Second Best Part VIII
Luna lay on the bed staring off into space. She was wondering on what Snape could possibly be going through. She wondered why he could not sleep at night, why he spent so much time in a lab, why he wasn't eating well and where was this lab. She wondered if he was working that hard on something that he could do nothing else, or was it perhaps that something was deeply bothering him. Or was it perhaps both of those things.
"Does Miss Lovegood need anything?" asked Honey as she walked into the room. Luna sat up and looked at the elf standing on the floor. Luna stared at the house elf and shook her head. "Very well than, good night Miss Lovegood," said Honey ad she turned around to walk out of the room.
"Wait Honey," Luna said as she thought of something. The house elf turned around and looked up at her. "Do you know who it was that came to visit Professor Snape?" Luna asked as she looked at the elf. She nodded in response.
"Headmaster Dumbledore came to see if Miss Lovegood had arrived in good health," Honey responded as she looked up at Luna.
"Has he left yet?" Luna asked as she looked at her. The House elf shook her head.
"Master Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore are discussing some matters, on which I was not allowed the liberty to tell. Master Snape, however, asked me to come and check if you are well. If you are done with me Miss Lovegood, I must now return to him," she said as she looked at her. Luna nodded and the House Elf scampered out of the room. Luna sighed and lay back down. She wondered if this was how she would spend her whole summer.
The following couple of days dragged by very slowly. Luna ventured about the manor for hours every day, she felt like she did when she was a first year trying to figure out how to get around the castle. The manor was large and not very interesting seeing how many of the rooms where actually locked. There where a couple rooms that weren't locked but they where either guest rooms or sitting rooms. She found a library on the second floor and when she found it she spent hours in there looking at the books. She wasn't surprised to see that most of them where potions books, but every once in a while there where books on werewolves, vampires and other mystical creatures that existed in the world of magic. There where also books on Defense Against the Dark Arts and many books on Dark arts.
She hardly saw Snape at all in those days. He wouldn't come to eat; he came once a day to eat and that was always during dinner. And when she did see him he would so much as look at her. He would sweep into the room, eat quickly but gracefully and leave the room in one great rush. He never said a word to her. Luna spent some evening talking to Ebony and she could tell that the elf was getting increasingly worried about her Master and she was getting frustrated with him. No matter what Ebony could not persuade her master to go eat.
Luna woke up one morning and got out of bed. She walked into the washroom took a shower and when she was done she dressed in all white. She put on white jeans and a white shirt. Over her clothing she slipped on a white cloak. She walked through the house and made her way to the dinning room. When she got there she wasn't surprised to see that table was set for only one and it was at her end of the table. She rolled her eyes and walked into the side door and made her way to the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen she found distressed Ebony sitting on the counter. Next to her stood Turtle whom was patting her on the back.
"Where is Professor Snape?" Luna asked as she walked in.
"I assume he is in the lab like always," Ebony responded with a sad sigh. Luna stared at Ebony for a moment. Luna had walked all over the manor already and she had yet to find that lab. She wondered where it was.
"Where is the lab?" Luna asked as she turned to the elves. Ebony looked up at her.
"Why do you ask Miss Lovegood?" she asked as she looked at her.
"I want to ask Professor Snape to come and eat," she responded as she looked at Ebony. Ebony looked at her in wonderment. She couldn't believe that the skinny blonde girl was going to disturb her master in the lab. She found it absurd that she believed that she would be able to convince him to come eat. Turtle jumped off the counter and walked over to her.
"I will show you Miss Lovegood," Turtle said as he walked over to her. He grabbed her hand gently and walked her out of the kitchen. He walked her through the dinning room and down the hall. When they reached the end of a very long hallway he turned to a very large painting. The painting was of who she believed was Salazar Slytherin. Turtle let go of her hand and walked over to the painting. He tapped the bottom left corner of the frame four times and than back up. The painting than began to go up very much the way that a curtain does at the beginning of a play. Luna looked and where the painting had once been was now a door. Luna opened the door where there was a very dim lit stairwell with burning torches for lights. "They lead down to the lab," Turtle said pointing to the stairway.
"Are you going to accompany me?" she asked as she turned to look at Turtle. She was starting to feel nervous. The elf shook his head.
"We are not allowed in the lab," he said as he looked at her apologetically. Luna nodded as she understood and turned away from him. She started to go down the stairs. As she walked down she felt the air become cooler. She soon reached the lab and as she walked through she found that it was rather larger than she expected it to be. She found that it was larger than the Potions classroom at school. She looked around and made her way through. The lab very much reminded her of the labs in those muggle horror movies.
"Professor Snape?" she called out as she walked through the lab. The lab surprisingly had more light than the stairway that led to it. She soon found herself at the very back of the lab where there was a desk with parchment and quills all over it. She walked around the desk and sat down in the chair behind it. She looked down at the parchment lying over the desk; they seemed to be Potions Notes. She wondered if this was perhaps on what Professor Snape had been working on for so long.
