Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story. Except a few things which you don't recognize from original series or anywhere else.
Author: zimagesto
Title: Harry Potter and the Legacy of Slytherin
Summary: Seventh year at Hogwarts. Contains: the Lord of Darkness, the Dark Lord, a bunch of elves, a lost kingdom and a lot of interesting stuff. Twisted story with a twisted end. Not conventional. Worth reading. R&R
AN: Due to current situation, I will no longer name chapters. What current situation, you ask? The situation of not coming up with good titles, duh!
Note: fluff including Severus and Amala will be put between DDDDDDDDs instead of IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIs.
Un-beta-ed version (is this how you write it?)
Chapter 13
Voldemort walked towards the castle feeling very, very evil. He made it to the front doors and half-expected to be rejected, but instead he was let in. Oh, this was going to be wonderful.
For the first time in many years he walked through the corridors in a body that was controlled completely by him. He should go somewhere where he couldn't be found… Would the Chamber of Secrets do? No, probably not. It was a shame that Potter had killed the basilisk…
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Harry stood in an armchair by the fire, while Hermione and Ron were sprawled on the couch.
"Where's Amala?" Harry asked.
"Outside, taking a walk. She's quite distressed" Hermione answered. "I still can't believe her parents did that!"
"Me neither" Harry replied truthfully. "But still, Snape's offer was nice"
"Yeah, wasn't it?" she commented. "Oh, Harry, do you think we should show him our room? I've been wondering about it. There are some tomes there that he might want to study"
"But do you think the password would work for him?" Ron snorted. "I mean, he's not much of a 'light warrior'."
"I don't think it matters, Ron" Hermione replied with a roll of her eyes, before she screamed, looking up. "Professor!"
The other two looked up, seeing Binns floating around.
"Yes, Mrs. Stranger?"
"What- what are you doing here?" she chocked out.
"Verifying if everything is alright" he replied in his dull tone. "Is that not what Mrs. McGonagall did every night?"
"No!" Hermione said. "But… oh, well…"
"Goodnight, Mrs. Stranger"
"Goodnight" she replied, seeing him float out. "Sheesh, isn't he creepy as a Head of House?"
"Yes, he is" the other two replied in the same time, still looking after the ghost.
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"Amala? Please, wait!" Mrs. Wright cried after her daughter.
The girl turned on her heels, looking coldly at her mother.
"What?" she asked with a voice that didn't sound too much like it should.
"I'm sorry… about earlier" her mother said, looking very sorry indeed. "It's just that your father, he was an Auror, Amala. And he was the one who captured Snape in the first place, of course he knows many dirty things about him that you don't…"
The girl's eyes widened and flashed for a second.
"He caught Severus?" she whispered.
"Yes" Mrs. Wright replied. "So you see why we overreacted. We don't want you hurt, child. You mean the world to us… And as much as I may hate to admit it, Mona is a good judge of character and she told us many things"
"Like what?"
"Like the fact that Snape wouldn't be a good choice for me, but he's a good choice for you. She said he was a good man underneath everything and that he's a bit different towards his… his lovers than towards the world. She said she isn't very pleased by your choice of a man, especially because of the age difference, but she said that she's alright and she respects it, but needs to have a word with Snape first."
"Really?" the girl asked in a very cold manner. "That's good to know"
With that, Amala turned on her heels and started walking away, but her mother grabbed her shoulder, making her turn back and glare murderously.
"Please… I don't want to lose my daughter"
"I think that you will" she replied with a very sadistic smile on her face and took out her wand.
"What are you-?" Mrs. Wright started, but was cut off by a spell that made her lose consciousness.
"It wouldn't do to kill you, people might get quite suspicious" the girl hissed and smirked evilly, walking away. "You will lose your daughter"
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"Sirius?"
"What?" he moaned, turning towards Iris.
"Something's wrong"
"What, love?"
"With Amala"
Sirius turned towards her, embracing her. He'd decided to come to the castle for the night and pretend he wasn't there (especially since it was after curfew anyway and he'd come via Floo powder)… he'd meet his godson and his friends in the morning, but as for now, he wasn't there. He was with Iris, who could, unfortunately, empathize with Amala so much that she knew what the girl was going through. Trust Sirius to get a girlfriend with too much concern for her apprentice.
"You know what she's been through" he sighed. "You told me you felt her feeling horrible all day, it's because of the whole ordeal with her parents and Snape and…"
"No, no…" Iris said. "I was scared she might do something stupid, but I could feel her, all the pain and the feeling of loss and anger and guilt, but now…"
"Now?" Sirius asked as she'd stopped.
