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What can go wrong? completed	By : Kvarta Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 15096 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Lost
- 2-Complicated
- 3-Interesting
- 4-Kitten
- 5-Gratification
- 6-Openness
- 7-Revenge
- 8-Promising
- 9-Lesson
- 10-Looney
- 11-Naked
- 12-Up-side-down
- 13-Breath-taking
- 14-Insights
- 15-Irreparable
- 16-Thrill
- 17-Tight
- 18-Shift
- 19-Tapping
- 20-Discomforting
- 21-Skin-deep
- 22-Intense
- 23-Knotted
- 24-Pivot
- 25-Bridle
- 26-Redefining
- 27-Quell
- 28-Fushion
- 29-Essentials
- 30-Interlace
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A/N: I tinkered with this chapter so much that I ended up with something radically different than original. This is completely Sev's POV, yeah I did lost myself a bit but after so much re-writing I'm kind of fond of it now, and I hope you will too.
Irreparable
Water cascaded against his body. Muscles on his back, dense plackets, contracted so much that they created rugged path from which droplets disperse and run in small rivulets. His forehead pressed against tills between his hands. His whole body strained like a bow-string ready to snap. One hand curled in a fist, like in a slow motion then forcefully flexed in a punch, breaking the skin, he grinded his fist next to the wall. Thin stream of pale blood tickled down the ceramics, swirled around his feet and disappeared in a drain. He mashed his fist against the cold surface once more, like physical pain could appease his mind. It couldn’t, nothing could. Lungs painfully fluttered, air couldn’t reach them, and it had nothing to do with steam filled bathroom. His body flexed against the bathroom wall, hand grinded further into the pristine tills almost like he was trying to drill the hole in the wall with his bare hand. It took him two days to still his mind, to regain equilibrium once again. And that, so much needed, peace was taken from him now, yanked under his feet like a rug, leaving him to helplessly flutter and hope that he won’t fall. His mind drifted to this morning...
…The scene on the door reminded him of the scene from black and white, c grade, gangster movie. Harry was holding Bill, placed under several heavy charms, so heavy that they would discombobulate T-Rex little less wizard, on top of it all Bill had a bag over his head. He wondered if anything will be accomplished today, but Harry did possess at least some skill and Bill was functional in no time and he did perform the tests on them…
… Cringed at the memory how much insight he gained from that, no diagnostic spell could reveal so much while pain dig its talons to his stomach, gutting him. He knew, even before Bill had a chance to say anything, he knew without any doubt what was wrong with her, to what degree and how it could be managed. Pressed his forehead to the tills with more force, not wanting to dwell on his reaction at that revelation…
…Hermione was in the kitchen with Harry, he could hear them chatting. Bill looked serious and grim.
- I know you have your doubts, but read this first. – said Bill handing him a letter
He read the letter twice, ever word carving itself in his brain. Finally, he looked at Bill, silent, waiting, fully aware of hers, and by the extend, his predicament. She certainly didn’t deserve what would come if the magical bond breaks, or if the truth is revealed.
