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Keys:
blah.. —thoughts
'blah..' —Head conversation
"blah.." regular conversation
#blah…#— think together
#blah…#— talk together (this will happen at later chaps)
MEZKEY
Chapter III
Harry finished eating his breakfast while Snape stared at the opposite wall with the dreamy look back on his face. He's probably thinking of our Niest, Harry thought, then an idea pop up into his head. If Snape could hear his thoughts, then couldn't he, Harry as Snape's opposite, do it too?
'Of course you can', said a voice in Harry's head, 'all you have to do is concentrate on me', Was that Severus talking to him?… 'OF COURSE I am!'
"Stop doing that!" Harry screamed.
'What?' Snape thought impassively.
"That! Mind invasion!" Harry bellowed.
"Don't fuss!" Snape said, "I'm trying to teach you! Just concentrate on me, my head, my mind"
"Okay" Harry mumbled, but he tried anyway. 'Can you hear me?'
'Yes' Snape answer, 'Now, think of my eyes'. Harry did as told and saw himself staring at…. Himself! 'Don't worry', Snape assured, 'you are seeing through my eyes'
'Oh… Ok.' Harry thought a reply.
'This will happen often, this… thought exchange… we'll have a tendency to do it when in time of decisions. When we rightfully bond with her, she will be added to the mix, but by the time we do that we, to say you and me only, will be so far evolve that a mind discussion won't be necessary, we'll just choose automatically" Snape explained as a matter of fact. "Got it Potter?"
"Yes" Harry answer, "but.. um… professor.. do you think your can call me by my name.. now that you are my opposite and all…"
"Yes.. I … I think you can call me Severus now…" Severus trailed off.
"Ok.. um… Severus"
"Sure.. um.. Harry" Severus looked at his watch "Well.. I have to go now. The Dark Lord decided to have his weekly meeting today. I'll be back at night"
"Sure.. what is he up to?" Harry asked, retrained form saying Voldemort knowing Severus didn't liked to hear that name, he had no clue why he, Harry, cared if Severus was uncomfortable so suddenly.
"We raided a muggle town in one to the Sub-developed countries in America a couple of months ago. This girl manage to save her family and beat Nott up, the Dark lo… Vordemort… seems interested in her for some reason… I'll find out tonight… you can see if you like… He cannot see through a creature bond, they are too strong"
"Sure!" Harry perked up, If Sna—no, Severus— was trying to be nice with him and taking consideration of him… he, Harry, could too. And maybe this could work out.
A couple of hours later, with Severus gone, Dumbledore arrived with the Weasleys (Molly, Arthur, Fred, George, Ginny and Ron), Hermione, Neville and Luna. Harry was surprised at the last two, but understood that it was safer, they had become rather close after the Department of Mysteries incident…
"Hey. Harry!" Exclaimed Neville, right after Neville came the rest of the Weasley plus Hermione.
"Yeah mate! Good to see you!" said Ron. "Great to have our sponsor with us" said the twins. "It's great to see Harry!", said Ginny giving him a hug while she was at it.
Then came Hermione, "Hello Harry" and she gave him a hug too, but it had no enthusiasm like Ginny's. He noticed that Hermione clung on him a bit longer than usual and gave Ginny a glare. Wonder what's wrong with her…
"Hello Harry…" said a dreamy looking Luna, just as always…
"Hello Harry" someone said. It was Dumbledore, "Got settled?" Dumbledore gave him a look that clearly added something else to his question, like a "with Severus?"
"Oh yes professor, its great!" Harry replied knowing the headmaster will know that he and Severus had straightened out, and got along just fine.
"Great!… now I must leave… enjoy your stay all of you, and just remember that Harry is the new owner of Grimmauld place, that means you have to ask permission if any of you want something from one of the stands or be in a particular room or do something in particular that deals with the house itself" and with that, Dumbledore was gone.
"Well, everyone" Said Mrs. Weasley, " we should probably have the same rooms as last time, but Neville and Luna should get one for each"
'She's controlling you Harry, if you let her now, she'll keep doing it!' Harry heard Severus in his head. 'How do you know what is happening?' Harry mentally asked. 'I felt you uncomfortable...' Severus answered.
"Actually Mrs. Weasley" Harry started, Mrs. Weasley stared —along with everyone else—, "I'm going to room with Snape —to train, you know— and Neville can stay with Ron. It will be like leaving Luna and Neville outcaste, so Luna can sleep with Hermione and Ginny"
At this point Hermione gave him a look that clearly said: I don't want to be with her! But Harry ignored her.
"Well… It is your house Harry" Mr. Weasley stated and smiled, "so as you say, it goes. Alright everyone move your things upstairs," He said to the rest and they all moved to their respective rooms.
Later, Mrs. Weasley was making Lunch. Meanwhile, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Neville, Ron and Harry where talking in the Drawing room.
"I can't believe that git is staying!" Ron said.
