"A Child's Hope" by Canopus Carina
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Key: "speech" 'thought' /emphasis/
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter or Severitus Challenge.
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Everyone reading, please read the paragraphs after the story.
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Chapter Three: Findings
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It wasn't until Harry was deep into a forest outside the city that he stopped, knowing that the Death Eater would never know the scenery here like he himself did. This was his territory, knew it like the back of his hand. Just standing there, away from danger, reminded Harry of his times in the forest, hiding from Dudley... and the time he ran away from home. This was his sanctuary and knew many of the animals here... they would help if someone came in...
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"Ron! Answer the stupid stone! Where are you?"
"Is that you, Harry?" Ron's voice said from the blue stone.
"No, it's Snape!" Harry said sarcastically, "Who else would I be? Hermione is the only one that can use these other than you and me, and do I sound like Hermione? And isn't she over at your house?"
"She's here; I just wanted to make sure. For all I know, it could have been a Death Eater getting into the system."
"Ron, think about this, Hermione made sure only the three stones she made are connected and that no one could change that. Has Hermione ever been wrong on something that academic?"
"Well... no, but she's the one that started spew."
"It's not /spew/, Ron," Hermione's voice said, probably coming through her stone, "its /S.P.E.W. /"
"What would I do without you guys?"
"Be incredibly bored," Ron suggested.
"Or not get all of your homework in?" Hermione put in, "the OWL scores are coming soon."
"Well, before you two start talking about OWL scores, I have to tell you something," Harry interrupted, "I'm in a forest outside the city."
"Why are you there?"
"Remus and Moody were there, but they weren't the real ones, they were Death Eaters!"
"What did you do, Harry?" He could actually see Hermione's face as she said that.
"I ran into my sanctuary, you know, the forest. I'll probably stay here until I know that the Death Eater is gone."
"Be careful, Harry."
"Don't worry, Hermione, I'll be fine. I stayed in here when I was younger and I know some animals here that won't like the Death Eaters to come in. Wait what was that?"
Above Harry's head, a small family-like group of sparrows flew out of the tree toward the snapping sound from before. The next thing he knew, a pain filled cry filled the air with the many angry chirps of birds.
"Harry, what was that? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Hermione, and that was a sparrow attack on the Death Eaters. I have to go."
He quickly cut off the connection and ran as fast as he could since he knew the Death Eater had seen, or heard, him. Sure enough, he could hear footfalls from behind him, gaining up on their prey. Harry continued wondering why they didn't send curses or even hexes his way, but he didn't really want to go into the mind of a Death Eater at that moment.
"Harry!" the voice of Remus called from in front of him. That was strange because he thought that the Death Eater that impersonated Remus ran, believing his whole 'full moon' idea.
"Impedimenta!" Harry screamed, pointing his wand behind him. But the footfalls continued to follow him, so he knew he missed.
"Stupefy!" the Death Eater behind him called, telling Harry that they were now going to send magic to help them since Harry was too fast for them. He sent a few curses behind him, but unfortunately they all missed since he was more worried about running without tripping on some tree root.
Run... jump... run... dodge... run... It was a continuous routine, never ending the circle it created. Harry was so caught up in just running from the Death Eater that he didn't look in front of him, resulting in colliding with /Lupin/.
"Get away from me!" Harry screamed at the impersonator, backing away. It was then that he noticed that he was surrounded; /Lupin/ on one side and the unrecognized Death Eater on the other. "How is it that you didn't change back?" He asked /Lupin/.
'The potion should have worn off by now. But he probably just took another dose.'
"Change back? What are you talking about, Harry?" /Lupin/ asked
"Don't play dumb with me, Death Eater, I know that you just took Remus' hair and used it for Polyjuice Potion!"
"That's madness!" It was then that another /Lupin/ came up behind the unrecognizable Death Eater.
Harry looked between /Lupin/ (#1) across from the Death Eater, and /Lupin/ (#2) that was behind the Death Eater. His subconscious was telling him to choose /Lupin/ #1, but he knew that he should come up with a question, just in case they were both Death Eaters.
