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Lilly's Secrets	By : Sealpotter Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5865 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters associated with the books/movies and I never have and never will make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
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18. The Curse of the Emerald Eyes
Warnings: Angst.
Hermione and Ron were excited when Harry told them about the secrets his mother imparted. They grew somber at the mention of the curse. “It is kind of ironic that the one thing people remember the most about you are the eyes of your mother, Harry.” Hermione added. Harry nodded, “I thought of that first when I read about it. I just hope my mother’s diary will shed some light on it. Severus does not need to be hurt anymore because of me, and this curse is something I fear will do just that.”
“I’m sure it’s nothing,” Ron offered.
Harry just sighed. They met up with Severus at one of the new potion’s shops that had sprung up in Diagon Alley. Harry joined him and started to point out a few ingredients that he knew were rare, but at a good price. Severus agreed they would have to return after their trip to Gringotts.   They all walked down towards the massive bank. Repairs had been completed, and it looked pretty much the same. Once they entered though some of the more ominous changes could be seen. The goblin changers were behind a shield of some type, and the large glass ceiling had been replaced with a colored glass mosaic depicting Harry’s dragon ride out of Gringotts… Harry cringed. They got to the stand at the end of the way, two large ogres were standing next to the podium looking down on them, and the goblin at the podium was also behind a magical shield.
“I’m here to access my vault, and view this one.” Harry held up his key, and the small golden key with Hogwart’s crest.
The goblin behind the podium stood taller and looked down at Harry and took the keys. He pressed them onto a small stone that glowed purple..“I am Helftook, your keys have been recorded and the door on your right will take you to the cart that will take you to your vaults. A goblin will meet you at each vault. I am sure you understand the need for protection, Mr. Potter, after the massacre, we goblins prefer to not accompany wizards to their vaults. And our new security includes the resistance to the imperious and the cart will only take you to the keyed in vault for our client’s security.”
“I understand,” Harry said. He knew he was part of the reasons for the changes. They all climbed in the cart, and it took off. First stop was Harry’s original vault, where he got some money needed for supplies. He looked around, and found the diary his mother left him in the far back of the vault. He put that in his pocket for later. He climbed back into the cart with the others, they stopped at Hermione’s new vault she got a few months ago when she transferred her savings from a muggle bank over, and then at Ron’s. Severus stepped out next to access his vault and Harry joined him. It was arranged much like an ingredient store with all types of ingredients in jars and stasis charms lining the walls. Severus moved towards the back to the chest that held his money and also put some in his pouch for purchases later in the day. Harry was staring in awe at some of the older books on the right hand side of the wall. “Those are centuries old, they were passed down by my family. This one is known because the wizard lived in Verona.” Severus pointed to an old black tome. Harry’s eyes widened, “As in the Verona from Shakespeare's writings?” Severus laughed, “Yes, the events were real enough, though most Muggles see it as fiction, a wizard was involved so much of the real history was covered up.” Harry just nodded, most of what he had learned was certain myths in muggle society were real, just covered magical events.
Once they got back into the cart, it went very deep, deeper than it had when they went to the Lastrange vault a year ago. Severus noted the depths, “The older the family line, the deeper the vault.”
The cart stopped, and the flames burst into life in the wall sconces. An elderly goblin met them. “Key please,” the goblin held out his hand. Harry handed the small key to the goblin. His face lit up. “I’ve never...we thought no one would ever be able to claim this vault. I Gringott the fourth get to see the day it was opened… what an honor.” Gringott the goblin spoke with awe. Harry was getting used to oddities by now… The door to the vault opened, and Harry was expecting something like the previous vaults… not the massive cavern facing him.
