- 21 -
Severus trudged through the leaves on the school grounds, Harry and Hermione following him the whole way. Ron was reluctant to go near him, after what they did to the teachers, even though he thought they were hilarious.
"Aren't we suppose to talk to Dumbledore?" Harry asked. Severus froze. He nodded.
"We are...right now!!!" he screamed, running toward the castle. Harry, Ron, and Hermione trotted after him, cloaks whipping about.
They got up to Dumbledore's office in relatively good time. "I'm...sorry...Albus...lost track...of time..." Severus panted, looking at the elderly man.
"It's quite alright, Severus. It happens," Dumbledore said kindly. Smiling, Dumbledore waved for them to sit.
"What did you need to talk to us about?" Hermione asked. Dumbledore chuckled.
"Well, since you three turned 11 a couple days ago, you will be going into 7th year!" he said. Hermione howled in happiness. Harry and Ron groaned. "As you progress up to your normal age, you will go up the years."
"Aren't they due for class right now?" Severus asked. Dumbledore nodded.
"Yes...oh! So are you! You have a class to teach!" Dumbledore said, "The Gryffindor and Slytherin 7st years!"
"You have got to be kidding me?" Harry said, "Potions? Now?"
"Yes." Dumbledore replied, "You four better go, so you aren't late!"
"Yes, Albus," Severus said, standing up. Harry, Ron, and Hermione scrambled up, and left with him.
"Potions!" Ron scoffed, "Why us!"
"Ron, you seem less then thrilled with Potions. What's wrong with it?" Severus asked.
"You're strict, it's cold down there, and you have to use things that are unwanted in the potions. Shall I go on?" Ron replied. Severus shook his head.
"We are going to be studying about...vampires!" Sirius announced. Harry and Ron yawned. They were in the back of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Hermione looked excited.
"Hermione, we should be on vacation!" Harry sighed
"No! We need to get an education, no matter the circumstances!" she huffed, glaring at him and Ron.
"Whatever," Ron commented. Sirius frowned at them from the front of the room.
"Quiet please!!" he said. Harry snorted, not believing one of the four mauraders was telling him to behave.
"This is wrong!" Ron whimpered, collapsing into a chair in the Gryffindor common room. "We shouldn't have to study!"
"Professor Dumbledore said we have to stay in the dungeon still!" Hermione commented, flipping through her Transfigurations book, "We should start heading down there."
"We just got here!" Harry cried, "Can't we stay a little longer?"
"Severus will start getting worried!" she replied, "No!!!"
"Oh, fine!" Ron mumbled, grabbing his books, and walking out of the common room.
"Where were you three at?" Remus asked, smiling at them.
"The common room." Harry replied, and looked at Hermione. "She made us come back."
"Well, Professor Dumbledore said-" she started. Ron rolled his eyes.
"We know!" he said. Severus laughed, setting down the book he was reading.
"Come now, what were you three going to do in there anyway?" he asked.
"Talk?" Harry replied, shrugging.
"You can't do that down here?" Sirius asked. Ron and Harry shrugged, frowning. They settled themselves around the room, chatting and doing the homework assigned in the classes.
Later in the night, one of the many Deatheaters snuck down into the dungeons. They used their wand to unarm the charms on the doors, and entered.
A potion bottle fell and broke on the stone floor. Ron awoke with a start, waking up Harry in the process.
Severus trudged through the leaves on the school grounds, Harry and Hermione following him the whole way. Ron was reluctant to go near him, after what they did to the teachers, even though he thought they were hilarious.
"Aren't we suppose to talk to Dumbledore?" Harry asked. Severus froze. He nodded.
"We are...right now!!!" he screamed, running toward the castle. Harry, Ron, and Hermione trotted after him, cloaks whipping about.
They got up to Dumbledore's office in relatively good time. "I'm...sorry...Albus...lost track...of time..." Severus panted, looking at the elderly man.
"It's quite alright, Severus. It happens," Dumbledore said kindly. Smiling, Dumbledore waved for them to sit.
"What did you need to talk to us about?" Hermione asked. Dumbledore chuckled.
"Well, since you three turned 11 a couple days ago, you will be going into 7th year!" he said. Hermione howled in happiness. Harry and Ron groaned. "As you progress up to your normal age, you will go up the years."
"Aren't they due for class right now?" Severus asked. Dumbledore nodded.
"Yes...oh! So are you! You have a class to teach!" Dumbledore said, "The Gryffindor and Slytherin 7st years!"
"You have got to be kidding me?" Harry said, "Potions? Now?"
"Yes." Dumbledore replied, "You four better go, so you aren't late!"
"Yes, Albus," Severus said, standing up. Harry, Ron, and Hermione scrambled up, and left with him.
"Potions!" Ron scoffed, "Why us!"
"Ron, you seem less then thrilled with Potions. What's wrong with it?" Severus asked.
"You're strict, it's cold down there, and you have to use things that are unwanted in the potions. Shall I go on?" Ron replied. Severus shook his head.
"We are going to be studying about...vampires!" Sirius announced. Harry and Ron yawned. They were in the back of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Hermione looked excited.
"Hermione, we should be on vacation!" Harry sighed
"No! We need to get an education, no matter the circumstances!" she huffed, glaring at him and Ron.
"Whatever," Ron commented. Sirius frowned at them from the front of the room.
"Quiet please!!" he said. Harry snorted, not believing one of the four mauraders was telling him to behave.
"This is wrong!" Ron whimpered, collapsing into a chair in the Gryffindor common room. "We shouldn't have to study!"
"Professor Dumbledore said we have to stay in the dungeon still!" Hermione commented, flipping through her Transfigurations book, "We should start heading down there."
"We just got here!" Harry cried, "Can't we stay a little longer?"
"Severus will start getting worried!" she replied, "No!!!"
"Oh, fine!" Ron mumbled, grabbing his books, and walking out of the common room.
"Where were you three at?" Remus asked, smiling at them.
"The common room." Harry replied, and looked at Hermione. "She made us come back."
"Well, Professor Dumbledore said-" she started. Ron rolled his eyes.
"We know!" he said. Severus laughed, setting down the book he was reading.
"Come now, what were you three going to do in there anyway?" he asked.
"Talk?" Harry replied, shrugging.
"You can't do that down here?" Sirius asked. Ron and Harry shrugged, frowning. They settled themselves around the room, chatting and doing the homework assigned in the classes.
Later in the night, one of the many Deatheaters snuck down into the dungeons. They used their wand to unarm the charms on the doors, and entered.
A potion bottle fell and broke on the stone floor. Ron awoke with a start, waking up Harry in the process.