Chapter 8: Cumbersome
Knockturn Alley, Wizarding World...
Panic filled the mind of a terrified Ginerva Weasley-Potter as she raced down the rain slick forbidden alley in a bid to escape her current pursuer. She had not been alone as there had been a small boy with almost raven colored dark hair, and pale skin that gave him the appearance of being sickly when he had been in perfect health as far as anyone could tell. The younger wizard boy had been strangely calm as his mother rushed him through the forbidden ally in a bid to keep him safe amid the wand play.
"Shit!" said Ginny fiercely aiming her wand at her attacker only to find she had missed her carefully aimed spell.
Harry had warned her not to go out, given the situation with this new threat in the wizarding world but she had been determined to live her life no matter what the next overzealous nutter had to say about it.
She had originally planned to take Albus Severus to get a new pair of shoes, choosing rather wisely to leave behind James II and Lily at her mothers. Had the witch known the trip would be this dangerous, she would definitely have stayed home with her son and asked Harry to retrieve the shoes.
Ginny reached the alley and hid between two rundown shops long abandoned during the first wizarding war given the original owners had long since been dead, killed by the despot Voldemort during his first rise to power for not bending the knee to him.
Albus Severus had been strangely silent, most of the time he always seemed to be worlds away from anything that had been taking place and never like to play with any of the other children. Harry had doted a good deal of affection on him in a bid to compensate for his strange behaviors but it all seemed to no avail.
No matter what anyone tried, Albus Severus seemed to be detached from all things concerning emotion. At the moment, Ginny had preferred her son's indifference to him being possibly upset due to the strange robed men following them. She had not known what they wanted but she was sure that they were not going to touch her son no matter the strength of their magic.
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Knockturn Alley, Wizarding World...
Regulus Snape had been enjoying a cigarette, a dangerous and disgusting pastime if he were to be honest but he seemed to be engaging in a lot of life threatening situations. The cold chill that hung in the air had been no different than the passed few days as he made his way down the ally after flinging the crushed cigarette into a puddle of water.
He was annoyed with the way his life had turned out, once a promising wizard with a bright future to look forward to and now he had been as lost as a high school drop out in search of a purpose and hating the world because they knew it not.
The rather tall raven haired wizard paid no attention to the news reports nor the mass hysteria surrounding this strange group of magical individuals with astounding magical talents. He had been more interested in where he could score another drink or at the very least a companion to bed.
The empty house in which he now resided had once belonged to the seemingly forgotten Snape clan. His funds were substantial considering his father managed to acquire quite a massive fortune over the years via various projects and his potions patents. Regulus had been adept in potions of course but he never felt that he had been driven to it like Severus Snape had.
Charms were his specialty.
It amused the then teenage Regulus to demonstrate his abilities only to have his father declare it as simple "Foolish wand waving, and silly incantations."
It had not escaped the boy's notice that Severus Snape was known to have created a great many spells in his tumultuous youth.
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Knockturn Alley, Wizarding World...
Ginny Potter had not been looking where she had been going, a factor that Regulus might have attributed to her husband as well when she and barely eleven year old Albus Severus crashed into him.
"What the fuck?" he said confused as he scrambled to his feet dusting off his shirt in the wake of the collision. "Is this an epidemic in this country?"
Ginny turned her attention to the strangely rude American bloke whom had impeded her escape.
"WATCH OUT!" shouted Regulus as he immediately sprang into action.
He had not the time to argue nor to draw his own wand as he used his body to shield Ginerva Potter and her young son from the blast of a strangely robed man's wand.
The effects of whatever spell he used had been instantaneous as Regulus found himself knocked unconscious. The delay was all Ginny needed to launch a counter spell and knocked the attacker out before checking on her young son.
Albus Severus had been perfectly alright but he seemed puzzled as to the condition of the strange American that had shielded them from the attacker's blast.
Ginny looked down at the raven haired young wizard whom had been a good deal older than her if she were being honest but not old enough to constitute middle age. His pale skin and lengthy raven hair had been alarming to say the least as she tried to recollect where she had seen it before.
"He looks just like a younger Professor Snape." she remarked more to herself as she gently led her son out of harms way and examined the downed wizard. "He looks exactly like a young Professor Snape."
Albus Severus pointed to what looked like a strange tattoo on his right shoulder, she had not known if it was the result of the attacker's spell or if it had been due to his own design but it was strange to say the least.
"S.B.D." said Ginny reading it aloud. " I wonder what that means."
The young mother had not wished to leave the poor heroic fellow lying in the middle of a dank and dangerous alley, so she quickly cast a levitation spell over his dead weighted form and disapparated back to The Burrows with her young inquisitive son in tow.
