P.S. If there are any Snape lovers out there, I apologize for making him the way he is in this chapter.
The Potions Master and the Visitor
Harry woke up and sighed remembering what had passed the night before. His head told him to tell Ron and Hermione, but his heart told him not to.
After getting dressed, he walked downstairs and was greeted by his two best friends. They stepped out of the common room and took the familiar path to the Grand Hall.
The trio sat down and began to serve themselves. While doing this, Harry scanned the table for Cosmos. He looked at her and, for the first time, noticed how pretty she was.
Her long silver hair, though done up in a high ponytail, still dragged along the floor. Silver eyes peered around with too much wisdom for a fifteen year old. Rosy pink lips and long dark lashes enhanced pale skin.
Harry felt a surge of pain flow through his side. He averted his gaze to the occupant sitting next to him.
"So, you fancy the resident hell-raiser?" grinned Ron. "Nice choice!"
"Honestly!" hissed Hermione. "You weren't thinking that, were you Harry?"
"No, I was thinking about how you were right. She is lonely."
Ron arched an eyebrow. "Really? And what made you come to this conclusion?"
"I saw her doing something," Harry replied casually, though his head was screaming.
"What was it?" asked Ron eagerly.
"I can't tell you."
"WHAT?" cried both Ron and Hermione.
"I promised I wouldn't, but it proves she has feelings," said Harry. Changing the subject, he asked, "What do we have this morning?"
Ron looked at his timetable and groaned. "Double potions."
"Today we will be brewing a strength enhancer," said Snape. "If it is brewed correctly, your muscles will grow and you will become stronger. However, if it is brewed incorrectly, which I'm sure at least one of you will do," His gaze turned to Neville, "you will blow up like a balloon. This is most commonly caused when the…"
The door swung open and there stood Cosmos. (A.N Nothing like fancy entrances!) Snape glared at her.
"Well don't just stand there and stare! Continue! I'm sure everyone wants to know what you were going to say!" smirked Cosmos.
"You're late Miss Cosmos," Snape barked. "Ten points from Gryffindor."
"Yeah well, you'd be late too if some evil maniac was trying to break through the Time Gates. Tell me Snape, what is more important? Saving a dimension, or some smelly concoction?"
"Another ten points! Now sit down you silly girl! Oh, and it's Professor Snape to you. You should learn to respect your elders."
"Oh, I have an infinite amount of respect for my elders, it's just hard to find someone older than me," replied Cosmos matter-of-factly.
"TWENTY POINTS!" bellowed Snape. "I will not tolerate wise crackers in my class." He looked at the class. They were all watching intently. "Get to work, all of you!"
Cosmos sat down in front of an unoccupied cauldron. If he knew who I was, he wouldn't be yelling! She then pulled out a book and started to read.
She was quite enjoying herself when a shadow blocked her light. It was Snape.
Cosmos looked up. "Could you move? You're blocking my light."
The class gaped at the girl in awe. Did this girl have a death wish? (A.N.: Ironically, she does, but I don't think Snape would be able to fulfil it!) No one talked to Snape like that!
She would've done well in Slytherin, Snape thought. "Miss Cosmos, you are supposed to be brewing a strength enhancer. This is not a reading block!" Snape hissed.
"Oh! Mine's already finished!" said Cosmos innocently. "You can even look in my cauldron!"
The Potions Master looked at the girl suspiciously. She didn't even blink. Sighing, he peered in her cauldron and, sure enough, there was a sticky orange liquid.
"How did that get there?" Snape asked. Then it hit him. "Who gave Miss Cosmos some of their potion?"
The girl in question rolled her eyes. This man was so stupid. "Professor, I told you, I made it myself!"
"Ten points for lying!"
"If there's one thing I am not, it's a liar," snapped Cosmos, standing up.
"Like I said before, you're mother must not have taught you any manners! And if, just perhaps she did, she probably would've killed herself because of you!"
Cosmos clenched her fists. "I'll have you know, Professor Snape, that my mother did kill herself because of me. She died so I could live," said Cosmos quietly.
"Well maybe if she had seen how you were going to grow up, she wouldn't have bothered!" said Snape, but soon regretted it.
