Personal Attack
"You can't do this to us!" Andromeda was awoken by he father's ranting. She crept out of bed to hear the heated argument. It had been five hours since she had been put to bed. The meeting had gone on longer than usual, Andromeda thought to herself. "You can't leave us." Andromeda looked through the keyhole to find her father on his knees in front of her mother. She was leaving them? "Please don't leave us... Don't leave me!" He was crying, clinging onto her legs.
"I'm not leaving you Severus. I'll be back five or six months." Hermione walked passed the kneeling man to begin packing for her journey.
"You'll be back in five or six pieces, if Voldermort or any of his cronies find you searching for Albus.... I'd hate to think what they would do to you- You said that you were happy!" Severus stood and began pulling clothes out of the bag like a child. Hermione just stood and glared at him. Andromeda wouldn't even act like this. Hermione thought, looking bewildered at her husband. "Why do you want to leave?!"
"I don't want to!" Hermione screamed. "I have no choice. I'm the only one who can bring Albus back; he left because of me." Her hand went lovingly to his face. He recoiled from her touch. "Stop being so selfish!"
"You're leaving us because you feel trapped and I'm the one being selfish. That's rich Hermione." He paused. "I feel trapped too. But I'm still here, I'm still fighting the only way I know how. I'm not turning my back on us-"
"This isn't about us!" Hermione retorted. "This is about the world our daughter has to grow up in; I don't want her to become the next Harry Potter. I don't want our daughter to be alone. You heard what Neville said, Voldermort is about to transform into something that can't be defeated, we will be on the top of his hit list and you know it. We won't defeat him. Everyone is still looking to Harry to do it. Harry is only a boy-"
"And your just a little girl. Thanks for reminding me about that Hermione!" Severus hissed sourly crumpling to the floor at the foot of the bed. He had a sudden revelation. "Of course, I'm the villain here. Old man, he's tied you down and you're revolting against him." Hermione sighed and joined him on the floor. This was there first real fight. She hadn't realised how insecure her husband was, how little he thought of himself. Of course the appearance of Oliver hadn't helped there.
"Severus, I love you." She pulled his face to look at her. "You haven't made me feel trapped, in fact you're the one thing that has kept me sane. I am happy that I can call myself your wife. This is just something I have to do. We have this perfect opportunity, it will be months, maybe even a year, before Voldermort has his new recruits ready. I go get Albus, and we can catch the bastard off guard." Hermione tried to kiss him, but he backed off. He was sulking. "Severus! Please don't take this as a personal attack. Stop making it harder than it already is. I would want nothing more than for you to join me, in fact I need you to be with me on this, but we can not leave Andromeda without both her parents for that long. And there is no way we can take her with us."
"Hermione. You might never come back!" Severus sobbed. "I don't want to loose you." He fell into her lap. "I don't want you to go. I don't want you to die."
"Listen to me. I'm not going to die. I'm looking for Albus Dumbledore here, he's not going to be lurking in a dangerous place now is he? I'll be back by Andromeda's birthday, I promise."
"That's almost nine months away?!" Severus whimpered. Why was Hermione extending the time scale. He knew no matter how much they fought, she would still leave. She would just leave on bad terms, and he didn't want that. "When are you going?" She wouldn't look at him. She cried softly. "Now?!" He questioned, choking on his own tears.
"Tomorrow. Right after I've spoken to Harry." Hermione placed her head in her hand. She hated it when Severus was angry with her.
"You're not even going to wait until after Ron's funeral?" Severus' head shot up.
"For god's sake. If I don't leave tomorrow, you'll never let me go. If I don't do this, who am I going to have watch be buried next; Minerva, Andromeda. Oliver, Harry, You?!" She placed her hand on Severus' chest. There was that name. The name that stopped Severus' heart from beating. The man that offered to join Hermione on her search for Albus. Oliver Wood. The boy Hermione could never get. The man who now wanted her.
"Would it hurt to bury Oliver?" Severus questioned dryly. Hermione looked at him, her head tilted to one side.
"Fuck. This isn't about me leaving is it. It's about me leaving with him? Isn't it?" Hermione asked. Andromeda at this time had fallen asleep at the closed door. "Scared that one lonely night. I'll be missing you so much that I'll loose control? Our hot, sensual, naked young bodies will want each other!" Hermione's heart raced. Her breathing became heavy. She kissed her husband passionately. "I may miss that part of you, but I do have self control. Besides-" She gave him a wink. "You haven't been on top form lately, I won't miss much!"
"Oh, I'll give you something to miss Mrs Snape!" He pulled her into the bedroom and onto the bed, undressing her. The hot passion re-lit. He was still mad with her, but lust had consumed him completely.
