Chapter 27
Two days later, Lily, Ginny and Hermione were still sitting in the common room flipping through books, searching for a way to destroy the dark lord.
"Hang on," Ginny said. "What about trapping his life force in something? That way he can be stored in a security vault at Gringotts or something."
Lily put the book she was looking at down, "You may be onto something," she told Ginny. "If we could find a spell to trap him in something, it's possible that he could be destroyed eventually."
"I'll send a letter to Professor Dumbledore, Sirius, Remus and Professor Snape," Hermione told them, jumping up from the table and running up the stairs.
"Let's hope that Professor Snape can find a potion that will help us, and that Professor Dumbledore can think of a spell," Lily told the younger girl. "If we can stop him before he gets more powerful, things in your time will be changed forever."
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Severus Snape threw down the volume that he was searching through, "There is nothing here," he shouted. "I don't have any idea what I should be searching for."
"Severus, I'm sure that the girls are working on a spell," Remus told him. "As soon as we have some idea of what they are working on, it will make it easier for us to find a potion to help."
Sirius put down his book, "What we need is something to relax us." He walked out of the dungeon classroom.
"Where is he going?" Snape asked.
Remus shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not sure, but he'll be back soon. Maybe we should sit down and not think about the problem for a few minutes."
Severus sighed, "Maybe you're right. We've been working on this for 2 days, non-stop."
Remus rolled his shoulders, "I should floo call Albus, just to see if there has been any contact from the past."
"Hopefully, Lily will have figured it out by now, and we can just work on the potions that they need to help," he said, flopping down in a chair. "I never thought that I would see the day that we were working together," he paused and looked over at Remus. "Why did I hate the two of you so much? My memories of the two of you are kind of jumbled. I remember hating the two of you, but I'm starting to remember seeing Miss. Weasley, and Miss. Granger, along with Harry Potter and Mr. Weasley."
Remus laughed, "Harry put a stop to our torture of you as soon as he got there. He feels that we're the reason that you hate him so much. He wouldn't allow us to play any pranks on you at all."
"I guess that I should thank him when he returns to our time," Severus answered. "The two of you are almost tolerable. We have worked together for two days and there hasn't been even one argument."
Remus looked over at the potions master, "We never really hated you, Severus. We were just children that enjoyed playing pranks on Slytherins."
They sat in silence until Sirius returned, a bottle of firewhiskey in each hand, and glasses floating in front of him. "Let's have a drink, then we can go back to our search," Sirius told them, pouring a measure into each glass.
Severus held his glass up, "To Harry and his friends, for changing things for the better."
"Here, here," Remus and Sirius said. The three men lifted their glasses and smiled.
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Albus Dumbledore opened the trunk and pulled out the piece of parchment. He sat at his desk to read the short note from Hermione, then walked out of his office and down toward the dungeons.
He stepped into Severus' classroom and saw the three men sitting around the fireplace, laughing and talking. He cleared his throat, "I have a letter from Miss. Granger," he told them, stepping into the room and conjuring a chair. "They have come up with an idea, and would like to know if it is a workable one."
Severus sat his glass down and sat up straighter, "Well, Albus. Tell us so that we can get to work on it."
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"Alright, all we're waiting for is a letter from Dumbledore to tell us if our idea could work," Hermione told the assembled group.
"We have Remus, Sirius, and two of Hogwarts Professors working on it," Harry told them. "They should be able to make it work."
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The three adults were running through the halls of the castle, shouting and waving their arms. "Albus, where are you?" Remus shouted.
Albus Dumbledore stepped out of a classroom, "What is it I can do for the three of you?" he asked.
"We've got it," Severus told the older wizard. "We have found the spell and a potion to defeat him in the past."
A/N: I'm sorry that the chapter is so short, and there will not be another chapter until at least next week. (Unless I sit down at the computer and write another before I leave for my trip) I am leaving on Friday to visit my parents and in-laws for Christmas, and I will not be back until late Monday (December 21) or Tuesday. I'm hoping to have finished this in about 10 more chapters, I'll be working on it the next week, so hopefully it will be finished by the middle of January.
