Give Me a Reason by Maya.
This is a story about Severus Snape and almost everyone else in the Harry
Potter series. Time expands in the story, so that one day goes on for five
chapters and four years in a paragraph. The thoughts of the characters are
not indicated by any special symbols. I'm hoping you can understand when
it's their thought and when its not.
More importantly!!!! Please, please review. Pleeeeeeease!!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters and other
stuff.
Harry, Ron and Hermione stood behind the statue of Grifden the Ancient, and
stared intently at the wall at the corner. It was five thirty in the
morning and was cold. A chill breeze was blowing around the corner. They
kept a keen watch on the circular stone in the middle of the stone wall.
It had been two months into the middle of the fifth year and in spite of
the trust Dumbledore had for Severus Snape, Harry and Ron maintained that
since he was once a Deatheater, he would always be a Deatheater. He had,
after all, been acting strangely and while Hermione thought it was because
he was spying for Voldemort again, Harry and Ron thought that he had
returned to Voldemort.
So they stood in the Dungeons on that cold September morning staring at the
wall they had heard was the door to Snape's quarters. They had followed
him, as inconspicuous as possible for a week before they had found this
wall. They had many false alarms; they had turned out to be store rooms or
corridors. But this was the right one they thought.
They were under the invisibility cloak and while it was crowded, that did
nothing to keep them warm. They were going to sneak into his room to find
evidence that he was an active Death eater.
The circular stone turned slowly, moved forward a little and then back
again. A grinding sound could be heard, and then silently the wall
vanished. A very sleepy Snape appeared through the gap in the wall. This
shocked the three, because Snape always looked icy and intense, never
drowsy and so. human looking. Snape yawned widely and then stretched. His
expression changed briefly as he looked up at his had. He bought his hand
down and looked at the back of it. A ghost of a smile appeared and he
seemed to be smiling at some memory. As the three looked at his hand, they
saw a ring appear on his finger. It glowed pink and then red briefly and
then vanished.
Then the smile vanished as well, and the Snape they knew returned. It was
like watching him turn to stone. His features hardened and his eyes grew
cold. He looked down the corridor and then muttered "Escalator". The stone
wall reappeared, and he set of down the corridor towards the main hall. The
three of them stared at each other in shock.
"Ecslator? What's that?" asked Ron.
"Escalator, it's a muggle invention" said Harry "but what does it mean, I
wonder, him using a muggle word for a password?"
"Well, most wizards wouldn't think to use muggle words for passwords, would
they?" asked Hermione impatiently "anyway we're wasting time, he might come
back anytime."
They walked to the wall and Hermione said "Escalator". The wall did not
budge. She stared at it in consternation.
"Move over Hermione" said Ron, with a smirk "may be it needs a mans voice -
Escalator"
When the wall did not vanish, Hermione began to giggle.
"Or maybe it needs a slimeball's voice, we should call Malfoy" said Ron
angrily.
Harry leant closer towards the circular stone and muttered the password.
When nothing happened, he looked up and said "Maybe we'll need a Poly..."
He broke off as they heard a grinding sound. He bent closer to the wall.
Suddenly when he was eye level with the circular stone, a pair of grey
stone eyes opened in the middle of it. Harry yelped and tried to move away
but he couldn't.
"Help me" he cried "I can't move"
Ron and Hermione seized him around his stomach and tried to pull him away
but couldn't. The stone eyes stared into his. Then slowly the wall
vanished.
All three of them fell backwards onto the stone floor. They had been
pulling Harry away when the magical grip on him had vanished. They got up
and looked into the room, they couldn't see anything. Then as they walked
in, the room appeared.
It wasn't what they expected. While it didn't have pink frills, it wasn't
bare stone walls either. It was a comfortable room. Overstuffed chairs vied
with straight back wooden chairs and other antique furniture for space.
There were a few potted plants on tables and lots of books everywhere. The
walls were covered with shelves of books and a few paintings hung on the
wall. A dark brown carpet was spread on the floor. It was slightly worn in
places; oddly the design on the carpet seemed to match the paintings. A few
of the frames on the walls had embroidery in them, some unfinished.
Sweeping views of Hogsmead and one of two black cats dominated one wall.
