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Chapter17: New Lesson's Begin
It was much too early for Harry when Tina came in to wake him in the morning.
"You must get up, Master Potter." Tina said, shaking Harry's shoulder.
"Just five more minutes." Harry mumbled, rolling on to his side.
"Master Snape wants you downstairs now, Master Potter. Please get up. "Tina said, shaking Harry harder.
"In a minute. "Harry said, snuggling back into his covers.
Tina turned to the door as it opened. She looked worried when she saw Severus standing there. He motioned her out of the room quietly. She glanced at Harry before hurrying out. Severus shut the door behind her silently. He looked at Harry with an evil looking grin. He waited a few minutes for Harry to fall back into a deep sleep. Once he felt it was long enough he pulled out his wand. Aiming it at Harry he silently spelled a bucket of water. He tipped it over and watched the water land on Harry's head.
"Ahhh!" Harry yelled, sitting up quickly.
Severus didn't waste any time. As soon as Harry was up he tipped the bed and Harry fell on to the floor with a crash. Harry sat up and looked around. He could just make out a shadow by the door. He reached behind him and fumbled around on the stand for his glasses. Once he could see he glared at Snape.
"What was that for?" Harry said angrily, water dripping down his face.
"You were suppose to be down a half an hour ago." Severus said, still smirking at him.
"You didn't have to wake me up like that." Harry snapped, getting up slowly and rubbing his sore back.
"Well, I did let Tina try. Seeing that she was unsuccessful, I decided to try." "Severus said, amusement in his voice.
Harry glared at Snape not knowing what to say. Severus opened the door and motioned for Harry to follow.
"Can I change into dry clothes first, sir." Harry said, looking for something to dry his hair.
"And ruin the shock on Weasley's face? I think not." Severus said in mock severity.
"Can I at least go to the bathroom first?" Harry said angrily.
"You have five minutes." Severus said, still smirking.
Harry quickly went and came back just in time. He had dried his face before returning. Harry glared at Snape, then pushed passed him angrily. Severus followed behind him, schooling his features to his normal sneer. Harry went down the stairs and stopped just outside of the Dining Room. He really didn't want Ron and Hermione to see him like this.
"Not nervous are you, Potter?" Severus said softly.
"No, sir." Harry said through clenched teeth.
Harry went in quickly and sat down. He was trying to ignore the curious looks that Ron and Hermione were giving him. Severus sat at his usual seat and acted as if nothing was different. They ate in silence. After a few minutes Ron had to ask.
"Harry? Why are you soaked? You do know you are suppose to take your clothes off before getting in the shower." Ron said curiously.
Harry glared at him. Severus was trying not to laugh. Hermione was waiting to see what had happened.
"Yes, Ron, I know. Someone decided it would be funny to wake me up with a bucket of water and then dumping me on the floor." Harry said angrily, glaring at Snape.
Hermione gasped in shock and looked between Harry and Snape. Ron gaped at him with his mouth hanging open. Severus was ignoring them and kept his eyes on his plate while continuing to eat.
"Really?" Ron said after a moment of silence.
"If you had been up on time there would not have been any reason to send Tina to wake you. When you still refused to get up I had no choice but to do it. Next time you'll be up when you should be, won't you, Potter?" Severus said, trying not to smile.
"Yes, sir." Harry said tightly, not trusting himself to say more.
Severus finished eating, then got up and headed out of the room. When he got to Harry's chair he stopped for a moment.
"When you are finished I want you in the study, Potter. Try not to sulk for too long." Severus said trying not to smile.
Severus went to the door without waiting for an answer. Before he went through the door he stopped again. He turned to Harry.
"Please put on something more appropriate before you come. Something a little less… wet." Severus said, smirking at them all.
Severus went in to his study smiling to himself. Harry was left alone with Ron and Hermione. He was trying not to see the humor in any of it. He had to admit it was funny. It would have been funnier if it hadn't happened to him.
"What's up with Snape? "Ron said softly, still in shock.
"I'm not sure. I'm not going to complain through. At least he's in a good mood." Harry said casually.
"Yeah, but is that good for us?" Ron said still sounding baffled.
"I think it's good. Professor Snape is always under a lot of pressure. If he found a way to relax that's a good thing. " Hermione said, glaring at Ron.
"Not if it's at Harry's expense." Ron said heatedly.
