Black Kitsune
Chapter 3
LI CRUZ
"Night, Harry." Hermione Granger said to one brooding Harry Potter.
"Uh? Oh. Night." He watched her walk up the stairs.
'I can't beleive father could have botched such a simple spell. How did the living golem get a soul? I know for sure that kitsune is the bloody golem I tried to depose of. I wonder what happened. Ah, well. I leave it until I actually get rid of Voldemort.'
He stretched before slinking up the stairs.
Snape picked up the struggling mass of cloth, bone and fur called Alex. Alex whimpered and tried to kick. Snape's brow furrowed in worry. Alex wasn't waking up out of his nightmare.
Placing Alex back on his bed, Snape did his best to untangle Alex's limbs. After about ten minutes, Alex was freed of the bedsheet. Alex tried curling into a ball. Snape, not quite understanding why, pulled Alex to his chest and murmured comforting noises. Alex finally relaxed. Alex snuggled into Snape's arms.
Snape gave a small smile despite himself. It had neither bitterness nor anger in it. someone chuckled in the dimness before him. Snape, knowing who it was, rolled his eyes. A camera flashed and Snape blinking, glared.
Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, was going to get what was coming to him. Shoot the greasy git idea to hell.
Alex woke up about then. He gave the room a good look around, his body tense before looking up at Snape. Snape, his face nuetral, stared back. Alex buried his face in Snape's robes and clutched it.
"Severus, I need to go to the Minstry after breakfast would you mind."
"No. I'll watch him." Snape said, knowing Albus was going to rope him into it anyway.
Albus blinked a moment, and nodded. He didn't know what Snape had planned for him went he returned.
After breakfast, Severus watched out of the corner of his eye as Alex played with a Rubic Cube. Alex giggled as he tried to solve it. Severus let a smile grace his lips for a second before the students arrived.
Even the Golden Boy managed to make it on time. Snape gave his best sneer and stalked to the desk. He sensed Alex watching him as well.
"It seems you have made it to the next level of Potion, though some I will never understand how you managed to get into a Newt-level class. Today we will be brewing a potion known as the Kernet. Can anyone tall me what this potion does?"
He was mentally surprised no one even attempted to answer. Ms. Granger looked like she was thinking hard. Wasn't Kernet in the book he assigned?
Hermione raised her hand. "Sir, Kernet isn't covered in any of the school textbooks I have read."
Severus snapped open the selected textbook and began flipping through the book. Ms. Granger was right. It should have been there. It had been in all of the other editions of the book.
"Well, Ms. Granger, you are correct. Five points to Gryffindor."
The silence that fell over the room was deafening. He barely held in a smirk. Alex,having solved the Rubic, dropped it and picked up another puzzle. The cube made a thunk on the rug that Alex sat on. It snapped everyone out of silence. Severus glared, quieting the class.
"Kernet is one of the few potions I will be teaching you, that won't become a deadly substance if made incorrectly and if one of the few potion to remember. Kernet is one of the orginal flame-resistant potions. It can allow a person to touch hot thing without getting burn, walking in the fire, help smoothe burns, and was used to deal with creatures like the exstinct lesser dragons and firebirds. The limitation is however is it cannot be used to fight with dragons like the horntails and ridgebacks or even fire demons. The flames are too hot for the kernet to sucessfully deal with it. That is why there are other more power flame-resistor potion which are more powerful. Also unlike most potions, kernet when done properly becomes a gel."
He paused allowing for them to write down the infomation as he wrote the ingredients and directions on the board. "Now, you have all period to create kernet. Start now."
Harry had managed to finished the potion and was now kneeling before Alex. Alex regarded him with a wary expression and scoot back. Harry smiled, trying to placate Alex. He knew how to act quite well. Yet it seemed that Alex knew better. Alex was now glaring at Harry and standing up. Harry, not wanting to draw attention to himself and Alex, try to grab his arm. Alex jumped away nimbly and ran to Snape. As the kit sensing the Professor was busy with papers, Alex sat underneath the table next to Snape. The kitsune sent Harry evil glares from his position.
"Damn you, you bloody golem." Harry whispered under his breath.
Harry returned to his desk rather dejectly. Hermione leaned forward to speak to him. Malfory, who had seen the whole thing, was trying hard not to laugh.
"Why is the Kitsune glaring at you?"
"I wanted to talk to it but it doesn't seem to like me at all." He lied easily.
