- 12 -
"Hey, Sirius, could you grab a towel for me?" Remus asked. Nodding, Sirius raced up the stairs. He opened the door to a bathroom.
"Uh oh, better make this quick..." Sirius whispered, hearing the running shower. He grabbed a green towel, and was about to leave when the water turned off.
Severus stepped out, his black hair plastered to his head and neck. He grabbed his robe, and pulled it on. "Eh, h-hi S-severus," Sirius mumbled.
Spinning around, Severus glared at him "What are you doing in here?" he asked slowly, dangerously.
"Getting a towel for R-remus?" Sirius replied. Severus scowled, and glared at him.
"You never heard of knocking?" he asked, walking out, Sirius following suit.
"I thought I would get out before you finished..." Sirius muttered, sighing. He ran back down, before Severus could reply.
"Candy!" Ron, Hermione, and Harry yelled, as they passed Honeydukes. Remus and Severus shook their heads, smiling. Sirius suddenly looked at Severus.
"Hey, you're a professor at Hogwarts, Severus. Could I ask you something?" he asked. Severus nodded. "If a quiz is quizzical, what's a test?"
Severus glared at him. Remus frowned. All of a sudden, Severus started laughing. "Funniest thing I've heard in a month!" he cried.
Sirius relaxed and grinned at Severus. "What so funny?" Ron asked.
"Nothing, Ronnie," Remus replied. Harry and Hermione looked at each other.
"Come on, I need to get some things from, ah," Sirius said, then 'coughed', "Zonko's."
"We'll visit all the stores." Remus commented, "Let's start!"
Sirius, Remus, Harry, and Ron were shopping in Zonko's while Severus and Hermione stood outside. "Immature..." Severus muttered.
"Severus, I bored!" Hermione whined. She cuddled against him, frowning. He ran a hand through her soft hair, looking into the store.
"Sirius, Remus, hurry up already!" he yelled, when he had stuck his head in. Sulking, the four came out of the store.
After the long day in Hogsmeade, they retired to Snape Manor. An owl sat on the statue of a dragon by the stairs when they entered. Remus took the letter, and opened it.
"It's for you, SSS," Remus said, handing it to Severus. He rose an eyebrow.
"'SSS'?" Severus asked.
"'Severus Salazar Snape,'" Remus shrugged, smiling. Severus shook his head, smiling also, and read the letter to himself, Hermione clinging to his leg.
"...GREAT!" he roared, "The ministry wants me to be at a meeting tomorrow about Hermione. Albus, Fudge, and all of them are going to be there.except Malfoy. Strange."
"Malfoy? Lucius Malfoy? The git that raises Draco?" Sirius asked, "That is strange..."
"It also says Hermione has to come..." Severus frowned, "This isn't good. But, we have to go."
The next morning, after waking up a cranky Hermione, Ron, and Harry, Severus climbed onto a Nimbus 2001, Hermione in front of him. Sirius and Remus got on theirs, with Ron and Harry.
"Onward!" Sirius yelled, as they flew toward the ministry building. Cornelius Fudge, dressed in fancy pinstriped robes, greeted them, frowning slightly.
"You know what this meeting is about, don't you?" Fudge asked. Severus nodded.
"Hermione," he said. She looked at him.
"What Severus?" she asked. He shook his head. Fudge lead them into the building.
"This will prove if you get legal guardianship of...Hermione?!" Fudge looked at the three-year-old, who grinned at him. "Geez, I'm going mad!"
"No, you aren't. That's Hermione. Albus will explain later," Remus said, as they entered the meeting.
"Hey, Sirius, could you grab a towel for me?" Remus asked. Nodding, Sirius raced up the stairs. He opened the door to a bathroom.
"Uh oh, better make this quick..." Sirius whispered, hearing the running shower. He grabbed a green towel, and was about to leave when the water turned off.
Severus stepped out, his black hair plastered to his head and neck. He grabbed his robe, and pulled it on. "Eh, h-hi S-severus," Sirius mumbled.
Spinning around, Severus glared at him "What are you doing in here?" he asked slowly, dangerously.
"Getting a towel for R-remus?" Sirius replied. Severus scowled, and glared at him.
"You never heard of knocking?" he asked, walking out, Sirius following suit.
"I thought I would get out before you finished..." Sirius muttered, sighing. He ran back down, before Severus could reply.
"Candy!" Ron, Hermione, and Harry yelled, as they passed Honeydukes. Remus and Severus shook their heads, smiling. Sirius suddenly looked at Severus.
"Hey, you're a professor at Hogwarts, Severus. Could I ask you something?" he asked. Severus nodded. "If a quiz is quizzical, what's a test?"
Severus glared at him. Remus frowned. All of a sudden, Severus started laughing. "Funniest thing I've heard in a month!" he cried.
Sirius relaxed and grinned at Severus. "What so funny?" Ron asked.
"Nothing, Ronnie," Remus replied. Harry and Hermione looked at each other.
"Come on, I need to get some things from, ah," Sirius said, then 'coughed', "Zonko's."
"We'll visit all the stores." Remus commented, "Let's start!"
Sirius, Remus, Harry, and Ron were shopping in Zonko's while Severus and Hermione stood outside. "Immature..." Severus muttered.
"Severus, I bored!" Hermione whined. She cuddled against him, frowning. He ran a hand through her soft hair, looking into the store.
"Sirius, Remus, hurry up already!" he yelled, when he had stuck his head in. Sulking, the four came out of the store.
After the long day in Hogsmeade, they retired to Snape Manor. An owl sat on the statue of a dragon by the stairs when they entered. Remus took the letter, and opened it.
"It's for you, SSS," Remus said, handing it to Severus. He rose an eyebrow.
"'SSS'?" Severus asked.
"'Severus Salazar Snape,'" Remus shrugged, smiling. Severus shook his head, smiling also, and read the letter to himself, Hermione clinging to his leg.
"...GREAT!" he roared, "The ministry wants me to be at a meeting tomorrow about Hermione. Albus, Fudge, and all of them are going to be there.except Malfoy. Strange."
"Malfoy? Lucius Malfoy? The git that raises Draco?" Sirius asked, "That is strange..."
"It also says Hermione has to come..." Severus frowned, "This isn't good. But, we have to go."
The next morning, after waking up a cranky Hermione, Ron, and Harry, Severus climbed onto a Nimbus 2001, Hermione in front of him. Sirius and Remus got on theirs, with Ron and Harry.
"Onward!" Sirius yelled, as they flew toward the ministry building. Cornelius Fudge, dressed in fancy pinstriped robes, greeted them, frowning slightly.
"You know what this meeting is about, don't you?" Fudge asked. Severus nodded.
"Hermione," he said. She looked at him.
"What Severus?" she asked. He shook his head. Fudge lead them into the building.
"This will prove if you get legal guardianship of...Hermione?!" Fudge looked at the three-year-old, who grinned at him. "Geez, I'm going mad!"
"No, you aren't. That's Hermione. Albus will explain later," Remus said, as they entered the meeting.