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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Five: Pet names, Hickeys and Truths
Harry had spent nearly every night down in the dungeons with Severus, helping him with Potions for the Hospital Wing and both of them trying to get to know one another. In private Severus had taken to calling Harry, 'Mon amour' but strictly stuck to 'Harry' when with anyone other than just Harry. Harry in return merely called him 'Caro', but mostly just 'Sev', which he made the mistake of using during a Potions, class and got the detention of his life for. He rather figured being subjected to spending two hours with Severus in the dungeons helping him make potions was more of a reward than a punishment.
After another confrontation between the small group of Severus, Remus, Sirius, Harry, Albus and Minerva, Severus and Harry once again used the side room in Albus's office. Severus ran his hands up and down Harry's back gently massaging his back. Harry let out a small, content sigh and snuggled closer to Severus. Severus smiled and said, "Feeling better mon amour?"
Harry grinned at the smile and the pet name before answering, "Of course, Caro."
Harry leaned up and gently kissed Severus, relishing in their moment alone until Sirius got fed up and opened the door. Severus returned the kiss just as gently as Harry had started it, pulling him closer against him, both men already feeling the tell tale signs of arousal in the other. Harry smiled as the kiss ended and looked up into Severus's black eyes that were staring down into his own eyes. Risking a question, Harry started out, "Do you really want to bother with the contraceptive potion?"
Severus smirked a bit and said, "If we don't one of us will end up pregnant and I think it's a bit much to worry about you and a baby while we're finishing this war. Besides, your godfather would kill me if I let you become a father before you finished Hogwarts."
Harry smiled, "True, not to mention the danger it would create for both of us. We should get back in there before Sirius comes charging in here ready to tear you to pieces."
Severus leaned down and kissed Harry once again, Harry instantly deepened the kiss opening his mouth under Severus's only to be instantly rewarded with a tongue slipping in and gently massaging against his own. Ten minutes later Sirius barged open the doors and shouted, "That's enough! Get back in here! Hands to yourselves!"
Harry pouted and said, "But Sirius I was in the middle of giving Sev a really BIG hickey!"
Sirius made a few strangled sounds and stomped out of the room leaving Harry and Severus chuckling, but walking out behind him after straightening their hair and robes a bit. Harry grinned and sat down on Severus's lap once they walked in the room, neither realizing they had both left ridiculously sized hickeys in VERY obvious spots on the others neck.
It took five minutes to get the room to calm down a bit to tell them what was so funny, and when they did Severus immediately charmed his own away but absolutely refused to let anyone charm Harry's. Not that Harry minded, he was helping Severus tell people that he didn't want them charmed away. The group talked for a while merely to coordinate the time everyone would meet in the Great Hall for the ceremony, which Sirius would be attending as his usual self under a few charms that didn't allow anyone other than the group in the room to recognize him.
They decided to meet at two hours after dinner for the ceremony. Minerva and Albus handed Severus and Harry both three packages, their ceremonial robes, the robes for their attendants (Hermione and Ron for Harry, Remus and Minerva for Severus) and a small gift from them. Harry kissed Severus goodnight and left, leaving the Professors and Sirius to themselves.
Once back to Gryffindor tower, Ron, Hermione and Harry finally explained the events of the past four years that the others hadn't known. They of course left out the bit about Norbert from their first year, the Polyjuice potion and spiders from their second year, the time turner from third year, and the incident with Rita Skeeter when Hermione caught her. However they did not explain the invisibility cloak and Harry performed his Patronus spell so that they could see what his Dad's animagus form looked like.
Then Harry opened up his present from Minerva and Albus only to find Albus's half of the family photo albums, shrunk to fit all three hundred albums in it. Harry gapped at it and said out loud, "I'll bet Severus has her half."
Hermione, Ron, Fred, George and Ginny looked up sharply at him. Hermione asked, "Her? Harry what are these?"
Harry smiled, "I may have forgotten to mention, Headmaster Dumbledore is my great-grandfather and Professor McGonagall my great-grandmother. These are the Dumbledore family photo albums, and I'm willing to bet my last Knut Severus has the McGonagall side."