Snape finally was able to turn from the paper he was working on. He began to stalk down the desk, unaware of his little shadow. Alex was mimicing Snape's walk. Several students began snickering. Malfoy was laughing outright.
Snape turned in time to see Alex sucessfully mimic his walk. It didn't come out the same becuase Alex was still young and had a smile on his face. So instead of menacing, it came out as adorable. Some of the girls awed at this. Severus mentally smiled as he kept a neutral face, though his eyes did have a small glint of pride.
Snape continued his critics of their potion. Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Chang, Ms. Granger, and suprisingly Mr. Potter got the potion almost correct. Severus looked at the board and realized he wrote down the wrong fraction of redroot.
"Due to an error on my part, you will write a 10-inch parchment on one of the other flame-resistor potions and their ingredient properties. You are not premitted to use Kernet as your example as I have written it incorrectly. After you clean up your workstations, you are dismissed. Next time you will be proved with several parchments of the spell that are not in your book that we will be brewing this year."
"It's bloody amazing that Snape admitted he was wrong and awarded points. What's wrong with him?" Ron said.
"I think he may have changed with the little kitsune around. The kid is adorable." Hermione said. "Though he doesn't seem to fond of you, Harry."
"How can a child not like Harry?" Ron asked around the mouthful of food.
Hermione was thoughtful. "Maybe Snape was talking about Harry and the kitsune picked up on it."
"That's possible." Harry murmured, his thoughts far away.
He was now positive that Alex was Harry. Yet how? Harry J. Potter only cast the counter-charm to destory it when he had Dudley push Harry into the hole. By time the spell was to finish, only a luqiud mess of goo should have remained.
]
"Be careful. With some people and creatures, magic doesn't always follow the rules when it concerns them, Harry. Some have an innate magic that makes it hard to do anything without setting something else off."
His ghostly father intone solemnly.
[
Thank god, for dad. The charm must have broken the orginal's seals. So Father prehaps accidently used a kitsune! Or a half-kitsune. That would explain alot about the golem's problems. No wonder, when he went to the Dursley's to live with them for a week they had acted quite kinder to him than the golem. So he doesn't have to worry about the golem coming back. The wizarding world would never accept a half-breed to be savior.
AN: Baka no Harry J. Potter.
Remus walked in on Severus teaching the rules of a chess game to Alex. Alex listened intently. Remus chuckled at the sight. The pair turned to him.
"Uncle Remus!" Alex said as he zipped over.
This time it was Severus's turn to chuckle. Remus looked in complete shock. He was looking to Severus.
"He was taught English." Severus explained. "But he couldn't remember how to until now. I beleived the trama of being stuck in a hole with a concussion caused a temporary anmensia. He spoke my name after first period."
Remus nodded and turned a smile to Alex. Alex clung to Remus's leg. Remus deattached the kitsune and swung him up into his arms.
"Does Albus or anyone else know?" Remus asked.
"Yes, he and Minvera walked into my classroom when he said it. He called Albus, Grampa and Minvera, Auntie Min. You should have seen their faces." Severus smirked.
"I hate to ask. How was Harry during class?" Remus asked.
"He seemed fine. He seems to be different than last we saw him." severus said rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Harry not like me." Alex said to Remus softly.
"What do you mean, Alex?" Remus asked, concerned. "And it's 'doesn't like'."
"He doesn't like Alex. 'Cause Alex is a." The child paused looking for the word. "Golem."
"What?" The ex-werewolf frowned at the small fox-child. "You're not a golem. why would Harry say that?"
Alex shuddered and didn't answer as he tried to bury himself in Remus's tattered robes. Severus and Remus shared a look over his head. What the hell is going on? Maybe Dumbledore knows.
There was a knock on the portait. Severus answered the door. Draco Malfoy stood in mid-knock.
"Come in, Draco. I have no time for idle prit-prat." Severus sneered.
Draco nodded. He looked vague annoyed at the sight of Remus's back. Severus caught the look.
"He's no longer a werewolf, Draco, but I wouldn't want to cross him." He snapped. "He still has the ablitity to rip your thoart out."
Severus mentally laughed at Draco's expression. "Draco, I need someone to watch Alex for an half and hour or so. I and Professor Lupin have been called by the headmaster to help him convince the Minister for something. Knowing Fudge, something stupid."
Draco snorted at this. "Of course, sir. It would be my pleasure."
"Keep Alex away from Harry Potter." Professor Lupin said. "Or you'll wish you never volunteer."
