"Sit down Potter. I do believe you'll be sitting down at the end of this, and would much rather you do so now." Severus said.
Reluctantly, Potter sat down. Luckily, the calming draught should still be in effect, so Potter won't be panicking until he's had time to process.
"There, I've sat down. Now tell me what's happening! Why are these things happening?"
"Well Harry. I do feel like it's quite simple. You aren't doing these things."
"I'm sorry, what the bloody hell are you talking about!?"
"I'm saying Po-Harry… there is more than just you in that big head of yours. You have a trauma-based mental disease."
Potter sat there, staring at Severus, making him quite uncomfortable. Direct eye contact was unnerving, and Severus had an itch to deploy legilimancy.
"Haha, funny…" Potter said warily. "Now… what's actually happening?"
"I'll answer your question with a series of questions. First and foremost. You were raised by Petunia, correct?"
Potter nodded.
"Were you, in your time there, ever abused?"
Potter shook his head no. "I wasn't abused. Sure, they disliked me, but they never abused me."
"Not even emotionally?"
"Absolutely n-" Potter froze. Severus could see him struggling, trying to open his mouth, but couldn't.
Eventually, Potter tensed up and relaxed so fast Severus didn't think it happened until he felt a blast of magic.
"What in the world do you think you're doing!"
"I am telling Harry what he wanted to know. But since I have you. Were you and your group of people ever abused by Petunia or her filthy husband?"
"Of course we have! What do you take us for? Fakes? I do believe that being starved and dehydrated for a week in a cupboard surely counts as abuse! But that doesn't answer anything! What the hell do you think your doing!"
"I am simply trying to help. Harry was distressed, and scared. He needed a full bottle of calming draught in order to calm down, and he was still not calm. He was upset, and wanted answers. When I gave them to him, he didn't believe me."
Suddenly, Not-Harry hissed in Parseltongue, making Severus freeze to the bone. How can he do that… "Of course he didn't believe you. Would you believe someone telling you that you have multiple people in your head? Especially in Harry's poor mental state of the time!"
This Not-Harry was definitely terrifying. This was with a calming draught mind you, and Severus didn't want to see them without one.
"Now, if you'd be so nice as to dismiss us, it's about time for transfiguration." Not-Harry said calmly with a glare.
"Of course." Severus said without missing a beat. "You're dismissed Potter, try not to be late for class."
Not-Harry let out a terrifying grin. "Of course, Professor."
With that, he walked out the door, and Severus slumped into his desk. He had OWLs potions class in a few minutes. Dunderheads that they were, he would be glad to get rid of the lot of them.
Harry Potter was walking around, seemingly trying to find something. Except, this wasn't Harry. Sure, Harry was there, but he was panicking. He had no idea what was going on.
He calmed down though, when his wand (How did I not notice my wand was missing) was found, and he regained control over his body.
"Uhhhh, thanks?" Harry said aloud, feeling a little crazy. But he felt a feeling of pride inside of him, and he felt happy. He wasn't alone, he was heard.
Now, Harry had no idea what happened in Snapes office, it was all a blur now. So he had no idea about anything that was said about this. No idea of MPD, and before this, of other people inside his head.
Anyway, Harry started walking back to Slytherin Dorms. On the way, he passed a Ravenclaw in his year (Terry Boot?) and they talked about classes for a bit before they had to split off.
When he got back to the dorms, he plopped down next to Theo, and sighed dramatically.
"Hello Harry, what's up."
"The ground."
"What?"
"We're in the basement, the ground is above us."
"Oh… nice one, but be serious."
"Lots and lots of walking. From the hospital wing, to the basement, realized I dropped my wand, walked to get it, and walking back here."
Theo chuckled. "That sucks, but come on, it's time for Charms."
"More walking! I think my legs are gonna fail me. I'm gonna have no legs, and it's only first year!" Harry dramatically said, while Theo was pulling him by the legs out of the common room.
"I'm being kidnipoed and forced to learn! Help!" Harry said when pssing by a Slytherin prefect, who simply chuckled and kept walking.
"Dinner! Finally!" Harry excitely said to Theo. No more walking!"
"You would be correct Harry. Except we have Astronomy."
Harry gasped dramatically. "How dare! Ou Malfoy!, got any poison that can make me miss Astronomy?"
"Haha, funny Potter, just assume I have poison on me."
"Well do you?"
"NO!"
"Worth a shot."
That night, before Astronomy, Harry sat down at the desk in his room, with a book in front of him.
Hello, I'm Harry, what's your name? he wrote. He didn't know what he was expecting. Whatever. He left the book there, and pulled out his wand.
He pulled out another book, one heavier, one he got from Theo, and started reading.
Occlumency is a very important skill to learn. It protects you from those who can read your mind, and from spells that effect the mind. Spells such as Confundus, and the Impiriatus.
There are many was to learn this, but on way is to see how the mind works, how it functions, and how to protact from invaders. Legilimency is one such way, but it is a very difficult skill to learn in itself.
Instead, one such way is mastering Confundus, Obliviate, and other spells of the mind. To start, we will use the Confundus charm. In order to do so, you move your wand in a motion resembling a backwards question mark, without the dot at the bottom. The incantaion is Confundo, pronounced con-FUN-doe.
"Hey Theo! I'm ready to try the first step."
"Alright, so ahead"
^Confundus^
Suddenly, Theo's eyes glazed over, and Harry was quick to start talking. "You have no idea what you ate at all today-" Harry would have said more, but his charm wasn't strong enough, and Theo's eyes returned to normal.
"What happened?"
"Theo, what have you eaten today?"
"I- uhm… have no idea… Great Job Harry!" Theo pulled his wand out, and pointed it at himself.
^ Finite Incantatem ^
He moved his hand in a slow pattern that resembled a shield, and his eyes glazed over, and quickly unglazed.
"Ahh yes, I did indeed have food today. Lunch was good." Theo said, leaving Harry confused.
— Authors Note —
Nice, I broke my consistency. If consistency was accurate, I would have uploaded on Feb 6th, and today is Feb 13th.
In other news, we got an actual job now, so uploads should be even less consistent. (Maybe). I do hope you enjoy the story, and even if no one has reviewed, I'm just glad to see the views I get, and that I can bring some entertainment to those reading.