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Here's a biggie. I worked hard on it. So I hope you enjoy it! R&R if you get the chance.
Dragon Scales
Chapter Seven: Inconvenient Meetings
I awoke in my bed. I moved my arm where Kat had lay when I fell asleep. I opened an eye and looked at the groove where she had once been. "Good morning," she said as she walked into the room.
I turned over in my bed to look at her. She was soaking wet. "Morning," I muttered and buried my head in the pillow.
I felt her weight on one side of the bed. She ran her hands through my hair. "I missed you," she whispered.
I smiled to myself and turned to face her. My smile disappeared as I remembered the situation I was in. I moved her hands off of my hair and sat up. There was a hard knocked against the door. "Hide," I said.
"Why? I do teach here," she said.
"You don't look like Professor Conners to me," I said, and got out of bed and began to the door.
She sat still on the bed as if I was there. I moved my hand and signaled for her to go into the bathroom. She rolled her eyes and disappeared as I opened the door. "Greetings Professor Snape," Hagrid said.
"Yes Hagrid?" I asked.
I didn't understand why he still referred to most of the teachers as 'professor' instead of their name. "Dumbledore wants you to come to the staff meeting. It's on now. And... umm... I'm supposed to ask you that if you see Professor Conners, tell her to come to the meeting as well. She seems to be missing," he smiled. "We'll start the meeting when you come."
"Thank you Hagrid," I said through clenched teeth.
He walked off and I shut the door... slammed the door. I turned around and started to walk into the bathroom. Katherine stood in the doorway. "So I'll wait for you to finish showering?" she smiled.
"You can't," I said.
She looked hurt. Who cares? "Why?" she asked.
I turned on the water in the shower. "If we walk in together, then they know that we were together," I said.
She stepped up to me. "What..." she searched for the right words. "What is wrong with that?" I didn't respond. "You do remember me, right?"
"I have to shower," I said and pointed to the door.
She watched me with her cold eyes. "F..." she stuttered. "Fuck you."
Her hair started to turn brown again and she walked from the room. "It's not like we slept together," I muttered.
I started to take off my shirt. She put her younger-looking face back into the room. "I know you remember me, and I don't understand why you deny it. Can you tell me?" she asked.
"Showering," I said and threw my shirt at her.
She scoffed. "Does that matter?"
I pulled the curtain closed and then took off my shorts. "I prefer to shower alone," I said.
I saw her silhouette sit down through the curtain. "A little shy? Hiding something small?" I'm sure she was smiling.
"It's not like you'll find out," I said as if we were children.
I heard her rustling around and making noise in the washroom. What was she doing? I poked my head out and was about to question her actions. She stood there in front of me looking just as she did when she was my student. Blood dripped from her wrists. "Do you remember me now?" she asked, her eyes starting to water.
"Fuck, Katherine," I stepped from the shower and wrapped my arms around her. "Of course. Please stop."
She cuddled up against me and put her head against my chest. She changed back to what she really looks like. Her wrists stopped bleeding. "I'm sorry," she said.
"It's... fine," I said.
I loosened my grip around her. It was hard to see her in that kind of condition again. She stepped out of my grip. "I'll see you in the meeting," she said, and looked down slightly.
She walked from the room, leaving me alone and cold. I ran my hand through my damp hair. Why was I such an asshole? I got dressed and walked from the room. I didn't want to be alone at this time. Harry Potter was sitting outside of my door. I kicked him lightly in the leg. "Potter, what do you want?"
"All of the other teachers are in the staff meeting," he sighed.
I walked in the direction of the meeting that he spoke of. "And?" I asked.
He quickly caught up to me. Obviously I wasn't the teacher he wanted to talk to. "I want to know, if you know a Charles Smith," he said.
My face froze for a moment. "Charles Smith? I do," I said. "Why?"
"He was in the school. He was making fun of me," he said.
"Did he know who you were?" I asked.
"No," he said.
"Go back to your common room," I said.
