The Potter Twins: Heroes of Two Different Worlds

Chapter 11

 As Percy walked up to the Headmaster's office, he focused on his occlumency shields, weak as they were, and steeled his resolve before knocking on the door. 

 "Come in." An elderly voice said. Percy opened the door and fought the urge to roll his eyes. Dumbledore had his phoenix prominently displayed by his desk, where the gaudy bastard sat behind, his hand itching towards a bowl of sweets. 

 "Ah, Percy, m'boy. I'm glad to see you found your way." Dumbledore smiled, the twinkle in his eyes brightening as Percy felt the pressure. He pushed it away and was satisfied when his head cleared. 

"Thank you professor, but please don't call me your boy. I'm pretty sure you're not a relative of mine and this is a professional meeting." He said politely, not trying to gain Dumbledore's ire. The headmaster frowned, and his hand picked up the bowl of sweets. 

"I see. Lemon drop, Mr. Jackson??" 

 "No thanks professor, I'm stuffed from dinner." 

 "Well then, I believe we shall get to business then. Did you threaten Ronald Weasley earlier in the halls today??" The pressure returned, stronger this time, but Percy was still able to push it away. 

 "Yes sir, but only after he insulted my friends and I." Percy responded truthfully. 

 "Interesting, because I seem to recall Mr. Weasley telling me that you attacked him without provocation." Disappointment and a little edge of steel escaped Dumbledore's facade, and Percy was able to identify it clearly, having been in this situation multiple times in the past at muggle schools. 

"My friends were witnesses, you could ask any of them and they would tell you the same thing I just did." 

 "That seems to be the problem with witnesses, Mr. Jackson. It seems they can be biased. However, memories have been discovered not to be." Dumbledore glared at Percy, and it felt like a drill was digging into his head. He buckled in pain, trying to concentrate on his barriers, but all he could think about was the pain and the disgust as Dumbledore's probe snaked its way around, digging into Percy's deepest trenches of his mind and searching for all of his secrets.

Percy felt exhaustion and unconsciousness creeping up on him and tried one last thing to stop Dumbledore, hoping they would get here in time. 

 'Harry, help me.' 

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 'Harry, help me.'

Harry jumped up at the fear he felt from Percy, and ran out of the Gryffindor common room as fast as he could. Adrenaline running high, he could hear Neville running to catch up from behind as he sprinted towards the library, where Hermione and Draco were bound to be working on homework together. Sure enough, the two were sitting right next to each other and furiously scribbling away at their parchment. 

 "Harry?? What's wrong??" Draco asked as he noticed Harry. Neville had caught up at this time and Harry was grateful that he didn't have to explain twice. 

 "Percy's in trouble."

The three paled and followed Harry as he once again sped out of the library and down to the headmaster's office. He yelled the password at the gargoyle and ran up the stairs in a breakneck pace to stop in horror as he busted open the door to see his twin on the ground with Dumbledore smirking over him. 

 "PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!!" Harry yelled as he pulled out his custom wand, sending a frozen stiff headmaster into the wall. The others stared as Harry tried to shake his brother awake, but when he wouldn't respond used his custom wand to levitate Percy into the air. Harry glared furiously at Dumbledore. 

 "If I find out something has happened to him, you will be thrown in Azkaban faster than you can shoot a spell." Harry said quietly, his eyes flashing in anger as the room became humid. Water started appearing out of thin air and everyone just stared at Harry as he kept glaring at Dumbledore. Neville finally shook himself out of his shock and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. He turned to Neville and the boy was shocked as he glanced at Harry's eyes. The normally sparkling emerald green were glowing with fury, and Neville swore he could see waves in his friend's eyes. 

Harry's fury waned and his eyes softened as he noticed Neville's slight fear in his eyes. The water dispelled and Harry closed his eyes as the effects of using too much power almost overtook him. Luckily, Dumbledore was still frozen stiff and Percy was still airborne. Someone had the sense to also bind Dumbledore in ropes, and Harry was grateful for it. 

 "Let's get Percy to the Hospital Wing."

The four ran out of the door, not wanting to be in the office any longer and made sure Percy wasn't going to drop. When they got to the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey took over as Harry explained what happened. 

 "I went to check on Percy, since he had been in the headmaster's office for a while and was worried about him, and when I entered his office I found him like this with the headmaster smiling. I stopped the headmaster and got my friends so we could bring him to you." 

 "I'll check him for any mental damage. Now get to your common rooms, he'll need to stay here for the night." She sent the four out, but Harry stayed behind. 

 "Will he be alright Madame Pomfrey?? I'm worried."

"He should be, but I have to do my job to make sure. Now shoo!!" The doors closed in front of Harry's face and he nervously joined his friends. 

 "Harry, how did you know that Percy was in trouble?? And tell the truth, I knew you were lying to Madam Pomfrey." Hermione asked. 

Harry sighed and resigned himself to the fact that the truth was out.

"I need you guys to promise that you won't tell anyone, as it would be detrimental to both Percy and I." Harry pleaded. The three promised and Harry took a deep breath. 

 "Percy and I are twins." 

The results were instantaneous. Neville's jaw dropped, Draco's eyes widened into saucers, and Hermione started jumping in childish glee shouting, "I knew it," multiple times. 

 "What do you mean, you knew??" Harry asked. Hermione stopped jumping and she blushed. 

 "I had a theory on whether or not you were twins, but I wasn't completely sure until you just confirmed it. I'm going to happen to research magical twins. Do you have the same abilities as the Weasley twins??" 

"You mean being able to read each other's thoughts?? Then yes, we are telepathic." Harry smiled in amusement as Hermione started her dance again, when Neville posed the question that Harry didn't want to hear. 

"Didn't the papers say your twin died the night You-Know-Who killed your parents??" 

 "They did, but that's because Dumbledore was the one that told them that. He was the one that separated us that night, but I have no idea why." Harry said, leaving out that fact that he did know why, and wanted that to remain a secret between himself, Percy and Sally. 

"You won't tell anyone right?? If this falls into the wrong hands, something can happen to Percy like tonight, and I want to protect him as much as he does for me and for the rest of you."

The three nodded and Draco and Hermione left for the library to collect their things as Harry and Neville left for the Gryffindor common room. Harry numbly went thought the motions of getting ready for bed and fell asleep longing for his twin's presence next to him. 

See?? I told you the tone was going to change. Now, so far I refrained from using line breaks in this story, but once I realized how many times I used transitions in this chapter alone, I'm going to use them more often. Don't worry, Percy will be fine, but you'll just have to wait for the next chapter to see what happens. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Bye!!

~Butterlover328