Alex gave the two adults one more hug. Severus gave a glare to Draco that clearly said not to ever speak of it unless you want to die. When both adults were gone, Draco flopped on the couch. He watch as Alex put away the chess board and pieces.
Alex wandered to a bookshelf. Draco was surprised when Alex pulled out a box from bottom shelf. Alex humming to himself tunelessly, walked back to the low table Uncle Severus had set up for him. He opened the box and placed the cover aside. Draco watched as Alex picked up small pieces and put the together on the table.
"What are you doing, Fox?"
Alex looked up and said in a matter of fact tone. "Putting the puzzle together."
"Oh." Draco was unsure how to respond. "why does the werewolf want to keep you away from Harry?"
"Uncle Remus is wolf, not werewolf." Alex glared at Draco.
Draco was confused. 'How in the world can Professor Lupin merely be a wolf now?"
Alex, seeing Draco's confusion, rolled his eyes. "Uncle Remus is a wolf, just like Uncle Severus is a big cat."
Some kind of understanding dawned on Draco. "Ah, so even though the Professor's lcythanophy is cured, he has and animagus form of a wolf."
"Animagus?" Alex asked, cocking his head.
"You don't know much about the wizarding world, do you? Animagus is a person who can take an animal form."
"Like Aunt Min?"
"Who's Aunt Min?"
"Aunt Min can become a kitty-cat." Alex said.
"Professor McGonagall, you mean." Draco's eyes widen silghtly.
"Draco, why do many SLytherins not like muggles?"
Draco fell off the couch at the question. "Merlin, why are you asking such an easy question? Muggles are inferior."
"Why?"
"Because they don't have the ablitity to do magic?"
"Why?"
"...I don't know."
"But muggles have magic."
"What?"
"Love. Grampa said love is the most powerful of magics, so muggles must have magic too for muggles can love."
Draco blinked. The kid just shot him down. He actually never thought of it that way. He didn't quite want to conced defeat to the furball yet anyway.
"Maybe."
Next Chapter:
Checkmate Malfoy! Lord Volemort gets wind of the newest addition to Hogwarts. And Alex's first wand...Well, Harry J Potter's definiately got his hands full with his own power as the first of the blue moon waxes.
Chapter 3
LI CRUZ
"Night, Harry." Hermione Granger said to one brooding Harry Potter.
"Uh? Oh. Night." He watched her walk up the stairs.
'I can't beleive father could have botched such a simple spell. How did the living golem get a soul? I know for sure that kitsune is the bloody golem I tried to depose of. I wonder what happened. Ah, well. I leave it until I actually get rid of Voldemort.'
He stretched before slinking up the stairs.
Snape picked up the struggling mass of cloth, bone and fur called Alex. Alex whimpered and tried to kick. Snape's brow furrowed in worry. Alex wasn't waking up out of his nightmare.
Placing Alex back on his bed, Snape did his best to untangle Alex's limbs. After about ten minutes, Alex was freed of the bedsheet. Alex tried curling into a ball. Snape, not quite understanding why, pulled Alex to his chest and murmured comforting noises. Alex finally relaxed. Alex snuggled into Snape's arms.
Snape gave a small smile despite himself. It had neither bitterness nor anger in it. someone chuckled in the dimness before him. Snape, knowing who it was, rolled his eyes. A camera flashed and Snape blinking, glared.
Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, was going to get what was coming to him. Shoot the greasy git idea to hell.
Alex woke up about then. He gave the room a good look around, his body tense before looking up at Snape. Snape, his face nuetral, stared back. Alex buried his face in Snape's robes and clutched it.
"Severus, I need to go to the Minstry after breakfast would you mind."
"No. I'll watch him." Snape said, knowing Albus was going to rope him into it anyway.
Albus blinked a moment, and nodded. He didn't know what Snape had planned for him went he returned.
After breakfast, Severus watched out of the corner of his eye as Alex played with a Rubic Cube. Alex giggled as he tried to solve it. Severus let a smile grace his lips for a second before the students arrived.
Even the Golden Boy managed to make it on time. Snape gave his best sneer and stalked to the desk. He sensed Alex watching him as well.
"It seems you have made it to the next level of Potion, though some I will never understand how you managed to get into a Newt-level class. Today we will be brewing a potion known as the Kernet. Can anyone tall me what this potion does?"
He was mentally surprised no one even attempted to answer. Ms. Granger looked like she was thinking hard. Wasn't Kernet in the book he assigned?
