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Chapter 12: Insanity and Fears
"Ugh," the blonde groaned as he slowly woke up. He blinked drowsily and tried to move his arms. They weren't working. Well, not an uncommon occurrence during a hangover. He just wait for everything to wake up on its on.
"It's not a hangover Lucius," Lucius's eyes shot open at the sound. There, next to him on the adjacent bed, was the little blond boy from... When? Was it last night? Lucius tried to move, only then noticing the ropes tying his body down to the bed. He frowned. This wasn't good. His eyes turned to the boy.
The boy pulled his legs up and rested his chin on his knees, "No it's not good. You went crazy last night and now we're paying the price." Lucius remembered vaguely what happened last night.
His grin widened, "Yeah kid, it was a helluva time! Talk about fun!" The boy's eyes became teary and he rocked slightly back and forth.
"It was not fun! Antonio was furious, the school was furious, Father is probably furious! And you let- you let Him... R-rape me!" The boy was sobbing, tears going down his face. Lucius mentally grimaced; he had forgotten about that fact.
He tried to calm the boy down, "Yes I did, and I'm sorry, I wasn't myself. It was just all so much... fun!" The boy sniffled, drying his eyes on his sleeve, some snot getting onto it.
"I know it's not your fault necessarily. He is hard to control. But you enjoy it too much! We disappoint everyone! How do you think Father feels about this type of thing?!" The boy pleaded. Lucius hated listening to it, but he was strapped down, unfortunately.
"Don't you want to be helpful, nice, don't you want Father to be proud of us?! Instead you let Him out and don't stop him! Isn't Father more important? Isn't Family more important than your 'fun times'?! What if you hurt Harry, or Veritas? What would you do? Well!"
Lucius growled a bit, "Shut up. There's only one person I should have to worry about. Me, Myself, and I. Don't lecture me you brat." The boy shook his head vehemently.
"Don't you see Luce? You're sliding deeper into His control and unless you wake up and smell the stench of madness, you won't escape. Father and Ashe's prison will only hold so long! You need to do something, fast!"
"Go away little child," He said, the straightjacket wearer appearing from somewhere. It's smile grew as Hos neck stretched and elongated and approached the boy's face, "Go away. Lucius doesn't have time for small brats anymore."
The boy huffed but left. He turned to Lucius grinning, "Got rid of him for you." Lucius laid his head down on his pillow wearily, suddenly very tired, "Go away."
His face grew furious, "Excuse me?" Lucius snorted, "You heard me just fine, I said go away. I'm tired of both of you."
"Is that so?" His voice was barely controlled, rage shaking the Man, elongating Him and distorting Him. "Well, we can't have that can we?"
Then Lucius began screaming.
"Are you sure he's safe Mr. Sharp?" The Headmaster asked gruffly as they walked down the hall to the infirmary where Lucius was. The shoes and Ashe's cane clacked on the tile as the moved. Alek sighed; the Headmaster was a good friend of him, but Lucius was pushing everyone's sanity, not just his own.
"Yes old friend, Lucius should be safe. For now, it seems as if the only danger there is to to Lucius." The Headmaster's arched eyebrow vocally voiced his doubts and curiosity. "It seems to be mostly self-focused for now, contained in his head. But, I fear if Lucius was broken and He took control... I fear the worst."
They were silent as the approached, Alek in the center, Ashe on his left, the Headmaster on the right. At the end outside the infirmary, Antonio was pacing worriedly. As he heard they approach, he looked up and smiled, "Glad you could get here Father. It's a mess this time, it really is."
Alek waved that aside, "That's why we're here. Hopefully we can sort this out." Then Lucius started screaming, a bloodcurdling scream that sounded like he was being crucio'd.
They rushed in quickly, doors banging open as they moved to were Lucius was strapped down. The nurse was nearby, unsure of what exactly to do. None blamed her; Lucius's back was arching off the bed, fingers clawing at the sheets, tears streaking down his cheeks. His body shook as if he was being electrified.
As they rushed forward, Ashe turned to the nurse as Alek moved to the head of the bed, "Has this happened before?" She shook her head, "He was up for a minute or two just now talking to someone. But that's all."
Ashe nodded and he moved next to Alek who had pushed the cot away from the wall and was standing over Lucius's head. "Keep me anchored Ashe, I don't want to be overtaken." Ashe nodded and Alek put his hands onto Lucius's forehead. He and Ashe closed their eyes and entered Lucius's mind.
Rachael was deep in thought as she strode down the halls of Hogwarts. She had finished her conversation with Harry nigh half of a hour ago and still hadn't figured out what was wrong. Something was definitely up with Harry, she could tell. The way he moved, spoke, it all had an underlying... Tension, an underlying fear. She had no idea what could've caused this from her youngest brother.
They shared a very close bond as Rachael was practically Harry's mother with the way she was protective and concerned for them. And that she was the only female on the Sharp household added to their bond.
