"You haven't, you didn't find it did you?" Papa asked the twins
"Found what?" Dad asked
"Are you talking about what I think you're talking about?" Sirius asked as he Remus came over
"Oh no, they haven't found it have they." Remus commented as he heard the conversation
"Can we have some insight on what you are talking about? You're confusing us." Dad commented
"Back in Hogwarts, myself, Sirius, Remus and Pettigrew where a group or a gang called the Marauders-"
"Oh no, they aren't." Severus commented
"-anyway, we found all these tunnels in the school hidden rooms and passageways so we created a map, it was linked to the schools wards courtesy of Remus-"
"-You're welcome." Remus interrupted
"-We were able to watch everyone's movements, so that we weren't able to get caught by any teachers or prefects, while we were snooping and sneaking out, where did you two find it? The last I saw it Sirius had I taken from him by Filch." Papa finished turning to the twins
"My bad, I wasn't watching the map properly, I was trying to follow Dumbledore, but luckily we added a back up just in case it wasn't in our hands." Sirius said while scratching the back of his head
"You mean how it insults people?"
"~How did you manage to do that?"
"Remus once again and his talent." Papa stated, keeping his eyes locked on the twins, while Remus did a dramatic bow
"Thank you very much." I covered my mouth with my hand as I laughed at Remus's antics so it wasn't as loud.
"I'll ask again boys, how did you get the map?" Papa asked with a stern look
"We found it in Filch's office-
"~In one of his draws-"
"_It was by accident, we didn't mean to go though his draws."
"How do you not mean to go through someone's draws?" Severus asked, they both lowered their heads
"_We just wanted our wands back."
"Wait, Filch had your wands?" Remus asked, both twins nodded "Why?"
"_We don't know-"
"We were just on our way to class-"
"~When he stopped us and told us to hand over our wands-"
"We couldn't even do the rest of our lessons-"
"~We got so much detention for not doing our lessons properly-"
"_We only went there to get them back, but we found the map-"
"It took us forever to crack it open and seal it-
"_We're sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry boys, it's not your fault, we don't blame you for anything, but you will be handing over that map for the remainder of the summer." Dad stated
"_Will we get it back?"
"Boys."
"_Sorry, we'll hand it over when we get home." Dad nodded
"Which reminds me we should all be getting back to the Manor." We all nodded
"I should be getting back to my own Manor, before it gets blown up." Ciel commented as he came down with Sebastian who stood next to me, before Ciel nodded to me and dad before leaving the room
"Let us be off then." Dad then pulled out another chain for us each to grab onto which we each did, dad said the password before I felt a tug on my navel before we were travelling back home. When we landed I was the only one who managed to slip and fall only to be caught by Sebastian who helped me stand up right, which made everyone chuckle or snicker, I frowned
"It's not funny."
"It is Hadrian, how can you not land from a Portkey?" Lucius asked
"Raised. By. Muggles." I then turned and walked down the corridor to my room, not caring if Sebastian was following me, I got to my room and slammed the door shut behind me before removing my cloak and throwing it onto my bed as the door opened and then closed again
"Believe it or not Young Master, I do not like having doors slammed in my face." Sebastian said as he took his own coat off and setting it over my desk chair as I sat on my window sill
"I'm sorry Sebastian, I'm just not in the mood anymore."
"Because of what was said? You really shouldn't let it get to you, you will learn in time how to land from the Portkey, you will never be able to get it first time round."
"Then how come you can do it?"
"Because I am a Demon, I am use to sudden landings such as a landing from a Portkey."
"So your excuse is that you're a Demon?"
"Indeed, my Lord." I shook my head in exasperation before leaning back against the wall and looking out of the window, before there was a knock on the door "I'll get it my Lord." I heard his footsteps and then the door opening "Young Master, there is someone who wishes to speak to you, I must step out for a few minutes, I will be back soon my Lord." I heard someone enter before the door closed
"Hadrian-" Lucius started
"Go away."
"Hadrian, you can't respond to him like that, let him speak." Dad said, I didn't realise he was here
"Fine."
"Hadrian, I didn't mean to offend you with what I said, it wasn't meant the way it sounded, or at least I didn't mean for it to sound like the way it came out, I know landed from a Portkey doesn't happen first time round, it comes naturally with time, I know from experience and I am sorry." Lucius said, I continued to look out of the window without responding
"Hadrian." Dad growled, I still didn't turn to look at them
$$-Do not ignore me Hadrian-$$
$-What do you want me to say? He hurt my feelings and you expect me to have a civil conversation with him?!-$
$$-Do not yell at me, I expect you to respond and acknowledge us, no matter if he hurt your feelings he is your Godfather and you will treat him with respect-$$
"I understand what you're trying to say, Lucius and I may have taken it the wrong way, I still don't like how it was said."
"I understand Hadrian, and I will make it up to you." I gave a slight nod of my head, before I heard footsteps and the door opening and closing
"I will not have you ignoring me, nor yelling at me Hadrian."
