A/N: My internet is annoying my, to no end…it is not working now but when it is I will post the chapter…might as well write it though.
Warning: This chapter has Major OOCness and a reference to M-Preg
Last time on 'Utter Confusion'
"Fine, leave then."
"I will, just watch me."
"I'm watching but I don't see you moving." Pecola had the last word and Charlotte knew it. She stormed out and went to find Ron in one of the other compartments.
Chapter Four
Charlotte found Ron in a compartment with other students. She guessed them to be Gryffindors.
"What did they send the only straight one to talk to me or do they just want to have a gay orgy and sent you out?" said Ron in an icy voice.
"No, I left them. They were annoying me to hell."
"Oh."
"Can I come in or am I to stand in the door way forever?"
"Sure, why not. I'm Seamus by the way and this is Lavender, Dean and Neville." said Seamus pointing to the three other people in the compartment. Seamus was about Harry's height with short black hair. He was hot according to Charlotte's standards but he was nothing compared to Ron who was sitting next to the window. In addition, she guessed that Lavender was his girl friend because she was sitting next to Seamus with the other two boys across from them, with Ron next to her but he wasn't really talking to anyone. Lavender was a girl with brown hair down to her waist. She wasn't that bad looking. Charlotte couldn't really tell because she was sitting but she looked about as tall as herself and her sister. Dean also had dark hair and was tall. Next to him was Neville. Neville was a nervous scrawny looking boy with dark hair also. He seemed tall.
"Hey." said Lavender, Dean, and Neville.
"Hey, um can I sit in between you to because I think Ron's really mad at me."
"I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at my 'friends'," said Ron in a thoroughly pissed voice.
"You seem mad enough at the poor girl," said Dean "Sure you can sit here."
"I'm sorry Charlotte, I don't mean to sound mad at you but I am still getting over the shock. I mean both of them."
"It's ok Ron. The first reaction for me was shock then anger, when my sister told me, but then I got over it. That's what you have to do. You have to accept it and chose if you still want them as friends or not."
"OK sorry to interrupt but what are we talking about," asked Neville.
"Both Harry and Hermione are gay."
"Oh." said Neville, Lavender, Seamus, and Dean at the same time.
"I do, I still want to be friends with them, but-"
"Does make them being gay make them any less your friends?"
"No but it is still-"
"No, it doesn't make them worse friends. They are the same people but they just fancy different people then you would have thought."
"I know, I guess there are two problems. One is that I am mad at them for not telling you."
"But they didn't tell you so this didn't happen. From what I heard it was a shock to Harry that Hermione was gay."
"Really" Charlotte nodded her head, "Well I guess two is that I have never been exposed to this way of life so I'm a little apprehensive about it. This is how I reacted when my sister and I first met a muggle."
"So you have to get back on the horse to learn how to ride."
"What?"
"Never mind, just go and make up. Make sure to say how sorry you are. I know my sister won't believe you at first but you'll get to her if you keep apologizing."
"Ok, let's go. I'll see you guys later."
"'Kay."
"Bye"
"See ya."
"Bye" They shut the door to the compartment and they started walking. When they got outside the door to compartment with their friends in it, Charlotte stopped.
"Is anything wrong?"
"No, it's just that I have to apologize to them also for standing up for you, no offence, and not supporting them better." Ron nodded his head in understanding, and they opened the compartment. Ron almost fainted. Harry was looking out the window thinking about a certain blonde-haired person and Hermione and Pecola were, well for lack of a better phrase, making out. When they heard the door open, they jumped apart.
"Well, that took no time at all." said Charlotte jokingly, hoping her sister would take it as so. Which she did. They all started laughing including Ron who had gotten over the shock.
"Look I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't mean to insult you, Pecola, or you, Harry, or especially you, Hermione. I just freaked because I figured that the two of you were keeping it from me, while you tried to figure it out. I can try and help, I mean, I know that I don't and can't know what you're going through but I can try and help the best way I can."
"Okay, Ron, I forgive you." said Hermione, "And I, no, we are sorry about not telling you before. Harry never knew about me but I did know about Harry. I hadn't told anyone before today when I told you."