The look in Cosmos' eyes was that of pure hatred. Snape was too busy with her eyes to notice what the class was gasping at: Cosmos' fists were pulsating with electricity and she was slowly cupping them together on her right side.
"How dare you!?!" Cosmos asked icily. Her cupped hands formed a ball of electricity between them. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" she yelled as she threw the ball at him.
Snape fell to the floor twitching.
Cosmos picked up her bag and walked out of the classroom.
"I can't believe that happened!" said a frightened Hermione. "She attacked a teacher!"
"Did you see that lightning ball? That was so cool!" exclaimed Ron. (A.N. It's a lightning ball because he's a pure blood and doesn't know what electricity is)
"Ron, that was not cool!" responded Hermione shrilly. "She attacked a teacher!"
"Snape did deserve it though," stated Harry. He could sort of relate to Cosmos' feelings.
"But she could be expelled!" cried Hermione.
"They won't expel me," said a cool voice.
The trio looked up to see Cosmos sitting on a gargoyle some six feet tall.
"How can you be so sure?" asked Hermione angrily.
"Because once they find out who I am, which they will when Dumbledore summons me after dinner, they'll be too scared to upset me," said Cosmos jumping down.
"What would they be scared of?" asked a confused Harry.
"Namely that I'll get mad and blow up the world," said Cosmos flatly. Looking at the expressions on their faces, she added, "Of course I won't. I'd have to deal with the Fates, and we're not on speaking terms." She looked at her watch. "Lunch is being served. I don't know about you, but I want a sandwich. It's been way too long." With that she sprinted off towards the Grand Hall. (A.N. Just because she doesn't need to eat, doesn't mean she can't)
"Aren't the Fates three women that basically control everything?" asked Ron.
(A.N. Note to all readers. This is my version of the Fates. The real Fates are different, but I wanted to have them like this. *I know, I looked in the dictionary. I wanted to know what the difference between fate and destiny. * It'll be easier to see why in future chapters.)
"Yes, there's Fate, Destiny and Chance," replied Hermione thoughtfully. "What is she? No one else in all of history has ever had some sort of relationship with the Fates. Talked to them, sure, but a dispute?"
"And when she arrived, she implied she wasn't human," added Harry.
"Her power is enormous, I can tell you that," said Hermione. "She does her spells better than all of us and she doesn't ever use a wand or say spells!"
"Guys, I think it time we do a little research with the invisibility cloak," said Harry.
That afternoon, the Gryffindors had Care for Magical Creatures with the Slytherins. As the class assembled, Hagrid showed up with a big smile on his face.
"Today's yer lucky day!" beamed Hagrid. "I gots a special summat to show yeh all. Follow me please!"
The class did follow him, though most chose to walk behind, knowing what kind of creatures Hagrid liked. There were, however, four people at the front: Harry, Ron, Hermione and Cosmos.
"'Kay now! Yeh'll have ter be extra sensitive with this creature. One of a kind, he is!"
As the padlock gate swung open, the whole class gasped, save one.
There, tied to a post, was a winged unicorn. Gleaming white coat, deep, intelligent blue eyes, golden horn protruding from his forehead, and large, white feathered wings.
The entire class rushed forward, eager to see the magnificent beast.
"STOP!" a voice commanded. Everyone turned around to see Cosmos looking furious with her hands on her hips. The crowd parted as she marched up to the creature.
"What are you doing here!?!" she yelled. She pointed an accusing finger at him. "You know you're not supposed to leave, but you did anyway! Don't you realize what could happen!?!"
"In case you haven't noticed Cosmos, you're talking to a horse," sniggered Malfoy.
"Indeed, I have noticed and you're right, it is odd," she said looking at him. Then turning back to the unicorn, she said, "Change." The unicorn cocked his head to one side. "You heard me, change!"
"I don't think he's going to change because you told him to," snickered Malfoy.
"You'd be surprised." Then (like Cosmos said) to their surprise, the unicorn turned into a man.
Cosmos turned to the crowd and said, "I would like to introduce you to a very old friend of mine…everyone, this is Helios.
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A.N. I hope you people are happy. It's like five a.m. Like I said, I'm sorry I took so long to update. 'til next time!
