Children of Fate
By:Illustrious Sorrow
Chapter 8- Discoveries and Reactions
When Harry met his father back at Gringotts the first thing that man asked was how it went. "Pretty good. They were shocked
by what I told them but they excepted me and decided to remain my friends." "That's good I suppose." "Father, you really
need to get used to my friends, you'll be seeing alot of them. Besides if they were in Slytherin you would like them, and
you know that's true."
"So what? I'm allowed to have my predudices aren't I?" "No." "Yeah well, you're just a runt so there!" "That would make you
the father of runts. So you are the biggest runt." "I'm not to sure that was insulting." "Your point?" "Never mind. I'll try
to be nicer to your friends, it'll be a big shock to the entire school to see the mean, greasy, potions master turn nice."
Harry looked up, "That remindes me. When my mother came, she said your hair was only an illusion. What does it normaly look
like?" "Like this." Suddenly Snapes hair was about shoulder length and nice shiny black. It was straight with a slight wave
and made Snape look alot less frightening.
"Wow. You really should leave your hair like that dad, you'll be fighting girls off with a stick." "Ha ha ha. That's very
funny. Though maybe I will leave off the illusion. I no longer have the desire to scare little children any more." "Thata
boy." Harry joked. "What's with all the corny muggle jokes?" "Nothing, it's really just a 'why not' kinda thing." "What ever
Harry."
(A/n Well, it made sense in my mind :) ....)
"'Kay." "How'd Raven and Lily hold up?" "They were great although I though Ron would faint when I announced I had to change
their diapers and suggested that he help me." "Some how that sounds like Weasley." "Ron dad. Call him by his name." "Grrr."
"You'll have to do it sooner or later." "I know. Come on, let's head back to Hogwarts."
With that they apparated outside the apparition wards and began to walk towards the school. (a/n Harry can apparate inside
the school wards but his father can't so Harry didn't.) When they arrived at the school it was quiet. Severus and Harry both
headed toward their rooms in the dungens.
"I'll be in my lab for a while alright Harry?" "Sure, see ya later then. I'm going to start studying." With that they headed
in their separate directions. When Harry arrived in his room he pulled out his charms homework and began the essay. Lily and
Raven were playing happily in their playpen when Harry drifted off to sleep.
{ (Dream)
Harry was in a void. Then it cleared to be a graveyard. A very familiar graveyard. He saw Cedric laying dead on the ground
next to him. Then, to his suprise, Cedric got up. "Cedric you're alive!" "I'm dead. And it's all your fault Harry! Why didn't
you save me?" Then his friends began bursting through the ground.
"Harry why didn't you save us? We trusted you!" "How could you Harry?" They began to surround him, raining abuse as they did
so. The worst by far were Ron and Hermione. They had been torchured to death. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Harry sobbed, trying
to back away from them but falling, and falling and falling....}
Right onto the floor where he woke up, still sobbing. After a moment Harry managed to look up. It was the middle of the day
and he was on the floor where he had fallen from his desk chair. Harry pushed himself up off the floor and walked shakily
over to his daughters who were staring at him in shock.
"Hey girls, I didn't scare you did I?" Maybe you didn't scare them but you scared us. This came form StarBorn who was
playing with Lily. "Sorry about that. Nightmare you know." [When are you going to ssstart woking on that potion?] "Tonight I
think." [Why don't you ssstart now?] "Fine I will. Will you three watch Raven and Lily?" I will come with you. Just in case
of an accident.
"If you want to." I do. With that EvenSong flew into Harry's potion lab, one he had created himself. He worked steadily for
several hours. Stopping only late for dinner and to tell his father not to worry about him, Harry worked until past three in
the morning. He only stopped then because there was nothing else he could do until three hours had past. Under urging from
EvenSong, Harry decided to catch some sleep.
Unfortunetly for him, the nightmares came swiftly that night and before long he was up in bed, sobbing and sweating from fear
guilt and shame. After laying in bed untill six o'clock, Harry decided to get up and continue his potion. Luckily for him,
Harry had a good idea of how to create the potion and thought that he would be finished with it within the day if he
continued working on it.
And so Harry became so immersed in the potion making that he failed to notice the day passing by or the entire school looking
frantically for him.
(a/n I think that's so funny, they are all looking for him when he's perfectly safe, in the school, with a phoenix, one of
the most powerful wizards in the world, and is making a potion to make himself healthy.)
WHen Harry finished it was about an hour before dinner. He bottled the potion and set it on the shelf. He would test it that
night. Then he left the room and went to his bedroom where he had left Lily and Raven in the care of his two familiars. When
he saw that they were not there he paniced and called out to his familiars, "Where are you? Where's Lily and Raven?" [They
are with usss masster. Do not worry.] "Where are you?" [In the office of the man with the long beard and your father.] "I'll
be right there."
With that Harry ran up to Albus' office and didn't notice when the gargoyal jumped out of his way without a password. "Raven,
Lily?" He shouted as he ran into the office, searching intently for sign of the two girls, not noticing a large group of people
gatherd in the room. Finally seeing them in the corner of the room, safly playing, he ran up to them and grabbed them
up, holding them tightly, before turning to speak with his familiars.