He stopped walking even though I continued. "He was looking for Professor Conners," he said.
"I'll let her know," I said and opened the door to the meeting.
Everyone was piled around a thin, long table. "We can finally start," Minerva said, and sighed slightly.
I sat at my normal seat, across from Carrie and beside Katherine. Kat ignored me and Carrie smiled lightly. "So," Dumbledore started. "We have come to the conclusion that the dragon was just a shape shifter, since it was worried about Lucius' wand. That gives us two prime suspects." I kept my eyes away from Kat. "The first being Katherine Conners," he said. "Stand up."
She nodded and stood up. "Why her? What has she done?" Professor Sprout asked, looking up at her.
"She told me that she was a shape shifter when she came to the school. It helped her speak the different languages for obvious reasons," he smiled at her.
"May I sit down?" she asked.
I turned to look at her. She seemed calm, but her hands were shaking. The tablecloth hid them. "Please stay for a moment. The second is Carrie Silvertongue," he said and motioned for her to stand up.
She seemed stunned and stood up. "What did she do?" Hagrid asked.
Minerva spoke up. "I can answer that one. She is a Silvertongue," she started.
Dumbledore corrected her quickly, to explain better. "She is THE Silvertongue. I'm sure some of you remember her when she went here. She was expelled just before her final year began. She was quite the shape shifter. Always causing a ruckus," he said.
What? "What?" she said my thoughts. "You think I'm someone older than I?"
"Don't hide it," he said. "I know. You'll be under more suspicion if you do argue with me. You're just shape shifting to make yourself appear more attractive."
She crossed her arms. I quickly spoke up to bring up a more important issue. "I spoke to Harry Potter before I came here. He spotted a Chuck Smith," I said.
"Charles Smith? Here?" Minerva asked, raising an eyebrow.
"That's what he said," I said.
"Then a third suspect is added," Albus smiled, as if it was a game. "Hagrid, would you try to find him?"
"That dense board? Why can't I find him?" Carrie asked.
The staff stared at her. "Can I change who I'm supporting? Katherine seems less likely," Hagrid said and stood up from his seat.
A few members chuckled, including Kat and Dumbledore. He looked at Hagrid. "Show her you're not a dense board. Fetch him," he said.
Hagrid nodded and left the room. "So we have two of the infamous four here?" Minerva asked, looking at Carrie.
"Maybe more," Albus said.
As if on cue, Kat spoke up. "May I sit down?" she asked.
Albus nodded and she slumped into her seat. Carrie banged her fist against the table. "Why am I suspect?" she asked.
I noticed Kat glance at me from the corner of my eye. I turned to look at her. I slid my hand on top of hers. "Because you used to do things just for the attention," Minerva said, looking carefully at her.
"I'm more mature now," she said. "I want to teach."
"And no one is stopping you from teaching," Minerva McGonnigal responded.
She sat down and crossed her arms. "What did you see in the forest Severus?" Professor Flitwick asked me.
"Nothing," I responded. "Just smashed trees," and Kat, "And Katherine."
"Where did you go Katherine?" Albus asked. "We searched the infirmary and Madam Pomfrey said you never showed up."
"There were so many other people there, I didn't want to be a burden," she said and looked around. "So I just healed myself and went to bed."
Hagrid stormed back in. "I saw him, I did," he beamed proudly.
"And...?" Carrie asked.
"He disappeared around a corner," he sighed.
"You do know he's a shape shifter, right? That means he could have been a little bug, smaller than your brain," Carrie walked up to him, trying to stare him down.
"I know that Ms. Silvertongue, and I did not even see a bug," he glared and walked to his side of the table.
"We'll keep an eye out for him," Dumbledore said.
"What exactly makes him a suspect?" Hagrid asked.
"He and Lucius had a feud when they went to school," Dumbledore answered.
Minerva quickly placed her two cents into the conversation. "Has anyone seen Kat Malfoy or Maxwell Anderson?" she asked.
