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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.
Warning: Character Death
Italics in quotes are Severus' and Katherine's mind connection conversations.

Chapter 23: The New Assignment
Severus and Katherine apparated before the gates of Malfoy Manor. Severus had a bad feeling about the sudden summons, as he unwarded the gateway to allow both him and Katherine entrance.
He could hear Katherine steadily keep up with his pace, willing himself not to run. They seemed to be already late, and rushing in would do no good anymore. The front doors opened for them as they approached.
The manor was quiet and deserted, meaning that everyone was already seated before the Dark Lord. They hurried up the stairs, Severus striding a few steps ahead of Katherine. He stopped abruptly at the top, causing her to run into him.
Severus eyes were gazing towards the space above the long table. Katherine followed his stare; her eyes widened at what she saw. A body of a woman, who was whimpering, hung suspended in mid-air. She may have only met the woman a couple of times throughout the year, but she recognized her immediately. Professor Charity Burbage, the Muggle Studies teacher.
"Severus. Katherine. I was beginning to think you had lost your way." Voldemort sneered, bringing both witch and wizard out of their trance. "Come, we saved you both a seat." The two were given seats immediately to the right of the Dark Lord. All eyes seemed to follow them, and as soon as they were seated, the Dark Lord spoke to them first.
"What news do you bring Severus?" Voldemort asked.
"My Lord, the Order intends to move Potter form his current location of safety on Saturday next, at nightfall," Severus stated calmly, but he noticed Katherine fidget out of the corner of his eye.
"When did you find this out?" Katherine asked him.
"Right after I was summoned this morning," Severus explained. "I went and found one of the weaker order members and used the confundus charm on him in order to find out the plan."
"I have heard differently My Lord," Yalxey sneered, as the Dark Lord turned to face him. "The Auror, Dawlish, let it slip that Potter will not be moved until the night before the boy turns seventeen."
Severus caught Katherine fidgeting again, and noticed that her eyes were not trained on Yaxley. His eyes followed hers, and found she was watching the snake, Nagini. He remembered that Katherine had a huge dislike for snakes in general, after having almost lost her life to one when she was fourteen. If it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be here right now. Cautiously, he moved his hand from his own lap, and placed in on top of hers under the table. Then gave it a gentle squeeze to calm her.
"I assured you, my Lord, that Dawlish seemed quite certain of these plans," Yaxley continued.
"Of course he did Yaxley," Severus smirked. "It's more than likely that Dawlish has been Confunded, further more the Aurors no longer play the part of protecting Harry Potter, since the Order believes that we have fully infiltrated the Ministry."
"At least they've got that right!" another Death Eater laughed, which set off others laughing here and there. But the Dark Lord didn't respond and returned his focus of Severus again.
"Where are they taking the boy?" Voldemort hissed, as he eyed Severus.
"At the home of one of the Order members," Severus said calmly. "A place that has been given every protection possible. Once the boy reaches that point, I think there will be little chances of taking him, my Lord.
"Unless.…of course, the Ministry has truly fallen before next Saturday, it might give us the opportunity to discover and undo the wards that the Ministry has set upon the site. Then we may be able to break through the rest."
"Bellatrix, Yaxley," the Dark Lord hissed. "Will the Ministry have fallen by next Saturday?" Bella only nodded with a sickening grin upon her face.
"As long as everything goes right with Pius Thicknesse, my Lord," Yaxley merely stated. A terrible wail echoed through the hall, causing many at the table to flinch and look down at the floor from where the sound had come.
"WORMTAIL!" the Dark Lord shouted. "I told you to keep our guest quiet!"
"Y-yes, my Lord," Peter Pettigrew flinched, and backed away from the table, before disappearing behind a door.
"I admit," the Dark Lord's voice became quiet again. "When it comes to Harry Potter, that I have been careless. But I know better now, and understand things better than before. I must be the one to kill Harry Potter. And I shall need to borrow a wand form one of you before I go to kill the boy."
Most looked around in shock, but Severus steeled his face from all emotion; for inside, he worried that the Dark Lord would demand for his or even Katherine's wands.
"No one?" Voldemort asked. "What about you…Lucius."
