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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
65
Views:
4,076
Reviews:
93
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
1
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Aftershocks
Chapter 11 – Aftershocks
Kathryn saw the rock coming and knew it was too big for their shield to hold against for very long. The impact was phenomenal, the shield held just long enough and then it shattered and fell. Severus, who had been the primary caster, took the brunt of it and collapsed beside her. She felt a moment of perfect calm, knowing she was going to die and tossed herself on top of Severus’ fallen form, trying to at least save him. The huge rock barreled towards her and just then there was a sound like music and the rocks froze in motion.
She looked up and saw Albus Dumbledore standing some distance away, his hands outstretched, a glittering filament of light stretching between him and the rockslide. Kathryn dragged herself upright and levitated Severus and then began hobbling as fast as she could towards the school. Albus might be powerful, but even Merlin couldn’t have kept the whole mountain up indefinitely.
“Professor!” Harry’s voice came from above her and a group of broomsticks dropped out of the sky. Harry grabbed Kathryn and Hermione grabbed the unconscious Severus. Kathryn was expertly levitated onto the back of Harry’s broomstick and they zipped towards the castle. Ron and strangely enough, Draco, flanking them.
“Nice rescue, Mr. Potter!” She shouted and he shot a grin at her over his shoulder as they raced over the grass to safety. She smiled at Draco and he winked back at her.
“I had to make sure they would actually rescue Professor Snape!” He shouted, not completely serious, but not quite joking either.
“I would never have left him, Mr. Malfoy.” She shouted back at him and he gave her a smile so wide and bright she wanted to cry. Damn Narcissa anyway.
“I would have left him, but then I hate potions!” Ron whooped as they dived towards the courtyard. Draco veered towards him enraged, but they were all distracted by the musical sounds coming from behind them. Albus had released the rock fall and the rumbling drowned out any other conversations they might have had.
Kathryn and Severus sat quietly through Madam Pomfrey’s ministrations. Draco hovered over Snape. While Harry, Hermione and Ron filled Kathryn in.
“So, the alarm rang while we were heading down to dinner and Professor Dumbledore starting running for the door, shouting at us to grab our brooms and come along. So we Accio’d our brooms and raced after him. All we could see was this huge rock heading for you and we took off as fast as we could.” Harry looked coldly at Draco. “He tagged after us and we got there just as your shield spell went down.”
“Actually it was Severus’ shield spell, I just threw my magic behind him.” She corrected gently. The trio stared at Severus in surprise and with a bit of grudging respect, while Draco smirked. “That was well done, all of you.” She included Draco pointedly in the smiles she gave out and saw Harry glower. She sighed and rubbed her leg, which had undergone far too much trauma today.
“Your leg bothering you?” Harry asked gently.
“Both it and I have been through a lot today.” She winced as a twinge of pain shot through her thigh.
Madam Pomfrey shooed the threesome out, leaving only Draco and the two Professors.
“Thanks Professor Leblanc, I saw what you did at the end there and I appreciate it.” Draco nodded to her and departed.
“What precisely did you do there, at the end?” Severus cocked an eyebrow at her. Kathryn flushed and ducked her head.
“We were lucky that Albus was there.” She returned, changing the subject. “So does that happen a lot around here?”
“Earthquakes?” He looked thoughtful. “Actually, no, the whole area has been seismically inactive for ages.”
“So what made a large chunk of mountain fall on us? Have you been pissing off the Elder gods again?” She teased him and his lips twitche res response.
“No Kathryn, nothing like that, Severus is far to clever to anger anything bigger than himself, but I am very much afraid that something has awoken.” Albus strode into the room, slightly dusty and tired, with a grave expression.”
“Awoken?” Kathryn sat upright, a sharp bolt of fear running through her. “The last time something woke around tha that could cause that much damage, was in Cairo. Trust me, I don’t want to deal with anything like that again.” Images ran through her mind, distorted fear-filled faces, dust whirling and choking everything and the sounds, they rushed back into her memory, the screaming and the shrieks of malevolent creatures.
“Be at peace child.” Albus reached out and touched her lightly on the shoulder, his eyes full of compassion.
She caught the look of surprise on Severus’s face and forced herself to be calm. “I doubt the angry dead are what we face here.” Albus added.
Severus’s face went white and she saw him staring at her in shock.
“That part of it wasn’t in your file.”
“For a damn good reason.” Kathryn grimaced.
“What we have here is one probably of the old ones rousing. I suspect that Voldemort’s activities have woken many things that were better left sleeping.” Albus’s face was serious, but not grim and Kathryn nodded.
