Chapter Three; Evening Conversations

"How is she?" Snape asked as he entered the hospital wing and bumped into Harry and Ginny.

"Well, I have good news and bad news." Ginny began. "The good news is that she's awake, but I'm afraid the bad news is that she's broken every bone in her body except the neck and skull. So she'll need plenty of bed rest to recuperate." She told him.

"Does that mean that she's exempted from exams then?" Tobey questioned as Angel guided him into the room alongside Ron but Ginny shook her head at him.

"Oh no, she'll have to study like everyone else." She told him while Angel sat down at his feet.

"Can I see her? Please, I know it's asking a lot but I just want to speak with my daughter." Snape said.

"It's alright with me but you'll have to speak to Madam Pomfrey about that." Ginny told him as she and Harry glanced up at her while she walked over to them.

"Very well Mr. Snape may go in and see his daughter but everyone else besides the father must go. And I'm sorry but I can only allow you fifteen minutes or half an hour at the most since the girl needs her rest. Especially since she's a very active Qudditch player." She explained.

"But today was the last game of the season." Ron pointed out.

"Even so Professor Weasley." She told him as she waved everyone else out of the room and told them to go before she led Snape to Eve's bed just as she had been opening her beautiful green eyes. Snape sat down at the foot of her bed while Madam Pomfrey walked away.

"Ginny told me that you were already awake." He said as she smiled at him and stifled a laugh.

"I was. I was just resting my eyes." She told him as he took ahold of her hand and gently started rubbing the back of it with his thumb. "That's the first time I ever heard you call her by her first name by the way." She said as a moment of silence fell between them and he continued gazing into her eyes. "So, who won the Qudditch match?" she asked him.

"Hufflepuff." He replied reluctantly.

"Oh, well, that's alright. It was only a game after all. Besides, that's the only one we lost in the whole entire season so you know that means that's pretty good." She said as he nodded slightly and glanced down at her bedsheets. Eve scrunched up her face in confusion. "Daddy, what is it? What's wrong?" she asked him but before he could answer her they heard footsteps behind them.

Both of them turned their heads to see Harry standing there holding Zip inside his arms. "Madam Pomfrey let me back in here, on account of the fact that somebody still didn't get a chance to say hullo to you." He explained as he smiled at her before he placed the puppy down beside Snape.

"Ah hullo there Zip, longtime no see." He told her with a grin and stretched out a free hand as he started to pet her while she wagged her tail and licked his face. Snape closed his mouth and turned his head away from her. "Don't lick me, lick her." He said as Harry stifled a laugh and Eve giggled.

"Come here Zip." She said while the puppy started pawing Snape's shoulder and licking his hand. "Zipporah come here." She repeated as Harry picked her up again and placed her back down on top of Eve before he sat down beside her. "Alright that's it, whether or not you realize it I've inherited Mum's brains so I can tell when something's wrong." She said as Harry just simply looked at her.

"Well the truth is that I think Voldemort might still be alive in a place called the shadowlands." He told her.

"Well if he is, he's not going to come back and try to kill you again is he? Or the rest of us?" she asked him anxiously.

"He probably will but there isn't anything that's stronger than faith in Christ." He said while clinging to his cross necklace. "Besides, the prophecy said that I have power that the dark lord knows not and that power is the ability to love. And if he gets any ideas about wanting to hurt you or Dad then he has to go through to me. Because I already lost my mother. And I don't plan on losing anybody else." He told her while he laid down and she cuddled inside his chest that best that she could.

Harry kissed the top of her head softly and then closed his eyes.

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That evening Ron and Hermione met Harry inside the great hall. "Hey." Ron began. "How's your sister doing?" he asked him.

"She's doing alright." Harry replied. "Or rather as well as can be expected. Of course I think we're all really like that now that we know there is a very real chance that Voldemort's coming back." He said.

"So you told her about it then?" Hermione questioned him.

"I didn't have any choice Hermione. Eve is so much like Mum was to the extent that she always seems to know when something is wrong." He told her.

"So what are you going to do about it then?" Ron asked him.

"Hermione gave me an idea at the Qudditch match. Snakes are close to Voldemort and like Ginny said I'm a parselmouth and I have the ability to talk to them. If you guys had that same ability we would be able to get a lot more information about what Voldemort really has been planning. So, I just need to invent a potion that will grant anyone the ability to talk to animals." He explained as Ron and Hermione stared at him as if he suddenly had six extra heads.

"What? Why are you guys looking at me like that?" he asked them.

"Well it's just that, and don't take this the wrong way or anything Harry but you're not a potions master." Hermione told him.

"So? I have to know a lot about potions to be able to work with dragons and treat their illnesses. Besides, my father used to be a potions master remember? If he can do it why can't I?" he questioned.

"Alright but just be careful Harry, Luna's mother died because she did too much experimenting with potions." Hermione warned him before they sat down at the table and ate their dinner.