Chapter Three- The Rescue That Could Also Be A Kidnapping!
Previously - "No Harry *hic* is not fucking here ...A FUCKING LEGEND IS WOO!" Brian called out, high fiving Harry as Dudley passed out on the table.
"Oh my god their drunk!" she exclaimed.
"What do you mean they? He should..." Mad Eye Moody began, he took one look at Brian and all the colour drained from his face as his eye focused in on him.
"Mad eye, what's wrong?" The pink haired one asked
"Get a message to Dumbledore's office...he will want to know Brian has returned to Great Britain."
"So you have heard of me then." Brian said as he stumbled standing up.
"That's Brian Neil Potter your the one who..." The pink haired girl began, Her eyes wide in shock and intrigue, she had heard a lot about this man, she did a case report about him for one of the written tests to become an Auror, seeing him in this state she thought it may be a good idea to ask him questions about himself when he's sobered up.
"You can interview your Idol when we get back to the safe house Tonks, we have a job to do!" Mad Eye shot at Tonks, the junior Auror who was placed under his care as both an Auror and member of The Order.
"Brian who these people and why are they interrupting us?" Harry slurred out as the last pint he drank started to hit him, Brian turned round to look at the man with the funny eye ball and gave him a questioning look.
"Harry, Dumbledore has sent us to take you to a secure location, because of recent events we cannot allow the ministry to get hold of you." Mad Eye Moody grunted out, he was sent on a rescue mission, not to babysit a pair of drunken teenagers, Harry however still looked confused and glanced in Brian's direction.
"I think they want to kidnap you." Brian slurred out without a care in the world.
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I IMPLIED POTTER!" Mad Eye shouted back, both Potter's looked at Mad Eye.
"Me?" They both said together.
"NO, THAT ARSEHOLE!" He said pointing at Brian.
"He must be drunk as well he completely missed you Harry!" Brian giggled.
"Fuck you man!" Harry said one hand on the side of his head as he leant his elbow on the table for support.
"We are here to take you to Dumbledore, that is all!" Mad Eye reasoned.
"Which one, Richard or Michael I get confused sometimes?" Brian asked.
"Albus Dumbledore!"
"Yeah, I know!"
"Does he ever shut up?" Mad Eye growled as he threw his arms up in defeat and turned around.
Tonks, who had enough all this walked across the kitchen and sat next to Harry, she then used her elbow and knocked Harry's arm out from under him which caused his head to fall into the table.
*THUD* "OUCH!"
"HA HA...twat!" Brian laughed out
"Harry, hey look at me." Tonks said snapping her fingers which seemed to be working at getting his attention.
"Now Harry, Dumbledore sent us to get you because he cares about you, so do we all because we came to get you as well, now I need you to go get your school trunk and I'll shrink it so we can go and see Sirius." She said smiling, she knew Harry would do anything to go and see Sirius Black, his godfather.
"Sirius Black.." Brian said, instantly sobering up, this was a dangerous man and they were about to take Harry to him... maybe they were trying to kidnap him!
"Don't panic!" Tonks said cutting him off. "He is not a mass murderer, I'll explain more when you both are sober!" She finished, she then looked a Harry who had a hopeful look on his face, alot like when you told a child santa was coming.
"You know him?" he asked
"I'm his cousin."
"Sure are a lot of cousins in this story!" Brian muttered to himself, still not convinced about Sirius.
"What?" Mad Eye Growled, eyes narrowing.
"Nothing!" Brian quickly replied.
"Anyway, Harry why don't I come up and help you with your trunk and Moody can talk to Brian in peace." Tonks said helping Harry to his feet as she glanced over at both Brian and Moody.
"Be the first time he's ever had a girl in his room anyway!" Dudley said coming round and overhearing the conversation.
"ZING!" Brian called out as he high fived Dudley, Dudley then fell asleep sitting in the chair, the kid was good fun but could not hold his alcohol very well.
Harry was taken out of the room by Tonks and went upstairs, a tense silence fell across the room for several long seconds until Mad Eye finally spoke up.
