Chapter eight
What rumour could be worse?
This was the most confusing day of Hermione's life. After Snape being so… close and all that early saturday morning, things had turned upside down! Harry and Malfoy was preparing their own little war almost cursing each other when strolling past each other in the corridors, and she was somehow mixed up in it without wanting it. How could she concentrate on school? She had to solve all that mess with the houses. How was she involved? Her first thought at that moment, was that Hermione had made a really bad turn in the dark corridors that morning just before sunrise and had ended up in the Slytherin house, then she had practically fled out when realizing her mistake and had run to the Gryffindor tower, but Malfoy and his friends had followed her into the Gryffindor tower to get revenge, but that part she couldn't remember, but she had to have been there. So Snape knew about that… Had he been spying?
She had to talk to Ron and Harry. She stalked out of the dorm, still in shock, and made her way down to the common room. She had to tell them about what Snape just did.
Wait…
How could she tell them that? It could have meant something terrible. Maybe Snape was a 100 Death Eater and spying on the Order! Snape was actually pretending to be a double agent for the Order but it was the other way around…damn.
,Harry… Ron… I need you for a second!'' She said while walking straight across the room heading for the portrait. Harry and Ron looked startled and followed Hermione outside.
,Something terrible's going on!'' She shrieked weakly as soon as the others were out of hearing range.
,Yes there is! And that's you for thinking you can get away with this you've done!'' Harry said staring furiously at her.
,Harry….What are you talking about?''
,uh…nothing, I've just heard it in many soap operas and I've always been wanting to say it.'' Ron took a quick glance at Harry and exchanged a look with Hermione.
Sick from all this Ginny-shagging…
Ew…
She sighed and pulled them across a long corridor, then another, and another before pulling them into an old DADA classroom. Then she told them everything about the common room things, Dumbledore loosing his memory and the weird Snape thing.
,Euw!'' Ron and Harry said with one mouth when Hermione had finished by telling them of what Snape had just done to her.
,He's mental!'' Harry said looking disgusted.
,Of course he's not, don't be stupid Harry. But there's certainly something going on. What can you tell me about the dormitories?''
,Besides what you already know, which seems to be a lot, I can tell you that Malfoy and his friends placed upon the yellow and purple bird stationed on fireplace by Gryffindor's nephew's mother, in the common room, a terrible, terrible curse.'' Harry said darkly.
''Harry… That's his sister..'' Ron said glancing at him, like he was too used to hear all these dumb things from him..
,But my hunch is that I actually was in the Slytherin and later, Hermione said really not paying attention of any of Harry's word. ,… and to get revenge of that, Malfoy wandered off to the Gryffindor tower to get revenge, but either I can't remember or either I didn't see it. But I really had to be there, cause they would need a Gryffindor to get the password.'' Hermione said. ,Snape had to be aware of all that happened, because of what he said when I met Malfoy & co down the corridor this morning.''
,So he knew… But what was it then that you needed an apology for? Shouldn't it be Malfoy that needed an apology for you bursting into their common room? I mean maybe also you, since you started..'' Harry asked.
,Especially with Snape who would say that Malfoy was the one who needed an apology, no matter what the truth was. Something terrible is wrong with this whole picture.'' Ron mumbled. Suddenly the door knocked. Who could that be? Knocking! They were in an old class room!
,Why are you knocking? They're not allowed to be in there themselves!'' A girls voice said from the outside.
,I was just being polite…!'' another girl voice spoke. Shortly after Lavender and Parvati stumbled into the classroom under six pairs of confused eyes.
,Hi you guys. Herm, We've just heard some unbelievable rumours!'' Lavender said glaring interested at Hermione.
,What rumours?'' She asked a bit nervous anyone knew about her burst into the Slytherin tower. Not a nice thing to get out.
,About you and professor Snape… is it true?''
,What is!'' She asked anxious.
,Well we just heard, that Snape helped you this morning with a wound you got because you fell… and then later we also heard… That professor Snape… protected you from Malfoy! Because you mixed the common rooms up and got into the Slytherin's house instead. And then - later some people says that you two had an…well… close physical… scene in a corridor where peeves and made a trap for you…'' all four stared intensely at Hermione.
,What?'' Hermione shrieked.