Sup readers. How are all of you? Good I hope. Most likely better than I have, as I caught Pneumonia and had to spend 3 days in the hospital. As such I hope that you have been better than I have been and I'm rather sorry at the lateness of this chapter. So please Comment! Review! Tell me how I did! Or if you liked it!

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The Previous Night

Harry POV

I glance over at Eren and Levi, who are sitting on the couch. Eren half sitting half laying on the couch, back resting against the armrest while Levi had made his seat in his lap, and was laying on Eren's chest. The couch was to the left of the fire, angled slightly with a large rug in front. The pair were facing toward the flames, watching them peacefully as they held each other.

I feel a slight pang of jealousy at the sight, and seeing something flicker in the fire right outside my field of vision. It vanishes in the space of a blink, yet I'm apparently not the only one to see it, as both Eren and Levi stiffen. Eren says something quickly and softly, Levi saying something back before the pair quietly exit the common room.

I watch after them for a moment. I would have sworn that what I saw in the fire was just a trick of my own imagination, but the reactions of Eren and Levi make me rethink that. As I was stuck in my own thoughts I had started to stare at the fire, and nearly pissed myself when it started staring back.

Located within the flickering flames sat… Sirius. Or at least his head. I let out a yelp, startling Ron and Hermione from their places beside me. "Harry! Why on earth did yo- EEEK!" Hermione's words cut off with a surprised squeak, Ron had yet to let out any sound, as we all stared uncomprehendingly at the fireplace, and at Sirius's head.

"Hello Harry." Sirius's head says, a happy smile lighting up his face. "Sirius!" I say, joy lighting my face, as I quickly rush over to the fireplace. Hermione and Ron are on my heels as I quickly dart over to the fireplace and kneel in front of it. I glance behind us quickly, thanking my luck that Eren and Levi had already left.

It felt like forever ago that Sirius and I were talking in this fireplace, talking about the dragon for the task. "I was starting to think I wouldn't get to talk to you three! I've been checking every hour! Luckily you three stayed up!" Sirius says, a joyful smile on his face. "You've been popping into the fireplace every hour! You could have been seen!" Hermione almost screeched.

Serious adopted a thoughtful look, before saying "I've only been popping in for a few seconds, never long enough for a second look. The only people who might have seen me are a young girl, first year by the look of her, I was gone before she could really see me. She probably just thought I was a weirdly shaped log.

The only other people who might have seen me are the pair of young men who were sitting on the couch a few minutes ago." I stare at him as Hermione says "That was so dangerous Sirius! What would have happened if you had been caught?" He shakes his head and says "Never mind that now. This was the only way I could answer Harry's letter without resorting to code. And code can be broken."

"You wrote to Sirius?" Hermione says, slightly accusing. "I forgot!" I say truthfully, after everything that had happened recently, especially my interaction with Cho, made me forget. Hermione nods, as does Ron as Sirius once again claims our attention. "Talk about it late, but I need to talk to you Harry about your scar, you said it had been hurting again."

I nod, hearing Hermione's quick intake of breath as she says "Harry! You should have said something!" Sirius quickly cuts her off and says "We're short on time Hermione. Someone could come down those stairs at any time. Now, Harry. I know it can't be fun to have your scar hurting you so often, but I don't think it is really don't think it means anything. It ached all last year correct?"

I nod and say "Yes. Dumbledore said it happened when Voldemort a feeling an extremely powerful emotion." I ignore the twin winces from my friends. "My best guess would be that he was really angry the night of my detention." I conclude, the sentence making sense. Sirius nods and says "It's bound to happen more often now that he's returned."

We all pitch to him our thoughts about Umbridge being a death eater. All of which are quickly shot down. "I know her by her reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one." I say, allowing my hatred of the woman to show. Sirius lets out a small chuckle and says "Harry. The world is not as clear cut as you're trying to portray it. It isn't only Good and Death Eaters. Now while I admit that she's a foul piece of work, by what Moony says about her, she is no Death Eater."

"Why would he hate her? I can't really see a reason for Professor Lupin to hate the hag." Says Ron after a moment. Sirius shakes his head and says "She drafted a bit of anti-werewolf legislation about 2 years ago, making it a massive pain in the ass for him to get a job." I gape at him, my loathing for her increasing exponentially.

"What on earth does she have against werewolves!" Asks Hermione, anger accenting her words. "She's scared of them most likely." Says Sirius truthfully, a sad look taking over for a moment, before he's back to grinning at us.

"She loathes half-humans. Did you know that last year she campaigned to have all the merpeople rounded up and tagged. Imagine it, manpower wasted on chasing down merpeople when there are creatures like Kreacher running around." Sirius says after a moment. Ron lets out a laugh, only to be smacked by Hermione who then glares at Sirius.

I decide to cut off Hermione's impending lecture by changing the subject. "Sirius….. When you were in school, did you ever have any transfer students?" Sirius gains a perplexed look and says "No. Not once in my seven years did we…. Why do you ask? Have there been?" I thank whatever god there is at Hermione's averted lecture and say "Yeah. Two of them. They apparently came here to study the Magical Creatures native to this area."

