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AN1: Real life is a mofo… I'm sorry, I promised you guys this a while ago. *sigh* Oh, and one more thing: some people are going to die soon (in the story) so don't be so surprised about that okay?
AN2: This dedicated to the reviewer GeminiCancer... you know why, love! Also, I still need pairings for everyone else. This is Quatre/Harry but the other pilots are not in a pairing at the moment. I would love your help on that, please and thank you.
Prank 2: In which Harry has a dream Duo does something at 3 in the morning and the boys talk about stuff.
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Quatre waved goodbye to the Potter brothers as one of his cars pulled out of the driveway to get them home. He walked back into the house and towards his study deep in thought. He expected a call from Heero soon and it would be a good idea to inform him of Duo and his newly found brother. The braided pilot had seemed happy in the dark-haired boy's company and he had been surprised at how brightly he had smiled. It was as if an inner fire had been lit and the real Duo had been born from the ashes.
Harry hadn't been so bad, either. His green eyes had been wary but had warmed up to the idea of the Winner residence. He had been cautious and didn't leave Duo's side for long periods of time. No hints from Duo actually explained why he was wary all the time and Duo had muttered that it was 'just part of Harry's charm.'
"Master Quatre, you have a call on line 2," the intercom hissed from beside his arm and he jumped slightly.
"Thank you, Rashid," Quatre said and picked up the phone as he turned on his computer again. "Winner."
"04, I just received news of 02's whereabouts from 05," Heero's voice drifted from the phone's speaker and Quatre nodded and clicked some things on his computer. "What is your opinion on the situation? Is it possible that the commander might have been mistaken in the family?"
Quatre's head turned to stare into the vid-phone and smiled at him. "He's very happy with his situation. I believe he is not getting along with his guardians but he now has an older brother out of this," Heero nodded and Quatre tried to get the rest of the information out that Duo had whispered to him. "His brother is not registered. He's appeared several times in school directories but he doesn't really exist. 02 believes that it might have to do with the guardians that they have. They are a hateful bunch that don't seem to like anything they deem as abnormal."
"He is happy with his new family?" Heero asked again and Quatre could see his brows shift up and down. "He asked for information on available homes that he could move in by the end of the month."
Quatre nodded and smiled again as he opened the e-mail that Duo had sent with the information. "Yes, that is correct. 02's brother will be emancipated at the end of the month and said that he would be taking 02 along with him for fear of leaving him alone with their relatives," Quatre clicked on some of the apartments that he already had in mind and then looked over to the phone. "I believe he's trustworthy and you should see 02 in person to see just how much he believes in his brother."
Heero nodded in understanding. "Have you found anything suitable for them?"
"It's in London," Quatre said and Heero nodded again. "It's equipped with electricity because that's what was stressed for the apartment as well as Internet access. According to 02 it's close to his brother's HQ."
"HQ?" Heero's lips twisted and his eyes became wary. "Why does he need an HQ?"
Quatre shrugged and finally picked an apartment he thought would be suitable enough for the two teens. "They didn't specify why it was necessary. I will ask them once they move into the apartment. 02 didn't condemn the idea of an HQ and he seemed to be glad of the idea because no one actually knows where it is. According to him if you don't know the address then you will overlook it."
"Keep me posted on any information you might receive," Heero ordered and hung up not waiting for Quatre to say goodbye.
Quatre sighed and waited for the rest of his friends to ask how everything was going with Duo. He was the closest person to Duo in terms of distance and they had all been worried when Lady Une had actually ordered Duo to go live with people he didn't even know. A week of surveillance on the family and Duo was ready to flat out refuse their commander; the threat of not being able to work with the Preventers had convinced him to go live with the Dursleys.
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Duo snickered as he dashed back into Harry's room and quickly got back into bed. He looked at the bedside clock and went back to snuggling against Harry's warmth when it only read 3 AM. Harry rolled over and clutched onto Duo's nightshirt without waking up and sighed.
"Now, now. No more crying, Harry," Lily said as she bounced Harry up and down. "We're going to visit William today. Aren't you excited to see your little brother again?"
Harry wailed some more and clutched at his mother's hair.
"What's wrong, Harry-bear?" James asked as he moved in front of his wife and son and held out the teething ring. "Aren't you excited to see William, Harry? We sneaked all the way to space to see him; we can't go back now."
Harry clutched at his ears and sobbed some more as he made a grab for James.
"I think it's all the electricity that's bothering him," Lily mumbled as she held onto the baby bag and motioned to the building in front of them. "Remember the first time you came here, James? You nearly cried because you said that you couldn't feel magic anymore and that you felt like your head was splitting in half."
James laughed and Harry giggled at the sound. "That's right, Harry. William will be coming home tomorrow! Aren't you excited? We'll have all kinds of fun just us men. I'll teach you Quidditch," Lily raised a brow at him and James winked. "I'll even teach you the proper way to prank people, with Lily's permission of course," he quickly added as Lily glared at him. Harry giggled some more and James looked away to make sure that his wife didn't think of a worse punishment for the suggestion.
