I'M BACK! :D :D :D Miss me? OF COURSE YOU DID! Ok! Things you should know;
I am in my school play. (Side by Side, By Stephen Sondheim. Look it up.) Practice every day so I'll be buys but I'll still try to update frequently.
I Finished Phoenix's story and am currently editing, so it should be up soon. BUT! I need a title. SO WE'RE VOTING! "Find his way by moonlight." OR! "Every Saint has a past, every Sinner a future." both based off of an Oscar Wilde Quote. So, which one do you prefer? Most votes win! :D
Also, I'd like to address a review I got. Some anonymous reviewer under the title, "Boba" left this review; "GET MORE KINKY STUFF IN THE FIC PLEASE! HARRY DO DRACO PLEASE"
Does anybody see the problem here?
No? Allow me to explain.
THIS IS A HARRY/SEVERUS FIC DAMNIT BOBA! DRACO WILL HAVE NP PART ROMANTICALLY IN THIS! Really, I mean, come on guys. If you want Harry/Draco go read my other stories... jeezus christ... Besides, Harry won't do anybody. He is SOOO a bottom, they do him! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did then Professor Trelawny would see much more of Harry's and Severus' future then she meant to in his crystal ball. *wink wink*
Hermione was really quite smart for her age. Not only was she smart, she was observant. This is why when she noticed a few things about her best friend that didn't quite add up, it took her a grand total of three days to figure out what was happening.
It had started two weeks ago when Harry had started to take apprentice lessons with Severus Snape. That should have been the first sign, potions wasn't really his thing. Then there was the blushing whenever the man walked by in potions class, the strange smile Harry had on his face when he returned from private lessons, and the small hearts that Harry inconspicuously drew on his potions notes.
How had it not been obvious to her from the beginning?
Harry was in love with Severus Snape. Shocking? Definitely: but worse things have happened.
Which I why as soon as she worked this out, she knew it was her duty as a good friend to help him get what he wanted. Unfortunately it would be easier said than done. Harry was far too picky in her opinion, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Harry wanted someone who understood everything about him, and vice versa. He wanted someone who would accept all of his quirks without question and Hermione realized that it was very hard to find someone like that.
Especially if your target is Severus Snape.
Then there was Harry's weird virginity tick. Hermione didn't find anything wrong about being a virgin, but being one just to make a point seemed foolish in her mind. She understood him not having sex to impress his friends, but if you love someone... she really thought he was over-dramatizing the subject. Besides, Severus was a full-grown man who had, no doubt, had sex before, and so the likeliness of him expecting it from a relationship was high.
Not to mention, she was worried for Harry, and his choice in men.
Harry was... fragile. After the war he had been so scared of the world, and it took most of the summer for him to take an active part in day-to-day activities. At first he wouldn't eat, barely slept, hardly spoke to anyone... he had been a bit of a shell. Slowly, after lot's of work and several stern talking to's, he had been back on his feet, and to the un-trained eye, he was as good as new.
But Hermione knew what she was looking for.
She was looking for the times his eyes closed a little too long to be called a blink. She was look for those moments when his face caught the light and you could see the slight red rings around his eyes, the times when his entire body sagged when he thought no one was watching.
She was listening for the almost silent humming of a silencing spell around Harry's bed in the night. She was listening to the quiet gasps whenever someone got too close, the grinding of his teeth in frustration when people surrounded him too long.
She was feeling for the pull against her hand when she grabbed his in the hallways, which signified him wanting to let go. She felt for the tensing of his muscles when she brushed against him, the breath quickening on her neck when she hugged him, or anybody else.
She knew what she was looking for; she was looking for the places inside of Harry where pieces of him were missing. He was incomplete, the war had chipped him in places, and even though he had gotten through the worst of it and put on a smile everyday, Hermione saw the pain in his eyes. It hurt her to watch her friend struggling through life.
