I own nothing! I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters! I just own the Snape family members (except for Severus, of course), and the other OC's.
The biological members of the Snape family sat in Severus' private quarters late in May on the Friday before finals. Snape knew the consequences of betraying Voldemort, and couldn't care less anymore. He'd hidden Slytherin's locket away so that only Potter or Kiru could banish it.
Next problem on the list was the Gaunt family ring. It had been cursed, but now belonged to Eileen as a result of her inheritance. Dumbledore had had his hand cursed when he'd removed the Horcrux, and it was one less Horcrux that Harry had to worry about. It was now in Eileen's careful hands, and she was sure to make sure that her father thought it was still cursed.
Hufflepuff's cup was in the Lestrange Vault – that one would forever be kept in a very careful manner. However, Severus knew exactly how to get past it all: Draco. Draco, being the nephew of Bellatrix, was the one in charge of the Lestrange family vault, and would go into hiding as soon as he let Harry in to destroy the cup Horcrux.
Ravenclaw's diadem was another matter. Nobody knew where it was, and Kiru was at her wit's end trying to find the lost artifact. Eileen, however, knew where to go: the ghost of Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena, otherwise known as The Gray Lady. Eileen had approached her, and found out that the woman had been betrayed by Voldemort and he'd hidden the artifact in the Room of Requirement. She had almost gone to the Room itself, but instead approached via vanishing cabinet in Borgin and Burkes, but was disappointed to find it still broken.
Nonetheless, it was their goal to fix said cabinet to get to the final Horcrux. They'd left a myriad of clues all across the country in the form of things that only Harry and Hermione could understand. Ron was left in the dark, and was basically there to be there. Kiru was furious, demanding that Slytherin's locket be the last thing to go just after Voldemort, knowing that if there was something to cleanse it, it would appear somehow. However, her begging and fury was in vain and it was marked as the most dangerous since it was in the vicinity with her stepmother and half-siblings.
"Okay," Kiru said reviewing the plan. "Dumbledore dies, and that means dad gets the Elder Wand. Then Voldy gets mad, and while he's chasing Harry, dad plays headmaster and Harry solves the wild goose chase that ends in all the Horcruxes being destroyed. Then I get back with the Seven sages, and we're all happy lappy, right?"
"Almost," Severus said. "He will still need to be killed before you come back. Just after he's killed, you will need to arrive to fulfill your own prophecy. You see, Trelawney had also predicted what would happen to you, Kiru, and Eileen as well."
"What's the prophecy say, Uncle Sev?" Eileen asked worriedly.
"A child born to powers of three, will join with one who spreads death and glee. Seven sages must they wake, and then make hated killers quake. When all is at its darkest hour, the Ministry will the ten devour. If all ten are one at heart, to Death Eaters will justice they impart," Severus recited. "Power of the three they'll join, and forever more two worlds confound. If they fail to see as one, the powers of three be forever undone. In the Wizengamot they cry, to destroy the Death Eaters' lies. The seven will replace all else, and liar's hearts they will forever melt. But if the ten will not stand tall, then as one by one they will forever fall."
"Wow. So, we have to wake the seven sages from that Legend Professor Binns was talking about. Yikes, we bring down the Wizengamot, and if we don't we'll die. I guess that means there'll be Death Eaters on the team," Kiru shuddered. "Wonder who it'll be."
"Your guide told me it was someone from your past," Severus said calmly. "We'll need to be careful. The judging will try to keep the people innocent, and it will keep the numbers of each house as equal as possible, but it'll need to be fair. I have to kill him tomorrow, kids. Dumbledore will die, and the Death Eaters will roam free in Hogwarts. I recommend keeping everyone in bed as best you can. It won't be pretty at all."
