Authors Note: I own nothing of JKR's Harry Potter.
Hermione rushed down the dungeon corridor at a quick pace. She was fleeing from her professor's room, fleeing from the less than wholesome thoughts that seeing her teacher in a state of undress provoked. Images passing before her eyes kept her cheeks a lovely shade of red, the red she knew her professor must have seen when he pointed out how inappropriate he was dressed for her to be there. He must be thinking her to be a trollop the way she instantly reacted to his exposed body, she felt she should have been feeling ashamed of herself, maybe she did a little bit, but it was over powered by the excitement the situation, and a sensation she hadn't felt since fourth year. lust.
The feelings he had invoked in her were quite unexpected, he had always been just her scary teacher, her fully clothed, no skin showing except his hands and face scary bat of the dungeon teacher. She knew now that his teaching robes didn't do the man justice, she may have only seen the outline of everything he had to offer, but she was a smart girl, she could tell what parts were what, and that he was toned, and very much in-shape. Hermione didn't just see his body through a thin silk robe though, her teacher showed her a side of him that she was pretty sure that no student that ever had the honor to grace his presence ever saw. Severus Snape was nice to her, he reassured her, he didn't tell her that her nightmares were foolish, and she saw sympathy in his eyes for her, all of these things were a shock to her, but they only added to the new light that she saw her professor in.
Hermione was suddenly extremely grateful for the remodel that Hogwarts under went after part of it was destroyed during the war, any seventh year prefects now had their own room just like the head boy and head girl did. She had declined the position of head girl, opting to just be a prefect instead, she felt that someone who was a true seventh year deserved the title more. She made it back to her private room in record time, she needed to think about this new feeling that twenty minutes of seeing a different side of her professor produced.
She had gone to the dungeons to ask her professor a few simple questions about the use of unicorn hair in a potion she had never heard of before, and now she was back in her room questions unanswered. Hermione had only gained a new outlook, and a burning feeling in the pit of her stomach, a feeling she seldom entertained. There were a handful of times she gave way to her teenage desires the last time being when she was searching for Horcrux with Harry and Ron. It was after her and Harry were attacked in Godric's Hollow by Nagini. Ron was gone, and Harry was taking his turn standing guard out side of the tent, her hormones were running a muck, and her emotions had gotten the best of her, and she needed a release. Ever so quietly as to not be caught for doing something so naughty, she had reached her hand down into the front of her worn jeans, and brought herself to a silent orgasm.
Here she was now alone in her own room, no chance of being caught, and for the first time her need for release was brought on not because she almost died, but because someone unknowingly planted a seed of desire. Hermione was suddenly too warm, she was flush all over.
"I'll just change into something lighter, that's what I'll do"
Voicing her inner monologue out loud instead of keeping it all in her head.
She removed her jumper and made quick work of removing her jeans, tossing her clothes into a forgotten corner, she left herself in a simple cotton bra and underwear as she crossed the short distance to her dresser. Her body still felt like it was on fire, and she was doing her best to ignore it, she thought that it would be unwise to please herself to the memories of her professor, knowing it would open a door she would most likely not want to close. She found a pair of black stretch pants, the fabric was lighter and allowed her skin to breath, she also pulled out a t-shirt and threw it on over her head, if she was seen later today nobody would think anything of what she had on, for it was Saturday and uniforms were not required.
Her body was still warm even without the heayness of her previous attire, and she still felt the tinglyness of her arousal, she couldn't walk about the castle feeling the way she did, what if she bumped into someone she knew, what if she bumped into Ginny, that girl would take one look at her and instantly know she was trying to hide something.
"Maybe I should take a nap, sleep it off."
A nap would probably be a good idea, she was overly tired from not sleeping well since the start of the term, and her mind was too occupied with keeping lecherous thoughts at bay that she was sure her nightmares wouldn't be able to seep through. It was horribly wrong that she had to be horribly horny before should could fall asleep undisturbed.
Maybe Hermione should try and think about unicorns and puppies when she went to bed, for it seems that she dreams about whatever dominates her thoughts, Severus included. She woke up mid-afternoon her nap only being about an hour or so, but when she woke the tingling she fell asleep with escalated to a full out burning need, so much so that she could feel the dampness between her folds.
"Stupid nap"
Hermione was definitely frustrated, here she thought she could sleep off her desires, only to have them reinforced ten fold through the "sexmare" she just had.
Of course her subconscious put her in the potions classroom all alone except for a silk clad figure. He was being an ass hole bat like usual when he was yelling at her for making a subpar brew of liquid sunshine, but her dream self couldn't concentrate when he stood so close to her seated form. His arms were folded over his chest like he always did when he was mocking a student, and his back was arched causing his pelvis to come forward, giving dream Hermione a great view of the curves of his parts.
She decided that maybe being alone in her room wasn't the best idea, her bed was calling her to lay upon it, and pleasure herself, but she was still determined to fight her want. Masturbating to her teacher would only cause her to be awkward towards her teacher, not saying that she wouldn't be already considering she has been entertaining the thought since she left his rooms late this morning.
She grabbed a light zip up jacket and headed out of her dorm room, and towards the entrance of the castle. Burning need in the pit of her stomach, and the dampness between her legs or not she was going for a much needed walk, maybe a lap or two around the lake would help her out. She weaved in and out of passage ways long forgotten to other students to get to the entrance of the castle undetected, the last thing she wanted was to run into someone she knew, she made it though, and headed for the lake.
