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The Twins of Peace- Chapter Three: Heritage

Author: Cajun Chick411 (Cajun_chick411@hotmail.com)

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Rating: PG-13 just to be safe

Spoilers: All four books and up to the end of Season six of BuffytVS

Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling or Joss Whedon so I don't own Harry Potter or Buffy The Vampire Slayer or any of the characters pertaining the series. Adrian, Piper, Hayden, and Tatiana are mine.

Keywords: 5th year, Watcher, prophecy, MWPP, Spike

Summary: The summer before Harry and co's 5th year Remus helps Sirius retrieve his twin children from the states whom are prt of a prophecy to bring peace between two peoples. Remus and their protector watch over them for the summer, keeping them out of trouble until school starts. But when a new History or Magic teach hands out a year long assignment trouble ensues for the twins. Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover

Authors Note: I hope you like it. The story's set after the season 6 finale of Buffy and the summer before the 5th book. It travels from there. The 'offical' Scoobies probably won't play a big part here just the rouge ones. Though the gang might show up at the end. Please leave a review 

The day we were to leave for Remus' was the first day Madam Pomfrey let me out of the hospital wing. It was about twelve in the afternoon and we were leaving in an hour exactly, but I had to see the grounds before we left. For the past week I'd only been able to see small glimpses of them through the windows of the hospital wing. I was well aware that Adrian had been frequenting Hogsmead, the village down the road, in the week I'd been awake, and to put it simply, I was jealous. I wasn't going to get to Hogsmead today, I knew that, but I wanted to breath fresh air!

Somehow I found my way down to the front doors, and finally out side. Sunlight hit me as soon as I pushed open the heavy stone door. The small cotton ball clouds in the sky weren't enough to block any light at all. My legs were still a little wobbly from being in bed for over a month, so I walked slowly down the steps, but once I was on the grass I wasn't as careful. I half walked half skipped, first around the edge of the school, then I started wandering with no destination in mind. I checked out the lake where the giant squid was lounging at the top, and I walked over to the cabin by the edge of the grounds but it appeared that nobody was there. The forest looked intriguing, but both Remus and dad had warned Adrian and I about entering it. They both claimed they'd take us in one day but I had a feeling that if I wanted to see it, I'd have to go in myself. This, though, could wait until the school year began.

 There came a loud BANG from a clump of bushes a little ways down from the hut. As I approached the bushes slowly I could hear strident laughing coming from inside. It sounded boyish and I could see the tops two heads sticking up from inside the thicket. One had bright red hair cropped short. The other was brown dread locks that went down to the nape of the boys neck. I spotted a last red topped head bobbing around and making fervent arm motions. All three boys seemed excited.

"Lee, those're wicked!" Exclaimed one redhead. "Let's see they can be billed as…Sweet Sucking Stutterers! Feed 'em to people and they can't string together the simplest of sentences."

"Thanks." Said Lee, the boy with dreads. "Though your stuff isn't half bad y'know. Canary Creams…wish I'd thought of those. George, has it worn off yet?"

A red haired boy shook his head. "N-n-n-No." The other two laughed as he struggled to form the word. Then the stuttering boy spotted me to the side of the shrubbery. He tried to say something along the lines of 'hey look' but all that came out really was a bunch of spit.

"We want to news George, not the weather." The speech capeable redhead joked. George shook his head vigorously and pointed at me. When the other two turned to look at me I managed a feeble wave. The two red heads twins, identical. They were both of average height and looked spry. Lee was only a few inches taller than the twins. He had a lot of muscle under his dark brown skin. In front his hair fell all over his face. All three boys had a sheen of sweat across their foreheads as if they'd been working hard for awhile.

"'Lo," I said after a moment of silence.

"Hi." Said one of the twins. "Um…get on the Express a little early did you?" He grinned.

It took me a second to realized what he meant. "No. I'm here with my father and brother. I'm leaving in a little less than a half hour."

"Oh!" Lee raised his eyebrows. "You're the one Dumbledore's been so worried over. You were in the hospital wing right?"

I blushed a bit. "Yeah. Got the bad side of a hex."

"W-w-what yea-r-r a-are y-y-ou in?" asked the stuttering one.

"I'll be starting my fifth year in September, but it'll be my first year ever at Hogwarts." I said after I got over a fit of giggles caused by the boy. "Who are you three?"

