THEY'RE ONLY 30 YEARS APART....
Chapter two - Crazy thoughts
Alright! Second chapter! The first tokens of romance are getting a grip on the main character... Okay, it's not really romance yet.. Sorry for that, I know I promised... Just give me some more time, k?
I still do not own Harry Potter or any of it's characters....
Few words to my reviewers of the first chapter:
Of course I don't think Snape is 40 years old :) I think I was a little bit overreacting again when I made up the title.
Hey, you're right there, I really have an abundance of dialogue! I didn't really notice that... I'll try to follow your advice (from now on, I'm half a way the chapter now ^^).
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There was a lot of commotion when Dumbledore announced that. The whole hall seemed to be shocked, and only a few teachers clapped their hands. Then everybody started talking to each other.
"Is he kidding?" A blond boy asked to a girl.
The girl nodded. "He must be. You-Know-Who has risen again, and Dumbledore REALLY has to protect us. He MUST be kidding!"
"I don't think he is," another boy said. "He seems to be very serious. Otherwise, it must be a very sick joke."
The girl jumped up. "I won't take this! Dumbledore is to important to do such a job!! I WON'T TAKE THIS AT ALL!"
Dumbledore remained silence. "I see this is quiet a shock to all of you. Please trust me, I promise you I know what I'm doing. I've got nothing left to say. So let us eat."
He snapped his fingers, and the tables were filled with fine looking meals. Now Megan realized she wasn't really hungry. Her stomach was full of nerves. And why was everyone acting this nervous too? They hadn't been sorted this year. That You-Know-Who must be very famous. Better said; infamous. Most of the other students ate neither. They were only talking about Dumbldore and his new 'job'. First Megan tried to listen, but after a while she stopped doing that, because it was pretty clear to her that they didn't like Dumbledore's decision. After the meal the first years were being led to their rooms. Chris immediately came to Megan. "Tomorrow's first lesson will be charms! I've read..."
"Good night Chris." Megan interrupted her.
"Er.. Good night."
Megan wasn't tired at all, but she didn't want Chris to talk to her all night. Even though Megan wasn't really tired, the magic and greatness of the castle made her fell asleep.
"Wake up!" Chris said. "You'll be late!!"
Megan opened her eyes, but closed them directly when she looked into the morning sun.
"Come on!!" Chris tried again.
"Yeahyeah, why couldn't you wake me earlier? Maybe then I wouldn't rush."
Chris looked at Megan. "Listen girl," she said irritating. "I'm not your mother, I'm not your alarm. I'm just a friend. You should be happy that I woke you anyway."
Megan came out of bed. She was right. She should have taken her alarm. But her sleep was so refreshing. She quickly dressed herself, got her books, her feather, her ink and some other stuff. Then she ran to Chris, who was waiting impatiently.
"There you are, at last. Now we've only got 2 minutes left. I suppose you don't know where the classroom is?"
Megan stared at the ground. Of course she didn't. Then she looked up again. "Please tell me you DO know!"
Chris sighed. "Of course I do! I've studied the school map over hundred times! Follow me."
They ran to the classroom, and for Megan it was the most interesting lesson she had ever followed. When the bell rang she felt so happy, that she even didn't care how much Chris was talking to her. She even answered and agreed everything Chris said.
"Ow, we're having Potions now. I'm very curious to the teacher, Snape. They say it's a real bully, and really mean to everybody who's not in his house, Slytherin. He's the Head of Slytherin, you know."
Megan nodded. She was curious too. Harry wasn't really optimistic about him, and the others weren't too.
"When do we have DaDa?" she asked Chris.
"Er... Tomorrow."
"Ow."
"Why do you ask?"
"I'm very inquisitive to that too. Everybody is so embarrassed about it, I wonder what's so strange. Yeahyeah, it's probably very logical." she added when she saw the look on Chris' face.
They had arrived at the Potions dungeon. Megan noticed everything was very dark. Chris and Megan sat down, and she wondered where the Potion's teacher was. She saw a dark shadow approaching. He stepped forward, but she still couldn't see his face.
