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A/N: SORRY!!! It took me a while with this because I didn't like the first one I wrote. This one is much more detailed and stuff. Thanks to those that reviewed and I have a question at the end if you wanna answer it. Hope you enjoy! :)
Eight: the Philosopher's Stone"Sirius; if you do it that way, you'll get caught." Harry said, rolling his eyes. "I thought you said Marauder's don't get caught."
Sirius stuck his tongue out at his godson who just smirked back. The two were sitting in the living room in front of the fire discussing pranks to get back at the Gryffindor's. After Ginny had been hexed and ridiculed one too many times, Harry vowed to get back at them.
"Now, who are you using this on?" Sirius asked as he twirled a quill in his fingers.
Harry rolled his eyes again as Coralee stretched out from her place on his lap. His hand automatically began petting her. "The Gryffindor's; they've hurt Ginny enough. I just hope this will be enough for them to back off. Somehow I doubt that, though." He muttered the last part.
Sirius nodded, growling slightly as he recalled the stories Harry and Hermione had told him.
The fire place flared to life beside them and they both blinked at it, confused. Lucius Malfoy gracefully stepped out and raised an eyebrow at his lover sitting on the floor. Sirius smiled brightly up at him and jumped up, quickly pulling him into a kiss.
Harry grinned, snickering lightly behind his hand as he watched Lucius melt into the arms of his godfather. He began putting the prank away into the box and stood up, walking out of the room with Coralee following closely at his heels.
"Harry!" Hermione cried as she quickly ran up to him and hugged him. "I've been looking for you everywhere. I have to show you something." She said before grabbing his hand and pulling him towards her potions lab.
Harry chuckled. "What did you discover this time?"
Hermione stuck her tongue back out at him as she opened the door and pulled him inside. "I don't really know."
Harry's eyebrows rose. "You don't know?"
Hermione shook her head before pointing at the pink potion that lay innocently in the cauldron in the middle of the room. They both walked towards it and peered inside.
"What'd you mix?" Harry asked as their two familiars jumped up onto a stool beside them.
"I mixed a sleeping draught with a simple truth serum." Hermione stated.
Harry looked up, surprised. "Really? And it didn't explode?"
Hermione shook her head. "No. I'm too afraid to test it though." She said, biting her lip as she stared at the pink potion.
Harry nodded. "Let's go ask mom. She's good at potions."
Hermione nodded and the two ran out of the room and towards the library, finding Lily curled up near the fire with a Dark Arts book in her lap. She looked up as the two entered the room and smiled, her green eyes lighting up.
"Where's Remus?" Harry asked as they stopped in front of her.
"I believe he went outside. He said he wanted to get a bit of fresh air." Lily answered.
The two nodded before remembering why they came here. "Oh yes. Mom, you have to come. I have something to show you." Hermione said.
Lily smiled and nodded, placing her book on the couch beside her and standing. "What did you make?"
"I'm not too sure." Hermione said. "I mixed a sleeping draught with a simple truth serum."
Lily stopped, her eyes going wide. "And it didn't explode?!"
Hermione twisted her hands together. "No. It turned pink."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Pink?" She muttered before continuing down to the lab. She peered at the potion, watching as it churned slowly. The fire wasn't lit, but the potion stilled moved in a slow, counter-clockwise motion. "My word." She muttered as she picked up the wooden ladle and touched it to the potion.
The potion just continued to churn, causing Lily to bite her lip, studying the potion closer. "I don't know." She muttered. She sighed. "If only Severus believed you. He could come over and would probably know exactly what it was."
"What if I brought a sample to him after break?" Hermione asked.
Lily nodded. "That's a good idea. You might want to put it into a bunch of smaller vials and take at least two with you."
Hermione nodded as she moved over to a shelf that held empty and sterilized vials.
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The old tome sat on the headmaster's desk, open to the Verde non sperimentato potion. Albus Dumbledore himself sat behind the desk, leaning slightly back in his chair sucking on a lemon drop. He was stroking his beard as he stared at the door to his office.
"Yes. This could work." He mumbled. "But I wonder." He trailed off as he leaned forward to read the potion over again. "Never been tested. Potion was an unusual green color and never stopped churning in a clockwise direction." He muttered to himself. "What could happen?"
Fawkes gave a sad trill from his perch beside the headmaster as silence over took the room.
Meanwhile, deep in the Hogwarts dungeons, Severus Snape stood over a potion, scratching behind his right ear every once in a while.
