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Resistance	By : danniperson Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 44506 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 7
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CHAPTER TWO

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The soul counterpart of James Irving Potter is one Lily Faith Evans.

Lily blinked, a strange mix of emotions playing through her bright green eyes. James Potter grinned broadly and held up the parchment, turning it to show the message to Lily and Severus. Severus stared at the parchment, face blank, ignoring the feel of sinking disappointment in his stomach and the sharp pain that hit his chest. His eyes burned as he breathed in deeply, struggling to keep up his mask and let nothing show. He raised his eyebrow and met Potter's smug gaze, ignoring the pitying look Lily was giving him.

She knew. She had always known, hadn't she?

"It seems to not realize you're married, Lils, but there you have it," Potter said with a grin.

"It uses the birth name. Try as I might, the magic does not seem to recognize legal names. I didn't figure it mattered much because most will understand who it is meant for," he replied, impressing himself with how even his voice was. It didn't come as too much of a surprise. It lessened some of the blow and Severus was grateful for it. He'd be damned if he let James Potter see him fall apart, to see him suffer.

"That makes sense," Lily said, seeming eager to latch onto another train of thought. "Using the birth name makes it seem as though it's closer to who a person actually is at their core. Since it involves so many aspects of a person, on so many deep levels, it makes sense that it wouldn't be complicated by legal means."

"Y-" Severus began to say.

"Yeah, yeah, very interesting," Potter said. "Lily…Don't you get it?" Potter asked, reaching out to take her hand. Hazel eyes behind round glasses shone with so much love it was hard to stomach. Severus looked away and grabbed the quill and inkpot and packed them away in his box. "We were made for each other…I always knew it, but…there you have it. Written in magic."

"Yeah…Oh…Oh James!" Lily exclaimed, voice so filled with emotion. Severus couldn't bear to look at her or their display of love. He closed his box and grabbed the stack of parchment and left the room.

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Was it normal to be irritated by a good mood? Harry Potter gritted his teeth and closed his eyes tightly, trying to count to twenty in his head so as to be patient and not snap at her. Books were opened all over the room; covering the beds, some on the floor, with notes scribbled on parchments all over the place, quills broken in frustration, and inkpots carefully closed then placed in a box of stationary Hermione had brought along. The large black spot of ink on the floor reminded the group as to why they had to be more careful with them. Ron was lying beside Harry, chewing a chocolate frog slowly and quietly, after having been snapped at not only by Harry but by his own girlfriend, Hermione, for chewing too loudly. Harry sat beside him, legs folded Indian style, his face buried in his hands. The girls occupied the bed beside theirs. Hermione was pulling her own hair, eyes wide as she frantically scanned the book in her lap, rereading it for the fourth time. Ginny sighed in frustration and closed her own book irritably, slapping herself in the forehead with it.

Only Grace seemed to be in high spirits. She was humming the latest Weird Sisters hit to herself while she danced around the one clean space of floor by the window. She moved her body, waving her arms over her head, swinging her long, dark red curls all around as she spun and stumbled over some of the lyrics she wasn't totally confident in.

"Grace, I swear to Merlin if you don't stop…" Harry said warningly.

"You'll what?" Grace asked, pausing to grin at them. "C'mon, you need a break."

"I can't take a break, Grace," Harry said through gritted teeth. "We only have Voldemort we're trying to kill."

"Horcruxes to find," Ginny said dully, glaring bitterly at the books on the floor.

"And destroy," Hermione groaned.

"A abzz topk keetpck," Ron said with a mouthful of chocolate.

"Ronald!" Hermione said in exasperation. "Would you stop?"

"Sowwy," Ron said as he swallowed his candy.

"It'll be fine, Harry. Really! I have every faith in you, in the Order, Dumbledore, the Ministry and all of you!" Grace assured him.

"Gracie, just get out if you're not going to help," Ginny snapped, finally turning to glare at the younger girl. "'Cause you really aren't helping things."