The bed was a large one, and was covered with a large quilt. This too
looked old and was getting frayed. A bedside table had a few books and an
empty muggle photo frame next to it.
When Harry saw this he pointed it out to his friends. They walked to it and
Harry picked it up. His hand tingled and then his entire body. A smoky wall
appeared in the photo frame and then cleared.
He saw his mother and father at their wedding. It was only the two of them.
Like wizard photos, they moved and laughed. Then he saw Severus Snape next
to his dad. While they looked very stiff next to each other, his mother had
her hand around someone invisible. She was laughing up at them and saying
something.
At his gasp of surprise, Ron and Hermione peered in. They too seemed amazed
at Snape's presence at Harry's parents wedding.
Ron pulled the frame out of Harry's hand and the picture vanished.
"Weird" exclaimed Ron "everything here seems to respond to you Harry! Maybe
you're related to Snape or something! "
"No I'm not!" responded Harry heatedly "I'm not related to that slime ball"
"If you two are done being childish, Snape's on his way back. And we
haven't found anything yet." Said Hermione irritably, holding up the
Marauders Map.
At this they quit quarrelling and started searching around feverishly for
something to prove that Snape was a Death Eater. Hermione kept calling out
Snape's position; finally as he left the grounds and started toward the
Great Hall, they decided to give up. Then Hermione pulled open a draw.
Inside it was a box. It was ornately decorated and was made of silver. She
pulled it out and laid it on the top of the table. It was very heavy and
rattled when moved. She pushed open the heavy clasp and looked inside.
Inside the box were a large silver hair brush and a mirror. It also had a
few hair clips and a pair of moon stone earrings. Hermione moved out of the
way to let Harry and Ron see what was inside.
Their mouths fell open when they saw its contents. Suddenly when Harry
looked at the mirror he saw a face, it vanished before he looked at
properly. The face he saw was a woman's. At Hermione's squeak about Snape's
proximity, he tore his eyes away and hurried after her to the door. As
they were about to walk out, Hermione hurried back in. She took something
from the box, closed it and put it back where she found it. Then she
hurried out, closed the door behind her and ran down the corridor. Walking
into a group of Hufflepuff seventh years, they passed by Snape, and ran to
their common room.
This is a story about Severus Snape and almost everyone else in the Harry
Potter series. Time expands in the story, so that one day goes on for five
chapters and four years in a paragraph. The thoughts of the characters are
not indicated by any special symbols. I'm hoping you can understand when
it's their thought and when its not.
More importantly!!!! Please, please review. Pleeeeeeease!!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters and other
stuff.
Harry, Ron and Hermione stood behind the statue of Grifden the Ancient, and
stared intently at the wall at the corner. It was five thirty in the
morning and was cold. A chill breeze was blowing around the corner. They
kept a keen watch on the circular stone in the middle of the stone wall.
It had been two months into the middle of the fifth year and in spite of
the trust Dumbledore had for Severus Snape, Harry and Ron maintained that
since he was once a Deatheater, he would always be a Deatheater. He had,
after all, been acting strangely and while Hermione thought it was because
he was spying for Voldemort again, Harry and Ron thought that he had
returned to Voldemort.
So they stood in the Dungeons on that cold September morning staring at the
wall they had heard was the door to Snape's quarters. They had followed
him, as inconspicuous as possible for a week before they had found this
wall. They had many false alarms; they had turned out to be store rooms or
corridors. But this was the right one they thought.
They were under the invisibility cloak and while it was crowded, that did
nothing to keep them warm. They were going to sneak into his room to find
evidence that he was an active Death eater.
The circular stone turned slowly, moved forward a little and then back
again. A grinding sound could be heard, and then silently the wall
vanished. A very sleepy Snape appeared through the gap in the wall. This
shocked the three, because Snape always looked icy and intense, never
drowsy and so. human looking. Snape yawned widely and then stretched. His
expression changed briefly as he looked up at his had. He bought his hand
down and looked at the back of it. A ghost of a smile appeared and he
seemed to be smiling at some memory. As the three looked at his hand, they
saw a ring appear on his finger. It glowed pink and then red briefly and
then vanished.
Then the smile vanished as well, and the Snape they knew returned. It was
like watching him turn to stone. His features hardened and his eyes grew
cold. He looked down the corridor and then muttered "Escalator". The stone
wall reappeared, and he set of down the corridor towards the main hall. The
three of them stared at each other in shock.
