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Cracker in the Castle	By : karlak Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 814 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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Chapter Six- The Charm
Revealed

Becca
was already in the dungeons when the others arrived.
�Severus, when need to use your experimental room under most cautious
circumstances.� Dumbledore told
Snape only to receive a snort from the man.
�Oh and Severus, get a vile of pepper up potion.
While I speak to Becca for a few moments, perhaps we may have the use of
your office?� Snape looked as if
he were about to explode, finally giving an affirmative nod and storming off to
his storerooms. Becca followed the
Headmaster into the office and listened quietly for several minutes while he
explained her particular charm and the effects. He continued for another moment before telling the
dumbfounded girl to go to the experimental room.

When they entered,
Professor Snape was placing a vile of pepper-up potion on the table.
He said nothing but glared at Becca before stepping back towards to wall
to watch the show. Dumbledore turned to Becca.
He was holding out a piece of parchment that he had conjured out of thin
air. �Please play this,� was
all he said. Becca took the
parchment and stared at it; it was some kind of a song.
She had no idea what the notes on the page were.
�Surr. I dunno..�
She started slowly with her head lowered in shame, �I dunno how to read the
music, Surr.� Snape almost leapt
off the wall. The girl was the
musical charm and could not read music; this whole thing was turning ludicrous.
Dumbledore turned to Snape, �Relax, young man,� he then turned back
to Becca; he reached out slowly to lift her chin when awkwardly she jumped back
somewhat fearful of the touch. She
immediately stumbled out some type pf an apology to the Headmaster.
On the sidewall, her reaction had not been lost on Snape; he noticed
everything. Some of his anger had
dissipated at that sight. He was
forced to think about the box in her mind, no correction boxes in her mind.

�Severus would you be so
kind as to floo Professor Sprout and ask him to bring the special instrument to
the dungeon?� Snape rolled his
eyes and headed towards the door. With
a quick glance back, he could hear Dumbledore telling the girl her lessons would
begin today on reading the music and she would understand more clearly shortly.
Less than two minutes later Snape returned stating the Sprout was on his
way with requested items. Severus
heard the excitement in Sprout�s voice when he was told to retrieve the
special instrument.

�Becca please play
something for us while we wait for professor Sprout to join us.
Pick any song of your liking and indulge us,� stated Dumbledore.
Becca thought for a split second. �Hmmm,
I guess this one does the most right now. It�s
called Free Bird by a Muggle band,� she replied.
Slowly she ran her fingers up and down the neck of the guitar and then
she started the song. The opening chord did not hold much. Severus watched with some amusement. He refused to make eye contact with her, not wanting to feel
anything further for her. Just when
Snape was about to announce what an utter waste of time this whole event was, it
began. He stole a look at her eyes
to notice they were closed. The
music became more aggressive; he noticed her fingers deftly dancing on the
instrument. As she started into
another chord, a reddish light radiated from her fingertips, each strum caused
the light to become darker. Then
the energy seemed to concentrate and lifted off the guitar; slowly a large bird
shape appeared above the table. Each
further strum brought about another result.
Dumbledore was greatly pleased at Becca�s talents.
Snape was slightly impressed. But what happened next, he was unprepared
for. The music hit it�s
crescendo, the bird formed into an American bald eagle of fiery red, then
another eagle appeared identical but for shades of green, next came one of
bright blue. Then those birds
collectively multiplied until the whole ceiling was littered with them.
The eagles began an impressive display of flying trickery, weaving in and
out of one another at fantastic speeds causing the colors to blind together
lighting the entire room in a psychedelic show.
As the music winded down, the mass of birds was once again reduced to
just three, then back down to the red eagle.
Snape looked at Becca who still had her eyes closed playing dutifully
winding the song down. As she hit
the last note, the eagle dissipated into thin air.
Dumbledore was the first to respond, �Bravo child.
Bravo!�

Professor Sprout stood in
the doorway speechless. He had not
seen such an impressive display from a musical in many years.
Becca smiled timidly at the Headmaster.
�It jus got that strong lately,� was her only comment.
Snape did and said nothing; he was waiting to see the effect on the
potion. Playing trickery on one�s
mind was not truly that difficult, he believed.
Dumbledore motioned Sprout into the room.
�Well Professor, you can see what we have here, but she cannot read
music. Do you think you can help
her? Show her the level one boost
for the pepper potion.� Professor
Sprout beamed at Becca, which Snape noticed the girl returned with her eyes
sparkling almost as absurdly as Albus�. Snape
watched from the background as Sprout laid out two guitars.
He told Becca to pick an instrument and he would show her the riff; that
it was short and quite easy after the likes of Skynard.
Becca tentatively reached out to touch each instrument.
She opted for the black one with silver inlays.
But Severus was growing impatient again.
�Albus, Is my presence really required?
I have a potion to tend to.� All
in the room turned to stare at him; he did not care about the men, but she was a
different story. He was finding her
harder to resist and he knew there was no way that she would ever be interested
in him. He wanted to get out of the
same room as her and get some air. �Severus,
tend to your potion. It will take
her just a few minutes to learn the proper note combination.
Just return quickly.� Snape
snorted his reply through veiled eyes. Becca
wondered if he was always so crabby,; �Probably needs to get laid,� she
mused as he swept past, his robes almost caressing her cheek.

Snape walked back into his
lab exactly five minutes after he had exited it to find both men almost
hysterical with elation. Becca was
standing by the table looking at the vile on the table that was glowing a
nuclear fusion green. Severus could
feel the energy radiate off it from across the room. Surely he had lost his vision, the potion could not be that
bright. Snape had not realized that
he had stopped in his tracks at the site of he vile; all in the room turned to
look at him. He could was scowling
at that imp Moore. �Foolish
child with the silly grin. I would
love to remove that smile, no, not a smile, that smirk from her face.
That girl needs a long deep kiss. WHOA!!
Where the fuck did that come from? I
must be the one smoking dope not her!� Severus was lost in his ramblings when Dumbledore told
the girl her financial woes were a thing of the past. Then he offered her a permanent position at Hogwarts as a
charmer as soon as she turned eighteen until then she could be an �independent
contractor� of sorts to earn money. Dumbledore continued on to tell her that her skills also could
be dangerous especially where any dark magic was involved.
Snape could swear he could see the wheels turning in her head.
He was watching her eyes; he loved the sense of openness they held, the
layers of green were full of happiness at the moment.

Snape then realized that
no one had tested the potion. The
color might just be a pretty effect with no substance otherwise.
Which he announced to the others in the form of, �Which one of
you actually tested the potion? Are
the effects as outstanding as the color?�
Becca had the sudden urge to slap the pissy look right off Snape�s
face. �He�s such as asshole.
Why in the hell did I even think I liked him?
You know dipstick, those fingers, those hands. Oh and of coarse that lovely scowl. No seriously�you know what you really like�those eyes, so
different than mine. He�s still
an asshole though.� She found
herself stating, �I�ll do it. Give
it to me. I�m still tirred from
las� night.� The Headmaster considered her request.
Snape stepped forward to the table.

The potions master knew
he was going to test the potion. It
was ludicrous for the girl to suggest taking it. Severus lifted the vile and uncorked it, slightly swirling
the liquid around. He was observing
and noting every nuance of the potion. Becca
watched holding her breath. �What
if it doesn�t work? Then what?
Hey relax�cross that bridge when you get there�Jus� relax. And for
Christ�s sake��.BREATHE!�

Severus found no oddities about the potion.
He slowly lifted it to his lips and downed a hefty portion of the vile.
The result was instantaneous. Snape
felt almost light headed with a bolt energy sliding through his veins.
He closed his eyes as he felt the boost build.
Becca watched him, waiting for any reaction.
She began to smile, if he had not spit it out yet, then it probably
wasn�t that bad. Her smile
broadened with each passing second that the potion was not splattered all over
the floor. Snape said only �The
potion is adequate. Now we shall
measure the effects over a period of time.�
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