"All get your stuff and books on your tables." a cold voice said. It came from the shadow. "We're starting with a very simple potion today. I will tell you straight away, if you can't make this, you'll screw up every other potion. Then you're hopeless. The potion is on page 32 of your book 'Potions and their basics'. Hurry."
Not even a introduction. Not even a welcome. Not even showing his face. Megan stared at the darkness, and didn't notice that every other student was unpacking their stuff and ingredients.
She was being frightened by the shadow moving forward. Now she could see his face. His pale skin was in contrast to his black, greasy hair and his dark clothes. She was frightened again when he looked to her.
"What does you make feel better than the rest, that you can do nothing?" he said with his severe voice.
Megan felt a lump in her throat. "I'm sorry Professor.." she said, and quickly unpacked her books.
"I can see you're not sorry at all. You just say that because you think that will satisfy me. Let me tell you one thing: It won't. If you count all the times children had stole my time with stupid things like this, it would be more than a whole full week. A full week, Miss Reynolds."
Megan was surprised he knew her name already. Would he know all of the names? Anyways, it would be better is she would just shut up. Snape didn't seem to tolerate much. Hmz. Like she cared. Yes she cared! Well, she'd better continue the potion.
"What page are we?" she whispered to Chris. But she could have sworn that Snape had heard it anyway, because he looked at her again, irritating.
Megan was a little bit confused, and so she didn't make much of her potion. It was supposed to be a simple medicin against headaches. The potion of Chris was hell green, but Megan's was dark. She looked back to some other students, and saw they were green too. Alright, time to start panic now. What had she done wrong? What could she possibly had done wrong?? She looked around again, and was relieved to see she wasn't the only one who had a problem. The potion of the boy before her was red, and Snape walked to him.
"Why are you being so stupid?" he said to him. "Haven't you read the instructions? Let me help you."
Megan smothered a smile. Snape helping? Even though this was her first lesson, she could not imagine Snape being nice.
"What if you write this part of the page 10 times over. Then you'll probably won't do it wrong in the future. And 5 points from Ravenclaw."
Megan had to confess that that wasn't a relieve, and she felt sick. Snape looked at the potion of the one next to the boy, which was green, and nodded. Then he looked at Megan's potion.
His eyes grow big, and then he squeezed them together.
"What have you done with this?" he asked suspiciously.
"I just did what I've read in the book."
"No, you didn't. What do you've added? Tell me all the things!"
"Er.. A toad, the eyeball of a frog, some seaweed, a crustacean and a little bit of this.." She pointed at a plastic bag with blue colored sand in it.
"Don't you know it's name?" Snape asked. Megan sighed. Why couldn't he just leave her alone? He knew the name of it, she didn't. Now what? Guess the name? Or just say she didn't know the answer? She couldn't choose, so she didn't say a word.
"Well???" Snape asked.
"I don't know."
"Really? Why doesn't that surprise me?"
"I can't help it!" Megan said. It was true. She was a mudblood, as Malfoy would call it. She didn't know much about this world of magic.
"Really?" Snape said again. "You heard what I said to that boy here? The same to you. Plus 5 more points from Ravenclaw for not knowing the answer." When he said that some classmates sighed. Their second lesson, and they had losed 15 points already!
Snape placed the potion back to the table, and then walked away. Megan sighed again. Harry and the others were right. Snape was mean. On the other side, he WAS right. She was stupid, and she didn't know what she did in the potion anyway. But did this mean she would screw up all of the other potions? No way! Just the nerves, next time it will go better. The lesson went on, slowly, but then finally the bell rang. Megan jumped up, and threw her stuff back into her bag. She decided to wait for Chris in the hall. Fortunately she came out right after Megan did. "Next time you'd better ask me for advice!" Chris said to Megan. "Now you have to write that whole part...."
"Yeah well, just a little set back. I promise you, and myself, that I will do my best from now on!"
Chris laughed. "Alright! Now let's go to our next lesson!"
