Power of the Prince Lineage

SeverusxLily & Children

Rated T

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its characters from the franchise. That honor belongs to JK Rowling

Power of the Prince Lineage

Chapter 10: Cedric's Advice and the Golden Egg's Message

"Eileen. Eileen, wake up," Holly said to her best friend as she gently shook her.

Eileen lifted her head from where it was resting in her hand at Ravenclaw Table and opened her eyes before slowly looking at her friend. She stared at the dirty blonde haired girl for a moment more before replying, "I'm not sleeping, I'm resting my eyes. They hurt as well as my head."

Holly frowned in concern before asking, "Why?"

The dark haired girl considered her answer before answering, "I've been spending a lot of time reading and studying, that's all."

It wasn't a lie, as she had been doing those things along with her brothers. They all were still working towards being able to help Harry when necessary in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. However that wasn't why Eileen's head and eyes were hurting. No, the reason for it was because of the amount of visions she was having, all of them showing the same thing but more and more each time; yet and still the details were still fuzzy. It was always of the evil man with the red eyes and her blood ran cold every time. Seeing those visions all of the time during the break was beginning to take its toll on her and she feared she was going to lose sleep as well. She didn't dare tell her parents or brothers about it, though she was sure Roderick would figure out what was happening to her on his own before Tobias did. And as for Harry, as long as he didn't know what his siblings were doing to help him, everything was fine as far as she was concerned.

Fingers placing themselves on her temples began to massage them, causing Eileen to look up and see Tobias looking down at her in concern. She smiled up at him and said, "Hi Toby."

"Hey, are you alright sis?" Tobias asked.

Eileen nodded and closed her eyes as her brother continued to massage her temples. Tobias always seemed to be in tune to her whenever she seemed to be in any physical pain and always tried to alleviate it for her. After a while her headache lessened and Eileen opened her eyes. Looking over to her side she saw Holly glancing at Tobias every now and then, a slight blush on her face. Remembering how she had promised to pass Holly's message to Tobias about hanging out and realizing she never did, she smirked and casually said, "You know Toby, you and Holly should hang out sometime. I think you two will end up being great friends."

Holly's grey eyes widened and her face turned bright red as she slightly hissed, "Eileen!"

Tobias' own face had turned red a bit before his green eyes turned to look at Holly, the girl avoiding eye contact with him. Smiling somewhat nervously he said, "Sure, that'd be alright with me. I'd like that, actually."

Holly looked up at him surprised before smiling, showing off her single dimple before saying, "I'd like that, too. Um, does free period work for you?"

"Yes. I'll see you then, Holly."

"Alright."

Tobias patted Eileen's shoulder before lightly pinching her and telling her he'd see her later. As he walked away, Holly smacked Eileen in her arm, causing the dark haired girl to yelp in surprise and grab her arm. Turning to face her she asked, "What was that for?"

"You couldn't have waited until I wasn't around to suggest that to him?" Holly asked while crossing her arms.

Shrugging Eileen replied, "I saw no reason to not beat around the bush about it, Holly. And it's not like I outright told Toby you had a crush on him. Besides, you asked me to pass along the message and I did."

"But I thought you had done it already."

"If I had I would have told you. Besides, I completely forgot about it as I was caught up in…my studies."

Holly sighed and nodded before thanking her best friend nonetheless. Pretty soon the bell sounded for the students to head off to classes, and Eileen and Holly both gathered their things and hurried off as to not be late. They had Potions and neither of them wanted to be scolded by Eileen's father. After all, Professor Snape was scary, even to his own children at times.

During free period Harry was hanging out with Draco and Hermione outside, all of them bundles in their cloaks, jumpers, gloves and scarves. It was still chilly as it was late January, meaning the Second Task was almost a whole month away. Harry still hadn't figured out what the secret message inside the golden egg was, as every time he opened it, the bloody thing screeched and pierced his ears. He, Draco and Hermione were wondering how they could figure it out before the Second Task rolled around. Hermione was also telling Harry how dangerous each tournament and tasks were—as if he didn't know that already—and that she was scared for him. Even Draco admitted he feared for his best friend's safety. That was how the triplets found them as they walked over to them.

Harry noticed them first and smiled saying, "Hello, you three. What brings you out here?"

"What, we can't spend time with our favorite big brother?" Tobias asked playfully.

Roderick smiled a little before saying, "Tobias has a date."

Draco raised an eyebrow and repeated in question, "A date?"

Face turning as red as his hair, Tobias exclaimed, "No, I don't!"

Hermione giggled before asking, "Who is it?"

"My friend Holly," Eileen answered with a grin. "Every time they're around each other, you can practically see the hearts in their eyes. So I casually set them up to hang out during free period today. We're just waiting for her to show up; Professor McGonagall held her back for a bit."

Before any more could be said, a call of Harry's name drew their attention. Turning they all saw Cedric Diggory heading their way. Draco cleared his throat a bit before saying, "Well, I guess we'll leave you alone Harry. I'm sure this is some Tri-Wizard champion business that we can't overhear."

"It's not like he's not going to repeat it to you," Roderick said casually.

"I know, but I'm sure Diggory doesn't want us to hear it right now."

Hermione nodded saying, "Yes, we should leave them alone." Grabbing Draco's hand she said, "Come along, Draco. You promised you'd show me that book on ancient charms that are no longer used in Hogwarts curriculum."

