"Miss Diaz, simply because you saw me at dinner is no reason to suddenly stop eating." Severus glared at me. "I am certain you would not desire to take some veritaserum to prove you are not deceiving me. I can most assuredly tell you that you are not succeeding at this moment."
"Thats not my point. And I can prove right now if you give me the potion. I'm no liar." I protested.
He sighed. "Not tonight, Miss Diaz. However, if I catch you carrying on in this foolishness, you will not be so fortunate then. Now go, leave me in peace. I am much too busy for your antics."
I nodded and went to the door, opening it to leave. I just wanted to get back to my dorm.
Why did Snape care if I wanted to enter the Tri Wizard Tournament? I thought to myself. He did seem to make it his business all of a sudden.
I closed the door when I reached my room and changed into my pajamas for bed.
All I needed was some rest.
The next morning,
I was heading to breakfast when Fred and George caught up to me on the stairway going down.
"So are you still going to try and get into the tournament?" They asked me in unison.
"I want to." I told them. "But Snape is trying to sabotage me."
Fred looked at me in disbelief. "The bat of the dungeons-"
"-Is trying to stop you?" George finished.
"Yes. I don't understand why. All he seems to care about is his house. It shouldn't matter what I do to him." I replied back.
"The announcement is soon." Fred remarked.
"And our names will be in the Goblet, too." George chimed in.
"How are you going to do that?" I questioned.
"Only an aging potion." They chanted mischievously in harmony.
"Do you actually think it's going to work?" I asked sarcastically. "You know Dumbledore is smarter than that. He's most likely thought of anything to thwart the aging line."
"We'll see." They laughed together at me.
I rolled my eyes. My thoughts of how unbelievably stupid this idea was soon interrupted when we reached the entrance to the Great Hall.
On the outside of the archway stood Severus Snape, peering at me as if I was nothing more than scum. Speak of the devil.
"Speed up." I prodded George.
The twins tried to walk through the entryway with me hidden behind them but it was too late.
Severus had apparently already seen me. "Miss Diaz...what's...your...hurry?"
"I didn't want to see you again." I snapped. "I had enough of your sarcasm last night."
"Do you need some whizbang to liven up your life?" George snickered.
"No, he needs some shampoo." I replied heatedly.
Severus glared at the two carefully. "Perhaps you would like to join Miss Diaz as she will be serving detention with me again this evening."
The Potions Master focused his severe gaze on me next. "It seems you just cannot keep your tongue silent, girl. 100 points from Gryffindor."
I returned a glare of my own.
"I will be watching very...very delicately, Miss Diaz." Severus cautioned me. He cast another cold glare at me before sweeping away into the Great Hall, black robes trailing behind him elegantly.
The way his velvety voice spoke the warning sent chills down my spine.