Chapter 10: The Search For Answers
It was a cool autumn morning, a small mist hovered around the grounds of Hogwarts and the early morning dew was glistening. Everything was at peace, the faint sounds of birds chirping was the only thing that disturbed the early morning silence, that and a dark haired boy slowly walking to the Forbidden Forest. Harry didn't know why he had awoken early that morning but just felt this urge to be near the Forest. He walked along the very edge of the grass, making sure he was far enough away to not be hit by the repelling charm. He was wearing his Order robe and held is wand firmly in his hand. He didn't know what to expect but felt that he needed to be ready. Then something happened, at first it came in split second pictures of people doing something and colors flying all around. Harry tried to concentrate on them, the images became longer and Harry was flying on a broom weaving in and out of people, he could hear screaming and yelling. Just then Harry heard himself, it wasn't Harry riding the broom but someone else. The person's attention turned towards Harry who was face to face with Voldemort. The image began to fade. Harry dropped to his knees and concentrated harder. The person riding the broom was moving towards his position but some one stopped them, the image was breaking up, Harry was now using all his strength to see the image. The person was now on the ground and looked up to see Voldemort say something to Harry. Both Ron and Hermione were standing next to him. Then a bright light blinded the person and with that the image disappeared.
Harry was breathing very hard and his mind was racing, he had to tell Hermione and Ron. He picked himself up and raced towards the castle. Once he was in his common room he knocked hard on both their doors.
"Hermione! Ron! Get up I need to talk to you," He was still catching his breath from running and bent over at the knees. Hermione was the first to open her door. She was tying her robe in place as she stepped into the common room.
"Harry," she yawned. "What's the matter?" she slowly made her way over to the couch and sat down.
"Hang on I want to tell Ron, Ron! Get up!" Harry said beating on his door. A moment later Ron was opening the door and giving Harry the "this better be good" look. Without saying a word, Ron moved to the couch and sat down next to Hermione.
"Now what's going on," Hermione asked again.
"I think I just had a vision of the battle, but I saw it through someone else's eyes not mine. But they were flying and then something happened and they were on the ground and then they looked up and I saw myself standing next to you guys facing Voldemort," this got both Hermion and Ron's attention. "Then a light came out of nowhere," Harry stopped and looked at the two of them. They were both wide eyed and mouths agape.
"And?" Ron said now fully awake.
"That was it," said Harry in a disappointing manner.
"Harry, are you experiencing dizziness or blurred vision?" asked Hermione.
"No not really," said Harry, who was a little confused why Hermione was asking him.
"Well, then it couldn't be your vision. Seers always have some sort of side effect happen to them. Headarches, dizziness, blurred vision or some type of physical thing, because when you experience a vision it takes so much out of you, your body doesn't have the necessary means to replenish all the energy you just spent." Said an anxious Hermione.
"I don't remember Professor Trelawney looking like she felt weird after her prediction during our third year." Harry said trying to understand what he saw.
"Yes but you said she didn't remember even saying her prediction which means she was in a trance, which is different," said Hermione.
"Well if it wasn't my visions, who's was it?" a now troubled Harry asked.
"That's the question, who had the vision and most importantly how were you able to see it?" Hermione said as she looked over to Ron then Harry.
"Who can we talk too?" asked Ron.
"Someone we think didn't have the vision," stated Harry.
"Exactly and I think I know the person we can ask," Hermione said with a frown. "Snape." The two boys looked at her, then looked at each other.
"Isn't there somebody else?" pleaded Harry.
"Afraid not," said Hermione. "Hey we better get going. Meet you guys in the Great Hall." She said as she headed towards her room. Both Harry and Ron also went to their rooms and got ready. They all met down in the Great Hall and continued their conversation.
"Did you recognized what kind of light it was Harry?" Hermione asked as she ate some eggs.
"No, it was nothing I had ever seen before, it was very white and blinding, the one thing I can't figure out is what direction it came from." Harry said after he finished drinking some pumpkin juice.
"Waaif it came from Vod-da-mot," Ron said with his mouth full. Both Harry and Hermione looked at Ron. "Waa?"
"It surprises me some times just how clueless you can be," Hermione said in a flat tone.
"Come on you two let's get to class," laughed Harry. The three made there way up to Julia's class. Julia was not her happy self, she was wearing the dark blue robes, which Harry concluded was her Order robe, and some other more wizarding type of clothes.
