Charlus Potter

Harry Potter (twin brother)

Charlus Potter is a Gryffindor student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since September 1991. He was born on July 31st 1980, just seven minutes after his brother, Harry and is known throughout Magical Britain as the defeater of Voldemort, the saviour of the magical world, and most notably, The-Boy-Who-Lived.

## **Early Life:**

For the first fifteen months of his life, Charlus lived peacefully with his parents and twin brother. That all changed on October 31st 1981 when Lady Voldemort attacked the Potters. Though her initial target was clearly Harry, Charlus shoved his brother out of the way at the last second and is credited with her defeat and as a result, world renowned as a saviour and a hero. He is the youngest ever recipient of The Order of Merlin 1st Class Honour (7 years old), and is also an honorary member of The Dark Force Defense League.

When Charlus was very young, fictional stories were written about his so-called adventures and when he was seven years old, Charlus did his first ever interview with The Daily Prophet. In this interview, he revealed to the world that these books had not been approved by him or his family. Less than a year later, the Potters won the lawsuit against the publishers. The books are still being published as of September 1991, but they are now approved by the Potters, who donate any and all revenue to a charitable fund in Charlus’s name.

At some point before Hogwarts, it is implied that Charlus began taking theoretical lessons in Defense Against The Dark Arts, as he implies to Ron several times that he has been studying it before Hogwarts. Aside from this, we can infer that Charlus and Ron have been friends since long before their first day of Hogwarts and we know that Charlus grew up being fanatical about Quidditch. It is also known that Charlus knew about his brother and implied that he thought about him quite a bit, but any and all specifics on that front are currently unknown.

## **1991:**

### Autumn Semester, First Year:

The day after his birthday, Charlus went to do his shopping in Diagon Alley alongside his father. That day, he picks up his wand from Ollivander’s, one of two wand shops equipped with the feather of Fawkes. There, he received his wand — 11 and one half inches, made from Holly with the tail feather of a phoenix serving as the core. He is told by Mr. Ollivander that the brother wand to the one he now holds is the very wand that gave him his infamous V shaped scar.

On September 1st he finds his brother Harry Potter sharing a compartment with Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davis. He convinces Harry to have a private conversation between the two of them in an empty compartment ignoring the fact that Ron also follows him into the new compartment. Their conversation is cut short by the arrival of Draco Malfoy and then, after he left, by the arrival of Hermione Granger that was looking for Neville Longbottom's toad.

At the Sorting Ceremony, after some three minutes of conversation, the Sorting Hat sends him to Gryffindor. The next day in the morning he has Potions alongside the other first-year Gryffindors and Slytherins. He ends up being somewhat late to the class and when he enters he starts a verbal spar with his brother Harry that was already there. That spar is abruptly ended by the arrival of the Potions Professor, Severus Snape, who docks three points from Gryffindor for Charlus' behaviour. Snape then proceeds to quiz both Potter Twins in regards to their overall Potions knowledge. Charlus ends up repeatedly insulting the professor, whilst unable to properly answer the posed questions, getting himself two detentions and the promise of a visit to the Headmaster to discuss his rude behaviour while Harry ends up answering correctly all the questions. After that the class proper begins with the students being tasked to pair up and brew a boil removing concoction. Charlus pairs up with Weasley and when the cauldron of his fellow Gryffindors Finnigan and Longbottom blows up Snape blames and docks five points from Charlus for not warming them.

On September 6th Charlus has a meeting with the Headmaster in his office. There the Headmaster lectures Charlus on the importance of family, pointing out that Harry and Charlus are brothers regardless of the colour of their ties. The Headmaster also alludes to the fact that he is aware that Charlus is in possession of the Potter Invisibility Cloak and that that was the means that allowed Charlus to elude Snape's attempt of taking him to the Headmaster's office after Charlus' first Potions class.

