Chapter 32
Drake felt like he was going crazy. It was only the second Saturday in February and Harry had done the mumbling at him at least five times and he kept feeling more and more like he wanted to go back to being the old Drake the horrid Drake who killed. He didn't want that ever again. He had sworn off that side of him. It was everything he lived to be against… Hell, he'd even dropped Ginny because he never wanted to be like that again.
He found that to be a stupid call as she was very helpful when he was troubled. She always listened no matter how insignificant the worry was she would be there for him. Drake didn't think he'd ever be able to repay her for that.
Since Harry had forgotten about him Drake started taking care of the kitten, James, who was quite funny to watch darting around after nothing and sticking his head in a goblet to drink the Pumpkin Juice in it. The kitten, although more of a cat now, had a favorite pastime of attack the hem of Drake's robes. Well, at least most stuff is going good and he can fight the odd urges… that's all Drake cared about. Staying sane and staying good…
Harry was feeling very smug because it took half the time he'd though to do the certain thing half of the times so he would have Drake much faster. And faster was always good.
"This is getting bad Hermione." Ron says one day at supper.
"I know. Drake is getting odd too. I think Harry is doing something." Hermione says.
"Yeah… We have to do something 'Mione or they'll be lost. And Ginny won't like it and me and you won't like it." Ron says.
"Did you call me 'Mione?" Hermione asks.
Ron blushes. "Uhh… yeah…"
Hermione gives him a look and goes back to eating.
The next Saturday Drake is wandering the edge of the forest again. As always he keeps his dagger with him… but this time he needs it…
Back at The Castle"Come on Rose. It's just a spell to check on the baby." Alexander says. "It does not matter what you wear."
"Maybe not to you but it does to me!" Rosalyn yells from the closet.
Alexander sighs. "Well I'll be at the Hospital Wing waiting."
"Ok I'll be up in a few." Rosalyn says.
Alexander rolls his eyes and leaves to the Hospital Wing.
Back at the Edge of The Forest
"HOLY…!" Drake yells at the site of the huge white and blue wolf.
The wolf gives a menacing growl and rises on its back feet and then lunges at Drake who is pulling his dagger…
Back at Hospital Wing
Rosalyn finally arrives for the check and Madam Pomphrey does what she needs to.
"Well how is the baby?" Alexander asks.
"The babies are fine. One boy and one girl, and both are in perfect health." Madam Pomphrey says.
"Babies?" Alexander says his jaw wide open and eyes wide like 'Merlin's beard'…
"Yes babies, sir." Madam Pomphrey says.
"Twins?" Alexander says still shocked.
"Yes." Pomphrey says.
"You sure." Alexander says still shocked a little.
"Yes, of course I am." Pomphrey says.
"Ok then," Alexander says calmly grabbing Rosalyn's waist. "WOOHOO!" Alexander starts spinning around with Rosalyn who is smiling as wide if not wider than him.
Back To Hagrid's Hut
A figure watched as the wolf lunged at Drake knocking the dagger far away and starting to rip the boy to shreds. The figure waited for not two seconds and charged at the beast.
Back to Edge of The Forest
Drake screamed as the beast started slicing him and his dagger flew out of his hand. Drake was losing a lot of blood… The wolf knew it and was going to finish him with a nice bite to the neck when a black blur slammed into its neck. The wolf yelped in pain and went to turn on the black thing which slammed into the wolf again and grabbed its throat in a choke with his forearm. He held it until he knew the wolf was gone then put the wolf in a large sack scooped up the unconscious Drake and rushed off to the Hospital Wing.
Back at the Hospital Wing
Alexander and Rosalyn are still celebrating when the figure brings Drake in.
"Oh good you're here Alexander… Get the Wolfsbane." The figure says setting Drake on a bed. "Poppy come out here!"
"Oh my what happened?" Pomphrey asks running out.
"This." The figure opens the sack and dumps the dead wolf out.
"Andre… what…" Alexander starts.
"This thing very nearly mauled Drake… Get Wolfsbane for him and me before the two hours go by." Andre says.
