b/In The Shadows/b
Disclaimer: see first chapter
a/n: Oh! Thank you all so much for the reviews. I nearly screamed when I saw that I had eight whole reviews! This is my first story, so please try to be patient with me...pretty please!
Oh, and thank you to the always wonderful (*snort*) Calyr Mastra, my lovely beta, and even lovlier twin sister. (she's an author here too, read her stories!)
And thank you Gideon, you are a life saver (even though you don't like my story.)
I would also like to acknowlege the writers of I Dream of Hermione, Blank Slate, Regaining, A Perfect Match, A...Mistake?, Last Straw, The Winds of Change, etc. You are all such wonderful writers and inspirations
Everyone keeps saying my fic is like PtQ. I read it so long ago, i must re- read it. If it is to much like yours oh great author of PtQ (and i'm serious, very good author) i am very sorry!
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"Miss Granger?" Snape said to no one imparticular. He bent down and picked up the bushy-haired Gryffindor.
The potions master was about to walk into the castle when he saw a piece of parchment peeking out from between the pages of a thick book Hermione had been reading. He plucked it from the book and read the note. After pocketing the small bit of parchment, Professor Snape continued towards the doors of the castle, leaving the book and the blanket.
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"Severus?" A tired mediwitch asked. "What is the meaning of waking me up at this hour?"
"Are you blind, Poppy?" Snape asked dryly.
Looking in his arms, she gasped. "Why, that's Hermione Granger!" Madame Pomfrey showed Snape a bed where he could put her, which he did.
"Obviously.."
"Merlin's teeth! What's happened to her?" Pomfrey asked as she began to examine Hermione's injuries.
"Well, I just found her, not five minutes ago, just as she is now." Snape said. "But, if you'll excuse me, I must have a word with Dumbledore, please inform me when she awakes."
"Yes, of course, Severus." Pomfrey replied. With that, Snape turned and left the room, his black robes billowing behind him (like an overgrown bat..he he.)
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Snape stopped at the oh-so-familiar stone gargoyle. "Jelly bean," he said to it and it jumped out of Snape's way.
When Snape got into the Headmaster's office, he found the older professor sitting at his desk.
"Hello, Severus," said Dumbledore. "I had a feeling someone was going to show up."
"Hello, Headmaster," said Snape as he sat down."I am afraid that I am the bearer of bad tidings."
The older man's eyes lost a bit of their twinkle, but he urged Snape to continue.
"I was walking the grounds, looking for students outside past curfew, when I saw a couple out beneath a tree. I went to see what they were doing when the larger of the two dissapeared...how I do not know." Snape paused. "When I reached the tree, there was Hermione Granger lying naked, bound, unconscious, and blindfolded. A book that I'm going to assume she was reading was tossed aside carelessly. I was about to take her inside, when I saw this," Snape handed Dumbledore the bit of parchment. "It was inside the book."
Dumbledore looked up at Snape after reading the note, "Thank you, Severus. I hope that when Hermione wakes up, she will be able to shed a bit of light on this situation."
Snape nodded and stood to leave.
"I'll want you keeping a close eye on her, friend." Dumbledore said. "We do not know what forces may be at work here. Perhaps it is just a young man, but I do not believe that many people know how to vanish on Hogwarts grounds, as you said this mysterious figure did."
"Of course, sir." At this, Snape turned and headed for the dungeons.
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The next morning, as Snape was stepping out of his bathroom wearing a plush black robe, he saw the Hogwart's mediwitch's head appear in his fireplace.
"Severus, she is waking up." Pomfrey's head said.
"Thank you, Poppy. I'll be up immediately." Severus replied and then proceded to dress into his usually black robes.
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Hermione opened her eyes to see the kind, motherly face of Madame Pomfrey. "How are you feeling, dear?"
"Ok, I think." Hermione said. "How did I get here?"
"Well, Professor Snape.." Pomfrey began, but stopped when she saw him walking into the infirmary. "Why don't I let him tell you." Madame Pomfrey left to do whatever she did all day.
