AN:sorry for the long wait i'm just really busy with some issues in my life rn i will try post a bit more frequently.
The twins were woken up early that morning by knocking on their door, they quickly changed out of their pyjamas and went to answer the door. Hermione greeted them both with a hug as soon the door was open, Ron gave them a look that was hard to read it was a mixture of fury and happiness.
"Where the heck have you been i can't believe you hid for two weeks and not even the Auror's could find you" Hermione almost shouted as she let them go.
"You know everyone was really worried my mom sent me a howler telling me that if i knew anything i was to tell her" Ron added sheepishly.
The twins wondered what the heck a howler was but chose to ignore that for now. They shared a look before answering.
"Well after Dumbledore forced us away from Aunt Minerva we decided we would not let Dumbledore get he wanted"
It was Harry who spoke but Heather sat close and it was clear she was of the same opinion, Hermione looked at them shocked. Ron had a look of awe and curiosity.
"Did you really throw Dumbledore across the courtroom?"
When Heather and Harry blushed slightly there was no doubt that it was true. They twins explained everything but refused to tell their friends where they had been staying. This made both of them rather annoyed but they knew the twins would not budge.
It was Ron and Hermione's turn to tell their tale next. But they had not found out much of importance only that the chamber was opened 50 years ago and that if it was Malfoy he wasn't even telling Crabbe.
Looking at the time Ron exclaimed that if they didn't leave soon they would miss breakfast so they all left. At breakfast an owl that the twins did not recognise landed by them, the owl in question held it's leg out and took off a second after the letter was removed.
Harry, Heather you will report to my office right after breakfast we need to talk about your behaviour. Tell the gargoyle that i like Pear Drops.
Headmaster Dumbledore
The twins quickly hid the letter and took their time with breakfast, by the time they left they were some of the last in the room and McGonagall was ushering students to their first lessons. They knew they could put this off no longer and hurried to see the Headmaster hoping they could get away fast.
As they entered the first thing that they noticed is Dumbledore did not have his usual smile on his face, it was a mixture of anger and contemplation. Dumbledore knew he would have to play his card well if he had any chance of making the twins listen.
"Harry, Heather please sit down we need to talk, lemon drop?"
The twins sat close and held each other closer than they normally would, they knew Dumbledore who thought they were to close would be annoyed by this and they were right.
He did not mention it though and sat behind his desk.
"You caused much worry when you took off like you did. I would like to know where you went"
Dumbledore had phrased it not as a question and looked at them waiting for an answer.
"We don't want to answer that question" Harry and Heather said together, this caused the pair to giggle and Dumbledore to frown.
"This is no laughing matter Harry, Heather you worried a lot of people with your dare i say impressive disappearing act, but i cannot allow it to happen again and I must insist you tell me where you went"
"If you have nothing else to talk to us about may we leave because we are not telling you where we went or how we left" Harry said this with such determination Dumbledore was temporarily stunned.
"We do not acknowledge you as our guardian and will not answer to you" Heather added as they started to rise. Dumbledore did not look deterred and flicked his wand at the door. No words were uttered but the sound of the lock turning did not go unnoticed.
"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to leave while you continue to show this level of disobedience. I took over your Guardianship because there are things I must teach you while i offer you protection. I cannot do this however if you keep up this behaviour"
This had the twins curious but there anger at being locked in had clouded their interest and they looked at Dumbledore with such a look of distrust that Dumbledore recoiled slightly. He had never felt such emotion from two children so young, he could almost feel their dislike for him.
"We don't want to learn anything from you. Your teachers will teach us everything we need to know" Heather was the one to speak. The twins had continued over to the door. The door would not open even with the unlock spell they had learnt.
"Please sit down let us discuss your wants and see if we cannot come to an understanding" Seeing that the door would not budge they sat down and stared daggers at Dumbledore.
Before Dumbledore could say another word, the room was shocked as Fawkes landed on Harry's shoulder, The bird leaned his head close to the twins and trilled softly, the twins could feel their anger eb away. They could not hear what Fawkes was saying but they got the impression he wanted them to listen for a bit and if they really wanted to leave he would help.
It was a weird feeling and neither knew how they knew that's what Fawkes wanted but they both believed it to be true. Dumbledore who was normally good at understanding his companion looked on shocked by this behaviour.
"What we want is to be released back into the care of Aunt Minerva" Harry started.
"We also want you to stop interfering with us, you might think our relationship odd but we don't care what you think after all we have been through Harry is the only one i will trust completely" Heather added seamlessly.
"Alas I cannot let you return to McGonagall Castle the wards at Hogwarts will protect you much better this is the safest place in Britain maybe even the world. I do not agree with how close you two have been lately but as a show that I only want what's best for you I will drop this subject for now"
The twins looked at Dumbledore they was surprised he was willing to drop the matter of their closeness but they got a sense he was not telling them everything and this made them cautious.
