Power of the Prince Lineage
SeverusxLily & Children
Rated T
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its characters from the franchise. That honor belongs to JK Rowling
Author's Note: I am aware that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons arrived on the first night back to Hogwarts in the fourth book. However for all intents and purposes, I am having them arrive on the following night. But either way, we are going to keep this train moving along. Also, this is chapter probably has the longest chapter title ever. It's literally long af, lol. Thanks so much for reading and following, and I hope that you all continue to enjoy this story. XOXO, SehunsBae37.
Power of the Prince Lineage
Chapter 3: Durmstrang and Beauxbatons Arrival, the Tri-Wizard Tournament, the Goblet of Fire, and Eileen's Visions
That evening in the Great Hall during dinner, the school was buzzing in excitement. Apparently many students had seen a carriage being pulled by a team of Pegasi coming towards Hogwarts. Other students had seen a large ship pop up out of the Black Lake and set anchor there in front of the castle. It was then announced that at dinner everyone sit at their according House table, as there would be a very important announcement during the time. Everyone was sitting and waiting excitedly for whatever could be happening soon.
Roderick was sitting and eating quietly, seemingly ignoring everything around him. He was also ignoring the giggling and blushing Slytherin First Year girls that were sitting not too far from him and staring at him while giggling and whispering to each other. Draco was sitting next to him and had seen the young girls, an amused chuckle slipping from his lips when he saw how his best friend's little brother seemed to just shut them out and pretend like they weren't there. Seeing as Roderick was every bit like Severus, the boy was probably thinking those girls weren't worth his time and thus found it easier to pretend as if they didn't exist. Brown eyes scanned over the Great Hall before looking up at the professor's table to see his father looking rather bored, but there was a bit of intrigue on his face. It really made the boy wonder what was going to happen in a few moments.
Before long Professor Dumbledore stood up and got everyone's attention. After everyone ceased their talking, he said in a clear, loud voice, "Attention students, attention! I hope that you all have had a wonderful first day back to classes, and for our First Years, a pleasant and educational day of learning."
The professors and older students clapped for the mass of eleven year old witches and wizards before turning back to the Headmaster. Dumbledore nodded and then spoke, "As some of you may know we have had some interesting and exciting arrivals to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry today. I am sure you would all like to know who they are and what they are doing here. That will be revealed momentarily, but for now let us welcome our very first guests for the school year. Introducing the lovely ladies of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, and their Headmistress Madame Olympe Maxime."
The doors of the Great Hall were suddenly thrust open and a group of girls dressed in a blue uniform and slanted, pointed hats strutted inside and down the middle aisle. Along with their entrance, they sighed and flowed in unison, emitting magical butterflies before doing all sort of turns and pirouettes, all of them being trailed by a giantess of a woman. Many of the students who weren't busy looking at the dancing girls (or their behinds if they were male) were gawking in awe at the large woman walking with her head held high. She even towered over Hagrid, and Hagrid was big, making her huge. After she was greeted by Professor Dumbledore, she stood behind her students as the Headmaster introduced their next guests.
"And let us not forget our dear friends from the north, the students of Durmstrang Institute and their Headmaster Igor Karkaroff."
The doors were once again open and what looked like a bunch of burly, yet good-looking men marched inside banging staffs on the floor, sparks emitting from the bottom and thus marking the floor. They were all wearing what looked to be crimson and brown uniforms with a matted fur cape and black boots. They, like Beauxbatons, put on a very interesting show with the usage of flips, running, and fire. One student walked marched in behind his peers, immediately grabbing the attention of almost everyone in the Great Hall.
"Bloody hell, it's him! Viktor Krum!" Ron half whispered, half yelled. Tobias frowned as he tried to remember if he could even so much as remember who Viktor was supposed to be and why everyone got excited seeing him. Harry leant over to his little brother and said, "He's the youngest seeker to be in the Quidditch World Cup and he plays for the Bulgarian team."
Tobias nodded before turning back to the front of the Great Hall to see that Professor Dumbledore had returned to his podium and was getting ready to speak again. When Durmstrang was seated along with Beauxbatons, the old man said, "Now, every five years there was an event that took place, one that would test a wizards courage, intelligence, and magical ability in three daring and intensely dangerous tasks. With participants from Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Hogwarts, this event was known as the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Having been recently revived after several hundred years, the Ministry of Magic has allowed Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to be the host of this year's tournament. A representative from the Ministry of Magic, Mr. Barty Crouch, has some changes to the tournament to announce as provided from the Ministry."
