Chapter Five: Another Prophecy

Everyone in the entire room stood, mouths wide open. Harry was still in shock and sat down on a chair for support. The twins followed and did the same thing, eyes in wild confusion.

"Uh…Harry?" Nick finally asked, "Isn't that… your godfather?"

"Y-Y-Ye-Yeah" Harry sputtered out, finally. "Yeah, he was."

"Oh, Harry…" Lauren sighed and gave him a hug, but then remembered the terms they were on and quickly pulled away. Nick patted his back.

"You really should go lie down. Let's talk tomorrow, or whenever you're ready." Nick sighed.

Harry took his advice and went to his bed. He heard Seamus say, "Wow, you guys really do have some issues, don't you?"

Harry was too tired and confused to care much. He lied down and thought hard. How did Sirius do that? Did he know? Who was his wife? Nick and Lauren might know the last answer, but they would never be able to answer the first ones. Harry felt tears sting his eyes. These two were now forever bonded to him, and he knew it was his duty to Sirius to take care of his fourteen year old twins. After all, it was his fault Sirius died and never met his twin children.

When Harry really thought about it, the clues had been so obvious. Nick was very attractive, just like Sirius had once been. Lauren had Sirius's eyes and so did Nick, and they both had his cheekbones. He also actually laughed when he thought about their shared determined and happy expressions. Now Harry knew how people who knew his parents felt when they saw him. When things settled down, Harry would tell them about their dad. But not yet. There was just too much to learn about himself and the two of the first.

Harry finally fell asleep after a long while of lying and thinking. When he finally woke up, he realized it was the weekend! He knew he had a lot of work to do from last year. Voldemort was going to attack again, and this time they would be ready.

He ran over excitedly to Ron's bed to wake him up. To his surprise, Ron was already awake and out of bed. Harry supposed that he had prefect duty today, which would mean that both he and Hermione would be gone. Instead he went downstairs, where he went over to Nick and Lauren. The two were sitting on the couch looking at a muggle photo album.

"Yo, Harry!" exclaimed the preppy boy, moving over closer to Lauren to make more room for Harry. When he did, he saw the two twins in pictures with another person he did not know.

"Who's that?" asked Harry, pointing to the boy in a picture of the three with their arms thrown around each other.

The boy looked a lot like Nick, only more Italian looking and nearly black hair. He had a lot of gel in his hair and the front was spiked a little. He looked like a poster boy for the stores Lauren and Nick shopped at, with his preppy clothes that matched perfectly. He had deep brown eyes that were almost black, eyes that you could get lost in. He had a round, smooth baby face a short, somewhat wide nose that would look bad on anyone else, but this boy was amazingly good-looking. He saw his smile was lit up and he looked completely happy.

Lauren smiled her sad smile. "That's… Gianni. Gianni Ferritto. On the last days of our seventh grade year." Emotion was caught in her voice and her eyes filled with tears at the words.

The three looked positively radiant as they were caught in all of their pictures. It was obvious that these three were very close. Scattered through the pages were a few others, but none so obviously close as Gianni.

As the pages turned, the pictures seemed to get happier and happier and the three looked closer and closer. Obviously the more emotional shots, the hardest ones to see, were kept deep in the back pages of the book. They looked like they had been ignored for a long time. But they were no longer meant to be left. Nick kept the pages turning.

"Hey, I know how to make these pictures move. If you don't think it will be too painful." whispered Harry to the two.

"You know what? Do it, Harry. It may help Lauren start to let go. Ok with you, kid?" Nick asked, softly,

"Yeah… yeah. Sure. But it will be really hard. I've never been back this far in our album." Lauren sounded soft but determined.

Harry pulled out his wand. "Loctorium!" He whispered and tapped his wand at the pages of the book. Instantly the people began to move. Laughter spilled out of the pages. There were pictures when they were hitting each other playfully, running around, and laughing at each other's jokes. There was a picture near the end where Gianni and Lauren were slow dancing and talking. That was the picture that made Harry realize why she cared so much about Gianni… they must have had something between them. Nick smiled at the picture and elbowed Lauren, who returned the smile. Harry could hear a popular American muggle song playing in the background. The two were smiling and were sort of dressed up, so it must have been the last day of one of their grades, probably seventh.

Harry saw Lauren looking at the picture with an expression he had never seen before. She looked happier and sadder than ever before, and she reached out to the picture. The two each lifted a hand to wave, and Gianni gave Lauren a hug in the picture. The Lauren in the picture laughed and winked. Harry was suddenly hit by what Lauren may have been feeling the night he had kissed her. She couldn't let go of her feelings for Gianni. Harry had only brought back the loneliness and pain she had been masking for long, and Nick had understood that.

