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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Eight: The Honeymoon
Harry and Severus made their way to the dungeons quickly, both wanting to get away from the now sugar-filled students in the Great Hall and the slowly but well on their way to being drunk Professors. Severus led him to the now familiar portrait of Salazar Slytherin, who was guarding the entrance to Severus's quarters. Severus gave out the password, which they had changed to one they would both remember, "Marauders."
Severus wanted something more along the lines of 'Marauders are idiots' but Harry insisted that while he would never object to Wormtail being called one, his father and Remus were very intelligent people and while Sirius was smart he just didn't always think with the brain between his ears. Severus agreed only on the pretense not to insult Remus and James.
They walked in and heard the portrait close behind them. Both of them were suddenly a bit shy around one another. Harry smiled timidly at Severus who smiled back and said, "Well, I have the contraceptive potions in the bedroom. If we ever decide we want children there's a remedy to take but until then neither of us will have the capabilities to have children."
Harry nodded, "I'm not going to pretend to understand Potions, Severus. While I've improved this week a bit with your help, let's face it, I'm not likely to ever be near your level of skill at them."
Severus just smiled, took Harry's hands in his own and led him into their bedroom only to stop dead at what he saw. Harry stood next to him, both of them amazed at the difference in the room. The four poster canopy king sized bed stood brilliantly in the room, made of a dark mahogany and dressed in the bedding they had picked out together, turned down for them. All the wood in the room had been changed to match the bed, and Harry's unpacked trunk was sitting besides an old trunk of Severus's.
Harry smiled at wrapped his arms around Severus before asking, "Well, Caro, do you like it?"
Severus smiled a sight that the rest of the school save Harry was still getting used to seeing, "Of course I do, mon amour."
Severus stepped out of the embrace and walked over to where the two goblets full of the contraceptive potion were waiting, picked them up and carried them back over to Harry. Harry took the offered cup and both quickly drank the potion. Harry grimaced and said, "Yuck, that tasted gross."
Severus chuckled, took both the goblets and placed them on the bedside table and said, "What did you expect it to taste like Mon amour? Just be thankful it wasn't worse."
Harry shook his head and wrapped his arms around Severus from behind before Severus had a chance to turn around from placing the goblets on the table. Severus opened the drawer and took out the rather large container of lubricant he'd made for the honeymoon; he added a slight muscle relaxant quality to it when he made it earlier that week knowing it would help
Harry let go and undid his own robe as Severus undid his robe, both placed their robes over a chair that was close to the bed before climbing into the bed. Harry immediately wrapped his arms around Severus, whose arms wrapped around him just as quickly as Harry's had. Harry tilted his head up slightly and pulled Severus in for a kiss.
Neither moved from the bed until dinnertime on Saturday. Severus took one look at the time and said, "Albus and Minerva must have slipped us some sort of aphrodisiac – we've been making love for almost an entire day Mon amour."
Harry grinned and said, "What makes you think that wasn't me, Caro?"
Severus chuckled, "Because yours would have worn off a while ago I think. I'll go call a house elf to bring us some food, do you need anything?"
Harry just shook his head and watched his husband get out of bed naked and look around for his boxers, giving up and walking over to get a clean pair from his wardrobe. Harry smiled and said, "Caro, would you throw me a clean set while you're up?"
Faking a loud groan Severus smiled and said, "Oh alright."
Severus quickly threw on a pair of green silk boxers, went over to Harry's wardrobe and dug out a pair of black ones, turned and tossed them to Harry. Harry just smirked and put them on slowly knowing Severus was likely still watching his every move. Severus shook his head and left to call for a house elf. He came back only a short time later looking slightly frazzled but smiled at Harry before climbing back into the bed and Harry's welcoming arms.
Harry chuckled at the look on Severus's face and said, "Something wrong Caro?"
Severus shook his head and said, "Apparently you have quite the fan in the kitchens, mon amour."
Harry grinned and said, "Ah, I take it Dobby answered the order?"
"How exactly do you know Dobby?"
