Discover Me
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter.
Summary- Hermione and other return to Hogwarts for their third year, new dangers are lurking amongst them.
PLEASE MUST READ. - My apologise for such the long wait. I feel as though I should warn you ahead of time though. I have lost intrest in my orginal idea for this whole series of whatever it was. Recently I've been reading a lot more lately and I have come up with this brilliant plan for this story. I so far have been writing for every school year but now something in the next chapter -still yet to be written- will change big time. I apologise to those who love the story the way it has been going but as of chapter 4 things will be changing and won't been based on the moive or the book so much anymore. And a pre-warning there will be slash, I don't want to say the couple but there will be between only two people, one couple. You don't like it well then don't read it. Thank you
On with the Chapter...
Severus Snape angrily paced back and forth though the corridors in the dungeons. Nobody had disturbed him yet so far but like the previous years Minerva always came to talk with him and he was just waiting for her to attack.
"Severus I see there is no throwing of books this year." Minerva's voice rang out through the empty corridor.
"Of course not. There's absolutely nothing I'm angry about. You know because it's totally normal for Miss. Granger to be coming back, Remus Lupin to receive the DADA position, Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban, and I just finish reading the most horribly write essay on Vangers Blood. I'm absolutely splendid at this precise moment." Minerva hid her smile as she listened to the Potions Master going from being sarcastic to almost hysterical in a matter of minutes.
"Now now Severus why must you carry so much on your plate, I'll never know." Severus glared at her as she smiled and laughed at him.
"And once again the students should be arriving soon." She told him before spinning around on her heel and walking away from him just as he pull his wand and threw some spell at the dungeon wall to deal with his anger.
Hermione sat in one of the compartment on the train with Ron, Harry and a man by the name RJLupin.
"Harry?" Hermione called to the unconscious boy. RJLupin had gotten rid of whatever hurt him but Harry hadn't awake yet.
"Harry you alright?" She handed him his classes after he woke up and turned to look at her. He said his thanks before asking what was that thing?
"Here eat this it's chocolate. And as for that thing it was a Dementor, one of the guards of Azkaban. It was searching the train for one Sirius Black. Now if you'll excuse me I need to have a word with the driver." RJLupin stood up and exit the compartment, he turned back to them before walking away and told Harry
"Eat. You'll feel better." Before flashing the students a grin and walking away.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts." Dumbledore welcomed once the first years were sorted. He then went on with the usual rules and such, Severus blantly ignored the man "It is not in the nature of a Dementor to understand pleading or excuses. I therefore warn each and everyone one of you to give them no reason to harm you." Dumbledore gave a very serious glance at the students who sat at the tables.
"On a happier note I am pleased to welcome two new teacher to our rank this year. Firstly, Professor Lupin, who has kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against The Dark Arts." Severus glared a loathsome glare at the man in question. The memories of his own past dancing behind his eyelids. The horrible memories of the teasing, the taunts, and the happier times seemed to mock him. He blantly clapped his hands together two times as Lupin took his seat. The feast finished and soon Dumbledore excused the children to go to bed.
"Severus, may we talk please?" Severus glared at Lupin
"No." He answered as turned away making his way from the Great Hall and down to the safety of the dungeons.
Hermione watched with pity and amusement from her seat as Professor Trelawney glanced into Harry's tea cup. The Professor questioned Ron about Harry's cup of tea.
"Right, you've got a wonky sort of cross, that means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' -sorry about that- but there's a thing that could be the sun. Hang on... that means 'great happiness'... so you're going to suffer but be very happy..." Professor Trelawney gestured for the cup.
"Give me the cup." Ron handed her the cup she glanced down at it before dropping it with a scream and started backing away from Harry. Hermione shook her head as she watched the teacher full out panic.
"My dear, you have the grim." Hermione briefly wondered if Professor Trelawney's could get and wider then they were already.
"Grim what's the grim?" Asked several people from around the room.
"The Grim, spectral dog that haunts churchyards! It's among the darkest omens in our world. The Omen of Death." Dean Thomas read from the book Unfogging the Future.
