1 Are you lot still reading? I'm very, very close to finishing this, my
first story. I need to know if everyone is still interested in what
happens? If you want me to post the chapters up faster (instead of one a
week) let me know, e-mail me or write review!
I know in the last chapter I made up Lara Crofton. I'm sure you all think the name derived from Lara Croft. Well you'd be wrong! She's named after a friend of mine called Lara and a place where I live called Crofton Park. So there you go, it was just a coincidence!
I wanted chapter 5 out of the way because I don't really like it.
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8 Chapter 5 – Count Von Snape
Karen's first day went swimmingly. She had gained a lot of admiration from her students. They liked her young trendy appearance, cool demonstrations and scary punishments. But as she found out; you can't please everyone!
'Miss Clark,'
Karen was on her way to her first class the next morning when she heard that silky voice. She turned and saw its source.
'Well, if it isn't my favourite Potions Master! What can I do you for Severus?' Snape flared his nostrils at her statement.
'A word, in my office,'
Not giving up a chance to have a private chat with Snape, Karen agreed to go with him.
'This better be quick,' she said as they got to his office. 'I've got a class to teach,'
'It will be,' Snape said as he sat at his desk. 'I've had a complaint about your… teaching methods, from one of my students,' Karen sat down in a chair the other side of his desk.
'And who might that have been?' She asked leaning towards him and knowing fully well who he was talking about.
'The name is not important. I don't tolerate favouritism against my students,' he crossed his arms and gave Karen a menacing look.
'Severus,' Karen started. 'I did to Lara what I'd do to any pupil in that situation. Anyway, you are the last person to lecture me on favouritism. I know of the monstrous ways you treat students outside Slytherin house,'
'Monstrous?!' Snape said taking great offence.
'Yes, monstrous. You don't act with human qualities and therefore I think you don't teach humanely,' Snape leant forward to close the gap between their eye contact.
'I am as human as the next man, how dare you insult me,' he said, eyes thinning.
'You have done nothing to make me believe that you are human. The first time I saw you I thought you were a vampire…' Snape leant back in his chair and smirked at this. '…And I still think you are,' his expression relaxed.
'It amuses me that you think that of me when no one else in this school does,'
'No one in this school knows anything about you and I'm sure they will believe anything they're told,'
Snape went quiet, he lifted his hand to his face and gently scratched his lower lip, he looked away from Karen. 'C'mon Severus,' Karen said breaking the silence. 'Let's go and do something,' she had a grin from ear to ear. 'This weekend, let's go to Hogsmeade. I've never been. I need someone to show me round. What do you say?' He paused and then shot a gaze at her. He moved his hand away from his face and took a breath,
'No!'
'Alright,' Karen sighed and got up from the seat. 'At least you know to blame me if people start calling you "Count Von Snape",' Karen got to the door. 'Enjoy your day,' She smiled at him and went to her lesson, even though she was extremely late.
At lunch Karen met up with Amber.
'How's it going today?' Amber asked.
'Yeah, alright,' Karen said taking a bite of her coleslaw and crisps sandwich.
'God! You eat some nastiness,' Amber watched as most of the insides of Karen's sandwich fell out as she bit it.
'I 'idn't know you 'aught Defence agains' the Dark Arts,' Karen said with her mouth full.
'Oh yeah, I didn't tell you did I?' She said. 'I'm an Auror aswell,'
'Ooh,' Karen was very impressed at hearing her friend could seek out dark wizards. 'And…' Karen lowered her voice. '…you didn't tell me you walked into Sevi while he was getting changed?'
'Sevi?' Amber said almost laughing.
'Shh! Keep your voice down. Yeah, Sevi instead of Severus. I think it suits him!'
'You're mad,' Amber said shaking her head. 'I did walk in on him but he told me not to tell anyone about it,'
'How comes Flitwick knows then?' Karen said.
'I didn't really keep it secret I just told people not to say anything to him,'
'Cool. Did you see anything interesting?'
'Eugh. No! You're sick, you know that? Anyway, you any closer to getting a snog?'
'I think so,' Karen said mysteriously. 'I'm not gonna tell you my plans though,'
'Why not?'
'Because you'll do what you can to stop me and to win a certain bet,' Amber opened her mouth to disagree but paused and finally said,
'True,'
Karen did indeed have a plan. Snape wouldn't like it if he heard untruths about himself and over the next few days she started a rumour around the school that he was a vampire. When she walked around with Amber she'd suddenly say things like "He is a vampire" loudly so passing students stopped and listened to try and find out who was the vampire? Amber, who didn't know what Karen was thinking just said "I'm gonna ignore you now, you're just talking nonsense". In her lessons Karen would hint about Snape and tell the students to make sure they ate lots of garlic.
Soon Snape noticed that people were avoiding him even more than usual. Most students walked as far away from him as possible, but no one would stop and turn away when they saw him.
'It's black so the sunlight don't get to him,'
'And he lives in the dungeon where there's no light,'
'Have you ever seen him outside the school?'
'No,'
'Me neither,'
'Who?!' Snape grabbed hold of the unsuspecting first year and bundled him against the wall. The poor little boy was scared out of his wits and could hardly speak. His friends made a run for it.
'Who doesn't go outside?! …SPEAK BOY!' Snape bellowed at the boy, his face inches away. The boy remained silent and Snape, getting no information, eventually let him go and he ran off to join his friends. From where he ran Snape heard laughing and then someone shouted,
'Count Von Snape!'