"Morning everyone, today we begin your dueling training with Rosie. So lets first move the desks out of the way and line up at the back of the room." She said as she rubbed her eyes. Julia then flicked her wand and the desks began to move to the side of the classroom. The students all lined up in the back. Neville being the first in line took a small step forward.
"Ah Mr. Longbottom, I want you to perform the Petrificus Totalus spell. But I will warn you Rosie will be moving around so this will show how good your aiming ability is," smiled Julia. "Wand at the ready," Neville raised his wand. "Begin!" Rosie took of and started to fly around the room. Neville waited a few moments.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" shouted Neville. The spell clipped Rosie's wing and the spell bounced off and the wall.
"Don't forget Mr. Longbottom if you don't get a good shot, in the spell will come back at you so make sure you protect yourself," instructed Julia who was rubbing her head. Neville took a deep breath then watched Rosie fly around the room again.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he shouted again. He got her square in the chest but the spell came back so fast that Neville didn't have time to react.
"PROTEGO!" shouted Julia pointing her wand at Neville. The spell bounced off the shield and fizzled into the wall. "Reaction time is key, when you're facing an enemy it's not going to be at a dueling club where they warn you. They will keep throwing one spell after another until they get you." Julia was now visibly upset. "Everyone line up, I'm going to deflect spells from Rosie to one of you. Wands at the ready." Everyone was now nervous and pointed their wands at Rosie.
"STUPEFY!" she shouted. The spell bounced off Rosie and headed straight for Draco Malfoy.
"PROTEGO!" He shouted at the last second, the spell was so close it knocked him over. Julia continued like this for the rest of the class, every time people were not moving to her liking she'd immediately shout out another spell.
"Again!" Julia said in a firm voice. "LOCOMOTOR MORTIS" This time the spell was going between Hermione and Seamus.
"PROTEGO MAXIMUS," shouted Hermione. A giant shield now protected the whole group. Everyone was shocked but only one person noticed Julia about to shout out another spell.
"INPEDIMENTA!" shouted Harry pointing his wand at Julia. Julia immediately was slowed down in her action. "Everyone wands at the ready and when I say now we all shout out Protego Maximus," instructed Harry. Everyone now faced Rosie.
"EX-PELLLL-IARR-MMMUSSS MAAAXXIIIMMUSSS!" Julia said in slow motion. The spell slowly made it's way to Rosie.
"Once it hits Rosie it will come back into real time so be ready," Harry said in a commanding voice. The spell was moving close, people began to get restless.
"Hold your position," said Hermione in a more tender voice. The spell was just mere inches from hitting Rosie.
"Aim for the birds chest," Draco added.
"Ready," said Harry. He wanted to wait one more second. "NOW!"
"PROTEGO MAXIMUS!" shouted the group. A bigger and stronger shield was covering the group and just in time, the Expeliarmus Maximus spell hit the shield hard. After a few seconds it died out. They all looked at each other with a sense of accomplishment. For the first time that year the four houses came together and this act did not go unnoticed, a clapping from the doorway could be heard and Professor Dumbledore step into the classroom.
"Well, done!" he said with a wide smile. He looked over at Julia and flicked his wand and she returned to normal speed. "That was marvelous, 20 points to each house. Now I believe its time for you to be on your way to the next class." The students began to pack up and just before Harry, Ron and Hermione walked out the door Julia called out.
"Hey you three," they turned to face her. "Good job," she smiled at them. They all continued to walk out the door and once they were around the corner Hermione stopped both of them and put her finger to her lips to indicate for them to be quite. The voice of Dumbledore and Julia could still be heard.
"You can't push them that hard yet, they don't understand your reasoning for it," said a calm Dumbledore.
"Everyday we don't train them is another student we could lose," an upset Julia said.br> "I know you're upset from the vision—"
"Upset! Albus if I can't figure out what I'm suppose to do, he could die." Julia's voice began to rise. The trio all looked at each other, Hermione signaled for them to leave. They all continued to creep down the floor until they felt far enough away to start walking.
"Well now we know who had the vision." Hermione said. They stood there for a moment in silence.
"Hey I've got get to the other side of the castle. Let's talk at lunch," Ron said as he started speed walking away from the other two. Harry and Hermione began to walk towards Transfigurations, when Hermione stopped dead in her tracks.
"What is it?" asked Harry.
"Muggle Studies isn't on the other side of the castle?" Hermione gave Harry a funny look.
