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

Power of the Prince Lineage

Chapter 15: Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem

Roderick waited for Tobias and Eileen so they could be on their way to the greenhouse for Herbology, another class all the First Years had together. He was just waiting on the Third Floor for his brother when Professor Moody—or how Roderick was now calling him "Imposter Moody"—stepped out of the DADA classroom. He looked at Roderick and said, "Mr. Snape, morning."

"Sure," Roderick replied curtly. He'd honestly like nothing better than to hex the man and expose him for the imposter that he was, but he knew he'd get into trouble, especially with no evidence.

"Moody" narrowed his one good eye and said, "You seem to be a bit disgruntled this morning. Like your father, I'm sure."

Roderick narrowed his eyes in return and said, "Or it could just be you. I was having a rather good morning."

"I'd watch your tone if I were you, Mr. Snape. You wouldn't want to get into trouble, would you?"

"If I do, at least it's because I was being real and honest."

The imposter Moody's lip curled and was about to say something else to the boy when the sound of Tobias' voice carried down the stairs. "Moody" glared at Roderick hatefully before disappearing back into his classroom. Roderick smirked at that, knowing that the man had caught his little jab at him about the fact he knew he was a phony. He knew he'd probably receive hell from him as he tried to figure out how he knew, but he knew he'd be able to take what the wizard threw at him. Besides, he couldn't do anything to him as long as he was inside the school.

Tobias reached his brother and greeted him cheerfully, Harry coming down behind him with Ron and Hermione. Harry smiled and said, "Good morning, Rod."

"Good morning, Harry," Roderick replied, nodding towards the other two Fourth Years. "What class are you headed to?"

"Potions," Ron said with a groan.

Hermione hit Ron in his arm and said, "At least have some enthusiasm for learning."

"I will when it's not Snape."

Harry rolled his eyes and asked, "Where's Eileen?"

Tobias looked up the stairs to see if he could spot his sister, but didn't see her at all among the descending students. Seeing Holly coming down the stairs with another Ravenclaw First Year girl, he stopped her and asked, "Hey Holly, is Eileen still in the Common Room?"

Holly blushed as she looked into Tobias' green eyes for a moment before blinking as she processed what he had asked her. Clearing her throat she answered, "Yes, she's still there. I don't know if she's sick or what, because I can't get her to wake up."

"But she seemed fine yesterday," Hermione said with a frown.

"Well, not really. She said her head has been hurting really bad lately."

"It could be a really bad migraine. Some migraines can physically make a person sick and put them in the hospital."

Ron looked incredulous at hearing that and said, "I've never heard of a headache putting someone in the hospital."

Holly nodded and said, "Oh sure, they can. Migraines, concussions, aneurisms, though those will usually end up killing you if not treated. But yeah, she won't wake up. I was actually going to talk to Professor Snape before Herbology to let him know about it. I've been really worried about her lately."

"We'll do it, so don't worry about it Holly," Harry told her, rubbing her head before heading down the stairs with Ron and Hermione, Holly following behind as to not be late for Herbology.

Tobias looked at his brother as they descended the stairs and asked, "Do you think Eileen is alright?"

Roderick was silent for a moment before saying, "She might be. You know the only reason she has a headache of any kind is because of her visions. It has to be something that she keeps Seeing in order for her to have one real bad."

"That's true. But even so, let's talk to dad later about it."

Severus watched his class dismiss right before lunch before waving his wand and clearing the blackboard of the written potion and its ingredients on it before moving the phials of potions into a crate to be inspected later. Though judging by the color of most of them, more than half of his class had failed. A small smirk appeared on his lips as he thought of the fails he was sure to give back to his Fifth Year Gryffindor and Hufflepuff class.

Two sets of footsteps came into his classroom and he looked up to see his sons walk inside. Nodding at them he said, "Tobias, Roderick, good afternoon. Aren't you headed to lunch?"

Tobias nodded and said, "Yes, but we wanted to talk to you first."

"Alright."

Roderick decided to get straight to the point. "What's wrong with Eileen? She's missed all of her classes so far and Holly says she won't wake up."