Special Thanks:
Hestia
I know in the last chapter I made up Lara Crofton. I'm sure you all think the name derived from Lara Croft. Well you'd be wrong! She's named after a friend of mine called Lara and a place where I live called Crofton Park. So there you go, it was just a coincidence!
I wanted chapter 5 out of the way because I don't really like it.
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8 Chapter 5 – Count Von Snape
Karen's first day went swimmingly. She had gained a lot of admiration from her students. They liked her young trendy appearance, cool demonstrations and scary punishments. But as she found out; you can't please everyone!
'Miss Clark,'
Karen was on her way to her first class the next morning when she heard that silky voice. She turned and saw its source.
'Well, if it isn't my favourite Potions Master! What can I do you for Severus?' Snape flared his nostrils at her statement.
'A word, in my office,'
Not giving up a chance to have a private chat with Snape, Karen agreed to go with him.
'This better be quick,' she said as they got to his office. 'I've got a class to teach,'
'It will be,' Snape said as he sat at his desk. 'I've had a complaint about your… teaching methods, from one of my students,' Karen sat down in a chair the other side of his desk.
'And who might that have been?' She asked leaning towards him and knowing fully well who he was talking about.
'The name is not important. I don't tolerate favouritism against my students,' he crossed his arms and gave Karen a menacing look.
'Severus,' Karen started. 'I did to Lara what I'd do to any pupil in that situation. Anyway, you are the last person to lecture me on favouritism. I know of the monstrous ways you treat students outside Slytherin house,'
'Monstrous?!' Snape said taking great offence.
'Yes, monstrous. You don't act with human qualities and therefore I think you don't teach humanely,' Snape leant forward to close the gap between their eye contact.
'I am as human as the next man, how dare you insult me,' he said, eyes thinning.
'You have done nothing to make me believe that you are human. The first time I saw you I thought you were a vampire…' Snape leant back in his chair and smirked at this. '…And I still think you are,' his expression relaxed.
'It amuses me that you think that of me when no one else in this school does,'
'No one in this school knows anything about you and I'm sure they will believe anything they're told,'
Snape went quiet, he lifted his hand to his face and gently scratched his lower lip, he looked away from Karen. 'C'mon Severus,' Karen said breaking the silence. 'Let's go and do something,' she had a grin from ear to ear. 'This weekend, let's go to Hogsmeade. I've never been. I need someone to show me round. What do you say?' He paused and then shot a gaze at her. He moved his hand away from his face and took a breath,
'No!'
'Alright,' Karen sighed and got up from the seat. 'At least you know to blame me if people start calling you "Count Von Snape",' Karen got to the door. 'Enjoy your day,' She smiled at him and went to her lesson, even though she was extremely late.
At lunch Karen met up with Amber.
'How's it going today?' Amber asked.
'Yeah, alright,' Karen said taking a bite of her coleslaw and crisps sandwich.
'God! You eat some nastiness,' Amber watched as most of the insides of Karen's sandwich fell out as she bit it.
'I 'idn't know you 'aught Defence agains' the Dark Arts,' Karen said with her mouth full.
'Oh yeah, I didn't tell you did I?' She said. 'I'm an Auror aswell,'
'Ooh,' Karen was very impressed at hearing her friend could seek out dark wizards. 'And…' Karen lowered her voice. '…you didn't tell me you walked into Sevi while he was getting changed?'
'Sevi?' Amber said almost laughing.
'Shh! Keep your voice down. Yeah, Sevi instead of Severus. I think it suits him!'
'You're mad,' Amber said shaking her head. 'I did walk in on him but he told me not to tell anyone about it,'
'How comes Flitwick knows then?' Karen said.
'I didn't really keep it secret I just told people not to say anything to him,'
'Cool. Did you see anything interesting?'
'Eugh. No! You're sick, you know that? Anyway, you any closer to getting a snog?'
'I think so,' Karen said mysteriously. 'I'm not gonna tell you my plans though,'
'Why not?'
'Because you'll do what you can to stop me and to win a certain bet,' Amber opened her mouth to disagree but paused and finally said,
'True,'
Karen did indeed have a plan. Snape wouldn't like it if he heard untruths about himself and over the next few days she started a rumour around the school that he was a vampire. When she walked around with Amber she'd suddenly say things like "He is a vampire" loudly so passing students stopped and listened to try and find out who was the vampire? Amber, who didn't know what Karen was thinking just said "I'm gonna ignore you now, you're just talking nonsense". In her lessons Karen would hint about Snape and tell the students to make sure they ate lots of garlic.
Soon Snape noticed that people were avoiding him even more than usual. Most students walked as far away from him as possible, but no one would stop and turn away when they saw him.
'It's black so the sunlight don't get to him,'
'And he lives in the dungeon where there's no light,'
'Have you ever seen him outside the school?'
'No,'
'Me neither,'
'Who?!' Snape grabbed hold of the unsuspecting first year and bundled him against the wall. The poor little boy was scared out of his wits and could hardly speak. His friends made a run for it.
'Who doesn't go outside?! …SPEAK BOY!' Snape bellowed at the boy, his face inches away. The boy remained silent and Snape, getting no information, eventually let him go and he ran off to join his friends. From where he ran Snape heard laughing and then someone shouted,
'Count Von Snape!'
Special Thanks:
Hestia