Percy Potter

Chapter Twenty-Two

I blinked my eyes and watched disjointedly as Ron dug in Percy's trunk, clothes strewn throughout the room as Ron tried to get to the bottom. He already had our parents locket around his wrist and a few of his camouflaged weapons. When Ron threw a scrapbook out of the trunk, Perce snarled and disappeared, catching the book just before it hit the ground in a slide. Everyone around stopped at the sound and turned and stared while Percy grabbed Ron by his neck with one hand and lifted him off the ground, collecting his own items from around the room with a flick of his wand, already in his hands. Perce was ready for murder when I quickly ran up next to him. "No! Perce, just put him down. He's not worth the effort." Percy didn't move his eyes from Ron's reddening face as he chocked. "Effort? This bloke is so stupid I could knock him out with one of my pinkies! He was going through my stuff Harry. My. Stuff. I deserve privacy, and to know that he has violated that... I will take no disrespect from the likes of him after all I have been through for these worlds, Wizarding or not!" I hugged Percy, as he was shaking with rage. It's ok big bro. You said it yourself, no one here can hurt you. He's just too much of an idiot to realize that he's the lowest on the food chain here. Plus, we knew he would take it to far one of these days, it's just good to know that we finally got it out of the way huh? Percy nodded, dropping the struggling Ron as he gasped for breath, glaring at my twin. Percy sighed and I pat him on the back. At this moment, Headmistress McGonagall came through her old chamber doors, wand raised st the ready. At the sight of Percy and I standing in front of a blue-tinged Ron, she looked disapproving. "Mr. Potter, Mr. Jackson, follow me. Would someone please escort Mr. Weasley to the Medical Wing? I will see him once he is given the all clear from Madam Pomphrey." Hermione walked forward with a scowl on her face and dragged Ron out of the room while Percy grabbed his whole trunk and we walked up the many stairs to the Headmistress. She quickly walked forward into her study and we followed at a safe distance, Percy still clutching his belongings. I gently touched his shoulder and he gave me a reassuring glance. I sighed as we both sat down in chairs in front of Headmistress's old desk. "Now, Mr. Jackson, would you care to explain to me why you and Mr. Potter were standing over a wheezing Mr. Weasley?" I was taken aback that she didn't ask me like she usually does, but I pushed it off, relaxing. "Mrs. McGonagall, I hope you know that because of my... past... I am very sensitive of certain things. One would be my possessions. I do not have a lot, but each thing I have is either highly dangerous, or very important to me... or both." Headmistress McGonagall raised her eyebrow in questioning and Percy took out one of the charm bracelets, pulling on the dagger charm. A golden dagger appeared in his hand where the bracelet had been, and Headmistress gave a small gasp in surprise and anger. "Mr. Jackson, I thought it was clear that weapons are not allowed in this school. Give that, and any other weapon, to me." Perce stood up and took off three necklaces, four rings (two on both feet), four bracelets, and six lanyards (from his pockets) and then lifted the rest of the jewelry out of his trunk. Percy chuckled at Headmistress' paled face, handing them over, and I looked at him incredulously. Are you really just going to give all those to her? Just watch. I was confused, but slightly nodded my head and focused back on Headmistress McGonagall. "Mr. Jackson, do you know how dangerous it is to have these items on your person and in your belongings? What if someone stole one of these, or pulled on it without realizing? These are filled with transfiguration magic that I've never seen the likes of before, they must also be worth a fortune." My twin smirked evilly and looked challenging at Mrs. McGonagall. "Headmistress, why don't you try tugging on one of the pendants?" Headmistress looked at Percy warily before taking a red necklace, about to pull on it before Percy warned her. "I wouldn't want to pull that one if I were you." Professor McGonagall stared at Percy and pulled the pendant with smugness gleaming in her eyes. Suddenly... nothing happened. Professor looked down at the necklace oddly before taking a moon necklace and pulling on that one too, but nothing happened. "What did you do to these, Mr. Jackson? Why won't they work?" I could see the disappointment in her eyes, and I smiled to myself. "Professor, I did not do anything. They can only be changed by me." All of a sudden, every piece of jewelry vanished, including the two necklaces in Headmistress' hands. "They also can not be off my person for longer than a few moments unless I force them there. I didn't force them to stay with you." Percy pulled out the red necklace and yanked the pendant, a shiny, sharp-looking spear took its place. "If the enchantment had failed, you would have gotten this, which I can assure you would not be able to be lifted by anyone in this room except for me. Most of you wizards are too heavily depending on magic for fighting. What if your wand was snapped? You would be even more defenseless than a muggle." Percy cleared his throat in the harsh silence following his proclamation, and he sat down, turning the spear back into a red necklace around his throat. "Now, Professor, I would like to request a separate room for Harry and I, where our stuff cannot be tampered with by other students and staff, just in case my possessions fell into the wrong hands." Everything was clear to me and I was surprised. Percy thought of everything, except the convincing he about me thing. "That is understandable, by why would Mr. Potter need to come with you?" I looked into Percy's thoughts and he flashed me a quick smirk. I do not want to deal with this. "That is for me to know and you to never find out. Harry and I could actually just go and have a friendly talk with Hagrid, or even to the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest and get a house there. For some reason I believe you would not like that. All you really need to know is that we will never be separated. Ever." I felt a small gracious smile creep onto my face when I looked up at the face of my determined older brother.