Title: Truth behind the name and the lies pt.4
Pairing: DracoxHarry, OliverxPercy, twincest?
Fandom: HP
Notes: An abused boy finds out he's a wizard and a hero; his tormented mind rebels. One person sees through the misconceptions to the real Harry and treats him the way he deserves. How does this change them both and those around them?
Chapter 8- Altercation
They left Fred and George at home…
Elves had Apparated everyone's trunks to Hogwarts, between babies and familiars they had enough to deal with.
Due to the return of the Dark Lord who had stayed mostly silent which worried Lucius, Severus and Arthur. They had memories of those dark days; they had hoped that their grandchildren would grow up in safer times…
Bill and Fleur had returned to Shell Cottage with their little ones after breakfast.
Blaise, Harry and Draco's Owls were released to fly to Hogwarts after owl post.
Benia and Creon had returned to their creature forms and were content to stay at their masters' sides. They had acquired a closeness since their brief experience in human form…
They all portkeyed to Platform 9 ¾, Apparating wasn't an option with little Athena and Perseus in two.
Benia was on Draco's shoulder alert, while Creon whose flames were cloaked at Harry's side.
Crookshanks was even more protective, refusing to be put in a basket but followed at Hermione's heels.
Viktor escorted his girlfriend to the train, kissing her forehead, her eyelids and her cheeks before lightly kissing her lips.
Hermione blushed at the attention, pinned to her left breast was her prefect badge and a rose that read, 'Люблю тебя всем сердцем, всей душою', I love you with all my heart, with all my soul.
"I'll zee you at Christmas. My fazers vant to meet your parents over vinter holidays." Viktor said softly.
Hermione smiled shyly, "I'll be sure to owl them."
"If you need a place to stay in Britain, you and your family are welcome to stay with us Viktor." Lucius said politely, knowing that Narcissa wouldn't forgive him otherwise.
Narcissa nodded, pulling Draco to the side, "We are having a proper engagement party are we not?"
Draco chuckled, "Of course, I've courted Adder properly. An engagement party around Christmas and a Bonding over the spring holidays?"
Narcissa was excited, Carina in one arm and Draco in the other. "I can't wait. Oh Annie and I will have such fun."
Draco looked a bit alarmed, "Why Aunt Annie?"
"Severus and Remus maybe his parents but as head of his house she had a certain responsibility. Your Bonding will be the talk of the year."
Draco sighed, to think that this would have made him particularly thrilled before he met Harry. Now all he cared about right now was finishing school and being bonded to his Adder. After that he would worry about the Dark Lord and children…
Hermione dragged Harry onto the train after they said goodbye to his fathers.
Remus remembered Lily being that excited about being a Prefect years ago…
XoooooX
Blaise, Charlie and Draco made their way onto the train to save them a compartment.
Draco was a little jealous of his brother, he knew they were young for it but he wanted to see Adder with a child of their own.
Blaise noticed the look, "Draco, here. Practice, why don't you take care of Perseus for a bit. I know he's your favorite."
Draco grinned, "Of course he's my favorite, he's my godson."
Charlie's favorite? He would be hard-pressed to tell but it was Athena's cry he heard first, the day she was hatched and every day since.
Blaise loved his babies dearly but knew that Charlie was most attached to Athena, not that he minded really. He was glad his mate had a good relationship with their daughter. She would not grow up like Ginny, he'd prefer she was like Tonks or even his mother…
XoooooX
Narcissa waited for the children to depart and strode right into Molly Weasley's path. Hands on her hips she fixed the former Gryffindor prefect in her gaze, "We need to talk."
Molly stammered, "I have nothing to say. I must be going. I left Ron alone at the Burrow."
"Then I'm coming with you." She reached into her robes and pulled out a very large album.
"What is that?" Molly asked curious.
"Pictures of your grandbabies that you refuse to see. Including the ones born this morning. I made sure the pictures were ready before we left this morning." Narcissa said annoyed.
"They don't want me to be part of their lives."
"Only because you refuse to see them. It's this Gryffindor stubbornness that is ripping your family apart. You lost your husband because,"
"I'll thank you know to air my family problems to the entire Wizarding world." Molly said her knickers in a twist.
"Pip down. You're being a fool. Now are you going to show me to the burrow? Or should we have it out here and now?"
"Cissy!" Lucius called out concerned.
"Narcissa are you sure this is wise?" Severus asked worried.
"No I'm not, but I'm tired of seeing her sons hurting because of her foolishness. For all her posturing about being a good mother I think a woman who takes a half orphaned boy whose mother is too unstable to care for him is a better mother."
