Book 3 I must say I am very happy with how this story is going so far and all the support it received. as always please Review if you saw something you liked or maybe didn't i respond to all Reviews so check your Pm for my reply.
On September the first Harry and Heather called Priscilla to take them back to the school. They had not been back thirty minutes before Priscilla came with summons from the Headmaster. Choosing to get it out the way fast they headed over right away holding hands knowing it would annoy Dumbledore.
As they entered his office Dumbledore he looked at them with a look of distaste on his face. He watched them sit down in one chair. This meant Heather was in Harry's lap.
"Do you have to sit so close? I do have multiple chairs."
"We are fine as we are thank you Headmaster." They both replied at the same time. This caused Dumbledore to shake his head lightly.
"I'm afraid that that is just one more thing I find unacceptable I must say." The way he spoke suggested he had more to say and so they did not interrupt.
"Running away like you did is what we need to talk about first. I have worked hard to try and protect you since you came to Hogwarts. Making you wards of the school was not a way to control you both but keep you safe. Your blatant disregard for the rules is very troubling and exceedingly dangerous." It was clear that Dumbledore was struggling to keep his voice level; he was clearly angry.
"We do not want your protection. For Eleven years you left us in a harmful environment without checking up on us." Harry spoke effectively cutting Dumbledore off.
"You have proven even since we have come to Hogwarts that you may not be as good at protecting us as you think. First the stone then the Chamber." Heather continued with no pause for Dumbledore to speak.
"You think that just because you are well respected people should do everything you say, exactly how you want it. Get this into your head Headmaster we do not want you in charge of our care." At Harry's words Dumbledore paled. How was it that everytime he spoke to these twins they had a way of taking control of the conversation away from him.
"Harry, Heather please. I am trying to fix the mistakes I made leaving you with you aunt and uncle. I just want to keep you safe from what is ahead."
"We know what is ahead and we think that you are not going to be helping us with this. You tell us nothing and expect our compliance." Heather replied her tone of voice louder now her anger was brewing. Dumbledore moved further away from the pair before him. Heather's anger was now manifesting into golden sparks and they were lashing out in random directions. Harry grabbed Heather's hand and the sparks died away.
"If you're done Headmaster, my sister is quite distressed and I want to get her away from you. If it is not school related we would appreciate you staying out of our business." With this and before Dumbledore could react Harry left leading his sister away.
"I warn you Dumbledore you will not like what happens if you keep trying to control our lives. We are not pawns for you to play with no matter how much you seem to forget it." With her last words she let her anger flair once more.
Back in their room Heather's anger was still bubbling. Harry, not really sure how to calm her, led her to the bathroom. Together they shared a nice long bath.
Sirius Black apperated north not long after the twins left Fleamont. He waited by the Whomping Willow for the sign Dumbledore was distracted. The sign came much faster than he had expected. He could only assume Dumbledore had summoned his godchildren.
Not wasting a moment, Sirius dashed up to the seventh floor. When he found the tapestry he was looking for he paced three times. There where the wall had been now stood a large Oak door. Sirius sighed gently and entered the room.
The room had once been a simple replica of the Gryffindor common room and the base of operations for the Marauders. Now the room resembled a small one bedroom flat. The sitting room is rather ordinary. There were two sofas and a couple of arm chairs, bookcases stood in one corner. On the opposite side was a small kitchen equipped with a cooker and a fridge freezer.
There was a door leading off of the main room that led to his new bedroom and off of that room was an En suite bathroom fully equipped for the long stay ahead. Priscilla who had followed Sirius to his new quarters promised to bring him anything he needed then she left.
It was much later than Sirius expected before Harry and Heather entered. Even though Heather had calmed down significantly Sirius could see something was off. As they sat down opposite Sirius he looked at them with a raised eyebrow.
"Don't go there Pads. Dumbledore." Harry said, squeezing Heather's hand.
"Well you will be happy to know the room did not disappoint." He stood and walked over to one of his bookcases and smiled back at the twins. Sirius pushed the bookcase lightly and it slid back and out of the way revealing a large room.
The room had several training dummies around the edge. Also around the edge was an array of swords on racks. Sitting in the centre of the room was a professional looking dueling platform. Whatever anger Heather had left evaperated seeing this great room.
"Yep this room still knows how to come through." Sirius laughed seeing Harry and Heather's reaction.
"It's great Padfoot." Heather said walking onto the platform.
"Are you sure it is wise to be hiding from Dumbledore in his own school?" Harry asked not for the first time since Sirius mentioned his plan.
"It could be hard for me to train you since I do not have a wand but I promise to do what I can. If only I could get my hands on a wand."
"Wands can change allegiance if forcefully taken right?" Sirius looked at Heather slightly confused.
"It has been said to happen yes but I can't just go out and overpower a wizard."
"Actually I have a plan for that but you cannot let your true identity be known or you could be in a lot of trouble when we eventually clear your name." As Heather spoke she and Harry could feel Sirius' mischievous side and see it in his eyes.
That night while most of the castle slept Sirius snuck out of the hidden room. His destination was the dungeons. It was pretty easy to find his target and before Snape knew what was happening he was knocked to his feet by a small bear sized dog.
The dog snapped its fangs at Snapes neck and disappeared. Snape was shocked and terrified. Snape rushed to the Headmaster office and told him about the attack. Dumbledore quickly called the staff to search the castle.
Sirius was back in his own room hidden and secure. He knew he would have to lay even lower than before after such a brazen and riskey attack but now he had Snape's wand and it felt good to have taken it from him. He quickly went into the practise room and started practising spells. The wand was not as strong as his own wand but it worked well and would be more than good enough until he could buy a new one.