It was almost October and the autumn chill was starting to set in, but the temperature was nice, and it did wonders for her burning body. By the third lap around the lake, it just didn't seem to be enough anymore, maybe if she went in the water, just a little bit, enough for the chill of the water to seep in. Hermione took a moment to roll her pant legs up to her knees, and remove her socks and shoes before wading out into the waters, the shock of the cold water being exactly what she needed. Within seconds she felt her core temperature drop back to a bearable degree, she let a sigh of relief as she continued to walk about the lake, unknowing of the danger she had put herself in.
Severus was leaving the forbidden forest with potion ingredients in hand when a movement to his left caught his eye, some dumb student was in the waters of the lake, didn't they know that it was just about feeding time for the giant squid. He tucked away his herbs before marching towards the lake, hopefully he made it before the squid grabbed what looked to be a girl, and made her his dinner. As he got closer it became quit clear who the idiot girl was that needed saving, did it really have to be Hermione Granger? Didn't he have his fill of her already today?
"Miss Granger"
Snape called out from the shore of the lake, he wasn't going in if he didn't have to, September was colder than normal, and unlike the crazy girl in the water he would prefer to not freeze his extremities if at all possible.
Hermione hearing her name being called turned around and took in a large gulp of air. What was he doing here? He was the reason she exposed herself to the chill of the lake, he was supposed to be holed up in his room avoiding people like he normally did, and seeing him again made the water feel as if it was boiling around her.
"I suggest you get out of the lake Miss Granger if you do not want to become giant squid food."
His arms were folded over his chest, and his back was arched just like he was in Hermione's dream, as he called out to her again. Hermione couldn't exactly hear him, she was a little over fifteen feet away from his person.
"What? Sir I can't hear you very well let me..."
She stopped suddenly and stumbled a bit, it felt as if something pulled on her a bit, must be a random fish swimming close to the shore. Severus noticed however and shifted his position to a defensive pose, whatever happened he was ready, he would even go into the lake, the last thing he needed was people thinking he did nothing to save the female third of the golden trio, even if she retardedly put herself in harms way.
Hermione motioned to move towards the shore again, but just as she lifted her leg to make a move a smooth tentacle wove itself around her leg and gave a strong pull. A scream was cut short as she disappeared under water, vanishing from the professors eyes. Severus made quick work though sending a strong stunning spell towards the squid causing it to shriek, and scurry away from the shore, hopefully freeing the girl in the process.
Hermione was in a blind panic when she was pulled under the water, she didn't know what to do, sure she could swim but not with a giant creature holding her down. Most of her air supply had vanish when she foolishly screamed before being pulled under resulting in her lungs feeling like they were ready to explode. Black was creeping into her line of vision when she felt the hold on her give way. She instantly reacted propelling herself to the waters surface, she needed air badly.
Severus searched the waters surface, scanning with his eyes hoping that his student would soon resurface, his chest was tight with heart wrenching worry as panic would soon set in. Right in front of him, seconds before he was going dive under the black water to search for the girl, she resurface. He was in awe when she shot of out the water, her form was a silhouette against the orangeness of the setting sun, water droplets flying through the air as she swung her head back to breath. Anyone watching would think that she was a beauty of the deep, not a student almost drowned by her own stupidity.
Out of breath and feeling terribly cramped Hermione made her way to the shore where she saw the worried look on her professors face, a look that would soon turn into annoyance and anger. She was shocked even more so when he removed his heavy cloak and placed it over her shoulders after she had fully emerged from the water, he was angry, but it was chilled out side and the castle was a good ten minute walk from the lake. Severus without a word after giving her his cloak made a sharp turn and began walking back towards Hogwarts, leaving Hermione to follow.
After what seemed like forever she heard the silken drawl of her professors voice speak to her.
"Do tell me Miss Granger, how many times have you read Hogwarts a History?"
Hermione's head shot up from looking at the ground as they walked back to the castle, she must have read that book twice a year every year since she was a student at Hogwarts, it must have been about...
"Twelve times Sir, I haven't read it yet this year."
Of course she has read it that many times, Hogwarts a History magically changes every six months, all of the more recent history having to do with Harry Potter, and Hermione and her thirst for knowledge didn't stop at just once a year.
"That many times Miss Granger and you forgot that the giant squid does in fact like to eat young unsuspecting students if they happen to be scampering about his lake at dinner time?"
Severus heard the girl groan, she most definitely remembered now, and he was sure she felt like a damned fool too.
They finished the trek back to the castle in relative silence, Severus could hear a sniffle every few seconds from the girl trailing him, but he did not know if she was crying or if she just had a case of the sniffles from being wet and cold. They made it back to the castle and Severus made no indication that he was going to talk to her again, if she was going to thank him she had better do it soon.
"Professor"
Hermione called to him, he stopped, turned around and waited for the girl to speak. Her nose was incredibly red, and she still shook with the chill that no doubt went down to her very core.
"Thank..Thank you for saving me. It was stupid of me to forget something like that, and without you I would have definitely been fish food."
She looked at her feet again, the unreadable stare her teacher was giving her made her quite nervous, and looking into his eyes made it quite impossible for her to concentrate.
"Miss Granger, I do believe you said it to me yourself that you are not stupid, so if you wish me not to call you stupid I suggest you don't call yourself stupid. As far as the lake incident I was just doing my job as your teacher looking out for you. You saved my life, and I saved your life, now we are even."
He made a quick move and turned away from her and began walking down the corridor again, leaving Hermione to stare at his retreating figure. He must have been no more than ten feet from her when she saw his right arm lift and point towards the school banners in the hallway.
"Ten points from Gryffindor for lack of common sense Miss Granger."
Hermione just stood there with her mouth open watching her professor disappear from her sight.
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