There was a bright light and four people were now in the room. One was a tall, lanky red headed man, covered in freckles. One was a tall round faced man with a confident look in his eyes. One was a pale man with silvery hair that didn't make eye contact with anyone. Lastly a young woman with straggly blonde hair and perturbed grey eyes was looking dreamily at all of them.
"Hiya guys!" Leo greeted. "Leo, mate." The red head said as he gave him a brotherly hug. The round faced man did the same, and soon Aries and Harry greeted all but the silver haired man.
"Introduce yourselves you ninnies." Leo chided. "Ron Weasley." "Neville Longbottom." "Luna Lovegood." "…Draco Malfoy."
All of them were being coddled and questioned by their respective families. After everyone had gotten situated Luna spoke up. "Aries how's your arm?" She asked. Aries stiffened slightly. "Fine." He said as he held his arm slightly.
"Obviously not mate. We saw what happened. If you could, you'd have drawn quicker than Bellatrix." Neville said. Andromeda looked worried. "What's wrong Aries?" She asked. Aries sat there, deep in thought.
He rolled up the sleeve of his robe. From his wrist up there were dark red marks that overlapped each other. When Andromeda took a closer look, some of them were heated with inflammation.
"What happened?" Sirius asked in concern. Aries didn't answer. "Aries you can tell us." Shizuka said kindly. "He can't." Draco replied awkwardly. "He can't because it's a part of the story.
They all begrudgingly accepted this as Alice picked up the book and began to read the next chapter.
Chapter 14. Kidnapping and Bets
Harry, Ron, Neville, and Aries groaned. Leo blushed a deep pink for some reason.
Leo didn't want to go back to Hogwarts. He didn't want to leave his Papa and Auntie.
"Aww." Most of the girls cooed.
He loved it when Papa would cook meals and tell them all sorts of stories about their family.
Sirius smiled. "That won't change too much this time around." He said.
He would be glad to get away from Kreacher though. Papa said Uncle Regulus liked Kreacher for some reason.
"Creepiest house-elf ever." Leo said definitively.
Auntie Saorise was… pretty cool. She would often sing Irish songs throughout the house and she would always try to help out around the house whenever she could. But Leo liked how she just… accepted everything.
This brought several smiles onto faces.
She had no problems with Moony, in fact the first thing she did was give him a hug.
Moony blinked in shock. Teddy yipped and giggled up at Remus.
She loved chatting with Tonks about her Metamorphmagi abilities.
Nymphadora giggled and gave herself floppy bunny ears that matched her pink hair.
She also just laughed when Papa turned into a large black dog one afternoon.
Several people chuckled a bit.
Then again, she's basically a demi-god. This probably doesn't even cover the spectrum of weird for her.
Aries smiled a bit. "Demi-god. My little brother manages to tie a not with the daughter of a god." Sirius said in wonder. Arcturus looked contemplative. "I'm kinda surprised that only Bellatrix tried to kill me." Aries admitted.
"Well, she does tend to overdo things in the name of Black." Andromeda said sadly. "So I take it this revelation will get me blasted off the family tree." Aries said. Arcturus spoke up then. "Maybe not." The Head of the Black family said.
"While most refuse to mix blood, a demi-god in the family would be welcomed by a few." Arcturus said. "What about keeping the family always pure?" Leo questioned. Arcturus looked at the two of them.
"There are various definitions of pure. Most of the family has taken it to mean purely wizard blood. While there are some who believe in keeping it strictly with magical blood." The patriarch said.
"It's not unheard of to have non-humans marry into a family." Charlus admitted. "Some keep it a secret and a few are open about it. It usually depends on the specifics."
Aries looked contemplative as Alice continued reading.
No, weird for Auntie was when she came with them at King's Cross. She started to cry as she said her goodbyes.
"I don't blame her."
Her crying got the attention of the Weasley family.
"It was very loud." Ron clarified.
