So new chapter is here and i had some help beta reading this i hope it comes out better wrote and people enjoy it big thanks to 30KEWNE who helped and who had supported since the stories birth.
Over the last few days of term Harry and Heather spent a lot of time with Ginny keeping people away and trying to rebuild their lost friendship. After the attack it seemed like everyone had questions to ask her. Ginny's brothers were also being kept at bay. They had decided for themselves that even the simplest of tasks needed to be done for her.
When they had tried to fill her plate for her at dinner she had shouted at them causing several students to stop and stare at the scene. After this Harry and Heather decided to pull her away. This annoyed Ginny a bit but she knew that they were trying to be good friends and not baby her like her family.
Ginny would sleep on the sofa at nights rather than in her bed. Over the past two nights she had woken either Harry or Heather when she had nightmares. Harry and Heather would try to be supportive when they were woken, holding Ginny or talking quietly until she fell back asleep.
The night before the Hogwarts Express was particularly bad for the young redhead. She awoke some time in the early morning, damp from sweating and shaking slightly. Her scream had once again woke Harry which woke Heather as a result and they both went to comfort her.
Since the chamber Ginny had been seeing the Basilisk victims dead bodies in her dreams. Tom Riddle would laugh at her and tell her it was her fault. Her dreams made her relive the year making her feel guilty all over again.
Harry and Heather wanted to walk Ginny to Hogsmeade station but after breakfast that morning Dumbledore caught them trying to leave and pulled them back. Hermione promised to look after Ginny but this provided little comfort to any of the three friends.
"I cannot allow you to leave Hogwarts. You will be starting our private training tomorrow and i cannot have you slipping away again" As Dumbledore said this he led them away from the great hall and into his office.
"I will be back when I have seen all the students on the train, please do not leave this room"
Before he left he sealed the fireplace and cast a few charms on the room. They distinctly heard the door locking as he exited.
"I cannot believe he just locked us in," Heather said in shock.
"Tilly!" Harry called out. But for the first time since they met, Tilly did not arrive.
"Tilly always comes, was that the magic he cast?"
"Who knows, everyone always says how powerful he is, must be pretty powerful to stop Tilly" Harry said slightly defeated.
"That Headmaster can be a tricky one" The room looked empty, so the voice caused the twins to jump and pull out their wands to find the source.
"You going to attack a hat?" The voice sounded amused as it said this. The twins started looking for the Hat not knowing where it was kept as they walked the room. The hat called out "Colder" or "warmer." When they found the hat it laughed again and requested to be put on in case Dumbledore came back.
"I have been looking for an opportunity to talk with you two again. I felt the Magic when you approached my maker's relics. I wanted to see how you have grown." Harry and Heather were shocked by this bit of news and Heather looked at the hat with clear confusion. Harry could not see the hat since it was on his head.
"Are you talking about Godric's necklaces?" Harry asked the hat.
"I am indeed Potter. I felt you approach them last year but you did not collect them that must have meant you were not strong enough yet."
"Does that mean we are now?" Heather asked before the hat could say anymore.
"That is what I want to see today. Open your minds i'm going to take a look." As the hat said this both Potters shuddered not really wanting anyone in their heads. After a short debate they did as they were told.
"Your bond has grown much since you first arrived. I sense that something has changed with your relationship recently, would that be correct?" Harry and Heather blushed lightly, the only difference they had noticed is they wanted to kiss more and not on the cheeks.
The hat must have heard their thoughts because it suddenly spoke again.
"How very interesting, Would you say the bond is making you want to be closer? Maybe do things a normal sibling would not?"
"I'm not sure if I could tell you. We certainly desire each other's company and touch helps keep us both calm or relaxed. Since the chamber i would say more so though" Harry said, slightly confused by the hats curiosity.
"I suspect the bond you share felt threatened in the chamber and this is why you feel the desire more so. I feel I should let you know that your bond had not been seen in a sibling pair before and you should expect it to not act differently. I would expect it will evolve your desire to be close and encourage you to be a bit more intimate." As the hat was telling the pair this piece of news, Harry and Heather found that it did not repulse them as much as it most likely would other siblings.
"I'm not sure that I would mind but I'm sure many others would," Heather responded slowly, her cheeks darkening as she admitted this and thinking hard before she said anything else.
