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Chapter 2

Spells and new duties

"Please sit down ,my boy." the headmaster said , while gesturing to a chair in front of his desk.

"Lemon drop?" he offered , but Harry declined politely and instead sat down on the offered chair.

To say Harry was worried would have been so wrong.

You could rather say he was worrying his ass off.

"Sir, how is Professor Snape? Is he badly hurt?" he asked the old man ,while chewing onhis bottom lip.

Dumbledores eyes began to twinkle again , what made Harry relax a lot .

That could only mean Snape wasn't in immediate danger . Thank Merlin for that Harry thought.

"No need to worry so much , Harry,I can assure you that Professor Snape is fine so far ,but.." here, the headmasters expression turned serious, "I am afraid we couldn't find the counter to the curse that hit him,yet."

Harry had a bad feeling about this.

"What excactly does the curse do,sir?" he asked the man nervously.

Dumbledore sighed heavily.

"That's excactly the problem my boy. The curse was a mixture of yours and Mr. Malfoy's so we don't really know what will happen , but we were able to find a similar case that has ocurred about 500 year ago. Sadly the accident wasn't explained in detail, so we only know that whatever will happen to Professor Snape will start slowly and will eventually lead to his death , if not cured , by whatever it takes , after the time of two months from now."

Harry gulped, he wouldn't like what was to come next, he knew it.

"ince it was partly your fault and personally I don't trust Mr. Malfoy that much,we decided" he went on," that in case Professor Snapes condition would worsen , someone should take care of him and that this should be you Harry."

Harry closed his eyes and sighed. This was a much harder punishment than having detention with Filch , till the end of his schooling.

Snape would hate ,being taken care of and ecspecially when it was by Harry being constantly present in his daily

life.

"But sir, how will I continue my schooling?"

Dumbledore nodded in agreement but smiled at him reassuringly.

"It has all been taken care of Harry, so please don't worry. You will live with Professor Snape in his quarters , a new room has already been added,and Professor Snape will make sure that you cover everything that your classmates learn in his presence!"

Harry cast his eyes downwards.

Oh great , this would be such a horrible year, he almost wished to be back at the Dursleys,almost...

TBC...

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