As they came to them most of the Weasleys were smiling except a glaring Mrs. Weasley
"Mum thought that she was Sirius' girlfriend." Ron said. Everyone spluttered a bit. "I won't ever try to replace Shizu!" Sirius said fiercely as he held the Japanese witch protectively.
and a sick looking Ginny. "Hiya guys!" Leo greeted happily.
"You always pull off happy." Ron said. James jerked his thumb at Sirius.
Papa was introducing Auntie to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Mr. Weasley was kind and polite. Mrs. Weasley… kinda went overboard.
"Understatement of the year." Ron said. "Actually this isn't." Harry said with a thoughtful look.
She stopped glaring at her and began to give Auntie all kinds of fussing.
Several people sighed.
"Oh, you poor dear",
"Mam hated pity. She thought it was demeaning at the time." Aries clarified.
"I don't think I could stand being away from my family for so long",
"She couldn't either. She spent days crying and refusing to leave us." Harry added with a slight frown.
"Have you been spending a lot of time with the boys?",
"I don't think she'll ever get enough." Leo said with a conflicted emotion in his eyes.
"Do you need any help with keeping a house?", "I have this excellent recipe-"
"Mum was even asking about it in a couple of letters." Ron groaned. Septimus smiled at his grandson knowingly.
It took the train getting ready to leave and Mr. Weasley to stop her.
"I think Dad's the only one who can safely do it." Ron added.
Leo gave Papa and Auntie a tight hug each. Papa always gives hugs, and Auntie gave Leo, Harry and Aries a kiss on the forehead each.
Several people cooed.
Leo had to get on the train, but he kept sticking out the window to wave goodbye to them, until he couldn't see them anymore.
"Anymore and we'd have to peel half of you off the train." "Really Ron?" Sorry Nev."
When Leo sat back down, he frowned. Harry kept looking at that old diary they found before the break.
"I actually forgot about that bloody thing over the holiday." Neville admitted. Ron and Luna nodded.
Aries was fiddling with a necklace he wore. "What is that anyway?" Leo asked, snapping Harry out of his trance.
Aries looked down at the necklace and smiled.
"A few trinkets from my parents." He said with a grin.
He smiled, even if there was the faintest bits of sadness in the smile.
Aries moved towards a simple looking ring. "See this crystal? It's amethyst. It's supposed to help keep my psyche clear of all those feelings that make me sick." "This is my Mam's wedding ring. Apparently Mam didn't see much point in wearing one on her finger so Da would wear hers and she wore his."
"AWW!" Most of the girls cooed.
Then Aries moved towards the silver medallion. "This has charms on both sides. They're Celtic protection charms that my Mam had engraved into the medallion." Aries said happily as he twirled the two trinkets around on the string.
"Where'd you get the fang?" Barty asked. Aries held a finger to his lips in the 'quiet' motion.
Leo noticed how Harry was all quiet. He still kept that old diary.
Several of the guests from the future grimaced.
Over the holiday they had tried everything. Revealers of all sorts did nothing.
"Easy." The marauders huffed.
They didn't risk using their wands, but Harry tried with an old wand they found in the house.
"I think that might be Orion's." Leo said. "I think it is." Aries added.
Nothing.
"Dang it."
Aries even tried using muggle tricks like lemon juice and heat.
"How does that work?" James asked. "Muggle invisible ink can be made visible again with some acid, like in lemons to create a change in the makeup of the ink. Heat just makes it visible." Aries added. "You totally got that from a spy novel." Leo accused. "Guilty."
Leo didn't see the point in keeping it. Obviously it was never used.
Leo grumbled a bit.
The door slid open to show Ron, the twins and Ginny. Ginny took one look at Harry and bolted.
Well that was rude, Shizuka thought.
"Rude." Leo huffed.
Shizuka chuckled a bit.
Ron sighed and plopped down next to Harry. "She still got a crush on Harry?" Aries asked as he kept twirling the ring around. "Unfortunately." George sighed.