He looks surprised and says "Yes the Forbidden Forest is home to the most diverse number of Magical Creatures. I could see why some would wish to come study them, but I have never heard of anyone transferring to here…. Who are they?" As I go to speak Hermione beats me too it and says "Their names are Eren and Levi. They both got sorted into Gryffindor and there both 5th years. They got placed in the boys dorm with Harry and Ron. And there…. Different…."

Her slightly wondering ending makes Sirius instantly wary. He seems to think for a moment before Ron breaks the impromptu silence. "I think... I think they might be Death Eaters." He says, at first sounding unsure, yet gaining conviction as he speaks. Sirius looks shocked while Hermione looks annoyed. "Why would they have beat up Malfoy and his thugs if they were Death Eaters? And Death Eaters are always the top of the class, showing off and ignoring the teacher. And they don't get sorted into Gryffindor."

Hermione's face had become red as she stood up for them, but Sirius regains our attention when he says "Not always Hermione. You Know Who was top of his class, but he could often be found helping others in his house. Especially those he saw with potential. The Death Eaters have staged beatings of their own members before, simply to frame or ensure trust in others. But still, why would He recrute two underage wizards into his order?"

I finally can't hold it in anymore and say "I think they are too! When I..." I stop, weighing my options if telling Sirius about my detention with Umbridge and insuring that he believes our suspicions. "When I went to detention with Professor Umbridge, she makes us do lines with these cursed quills. They write in blood and cut the words into the back of your hand. When Eren had to do it he had a horrible reaction to it, and his hand wouldn't stop bleeding.

After he got out of the hospital the next day he seemed perfectly fine, and acted as though he had never been hurt in the first place. Also, Levi got pissed when we tried to ask him if he was alright, and glared at us constantly. Eren just claimed he healed fast and kept a bandage on his hand. And on Saturday he removed the bandage, only for his hand to be perfectly fine. Not even a scar.

They claimed Dumbledore healed him, but no one can just walk into Dumbledore's office and ask to be healed. That and they were gone all day, save for appearing during meal times. Also I overheard Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall talking to Madame Pomfrey. Eren had apparently broken his ribs and while she had been checking on someone else, his ribs had completely repaired themselves. In a period of a few hours. Without magic.

You can't tell me that their is nothing strange about them. Even Madame Pomfrey said the she had no clue where they came from." I say, panting lightly at the end, slightly out of breath due to the massive amount of words. Sirius and Hermione both look deep in thought, Ron looks slightly angry.

"Watch them closely." Sirius says darkly "But be careful. They could be very dangerous. I'll try to get in contact-" he cuts off, eyes on the staircase. We all freeze, finally hearing it, footsteps. My eyes snap back to Sirius who mutters a quick goodbye before disappearing with a small pop. I turn around, watching the stairs with a mixture of apprehension and slight annoyance.

Just as I fully turn around Eren makes an appearance, clad only in his usual PJ bottoms. I try to smooth out my features to a calm look, yet it seems to fail as I ask "What are you doing here Eren?" My voice quivering slightly. God dammit adrenaline. I think as I take a not so calming breath.

Eren apparently ignores me as he walks over to us, and walking around the couch, only to bend down and pick up a wand. He holds it up to us, the wood is a deep reddish brown, the handle has a beautiful swirled pattern carved into it. "Levi's wand fell out of his pocket, I was just grabbing it for him. Night!" He says, voice soft and sleep filled, as he waves us goodnight and quietly walks back up to our room.

"That was close…." Hermione breathes out after a moment. Ron lets out a small laugh, one of relief, and soon were all laughing. "Hehe..Whew.. Come on, let's get to bed. We do have class in the morning." Hermione points out after a few minutes of laughing. We both nod and we all part ways, quietly making our way up to our respective rooms.

I quickly dress in the dark, Ron already having done so crawls into bed. As I walk over to my bed I notice that there's a book on the floor, one that Eren had been reading earlier. I guess he dropped it when he went to put it into his trunk… I think as I pick it up, walking over to his trunk.

Both Eren and Levi's trunks were different from the others I had seen. They were both black, with silver edges, and a bizarre symbol on the handle. It looked almost like a pair of overlapping wings. I shake my head and grab the handle, pulling up in an effort to open the trunk. The trunk remains closed, almost like it was jammed. It refused to move no matter what I tried.

I checked every lock and clasp on it and still it refused to move. I let out a small growl of frustration as I just place the book on top of his trunk, shaking my head, as I would have sworn all Eren did to open it was pull. I'll have to ask Hermione about it later. I think as I stumble over to my bed, crawl in, and fall asleep.

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Eren POV

I wake up slowly, feeling the slight chill of the room upon my skin, and the warmth of another as well. I glance down slowly, as much as I can with his head under my chin, and slowly rub his back. "Come on Levi. Wake up." I say softly, letting him wake up slowly. "Nghhhhhh…." He moans out, clinging to me as he buries his face further into my chest.

I chuckle softly, adjusting enough to nuzzle his hair, continuing to softly rub his back. Since we're both still under the massive thick comforter, which is wrapped mostly around Levi, and is wonderfully warm and comforting, making me really want to fall back asleep. I pull the hangings aside, checking the clock, which reads at 7:22.

I glance down at Levi once more as I pull the hanging softly shut. He's relaxed, a slight smile on his face as he curls up beside me, one of my legs wedged in between his. My arms had stilled, changing instead to simply holding him, watching him sleep. As I do an idea comes to mind, something I used to do while we were at the base, on one of the few days we didn't have to get up at the ass crack of dawn.

