WARNING: This is a newby alert. This is my first fanfiction, so be cautious.
DISCLAIMER: Sadly, I m not J.K. Rowling. These are her characters. I'm just controlling them for my pleasure!
Amor Omnia Vincit
It was a dark and stormy night and her day was miserable…
Hermione Granger's day had started out very nice. It had been three years since the war ended, and she decided to take a break from her job at the Ministry and searching for Ashwinder eggs in the Rhone Alps region of France, for her potions fanaticism. Hermione had planned out a two-week journey meticulously, and decided to document her sojourn from Rhone to Loire. This morning, she had set out from her bed-and-breakfast in high spirits, ready to catch the elusive Ashwinder's precious eggs, but not hurting the Ashwinder itself. Though she was now a young woman, she had always fought for the fair treatment of magical creatures. Today, she told herself that she would get the eggs, but would harm nothing. So, she spent most of her morning in the woods, searching quietly. At noon, she took out some cold plaice and elderberry squash, and recorded her findings. No eggs yet, but the forest is very lovely.In the afternoon, she had planned to take a train to the next town, but was delayed when she fell asleep in a clearing in the forest. Though guilty, she told herself she would stay another day in this town. At around five o'clock, she gathered her things, and started to take the one mile walk back to the town.
Just as she was emerging from the woods, a light drizzle began to fall. Slightly worried, she picked up her pace but the storm grew. Now, it was a dark storm, pelting Hermione with no mercy. Finally, she stopped walking. Hermione stood shivering and thinking 'I've got to keep walking. I've got to go on.' She heaved her rucksack on her back, and walked briskly, steadily getting more and more soaked. 'Perhaps,' she thought desperately, 'There will be a cottage where I can rest in for the night. Surely there must be someone out here!' After walking for fifteen minutes down a simple two lane road, she saw the dark shadow of a château in front of a forest of oaks. Breathing a sigh of relief, she walked from the road to a paved stone path leading to the château. Pacing herself, Hermione now felt worried. What if a serial murderer lives in the chateau? What if I get murdered, and no one will ever find me? She pushed aside those unpleasant thoughts, and knocked loudly on the handsome wooden doors of the formidable mansion.
Inside his warm chateau, Severus Snape was sitting in his study, nursing a small shot glass of Ogden's 1976 Firewhiskey. He stared at the book in his lap, though he was not reading. Instead, he thought about how nice his life had become. After barely escaping a brutal death at the Battle of Hogwarts, Snape appeared briefly in Wizengamot to plead innocent to murder and Death Eater activity, and was granted a pardon. Then, he fled England, and acquired a lovely chateau in France. After Confunding the Muggle owner of the chateau, he moved his meager belongings to the citadel, and started a potions business. It was rather profitable, he mused, and brought him a fair amount of money. Though his business was small and not well-known, his faithful customers paid much money for his potions. So, his life was fair. There seemed to be something missing. He pondered, and wondered why he was not content.
Suddenly, he was snapped out of his thoughts by someone knocking on his door. Scowling, Snape rose and stalked down the stairs, wondering who it could be. He approached the door and opened it. He gasped. Standing on his doorstep was a wet and miserable looking Hermione Granger. He widened his eyes as he looked over her trim figure and lovely face. Whatever happened to the bushy haired priss he had always looked down upon? He swallowed nervously, and opened his mouth to speak.
A/N: Thank you for reading! Some reviews would make my day. This is my first fan fiction, so please understand. I don't have a Beta yet, so if you would like to be my Beta, PM me!
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