(a/n) Hey guys, sorry I didn't post anything yesterday or today yet...during the week my posting will be slowed due to my school work (I'm in as many Honors classes as I can get my hands on), so must of my frequent posting will be done on the weekends, but tonight, because I love you all so much, I'm procrastinating homework to give you another chapter.

Hermione had patrolling duty tonight. She definately was not looking forward to it. She hated it because she was forced to walk the dark halls of Hogwarts alone. This is when he usually bothered her...

Snape walked the halls of the dungeons in the dark. It was about 12am and he had teacher patrolling duty. He didn't mind it so much; he was a nighthawk and he used this time to thing about things. At the moment the only topic he really had on his mind was Hermione and what that disgusting man was doing to her. How could he stop it? What could he do without betraying his promise to her? Could he do anything to Malvagità that would force him to stop? He couldn't think of much he could do other than kill him, but he couldn't do that. He didn't kill anymore. Not after everything that had happened in his past.

Malvagità was also walking the halls of Hogwarts. He was not, however, patrolling. He was on a hunt. A hunt for human prey...

Hermione was in the dungeons when suddenly somebody grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a crevice in the stoney wall. She knew who it was. It was Malvagità of course. He had his hand over her mouth and his much taller, much more muscular body pressed hard against hers, pinning her to the wall. She imagined that he was going to rape her again. If only she knew his real plan...

Severus rounded a hall in the dungeons, trying to think of some way that he could help Hermione. He was beginning to wonder how he felt about the girl. He'd always pictured her as a bushy-haired, nerdy little know-it-all..but lately he'd been viewing her in a different light, noticing her body, how her shirt clung to her well shaped chest. He knew these thoughts were wrong and that she was a student. He felt that he was nearly as bad as Malvagità just for having these thoughts. After all, it was thoughts like these that led Malvagità to do what he had done, wasn't it?

All of the sudden out of nowhere a stunning curse hit Severus from the side. He was so absorbed with his thoughts that he had not realized that he was no longer alone in the hallway. Malvagità came out from the shadows, looking down upon the stunned Severus. He had used his wand to make ropes to tie Hermione so she wouldn't try to run and had cast a spell on her to keep her from screaming.

Malvagità levitated the stunned Severus and grabbed the ropes restraining Hermione and dragged them both to Snapes living quarters. He untied Hermione, only to re-tie her to Severus's bed. He then sat Severus, still rendered immobile from the stunning spell, down in a chair that faced the bed.

Severus began to stir. He was unsure of his location. The last thing he remembered was walking the hallway and thinking about Hermione. When he opened his eyes, he couldn't see much because it was dark, but he could make out a bed and he could tell there was someone on it.

Malvagità moved to the fireplace and started a fire. Snape gasped at the sight before him; he saw Hermione tied to the bed with a look of anxious fear on her face and he saw Malvagità with a menacing look upon his face...

(a/n) muahahahahaha..I'm sure you all hate me for ending here, but I felt it was a good place to end, plus I need to do my homework and it's nearly 11pm lol. Well, you guys know the drill, R&R, love you all :)