"What the hell have I gotten myself into?!" Hermione snapped at
herself. For the last hour since she had left Snape and Malfoy in the
common room Hermione had been berating herself on how stupid she had been.
"You don't try to out smart a Slytherin!"
It had truly surprised her to say the least when Lucius and Snape had approached her down at the entrance. It had annoyed her that they wouldn't let her pass, but it truly terrified her that her soon to be professor and a soon to be if not all ready death eater, wanted to befriend her! I was some kind of a joke!
" I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH ANYONE!" she screamed in her room to no one. " Especially not those two!"
Hermione threw a pillow across the room along with several other less soft items. After a minute or two Hermione was satisfied with her temper tantrum and decided it was time to head down for dinner. Even though she had loosed her anger she didn't want to have to be anywhere near Snape and Lucius, she hadn't seen them since earlier.
Doing a quick cleaning spell on herself and her semi-decimated room she declared her self ready to have dinner, her first since all this week she had eaten in the library.
"Here goes nothing."
~~~~~~~~*****~~~~~~~~~
Hermione pushed open the doors that led into the great hall. The hall that she had always loved now seemed like a nightmare to her. There were no familiar faces, no loving friends. There were only strangers.
She saw Narccissa at the RavenClaw table, she waved to her. Narccissa looked surprised but waved back after a moment of contemplation. Hermione smiled and continued to scan the crowd for anything else that was familiar. She finally found at the Gryffindor table, Sirius Black beside him was a sandy brown haired boy who looked rather pale. He turned and looked at her and she almost fell on her face.
Remus Lupin!
She almost cried at the sight of him, he had been gone since her sixth year when Voldmorts uprising had taken a turn for the worst. He had been one of the firsts to fall to that bastard's power.
He continued to look at her, she smiled at him and he scowled at her. She seemed to have that affect on a lot of people, but then again she was a Slytherin now.
She stole a quick peek at the others surrounding Remus and Sirius. She recognized Lily almost immediately, she cast Hermione a worried look and then mouthed " are you ok" to her, probably indicating to the fact that she had passed out in potions class. Hermione nodded and gave her a small smile.
What she saw next made her jaw drop. It was Harry, how.....oh my god. Its James! James Potter, god he really did look like Harry! Sure enough seated to the left of Lily was a tall dark haired boy with glasses the only difference between James and Harry was the fact that Harry had green eyes, James had a dark blue color to his.
Suddenly two pairs of arms looped around hers, she yelped in surprise and looked around franticly. To rather large people had grabbed hold of her arms and were dragging her to the Slytherin table. She got a quick look at the two but was unable to determine who they were; their cloak hoods were up. They were however most definitely Slytherin.
She found her self pushed down onto one of the benches and the two students who had "manhandled" her sat down on either side of her.
"What the hell?" she roared at the two.
As if on cue they both pulled back the hoods of their cloaks.
"Figures!" Hermione snapped.
Lucius who was one her left gave her a goofy smile. Hermione wanted to scream out at him, what was he doing. He was supposed to be this evil person that she had met in the future, the one who hated "mudbloods". Well he didn't know she was one but that was beside the point!
"What do you want Lucius?" Hermione snapped at him.
Lucius scowled at her. " We were only trying to help you were standing there in the middle of the hall like a little lost lamb!" sarcasm dripped off every word.
Hermione just stared at him for a moment. Honestly she was lost for word. Why were they even bothering? Honestly?
Hermione decided to just ignore the two beings beside her, and busy herself with the task of eating. Lucius and Snape both had different ideas and certainly did not like being ignored. They each gave each other a searching look, nodded and looked at Hermione.
Hermione didn't see nor hear a thing until a rather large glob of mashed potatoes was squashed into her hair. Hermione froze.She looked at Lucius who was holding a spoon still covered in the decimated potato goo. He wore the same cheeky expression as he did only moments ago.She opened her mouth to say something when she felt a liquid run down her back.gasping in horror she turned to the other boy beside her, Snape was holding a large silver Gravy boat in his hand but had an expressionless look on his face. She could plainly see that he was fighting a smile.
" Well you looked like you hadn't been eating right." Whispered Snape.
Hermione looked at him in horror and in rage, before she could stop herself she grabbed a handful of creamed corn and shoved it in his face (with extra added force of course). Snape was aghast, and Hermione couldn't help but laugh as she saw little bits of corn hanging from his hawk like nose.
Never in her life had she ever believed that she would have the gall to shove creamed corn in Severus Snapes face. Yellow really wasn't his colour. She let out a snort of amusement.
