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Moving On

By: Jenkid11

Discovered: Part II-Reactions

"Hello Professor, I know that this doesn't exactly look good, but it's really not what you think it is…"

"Oh really Mr.Potter, then what exactly is it, because I would really like to hear how you can explain this situation away."

"You see sir; I was involved in a street fight that involved a local gang. I was being stupid, and insulted them, and these are just a few reminders of my own stupidity. They really look worse then they are…"

But Harry knew the attempt was futile, he could tell by the grim expression that was beginning to cover Snape's face. Snape was starting to get angry, and while Harry didn't know what or who his true anger was directed at, he did no one thing. This was not going to be fun. Then he made the grievous error that would be his downfall, he looked into his professor's eyes.

Snape was furious, yet in his fury he was divided. He desperately wanted to hold onto his pre-image of the arrogant Harry Potter, not the broken child in front of him literally scrounging for sensible excuses for his injuries. But try as he might, he knew the child was lying. If his voice and movements hadn't given him away, his eyes most certainly had. It was never a good idea to look a legilamist in the eyes when trying to lie directly to said legilamist, and he wasn't called one of the best for nothing. He could see right through the boy's lies. But that wasn't what was angering him.

Not really in any case. He had expected the lies, the denial of the obvious, for it was typical of abused children, and had to do with the shame they carried even though it wasn't their fault. This was something that they had to be reassured of constantly. He was angry make no mistake, but not at Potter. No, he was angry at whoever had done this to Potter. To his student, his responsibility. But more so, he was angry with himself. He had gotten a good long look at the boy's back when he didn't know he was watching, and some of the scarring was old. This had happened before he was certain of, maybe not to this extent, but it had still happened, and HE SHOULD HAVE NOTICED IT!

He above all others should have seen the signs when no one else had, but he hadn't. He had let his anger block all common sense on the matter, and now it looked like the child was paying for it. This matter needed remedying, and Snape was now prepared to do so. He now had a planned course of action, and when he felt ready and able to approach the boy he started moving towards the now terrified Potter child. And terrified Harry was.

Harry realized his mistake far too late. He had looked his potions professor in the eyes. His professor could now see through the lies, and that thought alone was enough to send the very vulnerable Harry to shaking. After all no one was supposed to know of his weakness, no one could know how Harry felt, what Harry thought, least of all one of his teachers, who absolutely despised him. He'd use this against him, he'd make his life an even worse living hell, and that was something Harry just really couldn't deal with, not now. No one could know, not now, not ever, but Harry knew it was a loosing battle. His emotions, his absolute exhaustion were quickly overwhelming the small child and he was loosing his handle of them rapidly.

His shivering was increasing, halfway because of his decreasing energy from the injuries, and halfway because of the murderous look that was now covering the professor's face. Harry was starting to find breathing more and more difficult, and his eyes didn't seen to want to obey his command of not crying for tears were steadily falling from the frightened boy's eyes. He was beginning to have a panic attack, and he knew it, but unfortunately there was nothing he could do about it. It was then that the professor began to move towards Harry, not realizing the panic his expression was causing on the poor child. Harry's fears however, seemed to be even more confirmed with every single step the potion's master took. 'He's going to hate me even more now; he thinks I'm a freak….just like "them". It was this thought that seemed to truly break Harry as he curled up in a ball, clawing at his arms and bawling, effectively stopping the horrified potion's master in his tracks for the second time that evening.

Author's Notes:

Please don't hurt me….gets on knees and begs I'm soooooooooooooo sorry the update took so long. I've just had no time, and I know that that's a poor excuse, but I really haven't. Ever since I started school things have progressively gone downhill with time. I'm lucky if I can manage 4 hours of sleep a night, due to my homework schedule. I have 2 honors courses, and 1 AP, not to mention the fact that my mom wants me to get into another AP class. Arg….. so as you can see. Me and time aren't really on the same schedule anymore.

Thank you so much for your reviews and support though, it really helped, and yeah the weekly plan kinda fell through…oops….I'm really sorry yet again, I really thought the plan would work, but I guess it was a no go. But on the upside I do promise you won't have to wait this long for an update again if I can help it. I'll try to work out some sort of schedule, so wish me luck. I however do hope you enjoyed the extra long update….