"But what about all the Aurors in the building?" Eileen asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, we'll get through this," Severus said calmly. "I'm sure we'll find a way out of this mess, and there's no doubt that if someone is needed as a sage, then they'll be protected by their own power by means of the portal opening. I may be a Death Eater, but I'm a backstabbing one and proud of it. Now, I think we need to get to bed. We've got a long day ahead of us tomorrow, and Potter can't be anywhere near that tower."
"I'll do what I can to make sure of it," Chessie nodded. "Myrtle can hide at Privet Drive with the other girls. Dudley can hide at Grimmauld Place with the boys. It won't be easy, but I'm sure this will end in chaos. We can only hope that everyone we hold dear survives the war. Actually, truth be told, Eileen is also a part of a prophecy."
"Yes, a shame to lose the final marauder," Severus drawled sarcastically.
"Wait, what's my prophecy?" Eileen asked curiously, and Severus groaned exhaustedly.
"To different dimensions they will go, some of which are on Nintendo. A clan will fill with a rise of heroes, and prepare themselves in dimensions that chose. Serpent's child will become a knight, father and child will fight with their light. Madness, Courage, Wisdom, and Power, all shall before them cower. When all five worlds have been chosen, each will send their ones to lead them. Alongside natives magic will fight, and all shall fear the half-blood's might. Never before have all combined, but now, with grace, they shall align," Severus recited. "Eileen, I believe you are the serpent's child. I believe that Kiru and I are the father and child bit, but I'm afraid I can't leave my post at Hogwarts without receiving the Death Penalty from him."
"But there are five worlds," Kiru pointed out. "That blonde guy from Christmas was trying to get me to go there early for training, if I'm not mistaken by the way he kept looking at me. and he kept looking at Eileen and Draco, too, but does that have something to do with them?"
"That was Link, the ambassador of Hyrule," Severus explained. "He is the one that will guide Kiru through her journey. Eileen, I don't know what world you'll go to, but I don't really want to find out just yet. Although, if I'm not mistaken, I saw a very odd cat that I could have sworn was smiling at you."
"Don't scare me like that, Uncle Sev!" Eileen cried out. "But that only makes two dimensions. And most of which are on Nintendo – that's a Muggle contraption for games. But, then what are the other games?"
"Well, there's Mario," Chessie suggested, "Or, Donkey Kong. Heaven forbid, I seriously hope we don't get that one. There's also Metroid, a futuristic one. On the other hand, there's also movies and such other stuff. Back to the schools with you little ragamuffins, and I mean all of you, Kiru."
"Professor Snape's office at Hogwarts!" the children all cried out one by one. Severus kissed Chessie on the lips, and she put her face to his chest.
"I don't want to lose you," she sobbed. "I – one night, Severus. It's a Friday, please, I beg of you."
"How could I deny when it will help me relieve the stress?" he asked as he followed her into the bedroom they shared. "You know, it never mentions where they go, but only the ambassadors will come one by one. I just hope they aren't too late."
"I'm sure Link will warn the others," Chessie assured as she began fondling with the buttons on his robes as they made their way to the bedroom.
"So that's what he was talking about when he said I had prophecies to fulfill," a woman dressed in blood red said from her hiding spot in the darkest shadows of the room. "The General will be most pleased to hear this little development…"
She slunk back through a portal that looked like a black hole made of white fog.
Okay, so as you can see, I stop it before it gets to the lemons. But, for anyone who likes to read lemons, I've got a horde of them stashed away on my flash drive since we're not allowed to print them here, and I've also got them for other chapters of other stories and series. And not just for book ones either, I've got some for my Naruto fics and even a few of my crossover fics.
Anyhow, if you don't like lemons that's fine, too. What do you think? Is Chessie growing up a little bit? I tried to make her to, but I'm not sure how well that's working out… I'm a single college student, so I'm only going off my parents' marriage when I'm writing married couple scenes that aren't lemons. Let's face it, I've got trashy romance novels to look to if I want to learn how to properly write a lemon.
Reviews? Please? *big puppy dog/crying kitten eyes*