Over the next few days school started to get back into the swing of things. One of the first things that Harry and Heather noticed was Ron was exceedingly jealous anytime Ginny was invited to hang out with them. The twins were not the only ones becoming angry at his jealous streak Hermione was becoming frustrated too.
At first Harry and Heather tried very hard to keep Ron happy without alienating Ginny but after the first week this looked next to impossible. After the first week of lessons things came to a head in the common room.
Ginny had woken from a pretty bad recurring nightmare and in her distressed state forgot that Harry and Heather had their own room. When Ginny went into the boys dorm to speak with Heather, Ron became very defencive.
"Ginny what the hell are you doing in the boys dorm get out."
"I was looking for Heather, not that it has anything to do with you." Ginny snapped quite flustered that she had forgotten and was annoyed at her brother's behaviour.
"Why would Harry be in here? They sleep upstairs. Why are you trying to speak with Heather at this time of night?" Ron's jealousy spiking pretty bad made his question sound very intrusive.
"You know it is none of your business Ronald." With these words Ginny left and headed up the stairs. When she arrived she found the door locked. As she began to wonder if it was okay to knock Ginny felt a warmth envelop her and she knew the door would open if she tried again.
Ginny walked into the sitting area and sat down on one of the couches. She wondered if Harry and Heather were still up but it seemed unlikely since it was very early morning. As she sat alone, her memories haunting her, she hugged her knees close fighting back tears.
"Is young miss Ginny wanting company?" Ginny jumped up from her seat and looked for the source of the voice.
"Tilly I did not expect to see you here. I'm sorry for just walking in." Tilly just smiled and indicated Ginny sat back down.
"Tilly was brought by House Elf Priscilla so I can be serving the young Master and Mistress. The wards stop me apparating but I can still be helping here. The young miss is still having nightmares?"
"They never stop. It is so hard to get a good night's sleep these days." Ginny resumed her position hugging her legs and silent tears fell. Tilly patted her arm gently before going into the master bedroom. She returned some few minutes later with Heather.
The next day Ron was furious to find out Ginny had slept in the Potter's room. He claimed it was not appropriate and she needed to stop stealing his Harry and Heather refused to stop being Ginny's friend Ron dragged Harry to one side of the common room.
"You need to choose Harry. You are supposed to be my friend yet you spend more time with my sister than me. If you're not with Ginny you're off doing Merlin knows what with your sister. Are you going to tell me what's going on with you both?"
"Forgetting Ginny a second. What are you implying Ron? You think you can tell me who to be friends with and then demand details about our relationship?" Harry who was not happy with Ron about the Ginny remark was now furious about him noseying into his relationship. Harry and Heather had decided that for now they would keep their love a secret.
"I think you know exactly what I am implying. You and Heather, you act like you're in a relationship, not siblings and I don't want Ginny around that weirdness." This conversation was not going how Ron planned. He could see Harry getting mad and he was struggling to stay calm himself.
"You know what Ron since you got back you have been nothing but a git. If you think we are so weird you can piss off. So we're clear Ginny is our friend so you don't get to tell us to back off."
Ron, not happy at the way he was dismissed, grabbed Harry's arm. In no mood to continue the argument Harry pulled his arm free and let his magic spike. Ron, who had not seen this ability, cowered under the intense power Harry was releasing.
Harry's mood did not improve when he arrived in double potions that day. Snape, who must have sensed a rift in the two's friendship, paired them up to brew their potion. The only upside was Ron seemed thoroughly confused with Harry's brewing. Ron's confusion was only rivaled by Snape's continued anger at Harry's success.
Harry was not surprised that Snape had a new wand. As Harry handed his potion to the front Snape sniggered and dropped the vial. Annoyed Harry went to fill another only to have Snape follow him and vanish his potion. Ron looked furious as did many Gryffindors. Snape just sniggered commenting they would receive no points.
After they left the classroom Ron was so furious he punched Harry in the face and shouted loudly he hated Harry for messing things up. Ron did not see the spell coming but he sure felt it. By the time Ron realised what had happened he had boils forming on his face. This wouldn't be so bad but they grew fast and burst quickly making his face look green from the puss. Hermione scolded Heather lightly before taking Ron to the Hospital Wing. She could be heard telling Ron he was stupid to harm Harry while Heather was around and he had to agree.
After sneaking up to their sitting and sharing some intimate kisses Harry and Heather snuck out under their invisibility cloak to share dinner with Sirius. The twins knew they could not see Sirius all the time but after the day they had they could not resist. Sirius, himself looked very happy to have human company.
After a nice lasagne and salad they spent the rest of the night with Sirius filling him in on the castle's comings and goings. It was then that a thought occurred to Heather.
"Pads how long do magical rats live?" Sirius' eyes shot up the true meaning of Heather's question not missed.
"Well average would be 4 years but some have lived as long as six. What makes you ask?"
"I'm not sure right now but Ron said he got his rat from Percy. I just had this odd feeling looking at Ron's rat when he returned to the Castle."
"Now I think about it, Ron's rat is missing a finger. He showed me on the train his first year. After hearing your memories of the night Peter disappeared it seems fishy." Sirius frowned at the pair before answering.
"I don't think I will ever get used to you talking like that. Do you do that in public? Wait now's not the time. You said Ron has a Rat that has a finger missing?"
"Yes he does." They answered at the same time flashing Sirius a cheeky smile.
"Can you get me into the tower?"
"Not without risking you being caught no." Harry said a sad look on his face.
"But Dad's invisibility cloak means we may be able to steal the rat and bring it here instead."
Harry looked at Heather and kissed her lightly causing Sirius to look away. He was trying to be supportive but it was hard for him.
"We aren't friends with Ron right now but it shouldn't be too hard to steal the rat." Harry smiled and after Harry stopped making lovey eyes at Heather, Sirius too smiled. He looked like hope was in his eyes for a moment, it was a look that became him.
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