~~~~TWO DAYS LATER~~~~

"Hermione Jane Granger Snape was a loyal friend, a trustworthy companion, a loving person, and without a doubt the smartest witch of her age, a bookworm to be exact. She loved to read. It was her escape from reality, and sometimes her wake up call for reality. She never once failed me, and always, always had the answers to everything, whether is be knowing where to find it in a book, or simply plucking it from the various facts stored in her marvelous mind. She always let me copy her homework, or at least write the introduction to our essays, with the greatest finesse I've ever seen. She was my best friend, right until the very end, and still is. Hermione will forever be in my heart, and I know her spirit lingers on in every one of those she so graciously blessed with her life." Harry Potter paused to wipe the tears flowing from his eyes. He looked up, shaking, as he slowly said, " 'Mione, I love you and miss you." He slowly walked away from the podium set up on the platform of the Great Hall to take his seat as his wife caressed his arm reassuringly.

He turned slowly and closed his tear brimmed eyes to sit, but not before he saw unmistakable tear drop from the long, crooked nose behind a great column, all the way at the end of the hall.

A/N – Hey! Please review. I couldn't get this little plot bunny to stop hoppin around in my head. Hope this wasn't too terrible violent.

See, I have written many Severus' before. Lustful Severus, Beautiful Severus, Hurt Severus, Dead Severus, but never have I written an intentionally cruel, heartless Severus, so I thought I might mix it up a little.

I hope you enjoyed this as thoroughly as possible.

I know, I hate to picture our beloved Severus like this, but he just wouldn't leave my head and kept pounding on it til I let him out. A Severus pounding on one's head along with plot bunnies a-hoppin is a sure way to catch a raging head ache and become irritable. So, this is the result. I am rather pleased with it if I do say so myself. Hope you are too. Please review!!! (I take very well to compliments And constructive criticism!)

Cheers!

~RB