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Chapter 11 - July 20th - Day Eighteen
A New Acquaintance
This //..// is Parseltongue
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Last Chapter:
Snape took the Firebolt out of Harry's hand and went inside. Harry was about to protest until Snape silenced him with a look. Harry scowled and decided to take a walk around the lake to calm his nerves and to curse Snape for taking his Firebolt away.
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Harry ranted mentally. How dare he take his Firebolt away! He had just got it back! However a voice in his head that sounded a little like Dumbledore said, 'You did do those dangerous stunts.'
'I do them all of the time.' Harry mentally argued back.
'He was just worried. It's not like he took your Firebolt away for good, he said if you wanted it, you would just have to tell him and he would watch you to make sure you don't kill yourself.'
'Maybe,' thought Harry, 'I doubt it though. He's just a greasy git.'
'Who is your father.' the voice pointed out.
Harry shook his head. He must be going mental. After all, arguing with yourself is not a healthy thing to do. Although, loath as he was to admit it, the other voice was right. He was doing some dangerous stunts and Snape probably just wanted to make sure his only heir wasn't killed.
The book that Snape had given him had stressed the importance of an heir to a wizarding family. If the family didn't have an heir, the line would die out and that was viewed as a disgrace in old Wizarding society. Although Dumbledore didn't have an heir that he knew of. Although Harry didn't know much about the ancient wizard to begin with.
Harry quickly vowed to learn more about the Dumbledore family. After all, Dumbledore had mentioned that he was related to Harry's birth mother. Harry sighed and sat down at the edge of the lake. He had so much going on in his mind. He reached up and fingered the silver chain around his neck. He was still amazed that such a thing appeared through a dream. He snorted maybe he should buy a pensive for his thoughts. Although he had no idea where he would get one. Perhaps he should ask Dumbledore if he ever forgave him for keeping the prophecy a secret.
Harry ran his fingers over the ground. He found a smooth stone and tossed it on the lake. It skipped once, twice, and then sank under with a 'plop.'
***
Snape watched Harry sit at the edge of the lake. He had placed the Firebolt safely away in his closet. Snape shortly wondered if it was the correct thing to do, but he shook all thoughts like that out of his head. Of course it was the right thing to do. After all, if the boy got himself killed, Albus would never forgive him.
Snape was reluctant to admit to himself that Harry had a talent for potions. During all their quiet times together brewing Potions, Harry hadn't messed up once. Snape was trying to stop calling Harry the name 'Potter'. He had made a silent promise to his late wife to try and get to know the boy before judging. Well, this time at least.
Snape grunted at himself. He was slowly becoming a sap. It wouldn't do for him to go soft. Especially not now, he was needed by too many people. Snape walked over to a hutch and took a crystal container out, as well as a glass. He poured the brandy into the glass and slowly drank. His life was getting far too complicated.
Damn Albus and all of his secrets! Why couldn't he have just told him that his son was still alive from the beginning instead of causing him years of pain. In a flash of anger he threw the glass down on the floor. It shattered to several small pieces. Sighing, he took out his wand and muttered 'repairo'. Instantly, the glass repaired and looked as good as new.
Why couldn't have Albus told him sooner? He never really hated Harry. He just hated Potter because James Potter was cruel to him during their youth. He only hated Harry because Potter's son got to live and his son had to die. In fact, Snape didn't know much about Harry anyway.
"Perhaps I should get to know him." he said to himself quietly.
He walked over to the window and looked down towards the lake. Harry was still sitting there.
"It couldn't hurt any."
***
The woman in red who taunted Voldemort appeared in a nice sized apartment. The apartment had a very modern and chic design. The noise of car horns, bustling people, and businesses, came in through the open window. The woman waved her hand and her robes turned into a short, red, silk dress. The noise of someone clearing their throat caught her attention. The woman turned around and sniffed haughtily as she saw who her guest was.
"Oh, it's you." she said, "What in the world are you doing here?"
Vision fought to control her temper as she said, "I need to ask you a favor."
"Why should I do anything for you?" asked the woman.
"I'm sorry for my irresponsible words Libba. They were hasty and made out of anger. Let us put our differences aside." said Vision calmly.
Libba looked out the window for a bit before saying, "What do you want?"
"You know that something big is coming. I was wondering if He could have your blessing."
"You want me to give him more than my blessing." said Libba.
"Well, it is about time for Althaning's..." started Vision.
"You want me to give Him that!" shouted Libba, "No way!"
"I know you have a liking for those crazy, power-hungry leaders, but please do this for me this one time!" pleaded Vision.
