Somewhere

it's here sorry it took so long been revising for my archaeology exam.

here's a tidbit of info for you aswell.... in the hand written version.....
we just had the first kiss!!
only thing is you still have over 120 hand written pages to go before that so you're in for the long haul!!
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Severus: evil bitch
Isis: I know but you love it *nuzzles snape-a-doodle*

Italics is mind speak *generally between harry and animals at the min



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They sat in silence for a few more seconds before Severus spoke.

“Harry I need to warn you first that doing this could have side effects.”

“What do you mean?”

“What I’m going to do means that I’m going to have to connect myself to your magical core, in essence your life force. That intimate a connection could leave behind a residual bond,” he explained.

“What do you mean by bond?”

“I can’t really tell you. It could be any number of different forms of bond or it might not even happen at all, but I thought I should warn you first.”

“Ok, but theoretically, what could happen?”

“Any of a thousand different things. We may end up with some of each others memories, powers or character traits. We could be able to speak mind-to-mind or be able to locate the other with a thought. For all I know we could be bonded to one another, unable to part from the others presence. Then again nothing might happen. I just don’t know,” he said getting more and more restless. He’d slipped in the physical bond mention as a warning of what could happen. He’d heard of it before, couples being in effect magically married, without a bonding ceremony. It was rare though and had only ever happened to couples in long standing relationships when they truly opened to one another, body, heart and soul, letting their cores meld and become one. It tended to only happen when they made love as well.

“Oh, ok then. What do I have to do?” Harry asked. Being bonded to Severus didn’t seem like that bad a thing. He thought back to the dream he’d been having just before he woke up. Severus had been holding his hand and saying that he loved him. He’d never felt happier or warmer than at that moment. No being bonded to Severus wouldn’t be that bad.

“Just sit on the edge of the bed facing me and close your eyes,” he said pulling his chair closer.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, his eyes closed, in nothing but his boxers he suddenly felt very vulnerable. No matter how hard to tried not to, images of Vernon clouded his mind and he tensed, expecting the worst.

“I’m not going to hurt you Harry. I promise,” came that soft, soothing voice.

Hearing that, that heartfelt promise he relaxed a little, taking a deep breath and willing his muscles to untense, he waited for whatever was coming. As it was he only jumped a little when two cool hands touched his face, one on either side, rubbing gentle circles over his temples. Next a gentle murmur filled the air, a chant in Latin, filling him with warmth from within.

”Can you hear me Harry?” asked Severus, his voice coming from inside Harry’s head.

“Yes. Severus?”

”Yes. Try to answer in your mind. It’s how you’ll have to learn to speak to the animals without arousing suspicions.”

”C… can you hear me?”

”Yes, that’s it. Remember that, that feeling.”

”Ok, I think I have it.”

”Good. Now I’m going to show you your core.”

Suddenly Harry felt himself move, yet at the same time he knew that he was still sat on the edge of the bed in the cottage. It was like flying. On and on they went, submerged in total darkness until finally, he saw a pinprick of light in the distance. As they got closer he saw that the light was coming from a vast, towering column of light, bright white and glistening. Around it were twined shining strands of red, green, brown and black and as he watched a new strand of fiery orange moved to join the others. The red strand was by far the largest, but the orange one was growing bigger with every second and so to did it seem was the black one, although at a much slower rate.

“What are they?” he asked.

“the auras of every person you have ever had a bond with. The red one is yours.”

“What about the others?”

“The green one is your mother’s, the brown one your father’s and the orange one…”

“Yes?”

A hand brushed his shoulder gently and he turned to find Severus stood behind him watching the shining column.

“The orange one is me,” he murmured, sending shivers down Harry’s spine.

“Oh. I wonder what kind of bond it is?”

“I don’t know but I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.”

“What’s the black one?” he asked.

“The Dark Lord,” he spat angrily, “we always knew there was a connection but I never dreamed it would be this bad. I can help you try and weaken the connection thought,” he said watching the black strand as it twisted around the column, growing slowly inch by inch.

“Can’t we just sever it?”

“No. The backlash of power would most likely kill you. We just need to weaken it. I need you to help me weaken it. Feel for your magic and push it out towards the connection. Imagine it slowly dissolving the strand until there is only a little left. It’ll be hard but you mustn’t stop or he may realise what’s happening. Not to fast either,” he said placing a cool hand on the back of Harry’s neck, sending another shiver coursing through him. Again he felt that warmth, this time accompanied by a tingling rush of power.

Closing his eyes he felt for his magic. Being so close to his core it was easy and imaging it was a large ball he pushed it towards the connection, willing with all his strength for it to weaken. His body trembled with exertion as the connection fought his attempts, while the hand on his neck gently tried to sooth away the growing headache. Finally he felt the connection stop fighting him and opening his eyes he saw the black strand slowly start to shrink, almost into nothingness. Breaking away with his magic, he stumbled and fell backwards, straight into the waiting arms of Severus.

“Thank you,” he said, fighting a sudden wave of exhaustion, pain and nausea as it suddenly crashed down over him.

“You’re welcome. Sleep for a while. I can build the wall by myself,” he said, gently laying Harry down, “I’ll wake you when it’s nearly done.”

“Thank you Sev’rus,” he mumbled, before finally succumbing to the welcome blanket of sleep.


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soooooo....... R&R!!

TO MY LUBERLY REVIWERS *glomps you all*

Dark Illusions -- yeah I'm a big Tamora Pierce fan :D

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JoAnna Morgan -- lol thankies and harry's attitude is probably a bit of a reflection of me.... not sure

Vidalark -- ha i hadn't even though about the others pets..... trevor could be interesting

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mis -- lol yeah i kinda like being sick aswell... i write more when i'm sick

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