The seer

I was sitting on a brown couch with a bong in my hand. Tonks was on my right, leaning back and looking at their hands which were pointed at the roof of their apartment.

“How often do you do this?” I asked slowly. My body felt heavy and my eyes darted around the room. I held a lighter against the grass and inhaled. I couldn’t shake the feeling in me. Like I was breathing in heavy air. Oh, I was, though. I coughed and a puff of smoke came out of me.

Tonks snickered: “More than you apparently,”

Their bloodshot eyes met mine and we burst out laughing. The laugh itself seemed to come out slowly and it made me laugh even more. My head rolled to my side and I found myself looking at the ceiling as well.

“Feeling thirsty?” I heard Tonks ask.

“Yes, I’m fucking thirsty. My tongue feels so dry.”

“So does mine,” they laughed again. They straightened up with heavy limbs and conjured a pitcher of water.

“You know the saying, “High as a kite”. Right now it’s us,” I said and started chuckling. “We’re like those kites. Up there,” I pointed at the ceiling and Tonks’s eyes followed my finger. “High like that.”

Tonks started chuckling and almost spilled the water they were pouring.

The night continued the same way, us laughing and being in a slow state of mind. It was very enjoyable until I wasn’t there anymore. Until I felt my consciousness slipping away from me, away from my body. I found myself hovering by the ceiling looking down at my body. My eyes had gone white and my whole torso limp. Tonks was shaking me while muttering curses under their breath.

“Fuck fuck, Maria wake up,” they said.

I tried to scream. Tried to return to my body, but it kept rejecting me. My body was too high for my consciousness to slip back into it.

I followed Tonks when they levitated my body and stepped into the fireplace. “Hogwarts!” they screamed and threw powder while holding their wand up and pointed at my body. When the flames went green, I felt a tug at my navel and I was whisked away after them and my body.

We landed in Dumbledore’s office. Tonks stumbled out of the fireplace and almost dropped the levitating spell. My body hovered dangerously close to the floor as they managed to regain their balance and look around.

“Can some of you paintings get Dumbledore?” they yelled, waking up some sleeping paintings on the walls. A few mutters were heard as Tonks made their way to a sofa and lowered my body on it. They grouched over me and shook me again.

“Rennervate,” they cast. “Wake up dammit.”

“What is going on here?” a voice sounded behind us. Tonks turned to see professor Dumbledore walking towards my body.

“Professor Dumbledore, I-I she isn’t waking up,” Tonks stuttered. Their hair had gone ashen. Gone was the usual confidence.

“And what might you two been doing?” Dumbledore asked as he sat on the sofa, next to my body and took my face into his hands.

“We were just smoking some muggle grass, It’s harmless many use it-“ Tonks said.

“Weed you mean?” Dumbledore asked.

“Yes, yes just the normal indica.” Tonks answered.

Dumbledore looked at Tonks over his half-moon shaped glasses. “Have you ever thought why those muggle plants are not so popular within the wizarding community?” He asked. Tonks shook their head. “You see this particular plant might have some relaxing effects, but with some wizards or witches it becomes too calming. So much, that the body decides to kick out the mind and have a party on its own. It is known to cause trouble to see’ers especially. Their minds are somewhat tuned to receive its effects more strongly.”

Tonks sat down on a chair next to the sofa. “What is going to happen now?” they asked.

Dumbledore stood up. “We could wait for the effects to stop. Hopefully Marias mind find its own way back in. Or –“Dumbledore lifted a finger when Tonks opened their mouth. “Someone could guide her mind back to her body. However, it requires a skilled legilimens.”

Tonks looked at Dumbledore who stood up. "You are a legilimens, aren't you, headmaster?"

Dumbledore straightened his blue robes. "This requires a very detailed approach. Someone else in this castle is much more superior to me in this matter," he said and made his way to the corner of his office an cleared his throat. A painting woke up. “Wake up Severus. Tell him it’s urgent.”

My body looked somehow happy. It was passed out on the couch but still somehow awake. At least I was awake up here. Floating in the ceiling like a ghost I could follow the commotion in the room when Severus burst in a moment later. I was still high, less than I was before though. This did contribute to me observing Severus’s attire with some interest. He looked absolutely handsome with his ruffled hair and loose white shirt. He had just woken up indeed.

It took a moment for Tonks and Dumbledore to explain what had happened. I spaced out enough so I missed his snide comments to Tonks. After spacing out for a longish time I felt a tug at my navel. At first it was subtle but then it grew into an annoying nagging. I saw Severus leaning over my body and staring hard into my open eyes.

