Unexpected Encounters : Chapter Three
Disclaimer : as you know I don't own any of the character's or concepts that are in the Harry Potter books. They all belong to J. K. Rowling. No money is being made here. Just me here, writing a story.
Author's Notes : the vote still stands at a tie. . If it's still tied I'm going to just pick whether it will be Sev/Harry or Sev/Remus. You will know the main pairing by the time I have Chapter Four ready for posting. You can check my profile information for updates on where I'm at in the writing process of the story. I'll be changing the rating to R next chapter, because now that I think about it Chapter Two really shouldn't be rated PG- 13 since no 13 year old should even be thinking about that much blood.
Ooh. and you know how FF.net says that there may be down time for the site soon. I'll still update my website then so new chapters can be found there.
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Severus looked at the image of Albus' bobbing head that had popped up in fire. He looked quite strange since the image couldn't fit his long hair and beard too. It seemed as though he had been hit with a severing charm. "Severus, how do you feel?" he repeated slower as Severus shook away the image of little red bows tied in as well.
"Oh, I feel quite well actually, considering I died last night. I do think that I am getting hungry though, since Draco is starting to look rather.." "Oh!" interrupted Professor Sprout as her head pushed its way into the fire alongside the Headmasters'. "Severus, do you remember the blood moss. We figured we could use that as a temporary supplement." "Yes, yes. We sent an owl order away for blood in Knockturn Alley though so you will not be drinking moss for too long." added Albus.
"I'll send up Sunny, now with your meal. Sunny is the house elf that I've asked to specifically help you around the castle." Severus smiled slightly. Leave it to Dumbledore to pick the house-elf with the most ironic name to tend to a vampire.
He turned to the sound of a pop on his right. There standing next to his bed, was Sunny. He looked just like all the other house-elves with the big floppy ears and large eyes. Sunny was wearing a light blue pillow case with a tea-cozy apron tied around his middle. He was in the process of righting a small overturned table, while delicately balancing a silver tray. On the tray sat a tall spouted champagne glass and what looked like a wine bottle. Placing the tray down he poured a glass and offered it to Severus, bowing down to the floor until his long nose touched the wood.
"Professor Snape. Sunny, sir, at your service, sir." 'Ah, how nice, a house- elf that can speak proper English and pronounce my name right. He still has that problem with adding in too many sir's though. Oh well, least he didn't call me Professor Snap like half the blubbering elves working in this school.'
Holding up the glass, he took a sip at the dark red liquid. It tasted like blood. A bit on the salty side, but he fangs had grown out in reaction to it. "I suppose it will do, for now. Smells like grass though." he said to his onlookers. Professor Sprout looked a bit shaken at the sight of his fangs. Severus smiled and ran his tongue around one of his fangs before taking another sip.
"Good. After you have finished I'll talk to you about some of these books we found. Most interesting, although we're still not quite sure what is true and what isn't." said Remus, who had squished his head into the fire too. Thankfully Severus had a large fire place. It could get quite cold down in the dungeons. "They all say that you should not be as dangerous, after you are full."
"Fine then, since I will no longer be dangerous, as you say, I would like my wand back."
"Erm, well you see Severus we think that it would be best if you wait awhile after your transformation to use magic." said Remus.
"What, but how am I going to be able to do .. stuff." exclaimed Severus
"Well that's why you have Sunny. Brighten up Severus, it will only be for awhile until your magic has stabilized with your new body." supplied Dumbledore.
"Severus, it's all right. Its only for about a month." said Minerva trying to calm him down. 'They really shouldn't tell him things like this while he's drinking. Those fangs are definitely something that will take a lot of time for me to get used to.'
"All right, but we need to discuss a more important issue. The students come back in a little less than two weeks. How do we break it to the poor students that their dear Potions Professor is a vampire?" said Severus 'Perhaps we could tell them I am dead first and then I can drink anyone that dares to rejoice over my passing.' he thought 'Plus I would be helping to rid the world of a few future death eaters.'
