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Chapter 6 - July 4th - 12:22 P.M. - Day Two
A Letter and A Revelation
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Last Chapter:
He raised his eye brow as Potter sat down just as lunch appeared. They both began to eat and they were both just about finished when someone knocked at the door.
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Snape got up from his seat and headed towards the door. He had told Twinkle to never open the door unless he gave permission for her to do so. After all, it could be anyone at the door. He wondered about who could be at the door. No one knew of Snape Manor's location except for Professor Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore had told him that he would be coming by until tomorrow. So, Snape cautiously opened the door. Whoever he thought it could be, he never expected Tonks. Yes, Nymphadora Tonks, Auror at the Ministry of Magic and member of the Order of the Pheonix, was standing at the door. Her hair was a bright green color and was short and spiky. When she saw who opened the door, her jaw dropped.
"Snape! I-I had no clue that you were the one who I had to give a message do. I mean, I'm sorry, I probably interrupted your lunch or something but well, Dumbledore, uh...." she babbled.
Snape held up his hand to stop her.
"Will you please cease your pointless blabbering and speak properly?" he said sharply.
"Um, yes." the young auror said nervously, "Well, Professor Dumbledore asked me to give you this. I was in his office reporting on things at the ministry, when he suddenly got an owl. Well, after he read the letter, he immediately got out a sheet of parchment and wrote something down. He then sealed the letter and gave it to me. He asked me to deliver it and told me the coordinates to apparate to and well, here I am."
Snape raised an eyebrow at her hurried story.
"Very well, give me the letter and be on your way." he said emotionlessly.
"Alright." she said calming down, "Hold on, your letter is somewhere."
She started to dig around in her bag before she pulled something out and held up a piece of parchment.
"Here it is!" said Tonks cheerfully, "It might be a little wrinkled, but it's delivered!"
She then handed the letter to him and before she could say anything else, he slammed the door in her face. She stood shocked at the closed door in front of her before saying,
"Well! Goodbye to you to!"
Then in a slightly lower voice, she muttered, "Greasy git."
***
Snape went back into the dinning room with the letter. He found Potter already gone. Not worrying about it, he sat down in his chair and opened the letter.
Severus,
I apologize for this hasty letter, but I am in a hurry. That moron, Cornelius has messed things up again. You will most likely learn about it in the Prophet tomorrow. However, his mess up has called me away from all other matters for a couple of day perhaps extending to a week. I'm sorry that I can't help you with Harry, but I must place this ahead on my list of priorities. I also wanted to ask you if you perhaps have had any odd dreams lately? Also, I want to inform you that I have asked Remus Lupin to stay at Snape Manor. He will most likely be the best person to help Harry get over his grief for Sirius. I know that the two of you do not get along, but I ask you to please try to get over your conflict. If not for Harry and myself, do it for Regina. She was good friends with Remus I'm sure you will remember. The earliest he could come is around Harry's birthday on the 31st. The clock is ticking and I really must go, so I shall bid you a good day. I will try to come as soon as I can.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
Snape scowled at the letter. Stupid Albus, why did he want that mangy mutt staying at this house? Oh yes, his 'son'. He absently rubbed his shin. A bruise was fully formed and hurt like everything. He then spoke to the air,
"Why does everything always have to happen to me?"
***
After Professor Snape left to answer the door, Harry decided it would be best if he went back to his room. He headed upstairs and was out of sight of the front door when Snape opened it. He was surprised to hear Tonks' voice, but he didn't stay to hear what she said. Instead he continued to his room. When he entered, he found Hedwig sitting on the open window sill.
"Hey girl." he said walking over and stroking her feathers.
After a while, he decided to go and take another look at the library. He left his room and reaching the top of the grand staircase, saw that Snape was no longer talking to Tonks. He continued his way and reached the library. He was a little at a loss of what to look at first. He decided just to wander the shelves and see what it lead him to. He first headed towards a section of the library that seemed to be brighter and more open. Skimming the titles, he mainly saw books on Transfiguration and Charms. There were several books on curses though. He picked up one of these and saw that it was mainly on harmless curses.
