Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 5- Ch. 129

As time passed and drawing closer to the time they needed to return, Sirius's mood was getting more glum, he began shutting himself in Buckbeaks room for hours.

The day before returning to Hogwarts Harry and Ron were playing a game of wizard chest, while Hermione, Ginny and Céline sat and watched the little pawns destroy themselves.

"Harry dear," said Mrs. Weasley as she poked her head through the open door, "could you come down to the kitchen for a moment? Professor Snape is here to speak with you."

Céline looked at her surprised and then to Harry who apparently was so focused on the game that it hadn't registered in his mind. He finally looked at her after one of his towers was destroyed.

"Sorry Mrs. Weasley, what did you say?" He said.

"Professor Snape dear, in the kitchen, he'd like a word." She said.

His mouth fell open and looked around at the others in disbelief only to find that the everyone else also had their mouths agape.

"Snape?" He asked.

"Professor Snape, yes." She said, "now come on, he said he can't stay for long." She said, slipping back out of the room.

"What does he want with you?" Ron asked.

"You haven't done anything, have you?" Hermione asked.

"No! I haven't." He said. He got up and slowly made his way to the door, looking back at his friends for some reassurance and then left the room.

"I wonder what he wants with Harry." Céline said cleaning up the broken pieces of the chess game.

After about 10 minutes or so, Fred and George Apparated into the room with a loud crack, making Céline and Hermione jump.

"Dad's back!" Fred yelled excitedly. Everyone jumped on to their feet's and made their way down stairs just as the front door closed behind Mr. Weasley who was wearing a set of stripped pajamas that was covered by a mackintosh.

They all gleefully greeted him, following Mr. and Mrs. Weasley down the stairs to the basement kitchen.

"Cured!" Mr. Weasley announced brightly as they came through the doors to the kitchen. All smiles fell when they saw in front of them, in front of the table Professor Snape and Sirius both sizing up each other with their wands pointed to one another, with Harry in between them, his hands stretched out in between them trying to force them away from each other.

"Merlin's beard." Mr. Weasley said, his smile slipping off his face, "what is going on here?"

Céline made eye contact with Harry and he slightly shook his head to her. Snape and Sirius both lowered their wands. Snape put his wand away and sweated his cloak over him walking past the large group to the door.

"Six o'clock Monday evening, Potter." Snape said before disappearing up the stairs.

"What's been going on?" Mr. Weasley said again to Sirius, who also put his wand away and gave him a smile.

"Oh nothing, Arthur. Just a friendly chat between two old schoolmates... so... your cured? That's great news, really great!"

"Yes it is, isn't it." Mrs. Weasley said leading her husband to the table so he could sit down. "Healer Smethwyck worked his magic in the end, found an antidote to whatever was in the venom of that snake."

That evening they celebrated the return of Mr. Weasley and his cured wound. Sirius tried his best to keep his mood up, but when he wasn't laughing loudly as something that Fred and George said, his face would fall back to a brooding expression. Céline tried to sit with him for as long as she could to keep him company.