"Who would this unstable woman be? Your murderous sister Bellatrix?"
"No, an Italian woman who lost her Auror husband to Italian Death Eaters." Narcissa sneered. "I took him in because I felt sorry for him. His mother couldn't take care of him because of her grief and her family didn't know how to raise a special boy like him. His two siblings had already died. He's my child, I knew from the moment I held him that he would mate with a wizard. It was something he couldn't help, he found that person, the person who could love him despite his difference in your son." Narcissa smirked, "A man with a lot of love to give because he had two loving parents who raised him right even in the middle of a terrible war. A war that claimed your entire family and I wish had claimed my mad sister. Your son who you belittle and verbally abused for being gay stood by mine even when he was attacked. Your son would do anything to protect mine because he loves him. He cares for his two children and made sure they lacked for nothing while Blaise was busy studying for his O.W.L.s."
"But Zabini was only a fourth year." Molly protested.
"I know that but he is very intelligent, something you would know if you tried to get to know your son in law. You attended their bonding even if you disapproved of their choices in bondmates. So why can't you open your heart to love their bondmates and your grandchildren?" Narcissa was a holy terror when roused; she could see Molly's absence was hurting both her son-in-law and her son. Seeing the relationship Percy had with Janie Wood, was something she knew Blaise would like to have with Molly. She copied the album and handed the copy to the stubborn dumpy woman. "Maybe this will spark your conscience. It is unseemly that Arthur carries an album he updates every week while you have nothing. It is stubbornness like yours that perpetuates feuds that are better off forgotten." Narcissa turned on her heel, slipped her arm through her husband's, "We should go check on George. With Severus and Remus at Hogwarts, we should move him to the Manor where I can keep an a eye on him."
"George? I didn't even know he was pregnant…" Molly said coming towards them.
"He was embarrassed to tell you because you've never once been proud of him for his accomplishments. You can't even tell the difference between him and Fred. He was scared you would berate him for being pregnant. Especially when it wasn't his fault." Narcissa said haughtily.
"Was he raped? Does he know who the father is?"
"If he knows he isn't telling. Fred doesn't care, he promised to care for George's babies." Lucius said, despite knowing full well who the father was.
"Babies?" Molly stammered.
"They aren't twin boys. You may have been only able to have one girl but Fleur, Blaise and George brought twins, a boy and a girl each into the family. Only Percy has a single baby, a boy." Severus said with a smirk.
"We were there for all the births except for Fleur's. Fleur insisted hers be born in France at the home she was born in." Remus said pleasantly.
"Where did I go wrong? Four gay sons?" Molly moaned.
Remus was at his wits end, "For having two gay brothers you are oblivious."
"How dare you!" Molly cried out incensed.
Remus rolled his eyes, "I could give you a list of their sexual partners but that would be disrespectful to their memory. Even their house elves knew. I'm sure Arthur knew. I know Frank did."
"How do you know?" Molly was irate.
"Because when I had enough of the Marauders I went to spend time with Fabian and Gideon. They were the first people who knew I liked guys. They might have guessed I was interested in a Slytherin, since they saw my Patronus once."
"Are you claiming to have slept with them?"
"Despite being surrounded by hot guys, a few who played Quidditch I managed to escape Hogwarts with my virginity intact but well instructed on how to please a man. Your brothers told me even if I was saving myself for someone I should at least know how to give pleasure." Remus said with a smirk, he owed his sexual education to her brothers who she refused to realize were gay.
Severus was a bit surprised that the Prewett twins had been that close to Remus, then again he hadn't realized until last spring there had been a large number of gay wizards who had a special place to congregate.
"Who were they seeing?" Molly asked in a tone that was daring him, as if she was trying to trick him
"They died in the war too. Sad too because Gideon was very much like George, he and his partner were talking about Bonding. Fabian was too much of a playboy, he was like a more polite and responsible gay Sirius." Remus chuckled.
"If Gideon was going to be bonded he would have told me. He practically raised me."
"Which is why he didn't tell you, he said you expected him to marry a nice girl. He knew he would disappoint you. He played around but about seventh year like James he'd grown up some. He fell in love and they spent a lot of time together." Remus said gently squeezing Severus' hand.
"Who was it?"
"Caradoc Dearborn, to lose someone like that must be dreadful." Death Eaters presumably killed him before the Prewett twins, having disappeared suddenly and his body was never found. "Fabian was close to Benjy Fenwick, he took his death hard- who wouldn't when you hear a friend was blow to bits. Might have even loved him, he was one of those who found bits of Benjy later. They had nothing to live for after then, became very reckless. Instead of trying to escape Dolohov and his group of Death Eaters they fought a losing battle to the end managing to take three of the enemy with them before expiring. Dolohov escaped when I arrived with Sirius and Kingsley." Remus said sadly.
