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Percy was kinda heartbroken and had stayed far away from Harry, avoiding him as if he was the Black Plague himself.
He knew Harry was just trying to apologize. But he was hurt. All his life he wanted a older sibling to play with, maybe even a younger one. But nonetheless he wanted a brother, or sister. And when he finally got that. Harry had to ruin it.
Harry had gotten detention for staying outside the Hufflepuff dorms wanting Percy, and that lead to being in the forest with Draco, who had actually punched Harry the next day. Hermione too got detention, because she too had been caught passed curfew, but for other reasons explained later.
And that night, Draco and Harry saw some creature drinking from a unicorn, which is in Hagrids care at the moment. But when Percy visited, he was able to heal it, somehow. And the unicorn left quickly after.
But back to the creature.
Harry thought it you-know-who, which Draco thought ridiculous, his followers wouldn't allow the man to do much before he came back to his head.
Besides all the drama unfolding, Percy was out alone, after curfew enjoying the night silence. Just cause he could. And cause Fletchly actually liked him enough to give him a one warning and scoot off to bed.
Percy was cool like that, even though his mouth can get him into trouble sometimes to. Like the one time he snarled back to Dumblebore only to get a eye brow raised and a spark of anger from the old door.
Anyways, he suddenly bumbled into someone, only to find a very rushed Professor Quirell.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Quirell Asked without his stutter.
Percy frowned. "Enjoying the night air. I'll head off to bed then." He turned to quickly head off, his gut telling him that something wasn't particularly right at the moment.
He should have trusted his gut faster.
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Harry sighed as he pet Kitty, brooding as was part of his schedule the past couple days. That and petting Kitty who didn't particularly mind.
"Hey, what's Sapphire doing at your window?" Ron asked as he looked over from his own bed to look over at Harry's noise making window.
Harry stood and walked over to the worried and blind animal, how she found him was a mystery to him. "Sapphire what's wrong?" He asked her as he welcomed the Phoenix inside his room.
She cooed at him while heading for his door, so he got the gist that he was supposed to follow, and he and Ron did along with Hermione as she was studying in the common room of their dorms, she was just about to leave anyway before curfew. They quickly followed the walking bird till they were in a hall and a certain someone's wand was on the ground.
"Percy's wand!" Harry said as he grabbed the glass like wand off the ground eyes wide and heart starting to pound with the thoughts of his brother in trouble.
Sapphire cooed and Kitty who was still on Harry nodded.
"Harry, I know where he is, Sapphire will be going to get help, while we all go in." She told and Harry nodded and they followed her to the 3rd corridor as Sapphire went to do what Kitty had said.
They reached a door and stepped in to find a large three headed dog dozing off beside a door in the ground while a harp played.
"Oh bloody hell...." Ron said under his breath as he looked at the scene before them.
"Come on..." Harry said as he pulled them to the door thing and lifted it. "You guys first just in case It wakes."
Hermione sighed but jumped down as their was no ladder, then Ron and Harry were going to go but they stopped.
"When did the harp stop?" Ron asked as he made a fear filled look at Harry before looking up at the now standing dog.
Harry to looked and his eyes widened before her pushed Ron in and fell after, in the nick of time too. The dog had swiped and nearly got him by the evidence on his robes sleeves.
They landed on squishy material before sighing in relief, that is until vines of some kind started to wrap around them.
Hermione shrieked at first before knowing what was going on. "Don't move." She said as she tried not to move as the tightened on her.
Ron gasped at her. "Are bloody insane!?! We're going to die in here!!" He yelled and struggled harder.
"Just listen to her!" Harry yelled as he too stopped moving when he saw Hermione start slipping downward.
"Hermione!!" Ron yelled as he saw her completely gone. Then it was his turn to yell his best friends name. "Harry!!" He struggled harder yelling for help before the vine slipped over his mouth, but he continued his struggle.
Hermione looked up at the mess of devils snare, "He's a complete idiot." She said as she glared but she was also very worried and her mind was working miles a minute to figure out what to do.
"Neville would know." Harry said as he looked as well. Hearing the muffled screams of his best friend.
Before Hermione could say a word bright light seeped from above them and two new figures plus a gasping for air Ron were at their feet.
"Hi guys." Neville said as he stood groaning as his side were definitely bruised.
