Why Should I Do It | By : fortheloveofDrizzt Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 22325 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11 |
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A/N: I am sorry that this chapter has taken so long to get to you, but I feel that I gave you a bit of a double chapter instead of splitting this one in two. Now for the Reviews from all you wonderful people that make me want to write this story.
Kat: I like Blarry and I like Snarry. This is just one of those that might trip you up on what is what. I like surprises in my stories and random twists make it better than anything.
Delia Cerrano: I have another story..that damned plot-bunny..in the works just for you and our fellow Snarry readers. I really enjoy that coupling and would ask you to wait for this story to unfold and you will see some slippery things. *wink wink*
Staar: I am glad to have a new reader. I am sorry to tell you that I will not be making this a three-some with Draco. I am not a fan of their pairing never have been.
To all of my other readers, I love each and every review you send me, and when I get them they feel like small bits of encouragement telling me "Yes you can do it. You are a good writer."
Alright, enough of my hormones. ON TO THE STORY!As dawn first broke all the inhabitants of the castle were still asleep, save one. Harry Potter. The young brunette was just waking for the day as the sun was peaking in through the windows of his room and onto his bed. He smiled softly as he stretched, his body arching roughly against the mattress.
He slid from under the covers as he made his way to the loo, needing to take care of the increasing pressure growing on his bladder. He finished his morning ablutions before he called for a house elf, asking for breakfast. He smiled as the food appeared on his desk. Taking a moment to dress before he went after his breakfast.
He looked over at the small clock on his desk, it was almost seven. He still had an hour and a half before he had to meet with Remus and his mystery mate. Smiling softly to himself he pulled out his notes on the effects of wolfsbane and bicorn horn on the human body after the potion ran its course during the full moon. He was going over the anatomy of the werewolf and the build up of both ingredients causing severe pain after their transformations. He sighed as he pulled several different notes from the personal accounts of werewolves over the past fifteen years and the build up causing some of them to become crippled.
He sighed and piled his notes back together into a manilla folder as he checked the clock again. It was a quarter until nine. He had fifteen minutes to make it across the castle to meet with his godfather and the man's mate. He quickly ran his fingers through his hair before pulling it back in a low pony. Taking care to shut the door after him, he shifted to Koda, racing his way across the castle to then entrance hall.
The brunette paused in an alcove making sure that he wasn't seen as he watched his godfather engage in a battle of tongues with another man. Shifting back to his normal form he had to rub his eyes to make sure that he wasn't dreaming what was going on in front of him. After a moment he smiled wickedly to himself. Sneaking up behind the occupied pair, he coughed loudly.
The pair of bodies seperated with matching looks of shock and embarassment on their faces. Harry had to try hard to keep from laughing at the pair, "Good morning. I hope I'm not interuppting anything." The young man chuckled at the pair of them as their faces were becoming a deeper shade of red.
Remus coughed into his hand as he looked over at Bill and chuckled weakly, "Harry, this is Bill. He's my mate."
Harry chuckled, "Hey Bill, been a few years yeah?"
The redhead nodded as he looked over at Remus, "It was about two years ago, yeah?"
With a nod the young man looked over the pair of them and smiled, "So when we get done shopping, you two are going to be telling me exactly how this came to be."
Remus nodded and smiled, "No problem pup. Now where exactly do you need to go?"
Harry nodded and pulled out his list, "Well, I need to go to Eeylops for Hedwig, Flouish and Blotts, Potage's, Slug and Jiggers, and finally Madame Malkins." He chuckled as Remus paled at the mention of Madame Malkin's, "I told you that if I was going to be getting a new wardrobe then so were you. You even promised me Remmy."
Bill smiled and pulled Remus to him, wrapping an arm around his waist. He pulled out a rather heavy sack from his pocket and passed it over to Harry, "It's taking almost three hours for the general public to gain entrance to the vaults. Something to do with the triple checks on everyone's identiry even if they have their key and their wands."
