"Spells. You go for protection, you're the one going to need it, and we'll
do potions once we reach Hogwarts." Draco said.
"Yeah!" Chloe said with a shaky voice.
"Did the book say how the sacrifice would be done?"
"Well obviously it's done by magic . . . I have to be awake. It said I will be bound by magic . . . and my wand will be used against me. Not necessarily to kill me but some how against me. Some how, if possible we need to use my wand to misfire, but since you'll have my wand I'll be left defenseless. I should probably buy a new one in Diagon Alley when we go for our books."
"How did you come up with all of this?" Draco asked.
"Bathtub . . . last night." Chloe said setting herself into the comfy couch next to Draco, with Cheris Hazelwood's magical book of protection charms. About an hour passed. "Did you hear something?" Chloe asked, banishing her book back to the shelves.
"You're paranoi . . ." Draco stared but finished by sending his book back to the shelves as well.
"Paranoid huh? Chloe said pushing Draco towards the kitchen; wands drawn.
*CRASH*
"On the count of three. One, two, three!" Draco yelled as Chloe and himself jumped through the kitchen doorway.
"Expelliarmus!" Draco yelled as Chloe screamed, "Furnuculs!"
"Aahhh! What do you think you're doing! . . . Make it stop!" Severus roared.
"Oh my!" Chloe said.
"Finite Incantum." Draco said pointing his want at Severus.
"What is the meaning of all of this?" Severus asked pointing Chloe and Draco towards the kitchen table.
"You . . . you told us not o let anybody into the house. We didn't know it was you." Chloe said starting to cry.
"I didn't say for you to hex anybody!"
"We were just protecting your house." Draco said draping an arm around Chloe's shoulder to calm her down.
"Why are you crying?" Severus asked giving Chloe a dirty look, "What?" he asked as Chloe got up and ran towards her room.
"Isn't it obvious . . . you yelled at her. She was only doing something you asked us to do." Draco said excusing himself so he could check on Chloe. As Draco left Severus sat and stared at the empty chair where Chloe had just been.
'This is going to be and interesting year.' Severus thought.
Upstairs
"Go Away!" Chloe yelled after Draco had knocked at the door.
"I can't do that." Draco said lying down on the bed.
"Sure you can . . . all you have to do is get up and leave." Chloe said with a bitter tone to her voice.
"It's not that simple. Nothing is that simple. Especially around you uncle. I've known the man most of my life and he reminds me a lot of my father. The only things I've learned from my father are, to shut the hell up, and grin and bare it." Draco said pushing Chloe off her stomach to face him.
"Is it so hard to be nice?"
"Depends!"
"Do you guys ever give straight answers?"
*Shrug* "Sometimes."
"That's a real confidence builder."
"We give straight answers when we know what we want."
"You and every other man alive!" Chloe said pushing Draco's wandering had away. Outside her door stood a very shocked looking Severus Snape. After about ten minutes of silence.
"Look at it from you uncle's point of view. You use to stay here when you were little right? Well, you're not little anymore. Maybe he just doesn't know how to . . . deal with this age. When you were little all he had to do was keep you entertained. You're a lot different than you were when you were five. Give him time!" Draco said pulling Chloe closer to him.
"I guess you're right. I just expected everything to be the same."
"Maybe you should talk to him before school starts."
"Yeah . . . thanks for not leaving." Chloe said and kissed Draco's cheek. "I'll be right back." Chloe wandered around for several minutes looking for Severus, before she decided to check his room. Sure enough there he was sitting in their favorite spot. Chloe walked slowly towards the black velvet window seat.
"It was a lot easier when you were little. You remind me so much of you mother. Before all I had to worry about was ho to keep you busy, but now it's all so odd."
"You were upstairs earlier?"
"Yeah . . . what Draco said is all true." *Chloe nods her agreement* "You're grown up now . . . and I . . . well"
"Uncle Severus I've never heard you stutter . . . It can't be that bad."
"I saw you and Draco . . ."
"NO . . . please don't go into 'THE TALK' . . . it was bad enough coming from Grandma."
"That's good. I really didn't know what to say."
"Who ever does, but I'm glad I cam down here." Chloe said attacking sever and pulling him into a bear hug.
