Somewhere

MERRY BLOODY CHRISTMAS OLD CHAPS!!
well it's 4:29am on the 25th December and as has become a frequent occurance in my life... I cannot sleep!
hence why you got this now :D
so this is my christmas presnt to you all and I hope you enjoy it

p.s. meh crappy title again... another frequent occurance as of late!!


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He woke slowly, layer by layer. First he smelt something familiar and inhaling deeply he recognised the smell of his lover. Next he became aware of deep, heavy breathing and faraway voices. He could feel something warm in his arms, a solid, reassuring weight, along with fingers idly carding through his hair. Slowly opening his eyes he was met by a pair of emerald green orbs.

“Harry?” he asked, his voice hoarse.

“Of course. I thought you were going to die Sev,” he said quietly.

“I wouldn’t leave you Harry.”

“But you were so close. If I hadn’t found you, or if they wild ones hadn’t found Dumbledore… I nearly lost you,” he whispered, his voice catching in his throat as tears threatened.

“I’m sorry Harry,” he said, clutching the smaller man tight to his chest.

They stayed like that, simply holding each other, reaffirming their bond and reassuring themselves that the other was ok, until the curtains opened and Poppy walked in.

“Ah, you’re awake Severus. Good,” she said, as though she was seeing an every day occurrence.

“It’s alright Sev, she knows,” Harry laughed, seeing the look of shock on the other man’s face.

“Excuse me Harry, I need to do my job.”

“Sorry,” he mumbled with a blush, moving to sit in the chair next to the bed.

After she had finished running her scans, Poppy turned to Severus and fixed him with a glare.

“You’re going to be ok but you need to rest this weekend. If it hadn’t been for Harry and Fawkes you most likely wouldn’t be here. Now the Headmaster wants to speak to you and I believe he has others with him,” she said.

“This has to remain secret Poppy. If anyone were to find out it would just put both of us in even more danger. Besides I don’t wish to see visitors,” Severus said.

“I understand and from what I can tell the others are here to see Harry.”

“Eh?” said Harry in surprise.

“Yes. I do believe one of them is a wolf.”

“Huh? Oh, they came to see me!” he said happily.

“Yes and I’ll let them in so long as they don’t make a mess of my infirmary.”

“They won’t, I promise.”

“Very well. I sense that there is something that you’re not telling me but for now I’ll send them in,” she said as she left.

A few minutes later and Dumbledore appeared, followed by a small group of animals. There was the alpha wolf couple, along with a small doe, a handful of birds, Blue, Shale and most surprisingly, the thestral that he’d made friends with and nicknamed Styx. They moved to crowd around the chair that he was sat on, Harry exchanging silent greetings and thank yous for their help. They were all pleased that they could have been of assistance, asking him questions about himself and Severus, many of them making him cough and blush, all except Styx who stood still and quiet next to him.

“What happened Severus?” asked Dumbledore after he had conjured up a large, well stuffed armchair.

“The Dark Lord questioned my allegiances. I managed to assure him of my loyalty but he was still angry. After several rounds of the Cruciatus he left me to Fenrir who seemed to want to carve my heart out. It would seem however that I am still to valuable to kill. He sent me back knowing that I would be healed. It appears that he miscalculated though. If it hadn’t been for mine and Harry’s bond I would be dead.”

“Fenrir! You haven’t been infected have you? Not that I care but it’s still important,” Harry said, turning away from the animals.

“No, he refrained from biting me so I shall be fine.”

“You can’t go back there Sev.”

“I have to, at least for the time being.”

“Why?”

“Because it is the only way I can be of any use Harry,” he said quietly.

“Fine, but if you die I will hunt you down through time and space of whatever to find you and bring you back, just so I can kill you myself for leaving me,” he said.

“I believe that is fair enough,” he smiled.

“Since you seem to be well on the road to recovery I’ll leave you two be,” said Dumbledore as he got to his feet.

“Oh, you need your robe back Sir,” Harry said, slipping it off from around his shoulders.

“You are in far more need of it than I am my boy. Don’t worry, I have a whole wardrobe full,” he said with a smile before leaving.

“Is Severus ok?” piped up Shale.

“He’s fine. Why don’t you sit with him for a bit?” Harry told the kitten, picking him up and putting him in Severus’ lap.

He was bigger now, twice the size as when Harry had first got him, starting to look more and more like an adult cat, but inside he was still just a kitten. Turning to the wolves he thanked them again.

“You are welcome. I cannot imagine losing my mate,” the alpha male said.

“Neither can I, but without your help I think I would have. I will never be able to thank you enough.”

“No thanks are necessary. I have wondered one thing though,” said the female.

“Yes?”

“There is the scent of wolf on you. The pack has noticed it before when you are in the forest. Are you like the other man here, the one with the wolf inside him?”

“You mean Remus. No, he’s a werewolf while I can do this,” he said, changing into the great black wolf.

Immediately the wolves backed up, bowing their heads in submission.

“Wait, what are you doing?” he asked in alarm, looking between the wolves and Severus.

“You were sent by Black Night,” said the male, head still bowed.

“Who’s Black Night?”

“The god of all wolves. He and his mate Silver Moon were the first of our kind. You take on his form.”

“Oh. Yeah I’ve met him, but I wasn’t sent by him or anything so please, stop that,” he said, moving towards them.

“But you are in his image.”

“Only because he said he would guide me. I can take on any form but this is my preferred one,” he said before changing back.

“You are very strange, you look like a human but you feel like people,” the female said.

“You’re not the first one to say that,” he laughed.

