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The next morning the group met at the entrance of the great hall. Harry told Draco the address quickly so he could go ahead to Hogsmeade so no one would see them all together. Ginny and Luna got under Harry´s invisibility cloak and together they started their way up to the small village just outside of Hogwarts. When they arrived, Harry saw Draco standing in front of one of the shop windows. He looked in his general direction and nodded. Draco left around a corner and apparated to headquarters. Harry told Ginny and Luna to stand between him and Hermione and together they followed Draco. When they landed Harry looked at his watch and decided that he would go and pick up the twins. They were expecting him in a few minutes, so he concentrated on the joke shop and was gone. Hermione and Ron started to the house. Draco followed them inviting the others into the wards.
“It’s a nice house.” Neville said coming to a stop when Hermione unlocked the door.
“Isn´t it? With Grimauld place looking like it does I wouldn´t have thought that the Blacks have such a nice, light house. It is very cosy inside and the big windows are everywhere so in what ever place in the house you are you can always look outside. Well except for the hallway upstairs and the basement but I like the look into nature.” They went inside and Hermione hurried Neville, Draco and Luna downstairs. She took out the trunk and resized it for them.
“We will get you as soon as we explained everything. Don´t worry the twins can be hot heads like Ronald but it takes a lot more to set them of. Also, although they are very protective of Ginny, they are not in that controlling way that Ron is when it comes to his baby sister. I think it´s because she is the only younger sibling and the girl his parents always craved.”
“I just hope they don´t use me as lab rat for their new stuff.”
“Oh, you should hope these two are awfully creative.” She said with an evil grin and left.
Meanwhile Fred and George were closing the shop so they would be ready when Harry would arrive.
“What do you think is going on Freddy?” George asked his brother a little worried. Although they were older than Ron, they were always close to him and Harry. He remembered how thrilled they were when Harry made the quidditch team back in first year. He remembered the little boy they met at the train station. He remembered that he was a little worried about the little boy who seemed so small, so thin, so fragile he couldn´t even lift his own trunk. He was shocked when he discovered the lighting bolt scar on the boy’s forehead and was shocked that the shabby looking boy before him was THE Harry Potter, the boy who lived to free them from Voldemort. The twins were still young when the dark lord fell and he couldn´t remember much about the time but although his parents wouldn´t talk to them about it until Harry saved the sorcerer´s stone, Bill and Charlie had told Persy and the twins all they could remember about you know who.
“I don´t know but Harry should be here any minute. Guess we find out soon enough.” George nodded and as he did Harry popped into their shop.
“Hey guys, you ready to leave?”
“Sure, just tell us where to go and we will be right behind you.” Harry told them and then he apparated back to headquarters. When the twins arrived, Harry let them into the house, and they were greeted by the others who sat at the kitchen table waiting for them.
“Didn´t expect you to be here Ginny, but it´s nice to see you.” Fred said giving his sister a hug.
“Well, I kind of have to tell you guys something but that can wait, there are far more important things to talk about.”
“Let´s hear then, shall we?” George said dropping down on one of the free chairs.
“Yes, but first I think we need something to eat. Kreacher!” Harry called out and with a pop the elf appeared.
“Yes, master what can Kreacher do for you.”
“Haven´t I told you to call me Harry?” He gave him a stern look but seeing how uncomfortable Kreacher was took pity with him.
“How about you call me master Harry would that make you happier?” He asked.
“Yes, master Harry, Kreacher is very happy.”
“Please bring us something to eat and drink.”
“Kreacher will be right back master Harry,” and with that the elf disappeared.
Back at the castle Severus Snape looked at the marauders map and searched the parchment for the name of the transfiguration professor. He hated to admit that he was nervous. Since he prided himself of being a master of his own emotions, it bothered him to no end. Although he had to concede that since that first night he saw Harry in the hallway, his emotions had been all over the place. He finally spotted Minerva on the grounds and made his way to the front door to catch her outside. He carefully not to be seen, took out the card every few minutes to see in which direction his college was moving and soon he could see her a few hundred feet away. He walked to her and was just about to open his mouth when he heard someone else approaching. He turned around and saw non other then Albus Dumbledore.
“Good day, Severus, Minerva.” He bowed his head in greeting.
“What a beautiful day, I thought I would go for a walk. It seems like I am not the only one who had this idea.”
“Good day Albus, it is nice weather. I am glad that it is Sunday so I could find the time to get outside.”
“Headmaster.” Snape greeted.
