Harry Potter and the Betrayal of Snape
Chapter four— Possessed
The trio entered the cosy room and all settled down on squishy armchair. Harry sighed and said:
"It's only 6:30…anything to do?"
"Hey Harry, aren't you the Quidditch Captain this year and DA leader? You should be organizing those…." Hermione suggested.
"Oh ya…I should be doing that…." Harry said as he took out a quill, ink and some parchment. "Hermione, can you help me?" Harry asked.
"Ya, sure…" Hermione said and turned over to look at Ron, since he had grown very silent. Ron had a piece of parchment on his lap and was scribbling on it. "What are you doing Ron?" Hermione asked. Ron quickly hid the parchment behind his back.
"Uh…nothing…nothing important…" Ron stuttered and blushed. Harry and Hermione knew that something was wrong.
"What are you writing Ron?" Harry asked, while trying to peek at what Ron was hiding.
"Uh…it's just a letter…really…nothing important…you guys should start organizing the club thing….I'm gonna…uh….finish it upstairs…." Ron said as he ran upstairs to the boy's dormitories at the speed of lightning.
"Hey Ron! A letter to who?!" Harry screamed but got no answer in reply, and sighed.
"I know he's up to something…" Hermione said. "The whole time at uh…the Order…he was always hiding in the boys' room and was writing to someone…"
"Ya…he must be up to something…but oh well…we should start working." Harry said.
"Okay…we'll question him later." Hermione replied.
"So how bout we start off with DA….cause you aren't in the Quidditch team so I don't wanna waste your time…" Harry started.
"Sure…" said Hermione. "Uh…."
"First of all, I want you to be the Sub-head of DA. Whenever I can't make a meeting for any reason…you'll be replacing me." Harry said with full confidence. He didn't know why he was so sure of himself. He had always doubted himself in everything he did….but why did he seem so confident around Hermione?
"But…Harry…"
"Hey…if you aren't the sub-head…then what will I do? I can't find another Hermione you know…" Harry smiled. Hermione smiled back, and was very surprised at how confident Harry was.
"Well…okay, if you say so Harry." Hermione said, flattered.
"Um…well what room will we use…the room of requirement again or a classroom?" Harry asked.
"Room of requirement is better….no classroom's better than a room that has everything you need." answered Hermione.
"Okay…" said Harry as he scribbled something on the paper. "The meetings… they can't interfere with my quidditch practices…I'm glad that I'm organizing that too….so the dates don't have to change that often…" he said as he wrote more on the piece of parchment.
"So how many people are you able to teach…?" Hermione asked.
"Uh…that's a problem…there were twenty-five people…actually twenty-seven including you and Ron…cause I really don't wanna teach too much people,,,,um…how bout thirty?" Harry asked Hermione for suggestions.
"But I bet that now everyone knows that uh…Lord Voldemort has returned…" Hermione said but winced a little. "more people would like to join it and learn more self defence…" Hermione said. Harry sighed.
"Ya…I guess…but I don't know how I'm gonna fit all those meetings into my schedule. Haven't you seen my classes?" Harry asked.
"Actually no Harry…" Hermione answered.
"Oh ya…I haven't showed you my OWL results either…wait lemme get my trunk…ugh…I'm so tired though….accio tru.." Harry said, about to get his trunk. But Hermione stopped him.
"Whoa wait Harry…remember what happened last time Fred and George used that spell on their brooms…it broke the whole door and made a huge hole in the office…" Hermione stopped Harry.
"Ya I guess…" Harry said, got up and went in the boys' dormitories. When Harry entered the cosy room with the posters, he saw Ron sitting on his bed, still writing his letter.
"Hey Ron…what ya up to? You can tell me you know…but if you don't want to…I won't mind…" Harry said, surprising Ron, who didn't notice that Harry entered the room.
"Harry…mate, it's really nothing. Why are you here anyways? Finish discussing so soon?" Ron said, and reminded Harry of what his real purpose of coming into the dormitory was.
"Oh ya…" Harry said and walked over to his heavy trunk. Oh Merlin's beard..this is going to be heavy…Harry thought, but then remembered what spell Tonks used to get his trunk last year. "Locomotor trunk…" Harry said, and the trunk lifted a few inches off the ground, but Ron didn't notice it, since he was too into his letter. Harry remembered what Tonks did and holding his wand in his hand, conducted his trunk downstairs and settled it down next to the squishy sofa he was sitting on.
