The Life Unlived

by Grey Quill

Taken from the Dursleys, Harry grows up sheltered from the Light. Dumbledore is oblivious when Harry comes to Hogwarts for his first year. Dark, Slytherin, Vampyres, New Magics, Nonslash.

4. Chapter 4

Harry Potter and the Life Unlived

By

Vulpine Nox

Underlined is writing

Italics is telepathy

Bold is parseltounge

Last Chapter

Shade's dorm was exactly the same but his bed was on the left when you first walked in. The boys to put on their nightclothes and went to bed.

This Chapter

Precisely three hours later.

Wake up Shade, its time to go. Shade opened his eyes slowly and looked at the other occupants of the room, checking if they were sleeping.

'Coming'

Don't forget to bring your trunk.

'I know, I know'

Shade crept out of the room carrying his trunk, Silver was at the entrance to the common room. The wall slid open silently, and they walked out quietly, each carrying one end of the trunk. They went down seven floors and looked in the general area until they found a huge room half the size of Great Hall except with normal sized ceilings. They put the trunk outside the room and went into the room.

"You can go explore Shade, you are hopeless at rune wards."

He gave an affirmative grunt and walked off. Silver sat down, and levitated using her slight elemental abilities. She closed her eyes and spread her magic out in a web around her. After around five minutes small runes the size of a penny started appearing at the joints of the web. Ten minutes after that, the web, which had now grown into a large sphere that, sat around Silver looked much brighter. The web pulsed once, twice and seemed to explode all the strands of magic stretching out, but when they hit the walls and ceiling they glowed brighter pulsed once and disappeared. Silver opened her eyes a sighed after she finished the 'sense me not' ward, she still had to put up a 'I am not using magic', 'the room is not here', and a basic protection ward.

–

Oi Shade, come back I'm done, finally

'Good, cause I'm bored. You set the ward to let me in right?'

Of course oh great bored one, now come on. Shade appeared about thirty minutes later. The room was now full of tables, chair, couches, beds, TVs, dressers, wardrobes, stereos, lamps, bookshelves, desks and boxes of various stuff like books, knickknacks, weapons, more weapons and deadly knickknacks. Currently, the sisters were setting up paper screens that were obliviously making up smaller rooms. Shade also saw lots of wood, but couldn't fathom what that was for. There was no sign of Silver. He felt magic build on the far wall, which after a moment burst in to smoke. When the smoke cleared, it seemed someone had lengthened the room by another twenty feet. Silver was floating, the extent of her meager air elemental abilities, at the far end of the newly expanded room. She floated over after she spotted him.

"Good, you're finally here. I was getting worried that you were lost. I actually had time to pop up to the dorm and get my trunk, release all the animals and get the rest of the girls."

"I went a bit too far, so it took me a while to get back."

"Right and you didn't want to get out of helping set up for as long as you could." Shade smiled sheepishly and held up his hands.

"What do you want me to do?" Silver pointed and Shade started hauling furniture. The floor and walls were finally done seven hours later, through heavy use of Shade elemental abilities. Silver had sealed off, warded and put a permanent portal on the other rooms so the total floor space was 300 ft by 300 ft and the big room appeared to be one room. The sisters and Silver had decided to design the rooms to be heavily Japanese style. They had built wooden floor ceiling and walls next to the stone. Seemingly creating a wooden house with paper screens for the inner walls. There was a library (which took up a quarter of the total room), kitchen (though they didn't need one), living room (the second biggest room, where they had stashed all the electronics), a dining room (where guest would eat), and twenty bedrooms (though only nine were currently being used), a dueling area (where all the weapons were), a potions lab, and a huge bathroom. Shade had found the bathroom downstairs and Silver warded, and removed it from the other students' perception and created a semi-permanent portal on one of the wooded walls that open by sliding open the door in front of the portal. There was a long hallway when you first opened the door, the library was on the left the living room on the first door on the right, the dining room second door on the right. The dueling room was straight ahead, the kitchen was on the far right corner, the potions lab next to it, and a large empty room, which they had yet to decide to do with. The bathroom was through a door next to the kitchens. When anyone asked Silver what the extra bedrooms were for she would give a mischievous smile and ignore the question.

