Ch. 20: The Passageway
A/N: Hey thanks guys for all the reviews they definitely made my ending of school year so much more interesting.
I'm trying to write this chapter whilst my brother in asleep on the lazy boy beside my computer snoring up a storm (he snores so loud I screamed when he first snored tonight!) So I apologize before hand if I get distracted by the loud, obnoxious, annoying snores beside me. Oh and I might have to take some time in my writing to call the ambulance because I finally cracked and smothered him to stop the fucking snores!
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Harry and Ron lay under their blankets and listened closely to make sure all their dorm mates were truly asleep. After they heard Seamus begin to snore softly they slowly and quietly made their way out of the dormitory room and down the stairs to the common room.
When they arrived at the foot of the stairs they peeked around the corner to make sure Professor McGonagall wasn't still up and reading by the fire; she wasn't so they quickly went over to the girls' dormitory staircase and waited for Hermione to arrive.
Five minutes passed by before they finally heard a door quietly being shut and then someone tip toeing down the stairs. Harry and Ron quickly hid just incase it wasn't Hermione but in the end it was her.
Hermione looked at the two boys hiding under the table with a raised eyebrow, she was about to ask what they were doing but decided against it. Boys were SO confusing!
Ron and Harry quickly rolled out from under the table and walked over to her. Harry started the conversation and said quietly so his grandmother wouldn't be awoken with the noise, "Are you two ready? We need to remember to be quiet and keep to the shadows, I do not want to get caught out and about past curfew, I was already in trouble today and seriously don't want a repeat of earlier thank you very much."
They both nodded their heads to show they were ready and then they were off. Ron and Hermione were leading the way since Harry wasn't with them when they found the passageway; no he was getting his arse smacked like a naughty little child!
As they opened the portrait door they peeked out to make sure no one was wondering the halls by Gryffindor Tower, all was clear so they quickly got out of the doorway and closed the portrait.
The fat lady stirred and opened her eyes to see who woke her at this awful time at night when she noticed it was three students she eyed them disapprovingly and said, "You three better get back into the common room, you all know the curfew and it is way past that time!" The three children ignored the annoying lady and slowly made their way down the hallway, the fat lady called after them, "You have five seconds to get back into the tower or I will contact your head of house!"
They froze, Professor McGonagall couldn't find out about this they would be dead! Hermione quickly thought of a way out of this situation and when she thought of a way she raised her arm and cast a silent spell that made the Fat Lady fall fast asleep.
Harry and Ron looked at her impressed but then Harry opened his mouth and said, "If I didn't know any better Hermione I'd have thought you were in Slytherin!"
Hermione tackled him, "Shut up Harold!"
Harry and Ron chuckled but froze and went quiet when they saw some paintings start to move in their sleep. They all exchanged glances then Hermione and Ron began to lead the way to the passageway they found earlier that day.
It only took about five minutes to get to their destination. Harry looked around himself expecting to find some secret door to suddenly appear or a trap door in the floor, but no nothing was here except a painting of a blue and gold dragon beside a waterfall. Harry looked at Ron and Hermione in question.
Hermione rolled her eyes and walked up to the portrait, she gently turned the portrait so it went into a complete circle. A crack was heard as a door appeared beside the painting.
Harry looked at his best friends and raised his eyebrows in curiosity, "And you guys just happened to come over this passage?"
Hermione gave a sigh and said, "Alright, alright you caught me. I was reading a old book that looked like it hasn't been touched since Merlin was born and it had a folded up map in between a page, the map was so old it has some holes in it, but when I looked at the map I saw it had this passageway on it and decided we should visit it and see where it leads." Hermione explained to Harry.
Harry smiled and touched the door, "So do you guys know what is behind the door yet?" A curious, excited feeling went through Harry as he touched the wooden door.
Hermione and Ron shook their heads. Harry smiled slyly and said, "Excellent, I always do love adventures." He looked at his friends and stepped closer to the door, he slowly began to open the door and with their wands drawn just incase something bad was behind the door they entered the passage.
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Draco sighed and rolled over in his bed. He couldn't fall asleep if he wanted to! There were too many things running through his mind at the moment.
Of all the things that he could worry about, he Draco Aries Snape is worrying about his brother, Harry James Snape. How could he even worry about that annoying brat who is supposed to be his new brother, but in the end he does worry about him. He's worried that Harry is smarting too badly from the walloping their father gave them. He was worried that he might be having a nightmare or that he couldn't get to sleep (like him.)
