Amour

Chapter 5: Freedom Costs

As I was hugging these three people, I dove into each of their minds, finding out all of their past. The deep purple aura was Hermione Granger's, the hunter green aura belonged to Ron Weasley, and the copper aura was Harry Potter's; Lily and James' son! I continued to extract information from these three.

James and Lily had died, Sirius as well, as had Peter and he had turned traitor. The extraction had caught me up to all of the recent activities, in a matter of seconds. I pulled away from the three. They were staring wide-eyed at me.

"Thank you, so much," I said, "I'm Kieran, I was a friend of your parents, Harry."

"How did you know his name?" Ron asked defensively.

"I read his mind, as I did yours," I motioned to Ron and Hermione.

"How long have you been in there?" Hermione asked, changing the subject.

"Seventeen years," I replied.

"Then how old are you?" challenged Ron.

"Old enough," I said dismissively.

-Later-

We arrived in the Room of Requirement, I was still invisible. Everyone began making a ruckus about Harry being back, while they where distracted, I reappeared. I heard someone say that the dragon was true too, I couldn't resist. I burst out into laughter.

Everyone stopped and stared. I kept laughing; it was kind of a hysterical laughter. They all began to mutter.

"I'm Kieran, I'm the dragon," I said once my laughter had subsided.

"He's right," Harry said, "He's the dragon."

After Luna and Harry left, others began streaming into the Room. I began using my Sight; I didn't care if my eyes were glowing vibrant blue; however it did unnerve people around me. I associated auras with names and sulked in my corner wishing I could see Remus again… An aura caught my eye, Periwinkle, silver and red! It had to be Remus!

I snapped my head up, stopped using my Sight; there he was. He looked older than the last time I saw him; that was understandable being that it had been seventeen years.

"Remus!" I shouted, he looked up. Our eyes met.

"Kieran?" he asked, "Where ever did you disappear to?"

I sighed and told him all about the cursed cavern at Gringotts…