Brand New Day

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Chapter 05
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Malfoy, Zabiny e Avery returned to the Dark Lord’s presence clad in muggle clothes. Malfoy was wearing a gray Armani suit with his long blond hair tied at the nap of his neck. Zabini looking very imposing in his dark suit, with white shirt and deep blue tie. Avery didn’t hide the fact that he was the muscles of the trio with black denim, black button down shirt and black leather jacket. The three man bowed in front of the Dark Lord before apparating away.

“Oh, joy! Diplomacy, Threat and Pain are out to play again” mused Snape.

“Severus” Called the Dark Lord.

“My lord”

“I need you back on Hogwarts. Dumbledore must not find out about this... most pleasant, turn of events . Do what you want with your time before the school term begins, but do not let him even consider the possibility of me having his seer”

“As you wish, my lord” answered Snape. He knew he would have no problem carrying on his orders, the last thing he wanted was for Dumbledore to get suspicious now, or the Dark Lord for that matter, he would have to find a way to get his son out of this mess. Allowing him to go in to battle against the mad wizard was not something he was about to let happen, with one last look at Trelaway left the meeting.

Trelaway was still smiling and nodded at him, indicating that all was well. He wasn’t too trilled with the idea of leaving her within Bellatrix reach, but he would have to let things be for a while and concentrate on the bigger problem he had in hand: getting his son back and out of harms way.

His son! Severus Snape has a son! He wanted to scream from the top of the Astronomy Tower, but that would also have to wait.

Severus Snape was a man well known for three things: His foul behavior, his cool under pressure and his calculating nature. All his attitudes were calculated, he had learned his lesson from the mistakes of his youth and this was not the time to go rushing in like a foolish Gryffindor. No, now was the time to watch, learn and, only after he had all the facts, to finally act.

Snape went back to his potions room, he had things to prepare for the beginning of the school year, when he would be reunited with his son.

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“Come on, mate. Before anybody sees us!” Ron said, his voice just above a whisper.

“Let me just get Hedwig” answered Harry going back up stairs and running back seconds later holding his beautiful white owl in his arms.

“Why don’t you just let her fly?” asked Ron.

“Uncle Vernon hurt her, he hit her with Dudley’s stick” and seeing the puzzled look on Ron’s face he continue “it’s this thing from his school, it’s suppose to teach you something about life or whatever, basically, It hurts.”

“Oh” said Ron, clearly not understanding.

They ran to the sidewalk and raised the wand hand, calling the knight bus.

“I’ll tell you, mate, this knight bus is seriously overrated, don’t think I’ll be too anxious to ride it again so soon”. Harry looked at Ron, he did look a little green while waiting for the bus.

“Don’t worry, Ron. It will be over soon” Harry said smiling. He could not believe, his friend had came all to way to Surrey to help him escape his muggle family all because he failed to answer the letters he received three times in a row. The order was yet to act and his friend had already come to take him away, great protection they were. Dumbledore was probably giving his “it’s all for the best” speech as he stood there waiting for the bus.

The purple bus was there in a second with a loud bang. They paid and went inside, settling in for the bumping ride ahead.

“I can’t tell you how happy I am to see you, Ron. I though I was hallucinating when I saw you standing there” said Harry with a smile throwing himself in the bed besides the one Ron was occupying. “I thought they had finally broken me.” He added in a low voice.

“How bad was it, Harry?” asked Ron turning to look at him.

“It was worse that it has ever been. Before they called me a freak and treated me worse than a Malfoy house elf, but now... even with the order seeing me off at the station or maybe because of it. It was like uncle Vernon finally realized I really had someone to back me up and no matter what he did I would still be a wizard... and the fact that next year I would be able to do magic in the house didn’t help either. I guess he was afraid I would turn all of them in to toads or bats. He went out of his way to beat magic out of me ‘before it was too late’, like he said”. Harry couldn’t help the sadness that came over him, he felt cold and wrapped his arms around himself. “Ron, for a moment there I didn’t believe I was going to see Hogwarts again, Thanks for coming”.

“I’ll never abandon you, Harry” said Ron and Harry felt the mattress shift under Ron’s weight as he laid next to him, he turned to look at Ron’s face.

Ron reached Harry’s forehead and brushed way a few locks of his hair and Harry felt his mouth dry. Ron kept looking him strait in his eyes, not saying anything, just laying there and touching his hair gently. Harry was the one who moved, covering the last few inches towards Ron, his hand resting on Ron’s waist, not pulling him closer but letting him decide to accept the next move or not and finally their lips met. It was a soft touch, nothing more than that, just a touch, but Harry’s heart went wild in his chest and the world ceased to exist.

