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Chapter Six

Harry

As soon as Hermione and Minerva left I slowly made my way up to the fourth floor of the astronomy tower. I wasn't in too much of a hurry to get there if I was being honest with myself.Who willingly wanted to go into the Vipers pit and give this kind of bombshell to someone like him.

Severus Snape was not a man known for his patience or kindness, I had been going over and over it in my mind this whole time and realistically I still wasn't too sure how to tell him everything I needed to.Surely being lied to for this long was more than enough betrayal to handle never mind the fact that it is me delivering the news. This was going go be a complete disaster.

"Professor Snape... Mr Snape... Severus? Definitely fucking not. Snape. Oh this is pointless." As I reached the door to the hospital Wing I realised I may as well stick to what I am good at, making this shit up as I go along.

I pushed open the door and I could see the man dressed to impress and he had a bag on the bed beside him. With his arm wrapped around Madame Pomfry I realised I had just caught him in time, he was leaving.

"Ah Potter, I should have realised you would not disappoint in making this more difficult than needs be. What can I do for you?" Poppy Pomfry shook her head, told us to not break anything and went into her office.Clearly knowing we were almost capable to be left alone.

"Umm I am glad I caught you Professor." I had only realised my mistake too late, he wasn't a teacher anymore and as such was not my professor. If anything we were practically family now at this point, not that that would go down to well.

"Well I have some information, it's a good thing I mean, it's well... its a good thing for me. I think in time it will be a good thing for you. I just please don't curse me or blow a gasket because I know we will look back on this and reconsider how you reacted." He whipped out his wand, silenced me and gave me that signature Snape glare that made you piss your pants.

"Do get the point Potter, this side of Christmas at least." Realising I couldn't speak to him about this, I had to let my mother do all the talking. As I slowly took out the letter from the pocket in the back of my jeans he was eyeing me with mistrust.

As soon as his eyes took in the looped handwriting I could feel his breath leave him. The name Severus was on the envelope and I hadn't opened it or touched it really since I took it from the vault.It had been weighing in my pocket long enough.

"What is this?" He glared down at me in a way I had only ever seen him to do Sirius. Pure loathing and hatred was in his eyes and I realised he wasn't going to open it with me staring at him. Or he got some semblance to an explanation.

"I got access to my Gringotts vault and my mother left you this letter. It explains everything, a lot better than I ever could. Read it Severus." I used the most calming voice I could muster and I had come to the realisation that without the horcrux in my head I was a lot more patient. I walked further into the room and looked out the big window overlooking the grounds of Hogwarts.

I could hear soft rustling of parchment behind me and there was approximately fifteen minutes of silence as he read what was probably a kick in the teeth. As time had passed I could understand my mothers reasoning behind everything but surely Snape deserved to know he was a father.

Before I could say anything he spun me around and held the letter up in my face and I couldn't fathom the expression I could currently see. He looked pissed as hell but underlying he was heartbroken, which was something I never thought I would see in this particular wizard. I knew how he felt, albeit in a different way but it was something we will both share for the rest of out lives. The betrayal of our loved ones.

"Please, tell me this is a trick, please tell me that I don't have a Daughter running around somewhere? A daughter related to you!" I knew he was pissed, but all I could do was nod at him as he held the letter tight to his chest. From my other pocket I lifted out the photograph of my mother holding little baby Elena and that finally broke him.

For the second time in my life I had seen Severus cry, the first I don't think counted considering he was dying but now the reality of the situation slapped him in the face.I placed my hand gently on his arm, half expecting him to shrug it off mind you. He didn't, instead he let me speak and tell him what I knew.

"Her name is Elena Evans. She was adopted at three months old and moved to Canada at one year old. That's all the information I can find on her." He immediately stood straighter, thunderous expression not leaving him, grabbed me by the arm and trailed me from the hospital Wing. In an instant we were in the head mistresses office and barging on in.

Minerva McGonagall was not an easy woman to startle but she nearly fell from her chair upon seeing us both fly through the door...together. The whole flying thing was pretty cool and if I wasn't taken off guard I probably would have enjoyed it.

"Severus, what's going on. I let you keep certain privileges at your own discretion but make no mistake you don't get to do that around here. Just because this bloody castle is telling me otherwise you are not too old go scold young man." If there was anyone in the world who could make you shit yourself it's Minera McGonagall but he didn't even flinch. He practically threw the letter in her face to which she lifted it, in an attempt to read it.

