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A/N: What happened last time?
"Don't worry; she'll be back before school starts."
"Are you sure?" McGonagall asked.
"Positive."
"Then where will you be staying?" asked Snape.
"The chamber of secrets." Harry and Kate said in unison and enjoyed the utter looks of shocks they received in return.
Kate and Harry spent their time exploring Hogwarts separately and in their own time. Both teens got on exceptionally well with McGonagall and Snape. They found out that there was an enormous library in the chamber of secrets (COS) and so they also spent a lot of time there reading any books they could get their hands on, learning as much information about the school and founders if they could and memorising as many spells as they could.
Harry was wondering the grounds and thinking back to his first encounter with Snape. It wasn't exactly pleasant which is why he was currently hoping that Sara will hurry up and come back because both he and Kate would like to know why he has such an interest in Snape and McGonagall and asked them to get as close as possible.
Flashback
He was wondering the grounds bored to death, looking for something interesting to do because he was sick of just reading and training all the time. He wished that Sara was here so that they could play a prank on someone together. Being so lost in thought suddenly, 'BANG', he bumped into the most 'esteemed' professor of potions, Professor Snape, who looked down his long crooked nose at Harry with unmistaken scorn.
"What's wrong Potter? Forgot how to walk?" he asked an unpleasant scowl on his face.
"First up Snape, my name's Harry Kill, not Potter. What ever you had against my 'father' or 'mother' does not get transferred to me. If you decide not to like me without getting to know me first, then that's your problem, not mine. Second of all, no assassin likes to be treated like shit, so teacher or not, I have no qualms about killing you right here and now or anyone who disrespect us. Third of all, your precious headmaster is already walking on thin ice with that leglimens attack he did on Sara, so if I were you and any other professor, I'd advise you guys to watch your step. Now I have gotta go, so good day."
And with that he left, head held high. Using his elemental air magic, he used it to find out Snape reaction. Who was currently standing there shocked, have not recovered that his childhood rival's son had just threatened him and all the teachers in the school. It was that night of the same day when both of them bumped into each other again.
This time, Harry was holding a number of transfiguration, charms and potions books in his hand.
"Oh Snape, hi, Dumbles said you might like some more books, so there's a library in the COS and Kate and I got you some potions book, would you like to look at them?" Harry asked, hoping he said yes because the books were not exactly light. Snape just nodded in response and Harry gave him all the potion books he had with him. Snape recovered enough to say 'thanks Harry' before he made a beeline to his dungeons, preparing to read as many of the books as he could.
End of flashback
After that, Harry and Severus soon became closer and Snape didn't even mind sharing his private lab with Harry. This is where he was currently preparing to go to, deciding that he wanted make some more potions, especially some elemental magic replenishing potion. He knocked lightly on the door, "Who is it?" Severus snapped,
"It's Harry; can I borrow your lab?" Harry shouted through the closed door, making sure that he stood close enough to the door so that Snape can hear him. Soon enough, he heard the door being opened and Snape gestured him to come in.
"What do you intend to make?" he asked, softening his voice slightly at the sight of the raven haired assassin.
Harry shrugged; he wasn't going to tell him the entire truth that's for sure, staring at Severus with a soul searching green gaze.
Severus broke the stare, "Well then, get going." He replied brusquely.
Harry smirked; he headed to his usual place and cauldron and began the potion. Due to the fact that they were all his own, Sara's and Kate's concoction, it was pretty obvious that Severus had no idea what he was making and he intended to keep it that way. He could feel Severus's eyes on him, but he ignored the dark gaze.
After around an hour or so, he was done. Carefully bottling up his potions and cleaning his workspace, he silently slipped out of the room, knowing that Severus wouldn't even realize he was gone until he finished his potion.
Harry quickly slipped into the COS and set his potions on his work bench there. There was a potions lab in the Chambers too, but he was ordered by Sara to get as close as possible to Snape, and wondered how well Kate was getting on with McGonagall.
Whilst Harry was brewing in Severus labs, Kate had searched out for McGonagall in her office. As she waited patiently for Minerva to acknowledge her, leaning casually against the door frame, watching Minerva's slender hands moving the quill against the parchment.
Finally, just when Kate was about to announce her presence herself, Minerva looked up; a subtle smirk playing on her face. "Is there something I can do for you?" she asked, rising an eyebrow that reminded Kate of Snape and Sara.
Kate bounced into the room, grinning brightly at Minerva. "Nothing much, I'm bored…and the other teachers don't really like me and Harry is with Snape so I have no one to talk to and was wondering whether you need any help with anything?" she asked, smirking at Minerva.
Minerva looked at Kate, she was surprised that the blonde haired assassin would even bother herself to help others, she was naturally suspicious of Kate, but as she couldn't see anything wrong with talking to Kate and replied, "Unless you're good at transfiguration, I would be very grateful if you help me mark these tests."