"At least they died having been in love. I always wondered, that they died before they could fall in love. They never seemed interesting in girls." Molly said, her face streaked with tears.
"I say you have a lot to think about. We have things to attend to. I hope your sons hear from you soon." Narcissa said before they all Apparated to their respective destinations.
XoooooX
Hermione and Harry met Neville and Adrian at the compartment for the prefects.
Adrian and Angelina gave a speech about working together, how despite their house differences last years' Quidditch matches had proved that they could all work together.
Only two of the seventh year boys looked upset Rodger and Cedric.
Rodger because he fancied himself quite a catch and the title of Head Boy would have suited his ego most likely.
Adrian smiled, "I would like to introduce this years Prefects; Harry Potter and Daphne Greengrass of Slytherin, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom of Gryffindor, Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbot of Hufflepuff and Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil. I look forward to getting to know each of you. Some I have had the pleasure of meeting before and I hope to expand on that relationship. I had wanted to include the Quidditch captains in this meeting due to their equal status as prefects but I can arrange that for another time."
The younger prefects introduced themselves to their predecessors.
Rodger was in a state of temper, "I wonder why they choose you Potter? Because your dads are Head of Slytherin and Gryffindor? I was expecting Malfoy to be Prefect. I heard his father was Head Boy in his day."
"My mother and Father were Head Girl and Head Boy, my dad was a prefect too." Harry said annoyed at the Ravenclaw git.
"We're all supposed to be friends." Adrian said with a forced smile, "After all we are all here with the same goal; to up hold the rules and protect the students in our charge."
Angelina laughed, "With Fred and George graduated it should be safer."
Though their pranks had lessened since Fred became a prefect, they still managed to make a mark every year.
Adrian handed each prefect a list of banned products, "None of these are allowed at Hogwarts, part of our duties are to confiscate them."
Harry skimmed the list; to his surprise very few of WWW products were on the list. It was mostly Zonkos' products, probably because WWW hadn't been open very long it hadn't gained Filch's ire…
Hermione played with her rose as she read the list, committing it to memory. She had every intention of doing her best as a Prefect, she didn't want to let Remus down..
Neville stayed close to Adrian, he had been shocked when gran when read his marks for the year. He hadn't expected them to be so high he owed Adrian a lot. Between his marks and his match as Keeper not to mention his being made prefect his grand had been more then willing to let him continue seeing Adrian. They had gone to the Tonks-Tremlett Bonding as a couple. He could see the ring still shining on Harry's finger as well as Hermione's rose, he wondered briefly what that rose said today. Would Adrian give him things like the ring Harry had? Hermione's roses? The pendants that Harry and Draco always wore?
Adrian was proud of Neville, he'd come so far since the shy nervous teen that ate a canary cream almost a year ago. That boy might never have been a prefect but the one he had grown close to through tutoring was more confident. He was sure that Neville would defend Gryffindor's hoops even from him. Dating the 'enemy' wouldn't affect the match; off the pitch he'd shower Neville with praise for every successful block. Even if Slytherin lost…
XoooooX
Harry and Hermione invited Adrian and Neville to join them in their compartment for a while. With Charlie and the babies it would be a tight squeeze but it would be worth it, after all they were keenly missing Fred and George who were no doubt already tending to their babies needs.
"Hey! It's Loony!"
"Yeah! Loony Loony Lovegood!"
"How was your summer Loony?"
"I'm surprised you could even find your school robes. We know how you lose things."
"You would have done every one of a favor if you'd died in Charm explosion like your mum."
Harry was incensed, Hogwarts students? He thought that only Ron was like this.
No one noticed the orange hair person disappearing.
Before Hermione, Neville or Adrian could say anything Harry rushed forward. Memorizing faces, "20 points from each of your houses." He was irritated that these children were Hufflepuffs- weren't they supposed to be kind and accepting? and Ravenclaws; why didn't Rodger keep his house in line?
"But it's just Loony!" a Ravenclaw fourth year protested.
"Another twenty points, that's sixty point from Hufflepuff, term hasn't really started yet and you're already at negative points."
"What do you care? You're a stinking Slytherin! No good comes from Slytherin."
"Forty points for insulting the Boy Who Lived and his house." Neville said surprising himself, how dare they insult his boyfriend's house!
Adrian was perversely pleased, "I should think considering that your Head Boy is a 'Stinking Slytherin' you would be more careful who you insult."
