Chapter 19: Severus' ability


Severus growled as he walked towards Kat, wishing his roommates would stop talking to him.

Kat watched as Severus walked into the Great Hall, cocking her head on confusion when she noticed him covering his ears. -"Why are you covering your ears?"- She shouted at Severus loud enough for him to hear.

-"Don't shout, my ears hurt"- Severus took a deep breath and uncovered his ears for a moment, but the noise from the Great Hall were stunning him, so he put them back where they were. -"After you left, they"- He pointed to his roommates. -"Kept talking about you and suddenly started yelling, although according to them, they weren't yelling, but for some reason now I hear it all louder"-

-"Are you sure you're alright? They don't seem to be yelling"- Kat said, returning her voice to a normal level as she watched him sit down. She had to admit it was funny though that they kept talking about her after she left the room.

-"That's what we told him, we were just talking a little louder than normal, but we weren't yelling"- One of them said before sitting down at the table.

Severus sighed. -"I don't know, I don't feel bad, besides my ears, now the noise in the Great Hall is just annoying, but it's more or less bearable"- He went to grab a fork and bang it against a glass, he grimaced and covered his ears again at the vibration. -"Great, now something weird is happening to me"- He said, rolling his eyes. -"I hope it's just a side effect of something"- He had done many positions, but he didn't remember any having this kind of side effect.

-"That wasn't that loud, you shouldn't be getting affected like this"- Kat said as she stood up from the table -"Hold on let me get dad"-

Severus sighed -"I'm fine"- He uncovered his ears getting a little used to the noise of the Great Hall.

-"I'm just letting him know"- Kat said back to Severus as she walked away. She walked up to the professors' table to alert their father.

Snape looked up and raised an eyebrow as he saw his daughter walking towards him.

-"Sev's hearing is being way more sensitive than it should be, I'm just letting you know in case it's some kind of reaction"- Kat said to her father with a shrug.

Snape looks at Severus and then at Kat, it was beginning to happen what he feared most. -"Tell him to go to the infirmary to make sure it isn't the reaction to something, and if it isn't, he must be developing some ability just like Alexander"- He put his hand to his face. -"If so, you should be on the lookout, as you should be next"-

-"Ok I'll tell him"- Kat said with a nod -"What kind of ability could I even develop?"- She asked not knowing much about this; she didn't even know Alex's ability was a think until today.

Snape leans back in his chair as he thinks. -"Alexander has an ability in his eyes and Severus in his ears, you could have a similar ability or develop your own that would affect one of your other senses, we will have to wait and see. But what I do know is that this will make the magic of the three of you stronger, and you will be able to do even more advanced and powerful magic"- That had him slightly worried but at the same time impressed by his children.

-"I guess we'll just have to wait and see if anything develops"- Kat said with a shrug and began to turn around to walk back towards Severus. -"If something does develop then I guess Alex's development must have been a trigger to the rest of us"- She said as she walked back towards Severus.

Snape listened to what his daughter said and nodded, partially agreeing with her, he needed to investigate more and faster. He got up and left the Great Hall to continue researching Alex's ability, plus Severus' new ability and the possible ability Kat could develop.

Kat sat down at the table and informed Severus of what their father had said -"You have to get it checked out because it may be a reaction or a developing ability"-

Severus rolled his eyes. -"Oh great, Alex's abilities are contagious"- He sighs at the thought of going to the infirmary, he didn't want to go, but his father told him to go, and he really wanted to know if something was wrong with him. -" Fine, I'm going to get checked, I just hope this doesn't get any more annoying, I'm able to hear what they say at the Gryffindors table, and they just talk idiocies"- He looks at his sister. -"I also heard a bit of what dad said, it looks like you'll have something similar happen to you too. Good luck"-

-"I'll watch Alex for you for the rest of the day"- Kat laughed softly at his comment about the Gryffindors -"I haven't felt any different, so hopefully nothing happens"- She said with a shrug.

