Author: Brittany
Title: Hidden For You
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I took only the names.
Spoilers: Absolutely zero
Here is my first SS/HP fic which I'm kind of excited about, since this is my favorite shipper EVER! Well read and enjoy.
Pink. It had to be pink. Why not green. Why can't anything just go my way. Stupid potions class. Stupid potions teacher. Stupid tests. Stupid everything.
"Hermione." I whispered. "Hermione."
"Yes Harry" She said out of the corner of her mouth.
"Help me." I whimpered. Besides Snape probably wouldn't notice, we were sitting in our usual seats in the back. She just glared at me.
"Only because you need this grade to pass Harry." She said warningly. We were finally graduating this year, and to be honest my potions grades were absolutely horrid.
"Thank you." I said and looked at her with the cutest look I could come up with. She smiled and shook her head. She knew I was just sucking up because I didn't exactly swing that way and she knew. So did Ron but they were the only ones.
Hermione had helped me through all the steps to fix my bubble gum pink potion, save for one. At the exact moment she was explaining to me what to do Professor Severus Snape decided to look up from the book he was reading. He made an audible groan and marked his page. He quickly stalked toward me and Hermione. He was about a half a head taller than me so I quickly glanced up and winced, knowing what was about to happen. It didn't make it any easier that the entire class was going to witness this.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Mr. Potter this is not good, not good at all. And you Miss Granger, helping the Golden Boy, yet again. You do know what this means, do you not?"
"Um I guess it could mean a number of different things." I muttered not trying to sound sarcastic, it just kind of came out that way.
"Yes, and for you Mr. Potter it means all of those nasty horrid things your little mind could possibly come up with." He sneered. I think he was trying to be funny, but I don't think Snape has a funny bone in his body.
"A-and what are those things Professor?" I asked and gulped. He laughed softly. You could see the chill run through the classroom, but to me it sounded soothing. Soothing! What the fuck did I just saw. The horror obviously had shown on my face.
"Yes I would be scared to if I were you Potter. These things include 75 house points from you and Miss Granger...each. You will also be joining me for detention. Miss Granger will spend a lovely evening with....Mr. Filch. I will owl him later. Mr. Potter you will meet me down here right after dinner." He spun around and glared at the rest of the class, who were having fits of laughter." As for the rest of you, bottle up your potions and put them on my desk. When you are finished with that you may all leave." As I went to bottle up my potion Snape glared at me. " Just what do you think your doing Potter. Bottling up your potion? I would surely hope not." I swore under my breath and cleaned my station up. I wearily walked out of the potions classroom better known as hell.
"I'm really sorry Harry." Hermione wailed as we walked down the halls.
"It's okay Herm. It was my fault. I just went from awful to horrible." I finally managed to make it to the Great Hall. Me and Ron immediately started piling food onto our plates once we got to our seats at the table.
"Ugh Boys."
"Hermione it is in our genes to eat this much. Without food I wouldn't be able to get strong and handsome for you." Ron said logically with have a potato in his mouth.
"Ronald Weasley I could care less if you were strong our handsome. Besides its the inside that counts." Hermione said sweetly then kissed her boyfriend on the mouth. "Even if their breath smells awfully terrible." She smirked and patted Ron's arm. I just giggled at this hilarious display of affection between these two. I glanced up at the Head Table to notice Snape at the end as usual. He wasn't paying attention to anything. I hooked my gaze on him for a couple moments, until he looked up at me dead in the eye. His coal black eyes meeting my shimmering emerald ones. I was the first to break our staring contest.
"Hey Harry you feeling okay." Ron said, though I knew he could care less.
"Yes of course. Just a bit tired. You guys wouldn't mind caring my bag up to the common room would you, I think I'm going to go take a run." They both nodded knowing what I meant. I left the Great Hall trying impossibly hard not to draw attention to myself, I didn't want anyone to follow me.
I finally made my way to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. I breathed in deeply the scent of the forest. I felt at home here. I walked a few feet into the forest so know one would see me. I pictured the sleek form of a majestic lion. I slowly placed myself into the lions body. When I opened my flashing green eyes I was extremely close to the ground. All of my sense were magnified. I quickly started deeper into the forest. I always did this when I wanted to clear my mind out. Either that or whenever I got detention, so you could being a lion was kind of like a part time job. After a time of racing past trees and bushes I made it to a small clearing with a cave. My hiding spot. I pacing around and relaxed for a few hours until I heard a branch crack. I straightened up and looked around. I sniffed the air and picked up a humans scent.