Harry could tell, beneath that calmly serene mask this tiny blonde wisp of a Ravenclaw was close to tears. He'd had similar words told to him during a part of his life he'd prefer not to remember. "Next person I hear insult anyone one's house or parentage will spend the first week of term in detention with Filch or Hagrid."
The crowd of bullies dispersed grumbling.
Harry placed a gentle hand on the girl's shoulder, "It's okay, they can't hurt you."
"Why did you do that?" the girl asked in a dreamy voice.
"Because no one deserves to be treated like that." Harry said, "why don't you come sit with us?"
"Your minds aren't clouded with Nargles, you're safe people."
Hermione gave the Ravenclaw a strange look but said nothing. Strange though she was, Harry was right. No one deserved to be treated like that…she remembered being bullied by Ron at Hogwarts their first few years. Before that she got bullied for being smart when she attended grammar school…
Harry didn't know what Nargles were; he hadn't heard Blaise mention them before. He just cared about making sure that this girl wasn't bullied again.
Draco looked up as they entered; he was surprised at Harry's gentleness with a girl he didn't really recognize.
"Little ones!" the girl's face lit up, "such adorable chicks."
"Adder?" Draco asked curious.
Harry grinned, "Draco! Missed you. We're a bit cramped but you can claim a piece of floor." His attention was drifting from the Ravenclaw, Hermione, Neville and Adrian, to his fiancé who had a baby in his arms.
The wispy blonde sat beneath the window of their compartment, "It is calming here. Out of all the people I've met here you seem to be the most resistant to Nargles."
Blaise raised an eyebrow, Nargles? What in Slytherin's name was a Nargles?
"Just in the right place at the right time." Adrian smiled sitting near the door and pulling Neville into his lap.
Neville shyly relaxed in the comforting embrace of his boyfriend.
"You resigned at Quidditch Captain, does that mean I lose you on the pitch?" Draco was curious.
I'll play as time permits." Adrian chuckled, "This is my last chance to play at a member of Slytherin, besides, I want Neville to prove he can defend Gryffindor's hoops against us the Dynamic Duo."
Neville blushed, "I'm not sure I can live up to Oliver's legacy…"
"Don't need to." Harry said reassuringly as he curled up against Draco's side, "Make your own."
Draco kissed his hair, "Missed you."
"Mmm…me too?"
"You two have powerful magic." The little blonde's voice flirted with a serious tone, "you bleed magic but you're grounding each other."
"True."
The Ravenclaw's eyes scanned the room before spotting the phoenix, "A phoenix? Daddy promise to show me phoenixes someday." It didn't take long to see the lion that was curled up with it. "A lion? You're a magical lion."
Benia was intrigued by the girl and flew towards her.
To her credit the little Ravenclaw never flinched as the phoenix landed on her shoulder.
"You are sensitive to magic? Changes in it?"
The girl nodded, whispering quietly, "Mum was trying to create a charm that would detect changes in magic. It worked…but she couldn't control it. it leapt at me and tried to consume me. I managed to control it."
Creon asked something in that deep purring voice of his.
Benia translated, "How old were you cub?"
"I was nine." The girl whispered.
Benia looked at Harry, "You rescued a girl who can sense changes in magic?"
Blaise was surprised, this girl had a bit of seer in her too? Sensing magic the way she did was unique…
Harry didn't heard Benia, but Draco did. He nudged Harry, "Why did you save her?"
Harry looked up at him, "She looked so tiny and helpless. They were so cruel; using her mother like that and telling her she was better off dead. I had you to save me from people like that but she had no one."
Hermione smiled at the girl; strange though she was she seemed quite bright. She was after all a Ravenclaw, "Your name isn't Loony Lovegood, what is it really?"
The girl smiled back, "It's Luna, Luna Lovegood. My daddy is the editor of the Quibbler."
Blaise tried to stifle a snort, "They have um interesting views on creatures."
"Daddy is really smart. We're always traveling during the summer. He loves me very much. We've been ever so close since Mum died…" Luna said with a hint of sadness.
Hermione could understand pride in a parent, most Muggles were afraid of dentists but she loved her mum and dad. "If you ever need anything, you can come find me."
Luna's eyes widened, "Really?" she clapped her hands, "I've never had friends before." She toyed with the hem of her robes, "I looked forward to coming here ever so much but no one liked me. My things were always disappearing, I spent most of the year without shoes."
Harry heard that, "No shoes? But the castle floors are ice cold in winter? What if you have to go to Herbology or Care of Magical Creatures?"
Luna said quietly, "I just hovered over then snowy ground."
Harry pointed his wand at her shoes and muttered a complicated jinx; he smirked, "There. Now whoever touches your shoes besides you, will burn their hands. The longer they touch it the worse the burns are."