“We must return to the pack. You should come running with us some time.”

“I will do, thank you.”

As the wolves left, so too did the other animals until only Styx remained, lipping at Dumbledore's robe.

“Stop it Styx. I still don’t know how they communicate,” he said as he pushed the bony muzzle away.

“Why don’t you try taking on the form and then you have to tell me what was going on with the wolves,” Severus said.

Bringing the image of the thestral to the front of his mind he felt the tingle rush over his skin and then suddenly sounds and smells were stronger, while his eye sight was blurred. Turning and bumping into the chair in the process, he could just make out the fuzzy outline of Styx.

“We wondered how long it would take you to it out,” came a low, quiet voice.

“Arghhh!” he screamed, so surprised that he lost control and changed back into himself, landing in an undignified heap on the floor, tangled in Dumbledore's robe.

“What’s the matter?” Severus asked quickly.

“They’re telepathic! That’s how they communicate. It must only work within the species though,” he explained quickly before changing back.

“Did I startle you that much?” Styx asked.

“Ummm… yes.”

“Then for that I apologise.”

“No one knew how you communicated. They thought you used body language but I knew that couldn’t be right, after all you’re half blind.”

“Yes, we speak mind to mind, but no one else can hear us. You must have taken the form of a youngster if your eyes are bad. Our eyesight is bad as juveniles and young adults but it gets better as we age until we can see perfectly fine.”

“It must get kind of lonely, not being able to talk to the other wild ones.”

“It can be, but we are thankful for what we have. The herd will be most excited to meet you,” Styx said, coming to stand next to him.

“I’ll defiantly come and see them soon, but for now I have to take care of my mate.”

“I understand. You should return to him now,” he said, before rubbing his head against Harry’s.

Changing back he rubbed his hand over Styx’s bong neck, before he went to sit on the bed next to Severus.

“They’re telepathic Sev, I can talk to them!” he grinned.

“You just solved a centuries old question then.”

“Yeah I suppose I did. Apparently their eyesight is only bad when they’re young and it gets better as they get older. I’m going to go and see the herd at soon point but for now, you Sir, are confined to your bed for the rest of the weekend,” he said with a smile.

“Only if you come with me,” he purred.

“I think I can do that,” he laughed, leaning in for a kiss.


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TO THE LUBERLY REVIEWERS

Kurai -- I would have done your challenge.... apart from the fact that I seem to have a complete inability to write oneshots... and I'm concentrating on this too much to start another full blown one... I should work on a oneshot... maybe that Drarry... anyway more people should read man smut novels!! there aren't enought in the world dammit!! *goes to storm local bookstore*

Slytherdor -- he's safe :D you don't think I'd do anything to my darling sevvie-poo do you?! *le gasp*

kunitsu -- one answer as to what try to turn sev into mulch!

kirigirl -- glad you're enjoying it and yes moldyshorts is a mean mean man... don't worry he'll get his in the end hehehehe *evil laugh* mwahahahahahahaha

Leentje -- hehe thankies

ladyroo88 -- *falls on fruit like a hyena* nomnomnomnom I luuuuuuuurve satsuma's!! Sev is ok and yeah poor fawkes... I need to explain that... *adds it to the DO IT ASAP list*

Slowly Disappearing -- not a faulty account!! meep the crash pixies are at it again... put out a cup of vodka to catch 'em cus they'll drink it and then get drunk and they'll either fall in and drown or you can catch 'em and deal with 'em.... I've had this conversation before....!! o_O A very merry crimblin to you too

Dolly -- I added you to the list so you should get an e-mail for this chapter... should!! Glad you're enjoying it though

DeviantThrallXxX -- ahahahahahahahahahaha rofl Greyback efftard oh man I laughed like a drain at that!! yeah it is weird how you get attatched to the characters... in a way I'm not liking the idea of finishing this story because of what happens at the end.... yeah... oooo coffee... I don't like coffee!! *cries* I'd love to go to New York... actually just back to america to see my relatives... oh well one day... wait a min gimme back my cushion!! *chases you around*

Amanda Rose -- considering what's going to happen yeah it's definatly put a cramp on the story! lol yeah prep for christmas sucks big time... I was actually done about a week before this year though! I don't want to be lynched!! Please I gaves you a loverly christmas present!!

DTDY -- yeah Fawkes' parting comment will be explained but not until later... I haven't actually written it yet but I do know what I want to happen.

ladyedgecombe -- man awful would be the understatement of the century!! ahhh now Nagini is a matter that I have mulled over in my head many a sleepless night and I'm still undecided about what I'm going to do with her... as for the other animals... well you'll have to wait and see ;)

Dragonsnurse -- the patronous thing was a last minute thought because originally he was going to cast one then I suddenly realised that if the love of your life was dying to you really think you'd be able to think of a happy memory to cast one? It also gave me an excuse to play with the animals! :D Yes that was where the claw marks were from but no hairy sev it'd ruin the sex god image!! Merry christmas


WELL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR IN CASE I DON'T GET ON BEFORE THEN. HOPE YOU ALL GET WHAT YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS AND IN THE COMING YEAR *for me it's lots of hotman smut!!*
I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL ALL WITH ME AND I'VE COME TO CHERISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
*now time for the uber sappy bit*
EVEN IF YOU DON'T REALISE IT YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH SOME REAL DOWNERS AND IT'S YOUR KIND WORDS AND FUNNY REVIEW THAT HAVE HELPED TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER AGAIN SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU ALL AND HERE'S TO CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AND THE NEW YEAR!!