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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
16
Views:
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27
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Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I own only the obvious, the rest belongs to JK Rowling
Darinka Bronz
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-Chapter
Three-
Harry was
sitting in the Hogwarts Gardens – between the wings of the dragon statue –
reading, when a shadow fell over him. Harry ignored it and continued reading,
though he knew that it wasn’t Severus’. For one Severus was off being
interrogated by Auror’s; second, the shadow didn’t have same shape as Severus’.
Had he really studied the guy so well that he knew the shape of sha shadow?
This was getting out of hand.
However,
the shadow in front of him didn’t move, so in the end Harry looked up, ready to
shoot a biting remark at the person. The remark got stuck in his throat when he
saw exactly who it was that was standing in front of him.
James
Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Lily Evans were watching him in
amusement.
“Anything you want?” Harry asked, glaring. He
had to keep up appearances.
“We’ve been watching you Chase,” James said,
cutting straight to the case. “And we know that you are more than that mask you
put on.”
“What mask? I don’t wear cosmetics.” Harry
replied.
“See, you even have a good sense of humour.”
James chuckled. “You’re the first Slytherin student we have met that can have a
quiet, ordinary conversation with students from other houses without blowing up
within the first five seconds.”
“I can’t say we have exactly met.” He enjoyed
twisting James’ sentences. “You came to me, not even introducing yourselves.”
“I think by now that you should know who we
are.” James replied.
“Why should I? I don’t care what goes on with
the rest of the school as long as it doesn’t concern me, directly or
indirectly.”
“See, I told you he was a true Slytherin.”
Sirius said proudly. “They thought that you where misplaced by the Sorting
Hat.” nbspnbsp;
“We think you care Chase,” Remus spoke up for
the first time. “You care more than even Dumbledore. I can sense it.”
“Wanna bet?” Harry asked sharply.
“No, we want to talk to you about this.”
“Talk about what Potter?” Everyone turned and
found Severus standing off to the side. “What’s going on here? Harry, what were
they talking about?” he asked as he came over.
“They think I care about what happens to the
rest of the school.” Harry said as though it was a normal situation. “They want
to talk about it. Alright,” he turned back to the Marauders. “We’ll talk, but
not here. Tonight, 2 a.m.. I’ll be waiting for you by the griffin statue on the
third floor.”
“You’re not going alone.” Severus said. “I’m
coming with you.”
“I can’t very well chain you to the wall,
so…” Harry shrugged and let the sentence die. “Is it a deal Potter?” he asked
instead.
“It’s a deal.” Came the reply.
“Good, lets go Harry.” Severus said and the
two of them left.
-------------------------
Harry and
Severus were by the statue, waiting for the Marauders. They had been waiting
for about ten minutes when James, Sirius, Remus and Lily stepped out from the
shadows.
“So, you decided to show up after all.”
Severus commented, proving the fact that Slytherins and Gryffindors couldn’t be
within ten feet of each other without insulting the other part.
“Shut up Snape,” Sirius shot back. “We came
to talk to Chase.”
“Then talk,” Harry said. “We’ve already lost
a minute because of your bickering, and I intend to be back in bed within the
next twenty-nine minutes.”
James
opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by some giggling coming
from around the corner. Right after they could hear a male voice murmuring
something and even more giggling. The group jumped behind the statue, not
caring about houses. They couldn’t afford to bee seen.
Two people
came from around the corner, but it was too dark to see who it was. One of
them, the female, was definitely drunk. They watched as the couple staggered
down the corridor towards the statue, then suddenly the girl just dropped to
the ground. The man stood there, gave a chuckle and walked away. A hissing
sound erupted from the body on the floor and a second later it was gone, not
even ashes left.
“E-everyone saw that, right…?” Lily whispered.
“Mmhmm.”
“But what the hell happened?” Sirius asked.
“And what are we going to do about it?”
“Do?” Harry asked. “We forget everything we
saw and get out of here.”
“But there has to be someone-” Lily began and
Harry cut her off.
“There isn’t one single adult we can trust…
And no one’s going to believe us anyway.”
“We would only have se lik like idiots. I
mean ‘They came towards us, the girl suddenly fell and turned to dust, the guy
just walked off chuckling’ sounds pretty stupid.” Severus said. “Not to talk
about the fact that this person will come after us if he gets wind of this.”
“But we can’t just forget the whole thing.
Maybe our friends…?” James said, but Harry stomped down the idea.
“Would they believe that you are telling the truth?”
he asked. “Especially when they find out that two of the other witnesses are
from Slytherin? I suggest we keep quiet about this and carry on with our
day-life as normal, and at the same time try to figure out who did this in
secret at night. We’ll live longer that way.”
“I thought you just said that we should
forget the whole thing?” Remus asked.
“I was shocked, still trying to comprehend
what just happened.” Harry replied simply. “Look, either you want it or not,
I’m going to continue to investigate. Are you guys in or not?” The Marauders
looked at each other for a second. Then they nodded their approval. They where
in. “Good. What about you Severus?”
