A/N: This is an anti-Snape fic. If you like SNape, don't read it. Harry potter belongs to JKR
"Severus Snape!?", exclaimed Minerva, "you mean the same Slytherin Snape who graduated just a couple of years ago, who used to run around with the boys, who are no doubt death eaters who are not caught yet? You mean to tell that this very Severus Snape would be the potions master Albus?"
"Yes Minerva, and Severus has my trust"
"But he can hardly teach potions, he doesn't have a mastery. Yes, he was good at potions when he was a student, but he didn't do any of the required courses to be a teacher, Albus" continued Filius Flitwick.
"And don't forget he was a bully when he was in school, what he and his friends used to do to the first- and second-year muggle born students, I myself had to give him detention a few times. You can hardly expect him to be a fair teacher Albus", Pomona Sprout added
"I am sure Severus would behave the same way as a teacher Pomona, he was a teenager then, and he is brilliant at potions, even though he doesn't have a mastery, I am sure he is adept at what is taught in the 7 years, and I'm sure he can pursue his Mastery in potions from here. We need a potions master for this year, and he is the best fit. I am sure you will agree once you meet him. He will be here tomorrow. Minerva, I hope everything is ready for the students to return day after"
"Yes, all the first year students have accepted, I must go check with the elves regarding the feast. Do you need anything else Albus?"
"No, thank you, you may all go"
September 1st
The new first year students have been sorted, and the returning students are exited. It was, of course a dark time, what with the war going on outside, however, it was good to be back in Hogwarts!
"Attention please! The headmaster has a few start of the term notices"
"Now that you are all well fed and watered, I will take up a few minutes of your time. Firstly, I would like to introduce the new Potions teacher, Professor Snape"
A pale long nosed person in black robes, with long hair, stuck around his face, with a scowl which seems to be his permanent facial expression stood glaring at the students. There was a polite distributed applause, before he sat down, and the headmaster continued
"I would like to remind that the Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all the years, and the list of banned items can be found in the list in his office. Before we get back to the cosy beds awaiting us, I would like to remind you again, that these are dark times outside. If for some reason, you feel unsafe for you or your parents, if you have any worries, or wish to talk to someone, all the prefects and teachers are available for all of you. We are strong as we stand united, and when we don't let our prejudices and differences separate us. Now goodnight, off you go"
September 2nd
Potions Class 5th Year Ravenclaw and Slytherins
The 5th year Ravenclaw and Slytherin students waited outside the potions' classroom in the dungeons, a new setup as their previous potions class was in one of the larger classrooms in the second floor. The door opened, and the students filed in apprehensive of the new grumpy faced professor. This was the first potions class of the term, and no one knew what to expect from Professor Snape. With a scowl which seems to be fixed permanently, the new professor called the students' names from the roll-call list.
He waved his hand, and the instructions for Draught of Peace appeared on the board. "You have 90 minutes, prepare the Draught of peace, instructions are on the board."
The students looked around confused as there was no explanation about the potion, the procedure, the safety precautions to be taken, as they were used to till the previous year. They started slowly going to the store cupboard to get the required ingredients and started preparing the same.
Half an hour into the class, Snape started walking around, looking into each of the cauldrons examining the potion. He sneered at the Ravenclaws' potions and took off house points for the silliest reasons.
"Miss Mayfeather, you are holding the knife wrong. Is this what you learnt in all the4 years. 10 points from Ravenclaw"
" Robins, the blue is slightly off, I didn't realise I had to teach such dunderheads. 20 points from Ravenclaw"
" Nott , you seem to be the only one who has been able to add the powdered moonstone correctly, 50 points to Slytherin"
The bell indicated the time for the class over. Snape went about vanishing the potions deeming them incorrect, except for a few slytherin's potions. When the students tried to protest, he assigned detention to the ravenclaws, forcing the others to stop.
This has got to be the worst class ever, that is including the 3rd year DADA teacher, where the teacher tried to teach them all curses which can be used on Muggles. Even the Slytherins looked stunned at the blatant partiality and favouritism of their new teacher. Ravenclaws had charms after this and headed straight to let their head of house know the behaviour of the new teacher.
Flitwick frowned after listening to his 5th year's complaints on Snape, it seemed that he hasn't grown up from the bitter slytherin he was in school. "Don't worry, I will talk to Professor Dumbledore regarding your detention, you don't have to go. Now, let us start, this year is your O.W.L. year, so you know how important it is and expect a lot of classwork and essays. Your homework will be graded as per O.W.L standards…. ", Flitwick continued
September 2nd: The headmaster's office 7.P.M.
"Albus, we have received complaints on Snape from all the years that have had classes with him today."
"He has assigned detentions to all of my 5th years for asking what was wrong with their potions"
"He held the classes in the dungeons, without a ventilating charm. The fumes got to one of my 3rd years, and he assigned him a detention for disrupting the class."
