Things We Cannot Do

by Droxy

Snape answers the door and is confronted with a plea for help from Miss Granger, events result in darkness surrounding Crookshanks. A bit of a murder mystery thrown in for fun. Serial drabble story format. CH 209 His Silence

159. The Demon Nergal

Word Count: exactly 100

Challenge: 14 Crookshanks

Disclaimer: JKR owns it, it's a pity I don't

Title: The Demon Nergal

"Pernosco noscere Nergal," pronounced Severus and the books flew open with a fluttering of pages.

Bracing his palms on each side of the books he began reading, his black eyes locking on the text that would haunt his days.

"The demon Nergal (the burner) brings war, pestilence, fever, and devastation…Nergal is aligned with Satan, and said to be the chief of Hell's "secret police",…said to be "an honorary spy in the service of Belzebuth". (1) Nergal seeks death through avenues of magical purity often through young maidens…"

Snape hung his head uttering softly, "Oh dear God Miss Granger."

(1) Wikipedia