"I thought I asked you to stay in my room with them." [You did but that man with the beard came into the room with your
father, looking for you and when they ssssaw you were not there they took the babies with them.] "Why didn't you tell me?"
[You were bussssy and we trusssst thessse men.] "Alright, but next time tell me." [Fine.] "Where is my father and Professor
Dumbledore?" [Behind you. They look kinda angrey.] "Be-behind me?"
"Harold James Snape! Where have you been?! Do you have any idea of how worried we've been? You've been gone all day! Where
did you go? We looked over the entire school!" Harry slowly turned around at the sound of his fathers voice. "Erm, hi dad."
This sentance of course, set Severus off again.
"Hi! Hi dad! That's all you have to say for yourself! You are in so much trouble! I can't belei-" "Dad! Listen to me!"
Severus shut up. "I'm really sorry. I apoligize. I hadn't realized that it was so late. I was in a potions lab I created here
making the sleeping potion I need. Remember, I told you I would make one once I made my staff."
"Harry, be that as it may, it was very irresponsible of you to just dissapear like that. We thought that Voldemort had gotten
you." "I'm sorry Professor Dumbledore." The aged man frowned at him. "Didn't I ask you to call me Albus? I thought I did. If
I didn't then I ask you now to call me Albus. School is not in session." "Alright Pro- erm- Albus."
For the first time Harry looked around the room and saw the group of people sitting at a big table in the middle of the room.
When he saw them Harry paled and then turned red from embarresment. "Yeah, well, erm, I'll be going now, I'll see you at
dinner." He turned to his familiars, "Coming?" And then began to sweep out of the room before he was stopped.
"No, no, stay here, If you hadn'tt disappeared you would have been invited to this meeting." "Oh." Harry stopped dead and
turned. "Uhm. Alright then." He remained where he was." Seeing that his son was not going to move, Severus walked over and
guided the boy to an empty seat. Then his sat down and was followed by Albus.
"Alright, let me introduce you all to Harry Snape." Albus said with a twinkle in his eye. "Albus, what's he doing here?"
Called out a person form the lower side of the table. Albus wrinkled his forhead. "He is here to join the order. We were just
discusing this." "No, we were discusing Harry Potter." "Yes of course. We were just speaking about him. That's why he's here."
"But-" "You see, Harry Potter and Harry Snape are the same person. Severus here is Harry's father." This announcement brought
instent pandimonium to the room, many protests were heard. "That's not possible. That boy looks nothing like Harry Potter."
"How can Snape be his father? He and Lily never got along." Finally somebody cast a silencing spell over the enitre room. It
took a moment for people to realize that they were not making any noise and they stopped trying to speak.
Then to the suprise of all, Harry stood up. "I am very sorry for casting the silencing spell but you will not be able to get
an explination if you do not shut up. Now if you feel that you can be quiet I will remove the spell." After a few moments
of waiting, Harry did remove the spell.
"Now. I assure you that I am indeed Harry Potter. My parents are not Lily and James Potter. They are my adopted parents. My
biological mother was forced to give me up and didn't tell my father she was pregent. Lily's baby was still born and so she
agreed to be my mother for a time. This summer I found my true father is Severus Snape and my mother is a woman most call
Bryle."
"Why do you look so diffrent?" A voice called out, Harry reconized it as Bill Weasly, "I have come in to my powers and the
spells that were put on my to make me look like James Potter have worn off." "Harry dear, what happened to your face, and,
and, your eyes?"
"Oh. That." Harry paused for a moment, deciding just how much he should tell them. "Over the summer my uncle decided that
there was no reason for me to return to Hogwarts and that he could beat the magic out of me. What you see now, scars and such,
is the result." "Oh Harry," Mrs.Weasly got up and hugged him tightly, around the two babies he was holding, "Why didn't you
tell anyone? We would have come to get you." "I'm sorry Mrs.Weasly, but I would prefer not to discuse this. It was a very
painful experiance." "Of course dear."
Once the woman had returned to her seat the questions continued, "Why do you have the two babies?" "These are my daughters.
Raven Rose Snape and Lily Dove Snape." "Who is the mother?" "There is no mother. They were created magically and grew in my
Aunt Petunia's body. However, I used a spell to make them mine totally. There is not one drop of blood in them from my Uncle
and Aunt. It is very complicated."
After a long time of questioning, it was finally excepted that Harry Snape was indeed Harry Potter and they moved on.
"Alright. Today we will recieve ranks for the order. This is done by the symbol of our order, a Phoenix. However, this phoenix
is not alive and so cannot be influenced by anything. There are five people who are heads of the order. The number one is the
leader and the over all head. He or She will deserve respect and obeidance, regardless of who it is. First, before we begin,
Harry, would you like to join the order?"
Harry looked warily at the people around him, "What would that entail?" Severus smiled at his son while Albus answered, "It
would mean that you are dedicated to fighting evil. You probebly won't be doing much while you are in school unless you are
one of the 5 heads. On your arm there will be a band of phoenix's with their heads intertwined around each other's bodies.
It will only come off if you leave or betray the order. The last thing is that you would have a slight empathic bond with
all the members of the order."
"How slight?" Albus shifted alittle, "Well, they will be able to feel your emotions if they are very strong." "Is that all?"