Kathryn saw the rock coming and knew it was too big for their shield to hold against for very long. The impact was phenomenal, the shield held just long enough and then it shattered and fell. Severus, who had been the primary caster, took the brunt of it and collapsed beside her. She felt a moment of perfect calm, knowing she was going to die and tossed herself on top of Severus’ fallen form, trying to at least save him. The huge rock barreled towards her and just then there was a sound like music and the rocks froze in motion.
She looked up and saw Albus Dumbledore standing some distance away, his hands outstretched, a glittering filament of light stretching between him and the rockslide. Kathryn dragged herself upright and levitated Severus and then began hobbling as fast as she could towards the school. Albus might be powerful, but even Merlin couldn’t have kept the whole mountain up indefinitely.
“Professor!” Harry’s voice came from above her and a group of broomsticks dropped out of the sky. Harry grabbed Kathryn and Hermione grabbed the unconscious Severus. Kathryn was expertly levitated onto the back of Harry’s broomstick and they zipped towards the castle. Ron and strangely enough, Draco, flanking them.
“Nice rescue, Mr. Potter!” She shouted and he shot a grin at her over his shoulder as they raced over the grass to safety. She smiled at Draco and he winked back at her.
“I had to make sure they would actually rescue Professor Snape!” He shouted, not completely serious, but not quite joking either.
“I would never have left him, Mr. Malfoy.” She shouted back at him and he gave her a smile so wide and bright she wanted to cry. Damn Narcissa anyway.
“I would have left him, but then I hate potions!” Ron whooped as they dived towards the courtyard. Draco veered towards him enraged, but they were all distracted by the musical sounds coming from behind them. Albus had released the rock fall and the rumbling drowned out any other conversations they might have had.
Kathryn and Severus sat quietly through Madam Pomfrey’s ministrations. Draco hovered over Snape. While Harry, Hermione and Ron filled Kathryn in.
“So, the alarm rang while we were heading down to dinner and Professor Dumbledore starting running for the door, shouting at us to grab our brooms and come along. So we Accio’d our brooms and raced after him. All we could see was this huge rock heading for you and we took off as fast as we could.” Harry looked coldly at Draco. “He tagged after us and we got there just as your shield spell went down.”
“Actually it was Severus’ shield spell, I just threw my magic behind him.” She corrected gently. The trio stared at Severus in surprise and with a bit of grudging respect, while Draco smirked. “That was well done, all of you.” She included Draco pointedly in the smiles she gave out and saw Harry glower. She sighed and rubbed her leg, which had undergone far too much trauma today.
“Your leg bothering you?” Harry asked gently.
“Both it and I have been through a lot today.” She winced as a twinge of pain shot through her thigh.
Madam Pomfrey shooed the threesome out, leaving only Draco and the two Professors.
“Thanks Professor Leblanc, I saw what you did at the end there and I appreciate it.” Draco nodded to her and departed.
“What precisely did you do there, at the end?” Severus cocked an eyebrow at her. Kathryn flushed and ducked her head.
“We were lucky that Albus was there.” She returned, changing the subject. “So does that happen a lot around here?”
“Earthquakes?” He looked thoughtful. “Actually, no, the whole area has been seismically inactive for ages.”
“So what made a large chunk of mountain fall on us? Have you been pissing off the Elder gods again?” She teased him and his lips twitche res response.
“No Kathryn, nothing like that, Severus is far to clever to anger anything bigger than himself, but I am very much afraid that something has awoken.” Albus strode into the room, slightly dusty and tired, with a grave expression.”
“Awoken?” Kathryn sat upright, a sharp bolt of fear running through her. “The last time something woke around tha that could cause that much damage, was in Cairo. Trust me, I don’t want to deal with anything like that again.” Images ran through her mind, distorted fear-filled faces, dust whirling and choking everything and the sounds, they rushed back into her memory, the screaming and the shrieks of malevolent creatures.
“Be at peace child.” Albus reached out and touched her lightly on the shoulder, his eyes full of compassion.
She caught the look of surprise on Severus’s face and forced herself to be calm. “I doubt the angry dead are what we face here.” Albus added.
Severus’s face went white and she saw him staring at her in shock.
“That part of it wasn’t in your file.”
“For a damn good reason.” Kathryn grimaced.
“What we have here is one probably of the old ones rousing. I suspect that Voldemort’s activities have woken many things that were better left sleeping.” Albus’s face was serious, but not grim and Kathryn nodded.