"So, you've finally returned?"
"Yeah!" Brian replied coldly.
"Why did you come back?"
"Why do you think I did?"
"I know it's not just to meet and greet your cousin!"
"You're right, it's not."
"I know who you are and I know how powerful you are too..." He began
"You have no fucking idea how powerful I am."
"I heard about that village in Japan, there wasn't just bandits and thieves down there! You're dangerous and you know it, and if you try to hurt Harry or Dumbledore, you'll have to deal with me first!"
"Harry has no part in this...it just between me and Dumbledore!"
"Dumbledore thinks he has a part in all this, do you really think Harry doesn't?"
"Maybe not, all I know is Dumbledore is just playing his little game, he doesn't care who suffers, just as long as he is winning!" Brian said walking towards Moody "Care to explain to me why he never told Harry about me?" He asked as he stood maybe a foot away from Moody.
"He's doing what he thinks is right!"
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions, I don't want to fight him, I just want answers...and to have ability to spend time with my family!"
"So a place at Hogwarts then?"
"If that's what it takes, then yes!"
"You're not scared of me at all, are you?"
"Why would I be scared of a discount horror cosplayer?"
"Humph, you really don't give a shit about anyone do you?"
"I give a shit about the ones I love!"
At that moment a still drunk Harry held up by a grinning Tonks entered the room, her smile disappeared at the sight of the looks Brian and Moody were giving each other and how close they were a fight look inevitable.
"Mad Eye, we should go now." Tonks said to change whatever subject they were talking about.
"I guess you're coming too then?" Mad Eye sarcastically said to Brian.
"One second." He replied, he then opened a bottle of Fire whiskey and downed the lot of it, getting looks of both admiration and disgusted from around the room.
"Ok, now I'm ready." Putting it down on the table with a loud thud.
They were all about to leave when Harry stopped them.
"What about Dudley?" He asked, Dudley had fallen asleep at the table and looked very uncomfortable in the position he was in, so Brian walked over and slapped him awake.
"Huh...what's going on?" He asked.
"Go to bed!"
"Bed?"
"Yes, Bed!"
"Ok."
He then got up and walked out of the kitchen and into the sofa, falling over and landing on it.
"Close enough, let's bounce!" Brian said walking past everyone.
As they exited the house Mad Eye barged past Brian and Grunted, Brian shot him a dirty look as he passed him.
"Kingsley take point!" He Grunted out, as he stood on the pavement, everyone else stood in a line next to him.
"Where are we going again?" Harry asked Tonks who was standing next to Harry with Brian on the other side of him."
"Headquarters Harry, don't worry we'll explain everything soon." Tonks bubbly replied
"Not here Nymphadora!" Barked Moody
"Don't. Call. Me. Nymphadora!" She stated back, her hair turning a dark red.
"Cool!" Brian said looking at Tonks hair change.
"Really?...I mean shush!" Tonks said, trying hard to keep her tough girl facade going as her hair turned back into a 'bubble-gum pink'.
Mad Eye completely ignored what was going on and tapped his staff twice on the ground, all of a sudden everyone's brooms materialises in front and flew towards them... except Brian who didn't have one, while Harry's whacked him in the face and sent him to the floor, winding him.
"Ha, Dumbass!" Brian exclaimed.
"Why don't you have a broom Potter?" Moody growled out.
"He does, it just hit him, a better question would be why were you willing to let him fly in the state he's in?" Brian asked as he help Tonks pick Harry up.
"Fine, Harry with me...Tonks you take Brian, I don't want to be anywhere near him, let alone share my broom with him." Moody commanded.
"Tough break Harry, I get the pretty one!" Brian said pushing Harry towards Mad Eye.
"Aw you really think...I mean shut up before I feed you your own balls." Tonks said, even though she was trying to keep a tough girl facade going, a smile did appear on her face that Brian noticed.
"Stay in formation everyone, don't break ranks if someone is killed!" Mad Eye said, looking at Brian as he finished.
