A/N: Well, folks, what can I say? The title says it all. If ever I promised you answers, this chapter will deliver. And if ever there was a chapter you don't want to miss, this is it.

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CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN: REVELATIONS: PART A

Katlin found she could do nothing more than gape at her husband.

When she finally found her voice again, she didn't seem to had much use for it in way of making intelligent conversation.

"They made...they found a way...but how could...that poor...does she even...Orion, what are we going to do?!" She eventually finished off.

"Right now, I'm not sure. My biggest concern right now is Bo. I have to find him and find out if he's all right."

"But they wouldn't hurt him, surely. He's...they would just view him as another source of power. Like they do Becca."

Orion shook his head. "Oh no, Love. The only way they view Bo is as a threat to them."

Katlin nearly laughed. "A threat? Bo?" She shook her head. "Orion, Bo isn't a threat to them. I don't think he's really a threat to anyone. Maybe himself sometimes. But that's about it, isn't it? He's really nothing more than an overgrown three year old."

Orion sighed quietly to himself. This was the one place that for some reason he could never quite make Katlin see just how dangerous Bo really was. Why he kept such a close watch over his precocious boggart.

"A three year old with the power to destroy the world?" He ask. "You don't find that dangerous?"

"But Bo would never do that!" Katlin defended quickly. "He doesn't kill. You told me that yourself."

"I've never known him to kill." Orion clarified. "That's not to say he's never done it, Katlin. Bo's been around for a very, very long time."

"But surely your family has records of some sort. Someone would know."

Orion nodded to that. "That's true. That's how we've learned as much as we have about the 'Power'. Through family records. And true, no one has ever mentioned Bo actually harming anyone but his hosts; and that wasn't entirely his fault. But records aren't always accurate, Katlin. And it's still not to say that one day, if he got really angry over something, that he wouldn't...deal with it. Look at Becca. Becca kills out-of-hand, Love. She seems to view it as nothing more than a problem solving tool. And there's nothing to indicate Bo couldn't one day do the same."

"Except his nature, Orion." Katlin argued back. "They may be the same...entity. But Bo is nothing like Becca. He's shy, and quiet, and he's just so darned lovable. You've said it yourself; Bo doesn't hate anything. How can you kill something without hatred?"

"Accidents happen, Katlin."

"Well, I still know that when you used Bo to destroy the Lair, Bo got every living thing out of there before he did what you wanted. I doubt even a flea died when the lair collapsed."

"All based on wrong wording, Love. Had I told Bo I wanted the lair and every living thing in it destroyed, what do you think he would have done then? All I told him was I wanted the lair destroyed."

"All right," Katlin sighed, "I'll concede, Bo could be a danger in the wrong hands. But I still see that as a reason they would want to keep him alive, not harm him. I still don't see how he's a threat to them."

"Because Heudros doesn't like to lose."

"Pardon?" She asked with a puzzled frown.

"Heudros doesn't like to lose." Orion repeated. "For a long time, Heudros has had the upper hand. Now he realizes he doesn't. He's discovered there's another 'Power' out there just like the one he brought into existence. He also figures, and rightly so, that he can't control Bo. So he most likely wants to get rid of him."

"So Heudros wants to destroy Bo?"

Orion nodded. "I've actually been a fool in a lot of this. At first, I thought Heudros was after Harry. Stop Harry and he's stops us from finding him.

Then his attention seemed to turn to Voldemort. But I think that was just more general irritation than anything.

But now finally he's shifted his attention to his real target in all of this."

"Bo." Katlin answered in a whispered voice.

Orion nodded. "And when you look at it, everything he's done has all been Heudros, not assessing our powers, but Bo's. Sending him off on his own was stupid and careless. I should have known better. I gave Heudros the opportunity he was looking for at just the time he was looking for it. Getting Bo away from us."

"But Bo's been separated from you before. When we first entered the castle, he was trapped outside."

"That was more of a fluke than Huedros' doing."

"A fluke?"

"Don't you know what that castle is yet?" Orion ask her.

Katlin shook her head. "It's...it's Becca's home."

Orion shook his head in return. "It's not her home, Katlin. It's her prison. Heudros created that castle as a place to keep Becca contained and controlled. That castle is nothing more than a giant ward set up to keep Becca within its borders. That was the reason Bo couldn't get into it at first."

"But that can't be right." Katlin stated. "We've seen her outside the castle."

Orion shook his head again. "No. We've seen her in the corridor. Which, at times, was nothing more than an extension of the castle itself."

"But Bo has been in the corridor with us. It wasn't keeping him out then."

"Because at the time the main wards making up the castle didn't extend that far. Just like the smaller wards inside the castle, Heudros can shift the main wards that make up the castle around wherever he wants them to be."