“What brings you out Severus, in all your years here as a teacher I don´t think I seen you once just take a walk.”
“No, I was looking for Minerva. I was just with Poppy checking out the potion stock when she asked me to please look for you and bring you to her. It seems one of your Gryffindor´s skipped the back to school check up and she wants to talk to you.”
“Really? I was sure every Gryffindor saw her this year. Well, better check again. I will be taking my leave.”
“I will accompany you; I still haven’t checked all the numbers yet.”
“Good, I will go see Hagrid.” Dumbledore said and made his way to the little stone house near the forbidden forest.
“Did Poppy tell you which student skipped the appointment?” McGonagall asked.
“I don´t know… I made it up.” Minerva stopped and looked at him with small eyes.
“Why?”
“Because I have to talk to you.”
“About?”
“Not yet, I will need Poppy too. Can we get on with it? I have to attend to a potion in a while and I would prefer getting this conversation over with.” McGonagall looked at him for a few more seconds before starting to walk up to the castle. They walked in silence and Snape was glad when they entered the hospital wing.
“Good morning Minerva, Severus, what brings you here today?”
“I don´t know Poppy, Severus has something he wants to talk about. Can we use your office?”
“Of course, how are you Severus? You look good.” She asked and smiled at him fondly.
“I am good Poppy, thank you for asking. Could we? Please?” He looked at her office door.
“Yes, let´s sit down.” They went into the office and when the two women had taken their seats, Severus through up a silencing charm and several other spells that would alert them should someone be in the hallway to the infirmary.
“Do you really think that necessary Severus?” Poppy asked. Snape slowly turned to the others.
“Yes, believe me, it is.”
“What´s going on Severus?” Minerva asked.
“Minerva, you had a conversation with Potter a few nights back?”
“Yes, but how do you…?” She looked at him before understanding dawned on her face.
“Yes, I am here to explain everything. I must warn you this will be upsetting, and I must tell you, that after I told you everything you will have to make a vow that nothing that was discussed in this room will leave it until you are told otherwise. If you are not willing to do so I can´t tell you. You must control yourselves because what you are about to learn will bring on many emotions and I am afraid almost all of them are very unpleasant. All I can tell you know is that it involves a student, and that said student suffered a hell lot. Shall I go on?”
He asked looking at them seriously before sitting down himself. Minerva looked at Poppy who until he mentioned a student looked a little unsure of what to think but now, had a determent look on her face. Minerva looked back at her colleague.
“Go on.” Severus took a deep breath.
“The first night back this year, I went on patrol and came upon Harry Potter. He met with a certain house elf in the middle of the night. What I witnessed that night shocked me to the core. When Potter sat down the elf noticed that he was in pain and demanded that Potter let him heal him and that Potter had to drop the glamour spell he cast upon himself and when he did…” He broke of and slowly shook his head as the thought of that night.
“His entire body was covered in cuts and bruises, scars everywhere, bad ones. He was so thin I couldn´t believe he could hold himself up. After the elf healed him, they talked a bit and he left.” He hadn´t looked at them ones while he spoke and when he looked up Poppy was in tears and Minerva was stone faced.
“I knew something was up with that boy. He always was too thin, but I never noticed scars. He had a few bruises but when I asked him about them, he said he and his cousin didn´t get along. Then after at the start of third year it seamed to have stopped so I didn´t think on it again. But who did this Severus?” Snape looked at McGonagall. He had a feeling that she had her suspicions.
“The next day I told Potter to come to my office and when I questioned him, maybe a little harshly, he trusted me with his secrets. His relatives,” his voice shook a bit with fury.
“These disgusting excuses of human beings have treated Harry like their personal servant since the age of three, also at the same age they started beating him. He didn´t know he had a name like his relatives until he got to pre-school and either his teachers didn´t notice anything was wrong or they simply didn´t care.”
“Dear Lord, the poor boy.” Poppy whispered and even Minerva couldn´t hold back her tears any longer. She had noticed that Severus had called the child Harry which in all the time Harry was in school never happened ones.
“I am afraid the worst truths are still to come. Harry told me that his uncle sexually abused him for the first time when he was only five.” Poppy gasped Minerva´s face went ghost white in an instant.
“I told Albus that we shouldn´t leave Harry with those muggles. I was there that day. I came there as soon as I heard rumours of what had happened, and that Dumbledore planned to sent Harry to his relatives. I sat in front of their house the whole day and watched them. They where horrible, the parents and the child. I told him it would be a mistake, but he wouldn´t listen.”
