The Past and the Present

by Silverblue55

Summary: HPSS. Severus from the Marauders era travels to Harry's 7th year. Here he falls in love with his archenemy's son.

A/N: Hi. I know it has been far to long since I updated. My only defence is that after I started school again, I practically don't have any spare-time left. Thankfully I have a vacation in to weeks.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters.

"speak" and 'thoughts'

Chapter six: The mark

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Last chapter: When their lips met it was like time stopped, like nothing mattered but them. After what felt like an eternity and a second at the same time, the kiss ended. They both gasped when they looked up. A glowing mist was surrounding them, twisted together in a beautiful mix of gold and silver.

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Severus looked up in ave. It was so beautiful. A surge of happiness filled him with the thought that Harry had kissed him. Harry Potter had actually kissed him. It diminished somewhat when he remembered that Harry didn't know who he really was. Had he known he would never had done it. If Harry had known that he was Severus Snape... But he wouldn't think about that know. Not at the moment. All he wanted was to enjoy the rest of the time he had with Harry. His Harry.

They got up reluctantly, and as soon as they didn't touch each other anymore, the mist disappeared. They reached for each other again to see if anything happened. It' t didn't, but the pull was still as strong as ever. It was like they were connected in some way.

"This is weird" Severus heard Harry whisper, and he could only nod as he reached for the door handle.

They got out of the room still confused. As they walked down the corridor Severus felt a hand softly grasp his. Suddenly he felt a little shy and glanced at Harry. Their eyes met and they both smiled.

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Harry felt like he had butterflies in his stomach. When he glanced at Darian his eyes locked with his, and Harry found himself smiling shyly. It felt like his heart would beat out of his chest, but he didn't mind. With their eyes still locked, Harry suddenly walked right into something solid an they were both knocked to the floor. Harry landed on top, and gasped when he saw who was laying under him. He was staring right into Snape's dark onyx eyes.

"Potter, if you would kindly pick yourself of me" he said in a dangerous voice, but if Harry hadn't been so busy scrambling to his feet, he would have noticed that it lacked it's usual malice. In the fall Snape's robes had fallen up on his right arm, and Harry's eyes stopped at a mark there. He had never seen anything like it before. It was like to symbols twisted together, but before he could look more closely Snape had covered it again. When Harry looked up again he was certain there was something in his eyes before Snape's face became blank. When he looked over at Darian, he saw that he had been staring at Snape with an unreadable expression on his face. It was like he knew something. Something important. He was brought out of his train of thoughts when Snape brushed past him.

It wasn't until he was laying in his bed that he realized that Snape hadn't taken any points at all for him and Darian being out after bedtime. Snape had been acting so strange lately. Something was going on.

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Laying in his bed Severus thought about Snape's expression when Harry scrambled off him. It was obvious that it hurt him to be so mean to Harry. Severus knew how much Snape loved him, because basically he was Snape and he was falling hard for Harry. He had also seen the mark on his right arm and wondered what it meant. He was sure he had seen it before, he just couldn't remember where. He knew it was important somehow, and he was going to find out what it was.

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A/N: I would really like a beta-reader for my story, so if anyone is interested please let me know.

I know I promised this chapter to be longer, but this was something I had to write to be able to write the next chapter. Hopefully that one will be longer, but I have to admit that I find it easier to write shorter chapters.