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A/N: This is a round robin response to Severitus' Challenge. It is being written by whtlily2, magicmayhem, and me. It is being beta'ed by Indarae. The chapters are going to be put up as the different paragraphs are pulled together to form the chapters. We don't know how long this would be, or when it would end, but with three writers, and a possibility of more joining, it's not like we would end up with writer's block.
This fic is dedicated to our wonderful beta, Indarae. She actually volunteered to beta for us.
Disclaimers: My three-legged leprechaun, Pixie, insists that I don't own Harry Potter and all related trademarks. He states, quite gleefully, that some English lady owns Harry Potter.
Warnings: Contains slash - will contain Remus/Sirius in the next chapters, and Draco/Harry in later chapters. There will be issues of child abuse and muteness. There are mentionings of rape. I think that is all there is to warn you people about.
Pairings: Remus/Sirius and Harry/Draco are the main pairings.
Shining Light, Dark Night - One
Harry looked into the mirror in his wardrobe closet; studying his image in the mirror and thinking how his summer was a nightmare. Not only did he have nightmares about Cedric's death and Voldemort's rebirth after the Triwizard Tournament but also visions of others being killed in the Dark Lord's return to power. One of those killed in the Wizard world was Percy, the third oldest children in the Weasley family. It had hurt Harry horribly - he couldn't do anything because he was having visions at the times of their deaths. The Weasleys tried to comfort him by telling him that it wasn't his fault when he was at Percy's funeral, but it didn't help. He was allowed to go to the funeral because after the attacks started, the Ministry had been attacked and Fudge was kicked out of office and replaced by Arthur Weasley.
The newly appointed Minister Weasley passed a law to allow under-age witches and wizards to practice simple magic at home and allowed them to use more skilled magic when in mortal danger. Harry and the Muggle-born students were the only ones allowed to use any real magic because they were more at risk than purebloods.
In the Muggle world, Harry life became a living hell. His cousin, Dudley, and Aunt Petunia were killed in a tragic car accident. His Uncle blamed Harry for not using magic to save them and started to beat him, even going so far as to rape him when the larger man was drunk. Vernon once again locked away Harry's school supplies and wand until school started, though this time it was just in case Harry would tell his friends what Vernon had done. Harry ran a hand through his now shoulder long hair, which grew longer shortly before his birthday. Trying to think of a spell to cover the bruises on his face, he went to bed and fell asleep.
Harry had a very strange dream. He looked around, shocked at the scene he saw. His mother was talking to someone, and Harry could see himself as a baby, being held. The voices were very familiar. It was Professor Lupin who answered something he hadn't heard his mother say. "Lily, you need to tell James the truth. He and Severus both have a right to know who Harry is."
"I can't Moony," Lily replied, "I have to protect all three of them. You are the only one beside me who knows, and will know, before his fifteenth birthday. Until then, all everyone needs to know is that Severus is James's fraternal twin brother."
End Chapter
A/N: This is a round robin response to Severitus' Challenge. It is being written by whtlily2, magicmayhem, and me. It is being beta'ed by Indarae. The chapters are going to be put up as the different paragraphs are pulled together to form the chapters. We don't know how long this would be, or when it would end, but with three writers, and a possibility of more joining, it's not like we would end up with writer's block.
This fic is dedicated to our wonderful beta, Indarae. She actually volunteered to beta for us.
Disclaimers: My three-legged leprechaun, Pixie, insists that I don't own Harry Potter and all related trademarks. He states, quite gleefully, that some English lady owns Harry Potter.
Warnings: Contains slash - will contain Remus/Sirius in the next chapters, and Draco/Harry in later chapters. There will be issues of child abuse and muteness. There are mentionings of rape. I think that is all there is to warn you people about.
Pairings: Remus/Sirius and Harry/Draco are the main pairings.
Shining Light, Dark Night - One
Harry looked into the mirror in his wardrobe closet; studying his image in the mirror and thinking how his summer was a nightmare. Not only did he have nightmares about Cedric's death and Voldemort's rebirth after the Triwizard Tournament but also visions of others being killed in the Dark Lord's return to power. One of those killed in the Wizard world was Percy, the third oldest children in the Weasley family. It had hurt Harry horribly - he couldn't do anything because he was having visions at the times of their deaths. The Weasleys tried to comfort him by telling him that it wasn't his fault when he was at Percy's funeral, but it didn't help. He was allowed to go to the funeral because after the attacks started, the Ministry had been attacked and Fudge was kicked out of office and replaced by Arthur Weasley.
The newly appointed Minister Weasley passed a law to allow under-age witches and wizards to practice simple magic at home and allowed them to use more skilled magic when in mortal danger. Harry and the Muggle-born students were the only ones allowed to use any real magic because they were more at risk than purebloods.
In the Muggle world, Harry life became a living hell. His cousin, Dudley, and Aunt Petunia were killed in a tragic car accident. His Uncle blamed Harry for not using magic to save them and started to beat him, even going so far as to rape him when the larger man was drunk. Vernon once again locked away Harry's school supplies and wand until school started, though this time it was just in case Harry would tell his friends what Vernon had done. Harry ran a hand through his now shoulder long hair, which grew longer shortly before his birthday. Trying to think of a spell to cover the bruises on his face, he went to bed and fell asleep.
Harry had a very strange dream. He looked around, shocked at the scene he saw. His mother was talking to someone, and Harry could see himself as a baby, being held. The voices were very familiar. It was Professor Lupin who answered something he hadn't heard his mother say. "Lily, you need to tell James the truth. He and Severus both have a right to know who Harry is."
"I can't Moony," Lily replied, "I have to protect all three of them. You are the only one beside me who knows, and will know, before his fifteenth birthday. Until then, all everyone needs to know is that Severus is James's fraternal twin brother."
End Chapter