"M-my Lord?" Lucius stuttered. Severus watched the frail man look up questioningly at their master. He noted Lucius' gray eyes were sunken and shadowed, and his voice timid and hoarse.
"My, my Lord?" the Dark Lord mocked. "Your wand, Lucius. I require your wand."
Katherine and Severus looked on as Lucius glanced at Narcissa, who was, in return, staring straight back at them. Narcissa's gray eyes held Katherine's, looking for help, but knew that neither one of them could do anything.
Lucius slid his wand from the holder within his black cane and passed it to the Dark Lord, who was no standing behind him. The Dark Lord's red eyes examined it closely.
"Do I detect Elm, Lucius?"
"Yes, my Lord."
"And the core?"
"Dragon…dragon heartstring, my Lord," Lucius whispered.
"Excellent," said the Dark Lord, as he eyed the sullen expressions of the Malfoy family. "Your family should be proud Lucius. Is my returned, my rise to power, not the very thing they professed to desire?"
"Of course, my Lord," Lucius whispered again. Severus watched as Narcissa's fidgeted next to her husband, then turned his eyes to Draco, who was glancing up ever so often to the body floating overhead.
"My Lord," Bellatrix gushed. "We are honor to have you in our family's home. It is truly a great honor."
"No greater honor Bella?" Voldemort sneered. "What about the great honor that has taken place in your family this week?"
"Severus?" Katherine reached out to him. "What is the Dark Lord talking about?"
"I'm not sure."
"For I hear, my dear Bella," the Dark Lord hissed. "That your niece, as well as she is Lucius and Narcissa's niece, has just married the werewolf, Remus Lupin. The four of you must be so proud."
Laughter rose around the table, as Bellatrix's face flushed and looked down and away from the Dark Lord. Lucius and Draco both looked down as well, but Narcissa continued to hold Katherine's gaze; tears forming in the elder witch's eyes.
"Tell me," the Dark Lord hissed again. "Will Draco babysit the cubs?" Laughter roared again around the table, but Severus and Katherine remained silent, like the Dark Lord.
"ENOUGH!" the Dark Lord bellowed, and the laughter died at once. Voldemort raised Lucius' wand and pointed it at the revolving figure of Professor Burbage. The bloodied woman groan and struggled as her body slowly moved to float above the dead center of the table.
"Recognize our guest Severus? Katherine?" the Dark Lord asked. The two raised their eyes to the battered woman. Her lips trembled, trying to speak, and her eyes were sunken inward.
"Ah yes," Severus stated with a disgusted tone, but inside he panicked, because he knew there was nothing he could do to save his colleague. Katherine merely sneered in disgust at the woman.
"For those of you who do not know her," the Dark Lord said, "we are joined here tonight by Charity Burbage who, until recently, taught at Hogwarts.
"Professor Burbage taught the students all about Muggles…about how they are not so different from us. She supports Muggles and Mudbloods alike, and says that with the dwindling of the purebloods, that she would have us mate with them."
The crowd around the table spat towards the woman and hissed out their views on the comment. Tears began pouring from Charity's face and she looked towards Severus and Katherine again.
"Severus…Katherine…please…please help me…" Charity Burbage whispered hoarsely as her body hovered over the center of the large table. "We're…we're friends…" But no more than the last words escaped her lips, it came.
"Avada Kedavra," the Dark Lord hissed. Lucius's old wand emitted the familiar green light, bursting forth and hit the bruised and bloodied professor's body. It fell with a sicken thud to the table below.
Severus' grip tighten on Katherine's hand, as he willed himself not to look away. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught the snake slowly making its' way up the side of the Dark Lord chair and onto the tabletop.
"Dinner Nagini," the Dark Lord smirked at the sight of his pet slithering its' way towards the mangled body. Its' jaw unhinging, the snake attacked the victim's head and began to feed; slowly constricting the twisted corpse into its' throat.
Katherine couldn't take it anymore and turned her eyes towards Narcissa and her family. She wasn't shocked to find Narcissa and Draco looking at her, knowing very well the witch and her godson didn't want to witness this. But what did surprise her was Lucius; his eyes glued to his hands on the table, swallowing hard every now and then, trying to keep from retching on the spot.
She found herself doing the same. Her hand trembled under Severus' grip as she willed herself not to throw up due to the horrid sounds that the snake was emitting as it devoured its' prey. Merlin, how she hated snakes.
