About all this squib thing. Vicky can be Snape's daugther.
1. He's a wizard.
2. Vicky's mother can be a wizard.
3. Vicky is not. Thus she's still a squib. Very simple :)
As for Herimione's flake out - she hit Snape badly coz she felt with all weigth of her body. But she felt down in faint not because of blood's lost (obviously), but because of exhaustion. Just imagine - you're trapped with Snape, he's angry at you, you're in one piece of clothes with him, then you fall on him - ah?
Snape sighed and caressed her cheek with such tenderness Vicky could almost feel how it materialized in warmth around her.
"Poor, poor, To! How could you fall in love so carelessly?"
Victoria looked straight into his eyes - cold and bitter for others and velvet, gleaming for her:
"But I love him"
Snape smiled at the corners of his lips. Youth. Everything so simple then you're young and in love.
"To, darling, you can't have a boyfriend, or even a friend. You know it perfectly well, and I hope there is no need in repeating it."
"But why can't I have at least one ordinary relationship?! Noone found out!"
"Hermione Granger already found out! And some others might as well! You can't risk your life - even for love!"
Snape stopped, and they both stood silent for a moment. Then he continued in soft and low voice.
"You know that I care about you more than about any person in the world, but you just can't have friends, at least when you're at Hogwarts. If Lucious Malfoy find out... then possibly Voldemort..." - his voice trailed off,- "Your parents gave you to me, believing I'll keep your existence in secret and I'm going to keep it this way."
Vicky sobbed when Snape mentioned her parents - "You're my only family now"
Snape hugged her and stroked her hair, calming her a bit - "Yes, you're my only family too, but don't forget that there is one person who depends on you"
Vicky looked at Snape very seriously - "I'll do anything for you and for him"
He smiled at her tenderly - "I know, I know." Then he said that has to be said:
"That's why you have to break up with Draco"
"I can't! I love him too much"
"Does he know about you? Me?"
"No"
"And what if he doesn't love you?"
"He does!"
"Even if he does, though I wouldn't be so sure about it, you didn't have right to involve Hermione into it!"
"She was our only chance to meet"
"Was she? And what kind of spell did you cast to make her fall in love with Draco?"
"Love spell from that gray book you once showed me"
"Just perfect! But have you ever possibly thought that it's disgraceful to cast so strong spell?"
"But we were going to uncast that spell soon"
"How soon?" Snape covered Vicky's hands with his. "To, you see, love isn't that simple. I don't think I'll be able to persuade you to break up with Draco right now - you're too stubborn for that, just like your mother", - they both smiled, - "but I can show you something. Go with me."
Vicky looked at him questionably, then followed Snape in the dark halls of the Dungeon.
~*~*~*~
Hermione was holding Draco's hand with such sadistic feeling of self-pity and despair, that she was ready either to cry or to broke his arm.
Finally Draco said something:
"I... And Vicky... You saw, right?.. Are you still gonna help us?.."
"I don't know. I really don't know anymore.'
Draco stopped so suddenly, that Hermione almost felt, as she was still clenching his hand, so she was pulled back too fast.
"I have something for you"
Hermione opened her mouth to tell something, but Draco hushed her:
"Just open it" - with those word he handed her small box ("That's what Vicky gave him in that room!")
Hermione slowly took it and began unwrapping golden paper with small beautiful moving roses. She felt nervous, her fingers trembled, as she finally saw tiny black box.
"Just open it" repeated Draco.
"But..."
"Open"
Hermione opened small box when pink mist splashed her face. She sneezed.
"What is it?"
"Read the writing"
Hermione focused on the box, waving mist away. Glittering letters appeared from nowhere on the inner side of the box.
"A strong love spell uncast,
Now you're free to feel,
Won't ever forget your past -
Because it was for real"
"What?.. Do you mean?.. Are you?.. Did you?.." - Hermione finally was able to say proper sentence, "You cast a love spell on me?"
"Yes", Draco was studying her face for any indication of what she felt right now, but there was none.
"Bastard!", she hissed as she slapped him with all strength she had.
Draco didn't tell anything, not winced, not blinked, not answered.
