Well, here is the next chapter. I'm afraid chapter 8 isn't quite finished yet, still tweaking it a bit. I'll post it as soon as I can. Thanks again for the feedback on the last few chapters, it's greatly appreciated. Now on to the story...

"What the heck happened back there, Severus!" Daniel shouted as they reached the corner.

Severus turned back and looked around them. They were standing on the edge of the street just outside of Ollivander's. Shaking his head he ushered the team inside. As they entered Ollivander could see that the younger wizard looked curiously disturbed by something. He led the visibly frustrated team to the back of his shop, making sure to lock his shop up before he hurried them to a small back room.

"Are you planning to answer my question anytime today?" Daniel was livid as he raised his arms, exasperated at the older man for remaining quiet so long.

"I take it you found information about your brother." Ollivander stated matter-of-factly as Daniel and Sam shrugged their shoulders waiting for Severus to respond.

"A shopkeeper in Knockturn Alley saw Jack yesterday. He said Jack took something from his shop…a necklace with a crystal star."

Ollivander brought his right hand to his chin. "Curious. What would Jack want with a necklace."

"I'm not certain, but there is something familiar about the necklace he took. I've seen it before, though I don't know where."

"Um…excuse me, but how do you know what the necklace looks like. It wasn't in the shop."

Severus turned towards Daniel and brought his hand to his head. "There was an image of it in his mind. I saw very clearly what it looked like."

"Wait a minute! You can read minds?" Carter shrieked in surprise as a blush came over her cheeks.

"In a manner of speaking…yes." Teal's and Daniel glanced at one another as Severus continued. "The technical term for it is Legilimency. It doesn't work on everyone, but in the case of the shopkeeper he was pretty much an open book."

"So you can read our minds too?" Carter asked, the skepticism clear in her voice.

"As I said, it doesn't work with everyone." Severus smiled softly as the Major lowered her head. "Though I am curious who this Jolinar woman is, she seems rather interesting."

Sam blinked as she brought her hand up to cover her mouth. "How…It's just…You can…How?"

Daniel tried to hide his laughter at his friend's apparent loss of speech and turned his focus to Severus and Ollivander.

"You said it doesn't work with everyone?"

"No. People can be trained to deflect an invasion into their minds. Muggles and wizards alike are able to stop someone trying to read them. Jack is actually far better at it than I am. "

"Reading minds?"

"Yes. He spent years learning to control his mind. I suppose it was in part, to protect him from the visions he had. Learning the control made it easier for him to focus and shut out the visions when he needed to."

Daniel and Teal'c both nodded in understanding. "He told us about the visions. He said they nearly drove him crazy."

Severus and Ollivander shuddered, remembering the pain Jack had endured because of his 'gift' and some had called it. In truth, it had always seemed like more of a curse.

"Unfortunately, that is true. He was so young when they first started that it was just too much for him to handle. If he hadn't learned the control techniques that a legilimens or occlumens knows he would have gone completely mad."

"Occlumens." Daniel said the word out loud, then snapped his fingers together. "That's Latin it means to block the mind?"

Severus nodded and laughed softly to himself. "I keep forgetting you're a linguist. That's essentially correct. A legilimens is able to block someone from entering their mind."

"And O'Neill possesses this ability?"

They all turned, surprised that the stoic Jaffa had actually spoken.

"Yes. As I said, he is far stronger than I am in that skill."

Ollivander shook his head. "Jack is far stronger than most any wizard I've come across, even you-know-who."

Severus was taken aback by the other wizard's comment, as were the rest of SG-1.

"What about this necklace that you saw?" Daniel tried to change the subject seeing that Snape looked immensely uncomfortable. "You said if seemed familiar?"

"It did, though I don't recall where I've seen it."

Ollivander sighed and leaned closer to Severus. "Could you draw it?"

The black-haired wizard nodded and Ollivander went over to the nearby desk and brought back a quill and parchment. In a few minutes Severus had sketched a drawing of the necklace and he turned it so the others could see.

"Does it look familiar to you, Ollivander?"

The old wizard looked up at Severus with an expression of horror on his face. "Are you certain this is what you saw?"

"Yes. Quite. What is it?"

"The Star of the Sorceror."

Severus let the parchment slip from his fingers and fall to the floor. The words rang in his ears as he stared at the wand-maker in disbelief. He turned towards Daniel and the rest of SG-1 with the same horrific expression on his face and the team stared back in uncertainty, frightened by the looks the two wizards were giving them.

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Jack opened his eyes to find himself on the floor, his left hand touching the bottom of the console and his right clutching the amulet around his neck. He could feel the power surging through it, though it had lessened since he first put it on. With a heavy sigh he pulled himself to a sitting position. It took a few more minutes before he was able to get to his feet and he stumbled away from the console, to a panel on the far wall. He ran his hand over the scanner beside the panel and it opened up from the wall, a soft glow emanating from inside it.

He took a deep breath before reaching inside and removing the contents. There were two matching amulets to the one he wore on his neck. They glowed in his palm and he could just make out what appeared to be an inscription carved into the crystals. Curiously, he reached for the one on his neck and noticed it also had an inscription carved into it. With the other two in hand he started back towards the console and took a seat, feeling the energy emanating from all the crystals start to flow through him.

Placing all three amulets before him on the console he studied them for a moment. The inscriptions were in a language he couldn't read, but as he fumbled with them he noticed that they each had groove marks or indentations where they could be placed together. Taking a deep breath he began to put the three crystals together, completely unprepared for what happened next.

As soon as the crystals were pieced together they began to glow a bright blue and rose up from the console and out of Jack's hand. He tried to grab at them but a shield prevented him from touching them. The crystals began to spin and change color and Jack tried again to grab them, this time he concentrated and aimed the wand he'd pulled from his robe at it.

The crystals started to move towards him and he felt another surge of energy go through him as his fingers touched the first crystal. This time the force of the surge threw him backwards, but he managed to get hold of the crystals and didn't let go as he felt himself flung back against the wall. The impact jarred him, but he shrugged it off, picking up his wand and gingerly standing back up and he stuffed the wand back in his pocket.

With the crystals still in his hand he sat back down in front of the console, placing both hands palm up, in front of him. He watched as the crystals glowed softly and rose just above his palm.

"Well, here goes nothing." He whispered to himself as he strengthened his focus on the crystals.

The crystals changed colors once more, and Jack felt himself being enveloped by their energy. He concentrated on what he wanted the crystals to do and let them do their work as he used every bit of his own strength to focus as the energy took over him.

tbc...