don't know how I got the idea for this story, but I hope you enjoy it:)

Disclamer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter Characters, they belong to JK. However, I own Elisabeth (Els) Vinyal, she's my character, if you want to use her, send me a PM so I know;)

TheAngelofIego: I think Sev will be thinking he's mad^^ I'm looking forward writing that chapter:)

flame55: Here's a bit more:)

I went yesterday to London, and bought a replica of Sev's wand, I'm so happy now:) Sadly I found out I'm not a witch, it doesn't work with me:(

Ginny woke me up the next morning by jumping on my bed, "Where were you yesterday evening, Els, you missed our big celebration party!" I moaned, "Don't even start talking about it, I have survived 4 years of those parties, so I decided to skip it this time, anything special happened?"

Ginny smiled, "Well, Ron got himself a girlfriend, hope he finally quits nagging on me." I chuckled, "Ronald and a girlfriend, who would have thought that would even happen. Who's the lucky lady?" Ginny's smiled faded, "Lavender Brown, I don't know what they see in each other, she's a bitch and he's a moron, but I hope he will forget about me and Dean, he was quite angry at us." I looked at her, "What do you mean?"

"He and Harry caught me snogging with Dean in a corridor after Quidditch practise, Ron was quite angry, and Harry wasn't sure what to do. Then I was really angry at him, but it was actually quite funny. Never mind, breakfast started 10 minutes ago, you have to hurry!"

I looked at my clock and saw she was right, I quickly jumped out of my bed and started changing, "Don't wait for my, Gin, you can go and have your breakfast, I'll see you in a couple of minutes in the Great Hall."

I put on my robes and dug in my trunk to find my books. After I gather all my books for the day, I raced down to the Great Hall, hoping to be there before the end of the breakfast. As I ran through the corridors I crashed into something, I lost my balance and fell to the ground when someone grabbed my wrist and I was pulled against a strong, warm body I recognised immediately, Professor Snape. I smelled his scent, the cinnamon and vanilla were easy to recognise, but beside those two, I could smell different scents, potions ingredients and forest. "Miss Vinyal", he sneered, "As you know, it's forbidden to run in the corridors, ten points from Gryffindor."

Snape let go of my wrist, and stepped back, "I don't understand why you are in such a hurry, Miss Vinyal, breakfast ended 5 minutes ago, and you have plenty of time before your first lesson."

I cursed, "I overslept, Sir, and I was on my way to have breakfast, guess I need to wait until break now. Good day, Sir."

I walked around him to find Ginny when he grabbed my wrist, "Did you have any problems yesterday evening?", he asked.

I shrugged my shoulders, "No, by the time I want back to the Common Room, it was way after midnight, and everybody already slept."

He looked at me, "You left the Astronomy Tower around 8 pm, what did you do after curfew?"

I shrugged again, wandering trough the castle, I went outside and sat near the lake, enjoying the view. But why do you care, you didn't caught me so… If you could let go of my wrist, I'd like to go to my next lesson."

He let go off my wrist and I continued my way to the Great Hall, "See you this afternoon sir", I said.

.xXx.

For some reason it felt like ages had passed before it was afternoon, I got myself through Potions and Divination, and even my free period felt like hours. I don't know why I was so much looking forward to Defence against the Dark Arts, probably because I was curious about Snape. After my conversations with him yesterday evening and this morning, I was wondering if he would react different, after all, he had told me quite some personal things yesterday, and knowing him from the last four years, he never talks about himself. I met Ginny in the corridor outside the classroom, "You look terrible, Els, you're not ill, are you?"

I shook my head, no I was feeling fine, "No, I'm not ill, Gin, just tired Trewlany kept on talking about my future and a dark person she saw together with me, and I had a double period, it's just too much for today."

"Okay then, but we still have an hour of Snape, not really the best subject in your state."

I shrugged, "It doesn't matter, Gin, I can survive Defence, it's nothing."

It seemed like Ginny wanted to say something, but the door flew open and revealed Snape, "What are you waiting for, get inside", he snapped.

We quickly went inside the class, and took our places, as we sat down Ginny looked at me, as if I would know why Snape was angry.

"Today we will start with the Patronus Charm, I don't expect from any of you to be able to perform it any time soon. The Patronus Charm is very advanced magic, and extremely complex. Who can tell me what a Patronus Charm does?"