The rest of the day seemed to flow by. Megan's thoughts weren't by the lessons. All the day she thought about that interesting Potion lesson, and she didn't know why. She was relieved when the last bell rang, and she went to her room immediately to overthink everything. Chris went to the room too, but she wanted to make her homework. Megan had a strange feeling she had felt only once before; the day when her had been told that her grandfather hadn't died just because he was old. He had been killed. Her mother had told her that, right after she had got the letter of Hogwarts. "Killed by words," her mother told her. "I was there too. They were evil, they were very evil. Granddad was a wizard too, just like you. I hoped you wouldn't be.... But you are."
"What do you mean with words?? I don't get it! You told me he died because all old people die!!" Megan cried.
"Please, listen. Wizards DO excist. They are here everywhere. Granddad was a wizard, me and your dad aren't, but you ARE. But there are evil wizards too. Very evil. One of those evil wizards has killed your granddad, 3 years before you was born."
That situation had impressed her much. Just like the Potions lesson. But why? And why is everybody thinking so bad about Snape? He was right to blame her. She wasn't with her thoughts by the lesson, and she screwed up that potion. She would have done the same if she was the teacher. What what she rambling? Like she cared about all this. Of course she did!! Megan let herself fall on her bed. Why was everything so confusing? On her normal school she was punished many times because of being rude to teachers, or just dreaming away during lessons. She knew what to do.
"Chris, when is the next time we'll have Potions?"
"Er.. Tomorrow, the last hour. Why?"
"Oh, just interested. And I have to write that page, you know."
"I see. You'd better hurry then."
Tomorrow. Tomorrow she would show her REAL person to Snape and all of her classmates. She wasn't a wimp. She wasn't somebody who would let everything come, and let everybody do everythings. She had her own opinion. Megan sighed. Chris was right, she had to write those stupid pages. She got her parchments, and started writing. After an hour she had finished it. That went fast, she thought by herself. She looked at her watch, and saw it was almost dinnertime. She stood up, and walked out. Then she remembered she didn't exactly know where the Great Hall was. Ask Chris? No, she would find out herself. Megan walked, downstairs, trough a hall, and the farther she walked, the better she knew she would get lost. When she had arrived in a hall that she definitely not knew, she stood still. "Where am I?" she asked herself. "Where do I have to go?"
She regret she didn't ask Chris. Why was she being so opinionated? Megan looked around, and decided to go back as far as she knew. Suddenly she heard footsteps. She heard her heart beat, and wanted to hide, but she was frozen (not literal ^^). Footsteps were coming close. Megan realised she had to do something, so she ran, ran to the wrong direction....
"What are you doing in this part of the castle, Miss Reynolds?" a sharp voice asked which she recognised immediately. Snape appeared in front of her.
"I was looking for the Great Hall... But I think I'm lost..."
Snape walked forward with a very piercing look. "I'll give you some more time to think of a better excuse."
Megan's brains were working with full ability. What did he wanted her to say? That she came here on purpose?
"I really am lost.." Megan tried not to look guilty.
"20 points from Ravenclaw! And you'd better don't come here again."
Megan sighed again. Snape wanted to walk away, but she still didn't know which direction to choose. "Could you show me the way to the Great Hall?"
Snape looked up. He looked like he was going to curse her, but then he muttered something, and told her to follow him. He walked, and Megan followed, and noticed that Snape walked very fast. Was he in a hurry? Hmz, she'd better didn't ask. Megan tried to save the way in her brains, but it didn't really help. It was a strange place, Hogwarts, Megan considered. Strange people, but kind. Finally they had arrived at the Great Hall. Everybody was eating already, but most of the people noticed the appearence of Snape and the first years. Megan grinned when she saw the astonished faces. Quickly she walked to the table of Ravenclaw. There everybody started to ask questions.
"I was lost." Megan only said, and she looked to the table with teachers.
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Alright, second chapter! PLEASE REVIEW!! Then I'll be thankful for ever :) Okay, not for ever, but I'll be thankful.