Hermione raised her hand. "Sir, Kernet isn't covered in any of the school textbooks I have read."
Severus snapped open the selected textbook and began flipping through the book. Ms. Granger was right. It should have been there. It had been in all of the other editions of the book.
"Well, Ms. Granger, you are correct. Five points to Gryffindor."
The silence that fell over the room was deafening. He barely held in a smirk. Alex,having solved the Rubic, dropped it and picked up another puzzle. The cube made a thunk on the rug that Alex sat on. It snapped everyone out of silence. Severus glared, quieting the class.
"Kernet is one of the few potions I will be teaching you, that won't become a deadly substance if made incorrectly and if one of the few potion to remember. Kernet is one of the orginal flame-resistant potions. It can allow a person to touch hot thing without getting burn, walking in the fire, help smoothe burns, and was used to deal with creatures like the exstinct lesser dragons and firebirds. The limitation is however is it cannot be used to fight with dragons like the horntails and ridgebacks or even fire demons. The flames are too hot for the kernet to sucessfully deal with it. That is why there are other more power flame-resistor potion which are more powerful. Also unlike most potions, kernet when done properly becomes a gel."
He paused allowing for them to write down the infomation as he wrote the ingredients and directions on the board. "Now, you have all period to create kernet. Start now."
Harry had managed to finished the potion and was now kneeling before Alex. Alex regarded him with a wary expression and scoot back. Harry smiled, trying to placate Alex. He knew how to act quite well. Yet it seemed that Alex knew better. Alex was now glaring at Harry and standing up. Harry, not wanting to draw attention to himself and Alex, try to grab his arm. Alex jumped away nimbly and ran to Snape. As the kit sensing the Professor was busy with papers, Alex sat underneath the table next to Snape. The kitsune sent Harry evil glares from his position.
"Damn you, you bloody golem." Harry whispered under his breath.
Harry returned to his desk rather dejectly. Hermione leaned forward to speak to him. Malfory, who had seen the whole thing, was trying hard not to laugh.
"Why is the Kitsune glaring at you?"
"I wanted to talk to it but it doesn't seem to like me at all." He lied easily.
Snape finally was able to turn from the paper he was working on. He began to stalk down the desk, unaware of his little shadow. Alex was mimicing Snape's walk. Several students began snickering. Malfoy was laughing outright.
Snape turned in time to see Alex sucessfully mimic his walk. It didn't come out the same becuase Alex was still young and had a smile on his face. So instead of menacing, it came out as adorable. Some of the girls awed at this. Severus mentally smiled as he kept a neutral face, though his eyes did have a small glint of pride.
Snape continued his critics of their potion. Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Chang, Ms. Granger, and suprisingly Mr. Potter got the potion almost correct. Severus looked at the board and realized he wrote down the wrong fraction of redroot.
"Due to an error on my part, you will write a 10-inch parchment on one of the other flame-resistor potions and their ingredient properties. You are not premitted to use Kernet as your example as I have written it incorrectly. After you clean up your workstations, you are dismissed. Next time you will be proved with several parchments of the spell that are not in your book that we will be brewing this year."
"It's bloody amazing that Snape admitted he was wrong and awarded points. What's wrong with him?" Ron said.
"I think he may have changed with the little kitsune around. The kid is adorable." Hermione said. "Though he doesn't seem to fond of you, Harry."
"How can a child not like Harry?" Ron asked around the mouthful of food.
Hermione was thoughtful. "Maybe Snape was talking about Harry and the kitsune picked up on it."
"That's possible." Harry murmured, his thoughts far away.
He was now positive that Alex was Harry. Yet how? Harry J. Potter only cast the counter-charm to destory it when he had Dudley push Harry into the hole. By time the spell was to finish, only a luqiud mess of goo should have remained.
]
"Be careful. With some people and creatures, magic doesn't always follow the rules when it concerns them, Harry. Some have an innate magic that makes it hard to do anything without setting something else off."
His ghostly father intone solemnly.
[
Thank god, for dad. The charm must have broken the orginal's seals. So Father prehaps accidently used a kitsune! Or a half-kitsune. That would explain alot about the golem's problems. No wonder, when he went to the Dursley's to live with them for a week they had acted quite kinder to him than the golem. So he doesn't have to worry about the golem coming back. The wizarding world would never accept a half-breed to be savior.
AN: Baka no Harry J. Potter.
