The Fire Tells All
Chapter three
PG-13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry just stood there for a second, staring into his eyes before looking away in favor of glaring at Ron and made his way to the Gryffindor table.
Harry turned his attention to Ron and Hermione. Hermione was asking Ron why Harry wasn't talking to him.
"Oh, that," Ron replied flippantly, "he's just upset because I woke him up." Hermione just raised an eyebrow and turned to Harry for further explanation.
"More like bursting my eardrums," Harry told her grumpily.
Hermione merely shook her head and turned back to eating.
Harry looked up to the Head Table and found Severus watching him. Harry turned away, hoping that he would be up for talking tonight. He sighed and went back to eating.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Severus was NOT having a good day by the time the last class came for the lesson. And that was saying something. Especially since it was the Gryffindor/Slytherin seventh years. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night, an hour at most, thinking of what to tell Harry and Albus. He already knew what he, himself, wanted to do about it, but Harry might not. And what would Albus say? He really wasn't sure. What about Black and Lupin? What about Harry's friends and classmates?
He sighed dramatically and rubbed his temples as his class piled in. He looked up to see Harry following Ron and Hermione into the classroom. He took a seat on the other side of Hermione, apparently still upset with Ron.
Once he was sure everyone was there, he snapped, "Today we are having a pop- quiz. Get out a quill and a piece of parchment."
At the impatient tone of his voice, the class scrambled to get ready. He walked over to the board and wrote the questions. Seeing that everyone was busily answering them, he sunk into his seat with a sigh. After thinking on it for a while, he decided that since it was the last class, he could keep Harry after class to talk, then go to Albus. Albus would tell them what they should do. Hearing the bell ring, he quickly snapped out of his thoughts. Turning to his impatient students, who were hurrying to pack up, he snarled, "Stop packing before I take two hundred points from each house and make you empty your book bags!" That got their attention. Surprisingly, or not, Harry had made no move to pack up. 'He must be wanting to talk to me too.' Aloud, he said, "Leave your quizzes on your desks and get out, Potter say behind."
Once all the students were gone, Severus walked over to Harry, who was sitting at his desk. Pulling a chair to sit opposite Harry, he placed locking and silencing spells on the room. "We need to talk," he almost whispered, voice uncharacteristically gentle.
"Yes, we do," Harry agreed, just as quiet.
"Then we need to talk to Alb - Headmaster Dumbledore."
"Oh Gods, Severus! It's not like I don't already know his name!"
"Yes, you do, it's merely a show of respect for your elders."
"So what do you want to do about this?" Harry inquired, changing the subject.
"First, come with me; we're going to see the Headmaster about this." Severus stood, expecting Harry to follow him. Instead, Harry began packing up and asked:
"Severus, could we make a stop at Gryffindor Tower first?"
Severus thought it over and ended up with a dramatic sigh and, "Oh fine, but be in and out within two minutes. I'll not be waiting for an hour outside of Gryffindor territory while you socialize with your friends."
Harry smiled and picked up his bag. "Thank you, Sev."
Severus growled menacingly. "How many times have I told you not to call me that?"
Harry merely smiled obnoxiously that made Severus want to kiss off his face.
Shaking himself out of his thoughts, he undid the locking and silencing spells. Gesturing for Harry to go first, he walked silently behind Harry to Gryffindor Tower, where Harry whispered the password and strolled in. Severus leaned against the wall, impatiently waiting for Harry to return.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry looked up from where he was shoving his bag in his trunk. He closed the lid of the trunk and made his way down to the Common Room, where he hoped he could once again avoid Hermione's questions. No such luck. As he reached the portrait, he heard her indignant voice. "Harry, just because you're ignoring Ron doesn't mean you can ignore me! I want to know what's so important that you can't tell me!"
Harry turned around reluctantly. "'Mione, I'm not purposely ignoring you, but I'm in a hurry. I promise I'll tell you both what's going on later."
Hermione sighed and nodded. "You know you can talk to us about anything, right? We'll always be here for you."
Harry nodded and slipped out.
"I thought I said to be quick," grumped a voice to his right.
