Life In Death

AN: Im on a Role!

Chapter Nine

Duo and Harry sat upon the couch in the living room with four pairs of eyes leering down at them.

Trowa was leaned against the far wall with a grim look as Quatre looked around almost in a jumpy manor.

Both Heero and Wufei stood before them with their arms cross over their chests looking ready to kill.

Heero glared, "I want to know where you two have been for three days and why when you returned you have nothing to show for your absence. And I know those cell phones work even into space so why the hell could we not contact you!"

Duo gave a nervous laugh, "Well umm we got escorted by werewolves to a secret shop where they sell special weapons for special people like me and Harry!"

Quatre bit back a snippet of laughter as Trowa rolled his eyes.

Heero growled, "Duo don't you dare lie and play around! This is a serious matter do you know how much we have all been looking for you! How much sleep we have lost worrying whether you two where alive or dead!"

Duo stood abruptly, "I DONT LIE!"

The other four pilots frowned in unison. It was true Duo had never lied to them before. He was probably the most honest of all the pilots. Then is what he said was indeed true...

Heero sighed and slumped down into a chair with a hand over his eyes, "I have never known you to lie Duo but seriously Werewolves? 02 I don't know if I should believe you or think you were brain washed!"

Harry laughed lightly and stood, "Follow me it's about time I cleared up all the mysteries that have surrounded me like a thick cloak as Duo put it on the way here."

All five pilots simply followed behind the teen if it means they got answers to all the questions surrounding the enigma of Harry Potter they would follow in hopes ofanswers.

Harry lead them through the manor to his room through the smaller set of centre doors leading to the completely empty room that Quatre had told him he could use. Stepping in the young wizard lit the fire with a well placed wave of the hand making sure that all the others clearly saw what had been done.

Harry smiled at the four open mouths and the wide eyes of Heero and Wufei, "That is a small demonstration of what I can do and of what I am about to tell you. I am sure even now your minds are trying to decide what trick was used and how it can be achieved. The answer is as simple as it looked Magic. It does exist whether you wish to believe it or not."

Wufei frowned, "So that is what my cousin was speaking of. I thought she was speaking of fairy tales when we were younger."

Harry laughed lightly, "Who is your cousin?"

The Chinese man looked up black eyes looking strict with unease, "Cho Chang"

Harry blushed brightly, "Oh umm yes she goes to my school. I dated her breifly."

Wufei's eyebrow twitched before he turned completely to face Duo, "You knew of all this?"

Heero interrupted, "Wufei do not tell me you to believe this parlour trick?"

Harry laughed lightly and all the pilots turned to stare at him, "Allow me to demonstrate once more," The young wizard flicked his wrist and his wand appeared his hand and he held it up, "This is the weapon that Duo expressed in his explanation except it's more of a tool we use to channel our magic. Mine was newly created while we were gone because my last wand was destroyed sadly."

The young wizard removed the two bags from his pockets and set them on the floor carefully dumping them out, "Shall I show everyone what we purchased on our little journey?"

The two Asians shrugged while Trowa and Quatre watched closely. Duo leaned against the wall and closed his eyes waiting for the younger braided teen to get to the part of his life.

Harry smiled and pointed his wand, "Engorgio!"

Slowly the new cage Harry purchased for his snake enlarged in size pushing back against the right wall taking up nearly the entire surface space.

The cage was done with a beautiful green hue with a pre set up trickling stream of cool water spelled to stay running and fresh. A small tree grew on the right side so that the snake could get to all four floors of the cage. Harry turned to see the basket enlarge and drift to sit near the fire the warm Egyptian sand falling into it to warm by the fire, the formulas setting down beside them. The Books shifted to their original forms lying down in front of the fire place.

Harry turned to face the four pilots all of which remained silent and staring, "Please tell me everyone believes me now. If not I can turn someone hair orange , make them float in thin air whatever you like really."

