Hey guys! This chapter is just information, a little bit more about a triad and stuff. I hope you like it!

~Isis

THIS IS THE UPDATED VERSION!

~~~~~ The triad

Harry bounced into the house, roving his head back and forth looking for a man that looked like him.

James stepped out from the parlor a smile on his face at the sight of Harry.

Harry took James in for all of three seconds before flinging himself at the older man. They held onto each other trying to squeeze all the years they missed out of each other.

"Dad" Harry whispered tears running down his face.

"Awww." Draco said snidely, to the glare of all the females in the hall, and a few of the males

Harry looked at Draco a moment before giving him the middle finger, turning back to watch something he had wanted since he could remember.

"Harry, my son." James smiled kissing Harry on the head before pushing him out at arms length. "Let me get a good look at you." Harry just blushed, standing there in his baggy clothing.

James hid the anger at seeing his only son dressed in rags and thinner than was healthy.

In contrast, Sirius and Remus did not hold their anger in.

"Bastards." Remus hissed.

"I want to kill them for how they treated you." Sirius glared at Dumbledore blaming him for Harry's misplacement.

Hermione just ran her hand up and down Harry's arm comforting him.

Hermione and Sirius entered at that moment standing close together, but not touching, while they watched the scene.

"I think we need to talk." Hermione said watching the two embrace once again. This wasn't going to be a fun talk, but it would be better to get it out in the open tonight, to give them some time to sleep on the information. Sirius nodded his head in agreement while Harry and James looked very put out about the idea.

"I guess you are right." James sighed, leading Harry back into the parlor.

James took a seat in a big chair, letting Harry take the one right next to him while Sirius and Hermione shared a love seat across from the two.

"Where should we start?" James asked after he signaled for some drinks to be brought out by one of his many house elfs.

"We start at the beginning, then end at the end." Hermione said with a cheeky smile. Sirius and Harry both laughed while James looked at her with an indescribable look on his face.

"That was really lame." Draco laughed incredulously.

Hermione glared at him giving him the one finger salute.

Luna leaned over Harry, "I think it sounded perfectly acceptable."

Hermione smiled at her friend and blew her a kiss which Luna caught and slapped noisily on her own lips.

James shook his head and took a deep breath, to the laughter of the others. "Alright like your lovely sister stated, I shall start at the beginning." James had a devious look in his eyes. "You see when a man and a woman feel this connection they start a relationship. In that relationship things can happen, you both start to feel this draw telling you to do things. A womans chest is one of my most favorite parts on her body, there are many things you can do with them. You can grab them, squeeze them, pinch the pretty pink nipples or if they let you, its a wonderful place or your dick to go."

"OH MY GOD." Harry and Neville both yelled in horror while the rest of the younger males shrunk back in their chairs looking slightly queasy yet slightly giddy at the discomfort of Harry.

The girls blushed but laughed while some of the grown up rolled their eyes.

"That is not how you start that conversation!" Molly exclaimed in horror.

"Ya, what happened to the Birds and the Bees." Rom said in sadness. He had liked the birds and the bees better, it was fun to be the bee, they had a pointer.

The hall glared at Ron while Emma shook her head. "Poor boy." she whispered to her husband.

"More like poor girl." Dan said in a little bit of disgust. "He will have no idea what to do. You don't just stick it in."

Emma giggled. "No you have to move it around to, and bring it out and."

"Oh gosh enough mom!" Hermione said looking in horror at both her parents. They just laughed but stopped.

"STOP." Harry yelled standing up. "I know how babies are born and made." His face was red in embarrassment. "I want to know how we were made like, half brother and sister and all that." he finished pointing between him and Hermione.

"Have you ever heard of a triad Harry." Sirius asked when it became clear James didn't know what to say.

The hall sat forward at this, a few more interested to hear then the others.

Harry shook his head and looked at Hermione. "I am guessing you have?" Her blush answered his question. "Go on." he sighed looking back to Sirius.

"A triad in the muggle world is simply a relationship with three people in it. They are either altogether, or they share one person." Harry nodded looking thoughtful. Sirius continued. "In the magical world a real Triad is something similar and yet completely different. The triad can either love everyone in the relationship or just one particular person."

