FOUGHT IN A WAR
by Sa1boy
Chapter 10: 220 Moons

"Winkey."

"Yes Excellency, how is Winkey able to help you?"

Bowing as low as her frail old body would dip, Winkey the most senior of the entire house elf's greeted her personal favourite wizard.

"He is the nicest sweetest wizard any elf could be privileged to serve," Winkey would tell the other house elf's, normally after she had drank too much gin and was piddled

"Never once did he beat Winkey, his words are like poetry to my ears they is." To the old house elf ,who it had to be said was going a little deaf, seemed to love the tones in the wizards voice, they were very acoustically pleasing to her

"Hurry up you snivelling little bitch troll," seemed to sound completely different to her, almost comforting in a strange senile elf sort of way.

"I told you to just call me master when we are at the school-" He spat at her in true Severus Snape fashion.

"Right you are, excellent master, how can old Winkey be of assistance today?
Only don't be asking me to lift nothing heavy, your excellent masterly sir.
I have a bad back you see, fell over in the kitchen when the floor was wet, that Dobby I swear he wants to kill old Winkey he does! And he hasn't been seen since before you had your nap when Dumby did the pointy on you and the nursey."

"Shut up you insufferable little slug. What are you wittering on about?"

"Oh Winkey loves it when seamaster excel is talking so nicely to her."

Severus bent over and tapped the old house elf on the top of the head bringing her out of her daydream, then stooping lower, so her eyes were level with his ebony orbs, spoke slowly and deliberately so that he could get an answer from her.

"What…do…you…mean…nap?"

Winkey looked at him as if a strange realisation had come over her, giving the answer to his question as accurately as she could

"Winkey was clear dusting in your classroom when you, your mexcelasterlyness came in with Dumby and Nursey," smiling she looked up at Snape, who unknown to her, actually found it quite cute that she got his name wrong on every occasion she spoke it.

"When was this Winkey, tell masterly…. "Dammed it, its catching he frustratingly thought to himself.

"Tell me when this was… And do not…. Leave… Out…A…Detail."

Winkey sat on the floor, she was after all very old, and recounted exactly what she had seen. It was rare that house elves actually were seen whilst working, they preferred to stay cloaked into the background, that way that could get more done without distraction. Winkey was in that state of shield, when Professor's Dumbledore and Snape followed by Nursey, as Winkey preferred to call Madame Pomfrey into the room.
She then told how Snape, had wiggled his stick and the ancient writings had appeared, and then as she sat waiting for them to finish, Dumby explained the meaning of the words to them all. At this point Winkey laughed out loud which caused Severus to ask what was so funny. With that Winkey held out her long finger and touched Severus on the side of the face, the end of her finger started to glow and then return to her original off brownie green colour.

"What did you just do to me?" Severus asked in a slightly shocked tone

"Winkey caught estermacsterly's memories for him, and she kept them close to her brain so that they would be safe," she continued

"And now you has got them back, we thinks Dumby is done away with our Dobby?"

"Well, that's my brained scrambled out of all recognition now then." Severus snipped as he relived the memory seeing the letters on the board.

Oh yes it was all coming back to him, the translation that he had seen the previous day.

When the chosen one meets his destiny, Magic will be reborn with the sharing of eternal essences, springing forth the Amesis, the all seeing, don't look on the Amesis he who doesn't want his truth to be seen

Severus again looked unsure. He realised for the second time that Draco had come to him and had asked for help. He also realised again that Dobby must have known all along, the power of the house elf's and their prophecy.

He had, before this mind clearing attempt by Dumbledore, known of the considerable power that the house elf's held. He was a history buff, and knew that for centuries they had followed their natural tendency to serve.
House elf's also had the ability to see the future, especially if it was involving their own race, Winkey had been schooling Severus Snape on all aspects of house elf customs for over twenty years now, although he did appear distant to her, he was very fond of his Winkey. He wasn't a bit surprised that she had made surer his memory not allowed to be damaged.

Remembering the fable he had read as a boy he recounted to a captive audience

"I read about the Amesis, Winkey tell me everything you know about the 'one',"

Bowing her head and raising both arms in mock prayer to the 'ONE' Winkey told Severus all that had been passed down from generation to generation

"We knew that the chosen child had been born some 220 moons ago, Dobby was told when I sensed his mother. Dobby called all the elves and Winkey showed them she was not wrong.
Missy Potter was carrying the glow, we knew she was with the chosen child, Mangy, leader of the house elf at the time, gave all her power to the birthing mother, and the baby was saved.
He who should have been light kept trying to kill the chosen one, with spell he couldn't be hurt with. Mangy was a clever elf, dying for the one was an honour.
The chosen one is the great and good Harry -"

"Spare me the Potter hero bloody worship what happened with the prophecy?"

