"A Child's Hope" by Canopus Carina
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Key: "speech" 'thought' /emphasis/
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter or Severitus Challenge.
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Chapter One: An Unexpected Visit
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Soon to be sixteen year old Harry Potter sat on his /bed/ in his /room/ where he looked out at the star-studded sky.
It was about two months since Sirius had left them... said to have died after he fell through the veil in the Room of Death. He was in close contact with Hermione and Ron, using a walkie-talkie like mechanism that Mr. Weasley thought of. It was a round, blue stone that hung from a silver chain. It was said to be created by the High Elves of the past for communicating with other tribe like clans. The golden trio along with Neville, Ginny, and Luna were continuously looking for some way for Sirius to really be alive... but so far no good.
While the Trio were connected by the communication stones, the rest of the group were sending notes that were charmed and coded so no one would know the meaning. They also signed the notes with the creature the animagus potion said they would turn into if they became animagus.
But right now, Harry didn't have anyone to talk to; they were asleep now after searching through many books that they sent each other. He wasn't feeling up to doing anything anyway, so he just waited until the sun rose so he could do the chores ahead of him. The only sounds that could be heard were his good for nothing relatives that tried to ignore him, but found that it was quite useless. But those were the usual noises of Number Four Privet Drive, the loud snores and occasional ruffle of feathers from his pet owl... that is until...
"What do you think your doing?"
"Me?!? You were the one that dropped that vase!"
'How come I couldn't hear them come in? Harry asked himself. Let alone hear the vase? The Dursleys are going to blame it on me! I'm so dead!'
Slowly, Harry took his wand out from underneath his bed since he had a hunch that whoever was inside the Dursley's house were wizards too, the vase not being heard was one of the hints. Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, would surely send him a letter of some kind to warn him if a teacher was to pick him up, or even an Order member...
"You'll wake him up! And we need to make this quick!"
'Okay, now I know that they aren't here to help me since they don't want me to be awake when they find me. What to do?'
Harry quickly let his owl go out the window knowing that if there was a battle, Hedwig wouldn't have anyway to protect herself. It wasn't until he hid himself that the trespassers showed themselves.
"Remus? Professor Moody? What are you two doing here?" He asked, stepping out from his hiding place, behind the dresser.
"Well, Potter," his fourth year defense teacher said... well you get what I mean, "Dumbledore wants you with him now since Voldemort has returned and is known."
"But Dumbledore knew that Voldemort was back after my fourth year," Harry said, unconvinced to their reasoning, "why now?"
"Voldemort isn't happy since he's been put in the newspapers; he wanted to be in the shadows for awhile more."
"How do you know?"
"Well, you know..." Moody continued, rather uncomfortably, "the spies."
'Okay now there was something up... what is it though?' Harry asked himself sarcastically. 'Oh, now I remember, Moody is never nervous.'
"Who?"
"Who, what?"
"Who are the spies?"
"Well, you know that Dumbledore doesn't give us that information."
'This person is definitely not Moody. I wonder why /Lupin/ is here though, he hasn't said anything... but then again, we aren't dealing with anyone intelligent.'
"Yeah," Harry answered, playing along with the imposters, "but Moony, you said that you had the list of the spies and was going to show me. That way, when I see them, I don't have to hurt them, during battle that is. And aren't you afraid?"
"Why should I be afraid?" /Lupin/ asked confused, looking around for something to pop out at him, "I thought you didn't want to go outside at night when it was a full moon."
'It's a good thing that they can't see through the window... or they would see that it is a clear sky with a half moon.'
"It's not a full moon, though," /Moody/ said quickly.
"Yes it is... Moony! You have to leave now! The clouds will leave soon and you'll change!"
The imposters looked at each other and /Lupin/ disappeared with a small pop, leaving Harry with the fake Moody.
'How should I get rid of him?'
"Well, how could there be clouds out tonight?" /Moody/ asked suddenly. "I see no clouds."
'Uh oh, he's seen the sky... RUN!'
And Harry did just that... he ran as fast as he could; only stopping quickly to open the door. He hoped that the Dursleys were going to be okay even if they were mean to him when he was being raised by them... but they were still family. Looking behind him, he saw that the Dursleys were going to be fine since /Moody/ was following after him. As he watched, /Moody/'s appearance changed to that of a Death Eater that he saw at Voldemort's rebirth, though didn't remember his name.
Harry continued to run through the city, wondering why the Death Eater didn't fire a curse at him. 'Maybe it is his orders to bring me unharmed...' he thought, puzzled. He knew the city better than any Death Eater, so he decided to use some of his plans that he used to get away from Dudley's gang.
It wasn't until Harry was deep into a forest outside the city that he stopped, knowing that the Death Eater would never know the scenery here like he himself did. This was his territory, knew it like the back of his hand. Just standing there, away from danger, reminded Harry of his times in the forest, hiding from Dudley... and the time he ran away from home. This was his sanctuary and knew many of the animals here... they would help if someone came in...
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Question for Chapter Two: Dumbledore sends some people to get Harry, who are they (ten points)? How do you think that they find where Harry is (five points)? Leave your house next to your answer.
Canopus: I need to make an extra disclaimer here, I didn't come up with the house point idea, it comes from Mione who is writing "Harry Potter and the Heir of the Four Founders" which I love and hope that you read. Second, I don't own the whole Severitus Challenge, which comes from Severitus (of course) and I love "A Father's Sin".
Okay, I know that there wasn't anything with Severus in here, but that comes next year. This is my first Severus Challenge fanfiction so please tell me how you think about it. If everything works out and I get reviews, I'll update every Saturday.
The animals for the animagus will be explained later, you will find out what they are then. And the stones will be explained later, as well as the time when Harry ran away. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to tell me. Thank you.
