Chapter 14; The Author and the Future

Cey's POV

"I guessed someone is happy to see someone this morning." Karilyn whispered to me and I quickly blushed. Damn it. My blush would be obvious since I didn't wear my make up this morning too, like yesterday.

"Quit it" I hissed at her hoping that she'll stop.

"Oh come on Cey. Admit it." she teased. "He's not an every morning site here in the Great Hall." She turned her gaze at him and I did so too but we both quickly remove our gaze on him since he's staring. "You know I know that you like him." I know that I blushed more not just because she's stating some facts about me but mainly because I know Severus can hear our conversations. Why can't she just stop.

Suddenly, I felt that I was blocked out of his mind. I quickly looked at him to see that he continued eating his breakfast and with the fact that I couldn't taste what he was eating I am definitely blocked out of his mind. I glared at Karilyn for destroying the morning. "What?!" she said in answer in my glare. "I'm only stating some facts." she said in defense.

"It's not that." I told her but she gave me a questioning look. "I'll tell you later at my room," I whispered to her before getting up and leaving the Great Hall.

Severus had decided to block me out of his mind for the rest of the day. There is an awkward silence between the two of us during my lessons with him. I tried to talk to him but he had ignored me. He just gave me a book and some instructions written on a parchment. I don't honestly understand what he's doing. As far as I know I didn't do anything wrong and he already know that I like him. I bloody told him myself.

After dinner Karilyn and I quickly retreated to my room. "First of all you've got to promise me that you're not going to tell anyone." I quickly told her before we start the real conversation.

"Okay but why?" she inquired. She knows I don't like keeping things from my friends except of course about me liking a certain man.

"Because Professor Dumbledore instructed me not to tell anyone."

"Then why are you telling me?" she said with a tone as if I am going to tell her that I'm going to kill someone.

"Because you bloody destroyed my morning." I exclaimed.

"I just teased you a little. It's not like he can hear us." she said and I just stared at her to tell her that she is bloody wrong. "Oh my gosh. You can't mean he heard us, right?" she said a little worried. Still I just looked at her "How the hell can he hear from that far?"

"That is what I'm going to tell you."

"You found a secret of Professor Snape?" she asked curiously. "Is it the reason why he seems to know everything what everyone is talking about?"

"No. I think he's just bloody observant and that's why he seems to know everything that is going around." I pointed out and I think it's the truth. Severus doesn't speak much he knows a lot of things that is going around the school. He merely observes everyone and everything.

"So how the hell can he hear us this morning?" she asked going back to the main topic.

"That would be my doing." I told her truthfully. "You know that I'm been here two weeks before the start of term right?" she nodded in reply "Well on my first day we found out that I can make mind links. I accidentally created one between me and him because during that time I couldn't quite control my powers."

"Well that's rare. Commonly mind links are only between people who are specially connected. Legilimens is way different because its mind reading not communicating like those of mind links." She explained. I have read about legilemens in one of the books of Severus in his quarters and it's indeed very different from mind links. "Do you think you and professor Snape have a certain connection?"

"No I don't think so. I can create mind links with others. I've tried it with Professor Dumbledore, McGonnagal and even Gillian. They're the only ones who knows about my mind links and the only difference between the mind links with them and Severus is that I can't cut the my mind link between Severus while I manage to cut it perfectly with the others."

"Really?" she asked too confused for my liking.

"Why do you sound like it is impossible for me?"

"No offense Cey but those who are listed to be able to create such things are really really powerful wizards and well...you're powers are...no offense really but it's even lower than of that Longbottom." Well that's a downright insult but nevertheless it's the truth,

"Well you mind is easy to penetrate." Her eyes suddenly widen when she heard me talked without me parting my lips and yes I talked into her mind. I have easily created a mind link between the two of us. Her mind doesn't have any blockage.

"So you can really create mind links." she stated only using the mind link.

"You really doubted me?" I exclaimed at her mind.

"Ouch that is more painful than when heard with ears." she said out loud. "Well sorry but...it's just that it is really rare," I didn't speak but I smiled at her to let her know that I didn't really took as an insult. "He can't really hear me right? He just read your mind. Can't you block you mind."

"I can block my mind at a certain level. I've been practicing Occlumency with him since he thinks it would be better for me to know how to block my mind in case I accidentally create another mind link with someone. I haven't perfected it yet but it's enough for me to block my mind." I explained to her. "Also he can hear this morning.'

"How?"

"Well last night I discovered a new ability I can do with my mind links and he offered help for me to be able to use it more and control it."