In the front was a chest, and in the back were walls of books, gold, silver, jewelry, and all types of items. It would take years to catalogue the treasure trove they had walked into. Ron, Hermione and Severus were all gaping, Gringott was grinning ear to ear. Harry knelt in front of the chest; each crest was individually embossed into the wood. He lifted the lid and found first a parchment that was the deed to Hogwarts and its lands, under that he found a Quill with a tag: “Helga’s Quill of Persuasion”. Next was a large dark leather tome, opening it the inscription read: “Potion Master Salazar’s Potions Notes and Recipes”. A smaller book of deep red leather, embossed in gold bore Ravelclaw’s crest, inside the title was displayed in dancing letters “An interactive reference book to all magical laws and lore.”   A small silver bowl at the very bottom gleamed in the firelight and Harry picked it up and read the tag included on this one. “Pensive of Gryffindor, enlarge for use” Hermione was already trying to work the interactive reference guide, Severus was thumbing through the Potions book. Harry noted the top of the chest had a small compartment, similar to that of a snitch hold in a Quidditch box, opening it two small golden rings fell out into his hands. Behind it was a picture of the four founders, each with a baby looking at each other.
Harry mused to himself, “It seems they were meant to be bonded, and this must have been the rings intended for that bonding.” Inside each was an inscription. “Love knows no bounds, the bonds of Love never imprison.” Harry put them in his pocket. He stood up and the rest put the items back into the chest before he shrunk it. “I’ll have to see if Madam Pince and other teachers would like to visit the vault and see if there are some tools that we can use at the school,” Harry said. Severus smiled, most people would be greedy and keep treasures to themselves, but not Harry, and he was the treasure. They left Gringotts in an uproar over questions being asked of the old Gringott the fourth as he told them all about the ‘Heir’ opening The Vault. Outside of Gringotts they finished their shopping and each went to their respective homes.
Harry and Severus went about the business of unpacking their supplies upon their return. Harry curled up on the sofa in the parlor with his mother’s diary. He read it in search of the curse notes she had mentioned. He had to pass many fluff-filled pages of his father, and grinned as he did. Near the end, shortly after the entries of his birth, he read the seer’s words: “He shall quest for his line; the cursed will lead the chase. Her child the curse to break, a soul bond make, the lines shall be entwined, ending the emerald curse.”
Next to it were notes in Lilly’s beautiful pen. “The curse of the emerald eyes. I found out there has been a curse in my family for generations. I have done many searches and found that my family is linked to from the old Shakespearean tale, only her name was not Juliette. My grandmother of 19 generations ago. Her name was Aurelia, her story follows the Romeo & Juliette story well, with a small twist. She was engaged to the town’s apothecary, a wizard of great power. She choose to marry a muggle. The Wizard was a powerful man, who was bitter in his love for her. His name was Paolo daVigo. Upon her elopement, the contract of betrothal was broken. Paolo cast a curse, the wording has been passed down from mother to child. I hope to pass it on to my son, “For spurn my magic if you will. Yours be a family of emerald and ill. No love shall live after a child made, until the debt is paid, full circle the curse made.” Every love match in our family went through a tragedy within two years of the birth of a child in our line, the child usually bore the green eyes of our ancestor. My own mother choose to not have a love match to avoid the curse, she married my father who was kind.   She fell in love after she had my sister, I was the product of that union, my father never knew. The man she fell in love with was my father’s brother, who died shortly after I was born. My mother told me everything last year before she passed away.”
Harry could barely breathe, the next entry was two days before her death, “My son, I hope you read this. Use the Family tree provided, find the root cause of our curse. I have not traced the wizard’s family yet, you will have to. Be safe my son.” There was no more.
Harry called out, “Severus?”
Severus who had been buried in the Potions book, looked up. “Hmm?”
“Where do I start researching a family line? I have the name of an old wizard I to trace.” Harry asked.
Severus looked pensive for a moment, “There are several genealogical books in the School’s library to start with, they are arranged by year though.”
“We can start there, I need to trace a daVigo line starting in or around 400 years ago.” Harry added.
Severus pursed his lips, the name rang a bell but he couldn’t place it. “What did you find out about the curse?”
“It seems, I am also related to the real ‘Juliette’, go figure. Who am I not related to?” Harry laughed, “ and the curse, I am not sure how it could affect us, it mentions after kids, and men can’t have kids.”
