It was a lazy Sunday morning. Iphigenia and Severa sat on their beds, still in their pyjammas. Iphi was doing some homework whilst Sev continued reading her novel. Out of nowhere, Severa began, "I had a really weird dream last night."

Without looking up, Iphi replied, "Oh? What about?"

"Well, first it started off with me being in a theatre class, which by the way I think Hogwarts should have. I mean we could put on fabulous productions!"

"Your digressing..."

"Yes, well anyway. You'll never guess who our teacher was! It was Alan Rickman himself! And he was so cool, he knew all about how I am obsessed with him and he was all okay with it." She sighed, "He's so great."

"That's it, that's what your dream was about? The way you made it sound important I had hoped at least it involved you marrying a rather unlikely candidate."

"Hang on Miss Lister, there's more! This next part involves you!"

"Beginning to not want to know..."

"So, after my theatre class, I met with you. We were on our way to one of our other classes, can't be sure what specific one. Anyway, we were discussing that we should breakup with our boyfriends because, get this, we were dating teachers! And we were concerned that we would be found out, getting us expelled and our beloveds fired!"

"What did you eat before you went to bed?"

"Hush, I'm not done yet. Well, here's where it gets weirdest. The teacher you had to breakup with was...Binns!"

Iphi's mouth went agape and protested, "What?! That is so wrong! I cannot even tell you...what is wrong with you?"

Severa wiggled her eyebrows, "I don't know, Iphi, my subconscious picked up on something involving you and him. But, I haven't told you the teacher I was dating! This is the best part, better than my A.R. teaching theatre! My beau was none other than the moody, black-haired one himself!"

"That is so like you, having a dream where I get the short end of the stick and you prance off with your dream man."

"Come on, I don't choose what I dream about. Besides, if I dreamt about what you wanted, it would have to involve Lee Jordan. I for one do not wish to dream about him."

To hide her blushing, Iphi grabbed a pillow and flung it hard at Sev. Sev looked completely insulted, but threw the pillow right back to its owner. The two engaged in a rather violent pillow-fight for the rest of the morning.

Monday, and the girls were back in class. It was their first day of separation during potions class. For the first time, Severa found herself glaring at Snape instead of leering. She was also glaring over in the direction of Iphi and her new table partner, Lee Jordan. The two of them were chatting like it was nobody's business. Iphi was giggling, tossing her hair, and in other words doing everything that was making Sev sick. Getting disgusted, she returned to angrily chopping her Ent roots.

"Bloody viper, has no business tryin' to get with a Gryff," mumbled a disgruntled Fred next to her.

"I beg your pardon?" Sev raised an eyebrow, "What did you just refer to my friend as?"

"You're all vipers, asps, cobras, you name it. You bloody Slyths don't know how to keep to your own business and stay out of trouble. Look at that friend of yours. Like the serpent in the garden, trying to seduce."

Severa was getting indignant. "Well, I don't see Mr. Jordan pushing her away exactly."

"It's that charming ability all snakes have."

"Yet, is it not the men with the pipes who charm the snakes?"

"Even then, the snake can turn on it's master, like a traitor."

"Perhaps the master deserves it." That seemed to shut him up for a while. Sev smiled smugly, then turned back to her chopping.

But it seemed Fred had more to say on the matter after all. "You know, I'm not enjoying this anymore than you are. Can't joke around with George; have to deal with your bitchyness. It's all that damn professor's fault."

"You shouldn't complain too much. After all, being paired with me just might help your grade."

Fred scoffed. "Right. Everyone knows the real reason why you do so well in this class. That you have it off with him any chance you get!"

That last one boiled Severa's blood. Not only was it an insult to her intelligence, it was an insult to her Snape's integraty. She clutched her knife. "Well," she said in a forced whisper, "if you seem to know so much about snakes, you should know not to upset one, if you don't want to get BITTEN!" With that she plunged the knife into the hand Fred had resting on the tabletop. His scream of pain did not go unnoticed.

"AAARGH. Crazy, Psycho-bitch!" He gasped from the intense pain in his hand. Some students distanced themselves from the blood coming out of his hand; others tried to get a better look.

Snape quickly pushed past the throng of teenagers get to the Sev and Fred's table. It's very rare indeed for Snape to be shocked about anything, but the expression on his face when he saw the impaled hand and the stoic form of Severa sitting next on was of great surprise indeed. Snape grabbed the knife handle and drew it out. Fred gritted his teeth as he did so. "Hurry," Snape told the boy, "get to Madame Pomfrey, use your robe to put pressure on the wound."

Fred immediately ran out of the room, his brother not far behind. The other students watched him leave, then turned back to the quiet Severa fearfully. Snape was staring at her too as he ordered the rest of them out of the room. Iphi hesitated for a moment, wanting to understand her friend's actions, but was gently tugged away by Lee.

Iphi left the dungeons on Lee's arm. Her confusion of the situation turned to tears. What brought it on? What could Sev have been thinking? Would she get expelled? Is Fred okay?

"I knew that friend of yours was a bit out there, Iphigenia, but I never thought she could do something like this!"

"Well, your friend must have done something to make her go off like that!"

"Whatever it was, it certainly wasn't stabbing her!"

"You don't know her! She's never done anything like this before! Sure she's talked about how she would like to stab a couple people, but everyone once in a while talks like that, nothing serious!"

"I think she needs mental help, seriously."

"NO she doesn't!" Iphi pushed Lee away from her. "You don't know her! You don't understand!" She ran off down the hall, sobbing.

Lee ran after her, "Iphi, wait!"

"What the hell were you thinking, Rimmer?"

Severa flinched as Snape shouted at her. She blinked a couple times, trying to remember. "I wasn't, sir."

"Obviously. Do you have any idea what could happen to you now? You have seriously attacked another student. You can get expelled for this!"

"I...know." Finally tears started welling in her eyes, and she coughed as the familiar pain rose in her throat.

"I have come to expect many things from you, Miss Rimmer, but never this. How could you be so stupid, do you something so drastic when you are almost on your way out of this school?"

"Fred...he...he...said."

"I don't care what Mr. Weasly's words were. You know better! You are a bright girl who should know when violence is truly necessary. You have severely disappointed me."

Severa was openly crying now, heavily, drawing deep gasps to just continue breathing. "Professor, I am so-"

"Sorry will not be good enough this time, Miss Rimmer. And there is no way something like this can be kept from the Headmaster. I don't doubt that we will be hearing from him soon."

Severa shuddered in her intense sobs and managed to look up through her blurry, tear-filed eyes. She whispered hoarsely, "What's going to happen to me?"

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