"We're seventh years." Said George. "I'm George Weasley and that's my twin Fred. He's got a bit of a speech inpediment at the moment. This is our friend Lee Jordan." Hayden had mentioned the name Weasley. I just couldn't remember in what context.

"My sisters staying at Hogwarts 'till the first term starts so we figured to join her." Said Lee. "Gets us away from our parents, escpecialy our mum's!" The trio laughed at the last comment. "So who're you? Dumbledore refused to tell us anything about Madam Pomfrey's mysterious patient."

"I'm Piper Leandra Bla…" I trailed off on my last name. Dad had said that many witches and wizards where quite nervous when they heard the surname Black. "Just call me Piper."

But the boys jaws had already dropped. "You're Sirius' daughter!" Whatever Fred had eaten had worn off. He spoke slowly still, but is voice was awed all the same. "Ron and mum told us he was doing something, but they didn't he was fetching his kid." Ron, I thought. Who was Ron? Then I remembered; he was one of Harry Potter's friends who'd met dad in the shrieking shack after dad had escaped Azkaban

"Kids." I corrected. "I have a twin brother. Adrian. His nephews here too."

"You're from the states right?" George (or I thought it was George. I couldn't tell them apart now that they were both speaking properly) asked. "You sound like it."

Again I turned red. So I've got a bit of a New Jersey sort of 'ghettoish' accent. You can't really tell and it's better than sounding like Tatiana and her friends did. Like they'd just hopped out of Clueless. "I'm from England originally but Adrian and I were adopted when we were one. We've lived in New Jersey ever since." I said a little more sharply then needed.

"Sorry." He said, noticing my sudden change in attitude. "would you like some sweets for your trip?"

Lee shook his head. "We can't just give away our stock! We've got to have some merchandise for when school starts."

"It's ok." I said quickly. I didn't fancy loosing the ability to talk. "Maybe when school begins."

"PIPER!" My name was called loudly throughout the grounds. It thought it was probably coming from the front steps but at the distance I couldn't really tell. "TIME TO GO!"

"Ah well," said the twins. "We'll see you when the term starts."

"Yup," said Lee. "Been a pleasure."

"I'll see you then I guess." I said walking away towards the front of the school. "Have a good summer."   

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I loved my room at Remus'. This I suppose was a good thing, seeing as I planned on spending my holidays and summers here until dad cleared his name with the ministry. And according to Dumbledore, that could take awhile, so for now I was content with Remus.

After I'd left Fred, George, and Lee I scurried around trying to find where my name had been yelled from. Finally I spotted Hayden leaning out of an infirmary window yelling for me to come up. It was then I discovered that when you're in a hurry in Hogwarts the stairs seemed to be determined to give you their worst and doors won't open no matter how hard you try. When I reached the hospital wing twenty minutes later Dad, Hayden, Remus and Adrian were waiting by the fireplace in front of Madam Pomfrey's high desk. Two trunks were sitting by Hayden's feet. He tossed a pinch of powder into the roaring fire. The already high fire soared upward and the flames turned green. With Dads help he pushed the two trunks into the fire. The trunks weren't very big looked as if Hayden should have been able to handle them himself.

"Is all our stuff in there?" Adrian asked curiously.

"Yeah," Hayden grunted pushing the trunks. "one for each of you. Let me tell you, you two have got a lot of stuff!"

When the trunks were situated in the green flames (the flames, to my surpris, did not touch the trunks at all. The simply licked around them) Remus said "Wolf's Den" loudly and clearly. There was a woosh from within the fireplace and the trunks were sucked upward like they were in a giant vacuum cleaner.

"Your turn." Dad said to me as Remus threw some more powder into the flames. "Just step in and say Wolf's Den."

"Step in?" I said skeptically. I wrapped my arms around dad, hugging him goodbye. "You make sound like an elevator."

"In a way it is." Remus jumped into the conversation, seeing the confused look on dads face. "Just far more advanced."

Tentatively I stuck the front of my hightops into the green flames. My eyes were shut tight as I waited for third degree burns. But the canvas of my shoes was unscathed and the flames felt astonishingly cool on my foot. I put my whole leg in to convince myself, and when I felt the same coolness there I ducked into the fire and shouted "Wolf's Den."

