Somewhere

i give up with titles!
curse the muse and her lack interesting title material

muse: it's not my fault!
isis: yes it is!
muse: nu-uh!
isis: uh-huh!!
severus: stop bickering, both of you!
isis: sowwy
severus: that's better

...anyway sorry about the title

sorry about the shortness of the last chapter as well there aren't many like that anymore but i didn't want to add it onto the one before so it had to be seperate.
they get longer again now though :D

you may hate me after this one... especially since you won't get the next one till monday or tuesday...

*goes to hide in her wardrobe*


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“OW!” he yelped as a staff hit him on the back of the head.

Pulling down his blindfold he saw Ron stood in front of him, leaning on his staff and grinning madly. Rubbing the back of his head he turned to see Severus stood behind him smiling, staff held loosely in his hand. It was now the middle of October and things had gone smoothly, Ron finally accepting his relationship with Severus and even striking up a tentative friendship with the man during their training sessions. Nothing had cooled down between himself and Severus however and on occasion the wave of happiness made an appearance in the castle.

“That really hurt!” he whined.

“You should have known I was there,” Severus muttered, coming up behind him to peel his hand away and inspect the damage.

“I was concentrating on Ron,” he mumbled as Severus placed a light kiss on his head.

“Yes, but you can feel me so you should know where I am at all times.”

“This isn’t as easy as you think you know. I don’t have spy trained sense like some people. It’s easy enough to fight you blind because I can sense you but it’s a lot harder with Ron.”

“Very well, we’ll take it slower then.”

“Come on then, I was enjoying that,” Ron said, hefting his staff again.

“Oh no! I’ve done my fair share today. Besides I’m hungry and dinner is going to start soon.”

They’d been training Harry to fight blind for the last two weeks, all four of them using their free period at the end of Friday to meet up and train. He could now easily fight Severus blind, but that was because he could sense his bonded when he attacked. It was completely different when it came to Ron though as he had to rely on his other senses.

“Come on then Mione, let’s go get some grub,” Ron said, putting his staff back in its holder then going to help her up from where she was sat on the floor reading a book.

“You guys go ahead and I’ll catch up in a minute,” Harry said.

“Ok, see you soon,” they said as they left.

“It still hurts you know,” he mumbled.

“Drink this then,” Severus said, handing him a pain relief potion from the pocket of his robe where it was draped over the back of a chair.

Pulling the cork from the bottle he drank the potion, grimacing at the bitter taste.

“I need to tell you something,” he said quietly.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’ve started having nightmares and visions again.”

“The Dark Lord?”

“Yeah.”

“The bond must be growing again. I thought this might happen,” he said, pulling Harry into his arms.

“Can we weaken it again?” he mumbled into the man’s shirt.

“Yes. We’ll do it tomorrow ok?”

“Mmhm.”

“Come on then, Ron and Hermione will be waiting and I’m hungry,” he said, kissing the shorter wizard.

“Ok. I guess I’ll see you there,” he smiled.

Grabbing his things he snuck out of the room and headed up to the Great Hall. He knew he should have told Severus about the dreams before now but he’d hoped it would pass. It hadn’t though and it had in fact got progressively worse over the last week. Walking into the hall he saw Ron and Hermione and went to join them. Sitting down he filled his plate and joined in the chatter, trying to ignore the growing headache that was pounding at his temples. They’d been there for about twenty minutes when he felt a wave of pain pass through their link form Severus, only for an intense searing pain to come crashing down on his seconds later, causing him to sway backwards and fall from the bench, his screams piercing the air as his body convulsed.

Up at the staff table Severus winced and clutched his arm. Looking at Dumbledore seated next to him he nodded before rising to his feet.

“Look after him Albus. I’ll return as soon as possible,” he said before leaving the room, with a last look at where he lover was surrounded by people.

Getting up Albus moved quickly down the hall, pushing through the throng of people that had gathered around the Gryffindor table. Finally the crowd parted and he knelt next to Harry who had his hands clutched over his scar, a silent scream on his lips, his body tight with pain.

“Harry, Harry listen to me. Can you walk?” he asked, gently moving his hands away, only to see the red raw scar, a trickle of blood running down the startlingly pale face.

“Where… is he?” he gasped.

“Come, we’ll go to my office and then we can talk,” Albus said, helping the young man to his feet, feeling tremors of pain running through his body.

“ARGH!” he screamed as another wave of pain swept over him.

“Fawkes,” shouted the headmaster.

