Author's Note: Hello new and old readers I've decided to rewrite this story, it will be somewhat different, and the hopefully with much better overall take on it. I hope you will still enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. Disclaimer: Any places, people, names...etc that is from Harry Potter I do not own, they belong to J.K Rowling the Author of the series.
Severus's Apprentice : Goblet of FIRE
I knew my eyes always looked for you, but it always surprised me, how much I craved for you when we were separated.
Daisy sat across Draco on the train compartment on their way to their fourth year at school, she contemplated if it was a good idea to tell him what happened the night he left at the party. Or even before that, what happened between Snape and her, she turned red and rested her elbow on the window sill and looked out the window, covering half her face with her hand. Crabbe, Goyle and Parkison came in soon after before the train took off. They turned around when they put their luggage up and saw Draco was a nasty look.
"Thought you're good enough this year to be with the Malfoys' do ya?" he sneered and they looked at each other confused.
"B-but Draco-" Crabbe started, stutter as his chubby cheeks bounced around when he did.
"Malfoy's in the compartment only, go find yourself somewhere suited for you lots elsewhere" Goyle looked at Crabbe who looked back up at him, they grabbed their luggage and left. Pansy stood there. Draco had looked out the window as they left, he turned and looked at the girl who he'd screwed many times over, and kept coming back to him no matter his rudeness. "What are you standing there for?" He snarled at her too. "Think you're better than them?" She looked at Daisy and back at him.
"Draco-" Daisy tried.
"Hush you" He said at Daisy before turning back to Pansy, "Standing there like a plimpy fish with that gapping mouth of yours" Daisy frowned at Draco, he didn't need to be so extreme. A plimpy fish is a small round fish with two legs ending in webbed feet. It lives in deep lakes, and feeds on water snails. It's not dangerous at all. Pansy grabbed her things, tears in her eyes, she glared at Daisy before she slammed open the compartment door and slammed it shut. Daisy turned to Draco.
"What was that?"
"What was what?"
"That" She pointed at the compartment door as the train began to move. "Aren't they your friends?"
"Friends? Hardly" He turned to look out the window.
"What...what about Pansy? Isn't she your girlfriend?"
"We broke up just now" Daisy gaped at the spoiled brat. She saw Blaise and Theodore walk by the compartment and they spotted her too. They opened it and walked it.
"Daisy!" They said at the same time. Draco ignored him the best he could.
"How was your summer?" Blaise asked.
"It was fine, I went flying for the-" Draco's eyes widened. "For the try outs!" Daisy quickly remembered and covered up her mistake.
"You're going to try out for quidditch?!" Theodore asked with the biggest smile, she smiled awkwardly back at the two boys, scratching the back of her head.
"Y-Yeah maybe" They both knew Draco's existence in the room, and were surprised the boy hadn't said anything nasty yet.
"What happened to Draco over the summer?" Theodore asked as if he wasn't there.
"We've made a truce" Daisy said proudly and the looked at her in disbelief. "Really" She insisted and they shrugged leaving the compartment.
"See you at great hall!" They said before leaving.
"What a load of dunderheads" Draco muttered."you almost slipped, nice save" She sighed.
"Now I might have to try out for quidditch, maybe I should purposely do bad..."
"And ruin the Malfoy name? No way" There was a lady handing out newspaper and Daisy took one, there was a moving picture of a skull and a snake wrapped around it and coming out of it's mouth. Daisy gulped at the image of green.
"Terror at the quidditch world cup" Daisy read out loud.
"That's the dark mark" She looked up at Draco. "Followers of you-know-who leave that symbol behind to let everyone know who was behind all this" Daisy stared at the place they brought to ruins.
"How horrible..."
Entering Hogwarts was a different experience than the year before, whispers were heard all around her and looks were given as she walked side by side with Draco.
"She's the one on the magazines"
"Are you sure?"