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Hermione, still laying under Severus, sighed contently. How could she leave? She didn't want to, but she now had no choice. How could she let her husband know? Perhaps as always, he just knew. He played with a soft, wispy curl that was upon Hermione's forehead. It was nearing three in the morning. Still dressed in nothing but their flesh, their souls bared to the night sky. Hermione's hand reached for Severus' neck and pulled him into a kiss.
"There is no way Andromeda and myself could join you?" Severus questioned hopelessly falling at Hermione's side. She shook her head. "Thought not." He laughed softly. "I do trust you. It's just that git I don't trust. He had his eye on you!"
"Well I didn't notice. Mainly because my eyes where firmly on you." She pulled Severus' arm over her to keep her warm. "He is nothing to me now. I would rather go by myself, only Minerva insisted." Hermione added as an afterthought. "And you must agree that he's a much safer option that Neville."
"Thank the lord for impregnating his wife!" Severus joked. Hermione looked at him seriously. "Yes, you are right of course. I just hope you bring Albus back."
"I will my sweet. And I will keep in touch. I'll owl you whenever I can."
"You most certainly will." Severus pulled her into him and drifted off into sleep, not wanting the night to end. Not knowing when the next night when they would be together would come. He only hoped Albus was still alive.
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Hermione was still awake at five. She was dressed in travelling robes and packed, ready to leave. The sword she had used in her battle against Rebecca over four years ago was out. She wasn't taking it with her. She was using it to cut off her hair. It was too long to manage when she was about to be apperating from country to country for god knows how long. Hermione bundled her hair in one hand, and in one fluid motion cut it clean off. Her hair was now shoulder length.
With a flick of her hand to neaten the edges she was ready. Hermione no longer needed her wand. When her second wand had been destroyed in an attack on Olivander's the wand shop, she had retorted to learning to master her own magical ability. Within six months she had perfected her ability.
As quietly as she could, Hermione opened the door to her daughter's room after removing the wards, only to find her curled up on the floor at her feet as she entered the room. Andromeda stirred slightly as Hermione scooped the sleeping girl into her folds of travelling robes. Once placed on the bed, Andromeda opened her sleepy eyes.
"You going away mommy?" She asked as Hermione tucked the girl in. "You going where Uncle Ronnie is?" Hermione laughed at this and shook her head. "Then why are you going. Don't you love me anymore?"
"Of course I still love you. I have to go and find someone so we can live together peacefully. I won't be long I promise." Hermione explained kissing her fingers and putting them to her daughters lips.
"Can't you send daddy instead. He doesn't cook very well, and he can't brush my hair well either." Andromeda was making excuses. "Or couldn't you just send an owl?"
"The owl might get lost sweetie." Hermione's heart broke. She could see Severus in the child before her.
"But you might get lost too. I wouldn't miss the owl." Andromeda was trying not to cry. "Can't I come with you? I won't get into trouble, I promise."
"You can't sweetie. But I'll be back so very soon." Hermione was holding back her own tears. "And until I come back you get to look after your father and uncles Draco and Harry. They came home Andy."
"You will tell me if you go to see Uncle Ronnie won't you?" Andromeda asked. Did she truly understand the implication of what she was saying? "Promise me!" The small girl looked forlorn.
"I promise." Hermione said flatly, removing her wedding ring and a gold necklace that was around her neck. "I love this ring. I will be back for it my angel." Hermione threaded the ring through the chain and placed it around the girls neck. She then kissed her daughter and watched her fall back to sleep.
Once she had watched her daughters breathing fall into a smooth rhythm she left. Closing and warding the door. She then as quietly as she could picked up her bag and left her home. She couldn't bring herself to wake Severus up to say goodbye. She feared that if he asked her to stay. She would. She would tell Severus in the first owl she sent him.
She hadn't realised however, that he was awake. Heartbroken that she hadn't even kissed his seemingly sleeping figure good-bye. Why did he have such a heavy doubt in his heart? Was it that she wouldn't return, or that she wouldn't return to him?
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WifeOfSatan: Glad you're liking it. I will keep your heart till the end of the story if that's ok? lol
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bunnyrabbit228: The death eaters have said they will just adore me so I don't have to join them. lol. Your not actually going to find out how Hermione finds Albus, if she even does, for a while. You're seeing more of how Severus deals with it all. As for Ron, you'll just have to wait and see. mwhahahahaha
Anarane Anwamane: Definatly a Ron trait. lol
Crimson Regret177: Voldy will not need to be released. I promise. I'm writing chapter 10 right after I post this. And If I do finish it, I'll upload chapter 6 tonight.
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"You are running away from your husband with the boy you had a crush on for three years. You only stopped because he left the school." Harry angered. "I'm warning you, me and Severus don't see eye to eye. But you break his heart I'll break you neck I swear to God H."
