Title: Reexamining Things

Rating: T

Summary: This is a story of Harry Potter shattering what everyone things about him and their first impressions. Based on the First Impressions challenge posted by PyroChilde on Potions and Snitches.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of J.K Rowling's characters and I'm not making any money off of this.

Chapter 53: Ginny's Missing

Harry thought about the diary a lot after Snape had taken it. Knowing that it couldn't harm anyone was a breath of fresh air. Also what helped was the fact that Dumbledore wasn't attacking anyone and Remus had come around during breakfast, asking for Harry to see Snape after dinner.

"Did I do something wrong?" Harry asked.

"No, he just wants to talk to you," Remus said and patted Harry on the shoulder.

"Do you think he's telling the truth?" Hermione asked Harry.

"I hope so, it's way too late in the term to get detention," Harry told her.

In Transfiguration they were turning hares into slippers. Harry had not only changed them into slippers but he had turned them green. He would give them to Snape as a late birthday present. Of course Malfoy had something to say about Hermione's hares when the lesson had ended.

"She thinks that she's better then the rest of us," he said.

"Malfoy, leave it alone," Harry said, "Everyone knows that Hermione works hard."

Malfoy glared at him and then said, "Well we all know that you're a filthy Mudblood lover."

Nott grabbed Malfoy and slammed him against the wall, "Take that back, Malfoy, or I'll split your face open."

"Try it, Nott," Malfoy snarled.

"What is going on here?" Professor Sprout said, running over.

Nott let him go and faced the Herbology Professor. "Malfoy was making bigot comments about Hermione, ma'am."

"Is this true?" Sprout asked.

Several Slytherin's nodded and Sprout grabbed Malfoy, "Detention and fifty points from Slytherin."

"Ouch," Pansy said, "Professor Snape isn't going to be happy when he wakes up."

"Don't I know," Harry said.

True to form Snape wasn't happy when he woke up and found out that Malfoy had lost Slytherin fifty points. Now the Quidditch team would have to work harder if they wanted to keep the Quidditch cup. When Harry reported in, a few minutes after Snape had awakened, he found Snape looking over papers.

"Doesn't Black know how to grade?" he asked Harry.

"I don't know," Harry said, "So what did you want to see me about?"

Snape looked at him, "I'm going down to fight the monster that's been attacking people. I want you to be absoultly sure that it's a Basilisk."

"I'm sure, sir," Harry said.

"Good, because I don't want to make a mistake down there," Snape told him.

"Which I fully understand," Harry said, "I'm sort of glad that no one is expecting me to do that. Facing what I thought to be evil is enough for my lifetime."

Snape looked at him closer, "Harry, I know that you feel like this isn't your fight and in many sense it isn't but you have to understand that the fate of our world can't be left to chance."

"I understand," Harry said.

"Good, I'm glad that you do," Snape told him.

"Sir, why was Fawks in the forest," Harry suddenly asked him.

Snape took a look at a paper, adding something to it, and then said, "I don't know. I think that Dumbledore was using his bird to see if you were ripe for picking. He isn't the same man that had given me a job all those years ago."

"Do you think he planned to give you this job so that you would be under his thumb," Harry asked him.

"He might of, I don't know," Snape said, "I use to think that he was a good man, my mum told me that he was, but now I know the truth. He fooled a lot of people. He's still fooling those that had been loyal to him during the first Wizarding War. Not everyone believes that Dumbledore attacked Hogwarts."

"What about those that I got locked up in Azkaban," Harry asked, "I know that their not dead."

"I know and McGonagall fears that he might get them out," Snape said, "If he does then we'll have a whole batch of followers and a whole new batch of problems."

"And they'll come after me," Harry said to him.

"Yes," Snape said, not looking happy about this, "I've got to some people and they've agreed to make sure that Dumbledore does nothing to harm you this summer."

"I'm glad to hear that," Harry said, "I was afraid that he might manage to get to me. After all he trusted me for a short while."

"He never trusted you, like he never trusted me," Snape said, "The only person that he trusted was himself. When he's defeated then his followers will face very hard time."

"I hope they do get caught," Harry told him.

"Me too," Snape said.

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"So what's Snape doing now?" Sirius asked Remus.

"Having problems," Remus answered.

"I can't wait for Minerva to return," Sirius said, "I don't like the idea of Snape being in-charge of anything."

Remus looked at him, "Why are you against this?" Remus asked.

"What part?" Sirius asked.

"Everything," Remus answered, frowning at him, "When you were released you made no stink about it and now that you don't have to worry about the Ministry your raising something that smells foul."

"I'm just worried about Harry, surely you understand that," Sirius told him, his anger apparent.

"I understand that but Harry likes living with Severus," Remus said, "Don't take that away from him."

Sirius crossed arms and then turned and left the room.

"God's why me," Remus muttered just as Professor Lockhart came in.

"Hello," he said, smiling at him.

Remus didn't like Lockhart but he wasn't going to ruin his job by saying something.

"Oh the Headmaster wants to see you," Lockhart told him.

"Why?" Remus asked, eying him.

"Don't look at me, he said that he wants to see you," Lockhart told him.

Remus sighed and got up. It wasn't dark yet and that means that something had happened.

"I'll be back and don't touch that apple," Remus demanded and then left.

He wondered what had happened.

When he entered the Headmaster office he noticed that Snape looked grave and he had the curtains drawn. He looked up when Remus entered and leaned back in the seat.

"What happened?"

"Ginny's missing," Snape told him.

"What!" Remus gasped, staring at his old classmate.

"And so is Hermione," Snape added.

Remus fell into a seat that had suddenly appeared and stared at Snape with horror on his

face.

"Who found out that they were gone?" Remus asked.

"Slytherin's painting," Snape answered.

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Everyone in Slytherin was shocked when Snape announced that Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley had been taken down into the Chamber. At least Harry thought that everyone was shocked. As soon as they were back in their common room Malfoy started.

"The Heir of Slytherin knew a Mudblood when he saw one," Malfoy said to them, "I don't know why your all so worried about her and that rotten blood traitor."

"Shut up," Ron snarled.

Malfoy laughed, "Oh I forgot he didn't get them all."

"SHUT UP!" Ron bellowed.

"Oh did I hit a soft subject," Malfoy taunted.

Once again Nott grabbed him and threw him into a chair, "You've got a smart mouth on you, pretty boy," he said, "How dare you treat this like this a good thing. This is an attack on Slytherin House. So I advise that you shut up before Professor Snape thinks that you were the one that did it."

"Like that little blood sucker has any power," Malfoy said.

Pansy put her hands on her hips, "How come every time we mention Snape's name you have to insult him. It's not his fault that he's a vampire. Oh I forgot your mother made him that way."

Malfoy rose up but Nott pointed his wand at Malfoy, "You need help, Malfoy, and you need it real bad."

"I don't need any help," Malfoy said.

"Yes, you do," Blaise Zabini said, "All you've done is insult people and we've been the one's that have suffered."

"You don't know how to keep that fat mouth shut," Moon said, "Why can't you just shut up for once and accept help."

"I DON'T NEED ANY HELP!" Malfoy bellowed.

"I'm afraid that your wrong," Nott told him, "And your going to get it even if your forced."

Malfoy glared at all of them and Harry just shook his head.

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Note: The next chapter will be the things that happened between Harry's meeting and Snape finding out that she was taken with Ginny. I'm going to include a couple of characters in it as well.