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Chapter 2

Trying to relax, in his chair, after three hours of arguing with Fudge over what had happened to James Potter. Albus Dumbledore was at a loss. According to what his former student had stated plainly, Voldemort was back... They had heard and felt of the events almost 10 years ago, where death eaters went on a rampage trying to get revenge for his demise. The wizarding world was so happy then, and Albus had begun to believe that maybe fate was possible to avoid.

But as his mind drifted off to the memory of the graying dark haired man, who began to sob...he was startled as the only person who could break through any ward or barrier comes through with others. His eyebrow rising at the sight of the dark man in black who radiating something incredible. He could only smile at the tender and protective way he held the brpwn haired woman close to him.

"Albus, old buddy, old pal!" A blond haired man, stated with a grin beside a black haired one. Wearing a loud and exuberant Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts, the old wizard can't help but smile a little bit in amusement.

"It is good to see you again Savitar..." The old wizard replied. "Still haven't changed one bit in fifty years...what are you into this time?"

"SURFING!"

Giving a little shake of amusement, Albus catches the darkened gaze of the man in black beside him. Dangerous and radiating almost as much power as the blonde beside him, he was a force to be reckoned with. Wearing a sleeveless black shirt and jeans with metal bracelets on his wrists and around his upper arms...he radiated warning signs...

"Don't mind him, Albus, he's always gloomy." Savitar chirped as he grabbed a handful of lemon drops. The dark haired man, giving him a dark look, waves his hand at something, and Albus can't help but feel something strange within the magic of Hogwarts. The woman smacking his old friend on the arm lightly as Savitar chuckles.

"Be nice...Ash is getting better."

Savitar choosing to act childish at the momet, he and the others are distracted as thier quiet companion speaks up. "I have to let her out, Savitar. Simi wants to meet him."

Confused as to who this man could be refering to he looks to Savitar questiongly. The blonde simply avoiding the answer as he was known to do so till it suit him. He turns to respond to his companion. "All right then..." The blonde replied as he sat in a chair, to prop his feet upon Albus's desk. Taking a look at the old wizard, the blonde looks at him and says one word. "Charonte..."

His eyes widening at the offered explanation. "So this is who you were telling me about old friend." Dumbledore choosing to turn to the dark man beside the woman who shines with love for the man beside her. "This must mean you are Archeron. The Dark Hunter leader...there has been many a time where I wished to offer you a job teaching my students here, after what Savitar has told me." Turning to the woman, he offers a simple look of curiosity from his twinkling eyes. Tory who can't help but fall under the spell, smiles as she offers an answer to his silent question. "Tory... I am his wife."

Startled by Dumbledore's comment, Archeron is looking at Savitar with a gaze demanding an explanation. The blonde looking at him lazily, he shrugs at him in return. "I said I would let you know, when you got through dealing with Artemis...well now you know you have a chance at a job."

Tory lighting up as she and Ash along with the boys had simply being staying in the other realms. The woman had been missing her friends and just the feeling of people around them other, then those whom had come to be company. Ash looking thoughtful, nods his head to Dumbledore. "Perhaps we may discuss this later?"

"I look forward to it, Mr. Parnthopeaus"

"Archeron...SIMI WANTS OUT NOW!" The Charonte demon screamed in the back of his mind making him wince, letting herself be known loud and clear in her need to be included. The tattoo moving to his arm at his subtle order, Albus watches as it flies off his skin as it grows larger and becomes a petite black haired and purple skinned girl with wings. Her red eyes opening, she looks at the headmaster with a curious expression and then grins.

"Simi won't eat you, you look like good guy!"

Giving a little bit of a smile at the childlike demon, Albus picked up his never ending bowl of candy and offered it to the young demoness.

"Lemon Drop?"

Taking a handful, Simi plops them into her mouth and happily crunches them, but is soon in awe and studying the dish as it fills up with even more. "OOoohhh neat! Akri, Simi wants one of these things! Then Simi never runs out of yummy food!"

Looking at the demoness, Albus can't help but feel what he does for most of his students, that of a grandfatherly nature. "You can have it..."