I looked around, al the old DA members had their hands in the air, of course they knew, most of them were last year able to produce a Patronus Charm. Snape looked around and seemed a bit disappointed that none of the Slytherin students knew the answer, "Miss Lovegood", he finally said.

"Patronuses are spirit guardians, they are used to repel Dark creatures like Dementors. It can be either a non corporeal, which means it's more a mist, or corporeal, which means it's an animal. The animal reflects the personality of the caster", Luna said dreamly.

Snape nodded, "That's correct Miss Lovegood, everybody stand up", he said, I stood up, and as soon as everybody stood, Snape moved his wand and the desks flew to the side of the room, "Find yourself some space, think if your happiest memory and sat the incantation "Expecto Patronum"."

I moved a bit from Ginny and Luna, not sure what to do, there was no way we could show our Patronus in one go, we are not supposed to know it yet. I decided to not think of a really happy memory, and do not really my best today. The room was filled with people saying 'Expecto Patronum', and I saw Ginny, Luna, Colin and surprisingly Harper already conjuring a non corporeal Patronus, Snape gave Slytherin 10 points for Harper's Patronus, but ignored Ginny, Luna and Colin.

Not want to look bad I decide to give up my idea in taking it not serious, I closed my eyes to find a strong memory, and to my surprise the one that felt really strong was the one of my kiss with Snape in my detention. I pointed my wand and said, "Expecto Patronum."

The silver doe emerged from the tip of my wand and moved gracefully through the classroom, before it disappeared through the window. Everybody looked at me, even Snape, whose mouth had felt open, I looked around and saw Ginny looking angry at my, I shrugged and looked away from her when I saw something moving through the classroom, Snape made his way to me, "Miss Vinyal, I never expected a student to perform a corporeal Patronus, 25 points to Gryffindor."

I looked him in the eyes and saw a glimmer of sadness and hurt in them, of course my Patronus reminded him of my old self, I felt sorry for hurting him, but there wasn't anything I couldn't do about now.

The whole class was still staring at me, it seems like Snape noticed it to, "What are you looking at, go back to work, now!", he snapped.

My classmates started practising again, and nobody took notice of me anymore so I slipped to Ginny, "Sorry about that, Gin, but I just couldn't stand not doing anything, it wasn't my intention to produce a corporeal Patronus."

"Never mind, Els, I'm just surprised, maybe a bit angry, but never mind. I was just surprised, I've never seen you producing a Patronus before, your doe is really amazing."

I smiled, I was glad that Ginny wasn't angry at me, "Well, I've been practising, to be honest, but it was the first time I could see what animal it was, I love it", I lied to her, of course I knew what my Patronus looked like, but I couldn't tell her.

Ginny leaned in to me, "since I don't want to stay behind, I will produce my Patronus", Ginny muttered, but it seems like faith wasn't on Ginny's side today, because at that moment the bell rang.

Ginny looked at me, if I was coming, but I shook my head, "In a minute, Gin, I'll catch up with, save a seat for me at dinner, will you?" Ginny nodded, "Okay, but don't take to long, Els."

I waited until everybody had left the classroom, then I walked to Professor Snape, who was sitting on his desk and ignoring his surroundings, I waited a couple of seconds, be he didn't show any signs that he knew I was there. I cleared my throat, "Professor – ?"

He looked up, "What do you want now, Miss Vinyal", he snapped.

"I – I just want to apology, sir", I said staring to the ground, not sure why I said that, Snape looked at me, "And why is it that you want to apology, Miss Vinyal, you didn't do anything wrong today."

I managed to look to him, "It's just that you looked hurt when I casted my Patronus, if I had known I would hurt you, I wouldn't have done it, Sir."

He sighed, "It's not you fault, Miss Vinyal, that Patronus brings back memories I wanted to forget about."

"Does it have anything to do with the girl you were talking about yesterday evening?", I asked.

He nodded,, but avoided my eyes by looking down to his desk, "Yes, her Patronus was the same as yours, and to be honest, I am not surprised anymore that they are the same, since your personality is so much like her's."

He looked really sad, so I decided it was time for me to go, "Well, I'm hungry, sir, good evening", I said, while turning around and walking to the door, "Good evening, Miss Vinyal", I heard behind me.

Note: I am not sure when I will update again, it's coming close to Christmas now, and I'll be going back to The Netherlands to spent the holidays with my family, and I probably don't have time to write/update. I'll do my best do update at least one chapter in the holidays:)

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