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Chapter 15 - July 31st - Day Twenty Nine
Birthday Surprises
Parseltongue is like this
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Harry nodded and climbed back into bed. Before Snape closed the door, he added, "Don't worry about your exercises tomorrow morning. Try to sleep in. You deserve a break for your birthday."
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Harry stretched out in his bed. He glanced at the clock and his eyes nearly bulged out when he saw that it read 10:07.
"Oh crap!" he exclaimed as he jumped out of bed.
Ethelinda hissed in complaint at being disturbed, "What isss it?"
"It's 10:07! I can't believe I slept in!" shouted Harry, panicking.
Ethelinda slowly uncurled from her position on the bed and replied, "The dark man told you that it would be okay to sssleep in. You did have a rough night."
Harry blinked as the previous night's events came back to him in a flash. He glanced at the mirror over the dresser and was still startled at his new look. He had definitely grown. His arms and legs stuck out several inches from the end of his pajamas. Harry finally tore himself away from the mirror and went over to see if he could find anything that fit in his closet. The robes they had bought at Gladrags hung in there.
The robes had come in a few days ago and Snape mentioned that he had asked the seamstress to make sure to add extra hem, so that with a simple spell, the robes could be adjusted during a growth spurt. Harry chose to wear his forest green robes. He took his wand out of the holster on his arm and cast the spell which caused the robes to adjust to his new height.
Harry then put his wand back into his holster and asked Ethelinda, "Would you care to come downstairsss with me or would you prefer to ssstay here?"
"I will ssstay here in the sssun." replied Ethelinda slithering over to where the sun was shining through the window onto the bed.
Harry shook his head vigorously and took a glance at the mirror. He still couldn't believe that he was the person he saw there. His little head shake caused his hair to settle down and it actually looked pretty good. Harry ran his hand through it and smiled when he saw that it wasn't going to stick up. He finished messing with his appearance and decided to go downstairs. He missed breakfast, but perhaps Dingle could make him something to eat.
He met Severus as he reached the bottom of the stairs. Harry nearly gasped in surprise, Snape wasn't wearing black robes! Instead, he was wearing dark gray robes that were nearly black. Harry decided to not comment on Snape's appearance. Snape nodded to Harry and said,
"You are finally awake, good. Albus will be coming over with Lupin after lunch. Since it's your birthday, you can have a break from your eating regime. I do believe that Dingle has prepared a light breakfast for you since lunch is in less than 2 hours."
Harry gave a light smile and entered the Dining room. He was shocked to discover several presents on the table. He turned to look at Snape and started to speak.
"Yes brat, all of them are for you and yes, you can open them now." said Snape correctly answering Harry's unspoken questions.
Harry rolled his eyes and replied, "I'm not a brat."
Snape simply smirked as Harry grabbed the gift closest to him. It was fairly large and the tag read that it was from Ron. Harry put aside the note that came with it and opened the gift. He found a large assortment of Honeyduke's candy inside. He received a book on preparing for NEWT level classes from Hermione. Harry was truly touched by the Weasley's gift though. It was a large, black, stuffed toy dog that looked a good deal like Padfoot. Harry bit his lip and calmed himself a bit. He reached for the next gift on the table, while holding the toy dog close. The tag read that it was from Severus. Harry looked up at him in surprise.
"Well, don't just look at me." snapped Snape, "Open it."
Harry did so and found a beautiful cloak clasp. It was carved out of ivory and was in the shape of a pheonix. The eye of the pheonix was a small emerald stone.
"Thank you." said Harry quietly, in shock at the beauty of the clasp.
Snape raised an eyebrow and said, "You haven't opened everything."
Harry looked at Severus curiously and saw one final present on the floor. It was very large and when Harry unwrapped it, he found that it was a gleaming, new trunk. The gold name plate read 'Harry Potter, Gryffindor'.
"Thanks," said Harry, "But..."
"Tap the name plate with your wand and say 'name two'." interrupted Snape.
