Sirius and Remus were both sitting in front of the Headmaster's desk, talking when there was a knock at the door. The headmaster had felt the arrival of new people once the password was said, to allow them access to his office. There was a knock once more, "Come in," Headmaster Dumbledore called towards the door, waiting for those behind it to come through. "Ms. Granger, Severus, and Mr. Weasley, what can I do for you?" He had asked, paying no mind to Remus and Padfoot at the moment, who'd transformed back into the grim before they knew who it was.
"My business can wait, and conducted privately, Headmaster." Severus spoke finding a place out of the way. The headmaster had nodded at him wondering just what could Severus wanting to talk to him about, whatever it was as Severus said could wait.
"Well, sir. As you asked me to do I have been trying to find something about these bracelets that Professor Snape and Harry are wearing, and I think I may have found something," She said clenching the old dust tomb in her arms. "The only thing is it's in a language that I've never seen in any of the books in the Library or even the restricted section, sir." "May I see the book, Ms, Granger." The Headmaster had asked, "Oh yes, sir you can." She spoke pulling the boor from her arms, and handing it over to him, "Here." She smiled brightly at him. "Now what page?" She heard him asked, "1-" She started to say, "Never mind Ms. Granger." He said tracing his fingers over the photo and words.
Hermione piped in once more, "I tried language charms on it, but nothing worked." "Of course not, Ms. Granger this book is written in elf and well to me I believe maybe parseltounge." Hermione's ears perked up, "Tell me where did you find this book?" The old man asked, "I found it on a very tall shelf in the restricted section of the library, sir." She heard the headmaster hmm. "Well the only people I can think of that could speak elf and parseltounge, we're Salzar Slytherin, and Godric Gryffindor. They must have written this book together." Hermione inclined her head towards the headmaster. "So sir how do we translate it?" She asked, "I mean since I didn't even know the language, and no language charms work." She spoke feeling confused even though she was normally a know-it-all.
"How, how indeed. We simply must ask Harry if he can help with the parsealtounge, and try to find someone, or some elf maybe that could help that can be trusted." She nodded, but had eyes wide eyes when he mentioned asking Harry for help with speaking the snake language. Hermione remembered how much second year had hurt Harry, but she didn't dare say anything to the Headmaster, if this was the only way to possibly finding answers then so be it. She just hoped Harry would not get hurt in the process. Although Hermione and Ron both knew that it was a highly likely thing that would happen, with what they'd witness earlier with their friend.
Remus spoke up, "Try to be gentle with him, he doesn't care much for speaking it." He spoke towards the headmaster as Padfoot barked angrily at the Headmaster. "Hermione, Ron care to go talk some plaace?" Remus asked knowing that Severus wanted to talk to the Headmaster alone, "Uh, sure." Hermione gathered her things that she had sat down.
"Good day, sir. It was a pleasure talking to you," Remus, and Hermione said before giving excusing and seeing themselves out with Padfoot and Ron.
"Now, Severus what was it that you wanted to speak?" The headmaster asked looking over towards the window where Severus had been standing the whole time while Ms. Granger and he spoke. Severus coldly walked over to the chairs that had been vacated after the departed left "Mr. Potter resurfaced," He spoke coolly with the headmaster, trying his best to hold what little of his temper he still had in place. "Oh that's great news, but how did you know?" The old fool had asked, "Because my house elf brought him to me after he'd been told to call if he felt weak." Severus watched as the Headmaster nodded, "Did you know the boy was depressed, sir?" Severus asked the Headmaster, "No, I didn't but I'm sure it'll pass over, he is a teenage boy with a hefty amount of pressure on him." Severus didn't like the answer that he had gotten from Headmaster Dumbledore, "The reason he was so weak, sir." Severus spat out the sir, unable to control his anger outburst any longer because of the answer the Headmaster had given him. "Was because he tried to cut his wirst off, with the bracelet! He thought cutting it off would make everything go away." The pressure was getting to Harry, but everyone ignored it because they thought he could or would be able to handle it.
The Headmaster's twinkling eyes darken for a moment before turning bright again, "I'm sure he is okay now, right Severus?" Dumbeldore asked, "Of course he isn't alright, maybe physically, mentally and emotionally, NO." Severus growled out, "He told me that the bracelet heal where he tried to cut it off." The headmaster's eyes gleamed with possibilities Severus could see, but was still as unsure as they all were about this bracelets. "That just means these bracelets are more powerful than, any of us give credit to them." Professor Dumbledore said, "It also means this book will need to be deciphered, sooner than later." Severus looked over at that book, he wanted to burn it because he didn't care what it said, as long as he could keep Harry from buckling under the pressure of just having to defeat the Dark Lord.
Severus said nothing more about the bracelets or the book at that moment, but he was sitting there thinking about what the bracelets had done when Harry and hidden himself within himself. "There is another thing, sir. When I was tending to Harry after he'd woken back up. He'd sank down into himself where he'd well withdrawn himself so far into himself. That the bracelets did what I assume would be Legilimency." He said as he watched the old fool nod, "I saw memories of Harry's the ones that he'd sunken himself into and wasn't sure how to get out of them." Severus sat there trying to read the man's next move, or expression on what he'd seen so far but he'd also been very vague about it.
"Sir, Harry Potter is being abused by his muggle relatives, has been since he was probably old enough to speak, if not before." There was no change in the expression on Dumbledore's face. He was shocked to say the least, Severus was. Did the man not care about his Golden boy? Severus was very confused indeed, was Harry just meant to be a pawn in this war? At this moment to Severus that's what it seemed. "I'm saying that your Golden boy is abused, emotionally, physically, and mentally abused by his so called relatives, and all you can do is stare blankly at me?" Severus was enraged, but he was not about to show it to the Headmaster. "He needs the protection the blood wards give, Severus. There isn't much I can do.." That was the last straw for Severus.
"THERE ISN'T MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO?!" He screamed the the Headmaster, "There are other means of protection for the boy, sure the blood wards would be the safest. But LEAVING him there with those people to abuse and harm him in anyways that they can, is by no means right. I may have a distaste for Mr. Potter, but I would not wish abuse on him." Severus spoke before adding, "And you said that he would be worshiped and cared for, treated like a king you said." Severus just shook his head, "Well sir, you was wrong or was that just another lie one for you to feel better about yourself knowing that they wouldn't treat him that way?" Severus asked, "Wait I don't want the answer, just come down to my quarters and see the boy yourself, maybe you'll see what a grave mistake you made." Severus spoke standing up, starighting his robes before bellowing them behind him as he left the Headmaster's office slamming the door on his way out.
Severus now understood more as of why Harry, felt the need to destroy the headmaster's office at the end of the last year. Because it was something Severus wished to do at the moment himself, he was angry but had no wish to do back to his quarters right away only to scare Harry. He knew he'd go find some students that needed points docked, or lock himself in his lab til he was sure he was calmer than what he was at the moment.
Next Chapter: Hermione, Ron, Sirius and Remus talk and ask if they know where Harry is, they say when they checked the map last he was with Severus. That's because Hermione, Ron, Sirius and Remus try to break into Severus quarters after checking the map to see Harry, is still in the dungeons. Everyone including a still uncursed Headmaster joins to check on Harry, who was invited to see Harry.
Story A/N: I know what I said about this chapter having everyone at Severus' quarters but now I feel it was better left til next chapter!
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