"Me too." He said slightly startled. All he could think to do was pat the top of Chloe's head. "Make sure the two of you are completely packed. We are going to Diagon Alley tomorrow for you school supplies. You and Draco will have to gather them yourselves; I am needed at the school. I have made these coins into port keys that will activate at 10:30 no matter what . . . they will take you to the alley outside of the ice cream parlor. You should probably start packing.
"Are we coming back here tomorrow night?"
"No I've gotten you two a room at the inn."
"Alright . . . see you at dinner." Chloe said leaving the room. Once upstairs Chloe walked back into her room to find Draco sitting on her window seat reading on of her books.
"How can you read this stuff?" Draco asked, while closing the book.
"I don't anymore . . . that was one of the books my Grandma Walker use to read to me when I was five . . . this might be more interesting." Chloe said replacing the childe book with a book titled The Guide to The Supernatural world and Ghosts, by Denina Gurwich. While Draco examined the book, Chloe began to dig out her trunk, and supplies from Windmore.
"What are you doing?"
"Rearranging . . . I forgot to tell you." Chloe said and proceeded to inform Draco of their plans for tomorrow.
By the time dinner was over it was around 8:30 p.m., and Chloe still hadn't finished packing.
"How can you not be finished?" Draco asked as the two walked slowly back upstairs.
"I'm having a hard time deciding what to bring."
"What do you have packed so far?"
"Um . . ." Chloe hesitated.
"Well?"
"Underwear." Chloe said in a flat tone.
"Oh." Draco said obviously shocked.
"You asked." Chloe said with a laugh, "What do that wear on the weekends?"
"Depends on what house you're in. Most wear muggle clothes with a cloak of some sort. Others wear robes all the time."
"Oh I see." Chloe said walking over to her closet door, "Care to help?"
"Why not." Draco said walking inside the closet.
"How about this?" Chloe asked.
"No go for the black one." Draco said. This went on for a long time until Chloe was almost over packed.
"See you in the morning." Draco said and left to go to his room.
The next morning Chloe walked into the kitchen to see Draco and Severus waiting for her.
"You better hurry . . . we leave in ten minutes." Severus said taking a sip of his coffee.
With a slight squeak Chloe turned and ran from the kitchen towards her bathroom. Ten minutes later Draco and Chloe were standing next to Severus in the very same alley they left from in June.
"Yeah!" Chloe said with a shaky voice.
"Did the book say how the sacrifice would be done?"
"Well obviously it's done by magic . . . I have to be awake. It said I will be bound by magic . . . and my wand will be used against me. Not necessarily to kill me but some how against me. Some how, if possible we need to use my wand to misfire, but since you'll have my wand I'll be left defenseless. I should probably buy a new one in Diagon Alley when we go for our books."
"How did you come up with all of this?" Draco asked.
"Bathtub . . . last night." Chloe said setting herself into the comfy couch next to Draco, with Cheris Hazelwood's magical book of protection charms. About an hour passed. "Did you hear something?" Chloe asked, banishing her book back to the shelves.
"You're paranoi . . ." Draco stared but finished by sending his book back to the shelves as well.
"Paranoid huh? Chloe said pushing Draco towards the kitchen; wands drawn.
*CRASH*
"On the count of three. One, two, three!" Draco yelled as Chloe and himself jumped through the kitchen doorway.
"Expelliarmus!" Draco yelled as Chloe screamed, "Furnuculs!"
"Aahhh! What do you think you're doing! . . . Make it stop!" Severus roared.
"Oh my!" Chloe said.
"Finite Incantum." Draco said pointing his want at Severus.
"What is the meaning of all of this?" Severus asked pointing Chloe and Draco towards the kitchen table.
"You . . . you told us not o let anybody into the house. We didn't know it was you." Chloe said starting to cry.
"I didn't say for you to hex anybody!"
"We were just protecting your house." Draco said draping an arm around Chloe's shoulder to calm her down.
"Why are you crying?" Severus asked giving Chloe a dirty look, "What?" he asked as Chloe got up and ran towards her room.
"Isn't it obvious . . . you yelled at her. She was only doing something you asked us to do." Draco said excusing himself so he could check on Chloe. As Draco left Severus sat and stared at the empty chair where Chloe had just been.
'This is going to be and interesting year.' Severus thought.
Upstairs
"Go Away!" Chloe yelled after Draco had knocked at the door.
"I can't do that." Draco said lying down on the bed.
