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Moving On
By: Jenkid11
Discovered: Part I
Harry was frozen. This could not be happening. Professor Snape, long time adversary, and cruel Potion's Master who lived to torment Harry could absolutely NOT be standing behind him. He could NOT find out about his weakness. NO... He had to think fast, no questions…not from him…not now. He needed an excuse and fast. Lucky for him he seemed to have caught Prof. Snape completely unguarded.
If it had been any other situation Harry would have been rolling on the ground by now in uncontrollable laughter, his expression was PRICELESS. But now was not the time to laugh, now was the time to come up with a plan. It was all about playing the cards right. If he could think of an appropriate excuse…just maybe he could he could avoid this whole confrontation. He was not by nature a complete fool; he admittedly "wore his heart on his sleeve" as the kind Prof. "kindly" liked to remind him. But, he was by far no idiot. He was cunning.
Having been ALMOST sorted into Slytherin, but sorted into Gryffindor, he had both a dastardly mix of cunning and bravery. He liked to think he had a Gryffindor heart, and a Slytherin head. Whenever needed, he could use both in perfect combination, blending a perfect mix of both. And now was the Perfect time to put this into action. If was going to get away with this, he'd need all the help he could get.
'Think Harry…you can do this….what excuse could possibly fool Mr. Mind Reader. Something that could explain belt marks, welts, gee…how easy, cause you know just about anything can cause those.' He thought sarcastically.
'Wait a second…hmmmm…it's possible….no, he'd never believe it…would he. Well it's worth a shot… It's all I got at the moment…So it'll have to…'
By the look of it he had made his decision just in time. The shocked look on the Prof.'s face was quickly moving back to surprisingly not a sneer Harry was so accustomed to seeing there, but instead a carefully blank face.
Severus was lost. From the moment he had seen the Potter boy wander off he knew something was wrong. He was one of the few who actually noticed his little disappearing act, but as usual he got on his tail at once. He tracked Potter, like a wolf would to his unsuspecting prey. Silently, but deadly, ready to pounce at the first warning. But, as he followed Potter his thoughts became rather troubled.
First off, he had barely noticed Potter. The boy was seriously underweight. He looked like a skeleton of one of the Holocaust victims. I mean he was going into 6th year, not 1st year for the love of mike! But, the fact still remained, Potter was dangerously underweight, and something had to be done about that.
Unfortunately, this wasn't all however. The boy's stance was all wrong. He wasn't supposed to be limping, and all leaned over like a hunchback. He wasn't supposed to get out of breath after climbing only a few flights of stairs. Something was defiantly wrong, but what. I mean sure, he knew the signs of abuse. He knew them all too well, but this was Perfect Potter, not one of his young Slytherins. Maybe he's just acting strange for some other reason….
After all, Gryffindors didn't have the cunning to hide something like this. They lacked the ambition, the resource. To put it in short he just didn't think they had the TALENT to hide something that big. He had VERY little faith when it came to them, very little patience, and what he little he did have, went out the window with Potter. All he saw in Potter was laziness, lack of dedication, foolhardiness, and in short, everything he despised with a passion. He got favor with everyone, everyone but him. He needed to learn that fame really WASN'T everything.
But nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to see. It was going to literally blow every suspicion he had out of the water. As he opened the Bathroom door, expecting to catch Potter in the act of some prank or vandalization of school property, coal eyes glittering madly, the last thing on earth he expected to be hit with was a broken and bloody Potter. He stared in total shock. This was not supposed to be happening. This could not be Potter. I couldn't have been this wrong. I'm NEVER this wrong!
'Oh my sweet Merlin, tell me I'm not this wrong. 'He thought desperately.
He could tell the boy was thinking hard and fast. There was no logical excuse for this. It could only have been one thing. Harry Potter…Golden Boy extrordinar….has been abused. The world is coming to an end.
'He's going to lie to me now, I can feel it, he's searching for a plausible excuse when there is none. Oh well, it's not like he hasn't lied to me a thousand times before. I've seen abused kids, hell, I've been an abused kid. I should be able to see through this quickly enough. He's going to need help…and soon.' While he pondered on this Severus's thoughts slowly returned to a brisk teacher mode, and his face once again grew impassive. 'One thing's for sure though. This is going to be interesting.'
Author's Notes:
Hi again guys! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY. The various reasons for which this update was so late are as follows. AGAIN I APOLOGISE!!!!
1.) I was out of state at camp for a week.
2.) My hardrive crashed, and I had to wait to get a new one, and load everything I could all over again. But, I still lost EVERYTHING!
3.) I get unmotivated…(a stolen line)- Remember reviews make me happy, and when I'm happy, I feel like making my readers happy…..not that you all don't already make me happy. REMEMBER… I heart you!!!!!!
4.) I have now come up with a new plan to get you all longer chapters (which I'm sure you're happy to hear), and minimize the time in between updates. I know ya'll just love me now. So anywho….this will be put into effect starting next time. Hopefully this time I can get my weekly update in hmmmm…cross your fingers!
Other that that….I love ya'll and please remember to continue to read and review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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