Harry grumbled something at Aries that caused him to flip Harry off.
Then Luna, Neville, and Velvela joined them. "What's unfortunate?" Neville asked. "Ginny's still got that massive crush on Harry." Leo said. "Ah." They all intoned.
"It was super obvious." Neville added. "It really was." Luna said.
"So what did you guys do during the rest of the holiday?" Leo asked. "Spent time looking for wrackspurts in mistletoes with Daddy." Luna answered. "Visited my parents at St. Mungo's." Neville said. Leo winced.
"Oh, by the way guys I have some candy for the train ride." Neville said as he passed around candy canes.
Many people laughed at Neville's choice of candy.
Leo shifted his eyes and saw that George was a deep, deep crimson. Leo snapped his eyes out the window. Fred cackled as he and George left with a candy cane each.
"I'm still curious about that." Neville said. Leo went pink as Harry explained that George tasted like candy cane when Leo kissed him.
"Spent time with my family, and used my earnings to buy a new card game." Velvela said with a smirk. Leo went a darker shade of red and refused to make eye contact with anyone for a good half an hour.
Several people snorted.
After a while though, he can't stand giving the cold shoulder so he joined in the conversations and destroyed Velvela in a game of war. "I win!" "Best two out of three."
Chuckles and giggles ensued.
They kept taking turns playing as they neared the castle. Then Harry straightened in his seat. "I forgot to write a letter to Tonks." Harry said quickly.
"She taught me a couple of neat spells." Harry explained.
"You better get it started then." Leo said as he grabbed some fizzing whizzbees from Aries.
"Sweet tooth much?" Sirius asked. Leo nodded. "Funny cause Pads isn't a huge fan of sweets most of the time." James said. "Really?" Harry asked. Sirius nodded and pointed at Shizuka. "She has a massive sweet tooth." Sirius pointed out.
Shizuka and Leo looked at each other and smiled.
Harry had pulled out his quill and ink. But when he uncapped the ink, the train turned and ink spilled onto Harry's robes and the diary.
"Ooh, bummer." Frank said.
Harry opened the diary, but there was no ink. Not even a single drop.
"Wait, what?" Remus asked as he bounced Teddy on his knee, trying to copy Ted and Nymphadora.
Everyone stared in shock.
"Obviously." Barty snorted.
Harry moved his quill closer to the page.
"How about no." Liliana said nervously.
"I don't know Harry." Ron said uneasily. "It's just a book. What harm can it do?" Harry asked.
Ron and Harry shared a look as they grumbled something incoherent to themselves.
"You should have seen the books my dad's had to collect. There was one that burned your eyes out, and another one that you could never put down. There was also one that could-"
"Arthur had to deal with that?" Septimus asked. Ron nodded. "He was in a worse mood with muggle baiting." Ron added.
"Okay, I get it Ron." Harry said.
"I don't think you did." "Really, mate?" "Yep."
"But it's a diary from the school. Maybe it's just an old ink cleaning spell." Aries reasoned.
"Wizards and logic rarely mix." Ted added. "True." Liliana seconded.
Leo looked down at the book. "It looks harmless."
"So are many other things that aren't." Moody growled.
"Only one way to find out." Harry said.
"Harry!" His mother and grandmother shouted in unison. Harry leered back and Ron jumped in his seat. "Mate, you are dead by the end of this." Ron whispered. "Shut up."
Then Harry wrote down: My name is Harry Potter.
"You should never give out your name! Names are very important things in magic!" Liliana scolded. James tried to comfort her and to calm her down. Harry was silently wondering if she'll ground him if this keeps up.
They all waited for a brief moment before words began to form on the page. Hello Harry Potter. My name is Tom Riddle.
"It's alive!" Sirius shouted. Several people snorted at his actions.
