The Potter Twins: Heroes of Two Different Worlds

Chapter 13 (Part 2)

Hey guys, Butterlover328 here and I'm back with another update!! Updates won't be as frequent now though, since I have an interlude and Chapter 14 left before you are caught up with the people on Quotev. I've been on vacation and I started working at my grandmas' car dealership, so I've been busy recently and haven't had much time to write. What I'm going to do is stretch these next two chapters out until I can type what I wrote during vacation on the Google doc with the rest of my story and can update both here and on Quotev. Anyways, that's a quick update on my life. I hope you enjoy the chapter!! Bye!!

~Butterlover328

8/23/15- Fixed the chapter title and AN so that you don't get confused. Sorry for those that were!!

Charlie Weasley's reply came the following Wednesday, which was not a moment too soon, since Norbert the dragon had grown to be three times it's original size and had almost bitten each of the six first years that had kept visiting Hagrid each day after school.

Percy and Harry had been teaching Neville how to perform a shield charm, something that Quirrel should have taught the class but had never gotten around to doing. Neville was about to give up when Athena came through the open window.

"It's here!! Charlie's letter is here!!" Weasley exclaimed as he ran towards the window. He let Athena in, but ducked when the snowy owl swept into the Gryffindor first year boy's dormitory. She landed on Harry's shoulder and bit his ear hard, before she flapped her wings in his face and did the same to Percy, but not before she gave him the letter. Weasley didn't wait, he took the letter out of Percy's hand and ripped it open, not noticing the boy glare at him for being rude. After he got rid of the envelope, he took out the letter and read it aloud.

"Dear Ron," Weasley said. "How are you?? Thanks for the letter- I'd be glad to take the Norwegian Ridgeback, but it won't be easy getting him here. I think the best thing to do would be to send him over with some friends of mine who are coming to visit me next week. Trouble is, they mustn't be seen carrying an illegal dragon."

"Do you think they would be okay with carrying an illegal dragon to Romania??" Neville suddenly asked, interrupting Weasley's reading.

"I'm sure they will be, once they realize how important this is." Harry said, sounding more like he was trying to convince himself of his statement more than Neville.

"Can I please continue with reading the letter?? I'm not done yet." Weasley asked, disgruntled that he had been interrupted and ignored.

"By all means, please continue on." Percy said as he laid down on his bed, waving his hand towards the ginger. The redhead took it as a sign to continue, so he cleared his throat.

"Could you get the Ridgeback up the Astronomy tower at midnight on Saturday?? They can meet you up there and take him away while it's still dark. Send me an answer as soon as possible. Love, Charlie." He finished.

"We should tell Hermione, Draco and Hagrid about this." Percy said, already getting up to leave the room.

"We need to tell Seamus and Dean, too!! They're part of this now." Weasley argued.

"We'll tell them, but they are not going." Percy asserted.

"Why not?? Don't you know how exciting this is?? They'll get to show that they're true Gryffindors!!" Percy snorted at the redhead's reasoning.

"So a 'true Gryffindor', as you said, is someone that leaves their dorm after curfew to get in trouble?? That shows bravery??"

"Well if you're not doing for the thrill of adventure, what are you doing it for??"

"I'm doing it for Hagrid and the rest of the school, because if Norbert is discovered he won't get killed or burn down the school, and everyone in it. If you're not doing it for them, then maybe you shouldn't go."

"It's my brother they're taking the dragon to, I have the right to go!!"

"GUYS!!" Harry exclaimed, getting the attention of the arguing boys and spoke when they fell silent. "Both of you have good points, but neither of you will go if you argue!!" The boys had the decency to look sheepish. "Percy, I do agree that Thomas and Finnegan shouldn't go, the more people that go, the greater the chance we get discovered. Weasley, you will also go because you know these guys and you're right, they are taking Norbert to your brother. Now, here's the plan."

The invisibility cloak was big enough to fully cover Norbert's cage and all six of the first-years. However, Hermione had told them it was probably a good idea for her and Draco to stay back, so the professors wouldn't get suspicious if they were missing, as well as the four Gryffindors, since it was a well-known fact in the school that the Boy-Who-Lived kept himself immersed in his small circle of friends. (Not that many hadn't tried to be included in that circle, but they had all been rejected because the five friends knew that they didn't care about Harry himself, just his reputation.) Harry agreed, since it was a good idea and it would lessen the chances of those going of getting caught.

They all kept visiting Norbert, making sure he was comfortable around them so they wouldn't have much of a struggle when they did move him, and calculated that two carrying him was enough. Percy and Neville volunteered to be lookouts, since Percy didn't trust Weasley to keep quiet and Neville preferred to stay away from the redhead. However, when they first tried to get Norbert accustomed to the cage, he had struck out at Neville and bitten his hand. It wasn't that bad at first, but as time passed it started to swell and turn green. The twins had fretted over their friend when he showed them when they were alone in their dorm's bathroom, and Percy had the sudden instinct to thrust Neville's hand under the water. The older twin did just that, grabbing the boy's wrist and had the water run down both of their hands.