-"Thank you, that's very helpful"- Severus shrugged. -"Surely something will happen to you, if this is contagious, Alex spends more time with you than with me, and it'll be fun to see what annoyance you'll have"- He chuckled.

-"No problem, don't even joke about it, you've got hearing and Alex has got seeing. That means I have smell or touch or feel as an option and none of those sound fun to have"- Kat said with a sigh.

Severus bursts out laughing. -"That would be hilarious"- He takes a deep breath. -"Hey, that can't be so bad, Alex is able to see magic, maybe at some point he'll be able to know people's intentions just by seeing their magic. And maybe he can even get to hear people's thoughts like some sort of Legilimency. And you in the case of touch, you could, I don't know, manipulate people's magic with your hand or something. And in the case of smell, maybe you could detect kinds of potions and poisons. Wait that would have been really cool if that had happened to me, you know how easy it would be to make potions with a well developed sense of smell"- He sighs.

-"Oh shut up"- Kat said glaring at him while he laughed -"Maybe, but with my luck whatever I get is going to take me a long time to control, or I'll get a bad one"- She said while sighing

Severus raises an eyebrow. -"You? Having trouble controlling it? If the one who has the best control of magic out of the three of us is you"-

-"Shut up, I hate when you're right"- Kat said with a huff as she frowned at Severus.

Severus bursts out laughing. -"I love being right, but you'll be fine, and I bet you'll have a better ability than Alex and me, and you'll master it faster than us"- He takes a sip. -"Although maybe Alex has mastered his ability better than us, I don't think he's realized he has an ability yet and for him, it seems as normal as breathing while to me this is very annoying"-

-"I hope so, I like being better than you"- Kat laughed jokingly -"His ability is nothing special to him because it doesn't affect him that much, it just changes what he sees physically and doesn't affect him mentally"- She said with a shrug -"Besides he was born that way, obviously for him, it's normal"-

Severus rolls his eyes. -"You like to be better, and you're right, but still that kid is so clueless, it really seems normal for him to see other people's magic"- He snorts -"I wonder how Alex will react if I tell him that's not normal"- He smirks.

-"Don't tell him, I don't know how he'll react, and I don't want to deal with him if he gets upset"- Kat said, trying to take the idea out of his head.

Severus rolls his eyes. -"You're not fun, it would have been fun and funny to see him freak out when I told him"-

-"You know what...fine go do it"- Kat said with a smirk knowing that the kid would start crying and shouting, both of which would bother Severus' ears.

Severus smirks. -"Ok, I'll do it, I'll tell him after I go to the infirmary"- He says without even thinking that the kid's crying will cause him a great pain in his ears.

-"Alright, sounds good to me, we'll be in my dorm"- Kat said smirking as she sat back down to dinner with her friends.

Severus nods his head. -" Okay"- He starts to eat, occasionally covering his ears when someone made a noise that to him was too loud. When he finished eating, he got up and walked out of the Great Hall in the direction of the infirmary.


{Kat and Alex's POV}

-"Alex, let's go"- Kat said as she finished dinner and got up to head back to the dorms. -"Severus wants to talk to you later"- She said with a smirk, she couldn't believe she had outsmarted him.

Alex tilts his head slightly. -"Alright"- He looks at her slightly confused, gets up and follows her out of the Great Hall. -"What does Sev want to talk about?"- He bites his lip slightly.

-"I don't know"- Kat said she shrugged her shoulders -"He just said he'd meet us in my dorm when he's done with what he's doing in the infirmary"- She said as they walked.

Alex's eyes widened. -"Infirmary?! Is Sev okay, is he feeling sick, is he in pain at all?"- He said worriedly. Severus didn't like going to the infirmary, he would rather heal himself than go there. -"He doesn't like going there, he must feel really bad"-

-"He's fine, dad just wants him to get something checked to make sure it isn't any kind of reaction"- Kat said with a nod as she patted his head to comfort him a little bit.