"She's scared, Siri. Something scared her a lot and I don't know what. She's terrified"
"Let's go find her, it might be Snape" Sirius replied, getting up.
"I think it's more serious than Snape" she answered, also getting up and putting some robes on her, exactly as Sirius was doing. "I hate this, it's very bad"
"It's ok, we'll take care of things" he replied.
The two of them hurried out of the Professor's room and Sirius was amazed to see that Iris was walking at a sure pace, as if she knew where she was going. And apparently, she did know where she was going.
"Call Albus" she whispered. "I'm afraid we've got a lot more trouble than we've bargained for."
Sirius gulped slowly and took out a small two-way mirror, calling the Headmaster through it.
"Not good" she whispered, her wand out, taking one last turn and pointing her wand out…
Sirius simply gaped. Amala was there, yes, apparently coming from a different direction. But she didn't seem terrified, but angry and full of hatred. Iris nearly dropped her wand.
"Hey, sweetie" she said slowly. "Shouldn't you be in bed?"
"No" she replied in a very rasp tone that wasn't like her usual one. "What do you want?"
"I could feel you through our link all day" Iris replied gently, putting her wand back in place.
"Really?" Amala asked with curiosity.
"Yes… and now I felt you terrified"
"I'm not terrified" she replied. "I'm angry"
"Funny… the link never seemed to malfunction before" Iris replied. "Do you know what happened?"
"No…" the girl replied, leaning back against the wall, frowning. "Maybe I was Obliviated? I don't know… I think there was a fight… Should I test my wand with Prior Incantatem?"
"Yes, you should" Iris said gently.
"Okay" Amala replied, taking out her wand. Iris frowned. She felt something like… panic and screaming through the link. What was wrong? Her apprentice took out her wand, casually waved it… and instead of saying 'prior Incatatem' she cried out a 'Crucio!' towards Iris.
Sirius jumped, seeing this, shocked beyond belief as Iris collapsed in screams of pain.
"What the HELL!" he cried, jumping at Amala and pinning the girl to the floor. "What are you doing!"
"Get off, you mutt!" the girl replied in a voice that wasn't hers.
"She's possessed" Iris chocked out. "Stun her"
Sirius reached for his wand, but Amala was quicker and she hit him in the head badly before shooting a stunner and pushing the unconscious Animagus off her.
"You're ruining everything" she said with a very wrong smirk. "What a pity. I should kill you now"
"Voldemort" Iris said, slowly.
"Bingo" the younger girl said, pointing her wand at Iris. However, Iris wasn't a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor for nothing, so she jumped out of the way of a killing curse and shot a stunner of her own.
"Protego!" Iris cried against a stunner and Voldemort laughed.
"Give up, pretty or the mutt dies"
"Don't you dare!" Iris cried, sending a stunner that was easily deflected.
"Why not?" he laughed evilly, sending another killing curse. "After all-"
Iris had sent a spell on him and Voldemort found himself frustratingly silent, as his vocal cords weren't working anymore. He didn't stay there to ponder what to do next, though, as he jumped against Iris, hitting her in the face and making her fall down. And then he too dropped to the floor, unconscious.
Iris looked up to see Dumbledore, his wand out, with a perplexed look on his face, before he stunned her, too.
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"-wonder what was going on" he heard Dumbledore's voice.
Sirius started opening his eyes slowly, having a painful headache. Gah, this was… wait! What had happened with Amala! He shot up so suddenly that he heard somebody crash something next to him in surprise.
"Whoa, there, cousin!" he heard and looked at Tonks who had just knocked a few glasses on the floor. He saw that, yet again, he was in the hospital wing and that Dumbledore, Snape, Amala's parents, her aunt, Harry, Ron and Hermione were there too. "What's wrong? What happened?"
"I was with Iris… she said something was wrong with Amala and we went to find her. When we did, she felt wrong, you know? Iris had said she was terrified, panicked, but she wasn't. And she said there might've been a fight and that she might've been obliviated and offered to check her wand for the previous spell… But instead of doing that, she cast the cruciatus on Iris. I jumped on her and Iris said she was possessed… and then I was stunned"
"Possessed?" Dumbledore asked slowly. "Because of the stunner, she can't be possessed now. Ennervate"
To Sirius's surprise, Dumbledore had awaken Iris and not Amala. Iris gave them a detailed report of what had happened before Dumbledore awakened Amala, too.
