Trapped - Chapter 11 In which Ron is Hermione's Friend. And That is All. Honest.
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Disclaimer: I seriously don't know why people bother to write these. I mean, it's not like JKR is going to sue each and every single fanfic writer, nor is it likely that anyone will think any fanfiction is actually written by her. . . oh, FINE then. Don't own characters, places, objects or related indicia.
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"Hey - where did Ron go?" Harry asked, twisting around to look in all the corners with a puzzled expression on his face.
"Don't be a fool, Potter - what have you done with him?"
Harry's eyes grew wide beneath his trademark glasses.
"But - but, Professor - I didn't do anything!"
Snape glared at Harry for several moments (which felt like a lot longer to Harry - there were rumours that once Professor Snape had glared at a student so hard that they had spontaneously combusted. Harry had never quite believed it to be true, but was now wondering whether he would be the next victim) before rolling his eyes.
"I suppose you're far to dull to have had any helping hand in the situation. . . 10 points from Gryffindor for. . . well. You can pick a reason for yourself." He turned his icy gaze onto Hermione. "Obviously it was you - no one else in this room would have bothered to try and save Weasley."
Hermione swallowed hard - she was hoping someone would have saved them by now, or at least distracted the Potion's Master before he could punish her. . . She fingered her wand, wondering if perhaps she could get away with hexing Malfoy to dance for them again.
"Don't even think about it," Snape hissed. He flicked his wand towards her and her own wand flew out of her hand and into his left one. "You are completely unarmed, there's no way out of this situation. So, tell me. . . What. Have. You. Done?"
"Er. . ." Hermione, so quick minded when it came to yelling at Ron or solving complicated riddles (such as the Complexities of a Woman's Mind), wasn't quite sure what to say. Was it really worth trying to lie to her Professor? She knew perfectly well the Professor Snape was a very powerful Legilimens, and could easily extract the information out of her if he wanted to - if she lied and he found out, surely she would be in even more trouble than she was now?
"Well. . . er. . . Professor. . ." she faltered as his eye twitched and several sparks flew out of the end of his wand. Oh Merlin. . . what was she doing?
"I. . . I really don't know where he is. . ."
Amazed at the words that tumbled out of her mouth, Hermione's heart thudded loudly in her chest. She forced her mouth into a kind of wobbly half-smile, in the hopes that it would make her sound more convincing. Severus Snape glowered at bushy-haired seventh year before he snarled angrily and spun away from her. Hermione let out an enormous sigh of relief as the furious Potions Master stalked around the caved-in dungeon, his wand blasting sporadically at the rubble in the dim hope that he might possibly scare the gangly red-head out of hiding.
Still wide-eyed, Harry turned toward his female friend.
"Hermione?" he hissed. "Where's Ron? I swear he was just here, then Malfoy started dancing and. . ." Harry paused. "Well, no wonder he's gone. That would scare anyone away."
Malfoy heard this comment, but thankfully had the common sense to know that now would be a terrible time to provoke his Head of House, and contented himself by sending Potter one of his most Deadly Malfoy Sneers.
In the center of the room, Snape let out a particularly loud growl. He stood with his chest heaving, sweat running down his pale temples and a limp piece of hair falling over his forehead into his eyes.
"MISTER WEASLEY - I SWEAR WHEN I EVENTUALLY FIND YOU, YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD NEVER SURVIVED YOUR CHILDHOOD!" he thundered, eyes flashing wildly in the dim light of the room and pale hands trembling with rage.
Hermione winced - not so much at the rather disturbing outburst, but more at the fact that she had apparently sentenced Her Ron to a rather horrific death.
Or rather, her friend Ron. Yes. Yes, that's what she meant. Her Friend. That's all.
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In the corner, Malfoy watched the goings on with a certain amount of satisfaction. Ha! That would show everyone not to mess with Slytherins. Served Ron right for letting his stupid Mudblood "girlfriend" hex a Malfoy. If only his father was here. Then they'd be sorry, oh yes. Lucius Malfoy would have a lot to say about the unforgivable treatment of his son. Even Professor Snape would be sorry once his father found out.
Just the very thought of his father getting revenge on these bloody Gryffindors on his sons behalf bought a smirk to Draco's face.
