Author's Note: Another short chapter this time. Sorry. It just happens sometimes when I write. Next time it will be longer.
Chapter 35
I so detest this, Severus grumbled mentally. There were days he questioned why he'd agreed to be a double agent. Today was one of them. He had lessons to prepare for students who would be returning in three and a half weeks. This wasn't the time for him to be running errands that Lucius or whatever Death Eater higher up the ranks wanted him to!
"Are we there yet?" The Death Eater behind him whined.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" The second asked.
"Yes," Severus hissed. "Now if you don't want to get caught in the wards you'll keep quiet."
Lucius had finally recovered enough to order people around again. After several weeks of careful plotting and information gathering, he'd devised a way to abduct his granddaughter from Hogwarts. Unfortunately, this plan involved Severus leading two rather annoying Death Eaters through one of the passages that wasn't heavily warded. Preferably one that he'd set up, if he could manage.
If I can manage,he scoffed, wishing for once he could tell Lucius exactly what he thought about his obsession with forcing Draco to become a Death Eater. Of course telling him that he'd never win because his son or his son's lover would kill him probably wouldn't have gone over well.
"This has to be the longest secret passage in all of Hogwarts." The first Death Eater mumbled.
"I agree." The second said as they rounded a corner and found themselves on a staircase leading up.
"Quiet both of you or that cat will hear you," Severus snarled referring to Mrs. Norris. The two behind him immediately clammed up, making the rest of the trip blissfully silent.
Severus carefully stepped out from behind a tapestry. Checking to make sure no one was coming he waved to the others. Slipping from the passageway, they looked to him for further instructions.
"The child should be in the library about now. I would suggest waiting until her guardian has left to go get her midmorning snack before approaching. The child's guardian is rather handy with a curse I've been informed." Severus told them as he straightened his robes. They nodded in unison and slunk off towards the library.
With his part of this mission complete, Severus headed in the opposite direction. Taking off the mask he'd been wearing, he walked calmly to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. The door was ajar and he could hear two men talking. Casually entering, Severus made his presence known with a slight cough.
"I would suggest going and checking on your daughter," he said toying with the mask in his hands.
Harry and Draco who'd been working on DADA curriculum for the coming year, noted how he was dressed and what he held. Two chairs scraped against the stone floor as the fathers rapidly stood. Wands in hand they tore off to the library without saying a word to the Potions Master. Smiling, Severus watched them go.
I said I'd do my part, I said nothing about not telling the parents. I wonder what will happen to those two once Draco and Potter get a hold of them? Of course, Cassie may get to them first. The memory of the curse that had pinned Lucius to the wall made Severus certain that what ever happened, it was going to be painful.