Minerva spoke, shaking Severus away from his thoughts "Well we must tell them as soon as possible. Perhaps we should owl the parents before the students return." "Wouldn't that cause an uproar? and Fudge will make a big deal about this, and the Daily Prophet will have it all over the front page." put in Remus. "It will cause an even greater commotion, if we inform the parents after their children are at Hogwarts." she countered
Dumbledore looked over at Severus while Minerva and Remus argued. He was lazily sitting on his newly made bed. Green satin sheets had been placed under his silk bedspread. He was propped up using some extra pillows that Sunny had brought him. Severus wasn't paying much attention anymore to the 'important issue' of the students. He had a slight smile on his face and his eyes looked slightly glazed over. They snapped back into focus whenever he wanted Sunny to pour him another glass. 'If I didn't know that was blood I would have thought he was drunk' thought Albus.
Severus had found it slightly amusing that Minerva and Remus were still arguing over such a simple issue, but as fun as it was listen to, he had already worked it out in his head and he was getting bored. "Why don't you just let Albus talk to the Daily Prophet and owl the parents. If Albus thinks it is safe for me to be here, then the parents will think so too. Why else do you think that they are letting Lupin teach here. Albus has more control over the wizarding world than Fudge ever will. Don't worry so much." put in Severus, breaking Minerva and Remus' debate.
Dumbledore smiled "All right since we have that all worked out. Lets figure out what do to do about your classes, Severus. We can't really have you teaching just yet. The books we have been looking at all tell of a magical change. The transformation that had taken place is only physical. Over the next few weeks your new powers will begin to show."
Severus looked up skeptically "So who exactly is going to be teaching my classes?" he already knew who they were thinking of, since they didn't have enough time to go through interviews and such to find someone that would only be teaching for a few weeks, but might as well provide them with the response they expected. If he did not they would probably being to think that there was something seriously wrong with him. "Well, we were thinking of asking Sirius if he could come in for a few weeks." continued Dumbledore.
Everyone held their breath waiting for the reaction that they knew would follow. They weren't disappointed. Severus stood up and nearly dropped his glass, spilling its contents all over his clean satin sheets. Sunny magically cleaned up the spilt liquid. "What, Black teaching potions? Do you want to blow up half the school. He'd probably teach the students proposterous potions that have no practical use. You'll have students running around using potions for pranks all day long."
Dumbledore had been expecting this rant and already had a plan of his own, he just hoped that the rest of the teachers wouldn't protest. "Fine Severus, Black won't teach your potions class and you can on one condition." "What condition would that be Albus." said Severus cautiously. "Well since we can't leave you alone with the students yet for obvious reasons, you must let Sirius stay with you to make sure nothing happens. Which would you prefer Severus?"
Severus sat back down thinking through his options. 'Albus is always doing this to me. The choices he gives me always work out best for him.' "Fine, I'll teach and Black can 'guard' the students." Dumbledore smiled. "Its settled then. I better be off to the Daily Prophet. It will probably be better if I am there while they are writing it so that nothing gets exaggerated. I'll talk to you tonight Severus." With that his head disappeared from the fire.
He noticed now that Professor Sprout had gone off also mumbling something about needing more moss. He looked over at the bottle and saw that it was almost gone. 'For stuff that smelling like grass, it doesn't taste too bad. I'll have to thank her later for remembering it. Although I do wonder what they would have given me if she hadn't. Probably a rare steak.' he thought.
Severus looked down at his clothes. A number of blood stains from his injuries last night had left the cloth with rusty blotches. He wanted to change out of them, but his closet was outside the shield. "Minerva. about this shield." "Do you feel better now that you have finished your meal?"
"I feel much better now that I have something inside me. Also I'd like to change out of this. It appears that I have been wearing them since last night." Minerva looked at him once over. "Of course" she said, fumbling for her wand. Severus quirked an eyebrow. 'She is blushing' he thought. 'Better not think about it.'
After the shield was let down she and Draco left the room. "Lupin what are you still doing here. Get out of my fire. If you want a show go ask Black. I'm sure he love to, free of charge and all." "I just wanted to leave you with some books." In a childish huff, Remus threw the vampire books he was going to give Severus through the fire and ducked out of the fire before Severus could see the heated blush spreading across his face.
Severus looked over at the mirror again. 'I look good in navy blue. Should have known Albus would have know what colors suit people. He seems to have personally worn all the colors of the rainbow in countless shades already.' he thought, taking out a dark blue robe instead of his usual black. 'No need to dress like a Death Eater anymore. hmm. I wonder how the students will react to me now that I don't need to pretend to be a good little Death Eater. To think that I would have to be dead for a chance at being more humane."