Narcissa and Katherine's eyes remained fixed on one another what seemed like hours. She felt sorry for the older witch, knowing deep down that Narcissa wished that the Dark Lord would take his headquarters elsewhere.
"You are all dismissed," the Dark Lord waved his boney-white hand to the group. "Except…you two." His finger pointing straight at Severus and Katherine. Chairs screeched across the floor; as the snake continued to consume its' dinner.
The others backed out of the room, as Severus and Katherine remained rooted in their seats. Katherine made eye contact with Narcissa one last time, before the elder witch guided her son from the room.
"Well now…" the Dark Lord murmured as his followers locked eyes with his red ones. "I have a new mission for the both of you. Severus?"
"Yes my Lord?" Severus bowed his head in recognition.
"How will the Order be moving the boy to his safe house?"
"Well, my Lord, since the boy is still underage, they will be more likely to fly him there instead of apparate. Even with a legal aged wizard, he can be traced through apparation."
"Excellent then. Katherine?"
"Yes my Lord?" Katherine nodded in response.
"Since you are the best flyer amongst my followers, I want you to lead the attack upon the Order's move. Assemble yourself a group to intercept the Order and find Potter. Once you have, contact me and I will handle the rest."
"As you wish my Lord," Katherine bowed her head. "Thank you for this mission. I will not fail you."
"Good. And as for the both of you, you will both be returning to Hogwarts in the fall."
"My Lord?" Severus questioned with furrowed brows.
"How are we to return to Hogwarts my Lord?" Katherine raised a questionable brow to her master.
"Once we have full control of the Ministry, I will be placing you Severus, as Headmaster of the school. Katherine will be your Deputy Headmistress and take over as Head of Slytherin House."
"As you wish my Lord," Severus nodded acknowledging his new mission.
"I will also be sending the Carrows with you," the Dark Lord hissed as he rose from his chair and paced to the balcony at the end of the meeting hall. "They will fill the positions of Dark Arts and Muggle Studies." He sneered at the latter, as he turned to view the snake whom had finally completed its' meal.
"They will also be in charge of detentions and discipline," he paced back to the table, eyeing his servants. Katherine and Severus both knew he was applying Legilimency, and occluded the minds quickly. "Katherine, you are dismissed. I have one last thing to discuss with Severus, in private."
Katherine rose from her seat and bowed in front of her master, before kissing the hem of his robes. Voldemort's eyes remained glued on her, as he watched her back to the stairs and descend them quickly.
"Severus," the Dark Lord said, after Katherine was finally out of view. "You may have noticed that many of the others had been recently given a wife in order to ensure the gain in followers for years to come."
"I have my Lord," Severus said, as he nodded slightly in response.
"You will be given one as well," Voldemort smirked. "But I have a problem, Severus."
"My Lord?"
"Yes," the Dark Lord said, "the problem is that I have yet to find a woman that will be worthy of you. A witch that will give you strong offspring, and me even stronger and more faithful followers.
"As for now, I tell you that you will receive a bride, but for when that will be I can not say. Once I have found one, you will be married and seed the next generation of followers for me."
"Of course, my Lord," Severus said, but inside his stomach turned at the thought that it may be a former student that he may receive.
"Excellent," the Dark Lord smirked. "You are dismissed then."

After reentering the main hallway, Katherine made her way to the parlor, where she found the three Malfoys sitting.
"Hello Cissy," Katherine said as she entered the room, but stopped short when Lucius moved to block her way.
"Get out," Lucius's voice cracked.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I said get out," Lucius said again. "Leave my family alone."
"Lucius..." Narcissa's timid voice came forth from the lounge. "Lucius please."
"No Cissy," Lucius hissed at his wife.
"How dare you take my place in the inner circle." Lucius sneered at Katherine. "How could you just fall back into your old rank after you returned from prison?"
"I did not take your place Lucius," Katherine growled at him. "As for receiving my old rank, that was the Dark Lord's doing, not mine."
"You and Severus have pushed my family so far down in the Dark Lord's graces, that we are constantly being mocked by the others," Lucius growled back. "You took away Draco's glory…"
"We were protecting him," Katherine voice was now dangerously low. "Unlike you. You who just sat there when he was humiliated at his initiation two weeks ago."