"She's not even of age yet"
"Probably paid them to place her on it" Daisy walked pass the rows of students in the great hall, some had the magazine in hand, not only from Slytherin but other houses too. Her face at the front cover, a moving picture of her spinning with a cute short dress. They looked at her as she walked by. She gulped, she wasn't used to this and tried to ignore them for the most part and took a seat by the teachers table. Theodore and Blaise sat across from her, and Draco next to her on her right. Snape glanced at her as she took her seat. The sorting hat ceremony brought Daisy memories back of last year. She was going back to be staying in her dorms this year and a part of her hoped it'd stay that way. She enjoyed Severus company but she didn't want anymore eyebrows raised at either of them. Despite the whispers that went around, there were some people who have taken a liking to Daisy, the attention was a bit overwhelming, she didn't know how popular her magazines covers were till people saw her and some from her house asked for autographs. That all stopped when Professor Dumbledore explained that two other Wizarding schools will be joining them this year, from Durmstrang Institute, and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
"Now that we're all settled in and sorted" He began. "I'd like to make an announcement." Mister Filch came running in to Dumbledore, whispering and panting something to him, clearly out of breath. He nodded, looked at the tall headmaster said some more things and nodded again before running back out.
"So" Dumbledore talked again "Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, the Triwizard tournament" Heads turned and whispers went around. "For those of you who do not know, the triwizard tournament brings together three schools, for a series of magical contests, from each school a single student" He raised his pointer finger "is selected to participate. Now let me be clear, if chosen you stand alone, and trust me when I say these contests are not for the faint of heart. But more of that later. For now please join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic," The door opened and rows on rows of girls walked in with blue dress like attire, and matching slanted hats on their heads. "And their headmistress, Madam Maxime" Their uniforms had a shine to it, and they all walked like models, with a bounce. They walked a few steps and swayed to the right making a moan like sound. They took a few more steps and did the same to the left side, before running with a hop to the tables of the teachers.
Daisy could see the eyes of most boys in the room, they couldn't take their eyes off of them, not to mention where they were looking.
Once reaching the teachers tables, paper like birds came out from all directions from them and flew around, and they moved to the side out of the way for the headmistress. A giant woman, who was much taller than Dumbledore himself, she was taller than Hagrid even and he was a half giant! A girl did cartwheels in front of her, and another twirled, then they all bowed, as professor Dumbledore took the head mistresses hand and kissed it. Cheers went around the great hall, the boys going a bit extra of course. Some even stood.
"Now our proud friends from the north, please welcome the sons of Durmstrang and their headmaster Igor Karkaroff!" Dumbledore announced. All heads turned to the open doors of the hall, as men walked in with staffs, stomping them in a beat on the ground, and as they did sparks flew out from the bottom of those staffs. They wore what she would think Russian-like clothing's. Daisy could feel a glare from her side, no doubt Snape glowering at her. She pretended not to look and smiled as she saw them swinging their wooden staffs impressively around and turned it, and threw it from one hand to another, before completely dropping it and running near the front, doing flips and spins, just as a student and the headmaster walked in behind them. They blew on something and fire came out in a form of a phoenix. Daisy noticed the three boys of the Edwards family lined up. Igor, did not look like a pleasant man, his face held a big frown, his hair a mess coming out of his fur hat, with a big bushy beard.
The headmasters hugged, and they took their seats, Igor sat next to Severus and they kept giving each other glances, she wondered if they knew each other before, while Madam Maxime sat next to Igor and Dumbledore.
"Professor Dumbledore" She spoke in a heavy french accent. "My girls have traveled a long way, they will need attending to."
"Not to worry Madam Maxime, our gatekeeper" He turned the other side of the table indicating to Hagrid. "Hagrid is more than compatible to seeing to their needs" The half giant smiled and nodded.
"How was your summer Daisy, anything exciting happened, besides being practically a celebrity, to think you'd be on Witch Weekly" Laura asked, Daisy's head turned away from the head table to her friend Laura. "I'm envious" Daisy didn't think it was a big deal, hardly a celebrity even.
