A/N: The characters, Hogwarts and the world of Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling
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Peruser: If I'm not completely mistaken, all pure-blood wizard families are somehow related anyway. The Weasleys are 'blood-traitors' because of Arthur's affinity for muggles.
The Truth behind your eyes
by RawenclawBabe
Chapter 6 Acquittance
After setting up a cauldron, Severus left Harry to look after the potion and went to his bedroom. He took a mirror out off the drawer. He looked at it. It was a standard two-way-mirror,it was only connected to one other mirror. He really needed help and he had an idea. He could only hope that his acquittance would agree.
Severus activated the mirror and waited for a few moments. The picture of a twelve year old girl appeared. The girl had long black hair and astonishing ice-blue eyes.
"Daddy, I didn't expect you to call so soon," the girl told him smiling.
Severus cleared his throat and said: "Helena darling, I need to talk to your mother. Could you take the mirror to Bibiana, please?"
The girl nodded: "Of course, I'll look for mama." She stood up and left the room carrying the mirror
"Mama, Daddy möchte mit dir sprechen. Wo bist du?" Severus heard his daughter calling for her mother. The girl looked at the mirror again and said: "When will you two come and visit us? I can't wait to meet my half-brother Harry. Does he already have an idea for his new name?"
Severus looked at the girl surprised: "How on earth do you know about Harry?"
"I have the sight, Daddy. It's getting stronger since I've reached puberty."
Suddenly he heard a voice in the background. "Helena. Was ist denn los?" Bibiana appeared behind Helena in the mirror. Bibiana had the same blue eyes as Helena, but she was blonde.
"Mama, Daddy will mit dir reden. Er möchte mit Harry vorbeikommen." Severus was taken aback. He hadn't even told his daughter why he was calling, but she knew.
Bibiana took the mirror from her daughter Helena, looked at it and said: "Hello Severus. Helena said, you want to visit us with Harry."
Severus nodded and said: "I haven't even told her. How on earth does she know?"
Bibiana looked deep into his eyes and said: "It was to be expected. Helena has the sight – by the way, she has inherited it from you, you are the descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw and she was the greatest seer of her time."
Severus raised an eyebrow at Bibiana and asked: "What do you know about my heritage and why haven't you told me?"
Bibiana laughed and said: "Severus you know that Helena is a Kind der Walpurgisnacht. She was conceived during the rituals connected to the Hexentanz. It is custom to use an ancestry potion for every Kind der Walpurgisnacht, because they need to know their heritage. You are her father, and your heritage is part of her family tree. I thought, you knew your own heritage. I haven't told you, because you've never asked. But I'll show you Helena's family tree, when you come to visit us. You've promised to come this summer anyway."
Severus nodded: "Do you still want Helena to attend Hogwarts?"
Bibiana sighed: "She wants to attend Hogwarts. She wants to be closer to you. I won't have much time, I've told you, I'll marry in September. Helena said, you need my help. And something about your son Harry. I think we'd best talk about everything in person. Do you still have the portkey to my manor?" Severus nodded. And Bibiana continued: "Use it. I'll let the house elves prepare bedrooms for you and Harry. When you are here, we'll see how I can help you. When do you arrive?"
Severus took a deep breath: "I'm brewing a potion to remove our power blockages and we do have to pack. So I think, we'll come tomorrow evening."
Severus heard the sounds of a joyous Helena behind Bibiana through the mirror.
Bibiana nodded: "Okay. Everything will be prepared for you. Helena can't wait to see you again and to meet Harry. I'll call my father, he might be able to help with your power blockages. I think one potion might not suffice, when you want to have all your abilities back. Dumbledore is powerful and he doesn't like competition."
Severus looked at Bibiana surprised: "How do you know so much about Dumbledore?"
Bibiana raised an eyebrow and laughed: "He is the main reason why the British Wizarding World is so isolated in the Magical World. Almost every new decade he comes up with a new enemy, who endangers the freedom and the peace of the world. Honestly most European Magical Communities think Dumbledore is nuts and makes it all up. Most of my friends thing I'm mad, because I'll allow Helena to attend Hogwarts. They all say, if I don't want my daughter to go to school in Germany, she should attend Beauxbatons in France or the Scuola Magica in Rome. Nobody in their right mind, would send a child to Britain."
"But Hogwarts is the best magical school in the world," Severus told Bibiana.
