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To recall the night was a rough to gather the pieces together. The pain had shout up against his spine, yet, the pain disappeared long ago. He slowly rose himself out of bed and froze-
This was not his room. The onyx eyes narrowed his eyes and noted this room to its familiarity. Then, the yesterday scene has returned to him in a matter of seconds. He frowned and felt concerned. He dashed out of bed and hurried-
"Ah, Snape. Good to see you're awake. I was about to wake you up." The voice caused him to freeze in his walking.
He jerked around and found Potter standing by the kitchen with tea prepared for the morning. He scowled at the young man who had caused such a scene the day before or hours ago.
"You are insane, Potter." He sneered, "People like you have no place in Hogwarts."
The savior hummed, "Sorry about last night, but if I had told you, you would have run out anyway. Draco and Mr. Lucius have dealt the same pain. It's the only way to remove that mark. I only did you a favor." He shrugged.
Those words held its purpose and slowly sunk into the elder, who had suffered shortly, and drew himself into comforting words almost. His eyes drew down to see his exposed arm; how he had felt the heaviness wasn't existed.
"What spell was that, Potter? Was there a consequence to it?"
Harry shrugged, "If you get marked again and ask for another removal, the pain will be much worse than you had originally experienced. Besides, that is my personal spell I created. It was not easy to develop such spell and it took a while." He sipped his tea and walked over to hand over the second cup of tea, "The spell wanted to be completed with a consequence, but also not to be encourage to use."
"When did you create this spell, Potter?" He did not accept the cup immediately, but took it anyway since he was not going anywhere.
"Tsk, can't tell you."
Severus scoffed and found this was getting nowhere. He was getting nowhere on this case.
"Obviously, you want your point across that you do not want anyone to know the whole story and this is how you are telling me to stay out of your mind or suffer your consequences, isn't it?" Severus sneered.
Harry chuckled drily, "I do not want anyone else to know, but forgive me, Snape. I have not been around people until a week ago. However, I do want to tell you and I trust you well."
Severus noted how everything had happened for the past hours and drew his own conclusion.
"Did you sleep at all, Potter?" His eyebrow rose.
The young man smiled, "I suppose I could say some…training held its consequences. I no longer sleep for the rest of my mortal lives."
He sipped his cup, "How is your body restoring its energy?"
"Tea, herbal specifically. Now," His head turned, "I can't tell you the bits of the ahead of the story. I have to start from the beginning and it's rude of me to spoil some surprises."
"You do realizes that we must prepare our classes today…if it's still not the same day."
Harry hummed, "I know, but it's only four thirty in the morning. We have some times."
The potion master had not realized how long he had been unconscious for and asleep for. It was startling for his mind to grasp; how challenging the savior tended to be. This boy was no longer a Gryffindor that everyone had known.
"What of your friends, Potter? I am certain they would rather hear the story, all of it." The professor pointed out obviously.
The green eyes rolled, "They are not going to hear everything, especially some of the things are against their moral and values. Other than killing Voldy."
"Potter, why am I here? If it is to tell me to stay out of your mind, then spit it out already." He was getting a bit aggravated.
Harry smiled, "You never changed, Snape. Anyhow, if you want to know, you have to earn them. Since you did last night, I'll tell you the beginning. After Voldy exposure at the mystery department, I told Dumbledore I want to do my own training and go somewhere private where no one could find me. It took a while, mind you," He walked over to the couch and sat down on the arm and crossed his leg over his other leg, "Dumbledore thought I should get more lessons with you and I told him no. I wanted to have no distraction, no more lives to lose, and my term to study and train myself. He finally gave up, gave me another wand, and told me to use this for now until I turn of the age. Once I do become of that age, no one will be able to locate me. I was hidden in the wood and began my training there since." He smiled.
Severus' mind felt tugged, more of, curious to find out the rest, how the man-who-must-not-be-named defeated for good. Harry could easily read him right here and he was careful in his doing.
"What happens during or after training, Potter?" He needed to know what had gone on during those years.
The boy-who-live bored straight at the man's face, "You want to know, you have to earn the rest of the story up until yesterday."
The brows united upon Severus', "Earn them how, Potter?"
Harry hummed, "It's up to you, but if anything, they are not complicated to earn. It can be simple as long it helps me out in the long run."
Severus hummed and saw the boy's point. However, he knew this was another time for this matter.
"Fine, but I will not be telling you my personal business to you, understood?" The familiar 'evil bat git' professor has approached in.
Harry smirked, "Yes, I understood clearly, Snape." His way of smirking has sent some sort of warning to Severus to be on his guard around his former student, "By the way, this door will only open on my term. An attempt to leave is…difficult for anyone. Another spell I created, though. You're free to leave now since you're functioning well and yourself. Apparently, Mr. Lucius had a side effect after he wakes up and couldn't walk for nearly four hours."
Severus stared at the young man and grasped the reasons why last night was quite a scene. It was because of his leaving was not on Harry's term. He began to understand the purpose a bit, yet, he had found this strange. Why would the Potter boy cared to bring him involved like this? He was about to question him and found himself shutting up. He headed out of the quarter and headed to his quarter for the rest of the morning until breakfast hours.
While he walked into his quarter, he pulled up his sleeves and found nothing but skin at the forearm. Severus could almost feel the pain he went through, but the color of its work. It was three times the pain than receiving the mark. He has struggled to remove it and Harry Potter has done it for him with his own spell. He could not fathom much because of a former student who was an average student and struggled to pick up the speed. However, creating a spell is mainly for an advance student or advanced mind like himself or Hermione or Albus, at least. Out of all people, Harry was able to find a way to solve the dark mark. Voldemort was the one to create them, but he pursued it in a greater matter and benefits to himself.
Yet, Voldemort had forced him to not only wear the mark, but the training. It was mainly to fly and torture curse of Crucio. He understood between the meanings of the cruico; how painful that was. Despite of the fact, when Voldemort cruico'ed others and even Severus, that would be the pain that set them in their place. A cruico would be the most severe punishment with a death wish on the side. What Harry gave him was half power during that spell and minus the death wish.
Deep inside of Severus, he had wondered if this is Harry's way of gaining loyal followers like his Dark Lord has done. Does this mean this is a beginning of another war? Should the potion master warn him? Then again, Albus would not have hired Potter for the position. What could Potter gain when everything is over? Could it be revenge? Severus shook his head and made his assumption that it could be that Harry feels no one is capable of handling the truth to what he has done over the years. It was the only logical way for his mind to accept.
The absence has changed, but the reunion was a bigger change for the humanity to live free from the war. The people have to focus now on their own battles.
The problem is…Severus cannot bring himself to believe until he hears the entire story. He knew how the man-who-lived lies, no matter how good of an 'actor' of a wizard could be. He could use the truth potion on his side to justified his answer, but he was wondering if Harry found a way to be immune and act along? Then again, he was uncertain about anything.
This was beginning to nerve him more than ever and desperate to know everything. He could not relax, even when Potter was missing in those big space of time lapsed. The potion master pondered a way to keep the earning business appropriate for his matter of state. He did not understand why or what would this benefit the young man?
Severus found himself uncertain how to work this matter out. He lacks of several important of information. Harry is not the same person he met and last time he knew. The last part was…why does Potter trust him out of everyone?
A knut for thoughts?