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The Third Time is a Charm	By : ladyedgecombe Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 45346 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I don’t own the HP Universe. I admire. Rowling for entertaining us with her world of make believe. I don’t make any money from writing this story, I just like to have fun and borrow her characters for a while but I promise to put them back

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Chapter 18: Decisions Made

Becca stood at the doorway, watching the two men sitting in the chair, the younger straddled over the lap of the older, both with their eyes closed and holding on to each other. It was so cute to see them like this, but she terribly missed her own version of the soulmated couple from her time period. She cleared her throat before entering the room and sat down at the table. Both men were startled and looked up at the same time. Harry's face turned scarlet red and there was actually a small tinge of pink in Severus' cheeks too. Becca just smirked at them both and said. "Hope you guys had fun. I came to show you to your quarters and talk to you about what I'm doing this afternoon."

At the mention of having fun, Harry slid off Severus' lap and sat down in the chair next to him. "Um... how long have you been standing there?" Harry asked hesitantly. He was hoping that they had not unknowingly given anyone a 'show' with their earlier behavior.

"Oh," Becca answered "we all know not to follow you into a room after you have been walking down the hallway." She looked at the men and could tell they were puzzled about why she would say something like that. She giggled and continued. "You always argue, or at least your counterparts do, about who will have to walk down the hallway first when going anywhere." Severus raised his eyebrow reluctantly encouraging her to continue. "I asked you, one time when I was about five or six, why you argued about that. You both said at the exact same time, with the exact same tone of voice and the same smirk on your face 'He has a cute behind, I like to watch him walk'." Becca smiled at the memory and started to laugh. "I didn't really understand at the time but when one of you would walk behind the other, I usually couldn't get into the room until about fifteen minutes later." Now she was laughing heartily at the horrified expressions on the men's faces and was holding her side from laughing so hard as she tried to calm down. They both looked as if they were conked on head with something very heavy.

Severus glared at the young woman with his best irritated teacher scowl but she just kept on laughing. His scowl never failed him before so he was wondering why it did now. Then he realized that she was likely used to it from his older self. This was not working the way he wanted it to. Poor Harry was so flushed he likely would never get over this. Although he had to admit, Harry really did have a cute arse and he would likely react to it the same way again and he looked especially sexy all flushed and red like that.

Becca calmed down and faced the two soulmates again. "I have made arrangements to go to Hogwarts and get what is left there that belongs to Harry and you Severus. I have also made arrangements with the elves to go into the Chamber of Secrets and dissect the basilisk and gather the books and research materials that were left there by Salazar Slytherin.

"Are you talking about that snake that Harry killed in his second year? That thing must be decomposed by now. Why would you need to go down there? I don't like this." Severus who was sitting up in his chair suddenly leaned back and made a motion with his hands as if to say that was the last word he wanted to hear on the subject. He was looking at the woman as if she had grown another head and didn't look happy about the news.

"Salazar put many spells on that room; he wanted his heirs to be able to continue his work. There are preservation charms on everything down there and on the whole chamber as well. The basilisk is still there and I don't need to tell you how valuable those parts are as potion ingredients. Also we need some of them to make the werewolf's cure."

"You mean the Wolfsbane, but it doesn't use anything from a basilisk. In fact I don't know of a potion that does since it's not really available." Severus corrected her.

"No, I mean werewolf's cure. The basilisk is in the Chamber and we are going to dissect it and have potion ingredients."

"You mean someone came up with a cure?" Severus was really paying attention now. "How did they do that? Who did it? Was it based on the Wolfsbane potion?" He was full of questions now.

"You could say that. Actually you are the one who comes up with the cure, but not for another almost 60 years. I have your notes that your counterpart gave me packed away. When we get settled, I will give them to you. For now we have many things to do before we can leave here. Not the least of which is for you to decide what you want to do, now that you can't go back to Hogwarts to teach and Harry can't go back to school there. The headmaster will definitely want to reacquire you, Harry, for his own purposes. We need to stay clear of him." Becca was still hoping they would want to come with her but knew it was their decision to make and she would not influence them one way or the other.

"What happens after we get the contents of the Chamber?" Harry asked. That was something Severus wanted to know also.

