20After lunch Darco, Ron and Hermione headed to the library to meet up with the boy. They found the boy right at the back of the library where there weren´t any other students around. When the boy spotted the three walking towards him he smiled and got up from his chair, he lied the book he was reading to the side.
"You came", he said.
"Sure we might not trust you, I guess you know why", Hermione said.
The boy nodded, "I think I should start by telling you who I am", he said and the others nodded in agreement.
They all sat at the table and waited for the boy to beging.
"Okay, my name is Ben Metcalfe, I am from London and i´m in the house Hufflepuff", the boy started.
"Okay, before you explane anything else, I have a important question", Darco said.
Ben looked at him, "did... did Dumbledor sent you to win me over", Darco asked.
"No, that man is evil, I only want you to be happy again and I know how", Ben said, "the only thing I ask for is your trust".
Darco, Ron and Hermione looked at each other, "well we can try, but please don´t take it personal, at the moment we only trust Snape", Darco said, "now why don´t you tell us how you plan on giving me a life".
Ben lied his head to the side and looked at Darco, "i´ll tell you, IF you tell me why you want to live", he said and Darco saw that it was a serious question.
Darco looked to the floor, "well... um... in the months that I was around I have found people who I like, who help me and I don´t want to lose that", he started.
"For godsakes Darco, we have told you: you´ll never be gone, you will still be there in Harry and Draco", Ron said.
Ben and Hermione looked at each other, "I think I know what Darco means", Ben said.
"Really", Darco asked.
Ben nodded, "you have grown used to who you are, you wish to be a "normal" boy", he said.
"What do you mean with "normal", I am a normal boy", Darco said.
"That you are, BUT you only came to be because Harry and Draco had the accident. What I mean with "normal" is that you wish to stay even if you are unfused, then you could talk with Draco, Harry, Hermione and Ron for real, am I right", Ben asked.
Darco gave a sad nod and looked to the floor, "I... I want to meet them and thank them for giving me a life, but that will never happen", he said and he started to cry.
Ben chuckled, "that is why I want to help, I know a way to give you a life of your own".
"What...", all of them said.
"Yes Darco, I will make your dream come true", Ben said smiling.
"How", Darco asked.
"Follow me and you´ll see", Ben said, he got up from his chair, so did the others and they left the library.
They all followed Ben out of the library and walked down the hallway, "where are we going", asked Darco.
"Wait and see, let´s just say that nobody knows about the place", Ben said.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other with raised eyebrows, Darco felt skeptic but he was also very excited, 'I can have a life, I am so excited, I hope this isn´t just a stupid joke', he thought.
They walked for almost two hours threw mazes of hallways and secret passages, Ben stopped in front of a door, "here we are", he said and opened the door and they stepped into the room, Ben closed the door behind them.
The room looked like something out of a sci-fi movie, there were lots of monitors and two containers, there were also thousands of bottles and jars with with wired writing and symbols on them.
"What is this place", Darco asked.
"I stumbled over this place on my first day here, I was bored and decided to explore the castle", Ben started, "as I walked threw a passage that seemed not have to been used for hundreds of years I saw the door to this room. Curiosity hit me and I tried to open the door but it was locked, but that didn´t stop me, I have my ways to get into a locked room", he said winking at them and they just rolled their eyes.
Ben chuckled and continued, "anyway, after I had picked the door I found all of this stuff", he said, "i had a feeling that this place might come in handy one day, and here we are".
"What do you mean", Hermione asked.
"You see those container", Ben asked, the others nodded, "well, there were some old notes laying around with drawings, I studied them and found out that the tubes can clone people, and that those clones will have all of the memory of the original, it will react to the same name as the original, the clone feels pain, sadness, happiness, sorrow, it ages the same as the original, in other words the clone isn´t a clone, it´s a real person".
"You mean, I can live as a real boy", Darco asked, looking at Ben.
"yes, but it is your decision", Ben said.
