40Four Fathers
Ch. 4: Lightening
Shadow, Darkness, and Midnight woke up at the crack of dawn. After a couple of hours of playing around and exploring the castle while remaining hidden, they got bored. In their exploring they had found the other common rooms and being what they were Shadow and Darkness could jump Midnight in the rooms with them. Starting with the Slytherins they began their rhymes.
"Wake up, wake up, the sun's up.
Get out of bed, or you'll find yourself a half-dead.
I'm coming in, hope your dressed, its my job to be a pest.
Get up, get up, or I'll make you get up.
Bring out the water, hand me the butter, or I'll put you in the cutter.
Cook you till your done, let you be burned, or stuck out in the sun.
I'll make you squirm, slip and slide, you'd better abide.
Wake up, wake up, the sun's up."
The Slytherin's were running around half dressed shooting sparks and spells at them but they dodged them and kept singing. They finished the first so started on the second before they disappeared, heading to the Ravenclaw's.
"Get up, get up, it's time to get up.
I'll flip you out of bed, right onto your head.
Don't test me, I'm pesky.
I'm quite the morning person, so don't go cursin'.
I'll pull you by your hair, you'll wind up bare.
I'll pull you by your toes, there your prestigious look goes.
Make you scared, you better be prepared.
Get up, get up, it's time to get up."
The entire castle was angry with them but they were enjoying it. After running from everyone they decided going to the Great Hall would be a good idea so at least they couldn't be killed in there. Ten minutes later, disheveled teachers strode into the hall and demanded to know what was going on.
"Why it was only a wake up call. You people sleep way too long. It's time to get up."
Dumbledore internally groaned. "I hope that this will not become an daily occurrence." They smirked at him and he gave them a hard look. "While we appreciate your help in waking everyone up it could be done around breakfast time not 4:30 in the morning."
Looking out the window Shadow shrugged. "Well, its 5:10 now and everyone's at least half dressed."
"Severus, if you would lead your students back to their common room," and just then realizing he asked, "And how did you get into the other common rooms much less know where they were located." They only smirked at him and placed their fingers over their lips. He gave up for now, its not like he would get anywhere and he was still half-asleep to worry about it.
"Follow me," spoke Severus clearly and the three latched on to one another and followed him. Instead of leading them back to the dorms he led them to his rooms and let them in. "That was quite the feat you played today. You've more or less made enemies out of quite a few people this morning already." They shrugged and sat on the couch. "I highly doubt you wish to go back to your Common Room." They shrugged but he could tell they weren't that intent on it.
"I don't think anyone's realized what we are yet, though they have been given plenty of hints. Just by the way we talk they should know." Severus nodded.
"You'd have to tell them to their faces and then let it sink in for a day or two before they would really realize it." They shook their heads. They spent the rest of the morning before breakfast studying with Severus about the different classes they would have and he asked if they could read and write.
"Reading I can handle, writing I don't like, especially English. I can write Kanji just as well as you can but English just don't cut it," they replied. They made a deal that if it had a chance of being turned in to the professor that it would be written in English and if it was just their notes it could be written in kanji. He told them that for his class they could do either since he could read both but that he would like to be able to check over their work to see how they progressed. They agreed readily.
Once breakfast was in full swing and they were skillfully ignoring everyone, someone finally got up the courage to ask them why the hell they had tried to wake them up. Their reply had been that they were bored and that everyone slept way too long and that they would eventually learn to be up without their help.
Their first lesson of the day ended up being quite interesting. During the lesson it started storming and Shadow continued to fidget trying to get closer to the door and Darkness and Midnight were keeping him corralled at their table. Eventually Darkness had to wrap his legs about Shadow's to keep him from physically leaving the room. Shadow looked up at him.
"Please?"
"After class is over you can go outside." He continued to fidget but tried to control it, but was having no such luck on concentrating on his lesson. The teacher noticing his edginess and lack of concentration called him on it but it was Darkness that answered her. "He has an obsession with storms." A bolt of lightening struck again and he tried to pull away again. If it weren't for Darkness and Midnight's legs wrapped around him he would be outside. He grumbled and looked at them again. "I said after class luv." He turned to Midnight with pleading eyes.
"You know sad eyes doesn't work on us luv."
"And you know better than to ask the other when one of us has said no." He lowered his head. "You will be punished for it." He tilted his head but at the next crash of thunder and spark of lightening he pulled away again. The teacher taking pity turned to Darkness.
