AN: What if Skeeter interviewed Snape like Harry suggested? Well here it is! I hope no one's done this before, I didn't copy off anyone. Anything written like this is Snape thinking.
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me :( Sad but true my friends.
Dedicated: To the Energizer Bunny ^_^ been keeping my walkman running since 1995
Rita Skeeter Interviews Severus Snape
Rita Skeeter crawled down the dark, dungeon hallway in her beetle form. She had not yet been banned from the grounds but she still wished to remain out of sight in case something or someone interesting came along. That someone turned the corner not a minute later: Severus Snape. Skeeter flapped her insect wings in excitement; this could be her next big article. Though in her opinion it would be hard to top the one she had done on the four Hogwart's Champions. She began to crawl along the wall after her prey, mentally running over anything dirty about him she might already have on him. Snape entered is office a moment later and the only way she could get in is if he invited her in.
She pounded on the door.
"Enter."
"Hello Professor, might I have a word?"
"No. I'm busy." He didn't like reporters. They were horrible, he remember his trail and all the press the Deatheaters (both those that had been caught and those who hadn't) had received. Beside he knew Skeeter never wrote anything good though he had had a good chuckle over some of the comments written in her last article about Potter.
"This won't take long. What are you busy with?" She took the seat on the other side of the desk without being invited and pulled out her famous Quick-Quotes Quill.
"Marking."
"Then I must go finalize my plans with Lucius Malfoy on overthrowing the Ministry of Magic, staring at my walls..."
"Now leave me be."
"What would you say about the teacher caught at Calmanca school sexually abusing some students?" she remembered Snape now. He had been on trial for being a Deatheater but was one of those that had been let off the hook. She couldn't remember the exact details.
"I'd say that a certain reporter, who shall remain anonymous, is desperate for an interview to bring that up." He recognized the threat though and allowed her to continue. He didn't need rumors like that floating around.
"Lovely. So let's jump right in then."
"Professors and Slytherin children first."
"Do you agree with what everyone has been saying about the fourth champion?"
"I'm fairly certain I'm going to need a few different adjectives."
"Please enlighten me to what "everyone" has been saying."
"It was in my last article-"
"The problem with your stories is that I'm finished reading long before you are finished writing." Snape interrupted. She had seen the man around and was familiar with his less then sunny disposition as a result she decided it was best to ignore any sarcastic remarks.
"That he cheated his way into Triward Tournament."
"It's a certainty." Snape couldn't resist.
"Do you think he will cheat in the tournament?"
"I think they will all cheat at sometime or another."
"So how would you say your relationship with "The-boy-who-lived" is?
"What I think of him is returned twice over I'm sure."
"So your relationship is good then." She sounded slightly disappointed.
"I never said that." He smiled softly to himself.
"Has he ever embarrassed Hogwarts? Played up in classes?"
"Depends who you ask."
"Never that anyone's been able to prove." It was almost causing him physical pain but it had to be done.
"Could you elaborate on that?"
"There's nothing more to say." Skeeter was getting a little annoyed at the vague answers, perhaps if she got a bit more personal.
"Potions is a challenging subject. Could you perhaps tell me how you became interested in it?"
"I could."
"But I'm not going to." There was a few moments of silence.
"Do you have a love in your life?" Maybe she could throw him off balance. People loved talking about themselves.
"Solitude."
She gave him a bright smile, "I meant a person."
"If a Dementor were to walk in here and drag me off to Azkaban in caveman style right now I would pronounce my undying love to it in poetic form." She got the hint
"Champions have died in the past. What sorts of precautions have been taken to this year? And do you think there will be any problems?"
"Me…Dumbledore."
"I'm not at the liberty to answer your first question and we can only hope."
"Of course with Dumbledore here I'm sure that everyone is very confident that things will go smoothly. He obviously seems to trust his staff a great deal." She had completely missed his meaning.
"Yes he does." This was said a little stiffly.
"Too much."
"Do you have any criticism about the way Dumbledore runs this school?"
"Would you like the short or the long list?"
"I believe I need to speak to him about the wards around the perimeter if you got through." She ignored this.
"Will you, as a staff member, be playing a role in this tournament?"
"Not directly."
"Thank God."
"Will any of the other Professors?"
"Again I'm not at the liberty to discuss that." Irritated.
"Has your past ever been an issue?" She was liking the man less and less.
"No." This was said sharply.
"Yes they do leave me unsupervised with children. Only five have disappeared off the face of the Earth, nothing to concern yourself with."
"You were placed on trail for being a Deatheater?"
"No for being their mascot and for murdering a few well known reporters." His eyes narrowed dangerously. Even Skeeter fidgeted slightly under that gaze.
"I don't think you need me to confirm that for you."
"Um…well thank you for you time Professor I enjoyed it but I must be going." "I'm not going to cry." He said still glaring.
Back in her bug form she scurried down the hall. She had to tell them to stop the presses for a new front page. Once it was punched up a bit, she thought her headline should perhaps be something like: "Is There a Deatheater in the House?" That sounded nice, a real attention grabber. Snape muttered an incantation under his breath and recording spell stopped. Just in case the Headmaster had any complications.
The End
AN: I tried to keep everyone in character, I hope I succeeded. Want another interview? If so then leave me a review and tell me who you would like Rita to interview next. It can be anyone from the Harry Potter series. If you want, include some questions you would like answered. I'll do my best. Or you can tell me how much it sucked :p I don't care; knock yourself out. ^_~