"Actually, Ron, I think it is funny in a way. Who ever thought Professor Snape would have a sense of humor? I wasn't hurt. Just my pride a little. The look on your face more then made up for that." Harry said, smiling and trying not to laugh.
Hermione looked at Ron then to Harry. Harry and Hermione started laughing. Ron tried to look offended but couldn't help laughing along with them. After they all calmed down, Harry went up to change. Once he was ready he went down to the study. Feeling a little nervous and not sure what to expect, Harry sat in the chair across from Snape at the desk. He waited for Snape to finish what he was doing.
"Place your wand on the desk. You won't be using it in these lessons." Severus said, looking up as he finished his writing.
Harry reluctantly did as he was told, feeling a little helpless without it. Severus waved his hand at the door and it shut and locked. Harry jumped at the sound of the lock clicking into place. Severus folded the paper he had been writing on. His crow flew over, from where Harry didn't know, and landed in front of him. He tied the note to its leg and it cawed at him, then flew off.
"I'm not sure how you managed to learn Occlumency, but never the less, we will be testing it still to make sure it wasn't a one time thing. Do you even know how you managed it, Potter?" Severus said, leaning back in his chair.
"Not exactly, sir. I was reading a book in the library about it. As I was reading it, I started trying some of the suggestion's it had for clearing your mind. One of them worked. Then I was trying some of the ways it said to block your mind. I found one that seemed to work. I wasn't sure if it had. It must of. I didn't even realize I had it up." Harry said, watching Snape closely.
"Do you even remember how you accomplished it in the first place, Potter?" Severus said, eyes narrowing dangerously.
"I think so, sir." Harry said, thinking about what he had done the night before.
"Let's hope you do. You are to keep your mind blocked at all times. I will be testing you without warning. Is that clear, Potter?" Severus said, eyes looking straight into Harry's.
"Yes, sir." Harry said, feeling more then a little nervous.
"Now, we will be starting on wandless magic. I know you have done it before. Every witch or wizard has done it at one time without realizing it. However, not many can control it. It takes a lot of control and it is very draining. I'm not sure if you will be able to do it. I am willing to try to teach you though." Severus said, watching Harry closely.
Harry sat back nervously. Snape had a glint in his eye that Harry didn't like the look of. Severus stood up and walked around the desk. He leaned against it and folded his arms across his chest.
"We will be starting with summoning spells. If you lose your wand you will need to be able to summon it back to you. Your wand will be your most important weapon." Severus said, raising his hand to have Harry's wand leap off of the table into it.
Harry jumped in surprise. Severus looked down at Harry's wand. Looking back up at Harry he smirked.
"It can also be used against you." Severus said softly.
Severus aimed the wand at Harry and ropes sprang out and tied him to the chair. Harry started struggling trying to free himself. Severus straightened and went to stand in front of Harry. Harry went still and glared up at Snape.
"Not a pleasant thought, is it, Potter?" Severus said softly, walking to the other side of the desk and sitting down.
"Professor, can you untie me?" Harry said through clenched teeth.
"Of course." Severus said, waving his hand at Harry and the robes disappeared.
"How is it you can use my wand, sir?" Harry said, sitting up in his chair.
"Anyone can use you wand, Potter. It is just best suited for you. It helps you be able to use your full magical ability." Severus said as if talking to a child.
"How do I summon it back then? If I don't have my wand, how do I control it, sir?" Harry said, starting to get interested.
"You have to concentrate on the one thing you want. Focus only on that. Don't let anything distract you. Once you do that you can summon it. If done right, it'll come to you." Severus said; raising his hand and a cup of tea appeared.
"That's all there is to it, sir?" Harry said, sounding surprised.
"It is not as easy as it sounds, Potter. It takes great skill of which you have yet to show any of yet." Severus said snidely.
Harry didn't reply, but glared at Snape. Severus stood up and headed to the door for the Dungeons. Harry reluctantly got up and followed him. He was a little worried about how well he would do. It was kind of hard to concentrate on anything with Snape hovering over you. Besides the fact that he was wandless. That was terrifying in it's self. Harry was pulled from his thoughts as they entered the 'Training Room', as Harry now called it. Severus went to the middle of the room and, with Harry's wand, made a small table appear. He laid Harry's wand on it, then turned to Harry.
"Stand next to the wall." Severus said, turning from him.
Harry walked over and stood with his back to the wall. Severus went and stood by the door.
