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As Harry drifted off to sleep he thought about how nice it was to finally be back home after being gone for so many years.
Getting up at 4:30 in the morning, Harry got dressed in some lose clothing so that he could continue with exercises that he was taught in order to maintain top physical condition.
After running around the lake and going through his martial art exercises Harry went back inside to get ready for the school day.
Sitting at the Gryffindor table waiting for Ron and Hermione to come down to eat he looked at his schedule for the first time.
Monday- NEWT Potions, NEWT Charms, NEWT Divination
Tuesday- NEWT Transfiguration, NEWT Care of magical Creatures, Occlumency
Wednesday- NEWT Defense, NEWT Potions, NEWT History, NEWT Astronomy
Thursday- NEWT Transfiguration, NEWT Charms, Occlumency
Friday- NEWT Care of magical Creatures, NEWT Potions, NEWT Defense
Saturday- Spell weaving, Healing
Looking at how his schedule took up six days of his week, there was absolutely no way that Harry would be able to play Quidditch this year. But come to think of it, maybe he should focus on defeating Voldemort.
Wondering how he was going to get the necessary textbooks for his classes even though he didn't necessarily need them, Harry thought it was a good idea to have the books because he should keep a cover on how much he actually knew. If he didn't Dumbledore would use his knowledge to his own personal advantage.
Ron and Hermione came down to the great hall and were surprised to see that Alex was already at the table waiting for them finished with his breakfast.
"Hey, Alex, I was wondering what your classes are," Hermione said.
Handing Hermione his timetable, Harry was scanning his eyes around the great hall for any sign of Severus.
"We have potions in a half hour," Hermione said. "How did you manage to get into all of these classes?"
Ron glanced over at the timetable that Hermione was holding. Looking at it he gasped.
"Alex, you have to be crazy to be taking all of these classes."
"And," Hermione began chewing thoughtfully on her bottom lip. "I don't even have half of these classes and I am even top in the class."
"I don't know," Harry began to say trying to think of an excuse. "Last night before I can into the all Dumbledore and I were talking about my classes and he said he would give a huge load, and by the looks of things he did."
"They don't even offer Occlumency as a class," Hermione said.
"Healing and spell weaving? Alex, I hate to admit this, but you are crazier than Hermione."
"I suppose that we should get going because we have potions in ten minutes and Snape hates it when were late."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood up from the Gryffindor table and started the long trek down to the dungeons.
"Hermione," Harry started to say. "I was wondering if I could borrow some parchment and a quill so that I can take notes."
"Sure Alex, what happened to yours?"
"I'm not sure, but I'll have to check the box that I took with me, because it has several compartments and I still need to unpack."
"Okay, that's fine with me."
They stopped walking outside of a wooden door that was the entrance to the potions lab and waited outside for Snape to open the door.
Not wanting his hair to get in the way of what ever potions they would be making today Harry tied his hair back with a leather strap that would magically let none of his hair out.
Quietly waiting for the door to be opened for the classroom, Harry was jolted out of his thoughts by the sound of Malfoy's drawling voice.
"Where is your little friend, mudblood? Oh yeah, I forgot he got him self killed. It's a shame really he can't even see you and the weasel make out."
"Shut up Malfoy," Ron said his ears slowly going red, a sure sign of danger.
"Oh I don't think so. Now that the Dark Lord is in full power your father can do nothing about this."
Just as Ron was about to bring his fist up to punch Malfoy in the face, the classroom door opened and Severus stepped out into the hallway looking at Malfoy.
"Ten points from Gryffindor for almost fighting," Severus snapped. "Get in the room!"
The class filed in and sat at the desks waiting for further instruction.
Harry sat down in a desk in the back do that he didn't have the Slytherin's and Snape breathing down his neck at every movement that he made.
"Today, I would like us to do a simple review and refill the medical potions for Madam Pomfrey. These potions are going to be done individually from memory," Snape glared at the class as if daring them to speak out of turn. "The potions that are needed are written on the board," he flicked his wrist and several potions were listed. "Now begin!"
Harry looked at the board and decided to pick out the hardest potion, the draught of living death.
Getting the student ingredients out of the cupboard, Harry set to work on making the potion.
Malfoy looked around to see who was doing what potion and choosing on of the easiest, a calming draught, started to get to work.
Severus was walking around the room surveying his students work. He noticed that Alexander Covan was the only person making the draught of the living death. Quietly making his way to where Alexander was, he stood behind the boy observing how he made the potion.
Feeling the presence of Severus behind him, Harry quickly put up a wandless shield to make sure that nothing that wasn't supposed to be in the potion stayed out.
The period went by fairly quickly with no major mistakes, after all this was NEWT potions and only the best were accepted into the class. Making sure that everyone bottled their potions correctly and cleaned up Severus addressed the class.
"Now that you are all done with your potions, I would like each of you to write a two foot essay on the properties of the potion that you chose and why you chose that potion."
When the bell rang Severus called Alexander to stay behind.
Shutting the door behind him and placing a silencing spell around them Severus addressed Harry.
