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A RUMOR OF PEACE	By : Acaciarose Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 6494 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Rabastan reached out to pick up the second envelope that contained their names on it, written in a hand neither of them knew. He opened it, pulled out the folded sheets of paper, and skimmed it.
"It's from Leta," he said in some disbelief, though he had suspected it was from her. "Mother must have told her how to get to the box."
Rodolphus looked up from the letter still in his hand. "Go ahead, then. Read it," he said in a voice made husky by several unnamed emotions moving through him. There was a part of him that was suddenly afraid to hear what was in the letter but knew that he needed to.
Rabastan nodded, returning his gaze to the letter. "Dear cousins, as I sit down to write this, I have no idea who either of you are, and at this point, I do not think that we will ever get the chance to meet, or get to know each other, Rodolphus, Rabastan, my beloved twin sister is dead, killed in a Cylon attack on Leo mere days ago. I have come to Aquaria in hopes that I can find you, but those hopes have now close to gone.
"Lying in the middle of my bed, asleep at the moment, is her newborn son, my nephew. He is now an orphan, as I have no idea who his father is, and no hope of finding out as Selina never told me the name of the man, only that he was an Officer aboard the Battlestar Solarian, now destroyed in head-to-head combat with the Cylon Basestar. She said they had met several sectars {months} ago and fell deeply in love. They were married secretly only three sectons {weeks} before the attack on Leo. Secretly, because he had yet to tell his family about her as he had not been able to see them, being stationed on Leo for the last yahren {year}.
"I have, however, had to come to a very difficult decision to place my nephew up for adoption, and have set out for Caprica to do this. Do not mistake me, dear cousins, I would love nothing better than to raise him myself, but I just have not the ability to do so. Giving him up is the best thing I can do to make sure he receives the care and love he deserves. It is the hardest decision I have ever had to make, but I know, that in the end, it is the best one.
"The name that my sister gave to her son was Roark Christopher--" Rabastan broke off with a sudden gasp, his face paling. "Oh, FUCK, Dolph," he looked up at his brother to see his face had gone pale as well. "He's our cousin. No WONDER we've felt so connected to him."
'Oh, GODS,' he thought. He had been right, feeling like his heart was going to break with every word that his brother had read. 'Oh, Roark. Now what do we do? "Go on, Bas, finish reading it."
Rabastan nodded, looking back down at the letter, finding where he had left off, and began to read again. "I've cried so hard, and so often about what I have had no choice but to do. The only good I have found in this is that, as his adoption is being arranged, and then processed by the Caprican Adoption Services, I thank the Lords of Kobol that I have been allowed to have the final say in where he is to be placed.
"By the time you read this, I will very likely be dead, as the Cylons are now closing on Aquaria. I beg of you, my dear cousins, after you read this, that you find him, give him the two sealed envelopes, as well as the bundle of letters wrapped with the purple satin ribbon. One of the letters is from his mother, written the day he was born, and the other is from me, explaining my actions, and the reasons behind them.
"He was adopted by Commander James Peverell Potter and his wife Lily. Lily is the eldest daughter of Commander Jacob Adama. I chose James and Lily for several key reasons, the first being that James is from one of the Ancient Families of Kobol, and will be able to explain to Roark about whatever gifts he may manifest as he grows up. The other reason was that they had a nearly four yahren {year} old son named Hadrian, the perfect age for Roark to have a big brother.
"Into their care, I have also placed a letter to be given to Roark once he is old enough to know the truth. I also ask that you both forgive me for not trying to find you sooner, but I did not have the resources, nor the credits it would take to look for you. Fair well to you both, and know that, though we have never met, I love you both very much. May the Lords of Kobol Bless you both. Your cousin, Leta Lestrange-Kenzie."
Rabastan let the letter slip from his suddenly nerveless fingers, feeling a very unexpected surge of tears fill his eyes. Unexpected because he had not cried in yahrens {years}. Looking over at his brother, he saw that his face was now nearly white, several different emotions running through his eyes. He was, from what he had told him, completely and totally in love with their cousin.
"Rodolphus, what are you going to do?" he asked.
"I...don't know," he whispered, eyes clearing marginally. "Bright Kobol, Bas, I just...don't know. He's our cousin," he murmured. "The man I have been sleeping with, having the most incredible sex of my life with...the man I love without reservation, is my COUSIN!"
He lifted a shaking hand to run it through his hair, then to run it over his face, wiping away the tears that had built and suddenly, despite himself, had begun to fall. Well, FUCK! Crying about this mess wasn't going to solve a damned thing. Looking down, a holograph caught his eye, and he picked it up.
Leta had been a beautiful young woman of about twenty-five in this holograph, her dark brown eyes looked very tired, horribly sad. There was, however, a small smile curving her lips as she looked down at the blanket-wrapped bundle in her arms, small hands up and waving.
"You know...being our second, or would it be third cousin, may just be far enough removed--" Rabastan began, only to be interrupted by the com beside the bed.
"Hold that thought," Rodolphus said as he reached out, pressing the yellow button for audio only. "WHAT?!" he demanded harshly of the person on the other end.
"Warehouse thirteen. Boss is calling a meeting of the Elite and some of the Inner Circle. It's time. Get here."
"On our way," he snapped coldly, ending the call abruptly, turning to look at his brother. "We'll deal with Tom Riddle first," he said as he got to his feet, reaching for both his vest and his weapons belt. "Then, once this is over, we sit down with Harry and Roark. We tell them what has been found, and then the four of us can figure out what is to be done about this information."
"Agreed." Rabastan got to his own feet, following his brother out of his bedroom, he grabbed his own vest and belt from where he had placed them, pulling them on as they left the house.
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