"Harry, I'm glad you learned something during the summer," Hermione said, noticing that Harry used the spell. But Harry just shrugged, not bothering to explain how he learned it. Harry took the keys out of his robe and unlocked the second compartment where laid many snacks, letters and gifts.
"Here…" Harry said, handing her the Hogwarts letter he received during the summer, and also passed her a Chocolate Frog and eating one himself too.
"Harry! 7 OWLs?! That's amazing! I've got ten…since I have more classes than you…I've also managed an A on astronomy…since I didn't finish my chart either. Whoa…and you sure have a lot of classes….I only have a few more. Many of our classes are together…even elective classes…except for occlumency and auror training…I'm so jealous of you!" Hermione said. Harry smiled and blushed a bit.
"For quidditch, I really want this year to be Gryffindor's year…we haven't played last year and I'd really hate to lose. So I'm gonna make two practices each week…every Thursdays and Fridays at 5 o'clock…I'm going to ask Professor McGonagall for permission. So back to DA…if there are more than sixty people who wants to join, which I doubt…" Harry said but was interrupted by Hermione.
"No…I think that there's going to be even more! If there are sixty…you can separate them into two groups. The first group can have their meetings on Monday, and second group on Tuesday. How does that sound?" Hermione suggested.
"That's great! We'll post a bulletin board up in the Great Hall…and if there are going to be sixty people, the first sixty will going to be in it." Harry said.
"That's good. Can I see the paper?" Hermione asked and Harry handed her the piece of parchment.
"It's really good…are you sure that you can keep the name to be Dumbledore's Army?" Hermione asked.
"Ya…Dumbledore said it was okay…" Harry said.
"Okay….I'll enlarge the paper so it's big enough for about sixty people to sign." Hermione said and put a charm on the parchment, causing it to enlarge into the size of two bristle boards put together. "I'll stick it up tomorrow." Hermione and Harry spent the rest of the night talking about their summer and their classes, and snacking on some of Harry's gifts until they both could barely keep their eyes open, since Ron had not come down the whole night. Harry was quite surprised at himself. He hadn't talked for so long since last year, before the tragic incident. Why was he so happy? Why did he share so much of his thoughts, even though he was sharing it with one of his best friends?
Their morning of the second day early at Hogwarts was full of energy. All three of them had slept until very late. When they entered the Great Hall, food was already set up on the tables. Hermione hung up the sign and Ron and Hermione signed their names before pigging out on their nutritious breakfast.
"So uh Ron…who were those letters for?" Harry asked.
"It's really nothing," said Ron as he pushed the parchment deeper into his robe pockets. "really Harry…"
"Accio letter!" said Harry.
"You really shouldn't be doing that Harry…" Hermione said, ignoring the two boys and continued eating
"Give it back!" Ron said, struggling and trying to grab the piece of parchment out of Harry's hands.
"To—" Harry said as he started the letter.
"STOP IT HARRY!"
"Wait..wait…To—…To LUNA?!" Harry practically screamed.
"Be quiet!" Ron yelled and sat back down.
"You're going out with LUNA?" Harry said surprised. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"EWWWW….NO! Finish reading it first," Ron said, disgusted.
"To Luna, STOP SENDING ME LETTERS! I DO NOT LOVE YOU AND NEVER WILL. LEAVE ME ALONE OR ELSE SEND I WILL SENDYOU A HOWLER. From Ron." Harry read aloud.
"That's beautiful Ron, very nice to greet one of your admirers….oops…I mean your only admirer…" Hermione said and smiled.
"Luna likes you??" Harry said, laughing. "It took you the whole night to write THAT?"
"Well I tried a few ways to express that. First I tried to be more polite and I came up with all kinds of letters…but then I decided that politeness would not help…" said Ron as he snatched back the letter.
"Well that's just great Ron, sending a blackmail to the only one who likes you…" Hermione said finishing up her breakfast.
"Hmph….so how's your dear Krum boy….Herm-own-ninny!" Ron said with an evil grin.