"It was fine, nothing big happened" she decided not to mention the crazy centaur interactions she's had.
"Nothing big?" Blaise looked at her mad. "Do you know how hard it is to get on Witch Weekly, there are hundreds of girls applying for that magazine"
"Of course I know" She lied. "But it wasn't like I went looking for the job, they saw me in a dress store and just took some pictures without really asking"
"Is that what really happened?" Pansy asked, her face full of doubt, narrowing her eyes on the girl.
"I b-believe h-her" Laura stood up for her. She was a blond petite girl, with a small frame and a smaller body. She was clumsy, self conscious girl who most people didn't notice existed in the classroom because she was so quiet. Despite her looks she was a brighter girl, and not to be underestimated.
"Who are you?" Pansy asked with a nasty look.
"This is Laura Lights" Daisy introduced.
"Well I don't care about a nobody" Pansy spat at the girl who flinched and kept her head down.
"Hey. Slytherin's rule Pansy" Daisy stood up for her.
"Just because the Witch Weekly has somehow accepted you doesn't mean you need to go around and act all high and mighty about it"
"Pansy, who's got your panty up in a knot this morning" Theodore shot her way and Draco laughed at the similarity in her names with 'panty'. Her face turned red and like a mad tomato she got up and moved. Daisy noticed the magazine in Laura's hand and asked if she could have a look. Despite having had plenty of pictures taken she had never gotten a copy of one herself to look at it. She remembered the picture being taken for the cover of the page. It was a white and black short dress. The top part of her dress was black with golden buttons that connected from one side to the other. With a white collar, the top ended right at her hip bones and looked a lot like a button up shirt. The black top had two tails that were as low as the back of her knees. The skirt was white with a black underlining that was longer than the white puffy skirt. With white gloves that reached under her elbows and white stockings that reached above her knees, with ruffles around. Her black high heel shoes had a cross over designed and tied as a bow on the sides of her ankle. Her hair in the photo was up in two buns were her bangs down around her face, with dark red lips and lots of mascara, her eyes popped out. The moving photo had her stand, posing, then giving a elegant twirl of her outfit, and ending with another pose, and it repeated.
"Not bad at all" Draco looked like he approved and Daisy returned the magazine back to Laura.
Mister Flinch and a few other helpers in the meantime bringing something in that looked like an oversized trophy. Dumbledore stood up again.
"Your attention please, I'd like to say a few words" He touched the golden trophy like thing. "Eternal glory, that is what awaits the student who wins the Triwizard tournament, but to do this that student must survive three tasks" The room was quiet as they all listened. "Three extremely dangerous tasks, for this reason the ministry see fit to impose a new rule" a door opened furthest away from Dumbledore. "To explain all this, we have the head of the department of international magically cooperation, mister Barty Crouch" Thunder rawred in the room, and lightening, students cried in fear and some covered their heads. Someone shot something from their wand into the bewitched ceilings and stopped the storm. All heads turned to the wizard and Daisy's head began to hurt, it was the horrible man in her dreams, with the one fake eye that moved around. He walked around to the front, even teachers stared, he walked with a limp, and a cane, he shook Albus's hand and they nodded to each other.
The man walked off to the side and drink something away from the audience, the way he always did in her dreams, and then he'd shiver, as if it was something disgusting. Barty Crouch stood in the front with Dumbledore, looking a bit unease.
"After due consideration the ministry has concluded, that for their own safety, new students under the age of 17, will not be able to put forth" A round of angry and complaints went around and Barty had to raise his voice over them "Their name, this decision is final"
"That's rubbish!" students yelled.
"Booo!"
"Silence!" Dumbledore yelled, and they listened. He took out his wand and waved at the trophy like structure and it slowly changed into a golden goblet that was lit with blue fire. "The goblet of fire, anyone wishing to submit themselves to the tournament merely write their name on a piece of parchment and throw it in the fire, before this hour on Thursday. Do not do so lightly, if chosen there's no turning back. As from this moment" All eyes were fixed on the blue flames. "The triwizard tournament has begun."