Crooning with delight, Simi hugs the old wizard, before running off to go show Tory, who dotes upon her as much as Archeron does. The demoness needing the motherly influence she could provide some of Simi's more outrageous tendecies in the past ahd been curbed thanks to her influence as well as Katra these last few years.

"So what brings you to Hogwarts old friend?" Albus asked as he looked towards the blonde, his gaze leaving that of the others in the room as they chat with a warm familial bonds.

Before the blonde could say anything, Simi answers for him. Her mouth happily munching on the lemon candy, she chirps in the answer.

"Because Savitar says Simi's brother Harry and Neville have to come back and face their destiny!" Albus hearing the chipper words, hopes beyond hope that the two they refer two are two who could possibly bring light back to a despairing group of people.

"Simi, I was kind of hoping to explain to him a few things first with Archeron's help." Savitar states with an exasperated look on his features. His eyes on his old friend, he could see the twinkle from his youth growing in full force. It never having had left from long ago it had shrunk with pain over a war that he was so valiantly trying to keep from spreading across the others on this planet.

"Simi don't care. Simi wants to go back and play with Harry and Neville on the island!" The Charonte girl replied as she blew him a raspberry. Archeron shakes his head, in a why me kind of tone, before he steps forward. Tory giving a light scolding to the Charonte demon who pouted as she found herself being denied the dish for the rest of the day. Her misbehavior not tolerated by her akra. The young child demon was shamefaced at the disappointed look. Remaining quiet for now and listening as once again Savitar and her Akri talk with the old man.

"Dumbledore, Nine years ago, when I was in London checking in on one of my Dark Hunter's, my wife, Simi, and I, ran into two five year old boys. Both of which commented on her glowing..."

"Her magic aura..." Albus replied with understanding. "It is indeed quite strong..."

Grinning a little bit, Archeron can't help but smile at the old wizard. "That's just the shield I have repressing it Dumbledore. If I was to truly remove the shield around her..."

"The castle would go KABOOM!" The demoness replied petulantly but with a smile. Ward thingy keep castle from thinking I bad girl. I good girl. Right Akri, Akra?"

"When you want to be Simi?" Tory chuckled as she lightly teased the Charonte demon, who protested. Distracted once again Albus shakes his head at the little demoness's exhuberance. "I thank you for our consideration. Tell me...are Harry and Neville..."

"According to Savitar they are the ones whom you seek." Archeron replied reluctantly. "Tory and I raised them with Savitar as their teacher and in the same way as I had done Simi. To us they are our sons..."

"I see..." Dumbledore stated quietly, the pity he feels for the children's biological families now growing. He wonders, especially James at how they would react to someone else being called...Dad. "And you plan to bring them back..."

"Yes, it seems your enemy has found a way to come back from the dead recently has he not Albus?" Savitar replied with a serious question.

"Simi wants to EAT HIM! But Archeron and Savitar say Simi will get a bellyache if she does. So Simi has to let Harry and Neville fight him and Simi don't like that." She stated as she crossed her arms across her chest. "I eat all bad people who try to hurt my family, or at least all that Akri and Akra let me."

Startled by the statements made by his guests, Albus reflects on what James had told him of his duel and the events just a few nights ago. Of Voldemort's return...

"He found the boys didn't he...five years ago. He found them."

"Yes" Savitar replied, as Archeron nodded his head.

"They had approached myself, Ash and Simi, five years ago, and were curious about why we glowed. Simi had taken a fascination to both of them and decided that day they were going to come with us and proceeded to persuade my husband." Tory spoke quietly as she giggles. "That is a feat all in itself for to convince Ash it is pretty hard. But it was a good thing she did...when we got back to the Orphanage later that night...Ash went in and he..."

Holding up his hand, Albus shook his head. "No more needs to be said..." He replied sadly as he remembered the news about the orphanages being attacked by Death Eaters. "May I ask which one is marked...?"

Dumbledore asked as he had hopes that neither boy was, despite what James had told him. For the fact that if what James said was true, it would break Lily's heart as well as that of the others. They were already feeling betrayal over the incident with Peter Pettigrew. He hopes to be able to tell James that it was not his son that was marked as Voldemort implied...

"Harry..." Archeron replied, causing the old headmaster to sag against his desk in sadness. "He has a lighting bolt scar above his left eye."