He was mumbling words no one but him could make out. He sighed as he stepped back and ran his hands over his face. He placed a stasis charm on the cauldron before diminishing the flame underneath.
He walked over to the couch he had in his personal lab and sat down with a sigh. He reached up to rub behind his ear again as he stared at the blank wall in front of him. His eyes became unfocused as a memory overtook his mind.
"Up Uncle Sev." A baby of almost a year with black hair and green eyes cried. His arms were up and he had a big smile on his face.
Severus looked down at him and smiled, picking up the kid and placing him on his knee.
The kid giggled and clapped his hands as Severus started to bounce him on his knee. "Yay. Horsey Uncle Sev." He giggled as Severus bounced him higher.
Severus' eyes came back into focus as the alarm he set over his potion went off. He shook his head and stood up, moving over to the potion and taking the stasis charm off. He added the last ingredient before lighting the flame beneath it again and stirring counter-clockwise thirteen times.
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Remus' smile was false as he stood on the platform, watching the three elves disappear onto the train, their invisible familiars beside them. Moony was howling inside of him, trying to tell him something. He didn't understand what or how Moony was yelling at him this far from the full moon.
He sighed and followed Lily and a glamoured Sirius off the platform and to the apparation point.
Harry smiled as Draco came in and sat down beside him, followed by Blaise and Pansy who shut the door after them. Coralee became visible and crawled across Harry's lap to curl up in Draco's lap, having sensed that Draco was Harry's soul mate. Jaiyana hardly moved from her spot on Ginny's shoulder, and Zita was quite content curling up on Hermione's lap.
As the train shifted before it let out a whistle, the six started chatting animatedly about the Christmas holidays. That one topic got them to the Hogsmeade station and into the Great Hall, only stopping once the food started.
The three familiars had become invisible as soon as the train had stopped and were now as well. Jaiyana still curled around Ginny's neck, while Coralee and Zita were under the table curled around Harry and Hermione's feet.
As the welcome back feast continued, the Slytherin's kept complementing the three Stone's on their new features. Questions were shot at them, wondering what happened and if they could give them their secret. The three would just smile, shrug and continue to eat; leaving the Slytherin's to raise eyebrows at one another.
The four portraits all looked so proud and happy, causing Dumbledore to glower out at the first years, wondering just who the heirs were. He also wanted to know what went wrong with the black curse he placed on young Harry. The curse was said to not be able to be broken by anybody except either the heir of Merlin or Morgana. What he knew, however, was that the heirs were either in Ravenclaw or Slytherin.
Dumbledore cast that thought away and looked upon the Gryffindor table. Jared and the Weasley's all had tans and were gathering quite a lot of attention from the girls. He had laid down all the clues Jared should need, and soon he and Ron will be going after the Philosopher's Stone to prove he really is the Boy-Who-Lived.
Classes started the day after the feast, the first year Slytherin's and Gryffindor's having potions first. Hermione and Ginny sat in the front row, with Draco and Harry behind them and Pansy and Blaise behind them.
Professor Snape swept into the room, his black robes billowing out behind him. "Open your books to page 274. Start immediately; instructions are written in plain English. Let's see who can mess this up." He drawled, letting his gaze sweep over the Gryffindor's.
Ron and Jared scowled at him as the class began to read and get up to get the ingredients. Jared sighed before standing and walking to the storage room, gathering the ten ingredients needed.
Each station soon had the ten ingredients laid out, the fires burning and the cauldrons bubbling with boiling water. Each cauldron was different even as they were all doing the same potion. Some were turning pink, some red, some orange, and a few were the correct yellow at the second ingredient.
Snape was walking around, inspecting the cauldrons at each station, his robes billowing out behind him. His hand would absently reach up to rub behind his ear every now and then, especially when he passed Harry.
Harry grinned as he and Draco added the spruce leaves at the last step. He picked up the wooden ladle and began to stir, counting under his breath as he stirred clockwise twenty times.
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Remus walked along a muggle street, his hands shoved in the pockets of his faded jeans and his winter coat pulled tight around him. His amber eyes were studying the ground as he walked, his brown hair blowing slightly in the cold winter breeze.
He was brought out of his musings as a sweet smell flew through his nose as well as a soft body colliding with his.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." She said, her blue eyes looking up at him. "Are you alright?"
He nodded, smiling his first genuine smile in almost six months. "Yes; I'm fine."
