As day passed, Severus bad mood was increasing. He wanted, he needed to go to Hermione, and he was stuck in a bed in the hospital wing.

After 4 days, he was finally released. It was a Wednesday evening.

Lucius had come and visited him often. He had always tried to know why Severus was so badly hurt. If Voldemort attack so violently someone it meant that he had really done something bad.

Lucius suspected that Severus was a spy and that Voldemort had found out. But then again, it couldn't be possible, because traitors were killed. And definitely not killed with killing curse, but slowly and painfully tortured to death.

And Severus was still alive, and he wasn't in such a bad condition. The proof, he was in the Hogwarts infirmary, instead of S. Mungo's.

Severus had ignored and hadn't listened to him. But he paid extremely much attention to an article in the daily Prophet. Avery had been found murdered in a forest, not so far away from Hogsmeade.

Avery was the second death eater found dead since the beginning of the year. The death eater before had been Dolohov. Both men had been murdered the same way: stabbed to death. Aurors hadn't really studied the murder of Dolohov, because it was a relief to anyone to know him dead.

But Avery was a high placed member in the ministry. Although every one knew he was a death eater, no one had ever judged him. Now, he being dead had started a huge inquisition. But nothing, or small of importance, had been found around the murder.

Severus's mind was still wondering about the murders, as he was released from the hospital wing. Quickly he dismissed the story from his head, and started to focus on more important things, namely Hermione.

He did a roundabout way by the dungeons, just to check if everything was ok. Then he rushed up to the head girl's room.

When he arrived there, he was surprised to see how dirty it was there. Lots of small bugs were lying around, dead. An over helming scent of violets hung in the air.

Severus breathed in. it was a heavy scent, enveloping him like a cloak. The scent was intoxicating him. His mind started to blur.

Severus was too dazzled to take notice of the small tentacles that were sneaking up his legs. And before he knew anything, a sting hit his leg, and Severus fell on the ground, noticing too late that it was a trap. Then the world went black for the second time for him in a very short time. **************************************************************************** **

Hermione looked at her clock. It was almost 11 pm, and the library will soon close. She set back her books to their places and skipped away, humming softly under her breath.