Belle of the Ball
"Miss Granger, I was simply trying to spare my private lab the inconvenience of being covered in your joke of a potion." Hermione immediately bristled.
"Joke of a potion! Do you have any idea what you've done?"
Severus narrowed his eyes and thought, 'Last time I help the know-it-all. She could at least be thankful that I saved her potion from complete disaster.'
"Miss Granger might I remind you to whom you are addressing in such a manner!" By this time Hermione was absolutely livid and didn't hide the fact either.
"And might I remind you Professor that you are imposing on my allotted time in this lab and have absolutely no right what so ever to be in here at this point in time."
Severus threw his arms stiffly to his sides, his fists clenched so tightly he probably had half moon cuts on his palms from his fingernails. He took one step towards her and yelled.
"Miss Granger this is MY lab and against my better judgement have agreed to share this space with you. It has clearly been a huge mistake. Now get out of my sight you silly girl before I really lose my temper."
Hermione squared her shoulders, lifted her chin stated a thick "fine", spun on her heel and left the room slamming the door behind her.
Hermione stormed from the dungeons in a rage. As she was walking past the Great Hall, she ran right into Professor Flitwick, the Charms Professor, sending the tiny man back a few paces. The little man squeaked in surprise at being knocked over, but quickly recovered when he saw whom it was.
"Ah, Miss Granger. Did the charm we came up with work? I haven't been so excited to hear about the outcome of a project in years!"
"I didn't get a chance to try it!" she responded hotly. "That insufferable bat interrupted the whole process. And now he's set me back in developments by at least a month and a half." she shrieked and strode straight past the tiny Professor and out onto the grounds.
"Oh dear." muttered Flitwick to himself as he watched Hermione leave. He quickly recovered and scurried straight upstairs towards the Headmaster's office.
Severus Snape was at boiling point. 'How dare that chit of a girl berate me, on entering my own lab! Just who does she think she is? I was only trying to help...Severus Snape does not help just anyone...I was merely trying to stop my lab from becoming a disaster area.'
Severus was about to leave his lab for a well-earned drink, when out of the corner of his eye he spotted a folder. Quirking an eyebrow, wondering if he should or shouldn't be so nosey as to have a small peak at what she was working on, he thought 'What the hell,' and started to sift through the parchments in the folder.
All of a sudden a screeching noise filled the castle. Severus thought it was worthy of 10 screaming banshees as the sounds ripped through his head. Stealing his mind against the noise, he cleared his head and headed out from the dungeons and up to the castle he was on a mission to find out the source of that god-awful noise.
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was sitting in his office when he heard piercing screeches shoot through his ears.
'Ah,' he thought to himself, 'Severus is venting some anger again.'
He was brought from his thoughts when Professor Flitwick came in, fidgeting and looking very anxious. Dumbledore rose from his chair and motioned for the little Professor to have a seat.
Chuckling slightly he said, "Now, now Filius don't let Severus get to you."
"Oh no, Headmaster. It's not Severus I'm worried about, it's Miss Granger. She is most upset. I fear Severus has upset her severely this time."
"Hermione you say is the one who is angry?" Dumbledore asked as he rose from his chair and made his way over to the window in his office.
"Yes, Albus, I'm afraid it seems that Severus has caused a set back in Hermione's research. And you know how fiercely she has been working with her project."
"Indeed." 'I never noticed she had that gift, though it would explain a lot.' Dumbledore mused. "Filius, come look." He motioned the tiny Professor over to join him at the window.
By the time our beloved Potions Master was approaching the door to the grounds, he was livid. Not only did it seem that no one else noticed the insipid screeching, but it was getting louder and louder.
Hermione was pissed. No, not pissed, irate. No, hang on a moment, she was wild. Yes, wild. Wild beyond belief.
She had put in hours on research, numerous amounts of sleepless nights on experiments and days worth of consultations with other professors.
So as soon as she emerged out onto the grounds she started throwing spells.
Not your average swish then flicks kind of spells, no way. She was throwing pure power. Great big bursts of it at everything.
While making her way towards the Forbidden Forest, she was blasting branches off left, right and centre. Hell, once she got to the edge of the forest, she was shattering full blown trees. Any inhabitants be damned for she was on an energy-releasing rampage. In the distance she was vaguely aware of her name being called. She paid no notice, until she felt a pull of energy and the beginning of a loud screech.
After the fall of Voldemort there were still a few rogue Death Eaters remaining that were never caught. In her current state of mind, she immediately braced for some kind of attack. She swung around violently, gathering up all the anger and energy she could muster. She thrust her hand out in front of her and released her biggest bout of power yet.
Professor Flitwick rose from his seat and quickly made his way over to the window. Upon looking out of it, he inhaled sharply, and then said.
"Albus oh my! No wonder she was so quick to learn with a wand, why she doesn't even need one."
Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling madly when he looked down at the tiny professor and said. "You know Filius I don't even think she realizes she's doing it yet!"
Suddenly they noticed Professor Snape emerge onto the grounds. "He doesn't look pleased. Does he Albus?"
"Indeed" the headmaster responded. "If you'll excuse me Filius, I think I'll get down there before this gets out of hand."