Luna stared at her shoes, "really? I can't lose my shoes? That would be ever so wonderful. In winter I'm always treating myself for frostbite."
Adrian was sure the girl was being honest. What was going on in Rodger's house? They stole her shoes? She walked everywhere barefoot?
Neville felt sorry for her, watching her mother dying and not being able to help her. He could almost relate, having to watch his mother not recognize him. She was alive but didn't know him…
Creon moved closer to the girl.
Luna tilted her head looking at him, "You have flames too, just like them."
"You can see their flames?" Benia asked curious, their flames were cloaked.
Luna was surprised, "Can't you see them?"
Blaise stared at her, looking from Harry to Draco, "I can't. what flames."
"They're rightly there." Luna pointed at the flickering flames, "his are scarlet like the lion's and his," pointing at Draco, "are black."
Draco was stunned, "I have flames?"
Benia laughed, "yes, your magic crackles around you like flames. Flames like that of your Patronus."
"You can cast a Patronus? I've been trying but I can't make one." Luna said excited.
"We all can."
"Even Neville? We didn't see what his was that day at Malfoy Manor."
"Nev's is a Lion, not like Harry's though, his doesn't have flames. Mine is a snake, it was different then Professor Lupin-Prince's. His resembles a Rainbow snake that lives deep in the unplottable parts of the Congo. Mine is just an albino corn snake."
"A fitting familiar for a Slytherin and a Gryffindor, a serpent and a lion." Blaise teased.
"Yours isn't a serpent is it?" Luna's hauntingly soft voice teased their ears.
"No, it isn't." Blaise looked at her curiously. "It is an Eagle."
"But you're a Snake…"
"I am the Eagle as I am Harry's seer."
"A Seer? A snake and an Eagle, the eagles became Apollo's companions after he defeated the snake that granted its priestess visions. Making the oracle of Delphi his own." Luna's soft voice filled the compartment.
Blaise nodded, "that's what legend says."
"So Harry is the Lion, Draco is the dragon, and you're the eagle. Who are the rest of you?"
Blaise smiled up at his mate, "Charlie is the Arrow."
"I'm the maiden, and the philosopher I think." Hermione blushed, "I'm being courted by the crow, that's what his Patronus is. Mine is a dove."
"I remember seeing him with you last year." She said quietly, "I wish I could have gone to the ball."
"I invited you to my Christmas party but neither you nor your father came. I was disappointed."
"I thought the invitations were Wrackspurts tricks." Luna said seriously, then grinned and her face lit up with joy, "I am ever so happy to know I was wrong."
"Why exactly don't they like you?"
"Well, I'm different. I see a person's magical aura. I can tell if they are a good person when I meet them. I see things differently it makes them nervous. So they take it out on me." Her eyes glistened, "It's unfair to use my mother like that. Mum was a very wise woman, what do you expect of someone descended from Rowena Ravenclaw?"
Neville stammered, "You're descended from Rowena Ravenclaw? I'm a descendant of Godric Gryffindor."
Hermione blinked, "But he never married or had children."
"Gran said it was through a younger brother, blood you know. I never mention it because of my dismal marks I would get laughed at. It would have been one more thing for Ron to bully me over."
Luna shook, "Ron? Ron Weasley?"
"Yes," Draco said.
Hermione was concerned, "Did he bother you too?"
Luna wrapped her arms around herself, "He is a very bad boy. I tried to stay far away from him. His aura…was so dark…" she said hesistantly, "I know he made all the girls cry."
"What did he do?" Harry asked in a cold voice.
"It happened a long time ago." Luna said shaking. "best not to get into. His sister isn't any better, something changed about her our first year. Her aura grew cold…"
Hermione was suspicious something bad happened between Luna and Ron, she'd keep her eyes open. If one bully could hurt you in a terrible way, it was easier for another to do it. She had never had a sister and spending all this time with boys, gay or not was a bit draining. She would make Luna her special project, tutoring and friendship. A descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw would be very bright…
So Narcissa finally lectured Molly about how she's treated Charlie, Percy and the twins. Apparently she's shunning Bill and Fleur as well? I'm basing Molly's behavior after *cough* my grandmother who refuses to accept any of her in-laws.
About time someone called her to task about her homophobic views and her obviousness about her brothers.
Poor Luna. Yay for Harry for defending her and making a new friend. There is something special about her.
Aww it looks like Hermione is going to make her first female friend, Luna will be like a little sister...
What did Ron do that frightens Luna so much? What does she know that she won't tell?
Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Troll?
Hope you like.