I smile as I slowly begin detaching myself from Levi, much to his subconscious annoyance, as his smile vanished and he started holding on a lot harder. When I finally managed to detach myself from Levi he had rolled onto his back and was spread out across our bed, his sleeping face looking annoyed and sad.

The look almost has me crawling back into bed with him, but I promise myself I will be back quickly, before I swiftly and quietly change. I throw the book on top of my trunk into it and grab a uniform. As soon as I'm dressed I quickly walk out to the Great Hall. Almost no one is awake yet, except for the few early birds, Professor Umbridge among them.

I ignore the toad as I walk up and fill up two plates, grabbing everything I know Levi loves. As I go to pick them up I hear someone walk up behind me, footsteps to light and far apart to be the toad. I turn and see Professor Mcgonagall walking up, her usual emerald robe billowing around her. "Ahh. Eren. I was wondering when the two of you would be getting down here. Although I don't see Levi."

I nod and say with a slight laugh "Yeah. He's still asleep. I was just grabbing him some food." She nods, the smallest of smiles gracing her features. "Alright. Just make sure the two of you are on time to class. Also." Her voice drops slightly "Your next free period will be taught on the 5th floor by Professor Snape. He will show you where." She says nodding to me before walking up towards the high table.

I stare after her for a moment before regaining my wits and grabbing our food before walking back to the common room. It was quite easy to get there unnoticed. But it also gave me time to think about our next class. We'll have Snape again huh?... Well. If we do. Were gonna have to apologize and start off on a new foot. Or else none of this will work.

With a plan in mind I easily navigate the common room, which is almost empty as most of the people had walked down to eat. I step into our room, everyone having apparently left Levi alone, as my Midget is still asleep, and coiled up under the blanket. I glance around and see that Harry and Ron have apparently vanished, along with everyone else in the dormitory. I shake my head and walk over to Levi.

I set our plates down on the bedside table, sitting lightly on our bed. "Levi? Time to wake up..." I say softly, trying to gently wake him up, as opposed to just shouting and having him wake up instantly. I slowly begin to remove the comforter he's cocooned in, pulling the layer off slowly as his grip tightens to the point of ripping them.

I shake my head as I watch him, eventually managing to peel off the comforter. I smile softly at his disgruntled sleeping form. When he's asleep is when you can read him like an open book. "Come on Levi, it's time to wake up." I say softly, rubbing his back and shaking his shoulder gently to wake him up. He approaches consciousness with a groan, stretching out across the bed before sitting up.

His hair's a mess, fluffy and ruffled and sticking up in every direction. I reach up and run a hand through it, pushing all of the strands into a swept back look as he leans into the touch. It takes another minute or so of talking and touching to wake him up completely, and once he is I hand him his plate. He stares at it for a moment, before he fully wakes up and stares at me. I know he loves breakfast in bed, something he rarely gets.

I kiss his forehead softly and say "Eat!" With a light laugh. He smiles softly at me, glancing down at his plate again before looking back up and saying "Thank You Eren…" His voice soft and full of a gentleness he doesn't often show. I smile at him, moving enough to kiss his nose before moving to sit farther on the bed and cross my legs, eating quickly as I watch him.

He eats after a moment, and the next few minutes are quiet as we eat and simply enjoy being near each other without the pressure of others. Eventually though my mind wander to what I had heard last night. Whoever they were talking to is going to be a problem. As I highly doubt being accused of being Death Eaters is a good thing… I think as I finish my plate.

Levi seems to be rather happy with his surprise, eating with a small smile. All too soon though were both done and having to get dressed. Well, Levi does, I just have to grab our bags, making sure I bring enough reading material so that I will have something to do in Umbridge's room. I glance through our books and see one titled The Rise and Fall of The Dark Lord.

I shrug, tossing it into my bag just as Levi finishes throwing on his uniform. He shrugs in the outfit letting out an annoyed grumble before saying "I miss the straps…" I nod at him before saying "Me too." Handing him his bag. We then walk down to the common room, finding the Twins there with a newspaper.

They perk up when we approach, grinning from ear to ear and asking "Have you heard?" "Heard what?" Levi asks with a raised eyebrow, the twins instantly grin and say "The Minister has created a new post here for Umbridge, called The Hogwarts High Inquisitor. Her job is to run around and check up on all the teachers. Isn't this awesome?!"

I look at them and ask "How so? I only see a bad outcome from this." Fred snickers, while George says "Think about it! She has to inspect every teacher. That means she has to inspect both McGonagall and Snape! I can't wait to see that!" Both twins were nearly vibrating with excitement.

I chuckle, easily imagining what Mcgonagall will be like. We exit the common room together, separating soon after as the twins go left while we right, quickly going down the stairs toward the dungeon, as professor Snape is to teach us next. The room chills quickly, causing the already chilly morning to rapidly approach freezing.

Levi was shivering slightly in the early September chill as I knocked on Professor Snape's door. It opens quickly, revealing a sour faced Snape. He steps to the side silently allowing us entry, to which we accept, stepping into the slightly warmer room. " He shuts the door behind us, sweeping to the front of the classroom where three cauldrons sit.