The girl looked at them and started crying. Her parents walked towards her, to comfort her, but Snape was quicker and he got on her bed and held her in a very gentle way. She turned so she was leaning against him, his arms around her as she cried. To Sirius's surprise, Snape was soothing her as much as he could. Nobody in the room protested to anything. The girl started shivering and he held her even tighter, whispering something in her ear, out of which Sirius could only catch a few words… "Alright"… "All over"… "We're with you"… "Shh". Snape looked straight into Sirius's eyes and motioned him to come over, so he got out of his bed and awkwardly brushed a tear away from her eye. Amala looked up at him, pain clearly on her face.
"I'm s-so sorry" she whispered.
"What for? That wasn't you, it was Voldemort"
"I'm s-so s-s-sorry" she said towards Iris and the older woman smiled gently.
"It wasn't your fault… You even tried to warn me. I'm sorry I haven't been more careful with what happens to you, I should be with you, protect you, not…"
"Don't" Amala groaned. "It wasn't your fault"
"We need to create new wards" Snape said simply and Sirius glared at him. Was he that insensitive? Talking about wards when the girl, his lover, or God's sake, was in a lot of distress! "So this doesn't happen again. I'll help you with mental wards, if you're more powerful, nothing of this sort will happen again"
"Thanks" she said, smiling slightly. "I'm so weak, I…"
"Don't even go there…" Snape said in such a dark tone that Sirius recognized it as a threat. A Death Eater's threat. Amala simply smiled softly.
"If you say so"
"What happened?" Sirius asked. "How did you fall in the claws of that bastard?"
Amala looked into his eyes, still looking very shaken, but now she wasn't crying anymore, at least.
"I was outside… Leaning against a tree, crying that my parents couldn't accept me…"
"That's not true" her mother protested, but Snape shut her up with a glare.
"And that I'd have to leave home, even if it was to stay with Severus… When V-Voldemort jumped on me, got in me and started controlling my body. I was so scared, he was so powerful. He pushed me aside, and I could still see everything and I could feel his intentions and I couldn't do anything to stop him. It was horrible. He stunned my mum, he cast the cruciatus on Iris, he wanted to kill Sirius… and Iris… and then… I don't know. I just blacked out"
"Dumbledore stunned you, dear" Madam Pomfrey said, handing her some chocolate. "It will do you good"
"Thanks" she replied slowly, taking a small bite out of it.
"Severus is right" Dumbledore said slowly. "We need to cast new wards"
"I don't think he can get in by himself" Monica said and all eyes turned towards her. "I think he needs to possess somebody in order to get inside. I'll see what I can do"
Sirius noticed that Snape smiled at her in a very affectionate way and he growled on the inside. If he would hurt Amala, Sirius would have his head for it. But for now, the girl was oblivious as she closed her eyes and leaned against Snape's shoulder.
"Let's go to sleep" she murmured. "I'm so tired"
"Yes" Snape replied, attempting to get out of bed.
"No stay… please?"
With a sigh, Snape remained there and looked pointedly at Dumbledore who cleared his voice.
"Perhaps we should all go to bed?" he suggested and everybody was quite happy to be given an excuse so they could leave Amala sleep. As they exited the room, Sirius being the last, he observed Snape shift the two of them so that they were lying down, him holding her in his arms. He sighed to himself and closed the door behind him.
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Sybille was quite happy with her traps. The gipsy woman had left for quite some time, leaving Sybille alone to think, ponder and set up her traps. After all, who could do it better than the dark woman?
So, now, the Manor still looked deserted, but the walls were no longer what they used to be. Instead, they'd been hollowed on the inside, then Engorgement charms had been put and finally everything had ended up like a maze with corridors and rooms inside the Manor's walls. Sybille was quite pleased. She'd then created an underground tunnel that lead away from the Manor, to get in and out of the place…
The Death Eaters would never know what struck them.
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Jane Chase held her head in her hands. She hated this. She really, deeply hated this. She was so afraid of the war, so afraid she'd have to lead her people… she was so young, so inexperienced. Luckily, Lord Kenden was with her. Well, he wasn't with her now, as she was in her History of Magic class, but he was with her morally.
She let her head down on her books slowly. She was so tired, she couldn't keep up with both classes and her training.
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"Listen, Amala" her mother said, sighing slowly. "I'm sorry about the way we reacted"
The girl looked down towards the doors of the Great Hall, wishing she was in there with her friends, rather than here, with her mother, who'd stopped her before she'd entered the Hall.
"Are you… are you sure everything is alright with Snape?"
"I'm sure everything is alright with Severus, mother" she replied darkly. "I trust him completely, and I don't give my trust away easily. Not completely."