All of the rooms were empty except for the library, with stacks of book boxes, and the room that had no current purpose, which was full of all the furniture and the nine bedrooms of the girls that had not been sorted.

–

"We're hungry." Whined the triplets. The sister being woken recently needed to feed once a day.

"Shade can you take the girls to hunt? I know you haven't fed for a while." Silver asked holding back a yawn.

"All right, I take it you want me to take them all?" Silver nodded

"Be back before seven, ok?"

"Yep" all of the girls crowded around and disappeared when Shade activated the blood calling, the common way that most Vampyri get around. Anywhere that the user's blood is spilt they can travel to. Silver set the calling in the room so that anyone closely related to her could come Calling.

–

Silver, Shade and the sorted girls went and explored the rest of the castle publicly after they had gotten back. They had found few thing of little interest, until they stumbled over the library, Shade and Silver immediately immersed themselves in the pages of various tomes. The sorted sisters had gotten bored after a while and decided to leave the two bookworms, who only left when it was mealtime and when Silver collected her winnings from Malfoy and Higgs, but couldn't find Pucey so she decided to let it slid, for a little while.

–

The night before classes started Shade was walking to his common room and smelt blood. He came upon Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle standing over an unconscious Theodore Nott in a corridor slightly off the common path to, who was sporting several bruises and a cut on his chin was bleeding slightly. Shade walked up and stopped right behind them.

"And what are you doing Malfoy?" Shade said with a grin on his face, Malfoy and his goons jumped, not having heard him approach. Malfoy relaxed slightly seeing that it wasn't an older year.

"None of your business Potter, now run along or I'll make you," Malfoy said in an arrogant tone.

"You want to fight?" Shade smile widened, he stepped around Nott and sat on his heels next to him, checking him for more serious injuries. "You know its not allowed, if you don't leave, now, I will tell the older Slytherins that you have been fighting." Shade said standing up and looking at Malfoy.

"You'll get Nott in trouble if you tell," Malfoy smirked, obviously thinking he won. Shade snorted.

"And I care why? He is certainly not my friend and you are most definitely my enemy, whom maybe I want to sweat, thinking what the other Slytherins might do to him. If you go away now, I might not care to tell the others that you have been fighting."

"This isn't over Potter." Malfoy said and fled, his to goon lumbering after him.

Sighing Shade took out his wand and muttered "Wingardium Leviosa". He turned around and headed for the nearest entrance to the Rooms. One floor down from where Nott was beaten up Shade entered a room empty except for a mirror, he levitated him through it and walked through himself. They reappeared in the empty room, coming out of a mirror. There were four other mirrors in the room, one to the deeper dungeons, one below the common rooms, one on the ground floor and one near the library. Shade entered the potions lab and floated Nott onto a table.

'Girls that weren't sorted, hid yourselves, we have a guest. Silver come to the potions lab.'

Coming, who's hurt?

'Nott, Malfoy and Co. beat him up, he is unconscious'

Are you sure it is wise to- "bring him here?" Silver continued out loud as soon as she entered the room.

"Yes," the supply cabinet his head was in muffled his reply, "he already hates Malfoy and Co. and now he can stay here, if he wants."

"We already agreed that it wouldn't be wise for others to sleep out of the dorms until later in the year. We would be seen as to adventurous and disloyal for a first year." Silver replied hopping onto the table and looking at Nott.

"Most of his injuries are cuts and bruises, located around his face, a simple healing potion should take care of them. He has a slight concussion. He should wake up in three hours, with a bit of a headache." They gave him the potion and Shade left for his the commonroom, eager to make Malfoy worry some more.

–

"Oooohh, my head," Nott groaned. It took him a few minutes to realize that he was laying on a hard surface, then "I hate Malfoy."

"Glad to hear you have some sense, though it came a bit late." Nott quickly rolled away from the direction of the voice, thinking that he was still on the ground and fell off the table.

"Ooohhhh," he groaned again sat up, and turned his head toward the sound of laughter. Ana Myst sat on a table across from the one he fell off of, reading a book with no title. He looked around and noticed that he was in some sort of potions room, though it was odd that the room seemed to be made of wood.

