"What can we do Charlus?" Dorea questioned worriedly.
"There's nothing we can do except help him as much as we can" he answered thoughtfully.
"What are you thinking?" Dorea inquired suspiciously.
Charlus swallowed as he removed a book from his pocket and resized it.
Dorea shook her head furiously.
"You promised that you wouldn't teach this to James unless it was necessary, Harry comes under the same rule" She said firmly.
"Do you not think it is necessary? we both know what the boy is facing and we are in a position to help him, all of them need to be able to defend themselves" Charlus replied gravely.
Dorea nodded reluctantly. "I never thought we would see this day" she mumbled sadly.
"Neither did I Dor, I thought Grindelwald would be the last for a long time" Charlus agreed. "I guess we were wrong, and Harry never had a childhood, not really, the family magic will give him an extra edge, despite the training he has had, it may be needed" he explained.
"Will you train him personally?" Dorea asked.
Charlus nodded.
"As much as I can, but I imagine he will be even better than myself" he stated knowingly.
Dorea nodded.
"We are going to have to explain this to James and Sirius" she realised aloud.
"Then we should do that now, go and fetch Harry from the basement and bring him to the kitchen" he requested. Dorea immediately headed for the basement while Charlus entered the kitchen where James and Sirius were sat.
"What's going on Dad?" James asked with a frown noticing his father's unusually serious demeanour.
"Something very serious has happened" Charlus began as Dorea and a completely impassive Harry entered the room.
"What is it?" Sirius asked.
Charlus looked towards his wife, imploring her to explain everything, which she did, causing the other two boys to experience a maelstrom of emotions.
"This is a joke" James stated disbelievingly.
"No joke" Charlus confirmed.
"By why would you do that for them?" James questioned Harry. "I have my reasons" Harry answered firmly, giving the boy a knowing stare.
James swallowed and nodded his understanding though he clearly did not like it. Harry stood and made to leave the room but was held back by Charlus who was looking at the book he held sadly.
"Here" he said simply handing Harry the book. "Read it and then come find me and I will help you" he explained.
"Is that the family magic book?" James asked disbelievingly.
"It is" Charlus sighed.
"Can I learn it?" James questioned excitedly. Charlus shared a look with his wife who was simply looking terrified by the thought.
"The way things are going I think you should" he answered reluctantly. "But this is not a joke this is the most serious thing in the world" he added severely.
James nodded firmly.
"Give me a few days with Harry and then we will start" Charlus conceded.
James nodded and turned his attention to Harry. "What are you going to do?" he asked worriedly.
Harry looked at the boy through narrowed eyes and nodded slightly.
"I'm going to kill him" he stated simply before exiting the room and heading towards the basement once more.
"He's not serious is he?" Sirius asked, completely shocked by what he had heard. "He is" James whispered sadly.
"Dolohov will not let him live" Charlus broke in. "Out of his last five opponents four have died, he will try to do the same to Harry" he concluded regretfully.
"What can we do?" James asked desperately.
"Not much, but I think Dolohov is in for a hell of a shock" Charlus declared as he followed Harry from the room to begin helping the boy.
James sighed
'It's not easy pretending to be your brother Harry, especially when I feel like I have to protect you' he thought to himself sadly.
Harry made his way to the basement to begin his preparations for the upcoming duel with Dolohov, still not entirely sure why he had put himself in this position.
Yes, he knew that morally it was just the right thing to do but he also knew his reasoning went beyond this. His first thoughts had been preventing the same things from happening at the hands of Bellatrix and to save the young Narcissa from her fate of being married to Lucius. Again, he knew there was more.
The fact was he had realised that even Bellatrix deserves a chance to choose her own path, despite the differences between the two, even if she had cursed, but again it appears that she actually hadn't done so on purpose and had no control over her actions.
This was something that Harry had not even considered. He knew that Bellatrix was an exceedingly gifted witch, so the thought of her being vulnerable to the imperius curse, especially at the hands of one of the Lestrange's was something he could not even comprehend, but if what Cassie had said was true then it would have mattered little how resistant to it she was.
Harry shook his head from his thoughts as he heard someone entering the basement and turned to see Charlus approaching him looking very serious indeed.
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