Heero sighed and glanced at the other pilots meeting their eyes, "Alright perhaps you should begin from the beginning."

Harry winced, "That's a very long story but it is probably best."

Harry picked up the basket of sand and they slipped out into the main sitting room.

Duo and Trowa took one couch as Heero and Wufei took the other leaving the chair for Quatre.

Harry smiled and sat down on the fire place ledge setting the basket of sand down next to the snake egg box. The pilots watched as he carefully dipped his hand into the sand to test the temperature before carefully barring the egg inside allowing the warm sand to help harden the egg shell and keep the baby inside of it warm and safe.

Harry frowned and crossed his hands in his lap, "I guess the beginning of my tale takes place many many years ago with the birth of a wizard named Tom Riddle. He was a half blood and he grew up to be very prejudice. He got it in his head that the magic world should stay pure blooded and that children who are Half bloods or had non magical parents should be well killed. He believed that Non magical people , or muggles, would kill them all if they ever found out about us." he paused taking a deep breath, "I was one year old when the war he started began to affect me. My parents went into hiding trying to escape the war but they were betrayed by a man named Peter Pettigrew one of their own friends. That Halloween night Tom Riddle attacked though at that time he was known as Voldemort. He murdered my parents and then tried to murder me that same night. His spell back fired and ripped his very soul from his body leaving nothing but a scar upon my forehead." He pointed to the famous scar with a sad chuckle.

Heero stopped him, "Why you?"

Harry smiled, "I didn't find that out till a little while ago actually right before the summer started so hush let me finish my tale."

Duo laughed lightly, "Ya let him finish he will answer all question after you guys yell at him for being careless and trouble inclined!"

Harry glared before continuing, "Anyways when I turned 11 I received my letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was a dream come true. You already know my home life wasn't something to be happy about. So going to a boarding school most of the year sounded like paradise. So I went and to put a long story short we learned that Voldemort was still around. He had attached himself to the back of one of his minion's heads. That year was when I got the first taste of what my life was suppose to be. I was labelled a hero at the age of one. The Boy who Lived. That's all I was seen as. No one mentioned how brave my mother and father were to save my life. All they cared about was a baby defeating a evil wizard. At 11 I faced him again and I defeated him yet again.

My second year at the age of 12 I fought I snake known as a basilisk that could kill a man by just looking at them in the eye. I killed it and a journal that held another part of Voldemort in it. He had tried to resurrect himself through his old school journal. I almost didn't make it out of that one alive," He paused once more to rub where the fang had pierced his arm.

Quatre frowned, "What's wrong?"

Harry chuckled, "Memory Pain Response it happens."

The pilots nodded before Trowa urged him to continue with a quiet 'what next?'

The wizard sighed and stroked his egg gently through the sands, "My third year was perhaps the most enlightening. I found out my Godfather Sirius Black was alive and I thought at first he was the one to betray my parents and I thought he was after me to finish the job. We found out later he was locked in Azkaban a wizarding prison without even so much as a trial. Anyways, this was the year I also met Remus Lupin one of my dad's friends in school. He saved us from a creature called aDementor. They are hideous creatures that even at just a close range can suck all the happiness a person is feeling leaving nothing but the pain and sorrow. They are the guards for Azkaban but since Sirius escaped they were allowed to parade around Hogwarts grounds. Horrible year almost died that year too. Anyways we found out that Peter Pettigrew was the betrayer and saved Sirius from getting his soul sucked out by a Dementor and that was the end of that year."

Duo's stomach grumbled loudly and everyone turned to him before Harry burst into giggles mumbling, "Wow saved by the grumble!"

Quatre laughed once more before slipping out gently brushing Harry's shoulder gently in concern before slipping through the door and down the stairs.

Harry smiled sadly at Duo who simply shrugged at him in their silent communication as Harry pulled out the book from earlier. Flipping to the section with the locations he read through it once more before smacking his forehead.

"Umm Duo we were gone for three days."