He motions to them and says "Since Dumbledore has asked me to I shall-" "Wait." I say, cutting him off and startling both Levi and the Professor. I smile softly at Levi, who apparently has guessed what I'm about to do and gives a small nod. I look back up at the professor, who is giving me a rather angry look before I speak.

"Please sir. I think we all started off on the wrong foot. Can we please start anew? Because I would hate to lose the chance to have you as an ally, simply because I was being an ass." I cast my head down slightly, more than a little ashamed at my own actions toward him. I glance back up, only to see a completely surprised professor, mouth hanging open and everything.

We all stare at each other for a moment, even Levi looking at me with a small amount of shock, before Snape shakes his head slightly, letting out a small sigh. "I believe that would be a wise decision, as my own actions previously called for such a reaction. I shouldn't have been so apathetic toward you and your people. My words were uncalled for and cruel, and I apologize for them."

I glance at Levi, who gives me the smallest of smiles before I look up and nod at him, giving him a smile before offering a hand and saying "Apology accepted Professor." He blinks at us, seeming surprised that we forgave him. He gives us the barest hint of a smile, before reaching out and shaking my hand.

"Now. As I was saying before I was interrupted." He gave me a fake annoyed look. "The headmaster has asked me to teach you in both Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Now, today we shall start on Potions, along with a small bit of History as we only have one class period today. Tomorrow you shall have a half class with me before spending the second half with Professor McGonagall.

During that class I shall both teach you DADA and some more of the history of Hogwarts. We must teach the pair of you quickly as the faster you learn the faster you can assume you're rolls of being 'Transfers studying Magical Creatures.'" He ends his speech with the slightest quirk of his mouth.

We nod, happily diving into the lesson on Potions he provided. Well… I did. Levi was still annoyed at the subject, but Snape was patient with him, whereas he expected highly of me. "I saw you you're first class here. You created the potion perfectly, without any help, while assisting him. I know you can complete this one with ease." He said, watching me create a simple sleeping draft.

I give him a small glare to which Levi snickers at. Snape chuckles softly before saying "Potions is a mixture of math and science. It's not easy, but with practice you can pass the class." We nod at him, before he says "Now. Come on you two. It's time for a history lesson, and I have a question for you. Why on earth did you beat up Malfoy and his Goons?"

"They called Levi short." I say, making it more of a statement then an answer. He raises an eyebrow at us before shrugging. "As long as it doesn't happen again. Next time, please come to me about him." He says while leading us to his office. He sits at his desk, motioning to the two chairs opposite to him.

We sit, watching him with rapt attention as the rest of our class is spent learning the history of the wizarding world, in a condensed version of course. Well. At least we know why they spat out the words Death Eaters. I think. "Now. I want the two of you to read these books before tomorrow." He says, handing us a small stack of books. We nod at him before Levi and I slip out of the classroom and loop around to the group of Gryffindor's, who were walking back towards the Potions room.

We join the group, Levi and I grabbing a table with Neville, while the teacher returned some homework. I thanked my lucky stars that I had read over the grading chart in Hogwarts a history. I got an O, same as Levi. Neville got a rather nice looking A. Harry immediately hid his as Ron glared at Hermione, who was looking around at the others grades. I let out an snort as I toss my moonstone essay in my bag as Snape moves back up to the front of the room.

"Today I graded your homework based upon the grading rubric of your OWL examination. As such many of you failed. Be sure to do better on your next essay on various varieties of venom antidotes, or else I shall begin giving Detentions to those who get D's." He says, before waving his wand at the board and making a large amount of writing appear.

Malfoy spat out some insulting comment as we all set about to creating a Strengthening Solution. I completed it with ease as I helped both Levi and Neville, who was even worse at potions then Levi. My potion was the clear Turquoise the directions required by the directions, yet Levi's was a dark blue while Neville's was pink. Professor Snape approached us, glancing over Levi's potion and says "You got the last ingredient wrong, here. Do this."

The Professor then helps Levi correct his potion, which quickly turns a shade of brilliant Turquoise. I smile at the both of them while I help Neville get his potion to a shade of light blue. I glance up after a moment, seeing the majority of the class staring at our table with expressions of shock and surprise.

I roll my eyes and ignore them as Professor Snape finishes helping Levi before we all take a flask of it to the front of the room. As the lesson ends I feel the trios eyes bore into the back of my head as they dart out of the room. We walk to the Great Hall, Levi letting out a sigh of relief at the warmth as we sit down at the table, the trio sitting about 2 feet down from us.

Hermione was talking about grades, my guess is that she's trying to get them to reveal their own grades, as they didn't tell her when they got them. Ron snaps at her after a moment, looking more annoyed at her pushing than anything else as he says "I got a P. Happy?" While filling a bowl with soup.

Fred, George and Lee plop down in the space between us as Fred said "Nothing wrong with a good healthy P." Hermione looked at them agast and says "But. Doesn't P stand for…" "Poor? Yeah. But hey, it's better than D's." Lee Jordan says, Harry goes red and fakes a choke on his bread. So I know why Snape said something. I think as I listen to the conversation.