Ginny blinked and said, "How are they related to you Harry? The last of the Dumbledores were killed during the last war against Voldemort I thought."
Harry shook his head, "Mum wasn't, technically Aunt Petunia is my Mum's cousin apparently. You know what's funny though? Everyone would think that the Headmaster would be where I got the Merlin bloodlines from, but he's not. I get those from Professor McGonagall. Not sure why they have different names, but I guess whatever works. You know their age difference is larger then the one between Severus and me, I suppose that's why they don't have much of a problem with it. Let's face it to a couple that has fifty years between them, the twenty-one years between Severus and I seems like nothing."
George made an incredibly hysterical looking face and said, "How exactly did Dumbledore and McGonagall get together than?"
Harry smiled, "They told Severus and me all about it the other day. She was in his Transfiguration classes, when he's just started to teach. She swears he was the most handsome teacher on the staff and that nearly every girl flirted with him, which is hard to imagine of someone that at the time was in his early sixties. Five years after she graduated they met up again for him to privately instruct her beyond what she'd learned in an apprenticeship in Transfiguration. They're both at the highest level for that, though he has the same standing for Defense too. They grew close over the next ten years, married and had three sons."
Hermione seemed to be doing the math in her head and spit out, "But that would make him eighty-three when they got married! And she was only thirty- three!"
Harry nodded, "My grandfather, Robert, was the only one of the three to go to Hogwarts. Lewis went to Beaux Batons and Harald went to a private school somewhere in Egypt."
Ron looked at Harry and said, "Why did they all go to different schools? I mean, you-know-who wasn't in power then, was he?"
Harry shook his head and said, "Harald didn't exactly get along with the rest of the family until Voldemort came into power, then he took his family out of Egypt and back to England faster than a snitch to help with the light side's efforts. Lewis I guess just wanted to go somewhere his parents weren't. Lewis helped on the French front, but didn't last long. His family was killed in one of the first attacks, and Lewis followed them rather quickly. Harald's wife Adira fled with their kids back to Egypt, only to get murdered half way there."
Ginny and Hermione gasped, and Ron spit out, "Stop saying his name Harry!"
Harry shook his head once again and continued, "My grandparents and Harald finally figured out they were just aiming to piss off the Dumbledores, because if they could crack one of the oldest families on the light side in the Wizarding world they figured they could take over. My grandparents gave my Mum to my Grandmother's sister, Petunia's Mum, the minute she was born. Petunia doesn't know they aren't sisters but really cousins. My grandparents became her sister's secret keeper, so that my Mum could actually grow up, and Harald was their secret keeper to help protect the secret of where my Mum was."
Harry smiled and then continued, "Harald withstood the truth serum to keep the secret of where they were, made himself go insane and accidentally lost his control of not talking resulting in the death of my grandparents and Harald, but by that time Mum was in Hogwarts safe and sound. So when they got to Mum's aunt and uncle she wasn't there, neither was Petunia, she was away at some boarding school, but they killed them anyways. Lovely family history isn't it? But that's why Mum named me Harry, I guess Dad refused to let her name me Harald."
Hermione giggled and said, "Harald James Potter, can you just imagine it?"
Harry glared at her and said, "Absolutely not! There's nothing wrong with my name the way it is."
Fred and George grinned and George said, "Well, Harald my boy, let's have a look at these photo albums!"
Fred chuckled and added in, "Oh yes Harald, we simply must have a look at them!"
The rest of the night was spent teasing Harry over the photos and the family names, not to mention major favoritism in the school as both the Headmaster, Deputy Headmistress, Head of Gryffindor, a Professor and soon to be a second Professor were related to him. They all helped Harry pack up his things for the move to Severus's quarters, luckily Harry had the insight the night they were shopping to put most of his clothing away in the Dungeons so he didn't have to move it so soon after buying it.