" You little bitch!" He snapped and grabbed his pumpkin juice and flung it at her face. Hermione ducked just in time and the full impact of the thick pulpy liquid hit Lucius in the side of the head. The whole Slytherin table laughed, drawing the attention of the other houses to the sight of the three Slytherin's bombarding each other with various throwable foods. The houses didn't know weather to laugh or to be horrified. Things such as food fights were un heard of in Hogwarts.
Lucius grabbed a handful of a large steak and kidney pie and flung it hard and fast at Hermione who gracefully ducked the flying mash of brown and black.
There was a gasp and a frightening silence that filled the hall. Hermione looked a Lucius who had all of a sudden gone a sheet white. She turned to Snape who was paler then usual; he made a quick eye movement signaling behind her.
Hermione turned and found herself looking into the coldest pair of eyes she had ever seen fright took over her as she saw flickers of anger burning inside those eyes. She moved her eyes down to see that Professor Lacouse had receive the full impact of the Steak and Kidney pie, there were little bits of meat and gravy strewn across her face and pie crust littered around her robes.
"You three my office NOW!" Lacouse roared. Hermione thought that she had been scared with professor Snape but he now seemed like a mear kitten to this raging ball of dragon fury before her.
~~~~~~~~*****~~~~~~~~~
Hermione had never been so embarrassed in her life, not only was she covered in Potato's and a rather weird assortment of other dishes but she was, as people would say. " In deep shit" with her head of house.
She was still shocked at one thing, for a brief moment back in the hall she had forgoten her sorrows and worries. Things seemed safe. Almost comforting.
Now she was sure she was going to be dead again.
The sad little trio followed a rather fuming Professor Lacouse down into the dungeons were her personal office resided. Hermione couldn't help think how familiar this all seemed, she was reminded of Harry and Ron. The Hogwarts trio, always in trouble together. Now Harry and Ron were replaced by the two most hated Slytherin boys to come along since Tom riddle him self.
How do you get your self into these things Hermione! She yelled at herself. Was it a strange needs that needed to be fulfilled did she have to be surrounded by troublemakers? Were these her pour excuse to replace her now dead friends or soon to be dead friends? Hermione's mind screamed at her for thinking such thoughts. " HOW COULD YOU BETRAY HARRY AND RON!" her mind yelled at her.
Hermione felt a tear making its way down her face, damn, stop it Hermione you can't do this to your self. No tears! Just walls! Walls no one can hurt you through walls!
"Granger are you ok?" came the soft yet always cold voice of Snape. She turned to look at him, still following Professor Lacouse. She wished Harry and Ron could have seen the picture before her. Snape was covered in corn and potato's, and was still scowling underneath it all. She wanted to laugh but it just wasn't in her.
"Why do you care!" she snapped in a low whisper so that Lacouse wouldn't hear her.
" I don't!" He snapped back with a large bite.
" Then why did you ask?" she snarled at him.
" I "asked" because you're crying!" he spat at her.
She realized that the blasted tear had made its way down her face, she quickly brushed it away. " It's not thing I just got some of that bloody Gravy in my eye, thank you very much!"
He just glared at her.
" IN!" Snapped Lacouse brining them back from there own little world of bickering. Lacouse was pointing to a large opening in the wall that no doubt led to her office.
The sorry trio walked sullenly their heads down into her office. She cast each one of them a very evil looking glare.
Once they were all inside lined up before Professor Lacouse like soldiers ready for a flogging did she finally speak.
" I have never been so furious in my entire life!" she snarled at the students. Hermione shuddered; this was seemed very familiar. " You will each receive a week of detention.Never in my life would I believe Slytherin house members of the Seventh year to engage in something as childish as what you three have just done! 15 points each from Slytherin!"
The three of them gulped.
" Now get out of my sight!" She roared.
With a scramble of robes there were gone.
~~~~~~~~*****~~~~~~~~~
Hermione decided that it would be best not to speak to either of her Slytherin " accomplices" for the rest of the night. Hell it would be better if she never had to speak with either of them again.
Once they had reached the common room, Hermione ran passed them, Gravy and Potato's flying out of her hair as she ran up the stairs to her room. She heard some of the girls in her dorm laugh at her appearance. Thankfully her room was sound proof so that she couldn't hear peoples comments and could enjoy the silence of her chambers. She spent an hour soaking in her tub, enjoy the solitude.
