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
Note: fluff including Severus and Amala will be put between DDDDDDDDs instead of IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIs.
FANFICTION COMPETITON!
Opened and running!
Check out the Phoenix Feather Competition at:
http/groups. 14
Amala opened her eyes, taking in the bright light of the morning. Severus wasn't next to her, that much was obvious. He was probably working in his lab or God-knew-what. She felt much better now… she should be going back to the Common Room.
She climbed out of bed and saw she was still in her robes. Well, she'd been comfortable enough, so she wasn't complaining now, after all, she didn't have to change her clothes.
After a long enough walk she entered the Common Room and saw it was quite empty, except for her friends.
"Hey" they greeted her and Hermione and Harry got up from the couches where they'd sat down and came closer to her to hug her. "You ok?"
"Now, yes" she replied, hugging them tightly in return.
"Sit down" Ron called her and so she did, taking her seat next to a concerned Ginny.
"Is there anything we can get you?" Neville asked.
"No, thanks" Amala replied with a small smile. "I'm ok"
"Don't worry, it'll pass" Ginny encouraged her. "I should know. In my first year I was possessed by his memory, too. Harry saved me, though"
Amala smiled towards the redhead.
"So, we're partners in this" she attempted a joke. "Oh, well. It's a good thing they stopped me… I hurt my own mum"
"No… he hurt your mum" Ginny corrected her. "Don't mistake the two."
Harry stood up.
"Well, I should get going. I'm meeting Luna… Sorry, but I have to go, I asked her to meet me this morning, I had no clue what…"
"Don't worry" Amala replied, smiling at him. "I completely understand. Go, have fun, don't worry"
Harry waved his goodbye and left, looking a bit pensive. Amala looked at her friends and relaxed. Voldemort was gone now. It was alright. It was ok. All was good. But she wanted to… she wanted to talk to somebody. God knew where Severus would be, but she could find Sirius in a moment in Iris's rooms.
"I want to go talk to Sirius and Iris, tell them I'm sorry and ask them what to do. Perhaps talk to Mona, she'll know what I should do"
"Ok…" Ron replied. "Want any of us to come with you?"
"I'm ok, Ron" she replied, smiling towards him. "Really. A bit shaken, but not completely messed up."
"Ok"
Amala got up and said her goodbyes before she yet again started walking down the corridors, thinking about Voldemort. The thought of him in her body still made her hair stand up on ends and she felt a shiver going up her spine. That monster needed to be stopped.
"Hey, Amala. You ok?" she heard a voice and looked around her to see Jane Chase coming towards her.
"Now, yes" she replied and frowned. "Where have you been"
"Training" she sighed tiredly. "It's getting the best of me, that one. I can't do it anymore! It's too much! Too much! Why can't they give me a day's break, I need it a lot and I can't possibly work much more like this. Hell, I think I'll collapse one day during training!"
Amala looked at her with a bit of surprise as Jane ranted on about swords and daggers and politics and military techniques.
'Poor girl' she thought.
"Oh, sorry I'm telling you this" the small second year said sheepishly. "I've been under stress lately, but it still wasn't as bad as your problem last night"
"No, it's ok" Amala replied and Jane sighed again.
"I should go now, then I should get breakfast and then homework for tomorrow and then training again… See you!… I hope"
"See ya" Amala replied and watched the girl nearly run down the corridor.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
"Morning, Luna" Harry said and took the girl's hand.
"Hi, Harry!" she replied, her eyes brightening considerably. "How are you?"
"I'm fine… Listen, do you know what happened last night?"
"Well, it was the acromantulas' singing night, when all the acromantulas gather together and start singing songs of praise to the moon, but I somehow get the feeling that you're not referring to that"
"Well, no, I'm not" Harry admitted. "I was talking about Amala… she got possessed by Voldemort"
"What!" Luna asked.
"Yeah, she was outside, crying when he attacked her and took over her body. Then he came in and attacked her mum, Iris and Sirius. Sirius came here last night"
"Oh my God" Luna said. "Poor girl…"
"Yeah… she claims to be better now, but I'm not sure"
"Well, of course she's shaken!" Luna said. "Think about it! She got possessed!"
The blonde girl looked at Harry in a very "duh!" mode and he immediately felt embarrassed. But Luna didn't seem to think any less of him for not understanding that. Instead she just sighed and kissed him on the lips.
"I really like you" she stated after breaking the kiss.
"I really like you too" Harry replied and she beamed, suddenly grabbing his hand and starting to run. "Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
She giggled at his cry of surprise as she passed straight through Nearly Headless Nick who moved quickly out of the way, sparing Harry the cold feeling of passing through ghosts.
"Watch out!" he cried good-naturedly behind them as Harry cried an apology. Luna didn't seem to notice as she dragged him up some stairs, down some stairs, left, right, left, stairs, right, down, up, left… Well, you get the point. And finally, after she apparently decided it was enough torture or the raven-haired Gryffindor, she stopped abruptly in front of the door, causing him to collapse into her at full speed, sending both of them tumbling down on the floor and into fits of laughter.
