Shining of the Evening

disclamer: I do not own the characters, only the plot.

Harry walked on through the night. Suddenly the three friends heard a voice.

" Quick, guys over here." it hissed. Hermione, Ron and Harry looked around. There was Dean Thomas standing next to a large rock.

" Damn it Dean, you scared us to death!" yelled Ron.

"Shut up if you don't want to be caught," was his only reply.

" He's right Ron,"said Hermione gravely, we really should be quiet.

Ron muttered a bit, but kept his mouth shut. The four sixteen year olds walked furher into the darkness. An eerie sound came from behind them.

"What was that ?," Harry asked.

His friends simply shrugged and kept going. After about twenty minutes of walking Dean suddenly stopped and smiled. " There," he said as he pointed. The three looked but couldn't see anyhting. Nothing except for a strangely bent twig on the ground. They didn't see what was so special, but obviously Dean did. He was grinning so hard he looked drunk. Harry smiled as he remembered that Dean looked that way when he really was drunk, at a party a few weeks earlier. Dean pointed again. This time he was pointing dirctly at the stick, and another grin passed onto his lips.

" What's great about a stick?," asked Hermione. Harry and Ron were thinking the same thing.

" Dean laughed, "that, he said, is where Snape guards his precious journal.

" Journal, Ron breathed.

" Of course, don't you remember what I told you earlier in the common room?,"

The three shook their heads. Then Harry exclaimed" I rememember."

*Flashback.*

It was after dinner, in the Common room. Ron was still pissed off from Potions class. Harry was muttering, and Hermione was strangly quiet. Suddnely she spoke up.

" Snape is an asshole," she said angrily.

" That is one thing we will all always agree on," said Ron.

" Yea, said Harry, even if we are just six years he shouldn't be allowed to do that."

Hermione and Ron nodded solemly in agreement.

" I wish we could get back at him," cried Ron.

" You can, said a voice from behind them.

The three looked around and saw Dean Thomas standing about two feet away.

" What do you mean asked", asked Hermione.

" You want to get back at that bastard, don't you?, " Dean asked.

" Of course we do you git! We need to know how," Ron yelled.

Harry couldn't help but grin. Git was a word Ron had been using for years, and it never got old.

" I can't exactly say, but I can give you instructions so I can explain later if you want," was Dean's calm reply.

The three friend looked at eachother and nodded.

" Ok Dean, tell us what we have to do," said Harry.

Dean looked around and said, " leave here in about two hours, keep walking away from Hogwarts on the east side. I'll be waiting about a mile away."

The three looked at eachother again. Hermione nodded in agreement and than Dean quickly left to take his post.

"See you then," he said.

" Well what now?," asked Ron.

" We wait," said Harry, and Hermione nodded in agreement.

* end flashback*

Harry shook his head.

" Now, I remember, so what are we going to do with Snape's Journal?

" We are going to practice the fine art of sharing," Dean replied." Now if I could only remember the spell to get he bloody thing."

" I know a spell that might work," said Hermione.

" What are you waiting for? Try it," saidRon.

Hermione nodded and pulled out her wand. " Uncoverinious!" she yelled.

Suddenly the dirt started to fly out of the hole. The four quickly covered their eyes. After about a minute there was an empty hole. Empty except for a single blue leather book.

" This is the greatest thing ever," said Dean.

" I know it's Snape's journal but it's only his from now," said Ron. " The real good stuff's in another one.

Dean shook his head. " That might be true for any other journal, but this one makes an exception,"

The three looked at eachother.

" Observe", he said. He pulled the book out of the hole. " Fishheads," he said. Then he smiled and said," password." Suddenly the book opened. Harry and the others looked in.They couldn't see anything except for a bunch of tiny squares.

" I still don't understand," said Ron.

" This, Dean siad proudly, is the journal Snape's had since his fourth year."

Ron spoke up, " what are all those squares for?"

" I was getting to that, " Dean said. " Whenever Snape wrote an entry he would simply say a spell so the entry would become tiny, microscopic even.Unfortunatly I don't know that spell"

Ron, Harry and Hermione looked slightly disapointed.

" But, Dean continued, I do know the spell to retrieve one."

" What you waiting for? Show us," said Harry.

Dean nodded and said," it's very simple. You just point at the square you want and say " show me what was written on this day of the time of the sky."

" Hermione grinned and Ron looked thrilled.

" I'm going to give it a try." said Harry.

" Show me what was written on this day at the time of the sky," he said as he pointed at a square.

Suddenly the book started to tremble. From the tiny space rose a full page of writing. Harry could instantly recognize it as Snape's.

" Perfect, but how did you find it ?," he asked.

Dean grinned again. " I was umm taking a walk and I just happened to come across Snape making an entry>"

Harry looked at him and smiled.

" Hey I can't help it if I like to take walks,Dean said. I've already read some of it. It's pretty interesting, actually."

The four looked at the page and started reading.

A/n well that's it for the second chapter. Next chapter I'll reveal what Snape wrote. r/r .