"'Offered'? He offered?" she exclaimed. "That never happened before. He never offered help to any student even thought he knows what they're doing could kill them." to what I told her it seems that she is more interested in Severus offering to help than what I actually can do. "And you bloody think that he doesn't like you." she exclaimed. "So what is this new found ability of yours?" she said without letting me to speak about my own opinion and finally becoming interested in my abilities,

"I can link his five senses to me and vice versa." I simply said. Well I don't know any words to explain it.

"So this morning you two are trying it out and that's why he can hear us because he can hear through your ear?" she asked the rhetorical question but I still nodded at her. "Well that's wicked" then an evil grin formed in her lips. "Can you do it with anyone without him or her knowing it?"

"That depends on the level of security the person has on his or mind." I told her confuse at her question. "What are you planning?"

"Nothing." She said but there is a look on her that tells me that it is not nothing but I didn't press the matter. If it involves my mind links then that means I'm going to know it sooner or later. After that we went to sleep.

Days had passed and the second weekend of October had come. Severus had decided to block me out not just for a day but also up to this day. I don't when he'll stop blocking me out. He just blocked me out but he would talk to me. He's clearly overacting on what Karilyn had said. He already knows it so why act like this?

"Cey" I heard someone called me as I walk on my way to the kitchens, When I face the speaker I saw Uncle Albus.

"Hello Uncle Albus." I greeted him with a smile.

"Do you have the time to go to my office today Cey? I believe there is someone who wanted to meet you." Someone wanted to meet me? Who and why?

"Who?" I asked politely.

"You will know." he said with twinkling eyes as if I would surely want to meet this person. "Oh and could you tell Severus to come too?"

"Sure but I have to go down the dungeons first since he blocked me out."

"Really?" he said. The expression on his face tells me that he knows something but he isn't going to tell me anytime sooner. "Well then go and fetch him. We don't want our visitor to wait alone in my office." He said and then I am quickly on my way to the dungeons.

I knocked on his office door but no one answered and it's locked. Next I went to his quarters. I said the password and his door quickly appeared before me. Again I knocked. I don't want to go in unannounced. That would be rude and improper. I don't live in his quarters anymore so I can't just bust in. No on answered so I tried the door knob and it opened. "Severus" I called standing just by the door but still he didn't answer. Then at the corner of the room I saw a door that didn't know existed. My first is that maybe he is in there. As I enter the room I called again but still he didn't answer,

The room is full of portraits. All of the portraits are portraits of a woman. There are portraits that she was just alone, some are with her people that seem to be her friends but whatever the picture she's always there. She must be Lily, Harry's mother. He has her eyes.

"Hello" the largest portrait talked when she realized I am staring at her. She's so beautiful and no wonder why Severus had fallen for her. "I've never seen you before. Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Cey" I told with a smile. "And you?"

"I'm Lily." that confirmed my thoughts. "Are you Severus' friend?"

I was about to answer but someone suddenly spoke coldly behind me. "What are you doing here?" Lily's portrait just looked at him while I was afraid to face him. "Ceyranese" he hissed. He is clearly angry at me.

I faced him and he is glaring at me. Anger is evident in his eyes and he didn't try to hide them. I didn't speak and he dragged me out of the room. I watched him closed the room and the door quickly turned into a wall. "How much to go in?" he asked I didn't answer. "How much did you see?" he asked again and again I didn't answer. He's scary. He is almost like the time I told him about the curuciatus curse. A little milder than that, yes, but still scary. "Ceyranese you wouldn't want me to get angrier than already I am."

Tears suddenly rolled down from my eyes out of fear. "I didn't go any further than where you saw me." I said in between sobs. I know my voice ids terrible and I didn't trust it. I don't even know if he heard me. "I did'n't see much either just a couple of portraits that was around me." I tried to stop crying but I can't. I don't know why but only Severus can make me cry like this.

"What are you doing here?" he said but he voice didn't sound angry anymore but I didn't dare to look up at him.

"I was looking for you. Uncle Albus told me to tell you to go to his office. Don't ask why. All I know is that there is a person who wants to meet me."

"Why are you crying?" he sounded concern. Didn't he know that it is his fault? "Stop crying Ceyranese"

"Well if I'm crying it's your fault." I snapped at him still sobbing while trying to stop myself from crying. "And I'm already trying to stop from crying,"

"I'm sorry" he suddenly said which me to look up at him. "I didn't mean to scare you." he said and I just nodded to tell I'm its fine. I look down again and tried to wipe my tears. I heard him stepped closer until he is directly in front of me. I could see his feet just before me. He lifted my chin with on of his hand and he let it rest on my cheeks cupping it. It would be romantic and cute if he will wipe my tears away but no. He decided he didn't want to be romantic and cute. He just stared at me straight to the eye and I stared back at him. We stayed like that for a couple time until he decided to take out his wand and use the Scourgify spell at me again. He then let go of my face and softly said "We should go." I nodded at we started are way to Uncle Dumbledore's office.