"Of course Albus." He replied. "I do believe I have some... things that need attending to anyway."
The two men parted in the hallway, Flickwick relieved he didn't have to deal with the pending explosion, and Dumbledore hoping beyond hope that he made it down there in time to prevent a catastrophe.
Severus Snape burst through the castle doors onto the grounds. That damn noise had reached its peak, what he saw however when he scanned the grounds just about floored him.
Hermione was going absolutely mental destroying everything in her path, and if that wasn't enough why, she didn't even have a wand in her hand and if she kept going at this rate she was going to burn herself out. So he called out to her several times to try and get her to stop what she was doing.
Alas she seemed to be in her own world and not taking any notice. So there was only one thing left to do, he would have to stupefy her.
For her own good of course.
Now not many people know this, well only two people to be exact. One being Albus Dumbeldore and the other is a now dead megalomaniac, namely Lord Voldermort, so he doesn't really matter anymore.
Back to the point though, what nobody knows is that Professor Severus Snape is gifted with the use of wandless magic.
He drew a deep breath to clear his mind pulled back his hand, thrust it forward ever so slightly and released a huge ball of energy.
At exactly the same moment, our Miss Hermione Granger released her ball of energy toward the snarky Potions Master.
Well you wouldn't even believe what happened next, as soon the pair released their balls of energy at one another. They were pulled together like magnets extremely fast, they went flying threw the air that the pending collision looked like it was really going to hurt. Now this is the part you wouldn't believe, they stopped in mid-air mere centimeters from one another.
There was what can only be described as electricity and it was all over and around them, the streams were going from one to the other, they were encompassed in a great big bloody ball of it. They had their heads thrown back, hair whipping around wildly in the static coming off them and the whole time their bodies were just barely touching.
Dumbeldore exited the castle doors just in time to see his two beloved friends throw spells at one another, so even if he had of wanted to intervene there was no possible time to do so and what he saw happen after that completely blew his mind.
At first he just stood stock still as the scene played out in front of him, it was amazing to watch really the site was truly beautiful.
They were hovering about three meters off the ground and the brilliant light of the power that surrounded them was just magnificent, but realizing what was happening Albus had to think fast if this scene were aloud to continue they would put each other in the infirmary for many, many nights seeing as how neither one looked like they wanted to relinquish their hold.
Muttering a 'Finite Icantartem' under his breath, the two colleagues fell rather ungracefully in a tangle of limbs to the ground unconscious.
Dumbeldore quickly conjured stretchers and immediately levitated them to the infirmary.
"Miss Granger, I was simply trying to spare my private lab the inconvenience of being covered in your joke of a potion." Hermione immediately bristled.
"Joke of a potion! Do you have any idea what you've done?"
Severus narrowed his eyes and thought, 'Last time I help the know-it-all. She could at least be thankful that I saved her potion from complete disaster.'
"Miss Granger might I remind you to whom you are addressing in such a manner!" By this time Hermione was absolutely livid and didn't hide the fact either.
"And might I remind you Professor that you are imposing on my allotted time in this lab and have absolutely no right what so ever to be in here at this point in time."
Severus threw his arms stiffly to his sides, his fists clenched so tightly he probably had half moon cuts on his palms from his fingernails. He took one step towards her and yelled.
"Miss Granger this is MY lab and against my better judgement have agreed to share this space with you. It has clearly been a huge mistake. Now get out of my sight you silly girl before I really lose my temper."
Hermione squared her shoulders, lifted her chin stated a thick "fine", spun on her heel and left the room slamming the door behind her.
Hermione stormed from the dungeons in a rage. As she was walking past the Great Hall, she ran right into Professor Flitwick, the Charms Professor, sending the tiny man back a few paces. The little man squeaked in surprise at being knocked over, but quickly recovered when he saw whom it was.
"Ah, Miss Granger. Did the charm we came up with work? I haven't been so excited to hear about the outcome of a project in years!"
"I didn't get a chance to try it!" she responded hotly. "That insufferable bat interrupted the whole process. And now he's set me back in developments by at least a month and a half." she shrieked and strode straight past the tiny Professor and out onto the grounds.
"Oh dear." muttered Flitwick to himself as he watched Hermione leave. He quickly recovered and scurried straight upstairs towards the Headmaster's office.
Severus Snape was at boiling point. 'How dare that chit of a girl berate me, on entering my own lab! Just who does she think she is? I was only trying to help...Severus Snape does not help just anyone...I was merely trying to stop my lab from becoming a disaster area.'
Severus was about to leave his lab for a well-earned drink, when out of the corner of his eye he spotted a folder. Quirking an eyebrow, wondering if he should or shouldn't be so nosey as to have a small peak at what she was working on, he thought 'What the hell,' and started to sift through the parchments in the folder.
All of a sudden a screeching noise filled the castle. Severus thought it was worthy of 10 screaming banshees as the sounds ripped through his head. Stealing his mind against the noise, he cleared his head and headed out from the dungeons and up to the castle he was on a mission to find out the source of that god-awful noise.