He could now feel Ron’s hand slowly moving on his back, gently pulling him, Ron moving his whole body closer, deepening the kiss. A soft tongue touched Harry’s lower lip, begging entrance, going in, exploring as if time had stood still. Each touch felt like a healing charm erasing bruises, hard words, mean looks and replacing the cold Harry felt with a warm tingling feeling, like sun light. Yes, that’s what Ron felt like, sunshine.

Ron pulled back a little, his arm still around Harry.

“Are you ok with this?” he asked, his voice laced with concern.

“Yes” Harry smiled “I’m ok with this” that was everything he wanted in the world, to be wrapped in loving arms, feeling sheltered and warm. He had though about it, being with Ron, when he first learned he also liked guys, but had pushed the thoughts away on the account of their friendship. He valued it too much to risk it, but now Ron felt for him too and that made it alright. Harry was very ok with this.

They remained wrapped in each other’s arms for the rest of the trip to Diagon Alley. They got a room in the Leaky Cauldron and sent an owl to Mrs. Weasley for the order to come and pick them up. They knew someone would be there in a matter of minutes, which left them very little time alone, so they just held each other in the room’s double bed. Harry’s head resting on Ron’s shoulder feeling calm and protected for the first time in a long time.

A knock on the door wake Harry up. He and Ron exchanged glances, getting up and drawing their wands.

“Yes?” said Ron, gesturing for Harry to remain quiet.

“Ron? It’s us” Remus’ voice came through the door. Ron quickly opened the door, letting Remus and Tonks in.

“Gods, Harry, Don’t do that anymore. Do you know how terrified I was when I got to your relatives’ house?” said Remus pulling Harry in a tight hug. “I though I lost you too”.

“You went there!? Why?” asked Harry confused.

“When your letters stopped coming, Dumbledore send us there to check on you and pick you up, but when we got there you were gone. Don’t do that again, do you hear me?” Remus had tears in his eyes and kept hugging Harry all the time.

Harry’s heart was about to burst. Dumbledore had sent for him, the order went to pick him up, his best friend... or his boyfriend (he would have to talk to Ron about that) did go to pick him up and he was getting more hugs tonight than ever before. They really cared!

“We really should get going” said Tonks after hugging Harry “We better take you to a safer place than a public inn in the middle of London”.

“Yes, you’re right” said Remus picking some of Harry’s stuff. “It is best to hurry now”.

They walked quickly in the another room, where Tom already had a fireplace lit for them to floo out of there.

Harry arrived at Grimmaud 12 only to find himself pulled in another hug.

“Oh, my god, Harry, you are skin and bones! Don’t those people ever feed you? No worries, dear, we’ll have you fixed up in no time”. Mrs. Weasley held him for a long time before pulling away.

After that things kind of became a blur. Harry vaguely remembered Fred’s, George’s and Ginny’s hellos. Hermione was also there and gave him and Ron a hug before Mrs. Weasley called them all for dinner. The conversation around the table was cheerful while everybody brought Harry up to date with the latest events. Ron’s arm gently resting on Harry’s waist. The twins noticed it right way.

“Is there something you forgot to mention, Roniskies?” asked... the twin on the right.

“No, Fred, my boyfriend and I have nothing to say” said Ron pulling Harry closer in to his chest before turning to Harry with a smile on his face “or do we, love?”

“No, nothing comes to mind” mocked Harry leaning in to the embrace.

“awww....” the girls said, and the whole table exploded in laughter.

Molly Weasley look over the table smiling. Not all of her children were there, Charlie and Bill were both way because of their work and Percy... well, Percy was simply not there anymore, her smile faded away a little as she remembered her third son.

“No, not now” she though “no time for that now”

She looked at the children gathered around the table. Her children. They were all happy and whole, enjoying the time they had together, doing their very best to ignore the up coming war for a few moments.

“ No, now is the time for a little happiness. Merlin knows we are in dire need of those.”


The Reviews: (Oh, boy! I love reviews!!!)

Dark: Tks. I let you know you gave me my very first review. Let’s see if I can keep you interested.

Black Rose: Well, I can’t make any promises and I don’t want to spoil your fun by giving any details ahead of time, but I can tell you this: there will be a bit of trouble before all is well. I do hope you like where the story goes.

Priss368: Yes! Lovers of a Happy Arse Kicking Harry unite! : ) Oh! and I’m glad you like my take on Trelaway as well. As for Harry’s appearance and Snape’s nose... well, let’s just say my love for Snape’s character simply doesn’t go that far... (I hope he can forgive for that, hehehe) and I will bring romance in to the picture, I just haven’t got there yet.

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As for the mixed up words, I’m glad those are the only ones you mention (English is, as you already notice for sure, not my first language and I was actually wondering how as everyone understanding me... well, really not that much but still), I’ll try to be more careful from now on... when do I use each of them? How do I tell the difference? E-mail me if you don’t mind lending me a hand on the matter.

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