His first flying lesson at Hogwarts occur on September 12th, it is held together with the Slytherins. During that lessons he gets into a quarrel with Draco Malfoy which devolved into an outright skirmish. In the aftermath of that he is rewarded for his rule breaking by being named the Gryffindor Seeker. Later that night, he takes part in a duel in the Trophy Room to which he was goaded into by Draco Malfoy. The duel ends up in disaster with his second, Ron, being left behind unconscious and captured by Snape. Charlus manages to run from the scene of the fight and on his way to the Gryffindor Common Room stumbles upon a Three-Headed Dog in a closed room on the restricted third-floor corridor — hence, in a panic, he writes his father about the guardian dog straight away. In the aftermath of the duel, he visits, under the Potter Invisibility Cloak, Ron in the Hospital Wing. There, he convinces him to hide the fact that Harry was also present during the duel pointing out the sly manner in which Harry helped them by informing them of their rights as the challenged party in a duel.

In the aftermath of the Halloween feast, he and Ron continue eating the feast in the Gryffindor Common Room. When the news of the lockdown come to light they decide to go to the Staff Room and listen to what was happening, all under the Potter Invisibility Cloak. There they find out about the student murdered by the Cerberus.

At some point during the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match his broom ends up cursed. He manages to hold onto it until the curse is lifted. The he proceed to win the match for Gryffindor by catching the Golden Snitch. After the match he and Ron go to see Hagrid, there they stumble upon Hermione Granger who was in a heated argument with him. Hermione insists that it was Professor Snape doing the cursing, but Hagrid assures her otherwise. During this conversation he lets slip that Nicholas Flamel is part of the conspiracy with the stone. Hermione joins Charlus's friend group as a result.

On December 9th, Charlus, Hermione, and Ron discuss their holiday plans while searching for references to Nicholas Flamel in the library. Ron is certain that Harry is going to go dark, while Charlus has a desire to reconcile with his brother, which Hermione pushes him to do. Charlus then explains to Hermione, in a very biased way, the political situation of Magical Britain when she asks about what Ron means when he says 'The Conservatives' when referring to the Greengrasses.

Sometime after Christmas, during the night, Charlus goes to the Restricted Section of the library under to cover on the Potter Invisibility Cloak. There he opens a shrieking book and is forced to run away, he ends up in an abandon room that hosts the Mirror of Erised and ends up hooked by its lure. He continues to go night after night to look in the Mirror. One night he is startled by the arrival of his brother Harry that warns him not to look any longer into the Mirror, that after he himself takes a peek at it. They are startled immediately afterwards by the arrival of Professor Dumbledore. He ends up discussing with the two boys about the strange and terrible nature of the Mirror and implores Charlus not to go looking for it anymore. Sometime after that whole ordeal, Charlus and Harry start meeting on a weekly basis in the library to study together.

## **1992:**

### Spring Semester, First Year:

Charlus plays seeker in the Gryffindor Quiddich match against Hufflepuff on February 22nd. As the game is refereed by Snape, he does his best to catch the Golden Snitch as fast as possible. He manages to do that in under five minutes, thus winning the match for the Gryffindors. After the match he follows Snape on his broom into the Forbidden Forest. There he listens on the private conversation between Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Snape in regards to the Philosopher's Stone and the Imperius placed on Aurora Sinistra.

After the departure of the two professors the Potter Twins discuss the third floor corridor. Charlus informs Harry about his sneaking into the staff room during the meeting on Halloween, what he knows about, and that in the room is The Philosopher's Stone, property of Nicholas Flamel. Charlus exhorts Harry to help him and Harry suggested that he leaves this to people who aren't first years. He also informs Charlus that Professor Sinistra was also muttering at his broom, so it could have been either of them.

On April 5th Hermione figures out what the Philosopher's Stone does. She immediately tells Charlus and Ron. Some time later, on April 15th the group finds out that Hagrid is trying to breed a dragon in his wooden hut. The very next day Charlus tries to convince Harry to help him with his dragon problem but Harry refuses while recommending to Charlus to also stay out of it. Charlus ends up ignoring Harry's plea and on April 24th he is present for the dragon hatching in Hagrid's hut. Unfortunately for him and his friends Draco Malfoy also becomes aware of the dragon. Harry ends up being informed of all of that via the Magical Texting Parchment.

After his detention in the Forbidden Forest Harry recounts what happened to his brother Charlus. The latter is shocked at the implications.

