HP : The Chronicles

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There had been some pressure on that aspect of the contact the moment they realized who Harry was -the twin of the Boy Who Lived designing for them was actually quite an advertisement- but Harry kindly reminded them, much to Severus's amusement, that he could always take his broomstick elsewhere. That had effectively silenced them and now Harry had galleons overflowing in his vault and more to come since he got a hefty percentage of the sales' profit. And the Firebolt -because Thunderbolt had sounded all wrong and the company had already come up with it before they had even considered the design, keeping faith on the sky inspired names- was bound to be a hit.

"Well don't." Severus said, cutting his happy thoughts of his broomstick short. "You won't succeed anything more while you're so tired."

"I know." Harry agreed. "Sorry I was so…"

"Smarmy?" Severus asked smirking. "Ah, the joys of being a teenager!" Harry threw him a dirty look that only elicited a chuckle from the potions master.

"Whatever." That's when he allowed himself to observe Severus better; the dark circles under his eyes were quite prominent and Harry wondered why. He sure hadn't been in his lab last night as Harry left his around eleven and would have seen him as he passed by. "And you know, Minnie will probably throttle you if you don't get enough sleep too."

"Why does she never threaten to throttle you, is beyond my understanding." Severus complained sulking.

"She just likes me better." Harry said with a shrug, causing yet another smirk to appear on Severus's face. "Now spill; what's troubling you?" Severus sighed.

"I can't stop thinking of Riddle's diary." He admitted. Harry regarded him confused.

"Why?"

"Well, even if we forget about the fact that it tried to kill you…"

"Unsuccessfully." Harry offered.

"…it also defies all I know about magic." Severus continued, not minding Harry's interruption.

"Well, Voldemort might be a complete and utter bastard," Harry stated, "but he's a smart bastard nonetheless."

"I know that." Severus agreed. "But I still don't understand how it was possible to create such a diary."

"Would you mind to elaborate?" The green eyed teen asked.

"Look at it this way; the Tom Riddle you met was supposed to be a memory, correct?" Severus questioned.

"For what his word is worth, that's what he said."

"That's the thing; he couldn't have been a memory!" Severus exclaimed. "At least not just a memory."

"How so?" Harry asked intrigued.

"I'm not saying that memories can not be trapped inside inanimate objects." Severus clarified. "Pensives are a testimony that such a magical object is within a skilled wizard's capabilities. But the memories held in objects like that are just memories; just that. Echoes of the past, with no free will of their own. And certainly you won't ever see someone feeding of the life force of a person and jump out a Pensive!"

"I see what you mean." Harry said thoughtfully. "So, if he wasn't a memory, what was he?" Severus expression turned grim.

"That's just the problem; I have no idea." Harry nodded gravely; he hated it when Severus had no idea of what was going on. Some instinctive part of him always believed that Severus had the answers to all of his questions and he guessed that would never change.

"And that's what's been keeping you up at nights?"

"Well that and the subject of memories in general." Harry's brow furrowed. Hadn't they had a similar conversation last summer?

"Have we talked about this in the past?" He asked the potions master who just smiled at the question.

"Of course you would remember." He stated affectionately.

"Weren't we talking about Pensives then too?" Harry asked, fighting back the intense feeling of déjà vu that gripped him. "After I had made my first operational broomstick, wasn't it? Last summer?"

"Yes, I believe it was." Severus agreed. "And I also believe that I said I would require your help when I had finished thinking about it." Harry smiled.

"I remember that too." He was already beginning to feel excited. "So, what were you thinking about?"

"Remember how we said that making a Pensive takes an unbelievable amount of time?" Severus asked.

"Yeah, I do." Harry nodded in agreement.

"Well, I've been thinking; the trouble with Pensives is that they demand powerful magic to hold all these memories inside and to be able to call forth any memory, no matter how old or forgotten." The potions master explained.

"I'm with you so far."

"But what if you only wanted to store a memory that was only just in the making?" Severus asked animatedly. "If you wanted to record and store something that was only just happening?"

"Like that Muggle invention?" Harry asked interested. He was always interested in Muggle inventions but magic of any sort overcharged them. "How's it called? Oh, a video camera?"

"Why yes!" Severus confirmed. "In theory it should be much easier to design than a Pensive and I have already found some enchantments that might just work."

"And how can I help?" Harry asked confused.

"Well, I can deal with the aspect of how the images can be recorded and reproduced; I'm thinking of some type of potion and maybe, oh, a couple of dozen charms." Severus stated.

"Sounds easy." Harry commented sarcastically.

"Never claimed it would be." Severus winked. "I was wondering if you could come up with a way to contain the memory; a vessel of some sort. Between the two of us, you're the one the one with blacksmith tendencies."

"True enough." Harry agreed.

"So?" Severus asked. "What do you say?"

"Oh I'm in!" Harry said waving his hand in a very 'that was obvious' gesture.

"That's my boy!" Severus exclaimed, wiping an imaginary tear from the corner of his eyes, smiling all the while. "Any ideas?" He asked, looking at the concentrated look on Harry's face.

"I was thinking of Remebralls actually… I might have to right to Neville to ask him a thing or two. Maybe he could send his Remembrall over if he still has it." The green eyed boy declared, his mind travelling back to his first year at Hogwarts. Severus smiled.

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