Katlin gave him a wide-eyed look of surprise. "He can do something like that?"

"Not Heudros." Orion corrected. "Becca. Heudros manipulated her into creating her own prison and then handing the keys over to him. Roland said it best when he said that Heudros could teach even Voldemort a few tricks in being devious."

"But then why let him in at all? Why not keep the two of you separated and attack Bo right then?"

"Because Heudros wasn't sure enough yet of his own ability...or more Becca's...to overpower Bo. He was still testing him. Still sorting out our connection. If anything, the castle likely served to prove to Heudros what he suspected about Bo if he wasn't sure already."

"That he was another 'Power'." Katlin supplied.

Orion nodded. "I also suspect the castle serves several other less obvious purposes. One being, it dampens Becca's abilities...her power. That would explain why it's been so hard for Bo to function inside of it. He does marginally better than Becca, but it still effected him. Something I'm sure Heudros took great note of, as interested as he is in my boggart. If you recall, Bo had a great deal of trouble getting around the smaller wards inside of the castle."

"You told Figg it was because he was nervous."

"To a degree, he was. The wards were upsetting and confusing him, as well as was he trying to sort out the effects the castle was having on him. Sort of a 'sensory overload' for Bo."

Katlin smiled slightly at her husband as she murmured, "Poor Bo."

"And if I'm right in what I think Heudros is actually up to here, he's actually been suspicious of Bo's true nature for a very long time. Before we even started this journey. For some reason he just picked now as the time to strike."

Katlin shook her head slightly as though trying to clear a thought. "Picked? Orion, he didn't know we were coming after him."

"Yes, he did." Orion stated. "He even paved the way for us. What happened the minute we started this journey? Becca showed up. Heudros knew we were there. He knew we were coming. None of this has been a surprise to him. And if I don't miss my guess, he even knows where we are now."

"Then why hasn't he sent his people to attack us?"

"I'm not sure yet. Maybe because he finally has what he wants."

"You said Heudros has been suspicious of Bo's true nature for a long time. How long?"

"Again, if my assumptions are right, for years now. But I can only prove it more recently."

"Recently?"

"Do you remember when Hershel was attacked?"

Katlin nodded.

"Why? Why single out that one person to attack? What made him different from all the rest of us?"

Katlin gave him a pointed stare. "You're not serious?! Orion, Hershel is half-Dementor. He would burn like a candle in that darkness to someone seeking out powerful wizards or witches."

"But aside from that he had something else that held him up as a beacon to Heudros." Orion stated. "Hershel had been touched by the 'Power'. Yes, I think at first Hershel was indeed suppose to be just one more on Becca's growing list of dead witches and wizards. Remember what Roland said? Heudros didn't want anyone more powerful than himself around who could challenge him. He saw Hershel at first as just another wizard to challenge his power, based on his Dementor enhanced abilities. But when Heudros came to the house, I think he sensed something else. He sensed that Hershel had been touched by the 'Power', or at least had contact with it somehow. So he became all the more determined to kill him."

"But he didn't."

"They didn't have the chance. We showed up and they retreated."

"And I never understood that. Orion, if Heudros is as powerful as you think, with Becca backing him, why did they run off when we arrived? Why not just kill us as well?"

Orion held a finger up. "Who came with us?" He ask.

Katlin thought for a moment. But understanding suddenly lit her expression. "Bo." She whispered. "They sensed Bo."

"And ran." Orion finished for her.

"But again, why not try and capture him then if that was always Heudros' ultimate goal?"

"Because Heudros wasn't ready to face him yet. Heudros wasn't sure yet of Bo's full potential or if he could beat him. And he doesn't like to lose, remember?"

"But if he has Becca, how could he?"

"Another good point. And I think the answer there is that Heudros isn't as connected to his 'Power' as my family is to Bo. I don't think Heudros really knows what he has."

"What he has?"

"Katlin, my family has housed and sheltered Bo for generations. We have had generation after generation for years to learn about the 'Power'. Every member of my family that used the 'Power' learned from that experience and passed it down to the next host. That's the reason my father is so staunchly opposed to ever using Bo's power. Because he knows without a doubt the consequences of that action. But Heudros has only had contact with Becca for a few years at best. No time at all when compared to my family's experience. I'm not even certain if he knows for sure what she is."

Katlin stared up at him with wide eyes. "Do you honestly believe that?" She ask. "That he created her without knowing what she really is?"

Orion shrugged slightly. "I hope I'm wrong, Love. But anything is possible here. and it is very likely Heudros has no idea Becca's true nature. At least not the full extent of it."

Katlin stared up at him. "But Orion," She said in a whispered voice, "if Heudros doesn't know what Becca is, then isn't it just possible that maybe Becca doesn't know either?"

PLEASE SEE PART B.