Harry nodded, "Thanks Bill." He stuffed the bag into his pocket opposite the one with his shopping list in it. Harry nodded to the pair of them, "We can stop and get something to eat in Hogsmeade or we can eat here when we get back but you will be telling me everything about how this happened or I will let Dumbledore pick out both of your wardrobes." He grinned wickedly as he walked down the road outside of the castle grounds.
Both men paled at the thought of Dumbledore picking out their wardrobe before chasing after the young man.
As the trio of men made it past the wards on the castle grounds, Bill pulled them both close as he apperated them to the small alley behind the Leaky Cauldron.
After they made it through the barrier into the street Harry smiled and checked the frist items, "Portage's will be first." With a nod from the two men Harry headed into to the shop. He took his time going over the cauldrons along the wall, before making his way to the elderly gentleman behind the counter. With a nod Harry began to speak, "Good morning sir. I am in need one of each of the following including the stirring rods for the accompanying cauldrons. They are copper, brass, silver, solid gold and a collapsible."
The older man nodded and produced several of each of the cauldronss. A few of them had severe designs on them, the rest were plain. Harry took almost fifteen minutes checking each of the cauldrons making sure that they would hold up to the strains that he would be putting them under with each and every potion that was designed for them. When he was finished with each oth the cauldrons, he set the best aside and decided that those were the ones that he was going to keep.
Looking over at the cauldrons the man nodded at Harry's choices, as Harry smiled at him in return pulling the galleons from his pocket and dropping roughly a hundred of them on the counter before looking over at the gentleman, "Would it be possible to have these delivered to me at Hogwarts? I still have more to shop for and would prefer to continue shopping without the added weight."
The older man nodded, "I would normally be able to ship them off to Hogwarts, but unfortunatly now that there is only one day left before the school term starts up I have all available owls collecting the rest of my stock before the train leaves in the morning."
Nodding to that, "Would you be able to hold these until I come back through? I should be back before you close for the night."
With a nod the man summoned the cauldrons and set them behind the counter with himself, "Patrick Potage, Mr. Potter. I will hold them until you come back, or I will bring them to Hogwarts myself after I close should you forget."
Harry nodded, "Thank you sir." With a motion to the pair leaning against the wall they left the shop and made their way over to Madame Malkins that was right next door.
Bill groaned, "Harry, why did you spend so much time going over each of the cauldrons? Aren't they all the same?"
With a shake of his head, "No. Each of the cauldrons I put aside had some sort of deformaty and they would not have held up to numerous potions and the temperatures of majority the potions."
Bill nodded and looked over at Remus, "You need new clothes. How about I go and get the books that you will be needing Harry then when I get back we can make Remus model for us."
Harry chuckled, "You mean he can model for you while I shake my head and feel mortified that my godfather and his mate are enjoying themselves." Harry pulled the note from his pocket and handed it over to Bill, "Have them pull whatever the cost is from my vault. I don't care how much each of the tomes are. They are needed."
Bill nodded, "I will." With that the man left the store hurrying on his way over to Flourish and Blotts.
Harry chuckled as Bill ran off to the book shop before he turned and headed inside of Madame Malkins. He was followed closely by Remus, "Harry please. I don't need new clothes."
Harry shook his head and looked over at his godfather, "Remmy, you promised. I don't want you to have to be in threadbare clothing anymore. I know how it is to wear clothing that should no longer be worn by a human being." He looked up into Remus's eyes, "Trust me. I want to do it for you. If it was for anyone else I wouldn't have offered." He Hugged the werewolf into a hard hug, "I love you and want you to be taken care of. Mum, Dad, and Sirius wouldn't want you to be like this. And it's not like I am making you get everything new. I just want you to have a few new robes. Maybe a jumper or two."
With a sigh Remus held Harry, "Pup, I don't want you spending money you could be using on your future for someone like me."
Harry glared at Remus, "I swear to all that is holy, I will get you to see some that you are worth something." He stepped back from the man and looked him over, "If anyone is worse off in this situation it is me. I am a freaking elf, that is supposed to fight and kill a monster that killed his own parents and lived in one of the most magic hating house. Trust me when I say you are worth it."