Chapter two - Crazy thoughts
Alright! Second chapter! The first tokens of romance are getting a grip on the main character... Okay, it's not really romance yet.. Sorry for that, I know I promised... Just give me some more time, k?
I still do not own Harry Potter or any of it's characters....
Few words to my reviewers of the first chapter:
Of course I don't think Snape is 40 years old :) I think I was a little bit overreacting again when I made up the title.
Hey, you're right there, I really have an abundance of dialogue! I didn't really notice that... I'll try to follow your advice (from now on, I'm half a way the chapter now ^^).
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There was a lot of commotion when Dumbledore announced that. The whole hall seemed to be shocked, and only a few teachers clapped their hands. Then everybody started talking to each other.
"Is he kidding?" A blond boy asked to a girl.
The girl nodded. "He must be. You-Know-Who has risen again, and Dumbledore REALLY has to protect us. He MUST be kidding!"
"I don't think he is," another boy said. "He seems to be very serious. Otherwise, it must be a very sick joke."
The girl jumped up. "I won't take this! Dumbledore is to important to do such a job!! I WON'T TAKE THIS AT ALL!"
Dumbledore remained silence. "I see this is quiet a shock to all of you. Please trust me, I promise you I know what I'm doing. I've got nothing left to say. So let us eat."
He snapped his fingers, and the tables were filled with fine looking meals. Now Megan realized she wasn't really hungry. Her stomach was full of nerves. And why was everyone acting this nervous too? They hadn't been sorted this year. That You-Know-Who must be very famous. Better said; infamous. Most of the other students ate neither. They were only talking about Dumbldore and his new 'job'. First Megan tried to listen, but after a while she stopped doing that, because it was pretty clear to her that they didn't like Dumbledore's decision. After the meal the first years were being led to their rooms. Chris immediately came to Megan. "Tomorrow's first lesson will be charms! I've read..."
"Good night Chris." Megan interrupted her.
"Er.. Good night."
Megan wasn't tired at all, but she didn't want Chris to talk to her all night. Even though Megan wasn't really tired, the magic and greatness of the castle made her fell asleep.
"Wake up!" Chris said. "You'll be late!!"
Megan opened her eyes, but closed them directly when she looked into the morning sun.
"Come on!!" Chris tried again.
"Yeahyeah, why couldn't you wake me earlier? Maybe then I wouldn't rush."
Chris looked at Megan. "Listen girl," she said irritating. "I'm not your mother, I'm not your alarm. I'm just a friend. You should be happy that I woke you anyway."
Megan came out of bed. She was right. She should have taken her alarm. But her sleep was so refreshing. She quickly dressed herself, got her books, her feather, her ink and some other stuff. Then she ran to Chris, who was waiting impatiently.
"There you are, at last. Now we've only got 2 minutes left. I suppose you don't know where the classroom is?"
Megan stared at the ground. Of course she didn't. Then she looked up again. "Please tell me you DO know!"
Chris sighed. "Of course I do! I've studied the school map over hundred times! Follow me."
They ran to the classroom, and for Megan it was the most interesting lesson she had ever followed. When the bell rang she felt so happy, that she even didn't care how much Chris was talking to her. She even answered and agreed everything Chris said.
"Ow, we're having Potions now. I'm very curious to the teacher, Snape. They say it's a real bully, and really mean to everybody who's not in his house, Slytherin. He's the Head of Slytherin, you know."
Megan nodded. She was curious too. Harry wasn't really optimistic about him, and the others weren't too.
"When do we have DaDa?" she asked Chris.
"Er... Tomorrow."
"Ow."
"Why do you ask?"
"I'm very inquisitive to that too. Everybody is so embarrassed about it, I wonder what's so strange. Yeahyeah, it's probably very logical." she added when she saw the look on Chris' face.
They had arrived at the Potions dungeon. Megan noticed everything was very dark. Chris and Megan sat down, and she wondered where the Potion's teacher was. She saw a dark shadow approaching. He stepped forward, but she still couldn't see his face.