"Oh don't leave just yet, Gracie-girl!" said a new voice as the door opened. Harry sighed and lifted his head as the twins walked in.

"You'll miss the good news!" said one of the twins.

"Ooh, what happened?" Hermione asked eagerly, sitting up straight. Being seventeen, she and Ron both had been allowed to be initiated into the Order of the Phoenix but they felt bad about going to meetings without Harry, especially when he was in the house. They often opted to skip out and help Harry with his "homework" on figuring out as much as they could about Horcruxes, on Dumbledore's orders. Fred and George would tell them what happened in Order meetings anyway, so they rarely missed much. Though Hermione was the type who would mourn the lost opportunity to take part in such discussions and put in her two cents. Harry felt bad but he was honestly grateful to have more help with his task and it made him feel less bitter about the whole thing when they stuck by him.

Harry couldn't wait to join the Order, and, if his parents had allowed it, he would have joined the moment the organization came back together. He didn't know why but James and Lily asked that he wait to join until he was seventeen. Luckily, that was only a few weeks away. Pushing his book away and rubbing his temples, he decided it might do him some good to get his mind off this and see what the Order had been up to.

"They didn't have much news," Fred said.

"But Snape, apparently, came up with this really neat…thing," George said.

"Thing?" Hermione asked curiously.

"A method of finding the name of one's soul mate," George said with a grin.

"You'll be glad to know, Ginny, that Fleur and Bill are soul mates," Fred said.

"Oh great," grumbled Ginny. She had never had much love for Fleur Delacour. Not many women did or so it seemed.

"Really? That's amazing!" Hermione said excitedly. "Do you know how rare it is for someone to find their soul mate? To have any means of finding them is extraordinary!"

"Yeah, it's really great," Fred said, though he waved it off. "At any rate, if we volunteer to we can find our soul mate-"

"-Perform a soul bond," added George.

"And become all powerful or something like that," Fred said with a grin.

"Actually-" Hermione said.

"Yeah, yeah, we know," the twins said in unison.

"Mrs. Potter read some chapter on Soul Bonds form some Bond book," George said.

"But it's the whole principle…soul mate helps make you stronger and whatnot," Fred said.

"Yes…People say it's not much good since Soul Bonding isn't nearly as effectiveas they assume. But, in theory, it can still do a great deal of good," Hermione explained. "This is amazing! Who did it?"

"Fleur and Bill got each other," George said.

"Tonks got some bloke she doesn't know," Fred added.

"McKinnon got some bloke she doesn't know," George continued.

"And Remus and Sirius won't say but they looked pretty freaked out," Fred said.

"Oh! And your parents are apparently soul mates, Harry," George added.

"We stayed outside the door and eavesdropped," Fred admitted shamelessly.

"We take it your dad was trying to get on Snape's nerves," George went on.

"We figure it worked. He left pretty fast," Fred snickered.

"He was picking on him about being too scared of finding his own soul mate," George said.

"Made it seem like ole Snapey's got a thing for your mum," Fred chuckled.

"Nice," Harry said sarcastically, shaking his head. Of course, the most greasy, evil bastard ever would have a thing for his mother.

"Dumbledore said if anyone wants to find their soul mate to contact him or Snape. Though I think he just meant Order members," George said.

Ron's eyes grew wide. He shoved another chocolate frog in his mouth and glanced from his brothers over to his girlfriend. Hermione didn't seem to be paying him any mind. She smiled and looked thoughtful for a moment. "It is a very interesting subject. I would like to learn a lot more about it."

"Yes, well, what if ole Ronniekins isn't your soul mate?" Fred asked teasingly, causing Ron to glare at him.

Hermione flushed. "Well, I'm not worried about that. I know he is."

