A/N First off I want to say that my idea for this story came after reading Numairs-Magelet "Annoying Professor Snape." I read it way back when it was first on here and Numairs-Magelet is back and updating it again. I recommend it for anyone who likes this type of story. My story is obviously somewhat different and may even be more of a drama than humour, but we will see.
The list I am using is called "Ways to Annoy Snape" by Amanda. If you want to see the list you can google it and I think it is the first thing that comes up. There are 404 reasons in all but I chose 101 to use for my story.
This story is mostly HBP compliant. The only thing I blatantly ignored is the implied RW/HG from the book. For the purposes of my story, nothing came of it; they are close friends.
And of course, I do not own the world of Harry Potter; I am only borrowing.
"Hermione, you're insane!"
"He'll kill you!"
"Have you completly lost your mind?!"
"He'll kill me! Somehow this will be my fault, mark my words!"
Hermione Granger tapped her foot impatiently, gazing at the faces of her two best friends. "Are you two quite finished being so melodramatic? He won't kill you Harry, or me for that matter. And no, Ronald, I am not insane and my mind is as present as it ever was. The worst that can happen is that I will spend most of my seventh year in detention. The best thing that can happen, however, is that I may bring some laughter back to Hogwarts." She paused for a moment before adding, "Professor Dumbledore would have wanted that."
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After the death of Albus Dumbledore, it seemed as though Voldemort had gained the upper hand in the war. Luckily, thanks to Harry and his friends, the horcruxes were destroyed and Voldemort had been killed once and for all- at least everyone hoped it was for good. Hogwarts had not reopened that year; the Ministry felt as though it would be too dangerous, and without Dumbledore most of the parents agreed. The final battle took place January 29th; there were many casualties, including the Minister of Magic himself, Rufus Scrimgeor. Cornelius Fudge insisted that he should be reinstated as Minister. The overwhelming majority of the wizarding community, however, backed Arthur Weasley. His courage, and the courage of his entire family, during the war was legendary, second only to Harry Potter. It was Arthur Weasley who helped devise the plan that Hogwarts would re-open in September, admitting the students as if there had been no break. The only downside was that the group of first years would be twice as large as usual. Therefore Harry, Ron, and Hermione were preparing to enter their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, and Hermione, it seemed, had lost her mind.
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Harry sighed. "I know laughter is important right now. But I also know that I just want to have a normal year for once. No Voldemort, no basilisks, no Tri-Wizard Tournaments, and definatly no incuring the wrath of greasy, bat-like, untrustworthy potions-masters, who have already proven their capabilities of killing!"
"He is on our side Harry, he was always on our side. He did what he had to do because Dumbledore asked him to." Hermione shook her head sadly. "Can't you understand what he must be going through right now?"
Ron shifted nervously. "Uh... Hermione? If you feel so bad for him, why are you planning to devote an entire year to making his life miserable?"
She clucked her tounge in annoyance. "Honestly, Ron. I am not trying to make his life miserable, I am going to help him. Only... er... he might not realize it at first." She looked thoughtful for a moment. "Yes, it will definatly be for the better." With that she left the room muttering somthing about finding Ginny.
Ron looked at at Harry. "Completly lost it, you reckon?"
Harry shrugged. "I think we're looking at spew part two."
"Bloody hell, you don't think she'll make us buy badges do you?"
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Hermione wandered past the garden and out into the fields surrounding the burrow. 'I know this is the right thing to do' she thought, chewing on her lip nervously. She had recently read in a muggle psychology book that the worst thing for someone that had just been through a traumatic event was to isolate himself. Hermione snorted. 'Snape has been through two decades worth of traumatic events and has isolated himself for just as long. It doesn't matter, I will make him feel somthing. Even if it's anger or annoyance, anything to keep him from slipping into a secluded depression. I am going to save Severus Snape.'
Hermione grinned. It was not a good time to be a surly Potions Professor.
I know this chapter was short; I needed to set up the story and gauge the interest in it. Future chapters will be much longer. I have only ever written one-shots so this is a first for me. Whether or not I continue is based on number of reviews so please tell me what you think.
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