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was sitting in his office when he heard piercing screeches shoot through his ears.
'Ah,' he thought to himself, 'Severus is venting some anger again.'
He was brought from his thoughts when Professor Flitwick came in, fidgeting and looking very anxious. Dumbledore rose from his chair and motioned for the little Professor to have a seat.
Chuckling slightly he said, "Now, now Filius don't let Severus get to you."
"Oh no, Headmaster. It's not Severus I'm worried about, it's Miss Granger. She is most upset. I fear Severus has upset her severely this time."
"Hermione you say is the one who is angry?" Dumbledore asked as he rose from his chair and made his way over to the window in his office.
"Yes, Albus, I'm afraid it seems that Severus has caused a set back in Hermione's research. And you know how fiercely she has been working with her project."
"Indeed." 'I never noticed she had that gift, though it would explain a lot.' Dumbledore mused. "Filius, come look." He motioned the tiny Professor over to join him at the window.
By the time our beloved Potions Master was approaching the door to the grounds, he was livid. Not only did it seem that no one else noticed the insipid screeching, but it was getting louder and louder.
Hermione was pissed. No, not pissed, irate. No, hang on a moment, she was wild. Yes, wild. Wild beyond belief.
She had put in hours on research, numerous amounts of sleepless nights on experiments and days worth of consultations with other professors.
So as soon as she emerged out onto the grounds she started throwing spells.
Not your average swish then flicks kind of spells, no way. She was throwing pure power. Great big bursts of it at everything.
While making her way towards the Forbidden Forest, she was blasting branches off left, right and centre. Hell, once she got to the edge of the forest, she was shattering full blown trees. Any inhabitants be damned for she was on an energy-releasing rampage. In the distance she was vaguely aware of her name being called. She paid no notice, until she felt a pull of energy and the beginning of a loud screech.
After the fall of Voldemort there were still a few rogue Death Eaters remaining that were never caught. In her current state of mind, she immediately braced for some kind of attack. She swung around violently, gathering up all the anger and energy she could muster. She thrust her hand out in front of her and released her biggest bout of power yet.
Professor Flitwick rose from his seat and quickly made his way over to the window. Upon looking out of it, he inhaled sharply, and then said.
"Albus oh my! No wonder she was so quick to learn with a wand, why she doesn't even need one."
Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling madly when he looked down at the tiny professor and said. "You know Filius I don't even think she realizes she's doing it yet!"
Suddenly they noticed Professor Snape emerge onto the grounds. "He doesn't look pleased. Does he Albus?"
"Indeed" the headmaster responded. "If you'll excuse me Filius, I think I'll get down there before this gets out of hand."
"Of course Albus." He replied. "I do believe I have some... things that need attending to anyway."
The two men parted in the hallway, Flickwick relieved he didn't have to deal with the pending explosion, and Dumbledore hoping beyond hope that he made it down there in time to prevent a catastrophe.
Severus Snape burst through the castle doors onto the grounds. That damn noise had reached its peak, what he saw however when he scanned the grounds just about floored him.
Hermione was going absolutely mental destroying everything in her path, and if that wasn't enough why, she didn't even have a wand in her hand and if she kept going at this rate she was going to burn herself out. So he called out to her several times to try and get her to stop what she was doing.
Alas she seemed to be in her own world and not taking any notice. So there was only one thing left to do, he would have to stupefy her.
For her own good of course.
Now not many people know this, well only two people to be exact. One being Albus Dumbeldore and the other is a now dead megalomaniac, namely Lord Voldermort, so he doesn't really matter anymore.
Back to the point though, what nobody knows is that Professor Severus Snape is gifted with the use of wandless magic.
He drew a deep breath to clear his mind pulled back his hand, thrust it forward ever so slightly and released a huge ball of energy.
At exactly the same moment, our Miss Hermione Granger released her ball of energy toward the snarky Potions Master.
Well you wouldn't even believe what happened next, as soon the pair released their balls of energy at one another. They were pulled together like magnets extremely fast, they went flying threw the air that the pending collision looked like it was really going to hurt. Now this is the part you wouldn't believe, they stopped in mid-air mere centimeters from one another.
There was what can only be described as electricity and it was all over and around them, the streams were going from one to the other, they were encompassed in a great big bloody ball of it. They had their heads thrown back, hair whipping around wildly in the static coming off them and the whole time their bodies were just barely touching.
Dumbeldore exited the castle doors just in time to see his two beloved friends throw spells at one another, so even if he had of wanted to intervene there was no possible time to do so and what he saw happen after that completely blew his mind.
At first he just stood stock still as the scene played out in front of him, it was amazing to watch really the site was truly beautiful.
They were hovering about three meters off the ground and the brilliant light of the power that surrounded them was just magnificent, but realizing what was happening Albus had to think fast if this scene were aloud to continue they would put each other in the infirmary for many, many nights seeing as how neither one looked like they wanted to relinquish their hold.
Muttering a 'Finite Icantartem' under his breath, the two colleagues fell rather ungracefully in a tangle of limbs to the ground unconscious.
Dumbeldore quickly conjured stretchers and immediately levitated them to the infirmary.