"How dare you, you filthy half-blood," Lucius snarled, but his face soon turned to fear and Katherine pulled out her wand and directed it at his face.
"What's the matter Lucius?" Katherine smirked. "Oh that's right. Your wand now belongs to the Dark Lord." Lucius grimaced, then stuck his nose in the air and pushed pass Katherine to leave the room.
Narcissa watched as Katherine lowered her wand after Lucius had left the room. Draco rose and began to pace in front of the fireplace, and she sat staring at her hands in her lap.
"Cissy," Katherine turned to face the elder witch. "Forgive me. I shouldn't have…"
"Do not worry Katherine," Narcissa said, cutting her off. "Lucius has been under a lot of stress lately, as we all have."
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Katherine asked as she took the seat opposite from her. Narcissa only shook her head, then turned to watch her son, who had stopped his pacing.

Severus found Katherine sitting with Narcissa and Draco in the parlor. The two women sat facing each other on opposite chairs, while the boy stood like a stone statue towards the fireplace; his arms crossed over his chest.
He sized up the young man's stature, before bowing slightly to Narcissa. She nodded lightly in return, but her eyes darted back and forth between Katherine and Severus.
"Katherine," Severus cleared his throat, "Are you ready to depart?"
She had been silent since he entered the room, and only nodded in response. Quickly, she rose from her chair and gave a small nod to Narcissa before hurriedly slipping out the door, past Severus.
Severus watched as Narcissa's eyes remained glued on Katherine's retreating form. But as soon as Katherine's person left the room, her eyes downcast to the floor. Whatever had transpired while he was with the Dark Lord, had obviously not been good.
"Narcissa. Draco. Goodnight." Severus said, bowing slightly once again, before turning on his heel and following Katherine to the front door.
The halls of Malfoy Manor were silent, save from the clicking of Severus' shoes on the marble flooring. Katherine stood waiting for him at the double doors; her eyes dark and her posture stiff. As he drew nearer, he saw the anger and fire dance within her blue orbs. As much as he wanted to ask her of what had happened between her and the Malfoys, he didn't dare, for he knew the mood she was in.
Katherine was quick with a wand, although she would never turn against him to harm him fatally; she would most certainly hex the next person to cross her path.
Severus eased pass her slowly and opened the door. He then turned back and motioned her to depart before him. With a heavy sigh, Severus followed her out into the night.
Although it was the summer holidays, the air was brisk with a light mist. The only sound in the stillness of the night was the crunching of the gravel beneath their feet.
Severus followed Katherine closely behind. She had yet to speak to him directly since their arrival to the manor. But as they neared the gates, Katherine suddenly stopped, and if Severus hadn't been watching her, he surely would have run her over.
"Katherine," he said, "What is it?"
"It's just that we never discussed where we are heading to," Katherine stated as she turned to face him. Her blue eyes still held some fire, but the flame seemed to be dying out in the cool night air.
"Well, I think we can stop running now," Severus said as he ran a hand through his hair. "We can return to Spinner's End…" But he paused at those words. He feared Katherine would not want to return to the decay of a house so soon. "Unless you want to stay here with Narcissa. It's your choice."
"I rather go back to Spinner's End," she spat. "If I stay here, I'm likely to blast the bloody Lord of this manor into a million pieces."
"So it's not Narcissa you are mad at," Severus commented before walking through the gate.
"No, I'm only mad at that bastard of a man she married," Katherine hissed as she followed him to the apparation point. "He said that you and I only wanted to take Draco's glory. I retorted and told him that we were only protecting the boy."
"You know Lucius' opinion doesn't matter Katherine," Severus said as he stopped and waited for Katherine to catch up.
"Yes, I know," Katherine sneered. "But he tried to keep me from seeing Narcissa tonight. She's like a sister to me, and he can't keep me from her or my godson."
"He won't, don't worry," Severus said, as he held out an arm to her. "I'll apparate us back to Spinner's End, you've got too much on your mind right now to think straight."
"I won't splinch myself you know," Katherine said with a raised eyebrow, but she took his arm anyway.
"Better safe than sorry," Severus said, before turning both Katherine and himself on the spot and disapparated back to where it all began.
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