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 25- The Breaking of a Curse
February 29, 1996
Blaise woke up, the world smelled clean and fresh.
Today was the day the one they'd all been waiting for since they discovered the curse that Dumbledore laid on the tiny Ravenclaw.
He could taste the change in the air; lightly kissing his bondmate Blaise left their apartments. He reached out to his flock, nudging them awake as he made his way to Gryffindor Tower, pushing aside the tapestry and entering the Head Boy's suite.
Hermione met him in the suite's parlour, tying a robe around herself, "What's going on?"
"It's time." Blaise said simply but firmly. "Wake Coraline and then fetch Dennis. It might be good if Colin joined us." That last bit fell from his lips before he registered he even said such a thing.
Hermione nodded, darting into the bedroom she shared with Coraline which contained two bedsteads; one with red velvet curtains, her bed from Gryffindor tower and the other had Ravenclaw blue velvet. Opening Coraline's curtains, calling out softly, "Cora?"
Luna blinked yawning, "Yes?"
"Blaise says it's time."
Luna leapt out of bed and threw on her Ravenclaw uniform and robe.
Hermione put on her own Gryffindor uniform, choosing a rose from Viktor, pinning it and her prefect pin to her robes. "I'm going to retrieve Dennis." She said as she left the room.
XoooooX
Harry was nudged awake by Blaise's magic, something was going to happen; he was sure of it. "Come on, Dray get up! We have to get ready." He nonverbally cast a refresher charm on himself and switched his silk nightshirt for his Slytherin uniform and robes. Harry hurried over to scoop up Artemis, he put on a fresh nappy and a navy blue velvet dress with silver grey wool tights that matched her daddy's eyes.
Draco used a 'fresher charm himself and dressed speedily before getting Tritan ready for the day in an white silk shirt, emerald green trousers and black wool socks that were treated so they were soft, warm and not itchy.
Together the little family left their room, pausing briefly to get Adrian and Neville from their room next door. They only stopped once more to met Severus and Remus with the twins before making their way to the tower.
Hermione woke the sleepy form of the Fat Lady, giving her the password and stepping into the Gryffindor common room. She walked into the boy's dormitory and knocked lightly on the Second Years' door.
It opened at once; standing there fully dressed was the tiny form of Dennis Creevey.
"It's time?" was all he asked.
Hermione nodded, Dennis seemed different. It was as if she was truly seeing him for the first time. "I'll go get,"
"Colin?" Dennis interrupted her, "He's already ready."
"How."
"How do I know?" he gave her a cheeky smirk that reminded her of Fred. "I just do. Let me go get him." Dennis swept past her, to head up the circular staircase bypassing the door leading to the Third Years' room and opening the door to his brother's dorm he shared with the other fourth years.
Hermione stared after him for a few seconds before following the tiny Gryffindor. Why was there something about them that stuck her as a reminder of Fred and George?
Out of the Fourth Year Boys dormitory came Colin and Dennis but Colin darted into the Fifth year's room, which seemed to be one step above the old Creevey's own room.
"He's gone after Seamus. I swear those two are joined at the hip sometimes," Dennis let out a very Fred-like chuckle. "the closeness between Harry and Draco or even Neville and Adrian is what Shay wants but Colin is so shy, just like Dad." He said leaning against the stonewall of the tower.
Dennis was giving off a very Fred-like vibe, making Hermione very confused.
It took all of five minutes for Colin to emerge tugging on a very tired Seamus Finnigan's hand.
Colin grinned, "We can go now."
Hermione led them off, still lost in her own thoughts.
XoooooX
Luna was bouncing on the sofa, excited and unable to keep still.
Blaise laughed, "You remind me so much of Harry right now."
Luna beamed, "I should, he's my big brother after all."
Blaise chuckled she was adorable. He hoped Athena grew up to be very much like her…
The door swung open, Draco and Harry entered each carrying a baby. Right behind them were Remus, Severus with the twins along with Neville and Adrian.
Not even two minutes behind them were Hermione, the Creevey brothers and Seamus.
"We're all here. Where is the counter-curse?" Blaise asked.
Severus fished it out of his robes, "Here. Are you sure that Dennis Creevey can break it?" his voice held a disbelieving tone.
"I've been wondering that too, his marks while perfectly acceptable are relatively average."
"Um, professor?"
"Remus blinked, Hermione rarely called him professor outside the classroom, "Yes? What is it Hermione?"
"I might be imagining this, " the exceptional witch said quietly, "I never spent much time with the Creevey brothers, you know but aren't they all little odd? Isn't it impossible for two Muggleborns in the same family to both have magic?"
Colin blushed and Dennis looked a bit annoyed.
