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The Potion Mistress and the Half-Blood Prince	By : FonzFan Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > General Views: 2096 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the people (Dumbledore, Snape, Voldemort, etc), places (Hogwarts, etc), other keywords (Occlumency, etc.), and text ("") that belong to the wonderful world of Harry Potter, as they belong to J.K. Rowling. I am writing this story to entertain myself (and hopefully others) and make no money from it. The OC (Katherine) is entirely my own.

Chapter 22: Last of the Wilds, Part 2
A loud crack echoed throughout the small valley, as Katherine apparated beside the small stream. Lightning flashed overhead in the distance, signaling another storm approaching.
"SEVERUS!" Katherine shouted, as she ran towards the tent. "SEVERUS!" As she entered the camp, she found it was dark and silent, except for the low rumble of thunder from the incoming storm. "Sev?"
But no one answered. Katherine walked into the bedroom, then the kitchen, but there was no sign that he had recently been there. She hurried out of the tent and into the darkness of the night. The flashes had increased and the thunder became more violent as she ran back to the edge of the stream.
"SEVERUS!" Katherine shouted. "WHERE ARE YOU?" A brilliant flash of lightning lit up the entire valley, then the rain began to fall heavily to the earth below. Katherine scrambled for her wand and pointed towards the area around her. "Homenum Revelio."
She waited, her eyes still scanning the darkened valley as her wand remained still in hand. She was alone.

Severus had disapparated away without really thinking, but soon found himself in the back alley of a small wizarding village. He hurried forward, and glanced around the corner of the old building, checking for any signs of life.
After finding none, he silently disillusioned himself and quickly walked down the street towards a small stone church. As he reached the kissing gates at the entrance of a small graveyard, he pushed one open as quietly as possible.
A light breeze blew through the trees and shrubs that surrounded the cemetery, and the scent of flowers filled his nose. He had visited this cemetery so many times before, but it still amazed him how many names he recognized.
Peverells. Abbotts. He thought he saw a McGonagall as well. Dumbledores. Potters.
Potter.
Lily.
Severus stood before a white marble double headstone. It was so white that it seemed to illuminated in the darkened graveyard. He knelt before the woman's name and etched the engraved words with the tips of his fingers.
Lily Potter

Born 30 January 1960

Died 31 October 1981
He could feel the tears stinging his eyes as he stared at her name in the stone. He tried to stop them from falling, but couldn't. Severus felt the cold teardrop run down his cheek and hastily wiped it away.
'I'm failing you.' he thought, as he swallowed hard, trying to stop the tears. 'I'm failing both of you.' Both of you; both Lily and Katherine. He slowly took out his wand, and picked up a small stone from the ground. Severus waved his wand over it, transfiguring it into a white lily, then place it below the engraving.
"Severus?" a soft voice called out to him. Severus rose quickly and looked about in all directions. Only to find himself still alone in the cemetery.
"Severus?" the voice came again. "Where are you?" It was Katherine, he realized. She was looking for him. But he felt he still needed some time alone, and occluded his mind. The voice stopped, but he felt an overwhelming guilt build up inside him for doing so.
Slowly he made his way out of the graveyard and down the street towards the last place that Lily was seen alive.

Katherine remained standing quite still next to the mountain stream. The downpour of cold rain drenched her clothes, causing her to shiver. She was listening intently for any sound of movement between the rumbles of thunder.
"Severus?" Katherine reached her mind out to his. "Severus? Where are you?" But there was no response. Casting the Homenum Revelio spell one last time, she heaved a heavy sigh before retreating back into the tent.
Still in her wet clothing, Katherine slipped to the floor in front of the cast iron stove. Her hands went into her hair, gripping it tight. She hadn't felt this alone in a long time.