Harry did so and was amazed when the gold name plate turned silver and changed to read 'Harry Snape, Gryffindor'. He opened the trunk and found that it was filled with pants, shirts, and etc. His mouth gaped in shock.
"That's not all that your trunk can do." said Snape, "This is a type of trunk very similar to Alastor Moody's, however it only needs one lock and it only has 3 different compartments." He pulled out a ring of keys. "The bronze key is what opens the compartment that you are looking at now. The gold key opens another compartment just like the first. The silver key opens a small room that you can use as a library, storage room, study, or anything that you wish to use it for."
"Thank you." said Harry quietly. He wasn't quite sure how to react. No one had ever given him things like this.
Following his gut instinct, he went over and hugged Snape. Snape was shocked at the hug and awkwardly patted Harry's back in response. They stayed this way for a few seconds before Harry realized what he did. He pulled away, his face flaming red.
"Sorry about that." he muttered, "It's just no one has ever gotten me something that great and I um," he broke off.
"It's okay." said Snape quickly, "Although you better not tell Albus or it would ruin my reputation."
Harry looked at Snape and when he saw laughter in Snape's eyes, he smiled and said, "Of course not. I wouldn't dream of telling him about it. He might blackmail you."
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Lunch flew by and before either Harry or Snape knew it, a loud knock announced Dumbledore and Lupin's arrival. They sat in the sitting room while Twinkle let them in. Harry sat the book he received from Hermione down and twisted his hands nervously.
"Nervous?" asked Snape as he looked at Harry's hands.
"A bit." said Harry, his voice shaky.
Neither one said anything more because at that moment, Albus entered the room with Lupin following closely.
"Hello Severus, Harry." said Albus, his eyes twinkling.
"Is it true?" asked Lupin looking at Harry suspiciously, "Are or were you really Harry Potter?"
"It's still me." said Harry, "Just with a different look. I can prove it." He brushed the hair and showed his scar.
"Are you really Snape's son?" he asked. "I have to hear it from your own mouth."
"I am." said Harry dejectedly.
"Well, it's no matter." said Lupin, "I don't care who your father is. I just wanted to make sure it was you. How are you doing?"
"Okay, I guess." said Harry cautiously.
"I miss him too." said Lupin, "I know I can't replace him, no one can replace him, but I do want to try and be there for you."
Harry brightened up considerably. "Really?"
"Really." said Lupin, "Oh, and do call me Remus." He turned to Snape, "If you don't take care of him, I will kill you." he growled.
Snape sneered and replied, "He's still alive isn't he Lupin? I've obviously been taking decent care of him."
"Now then." interrupted Dumbledore, "I believe that it is Harry's 16th birthday. What all have you gotten so far?"
Harry inwardly smiled. Dumbledore definitely knew how to stop conflict within. "Well, I received a book, some candy, a really great trunk and some other stuff."
"Splendid!" said Dumbledore gleefully, "Perhaps you would like to add these to your gift list." He pulled something out of his pocket and muttered 'Engorgio'. Two wrapped gifts appeared and everyone settled down to watch Harry unwrap them.
Harry unwrapped a large stone bowl with silvery liquid in it that looked like, "A pensive?"
Dumbledore nodded and gestured for Harry to open the other gift. "I thought that you might need one with all that is going on. I also added a few memories that I had of your godfather and birth mother. The second gift is from the order. It should come in handy for your training.
"It's a sword." said Harry as he unwrapped the gift.
"Not any sword," said Dumbledore, "It's a katana, a very well forged Japanese sword. They are usually light and I believe this one will suit you well."
"Tell the Order thank you for me, sir." said Harry.
"I have something for you as well." said Remus awkwardly. "Sirius got it for you before he passed on. He hoped that you would follow in the Marauder's footsteps." He then handed Harry a book.
Harry took it and read the title, 'How to become an Animagus' by Padfoot and Moony.
"You both wrote this?" he asked.
"James took notes during the time they learned how to transform, Sirius found them last summer. He decided that we should put them together into a book so that you could learn how to become an animagus."
