Title: Truth behind the name and the lies pt.5
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 15- The last shoe drops
Even though Severus could have completely taken over the potion he'd let Draco finish what he started.
It seemed strange that coincidentally the potion finished on Halloween of all days…
Draco was quite pleased with himself that he managed with very little help to brew such a complex potion.
Severus held out the final ingredient, a vial of Luna's blood.
Draco carefully took the vial removed the stopper and poured it into the potion.
The potion turned a deep crimson…
Draco let out a sigh of relief; he'd done well…
On the nearby table was a large piece of parchment tacked down flat so they could pour the potion out on it.
Severus was almost afraid of what the potion might reveal…
Draco swallowed, "You ready?"
Severus nodded stiffly.
Draco picked a burnished wooden ladle that wouldn't change the properties of the potion to spill it carefully on the prepared parchment.
The parchment glowed briefly and ink the colour of blood began to race along it like excited snakes.
The first names to appear on the parchment seemed to come from the 'mother's' side….
Rose Elizabeth Stevens….
Jackson Martin Evans…
Evans? It couldn't be…
Severus felt a heavy weight press on his chest as he nearly slumped against the table…
Then the father's side…
Charlus James Potter…
Dorea Almira Black….
Finally the parents' names…
James Charles Potter…
Lily Anne Evans…
Severus had to fight back tears…his goddaughter had survived? What had Dumbledore done? He'd followed the Dark Lord to the Potter's home only to find him gone, James and Lily dead. All the wards had been broken when James died…when he'd heard a noise, which must have been Sirius and Apparated reluctantly away.
Harrison James Potter…
That was expected given the previous names, but to see Harry's name made it seem all that more unreal yet real especially given what today was. The anniversary of James and Lily's deaths…
Draco was struck dumb as the names were drawn with crimson snakes…
That would explain why Harry was so intensely protective of her…
The name that appeared next was a bit of a shock…
Coralie Dorena Potter…
Severus stared, Coraline was a type of rose…and Dorena was a related name to Dorea…it was so sad that neither grandmother lived to see their namesake born.
They had expected to see the name they knew…
Then Luna Persephone Lovegood appeared right besides Coralie Dorena Potter.
That was rare, a blood adopted child almost never showed a name from their birth family. Especially in a care where the mother couldn't possibly have given birth…
Severus was so shocked, that he started to fall…
Draco had enough foresight to summon a chair to catch his godfather, he quietly cast a preserving charm on the parchment and sent for elves to bring Harry, Luna and Remus to Severus' private potions lab.
XoooooX
Remus arrived holding Lucan, while Harry held Aurelian, who looked a bit off balance with his slightly protruding baby bump.
Hermione and Blaise had come with Luna; they had been helping her study.
Perseus was sleeping in a carrier on Blaisé's back; lately he wouldn't sleep away from his papa…
Remus saw his mate collapsed in a chair, he strode quickly to his side. Kneeling he placed a hand on Severus' thigh, "Sev, what's wrong?"
Severus pointed with a shaking hand at the parchment.
Remus turned and saw…
Charlus James Potter Dorea Almira Black Jackson Martin Evans Rose Elizabeth Stevens
V V
James Charles Potter Lily Anne Evans
Draco Lucius Abraxus Malfoy Harrison James Potter Coralie Dorena Potter/Luna Persephone Lovegood
V
Artemis Titania Malfoy Tritan Leo Malfoy
The competed family tree that the potion had provided was a bigger surprise.
Luna moved to read it and she started to shake. It was one thing to be told that her daddy wasn't her real daddy by a centaur but to see who her real family was shook her badly. Harry was her brother? She had a family?
Draco had barely sent for Uncle Severus' family before his name joined Harry's, but it was the names beneath theirs that surprised him. He and Harry only recently discussed names, since their babies hadn't matured at a consistent rate and given them much time to choose names. They'd barely chosen those names recently…
Harry was a bit surprised to see his papa and his fiancé in such a state of shock, the first thing he saw looking at the parchment was his name, Draco's name and the names they'd chosen for their children who were almost matured to full term. Why were those names on the parchment? Weren't papa and Draco brewing a potion to discover Luna's true parentage? This was impossible, his parents…
He saw James and Lily's name and beside his own name just like Triton's was next to Artemis' was the name Coralie Dorena Potter. Coraline? Then almost as an afterthought was Luna Persephone Lovegood.
He glared at the parchment, "There has to be a mistake, my mother and father are dead. How could they have had a second child?"
Remus pinched his nose, "Before they died your parents entrusted letters for Severus, Sirius and myself to Albus. Those letters were to inform us that they were expecting another child, a daughter who had been concieved while they were in hiding. A pregnancy until recently apparently only Albus and Poppy knew about."
Harry glared at him, "WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL ME! DIDN'T I DESERVE TO KNOW?"
Severus winced, "I took it so hard that Remus, Narcissa and Andromeda were afraid I'd lose the twins. We were afraid what would happen to you because you're younger. We never expected this outcome; Luna's birthday was too early. Your since was supposed to be born in spring and she was born a month after my birthday in 1982."
Draco chuckled, "that means our sisters share a birthday." The irony was shocking…
Harry turned on him, "Did you know?"