Harry chuckled, "Well, do you remember back in my second year what with that chamber?"
A nod confirmed that yes, Severus remembered and Harry continued, "Dobby showed up at my relatives' house to warn me not to come back to school. Kept telling me someone was going to try to kill me and that I shouldn't go back to school. Then he got me in trouble with the Ministry for underage use of magic. All through the year Dobby tried to get me to leave the school, but then at the end of the year when we found out that Riddle's Diary was controlling Ginny it was all taken care of. Lucius Malfoy brought Dobby with him to demand to know why Dumbledore was back in the castle, only to have me remember that it had be him that gave Ginny the Diary in Flourish and Blotts. So I remembered that house-elves needed to be given clothing to be freed, so when he left without taking the diary I asked for permission to return it, took off a sock and placed it on top of it. I ran after Lucius and politely gave him the diary, he immediately threw off the sock, Dobby caught it and declared himself free. Lucius was about to turn on me, and Dobby slammed him against the wall telling him off. Since then Dobby's almost hero-worshipped me."
Severus was chuckling, "I wish I could have seen Lucius's face, outsmarted by a house-elf and a boy his son's age. No wonder Dobby acts like that."
Harry smiled, "You know, in the second task last year it was Dobby that brought me that gillyweed from your stores. He told me that Ron had been taken and that he wasn't about to let me loose as Dobby put it, my 'wheezy'. I didn't even know what it was when he gave it to me and told me how to use it."
Severus blinked and said, "You cheated through that then?"
Harry laughed a rich full laugh and then said, "All four of us cheated through it, Caro. Hagrid showed me the Dragons before the first task while he showed Madam Maxime and Karkaroff. I was under my invisibility cloak, but Hagrid told me to follow them as he knew the other two would tell their champions the first chance they got. I told Cedric in return, just to make sure we were all on even footing you know. It just wasn't fair for the rest of us to know and him not to know what we were up against. Cedric told me about the egg, how to figure it out. Gave me the password to the prefect's bathroom and everything. And during the fourth task Cedric and I helped one another through parts of it. We both heard Fleur scream, and then I heard Cedric screaming and when Krum yelled out 'crucio' I ran and stunned Krum. Then at the very end we both helped one another with the spider before we took the cup together."
Severus shook his head, "I kept telling Dumbledore to find a way to get you out of that idiotic mess."
Harry smiled and said, "While that would have been preferable to what happened, it certainly helped show me what I'm made of. I never thought I would have been alive at the end of all that."
Harry gently kissed Severus, and just as Severus went to deepen the kiss Dobby appeared with their dinner. Harry smiled at Dobby and said, "Hello there Dobby."
Dobby grinned from ear to ear and rattled out, "Hello Harry Potter-Snape Sir. Dobby is glad to be seeing you again, Harry Potter-Snape Sir. Dobby is happy to see Harry Potter-Snape Sir happy, Sir. Dobby is putting Harry Potter-Snape Sirs favorites on Harry Potter-Snape Sirs dinner, Sir."
Harry smiled and interrupted what was likely to become a long trance of 'Harry Potter-Snape Sir' with, "Thank you Dobby, but if it's alright I'd like to eat dinner with my husband now."
Dobby just kept on grinning and said, "Dobby is leaving Harry Potter-Snape Sir. You is visiting Dobby soon Harry Potter-Snape Sir?"
Harry nodded, "I'll bring Ron and Hermione down to say hello to you and Winky in a week or so, alright Dobby?"
Dobby grinned and said, "Oh yes Harry Potter-Snape Sir. You is bringing your Wheezy and Miss Hermione down with you! Winky and Dobby be waiting for you!"
And with a loud crackle Dobby was gone. Severus shook his head and asked, "Is he always like that?"
Harry smiled, "Worse usually. The only reason he left without a hug is likely to be that I'm in your arms, Caro. Shall we eat?"