"Thank you so much Remus." said Harry, "It's means a lot to me."
"Dear me." exclaimed Dumbledore, "I nearly forgot. Hagrid gave me something to give to you." He pulled out a small package and gave it to Harry. Harry found a package of Hagrid's rock cakes.
"Tell Hagrid thank you for me." he said with a smile. He knew that the rock cakes would stay un-touched.
"I believe that I will show Lupin his room now." said Snape, "If you would follow me." With that, both Snape and Lupin left the room, leaving Harry alone with Dumbledore.
They both looked at each other for a bit, until Dumbledore said, "I am truly sorry about all that happened last year. I still don't expect that you will ever forgive me. I hope that we can make amends sometime in the future."
"I doubt that I will ever trust you fully again." said Harry, "You didn't tell me the truth and you left me feeling used. I don't want you to ever do that again. I'm no longer innocent, I've never really been innocent to be frank. However, I am not against trying to make amends."
"I'm glad." said Dumbledore, "I brought something else today with me as well. Sirius made a will and gave it to me before Christmas. He named you as his main benefactor. He gave Remus, Number 12 Grimwald Place, as well as a decent amount of money. Everything else, he left to you. I have the key to the Black family vault with me. I will leave it with Severus and he will take care of it until you turn 17 and are legally declared an adult. I know you miss him. Many people do."
Remus and Snape then returned and Albus stood up from the chair he was sitting in. "Now that everything is taken care of, I really must be off. I have a great deal of business to attend to. Severus, could I see you for a bit?"
Snape nodded and they both walked out into the entrance hall, where they couldn't be heard from the sitting room. Soon, Dumbledore left and Harry, Remus, and Snape were left alone in the manor.
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That night, Remus and Snape both entered Harry's room. He was lounging on his bed talking in Parseltongue to Ethelinda. Harry looked up when Snape cleared his throat.
"We have something to give you." said Remus, "I doubt you know of the significance of what we are about to give you, so Snape's going to explain it to you."
Snape glared at Remus before saying, "What the wolf won't tell you is that we are going to give you heir charms. Before you ask, an heir charm is given to the sole heir of a family. This family could be pure blood or could have muggle blood in it, it really doesn't matter. The family name must be over 200 years old for it to have heir charms. It's simply a small charm that goes on a chain around the neck with the family crest engraved in it. When it is white, that means that you have not come into your inheritance, when it's black, you have. People can have none, one, or many."
"So it's just a symbol of my status?" said Harry.
"Exactly, do you have a chain of any sort, or do we have to buy one?" asked Snape.
Harry was about to reply that he didn't, when he suddenly remembered the silver chain around his neck. "Actually, I do have one." He took off the chain and showed them it.
Snape's eyes widened. How could Harry have gotten that chain? He vowed to ask Harry about it later. He quickly replaced his even look and took three charms out of his pocket. "Dumbledore gave me two charms. He said that one is the Potter family crest and the other is the Black family crest. As you can see, they are both black. The third crest is the Snape family crest."
Harry took all three of the charms and placed them on the chain. Remus then pulled a charm out of his pocket. "The Lupin family isn't near as old as the Potters, Snapes, or Blacks, but it's old enough to have received the right to develop a crest. I don't have any blood relatives left, so would you take this crest and allow yourself to be my heir?"
"I don't know," began Harry, but when he saw Remus's pleading look, he said, "Alright, I'll be your heir."
"Thank you Harry." said Remus smiling softly, "I really to appreciate it."
"You better get to bed." said Snape sharply, "After all, you are starting your first day of real training tomorrow."
Remus and Snape both left the room as Harry's groan echoed behind them.
-End Chapter 15-
A/N: Arg!! This chapter was death to write. First it took a while to get settled after my trip, then I had a case of writer's block, then I got sick. At least it's finished though. Sorry if it's not up to par, although it's probably one of the longest chapters I've written. Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 14! I hope you like this one as well.