"I apologise for being offended." That got me a hit round the back of the head
"You being offended does not result in you being ignorant, rude and sarcastic Hadrian, I will not tolerate it therefore, you're grounded for two weeks, that means no fun, and no potions work, they will just have to wait until your grounding is over." I didn't say anything I just nodded as I heard him leave the room a tear fell from my eye. I'm going to fail potions, be behind even more than I already am, I just want to go to sleep and not wake up until my grounding is up, I yawned before returning to look back out the window
A few minutes later the door opened again
"Young Master, I've returned, I see your guests have left, how long have you been alone?"
"A few minutes."
"Young Master are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I just want to be alone right now."
"If you so wish Young Master." Then he left again, and another tear fell down my cheek. I grabbed a pillow from my bed and laid it on the window sill, before climbing back on and curling up before drifting off to sleep.
Tom's Pov - Dinner time (7.00 pm)
I was sat at the table with everyone around me having their own chats while they ate, but I was thinking about Hadrian, maybe I had been too hard on him, he still had yet to come out of his room since I grounded him, just then the door opened, everyone turned to look, only to see Sebastian enter
"Is something wrong Sebastian?"
"My Young Master doesn't seem to want to wake up."
"What do you mean? How long has he been asleep?"
"He went to sleep after he asked me to leave, in more friendlier terms he then went to sleep and hasn't woken up since, though he has been crying."
"What?!"
"Tom calm down." James said resting a hand on my arm
"How long has he been crying?"
"I am unsure as to if he was crying before he went to sleep or during his sleep, the tracks on his face are dry, I've tried to wake him up, but he wouldn't."
"Severus is there any spell that could prevent someone waking up?"
"Tom, he could simply not want to wake up for some reason bad enough to cause him to want to sleep in the first place." Severus responded
"You don't think what I said caused him to do that do you?" Lucius asked, I shook my head
"No, I caused this."
"How could you have caused it Tom?" James asked
"I grounded him for two weeks, for a reason he couldn't really help, I doubt he has been grounded before, I refused to allow him to do his potions work-" I got hit round the back of the head by James "What was that for?"
"He already thinks he's failing in his potions, he was trying to bring his grades up, by refusing to allow him to do potions you've probably made him think he is going to fail again, he's behind enough as it is, what did he even do to deserve a grounding?"
"He was being ignorant, rude and sarcastic, I don't appreciate that."
"Idiot, I would have acted the same way he did, no offence Lucius, but if someone said that to me I wouldn't be happy either, you also need to realise he grew up in an abusive home, he gets his attitude from me and you know that, but he wouldn't have been able to speak back or do any of the things you mentioned of the fear of being beaten. He knows we won't hit him." I flinched slightly, but everyone caught it, making James growl "What did you do?!"
"I just clipped him round the back of the head, nothing serious."
"But he will now thing that is going to happen every time he does something wrong! And I wondered why we didn't see him at lunch, you grounded him for two weeks, he'll want to sleep for that long!"
"Look James, I'm sorry, but what do you want me to do? Revoke the grounding? He'll never learn!"
"He'll never get better if you hit him either! You can't ground him for being ignorant, rude or sarcastic! A telling off? Yes, but a grounding? You are going to wake up our son, who not only stood in front of the Wizengamot, but went through having to see you die, again he would have been an emotional rollercoaster-Muggle thing- so you are going to wake up our son, revoke the grounding and then you will be sleeping on the sofa in the sitting room."
"James, that's not fair."
"What's not fair is you, and grounding your son for him giving you what some kids give their parents every day, and they don't get grounded for it."
"That's them not me-"
"Exactly, but you are grounding him for something so minor you could stunt his confidence! In general and in his work!"
"Alright fine, I'll go try wake him up, but sleeping on the sofa in the sitting room? That's so far away."
"I don't care you brought it on yourself, now go." James then pointed at the door and glared at me. I sighed before standing up and leaving with Sebastian following soon after. I entered Hadrian's room to see him laying still on the bed
"I moved him from the window sill, I thought he might be more comfortable when he woke up." Sebastian said as he closed the door, I nodded and sat on the edge of the bed, before opening Hadrian's eyes and looking into them
"Legilimens." Next thing I knew, I found myself in front of the chamber of secrets entrance
$$-Open-$$ each of the snake heads pulled back as a single snake moved around the door as it unlocked, and opened inwards. I stepped through to find the library from our Manor
"No that's not it, neither is that, no, no, no, where is it?!" I looked over to where the voice came from, and spotted Hadrian throwing books onto the ground, there were a lot of books all over the floor
"What are you looking for Hadrian?" I watched as he jumped and turned to me before turning away
"Why are you here?" he asked pulling down another book, looking at the cover before throwing it on the ground
"To talk to you, but first what are yo looking for? Maybe I can help."
"I don't want your help, I can find it by myself." He then moved away to another book self further into the room, I followed after him but then Sebastian appeared in front of me in a defensive stance
"I woke fight him Hadrian, I won't fight you either."
