Author's Note: Wow, I didn't think this story would get so many reviews. It's pretty cool. Anyways, my thanks are at the end of the chapter, so if you reviewed, your name should be there.
WARNING: Abuse and memories that contain abuse and SLASH in later chapters.
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape (Of course!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing so don't complain.
A Voice on Mute
Chapter 2: Finding the Silent
"Oris, how are you feeling today?"
Oris looked at his doctor, then his psychologist. He shrugged his shoulders in a silent gesture and went about doing some of his homework.
Gray, his doctor, looked over at Smith, the hospital's psychologist. Smith shook his head, "Oris, you need to talk sometime. If you don't, your vocal cords will become very weak and you won't be able to carry out long conversations."
Oris looked up briefly then shrugged his shoulders yet again.
"Oris, if you don't work with us, these sessions will continue to be pretty much useless." Gray stood up and gave Oris a resigned look. Oris continued writing in his notebook. "Thanks for your time, Smith."
Smith smiled sadly, "I wish there was more I could do. Trauma can do so much to a person. He just happened to get one of the worst kinds."
Gray signaled for Oris to follow him and together they made their way to Oris' rooms. Oris walked in and sat at his desk, pulling out all sorts of books. He immediately opened a book and quickly took some notes. Gray closed the door, his face void of all emotion but sadness, "I wish we could help you more, Oris."
Oris opened up a black leather bound book. Pages were clustered with his educated writing. He had filled some ofthe pages with short, chopped, memories of his past. Some were filled with horror, others with sadness. He didn't seem to have any happy memories. He had divided the book into two separate parts. His first part was more recent notes and entries about what he did prior before writing, whereas the second part was the more hidden and well kempt secrets, which were in the back.
Oris wrote about his experience with the psychologist in the first section. He closed the book and put it inconspicuously back on its proper shelf. He stood up, pushed his chair in, and flopped himself onto his bed. He fell into the pits of his slumber, his non-eternal rest.
An old, white haired, bearded man sat at his desk, his chin resting upon his folded hands. Deep in thought over the child he couldn't even begin to place, a magazine he had confiscated from a student lay face down upon his desk. His winter break was coming to a close. His last day of freedom and peacewas wrought with indecisive doings of how he was going to find their savior.
Half-blood and muggle-born students were all in an uproar about a child living in a hospital. The child was supposedly the smartest child of their age group. He had been found abandoned at the back entrance to the hospital he was staying at. He appeared there all bloody and rumorswere going around that the child was gifted with his smarts from the abuse to his head. Some were jealous.
The old man sighed and turned the magazine over. He looked closely at the front cover. A young boy whose age was eleven had his picture plastered to the cover. "This must be the boy all the students are talking about." The old man found his eyes being drawn to the vibrant green eyes of the young boy. The eyes looked like the eyes that went onto a middle-aged adult, not for the face of a child. The eyes had seen so much. The old man looked even closer at the child's face. He browsed over the forehead, stopping and looking at a slight impression of a lightning bolt. It was being covered with what muggles called make-up. The old man jumped out of his chair and called a staff meeting.
The staff all conjugated to the office of the old man. A woman with a tight bun spoke first, "Albus, what is this about that you needed to interrupt our last day of peace?"
Albus, the old man, spoke, "I have found him. I have found our savior. Harry Potter is alive and well." Albus smiled broadly and joined his hands together in a silent clap.
The staff looked dumbfounded. After everything they did to look for the boy, it was all on the front cover of a magazine.
A man with shoulder length, greasy black hair snorted, "How do you even know that that child is Harry Potter?"
"Severus, there was only one person who had eyes as green as this young boy's, his mother, Lily." Albus gave the magazine to a staff member and it circulated among the group.
A kind, stout woman piped up, "But their must be others that have green eyes like Lily's?"
Albus smiled, "Look closely at his forehead. Do you see the lightning bolt impression?"
The woman nodded her head, "It is being hidden."
"Yes, by what muggles call make-up." Albus retrieved the magazine. "The boy is currently staying at the hospital under the name Oris Fides. We, meaning Severus and I, will go and retrieve him." The old man looked at the woman with the tight bun, "Minerva, you will be in charge. The child has been through a lot, so there won't be many questions."
"I refuse, especially since this is my last day away from those incompotent brats you call students." Severus folded his arms and glared at Albus.
Albus looked at Severus disappointedly, "Severus, get over your childish ways and learn that this boy is nothing like his father, the one you considered an enemy." The rest of the staff nodded their heads.
"Fine, but don't expect me to be pleasant."
Albus smiled, "Of course not. We will be back soon."
Everyone nodded their heads. A fidgety man nodded his head quickly and let out a nervous laugh.
They turned and walked out of the room.
Oris shot awake, a cold sweat gathering upon his face. He rubbed his face with his sleeve and walked out of his room to get a drink of water. He had no idea what was in store for him once he walked out of that room.
To Be Continued…
Author's Note: So, I hope you liked this chapter. Sorry it got out so late. School is as tough as ever. Anyways, I now have a poll going for Oris/Harry's House. I am also having a poll for the pairing because of a question that came up for that subject. It will either be Snape/Harry SLASH, Severitus, or Snape/Harry mentor. So, when you review, just leave your answers and/or questions in the review. My thanks are at the bottom.
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