"All get your stuff and books on your tables." a cold voice said. It came from the shadow. "We're starting with a very simple potion today. I will tell you straight away, if you can't make this, you'll screw up every other potion. Then you're hopeless. The potion is on page 32 of your book 'Potions and their basics'. Hurry."
Not even a introduction. Not even a welcome. Not even showing his face. Megan stared at the darkness, and didn't notice that every other student was unpacking their stuff and ingredients.
She was being frightened by the shadow moving forward. Now she could see his face. His pale skin was in contrast to his black, greasy hair and his dark clothes. She was frightened again when he looked to her.
"What does you make feel better than the rest, that you can do nothing?" he said with his severe voice.
Megan felt a lump in her throat. "I'm sorry Professor.." she said, and quickly unpacked her books.
"I can see you're not sorry at all. You just say that because you think that will satisfy me. Let me tell you one thing: It won't. If you count all the times children had stole my time with stupid things like this, it would be more than a whole full week. A full week, Miss Reynolds."
Megan was surprised he knew her name already. Would he know all of the names? Anyways, it would be better is she would just shut up. Snape didn't seem to tolerate much. Hmz. Like she cared. Yes she cared! Well, she'd better continue the potion.
"What page are we?" she whispered to Chris. But she could have sworn that Snape had heard it anyway, because he looked at her again, irritating.
Megan was a little bit confused, and so she didn't make much of her potion. It was supposed to be a simple medicin against headaches. The potion of Chris was hell green, but Megan's was dark. She looked back to some other students, and saw they were green too. Alright, time to start panic now. What had she done wrong? What could she possibly had done wrong?? She looked around again, and was relieved to see she wasn't the only one who had a problem. The potion of the boy before her was red, and Snape walked to him.
"Why are you being so stupid?" he said to him. "Haven't you read the instructions? Let me help you."
Megan smothered a smile. Snape helping? Even though this was her first lesson, she could not imagine Snape being nice.
"What if you write this part of the page 10 times over. Then you'll probably won't do it wrong in the future. And 5 points from Ravenclaw."
Megan had to confess that that wasn't a relieve, and she felt sick. Snape looked at the potion of the one next to the boy, which was green, and nodded. Then he looked at Megan's potion.
His eyes grow big, and then he squeezed them together.
"What have you done with this?" he asked suspiciously.
"I just did what I've read in the book."
"No, you didn't. What do you've added? Tell me all the things!"
"Er.. A toad, the eyeball of a frog, some seaweed, a crustacean and a little bit of this.." She pointed at a plastic bag with blue colored sand in it.
"Don't you know it's name?" Snape asked. Megan sighed. Why couldn't he just leave her alone? He knew the name of it, she didn't. Now what? Guess the name? Or just say she didn't know the answer? She couldn't choose, so she didn't say a word.
"Well???" Snape asked.
"I don't know."
"Really? Why doesn't that surprise me?"
"I can't help it!" Megan said. It was true. She was a mudblood, as Malfoy would call it. She didn't know much about this world of magic.
"Really?" Snape said again. "You heard what I said to that boy here? The same to you. Plus 5 more points from Ravenclaw for not knowing the answer." When he said that some classmates sighed. Their second lesson, and they had losed 15 points already!
Snape placed the potion back to the table, and then walked away. Megan sighed again. Harry and the others were right. Snape was mean. On the other side, he WAS right. She was stupid, and she didn't know what she did in the potion anyway. But did this mean she would screw up all of the other potions? No way! Just the nerves, next time it will go better. The lesson went on, slowly, but then finally the bell rang. Megan jumped up, and threw her stuff back into her bag. She decided to wait for Chris in the hall. Fortunately she came out right after Megan did. "Next time you'd better ask me for advice!" Chris said to Megan. "Now you have to write that whole part...."
"Yeah well, just a little set back. I promise you, and myself, that I will do my best from now on!"
Chris laughed. "Alright! Now let's go to our next lesson!"