He continued to browse until he suddenly found himself about to enter the dark section of the library. It wasn't lighted as well as the other section and it seemed to be filled with shadows. He took a deep breath to steady his heart that seemed to be racing nervously with unseen apprehension. He then entered the area and started to look at some of the books. It immediately became clear to Harry as to why this section of the library was full of shadows. The books were about the Dark Arts. He cautiously picked one of the lesser evil looking ones called, 'A Beginners Guide to the Dark Arts' and opened it. He flipped to the first chapter called 'What is the Dark Arts?' and was about to read when a glimmer in the corner of his eye caught his attention.
He turned to look and saw a forbidden looking black iron door. A pulsing blue light was seeping through the cracks. Even though everything inside Harry told him to 'run' and 'turn back', he headed towards the door. When he reached to touch the handle on the door his mind screamed 'No! Run!', however Harry placed his hand on the handle and as he pulled the door open, he asked no one in particular,
"Why does everything always have to happen to me?"
***
*Somewhere Else*
In a dark room far far away from Snape Manor a cloaked figure sat in a chair. The cloak was a light blue in color and completely robed the person underneath. The chair seemed to be a gray cloud floating in the air in the shape of a chair. An ornamented mirror was hanging on a wall in front of the figure. Instead of reflecting the person's image, however, it was showing a scene playing out in Snape Manor. A young man was about to open a glowing door. The figure then waved a hand and the mirror went black.
Standing up the figure removed the hood of the cloak from their head. A wave of shimmering gray hair flowed down the person's back, stopping about mid-way. One could tell that it was a woman when she turned her back on the mirror. She didn't look young, but she wasn't old either. Her eyes were a calm violet that portrayed wisdom. She pulled something out of her cloak and held it up. It appeared to be a compact, however she pushed something on the side and a male voice from the compact said,
"Yes? Whom is it?"
"Des! Good! I've been trying to get in contact with you for a while now. I suppose you've been busy training Dee right?"
"Hello Vi, it's good to hear from you. I'm sorry about being out of contact for a while, but indeed I have been training Lilian for her position in the world. May I ask why you are in need of me at this time?" replied the voice formally.
"I'm sure you already know, if not, you can go and consult that book of yours. Although to save you time, I might as well tell you why I called." the lady paused here.
"Well, pray continue." said the man.
"Yes well, can't you give me any more information about the three Grimoires of Magic? I've researched and looked, yet I can't find a shred of info!"
"Patience Vi, you'll learn soon enough. After all, we have a long ways until the Apocalypse, however, you will learn before then." said the man.
"But-," started the woman.
"If I were you Vi, I would look back at that mirror of yours again. You might learn something important." said the man mysteriously. "As for me, I must say farewell. Training calls."
With that, the compact went silent and the woman angrily snapped it shut.
"Stupid Des with all his rules." she muttered, "It's not like I'm going to do anything to hinder Destiny anyway."
***
*Back at Snape Manor*
Snape the picked the book up that he had taken from the library. He flipped to a page and smirked. He then got up and went to one of the walls in the Dinning room. Placing a hand on the wall, he spoke a word quietly and a portion of the wall opened up. A stairway going down appeared in front of him. He went down them and ended up in an underground passageway. However, he didn't go too far down the passage when he turned and entered a door on the right. He waved his wand and the candles flickered to life.
The room was a Potions lab of amazing proportions. A huge caldron was standing in the middle. Snape walked to the side of the room where several different ingredients were sitting. He looked at the book and started taking things off of the shelves and placing them by the large cauldron. He then cast a spell and the cauldron filled with water and soon started to boil. He then placed several different ingredients inside and waited for it to finish. While he waited, he continued to flip through the book. Soon, the Potion started to turn from a pale green to a vivid blue color. Snape then extinguished the boiling spell and got some vials from a shelf. He then tipped a portion on the Potion in one of the vials and placed it in a holder. He then pulled out one of his hairs and placed it in the potion. After the Potion turned a deep green, he called out,
"Twinkle!"
Twinkle appeared and said,
"Yes Master Snape?"
"Do you have what I asked you to get?" asked Snape looking at the elf.
"Of course Master, Twinkle has what you asked Twinkle to fetch." said the elf bowing.
"Good, give it to me." said Snape holding his hand out.
Twinkle then placed a short black hair in Snape's outstretched hand.
"Very good." said Snape dismissing Twinkle.
Twinkle left and Snape paused before placing the hair in the vial.
"I suppose I'll know if it's true or not." he muttered as he dropped the hair in the vial.