The braided pilot fell silent and looked at him, "How?"

The wizard snorted, "Turns out that town is in a time lock. Every two hours spent there is a full day here. Wish I had known that beforehand..."

Wufei rolled his eyes before plucking the book from his hands glancing at it frowning, "What language is this I can't read it"

Harry blinked, "Oh Latin it's what we wizards use."

The shenlong pilot scoffed tossing it to the side, "Latin is a dead language completely impractical."

Duo rolled his eyes, "Well considering that most wizard don't even know about the colonies it shouldn't be surprising they use a dead language."

Trowa's eyes widened, "What do you mean?"

Harry smiled, "Well brother look at it this way. Pureblood wizards are very isolated. They don't believe in electricity, cars and most certainly not the colonies. One of the people I knew didn't even know what a rubber ducky was. Their very set in their ancient ways."

Wufei nodded, "Then it is official wizard are completely dull and ignorant to the world around them."

The young wizard laughed, "Only the pure bloods. Those who have been outside of the wizarding world know these things. It's just the way things are. Wufei you are based on traditions think of their way of thinking as a tradition that they hold very sacred."

The Chinese pilot frowned and thought it over before nodding in agreement.

A light tapping was heard on the window and the pilots whirled guns trained at the window only to see a great horned owl. Large and proud sitting along the window balcony tapping at the glass.

Duo sighed and signalled for the other pilots to put their weapons away before letting the large bird in watching at it flew to sit next to Harry extending his leg to the smaller teen.

Harry carefully removed the letters and the bird didn't even wait for a reply as it took off out the window. The wizard snorted before looking at the seal on the back of the letters.

On letter was done in a crazy rainbow pattern and he laughed setting it to the side he didn't need to see the signature to know who that was. He looked back at the other two, one was done in a pale blue with a simple moon flipping it over he noticed the last name on the insignia Lovegood. Ah it was Luna. Setting it to the side he glanced at the thick silver envelope with emerald green writing. It was very well done the handwriting almost flawless. Flipping it over his eyes widened slightly Malfoy, Draco, well that's interesting.

The pilots watched as the teen inspected the letter and watched as he set down the silver envelope in favour for the pale blue to which he flipped open and slowly read looking more and more confused as he read.

Duo laughed, "What does it say?"

The teen looked up and sighed, "It's from Luna a friend from school and it's a very short letter and it reads, "Harry I have recently discovered that the Grendies have kidnapped you and now wish to feed you Parsley. Accept it they will be great when they grow into Snarkies. Also be careful the Nargles are growing in numbers. Love Luna."

Duo's eyebrow twitched, "What the hell does that mean?"

Harry laughed and reread it, "Knowing Luna it would translate as, "Harry I have recently discovered that the Grendies ,Friends or Relatives, have kidnapped you and wish to feed you Parsley, or Love and Kindness. Accept it they will be great when they grow into Snarkies, People you truly love and care for. Also be careful the Nargles, or Evil Minion, are growing in numbers.' It's actually very simple if you understand how Luna thinks."

Heero snorted, "The girl speaks in codes."

Harry shrugged, "No she just sees the world in a different way," he looked at the other letters, "I should probably wait to read those."

He folded up the letter and set it with the other as Quatre slipped back in with a tray of plates.

The blonde smiled brightly and set it down on the coffee table, "Just some sandwiches to tide us over till dinner!"

Heero turned to look at Harry, "So continue this tale of yours you have yet to cover two years of your life and I wish to know how much more of a security risk you are going to be."

The wizard teen groaned putting his head in his hands in dismay. He could feel the over protectiveness radiating off all the pilots and though it felt safe it was rather unnerving as well.

They all took a sandwich and Harry continued his tale at Quatre's prodding.