They all took off flying out of Privet Drive flying into the dark night sky as Mrs Figg watched from her window across the street.
"Good luck Harry...Good luck Brian." She said as she closed her curtains and went to bed
A few minutes later the group was flying over the River Thames, when Tonks was sure no one could hear her she spoke up to Brian.
"I know who you are." She said, trying to begin a conversation.
"And I know who you are too, well I remember the name...hard name to forget!" Brian shot back, he was sitting behind her so he had to raise his voice.
"You do...how?" She asked
"Well I read your case report on me, I get all reports written from official sources sent to me, loads of people write about me and most don't have a clue."
Tonks began to get very nervous. "You read my case report on you?" She asked, her heart pounding in her chest.
"I did...and yours was the best I had ever seen...you didn't get it all right but you didn't just write your own bullshit!" He continued
"What do you mean?"
"Well most reports about me try to explain why I cheat death so easily, some say it's because I have an indestructible body...that I can confirm I don't, some say I over exaggerate my abilities, an hour alone with me will disprove that!" Brian said leaning in closer to Tonks and tightening his grip around her, she couldn't deny spending an hour alone with him to show her his powers sounded amazing, but right now she had a job to do... even if Brian was making it harder to concentrate on.
"You were the only person to say you didn't know how I do it." He said smiling at the sight of the capital city at night. "I've never seen anything like this."
"Its beautiful, isn't it?" she asked looking over the city as well.
"It sure is." Brian replied, looking at Tonks, she saw him in the corner of her eye looking at her, trying to concentrate she went back to what they were talking about.
"They almost failed my report for that, we should know everything about our targets, otherwise things go wrong!" she stated
"So, you know everything about me then?" He asked
"God no, there is so much about you I don't know it made writing that paper nearly impossible!"
"Do you want to find out more about me, for your next report?"
Before she could answer Brian let go of her waist and into the front of the broom veering it to the left narrowing avoiding a Bridge support.
"On second thought, let's wait until we get on ground first!"
"Agreed!" Tonks panted out.
A few minutes later the group were on the ground in a park near headquarters, they walked a short way until they got to the street in question.
"Ok everyone, complete silence from here on out, we don't want to let any muggles know we're here!" Mad Eye semi quietly barked out.
*THUD* *CRASH*
Harry had just tripped Brian over, who had landed on a bin filled with cans causing all of them to spill out everywhere, everyone turned to look at them, Harry simply pointed at Brian like a small child and said "Wasn't me, it was him!"
"You two are going to blow the whole bloody operation open if you're not careful, Tonks get him up while I get everything ready up here." Moody commanded, he was sick of tonight and wanted to get to bed I forgot that this man had come back to the UK.
Tonks walk over to the pair of them and started picking up Brian.
"First assignment out and I'm babysitting two drunk teenagers!" she said trying to sound annoyed.
"Wait, some of these cans still have some liquid in them!" Brian groaned out
"You dirty bastard!" Harry said laughing, which set Tonks off as Brian got to his feet.
"Are you two idiots like this all the time?" She asked both them.
"Well we just met so... yeah!" Brian said hand on Harry's shoulder.
"Look let's get moving before we get in trouble with Mad Eye!" Tonks said, as she pushed the pair of them towards Grimmauld Place.
When the three of them entered the house Brian and Harry were a little taken back by the appearance of this house, wallpaper hanging off the walls, ripped and burnt up carpets, lights not working, torn paintings. The place looked uninhabitable and yet it was being used for Dumbledore's secret society/club.
"I bet it makes a change to living in a temple in mountains of Japan?" Moody sarcastically asked Brian.
Upstairs a boy with red hair was looking down from the second floor, trying to listen in to the conversation transpiring below after a few minutes he had enough and walked into the room he would be sharing with Harry when he got here.
"Moody's back now Hermione I don't hear Harry but he said something about being different from living in a temple in Japan." Ron said to Hermione, she was currently sitting in the room Ron and Harry would be sharing reading the standard book of spells grade five, after hearing the news of Harry's expulsion from school she convinced Mrs Weasley to let her come and see Harry, she was scared, he was her best friend and she could not lose him not now not ever.
