Rating:
R
House:
Schnoogle
Characters:
Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter Minerva McGonagall Remus Lupin Severus Snape
Genres:
Drama
Era:
Multiple Eras
Spoilers:
Order of the Phoenix
Stats:
Published: 08/29/2003
Updated: 10/23/2004
Words: 14,638
Chapters: 5
Hits: 2,793

A Storm Descends On Hogwarts

Kate McGuire

Story Summary:
Faced with filling the DADA position again and the need to train Harry to face Voldemort, Dumbledore looks to the United States to find someone qualified but not in league with Voldemort. He finds Alira Storm, Smithmage and Mistress of Arms who can teach DADA and can instruct Harry in the use of Griffindor's sword. But she has some skeletons in her closet and more than a couple of secrets. Harry misses Sirius and writes to Remus. Will Snape finally be able to let go of his hatred? And just how will the Houses all become unified?

Faced with filling the DADA position again and the need to train Harry to face Voldemort, Dumbledore looks to the United States to find someone qualified but not in league with Voldemort. He finds at last, Alira Storm, Smithmage and Mistress of Arms who can teach DADA and can instruct Harry in the use of Griffindor's sword. But she has some skeletons in her closet and more than a couple of secrets. Harry misses Sirius and writes to Remus. Will Snape finally be able to let go of his hatreds? And just how will the Houses all become unified?

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Faced with filling the DADA position again and the need to train Harry to face Voldemort, Dumbledore looks to the United States to find someone qualified but not in league with Voldemort. He finds at last, Alira Storm, Smithmage and Mistress of Arms who can teach DADA and can instruct Harry in the use of Griffindor's sword. But she has some skeletons in her closet and more than a couple of secrets. Harry misses Sirius and writes to Remus. Will Snape finally be able to let go of his hatreds? And just how will the Houses all become unified?

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In and effort to prevent the MoM from filling the DADA position for him, Dumbledore recruits Alira Storm from America. Storm is a smithmage, an art nearly forgotten. But now is her task to teach Harry how to truly use Gryffindor's sword. She seems up to the task but Snape is suspicious of her. Her background story doesn't ring quite true for him and so he watches. Harry is still comming to terms with Sirius's death and that he himself must be a Weapon of War.

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Chapter 03
05/24/2004

Alria Storm gets her first look at Hogwarts and Professor Snape.

Words: 2,745
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Chapter 04
10/23/2004

The storm of war is gathering over Hogwarts as Harry’s Sixth Year approaches. Albus Dumbledore struggles to find someone with no Death Eater connections to fill the DADA position. Alira Storm, Smithmage and is more than up to the daunting task of teaching regular classes and instructing Harry in the use of Gryffindor’s sword. Appearances can be deceiving however, she has more than one skeleton in the closet, more than one secret hidden. Harry writes Remus and grieves for Sirius, but will he be able to master his anger and self-recrimination not to mention his “warm” feelings for Snape. When the storm breaks will Hogwarts unite or fall? Snape faces his own private storms as he must attempt some of the most dangerous work of his life.

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