On one hand, she was worried about the prospect of Severus hurting Harry. He was a man who had seen so much of the world, and how cruel it could be, and he had become bitter because of it. It would be difficult for him to give Harry the time and patience he needed. It could quite possibly end with Harry adding his heart to the list of his broken pieces.
On the other hand, Severus could be just what Harry needed. He could talk sense into him; make him see what was left for him. Sometimes Harry need criticism, everybody did once and a while. Severus could show Harry what it was like to be loved. Sure, everybody around Harry loved him; the Weasleys, Hermione, Sirius and Remus, but sometimes...
Harry needed a different love.
Harry needed a love that took him into his arms every night and whispered sweet nothings into his ear. Harry needed a love that could show him the beauty of being loved, and loving in return. Harry needed a love so that he had something to live for, unconditionally.
If Severus was this love, then so be it. Ron would take a bit of persuasion, but once he saw how happy Harry was, Hermione was sure he would come around to the idea.
Unfortunately there was one thing Hermione had to do before she put her plan into action.
Make sure Severus loved Harry back.
Which is why she was currently sneaking with Harry's invisibility cloak down to the dungeons, to do some old fashioned spying.
She was so occupied with her thoughts that she didn't notice someone else in the hallway until it was too late.
Lucius Malfoy was a very intelligent man. Albeit, unreasonably scared of his wife, but very wise. He was also very clever. So clever in fact that when he noticed Severus' odd behavior, it took him a matter of days to figure it out.
The detached conversations, the glazed eyes and the frequent complaining could only lead to one thing.
Severus was in love.
Oh that made Lucius giddy. He had been trying to find Severus a boyfriend for years! The man needed romance. There was just a small problem...
That romance was Harry Potter.
Do not misunderstand the boy was gorgeous! Thin, tan, green eyes and dark, black, silky hair- but it was Harry Potter.
Harry. Potter.
And that always resulted in trouble.
He was Severus' new apprentice so the man had been spending plenty of time with him, but Lucius had a suspicion that his friend had liked Potter far before the private lessons begun.
Lucius was happy for his friend. Ever since the war ended, Severus had become free and easy to any onlooker.
Lucius was not an onlooker: he was Severus Snape's best (and only) friend.
The man had become burdened with the wait of his freedom. He didn't know what to do with it! He was independent but his past still scared him. He was worried about what people thought of him, he was worried about what he thought of himself. After the war, and his close call with death, he had become depressed. After the boy woke up and left for the burrow, he became worse. He had begun drinking regularly and had become prone to violent fits of anger, mostly at Lucius and the other teachers. It's always hard to see someone you care about fall so hard, but Lucius, being as wise as he was, knew just what he needed.
Love. He needed full on, passionate love. A love that would listen unselfishly to his troubles, a love that cry his name and his name only in the night, a love who would heal his wounded heart, and allow himself to be protected in return.
And if Potter was that love, then who was Lucius to stop it? Then again, on the negative side, Harry could be all wrong for him.
The boy was young and easily hurt, and Severus, while a caring man deep down, was not always Severus. He was also a child who had hundreds of suitors crawling around him and could potentially choose another lover at any moment.
On a more positve side, Harry could be perfect for Severus! A child who is wise and brave and gorgeous- what more could the man ask for? And for Severus to know that he had ben chosen over every single man and woman in the world... who wouldn't be flattered? Besides, Severus needed someone who knew what it was like to have the weight of the world on their shoulders, someone who was mature but still had some of the joy and innocence of youth... Harry could be just right for him really...
Lucius was strolling on his way to Severus' chambers one evening to see if he could get any snooping done. So preoccupied in his thoughts was he, that he didn't even notice a student walking his way, until he ran into her.
"Oomph!" He looked down at the child who had fallen to the floor and raised his eyebrows.
"Excuse me young lady, I am quite sorry about—wait a second... aren't you that Granger girl?" The girl in question glared up at him before standing and brushing off her robes. She bent and picked up a silver cloak that must have slipped off her when she fell.
"Yes, and don't bother introducing yourself, I know." His eyes widened in shock at her attitude.