Severus continued walking around the potions class to his great amusement, Draco had been hurt and now Severus was having fun watching Potter and Weasley cut up Draco's ingredients for him. Severus threatened Neville Longbottom about his potion and toad in some hopes that the boy wouldn't end up butchering the potion. He was walking around when he heard on the Gryffindors talking to Potter and Weasley.
"-have you read the Daily Prophet this morning?" Receiving negative answers the Mr. Finnigan went on talking "They reckon Sirius Black has been sighted."
"Where?" Potter and Weasley hissed back at the exact same time.
"Not too far from here." Severus choose the moment to interrupt them and criticize Weasley and Potter's potion.
Severus himself had already read the article claiming that Sirius Black had been spotted. Including a picture of his struggling in chains all on the front cover.
A few months had passed and soon the first trip to Hogsmeade had come and gone. The same night the students had all been ordered to the Great Hall to sleep at the Fat Lady had been attacked and claimed that Sirius Black was inside the castle.
Severus walked down in between the rows of sleeping students before he stopped in front of the Headmaster.
"Headmaster, the whole third floor has been searched. He's not there. And Flinch had done the dungeons; nothing there, either."
"What about the Astronomy Tower? Professor Trelawney's room? The Owlery?"
"All searched.."
"Very well, Severus. I didn't really expect Black to linger." They conversation continued about Sirius Black.
"It seems almost impossible that Black could have entered the school without inside help. I did express my concerns when you appointed-"
"I don not believe a single person inside this castle would have helped Black enter it, you of all people should have some faith." The tone the last few words were spoken with told Severus that the topic was indeed closed. He watched the Headmaster turn and leave the Great Hall. Severus glanced around the hall where all the students but three slept, he glared in the direction of said three before leaving the Great Hall himself.
Hermione sat in her Defense Against the Dark Arts class along with the rest of the class waiting for Professor Lupin to arrive. A few minutes Professor Snape entered the room with his cloak billowing and all. He strode to the front of the room waving his wand at the shutters on the way. He reached the front and pulled down the projection screen.
"Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four." Professor snapped at Harry before telling them once again to turn to page "Three hundred and ninety-four."
"Werewolves." Ron read after Snape turn to the page for him with a flick of his wand.
"But sir we were just learning about red caps and hinkypunks. We're not supposed to start that for weeks." Hermione told her Professor
"Quiet." She turned around in her seat and opened to her book, ignoring Ron and Harry conversation about her arrival.
"Now which one of you can tell me the difference between an Animagus and a werewolf?" Hermione raised her hand.
"No one how disappointing."
"Please, sir. An Animagus is a wizard who elects to turn into an animal. A werewolf has no choice. With each full moon when he transforms he no longer remembers who he is. He'd kill his best friend. Furthermore the werewolf only responds to the call of it's own kind." Malfoy answered with his own call of "Owwwooooo"
"Thank you, Mr. Malfoy, that's the second time you've spoken out of turn Miss. Granger are you incapable of restraining yourself or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all? Five points from Gryffindor." Professor Snape went on explaining a couple more things.
Soon the month progressed on with nothing to exiting other than the Quidditch game. Another Hogsmeade Village visit before Christmas. Ron and Hermione followed the footprints to a quiet area. Hermione followed the footprints to a rock and slowly reached up to pull the invisibility cloak of Harry.
"Harry what happened?"
"He was their friend and he betrayed them. He was their friend! I hope he finds me, because when he does I'm gonna be ready! When he does I'm gonna kill him."
Severus was angry, Sirius Black was still on the loose. He prowled the corridors hoping to catch a student out of bed to dish out his anger on. He turned the corner and almost jumped up and down in glee but he was Severus Snape after all and Snapes didn't show "glee".
"Potter. What are you doing wandering the corridors at night?"
"I was sleepwalking."
"How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter. He, too, was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle."
"My dad didn't strut. And nor do I. Now, if you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you could lower your wand." Severus glared at him but did comply pointing it at Potter's hoodie where the pocket rested over his stomach.
"Turn out your pockets." He repeated it again when Potter did nothing, the second time he pulled something out of his pocket.
"What is this?"
"Spare bit of parchment."