"He is abusing his position as a teacher, as he did when he was a prefect, and unfairly deducting points from all non-Slytherins"
"We told you Albus, he isn't suitable for a teacher post, he is hardly teaching anything"
"the O.W.L and N.E.W.T students will be the most affected, they will not learn anything"
"If we can't get a teacher now, we will take turns in teaching potions, but he can't continue"
"Thank you everyone for bringing the feedback on Snape, he is a new teacher, and this is his first day, do we need to criticize so harshly. Let us give him sometime to adjust, I am sure the students are at fault for some of the issues too, and I will talk to Snape today, let him know how things are done"
"You can inform the students, that the detentions assigned today are cancelled, I will talk to Snape. Thank you, let us go for dinner"
After a talk with Dumbledore, and a warning from him, Snape had subdued his unpleasantness for a few weeks, he stopped assigning unfair detentions, but he didn't stop taking points. Despite numerous complaints to Albus, since Snape seemed to not change, the other teachers just found ways to give more points to their students
October 31st, Halloween:
"Attention students! It is my pleasure to announce that You-know-who has vanished and was defeated by Harry Potter, though it is of great sadness that his parents James and Lily potter have been killed. In this honour, all classes are cancelled today. The headmaster is not in school today, as he has various things to take care of. Enjoy your free time today, we will have a feast tonight to celebrate". This was accompanied by numerous cheers, with students joyously celebrating, dancing, hugging their friends, praying with relief for their loved ones who were in danger. The feast that had taken place that night had forepassed any of the feasts that had occurred at Hogwarts with students, faculty, and ghosts alike rejoicing the fall of Voldemort. The headmaster was not seen, and so was the potions professor.
The following week, potions classes were cancelled, as the professor was nowhere to be seen, rumours began spreading that their professor was a death eater and has been captured, that he fled the country after Voldemort fell, that Voldemort killed him while trying to run away, before killing the potters.
The following Monday, Snape was seen again at the breakfast table, and seemed to be in an even fouler mood than usual. The happiness of the previous week has been vanished, when the students spotted him glaring at everyone from his place at the staff table.
The first year hufflepuffs and gryffindors entered the potions class very hesitantly. They had seen the potions master at the breakfast table, and they knew they didn't want to face Snape when he looked like he had come from riding a dragon. In fact, they would take the dragon instead of snape.
"What are you all waiting for? Get inside and 50 points from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor for the delay"
The students went to their stations immediately and waited fearfully.
"Let us see how much you have been able to store in those thick skulls of yours, today you will prepare the shrinking solution, begin, marks will be given only for a perfect solution.", Snape snarled, without adding the instructions on the board.
The students looked confused before referring their potions book to find the chapter related to Shrinking solution. A Gryffindor student raised his hand, which others considered was quite brave.
"Professor, the shrinking solution instructions are not present in the text book", he said hesitantly
Snape growled at them, "What more can I expect from a bunch of idiots like you lot are. I can expect this from the mudbloods, but you are telling me Davies, that you never learnt it at your home. I should have expected that your mudblood mother has not taught you anything. It is surprising that your father hasn't been able to get anything into that brain of yours". He added a set of instructions on the board. "This takes around an hour to take, but it is your stupidity that wasted 15 minutes already. Get started and finish it"
The students rushed to the potions cupboard and started working on it immediately. They were however not aware of some of the ingredients, but not wanting to anger Snape further picked up random ingredients and went back to their desks. The result was one of the cauldron's started smoking and caused a small explosion.
Snape shouted all of them asking them to take the injured to the hospital wing and for others to get out. However, most of the students were injured, and Snape had left the class without helping sort out the injuries. One of the less injured boys ran to the charms classroom to call professor Flitwick. Flitwick immediately dismissed his class, sending out patronuses to Madam Pomphrey, Minerva, Sprout and Albus.
After ensuring that the students are out of danger, will be recovering, and making sure that they are asleep, the other teachers stormed to Albus's office to find Albus and Snape in a discussion. Snape sneered at them, while Albus was stunned at their sudden entrance.
Fuming the four teachers started shouting at the potion's professor, who just scowled back defiantly.
"What the bloody hell were you thinking? You could've killed them all, you should feel lucky it isn't fatal"
"If they weren't the dunderheads they are paid even the slightest attention to the procedure, it wouldn't have happened"
"That's a third year potion you bastard! They are first years who didn't know half the ingredients. How could you expect them to brew a third year potion?"