"We'll watch which direction he goes to at lunch, we're gonna be late." Harry said while at the same time grabbing Hermione's hand instinctively. It wasn't until they were just outside the door that he realized he was still holding her hand. He slowly let go of it and entered the class, wishing that he had the guts to ask Hermione if she liked him. They still had not talked about Hermione kissing Harry and he didn't want to push her especially since they just started talking again, but he knew at some point they were going to talk. Transfiguration felt longer then Julia's class but Harry was doing quite well in the class since he was having extra lessons with Professor McGonagall. Ron sat across from Harry and Hermione at lunch. The three discussed what they heard earlier.
"So its Julia who is having the visions,' whispered Hermione.
"But how can I see them," Asked Harry who took a bit of food after.
"Could she be in your head some how without you knowing, ya know like You- Know-Who?" added Ron.
"That could be it, I do have a feeling she didn't mean for you to see that vision. But if she is in your head without you knowing then she's reached one of the highest levels of Occlumency someone can achieve. But why would she do it?" a still whispering Hermione asked. Harry had gone quiet. In all the rush he had forgotten the one thing that Julia said that made a difference.
"Albus if I can't figure out what I'm suppose to do, he could die," the words echoed in Harry's mind. How was Julia so closely involved with his fight against Voldemort and what was she supposed to do the night of the battle. Harry's thoughts then drifted towards what the Sorting Hat said at Grimmauld Place.
"Harry you okay?" asked a concerned Hermione.
"I'm just thinking about what Julia said," Harry said with a sad expression.
"Don't worry about that mate. It's not going to happen." Ron said in an attempted to cheer his friend up. "We better be off, I'll see you guys at Hagrid's later on," Ron said grabbing one more piece of food as he got up to leave. Hermione and Harry both waited a moment then slowly followed him to see which direction he was going in.
"It looks like he's actually going to Muggle Studies this time," said Harry looking at Hermione.
"We'll try to follow him after the next Defense class," suggested Hermione as they started to head for potions. Snape hadn't been as hard on Harry as he usually was, the lessons he took over the summer were helping him in class, but Harry didn't think that was it. Deep down Harry knew that Snape was grateful for his help in aiding the Slytherins in hiding. But Harry also knew Snape would never show him any appreciation. Once class was over Harry and Hermione slowly made their way up to his desk.
"Professor Snape?" Harry said in his most polite tone.
"What is it Potter I haven't got all day," snapped Snape in his usual fashion.
"Sir I have a question about Occlumency?" said Harry.
"You're taking lessons with the Headmaster, not me Potter, ask him," Snape said.
"I know Sir, but I much rather ask you," Harry couldn't believe what he was saying. Of course he'd rather ask Dumbledore but if he did, Dumbledore might alert Julia and Harry wanted to know what was going on before the adults tried to hide it.
"My my, this is a historic occasion. Well go one Mr. Potter," Snape was now completely loving watching Harry ask for his help.
"Umm, okay. Can someone be in your head with out you knowing it? Meaning you go about your daily business with out knowing they're there," Harry blurted out.
"I suppose there are a handful of people in the world who have achieved such a level. Why do you ask?" Snape was now more curious about what it was Harry was trying to say.
"Well, say a person did have this ability, if they also happened to be a seer, could the person who's head they're in see the vision too with out experiencing any of the side effects?" Harry couldn't read what was going through Snape's head. Either he thought Harry was a complete nutter or Harry just stumbled upon something he wasn't supposed to know, like everything else in his life. Snape just looked at him for another moment, and then looked down.
"Let me look into this Potter, I want to make sure I don't lead you down the wrong path. But I must say if anyone was in someone else's head and not controlling it then it must be for that persons protection." Said Snape now in a softer manner.
"Protecting them . . . from what sir?" said Harry, not understanding what Snape meant.
"Most likely from someone else who can control minds," Snape said in a blunt fashion. "If I were you Potter I'd focus on figuring out what the sorting hat meant, by the power the you-know-who knows not and not dwell on this any longer." Snape said as he rose from his desk. Harry and Hermione followed his lead and walked out of the classroom.
"He's right we haven't spent any time on looking up what the sorting hat meant," said Hermione scolding herself.
"What was it the hat said," Harry asked.
"Love of a family, love of a friend, and the undying love of another," said Hermione.
"Well there's already a problem," Harry said sadly.
"What?" A confused Hermione asked.
"I don't have any family members, that love me, left?"
