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Lily's Son

Chapter 25

Flamel's and summer holiday's starting

Harry woke up the next morning feeling very well rested, unfortunately Pomfrey wanted to keep him in. she apologized for her insinuations and explained her rather lame excuses. After breakfast she finally let him go, his newly washed school uniform was waiting at the end of his bed. Harry not wanting to be there any longer went to find his friends.

"Hey Harry! Are you ok?" asked Hermione hugging her best friend relieved that he seemed to be ok.

"Yeah, thanks for yesterday Mione" smiled Harry softly.

Hermione blushed bright red "It's alright! I wasn't about to let him hurt you" huffed the red faced girl. She hadn't liked what the monster had called her either so it was his own fault. She knew if Voldemort ever came back she would pay for it with her life. Now as well as Harry she wanted to train to keep herself and family safe.

They had the proof that Voldemort wasn't gone for good just like Draco had explained.

"I explained what happened to my father, he wasn't best pleased" sighed Draco.

"No I don't suppose he would be" said Harry, if Voldemort was finding ways to come back Lucius would have to endanger his family to spy once more. Not only him but his Potions teacher too, he remembered how shocked he had been hearing that voice. He shuddered anew himself, when he had heard it, something had happened. He had heard a high pitched screech to move aside you silly little Mudblood. He wasn't sure what it was all about and he didn't want to find out either. It had freaked him out and he was glad for the sleeping potion Madam Pomfrey had given him.

"Oh by the way Hermione saw the Flamel's coming into Hogwarts!" said Draco looking excited.

"I wonder why" frowned Harry.

"He created the stone with Dumbledore, that's what Voldemort was asking for. The stone would have made him immortal and it also turns any metal into pure gold" explained Hermione "I spent hours looking for the information, thankfully Neville had offered me a chocolate frog and I found what I needed! I had been looking in the wrong direction"

Harry just nodded his head in understanding.

"There was a picture of him in it; he wasn't what I expected he was rather small and skinny. I always expected him to be tall and powerful looking…like Dumbledore I suppose" said Hermione.

"He was small" agreed Neville.

"I wonder why it was at Hogwarts…it isn't the safest place to have it" Harry pointed out suspiciously. Remembering his cloak, and the words 'use it well' but he shook it off no it had nothing to do with him.

"Well technically speaking Hogwarts is supposed to be the safest place in the Wizarding world" said Hermione.

"That's wrong, Gringotts is supposed to be" supplied Draco.

"Both have been broken into so we can safely say that it's a load of bull" snorted Harry in amusement.

His three friends had to agree with that information.

"Did you have breakfast?" asked Hermione as they walked towards their room.

"Yeah" said Harry.

"When's your first exam?" asked Draco curiously.

"Some time this afternoon, its charms I have first" said Harry.

"Me too" said Draco surprised.

"I have Herbology first" chimed in Neville.

"Defence" said Hermione.

"All this afternoon?" asked Harry.

"No in an hour" said Neville.

"Two for mine" explained Hermione.

"Ah Nicolas, Perenelle how can I help you?" beamed Dumbledore, although it was a helluva lot more subdued than normal. "Have you met my Potions Master, Severus Snape and Head of Slytherin house?"

"It's nice to meet you Master Snape, you did very well with that new version of the truth serum, Veritaserum" commended Nicolas his head bowed low in respect for the dark haired and clothed man.

Severus rose an eyebrow in surprised, if he wasn't so composed he would be blushing bright red, he hadn't been aware someone as old as Nicolas Flamel would still be interested in potions "Thank you" said Severus curtly.

"I keep up with all the Potions Masters around the world! I buy the International Potions Magazine every month" explained Nicolas happy to talk to him despite the dire consequences that had made him come here in the first place.

"Yes, some of them are very good" said Severus grudgingly.

"Oh yes! I'm also impressed with your new version of the Wolfsbane potion" said Nicolas. "I've yet to meet someone with your talent! I always expected your mother to be in it while she was in school. Best grades Hogwarts had ever seen until you of course!"

"Thank you very much" smirked Severus proudly, his onyx eyes gleaming in satisfaction. Most people didn't care for Potions, or how they were created and made. They used them without thought, and if they didn't watch there wouldn't be many Potion Masters and Mistress' about.

"It's nice to finally meet you" said Perenelle shaking his hand, reluctantly on Severus' part he didn't like touching people.

"You also" said Severus kindly or his version of kindness.

"Albus where is the stone?" demanded Flamel, he had been hearing all kinds of rumour's from Hogwarts.

Dumbledore gulped his old friend was going to be furious "It's gone, I put it into the mirror and its broken" sighed Dumbledore sadly.

"Why on earth did you want it here?" cried Nicolas furiously.

"I was afraid Voldemort would come after it" conceded Dumbledore eventually.

"So you removed it from a high security vault?" asked Nicolas dryly.

"Good job too! He managed to break into Gringotts and only because I knew something was up I moved it" said Dumbledore joyfully.

"It matters not that we will die?" asked Perenelle calmly but inwardly she was furious.

"I did not mean that" protested Dumbledore paling he couldn't believe his oldest friends could think that of him.

"It's a good thing we didn't give you it all" said Nicolas in satisfaction.

