-- Red and Green Glass --
Author's Notes: I know it's a short chapter but I haven't had much time on my hands!! I'll update as soon as I can!
Disclaimer: Any character's that you recognize belong to J.K.Rowling, any that you don't belong to me. I'm not making any money by writing this, I'm just having some fun.
Harry had to agree with Sirius, Kiara Snape is nothing like her brother. The dark haired woman who he had spent the last twenty minutes involved in small talk with was polite and looked at him kindly rather than as though he was in some way absolutely revolting. The only problem he had with her so far was that she was very skilled at avoiding issues that she didn't wish to talk about.
'I really want to talk about my mother, and here I am talking about Hogwarts.' Harry thought. The problem was, he didn't want to just dive into the conversation, that's why he had brought up the old castle, hoping that she might mention something about his mother so that then they could discuss her properly. 'If I knew her better, this would be so much easier'
That was the main reason why Harry didn't want to dive into the past. He didn't know this woman, although she obviously knew him, or at least she had when he was younger and his parents were still alive. And then of course she'd probably read every report and heard every rumor about him since Hogwarts.
"So, how's Sirius' She said.
"What?!" Harry exclaimed surprised. 'I didn't expect that' Harry thought to himself. She had spent the whole time avoiding the mention of the marauders, that he hadn't predicted that she would ask about them herself. Then he suddenly understood that both of them were using each other for information, and she'd obviously realized the fact and then asked him straight out.
"He's alright," Harry said as he shook away the initial shock.
She nodded, "I suppose you've all been busy" She mused,
"Well Voldemort's interest in the staff of flames has thrown us all of balance, especially seeing that he seems to know more about it then anyone on our side" Harry said wording his sentence carefully.
Kiara didn't seem to happy that the topic had been brought up, but she was saved from answering by the squeak of the hospital wing's door opening. Both Harry and Kiara remained quiet as they heard the footsteps approach the cubicle they were in.
The white curtain was pulled back revealing Sirius. Harry breathed out and realized that he had been holding his breath without knowing it. "Hey" Sirius said with a grin to Harry then he turned and faced with Kiara. "Long time no see"
Kiara bit her lip, "Yeah well, we've both had other.... commitments..."
Sirius laughed, "Nice choice of words, I never thought of Azkaban as a commitment... talking about Azkaban, thank you for torturing Peter like that, I found the whole scene just brilliant"
Kiara rolled her eyes, "Trust you to find something humorous in such a serious situation."
Harry was finding the conversation just a little bit to tense for his taste and decided that it was probably best that he left. He sort of just shrank back into the shadows eventually leaving the cubicle and out of the hospital wing. He wasn't sure if they were treading on eggshells because he was present, or if it was just because they were both trying to hide a lot from each other.
Harry sighed, he had a horrible nagging feeling that told him that Kiara's arrival was going to make things around here a lot more complicated. 'If not a little more tense' he thought to himself.
~*~
"So this Kiara... What's she like?" Hermione asked looking up from her potions essay after Harry finished telling her and Ron where he'd been.
"She's nothing like her brother" Harry said, and Ron let out a sigh in relief.
"Good" said the red head. "For a while there I thought we were going to have two Snapes around, I mean we will but they both won't be like the potions professor Snape... was she nice?"
"She didn't look at me as though she wished no less than a painful death, so I'd say she's nicer... but I didn't really talk to her long. Sirius turned up... that was what made the whole situation so weird. I mean I've seen Sirius hold back information before, but the whole scene was so tense as if both Sirius and Kiara had thousands of questions and neither was game enough to ask one of them" Harry explained as he looked down at the first paragraph of his Defense Against the Dark Arts essay. 'I'm never going to get this finished on time' Harry thought silently
"Hermione why do you need a unicorn horn in redwood poison?" Ron asked
"You don't" Harry and Hermione said in unison. Hermione and Ron both looked surprised.
"How did you know that?" Ron said, "You haven't even started your essay yet and you weren't at class..."
Harry looked confused, "I don't know..." He said slowly, "Maybe I read it once before..."
Hermione bit her lip, "You've been doing that a lot lately Harry, I mean you've just known the answer to random questions without even thinking about it. The other day when I asked you that question about arithmacy, you knew it and you don't even take the class."
Harry shrugged, "I probably read it somewhere... I doubt it's anything important, I did have a lot of time over the summer and I read a lot of books, I guess I just picked up a lot."
"I don't know" Hermione said uneasily but Harry and Ron shrugged it off. 'What does she see that I don't' Harry thought quietly before looking back at his essay which was now nearly complete. 'I think I better talk to Sirius about this'
Author's Notes: I know it's a short chapter but I haven't had much time on my hands!! I'll update as soon as I can!