It was a cool autumn morning, a small mist hovered around the grounds of Hogwarts and the early morning dew was glistening. Everything was at peace, the faint sounds of birds chirping was the only thing that disturbed the early morning silence, that and a dark haired boy slowly walking to the Forbidden Forest. Harry didn't know why he had awoken early that morning but just felt this urge to be near the Forest. He walked along the very edge of the grass, making sure he was far enough away to not be hit by the repelling charm. He was wearing his Order robe and held is wand firmly in his hand. He didn't know what to expect but felt that he needed to be ready. Then something happened, at first it came in split second pictures of people doing something and colors flying all around. Harry tried to concentrate on them, the images became longer and Harry was flying on a broom weaving in and out of people, he could hear screaming and yelling. Just then Harry heard himself, it wasn't Harry riding the broom but someone else. The person's attention turned towards Harry who was face to face with Voldemort. The image began to fade. Harry dropped to his knees and concentrated harder. The person riding the broom was moving towards his position but some one stopped them, the image was breaking up, Harry was now using all his strength to see the image. The person was now on the ground and looked up to see Voldemort say something to Harry. Both Ron and Hermione were standing next to him. Then a bright light blinded the person and with that the image disappeared.
Harry was breathing very hard and his mind was racing, he had to tell Hermione and Ron. He picked himself up and raced towards the castle. Once he was in his common room he knocked hard on both their doors.
"Hermione! Ron! Get up I need to talk to you," He was still catching his breath from running and bent over at the knees. Hermione was the first to open her door. She was tying her robe in place as she stepped into the common room.
"Harry," she yawned. "What's the matter?" she slowly made her way over to the couch and sat down.
"Hang on I want to tell Ron, Ron! Get up!" Harry said beating on his door. A moment later Ron was opening the door and giving Harry the "this better be good" look. Without saying a word, Ron moved to the couch and sat down next to Hermione.
"Now what's going on," Hermione asked again.
"I think I just had a vision of the battle, but I saw it through someone else's eyes not mine. But they were flying and then something happened and they were on the ground and then they looked up and I saw myself standing next to you guys facing Voldemort," this got both Hermion and Ron's attention. "Then a light came out of nowhere," Harry stopped and looked at the two of them. They were both wide eyed and mouths agape.
"And?" Ron said now fully awake.
"That was it," said Harry in a disappointing manner.
"Harry, are you experiencing dizziness or blurred vision?" asked Hermione.
"No not really," said Harry, who was a little confused why Hermione was asking him.
"Well, then it couldn't be your vision. Seers always have some sort of side effect happen to them. Headarches, dizziness, blurred vision or some type of physical thing, because when you experience a vision it takes so much out of you, your body doesn't have the necessary means to replenish all the energy you just spent." Said an anxious Hermione.
"I don't remember Professor Trelawney looking like she felt weird after her prediction during our third year." Harry said trying to understand what he saw.
"Yes but you said she didn't remember even saying her prediction which means she was in a trance, which is different," said Hermione.
"Well if it wasn't my visions, who's was it?" a now troubled Harry asked.
"That's the question, who had the vision and most importantly how were you able to see it?" Hermione said as she looked over to Ron then Harry.
"Who can we talk too?" asked Ron.
"Someone we think didn't have the vision," stated Harry.
"Exactly and I think I know the person we can ask," Hermione said with a frown. "Snape." The two boys looked at her, then looked at each other.
"Isn't there somebody else?" pleaded Harry.
"Afraid not," said Hermione. "Hey we better get going. Meet you guys in the Great Hall." She said as she headed towards her room. Both Harry and Ron also went to their rooms and got ready. They all met down in the Great Hall and continued their conversation.
"Did you recognized what kind of light it was Harry?" Hermione asked as she ate some eggs.
"No, it was nothing I had ever seen before, it was very white and blinding, the one thing I can't figure out is what direction it came from." Harry said after he finished drinking some pumpkin juice.
"Waaif it came from Vod-da-mot," Ron said with his mouth full. Both Harry and Hermione looked at Ron. "Waa?"
"It surprises me some times just how clueless you can be," Hermione said in a flat tone.
"Come on you two let's get to class," laughed Harry. The three made there way up to Julia's class. Julia was not her happy self, she was wearing the dark blue robes, which Harry concluded was her Order robe, and some other more wizarding type of clothes.