"Sorry" she said. "Let me show you something that could help Amala"
They picked themselves up from the floor and entered something that seemed to be an abandoned storeroom. Luna went to a wardrobe and opened its door, taking out a small box. Harry neared her curiously wondering what she had there (AN: I'm wondering too! I'll go pick up a dictionary…).
"Look, these are rock standaloofs" she explained. "They're crystals that protect their bearers from stuff like possessions or legilimency. Anything that has to do with the mind, you see?"
"Yeah, I guess" he replied as she opened the box and showed him a few rocks that looked nice.
"Here, give her this one!" Luna suggested, showing him a shiny, metallic-looking one. "It's a nice standaloof, it should keep her safe"
Harry took it in his hand, surprised to feel it warm and heavy.
"Thanks"
"No problem" she replied and then grinned. "You have one too"
Harry looked around and picked up a violet one.
"It's an amethyst" Luna explained. "Nice choice. I have a pink quartz, it has to do with love"
"Where are these from?" Harry questioned.
"I found them here in my second year" she replied. "Nobody ever came here to take any of them, so I took one for myself. I don't think anybody would mind and we can always return them."
Harry simply beamed at her.
"This would be considered stealing" he pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess. But we can return them!"
And she put the box down and kissed him. Harry really did like her rather simple style of handling things.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
"How is she?" Sirius asked as Iris came through the door towards her living room. His girlfriend and Amala had entered the bedroom half an hour ago and now only the older woman had come out.
"Better" Iris nodded. "I helped her calm down and now she's reading, trying to get her mind off things. I've spoken to Monica last night"
"Oh?" Sirius asked.
"She said that Amala is not a very powerful person and that that should change. She said we need to work together, the three of us. I'm really wondering what she has in mind… She makes me feel a bit like an ignorant, really"
"What!" Sirius exclaimed, wondering what Monica had said to Iris.
"Oh, no, not intentionally" the Defense Professor said, calming him with a laugh. "But she's much more powerful than me and she knows many things that I don't. I can feel her… independent and powerful, like a tiger. I feel like a dove being approached by a huge peaceful tiger for a chat, you know? She treats me as her equal, but I feel inferior."
"Don't…" Sirius said, petting her head gently. "I bet that it's the same to her, too. You're a wonderful, beautiful, exceptional woman. So what if she knows a few more things? You're still as extraordinary as ever"
"Thanks" she said with a grin. "I wonder what we'll do with Amala"
"Me too" Sirius said sincerely. "I feel her like a combination between sister and daughter you know"
"I know"
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
"So, what you're saying is that there's a secret room in Hogwarts and the password to it is 'light warrior'" Voldemort said, pacing around, Binns next to him.
"Precisely, Heir of Slytherin" he explained. "I can show you where when you come to the castle."
"There are wards around Hogwarts that I cannot break" Voldemort replied. "I could barely enter by possessing a girl, I don't know how I will manage it again"
"The wards will be broken" Binns assured him. "And I will tell you all that goes on inside until the day this war ends or until the Owner of Hogwarts comes to the castle himself"
"Owner of Hogwarts!" Voldemort asked, stopping mid-pace. "Who or what is that?"
"It's a myth, nothing of importance" Binns shrugged it off. "It's like saying 'when Jesus comes back to Earth'."
"Oh" Voldemort replied, pacing again. "Find out more about the room"
"My pleasure"
"… And tell me what the idiots are planning"
"Of course"
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Sybille was galloping through the darkness towards the castle. She had to check on the Queen and announce her of all the traps they were doing, but at first, she had to talk to Sania. After all, maybe it was a tad too difficult for a twelve year-old to cope with everything. Well, not maybe, but certainly. Sybille pitied the girl.
"Nyah!" she cried, hurrying her horse. "Nyah!"
That wasn't exactly a word, she knew, but the horse knew it and it hurried up. Its mistress was definitely not somebody to mess with. Especially when she felt fire through her veins and the need to hurry. And oh, how she felt it now! The feeling of wind through her hair made her want to hurry even more and made her let go of the concealing charm she had upon her.
Her eyes turned light blue and her hair turned even darker from the black she had. The smile she had turned dangerous and her teeth became whiter and sharper. Her skin became purple and, most surprising of all, her ears became longer and pointed.
The horse could feel the change in his mistress and let out a neigh of excitement before feeling a surge of power from her and hurrying even more. They would make it at Hogwarts in few minutes, just before the dawn and from there… from there Sybille would take them to her old home.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Dawn came upon the grounds of Hogwarts, lighting the grounds pleasantly. Severus had left his bed some time ago. He'd cheered Amala yesterday afternoon after he'd managed to find her with Sirius and Iris. But now he needed to find Monica and talk to her about the problem in the castle wards. And he knew exactly where to find her.
He entered the library and watched as the sole person there, Monica herself, flipped through the pages of a book.
"What did you find?" he asked and she lifted her eyes.