When Daisy entered the dormitory she was bombarded by girls about the modelings magazines, some stayed at the back glaring at her, some guys even approached her to compliment her. Many questions were asked.
"How did you get accepted?"
"Where did you apply?"
"What did you wear to impression-"
"Leave the girl alone" Blaise defended.
"She probably likes it" A sour girl said at the back. "Acting all modest when you're loving it" The girl approached Daisy pushing away the crowd around her. Daisy stood her ground, but Blaise and Theodore ready on her side. Draco walked in just in time. "Ah Draco," She called. "Come to see the show? Look at Daisy trying to act all high and mighty, it's pathetic isn't it?" Draco had insulted her, said all sorts of things to and about Daisy to his peers the year before. Draco looked at the beautiful girl who had saved him, who had stood by him and didn't think so lowly of him even when he had showed her how cowardly he was. It was time to make up for it and he turned to the girl who was picking a fight with Daisy.
"She doesn't look like it Patricia" He said, and her mouth dropped. "Now if you'd excuse me I'm stealing Daisy for a bit, we're off to not waste our time" He took her hand and out of the dormitory they went, as shocked faces watched as the door closed behind them. He kept holding her hand through the corridors and Daisy let him for a moment, staring at him. He had changed, he was still a jerk, a closed minded shallow jerk, but he was now not as big of a jerk. He had grown taller over the summer, with his hair nicely gelled and combed his jaw more defined, he certainty looked finer. Students in the halls looked at the two.
"Draco, how long are you going to hold my hand for?" He turned around and instantly let go.
"You want to go to the library, I have something to-"
"Ah Miss Malfoy" Dumbledore stopped them in the middle of the hall. "A word" Daisy looked at Draco and he looked back at her before nodding and following the old man.
"How's everything?" he asked, his hands behind his back.
"Everything's fine sir" She found it hard to keep up with the man. He was tall, taller than Severus and despite his old age he walked pretty fast with his long legs.
"Any dreams?" She looked up at him as he mumbled the password to his office.
"I've had some on our new defense against the dark arts"
"Alastor is a trusted friend of mine, I'd trust him with my life" Daisy couldn't disagree more. The man in her dreams seemed savage, barbarian, rough and inhumane. She thought perhaps she was judging because of his features but she should couldn't shake something off of her when she saw him. However not to raise any problems she merely nodded as they reached the top of the stairs and into his office, There was all the headmasters and headmistress as well as professors. "I'd like to introduce you all to Daisy Malfoy" She gulped at the look Moody, even the giant of a headmistress was eyeing her up. "I'd like to let you know that Daisy is a speical student in this school and should she find you and ask for me at any moment, please do bring her to me without questions asked." she looked around awkwardly as eyes looked at her, especially Moody. "Daisy, I'd like you to make sure to inform one of us"
"Yes, sir" she nodded.
"She is as well as, Severus's apprentice, which comes with special privileges to be excused from some classes." Igor eyed Severus and he merely glanced back from the corner of his eye at the bearded man. Then returning his eyes back on Daisy, standing tall and composed.
"I would love to have a walk with you, perhaps back to your dorm?" The french giant looked at her with much interest, as she approached her. Her giant hands touched her hair and twirled it around her finger. Daisy worried her head would snap looking up at the giant.
"I believe" Severus interjected. "As head of house and mentor, that I shall return her to her dormitory" He looked down at Daisy and she looked away. She hadn't heard his voice in days.