Alex nodded and sighed in relief. -"So dad asked him to go there, that makes sense"- He says as he walks into the common room. -"I'm going to my dorm; I'm going to finish making your scarf"- He smiles at her.

-"Go get your stuff and come back to my room, I told Sev I'd watch you while he's gone"- Kat said as she grabbed a book from one of the shelves in the common room.

Alex nodded. -"Alright, I'll go get my stuff"- He turned around and headed to his dorm.

Kat nodded as she watched Alex leave the common room, then turned to go back to her dorm. She laid down on her bed as she slid her shoes off and opened the book to read.

Alex took his stuff and headed to Kat's dorm. -"I'm here"- He said, closing the door behind him, put the stuff on the floor and then sat down on the floor.

-"Alright good"- Kat said glancing over the top of her book at him -"If you need anything just let me know"- She returned to reading as they waited for Sev to get back from the infirmary, she was a little nervous that she would get an ability soon, and it scared her not knowing what it could be

Alex looked up at Kat. -"Are you okay, is something bothering you?"- He looked at her slightly worried. He could sense that her magic felt different.

-"No, I'm fine, just tired"- Kat said as she closed her book as she flipped over to talk to him on the floor -"My face hurt today, so I feel more exhausted than usual from dealing with it"- She said touching the bruise that still sat on her cheek. The kid was becoming more perceptive as he felt the emotions.

Alex looks at her a little more concerned. -"Are you in a lot of pain? Why don't you get some sleep, I promise to be good and be quiet"- He smiles slightly.

-"Not too much it's just sore, which makes sense when you see the fall I had"- Kat shrugged as she laid on her stomach at the end of the bed facing her brother -"No, I'm alright, I can sleep later plus I was to hear what Sev says"-

Alex bites his lip and crawls as close to the bed and his sister as possible, then sat down. -"Okay"- He said softly, turning to feel anxious and just wanted to feel his sister's magic. He remained silent as he knitted.


{Sev's POV}

Severus entered the infirmary grumbling, he knew this was going to be fun and exhausting at the same time, since he always ended up fighting with Madam Pomfrey when he went there.

Madam Pomfrey sighed as she saw Severus -"Well, here we go again"- She walked towards him raising an eyebrow -"Mr. Snape, I thought I would never see you around here again, after all you are able to heal on your own"- She crosses her arms.

Severus shrugs -"I didn't come for pleasure, my da...the headmaster told me to come, my hearing is very sensitive, and we thought it might be some kind of reaction or a side effect"- He decided to leave out the possibility that it was a magical ability.

Madam Pomfrey sighed heavily -"Like father like son, if you didn't invent so much with potions this wouldn't happen, sit on one of the beds, I'll do a check up"-

Severus rolled his eyes and sat on one of the beds and watched as she checked him with her wand and gave him several potions -"Why are you using that potion? Use the other one that's better"- He said as if he was talking to someone who doesn't know what she' doing.

Madam Pomfrey sighed in exasperation. -"Mr. Snape, let me do my job!"- She said tired that the boy was always telling her how to do her job.

Severus covers his ears -"Your voice is too outrageous, and I only give you better options"- He lets out a snort.

Madam Pomfrey groans -"You're just like your father; you want to let me do my job"-

The discussions continued for several minutes until she finally finished checking Severus.

-"Oh Merlin, it's like having Severus young again"- Madam Pomfrey said as she put her wand away.

Severus smirks -"I am Severus, and I am young"- He said with a haughty tone.

Madam Pomfrey growls -"This is not any reaction or any side effects, you are healthy, you can leave and try not to come back"- She said before going back to her office, she decided not to intervene anymore if the headmaster only asked to check his son's health it meant that he had a slight idea of what he had, so she had nothing else to do there.

Severus shrugs but sighs heavily. He leaves the infirmary cursing internally, this meant he had developed an ability -"Okay, this will be very annoying until I can control it"- He muttered as he walked back to the common room.