"He's doing VERY WELL THANK YOU." Hermione said, starting to get mad. "And it's not KRUM BOY."
"Oh so you admit that you're going out with him!" Ron said, pointing a finger at Hermione.
"I NEVER SAID THAT RON. WE ARE JUST GOOD FRIENDS, NOTHING MORE." Hermione screamed furiously.
"Or do you mean that now he finished school and went into a full time job as a quidditch player and forgot bout his dear Herm-own-ninny?" Ron said, almost screaming himself too.
"YOU….You—" Hermione screamed.
"Whoa…stop it you two…it's been only two days and you guys are creating an earthquake here." Harry said, trying to stop the two.
"What is all that noise here…" a voice said coldly, as a dark figure entered the Great Hall. It was Snape.
"Hah, Potter I see…always up to no good…." Snape said and paused. Professor Snape noticed how much Harry had changed too. He felt memories fly by in his head of his school days….of James Potter.
"No Professor, we were just eating…" Ron said and gave Snape a piercing look. All three of them stood up.
"Weasley….was I talking to you?" Snape snapped.
"Well Potter I see….you're father was like that too…" Snape started. Harry clenched his hands tight in a fist. He started to feel dizzy as those cold eyes of Snape met his own. He didn't know if it was his head hurting or scar, but he could barely keep himself balanced. Hermione saw what was happening and put her hands on Harry's shoulder, signalling to Harry to calm down.
"Heh…Potter, it's not your fault that you can't change your troublesome personality….since bad blood does run in the family…" Snape said and smiled. Hermione gasped and Ron and Harry just couldn't take it anymore. Those harsh words felt so painful, not only mentioning his father, but about bad blood…. Harry took out his wand but Snape saw him and was about to disarm Harry. However, Ron grabbed his new wand, which Fred and George bought for him during the summer and yelled out a spell which he quite mastered in DA : "Expelliarmus!" Before Hermione could stop any of them, Harry pointed his wand at Snape and yelled:
"Impedimenta!"
Snape flew across the Great Hall and knocked his head against the High Table. He crawled up and straightened his robe.
"HOW DARE YOU POTTER…ACCIO WAND!" Screamed Snape, before anyone could react. Snape's wand flew into his hands off the ground. Harry remembered the night so clear now. Bellatrix, Lucius Malfoy….the spells and flashing lights flying everywhere….it was just too clear. "POTTER, LET ME TEACH YOU A LESSON….STUPEFY!" Snape screamed as he walked towards Harry. But Harry just had too many experiences.
"PROTEGO!" Harry yelled.
"PLAYING LITTLE GAMES, AREN'T WE POTTER? LET'S SEE IF YOU WILL ENJOY THIS! CRUCI—" Snape screamed but was interrupted.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" A voice screamed. Snape's wand flew half way across the room. He turned his face to the direction of the voice. It was Professor McGonagall. "SEVERUS SNAPE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" She continued screaming. "WWHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF…PREFORMING…THE…THE…..FOLLOW ME TO PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW!!!!" McGonagall was never as mad as this. The trio just stood there in awe and Harry was panting, for he already felt a little pain when Snape almost performed the Cruciatus Curse. Harry didn't know what to say. He thought that Snape was on their side…
"Accio wand!" Snape said and his wand flew into his hands. But all of a sudden he put his hands over his arm, and almost fell off his feet. "Minerva…" Snape whispered, sounding that he was in pain and stopped, noticing that Harry and the others were still there.
"SEVERUS, FOLLOW ME TO—" Professor McGonagall screamed but Snape stumbled over next to McGonagall, practically tripping on his own feet and whispered something in her ears.
"Wha,,? This is serious, Severus, you must see Albus right away…." Minerva said, with a frightened look on her face. Snape clutched his arm again and fell to the floor, his legs trembling a bit. "Oh…oh…my…." Stuttered McGonagall now with a face as white as a Headless Nick. "You three quickly go to the common room for now," Professor McGonagall said as he levitated Snape off the ground and hurried off.
"Wha…what…?" Ron managed to say.
"Let's go back to the common room first." Hermione said and the three of them hurried back to their common room.
A/N Thanks for the reviews…tell me what you think about this chapter please… J Thanks