A.N. Dear god this took forever to get up. For a good portion of the time I was out of town, my brother got married and such goody things like that. My life is sort of turning on me a bit, but I'm slowly getting a bit of control back. And now I've finally found a bit of time to get another chapter up for the people whom were enjoying this fan fiction.

Shhh! The calm before the storm

What do you do when your stuck in a position you don't think you could ever dig your way out of again? Do you do nothing and let it go its course, or do you try something only to worsen your situation? In the end of course its only a game, but it's a game that for me will be so full of surprises that I'd prefer it not to have ever been started. Mind you, I'm not entirely sure Snape would actually do as my imaginations been working out. Then again, I wasn't aware of the trouble my mouth could get me in either, so that doesn't help my current situation.

I sighed, staring at the textbook that lay open on my desk.

Had Harry and Ron been here, I wouldn't have gotten myself into this mess, they were the ones who opened their mouths and spoke fast, not myself. Not Hermione, head girl, model student, shy, and bookwormish, it couldn't be. It seemed so out of place.

Oh who am I kidding.

Change is upon me right here, right now; and there isn't anything I can do other then go along with it. All I have to do from this point on is to keep my mouth shut, and my attention on everything going on so that I can follow every instruction Professor Snape is to give me. Because, there is no way I want to be left at the mercy of his twisted mind.

I snorted quietly as I stabbed my pencil against the paper and began to write.

Ha!

And like he scared me anyway, it didn't matter what he said or did. I would always think him a hypocrite. Moron at the extreme, who didn't deserve the position he had at this school. And I'm not playing his game because of the slight chance he might go through with his threats, nope.

I'm just proving that I have perfect control over my actions and my treacherous mouth.

I glanced towards the two empty sits behind me, Harry and Ron were still gone. Still free of the school and the evil antics of our potion's teacher; when had Harry said they'd be back? A week, or was it longer then a week?

A chime seemed to tingle in the distance and for a moment I was confused, then realizing as the movement of bodies that class was over and it was now lunchtime. Snape would be there, and suddenly I felt myself not so hungry. Gathering my books I made my way out of the class and towards my dorm room. I'd spend lunch there, have the house elves bring something from the kitchen, feign illness. Anything to keep myself far away from that man who was out to torment me.

Entering my room, I let my books tumble from my arms onto the coffee table and a few minutes later I was waiting for my meal, lounging on the couch staring at the ceiling. My eyelids fluttered heavily, as I began to feel myself drifting to a light sleep. Which was immediately dashed the moment I heard a loud cough to signal someone was in the room waiting for my attention to be drawn to them. I groaned inwardly and slowly opened my eyes and looked in the direction the noise had come from.

My what a surprise, Snape.

I tilted my head to the side watching him carefully as he stood in front of my door. Blocking my exit as if he thought I might try and run, to escape him.

Tempting thought, but I decided passing would be the best idea. I don't even know why he's here, so there is no real reason to be startled.

"Now, Ms. Granger, do you really think I would allow you to remain in your room to slip through my game so easily the next couple of months?"

Or maybe I should feel a bit more defensive just in case.

"Hiding in your room during times you aren't in class is a very well thought out plan, except for the small part about how I intend to be around you more often to see how well you play this game."

Bah! He couldn't possible think that I'm serious about playing his game?

His eyes were searching my face, staring as though he could read every thought that touched my mind. He quirked his brow slightly

"Silence will not help you either, at least not for long. I know you'll screw up along the way eventually. And then you'll be left to deal with the consequences."

He took a step forward and continued to watch me, boy the things he'd see running through my mind right now had he been psychic would be overloading. Not a bad idea either, maybe he could overload his head and just…explode or something.

"I'm not playing your game Professor."

I finally spoke up when he took another step forward. He paused watching me, the mask on his face allowing me no glimpse of what he could possibly be thinking. And then a look of boredom flashed in his eyes and I felt a twitch at the corner of my own.

