The Known Truth
CH 7
hey there Kaya here. Today you get to meet Devlin, Harry's adoptive father, and you get a small glimpse into Harry's past from Devlin., who is utterly hot and all mine^^
now before I forget, their ears are really long, uuuh, think WOW(world of war craft) only, not as long and more dexterous. ^^
I do not own harry potter, which sucks tuna.
Harry groaned stirring in his nest at the insistent knocking on his door. A small spell to tell him the time made him rather grouchy. At six in the morning after a late night like that he was going to kill the person waking him up.
He struggled out of the mess of blankets and tripped over to a mirror to smirk at himself. His hair was a horrible tangle and his robes where terribly ruffled but he was still beautiful, or as beautiful as a male could be. The knocking came again even harder and harry sighed.
"What!?" he demanded trying to straighten his hair getting annoyed and untangling it with a thought and a wave of his wand straightening his robes in the same instant as his door opened.
"Sorry Harry but there's an Elf here who's demanding you." Blaise said looking rather intimidated and Harry sighed. Darrin had said Devlin would be there in the morning but he hadn't expected the other so early.
"alright, I'm coming." Harry said with a sigh striding out of his cave, and yes that was in fact what he was calling it now. "here is he at? And, how pissed is he?" Harry asked slightly nervous and Blaise blinked.
"er, I'd say...very pissed." Blaise admitted and Harry groaned.
"He's gonna kick my ass so hard." he said with a small sigh. "Where did you say he was?"
"Library." Blaise murmured following harry used to Harry's strange mood swings by that time. Harry swept into the room flipping a blade in his hand and tossing it through the air before Blaise or Lucius could call for him to stop.
The elf in front of harry spun catching the blade with a swift movement that took the wizards breaths away in awe. The elf had hip length green and brown hair, his eyes where the same color as pine needles his skin just as perfectly pale as Harry's was. After all it was his blood that had adopted harry into the tribe.
"You are in a lot of trouble Mr Potter." the Elf growled his eyes narrowed into dangerous slits harry smiling ever so innocently.
"Aaaw Devlin you do care." Harry teased smiling sighing a bit as the elf scowled. "alright look I can explain."
"Explain why you left those fat muggles with no note?" Devlin demanded his arms crossed. "you didn't even owl me you little brat!" Devlin spat and Harry winced a bit.
"Devlin, I." Harry hesitated glancing at the Malfoy's and Blaise huddled close by, watching with wide eyes. "Lets go to my cave alright?... I'll explain everything there..." harry muttered softly leading the way Devlin nodding, looking slightly startled.
"Have you had any problems since you left?" Devlin asked looking the Malfoy's over suspiciously and Harry laughed.
"Not from them Dev." he said smiling. "come on."Devlin nodded his bright green eyes running over the others again suspiciously making them all blush. Harry didn't blame them, for the first three months Harry had blushed whenever Devlin looked at him too. Harry settled into his nest while Devlin cast an amused look around settling into the chair that Voldemort had left there.
"I see your tastes haven't changed much." Devlin murmured shaking his head. "Why did you leave the Dursley's? I though you where going to question Dumbledore face to face on the first day of school." harry sighed a little and shook his head.
"Well first of all I found my father. I had a hell of a hard time doing it too." harry said shaking his head. "Part of this is about looking for him. The other part, well..."
"Those muggles did something to you didn't they?" Devlin asked his eyes flashing with rage and harry hesitated.
"They didn't touch me if that's what your worried about Dev, though Dudley tried a few times to strike me down. He stopped after I dumped him on his ass."
"And what a big ass it is but your changing the subject." Devlin stated and Harry sighed.
"They tried to sell me Dev." Harry admitted suddenly turning as he heard four unified gasps. His rage was immediate as he yanked his door open.
"Listening at doors!?" he demanded his eyes flashing with rage his magic slamming into the walls and the bed and the people tossing them back Devlin sprinting out of the room his arms over his head to protect himself from the things flying around the room.
Devlin winced as the door slammed shut behind him and he sighed a little tilting his head his long ears twitching slightly as several bangs where hear in the room. He glanced at the Wizards and fought back the urge to laugh.
"Never seen Harry loose his temper?" he asked smirking. "just imagine if he actually took it out on you mm?" Devlin asked shaking his head. "Wizards are so foolish sometimes."
"Could I o-offer you some tea sir?" Narcissa asked in an attempt to gather her wits.