That was another mystery to her. Who was Antonio's mother? Or Lucius's? Antonio said Lucius kind of just popped up from nowhere, so maybe he was adopted. But Antonio. He was Alek's eldest son! And then where did Veritas come from? She loved her family no matter what but she was curious, as it made little to no sense!
But back to the main issue at hand. Rachael was the only mother figure Harry had as no one else filled that role. So for Harry to still be fearful around her... Something was up, and she didn't like it. Not one bit. She didn't agree with most Pureblood nonsense but she agreed whole heartily to family first.
"Hey Mrs. Simmons," called a voice. She noticed Draco walking down the hallway towards her. She smiled; she had heard the story of what happened and she was glad Draco was taking the whole disowning thing as well as he was. He was lucky that he had a godfather and friends to fall back on during a thing like this.
Not to slight the boy's own ability to cope or anything. He was relatively composed and seemed fine. Though knowing his Father's reputation, Draco probably just covered up all his feelings with a mask like he was taught to. She hoped that he was talking to someone, his godfather, or friends, someone. No one should shoulder this type of burden alone.
"Hello Draco, how are you doing today? Why are you out so late?" He smiled, "I'm good, thanks for asking. I was just talking with Theo for a bit. I'm heading back to Ravenclaw's dorms now." She nodded.
"Draco, did anything happen today with Harry?" Draco looked confused, "It's only been two days ma'am. Nothing has happened."
So another deadend. "Wait," Draco said suddenly, "Before I was talking to Theo, I was hanging out with Harry and them. I left shortly after Harry did. A professor told him something, I couldn't hear. I know he talked to Veritas for a second before leaving with the professor ...McGonigal, if I remember correctly."
Rachael paused. So a teacher had asked to see him? That wouldn't explain Harry's attitude completely. Sure he'd be a bit nervous, but nothing like what she'd seen. It was as if SHE was the issue...
...Wait a minute.
"Draco, did you say that he went with McGonigal?" The blond nodded. Rachael nodded, musing to herself. "Thank you Draco. You've been a big help. I'll talk to you later." And so she decided to make a short visit to the Deputy Headmistress.
[I'm sorry Schlange!], Harry hissed in his room, practically on his knees. He had rushed into his room, thankful that his familiar was safe. Schlange was safe alright. But not happy. He had chewed the poor boy out (AN: No, not that type of chewing, he didn't eat Harry. How could the story continue of he did?) for the past half hour and now was refusing to say anything.
Really, the snake wasn't that upset. He had gone exploring the castle using the piping. It was actually a very good way to move about. He had even found a hidden that had all sorts of snakes in it. He was definitely checking that out again. And that was just one of the rooms in the labyrinth that was Hogwarts. He couldn't blame an 11-year-old like Harry to remember his familiar everyday.
Okay he could. But talk about being a mood killer to think like that!
[Its fine Harry,] Schlange said, deciding his fun needed to come to an end. [Im not really mad. I'm just having some fun teasing you. After all I know you well enough to have expected something like this. Just don't do it again.]
Harry broke out into a huge smile. Veritas walked in and grinned at his little brother's face, as he moved to his dresser. "You'll be happy to know I helped get out his food Harry. You know, that rule that doesn't allow pets to randomly eat other creatures? Otherwise I'm sure he'd be a lot angrier."
Harry paled a bit, suddenly remembering that fact and that if he hadn't given Schlange any food, the snake would have had to go without. Harry began profusely thanking his brother as Veritas laughed, stripping down to his boxers before pulling his nightclothes on, "What are brothers for?" He said as he pulled his nightshirt on.
Harry was silent for a moment before quietly murmuring to himself, "What are brothers for?" Veritas put his stuff away before turning to Harry, with a worrying eyebrow raised, "You okay little bro?" Harry nodded and Veritas let it go for now. He climbed into his bed and bid his younger brother a goodnight.
Harry was silent after that, watching Veritas till his brother fell to sleep, deep breaths coming from the other kid. [What are brothers for?] He quietly murmured again. Schlange opened his closed eyes, [Whats on your mind?]
Harry sighed, [I was told some things about Father and... And, I don't know what to believe.] Schlange pulled himself up onto Harry's leg, [Well, let us forget the fact that you're an impressionable 11-year-old. What were you told about your Father?]
[Dumbledore told me...] Harry glared at Schlange who was laughing, whoever snakes laugh, [What are you laughing at?] Schlange stopped and stared into his Master's eyes.
[Are you honestly telling me the man you trust is the man you just met? The man who is trying to tear apart your family now, the man who if I remember correctly gave you to the Durselys?!] Schlange hated bringing up the Durselys, but if he knew Harry was this naïve and impressionable, he'd have down something sooner!
[You trust him over your Father, the man who has shown you only love for the past five years, who has done everything for you, over your family who has loved you, over Veritas?! Tell me you aren't that gullible!]