Harry flipped to the second last page, which was obviously the last page they were together. There were a lot of pictures with just Lauren and Gianni or Nick and Gianni. Nick and Gianni seemed very brotherly and funny together and Lauren and Gianni just seemed plain happy and ecstatic. In a lot of the pictures the poses were more close and funny now. Then there was a picture that Lauren obviously wasn't expecting.

There was a picture of Gianni and Lauren hanging out at a pool. Gianni and Lauren were laughing and splashing Nick, and all of the sudden Gianni kissed Lauren. She giggled and waved with Nick at the three looking at the pictures. Harry could really see now how things were then with all of them.

There were a few more slow-dance pictures, and then the page was flipped. This was obviously the last day of school and the day of Gianni's funeral. Lauren was crying on Nick and Gianni's body looked pale and serious, almost unreal. This was the only time Harry had seen the twins wearing black, and they looked nothing short of heartbroken.

It was Lauren who shut the book. "I think we definitely have seen enough. Harry, thank you very much for being here with Nick and me. Right now I'm going to take a walk… I've got to hand out some more SPEW badges for Hermione anyways."

Just as Lauren left, Nick followed. Ron came barging into the room at that moment. "Harry, we've been so busy we've forgot about Dumbledore's Army! We have to start it up again, now that we know we have two Dark Lords on the loose."

Harry shot up. "Ron, we have a lot of work to do on that! Get Hermione and you two start gathering people… we have to hurry. After all that's happened this year so far, who knows what'll happen?"

Ron hurried to get things ready. Harry had completely forgotten about Defense Against the Dark Arts homework and that had reminded him. He got to the homework Dumbledore had given him, since there was no teacher and he was taking the place this year. The class was obviously controlled by subtle learning of Death Eater fighting, seeing as though Dumbledore was teaching.

When Harry was done, he went downstairs to see Dumbledore in his office. He knew he needed to talk about the dream Lauren had. Maybe Dumbledore would understand what Harry did not.

When he got to the door of Dumbledore's office he knocked and heard Fawkes sing. Dumbledore came over to open the door and smiled when he saw it was Harry. He motioned him into his office.

After a moment, Dumbledore asked, "Are you here about the young twin's parents?"

"Erm… yes. How did you know?" Harry asked, but was not surprised… Dumbledore did this often.

"Well, Lauren actually came to see me yesterday and Nick did this morning. Funny thing, how one dream can change three lives and more forever." Dumbledore stated, peering at Harry through his half-moon glasses.

"Professor Dumbledore, is it true?" Harry asked in anticipation. Finally he had asked the question that had been gnawing at him for such a long time.

"Yes, Harry, I'm afraid it is, though it would be much simpler if it was not. Sirius met their mother when he went to America for business for the Order. Her maiden name was really Diaz and she was quite a movie star in the States. She had a beautiful singing voice, and if you've ever heard the twins sing they most definitely picked it up from her. They were married and soon had the twins…but when the Peter Pettigrew business happened Sirius had to get to England again. Diaz changed her last name to Batt because she knew the Dark Lord was catching on. Voldemort's cousin finally stepped out of the shadows. Harry, I don't believe Nick or Lauren ever told you the story of why Reldemort attacked them, or at least the true story." Dumbledore gave Harry a smile and went on.

"Harry, Lauren and Nick are more then just your average magical students, if you haven't noticed it. They're quite charming and funny children, but they know a lot more than they let on. They were attacked when they were little because they hold the keys to defeating the entire dark side. Only you can kill Voldemort, but only they can completely wipe out the rest. The two of them are the twins that are needed to fulfill the other prophecy our Professor Trelawny as made. But the other part is missing, which is part of the reason of their last day of school. I think it is time that you hear the prophecy." Dumbledore quietly explained this while getting out a glass ball with white wisps spinning inside. He murmured a few words under his breath and the room filled with a deep voice.

"Twins from afar with an Order's father is the way. The only way to defeat the dark arts with the Boy Who Lived. They with their non magical help shall be the ones that call for the downfall of darkness, the beginning of the new age. With the unlikely help they shall fight the dark side, one to kill Reldemort or be killed and the other with a fate as cloudy as a stormy sky. Only then shall help emerge, only then shall the lion reappear."