Hermione slowly turned away and came to Potion class, when Draco whispered emotionlessly:
"She doesn't love me anymore".
~*~*~*~
When Draco came into class he didn't even look at Hermione. He just sat at his place, too absorbed into thoughts. He didn't want to give Hermione that damn box. He was arguing with Vicky so fiercly one would think he was objection to commit a murder, but not to present a box for someone. Everything went perfectly well. Hermione was the best alibi they both could think of. And now, all of a sudden, Vicky decided to uncast the spell. How could they meet when Hermione doesn't love him anymore.
"Doesn't love me anymore and I can't meet with Vicky anymore." Draco didn't know which part of it bring him more pain.
Snape was late for more than 6 minutes. It was such a shocker for everyone in the Potions class, than about 90 percents of the students logically presumed that if Snape didn't showed up in time - he was dead.
By the time when happy pupils suggested 38th way of Snape's death, "dead" teacher came in. He wasn't alone, he has pale pretty girl with him - Vicky.
Snape introduced her in the most weird way students could possibly think of:
"Vicky. Don't talk to her. Don't look at her. Don't ask anything. She'll join you only for Potion classes. And remember about 3 "dont"s."
With those words he placed her near Hermione.
"Today we'll have one of the most", - he was choosing right word, - "amusing Potion lessons."
He glared at the class with threatening eyes, and continued.
"We're going to make love potion"
Class burst with chattering, whispering and giggling.
"Quiet! Don't flatter yourself - you won't be able to make real "love potion", instead you'll prepare "true love" potion. It may sound similar. But it's not. This potion will indicate the person you love by small stars. Nothing funny, so don't laugh." - he lowered his voice, - "just imagine how your stars float to a person you really love".
He smiled baleful. "Everyone will have to make that potion".
Now every student looked sour - the prospect of being unmasked was lamentable.
"What the most important about this potion is that it'll indicate true feeling of a person, even he's under spell. Or dead."
Snape came by to the table, where Vicky was sitting, and said audibly still looking into her eyes, but addressing to another person - "Miss Granger will make her potion in front of the class. Being one of the most talented student, she'd give you all great example"
In any other circumstances Hermione would be happy to hear "Miss Granger" and "talented" in one sentence, especially pronounced by Snape himself, but now her heart sank and almost stop beating as she stared at him with unsaid plea, but it was ignored, as the only person Snape was looking at was Vicky.
Hermione was doomed. By the look on Malfoy's face he was totally agree with her.
~*~*~*~
Snape was circling around Hermione, checking if she added right components.
When he added meaningfully, as reading Hermione's thoughts, -"If you'll put wrong components it might even kill you".
He looked at Neville, who was now almost crying, trying not to drop the bottle itself in the cauldron (the previous bottle now emerged on the surface of bubbling fluid, that had to turn into powder 10 minutes ago, if done properly).
"That's the time. Now of never" - thought Hermione when Snape wasn't looking. She wouldn't have another chance to ruin her potion. She took a bottle and poured it's content into... Snape's hand.
"Na-ah, Miss Granger", - with a wave of his wand his hand was clean again, - "You'll make that potion. Even if you're afraid of the truth."
Hermione was ashamed as never in her life (well, the kissing Malfoy for the first time in front of the whole class was quite of experience, but now it was her destiny that depended on that stupid potion).
"Fine", - she whispered under her breath.
~*~*~*~
Half and hour later Snape finally wrote on the blackboard words to be said to make potion work. "Lamenctus dovere imperfinato credere."
He came closer to Hermione then clapped, bringing attention of all class at once and announced:
"Perfect potion. I think it's time for us to find out whom you really love".
Every pair of eyes was staring at her intensively. 5 people were particulary curious: Snape himself, Draco of course, Vicky, Harry and Ron.
Hermione started:
"Lamenctus..."
(how sad Harry is. As well as Ron)
"dovere..."
(when everyone will see that I don't love Draco. He looks so scared)
"imperfinato..."
(and this Vicky won't be able to date Draco anymore. I kinda feel sorry for her)
"Credere"
Nothing happened. Hermione looked puzzled. Snape only smiled. Draco didn't breathe, Vicky learned forward to see more, Harry was tapping table with his pen, while Ron clenched his fists nervously.
