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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
65
Views:
4,670
Reviews:
93
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
1
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So Many Partings
A/N - This is the last chapter, only the epilogue is left. \"E Pluribus Unim\". the sequel, will not start for a while because I am a working writer and artist and I have to spend some time on my paying job for a little while. However, you all know I write fast, so don\'t cry too much. I will have a full reviewer call out after the epilogue tomorrow. Thank you all so much for going through this with me, Severus and Kathryn. As always, love to my bestest beta, Kate!
Chapter 63 – So Many Partings
Severus watched her go in silence. He had said all his good-byes last night and felt drained and stricken. He heard her footsteps in the hallway as they moved towards the door and he was out of bed before he quite knew what he was doing.
“Kathryn!” He called. Summoning clothes and dressing in a flurry of m he he ran after her.
She was standing in the parlor. Stripped of all her books and papers, the room looked strangely forlorn. He rushed to her and pulled her into an embrace. She wrapped her arms around him and clung tight.
“Can I owl you?” He asked softly.
“Of course, care of the MSA.” She pulled back and kissed him lightly. “They will always know where I am.” He watched her take a breath. “You are listed on my next-of-kin notification sheet.” She added and he grew cold.
“So I can count on official notification if anything happens to you.” He replied dryly. She nodded and hugged him tight.
“I’ll owl you too. Maybe you can come to the next ‘Allrise’ show.” Her smile was weak and crooked and he wished with all his heart that they had just a little longer. He knew it wouldn’t be enough; it would never be enough -- he wanted forever.
“As soon as Harry finishes Voldemort I am coming to Virginia and asking you to marry me.” He told her fiercely.
“I’ll be waiting.” She promised him with eyes and heart and he nodded, finally releasing her.
She turned and walked out of his life, going to take the Hogwarts Express with the students back to London. There was an international portkey waiting for her somewhere in Charing Cross Station and that was that.
He turned and walked around the room, memories crowding in on him like children, tugging at his sleeve, drawing him to this spot or that, replaying ten months of his life.
“I’m sorry, Severus.” Albus’ voice was tired and full of regret.
“I’m not.” Severus replied and realized with some surprise that he wasn’t. He had gained more than he ever expected that he would. A brilliant, amazing witch with warm chocolate eyes loved him, thought he was wonderful and sexy and perfect just as he was. “I am going to marry her one day, Albus.” He turned and smiled at his friend.
“I am quite sure of that, Severus.” Albus smiled back, surprise mingled with pleasure on his face. “She was good for you.”
“We are good for each other.” He answered, correcting his friend’s past tense, and headed off to the dungeons to write a love letter.
His next meeting with Voldemort left him in agony. Kathryn’s departure threw many of the Dark Lord’s plans into disarray. He refused to believe that Kathryn had no choice but to return, instead deciding that Severus had been too ugly and graceless to woo her into love.
Voldemort was also furious that Aurors had found his hotel. They had broken in and he had only been able to escape with Bella, but had lost his ‘breeding stock’. Severus hid his pleasure deep inside. His screaming argument with Kingsley Shacklebolt was worth it, every moment of anguished screams under ‘Cruciatus’ was worth it. The girls were safe and had been sent home to heal.
Pansy Parkinson had been sent into hiding, free of Voldemort, free of Death Eaters and without a child growing in her womb. The others had been given the choice to abort or carry and every last one of them had refused to bear the children of the Death Eaters.
He had wanted to visit Pansy, to see if she was okay, but didn’t dare. She had named several Death Eaters, as had the other girls, but she had not even breathed Severus’ name. Pansy had protected him, even as he had protected her.
He held that thought to him as he bled out onto the leaves and twigs of the Forbidden Forest. He had no strength after apparating to rise and walk to the school. He held an image of Kathryn in his mind as he waited for Hagrid and Fang to find him.
Hagrid lifted the unconscious man and was startled by the peaceful smile he wore.