"Where am I Myst? What happened to Malfoy?" He asked standing up.

"Grumpy are we? No matter, you are in the Rooms, a friend brought you here and Malfoy ran off when he realized that he would get into trouble. Drink the tea, it ought to make your headache go away." She answered and point to a teacup on the table he was sleeping on.

"Why should I trust you?" He asked indicating the tea.

"Paranoid, a good trait here, because I could have done anything to you when you were sleeping, drink your tea." He took a small sip and scowled at the taste.

"It's to sweet. What time is it?" He downed the rest of it in one gulp.

"You can have it sweet or disgusting, your pick. It's around one in the morning." Silver replied never looking up from her book.

"I was out for that long? How do I get back to the common room?" Nott asked looking at the door.

"Follow me," she said, nose still in her book. She led him out the door, into a wide hallway and turned left, and then right then left again. She walked quickly towards a bare wall, Nott was about to tell her to put her book down, and then she was gone. He blinked and walked up to the wall she disappeared into a pressed on it, his hand went through. He hastily stepped through the wall, closing his eyes. When he reopened them again he noticed that it was very cold, his breath made a white cloud and he realized that he must be in the deeper dungeons. He saw Myst wasn't waiting for him and he followed her quickly. He followed her for about ten minutes and was about to ask her when they were going to get to the common room when the common room wall slid open. He grabbed her arm and she turned to face him.

"Yes, Nott?" He smiled.

"Thank you, and call me Theo." She returned the smile.

"Call me Silver, see you tomorrow, Malfoy will be penalized, and no more fighting." She disappeared into the girls' dorm. Theo sighed and entered the boys' dorm laid on his bed and fell asleep.

–

Shade was about ready to hurt someone, very badly, and it was only the first day of classes. The whispers were driving him insane.

"Look its Harry Potter, lets all worship him, lets put him in a zoo so everyone can stare at him from a safe distance," Theo and Silver laughed.

"Come on Shade, we will be late for potions," Theo said after Shade stopped grumbling long enough to get a word in. Theo had quickly been become friendly with Shade and Silver and sat next to Shade when they got to the potions room. Silver sat down in the last empty seat next to the only Slytherin muggleborn Tracy Davis. They chatted for a while and Silver invited her to sit next to them at lunch just as Professor Snape stormed in.

The Professor took roll call and when he got to Shade's name he sneered and continued on.

"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion making," he spoke quietly, but it was easy to hear him.

"As there will be little foolish wand waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of a softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes. The delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind and ensnaring the senses…. I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death - if you aren't as big as dunderheads as I usually have to teach." Silence followed this little speech.

Obsessed much? Silver commented, Shade snorted at the same time Snape said "Weasley, what would I get if I at powder root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" Granger's hand shot up and Snape sneer deepened when Weasley didn't answer.

"Potter if you are smart enough to interrupt me what is the answer?"

"A very powerful sleeping draught, so much so it is called the Draught of the Living Death, sir." Shade said all this in a calm manner. Snape looked very unhappy that he had gotten the question right.

"Correct, where would you look if I told you to find a bezoar?"

"In the stomach of a goat, sir." Snape was more and more unhappy.

"Correct, and tell me what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?"

"There is no difference sir, they are the same plant that also goes by the name of aconite." Seeing that he could not stump Potter he turned to the rest of the class and barked.

"Well? Why aren't you all writing this down?" There was a flurry of activity to get their paper and quills.

The rest of the class continued in that manor, Snape snapping at the Griffindors, whom lost ten points already. There was a loud hissing and a cloud of green smoke, somehow Longbottom managed to melt Finnigan's cauldron and their potion had gotten all over them. It was quickly burning through everything that wasn't stone, in a matter of seconds all of the students had gotten up on their tables no one but Theo notice that Shade filled a glass vial with Longbottom's concoction. Longbottom's and Finnigan's face, arms, and legs sprouted boils and them fell to the ground moaning.