Remus saw something in both of their faces that seemed familiar but he lost it before he could put it into words.
"You see…they act like Fred and George…" Hermione stammered at first and then the words just tumbled out of her, "It's their mannerisms…the way they carry themselves. I don't know! It's just plain odd!"
Remus shifted Aurelian in his arms, "Fred and George are very much like their Uncles Fabian and Gideon but they get that because of Molly. I don't see how the Creeveys could be anything like them. Neither had Children."
Severus looked thoughtful, "Didn't you tell Molly that one of their lover's disappear without a trace?"
Remus stared at him, "Yes, Caradoc Dearborn. He was Gideon's lover, Gideon used to call him Cary they were talking about Bonding just before he disappeared. Gideon went mad with grief, searching everywhere for him but we could find no trace of him. Then when Benjy's body was found both brothers took on dangerous assignments. It was like their hearts had been torn out."
"What if," Blaise said, "…Cary didn't die. What if something happened?"
Remus shook his head; "They're born two years apart…"
"But they act like twins!" Hermione insisted. "Dennis knows exactly what Colin is doing. You should have seen how Dennis was fussed over when he finally returned to the tower after Ginny attacked him and Coraline. I swear Colin was acting just like George!"
"Why didn't you say anything before?" Blaise asked, thinking.
"I don't know it didn't click until Dennis said Colin was already away and dressed. They weren't even in the same room! They were two floors apart!" Hermione protested.
Severus handed Lucan to Remus, he cast a rare spell, then his eyes widened, "This isn't possible; they're reading as TWINS!" that would explain why they were both magical…
"How can that be?" Harry asked curious.
"Do be quiet." Severus grumbled, casting more spells, "this is odd, there is the oddest spell residue on Dennis." He cast something to identify the caster, "Jezebel Critcheon? She was tossed out of Healer training for unethical practices."
"Mum's name was Jeezy…" Colin said confused.
"Was she a Healer? A…nurse?" Severus asked highly interested.
"I don't know. She died soon after Dennis was born."
"I doubt that. You both show signs of a glamour, odd, one might think someone was too weak to perform a blood adoption." Severus mused, "then again, Critcheon was a weak witch to begin with."
"What sort of unethical practices?" Harry asked.
"She experimented on pregnant witches without their consent, trying to see if she could change the fetuses. She tried to make one part centaur after conception. It caused the fetus to be spontaneously aborted. The mother nearly died. The father sued St. Mungos; she was stripped of her healer in training title and blacklisted everywhere. I guess she relocated to the Muggle world where no one might recognize her."
"What does this mean?" Dennis grumbled, "IF mum was this Jezebel what does this have to do with us?"
"Dennis be quiet please. I'm trying to see the runes of the spell whose traces you bear." His voice trailed off, "that loathsome bitch!"
"Sev, language." Remus said automatically, "what do the runes say?"
"Translated it means slow growth. It was timed to two years. Are your birthdays close together?"
Colin nodded, "Barely a day apart. Dad calls us his miracle babies."
"He should. It seems you two are twins and other then that spell there is no trace of Jezebel in you, either of you." He shattered the glamour.
Dennis and Colin seemed to grow three whole inches, their hair changed from a straw-colour to a pale reddish-blonde and their eyes went from chocolate brown to a rich sky blue.
"Merlin's beard," Remus gasped, "It can't be!"
The Creevey brothers were now near equals in height, identical in every way but the expressions in their eyes.
Seamus blinked, "Colin?"
"Shay?" Colin was aware that he was a bit taller, "what happened?"
Dennis turned to look at Colin, "This is so weird; we're the same size?"
"Not exactly. Dennis is a bit taller." Luna said standing on tiptoe.
"I get it, the Prewett magic was stronger." Remus mused.
"Why?" Seamus asked confused.
"Because, Carey was a Hufflepuff."
Blaise felt as if something cold just passed through him, "A what?"
"Carey was a Badger, he was a few years behind Ted Tonks and Amelia Bones." Remus added.
"So how does this help us?"
With the Glamour gone, the Creevey brothers' magic had the same ancient feel that most of Blaise's flock did. "With magic that strong, it shouldn't take much to break the curse." He held out the parchment bearing the counter-curse, "a future bondmate who has the bravery of a Gryffindor and the loyalty of a Hufflepuff, Coraline has excellent taste."
Dennis snatched it up, reading the deliberately carefully calligraphy that filled the parchment. It said that it was based on a curse used by the last Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald on the continent on Muggle and Wizard-alike. It told how to break the curse, gave the proper incantation as well as describing clearly the wand movements while casting. Satisfied, he spoke the incantation and deliberately being meticulous in his depiction of the carefully described wand movements.