"So brave young Granger decided to back out in fear, with her tail between her legs?"

Right to the pride, the prude.

"Am I to assume that you are unwilling to play my game because you know that I'm going to win eventually anyway, and you have no intention of actually letting me live that? That there is something that the know it all Granger cant do?"

If his mouth were a blade, his words the stabbing motion and my pride the victim, it would be lying before him bleeding uncontrollably and dying.

What I wanted to say wasn't the prettiest of things, and since I didn't want to find myself in his company for any longer then I had to I decided against it.

"No Professor, I just would rather not play your childish games."

He shook his head slowly, his eyes closed as he let out a sigh.

"You should not expect anything less then how you were acting, your attitude has been nothing more then childish since you found your way back to Hogwarts, Ms. Granger."

He opened his eyes and looked towards me.

"So why don't you drop your childishness and start taking responsibility for your actions?"

I felt the muscle in my jaw tightened as I grit my teeth, the truth of what he said was what made me madder about this. I was acting childishly.

"If I admit to acting like a child, and apologize, will you leave me be and forget any of this ever happened?"

One could hope, couldn't they?

"I knew you were going to ask that, which is why I'm saying this a head of time. Learning from your mistakes are best done as soon as possible, so that you don't ask why my answer is as it is."

I could already feel the inevitable dread wash over me as I remained still, waiting for his answer.

"No."

The word was short and curt, and filled with so much humor.

Was he laughing at me? Because I really don't think this is a laughing matter. Well of course he is, he's winning.

Oh how I wish I had been asked to go with Harry and Ron.

"Now, just to show how fair I can be I'll let you play a game right here and right now. If you win, I'll leave you here and I wont bug you for the rest of the school year, that includes tormenting you in class and out of class, but if I win, you have to play my game."

I swallowed down the uneasiness, knowing Snape this wasn't going to be easy for me. I doubt it will be on the qualities of a spell, or how to cure someone of certain curses.

Hmm, I wonder if I have time to write a farewell letter before I runaway?

"I'll take your silence as a way of telling me to go on."

He moved closer, so that he stood behind the couch, leaned over just a bit and stared down at her.

"If you can make it through one session of my darker acts, without making a noise, you win. But if you cant, then I win, and you'll have to watch how you behave around me."

Session? Darker acts?

What was he talking about? Not that I really wanted to know suddenly, because I was beginning to think that this was all a bad idea and that I should just throw myself out the window right now.

Wouldn't that be much safer?? No probably not.

"F...fine"

I swallowed my pride, lifted my chin up defiantly and tried to stare him in the eyes bravely. Unfortunately my eyes were against me as well and they kept lingering on his lips. Three body parts now that were against me.

I need a new body.

"Good,"

The smile on his face made me think twice about what I was getting myself into, and wondering what was going to happen.

"Now stand up and remove your clothes."

To be continued…

Heh, ahem, cough, well anyway, I'm not a hundred percent sure how the next chapters going to work out…rating wise, but be warned that its going to be…rather…I suppose you could say kinky. Though I don't make guarantees because I might come up with something totally different. Just be prepared in case.

Thanks for your patients everyone. .

Dragonchild2: heh, well…I tried…at least I got it up…and I know. But I wanted to explore some darkerish fics, and I Hermione seemed the safest person to throw into it since she's not so…I cant think of the word. But anyway, thanks.

Hallie Walker: I'm so sorry T.T I should have gotten this up sooner. Thank you and I'll see what I can do about spicing this up a bit more.

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Midniteblusoccer: Yeah, I think it'll stay in Hermione's POV. She's actually more fun to write then most other characters. Lol, yeah, thank you. I actually had fun writing that part…as for revenge, I don't know, as a Canadian I've got my level for revenge. Not too bad though…But I have no intention of giving this story up any time soon. The chapters might just be long to wait for since I'm moving soon.

Again, thank you for all those who have read.

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