Author's note: Wow, long time no update. Sorry about that. I kinda lost time to update, then lost the will to do so, then I took up NANOWRIMO in November (a challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days), got back into my writing mode, and yeah. After that, a bunch of other NANOWRIMO related stuff came up and I found myself editing it and posting it on a self publishing site (they had an offer for the winning NANOWRIMOers), and am awaiting a copy. And now I'm finally getting back into fic land and here I am. YAY!

An Anti-Sheep Cheese Muffin: LOL! I'm sure you remember those "sad scenes" given you nearly killed me when I told you about them originally. Boy did I learn a lesson that day. Never tell you what happens when it comes to that character. That's creepy about the Evelyn thing. Rather ironic. Haha, so much for updating soon, but hey, at least I'm giving you the updates that I owe you (even though those 3 updates on the original fic I posted the other day should have taken care of that).

gizmogurlie: Glad you like it. LOL! I think we're FAR past Ch 8 in your fic now. I guess it really has been a while since I updated this.

A Summer Not Easily Forgotten- Chapter 5: A Shocking Discovery

Hermione smiled, rather proud of herself once again. She looked around the room and picked up a piece of rope that just happened to be lying nearby. She then walked over to Selina and used the rope to bind her wrists together.
"That should hold you." She said, knowing quite well that Selina was incapable of hearing her or replying.

She stood up once she had finished.
"Now lets see what you're hiding in these boxes." She said, turning towards the pile of boxes that Selina had been hiding behind and opening one of them.

A pleased look came over her face as she looked through the contents.
"I think Scott would be most interested in seeing these." She said, closing the box again.

She pointed her wand at Selina. "Enervate."
Selina awoke, but remained still.
"Get up!" Hermione ordered.
Selina got up, struggling now that her wrists were bound.

"Now, is there any way out of here other than the way we came in?" Hermione demanded.
"There's a staircase that leads to a trapdoor over there." Selina replied, nodding her head in the direction she had been running in before Hermione had stunned her.
"Excellent." Hermione said, picking up the box and tucking it under her arm.
"Then let's get going." She walked over to Selina and gave her a slight shove in the direction Selina had motioned.
Selina stumbled forwards, but managed to keep her balance and began to walk towards the staircase.

When they arrived at the staircase, Selina started up the stairs, closely followed by Hermione.

At the top, Selina fumbled with the lock on the trapdoor.
"Hurry up and open it!" Ordered Hermione. "Everyone is waiting for us upstairs."
"I'm trying, but the latch is stuck. Having my wrists bound doesn't make things any easier either." Selina snapped in reply.
"Argh! Just let me do it!" Hermione was frustrated.
She roughly pushed past Selina, reached up, and pulled the latch off completely.
"There, now get moving." She ordered again.

Selina went up through the trapdoor and slowly made her way back to her room. Hermione followed close behind, occasionally making Selina go faster by giving her another shove forwards.

Scott and Severus were still in Selina's room when Scott suddenly looked up and grinned evilly.
"Sounds like Hermione found Selina. There aren't one, but two sets of footsteps on their way back here." He said.
Severus' expression suddenly grew worried, causing Scott to laugh.
"You didn't really expect Selina to escape like that, did you? She seems to have inherited your stupidity when it comes to things like that. Like student like teacher." He said.

Severus glared at him and looked as if he was about to attack him. He started to take a step forward, but Scott stopped him.
"Take one more step and I'll kill her the second she is within my sight." Scott said.
Severus stopped sharply, but looked at Scott with a challenging glare. "We both know you…"

Severus was unable to finish his sentence as Selina stumbled through the doorway due to another of Hermione's shoves. Hermione entered a few seconds behind her.

"Selina, are you alright?" Severus asked instead.
"I'm fine. These ropes are a little tight though." Selina replied, raising her arms a little to show the ropes around her rather red wrists.
"Was binding her wrists like that really necessary, Miss Granger?" Severus asked.
"Of course. How else was I going to get her back up here as quickly as possible?" Laughed Hermione.
"I'm sure you could have thought of something. After all, you do have the intelligence o a seventh year, do you not?" Severus asked while untying the rope around Selina's wrists.
Hermione glared at him a while, but remained silent.

"Now that we're all silent, I have a promise to keep. Ready to watch your daughter suffer, Severus?" Scott said, pointing his wand at Selina once more.
Severus said nothing, simply staring at Scott in a 'you wouldn't dare' way.

"Wait!" Hermione nearly shouted.
Scott turned sharply to face her.
"I thought you were on my side!" He exclaimed accusingly.
"Of course I am. I just thought you might be interested in seeing the contents of this box. I found it in the room where Selina was hiding; it's one of many." Hermione explained, placing the box on the floor near Scott.
"Can't it wait until after I've killed her?" Scott asked in a somewhat whiney voice.
"As much as I'd love to see the little brat suffer and die at this exact moment, I think both she and her father should also see the contents and try to talk their way out of it. It might provide some amusement." Replied Hermione with a smile.
"Alright, if you insist." Scott lowered his wand again.

He kneeled down, opened the box, and grinned as he rummaged around through the contents.
"Well, Selina, here's proof towards the fact that your father is still working for Voldemort." He said, emptying the box, taking each item out one by one and placing them on the floor where everyone in the room could see them.

Each item looked at if they would belong to a very dark wizard.
Selina simply stared at them.

"That is no proof." She said.

"Especially since I've never seen any of these items before in my life." Severus piped up.

"How is this not proof, Selina? And these items were found in your house, Severus. They couldn't just appear there. Obviously you would have seen them at some point." Scott said.

The whole room was silent for a few moments. Scott and Hermione stared at Severus and Selina, and Severus and Selina just stood in silent thought, staring at teh items.

"I think I know where those items came from." Selina said, breaking the silence.
Something had just dawned on her.
"You do?" Severus asked.
Selina nodded. "Yes. They probably belong to Lucius Malfoy."