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Harry Potter and Death's Deal

Chapter Two

"Awakening"

From last time:

Harry is that you?

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Charles pov 2 minutes ago

To think, all this because of some ancient magic. Oh well. Worst of all, Jimmy had a kid that I never knew about and got himself killed. Ugh...wait, do I hear voices again? That one sounds like James.

"Harry, is that you?" Poor boy looks like he's gone through hell and back. He looks like James with that uncontrollable Potter hair. Ha! Potter family curse. Ahhh but it looks like he has more of his mother's bone structure

Normal pov

After a few seconds of being scrutinized, Harry starts to twitch uncomfortably. He did not know what to do or how to even start this type of conversation with someone that is a complete stranger.

"Erm sorry. It's just quite odd to wake up nearly two decades later with the world as changed as it is." Charles explained. "Anyways before we start, let me introduce myself formally. Charles A. Potter. Your uncle. Oh but just call me Charlie."

"You're seriously my uncle?"

"Why yes, yes I am. Haven't you heard of me?"

"Well, no. I thought my only rellies were Aunt Petuna and Uncle Vernon."

"Heavens no lad! Well there's not only me but also your aunt Amara."

"Aunt...Amara?"

"You mean you didn't live with her? I specifically put in my will any responsibilities and monies be split between James...and Amara. With James...gone, technically you should have been my responsibility."

"Ummm...Uncle Charlie, not to burst your bubble but you've been in a coma so a will prolly wouldn't be activated and if my parents left a will they prolly wouldn't leave me to a man in a coma. No offence."

"None taken"

"That still doesn't explain why I wasn't put with Aunt Amara"

"Ah actually it does, I forgot"

"Oh??" Harry's eyebrows rise almost off his face.

"Well officially Amara shouldn't exist."

"WHAT?!?"

Charlie shifted to get more comfortable to begin his sister's story, "She was taken by Voldemort from the manor at a young age that everyone thought she got lost. Mum and Dad searched for weeks. They had to give up their search but they never really gave up. Voldemort had two other pureblood girls at that time also. He wanted them to be raised dark and to be his brides. He injected vampyre and nymph blood to make Amara more powerful. As much as he hates 'half breeds' he sure loves to tempt fate with his experiments. She was not the only one to be experimented on either. Somehow, the experiments did not kill her or her two friends. Others were not as lucky.

"They escaped when they were ten. I do not really know all the details. Most of this I had to gather from their vague comments. Hogwarts must have sensed their magical inheritance because they got their letters of acceptance at age eleven. They went for six years and in their seventh year, they never came back. To this day, I do not know what happened for them not to come back. If I had to guess, it has something to do with Dumbledore and Voldemort."

"How do you know all this?" Harry questioned with a peculiar look on his face.

"I overheard the three talking when Reg and I were working on a project." Charlie answered happily.

"Reg?"

"Regulus Black. The reason I was in this coma."

"Wha? Bu-"

SLAM

The door opens and Healer Purefoy walks in saying "I hope I'm not interrupting something."

"Ahhh perfect timing" Charlie replies laughingly.

The five minutes she stayed in the room were uncomfortable for Harry. He was burning with curiosity and a million questions buzzed around his head.

"Mr. Potter, here is your potion for the hour. Let me just make sure everything is fine and you can probably leave tomorrow."

"Really? Thank you madam."

"Don't worry about it. It's my job" She explains as she leaves the room.

Harry jumps at the chance to ask more questions. "So how did Regulus Black put you into a coma? Was it because you dueled him?"

"Ah to be young again." Charlie shakes his head. "But alas, no. We did not duel. That project I was talking about earlier, when we discovered our sisters, was about blood siblings. We wanted to be more than just friends, as our brothers were. So as such we decided to be blood brothers."

"But how does that affect you?"

"He must have died or gotten seriously hurt. When that happens to blood siblings, the other person in the bond feels the backlash. My body could not handle it because in essence when he died, I died too. However one thing really bothers me."

"What?" Harry probes as he leans forward to listen to his uncle's mutterings.

"I shouldn't have woken up. I should have been in this coma for the rest of my life. Something isn't right." Charlie stares at his hands as if they hold the answer.

"Do you have any idea what could be happening?" Harry inquires softly.

"Hmmm? Oh!" Charlie looks up. "Yes, but I'll have to verify with someone about it. In the mean time, tell me all about your life and such at Hogwarts. Healer Purefoy told me some stories but she did not know all the details and told me to get the actual information from the source himself."

Harry proceeded to launch into the epic tale of his life. He was very apprehensive about telling Charlie about being a Parseltongue and the effects of dementors on him, but Charlie did not mind at all. However, more questions started to run through Harry's mind as he was rehashing his life. After the long narrative finally ended, Harry waited for his uncle to say anything. He waited at least five minutes before he couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Uncle Charlie?"

"Yes?"

"Who were the other two friends you keep mentioning?"

"Of Amara's? That would be Siren and Gemini. At least that's what I think their real names were. They didn't ever tell me their real names. That was just another thing I had to guess at. Siren looked to be a Malfoy and Gemini had the air of a Black. They never actually confirmed or denied when I asked them. Rose always stuck close to Bella and Reg." Charlie leans towards Harry as if to whisper a secret. "Rose was the one I thought was named Gemini."

"Sounds confusing."

"We lived in confusing times"

"Also, why shouldn't Amara exist? I mean, you know her"

"Yes, but James, Sirius, and Lucius didn't know their sisters existed. The made us swear to never tell anyone when we went to Hogwarts."

"Why?"

Charlie gets a pensive look on his face. "They were on the run from Voldemort. News in Hogwarts spreads fast to the rest of England. I'm sure you remember that. They didn't want to get caught."

"Then why did they let you and Regulus in on their secret?"

"You'll have to ask them yourself one day. My theory is that they were lonely and wanted to have some other connection to the outside world." Charlie gets a distraught look on his face. After a few moments, he snapped out of it.

"So not to change the subject again but where are you staying tonight?"

"Ummm...here?" Harry tried to look innocent.

Charlie sighs. "I guess that will have to do until I can move from here. Tomorrow we go to Gringott's. And after that you are getting new clothes!"

"What's wrong with my clothes?" Harry looks down at his raggedy clothes.