Okay guys. Here is chapter 11. I won't be updating for a week or a little more cause I am going to camp and won't be able to access a computer. I hope you all like chapter 11. Please R/R. Thanx
Disclaimer: I own nothing. It all belongs to J. K. Rowling. So please don't sue. cringes in fear. Anyway. R/R.
Chapter 11: Talking with Albus and Harry's Speech
"Now then Harry, what's the problem?" Albus asked him smiling. The ever-present twinkle still there. Albus had no idea why Harry was upset. Boy was he going to get a surprise.
Harry just glared at the Headmaster for a moment until speaking. "You should already know what the problem is headmaster."
"Well really I have no idea." Albus replied calmly.
"I don't know what it was either headmaster." Harry replied sarcastically. "Maybe it was a certain Headmaster of Hogwarts that intercepted a letter I got from this place last week and accepted the invitation for me to come and speech." Harry paused. "Not to mention that he forgot to tell me that I was supposed to be making this speech."
"Oh," Albus replied, "It's just about this? What are you so upset about dear boy? I've been trying to get you to come talk to these guys for a long time. They adore you."
"There are two reasons why I did not want to talk to them." Harry told the headmaster as he began pacing the room his eyes flaring dangerously. "The first one was because I hated my life being run. You wanted me so bad to go to talk to them. And I was tired of you trying to run my life. Like I was some kind of child who couldn't run my own life."
"I was just speaking for your best..." Albus started.
Harry cut him off "My best interests? Don't you think that now that I am an adult I should be able to chose my interests and not what you think is best? I hated my life being run like it wasn't my own anymore. When I was a born I was already prophecied about. I had to defeat the dark lord whom I didn't even know existed. And a lot of my life was like that. You and others deciding my actions because you wanted to protect me." Harry was really angry now "I'm an adult now and I can make my own decisions. And this accepting for me had absolutely nothing to do with my safety."
"The other thing reason I wanted not to have to speak to these people, was simply because," Harry paused "Because I didn't ask for this fame. I didn't want this fame. I wanted to be a normal kid with normal parents. I didn't want my parents to die. I didn't want to be the target of the most powerful dark wizard in over 100 years. I don't want to use my fame for my own benefit especially since I didn't want it in the first place. I just wanted to stay away from people who idolized me because I didn't want to be idolized. I wanted to be a normal person. I didn't want people to behave towards me like I was some type of God. And I decided the only way to keep people from idolizing me- i know it wouldn't stop but completely- but I needed to distance myself from them. And thanks to you," Harry looked straight at Albus, "I have found neither of these."
"I'm sorry Harry," Dumbledore replied.
"Sorry isn't enough. Get out of here Albus. Just leave Harry alone," Severus spoke up, not wanting this to get out of hand. "You've done enough as it is."
Albus nodded and quickly walked out of the room undoing the locking spell as he went but leaving the silencing one in place.
Harry continued to pace the room. "Meddling old fool. What am I going to do Sev?" he asked his husband "Those people out there are waiting for me to go out there and make a speech."
"Then go make a speech," Severus told him simply.
"What am I supposed to say to them?"
"You'll come up with something." Severus smiled slightly at him.
"You'll be watching right?" Harry asked his husband anxiously.
"Of course." Severus told him. "I'll be right in the front row."
Harry got rid of the silencing spell. A few momements there was faint knocking on the door and Colin Creevy opened it. "It's almost time for you to make your speech, Mr. Potter."
Harry took Severus hand and they went out of the room together. Severus one way and Harry the other. "Good luck." Severus whispered as he went off to find a seat.
Harry followed Colin Creevy down a long hallway and into a room, and up a small set of stairs to what must have been the entrance to the stage.
"And now," The speaker on the stage said "We will introduce you to our special guest speaker, Mr. Harry Potter." there was a loud applause and Colin pushed Harry onto the stage.
