Brothers Under the Sun

Chapter 9:

Explanations

Severus pressed one arm against his aching ribs, using the other to steady his wand at the three new arrivals. All three of them had a long tail, just as Harry had moments prior. "I said, who are you? I suggest you answer."

The tallest smirked, "And I suggest you lower your….weapon, unless you want me to take it from you. But I warn you, if I have to take it, I will be taking your whole arm with it."

"I'll not let you threaten the students." Snape stated firmly.

The teenager with the long black spiky hair gave the tall one a look of confusion, "Did you threaten the students, Nappa? I don't recall threatening any students?"

Nappa cocked his head, "No, I didn't threaten any students neither. In fact, as I recall, I saved this pitiful human's life," he stepped forward towards Snape, "And this is how you repay me." Nappa grabbed the man's fist, the one that held the wand, and squeezed.

Snape cried out in pain as he felt his hand being crushed into mere pieces. His wand fell to the ground. Clearly, this man wasn't kidding. He felt his knees buckle as the man twisted his broken hand so hard that his wrist snapped.

"Now, do you understand what you're up against, pathetic, weak little human?" Nappa sneered.

Snape said not a word more, he was in too much pain to find a coherent thought in his brain.

"Severus!" Professor Dumbledore called as he and the other professors charged out of the castle. "What happened!" he tried not to appear surprised at the sight of the three strangers, "Who are you?"

Vegeta sighed with long-suffering impatience, "I am Prince Vegeta of the Saiyans. And we have come looking for my brother, Prince Colli!"

Dumbledore nodded pleasantly at the small prince, "I see, and you believe that your brother may be here, at Hogwarts. Perhaps I might be able to help you find him."

Vegeta shook his head, "Like I would ever accept help from a lowly Earthling. And we don't need it anyway. We've found him already." he gestured at the unconscious, naked Harry.

A lady with her gray-hair pulled into a taut bun gasped and ran forward, "Harry! Severus, what happened here? What did you do?" She pulled off the cloak that covered her night robes and wrapped it around her student and pulled him into her arms.

Snape managed to put aside his pain to answer the Gryffindor Head's accusations, "I did nothing to him! But HE, he's one of them. He turned into this giant monster and attacked me! I have the broken ribs to prove it, and then this" he spat at Nappa, "thing came and broke my hand and my wrist!"

Dumbledore looked at Nappa, "I assume there has been some sort of misunderstanding, then?"

Nappa looked at Dumbledore, scrutinizing his stature and appearance. How calm this man was. How much of it was an act, he wondered, "I will not deny that he became a, well, I suppose you could call it a monster. That is what you humans label something you do not fully understand. The boy is our missing prince. He is a Saiyan, and his tail grew back tonight. I can only assume something had happened earlier in his childhood that had caused it to become removed. If a Saiyan has a tail and he looks at the full moon, he will become what is called an Oozaru, or a great ape. However, they do not keep their minds, unless they have been specially trained to do so. Prince Colli was sent to Earth as an infant by our King, to protect him, so he never got that special training. He was not responsible for any harm that he inflicted on your professor."

McGonagall looked at Dumbledore, "Albus, we should get the boy to the Hospital Wing. We can talk about this after."

Dumbledore nodded and looked back the visitors, "Minerva is right, the health of the boy must come first. But after Madam Pomfrey has had the chance to look him over and heal any damage that might have occurred, then we can all sit down and talk about this."

Dumbledore noted how the tall stranger glanced at the Prince. Clearly, the young boy was the superior here, and he was simply his subordinate. What did this bode for young Harry, he wondered. Were they telling the truth? Or did they have a more sinister reason for wanting Harry? And if it was true, what did it mean for the prophecy and Voldemort?

"Fine," the young prince conceded, "but only because I don't want to take any more time than necessary."

As promised, as soon as Dumbledore had Harry settled in a bed in the hospital, he returned his attention to the three aliens.

"Perhaps we should take this to my office, away from prying eyes and ears." he suggested, "I'll have the house elves bring up some refreshments. And perhaps the young prince would like a bed next to his…brother?" He must tread carefully.

Vegeta looked very put out at being dismissed from the talks, he wasn't a child, he was a prince, practically the King of their race. "I don't need a bed, I'm not," the boy yawned deeply, "tired…" Okay, so he was a little sleepy.

The matronly nurse bent over beside the boy, "Come on dear, we'll get you a nice meal and a comfortable bed while the grown-ups go discuss boring grown-up things."

"Nappa! I wanna come too!" Vegeta ordered.

Nappa bowed before the Prince, "Forgive me Your Highness, but wouldn't you like to be near your brother now that we've found him?" He knew it was a low blow, but he wanted to get things done and be off this planet with the missing prince as soon as possible. "Raditz will stay too, he is also too young to be involved in adult conversations."

Prince Vegeta pouted, he was used to getting his way. He was the prince. But, he knew that Nappa would not give in to him this time. To protest not getting his way, he planted himself in a chair next to the other boy's bed and folded his arms across his chest and scowled deeply.

Nappa left with the Headmaster, leaving Vegeta and Raditz alone. Vegeta eyed his sleeping brother. He reached down and touched his hand. He was sure of it now. This was the same boy that he had shared a crib with for two days. The same that his father had spent years telling him had died when they were infants. How strange to have not seen him in so long, and yet know that it was indeed him. What would he say when he woke up? How does one introduce themselves to their long lost twin?

AN: The two worlds have come together at last. How will Harry react to finding out he's really an alien? Will Snape ever get that stick out of his ass? Will the two brothers become the fast friends they should have been all those years ago? Oh, someone please give me an idea for the lullaby that Queen Leek was singing to the infants. I need a good one for later in the story (stories). Should I find some way of bringing the Saiyan Race back? I think it would be nice to give Harry a full family for once. And what do you think of me hooking Veg-head up with Hermione in place of Bulma? And will someone please explain the King Piccolo plot of Dragon Ball to me. I don't get understand it, but I'd like to use King Piccolo for an upcoming villain.