I do not own the characters of Harry Potter, including the totally hot Professor Severus Snape. I do own my OC, Fern, though :D
Please bear with me because I don't know any of the technical facts in Harry Potter like what exactly happens after you step of the Howarts Express or the schedule of the classes and whatnot. I only started getting interested in it because I started watching the movies and reading the books, but I'm learning. And I think Snape is totes hot, I know I already said that but it's true! (When I watched Severus die, I was crying my eyes out and had to resort the reading fanfiction to mend my broken heart :P, I don't think I'll ever forgive J.K Rowling for that TT^TT)
Yes, I am using my character for story-altering purposes like the sad fan girl I am :'D
It was just a couple days before the beginning of the new school year and Snape was not thrilled. Again, he was summoned for another Death Eater Meeting at Malfoy Manor. Again he would have to deal with Bellatrix pressing her breasts against his arm and attempting to play footsies with him. Again he would have to bear with Voldemort ranting about world domination and express his hatred for the boy Snape's life was shackled to. But this last part was not the case.
Voldemort seemed to be in a very good mood, "Death Eaters! After years of your failure I have took it upon myself and have found a weapon that will most assuredly put an end to Harry Potter and bring the world to its knees!" he bellowed.
Bellatrix trilled wildly and had an insane grin on her face. Lucius had a pleasant smirk on his face, and the little hairs on Snape's neck stood on end. "What could it possibly be?" he wondered.
"Severus!" Voldemort barked.
Snape snapped his attention back to Voldemort, "Yes, my Lord?"
"Say it would take an act of the gods to do such a thing." he ordered.
"Sir, I don-"
"JUST DO IT"
Snape sighed, "It would take an act of the gods to do such a thing." he said monotonously." Voldemort cackled, "Oh, how ironic you should say that, dear Severus, for that's exactly what I have obtained!" he said triumphantly.
Everyone was shocked, Greyback was first to speak, "You don't mean-"
Voldemort cackled again, "Yes, yes I do mean! I have convinced the gods to help us fight for our noble cause!" The Death Eaters were enthralled, "Here, Here!" they shouted.
"Yer exaggerating jus' a bit, don' cha think?" a warm, nasally voice with a California Valley drawl and a bit of a Liverpudlian accent asked. The voice's owner stepped out of the shadows.
It was merely a teenage boy, about sixteen or seventeen years of age. He was tall and was frighteningly skinny. He had vibrant peach skin, a soul patch under his lip, and long pointy ears that had little golden hoops along it.
His hair was an elbow-length mane of strawberry blond and was black at the roots and tips. He had straight, long bangs that curtained either side on his face, his hair has loosely braided and entwined with fuchsia puffapod flowers.
The boy wore a yellow button up shirt with of then unbuttoned to expose the top of his chest, blue bellbottom jeans, and tan sandals. He had a wooden peace sign amulet that was adorned with multi-colored gems around his neck, and a brown wooden guitar was strapped behind his back.
Voldemort face-palmed, "We went over this, Fern, you couldn't wear that today, how will anyone give you any respect when your dressed like that?" he asked with a sigh.
Fern smiled apologetically, "Sorry, m' Lord, but I couldn't find the black robes you gave me. And yer stretching the truth jus' a lil', it's only me who's helping you. And how many times must I tell you that we are not truly 'gods'?" he said.
Voldemort deflated just a little, "Who cares, the other patron guardians, as you like to call yourself, will come around as soon as they have seen what a wonderful decision you made, young man." he turned toward the assembly of Death Eaters, "This is Fern Faunabelle."
"Hi, Fern." the Death Eaters chorused lethargically.
Voldemort continued, "Some of you may have known his father from Hogwarts, the late Phineas Achilles Fauanabelle, who was brutally murdered by those serving under the Ministry and destroying Fern's home in the process." he said with feign sorrow.
Snape knew that was a damn lie, the Death Eaters had been ordered to go to Ambrosia Forest, raid it, and burn it to the ground. He wasn't apart of the operation, for he always managed to slip away from missions that caused people harm, but he had heard from Lucius. When he asked Lucius why Voldemort had ordered them to do so, the aristocrat had said the Dark Lord hadn't given them that much information and that it wasn't his place to ask.
Bellatrix howled in laughter, "A wood nymph, all you have is this hippie boy? He isn't even written about in mythology, where's Zeus, where's Hades? Besides, he's only a demigod." she said.
The look on Voldemort's face was murderous but before he could punish Bellatrix himself Fern pulled out his wand. It was made from the wood of a weeping willow and the core was the corpse of a snake from Medusa's head.
"Velóna desmév̱oun!" he said as he pointed his wand. Bellatrix's was instantly bound and the woman shrieked in pain, "AH! MAKE IT STOP! Ah- Ah!" her bound body was now writhing on the ground. Her throat seemed to have been bound for only short squeaks were coming out past her lips. Multiple pools of blood were seeping out though some of her pores.
Everyone gasped; even the Dark Lord seemed impressed. Fern had a very bored expression on and his lazy smile was still in place, "Like, y' might wanna reconsider whatcha said, Ma'am."
Snape raised an eyebrow; he would have been slightly impressed if Fern wasn't fighting the Dark side. Bellatrix could only make a choked gasp and a stiff nod. The curse was lifted and Fern gave a triumphant smirk.
Voldemort was astounded, "Just what magic was that, boy?"
"Well, Fae Magic is mainly said in Greek and is slightly different than Wizard Magic, which's mainly said in Latin. The curse you just saw was Velóna desmév̱oun, it's a binding curse that chokes and drives invisible needles into the body. The needles can go deeper if the caster chooses. Had I brought the curse to its full potential, our lil' friend here's internal organs would have been punctured." he said while smiling sweetly at Bellatrix. The madwoman's face went white as paper.
