A/N: wow you guys, you all just keep staying so awesome. In response to
Silvermoon's review Dumbledore is not going to tell Lei because I won't let
anything happen to any of the characters. I don't believe in killing off
JK's charries and I'm not going to kill off my own charrie so don't worry
but I'm not going to have Dumbledore tell her, I already said that Lei
would find out when she turns 18 the following year. Oh and Linds it's F-A-
N-T-A-S-T-I-C you were close ;-) Well guys here's the next chapter I hope
it doesn't suck too much, I've been sick this week and just plain overall
exhausted from all the work I've had to do. The pace is going to start to
pick up a little bit after this chapter I just wanted to start establishing
this training and schedule ritual now and then just speed along so the
battle should be coming in the next few chapters. I've also decided not to
write out the actual quidditch team tryouts I'm just going to write out the
aftermath of who made the team, but it's not going to be a huge focus.
There, I think that's enough rambling for right now and I'm sure you guys
want me to be done with this note so you can get to the actual chapter. So
the rambling ends......................now. ENJOY!!!!!
Chapter 25
Harry woke up with a start very early the next morning. He reached over to grab his glasses and came into contact with Severus' note. Putting on his glasses he read the note and visibly relaxed and let out a sigh of relief. Harry looked at his watch and decided that he could go back to sleep for a while.
Harry eventually woke up to Ron pounding on his door telling him to wake up or else they'd miss breakfast. He emerged from his room 5 minutes later fully dressed and ready for the day. The trio made their way to the Great Hall. After they had tucked into their breakfast of toast, eggs and fried tomatoes Hermione asked,
"Harry what was that book for that you were reading last night?"
"Just a book on advanced hexes and curses."
"Whaat'd Snape give you a book like that for?" Ron asked.
"He's just giving me extra lessons in defense. You know, since I'm kind of expected to kill Voldemort and all." Harry joked and winked at his friend.
Ron and Hermione started to laugh and Harry quickly joined in with them. Harry stopped laughing and looked at his watch and quickly rose from his seat and said,
"Come on you guys, we're going to be late."
Harry bolted out the door with Hermione close on his tail while Ron stuffed one last piece of toast and took off after his best friend and girlfriend.
The rest of the day passed yb quickly and uneventfully, which is a miracle because Hagrid had a new "pet" for Care of Magical Creatures. Retrieving the book that Severus had given him Harry made his way down to his father's rooms. Harry closed the door and saw the red light hurtling towards him again and easily blocked it. Severus stepped out of a shadow smiling and said,
"Very good. Did you finish the book?"
"Was there ever a doubt in your mind that I wouldn't?" Harry replied cheekily.
"No, I was just checking and confirming. Ready to put those hexes into practice?"
Harry set the book down on a nearby table and said,
"Of course."
"Now Harry, you must know that you are never to use these hexes for anything other than this upcoming battle. They are far too gruesome and nothing a student here could say or do would constitute using one of them on that person. Understood?"
"Yes sir."
"Good, now let's go."
Severus and Harry spent the rest of the training session much in the fashion of the previous night. Before Harry knew it the hour was up and it was time to go back to his room to finish his homework. Harry sank down onto the couch to rest and he asked,
"Dad, how exactly am I supposed to kill Voldemort?"
"As of right now Harry, there is no known curse to kill Voldemort. Currently Professor Flitwick and Lei are working together to develop a spell to completely destroy Voldemort's body and soul so that there's no chance that he can come back." Severus responded as he sat down next to Harry on the couch
"I'm glad Lei's working on it with him."
"So am I, she's very smart and it shouldn't take the two of them long to create the spell, this way you can get on with learning it because we only have a few short weeks before the attack will happen and I have a feeling that this will be it, if everything works out the way that it's supposed to. And I don't have a doubt that it won't."
Harry launched himself at Severus and said,
"I just want this to be over. I'm sick and tired of everything. I just want to be able to have a normal and quiet life with you."
Severus rubbed gentle circles on his son's back and said
"I know Harry, and as soon as Voldemort is gone you and I don't have to keep lying and hiding, the truth can come out and you'll finally be free to just enjoy yourself as you should have been doing already but unable too because of circumstances beyond your control. All right?"
