Fire Before Nap Time
Harry had Kreacher get Snape another glass of water and gave Snape a stern look before Snape started drinking.
“Wait… How did Hermione know you were here? Hell, how did she even know you were still alive?”
“Draco perhaps?” Snape offered, pausing his slow sips of water.
“Of course, Malfoy told Hermione, the arse didn’t want to check up on us himself. Anyways, you finish that and then go to the bathroom before you take your nap, you’re probably so tired because you’re still healing and therefore most of your energy is going towards that.”
“Hmm,” Snape hummed noncommittally while finishing his water, “At least my voice box wasn’t damaged too much, that would have been a pain to deal with. Actually, my neck healed up mostly first and then the healing of the wounds slowed down.”
“Could it be because it healed the place that was most damaged first and then stalled the wound healing process to finish eradicating the venom in your system? I mean, you did say that Draco gave you the antivenom that you gave him just in case. I would assume that you gave him an antivenom dose for his body, not for a full adult’s body, and therefore while it helped get rid of most of the venom in you, you would still have a bit left for your immune system to fight,” Harry pointed out.
“You do realize that you’re both technically adults now, but you’re right his dosage would be slightly less than a dosage for me because he is slightly shorter and more slender and I gave him a dosage for him. I probably have at most 5% of the venom that my magic is counteracting currently which would be a tough fight but I’m sure it’s not impossible.”
“Do you have any extra antivenom lying around just in case? Or would I need to get Hermione or Draco to make some if your magic can’t overcome the venom?”
*meanwhile with 2 certain flying Familiars*
They had been flying for about an hour and a half. Kageki had fallen slightly behind due to her ruffled feathers creating more drag than Doncaster’s smooth ones. Other than that though they were pretty evenly matched.
Just then Kageki got an idea, ‘I’ll never be able to catch up and surpass Doncaster like this. However, we never made solid rules for this race. Flashing wasn’t prohibited, and it’s not like he can’t flash too so it’s not that unfair. He’s gonna be pissed that he didn’t think of that first because we can easily catch on to Harry’s location and flash right to him. Heck we could flash to that McGonagall lady now since we’ve been there now.”
“You doing alright back there slowpoke? You’re never going to beat me like this.” Doncaster called back tauntingly.
Now she’s definitely flashing right now, “Oh yeah? Watch me.” She called back before flashing right to Harry.
“Huh?” Squawked Doncaster in surprise as he felt Kageki flash away.
He flashed to her and Harry, “Cheater!”
“We never made a rule against flashing, plus you can flash too, you’re just mad that you didn’t think of it first.”
They both paused as they heard from the side, “Potter, what the fuck.” And they sheepishly turned to view their audience.
*back with Snape and Harry*
Snape was just about to reply when suddenly, fawoosh. A purple flame appeared and suddenly there was a bird like a phoenix just differently colored with a slightly different appearance in front of them.
‘This must be the Hoo-hoo, I suppose,’ Snape thought to himself before fawoosh. A Snallygaster appeared in a green flame and screeched at the Hoo-hoo. The Hoo-hoo trilling lightly back in a very smug reply.
“Potter, what the fuck,” slipped out of Snape’s mouth before he could process properly what he was seeing. Which caused the creatures to look sheepishly over at them, and then finally land. The Snallygaster on the floor peeking his head up over the end of the bed at them and the Hoo-hoo on the end of the bed.
“Don’t look at me!” Harry raised his hands in surrender shaking his head, “I didn’t know they could both flash! I thought that maybe Kageki could, but I didn’t think Doncaster could too!”
“I can’t believe your luck. You have the wildest things happen to you. Especially creature wise. Trolls, Cerberus, Centaurs, Acromantula, Basilisk, Hippogriffs, Dragons, Merfolk, Giants, etc.”
“Oi! Half of that isn’t even my fault!”
“It may not be your fault, but you can’t deny it happened. Also, it looks like they have replies for you.” Severus pointed out.
“Fine,” Harry walked over to Doncaster and Kageki, who had been watching the tennis match of a conversation with interest.
Harry sat down by Severus and opened the one on Doncaster first. “This one is the one with the Lord Hogwarts business,” he informed Severus before reading it out loud.
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Dear Lord Hogwarts,
I have received your letter and must say I was surprised at both the fact that there is now a Lord Hogwarts and your choice of creature for letter delivery.
I appreciate that you have given permission for Hogwarts to remain a school and for the current rebuilding efforts. It is also interesting to note that you must be contacted to seek permission to do anything significant with Hogwarts grounds and Lord Hogwarts must oversee all matters pertaining to Hogwarts and its upkeep.
A bi-yearly statement of affairs unless there is a major change to be made is a perfectly acceptable arrangement and I will go with your suggestion that goblin wardsmiths be called upon to check and fix the wards once the physical rebuilding is done.
Sincerely,
Headmistress Minerva McGonagall
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“Hah! See it worked!” Harry boasted.
“You sent that one in official capacity, and so she replied in official capacity.” Severus pointed out skeptically.
“Fine I’ll read the other one and prove you wrong,” Harry opened the personal one and began reading.
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Dear Mister Potter,
Or should I say Lord Hogwarts? Hmm?
Don't think you were slick trying to make it seem as if two different people sent those letters, I know your handwriting and style too well to be fooled. Especially when you use two magical creatures to deliver the letters. Heaven only knows how you managed to get two magical creatures, much less get them to deliver mail for you.
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“Damn it.”
“I told you so, now keep reading.”
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On to more pressing matters.
Severus is alive??!!!
Severus willingly bothered you to get out of the hospital with one of those newfangled muggle contraptions???
I expect to see both of you for tea within a week to check up on you. In fact, you are to come this Friday for tea at 3pm.
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Harry pauses and they look at each other, “Well, at least that works out because I stuck some extra antivenom behind Dumble’s painting and by then we should know if I need it or not.”
Harry decides not to comment on the use of that hiding place and finishes reading.
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Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Ps. It was close to noon when they arrived, so I had a house elf get a snack and some water for both of them. Also, Kageki is actually a female according to said house elf and Kageki confirmed it. Your new friends are alarmingly intelligent.
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“Kageki’s a she not a he, that makes some of her reactions make more sense.” A curious chirp was heard.
“Really?” Snape arches an eyebrow.
“Yeah, she kept hissing every time he/him was used for her.” Vicious nodding and triumphant tweeting was seen and heard from Kageki.
“I can see what Minerva means by alarmingly intelligent now,” Severus yawns again before continuing, “Now if you don’t mind leaving with your familiars, I’m going to take a trip to the bathroom and take a nap now.” Snape sets down his empty glass on the bedside table and gets up going towards the bathroom.
Harry looks toward his familiars, “Well, you heard the tired man. Come on guys.”