"The chosen one defeated the dark one three times, and as the prophecy says he will be betrayed by those he sees as friends, and will lose his power.
On the fourth time he would kill the darkness after he was betrayed.
The betrayal would be by the hand of the old white one.
The chosen one will regain his powers only with the creation of the child of the one's."

"Hang on a second wart, you said that the creation of the child of the one's, I was led to believe that there was only a 'one' Dumbledore clearly said that the one would rise up, not the one's or the two's."

Winkey giggled again, causing a Snape death glare to fly in here direction

"Dumby not elf, he read elfin well, but not elf."

"Just get on with the story bitch," he spat at her, wanting to get to the bottom of why Dumbledore would Obliviate him and Madame Pomfrey.

"When the chosen one meets his soul mate the magic that the joining of their union will bring forth the 'one'. They join as one, they created the child of the one as one; they are the one. They are the Amesis. They will give life to the child of the Amesis and this child will be the leader of all that is magical."

Winkey smiled and waited for Snape to give a reaction to her recitations, when none came she continued.

"The Amesis has came masexcremencely, they are creating the child as we speak, and they are also in grave danger!"

Severus looked at her and started to piece the prophecy she was recollecting, the mere fact that she was elf made her view point so much more informed. He realised now why Dumbledore had Obliviated him,
Dumbledore was the betrayer; Dumbledore was the one who gave up so many order members, friends and good people up for slaughter, all so that he could stop a prophecy from happening.
Snape realised one thing that Dumbledore didn't. The Amesis was the union between Harry and Draco, not one of them, so the power of the Amesis must be when they used it together, this put both of them in more danger than they could know.

If Dumbledore was going to sacrifice hundreds to bury whatever secret he must want hiding,
He would do what ever he could to kill one boy.
Luckily if it could be classed, as lucky, Dumbledore didn't know that Draco would have to be involved for the power to work, the power to see everything, no matter how hard you tried to hide.
Winkey had said that the Amesis when joined, which Severus now took as mind bonded, could see deception and intent before it happened. Nothing could be hidden from them. Severus didn't quite understand the implications of this. He presumed that an attacker would give away their attack plan by having a preconceived plan of action on how he or she planned to strike.
What really scared Severus and also prompted him to start running in the direction of his godson's room was that, prophecies have a nasty way of only being half-correct, if Dumbledore had indeed done all the bad things he was starting to realise he had done. His mind would have to be quite warped.
And this is what scared Severus, a warped mind doesn't make preconceived plans, if they attack there is no warning. He just hoped that he could explain to the Draco and Harry and get them to safety before, what he was certain, Dumbledore s first assassin turned up.

Draco looked up into Harry's eyes; he had just been party to the most amazing, loving experience of his entire life. His whole body was pulsating and warm, the seed Harry had planted in him earlier seemed to be travelling through his veins, and every part of his body was seemingly bathed in his lover's essence. Harry was feeling as fulfilled, He knew he would never look at another again.
Draco was his soul mate, his partner.
Draco didn't even know how he knew it, but he knew it. He was carrying a childNot really sure what to think he pulled his lover down towards him as there was the strangest sound of all appear in the room.
Harry reached for his wand but stopped when he saw what the source of the 'pops'
Every inch of floor space, top of cabinet and cupboard space, in fact every flat surface in the room had a house elf sat on it. All arms out stretched kneeling and throwing their arms forward proclaiming.

"The One."

"What the fuck is going on? Who said you could come in here?" Harry screamed at them, he was a little unnerved by the almost god like status the elf's were putting them in.

Winkey who had left Severus's company as soon as the Elfnet had kicked in, the Elfnet being the telepathic link all elves had with each other in a building, which had alerted each of them that the Amesis had joined, and were with child.

Floating through the air reminding Harry of a small elfin like character in a Muggle movie he had seen, Winkey came to a stop just above Draco's belly.

"Praise be to the one, joined you are this day. Apart you can be not. With child blessed are you. Homage and loyalty paid to you we give. Warning of the white one we offer. Death of us all if needed we give. Visitor it is you have."

And with that the a beam of light shot from every elf in the room and covered Harry and Draco, the light seemed to whoosh around them and settle in two places Harry's groin and Draco's stomach, and then like water soaking into sand it disappeared. Once it did the elf's popped out of the room in sequence, all nodding their allegiance as they did.

"What the hell was all that about." Harry said as he inwardly laughed at the complete character change of the elf he had known for so long

"I don't know love, but I think we are about to find out." Draco said as they both heard a knock on the wall.

"Draco, Draco its Severus. It's vitally important you let me in. You are in great danger."