Hermione turns to us and asks "So what did the two of you get on the essay?" I shrug and say "I got an O. You?" I turn to Levi, who says "Same." Before turning back to his food. I look at them, seeing the twins grin at us while Hermione looks surprised, while Ron and Harry look surprised. Ron turns away and mutters "Only because Snape likes you…" Turning back to his food.

I glare at him, hearing and feeling Levi move to glare at him as well. My guess is that since we heard him the twins did to, as they moved to do the same, fixing Ron with a set of identical deadly glares. Said ginger refuses to look up, instead shrinking in on himself as he slowly eats. The rest of lunch passes with us giving Ron the silent treatment while talking amongst ourselves.

We walked quietly up to Professor Trelawney's classroom, climbing up the ladder to her room, and taking a seat at the table closest to the back, near a window. Professor Trelawney wafted around the room, handing out books to students, as the trapdoor opened once more. We all watch as Professor Umbridge slowly climbs up the ladder.

They all stared at her, waiting for her to make the first move, which was a bad idea. "I see you got my note? It said the date and time of your inspection." Professor Trelawney nodded at her and began teaching. The rest of the inspection went by with the Toad sitting in a corner taking notes.

Near the end of class she stood up, wandering around the class and talking to students, avoiding us for some reason. At the very end of class she turns to Professor Trelawney and asks "Now. Would you mind making a prediction for me?" And that went about as well as you would expect, yet the danger she spoke of made me raise an eyebrow.

After that the Toad left, leaving us with a rather upset Professor and a class bell. Levi and I exit the room quickly, I see a few students stay back with her as the rest of them move toward the trap door. Levi takes the ladder, where as I simply grab the edge of the door and swing down, landing in a tight roll prevent myself from breaking my legs.

Levi and I than walk as slow as possible to her classroom, being the last people to enter her classroom. I kiss Levi's cheek softly before I slowly walk up to my seat, which is now apparently right next to Harry. I sit down just as the Toad enters the room. She happily marches up to the front of the room.

"As we finished chapter one last lesson, we shall begin chapter two today. Wands away, those of you who have them out. There will be no need to talk." She says, before turning to her desk and sitting down. As she does she glances at the corner of her desk, seeing a white spot on it, one I have to stop myself from laughing at. Seems we missed a spot. I think as I watch as she crinkled her nose at it.

She waves her wand at it, causing the spot to vanish. The class had turned to the page she had asked while she muttered about Filch needing to do a better job. I bury my face in my book, effectively hiding my expression from everyone as I smile into it. When I finally emerge from my book I see the Toad, who is bending down to speak with Hermione.

"What is it this time Miss Granger." She asks softly, making it so that no one else but Hermione could hear her. Except the fact that my hearing is far better than anyone else's here. Hanji said I could hear with the sensitivity of a cat. I hear as Hermione says that she read the entire book, and easily remembered the passage about counter-jinxes.

But Harry gets involved when Umbridge decides to remove 5 points from Gryffindor. "What for?" Harry asks, anger sharpening his words. "Harry stop." I growl out softly, knowing he heard me as he glances at me before fixing his attention back on Umbridge, who looks oddly pleased Ahh. She's riling him up. Trying to make him make a fool of himself. I think as I watch.

"I am here to teach the ministry approved method for teaching this course. None of your previous teachers, with the possible exception of Professor Quirrell, would have passed a ministry inspection." She says haughtily, looking directly at him as Harry says "Yeah, Quirrell was an amazing teacher! Just had the smallest downside of having Voldemort sticking out the back of his head."

The entire room is in perfect silence as the pair stare at each other before Umbridge smoothly replied "Another week's Detention for you Mister Potter." I let out a quiet annoyed groan, shaking my head at Harry who turns to glare at his book. The rest of class passes as I read The Rise and Fall of The Dark Lord.

Harry and his friends practically run out of the room when the bell rings, Levi and I not far behind him. Levi looks more than a little annoyed as we exit though, and I let out a quiet snicker as I remember what happened at the beginning of class. "What?" He asks quickly, looking more than slightly annoyed.

I smile at him and say "It seems like we missed a spot Friday." Levi's face heats up instantly, causing his entire face to go red as he stares at me with a look of absolute surprise. I pull him into a hug as I snicker quietly, letting him hide his face in my shirt. It's a minute before he reappeared, pulling away to reveal his usual poker face of indifference.

I throw an arm over his shoulders, pulling him to my side as we continue walking toward the common room. "Let's quickly finish that essay that Snape assigned, that way it's done and we can spend our time doing much more… Entertaining things." I say, giving Levi a grin. He goes slightly red, giving me a small glare that's far from as cold as he can create.

We enter the common room and take a table, choosing one in the corner of the room. We spend the next hour writing our essays, which was far easier than you would think, at least, easy when compared to the paperwork the corps had us doing. It was not uncommon to find Levi and I holed up in his office working on reports for Erwin.

I shake my head, refusing to delve into the memories of my friends. I stretch, feeling the pleasant tingle go through my muscles at the movement, and the slight pain in my legs from yesterday's run. I glance around the room, noticing that Harry looks even more downtrodden than before. I put up our papers, Levi stacking the books and placing them in our bags.

I grab our bags, slipping both straps over my shoulder. "I'll run our bags up to our room, be right back alright?" I say to him, ending it with a question. He nods, standing to walk over toward the couches by the fireplace.