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izean - its so nice to know your keeping up with the story, and I'll try to update soon, but I have to read this book before school starts and write an essay.
kaga - no need too many words, since all I need to say is "OOH" , and I don't know if it will come up in the story, but definitely not between Sev and Lucius.
madbyrd - err. I don't know about ur plot bunny. haha.. you can picture it all you want in ur mind, but I don't see it fitting in. and Sev's not a monster. He just wants to drink people's blood.
A.N. : With this story I have already changed some of the so called 'classical' vampiric traits, like the reflection in the mirror thing, yes he has a reflection. And he doesn't need to sleep in the morning and is only awake at night. And no coffin. He has a large four-poster bed, covered in silk and satin. I like his bed too much to put him in a wooden box. not enough space in a box for a lot of movement anyway ~wink
While I was doing research, yes I do do research for this fic, I did find out that centaurs are against vampires. So that whole scene in the Forbidden Forest does work out, but they went to Dumbledore first since Snape is a teacher if not he'd probably be dead, erm deader. hehe. I did find out that Professor Quirrell had come across vampires in Black Forest, but that doesn't exactly say they are living there. So on a stretch, the plot doesn't have any holes in it, since I had that bit about the vampires in muggle cities and all. *though if you find anything that seems off in the plot pls tell me immediately or if you some vampiric traits that I haven't mentioned do tell*
tina - thank you for the review, you didn't cast a vote though. You could have broken the tie!
darkartist13 - ha. talent erm. nah. not me. but thanks anyway. it's more like I'm trying to write it so that you readers can picture the story the way I see it. I'm just worried that if I don't ppl might get confused. My greatest fear right now is that the characters are well, out of character, especially Minerva. ack she's turning out like Hermione. I always thought them to be alike so I'm trying so hard to keep their personalities from meshing. Even though Hermione hasn't made an appearance yet. She will soon though, along with Harry, the Weasleys and a few others we haven't seen yet. I do believe they will play a part in the next chapter actually.
katz_nipp written : August 19, 2002 edited : January 11, 2004
Disclaimer : as you know I don't own any of the character's or concepts that are in the Harry Potter books. They all belong to J. K. Rowling. No money is being made here. Just me here, writing a story.
Author's Notes : the vote still stands at a tie. . If it's still tied I'm going to just pick whether it will be Sev/Harry or Sev/Remus. You will know the main pairing by the time I have Chapter Four ready for posting. You can check my profile information for updates on where I'm at in the writing process of the story. I'll be changing the rating to R next chapter, because now that I think about it Chapter Two really shouldn't be rated PG- 13 since no 13 year old should even be thinking about that much blood.
Ooh. and you know how FF.net says that there may be down time for the site soon. I'll still update my website then so new chapters can be found there.
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Severus looked at the image of Albus' bobbing head that had popped up in fire. He looked quite strange since the image couldn't fit his long hair and beard too. It seemed as though he had been hit with a severing charm. "Severus, how do you feel?" he repeated slower as Severus shook away the image of little red bows tied in as well.
"Oh, I feel quite well actually, considering I died last night. I do think that I am getting hungry though, since Draco is starting to look rather.." "Oh!" interrupted Professor Sprout as her head pushed its way into the fire alongside the Headmasters'. "Severus, do you remember the blood moss. We figured we could use that as a temporary supplement." "Yes, yes. We sent an owl order away for blood in Knockturn Alley though so you will not be drinking moss for too long." added Albus.
"I'll send up Sunny, now with your meal. Sunny is the house elf that I've asked to specifically help you around the castle." Severus smiled slightly. Leave it to Dumbledore to pick the house-elf with the most ironic name to tend to a vampire.
He turned to the sound of a pop on his right. There standing next to his bed, was Sunny. He looked just like all the other house-elves with the big floppy ears and large eyes. Sunny was wearing a light blue pillow case with a tea-cozy apron tied around his middle. He was in the process of righting a small overturned table, while delicately balancing a silver tray. On the tray sat a tall spouted champagne glass and what looked like a wine bottle. Placing the tray down he poured a glass and offered it to Severus, bowing down to the floor until his long nose touched the wood.