"Fool boy, you added the porcupine quills to the potion before you took it off the fire? Well now you have a boil-causing potion instead of a boil curing one. Weasley, why didn't you warn him? Though you would look good if he messed good? One point from Griffindor, now take him up to the hospital wing." The rest of the lesson passed without incident.

The other classes were much easier, Flitwick and Sprout both liked Silver and Shade, and McGonagall was impressed when they turn a match into a needle. History of Magic was incredibly boring and Binns was completely oblivious to the outside world. Astronomy was just remembering were and what the constellations were and how they moved. Defense was a joke, but Shade was still uneasy about Quirrell. Tracey too became friends and was grateful for help with schoolwork. The Myst sisters were doing well and were up to speed with all of the lessons. Anea, Anora became friends with Susan Bones. Raine became friends with Morag MacDougal and a muggleborn Lisa Turpin. Cat became friends with Neville Longbottom and the only rival for the top grade slot, Hermione Granger. Silver had extended the hand of friendship to Moon, Greenglass who took it after getting tired of Malfoy's ranting. Zabini was still hesitant so they left him alone.

At the end of the week the Duo went to visit Hagrid and learned about the break in at Gringotts. Hagrid avoided the subject and when pressed revealed someone named Nicholas Flamel which renewed Shade's interest in the package. Shade and Silver walked back to the castle for dinner while Shade was pondering what could be in the package.

After dinner they headed back to the common room, which were incredible full and saw Pucey there, sitting on a couch with Higgs.

"Hey Pucey, you still owe me ten galleons." Silver called out and walked over to the couch.

"I don't owe you anything ickle firstie. Go away and play with those on your own level." Trying to dismiss her.

"I understand, you're broke and to scared to fight me, poor ugly little pukey." Pucey was very sensitive about his looks and height, as he was a baby faced short skinny fourth year. He stood up from the couch and walked forward so they were in an open space between couches.

"Watch your mouth brat or you will end up in trouble." She smiled.

"Awww, it is so cute that your are trying to scare me. Don't worry I won't hurt you much for that, little pukey."

"You are way out of your level Myst." Silver walked forward and pressed a finger on his nose, causing him to blink at the unexpected action and backhanded him hard causing him to stagger back.

She clucked her tongue. "Shame on you, that's no way to talk to your betters." By now the whole of the common room was watching, June, Daphne, Tracey, Theo, and Zabini were watching with open mouths.

To bad none of Malfoy and Co. is here, except for Zabini, maybe then they would stop bothering us. Silver thought to Shade.

"You are dead Myst," he growled and shot of a stinging hex.

Silver ducked under it, "You could get hurt if you play with that little pukey, and attacking your betters," she sighed. "What else can you expect from immature brats." Pucey became more enraged and shot a mild pain curse at her, which she ducked under. She strode forward and hit his nose with an open palm, he reeled back and stopped when he hit the couch. Silver was right in front of him and kicked his knee, the rest of the room flinched when they heard a loud crack and saw the knee bent to far back to be natural, Pucey on the other hand just screamed. He leaned against the couch and tried to use another curse but Silver snatched his wand with her left hand and slashed his face with her nails. He slid to the ground, back against the couch and Silver kicked him in the stomach, he doubled over. She bent over and grabbed a handful of brown hair and tilted his head to face her. The four long shallow cuts ran across his face from the bottom left of his face to the top right, just missing his eyes, were bleeding along with his misshapen nose.

"Little pukey, remember when you make a deal keep it, respect your betters, and don't play with big toys." She let go of his hair, turned and walked over to Elfi Lonic, a sixth year and the current holder of the top position of the Snake's Rule (one of the youngest to do so, she obtained the position in her fifth year.)

Higgs drew his wand and was about to curse Silver in the back when a stone knife, thrown by Shade, pinned his wand arm to the couch, followed by several more, rendering him unable to move. Shade said to several other of Pucey's friends, "Don't interfere."

Silver stopped in front of Lonic and handed her Pucey's wand. Silver said quietly and gave a slight indication of her head. "Lady Serpent," (the honorary term for the female student head of Slytherin). Lonic dipped her head in return.