"Yeah, me too." said Harry, "Well the forgiving and sorry part. Just to let you know I hadn't told anyone except for Hermione. It's not as if you are the last one to know. The whole school still is going to find out one way or another, not that I particularly want the school to know but I know it is going to happen."
"Just to let you know I told Lavender, Seamus, did u know they are together," with one head nodding and the other shaking their head Ron continued, "Dean, and Neville. I told them about both of you."
"Now it's my turn to apologize. Pecola, I'm sorry I didn't support you as a good sister would. I let my feelings about someone else get in the way of comforting my loving twin sister." said Charlotte
"I accept your apology and I am sorry for telling them," answered Pecola pointing to Harry and Hermione, "about you secret, which I will not tell now, and for not letting you feel the way you feel about someone without getting mad."
"What secret are we talking about?" asked Ron looking very confused. I clicked for the first time what Pecola had said when she was yelling at her sister. Charlotte had a crush on Ron. Pecola just looked at her sister apologetically. Charlotte just looked down embarrassed. Ron knew enough to drop the subject.
"So what Quidditch teams do you like?" Charlotte sent a thankful look to Ron and answered his questions. They got into a heated discussion about all different sorts of things that have to do with Quidditch from the uniform colors to the Chuddly Cannons. Eventually Harry and Pecola got into the conversation and they were all laughing together. Hermione was reading a book in the corner of the compartment.
"Whatcha reading?" asked Pecola. She was curious, for she loved books.
"'Romeo and Juliet'."
"The famous Shakespearian true love story. Personally I love 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'."
"Oh my god, I have never met another person, besides the clerk at the book store, who likes Shakespeare."
"I always thought I was Hermia. She loved but wasn't loved back. I thought I was in love with this girl but I found out that she was straight. After she tried to make my love a living hell"
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry."
"No it's ok. I like remembering it because she was the one who made me realize that I wasn't like most girls my age."
"I know that he is well a guy but I thought myself as Dmitri. I was in love with one person, who was taken, and I was being lusted after by another," said Hermione pointing to Ron over her shoulder, "I didn't want to hurt him, so I didn't tell him. Also it didn't really click that he fancied me a lot until he said it earlier."
"I know what you mean. Hey, do you know who Harry fancies."
"Why don't you do your little magic trick?"
"Look, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean but when I used to fancy people at my old school I would do the spell to make sure they are at least bi. I did it out of habit since, well you know, I fancy you. Also, Harry being a celebrity and all, I don't want to invade Harry's privacy, anymore then the press does."
"That's so nice of you. Yes, I know but he made me promise that I wouldn't tell anyone. Sorry."
"It's okay. How long is this train ride anyway? I feel like that we have been on this train for three days." The train bolted to its stop right as she finished her sentence. "Wow am I physic or what!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." said Hermione laughing with Pecola, rolling in their seats, with Harry, Ron, and Charlotte staring at them as if they were crazy. They got off the train, said 'hi' to Hagrid and got into the carriages for the ride to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I would like to welcome all of the first years. This year we have two exchange students from America. Please give a big hand to Pecola and Charlotte Kemp." The two girls came and stood in front of the four tables. "Well they need to be sorted don't they." Dumbledore added when he sat down. Charlotte sat on the stool and looked over the vast sea of students in front of her. The crowd started whispering and then simmered down when McGonagall put the sorting hat on top of Charlotte's head.
"Interesting, very interesting indeed." The sorting hat continued for a few minutes figuring out where to put her. The last time he had taken this long, he had been sorting Harry. "GRYFFINDOR" he shouted. Pecola sat down on the stool and McGonagall put the hat on her head, while Charlotte went to sit between Harry and Ron.
"There are so many similarities yet so many differences. You seem, like you sister, like someone else in the room. I wonder-"
"Either Slytherin or Gryffindor. None other, Slytherin or Gryffindor, please."Pecola begged the hat.
"Not many have the choice between Slytherin and Gryffindor and can't decide. Most would say Gryffindor in a heart beat. Well if your sure better be SLYTHERIN." The Great Hall went silent. First Dumbledore started clapping with Harry and Draco following his lead. Then Charlotte, Ron, Hermione, Professor Snape, and Blaise. Then the rest of the school started clapping. Pecola sat down in between Blaise and Draco. The rest of the feast was used for eating the delicious food and making friends.
