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A/N- I'm back finally with this story. I had a huge writer's block and didn't know where to go with it. But since "Haunted Memories" has begun to give me tons of creative cells in my brain, this story is looking good for the future. I hope everyone is sticking with me and enjoy!

New Resolutions III
Chapter 15- A little bit of Greed and way too much Pride
By: Abbie Haven Snape

"You have to stop this!"

"Madam, there is noth–"

"Don't tell me there is nothing you can do! We send our children to Hogwarts, supposedly the safest place in the wizarding world, and we hear they are being attacked?"

"Sir, you have to understand…"

"We don't have to understand anything! What are you doing for them?"

Harry stood back, smirking slightly. For once, he wasn't the one having questions flying at him. Though, he did feel sorry for Percy. After his press conference where he told what was going on, everyone found out Derek Emerson, a Hufflepuff sixth year, did not get the potion in him quick enough and is stuck with Pride inside. It seemed that everyone was content with the students getting the potions. But now…everything was different.

"I'll let our Head Auror, tell you," said Percy turning to Harry, with a look asking for help.

He glared slightly before stepping in front of the parents. "Ladies and gentlemen, I know what you are going through. My daughter is at Hogwarts in her first year and I am, like you, are scared for what might happen. We are in the process right now looking into something besides the potion that might help. None of us can tell you that your children will be safe. But you just have to trust us enough to know what we are doing."

The crowd seemed to take Harry's words slightly better than Percy's did. They still seemed to be a mob ready to strike at any moment. Harry truly did know how they felt. He was sure if he wasn't directly involved in the situation that he would make himself part of it.

"Nice Harry," muttered Draco, smirking at him.

"Could you have done better?"

"Probably…not."

Harry shook his head as Percy addressed the crowd again. He didn't see the point of speaking any more. It seemed as if Percy had the whole thing covered.

Meanwhile, at Hogwarts, Lily and company were beginning their own research.

"Okay, Lily, what are we looking for?" asked Sierra, yawning as she sat down at one of the tables in the library.

"Remember what the Headmaster told us during break. That it is said that they're the Seven Contrary Virtues? Well, I figured, if the Sins are here at Hogwarts that the Virtues are also."

"We couldn't even find books about the Sins in here, what makes you think we are going to find anything on the Virtues?" asked Nathan, looking at her insanely.

"It's worth a try. And besides, Daddy said that if I find anything to tell him. So basically, he's tell me to find something," she said with a smile.

"The only way I think we will find anything is if we find books dating back to when the founders were here or something the founders wrote, which we all know is rare," said Austin, rubbing his temples, thinking.

"Isn't the only things from them are in Hogwarts: A History?" asked Cooper.

"They are in rare books worth more galleons then Lily's family has," said Christian.

"Hey!"

"And I'm telling you, she won't ever have to work," he continued.

Lily couldn't help but find herself smiling. "Anyway, are we all in?"

"What do you think?" asked Austin, looking at her.

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Fourteen people sat at the dining room table at the Potter-Snape's manor. Molly was serving them all tea, ignoring Leah protest. The "family" was all gathered to help Harry and Draco figure out what to do. They all seemed to work better together than apart.

"A spell maybe?" said Fleur, taking sip of tea.

"No…no," said Draco, shaking his head. Harry gave a smirk. "I had to look through a book I know had at least five thousands pages. I'm not pulling your leg your leg either. He made me look through it."

"It didn't kill you. Unless, we've over looked it or a spell creator can create one, we haven't found one," said Harry, rubbing his hands over his eyes.

"Another Potion?" asked Fred.

"Again, haven't found one."

"I think it's a lost cause Harry. Seriously, I don't think there is anything we can do to help them," said Sirius, yawning and leaning back in his chair.

"There's got to be something," he muttered.

"There isn't a solution to everything," said Remus.

"Well, what about the Contrary Virtues?" asked Leah, laying her hand on Harry's arm, smiling. She wasn't giving up yet.

"Its only a rumor. Not enough for us to go on," said Draco, shaking his head.

"Do you have any other plans?" asked Ginny.

"Well…no…but love, we can't just…"

"Just what?"

"Just like dig up Hogwarts' ground trying to find any of this stuff!" said Draco, looking at his wife.

Ginny glared at him slightly before turning to Harry. "I'm saying, why don't I talk to Pavarti Patil and Ernie Macmillan in the Department of Mysteries and see what they know about those things. They work with things like this."

"That would be great Ginny, thank you," said Harry, giving her a smile.

Ten minutes later, Ginny had gotten Pavarti and Ernie to come over to the house to talk about what they knew.

"They are real," said Pavarti.

"Good to know…" muttered Draco, only to get hit by Ginny.

"Where they are, we don't know. We've started to study them once we got work from your office Harry about the Deadly Sins," said Ernie.

"What do you know?"

"They were created around the same time that Hogwarts was founded or a little after," said Pavarti.

"By Salazar Slytherin himself," said Ernie.

"You've got to be joking," said Bill, shaking his head. "Why would he create something to help people?"

"No one knows. Somehow he made them and kept it from the others. It took us months to even figure this much out. Its hard to find things dating back to the Founders time," said Ernie.

"Where did you get this information out at?" asked Ron, leaning in.