"I have to finish off destroying the horcruxes that Voldemort created. I know this time line destroys itself but I cannot, in good conscience, leave such evil lying around where it can be moved to another timeline if someone finds out how to do it. I won't leave something like that behind until it is destroyed.

Harry looked puzzled and turned to Severus who had turned to stone. He wasn't moving an inch and he had such a look of horror on his face, Harry was getting panicked and thinking they should call Doc in here. Harry didn't know what she was talking about but Severus knew and he was not happy to hear her speak so easily about such things in the plural.

"Did you say horcruxes as in more than one?" Severus was still trying to wrap his mind around the idea that anyone would do such a thing. It was considered the all encompassing evil of evils. No one would do that if they wanted to stay humane.

Becca nodded her head and continued to explain. "He actually made seven of them although one was by accident. Harry destroyed one in his second year. The diary was a horcrux; Harry destroyed it by stabbing it with the basilisk fang that he took out of his arm. The second one destroyed was a locket that Kreacher had. Regulus had given it to him to take care of, but he couldn't do it as he didn't know how to open it. I had to use parsletongue as it was Slytherin's locket. The next one was in Harry himself. One of the reasons for the visions was because of his connection, but he was actually walking around with a piece of Voldemort's soul in his head. Fortunately it could not grow and take over because of Harry's inherent loving nature. It could only watch and cause pain when Voldemort was around like when he was attached to Quirrell or recreated his body at the Triwizard Tournament. The fourth Gorbink took care of when he was at Gringotts. It was Hufflepuff's cup and it was in the LaStrange vaults. He didn't remove it but he used a basilisk fang to remove the piece of soul that was left in it. That leaves three left. A ring that is buried in the old Gaunt home, the Ravenclaw diadem that is hidden in the Room of Requirement and Nagini."

"How was Gorbink allowed to destroy a horcrux in someone else's vault? Goblins are not allowed free access to anyone's vault. Isn't that against their contracts with wizards?" Severus wanted to know.

"You've never read one of their contracts thoroughly, have you? You are not allowed to store ghosts, spirits or souls in Gringotts. You can only store nonliving items and nothing sentient. Ghosts can go through walls and see what other people have. Gorbink only had to say there was a spirit in the vault to be able to gain access to destroy it. The goblins never question each other; they don't lie to each other either. Once it was gone, he still had to leave the cup there but it no longer carried a part of a soul." Becca tried to explain to him the lengths they were willing to go to complete their self appointed tasks.

"Hey guys, what is a hor..." Harry tried to interrupt but they just kept on talking.

"Did you tell me you are going to kill Nagini?" Severus looked at her with more shock on his face. Every time he spoke with this woman, she had more surprises and problems to put him on edge.

"Hey guys, what is a horcr..." Harry tried again but they wouldn't pay attention to him.

"Nagini is a horcrux, which is why Voldemort keeps her close. I don't intend to do it all by myself; I was hoping to get a volunteer to help. That is not to say I don't have a plan for ferreting her out of his sight for awhile. I believe she can be killed just by poison. She is a living horcrux and not impervious to death. All I need is a few young rats, her favorite, and let them carry the poison. Then when she ingests them the horcrux is gone along with the snake."

"Just how do you think you are going to feed her poisoned rats? Voldemort will detect any magic or potion used to get to his snake."

"Hey guys, what is a hor..." Harry tried again only now he was getting a little agitated.

"Not muggle poison. He doesn't believe muggles could possibly be a threat, so we use muggle ingenuity." Becca said very matter-of-fact and sending a smile to the older man, answering his questions as best she could. "Put time released capsules of cyanide poison into the rat and let it loose after hissing how good the new nest of rats tastes. Either Harry or I can be under the invisibility cloak and not be detected so we can get in and out."

"There is no way you or Harry can get through the wards. He has tied them to his blood and his mark. I am not letting you or Harry do any such thing. You must be mad!" Severus was bellowing at her.

"HEY GUYS, what is a horcrux?" Harry shouted this time, trying to interrupt, and the other two occupants of the room turned toward him with a shocked look on their faces. They either had not heard him before or couldn't believe he didn't know what it was.

