Warning: JKR and Disney get the credit. Slash implied crossover fic.

Pairing: HP/SS HP/Jack Sparrow

That Effect
By WittchWay

Harry Potter tilted his face toward the darkening sky, dark billowing cloud filled with rain that had yet to fall. From his guess… the rain would fall soon but the storm would start any minute now.

Hermione wasn't taking a chance though she had already packed up her books and was hurrying back to the castle. Ron and he would of course wait till the rain started then dash inside. It was these moments before a storm started that he liked best.

The air crackling with electricity, the little hairs on his arm rising. The vein of lighting chasing its way against the sky in the distance. The energy moving it's way closer, the sound of fury that was to come. The wind whipped around the castles solid structure causing a strange whistling noise. The sound was haunting yet thrilling, arousing.

Harry watched the water of the lake it had turned a grayish slate haze with white tip. The water swirled in small rip currents, whirlpools formed and water spouts rose from the water giving it an angry look. The water looked cold and chilled. Harry leaned forward, it almost looked as if something was fighting it's way out of the lake. He thought perhaps the giant squid was fighting with something. The wind changed direction again, another gust of chilled air circled the castle. Causing more students that had been out on the grounds to rush for the castle.

Something strange was in the air. Stirring…rousing…furious…

Ron stood suddenly to get a better look at the lake.

Several other students that had been crossing the schoolyard for the shelter of the castle stopped to look at the waters. A violent gust of wind and storm thundered suddenly. Whips of lake and light showers began. But nobody cared, every eye was turned toward the lake.

"Harry," Ron said excitedly, pointing toward the lake narrowing his eyes.

Harry stood as well, stepping closer to the branches of the tree they had been sitting under, the tree limbs were some refuge from the oncoming storm.

The water of the lake rumbled and the ground seemed to tremble. Small tidal waves of water rose up, crashing on the shore of the normally calm waters. Several students in the yard stood as well and those on the steps turned toward the lake as the water began buck and then to part.

The weather shifted again, A ghostly mist seemed to rise, a dense shallow fog settle in an uneven pattern around the banks of the lake.

Harry stepped forward narrowing his eyes, there seemed to be something in the lake, something that was not the schools squid.

Harry stepped closer again.

Birds in distant trees took flight as a great creaking noise rattled the air…it sounded as if something was trying to claw its way out of the waters.

And then it became apparent that something was…

The bows of a massive sail rose and twisted the waters… the beginnings of a ship. Black skulls and crossbones flag followed waving proudly atop its vessel. The bucket of a lookout post came next and then the final bow of a ship. The craft settled as waves of water crashed out around it.

And all was silent for a moment. Every eye on the ripped black sails billowing in the wind, knotted robes and lines twisting here and there, the dented haul of the ship, busted woods and bows.

As the silence dragged on, as students started to gather their thoughts, they near the ship out of morbid fascination.

But they stopped at the first sign of any movement upon the ship, a large plank began to lower to the shore of the lake and for the first time Harry noticed a lone man was aboard the ship. It otherwise seemed void of all others.

The man was to far away to see his face properly, He sauntered down the plank and hopped off onto the shore. With a staggered walk he cross the yard toward the school. He watched the students watching him, slowly taking in his surroundings. He turned around eyeing the Quidditch pitch and then the lake he had just rose out of. He glanced at the forbidden forest and Hagrids hut that lay just before it. He stopped and craned his neck upward toward the castle as if seeing it for the first time, he seemed impress with its massive size of stone and block. Boarhounds perched above the main entrance door quickly took flight toward one of the top trivets of the castle.

Ron grabbed Harry's sleeve pulling him toward the castle, they arrived just as Dumbledore who was closely followed by Snape came down the entrance hall stairs and out into the yard. Harry yanked his arm from Ron's to get a better look at the man headed toward them. He swayed carelessly as he walked, eyeing the castle and Snape and Dumbledore. He had on a dirty white shirt that was open to his waist, strange long knickers, black boots to his knees with a slight heel, ropes of beads and charms hung around his neck and his beard. Gold flashed of earrings lined one whole ear. He stopped and scratched at his scraggly braided beard, and adjusted the sword on his hip. He looked up at the castle then back to Snape and Dumbledore who were now pushing their way toward the man. He pushed a large pirate hat on his head and smiled crookedly as the two men approached.