"I need to use one of Albuss trinkets. Please. " The please was, an after thought but she nodded and waved her hand to the cabinet from behind her. It was then I spotted Albus Dumbledore smiling from his portrait and I was now pissed.

"In all of our conversations headmaster, can you please tell me why you didn't find it prudent to tell me I had a fucking sister. I mean I know you're a control freak but you have surpassed yourself. You let her stay away even after I started Hogwarts. She should have been here with me, we should have been together and instead I was living in a cupboard and starving on scraps whilst my sister was halfway across the fucking world." I could see Severus smirk at me for a moment before McGonagall came over and placed a soft hand on my shoulder.

"Honestly Albus, your interference is affecting people from the grave." I was thankful of her support and once Severus had finished setting up his trinket as he called it he grabbed my arm by the wrist.

"Drop of blood please Mr Potter." He had a world map sitting on Minerva desk and what looked like a white crystal in a black string with a large Athame in his hand poking into my finger. Dropping two drops of my blood onto the map and I was fascinated.

"I have never actually tried Scrying before, how does it work?" The Potions master sliced his own finger and followed with his own blood.

As soon as his blood hit my own laying on the surface of the white crystal it turned blood red and he started waving it across the map to try and get a location. He aimed it over Canada first and when he got no results he slowly morphed it all over the place before finally landing in Costa Rica. Severus and I just looked at each other in shock before it finally sunk in that I had a sister.

"I am not quite up for travelling yet Mr Potter, I will continue to keep apprised of her location but I would love to go and meet her before your last year at Hogwarts starts. I know all of this has happened to you also and as such. I wouldn't feel right going without you." I nodded and we decided to aim for the beginning of August, after my birthday.

"Harry, it was your mother's wish for no one to know. Severus was embroiled so far into darkness at this point. He had already taken the Mark and she realised how much danger your sister would be in." I couldn't help but laugh so hard at that and shook my head at the manipulative bastard.

"Are you for fucking real? Seriously! I have been in mortal danger ever since coming into the magical world and you were worried about her safety. You have manipulated everything for your own fucking gratification and instead of giving, Snape, me or even Elena her family you have kept us all separated. If I had known about her after my parents death we could have grown up together. Snape could have been a part of my life from the get go and who knows even Sirius and Snape could have been friends raising us together." The ex-headmaster smiled that twinkling smile at me which made me want to light him on fire.

" Harry, everything I did was for the greater good." I had to get out of here or else I would light him up. I sent a Patronus to Hermione and told her I was ready to go and bid both of them farewell and left the room without a second glance.

I fumed the whole way down to the Entrance Hall waiting for me looking shaken but something else. Her cheeks were flushed and it was only at this point I realised Minerva was in her office when I went with Snape so she must have been done pretty quickly.

"Where have you been?" She shook her head at me and I instantly knew she didn't want to talk about it. She was cradling her arm where a knew her scar was and she did look terrified.

"Can I stop by Bill and Fleurs on the way home?" I nodded to her and as we walked down toward, the gate and as soon as leaving the grounds we apparated away and landed on the soft sand of Shell Cottage. Just on the outskirts of the wards we had a great vantage point overlooking the sea.

Bill and Fleur waved at us and came over to the gate and allowed us, entry. Lots of hugs were exchanged and Hermione and Fleur had a full conversation in French to which Fleur asks her to sit down.

"I just want to apologise to you both, Ron and Ginny have lost their minds you know that. I am so sorry for all of their stupid decisions. Mum is pissed as hell and hopes it hasn't stopped you from calling in. She misses you both." I knew it hadn't been fair avoiding all the Weasleys but I knew an inevitable row would happen.

"We miss you guys too, I will call in for lunch soon is that OK?" He nodded and told him he would let her know and handed us a cup of tea.

"I need your help. Narcissa Malfoy told me I needed a curse breaker. Would you agree?" She rolled her sleeve up and it looked particularly vicious today that was for sure. Angry and raw with a small amount of blood seeping from the end of the letter M.

"C'est quoi ce bordel." Fleur looked terrified and waved her wand arm around for a bit before a piece of parchment lit up like a Christmas tree. Purple, yellow, red and black words flowed over the page and it was I realised how amazing Fleur was.

"I am guessing that you didn't go to St Mungos then?" At this she rolled her eves and looked at her husband and nodded. Someday I hope to find someone to whom one look is all it takes to have a silent conversation with.

"We need to do a cleansing ritual, it won't go away completely and it's basically just a stopgap 'Ermione. It's what I did the first day you came. This curse is bound by blood sweetheart." Madame Pomfry had already told me it was going to be an ongoing situation and would likely never heal.

