A/N: so here's another chapter. Remember to let me know what you think guys!
Chapter 3: Unveiling the Traitors
~Kiara~
Kiara watched as her best friend -and secret Godmother- raced off towards her soul mate. She hoped Cedric was alright. For every ones sakes. Walking over to Charlie -who had followed her to the tent- she shook her head slightly. "I wouldn't be surprised if Persephone tries to get this Tournament cancelled by the third task if Cedric continues to get hurt. Not to mention what she'll do if Harry continues to get hurt as well."
Charlie smiled and steered her away from the tent with the healing champions. Neither one of them were needed with the Dragons as the other Handlers were getting ready to transport them back to Romania. Charlie and Kiara were staying for the rest of the Tournament, to keep an eye on Harry and to help Persephone through the torture of watching her soul mate compete in the dangerous and life-threatening tasks. "I'm sure she'll have her say if he gets injured again. I'm just glad she found him. I don't think she could have spent much longer as a phoenix trapped under Dumbledore's thumb." Charlie stopped her when they were a ways away from everyone. "Kiara, you know ever since you told me the truth about everything, I've been thinking."
"That sounds dangerous." Kiara said smiling a bit.
Charlie smiled and chuckled. "Not funny. Anyway, I've been thinking about everything you told me. I've come to a decision about my mother, Ron and Ginny."
Kiara suddenly became serious. She knew the knowledge of what the three Weasley's had done to Harry was jarring to say the least for Charlie. She remembered when she had told him about it.
\Flashback\
Kiara had been in Romania for a few weeks when she decided enough was enough. Charlie Weasley needed to know what his Mother, Sister, and his youngest Brother had done to her nephew. Pulling him aside after work one day she took a deep breath. "Charlie, I think it's time you knew the truth." before he could interrupt she continued. "About everything. Who I really am, why I'm so vocal about my hate for Dumbledore. Everything I kept secret the times we met outside of school." She had gone to Avalon Academy for Magic while Charlie had gone to Hogwarts. They had met a few times when in Diagon Alley and had formed a friendship over their mutual love of Dragons.
Kiara and Charlie had become good friends and she didn't want to lose his friendship, however the information she had dug up needed to be discussed with him.
Harry had been in Hogwarts for about two years now, enough time for Kiara to gain enough information about what Dumbledore had planned for the young Potter heir.
Charlie had a shocked look on his face, but he didn't look like he would walk away. In fact he looked interested in what she was going to say. "Kiara, you don't have to tell me if you're uncomfortable about telling me. You know I don't care who you are. But I have to ask. What do my mother, Ginny and Ron have to do with anything?" he blushed as he realized that he had just given away the fact that he had been eavesdropping when she had been mumbling to herself one day while working with the Dragons.
Kiara sighed. "This is going to be hard to hear Charlie, but know that I wouldn't be telling you unless I was absolutely sure of my information." he nodded for her to continue. So she told him. She told him of Dumbledore's plot to control Harry. All about the abuse that she couldn't stop that Harry had to endure at the hands of his Uncle. About how his Aunt Petunia and Cousin Dudley were being compelled to hate and abuse him in other ways. About how Dumbledore had a plan to make Harry marry Ginny so he could gain control of the Potter fortune after having Harry have an 'accident' thus leaving all the fortune to the poor grieving widow.
Then she told him about Sirius Black. About how Dumbledore had had him wrongfully arrested so that he couldn't claim guardianship over an orphaned Harry, so that Harry had to go to his Aunt and Uncle. She told him all about how Dumbledore had made Voldemort into the person he was by way of compulsion spells, obliviates and even liquid Imperius.
As she was talking Charlie began thinking. He never told anyone but the hat wanted to put him in either Ravenclaw or Slytherin. He had to beg for Gryffindor to make it so that his parents wouldn't get suspicious. He thought about how everything she was saying was making sense. Kiara, he knew, never made accusations without definite proof. He had no doubt that she had the proof, just not with her. She probably had the Goblins looking after it all. After she was done Charlie was quiet. He looked her in the eyes. "Are you absolutely certain?" at her nod he knew. He sighed, sat down, and put his head in his hands. He had some suspicion that his mother would go to these lengths. He had a feeling that there was something more to his parents relationship that Molly was letting on. Whenever his parents would have a particularly bad row his mum would make some of her tea, and hours later his dad would come walking back saying how Molly was right and he was wrong.
"I'm sorry Charlie. I didn't want to be right, but, Harry's my nephew. I can't just let this slide anymore now that I know. I plan on undoing the compulsions on Petunia and Dudley first so they can get away from Vernon, maybe they'll take Harry with them until I can find another solution for where he can stay. As it is, I'm having some House Elves make one of the Unplottable, Untraceable Potter properties livable for them should the need arise." she sighed and looked at the Wizard in front of her. She walked over to him and knelt in front of him. Seeing the look on his face broke her heart, so she carefully wrapped her arms around him.