Looking into the eyes of the man she wanted to see least, Hermione repeated her question: "How did I get here?"
"I found you outside. You were, well, tell me what you remember last." Snape said.
Hermione did. "I was reading my book outside, because it was a nice evening and I wanted to get away from all those people. I remember looking up and seeing how dark it was."
"Go on..."
"Well, when I looked around, I saw someone comming towards me; someone in a hooded cloak. I thought it was a teacher preparing to reprimand me for being out so late," Hermione said. "The next thing I know, this person has my hands tied and I'm blindfolded. He whispers in my ear that I was not in the tower and that he must punish me."
Hermione looked up. "And that is the last thing I remember..." Hermione's eyes grew ashamed and began to fill with tears, "But I am afraid that much more than what I remember has happened."
"I can only tell you what I know, Miss Granger," Snape said, "and that is only what I saw."
"Pray tell, Professor, what did you see?" Hermione asked.
"I saw two figures beneath a tree, and I was about to take away points when the larger of the two disapeared. When I reached the tree I saw you." Snape did not want to tell Hermione what he saw.
"And?"
Not able to look her in the eyes, Snape continued. "You were bound, blindfolded, naked and unconscious. I feared the worst, so I picked you up and brought you here."
"....oh"
"But," Snape said, "not before picking up a note from your book."
What note? Hermione thought. Oh, wait....*that* note.
The thought of being raped made Hermione sick, and she did not want Snape here. True, he was not being the slimy, sarcastic, sneering git he was in class, but Snape was Snape.
Why is she taking this so calmly? Snape wondered. Perhaps it has not had enough time to register in her mind. Perhaps, she does not full understand what has happened.
"I have been assigned by the headmaster to keep an eye on you." Snape told Hermione. "So, if you ever need anything, do not hesitate to ask. I am not much of a social person, so I do not know how much I can help you."
"Thank you, sir." Hermione said.
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After Snape left, Hermione dropped her walls and began to cry.
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What do you think?
I wonder what this button does?
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Disclaimer: see first chapter
a/n: Oh! Thank you all so much for the reviews. I nearly screamed when I saw that I had eight whole reviews! This is my first story, so please try to be patient with me...pretty please!
Oh, and thank you to the always wonderful (*snort*) Calyr Mastra, my lovely beta, and even lovlier twin sister. (she's an author here too, read her stories!)
And thank you Gideon, you are a life saver (even though you don't like my story.)
I would also like to acknowlege the writers of I Dream of Hermione, Blank Slate, Regaining, A Perfect Match, A...Mistake?, Last Straw, The Winds of Change, etc. You are all such wonderful writers and inspirations
Everyone keeps saying my fic is like PtQ. I read it so long ago, i must re- read it. If it is to much like yours oh great author of PtQ (and i'm serious, very good author) i am very sorry!
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"Miss Granger?" Snape said to no one imparticular. He bent down and picked up the bushy-haired Gryffindor.
The potions master was about to walk into the castle when he saw a piece of parchment peeking out from between the pages of a thick book Hermione had been reading. He plucked it from the book and read the note. After pocketing the small bit of parchment, Professor Snape continued towards the doors of the castle, leaving the book and the blanket.
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"Severus?" A tired mediwitch asked. "What is the meaning of waking me up at this hour?"
"Are you blind, Poppy?" Snape asked dryly.
Looking in his arms, she gasped. "Why, that's Hermione Granger!" Madame Pomfrey showed Snape a bed where he could put her, which he did.
"Obviously.."
"Merlin's teeth! What's happened to her?" Pomfrey asked as she began to examine Hermione's injuries.
"Well, I just found her, not five minutes ago, just as she is now." Snape said. "But, if you'll excuse me, I must have a word with Dumbledore, please inform me when she awakes."
"Yes, of course, Severus." Pomfrey replied. With that, Snape turned and left the room, his black robes billowing behind him (like an overgrown bat..he he.)