Dumbledore eyes went solemn "Just be careful Voldemort is after it" he needed that destroyed too he just had to convince his old friends that death was but the next great adventure.

"Do not worry yourself about that" said Nicolas coolly unable to believe the nerve of his old friend.

"Very well" sighed Dumbledore. Perhaps it wasn't the best time to say anything after all. They were still very angry with him; perhaps after a few weeks he would go to Flamel Castle and get them to do it.

"If you shall excuse me Albus, I must get my students ready for the leaving feast" said Severus smoothly. "Mr. Flamel, Mrs. Flamel" nodded Severus in their direction a way of saying goodbye before he left the office without waiting on Dumbledore replying. He was curious to why Dumbledore had every teacher make if easy for someone to get through all the tasks. He was also curious about the mirror Dumbledore was talking about. Quirrell had obviously tried to get it during the Dragon fiasco.

Severus didn't need to tell the students about the feast for some time, as most of them had end of the year exams to do. Thankfully Severus didn't have a say in those tests. He was an unfair bastard but his life mattered to him so it wasn't worth being nice to them. It also meant that he didn't have to grade them unfairly. It surprised him occasionally how well certain students did without him breathing down their necks.

So once it hit five o'clock he went down to the Slytherin Dungeon's and called the students to him. They knew he disliked waiting and were very quick to gather around the cold looking but warm dungeon.

"Have you all packed your things for the summer?" asked Severus smoothly.

"Yes sir" shouted the students bobbing their heads up and down.

"Remember you won't be in the same dorm so if you forget anything you will not find it there again. The house elves will put it with the lost and found and that will be it" explained Severus sharply.

"Yes sir" said the students, the upper years rolling their eyes they had after all heard the same speech every year.

"Good, I expect you all on your best behaviour during the feast, now you leave early next morning so do not stay up to long tonight" said Severus sharply. Knowing very well the students liked to stay up because they weren't going to see one another again for nearly three months.

"Yes sir" chorused the children once more.

"Very well I shall see you all at six o'clock" said Severus smoothly before leaving the Slytherin common room.

Dumbledore watched the students feeling sullen, Harry Potter wasn't supposed to be in Slytherin, he was meant to be in Gryffindor. Not only that, he was supposed to have been heroic and stopped Voldemort getting the stone. The bloody flags above the great hall were green, and he was supposed to award Harry points for his bravery - making him feel even more a hero and a sacrificial lamb. Nothing was going right; he just couldn't understand where it had all gone wrong.

He was supposed to look up to him, Albus Dumbledore for saving him from his relatives not hate him. He knew he hadn't helped matters by contesting the boy's emancipation. He wasn't sure what he could do to get everything back on track. He knew he would have to re start the Order one day, and he had wanted the Potter boy to be the focus point for the Order. Harry Potter was after all supposed to be the beacon of light, a hero for everyone to rely on. No one in the Order would trust him now, not as a Slytherin.

Things were looking very bleak indeed.

"Did you hear the Ministry workers today Severus?" asked McGonagall.

"No I had better things to do than listen to them" sneered Severus.

"They are saying that Ms. Granger, Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Potter and Mr. Longbottom were very good. They might do better than anyone ever before, they have the abilities apparently" said McGonagall, her only regret was none of them were in her house.

"Oh yes! Neville did so well in Herbology today! He definitely is going to get top marks. Susan said she hadn't seen anyone manage to do what he did so quickly too!" beamed Sprout proudly.

Severus blinked in surprise he wasn't sure what to make of that.

"I guess we shall see just how much they mean that" said Severus, he knew the four students were hard workers…but were they truly that good that the Ministry was talking about it? It must have been a sight indeed. They were just first years for Merlin sakes, but he knew himself and Lily had studied and did well too. Was that what had happened when he and Lily walked away? Had the Ministry workers gossiping about them.

"I've never been in the Muggle world" confided Draco looking a little sick the next morning they were an hour away from getting on the train to go to Harry's for part of the summer.

"You aren't scared are you?" asked Harry wide eyed incredulity written all over his face.

"No!" protested Draco, he would never admit it but the unknown was kind of scary. How did normal Muggles get by without magic? Draco could never imagine anything like that. He had grown up with it, it was normal for him. Not seeing magic or people doing magic was going to be like falling through a reverse mirror.

"Don't worry it's not for long" said Harry, everyone had their trunks with them, ready to take them down to the small train station. Harry and Hermione were looking forward to it but Draco and surprisingly Neville had gone green around the face.

"Stop worrying!" sighed Hermione shaking her head in amusement.

"I'm not worried!" said Draco adamantly.

"Uh-uh" said Harry grinning in amusement. His aunt was coming herself as there were so many of them. They were worried about actually getting the trunks in the car. There were four of them, but there was nothing they could do.

There we go! so the summer begins it will probably be harry's part of the summer in one, then so on and so forth. so expect four chapters full of summer doings ok? anything else you would like draco hermione neville and harry doing? will they go to stonehenge? what else is there to see in england? near privet drive that they can do? real things? i dont live in england so i dont have a clue! any ideas are welcome will they go see some art? an art museum? is there anything like an egyptian section to a museum in england? well anyway R&R please! take care x Debs