"Well...Yes. Yes it is." "Alright then, I suppose I'll join." Albus and Severus smiled at him, slightly guilty around what
they had left out. "Great. Then we will start." He left the table and then returned with a small statue of a phoenix. "Now
what you will do is cup the statue in your hands. The color of the glow will indicate what position you are. Golden Red is
the color of the leader, red is the color of the second in command, yellow is the color of the third, green is the fourth,
blue is the fifth, and white is an ordinary member."
With that he picked up the small statue and gazed into it. Immedetly a blue aura flew up around him. Everybody in the room
gasped in suprise. They had all assumed that it would be Albus that was the head. Now they didn't know who it would be. With
a smile Albus handed the stone to Severus who in turn gazed into it. His aura flared kup as red. He was higher then Albus.
The stone went around the room slowly. By the time it reached Harry they had a second(Severus) a third(Molly Weasly) and a
fifth(Albus). Harry ginergly looked into the stone and was suprised to hear a voice speaking to him.
"Lord of Fate, Lord of the Phoenix, you have risen at last. You know your task. Defete the darkenss that is covering your
land. Do you except." "I do." "Good. Watch over the Ladies of Fate. They are just as importent as you." "I will. I love them
with all my heart." "Goodbye lord. Be brave, be strong, be loving." "I promise."
When Harry took the stone a Red-Gold aura had surrounded him instently, as if it were eager to do his bidding. It quickly
got brighter and brighter until the people in the room had to look away from it. From the middle of the light they could hear
sounds like two phoenix' conversing with each other. Then, it gradually got dimmer and dimmer until it faded away. Just as
the last of the light faded away a voice came though that was heard by all the people in the room.
The voice was neither young or old, male or female. It was indefinetly wise but innocent at the same time. "You now have your
leader. This has been written in the stars for centuries. Be good to him and listen to what he says, he is endowed with all
my wisdom, a gift from me to him." With that it too faded away.
Harry was slumped over in his seat. His black and red hair now had streaks of white in it and even in his sleep he looked
troubled, as if the world was resting on his shoulders was slowly crushing him. Lily and Raven were both sitting on the table
looking at their father in a way that could only be described as worried. Severus scooped them up and help them tightly.
"Don't worry girls, your daddy's going to be just fine." Then he stooped over Harry and shook him gentle to wake him up.
"Harry, come on Harry, wake up." Suddenly Harry groaned and turned over, his eyes opening (a/n uselessly might I add.). For
the first time since the light had gone down they were able to see his face and they were shocked. He had wrinkles at the
corners of his eyes and worry lines darkening his forhead.
"What happened?" He asked slowly, as if the words were difficult to get out. "You were made leader of the order. Number one."
"I remember." "Harry, do you feel alright?" Harry was silent for a moment. "No." This statment suprised Severus because Harry
always said that he was fine. "What's wrong." "I understand." "Understand what?" "Everything." "Everyth-Oh. That's what the
voice meant then." Harry looked up quickly, "What did it say."
"That we should except you, listen to you and that she would give you her wisdom, as a gift." Harry put his head in his hands
"Why is it always me? Oh wait! I know!" He was speaking with a bitter sarcasum, "Always me because of who I happen to be
related to. Because I care." He was quiet again. Now that he was awake, the look of weight on him was even greater. "Harry,
your hair is partily white." "Of course it is. From the knowledge that voice cursed me with. From the abilies it felt I
needed."
The room was silent. There was nothing to say. "I need to go and think. I'll be back later." With that Harry dissapeared from
the room, causing a minimal outburst of noise from the room. When things had settled down Albus presided over the rest of
the cerimony. The heads were: Severus as second, Molly Weasly as third, Aura Fade as fourth, Albus as fifth, and of
course Harry as the leader.
"Now that we have been ranked I thank you all for coming and you will be contacted when the next meeting is. If the heads
could stay here for a moment I would like to speak with you." Severus then sat down and waited while the people filed out of
Albus' office.
"I thank you all for staying. I would like your help in trying to find my son." "How can we do that?" "We'll use the link and
see through his eyes to where he is. For anyone other then him it would only take one person to find him, but as he is the
Lord Phoenix, it will take the entire head circle to find him, especially if he has sheilds up. I am hoping that he won't
have thought of it yet, but knowing Harry, he will have."
Severus then turned the floor over to Albus who explained how to track Harry down through his mind. When that was done they
all linked their engeries and searched for him. They found him within five minutes. Or rather they found his sheilds. Without
a second thought they proceded to take down the sheilds. They knew that Harry would be mad when he realized what they were
doing but it had to be done.
After about a half an hour of attacking the sheild it suddenly came down. They were all treated to what Harry's eyes saw. The
view from the top of the astromany tower. From the roof of the astronamy tower.
(A/n Should I leave it here? Why is Harry on the top of the astronamy tower, can you guess?)
(A/n Oh, I'm just kidding, would I do that to you? Nooo, not yet anyway. The chapter is still to short.)
Suddenly his voice shot though their heads with a clarity. It didn't sound mad, only tired, weary. 'So you have found me. I
only wished to be alone for a moment. To try and relieve my burden. A burden few have ever known. The burden of the world.