"Didn't you take the vaccine?" Alexander asks.
"No I forgot I'm sorry. And when I saw the goblet it looked gross so I tossed it down the drain." Andre says. "NOW GO!"
Alexander rushes out leaving Rosalyn staring at the wolf. "Are you sure it is dead? I think I saw its chest move." Rosalyn asks.
"Well, I'm pretty…" Andre starts but the wolf gets up and Andre dives on its back grabbing its head and twisting it around till he hear a snap and lets the lifeless wolf fall to the floor.
"Oh thank you!" Rosalyn says hugging Andre who blushes.
"No problem Rosalyn I'm just keeping a promise I made…" Andre says.
Alexander walks in with the Wolfsbane and gives it to Andre and Drake and helps Pomphrey heal Drake.
"Now all of you, out! Go, go I'll let you know when he wakes up." Pomphrey says shooing them away.
Alexander decided to make a couple of lists with the news of twins. The first list he made was a list of names (A/N: I really listed this out and if you review with a yes or no on whether you want to see it I might post it depending on what wins) which included 15 names for boys (Rosalyn would get the final say) and 15 for girls. And under the list of boys and under the list of girls, since Rosalyn likes to know the meanings, Alexander jotted down what the names originated from like Celtic and French and so on.
Alexander then jotted down a couple other important things on a 'To-Do' list, and the item at the top was getting married. When he was satisfied with the lists Alexander laid down to get some sleep before heading off to The Lab.
Drake was out of the hospital wing in 2 days and it had been a week since then and Harry had done more of the mumbling junk one time, and that made him more and more confused. He hated the confusion now more than ever. He would sometimes sit up so late in front of the fire in the common room he'd be up even after the fire had gone out… he feigned sleep and saw a house elf in clothes relight the fire. That night, James joined him, curling up on Drake's lap, and fell asleep in front of the warm fire. That led to Drake sleeping there as well since he didn't want to disturb the feline.
"Drake… what was is like to know your mom was killed even though her safety was assured?" Harry asks casually.
"The same way it must feel to you knowing your mom died for you to stop the madman you now work for." Drake says equally casual.
"Niag anio juo y, ro tiar thta edkcalb." Harry says and Drake punches him in the face before walking away shaking his like a dog shaking a toy in its mouth.
"Damn him… what's he doing to me…" Drake says to himself later while attacking a punching bag.
Drake just goes all out at the punching bag until he's worn out and then he goes down to dinner.
Harry strolled past Drake and mumbled again… Drake glared at him resisting the urge to smash his face in in front of teachers.
"Stop it Potter or you will be worse off then me after my beating and I barley held on with my life." Drake whispers so only Harry hears him.
Harry merely mumbles again and Drake snaps standing up and smashing his fist hard into Harry's mouth.
"When you can talk again and you mumble that shit at me I'm going to put your nose in your brain… get it?" Drake yells and suddenly all of the teachers are down there between Drake and Harry.
Falcore notices Harry's mouth start to move and yells a spell at it which puts his mouth behind a soundproof mask. Harry glares at Falcore. Falcore looks at Drake and notices an oddness in his normally ice blue eyes. They are more hardened then they were like when he was a member of Black Death… Suddenly Falcore clicks the 'mumbling shit' and the hardness behind Drake's eyes. After stunning Harry and Drake The teachers go to conference in the anteroom through a door in the great hall where the meeting of the champions happened.
"I think there should be no punishment Harry is clearly doing something to Drake. The 'mumbling' Drake yelled about is real Harry was about to do it before I put him behind the mask." Falcore says.
"But Drake punched Harry in the mouth and, in not so many words, threatened to kill him." Snape says.
"Oh so now you defend Harry, Snape? And since when do you call Harry or Drake by their first names… or anyone except Dumbledore and me, as I have no other name, for that matter." Falcore says.
"Why can't I Falcore?" Snape says.
Falcore just stares hard at Snape.
"Fine we'll let them off but if it happens again heavy punishment will be dealt out." Dumbledore says. "Go everyone they might have woken up from the stun."