"With all due respect Professor, we would feel safer at McGonagall Castle. Hogwarts has not exactly been as safe as you're suggesting"
"In our first year we had to fight Voldemort to save the stone and this year people are being Petrified and you do not know how and seem unable to stop it" Harry had added onto Heather's statement.
Dumbledore paled and he knew he could not argue this, he was getting frustrated again it should not be this hard to get two children to follow his orders. His face must have showed his frustration to Fawkes for he thrilled once more.
The twins acting on instinct took the bird's tail feather. Dumbledore looked shocked as he realised what was about to happen.
"FAWKES DON'T DO THAT"
His anger was no longer hidden and he made to move around his desk. Before he could even stand Fawkes flashed out of the room the twins with him. They were now in their private room so they could get their things for the next lesson.
They thanked Fawkes who allowed himself to be petted before disappearing in a flash.
Dumbledore quickly unlocked his door and left his office for the corridor below, he saw no sign of his companion or the twins. He cursed under his breath and went back to his office. He waited a good twenty minutes for his companion but it seemed Fawkes was not inclined to return right now.
Dumbledore started pacing his study he could not make heads or tails of what was happening with the twins. He went over to his shelf and pulled off several books to look at. He had spent the past two weeks looking for an answer to the golden light but he had no clue.
After an hour he threw the book shut and left to see Minerva. She had a free period and he found her grading essays when she noticed him enter she visibly stiffened.
"Minerva….."
Before he could say anything more he was cut off.
"What the hell do you want Albus, I swear to god if you have come to get me to help you with Harry and Heather i will hex you"
"Please Minerva i need to prepare them the way only i can, somethings are out of our control"
Minerva looked furious and her hand went to her wand.
"ALBUS THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH" As she shouted this Dumbledore recoiled but she continued. "For the first time in their lives they had a home they were safe, they were recovering slowly from the trauma. Your so obsessed with whatever plan you have for them you don't even realise what effect uprooting them again will have"
Dumbledore looked chastised for a moment before he looked stubbornly at Minerva.
"I am doing what is best for their future Minerva i promise you that"
"No Albus your doing what YOU think is best for their future and I do not agree with you. If you wan't their trust earn it yourself i refuse to help you. Now i suggest you leave"
Dumbledore sighed knowing this was a lost cause he left wondering where the twins were now. He decided to check their class before going back to his studies.
Harry and Heather grabbed their Charms textbooks and headed to their lessons. They had no idea how they would be able to concentrate on the lessons today both were rather annoyed. Before they got to their class they were distracted by a lot of water that was flooding the corridor before them.
Deciding that they didn't care about being any later to class they went to check out the cause.
The cause seemed to be a girls bathroom that had an out of order sign on the door. Harry had remembered Hermione talk about this bathroom. She had told them no one went in there because of a ghost called Myrtle. This was also the room they brewed the Polyjuice potion.
The ghost in question was not in the best of moods today it seemed someone had decided to throw a book at her. The book was a small Black leather bound diary. For some reason Heather did not like this diary something about it installed fear in her.
Flipping through it Harry found it empty this confused Harry to no end, why would someone want to get rid of an empty diary. He decided to do some digging and put the book in his bag much to Heather's disappointment.
The rest of the day passed quietly the twins could feel Dumbledore's gaze on them as they ate in the great hall but they purposely refused to catch his eye. When they arrived back in common room Heather pulled Hermione upstairs to their room.
Hermione was confused but followed them she much preferred there room since it was so quiet she could get a lot of work done. As she entered Heather led her to the sofa and told Harry to show her the book. Hermione was straight away curious about a book they wanted her to see.
"We found this in Myrtle's bathroom this morning, Harry won't get rid of it because he thinks it's odd someone would throw away an unused diary" Heather said shooting a look of disapproval at her brother who looked apologetic.
Hermione quickly took the book and turned it over examining every inch. When she found nothing that stood out she waved her wand over the book. "Aparecium"
Seeing her spell did nothing she pulled out a red eraser and rubbed it over the page January first. "That's a revealer. But it seems the book really empty" Hermione said a little put out.
"Now will you get rid of it Harry? There is something odd about that book" Harry thought about this for a second and set it on the fireplace, why he didn't want to get rid of it he could not tell them but something told him he should explore it more.
Heather was not happy at this but she accepted his curious nature warning him if it turned out to be fishy she was going to get rid of it. Harry wanting to placate her a little agreed and kissed her cheek making her blush and Hermione look at them slightly curious.
Hermione spent the rest of the night doing their homework in the private room, Ron came up sometime later realising they would not come back down.
As January passed and nothing happened the diary was forgotten nothing really happened until Valentine's day. As the school arrived in the great hall they saw it was decorated rather over the top for the special day. Lockhart had even decided to wear bright pink robes.
When he stood to speak he was glad to see the other teachers did not share his enthusiasm for the day. He informed the school that Golden winged dwarfs would be playing cupid and delivering peoples valentines day cards for people.
