A New Face

Beta edited by: Midnite Thunder

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Severus walked down Peacock Alley with his new cell phone in hand. Chatting with Hermione on Textbook had become second nature to him. He hated not having her at arm's length which is why he upgraded to a cellular device.

"We shall speak later Hermione."

"Ok, see you later Sev."

He smiled as he tucked his phone in his pocket giddily. His date with Hermione was coming up and he would be ready. Just the other day he had awoken from a nightmare. He got out of bed to get a cup of water out of the bathroom when he looked up in the dark, saw his own reflection, and screamed.

Why had he been so ugly? He blamed his parents but what was done was done right? WRONG. Today he was going to see a doctor for his nose. He wouldn't edit too much about him, but he decided to start with the main problem.

He went to the magic surgeon for an appointment with Mr. Centrino.

"Severus Snape?" The receptionist asked. He nodded, "Right this way." She led him down the hall to the second left door. Snape took a seat on the operation table when Mr. Centrino came in.

"I see you are Mr. Snape and," he looked at Severus, "Dear Lord Merlin you are hideous," Snape scowled, "But don't worry Centrino will fix you."

Scowling, "You should for how much you cost."

"Forget cost," Centrino looked him over, "You'll go into foreclosure with how much we have to fix."

Snape resisted the urge to grab his wand as Centrino looked him over, "Now where should we start?" the Doctor asked circling him.

"I came for a nose job."

"Damn straight!" he interrupted.

Ignoring the man, "I don't want it to change too much. I just can't stand the hooked part."

"Why? I'm sure you can smell everything with that thing." Snape shot him a glare as Centrino touched his nose, "Do not worry Mr. Snape, Centrino will make it better. Now please lay down so that I may begin."

He did as told. The surgeon drew on his face with a better-not-be –permanent-or-I-will-hex-your-bits-off- marker before giving him a potion to both make him go to sleep and relieve the pain.

An hour later he awoke. Sitting up slowly Centrino gave him another pain relieving medication as well as one for the grogginess before handing him a mirror, "See Centrino did good job."

Severus looked at his nose. It was still big, but normal. No hook. With a smile he thanked the man and left before Centrino could offer to do something else to his next appointment with the dentist.

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"Is something wrong?" Snape asked. The dentist, Mrs. Frey, had asked him to open his mouth and now she was looking rather green in the face. She could had sworn she saw something move before her world went blank

The first dentist fainted at the sight of his teeth. Maybe he should have invested in what his mother called toothpaste. The next dentist set to work immediately.

"Oww! Oww!" he yelled at the dentist who used a metal pick to scrape the dirt roughly off his teeth before yanking the floss between them causing his head to bob back and forth with the force of it.

After six or so cleanings he was asked to gargle mouthwash that burned relentlessly even after you spit it out and rinsed four times. Then they took a mechanical toothbrush to his mouth at its fastest speed. Seeing that that didn't work the dentist charmed it faster with his wand. Severus nearly killed the man from the pain he received.

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Heavily sedated he reminded himself that all of this was for her. For Hermione. She made him feel whole, happy, and warm. Something he had not felt since being at his Grandmother's home to help her bake cookies.

"Done." The Dentist huffed with his hands on his knees obviously tired, "Please … please … Mr. Snape I encourage you," he used his wand to summon a small plastic bag, "To use the contents of this bag at least four times a day."

Severus looked at himself in the mirror. His teeth were near blinding. They might even rival Lucius's! He paid the man before heading off to his next appointment with the hairstylist Janine.

Janine told him that his hair was filthy asking if he was a part time beggar on Knockturn Alley and Chimney Sweep. He told the lady that he worked with potions. For him it was so easy to get engrossed in his works that his physical appearance mattered very little.

She placed thick yellow gloves on before breaking the top of the shampoo bottle off to apply its contents to his hair.

"Relax." Janine said softly. Having his hair washed was rather soothing. After the washing and conditioning she blow dried, straightened, and brushed it until it shinned naturally.

"There ya go hun." She said handing him a mirror, "Who knew you had good hair buried in there?"

He smiled at his new look, "I could almost rival those muggle L'Oreal commercials."

Janine took the mirror, "I'm glad that my work has been appreciated."

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After that he made sure to order new robes in the finest of black fabric as well as a few white dress shirts. He'd have to look stellar for Hermione and he refused to show up at his class reunion dressed in a what used to be black dress robe.

Once at home he brushed his teeth with the mint paste before brushing his hair. He loved his new look. In truth it was nowhere near a drastic 360 change. Just a little fresher like when women don make up.

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"What are you going to where?" Ashley asked as they passed a few stores.

"I don't know!" Hermione practically cried. She had searched everywhere with still no luck. Nothing screamed first date ever material nor did they strike appropriate for a black tie event.

Ashley tried to calm her friends' nerves, "How about we take a quick coffee break then head into Michelle's over there. What do you say?"

Hermione agreed. The chai tea calmed her nerves greatly. She couldn't believe she had worked up such a fuss. It may had been her first date and she might be in her twenties, but was that a real reason to freak? After the drinks they headed to the store.

"That! That's it!" Hermione squealed practically dragging Ashley to a wine colored dress that had a thin sheet of black lace on top, "What do you think."

Ashley really thought, "On you you'd look like a Gothic slut. Perfect!", but she said, "I like it too now let's find some matching heels."

Purchasing her merchandise, "Should I dye my hair Ash? Are my eyes ok? Should I get contacts? A but lift? Boob job? What?"

"You are perfectly fine Hermione. Although a boob job might …"

Hermione pinched her playfully, "Let's go!"

Back at their dorm Hermione was nearly bouncing off her feet. She couldn't keep still. Her first date was so close she could almost taste it.

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