"Well, this one isn't quite as interesting as some of the others. Now Hitler was very interesting, and original. Richard III was pretty interesting as well. I mean locking his two nephews in London Tower so that he could be King. Very original stuff. Now this Voldemort guy is just boring. While I do like some of the crazy ones, this one is just a nut case. He is so unoriginal and deluded. I guess I will help the kid. I'll have to talk to Althaning, but I suppose she will agree." said Libba.
"Thank you." said Vision, "I really appreciate it."
"Sure, whatever." said Libba, "I'm not doing this for you though, I'm doing it for the kid. You and I still have a score to settle."
"I know, I know." said Vision as she vanished.
***
Harry sat staring at the ripples in the lake for a while. When they finally stilled, he stood up and prepared to leave. He started to walk away, when he heard something behind a couple of bushes near the woods. He cautiously walked over to investigate. As he neared it, he heard leaves being moved. Suddenly, he heard a voice muttering and jumped. He was about to run back to the Manor, when a snake appeared from under the bushes.
The snake was black with a green ring around it's tail. It's appearance was like that of a cobra, yet it clearly didn't have the coloring, nor the markings of one. The snake didn't appear to notice Harry, so he decided to try and talk to it.
//Hello.//
The snake looked at Harry in surprise.
//Did you just talk to me?//
//Yesss,// replied Harry as he knelt down close to the snake.
//How do you ssspeak my language? I've never met any non sssnake who ssspoke our language.//
//I can.// said Harry, //Why isss it that you are here?//
//Sssomething inside me told me to go, ssso I went. Now I have found you.//
//Would you like to have sssomething to eat?// asked Harry.
//No, I am not hungry. However, you would make a good massster.// said the snake sliding closer, //Would it be sssuitable if I ssstayed with you?//
//That would be okay.// said Harry startled, //My name isss Harry. What'sss yoursss?//
//Name?// asked the snake, //What isss thisss name you ssspeak of?//
//It isss what we call one another.// said Harry.
//Ah, yesss, a name would be fine.// said the snake.
//Are you male or female?// asked Harry looking at the snake closer.
//I'm a female.// answered the snake.
Harry offered the snake his arm and the snake crawled up and wrapped itself around his arm.
Harry thought for a bit before saying.
//What about Ethelinda? Isss that name fine with you?//
//That isss a good name. I will permit you to call me Ethelinda.// said Ethelinda, //Now I ssshall go to sssleep.//
With that, Ethelinda went to sleep on Harry's arm. Harry looked at the lake one more time before walking towards the manor.
***
Arthur Weasley stared at the head of Amelia Bones that sat in the fire in shock. She had just flooed him and told him the most amazing news.
"You have to be kidding." he gasped.
"It's true Arthur. You won the election. You are now the new Minister of Magic." she said calmly.
"I need to sit down." he said as he pulled out a chair from under the dinning table.
Molly Weasley entered the room at that moment and asked, "Who is on the floo dear?"
When she saw who it was, she said, "Oh, hello Madam Bones. I hope you are doing well."
"I'm quite fine Mrs. Weasley, except I can't seem to get it through your husband's head that he has been elected as Minister of Magic." replied Madam Bones.
Mrs. Weasley took some pots out of the cabinet and replied, "That's lovely...WHAT!"
As soon as she comprehended what Madam Bones said, she dropped the two pans she was holding. The loud 'clang' echoed through the house. This nose caught the whole house's attention and Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, and Hermione appeared at the doorway.
"Is everything okay Mum?" asked Ginny.
Mrs. Weasley just stared off in shock.
"Mum?" asked Ron. "Are you okay?"
Mrs. Weasley then let out a noise and fainted. George ran and barely caught her before she hit the ground.
"Dad, what's going on?" asked Fred.
"I won the election." he muttered.
"What did you say?" asked Ginny, not catching what he said.
"I'm the new Minister of Magic." he said a little louder.
Madam Bones, realizing that this was a time that they should be alone, left the fire with a small 'pop'.
Everyone stared at him with different expressions on each of their faces. They varied from unbelieving (Ron) to joy (Hermione). There was a long silence before any of them spoke. However, it was Fred who broke the silence and said,
"Wicked!"
***
Harry sat in one of the chairs in the library when Snape walked in. Harry didn't notice him at first because he was reading a book on Charms. However, Harry noticed him when he sat in the chair next to where he was sitting.
"I'm not letting you keep your Firebolt just yet." said Snape before Harry could say anything.
"I wasn't going to ask that." said Harry, "I was wondering when we could go to Diagon Alley."