The last thing she said before going to sleep. " Oh I can think of a million and one hexes that I think I would like to try out tomorrow, and I can think of two snakes who would make perfect ginny pigs!"
It had truly surprised her to say the least when Lucius and Snape had approached her down at the entrance. It had annoyed her that they wouldn't let her pass, but it truly terrified her that her soon to be professor and a soon to be if not all ready death eater, wanted to befriend her! I was some kind of a joke!
" I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH ANYONE!" she screamed in her room to no one. " Especially not those two!"
Hermione threw a pillow across the room along with several other less soft items. After a minute or two Hermione was satisfied with her temper tantrum and decided it was time to head down for dinner. Even though she had loosed her anger she didn't want to have to be anywhere near Snape and Lucius, she hadn't seen them since earlier.
Doing a quick cleaning spell on herself and her semi-decimated room she declared her self ready to have dinner, her first since all this week she had eaten in the library.
"Here goes nothing."
~~~~~~~~*****~~~~~~~~~
Hermione pushed open the doors that led into the great hall. The hall that she had always loved now seemed like a nightmare to her. There were no familiar faces, no loving friends. There were only strangers.
She saw Narccissa at the RavenClaw table, she waved to her. Narccissa looked surprised but waved back after a moment of contemplation. Hermione smiled and continued to scan the crowd for anything else that was familiar. She finally found at the Gryffindor table, Sirius Black beside him was a sandy brown haired boy who looked rather pale. He turned and looked at her and she almost fell on her face.
Remus Lupin!
She almost cried at the sight of him, he had been gone since her sixth year when Voldmorts uprising had taken a turn for the worst. He had been one of the firsts to fall to that bastard's power.
He continued to look at her, she smiled at him and he scowled at her. She seemed to have that affect on a lot of people, but then again she was a Slytherin now.
She stole a quick peek at the others surrounding Remus and Sirius. She recognized Lily almost immediately, she cast Hermione a worried look and then mouthed " are you ok" to her, probably indicating to the fact that she had passed out in potions class. Hermione nodded and gave her a small smile.
What she saw next made her jaw drop. It was Harry, how.....oh my god. Its James! James Potter, god he really did look like Harry! Sure enough seated to the left of Lily was a tall dark haired boy with glasses the only difference between James and Harry was the fact that Harry had green eyes, James had a dark blue color to his.
Suddenly two pairs of arms looped around hers, she yelped in surprise and looked around franticly. To rather large people had grabbed hold of her arms and were dragging her to the Slytherin table. She got a quick look at the two but was unable to determine who they were; their cloak hoods were up. They were however most definitely Slytherin.
She found her self pushed down onto one of the benches and the two students who had "manhandled" her sat down on either side of her.
"What the hell?" she roared at the two.
As if on cue they both pulled back the hoods of their cloaks.
"Figures!" Hermione snapped.
Lucius who was one her left gave her a goofy smile. Hermione wanted to scream out at him, what was he doing. He was supposed to be this evil person that she had met in the future, the one who hated "mudbloods". Well he didn't know she was one but that was beside the point!
"What do you want Lucius?" Hermione snapped at him.
Lucius scowled at her. " We were only trying to help you were standing there in the middle of the hall like a little lost lamb!" sarcasm dripped off every word.
Hermione just stared at him for a moment. Honestly she was lost for word. Why were they even bothering? Honestly?
Hermione decided to just ignore the two beings beside her, and busy herself with the task of eating. Lucius and Snape both had different ideas and certainly did not like being ignored. They each gave each other a searching look, nodded and looked at Hermione.
Hermione didn't see nor hear a thing until a rather large glob of mashed potatoes was squashed into her hair. Hermione froze.She looked at Lucius who was holding a spoon still covered in the decimated potato goo. He wore the same cheeky expression as he did only moments ago.She opened her mouth to say something when she felt a liquid run down her back.gasping in horror she turned to the other boy beside her, Snape was holding a large silver Gravy boat in his hand but had an expressionless look on his face. She could plainly see that he was fighting a smile.
" Well you looked like you hadn't been eating right." Whispered Snape.
Hermione looked at him in horror and in rage, before she could stop herself she grabbed a handful of creamed corn and shoved it in his face (with extra added force of course). Snape was aghast, and Hermione couldn't help but laugh as she saw little bits of corn hanging from his hawk like nose.
Never in her life had she ever believed that she would have the gall to shove creamed corn in Severus Snapes face. Yellow really wasn't his colour. She let out a snort of amusement.