"That was a very good fight and better knife throwing. I recognize that Ana Myst and Harry Potter have defeated Terence Higgs and Adrian Pucey in a Slytherin duel." Mutters broke out at that statement, it was extraordinary that the Lady Serpent acknowledged a couple of first year, in doing so she was showing them favor. There were more mutters that they had easily beaten a couple of fourth years. The Lady stepped aside and let Silver pass, who went into the first year girls' dorm. The crowd parted for Shade as he went into his own dorm.

The whispers had grown to a quiet hum by the time Silver and Shade emerged from their respective dorms, carrying their trunks. Pucey and the rest of his gang were gone by the time they came out, there was no evidence that a fight had ever happened. The couches had been straightened and repaired and all the bloodstains removed. The other student for the most part had dispersed, in all probability to discuss tonight events. The common rooms were empty except for a few of the younger years and Elfi Lonic. She motioned for them to follow and walked out of the common room. They went down three floors and entered a room. Lonic put her hand on the stone wall opposite the door and it slid sideways, mimicking the Slytherin common room's door. Silver and Shade followed her into a smaller version of the common room. She sat down on a green couch and motioned for them to sit on the matching green couch across from her.

"I will provide you basic quarters until you are able to do so for yourself. It would be best if you moved out of the Slytherin common room, your standing might be hurt otherwise. I know you have already made a hidey hole, but I doubt it wards are sufficient." She said all this in a cool tone, but friendly nonetheless.

"Thank you Lady Serpent, but we must politely decline. Ana has warded it and it is about impossible to get through her warding. Not to be rude, but I doubt you have even found the entrance to the Rooms." Shade stated in a respectful tone.

She looked at them shrewdly. "Call me Elfi, and you are quite right in thinking that I didn't find your Rooms. They must be very well hidden, but I have noticed a few rooms go missing in the deeper dungeons. I warn you that it is more dangerous the deeper you go. Perhaps I could offer you some training?"

This time Silver answered her. "I doubt you could find the Rooms unless I led you to Elfi, much less break in, runes are in the Myst blood. I am quite curious why you are so heavily favoring us, first acknowledging us when one of the other Nine could have, offering us rooms, and now offering to tutor us. I am quite sure that you are not star struck by Shade illustrious presence. Not that I am not grateful, but it is an unusual amount of favor for first years."

Elfi sighed and murmured 'cunning to' then said louder, "You have all of the traits that the Slytherin house prizes and from what I saw today are good fighters. If you must know I am looking for replacements for those who will graduate soon and some for those of the Nine who are purists. I don't want the purist to replace me when I graduate and there are far too many purists in the Nine for my liking. Are you interested? But it wouldn't be until much later and what should I call you? Shade or Harry and do you have a nickname Ana?"

Shade grimaced, "Shade will be fine, I don't know why anyone would think to name someone Harry, its awful name and she likes to be called Silver. It would be nice to get some tutoring, but we get free choice of what we study. I also will not under any circumstance be someone's thug, lapdog, gofer, or bootlicker. We make are own decisions and the like."

Elfi gave them a pleased smile. "That is agreeable, but I get access to your Rooms and grades. I would also like to know about your life, in general."

Silver also smiled. "We choose whether or not to reveal anything of our lives to you. We will agree, as long as you don't reveal anything you see in the Rooms and are willing to swear a oath on your will."

Elfi nodded, by swearing on her will, she could not break her promise in any way, shape or form.

"Everyone has secrets they wish to hide," at this Shade and Silver both gave dark smiles.

"I, Elfi Grace Lonic, swear on my will that I will tutor Shade and Silver for the duration of my time at Hogwarts, in exchange for access to the Rooms and their grades. I will not reveal anything I learn in the Rooms unless they give me leave to or release me from my oath. To this I swear." She felt her magic bind her tightly to her oath and a slight prod in her mind.

"I am glad that we have come to an agreement. Would you like to see the rooms tonight or tomorrow?"

"I'll come see it when I have time, when do you want to star you tutoring?"

"As soon as possible." Silver said happily.

"I will be busy until four weeks from now, but after that I have a lot of free time."

"Four weeks from now is acceptable, we need to be going now, we still have many things to do."