Things around my started spinning as soon as I stated my destination. I felt myself being sucked upwards like the trunks had. Parlors of peoples homes were passing by at dizzying rates. How was I going to get out at the right one? I wasn't sure what to look for. Thankfully after about two more minutes of going through this fireplace vacuum cleaner I was thrown out into a large wooden parlor. Two trunks were sitting to the side of the fireplace so I assumed I'd been sent to the right house. The room I'd landed in was large but sparcely decorated. There was a green couch a few feet away from me and over into the corner there was what seemed to be a love seat.  A desk with quills strewn all over it stood next to a book case stuffed with scrolls and books. I was laying on an orange and red throw rug whose animal designs had taken to running around after each other after I'd landed.

"Ooof!" Announced my brothers arrival though the fire. "Why are you two on the floor?" Remus asked when he came through. And "What the…? I won't even ask." Came with Hayden when he saw us.

"Where's dad?" I asked once everyone was standing.

"Dumbledore." Said Remus simply. "We'll take your trunks up to your rooms now." It was clear to me that we wouldn't be getting any details about dad's mission. I consoled myself with the fact that he'd be back in time for the full moon; about four weeks.

Hayden and I each grabbed one side of my trunk and Adrian and Remus did the same with his. It was slow movement but we managed to lug them up the twisty stairs of Remus' house. The second floor hallway was narrow and it took forever to get to our rooms in the back of the house. My room was first and it was with a final burst of strength that I managed to yank my trunk into the room. I set it by the bed and then flopped down with exhaustion.

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Adrian woke me up two hours later at five o' clock that evening. Dinner was at seven, Adrian told me, so I hade two hours to unpack. I streached leasurly on the bed where I'd slept. It'd been comfortable even though I hadn't used the blankets. I'd just slept on top.

"Open it would you?" I asked Adrian. I was stretching while he flipped open the brass locks.

"Hey cool!" Adrian said excitedly. "It's like mine."

I swerved around to face him. "How so?"

"It's like a giant room in the trunk. Goes about twenty feet down I think." He said examining the trunk. "Looks like Hayden cleaned out your room." Groaning, I got off of the bed and stood next to my brother. After looking into the magical trunk a while, longer Adrian climbed into the small room, and helped me get my things out.

The dresser drawers where also magically expanded, I noticed while messily stuffing my clothes in. The mirror above it let out an occasional snore that led me to believe it was similar to the many moving portraits that I'd seen at Hogwarts. The mirror stayed asleep all the while I was putting clothes away.

Adrian started tossing shoes and the one dress and skirt that I owned. I turned to the closet to put these items away, but when I pulled open the cedar door I was surprised to find the hanging rack already halfway filled. Five ocean blue and five black robes exactly my size were hanging neatly in a row. I fingered one of the blue robes , grinning. Dumbledore had asked us whether we wanted to attend Hogwarts, but he'd obviously known long before what our answer would be, and he'd told Remus to prepare. I hung my dress and skirt in the far corner, hoping never to have to wear them, then I dumped my shoes on the floor and turned back out of the closet.   

Things were popping out of the trunk one at a time and landing on my bed with less than perfect aim. I moved my CD's just as a rollerblade landed with in inches of them. I wasn't sure if Remus had electricity (or if he knew what it was for that matter) but even if he didn't I wanted my CD's kept intact for my walkman. I put them down on the vanity at a side wall next to the book shelf, and I threw the rollerblade (along with it's match) into the closet where it landed with a residing thump. Adrian tossed up my books and a few other things like my old posters, then, with my help, he hoisted himself out of the trunk.

"Did you put your things away already?" I asked him.

Adrian nodded and pointed towards the windows behind my bed. "I explored a little too." Out side day was turning to night. Gray clouds were moving towards us, further darkening the sky. From what I could see the yard expanded into forest that went on and on. To the side there was a little creek but I couldn't tell where it led or started.

"You don't want to go near it yet." Adrian said, almost reading my mind. "Remus says there's a family of Kappa's in there that he hasn't had a chance to get rid of."

"Kappas?"

Adrian shrugged. "D'know. He didn't go into detail, just said they like human blood."

"Have you looked around the house yet?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Adrian tends to care more about the outside of a place than the inside.

"No," He admitted. "but we don't have time now. It's time for dinner."

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"I think," Remus was saying to Hayden when Adrian and I found the kitchen. "I'll have Harry and his friends stay sometime in the next few weeks."

"Is he still with that awful woman?" Hayden asked, making a face. "I remember she managed to step on me several times at Lily and James' wedding."

Remus let out a laugh. "Leandra wanted to hex Petunia all the way to China for that."

"Huh?" I said from the door where we were standing. When we'd heard Hayden and Remus talking we hadn't gone in so as not to disturb them, but I wanted to know who Leandra was.