More students seemed to be milling around suddenly, Harry stood on the edge of the bottom step watching the man.

"Headmaster" he slurred a mix of accents seemed to come from him.

"Captain Sparrow," Dumbledore nodded narrowing his eyes, he looked unhappy at the mans presence. Harry noticed Dumbledore's wand hand was hidden in the folds of his robes as if on the ready.

"Severus," the man said cheerfully, "My dear, dear friend. How have you been?" a crooked smile of yellowing teeth stained with tobacco shined brightly. He grasped Snape's hand pulling the man forward.

Snape pulled his hand back, "Jack Sparrow" his voice was little more then a whisper, clearly irritated by the mans presence as well. Snape snarled at the man, his black eyes darkened, "What do you want? Whom are you running from now?"

"Severus you wound me. I travel a great distance to see you. Across the waters," he turned toward his ship and back again, his hand upon his heart as if he had truly been wounded. "I just came for a visit or two..." but as he said the last bit his eyes looked past the men who had come to greet him and to Harry Potter behind them. A small smiled played on his lips as he got a glimpse of the boy, the bright green eyes that looked at him with curiosity captivated him. Jack Sparrow smirked, he brushed past the professor and up the steps. His hand out stretched he thrust it into Harry's pulling the boy forward. "Harry Potter, we finally meet." He pulled the boy against his chest shaking his hand.

"The boy-who-lived right here at Hogwarts, lovely…Sev why didn't you tell me." He tightened his grip on Harry's hand clutching it with his own callused one. He reached up brushing the fringe out of Harry's eyes. "The scar" he muttered, a scrap of his dirty fingernails tracing it and then the surprising soft pad of his finger traced again over the zigzag scar. Harry's emerald eyes looked deep into Jack Sparrows, he shuddered with pleasure, Sparrow leaned over a mer breath in Harry's ear and purred, "I have that effect on people." smiling captain Jack Sparrow pulled back, Harry's breath hitched as those bottomless black eye locked with his own. Sparrow licked his lips, smiling all the while.

"Mister Sparrow," Dumbledore snapped, his jaw clenched in anger, "In-my-office-now…." Each word was punctuated with anger Harry had only seen directed toward Tom Riddle. "Severus if you would join us." He beckoned the men to follow.

Jack Sparrow adjusted his hat on his head. Smirking at Harry, clicked his boots once and followed the headmaster into the castle. All eyes following the man, Harry included.

Blushing Harry pulled his robes tighter around him, watching at the captain take in the castle and the other students that had come out of the great hall to see the schools new visitor.

He followed Snape's lead jumping over the same trick step all students avoided. He did it with a little flourish and bowed as several first years clapped.

"He's so handsome," Harry heard one of the Patel twins whispered to Lavender Brown as the girls drifted past.

If truth be told he would have to agree, Harry watched the trio as they headed toward Dumbledore's office.

Sparrow was at the top of the staircase, when he looked over the rail back down on the crowd, locking eyes with Harry. He smiled coyly, tugging at his beard.

Harry blushed but didn't look away. Snape whom had already disappeared down the hall came back down the hall and grabbed the man shoving him toward the office of the headmaster, Sparrow stumbled gracefully and continued on. Snape looked over the rail to see what the new arrival had been looking at, spotting Potter he snarled down at the boy, then turned toward Dumbledore's office as well.

"A pirate Harry a real pirate right here at Hogwarts." Ron craned his neck to get a better look.

"Yeah" said Harry, "a real Pirate." Jack Sparrow, he definitely liked the sound of that. Harry headed up the stairs toward Gryffindor tower, Snape and Sparrow already gone. He along with his fellow students stared down the hall the men had disappeared down. But they had already moved into Dumbledore's chambers.

Harry only hoped that he had an opportunity to speak to the man more.

TBC

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