Chapter 23: Collide
The next morning, Daniel woke up early, took a shower got dressed, and waited by the Gryffindor Tower for Dragon. A half hour later, Dragon came out heading towards the Great Hall for breakfast. "Dragon, may we talk?" Daniel asked getting up off of the floor.
"Sure, why I have no clue, but sure." Dragon said following Daniel into an abandoned classroom. After walking into it, Daniel shut the door and placed silencing charms around it.
"I just wanted to thank you for what you did."
"Dan, I didn't do anything, I have no clue what you are talking about."
"Drag, you don't think I'm that stupid do you? The Hogwarts professor that owled Amanda, the ravenclaw girl who not only owled her, but told her stuff about me, and the mystery friend who knew the truth about the night we split up. Look, I should have explained myself better. What you said on the Hogwarts Express was hypocritical Dragon, you told me my father deserved to be in Azkaban because he was a Death Eater, and he'd be better off there. Well, your whole family is filled with Death Eaters, don't you think that if my dad deserved to be in there, so does yours? That your grandfather deserves to be in there also?"
"I guess I never thought about it that way. You're right, that was wrong of me and I'm sorry. Daniel, I wanted to apologize for so long but you've been avoiding me since that day. I kept an eye on you though and noticed how out of it you were, I don't know why, but you were and I just wanted to see you happy again. I just wanted you to know that you still had a friend out there that cared about you, even if you didn't know who that friend was. I really really am sorry Dan. Please forgive me?" Dragon asked holding his hand out for Daniel to shake.
"I forgive you." Daniel said smiling before pulling Dragon into a hug. "Now, lets go eat breakfast. By the way, are you actually enjoying living in Gryffindor?"
"Sort of, I haven't made any new friends, but I think they're still getting use to having a snake in their den.I haven't gotten into half the trouble that I use to, but that might be because I'm more afraid of Harry then I am of Draco, why I have no idea, but I am. I forgot to mention man, Amanda is hot! Oh and did you hear Professor Mayer is pregnant with Sirius' child. Oh hi Siri." Dragon said, opening the door to the Great Hall and bumping into him.
"What? Oh hi Dragon, how are you today?" Sirius said, never taking his eyes off of Chastity.
"Go talk to Severus." Dragon suggested.
"Now why would one suggest a silly thing like that?" Sirius said, walking up towards the staff table.
"Severus may I talk to you?"
"Sure come on." Severus got up from the table, walked out the side door to the Great Hall and down to his private rooms.
"What did you want to talk about Chastity?" Severus asked, sitting down on the couch, Chastity sat down next to him and curled into his side.
"Sirius came to talk to me yesterday after he found out. You would never believe it, he wanted me to apologize to him for not telling him. The thing is, Severus how do you know if you really love someone? I mean reach for the stars, over the moon, world series type of thing?" Chastity asked phrasing it the only way she knew how.
"Ok miss muggle movie, how do you know when you're truly in love with someone. You can't stop thinking about them, you can't stop caring about them. When you don't see them or are around them times seems to go on forever, but when you're with them time moves way to fast, but you don't care because you know that in that moment you were able to be there for them. Then again it's all up to the persons point of view. Why do you ask? Are you in love with Sirius?" Seveus asked, turning towards Chastity.
"I don't know, I have feelings for him, but nothing like what you just said. Look, I've got a meeting with the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore about this Grindelwald mess. Chances are Defense Against the Dark Arts or Quidditch maybe taken out of this school, all because of my stupid plan. Look, my meeting is after dinner, but I have to go teach class right now, avoid Sirius, and check up on Dragon's plan. So during lunch is it okay if we can meet up and talk? Maybe eat in the kitchens or something where we won't be over heard?" Chastity suggested, getting to her feet.
"Of course, would you like me to go to that meeting with you? The chances of the Ministry removing either of them are slim to none, plus Harry comes back next week for Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Draco for Potions so I can take over Current History, you can take over Study Hall and Quidditch does that sound like a plan?" Severus asked, getting up himself.
"That might actually work. Sev, may I ask one more personal question? You and Remus doesn't seem like, well you don't seem like you're homosexual."