"How unfair" The woman said before Severus and Daisy left the office, Moody's eyes never leaving hers. Silence filled the halls, and night came faster than she had thought. She looked outside the yard as a full moon stood high. Memories of the crazy year before flashed before her to think a year had passed already, so much had happened in that year. She looked at the man in front of her, back in Snape Manor they would probably be around the fireplace, having just finished brewing a bunch of potions. However the last few days before school she had avoided the man. Staying inside the library or spending time with Draco. It felt like she hadn't seen the man in forever, and she missed his voice. His cloak whipping behind him as he walked, his hair had gotten longer, it suited him. With a redder face she continued to walk after him, they hadn't spoken in days, finally that they were alone she wasn't sure what to say to him. The last time they had interacted they were soaked in the shower, though she couldn't remember everything, she however knew whatever happened in there was embarrassing. He did scold her for underage drinking, and how naive of her to think it was apple juice instead.
She looked down away from the man, her heart was racing, she was no longer going to live with this man for a whole year. She had to keep things professional between them, not mixing their private lives with her student-teacher lives. No more will they be brewing together, no more will they lounge around together, no more will they eat together. Her heart sunk at the truth of it all. She shook her head and told herself it was for the best. She bumped into him when he stopped, they had arrived to the dorms much sooner than she thought. Much sooner than she wanted to. She was enjoying the sounds of his steps and cloak swishing, the smell of musk and brewed potions. His aura and his presence. She apologized and he turned to look at her with those sharp eyes, and she looked away, only for him to narrow his eyes at her.
"G-good night sir" She was glad it was dark, or else he would have seen her red face. She turned around and up the stairs she went, a part of her wished he had pulled her back, said something or even given a hug, but once again she shook her head, and lied to herself by saying she didn't want that at all.
The common room was empty except for Draco sitting by the fireplace and she walked around, he looked up at her.
"Took you long enough-" he froze at her red face, and looked away quickly, his face reddening as well, he rested his elbow on his armchair and covered half of his face.
"Sorry" Her cute voice said softly. He clenched his jaw and crossed his leg over to hide his growing groan.
"What did they want?" He asked not looking at her, trying to act normal.
"He just wanted to let the adults know about me should I need anything" He nodded, and now she sat by him, he could smell her, lavender and vanilla, soft, and not too strong. The perfect amount.
"Severus brought you back?" her face turned red again and she nodded.
"How'd you know?"
"You came in looking like a tomato, I doubt anyone could make you have a face like that except him" She turned redder. "You really like him huh?" He looked at her. Calm down Draco, it's just Daisy.
"Shh, what if someone hears?" She was too cute, his heart skipped a bit at the look of her face all worried, her big blue eyes wide. She was so embarrassed that even her ears were red. He wanted to bite them. He wanted to tease her. He wanted to hold her, touch her all over, he wanted to make her scream, how could someone so innocent have such a fuckable face?
"They're all knocked out" He assured her. She looked down at her folded hands on her lap.
"I keep telling myself I don't, I don't want my emotions to get in the way of school and his profession"
"You wouldn't have to worry if it was me" She looked up at him surprised, wondering when he had gotten so close to her. He attacked, pinning her down under him, hands on either side of her head. She stared up at him, with wide beautiful eyes, and parted lips. Her long hair scattered everyone on the green couch beneath them. The fire reflected on her blue eyes, and his hungry ones.
"D...Draco?" She stuttered "What are you..." He bend down and bit her red ears and she cried out before biting her lips to keep her voice down.
"You wouldn't have any love problems if you'd just picked me" He said into her ear. She turned away and kicked her legs.
"Get o-off D-Draco s-stop" She whispered-yelled but he went ahead and bit her neck and down to her collar bone. He switched to holding both her hands in one hand of his, so he could slide up her uniform with his now free hands and it gave him a satisfying whimper, tears formed in her eyes. "Draco p-please!" She begged. She felt him clench so tightly on her wrist she was sure to bruise before finally pushing himself away and letting her go. His hair covered his face in a mess and he looked away from her. "Draco-"
"Leave me alone" He said lowly, not meeting her eyes. She sat up holding her hurt wrist.
