The Lost Zabini Twin [Pansmione]

Chapter 11

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE WIZARDING WORLD AND ITS CHARACTERS, THAT RIGHT GOES TO J.K. ROWLING!

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It was a few days later that Hermione finally found the time to speak to the portrait of Anoch Peverell again. They looked at each other for a few seconds before Anoch seemed to lose his patience.

"Well? What do you want? Don't stand there staring like some stupid dunderhead! Speak!" he said harshly, tone of voice and expression not befitting a child.

"Um... Well, that time when we were talking at the beginning of the year you said that you had twins and that one of them married into the Zabini line and you were cut of before you said into which line the other married..."

"So?"

"In which line did she marry?" questioned Hermione

"The Prince line if you must know. Also, do you know what happened to this line?"

"All I know is that the last person carrying that name was a female, Eileen Prince, who then had a son with a Muggle, thus making the son a Snape, Severus Snape, and he died without heir during the war. He truly was a hero, without him we would have never won."

"Hmmm. Slightly disappointing but at least he didn't pathetically die without any achievements to his name."

"It is possible that someone from that line was a female who married into another family much earlier."

"True."

"Sir, you said you had twins... was it a reoccurring thing in your line?" asked Hermione, wondering if it would be so easy.

"It happened more often than in any other wizarding families but it wasn't spectacular, only every few generations or so. Why?"

"Was there anything... strange... I mean special... about those twins?"

"They were magical twins, meaning that they shared a mental connection and if one of them died before their 16th birthday then the other died too. If one of them dies after that, the other will feel incomplete and depressed but they will survive. That is true for any magical twin but there is a curse on the family that makes it so that if they are separated at any point in their lives, if they don't find the other before their 19th birthday they won't get the full connection back ever again but since they still have a bit of a connection it's relatively easy to find each other. The second part of the curse is that when they are really angry, they become slightly more powerful and if they have the connection then they also can grow claws, fangs and get red eyes. That's all I can think of. Now, once again, I ask you: Why?"

(A/N: I changed the age at which point they need to find each other to 19 years old instead of 18 since I just noticed that they would already be 18 years old since this is their eight year soooo... Sorry! :-/)

"Oh... Well it's just that I... can't say it but... I am doing a bit of research... about my family but... I can't... feel anything and I am... already 18 years old." explained Hermione, hesitation and the secrecy spell forcing her to chose her words carefully, trying to give him as much information as possible.

Anoch eyes widened before he smiled widely.

"Okay, so... what can help you... I know! But. Before I help you, you need to swear that you will come to me after wards. And when you go home you need to take me with you, it is boring here."

"I swear." she said solemnly, trying to hide her excitement.

"Great. You need to go to the restricted section in the library, find the book with the Peverell's coat of arms on it, open it to the last page, it should be blank. You need to find a Blood Quill and write: 'Life and Death, equally valuable but you need to live Life fully to great Death accordingly.'  You should then search for the book of potions that is mentioned, in it you will find the recipe for a potion called 'Death's Gift'. Contrary to it's name it isn't a poison nor a cure against Death, it simply is a revealing potion that reveals your complete ancestry as long as they are dead. Then, you need to search in the dungeons for the door with our coat of arms on it. Behind it you'll find a potion's lab with all the ingredients except for Basilisk venom and the ashes of a Phoenix. Those you will need to procure by yourself. You'll also need to create a ritualistic dagger, don not buy one, create one." he explained, Hermione quickly taking notes, not wanting to forget anything.

"...I understand, but how do I create a ritualistic dagger?" she asked.

"You need to go to a shop selling them and ask to see their ingredients, then you buy the ones that pull you to them the strongest but don't take any siren ingredients, they'll call to you whether they are fitting or not."

"Okay. Thank you very much." she breathed out, relieved to have finally found somewhere to start her research.

"I hope you succeed." he offered, a tiny smile at the corner of his mouth.

"I'm going to bed so that I won't be tired tonight when I go into the restricted section!" she said before uttering the password, making him open his portrait and letting her inside.

"I really hope you succeed since I wouldn't wish what happened to my grandsons on anyone." whispered the portrait, unheard by anyone.

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Short chapter, I know, but I am trying to overcome my writer's block on this story! We advanced a little bit more towards Hermione's discovery... Hope you liked it!

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