Title : The Tides of Blood
Summary : When Severus took away a Notebook from Harry, he didn't imagine it would contain a secret... A secret implying him, and two teenagers he hates.... Together, will they be able to change their destiny and the world's doom ?Chapter 1 : The Notebook
Hermione entered the Gryffindor Common Room, looking excited. Harry watched her as she made her way to him, smiling. The girl he once knew had become a woman. A beautiful one, indeed. Her hair had straightened during the summer, and she had made red highlights all over her head, broking her 'I-know-it-all' appearance. Her body had finally been shaped into a woman's one, which much boy appreciated. And, with the help of time, she had grown more and more relaxed with rules, which was a very good thing.
Harry sighed. He didn't want to be disturbed, but he couldn't refuse anything to his friend. She was the one who kept him alive this summer, and, if it had not been for her, he would not have attended Hogwarts this year. She had been his only tide to life.... She sat next to him, a strange smile on her face. 'Look what I found on the library....' she said, holding him a book. He took it, frowning his eyebrows. In fact, it was not a book, but a notebook, one of those that he used to have for school. But this one seemed pretty old....
He opened it, wondering why Hermione gave this to him. His eyes fall on the first page. He didn't know the handwriting, but it was a neat and clear one. A girl's one, probably. This book had been untitled as Diary. He was about to give it back to Hermione, unwilling to know personals things of a person he didn't even know when he saw the name written on the cover. His features transformed themselves, and he looked at his friend, puzzled. 'How... How come... Thank you!' he said, and, without a word, he left the Common Room.
He walked quickly, trying to find a quiet place where he could read that. He just couldn't believe it, it was incredible that Hermione had founded it! The library was such a mess that he didn't even understand how she made this happen... Unaware of what was happening next to him and where he was going, he didn't see Snape, who was coming right out of a corner. He was on the floor, Snape over him, before he knew what was going on. And because he was really unlucky, loads of students had seen the scene....
'POTTER! CAN'T YOU JUST LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING ?' yelled Snape, furious because he had been humiliated in front of his students... But right now Harry didn't care. The only thing he wanted was to get the Notebook back. The Notebook that Snape was right now holding in his hands....
'Well, well, what de wo have here, Potter? Is this.... Your diary ? Well, let's just read a bit of it, so that everything can hear how intelligent and bright you think you are...'he said with a smile, turning quickly the pages of the Diary.
Harry just stared at him, anger boiling in his blood. Snape hadn't started his reading yet, he knew it wouldn't last. 'If you dare open your mouth, you greasy git, I'll just curse you.... I'm damn if I don't!' he thought, not even thinking about the consequences. Snape suddenly closed his book, all color removed from his face.
'Where.... Where did you get it ?' he asked with a blank voice, which was pretty unusual.
'From the library, Sir...' he answered, frowning his eyebrows. What the hell was going on ? Without a word, Snape left the place, almost running to his room. Harry was left on the middle of the way, puzzled. He had forgotten to take points away from Gryffindor! And he hadn't given him detention! Harry made his way to the Common Room, his spirit having trouble to believe this. Hermione looked at him, and sat next to him.
'Harry ? Are you feeling all right ?'she asked gently. Maybe it had been a mistake to gave him the Notebook... Perhaps he wasn't ready to know the truth about this, but he looked so happy that she hadn't thought about that.
'I do... But Snape is not feeling all right, it must be the explanation, there is no other way!' he answered. Hermione looked at him, now really surprised.
'What the hell are you talking about ?'
Harry watched her, his eyes glowing. 'I don't know what's happening... Snape... He's taken the Diary. I kind of fell over him and.. I don't even have a detention!' he answered, speaking very fast. He didn't know what was going on. Why was Snape so interested on this Diary ? He had nothing to do with it, it meant nothing to him.
'He took it away from you ?' Hermione asked, puzzled.
'He did. He meant to read it out loud because he thought it was mine, but... he didn't do it. He was just blank, and left suddenly, in front of a hundred students....'
Severus reached his office, and locked the door. He didn't want to be disturb, this was really too important. He had been trying to get that book for years, and now, finally.... He watched it with glowing eyes. Lily's diary. It was there, on his hands. He smelled the notebook. Although it had taken the smell of dust, he could still discern Lily's perfume....
He smiled. He was finally going to know. After 16 years, he was going to know. He crouched on his favorite sofa, and opened the book, beginning this sacred reading....