"As for who I am, well." she hesitated but continued on. "My name is Kiara Nyx Potter. I'm the younger sister of James, so that would make me Harry's other Aunt." she waited for his reaction to this piece of information, she still had her arms wrapped around him and wasn't planning of letting him go anytime soon.
Charlie was honestly a little surprised about this fact. He knew the girl in front of him was his age. He pulled his head away from his hands and looked at the Witch in front of him. She didn't really look twenty. Her eyes seemed to look older. "Huh. So wait then why are you a Parselmouth? I thought only the Slytherin line had that ability?" He knew right now he was in shock, but at the moment he would get the information he needed. The freak out he knew would come after Kiara had left.
Kiara laughed as she pulled her arms away. "Well yes, that is the only line that has the ability. But, the Potters are related to both Godric and Salazar Slytherin. Godric had a daughter and Salazar had a son that ended up marrying. That is how we are related to them. The daughter the two had ended up marrying into the Potter line. Which incidentally is also intertwined with the Peverells, and Le Fey lines as well." She shrugged. "But that's beside the point. How are you taking all of this? I know it's a lot to take in, if you need to wait to give me a definite answer or you need to see the proof that the Goblins are keeping for me just owl Griphook, he's keeping all the information for me." at his nod she hugged him once more and turned to walk out of the tent. "Remember Charlie, I'm your friend no matter what. But family will always come first for me. I've lost too many of them to do otherwise."
/End Flashback/
"Charlie..." he cut her off.
"No Kia. I figured it's time I put everything together on my own." He sighed and ran his had through his shoulder length hair. "I just didn't want to believe that they could really do all of that. But the evidence is overwhelming. That and I've known you for long enough to know that you weren't lying."
"I'm sorry Char. I really didn't want it to be true. Considering the fact you've been my best friend for years, I really wanted to make sure." She ran her hand through her hair, then pulled him in for a hug. "All that's left to do is tell Harry. Everything."
Persephone watched Kiara leave the tent with Charlie. She had a feeling she knew what the conversation was going to be about. She sighed and turned back to Cedric. "Come on Pretty Boy. Let's get you back to the Castle so you can rest. Otherwise Madam Pomphrey may end up making you stay in the Hospital Wing for longer then necessary." she said helping Cedric up and out of the tent. She nodded to Fleur, Viktor and Harry on her way out.
"Seph, I know there's something else going on with Charlie and Kia. Can you explain? Or is it something that is going to have to wait till we get to the Den?" Cedric asked as they walked the path back towards the main entrance of Hogwarts.
"Den. I would explain now, but certain people could be listening in." Persephone said in a whisper. She had a feeling the dear Headmaster would have listening devices in the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw dorms, but Slytherin and Hufflepuff were harder to spy on. Slytherin because the entire house was paranoid and Hufflepuff because, well, no one had successfully broken into the Hufflepuff dorms since they were made. Not even the Headmasters/Headmistresses of the past.
They made their way to the entrance to the Hufflepuff dorms, a pile of barrels next to the secret entrance to the kitchens. Persephone was lookout while Cedric did the correct series of taps on the barrels with his wand to grant them entrance. Once in they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Persephone helped him to a large lounge chair and he pulled her to sit in the circle of his arms on his lap. She tucked her head under his chin and sighed. "Kiara told Charlie. Everything. I mean everything she found out from investigating the Headmaster and all of his plots that revolve around Harry and have in the past, revolved around my brother." she sighed and Cedric started rubbing her back.
Cedric knew how hard it was for her to talk about her brother. "So I take it she gave him access to everything the goblins are protecting in regards to evidence against Dumbledore?" at her nod he sighed. "Well, from what you've told me he's either going to remain neutral or decide to help her with getting Harry informed of everything." He tipped her head up so she was looking at him, and he was looking her straight in the eyes. "You know I'll do my level best to help Harry and protect him in this tournament, right?"
"I've never doubted that Cedric. When you started to befriend him in his 3rd year, I knew that you would begin to see him as a little brother, just as I have grown to. I'm only sad we couldn't tell him all of the lies and manipulations earlier." she kissed his cheek. "Besides which, your honor as a Hufflepuff wouldn't let you do anything less then help him. You're loyal to a fault Cedric, to those who earn and deserve it, and that will always be in your favor." she smiled and they continued to sit there watching the flames in the hearth.
They both wondered how Kiara would tell Harry that his whole life had been one big lie. Courtesy of the manipulative Headmaster.