“I knew Lilli´s sister when we were young, and she was horrible even back then. She was so jealous of everything that had to do with Lilli. Her looks, the fact that she was a witch and she was a boring little girl with a nasty personality and no charm at all. I think what bothered her most though was that Lilli was adopted and her parents chose her to be their daughter.”
“What Lilli was adopted? I never knew that.”
“No one did not even me and we lived close. She never bothered telling anyone because to her it didn´t matter I guess.” Severus was nervous because now he had to tell him the rest.
“I am afraid now comes the really bad part. After Harry ran away in the summer before third year, his relatives had found out that he wasn´t allowed to use magic outside of school and the abuse got really nasty, he actually told me because it was so bad that year that he thought himself a wandless glamour spell so that no one would know what was going on so that´s why you didn´t see anything after that Poppy. Anyways back at school he told Albus about what was happening when he went home for summer vacation, also told him how long it had been going on and the headmaster did nothing.” At that he heard two outraged witches hurrying to the door, so he quickly vanished it.
“Severus you better put that door back right know or help me god you will regret it.”
“No…” He said quietly.
“You cannot confront him, sit down and listen to the rest I have to say. Do you want to put Harry in more danger?” The women looked at each other and sat back down.
“Good, I told you, you will have many unpleasant feelings, but you can´t act on them. If I must bind you after this conversation until you come down, I will do it. I would prefer avoiding that so please act like the mature women I know you are and not like some stupid kids who act first without thinking about the consequences.” In the next hour Severus told the two women everything about what they learned from the letter Harry´s parents had left him. He told them about the DA and everything that happened since the start of the school year. The two women mostly let him talk but then or there they would huff in anger or sigh in sadness. When he had covered everything, he looked at the other´s. Poppy gave him a weak smile.
“I am proud of you Severus. I really am. Look how far you have come. It is a long way from death eater to ally of the boy who lived. You do know that right?”
“I told him. I told him everything he wanted to know. About my relationship with his parents. About what my time at Hogwarts was like, why I joined the dark lord and why I decided to turn my back on him. You know what he did? He just… forgave me then and there, not only for that but for everything. How I treated him, how I let my hate for his father blind me to a child in need, everything… and then a few minutes later he says that he knows that I am good. I will never forget that day. I believe that is the day I…” He stopped himself just in time. Minerva looked at him.
“The day you what Severus?” To Snape´s shock he saw a knowing twinkle in her eye, just like the ones the headmaster was known for.
“That is not important, the point is that you know everything now. What do you think?” While he talked the to witches looked at each other matching grins on their faces. Severus didn´t know it but the way he had talked about Harry let no doubt in the women´s mind that Severus Snape the stone hearted dungeon bat had fallen in love. It wasn´t even what he was saying it was the look of absolute admiration in his eyes that gave away what he didn´t want to speak out loud in front of his colleagues.
“I think you gave us a lot to think about. What is absolutely clear to me is that I will join the DA. Harry Potter is the hope of the wizarding world, he also is just a boy who had to suffer unspeakable things. For Albus to sit back and watch as these people did such horrible stuff is just appalling.”
“Minerva is absolutely right. I cannot imagine how Harry must have felt. And that when he finally trusted an adult with this knowledge for the man to just dismiss it.” She shook his head.
“I am glad you are there for him. For all of them. Harry is so close to his friends, It must be horrible to have a best friend with such a responsibility on his shoulders. All that they achieved in the years since they first came here. Saving the sorcerer´s stone, fighting a basilisk, the pressure of saving your best friends sister´s life. What thirteen-year-old learns how to cast an Patronus or fights dragons. This boy with more or less help from his friends faced the dark lord four times, every time barley escaping with his life. These are some special kids. It´s a danger to them and their families too. Being so close to him they are setting themselves up as targets as they are the most important people in his life, and everyone knows it. For them to stick by his site, to be so caring and responsible at such a young age is astonishing.”
“I was wondering Minerva, has Miss Granger confided in you concerning her parent’s situation?” When she shook her head, he said:
“Apparently after the dark lord came back Miss Granger obliviated her parents so that they wouldn´t remember that they have a daughter and planted the thought in their heads to move to Australia. She hasn´t seen them since and has no idea where they are.” Minerva was flabbergasted.
“When can we meet with Harry? I want to run a few tests on him.” Poppy asked.