She smiled brightly up at him, pushing her black hair behind her ear. "I'm glad. My names Kyrene; yours?"
"Remus."
"It's nice to meet you." She said, holding out her hand.
Remus took it, feeling a strange sense of pride that she wanted to know who he was. Moony was even squirming contently inside of him at the feel of her hand in his.
"Well, sorry to bump into you. I should've been looking where I was going." She blushed slightly as she took her hand back. "I hope to see you around, but I've got a meeting in ten minutes. Have a good day." Kyrene smiled one last time at him before turning and walking away, her heels clicking behind her.
Remus watched her go, a small smile still on his face. Moony growled slightly as he watched her go, wanting to have her here beside him. Remus sighed before shoving his hands back in his pockets and walking away, having no destination in mind.
He walked around muggle London for a good two hours before he started to make his way back towards the Leaky Cauldron. He pushed down his hood as he pushed open the door and walked inside.
"Remus."
He turned to the voice, surprised to see Kyrene smiling at him from a table not far from the door. He smiled at her and walked over to her, sitting down in the chair she motioned to.
Kyrene smiled at him as he sat down in front of him. "I knew it was you."
He tilted his head. "What do you mean?"
She continued to smile. "You're special; more-so then just being a wizard."
His eyes widen slightly.
She nodded, the smile never wavering. "I know. I know many things; have known many things since I was six. Now, care to stay with me for dinner?"
Remus' eyes widened slightly again before he smiled and nodded. "I'd love to." The bright smile that accompanied his statement made his heart warm and him feel truly happy for the first time since he found out Harry was alive.
Kyrene felt happy; happy that she didn't have to search low and high and happy that maybe she wouldn't be alone next year. After Christmas, Madam LeBlanc had come back and told her that she had already earned her Master's in Defense.
The two of them were an odd couple indeed as patrons came in and out through the Leaky Cauldron. A girl 17 and a man almost 35; a few eyebrows were raised.
"So, do you know who your mate is?" Kyrene snuck the question in as the two were enjoying a cup of coffee after dinner.
Remus almost choked on his at the unexpected question that came out so innocently from her. He blushed but nodded slowly.
"And I'm it, aren't I?" She smirked as his eyes grew wide again. "Yes; I'm a seer. It's run in my family for generations. I know what's going to happen at the end of this year and the end of next. I know Tom isn't going to be back for a few years now." Her face expressed sadness at this. "I had thought next year would be the year; but it looks like Dumbledore's interfered again." She sighed, resting her head on her hand as she stared at something only she could see.
"Don't you feel, I don't know, disgusted?" Remus asked.
Kyrene looked at him, surprised. "Why would I be disgusted? Your mate is your mate. They're really wonderful things. Unconditional love and extreme happiness; it is part of the deal." She smirked. "Just like Harry and Draco; you and I will be the same. I know we will. In time, anyway." She said reaching her hand across and running a finger down the back of his hand. "I know it'll take time for you to understand and accept. But I'll help you in anyway I can." She stood up and smiled. "This has been an amazing night, but I have to go make sure my family's manor is ready." She pulled out some galleons and placed them on the table. "I'll see you soon; I know I will."
Remus watched her walk away one more time before he also placed some galleons on the table and walked to the floo. "Gryffindor's Library, Gryffindor Manor." He whispered and disappeared in a flurry of green flames.
Lily looked up from her book as the fireplace flared to life and Remus stepped out. "Just where have you been?" She asked, closing the book on her finger.
Remus looked at her. "Her names Kyrene; she's my mate." He muttered, collapsing beside her on the couch.
Lily's eyes widened. "Really?" She said as a smile slowly built on her face. "What's she like? Why didn't she come back with you? How old is she?"
Remus chuckled as Lily shot out the questions. "She's nice; she had to check out her family's manor and she's seventeen."
Lily's eyes widened at that last statement. "Seventeen?"
Remus nodded. "Yeah. She said that your mate is your mate. Unconditional love and extreme happiness; she didn't seem disgusted at all. Not with what I was or anything."
Lily smiled. "She's a seer?" It was more of a statement, but Remus nodded all the same. "I'm very happy for you Remus; you deserve someone. She sounds like she already loves you."
Remus eyes widened as Sirius came stumbling out of the fireplace, laughter still bubbling from his chest.
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It was the first week of April, the first Friday at breakfast. Dumbledore looked smug while at the same time trying to keep his grandfatherly features covering it. The Slytherin's were chatting either about school or Quidditch.