Severus sat up, “What makes you say that?”
Harry stared at him, “Biology 101 in primer school… only females have the capacity to produce offspring.”
Severus smile, “It seems there are still some areas of the wizarding world you have not been educated in. Wizards and witches bonded to their respective genders only need take a potion. The child is born out of pure magic, instead of blood.” Harry’s jaw dropped. Severus put down the book and moved to kneel next to Harry.
“We can have children, Harry, if that is something you ever want to consider.” He kissed Harry then, the stunned look was just too cute to resist. He took one sweet lip into his mouth and followed it with his tongue. Sweet and addicting Harry flowed into his mouth, and his senses flared, breathing in Harry’s scent, it was a dizzying concoction. For Harry, there was nothing better than this, contentment and pleasure washed over him as his fingers tangled into the soft inky black hair.
A very loud knock sounded at the door, Harry knew who it was due to the wards. He slowly detangled himself from Severus, “Professor McGonagall is here.” he whispered, not wanting the flood of reality to seep in.
Severus leaned back, stood up, smoothed his robes and held out a hand for Harry. Harry was pulled up and they went to the door together.
“Harry, Severus, I got a letter from Gringotts. I would speak with you for a moment if I could.” She said as they opened the door. Harry gestured towards the parlor and followed her in. Severus and Harry seated themselves opposite Minerva and waited.
“So the deed has been passed to Harry, currently the school would like to request that it continue as normal, the function of the heir is to manage the upkeep, unless of course the school is discontinued.” She said looking at Harry expectantly.
“I have no plans to do anything with it, so no worries there. I was going to ask what I should do with the deed.” Harry offered.
The headmistress smiled, “There really isn’t anything you can do with it dear, it is a blood deed. It cannot be transferred to anyone not of the bloodline.”
Harry had never heard of a blood deed, but then again there seemed to be many things that he still did not understand in this world.
“I have a few items I will be keeping, but the founder’s vaults were combined, and I have access to everything. Would some of the teachers like to look through the collections to see if there are any academic treasures that would benefit the school?” Harry asked.
The Headmistress beamed at him, “I can ask around and we can send some to view the collection.”
“Severus has Salazar’s potion notes and recipes, Ravelclaw’s reference book may be of use to the school, I would like to loan it in the Library for whoever finds it of use. The other items I think will be examined in depth before I decide what to do with them.” Harry offered, pulling the smaller red book from his pocket and enlarging it for her.
Minerva took the offered book and reverently turned it over in her hands and opened it. “I will deliver this to Madam Pince, she will be very happy to add it to our rarer collections.”
She stood up and looked at Harry, “I am so glad everything is turning out in such a way. So many years of issues and now hopefully some peace can be found.” She moved towards the door, “I’ll see you later. Severus, don’t forget to turn in your term lesson plans.” Severus nodded, “I may be using some notes from our founders this year, He had some really good ideas, and some recipes that seemed to have been lost to time.”
“I look forward to seeing the revised plans, Good night you two.” She said as she swept out the door.
Harry had his back to Severus as she closed the door. The feeling of his lover pressing against him from behind was exciting. Severus bent his head to nip lightly at the nape of Harry’s neck. Their heartbeats sped up in anticipation, their bodies hummed and warmed, hardened and coiled. Severus started to talk in his baritone voice that swept like fire thru Harry’s veins, “Let’s go upstairs and find our own amusements, Mr. Potter.” Harry nodded and practically ran upstairs with Severus in tow.
The next afternoon found them perusing over genealogical books, they had traced the name daVigo down further to the 18th century, and Severus nearly shouted when he found the next line. “Harry, it traced here to England through the Deluse lineage.” he spoke excitedly. Harry nodded, and pushed his books further away. “Lunch?” Harry asked… he had wanted to try a new recipe out and hoped that Severus was up to a bit of experimentation.
Severus relented, and they went to the cottage. Harry was all over the kitchen putting several ingredients into smaller dishes and mixing a steaming concoction on the stove.