Bibiana laughed: "A hundred years ago when Dumbledore and Grindelwald attended yes, but in the last decades no. But you only get the old editions of The guide to magical Education in Britain. Dumbledore doesn't want you to know." I can show you the newest editions, I've got the American, the German, the Dutch, the Italian and the French Version at home. At the moment most of them agree that the Scuola Magica is the best magical school in the world. The students there even learn Etruscan and Roman magic. The school has one entire curriculum for ancient magic and comparative magic, where they research the influence of culture on magic. But I'll show you the books, when you are here."
Severus shook his head in disbelief: "I don't know how to tell Dumbledore about Helena. She was conceived during Walpurgisnacht. And Dumbledore has banned all magical holidays from Hogwarts. It's forbidden to speak about Beltane, Samhain and all the other magical feasts. He won't accept that I participated in a feast like that."
Bibiana smirked: "He has to accept it. He should be glad to get a foreign student for Hogwarts at all. We might even find a solution for Harry. I know why you ask me for help. We'll talk about that in person. And later you'll tell your boss about your children, who are supposed to attend Hogwarts. Bye Severus, see you tomorrow."
"Bye Bibiana, we'll arrive tomorrow evening." Severus closed the connection and shook his head. Bibiana had known his heritage all along and never told him. They had been friends for thirteen years and she had never thought it necessary to tell him.
Severus had been desperate when he heard, that Lily had married James Potter. He couldn't stand being at home any more, because everything reminded him of her. He decided to travel. He had just finished his potions mastery and wanted to see the world. He decided to start with Europe though. He had nothing left. He travelled through Europe to research the differences in Potions in the different countries. There were small differences between the magic according to language, history, culture and tradition. Severus wanted to learn from these differences.
~Flashback~
Severus travelled through Germany in April 1980. He met a young witch named Bibiana Reichenbach, who travelled together with some friends. They were on their way to the Harz mountains. German witches had celebrated the Walpurgisnacht there for centuries. In the Walpurgisnacht the Hexentanz was the traditional magical ritual celebrated in the night of the 30st of April to the first of May. Witches celebrated that night on the Blocksberg or Brocken, which was a mountain in the Harz mountains. The preparations for the feast on the night of the thirstiest of April started at the beginning of the month. Potions had to be prepared. New brooms had to be made. Severus was fascinated by the potions that were specially made just for that one night.
Bibiana had a charming personality, she was a beautiful blonde and blue-eyed witch. She convinced Severus to join them for their celebration. She was attracted to the dark English wizard. They talked to each other and realized, that they both loved the fine art of potions making. Sometimes she reminded him of Lily. The two women were different but also alike. They both had very warm and caring personalities. They both loved to laugh. When Severus was with Bibiana he didn't think about Lily all the time. She was so much fun.
Severus and Bibiana didn't fall in love with each other, but they became really close friends. But the whole month they were working together, there was always a sexual tension between them. Bibiana knew this tension came from brewing of the Wapugisnachttränke, these potions strengthened desire and lust. The celebrations were always very sexual, it was custom for young witches to take a wizard as lover for that night, as children conceived during these celebrations were said to be extraordinary powerful.
It was a tradition among German pure-blood witches to conceive a child during the rituals of the Walpurgisnacht before they were getting married. These children were very special, and although they were always born out of wedlock, they were very respected in the Wizarding World. For many centuries muggleborn witches and wizards had difficulties to understand the concept of the Kinder der Walpurgisnacht. They were raised in a traditional Christian Muggle Society and couldn't accept the number of children who were born out of wedlock in the Wizarding World. Most of the times it took at least two generations in the Wizarding World for witches and wizards to participate in these rituals.
These moral reasons, that kept most muggleborns from the participation in the Walpurgisnacht rituals, were also the main reason for the lack of muggleborn students at the 'Blocksberg Magieschule für Hexen und Hexenmeister'. Especially the classes about sexual rituals and blood magic were against the religious beliefs of most muggleborns. So they avoided attending the school. Since the publication of the Hexenhammer the wizards and witches in Germany had difficulties to reach muggleborn witches and wizards at all. Most of them were frightened, when they first showed signs of accidental magic, they feared being prosecuted and tried to hide their abilities.
