"A Child's Hope" by Canopus Carina
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Key: "speech" 'thought' /emphasis/ *parceltongue* ~Letter~
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Severitus Challenge.
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Chapter Eighteen: More Reactions
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"What?" Severus asked fearfully. Was it that Draco took the Mark and now wanted him to stop Voldemort from ruining his life even more? Draco knew that he was a "Death Eater" when he was near Voldemort, but he was really a spy for Dumbledore. Was Draco going to turn him in?
"Lucius, as I will never call him Father again, broke out of Azkaban yesterday when Voldemort took the dementors out. I was home when he came and without saying anything, he portkeyed me to the Dark Manor! He kept saying something about me finally getting what I was wishing for or something like that, he was mad! Severus you have to help me!"
"Calm down," Severus said softly, while in truth, he was trying to calm down himself. His little dragon, the one Narcissa begged him to watch over, was now in the trouble he himself never wanted but was stuck in. His godson forced with the Mark just like he was...
"How can I calm down?" Draco yelled out, starting to uncharacteristically shiver at the thought of Death Eaters and Voldemort coming to get him. He was stuck in his own thoughts, not seeing the pained look on his godfather's face, not knowing that he wasn't the only one stuck in thoughts. "My /Father/," he spit out as if it were poison, "wanted me to get the Mark! What am I suppose to do? The only reason why I don't have the damned mark on my arm right now is because of a stupid Death Eater that though he could get into the Dark Lord's good book if he found Potter's position."
"You mean you don't have the Mark?" Severus asked, allowing the breath he didn't know he was holding release in relief. 'He didn't have the Mark.' The pleasant thought crossing through his mind, relaxing the tense muscles since Draco's appearance. "But then why are you so afraid?"
"Lucius will come back, I know he will."
'It was true' Severus realized, 'he wouldn't want his only son not become a Death Eater. The sniveling fool, he needs to get the Dark Lord to trust him so he gives his only son to the bastard?!? It was true, there are some people who should never have become parents.'
"Draco, listen to me," Severus said softly, cupping Draco's chin in his hand so that the child would look at him, "I don't know how much my word truly means to anyone, but I promise that I won't allow Lucius to take you to Voldemort, I swear to you. It is criminal what he did and I won't stand for it. Your mother, whom I assume you still care for, always told me that if anything happened to them, that I should care for you. Lucius is clearly not good enough to be a parent, and your mother will have a heck of a time trying to keep him under control that she won't have much time for you. If you will let me, I hope you will stay with me."
Draco looked up to the one that he had always gone to when he had a problem. The one that always had the correct answer to his problems and the one who trusted him properly. He knew what his godfather did other than teaching, heck, he knew right from the start when Lucius started telling him that he was to become a Death Eater. This was his chance of understanding, his chance of someone to love him. Something he knew wouldn't happen from his real father.
"But what about Mother?" he asked fearfully. He might hate his /Father/, but his mother was totally a different story, he still loved her as he knew she still cared for him. She might have allowed this monstrous scene occur, but it was because she was afraid of Lucius and what he might do.
"She's a strong girl, she'll know what to do," Severus said calmly, understanding the fear in Draco's voice, "If it's too hard on her, she could live here."
Draco smiled at these words, and Severus knew that it was a genuine smile that many people never got to see because of his father. Narcissa, as he had said, was strong and he doubted that she would start living in Hogwarts in fear of being found by her husband. But there was a problem he had to tell, Harry...
"Ah, Draco, there is something that you have to know though," Severus started, not knowing how he was going to tell his godson the truth. He himself just got over the fact that the Boy-Who-Lived was really his son, his flesh and blood.
"You're not going to tell me to leave you alone are you?" Draco asked, looking Severus straight into the eye, wanting the full truth.
"Of course not, but there is something that you have to know," he began again. He found that he couldn't say it, the two children were enemies from the time they met each other. If he was to ever tell Harry the truth, the two of them will have many aspects of their life that they are going to have to sort out, and then adding Draco to that little equation would cause even more problems.
"It has to do with Potter?" Draco guessed, since he knew that the boy was indeed inside the castle, maybe that could have started his godfather's problem.
"Actually, yes," Severus said slowly. "When I was in Hogwarts, I had a girlfriend but because of my position, we could never be together, but we still got married. I thought that she was cheating on me so I left in a rage, but only earlier I found out that she wasn't doing anything of the sort, just protecting me..." Again he found that he couldn't continue, so he stood and gave the letter from his beloved Lily to his godson to explain for him.
Confused, Draco took the letter and began to read it and as he continued, his face quickly turned pale. When he finished, he looked at the one he thought he could trust, the one that he thought never would keep anything from him, and left. He ran, not caring what would happen. He ran, turning corners quickly, not caring if he might run someone down, until...
He did run someone down... the one he truly wanted to stay away from... Harry Potter... or his real name...
Sansone Pramod Snape
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From Canopus: How do you like it so far? My AIM is K091288 and my YIM is c_carina@sbcglobal.net, feel free to IM me (but tell me who you are). If you want me to tell you when a new chapter is up, just tell me in a review.
Question for Chapter Nineteen: Okay, because I can't think of a question of vote for this chapter, I'm going to give you a tricky one. It will be worth ten points (and yes I'm keeping track, I just have to add all of them up) because you have to get the whole answer, but I will give five points if you are missing one. The title of the story is "A Child's Hope" and there is a reason (just like most of them are). There are four main characters in this story (as I have seen as I'm writing this), Harry, Draco, Severus, and later Sirius. Dealing with those four characters, what are the four /Hopes/ of the /child/? I'll give you a hint, there is one for each character.
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, it's really good!