"Really? Open it." Pointing his wand to it, Severus ordered it to reveal it's secrets.
"Read it." He hissed at Potter when writing appeared on the parchment.
"Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs...offer their compliment to Professor Snape and request he keep his large nose out of other people's business."
"Why you little insolent-"
"Professor!" Severus turned around and came face to face with Remus Lupin.
"Well well Lupin. Out for a walk in the moonlight, are we?"
"Harry, are you alright?" Lupin asked ignoring Severus' presence.
"That remains to be seen. I have now just confiscated a rather curious artifact. Take a look, Lupin. Supposed to be your area of expertise. Clearly it's full of dark magic." Lupin accepted the parchment of paper and opened it taking a look.
"I seriously doubt it, Severus. It looks as though it's a parchment designed to insult anyone tries to read it. I suspect it's a Zonko product." When Severus tried to grab it, Lupin pulled it away. "Nevertheless, I shall investigate any hidden qualities it may possess. It is after all, as you say, my area of expertise. Harry, would you come with me, please? Professor, good night." Severus watched them walk down the hall and out of sight. He growled and flick his wand off when some of the portraits started complaining.
"Ah, come to see the show." Malfoy drawled as he saw the approaching Trio.
"You! You foul, little loathsome, evil little cockroach!" Hermione ranted as she pressed the tip of her wand to Malfoy's throat.
"Hermione, no! He's not worth it." Ron's voice shocked her and she back away from Malfoy, who laughed, she swung back around and punched him in the nose.
"That felt really good." Hermione told Ron and Harry as Malfoy and his cronies ran back into the school.
"Not good, brilliant." The trio continued their way down to Hagrid's hut and spoke with him about BuckBeak. They only noticed the minister, Dumbledore and the executer when Harry was hit in the back of the head with a stone.
"Hagrid." Harry called to him showing the approaching three, Hargid quickly rushed them out the hut and out the back door as the was a knock on the door. The golden trio ran out the back door and hid behind some pumpkins before they determined it was safe enough to run u the slope and away from Hagrids.
The three watched as the executer raised the thingy he does the executing with and Hermione turned and turned to cry into Ron's shoulder, Harry rested his own head against Hermione in comfort. Ron suddenly let out a gasp and they pulled away.
"He bit me. Scabbers."
"Ron, Ron." Hermione called after him as he ran after the damn rat.
"Ron."
"Scabbers, come back." Hermione and Harry ran after Ron who was running after Scabbers.
"Scabbers you bit me!" Ron told the rat somewhat scandalized when he finally caught the rat.
"Harry, you do realize what tree this is?" Ron was sitting under the Whomping Willow.
"That's not good. Ron, run!" Ron looked up at them and started shaking going slightly pale in the process.
"Harry Hermione RUN!" Hermione and Harry turned around to see a growling black dog standing there. The Grim.
"It's the grim!" Ron exclaimed just the dog bark and jumped up in the air right over top of Hermione and Harry before landing and proceeding in Ron's direction. The two stood watching as the black dog grabbed Ron by his foot and drag him down a hole which sat at the bottom of the Whomping Willow. Harry tried to grab Ron's hand but their fingers slipped
"Ron RON!" The two continued to yell until one the branches swept them off their feet. The two regained their footing and watched as the tree branches were all moving now. They heard Ron's distant scream and made a decision.
"Come on." Harry grabbed her arm and the two made their way towards the tree, the two scrambled and were caught by the tree before being thrown down the tunnel Hermione landing on top of Harry.
"Where do you suppose this goes?" She asked after helping Harry off the ground.
"I have a hunch. I just hope I'm wrong." The two walked following the foot prints. The two soon found them selves at some stairs.
"We're in the Shrieking Shack, aren't we?"
The two made their way up the stairs until they came to the room where Ron sat on the bed.
"Ron. You're okay." Hermione observed
"The dog. Where is it?"
"Harry it's a trap. He's not a dog. He's an Animagus." Ron answered pointing to a door that was then shut when the two turned around and standing there was Sirius Black.
"If you want to kill Harry then you have to kill us too." Hermione said placing herself in front of Harry.