Then, slowly silver stream levitated in front of Hermione, fading in the class. It was almost invisible now. Everyone was looking up, some tried to catch smoke, but it get higher and gradually it formed a perfect ball, radiating blue light. Suddenly it began quake heavenly - and then a ball exploded with hundreds of small glittering, transfusive stars, changing its color from silver to blue and black, which spread all over class.
Now everyone was looking where they'll stop.
When most of them there floating near Draco almost whole class applauded. Snape looked pleased with himself. Hermione didn't know what to think. Malfoy stared at her in amazement. Ron was angry. Harry was sad, but he was collected, and it wasn't a surprise for him anyway. But it was a huge surprise for Vicky, who froze in disbelief, silent brilliants of tears running down her now snow-white cheeks.
Then two blinking, looking very pale and weak, stars make their way to astonished Ron. Hermione smiled a bit, as she saw how her ex-boyfriend turned almost as red as his hair.
One star was by Harry, who was looking so intense at it, as if his whole life was in that shining object.
And then happened something, that make Hermione turn white, Harry drop his glasses, Ron - broke his pen, Malfoy - say something like "Oh myyy", the whole school - chatter about it for several month, and Snape - knock cauldron over when he was stepping back - and he has a reason to back off: a dozen of stars was flying to him.
A/n: ok, I admit, it's became more Hermione/Snape lately than I expected. But lets not forget that "MOST" of the starts were floating near Malfoy. And it was what Hermione's really felt. Oh, and Snape would cast memory spell on students, so they wont' remember Vicky :) And he's Vicky's stepfather (if you haven't noticed).
And I'm not gonna tell you if Hermy really have something for Snape. To tell you the truth I already have plot of that fic written down - it's very complicated thing, but it has a lot of unexpected twists :))
I'm gonna have some fun with Harry and Vicky. And finally we'll get more Draco/Hermione :))
And please - REVIEW!!!! R-E-V-I-E-W!!! :)) I want to have at least 100 reviews (92 are up right now). So help me with that :))
Thank you! :)
1. He's a wizard.
2. Vicky's mother can be a wizard.
3. Vicky is not. Thus she's still a squib. Very simple :)
As for Herimione's flake out - she hit Snape badly coz she felt with all weigth of her body. But she felt down in faint not because of blood's lost (obviously), but because of exhaustion. Just imagine - you're trapped with Snape, he's angry at you, you're in one piece of clothes with him, then you fall on him - ah?
Chapter 9 ~True Love Potion~
Snape sighed and caressed her cheek with such tenderness Vicky could almost feel how it materialized in warmth around her.
"Poor, poor, To! How could you fall in love so carelessly?"
Victoria looked straight into his eyes - cold and bitter for others and velvet, gleaming for her:
"But I love him"
Snape smiled at the corners of his lips. Youth. Everything so simple then you're young and in love.
"To, darling, you can't have a boyfriend, or even a friend. You know it perfectly well, and I hope there is no need in repeating it."
"But why can't I have at least one ordinary relationship?! Noone found out!"
"Hermione Granger already found out! And some others might as well! You can't risk your life - even for love!"
Snape stopped, and they both stood silent for a moment. Then he continued in soft and low voice.
"You know that I care about you more than about any person in the world, but you just can't have friends, at least when you're at Hogwarts. If Lucious Malfoy find out... then possibly Voldemort..." - his voice trailed off,- "Your parents gave you to me, believing I'll keep your existence in secret and I'm going to keep it this way."
Vicky sobbed when Snape mentioned her parents - "You're my only family now"
Snape hugged her and stroked her hair, calming her a bit - "Yes, you're my only family too, but don't forget that there is one person who depends on you"
Vicky looked at Snape very seriously - "I'll do anything for you and for him"
He smiled at her tenderly - "I know, I know." Then he said that has to be said:
"That's why you have to break up with Draco"
"I can't! I love him too much"
"Does he know about you? Me?"
"No"
"And what if he doesn't love you?"
"He does!"
"Even if he does, though I wouldn't be so sure about it, you didn't have right to involve Hermione into it!"