There is a myth about a titian who is punished by the gods. He is forced to hold the world up in the skies for all eternity.
Then one day he tricked another person into holding the world, only to in turn be tricked into taking it back. This is my
life, my punishment. For what I have no idea, but it is.'
Harry's voice was silent again, waiting to hear their reactions. None came. 'What, don't tell me you have nothing to say now,
that's just not possible. Father, Godmother, Albus, Mrs.Weasly, I'm sorry. I have to go now, but don't worry, I'll be back.
You won't be able to find me where I'm going so don't bother. Lily and Raven are coming with me.'
With that Harry's vision showed him jumping off the tower roof. They all screamed at him, to stop, in fear that they would
loose him. Then the vision soared upward. "He transformed." Severus said in relief, "He would never do that to himself, he
knows the cost of it and he also promised never to leave Lily and Raven with out a father." Then the visions was gone and
they were back in Albus' office. Suddenly, Lily and Raven dissaperd. Severus uttered a
wild cry of worry and sank into his chair. "It's alright Severus. He'll be back, he only needs time to get used to his new
knowledge and position, it is alot to handle and he's only fifteen."
Severus looked up and saw that it was Aura hugging him tightly. She was worried as well, he could tell. She looked into his
eyes and somthing passed between them. A spark of a sort. It would have to be examined later, at lesure, when Harry was
back.
Harry
"Mother, are you here?" "Yes of course I am darling. Did you need to talk?" "Yes. Why is it I was made the head of the order?
I can't take another burden." "But son, you knew you were the Lord of the Phoenix." "Yes but I didn't realize what that would
entail. I know things that only old old people should know after a lifetime of living. How can I handle all this? I feel like
I'm going to go crazy!"
"There is a technique you can use to put the wisdom and knowledge to the back of your head. It will never be truly gone, but
this allows you to ignore it." "Teach it to me, please mother." "I will, but you will need to unlock the wisdom when you are
acting as leader or in a fight. You know what I mean." "I do."
They spent about an hour learning the technique then Fate turned her attention to her grandchildren. "Hello sweethearts, how
are you? Your daddy hasn't been good about brining you here to see me has he?" "Sorry about that mum. It's been very busy you
know." "Of course, I forgive you." After awhile of playing with the babies Harry decided that he needed to go back.
"Goodbye mum. I'll bring Lily and Raven back to see you soon, I promise." "Goodbye honey. I'll miss you." "Miss you to mum."
And with that he left.
Back to the office
"Hullo dad. Albus, Aura, Mrs.Weasly. Sorry to worry you like that. I wasn't thinking very clearly." "Don't you ever do that
to me again Harold James Snape! That is the second time you have done that today!" "I really am very sorry dad." Severus was
going to yell at him more, but then he saw that depth of the burden his son carried.
He sighed, "It's alright, just don't do it again. You have no idea how worried I was." "Yes I do. When I returned from making
my potion and Lily and Raven were not in my room I paniced. I know just how you feel. I am learning how to be a parent just
like you are." "I suppose you're right."
Then he did a double take. "Did you say you finished your potion?" "Yes. I just have to test it out. If I'm lucky it will
work. It should stop only nightmares and visions but let you have good dreams. It reacts to your reaction of whatever dream
you are having. If it is a negitive feeling then it will pull you out of it and substitute it with a good dream."
"That's great! I really hope it works." "Me to." Said Harry ruefully, "I'm tired." Then Aura spoke up, "Where were you just
now?" "I was visting my mum. She hasn't really had time to see my daughters." When Aura heard this a wistfull look passed
over her face but was quickly gone. Harry however, managed to catch it and stored the information away for later use.
"Well, it's dinner time now so why don't we head down to the great Hall?" Harry suggested and the idea was greeted with loud
mumbles of agreement. In a flash they were all in the Great Hall, sitting at the main table. They all landed perfectly in
their own chairs aside from Aura, she "accidently" landed on Severus.
The adults sitting at the table all had a good time watching the two of them blush and struggle to untangle themselves from
each other. "Harry!" They both yelled as soon as they were untangled. "What?" He asked innocently, "There weren't enough
chairs!" "That's because you put the other one across the hall." "Oh, is that where it is?" With that another chair appeared
next to Severus and Aura sat in it.
"My mistake, I assure you it won't happen again." The two adults just growled at him and began to eat. "Harry, you're going
to bed soon arn't you?" "Yes. And I wouldn't be alarmed if I end up sleeping for a day or so, I haven't exactly worked out
how much to take." Severus started at his son. "Harry, that could be dangerous." "I know, but at first I'm only going to
take three drops."
"Only three /drops/?" "Yup. It's a very potent potion." Severus again started at his son. A potion so advanced that it could
make a person sleep for a day with only three drops was extremly difficult to make, even for a master! Severus knew that
from experiance. Soon, dinner was finished and Harry went up to bed with his daughters. He had even made the potion so that
he would wake up if his name was called or his daughters cried.
After Harry put his daughters to bed Harry changed and climbed into his own bed. Once he was settled, Harry took an eyedroper
and took three drops of the potion. He barly managed to put the eyedropper back on the table before he dropped into a deep
deep sleep.
TO BE CONTINUED...
NOte: There. Hope you enjoyed that. Review! I love reviews.