"Wow… where am I? What happened?" Drake says waking up on the sofa in the common room with James on his chest. "Well I guess you can't tell me." Drake says trying to stay still and not wake up James.
"Well I can." A voice says.
"Oh not you!" Drake says plugging his ears and falling asleep leaving Ginny very very confused.
"Drake! Get up it's morning!" Ginny yells at him the next morning. It doesn't work so she pulls his finger out of his ear and yells again which makes him jump up sending James hissing and flying through the air.
"Ginny! What'd you that for see what you made me do to James?" Drake yells.
"JAMES! What about me? I got an 'Oh not you!' last night I need explained!" Ginny yells back.
"OH… That was YOU?!?! I thought it was Harry." Drake says.
"Well our voices are highly different Drake!" Ginny yells.
"I know I've just been utterly confused lately due to the whole 'Kcalb htaed rotiart' mumblings of Harry."
Ginny looks to be thinking hard on the speech mumbling to herself. "Kcalb? Hmm…. Wonder how that's spelled… It seems familiar. Htaed… Rotiart… OH!" Ginny runs off leaving Drake staring after her like 'Sigh'.
Ginny writes out the letters of rotiart on a sheet of paper and holds them up in front of a mirror. It reads traitor. "AHA! I knew it!" Ginny yells.
She then scribbles htaed and kcalb beside it, hold it up and reads Traitor Black Death. "Oh my… Oh my… this is some sort of curse or subliminal thing…." Ginny gasps right after she finishes. "Oh no it's a trigger and Harry is about to pull it… and like on a muggle gun when the trigger is pulled… bang!" Ginny's eyes go wide and she is about to run warn Drake but then realizes she's almost late to potions and Snape is back… ugh.
"I've been ordered to keep you under that mask in my class as you sit so close to Drake due to assigned seating Mr. Potter." Flitwick says in his squeaky voice. "If you want to answer a question Raise your hand and then write it out."
All of Harry's classes went like that he was kept behind the mask and it was pissing him off. He'd get the counter spell and be free of it soon but until then he'd tough it out and then Drake would get it…
"Drake! I'm so glad I found you I have to tell you something." Ginny says running up to him.
"I'm sorry Ginny but I need to see Alexander he has an announcement he only wants to make to me and the O… thers… others he really knows… yeah… sorry I'll introduce you two sometime and then you can get back in the loop… well how about you come now but you have to hush Alexander can hear better than most and I want to surprise him." Drake says.
Ginny sighs but concedes to it…
They arrive a few minutes later and Alexander is pleasantly surprised by Ginny yet takes Drake aside and scolds him.
"This is only for Order members, Drake. A very classified matter of business… If Voldemort finds out that the babie… isn't his he'll never leave th… e baby alone. Induct her or she leaves." Alexander says.
"I want to induct her don't I need permission?" Drake says.
"NO you were given it!" Alexander snaps.
"Fine I'm letting her in where are Ron and Hermione?"
"Busy…" Alexander laughs.
"Oh… so they finally opened their eyes?" Drake asks.
"Yeah." Alexander says.
"Well finally… took them long enough." Drake says and then turns the others. "I have a new person here I am going to add to our ranks." Drake then makes his standard mysterious speech and Ginny accepts holding out her right forearm.
A bright light hits her forearm. It lingers for a moment and then it disappears. When it leaves a mark is left. It is a Phoenix and a Falcon meeting in flight. Their tail feathers meet F on the falcon's and P on the phoenix's. Above it in Phoenix Tear like letters are the words 'The Order' below the tail feathers near the wrist are the words 'Sworn against evil in the fight of dark and light'. They almost circle up to the words 'The Order'.
"Wow!" Ginny says forgetting about her news to tell Drake. "The Order? I'm in the Order."
"Yes you are." Drake says smiling. "And a full member at that."
"Wow!" Ginny says again.
