Severus Snape stood in his room with his journal in his hands. 'I
need to think rationally. Who was in here?' he thought silently. 'A
fingerprint was left!' he said to himelf. Severus took his wand and tapped
the fingerprint and said, "Indentificcio" He looked into the spherical orb
above the fingerprint. He saw Hermione walking through the halls that led
to the Gryffindor common rooms. 'Hermione! She knows! It's my chance to
tell her what's going on.' he said to himself. Severus quickly decided to
apparate to see Hermione.
Hermione was walking quickly towards her dorm and thinking about what had just happened. 'He's in love with me!' she repeated to herself for the thousandth time. She rounded a corner and was surprised with Snape apparating in front of her. Hermione was walking so fast that she didn't have time to slow down, so she collided with him and heard him mumble something to her.
"Miss Granger..." was all Severus got to say before he was plowed into by Hermione. He stumbled backwards when she fell into him. He caught her and held her up by her shoulders.
"Professor! I'm sorry! i wasn't watching where I was going. How did you just apparate inside of the school?" She said to him.
"Miss Granger, I am a teacher at Hogwarts, I have certain abilities, that include apparating inside school grounds, that come with being a teacher. Now, I have something to ask you," he said slyly to her, "I have some very incriminating evidence that you were in my chambers earlier," he pulled the journal out to the page for her to see. "Maybe you would like to explain your fingerprint on this page and how it got there." He waited for her to answer.
"I-I was going to come down to your classroom to see if you could tell me what I made on my final, but you weren't in the classroom. It was then that I saw your door ajar so I decided to open it to see if you might be in there grading papers." She told him.
"Well, it seems that the only way that you could have received access to my room was to try a few spells to open the door. Seeing that I know this, why did you pick up the journal out of my hands?" He said to her. Hermione detected a hint of less coldness and sarcasm in his voice.
"I-I- um- well- I don't know sir. Curiosity maybe. But I'm really sorry about this. I didn't think about what I was doing." she answered unsteadily back.
"I'll forgive this incident just this once, Miss Granger, and not tell Professor Dumbledore. But, I will ask you to come by my classroom tonight at eight-fifteen to talk about the things you found out about the journal entry and why what you did was wrong. So don't go telling everyone that I'm getting more lenient about these things." He said to her in an almost ice-free voice.
"Thank you Professor. I'm truly sorry about this. I'll be there tonight." Hermione said with a smile, and continued to walk to her room.
Hermione was walking quickly towards her dorm and thinking about what had just happened. 'He's in love with me!' she repeated to herself for the thousandth time. She rounded a corner and was surprised with Snape apparating in front of her. Hermione was walking so fast that she didn't have time to slow down, so she collided with him and heard him mumble something to her.
"Miss Granger..." was all Severus got to say before he was plowed into by Hermione. He stumbled backwards when she fell into him. He caught her and held her up by her shoulders.
"Professor! I'm sorry! i wasn't watching where I was going. How did you just apparate inside of the school?" She said to him.
"Miss Granger, I am a teacher at Hogwarts, I have certain abilities, that include apparating inside school grounds, that come with being a teacher. Now, I have something to ask you," he said slyly to her, "I have some very incriminating evidence that you were in my chambers earlier," he pulled the journal out to the page for her to see. "Maybe you would like to explain your fingerprint on this page and how it got there." He waited for her to answer.
"I-I was going to come down to your classroom to see if you could tell me what I made on my final, but you weren't in the classroom. It was then that I saw your door ajar so I decided to open it to see if you might be in there grading papers." She told him.
"Well, it seems that the only way that you could have received access to my room was to try a few spells to open the door. Seeing that I know this, why did you pick up the journal out of my hands?" He said to her. Hermione detected a hint of less coldness and sarcasm in his voice.
"I-I- um- well- I don't know sir. Curiosity maybe. But I'm really sorry about this. I didn't think about what I was doing." she answered unsteadily back.
"I'll forgive this incident just this once, Miss Granger, and not tell Professor Dumbledore. But, I will ask you to come by my classroom tonight at eight-fifteen to talk about the things you found out about the journal entry and why what you did was wrong. So don't go telling everyone that I'm getting more lenient about these things." He said to her in an almost ice-free voice.
"Thank you Professor. I'm truly sorry about this. I'll be there tonight." Hermione said with a smile, and continued to walk to her room.