The werewolf nodded, after being thoroughly chastised. He sat in one of the chairs off to the side of shop, "Get your clothes and I will sit here so you and Bill can choose clothes for me."
Harry nodded as he made his way over to the racks, pulling nothing items made of nothing but silk or mirror velvet. He ran the fabrics over his hand to make sure that they were soft enough against his skin. With a small smile he started to pull several pairs of black and charcoal slacks off the racks and admiring the feel of the fabric on his skin. He held the clothing close to him as he jumped when he heard Madame Malkin clear her throat. Looking over at the woman he gave her a shy smile, "Good morning."
The seamstress smiled at him, "Good morning Mr. Potter. Can I help you find anything?"
Harry nodded as he set the pants he chose on the counter. He pulled out a small photo from his pocket depicting a gangster from the early nineteen hundreds in America. He smiled as he looked at the picture of a young man in his mid to late twenties dressed in dark slacks, a dress shirt that was a solid color with a white collar. The young man was wearing a double buttoned vest in a dark red, looking at the camera holding a machine gun, "If at all possible I want to dress like the young man in the picture, but the fabric needs to be really soft. I can't handle anything rougher than the softest of wool."
The woman nodded, "Well that is a different style that I am used to but I think I have something that can match it." She bustled off to the side as motioned with her wand to make the shirts she requested appear, "How about silk for the shirts, and I'm thinking, black, white, a light lavender, a soft pink, steel gray, and of course a navy."
Harry nodded, "What about the vests and ties?" He hung his head, "I'm terrible at fashion I just want things that I can match everything to everything and it won't seem too far off."
She smiled and motioned for vests and ties to come at her, "How about a double button vest in, black, charcoal gray, a deep crimson, emerald, and sapphire. As for the ties how about, a red with small diagonal pinstripes in black, a solid black, a solid white, a black with alternating white stripes, and perhaps a couple in solid colors."
Harry nodded in acceptance at her choices. He just hoped that he would be able to pull off the look and match the clothing so he didn't look like a complete idiot. He moved away from the clothing racks and over to the side of the store that held all the different style shoes. He was drawn to a pair of black ankle high lace up boots. He smiled as he saw the wingtip style on the shoes and pulled them off the rack giving them a good once over. He looked over at Madame Malkin, "Would these work as a match to the rest of the clothing?"
She nodded, "You have a good eye there Mr. Potter. Now we will add those to your clothing already on the counter, then we can finish up by picking your robes and I am assuming that with a complete wardrobe, you are in need of socks and underwear?"
With a deep blush crossing his face Harry nodded, "Yes." He wandered to the back of the room and picked out several different pairs of trunks and a few different pairs of black and navy socks. He hurried to put them on the pile of clothing that was growing by leaps and bounds. He turned back to the woman as she pulled over several different black robes, "I was wondering if you could tailor them to fit and yet be loose and comfortable rather than flashy. Maybe two in silk, and three in crushed velvet. I will need one more as a dress robe, but that can be added later. I will have some extra free time on the weekends. Perhaps something with a celtic feel in a charcoal with silver and burgundy accents?"
The woman nodded and pulled out all of the robes with her, "Here are the five you asked for and I will work on the other one over the weekend." She packed everything into several large bags before turning back to Harry, "Now Mr. Potter, is there anything else that I can do for you?"
Harry nodded and grinned, "I want a few new wardrobe items for my godfather once his mate returns."
She turned to look at Remus and smiled softly, "I take it the man sitting there looking like he is going to be attacked at any moment is the man you are going to be getting the new clothes for?"
Harry nodded and his grin grew as Bill made it into the shop. He looked over at Harry and nodded, "Hey mate. Sorry I took so long, these are rare books and the ones that I could get weren't cheap."
Harry nodded as he shrunk his bags with the clothing inside of them before heading over to Bill and his godfather, "Alright have at him, but only a few items to add to the wardrobe."
After nearly an hour of Bill and Harry picking out a few clothes to add to Remus's wardrobe. Harry paid for all of the clothes before they made their way out into the street heading towards Slug and Jiggers.