"Then leave, I don't want you here." I growled and pulled my wand out and pointed it at Sebastian
"Stupefy." He dropped to the ground and I walked over to him before grabbing a hold of his wrist as he was about to throw another book down, he flinched. "Hadrian stop, this is your mind if you want to find something, change it so you can find it, but we need to talk." He pulled his wrist from my grasp
"Then talk." I sighed
"Hadrian, I'm sorry for grounding you and hitting you over the head, you're no longer banned from doing your potions work, nor are you grounded anymore, I shouldn't have grounded you for something so petty in the first place and I'm sorry for that, but you need to wake up."
"Wake up? I'm not asleep, am I?"
"Yes you are, you've been asleep since after you asked Sebastian to leave."
"I don't understand, I don't remember going to sleep." I frowned
"What are you trying to find?"
"Some memories I want to look back at, but I can't seem to find them, every book in here was organised by date, but they seem to be missing, and I don't know why."
"Hmm, why don't we have a look around, see if we can find anything else to clue into where those memories could be, but it sounds like a memory charm to me." He nodded and took a hold of my hand, making my eyes widen slightly, before they softened and we started walking around the everlasting library "Are these all your memories?"
"Some of them are my thoughts and feelings, and also my fake memories."
"Fake memories Hadrian?"
"The ones that Dumbledore created, and placed in my head."
"He placed memories inside your head?"
"He changed my memories from Halloween night make me think you have killed Papa and Lily Evans, and made me think you were the bad guy, I never trusted him at all, from since he sent Hagrid to pick me up to take me to get my school supplies, when I found out about the philosophers stone I...I went to...I went to confront him." Then a light shone and a book appeared in his hand "I remember! Dumbledore he Obliviated me, but I can't remember why he did it, but at least this book can go back to where it belongs." The book then disappeared from his hand
"He shouldn't have Obliviated you, he had no right, you're my son, no one touches you." He gasped and another book appeared in his hand, I chuckled "Remember something?"
"Yes, I remember why he Obliviated me, I confronted him about the stone being in the school, and that I was your son, and that you would be back someday because family doesn't leave anyone behind or alone, he didn't like my response or my lack of obedience, so he Obliviated me and planted memories my head and to go after the stone and to fight against you, though it wasn't even you was it?"
"No it wasn't me at all, I would have recognised you and stopped, I don't think the event even happened, I think it was another memory that wasn't be rid of."
"But why didn`t it go? Why did it stay?"
"I think it stayed, because you wanted it to, it is a part of the past that Dumbledore may have made, but you thought it was real, so it counts as one of your memories."
"Oh, do you know how I can wake up?" the book disappeared from his hands as he stopped walking
"You want to wake up? Why would you want to leave here?" we both turned to see an image of Dumbledore appear "There is no confrontation, no pain, it's peaceful, why leave?" Hadrian started to shake, I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him close
"My family-"
"Mean nothing to you, they don't want you, your own father hit you, just like your uncle, what's to say he won't do it again?" Dumbledore asked
"NO-"
"Hadrian, it's just a defence, it's your subconscious, it doesn't want you to wake up in fear of being hurt again, it's only you but it's taken the form of someone you hate, to make it harder for you to wake up, you want to wake up? Will yourself from your mind, or create a defence that can defeat your doubts."
"A defence?" Hadrian asked
"Yes, something to defend yourself, your own mind, to defend yourself of your own doubts."
"Can't you-"
"I can't Hadrian, you have to defend yourself here, I can't I don't belong in your mind." He sighed
"Alright." He closed his eyes and gripped onto my arms, there was a light and a form of Sebastian appeared, along with James and the twins "Family, protects each other." I tightened my grasp on him as he looked up at me and smiled, I smiled back down at him. The Dumbledore image faded as did the images of James, Sebastian and the twins "Dad I want to go home now." I smiled at him
"Just will yourself from your mind and I'll be there when you wake up." He nodded and closed his eyes, before he disappeared from his mind, I followed soon after. I was back in his bedroom looking into Hadrian's open eyes, that suddenly filled with tears before he threw himself at me, hugging me around the neck
"Dad, I'm so sorry." I sighed and hugged him back
"You have no reason to be sorry Hadrian, it is I that should be sorry, and I am I meant what I said in your mind, you are no longer under punishment, and I am sorry for hitting you."
"I forgive you, I shouldn't have spoken to you like that, I shouldn't have ignored you or Lucius and I'm sorry."
"It's alright Hadrian, now come you've missed lunch and almost dinner as well, you must be hungry come on." I patted his back and we pulled away from each other, a handkerchief was held in front of Hadrian, I turned and saw Sebastian holding it out to Hadrian who took it and dried his eyes with it, before tucking it into his pocket. Then we both stood up and left the room with Hadrian holding my hand, and with Sebastian following behind us. When we entered the dining hall Hadrian was immediately pulled into a hug by James, pulling his hand from mine
"I'm so glad you're alright Hadrian." James said tightening his grasp "You're still sleeping on the sofa Tom." I sighed and nodded, earning some snickers from people in the room.