"But he is a lot older than you are, are you sure he's not manipulating you, using you?"
"I'm sure" she replied with a sigh. "Let's not go back there again, please, mum?"
"And… please come home with me and Christopher. You may come back to Hogwarts and…"
Amala took a deep sigh. She'd seen this coming, but she already knew her answer, as she'd talked about it with Severus this morning and he'd assured her he'd meant every word…
"No thanks, mum" she replied slowly. "I'm staying with Severus. I'll come visit, though, I promise. I'll probably be spending more time with you than him, but… I'd like my home to be with him. Is it… is it ok?"
Her mother gulped slowly, tears forming in her eyes.
"It's ok… Servus" she chocked out, turning her back at her daughter and leaving in sobs.
"Servus" Amala replied at her mother's salute, feeling tears build up in her own eyes.
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Meanwhile, Voldemort had just woken up in his very hurt body. Last night had been quite… interesting. So, he could possess people! And he could enter Hogwarts by possessing them… what if they put up wards against that? Oh, well, he'd just have to act quickly, then.
"Bellatrix" he murmured.
"Yes, my lord?" she asked lovingly, ready to serve.
"I think I found a way to enter Hogwarts. It appears I can still possess people, and I can enter the castle by possessing somebody. I need you to start a siege on the castle at the same time I enter it, so I can kill the Muggle loving fool and Potter"
"Yes, sire" she replied with a smirk. "When should this be?"
"At the next Quiddich match, so I can find myself a good body and so you can scare everybody away. Use the creatures in the new world"
"Yes, sire" she said with a very dark smile, as Peter Pettigrew entered the room.
"My l-lord… there is somebody h-here who wishes to see you" he stuttered.
"Call him in" he said , getting up in spite of his weakness. Peter opened the door and motioned somebody to enter the room, before closing it and stepping away, making Voldemort raise an eyebrow. That was, until he saw the person coming straight through the door.
"I'm coming to fulfill my promise, so I can have eternal rest" he said. "I have sworn to you to become Head of Gryffindor House and to give you information from there. Here I come, to keep my word. Good day, my favorite student, Heir of Slytherin"
"Good day, Professor Binns" Voldemort replied with a very evil smirk.
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AN: Last time I wanted to translate everything from Romanian to English, but I forgot –sheepish grin-
So, here I go!
"Lucia, ce facem?" (the man asked in another language and Mrs. Wright glared at her daughter.) Lucia, what are we going to do?
"Vedem noi" (she replied.) We'll see
("What are you doing?" Amala asked unsure of herself.)
"Nu mai ştii română?" (Mrs. Wright spat.) "Atât de tare te-a ameţit SNAPE!" Don't you know Romanian anymore! Is that how much Snape dazed you!
So, coming up next…
Replies to my wonderful reviewers! (Implicit thank you to everybody who reviewed, it means sooooooooo much to me!)
Soramiko (now known as Fuyu Taki): wow! Thanks for all the wonderful reviews (and for putting me on your 'favorites' list ;-D)!
And as for being beta… I see inu-kokoro has offered, but there's always room for another beta. And I didn't mean only the spelling/grammar mistakes when I said I think I make mistakes and not even notice it. After all, I do tend to forget what I did with some secondary chapters and put them in places where they shouldn't be. Like Seamus. And as you noticed, I forgot to translate the Romanian things…
Oh, well, I have no clue what else to write since I'm really not inspired here, so I'll just salute you :grin:
Inu-kokoro: Thanks for being my beta:::grin: And yes, Severus still likes Monica… and he loves Amala and… well, this will turn out interesting ;-)
Tsuetsu: Yes, I got the feeling there were too many things going on at once, too. I was actually thinking about abandoning a certain Halloween scene that I had in mind, but I'm going to keep it, since it'll make everything come together… I hope?
GamingGuy84: Yes, well, Voldemort was in a lot of trouble because of the Darkelings. And he'll be in a lot of trouble still, since some of his followers might become the… 'daily digest' of the creatures, if they're not careful.
And… hmm… yes, poor child who was possessed. Very poor child. Especially since she's Amala and she has quite a few problems without Voldemort in her head… It's a surprise he didn't recognize her. Oh, well… And as for her parents, well, her father knows a bit too much about Death Eaters and some of the things Severus did to keep his cover to be a bit more gentle.
But as for the pairing… there's hard times to come, since Severus still likes Monica, even though he loves Amala. Who will it be? How will it be? Stay tuned! ;-)
Dark672: Are you kidding? How could I give up a secret as big as that::smiles and whispers: Permanent Luna/Harry, but shh!