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enjoys this and I promise it will get better as it continues!
PLEASE READ MY NOTE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO! THANK YOU :)
Unexpected Sides of People
The next morning, Ron and Danielle were awoken by Hermione. "You guys better get up, Harry is coming down and if he sees you." Hermione couldn't finish because Harry walked into the room.
Harry stood at the bottom of the stairs as started at his sister in his best friend's arms. Both Danielle and Ron sat up and moved away from each other slightly.
Hermione spoke up before anyone else had a chance. "Hey, I'm going to go get some breakfast. Come on Danielle." Hermione grabbed Danielle's arm and dragged her out of the common room towards the great hall.
"Harry, I love him. Please understand that I love him." Danielle told Harry telepathically.
"You were with him ALL NIGHT." Harry yelled back to her.
"Nothing happened Harry, and we were in the common room. I love him, and I know he loves me. Can't you just let us be?" Danielle pleaded with her brother as she sat down with Hermione in the great hall.
"I don't want you to get hurt." Harry said protectively.
"I'm not going to have this conversation with you telepathically, meet me in the astronomy tower right now." Danielle said getting annoyed.
"Danielle where are you going?" Hermione asked as Danielle stood up to leave.
"Harry and I need to have a conversation away from our friends for a while. Either I'll be back or I'll see you at lunch." Danielle said as she ran out.
Danielle got to the tower first and waited for Harry. As soon as he walked in she forcefully said, "You and me are in the same situation."
Harry just looked at her. He didn't expect his usually calm collected sister to act like this.
"You are dating my best friend and I am dating yours." Danielle explained. She wasn't yelling, but any louder and she would have been.
"How come you get to be all over my best friend and I'm not allowed to kiss yours goodnight without a glare?" Harry couldn't answer her. He hadn't expected this and he was very shocked.
Danielle was now clam, she had gotten over her anger and felt really bad about what she just said. "I'm sorry Harry, I didn't mean to speak so forcefully. I was just annoyed, I apologize."
Harry just stared at his sister and they sat in silence for a while. "I don't want you to get hurt." Harry said breaking the silence.
"You can't love without hurting, Harry." Danielle explained. "I understand that you want to protect me and I even appreciate it some of the time." They both laughed.
"I'll try to be better." Harry said.
"Thank you." Danielle said giving him a hug.
"Hey, the key word is try." Harry said with a smile.
"And if you stopped all together I would be very upset." Danielle said resting her head on his shoulder.
"Come on let's go to breakfast and see our girlfriend and boyfriend." Harry said and Danielle smiled.
As Danielle sat down next to Ron she gave him a kiss on the lips. Ron pulled away and looked at Harry who just smiled and leaned over to kiss Hermione. Ron gave a puzzled look to Danielle, who only responded by kissing him again.
Soon Harry, Hermione, and Ron had to go to class. Danielle was very confused; she had never lost it like she had with Harry that morning. She decided that she needed to be by herself this morning. She usually did her homework on Mondays, but it was all done, she should recheck it but it seemed more important to clear her mind.
She didn't want to go back to the astronomy tower, so she just walked around the school aimlessly. Suddenly she looked up and she was right outside the "cream and butterscotch room" as she decided to call it. She went in and sat down on the couch in front of the fire.
Fall was beginning to turn to winter and the castle was getting cold and the warmth from the fire was wonderful. Danielle curled up on the couch for a little while. She was almost asleep or maybe she was asleep when suddenly something appeared on the back on her eyelids.
It was two thin, narrow, red eyes; if she didn't know better she would have said they were snake eyes. But Danielle knew better, she knew perfectly well that they were Voldemort's eyes.
A cold high-pitched laugh filled her mind and he said, "Danielle Potter. Come out and play, Danielle." Danielle's eyes flew open and she sat up quickly. She refused to shut her eyes for a few minutes, if blinking was something you could stop doing all together, she would have.
"Miss Potter?" Danielle jumped at the sound of her name. She turned around and Snape was standing near the door.
"Professor, I, um, I." Danielle could think of anything to say, she didn't know if she needed an excuse for being there or what.
"Please talk to me. You need to talk to someone." Snape said sitting down in a chair near the fire facing her.
"I don't know what to say." Danielle said and it was the truth.
"Are you worried the He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will try to attack you again?" Snape asked trying to ask her questions so she would open up.
Danielle nodded and said, "I don't understand people like that. They get pleasure out of other's pain. Wouldn't a smile give someone more pleasure that a tear?" Danielle asked looking over at Snape.