Severus then explained "A horcrux is a vessel that carries a piece of your soul to keep the remaining part earthbound. The theory is if you are killed your soul won't die and move on you just find a new body or find a way to make a new body. But seven? no wonder the old man is so insane. He doesn't have a whole soul; it would be like the dementors sucking out half your soul and letting you live. It is considered very evil magic and I have never heard of anyone trying to do more than one and even then the wizard went insane."

"I am not mad Severus, just desperate. I need that snake dead and actually Harry and I both can get into that manor without any problems. He took Harry's blood last year, making his body with Harry's blood. Those wards are made with Harry's blood. He can go in there anytime he wants and as Harry's blood also runs through my veins, I can enter into there also." Becca had done her research very thoroughly and knew that she and Harry could do this. She was certain that they would not let her go though, because of the baby.

"Then that means he could have entered the blood wards on the Dursley's house. The wards have meant nothing since he arose?" Severus speculated

"That would be correct but the wards still kept the Death Eaters out, just not Voldemort." Becca informed him.

"Be that as it may, you are carrying my child,"

And here it comes, thought Becca

"Whether or not he was to be conceived now or later, the fact remains you carry our child. You are not going near Voldemort. Is that understood?" Severus really looked mad and Becca knew when to back down.

"Yes, and I don't blame you Severus, but someone needs to call to the snake."

"How about a recording device?" Harry asked the other two at the table. "If we use a few tape recorders and place them around the area then we would be sure to get Nagini's attention but would not have to stay in the building. Or maybe a few two way radios, that way we can speak and hear her so we would know when she found the rats."

"Harry, that won't work. Muggle devices don't work around magic areas and certainly not in Voldemort's headquarters." Severus said to Harry who was looking slightly downcast at this but then remembered.

"Riddle's manor is not in a magical neighborhood. Maybe they would work."

Severus shook his head. "The manor is surrounded by magic and we need something foolproof that we know would work."

Becca jumped into the conversation and asked. "What if we use EMI shielding? Then we could use the muggle devices. That would work."

Severus and Harry turned to Becca and shook their heads. "EMI shielding? What are you talking about?"

"When muggles started inventing electronic technology, they found in certain areas and at certain times that electro magnetic interference was causing things to malfunction, especially if the interference was in an electrically charged area such as electric power plants or live unshielded cables. They even figured out how to send electrical or energy signals into an area to interrupt radio signals and later on cell phones. So shielding was created to disrupt the flow of the extra energy or electricity that was making the electronic devices breakdown. Magic is a type of energy and can also be interrupted by muggle means in the same way. It's easy enough to do, all it really means is you use a cover made of a small amount of rubber or some other insulation that will not transmit energy pulses then put it over most of the radio or recording device. You would have to use a wire to get the signal to the radio device though."

"I think we should take care of the items at Hogwarts first and I need to go to my office and personal chambers to get the things out of there." Severus was saying. Obviously Becca knew a lot of things from the future that would help them. He could consent to her coming with them as long as she stayed well away from the manor itself and didn't get into any danger.

"Your things are already taken care of from your chambers. You have trunks in your sleeping quarters here that contain everything from your classroom, office and all of your personal things from your private rooms. Harry you have quite a few trunks as well. Your things from the Dursley's, everything from your vaults and all the things we could collect that Dumbledore stole. Severus, you also have all of your vaults from Gringotts including the Prince vaults. The only thing you need to decide is what you want from your properties and if you have any elves at those places, we should bring them too. We will be going into another time line where there are other people to inherit the vaults from that time so you need your own money. That is if you decide to come with me, but where ever you go you needed these things anyway. We can start our businesses once we get to the new time, if you come."

"Businesses?" Harry queried.

"Well, you have to do something and we need to pay tutors for the kids if you so choose to go with me. I can give you a few days to decide but plans will have to be made one way or the other. I do not suggest you and Severus stay in your time line. The whole point of my coming was to move you to a safer place. But I am getting off the subject. We need to invade Hogwarts. We are running out of time. Gorbink is at this moment asking Dumbledore to go to the bank this afternoon so we can get to the school unnoticed. The elves are waiting for us to come and get the rest of your stuff out of there." Becca paused then said. "Lunch should be served in about an hour. Come, let me show you your rooms and Kreacher can make lunch. You might have time to take a quick shower.