"Did you sleep well?" Remus inquired, ushering us into the kitchen. The kitchen was smaller than the other parts of the house I'd seen. And it was cramped. Things were crammed on top of each other in here as opposed to the parlor where every thing seemed to have its place.

"I slept fine. I was pretty tired." I dug into the soup Remus set in front of me. Hungry, yes I was certainly hungry. "So, who's this Leandra?"

Hayden and Remus locked eyes for a split second before Hayden spoke. "She was my mother. Sirius's sister. He named you after her and your mom. I don't think about her much." The last sentence came out harshly, and reminded me of my bitterness.

She loved you though." Remus said almost sadly. "The wedding only proved that; she was ready to kill Petunia you know. And she would've if Sirius and I hadn't stopped her. Not that Petunia didn't deserve it. I remember her excuse, 'He's just so small…"

"…like a gnat really, small and a nuisance. It's hard not to trip over him." Adrian said slowly. He spoke as if the words were being fed to him one by one, and who knows, maybe they were. I dropped my spoon, and stared opened mouthed at him. Hayden had a similar reaction, but Remus just smiled. Adrian was rubbing his forehead like he had a headache.

"We'll have to sort that out." Remus looked at Adrian's face. "Don't worry. Sirius did that all the time; finishing sentences, getting feelings, seeing things. It'll keep it under wraps after awhile if we work with it. Just stay away from Professor Trelawney when school starts. She'll have a ball if she finds out you're like your father."

"Who?" Adrian asked.

"The crackpot divination professor." Hayden said bluntly. He opened his eyes wide and said in a misty voice, "The grim, the grim! I'm so sorry dear but the glass says you are to meet your death."

Remus grinned. "I remember one time in potions when Sirius collapsed on the floor yelling something about Voldemort, Sybil was right there next to him trying to 'clear the air to let his aura sense everything it could', or some such nonsense like that. James always thought she was quite jealous of Sirius."

"And our mother?" I knew immediately that this wasn't a safe subject and shot Adrian a glare. Hayden dropped his glass, spilling water; and Remus coughed, spraying food out of his mouth. No. this wasn't a nice subject at all.

"Your mother loved you very much, and did so until the day mine killed her." Hayden's chair fell to the ground as he left the table. Seconds later the back door slammed and Hayden was gone.

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Remus took Adrian and I from the kitchen into his study and left us there to go find Hayden. He promised and explination on the subject of Hayden and our mother when he returned. I felt quite bad for upsetting Hayden like that, but I was now insatiably curious. He said his mother ha killed outrs, but I also knew his mother had been dad's sister so the question was what had happened.

The study was surprisingly large compared to the rest of the house. I had the feeling that it was magically inhanced in some way because logic pointed that Remu's house shouldn't've been able to hold that much space. I made myself comfortable at the large mahogany desk in the center of the room while Adrian collapsed in a chair by a bookshelf that took up three walls. He casually ran his fingers over the spines of a few books reading some of the titles aloud. Most were about preternatural creatures and other demons with a few spell books mixed in between. 'Interesting topics' I thought.

After about fifteen minutes of us sitting in silence the door opened and Remus along with a perturbed looking Adrian walked in.

"Hayden I'm sorry!" I said immediately. "I didn't mean too…"

He held up a hand stopping the mords as they stuttered out of my mouth. "It's okay. It would've been explained to you sooner or later. Sooner's probably better. Knowledge is power as they say." They two men sat in arm chairs across from eachother and lapsed into silence for what seemed to be forever. They each seemed unwilling to break it.

Adrian sighed finally, tiring of unanswered questions. "We could start at the beginning."

"Right." Said Hayden slowly. "Remus?"

"Sirius met Livia right after we all graduated. She'd lived in Athens and had attended The Athena Academy of Magic for Girls. She moved to Hogsmead after finishing school and wanted to be an Auror, but she was declined because she was half vampire." Remus paused to watch our reactions. I kept my face completely stoic though inside I was beginning to be worried upon where this story was going. Adrian's eyes had clouded letting no emotion show through them but the way he chewed his tongue let me know he wasn't liking this much either. Remus took a breath to continue again. "Her mother had been bitten by a vampire obsessed with killing slayers. Your grandmother was a slayer and your mother was conceived shortly after her being bitten. It was a miricle she lived long enough to give birth to Livia, but she did, named her, then died peacefully. Livia was raised by her father who declined to tell her about her slayer mother and only her vampiric nature."