Shade said as he stood up. Silver rose as Elfi did, and she led them out of her rooms, "Sleep lightly, Silver and Shade." She thought she heard a whispered, "We always do."

–

Silver and Shade were in the Rooms library two hours after their talk to Lonic. Silver was pacing and Shade was watching the copying pens move over the half-finished books. Silver was determined to have the largest library anywhere on everything magic and insisted that she would copy every book Hogwarts. She hadn't brought enough Copying Quills and had to make more which took more of her time.

–

"Will you stop pacing?"

"I can't help it, I'm restless."

"Can't you work on one of your projects? Or talk to the girls?"

"I can't concentrate and the girls are asleep."

Not for the first time Shade cursed the Vampyri need for little sleep, the blood they drink restores them for the most part.

"We could explore the upper part of the castle, we haven't really gone up there yet." Shade said. The furthest up they had gone was the library, which was on the second floor. Silver stopped pacing for a moment and cocked her head to the side and gave an impish smile, she vaguely reminded Shade of a fox.

"We can find the Griffindors' common room and I can talk to Forge." She sped off and Shade groaned. Forge was, undoubtedly, going to become another one of her pet project.

–

Albus Dumbledore sat in his office pondering the problem that was Harry Potter. The youngest Weasley boy told him that Harry had listen to him and sounded interested in the wizarding world. He also had Hagrid take the boy to Diagon Alley. So how did the boy end up in Slytherin? It wasn't safe their for the boy. And now Ollivander had flooed and warned him of great danger and that it would come to Hogwarts this year. Though he couldn't tell him what kind or how he knew, but it greatly worried him, and Ollivander was never as jumpy or nervous as he was when he called. Dumbledore knew that it didn't directly link to Voldemort or the Sorcerer's Stone. Another worrying thing was that the Mysts had come back to Hogwarts, and in force. They were known for being the only dark family that hadn't joined the Dark Lords in the last two war. They also had a lot of pull in the government, but they seemed to have remained quite the last few years. Which was odd, because they were usually in the middle of the political hotbed in every issue, and known to fiddle in others affairs. More odd was the fact that all the Mysts here were all female and all sorted into different housesIt seemed that they were trying to gain influence in the younger generation. It was obvious that they all had different mothers, but that was a lot of children being conceived in the middle of the war. He had yet to solve any of the mysteries and they were all bothering him immensely.

–

'Silver come back, you have already found the Ravenclaws' common room entrance and its getting late.'

Silverfoxxxx.

Silver sniffed mentally. Fine, I will be back within the hour, if I don't find them. Is that satisfactory?

Silver grumbled aloud, which made odd sounds in her current form and started sniffing the stone floor again. She was starting to get exasperated. The Griffindor common room was quite near the library, charm, defense, and transfiguration classrooms, all of which use the Stairs (which move!), making it very hard to get individual scents. She was on one of the staircases, mid sniff, when she heard people trying to sneak down a staircase, one floor down. She froze momentarily and after she realized that they did not hear her she stuck her head out the banister. Two redheads were sneaking quietly, for humans, down the staircase directly below her. She jumped up on to the railing and leapt off.

'First I need to put the dungbombs in Filch's office, and then I can put the firework in the great hall. Then I can sneak into Filch's office and reacquire some valuable prank items. Then I let off a few dungbombs in the Griffindor common room and then all of the Griffindors stink. McGonagall will probably know that it was me but she won't be able to prove it.'

Forge had developed an unhealthy habit of talking and thinking to himself, and nearly screamed when he heard something behind him. He turned slowly and let out a relived sigh when he saw it was only a small black fox, a little larger than a cat. His jaw dropped almost comically when he noticed that it had more than one tails.

"A kitsune." He breathed. The prankster of the wizarding world, something of an idol for Forge. They were infamous troublemakers and were never to be trusted, so most of the magical world disliked them. They were also one of the most dangerous magical animals in the world. But now looking at that cute little fox they could hardly believe it.

It tilted its head to the side and bared it fangs in, what the twins realized was a bizarre smile. And quickly revised their opinions on the dangerousness of the creature standing in front of them.

