SEVERUS'S SECRET
PROLOGUE
The office door slowly creaked open and three human forms slipped into the dank room.
"Sssh!" the first form hissed, admonishing the others.
"Hermione!" the second snapped back, annoyed. "We have the Marauder's Map; we know where he is! If Snape comes down here, we'll have plenty of time to hide!"
"But Ron, don't you realize that if we're discovered down here, we'll be instantly expelled! It's against the rules to break into a teacher's office!" Hermione shot back.
"Shut up both of you!" a third voice chimed in. "We'll get this over with much sooner if you both stop arguing. Lumos!" he exclaimed, revealing his green eyes, round black spectacles, and zigzag scar, just barely hidden by a shock of black hair.
He approached an overstuffed bookshelf and began to peruse the titles, looking for something. Hermione joined him, reading many of them out loud.
"Starkadder's Guide to Advanced Potion;, Binding, Breaking, and Truth- telling…these are just books of spells and potions, Harry. He wouldn't keep it here," she said authoritatively.
"Well then where would it be, Hermione?" Ron demanded.
"Naturally, somewhere he wouldn't want people looking," she replied.
"Well, that's obvious!" Harry exclaimed, annoyed, as he began to open drawers in the desk. "Where would Severus Snape keep a diary?" Harry asked himself quietly.
"I'm sure he'd put a charm or spell on it to make sure no one else could read it," Hermione said knowingly.
"Would it look something like this?" Ron asked, pulling a thick blue notebook out of chest on a shelf.
"What's that?" Harry asked.
"Take a look for yourself," Ron replied, handing the book to Harry, who read the first page.
DIARY OF SEVERUS SNAPE,
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
"This is it! This is Snape's diary from when he was at school with my parents!" Harry exclaimed triumphantly. "Now, I can finally figure out just what happened all those years go and find out why Snape hates me so much!"
PROLOGUE
The office door slowly creaked open and three human forms slipped into the dank room.
"Sssh!" the first form hissed, admonishing the others.
"Hermione!" the second snapped back, annoyed. "We have the Marauder's Map; we know where he is! If Snape comes down here, we'll have plenty of time to hide!"
"But Ron, don't you realize that if we're discovered down here, we'll be instantly expelled! It's against the rules to break into a teacher's office!" Hermione shot back.
"Shut up both of you!" a third voice chimed in. "We'll get this over with much sooner if you both stop arguing. Lumos!" he exclaimed, revealing his green eyes, round black spectacles, and zigzag scar, just barely hidden by a shock of black hair.
He approached an overstuffed bookshelf and began to peruse the titles, looking for something. Hermione joined him, reading many of them out loud.
"Starkadder's Guide to Advanced Potion;, Binding, Breaking, and Truth- telling…these are just books of spells and potions, Harry. He wouldn't keep it here," she said authoritatively.
"Well then where would it be, Hermione?" Ron demanded.
"Naturally, somewhere he wouldn't want people looking," she replied.
"Well, that's obvious!" Harry exclaimed, annoyed, as he began to open drawers in the desk. "Where would Severus Snape keep a diary?" Harry asked himself quietly.
"I'm sure he'd put a charm or spell on it to make sure no one else could read it," Hermione said knowingly.
"Would it look something like this?" Ron asked, pulling a thick blue notebook out of chest on a shelf.
"What's that?" Harry asked.
"Take a look for yourself," Ron replied, handing the book to Harry, who read the first page.
DIARY OF SEVERUS SNAPE,
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
"This is it! This is Snape's diary from when he was at school with my parents!" Harry exclaimed triumphantly. "Now, I can finally figure out just what happened all those years go and find out why Snape hates me so much!"