Hey people! I am sooooooooooooooooooo sorry for the wait. All my teachers decided that they would all assigned huge projects and reports the last few weeks of term.
So don't blame me. Blame * dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnn* FINIALS!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Sirius runs away in terror screaming "The word! You said the word! The evil evil evil evil word! It's evil I tell you, eeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I think he says more but at this point he runs out of hearing distance so I can't be sure.
So sorry for the wait and here's part five of the Finial Battle. It may be a couple of days before I get the next part up. We got off today for teacher workshop or something and so I'm posting this but all our new classes start tomorrow so I don't know how busy I'll be. But I'll really try.
You know noting belongs to me but the stuff that does. Now go read and review! And pllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaasssssseeeeeeeeee give me lots and lots of reviews so I can get my mind of * looks around to make sure Sirius isn't around and whispers so low it can barely be heard* finials.
Sirius: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE WORD!!!!!!!!
"Now, Severus, please tell them what you have just told me."
"You all know I am a spy for us. I overheard You-know-who talking to Pettigrew." He avoided Remus's eyes and Sirius's still form. " He congratulated him on getting rid off the warriors."
Addi, Mari, Lily, Cassi, and the twins just looked confused. But James and Remus exchanged looked.
"The warriors?" Cassi asked."What are they?"
"They are two heroes prophesied to come and battle the greatest dark wizard when he arises." Remus said. "They are identified by a symbol the dark wizard leaves on them. That." He pointed to Harry's scar.
"How do you know?" asked Snape.
"When we were in our third year and Sirius's dad was killed, he said Voldemort was after him." Addi nodded "Yes, he came to kill Sirius,. But he had stayed at school for that break." Her eyes clouded at the long forgotten memory.
"Yes, anyway we went looking for a reason why he would be after our friend and we came on that prophecy. Sirius fit the description. Right down to the scar. " He pulled the covers down on Sirius and a small lightning shaped scar, identical to Harry's was revealed on his chest right over his heart.
"I remember that." James said. "When we asked him about it, he slammed the book shut and stomped out of the room. We never said anything about it, but I've thought about it."
"Me too, especially when we all thought he had turned." Remus said.
"Turned? Sirius? Never." Lily laughed.
"I know. But I had no other reason to think he hadn't." Remus said. They were all quiet.
"So Potter and Black are these so called warriors?" Snape asked.
"So it would seem.' Dumbledore said. "It would explain many different things."
Just then Harry stirred.
Harry woke up, hearing voices.
On was Remus's.
"They are two hero's prophesied to come a battle the greatest evil when he arises."
Her listened to them talk about the warriors. Did they really think he was some foretold hero?
One by one he heard them leave the room. Then he opened his eyes.
His mother was sitting beside his bed. His father sat in between his bed and Sirius's. He saw Sirius was asleep.
"Harry."
"Hi, mum." She leaned over and gave him a kiss right on his scar. She traced her finger over the scar.
"Harry, I am sorry we weren't there for you."
"But you were, Mum. The spell you cast when you died, it saved me. And Dad is my patronus."
"Patronus? That's advanced." She smiled.
"Well, they brought dementors to school two years ago because they thought Sirius was after me. And Professor Lupin taught me how to drive them away."
"Remus taught you that?"
"Yes."
"He always was a walking text book." James spoke up.
Harry smiled.
"How ya feeling?" James asked him.
"I'm-" He began to cough, and could barely get a breath in. Finally he stopped.
"Don't strain yourself. Lay down." Lily told him. "Why don't you get some more sleep?"
"Will you still be here?"
"Of course. We aren't going anywhere." James told him.
Harry nodded and closed his eyes. Seconds later he was asleep.
"Nothing." Remus shut the book with a thud that echoed through the library.
"What are we looking for exactly?" Cassi asked. Then she sneezed as the dust from Remus's book floated by her.
" Anything about the warriors." Dumbledore told her.
Remus was walking down the isle. Mari was rocking Jamie and Addi had Remy. Snape was sitting slightly away from the others, pouring over an old dusty book. He too shut it.
"Nothing on the warriors. Just the same prophecy."
He got up and went to return the book. He put it back on the shelf and when he turned another book fell. He turned and picked it up. It had fallen open to a page full of information about the warriors.
Snape began to put the book back. Then he stopped.
Why am I even doing this? I hate Potter and Black. Why wouldn't I want them to die?
Because deep down, not even you can do that. You know that there is something important about this and you are a part of it. Now forget the past and do what you have to. A voice told him. He sighed knowing it was right.
Since when do I have a conscious? He wondered.
He returned to the table and sat down next to Mari who looked slight surprised but smiled gently at him. Jamie grinned and reached for him. Mari tired to hold him back but he crawled out of her arms and into Snape's lap. He sat there, grinning at Snape, who looked positively horrified.
He glanced around for help. Cassi was unaware of what her brother was doing, so was Addi as she tried to hold Remy still. Dumbledore smiled knowingly and Remus grinned his old marauder grin.
Then as Jamie snuggled down and promptly fell asleep, Snape slowly relaxed. He shifted the sleeping baby and handed the book to Dumbledore.
"Severus, where did you find this?"
"It fell off a shelf"
" Listen to this.
'The potion of Aramanda is the only cure for the curse of salimus, causing the victim to develop a terrible fever and a deadly cough. There is a rumor it is the only thing that can kill the foretold warriors, before the finial battle." He glanced around.
"My friends, this is the key. Apparently they are under a curse. This potion is the only hope. It is very difficult." He said glancing over the recipe
"Severus, can you make this?" He handed the book to Snape.
He looked it over. "Yes. It is no more difficult than the wolfsbane potion."
He handed the baby back to Mari and left.
"I'm going to see how Sirius and Harry are doing." Mari said. Addi went with her and of course where Addi went so did Remus.
"Cassi, why don't you go see if you can help Professor Snape?"
Now Cassi would rather eat slugs than help Snape but if Dumbledore said so.
She sighed and went down to the potions room.
Snape was going through his storage when she got there.
"yes? Do they need something?" He turned around, his arms bulging with bottles.
"Professor Dumbledore sent me to see if you needed any help."
"From you? May I remind you of your grades in my class?"
"Yes, as they are high marks." She retorted.
Snape made a face as though he would have liked to tell her off, but then he shoved some bottles at her.
"Fine."
Three hours and four failed attempts later, Snape and Cassi leaned over the cauldron.
"If we did it right, it's supposed to turn green." Cassi glanced at the book. Slowly, surely, the swirling mixture stilled and turned and bright …
"Green." Snape sighed. They ladled some into a smaller cauldron and left.