Draco winced, "Yes, I was against it but your dads were adamant that it was for both yours and the babies safety. Ballocks Adder. What was I supposed to do? I was afraid of what it would do to you, learning about the truth about your parents sent you into an emotional tailspin that I was barely able to help you with. I was afraid of how you'd react to hearing about your sister dying because of some terrible prophecy that those monsters put such stock in. It's my duty to protect you, how could I tell you now of all times after the horrors you went through last year about this?"
Luna ran her fingers over the name, "Coralie Dorena Potter?" knowing that her real parents loved her enough to pick a name that her blood magic knew and one so beautiful meant a lot. Daddy…he loved her so much…her eyes filled with tears, "What about daddy? He can't know. He wouldn't be able to keep a secret like this from me."
Severus held open his arms, the truth was less overwhelming now. "Come here little one."
Luna curled up in his lap.
"Lily, your blood mother," he said picking an appropriate term that wouldn't degrade the woman who raised this little girl, "was going to ask Remus and I to be your godfathers. I know you love your daddy very much and you wouldn't want to hurt him. You'll always have a home with us and Harry." Severus held felt so drawn to her from the moment he truly looked at her, he tried to regard those outside his House as little as possible. He tried from the beginning, when he was first made Head of Slytherin to be not just a Head of House but a father-like figure that praised and punished as needed. The type of dad he always wished he had, one like Lily's. How Petunia could have sprung from such a loving family he didn't really know. There was something about her that compelled him to care about her, to protect her. Something he hadn't felt since Draco had brought Harry into his life, what was it with Narcissa's sons and bringing Lily's children to him?
Remus hadn't known who she was but had his wolf? He had felt so protective of her, especially when they found her after she'd been hexed, cursed and jinxed that day. He'd wanted to tear someone, anyone limb from limb. He ruffled her soft hair, "Sev's right, you'll always have a home with us."
Harry calmed down, his fire rising up from his skin but it didn't burn his brother that he held, he made his way to Luna. He held out his hand…
Luna let him help her up.
Harry held out Aurelian to his papa before resting his hand on Luna's forehead, his voice thick with power and emotion, "Blood of my blood, return to us. Be as thou was meant to be."
Harry's flames sprang from his hand engulfing Luna.
Luna felt their embrace and welcomed them trusting that they wouldn't harm her.
Her hair darkened, seeming to absorb the scarlet flames while her eyes were filled with the almost golden flames.
The flames flashed once and then seemed to become a part of Luna.
They stared at her…
Severus blinked, "Harry?" as powerful as his son was, he'd never expected him to do something like that. How did he know how to reverse a blood adoption?
Luna's hair, now a wavy auburn drifted into her eyes tickling her nose. She opened her eyes, reaching to touch her now thick reddish brown hair. "You changed me back?"
Harry looked into her eyes; they weren't silver like Draco's anymore. His newly discovered sister had eyes that were almost a golden brown, a hazel….
Remus chuckled, "The exact opposite of Harry, she has her mother's hair and her father's eyes."
Blaise whispered, "How can you see clearly through those eyes?"
Harry blinked, he couldn't really see…he pulled of his glasses and he could see perfectly. WHAT!
Luna couldn't see very well at all…her eyesight had gotten very poor. She was squinting now…
Harry used a transfiguration spell to make his glasses into slim platinum frames before handing them to Luna.
Luna put the glasses on and she could see…
Remus' hand shot to his mouth in surprise, how did Harry's eyesight improve while Luna's weakened? He remembered that Harry had seen clearly or so it seemed when he was a baby. He had been a bit shocked to see that Harry needed glasses; Lily had never needed glasses and Harry had always had his mother's eyes.
Blaise was a seer but why was he blind to Luna?
There was a crackle of flames.
"Firenze requests your presence in the Forest before sunset Eagle."
Blaise stiffened a bit; the centaurs had never summoned him. What was going on?
"He told me to tell you to bring those you felt needed to come."
Blaise felt a chill, who needed to come? Who was he supposed to know to bring?
It would be a long night for all of them…
~AUTHORS NOTE- IMPORTANT~
How many of you expected that outcome? That Luna was Lily and James's daughter?
For the curious- Dumbledore expected the outcome that James and Lily would die protecting Harry. He kidnapped a woman he had previously chosen to continue the pregnancy- Mrs. Lovegood. Why he picked the wife of a disowned member of the Malfoy family I don't know- yet. Now the trauma of a forced pregnancy would have some consequences, especially since Mrs. Lovegood was barren- a problem for some purebloods. Luna was born premature, if she wasn't strong physically and magically from the beginning she couldn't have survived her bearer being murdered by the Killing Curse. Luna's difference from other children is probably a result of having both her mothers taken from her violently.
Whether her Nargles, Blibbering Humdingers ect actually exist or are her way of dealing with and explaining why she knows when unicorn foals are about to drop or why she was targeted by her fellow students is yet to be seen.
How different do you suppose she is now that she is truly the daughter of James and Lily as she was meant to be?
What should happen now? to protect her should Remus and Severus inform certain members of the ministry who see is? Should Harry's inheritance be slip to include her as it would have if their parents hadn't died?
As for what the centaurs will tell them tomorrow does anyone have a guess?
Do you think Harry's 'reset of Luna's magic' ended the curse that Dumbledore placed on her?
Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Troll?
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