"It will be a little while because the spells haven't worn off and you are in too much danger the way you are." replied Snape.
"Oh." was all the reply Snape got.
"I thought you might like to know that Lupin will be coming to stay here on your birthday." added Snape as an afterthought.
"Really?" asked Harry looking at Snape sharply.
"Yes, the Headmaster thought that you could use some other company besides myself."
"I don't mind your company." said Harry honestly. "After all, we don't see each other that much sir."
"I told you to call me Severus." said Snape getting up, "Perhaps you might like to go with me somewhere tomorrow. Then we can perhaps see how much of each other's company we can truly stand."
"That sounds alright with me." said Harry, surprised.
"What's that on your arm?" asked Snape, suddenly.
"Oh, it's a snake I found outside." said Harry, holding his arm up to show Snape the sleeping snake, "Her name is Ethelinda."
"I don't believe I've ever seen a snake like that before." said Snape, "Are you sure it's not dangerous?"
"I'm sure," said Harry, "She was quite nice when I spoke with her. So can I keep her?"
"I don't see why not, just as long as it stays out of my way." said Snape as he walked out.
"Just when I think that I understand him, he does something to totally surprise me." said Harry to himself as he went back to his book.
~End Chapter 11~
A/N: Chapter ll is finished! Yay! iitalics/i, bbold/b, uunderline/u I hope this works so that I can do more varried text effects. I can't believe this story has 104 reviews! Thanks to everyone who reviews! Now on to those reviews:
To Thirteen Ravens: I'm glad you like how I choose to not stick with just Harry. I'm glad you liked the Firebolt scene. It just kinda popped up when I was writting, so I went with it.
To GoddessMoonLady: Here's an update. I'm trying to get Snape to act a little more parentish, I'm not sure if it's working too well or not....
To Anne: I'm glad you love my story!
To selua: Harry and Snape interaction is coming in the next chapter.
To Xikum: Wow, long review. I totally see what you mean about Harry having to set limits himself. Well, now he has someone to set them for him. I'm glad you liked the Wizarding Etiquette book.
To Nphipps: As you can see, the woman who taunted Voldemort is named Libba.
To: Anarane Anwamane, Yami'sLittleGirl, Lady Lightning, Romm, HecateDeMort, HermioneGreen, and starangel2106: Thanks for your reviews of support!!
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Chapter 11 - July 20th - Day Eighteen
A New Acquaintance
This //..// is Parseltongue
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last Chapter:
Snape took the Firebolt out of Harry's hand and went inside. Harry was about to protest until Snape silenced him with a look. Harry scowled and decided to take a walk around the lake to calm his nerves and to curse Snape for taking his Firebolt away.
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Harry ranted mentally. How dare he take his Firebolt away! He had just got it back! However a voice in his head that sounded a little like Dumbledore said, 'You did do those dangerous stunts.'
'I do them all of the time.' Harry mentally argued back.
'He was just worried. It's not like he took your Firebolt away for good, he said if you wanted it, you would just have to tell him and he would watch you to make sure you don't kill yourself.'
'Maybe,' thought Harry, 'I doubt it though. He's just a greasy git.'
'Who is your father.' the voice pointed out.
Harry shook his head. He must be going mental. After all, arguing with yourself is not a healthy thing to do. Although, loath as he was to admit it, the other voice was right. He was doing some dangerous stunts and Snape probably just wanted to make sure his only heir wasn't killed.
The book that Snape had given him had stressed the importance of an heir to a wizarding family. If the family didn't have an heir, the line would die out and that was viewed as a disgrace in old Wizarding society. Although Dumbledore didn't have an heir that he knew of. Although Harry didn't know much about the ancient wizard to begin with.
Harry quickly vowed to learn more about the Dumbledore family. After all, Dumbledore had mentioned that he was related to Harry's birth mother. Harry sighed and sat down at the edge of the lake. He had so much going on in his mind. He reached up and fingered the silver chain around his neck. He was still amazed that such a thing appeared through a dream. He snorted maybe he should buy a pensive for his thoughts. Although he had no idea where he would get one. Perhaps he should ask Dumbledore if he ever forgave him for keeping the prophecy a secret.
Harry ran his fingers over the ground. He found a smooth stone and tossed it on the lake. It skipped once, twice, and then sank under with a 'plop.'
***
Snape watched Harry sit at the edge of the lake. He had placed the Firebolt safely away in his closet. Snape shortly wondered if it was the correct thing to do, but he shook all thoughts like that out of his head. Of course it was the right thing to do. After all, if the boy got himself killed, Albus would never forgive him.