As they approached the apothecary Harry chuckled softly at the face that his godfather was making. His own nose crinkled slightly at the smell coming from the shop, "Remmy, if the smell is too much maybe you can go to and get the owl treats I need from Eeylops. Then you can wait outside of the shop until we are done. That way you aren't dealing with the worst of the smells. I might be a little while in here so if it gets too much for either of you, you can wait outside together." He smiled at the pair for a moment before turning serious, "Just no snogging. I don't need to see that so soon after the first time."
Bill laughed as Remus turned slightly red before nodding to Harry, "I'll be back shortly." He smiled and gave Bill's hand a small squeeze before he left the pair.
Harry and Bill headed into the shop and the brunette grabbed several shopping baskets before he made his way down the aisles, pausing every so often pulling ingredients from the shelves and carefully placing them in the one of the baskets. After filling the first two baskets with ingredients to resupply his kit he started filling the last basket with ingredients to add to his personal stock, for when he started on his werewolf project. He pulled several vials and bundles of each ingredient he came to. Sighing when he looked at the basket that was full of nux myristica, wiggentree bark, valerian, asphodel, dittany, pomegranate juice, runespoor eggs, silverweed, wolfsbane, and all the various stages of fluxweed.
As he looked over the ingredients his mind began to wander or the possiblities, with pomegranate juice he could fortify the human body enough to deal with the change, runespoor eggs to help them regain their human mind, valerian and asphodel to heal any damage that the change may have had on the muscles, and of course wolfsbane to keep the wolf under control as the body transforms.
Nearly an hour in the shop before he finished up and placed all the ingredients back into a bag, being extremely careful to makes sure none of the ingredients would rub against each other or even mix slightly. Bill had made it outside a little more than twenty minutes ago when the smells of the apothecary got too much for him. With a sigh Harry left the shop and made his way over to the pair, "Hey you guys ready to stop at Potage's then we can eat at the Leaky Cauldron or at Hogwarts?"
Bill chuckled, "Lets just get back to Hogwarts. Something just doesn't smell right."
Remus nodded and motioned for them to go ahead of them as he drew his wand, "We need to hurry. Something doesn't feel right out here."
Harry sighed before picking up the pace to collect the rest of his things. Harry entered Potage's and left quickly after retrieving his cauldrons to see Bill and Remus working in tandem shielding each other and firing off hexes towards their attackers. As they both noticed Harry's arrival on the scene, Remus shoved the youngest one behind him as they began to back up the Alley heading towards the Leaky Cauldron.
Harry drew his wand as he saw Bellatrix Lestrange, his mind screaming at her as he silently cast Sectumsempra slashing her across the face.
The deranged woman yowled in anger as she turned facing the young man, her eyes filled with hatred as he sent hexes and curses after them. Growling, Harry dropped his cauldrons as he shouted Proteggere, created a large green dome in front of the three. He held the shield as he turned to the other two, "Remmy make a portkey. Bill grab everything. As soon as the portkey is ready grab me and activate it."
Remus pulled a small chocolate bar wrapper from his pocket as he began to make the portkey, while Bill made sure to grab everything that they had bought throughout the day, shrinking it all and dropping it into the cauldrons.
Harry continued to hold the shield casting a quick expulso at her feet, knocking her on her back and out of it for a few seconds. He stared at her as he dropped his shield, "AVADA KE-"
He was grabbed by two entities as he felt the hard pull at his navel as the portkey was activated. He closed his mouth as he tried to keep from getting sick when they landed just outside of the Hogwarts gates. Harry winced as he landed hard on his side before he promptly threw up, his entire body shaking as every nerve in his body errupted in searing pain.
Voldemort held his wand over the body of Bellatrix, "You let them excape didn't you?" He flicked his wand from her removing the curse.
He panted as she looked up at him, "Please forgive me master. The elf knew a powerful spell. He even knew Snape's Sectumsempra."