She began to read his notes and found that they where on the Love potion. She wondered why Snape was studying the ingredients of the Love Potions so thoroughly. She skimmed through the notes and found that he was not only studying the Love Potion but the antidote to the Love potions. She wondered why he was studying these two potions. She looked at another piece of parchment that had the instructions and ingredients to the Antidote to the Love Potion. On another piece of parchment was the same list of ingredients, but it was altered. She wondered if perhaps Snape was perhaps trying to find another way in making the Anti Love Potion, but she thought that it was perhaps a waste of time on the count that there was no point in making another potion that served the same purpose as one that already exists.
"Miss Lovegood," said a cold voice as soon as she heard that voice she shivered and dropped the piece of parchment she was holding. She looked up and found Snape standing in front of the desk, glaring down at her. There was an ominous look in his eyes. "What, pray tell, do you think that you are doing?" he asked. She looked up at him sheepishly.
"I was wondering if you where going to go up and eat breakfast," she responded as she looked at him. At this statement he raise a brow at her. "Ebony is very stressed out about you not eating well and quite frankly I am also worried that you aren't eating well. After all Professor Snape, you know what they say, 'No Fuel in the belly no fire in the brain,'" she said as she looked up at him. This time both his eyebrows shot up into his hairline as he looked down at her in astonishment. She than stood up and walked around the desk, she walked over and stood before him. She grabbed his hand and started to drag him in the direction of the stairs. She pulled him down the hall and towards the kitchen.
He was absolutely dumbfounded by the fact that she was pulling him by the hand towards the kitchen. As for Luna when she touched his hands it felt like a small spark of electricity had passed between his hand and hers and caused her hand to tingle pleasantly. And above that she was surprised that his hands where so warm. She had always figured that his hand would be cold and clammy, the way you would imagine the hand of death to be like. When they entered the dinning room Snape finally snapped out of it and stopped walking, which caused Luna to look back at him. He immediately snatched his hands out of her small grasp and he glared at her.
She looked into his eyes and as he gazed into them he could see a pleading look in her gaze. "Please Professor Snape? You must eat something, look at you. It looks like you loosing weight and your paler than usual and there are very large bags under your eyes. You are not eating well and you aren't sleeping well. Please?" she said as she looked into his eyes. He looked down at her and wondered why she was getting so worried about him. He was about to give in but something came to him.
"I can't Miss Lovegood," he said as he ran a hand through his hair in frustration. "I have a lot of work to do," he said as he turned away from her and walked away. Luna watched as he walked away and cursed herself. She was so close! She wondered why he was being so damn hardheaded. She turned away and walked over to the table and slumped down to eat.
A/N: Well that's all for now folks! Please Review! Hope to post the next chapter up soon! Hope you enjoyed this one!
Luna lay on the bed staring off into space. She was wondering on what Snape could possibly be going through. She wondered why he could not sleep at night, why he spent so much time in a lab, why he wasn't eating well and where was this lab. She wondered if he was working that hard on something that he could do nothing else, or was it perhaps that something was deeply bothering him. Or was it perhaps both of those things.
"Does Miss Lovegood need anything?" asked Honey as she walked into the room. Luna sat up and looked at the elf standing on the floor. Luna stared at the house elf and shook her head. "Very well than, good night Miss Lovegood," said Honey ad she turned around to walk out of the room.
"Wait Honey," Luna said as she thought of something. The house elf turned around and looked up at her. "Do you know who it was that came to visit Professor Snape?" Luna asked as she looked at the elf. She nodded in response.
"Headmaster Dumbledore came to see if Miss Lovegood had arrived in good health," Honey responded as she looked up at Luna.
"Has he left yet?" Luna asked as she looked at her. The House elf shook her head.
"Master Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore are discussing some matters, on which I was not allowed the liberty to tell. Master Snape, however, asked me to come and check if you are well. If you are done with me Miss Lovegood, I must now return to him," she said as she looked at her. Luna nodded and the House Elf scampered out of the room. Luna sighed and lay back down. She wondered if this was how she would spend her whole summer.
The following couple of days dragged by very slowly. Luna ventured about the manor for hours every day, she felt like she did when she was a first year trying to figure out how to get around the castle. The manor was large and not very interesting seeing how many of the rooms where actually locked. There where a couple rooms that weren't locked but they where either guest rooms or sitting rooms. She found a library on the second floor and when she found it she spent hours in there looking at the books. She wasn't surprised to see that most of them where potions books, but every once in a while there where books on werewolves, vampires and other mystical creatures that existed in the world of magic. There where also books on Defense Against the Dark Arts and many books on Dark arts.
She hardly saw Snape at all in those days. He wouldn't come to eat; he came once a day to eat and that was always during dinner. And when she did see him he would so much as look at her. He would sweep into the room, eat quickly but gracefully and leave the room in one great rush. He never said a word to her. Luna spent some evening talking to Ebony and she could tell that the elf was getting increasingly worried about her Master and she was getting frustrated with him. No matter what Ebony could not persuade her master to go eat.
Luna woke up one morning and got out of bed. She walked into the washroom took a shower and when she was done she dressed in all white. She put on white jeans and a white shirt. Over her clothing she slipped on a white cloak. She walked through the house and made her way to the dinning room. When she got there she wasn't surprised to see that table was set for only one and it was at her end of the table. She rolled her eyes and walked into the side door and made her way to the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen she found distressed Ebony sitting on the counter. Next to her stood Turtle whom was patting her on the back.
