Shinigami's Legacy
James Potter, resident Marauder and general troublemaker, was defiantly interested in in whoever was transferring into Hogwarts. Remus had told him on the train ride that there hadn't been transfers since the Middle Ages, and not much could persuade wizards to trade schools. Especially a few years into their magical schooling.
The rumors provided that it was a mixed family of sorts. Most or all of them were probably adopted, seeing as how they had been described as being different races and having no identical facial features. There were apparently four boys and only one girl, who was rumored to be the youngest and quite the looker.
All in all, these transfers had James' attention, and he would be sure to capture theirs in return.
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Walking into the Hogwarts Great Hall was incredible. Unlike their old wizarding school, Hogwarts had floating candles and a roof that was spelled to show the sky. It was majestic and elegant, and most importantly, magical. Duo liked where this was going, already liked the direction that the school seemed to be showing them. Despite the fact that they had missed four years of being there, the school felt like home to them with its warm and welcoming presence.
Students around them stared and whispered as the group made their way towards the front. The transfers were true to their rumored descriptions, all acting like a family, but looking nothing alike. They walked with a unity that was unquestionable, had an air around them that seemed impenetrable to anyone else not already a part of their group.
They would never know that was the feeling trained soldiers emitted from them, that these very transfers had training beyond their imagination, beyond their understanding. And in muggle weaponry, no less.
The first name to be called out was Barton, Trowa. He was simply indescribable. The only features to truly stick out were his brown hair, which bangs covered one of his eyes, and that his showing eye was green. Trowa seemed ageless; his features were too plain to really give any hint on how to talk of his characteristics. He was sorted into Slytherin by the hat quickly.
Next to be called up was Chang, Wufei. He was obviously Chinese in origin, judging by his raven hair and slanted eyes. He was quick and graceful with his walk up to the stool, wasting no time or effort while doing so. Something about him screamed strict and rule abider. The hat had no trouble placing him in Ravenclaw.
Maxwell, Duo was the third of their party, and the only girl. She made her way to the stool with a skip in her step, her long chestnut braid swinging behind her. When she took her seat, her purple eyes seemed to sparkle with excitement and her smirk broadened. James felt mischief rolling off of her very person. So when the hat announced her to be in Gryffindor, a feeling of personal satisfaction welled up within him. More tricksters, more fun. James invited Duo to sit next to him and his friends, and she took the seat graciously, sending James a smile before watching the rest of her brothers get sorted.
When Winner, Quatre was called up, it was a small blonde who made his way towards the stool next. He was the shortest of the boys, but still a bit taller than Duo. He exuded kindness and peace, which was nailed into place with his gentle smile. There was something about him, though, that made him seem off limits to teasing and pranking. That was quickly written off as paranoia when Quatre was sorted into Hufflepuff.
Each house so far had gotten a transfer, so when Yuy Heero was called up for his turn to be sorted, the students in the Great Hall seemed to hold their breaths. Heero Yuy walked with efficiency and purpose, no sign of a smile or any sort of happiness was detected in his aurora. His eyes seemed to glare at everything in the room that they traveled over, only softening when looking at one of his siblings. It was no surprise that Heero was sorted into Slytherin.
Dumbledore quickly welcomed the first years and transfers before allowing everyone to start on the feast. James saw Duo jump a bit when the food appeared in front of her, and decided to help sooth her nerves.
"I don't suppose that happens with the food from your previous school?" he asked. Duo turned to him with a sheepish smile on her face as she rubbed awkwardly at the back of her neck.
"Nope, the food is usually already on the table and we have to restrain from eating it on our first day."
"How well did that work out?"
"Never did," she admitted with a laugh, making James and the rest of the Marauders laugh as well. Her eyes, suddenly holding the mischievous glint again asked, "So, I guess you guys are troublemakers, right?" Remus choked on his food as Peter tried to help by patting his back, looking shocked at the same time, while Sirius and James exchanged exited glances.
"What makes you ask?" Sirius questioned, leaning into her face from his spot across the table. Duo's smirk widened as she rest her head in her propped up hand lazily.
"Oh nothing really. I was just wondering if anyone in Hogwarts happened to have the same sense of humor as I did."
"What exactly does your sense of humor consist of?" James questioned, grateful he had invited the new girl to sit with him.
Duo's smirk turned positively wicked.
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"I can't believe we just did that!" Remus told the air, as no one was really listening at the moment, too absorbed in their giggles as they rested in a corner of their common room.
"That was genius," Sirius complemented Duo before throwing himself back into another fit of laughter.
"Did you see Malfoy's face? Priceless!" James added.
"How did we get away with it?" Peter asked between steadying breaths, trying hard not to start laughing again.
James turned to Duo, who was still doubled over laughing from one of the greatest pranks she had probably ever thought of. "How the hell did you think of it?"
Duo stopped laughing after a few moments, gathered herself together, before answering, "Once, I turned Wufei's hair pink for a week, so I thought, why not do it to a whole section of the castle?"