"Why don't you make loud noises in the Order's Headquarters?" Harry asked, motioning them to answer him but making sure he doesn't loose sight of either of them.
"Well..." /Lupin/ #2 started, "that way Death Eaters can't hear where you are."
"That's easy; the portrait will start screaming," /Lupin/ #1 answered, "it takes awhile to get the cover over her. The building might be sound proof, but her screaming is annoying."
"Sorry I thought you were a Death Eater, Moony," Harry said quickly while running away from the two Death Eaters.
"You should have some code word that your friends say if you are ever in that predicament. The Dark Lord will probably go after them first, trying to get you out of the castle."
"We already do."
"It seems that you are growing to be a smart lad."
"Are you saying that I wasn't smart in the first place?"
"You wouldn't think before," a silky voice said from behind them, "you would just run into trouble."
Harry quickly turned around and pointed his wand at Professor Snape, not knowing why he was there.
"Don't worry, Harry, Severus is with me."
Raising a questioning eyebrow to his Potions Professor, Harry stayed silent. They continued to run, not knowing when to stop. Apparation would take too long since they had to make sure Harry was coming also and they didn't think that brooms would be fast enough, even if they had them with them.
"What do we do now?" Remus asked.
"Follow me," Harry answered, "I know of an area where the Death Eaters wouldn't want to go. I don't know why I didn't go there in the first place."
"Because you're an idiot," was all Severus said as they ran toward the main city.
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Question for Chapter Four: The Death Eaters disobey their orders from Voldemort and decide to fight the unlikely trio. How is it that the Aurors new to go to Surrey (five points) and what are a few things that the Death Eaters say when they are captured (five points)? Make sure you write your House in the review unless you have reviewed before. I have a chart of each review so I know who is in which house.
Houses: If you don't know what house you should be in, I found a sorting that actually has questions that matter (unlike harrypotter.com). I have the web address on my bio, its really good!
Voting: In your review, please tell me whether or not you want Draco to go to the side of good.
Responses:
Elfmoon87: Hey, sorry you couldn't read chapter two before, but you should be able to now. Do you know about the questions? If not, email me and I'll be happy to help you, just put story in the 'subject' part so I don't delete it.
Anora: What do you need help on? As I said to Elfmoon87, email me and I'll be happy to help you, just put story in the 'subject' part so I don't delete it. You should do the question also, help your house since it is really close anyway.
Tropic: Of course Draco will be like that, just give him time (I have it planned for seventh year or during the summer after sixth). Anyway, what house are you in? Are you planning to answer the questions to help your house?
Dragonbrat: I thought that this was an easy question, and you prove me right, or maybe its just a Ravenclaw trait. Five points to the new Ravenclaw!
Lady Lightning: I'm sorry, but she doesn't talk about Sirius. Try again for this chapter, you might get lucky.
Tenshin-Chikyuu: Draco will switch sides in seventh year or during the summer after sixth. Anyway, what house are you in? Are you planning to answer the questions to help your house?
Vessel of Darkness: Hello newcomer (or better yet, hello again ArisReagan)! Of course Hermione is talking about OWL's, why wouldn't she? Five points to Slytherin!
Jedi-master-farah: I love bugging reviews out of you! It's so fun! Anyway, as you have read, you are correct on the question. Five points to Gryffindor! Hope you like this chapter, too.
Score: Okay, is it just me, or is this going to be a tie for the whole story? Anyway, every house has twenty-five points. Where are my other readers? Seven people from the first one didn't review... sob.
Canopus: Is Harry really an idiot in my story? Personally, I don't think so, but this is Snape we're talking about. Anyway, I'm trying to write as many chapters I can before school starts, that way I won't have to take two weeks when I have a busy schedule.
Contact: If you want me to send you a notice when I update the story, please put your email address on a review. Anyone who wants to talk, whether it's just a 'hi' or you don't understand something, my AIM is K091288.
If you want me to email you when the new chapter is up, please tell me in a review. I'll be happy to.