"She was our only chance to meet"
"Was she? And what kind of spell did you cast to make her fall in love with Draco?"
"Love spell from that gray book you once showed me"
"Just perfect! But have you ever possibly thought that it's disgraceful to cast so strong spell?"
"But we were going to uncast that spell soon"
"How soon?" Snape covered Vicky's hands with his. "To, you see, love isn't that simple. I don't think I'll be able to persuade you to break up with Draco right now - you're too stubborn for that, just like your mother", - they both smiled, - "but I can show you something. Go with me."
Vicky looked at him questionably, then followed Snape in the dark halls of the Dungeon.
~*~*~*~
Hermione was holding Draco's hand with such sadistic feeling of self-pity and despair, that she was ready either to cry or to broke his arm.
Finally Draco said something:
"I... And Vicky... You saw, right?.. Are you still gonna help us?.."
"I don't know. I really don't know anymore.'
Draco stopped so suddenly, that Hermione almost felt, as she was still clenching his hand, so she was pulled back too fast.
"I have something for you"
Hermione opened her mouth to tell something, but Draco hushed her:
"Just open it" - with those word he handed her small box ("That's what Vicky gave him in that room!")
Hermione slowly took it and began unwrapping golden paper with small beautiful moving roses. She felt nervous, her fingers trembled, as she finally saw tiny black box.
"Just open it" repeated Draco.
"But..."
"Open"
Hermione opened small box when pink mist splashed her face. She sneezed.
"What is it?"
"Read the writing"
Hermione focused on the box, waving mist away. Glittering letters appeared from nowhere on the inner side of the box.
"A strong love spell uncast,
Now you're free to feel,
Won't ever forget your past -
Because it was for real"
"What?.. Do you mean?.. Are you?.. Did you?.." - Hermione finally was able to say proper sentence, "You cast a love spell on me?"
"Yes", Draco was studying her face for any indication of what she felt right now, but there was none.
"Bastard!", she hissed as she slapped him with all strength she had.
Draco didn't tell anything, not winced, not blinked, not answered.
Hermione slowly turned away and came to Potion class, when Draco whispered emotionlessly:
"She doesn't love me anymore".
~*~*~*~
When Draco came into class he didn't even look at Hermione. He just sat at his place, too absorbed into thoughts. He didn't want to give Hermione that damn box. He was arguing with Vicky so fiercly one would think he was objection to commit a murder, but not to present a box for someone. Everything went perfectly well. Hermione was the best alibi they both could think of. And now, all of a sudden, Vicky decided to uncast the spell. How could they meet when Hermione doesn't love him anymore.
"Doesn't love me anymore and I can't meet with Vicky anymore." Draco didn't know which part of it bring him more pain.
Snape was late for more than 6 minutes. It was such a shocker for everyone in the Potions class, than about 90 percents of the students logically presumed that if Snape didn't showed up in time - he was dead.
By the time when happy pupils suggested 38th way of Snape's death, "dead" teacher came in. He wasn't alone, he has pale pretty girl with him - Vicky.
Snape introduced her in the most weird way students could possibly think of:
"Vicky. Don't talk to her. Don't look at her. Don't ask anything. She'll join you only for Potion classes. And remember about 3 "dont"s."
With those words he placed her near Hermione.
"Today we'll have one of the most", - he was choosing right word, - "amusing Potion lessons."
He glared at the class with threatening eyes, and continued.
"We're going to make love potion"
Class burst with chattering, whispering and giggling.
"Quiet! Don't flatter yourself - you won't be able to make real "love potion", instead you'll prepare "true love" potion. It may sound similar. But it's not. This potion will indicate the person you love by small stars. Nothing funny, so don't laugh." - he lowered his voice, - "just imagine how your stars float to a person you really love".
He smiled baleful. "Everyone will have to make that potion".
Now every student looked sour - the prospect of being unmasked was lamentable.
"What the most important about this potion is that it'll indicate true feeling of a person, even he's under spell. Or dead."