“Do you even have to ask?”
“Alright, till tomorrow each of us should try
to get info from the other houses. Use any means possible, but no one can
understand exactly what we’re doing.”es tes took control over the situation.
“Then we’ll meet here at the same time as tonight.” The rest nodded.
-------------------------
The group
spent the rest of the week doing just
that. Sirius and Severus worked hard not to blow up at each other, and actually
managed to have a civil conversation that lasted more than a few seconds. James
asked the Quidditch players of the other houses, or used his Head Boy status as
excuse. Lily asked her friends for gossip, and Remus went to the library to
find out what the cause of the girls death had bee.
No one knew
what Harry was doing, but every night he had some new information to give them.
They knew it was someone from Ravenclaw, probably under orders from an outside
source. The boy had to be a seventh year, anyone under that wasn’t powerful
enough to perform the Killing Curse or make the potion Ashes to Ashes, the
cause of the girls death. It worked slowly, but sped up in the end, and burned
a person to ashes and less within a second.
-------------------------
Harry had
just returned to the Slytherin common room from his regular night-time stroll
to the edge of the Forbidden Forest where he talked to the animals, asking them
if they had noticed something. He wished that Hedwig was there, but she had
disappeared shortly after the murder of Moonwood. No trace of her left
anywhere.
He sat down
in a chair by the fire and rubbed his eyes. The last few nights the animals
hadn’t been around, and the forest was more quiet than usual. Even the wind
wasn’t blowing.
‘The calm before the storm.’ Harry
thought. ‘What are you preparing for? What are you waiting for? Something
big, that’s for sure. But what?’
Severus sat
unnoticed in a shadowed corner. He was watching Harry closely. The other boy
was tired for one thing, and he was worried about his owl. The two of them had
a very special relationship, Severus had never seen its like. He had asked
Harry about it, but Harry had just smiled and told him that all that was needed
was time and patience, and a great need for friends. Severus had no idea what
that meant, but he accepted the answer and didn’t ask again.
There was a
sudden tapping at the window, and Harry got up and walked over to it. Outside
an occamy was carrying a package. It flew in and landed on the table in front
of Harry, waiting for him to take the package. He carefully took it and the
occamy flew out again.
Harry
slowly opened the box and gasped in surprise at the content. He didn’t look up
when Severus arrived beside him, letting out a gasp of his own. He didn’t take
much notice of the tears that where running down his cheeks, or Severus’ hands
that where brushing them gently away. All Harry could do was stare at the body
tortured body of his beloved Hedwig.
Darinka Bronz
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Disclaimer
and Authors Notes in are the first chapter.
-Chapter
Three-
Harry was
sitting in the Hogwarts Gardens – between the wings of the dragon statue –
reading, when a shadow fell over him. Harry ignored it and continued reading,
though he knew that it wasn’t Severus’. For one Severus was off being
interrogated by Auror’s; second, the shadow didn’t have same shape as Severus’.
Had he really studied the guy so well that he knew the shape of sha shadow?
This was getting out of hand.
However,
the shadow in front of him didn’t move, so in the end Harry looked up, ready to
shoot a biting remark at the person. The remark got stuck in his throat when he
saw exactly who it was that was standing in front of him.
James
Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Lily Evans were watching him in
amusement.
“Anything you want?” Harry asked, glaring. He
had to keep up appearances.
“We’ve been watching you Chase,” James said,
cutting straight to the case. “And we know that you are more than that mask you
put on.”
“What mask? I don’t wear cosmetics.” Harry
replied.
“See, you even have a good sense of humour.”
James chuckled. “You’re the first Slytherin student we have met that can have a
quiet, ordinary conversation with students from other houses without blowing up
within the first five seconds.”
“I can’t say we have exactly met.” He enjoyed
twisting James’ sentences. “You came to me, not even introducing yourselves.”
“I think by now that you should know who we
are.” James replied.
“Why should I? I don’t care what goes on with
the rest of the school as long as it doesn’t concern me, directly or
indirectly.”
“See, I told you he was a true Slytherin.”
Sirius said proudly. “They thought that you where misplaced by the Sorting
Hat.” nbspnbsp;
“We think you care Chase,” Remus spoke up for
the first time. “You care more than even Dumbledore. I can sense it.”
“Wanna bet?” Harry asked sharply.
“No, we want to talk to you about this.”
“Talk about what Potter?” Everyone turned and
found Severus standing off to the side. “What’s going on here? Harry, what were
they talking about?” he asked as he came over.
“They think I care about what happens to the
rest of the school.” Harry said as though it was a normal situation. “They want
to talk about it. Alright,” he turned back to the Marauders. “We’ll talk, but
not here. Tonight, 2 a.m.. I’ll be waiting for you by the griffin statue on the
third floor.”
“You’re not going alone.” Severus said. “I’m
coming with you.”
“I can’t very well chain you to the wall,
so…” Harry shrugged and let the sentence die. “Is it a deal Potter?” he asked
instead.
“It’s a deal.” Came the reply.