"We managed to track down a diary by Zachary Malone. His handwriting is horrible to begin with. But with years of wear and everything, even magic wouldn't help it. We've been trying to make out what words are. We can't afford to be guessing what it says," said Pavarti.

"Alright, thanks Ernie, Pavarti. If you find out anything else, let us know," said Harry, shaking their hands.

Harry watched them leave before turning to his family. For once in his life, there was nothing that he could do. Nothing could be done.

"What now?" asked Angelina.

"We wait…it's the only thing we can do I guess."

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"Lils…I'm tired. Can we please stop looking…" pleaded Sierra, her head falling down to the library table.

"No, we don't have time to wait. Derek is in the Hospital Wing with way too much pride. And Taylor is lucky to only have came out with a little of Greed in him. There are two left. What if those people don't get the potion in them quick enough? We have to keep looking," she said, throwing a stack of books down on the table.

"This isn't how I like to spend my Saturday Lils. You better be glad I love you," muttered Sierra, grabbing a book and opening it up in front of her.

Lily gave a smile and walked over to Nathan and dropped a book down right in front of him. Poor boy was trying to sleep. He jumped up and glared at Lily. "Lily, you are crazy! Please tell me you know this. We've been here for the past seven hours. And its only three o'clock!"

"You aren't dead yet. Library doesn't close for another seven hours. So get busy."

"Do you want to be an Auror when you grow up? Because you got the commanding thing down," said Christian, sitting down, bringing his own stack of books with him.

"Shut up," she said, but gave him a smile. "Where are Austin and Cooper?"

"Cooper went to the bathroom. If I was her, I would run far away and never come- OUCH!" said Nathan after Lily hit him in the back of the head.

"Austin left," said Christian, shrugging.

Lily narrowed her eyes and headed toward the door. She only made it to Madam Pince desk when Austin came back in the library.

"Where did you go?" she asked.

"To see Professor Snape…Professor McGonagall…Professor Miller…Professor Granger…Professor Flitwick…and even Headmaster Dumbledore."

"Why?"

"To get me, you, Nathan, Sierra, Christian, and Cooper all a pass to the Restricted Section of the library."

"Why couldn't you just get them all from Papa?" asked Lily, smiling though.

"Because, my little Athena, one professor can only grant one person permission to look in it. Now if we just needed a book, that would be fine for Professor Snape to grant all of us access to that one book. But as it is, we all needed a pass to have full access to the section."

"Who signed yours?" she asked, smirking slightly as she saw the Headmaster had signed hers.

"Jade…She was the only one that would willingly sign it for some reason," said Austin, smiling.

"I didn't even think about the Restricted Section, Austin. Thank you," she said, smiling.

Austin just shrugged and handed everyone's pass to them so they could hand them to Madam Pince. Another hour past without any luck, until Cooper came through, unknowingly.

"Is it just me or is this book just a bunch of lines going across the page? There aren't any words in here. Why would it be in the Restricted Section?" asked Cooper, flipping through the book.

"Let me see," said Nathan, nursing his finger that got snapped at by one of the books. "That's odd…it looks like Savannah's early artwork."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Come on guys, keep looking."

"Lily, look at it. Do you have a solution? Why is it in here?" asked Cooper, shoving the book into her hands.

"What are you talking about? There are words all over this page! I think you two needs to go back to Preschool so you can learn to read. I'm sure Aunt Ginny will take you in," said Lily, glancing down at the book and back up to them.

Cooper and Nathan looked at each other before starring at Lily. "Okay, I knew you were smart Lils but how do you get words out of this?" asked Nathan.

"Are you three having fun?" asked Sierra as her, Christian, and Austin walked over to them.

"Please tell me you three do not see words on this page," said Cooper, taking the book and flashed it in their faces.

Austin grabbed the book and the three of them looked at it. "All it is are lines. Scribbles more like," said Sierra.

"Yeah, why are your three starring and arguing over Logan's artwork?" asked Christian, smiling slightly.

Lily didn't say anything. She just starred at the book. She wasn't crazy but all them couldn't be.

"Lily…I think you need to sit down and rest hun," said Cooper, patting her shoulder, putting the book back on the shelf.

"No, give that to me for a second," snapped Lily, mind working over time.

"Lils…hun…go down to the kitchens and get some food," said Nathan, laying a hand on her arm.

"Shut up. Let me see if for a second."

Cooper shrugged to them before handing it back to Lily. Lily looked at the front cover and dropped it on to the floor. "You've got to be joking!" Everything was coming together for Lily as she picked the book up and began flipping through it. The rest just starred at her.

"Clue us in Lily," said Christian.

"None of you can read it. I can. Come on…I know it will click people," she said, smiling at them.

"Its in Parseltongue, isn't it?" asked Austin, looking from her to the book.

"Yes! Salazar Slytherin himself wrote it. Its like a journal or something," said Lily, quickly scanning pages.

"Well no wonder it looks like a child's artwork. I didn't know you could write Parseltongue," said Nathan.

"Me either but this just might be the answer we are looking for. No wonder they put it in here. They didn't know what it was because no one else can read it. Well, Dad can. I don't think there is anyone else that can speak it."

"Well…have fun. You are the only one that can do anything about his now…"

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