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Reaka: Now that that's over with, we get to hear Snape's essay! Everyone excited? I know I am! It won't happen right away, but sometime during this chapter Snape may seem out of character. So if that bothers you, I'm warning you about it now. Now let's all watch As Snape reads off to the world what Hogwarts would be like if there were no...
Rules
Snape scowled as he walked from his seat to Center Stage. Anyone that was laughing or whispering quickly shut their mouths as he took his piece of parchment from Dumbledore.
" I just want it to be known," he said, " that the only reason I even wrote one of these was because if I didn't then Professor Dumbledore would have made the rest of the year very bad for me if I didn't."
Some of the students snickered as Snape talked. He glared in every direction he heard a snicker.
" If anyone snickers from now until the end of my reading session will have 10 points taken away from their house. And I don't care which house it is either," he threatened. The whole Great Hall became silent instantly. The screen behind Snape started to glow a silver color.
" What is it that keeps Hogwarts such a nice place to live? What is it that makes this school one of the best schools for witches and wizards everywhere? Rules. Rules are the one thing that keeps everyone in line. They are the thing that makes it easy for the professors of the school to survive another year of having thousands and thousands of students in their classrooms. With rules, professors have authority, and we can rule over these gorillas we call students! Yes, they are the best thing to happen in Hogwarts."
Snape's dungeon is being shown with students talking and having a good time. Right when Snape walks in the dungeon, the room becomes silent. Harry tries to whisper something to Ron, but Snape cracks a whip at him, and Harry quickly goes silent. A smirk can be seen on Snape's face as the class stays under his control.
" This is the life," Snape said. " Now, all of you must lick the ground to get your next potion ingredient. And if you don't, 50 points from your house."
The class did as they were told without question.
" And whenever there was a student or two that tried to rebel, break the rules, or just tried to make you look stupid in front of your class, there was always the pleasure of giving them a detention."
The class was still licking the floor when Hermione Granger stood up.
" Ms. Granger, why are you not following the example of your students?" Snape asked.
" Because I have a better way of doing it," she answered. She then grabbed a small broom and some parchment and started scooping the dirt into the parchment.
" See?" she asked.
" Detention, Ms. Granger," Snape said coolly, " And 20 points from Gryffindor."
Harry and Ron suddenly stood up too.
" And why aren't you following along with the students?" Snape asked.
" We don't want to," Harry answered. " This is stupid."
" Detention, and 50 points from Gryffindor, each," Snape said simply.
" But what would happen if the rules suddenly disappeared? If there was no control over these unruly students? What then? If there were no rules in Hogwarts, then it would be...HELL!"
One by one, the students in the Potions room started to get up off the ground. Snape started to glare at them, but no one would be scared enough to go back on the ground.
" What are you doing?" he asked.
" There's no rules in Hogwarts," Seamus Finnigan replied. " Didn't you know that, Professor? You can't tell us what to do anymore."
Slowly, the students started advancing on Snape.
" Just imagine the horror out there if rules had disappeared! Students would be running around like mad werewolves and destroying everything in their path! No teacher would be safe from the wrath of one of them! They would corner me into a corner of my own room, and they would do...scary things!"
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Seamus, Ginny, Dean, and Neville had trapped Snape in the corner of his room. He sat there, curled up in a ball and trembling at what might happen to him. Each of the students had their wands pointed right at him.
" Now we've got him," Harry said. " What should we do?"
" We should throw coconuts at him!" Ron suggested.
" Nah," Ginny chimed in, " That sounds too cheesy."
" So let's use him as a piniata!" Neville suddenly exclaimed.
" That's the best idea I've ever heard!" Hermione exclaimed. " Don't let Snape tell you that you don't have brains! Let's hang him on the ceiling! Accio rope!"
A rope flew in the room, and Dean and Seamus proceeded to tie him up. Snape was now hanging in the middle of the room by his waist.
" You won't get away with this!" Snape screamed. The students merely snickered at him.
" Just listen to him," Seamus laughed, " ' You won't get away with this!' That's so funny!"
" Accio Styx!" Ron summoned. The band, Styx, flew into the room.
" No, not the band!" Hermione said. " But they're a good band, so let's just let them play anyway. Accio tree branches!" Seven tree branches flew in the room. Each of the students caught one.
" The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me. The renegade that had it made, retrieved for a bounty!" the band sang. The students started hitting Snape with their sticks.
" Help!" Snape called. " Help! Please! Someone help me!"
" And then you know what those students will do after their done using me as a piniata? Do you? They'll sell me to gypsies! That's what they'll do! And gypsies are the scariest bunch of people in the world! Who knows what the gypsies will do once they have me!"
A group of gypsies came to Hogwarts. Harry and Draco stood out there waiting for them. Harry had Snape tied up so he couldn't escape, and Draco had the same done to Hagrid. Luna rushed out quickly dragging Filch along with her.
" You're late, Lovegood," Draco said.
" Better late than never," Luna replied. " I had to catch my prey."
The leader Gypsy emerged from the crowd and came to the three students.
" I am Jargon," he said. " Are these the three you wish to sell?"
" Yes, sir," Harry answered.
" We'll take the greasy one," said Jargon, " He looks the best out of all of them."
" What?" Draco demanded. " But he's half-giant! Don't you want that!"
" Where would we put him?" Jargon asked. " And this other one doesn't have anything special about him. But we'll take the cat."
Without any more argument, Snape and Mrs. Norris were handed over to the Gypsy leader. Snape screamed loudly. And Mrs. Norris couldnt' stop meowing.
" This is why we need rules in Hogwarts! Because if we didn't, then there would be hell!"
Snape gave his piece of parchment back to Dumbledore and started to walk back to his seat, but Dumbledore stopped him.
" That was very nice, Professor," he said, " Now, will you please draw the next one?"
Snape thrust his hand in the box for a second time and took it out quickly. He read the name and had a small smirk go across his face. Then he handed it to Dumbledore.
" Please come up to the stage..."
Reaka: Who can it be? Who will this next reader be? Who should it be? I have no idea! Find out in the next chapter! Oh yeah! And for those who didn't know, the song that Styx was singing is called " Renegade." Tootles!
