THIRD POV
'I need to talk to you after class-Hermione' Harry looked at Hermione and nodded
A boring class went by, Harry waited by the door after he walked out of class and told Draco he'd meet him in potions. Harry watched Hermione talk to Ron, it looked as if they were fighting. Harry looked at Hermione who ran up to him
"Hi Harry, mind if we talk while on our way to potions?" Hermione said with a smile on her face. Harry felt warmth in his chest when being able to talk to her again.
Harry nodded, they started walking. Which also meant Hermione started talking.
"Look harry I have no excuse when it came to the mail but I don't want to lose our friendship like you and Ron, I get that he's not very bright" Hermione concluded, talking quickly with nervousness in her voice
"Yeah I know, look just give me some time to think about it okay? Harry said calmly with a smile. He missed Hermione greatly
"Actually, would you like to meet in the library later because I need to research something called blood wards?" Harry said with a small smirk, Hermione nodded excitedly at the mention of the library and research
Harry and Hermione arrived in potions and Draco sneered at Hermione
"What were you doing walking with the mudblood?" Draco asked, still watching Hermione with a sour face. His hair whipped back into his face when he looked back at Harry
"One, none of your business, Two do not say that word because my mother is a muggle-born" Harry said irritated, Draco huffed in response. The class waited for the lesson to start and with a slam of the door it did. Snape walked in with long strides, his robes flying behind him with a sneer on his face
"Today… we will be brewing a ver potion called amortentia, can anyone tell me what type of potion it is?" Professor Snape Sneered, especially when he saw only Draco and Hermione raising their hands, He looked at Harry who had a almost confused face, soooo he called on him
" can you answer the question?" Professor Snape walked up to Harry and looked him dead in the eyes
"Um, Amortentia is a love potion" Harry concluded, hands fidgeting with nervousness trying to avoid Snape's gaze.
"And what is required when making a love potion?" Professor Snape pushed and walked closer to Harry
"A gold cauldron" Harry said quickly hoping Severus would back up a teeny back
"Correct, 10 points to Slytherin" Professor Snape had a hint of pride in his eyes
"You may start now, the directions are on the board" Professor Snape walked to his desk and watched the class scramble and panic. He looked at the papers on his desk that he needed to grade and groaned
"I'll fetch the ingredients while you prepare our cauldron" Harry said quickly so the both of them could start as fast as possible
The directions:
Part I
• Pour Standard Potioning Water into a gold cauldron and place over a very low flame
• Bruise the Peppermint Flower heads with a mortar and pestle and sprinkle into the lukewarm water • Take whole Peppermint Leaves and drop into the water
• Add Powdered Moonstone, one tbs at a time, stirring anticlockwise three times between each spoonful
• While the potion is still moving, sprinkle Rose Thorns into the water and leave to rest for about 5 minutes
• Remove from heat and cover with a silk cloth in a dark place to steep
Part II
• Carefully place Ashwinder Eggs into the potion one at a time, gently stirring without direction
• When steam begins to rise, add the victim's lock of hair or drop of blood to the potion
• The potion will become pearlescent in colour and must be removed from the heat • Strain the liquid into a vial for storage
Harry laid out the ingredients that would go with each step. Draco adjusted the heat and then they started. Just like the Pepper-up potion they were working very fast. By the end of directions the potion was slowly becoming pearly white.
Harry smelled the potion and smiled, Professor Snape walked over and nodded at the potion, it looked perfect, Professor realized he hasn't let himself smell a love potion in a long time
"What do you smell " Professor Snape observed and narrowed his eyes
"I smell pine, and mint with a touch of spice like rosemary" Harry had his eyes closed with a stupid smile on his face
"What about you professor?" Eyes shot to the front of the room, everyone was looking forward wondering with curiosity on what the potions master's love smelled like. Professor Snape decided to answer slowly as he noticed all the stares he was getting. Professor Snape leaned over and smelled the potion in front of him
"I smell dark chocolate and cherries but also rain" Professor Snape had the TINIEST smile on his face. Professor Snape tried to not let himself get attached to it but he had to be honest, he missed the smell of it.
"rain" Harry muttered, Harry kept on smelling the potion and he looked dazed
Images in his mind were flashing rapidly, a series of shocks danced on his skin. Images of the shadow man reappeared and Harry froze with his eyes wide.
