A Chance at Normal

Disclaimer: Well you know that I don't own Harry Potter, I know that I






Disclaimer:
Well you know that I don't own Harry Potter, I know that I

don't own Harry Potter so lets just read the chapter shall we.

Chapter 16: Chaos

In the last chapter:

Albus had stood at the front of the Great Hall and began his speech.
"Three

weeks ago it became clear to myself and the staff that there was something

wrong with Mr. Potter who was currently spending the summer holiday at

his home with his aunt and uncle. I sent two of my most trusted staff to go

and check on Harry. When they arrived they found Harry severely beaten

and just barely alive. They quickly gathered his stuff and brought him back

to Hogwarts to be treated. After being healed to the best that was possible

Harry slipped into a coma. Due to the extent of the injuries that he had

sustained to his head and body I am sad to say that Harry James Potter

passed away last night at around midnight."

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The Great Hall was silent; you could have heard a pin drop it was as if time

was standing still. Almost as if Time itself was giving the people in the Hall

a slight reprieve before all Hell broke loose.

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Lucian felt Draco's hand slip into his reassuringly. He could hear his heart

beating in his ears. The sound was deafening.

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Draco could feel the sheen of sweat slickening his hands. He was nervous,

not for himself but for Lucian. No nervous wasn't the word for it. He was

scared shitless. He wished for something to happen he couldn't stand the

silence. It was maddening. He could feel his father sitting tensely on his

right side. He knew that the silence was driving him mad as well.

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And then it happened.

The Hall erupted in noise.

Demanding screams echoed off the walls.

Only one word could describe what had happened at that very moment.

Chaos.

The Wizarding world had lost its Savior.

Hope was gone.

The light would lose to the Dark Lord And And the world would plunge into Darkness.

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Those where the phrases that where thrown at the Headmaster. They

demanded that he tell them it wasn't true. They begged for someone to tell

them it was a cruel hoax, that the boy was truly alive somewhere hiding

away from the Dark Lord. Somewhere safe, training to fight.

But no one could tell them that, not after the Ministry's Chief Mediwizard

walked into the hall and announced that it was the truth. He had just come

from seeing the young hero's body.

Sobbing could be heard froery ery side of the Great Hall. Then the

pompous Minister himself had stalked up to Dumbledore and demanded that

he show him the boy's body.

Albus consented and lead the Minister out of the Hall. Several Aurors

followed as did the staff as well as Lucian and Draco. Somehow Lucian had

managed to get separated from his father and Draco. He suddenly felt

himself being turned around rather violently and he came face to face with

an Auror, one that had came in accompanying Minister Fudge. He did not

look happy.

"Who are you!" He snarled, pushing Lucian up against the wall the
grip on

his wrist tightening painfully.

Lucian gasped in pain, his eyes widened in fear. Flash backs of all of the

beatings he had received from Vernon replayed lightening fast through his

mind. He instinctively tried to flee, his body automatically going into self-

preservation mode.

"Answer my question Boy!" the Auror sneered.

Lucian fought down the panic, "Lucian Snape." He answered trying to
keep

the fear out of his voice.

The Auror on hearing Lucian's name ripped his sleeve up on his left arm

obviously looking for the Dark Mark to be branded into the young teens

arm. Just as he was about to demand the boy to show him his other arm he

felt someone grab a hold of his shoulder and roughly pulled him away from

the boy.

"Get your filthy hands off of my son!" Severus said his voice
venomously

low, causing the Auror tistlistle. "Is there a 'Reason' that you felt that
you

needed to accost my son in the middle of a Hogwarts corridor?" he jerked

his hand off of the Auror in disgust. He looked at Lucian and could see the

fear radiated from his body, his eyes widened in terror. He gently pulled him

to his side and then turned again to confront the man.

"I have every right to check and see if someone suspicious is marked,

especially when it is the son of an known Deatheater. I don't care what

Dumbre sre says in your defense; oncDeatDeatheater always a Deatheater

and as they say, the apple never falls far from the tree." The Auror
sneered

in Lucian's direction. "How coincidental that you bring your son here
after

Potter's death. Planning a little recruiting on your Masters behalf now that

Potter's out of the way." He took a step closer to Severus and glaringly

continued. "How do we know that your 'Spawn' isn't a danger to the

students? For all we know he could have been in the Dark Lords company

before he came here. Maybe a little investigation should be in order. I

wonder what secrets we could extract from your bastard." The Auror

smirked and then violently pushed past them and disappeared into the

crowd. Severus quickly pulled Lucian closer to him so that he could see his
son's

face. "Lucian look at me, are you ok?" he said his voice full of
concern and

worry. "Did he hurt you?" he asked wanting to make sure that his son
was

ok.

Lucian looked up at his father fear evident in his eyes. "They can't
really

question me can they?" his voice trembled. He had known that there was

still some animosity toward people that had been once associated with

Voldemort, but he never thought that he would ever be at the brunt of it. It

scared the hell out of him. It was no wonder that his father never left the

safety of the Hogwarts.

Severus could see that his son was terrified at the prospect of the Ministry

questioning him. Too many secrets could be revealed. "Unfortunately, they

can. Especially now." He sighed when he felt Lucian tense up. "But it
is best

not to worry about it now. They would have to come up with a valid reason

for the investigation, not just because some fucked up Auror said to do
it."

Severus pulled his son into a quick hug. "No worries, now lets go and see

where the other half of our party has gone off to. Shall we?" Severus said
as

he gestured toward the Great Hall.

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A/N: I know that this was a rather short chapter, but this the first half of
the

Chaos chapter. I am having a bit of a problem with the second half of Chaos

but I figure that I should have it up by tomorrow. I hope that I have written

this chapter to all of your standards. Please Review.