Darco looked at the container, then a hand lied itself on his shoulder, he turned his head to see Hermione with a worried, almost scared look on her face, "think wisely, if something goes wrong you might... never come back and we´ll not only lose you, we´ll also will lose Harry and Draco", she said.
"I know, but this seems to be the only chance for me to get... a life", Darco said, he looked at Hermione, "i have to risk it", he said and Hermione new that she couldn´t change his mind.
"Fine", she sighed, then she turned to Ben, "okay Ben, so how does it work, have you got the notes on you", she asked.
"The notes are over there on the table next to the mashine", Ben said.
They walked over to the table and Hermione read the notes, "hm seems pretty easy, it also shows what buttons you have to press", she said, "it also says that the clone might need one to two days to come to life and that it has to stay in its tube for that time, after two days he will be automatically released but it will still be weak so it would be good if someone would stay to watch over the clone".
"Sounds good to me", Darco said.
"So your mind is set, you want to go throw with this", Ron asked.
Darco nodded, "one last question before I go into the container, Ben", he said turning to the boy.
"What is it", he asked.
"Well, when my clone wakes, will it I mean... will I remember all of this, in other words will my mind sort of transfer to the clone, and when it wakes will it be me", he asked, "am I making any sense".
"It should say in the notes", Ben said and they looked at Hermione.
Hermione read threw the notes, when she looked up she smiled, "yes Darco, the clone will be you, mind, soul and body", she said.
"Nice", Darco said, then he turned to the container, he walked towards it and opened the door, "well here I go", he said and he stepped into the tube and closed the door.
Ben walked over to a table with a red, blue and green button, then he looked at Darco, "ready", he asked, Darco nodded.
"Okay, when I press this button a tube with a mouthpiece will drop from the ceiling, put it over your mouth and nose, then I will press this blue button, the container will fill with a liquid, when the chamber is full I will press this green button, you might feel a bit strange, but it should be over in a few seconds", Ben said.
"But Ben, my clothes will be soaked", Darco said.
"Don´t worry, after it is finished the liquid will subside and the container will heat up to dry your clothes", Ben said.
"Okay, let´s do this", Darco said, so Ben pressed the red button and the mouthpiece dropped from the ceiling, Darco put it over his mouth and nose, then Ben pressed the blue button, there was a bubbling sound, Darco looked down and saw a sky-blue liquid starting to fill the chamber, the same happened in the second container.
After both chambers were filled with the liquid Ben looked at Darco and Darco just nodded, so Ben pressed the button.
A ring with red lights slowly lowered itself from the ceiling of Darco´s chamber, the red light was warm, when it had reached the floor of the chamber it raised back up and disappeared into the ceiling of the chamber.
Darco saw a screen that said, "scanning complete, next step: extracting DNA", Darco fellt a sharp pain in his arm and saw the a syringe had pierced his arm and started to take some blood, then the syringe pulled itself out of Darco´s arm.
The screen came back to life, this time it said, "DNA extraction complett, end phase one", Darco notice the liquid subsiding, then the mouthpiece fell from his nose and mouth and the door opened, Darco stepped out.
"How do you feel mate", Ron asked.
"Wet", Darco said.
"Well, why don´t you go and get yourself dry", Ben said, so Darco headed straight for the dryer-chamber, after ten minutes a dry Darco reappeared.
"So did it work", he asked.
"See for yourself", Hermione said and Darco looked towards the containers, sure enough he saw himself in the second container, "cool it´s working but i´d appreciate it if you wouldn´t look at my naked body", he said and everybody laughed.
"Okay, like it says he needs two days I will watch over him, why don´t you go get some clothes for him", Ben said.
The others agreed, before stepping out of the room, Darco turned to Ben, "thanks Ben", he said.
"No need to thank me, if you are happy so will be I", Ben said, "why don´t you go have a rest you´ll be unfused tomorrow", Darco nodded and left with Ron and Hermione.
"So Darco, are you happy", Ron asked.
"yeah, the first thing when I am back to being Harry and Draco, we should all return here as fast as we can so I can greet you all as a normal boy", Darco said.
"Okay, we´ll do that", the others said.
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