" are you alright?" Professor Snape asked as he noticed Harry's state, Harry's posture was stiff and almost stuck
"I...um" Harry stammered not knowing what to say as shivers went down Harry's spine
"Y-Yes i am fine" Harry finally concluded, he wanted to know what those images meant, where'd they come from? He knew he didn't dream about THAT STUFF
The class went by slowly from that moment for Harry, Draco watched Harry trying to observe what he was thinking about it. Dracos stare started to drill into Harry
"I'm fine you know" Harry finally said as he got tired of Draco's staring and didn't particularly like it
"Are you sure?" Draco tilted head and made harry look at him in the eyes
"Yes I am, just weird things in my head right now, it's confusing" Harry concluded with a weird face. After potions harry left before Hermione and rushed to the Library to try and get a head start on searching for the books
"Hey Hermione" Harry finally said as he saw her enter the Library, she had a huge smile on her face
"Ready to Research?" Harry said with a smile
Hermione let out an excited shriek and Harry chuckled, they looked through the Library and realized there's no books on Blood Wards, they looked at the restricted section and then at each other.
"Harry you know we can't go in there" Hermione whispered quickly
"I know but I know someone who can" Harry smirked cheekily
Hermione's eyes lit up at the thought of reading a book that was in the restricted section
The two rushed down the halls and reached Severus private quarters
"Stay out here okay?" Harry insisted and Hermione nodded
Harry looked at the portrait and hissed
'Giglio' Just incase Hermione heard he said it in parseltongue
Harry entered slowly and saw severus working at his desk
"Severus?" Harry asked
"You need something" It was if Severus read his mind without even looking at harry
"I need you to look in the restricted section for me" Harry finished quickly
Severus stood up with a confused face
"Why" Severus raised his head and looked down at Harry, He looked into Harry's eyes hard making sure Harry was going to tell the truth
"I need to research blood wards and I need you to find out if there is a book in there on it" Harry finished as quickly as possible, Severus started walking towards him and bent his head so that his mouth was right next to harry's ear
"And why would you need to research Blood Wards" He whispered
"Because I need to find out if Dumbledore was lying!" Harry cracked under the pressure of Severys' intimidation. Severus took a step back with wide eyes, harry continued
"He sent me back each year and I told him that I was getting hurt, but he said it was necessary for the 'greater good' since the blood wards would protect me, I need to know… Please" Harry looked in Severus' eyes with a pleading look
Severus nodded, He and Harry walked out of their quarters, Hermione was standing against the wall reading a book
"Ms. Granger" Severus says to Hermione who jumped 5 feet in the air
"Oh hi Professor Snape" Snape nodded at her
They rush to the Library and Severus casts a spell and whispers the words 'blood wards'
3 books fly into his hand, severus opens the three and the faces in the book don't scream with they see him, He walks down to where Hermione and Harry are sitting and places them down, he looks at the two
"I know she's ready to read but are you Harry" Severus whispered, Harry was shocked that severus used his first name in front of Hermione
Hermione's jaw fell open and looked back and forth at the two of them
"Hermione you'll catch flies" Harry said cheekily
They read the book, Hermione speeding through it quickly with a huge smile of her face, cuz she be a bookworm
Harry and Severus were both going at the same rate
Harry froze
"We don't need to read anymore, I found the answer I was looking for"
Harry spoke up
Severus and Hermione looked at Harry waiting for him to speak again
"The bond of blood charm ( ) is an extremely powerful and ancient charm, which is formed when a person sacrifices himself or herself for a family member, out of deep and pure love. The sacrifice creates a lingering protection in the blood of the person who was saved. It is not activated, however, until the charm is actually cast, and it is not sealed and functioning until another member of the family accepts the saved person as his or her own."
Harry added another sentence, a broken up sentence in a choked up voice
"The blood wards activate when a blood family member takes in the person willingly, but for the blood wards to work… you must call it your home" Harry whispered the last and looked at Severus and Hermione, Harry had tears brimming in his eyes
Hermione had a hand over her mouth with tears starting to fill, Severus looked at Harry sadly and grabbed his hand.