Harry's head hung low as Schlange ranted. His familiar was right. Bit Dumbledore... Dumbledore was so convincing! Maybe he was just too young to be able to discern what the Headmaster was trying to do but... Weren't people in authority supposed to do the right thing?
Schlange was calm once again. [Harry, if you still doubt, talk to Veritas. Wake him, ease your fears. Your family loves you and you need to know that.] Harry nodded and stood up shakily. He walked over to his brother's bed, where he laid in his bed, breathing softly. He hesitated and looked back at Schlange who was giving him a pointed look.
Steeling himself, Harry turned back and laid a hand on his brother's shoulder, softly shaking him. Veritas stirred and mumbled but didn't wake. Harry shook it a little harder. The blonde's eyes fluttered open, groggily looking about.
"Hmmm? Whaz-wha-? Mmm, Hey Harry, what's up?" Veritas said sleepily, looking over at his slightly younger brother. Tears threatened Harry's face and Veritas woke himself up quickly, leaning up on his elbows, "What's wrong? You okay buddy?" His voice said, full of concern.
Harry broke down, falling onto Veritas's chest, crying. His hands grabbed his brother's nightshirt, tears dampening it. The blonde's eyes widened; he shifted up a bit and rested his back against the headboard before wrapping Harry in a hug. As sobs escaped the younger Sharp, Veritas stroked his hair, trying to calm him.
"Bi-Big Brother," Harry choked out, Veritas rubbing soothing circles on his back, "Di-do do you love me? D-d-does Daddy love me?" Veritas held him tight, softly whispering into his ear, "Yes Harry, I love you. Daddy loves you. We all love you, we never stopped."
"I'm-I'm..." Harry looked desperately up at Veritas, "I'm not a freak am I? I'm not going to be kicked away? I d-don't want to be all a-a-alone again," he sobbed, face falling into his older brother's chest again.
"No, Harry, we'd never leave you! You're not a freak! We want you, we love you! I don't care what has you doubting that, but trust me," Veritas pulled his brother ever tighter, "We love you. We want you. We won't forsake you."
Harry nodded, sniffling, "Can I sle-sleep with you Tas?" Veritas nodded, pulling Harry under the covers with him, holding him close. Harry quickly began to drift off to sleep, as Veritas whispered into his ear, "Sleep Harry. I'll never let you go."
So sorry to everyone yelling at Harry for being a bit stupid last chapter. Give him a break! It's Dumbledore, he could (in the HP universe) sweet talk an old lady into jumping off the cliff because he claimed to be Jesus for goodness sakes! Anyways Read and Review! See ya next time!
As our list of OC's gets longer, I've put together a list of them. Harry is the only canon character to appear as he is part of a OC family; everyone should know the originals anyways (and if you don't, you can look them up without a problem). I'll update it with info and characters as they come up.
Character List:
SHARPS:
Alek Sharp- Father and Head of Family
Antonio Sharp- Eldest Son of Alek, Professor
Rachael Sharp- Adopted Daughter and Second-oldest of the Sharp Children
Lucius Sharp- 3rd child, Mentally ill sadist and Masochist, student at Durmstrang
Veritas Sharp- 4th child, Protective of slightly younger brother Harry
Harry Potter-Sharp- 5th child, adopted, the Boy-Who-Lived
Ashe- Immortal boyfriend of Alek, appears as a young teen normally but can appear any age.
VAN HELLSINGS:
Nico Van Hellsing- Eldest of the two brothers, powerful vampire leader
Peter Van Hellsing- Younger of the two, skilled with pistols and magic
RYKER'S PACK:
Ryker- Pack leader, highly influential werewolf
Daichi- Second in command, he is the strategist, researcher, and manager of the group
Chrome- Werewolf that wears a robot helmet to mimick Daft Punk; real name is unkown
Xeno- Sarcastic and a smart-ass, he hates Daft Punk and gets in fights with Chrome over it.
Rin- cousin of Daichi, is a master martial artist
Samuel- An American werewolf that immigrated to France
Sébastien-Timothée-A graceful werewolf, excellent at getting ladies. annoys Xeno constantly with this fact.
Anastasie- The other girl of the pack, is incredibly sweet.
Jacques- A cheerful boy who never is down and sad about anything
Benjamin-Christophe- A young werewolf, found on the streets, adopted by the pack, is 9 years
DARK PHOENIXES:
Máv̱ros- 2216 years, 232 days, 17 hours, and 21 minutes old Dark Phoenix. Uncle of Díni̱.
Díni̱- Nephew of Máv̱ros. Calls his uncle "gramps" to annoy him.
NEW YORK WARLOCKS:
Jonathon (JC)- Tall, pale, skinny Warlock. His Mark is his Neon green hair.
James- Warlock with Pentagon shaped pupils as his Mark.
Jill- Warlock (lady? Warlady? I dunno) whose Mark are her pointed ears.
Jack (Jokul)- Once extremely capable Leader of the New York Warlocks. Currently in extreme, near suicidal depression. Uses Warlock drugs nearly constantly right now to escape reality.