Draco nodded and allowed the brunette to pull him back towards the school, her never once letting go of his hand. Roderick grabbed Tobias and Eileen by their shoulders and steered them away from Harry just as Cedric reached him. Once they were far away enough, Roderick cast the Sonorus Charm on Harry and Cedric, while also casting the Muffliato Charm around them and the two older students. The two champions voices would sound loud and only be heard by the triplets; no one else would be able to hear the conversation. Roderick had figured out how to make those two charms work together for situations such as this one where they wanted to hear something without being in earshot, while also having no one else hear the conversation as well. He had shown it to his great-grandparents at Prince Manor when they spent the rest of the Christmas holidays there, and needless to say Roderick was very impressed as well as proud. "I accomplished that when I was sixteen, and for you to do so at just eleven is amazing. You are doing the Prince family proud," he had said.

The triplets stayed quiet as their brother and his fellow champion began talking, taking in their words. They watched as Cedric asked Harry, "Remember how you warned me about the dragons?"

Harry nodded and answered, "Yeah."

"Well I want to return to the favor."

"You don't have to; I was just helping out a friend."

"Well since we're friends, let me help you out as well. I'm sure you're having some trouble figuring out the clue in the egg."

"Yeah, I am having a bit of trouble with it. I can barely get past the screeching."

"Right, well you know the Prefect's bathroom up on the Fifth Floor?" At Harry's nod Cedric continued, "It's not a bad place for a bath."

Roderick frowned and said lowly, "Okay, that sounded remotely suggestive."

Tobias and Eileen shushed him to continue listening just as Cedric looked like he was about to walk away. Right before he did he handed Harry a piece of paper and said, "Just take your egg and mull things over in hot water."

They watched their older brother look after Cedric, then down at the paper before stuffing it in his pocket and walking away. Roderick cancelled both charms and he and his siblings huddled before he saying, "So it seems like Cedric is suggesting that the Prefects bathroom will help Harry figure out the message hidden in it."

"I don't think it's the bathroom necessarily. I think he's suggesting that the message can be figured out in a body of water, and the Prefects bathroom is the only place where you can do that and still have privacy," Tobias said.

"So that means that the egg has to be opened underwater to know its message," Eileen concluded.

Tobias nodded saying, "Yeah, I think that's what Cedric was saying without saying it. But in order for us to know it, we'll have to be in there with him. Harry is going to tell Hermione and Draco, and probably Ron about it. But he's not going to tell us."

"Then what do you suggest?" Eileen asked.

"I'm thinking maybe we can convince Harry to let us into the bathroom with him and listen to the egg. He might not particularly care, so it's worth a shot."

Roderick contemplated it for a moment before shrugging saying, "That works for me."

Eileen scrunched her nose in disgust before saying, "You boys can have fun with that. Just let me know what the egg said later."

The three of them straightened up just as soon as Holly ran towards them. Face flushed she said, "Hi guys, sorry I'm late."

Tobias smiled replying, "It's no problem. So um, are you ready to hang out?"

Holly nodded and the two of them started to walk away. They did however quicken their steps when Roderick called out, "You have thirty minutes, make the most of it."

Later that night Harry, Roderick, and Tobias entered the Prefects bathroom, Harry shutting and locking it behind them while holding onto his gold egg. They all had their bath supplies, underwear and pajamas to put on later when they were done with their bath. It wasn't as if they all hadn't seen each other naked before and weren't embarrassed about it, seeing as they had taken a family trip to a hot spring in Japan one winter and they and their father were in the spring together, Eileen and their mother on the other side.

Once the water was ran and had plenty of colorful, nice smelling bubbles, the three brothers stripped and got inside it, the warm water instantly warming their slightly chilled skin. Tobias couldn't help but swim around, seeing as the tub was as big as a pool. After a while Roderick asked Harry, "Have you figured out your egg yet?"

Harry shook his head answering, "Not yet."

Tobias swam over and suggested, "Why not open it now then."

Harry nodded before taking the egg and holding it in front of him, the egg sort of sitting on the water. Just as Roderick was going to tell his older brother to open it under the water, Harry opened it and filled the bathroom with the egg's wretched screech. Snapping it shut Harry sighed saying, "Well that didn't work."

"I think your brother meant open it under the water," a voice said from above them.

Looking up in surprise Harry said, "Myrtle!"

Moaning Myrtle giggle and waved at Harry flirtatiously saying, "Hello Harry."

Roderick and Tobias glanced at each other somewhat uncomfortably as they watched Harry and Moaning Myrtle talk, the ghost coming down towards them and making herself comfortable in the bathwater while also helping Harry figure out the clue. Losing his patience Roderick looked at his older brother and said, "Merlin, just open the egg underwater and listen, Harry."

Harry looked at his brother before nodding and ducking under the water, Tobias and Roderick following. As they held their breaths Harry opened the egg; instead of its horrible screeches, it began to sing instead.

"Come seek us where our voices sound,

We cannot sing above the ground,

And while you're searching, ponder this;

We've taken what you'll sorely miss,

An hour long you'll have to look,

And recover what we took,

But past the hour—the prospect's black,

Too late, it's gone, it won't come back."(1)

The three of them resurfaced and took a breath of air while pushing their hair out of their faces, Roderick taking a bit more time as his hair was longer than his brothers'. Tobias and Roderick looked at each other before nodding slightly, knowing they got what they needed and had to relay the egg's message to their sister. But they couldn't help but wonder what the clue meant, and who it was that took or was taking something.

Author's Note: (1) I do not own this, just using it for this chapter; all rights to this passage belong to JKR and The Goblet of Fire. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned for the next one. Next chapter will be the Second Task. Love, SehunsBae37.