“You can come down to my chambers tonight if you want. As I said the two Weasleys Harry and Hermione are staying in the trunk. Don´t look like that Minerva, I know you would like them to be back at Gryffindor tower, but I told you about the potion Dumbledore plans to give Harry. It is just too dangerous for them to be there.”
“I know I know. Severus I must ask… What exactly is your relationship with Harry? You seem to have become close.”
“We have.” To Severus utter humiliation he could feel a blush creep on his cheeks.
“I couldn´t help it as soon as I got to know what he is really like I fell for him. I am not proud that I fell in love with a seventeen-year-old, but I did, and I am not ashamed for my feelings for him. He is so far beyond his years emotionally and at the same time… I don´t know it is quite difficult to explain.”
“How does he feel about you?” Asked Poppy?
“I know he feels the same.”
“Then I for one have no problem with it. I know that you are a good man and Harry needs someone strong by his site. You do realise that, should he succeed in killing you know who that he will never be left alone. Any dark wizard coming after you know who, and we know there will be others seeking power, all of them would make it there first priority to hunt down the boy who lived and do what the dark lord could not.” Said Minerva.
“Yes, I know. Also, he WILL succeed and if it is with my dying breath, I will help him to do so.”
At headquarters Harry and the other´s had had a very similar conversation with a very serious set of twins listening in outrage to what they had to say. George ripped the DA contract out of Hermione´s hands as soon as she had taken it out and both twins had signed up. They reacted good to Ginny´s news claiming that they already knew and that they had made their peace with it since Ginny seemed to be happy. Now, all Harry had to do was give the twins their first assignment.
“Listen guys. You told me you hire someone for the shop for the times you cannot be there. Please do it quickly since there are many people that need to be convinced. I want you to start with your family, more precisely with Bill and Fleur, if you can get Charlie at the same time great but I need Fleur. She has connections to the Beauxbaton´s that were here during the Triwizard tournament. They will be the best to start with because they are Fleurs school mates, and they all know me. They were here when I brought Cedric back, so they know how immediate the threat is. I also want you to look around in the order. Remus and Tonks, Kingsley. I´m not sure about mad eye but if we have Tonks, we will have someone who knows him better.”
“This is the real deal isn´t it?” Fred asked.
“We are preparing for the war to come.” George added.
“Yes, this is the real deal. Ask around the people you manage to convince. If they know people who would be willing to join. We need every man we can get.”
“Got it. Harry what about mum and dad. You know you are part of our family and the Weasley´s protect their own. I really think they should know, and I think you should be the one to tell them. I know they will back you 100%.”
“I know, I just don´t want to tell them. I love your mum but you know how she can be. I would have to tell her everything and I´m not sure I´m ready for mama bear to go hunt down Severus.” They all laughed.
“You do realise the longer you wait the angrier mum will be that you didn´t tell her sooner.” Harry went pale and the Weasley´s and Hermione laughed, all well accustomed to Molly Weasleys temper.
“I will soon. I promise. Next weekend. Saturday we already have things to do but I go see them on Sunday.” He looked at Ron and Hermione.
“You two come with me, right?”
“Course mate. I never say no to one of my mums’ meals.”
“Will you tell her we will come Sunday at noon?” Harry asked the twins.
“Will do.”
“Thanks, I also wanted to talk to you about the shop. I want to invest more so you can take the funds and create more stuff that is useful while fighting. In the next days, while you figure out who you will hire, think of anything you want. If you can wright down a rough idea and how you would start making it and sent it to me. I will give it so Severus and he will be in contact with you trying to figure out how to make it work. As soon as we find some, we will send you a parchment. When you right on it, it will send your words onto a parchment just like yours, that Severus will have. The message will appear until you read it. If it is something important you can save it, wright it down on something else and vanish it after. Just tell me how much money you need and don´t hesitate to come back for more should you need it. Just let me know every few weeks what progress you made and what new ideas you have.” Fred and George had Identical smiles on their faces.
“We already have so many ideas and Snape will be a great help. Thanks, Harry that will be awesome. We will talk about the details per owl. You know, what you will get from the profit and stuff. Maybe after the war we could expand. Together we can make a fortune.”
“We will see about that. It was great to see you, I´m afraid we will have to get back soon and really should leave. Come by next Sunday when we´re at the burrow, Hermione will give you the portkey to headquarters. As soon as you get it don´t leave home without it.”
“We will see you on Sunday then. Come Fred let’s get back, we have to get back to work. There is lots and lots that is just waiting to be invented.” And with a wave the twins walked out the door and out of the wards to apparate back to Diagon Alley.
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