Hello Forge. He promptly jumped into his own arms and let out a girlish scream. In all their wisdom they held perfectly still. The kitsune walked past the two shivering boys, just resisting the temptation to say boo, and continued down the stairs. When it was at the bottom it stopped, turned around and tilted it head to the side.

I'm hurt, you have already forgotten me, tsk tsk the only other being that knows your secret beside the hat. Are you coming? Or would you rather Filch caught you?

The kitsune started trotting down a side corridor, he let out a sigh of relief and ran after her. The twins followed her for at least ten minutes and just when he were about to give up, she disappeared into an empty classroom. They followed her and jumped again when the fox grew to the size of a small horse.

Do you still want my help? She asked while she innocently licked one of her sable paws.

"Of course Fox." Both bodies answered at the same time, a sign of the obvious distress his mind was in. He vaguely wondered whether his entire life was going to be completely bizarre.

Most probably, it happens to those who are unique. Forge sighed, this was just getting more and more odd. A mind reading kitsune that he met in Knockturn alley was now offering him help with his one mind two bodies problem.

You don't know the half of it. Forge posed a mental question. Yes, its true I cannot lie. It gets quiet annoying. Anyway first I want you too look up ways wand wavers protect their minds, you badly need to learn that, your minds an open book. I don't know if any of my techniques can help you. Do you have any questions?

"Yes, um do you know what happened to us?'

No, I know little of the wizarding world. I find humans boring for the most part.

"Oh, how will I contact you? You know, once I've looked up mind protection?"

I will send you something at a later date. Now if there is nothing else.

"Actually there is Ms. Fox, I was wondering if you would help with the prank we are planning to do tonight." The fox stopped licking her paw and then nodded.

I suppose, I would be better if I took the things out of Filch's office. All I need you to do is keep him out of there for at least a half hour. Think you can mange that? The twin nodded simultaneously. Good, I'll give you some of the prank items in a week. Until then I suggest you lay low, I have no doubt that the teachers will be on a warpath. I will give you half of the prank items, and I get all of the nonprank items, unless I choose to give some of them. Will that be all right? Once again the twin nodded, they were getting quite a deal for second years.

I also suggest that you make some sort of private room where you can stash your pranks and do your prank testing. In the distance a clock chimed one A.M. Keep Filch clear until at least one forty-five, you have ten minutes to prepare. With that she became transparent and faded from view.

Forge quickly returned to his dorm, ignorant that Silver had followed him and listened to the password and loaded up on fire works, dungbombs and super stick glue. He split up and rushed back out. He headed towards the Great Hall placing the pranks along the way. When it had been ten minutes he lit a chain of fireworks and hightailed it back to the common room. He barely avoided Filch on the Stairs above his common room but snuck inside before the Fat Lady opened her eyes. He laid down in his beds, feigning sleep until his eyelid began to droop and he fell into a true sleep.

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Silver hid on a support beam near Filch's door and waited for him to come out. She faintly heard fireworks in the distance and flinched when the door underneath her perch slammed hard against the wall. Filch nearly forgot to lock it in his haste and his cat mewled pitifully at him.

"I know my sweet, we'll get them this time," he scuttled off vaguely reminiscent of a bug. After he turned the corner she leapt down and made a key of air. The door clicked and swung open soundlessly. The room was quite large filled mostly with metal drawer cabinets and a ratty desk stood in the back. She stepped in cautiously testing the area with her air-abilities, and didn't sense any magic. She shut the door with her tail, turned back into Ana Myst and cast the rune for silence. She dug in her pocket and withdrew a small black sphere, covered in silver runes. Silver pressed a rune, dropped it in the middle of the room and teleported back to out side the door. After a few seconds she felt magic in the office. Five minutes of strain listening later the magic disappeared as if it had never been. She opened the door and walked into the now empty room. The black sphere stood innocently on the floor exactly as it had fallen. She once again tested for magic but found none, the sphere had left no trace of its magic. She heard footstep approaching and locked the door. She bent over for moment, pressing her hand flat against. There was a flash of light and then she teleported out.

Filch saw a flash of light in his office and approach silently. He turned the lock slowly and opened the door quickly. He let out a howl of rage when he saw his office was completely empty. He was completely perplexed when he saw -

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