Remus walked in on Severus teaching the rules of a chess game to Alex. Alex listened intently. Remus chuckled at the sight. The pair turned to him.
"Uncle Remus!" Alex said as he zipped over.
This time it was Severus's turn to chuckle. Remus looked in complete shock. He was looking to Severus.
"He was taught English." Severus explained. "But he couldn't remember how to until now. I beleived the trama of being stuck in a hole with a concussion caused a temporary anmensia. He spoke my name after first period."
Remus nodded and turned a smile to Alex. Alex clung to Remus's leg. Remus deattached the kitsune and swung him up into his arms.
"Does Albus or anyone else know?" Remus asked.
"Yes, he and Minvera walked into my classroom when he said it. He called Albus, Grampa and Minvera, Auntie Min. You should have seen their faces." Severus smirked.
"I hate to ask. How was Harry during class?" Remus asked.
"He seemed fine. He seems to be different than last we saw him." severus said rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Harry not like me." Alex said to Remus softly.
"What do you mean, Alex?" Remus asked, concerned. "And it's 'doesn't like'."
"He doesn't like Alex. 'Cause Alex is a." The child paused looking for the word. "Golem."
"What?" The ex-werewolf frowned at the small fox-child. "You're not a golem. why would Harry say that?"
Alex shuddered and didn't answer as he tried to bury himself in Remus's tattered robes. Severus and Remus shared a look over his head. What the hell is going on? Maybe Dumbledore knows.
There was a knock on the portait. Severus answered the door. Draco Malfoy stood in mid-knock.
"Come in, Draco. I have no time for idle prit-prat." Severus sneered.
Draco nodded. He looked vague annoyed at the sight of Remus's back. Severus caught the look.
"He's no longer a werewolf, Draco, but I wouldn't want to cross him." He snapped. "He still has the ablitity to rip your thoart out."
Severus mentally laughed at Draco's expression. "Draco, I need someone to watch Alex for an half and hour or so. I and Professor Lupin have been called by the headmaster to help him convince the Minister for something. Knowing Fudge, something stupid."
Draco snorted at this. "Of course, sir. It would be my pleasure."
"Keep Alex away from Harry Potter." Professor Lupin said. "Or you'll wish you never volunteer."
Alex gave the two adults one more hug. Severus gave a glare to Draco that clearly said not to ever speak of it unless you want to die. When both adults were gone, Draco flopped on the couch. He watch as Alex put away the chess board and pieces.
Alex wandered to a bookshelf. Draco was surprised when Alex pulled out a box from bottom shelf. Alex humming to himself tunelessly, walked back to the low table Uncle Severus had set up for him. He opened the box and placed the cover aside. Draco watched as Alex picked up small pieces and put the together on the table.
"What are you doing, Fox?"
Alex looked up and said in a matter of fact tone. "Putting the puzzle together."
"Oh." Draco was unsure how to respond. "why does the werewolf want to keep you away from Harry?"
"Uncle Remus is wolf, not werewolf." Alex glared at Draco.
Draco was confused. 'How in the world can Professor Lupin merely be a wolf now?"
Alex, seeing Draco's confusion, rolled his eyes. "Uncle Remus is a wolf, just like Uncle Severus is a big cat."
Some kind of understanding dawned on Draco. "Ah, so even though the Professor's lcythanophy is cured, he has and animagus form of a wolf."
"Animagus?" Alex asked, cocking his head.
"You don't know much about the wizarding world, do you? Animagus is a person who can take an animal form."
"Like Aunt Min?"
"Who's Aunt Min?"
"Aunt Min can become a kitty-cat." Alex said.
"Professor McGonagall, you mean." Draco's eyes widen silghtly.
"Draco, why do many SLytherins not like muggles?"
Draco fell off the couch at the question. "Merlin, why are you asking such an easy question? Muggles are inferior."
"Why?"
"Because they don't have the ablitity to do magic?"
"Why?"
"...I don't know."
"But muggles have magic."
"What?"
"Love. Grampa said love is the most powerful of magics, so muggles must have magic too for muggles can love."
Draco blinked. The kid just shot him down. He actually never thought of it that way. He didn't quite want to conced defeat to the furball yet anyway.
"Maybe."
Next Chapter:
Checkmate Malfoy! Lord Volemort gets wind of the newest addition to Hogwarts. And Alex's first wand...Well, Harry J Potter's definiately got his hands full with his own power as the first of the blue moon waxes.