Hermione spoke with such confidence on the matter. Ginny and Grace smiled while Fred and George looked at and nudged each other. Ron looked a bit relieved and quickly swallowed his chocolate. "I know so too, Mione," Ron said with a grin before offering a violent hiccup. Harry couldn't help but feel uncomfortable by such sweet love displays and, luckily George interrupted it by saying, teasingly, "Awww…Ickle Ronniekins is such a romantic, isn't he?"

"Good choice, mate," Fred said with a nod.

"Has he left yet?" Hermione asked standing up.

"I dunno but you can go check," George said with a shrug.

"Alright then!" Hermione said and moved quickly out of the room.

"Girls," Fred said, shaking his head.

"So in love with the idea of love," laughed George.

"I'm not," Ginny said with a smile.

"What could be better than finding your soul mate?" Grace demanded, skipping over and hopping onto the bed to fill Hermione's empty space.

Ginny held up her book with a forced smile. "Finding Horcruxes!"

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As soon as the meeting was over, Sirius Black walked straight to his bedroom and locked the door. He could only play it cool for so long. This was pretty important! Sirius pulled out the parchment and unfolded it, holding it up in front of his face. Nothing had changed. It still had his and Remus's name! This wasn't right! Snape must have interfered. He must have done something to fuck up his results. Maybe he had rigged the entire thing to screw people over. That was it. That was the only thing that made sense.

Shaking his head and laughing at his own foolishness, Sirius took the parchment and began ripping it up. How silly was he to actually believe this shite? He'd have to go see Moony soon to make sure he hadn't actually believed any of this. They'd have a good laugh about it and then they'd tell Prongs, who would have a laugh at them both for being idiots. James and Lily would probably tease them about being a couple for a while then it would all be fine.

When the parchment seemed to be in enough pieces, Sirius walked over to the small garbage bin by his door and dropped them into it, sighing as a few of the small pieces floated to the floor, just narrowly missing the can's opening. Sighing, Sirius leaned down to pick them up, pausing as he went to straighten himself up, catching sight of the piece on top. He quickly turned it around to read the words on it straight. The words that had been written on the parchment were there, minuscule and hardly readable other than the SIRIUS BLACK & REMUS JOHN LUPIN. That was too big to miss. It was as though the message had shrunk itself to fit onto that piece of paper. Sirius flicked that piece into the bin and flipped over the next piece, more disturbed to find the same thing. Every piece in his hand, no matter how small, had the same thing: a smaller version of the message copied onto every ripped shred of the parchment.

"Shite," Sirius muttered, dumping the last of the paper into the bin and stood up. "Clever, Snape. Very clever," he grumbled.

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Tonks waved goodbye to Moody as the wizard walked ahead of them and Disapparated. Her hair was a strange pink-gray color and her eyes a dull brown. Remus smiled awkwardly at her and shoved his hands into his pockets as they continued walking down to the sidewalk in front of Grimmauld Place together. The witch had made her crush on him well known, though Remus had never quite figured out his feelings for her. And now, more than ever, Remus wished he had. He had a feeling it might have made him feel a bit…less confused about all of this. "So…Who did you get?" Tonks asked.

Remus cringed, recalling the words on the parchment. The soul counterpart of Remus John Lupin is one Sirius Black. Remus did not want to think about that at all right now. "I'm sorry, I don't feel very comfortable talking about it," Remus said calmly.

"Oh that's fine," Tonks said with a shrug. "But,just remember what the book said; you don't have to pursue anything with them and not all soul mates are meant for romantic relationships. Ya know? So, maybe, they could be a really good friend. And if it's someone you really hate then…Well, there's nothing that says you have to approach them with anything. Right? There's no reason to be too upset."

"You…You're right," Remus said, feeling a bit better with the reminder. Soul mates could just be really good friends, right? Sirius was, without a doubt, one of his best mates. It made perfect sense. "You just hear soul mates and automatically assume something romantic or sexual or something. But it can be platonic…Phew."