"I would love some tea, yes. It would be best to let harry work his rage off on the furniture before any of us attempt to try and talk to him." Devlin stated simply the Wizards nodding as they led Devlin to the kitchen.
Devlin eyed the House elves up with mild distaste as they scurried around eager to please Lucius shifting nervously as Devlin narrowed his eyes at a few of the elves who didn't seam to have noticed at all.
"Would you like us to send them elsewhere?" Draco asked hesitantly and Devlin nodded curtly the house elves vanishing with a crack.
"We where once the same species you know." Devlin stated simply everyone gaping at him. "they abandoned the tree's for the humans who cared for them and this is what they turned into. It's rather sickening." Blaise tried not to laugh.
"So...how did you and Harry meet?" Draco asked softly his head tilted slightly and Devlin smirked.
"Oh lord, I thought we would be talking about him before too long." Devlin admitted accepting a cup of tea from Narcissa. "Well, harry and I met really when he was twelve....
FLASHBACK
Harry sighed as he walked through the woods again, he'd spent more time there than he did in the Dursley's home now, there where times when he even slept out there rather then go home. He settled onto the fallen trunk that he'd adopted as his 'home' and sighed again.
"Damn them anyway." Harry complained squirming into the tree to scratch his back staring up at the sky. "maybe I could just stay out here, at least the tree's like me." harry murmured unaware of the green cat like eyes watching him, as they had been watching since his first visit into the forest.
"Yes they do." Devlin's smooth voice floated through the trees and Harry froze his eyes wide.
"W. Whose there?" Harry demanded getting to his feet gripping his wand tightly and Devlin laughed leaning against a tree.
"The names Devlin, and I've been watching you Harry. The Boy who lived." Devlin stated simply looking him over before turning his attention to the tree harry had been leaning against. "She likes you."
"..she?" Harry asked looking the tree over before focusing on the elf again. "...no offense but, what are you?" Devlin laughed again.
"I'm a forest Elf Harry." Devlin said smiling. "The tree's like you so I like you." well, sot of anyway. "Come, I can give you a room for the night. My Tribe wont mind." Harry gulped a bit and hesitated, but decided to take his chances.
"Whats a forest elf?" he asked hesitantly following Devlin.
"We are the guardians of the forest. We care for the trees and the animals within the woods that we make our homes." Devlin explained. "Wizards and Elves don't get along often so when I choose to speak to you, you should choose to listen." harry just nodded and followed Devlin to his home.
End Flashback
Draco's eye was twitching slightly.
"He just followed you?" Draco demanded. "God, how the hell he's survived this long is a mystery to me." Draco Grumbled and Devlin laughed and nodded.
"His fourth year he almost did die." Devlin explained shaking his head. "I'd been teaching him things here and there but when he came home more injured then when he'd left...well that's when I started to worry."
"What was his training like?" Blaise asked softly and Devlin pondered that for a moment.
"Amusing." he finally said with a wicked grin. "well, for me anyway. Teaching harry always is. Especially when I dig under his skin and manipulate his emotions. Emotion play is very important with magic because once you find an emotion that stems your powers, manipulating it can increase it even more so."
"I didn't know that." Draco admitted startled Lucius and Narcissa shrugging.
"I'm guessing potters magic stems from anger?"
"Anger, and pain." Devlin admitted sighing softly. I remember the day very well. It was a day before his birthday..."
FLASHBACK
Harry was kneeling on the ground panting hard, covered in mud and his own blood looking indignantly at Devlin who was standing over him his arms crossed.
"Harry, you have to get serious." Devlin growled harry growling back, standing and stumbling.
"I am serious!":
"Obviously you aren't!" Devlin spat launching forwards silver flashing through the air as he swung blades sparks flying as harry blocked again and again until the brunette stumbled and another strip of red appeared across his naked chest.
"Is this how you intend on saving your friends harry!?" Devlin spat harry freezing where he stood his eyes slightly wide. "It;s no wonder you barley escape alive!"
"That's not true!" Harry complained getting to his feet again. "You know that's not true!"
"If you continue this way you will die! Your friends will die! Like Cedric died!" Harry growled.
"Don't you talk about Cedric!" harry snarled tears flowing down his cheeks now.
"You got Cedric killed! Admit it!"
"I know I got Cedric killed!" Harry cried out falling to his knees again biting back a sob. "I know it's my fault! Why are you saying these things!?" he demanded holding his face in his hands.