- You do understand severity of the situation? –
- Who knows about this? –
- You and me, the healer…had a accident with a memory potion combined with strong memory charm. –
- You didn’t tell Potter? –
- Luna and Harry know that her core is split, but they are unaware of the full extent of her condition. You are her guardian, willing or not. Decision is yours and hers, once when she learns about her condition and its repercussions. –
- Leave her in dark for now. –
- You know that I won’t pressure you, but I’d like to know your decision so I can act accordingly. –
- Bill, I’m not a full. I know that you want to give me the choice, but the matter of the fact is, that choice never existed. –
- Are you sure? You are allowed time to think things through. –
- And what am I supposed to do? Turn my back on the woman who gave me my freedom? Desert her? Everyone else will, and you know it. Condemn her? –
- I never suggested that. -
- What are you suggesting then? Do you know how much damage would cause any other decision? –
- Severus, this won’t affect only her, it will influence you as well. This…this is for life, there will be no backing out. –
- Do not lecture me Mr. Weasley, I still do remember you sitting in my classroom. And, do not take me for some weak shivering idiot. – he shook his head – Whatever the outcome is, she is the one to suffer the consequences, more than me. –
- You will have to have the strength. And she will try to get rid of you. –
- I know, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I can play to her weaknesses well enough. If we leave things as they are now, she can go on and live her life, we all can, and none will be wiser. I think we should bring Potter on the loop, but only under my conditions. – …
…They were sitting in the library, Hermione slept, sedated by powerful sleeping draught, he couldn’t risk her overhearing the conversation. Potter looked at them annoyed
- Calm down Harry, she can’t know, not yet. – Bill tried to reason with Potter
- It is her life, she has every right to know. -
- And she will, when the time comes. –
- And who will decide when is the time? You? – Potter snapped, glaring at him with anger, once again turning to stubborn defiant boy he was before
- Precisely Potter, when I deem it’s necessary, and not a moment before. –
- You have no right… -
- I have every right. I should hex you to an inch of your life for the mess you brought on me, for involving me into this. However, for better or worse, it turned out to be the best possible solution for Miss Granger and on that account alone, I’ll let it slide. But do not make a mistake of thinking that you got away that easy, you Mr Potter are in my debt now, and I always collect. – he hissed, spilling all pent-up anger at the Boy Wonder – You have an opportunity here, to learn what we know or continue living in blissful ignorance. The choice is entirely up to you. –
- I want to know! Of course, I want to know. –
- Mind you Harry, you can’t tell anyone, not a living soul. – warned Bill – You will have to agree to a precautionary measure, and it might come the time when that will go against your Auror’ oath. Both, Severus and I, will hold you to your word, not to reveal what you know, consciously or unconsciously. -
Harry leaned back at the chair, his face paling when the gravity of situation dawned on him
- How? –
- You will take an oath, a wizarding oath. – he told in a calm voice, much calmer than he really felt
- Unbreakable – whispered Potter paling, specks of sweat coating his forehead
- Precisely. -
– Who? –
- Me. Bill will evoke it. –
- And Bill? –
- Don’t you worry about Bill. What you learn today, won’t ever leave this room. –…
…He could feel Potter's hand tremble against his as they repeated the words provided by Bill. Magic nipped and tugged on his skin and soul, but this time oath was not the burden, not his. Potter released his hand and he flexed his wrist. Harry slumped in the chair, rubbing his forearm, pale but determined, casted him one not-so-friendly gaze and sighed
- Ok, I took the oath, talk now. –
- Hermione is in danger, from the splitting of her core. – Bill raised his hand to prevent Potter from speaking – You will understand, in time, the wizarding community do tend to deal with certain problems in a narrow minded and barbaric way. – Bill sighed – And with a problem Hermione has…no one else will try to find the solution, they will try to dispose of her. -
- Give him a letter. – he watched as Bill handed the letter to Potter. The boy read the letter frowning and returned it to Bill, confused
- I don’t understand. –
- Ignorance, indeed, is a bliss. –
- He couldn’t know Severus. – Bill smiled at him –Tell me Harry, did you noticed occasional unintentional outburst of Hermione’s magic when you were in school. –
- No, her magic was always stable. She was the best in charms and transfiguration out all of us, even Ravenclaw’s. Wait, isn’t this caused by the curse Bellatrix placed on her? –
- No, it is not, she is free of curses, all but one. It started before, much before that. Damage to her magical core is beyond repair in the worse possible way. For split to be this severe, it had to happen during her school days. –