"I had hoped that was not the case..." Albus stated quietly as he aged almost 10 years in these last five minutes. He begins to speak of what had happened recently, and the events that had transpired. His guests listening, it is Simi, who starts to sniff loudly in emotional distress.

"Akri, Simi doesn't like this Voldemort. He was mean to Harry's other Akri...are you sure Simi can't eat him?"

Chuckling a little bit in amusement, Albus can't help but be thankful to the Charonte demon's innocence. The others catching his small laugh is happy that Simi had done what she does best without realizing it. Make someone smile...

"Simi if I am allowed to call you that?" Albus asked inquisitively. The demoness looking up at him smiles and chirps her response.

"Only if I can call you Grandpa!" A thoughtful gaze crossing her features as she looks to Tory curiously. "He could be my Grandpa right?"

"If you want him to be." Tory smiled as Albus replied.

"I would be honored if you did...Simi."

The demoness squealing in happiness, she hugs him before she goes back to munching on the candy. "As much as I am sure Harry and Neville's families would like it if you did eat Voldemort, I am sure Archeron and Savitar are right. Harry has to do this himself..."

"Simi knows that...Simi just doesn't like it."

Laughter filling the room, Albus can't help but wonder about the Potters. The news that it was indeed their son, whom Voldemort marked, will surely devastate them. "Ash may we talk about the job perhaps? I believe the ministry will try to foister someone highly unqualified if I do not find someone better.

"Tell me what it would entail." He replies. "And do keep in mind there will be times I will have to go and check on those under me. I may even have some of them take my place shoudl they emergency become big enough."

Accepting his conditions, they get down to business as Albus takes but a moment to teach Simi a game for which the demoness takes to enthusiatically. Tory playing with her as her own curiosity grows as this was yet another world hidden from the main part of society. After a while though an agreement was met.

"Thank you, this will help considerably. The term starts in a month or so. I would ask...for the sake of their families. Could you and Simi bring the boys in two weeks instead of in a month? You see...Harry's father..."

Nodding his head, Archeron understands the reasoning behind Albus's request. It would give him time to break it to the boys loved ones, that both were indeed alive...and coming back... Even now as they vanished after parting he holds something that certain people would love to see. An image of two very much alive 14 year old boys...

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Four days later...Hogwarts

Albus was in his office, and waited patiently for four certain individuals to arrive. Having contacted them, he had to wait for a time, where all involved were free and could meet together at once. Now as the fireplace reacted, one by one, a person would come out.

First was a woman with brilliant red hair and green eyes with the beginnings of a silver streak at her temple. Her sadness and worry evident by the dark rings under her eyes, he hopes that after what he tells them, that they will disappear with hope and excitement.

Next was a smaller brown haired woman with dark eyes. Although tired, she was a strong determined woman, who for many years alongside her husband looked for her missing son. Wanting him back and in her arms...

They were short followed by a dark haired man, who was all to familiar, much to Albus's amusement as shortly after that a light brown haired man went through as well. Both men although related to neither youth, was a godfather to each one... by all accounts even though he did not ask for them to come...by rights they deserved to know as well.

Next came another dark haired man, who had a pained and yet hopeful expression on his face.

Albus couldn't wait to tell him, Frank Longbottom, that Neville was coming to Hogwarts. But it was the next man who comes through that concerns him the most as the red headed woman rushes to him. James only looked worse... After what his normally laughing former student had told him. Well it felt to James that he had betrayed his only child. To give up on the one thing that had brightened his existence so long ago before the prophecy happened...

A small sigh crossing his lips, he somehow regrets meeting Sybil that fateful day. If she had not made it, there might have been a different man standing in front of him. One who would have been much happier.

Maybe it was best that the others were here to support him...once he learned.

"Albus why are we here?" Asked a dark haired man with long dark hair pulled back into a ponytail at the base of his neck. Sirius Black prankster and joker extraordinaire, was one of the leading aurors in search for their once fellow marauder Pettigrew who had betrayed them to Voldemort. Allowing James to nearly get killed in a duel with the dark lord... This had given the once bright and happy go lucky man a bitterness to his eyes.