“Stop with the nagging you idiot”, I complained. The words seemed to echo in the energy around us. No-one in the room seemed to hear them.

I felt a shake around me and the lines blurred a little. I was sure Severus was inside of my mind. “Where are you”, a demanding voice whispered right into the energy around me.

I stayed still. Somehow, I enjoyed being able to hide from him. But in the other hand I also wanted to return to my body. I weighed my options. I could stay longer out here and enjoy making him chase me or I could go back and let him berate me. The first sounded better.

Suddenly I felt someone start to shift through my memories. Starting at my hangout with Tonks, followed by several other memories. Me reading a book and taking notes from it, going to a local coffeehouse on a Monday and being drunk out of my ass last month with Donna and Susan.

“I thought you were an experienced legilimens”, I chucked back at him. My body remained silent by the couch.

Severus let out a hiss. “I have no problem browsing through your memories. But in which one are you? Maybe I need to go deeper to your secrets”, he answered with a smirk in his voice. His body remained silent as well.

The focus shifted and I saw myself on a date with Jukka. We were happy as we sat together on a wooden log and cooked food over a campfire. The memory changed and I saw myself standing in the kitchen of my old house. I was crying as Jukka tried to plead with me to forgive him for what had happened. He had cried too, the tears had made his blue eyes puffy.

“That's the best you can do?”, I said. “Show me something more entertaining.”

The focus shifted and I saw Severus standing in front of me in my living room with a pointed look on his face. This was not a memory. “Stop playing and reveal yourself to me”, he said.

A few images flashed through my mind. Apparently, Severus was having fun and following the memory stream led by my collection of memories related to him. The memories went faster by until one memory caught his attention.

In this memory I laid naked and panting in my bed. My body was tensed, my nipples hard and my hand was caressing between my legs. “Severus”, I whimpered. The focus stayed and I saw what I had been thinking that particular moment. I saw myself getting roughly fucked in my living room after the duel we had when Severus had decided to test out my wards. I had thought of his lips kissing me mercilessly, a hand on my throat and his hard cock pulsing inside of me.

“I didn’t know you had such dirty fantasies about me, Maria”, he chuckled.

He seemed to enjoy the view of my fantasies as he followed the path down and saw more filthier images of me gagging on his cock, him fucking me outside while holding my hair and me riding his cock hard.

“What a filthy girl you are”, he seemed pleased. When he moved on to more creative fantasies which involved some rope and spanking I finally decided to stop him.

“Get out of my head," I hissed.

“Only if you come with me”, Severus said. The images stopped. “I’m waiting.”

I thought about floating down and I found myself standing next to his crouched body. I laid an invisible hand on his shoulder. “I’m right here. Standing next to you.”

Severus appeared on the other side of his material body. He was holding back a satisfied smile. “Take my hand and brace yourself”, he said.

“Just one thing”, he said when I took the offered hand. “Try not to throw up on me when we get back.”

And with that, the tug on my navel turned into a force which pulled me into a whirlpool of thoughts, feelings and energy. My eyes rolled back into their sockets and I snapped back to my body. Everything felt really disoriented and I tried to fight the waves of nausea rolling over me. I whimpered and closed my eyes again and focused on breathing. I wouldn’t throw up. Not now.

“How do you feel like, miss Koski?” Dumbledore spoke.

I muttered something barely audible in return and showed my index finger asking for a moment. Even the thought of speaking made me feel like vomiting.

“Accio anti-nausea and sober up”, Severus cast.

Breathe in, breathe out. I wouldn’t throw up. I can do it. Just pinch myself hard enough and it’ll be over. One in, two out. Something clicked on my right.

“Drink this and try to hold it down”, Severus drawled.

He lifted my head slightly and poured a potion into my mouth. It tasted foul. I coughed a few times, but it took my nausea away as soon as it entered my mouth. I opened my puffy eyes and sat up slowly. My head was spinning and I still felt weird. Severus kneeled in front of me.

“And this potion too”, he put a vial in my hand. When I just looked at it dumbfoundedly he growled, “Now, you insolent girl.”

I downed the sober up potion and everything cleared up. “Ugh”, I said and massaged my temple. My head was throbbing with pain.

“Welcome back”, Dumbledore said. I looked at him and tried not to avert my eyes in shame.

“I’m sorry for what happened”, I said with a cracking voice.

Tonks cut in, “No it was my fault”, they said. “I didn’t realize what it would to you.”

“You better be-“, Severus glared at Tonks.

Dumbledore held a hand up. “You both certainly overdid yourselves”, he said. “However, the harm is done. There is no need for us to point accusatory fingers here. I trust miss Koski has learned her lesson well.”

