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 18- First Match of the School year and an unwelcome guest
November 11 continued
Hermione reached Luna as she was about to enter the woods, "You mustn't do anything foolish. Think of all your godfathers and us have done to keep you safe. One look at you and he'll know. Please, let your godfathers deal with him."
There came shouts from the forest.
Hermione vaguely recognized the voices of Firenze and Bane.
"You sir are no longer welcome in our forest."
"Your Forest? You are granted rights by wizards."
"You are not part of the Ministry nor part of the school staff."
"You cannot be here on an errand that means well for any here."
"Do not presume that we are not aware of all the harm you have wrought these years."
"Wise you may be centaurs but you do not know all."
"We told you not to put too much trust in prophecy. How many have you endangered trying to make sure that foul prophecy came true?"
The first to emerge from the Forbidden Forest were the centaurs Bane and Firenze.
"Younglings tarry here not. Fly from this place." Firenze advised in a hushed voice.
Hermione tried to tug on Luna's tiny arm but the stubborn girl would not move.
Behind them was the sound of running.
Hermione prayed it was Severus and Remus.
Dumbledore emerged from the Forest, "If it isn't Granger, come to greet me?" his eyes narrowed as they landed on Luna. "I see some foul person has changed you."
Luna shook with fury, "Foul? The person who gave me back that which was mine by blood was my brother. I won't stand to hear him maligned by the likes of you. You wretched man, why would you change me? Why did you curse me?"
"You are but a child, the ways of adults are far above you." Dumbledore sneered.
Luna and Hermione were swept into a pair of familiar arms.
Four men, a redhead, a blonde, hair as black as night and brown flecked with grey formed a wall before the girls.
Charlie's hand bearing his wand shook with fury, "You rotten bastard, you cursed my Blaise. You set an unstable boy on a path to attack my mate. What sort of a monster deliberately hurts children? Abandoning a baby to be beaten and starved? Cursing an innocent girl and threatening her? You deserve to die for your wrongs!"
"You Weasley aren't strong enough to face me." He snickered, "a dragon tamer, a werewolf, a former prisoner and two Death Eaters? That's who tries to stand up to me? Me, the most powerful and wise wizard since Merlin?"
Severus snapped, "You? You who refused your rightful house? You who have wrought naught but ill? You allowed powerful wizards to turn Dark; I might never have gone down such a path if anyone noticed me. Despite my talents I was belittled, bullied and ignored. Only one person besides Lily saw what I was capable of, he took me under his wing saw that I ended up gaining the attention of the people whose rank or esteem my mother had shared. He also saw the magical talent few did; because of him and Narcissa's encouragement I became a Potions Master and a Healer."
"Pah! You blame others for your mistakes. You joined the ranks of the Death Eaters of your own free will." Dumbledore said scornfully.
"Which might not have happened if the likes of Black and Potter hadn't made my life miserable. I might never have broken my friendship with Lily, which was all that was keeping me from truly going Dark." Severus protested. "I never agreed with much of the Death Eaters beliefs or the Dark Lord's dogma. I felt I had no other recourse."
"You were a fool." Dumbledore sneered.
"I was a confused youth. When I realized the Dark Lord was going to attack James and Lily I begged you to save them. I promised to do anything you asked if you would save Lily. You let him kill her. That I will not forgive. You also put her child in danger, the Dark Lord could have killed,"
Dumbledore snapped, "The girl was supposed to die! She was never part of the plan. What was she thinking getting pregnant during a war! They were in hiding! I hoped the baby was dead. The last thing I needed was a baby magically strong enough to survive the killing curse besides Harry."
Luna shivered he wanted her dead?
Severus clutched his goddaughter closer to his chest, he was so glad she was alive…
"What right do you have to decide whether a child deserves to live?" Charlie growled, as a father he couldn't imagine someone deciding his kids were better off dead.
Remus snarled, "No one has that right."
"I had every right. She would have grown up just like my sister! A girl so powerful she couldn't control her magic. I was right. She lost control of her magic and it killed her mother."
Luna couldn't abide that, "Never! I never hurt Mummy! She died in a charms explosion. She was working on an experimental Charm to track changes in magic. She couldn't control it. It overwhelmed her. The magic tried to overwhelm me. It had to be stopped. It was too strong but I forced it to my will."