Harry nodded and said,
"I'd better get back to the tower and do my homework, I've got a ton. Anymore books you want me to read tonight along with the mountain of homework?" Harry said with a grin.
"Not tonight, I'll see you tomorrow. In class and after dinner." Severus said with a chuckle
Harry detached himself from his father and got up and walked towards the door.
"Night Dad."
"Good night Harry."
Harry left the quarters and quickly returned to Gryffindor Tower. Harry entered the common room to find it surprisingly relatively empty. Shrugging his shoulders Harry went over to the tapestry and almost crashed into Lei as she was running out of the prefects area. Lei ran past him with her hair flying calling out,
"Hi Harry, bye Harry. Late for a meeting with Professor Flitwick, talk to you later."
Harry shook his head and said,
"All right Lei."
Harry made his way to his room and sank onto his bed and laid back for a moment closing his eyes but not falling asleep. After 5 minutes Harry sat up and went over to his desk and started to work.
Three hours later Harry's brain felt like a wrung sponge but his homework was complete. Getting changed out of his robes and into his bathrobe he decided to go take a shower. 45 minutes later Harry came back into his rooms and got dressed into his pajamas. His hair had grown to a few inches past his shoulders at this point so he put it into a braid so it wouldn't get tangled while he was asleep.
He grabbed a gobletfull of the potion and went over to his bed, set the goblet on the night stand, climbed under the sheets and blankets, grabbed the goblet and downed the potion. Harry's last coherant thought before he fell into a deep sleep was that he had to talk to his dad about making the taste better.
Several hours later Harry bolted awake from another nightmare. It had been another dream about the third task. Harry shakily got out of bed and quickly and quietly slipped down to his father's rooms. Giving the password and still slightly trembling from the memory of the nightmare Harry entered his father's bedchamber and slipped into bed with his father.
Severus awoke to feeling somebody climbing into his bed and instantly knew that it was Harry. He turned over and pulled Harry closer to him and whispered,
"Another nightmare?"
Harry merely nodded and Severus squeezed his, still trembling, son and fell asleep soon after Harry had relaxed and done so.
A/N: That seems like a good place to stop, sorry it's so short but I can't think of anything else and it seems like a logical stopping point. I hope you all agree with me. The next chapter should bring us up to Halloween. Now push that little button in the left hand corner and tell me what you think. It might be a little bit of a wait for the next chapter but hopefully not over a week but I'll see how much work I get done. TTFN!
Chapter 25
Harry woke up with a start very early the next morning. He reached over to grab his glasses and came into contact with Severus' note. Putting on his glasses he read the note and visibly relaxed and let out a sigh of relief. Harry looked at his watch and decided that he could go back to sleep for a while.
Harry eventually woke up to Ron pounding on his door telling him to wake up or else they'd miss breakfast. He emerged from his room 5 minutes later fully dressed and ready for the day. The trio made their way to the Great Hall. After they had tucked into their breakfast of toast, eggs and fried tomatoes Hermione asked,
"Harry what was that book for that you were reading last night?"
"Just a book on advanced hexes and curses."
"Whaat'd Snape give you a book like that for?" Ron asked.
"He's just giving me extra lessons in defense. You know, since I'm kind of expected to kill Voldemort and all." Harry joked and winked at his friend.
Ron and Hermione started to laugh and Harry quickly joined in with them. Harry stopped laughing and looked at his watch and quickly rose from his seat and said,
"Come on you guys, we're going to be late."
Harry bolted out the door with Hermione close on his tail while Ron stuffed one last piece of toast and took off after his best friend and girlfriend.
The rest of the day passed yb quickly and uneventfully, which is a miracle because Hagrid had a new "pet" for Care of Magical Creatures. Retrieving the book that Severus had given him Harry made his way down to his father's rooms. Harry closed the door and saw the red light hurtling towards him again and easily blocked it. Severus stepped out of a shadow smiling and said,
"Very good. Did you finish the book?"