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Key: "speech" 'thought' /emphasis/
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter or Severitus Challenge.
* * * * *
Everyone reading, please read the paragraphs after the story.
* * * * *
Chapter Three: Findings
* * * * *
It wasn't until Harry was deep into a forest outside the city that he stopped, knowing that the Death Eater would never know the scenery here like he himself did. This was his territory, knew it like the back of his hand. Just standing there, away from danger, reminded Harry of his times in the forest, hiding from Dudley... and the time he ran away from home. This was his sanctuary and knew many of the animals here... they would help if someone came in...
* * * * *
"Ron! Answer the stupid stone! Where are you?"
"Is that you, Harry?" Ron's voice said from the blue stone.
"No, it's Snape!" Harry said sarcastically, "Who else would I be? Hermione is the only one that can use these other than you and me, and do I sound like Hermione? And isn't she over at your house?"
"She's here; I just wanted to make sure. For all I know, it could have been a Death Eater getting into the system."
"Ron, think about this, Hermione made sure only the three stones she made are connected and that no one could change that. Has Hermione ever been wrong on something that academic?"
"Well... no, but she's the one that started spew."
"It's not /spew/, Ron," Hermione's voice said, probably coming through her stone, "its /S.P.E.W. /"
"What would I do without you guys?"
"Be incredibly bored," Ron suggested.
"Or not get all of your homework in?" Hermione put in, "the OWL scores are coming soon."
"Well, before you two start talking about OWL scores, I have to tell you something," Harry interrupted, "I'm in a forest outside the city."
"Why are you there?"
"Remus and Moody were there, but they weren't the real ones, they were Death Eaters!"
"What did you do, Harry?" He could actually see Hermione's face as she said that.
"I ran into my sanctuary, you know, the forest. I'll probably stay here until I know that the Death Eater is gone."
"Be careful, Harry."
"Don't worry, Hermione, I'll be fine. I stayed in here when I was younger and I know some animals here that won't like the Death Eaters to come in. Wait what was that?"
Above Harry's head, a small family-like group of sparrows flew out of the tree toward the snapping sound from before. The next thing he knew, a pain filled cry filled the air with the many angry chirps of birds.
"Harry, what was that? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Hermione, and that was a sparrow attack on the Death Eaters. I have to go."
He quickly cut off the connection and ran as fast as he could since he knew the Death Eater had seen, or heard, him. Sure enough, he could hear footfalls from behind him, gaining up on their prey. Harry continued wondering why they didn't send curses or even hexes his way, but he didn't really want to go into the mind of a Death Eater at that moment.
"Harry!" the voice of Remus called from in front of him. That was strange because he thought that the Death Eater that impersonated Remus ran, believing his whole 'full moon' idea.
"Impedimenta!" Harry screamed, pointing his wand behind him. But the footfalls continued to follow him, so he knew he missed.
"Stupefy!" the Death Eater behind him called, telling Harry that they were now going to send magic to help them since Harry was too fast for them. He sent a few curses behind him, but unfortunately they all missed since he was more worried about running without tripping on some tree root.
Run... jump... run... dodge... run... It was a continuous routine, never ending the circle it created. Harry was so caught up in just running from the Death Eater that he didn't look in front of him, resulting in colliding with /Lupin/.
"Get away from me!" Harry screamed at the impersonator, backing away. It was then that he noticed that he was surrounded; /Lupin/ on one side and the unrecognized Death Eater on the other. "How is it that you didn't change back?" He asked /Lupin/.
'The potion should have worn off by now. But he probably just took another dose.'
"Change back? What are you talking about, Harry?" /Lupin/ asked
"Don't play dumb with me, Death Eater, I know that you just took Remus' hair and used it for Polyjuice Potion!"
"That's madness!" It was then that another /Lupin/ came up behind the unrecognizable Death Eater.
Harry looked between /Lupin/ (#1) across from the Death Eater, and /Lupin/ (#2) that was behind the Death Eater. His subconscious was telling him to choose /Lupin/ #1, but he knew that he should come up with a question, just in case they were both Death Eaters.