"Everyone around you will die!" Devlin yelled wary of Harry's magic swirling around them. "They will all die because you can't bring yourself to care enough to save them!"
"THATS NOT TRUE!" Harry roared sobbing leaping to his feet his magic exploding outwards slamming into and through Devlin Harry's blade swinging through the air sparks flaring as the knives slammed into each other.
A strip of red appeared blood splashing onto the ground Harry's magic picking up the fallen leaves and sticks to slam them into Devlin as well smooth pale skin speared with blood as Devlin was struck again and again by a sobbing harry.
"I will survive! And I WILL save my friends and they wont ever die ever again!" Harry yelled and Devlin caught the boy into a hug.
"That's right. You'll protect them." Devlin said rocking the poor broken boy, who couldn't even sleep without seeing that night anymore.
End Flashback.
"Harry blamed himself for Cedric's death?" Blaise asked startled Devlin nodding.
"And Sirius's. He still douse in fact."
"What... But why?" Draco asked looking confused and Devlin smiled.
"Harry made Cedric take the Tri Wizard cup with him. And he was defenseless to help him when he died. Sirius was led to his death when harry went to the ministry, harry let himself be tricked." Devlin shook his head. "he feels the pain so clearly even now but he struggles through it."
"Because that's all he can do until the end of the War." Blaise said his voice filled with awe. Devlin nodded sipping at his tea for a moment before sighing.
"Harry really, isn't as strong as people seam to think you know." Devlin said softly Blaise nodding.
"He cries at night." Blaise admitted startling the Malfoy's. "i can hear him sometimes through the walls. I don't think he realizes." Devlin shook his head.
"For as intelligent as he is, he's very very dense." Devlin admitted with a laugh.
"Do you know who Harry's father is?" Draco asked softly staring at Devlin who smirked.
"Yes. I'm the one who ran the blood scan for him." Devlin explained.
Flashback.
"Dev!" Harry yelled racing into the little forest village skidding to a halt before the lead Elf.
"Ah there you are Harry, did you have a good school year?...whats wrong?"
"My god father is dead." Harry admitted tears streaming down his face. He could always let his emotions out around his 'father'. Devlin had officially adopted harry less than a month ago. Devlin immediately dropped the seeds he'd been carrying to pull Harry into a hug.
"I'm so sorry to hear that." he whispered stroking Harry's head letting the other sob himself out, listening to harry describe the school year and that horrid toad Umbridge and what had happened at the ministry through his sobs.
"I n. need you to a sc. Scan for m. me." Harry said his voice broken from the sobs still running through him.
"Of course but first you need to calm down." Devlin said leading harry into a tree. Oh yes, into a tree, winding stairs leading into a kitchen placed in an enormous tree branch. Harry had calmed down quickly, as he always did.
Devlin unrolled a bit of parchment and cast the magic onto the scroll taking Harry's finger and poking it to draw a few drops of blood which he sprinkled onto the paper. There was a soft flare of light and lines unrolled from the blood.
A silver strand, the Darkest shade on the parchment led to Devlin's name on the parchment since that was the strongest blood. Then a line leading to Dumbledore, which connected to Lily and James Potter, Dumbledore had used his own blood to make Harry a potter. Then to, barley visible lines, all that was left of his original DNA.
"Oh god.. it can't be true...but it is.. it really is.. oh my god." and harry shuddered and collapsed to the ground in a dead feint.
End Flashback
"it took us almost two hours to wake him up, and then another three to calm him down." Devlin explained everyone looking mildly annoyed.
"You didn't tell us who the father is." Blaise pointed out and Devlin smirked.
"Of course not. Harry wants that to be kept a secrete." Devlin explained sniffing lightly. "Go ask him yourself if your so insistent." Devlin said chuckling. "i should go however. It is getting late."
"But, harry..." Lucius said nervously and Devlin grinned.
"I thin that young wizard there will be a comfort to him." Devlin said flicking a slender finger at Blaise who nodded.
"Do come and visit again." Lucius said smiling. "this in look into Harry's life is very...interesting."
"And, maybe you could tell us about your people?" Blaise asked hopefully Devlin laughing and nodding.
"I will come again." He promised smiling. "A good day to you all." he said heading out the door and just like that, he was gone.
I hope you liked the chapter^^ I had fun writing it.
I would like to personally thank nxkris for the idea of the flash backs which I added out of the blue because it was just a great fricken idea! Thanks again^^
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