Meanwhile, Dorea, Charlus, Moody, McGonagall, Augusta, and Abarax looked contemplative. "That name sounds very familiar." Augusta said. "It does." Dorea added. "I take it were going to have to learn more about this Riddle fellow?" Charlus asked. Those from the future, save Teddy and Draco nodded.
Everyone was shocked. "Oh my Godric." Neville whispered.
"Nicely said Neville." Harry said with a grin.
Leo tried his hardest not to blink in case he missed something else.
"That actually hurt my eyes.
"Ask him about the Chamber." Ron whispered.
"Don't trust anything if you can't see where it's brain is." Septimus said warningly.
Harry nodded before he scribbled down: Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?
"Can't you kids just leave things be?" Shizuka sighed. They looked amongst themselves and shook their questions at her question.
Yes. Leo was hoping it was more than rumors and what Professor McGonagall told them before. Can you tell me? Harry scribbled quickly.
Leo was grumbling something under his breath.
They all watched eagerly. No.
Some people sighed.
But I can show you.
And if most of the occupants weren't interested they groaned.
A bright glow began to form along the seam of the diary and the small book flopped to the floor. Harry was gone.
"What!?" James asked loudly. Draco was looking at Harry in shock. "You went inside that book?" Moody asked gruffly. Harry nodded sheepishly.
Leo was doing his best not to panic. He was still hyperventilating but he wasn't yelling at the book like Ron and Velvela.
"The rest of you were in a tizzy." Leo pointed out.
Soon footsteps were beginning to come towards their compartment.
"Bollocks."
Leo silently cursed their luck as they began to pale.
"What luck?" Most of them asked in unison.
"We can't let anyone know that Harry is missing." Aries said lowly. "Then what do we do?" Ron asked.
"Figure out a way to get Harry out of that damned diary?" James suggested slowly.
Leo got a bright idea.
"Please tell me this works." Sirius begged.
"Aries do you have some paperclips?" Leo asked. Aries gave him half a dozen paperclips.
"I had a lot of spare papers to keep together in my books." Aries replied to the questioning looks he got. "Yeah, and you hardly ever take those books out of your robes." Ron added with a smile.
"Neville let me borrow your scarf."
Most of the Longbottoms looked confused.
Soon Leo made short work of twisting and bending the paperclips into a crude replica of Harry's glasses. When he put those on he messed up his hair and scratched a lightning bolt onto his forehead.
"You disguised yourself as Potter?" Draco asked. Leo nodded. "It was easier when we were kids though." Leo admitted.
When he heard a hand on the door he quickly wrapped himself in the red and gold scarf so that it covered most of his face. He leaned back into the seat and just as he closed his eyes the door rattled open.
"Pads how come we never thought of that?" James asked. "Because my friends are undeniably awesome." Harry said causing James to splutter before laughing heartily.
"Well, well, well. Looks like you lot still managed to come back." Draco said sharply.
He looked down at his hands.
It was quiet for a moment. "Where's Leo?" Draco asked.
"I'm surprised you cared." Leo added. Draco didn't say anything.
Leo did his best to keep still. "My cousin's whereabouts don't concern you Malfoy." Aries said coldly.
"Well, technically you're all related." Barty pointed out. Some people grimaced, shrugged or smiled.
"Oh, but it does since the two of you are family after all." Draco said viciously.
"Blood isn't always everything though." Harry said with a strong look in his eye.
"Just bugger off Malfoy." Ron bit out sharply. "Oh, so you think you can order me around Weasel?" "You better leave." Velvela growled.
Draco Malfoy unconsciously rubbed his face at the mention of Velvela.
"Why? I'm just concerned about why you lot were shouting Scarhead's name when my second cousin is missing." Draco drawled.
"Really?" Leo asked. Draco nodded the tiniest bit at him.
"Harry argued with Leo and Leo left to go talk to his older friends." Neville said.
"And to think you stood up to the git who bullied you for me." Harry said. Neville went sheepish.
Everyone was quiet. "And that bright light earlier?" Draco asked.