"Ron if your mum catches you snooping again she'll stop you from going to the quidditch world cup next weekend!" She said, not even looking away from her book...she had read it cover to cover three times today, she knew every spell in this book but she needed to take her mind off of Harry, even if it was tearing her up inside.
"What do you care if my mum does that...you don't like quidditch anyway." Ron shot back as he sat on his bed, hands on his head "I'm just waiting for Harry to get here, you could show a bit more concern about him though...you've been reading that book since you got here Hermione."
"For your information Ronald I am extremely concerned about my best friend, plus I'm sure Harry would be heartbroken to find out that he would be going to Quidditch world cup without both his best friend's...and what do you mean Temple in Japan?" Hermione explained closing her book and placing it on the table as walked across the room to a window looking out on the dimly lit street, her gaze was attracted to a flicking light post a group of teenagers had now congregated around, she had never been in an area like this before, it was scaring her. "I thought they said Harry lived with his relatives?"
"That's what I heard Hermione, but let me guess I'm wrong...like always!" Ron said laying down on his bed.
"It's not like that Ron." Hermione quickly said to Ron as she turned around to see the door open and an unfamiliar person walking in.
"Who are you?" she asked to the man who just walked in without knocking the door.
A Few Minutes Earlier
"I bet it makes a change to living in a temple in mountains of Japan?" Moody sarcastically asked Brian.
"I see Dumbledore doesn't let you out much then Moody!" Brian quipped back, as a small, older, red headed woman walked out of room in front of them quickly closing the door behind her and turning to look at Moody.
"Ah, Alastor your back I trust you managed to get Harry back safe and sound, I could imagine those horrible people Dumbledore calls Harry's Guardians gave you some problems!" Molly said to Moody.
"No problems from the home occupants, but there has been one or complications Mrs Weasley."
"Merlin, he is ok isn't he, if those Dursley's have hurt him I swear..."
"Actually this is more of a self inflicted injury...he's drunk!" Moody said as he turned to the side and let Molly see Harry who was now able to stand unaided but was still swaying.
"Harry James Potter how could you be so stupid?" Molly said in her best 'pissed off mother's' voice she had.
"Wasn't my fault Mrs Weasley, he made me!" Harry said, inadvertently pointing at Tonks.
"Tonks?" Molly asked.
"No I think he meant me Mrs Weasley, If I may introduce myself, my name is Brian Neil Potter, pleased to make your acquaintance." Brian said as he took Molly Weasley's hand and kissed it.
"B-B-Brian Neil P-P-Potter...your real?" She asked eyes wide in shock.
"Last time I checked I was, my apologies for bring my cousin here in this state, as you can imagine he was quite devastated over the news from the ministry!" Brian said...trying hard not to seem too drunk as well.
"No I wasn't!" Harry muttered loud enough of everyone to hear.
"Shut up Harry!" Brian said without looking away from Mrs Weasley "As you can imagine we are...in no fit state to continue pleasantries, so may I ask...where myself and my cousin will be staying" Brian said trying not to fall over.
"Uh, Straight upstairs first door on the left...you should find Ron there, my son!" Mrs Weasley said, gesturing towards the stairs. "I wasn't expecting another person to be staying here, so I guess you are going to have to share a bed!"
"Thank you Mrs Weasley, that should not be a problem, good night, come on Harry let's go." Brian said politely nodding his head to Mrs Weasley and grabbing Harry taking Tonks with them as they went.
"Alastor!" Brian added, smiling at Moody as he passed him; he could feel the anger pouring out of him as he passed.
"What a nice young man." Mrs Weasley said to Moody "I'm so glad Harry finally has family other then Sirius... Merlin knows he deserves some." She finished as she re-entering the room she had left a few seconds ago.
"Yeah...glad!" Moody said to himself as he reached for his hip flask and took a drink from it, this would be a long couple of months.