"Percy!! What are you doing??" Neville yelped in surprise.

"Do you trust me??"

"Y-Yeah. But-"

"Then let me do this, okay?? I need to concentrate." Percy closed his eyes and furrowed his brows. Neville watched amazed as the water enveloped his swollen hand. The greenish tint started to disappear and the swelling went down until it looked almost normal again. Percy let go of his hand and dropped to the ground in exhaustion, and Harry was barely able to catch him before his head would've collided with the floor. Harry set him down gently.

"Blimey, Percy. How'd you do that??" Neville asked in awe, staring at his mostly-healed hand in wonder.

"I'm not really sure. A few years, I was taking a shower after I had gotten injured and discovered that the cuts and bruises had healed. After learning I was a wizard, I had believed it was just accidental magic, but now I'm not sure. I've never tried healing someone else, so it took a lot more out of me than I thought. Sorry I couldn't heal you all the way." Percy explained.

"Sorry?? This is amazing!! I've never heard of a wizard that could heal with just water!!" Neville's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head if they became wider as a thought occurred to Harry.

"Maybe, since Percy and I are twins, maybe we have the same abilities?? I've never tried something like this before, but I could help." The boy thought aloud.

"Maybe... Do you want to try it??" Percy mused. Harry and Neville nodded enthusiastically. Harry took hold of Neville's wrist like Percy had and tried to concentrate on the injured hand. There was a tug in his gut and he heard Neville's shout of, "You're doing it!!" He could feel himself tiring, but kept himself there until he couldn't stand up any longer. This time, the twins' roles were reversed as Percy was ready for Harry to drop. The younger twin opened his eyes to see Neville's hand back to normal, the boy wiggling his fingers to make sure they functioned properly before he enveloped the twins' into a group hug.

"Thank you guys!! I thought I was going to have to go to Pomfrey!!" The boys shuddered as they thought of the mediwitch with a huge mother-hen complex.

"You know we're going to have to keep this secret, right?? If this gets out, who knows what would happen." Percy realized. The twins exchanged glances and thought-spoke at the same time. 'Dumbledore.'

"You two just your mind-thingy, didn't you??" Neville asked.

"Yeah." The twins said in unison.

"You have no idea how creepy that is to see you do that, and I thought the Weasley twins were bad!!"

"Sorry."

"Whatever, let's just get to the Great Hall." Neville shook his head and led the other boys to the hall.

Harry, Percy, Neville and Weasley were well awake by 11 PM on Saturday. Harry had taken out the invisibility cloak and thrown it over the boys, while Percy applied a silencing charm on their feet so they wouldn't be overheard. The boys snuck out of the common room, glad that they didn't disturb the lady in the portrait from her sleep, and slowly jogged through a secret passage that led outside. Once they were outside of the castle walls, the boys took off the cloak and sprinted to Hagrid's hut so they wouldn't be seen. Percy clutched the cloak tightly so he didn't lose it as he ran side-by-side with Neville, spreading it out so they wouldn't be discovered if someone happened to look out of their window by chance.

By the time it was 11:45, the boys had finally convinced a weeping Hagrid to let Norbert go and threw the invisibility cloak and silencing charm over themselves. They moved as quickly as possible with Norbert, taking turns carrying the heavy dragon, and used all the shortcuts they could to hurry up to the Astronomy tower.

"Come on guys, we're almost there!!" Percy whispered cheerfully, trying to keep the mood up.

"Then how about you carry this thing??" Ron panted. Percy couldn't tell whether his face was red from exhaustion or frustration.

"It's about time to switch anyways, we've got two staircases left until we're at the meeting point." Harry observed. Percy and Neville placed their hands underneath the crate and braced themselves as Harry and Ron let go of Norbert and held up the cloak.

Suddenly, a lamp flared ahead of them. The four boys quickly scurried off to the side of the hallway as they watched McGonagall go about her rounds. She briskly walked back in the direction of her office, muttering loud enough for the boys to hear. "Anonymous tip...dragon...thinking...big trouble."

Percy's eyes widened. "They told McGonagall!! Why would they do that??"

"Hey!! Those are my friends you're accusing. For all we know, it could've been someone else that found out about the dragon and told her." Ron argued.

"It was an anonymous tip, and they were the only people that we don't trust to keep it secret that knew we were coming here tonight!! Who else could it be??" Percy countered.

"Guys!! We have to keep moving!! Charlie's friends are going to be here in a minute!! After tonight, you two can continue avoiding each other, but you have to cooperate right now!! We'll deal with Thomas and Finnegan tomorrow." Harry interrupted, watching the two Gryffindors glare at each other before the acquiesced.

"Fine."

After one last transfer of hands at the bottom of the Astronomy tower, Harry and Ron handed over the cloak to Percy and quickly moved out of sight. Percy threw the cloak over himself and Neville and moved to one side of the doorway. Percy took off the cloak once they got into the shadows.