A man stepped up and began to speak, only to announce that no one under the age of seventeen could participate in the Tri-Wizard tournament, thus causing an uproar among the students present that weren't yet seventeen. Roderick, Tobias, and Eileen sat in silence as they looked around at everyone else. All three of them couldn't help but wonder why it was such a big deal that anyone under seventeen couldn't participate. Those three quite frankly didn't care nor want to participate in the tournament. The uproar was silenced by Dumbledore who then unveiled a rather large goblet emitting blue flames from underneath a cloth.
Everyone gasped in awe at the sight of the burning goblet, wondering what it was for. Professor Dumbledore looked around at his students and his guests before saying, "This object here is the Goblet of Fire. This will the prize at the end of the third task, and the winner will receive not only this, but a nice little fortune in Galleons, and eternal glory. All Seventh Years and seventeen year old guests from the two visiting schools that wish to participate in the Tri-Wizard Tournament will put their names in the flame, and one name from each school will be chosen to be a Tri-Wizard champion. But just so you know, this tournament is not for the faint of heart. Many injuries have happened during the tournament, some tournaments even ending in death. So think wisely before placing your name in the Goblet of Fire. Now everyone please return to enjoying your dinner and get to know our guests, for tomorrow starts the entry for the Tri-Wizard Tournament."
Everyone around her was talking in excitement about the Tri-Wizard Tournament and the Goblet of Fire, but not Eileen. The brunette kept staring at the burning goblet, a contemplative look on her face. She didn't know what it was, but she had a very uneasy feeling about the goblet and the tournament. As she stared at the goblet, she suddenly gasped and her black eyes bulged a bit before glazing over.
Two pairs of hands reached out to grab the handles of the Goblet of Fire. As soon as the hands touched the goblet, the goblet and hands were transported suddenly to a desolate and unnerving graveyard. There was a large cauldron and a sort of Grim Reaper grave marker. There was yelling, and the yell of a name...Cedric? And the voice sounded like…Harry? Suddenly there was a flash of green light.
A gasp escaped Eileen's throat as she suddenly blinked and came to. She hadn't had a vision like that before, one that was somewhat void of information. In fact, she hadn't had a vision in about a year, so why have one now about the Goblet of Fire? And what did her older brother have to do with it?
"Eileen, are you okay?" Holly asked from beside of her.
Eileen looked over at her new companion and nodded slowly answering, "Yes, I think so."
Holly frowned with a concerned look on her face and asked, "Are you sure? You sort of spaced out for a moment. And your eyes seemed to glaze over. They literally turned from black to grey."
Her eyes changed color whenever she had a vision? She didn't know that. Looking at Holly she said, "Yes, I'm sure."
Looking up at the professor's table she locked eyes with ones identical to her own. Her father was looking at her with an almost concerned look and he quirked an eyebrow in question, silently asking her if she was alright. Knowing he had probably seen her have a vision, she smiled and nodded, letting him know she was fine. Though in reality, it probably would have been better to tell her father about her vision and what it could mean. But every time she had a vision, her parents seemed to worry about her unnecessarily about her being a Seer, thinking she was going to see something important like she did when she saw her father being hurt by one of his potions and her mother saved him in time. However Eileen didn't want to worry her father or her mother about what she had just seen. Unless her vision gave more information, she wasn't going to tell them about it.
In the middle of the night in the Girl's Dormitory of Ravenclaw Tower, all of the girls in slept peacefully; all of them except one girl in the First Year Girls Dormitory. Eileen was sleeping, but was sleeping fretfully. Her forehead was covered in sweat, her hair plastered to her forehead, she was writhing and jerking in her bed and her little fists gripped her blue sheets tightly. All of this was due to the dream she was currently having, but her unconscious mind knew that though she was dreaming, she was having a vision, and a very intense one at that.
There was a house with no lights on. There were absolutely no lights on in the house except from one room where the fireplace was burning. There was a rat of a man bent down and sniveling in front of a large armchair, and there was also another man there also bowing to whatever was in the chair. Whatever it was didn't seem human, but it obviously had authority and the two men worshipped it. A huge wave of intense terror and evil emitted from the chair, washing over her overwhelmingly.
The scene changed back to the graveyard, only this time the cauldron had a lit fire under it and Harry was somehow being forcibly held against the Grim Reaper tombstone. The inhuman thing that was in the chair was being dropped into the cauldron by the rat man. The cauldron bubbled horribly until something rose out of it, forming and shaping itself into the shape of a man. The eyes then opened, revealing glaring red eyes filled with hate and evil, so much so that…that…
"AAAAHHHHHH!"
