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Hermione woke up all stiff in the chair she had been sitting all night. She noticed that someone had covered her with a blanket while she was asleep.

She looked up to see if Harry was ok. He had been unconscious for two days.

She panicked as she saw the bed empty; she got to her feet and ran to the door and out onto the landing.

The house was silent; this didn't help her current state of panic.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, the sound of an explosion rocked through the house. Hermione screamed with fright, and then tried to locate the source of the explosion, wand at the ready.

As she reached the next landing someone grabbed her shoulder, making her again scream. She turned rapidly pointing the wand at the figure, only to realise just in time that it was Ron.

"What the hell was that bang?" Ron asked, his wand in hand also.

"I don't know, but, Ron, Harry's gone." Ron went pale.

"Lets try and find him; he might not have gone anywhere." He said, hope reigning through his voice.

They crept silently downstairs and down the stairs they presumed led to the basement.

At the bottom of the stairs they were amazed by the shier size of the doors in front of them. There was another explosion that also shook the house again. This let them know for sure that what they were looking for was on the other side of these doors.

One of the doors had opened slightly during the last explosion; the gap was wide enough to fit a person through it at a time.

Ron and Hermione slipped carefully slipped through the gap, only to gasp as they entered into a huge chamber.

The wind was howling and spiralling in the room, it nearly threw the pair over like an invisible force as thy entered. The wind was being caused by some immense source.

An added shock came as they realised that Harry was standing in the centre of the massive room, they realised that he was source of this great power. His robes were billowing uncontrollably, his raven hair slightly ruffled by the rushing winds. But, he, seemed completely untouched.

On the far side of the chamber there was extraordinarily large blast marks on the floor and a crater in the wall behind it.

Harry turned around to look at them. They could see his deep emerald eyes blazing even at this distance, then turned back round.

A large boulder appeared where the blast marks had been.

Harry cast at it.

EXPELLIARMUS

A massive jet of red light fired at the boulder. On contact the, it disintegrated and a huge explosion followed.

Harry collapsed to his knees, crying. The wind died down and completely ceased. Ron and Hermione ran over to him.

Hermione embraced him in a hug. She felt so helpless because she could not stop his pain.

"What is happening to me?" He sobbed.

Ron stood amazed and scared for Harry.

"How did you do that Harry?" He asked, his voice quivering. "That felt and looked way to strong to be the spell you performed."

"I don't know." Harry cried into Hermione's shoulder, "I woke with an unbelievably enormous well of power in and surging through me. I was scared so I came down here to practise my casting, but this started."

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"Wow, this stuff is so cool!" Nathan near shouted in his giddiness.

He and Charlotte were inspecting their new school equipment. Nathan was like a skittish child, he was nearly bouncing off the walls with excitement.

Charlotte studied her new boyfriend. A smile crossed her face; she had never actually seen him so happy before. They were staying in Dumbledore's mansion. To them, the word mansion was an understatement. The place a lot bigger than a mansion.

They both were surprised at how fast they had settled in. It had only been two days yet this place had already felt like home.

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The sky was clear and a beautiful pale blue, it was also very warm so Charlotte and Nathan had taken their new things outside to inspect.

Nathan was reading one of the 'defence against the dark arts books' called "Practical Defence". It had moving pictures to help show how to form the spells in question.

Neither of them noticed Dumbledore sitting in a padded armchair close to where they were studying their new art.

"Ah, I see the two of you are already beginning to study the art in which you have chosen to undertake." The twinkle never leaving his misty blue eyes, "Why don't you try out a few spells?"

The thought made the two very nervous. But Nathan undertook making the first attempt.

Their new professor watched his every move with great interest.

Nathan took a duelling position he had seen in the book he had been reading. He looked at Dumbledore nervously, who nodded for him to continue.

A look of utter concentration donned his face.

A strange feeling wind picked up and howled around them. It was nearly blowing charlotte off her feet (Dumbledore seemed quite intrigued, yet he was sitting quite calmly).

Nathan's deep emerald become ablaze and his robes were billowing around him.

Then he cast, EXPELLIARMUS. A massive jet of red light exploded out of the end of his wand and shot across the grounds. On contact with a tree far across the open grounds it created a huge explosion that shook the ground beneath them.

The strange wind subsided.

Both Charlotte and Dumbledore turned to face Nathan, surprise evident on their faces. Their expressions turn to shock as they saw him.

He was standing straight; his face had become pale and his eyes, which were no longer ablaze, stared out into thin air completely blank. He spoke softly.

"I don't think it was supposed to do that." With that he fell to the floor.

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"Sir, please do something? He's been like this for over an hour."

Nathan heard his girlfriend's voice as if he had been listening from underwater.

"There has to be something you can do?" he heard her again, this time a lot clearer.

"Worry not Miss Granger; I believe he is coming around." This time it was Dumbledore who had spoken.

Nathan opened his eyes, but the light stung them so he regretted it.

"Good afternoon," Cooed the voice of the one he love so dearly, "How do you feel know?"

"Surprisingly, I feel just fine now...just fine." He broke off, then catching site of Dumbledore; he looked the man in the eyes. Exchanging a silence.

"Miss Granger, it would be better if you leave right now. I need to speak with Nathan, alone." Dumbledore said quite calmly, not removing his eyes from Nathan's.

The door clicked shut and the older man continued to look at Nathan.

"What are you not telling me professor?" The teen asked him, determination written across his face.

A moment of silence ensued.

"Nathan, I have held something back from you. When you arrive at Hogwarts, you will be in a lot of danger. But, if you are seen with your brother then you will be treated with little privacy, as he is a savoir in our world, the media will swarm for information." Dumbledore's eyes never left the boy's. They were still locked, searching.

"So what am I to do then?" Came the reply.

"I will cast a déjà vu charm on you. That will mean that people will see you as you but not realise who you look like. You will go by your adopted name for the time being, just till you settle in. Then hopefully before the end of the first of term, you would have gained a high enough standing friendship to be able to reveal yourself to him. Though I dare say you will wait that long to do it." A twinkle came to the man's misty blue eyes.

"One more thing? Was I right in believing that you have not yet told Miss Granger about whom you are or your twin brother?" Nathan nodded solemnly, "Good, for that is why I asked her to leave the room. It may not concern me but I should say that it would be advised to tell her sooner rather than later." Dumbledore got up to leave the young man to his thoughts.

Just as he was about to leave, he turned to Nathan and said, "Do feel free to practise with your inventory if you do so wish." And with that he left.

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A.N. thanks for reading my fic. Please do review. Open for tips on improving my writing. Hope you enjoyed it.