"Rather inquisitive." Luna added.
Leo heard shuffling. "You mean this MUGGLE flashlight?" Velvela asked. Draco didn't say anything and the door closed with a slam.
"What did you do?" Aries asked with a raised brow. Draco narrowed his eyes. "None of your business Aries." He said coldly.
Leo opened his eyes and took off his pathetic disguise.
"Pathetic is right." Draco snorted. Leo shrugged.
"Thanks Neville." Leo said as he handed back the scarf.
"No problem." Neville said.
"Mate, that was brilliant!" Ron said with a grin. "Malfoy couldn't tell the difference."
Draco sneered at Ron, who blushed a bit. "He only associates with idiots Ron." Harry added.
Aries frowned. "I don't know. I don't think he fully bought it." Aries muttered.
"More like barely." Draco added.
"He might be a jerk, but's he's a smart jerk." Velvela huffed.
Draco looked questioningly at Aries. "What? It's true." Aries said.
"Do you often make things?" Luna asked Leo. Leo nodded. "Want to help me with some projects of mine then?" Luna asked. Leo grinned. "Sure." He said.
"Oh, what have you two made?" Xenophilius asked. "Some charms and trinkets along with big things like hats, outfits and a couple toys." Leo added. "Don't forget the decorations and the figurines." Luna added.
About five minutes before they were going to be stopping the book glowed and Harry was back in his seat with a shocked look on his face.
"So that's what I missed."
"Harry, mate, you'll never believe it-" "It was Hagrid." Harry said lowly. "Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets."
"WHAT!?" Almost everyone asked in shock. "That's why he got expelled from Hogwarts. He was accused of letting the monster out." McGonagall added bitterly.
Leo paled. "No." Velvela breathed. "He wouldn't." Neville insisted.
The friends from the future all shared a determined look.
"What happened in the book?" Aries asked sternly.
"Fear the Aries." Harry and Ron joked.
"I was at Hogwarts, but it was fifty years ago. The Headmaster, Dippet, had called Tom in to tell him that he had to go back to the muggle orphanage he lived at, and that because of the Chamber, Hogwarts was going to be shut down."
Those who were at Hogwarts at the time nodded. "It was really close to being shut down." Dorea added.
"Then Tom walked and found Hagrid with some kind of monster, I think he named it Aragog. Tom tried to get rid of it, but the monster got away. That's all I saw." Harry said breathlessly.
"Sounds like Aragorn son of Arathorn." Aries added. Leo snorted a 'book worm.' "Oh, from those books you lent over the summer!" Ron said. "He's a really awesome bloke."
Septimus smiled a bit at how cheerful his youngest grandson seemed.
Leo frowned. "Maybe it was a mistake." He suggested. Ron nodded quickly. "Yeah, y'know Hagrid. He loves all kinds of dangerous beasts. He might have let it out on accident." Ron said.
Those from the future (except Draco and Teddy) shared bitter, knowing looks.
"Maybe we should ask him." Luna suggested.
Xenophilius smiled proudly.
They all looked at each other. "Yeah. Hagrid's our friend. We need to hear his side of the story." Leo agreed. "Alright. We sneak out after dinner and go to Hagrid's?" Harry asked. They all agreed.
McGonagall huffed slightly, but she was glad that they were going to ask questions that should have been asked so many years ago.
When they got off the train, Leo swore he felt like he was being watched.
"You sure it's not just paranoia?" Lily asked. "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you." Leo said with a deep frown that seemed to harden his dark grey eyes.
"Nicely put. That line of thinking is one of the few things keeping me alive today." Moody growled.
He turned around, but there were too many people to tell who was looking where. Leo did his best to ignore it as he walked towards the carriages.
"Never ignore you're instincts. It could easily get you killed." Moody growled.
As he was about to get in, he was pulled back and his friends were already moving.
Everyone was anxiously curious.
Leo turned and saw that it was Ginny.
