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Chapter Two: Redheads, Shopping, Blood Tests, and Magic.
"Lady Une will want a report on what we've found so far. Wufei start a list please. Quatre what are your thoughts concerning Duo's and Trowa's brother?" Heero stated, and Wufie got out a piece of paper and nodded to signal Quatre that he was ready.
"He can be hard to read." the blond started.
"What do you mean?" demanded Duo almost pouncing on the blond for that suspicious statement. But Heero had pulled him back by his braid and gave him a look.
"I mean he can be hard to read. When we were at the office with Lady Une, I could feel how uneasy, suspicious, and nervous he was. He felt more nervous when greeting Lady Une. Then when Trowa and Duo were introduced he felt uncertain. Duo when you hugged him, I was practically knocked to the ground with the surprise he felt. Then I desperately didn't want to let you go. And when he pulled Trowa in for the hug, he just relaxed. Almost like it was the first time in years. Even when he let you go, I could tell and feel that he didn't want to. Hell he kept you in his sights the entire time after that!" Quatre paused to breath and collect his next words carefully.
"I would say he wears his heart on his sleeve, but the train...All his emotions disappeared. They came back when Duo confirmed that we understood to get off the next stop. He was feeling excitement and glee. I can say he was honest with everything he was telling us tonight. But I am concerned about what happened whenever he talked about his parents. It was...intense." Quatre's eyes seemed to unfocused, and Heero decided to ask for clarification.
"Intense how?"
"Such an overwhelming cocktail mix of self loathing, guilt, sadness, and pride." came the response. The pilots paused thinking.
"He's good at knives." Trowa spoke up.
"Yes, its almost like he was expecting to be attacked. In which case his reflexes are good." Heero stated.
"I want to know more about his school...Hogwarts." inserted Wufei.
"Yeah, I'm curious about it too. Maybe we should ask Une-baby to look it up?" asked Duo.
"We should have her check into the Dursleys as well. I do not like what we found out about them."added Trowa.
"I'm curious about the twins. Why did they disown their family? Why did Harry adopt them into his? Did he just adopt the twins or are their more?" questioned Quatre.
"I wonder when we can contact Lady Une next?" mused Heero.
Just then a knock came at the door. "Come in!" called Duo cheerily, while Wufei hide the paper under the calendar on the desk he was sitting at. The door opened and Harry stuck his head in, "Hey guys dinner is ready. Oh! Um, there are two more redheads that live here occasionally with me. I, ah adopted them into the Potter family too. Their names are Bill and Charlie. Bill's got long hair and a fang earring. Charlie is the singed one. I should have told you that earlier...Well come on you must be starving. You can call Lady Une after you eat as well, She'll probably want to know you got here all right, and how you like your rooms and stuff." Harry paused a small frown crossing his face, "We'll have to go shopping tomorrow, for clothes and things. So feel free to make a list." And with that he ducked out, lightly blushing from embarrassment at all the babbling he did. The pilots were amused and amazed at their good luck to talk to Lady Une so soon.
Harry cursed his ability to happen upon conversations concerning him or his past. He had arrived at the door to hear his brother Trowa say, "Check into the Dursleys. I do not like what we found out about them." His eyes narrowed into slits as he gingerly made his way down the stairs. Forge and Gred must have mentioned the Dursleys in more detail to them.
He knew he should have told them more about the Dursleys, but he really couldn't say how his aunt and uncle would react to them. Would they be treated the same as he was? Or nicer since they were or at least seemed 'normal'. Uncle Vernon would have chopped Duo's hair off. Yes he did the right thing getting custody over his brothers. But really they were so young, did Fred and George really have to go and tell them about his life at the Dursleys? What if they decided the Dursleys were right and Harry was a freak and that they shouldn't have anything to do with him? What if they hated him when he told them about magic? He had just found out he had brothers...He didn't...wasn't ready to loose them yet. Well that settled it. The Twins were going down.
The pilots entered the dinning room to find Harry being restrained in a chair, by the redhead, who had been described to them as Bill. The other redhead, Charlie was unbuttoning Harry's pants. The twins were nowhere in sight.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BROTHER?" shrieked Duo.
Charlie paused in pulling off a red faced Harry's pants and calmly said, "Your idiot Brother fell down the stairs earlier today. And he's been gallivanting around London, and making up bedrooms, and cooking, and cleaning non-stop. I work as a type of vet, so I'm checking to see if he fractured anything. Bill is keeping him still. The twins are grabbing the medical kit." and with that he finished pulling off Harry's pants.
The boys idlely noted that Harry was wearing green boxers, and had a dark bruise running up his left leg. Charlie carefully probed the leg, and sat back in satisfaction.
"Well, nothings broken or fractured. You did sprain your ankle a little though. It'll be fine in the morning. Here." Charlie handed Harry back his pants which he quickly slipped on, glared and disappeared into the kitchen. He re-appeared with a salad, and ordered everyone to "Sit."
After dishing out the salad on the plates, Harry paused in the doorway after taking the empty bowl back to the kitchen. A soft smile lite his face. Family...I have family. Trowa caught his eyes and held them for a moment, a questioning look in his eyes seeming to say 'Are you going to join us?' Harry grinned, green eyes really were expressive, others he knew would have had trouble understanding Trowa, because of his blank expression, but Harry knew those eyes, they were like his. Flashing a smile at Trowa, with a slight inclination of his head Harry glided over to his chair.
"Talking is okay at meal times guys, just don't talk with your mouth full." Harry stated. The kids nodded. The meal was mostly quiet, with comments and praise sprinkled throughout the meal, on Harry's culinary skills. Finally it was time for Dessert.
