Killer with no Shadow

Author's Note: Hey there! Back again! This story is inspired thanks to the movie 'Citizen X'. It takes place in Durmstrang, where there is a killer on the loose, killing students. Severus Snape is sent from Hogwarts to help Ivan Todorov, a potions teacher, who is trying to solve the case. Severus Snape and some other HP characters that may be mentioned belong to J.K. Rowling, while the others, including Ivan, belong to me.

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Every teacher gathered in the staff room. Two Ministry officials have been brought in to witness the whole scenario and take the murderer to Azkaban. However, they had to wait.

The last to come in were Severus Snape and Ivan Todorov. They had discussed about this- the clues all matched, they knew who the murderer was.

Ivan could still not believe it. To be-

No. Snape will talk first, and the murderer would confess under him.

'Good day, professors of Durmstrang,' Snape began,' you have not been told why had you been summoned here. I will tell you the news- we solved the case.'

The room exploded into series of questions:

'What?'

'Do you know who the murderer is?'

'Why did he do it?'

Even the ministry officials began to feel uncomfortable. Snape held up his hand to silence the crowd.

'When you think about it, it was not very difficult,' Severus explained,' The clues were in front of us, but we didn't know how to put them together.'

'A puzzle,' Ivan said quietly from his chair.

'Exactly.' Snape confirmed.

'Well, who is it?' Karkaroff asked impatiently.

'We will get to it very soon,' Severus assured coldly,' But first, I will tell you what led me to it.'

Everyone listened carefully.

'There is something that Professor Todorov and I have not told to anyone: Dragon Blood was missing from his Potions Cabinet and,' Snape swiveled his eyes to the occupants,' the children's hearts were burned.'

Cries of horror shook throughout the room.

'First: the Dragon Blood. It is used often a stimulant, but can be altered to be a strengthening potion- the attacker is in reality weak in physical strength, therefore excludes all our strongly built teachers. Professor Bluthart reminded me of this yesterday, when he supposed that Professor Romana was on drugs,' Severus confirmed the first fact.

Romana shot a dirty look at Bluthart.

'Second: how did the murderer manage to kill the children in such a short time, and perform all his acts? The answer is Professor Persianidis' Time Turner, that has been stolen from her, making her think that she lost it. The murderer used the Time Turner to go back in time- and stay in a particular moment to kill the victim,' Snape said.

'How? Even if you're back in time, the time keeps moving?' Serpensa aked, confused.

'Did you ever notice that if you go back in time, the sands of the Time Turner (the Time Turner is an hourglass) keep moving? By using a simple halting spell, the sands would stop moving, therefore stopping time,' Severus confirmed second fact.

'Amazing!' A couple of teachers exclaimed.

'Finally, the third fact: when I was attacked. That bit of earth that you found near me, Ivan, actually came from a pot in which you keep flowers. I thought that I was being followed, when attacked, maybe even by someone using an Invisibility Cloak. The truth is that no one was even behind me!' Severus exclaimed.

'Then how were you attacked?' Asked Bluthart.

Snape smirked,' The murderer used a particularly strong Wingardium Leviosa spell, causing the pot to fly behind me, and swing straight at me and knock me out.'

'But why would the murderer want to kill you?' Karkaroff asked.

'I was going closer to the truth. It is strange that the murderer revealed himself even at our first meeting,' Snape spoke in riddles.

'Who is he?' Serpensa asked.

'That is the trick- it not a he, but she.' Snape turned around, facing a particular person, sitting in a chair,' Would you care to explain it yourself, Professor Clarissa Blackmason?'

Author's Note: Ahhh! Murderer revealed! I hope I surprised you with Clarissa Blackmason! Shocked and confused, don't let it stop you from reviewing!