Two days later, Lily, Ginny and Hermione were still sitting in the common room flipping through books, searching for a way to destroy the dark lord.
"Hang on," Ginny said. "What about trapping his life force in something? That way he can be stored in a security vault at Gringotts or something."
Lily put the book she was looking at down, "You may be onto something," she told Ginny. "If we could find a spell to trap him in something, it's possible that he could be destroyed eventually."
"I'll send a letter to Professor Dumbledore, Sirius, Remus and Professor Snape," Hermione told them, jumping up from the table and running up the stairs.
"Let's hope that Professor Snape can find a potion that will help us, and that Professor Dumbledore can think of a spell," Lily told the younger girl. "If we can stop him before he gets more powerful, things in your time will be changed forever."
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Severus Snape threw down the volume that he was searching through, "There is nothing here," he shouted. "I don't have any idea what I should be searching for."
"Severus, I'm sure that the girls are working on a spell," Remus told him. "As soon as we have some idea of what they are working on, it will make it easier for us to find a potion to help."
Sirius put down his book, "What we need is something to relax us." He walked out of the dungeon classroom.
"Where is he going?" Snape asked.
Remus shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not sure, but he'll be back soon. Maybe we should sit down and not think about the problem for a few minutes."
Severus sighed, "Maybe you're right. We've been working on this for 2 days, non-stop."
Remus rolled his shoulders, "I should floo call Albus, just to see if there has been any contact from the past."
"Hopefully, Lily will have figured it out by now, and we can just work on the potions that they need to help," he said, flopping down in a chair. "I never thought that I would see the day that we were working together," he paused and looked over at Remus. "Why did I hate the two of you so much? My memories of the two of you are kind of jumbled. I remember hating the two of you, but I'm starting to remember seeing Miss. Weasley, and Miss. Granger, along with Harry Potter and Mr. Weasley."
Remus laughed, "Harry put a stop to our torture of you as soon as he got there. He feels that we're the reason that you hate him so much. He wouldn't allow us to play any pranks on you at all."
"I guess that I should thank him when he returns to our time," Severus answered. "The two of you are almost tolerable. We have worked together for two days and there hasn't been even one argument."
Remus looked over at the potions master, "We never really hated you, Severus. We were just children that enjoyed playing pranks on Slytherins."
They sat in silence until Sirius returned, a bottle of firewhiskey in each hand, and glasses floating in front of him. "Let's have a drink, then we can go back to our search," Sirius told them, pouring a measure into each glass.
Severus held his glass up, "To Harry and his friends, for changing things for the better."
"Here, here," Remus and Sirius said. The three men lifted their glasses and smiled.
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Albus Dumbledore opened the trunk and pulled out the piece of parchment. He sat at his desk to read the short note from Hermione, then walked out of his office and down toward the dungeons.
He stepped into Severus' classroom and saw the three men sitting around the fireplace, laughing and talking. He cleared his throat, "I have a letter from Miss. Granger," he told them, stepping into the room and conjuring a chair. "They have come up with an idea, and would like to know if it is a workable one."
Severus sat his glass down and sat up straighter, "Well, Albus. Tell us so that we can get to work on it."
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"Alright, all we're waiting for is a letter from Dumbledore to tell us if our idea could work," Hermione told the assembled group.
"We have Remus, Sirius, and two of Hogwarts Professors working on it," Harry told them. "They should be able to make it work."
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The three adults were running through the halls of the castle, shouting and waving their arms. "Albus, where are you?" Remus shouted.
Albus Dumbledore stepped out of a classroom, "What is it I can do for the three of you?" he asked.
"We've got it," Severus told the older wizard. "We have found the spell and a potion to defeat him in the past."
A/N: I'm sorry that the chapter is so short, and there will not be another chapter until at least next week. (Unless I sit down at the computer and write another before I leave for my trip) I am leaving on Friday to visit my parents and in-laws for Christmas, and I will not be back until late Monday (December 21) or Tuesday. I'm hoping to have finished this in about 10 more chapters, I'll be working on it the next week, so hopefully it will be finished by the middle of January.