Harry: Ok, I have to admit..last chapter was good. There should have been some more action, but it was good.
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Harry: You get another skill? Why not me!
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Harry: I do NOT have an attitude problem!
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Chapter 11 – Hell Strucks
"..And that is why they should be expelled right away, Headmaster!"
Snape had just finished informing Dumbledore of all the damage and chaos that the "James Offspring" had created to his classroom. Looking up at Dumbledore now, his face molded into a look of determination, he was praying with all his might that the headmaster would side with him. Of course, he never did when Snape was at school with their toad prick of a father, but the day in which Snape finally won could be coming.
Instead, to Snape's utter disappointment, Dumbledore fixed his glasses and said in an amusing tone, "Well, I am sure James would have been pleased to know his children are carrying on the Potter-Snape rivalry, or so it seems."
Snape seethed. "Headmaster this isn't a joke-"
"I know it isn't. It is quite remarkable, actually, that they were able to create a potion that powerful, and in their first year, Severus! You should be proud, it seems they have their mother's knack for potions." Dumbledore told him.
"It wasn't Potter, I'm sure it was his sister." Snape growled, peeved by the fact that Dumbledore found the situation amusing. "Potter would never have been able to produce anything close to that, judging by the fact that he knew nothing of the main facts needed to excel in potions, not even the easiest questions of them all."
"Oh, Severus, it isn't just Elizabeth. Both Potter children have such powerful magic, some from their parents, and some from a source I firmly believe unintentionally gave it to them." Dumbledore stated, trying to draw Snape back to reason.
"You don't mean-" Snape asked.
"I'm afraid I do. I trust you, Severus, but now is not the time to reveal such information, but rather, to ask of some." Dumbledore said seriously, "Severus, you do remember Bellatrix Lestange?"
Snape nodded. "We have met, but I haven't spoken to her since I returned here. I have heard, however, that she is imprisoned for torturing the Longbottoms?"
"She was. She has somehow escaped Azkaban, and no one knows how or why. However, since I am me, I have a theory on the reason of her sudden escape." Dumbledore began, rising from his chair and approaching Snape. "Severus, was Bella attached to anyone while you were at school?"
"I noticed Bella used to hang around James a lot, rather like he was when he got near Lily." Snape said, anger forming in his eyes at the mention of James and Lily, "I remember once I was sitting next to her in charms, and she had written 'Bella Potter' on her sheets of parchment. It astounded me that she had a crush, but I let it slide."
"Ah," Dumbledore responded and returned to his desk. He sat down in the chair, his expression grim. "Severus," he finally said after a long while, "I believe Bellatrix is after Harry and Elizabeth."
Snape was so taken aback that he nearly fell over. "B-Bellatrix Lestrange? After the Potters? Dumbledore, how in Merlin's name is that possible?"
"Well, you see Severus," Dumbledore explained, a hint of worry in his voice, "I had collected facts from many students who went to school with you and Bella, and they reckoned that she liked James, too. I wanted your information on her as to see how far she went with it while at school. I'm sure Bellatrix knows Voldemort is dead, so there had to be another reason for her escape, you see. I visited Sirius Black at Azkaban recently before she escaped, and he threw into our conversation that James and his cousin hit it off after Hogwarts for a little while. According to him, when Bella decided to join Voldemort, James wouldn't join with her, and they left each other, promising to be friends. When James married Lily, Bella was, apparently, furious, and after they had children, she was even more so. Sirius believed she was jealous, but I think she thought that Harry and Elizabeth should have been her children. Severus, Bellatrix most likely heard me tell Sirius that James' children would be attending Hogwarts and she has broken out to take what she thinks belongs to her."
Snape's mouth was open: How could Dumbledore have reached Bella's reasoning so quickly?
"Which means measures of protection need to be taken." Dumbledore declared, his eyes on Snape. "Severus, I must ask too much of you. Would you become Harry and Elizabeth's guardian?"
Snape thought Dumbedore was asking the impossible. How could he take care of James' children-James, his enemy?
"Dumbledore, you are asking too much of me!" Snape roared, "I will not be responsible for the children of a man I have hated for years!"
"Severus," Dumbledore said calmly, "You are forgetting that you would be in charge of them, and that they are not just James, but also Lily."
Snape glared. "Dumbledore, you very well know that I have moved on from Lily!"
Dumbledore chuckled. "Of course. So when are you and Narcissa going to admit your love for each other?"
"Within the coming months. Lucius has been arrested recently for Death Eater crimes he commited years ago, and he'll be receving the dementor's kiss. Draco looks upset by the news." Snape informed.
"So, Severus, can I trust that you will be a guardian for Elizabeth and Harry? I'm sure Narcissa would not mind helping." Dumbledore asked, although he already knew the answer.
"Fine, I'll deal with the brats. You know you ask way to much, Dumbledore." Snape said, ticked at the fact he was manipulated yet again into doing Dumbledore's tasks.
"I am aware." Dumbledore replied, and he sent for Harry and Elizabeth to come to his office.
A/N: Oh boy…next chapter, Harry and Elizabeth's reactions…will they give in? If you say no, you are correct. Yay! And what do you think of Snape/Narcissa?