On another actual happy note however I'm giving you 2 polls on how the story should go, so please give me your response with your reviews.(HiNt…HiNt…. Reviews make an author happy!) They will determine where the story goes. Oh, and I will give you all a fair warning….there will be some self-mutilation involved in this story, so you have been warned….I thought I'd give ya'll the heads up in case anybody had a problem with that, and because I don't think I adequately showed that in Harry's past in the beginning. Ok…so without further ado….

1.) Should this be an:

a.) Severitus Challenge

b.) Severus adopts Harry

c.) Severus mentors Harry

2.) Where should Severus take the injured Harry and why (I'll give you the options, you tell me why he should be taken there) Hint: Harry doesn't want his abuse to be public, but what's really in this best interests. :

a.) Hospital Wing

b.) Severus's Quarters

c.) To Dumbledore

Bu – I'm sorry the update took soooooo long. Weekly updates…yea…see the above lol….I'm soooooo sorry. I hope you liked the update though.

ckat44- Hope you liked the update, and consider this as longer ;) lol…as of right now it's 6 pages long!

miss sheree- Hope you like the update, and its length lol J. Sorry about it taking so long.

Dumbledore's Emerald Phoenix- Sorry about not updating sooner. L I sorry…. But hey now you can put that opinion to good use lol…next time you review use that as a poll answerJ. Best of luck!

angel74- Well, I hope some of your questions were answered with this chapter, and I hope the length of this update satisfies…we're now on 8 pages. Sorry the update took so long, but I hope you liked it, more interaction will occur in the following chapters I promise, but I have to get the action set up firstJ.

VladLycan- Hope you enjoyed the longer update…Sorry for the long wait!

ParanoiaIn2005- Thanks for the hints, I can really use them in dialogue, so feel free to add any helpful comments you want to, and yes that makes perfect sense to me. Sorry about that I can see what you mean, and cliffyinterested readerhappy author, heheheJ. I can also see all your points, and believe me I thought of each and every scenario, but in the end I decided against the Snape ignoring the situation, because I feel it has been overdone, and the fact that in this situation, since he is familiar with it, as well as the actions caused by it would see through any lies Harry could come up with…. As you put it earlier Snape isn't stupid. Plus, I have a different emotional plot in the process depending on the poll…heheh crackles….anyway…..thanks for your kind comments, and hope you enjoyed the extra long update.

starangel2106- Thanks for understanding! It's been so busy so I suppose I should really apologize again. On the upside however, thanks for your kind comments, and I hope you enjoy the longer chapter.

KatSuyA- Kat! - Thanks for your kind comments, and I hope you enjoyed this longer chapter as much as the last.

Nicola- Thanks for your kind comments, and I am sooooooo sorry the update took so long, but no worries, I am continuing the story. Hope you liked the longer chapter!

Sass- Sorry about that, and don't worry lol, I know what you meant, I'll try to stop doing that, and I hope you'll continue reading. Hope you enjoy the longer update as well.

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Niahiem Davids- First off, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING AGAIN…..I love reviews, and now I just feel really honored…thanks again. Glad you loved the update, and I hope you enjoy this one just as much!

lana- Well, I guess the update to that would be October 4, 2004, lol, wow, am I good or whatJ!

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Lady Zee- LOL…sorry about the cut off and the long wait. I hope you found this chapter to be betterJ! Thanks for your kind comments.

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pears- I hope you like the longer chapter…lol you're not a tard, I'm probably worse, and I appreciate the kind comments. Hope you like the update.

MerlinHalliwell- I hope you liked Harry's excuse and Snape's reaction thus far! Hope you like the update!

americanpie- Nah…it really how should I say this, crashed and burned… Sorry for making you wait so long for the update... I know…I know…I should update more often…I'm sorry, but if it's any consolation I do and am trying to…. please don't hate me…I hope you enjoyed the update!

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Angry- Hmmm…I'd say I'm going to update October 4, 2004, hehehe, as mentioned above, aren't I good….but seriously, I'm sorry for such a long wait, but I hope you enjoyed the update!

Talons- I sorry….but I am glad you're addicted, and like my story…hehehe…Hope you enjoy the update, and I'm sorry for making you wait this long-Jen.

WOW- this makes 16 pages!!!!!!

Until Next time,

Jenkid11