Severus Alexander Snape stood before the old grey gargoyle guarding the entrance to the heads office. Professor McGonagall had been appointed head mistress of Hogwarts and had flooed him and requested to see him earlier this morning. He was wondering what the old bat wanted with him. What would she want that demanded his immediate presence?
"Hungarian Horntail"
The Gargoyle leapt nimbly aside to reveal the entrance to the moving stair case that lead to the heads office.
Severus slowly ascended the steps and raised his hand to knock on the old mahogany door when
"Come in, Severus"
He slowly opened the door to reveal the newly instated headmistress sitting at her desk. She was bent low over a piece of parchment giving Severus time to take a quick look around the office.
It was completely different from the last time he had seen it. The metallic instruments that had once adorned the walls were gone. As was the perch that had once been home to the phoenix Fawkes. Fawkes had disappeared and had not been seen for sometime. Nobody knew the location of this particular phoenix. Even his master was confused about its whereabouts and had set him the task of tracking it down.
"Severus"
He directed his attention to the figure in front of him.
Her eyes looked dull. Their sparkle extinguished. She had, if possible, more wrinkles that before.
"Please sit down"
He sat. Wondering why she had called him there at this time. She stood up and started pacing
"You are probably wondering why you are here"
Severus nodded
"I will try and make this simply Severus. You have been at this school the longest out of all the teachers of Hogwarts. You know the way the school is run and how to keep the students in order. I have brought you here to ask you a question."
She stopped her pacing at turned and looked at him
"Will you take up the currently empty position of deputy head?"
Severus was shocked. He was about to decline when he had an idea, a plan formulating in his head.
"Yes Minerva. I think I will."
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Harry slowly stepped of the train onto the platform. He had decided to play the role of 'Gryfindor's golden boy' and go sit with his soon to be former friends on the way up to the school. It would delude the suspicion and rumours that had been following his name over the last few weeks.
Hermione and Ron were currently walking a few metres ahead of him deep in conversation. Harry snuck up to them to see what they were talking about
"He's innocent Ron. Harry wouldn't do a thing like that. Sure they were abusive but Harry wouldn't have killed them"
So they were talking about him. Misguided fools.
"I know Mione but we can't be sure. You saw how he handled those Aurors at the station. He even beat Moody"
"Luck Ron. Luck. Anyways you saw him. He was only sending defensive spells. If he was truly evil then he would have sent one of the more powerful spells like a morsus or a cruor adficio"
Ron narrowed his eyes at her
"How do you know about those?"
"Ron did you even take any notice of my OWL scores or were you to busy staring at me to even listen to what I was saying?"
Ron flushed and looked away. However Harry noticed that what she had said didn't sound quite as certain as a person who is telling the whole truth. Harry after performing a quick scan had noticed that her neural activity had increased while she had said that. Harry filed the information in his brain for future reference.
Hermione and Ron had reached the carriages by now and were just entering as he made his presence known
"Hey guys how was your summer?"
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX Ten minutes later they had reached the school gates where they disembarked from the carriages. Harry looked over the forbidden forest and saw a huge dark shape looming on the horizon. Harry smiled before heading up to the castle after Ron and Hermione. Many people turned and looked at him before whispering to their mates and pointing at him. Harry sighed. It would be a long year.
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"Hungarian Horntail"
The Gargoyle leapt nimbly aside to reveal the entrance to the moving stair case that lead to the heads office.
Severus slowly ascended the steps and raised his hand to knock on the old mahogany door when
"Come in, Severus"
He slowly opened the door to reveal the newly instated headmistress sitting at her desk. She was bent low over a piece of parchment giving Severus time to take a quick look around the office.
It was completely different from the last time he had seen it. The metallic instruments that had once adorned the walls were gone. As was the perch that had once been home to the phoenix Fawkes. Fawkes had disappeared and had not been seen for sometime. Nobody knew the location of this particular phoenix. Even his master was confused about its whereabouts and had set him the task of tracking it down.
"Severus"
He directed his attention to the figure in front of him.
Her eyes looked dull. Their sparkle extinguished. She had, if possible, more wrinkles that before.
"Please sit down"
He sat. Wondering why she had called him there at this time. She stood up and started pacing
"You are probably wondering why you are here"
Severus nodded
"I will try and make this simply Severus. You have been at this school the longest out of all the teachers of Hogwarts. You know the way the school is run and how to keep the students in order. I have brought you here to ask you a question."
She stopped her pacing at turned and looked at him
"Will you take up the currently empty position of deputy head?"
Severus was shocked. He was about to decline when he had an idea, a plan formulating in his head.
"Yes Minerva. I think I will."
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Harry slowly stepped of the train onto the platform. He had decided to play the role of 'Gryfindor's golden boy' and go sit with his soon to be former friends on the way up to the school. It would delude the suspicion and rumours that had been following his name over the last few weeks.
Hermione and Ron were currently walking a few metres ahead of him deep in conversation. Harry snuck up to them to see what they were talking about
"He's innocent Ron. Harry wouldn't do a thing like that. Sure they were abusive but Harry wouldn't have killed them"
So they were talking about him. Misguided fools.
"I know Mione but we can't be sure. You saw how he handled those Aurors at the station. He even beat Moody"
"Luck Ron. Luck. Anyways you saw him. He was only sending defensive spells. If he was truly evil then he would have sent one of the more powerful spells like a morsus or a cruor adficio"
Ron narrowed his eyes at her
"How do you know about those?"
"Ron did you even take any notice of my OWL scores or were you to busy staring at me to even listen to what I was saying?"
Ron flushed and looked away. However Harry noticed that what she had said didn't sound quite as certain as a person who is telling the whole truth. Harry after performing a quick scan had noticed that her neural activity had increased while she had said that. Harry filed the information in his brain for future reference.
Hermione and Ron had reached the carriages by now and were just entering as he made his presence known
"Hey guys how was your summer?"
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX Ten minutes later they had reached the school gates where they disembarked from the carriages. Harry looked over the forbidden forest and saw a huge dark shape looming on the horizon. Harry smiled before heading up to the castle after Ron and Hermione. Many people turned and looked at him before whispering to their mates and pointing at him. Harry sighed. It would be a long year.
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