They walked through several hallways and met up with a nurse that greeted Lily with a bright smile and a cheery hello towards Harry.
"Oh, there he is, Harry," Lily squealed at the nurse on the other side as she waved the hand of the baby in her arms. "That's your baby brother, William. Isn't he cute?"
James moved Harry closer to the glass and the baby in the other side. Harry banged on the glass with a smile. The nurse on the other side smiled and brought the baby closer and the Potter's were able to see his bright, cobalt blue eyes.
"Bibi!" Harry squealed and on the other side the baby smiled a toothless smile.
Duo groaned as Harry mumbled something into his collarbone and Petunia banged on their door. Harry clutched Duo tighter and rubbed his face, as the banging got louder.
Duo groaned again and Harry's eyes fluttered open. "Hmm? Bugger, I overslept again."
"Let her make her own breakfast," Duo groaned and held Harry closer. "Why do you have to make it all the time. She's being lazy."
Harry laughed and put his head to the side. "Do you honestly want to eat Aunt Petunia's cooking?"
"Wasn't she the one that taught you to cook?" Duo asked with a frown and looked down at Harry. "You couldn't have learned without someone teaching you."
Harry hummed with a nod and Duo laughed as it tickled him. "She gave me directions while I did it; it took a lot of tried and directions for me to memorize it all and be able to substitute ingredients and stuff like that."
"Well, then get up and make breakfast," Duo said and sat up bringing Harry with him. "I don't want that woman to poison me."
"You just like that I fatten you," Harry said with a roll of his eyes and put his feet on the ground with a bone popping stretch. "You want to help me with it?"
Duo looked over to Harry and then to the bed. "Not really, but the bed isn't warm with you gone so I might as well help you with it."
"You don't have to if you don't want to," Harry said with a huff and put on some house shoes. "The bed might miss you while you're away."
Duo snickered but bounced after Harry down the stairs. Petunia glared at the two of them and Duo rolled his eyes as he went into the kitchen while Harry didn't even seem to notice the hateful glare from the woman. Duo stuck his tongue at her back and went over to Harry as he took out things out of the fridge for breakfast.
"What are we making?" the braided teen asked as he leaned on the counter.
"First, go get the milk at the front door, please," Harry instructed as he put a pan on the stove. Duo rushed off and let Harry deal with that in the meantime. Harry hummed a tune under his breath as he got out the oil from one of the cupboards. Duo rushed back in with two glass bottles in his hands. "You'll be making the porridge, Duo."
"Okay," Duo mumbled putting the milk to the side. He got out a pot and began the task of making porridge. "So, is this normal for breakfast around here?"
"It is when I cook it," Harry said as he cracked two eggs into the pan. "I don't know what Aunt Petunia does when I'm at school. I usually have fruits, too, because Dudley is on a diet."
"Doesn't seem to be helping much," Duo grumbled as he stirred the oats in the milk. "How long has he been on a diet?"
Harry looked up in thought. "It's been a couple of years. I think he doesn't continue with it once he's in school so that's why he's always like that. He also doesn't seem to care about the diet."
Harry tensed as an ear splitting shriek sounded all over the house. He looked over to Duo who had paused in his stirring and looked over to the door. He turned off the stove and made his way to the kitchen door cautiously. Vernon was already running around trying to figure out what was going on and Dudley had run out of his room bleary eyed.
"Aunt Petunia, are you okay?" Harry called up the stairs and Duo appeared beside him with the porridge spoon in his hand. The bathroom slammed open and Harry's jaw dropped as Petunia glared from the top stair. "You're blue."
"What's the meaning of this?" she shrieked as she took off the towel from around her head and let down her newly dyed blue hair. "Boy, you better undo this freakishness right now or else!"
Harry stared at the blue dye slowly drip from the strands. "I don't know how you got that way, Aunt Petunia. "I've been making breakfast with Duo this whole time. What happened? Why are you blue?"
She glared heatedly at the two of them and then turned to look at Vernon. "Fix the pipes!" She turned right back around glared at the two boys to hurry up with breakfast and then stomped away into the bedroom.
"I know this had something to do with you, Boy," Vernon snarled as he came down the stairs, his face slowly turning unpleasant colors. "You will fix Petunia this instant," he grabbed Harry's top and shook him back and forth.
"Hey! Leave Harry alone!" Duo yelled brandishing his porridge spoon at Vernon's face. "He had nothing to do with this, you heard Petunia. Shouldn't you be calling a repairman to work that out? Or would you rather I call someone for you?" Duo's tone indicated that the person he was thinking about calling would not be pleasant.
Vernon snarled and pushed Harry away from him. He glared at Duo, who just gave him a cheeky grin, and went back up the stairs.
Harry looked up the stairs again and shrugged. He went back into kitchen and continued making breakfast with a flabbergasted Duo behind him.