Severus blinked for a moment before looking up to the doorway of his classroom. Waving his wand at it he closed and locked the door, then put up a Silencing Charm around the room. Once that was done he said, "Your sister is magically drained at the moment and needs as much rest as possible. She's been having a multitude of visions lately of objects made of Dark magic and last night she used both her magic and visions to retrieve one of these objects."

The boys looked up at their father as they took in what he had told them before realization dawned on them and they asked in unison, "Eileen captured a Horcrux?"

The Potions Master wasn't surprised his offspring had been able to put the pieces together so quickly; they were very intelligent, after all. Nodding he answered, "Yes, she did. Along with being a Seer, she has the ability to go to the places she has visions about as long as the vision stands in her mind. At least that is what your great-grandmother told us."

"Well, móraí was a Seer and if she says it can be done, then it can be done," Tobias said.

"Yes, and she not only learned how to, but did it and brilliantly. Daideo and móraí were both very proud. However after Eileen gave the Horcrux to me, she passed out. She might be unconscious until tomorrow and I just found it better to put her into her own bed in Ravenclaw Tower."

Roderick nodded and said, "You said she was Seeing objects. That means there are more Horcruxes."

Severus nodded and said, "Yes, there are six in total, all of which are a piece of soul of the Dark Lord. Lucius and I are pretty positive he is on his way to returning and as long as these Horcruxes exist, there won't be a true way to stop him. Lucius and I destroyed one last night and your sister retrieved another. She said there was one that seemed to be hidden here in Hogwarts, a tiara I believe she said."

"Did she say what it looked like?" Tobias asked. His mind was already whirling with a possibility of what the Horcrux might be.

"She did not. But I'm positive the Horcrux she gave me last night belonged to Helga Hufflepuff, for it had her badger on it."

Green eyes widened and Tobias suddenly exclaimed, "The lost diadem!"

Roderick frowned and asked, "What?"

"Rowena Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem. It's said to make the wearer very wise. It was stolen from her by her daughter, the Grey Lady, before she passed but it went missing and hasn't been seen in centuries. No one really knows what it looks like, but there is a possibility that this might be the tiara Eileen Saw in her vision."

"And it's hidden in Hogwarts somewhere," Roderick finished.

Severus smiled at his children before saying, "Since it is lunchtime, I must ask you two to do something for me and for your sister. I need you to find the diadem and bring it to me. Take this time to do so, and if you can't find it, try again during dinner."

Tobias nodded before asking, "But where would we find it?"

"Eileen said it looked like it was surrounded by junk."

"So, an old abandoned classroom, maybe?" Roderick suggested.

"Possibly."

"That's not where it is at all," a feminine voice suddenly said from above them.

Looking up, the three Snape men all saw Ravenclaw House's ghost, the Grey Lady, otherwise known as Helena Ravenclaw, floating above them. She looked down at them for a moment before saying, "I felt you were talking about my mother's diadem and had to come here to make sure I was correct."

Tobias looked up at her and asked, "Miss Grey Lady, can you take us to where the diadem is? Or at least tell us where we can locate it?"

"Why should I? What are you going to do to it that hasn't already been done? It's already been defiled by Dark magic."

"My boys are just going to bring it to me, Miss Ravenclaw. It needs to be destroyed in order to get rid of the one that defiled it. That's all we want to do with it, otherwise in the future the fate of our world will be in jeopardy."

Helena looked at them before nodding and telling them, "It can be found in a place that is hidden. But know this: the place will only appear when it is needed. If you needn't ask, you'll never find what you're looking for." And with that she turned and flew away through the ceiling of the Potions classroom.

Roderick was quiet for a moment before saying, "Well that was rather cryptic. But at least we have some sort of clue. Dad, do you know of any place or room in Hogwarts that is hidden?"

Shaking his head Severus answered, "Unfortunately, I do not."

"Really? You weren't nosy or snooping around as a student?" Tobias asked.

"The last time I went minding someone's business that wasn't my own, I was nearly attacked and killed by your uncle Remus."

Understanding came over Roderick and Tobias' face, knowing the only reason Remus would have possibly killed their father was if it was his time of the month. Deciding to divert back to their original discussion Roderick asked, "What about mum?"

Before he could answer a knock at the classroom door was heard, followed by Lily's voice calling through the door, "Severus, are you there?"