Snape came by to the table, where Vicky was sitting, and said audibly still looking into her eyes, but addressing to another person - "Miss Granger will make her potion in front of the class. Being one of the most talented student, she'd give you all great example"
In any other circumstances Hermione would be happy to hear "Miss Granger" and "talented" in one sentence, especially pronounced by Snape himself, but now her heart sank and almost stop beating as she stared at him with unsaid plea, but it was ignored, as the only person Snape was looking at was Vicky.
Hermione was doomed. By the look on Malfoy's face he was totally agree with her.
~*~*~*~
Snape was circling around Hermione, checking if she added right components.
When he added meaningfully, as reading Hermione's thoughts, -"If you'll put wrong components it might even kill you".
He looked at Neville, who was now almost crying, trying not to drop the bottle itself in the cauldron (the previous bottle now emerged on the surface of bubbling fluid, that had to turn into powder 10 minutes ago, if done properly).
"That's the time. Now of never" - thought Hermione when Snape wasn't looking. She wouldn't have another chance to ruin her potion. She took a bottle and poured it's content into... Snape's hand.
"Na-ah, Miss Granger", - with a wave of his wand his hand was clean again, - "You'll make that potion. Even if you're afraid of the truth."
Hermione was ashamed as never in her life (well, the kissing Malfoy for the first time in front of the whole class was quite of experience, but now it was her destiny that depended on that stupid potion).
"Fine", - she whispered under her breath.
~*~*~*~
Half and hour later Snape finally wrote on the blackboard words to be said to make potion work. "Lamenctus dovere imperfinato credere."
He came closer to Hermione then clapped, bringing attention of all class at once and announced:
"Perfect potion. I think it's time for us to find out whom you really love".
Every pair of eyes was staring at her intensively. 5 people were particulary curious: Snape himself, Draco of course, Vicky, Harry and Ron.
Hermione started:
"Lamenctus..."
(how sad Harry is. As well as Ron)
"dovere..."
(when everyone will see that I don't love Draco. He looks so scared)
"imperfinato..."
(and this Vicky won't be able to date Draco anymore. I kinda feel sorry for her)
"Credere"
Nothing happened. Hermione looked puzzled. Snape only smiled. Draco didn't breathe, Vicky learned forward to see more, Harry was tapping table with his pen, while Ron clenched his fists nervously.
Then, slowly silver stream levitated in front of Hermione, fading in the class. It was almost invisible now. Everyone was looking up, some tried to catch smoke, but it get higher and gradually it formed a perfect ball, radiating blue light. Suddenly it began quake heavenly - and then a ball exploded with hundreds of small glittering, transfusive stars, changing its color from silver to blue and black, which spread all over class.
Now everyone was looking where they'll stop.
When most of them there floating near Draco almost whole class applauded. Snape looked pleased with himself. Hermione didn't know what to think. Malfoy stared at her in amazement. Ron was angry. Harry was sad, but he was collected, and it wasn't a surprise for him anyway. But it was a huge surprise for Vicky, who froze in disbelief, silent brilliants of tears running down her now snow-white cheeks.
Then two blinking, looking very pale and weak, stars make their way to astonished Ron. Hermione smiled a bit, as she saw how her ex-boyfriend turned almost as red as his hair.
One star was by Harry, who was looking so intense at it, as if his whole life was in that shining object.
And then happened something, that make Hermione turn white, Harry drop his glasses, Ron - broke his pen, Malfoy - say something like "Oh myyy", the whole school - chatter about it for several month, and Snape - knock cauldron over when he was stepping back - and he has a reason to back off: a dozen of stars was flying to him.
A/n: ok, I admit, it's became more Hermione/Snape lately than I expected. But lets not forget that "MOST" of the starts were floating near Malfoy. And it was what Hermione's really felt. Oh, and Snape would cast memory spell on students, so they wont' remember Vicky :) And he's Vicky's stepfather (if you haven't noticed).
And I'm not gonna tell you if Hermy really have something for Snape. To tell you the truth I already have plot of that fic written down - it's very complicated thing, but it has a lot of unexpected twists :))
I'm gonna have some fun with Harry and Vicky. And finally we'll get more Draco/Hermione :))
And please - REVIEW!!!! R-E-V-I-E-W!!! :)) I want to have at least 100 reviews (92 are up right now). So help me with that :))
Thank you! :)