Harry smiled, laughing at something Draco said as he reached for his goblet of pumpkin juice. He placed his goblet down after taking a sip. His throat suddenly felt dry again; no matter how many sips he had, it always felt dry after taking a sip. His eyes suddenly began to gloss over and his fingers lose strength. His goblet fell from his hand and crashed to his plate as his head fell to his chest. His body convulsed once before he fell backwards, landing on his back on the ground, unconscious.
Draco's eyes were wide as he watched all this, not having fast enough reflexes to reach out and stop him from falling. He was immediately out of his seat and kneeling beside him as the chatter in the Great Hall immediately stopped. He didn't notice any of this; he was only concerned with his Harry.
Rowena's eyes were squinted slightly as she looked across the room at the two boys. Helga was looking there as well but with wide eyes, not analyzing the situation, just trying to make sure everyone was okay. Salazar and Godric were also staring wide eyed at the boys beneath them, leaving no one to notice the smug smirk that wasn't concealed quickly enough on the headmaster's lips.
Madam Promfrey was yelling and pushing her way through the crowd of kids that had gathered around the Slytherin table. She finally reached the five friends that had crowded around Harry, trying to protect him from the others.
It took about ten minutes, but Harry had finally been moved to the infirmary and placed in a bed in the back surrounded by curtains. The five of them had been asked to wait outside of the curtains while Madam Promfrey ran diagnostic spells over Harry. Her eyes grew wide as the spells showed nothing wrong; he should be up and walking not unconscious.
"Enervate." She stated, her wand pointed at Harry. Nothing happened. She tried more spells; nothing worked. She stared dumbfounded at the unconscious boy before stepping out of the curtain. The five turned expectantly towards her. "Sorry, but I don't know what's happened."
The five nodded, sighing.
"What exactly is wrong with him?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know. The diagnostic spells show he's fine; in perfect physical condition. He should be up and walking." Madam Pomfrey explained looking perplexed before she walked towards her office.
Their eyes all widened before they turned to the curtain and stared at it.
"Wonderful." Blaise muttered.
"I wonder." Hermione muttered to herself before she disappeared from the infirmary at an amazing speed.
The others looked at each other before they took off after her, trusting Pomfrey to take care of Harry. They found her outside Professor Snape's quarters, the door just opening.
"The pink potion?" Snape sighed and moved aside, letting them all file in. "Yes I figured out what it was. I still can't believe you made it." He muttered the last part as closed the door. "It's called non sperimentato rosa. It's never been tested. I don't know what it does."
Hermione nodded to herself. "Thanks professor."
He nodded. "What happened to Mr. Stone?"
"Madam Pomfrey doesn't know. She says he's perfectly fine physically." Hermione answered scratching the side of her face in confusion.
Snape made a small noise in the back of his throat before he looked down at the book on the table.
Hermione looked at Ginny, raising an eyebrow in question. The only answer she got was a shrug of her shoulders.
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The last semester went by smoothly and quickly; Harry, however, wasn't present in any class. He had and still was unconscious; Pomfrey was stumped. No potions or spells had any effect on his body, leaving her completely confused.
The five Slytherin's flew through their classes and year end tests. Their spirits, however, were not high. No matter what they did they couldn't keep their minds off of Harry; especially not Draco. Coralee had taken to staying on Harry's pillow, right next to his head. She was invisible to all except for when the Slytherin's came behind the curtain alone.
"Ron; we're on a moving staircase."
Hermione and Ginny were just leaving the library when they heard Jared from below them. They watched the two get off on the third floor corridor.
"Think they're going to make a mistake?" Ginny whispered.
"It's Potter and Weasley; of course they will." Hermione muttered.
Ginny snorted softly. "Follow?"
"For Harry." Hermione muttered back. "Zita; follow to check if the corridor is empty." They heard a growl as the invisible familiar ran down the stairs to the third floor corridor. They walked down to the fourth floor and stopped on the landing, pressing themselves up against the wall as they heard Filch's voice across the way. Ten minutes later they heard a soft growl and they started down the stairs that came to them and waited for them to shift.
As they stepped inside the corridor, a light flared up, revealing Zita, visible and waiting. They walked along the corridor, coming to a door and hearing screams and barks. The screams disappeared, leaving the barks to be the only thing for a few minutes. They waited until the animal inside became quiet before unlocking the door and stepping inside.