Severus apparated back to the camp shortly after sunrise. The first thing he noticed was the softness of the ground, indicating that it had in fact rain during the night. The second thing was the darkened tent, still shadowed by the vast pines behind it.
At first he thought Katherine hadn't returned; that she had started with Narcissa, but as he walked closer, he saw movement near the entrance. Katherine was standing just inside its' door, and as she stepped out into the light Severus froze.
Her face was etched with a deep scowl, her hair was unruly and her skin pale. She looked like she hadn't slept at all. Katherine silently stalked towards him, her wand in hand and her eyes narrowed.
Suddenly, she broke into a run then skidded to a stop about a foot in front of him. Her wand pointed directly at his heart, which was racing as he wondered what she was about to do to him.
"WHAT IS THE FIRST SPELL I USED ON YOU WHEN WE WERE TRYING OUT FOR THE DUELING CLUB IN OUR SECOND YEAR?" Katherine bellowed the question at him, as she jabbed her wand into his chest.
"Obscuro," Severus said calmly. Katherine slowly lowered her wand away from him, but her eyes still held fire in them. Suddenly, she raised her arms and shoved him in the chest, making him stumble backwards from the force of the push.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?" Katherine shouted at him, while she lunged at him again.
"What are you talking about?" Severus yelled back, as he attempted to avoid from being knocked to the ground.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about," Katherine bellowed, as she went towards him again. "You said you were heading back last night, and I amused that meant you were heading back here. But when I followed you back, you weren't."
"You left right away?" Severus abruptly stopped moving, only to be tackled to the ground. Katherine pinned his hands to the ground with her knees then slammed her fists into his chest.
"Of course I did, you idiot," she snarled, as she swiped at he's chest again from her straddled position over his stomach. "You were so bloody pissed off last night when you left, I had to find out what your bloody problem was."
Katherine made to strike him again, but Severus managed to free his hands. He grabbed a hold of her arms, then flipped them both so that Katherine was now on her back. She attempted to kick him off of her, but failed when Severus managed to pin her legs to the ground as well.
"Do you want to know what pissed me off so much last night?" Severus said in a dangerously low voice. "Do you?"
"Yes," Katherine snarled, as she attempted to get him off.
"Draco's initiation," he said, glaring at the struggling witch beneath him.
"What about it?"
"I didn't see Draco," he said. "I saw us." Suddenly Katherine stopped squirming, and became very still. Her chest rose and fell quickly, as she tried to steady her breath.
"What?"
"I. Saw. Us." Severus' eyes now bore into Katherine's blue one. "I saw myself as Draco, having to take you of your innocence. I just thanked Merlin that you were branded with the Dark Mark, so I didn't have to kill you in the end." Severus eased up on his grip on her arms, but didn't release them.
"Is that what this is all about?" Katherine's voice was now calm, as she stared up at him. "Draco's initiation…"
"Was a punishment for the boy," Severus said, cutting her off. "He barely made it through it himself, and when it was over he fled. All Lucius did was cower in the corner. The boy is soft like his mother. He won't survive like this. They will kill him. They will kill them all before it's over."
"I know…" Katherine whispered.
"What?"
"I know Severus," Katherine closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Why do you think I brought Narcissa with me to find Draco?" Severus fully released her hands and sat up, but remained straddling her waist.
"Why did you retrieve her?"
"Why?" Katherine frowned at his question. "Because when I reentered the ballroom and saw that there was a fifth body, and I didn't see you or Draco, I kind of pieced everything together.
"The Hufflepuff girl was in Draco's year. To those other four boys who were initiated last night, they wouldn't have cared about her since she was a year below them. But your right, Draco is like Narcissa. Even though he may never have talked to the girl, he still knew of her. They more than likely had classes together, and even though she was a muggleborn, Draco wasn't probably thinking that when he did what he had to do.
"He is soft Severus. And I fear that he won't survive. If he doesn't start doing something about it soon, he's going to end up just like Regulus. Dead."
Severus was in shock, to say the least. He had never thought to compare Draco to Narcissa's cousin, the late Regulus Black. But the boy was just like his second cousin. Both joining the Death Eaters to make mummy and daddy proud, only to find out that they weren't cut out for it. They were the weaker link. A weaker links, were more than often, severed.
"Sev," Katherine voice was so quiet that he almost missed it. He looked down at the witch on the ground and noted how pale she was. "Draco needs us and his mother more than ever right now. Lucius has been weakened too far to be any help.
"When you left so abruptly last night, I knew I had to go after you. Draco had Narcissa with him, so I knew he was safe, but I haven't seen you that upset in a long time.
"Umm…could you possibly get off me, please. You may be thin, but you're still a lot heavier than me." Severus rose quickly from his kneeling position and helped Katherine up off the ground.
"I still don't understand why you didn't go back to be with your Quidditch team, and came after me instead," Severus said, while he dusted himself off.
"You don't?" Katherine rose a mocking eyebrow at him, as Severus shook his head. "How many times did they ever come looking for me when I was upset? None of them. You were the only one, willing enough to rush after me when I disapparted off in a huff. You were the only one that knew how to cool me off too.
"You were my first real friend. Those others only liked me because I was a good flyer and a good dueler. Because I won them house points and Quidditch matches. At least with you, I could sit down and have an intelligent conversation.
"We could go from talking about Quidditch to charms without missing a beat. Where as, if it was someone like Rabastan, most of the things we discuss would go right over his head."
"Just Rabastan?" Severus smirked at her, as Katherine smirked back.
"Most definitely not just Rabastan," she chuckled, but then turned serious again before swatting him on the shoulder. "You still scared the shit out of me last night though."
"Forgive me. I didn't realized you got scared so easily," Severus retorted mockingly.
"I was worried that you had been caught by Auors when I couldn't reach you," Katherine said, as she brushed herself off. "Anyways, I'm cold and starved, so let's go in an get some breakfast."
"Very well."

Two weeks passed by uneventfully, and Severus and Katherine continued with the same routine that they had before.
Dueling practice and tactics filled most of the mornings, while exploring the woods and meadow took up their afternoons. Occasionally they would come across a potion ingredient and harvest it in order to be used later.
But the Irish countryside had other plans, and the two would more than likely find themselves stuck inside as rain washed over the valley.
The nights though, were still getting to Severus. More often than not, he would wake in the middle of the night to find himself pressed up against Katherine's form. Though it was hard to avoid, since the bed itself was small and really only meant for one.
But he was just glad that the dreams had subsided, even though he would still have to take a cold shower in the stream after waking in the mornings with a throbbing erection. Then again, he didn't know about Katherine waking in the middle of the night to erotic dreams herself. She was just as bad off as he was.

As the middle of July rolled around, Severus was summoned alone, only to come back with news of a meeting that would take place that night. It was then that they decided to pack the camp and head somewhere else after the meeting.
"Got everything?" Severus asked as he shoved the final potion ingredient into Katherine's undetectable extension charmed bag.
"I believe so," Katherine said as she picked up the bag with the tent in it. "Ready then?"
Severus nodded in response, and the two lifted their left sleeves and touched their Dark Marks, which disapparated them back to Malfoy Manor.
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