Thirty minutes later everything was packed up, all the ceremonial robes were laid out and ready to put on in the morning, and they left Harry alone to finish the carving on Severus's rings. It only took him a minute to think of what to put on the rings, and took him twenty minutes to get the carving to cooperate with him. That night Harry fell asleep only an hour before he was supposed to get up, wishing that he'd thought ahead to ask Severus for a Dreamless Sleep potion for the night.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Five: Pet names, Hickeys and Truths
Harry had spent nearly every night down in the dungeons with Severus, helping him with Potions for the Hospital Wing and both of them trying to get to know one another. In private Severus had taken to calling Harry, 'Mon amour' but strictly stuck to 'Harry' when with anyone other than just Harry. Harry in return merely called him 'Caro', but mostly just 'Sev', which he made the mistake of using during a Potions, class and got the detention of his life for. He rather figured being subjected to spending two hours with Severus in the dungeons helping him make potions was more of a reward than a punishment.
After another confrontation between the small group of Severus, Remus, Sirius, Harry, Albus and Minerva, Severus and Harry once again used the side room in Albus's office. Severus ran his hands up and down Harry's back gently massaging his back. Harry let out a small, content sigh and snuggled closer to Severus. Severus smiled and said, "Feeling better mon amour?"
Harry grinned at the smile and the pet name before answering, "Of course, Caro."
Harry leaned up and gently kissed Severus, relishing in their moment alone until Sirius got fed up and opened the door. Severus returned the kiss just as gently as Harry had started it, pulling him closer against him, both men already feeling the tell tale signs of arousal in the other. Harry smiled as the kiss ended and looked up into Severus's black eyes that were staring down into his own eyes. Risking a question, Harry started out, "Do you really want to bother with the contraceptive potion?"
Severus smirked a bit and said, "If we don't one of us will end up pregnant and I think it's a bit much to worry about you and a baby while we're finishing this war. Besides, your godfather would kill me if I let you become a father before you finished Hogwarts."
Harry smiled, "True, not to mention the danger it would create for both of us. We should get back in there before Sirius comes charging in here ready to tear you to pieces."
Severus leaned down and kissed Harry once again, Harry instantly deepened the kiss opening his mouth under Severus's only to be instantly rewarded with a tongue slipping in and gently massaging against his own. Ten minutes later Sirius barged open the doors and shouted, "That's enough! Get back in here! Hands to yourselves!"
Harry pouted and said, "But Sirius I was in the middle of giving Sev a really BIG hickey!"
Sirius made a few strangled sounds and stomped out of the room leaving Harry and Severus chuckling, but walking out behind him after straightening their hair and robes a bit. Harry grinned and sat down on Severus's lap once they walked in the room, neither realizing they had both left ridiculously sized hickeys in VERY obvious spots on the others neck.
It took five minutes to get the room to calm down a bit to tell them what was so funny, and when they did Severus immediately charmed his own away but absolutely refused to let anyone charm Harry's. Not that Harry minded, he was helping Severus tell people that he didn't want them charmed away. The group talked for a while merely to coordinate the time everyone would meet in the Great Hall for the ceremony, which Sirius would be attending as his usual self under a few charms that didn't allow anyone other than the group in the room to recognize him.
They decided to meet at two hours after dinner for the ceremony. Minerva and Albus handed Severus and Harry both three packages, their ceremonial robes, the robes for their attendants (Hermione and Ron for Harry, Remus and Minerva for Severus) and a small gift from them. Harry kissed Severus goodnight and left, leaving the Professors and Sirius to themselves.
Once back to Gryffindor tower, Ron, Hermione and Harry finally explained the events of the past four years that the others hadn't known. They of course left out the bit about Norbert from their first year, the Polyjuice potion and spiders from their second year, the time turner from third year, and the incident with Rita Skeeter when Hermione caught her. However they did not explain the invisibility cloak and Harry performed his Patronus spell so that they could see what his Dad's animagus form looked like.
Then Harry opened up his present from Minerva and Albus only to find Albus's half of the family photo albums, shrunk to fit all three hundred albums in it. Harry gapped at it and said out loud, "I'll bet Severus has her half."
Hermione, Ron, Fred, George and Ginny looked up sharply at him. Hermione asked, "Her? Harry what are these?"
Harry smiled, "I may have forgotten to mention, Headmaster Dumbledore is my great-grandfather and Professor McGonagall my great-grandmother. These are the Dumbledore family photo albums, and I'm willing to bet my last Knut Severus has the McGonagall side."
