Who we really are

Disclaimer: Chapter One

Chapter Eight

They headed out to the yard to set up. Harry and Draco separated the weapons into their places. When that was done Harry asked Severus to set up the necessary wards.

“Ron you can work with Draco on any thing you need help with. He’ll go easy on you and explain. Blaise, you however are dueling with me.”

Ron went over to Draco and they set up an area so Draco could help him on his sword technique.

“Severus will you be the referee? Make sure he doesn’t get too damaged?”

“Yes I will.”

“Thank you Professor, I don’t want him very damaged, I need him.” Ron said.

“You’re welcome Mr. Weasley.”

“What are the rules Harry?” Severus asked.

“All spells, all unforgivables except for the killing curse. Weapons are available as well as any special abilities. No cheating, we go until forfeit is called or someone is unconscious. Agreed Blaise?”

“Agreed.”

“Mr. Potter do you think this is safe to do? One or both of you could be hurt.” Dumbledore asked.

Harry looked at him.

“Where have you been Headmaster? That was the point of this “training”, it was understood on both ends that pain would be involved. It will hurt very much.”

“Why Harry?”

“He shouldn’t have blatantly undermined my authority in a dangerous situation that could have resulted in more than just my death.”

Dumbledore didn’t know what to say to the outright admittance about the pain or the reason for the punishment. Harry took that as an ok to start. They made sure the wards were up and strong before Harry sent his first curse.

“Crucio”

Blaise just barely managed to jump out of the way.

He returned fire with a cutting curse at Harry which hit its mark causing lacerations to appear all over his body.

Harry pulled out two daggers after he could move again and managed to slip behind him and put one of the blades into his shoulder rendering that arm useless.

Blaise cried out and turned and hit him with his fist.

Harry was vaguely aware of everyone’s reactions so far.

They both moved out of distance of each other when Harry shot another curse at him making him scream.

They continued to throw curses at one another until they both threw the cruciatus curse at each other at the same time and the spells exploded in mid-air.

While Blaise was still recovering, Harry put him under Crucio and held it until he yielded.

Severus went over to make sure Blaise was as ok as he could be.

“Harry, was putting him under Crucio at the end really necessary? Wasn’t there another way to do it?” Dumbledore asked.

“We’re trained to exploit any weakness in battle or a duel. This is “training” Headmaster.”

“That was not training, that was torture.”

That’s exactly what it looked like. Harry was also bleeding from several areas on his body. Blaise however looked like he had been tortured by one of the Death Eaters.

“Harry who taught you those spells and gave you the training you’ve spoken of?”

“Many people Headmaster, one was Lucius Malfoy.”

“No wonder you’re so good at this! He’s training you to be a good little Death Eater.” Hermione screeched.

Molly looked faintly ill as did some of the others. He already knew they were on his side though.

“Voldemort will die by MY HAND! Yes, I am a Dark Wizard but he will fall by my hand and my hand alone. He murdered my damn PARENTS!”

‘I WILL get what I want and no one is going to be able to stop me.’

He was radiating power.

“Hermione I could kill you right now and there isn’t anyone that would or could stop me.”

“Mr. Potter, please stop threatening Miss Granger.”

“I’m not threatening her Headmaster, just stating facts. Severus how close do you think I am?”

“You’re very close Harry.”

“Good. Now please bring Blaise inside and lay him on his bed to rest for a little while so I can heal him.”

Ron walked over and lifted him up. Draco came over and started cleaning up Harry’s wounds and binding them with linen until he could heal them.

“Harry dear, why aren’t your wounds?” Molly asked.

“I don’t think you really want to know Mrs. Weasley.” Draco drawled.

Fred and George looked like they wanted to ask but they knew better with their parents and the Headmaster around.

“So Harry do you want to work on sword technique?” Severus asked

Everyone stared and Harry and Draco laughed.

“Sure, have to kill time before I can heal Blaise.”

Harry went over and got his sword and got into position.

They sparred for a while until Harry decided it was time to go up and heal Blaise. The children and the twins went up with him. When they got into the room they saw Ron lying on the bed with Blaise.

“Ron, move please, I have to heal him.”

Ron got up and stood next to the bed. Harry held his hands out over Blaise and concentrated on healing his friend.

It took a little while and Blaise woke up when Harry was done.

“You have been punished and then healed. Know never to err like that again.”

Harry handed him a potion to help with the remaining pain.