- But how? Basilisk? Dolohov’s curse? How far back? –
- Third, maybe fourth year at the latest. –
- I didn’t notice anything, but I didn’t pay much attention…Merlin! And no one else noticed? – Potter palled more, visibly trembling, he could almost see the guilt threading its poisonous strands around Potter’s soul
- The first signs are subtle, one would have to know what he sees. – Bill’s attempt to appease the boy was valiant and off the mark
- Dumbledore probably did… - he clipped with a smirk leaving the rest of the sentence hanging in the air
- I…I try to understand but…how serious it is? Will she become a squib? – the boy was thick as a log, he leaned on his knees, waving his fingers in a tight knot, annoyed with Bill’s tactful approach
- Quite the opposite, and so much more than that. Are you familiar with the term “split personality” in the muggle world, Potter? –
- I am. Do you want to tell me that Hermione… - Potter choked on his own words
- No, not in that sense. – he hoped he will be able to explain in layman’s terms – As a wizards and witches, we have to focus our feelings, out intent in order to perform magic, magic we drew from our magical core. For core to stay whole…it demands of us, in a way, to be whole as personalities, not sane, and not good or bad, just accepting of who we truly are. Also, as we grow older our magic grows with us, becomes stronger. You have to understand how she came to where she is now, how splitting happens. Hermione pushed herself too far, she tried to stifle a part of who she is in order to be what was expected of her. – he observed Potter’s reactions, the boy palled more and more – Mind you, if she pushed herself only in school, she wouldn’t have suffered this fate. She is, after all, incredibly strong witch, with very strong will and studious personality. –
- But then…how? –
- It probably started small, making nips and cracks in her core, for example she would forego going to the party for writing an essay. We all do that in a course of a life span, it is human nature after all, and our core mends. On its own that won’t cause much damage, she would enter puberty and her needs would overweight her self-imposed discipline…she would complete herself. Discovered the way to be annoying know-it-all and to be a young woman that enjoys life at the same time. -
- But it was war, she tried… and we… we all counted on her, on her smarts. And Ron was… Even after the war…we still pushed her. – muttered Potter
- Exactly. She kept pushing herself. That created bigger, more serious cracks in her core, still not severe enough but certainly far more serious. And still, not so dangerous, mendable. Bellatrix’ curse didn’t help, it didn’t made things worse, just…more difficult. –
- I thought that the curse… what was it? – asked Potter and looked at Bill
- Bellatrix cursed her with affliction of sorts, but Hermione resisted it, that certainly influenced her ability to refill and renew her magical reserves. However, Bella’s curse helped her, in one way, even if it incapacitated her in the other, thus forcing her to further deny herself certain aspects of her nature. –
- What was the affliction? –
- Akin to succubus. If she engaged in the…intercourse…- Bill cleared his throat uncomfortably - …before the curse was removed, she would have acted like succubus. –
- To prevent you from asking any of the stupid questions that, I am sure, swimming in the broth you call brain, Potter, let me remind you that Miss Granger is young woman and sexual being like the rest of us. -
- But that…did that… ? –
- If you want the triggers, it is hard to guess them correctly. For split to occur, you need intense trauma, something truly traumatic. Even more than… - he waved his hand - The damage of that intensity could’ve been caused by the modification of her parent’s memories, so the first serious tear had to happen then. She went to the healer only after she noticed the signs, and she noticed them after she discovered that she can’t reverse the modification. If I have to guess when the first split happened, it was around that time. –
- I agree with Severus. But having the curse from Bellatrix was blessing in disguise, it was strong enough to help her keep her magic in check. –
- I wager that after that she had a steep decline. Her core was severely compromised, damaged with tears and gashes, unable to replenish and heal itself properly due to her resisting to the affliction. If it is caught at early stages split core can be healed, her condition was neglected for far too long I’m afraid. Parts of her core are completely separated, one half, the Hermione we know, and the other the Hermione she tried to stifle and deny. –
- Is she… is he crazy? –
- No, this is rather plastic interpretation of what is happening to her. She is perfectly sane, just unbalanced. –
- There must be something, anything…Can either of you help her? –
- There is…something, it isn’t the cure but it would help her to stay stable… and, that is best we can do. There is no cure that can heal her fully, not now. -
