Chapter 15

Severus was on his way to his private rooms. Today had been such an annoying day – how could there be so many stupid students in only one school?!

He was hurrying down the corridors in the dungeons when suddenly he heard mean laughter.

"Oh, this is amazing," someone sneered. "Who would have ever thought that this would happen?"

Severus peeked around the next corner and found Draco and his friends standing in a circle. Draco was holding something quite small to his ear.

"Crabbe, write this down," Draco then commanded. "Potter wants to sneak out tonight… to visit Hagrid… to ask him about Granger."

Crabbe was writing it down eagerly.

"I guess we should inform Snape about this," Draco said grinning evilly. "I love when Gryffindor loses house points. But the best thing about this little thing," he smirked, looking at the small black device in his hand, "is that Granger has no friends anymore!" He laughed again loudly.

So this is the solution, Severus understood and quickly went to the evil trio. "Well, Mr Malfoy," he addressed his student and tried not to show his anger. "It seems you possess something that you should as soon as possible hand over to me." He opened his palm.

Draco who had hid the wire behind his back as soon as he had heard Severus' voice was now trying to look innocently.

"I am waiting," Severus snarled annoyed and moved his fingers.

Finally, Draco handed over the small device with a disappointed look in his face – he probably had grown very attached to this thing which made evil plans so easy.

"100 points from Slytherin," Severus then announced (and would probably regret this at the end of the year when Gryffindor would win the House Cup once again) but right now he only thought of Hermione and her bitter feelings of betrayal.

His students just stared at him in shock – was this really their always Slytherin favouring professor? Or was he under the Imperius curse?

"Now get off, you fools," Severus shouted and Draco and his friends ran away. He probably could have said more to them but it was just easier to subduct 100 points.

Oh, Merlin, 100 points – this girl wasn't just his ruin – it was the ruin of the whole Slytherin house…