Severus nodded and wordlessly handed Harry his dinner. They spent the rest of the weekend going between the bed, the bathroom and calling house-elves for food. Neither was looking forward to Monday when they would have to deal with the rest of the world.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Eight: The Honeymoon
Harry and Severus made their way to the dungeons quickly, both wanting to get away from the now sugar-filled students in the Great Hall and the slowly but well on their way to being drunk Professors. Severus led him to the now familiar portrait of Salazar Slytherin, who was guarding the entrance to Severus's quarters. Severus gave out the password, which they had changed to one they would both remember, "Marauders."
Severus wanted something more along the lines of 'Marauders are idiots' but Harry insisted that while he would never object to Wormtail being called one, his father and Remus were very intelligent people and while Sirius was smart he just didn't always think with the brain between his ears. Severus agreed only on the pretense not to insult Remus and James.
They walked in and heard the portrait close behind them. Both of them were suddenly a bit shy around one another. Harry smiled timidly at Severus who smiled back and said, "Well, I have the contraceptive potions in the bedroom. If we ever decide we want children there's a remedy to take but until then neither of us will have the capabilities to have children."
Harry nodded, "I'm not going to pretend to understand Potions, Severus. While I've improved this week a bit with your help, let's face it, I'm not likely to ever be near your level of skill at them."
Severus just smiled, took Harry's hands in his own and led him into their bedroom only to stop dead at what he saw. Harry stood next to him, both of them amazed at the difference in the room. The four poster canopy king sized bed stood brilliantly in the room, made of a dark mahogany and dressed in the bedding they had picked out together, turned down for them. All the wood in the room had been changed to match the bed, and Harry's unpacked trunk was sitting besides an old trunk of Severus's.
Harry smiled at wrapped his arms around Severus before asking, "Well, Caro, do you like it?"
Severus smiled a sight that the rest of the school save Harry was still getting used to seeing, "Of course I do, mon amour."
Severus stepped out of the embrace and walked over to where the two goblets full of the contraceptive potion were waiting, picked them up and carried them back over to Harry. Harry took the offered cup and both quickly drank the potion. Harry grimaced and said, "Yuck, that tasted gross."
Severus chuckled, took both the goblets and placed them on the bedside table and said, "What did you expect it to taste like Mon amour? Just be thankful it wasn't worse."
Harry shook his head and wrapped his arms around Severus from behind before Severus had a chance to turn around from placing the goblets on the table. Severus opened the drawer and took out the rather large container of lubricant he'd made for the honeymoon; he added a slight muscle relaxant quality to it when he made it earlier that week knowing it would help
Harry let go and undid his own robe as Severus undid his robe, both placed their robes over a chair that was close to the bed before climbing into the bed. Harry immediately wrapped his arms around Severus, whose arms wrapped around him just as quickly as Harry's had. Harry tilted his head up slightly and pulled Severus in for a kiss.
Neither moved from the bed until dinnertime on Saturday. Severus took one look at the time and said, "Albus and Minerva must have slipped us some sort of aphrodisiac – we've been making love for almost an entire day Mon amour."
Harry grinned and said, "What makes you think that wasn't me, Caro?"
Severus chuckled, "Because yours would have worn off a while ago I think. I'll go call a house elf to bring us some food, do you need anything?"
Harry just shook his head and watched his husband get out of bed naked and look around for his boxers, giving up and walking over to get a clean pair from his wardrobe. Harry smiled and said, "Caro, would you throw me a clean set while you're up?"
Faking a loud groan Severus smiled and said, "Oh alright."
Severus quickly threw on a pair of green silk boxers, went over to Harry's wardrobe and dug out a pair of black ones, turned and tossed them to Harry. Harry just smirked and put them on slowly knowing Severus was likely still watching his every move. Severus shook his head and left to call for a house elf. He came back only a short time later looking slightly frazzled but smiled at Harry before climbing back into the bed and Harry's welcoming arms.
Harry chuckled at the look on Severus's face and said, "Something wrong Caro?"
Severus shook his head and said, "Apparently you have quite the fan in the kitchens, mon amour."
Harry grinned and said, "Ah, I take it Dobby answered the order?"
"How exactly do you know Dobby?"
Harry chuckled, "Well, do you remember back in my second year what with that chamber?"