- What is it? Is it something illegal? I don’t care how much it costs, money is not an issue… –
- Harry, I beg you to stay calm… -
- You are scaring me Bill. Can it be procured? –
- First of all, her condition must remain secret, and the best way for that to happen is…well…for her to stay as she is now, with Severus. The bonding of magic can help her stabilise by creating an outlet for her instability. The magic of bonded partner, if its strong enough, can balance hers. For all we know, maybe the curse she released acted the way it did, tied them the way it did, in order to heal her. If that is true, Hermione is still fighting, even if she doesn’t know it. – huffed Bill and Harry bulged his eyes
- Oh! – turning to him Harry looked at him almost pleadingly –What would happen to her when…if you discover how to break the bond? –
- Hopefully we won’t have to find out. –
- Otherwise we wouldn’t be leading this conversation right now, wouldn’t we? –
- She will go mental when she finds out. Hermione would never want to…to do that, to stay with you. –
- I’d rather not think what might happen if she finds out, it must be her idea…for us to stay officially bonded…and it will be. I fully intend to conceal the fact, that it is the part of her “cure”, from her. – a sly smile danced around his lips
- Part of it. –
- There is a potion, she is already taking it, it can mend her condition up to a point, create the pathways between the two parts of her core, making it easier for them to communicate. If her condition was noticed before, addressed properly, this potion would be all she needs, but now it is only a crutch. –
- You have to understand full extent of Severus’ decision Harry. Of sacrifice Severus is making and danger he places himself in. –
- What sacrifice? What danger? –
- As long as they are officially bonded, neither of them can marry someone else, in wizarding or muggle world. Their “marriage” will keep the secret because she won’t be close to anyone else to notice that something is amiss. –
- But if she decides to divorce…her condition will become known, even more so if their bond is only temporary due to a curse and not a real bond. And if she decides to stay filled as married to you she will face public accusations, along with you. -
- That’s right, Potter. Damned if you do damned, if you don’t. –
- And how this bond puts you in danger? –
- Bill. –
- As I explained to you before, Harry, bonded partners share their magic. It can make them more stable, magically stronger. To be bonded to someone in Hermione’s condition, the partner must control not only their magic but also emotions as well. If the partner loses control…you basically have not one but two outbursts of wild magic. Hermione is extremely powerful witch…the wild magic is raw, hard to control even when is weak… in her chase it wouldn’t be weak. If she continues to downgrade, Severus will be affected and might lose the grip…can you imagine how it would look like if both of them exhibit outburst of wild magic? -
- I know that you didn’t even try to learn further than it was demanded of you. And Auror’s do not deal with “wild magic” cases. – he smirked – So let me educate you on the matter. On any sign of wild magic, the lock you in a place far worse than Azkaban ever was, and throw away the key. Most common way among wizarding families is to simply dispose of the child, or hide it from the world. - Potter cringed at his explanation, and asked
- So, she should stay with you… can you…seduce her? Make her want to stay with you? –the boy sounded much more hopeful at the prospect of the proposition than he would ever deem it possible
- Correction, she must stay bonded and married to me. There is no need for her to be in my vicinity, magic will recognize the bond and act accordingly, no matter how far apart we are. As a matter of fact, I fully intent to send her on her merry way, once the potion does its bidding and she decide to stay my bonded partner. To simply put we would be…separated. -
- And you are willing…if that is the case, why waiting to tell her at least what she can know? –
- You really are as dense as you look, Potter. We may tell her today, but, pray tell, how would you convince her to accept being bonded to me if we discover how to dispel the bond? What prevents her to find a boy, fell in love and try to marry him, if she’s just magically bonded to me? How we going to keep her secret then? That is if we both don’t decide to simultaneously incinerate everything in a two blocks radius? Once she is pushed in the right direction…and yet, therein lies another problem. –
- Public records. We discuss it already. –
- Correctly. She will need a friend and a supporter, not to mention protector. –
- Shure, you can count on me. – Potter nodded vigorously, at least the boy was good for something…
  …He turned, exposing his face to the onslaught of the water from the shower. Water was hot, but against his face it felt like ice. He slid down the tills and hugged his knees, allowing the water to bombard his neck. “Damn it! Not again! Not now!”
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