Ginny blinked and said, "How are they related to you Harry? The last of the Dumbledores were killed during the last war against Voldemort I thought."
Harry shook his head, "Mum wasn't, technically Aunt Petunia is my Mum's cousin apparently. You know what's funny though? Everyone would think that the Headmaster would be where I got the Merlin bloodlines from, but he's not. I get those from Professor McGonagall. Not sure why they have different names, but I guess whatever works. You know their age difference is larger then the one between Severus and me, I suppose that's why they don't have much of a problem with it. Let's face it to a couple that has fifty years between them, the twenty-one years between Severus and I seems like nothing."
George made an incredibly hysterical looking face and said, "How exactly did Dumbledore and McGonagall get together than?"
Harry smiled, "They told Severus and me all about it the other day. She was in his Transfiguration classes, when he's just started to teach. She swears he was the most handsome teacher on the staff and that nearly every girl flirted with him, which is hard to imagine of someone that at the time was in his early sixties. Five years after she graduated they met up again for him to privately instruct her beyond what she'd learned in an apprenticeship in Transfiguration. They're both at the highest level for that, though he has the same standing for Defense too. They grew close over the next ten years, married and had three sons."
Hermione seemed to be doing the math in her head and spit out, "But that would make him eighty-three when they got married! And she was only thirty- three!"
Harry nodded, "My grandfather, Robert, was the only one of the three to go to Hogwarts. Lewis went to Beaux Batons and Harald went to a private school somewhere in Egypt."
Ron looked at Harry and said, "Why did they all go to different schools? I mean, you-know-who wasn't in power then, was he?"
Harry shook his head and said, "Harald didn't exactly get along with the rest of the family until Voldemort came into power, then he took his family out of Egypt and back to England faster than a snitch to help with the light side's efforts. Lewis I guess just wanted to go somewhere his parents weren't. Lewis helped on the French front, but didn't last long. His family was killed in one of the first attacks, and Lewis followed them rather quickly. Harald's wife Adira fled with their kids back to Egypt, only to get murdered half way there."
Ginny and Hermione gasped, and Ron spit out, "Stop saying his name Harry!"
Harry shook his head once again and continued, "My grandparents and Harald finally figured out they were just aiming to piss off the Dumbledores, because if they could crack one of the oldest families on the light side in the Wizarding world they figured they could take over. My grandparents gave my Mum to my Grandmother's sister, Petunia's Mum, the minute she was born. Petunia doesn't know they aren't sisters but really cousins. My grandparents became her sister's secret keeper, so that my Mum could actually grow up, and Harald was their secret keeper to help protect the secret of where my Mum was."
Harry smiled and then continued, "Harald withstood the truth serum to keep the secret of where they were, made himself go insane and accidentally lost his control of not talking resulting in the death of my grandparents and Harald, but by that time Mum was in Hogwarts safe and sound. So when they got to Mum's aunt and uncle she wasn't there, neither was Petunia, she was away at some boarding school, but they killed them anyways. Lovely family history isn't it? But that's why Mum named me Harry, I guess Dad refused to let her name me Harald."
Hermione giggled and said, "Harald James Potter, can you just imagine it?"
Harry glared at her and said, "Absolutely not! There's nothing wrong with my name the way it is."
Fred and George grinned and George said, "Well, Harald my boy, let's have a look at these photo albums!"
Fred chuckled and added in, "Oh yes Harald, we simply must have a look at them!"
The rest of the night was spent teasing Harry over the photos and the family names, not to mention major favoritism in the school as both the Headmaster, Deputy Headmistress, Head of Gryffindor, a Professor and soon to be a second Professor were related to him. They all helped Harry pack up his things for the move to Severus's quarters, luckily Harry had the insight the night they were shopping to put most of his clothing away in the Dungeons so he didn't have to move it so soon after buying it.
Thirty minutes later everything was packed up, all the ceremonial robes were laid out and ready to put on in the morning, and they left Harry alone to finish the carving on Severus's rings. It only took him a minute to think of what to put on the rings, and took him twenty minutes to get the carving to cooperate with him. That night Harry fell asleep only an hour before he was supposed to get up, wishing that he'd thought ahead to ask Severus for a Dreamless Sleep potion for the night.
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