"Professor Snape. Sunny, sir, at your service, sir." 'Ah, how nice, a house- elf that can speak proper English and pronounce my name right. He still has that problem with adding in too many sir's though. Oh well, least he didn't call me Professor Snap like half the blubbering elves working in this school.'
Holding up the glass, he took a sip at the dark red liquid. It tasted like blood. A bit on the salty side, but he fangs had grown out in reaction to it. "I suppose it will do, for now. Smells like grass though." he said to his onlookers. Professor Sprout looked a bit shaken at the sight of his fangs. Severus smiled and ran his tongue around one of his fangs before taking another sip.
"Good. After you have finished I'll talk to you about some of these books we found. Most interesting, although we're still not quite sure what is true and what isn't." said Remus, who had squished his head into the fire too. Thankfully Severus had a large fire place. It could get quite cold down in the dungeons. "They all say that you should not be as dangerous, after you are full."
"Fine then, since I will no longer be dangerous, as you say, I would like my wand back."
"Erm, well you see Severus we think that it would be best if you wait awhile after your transformation to use magic." said Remus.
"What, but how am I going to be able to do .. stuff." exclaimed Severus
"Well that's why you have Sunny. Brighten up Severus, it will only be for awhile until your magic has stabilized with your new body." supplied Dumbledore.
"Severus, it's all right. Its only for about a month." said Minerva trying to calm him down. 'They really shouldn't tell him things like this while he's drinking. Those fangs are definitely something that will take a lot of time for me to get used to.'
"All right, but we need to discuss a more important issue. The students come back in a little less than two weeks. How do we break it to the poor students that their dear Potions Professor is a vampire?" said Severus 'Perhaps we could tell them I am dead first and then I can drink anyone that dares to rejoice over my passing.' he thought 'Plus I would be helping to rid the world of a few future death eaters.'
Minerva spoke, shaking Severus away from his thoughts "Well we must tell them as soon as possible. Perhaps we should owl the parents before the students return." "Wouldn't that cause an uproar? and Fudge will make a big deal about this, and the Daily Prophet will have it all over the front page." put in Remus. "It will cause an even greater commotion, if we inform the parents after their children are at Hogwarts." she countered
Dumbledore looked over at Severus while Minerva and Remus argued. He was lazily sitting on his newly made bed. Green satin sheets had been placed under his silk bedspread. He was propped up using some extra pillows that Sunny had brought him. Severus wasn't paying much attention anymore to the 'important issue' of the students. He had a slight smile on his face and his eyes looked slightly glazed over. They snapped back into focus whenever he wanted Sunny to pour him another glass. 'If I didn't know that was blood I would have thought he was drunk' thought Albus.
Severus had found it slightly amusing that Minerva and Remus were still arguing over such a simple issue, but as fun as it was listen to, he had already worked it out in his head and he was getting bored. "Why don't you just let Albus talk to the Daily Prophet and owl the parents. If Albus thinks it is safe for me to be here, then the parents will think so too. Why else do you think that they are letting Lupin teach here. Albus has more control over the wizarding world than Fudge ever will. Don't worry so much." put in Severus, breaking Minerva and Remus' debate.
Dumbledore smiled "All right since we have that all worked out. Lets figure out what do to do about your classes, Severus. We can't really have you teaching just yet. The books we have been looking at all tell of a magical change. The transformation that had taken place is only physical. Over the next few weeks your new powers will begin to show."
Severus looked up skeptically "So who exactly is going to be teaching my classes?" he already knew who they were thinking of, since they didn't have enough time to go through interviews and such to find someone that would only be teaching for a few weeks, but might as well provide them with the response they expected. If he did not they would probably being to think that there was something seriously wrong with him. "Well, we were thinking of asking Sirius if he could come in for a few weeks." continued Dumbledore.
Everyone held their breath waiting for the reaction that they knew would follow. They weren't disappointed. Severus stood up and nearly dropped his glass, spilling its contents all over his clean satin sheets. Sunny magically cleaned up the spilt liquid. "What, Black teaching potions? Do you want to blow up half the school. He'd probably teach the students proposterous potions that have no practical use. You'll have students running around using potions for pranks all day long."