"I don't recall having a lion in the Forbidden Forest. Now that I think of it there isn't one." I had heard that sneer before. It was Snape. I turned towards him and glared at him. I quickly shifted back into well my body.
"What are you doing here?" I retorted. Not really caring that I was talking to a teacher.
"Well your form truly shows you are a Gryffindor."
"What are you doing here?" I repeated the question again, except a bit more violently.
"I think I should be asking you the same question Mr. Potter. Considering you shouldn't be here for three different reasons. One, this is the Forbidden Forest for a reason. Two, it is past curfew. Three, you have or had a detention with me, which you failed to attend. I figured you would be here because I saw you leave during dinner."
"But I thought I left without anyone knowing." I said mechanically as I pointed in the direction of the school.
"All but me Mr. Potter, all but me. You seemed to have failed to remember that nothing escapes my attention." He was being surprisingly...calm. Normally I was expecting to be dead by now, but here I was having a civil conversation with Snape while I was breaking three rules.
"I-I'm really sorry. I just thought maybe it would be alright to run around, seeing that I don't think Professor Dumbledore would like a lion running around his hallways, and once I got out here I lost track of time. Believe me if I had known it was time for me to report to detention I would have made it on time." I said in one breath. I was starting to freak out at how calm Snape was being about all this. As I was giving him my explanation I could have sworn I saw him smile, not smirk, smile.
"I think it can be forgiven, Mr. Potter. Although I will be expecting you for a detention tomorrow afternoon. I expect you to be back in your dorm by midnight. I don't want half of Hogwarts in to see Madam Pomfrey because they are seeing lions. Goodnight Mr. Potter." He said politely and turned back into the woods.
"Bye Professor." I whispered under my breath. He was sick. He needed help. Snape just let me off of breaking three rules. Three! He was also letting me stay out until midnight. I would defiantly have to see Dumbledore about Snape's condition. But that could wait until tomorrow. I shifted back into the comfortable confines of a lion. I walked into the cave in the back and laid down on a patch of moss that was growing back there. I decided to take a short nap.
Something was shining very brightly in my sensitive cat eyes. I stretched out and clenched my paws. There were several pops heard throughout my body. I looked up and realized that the shining thing was the sun. A chill ran through my body. I quickly darted through the trees. Being in such a rush I didn't notice the snake hole until after my paw was caught in it and my arm was snapped in half again. An agonizing pain ran through my arm. Using the last of my energy I shifted back into my normal body, something I shouldn't have done.
My arm was a bloodied mess and the bone was hanging out the end.
"Shit!" I yelled. I was stuck in the middle of the Forbidden Forest with a badly broken arm and I was late for class, again. I looked around franticly for anything that could help me. I finally just ripped a piece of my cloak off, with help from my wand, and straightened my arm out. I cried out in agony. I tightly wrapped the piece of fabric around my arm and continued through the forest. At a much slower pace. As I was walking I thanked God that it wasn't my leg or I would be in a hell of a lot more trouble, but this wasn't much better. After about 2 hours of trudging along I made it to the edge of the forest. I wearily dragged myself up to the school doors. I could see the Quidditch Pitch from where I was standing, there were no classes going on. The halls inside the building were completely empty, and there were no ghosts anywhere. After a long argument with myself I went to
the Hospital Wing.
"Madam Pomfrey!" I shouted as I opened the doors. The entire ward was empty."Madam
Pomfrey!" I tried again. I walked back to her office, it was completely empty. I made my way to the Gryffindor Common Room, it was also completely empty, but everyone's things were still there. By now I was a little panicky. The entire school was missing, and my arm hurt. I decided to check the last place I hadn't looked, the Great Hall. I walked down and stood in front of the doors. With my good arm I swung the doors open until the crashed against the wall.
"Hello Mr. Potter." I heard a cold voice. I looked into the Great Hall, it was completely empty. Except for a black cloaked figure with glinting red eyes.
"Voldemort!"
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Next Chapter: Harry and Voldemort have a little talk and fight, but no death yet. Also find out what happened to the rest of the school.
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