"There was no point of me going back each year" Harry said sadly
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN HOGWARTS
"So the potion didn't work?" Dumbledore asked
"No" Ron murmured
"No worries, I have something even better" Dumbledore's eyes sparkled with power
3 DAYS LATER
Harry's dorm was set up which meant Harry got to spend time with his friends but since its the weekend and he can't go to hogsmeade he's going to spend it with Severus. Harry never really thought about how he felt with Severus. Harry hasn't moved into his dorm yet but he is going to later today. Right now he's lying in bed watching Severus work, He saw a bottle of fire whiskey and thought screw it. Harry picked it up and silenty chugged the whole fucking thing, he loved the burning sensation of the alcohol in his throat. Harry started to develop the symptoms of a drunk person and dropped the bottle which bounced? Guess it had charms on it
Severus looks down and see's the empty bottle of firewhiskey
"Harry you didn't" Severus thought, Harry giggled and walked towards Severus and fell on him since he forgot how to fucking walk
Harry looked at Severus and then nuzzled him
"You smell l-(hiccup) like pine an-and mint," Harry said into Severus' neck
Severus' eyes widen and think about potions class 3 days ago, he realized that Harry loved him and he smiled at harry YES HE SMILED OKAY
But remembering it cannot happen, Severus adjusts Harry so he is sitting on Severus' lap. Harry starts to fall asleep on Severus's.
Harry woke up in the Slytherin dorm, with a pounding headache
He slowly sat up to see a Draco holding out a pain potion for him to drink
"Thanks" Harry drank the potion and the pain was slowly going away
"So you're sleeping here now?" Blaise said from across the room
Harrys room consisted of, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, and Draco Malfoy
"Yeah" Harry looked down sadly, Theodore noticed
"You don't look very happy about it"
"I'm gonna miss Severus" Harry whispered, The other three guys' eyes widened
Draco asks the question softly
"Harry, do you like severus? You know he is my god father and i think you two would be good for eachother"
"I- I don't really know I never really thought about it" Harry said with a thinking face
"How long was I asleep?" Harry suddenly asked
" A whole day" Blaise answered bluntly
Harry was shocked and fell back onto his bed
He saw Ebony lying next to him and pet her
"Draco?" Harry asks
"Yes?"
"Do you think he could like me back?"
"Honestly, yes but uncle severus can be unpredictable"
In Severus Private Quarters
"You know they are talking about you" Salazar tells Severus who replies with
"Oh really" (probably sarcastic)
"They are asking Harry if he likes you" Severus stiffens even though he knew the answer indirectly
"He said he doesn't know" Salazar added, Severus relaxed
"He is not going anywhere Severus"
"We have a war coming, you don't know that," Severus said irritatedly as he got up and left the room to patrol the halls. Severus ended up watching the sky in the astronomy tower, looking at the constellations. Remembering how he and lily used to look up at the sky. Yes he loved lily BUT as a sister.
Harry was slowly falling asleep
His dream was filled with light that had an unsettling feeling in its magic, a bright man walked up to Harry with a wand in his hand. He aimed the tip of his wand straight at Harry's head and whispered a spell Harry was not familiar with. It was filled with pain, his skin was on fire, and he wanted to yell and scream and stop but his body felt as if paralyzed. Harry wakes up to Draco shaking him and Professor Snape standing over him
"Give him space" Snape muttered to Draco, Harry felt Snape tip his head back and pour a potion down his throat, a tingling sensation spread throughout his body and felt mobility come back to him.
"Harry can you hear me" Severus says softly
"Yes" Harry responds even softer
"You were yelling and screaming bloody murder in your dream" Draco says worriedly
"I was being tortured by a man filled with light" harry responds with
Everyone in the room looked confused but Harry confirmed that he was okay and that it'd be best if they got ready for breakfast
"Draco, could you help me with my hair?" Harry asked as he looked in the mirror
Draco responds swiftly "Gladly"
Draco grabs some hair gel and scrunches it into Harry's hair to make his curls more crisp instead of combing it and trying to flatten it. Harry gives Draco his thanks
On there way to the great hall the girls were looking at him as if he were a meal, if only they knew he was G A Y. Harry was wearing tight pants which showed off his perfect arse, The black he was wearing made his green eyes look as if they were glowing.