"Sure you can . . . all you have to do is get up and leave." Chloe said with a bitter tone to her voice.
"It's not that simple. Nothing is that simple. Especially around you uncle. I've known the man most of my life and he reminds me a lot of my father. The only things I've learned from my father are, to shut the hell up, and grin and bare it." Draco said pushing Chloe off her stomach to face him.
"Is it so hard to be nice?"
"Depends!"
"Do you guys ever give straight answers?"
*Shrug* "Sometimes."
"That's a real confidence builder."
"We give straight answers when we know what we want."
"You and every other man alive!" Chloe said pushing Draco's wandering had away. Outside her door stood a very shocked looking Severus Snape. After about ten minutes of silence.
"Look at it from you uncle's point of view. You use to stay here when you were little right? Well, you're not little anymore. Maybe he just doesn't know how to . . . deal with this age. When you were little all he had to do was keep you entertained. You're a lot different than you were when you were five. Give him time!" Draco said pulling Chloe closer to him.
"I guess you're right. I just expected everything to be the same."
"Maybe you should talk to him before school starts."
"Yeah . . . thanks for not leaving." Chloe said and kissed Draco's cheek. "I'll be right back." Chloe wandered around for several minutes looking for Severus, before she decided to check his room. Sure enough there he was sitting in their favorite spot. Chloe walked slowly towards the black velvet window seat.
"It was a lot easier when you were little. You remind me so much of you mother. Before all I had to worry about was ho to keep you busy, but now it's all so odd."
"You were upstairs earlier?"
"Yeah . . . what Draco said is all true." *Chloe nods her agreement* "You're grown up now . . . and I . . . well"
"Uncle Severus I've never heard you stutter . . . It can't be that bad."
"I saw you and Draco . . ."
"NO . . . please don't go into 'THE TALK' . . . it was bad enough coming from Grandma."
"That's good. I really didn't know what to say."
"Who ever does, but I'm glad I cam down here." Chloe said attacking sever and pulling him into a bear hug.
"Me too." He said slightly startled. All he could think to do was pat the top of Chloe's head. "Make sure the two of you are completely packed. We are going to Diagon Alley tomorrow for you school supplies. You and Draco will have to gather them yourselves; I am needed at the school. I have made these coins into port keys that will activate at 10:30 no matter what . . . they will take you to the alley outside of the ice cream parlor. You should probably start packing.
"Are we coming back here tomorrow night?"
"No I've gotten you two a room at the inn."
"Alright . . . see you at dinner." Chloe said leaving the room. Once upstairs Chloe walked back into her room to find Draco sitting on her window seat reading on of her books.
"How can you read this stuff?" Draco asked, while closing the book.
"I don't anymore . . . that was one of the books my Grandma Walker use to read to me when I was five . . . this might be more interesting." Chloe said replacing the childe book with a book titled The Guide to The Supernatural world and Ghosts, by Denina Gurwich. While Draco examined the book, Chloe began to dig out her trunk, and supplies from Windmore.
"What are you doing?"
"Rearranging . . . I forgot to tell you." Chloe said and proceeded to inform Draco of their plans for tomorrow.
By the time dinner was over it was around 8:30 p.m., and Chloe still hadn't finished packing.
"How can you not be finished?" Draco asked as the two walked slowly back upstairs.
"I'm having a hard time deciding what to bring."
"What do you have packed so far?"
"Um . . ." Chloe hesitated.
"Well?"
"Underwear." Chloe said in a flat tone.
"Oh." Draco said obviously shocked.
"You asked." Chloe said with a laugh, "What do that wear on the weekends?"
"Depends on what house you're in. Most wear muggle clothes with a cloak of some sort. Others wear robes all the time."
"Oh I see." Chloe said walking over to her closet door, "Care to help?"
"Why not." Draco said walking inside the closet.
"How about this?" Chloe asked.
"No go for the black one." Draco said. This went on for a long time until Chloe was almost over packed.
"See you in the morning." Draco said and left to go to his room.
The next morning Chloe walked into the kitchen to see Draco and Severus waiting for her.
"You better hurry . . . we leave in ten minutes." Severus said taking a sip of his coffee.
With a slight squeak Chloe turned and ran from the kitchen towards her bathroom. Ten minutes later Draco and Chloe were standing next to Severus in the very same alley they left from in June.