"No only one will die tonight." Answered the criminal. Harry pushed Hermione out of his way and lunged forward and placed a hand around Sirius's neck.
"Then it will be you." Harry grabbed Sirius and threw him to the ground and pulled out his wand, he pointed it in the Animagus's face.
"Are you going to kill me, Harry?" Sirius chuckled just then the door slammed open and Hermione honestly when never more glad in her life to see the DADA teacher pointing his wand.
"Expelliarmus." Professor Lupin said Harry's wand went flying out his hand, he gestured for Harry to move away from Sirius which he did going over to stand by Hermione and Ron.
"Well well Sirius. Looking rather ragged, aren't we? Finally the flesh reflects the madness." Professor Lupin taunted as he walked so he was standing over Sirius.
"Well, you would know all about the madness within, wouldn't you, Remus?" Professor Lupin lowered his wand and held out his hand to the man laying on the floor he pulled Sirius, up off the ground and the two hugged. Hermione watched and her eyes widened.
"I found him."
"I know."
"He's here. Let's kill him."
"NO! I trusted you! And all this time, you've been his friend. He's a werewolf! That's why he's been missing classes." Hermione spoke intrupting their plotting
"How long have you known?" Professor Lupin questioned
"Since Professor Snape sent the essay."
"Very well Hermione, you are the brightest which you age I've ever met." Sirius looked like he was about to go crazier then he already was from all this small talk.
"Enough talk Remus! Come on, let's kill him!"
"Wait!"
"I did my waiting! Twelve years of it. In Azkaban!" Hermione watched silently as Professor Lupin studied his old friend before hand his wand over to the criminal.
"Very well kill him. But wait one more minute. Harry has the right to know why."
"I know why. You betrayed my parents. You're the reason they're dead."
"No Harry, it wasn't him. Somebody did betray your parents. Somebody who, until quite recently, I believed to be dead!"
"Who was it then?" Hermione blinked in shock at her friend he sound venomous.
"Peter Pettigrew!" Sirius exclaimed "And he's in this room! Right now! Come out, come out Peter! Come out, come out and play."
"Expelliarmus!" The wand in Sirius's hand went flying across the room, Hermione was shocked along with everyone else to see the Potions Teacher standing there in the doorway.
"Vengeance is sweet. How I hoped I'd be the one to find you."
"Severus-" Professor Lupin tried to calm the situation, only to have the wand now trained on him as well.
"Brilliant Snape. Once again you put your keen mind to the task and came out with the wrong conclusion. If you'll excuse us Remus and I have business to attend to." Professor Snape stepped forward and pointed his wand at Sirius's throat.
"Give me a reason. I beg you!" Hermione watched as the two grown men bickered back and forth, she felt Harry wrap his arm around her back and grab her wand out of her pocket.
"After you." Professor Snape turned his attention to where Harry was pointing Hermione's wand.
"Expelliarmus." Hermione along with everyone else watched as the magic hit Snape in the chest and sent him flying into an old bed.
"You attacked a teacher." Hermione told him but he wasn't listening instead he had his wand pointed at Sirius and Professor Lupin.
"Tell me about Peter Pettigrew." Harry demanded pointing the wand at Remus.
"He was at school with us. We thought he was our friend."
"No Pettigrew's dead. You killed him." Professor Lupin quickly went in front of Sirius when Harry pointed the wand at him.
"No, he didn't I thought so too, until you mentioned Pettigrew, on the map."
"The map was lying then."
"The map never lies. Pettigrew is alive and he's right there." Hermione watched as Ron tried to defend his rat. Sirius and Professor Lupin went on telling them proof that Scabbers was Pettigrew. Eventually they all watched as Sirius turned Scabbers into a man. Peter Pettigrew. Who cried at the sight of his "dear old friends".
Soon there were all exiting the tunnel, Sirius and Harry helping Ron, Hermione followed behind them and Professor Lupin followed with a charmed Pettigrew so he couldn't transform back into his rat self. Ron sat down so Hermione and Harry could take a look at his leg. Hermione then shooed Harry off to go talk with Sirius. The rest of it all happened so fast. The moon came out and Professor Lupin's fingernails started to grow and his eye's turned a gold, Sirius tried to hold Professor Lupin back while Hermione and Harry grabbed Ron to help him stand. The transformation continued until Professor was a full hairy werewolf standing before them.