"You? Stopped a wayward charm at nine?"
Luna muttered, "You know I was eight."
Severus stared at her; he hadn't considered that the age she had told him before wasn't exactly correct….
Remus froze; Harry was magically ahead of most of his peers and his sister was as well? He reversed a botched blood adoption cast by one of the most powerful wizards. Luna… no Coraline, had accomplished a task few could do without some magical training?
"Perhaps you were but it made you mad."
"I wasn't mad or loony or anything else. I was just different. I never had any friends, you made sure of that. My only companions were mummy's unicorns. I sense things others don't so I just pretend that invisible magical creatures called Bumbling Humdingers tell me that certain people are safe. Bad or unsafe people are taken astray by Nargles and Wrackspurts, of course I know that isn't true." Luna said firmly, "I don't want to explain that I can see a person's aura, I can tell if they are a good or bad person by that. You professor have a terrifying aura. It's very dark, lots of grey, black and filed with veins of dark Red. I don't like to look at it because it destroys light. You radiate cold and hatred despite your smile"
"You were supposed to trust only me, you are too powerful to be allowed to not be guided."
"Guided? You placed a curse on me!" Luna snapped, flashing. Her tone very reminiscent of Lily's when she yelled at James or Sirius.
"Mind your tongue girl!"
"Don't dare yell at her. She is right, you had no right to curse her."
"Be quiet werewolf, I did not have to let into my school as a student."
"Why did you do such awful things? We all looked up to you, you sent Harry to be beaten by those rotten Muggles. You put a curse on his sister; then you cursed my Blaise and set him up to be attacked by members of his own house." Remus continued furious.
"Why did you cast an unforgivable on me?" Sirius snarled, "Why did you lie to me about Harry?"
"Don't play innocent Sirius it doesn't suit you. You think I don't know you were Ginny Weasley's confidant? That you helped her obtain those potions?" Dumbledore sneered.
Remus stiffened, Sirius did what? Was he mad? He wouldn't react to this, because that was what Dumbledore wanted. He would make Sirius pay for it…he doubted Draco would be anything close to forgiving. Harry wouldn't either….
"You almost killed my assistant and my son-in-law's brother." Lucius glared, "I never liked you, I agreed with the Dark Lord that you weren't to be trusted. You allowed or caused too much suffering."
"Like you haven't caused suffering yourself Malfoy!" Dumbledore snorted.
"I'm not proud of it." Lucius snapped.
"Really you're full of it, harping on me." Dumbledore lectured him pompously.
"I'm doing my best to make up for my mistakes not add more to my family's list of grievances against me." Lucius said in a harsh tone of voice he wouldn't dream of using on Draco.
"Are you going to spend time yelling at this fool?" Bane snarled.
"As the current head of the Hogwarts Board of Governors I am going to politely ask for you to leave the school." Lucius said through gritted teeth.
Severus didn't let go of the girls, "Yes, leave. You aren't welcome here and I won't let you hurt anymore of my students or Lily's children."
"Oh do be quiet. You worthless snakes are grating on my ears so," Dumbledore snapped his wand flicking as he started to cast a spell.
"Dusk Illusion" Luna muttered wandlessly, casting a shield spell of her own around them.
"Silencio. Expelliarmus" Hermione said without stopping to consider her actions.
Dumbledore glared and summoned his wand, Fawkes appeared suddenly and they disappeared into a flash of flames.
Lucius, Remus, Charlie and Sirius cursing as he disappeared…
Why didn't any of them actually try to challenge him?
"You held your ground. It wasn't time to fight him yet."
Luna's eyes filled with pity, "That poor man. Whatever wrong he did, being trapped like that…his aura is pained. I wish I could have helped him…"
Hermione blinked, "You mean Fawkes?"
Luna tilted her head, "Yes, he cries but can't sing or talk. He seemed weighed down with sorrow and remorse…"
"I wonder who he could hate so much that he could curse them like that."
"Why didn't he let me die? If he didn't think I should be born why did he transfer me to Mum? I don't understand…" Luna said softly.