"You trusted me enough to heal your hand as much as I could. Do you trust me again Neville??" Percy asked.

"Of course. What are you going to do, Percy??"

"I'm going to put a disillusionment spell over you, okay?? It's going to feel like raw egg is running down your body at first and it's going to be really strange, but that feeling will be gone in a moment, and as long as you stay still you won't be seen."

"Whenever you're ready." Neville squeezed his eyes shut and braced himself, squirming when he felt the sensation of the eggs. When it was gone, he opened his eyes to see Percy give him a thumbs up, then throw the cloak over himself once more and go to his post at the other side of the doorway. Percy stayed that way for several minutes until a minute "meow" was heard, followed by a sneeze.

"Neville, is that you?? I can't see well with the cloak on." Percy whispered.

"It's not me, it's Mrs. Norris!! She's sitting right in front of me and meowing. I think she's on to me!!"

"Then who's sneezing?? Is Filch nearby??"

"No, that's me!! I'm allergic to cats!! It's why I have Trevor!!" Another sneeze rang through the hall.

"Wait, how can you hear me?? We shouldn't be able to hear each this far apart." Percy asked as a thought struck him, a feeling of dread collecting in his gut and growing with each sound coming out of Mrs. Norris' throat.

"Didn't Harry cancel the silencing charm so he could speak to Charlie's friends??"

"He did?!?!"

"Yeah."

"Oh, Merlin." Percy muttered. Neville took a huge breath, unable to control himself any longer, and let out a sneeze that reverberated through his entire body.

Suddenly, a hand clamped down on Neville's shoulder, which had been visible when he sneezed. The boy turned to come face-to-face with Filch.

"Gotcha!!" Filch smiled nastily. Neville let out a small scream and clamped his hands over his mouth.

"Now, who were you talking to, brat?? A student out of bed has got to get punished, don't they??" Neville shook his head fearfully. Percy could hear Harry and Weasley hurrying down the steps and knew this wasn't going to end well, even if he did warn them.

"Neville!!" The redhead shouted as he came into view. Percy fought the urge to facepalm and when he didn't see Harry, decided to warn him so he didn't get in the same predicament.

'Harry, where are you??' Percy thought.

'I'm on the stairs. Weasley heard Neville's scream and decided to run after him.'

'I know," Percy said distastefully. 'Look, stay where you are. I'll come and get you when the coast is clear.'

'What happened??'

'Mrs. Norris found Neville, who started sneezing because he's allergic to cats, and Filch followed the sneezes to find him, which caused him to scream.'

'Okay. What's happening now??' Percy turned his attention to the scene and had to bite back a snort.

'Filch has Weasley by the ear and is yelling at him, and his face is hilarious!!' Percy sent a mental image to his twin, who burst out into laughter, drawing the attention of everyone in the hallway.

"Alright, come out wherever you are, kid!! I know you're there, and if you come out now your punishment will be less than if you stay hidden!!" Filch called out.

'Oh, Styx.' Harry thought.

'What did you just say??' Percy asked curiously, who swore he heard a slight rumble of thunder.

'The Styx is a river of the Underworld from Greek Mythology. I used it as a substitute for-'

'You know what, I don't wanna know.' Percy grimaced. He never thought that he younger brother would curse, but if what he learned from when they would speak in the dreamscape, their blood-relatives weren't the best caregivers. He was lucky that he had his mom, even if he had to deal with Smelly Gabe. He became disgusted when he thought of his stepfather and shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"I'll give you to the count of three to show yourself, or else I'll go up there and find you, and you don't want that. One!!"

'What should I do??' Harry asked.

'I'll reveal myself if you don't want to, Harry.' Percy thought, ready to throw off the cloak.

'No!! We can't let Filch find out about the cloak!!'

"Two!!"

'Are you sure about this??'

'Not really, but I don't want you to be in trouble. We don't want a repeat of last time.' Both twins shuddered at that.

"Th-"

"I'm coming out!!" Harry shouted, showing himself.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Mr. Potter, the boy wonder. Come down here this instant!!" Filch barked. Harry flinched slightly, but walked down the stairs with all the confidence he could muster. He was not going to show Filch any fear. Percy and Harry locked eyes with each other as they passed, and Harry sent one last thought before he cut the connection.

'When we're gone, wait a bit and use the cloak to get back to the common room. Let Thomas and Finnegan know Norbert's gone, but warn them about what'll happen the next time they break a promise from us, okay?? I'll make sure Neville and Weasley don't blab about you being out tonight.'

Percy smirked, knowing his brother's Slytherin tendencies were coming into play. He sent a image of a butler bowing in front of their master. 'Don't worry, I will.'

Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry I didn't get it out when I said I was going to, I was busy and I barely have any time to myself nowadays. Anyways, because of this I will post the Interlude right after this, and then hopefully I'll be able to post Chapter 14 in it's entirety in either a week or soon after that.

~Butterlover328