"All of you might wish to sit down, before I tell you." Albus twinkled with a gentle and warm smile, that becomes one of pure seriousness. "And I do not wish to ask for Madame Pomfrey to come and have to heal a fainting spell or any cuts and bruises you may receive once I tell you..."

Confusion now radiating from all of them, the two women proceeds to sit together upon a couch, Frank beside his wife Alice, sits upon the arm, as James sits in front of his wife Lily upon the floor. Both Sirius and the other man, who is known to everyone as Remus Lupin transfigure a couple of books that were replaceable into chairs for them to sit upon.

Once they were all situated, Albus smiled warmly at his guests... His eyes still full of joy as he looks at those whom had not known much over the years.

"Harry and Neville are alive..."

James, looking up at the moment, glares at the older man. Frank and Alice are grasping each other's hand as she leans into him for hopeful support. After so long they had been discussing doing what the Potters had done and give up their search for their missing son.

"Albus that's not funny..." Frank said slowly. "Don't get our hopes now after all these years."

Giving the hint of a smile, Albus reaches into a drawer and pulls out the picture, Savitar had given him. Handing it to Remus first, who is the closest to him at the moment, alongside Sirius. Both men let out sounds, at the images upon it.

Two boys, both of which who are obviously teenagers, wearing wetsuits. A surfboard beside them as they make goofy grins at the camera...it was hard not to recognize both boys. Especially a certain one that resembles the man sitting n the floor...

One's hair is the same color as James, but longer and pulled back into a ponytail, with a few wet strands escaping. His brilliant green eyes are showing, as he makes a pair of bunny fingers, behind the youth's head next to him. A blonde man shaking his head in amusement in the background as the image of a brown haired woman playing with a black haired girl with wings?

No one though notices the others in the picture, they just see the boys that they knew were their missing family members. For the other youth as Remus, notes, has the looks of his mother, but firmer. More masculine and a warm fierce light in dark eyes his eyes, which remind him of his father.

"Prongs...Albus isn't joking." Sirius said with a smile and tears of happiness in his eyes for his friend, as he takes the picture of the boys from Remus. "Because I will be damned if Harry doesn't look like you..."

James shaking his head in disbelief and denial begins to rock against Lily, who does her best to embrace him with all her heart. The pain of Voldemort's words going through his skull, he watches as Frank rushes by and takes the picture, before Sirius even has time to blink.

Gazing at it himself, he hears the voice of Alice asking her husband with a soft hopeful note.

"Is it Neville...?" Alice replied tearfully. "Please Frank tell me! Is it our son?"

Not able to say anything to the smaller woman, Frank just shows her the picture, and Alice lets out a cry of joy. Her son was alive! He was alive and happy! Hugging her husband close to her heart, the two parents sob against one another. Albus smiling with his own happiness at the return of the life that this couple had lost years ago...watches as Lily reaches for the picture fingers trembling with hope. The red headed woman taking the picture, her heart pounds with love as she begins to cry. Her finger brushing the image of the black haired youth, she cradles her husband who had suffered much.

"James...look...its Harry..." Lily worded softly. Her tears hitting his cheek as he struggled to not want to see. "It's our son. And he looks like you James, like you said he would..." She whispered. "Our son looks like his father..."

The picture within reach, the stricken man who still has bandages on his body from his ordeal, can not help but reach for the picture to look. A young boy, with eyes like his wife's catches his eye immediately. Messy black hair and a familiar smile on the boy's features, James start to sob as he holds it close to his heart.

A mixture of joy and agony on his face as Voldermort's words can only be the truth...

Sirius noticing the anguish cry, as does everyone else, Albus regrets what he must say next. "James do you want me to tell them...what you told me?"

Nodding his head as he grasps his wife's arm for support, the others look to their former headmaster for an explanation. "What am I about tell you, is not meant for anyone's ears but your own." Albus said quietly. "According to Savitar, when Harry and Neville were in the orphanage, the two of them had been drawn to a friend of his named Archeron, his wife, and his ward, who at that time were visiting one of hiss people, stationed here in London."

The people listening, Albus pauses for a moment and debates whether or not he should tell them who or even possibly what Archeron and Simi are. But realizes that to understand the attack from Archeron's standpoint, he will have to tell them everything...