On the evening of June 4th, right after their end-of-year exams were over, Charlus and his friends go to the third floor corridor to stop Lady Voldemort from getting the Philosopher's Stone thus blatantly ignoring Harry's previous pleas in that regard. He ends up being rescued by Harry. When Lady Voldemort is about to kill him he tackles her resulting in her body starting to burn and eventually die; her spirit escapes though. Some days later, on June 8th, after he and Harry wake up in the Hospital Wing, he gets angry at Harry for hesitating when Voldemort asked him to join her. While they argue about that, Albus Dumbledore and James Potter enter and Dumbledore takes Harry to his office.

### Summer Break between the First and Second Year:

On Platform 9¾, on June 20th, Charlus watches as his brother leaves for the Muggle World whilst contemplating his views regarding their relationship. While still on the platform he goes and greets his Uncle Peter Pettigrew that was waiting for him alongside the Weasley family. After a short conversation among Charlus, Peter and the Weasleys, the first two depart for Potter Manor. Once there, Charlus ends up telling Peter Pettigrew what happened during the school year.

After finishing his tale, Charlus asks Petter if he thinks that Harry is going dark. When Charlus brings up the fact that Harry is in Slytherin as a factor for him going dark Peter ends up pointing out that Merlin was also in that house, and that other good people, such as Charlus’ grandmother were also Slytherin alumni. Peter ends up admitting that Harry going dark is always a possibility. Charlus ends up moaning that he was easily defeated by Voldemort and that Harry performed that much better, then, he proceeds to ask Peter to arrange for him some tutoring sessions in duelling. Peter acts reticent and then agrees to go behind James’ back and arrange for a tutor.

On June 26th, Charlus Potter swears a magical vow to not reveal the name of his tutor, Mister Bellona, or anything pertaining to his fighting lessons, including their occurring. After that, Peter Pettigrew takes him via Portkey to Mister Bellona for his first session of combat training. Mister Bellona uses the Muscle Spasm Curse on Charlus when he interrupts, and demands Charlus accept his philosophy about magic. Charlus is disgusted of learning dark magic, but decides that he won't use it, though he will learn it if it means learning from 'the best of the best'.

After dinner with the Weasley family, on the evening of July 12th, Charlus returns to Potter Manor to find a house elf, Dobby, demanding that he does not return to Hogwarts this year due to dangerous plots that are about to unfold. Charlus refuses, and Dobby, the house elf, leaves, after revealing that he had stolen Charlus's mail and that they do not plan to return it.

On July 24th, Mr. Bellona considers him ready to be though his first bit of magic. He starts with the laceration curse — curse that proves difficult for Charlus to cast. He is appalled at the prospect of learning the Dark Arts and thus he ends up reprimanded by his instructor.

He present at his own Birthday Gala on July 31st. At the even he meets and greets various Light members of society. Throughout the whole even he is angry towards his brother Harry. When Harry receives some spotlight, due to this academic results at the end of last year, loses his temper, and starts to show off unwilling to allow the spotlight not to be on him for a while. When Harry transfigures his matchstick into a flock of birds using Avifors, he is saved from embarrassment by the intervention of his father that then decides to put an end to the competition.

On August 19th he goes alongside his father and the Weasleys to get his school supplies in Diagon Alley. While in Flourish and Blott's he is dragged to take a photo with Gilderoy Lockhart and his brother. When Harry makes a stance in regards to the Muggle Protection Act at the prodding of Lucius Malfoy, he is infuriated by his brothers position.

Some days later, on August 21st he ends up using his hatred for his brother as a crutch to be able to cast the Laceration Curse during his training with Mister Bellona. Ironically, he ends up ruminating on how he had lost his brother to the darkness.

### Autumn Semester, Second Year:

On the morning of September 1st, he alongside the Weasleys arrive at King's Cross. And all of them pass through the barrier except for Charlus Potter and Ron Weasley, who get trapped on the muggle side as the barrier is closed. Charlus is tired of other people fixing his problems, so he decides to take the Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. Later in the evening, after arriving at Hogwarts and crashing the Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow, **Charlus Potter** challenges the Gods of Irony and is found by Professor Snape.