By:Illustrious Sorrow
Chapter 8- Discoveries and Reactions
When Harry met his father back at Gringotts the first thing that man asked was how it went. "Pretty good. They were shocked
by what I told them but they excepted me and decided to remain my friends." "That's good I suppose." "Father, you really
need to get used to my friends, you'll be seeing alot of them. Besides if they were in Slytherin you would like them, and
you know that's true."
"So what? I'm allowed to have my predudices aren't I?" "No." "Yeah well, you're just a runt so there!" "That would make you
the father of runts. So you are the biggest runt." "I'm not to sure that was insulting." "Your point?" "Never mind. I'll try
to be nicer to your friends, it'll be a big shock to the entire school to see the mean, greasy, potions master turn nice."
Harry looked up, "That remindes me. When my mother came, she said your hair was only an illusion. What does it normaly look
like?" "Like this." Suddenly Snapes hair was about shoulder length and nice shiny black. It was straight with a slight wave
and made Snape look alot less frightening.
"Wow. You really should leave your hair like that dad, you'll be fighting girls off with a stick." "Ha ha ha. That's very
funny. Though maybe I will leave off the illusion. I no longer have the desire to scare little children any more." "Thata
boy." Harry joked. "What's with all the corny muggle jokes?" "Nothing, it's really just a 'why not' kinda thing." "What ever
Harry."
(A/n Well, it made sense in my mind :) ....)
"'Kay." "How'd Raven and Lily hold up?" "They were great although I though Ron would faint when I announced I had to change
their diapers and suggested that he help me." "Some how that sounds like Weasley." "Ron dad. Call him by his name." "Grrr."
"You'll have to do it sooner or later." "I know. Come on, let's head back to Hogwarts."
With that they apparated outside the apparition wards and began to walk towards the school. (a/n Harry can apparate inside
the school wards but his father can't so Harry didn't.) When they arrived at the school it was quiet. Severus and Harry both
headed toward their rooms in the dungens.
"I'll be in my lab for a while alright Harry?" "Sure, see ya later then. I'm going to start studying." With that they headed
in their separate directions. When Harry arrived in his room he pulled out his charms homework and began the essay. Lily and
Raven were playing happily in their playpen when Harry drifted off to sleep.
{ (Dream)
Harry was in a void. Then it cleared to be a graveyard. A very familiar graveyard. He saw Cedric laying dead on the ground
next to him. Then, to his suprise, Cedric got up. "Cedric you're alive!" "I'm dead. And it's all your fault Harry! Why didn't
you save me?" Then his friends began bursting through the ground.
"Harry why didn't you save us? We trusted you!" "How could you Harry?" They began to surround him, raining abuse as they did
so. The worst by far were Ron and Hermione. They had been torchured to death. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Harry sobbed, trying
to back away from them but falling, and falling and falling....}
Right onto the floor where he woke up, still sobbing. After a moment Harry managed to look up. It was the middle of the day
and he was on the floor where he had fallen from his desk chair. Harry pushed himself up off the floor and walked shakily
over to his daughters who were staring at him in shock.
"Hey girls, I didn't scare you did I?" Maybe you didn't scare them but you scared us. This came form StarBorn who was
playing with Lily. "Sorry about that. Nightmare you know." [When are you going to ssstart woking on that potion?] "Tonight I
think." [Why don't you ssstart now?] "Fine I will. Will you three watch Raven and Lily?" I will come with you. Just in case
of an accident.
"If you want to." I do. With that EvenSong flew into Harry's potion lab, one he had created himself. He worked steadily for
several hours. Stopping only late for dinner and to tell his father not to worry about him, Harry worked until past three in
the morning. He only stopped then because there was nothing else he could do until three hours had past. Under urging from
EvenSong, Harry decided to catch some sleep.
Unfortunetly for him, the nightmares came swiftly that night and before long he was up in bed, sobbing and sweating from fear
guilt and shame. After laying in bed untill six o'clock, Harry decided to get up and continue his potion. Luckily for him,
Harry had a good idea of how to create the potion and thought that he would be finished with it within the day if he
continued working on it.
And so Harry became so immersed in the potion making that he failed to notice the day passing by or the entire school looking
frantically for him.
(a/n I think that's so funny, they are all looking for him when he's perfectly safe, in the school, with a phoenix, one of
the most powerful wizards in the world, and is making a potion to make himself healthy.)
WHen Harry finished it was about an hour before dinner. He bottled the potion and set it on the shelf. He would test it that
night. Then he left the room and went to his bedroom where he had left Lily and Raven in the care of his two familiars. When
he saw that they were not there he paniced and called out to his familiars, "Where are you? Where's Lily and Raven?" [They
are with usss masster. Do not worry.] "Where are you?" [In the office of the man with the long beard and your father.] "I'll
be right there."
With that Harry ran up to Albus' office and didn't notice when the gargoyal jumped out of his way without a password. "Raven,
Lily?" He shouted as he ran into the office, searching intently for sign of the two girls, not noticing a large group of people
gatherd in the room. Finally seeing them in the corner of the room, safly playing, he ran up to them and grabbed them
up, holding them tightly, before turning to speak with his familiars.