I smile after him as I quickly scale the stairs, placing our bags in our trunks. We really need to train with our gear soon. I think, missing the feeling of my uniform as I grab the books Snape had told us to read before I walk back to the common room. Levi has taken the loveseat near the fire, as it seems that a group have already taken residence there.

I sit down next to him, seeing him lean into the touch as he sets his head on my shoulder. I smile at him as I set my head on his, staring into the fire. I hand him a book, which he takes and begins to read. The next hour and a half passes like this, the two of us simply sitting and reading together, happy to have the presence of the other.

Before long it's dinner time and we join the twins as we walk to the Great Hall, hearing the comforting noise of the Hall. As dinner progresses the conversations of the room slowly begin to quiet, the first years slowly becoming quieter as everyone fourth year and up gives the young ones a rather fond look. As dinner ends the houses slowly begin trodding toward their own common rooms.

"Hey you two." I say, catching the attention of the twins, who we have begun to feel very attached to. "Where are the kitchens? I was curious. We could grab the food you two need for your testing tonight." I say, giving the pair a smile.

(AN: They don't say where it is exactly in the Wiki. Only that it's on the same hallway as the Hufflepuff common room. So I'm guessing here.) I get two nods and pair of grins. "Go to the Hufflepuff stairway, go down it and you'll find a hallway. A few steps down to the right you'll find a painting of a bowl of fruit. Tickle the pear and you'll be able to get in." Says Fred. George nodding along.

I nod back and say "Alright." As George hands me the bag on his shoulder. I take it, giving Levi a grin which he returns softly. We bid the twins goodbye and make our way to the painting. It was exactly where the pair said it was. I reach up, hand hovering over the pear and say "You know. At the base we would probably be forced to see a shrink for doing this." Levi let's out a snort. "You think?" He says, voice dripping with the sarcasm I've come to love from him.

I run a finger down the pear, barely even blinking an eye as the pear let's out a giggle and squirms under my finger, transforming into a handle. I turn it, opening the painting/door. We step into a bustling kitchen, completely full of house elves. I stare at the tiny creatures, which only come up to my hip. The room looks almost exactly like the great hall, accept that there are shelves full of brass pots and there is a massive fireplace at the end of the room.

They stop what they're doing to look at us, before they bowed or curtsied and saying "Hello sirs!" Most returning to what they were doing and about 6 of them coming over to us. "How can we help you sirs?" One of them asks, a girl by the looks of it. Levi is looking at the house elves with a look of absolute joy. I smile down at them and ask "Hello. Would you mind getting us some food for our friends in our common room?"

They look surprised by my friendly tone, nodding quickly as a few other house elves rush over carrying tiny paper bags of food. "Thank you." Says Levi, taking them gently and placing them in my bag. The house elves look completely surprised by Levi's thank you, staring at him in complete shock. The entire room went silent as they stared at us.

It was a moment before they nodded at us, some of them even looking on the edge of tears. "You are very welcome Misters!" They chant to us, seeming far happier now. "Thank you for dinner as well. It was absolutely wonderful, as are all of your meals." I say, giving them a smile. "Your welcome Sirs!" They say again, they bowed or curtsied to us before they continued their work.

As I turn to go I see one house elf who looks far different from the others. Well, two of them, actually. One of them is a boy, wearing many hats on his head and two mismatched socks. The girl beside him however was another story. She sat on a stool by the massive fireplace, holding bottle in her hand, swaying slightly in her seat, looking far more worse for ware.

I glance at the bag and think We can see about her tomorrow. As I look over to Levi I see that the house elves, are happily crowded around us as Levi talks to them, seeming perfectly content to talk to the tiny creatures. I glance at him, seeing that they come up to his waist, and smiling softly at them all. "Come on Levi, we can come see them tomorrow." I say, kissing his cheek softly.

He pouts at me, some of the elves even joining in on it. I shut my eyes instantly and say "Really? Puppy dog eyes? You know that's cheating." He doesn't miss a beat and asks "Please Eren? Just a few more minutes?" I open my eyes by a fraction, only to find Levi with a full pouty face and perfect puppy dog eyes, the elves around him giving me the same puppy dog eyes.

I let out a sigh and nod, knowing I had lost the moment I opened my eyes. His face lights up instantly, quickly gaining a full grin as he says "Yay!" And turns back to the elves, who let out a small cheer, happily crowding around Levi. I watch them with a small smile, joining in on the conversation after a moment.

After another 5 minutes I say "Levi, we gotta go." He instantly pouts, looking absolutely pitiful, and succeeding in making my feel like the worst person alive. "We can see them tomorrow, can't we?" I ask the elves, who nod instantly at me. Levi hugs the elves nearest to him, said elves hugging him tightly and bowing or curtsied at us.

I manage to remove Levi from the kitchens after a few more moments, bidding them farewell. Levi pouts the whole way back, and I somehow manage to feel like a substance lower than dirt. We enter the common room, seeing that the trip took us about 20 minutes, not counting the walking it took.

I nod at the twins, who apparently just tested the puking pastel, as the students around them look up at us, lee and another boy showing them where to dispose of their buckets. I hand the bag to Fred, who begins to hand out the food. Levi stood beside me, having finally stopped pouting to my souls relief.