He has a private conversation with Albus Dumbledore in the Headmaster's Office on September 11th. During that conversation it is revealed to him all the manners in which he has been a git towards his twin. He also ends up learning a little bit about the magnitude of the ordeals that Harry went through in his ten years with the Dursleys.

On the morning of September 19th, he, alongside with the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team head to the pitch to practice. There they have an altercation with the Slytherin team. As a result, Ron ends up hexing himself so he and Hermione take to Hagrid. Eventually they leave his hut and make their way towards Hogwarts with Ron ranting about the House of Snakes. On the way Hermione ends up contradicting him by pointing out that not all Slytherins are like Draco Malfoy and that there are also some Gryffindors that go bad. Charlus gives Sirius Black as an example and points out that at the end of the Purity War he bragged in court for being the Dark Lady's right hand. Upon arriving at the castle they are greeted by Professor McGonagall that informs Charlus and Ron that their detentions for their controversial arrival at Hogwarts are to happen that night. That evening, in Lockhart's office, Charlus is answering the professor's fan mail as detention. After hours of doing so he is stopped by Lockhart around midnight. He is then asked what he had learned from this experience and when he is unable to answer Lockhart tries to make him understand that fame isn't everything.

The evening of September 25th finds Charlus in the Headmaster's Office having a conversation with Albus Dumbledore. The latter asks Charlus about the Weasleys behaviour in light of Ginerva's sorting into Slytherin with Charlus confiding about Ron's antagonistic attitude towards his little sister. The Headmaster then proceeds to tell Charlus about the near-fatal prank that was pulled on the Slytherin Quidditch team some two night ago. When asked if Charlus suspects any possible culprits, the boy remains silent about his vague suspicions — the Weasley Twins — as he considers that it would be unfair for one to be expelled for a prank gone wrong — as that is what he imagines that the punishment would be.

After a rather successful Quidditch practice, on October 15th, Charlus decides to follow the Weasley Twins under his Invisibility Cloak in a bid to determine if they were responsible for the prank pulled on the Slytherin Quidditch team. Some days later, on October 18th, after yet another practice, he decides to approach them to get a confession and an explanation for their prank — as he overheard them talking a couple of days prior. They have a private conversation in the Forbidden Forest where the Twins' explain and confess about their prank. Satisfied, as he deems it an honest mistake, he decides not to report them to Dumbledore, but, to eventually let Harry know, as he deems him deserving of knowing.

Some time later, on the evening of October 28th, after Harry's Quidditch practice, Charlus manages to have a private conversation with him. During their talk he apologises for acting like a git and Harry explains that he does not believe in blood purity and that his problem with muggles is completely unrelated. Harry warns Charlus in the end that at the moment he does not consider him a friend, due to Charlus previous behaviour, but, that he is willing to try to rebuild their relationship.

On the evening of Samhain, instead of going to the feast, he alongside his friends head to the Deathday party organized by Nearly Headless Nick. Upon returning from the party they stumble upon Harry in front of the second-floor girls bathroom where Mrs. Norris is hanged and petrified before a wall covered in writing that acclaims the opening of the Chamber of Secrets. He and the rest of the Golden Trio are present on the private conversation that ensues in Gilderoy Lockhart's office soon afterwards among the professors. At the end of the meeting he is not entirely convinced of Harry's innocence.

He is asked to stay after the DADA class on November 6th by Professor Lockhart. After everybody's departure, Lockhart asks Charlus about the Potter family. He claims that Harry at the point is his main suspect and he ought to further investigate, unless Charlus is certain that Harry could not be behind the attack. As Charlus is still doubting Harry he is unable to do so. Lockhart asks him about any possible connection to Salazar Slytherin — connection that Charlus denies — and then urges him to look closely into his family history for a linkage with the Slytherins.

Later that night, after ditching his friends, Charlus goes to the abandoned classroom that he started frequenting on September 2nd after receiving a letter from Mr. Bellona with instructions for his expected training for the upcoming school year. Charlus continues practicing the spells sent to him by Mr. Bellona using his negative emotions towards Harry as a crutch.

The morning of November 7th finds him playing Quiddich against the Slytherins in the first match of the season. At some point during the game the bludgers start focusing only on the Potter Twins. The game ends when Harry manages to catch the Golden Snitch thus winning the game for Slytherin. Charlus is hit by a bludger that sends him toppling off his broom and into unconsciousness.

