AN: I am really sorry for the long wait. I THOUGHT I would be able to update sooner now that I have a break from school but my summer job is more tiring than I thought it would be. I will try to update more often but I do not make any promises.

Disclaimer: I do not own or have any rights to Harry Potter, all rights go to their respective owners.

Harry rolled over in his bed. Hr could not get the fair haired beauty out of his head. Two days had passed since the incident, and she still haunted him. His other side seemed obsessed by her and he felt himself grow more vary. He had still not gotten a chance to speak to his guardians, but he promise himself that he would do so after the next DADA class.

He rolled over again and looked at the clock on the bedside table it was five in the morning. He saw no reason to try to get back to sleep, so he got dressed and decided to go to the library. He knew it would be empty so early and hoped to get some reading done. He had come across an interesting potion in one of his Defense books and he wanted to know more about it but so far he had found no mention of it in his other books.

He walked quietly out of the dorm and gently pushed the portrait open. Luckily he did not wake the lady and he silently made his way to the library. He knew he was not breaking any rules, but he still made sure to make no noise, he really did not want to meet up with some one, but he needn't have worried. Apart from, Peeves and Nearly headless nick he met no one. To his great surprise madam Pince was in the library when he got there, but she was sitting fast asleep at the main desk. He snuck past her and went over to the potion books and found one he thought looked relevant.

He sat there undisturbed reading for 30 minutes without noticing before he was rudely awakened from his mind. "Mr. Potter, what are you doing here so early." There was no mistaking that voice he thought before slowly closing the book and putting it down on the table. He felt himself sin into himself while slowly raising his eyes and looking into those of the widely feared potion master.

"I was… I was just reading Sir." Harry stammered. He quickly looked for an escape rute, before he managed to catch himself. This was a teacher he was safe. 'he wouldn't be the first teacher to try to harm you' a voice whispered in his ear. He shook himself and met the professors eyes. It was hard to say whether or not he believed him, but there was something there. Something hidden deep in those dark tunnels that Harry never had seen there before.

Snape bent down and looked at the book Harry was reading and his eyebrows lifted in surprise. If the boy was reading potion books like this one then what he had heard from Dumbledor about the boys intelligence might just be true. "I can see that Mr. Potter, but should you not be in your bed resting, or down in the Great Hall consuming breakfast like the other students?"

Harry almost gasped in surprise. Not from the question itself, but the way it was said. It lacked its normal edge. It seemed like the professor actually wanted to know. "I woke early and desided to look for a potion I came across while reading earlier this summer Professor. I figured since it was this early it would be quiet here." Snape looked down on him with lifted eyebrows, and noded to himself.

"And what potion might it be that caught your attention mr. potter? As I am the potion master I might just be able to help you."

Harry thought for a while before answering slowly. "Well I don't really know what it is called. I just came across a mention of what it does." Snape just raised a singular eyebrow and waited for him to continue. "It was a potion that could fasten a whole soul to a body. It also mentioned something about piecing together broken souls." Harry grew hesitant again at the surprised look on the professors' face and just sat there waiting for him to say something. He was sure the professor would laugh at him. Or sneer or something, but he just stood there looking.

It must have been ten minutes before the professor awoke from his mind. "I must apologize Potter. I do not recall ever hearing about a potion that did those things and therefore do not believe you will find mention of it in the school library. Perhaps you should get your pet dog to take you to the Black or Potter Libraries as they might have some books that mentions it." Then he turned and strode away robes billowing behind him. Leaving harry sitting there staring in awe. This was a weird day, beyond doubt.

He looked at the clock and was surprised to see that it was already half past seven and that if he did not hurry he would completely miss breakfast. He hurried to put the book back and walked quickly to the great hall.

When he got there he saw that Professor Snape was talking quickly to Professor Dumbledore and that they both look at him when he walked into the room. Further down Remus and Sirius was discussing something and at the far top of the Gryffindor table Hermione and the twins sat looking very worried.

At first he didn't notice that the hall went silent or that the other students started to stare, but when he was halfway across something happened. It all went very fast, but to Harry it felt like it happened in slow motion.

One of the Slytherins stood up and threw something at him, at first Harry couldn't understand what he was seeing. He just herd the students gasp and saw the horrified looks on his friends faces before his instincts kicked in and he ducked, rolled, drew his wand and quickly cast a quick immobulus before getting back on his feet.

He looked quickly at the slytherin table and noticed that the boy had disappeared. Then he turned to what he had frozen and he could not believe his eyes. It could not be possible. There was no way that she could be there….

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Well that was it for this time. I know it is short but I really need to go to bed so that I can get to work tomorrow. I will start working on the next chapter tomorrow, but I have no idea of when I will post it.

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