"One more thing I think I will mention. Your abilities academically and even those that cannot be measured by academics seem to be vastly improved.. I cannot tell if this is the bond or Godric's gift but I do hope you use your talents wisely. We all know how talent can taint." As the hat said this it looked at Harry's scar for a brief moment.
The hat then stopped to let them take in what it had said, listening to their thoughts this pair made him very curious.
"I know not what this bond will make you want to do next but it is my belief it will not force anything you do not truly want yourselves. What i will say is be aware of what it is telling you to do and be comfortable with it before acting."
"What do you think it will want us to do?" Heather asked blushing harder now.
Harry too was blushing as his sister's thoughts flooded into his mind.
"I cannot say for sure but i can see you have some ideas of your own so for now we will leave it as that. As for the Necklaces I would leave them be for now as your bond grows so too does your ability. I will check again when I can."
Harry felt the hat go silent and had a feeling the conversation was over. He placed the hat back where he found it and led Heather to the seat they had once occupied. Neither felt the need to say anything, both rather embarrassed.
They sat together for some time enjoying eachothers comfort and thinking about the information the hat had given them. What surprised them both is that they seemed more bothered on how people would react than doing the acts themselves.
So lost in their thoughts they did not realise Dumbledore had come back and was watching them. The old man sat at his desk and watched them for a short while seeing them so lost in each other. He contemplated trying to break their minds again.
Deciding he could risk their trust no further he decided against it and instead cleared his throat and gave a small smile that didn't quite reach its full potential.
The twins looked up surprised and turned in their seats to better face the headmaster.
Heather spoke first. "So now everyone we care about is away from us and we cannot leave. We would like to know just how limited we are in terms of walking the Castle?"
Dumbledore looked taken aback by Heather's boldness but years of practise meant he hid it rather well.
"Well as long as you do not leave the Hogwarts grounds and Do not enter the Forbidden Forest i don't see us having any problems. Please try to see that you are not prisoners, just students receiving extra tuition.
His words would have sounded so believable if Dumbledore had not already proven he was not trustworthy. Okay maybe untrustworthy was not the right way to put it but that is certainly how the twins were feeling right now.
Harry rose after hearing this statement after helping Heather to her feet.
"We can leave then?" He stopped and added as his hand reached for the door knob.
Dumbledore was feeling slightly annoyed at the lack of respect these kids were showing him at this point nodded. He waved them out.
Dumledore soon started pacing his office trying to understand just how he could lead these children while they do not like him. As he walked his office one of his portraits called over to him.
"Albus you may be interested in something that happened in your absence."
This particular portrait was of an old but beautiful witch. Her hair was bone white and cascaded down her back and out of the picture.
"What did you see here Edessa?" Dumbledore asked spinning round faster than one would have thought someone so old was capable of.
"Well in your absence the Sorting Hat over there decided to have a rather private conversation with the Potters. I know not what was said that cursed hat rarely speaks aloud but I can tell you by the reactions of the Potters the information shared was quite substantial."
"Thank you. This is surprising indeed. I doubt the hat will tell me what they spoke about but I shall definitely have to talk to him."
From across the room the hat gave a shallow laugh as if daring Dumbledore to try before becoming silent once again.
Meanwhile Harry and Heather found themselves wandering the corridors with no destination in mind. They had not spoken much since the incident in the office both seemed quite content to walk hand in hand.
They soon found themselves on the first floor and close to the library and as Heather realised where they were she led Harry in the direction of the library.
Harry gave a small laugh and turned to face his sister.
"It's not even the first day of holidays and you want to go to the library?"
"Yeah I do. I want to see if we can find out anything more about the Necklace that's in Godric's vault. I wondered if there was some reason that piece of jewelry was used instead of any of the others that were in there."
Harry followed Heather; his interest was not quite piqued but he wanted to help where he could.
It was an ominous feeling walking into an empty library; it definitely gave it an eerie feel.
"So where do you think we should start?" Harry thought as he stared out at the rows and rows of books. This caused Heather to look down the first few isles in pondermont.
"If I remember correctly information on the founders was kept down the fifth row? Or was it Fourth? I'm pretty sure it's no higher than five." As Heather listed isles she became less confident and shrugged choosing to go with her first choice.
Ten minutes later found them both at the bottom of the aisle with no books in hand.
"Guess it wasn't Fifth." As Heather said this she gave her brother a smile and winked hoping he wouldn't be too mad at how their time was being spent.