-Lilyanphino-
Chapter 15 - July 31st - Day Twenty Nine
Birthday Surprises
Parseltongue is like this
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Last Chapter:
Harry nodded and climbed back into bed. Before Snape closed the door, he added, "Don't worry about your exercises tomorrow morning. Try to sleep in. You deserve a break for your birthday."
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Harry stretched out in his bed. He glanced at the clock and his eyes nearly bulged out when he saw that it read 10:07.
"Oh crap!" he exclaimed as he jumped out of bed.
Ethelinda hissed in complaint at being disturbed, "What isss it?"
"It's 10:07! I can't believe I slept in!" shouted Harry, panicking.
Ethelinda slowly uncurled from her position on the bed and replied, "The dark man told you that it would be okay to sssleep in. You did have a rough night."
Harry blinked as the previous night's events came back to him in a flash. He glanced at the mirror over the dresser and was still startled at his new look. He had definitely grown. His arms and legs stuck out several inches from the end of his pajamas. Harry finally tore himself away from the mirror and went over to see if he could find anything that fit in his closet. The robes they had bought at Gladrags hung in there.
The robes had come in a few days ago and Snape mentioned that he had asked the seamstress to make sure to add extra hem, so that with a simple spell, the robes could be adjusted during a growth spurt. Harry chose to wear his forest green robes. He took his wand out of the holster on his arm and cast the spell which caused the robes to adjust to his new height.
Harry then put his wand back into his holster and asked Ethelinda, "Would you care to come downstairsss with me or would you prefer to ssstay here?"
"I will ssstay here in the sssun." replied Ethelinda slithering over to where the sun was shining through the window onto the bed.
Harry shook his head vigorously and took a glance at the mirror. He still couldn't believe that he was the person he saw there. His little head shake caused his hair to settle down and it actually looked pretty good. Harry ran his hand through it and smiled when he saw that it wasn't going to stick up. He finished messing with his appearance and decided to go downstairs. He missed breakfast, but perhaps Dingle could make him something to eat.
He met Severus as he reached the bottom of the stairs. Harry nearly gasped in surprise, Snape wasn't wearing black robes! Instead, he was wearing dark gray robes that were nearly black. Harry decided to not comment on Snape's appearance. Snape nodded to Harry and said,
"You are finally awake, good. Albus will be coming over with Lupin after lunch. Since it's your birthday, you can have a break from your eating regime. I do believe that Dingle has prepared a light breakfast for you since lunch is in less than 2 hours."
Harry gave a light smile and entered the Dining room. He was shocked to discover several presents on the table. He turned to look at Snape and started to speak.
"Yes brat, all of them are for you and yes, you can open them now." said Snape correctly answering Harry's unspoken questions.
Harry rolled his eyes and replied, "I'm not a brat."
Snape simply smirked as Harry grabbed the gift closest to him. It was fairly large and the tag read that it was from Ron. Harry put aside the note that came with it and opened the gift. He found a large assortment of Honeyduke's candy inside. He received a book on preparing for NEWT level classes from Hermione. Harry was truly touched by the Weasley's gift though. It was a large, black, stuffed toy dog that looked a good deal like Padfoot. Harry bit his lip and calmed himself a bit. He reached for the next gift on the table, while holding the toy dog close. The tag read that it was from Severus. Harry looked up at him in surprise.
"Well, don't just look at me." snapped Snape, "Open it."
Harry did so and found a beautiful cloak clasp. It was carved out of ivory and was in the shape of a pheonix. The eye of the pheonix was a small emerald stone.
"Thank you." said Harry quietly, in shock at the beauty of the clasp.
Snape raised an eyebrow and said, "You haven't opened everything."
Harry looked at Severus curiously and saw one final present on the floor. It was very large and when Harry unwrapped it, he found that it was a gleaming, new trunk. The gold name plate read 'Harry Potter, Gryffindor'.
"Thanks," said Harry, "But..."
"Tap the name plate with your wand and say 'name two'." interrupted Snape.
