Hey everyone! Sorry about the wait... college sucks, I'm transferring to Hogwarts haha.
Here's a little chapter for all my patient readers, the next one should be longer and better. Happy Halloween!
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Severus and Hermione were two of the first Slytherins in the Great Hall. When they sat down and the food appeared, Hermione made sure to act impressed. As they ate, Severus talked about the moving staircases, the Black Lake, and the Forbidden Forest. When they were about to eat dessert, the other Slytherins showed up. Hermione noticed Lucius was leading the posse, with an arm around Narcissa. Following closely were Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and a young boy who had a remarkable resemblance to Sirius Black, whom she assumed to be Regulus.
They greeted Snape and looked at her curiously.
"Who's this?" asked Lucius as they sat down at the table.
Hermione felt trapped as Bellatrix sat on her left and Lucius pulled out a chair for Narcissa across from her.
"Hermione Granger, she transferred from Beauxbatons" Severus explained as she forced a small smile at them.
"Granger? I don't know any purebloods named Granger!" exclaimed Bellatrix.
"Maybe it's French?" suggested Regulus, earning a glare from his cousin.
"Are you a halfblood like Severus?" asked Lucius silkily.
"I-" she noticed them all staring intently at her. "No" she quietly replied.
"You're a mudblood?" Bellatrix shrieked and all of the Slytherins began shouting at once.
Panicking, Hermione jumped up from the table and ran out of the Great Hall.
Halfway to the Gryffindor tower, she realized where she was going, turned around, and stopped somewhere in the third floor corridor. She drew in a breath and slid down to the floor against the wall, tears escaping her tightly shut eyes.
A few minutes later she heard almost silent footsteps beside her and quickly looked up. It was Severus, with a mixed expression of a small amount of concern and slight confusion as to how she heard him. They stared at each other for a moment, then he sheepishly held out a chocolate chip cookie. She wiped a tear away with her thumb.
"Thanks" she whispered and took the peace offering.
He nodded in response and sat down beside her.
After a while Severus spoke "I would ask if you're ok, but you're obviously not. I'm not the best at comforting. I'm sorry"
She gave a weak chuckle "It's not your fault"
"I wish I could say they're not usually like this, but they are"
Hermione nodded slightly.
"Thanks for not staying with them. You seem like an incredibly decent person, why are you friends with them?"
"They're the only friends I can keep. I don't want to be like them, but I don't have much of a choice. The only other people who notice me chose me as their favorite subject of torment."
"So you don't think I'm a filthy mudblood?" She said sarcastically.
"Please don't say that. I've only used that word once and I..."
"Lost someone?"
He nodded "She was the best friend I ever had. A real friend" he trailed off, looking into the distance.
"It's ok, you don't have to talk about it"
He nodded again.
Sitting together for a while made her feel better, even though it was mostly in silence. Severus led her to the Slytherin common room, Hermione nervous about living with future Death Eaters. The Slytherin common room looked nothing like the Gryffindor one. The walls were gray marble and there weren't as many fireplaces. All of the furniture was black and there were green drapes on the enchanted windows. While the Gryffindor common room felt warm, Slytherin's was colder, but not unpleasantly so. To Hermione's surprise, the bedrooms were separated by year, each year's small corridor branching into individual rooms.
Severus showed her which room had just been added for her and crossed the corridor to the male side.
"Goodnight, Severus" Hermione said, relieved, as she turned toward him.
He paused by his own door on the guy's side. "Goodnight, Hermione"
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