As the voice stopped and the room's lighting came back to normal, Harry sat in shock as Dumbledore sighed. Non magical help? Harry had no idea how anyone non magic was going to help them now, but there must be a way.

"But sir, who is the non magical help?" Harry finally asked.

"Harry, if I could answer that I would. Deep down I think that at least Lauren knows who it is, and perhaps Nick does too, but they don't trust their instincts enough. I wish I could encourage them to tell me, but I don't know how. I believe that I am finally beginning to understand after all the hints that they've dropped and things I know that they can not." Dumbledore wore a mysterious smile that Harry realized meant the end of this conversation and the beginning of his quest to find the truth behind that prophecy.

Harry exited the office to see the twins and Ron and Hermione standing outside with Ginny. Harry had realized lately that Lauren had been talking to him since the picture album, but was being a little, almost unnoticeably cold. Harry realized that they were probably out here because of Dumbledore's Army.

"Harry, we're all ready for the first meeting tomorrow. Hurry and think up a lesson, ok?" asked Hermione, as if she expected him to come up with a plan out of thin air.

"Hermione, I'll try, but it's just not easy to do in a day. From now on warn me, ok?" Harry replied, irritated.

"Well, alright, but thank you for doing this again. We have a lot of people signed up this year, so I'm excited!" Hermione squealed.

"Calm down, Hermione. This is getting as crazy as SPEW if you let it." Ron replied to her, but with some jest. Since they had begun dating, he seemed a lot looser on her. It made things so much easier for Harry and all the Gryffindors now that they were finally together.

The group went upstairs and Ron and Hermione held hands. Ginny and Lauren giggled from behind and hit each other. Sometimes it was hard to remember that Ginny was actually older than Lauren because Lauren blended in with all of them so well.

Nick tagged behind a little to talk to Harry. "Hey, Harry, didn't you talk to Dumbledore?"

"Yeah." Harry replied. Nick gave him a smile and walked a few more steps before he continued.

"Harry, I don't know what's going to happen this year. We both know that something is going to, and it's likely we're all not going to make it alive. So I want to tell you that if I'm right about the whole non magical help thing, which I'm not saying I am, you're going to need to help watch over everyone. This person is going to change things a lot… yet I'm probably wrong, because the person seems impossible. Just, whatever happens to Lauren and me, trust us. We know what we're doing." Nick patted Harry on the shoulder and walked away.

The next day the meeting went by smoothly in the room of requirements. Harry had decided it should just be a review lesson on the Patronus Charm, which ended up to be in pretty good shape by the end of class. Hermione wasn't lying when she said Lauren and Nick were smart; they were beyond even Hermione in defense against the Dark Arts. They knew every spell Harry threw at them, and had amazing Patronus spells. Lauren's animal was a dolphin and Nick's a wolf. They had a ton of stamina and a lot of determination packed up into the bodies of fourteen year olds.

What was funny was that Lauren and Nick's boggarts were something Harry had never expected from them. Lauren and Nick both shared a common boggart: A flash of a great white light. Nick and Lauren seemed to know exactly what it meant, but Harry had no idea and didn't ask.

When the lesson was finally over, Lauren and Hermione were giggling and walking out. Harry decided to take his chance before it was too late.

"Hey, Lauren, will you come here for a minute?" Harry asked quickly.

"Sure." Lauren replied, and walked over to sit down next to him.

"Erm… Lauren… about that night…" Harry nervously began.

"Harry, it's ok. I can deal. Been there, done that, now we move on." Lauren sighed, with a hint of… was it regret at the words she said?.... in her voice.

"No, Lauren, it happened for a reason. The reason was you and me. Can't we just talk about it?" Harry asked, impatiently.

"Harry, if you didn't notice, I do like you, and a lot. Some things just can't always go our way though... I mean, Harry, it just didn't feel right." Lauren sighed.

"Lauren, it felt great. I've never felt this way about anyone before." Harry said with renewed strength.

"Oh Harry, that was the problem. Every time I hold onto something it breaks… and it breaks so badly it's unbelievable. No, feeling this way is more dangerous than you know. I feel good, but there's something that holds me back from feeling right." Lauren sighed. "I hope you can understand what I'm saying, but if you can't I get it. There's a lot that needs to be looked over and some things I don't believe right now that maybe I should. Some feelings that need to go away. If those feelings leave, then, only then, Harry, can we really be together. Until then we're going to have to pretend there's nothing here. Got it?"

"No… but I'll try to." Harry replied in defeat. With that the two walked out of the room.