"I haven't had any reports," Dumbledore said.
"We'll have to watch out for them as well. It could get difficult," she said.
Kat squeezed my hand. "Well, that seems to be it," he said. "If anyone has any more information about the situation, please let me know," he said.
I swear he looked directly at me. I stood up like the rest of the staff. Kat let go of my hand and smiled at me. I watched her walk out of the room and followed quickly behind her. Carrie grabbed my hand and started to pull me in her direction. She smiled at me. "I'm depressed, come cheer me up," she said.
I tried not to smile back, but I did. Don't go with her. "Sure," I said.
She wrapped her arms around one of mine. "Can you believe they're trying to blame me? Like, sure, I've done some things wrong, but I wouldn't attack someone. That's just sick," she said, and watched me flinch.
"Yeah," I said and began to tense up.
"You wouldn't know anything, would you?" she asked.
"Nothing," I said.
The hallways were empty and seemed to fill with an eerie silence. The staff could no longer be heard in the distance. She pushed me hard up again the wall. "I can think of something we can do to pass the time..." a small smile stretched across her face.
"Oh yeah?" I asked.
Her soft lips pressed against and wrapped her arms around my neck. I relaxed and my back was no longer against the wall. "Want to head back to my room?" she asked.
I didn't get a chance to answer, as her hand went down from around my neck to my hand. She pulled me to her chamber and opened the door. I didn't want to do anything with her. Yes, I did. I was so confused. "What do you really look like?" I asked.
She stepped back. "You don't believe me?" she asked.
"You already admitted to it."
Her amber eyes looked around the room. "I'm not comfortable with it," she said.
"Fine," I replied and sat down on her bed.
She sat down beside me and put her head against my shoulder. "I can look like anyone you want..." she started.
I laughed. "What makes you think that that matters?"
She ignored my comment and my awkward laughter. "I could be Kat Malfoy," she raised an eyebrow and moved her hand across my back.
I stood up in rage. How could she change so much? I looked down at her to tell her off, but she was already changing into the student I once knew. "Carrie... don't do this..." I said, backing up.
She walked in a way that Kat never would have. "But... I want to," she smiled, Carrie's smile.
Again, I was stuck against a wall. I closed my eyes and turned my face away from her. "She's a lot older now. She's probably not even thinking about me," I said.
"You know damn well she is," Carrie said, in Kat's voice. She started to toy with me. "I need you Severus."
I looked into Kat's clouded grey eyes. Fuck. "Fuck off," I pushed her away.
Carrie made it so Kat bled at the wrists. "Help me," she said.
My heart melted. "Why can't you leave me alone?" I screamed at her.
She paused, like she was actually thinking about it. She hugged me and started to turn back to her normal self... or the normal self I ever saw. "I'm sorry," she said.
I tensed up. Am I supposed to hug her back? I pushed her off of me again. "I don't know," I said.
"You don't know what?"
"I don't know!" I repeated.
I left, quickly. "Severus?" I heard her shout after me.
I rushed down the hallways as if I had somewhere to go. Max Anderson was sitting outside of my chamber. "Max?" I questioned.
"Hey Professor S," he smiled. "Long time no see."
Max had been one of my favourite students. I smiled back. "It's nice to see you too, but if you excuse me, I need to get some sleep," I said.
He grabbed my arm. "You're telling me that you're going to not talk to one of your former students?" he asked.
"Mr. Anderson," I said, sternly. "Let go of my arm and let me into my own room. Do you know what's going to happen if anyone else sees you?"
He shrugged. "It doesn't matter. I didn't do anything," he said.
I opened my door, but he pulled it shut. "What are you doing?"
"Umm," he said. "Distracting you."
"What's in my room?" I asked.
"Nothing..."
I shook my head and shoved Max out of the way. I stepped in my room to see Kat and what seemed to be me. The un-me was kissing her on my bed. She looked at me. "Severus?" she asked.