"That's cause I'm not Remus and I had to pretend to be a couple to save his life. Voldemort wanted to kill him half-way through Harry's seventh year, when I explained to Dumbledore that Remus should have dated a Death Eater because Voldemort won't touch his servants husband, wife, or lover. Well let's just say I shouldn't have opened my big mouth since I was the only single Death Eater working as a spy! Ever since every time we try to explain or pretend to break up everyone tries to get us back together saying it's just a lovers quarrel. I'm not going to spend the rest of my life pretending to love this man especially when I like girls."
"Then why haven't you two ever shown up with different people when you go out? Like you take a girl to some thing and Remus take whatever his preference is. Well, I better be going I still need to speak to Dragon and set up class. Thank you for creating those potions, they've been a huge help." With that, Chastity left to prepare for class.
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"Today class...Yes Mr. McDavies?" Chastity asked, facing her class.
"I brought you an apple, I saw that you didn't eat much breakfast today." Hudson said, coming up and handing Chastity the apple and sitting down. "Why don't you eat it now?"
"Why do you want me to eat this appel so badly? If I didn't know any better Mr. McDavies I'd swear you put some sort of potion on this apple, but why would you do that?"
"Professor Mayer, Professor Grindelwald set us an essay and for extra credit if we could point out one Death Eater that was a teacher we got extra credit. We had to prank them." Melissa spoke up.
"Miss Black, I must say you are one of the smartest witches Hogwarts has seen, then again I did warn you that I would prank back. So Mr. McDavies how did you find out? I mean there are two former Death Eaters on staff here, how did you figure out that one was me?"
"It wasn't hard, I mean you're constantly hanging out with Professor Snape and the ghost of Lucius Malfoy. Plus, who else would hire Dark Lord Grindelwald as a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher? So I figured why not get the least known teacher while everyone else was focusing on Professor Snape."
"You're right, that was an ingenious plan. While we're in Current History, I think this gives me a great idea. For a oral pop quiz let's split you guys up into teams the half on the right side is team one, the half on the left side is team two, let's see how much you know about Voldemort's inner circle. Since most of your parents were Death Eaters, and the fact that you've reviewed Voldemort for so long you should know all about him and his Death Eaters. Whichever team gets the most questions right gets an A on the pop quiz and no homework for the next week. The team that has the least amount of points gets a B on the pop quiz. Ok first we need captains and the captains to pick a number between 1 and 15."
"13." Rosa Mcquillis said, being the captin of team two.
"4." Daniel said being the captin of team one.
"Ok, my number was 14 so Rosa's team goes frist. Ok, first question and it's an easy one name one Death Eater that does not work and or haunt this school."
"Peter Pettigrew."
"Great, team one same question."
"Blaise Zabini."
"Ok so that's one point for each team. Next question, name one place that Voldemort attacked during the first or second part of his reign."
"Hogwarts." Rosa said, trying to sound like she was smarter then everyone else.
"Oh I'm sorry, Voldemort himself never attacked Hogwarts. Though his Death Eaters did numerous times. Daniel you could be one point in the lead if you know a correct answer."
"Godrics Hollow."
"So now the score is 2 to 1, team one in the lead. What is the spell to cast the Dark Mark?"
"Professor we never learned that." Rosa said raising her hand.
"Well that's why I split you into teams. Ask your teammates, I'm sure they're more then willing to help you."
"Morsedore."
"Daniel?"
"Morsmordre."
"Great 3 to 1. Second to last question. Give one nickname you've heard of or learned that Voldemort or one of the Death Eaters gave each other."
"Wormtail."
"Good job Rosa. Team one?"
"Beaute de Morte or Beauty of Death." Tim Smith said standing up.
"Now where Mr. Smith did you learn that name?" Chastity asked intrigued.
"My father use to tell me stories about her, well more like myths because he doesn't know if she ever really exsisted or not. Well the stories were more like legends."
"Ah, well we will be learning about her later. Last question name the people of Voldemort's inner circle."
"Nott, Avery, the Lestranges, Snape, and Malfoy."
"Ok so that's 7 to 3 so far for team one, team two if you can name four different inner circle members then you will tie this game and go into the Bonus question, if you get five you guys win." Chastity explained.
"Umbridge, Jugson, Zabini, Pettigrew, Macnair, and Beaute de Mort."
"Now Daniel, how do you know that Beaute de Mort is a real person?" Chastity asked, trying to figure out how to get off the subject.