"Ginny!?" Several people asked. "Mate, I thought you were being pranked by the twins." Ron added.
She tugged him into a different carriage and soon it was moving.
"She looked dead on her feet, how did she manage to drag you away?" Draco asked. Leo blushed a bit. "Leo's a total weenie." Harry added. "HEY!" Leo snapped.
There was only one other person in the carriage. Leo couldn't tell who it was since they were facing away to look outside on the seat that Leo plopped onto.
"I'm not liking this." Shizuka muttered. Sirius frowned deeply.
"What's going on?" Leo asked with a glare. He might not have been a friend to Ginny, but he was sure this counted as kidnapping.
"Technically it is." Moody growled.
"That diary." Ginny said in a faintly raspy voice. "What about it?" Leo asked heatedly as he was trying to keep calm.
"You actually tried?" Harry asked incredulously. "I do have some semblance of manners." Leo huffed. "Was this before or after you started shouting profanities at a group of old ladies?" Luna asked. "Hey, I was silenced, and they were asking for it." Leo defended. "I don't even want to know." Shizuka muttered to Sirius who barked out a laugh.
"He should never have picked it up." Ginny said.
Moody looked suspicious at those words.
"Why? What Harry does is none of your business." Leo snapped.
"Oh boy." Several people groaned.
Ginny's face crumpled and looked as if she might cry.
"Usually at this moment, men turn into complete hams." Liliana said. "Hams?" Alice asked strangely. "Hams." Liliana added. "She means really lame due to overacting." James translated. "You've been called a ham a lot I'm guessing." Harry asked. "Oh you have no idea." James added with a stupid grin.
Leo stopped and immediately felt guilty.
"I told you he's one of the biggest saps you'll ever meet." "Aries!"
"Look, I'm sorry." Leo said awkwardly. "But what's the big deal about it? It's just an old diary."
"Wait, how does she even know it's a diary?" Xenophilius asked airily. Everyone was shocked and puzzled. "Good point." Barty said.
Ginny shook her head. "It's very important and-" She pitched forward and the other person caught her before setting her against the seat.
Septimus and Ron looked very nervous.
It was Tom.
"HUH!?" was the overall consensus of the room.
"Tom?" Leo asked. Tom smiled a tiny bit. "It's nice to see you again Leo." Tom said smoothly.
"It's rather odd how Tom seems to hang around Ginny." Xenophilius said, which made Ron grumble.
Leo turned his attention back to Ginny. He noticed how paler she was than the last time he saw her.
Everyone looked concerned.
"Is she going to be okay?" Leo asked. Tom glanced down at her briefly. "I think it will end soon." Tom said. Leo nodded, feeling uncomfortable.
"He could have worded that a bit better." Shizuka mumbled in concern.
"Tom." Leo said. Tom hummed a bit. "My friends and I we found a diary from fifty years ago. The owner's name is Tom too." Leo said.
"This is why you're a Puff." Aries deadpanned.
Tom blinked a bit. "I'm not too surprised. Tom is a very common name in the muggle world."
"It really is actually now that I think about it." Ted added. Lily nodded.
Leo tilted his head a bit. "So you're muggleborn then?" Leo asked. Tom shook his head. "Half-blood. Muggle father, magical mother." He replied tonelessly. Leo nodded.
Some of the future guests grumbled a bit amongst themselves.
"I'm guessing you're a pureblood. All members of the Black family are." Tom said.
"Nope. One of the last two for my generation." Leo pointed out.
"I am, but I have a second cousin who's a half-blood, and a cousin who is mixed." Leo replied awkwardly.
"Now you proudly say you're half-human." Leo smirked. Aries smirked back.
Tom looked at him curiously for a brief moment.
"It was getting really intense in the carriage." Leo added.
"Why aren't you riding with your friends?" Leo asked. Tom kept staring at Leo with an expression he couldn't read. "I don't have any friends." Tom said.