“Per’fessor, I’ll jus’ be gettin\' ya ta Madam Pomfrey now.” Hagrid’s voice was gentle and soothing as he carried the limp bundle to the Hospital Wing.
It was just another summer at Hogwarts.
Chapter 63 – So Many Partings
Severus watched her go in silence. He had said all his good-byes last night and felt drained and stricken. He heard her footsteps in the hallway as they moved towards the door and he was out of bed before he quite knew what he was doing.
“Kathryn!” He called. Summoning clothes and dressing in a flurry of m he he ran after her.
She was standing in the parlor. Stripped of all her books and papers, the room looked strangely forlorn. He rushed to her and pulled her into an embrace. She wrapped her arms around him and clung tight.
“Can I owl you?” He asked softly.
“Of course, care of the MSA.” She pulled back and kissed him lightly. “They will always know where I am.” He watched her take a breath. “You are listed on my next-of-kin notification sheet.” She added and he grew cold.
“So I can count on official notification if anything happens to you.” He replied dryly. She nodded and hugged him tight.
“I’ll owl you too. Maybe you can come to the next ‘Allrise’ show.” Her smile was weak and crooked and he wished with all his heart that they had just a little longer. He knew it wouldn’t be enough; it would never be enough -- he wanted forever.
“As soon as Harry finishes Voldemort I am coming to Virginia and asking you to marry me.” He told her fiercely.
“I’ll be waiting.” She promised him with eyes and heart and he nodded, finally releasing her.
She turned and walked out of his life, going to take the Hogwarts Express with the students back to London. There was an international portkey waiting for her somewhere in Charing Cross Station and that was that.
He turned and walked around the room, memories crowding in on him like children, tugging at his sleeve, drawing him to this spot or that, replaying ten months of his life.
“I’m sorry, Severus.” Albus’ voice was tired and full of regret.
“I’m not.” Severus replied and realized with some surprise that he wasn’t. He had gained more than he ever expected that he would. A brilliant, amazing witch with warm chocolate eyes loved him, thought he was wonderful and sexy and perfect just as he was. “I am going to marry her one day, Albus.” He turned and smiled at his friend.
“I am quite sure of that, Severus.” Albus smiled back, surprise mingled with pleasure on his face. “She was good for you.”
“We are good for each other.” He answered, correcting his friend’s past tense, and headed off to the dungeons to write a love letter.
His next meeting with Voldemort left him in agony. Kathryn’s departure threw many of the Dark Lord’s plans into disarray. He refused to believe that Kathryn had no choice but to return, instead deciding that Severus had been too ugly and graceless to woo her into love.
Voldemort was also furious that Aurors had found his hotel. They had broken in and he had only been able to escape with Bella, but had lost his ‘breeding stock’. Severus hid his pleasure deep inside. His screaming argument with Kingsley Shacklebolt was worth it, every moment of anguished screams under ‘Cruciatus’ was worth it. The girls were safe and had been sent home to heal.
Pansy Parkinson had been sent into hiding, free of Voldemort, free of Death Eaters and without a child growing in her womb. The others had been given the choice to abort or carry and every last one of them had refused to bear the children of the Death Eaters.
He had wanted to visit Pansy, to see if she was okay, but didn’t dare. She had named several Death Eaters, as had the other girls, but she had not even breathed Severus’ name. Pansy had protected him, even as he had protected her.
He held that thought to him as he bled out onto the leaves and twigs of the Forbidden Forest. He had no strength after apparating to rise and walk to the school. He held an image of Kathryn in his mind as he waited for Hagrid and Fang to find him.
Hagrid lifted the unconscious man and was startled by the peaceful smile he wore.
“Per’fessor, I’ll jus’ be gettin\' ya ta Madam Pomfrey now.” Hagrid’s voice was gentle and soothing as he carried the limp bundle to the Hospital Wing.
It was just another summer at Hogwarts.