Kate smiled, conjured up her own chair and quill and sat by Minerva's desk. "So what do you want me to mark?" she asked, fingering her quill.
Minerva landed a heap of parchment in front of Kate. "Mark these." She ordered, watching Kate with a smirk.
Kate replied with a challenging glare, and started to mark the first parchment on her pile. This belonged to Draco Malfoy, 6th year Slytherin. She mentally sneered at the looped writing. It was obvious he was trying to match up to his father's elegant script. Correcting all mistakes and everything, she continued on the next one, ignoring the fact that Minerva would occasionally look up and make sure she was…alright.
Well into the night, Kate finally finished marking the last of the papers. Massaging her temples, she got up and leaned against Minerva's desk, and waited for her to be acknowledged.
Minerva looked up to find Kate looming over her with a smirk on her face. "Is anything the matter?" she asked, her quill posed to write.
Kate smirked, "I'm done, why don't you relax and we can head to dinner. I'm sure Dumbledore is wondering where his deputy head is." She replied, holding out a hand to help Minerva from the desk. Here with the transfiguration professor, she'll play the kinder more helpful assassin, as Sara bloody-Blight had ordered her to do, and outside, she'll play the cold, indifferent assassin.
Minerva looked at Kate with a small question in her eyes, but she took the offered hand and stood up, stretching like a cat, she blinked. "Ow, my head." She massaged her temples, unconsciously copying what Kate had done just a few minutes ago.
Kate sighed but she mentally smirked, "Here." she handed to Minerva a headache relieving potion. It was her own concoction, so it meant that no side effects will happen and Minerva will be headache-less for the rest of the week, no matter how much she worked.
Minerva took the potion and drank it with a grateful smile. She was surprised at the taste, but she wasn't that worried that she'll be poisoned, as Kate seem to be pretty nice and she knew that assassins prefers to kill than poison. "Let's go." She ordered, heading to the door, not even looking behind to see if Kate was following. She hated anyone seeing her at her most vulnerable, especially if it turns out to be an assassin who was ordered to protect the school.
Kate didn't follow Minerva, she stepped in beside her. No assassin walks behind someone if they could help it. "So, Minerva, can I call you Min?" she asked, flipping her hair out of her face. She knew from the fact file the received that McGonagall hated anyone shortening her name, but she wondered if Minerva was afraid of her or starting to enjoy her company.
Minerva turned to Kate, she wasn't stupid enough to threaten the blond assassin, no matter how appealing that idea seemed. Instead she turned to face Kate, "No." she half shouted, just as they reached the doors to the dining hall, and all the teachers gathered there, including Harry turned to face Minerva, who by this time was blushing a furious red. "Uh…" she stuttered, and then quickly slipped into her usual place next to the headmaster and began to eat as quickly as possible, avoiding looking at Kate, who was smirking as she sat next to Minerva.
As they were all enjoying their dinner, Sara walked in the door, her brown-blond hair flowing down past her shoulders, with a shit-eating grin on her face. "What's up guys?" she asked, slouching down next to Snape. Only her friends noticed that she was favouring her right side, and only her friends noticed the extra designer watch she was wearing, and Kate and Harry shared a smirk with each other, knowing that Sara had just committed an assassination job that gave them some extra cash on the side.
Dumbledore stared at Sara, which was not the kind of entrance that he expected from the brown blond lead assassin. He was so surprised that he was speechless for quite a while, and that gave Sara the time to tuck into her dinner with faked relish, a hidden smirk creeping on her face behind her mask. Only her friends noticed the smirk, and neither could wait until dinner was finished where they could interrogate Sara on what just happened.
Whilst all this was happening, Minerva and Snape both noticed the sudden change in Kate's and Harry's posture, they had both relaxed just a bit, and it made Snape and McGonagall aware that Sara was the leader of the three assassins, that she might even be one of the leaders of Karala. Soon, Dumbledore has recovered his sense and was looking at Sara with those twinkling blue eyes, but only the three assassins, Snape and McGonagall noticed the subtle frown on the aged Headmaster's face.
"So Sara, where have you been?" Albus asked, careful to resist the urge to use leglimens on Sara after what happened last time, but he was extremely curious about what had gotten the lead assassin into such a good mood.
"Oh around and all, Karala business." She replied smoothly, silently challenging the Headmaster to ask further.
Albus backed off, he knew that should he have asked, then he would not only be challenging Sara, but the entire society of Karala as a whole, and he wasn't ready, or capable, for putting himself and Hogwarts up against one of the most renowned and dangerous magical schools in the world.
Silence filled the table again, each professor analysing their different thoughts, and each assassin thinking about multiple things. No one was prepared to break the awkward silence on the table yet, especially not if the headmaster currently have a subtle frown on his face. The only sounds could be heard was the sound of silverware bumping against plates and bowls, and soon, Sara finished her dinner. Shooting a look at Harry and Kate, she walked out of the hall, intending to head out to the CoS.
A/N: Just tell me what you think about this story. Please?