"Isn't he in Slytherin?" Lily asked. Dorea frowned. "It's possible to have friends within Slytherin regardless of blood." She said causing Andromeda to nod.
"Everyone has friends." Leo said.
"I take back my previous statement." Leo said.
"Most people in my house don't care for non-purebloods like me." Tom replied.
Dorea and Andromeda huffed.
Leo looked at his robe and saw the Slytherin crest on it. Leo winced. How many Slytherins were like Draco?
"Sorry." Leo mumbled. Draco said nothing.
"Do you want to be friends?" Leo asked.
Leo slammed his hand into his forehead. "You seriously asked him that?" Neville asked in shock. Harry was looking at him in unadulterated shock, as Ron and Luna stared at him strangely. Aries was muttering things under his breathe that were most likely Celtic insults.
Tom looked at him strangely.
"I'm not liking this." Shizuka said loudly.
Tom leaned closer and Leo felt himself being cornered into the side of the carriage.
"I'M not liking this." Sirius said worriedly.
"It's not smart to blindly befriend others." Tom breathed.
"And you are starting to creep me out." Frank added.
He was so close that Leo felt his breathe brush against his face.
"Back away from my godson!" Remus said loudly as Teddy gave a chirpy growl.
"You are far too trusting, Leo." Tom said lowly
"And you're far too close to my son." Sirius said heatedly.
Leo was trying to lean away, only to misplace his hand and fall back onto the seat with a yelp.
"Not my best moment." Leo said sheepishly.
Tom was looking down at him with an unfamiliar look in his dark eyes.
"Where's an adult?" Ron asked with a slightly green tint to his freckled face.
"There are people who wouldn't think twice about taking advantage of you." Tom said as he lowered himself ever so slightly towards Leo.
"Others in general or YOU?" Shizuka asked in concern. "UGH!" Sirius groaned as Leo shouted "MAMA!"
The carriage stopped with a jerk that woke Ginny up.
Septimus was concerned that she blacked out for most of the trip back without getting medical attention.
Leo twisted and fell to the floor. He opened the door quickly and ran up towards the front steps of the castle.
"Thank you!" Liliana sighed in relief. "You didn't get lost?" Ted asked. "I just followed the crowd." Leo admitted.
He got inside and found himself being pulled by the back of his robes again.
"AGAIN!?" Sirius groaned. "I told you this was a bad year to be Leo." Harry said casually.
It was Fred.
Everyone not from the future sighed in relief.
"A little birdie told us you got snatched by our sister." George said. "The little birdie also told us to go and find you." Fred added. "In exchange for what?" Leo asked as he had a pretty good felling who the 'little birdie' was.
"Velvela." All the friends from the future choired.
"Oh, the usual." George said. "Prank tests." "A favor" "Or two." Leo sighed. "I get it, I get it. Which way to the hall?"
James chuckled. "I love how this is all routine for you." Leo grinned and shrugged.
He was brought into the hall, as he was tossed over Fred's shoulder.
Leo huffed in mock offence.
When they entered the Great Hall, there were familiar voices shouting "Now Kiss!"
"Velvela." Luna pointed out. Sirius groaned and Leo blushed as he hid his face with his shirt.
"Not again!"
"Me." Ron added.
"Don't!"
Harry raised his hand.
"No way!"
Aries and Neville raised their hands.
"Do it!"
"Who said that?" Aries asked. "I think it was Seamus." Harry said with a thoughtful look.
from the direction of Gryffindor table.
"Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were eagerly watching." Luna pointed out. "What about Slytherin?" Liliana asked Draco. Draco was surprised that she was talking to him. "I think some were interested." Draco said.
Leo put his hands on his face, completely mortified.
"Mate you went Weasley red." Neville pointed out. "Hey!" Ron huffed as Septimus smiled nervously.
He made the mistake of moving his hands.
Sirius rubbed a hand down his face.
George's freckled face was suddenly in his, and there was a feeling of another set of lips against Leo's.