Oh, it truly was wonderful to be a Malfoy.
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Severus Snape was now in a truly foul mood. Utterly loathsome. Even worse than before. In fact, it would probably be safe to say that he was in one of the worst mood's he'd ever been in. Even worse than the time Sirius Black had charmed his cauldron to shout out ridiculous insults every time he stirred it, the Bastard. Well, he got his comeuppance. . .
Of course, reminiscing about old enemies certainly wasn't going to get him out of this fix. He didn't care if he left all his imbecile students behind in this prison (in fact, it would be better that way, really), just as long as he got out. Preferably Soon.
Also there was the question of how to find that Weasley kid and punish him as he deserved. Actually, while he was thinking about that -
"50 points from Gryffindor," he announced to the room. No one took any notice of this - he had taken so many points off Gryffindor in the last few hours that there was no way they had any left to take. If the hourglasses containing the points hadn't been smashed in the explosion anyway. Or, indeed, if there even was still a Hogwarts at all.
But he could deal properly with Weasley later. He couldn't hide from Severus for long. . . and when he found him. . . but first he had to get out of this cramped dungeon.
The question was, How?
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A/N Sorry it's been so long since I updated. Like, two months or something. Still, here it finally is. Thanks to popular demand, this story is obviously going to be longer than the ten chapters :D An ENORMOUS thankyou to every single person who has reviewed, especially those who have reviewed more than once, and those who will review this chapter. There are no words to express my love of reviews. Thank you so, so much. As usual, I endeavour to read and review my reviewers stories.
Anyhoo, I promised to write personal messages to all my reviewers of Chapter 10, so here we go. . . takes deep breath
Awkward: Yeah, well - you were definitely part of the reason I continued :D How could I ignore such a lovely request from a fabulous fan? Hope you liked this chapter. . . Sorry, no Snape in bunny boxers. I'm of the firm belief that he wears only the finest black silk boxers :P And I'm always open to suggestions so bully away.
Olivia: Wow - just realised I haven't emailed you in ages!! I feel bad now. . . hope you're doing fab dearie. I will probably email you to tell you I've updated, although I'm not sure if you're still interested in this But I luv ya anyhoo, so be sure to email me to tell me how you are!
Melwasul: Hehe - he DOES have a dead sexy voice, doesn't he? Have you seen PoA yet? More Snapalicious speeches in that. Oh yeah! Thanks so much for your review - hope you liked this chapter.
Lady Manetsu: Um. . . I'm not sure if I understand what you meant. . . or maybe I did when I first read it, and it's been so long I've forgotten? Er. . . sorry about that :D But thanks for the review anyhoo I guess.
Mr Padfoot1: Here's more! Sorry it took so, sooo long to write it. Thanks for the review - am really glad you think it's funny - hope you liked this chapter too.
MajinSakuko: So glad you like it!! Snape's voice IS sexy, isn't it? Hehe! Glad I've found another Snape-voice-day-dreamer! I don't think Draco's seductive glance was meant for anyone in particular. . . or maybe it was? I'll let you decide
Empress T'Pau: Aw, thank you SO much! The fact you love my story really means a lot - big warm and fuzzy feelings here! Obviously I've posted more, I hope you continue to like it!
kraeg001: Thanks for the review - what about it did you think was funny? Anything in particular?
Ninny Weasley: you're review was so fantastic! Thank you so, so much for it. I just read it again and now I can't stop smiling - woo! Thank you! I will definitely check out checkmated.com - I'm an enormous R/H shipper (have you seen PoA? Some truly heartbreaking moments in there - I almost cried at times it was just so cute!!!) so even if I don't get around to posting, I'll definitely be spending a lot of time there reading! Oh - and I adore your 'Detention' fic - it's gorgeous! But I left you reviews so you already know that Anyhoo, thanks for the great review!
Sapphire Ice Witch: Here's more :) Hope you like it as much as the rest.
Vluko1: Glad you love it! I wasn't planning on it becoming a Snape/Harry fic. . . I definitely think they hate each other too much. In this fic anyhoo. . . And of course I reviewed your fic - it has real potential - are you going to continue it? Please do.