"I can't answer that. I used to be once of those people who did that, hurt people for my pleasure. But I realized that you are correct, helping people is a much better way that hurting them." Snape said with a grim look on his face.
"Do you know why I'm so hard on my students?" Snape asked her. Danielle shook her head. "I've realized that in order for most students to achieve their full potential they need to be pushed. Someday students with thank me for pushing them and helping them discover all their potential and they will be better off for it." Snape told her and Danielle only looked puzzled.
"Why then do you not push the Slytherins?" Danielle asked him. Snape laughed, "Most Slytherins are so power hungry that if you try to push them or direct them in anyway, they will hex you before you could blink. Besides, most of them will become Death Eaters like their parents. We wouldn't want them to discover their full potential, now would we?" Danielle laughed and shook her head no.
Snape and Danielle talked until lunch was about to start. "Well, I should head up to lunch Professor." Danielle said as she got up and levitated her bag over to her.
"I hope you feel better Miss Potter." Snape said with concern in his voice. Danielle nodded and left.
Snape sat there for a minute thinking about Danielle. He had never told anyone why he was always so hard on his students and not many would believe him either.
Snape mentally slapped himself. "You're letting your guard down." He scolded himself. "Yes, Danielle has a difficult path in front of her, but this is not your problem, you can't do anything to help her. Just go back to your office and forget this ever happened."
Snape knew all to well what getting to close to Danielle would mean for him, death. If Voldemort ever found out that he was close to Danielle it would be disastrous for both of them. But how could he let her walk blindly into Voldemort's trap, like her mother and father had. He swore to himself that he would never to something like this again, for both his sake and Danielle's.
Danielle walked up to lunch to be with her friends. "I wonder why he did that, it just doesn't seem in character." Danielle thought to herself.
"Just don't expect him to always do that." She heard her common sense say. Danielle did feel better and she knew that nothing like that would ever happen again.
Danielle smiled as she walked to the great hall. "Even people who are outwardly evil and mean can be good on the inside." She thought. She didn't mention the talk with her friends, they wouldn't have believed her and if they did they just would have yelled at her for talking to Snape.
Danielle realized that Snape was correct; talking was a good thing. Danielle promised herself that she would try and talk to her friends more often about her feelings.
PLEASE READ MY NOTE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO! THANK YOU :)
Unexpected Sides of People
The next morning, Ron and Danielle were awoken by Hermione. "You guys better get up, Harry is coming down and if he sees you." Hermione couldn't finish because Harry walked into the room.
Harry stood at the bottom of the stairs as started at his sister in his best friend's arms. Both Danielle and Ron sat up and moved away from each other slightly.
Hermione spoke up before anyone else had a chance. "Hey, I'm going to go get some breakfast. Come on Danielle." Hermione grabbed Danielle's arm and dragged her out of the common room towards the great hall.
"Harry, I love him. Please understand that I love him." Danielle told Harry telepathically.
"You were with him ALL NIGHT." Harry yelled back to her.
"Nothing happened Harry, and we were in the common room. I love him, and I know he loves me. Can't you just let us be?" Danielle pleaded with her brother as she sat down with Hermione in the great hall.
"I don't want you to get hurt." Harry said protectively.
"I'm not going to have this conversation with you telepathically, meet me in the astronomy tower right now." Danielle said getting annoyed.
"Danielle where are you going?" Hermione asked as Danielle stood up to leave.
"Harry and I need to have a conversation away from our friends for a while. Either I'll be back or I'll see you at lunch." Danielle said as she ran out.
Danielle got to the tower first and waited for Harry. As soon as he walked in she forcefully said, "You and me are in the same situation."
Harry just looked at her. He didn't expect his usually calm collected sister to act like this.
"You are dating my best friend and I am dating yours." Danielle explained. She wasn't yelling, but any louder and she would have been.
"How come you get to be all over my best friend and I'm not allowed to kiss yours goodnight without a glare?" Harry couldn't answer her. He hadn't expected this and he was very shocked.
Danielle was now clam, she had gotten over her anger and felt really bad about what she just said. "I'm sorry Harry, I didn't mean to speak so forcefully. I was just annoyed, I apologize."
Harry just stared at his sister and they sat in silence for a while. "I don't want you to get hurt." Harry said breaking the silence.
"You can't love without hurting, Harry." Danielle explained. "I understand that you want to protect me and I even appreciate it some of the time." They both laughed.
"I'll try to be better." Harry said.