Voldermort's red eyes closed to mere slits as he glared at her, "How am I to trust you when you can not even best an elf?" He continued to glare at her, "CRUCIO!" He cackled as he watched his most faithful follower scream and writh in pain. After several minutes of keeping her under the curse he released her and turned to the rest of the gathering, "My friends, there has been no news of Harry Potter or his movements at all this summer. Where is he now that he has passed his seventeenth birthday? We know he is no longer with muggle relatives, and he is not staying at his godfather's or even with the bloodtraitors." The man turned and made his way across the room to stand directly in front of Severus Snape, "My dear Severus, is young Harry Potter at Hogwarts?"
Severus bowed before he spoke, "My Lord, the Potter spawn has not shown himself at Hogwarts. There are whispers among members of Dumbledore's Order that he was to be hiding in Egypt with the oldest Weasley and the werewolf Lupin."
Voldemort grinned at Severus as the dark wizard forced himself to remain impassive. Voldemort began walking away before turning back to face Severus, "Perhaps after the next meeting you should report to me so I can send our people to do something before we have run out of time."
Severus nodded, "Forgive me My L-" His words were cut short as he was hit with the Cruciatus curse.
Remus and Bill stared at Harry, doing their best to keep him from slamming his head against the hard bricks that formed the road. Bill had sent off his patronus towards the school to bring everyone that could possibly help them with Harry. As Madame Pomfrey made her way down the road farther behind her were professors McGonagall and Dumbledore, Severus Snape apperated in right next to the trio. He looked down watching the young elf sob as his body shook uncontrollably, "Pick him up and move him inside the wards. The Dark Lord is searching for him."
As carefully as he could manage, Bill lifted the young elf from the ground with a loud grunt. He looked over at Remus, "Can you cast a featherlight charm on him." He sighed with relief as he felt the weight in his arms seemed slip away as if the young man weighed next to nothing. The group made their way up to the castle as fast as possible, neither of them speaking to each other lest it slow them in their haste.
By the time they had made it to the castle, Harry was starting to wake. He groaned softly as his eyes blinked open slowly. His hand moved shakily to cover his eyes, "Remmy..." His voice was barely just above a harsh whisper, "Is Snape okay?"
Bill nodded and he looked down at Harry, "Severus is alright Harry. He is walking with us on our way to the hospital wing."
Harry shook his head violently, "NO. Not the hospital. Just put me in my bed. There are potions...in my bedside table."
Bill and Remus shared a look before Remus nodded, "Sure pup. Is it alright if Poppy comes and makes sure that you're alright?"
With a nod Harry closed his eyes trying to ignore the fire that was racing through his body from the Cruicos that hen had felt. He whimpered as he was placed in the bed, "Damn it." He looked up at the figures hovering around his bed, "Professor, in the drawer there is a small black box. Hand me the sage green potion and one of the teal."
Severus nodded as he pulled out the box, flipping it open to grab the two potions and handing them over to Harry, "When you are felling better, you are going to tell me what it is that you just took. Now I must go and make a report to Albus."
As Snape made to leave Harry's bedside, the young man's arm snapped out to grab hold of the dark wizard's arm, "Take a teal one." He looked up into his professor's eyes, "It helps ease the fire." With a nod Harry let go of his professor's arm before drifting off to sleep.
Harry didn't wake until the middle of dinner. He groaned as he rolled over on the bed looking at his watch sitting on the bedside table. He stretched roughly, his back cracking loudly before he got out of the bed. His body was still aching but he knew that it would be fine after a long soak in the tub where he could let his muscles relax. Shuffling his way to the bathroom he sighed as he saw the tub. Quickly turning the taps on he gently pulled his clothes off with a lot of whimpering as his muscles protested every movement he made.
Once he was undressed he slid into the tub, enjoying the hot water as his muscles slowly started to relax. He flipped the water off with his foot before he rested his eyes. It was close to eight when he was woken by a knock on the bathroom door. He looked up from his chest and saw that he was stilll in the bath. He whimpered and he pulled himself out of the tub, grabbing a large and fluffy black towel, making sure to wrap it around his waist before opening the bathroom door.