I let out a yawn, pulling Levi to my side and ask "Are we going to get some exercise in or are we gonna sleep? Because I wanted to try and get some work with our gear in soon." Levi answers me with a yawn, leaning against me. "Sleep." He says, letting out another quiet yawn.

I nod before we bid the twins a good night before climbing the stairs, entering our room quietly. The others we're just getting ready for bed. They jump when we enter, relaxing almost instantly as they recognize us. We dress quickly before the others darken the room, Levi and I easily climb into my bed, finding a position that's comfy for both of us with practiced ease. I hold him gently, laying together on our sides as we both fall asleep.

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The next morning went as usual, the two of us walking down to breakfast with the twins, who were quite happy with how much progress they made with their creations. As we walk in we see a young woman all but screaming at Harry, who is quickly silenced by professor McGonagall. She than speaks quickly to the pair, resulting in both of them leaving far angrier than when we arrived.

Harry storms over to Ron and Hermione, looking like a giant thundercloud. i shake my head at him as we sit at the table, placing enough space between us to ensure that we are not caught within Harry's stormcloud of anger. I glance at my schedule, munching on an apple as I do so. As soon as breakfast was over Levi and I quickly make our way to Professor Snape's classroom.

Said professor was waiting outside his room, wearing a small smirk as he watches us approach. "This way." He says, leading us from his room to another classroom down the hall. We enter the room, seeing all the desks moved to the sides of the room and stacked, along with Professor Dumbledore standing at the end of the room.

He smiles at the two of us, motioning all of us forward, while holding a thick black covered book in front of him. The book looked old beyond imagining, the pages old and yellowed, looking as though they would fall apart at the most gentle of touches. He smiles at us and says "As I made the decision to have the pair of you study Magical Creatures, it is only best that I give you the knowledge upon them."

"Huh?" I ask, knowing I sound stupid, but I'm completely lost. He let's out a soft chuckle and says "I have an ancient spell that will do two things. One, it will give you all the knowledge upon Magical Creatures. Another thing is, it will make your memory far better than it was at the beginning. Do you want to do this? I will not force you."

I stare at the book, then glance at Levi, who nods minutely. I look back up at Dumbledore and say "Alright…. As long as I'm first." "What?" Says Levi, looking annoyed as I say "If it has any adverse effects than I could heal from them. You wouldn't be able to." I step up to Dumbledore, crossing my arms as I wait. He nods at me, taking his wand and pointing it at me. He looks back at the book, before he begins to move his wand, moving it in a slow figure 8, speaking softly under his breath.

A thin cyan mist begins to slowly appear, moving slowly toward me, wrapping slowly around my legs and inching it's way up. within a few moments the mist was swirling around my shoulders, quickly making it's way up my head as I felt something brush against the edge of my consciousness.

My Titan rears it's head, growling softly at the presence. hush. I tell it softly, sending out calming thoughts to my Titan. He settles back down, allowing the thing to enter. It quickly enters, adding information to my mind, the moment is was done it left, as did the mist. I shut my eyes for a moment, feeling for any other changes in my head, doubting there would be any due to my Titan.

I open my eyes and nod at Dumbledore, who smiles at me and proceeds with Levi as I shut my eyes once more, reaching out mentally for the mind of my Titan. I find him easily, and begin to gently calm my raging Titan. By the time Levi is done I am once more governed by my own emotions, instead if my Titan's.

Due to being a shifter, I have whats like a second mind within my own. This mind is my Titans. Unlike ours, a Titan's mind is ruled more by emotions than cause and effect. He protects my mind, at least, I think that's what he does. I snap my eyes open as Levi's spell is finished. He looks perfectly fine, save for a slightly annoyed look on his face.

I shake my head and walk over to him, kissing his temple softly and asking "What is the average height of a house elf?" With a small smile he says "Three foot on average." I grin down at him, watching as he gives me the smallest of smiles before we look back at the professors.

Snape nods at us and says "That seemed to work. Now. Did the two of you read what I asked you too?" We nod back at him, noticing that Dumbledore has exited the room. "Good. I have always believed that you learn best by doing something and practice. This is also why I loathe the way that woman is teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Now, would the pair of you stand here." He says, motioning to a spot beside him.

We comply, leaving our bags on a desk. We than spend the next hour learning Defense Against the Dark Arts. We also found our own talents within the subject. Levi and I could both spell cast silently by the end of class, yet as far as speed was concerned Levi had me beat by miles, being able to easily rapidly cast curses and jinxes to the point that Professor Snape had trouble blocking them all.

My talent however was in pure power. I was nowhere near as fast as Levi, but my minor curses and jinxes would break through the Professor's shield. Levi let's out a small chuckle at us when my trip jinx broke through his shield and hit the professor in the chest, causes his feet to sweep out from under him. He caught himself before he hit the ground, shaking his head at me and saying "That is going to take quite a few people by surprise. And so is your speed Levi. Together you two are going to make a rather fearsome duo."

He suddenly got a thoughtful look, glancing at me and asking "Eren. Would you mind casting a basic shield charm? I want to test something." I nod, easily casting the spell. he nods and quickly fires a spell at me, my shield easily reflecting it. "Impossible." He says softly, staring at me with a look of pure awe. He fires another, only for it to behave the same as the other.

