"Harry! Harry!" Snape called down the corridor, chasing after him,
but he didn't turn around. "POTTER!" He bellowed. Harry screeched to a
halt. Snape was caught up to him a moment later. "Harry." Snape said a bit
more gently.
"Yes Professor?" Harry said cautiously.
"Have you seen Herm- I mean Ms. Granger lately?" Snape asked trying to keep his voice from shaking. Harry looked at him oddly and thought for a moment.
"No Professor, not since potions." Harry answered. "Is there something-" But before Harry could finish Snape had already started to run down the other hall.
Snape reached the gargoyle to Dumbledore's office almost out of breath.
"Lemon Drops!" He yelled and ran up the stairs as well. He burst through Dumbledore's office door. Dumbledore looked up at him in mild surprise and undeniable worry.
"Severus, what is the matter?" He said standing up at the alarm in his colleague's face.
"It's... Miss...Granger..." he panted, "Voldemort...has...taken...her!"
"Are you sure?" Dumbledore walked over to Severus quickly. Snape swallowed.
"Yes."
"Severus sit down please," he started, "we will leave to retrieve Hermione after I have explained something to you." Although sitting down was the last thing Severus wanted to do, he knew Albus well enough to know that he would not delay Hermione's rescue if it wasnot vital information. "Severus I must ask you something and I wish a truthful answer." Albus paused. "Do you love Hermione?"
Severus was taken aback. Albus wanted the truth, but did he himself know the truth. Did he love Hermione? Severus looked down at his hands. How could he answer? Even if he was sure of his love, it is forbidden. And surely she would never feel the same way. He sighed heavily. He could not deny his heart no matter how frozen it had become.
"Yes Albus, I do." Severus admitted. Dumbleodre nodded.
"As you may or may not know Hermione and yourself, among others are in a very ancient prophecy. One foretold by Merlin himself." Dumbledore said quietly.
"And what does this prophecy say?" Severus knew Albus was going to tell him, but he wished him to tell as quick as possible.
" 'When the maiden is tamed, The snake's heir shall be named, Together they create the night, And destroy all that is light" Dumbledore took a deep breath. "Are you aware of who fills which place? No. Then I will continue. The maiden, is of course Hermione, the snake is Voldemort, Voldemort's heir is Draco, and the night will be their son." Severus clenched his hand into a fist, drawing blood from his palm.
"This is why they have taken Hermione? To use her to create the end of the world?" Severus fumed. "And how do I fit into this?"
"There is another verse. But the darkness can be undone, by the love of the maiden." Dumbledore spoke softly. "Severus, you are the love of the maiden." Severus blanched.
"Albus, how can that be? Hermione couldn't possibly love me." He insisted.
"Did you not save her life? And did she not save your life in return?"
"She would have done that for anyone." Severus retorted.
"Yes, but not everyone would have rewarded her in such a way. When you saved her life it awakened your heart Severus, though you may wish to deny it. And she saw the light within you. Voldemort saw her love for you as well and the threat. That is why he tried to kill you." Dumbledore and Severus stood up. "We must leave. Before anything happens to Ms. Granger."
Severus was still in a stupor as he followed Dumbledore from his office. He couldn't get Hermione out of his mind. His blood boiled at the thought of them touching her, hurting her in any way.
"Severus?" Dumbledore said breaking him from his trance.
"Yes Albus?" Severus asked looking up at him.
"Do you know where they might have taken her?" Dumbledore's eyes were very dull in the corridor's light.
"If they intend to..." He couldn't bring himself to say what they wanted, "they would most likely take her to the Malfoy residence." Severus choked.
"Very well."
A/N Right, so it's another short chapter, but I'm trying to put them out as fast as I can. Thank you to the few people that have reviewed it has made me want to right my story faster.
"Yes Professor?" Harry said cautiously.
"Have you seen Herm- I mean Ms. Granger lately?" Snape asked trying to keep his voice from shaking. Harry looked at him oddly and thought for a moment.
"No Professor, not since potions." Harry answered. "Is there something-" But before Harry could finish Snape had already started to run down the other hall.
Snape reached the gargoyle to Dumbledore's office almost out of breath.
"Lemon Drops!" He yelled and ran up the stairs as well. He burst through Dumbledore's office door. Dumbledore looked up at him in mild surprise and undeniable worry.
"Severus, what is the matter?" He said standing up at the alarm in his colleague's face.
"It's... Miss...Granger..." he panted, "Voldemort...has...taken...her!"
"Are you sure?" Dumbledore walked over to Severus quickly. Snape swallowed.
"Yes."
"Severus sit down please," he started, "we will leave to retrieve Hermione after I have explained something to you." Although sitting down was the last thing Severus wanted to do, he knew Albus well enough to know that he would not delay Hermione's rescue if it wasnot vital information. "Severus I must ask you something and I wish a truthful answer." Albus paused. "Do you love Hermione?"
Severus was taken aback. Albus wanted the truth, but did he himself know the truth. Did he love Hermione? Severus looked down at his hands. How could he answer? Even if he was sure of his love, it is forbidden. And surely she would never feel the same way. He sighed heavily. He could not deny his heart no matter how frozen it had become.
"Yes Albus, I do." Severus admitted. Dumbleodre nodded.
"As you may or may not know Hermione and yourself, among others are in a very ancient prophecy. One foretold by Merlin himself." Dumbledore said quietly.
"And what does this prophecy say?" Severus knew Albus was going to tell him, but he wished him to tell as quick as possible.
" 'When the maiden is tamed, The snake's heir shall be named, Together they create the night, And destroy all that is light" Dumbledore took a deep breath. "Are you aware of who fills which place? No. Then I will continue. The maiden, is of course Hermione, the snake is Voldemort, Voldemort's heir is Draco, and the night will be their son." Severus clenched his hand into a fist, drawing blood from his palm.
"This is why they have taken Hermione? To use her to create the end of the world?" Severus fumed. "And how do I fit into this?"
"There is another verse. But the darkness can be undone, by the love of the maiden." Dumbledore spoke softly. "Severus, you are the love of the maiden." Severus blanched.
"Albus, how can that be? Hermione couldn't possibly love me." He insisted.
"Did you not save her life? And did she not save your life in return?"
"She would have done that for anyone." Severus retorted.
"Yes, but not everyone would have rewarded her in such a way. When you saved her life it awakened your heart Severus, though you may wish to deny it. And she saw the light within you. Voldemort saw her love for you as well and the threat. That is why he tried to kill you." Dumbledore and Severus stood up. "We must leave. Before anything happens to Ms. Granger."
Severus was still in a stupor as he followed Dumbledore from his office. He couldn't get Hermione out of his mind. His blood boiled at the thought of them touching her, hurting her in any way.
"Severus?" Dumbledore said breaking him from his trance.
"Yes Albus?" Severus asked looking up at him.
"Do you know where they might have taken her?" Dumbledore's eyes were very dull in the corridor's light.
"If they intend to..." He couldn't bring himself to say what they wanted, "they would most likely take her to the Malfoy residence." Severus choked.
"Very well."
A/N Right, so it's another short chapter, but I'm trying to put them out as fast as I can. Thank you to the few people that have reviewed it has made me want to right my story faster.