As Snape held his breath, the Potion slowly turned a vibrant blood red. His eyes then widened and he fell into a chair he had conjured earlier. He could believe it. However, he knew the Potion had been made perfectly. The book lay open on the floor, it stated:
'After placing a hair of the parent and a hair of the perspective child in the potion, the results should follow-
Red means that the child is indeed the child of the perspective parent.
Yellow shows that the child is not the child of the perspective parent.
Blue shows that the child is distantly related to the perspective parent.'
***
Dumbledore was at the Ministry of Magic sorting through papers as Cornelious Fudge watched on. He suddenly looked up and smiled. Fudge looked at him and was about to say something when Dumbledore's smile left and he continued to sort through the papers. However, what Fudge didn't know was that Dumbledore had just sinced a change in the universe that would start a whole chain of events. Whether these events were good or bad, however, it was too early to tell. After all, what would come would come and he would just have to watch it happen.
***
Snape sat completely stunned. It was true, Potter was his son. He then felt hair rise on the back of his neck. Something was about to happen. He knew it. He was about to get up and go look for Potter when something held him back. He struggled against the invisible force when something hit his head and darkness filled his mind as he slipped of into the realm of dreams.
~End Chapter 6~
A/N: Okay, I'm proud of myself for being able to get this chapter out before my trip to Florida and my birthday. I hope it's not too terrible because it was written in a hurry, especially the ending of the chapter. My birthday is in 2 days!! I'm very happy. Now on to the reviewers:
HermioneGreen: I did very well on my exams and I'm glad you enjoy my story.
Mikee: Severus might eventually notice the necklace. However, the necklace is of great importance.
luna: Sorry, the person was Tonks. Remus is coming soon though as you can tell.
xikum: Myrddin isn't a parselmouth, but he will be semi important in Harry's training.
To starangel2106, Nphipps, Luny, Jen, RandiWeasley, Anarane Anwamane, and Calani: Thank you very much for your reviews of support. I greatly appreciate it.
Okay, the next chapter will be up whenever I can get it up. After Spring Break, updates should be steady. *crosses fingers*
|~Lilyanphino~|
Chapter 6 - July 4th - 12:22 P.M. - Day Two
A Letter and A Revelation
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Last Chapter:
He raised his eye brow as Potter sat down just as lunch appeared. They both began to eat and they were both just about finished when someone knocked at the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Snape got up from his seat and headed towards the door. He had told Twinkle to never open the door unless he gave permission for her to do so. After all, it could be anyone at the door. He wondered about who could be at the door. No one knew of Snape Manor's location except for Professor Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore had told him that he would be coming by until tomorrow. So, Snape cautiously opened the door. Whoever he thought it could be, he never expected Tonks. Yes, Nymphadora Tonks, Auror at the Ministry of Magic and member of the Order of the Pheonix, was standing at the door. Her hair was a bright green color and was short and spiky. When she saw who opened the door, her jaw dropped.
"Snape! I-I had no clue that you were the one who I had to give a message do. I mean, I'm sorry, I probably interrupted your lunch or something but well, Dumbledore, uh...." she babbled.
Snape held up his hand to stop her.
"Will you please cease your pointless blabbering and speak properly?" he said sharply.
"Um, yes." the young auror said nervously, "Well, Professor Dumbledore asked me to give you this. I was in his office reporting on things at the ministry, when he suddenly got an owl. Well, after he read the letter, he immediately got out a sheet of parchment and wrote something down. He then sealed the letter and gave it to me. He asked me to deliver it and told me the coordinates to apparate to and well, here I am."
Snape raised an eyebrow at her hurried story.
"Very well, give me the letter and be on your way." he said emotionlessly.
"Alright." she said calming down, "Hold on, your letter is somewhere."
She started to dig around in her bag before she pulled something out and held up a piece of parchment.
"Here it is!" said Tonks cheerfully, "It might be a little wrinkled, but it's delivered!"
She then handed the letter to him and before she could say anything else, he slammed the door in her face. She stood shocked at the closed door in front of her before saying,
"Well! Goodbye to you to!"
Then in a slightly lower voice, she muttered, "Greasy git."
***
Snape went back into the dinning room with the letter. He found Potter already gone. Not worrying about it, he sat down in his chair and opened the letter.