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Snape stopped at the oh-so-familiar stone gargoyle. "Jelly bean," he said to it and it jumped out of Snape's way.
When Snape got into the Headmaster's office, he found the older professor sitting at his desk.
"Hello, Severus," said Dumbledore. "I had a feeling someone was going to show up."
"Hello, Headmaster," said Snape as he sat down."I am afraid that I am the bearer of bad tidings."
The older man's eyes lost a bit of their twinkle, but he urged Snape to continue.
"I was walking the grounds, looking for students outside past curfew, when I saw a couple out beneath a tree. I went to see what they were doing when the larger of the two dissapeared...how I do not know." Snape paused. "When I reached the tree, there was Hermione Granger lying naked, bound, unconscious, and blindfolded. A book that I'm going to assume she was reading was tossed aside carelessly. I was about to take her inside, when I saw this," Snape handed Dumbledore the bit of parchment. "It was inside the book."
Dumbledore looked up at Snape after reading the note, "Thank you, Severus. I hope that when Hermione wakes up, she will be able to shed a bit of light on this situation."
Snape nodded and stood to leave.
"I'll want you keeping a close eye on her, friend." Dumbledore said. "We do not know what forces may be at work here. Perhaps it is just a young man, but I do not believe that many people know how to vanish on Hogwarts grounds, as you said this mysterious figure did."
"Of course, sir." At this, Snape turned and headed for the dungeons.
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The next morning, as Snape was stepping out of his bathroom wearing a plush black robe, he saw the Hogwart's mediwitch's head appear in his fireplace.
"Severus, she is waking up." Pomfrey's head said.
"Thank you, Poppy. I'll be up immediately." Severus replied and then proceded to dress into his usually black robes.
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Hermione opened her eyes to see the kind, motherly face of Madame Pomfrey. "How are you feeling, dear?"
"Ok, I think." Hermione said. "How did I get here?"
"Well, Professor Snape.." Pomfrey began, but stopped when she saw him walking into the infirmary. "Why don't I let him tell you." Madame Pomfrey left to do whatever she did all day.
Looking into the eyes of the man she wanted to see least, Hermione repeated her question: "How did I get here?"
"I found you outside. You were, well, tell me what you remember last." Snape said.
Hermione did. "I was reading my book outside, because it was a nice evening and I wanted to get away from all those people. I remember looking up and seeing how dark it was."
"Go on..."
"Well, when I looked around, I saw someone comming towards me; someone in a hooded cloak. I thought it was a teacher preparing to reprimand me for being out so late," Hermione said. "The next thing I know, this person has my hands tied and I'm blindfolded. He whispers in my ear that I was not in the tower and that he must punish me."
Hermione looked up. "And that is the last thing I remember..." Hermione's eyes grew ashamed and began to fill with tears, "But I am afraid that much more than what I remember has happened."
"I can only tell you what I know, Miss Granger," Snape said, "and that is only what I saw."
"Pray tell, Professor, what did you see?" Hermione asked.
"I saw two figures beneath a tree, and I was about to take away points when the larger of the two disapeared. When I reached the tree I saw you." Snape did not want to tell Hermione what he saw.
"And?"
Not able to look her in the eyes, Snape continued. "You were bound, blindfolded, naked and unconscious. I feared the worst, so I picked you up and brought you here."
"....oh"
"But," Snape said, "not before picking up a note from your book."
What note? Hermione thought. Oh, wait....*that* note.
The thought of being raped made Hermione sick, and she did not want Snape here. True, he was not being the slimy, sarcastic, sneering git he was in class, but Snape was Snape.
Why is she taking this so calmly? Snape wondered. Perhaps it has not had enough time to register in her mind. Perhaps, she does not full understand what has happened.
"I have been assigned by the headmaster to keep an eye on you." Snape told Hermione. "So, if you ever need anything, do not hesitate to ask. I am not much of a social person, so I do not know how much I can help you."
"Thank you, sir." Hermione said.
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After Snape left, Hermione dropped her walls and began to cry.
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What do you think?
I wonder what this button does?
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