Harry got dressed a second time that day, a contented air surrounding him, displacing his now usual "the world's going to end and its all my fault" attitude for a time. He picked up the Cor Onyx and pocketed it.
"So, what you planning for today?"
"Wonderful English Harry, did the are just get up and run away?" Severus teased Harry, enjoying the looks on the boys face.
"Yes, of course it did, it's a slippery little bugger, but quit changing the subject."
"I'm going to see Albus, there's something that doesn't add up. Voldemort, by all standards, should be dead. His Soul should have been destroyed. It seems that what ever protected him 15 years ago has done it again, and we are no closer to the answer. So far I don't think anyone knows how he is doing it. I'm going to see if the old man is holding out on me." Harry's contented air disappeared like hash at a teachers' meeting. "Harry, he's had a long time to put up whatever protection this is. No one knows what it is, let alone how to break it." Severus hugged him and placed a small kiss on Harrys temple.
"You know, you're not the cold-hearted, greasy git everyone thinks you are."
"I will choose to take that as a compliment." Harry started to laugh; it was a nice stranger to welcome back. "Mr. Potter, 10 points from Gryffindor for laughing at a teacher to his face." Snape gave his best Death Glare.
"I'd like to see you explain that to Dumbledore."
"Well that would be easy, an impressionable student snuck into my room late one night and seduced me. After screwing him again one morning, said brat student accidentally heard something intelligent and his brain went into overload and burst into fits of hysteric laughter, I had to do something to shock him out of it so I begrudgingly took points from my favourite house."
"Why is he so dead set against teacher-pupil relationships?" Harry said once he had regained his composure.
"Rumour has it that he fell in love with a pupil long ago. They fraternised for a while, and she had a child, unplaned, she at the time was supposedly only 17. Her family did not approve and she was betrothed to another man. She sent the child away and married the man she was betrothed to, he never saw her or the child again." Harry looked sad.
"Oh Merlin, I never thought of it being something like that. Who was the woman?"
"No one knows, some say it was a Snape, but I don't believe that, besides all of it is simply a rumour."
"What about the kid?"
"Again, no one knows, apparently she had to give the little girl up the moment she was born. Her family would have disowned her, she would have been out cast in society and the child would be too as it was illegitimate, and so the baby was sent to a secluded house in a little village somewhere. I doubt Dumbledore would even recognise her if she were still alive, apparently the child had a strong deflector shield placed on it to discourage anyone looking for her." Harry felt sorrier for Dumbledore than ever. From what Severus was saying, he had lost the love of his life and his daughter all in one go. Now Harry could see why he was like he was, the Headmaster had lost everything. It also explained the off the wall punishments for student/teacher relationships.
"I've got to go now Harry. Feel free to make yourself at home, but be careful of the lab. I would ask you not to go in there, there's a lot of dangerous potions and ingredients in that room, and it's been a long time since anyone's been down there, so I usually just leave experiments and things running."
"OK, I won't go walking into the snake pit."
"I doubt that would hurt you."
"Didn't last time." Harry went quiet again, "Good luck." Severus lightly kissed him and left.
Harry was bored, and depressed, and lonely, he was driving himself mad and he was tired of exploring Severus's rooms fast. It only served to remind him that he had only been with the man for a few days, even if Sev had become his mentor in the 4th year holidays. They had only become lovers in the last few days, and he knew little about his life really. Once again Harry found himself in the Dungeon corridors.
His earlier conversation with Severus came back to him, and he made his way down to Myrtle's bathroom.
"Hello Harry, I haven't seen you in so long, you didn't visit. You didn't want to see, poor, ugly…"
"I don't have time Myrtle." Harry inspected the sink before switching to parsletounge which was becoming shockingly easy. "Open." The familiar thunk signalled the opening of the tunnel to the Chamber of Secrets, and without hesitation, even to answer Myrtle's protests he jumped in feet first.
Landing in the bones Harry did little more than flinch. He ran through the tunnels and passageways to the seen of his second year victory.
The dead basilisk still lay cold and dead, jaws wide.
Harry reached out and stroked one of the remaining three fanges in its mouth, one slip and he could die. The thought excited him, but he was still careful. Severus would kill him again if he died, but the possibility that he could still exhilarated him.
"It'ssss a pity he died, very powerful creature, terrible conversssssationalissssst though." Harrys blood turned to ice, he stopped breating and in a flash he felt like his heart had stopped to.
"Hello Harry, did you misssss me?"
"Tom Riddle."
~*~*~TBC~*~*~
A/N Ok a little cliffe, but be honest, am I likely to kill Harry, have his body rot in the chamber of secrets, have Severus die a old lonely man and never find out what the importance of Dumbledore past is? Well, I might, but I don't have the skill to make that interesting. (not saying this is going to be interesting either, but a girl can dream)
Snape coolgirl: Thanks, the chappys were a bit rushed but I'm glad you liked them.
Katy999: That's most of the reason Dumbledore being a jerk, and yep, I think Oliver's gona stay!
Moraco: Yeah I like Oliver to, lol, hopefully you can forgive Dumbledore now, I still don't like him though, by all means slap him.
Mikee: thanks for such a long review. Well this should explain Dumbledors mood, and yep, I think Oliver will turn up later on!
Xikum: Yeah, I get kinda sick of the sweet, humble Dumbledore I read about in every thing, sometimes its appropriate, but not for this, and yes, a lot of people think Harry is a dark wizard, but whether he is or not remains to be seen. (In other words I don't know yet.)
Snapeslave: I love H/C, I might add a bit in here, but I'm not sure yet.
Athenakitty: lol, lots of questions, I haven't a clue, read on, I come up with most of it as I write, so there is very little planed out except the bare necessities.
Jliles: Thanks, here's the new chappy.