"They might have some sort of dark magic specialist in St Mungos but considering the witch who did it to you I can't imagine so. I will not be able to do the ritual for you but Bill can." She only nodded as they gathered all the supplies they needed.

She lit a Sage and Lavender incense stick and the comforting smell lingered all over the kitchen as she asked Hermione to lay her arm down on the kitchen table. Bill came to sit in front of me and smiled.

"Because of the darkness involved it isn't possible for me to complete the ritual." I did not know why but apparently Hermione did and squealed before throwing her arms around them both. Upon my confusion Hermione just rolled her eyes at me.

"I am pregnant 'Arry." I couldn't stop the ear splitting grin that spread across my face. Bill and Fleur looked incredibly happy and as we all hugged I realised that now Teddy was here and the newest Weasley baby all of the fighting was worth it to ensure they grew up in a peaceful world.

"I am so happy for you, now Teddy will have a friend to grow up with." After another few minutes Bill got back to business and turned to Hermione. I could only hope this wasn't too difficult for her.

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Hermione

"This will hurt, I wish it wouldn't." I had anticipated that it wouldn't exactly feel like a picnic but as soon as I nodded my head and he waved his wand around my arm I felt like my entire arm was ilon fire.

"Hold on a little while longer Hermione." Black blood started oozing from my scar and I could see Fleur cleansing the space with a sage smudge. Everything else was blurry and it felt like hours later when I glanced down and my blood was now dripping instead of flowing and it was red in colour.

"Hermione, you are lucky to be alive. The scar is embedded in dark blood magic. I can't make it to away completely, I would need a sample of Bellatrixs blood and considering the witch is dead that's going to be difficult." As my vision returned I could only hear part of his warning as Fleur wrapped a bandage around my arm to stop it from seeping anymore.

"Drink and eat this." She handed me a blood replenishing potion as well as a slice of chocolate. Feeling a bit like Alice in Wonderland I did as I was told.

"This will need to be done again Hermione, maybe just before you head back to Hogwarts and then again at Christmas and Easter. The curse is still there and will continue to gain momentum as time goes on. The nightmares will ease before they start up again, that's realistically as much as we can do Hermione." She nodded and made a plan to come back at the end of August before settling into the living room with them.

We spent two hours just talking about everything and anything and then the subject of Narcissa came up. It was a mixed bag of opinions from everyone in the room most surprising of all was Fleur.

"She is very beautiful non? I met her once in Gringotts and she was kind to me. I 'ad heard' orror stories about the woman but she was wonderful, warm and intelligent. It's a shame what happened to her with that 'orrible husband of hers." I took a sip of my tea and nodded at the appropriate times. They spoke the truth of course, she was stunningly beautiful and all of the things they had said.

Ever since the trial the private details of her marriage had been thrown around but vicious and jilted friends or so called friends. Unfortunately for Narcissa it has both warmed her to a specific group of people but alienated her from the old pureblooded harpies she used to hang around with.

"She is the most extraordinary and completely terrifying witch I have ever seen, did I ever tell you what happened at the Final Battle?" I was most definitely intrigued of course, I was trying to separate the two women I had come to know, Narcissa Malfoy whom was the fierce and intimidating trophy wife and Narcissa Black who it seems was a different entity all together with warmth and intelligence that no one knew about.

"She didn't have a wand but she was vicious and with merely a flick of her hand she tore through any and all death eaters on her path to get to Draco. Both hands waving and taking down Crabbe Sr with a slice to his neck, Goyle Sr with a well aimed reducto to the balls. I have never seen a witch with such proficiency and control for wand less magic." It didn't surprise me to hear that about the Malfoy Matriarch.

Everything I have came across has told me her time in Malfoy Manor was far from pleasant. It came as no surprise she was a formidable witch without a wand also.

" I was battling Greyback and she sent him to his knees with a stinking hex to the balls as he was about to devour me." Fleur glared at her husband and slapped him lightly on the shoulder.

"Putain pourquoi tu ne m'as pas dit?" She, spat at him and he understood what she said as much as I did and as she started shouting at him in French I grabbed Harry's arm and excused us from what was inevitably going to turn into something.

I always enjoy coming to see Bill and Fleur but this time I could have done without the dreams of Narcissa Malfoy blue eyes glaring down as she killed her way across the courtyard before turning her wand on me as I woke. It's going to be a long year at Hogwarts.