Eileen shot up in her bed, the loud scream erupting from her throat she flailed her arms around wildly. Quick, panting breaths followed her scream as tears filled her eyes and spilled over onto her cheeks, her hand clutching her chest through her nightgown over her pounding heart.
Lanterns were quickly turned on and Holly and the other Ravenclaw First Year females were looking at her in shock, her scream having woke them up. Holly's grey eyes took in the state her friend was in and immediately hopped out of her bed and over to Eileen's. Wrapping her arms around the brunette she asked, "Eileen, what is it? Did you have a bad dream?"
Shaking her head frantically she whispered, "Not a dream."
Still taking in deep breaths of air she lightly pushed the dirty blonde away and said, "I need to see daddy."
"What?"
"I need to see my daddy!"
Without waiting to hear anyone else's response, Eileen jumped out of bed and ran out of the dormitory, down into the Common Room, and out of Ravenclaw Tower. Her bare feet running against the floor echoed in the corridors as she made her way down the flights of stairs to reach the First Floor. When one staircase began to move, she jumped on the rail and rode it down, hopping off and landing on the floor she needed to get to before the moving staircase completely moved. Many portraits asked her where she was going, if she was alright, or why she wasn't in bed. Along the way Eileen passed by both Professors McGonagall and Flitwick.
"Miss Snape, where do you think you are going after hours?" Professor MgGonagall asked her, running after the eleven year old, Flitwick not far on her heels.
Finally Eileen reached the First Floor and ran towards the stairs that led to the dungeons, only to run into a dark figure. Stumbling back from the sudden collision black eyes looked up into the face of the Durmstrang Headmaster Igor Karkaroff. Karkaroff stared down at her with an annoyed look on his face and was about to speak when a deep baritone voice said, "Eileen?"
Eileen looked slightly behind the man in front of her and saw her father standing with a confused look on his face. The tears that had ceased while she was running began to fall once again, and the brunette ran past Karkaroff and to her father, wrapping her arms around his middle as she buried her face into his stomach and cried.
Alarmed Severus looked down at his daughter before looking up at Karkaroff and Professors McGonagall and Flitwick that just arrived, both of them seeming to be out of breath. Flitwick took in a gulp of air and said in his squeaky voice, "She sure is fast on her feet, Severus."
McGonagall nodded and fixed herself before saying, "Miss Snape, you know you are not supposed to be up after hours. I should take points from your House."
"Now hold on, Minerva. I'm sure there is an explanation for this," Flitwick cut in. "After all she's upset for some reason and sought out her father."
Severus bent down slightly and placed his hands on his daughter's shoulders and asked in a calm, soothing voice, "What's the matter, Eileen? What has you so upset?" He would always use this voice with her when she was a baby and Lily couldn't get her to calm down and thus passed her to Severus. It seemed to always work as she was growing up whenever she was upset, and just like it did before his voice calmed her down enough to talk.
Wiping her tears Eileen sniffed and whispered, "I Saw something bad. It was evil and scary, and it had red eyes. And there were two men there, and one of them looked like a rat. And Harry was in it, and he was in trouble because of the evil red eyed man, I know it. The evil man popped up out of a cauldron like he was being reformed. I Saw all of that."
"When?"
"In my dream, but it wasn't a dream. I Saw it."
Black eyes widened as Severus straightened up tensely. Taking his daughter's hand he said, "I'll be taking her with me to my private quarters. Excuse her please, Professor Flitwick."
"Of course, Severus," Flitwick responded.
Severus bid his colleagues 'goodnight' before he and Eileen headed downstairs into the dungeons. They walked in a tense silence as they headed towards his private quarters. Before long they stopped in front of a large portrait of a Sphinx; the Sphinx looked at them before standing from its rested position to hear the password. Severus said his password, 'Nightingale', and the portrait swung open. Eileen couldn't help but smile, as the nightingale was her favorite bird and her father was using it as his personal password.
They walked into his private quarters and Eileen's black eyes widened at seeing her mother sitting on the sofa reading a book. Lily looked up and smiled at seeing her husband and daughter, and laughed when Eileen ran to her and wrapped her little arms around her neck in a hug and climbed into her lap. Pulling away Lily kissed her forehead with a smile, but it quickly fell away when she saw her swollen red-rimmed eyes and the dried tear streaks down her face.
"Darling, what's the matter? Why have you been crying?" Lily asked as she held the youngest of all of her children.
Severus sat next to his wife and child and said with a grave voice, "Eileen has a vision in her sleep and it caused her to become very upset. And when she told me what she saw, it put me on edge."
Green eyes widened in alarm as Lily asked, "What did she See?"
"…the Dark Lord's return."