"ANYWAY!" Alexander says very loudly. "Onto my announcement as that is why you are all here." Alexander glares at Drake for stealing his fire and Drake smiles apologetically. "We have finally set a wedding date. It will be a small service of you all and some other Order members and non-order friends. It is on March 17th. And the other, reason for the secrecy, part of this announcement is that we're having twins… a boy and a girl according to Pomphrey. We are even very close to deciding on names."
A loud chorus of cheers and applause follows that announcement and then everyone departs for supper.
Ginny went to sleep that night forgetting about the trigger and everything. She awoke the next morning only to be brushed off by Drake again and this was getting bad… If Ginny was right one more time and Harry will finally make the trigger click and whatever happens to Drake it wouldn't be good. Oh how right she was…
Harry endured the soundproof mask for another day but only one… then he found the counter to it and was going to free himself. He'd be free of it and then Kcalb and Drake was finished with this school… Drake would go back to where he never dared go within ten miles of… He would go back in The Pit and Harry Potter would put him there. Oh how sweet revenge is… how sweet.
Drake avoided Harry at all costs even though he was behind the mask. Drake knew he'd get it off somehow so he avoided Harry at all costs. He always traveled with someone now he never really stayed alone.
"So was the observation a success?" Artemis asks Alexander.
"Yes all of the banes except Snakesbane worked how they were supposed to." Alexander says.
"The snake is giving us the worst time… that figures though." Artemis says.
"Yeah it really does." Alexander says. "It does."
Ron and Hermione were walking around when they heard something shouted very loudly something about… mask and mother and brains… they couldn't tell and then it got quiet so they just continued on to find somewhere private.
Ginny was walking around looking for Drake when she heard shouting and could make out only the words behind and had her and pancake… She kept searching when it went totally quiet.
Andre was walking to the Hospital wing when he heard the shout of something like mother and in her skull and then quiet as he continued his trek to the hospital wing to get an odd stab-like wound checked.
Falcore was leaving his office and heard the shout… pancake… skull… since it got quiet quick Falcore decided to not investigate for once.
Alexander was on his way out to Hogsmeade to get something for Rosalyn but he could make nothing out and decided to just keep going to Hogsmeade although he got a bad feeling from the shouting.
Harry was free of the mask and so he searched and searched for Drake. He decided to yell about Drake's mother again. If he found Drake. He just looked and looked and looked and then he remembered something and went off to retrieve it.
Drake kept a vigil watch when he was alone and wandering the corridors like he was now. He was headed to the library and thought he could that alone… but he kept a steady watch. He didn't want to chance anything. He then remembered Ginny had something to tell him and wondered if it had anything to do with Harry's odd mumblings.
Harry went to the dorm and retrieved his cloak and map and then activated them.
[Perfect alone in a corner of the Library I can sneak up on him.] Harry thought while putting on his cloak and following the best course to the library.
Drake was finding books about Angel Gryffindor and laying them on his table to study and check out. He had found about 10 books and kept weaving through shelves looking for more. He wanted his report to be really good and he really was interested in Angel Gryffindor. Drake decided that 10 was enough and sat down to start reading although he thought he heard someone come in he'd seen no one so it didn't bother him.
Harry had entered the library and was going through shelves looking for Drake and when he found him he knew what to do… Rile him up and shoot him down… heh… cake…
Drake knew he heard someone coming closer now but still ignored it and studied.
Harry grabbed the mask as part of his presentation and dropped the cloak off when he was right behind Drake… Harry cleared his throat.
Drake wheeled around and stared at Harry holding the mask up.
"How does it feel to know that behind this mask your mother had her brains squashed flat as a pancake in her skull while you were only right down the hall!!??!!??" Harry yelled as loud as he could.
The plan worked… he made Drake so mad Drake forgot about plugging his ears.
[Click… click… boom…] Harry thought as he opened mouth to utter his last set of 'mumbling'.
Drake was pissed off and he was about to plant his fist firmly into Harry's nose but Harry spoke first…
" Kca lbhtae drot iart, uo ynio jnia ga." Harry said.
Drake screamed an unearthly scream as he grabbed his head shaking it around like he was in pain. He let out another scream holding his head as he collapsed to the ground in a heap and Harry smiled in delight.