Harry stepped up the podium. He quickly scanned the crowd and saw Sev giving him a reassuring smile from the first row. "Hi. You all probably know who I am. I am Harry Potter-Snape. I really didn't know what I was going to say until I came up onto the stage, but I do now. When I was growing up my muggle relatives had told me that my parents had died in a car crash. They didn't like magical folk. I didn't even know that I was a wizard until I got my acceptance letter from Hogwarts. I didn't even know I was famous until shortly afterwards. It even scared me that everyone in the wizarding world knew my name. But I got over that quickly. When I was in my 4th year, I witnessed Voldermort rebirth. No one believed me. Except for Dumbledore. The ministry tried to make it out that I was some delusional boy with a big imagination. I went through my 5th year of school with half of the students against me, half of them with me. The thing I want to say is, I never wanted the fame. I never wanted my parents to die. There were many people even then that still saw me as the-boy-who-lived. And now they don't see me as that anymore. They see me as the-boy-who-lived-and-then-defeated-Voldermort. And that is not what I wanted the to see and I tried to tell them that several times. Even deep down inside I knew my best friends saw me as that. There was only one person who didn't see me as that. I knew I couldn't do anything at that time because I was a student and he was a teacher. But by the end of my 7th year at Hogwarts I had discovered that our feelings were mutual. And over the next few years I defeated the dark Lord and we got married and had a wonderful little boy." Harry gave a sad smile directed towards Severus and Severus continued to give him that encouraging smile. "We grew up with our boy and as time went by we became more open with our relationship, and he showed me more and more each day that I was not the-boy-who-lived to him. I was not the Savior of the wizarding world to him. I was just Harry." Harry gave a huge smile. "And I will admit to you now that the reason I kept declining your offers for me to come and speak here is because I didn't want to be seen for all that fame and glory. I didn't want to be seen because I was the-boy-who-lived or the savior of the wizarding world and I did not want to be idolized by so many people. So I stayed back. It was not even my plan to come to speak to you today. I didn't even know about it." Harry glared as Albus "A good friend accepted for me, even though I didn't want them too." he paused. "But now I am glad that he did. I should have come right from the beginning to tell all of you that I didn't want to be here because of those reasons." he paused again. "I know Albus Dumbledore was just trying to do what was best for me when he accepted that invitation. He wanted me to get out, and have fun." Harry was close to tears now. "Not a whole lot of you are aware that our son died a week before school started." There were several gasps heard around the room. "That is why we were not at school when we recieved the invitation. I just hope you understand, and I hope you do not expect me to come back to speak another time because, I won't. I gave you my reasons. But I am still glad I got the chance to talk to you today. That's really all I have to say." Harry exited the stage and the president of the fan club came back up.
"Thank you Mr.Potter for sharing us that touching story. Now we will have Mr. Barten come to share our Financial report." Harry didn't hear anything else because he wanted to get out of this building. Severus met him at the exit. They started walking across the street to the Flaming Seagull.
"You did great Harry." Severus smiled. "Now, if we hurry we can get my potion ingrediants and get out of New York before they are out of the meeting."
"That sounds good to me." Harry sighed.
"What's the matter love?"
"Nothing," Harry replied, "Thanx for being there Sev. I know that no matter where I go there will be at least one person who will never see me as the-boy-who-lived-and-defeated-Voldermort. And I really appreciate that."
"No problem," Severus said as the couple entered the flaming Seagull, then turned to Harry. "I love you Harry, I could never see you as anyone but Harry."
"Thank you Sev." Harry smiled. "Now lets find those Potion Ingrediants before the meeting of the Harry Potter fan club is out."
Okay tell me what did you think? Did you like Harry's speech? Did you like the way he confronted Dumbledore? This chapter is a lot longer then any others. Please Review I want to know your opinion.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. It all belongs to J. K. Rowling. So please don't sue. cringes in fear. Anyway. R/R.
Chapter 11: Talking with Albus and Harry's Speech
"Now then Harry, what's the problem?" Albus asked him smiling. The ever-present twinkle still there. Albus had no idea why Harry was upset. Boy was he going to get a surprise.
Harry just glared at the Headmaster for a moment until speaking. "You should already know what the problem is headmaster."
"Well really I have no idea." Albus replied calmly.
"I don't know what it was either headmaster." Harry replied sarcastically. "Maybe it was a certain Headmaster of Hogwarts that intercepted a letter I got from this place last week and accepted the invitation for me to come and speech." Harry paused. "Not to mention that he forgot to tell me that I was supposed to be making this speech."
"Oh," Albus replied, "It's just about this? What are you so upset about dear boy? I've been trying to get you to come talk to these guys for a long time. They adore you."
"There are two reasons why I did not want to talk to them." Harry told the headmaster as he began pacing the room his eyes flaring dangerously. "The first one was because I hated my life being run. You wanted me so bad to go to talk to them. And I was tired of you trying to run my life. Like I was some kind of child who couldn't run my own life."
"I was just speaking for your best..." Albus started.
Harry cut him off "My best interests? Don't you think that now that I am an adult I should be able to chose my interests and not what you think is best? I hated my life being run like it wasn't my own anymore. When I was a born I was already prophecied about. I had to defeat the dark lord whom I didn't even know existed. And a lot of my life was like that. You and others deciding my actions because you wanted to protect me." Harry was really angry now "I'm an adult now and I can make my own decisions. And this accepting for me had absolutely nothing to do with my safety."
"The other thing reason I wanted not to have to speak to these people, was simply because," Harry paused "Because I didn't ask for this fame. I didn't want this fame. I wanted to be a normal kid with normal parents. I didn't want my parents to die. I didn't want to be the target of the most powerful dark wizard in over 100 years. I don't want to use my fame for my own benefit especially since I didn't want it in the first place. I just wanted to stay away from people who idolized me because I didn't want to be idolized. I wanted to be a normal person. I didn't want people to behave towards me like I was some type of God. And I decided the only way to keep people from idolizing me- i know it wouldn't stop but completely- but I needed to distance myself from them. And thanks to you," Harry looked straight at Albus, "I have found neither of these."
"I'm sorry Harry," Dumbledore replied.
