The Deatheater of the Dungeons
CHAPTER 3
Severus sat for what seemed like hours in that position, not wanting to move and not caring what would happen if he didn't. He was glad to just have her in his arms.
Finally, he picked her up and carried her to her quarters. After he got there, he set her down gently on the bed.
"Good night, Hermione," the soft voice came in a whisper. And she heard him in her sleep and smiled.
She had the best night's sleep she'd ever had before.
The next morning, Hermione didn't show up in the Great Hall for breakfast. In fact, she didn't show up for breakfast at all. By the time she had awoken, breakfast was almost over and she barely had time to prepare for her first class of the day. The Gryffindor and Slytherin 7th years. Oh joy.
The only bonus she got out of this class was that Ginny was in it, which was about her only chance to see her. Sometimes, when Trelawney's class was put on hold because the deranged professor was convinced that 'the dark lord will reappear', Ginny would come keep her company when she prepared for the 2nd year's class. While this free time was gladly welcomed, the fact that Trelawney rarely went into hysterics nowadays was greatly appreciated.
There were few Slytherins now, but many had transfered from Durmstrang and there were currently enough Slytherins to keep up with the Gryffindors, if not outnumber them. She noted the students in her mind as they came into the class (The Slytherins usually came in first because their common room was much closer to the dungeon classroom)...
Arena Vestae, Mary Acantha, Anther Baddon, Cynthia Bellwood, Luchina Marton, Jadis Tanith, Althaia Barrson, Lorelei Winters, Kali Juventa, Gabriel Nyx, Christopher Deymos, Edwin Ninisa (AN: Ha Ha), Katie Ellien, and...she groaned inwardly.
Now that Malfoy was dead and gone, the new Slytherin leaders had stepped out into the open,
Corrin Aceldama at the head. Andrew Mache and Geoffrey Belak, his cronies put a new meaning to the word. They were very unlike Crabbe and Goyle because they lacked the main essence. They weren't utter buffoons. They could actually display that Slytherin cunning when they wanted to. And that's what made them so dangerous.
She glanced over at the door again and noted with relief that Ginny and Colin were at the head of the Gryffindor group, because she didn't want to give them unnecessary punishment. Everyone quickly took their seats and class began,...though not uneventfully...
The classroom setting was different than the previous years when Snape had been residing over the class, for there was not necessary silence. In fact, on this particular day there were many hushed conversations circulating both the Gryffindor and Slytherin sides. One, was not exactly whispered. There was one set of dialogue that could be heard all throughout the Slytherin (and half of the Gryffindor) section of the classroom.
"I didn't know when I came to Hogwarts that anything less than a pureblood would be teaching potions. It's such a pity that the war didn't kill them all-- " Corrin Aceldama's declaration of loyalty to his bloodline was cut off when two things happened.
First, the entire back row of tables in the left hand side of the dungeon (consisting of Geoffrey Belak, Corrin Aceldama, Andrew Mache, and Anther Baddon) was flipped over on top of the four young men sitting there, and seemed unable to budge from the tops of their stomachs. And Second, the mild sleeping potions they had been brewing were not mild at all. And the Slytherins were certainly not sleeping. They were scratching at their newfound deep red rashes, about the color you turn when you stay out in the sun without sunscreen for too long, and trying to hide their foreheads from the classroom which now said YOU-DESERVED-IT in huge blue and yellow letters (the 'you' on Mache, the 'deserved' on Aceldama, and the 'it' on Belak).
Hermione's first reaction was to burst out laughing, but quickly decided to send the boys to the hospital wing because Anther Baddon was still scratching his rash and actually didn't deserve it (being the nice kind of Slytherin) and Arena Vestae was about to jump to her feet to nurse him to recovery.
"Class dismissed! Slytherins stay!" The Gryffindors jumped to their feet and quickly left the premises, afraid of being blamed.
She turned to Jadis Tanith (who should be called the reincarnation of Bellatrix Lestrange) and ordered in her new professor voice, "Miss Tanith, escort them to the infirmiry. The rest of you, I want an twenty-four inch essay on how the potion could have achieved that result. You may go." The Slytherins left grumbling, and Hermione was sure that it would take a while for the gang to be popular in Slytherin again.
She went to the supply closet and got a mop and bucket. Hermione was surprised to see in her return that the entire mess had been cleared away and there was only a note in its place.
I'm sorry, it began, and Hermione read on, expecting a partial confession from a student but finding nothing of the sort.
The potion was not meant to be spilled on Mr. Baddon, who was an innocent bystander in this event. The redness will fade away in about an hour, though the other pricks will just have to deal with their faces spelling out praises to Hufflepuff for the next couple of weeks.
It was not signed. Hermione grinned and was going to tear it up to dispose of the evidence, but decided against it and stuck it inside the middle drawer of her desk. She had no knowledge of the invisable figure who was watching her, praising the fact that she was not angry, and writing up a spiteful and unforgiving eulogy to one Corrin Aceldama.
fujutsu--- thank you sooo much for reviewing.
cdkobasiuk--- Oh, I doubt I could keep it a secret from all those intelligent people who would just happen to find it under Hermione G. and Severus S.
Papu--- Why do you need a translator? Do you not speak English well? Oh, no! I didn't just write three chapters of gibberish, did I?
sallene--- He is alive. He is a person. When everyone thought he was dead, he didn't bother to correct them because he didn't care anymore. Guess Hermione gave him something to live for.
and to the following people who got my joke...
lovethelab, JBLMCHHLRS2004, and...that's it? Well, I guess it was a little hard.
E. Ninisa...asinine.
There you go. I'm going to have a bunch of encounter scenes in the next couple of chapters.