Canceling the Silencing Charm and opening the door with his wand, Severus went to greet his wife as she walked inside the classroom. Lily smiled and kissed her husband before moving to hug her children. Turning back to her husband she said, "I stopped by on my lunch break to check on Eileen. I take it she's still not awake if she isn't here?"

"No, not yet. But before you go up to Ravenclaw Tower to check, we need to ask you a question, Lily," Severus replied.

"Yes?"

"Do you know of a place here that is hidden and only appears when needed?"

Lily thought for a moment before answering, "There is the Come and Go Room. It's up on the Seventh Floor near the Gryffindor Common Room. Alice and I would use it often to have some girl time or to study away from everyone else."

Tobias grinned and grabbed his brother before saying, "Thanks mum! Come on, Rod!"

The two boys ran out of the Potions classroom, leaving their parents behind. Blinking Lily asked, "What was that about?"

Severus took Lily's hand and they left the classroom and headed out of the dungeons to head up to the Fifth Floor before saying, "I asked them to find Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem for me."

"Why?"

"Remember what I told you about last night? With Eileen seeing those objects, and about the diary and Hufflepuff's Cup?"

"A Horcrux." Lily's voice was a whisper, her green eyes wide.

Nodding Severus said, "I know they can find it since Eileen is unable to at the moment. But I don't expect them to destroy it. Lucius and I need to be the ones to do so."

Lily nodded, worried for her children in all this, as well as Harry being caught up in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. She just hoped that it would all be over soon. And if her children got hurt in the process, she was going to raise hell and curse the living daylights out of someone.

Roderick and Tobias stared in awe as a door suddenly appeared on the wall. It was the entrance to the Come and Go Room! Once the door finally appeared, they quickly entered it before anyone could see them and closed the door, the door disappearing as soon as they were inside. Looking around they were surprised at how much stuff was in the room, many of it in piles with some sense of order among it all.

As they walked amongst the stacked things, quite frankly all forgotten about, Tobias said, "I can't believe no one knows about this place. At least, not many people must know about it."

The black haired boy nodded before he suddenly stopped. He could hear something, some sort of whispering hissing noise. His brown eyes turned to look at his brother and he found that the redhead too was also frozen, he too being able to hear the sound. They were silent for a moment before Tobias said, "Something's whispering."

"I hear it hissing, almost like a snake," Roderick said. He trained his ear again to listen from which direction it was coming from before turning and beckoning Tobias to follow him. "Come on, it's this way."

The two of them followed the sound until finally coming up to it. There it was, Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem. It was rather exquisite with an oval sapphire embedded in it. Along its surface it read "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". Tobias gazed at it in wonder, when the thing began whispering to him again. However this time, he felt compelled to pick it up and more so, put it on his head. Roderick however, heard it hissing and suddenly his mind suddenly realized it was taking the hissing and translating it into words. Ultimatlely he heard it hiss to Tobias, Pick me up and wear me, child. I will grant you great wisdom and power, power beyond your own comprehension.

"Toby, don't put it on," Roderick said, just as his brother picked it up. When Tobias went to raise it and place it on his head, Roderick grabbed his wrist and said firmly, "Toby, I said don't put it on. Stop it." Tobias seemed to be in some sort of trance and was still trying to put the diadem on his head. Frustrated Roderick yelled, "I said 'stop'!"

Grabbing the diadem, Roderick yanked it out of his brother's grip and stepped away from the redhead, watching as Tobias suddenly came back to himself. Looking around Tobias asked, "What happened?"

Roderick didn't answer, frowning at the diadem as he wondered how he had understood the hissing it was making and trying to figure out what had happened to his brother when they had found it. Deciding to bring these things up to their father he said, "We found the diadem, that's what happened. Let's take it to dad now. I want this thing away from me with all the whispering it's doing."

Tobias nodded and followed Roderick out of the Come and Go Room, Roderick putting the Lost Diadem in his schoolbag to hide it from others until they were able to pass it off to their dad. But as they left the Seventh Floor and descended the stairs, Roderick couldn't help but wonder exactly just how much Dark magic was in the Horcrux if it was able to call out to his brother and try and make him wear it. It couldn't possibly be good.