Harry felt his blood boil. "Stop calling him that! I told we already talked and got along fine… after the screaming, that is" Harry knew he had to lie if he wanted to keep his inheritance a secret.
"I always knew that professor Snape was good…" Luna said dreamily.
"Yes" Ginny butted in, " and he is training Harry after all Ron..", but Ron was still fuming.
"Um… Harry" said Hermione, "can I talk to you in private?"
"Can't it wait? I was planning on teaching you all how to play Mono—", but he was cut short when Hermione literary commanded him with a "NOW HARRY!"
Harry eyed her suspiciously and said, "Ok", he stood up and followed her out the room into the corridor. Hermione had change since the end of the last school term, after the Department of Mysteries, She acted snobbish and seemed to think she were above him and Ron, in fact, above everyone else, specially Luna. She commanded them as thou she were the leader, when in fact, there was no leader, only a group of friends.
"Harry" She started, "You have to move Luna out! She's annoying me! And how dare you not do what I tell you when I tell you to!"
'Harry? You uncomfortable?' Severus asked. 'I can handle it… what are you doing anyway?' Harry replied. 'Brewing a potion for Voldemort tonight', Severus answer.
"Harry! Are you listening to me?" Hermione screech.
"Look Hermione! I'm not your servant; this is my house and what I say is done, simple! You've change Herm, what has gotten into your head? We are friends not a dictatorship!"
"Fine…I'm sorry…" she said in mock hurt, as thou she was really sorry… but somehow Harry knew better… she only wanted her way… "Can we leave the subject?" She asked.
"OK..But—" He was cut off… again.
"Harry what was your inheritance? My power quadrupled!"
"Um…" Harry thought furiously, "Mine doubled…"
"Well… I thought so… I am the smarted witch, you'll have luck on the next life… maybe" She said mockingly. Well… have to go and teach Monopoly, I'm by far the only one capable to teach them, I mean, even the stupidest man of Earth would know how to play!"
Harry was annoyed from hell and back. I can't believe she changed sooo much!.
'What's wrong Harry? I feel you annoyed…' Severus mind spoke to him.
'It's Herm! Don't know what's wrong with her! After the department of Mysteries she became commanding almost as if she were some sort of royalty and we her servants!' Harry thought back.
'It probably went up her head. It sometimes happens, she never had a real field experience… give her time' Harry wondered when Severus got so good at making people better…
'Ok' Harry thought.
'Besides, I think she might be a potential at our Niest. I mean, she's smart and not like the rest of the girls and women around'
'Maybe', Harry answered, 'but if she is our Niest, then I hope she changes that attitude'.
#'We'll have to look in closer to her actions in order to tell if it is her or not..'#
By dinner Harry found that not only he was annoyed by Hermione's behavior, but also the rest, Neville, Ginny, Ron and, specially Luna. Ginny and Luna argued back, Neville kept out of her way, but Ron only did as she told him to.
"Ron you have to stand up to her… If you don't she'll keep doing that!" Harry whispered, so Hermione couldn't hear them, the rest could.
"I… I… I can't… I … I like her…" Ron said in resignation.
"Ron, she'll treats you like this always… She doesn't care for you, in fact I think she's trying to get to Harry, more now with all the 'Chosen One' crap going around!" Said Ginny.
"I'll try.." Ron said, but they had to stop because Hermione had come over.
"What are you all whispering about? I don't like secrets!", She almost hissed the last part and Harry was highly reminded of Voldemort.
"Look.. We were just saying how we would like to know what Snape is on about and we were wondering if Harry could get some info out…" Neville lied quickly. She eyed him curiously. That's another thing that had change: Neville. But, unlike Hermione, his was for the better. Now he stood up for himself and his friends.
"I don't believe you!" She retorted.
"Well, that makes it easy, don't" Said Luna.
"I've had it with you!" Hermione was shrieking now, "You have to learn to respect me! I'm not a freak like you!"
At that phrase Harry had it. No body was calling his friend a freak, even if it was one of his own friends. "Stop treating Luna like that!"
"OH! Now you like Luna don't you!"
"Hermione stop with this nonsense…" Ron tried to ease the fight but,—
"And don't talk to me like that Ron! You know that without me you're nothing! You're useless and pathetic!" Here she took a breath, "And Harry you'll get Luna out of my room!"
"THAT'S IT! Herms! You're out of their Room! You'll go to a smaller one!" Harry Screamed back.
"But I want to be with Ginny!" she protested.
"Too bad!" at that moment Mrs. Weasley called them over for Dinner.
Dinner came and went, soon it was time for all of them to go to sleep, Hermione was, of course, fuming, the rest, laughing. When Harry arrived at his bed he saw the newly fixed dagger that Sirius gave him. Harry picked it up, his eyes watering, then he remembered his conversation with Severus that morning… and … the figured of their Niest… for the first night in all summer, Harry Potter didn't cut his wrists.