Snape was reluctant to admit to himself that Harry had a talent for potions. During all their quiet times together brewing Potions, Harry hadn't messed up once. Snape was trying to stop calling Harry the name 'Potter'. He had made a silent promise to his late wife to try and get to know the boy before judging. Well, this time at least.
Snape grunted at himself. He was slowly becoming a sap. It wouldn't do for him to go soft. Especially not now, he was needed by too many people. Snape walked over to a hutch and took a crystal container out, as well as a glass. He poured the brandy into the glass and slowly drank. His life was getting far too complicated.
Damn Albus and all of his secrets! Why couldn't he have just told him that his son was still alive from the beginning instead of causing him years of pain. In a flash of anger he threw the glass down on the floor. It shattered to several small pieces. Sighing, he took out his wand and muttered 'repairo'. Instantly, the glass repaired and looked as good as new.
Why couldn't have Albus told him sooner? He never really hated Harry. He just hated Potter because James Potter was cruel to him during their youth. He only hated Harry because Potter's son got to live and his son had to die. In fact, Snape didn't know much about Harry anyway.
"Perhaps I should get to know him." he said to himself quietly.
He walked over to the window and looked down towards the lake. Harry was still sitting there.
"It couldn't hurt any."
***
The woman in red who taunted Voldemort appeared in a nice sized apartment. The apartment had a very modern and chic design. The noise of car horns, bustling people, and businesses, came in through the open window. The woman waved her hand and her robes turned into a short, red, silk dress. The noise of someone clearing their throat caught her attention. The woman turned around and sniffed haughtily as she saw who her guest was.
"Oh, it's you." she said, "What in the world are you doing here?"
Vision fought to control her temper as she said, "I need to ask you a favor."
"Why should I do anything for you?" asked the woman.
"I'm sorry for my irresponsible words Libba. They were hasty and made out of anger. Let us put our differences aside." said Vision calmly.
Libba looked out the window for a bit before saying, "What do you want?"
"You know that something big is coming. I was wondering if He could have your blessing."
"You want me to give him more than my blessing." said Libba.
"Well, it is about time for Althaning's..." started Vision.
"You want me to give Him that!" shouted Libba, "No way!"
"I know you have a liking for those crazy, power-hungry leaders, but please do this for me this one time!" pleaded Vision.
"Well, this one isn't quite as interesting as some of the others. Now Hitler was very interesting, and original. Richard III was pretty interesting as well. I mean locking his two nephews in London Tower so that he could be King. Very original stuff. Now this Voldemort guy is just boring. While I do like some of the crazy ones, this one is just a nut case. He is so unoriginal and deluded. I guess I will help the kid. I'll have to talk to Althaning, but I suppose she will agree." said Libba.
"Thank you." said Vision, "I really appreciate it."
"Sure, whatever." said Libba, "I'm not doing this for you though, I'm doing it for the kid. You and I still have a score to settle."
"I know, I know." said Vision as she vanished.
***
Harry sat staring at the ripples in the lake for a while. When they finally stilled, he stood up and prepared to leave. He started to walk away, when he heard something behind a couple of bushes near the woods. He cautiously walked over to investigate. As he neared it, he heard leaves being moved. Suddenly, he heard a voice muttering and jumped. He was about to run back to the Manor, when a snake appeared from under the bushes.
The snake was black with a green ring around it's tail. It's appearance was like that of a cobra, yet it clearly didn't have the coloring, nor the markings of one. The snake didn't appear to notice Harry, so he decided to try and talk to it.
//Hello.//
The snake looked at Harry in surprise.
//Did you just talk to me?//
//Yesss,// replied Harry as he knelt down close to the snake.
//How do you ssspeak my language? I've never met any non sssnake who ssspoke our language.//
//I can.// said Harry, //Why isss it that you are here?//
//Sssomething inside me told me to go, ssso I went. Now I have found you.//
//Would you like to have sssomething to eat?// asked Harry.
//No, I am not hungry. However, you would make a good massster.// said the snake sliding closer, //Would it be sssuitable if I ssstayed with you?//
//That would be okay.// said Harry startled, //My name isss Harry. What'sss yoursss?//
//Name?// asked the snake, //What isss thisss name you ssspeak of?//
//It isss what we call one another.// said Harry.
//Ah, yesss, a name would be fine.// said the snake.
//Are you male or female?// asked Harry looking at the snake closer.
//I'm a female.// answered the snake.
Harry offered the snake his arm and the snake crawled up and wrapped itself around his arm.
Harry thought for a bit before saying.
