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Chapter 6

Once the Death Eaters had landed in several secluded areas in Hogsmeade, they each oblivated their toys and left.

Harry wandered around town wondering what he was doing, until he saw Ron and Hermione running over to him.

"Harry! Harry!" Hermione said then stopped just in front of him and gave him a piercing look. "Where have you been Harry James Potter, we have been searching for you for well over two hours. What were you thinking running off without any back up? What if Voldemort had shown up!"

Ron just flinched, he stood back while his girlfriend let loose on his friend. It was rather frightening to watch Hermione, she reminded him of his mother, it made him shiver at the thought.

"Well are you going to answer me?" She crossed her arms over her breast and stood tapping her foot impatiently.

"I… I really don't know. What time is it? The last thing I remember I was looking in the windows of the shops and that's it?"

"Did you get hit on the head mate, or did you have a vision?" Ron asked hoping to stop Hermione's rampage before she started in on Harry again.

Harry rubbed his head and then down over his scar. " I don't think so. I seem to be all in one piece, and I don't have the lingering headache I normally get from a vision. It's just I can't remember what has been happening for the past two hours." Harry said as he picked up Hermione's wrist and checked the time.

"We should get you back to school maybe you were oblivated or someone put a curse on you, we have to take you to see Madame Pomfrey." Hermione said thinking of all the possible reasons why Harry could not remember two hours worth of time.

"I'm fine Hermione, and I don't want to go see Madame Pomfrey. Lets just go back to the school I'm done here, are you?"

"Yeah mate we finished hours ago, we were waiting for you at the Three Broomsticks, when you didn't show up we came out to find you." Ron said.

"Well I'm here now and I am fine, lets just get back to the castle. I'd feel better knowing I was back behind the gates." Harry said and started walking toward the school closely followed by Ron and Hermione.

The trio headed up to their common room and claimed their spot by the fire where they normally sat to talk. Ginny came over just then so Harry gave her his chair and stood up and began to pace. He was twisting his hand over his wrist not knowing that the reason was because of the bracelet that now donned his arm. Harry used to have a watch that he wore there, but during the Triz Wiz Tournament it got waterlogged and never worked again. So it was not an unfamiliar feeling having something on his wrist. He just wasn't thinking clearly enough to realize it was not his old watch, but a bracelet given to him by the one he was falling for. Harry heard Dean call Ginny over to have a game of chess; she smiled and headed off, leaving the trio again to themselves.

"Harry is there something else bothering you?" Ron asked.

"Don't know mate seems I should be remembering something but I can't." Ron looked at his friend worriedly. "But I'm sure its nothing just nothing." he replied . Harry was starting to get up from his chair, but Ron held him down with his arm signaling they needed to talk.

"Mate how come you never told me or Hermione that you were a Black Phoenix? I mean I could see Hermione being a snowing owl, and maybe me a spider but man becoming a magical animagus is very. Very rare even Dumbledore isn't one, and man he was the only one he who must not be named ever feared! That's just kind of hard to believe. Not that I don't believe you." Ron added as an afterthought

Harry just smiled and turned to Hermione. "Guy's I'm sorry I never told you about. You know my.... Preferences." Harry blushed then continued,"It's just been so hard you know. I mean me being the boy-who-wouldn't-fucking-die and all is kind of hard, its no easy road. And if it meant that whole Rita Skeeter thing would happen again I'd be done for, I've had enough problems from Voldemort," Ron again flinched "And if he hasn't already ruined my life enough I have to make him snuff it for Merlin's sake." Harry yelled his face flushed with anger. Hermione and Ron looked at him flabbergasted at this new information so Harry told them bout the prophecy. There reactions were surprisingly calm with Ron patting him on the back with a "I knew it would be you to do it mate," and Hermione's" Are you sure you will be able to handle him AND your exams." All in all they took it VERY well. He stood up without any interruptions and headed for his dormitory to go to bed

That night Harry slept better than he had in a long time. He had finally told his friends and they were very accepting of the news.

The next morning Harry got up he threw a pillow at Ron's head, Ron mumbled he was up and rolled back over in his bed. Harry shrugged and left to take his shower, he would try to wake Ron up again after he came back in.

Finally after much fighting to get Ron up and awake, they met up with Hermione in the common room and headed down to breakfast. Harry was eating his fill of eggs and bacon when a school owl came in and landed on his shoulder. Harry smiled at the owl and gave it a piece of bacon and took the note from it's leg. The owl hooted it's thanks and headed back out of the hall and up to the Owlery.