"I know, but Hermione had to make sure I knew that Ron and her would always be there for me should I need to talk," Harry replied as they started walking to Albus' office.
They were silent until they reached the gargoyle, and that was only interrupted by Severus giving the password ("Lemon drops"). Severus knocked on the door and after receiving a rather cheerful "Come in", they entered. The twinkle upon seeing them together annoyed them both very quickly.
"Ah, Harry, Severus. have a seat. Would you like a lemon drop or some tea?"
Harry and Severus sat down, denying both the lemon drop and the tea. Albus, seeing this was not a social visit, stopped playing with his lemon drops and looked up at them. "Well, what did you wish to see me about?"
"Well, sir, you see,." and Harry told the whole story, blushing slightly when he said he had what he used to think was a crush on Severus. He said all this looking down at his feet, and when he looked up he didn't expect to see a sparkle so bright in the old man's eyes that it nearly blinded anyone who looked him in the eye.
"Splendid! Now, Severus, what do you have to say about all this?"
Harry looked at Severus, waiting for a reaction. He looked torn. Finally, he answered with, "While I admit that I have feelings for him, I believe we should explore them further before marriage. Let's schedule a ceremony for sometime around Christmas to keep the little brats away, unless we change our minds."
Harry nodded when Albus and Severus turned to him and Albus beamed before exclaiming, "Excellent! Now, you two probably want to go talk about this. I'll have dinner (tea time, or something, in England. I'm American, btw) sent down to your rooms later on." He said this with a particularly wicked glint in his eyes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: This is the end of chapter three. I have much more done, but I'm on one hour time limit today and I really want to read some fanfics. I promise I'll post all the chapters I have this weekend.
Reviews:
Katy999: I got the idea because, as you said, you've never seen it before. Neither have I, and ancient Egyptians depended and had a lot to do with magic, but it's completely overlooked in Harry Potter. Please keep reading, and I'm glad you like it.
Aeryn Alexander: Hi! Thanks for reading! Yep, you can SO tell that I'm a teenage girl! *Giggles*
Everyone else: Sorry if I didn't type your name, but I don't have an answer for you in specific. Thanks for reading, though!
Chapter three
PG-13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry just stood there for a second, staring into his eyes before looking away in favor of glaring at Ron and made his way to the Gryffindor table.
Harry turned his attention to Ron and Hermione. Hermione was asking Ron why Harry wasn't talking to him.
"Oh, that," Ron replied flippantly, "he's just upset because I woke him up." Hermione just raised an eyebrow and turned to Harry for further explanation.
"More like bursting my eardrums," Harry told her grumpily.
Hermione merely shook her head and turned back to eating.
Harry looked up to the Head Table and found Severus watching him. Harry turned away, hoping that he would be up for talking tonight. He sighed and went back to eating.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Severus was NOT having a good day by the time the last class came for the lesson. And that was saying something. Especially since it was the Gryffindor/Slytherin seventh years. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night, an hour at most, thinking of what to tell Harry and Albus. He already knew what he, himself, wanted to do about it, but Harry might not. And what would Albus say? He really wasn't sure. What about Black and Lupin? What about Harry's friends and classmates?
He sighed dramatically and rubbed his temples as his class piled in. He looked up to see Harry following Ron and Hermione into the classroom. He took a seat on the other side of Hermione, apparently still upset with Ron.
Once he was sure everyone was there, he snapped, "Today we are having a pop- quiz. Get out a quill and a piece of parchment."
At the impatient tone of his voice, the class scrambled to get ready. He walked over to the board and wrote the questions. Seeing that everyone was busily answering them, he sunk into his seat with a sigh. After thinking on it for a while, he decided that since it was the last class, he could keep Harry after class to talk, then go to Albus. Albus would tell them what they should do. Hearing the bell ring, he quickly snapped out of his thoughts. Turning to his impatient students, who were hurrying to pack up, he snarled, "Stop packing before I take two hundred points from each house and make you empty your book bags!" That got their attention. Surprisingly, or not, Harry had made no move to pack up. 'He must be wanting to talk to me too.' Aloud, he said, "Leave your quizzes on your desks and get out, Potter say behind."