Harry started to eat his breakfast and engaged in a conversation with draco. Professor Snape was looking at Harry, he liked his hair like that, less frizzy and definitely looks more mature.
Breakfast eventually ended and they were in for a fun DADA class today
Draco and Harry make their way to class and sit down as they wait for moody to start class
"CONSTANT VIGILANCE" Professor MOoDy screamed bloody murder
"Today we will be learning about the 3 unforgivables, who can tell me one?" Professor Moody's Eye was dancing all over the place
Hermione was hesitant about raising her hand for the first time ever. Professor Moody called on her
"Imperio, it lets you control the victim however you want"
"Very good, 5 point to Gryffindor, can anyone else tell me another?"
Neville raised his hand
"Crucio, it tortures to victim and if spelled too long it can cause insanity" Neville says quietly
"5 pointed to gryffindor, and the last one I shall say it"
"Avada kedavra, the instant killing curse,only one person ever has survived it, and hes in this room" Professor Moody walked over to Harry
Everyone looked at Harry as he tried to cover up his scar
"Let's see if you can try to resist the other two shall we?" Professor Moody said darkly
Hermione spoke up
"Professor the unforgivables are illegal!"
Professor moody waved her away and didn't listen
He pointed his wand at Harry and yelled out
"IMPERIO" the spell hit harry and Harry was fighting it
The door burst open and showed Professor Snape who froze at the scene in front of him. The class watched shocked as Professor Moody commanded Harry to sit down. Harry's eyes were clenched and he started muttering no, his body started shaking and his eyes flew open. He finally yelled "NO" Harry resisted the Imperious curse. The class was agape and Snap was watching with a small smirk on his face.
"Alright but can you protect yourself from the cruciatus curse?" Moody's smile got darker
Severus yelled out "No! We do not use that here Moody"
"CRUCIO!" Neville covered his eyes
Harry watched as the curse came closer and closer, Harry closed his eyes and breathed as if time slowed for him and only him. Harry dropped his wand and pushed out his hands, he felt his magic pulses through his arms and pushed out through his hands. A bright white force field protects Harry, the cruciatus hits it and dissolves. Severus was shocked, it was said to be impossible to stop the curse. Moody nodded impressively at Harry
"You've done the impossible again " Professor Moody concluded
Harry fell to his knees causing Hermione and Draco to shout in concern
"Im fine im fine" Harry tried to stand up again but his muscles felt exhausted. Harry didn't want to do the impossible again. He wanted to be normal. Have a family. Be in love, and be loved back.
Professor rushed forward to Harry and picked him up. The moment Severus picked him up he blacked out. Professor Snape looked at Harry in his arms and wondered how much more is going to happen to him. Professor Snape rushes to the infirmary, He calls Madam pomfrey while he lays Harry down onto the bed.
"What happened now?" Madam Pomfrey asks as she needs to know the story
"He blocked the cruciatus curse wandlessly and wordlessly" Professor Snape sat down next to Harry's bed
"But that's not possible" Madam Pomfrey was shocked and started to scan Harry
"It seems Harry is exhausted Magically, he used up too much at once ," Madam Pomfrey analyzed.
Another person enters the infirmary, it was Albus Dumbledore
"Hello Albus" Madam Pomfrey greeted nicely
"Hello poppy, Is Harry alright?" His eyes twinkled, Severus hated it when they did that. It irritated him. Severus interrupts and speaks before Poppy can
"Albus he blocked the cruciatus curse" Professor Snape said as he looked right into Dumbledore's eyes, the twinkle disappeared which had Severus suspicious.
"Are you sure?" His eyebrows furrowed in shock and confusion
Severus nods
"Hes magically exhausted but he should be okay by dinner" Poppy concluded and then left the two powerful wizards standing there
"It seems Harry is more powerful than we thought" The stupid twinkle in his eyes were back
Severus nods his lips in a firm line
"Are you alright Severus?" Dumbledore asks seriously
"Just unanswered questions floating in my head" Severus asks while looking at Harry
Dumbledore watches with suspicion which quickly changes to a small convincing smile, He nods at Severus before he wants away
'I have to make sure he's still on the light side' Dumbledore thought as he was walking
'I have to protect him' Snape thought as he stroked through Harry's hair.