-1Double Deuce: A Tale of Twin Destinies

Red eyes. A loud hissing laugh filling the air….a bright sun and sound of distant voices.

"Are you man or God?"

Neither….both?

"Are you human or wolf?"

Neither….human!

"Are you one man or one soul?

One soul…one man…?

"Your name?"

Remus…Ryo…

Ryo…Ryo...RYO!"

I snapped awake and looked up to find Dee looking down at me.

"Hey, you okay babe? You were having a fit." It wasn't often Dee showed such open worry in front of others. Unless that worry was for me.

I sat up, remembering that we were supposed to be heading to New Hampshire. I rubbed my head, "Yeah…just a weird dream." I smiled as much I was awake to. "I'm fine."

I finally noticed that we had stopped and looked out the window. Sirius was talking to Remus, it sounded like he was growling at him though. "Where are we?"

Dee grinned and helped me out of the car. He pointed to a small out of the way cottage. Had we not been following a wild goose chase I would have liked to come here. Alone with Dee.

Turning away a moment I took in our surroundings. There didn't seem to be any other houses around. The area looked deserted. I pulled at Dee's shirt.

"Dee…this place is really out of the way. How far did we drive?" I was kicking myself mentally for having dozed off like I did.

Dee tapped his chin, "Uh…well we drove for about five hours. Before we turned on to this road." He rubbed the back of his head and looked at where Remus and Sirius looked as thought they were arguing. Pretty heatedly if Lupin looked so ticked.

"Five hours? Dee! What if these guys ARE the killers?"

"Ryo, look, I know your not gonna believe me so I'm just gonna say it. What they're saying is the truth, what we saw was no smoke and mirrors bit. And your in danger so I'm not giving up just cause things don't make sense."

"Dee…"I sighed and shook my head, "Your in trouble too…look. We don't stay past dark ok. Once four hits around we're out of here."

Dee glared at me, I think he was expecting me to fold. But I can be just as stubborn as he is.

"It's that or we go home right now. And forget all this mystic mumbo-jumbo."

He sighed and looked at me for a moment before glancing back at the other two men. "Fine" He said, folding his arms and looked at the car instead of at me. "But if things start to fall from you logic Ryo. We're staying."

I sighed and nodded, watching him head over to Sirius and Remus. Their argument had apparently been solved. Sirius was staring at Remus in what looked like awe or surprise. I really couldn't tell from my angle.

And Lupin wasn't looking at Sirius. I walked over, a little more cautiously then Dee.

"Where are we Remus?" I asked, looking at the supposed werewolf.

"This is where Sirius and I have been staying since we arrived in the states. It's safe here. For…everyone."

I felt that self-loathing again and just looked at Lupin. Maybe Dee had…no, I wasn't going to mix pity for transferred emotions or whatever. I looked at my partner before stepping towards the house. I heard Dee following behind as I caught up with Sirius.

The inside of the house matched the quaint outside. It wasn't exactly a big house, but it felt roomy due to the sparse furniture. I sighed and sat at a couch.

"There's no TV or any radios." Dee said out loud, sitting next to me. I looked around and noticed that. No wonder it had looked so…empty. There was no giant TV in the center.

"Maybe electricity doesn't reach so far." I said.

"Or it might be that we don't know how to bloody use the things." Sirius said with a grin as he plopped into one of the chairs. Remus shook his head and disappeared into the kitchen. I leaned back and against Dee before I closed my eyes.

"Feelin' tired Ryo?" Sirius asked.

"Yes…but I don't know why. It just, hit me all of a sudden. Must have been the car ride." I yawned and settled back against Dee. He put his arm around me but I was too tired to be embarrassed, even though we were in company.

"That would be my fault. Or really Sirius and my fault. Last night was the full moon and well, I'm used to the lethargic feelings post-transformation. But I suppose you aren't." He sat down some coffee, which at this point I really needed, before sitting next to Sirius.

"I've just sent a message to our contact here. He'll send a message to Dumbledore and this should get straightened out."

"Hopefully before Voldemort realize what this entire thing entitles."

I blinked and woke up a little bit. Those…those hadn't been my thoughts. I quickly took one of the cups and sipped the hot liquid, hoping that would wake me up enough to keep my head straight. I met Lupin's gold eyes for a moment before he glanced away.

"You two are welcome here, there is an extra bedroom. This will take longer then one day to resolve."

"But-"

Remus held up a hand to Dee, "This is something that cannot be rushed. There is a reason for everything that happens. We need to find out what the reason behind this was. After all." he sipped the coffee, "A God does not ignore a warning lightly."

I looked at Dee and glared at him. What had we gotten into?

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"My lord?"

Red eyes turned towards the woman in the door. Bellatrix for a moment, like a rat caught in a snakes sights.

"Yes Bellatrix?"

The woman stepped into the room, keeping the shudder from showing. "It has been confirmed. The two pairs are together. We await your orders My Dark Lord."

The snake-man turned back to the fire, seemingly lost in the flickering reds and oranges. He knew there was more to the legend then what his grandfather had left. Even the cup had remained empty to his questions.

"Bring the wolf. And he alone."

Bellatrix frowned, she had been silently hopping to be able to bring her cousin back, "My lord."

Voldemort turned, eye flashing, "Are you questioning my reasons?"

The dark haired woman froze again but managed to shake her head.

"Good. Bring me the wolf. He can answer the one question that remains."

Bowing deeply the woman began to leave. She stopped, her courage returning now that she was no longer looking at those slit-like eyes, "My Lord. If I may ask…what question?"

Voldemort laughed coldly, "Why, how to harness the power once the Gods have been joined."

Bellatrix smiled and continued towards the others. Of course the first thing was to find her cousin and his half-breed mate. It was merely a task of research. She went towards her bed chambers, unaware of the pair of eyes that had followed her.

"So Lupin is in trouble." A sneer covered the shadowed face, "If only it had been Black. Then I wouldn't have wasted my time." The shadow moved towards the exit, vanishing with a soft pop halfway down the hall.

A/N: I RETURN! Man Xx Job and holidays really catch up to one o.o;

Anyways! Here is the next chapter of Double Deuce . What can ol' Moldy-breath want with our dear little wolf? Only…well quite frankly only he knows cause I sure as heck do not!

Anyways as to how I'm dealing with HBP (half-blood prince) I'm just gonna stick this during the earlier half of the school year. Like end of summer-ish type time frame. So Dumbledore is still around. And I'll give a heads-up should any MAJOR spoilers get thrown in somehow.

……………..SNAPE IS INNOCENT! holds up sign and so shall he appear in this fic .