Harry stopped him "So it is like a love triangle?" Hermione and Sirius both shook their heads, James was watching Harry intently.

"No." Sirius said leaning forward in his chair. "For this kind of magic to work one person needs to be loved by two and that one person needs to love those two back. Or they can all love each other equally."

Harry thought on this a moment before nodding. "Okay." he said simply.

"The power of a Triad is one of the most amazing things. Love really does conquer all, but only if that love is pure." Hermione said with a slight smile.

Sirius nodded. "Yes, but if that love is not pure, the triad turns into something dark." Sirius took a drink and leaned back in his chair. "There are two types of rituals that you can perform for the Triad. One for equality and one for inequality. As it happens one is more powerful than the other."

"I am guessing the equal one?" Harry questioned to the nods of both Hermione and Sirius, James was still studying his son.

"The triad rituals are performed for the benefits and boosts that it gives the participants and any future children the people may have together." Hermione spoke up as Sirius took another drink.

"What are the boosts for the equal one?" Harry asked sitting forward in his chair.

"Strength, in magic, mind and body. Higher Intelligence, better looking. Good luck, faster healing time, emotional awareness." Hermione listed off.

"Wait, can you explain that better?" Harry said slightly confused.

Sirius smiled. "Your mind will be stronger, you will be able to use more of it, protect your mind better, control it better. Your magic will listen to you faster, stronger, better than above average wizards. You will be smarter, look better. You will have the best luck, if your bones break, or you get sick, you will heal faster. You will also be more aware of how you feel and why you feel that way."

Harry nodded, "Okay, and the inequality?"

"You will be average, if not above average, in everything you do, you will be smart, good looking, have above average luck, heal ok and be somewhat more aware of your emotions." Hermione answered with a shrug.

"So basically the inequality guarantees that you will be able to have a good life if you work a little bit for it, and the Equality guarantees you will be a genius who has everything handed to them?" Harry questioned looking a tad angry.

"Yes and no." Sirius answered. "You have to work at both of them, just not as hard with the equality."

Harry nodded at the answer, then looked around waiting for more.

Hermione sighed and closed her eyes. "The only problem with the Triad is if the love in impure."

Sirius looked down, James still watched Harry.

Harry looked at Hermione with a frown. "Explain please."

"If the triad ritual doesn't work, either one, then bad things will happen." She sat up and looked at Harry. "Depending on what one you use, if it doesn't work, and why it doesn't work will make the consequences a little different."

"Lets start with the equality one." Sirius said handing Hermione his drink, she gladly took a sip wincing at the burn.

"If the equality doesn't work, it is usually because one person is not in love with one of the other two. If this happens then the two who love everyone equally will still get the benefits they are trying for, but only with children made by the two. A child made by the one that was impure will have some nasty side effects." Sirius said with a wince

"Like what? And what about the people who do it? How do they know if it works or not." Harry questioned.

Hermione looked at him, letting Sirius take a break. "They will know if it works by a marking. If it works all three will be marked equally, if not the two that were in love with the entire group will be marked equally while the other will not be marked at all, or have a completely different marking."

"What kind of mark?" Harry interrupted and received a harsh glare from Hermione.

"Usually a rune or an animal or both. Something that signifies the love they share." Sirius said before Hermione could get after Harry for interrupting. Harry nodded and looked back at Hermione, giving her a grin.

Hermione shook her head before continuing. "The side effects of it not working are pretty much the opposite of the benefits. You will have to work harder to be smart, have a longer healing time, won't be able to focus on something for long, you won't know your emotions, won't have a handle on them, and more often than not you will find them misplaced. Sometimes infertility and Insanity have happened, but only in extreme cases. I don't know if it affects looks though?" Hermione looked at Sirius.

"I don't think it does." Sirius said after a moment of thought.

"And the other?" Harry said after a moment of thought.

"If the inequality doesn't work then the group will not be able to bare children together." Hermione said with a frown. "If that makes since."

Harry nodded. "Ok, so thats the triad, what does it have to do with me?"