In other news - anyone seen PoA yet? I LOVE IT!!! Well, not all of it (don't want to spoil it for the people who haven't seen it yet so wont expand on that), but overall, definitely best of the three
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Disclaimer: I seriously don't know why people bother to write these. I mean, it's not like JKR is going to sue each and every single fanfic writer, nor is it likely that anyone will think any fanfiction is actually written by her. . . oh, FINE then. Don't own characters, places, objects or related indicia.
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"Hey - where did Ron go?" Harry asked, twisting around to look in all the corners with a puzzled expression on his face.
"Don't be a fool, Potter - what have you done with him?"
Harry's eyes grew wide beneath his trademark glasses.
"But - but, Professor - I didn't do anything!"
Snape glared at Harry for several moments (which felt like a lot longer to Harry - there were rumours that once Professor Snape had glared at a student so hard that they had spontaneously combusted. Harry had never quite believed it to be true, but was now wondering whether he would be the next victim) before rolling his eyes.
"I suppose you're far to dull to have had any helping hand in the situation. . . 10 points from Gryffindor for. . . well. You can pick a reason for yourself." He turned his icy gaze onto Hermione. "Obviously it was you - no one else in this room would have bothered to try and save Weasley."
Hermione swallowed hard - she was hoping someone would have saved them by now, or at least distracted the Potion's Master before he could punish her. . . She fingered her wand, wondering if perhaps she could get away with hexing Malfoy to dance for them again.
"Don't even think about it," Snape hissed. He flicked his wand towards her and her own wand flew out of her hand and into his left one. "You are completely unarmed, there's no way out of this situation. So, tell me. . . What. Have. You. Done?"
"Er. . ." Hermione, so quick minded when it came to yelling at Ron or solving complicated riddles (such as the Complexities of a Woman's Mind), wasn't quite sure what to say. Was it really worth trying to lie to her Professor? She knew perfectly well the Professor Snape was a very powerful Legilimens, and could easily extract the information out of her if he wanted to - if she lied and he found out, surely she would be in even more trouble than she was now?
"Well. . . er. . . Professor. . ." she faltered as his eye twitched and several sparks flew out of the end of his wand. Oh Merlin. . . what was she doing?
"I. . . I really don't know where he is. . ."
Amazed at the words that tumbled out of her mouth, Hermione's heart thudded loudly in her chest. She forced her mouth into a kind of wobbly half-smile, in the hopes that it would make her sound more convincing. Severus Snape glowered at bushy-haired seventh year before he snarled angrily and spun away from her. Hermione let out an enormous sigh of relief as the furious Potions Master stalked around the caved-in dungeon, his wand blasting sporadically at the rubble in the dim hope that he might possibly scare the gangly red-head out of hiding.
Still wide-eyed, Harry turned toward his female friend.
"Hermione?" he hissed. "Where's Ron? I swear he was just here, then Malfoy started dancing and. . ." Harry paused. "Well, no wonder he's gone. That would scare anyone away."
Malfoy heard this comment, but thankfully had the common sense to know that now would be a terrible time to provoke his Head of House, and contented himself by sending Potter one of his most Deadly Malfoy Sneers.
In the center of the room, Snape let out a particularly loud growl. He stood with his chest heaving, sweat running down his pale temples and a limp piece of hair falling over his forehead into his eyes.
"MISTER WEASLEY - I SWEAR WHEN I EVENTUALLY FIND YOU, YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD NEVER SURVIVED YOUR CHILDHOOD!" he thundered, eyes flashing wildly in the dim light of the room and pale hands trembling with rage.
Hermione winced - not so much at the rather disturbing outburst, but more at the fact that she had apparently sentenced Her Ron to a rather horrific death.
Or rather, her friend Ron. Yes. Yes, that's what she meant. Her Friend. That's all.
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In the corner, Malfoy watched the goings on with a certain amount of satisfaction. Ha! That would show everyone not to mess with Slytherins. Served Ron right for letting his stupid Mudblood "girlfriend" hex a Malfoy. If only his father was here. Then they'd be sorry, oh yes. Lucius Malfoy would have a lot to say about the unforgivable treatment of his son. Even Professor Snape would be sorry once his father found out.
Just the very thought of his father getting revenge on these bloody Gryffindors on his sons behalf bought a smirk to Draco's face.
Oh, it truly was wonderful to be a Malfoy.