"Was there ever a doubt in your mind that I wouldn't?" Harry replied cheekily.
"No, I was just checking and confirming. Ready to put those hexes into practice?"
Harry set the book down on a nearby table and said,
"Of course."
"Now Harry, you must know that you are never to use these hexes for anything other than this upcoming battle. They are far too gruesome and nothing a student here could say or do would constitute using one of them on that person. Understood?"
"Yes sir."
"Good, now let's go."
Severus and Harry spent the rest of the training session much in the fashion of the previous night. Before Harry knew it the hour was up and it was time to go back to his room to finish his homework. Harry sank down onto the couch to rest and he asked,
"Dad, how exactly am I supposed to kill Voldemort?"
"As of right now Harry, there is no known curse to kill Voldemort. Currently Professor Flitwick and Lei are working together to develop a spell to completely destroy Voldemort's body and soul so that there's no chance that he can come back." Severus responded as he sat down next to Harry on the couch
"I'm glad Lei's working on it with him."
"So am I, she's very smart and it shouldn't take the two of them long to create the spell, this way you can get on with learning it because we only have a few short weeks before the attack will happen and I have a feeling that this will be it, if everything works out the way that it's supposed to. And I don't have a doubt that it won't."
Harry launched himself at Severus and said,
"I just want this to be over. I'm sick and tired of everything. I just want to be able to have a normal and quiet life with you."
Severus rubbed gentle circles on his son's back and said
"I know Harry, and as soon as Voldemort is gone you and I don't have to keep lying and hiding, the truth can come out and you'll finally be free to just enjoy yourself as you should have been doing already but unable too because of circumstances beyond your control. All right?"
Harry nodded and said,
"I'd better get back to the tower and do my homework, I've got a ton. Anymore books you want me to read tonight along with the mountain of homework?" Harry said with a grin.
"Not tonight, I'll see you tomorrow. In class and after dinner." Severus said with a chuckle
Harry detached himself from his father and got up and walked towards the door.
"Night Dad."
"Good night Harry."
Harry left the quarters and quickly returned to Gryffindor Tower. Harry entered the common room to find it surprisingly relatively empty. Shrugging his shoulders Harry went over to the tapestry and almost crashed into Lei as she was running out of the prefects area. Lei ran past him with her hair flying calling out,
"Hi Harry, bye Harry. Late for a meeting with Professor Flitwick, talk to you later."
Harry shook his head and said,
"All right Lei."
Harry made his way to his room and sank onto his bed and laid back for a moment closing his eyes but not falling asleep. After 5 minutes Harry sat up and went over to his desk and started to work.
Three hours later Harry's brain felt like a wrung sponge but his homework was complete. Getting changed out of his robes and into his bathrobe he decided to go take a shower. 45 minutes later Harry came back into his rooms and got dressed into his pajamas. His hair had grown to a few inches past his shoulders at this point so he put it into a braid so it wouldn't get tangled while he was asleep.
He grabbed a gobletfull of the potion and went over to his bed, set the goblet on the night stand, climbed under the sheets and blankets, grabbed the goblet and downed the potion. Harry's last coherant thought before he fell into a deep sleep was that he had to talk to his dad about making the taste better.
Several hours later Harry bolted awake from another nightmare. It had been another dream about the third task. Harry shakily got out of bed and quickly and quietly slipped down to his father's rooms. Giving the password and still slightly trembling from the memory of the nightmare Harry entered his father's bedchamber and slipped into bed with his father.
Severus awoke to feeling somebody climbing into his bed and instantly knew that it was Harry. He turned over and pulled Harry closer to him and whispered,
"Another nightmare?"
Harry merely nodded and Severus squeezed his, still trembling, son and fell asleep soon after Harry had relaxed and done so.
A/N: That seems like a good place to stop, sorry it's so short but I can't think of anything else and it seems like a logical stopping point. I hope you all agree with me. The next chapter should bring us up to Halloween. Now push that little button in the left hand corner and tell me what you think. It might be a little bit of a wait for the next chapter but hopefully not over a week but I'll see how much work I get done. TTFN!