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"Good of you to come Severus, my boy." said Dumbledore when he went into his office to see that Snape had already arrived for their meeting. "There is something that I have to tell you. It may come as a, surprise, and it may not. I think that it will." Snape nodded telling the old man to continue, "Well, this might also bring back some not so happy memories."
"Just get on with it, please" Snape added for good measure.
"Do you remember when you were with him," said Dumbledore not wanting to say the name incase it hurt the younger man. Snape just nodded showing no emotion.
"He chose his life and I chose mine. I don't know which one of us got the worst of it."
"He didn't chose to be with Lily, Severus, I made him."
"WHAT, WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE WERE IN LOVE." Dumbledore put up his hand to signal silence the fuming man.
"There was this prophecy-"
"Again, with the prophecies. What did it say this time?"
"It was the one that said that our young Mister Potter will kill Voldemort."
"What are you going on about?"
"It says that the boy will be born to parents that have fought with Voldemort three times and since the Lily, James, and your self had fought together those three times I put Lily and James together to fulfill the prophecy. What I didn't know until the birth date was that James was pregnant and Lily was covering for him. James was pregnant with your children, Severus."
"What-" Snape almost fainted but kept most of his composure. "Are you saying that Harry is my son?" Dumbledore nodded. "I know I felt I had to protect him, like in first year, but I just thought it was because I felt I owed something to James. Wait you said that he was pregnant with my children, plural?"
"I did, and that is why I brought them here for this year. With Harry at least he knew you but with the two girls I wanted them to meet you before I tell them the truth."
"Why would you do something like that?" Severus had tears streaming down his face but didn't care anymore, "You could have at least told me. But why did you give Harry to those Wizard hating Muggles. I could have taken care of him-them. What did you do with the girls? Why did you send them to America?"
"I did that because I forgot that the Potters, and well the Snapes but that didn't happen, had a male pregnancy gene that had been passed down for many generations. As for why I didn't tell you, I didn't want Voldemort to find out that his 'most loyal servant' was the father of his worst enemy. I thought that you already had too much to hide from him. I gave Harry to the Dursleys because Lily did give up her life to save the three of them. She did make a blood bond with them. Since Petunia was her sister I thought that her blood would keep her safe. As for sending the girls to America the prophecy only told of a boy that would save the world. I gave them to a nice wizard couple in America, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp. They raised the two like their own daughters. The two grew up loving the infamous Harry Potter and were teased by their friends for looking so much like him. I hope that answers your questions." Dumbledore was being very sincere. Severus was mad though, very mad.
"YOU KEPT THE THREE OF THEM AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE OF VOLDEMORT AND A STUPID PROPHECY THAT SAID ONLY ONE OF THEM WOULD DEFEAT HIM. I COULD HAVE AT LEAST RAISED CHARLOTTE AND PECOLA. Charlotte, I wanted to name the girl Charlotte and he wanted Pecola. We couldn't decide if we had a child. He named one of them charlotte because he was remembering me. We both loved the name Harry though. Lily would have taken good care of them. They would have told me about them, eventually." Severus sat back down not knowing when he stood up. Dumbledore just watched as Severus remembered all the good times he had with James, and with Lily. He hated the times when they had to pretend they were fighting in public.
-
While Severus and Dumbledore were having this conversation about Harry's past, Harry, Hermione, Charlotte and Ron were going to the head room. When Hermione spoke the password they all took about two steps before stopping dead in their tracks. They saw Draco, Pecola, and Blaise laughing on the cough. Pecola was the first to look up.
"Hey sis, Harry," when Pecola said Harry, Draco looked up into the green eyes that were staring intensely at him, "Hermione, Ron." Pecola continued. Harry looked out of his staring contest with Draco to say hi to his friend.
"Hey Pecola," said Harry "Malfoy, Zambini."
"What the heck are they doing here" shouted Ron
"Apparently either Draco or Blaise have made Head boy."
"That would be me, Granger." said Draco
"Since when are they 'Draco or Blaise', what happened to Malfoy or Zambini?"