"Morning everyone, today we begin your dueling training with Rosie. So lets first move the desks out of the way and line up at the back of the room." She said as she rubbed her eyes. Julia then flicked her wand and the desks began to move to the side of the classroom. The students all lined up in the back. Neville being the first in line took a small step forward.
"Ah Mr. Longbottom, I want you to perform the Petrificus Totalus spell. But I will warn you Rosie will be moving around so this will show how good your aiming ability is," smiled Julia. "Wand at the ready," Neville raised his wand. "Begin!" Rosie took of and started to fly around the room. Neville waited a few moments.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" shouted Neville. The spell clipped Rosie's wing and the spell bounced off and the wall.
"Don't forget Mr. Longbottom if you don't get a good shot, in the spell will come back at you so make sure you protect yourself," instructed Julia who was rubbing her head. Neville took a deep breath then watched Rosie fly around the room again.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he shouted again. He got her square in the chest but the spell came back so fast that Neville didn't have time to react.
"PROTEGO!" shouted Julia pointing her wand at Neville. The spell bounced off the shield and fizzled into the wall. "Reaction time is key, when you're facing an enemy it's not going to be at a dueling club where they warn you. They will keep throwing one spell after another until they get you." Julia was now visibly upset. "Everyone line up, I'm going to deflect spells from Rosie to one of you. Wands at the ready." Everyone was now nervous and pointed their wands at Rosie.
"STUPEFY!" she shouted. The spell bounced off Rosie and headed straight for Draco Malfoy.
"PROTEGO!" He shouted at the last second, the spell was so close it knocked him over. Julia continued like this for the rest of the class, every time people were not moving to her liking she'd immediately shout out another spell.
"Again!" Julia said in a firm voice. "LOCOMOTOR MORTIS" This time the spell was going between Hermione and Seamus.
"PROTEGO MAXIMUS," shouted Hermione. A giant shield now protected the whole group. Everyone was shocked but only one person noticed Julia about to shout out another spell.
"INPEDIMENTA!" shouted Harry pointing his wand at Julia. Julia immediately was slowed down in her action. "Everyone wands at the ready and when I say now we all shout out Protego Maximus," instructed Harry. Everyone now faced Rosie.
"EX-PELLLL-IARR-MMMUSSS MAAAXXIIIMMUSSS!" Julia said in slow motion. The spell slowly made it's way to Rosie.
"Once it hits Rosie it will come back into real time so be ready," Harry said in a commanding voice. The spell was moving close, people began to get restless.
"Hold your position," said Hermione in a more tender voice. The spell was just mere inches from hitting Rosie.
"Aim for the birds chest," Draco added.
"Ready," said Harry. He wanted to wait one more second. "NOW!"
"PROTEGO MAXIMUS!" shouted the group. A bigger and stronger shield was covering the group and just in time, the Expeliarmus Maximus spell hit the shield hard. After a few seconds it died out. They all looked at each other with a sense of accomplishment. For the first time that year the four houses came together and this act did not go unnoticed, a clapping from the doorway could be heard and Professor Dumbledore step into the classroom.
"Well, done!" he said with a wide smile. He looked over at Julia and flicked his wand and she returned to normal speed. "That was marvelous, 20 points to each house. Now I believe its time for you to be on your way to the next class." The students began to pack up and just before Harry, Ron and Hermione walked out the door Julia called out.
"Hey you three," they turned to face her. "Good job," she smiled at them. They all continued to walk out the door and once they were around the corner Hermione stopped both of them and put her finger to her lips to indicate for them to be quite. The voice of Dumbledore and Julia could still be heard.
"You can't push them that hard yet, they don't understand your reasoning for it," said a calm Dumbledore.
"Everyday we don't train them is another student we could lose," an upset Julia said.br> "I know you're upset from the vision—"
"Upset! Albus if I can't figure out what I'm suppose to do, he could die." Julia's voice began to rise. The trio all looked at each other, Hermione signaled for them to leave. They all continued to creep down the floor until they felt far enough away to start walking.
"Well now we know who had the vision." Hermione said. They stood there for a moment in silence.
"Hey I've got get to the other side of the castle. Let's talk at lunch," Ron said as he started speed walking away from the other two. Harry and Hermione began to walk towards Transfigurations, when Hermione stopped dead in her tracks.
"What is it?" asked Harry.
"Muggle Studies isn't on the other side of the castle?" Hermione gave Harry a funny look.
