-MIRROR MIRROR
By : Piton
CHAPTER 8
After Snape disappeared in a swish of billowing robes, decending into his dungeon, Hydra grabbed Tethys' arm, stopping her from going any further. "What was that all about?"
Tethys looked at her sister coldly. "I don't know what you mean?"
"I am the only family you have left, I'm not even a kid anymore, for Christ's sake, I'm 32 years old! Couldn't you have had a little more faith in me and told me this story before?" Hydra had lost the usual playful shine in her eyes. She for the first time in a long time, looked serious and even older.
"This is not something I could talk about easily, my problems are mine alone and I deal with them on my own." Tethys replied.
"Oh sure, but you just blurted out to a bunch of strangers! That makes me feel so important!" Hydra said in a tone that made Tethys smirk.
"You're starting to sound like Snape," Tethys teased.
"Don't try to suck up to me with compliments just to make me forget the subject!" Hydra shot.
"Who says it was a compliment?"
Hydra was speechless for a while realizing what she had said. She looked down a bit and asked, "I saw the way you were staring at each other, you seem to have a lot in common."
"There's nothing in common between us, I am my own person, thank you very much!"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that! At least I'm honest with myself," Hydra said.
"What's that supposed to mean? You see, that's why I don't tell you things, you are too soft and too emotional. You always want to mix these things with important subjects such as this. We're not here to have fun Hydra! This is serious and dangerous and you have no idea what we're up against!"
"Don't underestimate me! I might take things lightly, but it doesn't mean I don't see the seriousness of a problem. When you're ready to look at me as an adult and not your baby sister, you come talk to me about seriousness and danger." She turned on her heels and headed to her bedroom.
Tethys sighed and headed the opposite direction, she needed to walk and think. As she did, she was oblivious to Dumbledore's worried blue eyes on her back.
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Hydra was impatiently pacing her bedroom, she wasn't going to sleep anytime soon.
"It's a waste of time if you ask me," the familiar voice spoke casually.
Hydra scowled at her wand sitting on top of her side table. "What is?"
"Snape. I don't know what you both see on that bloke," said the wand.
Hydra chuckled, "Why, are you jealous?"
"Oh P-lease!"
"Well, then mind your own business."
"This is my business, I'm your wand, remember? You're stuck with me and unfortunately, I might add, I'm stuck with you!"
"Oh, that makes me feel better already," she said sarcastically and grabbed the wand placing it in her robe's sleeve.
"Where are we going?"
"We're taking a walk, I have to get some air and think," she said.
"Wow, that's a novelty!"
"Oh, Shut up!"
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Dumbledore's head appeared in Snape's chamber's fireplace. Snape was in his private lab when he heard the floo network's flames go up and knew who it was before even looking.
He made his way out the lab. "What is it, Albus?
"May I come in Severus?"
Snape nodded scowling. He knew something was coming, the Headmaster hardly paid him a visit late at night, especially right after a meeting.
"You know, Severus, I was wondering. Now that we're alone, and I want you to be straight with me, I want to ask you a question," said Dumbledore.
"Yes?"
"How is your relationship with Tethys and Hydra going?"
"What do you mean relationship?" Snape was getting uncomfortable.
"The thing is, you see, I am a little bit confused. I usually can tell when there's a little... 'connection' , if you will, between two people. The problem is that I'm having a hard time in deciding which one it is." Dumbledore was looking at him with those twinkling eyes he came to dread after a while. Every time he was on the receiving end of that look, he always got into trouble and he never was right.
"You lost me there, Albus," said Snape.
Dumbledore chuckled. "Oh my boy, I think you understand. And I wouldn't want to be the one in your shoes right now. My advice is, ask yourself who it is, before it's too late to decide."
With that Dumbldore turned back to the fireplace and threw some floo powder, disappearing in the green flames.