"Where is Professor Snape?" Luna asked as she walked in.
"I assume he is in the lab like always," Ebony responded with a sad sigh. Luna stared at Ebony for a moment. Luna had walked all over the manor already and she had yet to find that lab. She wondered where it was.
"Where is the lab?" Luna asked as she turned to the elves. Ebony looked up at her.
"Why do you ask Miss Lovegood?" she asked as she looked at her.
"I want to ask Professor Snape to come and eat," she responded as she looked at Ebony. Ebony looked at her in wonderment. She couldn't believe that the skinny blonde girl was going to disturb her master in the lab. She found it absurd that she believed that she would be able to convince him to come eat. Turtle jumped off the counter and walked over to her.
"I will show you Miss Lovegood," Turtle said as he walked over to her. He grabbed her hand gently and walked her out of the kitchen. He walked her through the dinning room and down the hall. When they reached the end of a very long hallway he turned to a very large painting. The painting was of who she believed was Salazar Slytherin. Turtle let go of her hand and walked over to the painting. He tapped the bottom left corner of the frame four times and than back up. The painting than began to go up very much the way that a curtain does at the beginning of a play. Luna looked and where the painting had once been was now a door. Luna opened the door where there was a very dim lit stairwell with burning torches for lights. "They lead down to the lab," Turtle said pointing to the stairway.
"Are you going to accompany me?" she asked as she turned to look at Turtle. She was starting to feel nervous. The elf shook his head.
"We are not allowed in the lab," he said as he looked at her apologetically. Luna nodded as she understood and turned away from him. She started to go down the stairs. As she walked down she felt the air become cooler. She soon reached the lab and as she walked through she found that it was rather larger than she expected it to be. She found that it was larger than the Potions classroom at school. She looked around and made her way through. The lab very much reminded her of the labs in those muggle horror movies.
"Professor Snape?" she called out as she walked through the lab. The lab surprisingly had more light than the stairway that led to it. She soon found herself at the very back of the lab where there was a desk with parchment and quills all over it. She walked around the desk and sat down in the chair behind it. She looked down at the parchment lying over the desk; they seemed to be Potions Notes. She wondered if this was perhaps on what Professor Snape had been working on for so long.
She began to read his notes and found that they where on the Love potion. She wondered why Snape was studying the ingredients of the Love Potions so thoroughly. She skimmed through the notes and found that he was not only studying the Love Potion but the antidote to the Love potions. She wondered why he was studying these two potions. She looked at another piece of parchment that had the instructions and ingredients to the Antidote to the Love Potion. On another piece of parchment was the same list of ingredients, but it was altered. She wondered if perhaps Snape was perhaps trying to find another way in making the Anti Love Potion, but she thought that it was perhaps a waste of time on the count that there was no point in making another potion that served the same purpose as one that already exists.
"Miss Lovegood," said a cold voice as soon as she heard that voice she shivered and dropped the piece of parchment she was holding. She looked up and found Snape standing in front of the desk, glaring down at her. There was an ominous look in his eyes. "What, pray tell, do you think that you are doing?" he asked. She looked up at him sheepishly.
"I was wondering if you where going to go up and eat breakfast," she responded as she looked at him. At this statement he raise a brow at her. "Ebony is very stressed out about you not eating well and quite frankly I am also worried that you aren't eating well. After all Professor Snape, you know what they say, 'No Fuel in the belly no fire in the brain,'" she said as she looked up at him. This time both his eyebrows shot up into his hairline as he looked down at her in astonishment. She than stood up and walked around the desk, she walked over and stood before him. She grabbed his hand and started to drag him in the direction of the stairs. She pulled him down the hall and towards the kitchen.
He was absolutely dumbfounded by the fact that she was pulling him by the hand towards the kitchen. As for Luna when she touched his hands it felt like a small spark of electricity had passed between his hand and hers and caused her hand to tingle pleasantly. And above that she was surprised that his hands where so warm. She had always figured that his hand would be cold and clammy, the way you would imagine the hand of death to be like. When they entered the dinning room Snape finally snapped out of it and stopped walking, which caused Luna to look back at him. He immediately snatched his hands out of her small grasp and he glared at her.
She looked into his eyes and as he gazed into them he could see a pleading look in her gaze. "Please Professor Snape? You must eat something, look at you. It looks like you loosing weight and your paler than usual and there are very large bags under your eyes. You are not eating well and you aren't sleeping well. Please?" she said as she looked into his eyes. He looked down at her and wondered why she was getting so worried about him. He was about to give in but something came to him.
"I can't Miss Lovegood," he said as he ran a hand through his hair in frustration. "I have a lot of work to do," he said as he turned away from her and walked away. Luna watched as he walked away and cursed herself. She was so close! She wondered why he was being so damn hardheaded. She turned away and walked over to the table and slumped down to eat.
A/N: Well that's all for now folks! Please Review! Hope to post the next chapter up soon! Hope you enjoyed this one!