* * * * *
Key: "speech" 'thought' /emphasis/
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter or Severitus Challenge.
* * * * *
Chapter One: An Unexpected Visit
* * * * *
Soon to be sixteen year old Harry Potter sat on his /bed/ in his /room/ where he looked out at the star-studded sky.
It was about two months since Sirius had left them... said to have died after he fell through the veil in the Room of Death. He was in close contact with Hermione and Ron, using a walkie-talkie like mechanism that Mr. Weasley thought of. It was a round, blue stone that hung from a silver chain. It was said to be created by the High Elves of the past for communicating with other tribe like clans. The golden trio along with Neville, Ginny, and Luna were continuously looking for some way for Sirius to really be alive... but so far no good.
While the Trio were connected by the communication stones, the rest of the group were sending notes that were charmed and coded so no one would know the meaning. They also signed the notes with the creature the animagus potion said they would turn into if they became animagus.
But right now, Harry didn't have anyone to talk to; they were asleep now after searching through many books that they sent each other. He wasn't feeling up to doing anything anyway, so he just waited until the sun rose so he could do the chores ahead of him. The only sounds that could be heard were his good for nothing relatives that tried to ignore him, but found that it was quite useless. But those were the usual noises of Number Four Privet Drive, the loud snores and occasional ruffle of feathers from his pet owl... that is until...
"What do you think your doing?"
"Me?!? You were the one that dropped that vase!"
'How come I couldn't hear them come in? Harry asked himself. Let alone hear the vase? The Dursleys are going to blame it on me! I'm so dead!'
Slowly, Harry took his wand out from underneath his bed since he had a hunch that whoever was inside the Dursley's house were wizards too, the vase not being heard was one of the hints. Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, would surely send him a letter of some kind to warn him if a teacher was to pick him up, or even an Order member...
"You'll wake him up! And we need to make this quick!"
'Okay, now I know that they aren't here to help me since they don't want me to be awake when they find me. What to do?'
Harry quickly let his owl go out the window knowing that if there was a battle, Hedwig wouldn't have anyway to protect herself. It wasn't until he hid himself that the trespassers showed themselves.
"Remus? Professor Moody? What are you two doing here?" He asked, stepping out from his hiding place, behind the dresser.
"Well, Potter," his fourth year defense teacher said... well you get what I mean, "Dumbledore wants you with him now since Voldemort has returned and is known."
"But Dumbledore knew that Voldemort was back after my fourth year," Harry said, unconvinced to their reasoning, "why now?"
"Voldemort isn't happy since he's been put in the newspapers; he wanted to be in the shadows for awhile more."
"How do you know?"
"Well, you know..." Moody continued, rather uncomfortably, "the spies."
'Okay now there was something up... what is it though?' Harry asked himself sarcastically. 'Oh, now I remember, Moody is never nervous.'
"Who?"
"Who, what?"
"Who are the spies?"
"Well, you know that Dumbledore doesn't give us that information."
'This person is definitely not Moody. I wonder why /Lupin/ is here though, he hasn't said anything... but then again, we aren't dealing with anyone intelligent.'
"Yeah," Harry answered, playing along with the imposters, "but Moony, you said that you had the list of the spies and was going to show me. That way, when I see them, I don't have to hurt them, during battle that is. And aren't you afraid?"
"Why should I be afraid?" /Lupin/ asked confused, looking around for something to pop out at him, "I thought you didn't want to go outside at night when it was a full moon."
'It's a good thing that they can't see through the window... or they would see that it is a clear sky with a half moon.'
"It's not a full moon, though," /Moody/ said quickly.
"Yes it is... Moony! You have to leave now! The clouds will leave soon and you'll change!"
The imposters looked at each other and /Lupin/ disappeared with a small pop, leaving Harry with the fake Moody.
'How should I get rid of him?'
"Well, how could there be clouds out tonight?" /Moody/ asked suddenly. "I see no clouds."
'Uh oh, he's seen the sky... RUN!'
And Harry did just that... he ran as fast as he could; only stopping quickly to open the door. He hoped that the Dursleys were going to be okay even if they were mean to him when he was being raised by them... but they were still family. Looking behind him, he saw that the Dursleys were going to be fine since /Moody/ was following after him. As he watched, /Moody/'s appearance changed to that of a Death Eater that he saw at Voldemort's rebirth, though didn't remember his name.
Harry continued to run through the city, wondering why the Death Eater didn't fire a curse at him. 'Maybe it is his orders to bring me unharmed...' he thought, puzzled. He knew the city better than any Death Eater, so he decided to use some of his plans that he used to get away from Dudley's gang.
It wasn't until Harry was deep into a forest outside the city that he stopped, knowing that the Death Eater would never know the scenery here like he himself did. This was his territory, knew it like the back of his hand. Just standing there, away from danger, reminded Harry of his times in the forest, hiding from Dudley... and the time he ran away from home. This was his sanctuary and knew many of the animals here... they would help if someone came in...
* * * * *
Question for Chapter Two: Dumbledore sends some people to get Harry, who are they (ten points)? How do you think that they find where Harry is (five points)? Leave your house next to your answer.
Canopus: I need to make an extra disclaimer here, I didn't come up with the house point idea, it comes from Mione who is writing "Harry Potter and the Heir of the Four Founders" which I love and hope that you read. Second, I don't own the whole Severitus Challenge, which comes from Severitus (of course) and I love "A Father's Sin".
Okay, I know that there wasn't anything with Severus in here, but that comes next year. This is my first Severus Challenge fanfiction so please tell me how you think about it. If everything works out and I get reviews, I'll update every Saturday.
The animals for the animagus will be explained later, you will find out what they are then. And the stones will be explained later, as well as the time when Harry ran away. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to tell me. Thank you.