He took a bite before continuing, "Anyways Fourth year was rather chaotic even from the very beginning I could tell that something was amiss. That year Hogwarts got to host a very popular and difficult competition known as the Tri-Wizards Tournament. Two other schools came to participate and only one person from each school was chosen to compete hence its name. However as you have noticed I have the worst luck imaginable. Someone decided to put my name in the cup under the name of a different school. Since I was the only person who was under that school name it came out of the Goblet and I was chosen as the fourth Tri Wizards Champion to compete.

First task was to receive a golden egg from a dragon's nest, with said Mother dragon standing guard over her real eggs. I was given the Horntail one of the most dangerous and violent of the four dragons chosen. I got away with nothing more than gashes on my shoulder luckily. Second Task was to retrieve a person stolen from us from the mermaid city in the school lake. I had to retrieve Ron and once again I succeed that was the easiest task in my opinion. The third task however is when I discovered exactly who planned for me to be in the competition. The task was to go through a maze that was riddled with traps and monsters to stop you. At the centre was the trophy the first person to touch it won. I and another champion from the schoolCedric Diggory touched it at the same time we intended on sealing Hogwarts a victory."

Harry stopped and swallowed thickly tears coming to his eyes, "The trophy had been a portkey and object meant as like instant transportation. It took us to a grave yard the grave yard of Voldemort's father. That night Cedric Diggory was murdered and I could do nothing. I watched him die. It was also that night that Voldemort returned to his former body. I should have been able to stop him. It seems like he is always one step ahead of me. I escaped with Cedric's body but the damage was already done. The worst part is no one believed me."

The wizard laughed lightly covering up his eyes not darkening to look at the pilots. He leaned back against the fireplace his braid falling back into the flames.

Duo yelped and jerked Harry forward who meeped and collided into Duo sending them sprawling onto the floor, Harry on top of Duo.

Harry grumbled and rubbed his head, "Ow Duo you idiot what was that for?"

Quatre laughed lightly and helped Harry up as Trowa did the same for Duo, "Your hair fell into the flames. Duo has this thing with braids being damaged."

Harry growled and slipped over to the fire, "Duo you idiot it's a magical fire! Look."

The young wizard shoved his hand into the flame and the pilots jumped to stop him before watching in disbelief as his hand remained unharmed and un-burnt, "Its magiced to stay warm and running without being harmful to anyone or thing"

Wufei snorted, "Magic, how confusing and illogical it is."

Harry laughed and allowed Quatre and Duo to drag him to the couch pushing him down between them Duo fiddling with his braid as Quatre inspected his hand. Trowa joined Wufei and Heero on the couch slipping the smaller Shenlong pilot into the centre of the couch.

Harry sighed and took a deep breath before continuing, "Anyways now that Voldemort is on the loose my next school year got more complicated. To put a long story short I started getting visions of what Voldemort would do to innocent people and to his own followers. I have been getting them more and more frequently it seems. Fifth year started out bad and just ended worse I don't even want to remember it. I lost Sirius my Godfather. He died right in front of me. I don't know why all these people keep dying and I can't do anything to stop it."

Quatre hugged him tightly, "Harry people die in wars. You can't stop them all and I know they don't blame you for their deaths. Your Godfather knew the risks just as much as you did. Don't blame yourself."

Duo nodded and tugged gently on the wizards braid, "Ya don't worry. We are here now we will help you whether you think you need the help or not. Plus we have experience we have already been in two wars! We could even train you! I know you would be awesome with a blade and you have the skill to be a great thief!"

Heero sighed, "Duo is right, you are Trowa's little brother so that makes you family. Granted we are a rather strange family it would seem. However we are going to be behind you. But one question has still not been answered. Why is all of this circling around you?"

The boy who lived groaned, "Because of a prophecy. 'The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies ...' I am the boy in the prophecy. Lily and James denied him three times, the dark lord marked me the night he tried to kill me in my crib. And according to the prophecy one of us is going to die."

Trowa glared, "It will be him who dies not you. We will make sure of that."

Harry smiled at them before nodding receiving a crushing hug from both Quatre and Duo.

To Be Continued…