"Thank you." Danielle said giving him a hug.
"Hey, the key word is try." Harry said with a smile.
"And if you stopped all together I would be very upset." Danielle said resting her head on his shoulder.
"Come on let's go to breakfast and see our girlfriend and boyfriend." Harry said and Danielle smiled.
As Danielle sat down next to Ron she gave him a kiss on the lips. Ron pulled away and looked at Harry who just smiled and leaned over to kiss Hermione. Ron gave a puzzled look to Danielle, who only responded by kissing him again.
Soon Harry, Hermione, and Ron had to go to class. Danielle was very confused; she had never lost it like she had with Harry that morning. She decided that she needed to be by herself this morning. She usually did her homework on Mondays, but it was all done, she should recheck it but it seemed more important to clear her mind.
She didn't want to go back to the astronomy tower, so she just walked around the school aimlessly. Suddenly she looked up and she was right outside the "cream and butterscotch room" as she decided to call it. She went in and sat down on the couch in front of the fire.
Fall was beginning to turn to winter and the castle was getting cold and the warmth from the fire was wonderful. Danielle curled up on the couch for a little while. She was almost asleep or maybe she was asleep when suddenly something appeared on the back on her eyelids.
It was two thin, narrow, red eyes; if she didn't know better she would have said they were snake eyes. But Danielle knew better, she knew perfectly well that they were Voldemort's eyes.
A cold high-pitched laugh filled her mind and he said, "Danielle Potter. Come out and play, Danielle." Danielle's eyes flew open and she sat up quickly. She refused to shut her eyes for a few minutes, if blinking was something you could stop doing all together, she would have.
"Miss Potter?" Danielle jumped at the sound of her name. She turned around and Snape was standing near the door.
"Professor, I, um, I." Danielle could think of anything to say, she didn't know if she needed an excuse for being there or what.
"Please talk to me. You need to talk to someone." Snape said sitting down in a chair near the fire facing her.
"I don't know what to say." Danielle said and it was the truth.
"Are you worried the He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will try to attack you again?" Snape asked trying to ask her questions so she would open up.
Danielle nodded and said, "I don't understand people like that. They get pleasure out of other's pain. Wouldn't a smile give someone more pleasure that a tear?" Danielle asked looking over at Snape.
"I can't answer that. I used to be once of those people who did that, hurt people for my pleasure. But I realized that you are correct, helping people is a much better way that hurting them." Snape said with a grim look on his face.
"Do you know why I'm so hard on my students?" Snape asked her. Danielle shook her head. "I've realized that in order for most students to achieve their full potential they need to be pushed. Someday students with thank me for pushing them and helping them discover all their potential and they will be better off for it." Snape told her and Danielle only looked puzzled.
"Why then do you not push the Slytherins?" Danielle asked him. Snape laughed, "Most Slytherins are so power hungry that if you try to push them or direct them in anyway, they will hex you before you could blink. Besides, most of them will become Death Eaters like their parents. We wouldn't want them to discover their full potential, now would we?" Danielle laughed and shook her head no.
Snape and Danielle talked until lunch was about to start. "Well, I should head up to lunch Professor." Danielle said as she got up and levitated her bag over to her.
"I hope you feel better Miss Potter." Snape said with concern in his voice. Danielle nodded and left.
Snape sat there for a minute thinking about Danielle. He had never told anyone why he was always so hard on his students and not many would believe him either.
Snape mentally slapped himself. "You're letting your guard down." He scolded himself. "Yes, Danielle has a difficult path in front of her, but this is not your problem, you can't do anything to help her. Just go back to your office and forget this ever happened."
Snape knew all to well what getting to close to Danielle would mean for him, death. If Voldemort ever found out that he was close to Danielle it would be disastrous for both of them. But how could he let her walk blindly into Voldemort's trap, like her mother and father had. He swore to himself that he would never to something like this again, for both his sake and Danielle's.
Danielle walked up to lunch to be with her friends. "I wonder why he did that, it just doesn't seem in character." Danielle thought to herself.
"Just don't expect him to always do that." She heard her common sense say. Danielle did feel better and she knew that nothing like that would ever happen again.
Danielle smiled as she walked to the great hall. "Even people who are outwardly evil and mean can be good on the inside." She thought. She didn't mention the talk with her friends, they wouldn't have believed her and if they did they just would have yelled at her for talking to Snape.
Danielle realized that Snape was correct; talking was a good thing. Danielle promised herself that she would try and talk to her friends more often about her feelings.