"I thought I asked you to stay in my room with them." [You did but that man with the beard came into the room with your
father, looking for you and when they ssssaw you were not there they took the babies with them.] "Why didn't you tell me?"
[You were bussssy and we trusssst thessse men.] "Alright, but next time tell me." [Fine.] "Where is my father and Professor
Dumbledore?" [Behind you. They look kinda angrey.] "Be-behind me?"
"Harold James Snape! Where have you been?! Do you have any idea of how worried we've been? You've been gone all day! Where
did you go? We looked over the entire school!" Harry slowly turned around at the sound of his fathers voice. "Erm, hi dad."
This sentance of course, set Severus off again.
"Hi! Hi dad! That's all you have to say for yourself! You are in so much trouble! I can't belei-" "Dad! Listen to me!"
Severus shut up. "I'm really sorry. I apoligize. I hadn't realized that it was so late. I was in a potions lab I created here
making the sleeping potion I need. Remember, I told you I would make one once I made my staff."
"Harry, be that as it may, it was very irresponsible of you to just dissapear like that. We thought that Voldemort had gotten
you." "I'm sorry Professor Dumbledore." The aged man frowned at him. "Didn't I ask you to call me Albus? I thought I did. If
I didn't then I ask you now to call me Albus. School is not in session." "Alright Pro- erm- Albus."
For the first time Harry looked around the room and saw the group of people sitting at a big table in the middle of the room.
When he saw them Harry paled and then turned red from embarresment. "Yeah, well, erm, I'll be going now, I'll see you at
dinner." He turned to his familiars, "Coming?" And then began to sweep out of the room before he was stopped.
"No, no, stay here, If you hadn'tt disappeared you would have been invited to this meeting." "Oh." Harry stopped dead and
turned. "Uhm. Alright then." He remained where he was." Seeing that his son was not going to move, Severus walked over and
guided the boy to an empty seat. Then his sat down and was followed by Albus.
"Alright, let me introduce you all to Harry Snape." Albus said with a twinkle in his eye. "Albus, what's he doing here?"
Called out a person form the lower side of the table. Albus wrinkled his forhead. "He is here to join the order. We were just
discusing this." "No, we were discusing Harry Potter." "Yes of course. We were just speaking about him. That's why he's here."
"But-" "You see, Harry Potter and Harry Snape are the same person. Severus here is Harry's father." This announcement brought
instent pandimonium to the room, many protests were heard. "That's not possible. That boy looks nothing like Harry Potter."
"How can Snape be his father? He and Lily never got along." Finally somebody cast a silencing spell over the enitre room. It
took a moment for people to realize that they were not making any noise and they stopped trying to speak.
Then to the suprise of all, Harry stood up. "I am very sorry for casting the silencing spell but you will not be able to get
an explination if you do not shut up. Now if you feel that you can be quiet I will remove the spell." After a few moments
of waiting, Harry did remove the spell.
"Now. I assure you that I am indeed Harry Potter. My parents are not Lily and James Potter. They are my adopted parents. My
biological mother was forced to give me up and didn't tell my father she was pregent. Lily's baby was still born and so she
agreed to be my mother for a time. This summer I found my true father is Severus Snape and my mother is a woman most call
Bryle."
"Why do you look so diffrent?" A voice called out, Harry reconized it as Bill Weasly, "I have come in to my powers and the
spells that were put on my to make me look like James Potter have worn off." "Harry dear, what happened to your face, and,
and, your eyes?"
"Oh. That." Harry paused for a moment, deciding just how much he should tell them. "Over the summer my uncle decided that
there was no reason for me to return to Hogwarts and that he could beat the magic out of me. What you see now, scars and such,
is the result." "Oh Harry," Mrs.Weasly got up and hugged him tightly, around the two babies he was holding, "Why didn't you
tell anyone? We would have come to get you." "I'm sorry Mrs.Weasly, but I would prefer not to discuse this. It was a very
painful experiance." "Of course dear."
Once the woman had returned to her seat the questions continued, "Why do you have the two babies?" "These are my daughters.
Raven Rose Snape and Lily Dove Snape." "Who is the mother?" "There is no mother. They were created magically and grew in my
Aunt Petunia's body. However, I used a spell to make them mine totally. There is not one drop of blood in them from my Uncle
and Aunt. It is very complicated."
After a long time of questioning, it was finally excepted that Harry Snape was indeed Harry Potter and they moved on.
"Alright. Today we will recieve ranks for the order. This is done by the symbol of our order, a Phoenix. However, this phoenix
is not alive and so cannot be influenced by anything. There are five people who are heads of the order. The number one is the
leader and the over all head. He or She will deserve respect and obeidance, regardless of who it is. First, before we begin,
Harry, would you like to join the order?"
Harry looked warily at the people around him, "What would that entail?" Severus smiled at his son while Albus answered, "It
would mean that you are dedicated to fighting evil. You probebly won't be doing much while you are in school unless you are
one of the 5 heads. On your arm there will be a band of phoenix's with their heads intertwined around each other's bodies.
It will only come off if you leave or betray the order. The last thing is that you would have a slight empathic bond with
all the members of the order."
"How slight?" Albus shifted alittle, "Well, they will be able to feel your emotions if they are very strong." "Is that all?"
