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Harry looked up and smiled as Aleese walked into his Potions lab. Unlike with most students, Snape smiled slightly, and she sat down next to Harry. He helped her get set up, and soon they were working on the latest potion. Snape's eyes seemed to follow Harry, his lips turned down in a frown and his eyes throwing glares at him. Harry tried weakly to smile at him, feeling slightly self-conscious under the glare. Every once in a while, Aleese would reach over and clutch his hand, trying to show her silent support for him in the only way she could. Slowly, the minutes ticked by until the class was finally over, and they were able to escape. Waiting outside the door, Harry paced about, nervous as to what Snape wanted to with Aleese after class. She emerged, and turned her hood to him.
"Harry, what is it?" Her delicate voice asked, seeming to pick up on a vibration in the room. In the few weeks that they'd been in school, Aleese seemed to have grown able to distinguish moods from thin air.
"I was just worried about Snape and you. I mean, he doesn't like you hanging out with me." He sighed
"So? He knows he doesn't have any say in it." She said, walking beside him to the Gryffindor tower.
"You didn't…tell of Snape did you?" Harry asked, a sigh breaking through his voice. He knew that if she got in trouble with Snape, then he would get it tenfold the next day.
"Yes, I did. But, you don't have to worry Harry. He'll be good." Aleese said, offhandedly. Her manner was almost like a mother to Snape. Harry groaned and Aleese let out a laugh. Hermione and Ron walked up, and the four got to work on their assignments.
"So, what did Snape want?" Hermione asked, in her usual blunt way. Ron laughed.
"Nicely put Hermy."
"Just to talk about the curse. He said he found out something about it." Aleese said, offhandedly, her hooded head following the words on the page. "Apparently, its one of those silly curses with the trick in it. 'The only way to solve the curse, is the one it wont affect.'" She recited. "I just don't get it. I mean, it doesn't work full-blown wizards and witches, because they have the ability to block it. Well, it does affect them, but they can just counter it. But, otherwise, it affects everyone. Race, gender, age…" she sighed. "Its like it's a dead end, trying to lead me astray."
Ron smiled. "Well, if anyone can find the answer, it's Harry. I mean, he figured out all sorts of things, things that I'd never get. And if he doesn't get it, Hermy here will. Just wait."
Patting his hand, Aleese laughed. "It seems I made friends with the best."
Harry gasped and woke up from his deep slumber to a loud-pitched scream. The other boys in the room woke up, or turned over, and looked at each other. Quickly, Harry jumped out of bed and ran into the common room. The girls were all sitting there, looking around for the source. Harry opened the picture door and followed the screams. Approaching a doorway, he threw the door open.
"Aleese, what is it?" He gasped. Lying on the bed, Professor Snape had his arms around a red-gold haired girl, her face buried in his chest, and she was crying. "Professor Snape, what are you doing here? What are you doing to her?!"
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