Harry did so and was amazed when the gold name plate turned silver and changed to read 'Harry Snape, Gryffindor'. He opened the trunk and found that it was filled with pants, shirts, and etc. His mouth gaped in shock.
"That's not all that your trunk can do." said Snape, "This is a type of trunk very similar to Alastor Moody's, however it only needs one lock and it only has 3 different compartments." He pulled out a ring of keys. "The bronze key is what opens the compartment that you are looking at now. The gold key opens another compartment just like the first. The silver key opens a small room that you can use as a library, storage room, study, or anything that you wish to use it for."
"Thank you." said Harry quietly. He wasn't quite sure how to react. No one had ever given him things like this.
Following his gut instinct, he went over and hugged Snape. Snape was shocked at the hug and awkwardly patted Harry's back in response. They stayed this way for a few seconds before Harry realized what he did. He pulled away, his face flaming red.
"Sorry about that." he muttered, "It's just no one has ever gotten me something that great and I um," he broke off.
"It's okay." said Snape quickly, "Although you better not tell Albus or it would ruin my reputation."
Harry looked at Snape and when he saw laughter in Snape's eyes, he smiled and said, "Of course not. I wouldn't dream of telling him about it. He might blackmail you."
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Lunch flew by and before either Harry or Snape knew it, a loud knock announced Dumbledore and Lupin's arrival. They sat in the sitting room while Twinkle let them in. Harry sat the book he received from Hermione down and twisted his hands nervously.
"Nervous?" asked Snape as he looked at Harry's hands.
"A bit." said Harry, his voice shaky.
Neither one said anything more because at that moment, Albus entered the room with Lupin following closely.
"Hello Severus, Harry." said Albus, his eyes twinkling.
"Is it true?" asked Lupin looking at Harry suspiciously, "Are or were you really Harry Potter?"
"It's still me." said Harry, "Just with a different look. I can prove it." He brushed the hair and showed his scar.
"Are you really Snape's son?" he asked. "I have to hear it from your own mouth."
"I am." said Harry dejectedly.
"Well, it's no matter." said Lupin, "I don't care who your father is. I just wanted to make sure it was you. How are you doing?"
"Okay, I guess." said Harry cautiously.
"I miss him too." said Lupin, "I know I can't replace him, no one can replace him, but I do want to try and be there for you."
Harry brightened up considerably. "Really?"
"Really." said Lupin, "Oh, and do call me Remus." He turned to Snape, "If you don't take care of him, I will kill you." he growled.
Snape sneered and replied, "He's still alive isn't he Lupin? I've obviously been taking decent care of him."
"Now then." interrupted Dumbledore, "I believe that it is Harry's 16th birthday. What all have you gotten so far?"
Harry inwardly smiled. Dumbledore definitely knew how to stop conflict within. "Well, I received a book, some candy, a really great trunk and some other stuff."
"Splendid!" said Dumbledore gleefully, "Perhaps you would like to add these to your gift list." He pulled something out of his pocket and muttered 'Engorgio'. Two wrapped gifts appeared and everyone settled down to watch Harry unwrap them.
Harry unwrapped a large stone bowl with silvery liquid in it that looked like, "A pensive?"
Dumbledore nodded and gestured for Harry to open the other gift. "I thought that you might need one with all that is going on. I also added a few memories that I had of your godfather and birth mother. The second gift is from the order. It should come in handy for your training.
"It's a sword." said Harry as he unwrapped the gift.
"Not any sword," said Dumbledore, "It's a katana, a very well forged Japanese sword. They are usually light and I believe this one will suit you well."
"Tell the Order thank you for me, sir." said Harry.
"I have something for you as well." said Remus awkwardly. "Sirius got it for you before he passed on. He hoped that you would follow in the Marauder's footsteps." He then handed Harry a book.
Harry took it and read the title, 'How to become an Animagus' by Padfoot and Moony.
"You both wrote this?" he asked.
"James took notes during the time they learned how to transform, Sirius found them last summer. He decided that we should put them together into a book so that you could learn how to become an animagus."
