The Phantom of Hogwarts

A/N: I own nothing. I'm dead broke and only wishing to own my wizard or at least a magician. Hehe.

A/N 2: I was intending for the story to be just one chapter. But since everyone keeps on asking for another and I seems to have made an entrance for another chapter so here it is.

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-------------------------- The Following Morning -------------------------------

"I'm going to go wake her up." Ron stated at Harry and Ginny.

"No let here sleep." Ginny cried. "What if Professor Snape is still in there with her?"

"I'll kill him then for touching my Mione." Ron yelled.

"Ron, she looked and sounded happy last night. Why can't you just be happy for her." Harry made his first statement of the morning.

"NO! She CAN'T be happy with Snape. It's just not possible to be happy with the GREASY OVERGROWN BAT." Ron bellowed at Harry.

"Ron oh please just grow up. Hermione is old enough to make her own mind on who she wants to be with." Ginny commented.

"He had to have used some love potion on her. There is no way she would gladly let him in her room. NO WAY!"

"We're just going to have to end this now. I'm tried of listening to him bellow about this. He is driving me mental." Harry said as he got up and headed for the door to Hermione's bedroom. Ron and Ginny got up and followed him to the door. Harry knocked on the door. "Hermione are you in there? Can you please come out? We need to talk to you."

Hermione slowly woke up to the knocks and then to Harry's voice. "Harry…" She sleepily said. She got up and wrapped her robe around her and went to the door to find Harry, Ginny, and a very red-faced Ron at it. "Hi guys. What are you doing up?"

"Hermione it's noon." Ginny said quietly.

"Oh. Sorry I must slept over my alarm. Gosh I was really tired after seeing that play with Professor Snape." Hermione commented.

"Jezz Hermione, we're not stupid. Where is the stupid bat so I can kill him?" Ron spat.

"What? What are you talking about?" Hermione said looking abit stunned.

"We saw you lead Professor Snape into your room. What did you sleep with him to get a better grade in Potions?" Ron continued to rant.

"HOW DARE YOU! GET HIM OUT OF MY PRESENCE BEFORE I HEX HIM TO NEXT WEEK." Hermione now fully awake bellowed. She moved a mere inches from Ron's face. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU. YOU CALL YOURSELF MY FRIEND AND YET WITHIN A MINUTE YOU STATE THAT I'M SLEEPING WITH A TEACHER TO GET BETTER GRADES. JUST LEAVE I DON'T WANT YOU HERE."

Harry turned to Ron. "You should go before she gets any worst." Harry ushered him out of the hallway and back to the common room.

"Hermione can we talked to you?" Ginny asked.

"If you're going to have the same attitude as Ron did, no. Otherwise you may come in." Hermione said. Ginny and Harry both slowly walked into the room. Looking around they expected Professor Snape to be sprawled out on her bed but they only found Crookshanks lied out on the comforter.

"What happened last night, Hermione? We saw you and Professor Snape and just didn't know what to think." Ginny asked timidly in hopes this was a better way to ask a sensitive question.

"I went to see Phantom of the Opera with Professor Snape. We had dinner and talked. He's a really nice man once you behind the evil persona he puts up." Hermione said plainly as she sat down across from her friends in the sit area of the head girl's room. "I found out that we have much in common with each other. We both like opera, books, and history. He has a knack for finding great ideas and investing in them it seems." With that statement Harry and Ginny looked confused. Hermione got up and walked over to her nightstand and picked up the necklace that Severus gave her.

"Oh my god, Herimione, that's beautiful. Is that real?" Hermione handed the necklace to Ginny. "It is real. Merlin's beard, that must have cost a fortune. Where did you get it?"

"Professor Snape gave it to me last night." Hermione commented quietly. "He dressed me up, gave me that necklace, and took me to his opera house."

"Excuse me, his opera house?" Harry asked

"His opera house. He owes the opera house we were in last night and he also owns several muggle pharmaceutical companies. He was a complete gentleman the whole evening. I expected him to be snarky when I cried, but he wasn't. All he did was wipe away my tears. He even took me out to dinner. That wasn't part of the assignment but he did. He bought me that necklace and my dress." Hermione once again stood up and walked over to her closet and brought out the beautiful dress she wore the night before. "I just don't know what to think anymore." Ginny gasped at the sight of the dress. "He invited me to meet him again tonight and I just don't know what to do. I want to go but will he be the same Severus I met last night or will he be back to snarky professor he has always been."

Harry just sat there stunned. There was a minute of silence before Ginny spoke. "I for one would go see him and see what happens. He has to be in love with you to buy you that necklace and that dress. That dress is a Giovanni. Only really rich wizards get their clothes made by him. I don't think that even Malfoy has one of his clothes made by him. I say give him a chance."

Harry finally spoke up. "Hermione does he make you happy?"

"Yes, but…"

"But what?" Harry asked.

"If he is the same way he was last night. If he's back to his old self I don't know. It's like he is two completely different Snapes. One who is the completely rude, snarky Potions Master of Hogwarts and the other a complete culture gentleman. He's just so complex."

"Hermione just give him a chance. If you don't you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Harry said.

"I'm suppose to meet him again tonight." Hermione said quickly.

"Well then I'll just have to get you ready then." Ginny said. "You have to meet your prince charming." Harry just rolled his eyes at this.

"I'll meet him but I'm just not sure about it." Hermione said.