On the night of November 13th , he and his friends are in the out of order girl's bathroom on the second floor. There they discuss the possibility of Harry Potter being the Heir of Slytherin. Their meeting concludes with them planning to brew the Polyjuice potion in order to get close to Harry and find out.

During the night of December 12th, after ditching his friends, in an abandoned classroom, Charlus, after a long day of raging in silence, goes to practice the magic taught by Mr. Bellona. He is able to practice with no difficulty at all, using his hate and anger towards his brother as the crutch for his spells. At the same time he is now firmly convinced that Harry is indeed the Heir of Slytherin.

Some days later, on December 17th, he ends up fighting his brother during the Dueling Club. He loses the first round of duels, so he decides to start using Dark spells fueled by hate and anger against his brother. They duel eventually ends by the formation and the subsequent destruction of a Dome of Magic, and the intervention of Albus Dumbledore. In the end, Harry decides that he had enough of his behaviour and sets a cobra on him. Charlus shocks everybody by telling the snake to stop thus revealing his ability as a Parseltongue.

Shortly afterwards he is dragged out of the Great Hall by Hermione and Ron. The three go to the out-of-order bathroom on the second floor and discuss. At the end of their conversation they are convinced that if Charlus is a Parselmouth then so is Harry, and thus, he must be the Heir of Slytherin. After his friends departure he decides to write a letter to Peter Pettigrew to ask for his advice.

The next day, around midday, Charlus meets in secret with his godfather in one of the hidden tunnels that lead to Hogsmeade. There he reveals his confrontation with Harry from the previous night and Dumbledore's expectation to meet with him during the afternoon. Peter stuns Charlus and then Evan Rosier reveals himself, uses Legilimency on the boy to extract their interactions from the previous months, obliviates him and changes his memories. Charlus then proceeds to have his meeting with the Headmaster where he ends up accusing Harry of teaching his the Dark Arts during the summer.

In the same out-of-order bathroom, on December 21st, Charlus revels to his friends what he perceives to be the truth, that is, that his brother tricked him into learning the Dark Arts. As a result, his friends are outraged and even more resolute to succeed in their Polyjuice plan so that they might trick Harry in turn into revealing that he is in fact the Heir of Slytherin and thus get him expelled.

On December 25th, he alongside Ron and Hermione try to enact their plan of proving that Harry Potter is the Heir of Slytherin, and consequently get him expelled. He uses Polyjuice to disguise himself as Crabbe, whose body he hid in a closet after stealing his hair, and goes with Ron, disguised as Goyle, into the Slytherin Common Room. There, the two try and fail to get Harry to reveal critical information. Instead, the two get captured by Harry and his friends and get sent to Albus Dumbledore for punishment. Somehow, their illegial activities do not result in their expulsion, just in detention and a ban from the Gryffindor Quidditch team for the rest of the academic year.

## 1993:

### Spring Semester, Second Year:

> *“I must congratulate you on managing to stay out of trouble for an entire week. After the cluster of chaos that comprised your final days of term, in addition to the fiasco on the evening of December twenty-fifth, I think it an accomplishment worthy of acknowledgement.”*
>
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— Dumbledore expressing his pride in Charlus exemplary behaviour.

Charlus is invited to the Headmaster's Office on January 8th. There he is informed that Lords Carrow and Warrington are charging his father in order to gain financial benefits due to his Polyjuice debacle. Afterwards, Dumbledore starts telling Charlus about Occlumency with the end-goal of ensuring that the he is trained into that Mind Art.

He is summoned in the evening of January 14th to Lockhart's Office. There the professor offers Charlus the opportunity to tutor him in the starting phases of Occlumency — the meditative stages, and in DADA. Charlus agrees.

The evening of March 12th finds him present in Hagrid's Hut hiding under the Potter Invisibility Cloak alongside Hermione Granger. Thus, he is present when Albus Dumbledore is informed that he is no longer the Headmaster of Hogwarts, as he has been voted out by the Board of Governors. He is also present before Hagrid's subsequent removal from the grounds, and his parting advice that if one were interested in finding out the truth then they would simply need to follow the spiders.