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After Dumbledore's visit, try as he might, Snape couldn't be able to fall asleep. He was impatient and couldn't make too much sense of what the old man had said. Usually these things were emotions he got used to push way back into his mind, somewhere he couldn't find or deal with. And it was so deeply hidden, that it came as a surprise when Dumbledore mentioned it so bluntly.
The fact is that he had no idea of what to do or how. He couldn't explain his feelings for neither one of them and he wasn't even sure if their feelings, if any, were the same toward him.
Tethys was too damn difficult to figure out and even to approach. She made him crazy sometimes with her complex mind. Hydra was annoyingly brilliant and somehow pushy. She scared him now and then, but he always found himself thinking of her, as well as Tethys.
He decided to go for a walk, he needed to think and walking outside at night always helped him put his mind at ease. Not bothering to put his frock coat back, he left his bedroom wearing only his white linen shirt and black slacks.
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It was a cool October night. Tethys always liked that time of the year, it wasn't too cold and it wasn't hot either. Perfect, just enjoyably chilly.
Tethys had so much going on in her mind. It was all too overwhelming. Her sister would never understand how difficult it was, for a long time, to have all her past mistakes forgotten, at least partially forgotten. It took her so long to put all those mistakes in the past. It wasn't easy to bring it all up again by telling her.
She liked the fact Hydra could see the world in a brighter way and why ruin it with her own dark past? But now it wasn't possible for her to run from it all anymore. It was all coming back to bite her in the arse, and she needed to be prepared. She was going to need all the help she could get.
She was strolling near the lake when she heard a noise...
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Hydra was trying to put her thoughts in order when she saw Tethys in the distance; she was going in the direction of the lake.
Hydra was about to turn and head somewhere else when she heard a noise and saw that Tethys was hiding behind some trees, watching something.
Her curiosity got the better of her and she made her way around, and positioned her behind a large tree in a way she could see Tethys and whatever she was looking at.
Nothing could prepare her for what she saw....
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A/N: Thanks for the reviews, Dragonwing, Linda and firestarter911
By : Piton
CHAPTER 8
After Snape disappeared in a swish of billowing robes, decending into his dungeon, Hydra grabbed Tethys' arm, stopping her from going any further. "What was that all about?"
Tethys looked at her sister coldly. "I don't know what you mean?"
"I am the only family you have left, I'm not even a kid anymore, for Christ's sake, I'm 32 years old! Couldn't you have had a little more faith in me and told me this story before?" Hydra had lost the usual playful shine in her eyes. She for the first time in a long time, looked serious and even older.
"This is not something I could talk about easily, my problems are mine alone and I deal with them on my own." Tethys replied.
"Oh sure, but you just blurted out to a bunch of strangers! That makes me feel so important!" Hydra said in a tone that made Tethys smirk.
"You're starting to sound like Snape," Tethys teased.
"Don't try to suck up to me with compliments just to make me forget the subject!" Hydra shot.
"Who says it was a compliment?"
Hydra was speechless for a while realizing what she had said. She looked down a bit and asked, "I saw the way you were staring at each other, you seem to have a lot in common."
"There's nothing in common between us, I am my own person, thank you very much!"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that! At least I'm honest with myself," Hydra said.
"What's that supposed to mean? You see, that's why I don't tell you things, you are too soft and too emotional. You always want to mix these things with important subjects such as this. We're not here to have fun Hydra! This is serious and dangerous and you have no idea what we're up against!"
"Don't underestimate me! I might take things lightly, but it doesn't mean I don't see the seriousness of a problem. When you're ready to look at me as an adult and not your baby sister, you come talk to me about seriousness and danger." She turned on her heels and headed to her bedroom.
Tethys sighed and headed the opposite direction, she needed to walk and think. As she did, she was oblivious to Dumbledore's worried blue eyes on her back.
......................................................................
Hydra was impatiently pacing her bedroom, she wasn't going to sleep anytime soon.
"It's a waste of time if you ask me," the familiar voice spoke casually.
Hydra scowled at her wand sitting on top of her side table. "What is?"