Taking a step back he saw a dark imposing figure on the other side of his door, "Professor. How are you?"
Snape took a step back when he realized the manner of dress, or lack there of and cleared his throat, "I am fine Potter. Perhaps you should get dressed, after we can talk."
Harry nodded, passing the older man on his way to the bedroom. He smiled slightly as he looked over at his wardrobe seeing that Remus put all of his clothes away from shopping earlier that day. He pulled out a pair of trunks and slipped them on followed by a pair of pajama bottoms, and a blue tank top. He quickly ran a brush through his hair before pulling it back and making his way out to the sitting room, "Would you care for something to drink Professor?" Harry moved over to a small kitchenette and put his kettle on the stove before looking over at the man.
Snape nodded, "Tea will be fine."
Harry nodded and pulled a small plate of biscuits out of a cupboard and removed the stasis charm on them. Carefully setting the plate on a small coffee table, "Alright, I going to be up and down waiting for the kettle and then for the tea. So, what did you need to talk to me about?"
Snape sat back looking at the elf, "First things first. What caused the episode earlier after you returned from Diagon Alley? You were convulsing and writhing on the ground looking as if you were in the throws of the Cruciatis curse."
Harry nodded as he pulled the kettle when it started to whistle. He pulled a decent sized tea pot out and started the tea, grabbing to mugs by the handle and the pot he carried them over to the coffee table to let it brew. He sat back and took a deep breath, "Since the Snake took my blood, during the tournament, I have felt almost every spell he casts. When he triggers your mark, you feel a burn correct?" When he saw Snapes nod he continued as he took the tea pot pouring for both. He summoned a bottle of lemon juice and added it to his own mug before he took a sip, "I know that there is something that Dumbledore has not told me and also that there is a large connection between both the Snake and myself. Every time he casts Crucio, I feel it as if I am the one being hit with it. I also see everything that he does, to all of you." He took a large sip from his mug looking down at the tea pot avoiding the gaze of the potions master.
Taking a sip from his own cup, Severus looked over at his soon to be apprentice, "What was in the phial that you made me take? What did you mean that it 'helps with the fire'?"
Setting down his own mug he sighed, "It helps to dull the rapidly firing nerve ending that cause the pain from the curse."
Intrigued the older wizard raised his eyebrow, "How did you come to create it? Who was the test subject?"
Harry chuckled, "I was the test subject. As for the first question, I studied muggles." He watched as a look of confusion flashed across Snape's face and smiled, "The muggles have a disease that causes their nerves to fire randomly in clusters. I took what I could find on the disease and what they were working for as to a cure or even a suppression tactic and ran with it. Without it, I would have been unable to move for days on end." He stood and made his way over to his desk, pulling out three different note books before returning back to the chairs, "These are all the notes on the potion. Right now I am struggling to find a suitable way to prevent a tolerance of the asphodel and the valerian."
Snape nodded and looked over the notes rather quickly before setting them down, "I think we have just figured out what we can do you thesis on for your mastery. Perhaps this will help everyone who is struggling from the effects of the curse or even the muggle disease, if you can create a way to make it with ingredients available to the muggle world."
Harry nodded, "Did you take the potion? Or did you just put it into one of your pockets so you could try and pull it apart later when you had the free time?"
Severus nodded and pulled the teal vial out from one of his many pockets, "I wasn't sure if it would knock me out or if it was a delayed poison. I am still unsure of what to do with the son of my enemy." He had a soft smirk as he looked over his mug at Harry.
The elf chuckled and smiled, "Now why would I care to kill one of the greatest potions makers on the island? That would be contradictory to my plans of furthering my education and not to mention my very existence causes you stress."
Hopefully the next chapter should not take so long for me to get to you. This one took a while because I had hit a road block as to who I was going to make Remus's mate. I do like the Severus/Remus pairing but it would be hard for them to get along after the whole attempted werewolf munching on a young Snape.
I have already started on the next chapter and it is going to include everyones favorite couple...Won-Won and Hermy. (can you feel the love I have for them?)
-Drizzt
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