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A/N: Well I hope that you will all like this chapter. I really appreciate all of the reviews. It does a persons motivation wonders, well at least it gets me moving on the next chapter. Happy reading. Chapter Ten: Repercussions
Remus had been sitting quietly with Lucius recounting the memories of his and Athena's life that they had together for two years. He was having a hard time trying to remember all that had happened after they had married and moved to Paris. It was easier for him to organize his memories when he had someone else helping with the time line. Narcissa had left a few minutes earlier to alert the house elfs that they would like an early breakfast. Just as Narcissa was coming back into the room they all heard the whoosh of the fireplace and then seen Severus tumble out of it holding a bundle of blankets with bare legs hanging out one side.
"What the hell!" Lucius and Remus shouted in unison staring at the bundle in Severus's arms.
"Narcissa, please take her and get her cleaned up and put her to bed. I will explain everything as soon as you get back. And please, sedate her. You will understand when you are done." Severus said his voice laced with pain. He saw that Narcissa was going to protest sedating the girl and continued quickly, "It is for her own good. I fear that she would try to do something drastic if she was not sedated."
Narcissa nodded her head in acceptance and her trust in Severus's reasons as she scooped the bundled girl into her arms. Her body froze as she recognized the girl as Hermione Granger and was startled at how light the young woman was.
"Sev?" she glanced up worriedly into his dark piercing eyes.
"Just take her and please do as I ask. I will tell you what happened when you come back down." Severus said pinching the bridge of his nose. He had a massive headache that was not going to get any better, and he had a feeling that this night was not even close to be over. He watched as Narcissa carried Hermione's still and unconscious form out the door. Severus then sank tiredly onto the chair behind him. When he opened his eyes he found his gaze drawn directly to Remus's.
"Please tell me that the scent that I just caught on Hermione is not what I think it was." Remus had been horrified when Severus had passed him when he had deposited Hermione into Narcissa's arms. He was horrified because Hermione reeked of fear, sex, blood, and Ron Weasley. It had been so overwhelming that he had stumbled backwards, his senses being overloaded. As soon as the different smells had registered in his mind his horror quickly turned to rage.
Severus could see the raging emotions that the Werewolf was experiencing through his eyes and his stiff body language. "Your guess is probably correct. I am sure that your senses where overloaded when I walked passed you." Severus watched as Remus's body started trembling in the vain attempt to keep his anger under control. "I am right aren't I?"
"I am going to rip that bastards throat out!" Remus said through his tightly clenched teeth. "Tell me what happened."
"The only thing that I know for certain is that the altercation took place down in the dungeons close to the Slytherin common room entrance. Harry heard her scream and then found them. He stupefied the arrogant little bastard with his wand and then rushed Hermione back to my quarters. But something that Dumbledore said had made me come to the conclusion that Harry while casting the stupefy managed to wandlessly cast either a confundus charm or oblivated Weasley's memory of what he had done." Severus shook his head clearing his thoughts. "After Harry brought Hermione down to my rooms I left and went out into the corridor in hopes of finding that pitiful worm and dealing with him myself. When I walked into the corridor that Harry had said that Ron was in I saw the Hall empty but Albus was walking away from the spot where Weasley was supposed to be. I turned and tried to walk as quietly as I could back to my quarters so that I could get Hermione and Harry out of there. But Albus stopped me and started interrogating me about my rounds and if I had seen any students out of bed, because Mr. Weasley had been attacked." He snarled out that last bit trying to keep from screaming out the blatant hypocrisy of Albus's actions.
Remus sat there stunned at what Severus was telling him about the events that had happened in the last half an hour. "Where's Harry at now?" Remus said suddenly. Draco and Harry were both at the school without any protection from Albus. "You need to go and get Harry and Draco and bring them back here before Albus realizes that you are gone and does something to either of them. You know as well as I do that he would do something to get back at you for whisking Ms. Granger away from him from under his nose." Remus said urgently, he wouldn't feel better until Harry was here and away from Albus Dumbledore's manipulations.
Severus was just about ready to agree with Remus but Lucius interrupted him. "They have to stay at the school and act as if nothing has happened. If not do you realize what that old bastard could do?" Lucius leaned back into the chair. "If he even had the slightest hint that you or Harry knew the truth he would whisk Harry away from you and would send you to Azkaban without a reason or a trial." He then turned his attention to Remus. "And what do you think that he would do with your daughter. You don't even know who she is and he could make it to where you never will. Do you honestly think that after all that he has done to make sure that things go the way he wants them to he would just let you and Severus walk away with Harry and your daughter." Lucius snorted and then shook his head grimly. "He wouldn't think twice about killing those two kids." Severus and Remus sat there stunned and horrified. They knew that Lucius was right and that terrified them more than anything ever had before.
Severus stood up quickly. "I have to get back to school. If I run into Dumbledore I will just tell him that I had been summoned. Remus I think that you should stay here so that when Hermione wakes up she will see someone that she knows. Floo me as soon as she wakes."