Once all the students were gone, Severus walked over to Harry, who was sitting at his desk. Pulling a chair to sit opposite Harry, he placed locking and silencing spells on the room. "We need to talk," he almost whispered, voice uncharacteristically gentle.
"Yes, we do," Harry agreed, just as quiet.
"Then we need to talk to Alb - Headmaster Dumbledore."
"Oh Gods, Severus! It's not like I don't already know his name!"
"Yes, you do, it's merely a show of respect for your elders."
"So what do you want to do about this?" Harry inquired, changing the subject.
"First, come with me; we're going to see the Headmaster about this." Severus stood, expecting Harry to follow him. Instead, Harry began packing up and asked:
"Severus, could we make a stop at Gryffindor Tower first?"
Severus thought it over and ended up with a dramatic sigh and, "Oh fine, but be in and out within two minutes. I'll not be waiting for an hour outside of Gryffindor territory while you socialize with your friends."
Harry smiled and picked up his bag. "Thank you, Sev."
Severus growled menacingly. "How many times have I told you not to call me that?"
Harry merely smiled obnoxiously that made Severus want to kiss off his face.
Shaking himself out of his thoughts, he undid the locking and silencing spells. Gesturing for Harry to go first, he walked silently behind Harry to Gryffindor Tower, where Harry whispered the password and strolled in. Severus leaned against the wall, impatiently waiting for Harry to return.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry looked up from where he was shoving his bag in his trunk. He closed the lid of the trunk and made his way down to the Common Room, where he hoped he could once again avoid Hermione's questions. No such luck. As he reached the portrait, he heard her indignant voice. "Harry, just because you're ignoring Ron doesn't mean you can ignore me! I want to know what's so important that you can't tell me!"
Harry turned around reluctantly. "'Mione, I'm not purposely ignoring you, but I'm in a hurry. I promise I'll tell you both what's going on later."
Hermione sighed and nodded. "You know you can talk to us about anything, right? We'll always be here for you."
Harry nodded and slipped out.
"I thought I said to be quick," grumped a voice to his right.
"I know, but Hermione had to make sure I knew that Ron and her would always be there for me should I need to talk," Harry replied as they started walking to Albus' office.
They were silent until they reached the gargoyle, and that was only interrupted by Severus giving the password ("Lemon drops"). Severus knocked on the door and after receiving a rather cheerful "Come in", they entered. The twinkle upon seeing them together annoyed them both very quickly.
"Ah, Harry, Severus. have a seat. Would you like a lemon drop or some tea?"
Harry and Severus sat down, denying both the lemon drop and the tea. Albus, seeing this was not a social visit, stopped playing with his lemon drops and looked up at them. "Well, what did you wish to see me about?"
"Well, sir, you see,." and Harry told the whole story, blushing slightly when he said he had what he used to think was a crush on Severus. He said all this looking down at his feet, and when he looked up he didn't expect to see a sparkle so bright in the old man's eyes that it nearly blinded anyone who looked him in the eye.
"Splendid! Now, Severus, what do you have to say about all this?"
Harry looked at Severus, waiting for a reaction. He looked torn. Finally, he answered with, "While I admit that I have feelings for him, I believe we should explore them further before marriage. Let's schedule a ceremony for sometime around Christmas to keep the little brats away, unless we change our minds."
Harry nodded when Albus and Severus turned to him and Albus beamed before exclaiming, "Excellent! Now, you two probably want to go talk about this. I'll have dinner (tea time, or something, in England. I'm American, btw) sent down to your rooms later on." He said this with a particularly wicked glint in his eyes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: This is the end of chapter three. I have much more done, but I'm on one hour time limit today and I really want to read some fanfics. I promise I'll post all the chapters I have this weekend.
Reviews:
Katy999: I got the idea because, as you said, you've never seen it before. Neither have I, and ancient Egyptians depended and had a lot to do with magic, but it's completely overlooked in Harry Potter. Please keep reading, and I'm glad you like it.
Aeryn Alexander: Hi! Thanks for reading! Yep, you can SO tell that I'm a teenage girl! *Giggles*
Everyone else: Sorry if I didn't type your name, but I don't have an answer for you in specific. Thanks for reading, though!