" You little bitch!" He snapped and grabbed his pumpkin juice and flung it at her face. Hermione ducked just in time and the full impact of the thick pulpy liquid hit Lucius in the side of the head. The whole Slytherin table laughed, drawing the attention of the other houses to the sight of the three Slytherin's bombarding each other with various throwable foods. The houses didn't know weather to laugh or to be horrified. Things such as food fights were un heard of in Hogwarts.
Lucius grabbed a handful of a large steak and kidney pie and flung it hard and fast at Hermione who gracefully ducked the flying mash of brown and black.
There was a gasp and a frightening silence that filled the hall. Hermione looked a Lucius who had all of a sudden gone a sheet white. She turned to Snape who was paler then usual; he made a quick eye movement signaling behind her.
Hermione turned and found herself looking into the coldest pair of eyes she had ever seen fright took over her as she saw flickers of anger burning inside those eyes. She moved her eyes down to see that Professor Lacouse had receive the full impact of the Steak and Kidney pie, there were little bits of meat and gravy strewn across her face and pie crust littered around her robes.
"You three my office NOW!" Lacouse roared. Hermione thought that she had been scared with professor Snape but he now seemed like a mear kitten to this raging ball of dragon fury before her.
~~~~~~~~*****~~~~~~~~~
Hermione had never been so embarrassed in her life, not only was she covered in Potato's and a rather weird assortment of other dishes but she was, as people would say. " In deep shit" with her head of house.
She was still shocked at one thing, for a brief moment back in the hall she had forgoten her sorrows and worries. Things seemed safe. Almost comforting.
Now she was sure she was going to be dead again.
The sad little trio followed a rather fuming Professor Lacouse down into the dungeons were her personal office resided. Hermione couldn't help think how familiar this all seemed, she was reminded of Harry and Ron. The Hogwarts trio, always in trouble together. Now Harry and Ron were replaced by the two most hated Slytherin boys to come along since Tom riddle him self.
How do you get your self into these things Hermione! She yelled at herself. Was it a strange needs that needed to be fulfilled did she have to be surrounded by troublemakers? Were these her pour excuse to replace her now dead friends or soon to be dead friends? Hermione's mind screamed at her for thinking such thoughts. " HOW COULD YOU BETRAY HARRY AND RON!" her mind yelled at her.
Hermione felt a tear making its way down her face, damn, stop it Hermione you can't do this to your self. No tears! Just walls! Walls no one can hurt you through walls!
"Granger are you ok?" came the soft yet always cold voice of Snape. She turned to look at him, still following Professor Lacouse. She wished Harry and Ron could have seen the picture before her. Snape was covered in corn and potato's, and was still scowling underneath it all. She wanted to laugh but it just wasn't in her.
"Why do you care!" she snapped in a low whisper so that Lacouse wouldn't hear her.
" I don't!" He snapped back with a large bite.
" Then why did you ask?" she snarled at him.
" I "asked" because you're crying!" he spat at her.
She realized that the blasted tear had made its way down her face, she quickly brushed it away. " It's not thing I just got some of that bloody Gravy in my eye, thank you very much!"
He just glared at her.
" IN!" Snapped Lacouse brining them back from there own little world of bickering. Lacouse was pointing to a large opening in the wall that no doubt led to her office.
The sorry trio walked sullenly their heads down into her office. She cast each one of them a very evil looking glare.
Once they were all inside lined up before Professor Lacouse like soldiers ready for a flogging did she finally speak.
" I have never been so furious in my entire life!" she snarled at the students. Hermione shuddered; this was seemed very familiar. " You will each receive a week of detention.Never in my life would I believe Slytherin house members of the Seventh year to engage in something as childish as what you three have just done! 15 points each from Slytherin!"
The three of them gulped.
" Now get out of my sight!" She roared.
With a scramble of robes there were gone.
~~~~~~~~*****~~~~~~~~~
Hermione decided that it would be best not to speak to either of her Slytherin " accomplices" for the rest of the night. Hell it would be better if she never had to speak with either of them again.
Once they had reached the common room, Hermione ran passed them, Gravy and Potato's flying out of her hair as she ran up the stairs to her room. She heard some of the girls in her dorm laugh at her appearance. Thankfully her room was sound proof so that she couldn't hear peoples comments and could enjoy the silence of her chambers. She spent an hour soaking in her tub, enjoy the solitude.
The last thing she said before going to sleep. " Oh I can think of a million and one hexes that I think I would like to try out tomorrow, and I can think of two snakes who would make perfect ginny pigs!"