Un-me stood up and looked up at me. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Here's a biggie. I worked hard on it. So I hope you enjoy it! R&R if you get the chance.
Dragon Scales
Chapter Seven: Inconvenient Meetings
I awoke in my bed. I moved my arm where Kat had lay when I fell asleep. I opened an eye and looked at the groove where she had once been. "Good morning," she said as she walked into the room.
I turned over in my bed to look at her. She was soaking wet. "Morning," I muttered and buried my head in the pillow.
I felt her weight on one side of the bed. She ran her hands through my hair. "I missed you," she whispered.
I smiled to myself and turned to face her. My smile disappeared as I remembered the situation I was in. I moved her hands off of my hair and sat up. There was a hard knocked against the door. "Hide," I said.
"Why? I do teach here," she said.
"You don't look like Professor Conners to me," I said, and got out of bed and began to the door.
She sat still on the bed as if I was there. I moved my hand and signaled for her to go into the bathroom. She rolled her eyes and disappeared as I opened the door. "Greetings Professor Snape," Hagrid said.
"Yes Hagrid?" I asked.
I didn't understand why he still referred to most of the teachers as 'professor' instead of their name. "Dumbledore wants you to come to the staff meeting. It's on now. And... umm... I'm supposed to ask you that if you see Professor Conners, tell her to come to the meeting as well. She seems to be missing," he smiled. "We'll start the meeting when you come."
"Thank you Hagrid," I said through clenched teeth.
He walked off and I shut the door... slammed the door. I turned around and started to walk into the bathroom. Katherine stood in the doorway. "So I'll wait for you to finish showering?" she smiled.
"You can't," I said.
She looked hurt. Who cares? "Why?" she asked.
I turned on the water in the shower. "If we walk in together, then they know that we were together," I said.
She stepped up to me. "What..." she searched for the right words. "What is wrong with that?" I didn't respond. "You do remember me, right?"
"I have to shower," I said and pointed to the door.
She watched me with her cold eyes. "F..." she stuttered. "Fuck you."
Her hair started to turn brown again and she walked from the room. "It's not like we slept together," I muttered.
I started to take off my shirt. She put her younger-looking face back into the room. "I know you remember me, and I don't understand why you deny it. Can you tell me?" she asked.
"Showering," I said and threw my shirt at her.
She scoffed. "Does that matter?"
I pulled the curtain closed and then took off my shorts. "I prefer to shower alone," I said.
I saw her silhouette sit down through the curtain. "A little shy? Hiding something small?" I'm sure she was smiling.
"It's not like you'll find out," I said as if we were children.
I heard her rustling around and making noise in the washroom. What was she doing? I poked my head out and was about to question her actions. She stood there in front of me looking just as she did when she was my student. Blood dripped from her wrists. "Do you remember me now?" she asked, her eyes starting to water.
"Fuck, Katherine," I stepped from the shower and wrapped my arms around her. "Of course. Please stop."
She cuddled up against me and put her head against my chest. She changed back to what she really looks like. Her wrists stopped bleeding. "I'm sorry," she said.
"It's... fine," I said.
I loosened my grip around her. It was hard to see her in that kind of condition again. She stepped out of my grip. "I'll see you in the meeting," she said, and looked down slightly.
She walked from the room, leaving me alone and cold. I ran my hand through my damp hair. Why was I such an asshole? I got dressed and walked from the room. I didn't want to be alone at this time. Harry Potter was sitting outside of my door. I kicked him lightly in the leg. "Potter, what do you want?"
"All of the other teachers are in the staff meeting," he sighed.
I walked in the direction of the meeting that he spoke of. "And?" I asked.
He quickly caught up to me. Obviously I wasn't the teacher he wanted to talk to. "I want to know, if you know a Charles Smith," he said.
My face froze for a moment. "Charles Smith? I do," I said. "Why?"
"He was in the school. He was making fun of me," he said.
"Did he know who you were?" I asked.
"No," he said.
"Go back to your common room," I said.