"So Fourth next or Sixth" Harry asked playfully whilst making his way down the Fourth isle of books. Heather gave a small laugh and followed Harry looking at section titles as they walked.
It took another Twenty minutes to find the Founders section of the Library and instead of the job getting easier it was not. there must have been at least two hundred books here. Harry and Heather found themselves over the next hour looking through many books disregarding ones that were not about Godric himself.
For the next two hours a mountain of books surrounded Harry and more so Heather at a small table. Neither had much luck finding anything about this particular necklace. Suddenly Heather jumped up and was at Harry's side. she dropped a larger Dark leather bound book on the table in front of him.
It took Harry some time to see what it was that Heather was so excited about, it wasn't until Heather sent him a mental nudge he looked at the female's hand.
The picture appeared to be of Godric and his wife. The caption below said heroes fend of Godric's Hollow from dark wizards. In the picture Godric had in his hands his famous sword. Lady Gryffindor also had a sword in her and this sword was identical to the one Heather had pulled from the hat.
The next page had a follow up that appeared to be a testimony given by the Gryffindor lovers.
Lord and Lady Gryfindor were more than happy to give us a few words to write in our history books after they slew several dark wizards who came to Godric's Hollow and assaulted members of the public. The event led to four deaths and many more injured.
A little further down was where it got interesting however.
"Yes this sword was a Family heirloom. It is said that this sword has been in our family since the time of Merlin himself" Lady Griffindor informed us when asked the origin of her quite immaculate sword. She went on to tell us. "If the rumours are to be believed the sword once belonged to King Arthur or as many text name him King Uther after his father"
"So I suppose the question we now ask is do we really believe that sword was created by Merlin?" The shock was clear in Harry's thought and was laced with disbelief.
Heather however was far less quick to throw this away.
"We should see what we can find on King Arthur and find out all we need is one text that describes the sword Merlin made." As Heather shared her thoughts Harry tried his best not to shut her down right away but it seemed hard for him to swallow.
Heather, feeling Harry's hesitance took his hand and led him out of the room smiling at him.
"I can see you don't feel as strongly as me, let's do something fun and we can pick this up tomorrow?"
Harry squeezed Heather's hand and allowed himself to be led from the room, the towering books left on the table forgotten about.
"Sorry Sis but it just seems hard to believe. The great sage Merlin made a sword and it just happens to come to us? Seems unlikely."
Heather took a quick look around before kissing Harry lightly. Blushing she sent her thoughts.
"I know that it is hard to believe and i honestly cannot tell you why i think it is true but please help me again tomorrow it would take me all summer to search alone."
To say Harry was startled would be an understatement he stopped dead in his tracks and stared at Heather.
"That was surprising"
"The hat said do what feels right." Heather's answer was timid and her thoughts were full of doubt about her actions she suddenly feared Harry's reaction. Harry however pulled Heather into a tender hug and kissed her very lightly.
The two stood there perfectly happy in each other's embrace. The pair were so happy they never even noticed a deep purple cape disappear round the next corner.
Back in his office Dumbledore was sipping on a firewhiskey and muttering to himself.
"No we can definitely not allow that to continue, but how to stop them without losing even more of their trust. Then there is that secret room of theirs this needs to stop before kissing is the least of what they do."
"Priscilla" Dumbledore called out to the empty room.
In an instant a house elf appeared before Dumbledore. This particular House Elf appeared to be better dressed than the other house elves at Hogwarts for this of course was Hogwarts head Elf.
"Headmaster Dumbledore summons Priscilla, how can she be of service?"
"I would like you to keep an extra special eye on our summer guests and if they start acting romantically with each other stop it but don't get caught. They cannot know what I have asked."
Dumbledore smiled to himself seemingly pleased with his solution to his problem.
The small house elf bowed so low her nose touched the floor.
"Of course Headmaster i will do as i is asked."
With not another word the Elf left leaving the Headmaster alone once again.
He did not stay in his office long however. He headed down to the corridor he had found the twins.
"What were you doing down here" He pondered as he walked. Seeing the Library he turned and entered it. Normally seeing books left out would have annoyed the Headmaster but right now he saw it as good fortune.
For the next few hours Dumbledore looked for similarities in the books. He was just about to leave when he saw a book peculiarly left open. It did not take him long to read what Harry and Heather had. Another smile broke over his face and he swooped down the isles leaving with a Red leather bound book.