Chapter 4, Questions and Answers
Warning(s): AU, Harry/Friends Other Parent Fic, Dark Harry, Manipulating Dumbledore, One little OC, Weasley/ Albus Bashing, Good Malfoys, CREATURE FIC!, SMUT IN LATER CHAPTERS! Now with 50% more INCEST!
Pairings: Harry/Draco, Fred/Tonks, Bill/Fleur
Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling; ergo don't own Harry Potter
AN: Sorry for the delay. I was at my Mum's house for the weekend and then I was so tired when I got home. To make it up to you all, this chapter is twice as long as usual! Yeah for me! Remember to review and ask questions if this chapter doesn't answer them.
"Rodolphus, Rastaban! Please kindly drop your brother and cousin," a soft lilting voice called out.
The twins did as they were told and Nathanial felt the cold ground rush up to him. Wincing Nathanial rose and turned to the speaker. Narcissa Malfoy had her long silvery hair pulled up into a complex bun. She wore a long midnight blue robe. Nathanial looked over the woman with a guarded expression.
He was surprised to note that Percy Weasley sat beside her. His hair once short and cropped was long and in a ponytail similar to Bill's.
"Let me guess," he said completely deadpan, "You are my father?"
The twins roared with laughter and, again, surprisingly Percy chuckled along with the rest.
"Not likely," Percy smiled sadly, "I really am a Weasley but I'm rather ashamed at what my parents did. That why I left you know, I found out the truth and confronted father."
Bill walked up shaking his head and clapped Percy on the back, "Not a worry mate. They'll know soon enough."
Narcissa cleared her throat and motioned for everybody to take a seat on one of the many couches. Nathanial took note of who everyone sat next to. Percy, Bill and Charlie, who Harry had only just noticed, were seated on the longest couch. Tonks and George sat either side of Fred on the couch opposite them. Narcissa and Draco sat opposite himself, Hermione and Alexander.
"Now I'm sure you both have a lot of questions. This is your chance to fire away before I leave you in the hands of your cousins," Narcissa laughed.
Hermione immediately 'fired', "I get that we were taken when my- parents were k-killed but why and by whom?"
Narcissa nodded, "Good question. Albus Dumbledore thought it best to have you all on the lighter side of the war. He tried to persuade, bargain and even threaten us to switch sides but as a family we remained unyielding, our family wouldn't have survived the transition we felt. But that old coot was stubborn and felt the need to move you. As to why… you see there is this prophecy,
There shall be four children born of Black,
Humanity is what they lack.
One to chip the Dark Lord from life,
One to give the Light Lord to Death,
One to bear the weight of the world,
One to wear the crown for those left,
Kneel before all the childe Blacks.
What it means is up for interpretation. Albus Dumbledore however thinks the meaning of this prophecy is quite clear. He believes that the four children are related to the Black family. He believes that the Dark Lord shall die at the hand of the first childe and that he himself shall die from the second."
Nathanial gaped, "That isn't too much of a stretch."
Narcissa nodded, "True but he believes that chip means that the Dark Lord will not be fully dead and wants to train that childe to completely defeat the Dark Lord. He wants to manipulate and watch the Black children so that he can plan his own death. Not only that I don't think he has a solid theory as to what the other two children will do and wants to control that as well."
Hermione frowned, "What does wear the crown mean?"
Narcissa shook her head, "There are many things that it could mean. Perhaps it means the Vampire or Veela King as both are currently in a position of neutrality and will likely be the only ones left no matter which side wins. It even be that the fabled wizarding royal family is actually the Blacks, but that is hard to believe," she scoffed.
"Why," Hermione pressed.
"The Black family is a well know and incredibly powerful wizarding family. If they had been the royal family they would have risked the entire fortune to keep the position. No, whoever the royal family was they have no wealth and little power now days. I believe the Blacks were Dukes or higher ups that escaped, maybe even brought, the fall of wizard Britain's monarchy," Narcissa laughed, "Look at me. I have gotten carried away, what were we talking about?"
"Questions that we want answered. How did Dumbledore just disappear with us?" Hermione said in brisk tones.
"My dear we aren't sure. The Lestranges left all her children with our brother Pollux and his wife while they went on a raid. When they went to pick their children up they found the house in smoking ruins. Auroras found the bodies of Pollux and Marla Black. It was assumed that you were also lost in the fire and that your bodies were so small they- well you get the idea, only myself and Rodolphus remain convinced that you had survived."
Nathanial curled his fist, "Does that mean you follow Voldemort?" he spat harshly.
Many in the room flinched at the name.
"Yes and no," Narcissa said softly, "Most of our family believe that muggles and wizards are incompatible and muggle-borns are of lesser power and worth, however, we don't think they need to be killed or mocked for unfortunate blood. We don't agree with what the Dark Lord is doing but we have no choice but to follow his orders.
You see many of the original inner circle signed their sons' to the Dark Lord service. When Voldemort finally called for their loyalty Lucius and I were married as was my sister and Marla was pregnant. The men (Lucius, Pollux, Rod and Rast) pledged loyalty to the Dark Lord to keep our families safe despite conflicts of belief. Bella however believes that the Dark Lord has the right approach but she never used to act in such a bloodthirsty way until she thought you to be dead."
Nathanial felt the urge to gag. His mother was loyal to Voldemort.
