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'Thoughts' $Parselmouth$ "Speach"
Chapter 3- Caught
"Well, well, well two little third years down in the dungeons when they should be in class, what would the headmaster say?" Snape drawled, looking at the pair. "I don't know, what would the headmaster say, I presume he'd ask us why and if our answers were acceptable he'd send us on our merry way." Honey replied, sounding equally as bored of the conversation as Snape himself had.
Snape scoffed, "Well let's go find out shall we?" Honey crossed her arms, glaring defiantly at him, Harry doing the same, standing just behind her. "Hmm, I guess we shall lead the way then Professor Snape." Snape stared at the Hufflepuff for a minute, shocked that anyone, let alone a third year Hufflepuff, had the gall to talk to him like that as opposed to the usual snivelling those in trouble with him did.
Instead of replying he just swept out of the room, his robes billowing behind him as he went. Harry and Honey stayed behind for a moment in which a large grin slowly broke out onto Harry's face, "That was amazing! I've never seen anyone talk to Snape like that!" Honey grinned back, "It was nothing, I've been at a few meetings of the death eaters, they're really not that bad, he can be kinda a dick sometimes but for the most part, he's just a big sweetheart."
Harry stared at his twin as if she was delusional, before finally shaking his head with a smile, "I find that hard to believe, but if you say so..." They were just about to walk out of the room to follow Snape when they heard him yell "Potter, Steward hurry up!" Harry turned to Honey and cocked his head to the side "Steward?" he questioned, "Yeah" Honey nodded "that's the fake last name I'm using while here" Harry also nodded, satisfied with her answer "Yeah okay, that makes sense, I guess we better go then." So with that, the pair walked out of the room and followed the dungeon bat to the headmaster's office.
They soon arrived at Dumbledore's office and once again heard Snape's unmistakable drawl, "I assume you can find your way from here, so I will be taking my leave," his cloaked billowed as he strode down the corridor until he was out of sight. The twins snickered to each other before turning to the statue leading to the office.
"He didn't tell us the password, so how do we get in?" Harry wondered aloud, Honey smiled at her brother, "Don't worry, it's always some stupid sweet name, so we can just guess till we get it right" Honey reassured, "Ok, umm, Lemon Drops?" Nothing happened. "Blood Pops?" Again nothing happened. "Bertie Botts every flavoured Bean's?"
This went on for some time until Harry finally guessed right. "Chocolate Frogs!" The door slowly ground open, revealing the spiral staircase. "Yes, that was awesome Harry, well done!" Honey jumped up and down then hugged her brother, which shocked Harry, as he didn't usually receive genuine displays of affection and he was still getting used to Honey's constant hugging, not that he minded at all, he was actually very happy about it.
They climbed the stairs together and as they were about to enter Honey grabbed Harry's arm, "Try not to look directly into his eyes, he's a skilled legilimens, I'll do most of the talking as I know occlumency, dad taught me." "Okay, let's get this over with then."
The twins stepped into the office and the headmaster was staring at the door, clearly expecting them. "Ah, Harry my boy, how good to see you, have a seat." Dumbledore gestured to the single chair directly in front of his desk "No thank you, headmaster, I think that unless there is another chair Honey should get to sit."
Honey smirked at Harry's refusal and Dumbledore's dumbstruck expression. Not waiting for his reply Honey gracefully sat down. When Dumbledore began to get over his shock he said: "Yes, Of course, so why were you two out of class and in the dungeons?" He looked at Harry expectantly but as agreed upon it was Honey who answered, "I had a free period and was going to the library when I saw Harry running towards the dungeons, so I followed him to make sure he was alright and when I made sure he was we were about to go back when professor Snape ordered us to come up here." Honey explained, sticking to the points and trying not to give too much away.
"Is this true, my boy?" he asked Harry, who replied simply with, "Yes, it is," Harry said eyes planted on the ground, both to not become victim to the much older man's mind reading tactics and also to hide his fury, he had after all just found out that this man helped destroy his life. "Why did you leave the classroom?" Dumbledore probed, wanting more information, Harry skillfully avoided answering by saying, "can't you just ask professor Lupin, I don't really want to talk about it."
"It might help if you talked about it with someone." Dumbledore pushed on, wanting to know if Harry was well and truly scared of his family the way he needed him to be, "I've already talked about it with Honey and you're right it did help, can I go back to class now? I don't want to miss anything else." Dumbledore was annoyed that Harry wasn't doing as he was told but agreed and sent the pair on their way.
The twins were walking along the corridors down to the lower levels near the kitchens, Harry deciding to skip the rest of DADA class when they ran into Draco Malfoy. 'Of course, he's here' Harry thought but what Draco actually said shocked him and made Honey smile. "I've told the Slytherins not to mention the boggart to anyone or to talk about it in front of you. When this gets out, and you know it will, it won't have come from any of the Slytherins."
Honey knew that Draco only pretended to be mean and that he was actually caring, funny and smart, he was her best friends and knew who she really was, he wasn't officially one of her father's followers yet so what she told Harry was technically true. Harry, on the other hand, was dumbstruck and his jaw literally dropped, having never seen this side to Draco before, he was just about to say something when someone walked past and Draco quickly said, "close your mouth Potter, you'll catch flies."
Draco turned to walk away but Honey quickly grabbed his arm and turned him around while pulling him into a tight hug, "Thanks Dray," she whispered with her head buried in his neck. "No problem, anything for you Honey," Draco mumbled back, slightly embarrassed to be being hugged in front of Harry.
The pair continued walking until they reached a stack of barrels, "well here we are!" Honey announced happily. Harry just stared at the barrels waiting for something to happen, "okay I don't get it, you want to explain?" Harry just watched as she tapped on certain barrels and a small entrance opened up. "This is the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room, no one who isn't a Hufflepuff has ever been in here, you're the first." Honey smiled before making her way into the common room. Harry quickly followed and looked around at the room which was nothing like the Gryffindor common room.
This room was circular and had a homey feel to it and was packed with overstuffed couches and armchairs. "Now come on," Honey ordered, grabbing onto Harry's hand. "Where to?" Harry wondered and Honey quickly answered, "my room, obviously, we can't have someone walking in on us while I'm trying to remove the glamours on you!" "Oh yeah, sure." Harry was slightly nervous but he was also excited to get the glamours off and he trusted in his sister's abilities.
A/N- Merry Late Christmas! This chapter (like the previous two) has been fixed of its spelling and punctuation errors. :)
-MercuryStars