"Why don't you make loud noises in the Order's Headquarters?" Harry asked, motioning them to answer him but making sure he doesn't loose sight of either of them.
"Well..." /Lupin/ #2 started, "that way Death Eaters can't hear where you are."
"That's easy; the portrait will start screaming," /Lupin/ #1 answered, "it takes awhile to get the cover over her. The building might be sound proof, but her screaming is annoying."
"Sorry I thought you were a Death Eater, Moony," Harry said quickly while running away from the two Death Eaters.
"You should have some code word that your friends say if you are ever in that predicament. The Dark Lord will probably go after them first, trying to get you out of the castle."
"We already do."
"It seems that you are growing to be a smart lad."
"Are you saying that I wasn't smart in the first place?"
"You wouldn't think before," a silky voice said from behind them, "you would just run into trouble."
Harry quickly turned around and pointed his wand at Professor Snape, not knowing why he was there.
"Don't worry, Harry, Severus is with me."
Raising a questioning eyebrow to his Potions Professor, Harry stayed silent. They continued to run, not knowing when to stop. Apparation would take too long since they had to make sure Harry was coming also and they didn't think that brooms would be fast enough, even if they had them with them.
"What do we do now?" Remus asked.
"Follow me," Harry answered, "I know of an area where the Death Eaters wouldn't want to go. I don't know why I didn't go there in the first place."
"Because you're an idiot," was all Severus said as they ran toward the main city.
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Question for Chapter Four: The Death Eaters disobey their orders from Voldemort and decide to fight the unlikely trio. How is it that the Aurors new to go to Surrey (five points) and what are a few things that the Death Eaters say when they are captured (five points)? Make sure you write your House in the review unless you have reviewed before. I have a chart of each review so I know who is in which house.
Houses: If you don't know what house you should be in, I found a sorting that actually has questions that matter (unlike harrypotter.com). I have the web address on my bio, its really good!
Voting: In your review, please tell me whether or not you want Draco to go to the side of good.
Responses:
Elfmoon87: Hey, sorry you couldn't read chapter two before, but you should be able to now. Do you know about the questions? If not, email me and I'll be happy to help you, just put story in the 'subject' part so I don't delete it.
Anora: What do you need help on? As I said to Elfmoon87, email me and I'll be happy to help you, just put story in the 'subject' part so I don't delete it. You should do the question also, help your house since it is really close anyway.
Tropic: Of course Draco will be like that, just give him time (I have it planned for seventh year or during the summer after sixth). Anyway, what house are you in? Are you planning to answer the questions to help your house?
Dragonbrat: I thought that this was an easy question, and you prove me right, or maybe its just a Ravenclaw trait. Five points to the new Ravenclaw!
Lady Lightning: I'm sorry, but she doesn't talk about Sirius. Try again for this chapter, you might get lucky.
Tenshin-Chikyuu: Draco will switch sides in seventh year or during the summer after sixth. Anyway, what house are you in? Are you planning to answer the questions to help your house?
Vessel of Darkness: Hello newcomer (or better yet, hello again ArisReagan)! Of course Hermione is talking about OWL's, why wouldn't she? Five points to Slytherin!
Jedi-master-farah: I love bugging reviews out of you! It's so fun! Anyway, as you have read, you are correct on the question. Five points to Gryffindor! Hope you like this chapter, too.
Score: Okay, is it just me, or is this going to be a tie for the whole story? Anyway, every house has twenty-five points. Where are my other readers? Seven people from the first one didn't review... sob.
Canopus: Is Harry really an idiot in my story? Personally, I don't think so, but this is Snape we're talking about. Anyway, I'm trying to write as many chapters I can before school starts, that way I won't have to take two weeks when I have a busy schedule.
Contact: If you want me to send you a notice when I update the story, please put your email address on a review. Anyone who wants to talk, whether it's just a 'hi' or you don't understand something, my AIM is K091288.
If you want me to email you when the new chapter is up, please tell me in a review. I'll be happy to.