A large three headed dog sat in the middle of the room just behind a trap door that was open. It snarled at them as they back up to press against the door. Jaiyana pulled on Ginny's hair and pointed to a gold harp that lay innocently at the side of the room.
Ginny took a deep breath before she started singing. No words came out, just a sound as she sang, her voice a melodic sound that put the giant dog to sleep. She smiled as she continued and walked forward, ushering them with her. She kept up the song, as Hermione and her familiar jumped down. She followed, stopping the song as she disappeared down the hole.
"Wow, Ginny. I didn't know you could sing like that." Hermione said, smiling as the vines they landed on started to move. The vines curled around them all, including the familiars causing them all to struggle. "Wait." Hermione took another look around the vines surrounding them and nodded to herself. "This is Devil's Snare."
Ginny nodded; understanding immediately. The two of them started relaxing and waited, their familiars automatically copying their actions. As soon as they landed they smiled at each other and continued on. They came to a door and heard the beating of something against a far door. They opened it and saw keys with wings jammed into the door across from them with an old looking one in the lock. They looked at each other and grinned before running through the door.
The door behind them closed as they heard Jared and Ron scream in shock ahead of them. They came to a giant chess board and quickly hid in the shadows to avoid being seen as the two turned around.
A good while later, Jared now stood facing the king. "Check Mate." He stated and the king's sword came crashing down. He turned to Ron and grinned and the two ran through the door.
The other two stood up and nodded as some chess pieces bowed to them. They walked through the door, only to be stopped by a wall of fire surrounding a dip in the ground. Jaiyana jumped down from Ginny's shoulder and ran towards the fire.
"Ah! Become invisible." Ginny said and began chewing her lip as her familiar disappeared. She sighed in relief as Jaiyana appeared again and jumped up on her shoulder.
Footsteps echoed from the corridor behind them, causing their heads to snap towards the sound. They quickly ran behind one of the pillars that lined the room, their familiars turning invisible once again. Hermione peeked out and had to cover mouth to stop the gasp from escaping. Albus Dumbledore was walking towards the flames, his wand out and his blue eyes glaring into the fire.
"Die Kraft von Feuer, zerbrökkelt Ihr Gemüt. Überwältigt, werden Sie." Dumbledore chanted as his wand moved in an intricate pattern through the air. A black stream of power split the flames for a few seconds before Dumbledore grinned as he heard the cries of Quirrell.
Inside the flames, Jared looked at his hands in shock. I don't think that just happened. He thought to himself as Quirrell charged towards him once more. Since he couldn't think of anything else, he placed his hands up and on Quirrell's face. He watched, eyes wide as Quirrell's skin began to crumble under his fingers. His whole body soon became nothing more than dust, leaving behind his purple robes.
What happened next, he had no idea. All of a sudden he felt something pass through him and he fell back, unconscious.
The flames died and Albus walked forward, not sensing the four other presences in the room. Albus grinned down at the boy. "Well done. You're getting closer; you'll still need more training. I'll leave that to your father."
Hermione and Ginny looked at each other, confused, before returning to their attention to the old wizard who picked up Jared. Ginny's eyes widened while Hermione's narrowed as they saw the predatory look in his eyes.
"Soon." Albus muttered before turning and walking away.
Hermione sneered after him before they both came out of hiding. "Pervert." She muttered. "He's after Potter."
Ginny shuddered. "I mean, I don't like the guy, but Dumbledore is creepy and old." She gave another shudder.
Hermione nodded. "We should get out of here."
Ginny nodded and the two began to follow after Dumbledore and Jared. They managed to follow them to a hidden staircase in the giant chess room. As soon as they were on the staircase, the wall behind them slid back into place.
They came up at the opposite end of the third floor corridor to see Dumbledore leaving it and heading to the infirmary. The two shrugged before they headed out and snuck down to the Slytherin common room.
(First potion: untested green. Second potion: untested pink) (German: Fire's strength, your mind crumbles. Overpowered, you become.) Both sets of brackets were from free translation dot com.
Question: I need to figure out who Ginny and Hermione's mates are going to be. Here are the options I've thought of so far; if you have another suggestion it'd be greatly appreciated.
Ginny: Pansy; Luna; Blaise; Jared
Hermione: Severus; Jared; add her to Lucius & Sirius?; another Slytherin?; have her with Pansy or Luna?
Anyway; any imput would be GREAT! Thanks and hope you enjoyed the chapter!! And, I posted the sixth chapter to Angel Legend as well if ya any of ya read it...? Have a good night!