"We'll watch which direction he goes to at lunch, we're gonna be late." Harry said while at the same time grabbing Hermione's hand instinctively. It wasn't until they were just outside the door that he realized he was still holding her hand. He slowly let go of it and entered the class, wishing that he had the guts to ask Hermione if she liked him. They still had not talked about Hermione kissing Harry and he didn't want to push her especially since they just started talking again, but he knew at some point they were going to talk. Transfiguration felt longer then Julia's class but Harry was doing quite well in the class since he was having extra lessons with Professor McGonagall. Ron sat across from Harry and Hermione at lunch. The three discussed what they heard earlier.
"So its Julia who is having the visions,' whispered Hermione.
"But how can I see them," Asked Harry who took a bit of food after.
"Could she be in your head some how without you knowing, ya know like You- Know-Who?" added Ron.
"That could be it, I do have a feeling she didn't mean for you to see that vision. But if she is in your head without you knowing then she's reached one of the highest levels of Occlumency someone can achieve. But why would she do it?" a still whispering Hermione asked. Harry had gone quiet. In all the rush he had forgotten the one thing that Julia said that made a difference.
"Albus if I can't figure out what I'm suppose to do, he could die," the words echoed in Harry's mind. How was Julia so closely involved with his fight against Voldemort and what was she supposed to do the night of the battle. Harry's thoughts then drifted towards what the Sorting Hat said at Grimmauld Place.
"Harry you okay?" asked a concerned Hermione.
"I'm just thinking about what Julia said," Harry said with a sad expression.
"Don't worry about that mate. It's not going to happen." Ron said in an attempted to cheer his friend up. "We better be off, I'll see you guys at Hagrid's later on," Ron said grabbing one more piece of food as he got up to leave. Hermione and Harry both waited a moment then slowly followed him to see which direction he was going in.
"It looks like he's actually going to Muggle Studies this time," said Harry looking at Hermione.
"We'll try to follow him after the next Defense class," suggested Hermione as they started to head for potions. Snape hadn't been as hard on Harry as he usually was, the lessons he took over the summer were helping him in class, but Harry didn't think that was it. Deep down Harry knew that Snape was grateful for his help in aiding the Slytherins in hiding. But Harry also knew Snape would never show him any appreciation. Once class was over Harry and Hermione slowly made their way up to his desk.
"Professor Snape?" Harry said in his most polite tone.
"What is it Potter I haven't got all day," snapped Snape in his usual fashion.
"Sir I have a question about Occlumency?" said Harry.
"You're taking lessons with the Headmaster, not me Potter, ask him," Snape said.
"I know Sir, but I much rather ask you," Harry couldn't believe what he was saying. Of course he'd rather ask Dumbledore but if he did, Dumbledore might alert Julia and Harry wanted to know what was going on before the adults tried to hide it.
"My my, this is a historic occasion. Well go one Mr. Potter," Snape was now completely loving watching Harry ask for his help.
"Umm, okay. Can someone be in your head with out you knowing it? Meaning you go about your daily business with out knowing they're there," Harry blurted out.
"I suppose there are a handful of people in the world who have achieved such a level. Why do you ask?" Snape was now more curious about what it was Harry was trying to say.
"Well, say a person did have this ability, if they also happened to be a seer, could the person who's head they're in see the vision too with out experiencing any of the side effects?" Harry couldn't read what was going through Snape's head. Either he thought Harry was a complete nutter or Harry just stumbled upon something he wasn't supposed to know, like everything else in his life. Snape just looked at him for another moment, and then looked down.
"Let me look into this Potter, I want to make sure I don't lead you down the wrong path. But I must say if anyone was in someone else's head and not controlling it then it must be for that persons protection." Said Snape now in a softer manner.
"Protecting them . . . from what sir?" said Harry, not understanding what Snape meant.
"Most likely from someone else who can control minds," Snape said in a blunt fashion. "If I were you Potter I'd focus on figuring out what the sorting hat meant, by the power the you-know-who knows not and not dwell on this any longer." Snape said as he rose from his desk. Harry and Hermione followed his lead and walked out of the classroom.
"He's right we haven't spent any time on looking up what the sorting hat meant," said Hermione scolding herself.
"What was it the hat said," Harry asked.
"Love of a family, love of a friend, and the undying love of another," said Hermione.
"Well there's already a problem," Harry said sadly.
"What?" A confused Hermione asked.
"I don't have any family members, that love me, left?"