The lack of muggleborn members in the wizarding world led to inbreeding and the rituals during the Walpurgisnacht became even more important – there always were participants from all over the world – because the rituals ensured the genetic variety of the witches and wizards. Pure-blood squibs were unknown in the among German 'pure-blood' wizards, mainly because nobody truly tried to keep his bloodline 'pure'
When Bibiana first met Severus she knew. She felt his power and knew, that he was the right partner for the Walpurgisnacht Ritual.
On the evening of the 30st April 1980 they took their brooms and went to the Blocksberg. On the top of the mountain there was a huge fire. Hundreds of witches and wizards were there. Everyone was dancing around the fire. The air was buzzing with magic. Everybody was moving in trance. Witches and wizards found each other and became couples. Couples started to separate themselves from the crowd. They began snogging and disrobing each other. There were witches and wizard copulating on rocks and under trees. There was only the magic of the moment. Lust was magic, magic was lust. Nobody was able to think straight any more. For the moment nothing else existed any more. None of the couples even realized, that they weren't alone on the mountain. They were alone. Nothing else existed.
Severus and Bibiana were dancing. She kissed him. She wanted to feel his power. She wanted the magic to flow between them. He kissed her back. The kisses became more and more heated. They wanted to be close. They needed each other. They kissed and their tongues battled each other. His dark eyes locked with her ice-blue ones. He saw heat and lust. He felt her magic. He wanted to be close to her. They both wanted to become one.
Severus stroked Bibiana's body. They were both still dressed. But she started to unbutton his robe. She wanted to feel him. They wanted to feel each other skin to skin. They were aroused. It was sexual and magical arousal. They felt the lust and the magic flowing between their bodies. They wanted to become one. The heat was almost unbearable. They hurried to take of their clothes, till they were finally naked. They felt each other. They were alone in the world. They got closer and closer, till they finally become one.
~ End Flashback~
Severus sat in his bedroom and looked at the mirror. He only could see his reflection now. He remembered the Walpurgisnacht with Bibiana. The conception of Helena. Their coupling had been magical. The magic of the feast intensified the lust. It had been unimaginable. He had to go back to Harry. He had to finish the potion and he needed to talk to the boy.
Severus went back down into the lab. Harry was still there watching the cauldron. The potion was now almost ready. They only needed to add a few more ingredients.
Severus cleared his voice and said to Harry: "I've called an old friend, we'll travel there tomorrow evening by portkey. She'll help us, to find a new identity for you."
Harry looked at Severus surprised and asked: "What is a portkey? How can your friend help us?"
Severus sighed: "A portkey is a magical travelling device. We use it and are transported to its destination. Bibiana can help us. She is a friend of mine and she has very good connections to the German Ministry of Magic. To be true, she and I have a daughter together, who is twelve. You'll learn all about our relationship tomorrow. Bibiana's father works for the Department of Demography and he'll get you a new birth certificate."
Harry raised an eyebrow and said: "So I'll have to pretend that I lived in Germany and I'll come to Hogwarts as an exchange student. But I don't even speak German."
Severus shrugged: "We'll find a solution. Bibiana has also promised me, to help us with our power blockages. So we'll both have our full powers soon."
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"What do we do about Voldemort?" Harry looked at Severus quizzically.
Severus sighed: "Honestly, I've no idea. We should talk to Helena, my daughter – your half-sister, she is quite a gifted seer, she might have an idea."
Severus added the next ingredient to the potion and told Harry: "The potion has to simmer for the next twelve hours. Let's get upstairs and eat something."
Harry and Severus went upstairs and had dinner. They talked the rest of the evening, to get to know each other.
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A/N:
I hope you liked the chapter. Here are the translations for the
German sentences and words:
Mama, Daddy möchte mit dir sprechen. Wo bist du? - Mama, Daddy wants to talk to you. Where are you?
Was ist denn los? - What has happened/ What is it?
Mama, Daddy will mit dir reden. Er möchte mit Harry vorbeikommen. - Mama, Daddy wants to talk to you. He wants to come here with Harry.
Kind der Walpurgisnacht – Child of the Walpurgisnacht (I don't know, if there is an English term for Walpurgisnacht)
Hexentanz – witches' dance
Wapugisnachttränke (Walpurgisnacht + Zaubertränke) – special potions for the Walpurgisnacht
Hexenhammer – Law book in Germany between the late 15th and the 18th century. The laws are about and for witches.
Kinder der Walpurgisnacht – Children of the Walpurgisnacht