Disclaimer: Any character's that you recognize belong to J.K.Rowling, any that you don't belong to me. I'm not making any money by writing this, I'm just having some fun.
Harry had to agree with Sirius, Kiara Snape is nothing like her brother. The dark haired woman who he had spent the last twenty minutes involved in small talk with was polite and looked at him kindly rather than as though he was in some way absolutely revolting. The only problem he had with her so far was that she was very skilled at avoiding issues that she didn't wish to talk about.
'I really want to talk about my mother, and here I am talking about Hogwarts.' Harry thought. The problem was, he didn't want to just dive into the conversation, that's why he had brought up the old castle, hoping that she might mention something about his mother so that then they could discuss her properly. 'If I knew her better, this would be so much easier'
That was the main reason why Harry didn't want to dive into the past. He didn't know this woman, although she obviously knew him, or at least she had when he was younger and his parents were still alive. And then of course she'd probably read every report and heard every rumor about him since Hogwarts.
"So, how's Sirius' She said.
"What?!" Harry exclaimed surprised. 'I didn't expect that' Harry thought to himself. She had spent the whole time avoiding the mention of the marauders, that he hadn't predicted that she would ask about them herself. Then he suddenly understood that both of them were using each other for information, and she'd obviously realized the fact and then asked him straight out.
"He's alright," Harry said as he shook away the initial shock.
She nodded, "I suppose you've all been busy" She mused,
"Well Voldemort's interest in the staff of flames has thrown us all of balance, especially seeing that he seems to know more about it then anyone on our side" Harry said wording his sentence carefully.
Kiara didn't seem to happy that the topic had been brought up, but she was saved from answering by the squeak of the hospital wing's door opening. Both Harry and Kiara remained quiet as they heard the footsteps approach the cubicle they were in.
The white curtain was pulled back revealing Sirius. Harry breathed out and realized that he had been holding his breath without knowing it. "Hey" Sirius said with a grin to Harry then he turned and faced with Kiara. "Long time no see"
Kiara bit her lip, "Yeah well, we've both had other.... commitments..."
Sirius laughed, "Nice choice of words, I never thought of Azkaban as a commitment... talking about Azkaban, thank you for torturing Peter like that, I found the whole scene just brilliant"
Kiara rolled her eyes, "Trust you to find something humorous in such a serious situation."
Harry was finding the conversation just a little bit to tense for his taste and decided that it was probably best that he left. He sort of just shrank back into the shadows eventually leaving the cubicle and out of the hospital wing. He wasn't sure if they were treading on eggshells because he was present, or if it was just because they were both trying to hide a lot from each other.
Harry sighed, he had a horrible nagging feeling that told him that Kiara's arrival was going to make things around here a lot more complicated. 'If not a little more tense' he thought to himself.
~*~
"So this Kiara... What's she like?" Hermione asked looking up from her potions essay after Harry finished telling her and Ron where he'd been.
"She's nothing like her brother" Harry said, and Ron let out a sigh in relief.
"Good" said the red head. "For a while there I thought we were going to have two Snapes around, I mean we will but they both won't be like the potions professor Snape... was she nice?"
"She didn't look at me as though she wished no less than a painful death, so I'd say she's nicer... but I didn't really talk to her long. Sirius turned up... that was what made the whole situation so weird. I mean I've seen Sirius hold back information before, but the whole scene was so tense as if both Sirius and Kiara had thousands of questions and neither was game enough to ask one of them" Harry explained as he looked down at the first paragraph of his Defense Against the Dark Arts essay. 'I'm never going to get this finished on time' Harry thought silently
"Hermione why do you need a unicorn horn in redwood poison?" Ron asked
"You don't" Harry and Hermione said in unison. Hermione and Ron both looked surprised.
"How did you know that?" Ron said, "You haven't even started your essay yet and you weren't at class..."
Harry looked confused, "I don't know..." He said slowly, "Maybe I read it once before..."
Hermione bit her lip, "You've been doing that a lot lately Harry, I mean you've just known the answer to random questions without even thinking about it. The other day when I asked you that question about arithmacy, you knew it and you don't even take the class."
Harry shrugged, "I probably read it somewhere... I doubt it's anything important, I did have a lot of time over the summer and I read a lot of books, I guess I just picked up a lot."
"I don't know" Hermione said uneasily but Harry and Ron shrugged it off. 'What does she see that I don't' Harry thought quietly before looking back at his essay which was now nearly complete. 'I think I better talk to Sirius about this'