"B-but-"
"What don't you get!? I said leave me alone!" He growled and she got up and ran off up the stairs to the girls dormitory. He clenched a fist full of his hair with teary pained eyes. "Dammit..."
Severus wanted to shield Daisy's eyes when the sons of Durmstrang came in, he was ready to growl at her for having such interested and attentive eyes at the boys that came in looking all flashy and showing off. He was sure to give her a scolding the next time he could. She leaned in and cheered loudly when they were done, her eyes avoided his, probably because she knew it wasn't a good look he was giving. Ever since his little rule breaking he had let her avoid him, he needed time to compose himself, it was bad timing to do such a thing before school started, his mind was filled with her. He reminded himself that it shouldn't be hard to take control now that school had begun, she was no longer constantly around him, constantly distracting him so he could finally do his job properly. The stress of teaching the new years on the other hand didn't help, when Daisy was around it was always sort of a stress reliever for him. When she spoke or showed such interest in potions, it was refreshing to see. Of course the best stress reliever was when he held her but he didn't do much of that.
He scolded himself for acting like a teenager with raging hormones, he was a grown man for Merlin's sake. The moment she was out of sight he was finally able to calm down. Only to once again see her up at Dumbledore's office, the way that oof of a mistress touched her hair he was ready to hex her. The girl clearly looked uncomfortable but didn't want to be rude and tell the giant to stop. With having both authority titles on her, of mentor and head of house he was glad he was able to get her out of the situation. But then they were all alone, and the girl kept quiet the whole way, he walked in front of her, he didn't want to see her. Too worried he would just take her then and there somewhere in the shadow of the castle where not even ghosts will find them. He clenched his jaw at the idea of having his way with her, as she tried to keep her voice down, he quickly bashed the thought from his mind and walked even faster. The sooner he got there the sooner she'd be out of his reach.
She bumped into him and he turned around, with much regret to see her reddened face, and parted lips, looking absolutely devour-able. Her eyes shyly met his and looked away quickly. She was practically asking to be taken, he clenched his jaw and tried his hardest to stay perfectly composed and still, she stuttered an apology and said good night in her soft voice. He clenched his jaw all the way till he could no longer see her, before storming into his chambers and throwing his cloak off of him, and pulped himself onto his bed, with a clear raging hard on painfully trying to stick out. He placed his head into his hands. What was wrong with him? He has better control than this, he wasn't some teenage boy, he was Severus Snape the bat of the dungeons the git, who had absolutely no interest in anything but potions. He clenched his hair, as the image of Daisy's face came to mind again.
He should have taken her into his chambers, what if someone saw her with that face, they would have with no doubt taken her then and there, have their ways with her, touch her, do something to her. The idea brought such a twisted feeling inside him, if someone did do anything, they had better wish that he never found out.
Daisy stared up at the ceiling in her bed, the room was filled with silence as all were fast asleep, too tired on their first day after the break. Her lips and throat was dry, her heart was racing. Draco had done something like this before, taken advantage of her, done something without her consent. She covered her eyes with her forearm. She knew his feelings for him and felt guilty, and stupid for being so insensitive towards him. Here she was, aware of his feelings yet was so openly telling him her interest for another man. Clearly it had hurt him, no one would want to hear that. She picture if it had been the other way around, if Severus knew of her feelings yet only spot of his love for Lily. Her heart ached. She was being so selfish, so insensitive and thoughtless of him, simply because he was the only one who knew of her feelings for his Godfather.
She kept scolding herself, she'd have to give him time and apologize, then never speak about Professor so openly with him. It was unfair and cruel and she had done it to him all summer, she could only imagine what he felt throughout the whole time. Tears fell and she bit her lips. She didn't know what to feel or what to think over the whole thing. Everything was so messed up. She felt guilty for something like that to happen, felt like she betrayed Snape even though he doesn't know. She felt like she betrayed Draco to, for being such a bad friend who only thought of her own troubles. She was such a fool.
