That was one of their favourite places, it had a sacred aura, and they came there whenever they needed a place to think or just some peace.
And at that time they needed both of them.
That morning, they awoke early-as always. They ran in the small house, and then outside, until they found Kyma. They hugged her-as they were used to do every morning. Only in that moment they realized the serious expression on her usually serene and clear face.
They had found her in the adjacent house (the only other house in that area), talking to its owner, Strongbow. When they noticed Kyma's expression, they suddenly stopped and looked around themselves: and they noticed that the atmosphere too was serious and tense.
At the children's worried glances, Kyma answered with a sweet smile.
-Do not worry, my children.
-But if you're serious, there's something wrong!
At Albus' outburst Kyma smiled even more, and even Strongbow almost did-almost.
-No, my dear. But there's something new…
-What?-exclaimed the twins.
-Would you like someone to play with? Someone else young?
The children didn't know how to respond. They had never met other children, so they didn't think much of the possibility that there were someone else…they just shrugged.
-I hope you like the idea, either you'll have to like it-Strongbow spoke for the first time since the twins' entrance.
-Why?-asked Tayaut, already suspicious.
Kyma sighed, and then quietly explained the children:
-Another child will live with us; he'll be your brother.
Albus was ecstatic: another brother!! Someone to play with, to talk, to argue…someone else like him. Tayaut did not seem so happy, just curious. But Tayaut, despite the very young age, always kept everything to himself, so it was not easy telling if he was happy or not.
Strongbow stand up and went to another room, and the other followed him. In the small and dimly lit room there was a cradle, and inside there was a baby. Albus raced to the cradle, and then climbed on a chair to see inside.
-Hello there! I'm your brother Albus!
Kyma was smiling openly at the sight, while Tayaut stood at Strongbow's side near the door, with a blank expression on his face.