That was what they had done, after all. After sneaking away from their own group of Gryffindors, they had passed the Slytherins with Duo's stealthy help and James' invisible cloak, and had turned the entire Slytherin dormitory neon pink. Heero was probably going to kill her, but it was worth it.
"You are officially one of us, I would have to say," Sirius declared, glee clear in his voice. "If that was just one of your ideas, think of what we could all do, together!" Most people would think of it as the end of their sanity, but for that group of pranksters, it was a jolly good idea.
"Sounds good," Duo agreed, a light smile on her lips. "Too bad we only just moved here. It would have been nice to have all seven years to cause chaos here. But I guess we'll have to settle with three."
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And three years of chaos it was. Prank after prank was delivered, swiftly and without mercy. The professors were counting down the days until they all graduated and the students frequently counted their blessings when they had been spared the latest prank.
To their credit, Duo's older brothers often got her to tone things down a bit when they got out of hand. They also had made sure that every boy in the school understood that Duo was not going to be an easy date. The rumor of overprotective brothers had spread swiftly throughout the school, and the punishment for doing something to Duo was worse than any prank that Duo could pull.
That, unfortunately, was never really pounded into one James Potter's head. After the first year with Duo, he had given up trying to ask out Lily and focused his attention on Duo instead. Duo, he had found out, was a badass. Not only because she could pull off some of the greatest pranks, but also because she was just about as smart as her Ravenclaw brother Wufei. She, like Lily, was pretty, but not as delicate or girly, which appealed to him more. Duo seemed like she was made for him, and he wasn't one to keep trying pointless things. No, he was going to try and date Duo Maxwell.
It had actually gone over well. Duo was interested in dating him when he had asked in their sixth year, and her brothers had given him a stern warning, but nothing too dramatic. Those last two years flew by quickly, and before James knew it, he and Duo were married and expecting a baby. It was just too bad that Voldemort had to ruin it by trying to kill everything remotely muggle and advertise purebloods and their 'greatness'.
Because of their outspokenness against Voldemort, they had been forced deep into hiding. The only people who had even known about their marriage were Remus, Sirius, and Duo's brothers. Peter, for some reason, had been mysteriously absent. Nine months later, Harry James Potter came into the world, and they were a happy family. Three months after that, Duo gave him grievous news.
"They want us to fight in the muggle war." They, being the crazy ass scientists that were the guardians of Duo and her brothers. Duo had told him about them during their seventh year, told him about the hellish training they had to endure, that telling any higher ups would be pointless, would be devastating. She would probably be spilt up from her brothers, which would counter everything she worked for.
And now they wanted to put her skills to use. "Are you sure? All of you?"
"Yes and yes. The muggles, they've built into space. They're tearing each other apart. If we don't interfere, they'll discover our world and destroy it. I don't know how long it will take, but I swear I will come back."
"But you just gave birth! Can't they exclude you from this?" James pleaded. But his wife just shook her head.
"They accept no excuses. Besides, I wouldn't want to be safe while my brothers fight off a bunch of crazy muggles," she forced herself to joke.
"I could come with-,"
"No James." Duo's voice was hard. There was no going against her when she was like this. "You need to be with Harry, raise Harry. I asked Lily to come over and stay with you for a while to help while I'm gone. I'm really so sorry it had to come to this…"
"It's okay. I understand perfectly. When you get back, that's when you cut ties with them, right? No more scientists making you do those crazy missions."
"That was our deal, and I'm sticking those old bastards to it!" Harry, with his mother's violet eyes and his father's black, messy hair had tugged on his mother's obscenely long braid a few times before giggling happily. She kissed his forehead before looking to James, tearing prickling the corners of her eyes. The goodbye had been tearful and actually letting each other go had been hard, but they parted ways, not knowing it would be the last time that they would see each other.
Lily came over to the Potter household often, helping with Harry and keeping James company while easing his worries. She soon got into the habit of just staying in hiding with them after too long.
One night, James had yelled from the first floor that Voldemort was attacking before he fell, silenced forever. Lily had quickly put baby Harry in his bed, and charmed him to have the same green eyes she did.
"This is for your mother's protection. Please let him be fooled into thinking you are my son instead of Duo's," she had whispered to the young boy she had considered her godson.
Voldemort had used the killing curse on her the moment he entered the room, and moved to kill Harry. For some reason, the killing curse had bounced off of the young boy and back to himself. Voldemort had left his mark, in the shape of a lightning bolt, before his soul left his body.
When Hagrid came to check the damage, he was saddened to find Lily and James dead. He assumed they were married based upon how they were hiding in secret together and had a young boy with both of their features, found surprisingly alive.
He brought young Harry Potter to Dumbledore, who could only take Harry to the only living relatives that he assumed Harry had left; Lily's younger sister Petunia.
That was how Harry became known as the Boy-Who-Lived, son of James and Lily Potter. The boy with haunting green eyes. The biggest misconception in wizarding history.