Severus still loves her. It is clear and I won't lie if I said I'm not jealous. Why? I don't know. Maybe because I don't just like him but because I may be already love him. But why can't he just move on from the past? Why does he keep loving someone who doesn't exist anymore? Or loving someone who doesn't love him back? It's been years since she died and more years when she had marry somebody else. It's time for him to move on and just think things for himself.

We walked to Uncle Albus' office without one of us talking. We walked silently and it is very awkward. The worst things is that Uncle Albus' office while take some time before reaching. Well one good thing is that both of us are walking fast to cut the time but I think he's holding back a bit so that I won't be left behind. The only time that he spoke is when he said to the gargoyle the password. I don't have to describe what happened to the gargoyle. I have described it many times before. He was the first one to ascend the stairs and I followed behind. He is also the one who knocked on the door. The door of course had been magically opened to us and revealed to us the inside of the office.

Uncle Albus is there together with a woman whose back is on us and Aunt Minerva. The three of them are intently talking to each other and it took some time before they notice our arrival. "Ah. I see that the two of you finally arrived." It was Uncle Albus who first noticed us. Then the two ladies both faced us. The woman faced us and I immediately recognized her. Of course I'll immediately recognize her. She's one of my favorite author though I didn't expect her to be here. Could she be the person who wanted to meet me?

"Let me see your seal." She said to and I was shocked at first but I went near her to show her. I thought Uncle Albus said not to tell anyone about. But I guess she's safe. "Alana right?" she said as she examine my mark without touching it.

"I prefer Cey." I said politely. "I am fan of yours." I suddenly blurted out and she smiled at me.

"Then I guess I don't need to introduce myself." She as she let go of my wrist. "You know you're not supposed to be here right?" She asked and I was taken aback by her it. Is she telling me to get out of Hogwarts?

"And aren't you being rude?" Severus suddenly said. I take it that he doesn't like her. Is it because of her description of him? Well this might be fun.

Her smile broaden more and said "Now now Severus. I mean no offense by it. You're too protective of her." Protective? Yes I know he'll protect anyone he wants to protect but I don't think I'll be included in that list.

"I'm not protective of her." He said nonchalantly. I already know that. You don't have to rub the wound with salt.

She chuckled. "Yeah yeah your not." She said sarcastically but still smiling. The two of them must have known each other a long time ago. I just remained quiet unsure of what to do and what to say. Then suddenly her focus is on me again. "Your mere presence had already changed what was to happened so much that I'm unsure of the future."

"I know that much." I said finally finding my voice to speak. "But why do want to meet me?" I stared at her straight to the eyes. I want her to go straight to her point of being here. If she wants me to get out of here she'll have to take me out of here while me in a sack and tied.

"I just merely want to see what had happened and how come you suddenly became part of this future."

"I suspected that it was because of your books." I told her still looking straight at her. "I'm thinking that because of it I had come to want to have magic and be able to use it."

"If you I know that you're going to change the future if you come here then why did you come?"

"Because I can see that my family fears me because of it and I don't them to fear me."

"Then aren't you selfish. You don't care about changing the future of the others."

"Yes I'm selfish. I won't deny that. In fact I'm more selfish than what you are thinking. I get what I want when I want and I don't care in what means I will get them." I snapped at her and everyone is looking at me intently. Aunt Minerva looks like she is about to scold me but she didn't. The author in front of me just smiled at me. I don't understand her. I snapped at her and yet she smiles at me so sweetly.

"Tell what you want Cey."

"I want to see my future. You can do it right? You can show me the future." She nodded at me and mentioned me to sit.

"Close your eyes." She said when I was already seated. I did what she told me and I slowly closed my eyes. At first I see blackness then gradually light filled my vision and I found myself standing in the middle of Uncle Albus office. I'm seeing things through the eyes of the future me. I am surrounded with people whom I didn't know. The me in this future is talking seriously with them. I couldn't pay attention to what the future me is talking about. In this room there is only person I know. This person is supposed to be dead already a long time ago yet here she is standing in the room with me. She is more beautiful in person and even the future me couldn't take her eyes of her. Lily. I'm sure she is Lily and the man beside her is her husband, James Potter. He looks like Harry except for the eyes.

"Do you think it will work?" The future me suddenly looked at the speaker. He is black guy with a funny hat. He is the tallest man in the room.

"Do not take me for a fool Shackebolt." Anger was seething from my voice as I snapped at him. "I know what I'm doing and you will thank me for that when all of this comes to an end."

"How can you be sure that Voldemort will take the bait?" he asked and I frowned. "We are at war we cannot take chances." So this must be seven years from now. This must be the seventh year of Harry in Hogwarts and the year where he will defeat Voldemort.