"Thank you for coming back."
Harry just nodded his head and looked at the ground. Deciding to let Severus see the real Harry, he took off the glamour that he had on and looked up at Severus.
"I told you that I would come back," Harry said quietly. "I am so much older now."
"How old?"
"Thirty," Harry replied. That was only seven years younger than Severus.
Moving closer to Severus, Harry pressed his body against the older man's finding the comfort that he had missed so much embrace him.
Severus was stunned; he missed feeling Harry next to him and wrapped his arms protectively around the man drawing him in closer.
Both Harry and Severus stayed there for several minutes wrapped in each others arms feeling very comfortable not wanting to part.
"There is something that I need to talk to you about," Harry said drawing himself away from Severus. "I will come back after dinner."
"Do you know where the entrance to my private chambers is?" Severus asked Harry. Harry nodded his head. "Good, the password is amor leben."
"See you tonight," Harry said putting the glamour back on his body and leaving the potions classroom feeling refreshed.
Charms and divination went well without anything going wrong. Many of his fellow Gryffindor's seemed very subdued and he asked Hermione about this.
"They have been like this for a year since the death of Harry Potter," she said quietly during charms.
"I'm sorry," Harry said not knowing what to say comfort the girl. "All of you must have been very close to him."
"We were," Hermione said softly with her eyes down cast starting to fill up with tears. "We now are lost because you-now-who is in full control of everything and we can't stop him."
She stopped talking, her voice was getting chocked up because of her emotions were coming out.
Harry laid a hand on her shoulder and Hermione turned her tear filled eyes up to look at Harry in the face.
"I am sure that no matter where Harry is, he would want all of you to continue with your lives as best as you could."
"Thank you Alex," Hermione said with a single tear running down her cheek.
"No problem," Harry replied.
After eating dinner in the great hall, Harry went back up into the Gryffindor dorms and shrunk his box and put it in his pocket while placing an invisibility charm over himself so that he could make his way towards Severus's chambers un noticed by anyone except Severus.
Walking down to the dungeons Harry quickly caught up with Severus just as he was about to enter his chambers and gently touched Severus on the should to let him know that he was here.
Allowing Harry to enter before himself, Severus shut the door behind him and placed several complex locking spells on the door so that no one could get in.
Taking the modified invisibility charm off of him, Harry sat down in one of the big leather arm chairs that was seated in front of a magical fire and waited for Severus to sit down so that they could begin to talk.
"Would you like anything to drink?" Severus asked Harry trying to delay the conversation that they were going to have.
"No thank you," Harry replied. Watching Severus sit down in the chair across him. "There are many things that I need to tell you, but some of them have to wait to be told.
"You probably would like an explanation on how I was able to get back from the veil and still be alive. I am afraid that I cannot tell you that now, but in several weeks I could take you there, maybe.
"The most important thing that I have to tell you is the fact that we are soul mates. The reason that you were unable to feel the bond until now is because I was in another place where I was receiving special training and we were apart for so long. The bond will have to be completed in three weeks because if we don't the bond will become apparent to everyone else and we wouldn't like it if Voldemort found out about this piece of information.
"Before you say anything, I would like to explain to you what this bond does," Harry said in reaction to the mouth that was hanging open.
"The bond will allow us to transfer our magic and life force between each other creating stronger magic. When we transfer our magic and energy we would also transfer all of our knowledge to each other, thus creating us our equals.
"I am old enough now that we don't have to worry about the age consent between us, but the only thing that we have to worry about is completing the bond. If we don't, we will both die.
"How do we complete the bond," Severus asked feeling just a little nervous.
"There are three stages to the bond, completed in the three weeks that we have. The first step is to bind us by blood. The second is a physical bond, which involves us having sex, and the third step is for us to cast the final bonding spell that will tie all of the bond together."
Severus and Harry just sat there in the chairs in silence thinking about the bond. When Harry first was in the other realm he was given this knowledge immediately so that he could learn as much as he could about the bond.
Getting up and moving over to Severus, Harry sat on Severus's lap and leaned down to kiss Severus.
Feeling himself getting lost in the gentle kiss that was being placed on his lips, Severus leaned back into Harry making the kiss deeper and much more meaningful than the other kisses that they had shared together.
Grinding his own arousal against Severus, Harry let his hands run through Severus's hair gently pulling Severus into him.
Breaking for air Severus pulled Harry to his feet and pushed the younger man to the wall slamming his aching body into his causing Harry to moan in pleasure.
Attacking the collar of Severus' robes, Harry felt Severus open his own robes at the same time and press his warm body against the cold stone wall.
Upon hearing a knock at the entrance to his personal chambers, Severus pulled away from Harry trying to button up his robe while going to the door and answering the damned person who had interrupted Harry and himself.
Opening the door, Severus was surprised to see the younger Malfoy standing in the doorway.
"Professor Snape," Draco began to say. "I would like to talk to you about something personal."
Hoping that Harry had enough sense to hide himself away where he would not be seen he invited Draco into his personal chambers.
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