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For this chapter of Curse of DADA, you'll see that changes are in the air! Voldemort is quiet…too quiet…The guys at Hogwarts are starting to worry! What's taking Serena so long? Did she abandon them to their fate? You'll find out, but not everything in this chapter! Sorry!
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The curse of the DADA teacher
Chapter 8: Questions left unanswered
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It took some time, but she breathed a tired but satisfied sigh when she finally arrived to her destination. The place wasn't as sunny and happy looking as it used to be, on the contrary.
Half of the Potter's house was down as if it had been purposely destroyed, in complete shambles, and nobody seemed to even see it. For muggles, this part of the terrain was probably empty or being covered by a powerful illusion spell.
First, she would have to make the house relive again, so she used her powers to cloak the area and herself. There was going to be some pretty powerful light show and display of power; she didn't want the ministry people barging into her business.
She took the pretty dark red box now dust-free and opened it, taking the key and pocketing it for the time-being. All that was left in the box was the powder and she grinned. She took the box and lifted it above what was once the door and emptied it directly so the wind would carry the ashes from one side of the mansion to another.
"Now is the epoch when past merges with present
The dust of time will be forgotten and locked away
To make place for the heir and his future
I command you to arise once more to your ancient and magnificent beauty
GODRIC'S HOLLOW COME TO ME!"
Her chant was hypnotic, and it was as though the house listened and answered her call. Slowly, the powder glowed and from this the destroyed parts automatically rebuilt themselves, until it was finally glowing and standing tall as if it had never been disturbed.
It was as if it sang its welcome to her and she answered the mansion's call with a smile, taking the key out of her pocket. She was attacked by many memories with each step she took, some were happy, and some were…let's just say haunting. All of them were bombarding her head but the moment the key touched the lock, everything just stopped, as if collapsing on its own.
Relaxing slightly, she pushed the door open and closed it behind her, leaning on it and gazing at the interior. Everything was where it once was, as if nothing had ever happened. She glanced at the many pictures along the walls and she could recognize the marauders and even baby Harry in some of them, which made her giggle. He had sure changed, and her eyes saddened when she thought to herself that things would have been different if she had been there for them this fateful night.
"What is done is done, I guess. That's what Pluto would say…" She whispered, finally deciding to move and going up the stairs. The house seemed afraid to let her go further; magic was pouring out from everywhere and she had to erect a wall to continue further up.
She stopped suddenly in a hallway in front of a closed, soft blue painted door, and gazed at it with apprehension. The magic here was thick and not at all pleasing. That meant…that she had reached her destination.
The door opened with a creak at her nudge and she gazed emptily inside. The room wasn't at all sunny as if the house itself didn't want it to be. She looked at the baby's crib with sad eyes. "Now is the time you must come back" was all she said, before starting to build her power in a massive push.
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"I wonder what she's doing right now…" Harry leaned his elbows on the table, chin on one of his hands and the other tapping on the wooden surface. He was so bored it wasn't even funny anymore.
He wasn't allowed to go outside or wander anywhere and even Sirius was against him on this one, him who had hated being kept away from the action when Peter was still on the loose. "It's too quiet!" He grunted impatiently. "I bet Voldemort is preparing something soon and she isn't even there! What'll happen if there's an attack! What could be more important than staying here with us! Arghhh!"
He ruffled his hair in annoyance when a gruff voice answered, probably because he just wanted the boy to shut up. "We don't know more than you do, Potter, so stop babbling already and sit down! You're giving me a headache!"
Harry hadn't even heard Severus enter and he glared at him as much as he could. He held this glare for Sirius who entered the DADA classroom next and made a job of ignoring the following teachers.
"Oh come on, Harry! You're not going to glare at me all day because I forbade you to go outside! You may be worried, but you have to remember that you're not the only one!" said Sirius with a light frown.
Harry was about to retort when Remus put a hand on his shoulder, making him shut his mouth tightly. He knew Sirius was right. The werewolf and dog animagus did met professor Moon a long time before him, and surely Sever…Snape, he corrected mentally, was even more concerned than the other 2, although not showing it as much as them.
"Though Harry may have a point, everyone."