Harry, Brian and Tonks had just gotten to the door Mrs Weasley had just directed them to and were standing outside of it, they could hear arguing inside.
"Well Hermione is here too then." Harry said as he looked at Brian and Tonks, Brian was looking around the house while Tonks was looking at Brian... something he made a mental note of.
"So Tonks." Brian said looking towards her as she quickly looked away to hide the fact she had not stopped looking at him since they got here.
"Are you going to come tuck us in and tell me and Harry a bedtime story?" He said tilting his head to the side and grinning from ear to ear, Tonks was taken aback by that statement and started to try to force some words together to make a tangible sentence but she found herself hopelessly muddled up.
"He's joking...I hope, plus I'm sure if you ask Hermione very nicely she might." Harry said to save Tonks from any more embarrassment.
"Why is she hot too?" Brian asked Harry.
"Come on man, she's my best friend!"
"Ohh... right... I get you...loud and clear man!" Brian said putting his hands out.
"What do you mean?"
"No I get you mate, totally, one hundred percent!"
"Right!" Harry said looking at Harry with the corner of his eye as he looked at Tonks. "Thank you Tonks for coming to get me today..." Harry began
"Us!" Brian corrected
"So as a thanks take this." He said, ignoring Brian completely and handing her some galleons.
"Harry, thank you but I can't take your money..."She said trying to give it back.
"No I insist...you had to deal with us two, plus, think of it as a bonus so you don't tell anyone about what happened in my room earlier tonight!"
"Thanks Harry."
"What are you talking about Harry?"
"No problem Tonks."
"Mate what happened in your room?"
"I'll see you two tomorrow then...night." Tonks said as she turned and walked away adding a hint of sway in her hips, it would have been very sexy had she not have tripped on the next step she failed to see.
"I'm fine, I'm good guys don't worry...Bye Harry...Bye Brian." She said waving at them as she went into her room.
"Dude, not cool... what happened in your room with her?"
"Now is not the time we need to go...to bed!" Harry said using Brian's own words against him as he gave his lopsided grin to Brian.
"Fuck you, I'm going to find out...now let's meet your 'Best Friend'!" Brian said opening the door to the room.
"It's not like that Ron." Hermione quickly said to Ron as she turned around to see the door open and an unfamiliar person walking in.
"Who are you?" she asked to the man who just walked in without knocking the door.
"Oh I'm the house maid...can't you tell by my clothes!" Brian said sarcastically.
"Sirius Black already has a house elf and you don't look like a house maid to me." Ron answered for Hermione, sitting up to look at this man.
"Don't listen to him guys, he's drunk!" Harry slurred out as he stumbled into the room "As am I."
Hermione ran over and threw her arms around him, burying her brown bushy head into Harry's chest and hugged him as tight as she could, after a few seconds she realised what he had said and could smell the alcohol on his breath as he held her just as tightly.
"Harry we've been so worried, it's disgusting what the ministry is doing it not...wait your drunk?" Hermione asked Harry.
"Guilty as charged!" Brian said sitting on the bed looking at the two best friends while Ron just stared at him.
"I wasn't talking to you!" Hermione said, her eyebrows down and her eyes narrowing at this man.
"Whoa, Hermione it's ok, look it's a long story but well...he's my cousin." Harry said letting go of Hermione and backing away from her.
"He's your cousin mate?" Ron said still looking at Brian, whom had just noticed it.
"Yep, names Brian Potter, I'm guessing your Ron and you must be Hermione then." Brian said holding out his hand for Hermione to shake it, she was hesitant at first but then took it.
"Your Harry's cousin? I didn't know you had one other then Dudley Harry." Hermione said looking back at Harry who was now greeting Ron.
"Nether did I until me and Brian drop him and two of his friends, Right mate?" Harry said hand up ready for a high five.
"Hell yeah mother-fucker!" Brian called out, high fiving Harry.
"Language!" Hermione hissed out at Brian, who just looked at her with a lopsided grin. "You two attacked Dudley?" Hermione asked eyes wide, she had always wanted someone to do something to that horrible boy, but she never thought Harry would resort to violence.