The rest of the day seemed to flow by. Megan's thoughts weren't by the lessons. All the day she thought about that interesting Potion lesson, and she didn't know why. She was relieved when the last bell rang, and she went to her room immediately to overthink everything. Chris went to the room too, but she wanted to make her homework. Megan had a strange feeling she had felt only once before; the day when her had been told that her grandfather hadn't died just because he was old. He had been killed. Her mother had told her that, right after she had got the letter of Hogwarts. "Killed by words," her mother told her. "I was there too. They were evil, they were very evil. Granddad was a wizard too, just like you. I hoped you wouldn't be.... But you are."
"What do you mean with words?? I don't get it! You told me he died because all old people die!!" Megan cried.
"Please, listen. Wizards DO excist. They are here everywhere. Granddad was a wizard, me and your dad aren't, but you ARE. But there are evil wizards too. Very evil. One of those evil wizards has killed your granddad, 3 years before you was born."
That situation had impressed her much. Just like the Potions lesson. But why? And why is everybody thinking so bad about Snape? He was right to blame her. She wasn't with her thoughts by the lesson, and she screwed up that potion. She would have done the same if she was the teacher. What what she rambling? Like she cared about all this. Of course she did!! Megan let herself fall on her bed. Why was everything so confusing? On her normal school she was punished many times because of being rude to teachers, or just dreaming away during lessons. She knew what to do.
"Chris, when is the next time we'll have Potions?"
"Er.. Tomorrow, the last hour. Why?"
"Oh, just interested. And I have to write that page, you know."
"I see. You'd better hurry then."
Tomorrow. Tomorrow she would show her REAL person to Snape and all of her classmates. She wasn't a wimp. She wasn't somebody who would let everything come, and let everybody do everythings. She had her own opinion. Megan sighed. Chris was right, she had to write those stupid pages. She got her parchments, and started writing. After an hour she had finished it. That went fast, she thought by herself. She looked at her watch, and saw it was almost dinnertime. She stood up, and walked out. Then she remembered she didn't exactly know where the Great Hall was. Ask Chris? No, she would find out herself. Megan walked, downstairs, trough a hall, and the farther she walked, the better she knew she would get lost. When she had arrived in a hall that she definitely not knew, she stood still. "Where am I?" she asked herself. "Where do I have to go?"
She regret she didn't ask Chris. Why was she being so opinionated? Megan looked around, and decided to go back as far as she knew. Suddenly she heard footsteps. She heard her heart beat, and wanted to hide, but she was frozen (not literal ^^). Footsteps were coming close. Megan realised she had to do something, so she ran, ran to the wrong direction....
"What are you doing in this part of the castle, Miss Reynolds?" a sharp voice asked which she recognised immediately. Snape appeared in front of her.
"I was looking for the Great Hall... But I think I'm lost..."
Snape walked forward with a very piercing look. "I'll give you some more time to think of a better excuse."
Megan's brains were working with full ability. What did he wanted her to say? That she came here on purpose?
"I really am lost.." Megan tried not to look guilty.
"20 points from Ravenclaw! And you'd better don't come here again."
Megan sighed again. Snape wanted to walk away, but she still didn't know which direction to choose. "Could you show me the way to the Great Hall?"
Snape looked up. He looked like he was going to curse her, but then he muttered something, and told her to follow him. He walked, and Megan followed, and noticed that Snape walked very fast. Was he in a hurry? Hmz, she'd better didn't ask. Megan tried to save the way in her brains, but it didn't really help. It was a strange place, Hogwarts, Megan considered. Strange people, but kind. Finally they had arrived at the Great Hall. Everybody was eating already, but most of the people noticed the appearence of Snape and the first years. Megan grinned when she saw the astonished faces. Quickly she walked to the table of Ravenclaw. There everybody started to ask questions.
"I was lost." Megan only said, and she looked to the table with teachers.
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Alright, second chapter! PLEASE REVIEW!! Then I'll be thankful for ever :) Okay, not for ever, but I'll be thankful.
