The months quickly passed by and soon it was November and the first Hogsmeade trip was coming up. Over the first two months of school Harry and Anastasia's relation ship was growing, often confusing the other students of weather or not the two were really a couple or not. The same was also true when it came to Ron and Hermione the only difference there was that the two finally did admit that they liked each other and started going out at the end of September.
"So what exactly do people do when they go to Hogsmeade?" Anastasia asked while the four were studying in the library the day before the trip.
"You don't know?" Ron asked surprised by this fact. It had always seemed that Anastasia knew more about everything than the other three, although she tried not to flaunt it too much.
Anastasia nodded. "This will be my first time going."
"You've never been to Hogsmeade and you lived here for three years before." Harry stated not believing it.
"Dad always said that he wanted me to experience it with other people my age so whenever he or I needed something we would go to Diagon Ally or Knockturn Ally."
"Knockturn Ally?"
"Potion stuff. So please tell me what do you do?"
"Couples will sometimes go off by themselves and then most people are with a group of friends." Hermione explained.
Anastasia smiled and gave her tanks when Ron said, "Speaking of Hogsmeade Harry wasn't there something you wanted to ask Anastasia?"
"You wanted to ask me something?" Anastasia asked wondering if Harry was going to ask her to go to Hogsmeade with him.
"I was wondering…um…. what you got on your last potions test." Harry replied quickly growing red in the face.
Anastasia was surprised and slightly hurt she knew Harry liked her and was sure that he would ask her out, however she was a Snape and quickly had a mask up to hid the hurt. "I got a hundred percent." She said hoping she had hid the hurt in her voice and no one noticed it. She was too late though. Hermione had seen the look on Anastasia's face and could hear it in her voice. She knew what the other girl had expected and wasn't surprised when Anastasia excused herself and left.
"What is wrong with you?" Hermione hissed angrily at Harry who had a what'd-I-do look on his face. "She thought you were going to ask her out. Don't you know she likes you?"
"She does." Harry said happily he had liked Anastasia from the first conversation they had had together.
"Yes, and I thought you did to but apparently I was wrong."
"I do like her so stop being mad at me."
"Well go and so something about it Potter, because you just upset her."
With that Harry promptly got up and practically ran out of the library, with Ron and Hermione following close behind. It didn't take long for Harry to catch up to Anastasia finding her about half way back to the common room.
"Anastasia, Anastasia wait, I'm sorry." Harry shouted still running toward her.
"What'd you say?"
"I said sorry."
"For what?"
"Never mind. What I really wanted to ask was if you wanted to come to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow?"
Anastasia's face split into a wide grin and said, "I was hoping you would ask."
The next morning Anastasia was so excited about going to the village she was up, showered, and dressed before anyone else in the tower. So she went down to the common room to read and wait for the others. It was there that Harry found her a few hours later.
"Your up early." Harry said plopping down on the couch nest to Anastasia.
"I could sleep any longer. I'm to excited to sleep."
"It's not that great you know."
Anastasia shrugged, I've wanted to go since I was eight. Just like how I wanted to learn magic and go to classes with other people my age."
Harry nodded and the two sat in comfortable silence until Ron and Hermione woke up and they went down to breakfast. Afterwards it was time to line up so Filch could check off their names.
"Ah, Ms. Snape." He said when he reached Anastasia. "Your name isn't on my list."
Anastasia stood there stunned then she started running up the stairs. "Where are you going?" Harry shouted after her.
"To see my father." She shouted back and Harry then decided to follow her, not sure it would be good for her to see Severus while she was angry. As Harry followed Anastasia he noticed that they were in a part of the castle he'd never been in before. Finally Anastasia topped at a painting of a professor in front of a group of students.
"Anastasia how good to see you, you haven't visited much this year." The painting said.
"Sorry no time to talk is dad in there?" the painting nodded and Anastasia gave the password so she and Harry could enter. Anastasia strode into the room and to a door on the opposite wall looking much like her father as she did so. With out knocking she entered.
Harry walked over and saw it was Professor Snape's apartment. It looked nothing like he thought it would (not that he had been imagining Professor Snape's rooms). Harry, however, didn't pay much attention to his surroundings because he was watching the scene in front of him.
"Why didn't you sign the permission form?"
"I don't want you going to Hogsmeade I don't think it's safe."
"What do you mean not safe? There will be Professors and shop owners and citizens everywhere."
"Do you think that will stop Voldemort? He told me personally that I you were ever to come live with me permently you would be marked on Halloween of you Sixth year, he knows how powerful you are and that would be political suicide for him if you are against him. Do you really think that all those people will stop him?"
"Harry gets to go and Voldemort's been after him since he was a baby."
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT POTTER!" Severus shouted, "I care about you and your safety only. If Voldemort were to get you while you were at Hogsmeade forcing you to become a Death Eater, I would never forgive myself for allowing you to go."
"I would kill myself before joining him. I'm not stupid enough to join." Anastasia said bitterly, still upset about this.
Most students wouldn't have thought it a big deal to not go to Hogsmeade however Anastasia had heard about the village for eight years and desperately wanted to go. Now her chance was ruined all because of some twisted sociopath who her father thought wanted her on his side. Anastasia couldn't understand what was so special about her that her father would give up spying and want to keep her inside the castle. She quickly left the room never seeing the hurt look in her fathers eyes never knowing her last sentence had basically told Severus his own daughter thought he was stupid.
"Professor, I don't want to sound like I'm butting in, however shouldn't you let her go just this once?" Harry asked timidly.
"No, you and Anastasia are the only hope for the wizarding world. You are allowed to go because Black didn't know about the prophecy at the time and when he finally did he thought you should grow up like anyone else and allowed you to go."
"What do you mean that we are the only hope I thought that it was up to me to kill Voldemort."
"Before Anastasia was born a prophecy was made I don't remember the exact wording but I said that a child will be born to a Death Eater and a Muggle, and this child will help the one who is to defeat the Dark Lord. It told that this child will show great power at a young age. At first I wasn't sure that it was talking about Anastasia but when I was told that her mother died and I saw her for the first time since she was born I knew that she was the one in the prophecy. See why I need to keep her safe? If Voldemort gets her…. Potter why are you talking to me about this? I know you don't like me."
"I care about Anastasia sir. That's it plain and simple."
Severus nodded, "I see, go join your friends Potter."
Harry turned and left leaving Severus alone to think. What am I going to do? Severus thought, Potter's falling for Anastasia.
Severus sighed and decided to go down to his dungeons to clear his head, like Anastasia playing piano making a potion helped sooth him.
I don't know when I will be able to update next. Please see my Profile for my reasoning. However I would like to recommend my cousin BriMcPoopers' story Rude Awakenings. It's really good and I'm not just saying that because she's my cousin