His Daughter
Chapter 1-The mysterious potion
On the Hogwarts express back home for the summer,one Miss Hermione Granger was,as always, reading a book while her two best friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were playing a game of Wizards chess.
"Ron,you always wind up beating me,"Harry said just a Ron walked over towards Hermione and took the book she was reading away from her.
"Hey!What was that for?"Hermione asked scowling at Ron.
"I'm just worried about you. I just can't stop thinking about how Snape was looking at you for the last week,"Ron said frowning and sitting down next to her.
"Now that you mention it,Snape has been acting kind of weird lately. He is constantly looking at you Hermione,"Harry said also frowning.
"I'm sure he is just keeping an eye on us to make sure we stay out of trouble,"Hermione said while trying to reach her arms out for her book.
"Maybe!But why is he tagging along for the train ride and sitting in the compartment next to ours?"Harry asked just before said Potions Master walked into the trio's compartment.
"Hello Professor,"Hermione said while suddenly becoming nervous. Snape decided to ignore Hermione as he took a seat across from her which Harry had recently vacated.
"Take a seat Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley,"Snape commanded pulling his wand out from his cloak.
"Why are you here? Aren't teachers supposed to be at Hogwarts during this time?"Harry asked completely ignoring Snape's demand.
"I said 'take a seat',not ask me questions. Now sit!"Snape said in his most feared tone of voice.
Clearly hearing the warning tone in Snape's voice, Harry and Ron took a seat next to Hermione just as Snape cast a few spells on the compartment door and a sticking charm on the three children. When Snape knew the spells were set right, he noticed Hermione chewing her lower lip in nervousness and both Harry and Ron glaring at him. Just observing the children for a moment of silence, Snape was a bit surprised that Hermione was the one to break it.
"Sir. Why were you constantly looking at me all week?"She asked while staring Snape in the eyes.
"Well, Miss Granger. I have been keeping a close eye on you because the Headmaster believes that at this very moment, Mr. and Mrs. Granger are dead. At the start of the week, some Death Eaters barged into your home and Mr. Potter's and killed the Potter's cousin, Aunt and uncle along with the Granger's," Snape said in a calmer voice than usual. Hermione gulped while trying to fight back tears that were threatening to fall. Harry couldn't help but feel a little relieved after all the stuff the Dursley's put him through all his life.
"That still doesn't explain why you had to be the one to tell us this,"Ron said while thinking about what would happen to his two best mates. When Ron said this, Snape was looking at Hermione's upset face. He could tell she was trying to fight back tears.
"I want Miss Granger to take two Potions,"Snape said pulling two vials out of his cloak pocket. The first one is a calming draught and the second one is a potion that will prove something to me if Professor Dumbledore is right about a particular subject."
"How can we trust you?" Ron asked while looking suspiciously at the two potions vials in Snape's hand.
"You should learn to not speak out of turn, Mr. Weasley," Snape said before casting a silencing charm on Ron. Since Hermione was trying to fight back her emotions, she took the calming draught and quickly gulped it down thinking that Snape has never lied to her so she could at least trust him.
"Time for the second one,"Snape said seeing the anxious look on Hermione's face.
Hermione did not want to take the potion, especially since she didn't know exactly what it was for, but she reluctantly took it from Snape and quickly gulped it down.