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Severus Snape was now in a truly foul mood. Utterly loathsome. Even worse than before. In fact, it would probably be safe to say that he was in one of the worst mood's he'd ever been in. Even worse than the time Sirius Black had charmed his cauldron to shout out ridiculous insults every time he stirred it, the Bastard. Well, he got his comeuppance. . .
Of course, reminiscing about old enemies certainly wasn't going to get him out of this fix. He didn't care if he left all his imbecile students behind in this prison (in fact, it would be better that way, really), just as long as he got out. Preferably Soon.
Also there was the question of how to find that Weasley kid and punish him as he deserved. Actually, while he was thinking about that -
"50 points from Gryffindor," he announced to the room. No one took any notice of this - he had taken so many points off Gryffindor in the last few hours that there was no way they had any left to take. If the hourglasses containing the points hadn't been smashed in the explosion anyway. Or, indeed, if there even was still a Hogwarts at all.
But he could deal properly with Weasley later. He couldn't hide from Severus for long. . . and when he found him. . . but first he had to get out of this cramped dungeon.
The question was, How?
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A/N Sorry it's been so long since I updated. Like, two months or something. Still, here it finally is. Thanks to popular demand, this story is obviously going to be longer than the ten chapters :D An ENORMOUS thankyou to every single person who has reviewed, especially those who have reviewed more than once, and those who will review this chapter. There are no words to express my love of reviews. Thank you so, so much. As usual, I endeavour to read and review my reviewers stories.
Anyhoo, I promised to write personal messages to all my reviewers of Chapter 10, so here we go. . . takes deep breath
Awkward: Yeah, well - you were definitely part of the reason I continued :D How could I ignore such a lovely request from a fabulous fan? Hope you liked this chapter. . . Sorry, no Snape in bunny boxers. I'm of the firm belief that he wears only the finest black silk boxers :P And I'm always open to suggestions so bully away.
Olivia: Wow - just realised I haven't emailed you in ages!! I feel bad now. . . hope you're doing fab dearie. I will probably email you to tell you I've updated, although I'm not sure if you're still interested in this But I luv ya anyhoo, so be sure to email me to tell me how you are!
Melwasul: Hehe - he DOES have a dead sexy voice, doesn't he? Have you seen PoA yet? More Snapalicious speeches in that. Oh yeah! Thanks so much for your review - hope you liked this chapter.
Lady Manetsu: Um. . . I'm not sure if I understand what you meant. . . or maybe I did when I first read it, and it's been so long I've forgotten? Er. . . sorry about that :D But thanks for the review anyhoo I guess.
Mr Padfoot1: Here's more! Sorry it took so, sooo long to write it. Thanks for the review - am really glad you think it's funny - hope you liked this chapter too.
MajinSakuko: So glad you like it!! Snape's voice IS sexy, isn't it? Hehe! Glad I've found another Snape-voice-day-dreamer! I don't think Draco's seductive glance was meant for anyone in particular. . . or maybe it was? I'll let you decide
Empress T'Pau: Aw, thank you SO much! The fact you love my story really means a lot - big warm and fuzzy feelings here! Obviously I've posted more, I hope you continue to like it!
kraeg001: Thanks for the review - what about it did you think was funny? Anything in particular?
Ninny Weasley: you're review was so fantastic! Thank you so, so much for it. I just read it again and now I can't stop smiling - woo! Thank you! I will definitely check out checkmated.com - I'm an enormous R/H shipper (have you seen PoA? Some truly heartbreaking moments in there - I almost cried at times it was just so cute!!!) so even if I don't get around to posting, I'll definitely be spending a lot of time there reading! Oh - and I adore your 'Detention' fic - it's gorgeous! But I left you reviews so you already know that Anyhoo, thanks for the great review!
Sapphire Ice Witch: Here's more :) Hope you like it as much as the rest.
Vluko1: Glad you love it! I wasn't planning on it becoming a Snape/Harry fic. . . I definitely think they hate each other too much. In this fic anyhoo. . . And of course I reviewed your fic - it has real potential - are you going to continue it? Please do.
In other news - anyone seen PoA yet? I LOVE IT!!! Well, not all of it (don't want to spoil it for the people who haven't seen it yet so wont expand on that), but overall, definitely best of the three