"Professor Snape is behind you and was pointing to you when we were talking about it the first time mouthing the words, 'it's her, it's her.' Now he's making some sort of movement where it looks like he's cutting off his own...Oh, nevermind, um I learned it from Grindelwald! That's right I learned it from-"
"That's enough Daniel, Severus I thought we were going to talk later. Anyways, since Professor Snape was giving both teams the answer and Beaute de Mort was a double point answer, that means that either team could have said that answer, there fore Daniel's team team gets 7 points. making it 10 to 7 team one wins! No homework for a week and an A on this pop quiz, however for extra credit for both teams I want you to research the Dark Lords inner circle, I mean really research it, ask your parents, ask your friends parents, ask the professors minus myself and Professor Snape. This is your assignment, I want you to put the Dark Lords inner circle in order from the highest ranking inner circle death eater to the lowest ranking inner circle death eater. Therefore I do not want to see or hear the names of Regulus Black, Doloris Umbridge, or Thomas Flint. For the rest of the class, you may use the books on the bookshelf, the Floo powder, and the school owls to write, talk to, and research your project it will be due on the 14th. That gives you two weeks, now if you'll excuse me, Professor Snape and I will be in my office if you need me." Chastity turned around, walking behind her desk and went into her office. Severus followed. "Severus what is it?"
"You haven't by chance seen Dragon have you? He wasn't in potions today."
"No I haven't, are you sure he didn't just, you know sleep in or skip your class. Did you check the library? Maybe he went there last night and feel asleep, many students have been known to do that."
"I've been to the kitchens, the library, the boys bathrooms. I can't get in the Gryffindor Tower though because the portrait said the Head of House will only allow themselves, the students, or the headmaster in."
"I said no such thing! Look after this class we'll go to the tower. If he's not there, we'll break into Harry's room and use the Marauders map. All of the Hogwarts entrances have a default password of open in Parseltongue. Is there anything else?" Chastity asked, noticing that Severus was just staring at her. "Sev?"
"What? Oh, sorry, no there isn't I'll see you in my chambers for lunch. Oh and Chastity you're very beautiful, even when you're pregnant." With that Severus left an even more confused Chastity in her office. After classes, Chastity and Severus stood outside the Gryffindor Tower. "Butterbeer." Chastity said, the portrait opening up for her. "And see here, I did not say anything about allowing only certain people into the common room and neither did Harry, if they know the password let them in." Chastity said before stepping inside. They both went up to the boys dormitories to find no Dragon.
"I guess we're going to be breaking into Harry and Draco's rooms."
"Let's just pray they never find out eh?"
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After breakfast in the Great Hall and promises to meet his friends in class, Dragon made his way up towards the Room of Requirements, he was missing home and his parents greatly. With Alyssa resting on his hip, Dragon started walking in front of the door. 'I need somewhere to clear my head. I need somewhere to clear my head.' Dragon thought over and over until a door appeared. Walking inside, Dragon noticed a play pen to put Alyssa in and a baby grand piano in front of him. "Here goes nothing." Dragon said to himself sitting down, he started playing a few song he had learned from Draco before Julie came in.
"Sorry, I followed you up here. Classes started a while ago, I guess you lost track of time. I didn't know you could play the piano." Julie said, sitting down on a chair that popped up for her by the piano.
"Yeah, my father taught me when I was four and I've been playing ever since. I actual write songs, would you like to hear the one I'm working on?" Dragon asked, turning towards her, without stopping the song he was playing.
"I would enjoy that." Dragon started playing instantly, closing his eyes and letting the music flow through him. "Does it have any words?"
"It does, sorry I guess I was singing them in my head here, let me play it again but this time with the words." Dragon said blushing.
"The dawn is breaking. A light shining through, you're barely waking and I'm tangled up in you. Yeah. I'm open, you're closed. Where I follow, you'll go, I worry I won't see your face light up again. Even the best fall down sometimes, even the wrong words seem to rhyme. Out of the doubt that fills my mind, I somehow find you and I collide."
"I'm quiet you know, you make a first impression, I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind." Dragon stopped playing. "That's as far as I got, it's not finished yet though so you can't judge it."