"You can't do this to us!" Andromeda was awoken by he father's ranting. She crept out of bed to hear the heated argument. It had been five hours since she had been put to bed. The meeting had gone on longer than usual, Andromeda thought to herself. "You can't leave us." Andromeda looked through the keyhole to find her father on his knees in front of her mother. She was leaving them? "Please don't leave us... Don't leave me!" He was crying, clinging onto her legs.
"I'm not leaving you Severus. I'll be back five or six months." Hermione walked passed the kneeling man to begin packing for her journey.
"You'll be back in five or six pieces, if Voldermort or any of his cronies find you searching for Albus.... I'd hate to think what they would do to you- You said that you were happy!" Severus stood and began pulling clothes out of the bag like a child. Hermione just stood and glared at him. Andromeda wouldn't even act like this. Hermione thought, looking bewildered at her husband. "Why do you want to leave?!"
"I don't want to!" Hermione screamed. "I have no choice. I'm the only one who can bring Albus back; he left because of me." Her hand went lovingly to his face. He recoiled from her touch. "Stop being so selfish!"
"You're leaving us because you feel trapped and I'm the one being selfish. That's rich Hermione." He paused. "I feel trapped too. But I'm still here, I'm still fighting the only way I know how. I'm not turning my back on us-"
"This isn't about us!" Hermione retorted. "This is about the world our daughter has to grow up in; I don't want her to become the next Harry Potter. I don't want our daughter to be alone. You heard what Neville said, Voldermort is about to transform into something that can't be defeated, we will be on the top of his hit list and you know it. We won't defeat him. Everyone is still looking to Harry to do it. Harry is only a boy-"
"And your just a little girl. Thanks for reminding me about that Hermione!" Severus hissed sourly crumpling to the floor at the foot of the bed. He had a sudden revelation. "Of course, I'm the villain here. Old man, he's tied you down and you're revolting against him." Hermione sighed and joined him on the floor. This was there first real fight. She hadn't realised how insecure her husband was, how little he thought of himself. Of course the appearance of Oliver hadn't helped there.
"Severus, I love you." She pulled his face to look at her. "You haven't made me feel trapped, in fact you're the one thing that has kept me sane. I am happy that I can call myself your wife. This is just something I have to do. We have this perfect opportunity, it will be months, maybe even a year, before Voldermort has his new recruits ready. I go get Albus, and we can catch the bastard off guard." Hermione tried to kiss him, but he backed off. He was sulking. "Severus! Please don't take this as a personal attack. Stop making it harder than it already is. I would want nothing more than for you to join me, in fact I need you to be with me on this, but we can not leave Andromeda without both her parents for that long. And there is no way we can take her with us."
"Hermione. You might never come back!" Severus sobbed. "I don't want to loose you." He fell into her lap. "I don't want you to go. I don't want you to die."
"Listen to me. I'm not going to die. I'm looking for Albus Dumbledore here, he's not going to be lurking in a dangerous place now is he? I'll be back by Andromeda's birthday, I promise."
"That's almost nine months away?!" Severus whimpered. Why was Hermione extending the time scale. He knew no matter how much they fought, she would still leave. She would just leave on bad terms, and he didn't want that. "When are you going?" She wouldn't look at him. She cried softly. "Now?!" He questioned, choking on his own tears.
"Tomorrow. Right after I've spoken to Harry." Hermione placed her head in her hand. She hated it when Severus was angry with her.
"You're not even going to wait until after Ron's funeral?" Severus' head shot up.
"For god's sake. If I don't leave tomorrow, you'll never let me go. If I don't do this, who am I going to have watch be buried next; Minerva, Andromeda. Oliver, Harry, You?!" She placed her hand on Severus' chest. There was that name. The name that stopped Severus' heart from beating. The man that offered to join Hermione on her search for Albus. Oliver Wood. The boy Hermione could never get. The man who now wanted her.
"Would it hurt to bury Oliver?" Severus questioned dryly. Hermione looked at him, her head tilted to one side.
"Fuck. This isn't about me leaving is it. It's about me leaving with him? Isn't it?" Hermione asked. Andromeda at this time had fallen asleep at the closed door. "Scared that one lonely night. I'll be missing you so much that I'll loose control? Our hot, sensual, naked young bodies will want each other!" Hermione's heart raced. Her breathing became heavy. She kissed her husband passionately. "I may miss that part of you, but I do have self control. Besides-" She gave him a wink. "You haven't been on top form lately, I won't miss much!"
"Oh, I'll give you something to miss Mrs Snape!" He pulled her into the bedroom and onto the bed, undressing her. The hot passion re-lit. He was still mad with her, but lust had consumed him completely.