"This doesn't explain why she died." Adrian interrupted.

"I'm coming to it." Siad Remus. "Now, because of her heritage Livia found it hard to find a job in the wizarding world. After meeting Sirius and explaining her problem he brought her to me. Being a werewolf I was declined the auror job as well but I had another. I was and still am a watcher. As was your mother, and Hayden will soon be."

I blinked. "A watcher? What?"

"Later." Said Hayden finally speaking up. "This next part's important. My mum, Leandra, had some issues with vampires and other creatures she considered unnatural. She went quite mad over the fact Sirius was having children with a half vampire. She didn't raise a fuss over the wedding, she was convinced it wouldn't last, but I think children was just the vast straw for her and about a month before Lily and James died, when you two and Harry were one, she staked her. Up and left the house one night and never came back. Never saw hide or tail of her again. We knew it was her though; she left a note by your mums…ashes."

"Staked…" Adrian had turned a sickly pail. "You mean wooden stake through the heart, traditional vampire style staked? And ashes? Oh god, that could happen to us, me and Piper, couldn't it?"

Remus hesitated before answering. He looked ready to lie to us. "Well, er, I suppose, yes it could, but for that to happen people would have to know your heritage and I, Hayden, Sirius, and a few at the Watchers Council are the only ones who know. And of course you have a protector."

"Protector?" My twin and I spoke at the same time.

"Yes. Recently back from Africa, he's on a bit of a sabbatical I believe. I'm not completely inclined to trust him but I've a friend, Rupert Giles, who says that in a pinch he's most reliable." Answered Remus.

"Will we meet him?" I asked.

"You might, but you wouldn't know it."

Adrian, who still looked sick from the thought of being staked, nodded slightly. "Ok, so what's this watcher deal? What do you guys do? Protect helpless vampires?"

Hayden and Remus gave each other slight grins. "Actually no." Hayden said. "We study the supernatural, decipher prophecies, do research, handle odd artifacts, watch over the slayers, it's most book work actually."

"Slayers?"

"Vampire slayers. There's always one. She is the one who slays the monsters that seek to plague the world, yada, yada, yada." Hayden saw the alarmed looks on our faces. "Don't worry. The current one lives in Sunnydale, California. Over the hellmouth. She's much to busy to try and come after to teenagers with a fourth of vampire blood in them, and besides you''re under protection of the council. She hurts you, anything hurts you, and they're in trouble. She never slayed your protector and they've known each other for a few years now."

"Our protectors a vampire?" I asked raising a eyebrow. "Then he can only help us at night."

"He's an interesting sort this one is. He can come out in the day if he has to, but he'd rather not. It's likely that all attacks upon you would be at night. And since you are the Twins of Peace it is likely that you will be threatened." Hayden said.

Adrian and I yelled. "Twins of Peace?!" the same time Remus yelled. "Hayden!"

"They can't afford to look at the world through rose colored glasses Remus. You know that as well as I." Hayden offered as excuse. "You two are supposed to bring peace between demons and mortals. That's what's been prophecized, and what will most likely be."

Hayden and I looked at eachother. A preordained destiny? This was odd, but at the same time fasinating. But then there was the fact that we were at risk of being attacked at any time. "Wait!" Hayden shouted suddenly. "When did you discover this Twins of Peace thing?"

"The council discovered it soon after your mother graduated from school." Remus said looking curious.

"Is it possible that others do know about it?" Hayden continued, his voice shaking. "Like maybe Voldemort or Pettigrew. Pettigrew tried to get Piper in Hayden's shop. You all passed it off as one of Voldemort's plans to go after Harry, but what if it was for us? And also when I was sorted the hat said something about dad, about how we'd inherit something from him. I'm guessing it's not premonitions. Did dad's side of the family have anything, um, strange to it?"

"Professor Dumbledore did hold in mind that the attempt on Piper could be because of the prophecy, but he thought it unlikely. And as for your other question, it's not so important at the moment." Said Remus, ending on a firm note. "It's past ten now and I think you two should go to bed, you have to be tired."

And like nothing unusual had been exchanged that evening Remus and Hayden bade s goodnight and ushered us out of the study. I parted ways was Adrian at my door and fell to my bed, not bothering to change clothes. I had many dreams that night most which I've now forgotten but the most prominent was a clear message that pulsed through my brain every few minutes in a clear pristine voice.

'Befriend the dragon for he is one that will help you in your ultimate goal'