"It's obviously about someone, will you tell me who?" Julie asked looking up at Dragon's face. The hurt on it tore Julie's heart into peices. "It's her isn't it? Melissa, the girl you use to date." Dragon didn't say anything, he carefully stood up, and picked up Alyssa. "I'm sorry Julie," he said before quietly leaving the room, tears running down his cheeks. That's when he ran into Chastity and Severus.
"Dragon what's wrong?" Severus asked worry evident in his voice. Dragon handed Alyssa to Chastity and fell into his godfathers arms.
"I miss her." He whispered, before wrapping his arms around Severus' neck. Chastity just nodded her head at Severus, silently telling him to take Dragon towards Harry's office. Severus picked up the crying Dragon and carried him to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
"Drag, would you like me to get Lily for you? Maybe your parents?" Chastity suggested.
"Grandma?" Dragon asked quietly, still sitting wrapped up in Severus' arms.
"Dragon you had us worried something happened to you when you didn't show up to class. You should have told one of us you were going to skip, I'm sure Chastity or Lucius would have let you. What? I'm your godfather and at the time your teacher I couldn't condone such behavior during my class. So are you going to tell us who you miss?"
"She's moved on, it's fine I shouldn't have treated her the way I did, she's not a mudblood."
"Oh." Chastity whispered in understanding. She went to Harry's fire and Floo'd Lily.
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Back in the Room of Requirements, Julie got up from the piano and went in search of Daniel. "Daniel, I know that you don't know who I am, but I was wondering if you would like to help me."
"No, I know you're Dragon's current girlfriend. Julie, so what do you need help with?"
"Dragon was up in the Room of Requirements and he was singing a song that he's in the process of making."
"Oh you mean Collide, yeah he's been working on that one for a while now. What about…Oh, he didn't tell you who that's about did he?"
"He loves her Daniel, and I want to see him just as happy with Melissa, as you are with Amanda. So will you help me?" Julie asked, giving Daniel a puppy dog face.
"Fine, I'll help, but you do know that it wouldn't be easy right?"
"Yes I do know it won't be easy. I was filled in by Chastity when we were searching for Amanda. Anyways, come on we need to plan."
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About 20 minutes later Lily Potter was standing in her sons office. "What's wrong Chastity, Severus?" Lily asked concerned, she then spotted Dragon still wrapped up in Severus' arms. "Is he okay?"
"He's heartbroken, when we asked who he'd like to talk to he suggested you. He misses Melissa." Severus got up so Lily could take his place, while filling her in. "If you need Chastity or me we'll be in my private chambers talking things over." With that Severus and Chastity left.
"Ok Drag, what's wrong? Why brought this on?" Lily asked, rubbing circles in Dragons back.
"I miss Melissa, I miss her voice, her smile. I miss holding her hand. Grandma I think I have something terribly wrong with me." Dragon stated matter-of-factly.
"Ok then, what's wrong with you?" Lily asked, trying to hold her giggles in.
"I think I'm totally and helplessly in love. It's terrible grandma, if I'm in love it should be with my girlfriend, it should be with Julie not with Melissa. Plus Melissa's going out with Rob Nest, it's not like she'd dump him to be with me. I should have just had sex with her in the first place and we wouldn't be in this mess."
"Dragon it's good that you and Melissa didn't have sex, it means that you respect her more then every other girl in the wizarding world. Have you even tried to apologize to her? Talk to her? Babe I love you to death and you know that, but sometimes your like your dad and grandpa, and don't use that cute little head of yours. Look, even the best fall down sometimes, but even those people pick themselves back up no matter what doubts and fears they have in their heads. Would you like me to call over your grandpa and we can go eat lunch in Hogsmeade?" Lily asked, wiping the tears from Dragon's face. Dragon nodded his head yes before standing up.
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"Sev I hope Lily can help him." Chastity said, sitting down on one of the couches.
"She will Chast, don't worry about him. Let's talk about what's going on with you? How are you feeling? Have you thought about your feelings for Sirius?"
"I'm fine, and yes I have thought about my feelings for Sirius, and I've found that I don't love him as much as I thought I did. That for quite a long while now-"
"You've been in love with someone else?" Severus finished, hope sounding in his voice.
"Yes, for quite some time now, it's just I don't know how they feel about me, and about the fact that I am with child. I mean this persons friendship means a lot to me, and if I lose that I don't know what I would do, it would tear me up inside."