"Only because he was beating up a kid with autism, but we're cool now, even with my aunt but my uncle walked out on Petunia and Dudley today." Harry explained to Hermione. "I didn't want to hurt him, it just happened, and if it wasn't for Brian I may have gotten stabbed." Harry said looking towards Brian who was shaking hand with Ron, Brian then looked over at Hermione again.
"So your Harry's 'Best Friend' then huh?" Brian asked
"Why are you talking like that?" Harry interrupted.
"Like what?"
"Like that ass-hat!"
"HARRY!" Hermione exclaimed
"I'm only making conversation butt-fucker!"
"BRIAN!"
"This is fucking hilarious, she's going to go red soon!" Ron laughed out.
"RONALD!"
"Guys shut up...sorry Hermione...I'm glad to see you." Harry said walking over to Hermione and taking her hands as he looked her in big brown eyes that looked very angry, but soon they melted into happiness as a small smile appears on her face.
"Aww!" Brian exclaimed, smiling at them both.
"I wish the Dementor had killed you off now man!" Harry said in jest.
"No you don't, you love me more her." Brian said pointing at Hermione.
"So you did get attacked by Dementors!" Ron exclaimed out loud, eyes wide in shock.
"Yep and that idiot let one tongue-punch his mouth hole!" Harry said letting go of Hermione again and sat next to Ron and Brian.
"Wait, it did what to him?" Hermione asked.
"Wrestled with his tonsils!"
"What?"
"Swaped spit with him!"
"Uhh?"
"It fucking kissed me, Jesus Christ!" Brian said lying down on the bed.
"Well that's impossible, no one can survive being kissed by a Dementor...and could you please stop swearing!"
"Well think that as you may it's true...now we need some sleep so how is this working are you two sleeping in this bed and I get good old Ed Sheeran in that one?" Brian asked as he seductive glanced at Ron, who then made a bit more space between them.
"No, Actually I'm staying with Ginny and Tonks so if you excuses me." Hermione said as she picked up her book and went to the door, she then turned around and looked back at Brian.
"You have some dried blood on your face, just their on your right cheek." She said circling the area on her own.
"Don't worry chick, it ain't mine!" Brian said, smiling from ear to ear, Hermione just huffed and left the room without another word.
"Right, sorry Ron I know you were looking forward to having me cuddle you, however seeing as Harry's girlfriend has decided to leave, Harry is going to need some counselling!" Brian said as Ron got into his own bed.
"Wait what, Hermione isn't..." Harry started as he got into the other one.
"Well that's fine by me mate...and it's about time Harry I never thought you'd see it!" Ron said as he rolled over and turned off his light.
"Ron I'm not...Brian what the fuck?" Harry whispered as Brian turned off the main light and took off his shirt.
"I'll need to transport my stuff over here, I'll just conjure it tomorrow in the morning." He said to himself as he got into bed as well.
"Your not listening to me are you?" Harry said as he rolled over and faced away from his cousin, a few seconds later an arm wrapped it's self around him. "The fuck are you doing man?" Harry exclaimed out loud.
"Mate, it's not gay if it's only to make you feel better because your girlfriend walked out!" Brian said.
"Fuck you...just fuck you!" Harry said as me made some distance between them and tried to get to sleep while Brian rolled over and started laughing hysterically for five minutes before he too fell asleep.
A/N - I forgot to add in the last chapter, one of the lines Brian used was a a re-worded play on one of the 11th doctors quotes from series 6 "A Christmas Carol"
I'm looking forward to writing both Brian and Harry in the Wizengamot as Harry is put on trial, though that will not be done for a at least another few chapters.
I've also made some changes to the timeline, Harry is currently 15 and Brian is 17, the Triwizard tournament is happening this year and Voldemort hasn't come back yet.
Reason being I wanted Brian to show off his power in front of loads of people and the dragon in the first task is a good way to do it...plus I'm not writing about sex with underaged kids...fuck that!
-Dicko