When he was done there was a lemon basil shaved lamb on a light flatbread, a light arugula salad with a vinaigrette. Severus was a bit hesitant to try, but the delicious smell pulled him in. One bite and he was lost. Harry sat on the other side, watching Severus. The reaction was good, eyes closing, a bit of a moan, savoring of the lingering taste on the fingers. Perfection. While lost in sensation, Severus never saw Harry move. Harry calmly got up, walked over to where Severus was seated and knelt down. He pulled one of the two rings from his pocket and waited for Severus to open his eyes.
Severus was lost in the undeniable flavors, he had been able to let go and enjoy food around Harry, without worrying. In addition, having a good cook for a lover was icing on the cake for him. He opened his eyes, prepared to tell Harry how good it was, only to see him kneeling next to him.
“Severus Tobias Snape, will you bond with me? I have lived with love in various forms all my life, each more fleeting than the next when I tried to hold it in my hands. I want our real love to hold on to forever.” Harry spoke with conviction and hope.
Severus was stunned into silence, he never hoped, never dared dream, and now for once everything was just right.
“If you don’t mind putting up with an old man, then I would be honored.” Severus replied in a whisper.
“You seem to always sell yourself short,” Harry replied with a brilliant smile, as he slipped one of the bonding rings on Severus’ left hand.   It shaped itself immediately. Harry offered the second ring to Severus, who then repeated Harry’s action and placed the ring onto Harry’s left hand and it fitted perfectly. “Do you want something public, Severus?” Harry asked, almost fearfully. The potions master shook his head, “Minerva can do it quietly as soon as you like no need for a show.” Harry let out a sigh of relief. He was not much for public displays, but he would if that is what Severus wanted.
Harry thought for a moment, and then spoke out loud, “Hogwarts, is the headmistress busy now?” Severus let out a small laugh. “Harry dear, she is, but only for a few moments, she will be back in her office shortly. You do so disappoint...I love a good bonding…” She said with a very mopey tone.
“Well?” Harry asked looking back at Snape. “I see no reason to delay.” He acknowledged ask he stood up. Harry took his arm and they were before the gargoyle quicker than you could say ‘lemon drop’.   Of course the gargoyle rotated immediately and Harry bounded the stairs, with Severus trying to keep up behind him.
Minerva was just sitting down when they arrived, and stood back up again, surprise coloring her face.
“What can I do for you two?” She asked cautiously.
“Bond us please, I asked, he said yes, and now is as good a time as any.” Harry said rather quickly.
The headmistress blinked rapidly for a moment, as if trying to re-hear the words said. She looked to Severus who only nodded his assent, and she stepped forward from behind her desk. Severus turned to face Harry in front of Minerva, and took Harry’s hands in his. She pulled out her wand, created several exquisite sweeps producing golden threads, which entwined around each set of clasped hands.
“A bond ye enter, in truth you come. Bind the two forever, in lasting love. Only death shall part, one will release. In death return as one, until such a day live long. Tend to each, for love is strong. To this promise do you keep?” She wove her wand with each word, and then looked to each for their response.
Looking at each other they responded in unison, “I do.” She raised her wand high, swept it in a circle over her head, and then swept around the couple in full circle before touching her wand to each set of clasped hands. The golden threads glowed bright, and then faded as if into each arm.
“Congratulations you two. Before I send the official document to the Ministry, any thought as to any name changes? or do you wish to keep them the same?” She asked as diplomatically as she could.
Harry did not flinch, “Harry Potter-Snape, if you please.” his eyes never left the obsidian ones in front of him that danced with a fire he would explore later.
“Very good.” She replied.
Severus bent down to brush a light kiss over Harry’s lips. It took everything in each of them to hold back, but neither wanted to lose control in front of the headmistress.
“Good day, Minerva. We’ll be at home if you need us, but please hold off till tomorrow if you can.” Severus said as he was pulling Harry out of the office. “Wouldn’t dream of disturbing you two..” She called after them.

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