Harry Potter 60

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Vampires, Patronus and the Traitor

Erus walked into the Leaky Cauldron with his father and Lucius by his side. He immediately spotted the twins, and they spotted him. Fred and George rose up and came to them. The two adults simply took a hold of them; Voldemort took Fred and Erus while Lucius took George and they Apparated away.

Once back in Riddle Manor the two almost choked Erus to death with their hugging and did not really notice Voldemort and Lucius slipping away.

"We missed you," they finally said.

"Well, I missed you guys too," Erus said as they released him. "School no fun without me?"

"School is boring without you!" Fred whined. "It's not even fun teasing Potter's brat without you!"

"Speaking of him, how is the brat generally?" the raven-haired teen as they moved to the living room.

"He's horrible," George muttered. "Acting all high and mighty; even the older students doesn't even tell him off. He's so bloody full on himself and his smile is almost as ridiculous as Lockhart's!"

"By the way, where is Lockhart?" Fred asked, looking a bit puzzled. "Dumbledore said that he had left for other business but all of his stuff was still in school last year."

Erus grinned at them, and the two looked at him.

"Erus?" George finally asked. "What happened to him?"

"I believe he is dead now," Erus said thoughtfully, amusement sparkling in his eyes. "Along with his 'master'."

"Master?" they both asked, looking confused.

"Want to hear the story? Quite interesting one."

Fred and George were staring at him as he finished the little tale about Mauro and Ginny.

"Our Ginny?" they finally said. "Our Ginny was controlled by not one but two people?"

"Pretty much," Erus replied. "My father's soul controlled her and in turn Mauro controlled them both."

"So she was responsible for the petrifying?"

"Yeah, kinda. Nobody died though, so it wasn't so bad."

They looked at each other, seemingly shocked that their little sister had been the cause of all the mayhem last year.

"She petrified Draco?" Fred finally asked.

"Nope; that was Mauro. He also controlled Lockhart."

"He did what?!"

"Nice that you came by," Erus said as the twins readied themselves to be Apparated to the Leaky Cauldron by Lucius and Narcissa.

"The pleasure was on our side," the twins replied, mock-bowing. Erus growled at them. "See you around, lord!"

"I thought you had stopped with that nickname!"

Fred and George laughed and then they disappeared.

Erus hugged Draco and Cynthia a last time, and said:

"Bother Dumbledore for me, okay?"

"Sure," Cynthia said. "He's really pissed off at me right now, and Cygnirius told me he is trying to figure out who adopted me."

"But he won't?" Erus asked as he looked at the brunette. She grinned and said:

"Nope. Cygnirius never wrote his name and the woman never checked. Plus she was Oblivated."