"Concentrate on what you want, then try to summon it." Severus said; leaning back against the wall, looking bored.
Harry tried to ignore Snape and concentrate on his wand. It wasn't an easy task trying to ignore Snape when he was staring coldly at you.
"Accio Wand!" Harry yelled.
Harry's wand didn't even twitch.
"Try again." Severus said, not giving Harry a chance to rest.
Harry tried not to let his anger take over. Forcing it back, he tried to concentrate again. When he was relaxed as he could get, he tried again.
"Accio Wand!" Harry said, raising his hand.
Again, it didn't move an inch.
"Concentrate, Potter. Try again." Severus said sounding annoyed.
It went on for a couple of hours. Severus was now sitting in a chair that he conjured. Harry was tired and irritated. The most he had got it to do was roll over. Severus was losing his patience.
"You are not giving it any effort. You have to concentrate. Try one more time." Severus snapped angrily.
"I am trying, sir." Harry snapped back.
"Try again, Potter." Severus said quietly.
Harry glared at Snape for a minute, then went back to concentrating on his wand. It was hard to concentrate when he was angry. Not that Snape cared.
"Accio Wand!" Harry said, holding his hand out.
All it did was roll over again. Disappointed yet again, Harry dropped his hand and lowered his head.
"You need to learn to control your temper, Potter. Getting mad about it is not going to help. We'll try again tomorrow." Severus said coldly, standing and banishing the chair.
Harry went to walk over to get his wand. Before he could, Snape had it in his hand. Harry looked at him in disbelief.
"You can have it when you can summon it to you. Until then, I shall keep it safe." Severus said with a smirk.
Severus banished the table using Harry's wand before placing it in his robes. He turned to leave, leaving Harry standing still in shock. When Harry saw the door open, he hurried after Snape, not wanting to be locked in the dungeons. They went back to the study in silence. Once there, Severus motioned for Harry to sit. Reluctantly, Harry sat in the chair by the desk. Severus sat in his chair and leaned back, regarding Harry.
"I honestly expected better from you, Potter. I know you are capable. You clearly are not putting any effort in to it. We'll try again tomorrow after breakfast. Tonight, after supper, we shall be testing your Occlumency. I want to make sure it wasn't a fluke thing. We shall test it every night until we find the way you have found to accomplish it. I'll also be testing you without warning at any giving time during the day. Be sure your mind is blocked at all times." Severus said, looking intently at Harry.
"Yes, sir." Harry said tiredly.
"Now, if we understand each other, let's go to lunch." Severus said, getting ready to stand.
"Professor, why did you say that you know I can do wandless magic? How can you be so certain?" Harry said curiously.
"I've seen you do it in some of your memories." Severus said, getting up and heading for the door.
Harry got up and followed him. At the door Severus stopped.
"Your Mother was good at it, too. I know. I taught her." Severus said without turning.
Without waiting for a reply, Severus went out the door and headed for the Dining Room. Harry was surprised. He knew that Snape had known his Mother, but to know he had been close enough to teach her was hard to believe. Deep in thought, Harry entered the Dining Room. He didn't pay any attention to Ron or Hermione. They both kept looking curiously at him. Snape was oblivious to any of them. He had his mind on other things. Mainly, his upcoming meeting with Dumbledore. He had to report on how Potter was doing. He would have to keep some of it from him. If he told him that Potter had finally gotten it, he would take Potter somewhere else. That would be unacceptable. Potter has to learn to defend him self in any situation. No matter what Dumbledore said. The sooner every one is rid of the 'old snake faced' monster, the better. If they all thought Potter would rid them of him, then he would make sure he was prepared. Whether Potter survived or not was as yet to be seen.
They all finished eating in silence. Once they were finished, Harry got up and headed up to his room. He was exhausted from earlier. Ron and Hermione quickly followed him.
"Harry, where are you going?" Ron said curiously.
Harry stopped at his door and turned to talk to them.
"I am going to lay down and get some rest. I'm exhausted from my lesson and I have another one after supper. I'll only be a few hours. I'll talk to you when I get up." Harry said, yawning at the end.
"All right, Harry. We'll see you then." Hermione said, pulling Ron with her down the hall.
Harry went in to his room, took of his glasses, laying them on the stand, and laid down. He cleared his mind before allowing himself to fall asleep.