"Thank you so much Remus." said Harry, "It's means a lot to me."
"Dear me." exclaimed Dumbledore, "I nearly forgot. Hagrid gave me something to give to you." He pulled out a small package and gave it to Harry. Harry found a package of Hagrid's rock cakes.
"Tell Hagrid thank you for me." he said with a smile. He knew that the rock cakes would stay un-touched.
"I believe that I will show Lupin his room now." said Snape, "If you would follow me." With that, both Snape and Lupin left the room, leaving Harry alone with Dumbledore.
They both looked at each other for a bit, until Dumbledore said, "I am truly sorry about all that happened last year. I still don't expect that you will ever forgive me. I hope that we can make amends sometime in the future."
"I doubt that I will ever trust you fully again." said Harry, "You didn't tell me the truth and you left me feeling used. I don't want you to ever do that again. I'm no longer innocent, I've never really been innocent to be frank. However, I am not against trying to make amends."
"I'm glad." said Dumbledore, "I brought something else today with me as well. Sirius made a will and gave it to me before Christmas. He named you as his main benefactor. He gave Remus, Number 12 Grimwald Place, as well as a decent amount of money. Everything else, he left to you. I have the key to the Black family vault with me. I will leave it with Severus and he will take care of it until you turn 17 and are legally declared an adult. I know you miss him. Many people do."
Remus and Snape then returned and Albus stood up from the chair he was sitting in. "Now that everything is taken care of, I really must be off. I have a great deal of business to attend to. Severus, could I see you for a bit?"
Snape nodded and they both walked out into the entrance hall, where they couldn't be heard from the sitting room. Soon, Dumbledore left and Harry, Remus, and Snape were left alone in the manor.
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That night, Remus and Snape both entered Harry's room. He was lounging on his bed talking in Parseltongue to Ethelinda. Harry looked up when Snape cleared his throat.
"We have something to give you." said Remus, "I doubt you know of the significance of what we are about to give you, so Snape's going to explain it to you."
Snape glared at Remus before saying, "What the wolf won't tell you is that we are going to give you heir charms. Before you ask, an heir charm is given to the sole heir of a family. This family could be pure blood or could have muggle blood in it, it really doesn't matter. The family name must be over 200 years old for it to have heir charms. It's simply a small charm that goes on a chain around the neck with the family crest engraved in it. When it is white, that means that you have not come into your inheritance, when it's black, you have. People can have none, one, or many."
"So it's just a symbol of my status?" said Harry.
"Exactly, do you have a chain of any sort, or do we have to buy one?" asked Snape.
Harry was about to reply that he didn't, when he suddenly remembered the silver chain around his neck. "Actually, I do have one." He took off the chain and showed them it.
Snape's eyes widened. How could Harry have gotten that chain? He vowed to ask Harry about it later. He quickly replaced his even look and took three charms out of his pocket. "Dumbledore gave me two charms. He said that one is the Potter family crest and the other is the Black family crest. As you can see, they are both black. The third crest is the Snape family crest."
Harry took all three of the charms and placed them on the chain. Remus then pulled a charm out of his pocket. "The Lupin family isn't near as old as the Potters, Snapes, or Blacks, but it's old enough to have received the right to develop a crest. I don't have any blood relatives left, so would you take this crest and allow yourself to be my heir?"
"I don't know," began Harry, but when he saw Remus's pleading look, he said, "Alright, I'll be your heir."
"Thank you Harry." said Remus smiling softly, "I really to appreciate it."
"You better get to bed." said Snape sharply, "After all, you are starting your first day of real training tomorrow."
Remus and Snape both left the room as Harry's groan echoed behind them.
-End Chapter 15-
A/N: Arg!! This chapter was death to write. First it took a while to get settled after my trip, then I had a case of writer's block, then I got sick. At least it's finished though. Sorry if it's not up to par, although it's probably one of the longest chapters I've written. Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 14! I hope you like this one as well.
-Lilyanphino-