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Chapter 12: Revive ME!

"HERMIONE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Shouted Harry his voice dripping with anger.

Severus and Hermione abruptly parted and simultaneously looked at Harry with a shocked expression crossing their faces. Neither of them had even remembered anyone else was in the room to witness their first passionate kiss both regretting that their embrace had ended unceremoniously.

"WHY ARE YOU KISSING HIM!?" Harry barked while frantically pacing.

"Geez mate it was just a bit of snogging. Disgusting, horrible snogging mind you, but nothing to be so upset about, come to think of it, it is a good question Hermione. Why are you kissing the old git?" George looked from Harry to Hermione barely able to keep the contents of his stomach from gushing onto the floor.

Hermione was so embarrassed. Her face flushed red and beads of sweat had begun to pop out on her forehead. She glanced over at Severus who was now smirking at the boys. Obviously he was quite proud of the situation as he reached back over to Hermione and wrapped his arm around her waist pulling her to him possessively.

"Harry…I…uh….why are you so upset?" She successfully deflected their questions to Harry, she wasn't prepared to discuss her relationship with Severus and even a few more moments to prepare were better than nothing. She wasn't even for certain what to call their relationship.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHY AM I SO UPSET! YOUR SNOGGING SNAPE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND YOU DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD GET UPSET! HOW COULD YOU?" Harry's anger was escalating he could feel it coursing through his veins causing his blood to boil!

"I don't understand Harry? How could I do what to you!?"

"HERMIONE YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU! I EVEN LEFT GINNY SO THAT I COULD BE WITH YOU! I…OH…bugger." He stopped in his tracks realizing that he had to leave for Egypt before they could finish their conversation on her birthday.

"Wait a minute! Hermione you said he was GAY!" George nearly shouted trying to maintain his focus on stirring the potion.

"Yes George that's also what I thought! Harry how could you love me?" Lowering her voice to nearly a whisper. "You told me you were gay Harry…"

Harry nearly instantly calmed himself mainly because of the humiliation he had just subjected himself too because he was unable to control his emotions. Sudden realization hit him…did everyone think he was gay? George clearly thought he was gay. George of all people should very well know that he is not gay. How many times had he walked in on him and Ginny. They put rabbits to shame for crying out loud.

"Hermione I'm sorry you felt the need to question my heterosexuality but I can promise you that I am not gay. George I'm sorry about Ginny please don't be mad at me but she was absolutely insane! I lied to myself for years about how I felt towards Hermione and I went with Ginny because nearly everyone expected it of me because of her crush." Harry's voice was filled with shame and regret. He just wanted this one thing to be his because of his own decision.

Hermione stepped away from Severus and pulled Harry's face up to look at her. Sympathy and pity had filled her eyes as she brushed a single tear off of Harry's cheek.

"Harry I had no idea you were trying to tell me that you loved me the other day. I suppose in hindsight I didn't really give you much of a chance to speak that day. If I had known I would have never shown such a display in front of you with Severus. But Harry…you know that I don't love you in a way that isn't of a brotherly nature." She grasped his hands into hers desperate for him to understand.

"Can you ever forgive me for being so crued?" She could feel Severus' smirk piercing the back of her head. Knowing he was thinking he finally one up'ed the Potters.

Harry took a moment to respond. He had loved her for so many years but he can finally see that it wasn't meant to be she was turning down his affections and it hurt deeply. Yet the look on her face when she had seen Snape surprisingly gave him a bit of satisfaction. Hermione had finally found happiness, and in knowing that in turn made him happy as well.

"Yes Hermione, but only if you can forgive me as well, if I had known about you and Severus I would have never reacted so poorly."

"Of course Harry you're my brother and I will always be here for you, no matter what."

Harry hugged Hermione and secretly gave Snape an evil glare over her shoulder. He could respect her decisions, and her choice in suitors, but he did not have to be happy about the situation. He let go of Hermione and turned to George.

"I'm sorry I broke things off with your sister mate. In all honesty though she was acting a bit batty and perhaps I made some decisions that were a bit hasty. Are we ok?" For the first time Harry noticed Arthur and Ron lying behind George and he nearly missed George's response.

"I don't suppose you're going to want my number after all this mushy bonding we all seem to be doing huh mate? I have to say I am quite heartbroken knowing you won't be bedding me tonight." All the while mock crying and grasping his heart. George really didn't need an explanation after watching his and Hermione's touching scene. Ginny was being a right cow here lately. She would get over it someday.

The three of them erupted in laughter and turned to look at Severus who had just cleared his throat to break up the touching scene.

After nearly a full ten minutes of biting his tongue he was ready to get down to business. He had a life to live and he was fairly certain this heartfelt moment brought before him was not in the original plan. He cleared his throat smirking as they all looked in his direction.

"I believe we have work to accomplish." He regained his usual vacant expression and approached the cauldron pushing George out of the way. "Hermione what are you brewing here?"

Hermione quickly knelt down beside him feeling a bit silly about what had just transpired but was certainly glad the situation dissolved. She watched as Harry and George made their way to Arthur and Ron noting that they were attempting to try and not pay attention to her and Severus.