"You must show me such magic." Voldemort said. Fern looked apologetic, "I'm sorry, m' lord, but this magic can only be cast by Faerie folk." he bowed his head respectfully.
Voldemort looked rater dejected, "Fine, fine. Snape!" he barked again.
"Yes, my Lord."
"You are to be Fern's mentor and keep an eye on him for he will be acting as a spy in Hogwarts. That means you have play nice with him, no matter what house he may be in, Draco. He'll probably be in Hufflepuff like his father, poor guy." he said shaking his head at Fern.
Had Severus not been a composed man, he would have been sputtering and probably would have thrown a tantrum on the spot. He already had one brat to watch over and he certainly didn't need another one, especially one who worked against his true cause.
But Snape was collected and mature so he replied, "Of course, my Lord."
Fern smiled brightly at Snape, "Groovy! Like, I'm totally sher we'll get along very well." for the first time, Fern looked Snape in the eye. You definitely could tell by Fern's eyes that he wasn't human. His narrow, slanted eyes were the color of the tiger's eye gemstone and little iridescent wisps slowly floated around his irises in a lazy, calming pattern. His cocky looking eyebrows were perfectly arched and he looked permanently half asleep.
Fearing that his eyes might have hypnotic powers, Snape broke eye contact with him. Voldemort ended the meeting, "Someday I'll kill Harry Potter and rule the world, blah, blah, blah, reign of terror, and all of that. Get out of here so I can enjoy a well deserved bubble bath."
"But this is my house," Lucius said indignantly. Voldemort gave a horrid smile, "Now, Lucius, you be a good little boy and give your house keys to your Dark Lord so he can party for the weekend. You can crash at Bellatrix's house." he said.
"YAY!" Bellatrix squealed, already seeming to have recovered from the curse. Fern had cast a healing spell out of pity.
Narcissia and Draco looked at Lucius pleadingly, the first time they went to Bellatrix's house was when Draco was four so he could see his Auntie, it was also their last time.
Lucius, being the spineless man rich guy he was, held out the keys and Veldemort accioed it into his hand. The Death Eaters filed out of the room and apparated to wherever the hell they wanted.
Voldemort then giggled excitedly and ran off to explore Malfoy Manor, glad that he would be spending the entire weekend emptying Lucius' wine cellar, going through his secret stash of porn, and breaking his valuables.
Snape gave one more look at Fern and said, "I hope you know what you've just gotten yourself into, Faunabelle." with that, he apparated back to Hogwarts.
The strawberry blond only laughed bemusedly, "Oh, fer sher, luv." he said with a glint in his mystical eyes.
Snape had returned back to Hogwarts and muttered the password, "Marzipan" to get into Dumbledore's office.
"Ah, you're back, Severus." the grandfatherly man said from behind his desk, "Would you care for some tea?" he asked.
The Potions Master accepted, knowing that Dumbledore would not take for for an answer, "Albus, may we please skip the formalities and get to the point?" he asked after taking a sip of tea.
Dumbledore nodded, "Of course, Severus, what have you learned so far?" he said with a weird twinkle in his eye that wasn't like the one he usually had.
"It appears we're up against something even our Golden Boy will have trouble beating, the Dark Lord has asked assistance from the gods." he said.
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, "The gods?" he repeated, "They usually have no interest in the affairs of humans." he said gravelly.
Snape snorted humorlessly, "Lucky for us, it's only one god who is on the Dark Lord's side, a demigod really, his name is Fern. He's the son of Phineas Faunabelle, I'm sure you remember that insane Hufflepuff." he said frigidly.
Dumbledore smiled, "Yes, I remember the boy; he was a very eccentric and loving lad."
Snape scowled, "Loving? Indeed, he 'loved' about three people each night." he said with disdain.
The Headmaster shook his head fondly, "Yes, I remember, it was nice that he finally found someone to truly love and settle down with. A wood nymph named Florence if I recall correctly."
"Oh yes," Snape said, "The uneducated nymph who couldn't even spell her name without making a mistake. I recall Faunabelle would frequently sneak out to the lake past curfew to meet her, he caused you great trouble with that."
Dumbledore nodded, "He was always a handful; I would love to see his son, a pity he's fighting for the Dark."
"You won't have to wait; he is going to enroll in Hogwarts for the new school year. No doubt he will act as a spy, I have a feeling that his goal will be to get close to Potter and then exploit his weaknesses." Snape said.
Dumbledore tapped his chin thoughtfully, "That does sound like something the Dark Lord would plan, I want you to keep a close eye on Fern."
"I believe this is not a very light matter, Albus, this boy is skilled and can cast Fae Magic, Dark Fae Magic; he already made an example out of Bellatrix today using the Velóna desmév̱oun curse."
Dumbledore stroked his beard, "Really? He is very skilled then, even advanced Fae mages have difficulty casting a spell like that." he said in a tone more impressed than fearful, "Nevertheless; there is not much we can do, as there are not many ways to subdue a god."
Snape felt defeated but made a mental note to do research in mythology and get information about Fae Magic, it would probably be in the restricted section, "Concerning the Death Eater meeting, that if all the new information I have for now. If you'll excuse me, Headmaster." he said and left briskly, silently preparing and dreading the new enemy.
End of chapter! I admit it seems pretty lame and forced at the beginning but hopefully I'll be able to get smoother as I make more chapters.
Please review, darlings!
Oh, and in your reviews, vote which house you want Fern to be put in! The most votes will have a chance of becoming the house Fern resides in (doesn't mean I'll actually pick it though XD)