Everyone got comfortable in the room so they could talk. Harry threw up very strong silencing and warning barriers around the room. Harry was exhausted and settled into Draco’s lap.

The twins had been in quiet discussion while Harry was finishing up with Blaise.

“Harry can we tell you something?”

“Do you want to tell me now or later in private?”

“We could tell you now because it would be something that the rest found out eventually.”

“Go ahead then, no one will find out outside this room if you don’t want them to.”

“Well Harry, me and George have been together since second year.”

Everyone was stunned.

“I had a small suspicion because of the way I saw you looking at each other. And I saw you kissing one night, but I didn’t think you had been together for that long.”

“Harry you find out everything eventually.” Ginny said.

All the couples settled down together.

Ginny looked sad and left out. Ron noticed.

“Don’t worry Ginny you’ll find someone you can be happy with.”

Harry thought for a moment.

“I have a proposition for you. Blaise and Draco are already aware.”

“What is it Harry?”

“How would you like to join me? My fight is with Dumbledore and Voldemort. I am becoming a third power in this war and I intend to win. My troops are loyal through not only fear but friendship and protection as well. I do some things like Voldemort as you saw outside, but I am not about to leave you lame or insane, I will heal you. Do not hesitate to ask questions, I’m not going to hurt you for talking.”

“Harry I will follow you not only because you are my best friend and Blaise is with you, but because I believe in the cause you are fighting for. You have my loyalty.”

The twins and Ginny gave similar promises of loyalty.

“Harry you should tell them who else they can talk to about this.” Draco said.

“You can talk to Remus, Sirius, Severus, Blaise, Draco, Lucius, or Narcissa.”

“Thank you Harry, we’re glad you gave us the opportunity to follow someone we believed in.”

“When I take over, they will probably name me another Dark Lord though. You will be classified as Dark Followers. My goal is to make the wizarding world better and fairer to everyone, and to make it a less corrupt place for children to grow up in.”

“That’s what we’ll fight to achieve then.” Ginny said

“Do you want us to talk to some of the students and find out who trusts who and what they believe in?” Ginny asked.

“That would be good, see if you can sway more to our cause.”

They continued to discuss who they were going to talk to and how they were going to approach people.

Harry got up during the discussion.

“Where are you going love?”

“To go deal with a mudblood.”

He left the room and went in search of Hermione, who was in her room alone.

He opened the door and put up silencing wards as he shut the door.

Hermione looked up when the door opened.

“What the fuck are you doing in here!?! Get out of here now you fucking murder!”

“Well little mudblood, I’m no murderer and you’ve been warned over and over again not to mess with me or anyone else I care about. You’ll pay the price for disobeying and not being able to keep your damn mouth shut.”

She backed away and tried to run around him to get to the door. He caught her and threw her to the floor.

He put her under the Cruciatus curse because it doesn’t show on the outside, unless he held it too long of course, but she would be dead by then.

He released the curse and let her catch her breath.

“Have you learned your lesson yet?”

“You fucking sadist, do you enjoy doing this to people? Why don’t you just kill me?”

“If I kill you it certainly won’t be while you’re still at Grimmauld Place. And if it makes you feel better I did enjoy that, and I am a sadist.”

She just stared at him while huddled on the floor.

“Also, don’t think of telling anyone, there’s a secrecy spell on you, I don’t think you’ll enjoy the repercussions.”

With that he walked out of the room. He went back to where everyone was.

“So how did it go Harry?” Fred asked

Harry smirked.

“I’m almost hoping she’s going to tell someone. It will be a wonderful sight.”

“What will happen love?”

“You’ll see if she attempts to tell anyone. She still won’t be able to say anything and she’ll be in for a whole new world of pain compared to what I did.”

“We should go downstairs though. See if and when anything happens.” Blaise said

“Of course, that and the adults will want to make sure I don’t or haven’t hurt anyone.”

They laughed and went downstairs. Molly saw them.

“So are you hungry at all? I’m sure I could whip some lunch up for you.”

“No thanks, we are going to go and work on some homework or play games.”

They went into the library where most people were sitting and working and paired off into couples.

Everyone’s eyes went wide when Fred and George curled up into each other’s arms.

“When did this happen boys?” Molly asked

“Second year Mum.”

Dumbledore looked pissed but couldn’t say anything because no one else said anything negative about it.


As time passed everyone got into the habit of seeing the boys paired off and Ginny with them. They also noticed Hermione was quieter but most didn’t mind because they thought she was wrong to begin with.