One-Shots

Languages

Lucius Malfoy studies his friend Severus Snape. Severus isn't anything to look at. He is thin, stringy, and bony. His teeth are crooked and yellow from smoking. His hair is long and greasy from the fumes of potions. He has a gigantic hooked nose and his clothes are hand-me-downs.

But there is something that intrigues him. Maybe it is Severus's dark humor and sharp tongue. Or maybe it is how he takes delight in other's suffering and his impious reprisal. Whatever it is Lucius likes it. Right now Severus is reading a text in a different language. It definitely isn't a language he recognized.

"Severus." Lucius whispers as they are in the library and Madame Pince is eyeing him very sordidly.

Severus ignores him.

"Severus." Lucius whispers again. This time Severus glares at him silently and goes back to reading.

"Severus!" Lucius whispers a bit louder than he means too. Madame Pince shushes him.

Severus sighs and turns to Lucius 2with a glower upon his face, "What do you want Lucius?" he said thr3ough gritted teeth.

Lucius gestures to his book nervously, "I just wanted to know what you were reading and what language it is." He said.

Severus glares at him full-force. Severus is the master of the glares. His entire full-force glares make you feel like death warmed over. This one is no different. Lucius feels a chill go up his spine and shivers uncomfortably.

"If you really want to know it is a book about the deadliest poisons on the Earth which I am thinking of using on you by the way. Some can kill in two point five seconds. Those are my favorites." Lucius shrinks back.

Severus continues, "As for the tongue it in is French, Italian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Arabic, Dutch, German, Mandarin, Japanese, and Hebrew."

Lucius gapes at him in a very un-Malfoy like fashion forgetting about the trepidation he felt only moments before, "You can speak all those languages much less read them?"

Severus stares at Lucius like he's an idiot and goes back to reading, "Obviously if I'm reading it right now."

Lucius gets up and leaves the library. A couple hours later as Lucius eats dinner with the Slytherins in the Great Hall Severus comes in.

"Shouldn't you be reading your multi-lingual book?" Lucius sneers.

Severus replies, "Oh that? I'm done." offhandedly while spooning up a forkful of spaghetti before eating it.

Lucius just openly stares at him. Lucius is piqued that Severus knows all those languages and finished a HUMUNGUS book with all those languages in it in less than five hours. Lucius doesn't speak to Severus for a week. Severus is befuddled.

THE END

Hope you liked this short story. It's good if I say so myself. BTW it's based on Harry Potter characters if you didn't know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or it's characters. J.K Rowling, Warner Bros., and whoever made the HP movies do. If I did own it though Severus would be gorgeous and Lucius wouldn't be a jerk. And Tom Felton would be MINE (goes foaming at the mouth)! Heh, heh… Sadly that can't happen so this is the next best thing. Ta, ta for now.

I really didn't want to say that. Oh well…That's all folks! Stay tuned for more. Hopefully. Yeah… FRIED CHICKEN! Raaaaadom. Anyways toodles.

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