Eye of the Storm
Authors Note: This is an AU if you haven't noticed. Sirius was never the secret keeper for James and Lily, Peter was but he got away.
Chapter 1 It Continues
Nine Years Later
Harry Potter stood looking at the mirror of Erised wondering what he was supposed to do. He could lie to his professor, or rather ex-professor but then he would risk a lot more then his oun death. The wieght of the stone was pressing on his thigh as it was hidden in his pocket.
"What? What do you see?" Quirrell demanded, standing behind Harry.
"I see myself being congratulated by my friends, we won the house cup." Harry said, more bravely then he felt.
"He's lying."
Harry shivered at the sound of Voldemort's voice.
"Tell him Harry and show us that stone in your pocket."
Registering what Voldemort just said, Harry started to make a run for the exit.
"STOP HIM!"
Quirrell snapped his fingers and Harry found himself trapped in a ring of fire, with Voldemort.
"Come now Harry, give me the stone. Wouldn't you want to see your parents again? They gave their lives to save yours. All you have to do to save them is give me the stone."
Harry was mesmerized as images of his parents were seen in the mirror. He took the stone out of his pocket. When he looked again Lily and James vanished.
"YOU LIAR!"
"Get him!" Voldemort screamed and Quirrell lunged at him, grabbing his wrist.
A shrill scream was heard as Quirrell tried again but Harry touched his face and watched it turn to ash.
A loud scream was heard in the chess room. Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape had been trying to help Ron Weasley and get some answers out of Hermione Granger. When the sound found the headmasters ears he motioned for Severus to go ahead.
Snape entered a small room which held several vials. One was empty. Cursing softly, he took a medium sized vial out of his robe and poured all the other potions into it. He felt his body turn cold as the liquid traveled down his troat.
Waisting no time, Severus walked through the fire and lost his breath.
Quirrell had crumbled to nothing but black dust and Harry thought he was safe. He was wrong. Voldemort's essence came flying at him, penetrating his body. Harry felt himself being pushed back by a huge force of energy. White hot searing pain engulfed him pushing him into oblivion.
Voldemort saw one of his most trusted supporters as he fled from Hogwarts. Perhaps it would be easier then he thought.
Severus watched as the Dark Lord disappeared, he had saw him. The thought made him shiver but he angrily pushed it aside as he reached Harry.
"Potter can you hear me?"
Getting not reply, Severus picked him up along with the stone and went back through the door. Albus had already gone with Weasley and Granger by the time he reached the chess room. Trusting that they all got out safely Severus took out his wand and muttered a spell that would take him and Harry instantly to the hospital wing.
Only after setting the boy down gently did Severus actualy look at him. He looked terrible, to lightly put it. Blood stuck to his face and hands, deep cuts littered his arms, and bruises were starting to form.
'So it's starting again. He's beginning where he left off, with this boy.' Severus thought to himself. Harry Potter, the-boy-who-lived survived the wrath of Voldemort for a second time.
"His luck is running out."
Snape turned around so fast it made him slightly dizzy.
"Yes. Yes I believe it is headmaster."
Albus motioned for Severus to follow him away from Harry's bed as Madame Pomfrey got to work.
"Tell me what happened." It was a simple request that took a great deal of patience on both parts.
"I'm not sure. I saw Voldemort, he's not completely dead."
Dumbledore's eyes looked vacant and cold as he stared at Severus. The potions master couldn't help but look away. He wasn't sure why he could never look him in the eye sometimes, maybe it was because of his past or maybe he was just intimidated.
"What do you mean?"
"I think what I saw was a spirit or essence of some kind. He went right through him."
Closing his eyes, Dumbledore knew that the wizarding worlds small window of peace had shut and locked, with Voldemort throwing away the key.
"What of the stone?"
"It's here in my pocket." Severus said now looking directly at the headmaster.
"Good. Very good. Now listen carefuly, I want you to take it to Mount Thelaya and drop it into the volcano."
Snape looked around as if he was lost.
"That's it?"
Albus nodded. "Nicolas Flamel needed a way to get rid of the stone if it ever came to it. Putting a charm on the volcano makes the stone vulnerable only to that."
Severus nodded his understanding and headed for the doors.
"Oh and Severus." The usual twinkle was again in his eyes. "You have all my trust."
"I know Albus, thank you." Saying that, he was gone.
"Please remain laying down Harry, who knows what Poppy will do to me if she sees you sitting up."
Harry looked toward the sound of the voice only to see a blur of purple and grey.
"Perhaps these might help."
Having his glasses on, Harry could see he was indeed listening to Albus Dumbledore.
"I'm glad you are awake. Your friends have been most anxious to hear of your current condintion. I do believe they will want to hear it from you."
Harry's head hurt, not that it surprised him much. A run-in with Voldemort couldn't lead to good results.
"Professor, may I ask you a question?"
"Certainly dear boy, what is it I can answer for you?"
"Is you-know-who going to be powerful again?"
Dumbledore frowned slightly while sucking on a lemon drop.
"I hope Voldemort will never become powerful again, but that will more than likely happen. And you do not have to skirt over his name. Fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself."
Harry nodded and decided to refrain from doing that again.
"What happened to Quirrell and the stone?"
"Quirrell has died. Voldemort left his follower to greet dreath slowly, and as for the stone, it has been destroyed."
"What about your friend Nicolas Flamel, that will mean he will die won't he?"
"Yes he will die, but not for many years. Now, enough of this talk, I will show your friends in if you're ready."
Harry nodded, forgetting about his headache but called Dumbledore back.
"Sir I have one more question."
"Of cource Harry."
"What about Snape?"
"Professor Snape Harry." He kindly corrected.
"Yeah, sorry professor. I have been meaning to tell you, Hermione and Ron saw him jinxing my broom durning the first quidditch match."
A smile reached Dumbledore's eyes as he turned back to the door. "He was not jinxing you Harry. He was saving you." "Saving you! And I broke his concetration."
Harry was just getting done telling Ron and Hermione all about Voldemort and Quirrell and the conversation he had with Dumbledore. He never did see him that day as he fell asleep as soon as the headmaster left. Now they were on the train home.
"It's not your fault Hermione." Ron said irritably. "We all thought it was him."
Harry agreed, he thought he had been sure Snape was out to get him.
"You know, thinking about it I didn't see him at the end of the year feast." Hermione said between bites of a chocolate frog.
"Yeah me niether. Maybe he got sick." Ron said, dismissing the subject.
Harry looked out the window wondering about where Snape might be. Thinking about it maybe he was hurt. After all, someone had to of helped him to the hospital wing that night. After a while Harry shook away the thought of Snape helping him and got off the train. His heart sank as he realized he was going back to Number Four Privet Drive. Severus was back at Hogwarts the next week telling Dumbledore about destroying the stone.
"Something amiss Severus?" He asked as he saw him holding his arm.
"I don't want to got back to him. Being a spy was hard enough the first time."
Dumbledore sighed, "You won't be alone, and I have all the confidence in the world that you will do your job easily and effectively."
"Yes headmaster. Excuse me."
Severus left and Dumbledore started to write. When he was done twenty different letters sat in front of him, and they all started:
Dear Order of the Phoenix Member...
TBC
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