Severus walked with his arm around Hermione's shoulders and led her to his
dormitory. When they got there he said the password and they entered.
Severus sat Hermione in on the couch and he sat down beside her.
"Hermione, tell me. What was Weasley doing? Why was he hurting you?" he asked her anxiously.
Hermione started crying again and explained to him of all that had happen that morning.
"I'm sorry Hermione," he said gently putting his arms around her, "I should have been more careful."
"It's not your fault," she said hugging him, "Ron is just like that."
They sat on the couch holding each other. They weren't sure how long they were sitting there when they heard a knock on the door. Severus rose up and answered it.
"Oh, hello, Headmaster. Come in," Severus said.
"Thank you, Severus." Dumbledor answered.
Hermione stood as he entered. "Do you need me here, Professor?" she asked him.
"Yes, Miss Granger, but would the two of you please follow me to my office." He turned and they followed him to the Gargoyle that stood as the entrance of his office. Dumbledor said the password and they entered. They went up the moving stair case and then into his office.
Hermione and Severus let Dumbledor enter first and then followed. As they entered, they saw that Harry and Ron were sitting in chairs across from the Headmaster's desk. Severus glared at Ron who glared at back.
Hermione looked at the two boys and noticed that they were both covered in bruises. She recognized the spot on Ron's face where Severus had hit him, but she was wondering where he had gotten the black eye, swollen forehead, bruised arm and bloody lip. She looked at Harry and saw that he was just as bad. He also had a black eye and bloody lip, but also a bloody nose and he had more bruises along his arms. She sat down next to Harry and Severus sat on the other side of her still glaring at Ron.
"What happened, Harry," she whispered.
Harry glared also at Ron and scooted closer to her and further away from Ron.
"Ron started yelling at me because I hadn't told him about you two," he nodded at Severus, "and then we started arguing and afterwards started really fighting."
"I'm sorry, Harry," Hermione whispered to him looking into her lap.
"For what?" he asked her.
"I shouldn't have put you in that position."
"It's not your fault that I found out and I don't blame you for wanting me to keep it secret."
Dumbledor cleared his throat, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but there are a few things to clear up with each other here. Would someone please explain the events that have been happening without anyone's notice including my own." He looked at Hermione and Severus his eyes twinkling.
Severus sighed. He began to explain what had happened from his point of view that involved Hermione. Then Hermoine told her side of the story, then Harry, and finally Ron who had the shortest story of just that morning of finding out.
Dumbledor sighed. "Severus, would you please step outside with me for a moment?"
"Um, yes, sir, of course," Severus said nervously. To him Dumbledor suddenly looked as if he was carrying a great weight and that was very unnerving.
When they stepped outside Dumbledor looked at Severus with what looked like.pity?
"I don't know how to begin, so I guess I'll just get strait to the point. We have been doing many tests on that youth potion that you took and well, we finally have an answer to what kind of effects it has."
Severus gaped at him. This couldn't be leading to what it sounded like. "And?" he whispered, "what are they."
Dumbledor sighed again. "Well, it seems that in a week from now you will go back to how you were before. The same age and no memory of what has happened."
Severus stared from shock. This couldn't happen. How could this happen? First everyone found out about him and Hermione and now he was going to return to that miserable age that he used to call a life.
"No," was all he could say, "No. That can't happen. NO!"
"I'm sorry Severus, but that is what the effects are," Dumbledor said trying to calm his friend.
"So it will go back to how it was? I'll forget everything? Even Hermoine?!"
"I'm afraid so, but that is only half of it," Dumbledor said sorrowfully.
"THERE'S MORE???!!!!" Severus yelled in disbelief.
"When you go back to your older age, that will only last for a few days and then slowly you will return back to how you are now. With your memory of now, but also of those days when you were older. Then after that day that you become 18 again, you will take ill and one day after that." Dumbledor trailed off not knowing how to put the next part.
"Albus, what are you trying to say?" Severus whispered. He almost knew what was coming and he didn't want him to say it, but he needed to know what happened after that, "I don't. do I?"
"Yes, Severus. A day after being taken ill, you will die. I'm sorry," Dumbledor whispered.
Severus was in shock. How had this all happened? How had it all come to this? There must be some sort of mistake. There had to be.
"No. No that can't happen. What will happen to Hermione? How will I die? Exactly how long do I have? What about Hermione?? What about her?"
"To those questions, I don't know. Except that you only have about a week left with Hermione."
"A week?! Only a week?!" Severus was at a loss for words. This couldn't really be happening. It was all to much without thinking he ran back down the moving stairs and ran all the way back to his dormitory. There he sat on his couch and thought. Thought about everything that Dumbledor had just told him and about Hermione. About their time together abnd how much he loved her.