"Ecslator? What's that?" asked Ron.
"Escalator, it's a muggle invention" said Harry "but what does it mean, I
wonder, him using a muggle word for a password?"
"Well, most wizards wouldn't think to use muggle words for passwords, would
they?" asked Hermione impatiently "anyway we're wasting time, he might come
back anytime."
They walked to the wall and Hermione said "Escalator". The wall did not
budge. She stared at it in consternation.
"Move over Hermione" said Ron, with a smirk "may be it needs a mans voice -
Escalator"
When the wall did not vanish, Hermione began to giggle.
"Or maybe it needs a slimeball's voice, we should call Malfoy" said Ron
angrily.
Harry leant closer towards the circular stone and muttered the password.
When nothing happened, he looked up and said "Maybe we'll need a Poly..."
He broke off as they heard a grinding sound. He bent closer to the wall.
Suddenly when he was eye level with the circular stone, a pair of grey
stone eyes opened in the middle of it. Harry yelped and tried to move away
but he couldn't.
"Help me" he cried "I can't move"
Ron and Hermione seized him around his stomach and tried to pull him away
but couldn't. The stone eyes stared into his. Then slowly the wall
vanished.
All three of them fell backwards onto the stone floor. They had been
pulling Harry away when the magical grip on him had vanished. They got up
and looked into the room, they couldn't see anything. Then as they walked
in, the room appeared.
It wasn't what they expected. While it didn't have pink frills, it wasn't
bare stone walls either. It was a comfortable room. Overstuffed chairs vied
with straight back wooden chairs and other antique furniture for space.
There were a few potted plants on tables and lots of books everywhere. The
walls were covered with shelves of books and a few paintings hung on the
wall. A dark brown carpet was spread on the floor. It was slightly worn in
places; oddly the design on the carpet seemed to match the paintings. A few
of the frames on the walls had embroidery in them, some unfinished.
Sweeping views of Hogsmead and one of two black cats dominated one wall.
The bed was a large one, and was covered with a large quilt. This too
looked old and was getting frayed. A bedside table had a few books and an
empty muggle photo frame next to it.
When Harry saw this he pointed it out to his friends. They walked to it and
Harry picked it up. His hand tingled and then his entire body. A smoky wall
appeared in the photo frame and then cleared.
He saw his mother and father at their wedding. It was only the two of them.
Like wizard photos, they moved and laughed. Then he saw Severus Snape next
to his dad. While they looked very stiff next to each other, his mother had
her hand around someone invisible. She was laughing up at them and saying
something.
At his gasp of surprise, Ron and Hermione peered in. They too seemed amazed
at Snape's presence at Harry's parents wedding.
Ron pulled the frame out of Harry's hand and the picture vanished.
"Weird" exclaimed Ron "everything here seems to respond to you Harry! Maybe
you're related to Snape or something! "
"No I'm not!" responded Harry heatedly "I'm not related to that slime ball"
"If you two are done being childish, Snape's on his way back. And we
haven't found anything yet." Said Hermione irritably, holding up the
Marauders Map.
At this they quit quarrelling and started searching around feverishly for
something to prove that Snape was a Death Eater. Hermione kept calling out
Snape's position; finally as he left the grounds and started toward the
Great Hall, they decided to give up. Then Hermione pulled open a draw.
Inside it was a box. It was ornately decorated and was made of silver. She
pulled it out and laid it on the top of the table. It was very heavy and
rattled when moved. She pushed open the heavy clasp and looked inside.
Inside the box were a large silver hair brush and a mirror. It also had a
few hair clips and a pair of moon stone earrings. Hermione moved out of the
way to let Harry and Ron see what was inside.
Their mouths fell open when they saw its contents. Suddenly when Harry
looked at the mirror he saw a face, it vanished before he looked at
properly. The face he saw was a woman's. At Hermione's squeak about Snape's
proximity, he tore his eyes away and hurried after her to the door. As
they were about to walk out, Hermione hurried back in. She took something
from the box, closed it and put it back where she found it. Then she
hurried out, closed the door behind her and ran down the corridor. Walking
into a group of Hufflepuff seventh years, they passed by Snape, and ran to
their common room.