"Well...Yes. Yes it is." "Alright then, I suppose I'll join." Albus and Severus smiled at him, slightly guilty around what
they had left out. "Great. Then we will start." He left the table and then returned with a small statue of a phoenix. "Now
what you will do is cup the statue in your hands. The color of the glow will indicate what position you are. Golden Red is
the color of the leader, red is the color of the second in command, yellow is the color of the third, green is the fourth,
blue is the fifth, and white is an ordinary member."
With that he picked up the small statue and gazed into it. Immedetly a blue aura flew up around him. Everybody in the room
gasped in suprise. They had all assumed that it would be Albus that was the head. Now they didn't know who it would be. With
a smile Albus handed the stone to Severus who in turn gazed into it. His aura flared kup as red. He was higher then Albus.
The stone went around the room slowly. By the time it reached Harry they had a second(Severus) a third(Molly Weasly) and a
fifth(Albus). Harry ginergly looked into the stone and was suprised to hear a voice speaking to him.
"Lord of Fate, Lord of the Phoenix, you have risen at last. You know your task. Defete the darkenss that is covering your
land. Do you except." "I do." "Good. Watch over the Ladies of Fate. They are just as importent as you." "I will. I love them
with all my heart." "Goodbye lord. Be brave, be strong, be loving." "I promise."
When Harry took the stone a Red-Gold aura had surrounded him instently, as if it were eager to do his bidding. It quickly
got brighter and brighter until the people in the room had to look away from it. From the middle of the light they could hear
sounds like two phoenix' conversing with each other. Then, it gradually got dimmer and dimmer until it faded away. Just as
the last of the light faded away a voice came though that was heard by all the people in the room.
The voice was neither young or old, male or female. It was indefinetly wise but innocent at the same time. "You now have your
leader. This has been written in the stars for centuries. Be good to him and listen to what he says, he is endowed with all
my wisdom, a gift from me to him." With that it too faded away.
Harry was slumped over in his seat. His black and red hair now had streaks of white in it and even in his sleep he looked
troubled, as if the world was resting on his shoulders was slowly crushing him. Lily and Raven were both sitting on the table
looking at their father in a way that could only be described as worried. Severus scooped them up and help them tightly.
"Don't worry girls, your daddy's going to be just fine." Then he stooped over Harry and shook him gentle to wake him up.
"Harry, come on Harry, wake up." Suddenly Harry groaned and turned over, his eyes opening (a/n uselessly might I add.). For
the first time since the light had gone down they were able to see his face and they were shocked. He had wrinkles at the
corners of his eyes and worry lines darkening his forhead.
"What happened?" He asked slowly, as if the words were difficult to get out. "You were made leader of the order. Number one."
"I remember." "Harry, do you feel alright?" Harry was silent for a moment. "No." This statment suprised Severus because Harry
always said that he was fine. "What's wrong." "I understand." "Understand what?" "Everything." "Everyth-Oh. That's what the
voice meant then." Harry looked up quickly, "What did it say."
"That we should except you, listen to you and that she would give you her wisdom, as a gift." Harry put his head in his hands
"Why is it always me? Oh wait! I know!" He was speaking with a bitter sarcasum, "Always me because of who I happen to be
related to. Because I care." He was quiet again. Now that he was awake, the look of weight on him was even greater. "Harry,
your hair is partily white." "Of course it is. From the knowledge that voice cursed me with. From the abilies it felt I
needed."
The room was silent. There was nothing to say. "I need to go and think. I'll be back later." With that Harry dissapeared from
the room, causing a minimal outburst of noise from the room. When things had settled down Albus presided over the rest of
the cerimony. The heads were: Severus as second, Molly Weasly as third, Aura Fade as fourth, Albus as fifth, and of
course Harry as the leader.
"Now that we have been ranked I thank you all for coming and you will be contacted when the next meeting is. If the heads
could stay here for a moment I would like to speak with you." Severus then sat down and waited while the people filed out of
Albus' office.
"I thank you all for staying. I would like your help in trying to find my son." "How can we do that?" "We'll use the link and
see through his eyes to where he is. For anyone other then him it would only take one person to find him, but as he is the
Lord Phoenix, it will take the entire head circle to find him, especially if he has sheilds up. I am hoping that he won't
have thought of it yet, but knowing Harry, he will have."
Severus then turned the floor over to Albus who explained how to track Harry down through his mind. When that was done they
all linked their engeries and searched for him. They found him within five minutes. Or rather they found his sheilds. Without
a second thought they proceded to take down the sheilds. They knew that Harry would be mad when he realized what they were
doing but it had to be done.
After about a half an hour of attacking the sheild it suddenly came down. They were all treated to what Harry's eyes saw. The
view from the top of the astromany tower. From the roof of the astronamy tower.
(A/n Should I leave it here? Why is Harry on the top of the astronamy tower, can you guess?)
(A/n Oh, I'm just kidding, would I do that to you? Nooo, not yet anyway. The chapter is still to short.)
Suddenly his voice shot though their heads with a clarity. It didn't sound mad, only tired, weary. 'So you have found me. I
only wished to be alone for a moment. To try and relieve my burden. A burden few have ever known. The burden of the world.
There is a myth about a titian who is punished by the gods. He is forced to hold the world up in the skies for all eternity.