I began to snap at him again but I didn't hear the words. I am being pulled out of the scene. Next I saw myself in the court yard of Hogwarts. It was destroyed and ugly. Big chunks of stones are everywhere. I saw Neville wander out of the castle and look around the destroyed court. It seems he couldn't see me. I saw the people in Uncle Albus' offices are around me again. Like me they are watching him. He cannot any of us. Then he picked up something from ground. It was the sorting hat. He looked inside it and I saw something shined inside of it. He didn't have the time to think about it as Voldemort and his Death Eaters came. Hagrid was with them tied in the neck while being pulled by the Death Eaters. Harry Potter lay on his hands. He seems to be lifeless but I could see his chest rise and fall faintly enough that no one had noticed it. He isn't dead.

Again I was pulled out of the scene and now the war is ongoing. I am fighting for my life. I fight the Death Eaters as they tried to kill me and the others. Many had already fallen but still the war continues. Then I came face to face with a man with a blonde haired man. We fought for quite some time until darkness penetrated my vision.

When light had reappeared in my vision, I know that I am not seeing things through my future self. My point of view is short and I know that I'm seeing from a child's eyes. I could tell that the child is a boy because of what he wears. Black male shoes, black pants and black coat. He is in the Great Hall and is in the front row. He is looking intently at what is happening in front of him and so it is all that I saw. Occasionally, he will look down but most of the time he is looking in front. Dumbledore was there and alive. Other professors and the people with me in the office are also with him. It seems that a eulogy is taking place. People took turn on speaking. Mostly, those people are close to me. The one I called Shackelbolt earlier also talked in front. After him are the Weasley twins. They said the dead person in front was a good friend and they thanked that person for saving their life during the war. I didn't know who the dead person is. No one said the name or maybe someone did and I just wasn't able to hear it. I couldn't hear everything. Sometimes I would hear them loud and clear and sometimes I just couldn't hear anything. The last one to talk is Uncle Albus though he said that he isn't suppose to be the one who is speaking last. He said the husband was supposed to be last but no one knows where he is. He's been missing since the day his wife had died.

After the eulogy, they began to prepare the coffin to take her on her last destination. Now everyone is standing and watching as Aunt Minerva together with other people that I do not know prepare the coffin. The boy looked up to the woman beside her and tugged on her sleeves. She looked down on him. She then knelt down to him so that she is eye level with him. I've never seen this woman before but she is very beautiful and it seems authority comes with her. "Where are they taking her?" the boy asked and the woman looked at him sadly.

"They're taking her to a place where she can rest and be happy." She simply said yet sorrow can be clearly seen in her eyes.

"Will I see her again?" the boy asked again.

"Someday you will." She said before she hugged him. "Someday." She repeated. Then a blinding light filled my vision. I was forced to close my eyes so that it won't be damage. When I opened my eyes I am back to the present. I look intently at the author. I have my suspicions about who that person is.

"I know what you saw. I have already seen it before I came here." She said. Her smile is gone and she seems to be so serious.

"I'm that person isn't it?" I'm not sure but I have a hunch that she will say yes.

"Can you leave us alone?" She said to the people inside the room. Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva quickly went out with questions but Severus seems hesitant but still he left.

"Tell me, what your plans were before you found out you're a witch?" she asked without breaking eye contact.

"I planned to be a nurse. I always wanted to be a nurse." I told her truthfully.

"And now?"

"I'm planning on becoming a healer." Our eye contact never broke and we are both looking at each other intently. "I am the one who will die in the end isn't it?" I want her confirmation in this matter.

"You can change that." It was an indirect answer but it still confirmed my thoughts. "You can go back to what you used to be and follow your previous plans."

"Tell me, why will I do that?"

"To save yourself." she simply said but I think there are things she isn't telling me.

"That boy, who is he?"

"Your son." She said nonchalantly.

"My son? And you expect me to change that future?"

"Your disappearance from this world will save a lot more people."

"I think I have already told and you already know that I'm a very selfish person. I won't change that future. If ever I will that is to save my own life."

"You're going to leave him behind in such a young age. Don't be selfish with your own son."

"His father is alive. He will take care of him."

"He isn't even in your eulogy. How can you be sure he would take care of him."

"Do you know who he is?"

"No."

"Then don't judge him. I wouldn't marry him if I know he doesn't how to take care of his family."

"How can be sure of that?"

"Because I'm selfish and I'm also a brat. People do things for me and give me everything I want. If he can't do things and give me things that I want I won't marry him." Then I decided to end our conversation and leave alone in the office. I quickly went to my room and thinks things over. I don't like being told what to do by someone I just met. I don't care if it is for the better but I'm not going to leave this world.