He stopped walking even though I continued. "He was looking for Professor Conners," he said.
"I'll let her know," I said and opened the door to the meeting.
Everyone was piled around a thin, long table. "We can finally start," Minerva said, and sighed slightly.
I sat at my normal seat, across from Carrie and beside Katherine. Kat ignored me and Carrie smiled lightly. "So," Dumbledore started. "We have come to the conclusion that the dragon was just a shape shifter, since it was worried about Lucius' wand. That gives us two prime suspects." I kept my eyes away from Kat. "The first being Katherine Conners," he said. "Stand up."
She nodded and stood up. "Why her? What has she done?" Professor Sprout asked, looking up at her.
"She told me that she was a shape shifter when she came to the school. It helped her speak the different languages for obvious reasons," he smiled at her.
"May I sit down?" she asked.
I turned to look at her. She seemed calm, but her hands were shaking. The tablecloth hid them. "Please stay for a moment. The second is Carrie Silvertongue," he said and motioned for her to stand up.
She seemed stunned and stood up. "What did she do?" Hagrid asked.
Minerva spoke up. "I can answer that one. She is a Silvertongue," she started.
Dumbledore corrected her quickly, to explain better. "She is THE Silvertongue. I'm sure some of you remember her when she went here. She was expelled just before her final year began. She was quite the shape shifter. Always causing a ruckus," he said.
What? "What?" she said my thoughts. "You think I'm someone older than I?"
"Don't hide it," he said. "I know. You'll be under more suspicion if you do argue with me. You're just shape shifting to make yourself appear more attractive."
She crossed her arms. I quickly spoke up to bring up a more important issue. "I spoke to Harry Potter before I came here. He spotted a Chuck Smith," I said.
"Charles Smith? Here?" Minerva asked, raising an eyebrow.
"That's what he said," I said.
"Then a third suspect is added," Albus smiled, as if it was a game. "Hagrid, would you try to find him?"
"That dense board? Why can't I find him?" Carrie asked.
The staff stared at her. "Can I change who I'm supporting? Katherine seems less likely," Hagrid said and stood up from his seat.
A few members chuckled, including Kat and Dumbledore. He looked at Hagrid. "Show her you're not a dense board. Fetch him," he said.
Hagrid nodded and left the room. "So we have two of the infamous four here?" Minerva asked, looking at Carrie.
"Maybe more," Albus said.
As if on cue, Kat spoke up. "May I sit down?" she asked.
Albus nodded and she slumped into her seat. Carrie banged her fist against the table. "Why am I suspect?" she asked.
I noticed Kat glance at me from the corner of my eye. I turned to look at her. I slid my hand on top of hers. "Because you used to do things just for the attention," Minerva said, looking carefully at her.
"I'm more mature now," she said. "I want to teach."
"And no one is stopping you from teaching," Minerva McGonnigal responded.
She sat down and crossed her arms. "What did you see in the forest Severus?" Professor Flitwick asked me.
"Nothing," I responded. "Just smashed trees," and Kat, "And Katherine."
"Where did you go Katherine?" Albus asked. "We searched the infirmary and Madam Pomfrey said you never showed up."
"There were so many other people there, I didn't want to be a burden," she said and looked around. "So I just healed myself and went to bed."
Hagrid stormed back in. "I saw him, I did," he beamed proudly.
"And...?" Carrie asked.
"He disappeared around a corner," he sighed.
"You do know he's a shape shifter, right? That means he could have been a little bug, smaller than your brain," Carrie walked up to him, trying to stare him down.
"I know that Ms. Silvertongue, and I did not even see a bug," he glared and walked to his side of the table.
"We'll keep an eye out for him," Dumbledore said.
"What exactly makes him a suspect?" Hagrid asked.
"He and Lucius had a feud when they went to school," Dumbledore answered.
Minerva quickly placed her two cents into the conversation. "Has anyone seen Kat Malfoy or Maxwell Anderson?" she asked.