"Sorry isn't enough. Get out of here Albus. Just leave Harry alone," Severus spoke up, not wanting this to get out of hand. "You've done enough as it is."
Albus nodded and quickly walked out of the room undoing the locking spell as he went but leaving the silencing one in place.
Harry continued to pace the room. "Meddling old fool. What am I going to do Sev?" he asked his husband "Those people out there are waiting for me to go out there and make a speech."
"Then go make a speech," Severus told him simply.
"What am I supposed to say to them?"
"You'll come up with something." Severus smiled slightly at him.
"You'll be watching right?" Harry asked his husband anxiously.
"Of course." Severus told him. "I'll be right in the front row."
Harry got rid of the silencing spell. A few momements there was faint knocking on the door and Colin Creevy opened it. "It's almost time for you to make your speech, Mr. Potter."
Harry took Severus hand and they went out of the room together. Severus one way and Harry the other. "Good luck." Severus whispered as he went off to find a seat.
Harry followed Colin Creevy down a long hallway and into a room, and up a small set of stairs to what must have been the entrance to the stage.
"And now," The speaker on the stage said "We will introduce you to our special guest speaker, Mr. Harry Potter." there was a loud applause and Colin pushed Harry onto the stage.
Harry stepped up the podium. He quickly scanned the crowd and saw Sev giving him a reassuring smile from the first row. "Hi. You all probably know who I am. I am Harry Potter-Snape. I really didn't know what I was going to say until I came up onto the stage, but I do now. When I was growing up my muggle relatives had told me that my parents had died in a car crash. They didn't like magical folk. I didn't even know that I was a wizard until I got my acceptance letter from Hogwarts. I didn't even know I was famous until shortly afterwards. It even scared me that everyone in the wizarding world knew my name. But I got over that quickly. When I was in my 4th year, I witnessed Voldermort rebirth. No one believed me. Except for Dumbledore. The ministry tried to make it out that I was some delusional boy with a big imagination. I went through my 5th year of school with half of the students against me, half of them with me. The thing I want to say is, I never wanted the fame. I never wanted my parents to die. There were many people even then that still saw me as the-boy-who-lived. And now they don't see me as that anymore. They see me as the-boy-who-lived-and-then-defeated-Voldermort. And that is not what I wanted the to see and I tried to tell them that several times. Even deep down inside I knew my best friends saw me as that. There was only one person who didn't see me as that. I knew I couldn't do anything at that time because I was a student and he was a teacher. But by the end of my 7th year at Hogwarts I had discovered that our feelings were mutual. And over the next few years I defeated the dark Lord and we got married and had a wonderful little boy." Harry gave a sad smile directed towards Severus and Severus continued to give him that encouraging smile. "We grew up with our boy and as time went by we became more open with our relationship, and he showed me more and more each day that I was not the-boy-who-lived to him. I was not the Savior of the wizarding world to him. I was just Harry." Harry gave a huge smile. "And I will admit to you now that the reason I kept declining your offers for me to come and speak here is because I didn't want to be seen for all that fame and glory. I didn't want to be seen because I was the-boy-who-lived or the savior of the wizarding world and I did not want to be idolized by so many people. So I stayed back. It was not even my plan to come to speak to you today. I didn't even know about it." Harry glared as Albus "A good friend accepted for me, even though I didn't want them too." he paused. "But now I am glad that he did. I should have come right from the beginning to tell all of you that I didn't want to be here because of those reasons." he paused again. "I know Albus Dumbledore was just trying to do what was best for me when he accepted that invitation. He wanted me to get out, and have fun." Harry was close to tears now. "Not a whole lot of you are aware that our son died a week before school started." There were several gasps heard around the room. "That is why we were not at school when we recieved the invitation. I just hope you understand, and I hope you do not expect me to come back to speak another time because, I won't. I gave you my reasons. But I am still glad I got the chance to talk to you today. That's really all I have to say." Harry exited the stage and the president of the fan club came back up.
"Thank you Mr.Potter for sharing us that touching story. Now we will have Mr. Barten come to share our Financial report." Harry didn't hear anything else because he wanted to get out of this building. Severus met him at the exit. They started walking across the street to the Flaming Seagull.
"You did great Harry." Severus smiled. "Now, if we hurry we can get my potion ingrediants and get out of New York before they are out of the meeting."
"That sounds good to me." Harry sighed.
"What's the matter love?"
"Nothing," Harry replied, "Thanx for being there Sev. I know that no matter where I go there will be at least one person who will never see me as the-boy-who-lived-and-defeated-Voldermort. And I really appreciate that."
"No problem," Severus said as the couple entered the flaming Seagull, then turned to Harry. "I love you Harry, I could never see you as anyone but Harry."
"Thank you Sev." Harry smiled. "Now lets find those Potion Ingrediants before the meeting of the Harry Potter fan club is out."
Okay tell me what did you think? Did you like Harry's speech? Did you like the way he confronted Dumbledore? This chapter is a lot longer then any others. Please Review I want to know your opinion.