"You gonna tell me who it is then?" Tonks asked with a teasing smile. Her dull brown eyes were now a vivid aquamarine blue and her hair was shockingly pink. There was a skip to her step now, the thought seeming to cheer her up as well. Maybe Remus hadn't figured out his feelings for her completely and, for that, he felt a bit guilty. Especially when she looked so hopeful. But he was glad that he could calm down and not worry about this thing with Sirius so much.

"Sirius," Remus said with a laugh.

"See? Nothing to worry about," Tonks assured him with a bright smile. "You've been mates forever. You don't have to all of a sudden marry him. That actually makes perfect sense."

"You're right," Remus said, smiling back at her. He and Sirius would have a laugh about this one day…and James and Lily were going to tease the hell out of them both for being so worried. "Thanks, Tonks."

"No problem, Remus," Tonks replied, moving closer and linking her arm through his. "Wanna go out for drinks? Celebrate the good news?"

"Sure," Remus agreed, tightening his grip on her and Apparating them to the nearest Wizarding village.

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Severus Snape trudged up the pathway to his home, tucking his box and the parchment under one arm while he quickly dug his key out of his pocket. On either side of the path was dead, brown grass that covered all of the small front yard. The place had been destroyed earlier that year after a failed attempt at experimenting with growing crabapple trees with different properties in hopes of making use of it in potions. The house itself was small and unimpressive. The paint, wood, and bricks of it were chipped and faded. The dim, dirtied whites and grays giving it an old, gloomy feel. The house normally appeared uninhabited, with no personal touches on the outside of it to declare that someone actually lived here. And, for the majority of the year, the place was empty. Severus did make sure that the place looked decent, even if it was a far cry from being any sort of enviable home.

On a teacher's salary, he hardly had the money for a nice home or fixing it up enough to look good. And, honestly, he didn't care all that much. It served its purpose and had gotten him out of his childhood home on Spinner's End in Cokeworth. He had his privacy and, right now, it was a sanctuary. His escape from the world among Death Eaters or the responsibilities in the Order or even the bothersome students that roamed the halls of Hogwarts. He unlocked the door and stepped in eagerly, feeling a great weight slide off his shoulders as he entered the one place he felt even remotely comfortable letting himself relax and feel anything.

He wasn't completely sure how he felt Severus decided, setting his load down onto the coffee table and settling himself into his favorite armchair. There was some bit of wounded pride, some humiliation over having both Potter Sr. and Lily know of Severus's feelings for her then having it shoved in his face in front of them both that she could never be his. There was self loathing for the fact that he still loved her after all of these years, that he would feel anything at all in response to the revelation. There was relief in finally knowing the truth. Hope that knowing might help him move on. Mostly, there was sorrow. It didn't hurt as much as it once might have but, maybe, he had always truly known that Lily could never love him and that James Potter would always come out on top. At least Lily was happy. Even Severus could, grudgingly, admit that James Potter was a suitable husband and treated her well.

He expected that it should have hurt more or not at all. The confusing mix of emotions bothered him. It could have been worse, he thought to himself pulling out his wand and conjuring the bottle of Superior Red that Lucius had given him two Christmases ago. He poured himself a glass and leaned back in his chair, wondering what things might have been if that parchment had said any other name. Would Lily have stayed with Potter knowing he was meant for someone else? What if Severus had done it and it had given him Lily's name? Would anything have changed?

Would anything change if he did it now? No, that was a foolish thought. Suddenly learning who his soul mate was would not change anything. He wouldn't suddenly forget all about Lily and fall madly in love with this new man or woman. He might not even know them. They could very well be dead for all Severus knew, as had happened to poor Sharon Charles. What if it was someone he hated? Knowing could always be worse than not knowing, he rationalized. There was a reason he had chosen not to do so in the first place! There was nothing romantic or great about soul mates or soul Bonding.

Still…He was curious…

Severus stared at the box and the parchment on the table in front of him, sipping his wine as he imagined all the possibilities.

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