"Hermione, tell me. What was Weasley doing? Why was he hurting you?" he asked her anxiously.
Hermione started crying again and explained to him of all that had happen that morning.
"I'm sorry Hermione," he said gently putting his arms around her, "I should have been more careful."
"It's not your fault," she said hugging him, "Ron is just like that."
They sat on the couch holding each other. They weren't sure how long they were sitting there when they heard a knock on the door. Severus rose up and answered it.
"Oh, hello, Headmaster. Come in," Severus said.
"Thank you, Severus." Dumbledor answered.
Hermione stood as he entered. "Do you need me here, Professor?" she asked him.
"Yes, Miss Granger, but would the two of you please follow me to my office." He turned and they followed him to the Gargoyle that stood as the entrance of his office. Dumbledor said the password and they entered. They went up the moving stair case and then into his office.
Hermione and Severus let Dumbledor enter first and then followed. As they entered, they saw that Harry and Ron were sitting in chairs across from the Headmaster's desk. Severus glared at Ron who glared at back.
Hermione looked at the two boys and noticed that they were both covered in bruises. She recognized the spot on Ron's face where Severus had hit him, but she was wondering where he had gotten the black eye, swollen forehead, bruised arm and bloody lip. She looked at Harry and saw that he was just as bad. He also had a black eye and bloody lip, but also a bloody nose and he had more bruises along his arms. She sat down next to Harry and Severus sat on the other side of her still glaring at Ron.
"What happened, Harry," she whispered.
Harry glared also at Ron and scooted closer to her and further away from Ron.
"Ron started yelling at me because I hadn't told him about you two," he nodded at Severus, "and then we started arguing and afterwards started really fighting."
"I'm sorry, Harry," Hermione whispered to him looking into her lap.
"For what?" he asked her.
"I shouldn't have put you in that position."
"It's not your fault that I found out and I don't blame you for wanting me to keep it secret."
Dumbledor cleared his throat, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but there are a few things to clear up with each other here. Would someone please explain the events that have been happening without anyone's notice including my own." He looked at Hermione and Severus his eyes twinkling.
Severus sighed. He began to explain what had happened from his point of view that involved Hermione. Then Hermoine told her side of the story, then Harry, and finally Ron who had the shortest story of just that morning of finding out.
Dumbledor sighed. "Severus, would you please step outside with me for a moment?"
"Um, yes, sir, of course," Severus said nervously. To him Dumbledor suddenly looked as if he was carrying a great weight and that was very unnerving.
When they stepped outside Dumbledor looked at Severus with what looked like.pity?
"I don't know how to begin, so I guess I'll just get strait to the point. We have been doing many tests on that youth potion that you took and well, we finally have an answer to what kind of effects it has."
Severus gaped at him. This couldn't be leading to what it sounded like. "And?" he whispered, "what are they."
Dumbledor sighed again. "Well, it seems that in a week from now you will go back to how you were before. The same age and no memory of what has happened."
Severus stared from shock. This couldn't happen. How could this happen? First everyone found out about him and Hermione and now he was going to return to that miserable age that he used to call a life.
"No," was all he could say, "No. That can't happen. NO!"
"I'm sorry Severus, but that is what the effects are," Dumbledor said trying to calm his friend.
"So it will go back to how it was? I'll forget everything? Even Hermoine?!"
"I'm afraid so, but that is only half of it," Dumbledor said sorrowfully.
"THERE'S MORE???!!!!" Severus yelled in disbelief.
"When you go back to your older age, that will only last for a few days and then slowly you will return back to how you are now. With your memory of now, but also of those days when you were older. Then after that day that you become 18 again, you will take ill and one day after that." Dumbledor trailed off not knowing how to put the next part.
"Albus, what are you trying to say?" Severus whispered. He almost knew what was coming and he didn't want him to say it, but he needed to know what happened after that, "I don't. do I?"
"Yes, Severus. A day after being taken ill, you will die. I'm sorry," Dumbledor whispered.
Severus was in shock. How had this all happened? How had it all come to this? There must be some sort of mistake. There had to be.
"No. No that can't happen. What will happen to Hermione? How will I die? Exactly how long do I have? What about Hermione?? What about her?"
"To those questions, I don't know. Except that you only have about a week left with Hermione."
"A week?! Only a week?!" Severus was at a loss for words. This couldn't really be happening. It was all to much without thinking he ran back down the moving stairs and ran all the way back to his dormitory. There he sat on his couch and thought. Thought about everything that Dumbledor had just told him and about Hermione. About their time together abnd how much he loved her.