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 and YIM is c_carina@sbcglobal.net
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Key: "speech" 'thought' /emphasis/ *parceltongue* ~Letter~
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Severitus Challenge.
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Chapter Eighteen: More Reactions
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"What?" Severus asked fearfully. Was it that Draco took the Mark and now wanted him to stop Voldemort from ruining his life even more? Draco knew that he was a "Death Eater" when he was near Voldemort, but he was really a spy for Dumbledore. Was Draco going to turn him in?
"Lucius, as I will never call him Father again, broke out of Azkaban yesterday when Voldemort took the dementors out. I was home when he came and without saying anything, he portkeyed me to the Dark Manor! He kept saying something about me finally getting what I was wishing for or something like that, he was mad! Severus you have to help me!"
"Calm down," Severus said softly, while in truth, he was trying to calm down himself. His little dragon, the one Narcissa begged him to watch over, was now in the trouble he himself never wanted but was stuck in. His godson forced with the Mark just like he was...
"How can I calm down?" Draco yelled out, starting to uncharacteristically shiver at the thought of Death Eaters and Voldemort coming to get him. He was stuck in his own thoughts, not seeing the pained look on his godfather's face, not knowing that he wasn't the only one stuck in thoughts. "My /Father/," he spit out as if it were poison, "wanted me to get the Mark! What am I suppose to do? The only reason why I don't have the damned mark on my arm right now is because of a stupid Death Eater that though he could get into the Dark Lord's good book if he found Potter's position."
"You mean you don't have the Mark?" Severus asked, allowing the breath he didn't know he was holding release in relief. 'He didn't have the Mark.' The pleasant thought crossing through his mind, relaxing the tense muscles since Draco's appearance. "But then why are you so afraid?"
"Lucius will come back, I know he will."
'It was true' Severus realized, 'he wouldn't want his only son not become a Death Eater. The sniveling fool, he needs to get the Dark Lord to trust him so he gives his only son to the bastard?!? It was true, there are some people who should never have become parents.'
"Draco, listen to me," Severus said softly, cupping Draco's chin in his hand so that the child would look at him, "I don't know how much my word truly means to anyone, but I promise that I won't allow Lucius to take you to Voldemort, I swear to you. It is criminal what he did and I won't stand for it. Your mother, whom I assume you still care for, always told me that if anything happened to them, that I should care for you. Lucius is clearly not good enough to be a parent, and your mother will have a heck of a time trying to keep him under control that she won't have much time for you. If you will let me, I hope you will stay with me."
Draco looked up to the one that he had always gone to when he had a problem. The one that always had the correct answer to his problems and the one who trusted him properly. He knew what his godfather did other than teaching, heck, he knew right from the start when Lucius started telling him that he was to become a Death Eater. This was his chance of understanding, his chance of someone to love him. Something he knew wouldn't happen from his real father.
"But what about Mother?" he asked fearfully. He might hate his /Father/, but his mother was totally a different story, he still loved her as he knew she still cared for him. She might have allowed this monstrous scene occur, but it was because she was afraid of Lucius and what he might do.
"She's a strong girl, she'll know what to do," Severus said calmly, understanding the fear in Draco's voice, "If it's too hard on her, she could live here."
Draco smiled at these words, and Severus knew that it was a genuine smile that many people never got to see because of his father. Narcissa, as he had said, was strong and he doubted that she would start living in Hogwarts in fear of being found by her husband. But there was a problem he had to tell, Harry...
"Ah, Draco, there is something that you have to know though," Severus started, not knowing how he was going to tell his godson the truth. He himself just got over the fact that the Boy-Who-Lived was really his son, his flesh and blood.
"You're not going to tell me to leave you alone are you?" Draco asked, looking Severus straight into the eye, wanting the full truth.
"Of course not, but there is something that you have to know," he began again. He found that he couldn't say it, the two children were enemies from the time they met each other. If he was to ever tell Harry the truth, the two of them will have many aspects of their life that they are going to have to sort out, and then adding Draco to that little equation would cause even more problems.
"It has to do with Potter?" Draco guessed, since he knew that the boy was indeed inside the castle, maybe that could have started his godfather's problem.
"Actually, yes," Severus said slowly. "When I was in Hogwarts, I had a girlfriend but because of my position, we could never be together, but we still got married. I thought that she was cheating on me so I left in a rage, but only earlier I found out that she wasn't doing anything of the sort, just protecting me..." Again he found that he couldn't continue, so he stood and gave the letter from his beloved Lily to his godson to explain for him.
Confused, Draco took the letter and began to read it and as he continued, his face quickly turned pale. When he finished, he looked at the one he thought he could trust, the one that he thought never would keep anything from him, and left. He ran, not caring what would happen. He ran, turning corners quickly, not caring if he might run someone down, until...
He did run someone down... the one he truly wanted to stay away from... Harry Potter... or his real name...
Sansone Pramod Snape
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From Canopus: How do you like it so far? My AIM is K091288 and my YIM is c_carina@sbcglobal.net, feel free to IM me (but tell me who you are). If you want me to tell you when a new chapter is up, just tell me in a review.
Question for Chapter Nineteen: Okay, because I can't think of a question of vote for this chapter, I'm going to give you a tricky one. It will be worth ten points (and yes I'm keeping track, I just have to add all of them up) because you have to get the whole answer, but I will give five points if you are missing one. The title of the story is "A Child's Hope" and there is a reason (just like most of them are). There are four main characters in this story (as I have seen as I'm writing this), Harry, Draco, Severus, and later Sirius. Dealing with those four characters, what are the four /Hopes/ of the /child/? I'll give you a hint, there is one for each character.
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, it's really good!
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 and YIM is c_carina@sbcglobal.net