In barely a whisper, "Severus I really missed you." She laid her hand on his. He kissed her gently and leaned back to whisper, "I missed you too Hermione. Now tell me what it is that you are brewing here." She smiled and thought, "it's always business with this man."

"This is what will save Harry, Ron, Arthur and Draco."

"Hermione it's not very often that I don't recognize a potion and I would kindly request you provide more information other than, this will save them all." Agitation clearly filled his voice.

Hermione stood up and walked over to her Ancient Egpytian tome and walked back over to Severus. Kneeling down beside him once again she opened the book and began to describe the potion.

"The potion of Black Tranquility is a potion brewed for empowerment over another. The main ingredient is the blood of the one whom is attempting to control the drinker. It is remarkably similar to the imperious curse however, the main differences is that the drinker is directly connected to the brewer; regardless of the brewer being dead or alive. Voldemort would have had to brew this potion himself in order to gain control of Ron, Arthur and possibly even Draco. The remaining ingredients are actually quite ordinary but the incantation is what sets it apart from all the other simplistic potions. This potion puts the drinker into a trance like state and erases all memories prior to drinking the potion. In theory…and this is mere speculation…because obviously this has never happen before in any of our lifetimes…if I brew this potion, substitute my blood and give it to Ron, Arthur and Draco the effects of Voldemorts potion will no longer be valid and they will be under my control. However…well..do you understand up to this point because there is so much more?"

"Yes however, I can't say that I have ever heard of this potion. Where did you find it at?"

"I will get to that in a moment." She bit her bottom lip for a moment while regathering her thoughts. She hadn't meant for this to sound so complicated.

"Once under my control I'm not sure exactly what will happen. I have attempted to cross reference this potion with various others to no avail. It seems of all the books I have with me this is the only tome that it is mentioned. The description is quite vague on the possibilities of multiples drinking from multiple brewers."

She stared off into the distance for a moment while gathering her thoughts once more. She began shuffling through the pages and stopped, looking up at Severus.

"So I decided that this would be a poor alternative and having them drink this potion to do my bidding would be no different than how they are now. Less malicious of course but that's beside the point. So I began looking for an antidote or another potion that could reverse the effects of Black Tranquility. I found this. Quite the opposite of chaos I must say."

She handed the book to Severus and his eyes glanced over the contents and shot back up to hers. "Nowhere in this text does it mention anything about reversing the effects of this potion."

"No not exactly. You have to read between the lines Severus. We have George for Arthur and Ron. I was hoping you could help Draco seeing as you're his Godfather."

"I don't think this is how that would work Hermione. I'm of no blood relation."

"It's all we have Severus." She took the book back and read back through the potion making sure she had brewed it correctly. She set a stasis on the cauldron seeing that it was the proper color. "You can stop stirring now Severus. It's ready."

"Hermione wait! What if this potion gives them more insight than they want?"

"It doesn't matter at this point Severus. The Ma'at potion is our only option. We will test it on Arthur and Ron. If they return to normal then it will be a waiting game for Halloween to come and pass. If they return to normal and we can give the potion to Draco there will be no one to perform the ceremony to bring back Voldemort. I assume only Draco knows the proper rights and Lucius is in Azkaban. Do you have any other ideas we could try first?"

"No. No I don't." Severus sat back feeling defeated. Something about this seemed like it would back fire in their faces. It didn't feel right and any spy knows if you have a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach go the other direction! He could only watch with dread increasingly consuming his being.

"I thought so…."

"Hermione are you sure about this? I mean it's not often Snape is so adamant about something and no one listens to him." Harry felt conflicted. Mainly because he still seen Severus as his teacher but mostly because he was sitting there brooding. He is a potions MASTER and a MASTER SPY after all.

"Harry if you're going to argue with me as well you may go brood with Severus in the corner." She looked at him begging him with her eyes to argue a moot point.

"Good now help me sit them upright. Once I get George's blood I can then administer the potion and we can wake them up once again."

"Whoa wait why do you need my blood?" George wasn't exactly thrilled with having blood drawn for some potion no one had never even heard of prior to now.

As she absent mindedly poured some of the potion into two separate vials waiting for George to stick his arm out she answered him with a casualness that was unnerving. "Because it is your blood that will reconnect them to your Weasley blood line George. Now sit down I need your blood."

George gave a glance to Severus throwing his hand up at him, as if to tell him he didn't know what to do. Severus simply shrugged his shoulders and waved him to sit down. He would not be blamed for the downfall to humanity. George gave in and watched Hermione take his blood and add it to each vial.

She walked over and emptied the contents to each vial into Ron an Arthurs mouths and massaged their necks till the potion was down. Unknowingly Harry, George and Hermione had slowly walked backwards watching them until they were beside Severus on the opposite side of the room. When Hermione backed into the wall she came out of her trance like state and looked down at Severus. He was still sitting there brooding with that same damn smirk on his face.

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ON a side note I pulled up the Wikipedia summary of the God Ma'at for those that don't know their mythology. It is as follows:

Maat or ma'at (thought to have been pronounced [muʔ.ʕat]), also spelled māt or mayet, was the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation.

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