Life was becoming increasingly harder for the half – vampire teaching at
Hogwarts. Students had started skirting away from him in corridors and,
although this was an improvement in many ways, it was bloody depressing.
That, and a rather large amount of people had reported a decrease in the
number of small animals running around Hogwarts grounds. Severus had sunk
very low, even in vampire standards. He was living off small rodents to
reduce any risk to the occupants of Hogwarts. Rodents needed all the blood
they could get and died almost instantly. Severus envied them. There are
not many ways to kill a vampire and, through trial and error, he had
discovered that impaling yourself on a sharp wooden stake doesn't work. It
just causes intense pain. He sat at his desk in a 1st year Potions lesson
and stared into space.
"Sir?" a nervous voice rang across the dungeon. Snape snapped back down to Earth and looked gratefully at the boy.
"Yes, Mr. Smith?"
"Um… you don't look so good."
Severus' eyebrows shot upwards at a speed that would have made Michael Schumacher piss his pants in surprise.
"Just wondering what time lunch is, I suppose." He muttered to himself. Unfortunately, the girl working next to his desk heard him and collapsed, deathly pale, and twitching with some sort of muscular spasms. In truth, Severus had meant REAL food, not the blood crap. The vampire had fed only yesterday, and that was enough to keep him for at least another two days.
"Class dismissed." Snape sighed, "While I take this idiot to the Hospital Wing."
x~10 minutes later~x
Severus knocked on the hospital door.
"Who is it?" Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, called from inside.
"Me." Grunted the troubled teacher as he opened the door and dragged the unconscious girl inside. He sat down wearily on the bed while the nurse examined the first – year.
"Severus, Albus told you not to bite the students." She said in exasperation. Indignation flashed across Severus' face and he was on his feet like lightning.
"I promised Albus I wouldn't tough the students, and so far I have remained true to that promise! Or maybe you haven't noticed the decline in small animals running around the area! It hasn't exactly been easy, but what would you know about that? You have never had to put up with a war between two complete opposites being waged within your mind! The vampire is calling for human blood. I have tried committing suicide once, but vampires are virtually immortal! I don't like it any more than you do!" he snapped in a fury, then stormed out of the Hospital Wing, once again in the foul temper he is famous for.
I'M SORRY! I had this chapter planned out already. I know it's a bit short, but the next chapter will be short as well, describing the difference between half – vampires, like Severus, and real vampires, like those who attacked him last chapter.
"Sir?" a nervous voice rang across the dungeon. Snape snapped back down to Earth and looked gratefully at the boy.
"Yes, Mr. Smith?"
"Um… you don't look so good."
Severus' eyebrows shot upwards at a speed that would have made Michael Schumacher piss his pants in surprise.
"Just wondering what time lunch is, I suppose." He muttered to himself. Unfortunately, the girl working next to his desk heard him and collapsed, deathly pale, and twitching with some sort of muscular spasms. In truth, Severus had meant REAL food, not the blood crap. The vampire had fed only yesterday, and that was enough to keep him for at least another two days.
"Class dismissed." Snape sighed, "While I take this idiot to the Hospital Wing."
x~10 minutes later~x
Severus knocked on the hospital door.
"Who is it?" Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, called from inside.
"Me." Grunted the troubled teacher as he opened the door and dragged the unconscious girl inside. He sat down wearily on the bed while the nurse examined the first – year.
"Severus, Albus told you not to bite the students." She said in exasperation. Indignation flashed across Severus' face and he was on his feet like lightning.
"I promised Albus I wouldn't tough the students, and so far I have remained true to that promise! Or maybe you haven't noticed the decline in small animals running around the area! It hasn't exactly been easy, but what would you know about that? You have never had to put up with a war between two complete opposites being waged within your mind! The vampire is calling for human blood. I have tried committing suicide once, but vampires are virtually immortal! I don't like it any more than you do!" he snapped in a fury, then stormed out of the Hospital Wing, once again in the foul temper he is famous for.
I'M SORRY! I had this chapter planned out already. I know it's a bit short, but the next chapter will be short as well, describing the difference between half – vampires, like Severus, and real vampires, like those who attacked him last chapter.