Harry

I would like you to join me for tea

I look forward to our meeting.

Albus Dumbledore.

Harry looked up towards the head table and caught the Headmasters eye and nodded his acceptance. Hermione and Ron looked at him questioningly so he told them.

"Just a note for me to meet with Dumbledore, and no Hermione I don't know what its about yet."

Hermione looked at her watch and jumped, "Come on we've got potions in ten minutes!" She gathered up her books and headed out the door followed by Harry and Ron who was still stuffing food in his mouth as they went. Harry just laughed at his friends eating habits.

The class waited quietly while the potions master gave out the instructions for today's assignment. It was a simple Pepper-Up potion and was more of a review to make sure they knew how to make the simple potions before they began on the next section of the course schedule.

Harry was busy making his potion hoping to get it perfect at a stopping stage he looked over to see if his matched Hermione's that was always a good way to judge if he was doing it correctly.

Little did he know that Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe were planing to ruin his potion. When Harry back was turned they added some extra bats spleen and waited for the spectacular reaction. Of course Harry turned back around and paled when his cauldron started to smoke.

He looked wide eyed at the bubbling mass of liquid and yelled get down, just in time for everyone to take cover as his cauldron exploded hitting the roof and landing upside-down on his workstation when it landed.

Snape stormed quickly over to Harry's work station and yelled "Detention Potter at 7 this evening, you will clean up this mess then. Everyone else bottle up your potions label them and hand them in you are dismissed!" in a whirl of robes Snape returned to his desk.

Harry spent the rest of the day wondering if Snape would bring up the kiss, he was dreading his detention and was trying to sort out his thoughts, and what he would say to him if asked.

Harry was in DADA at the time, the new teacher wasn't all that bad she was better than Umbridge. Professor Basil was nice and was better because she let them do practical work

"Mr. Potter what is the best way to deal with Red Cap's?" Professor Basil said. Harry looked up shocked into and sudden answer and blurted out.

"I didn't really mean to kiss you." Harry's face turned beet red and he put his head down on his desk and groaned loudly. The class was laughing so loudly that they hardly heard their Professor tell them to settle down.

"Well I don't recall the kiss and I would if it had happened but I asked you what was the best way to deal with Red Caps, not kissing." She smiled as Harry looked up at her still as red as Ron's hair.

"The best way to deal with a Red Cap is to freeze it or immobilize it before it can open its mouth to spit at you." Harry groaned out his answer.

"Very good ten points to Gryffindor, and that is for the correct answer not the kiss." She smiled and turned back and walked to the front of the room. Harry put his head back down while the class again giggled furiously.

Once the bell rang Harry quickly gathered his things and ran from the room as fast as possible all the way up to the Gryffindor common room. Harry flopped down on the couch in front of the fire, putting his hands over his face while his elbows rested on his knees. No one bothered him as they all began to make their way into the common room from their last class of the day. After a short period of thinking Harry got up and got ready for dinner, after a brief look at the marauder's map that told him his path to the great hall would be clear. Harry was glad that he wouldn't bump into anyone he didn't want to see on his way. He canceled the spell on the map and tucked it into his trunk locked it and headed down to eat. Harry walked to the empty Gryffindor table and plopped down on the bench in his usual spot and waited nonchalantly for the others to arrive. Every thing was fine, students were coming in and not saying anything until Professor Basil walked by his table and smiled at him.

The Slytherins began to make loud jeering noises and obnoxious catcalls could be heard also. Ron and Hermione came in just then and took up their posts on either side of Harry.

"Um mate what was that all about in DADA class?" Ron whispered.

"It's nothing I was just thinking out loud is all." Harry replied.

"So who did you kiss and not mean to?" Ron asked wondering who his best friend was going on about.

"Its nothing forget it will you. I just want to eat and forget I even exist." Harry groaned and hung his head. Harry played more with his food as he thought about his upcoming detention. He finally gave up on eating and pushed the plate away feeling slightly queasy all of a sudden."

Harry walked slowly down to the dungeons to Professor Snape's class. He knocked on the door a curt enter was all that he was given. He looked up from the floor to his professor and waited to find out what he would be doing. Snape looked up from his desk and began to give Harry his orders.

"You will be bottling Dragon's blood into small shatterproof jars. It is highly toxic to the skin and will eat through your clothing and your skin. I suggest you wear the dragon's hide gloves that are over on the back counter to do this."