Ron and Hermione went to the Library to wait for Harry to get up.
Harry woke up to pounding on his door and the room lit up. He looked at his watch to see what time it was. He sat up quickly when he saw how late it was. He only had an hour before supper. He sat up and stretched before answering.
"Come in." Harry said around a yawn.
The door opened to reveal Ron and Hermione. They both entered, shutting the door behind them.
"We figured that we should wake you up so you have time to get ready for supper." Hermione said, looking at Harry curiously.
"Thanks." Harry said, going over to his trunk.
"What did that git do to you." Ron said, sounding a little upset.
"Nothing, Ron. It was just more intense then before. We don't have much time before school starts." Harry said, pulling out clean clothes.
"That's why you have another lesson after supper." Hermione said matter of factly.
"Yeah." Harry said quickly, letting them believe that he was having two Occlumency lessons.
"Two lessons in one day with Snape? I feel for you, mate." Ron said, shaking his head with a grimace on his face.
Harry didn't answer. He walked out the door and headed for the bathroom. Hermione rolled her eyes and shook her head at Ron before heading towards the Library. Ron, not sure what just happened, followed Hermione to the Library feeling a little confused. Once Harry finished getting changed he joined them. They stayed in there, talking and playing Exploding Snap. Hermione was watching them and talking to them. Before long, it was time to go down stairs. They walked down, still talking amongst themselves. They stopped talking as they entered the Dining room. Snape was all ready seated, reading a paper. He never looked up as they entered. As soon as they were all seated, Tina brought the food in. Snape set his paper aside, and they all started eating in silence. Harry was trying to concentrate on keeping his mind clear. He was so intent on it that he never noticed that Snape's attention was on him.
"Potter." Severus snapped angrily.
Harry jumped and looked up at Snape.
"What is so interesting about the table that it holds your attention." Severus said in a low, dangerous voice.
"Nothing, sir. Sorry." Harry said quickly.
"Did you even hear a word I said." Severus said softly, trying to keep his temper down.
"No, sir." Harry said reluctantly.
Severus eyes narrowed and he glared at Harry. He took a couple of breathes, trying to hold back the sharp retort he wanted to say. Once he was under control he repeated what he had said earlier.
"You will bring the book you were reading yesterday with you to your lesson. We are going to try and find out which technique you found useful." Severus said slowly.
"Yes, sir." Harry said, looking down at the table.
Without another word, Severus got up and went out of the room. Ron and Hermione looked at Harry curiously; both wondering what that had been about. Harry went back to eating, trying to ignore the looks they were sending him. Harry finished eating, then got up and went quickly out of the room. He was trying to avoid answering any questions. He went to the Library and got the book. On his way down to the study he passed Ron and Hermione, but hurried past them. Harry reluctantly went in to the study. He walked over to the desk and waited for Snape to acknowledge him.
"Sit." Severus said without looking up.
Harry sat in the chair and set the book down on the desk in front of him. Snape finished writing before looking up.
"You are to read the first suggestion they have in the book about clearing your mind. Once you have finished we will test how well it works for you. We will repeat this until we find one that does work. Understood?" Severus said, watching Harry intently.
"Yes, sir." Harry said, picking up the book.
Harry opened the book and sat back to read. He felt a little uncomfortable with Snape watching. Severus picked up another paper and went back to grading papers.
They went through the first three sections with out much success. Harry was having trouble concentrating with Snape in the room. It wasn't that he didn't trust him. It was just that Snape still made him nervous. Snape had sent him to his room after getting frustrated after the third failed attempt. It was late so Harry decided to just go to bed. He cleared his mind before going to sleep.
Severus had a headache. Between the abysmal essay's he was correcting, and Potter's poor attempts at Occluding his mind, it wasn't a wonder why. Deciding to call it a night, he put away the essays. Once everything was where it was supposed to be, he headed up to his room. After taking a potion for his headache, he got ready for bed. Once he was ready he lay down and went to sleep.
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Sorry this took so long. I was going to end it after the first lesson but then decided to keep going.
I hope the explanations on everything are all right. It was hard to try and word everything to sound right.
I don't know how long it will take to update the next chapter. I know what I want to put in it, but it will take a while to write. I always seem to write more then I plan at first. I'll try not to keep you waiting too long.
Thanx for all the reviews. Also, Thanx for sticking with me even though it is taking so long.
Until next.
Rhi