The power Dennis radiated was shocking; it was nothing Remus had seen from him in his Defense Against the Dark Arts Classes when they practiced casting jinxes, hexes and shield spells.
Dennis' magic went straight into Coraline targeting the curse and shattering it. There was a slight explosion of magic as the Dark Spell was destroyed.
Luna jumped at him and kissed him full on the mouth.
Her godfathers and her brother struck dumb at her brazenness.
Draco and Blaise just laughed because it was very Harry-like.
Neville, Adrian, Colin and Seamus just gaped.
Dennis was rather shocked but pleased all the same, "I suppose it is customary for the princess to kiss the knight who broke her curse." His arms gently supporting the girl…
Luna blushed and hid her face in his robes.
"So what does it mean now?"
Remus looked thoughtful, "Well, it seems that because they were born for the Prewett line that Charlie is now responsible for them. If Seamus and Colin wish to bond before Colin turns Seventeen it is between Seamus' grandfather and Charlie to decide.
Dennis looked up from the redhead in his arms, "What about dad?"
"Magical children fall under the authority of their Family head. The last of the Dearborns died during the first Wizarding war and since Gideon was the sire you fall under the Authority of the head of the Prewett Family- Charlie who would be your cousin. His mother was your sire's younger sister."
"I see. Just like Coraline is your charge." Dennis nodded.
"What do we tell dad? He really believes Jeezy is our mother." Colin asked worried.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. It depends on if he recognized you without the glamour."
Colin felt a tickle in the back of his mind, a long buried memory. "Professor? That spell, the one on Dennis? What would it have been like?"
"Well, he would have been in a bubble-like enclosure. It would have prevented him from aging. Near as I can guess of course."
"It seems familiar." Colin said in a faraway voice.
"May I poke around in your head?" Severus asked.
Colin shuddered, "You won't hurt me doing it will you?"
Severus shook his head, "Not if you don't fight me."
Colin swallowed nervously, latching onto Seamus' hand, "I guess it's alright."
Severus stepped towards him, wand raised, "Legimens." His mind diving into Colin's brain; there were a few scattered memories about playing with Dennis, looking out for him but often it was Dennis acting like the older brother. Then he saw an inexpertly blocked memory. He gently removed the block as not to cause damage, in it Colin who was a rather adventuresome little boy of eighteen months and into everything. It seemed like something Fred and George would have done, they were said to be very much like their twin uncles.
He opened a door, that wouldn't open to his clumsy baby hands with wandless magic. Inside was the women whose magic he'd recognized, he'd help save the poor woman Jezebel Critcheon nearly killed. She was casting spells at a shimmering bubble that enclosed a tiny infant, who looked like a tiny version of Dennis.
"Mama? Who dat?"
The disgraced healer spun around, eyes flashing, "Colin Gregory Creevey! What have I told you about this room?"
"No come in." the boy looked ready to cry, "But mama Colin hungry."
"But nothing, I'll have to punish you."
"Mama no!"
"Legimens! I can't have you remembering anything. I've worked too hard for this. You naughty boy."
Severus remembered after the lawsuit was granted, the poor woman who she'd nearly killed, her husband had cursed Jezebel barren.
"You are a very naughty boy."
Severus removed himself after viewing the memory, "I was right, that woman was Jezebel Critcheon."
Colin staggered, "She really did do that? Oh Dennis!" he pulled his brother to his chest, "You could have died!"
Very George-like behavior it was, worrying constantly about his family.
"I didn't. I'm still here Cols."
"Poor Dad, he doesn't know anything about that. How can we tell him?"
"He was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, he helped fight the Dark Lord plus he had the courage to attempt a relationship during very Dark Days." Remus tried to reassure Colin.
Blaise wondered why they were discovering this now and what it meant. Some crazy disgraced healer kidnapped a pregnant wizard, stole his children, cast a weird spell on one and terrorized another while claiming the boys were hers? They were thought to be Muggleborns when in reality they were twins? His mate's cousins? Stranger and stranger were these things that came to light…
~AUTHORS NOTE- IMPORTANT~
Now we dive right into more drama!
I expect Colin and Dennis' origins might seem a little far fetched. I apologize. it seemed to fit and i have plans for them- as powerful as Muggleborns can be; Lily and Hermione being supreme examples, it was strange how a seemly average wizard could break a curse cast by one of the most powerful wizards of his time. Then again, it is Dumbledore who claims that love is the strongest magic of all. But can one 'chance' meeting spark a love that strong? The question remains, if Charlie is the head of the Prewett family does that mean his son doesn't inherit the title? does it instead pass to his one of his cousins? We shall see...
So finally the chapter is ended? So? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Troll?