"So this friend means a lot to you don't they? Well, what if they feel the same way? What if they want children,but are just to afraid to say anything."
"Yes they mean, he means a lot to me, and it would be great if they felt the same way and wanted children. It's just I've never been the one to confront someone I love before, look I've got to get going it wouldn't be good to show up late to a meeting involving the Minister of Magic." Chastity got up to leave, but Severus stopped her.
"Is this a clear enough sign?" Severus steped up to Chastity, kissed her on the lips and then kissed her stomach. "I love both of you. Now go before your late to your meeting."
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"Minister removing Quidditch would be the worst idea you've had! Look, I will remove Grindelwald from Hogwarts immediately, and I swear to you that we will have a substitute teacher to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts for tomorrows classes. The removal of either subject is just truly proposterus! These options have been in this school since it opened with the original founders! I'm positive Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy will raise hell if they are taken out of Hogwarts."
"Now Miss Mayer calm yourself. We have no reason to have Quidditch in Hogwarts, and we don't have enough teachers right now to go around." Fudge said, turning towards her.
"Albus say something, you know this isn't right." Chastity said, barely containing her calm.
"She's right Cornelius, I can not condone the removal of either subject."
"Albus you have no teachers left to teach anymore of your classes! You have more substitutes then you have real teachers. You will have to remove at least one class."
"Fine then remove study hall it was only put there to oversee the removal of Quidditch in the first place, and once Harry and Draco get back he'll only have one substitute teacher and that would be me."
"Chastity if you are agreeing to stay on until the end of the year, I would like to offer you a permanent position."
"I agree, there minister, he doesn't have one single substitute teacher once the other two come back. Are we agreed then starting next week study hall will no longer be a class, and we are not getting rid of Quidditch or Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Chastity asked, the debate getting on the end of her nerves.
"Fine, we're agreed. Well, this was a waste of two hours."
"You're the one that called the meeting!" Chastity yelled leaving the office.
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A/N: Dragon: Has anyone noticed that Kime's chapters have been getting longer? That's because she's really bored so lets all pray she stays like this...HMM, ok how many people saw the Severus/Chastity relationship? Come on? Like we haven't been hinting at that. Anyways, the song that I was singing is not really mine, but Collide by Howie Day, and it just seemed appropriate for this chapter, and it's not the end of that song either, it will be in another chapter later on, but from where it ended to the end of the song, but shhh I'm not suppose to know that, cause remember I haven't finished writing the song. Anyways, how is everyone? Can you believe they tried to remove Quidditch? Oh and what will Sirius say when he finds out that Sev is scaming on his girl? I can't wait for the next chapter can you? Well, on with the reviews, and don't forget to vote in the poll, if you forgot what the poll includes please email Kime.
Bitcake: You knew the twins would come back? Really? Because even Kime didn't know the twins would come back, it was going to be that or Draco being pregnant. I have no idea if Draco will become pregnant from the hot tub scene and neither will you all until I get more votes. If I don't get any votes then I have no idea what I'm going to do and I'm going to have to come up with a new idea. If I can get 5 more people to vote either (3,6,7,8 or 9) more children just five more votes then I will reveal if Draco is pregnant or not. From Dragon, Kime, and James: Thank you for the chocolate! Oh and this will so not go to my head sings I'm devishly hot! I'm devishly hot!... Ok moving on, Kime went brain dead and has no idea what suggestion for the story that you both agreed on was.
Heather: I'm glad that the last chapter was much much better. Yes Sarah is a beeyatch and must die, but I have no plans of killing her off yet, because you always need a rival in a story and for Dragon it's her. Yep, my birthday is January 13 and funnily enough one of my ex-boyfriends birthdays was January 31, and you're not crazy.
So what does everything think about Melissa and Dragon getting back together or do you all like Dragon and Julie?
Orlin: Dragon: I'm not suppose to know the twins are back so shhh. Well, I put a lot more Daniel in the story, see now that Julie and Daniel are working together Melissa and Daniel will have a lot more story line :), and see I snuck Lily in there for you also, I know it's not James,but it will have to do for right now. Thanks for coming to the party also.
SarahAmanda: I have no idea what's going to happen next, but I'm glad you liked the chapter.