A nod confirmed that yes, Severus remembered and Harry continued, "Dobby showed up at my relatives' house to warn me not to come back to school. Kept telling me someone was going to try to kill me and that I shouldn't go back to school. Then he got me in trouble with the Ministry for underage use of magic. All through the year Dobby tried to get me to leave the school, but then at the end of the year when we found out that Riddle's Diary was controlling Ginny it was all taken care of. Lucius Malfoy brought Dobby with him to demand to know why Dumbledore was back in the castle, only to have me remember that it had be him that gave Ginny the Diary in Flourish and Blotts. So I remembered that house-elves needed to be given clothing to be freed, so when he left without taking the diary I asked for permission to return it, took off a sock and placed it on top of it. I ran after Lucius and politely gave him the diary, he immediately threw off the sock, Dobby caught it and declared himself free. Lucius was about to turn on me, and Dobby slammed him against the wall telling him off. Since then Dobby's almost hero-worshipped me."
Severus was chuckling, "I wish I could have seen Lucius's face, outsmarted by a house-elf and a boy his son's age. No wonder Dobby acts like that."
Harry smiled, "You know, in the second task last year it was Dobby that brought me that gillyweed from your stores. He told me that Ron had been taken and that he wasn't about to let me loose as Dobby put it, my 'wheezy'. I didn't even know what it was when he gave it to me and told me how to use it."
Severus blinked and said, "You cheated through that then?"
Harry laughed a rich full laugh and then said, "All four of us cheated through it, Caro. Hagrid showed me the Dragons before the first task while he showed Madam Maxime and Karkaroff. I was under my invisibility cloak, but Hagrid told me to follow them as he knew the other two would tell their champions the first chance they got. I told Cedric in return, just to make sure we were all on even footing you know. It just wasn't fair for the rest of us to know and him not to know what we were up against. Cedric told me about the egg, how to figure it out. Gave me the password to the prefect's bathroom and everything. And during the fourth task Cedric and I helped one another through parts of it. We both heard Fleur scream, and then I heard Cedric screaming and when Krum yelled out 'crucio' I ran and stunned Krum. Then at the very end we both helped one another with the spider before we took the cup together."
Severus shook his head, "I kept telling Dumbledore to find a way to get you out of that idiotic mess."
Harry smiled and said, "While that would have been preferable to what happened, it certainly helped show me what I'm made of. I never thought I would have been alive at the end of all that."
Harry gently kissed Severus, and just as Severus went to deepen the kiss Dobby appeared with their dinner. Harry smiled at Dobby and said, "Hello there Dobby."
Dobby grinned from ear to ear and rattled out, "Hello Harry Potter-Snape Sir. Dobby is glad to be seeing you again, Harry Potter-Snape Sir. Dobby is happy to see Harry Potter-Snape Sir happy, Sir. Dobby is putting Harry Potter-Snape Sirs favorites on Harry Potter-Snape Sirs dinner, Sir."
Harry smiled and interrupted what was likely to become a long trance of 'Harry Potter-Snape Sir' with, "Thank you Dobby, but if it's alright I'd like to eat dinner with my husband now."
Dobby just kept on grinning and said, "Dobby is leaving Harry Potter-Snape Sir. You is visiting Dobby soon Harry Potter-Snape Sir?"
Harry nodded, "I'll bring Ron and Hermione down to say hello to you and Winky in a week or so, alright Dobby?"
Dobby grinned and said, "Oh yes Harry Potter-Snape Sir. You is bringing your Wheezy and Miss Hermione down with you! Winky and Dobby be waiting for you!"
And with a loud crackle Dobby was gone. Severus shook his head and asked, "Is he always like that?"
Harry smiled, "Worse usually. The only reason he left without a hug is likely to be that I'm in your arms, Caro. Shall we eat?"
Severus nodded and wordlessly handed Harry his dinner. They spent the rest of the weekend going between the bed, the bathroom and calling house-elves for food. Neither was looking forward to Monday when they would have to deal with the rest of the world.
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