He nods at me and I remove the shield. We then spend the next hour in a history lesson, along with a small lesson for me about my shield. Which is apparently strong enough to block anything short of an unforgivable curse. By the time class was over we were both exhausted mentally and physically. Snape had fired spells at us for a solid 20 minutes and said no shield charms so we could work on our speed in a magical duel.

We made our way to Transfiguration, quickly noticing the rather obvious tail we had. I sigh, pulling Levi closer and saying "We see the Professor on Magical Creatures today." He nods as we enter the Transfiguration room. We sit in our usual seats, unable to hide our smiles of joy at seeing the Toad in the room. Class goes spectacularly, especially when Professor McGonagall gives her a rather wonderful tongue lashing.

By the end of class both Levi and I were barely hiding our grins. We follow the group of students to the main entrance, and out of the castle completely. We walk across the grounds toward the massive forest, which I remember being mentioned by Snape. We walked to the edge of the forest, seeing a woman with close cropped gray hair and a very prominent chin stood in front of a cabin.

Next to her stood our very own Toad, who was talking to her, apparently stressing at how she knew how to do her job, unlike her predecessor. She than asked "I heard that there had been some injuries in this class?" Malfoy instantly said "That was me. I was injured by a Hippogriff." "A Hippogriff?" She says, now frantically scribbling on her clipboard.

I shake my head softly, knowing that this was just going to get worse. And Harry simply had to prove me right when he said "Only because he was to stupid to listen to Hagrid." I let out a heavy sigh, Levi following suit as Umbridge turns to harry. "Another night's detention for you mister Potter." She says, voice dripping with joy.

"You should have the results from your inspection in 10 days time." She chirps to Professor Grubby Plank before trotting off toward the castle. The rest of class was normal, mostly with her asking us every question about magical creatures she could think of, from Dragonhide strength against heat to Nargles in their natural habitat.

By the end of class we were getting more than a few awed looks, even one from Ron, who looked annoyed at his own awe. We all walked over to the greenhouses for our final period, which Levi was less than happy about. And so that class went about as well as you could think, and ended the millisecond the bell rang.

Levi and I quickly made it back to the common room, instantly separating in order to take a shower. As i know Levi will not exit the shower until he doesn't have any more dirt in his hair, courtesy of a rather angry mandrake. I clean off quickly and walked into the dorm room, throwing on a uniform before joining the twins downstairs, content to wait for Levi.

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Harry POV

I hold my hand in the bowl of murtlap essence, enjoying the feeling of relief as I suspiciously listen to Hermione talk, before she says "I'm talking about you Harry!" I went stiff, staring at her as both she and Ron were suddenly trying to convince me to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

The conversation ended with me shouting at them, and breaking the bowl my hand was in. I pant softly and say "I'll think about it…. But I have something to talk to you two about. Eren's trunk. It won't open for me, yet it opens easily for him. And those two keep disappearing into the Dungeons for the last two days.

And you saw them today in class. They were showing off, even worse then Malfoy does. Hell. I bet the two of them know spells we haven't even been taught yet. And that's just because there Death Eaters. We have to find out what they're up to, and why they keep trying to get close to Dumbledore." I growl out the end, glaring at my still bleeding hand.

Hermione nods at me and says "Alright. I'll check the Library for stuff on their trunks. I want you two to follow them, see where they are going during their free lessons." The conviction in her voice almost enough to makes me grin. It takes a lot to make Hermione that driven, but when she is there is not a single thing that can keep her from her answer.

Ron nods at her before standing and stretching, letting out a yawn. "Coming?" He asks, glancing at me with a questioning look. I nod, following him up to the dorm room. I'll figure out who you really are. I think as I glance over at their beds before climbing into mine, and falling into the same dream.

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Mikasa POV

"No Armin! There not! I refuse to believe it!" I shout at him, tears slowly streaming down my face at the thought of what he was trying to tell me. Hell no. I think. Glaring at him. "Mikasa. You know it. There were another 4 Titans after they entered the fray, and we didn't find them. Which means they either defected, which you know Eren would never do. Or. The logical answer. THERE DEAD." Armin says, shouting the end.

"THEY ARE NOT DEAD YOU ASSHOLE. I WOULD KNOW IT. THEY. ARE. NOT. DEAD. I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. BUT I KNOW IT. ERWIN KNOWS IT. HANJI KNOWS IT. THEY AREN'T DEAD!... The thing that dropped the Titans must have taken them." I say, my voice dropping to a whisper as I fall to my knees, tightly gripping the scarf Eren gave me.

I feel Armin grab my shoulder, giving it a comforting squeeze like when we were children. I press into the touch, seeking the comfort of it. It had hurt when Eren had started going out with Levi. I felt like he was going to forget me, and simply move on with his life with him. But he didn't, he was still my brother, and I'm not going to just forget him, simply because I haven't seen him. I would know he was dead.

Armin pulls me into a hug, and we sit like this, holding each other until we stopped crying. Eventually Erwin found us, sitting on the floor, holding onto each other for dear life and didn't even blink an eye, he simply stepped over to us and picked us up, sitting down and setting us in his lap, before holding the both of us tightly. And this is how we stayed, trying to glue back the pieces of ourselves, now that they were gone. I'll find you brother. And I'm going to bring you home. I think as I slowly fall asleep, being held by the some of the few people I trusted.

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