Severus,
I apologize for this hasty letter, but I am in a hurry. That moron, Cornelius has messed things up again. You will most likely learn about it in the Prophet tomorrow. However, his mess up has called me away from all other matters for a couple of day perhaps extending to a week. I'm sorry that I can't help you with Harry, but I must place this ahead on my list of priorities. I also wanted to ask you if you perhaps have had any odd dreams lately? Also, I want to inform you that I have asked Remus Lupin to stay at Snape Manor. He will most likely be the best person to help Harry get over his grief for Sirius. I know that the two of you do not get along, but I ask you to please try to get over your conflict. If not for Harry and myself, do it for Regina. She was good friends with Remus I'm sure you will remember. The earliest he could come is around Harry's birthday on the 31st. The clock is ticking and I really must go, so I shall bid you a good day. I will try to come as soon as I can.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
Snape scowled at the letter. Stupid Albus, why did he want that mangy mutt staying at this house? Oh yes, his 'son'. He absently rubbed his shin. A bruise was fully formed and hurt like everything. He then spoke to the air,
"Why does everything always have to happen to me?"
***
After Professor Snape left to answer the door, Harry decided it would be best if he went back to his room. He headed upstairs and was out of sight of the front door when Snape opened it. He was surprised to hear Tonks' voice, but he didn't stay to hear what she said. Instead he continued to his room. When he entered, he found Hedwig sitting on the open window sill.
"Hey girl." he said walking over and stroking her feathers.
After a while, he decided to go and take another look at the library. He left his room and reaching the top of the grand staircase, saw that Snape was no longer talking to Tonks. He continued his way and reached the library. He was a little at a loss of what to look at first. He decided just to wander the shelves and see what it lead him to. He first headed towards a section of the library that seemed to be brighter and more open. Skimming the titles, he mainly saw books on Transfiguration and Charms. There were several books on curses though. He picked up one of these and saw that it was mainly on harmless curses.
He continued to browse until he suddenly found himself about to enter the dark section of the library. It wasn't lighted as well as the other section and it seemed to be filled with shadows. He took a deep breath to steady his heart that seemed to be racing nervously with unseen apprehension. He then entered the area and started to look at some of the books. It immediately became clear to Harry as to why this section of the library was full of shadows. The books were about the Dark Arts. He cautiously picked one of the lesser evil looking ones called, 'A Beginners Guide to the Dark Arts' and opened it. He flipped to the first chapter called 'What is the Dark Arts?' and was about to read when a glimmer in the corner of his eye caught his attention.
He turned to look and saw a forbidden looking black iron door. A pulsing blue light was seeping through the cracks. Even though everything inside Harry told him to 'run' and 'turn back', he headed towards the door. When he reached to touch the handle on the door his mind screamed 'No! Run!', however Harry placed his hand on the handle and as he pulled the door open, he asked no one in particular,
"Why does everything always have to happen to me?"
***
*Somewhere Else*
In a dark room far far away from Snape Manor a cloaked figure sat in a chair. The cloak was a light blue in color and completely robed the person underneath. The chair seemed to be a gray cloud floating in the air in the shape of a chair. An ornamented mirror was hanging on a wall in front of the figure. Instead of reflecting the person's image, however, it was showing a scene playing out in Snape Manor. A young man was about to open a glowing door. The figure then waved a hand and the mirror went black.
Standing up the figure removed the hood of the cloak from their head. A wave of shimmering gray hair flowed down the person's back, stopping about mid-way. One could tell that it was a woman when she turned her back on the mirror. She didn't look young, but she wasn't old either. Her eyes were a calm violet that portrayed wisdom. She pulled something out of her cloak and held it up. It appeared to be a compact, however she pushed something on the side and a male voice from the compact said,
"Yes? Whom is it?"
"Des! Good! I've been trying to get in contact with you for a while now. I suppose you've been busy training Dee right?"
"Hello Vi, it's good to hear from you. I'm sorry about being out of contact for a while, but indeed I have been training Lilian for her position in the world. May I ask why you are in need of me at this time?" replied the voice formally.
"I'm sure you already know, if not, you can go and consult that book of yours. Although to save you time, I might as well tell you why I called." the lady paused here.
"Well, pray continue." said the man.