"Okay, quick warning. This is really sweet, has a ton of sugar, and chocolate. So I'll just cut up a thin slice. Then you'll all get a scoop of plain ice cream, to...help with the taste. Let me know what you think. Its new. So..." and he trailed off, before disappearing into the kitchen to slice up his chocolate and raspberry confection.
Duo was over the moon, he loved sweet things, in fact the sweeter the better in his opinion. Wufei was not a big fan of overly sweet things, never the less it was good. Heero was in chocolate heaven, he never had a lot of sweets, but he had once been given a bit of chocolate, when he was younger and quickly became hooked. Quatre almost keeled over when he tasted the caramel between the cake layers. Bliss, pure bliss everything else could go to hell for all he cared right now. Trowa was twitching as sugar overloaded his system, he was or had been a sugar virgin before now, and it was overloading his system. Harry noticed, and quickly poured Trowa a glass of water. The twins were quickly scheming new prank products, with the influx of sweetness in their veins. Bill and Charlie wear not quite fans of the cake, but it was good.
Harry returned to the kitchen for the ice cream. And now for revenge! Mwahahaha! Wizards relied on potions way to much for everything, and as such were not immune to muggle medicine or remedies. He pulled out the ice cream and dished up some, before placing it back and grabbing another plain ice cream out. Well not really plain, it had a laxative in it. And Harry had conveniently forgot to buy any potion that might have cured the twins.
Seriously what had the twins been thinking telling the boys all that? It wasn't that bad. He had deserved it after all. It was his fault is parents were killed, the Dursleys were normal...they couldn't have survived a magical attack. And he was like a walking time bomb when it came to murder attempts. Actually considering how long he had stayed with the Dursleys it was a miracle they were still alive. Especially if you consider all the accidental magic he had done that anyone looking for his magically signature could have tracked...yes he did indeed deserve what he had gotten. He should have thought more about his relatives safety instead of his selfish wants. Ah! Enough gloomy thoughts! Revenge, thy name is laxative!
Harry carried the dishes of ice cream out, and set them before everyone, "This should cleanse your taste buds of chocolate. After all I don't want you all to get sick of chocolate now!" He grinned, his face a likeness to Duo's.
Not even a full five minutes after eating the ice cream the twins were bolting to the bathroom, yelling over their shoulders.
"Damn"
"you"
"Harry"
"James"
"Potter!"
"Gred"
"Forge"
"we need"
"to remember"
"Harry is scarily"
"good at finding"
"out information,"
"and plotting"
"revenge!" they wailed.
Bill and Charlie looked at Harry with worry, he noticed and replied, "Laxatives, in their ice cream. They told ten year olds about my years living with the Dursleys. For the record guys," he turned toward the pilots, "It wasn't that bad. Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon were just really strict, and honestly Dudley? He had to share his parents with me all the time, so of course he was a bit of a bully. Its fine, so just...forget about the Dursleys okay?"
None of the pilots had any intention of doing so, and Quatre was concerned that Harry seemed to believe most of what he was saying...except about his cousin Dudley. Harry took their silence as assent to his request and spoke again.
"Kay guys fallow me. The phone is in here, here is Lady Une's number. You can talk for about an hour, kay? I'll need to use the phone then to call and make sure a private plane is ready for our use tomorrow. We'll be going to America for some shopping. You need clothes, and school stuff, and I need to adjust my will. We have fun talking with Lady Une." and Harry left to line things up for breakfast tomorrow and to play Chinese checkers with Bill and Charlie.
"Clear." Wufei stated as he watched Harry walk away through a crack in the door. Heero nodded and dialed. It didn't take long.
"Une."
"Lady Une its 01 and company."
"Report."
"We arrived fine, settled in okay. Place is Number 12 Grimwald place. Harry lives with four redheads. Names: Bill, Charlie, George, and Fred. Last name was Weasley, go by Potter now. Need you to look into Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley Dursley. We suspect abuse. The twins Fred and George said Harry lived in a cupboard before getting his own room. Which had bars on the windows, locks on the door, and a cat flap. He attended Hogwarts, in Scotland. Parents: James and Lily Potter, died Halloween when he was one."
"Then how does he rationalize Duo and Trowa? Do you need removal?"
"Negative. He said that's just what he was told. His theory is they might have lost their memories, thanks to the serial killer."
"Hmm...Good job 01. I'll look into the information on my end. Anything you want to add?"
"We are apparently flying to the states tomorrow on a private jet for school and clothes shopping."
"Did he say why?"
"No, but he mentioned changing his will. His lawyer might be in the states."
"Alright. Take care, and report back when you can."
"Understood. 01 out."
Heero clicked the phone off, and looked at his fellow pilots.
Okay that's it for this chapter. I'm going to leave the part about the Twins telling the boys about Harry's years at the Dursleys in the previous chapter alone. In the Twins mind, Harry went through all of that and came out fine, so the boys should be okay hearing about it. Even so they didn't really go into details, just a listing of facts. The twins themselves were never abused so they really don't understand very well the damaging effects if can have on people. They know Harry, and can tell he's not really fine when he says he is, but they do not know how damaged he is. And I will be taking my reviews advice about the pilots getting a blood test. That's why they are going to America, Gringotts has a small branch, along side a bigger branch in the magical world there, that looks completely normal, so when witches and wizards, adopt or are married to muggles and have kids, they can take them to the smaller branch and have them tested without risking the magical world. Only America has such offices though, because they are so much more open minded there. Well please review and let me know what you think! Flames are welcome as well, so long as they are constructive criticism.
Thank-you.