Everyone turned when the wise voice of the headmaster reached their ears. Albus took a seat and tried to not look as serious as he should be. He plopped a lemon drop in his mouth and everyone rolled their eyes while waiting for him to gulp the damned candy.
"As I was saying, Harry does have a point. Voldemort- Oh, come on, stop shuddering already! -has been too quiet for a while. I wouldn't be surprised to see him attack Hogwarts soon. He's always very quiet before all hell breaks loose. Harry, have you sensed anything coming from him lately? Any emotion or nasty thought?" The headmaster directed his gaze to Harry, as everyone else's, and the boy's eyes widened in realization, which unnerved the others.
"No…nothing." Harry said in a whisper so the others had to strain their hearing to hear him.
Sirius eyed him uncertainly. "Harry? Are you ok? Why the worried face all of a sudden?"
Harry took a shaky breath and turned to his godfather. "I'm so stupid! I didn't even realize that Riddle's attacks on my mind had suddenly stopped! I haven't felt ANYTHING coming from him for these past few weeks. Nothing! I never realized it until you mentioned it."
Albus lost himself in his thoughts. "Tell me, Harry, can you try to get in Tom's mind? Just to see what he's doing?"
Sirius got up rapidly, knocking his chair in the process and glowered at the old man's insane request. "How can you ask him to do that?! Have you lost your mind?! It's Harry's health you're putting on the line, here!"
The headmaster didn't reply, but Snape sure did. With a sneer, he directed his gaze to the agitated animagus. "Would you shut it and sit down, Black? Honestly, the headmaster wouldn't ask this to the boy if he wasn't sure that Harry would be able to handle this! Give the boy some credit, Black! He DID study occlumency with me for 2 years!"
Sirius's mouth opened and closed like a fish, before he slumped in his chair in disbelief. "Did you just defend Harry?!"
Snape shrugged nonchalantly in response and glanced at the green eyed boy. Harry leaned his elbows on the table and sighed. "I'll give it a try."
Everyone quieted while he closed his eyes in concentration. It didn't take much time for him to show signs of tiredness, and Severus frowned. Potter never tired this fast in their sessions, something must've gone wrong.
He got up, ignoring Black or Lupin's questions and shook the boy, effectively making him get out of his trance. "What happened, boy?"
Harry panted slightly and rested his head on the cool, wooden surface of the table. "I…I wasn't able to see anything…Something prevented me from entering his mind, something strong, very strong. It was so dark there!" He took a shaky intake of breath. "As if Tom Riddle was completely gone, as if Voldemort had completely taken over."
Albus looked thoroughly troubled. "What do you mean, Harry?"
Harry banged his fist on the table, surprising everyone by this sudden aggressive movement. "I DON'T KNOW! YOU TELL ME!" he yelled in pure frustration, making Albus' eyes widen.
Minerva was about to reply to him crisply for his lack of behavior towards the headmaster, but she stopped when Albus shot her a look. "We should go back to out rooms, the day has been most strenuous, for all of us. Harry' I'm sorry if I pushed your limits, god only knows what's going on in Tom's head."
Harry nodded meekly in response, Sirius and Remus helping him to get up. The people were about to exit the room when Albus hummed, making them look backwards a moment.
"But we still have to prepare for the worst, I'm afraid. With Miss Moon's absence, our chances of winning this war have just dropped tremendously. I really hope she'll come back for us and that she is out of trouble…"
Severus breathed in shakily and Sirius shot him a sympathetic look, although he was anxious himself.
Harry's eyes glazed and he let go of his godfather, marching out of the room. Why did he just have to bring out this subject again? He loved Miss Moon so much, it would tear him apart to know she had abandoned them to their fate without doing anything. He simply refused to believe this and muttered tensely, to end this damned conversation; "Good night *headmaster*." He strained the last word, before disappearing down the hall.
Severus did the same as the boy-who-lived for once, and retired to his bedchambers with a frown.
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Hmmm…That's enough for today. But I think you all know what's coming next chapter!
PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THE WAR IS ABOUT TO START!
BUT WHO'S THAT?! HARRY, YOU'LL HAVE A BIG SURPRISE!
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