“Good, lets go Harry.” Severus said and the
two of them left.
-------------------------
Harry and
Severus were by the statue, waiting for the Marauders. They had been waiting
for about ten minutes when James, Sirius, Remus and Lily stepped out from the
shadows.
“So, you decided to show up after all.”
Severus commented, proving the fact that Slytherins and Gryffindors couldn’t be
within ten feet of each other without insulting the other part.
“Shut up Snape,” Sirius shot back. “We came
to talk to Chase.”
“Then talk,” Harry said. “We’ve already lost
a minute because of your bickering, and I intend to be back in bed within the
next twenty-nine minutes.”
James
opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by some giggling coming
from around the corner. Right after they could hear a male voice murmuring
something and even more giggling. The group jumped behind the statue, not
caring about houses. They couldn’t afford to bee seen.
Two people
came from around the corner, but it was too dark to see who it was. One of
them, the female, was definitely drunk. They watched as the couple staggered
down the corridor towards the statue, then suddenly the girl just dropped to
the ground. The man stood there, gave a chuckle and walked away. A hissing
sound erupted from the body on the floor and a second later it was gone, not
even ashes left.
“E-everyone saw that, right…?” Lily whispered.
“Mmhmm.”
“But what the hell happened?” Sirius asked.
“And what are we going to do about it?”
“Do?” Harry asked. “We forget everything we
saw and get out of here.”
“But there has to be someone-” Lily began and
Harry cut her off.
“There isn’t one single adult we can trust…
And no one’s going to believe us anyway.”
“We would only have se lik like idiots. I
mean ‘They came towards us, the girl suddenly fell and turned to dust, the guy
just walked off chuckling’ sounds pretty stupid.” Severus said. “Not to talk
about the fact that this person will come after us if he gets wind of this.”
“But we can’t just forget the whole thing.
Maybe our friends…?” James said, but Harry stomped down the idea.
“Would they believe that you are telling the truth?”
he asked. “Especially when they find out that two of the other witnesses are
from Slytherin? I suggest we keep quiet about this and carry on with our
day-life as normal, and at the same time try to figure out who did this in
secret at night. We’ll live longer that way.”
“I thought you just said that we should
forget the whole thing?” Remus asked.
“I was shocked, still trying to comprehend
what just happened.” Harry replied simply. “Look, either you want it or not,
I’m going to continue to investigate. Are you guys in or not?” The Marauders
looked at each other for a second. Then they nodded their approval. They where
in. “Good. What about you Severus?”
“Do you even have to ask?”
“Alright, till tomorrow each of us should try
to get info from the other houses. Use any means possible, but no one can
understand exactly what we’re doing.”es tes took control over the situation.
“Then we’ll meet here at the same time as tonight.” The rest nodded.
-------------------------
The group
spent the rest of the week doing just
that. Sirius and Severus worked hard not to blow up at each other, and actually
managed to have a civil conversation that lasted more than a few seconds. James
asked the Quidditch players of the other houses, or used his Head Boy status as
excuse. Lily asked her friends for gossip, and Remus went to the library to
find out what the cause of the girls death had bee.
No one knew
what Harry was doing, but every night he had some new information to give them.
They knew it was someone from Ravenclaw, probably under orders from an outside
source. The boy had to be a seventh year, anyone under that wasn’t powerful
enough to perform the Killing Curse or make the potion Ashes to Ashes, the
cause of the girls death. It worked slowly, but sped up in the end, and burned
a person to ashes and less within a second.
-------------------------
Harry had
just returned to the Slytherin common room from his regular night-time stroll
to the edge of the Forbidden Forest where he talked to the animals, asking them
if they had noticed something. He wished that Hedwig was there, but she had
disappeared shortly after the murder of Moonwood. No trace of her left
anywhere.
He sat down
in a chair by the fire and rubbed his eyes. The last few nights the animals
hadn’t been around, and the forest was more quiet than usual. Even the wind
wasn’t blowing.
‘The calm before the storm.’ Harry
thought. ‘What are you preparing for? What are you waiting for? Something
big, that’s for sure. But what?’
Severus sat
unnoticed in a shadowed corner. He was watching Harry closely. The other boy
was tired for one thing, and he was worried about his owl. The two of them had
a very special relationship, Severus had never seen its like. He had asked
Harry about it, but Harry had just smiled and told him that all that was needed
was time and patience, and a great need for friends. Severus had no idea what
that meant, but he accepted the answer and didn’t ask again.
There was a
sudden tapping at the window, and Harry got up and walked over to it. Outside
an occamy was carrying a package. It flew in and landed on the table in front
of Harry, waiting for him to take the package. He carefully took it and the
occamy flew out again.
Harry
slowly opened the box and gasped in surprise at the content. He didn’t look up
when Severus arrived beside him, letting out a gasp of his own. He didn’t take
much notice of the tears that where running down his cheeks, or Severus’ hands
that where brushing them gently away. All Harry could do was stare at the body
tortured body of his beloved Hedwig.