I managed to nod. I had most definitely learned my lesson. At least for now.

Severus was still kneeling by my side. I wondered why he hadn’t moved from the spot. He looked sharply at me. His face gave no expression but upon feeling his aura I knew exactly why he hadn’t moved from the spot. Those filthy fantasies he had seen in my mind had led him to an uncomfortable situation. I gave him a satisfied smile and watched him narrow his eyes.

“Now, I have an early train to catch tomorrow morning, I trust you know your way out safely. With this, I bid you a good night”, Dumbledore excused himself.

As Dumbledore made his way out of the office, Tonks stood up as well. “We should go as well, Maria.”

“Miss Koski and I have some unfinished business”, Severus said coldly. “I will see that she makes it home later.”

“Maria?” Tonks asked. They looked at Severus with furrowed brows. They clearly weren’t his biggest fan.

“It’s okay”, I said. “I’ll see you on Monday again. Thank you for bringing me here and taking care of me”, I smiled at them.

I watched an unsure Tonks disappear in the midst of green flames and made a mental note to write to them later. I had caused enough stress for us and I needed to apologise to Tonks. But now it was only me, Severus and the paintings. I turned back to look at the kneeling man.

“Muffliato”, he cast wandlessly. Such a skill. I saw some paintings cover their ears.

“Would you like a pillow?” I asked with a devilish grin. My headache wasn’t enough to keep me from teasing him.

His eyes flashed with something. Annoyance perhaps. “Pull your magical aura back”, he answered.

So, he could feel it after all. I never had any doubts he wouldn’t but he had never showed any sign to me that he felt it. I focused my attention and found my aura enveloping Severus in it. It apparently had a mind on its own when it refused my call and stayed where it was. Well that was a problem.

I could feel Severus’s own power thrumming under mine and answering to my calls. It wanted to reach out to me but Severus was fighting to keep it limited only to his body. I took a deep breath. It’s a lot of power and I had just exhausted myself in my astral form. I bit my lip in frustration.

“Are you as incompetent as you are idiotic, Koski”, he growled. “Pull it back.”

I looked at his thin lips, his black eyes and high cheekbones. I huffed and closed my eyes. I concentrated on my aura with everything in me and pulled it back. It started to move slowly and painfully. After being entwined with his power during the whole time in astral plane it got used to him and wanted to linger.

When all of it was back surrounding only my body, I opened my eyes and released my clutched fists. “You should know that insults are never a good way to treat a woman”, I said.

A twisted smile played on his lips. “And I thought I heard a few of them earlier in your mind.”

I stood up. “And I thought you were below kneeling for an incompetent girl”, I said back.

He looked up. “You’re not just any incompetent girl”, he half smiled."Keep your eyes up."

Severus rose slowly from his knees and stood now much taller than me. My breath caught in my throat. The contrast of having him kneel before me and now tower over me was making my heart beat faster.

“W-why? Afraid I would see something?” I answered. My throat felt dry and I felt strands of hair tickle my face.

Severus raised one eyebrow. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, “There is nothing you haven’t imagined before.”

I blushed at the comment he made. He had seen my fantasies about him in my mind. And a lot of them in all different ways. He had also seen me naked and panting his name. This made me feel a little shaky. He had seen it all.

His breath tickled my ear. “Forgot how to speak did you?” he murmured and withdrew. “I guess English can be a difficult language to some people”, he smirked. He was clearly enjoying this situation.

“Do you like what you saw?” I gained some of my confidence back and ignored his insult. I was still feeling shaky.

Severus’s lips twitched. “Now that is totally inappropriate, wouldn’t you say?”

“I must have done a good job for you to get so…”, my voice faded when I searched for the right word. “so ‘immersed’ in those fantasies.”

Severus lifted a finger under my jaw and tilted it up. His touch was gentle but determined. “Don’t get too arrogant. You still have a lot to learn.”

My lips parted at his words as I processed them. What did he mean with those words? After his reaction to what he had seen in my mind I knew I was attractive to him, but would he actually want something beyond that?

His proximity made me feel electric. Now it was his turn to send his energy a little too close to me. I felt it taunting and teasing me. Like he was playing with fire. His face showed no further emotion and even his body language was cold regardless of the long finger under my jaw.

“Good night, miss Koski”, Severus said and let his hand go. “I trust I won’t have to fish you out of your mind again anytime soon.”

“Thank you for helping me,” I answered to him when he started walking down the steps to the door.

He stopped and turned his head a little. I couldn’t see his face but I could hear the amused sarcasm in his voice. “It was my pleasure”, he said and walked away.