Harry looked at the large cauldron full of nasty black thick blood and began to bottle it, forgetting the gloves that professor Snape had warned him to use. Harry was almost through when a barn owl swooped down from the small opened window and accidentally knocked one of the vials over onto Harry's clothes. Harry could feel his skin starting to burn were the blood had eaten through his clothes he looked up and yelled. "Professor the owl spilled the blood on me."

Snape was up and to him within seconds, "Of all the stupid irresponsible brainless things you could have done Potter." Snape pulled the sleeves and poured some liquid from a vial that he had in his pocket for just such emergencies.

"If you had worn the gloves as I recommended this wouldn't have happened." Snape took hold of Harry's sleeves and began to pull them up to check the rest of his skin. He gasped at what he saw next.

"Where did you get this!" Snape was holding on to Harry's arm with a vice like grip.

"I… I don't know."

"Do you think just because you are Dumbledore's golden boy you can steal something from a friend and not get in trouble? Did you think you could just steal this from your own dorm mates without someone finding out Potter."

Harry pulled his arm from Snape and yelled, " I didn't steal anything, and I don't know how I got it. It was just there!"

Snape looked into Harry's eyes trying to see if he was lying or not. Finding no hint of falsehoods he stormed off to his personal cabinet and retrieved a vial of silver green liquid and stalked back over to where Harry stood.

"Drink." Snape ordered as he thrust the vial into Harry's hands.

"What is it?"

"Do not ask unnecessary questions and do as you are told Potter, Drink!"

Harry was worried he didn't know what the potion was for, he didn't know if it was to help his arms so he downed the vial of nasty tasting green goo.

Harry began to feel dizzy and he began to see images of himself and Snape making love. Opening his eyes wide when he realized it was a memory, he looked down at his wrist were the bracelet was and then back up to Snape.

"It was you not Seamus wasn't it." Snape said not meaning it as a question but as a defeated statement. He turned and walked back to his desk and sat down, closed his hands into fists drawing blood from his fingernails digging into the palms.

"Professor?" Harry said in a quiet voice.

"I'm sorry, I will tell Professor Dumbledore in the morning. I will probably be sentenced fast and I will not say anything to the press."

"No Severus." Harry walked over and placed his hand on his teacher's shoulder.

"I don't want that, I knew it was you Severus, that was why I asked you to think of one you would make love to. When you said my name I couldn't believe it. I was so happy."

Harry leaned down and attempted to kiss Snape's lips but Snape only backed up, pushing his chair away he stood up moving as far away from Harry as he could get.

"You must leave now I am not allowed to touch a student. It is against the rules, you will not have to take my classes again if you do not wish to."

Harry tried to get closer but Snape only looked at him with rage, "Get out Potter!"

Harry was startled at the sound of Snape's voice and turned as fast as he could and ran from the room.

Harry didn't want to go back to the common room where he would be questioned as to how he got out of detention early so he headed up to the Owlery and sat down against one of the walls and cried. Harry looked down at the bracelet on his arm and ripped it off and was about to throw it when an idea struck. Harry looked up to find Hedwig hooting soothingly on his shoulder. "Thanks girl," He petted her feathers and got up to find a piece of parchment and quill that was normally in the Owlery for forgetful students. Harry began to write.

Dear Professor Snape,

I guess you know how I really feel about you now. I care about you, with every breath I take. The pressure of everyone's hope's weighs me down every day. I struggle so much to keep my self-alive mentally, that I forget that I have people counting on me to stay alive long enough to destroy Voldemort. That is really all they care about, as long as I can destroy him they will be satisfied. Whether I get myself killed in the process or not they don't care. After I got my memories back of our night together, for a millisecond I thought I really had someone who cared for me, as Harry. Not the boy who fucking lived. I guess even the smallest miracles will come crashing down on you at some point. You should have this back I know longer need it, as you now know who I really am. Thank you for every thing you have done. You showed me that there is some good in this world. And its worth fighting for.

Harry.

Harry folded the letter around the bracelet and gave it to the snowy white owl who he thought was his dear Hedwig to deliver to Professor Snape's quarters. She hooted softly and pecked him on the ear before heading out into the night. Harry got up from the floor and made his way back to the Gryffindor tower hopefully he would be able to sleep, without dreams.

As Harry disappeared into the castle the owl returned and transformed into a bushy-hared witch by the name of Hermione Granger. She opened the letter and read it. Her face fell at what she read. Poor Harry she thought, she returned the letter to its envelope and gave it to the real Hedwig and told her where to deliver it. Hermione watched as the owl headed off and thought, Harry has some major explaining to do.