"Professor? Professor Lupin?" The werewolf stared at her before letting out a "Owwwooooo" making Hermione jump back where Ron and Harry grabbed her pulling her back into them. The three huddled to together as the wolf approached them. Ron encouragement of "nice doggy. nice doggy." did nothing to slow down the approaching creature. Professor Snape suddenly appeared in front of them.
"There you are, Potter." Suddenly the wolf let out a sound of something in between a bark and a growl, Professor Snape turned to face the wolf reaching his arms behind himself to keep the three of them behind him and out of the wolf's way. The wolf swiped it's paw knocking them down. Hermione fell with Professor Snape having been holding onto to him. The four sat on the ground watching as the wolf hovered over top of them. When suddenly the same black dog jumped and tumbled with the wolf away from the four. The four stood, each of the students trying to clutch at their most feared teacher. Hermione wrapped her hand, that wasn't holding on to Ron, around her Professor's shoulder and he responded by holding his arm back to keep them behind him. The four watched as the dog and the wolf faced off before attacking each other.
The werewolf threw the dog behind him before trying to get to the four humans until the dog once again attacked the wolf. The two ran off.
"Sirius." Harry broke away and ran after them, Hermione tried to follow but Professor Snape grabbed her and held her back.
Severus held onto the girl who tried to run after her idiot of a friend. He quickly turned away from the sight of the wolf throwing the black dog against a rock and turned to the students.
"Well wait are you waiting for? Getting going to the castle." He sneered at them, Hermione turned and started helping Ron to the castle, Severus followed while guiding Peter Pettigrew with his wand.
The four reached the castle, Severus walked with the students to the infirmary where Madame Pomfrey immediately started fussing over the two students. Severus turned around and left the infirmary and headed for the Headmaster's office. Soon all was dealt with and Pettigrew was sitting in a cell in Azkaban. They couldn't prove that Sirius was free of his crimes yet but Pettigrew was carrying the dark mark so that alone got him a cell. The rest would be proven later.
The school year soon was coming to an end. The golden Trio were safe, Lupin was retired from his position of DADA after there was some rumours about his werewolf friend, and Sirius Black was a free man. After a trail and some truth syrup it became known that Peter Pettigrew was indeed the secret keeper for James and Lilly Potter -not Sirius Black- and had turned them over to Voldemort. Sirius had been pardoned by the Ministry and was in titled back to everything he possessed.
Severus sat in his office reading on of his books when he heard the same knock from the years before.
"Come in." He waited and seconds later Hermione Granger entered his room.
"Is this going to be a yearly thing?" He question as she took a seat.
"Would it be so terrible if it was?" She questioned back.
"What can I do for you Miss. Granger?"
"I wanted to say Thank you." Severus watched the girl before him "For protecting us from Moony."
"Despite what you think Miss. Granger I don't get pleasure watching students in danger. That includes Gryffindors." Severus watched as she nodded her head in understanding. The two sat in a comfortable silence for a while.
"You better return to your dorm. It's almost curfew."
"Of course." Hermione stood and straightened her skirt. "Have a good summer, Professor."
"Goodbye Hermione." The door to his room closed, leaving him alone with the silence. The next day the students left the school for their summer.
Severus was sitting in his quarter's tiding up the living room when he heard the knocking on the door. School had already been out for a few weeks hardly anybody was still at the school. He walk to the door and opened it. He stood there taking in the clean looking Sirius that stood before him.
"We need to talk." Severus waited for a second before nodding and stepping back allowing the other man entrance.
"What do you want to talk about?" The two walked into the living room and took a seat.
"The night that I was arrested." Severus was about to reply when his fireplace was activated and the Headmaster's head appeared.
"Headmaster, can we help you?" Severus questioned
"I apologise for my disturbance. But there's been an accident. Miss. Granger's parents and herself were involved. Her parents are dead and Miss. Granger herself is..."
A.N I hope you read the note at the top and please review.