Suicide Solution.

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Summary: A Severitus challenge, [Snape is Harry's father] Story begins at 11.59pm on July 30th. It's the summer before Harry's 6th year, and Harry's changing . . . (A Dark Harry fic)

Chapter 12

Harry was sitting at the Gryffindor table with his head resting on the palm of his left hand, staring up at the ceiling lost in thought. He didn't even notice anyone had entered the great hall until they sat down opposite him.

"Hello Tanathos"

Harry looked down from the ceiling

"Blaise, how did you know me by that name in the first day?"

Blaise looked around the empty hall as if checking to make sure no one else was there. He then learned in closer to Harry and whispered

"I'm an empathy and a telepath, you need to learn Occlumency, your mind was left open with no defences. That's how I knew your second name."

Harry looked at Blaise, then smirked

"Yeah that was the first thought that crossed my mind too. I'll have to talk to Snape to see what he thinks about re-starting my lessons."

"Tanathos, Snape is your father; you were calling him that last night in his office, why not now?"

Harry laughed lightly

"Last night I had been practicing quidditch I than found out that Snape is my father headed back to Gryffindor tower had another fight with Ron and Hermione so by the time I reached my fathers office, I wasn't really thinking straight, and I don't know I just kinda was." Harry shrugged and then looked straight at Blaise "What about you, why did you come to the office last night?"

Blaise was smirking now

"I could feel your mind; it was emitting anger, hatred, grief and demands all over the place. I recognised it as you so I followed it and it led me to your dad's office."

Blaise watched Harry for a while then spoke again

"Do you want to meet up in the library later? I have a few books that might interest you, then we can go somewhere private later to read them, bring Lady Campaspe too, she might like them too."

Harry looked up at Blaise who was now standing

"Yeah, after DADA? Or after dinner?"

"After DADA. Then we can go back over them after dinner."

Harry nodded.

"Okay. See you in DADA"

"See you Tanathos."

Harry watched Blaise walk away back to the Slytherin table. Then looked over to the doors where more students were entering the hall chatting to one another about the usual gossip or about their classes.

Harry spotted Ron and Hermione enter together, again holding hands. Harry saw Hermione scan the table and she locked eye contact with Harry. Not even smiling she looked away again and the two sat at the far end of the table where Dean, Seamus and Neville joined then later.

Harry beginning to feel a little left out ate his lunch quickly (the food had just arrived on the table) and left the hall before anyone had a chance to speak to him. As he past the other 6th years, the whisperings stopped and they turned to look at him, even though they tried to make it look like they weren't looking. They failed quite miserably. Harry feeling not in the mood to be polite sneered at them in the same manor that Draco Malfoy did when he looked at a muggleborn student.

Neville looked away quickly and Ron just looked angry. Harry happy that it worked walked swiftly out of the hall, his robes billowing out slightly as he left. The Gryffindor 6th years watched him leave, but they were not the only ones. Sitting at the far side of the staff table Snape was doing a much better job at hiding what he was looking at then the students.

'Wonder what happened between Potter, no Harry my son' Snape corrected himself as he pushed his food around the plate with his fork 'and his little Gryffindor friends? I'll ask him later, Blaise said that they were going to meet in the evening.'

"Severus?"

"What?" Snape sneered at Remus

"Have you spoken to Harry yet?"

Snape looked up at the werewolf

"Actually, I have. He came to see me last night."

Remus looked shocked

"Last night?"

"Yes, he came running down to my office about 20 minutes after I myself had arrived at it."

"Well did you tell him?"

"No" Snape replied calmly

"You didn't!" Remus hissed trying to control his temper "Then why did you invite him down to your office then?"

"I didn't."

Remus looked at Snape and then replied in a very strained voice

"Then why was he at your office then?"

Snape looked directly into the werewolf's honey coloured eyes

"He found out by himself and wanted a few things answered."

Remus paled

"He found out by himself? What do you mean 'by himself'?"

"Oh he over heard your little shouting rant yesterday."

"What!" Remus shouted, the hall quietened briefly before going back to its normal level of chatter.

"You heard me Lupin. Harry found out all by himself and came to see me about it."

Snape put emphasis on the word me which worked the exact way he wanted it to. It made Remus jealous and made him worry both at the same time. Snape stood up

"Now if you would excuse me, Lupin I have a class to prepare for."

Snape walked swiftly out of the hall and down to the dungeons. Remus looked at his watch

"Shit" he cursed he only had 10 minutes to get to his classroom and prepare it for the 6th year's lesson.

~S~

AN: sorry! Another short one, but I have an excuse! I wrote this during one of my college classes and I didn't have much time to do it! Sorry! It will get interesting again soon promise. The next chapter is when Remus confronts Harry, and possibly more wand less magics with Blaise and Campaspe. Then the one after that will be all hallows eve.

Keep reading and reviewing!

LS