Dumbledore had been expecting this rant and already had a plan of his own, he just hoped that the rest of the teachers wouldn't protest. "Fine Severus, Black won't teach your potions class and you can on one condition." "What condition would that be Albus." said Severus cautiously. "Well since we can't leave you alone with the students yet for obvious reasons, you must let Sirius stay with you to make sure nothing happens. Which would you prefer Severus?"
Severus sat back down thinking through his options. 'Albus is always doing this to me. The choices he gives me always work out best for him.' "Fine, I'll teach and Black can 'guard' the students." Dumbledore smiled. "Its settled then. I better be off to the Daily Prophet. It will probably be better if I am there while they are writing it so that nothing gets exaggerated. I'll talk to you tonight Severus." With that his head disappeared from the fire.
He noticed now that Professor Sprout had gone off also mumbling something about needing more moss. He looked over at the bottle and saw that it was almost gone. 'For stuff that smelling like grass, it doesn't taste too bad. I'll have to thank her later for remembering it. Although I do wonder what they would have given me if she hadn't. Probably a rare steak.' he thought.
Severus looked down at his clothes. A number of blood stains from his injuries last night had left the cloth with rusty blotches. He wanted to change out of them, but his closet was outside the shield. "Minerva. about this shield." "Do you feel better now that you have finished your meal?"
"I feel much better now that I have something inside me. Also I'd like to change out of this. It appears that I have been wearing them since last night." Minerva looked at him once over. "Of course" she said, fumbling for her wand. Severus quirked an eyebrow. 'She is blushing' he thought. 'Better not think about it.'
After the shield was let down she and Draco left the room. "Lupin what are you still doing here. Get out of my fire. If you want a show go ask Black. I'm sure he love to, free of charge and all." "I just wanted to leave you with some books." In a childish huff, Remus threw the vampire books he was going to give Severus through the fire and ducked out of the fire before Severus could see the heated blush spreading across his face.
Severus looked over at the mirror again. 'I look good in navy blue. Should have known Albus would have know what colors suit people. He seems to have personally worn all the colors of the rainbow in countless shades already.' he thought, taking out a dark blue robe instead of his usual black. 'No need to dress like a Death Eater anymore. hmm. I wonder how the students will react to me now that I don't need to pretend to be a good little Death Eater. To think that I would have to be dead for a chance at being more humane."
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izean - its so nice to know your keeping up with the story, and I'll try to update soon, but I have to read this book before school starts and write an essay.
kaga - no need too many words, since all I need to say is "OOH" , and I don't know if it will come up in the story, but definitely not between Sev and Lucius.
madbyrd - err. I don't know about ur plot bunny. haha.. you can picture it all you want in ur mind, but I don't see it fitting in. and Sev's not a monster. He just wants to drink people's blood.
A.N. : With this story I have already changed some of the so called 'classical' vampiric traits, like the reflection in the mirror thing, yes he has a reflection. And he doesn't need to sleep in the morning and is only awake at night. And no coffin. He has a large four-poster bed, covered in silk and satin. I like his bed too much to put him in a wooden box. not enough space in a box for a lot of movement anyway ~wink
While I was doing research, yes I do do research for this fic, I did find out that centaurs are against vampires. So that whole scene in the Forbidden Forest does work out, but they went to Dumbledore first since Snape is a teacher if not he'd probably be dead, erm deader. hehe. I did find out that Professor Quirrell had come across vampires in Black Forest, but that doesn't exactly say they are living there. So on a stretch, the plot doesn't have any holes in it, since I had that bit about the vampires in muggle cities and all. *though if you find anything that seems off in the plot pls tell me immediately or if you some vampiric traits that I haven't mentioned do tell*
tina - thank you for the review, you didn't cast a vote though. You could have broken the tie!
darkartist13 - ha. talent erm. nah. not me. but thanks anyway. it's more like I'm trying to write it so that you readers can picture the story the way I see it. I'm just worried that if I don't ppl might get confused. My greatest fear right now is that the characters are well, out of character, especially Minerva. ack she's turning out like Hermione. I always thought them to be alike so I'm trying so hard to keep their personalities from meshing. Even though Hermione hasn't made an appearance yet. She will soon though, along with Harry, the Weasleys and a few others we haven't seen yet. I do believe they will play a part in the next chapter actually.
katz_nipp written : August 19, 2002 edited : January 11, 2004