"I haven't had any reports," Dumbledore said.
"We'll have to watch out for them as well. It could get difficult," she said.
Kat squeezed my hand. "Well, that seems to be it," he said. "If anyone has any more information about the situation, please let me know," he said.
I swear he looked directly at me. I stood up like the rest of the staff. Kat let go of my hand and smiled at me. I watched her walk out of the room and followed quickly behind her. Carrie grabbed my hand and started to pull me in her direction. She smiled at me. "I'm depressed, come cheer me up," she said.
I tried not to smile back, but I did. Don't go with her. "Sure," I said.
She wrapped her arms around one of mine. "Can you believe they're trying to blame me? Like, sure, I've done some things wrong, but I wouldn't attack someone. That's just sick," she said, and watched me flinch.
"Yeah," I said and began to tense up.
"You wouldn't know anything, would you?" she asked.
"Nothing," I said.
The hallways were empty and seemed to fill with an eerie silence. The staff could no longer be heard in the distance. She pushed me hard up again the wall. "I can think of something we can do to pass the time..." a small smile stretched across her face.
"Oh yeah?" I asked.
Her soft lips pressed against and wrapped her arms around my neck. I relaxed and my back was no longer against the wall. "Want to head back to my room?" she asked.
I didn't get a chance to answer, as her hand went down from around my neck to my hand. She pulled me to her chamber and opened the door. I didn't want to do anything with her. Yes, I did. I was so confused. "What do you really look like?" I asked.
She stepped back. "You don't believe me?" she asked.
"You already admitted to it."
Her amber eyes looked around the room. "I'm not comfortable with it," she said.
"Fine," I replied and sat down on her bed.
She sat down beside me and put her head against my shoulder. "I can look like anyone you want..." she started.
I laughed. "What makes you think that that matters?"
She ignored my comment and my awkward laughter. "I could be Kat Malfoy," she raised an eyebrow and moved her hand across my back.
I stood up in rage. How could she change so much? I looked down at her to tell her off, but she was already changing into the student I once knew. "Carrie... don't do this..." I said, backing up.
She walked in a way that Kat never would have. "But... I want to," she smiled, Carrie's smile.
Again, I was stuck against a wall. I closed my eyes and turned my face away from her. "She's a lot older now. She's probably not even thinking about me," I said.
"You know damn well she is," Carrie said, in Kat's voice. She started to toy with me. "I need you Severus."
I looked into Kat's clouded grey eyes. Fuck. "Fuck off," I pushed her away.
Carrie made it so Kat bled at the wrists. "Help me," she said.
My heart melted. "Why can't you leave me alone?" I screamed at her.
She paused, like she was actually thinking about it. She hugged me and started to turn back to her normal self... or the normal self I ever saw. "I'm sorry," she said.
I tensed up. Am I supposed to hug her back? I pushed her off of me again. "I don't know," I said.
"You don't know what?"
"I don't know!" I repeated.
I left, quickly. "Severus?" I heard her shout after me.
I rushed down the hallways as if I had somewhere to go. Max Anderson was sitting outside of my chamber. "Max?" I questioned.
"Hey Professor S," he smiled. "Long time no see."
Max had been one of my favourite students. I smiled back. "It's nice to see you too, but if you excuse me, I need to get some sleep," I said.
He grabbed my arm. "You're telling me that you're going to not talk to one of your former students?" he asked.
"Mr. Anderson," I said, sternly. "Let go of my arm and let me into my own room. Do you know what's going to happen if anyone else sees you?"
He shrugged. "It doesn't matter. I didn't do anything," he said.
I opened my door, but he pulled it shut. "What are you doing?"
"Umm," he said. "Distracting you."
"What's in my room?" I asked.
"Nothing..."
I shook my head and shoved Max out of the way. I stepped in my room to see Kat and what seemed to be me. The un-me was kissing her on my bed. She looked at me. "Severus?" she asked.
Un-me stood up and looked up at me. "What the hell are you doing here?"