"I don't know. It just came out wrong." Ron and Hermione would have started fighting but Charlotte stopped them.
"As much as I would like to see you fighting for the third time today, I would rather you didn't."
"What was the other fight? One of the was about whether to put up a silencing charm when I was talking to Pecola here. What was the other?"
"You don't want to know." said Harry chuckling, while Hermione was blushing. "So, anyway, I've wanted to do this since the train ride, when you visited us and Ron is probably going to kill me for it but here it goes. Draco Malfoy, I know that this is seven years late but I would like to extend my hand in friendship."
"WHAT?" cried Ron
"Okay, Harry Potter I accept your friendship."
"Malfoy, I would also like to be friends with you."
"Okay, Granger, friends. What about you Weasel-Bee, do you want to be my friend also?"
"You all are off your knockers. You have all gone crazy." screamed Ron, pulling his hair out.
"Actually we are quite sane, Ron, it's you who looks a bit crazy." said Draco. Ron just looked at Draco when he called him by his given name.
"Sure, why not." mumbled Ron hardly heard by anyone, yet they all knew what he had said.
"So what did you say, Ron?" asked Hermione
"I said 'sure, why not'"
"That's great news" said Draco, "Hey Blaise, I just recruited more help for the now 'Gryffindor/Slytherin' Halloween Party."
"Coolness man, we need a lot of help now, since you made it a two house party." The Slytherins, minus Pecola, explained the usual party information to the Gryffindors and Pecola.
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Severus was looking for Harry, Charlotte, and Pecola. First he went to the dungeons and the other Slytherins, including Pansy, Crabbe and Goyle, told their Professor that they had last seen the girl with Draco and Blaise walking the opposite direction of the dungeons. Then he went to Gryffindor Tower. When he got inside he got many glares but found out the Harry and Charlotte had gone with Hermione and Ron to the Head Room.
"Of course, why didn't I think of that before. Draco and Granger are Head Boy and Girl." he muttered to himself when he got back out of the tower. He started walking down the stairs trying to remember where Dumbledore had moved the Head Room. Eventually he found the portrait of a snake curling around a lions neck without choking the animal.
"Passsword" said the snake
"Slithering Lion," muttered Severus, "Where does that old coot come up with these passwords." he added when the door opened. When he stepped into the room, he saw the three doors, which were the bedrooms and the bathroom in the middle. He saw the Giant Bookshelf, which was already half full of books. He saw the dark navy furniture sitting around the fireplace which was gilded in both gold and silver, causing a marble affect on the mantle. When he took another step into the room, he almost fainted from the sight in front of him. The three Slytherins and the four Gryffindors talk about something.
"-maybe in the dungeons or-"
"Excuse me," the seven students snapped around in shock, "I know that you would rather not see me this early in the year but I need the two new girls and Potter." saying that as if he hadn't cared for them in the least. "Dumbledore wants to speak to you three. I guess that the four of you will be coming since I have no way of stopping you." he added when all seven stood up with looks of apprehension. Snape was being nice, or he wasn't going out of his way to be mean as he usually does. They all followed Severus down the hall to the headmasters office in silence.
"Gum drops" said Severus. When the statue moved he let the teens go before him.
"Sev, what's up?" questioned Draco sin a whisper so no one else could hear.
"You'll find out, just keep walking" Draco caught up with the rest of the group when they went into Dumbledore's office.
"I see you brought the whole crew. Lemon Drop?" said Dumbledore with his clear blue eyes twinkling above his half moon spectacles. Everyone rejected the candy offer. Harry, Charlotte, and Pecola sat in the three chairs set up in front of the old mans desk. The other four sat on the couch on the side of the room. Severus stood behind Harry's chair. "They only stay if you don't mind, Severus my boy."
"I said that they could come and I wont make them leave if they don't want to."
"So, I guess you want to know why I called you three here at about eleven o'clock on the first day of school. There is something I need to tell you."
A/N: That's where I'll stop for now…I would go farther but I have hw to do. Internets working and no school this week. Hopefully i'll right the next chapter for later in the week. Hope you like it. Review please. Just a short one if you want, but no flames NONE.
XOXO PEACE OUT XOXO…DED