"Snape. I don't know what you both see on that bloke," said the wand.
Hydra chuckled, "Why, are you jealous?"
"Oh P-lease!"
"Well, then mind your own business."
"This is my business, I'm your wand, remember? You're stuck with me and unfortunately, I might add, I'm stuck with you!"
"Oh, that makes me feel better already," she said sarcastically and grabbed the wand placing it in her robe's sleeve.
"Where are we going?"
"We're taking a walk, I have to get some air and think," she said.
"Wow, that's a novelty!"
"Oh, Shut up!"
...........................................................................
Dumbledore's head appeared in Snape's chamber's fireplace. Snape was in his private lab when he heard the floo network's flames go up and knew who it was before even looking.
He made his way out the lab. "What is it, Albus?
"May I come in Severus?"
Snape nodded scowling. He knew something was coming, the Headmaster hardly paid him a visit late at night, especially right after a meeting.
"You know, Severus, I was wondering. Now that we're alone, and I want you to be straight with me, I want to ask you a question," said Dumbledore.
"Yes?"
"How is your relationship with Tethys and Hydra going?"
"What do you mean relationship?" Snape was getting uncomfortable.
"The thing is, you see, I am a little bit confused. I usually can tell when there's a little... 'connection' , if you will, between two people. The problem is that I'm having a hard time in deciding which one it is." Dumbledore was looking at him with those twinkling eyes he came to dread after a while. Every time he was on the receiving end of that look, he always got into trouble and he never was right.
"You lost me there, Albus," said Snape.
Dumbledore chuckled. "Oh my boy, I think you understand. And I wouldn't want to be the one in your shoes right now. My advice is, ask yourself who it is, before it's too late to decide."
With that Dumbldore turned back to the fireplace and threw some floo powder, disappearing in the green flames.
............................................................................ ......
After Dumbledore's visit, try as he might, Snape couldn't be able to fall asleep. He was impatient and couldn't make too much sense of what the old man had said. Usually these things were emotions he got used to push way back into his mind, somewhere he couldn't find or deal with. And it was so deeply hidden, that it came as a surprise when Dumbledore mentioned it so bluntly.
The fact is that he had no idea of what to do or how. He couldn't explain his feelings for neither one of them and he wasn't even sure if their feelings, if any, were the same toward him.
Tethys was too damn difficult to figure out and even to approach. She made him crazy sometimes with her complex mind. Hydra was annoyingly brilliant and somehow pushy. She scared him now and then, but he always found himself thinking of her, as well as Tethys.
He decided to go for a walk, he needed to think and walking outside at night always helped him put his mind at ease. Not bothering to put his frock coat back, he left his bedroom wearing only his white linen shirt and black slacks.
............................................................................ ......
It was a cool October night. Tethys always liked that time of the year, it wasn't too cold and it wasn't hot either. Perfect, just enjoyably chilly.
Tethys had so much going on in her mind. It was all too overwhelming. Her sister would never understand how difficult it was, for a long time, to have all her past mistakes forgotten, at least partially forgotten. It took her so long to put all those mistakes in the past. It wasn't easy to bring it all up again by telling her.
She liked the fact Hydra could see the world in a brighter way and why ruin it with her own dark past? But now it wasn't possible for her to run from it all anymore. It was all coming back to bite her in the arse, and she needed to be prepared. She was going to need all the help she could get.
She was strolling near the lake when she heard a noise...
............................................................................ ......
Hydra was trying to put her thoughts in order when she saw Tethys in the distance; she was going in the direction of the lake.
Hydra was about to turn and head somewhere else when she heard a noise and saw that Tethys was hiding behind some trees, watching something.
Her curiosity got the better of her and she made her way around, and positioned her behind a large tree in a way she could see Tethys and whatever she was looking at.
Nothing could prepare her for what she saw....
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A/N: Thanks for the reviews, Dragonwing, Linda and firestarter911