"You shouldn't speak to your elders that way."
"I don't respect you." She stated bluntly. He gasped slightly, before laughing.
"Tell me Granger, what could you possibly be doing out of bed at two in the morning? In the dugeons no less!" She blushed slightly and shrugged. Lucius noticed her clutching something in her hand. Before she had time to react he lunged his hand forward and grabbed the paper.
Her opened it up and saw that it was just potions notes. Figures, probably wanted to check something with Severus... but wait... were those- hearts?
Oh dear lord was she in love with Severus too? But no... there were two words scribbled on the top right corner: Lucius peered at them and his eyes widened in shock. There in the corner of this potions paper covered in hearts were the two words;
Harry Potter.
Lucius grinned slyly. This was too good, too easy fact, it was almost no fun at all. He cleared his throat and smiled at the suspicious looking Granger.
"I am going to take a guess miss Granger and say that you are here about Mister Potter's crush on Severus?" Her eyes widened and she froze for a moment, before nodding slowly. Lucius could have sang in glee.
"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant!" He stated. She cocked her head.
"What is brilliant?"
"What do you know?" when she didn't answer he sighed. "Look Granger, I know enough about Severus to realize that they can both be very happy, very easily but you must coroporate please." Hermione frowned before rolling her eyes.
"Harry's got it bad for Snape. I'd say he's liked him for at least the whole year so far." She narrowed her eyes. "What do you know?" He chuckled, an eye for an eye.
"I know that Severus has 'had it bad' as you put it, for Potter for at least the whole summer until now. These handy notes ust make things easier." He stated, waving the notes in his hand. Hermione gaped.
"Severus likes Harry?" Lucius nodded. "And Harry likes Severus."
"It would seem so." Hermione paused.
"...Then why do we need to be here?" Lucius cocked his head.
"You know... I have no idea! It really does seem as though they should be able to work this out themselves." Hermione nodded and sighed.
"Too bad Harry is oblivious to his own emotions."
"And Severus wouldn't recognize romance if it slapped him with a white glove and challenged him to a duel." Hermione snorted.
"So I guess we should just give them a gentle push...?" Lucius smirked at her.
"I wouldn't be opposed to it if you weren't." Her grin matched his as they shook hands.
"Now, how do we go about getting the two of them 'together?'" Lucius asked.
"You don't." Hermione and Lucius jumped and looked down the hall into the shadows where they saw a figure moving towards them. Hermione drew her wand"
"Put it down Hermione you misunderstand me." Hermione and Lucius gasped as the figure stepped out of the shadows. "I simply meant that you won't get them together, without my help."
Hermione smiled and laughed softly, putting away her wand. Lucius chuckled darkly and nodded his head at the new member of their secret organization.
The new member simply smirked and leaned against the wall, already half way through a brilliant plan to set the two wizards up.
After all, Remus Lupin had always been a very clever person.
TADA! Soooo? Do you all like my Lucius/Remus/Hermione alliance? And NO! This will not become a romantic triad, just a scheming one. :D
Harry: *pant, pant* So, how did the chapter go?
Olly: Great actually! But you guys weren't in it... where were you anyway?
Severus: *Shifty eyes towards Harry* Ummm... we were... in detention.
Harry: FUWAHHH! I thought we weren't telling people about our roleplay Sevvy!
Olly: Oh! umm... ok, well... i'll let you off this time.
Severus: uh, Harry? Do you doodle hearts on your potions notes?
Harry: Are you kidding me? That's so girly of course not! Why?
Severus: look up! She wrote that you do!
Harry: ... Olly... that's not ok.
Olly: hehe... I thought it was cute...
Harry: IT'S NOT CUTE IT'S REALLLLYYYYY GAY!
Olly: That's... kinda the point...? *Hides behind wall*
Severus: That's it! No more until 260 reviews! Understood!
Olly: Yes sir! You heard the angry wizards, 260 reviews, stat! All flames will be used to BURN THOSE NOTES! They are causing too much trouble...
OllyO111