"Apparently, his ward Simi had taken an interest in Harry and Neville and demanded him that they are allowed to go with them as they visited his employee. It was apparently a good thing that Simi did. It seems before they returned to the orphanage with the boys, that it had been attacked...by Voldemort."

Breathing heavily now, the old headmaster, hands Frank a bag for Alice, who was starting to hyperventilate. Her eyes taking on a panicked glow, once again the aged wizard waits, till she has calmed down enough for the others to listen.

"Something else happened didn't it Albus..." Remus stated quietly. His fear confirmed by the subtle nod of the old man's head. James just hold's on tighter to Lily. Afraid of hearing confirmation of that vile wizard's words as well as how his beloved wife will react.

"According to Tory Archeron's wife, it seems an hour or so before they were to return. Voldemort found them with the boys. And proceeded to attack them..." Albus replied softly. His own heart breaking as Lily lets out a scream of pain, as Alice and Frank struggle not to collapse themselves. Sirius punches the wall hard, that by looking at his hand, he summons Madam Pomfrey to come and check on the man.

"He got to them didn't he...he bloody made the prophecy about him come true."

"According to Savitar...yes. Voldemort struck with his curse." Albus replied quietly. "We were lucky, that not only did the curse rebound according to Simi, who saw it happen. But that they flexed their own powers and made sure that none of his supporters could finish the job. That very night, they took Harry and Neville to Savitar's Island when they realized the orphanage was destroyed."

"Simi...and this Archeron protected them? Against Voldemort and his followers...?" Sirius replied with a confused look. "That shouldn't be possible... Death eaters would have done everything they could to gain revenge."

Smiling, Albus nods his head as he agrees. "They...are not exactly powerless. Archeron is hard to explain, but know this, Savitar who is my friend trusts Archeron completely, and it is Archeron along with his wife Tory who essentially raised Harry and Neville alongside Simi, who considers them her brothers. Which may be a plus for them against Voldemort..."

"How so...?" Lily was hesitant to ask. Her soul wanting to know about those who raised her and her best friend's sons, she clutches onto Alice's hand desperately as her other hand holds onto James's tightly.

"Simi is a Charonte Demon..." Albus replied. The looks of panic and fear on their faces, he holds up a hand and smiles warmly. "I have met Simi, and Hogwarts has accepted her and Archeron both. She is in our years only 12 years old." Albus mused, with warmth. "To her it was she who went to her true form after the initial strike, and protected Harry and Neville from harm as Archeron sent Voldemort's lackeys into hiding. For you see, Archeron is the leader of the Dark Hunters..."

Remus looking up with surprise, Albus smiles as something had told him, that he would know of them. "I believe you know of the organization I speak of Remus?"

"Yes..." The werewolf replied with a smile. "They had almost hunted me a couple of times, in London. But both times they realized I meant no harm... and let me be. In fact I am friends with one named Elizabeth." Remus said warmly as he looks at his friends. "They are much like us... but depending on their age...some of them according to her can rival Merlin himself."

The others giving a small sound of disbelief, Remus looks to Albus with a questioning gaze. "How old is Archeron..."

Staring at the people who gaze at him, Albus gives a small sigh... "Archeron is around 11,000 years old and Simi is 12,000 years old and she looks to him as a father. You see for a Charonte they age only 1 year for every 1,000"

Before anyone else can respond, James looks up at Albus, with a quietness that frightens many. "Finish telling them Albus...tell them why Peter betrayed us and helped Voldemort capture me."

Nodding his head, Albus looks at Lily with sadness in his eyes. "In that first curse...the one that effectively destroyed his body as it rebounded. It had hit one of the boys, leaving a mark upon his forehead..."

Confused for a moment, Lily becomes white as a moment later as Alice lets go of her husband and rushes to her worried for her friend. Confused for a moment, it is Remus who pales as his words and they way James holds on to his wife hits him.

"No...no...no..." Lily starts crying as she struggles against not only her husband. But her friends as well. "Not my baby! Not Harry!"

Sirius paling now as everything sinks in, he looks to Albus who is sad. "A few days ago, when Savitar was teaching the boys, Harry reacted in pain and agony. He was feeling the bond between himself and Voldemort. What he was doing to James, Harry felt as well. Voldemort marked Harry Potter, as his equal."