Sirius and Hermione both winced. James just sighed before getting up and walking to the window. Harry had understood the triad pretty well, now was the moment everything could go pear shaped. Harry watched his father for a few moments before looking at Sirius and Hermione. They could tell the moment it clicked in his mind by the widening of his eyes.

"Thats why we are only half. Mom, Dad and someone else tried the Triad?" Harry asked looking between the two on the couch.

Hermione nodded while Sirius frowned taking a look at James.

"Who was the other?" Harry asked after a moment of silence.

"It was me." Sirius said simply looking at Harry. "I am Hermione's Father."

"So Mom was the one you both loved?" Harry asked causing Sirius to wince and James to flinch.

"Not exactly." Sirius sighed. "We were going for a equal Triad."

Harry frowned for a moment then a smile broke on his face. "You have a mark?" He asked Sirius, momentarily forgetting about James.

Sirius smiled and started unbuttoning his shirt. The two watched transfixed as a black symbol came into view above his heart. It looked like a triangle B with an X behind it.

"What does it mean?" Harry said at Hermione's gasp.

"Thats Berkanan and Gebu." Hermione said eyes wide looking between Sirius and his marking.

Harry looked at her questioningly. "English now Hermione." He said with a slight chuckle.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Gebu is the rune for Love and forgiveness while Berkanan is the rune for growth and Fertility. Together they are very powerful."

Harry grinned and then looked at James. "You have one as well Dad?"

James just nodded and unbuttoned his shirt. Sirius had never seen James' mark before, it had never been shown to Lily or him, so he was curious on what James had.

The kids looked above his breast to see the skin bare. James hand caught their attention and brought their eyes over to the right side of his chest. Under his collar bone there was an N looking symbol with a double line.

Hermione just put her head down, looking at Sirius with sadness in her eyes.

"That's different, what does it mean? What did Mom have?" Harry asked in excitement.

Sirius smiled. "She had these two," Sirius pointed to his chest. "And Othila, which looked like a square with two lines coming off one corner."

"Where?" Harry answered eyes still shining bright.

"Over her heart." Sirius answered not looking at Harry or James. "Same place as mine."

Harry frowned. "Why is Dads different. Wait what does Dad's mean?"

"James has Hagalaz." Hermione whispered looking at the floor. "It means disruption."

Harry frowned thinking this over. "The Triad didn't take did it?"

Sirius and James shook their heads.

"Why?" His voice was low, and broke in the end.

Sirius looked at James, letting him know that it was his turn to answer Harry's question.

James sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Because I didn't love them both equally."

Harry frowned. "You loved Mom?" James nodded. "You didn't love Sirius?" James shook his head. "You didn't want to share?" again James shook his head. "Then why did you do it?"

"Lily wanted to, she said it would protect us, our kids." James said sadly.

Harry looked at Hermione and Sirius, they were sitting close together, Sirius had his hand on Hermione's knee comforting her, or holding her there, Harry couldn't tell. Then it clicked. The failed Triad, the marks, his bad luck, it all made sense to him now.

"I don't hate you." Harry whispered to James. "I am a little angry that my life is hard because you couldn't tell the truth. But I am not mad at you." Harry put his hand on James arm. James winced and smiled at the same time, but hugged his son with determination.

"I think it is bedtime." Hermione said after another moment. Sirius, James, and Harry quickly agreed, it was late and they all had a lot to think about through the night. Everything else they had to talk about could wait until the morning, it would be to much this late at night.

"Well, I wish we could have talked through that." Harry mumbled rubbing his head, trying to understand everything that went on.

Hermione sat back in her chair looking thoughtful, it was interesting how the Runes on Sirius and Lily somewhat matched while James had a completely different kind.

Emma and Dan looked at each other quietly talking about the Triad.

Remus looked at Sirius questioningly and received a quick shake of no.

Molly glared between the twins and the screen, the Twins looked far too happy to hear this news, god forbid if they tried that.

Dumbledore was rubbing his beard thoughtfully, wondering if that would be possible in this world.

Everyone else in the hull shrugged, most had heard this before, while some were just not interested. It seemed the triad in that world was the same in this world.

~~~~ End Chapter ~~~

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~Isis