Then one day he tricked another person into holding the world, only to in turn be tricked into taking it back. This is my
life, my punishment. For what I have no idea, but it is.'
Harry's voice was silent again, waiting to hear their reactions. None came. 'What, don't tell me you have nothing to say now,
that's just not possible. Father, Godmother, Albus, Mrs.Weasly, I'm sorry. I have to go now, but don't worry, I'll be back.
You won't be able to find me where I'm going so don't bother. Lily and Raven are coming with me.'
With that Harry's vision showed him jumping off the tower roof. They all screamed at him, to stop, in fear that they would
loose him. Then the vision soared upward. "He transformed." Severus said in relief, "He would never do that to himself, he
knows the cost of it and he also promised never to leave Lily and Raven with out a father." Then the visions was gone and
they were back in Albus' office. Suddenly, Lily and Raven dissaperd. Severus uttered a
wild cry of worry and sank into his chair. "It's alright Severus. He'll be back, he only needs time to get used to his new
knowledge and position, it is alot to handle and he's only fifteen."
Severus looked up and saw that it was Aura hugging him tightly. She was worried as well, he could tell. She looked into his
eyes and somthing passed between them. A spark of a sort. It would have to be examined later, at lesure, when Harry was
back.
Harry
"Mother, are you here?" "Yes of course I am darling. Did you need to talk?" "Yes. Why is it I was made the head of the order?
I can't take another burden." "But son, you knew you were the Lord of the Phoenix." "Yes but I didn't realize what that would
entail. I know things that only old old people should know after a lifetime of living. How can I handle all this? I feel like
I'm going to go crazy!"
"There is a technique you can use to put the wisdom and knowledge to the back of your head. It will never be truly gone, but
this allows you to ignore it." "Teach it to me, please mother." "I will, but you will need to unlock the wisdom when you are
acting as leader or in a fight. You know what I mean." "I do."
They spent about an hour learning the technique then Fate turned her attention to her grandchildren. "Hello sweethearts, how
are you? Your daddy hasn't been good about brining you here to see me has he?" "Sorry about that mum. It's been very busy you
know." "Of course, I forgive you." After awhile of playing with the babies Harry decided that he needed to go back.
"Goodbye mum. I'll bring Lily and Raven back to see you soon, I promise." "Goodbye honey. I'll miss you." "Miss you to mum."
And with that he left.
Back to the office
"Hullo dad. Albus, Aura, Mrs.Weasly. Sorry to worry you like that. I wasn't thinking very clearly." "Don't you ever do that
to me again Harold James Snape! That is the second time you have done that today!" "I really am very sorry dad." Severus was
going to yell at him more, but then he saw that depth of the burden his son carried.
He sighed, "It's alright, just don't do it again. You have no idea how worried I was." "Yes I do. When I returned from making
my potion and Lily and Raven were not in my room I paniced. I know just how you feel. I am learning how to be a parent just
like you are." "I suppose you're right."
Then he did a double take. "Did you say you finished your potion?" "Yes. I just have to test it out. If I'm lucky it will
work. It should stop only nightmares and visions but let you have good dreams. It reacts to your reaction of whatever dream
you are having. If it is a negitive feeling then it will pull you out of it and substitute it with a good dream."
"That's great! I really hope it works." "Me to." Said Harry ruefully, "I'm tired." Then Aura spoke up, "Where were you just
now?" "I was visting my mum. She hasn't really had time to see my daughters." When Aura heard this a wistfull look passed
over her face but was quickly gone. Harry however, managed to catch it and stored the information away for later use.
"Well, it's dinner time now so why don't we head down to the great Hall?" Harry suggested and the idea was greeted with loud
mumbles of agreement. In a flash they were all in the Great Hall, sitting at the main table. They all landed perfectly in
their own chairs aside from Aura, she "accidently" landed on Severus.
The adults sitting at the table all had a good time watching the two of them blush and struggle to untangle themselves from
each other. "Harry!" They both yelled as soon as they were untangled. "What?" He asked innocently, "There weren't enough
chairs!" "That's because you put the other one across the hall." "Oh, is that where it is?" With that another chair appeared
next to Severus and Aura sat in it.
"My mistake, I assure you it won't happen again." The two adults just growled at him and began to eat. "Harry, you're going
to bed soon arn't you?" "Yes. And I wouldn't be alarmed if I end up sleeping for a day or so, I haven't exactly worked out
how much to take." Severus started at his son. "Harry, that could be dangerous." "I know, but at first I'm only going to
take three drops."
"Only three /drops/?" "Yup. It's a very potent potion." Severus again started at his son. A potion so advanced that it could
make a person sleep for a day with only three drops was extremly difficult to make, even for a master! Severus knew that
from experiance. Soon, dinner was finished and Harry went up to bed with his daughters. He had even made the potion so that
he would wake up if his name was called or his daughters cried.
After Harry put his daughters to bed Harry changed and climbed into his own bed. Once he was settled, Harry took an eyedroper
and took three drops of the potion. He barly managed to put the eyedropper back on the table before he dropped into a deep
deep sleep.
TO BE CONTINUED...
NOte: There. Hope you enjoyed that. Review! I love reviews.