"And George gets kiss number two." Aries snickered as Leo went scarlet. "This time around can you only make me worry about this kinds of stuff when you enter third year and up?" Sirius asked. "No promises." Harry said.
George pulled back quickly from Leo as they both held their mouths with scarlet faces.
"A matching set." Luna said airily.
Leo saw a hysterical Lee Jordan not too far from George.
"The twins corrupted him." Leo said with red cheeks.
George started to chase after him as Fred walked over to the table and set Leo down.
"Could have roasted an egg on your face." Harry sang cheekily. Leo gave him a rude hand gesture.
Leo slid under the table in embarrassment. He heard several people throughout the hall groan, as many of the girls… squealed. He heard some of the older girls talking about how "cute" it was.
"It really was cute." Luna added. "Luna, please. That's my brother." Ron begged. "Some of the guys looked interested as well." Harry pointed out. "Leave Leo alone!" Leo shouted as he flailed his arms childishly.
Leo didn't show his face until half way through dinner when his stomach rumbled. He sat up and ate.
"Food. The ultimate driving force of these two." Neville joked as he pointed to Ron and Leo.
It was awkward since Ron and Leo couldn't look each other in the eye.
"How awkward was that?" Remus asked. Sirius snickered a little bit. "It wasn't funny Sirius. Imagine you were in my place and George was Regulus and Leo was James." Ron said. Sirius stopped laughing, and James pulled a face.
Remus leaned over to James. "That would easily give Padfoot a mental breakdown." Remus whispered. James may or may not have smirked at the possibility of pranking his friend badly if he should cross him.
That's when Fred came over.
"Oh no…" Sirius groaned.
"Hey Leo." He greeted. "What was with Lee?" Leo asked. Fred snickered a bit.
"He was nervous." Aries pointed out.
"Well you see, there's this huge betting pool now concerning you and my siblings." Fred said. Leo dropped his fork and Ron coughed badly.
"Nearly choked." Ron huffed good naturedly.
"What pool?" Velvela asked. "There's this bet on who Leo kisses, and what not." Fred said.
"UGH." Sirius groaned as his forehead met the table.
Leo head desked then as Ron groaned.
"Hey." Harry pointed out as he gestured at Ron and Harry. "Shut up. You took a vow of silence on the subject." Leo said quickly. "They'll find out soon anyway." Harry pointed out. "Bollocks." Ron cursed.
"Are you in on it?" Harry asked.
Leo sent this look at Harry that said 'Really? Really, man?'
Why did Harry have to ask? They were almost in on every bet in school to try and earn as much money as possible for them and their family. It definitely wasn't their parents buying them their pranking equipment.
Septimus frowned a bit.
Leo felt his head being lifted and felt another set of lips.
"HIM TOO!?" Sirius shouted. Ron went green as Leo went red.
Fred let him go and Leo may or may not have screamed when he saw the twin pocket some money.
"I am not a whore!" Leo shouted indignantly. That got lots of laughter going. "No, but you do swing both ways." Harry pointed out. "Huh? You too?" Shizuka asked. Leo nodded a bit uncomfortable.
"Wait, who else is bi?" Aries asked. "Bi?" James asked. "Bisexual. Equal attraction to both genders." Aries clarified. Sirius raised a hand along with James. "Really?" Harry asked. "I'm more curious if anything." James said.
Shizuka and Liliana shared blushed looks of surprise and enjoyment. Maybe Liliana would like those novels I read. Shizuka thought.
{Sorry it took me so long to update! I had a lot on my plate to finish, and it might take me a while to update again (sorry!). However I would like to add something about the ending. If Shizuka and Liliana were real, and living in modern times they'd be yaoi/boyslove fans. Just putting that out there. So if there are any issues with that here's your warning since I'm going to be adding more of those types of stuff in the story. Please feel free to comment, and leave any suggestions. Thank you for reading my story so far!—CM}