Severus leaned over to kiss the top of her head, "He should have protected them. He should have done something. I wish I'd done more, I wish I'd never heard that prophecy. I don't care why he saved you, I'm just thankful he did."
Remus moved to hug her as well, "So am I. Please don't go rushing out like that. I don't think I've been more worried seeing you outside the castle with Dumbledore near."
"I….I'm sorry. I just that Harry was in danger. I didn't even consider myself." Luna said quietly.
Remus scooped the girl up into his arms, "Come on. Back to the castle with you little eagle."
XoooooX
Oblivious to the near duel at the edge of the forest, Harry watched Draco and Dennis search for the snitch. Slytherin and Gryffindor were only a goal apart not, with the Lions ahead by ten. He hadn't noticed his fathers leave, nor Dobby taking his brothers to Miss Cissy. He was watching his friends fly; he wanted to be up there so much…
Blaise snagged the Quaffle from Adrian and tore across the pitch using his heightened senses to avoid Gryffindor Beaters, Bludgers and Chasers on his way to the goal posts to even the score.
Neville could block Adrian and Montague but Blaise was a different story. He always missed the Half Veela's attempts to score because Blaise was too quick.
Blaise didn't bother to feint knowing if he aimed just right Neville would miss.
Neville missed, the Quaffle sailing past his fingertips.
It was that that moment that Draco spotted the snitch, he cursed it was near Mafalda. He weaved his way there, avoiding Bludgers from Dunbar and Coote. Barely registering Dennis coming towards him.
Draco dove, sure he could pull up.
Dennis saw Draco go into a dive, the seeker in him told him to go for it but common sense said he couldn't pull up in time. He had promised not to do anything to put him out of commission…hang it all. He continued on…
Draco caught the snitch and was about to pull up when he realized that Dennis couldn't stop. He went after him…
"It's! It's a Weasley save!"
Draco rolled his eyes as himself and Dennis landed safely.
"And the win goes to Slytherin! 190 points to 30." Lee Jordan yelled. "It was good sportsmanship to keep the Gryffindor Seeker from crashing. That's something we haven't seen from a Slytherin before. What decent guy that Captain Malfoy is, he managed to put together a team based on skill rather then cheating and brawn."
Draco took the snitch flying towards Harry scooped him up, kissing him soundly as he pressed the snitch into his fiancé's hand. "For you."
Harry blushed, throwing his arms around Draco's neck, kissing him back. He felt the babies move and moaned.
Draco chuckled, "I think I should put you to bed."
Harry smirked, "Only if you come with me."
XoooooX
Remus, Charlie and Sirius returned to the stadium while Severus took the girls back to the castle to see Slytherin celebrating.
Charlie chuckled, if their kids hadn't been feeling under the weather after their first round of shots he would have been able to attend. He hadn't wanted to have Narcissa look after Perseus and Athena but when he heard Dumbledore was at Hogwarts he'd called for his house elf to bring the babies to Narcissa. His father had been dealing with attacks on Muggles lately so he worked many hours a day since the first publicized attack. His mother was still noncommunicative.
Sirius sighed, "How did we lose?"
McGonagall came over, "both keepers were quite talented, Zabini was the only Slytherin Chaser who could score off him. Finnigan has a lot of promise."
Remus was very proud of Draco, "190 points to 30? If that isn't testament to how talented both teams' Keepers are I don't know what is."
"I think the rivalry between our former houses Houses might become more interesting to watch on the pitch." Charlie grinned, "Excuse me, I have to get my husband and then retrieve our children."
McGonagall raised an eyebrow.
Remus dropped his voice to a faint whisper, "Albus was just here."
"What? Where?"
"He isn't anymore. We chased him off for now. Severus and I will see about increasing the wards." Remus said quietly.
McGonagall paled, "See that you do."
~AUTHORS NOTE- IMPORTANT~
Okay i know you'll be upset i didn't get rid of Dumbledore- I will but like Firenze said it isn't time.
I'm glad for once Harry wasn't involved, he hasn't a clue.
Why did Dumbledore come?
Of course Charlie, Remus and Severus would be furious...
I'm starting to think Dumbly is actually crazy as opposed to just power mad.
Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Troll?
Hope you liked...