//What about Ethelinda? Isss that name fine with you?//
//That isss a good name. I will permit you to call me Ethelinda.// said Ethelinda, //Now I ssshall go to sssleep.//
With that, Ethelinda went to sleep on Harry's arm. Harry looked at the lake one more time before walking towards the manor.
***
Arthur Weasley stared at the head of Amelia Bones that sat in the fire in shock. She had just flooed him and told him the most amazing news.
"You have to be kidding." he gasped.
"It's true Arthur. You won the election. You are now the new Minister of Magic." she said calmly.
"I need to sit down." he said as he pulled out a chair from under the dinning table.
Molly Weasley entered the room at that moment and asked, "Who is on the floo dear?"
When she saw who it was, she said, "Oh, hello Madam Bones. I hope you are doing well."
"I'm quite fine Mrs. Weasley, except I can't seem to get it through your husband's head that he has been elected as Minister of Magic." replied Madam Bones.
Mrs. Weasley took some pots out of the cabinet and replied, "That's lovely...WHAT!"
As soon as she comprehended what Madam Bones said, she dropped the two pans she was holding. The loud 'clang' echoed through the house. This nose caught the whole house's attention and Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, and Hermione appeared at the doorway.
"Is everything okay Mum?" asked Ginny.
Mrs. Weasley just stared off in shock.
"Mum?" asked Ron. "Are you okay?"
Mrs. Weasley then let out a noise and fainted. George ran and barely caught her before she hit the ground.
"Dad, what's going on?" asked Fred.
"I won the election." he muttered.
"What did you say?" asked Ginny, not catching what he said.
"I'm the new Minister of Magic." he said a little louder.
Madam Bones, realizing that this was a time that they should be alone, left the fire with a small 'pop'.
Everyone stared at him with different expressions on each of their faces. They varied from unbelieving (Ron) to joy (Hermione). There was a long silence before any of them spoke. However, it was Fred who broke the silence and said,
"Wicked!"
***
Harry sat in one of the chairs in the library when Snape walked in. Harry didn't notice him at first because he was reading a book on Charms. However, Harry noticed him when he sat in the chair next to where he was sitting.
"I'm not letting you keep your Firebolt just yet." said Snape before Harry could say anything.
"I wasn't going to ask that." said Harry, "I was wondering when we could go to Diagon Alley."
"It will be a little while because the spells haven't worn off and you are in too much danger the way you are." replied Snape.
"Oh." was all the reply Snape got.
"I thought you might like to know that Lupin will be coming to stay here on your birthday." added Snape as an afterthought.
"Really?" asked Harry looking at Snape sharply.
"Yes, the Headmaster thought that you could use some other company besides myself."
"I don't mind your company." said Harry honestly. "After all, we don't see each other that much sir."
"I told you to call me Severus." said Snape getting up, "Perhaps you might like to go with me somewhere tomorrow. Then we can perhaps see how much of each other's company we can truly stand."
"That sounds alright with me." said Harry, surprised.
"What's that on your arm?" asked Snape, suddenly.
"Oh, it's a snake I found outside." said Harry, holding his arm up to show Snape the sleeping snake, "Her name is Ethelinda."
"I don't believe I've ever seen a snake like that before." said Snape, "Are you sure it's not dangerous?"
"I'm sure," said Harry, "She was quite nice when I spoke with her. So can I keep her?"
"I don't see why not, just as long as it stays out of my way." said Snape as he walked out.
"Just when I think that I understand him, he does something to totally surprise me." said Harry to himself as he went back to his book.
~End Chapter 11~
A/N: Chapter ll is finished! Yay! iitalics/i, bbold/b, uunderline/u I hope this works so that I can do more varried text effects. I can't believe this story has 104 reviews! Thanks to everyone who reviews! Now on to those reviews:
To Thirteen Ravens: I'm glad you like how I choose to not stick with just Harry. I'm glad you liked the Firebolt scene. It just kinda popped up when I was writting, so I went with it.
To GoddessMoonLady: Here's an update. I'm trying to get Snape to act a little more parentish, I'm not sure if it's working too well or not....
To Anne: I'm glad you love my story!
To selua: Harry and Snape interaction is coming in the next chapter.
To Xikum: Wow, long review. I totally see what you mean about Harry having to set limits himself. Well, now he has someone to set them for him. I'm glad you liked the Wizarding Etiquette book.
To Nphipps: As you can see, the woman who taunted Voldemort is named Libba.
To: Anarane Anwamane, Yami'sLittleGirl, Lady Lightning, Romm, HecateDeMort, HermioneGreen, and starangel2106: Thanks for your reviews of support!!
|~Lilyanphino~|