A/N: Well I hope that you will all like this chapter. I really appreciate all of the reviews. It does a persons motivation wonders, well at least it gets me moving on the next chapter. Happy reading. Chapter Ten: Repercussions
Remus had been sitting quietly with Lucius recounting the memories of his and Athena's life that they had together for two years. He was having a hard time trying to remember all that had happened after they had married and moved to Paris. It was easier for him to organize his memories when he had someone else helping with the time line. Narcissa had left a few minutes earlier to alert the house elfs that they would like an early breakfast. Just as Narcissa was coming back into the room they all heard the whoosh of the fireplace and then seen Severus tumble out of it holding a bundle of blankets with bare legs hanging out one side.
"What the hell!" Lucius and Remus shouted in unison staring at the bundle in Severus's arms.
"Narcissa, please take her and get her cleaned up and put her to bed. I will explain everything as soon as you get back. And please, sedate her. You will understand when you are done." Severus said his voice laced with pain. He saw that Narcissa was going to protest sedating the girl and continued quickly, "It is for her own good. I fear that she would try to do something drastic if she was not sedated."
Narcissa nodded her head in acceptance and her trust in Severus's reasons as she scooped the bundled girl into her arms. Her body froze as she recognized the girl as Hermione Granger and was startled at how light the young woman was.
"Sev?" she glanced up worriedly into his dark piercing eyes.
"Just take her and please do as I ask. I will tell you what happened when you come back down." Severus said pinching the bridge of his nose. He had a massive headache that was not going to get any better, and he had a feeling that this night was not even close to be over. He watched as Narcissa carried Hermione's still and unconscious form out the door. Severus then sank tiredly onto the chair behind him. When he opened his eyes he found his gaze drawn directly to Remus's.
"Please tell me that the scent that I just caught on Hermione is not what I think it was." Remus had been horrified when Severus had passed him when he had deposited Hermione into Narcissa's arms. He was horrified because Hermione reeked of fear, sex, blood, and Ron Weasley. It had been so overwhelming that he had stumbled backwards, his senses being overloaded. As soon as the different smells had registered in his mind his horror quickly turned to rage.
Severus could see the raging emotions that the Werewolf was experiencing through his eyes and his stiff body language. "Your guess is probably correct. I am sure that your senses where overloaded when I walked passed you." Severus watched as Remus's body started trembling in the vain attempt to keep his anger under control. "I am right aren't I?"
"I am going to rip that bastards throat out!" Remus said through his tightly clenched teeth. "Tell me what happened."
"The only thing that I know for certain is that the altercation took place down in the dungeons close to the Slytherin common room entrance. Harry heard her scream and then found them. He stupefied the arrogant little bastard with his wand and then rushed Hermione back to my quarters. But something that Dumbledore said had made me come to the conclusion that Harry while casting the stupefy managed to wandlessly cast either a confundus charm or oblivated Weasley's memory of what he had done." Severus shook his head clearing his thoughts. "After Harry brought Hermione down to my rooms I left and went out into the corridor in hopes of finding that pitiful worm and dealing with him myself. When I walked into the corridor that Harry had said that Ron was in I saw the Hall empty but Albus was walking away from the spot where Weasley was supposed to be. I turned and tried to walk as quietly as I could back to my quarters so that I could get Hermione and Harry out of there. But Albus stopped me and started interrogating me about my rounds and if I had seen any students out of bed, because Mr. Weasley had been attacked." He snarled out that last bit trying to keep from screaming out the blatant hypocrisy of Albus's actions.
Remus sat there stunned at what Severus was telling him about the events that had happened in the last half an hour. "Where's Harry at now?" Remus said suddenly. Draco and Harry were both at the school without any protection from Albus. "You need to go and get Harry and Draco and bring them back here before Albus realizes that you are gone and does something to either of them. You know as well as I do that he would do something to get back at you for whisking Ms. Granger away from him from under his nose." Remus said urgently, he wouldn't feel better until Harry was here and away from Albus Dumbledore's manipulations.
Severus was just about ready to agree with Remus but Lucius interrupted him. "They have to stay at the school and act as if nothing has happened. If not do you realize what that old bastard could do?" Lucius leaned back into the chair. "If he even had the slightest hint that you or Harry knew the truth he would whisk Harry away from you and would send you to Azkaban without a reason or a trial." He then turned his attention to Remus. "And what do you think that he would do with your daughter. You don't even know who she is and he could make it to where you never will. Do you honestly think that after all that he has done to make sure that things go the way he wants them to he would just let you and Severus walk away with Harry and your daughter." Lucius snorted and then shook his head grimly. "He wouldn't think twice about killing those two kids." Severus and Remus sat there stunned and horrified. They knew that Lucius was right and that terrified them more than anything ever had before.
Severus stood up quickly. "I have to get back to school. If I run into Dumbledore I will just tell him that I had been summoned. Remus I think that you should stay here so that when Hermione wakes up she will see someone that she knows. Floo me as soon as she wakes."