"Good morning to you too" she said and he rolled his eyes. "So. I tested the wards last night and checked a few books. Apparently, everybody who is brought in by somebody who is a light person is allowed to enter."
Severus raised an eyebrow.
"Isn't that quite unsafe? What if Longbottom was captured by Death Eaters? They could easily enter the school"
"Ah, but they couldn't" Monica replied. "You see, then they'd be bringing him, and the condition is put backwards. So if they tricked him into taking them in, then they'd be allowed to enter. That's why students are not allowed to help foreigners enter the castle. Oh, and students are allowed in, too. That's why Marked kids can enter."
"Oh?" Severus raised an eyebrow. "So no foreigners can enter the castle? It's silly, Aurors and their sort can easily…"
"Well, the castle can feel people, it lets in only good people"
"Then why doesn't it do that to everybody!"
"Because" Monica said "the castle was also built as a defensive structure and a place to seal yourself in and lead a war. It used to also be used as a temporary dungeon and light people had to be able to get the prisoners inside… but since the prisoners weren't light, they couldn't bring anybody in. Get it?"
"I do" Severus replied.
"Well, that's the first explanation" Monica continued. "The second is that since the castle has a very magical core, it's somehow alive and it can understand things and that it lets people in based on what it believes should be done"
"I think the first explanation is more plausible" Severus pointed out. "Not many things get soul, even with magic and even if say, the castle was alive, it would not have let Voldemort inside"
"Ah, but maybe there's a reason why it did it" she replied, getting up.
"Which is?"
"To save Amala. And show us that she needs to be protected. After all, Voldemort might have killed her because of his failure to get in or might have searched for her again…to possess her"
"He could possess any student here"
"No, he couldn't" Monica replied quietly. "Amala is a gifted person… she has the gift of Sight."
Severus snorted slightly, but Monica quieted him.
"So do I" she added. "The real thing. I can See past things and get intuitions about things that are and will be… But there is a great difference between us. Amala is much weaker in mind than I am. She is Yin. That means receptive, lunar."
"I remember that" Severus nodded.
"Yes… that makes her a Medium, she can't control things. I can. I am Yang. That's active, solar. I can control the Sight, search for whatever I need, she cannot. She is receptive by nature, Severus. She can get possessed. Iris has done a good job teaching her things, out of what she told me last night when she came to talk to me. But it's not enough. She needs to become powerful, Sev… We need to help her do it"
Monica made a few steps towards him and bit her lower lip nervously.
"We really need to. And we need to place wards…"
Severus wondered what she was thinking of as her voice got quiet and she stopped talking, simply looking at him. She was sad… Why? He didn't think it had anything to do with Amala. And he didn't like seeing her sad, he should find the reason…
"I'm sorry" she said suddenly as she realized he was feeling uncomfortable.
"What for?"
Monica bit her lower lip again and looked down before looking up at him again.
"Well, because I'm going to say this at such a bad time. Severus, I've tried to understand so many times… if I still have feelings for you or not. Many times I thought I was over you, that I still cared for you, but just as a friend. I was wrong, I still love you."
He looked at her, surprised. Did she…? Really? After so many years? After such long years apart?
"I thought that maybe when I came we'd be together for a short while again, but I see how much you love her and she's my niece, I don't want to fight for you and it would be useless, anyway. I understand, I do… I'd hoped, though… But please, Severus"
She made a few steps towards him and circled her arms around him, looking at him in a shy way, something that didn't really suit her.
"One last kiss… Please… To keep it in my memory"
He looked in her brown eyes, speechless, seeing them swelling with tears, before he leaned forward and touched her lips with his.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
"I am here" Sybille cried towards Sania, seeing her at the edge of the Forest. "Come here"
Sania entered the Forest and gasped.
"What the-?"
"We'll talk later" the woman replied. Somehow, Sania noticed, purple fit her perfectly. But what the hell! "How's the Queen managing?"
"Badly. She's exhausted" Sania replied. "We'll give her a two-day break before starting her training again, this time in a less tiring way."
"Hmm… Yessss… It must be quite difficult for her. Tell her she has all my trust and my help"
"I will. But what happened Sybille? What's wrong with you? You look…"
"This is what I should look like" she replied. "My natural shape. I must go now, I just realized a flaw in one of my plans and need to fix it. Take care!"
"We will" Sania assured her and the other woman urged her horse to gallop through the Forest.
"Enemies of Fal'sil, beware" Sania sighed, remembering what she knew about the other woman. "Sybille has awoken"
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
AN: I love the song 'Save tonight' by Eagle Eye Cherry! I looooooooove it. And it's playing on the radio! Cya!
Thanks to my dear reviewers!
Fuyu Taki: Thanks for the review… and Voldie isn't possessing her now –hint, hint-
Dark672: You're welcome. Thanks!
Tsuetsu: Yes, it should come together. I'm just wondering how it will, though. Especially since I get new ideas here and there all the time.
GamingGuy84: You know, having Amala going out with somebody her own age might work somehow… let's see how the next chapter works out.