"Yes well, can't you give me any more information about the three Grimoires of Magic? I've researched and looked, yet I can't find a shred of info!"
"Patience Vi, you'll learn soon enough. After all, we have a long ways until the Apocalypse, however, you will learn before then." said the man.
"But-," started the woman.
"If I were you Vi, I would look back at that mirror of yours again. You might learn something important." said the man mysteriously. "As for me, I must say farewell. Training calls."
With that, the compact went silent and the woman angrily snapped it shut.
"Stupid Des with all his rules." she muttered, "It's not like I'm going to do anything to hinder Destiny anyway."
***
*Back at Snape Manor*
Snape the picked the book up that he had taken from the library. He flipped to a page and smirked. He then got up and went to one of the walls in the Dinning room. Placing a hand on the wall, he spoke a word quietly and a portion of the wall opened up. A stairway going down appeared in front of him. He went down them and ended up in an underground passageway. However, he didn't go too far down the passage when he turned and entered a door on the right. He waved his wand and the candles flickered to life.
The room was a Potions lab of amazing proportions. A huge caldron was standing in the middle. Snape walked to the side of the room where several different ingredients were sitting. He looked at the book and started taking things off of the shelves and placing them by the large cauldron. He then cast a spell and the cauldron filled with water and soon started to boil. He then placed several different ingredients inside and waited for it to finish. While he waited, he continued to flip through the book. Soon, the Potion started to turn from a pale green to a vivid blue color. Snape then extinguished the boiling spell and got some vials from a shelf. He then tipped a portion on the Potion in one of the vials and placed it in a holder. He then pulled out one of his hairs and placed it in the potion. After the Potion turned a deep green, he called out,
"Twinkle!"
Twinkle appeared and said,
"Yes Master Snape?"
"Do you have what I asked you to get?" asked Snape looking at the elf.
"Of course Master, Twinkle has what you asked Twinkle to fetch." said the elf bowing.
"Good, give it to me." said Snape holding his hand out.
Twinkle then placed a short black hair in Snape's outstretched hand.
"Very good." said Snape dismissing Twinkle.
Twinkle left and Snape paused before placing the hair in the vial.
"I suppose I'll know if it's true or not." he muttered as he dropped the hair in the vial.
As Snape held his breath, the Potion slowly turned a vibrant blood red. His eyes then widened and he fell into a chair he had conjured earlier. He could believe it. However, he knew the Potion had been made perfectly. The book lay open on the floor, it stated:
'After placing a hair of the parent and a hair of the perspective child in the potion, the results should follow-
Red means that the child is indeed the child of the perspective parent.
Yellow shows that the child is not the child of the perspective parent.
Blue shows that the child is distantly related to the perspective parent.'
***
Dumbledore was at the Ministry of Magic sorting through papers as Cornelious Fudge watched on. He suddenly looked up and smiled. Fudge looked at him and was about to say something when Dumbledore's smile left and he continued to sort through the papers. However, what Fudge didn't know was that Dumbledore had just sinced a change in the universe that would start a whole chain of events. Whether these events were good or bad, however, it was too early to tell. After all, what would come would come and he would just have to watch it happen.
***
Snape sat completely stunned. It was true, Potter was his son. He then felt hair rise on the back of his neck. Something was about to happen. He knew it. He was about to get up and go look for Potter when something held him back. He struggled against the invisible force when something hit his head and darkness filled his mind as he slipped of into the realm of dreams.
~End Chapter 6~
A/N: Okay, I'm proud of myself for being able to get this chapter out before my trip to Florida and my birthday. I hope it's not too terrible because it was written in a hurry, especially the ending of the chapter. My birthday is in 2 days!! I'm very happy. Now on to the reviewers:
HermioneGreen: I did very well on my exams and I'm glad you enjoy my story.
Mikee: Severus might eventually notice the necklace. However, the necklace is of great importance.
luna: Sorry, the person was Tonks. Remus is coming soon though as you can tell.
xikum: Myrddin isn't a parselmouth, but he will be semi important in Harry's training.
To starangel2106, Nphipps, Luny, Jen, RandiWeasley, Anarane Anwamane, and Calani: Thank you very much for your reviews of support. I greatly appreciate it.
Okay, the next chapter will be up whenever I can get it up. After Spring Break, updates should be steady. *crosses fingers*
|~Lilyanphino~|