A/N: More surprises in this chapter. I'm rather tired, so sorry if I make any mistakes. If I do, please tell me and I'll fix them before I make the next chapter. Oh, and by the way, the warnings tend to change from chapter to chapter, depending on what's in them.

Warnings: OCs, AUness, OOCness, Slash (boy/boy relationships in later chapters), cursing, bloody scenes (later chapters of course).

Disclaimer: Any and all unrecognizable characters strictly belong to me. Harry Potter and all other properties, characters and such respectfully belong to JK Rowling.

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Tergum Vicis

Chapter 3: Oh, Dear Brother

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It was about five minutes later when Harry came downstairs for breakfast. Lily was washing her own dishes while James was sitting down at the table finishing up his breakfast. Harry's own breakfast was waiting for him. But he noticed there was an extra empty seat at the table. Four seats... He raised an eyebrow, but didn't question it as he sat down.

"Hey, son, you're up a little late," James greeted his son as he sat down. It felt weird to be surrounded by his parents after a few good long years without having known them, but it also felt nice. "You're usually up at least an hour before ten."

"Um....yeah," Harry said as he managed to stifle a yawn. James chuckled

"Still tired, huh Prongslet? You should've gotten some more sleep."

"Eat your breakfast before it gets cold, dear," Lily told him with a smile and he nodded, beginning to eat.

"Oh, James? You should go wake up Kyle now before it gets any later. He wouldn't want to miss shopping for Hogwarts."

Harry nearly dropped his fork.

"K-Kyle?" Harry managed to ask, looking back and forth between his parents, who sent him a pair of matched concerned looks.

"I think you're still half asleep, Harry dear," Lily said with a small smile. "But of course you remember your younger brother."

. . .

Kyle was a young boy, who just turned eleven according to his appearance. He had the same dark brown hair as Harry and James but with a tint of red to it, and James' hazel brown eyes. His skin was rather pale considering it was Summer, but he didn't seem to care. He wore a pair of tight blue jeans and a red t-shirt that was almost sleeveless.

"Here's your breakfast, Kyle honey," Lily said with a smile as she placed his food down on the table in front of him. Kyle beamed up at her, and from what Harry could tell, he was quite a happy child. But of course, who wouldn't be, when they were raised by Lily and James Potter?

"Thanks, mum!" Kyle said happily and dug into his breakfast, making James chuckle.

"Hey dad, is Padfoot coming over?"

At the mention of Sirius, Harry's heart clecnhed. The Sirius he had known... come to love as a godfather...was...gone. Just a memory. The time they spent together wasn't even real now.

Harry was beginning to realize just how dire his consequences of changing the past were. To him and everyone else around him. To save the lives of two, at what cost?

Everything Harry once knew and cherished.

"Of course," James grinned. "Himself and Amelia have a big announcement to make, or so I hear it."

Harry felt tears prickling at his eyes and furiously blinked them back.

"Alright! I love it when Aunt Amelia comes over!"

"They'll be coming over once we've gotten all our shopping out of the way," Lily said as she sat back down at the table, across from Harry. "I figured we should be done around two o' clock."

"Sounds good, as long as we go to Quality Quidditch Supplies," James replied, and Kyle nodded excitedly. He hadn't even so much as rode on a broomstick before but he wanted to ever since he saw his father and Harry play quidditch.

Lily rolled her eyes. "What is it with you three and that game...?" She glanced over at Harry, who she noticed was barely picking at his food now, and frowned. Something was troubling him, she just didn't know what.

"Harry? Are you alright, dear?"

He looked up, almost startled by his mother's voice. "Oh...um...yeah. Just thinking."

Lily nodded, but still seemed concerned for her son. She had been ever since she saw him staring at that newspaper article. She wasn't sure why he was, he hadn't looked at it in a long time. It was as if over night, Harry suddenly changed, became a different person, someone...older.

Yes, Lily noticed it. Even after so little time had passed since Harry woke up. She was a mother after all. But she wasn't sure if James noticed. She knew Kyle didn't, he was too young to see such things. But over the hours, even when they were shopping in Diagon Alley, his eyes seemed older, wiser, knowing more than he should at such a young age.

There was no mistake that Lily was worried for her son. Could one lone night completely change a person?

. . .

Harry frowned. He had to get back to Hogwarts and see Professor Dumbledore. Of course, he had to wait until the start of term, and that was making him feel uneasy.

As he looked around at all the familiar sites of Diagon Alley, his mind was bombarded with memories of him, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, Hedwig all at Diagon Alley. Even the day he met Draco entered his mind.

He blinked several times.

Since when had he begun to call the blond sexy Slytherin by his first name?

And . . . wait, sexy?!

TBC

A/N: ^_^; There's my newest chapter, sorry for the short wait. I'm too busy at home or not in the mood to do it at home. It's hardly ever busy at work so I update all of my stories there. Oh, and sorry if you don't like Harry's brother's name. I was playing Hotel Dusk, and....yeah. ^^;; At least his name isn't Louis. Yeah, the pairing will be Harry/Draco, cause it's smexy. If you don't like HP slash, click the back button. Don't waste your time and mine by flaming. Please and thank you.

Why does Harry have to see Professor Dumbledore? How are Harry and Draco on a first name basis, and why did he think he was sexy? Find out next chapter of Tergum Vicis! Stay tuned!

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