All day long the Dwarfs would interrupt classes handing card or singing poems to the recipient, the teacher's were very annoyed by this and would shoo them away as soon as they were done. After the third interruption McGonagall cast a locking charm on her door and swore quietly.
That afternoon Harry was prodded in the back by one of the Dwarfs. Harry had tried to get away but the Dwarf had expected this and hit him in the shins making him fall, he then sat on Harry's back as he sang a poem to him.
Several people burst out laughing after the Dwarf finished and moved on people laughed until Percy came by rather mad that so many students were late for class he sent them all on their way. Heather had laughed a little too but when she saw how angry Harry was she stopped and sympathised with him.
Ah they started to walk off Malfoy started to jeer about Harry keeping a diary, he had forgotten he had it on him. He had put it in his bag after Heather told him she didn't want it on their fireplace. Unseen by anyone Ginny was looking at the Diary terrified.
Harry didn't wait for Percy to get involved he pointed his wand at Malfoy.
"Expelliarmus!"
The disarm spell worked perfectly and harry caught the book deftly. Harry was scolded by Percy for using magic in the corridors. But he ignored him and started walking off, that was when Malfoy spoke up looking furious at Harry he turned to Ginny.
"I don't think Harry liked your valentine at all" As he sneered he walked away, before anyone could say anything to Ginny she had ran off to her class, Heather thought she saw a tear in her old best friends eye.
When Harry and Heather arrived in Charms Harry noticed all his things were covered in ink that was except for the diary. He didn't have time to question this because Flitwick was eager to start class, he was rather annoyed so many were late.
That night Harry went into the bedroom alone to study the diary he didn't want to look at it around Heather who was threatening to do as she promised and dispose of the book.
When Harry left the bedroom some time later he pulled Heather into his side, he held her for a few moments, this confused her to no end. After he calmed he went to get Ron and Hermione. When the four were all sat down Harry explained what had happened and what the book Riddle had told him.
"Hagird likes his strange creatures sure but he wouldn't attack students" Hermione said in a tone that suggested she was trying to convince herself more than anyone else.
They talked for a long time trying to work out what to do with this new information. No one wanted to believe Hagrid was guilty, but they knew he had been expelled and what Harry saw he could not get out of his mind.
"I want to see what riddle showed you myself can you show me Harry?" As Heather thought this he silently shared his memory though their bond. Their friends watched as Harry and Heather went silent and locked eyes with each other. Sensing something was going on they was not invited to share they waited.
"Hermione i want you to look into spiders that can petrify people and Harry and me will go see Hagrid. I want answers" Hermione was taken aback by Heather's sudden control over the situation she normally let Harry lead.
Over the next few days their thoughts were taken away from Hagrid by the teachers announcing that the second year students would be expected to take elective classes next year, these classes would affect future jobs.
Harry, Heather and Hermione took some time looking into each class Ron did not see this as important and informed them he was taking Divination and care of magical creatures for easy passes. He was scolded pretty harshly by Hermione and Heather for this but would not budge on his choice.
Harry had thought of doing the same but after looking up divination he knew it would be a subject he would not enjoy and decided not to take it. Both twins quickly decided they did not want or need muggle studies so that was crossed off too.
The clear choices they could see were Arithmancy and Ancient Runes, they also thought taking Care of Magical Creatures would be interesting but that would increase their workload a little. They decided to speak with Aunt Minerva about it and left Hermione and her dilemma she of course wanted to study everything.
It was late that week before they got a chance to talk to Minerva they had been given so much homework now the new year was in, this was to prepare them for the end of year exams.
When they knocked Minerva hugged them both quite tight and led them to her sitting area. After serving drinks the twins told her their thoughts on the electives.
When they left that night they had been reassured that they were smart enough to handle the extra work and that Minerva had every confidence in them. Feeling her love and confidence they decided to take Ancient Runes, Arithmancy (which was basically Advanced Math used to create spells) and Care of Magical Creatures.
When they arrived at the common room Ginny met them looking sheepish and afraid. "Can we talk?"
This confused both twins, Ginny had barely spoken to them this year and had often been quite rude when they tried to spend time with her. Something was different right now though neither twin could say what. They nodded and led her upstairs.
As they entered Harry and Heather hung their bags on the door and led Ginny to the sofas, it was an awkward twenty minutes, much to Harry and Heather's annoyance Ginny couldn't explain her behaviour and when the twins tried to reassure her they wanted to be friends again but they wanted answers she had really hurt them.
This caused Ginny to start crying she made for the door and she slipped out she unknown to anyone slipped the diary from harry's bag using a quietly muttered levitation charm the bag hidden by her body as she left.
Harry didn't even notice the book was missing for a few days when he asked Heather about it she promised she had not gotten rid of it, Harry struggled at first to believe this but Heather let him see into her mind she was not lying. Harry searched for the next few days but could not find any sign of the book. Heather was happy about this but she didn't rub that in, something Harry was thankful for.