Sapphire and Kitty, looking for teachers.
"Come on, we don't have time to waste, Percy needs us." Draco said as he dusted himself off and got Ron on his feet quiet roughly, before dragging the groaning boy away.
The rest soon followed.
Everyone groaned as they came into a room where thousands of keys were just flying around minding their own business and ignoring the group.
Then Harry noticed the broom. And a very limping key in the air, surrounded by its buddies.
"I've got this be ready by the door." He said as he got on and was immediately being swarmed.
"Be careful!" Hermione yelled as she and the rest ran to the door and waisted.
Harry zoomed around and around before finally catching the broken winged key, not without scratches and near falls because of the other fast flying keys. He quickly rounded his way to his friends, handed off the key and waited till they finally opened it. Then he flew through and they shut it quickly, where they all heard the imbedding of the other keys.
Harry huffed as he looked up to find a giant chest hoard with giant pieces, all in order for a beginning of a game.
"When is this going to end?!" Draco asked throwing his hands up in exasperation.
"Who's good at playing wizards chess?" Neville asked as they all stared at the large pieces.
Ron gulped. "I am." He said as he stood straighter, ready for anything and everything.
With that, they were all put on either empty spaces, or in Ron's, Neville's and Draco's instances, Ron was a knight, as was Draco. And Neville was a rook.
The game started with one of the pawns being blasted into nothingness, then it was back and forth before Neville was knocked out and thrown to one side of the board, and stayed there unmoving. He knew he had to do it. And Ron did too with his next move.
Then after Harry stood in front of the queen and said the magic word of, "Checkmate." Did they win the game to be able to check on their hurt friends.
"They're fine. I'll stay with them, you two go on ahead." Hermione said as she put both the unconscious boys beside each other and fretted over them.
"Okay we'll be back soon." Harry said before dragging off a stone faced Draco.
They went passed a What they presumed dead troll, and into a room with potions, both getting the right one. Before both entered through the flames that had appeared to face the culprit and find a very bored Percy on the stairs, unable to leave really with the flames that were now behind them.
"Percy!!" Harry yelled as he quickly got next to his brother and hugged the boy so tightly that Percy though he was going to die.
"Harry Potter..." was snarled out by Quirell as he glared at Harry and the trio before him.
"What do you want from Percy?!?" Harry yelled putting Percy behind him which surprised the younger sibling.
"Nothing....I just couldn't let him tell anyone that he saw me heading off. And he was your brother, my master wanted to see him really." Quirell said with a shrug. Then he went back to his business staring the mirror of Erised.
He soon got frustrated and made Harry look into the mirror to find the philosophers stone for him, he watched as his mother held her finger to her mouth in a shush motion then pointed to his pocket, where his own image stuck his hand in to show him then put it back, where he know felt the weight. He kept his face neutral until he found himself now older, with everyone he holds dear surrounding him and his own family. All gathered for Christmas.
"What do you see?! Where's the stone boy!?!?" Yelled Quirell as he looked at the mirror and back to Harry.
Draco gave Percy his wand, Harry had dropped it. They both then pointed their wand at Quirell who didn't notice till to late and he was being blinded by the Lumos spell, they quickly got Harry back to their side and glared at the man who was now having a fight with himself.
They watched with mild confusion.
Until suddenly Quirell showed his bald head, and turned around to show another face on the back of his head.
"Okay, that's just weird." Percy said as he stared wide eyed at the teacher the used to stutter and be so jumpy.
But the jumpy part could be explained.
"Harry Potter, the boy who lived, and his little brother.....and a Malfoy?" Asked the raspy voice of who was thought to be truly dead in all the wizarding world.
"The Potters aren't Potters anymore. They're Jackson's. They're a dark family now and waiting for you to become sane again, like every other one of your followers." Draco said strongly as he continued to point his wand at Voldemort.
Voldemort was quiet for second before a flash went through his eyes and he lunged at Harry but quickly pulled away when his hands started to turn into ash but he countinued with the assault until he was nothing but a pile of ash.
The three laughed in achievement and before they could even think of leaving they all watched in horror as a black ghost like figure ran at them and through them, then they fell faint.
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Sorry it's so rushed, but it's longer to, I'll probably fix everything once this book is finished and that will only be after the war with the wizards in their 7th year.
Love you all, see you next update.
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