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Hermione, still laying under Severus, sighed contently. How could she leave? She didn't want to, but she now had no choice. How could she let her husband know? Perhaps as always, he just knew. He played with a soft, wispy curl that was upon Hermione's forehead. It was nearing three in the morning. Still dressed in nothing but their flesh, their souls bared to the night sky. Hermione's hand reached for Severus' neck and pulled him into a kiss.
"There is no way Andromeda and myself could join you?" Severus questioned hopelessly falling at Hermione's side. She shook her head. "Thought not." He laughed softly. "I do trust you. It's just that git I don't trust. He had his eye on you!"
"Well I didn't notice. Mainly because my eyes where firmly on you." She pulled Severus' arm over her to keep her warm. "He is nothing to me now. I would rather go by myself, only Minerva insisted." Hermione added as an afterthought. "And you must agree that he's a much safer option that Neville."
"Thank the lord for impregnating his wife!" Severus joked. Hermione looked at him seriously. "Yes, you are right of course. I just hope you bring Albus back."
"I will my sweet. And I will keep in touch. I'll owl you whenever I can."
"You most certainly will." Severus pulled her into him and drifted off into sleep, not wanting the night to end. Not knowing when the next night when they would be together would come. He only hoped Albus was still alive.
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Hermione was still awake at five. She was dressed in travelling robes and packed, ready to leave. The sword she had used in her battle against Rebecca over four years ago was out. She wasn't taking it with her. She was using it to cut off her hair. It was too long to manage when she was about to be apperating from country to country for god knows how long. Hermione bundled her hair in one hand, and in one fluid motion cut it clean off. Her hair was now shoulder length.
With a flick of her hand to neaten the edges she was ready. Hermione no longer needed her wand. When her second wand had been destroyed in an attack on Olivander's the wand shop, she had retorted to learning to master her own magical ability. Within six months she had perfected her ability.
As quietly as she could, Hermione opened the door to her daughter's room after removing the wards, only to find her curled up on the floor at her feet as she entered the room. Andromeda stirred slightly as Hermione scooped the sleeping girl into her folds of travelling robes. Once placed on the bed, Andromeda opened her sleepy eyes.
"You going away mommy?" She asked as Hermione tucked the girl in. "You going where Uncle Ronnie is?" Hermione laughed at this and shook her head. "Then why are you going. Don't you love me anymore?"
"Of course I still love you. I have to go and find someone so we can live together peacefully. I won't be long I promise." Hermione explained kissing her fingers and putting them to her daughters lips.
"Can't you send daddy instead. He doesn't cook very well, and he can't brush my hair well either." Andromeda was making excuses. "Or couldn't you just send an owl?"
"The owl might get lost sweetie." Hermione's heart broke. She could see Severus in the child before her.
"But you might get lost too. I wouldn't miss the owl." Andromeda was trying not to cry. "Can't I come with you? I won't get into trouble, I promise."
"You can't sweetie. But I'll be back so very soon." Hermione was holding back her own tears. "And until I come back you get to look after your father and uncles Draco and Harry. They came home Andy."
"You will tell me if you go to see Uncle Ronnie won't you?" Andromeda asked. Did she truly understand the implication of what she was saying? "Promise me!" The small girl looked forlorn.
"I promise." Hermione said flatly, removing her wedding ring and a gold necklace that was around her neck. "I love this ring. I will be back for it my angel." Hermione threaded the ring through the chain and placed it around the girls neck. She then kissed her daughter and watched her fall back to sleep.
Once she had watched her daughters breathing fall into a smooth rhythm she left. Closing and warding the door. She then as quietly as she could picked up her bag and left her home. She couldn't bring herself to wake Severus up to say goodbye. She feared that if he asked her to stay. She would. She would tell Severus in the first owl she sent him.
She hadn't realised however, that he was awake. Heartbroken that she hadn't even kissed his seemingly sleeping figure good-bye. Why did he have such a heavy doubt in his heart? Was it that she wouldn't return, or that she wouldn't return to him?
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WifeOfSatan: Glad you're liking it. I will keep your heart till the end of the story if that's ok? lol
strega-in-progress: Lets see how you deal with this little slice lolololol vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
bunnyrabbit228: The death eaters have said they will just adore me so I don't have to join them. lol. Your not actually going to find out how Hermione finds Albus, if she even does, for a while. You're seeing more of how Severus deals with it all. As for Ron, you'll just have to wait and see. mwhahahahaha
Anarane Anwamane: Definatly a Ron trait. lol
Crimson Regret177: Voldy will not need to be released. I promise. I'm writing chapter 10 right after I post this. And If I do finish it, I'll upload chapter 6 tonight.
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"You are running away from your husband with the boy you had a crush on for three years. You only stopped because he left the school." Harry angered. "I'm warning you, me and Severus don't see eye to eye. But you break his heart I'll break you neck I swear to God H."