"Kreacher!" Becca called for the little elf and immediately he popped into the room waiting to do his Mistress Becca's bidding. "Can you make lunch for everyone? We will be ready to eat in about an hour."

"Yes Mistress Becca, I's can do that, anything for Mistress Becca."

"Thank you Kreacher."

The two men followed the young woman out of the room and down the hall as they made their way to their quarters. Harry suddenly turned a bright red as he walked down the hallway, being reminded of what Becca had said about him and Severus. Merlin, how was he ever going to be able to walk down a hallway without thinking about that? Severus seemed to know what he was going through his lover's head because he grabbed his arse from behind and was gripping it and kneading the flesh there. Harry didn't know if they would make it into the shower if he didn't stop. He turned around and glared his most capable glare and Severus just smirked and winked at him. The man didn't pay any attention to his mean face, just smirked at him! This would mean war later.

Severus thought Harry was so cute with that look on his face. He was trying to be mean but he just couldn't make it work. The older man wanted to do a repeat of what they did in the bathroom this morning, his groin already begging to be set free from its confines again. He wanted to sink into that adorable arse and take control, to make his lover scream and whimper in those cute noises of his and to finally release only for him. It was sort of refreshing to know that Severus was the first to make the boy scream with pleasure and passion, and he would be the last. He still could not believe his good fortune in having Harry as his soulmate. The Boy Who Lived could do a lot better than one old washed up death eater.

As they entered the room Becca indicated, Harry and Severus looked around. There on the desk were the trunks in miniature form ready to resize and use. There was also Harry's wand, his cloak, his map and his Photograph album all sitting neat in a row waiting for him to use them again. On the other side of the desk were the trunks for Severus and yes his wand was also sitting on the desk. The Professor sighed in relief, as he picked up his wand. He didn't usually go this long without it on his person.

"Wow, Severus, she got all my stuff from the Dursley's; even the stuff hidden under the loose floorboard. I was afraid I would never see it again. I thought the Dursleys would have burned everything. How do you think she knew?"

"Harry, I think she knows a lot of things about us. It is a little unnerving. But she is correct about one thing. We do need to make a decision about where we go from here."

"Yeah, I was thinking about that too and as much as I would rather leave those backstabbers to their fate, I would love to get some of my loved ones back and help. With the knowledge she has, we can defeat Voldemort once and for all early in the game and maybe he could stay dead instead of the way he keeps coming back."

"And the baby, Harry what do you want to do about our child?" Severus was a little worried Harry would want to put it up for adoption or have someone else take care of it till he was older. He was so young, too young actually to be a father.

"What do you mean? I want to keep him and I really liked the idea of raising the younger me and Evan as brothers. We could take care of the younger me and he would have a reliable friend from day one and no more cupboards under the stairs, I mean the real cupboard, and someone to grow up with. I would learn how to be a father and hopefully Becca would be there to help us. We do have other things to do, you know. I need to train and pass my newts without instruction in the classroom.

"Harry" Severus hesitantly got his attention. "You do realize this will be permanent? She won't be able to bring us back here. Won't you miss your friends and classmates? Some of your teachers? Remus and some of the others?" Severus wanted Harry to understand what he was giving up and to really think about what he was doing with out rushing headlong into a new battle like the Gryffindor he was.

"But that's just it Sev, Sirius is dead, Becca said Remus dies in battle and I don't really have any friends, they all betrayed me. I get to meet all the people I love again only they will be younger, and Sev this could mean no one would know who I am. I won't be the Boy-Who-Lived anymore. I could just be me and no one would know you either. No one would object to our union because they wouldn't be hounding me with newspaper articles that display my personal life and no one would care anyway." He paused, not wanting to influence Severus to give up something he didn't want to. "But what about you Sev, do you think we should go?" Severus held his head down for a moment and then looked up to Harry.

"Yes, I believe we should go and do what we can. I also think we need to come along on the trip to Hogwarts today and see what treasures Dumbledore has stolen from you and get them back."

Harry's face then split with a huge grin and put his hand over Severus' with a slap. "Then let Operation Third Time Charm commence." And with that he walked into the bathroom to take a shower while tugging Severus along behind him.
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