"Since it seems that no class work will be done during this time, if you would agree I will allow him out of class." Shadow turned to Darkness practically begging with his eyes.
"When I say enough you will return." Shadow nodded.
"Promise." He fisted his hand and placed it over his heart. It was their ultimate promise, one not meant to be broken. Darkness looked to Midnight and they both let him go. The teacher handed him a note that would allow him to be outside. When they nodded he got to the door and then darted down the stairs. He couldn't jump because it would be odd coming from the tower to outside in three seconds. Everyone moved back after they did and continued the lesson. Ten minutes later after a loud boom and another flash they looked to the teacher and then the window. She nodded her consent and they were immediately to it.
Shadow was lying in the wet grass talking to the lightning that came close to him. He was completely soaked but didn't seem to care and was quite content.
Dumbledore stuck his head through the fireplace and instead of seeing the professor as he had intended to see he saw Darkness Kuro. "Please leave him be headmaster. He has an obsession with storms and nothing you can say would get him to come in and that would be if you could get close enough without being struck dead. Lightning is very protective of him and no one can get close to him at this time; it would be your death." The headmaster nodded and removed his head from the fireplace and moving to his desk to think.
"At least he's close enough to where we can see him from here." A flash and then thunder. "Exactly two miles as usual." They went through the lesson and every ten minutes or extremely loud boom checking on him. Eventually Darkness couldn't take no more. He knew that he couldn't be struck but he still did not enjoy the thunder. 'Shadow, please come in.' He received an all right and very soon. Right after he received his conformation a crack of lightning landed directly in front of the window next to the school. "That was meant for me. The lightning is angry with me for trying to make him come in." He visibly shook. Midnight placed his arm on his shoulder in an effort to calm him down.
"Don't be angry with him. He knows I like the lightning and that you wouldn't hurt me but it still scares him and he tries to be accepting. Little doses at a time. He knows you're my element and that eventually with your help I can be stronger but he has to get over his own fears first before he can be truly accepting. He tries and that's all that matters to me." Another bolt struck and he asked if he could catch it. It agreed. He caught the bolt and then after holding it for some time, threw it straight up and then stepped back as far as he could while watching it immediately flash back down in a powerful strike that shook the very foundation of Hogwarts.
Darkness and Midnight both jumped and looked out the window deeper. When they saw that he was still standing and about to come back in they sighed and relaxed a little. Darkness wouldn't calm down until Shadow was safely in his arms. Severus was trying to focus on his lesson and not pace at the same time he was trying to calm down his mates. His sons were all emotional turmoils. Darkness was panicking and worried. Midnight was anxious and trying to calm. Shadow was immensely pleased and overjoyus yet apologetic. James was an emotional wreck from feeling all of these emotions plus his own and Severus was having to force calm through his bond like crazy. He had calmed Remus and so he was helping him but calming Sirius and James was proving to be difficult.
He contacted Darkness in the attempt of calming him down and received a reply in turn that he would calm when Shadow was safely in his arms and not until then. Severus accepted and relayed the message to James and Sirius who calmed enough to sit and not pace a hole through the floor or come flooing into his rooms. Shadow climbed the stairs and as soon as he was through the door had Darkness' arms wrapped around him. He relaxed into the hug and heard him whisper, "Please don't do that again anytime soon." He nodded. He knew Darkness tried hard to let him be himself even if it was against his better judgement or fears.
He would do whatever he could to not make his lovers worried about him but sometimes it was just so hard. He tried, he really did, but they all had to work through certain fears. After Darkness was sure he was okay, he let him go and Shadow went back to the table, smiling. He had been in his element, he was happy now. He would be on a sort of high for the rest of the day. The professor, seeing that he was again focused, started her lesson in earnest; to make up for the time lost. At the end of the class once everyone was gone but the three, Shadow walked up to her alone. "I am sorry for disturbing your lesson. Forgive me?" She smiled at him and nodded. "There was no harm done. I just did not wish for your class to be behind." He sighed and visibly relaxed. "Thank you." His need to be forgiven unnerved her, for she felt that should he have not been given it, he would have punished himself for the believed transgression. It was a sign of abuse and she needed to speak with his head of house.
"You know you are to be punished for asking once the other said no, don't you?" He nodded and lowered his head. He had known better but still, he had wanted outside so badly. "You will not be allowed touch from breakfast tomorrow to dinner." He flinched visibly and lowered his head. "I concede," he whispered. "You know we don't like doing this." He nodded and whispered, "I know."