" So what are we looking for?" Draco asked and tilted his head.
"A back brace. It will support her back, but of course then she needs to have a neck brace as well."
" Why? Why a neck brace? It's only her back that is hurt... Right."
" Just calm down Draco," Snape said and awkwardly hugged the boy.
"It's just to help adjust the pressure so there won't be any problems" he told him quietly.
Draco nodded, he was going to find one for his baby sister. He would find it. He just had to.
-Snape apparated them back to Hogwarts.
" Hermione, are you alright? " Snape asked.
" I think so.. " Hermione answered weakly and tried to sit back up.
" Miss Malfoy.." Snape started.
" What?.. Malfoy?.. Professor I'm not a Malfoy I'm a Granger. "
" No your not Mione, you're my little sister." Draco said and showed Hermione the same evidence he had shown to Snape earlier.
Hermione gaped. "Ok then... What was it you tried to tell me Professor before I so rudely interrupted you?"
" You can't sit up as your.. 'fellow' classmates have given you a very hard time, to put it lightly, so you need to wear a back brace."
" Strangely enough it has a neck brace too." Draco commented.
" I know what a back brace is Draco."
" Well, you need to have it under your clothes " Snape said awkardly as he rubbed his neck.
" Why?" Hermione asked, narrowing her eyes.
" I suppose if you want to make everyone know you have a broken back then you can have it over your clothes but then you would have to get someone to help you get out of the back brace every time you have to change clothes" Snape said.
" Can't I just make it invisible ?"
" No, sadly that will only work on the neck brace. But when you change into your animagus form then neither the back brace or the neck brace will show."
" Ok.."
"Shall I help you?" Draco asked.
" Mr Malfoy the whole school knows of your certain reputation so please go to class and tell McGonagall what has happened," Snape said.
Draco nodded and went away.
" Miss Malfoy, I'm going to use magic to take of your clothes, and trust me it's not something I want to do" Snape said.
Soon Hermione had her back brace and neck brace fastened and had gotten her clothes on.
" now since you are now a Slytherin then I will as your head of house refrain you from attending classes."
" WHAT?!" Hermione shouted.
" As a human, you have to use your animagus form or should I say forms, yes I know your a shifter Miss Malfoy, anyways back to my point you have to be in your cat form as my pet" Snape said trying to calm her down.
Hermione thought a bit and nodded, at least she could still be in classes.. But this was Snape there usually was something else.
" What's the catch Professor? besides why should I be pretending to be your pet?"
" Because if I let you out as a human you need to explain why you are now in Slytherin and even then you would have to explain how you managed to break your back. Which then again will get you in trouble as no one will believe the whole of Gryffindor house was doing that to you and no one would believe that the rest of the bloody golden trio would even lay a hand on you." Snape explained. "Also the catch is that you have to treat the students as I do. Meaning caring and protecting Slytherins and being mean to Gryffindors. Scratch them, bite them.. Pee on them " Snape told with a small smile.
" I'm not going to pee in class."
" You're a cat no one cares. Cats do that so your ass is covered. "
" I'm going to ignore that, Severus." " Are we on familiar terms now.. Hermione ?"
Hermione bit her lip as she heard the way her name sounded like the finest silk coming out of his mouth.
" If I'm going to be your.. Pet then we have to get used to that because I don't know if you knew but it's possible to read a cat's thoughts... especially animagus's," She said.
-
" McGonagall. I have two things I need to tell you."
"What is it Mr Malfoy? I'm in the middle of a class if you did not notice."
"Well I just though that you wanted to know that Snape has gotten himself a pet and that I saw Voldemort kidnap Granger"
" Snape has got a pet !"
" Yes but honestly I thought that you would care a tiny bit more about your student getting kidnapped then him having a pet." He muttered. " Actually wait I'm not that surprised because you Gryffindors only care about your own pathetic asses " he snarled as he stormed out the door.
He was proud of himself. He had said what he really thought of the Gryffindors and he had managed to make McGonagall forget she knew that Hermione even was an animagus.