After the departure of everybody else from Hagrid's Hut, Charlus and Hermione stop hiding under the Invisibility Cloak and discuss the revelations of the night. Eventually, they decide not to follow the spiders right away and to keep the Cloak on them at all times so that they might be able to spy on Harry — as they suspect him even more of either being the Heir of Slytherin or working for them. Some time later, on the night of April 9th, Charlus and Hermione act on Hagrid's advice and head into the Forbidden Forest, following the spiders. A couple of hours later, they manage to make their way out of the Forbidden Forest, after they have been rescued by the Ford Anglia. Charlus knows that even though he does not understand the significance of what they've learn, Dumbledore will find the information useful.

Returning in the evening to Gryffindor Tower from another training session with Lockhart on April 21st, Charlus notices a piece of parchment on his bed that contains a taunt from the Heir of Slytherin — a taunt about him running out of time to do anything to stop them. Upon finishing reading the message, it bursts into flames leaving Charlus confused about the text's meaning, while hoping that either Hermione or Dumbledore would be able to make sense of it.

On the evening of May 30th, in Gilderoy Lockhart's office, after another training session, Charlus and Lockhart have some words. The professor informs Charlus that, unless the curse of the DADA position is miraculously removed, then this would be their last session. As parting words he encourages the boy to focus on the theoretical aspects of his classes as well, as they are also of great importance.

When a full lockdown is announced, on June 4th, he is in the Gryffindor Common Room with Hermione Granger. At his urging, they go to investigate under the protection of the Potter Invisibility Cloak. They manage to sneak into the Staff Room where the two find out that Harry Potter and Ares Black are the latest victims of the Heir of Slytherin and that, according to the message left by the Heir, their skeletons shall lie in the chamber forever.

After the revelations, Hermione drags Charlus to an abandoned classroom to collect himself. There they are greeted shortly afterwards by the arrival of Fawkes that brings a message from Albus Dumbledore. Shortly upon learning about the Basilisk, Hermione is able to deduce that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is most likely located in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Charlus leaves for Lockhart's office, followed shortly afterwards by Hermione. There they inform the professor of their hunch in regards to the Chamber of Secrets' location. The three proceed to the bathroom, have a conversation with its resident ghost about her death and they figure out the exact entrance that then Charlus opens with the aid of Parseltongue. Lockhart tries to stun the students but in the confrontation he ends up sliding down towards the Chamber. Charlus stuns Hermione, determined not to allow her to risk her life, and proceeds to follow the professor. In the Chamber of Secrets, he ends up battling and eventually killing the basilisk with the Sword of Gryffindor that he pulls out of the Sorting Hat that is brought to him by Fawkes at the beginning of the skirmish.

Shortly afterwards, he stumbles upon the floor, knocks his head and ends up unconscious. During his unconsciousness the Unspeakables decide to feed him a potion that makes him forget about the identity of the Heir of Slytherin whilst maintaining his memories about what transpired in the Chamber of Secrets. He eventually wakes up in the Hospital Wing.

On June 13th, he catches up with Harry and his friends are they were departing from the Great Hall after breakfast. There he tries to apologize for mistreating and suspecting Harry — again, and asks for his forgiveness — again. Thoroughly done with his brothers behaviour Harry decides not to forgive him this time and punches him in the face.

## Academic Results:

At the end of his first year of Hogwarts education he does not score among the first five students. He still manages to make the top five in a couple of subject being the fifth in Charms, the second on in D.A.D.A., and the third one in Transfiguration. Due to the debacle caused by the reopening of the Chamber of Secrets, there are no end of year exams in his second year, just Pass or Fail grades. Suffice it to say, he manages to advance onto his third year.

## Posessions:

### Invisibility Cloak-

Charlus Possesses the Potter Heirloom Cloak, which has great powers of concealment.

### Broom

Charlus has a top-of-the-line Nimbus 2000 Broom

### Magical Texting Parchment

A Christmas gift from Albus Dumbledore in his bid to mend the divide, that he helped create by supporting the idea of Harry being raised by the Dursleys, between the two brothers. Harry has a twin copy and what is written on one parchment will also appear on the other.