"I was able to brew it in my first year. If they had any slight interest in learning potions, they would know the ingredients atleast. Don't blame me for their incompetency"
"You absolute monster, don't even talk, we know slughorn had to stop you from your experiments, and we know hoe many times you went into the hospital wing. Don't forget we were your teachers and we know what you are, a bitter death eater, who ran away when his master was losing. Just because Albus decided to believe your sob story, doesn't mean we do, and you are not going to terrorise my students"
"Minerva, that's enough. I have spoken to Severus here, and we will make sure no such incidents will occur further. Don't forget he had a bad week. Please go and make sure the other students are in their common rooms and are informed of the incident. Please leave this to me, I will deal with Severus. Severus stay behind"
"Severus, this can't continue. It will be a matter of time, when something dangerous occurs, and then it will be out of my hands to save you. This attitude can't continue. You asked for my help and protection, but I can't do anything if you continue this kind of abuse. I decided to let go the other complaints against you. This is the last warning, now go"
Outside, the other professors decided to take the matter into their own hands
"This can't go on, it's a matter of time before he kills someone"
"the students are terrified to go to the potions class, the prefects mentioned they had to console a lot of first and second years crying after the potions' class. If we can't protect them from this, we are failing the school"
"Agreed, even if Albus doesn't do anything, we have to do something."
"What can we do, we are already taking care of their detentions, and house points. We can't keep monitoring the potion's classes as well"
"That gives me an idea, I will put some monitoring charms in the potion's classroom, so we can get a warning at least before there is an incident like today"
"That's brilliant Filius, please take care of that, Pomona, Septima, can you ask the prefects of your houses to write down the complaints the students have against Snape, and bring it to my office, FIlius, please get the same from your house, once you are done. I will go talk to the Gryffindors. We will meet in my office in one hour. It is time we took a serious action against Snape"
Minerva McGonagall's Office, late in the night.
"Thank you everyone, can you duplicate these and cast a charm to not tamper them. I have asked the student's to send owls to their parents narrating today's incident. I know we are going against Albus here, but we can't risk student's safety"
"Here Minerva, do you think the board will take these seriously, you know they would go to Albus, and he might not let them get to Snape"
"That is why we are mailing the parents as well, and I will send a copy to Amelia, she has taken over Crouch in DMLE, and atleast Madam Marchbanks will want to listen to the students before letting Albus dismiss this issue."
"We can send a copy to the prophet too, I know that might cause an uproar, but with the ministry, the board and the parents knowing, it is only a matter of time"
"True Septima, let us go ahead and draft the letters, so we can send them immediately"
"What do we do about the classes tomorrow? It might be a while before anyone decides to visit Hogwarts"
"Let us inform the students not to attend the potions class tomorrow."
Great Hall, next morning.
There was a flurry of activity that morning during breakfast. The students were all huddled together whispering about the potion's incident, when a pack of owls flew dropping daily prophet and letters from parents.
Snape was shocked to see the prophet headline. "Death Eater potion's professor killing students at Hogwarts" The article contained a detail of Snape's life, his death eater activity from the recent trials, and Albus's statement claiming him as a spy. However, the author seems to not believe the same, and has listed the complaints on Snape from the students, claiming he seems to be targeting them young, indirectly trying to kill them in what might seem like accidents. He was fuming by the time he finished the article and looked like he would hex the next person he sees.
The students were discussing in whispers, Albus was trying to calm everyone. "Please ignore the prophet and go to your classes. We will discuss this and deal with how to proceed soon."
Minerva, Pomona, Filius and Septima howver stood and informed the students that they need not attend the potions classes. The students cheered at that, and Snape stormed out of the great hall.
Dumbledore sighed defeated, maybe he is finally growing old, and he should stop trying to save everyone.
During lunch that day, the doors to the great hall opened with the school board members and Amelia Bones, the new head of DMLE walking in.
The students watched in awe, as the group went to the staff table, furiously discussing with Albus, and their headmaster shaking his head, sighing and taking them out of the hall, in direction of the dungeons. Many of the older students followed them at a distance excited on what was happening.
Albus knocked on the door of Snape's office, and the others entered. After what seemed like an eternity, everyone exited with Amelia Bones leading Snape out bound in ropes, with a silencing charm on him. The students cheered as they exited and left Hogwarts, following them till the gates.
Few of the board members, returned to the castle, to talk with the staff.
At dinner, Albus stood up and announced. "As many of you know, Professor Snape, has been taken away by the ministry, and will not be returning to Hogwarts. Professor Taft will be taking potions this year, until we find another teacher."
The cheers accompanying this announcement could be heard till the Hogwarts' gates and the teachers gave each other a smug look at being able to cut Snape out, before he could spread his venom
A/N : Alright everyone. If you haven't guessed already, Snape is my most hated character along with Umbridge, and I always wondered why none of the teachers never did anything to stop him, or why none of the students or parents complained. Albus's plans shouldn't mean students suffer everyday. It shows how horrible he is, when a student's boggart is a teacher, especially when the said student has already seen his parent's suffering. He should have been detained and thrown into Azkaban even before Harry and others could come to Hogwarts, if his behaviour was similar all these years. There are very few pics where they show snape being fired, or arrested, so I decided to write one on my own. If you were expecting a more rebellious chapter, I apologise. I didn't want the students to protest. I wanted the other teachers to behave as responsible teachers should. Please share your thoughts in form of reviews. 3