'He didn't even flinch! What the hell have these bastards done to Harry? Why does he always get blamed for stuff he didn't do? Maybe I should apologize to Harry about that,' Duo looked over to the green eyed teen and noticed that he didn't seem the least bit disturbed by what happened earlier. 'I wonder if he'll be as pissed as Wufei would be.'
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Quatre hummed as he finally managed to close the deal on the apartment in London for Harry and Duo and made his way towards the library where his friends would be waiting. They were going to be able to finally have a meeting regarding Duo and his brother and how to get him out of the Dursley home without Lady Une figuring it out. Trowa and Wufei were sitting on the black couch and Heero was leaning against the wall beside the window looking out into the garden.
"Hello, everyone," he greeted as he took a chair facing them and sat down. "I hope you are all well."
Trowa's eyes drifted over to him and Quatre could feel his satisfied smile.
Heero's attention from the window turned over to the blonde. "Is everything set up for the safety of the civilian?"
"Yes," the blonde pilot nodded curtly. "If Duo's correct about Harry's emancipation then they won't have to step foot in the Dursley household ever again."
Wufei took out a folder and took out some papers. "I've researched the Dursleys; there's no evidence of a Harry Potter living in their household."
Heero and Quatre tensed and looked over to the Chinese teen. "What do you mean? Duo told me that that's where Harry's lived since his parents were killed. Why would he lie about something like that?"
"I've also done some research on this 'Harry Potter' that is calling himself Maxwell's brother," Wufei's dark eyes went over to Heero as the messy haired pilot looked through the files. "He has been in two school registrars from the time he was in kindergarten all the way until he finished his fifth grade, by the time he was eleven. He was registered to go to Stonewall Secondary School that coming September but he never appeared."
"Is he registered in any schools besides that one?" Quatre asked as he frowned. "Harry didn't seem like the type to just quit school. Maybe there's some information that we're missing."
Wufei shook his head and showed the papers to the blonde while Trowa took the rest of the folder. "If Potter is a danger to Maxwell he should be taken out of there as soon as possible before this es—"
"Where is all this money coming from?" Quatre interrupted as he stared at the papers in his hands. He looked through the rest of his papers in his hands and his eyes widened. "Oh."
"What is it?" Heero asked as he stepped forward and took the papers from the blonde. "Lily Evans asked that upon her death that there should be a monthly withdrawal from her bank account to be used to take care of Harry James Potter."
Trowa nodded and handed over his own stack of papers. "That money was put into Petunia Dursley's account."
Wufei frowned and tried to figure out what was wrong with the information. "That's to be expected, right? If Dursley was going to take care of an extra child she would need the extra money for it."
"That's just it, Wufei," Quatre said with an angry frown. "The money comes every month and then there's always a large purchase following it. The purchases were never child related."
"How long has the transaction been taking place?" Wufei asked with a raised brow.
"It started on November 15th around sixteen years ago. The money will continue to be put into Petunia Dursley's account until the fifteenth of this month," Quatre stated with a sigh. "She won't be getting any more money after that because Harry will be emancipated and then the money will go into another account, this one under Harry's name."
Trowa moved over to his bag and took out his own set of files and handed it over to the pilots with a straight face. "I've got some medical files regarding Lily Evans. She went to Godric's Hollow General Hospital and delivered Harry James Potter at 11:43 at night on July 31st. She was sent home two days later with a healthy baby boy."
They flipped the paper around to where there was some extra information.
"She went to an L2 hospital on January 2nd AC 181 and delivered a premature baby at 4:53 in the morning," Trowa continued and the others tensed and leaned forward. "The baby was born with complications to his lungs as well as possible trauma to his brain and was scheduled to stay in the hospital until such a time when he could be considered healthy enough to be sent home," they all saw the doctor's notes and the footprints that said who the baby was. "On October 31st of the same year William Richard Potter was given a full bill of health and was scheduled to go home the following day."
"But his parents were killed the same day," Quatre said as he swallowed his emotions as tears wanted to escape from his eyes. "They never got to take their baby home."
"Is this baby Maxwell, then?" Wufei asked with a frown. "Does the blood match up to his?"
"Everything matches up to all of Duo's medical records," Trowa said and showed them the two records side by side.
"Then why doesn't it say that Potter lives with his relatives?" Wufei asked with a frown and looked around at the other three.
Quatre put the files down and sat down on a chair looking over at all of them. "Duo did tell me that the Dursleys were not very fond of Harry; they treat him as if he were some kind of maid and not as part of the family."
"They have two more weeks before they'll leave," Heero commented while taking out his computer and looking over to Quatre. "I'll set up surveillance around the neighborhood as well as to their new apartment. "
Quatre smiled as the familiarity of Heero typing at his computer and setting up everything so that they would all be safe.
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Closing statements: Prank ideas would be appreciated! Or even events that you would like to happen in the story! Don't forget that the other pilots also need pairings! So far there is only Quatre/Harry. Dear god... I wouldn't even mind putting Ron with someone (plot bunnies just started reproducing in my head, guys!)