Seconds later the phoenix arrived, flying over the heads of the people before hovering above them. With one arm Dumbledore reached up to touch the bird, the other arm wrapped firmly around Harry. Together they disappeared in a flash, only to reappear a second later in his office. Gently he helped Harry into one of the over stuffed chairs before going to a cabinet and retrieving two potions.

“Take these Harry,” he said, pulling out the corks and handing them to him.

“What… are they?”

“A muscle relaxant and a pain reliever.”

“Can’t… have… the pain… potion,” he gasped as a pain tore through him again.

“Why?”

“Had one… earlier. Too soon.”

“Ok Harry. Take the other one though,” he said, pressing it into his hand.

“Where… is he?” he asked after he’d taken the potion. Immediately he felt his body relax, even though pain still coursed through him.

“He was summoned Harry.”

“He knows. Voldermort… knows. I can’t… I can’t lose… him,” he said, tears suddenly streaming down his face at the thought of losing Severus.

“He will be ok Harry. He will assure Voldermort of his loyalty and if things turn bad he has a port key.”

“I… I can’t… what if he kills him,” he sobbed.

“He won’t leave you alone Harry, he loves you too much,” he said gently, making the smaller man look up in surprise.

They hadn’t told anyone about their relationship apart from Ron and Hermione but it seemed that once again the meddling old man knew everything anyway.

“You know?” he said, the pain starting to recede.

“Of course I know Harry. I’ve never seen the two of you happier,” he smiled.

“You don’t mind?”

“Of course not. Who can argue with true love?”

“I… I have to do something. I couldn’t live without him,” he said, wrapping his arms around himself.

“Harry there is nothing you can do. I’m going to give you a weak Dreamless Sleep and I want you to try and sleep for a while. There is a spare room here that you can use,” he said, helping him to his feet and showing him to a small room that was decorated in deep blues.

“I… I can’t just sleep while he’s out there on his own,” he whispered.

“He wouldn’t want you to worry yourself. I’ll wake you as soon as I hear anything,” Albus said, handing him a potion.

“Thank you Sir, thank you,” he said, pulling off his shoes and outer robe before crawling into the bed and drinking the potion.

“You’re welcome Harry. I’d do anything for the both of you, you’re like the sons I never had,” he said quietly, already seeing the young man’s eyelids drooping.

“I can’t… live… without him,” he mumbled.

“I know, now sleep Harry and I shall wake you as soon as he returns.”

With a last thought of Severus he let sleep claim him.


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To the reviewers (please don't hurt me!!)

mis -- yes i am afraid that that was the happy before harry went to unhappyville for a while...

ladyroo88 -- *nomz on christmas goodies* can i has a satsuma? this one isn't so cute... sowwy

DeviantThrallXxX -- i know what you mean about running on no sleep and loads of work!! it sucks ass man!! oh my frickin god a sev cushion!! hehe glad you're enjoying it so much and yes i'll be sticking with it and i'll be.. well... me!

kunitsu -- hehe i'm glad they made up and yeah it was kinda evil... oh well a little evilness makes the world go round!

Kurai -- well i haven't been writing smut since i was ten... i was thinking it up but i wasn't writing it! lol i started IMHBL when i was 13 i think... yeah must have been. i found a REALLY old original story the other day... man is it bad!! lol i'll prod you to update any time you want :D

Werewolf Mistress -- lol harry's like that because he's just got the one thing he always dreamed of! he's a happy bal of fluff most of the time as well... and if you think that's bad you should read what i just wrote about half an hour ago!!

Slowly_Disappearing -- yeah i thought college was bad.. then i started my degree... man was i wrong!! ..... well that was weird.... *starts to regret watching family guy while writing review replies... yeah definatly regrets it*.... yeah ron is a bit insensative but you wait till hermione gets a hold of him and poor sev bless him he has his sappy moments

Slytherdor -- sev cookies... you've never had a sev cookie?! gosh! sorry about the shortness of the last chapter they do get longer now promise :D hope you're better soon

Amaya -- glad you like it :D as for mpreg... errrr... i don't know how to answer that really... no? not really... well maybe... errrr... well no not really... not this one... oh hell... *looks around all shifty like*

munesanzun -- yeah karma is nice... sometimes...

Sarah -- congrats on the paper! that's a bummer about your password!

Amanda Rose -- hehe yeah i know plenty of 26 year olds that pout and whine as well... and older ones! don't worry you'll find out about draco i promise and yeah this is definatly gonna be a long one... i should think it'll hit 100 chapter quite easily!

lizsnape --- mmmm.... robin hood... yum :D Intelligence? never heard of that one *goes to hunt it down* glad you're enjoying it though!

Draciann -- yeah definatly influenced by tamora pierce's immortals series... love them!! glad you're enjoying it :D