Title: Twin Snapes Series: Velvet Truths and Wool Misconceptions
Author: Scrybe
Rating: M
Fandom: Harry Potter
Summary: Severus Snape is a private man. But what happens when his almost identical twin comes to teach at the school? And where does Hermione Granger fall into the story?
Chapter three:
"Does Snape's hair look longer to you?"
"Not really Harry, well not with his head down like that."
"No look closer Hermione. His nose doesn't even look crooked from here."
"That's because I am not the Professor you are looking for."
The children sitting in the classroom looked on with shocked surprise as the teacher looked to them, blue eyes rivaling even that of Albus Dumbledore's. His hair fell in loose tresses. The locks falling over his shoulder and onto the black robes he wore. He removed the outer robe to reveal a loose gray dresshirt, black slacks, and sensible shoes. He pulled a ribbon from his waist, and wrapped his hair inside of it. He turned to his students.
"There will be no silly wand waving in this class..."
And then, he laughed. The laugh sounded coarse and rough, he sounded nothing like his twin, the laugh hurt their ears and jostled their nerves. It sounded like wool rubbing on sandpaper. But the girls who sat close enough to see almost swooned at the subtle differences of the new potions teacher.
"I have heard my brother has given you students quite a scare in your day. Very well, I will teach nothing like him. There will be no stresses in my class, for stress and tension around potion making can be a dangerous combination, right Mr. Crabbe?"
Vincent looked to him, and smirked, not so much afraid of him as he was Snape.
"Nevertheless, we will proceed with caution in this class and follow all rules expected of you. Unfortunately, the Headmaster was not able to introduce me properly, but I am Professor Snape, to you, to reduce any confusion, may call me Professor Sarcassius. Our first lesson for the day is to introduce yourselves."
The students of the double potions class looked from left to right, then back to the professor.
"Very well then, I'll start. My name, is Sarcassius Snape. I am the twin of your former Potions Master, and I enjoy Potions and transfiguration. Now you, Miss?"
"Well, I am Parvarti Patil, and I like magical makeup."
"And I am Harry Potter, and um, I like quidditch."
"I'm Ron, Ronald Weasley, and I also like quidditch."
"I am Draco Malfoy, and I enjoy... quidditch."
"I am Vincent Crabbe, and I am best at remembering things in History of Magic."
"I am Pansy Parkinson, and I like to um...can you skip me?"
"I am Hermione Granger, and I enjoy reading."
"Very well, very well. No more introductions. You may all have a seat. Now, I wish for you two write an essay, two feet long, on what you've done so far in the year. The first foot should just explain what you've done, the second should explain what you liked and disliked about it. When you are finished, you may talk amongst yourselves."
With that, the class began.
After potions, the buzz between the students had begun a frenzy. The girls were swooning over a more attractive Snape, while the boys were talking of his less crucial way of teaching. The jolly manner ceased once they arrived at Defense Against the Dark Arts. He stood next to a box, covered by a black sheet. He had on his usual black frock cloak, his usual boots and his usual robes. He was Snape. The students poured into the classroom, and took a seat. After the entire class arrived, he wasted no time in started the lesson.
"Today we will be learning about the Amagari. It's origin dates back to London, thousands of years ago. It's greatest power is its scream. If you cannot stop it before two minutes, it will leave you deaf. Its next defense is its hold. If it grabs you and bites you, a venom will be released into your veins, and you will faint at contact. WELL! Why aren't you writing this down?"
They began scribbling on the page, all at the same time, all at the same urgency. And like liquified velvet and deliberate lisp, Professor Severus Snape pulled back the sheet, and released the Amagari.
"BEGIN!"
And thus began the year of the twin Snapes.
A/N: Just a connecting chapter, longer chapter coming next, Hermione will begin to show up! YAY!