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Chapter 4 : His House.

Thanks to Madam Pomfrey's good care, Stanislas recovered quickly. Hermione was so glad that when he left the infirmary she took a day off to spend it with him.

They spent the day chatting, reading, and playing in the park near the lake. When the sun started to down, the air became cooler and Hermione decided it was time to go inside.

On their way to the castle, they met Professor Snape who was heading into the Forbidden Forrest.

"Hello Professor."

"Professor" said Hermione with a nod.

"Miss Granger. Granger."

"What are you going to do in the Forrest Professor?" Stanislas asked, intrigued.

"Stan! It's rude; the Professor can do what he wants without you asking him."

"But Mia, it was just a question."

"I…"

But before Hermione could say anything, Professor Snape cut her short.

"A question which I will answer, even if, as Miss Granger said, I do what I want without anyone's approval, and certainly not from a dunderhead like you."

"And?" Stanislas asked impatiently without noticing what Snape has just said.

"Stan!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Patience is an excellent quality which you should learn Granger. Anyway, tonight is a suitable night to gather a particular variety of mushrooms needed in a potion that I'm currently brewing. Are you satisfied with this explanation, young man?"

"Oh great! Can I help you?"

Severus Snape was speechless for a moment before he raised his eyes to see how Hermione was reacting to the question. She was glaring at Stanislas, ashamed of his impatience and audacity towards the most unfriendly of Hogwarts' professor.

"If Miss Granger has no objections, then neither have I."

"Great! Mia, can I go? Say yes, please!" begged Stanislas, his eyes glittering with joy.

"Sure," she said; she couldn't resist his gaze.

"Well, what are you waiting for Granger?" Snape ordered, leaving for the Forbidden Forrest without checking to see if Stanislas was following.

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It was late and Hermione was sitting comfortably in an armchair near her fireplace when she heard someone knocked on the door. She went to open the door, thinking she would find Stanislas, filled with wonder from his night with the Potions Master. Instead she found the Potions Master himself standing in the doorway with Stanislas in his arms.

"But…"

"Shh!" he cut her short, "Where is his bedroom?"

Hermione showed him the way to Stanislas' bedroom. While he put Stanislas in his bed, Hermione stayed in the doorway. Looking at the scene before her eyes, she wondered how a man like him, who was so cold and bitter and who had ignored her when she was a Hogwarts student, could be so thoughtful, almost friendly, towards Stanislas. It was a mystery. She only hoped that his kindness with Stanislas wouldn't end at the beginning of the school year. Stanislas wouldn't understand.

Once Stanislas was in his bed, Snape left the room and shut the door gently behind him. Then he followed Hermione into the living room.

"He sat against a tree for a few minutes to rest from the picking while I gathered some more mushrooms. And when I came back, he was asleep. Nothing happened," he reassured Hermione.

"Thank you." She said.

"Good night, Miss Granger" he said before leaving Hermione's quarter.

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A few days later, it was the first day of school. Stanislas was nervous to discover the castle full of students his age. He wondered in which house he would be placed.

The night came and Stanislas joined the first years, who were waiting impatiently as they listened Professor McGonagall's advice. Then it was time for them to come towards the Head Table for the sorting ceremony.

Stanislas glanced at Hermione, his new mum, who gave him an encouraging look. Then he looked at Professor Snape. During the few weeks he had spent at Hogwarts before tonight, he had become attached to this complicated character. Professor Snape nodded to him, a simple gesture, but one which banished Stanislas's stress.

Then the ceremony began. After a few names, it was his turn to sit under the sorting hat.

"Granger, Stanislas!" announced Professor McGonagall.

Stanislas approached the stool and then sat on it. The professor put the hat on his head.

Stanislas listened to the hat talk about him for a few seconds before it said aloud:

"SLYTHERIN!"

Everyone at the Slytherin table stood up and clapped for the new Slytherin boy. Stanislas looked at Hermione to see her reaction to the news. He knew that she had hoped he would be in Gryffindor. But he saw that she was happy for him. He thought to himself that it was not that bad because even if he was not in his mother's house, Professor Snape would be his Head of House. He wouldn't be completely lost.

Once he was situated at his table, Hermione allowed herself a glance at Snape. He looked back at her with a small smile on his face.

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