Draco would deny his worrying of Harry in a heart beat if anyone found out, but he truly did worry about his little brother. Because that is who Harry is to Draco now, he is Harry James Snape, his little brother. Harry is not Harry James Potter anymore nor was he an annoying Gryffindor whose brain is too small for an insect, no now he is his little brother.
Draco almost crawled out of bed twice to go check on Harry but thought against it thinking the Weasel could take care of him if he had a problem… But that was his job; he had to make sure his brother was fine!... But he was already in trouble once today; maybe it wasn't worth going to check on him when he would most likely be fast asleep in his bed.... But what if something was wrong?
Draco was still having a conflict within himself when he felt himself fall back to sleep.
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As they entered they door they whispered Accio so they could see where they were going. But when they stepped fully into the passage they realized that their passageway wasn't a passage at all but actually a hidden room.
Ron found a light switch on the side of the room. Light filled the room to show the occupants what was in the room.
As they looked around they realized that no one had entered this room for a long time; dust covered everything!
The room had two doors, one that they entered and the other was a bathroom. There was a fireplace in the middle of the center wall. There were black leather plush couches in front of the fireplace and a coffee table between the couches. The room actually resembled the common room except it was smaller and didn't have a lot of Gryffindor colors. On the wall beside the door was a switch that said 'Push to hide door'.
Harry quickly pressed the button and heard the door being sucked back so only they could see it from the inside.
Hermione gasped and the two boys came running to see what she found, she was pointed to a mirror beside the door, the mirror showed what was going n outside the room and right now outside the door stood Professor Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore stood talking.
The Trio exchanged wide eyed expressions and held their breaths in case they could be heard, obviously they couldn't be heard because they were in a wall in a different room but it was instinct.
Harry looked at his father through the mirror and stepped closer, "I wonder what they are doing here… I mean this is pretty close to Gryffindor Tower-"
"Shut up Harry!" Hermione stepped closer to the mirror and saw a small black button on the side, she carefully pressed the button and suddenly they could hear what Dumbledore and Severus were saying.
"Severus the boy should know-" Albus said quietly to him.
Severus glared at his soon to be father and snapped, "Yes I know that Albus! But what do you expect me to do? Go up to his dormitory and wake him up? It'll have to wait until the morning, and it can wait!"
Harry exchanged glances with his friends, how was he supposed to get up to the dormitory without his father seeing him?!
Albus sighed, "I guess it could wait until the morning but don't forget to tell him, you may hate them Severus but they are his relatives and he deserves to know."
Severus rolled his eyes and said exasperated, "I won't forget Albus!" Severus was very irritable and right now his soon to be father was not making him happy.
Suddenly Harry saw his grandmother come into view and immediately began to worry if she found his bed empty.
"I think I heard arguing, is there anything wrong?" Minerva asked in her all knowing mother tone.
Severus immediately began to shake his head in denial, no need to get in trouble after all.
Minerva gave Severus her best pointed glare then said, "Now Severus you apologize to Albus for your tone." When Severus just stared at her she said in a tone that held no arguments, "Now!"
Severus grumbled about how he was an adult and shouldn't be treated like a child.
Minerva glared at him and said, "Well if you act like a child I will treat you like one, now apologize!"
Severus huffed but said his apology then turned and headed back to the dungeons in hopes that he wouldn't get in more trouble for his attitude. Seriously he was an adult now and fathering two children, he should not be treated like a child!
Harry and his friends shared an amused look before they burst out laughing. Severus Snape, the evil bat of the dungeons just got rebuked by his mother!
The laughing was short lived though when Minerva said, "Well I'm going to go check on all the dorms and make sure no one slipped by unnoticed, I'll see you in the morning darling, I love you." They shared a long hard kiss before they departed in their separate ways.
The trio almost gagged at the two old people kissing until they realized what they just said. They began to panic when Ron pointed to a trap door he found earlier when they were looking around the room.
"It might lead us to the dorm." Ron said hopefully.
Harry sighed and said, "I'm dead, dad's going to kill me and then he is going to ground me for life! I better just stay here since he won't be able to find me!" Harry said sadly.
Ron rolled his eyes at Harry and opened the trap door, "Are you coming or what?"
Harry ran for the trap door and followed the passage to another trap door, to their surprise and happiness the trap door did lead to the common room, they quickly ran for their dorm rooms as Minerva walked in.
Harry and Ron jumped into their beds just in time.
Soon they were fast asleep.
A/N: Hey good news! I didn't manage to smother my brother while I wrote, but I did throw a pillow at him and poured water over his face but he STILL didn't wake up!
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