"So what is happening with me? Does Voldemort know who I am?" Nathanial asked.
"Yes, but we told him that you were no longer loyal to Dumbledore (which is true) and that you want nothing to do with the war," Narcissa said, "he won't bother you while you are with us. He knows too much about our family loyalty."
"And he try to kill me?" Nathanial said doubtfully.
"Not at all," Narcissa smiled.
There was a heavy silence before Hermione coughed, "May I ask how you found us?"
Narcissa sighed, "Well first I tried to find you based on your real names but that turned up nothing. After that I went ferretting for information on children in your age groups that fitted the description of your parents. That too turned up nothing. I started to concentrate on Alphard who would have been the hardest to find as he was six at the time.
I managed to find the Weasley adoption papers. Bill, Charlie and the twins all fitted ages. At first I was confused by the lack of Black family genes but then I found out about a nifty little potion for adoption purposes. Then I started to search each student at Hogwarts based on year level.
I would have found Cassy," Narcissa threw a smile at Hermione, "sooner if I had realised they set your birthday a year after your real age."
Hermione gasped, "I'm sixteen!"
"Yes. I realised it was you because I recognised the last name. The Grangers are light side squibs, it didn't make sense for them to not tell you about magic when you got the Hogwarts letter. I concluded that you were either Cassy or Aurelia. Shortly after I contacted my sister Andromeda and Percy here I found Harry and Hannah. And here you are," she concluded happily.
"So what happens now?" Nathanial asked.
Bill took this question, "Well we have planned to reverse the potions in our blood at the same time, which means we are waiting for Aurelia to join us. We decided that in light of the Vampire ban lifted at Hogwarts we will be going to school there."
"-And giving hell to dear old Dumbles," the twins interjected.
"Yes. But we will have to see if any of us have inherited Veela or Vampire blood."
Nathanial nodded, "But why did the ban get lifted and where has Alex been getting taught?"
Narcissa looked at a clock and sighed, "I have a rather pressing engagement, and you must excuse me. I'll see you all in the morning," and with that she fled.
Hermione gaped at the open door, "does she do that often?"
Draco laughed, "All the time. Mother often forgets arrangements so I bought her a necklace that heats up if you have a scheduled meeting soon."
Nathanial waved his hand trying to gather attention, "What about Veela and Vampires?"
Alex sighed, "I was taught at Durmstrang because it was the only European school to allow Vampires, however they don't allow Veela so Draco wasn't allowed to attend. As for the uplifting of the ban the child Vampires that they were trying to keep out, because they come from a blood thirsty clan, moved to the states, mere coincidence."
Tonks, who had moved to sit in Fred's lap, chuckled, "tell them about Veela and Vampires, after all they might be ones."
Draco smiled, "Veela and Vampires are some of the most compatible magical creatures. They both have mating season at the same time and they are incredibly vain, moody and gorgeous."
"Mating season?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, it is actually coming up soon. The end of June through to late July. It when Veela and Vampires have, er, increased hormones. All mature Veela and Vampires go through with it. Alex and I had our first one last year. It is actually rather creepy."
"Creepy? You just get horny don't you?" Nathanial blurted.
"No, well yes, but the hormones are really strong. Every morning you wake up really turned on, and it won't go down, and you can't think about anything else until you have a shag. And you don't have any sane thoughts until you've well, cum about eight times," Draco was bright red by the end of his little speech.
Nathanial laughed, "How did you both survive last year?"
Both Alex and Draco coughed, "We well, er… you know…"
Hermione started choking, "You two did it?"
Alex blushed, "I'll let you know Veela and Vampires have different genes to humans, they have no concept of incest. So when two people cannot think rationally and have a major problem it can lead to you fucking your brother. Now I'd rather like to get off this topic…"
Nathanial noticed the rest laughed hard over the discovery about the Malfoy twins.
"Maybe we should get to know one another then?" he suggested.
Tonks clapped her hands, "We can go to the playroom, play a game and then do the initiation before bed!"
Alex grabbed Hermione's hands and dragged her out of the room. Nathanial ran after them as the rest followed.
This is where I shall answer the questions that our characters don't know yet-
Cannon prophecy versus MY prophecy?
See Dumbledore faked the cannon prophecy so that Snape, Voldemort and Harry would fall into place. It was also to give hope to the wizarding world. My prophecy is a real one that Dumbledore heard. Narcissa also heard it and warned her family that Dumbledore would try to manipulate them. This is the main reason why she didn't believe that her nephews and nieces were dead.
Why doesn't Narcissa just send them to another school or something?
Because I REALLY want Harry and co. to go to Hogwarts! I'll say though that Durmstrang won't take on Veela students and Beabaxtons won't take Vampires.
How will other characters enter the story?
Well Remus, Sirius and probably Ron and Neville will be hostile at first but that MIGHT change once they find out who Harry and others really are. I actually like all these characters. Ginny and
What will be the parings?
So far we have Harry/Draco and Fred/Tonks. I have also decided on Bill/Fleur. However as well as these PERMANATE pairings there will also be some smutty one-off pairings such as- Hermione/George, Bill/Hannah/Alex, and Hannah/Hermione/Alex, which means Slash, Het and Fem-slash sex scenes. If anyone wants to suggest who Bill, Hermione, Hannah, Alex, Percy and George or anyone else in Potter-verse ends up with do so please.
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