Disclaimer: Yea Yeah. J.K.Rowling.. remind me to grovel on her Lawyers shoes if they sue me...
A.N: Thanks to all the reviews guys! I will be adding more chapters in. It won't be that long but bear with me. Thanks! I know that seeing Severus being childish was a bit far-fetched yet its coz he can only be so around Hermione. Hehe...
Chapter 5 : The Incident
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(In the Cafe)
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Hermione put her cup down and look up at Severus. Five months now. It's been five months now ever since they have been together. When Hermione had told both Ron and Harry about her relationship with Severus, they cracked and avoided her like a plague. It was after they had a "small talk" with Severus one afternoon did they start to talk to her and hang out with her. Although it was right after that talk did both Ron and Harry seem to be avoiding Severus. When Hermione asked what he did to the two of them, Severus merely shrugged and denies doing anything bad towards them, but his eyes show a little glint of mischief in them.
"Ready?"
"Yea, let's go."
They walked out the cafe and walked further into Diagon Alley. Hermione got herself a couple of books, a few clothes and accessories while Severus made himself helpful by complimenting her instead of bringing her down. Its quite unnerving actually. Hermione liked him better when he was rude, rash and gitty.
"Stop that!"
"What?"
"The compliments. Stop it!"
"Why?"
"Because its not like you. Its - weird!"
"What do you expect? You want me to bring you down? Give you sarcastic remarks, you insufferable prat?" Hermione gave a seductive smile.
"Yesss.. Oh yes.. Yes Severussss...YESS..."
They did have some sort of, what Hermione calls it, 'Sexual Times' when they were alone and sometimes it either consist of touching and petting or they end up in bed together. What was funny about their relationship is that, neither one of the were insatiable. Even whether it was a quick one or the whole package, they will end up doing more than once. He stared at her wide eyed. Severus gulped down uncomfortably while looking straight ahead and pushed Hermione forward with him. Lucky for him, it was crowded and noisy enough to drown out his groan.
"Move along, come on. Stop giggling! I mean it, Move along!!"
Hermione followed Severus into the crowded alley and went on with her shopping. It was late afternoon when they had stopped for a while.
"Listen, I need to get myself a few things in Knockturn Alley. I want you to wait for me at the Three Broomsticks alright?" Severus told her, looking around as if he was afraid of being caught.
"Can't I join you?"
"No!" Severus snapped, but then he relaxed a little when Hermione flinched a little. "No, don't. Knockturn Alley is a place for creeps and darkness. Its a dangerous place to be. I don't want you to be there because the animals down there have no sense of humanity when they see beautiful things." Hermione smile cheekily.
"You mean to say that I'm beautiful?"
"No, I was talking about your shoes."
Hermione pouted and punched lightly on his chest, causing him to chuckle.
"Stay there, alright?"
"No, I want to follow you."
"Hermione, Please... I said no -"
"I'm a grown witch with a wand that is ready to hex anyone who comes near me and I have a six foot tall, handsome, dark and entirely hot man here with me to save me when I'm in trouble. You remember that promise? You promised to protect me.. Remember?" She grinned which caused Severus to roll his eyes.
"I should have never said that. I should have never said that."
"Severus..." He gave out a sigh.
"Fine, but promise me you'll stay close to me and not be in any kind of trouble, okay?"
Hermione nodded and grabbed Severus's forearm and dragged him towards the way of Knockturn Alley. Indeed, when they arrived there, the whole place was dark and creepy. Hermione could see shadows slinking past her and Severus when they walked hand in hand deeper into the alley. It got colder so Severus cast a Warming charm around them and stopped walking as they arrived in front of a weird and dark store. They both look at each other before going into the store.
Inside the store, it was dark and dusty. Hermione lets go of Severus's arm and dwelled in further. She saw tons of bookshelves and tons of potion vials in front of her, and a small door by the end of it. Severus went on looking into the vials, clearly intrigued by the different use of the liquids inside. Hermione turn to have a look at the titles on the bookshelf. None of them realized that a shadow had slinked up behind Hermione, cast a Disillusionment spell on her, grabbed her by the waist and covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming and slunked out of the front door.
Severus heard the door clicked open and closed before he could even think of whoever it was. He didn't see anyone else in the room before he came in. He turned to check on Hermione and noticed that she was missing. He thought she was the one who went out a few seconds before but suddenly he froze. No, Hermione would never do that. He told her specifically that Knockturn Alley was a dangerous place to be. She couldn't have just got out of the store and expect her to come back in saying, "Oh Sorry Severus, I needed a breath of fresh air. Knockturn Alley is really the place to be. (twinkle eyes)"
Severus quickly bolted out of the door and saw a shadow slunked into the corner and he ran after it. He had a bad feeling about it. After all those years he have been serving both Voldermort and Dumbledore, he told himself that he had to believe his heart, mind and instincts. And now, all three of them are giving him bad feelings. He turned the corner and saw the shadow slunked away again and he bolted quickly after it. It didn't occur to him that he could use his wand to petrify the shadow but his heart kept telling him that Hermione is with that shadow, and he might hurt her instead. He reached the corner and stopped abruptly when he heard chuckling. He peeked around the corner and saw his old time friend yet enemy there - - Lucius Malfoy.
Hermione felt herself being dragged by the shadow out of the store. She tried screaming but obviously the shadow had cast the Silencing charm around her. She felt the shadows strong hands dragged her right into a corner. She saw Severus at the end of it and tried to scream but failed when she felt herself dragged into another corner. Finally she felt the hands shove her down on the floor, in front of a pair of black boots. And she heard the wearer of those boots chuckling, and that set her mind reeling. She knew that voice anywhere. It was Lucius Malfoy.
Lucius looked down on an empty floor and smiled wide. Finally he had her. Harry Potters Confidante.
"Finite Incatatum" he drawled.
Severus felt a rush of rage when he saw Hermione on the floor, battered and gasping for air. Damn Lucius, what was he going to do with her? He saw Lucius lean forward and whispered something in her ear and heard her scream out as she try to hit him with her fist. Lucius backed away and shove her down to her knees.
"I've had enough of your attitude, you filthy little mudblood! Now, you are going to pay for it." Lucius hissed through his gritted teeth.
Hermione tried to grasp for her wand but it was nowhere to be found. She saw it behind Lucius and tried to grab it but Lucius shoved her back down.
"Leave me alone, you blonde freak!"
Severus knew he had to do something quick but he didn't know what. He took out his wand and tried to think of something. Just as he saw Lucius point his wand at Hermione, grinning madly like a blonde monkey, Severus pointed his at her as well.
"Accio Hermione!"
At once Hermione flew towards him and he grabbed her by the waist and turn to look down at Hermione. He smile and nodded at her, reassuring her that she was safe. He felt her sob in his chest as he tried to dissaparate.. Before that he heard Lucius roared out a spell incantation towards them. He didn't hear what it was exactly. He was just focusing on Hermione and her fears that were apparent on her face. He saw the spell flew towards them and he growled. He remembered his promise - his promise about her - at that moment in time.
"...as long as I am with her, nobody else can ever touch hurt or hurt her. I'll protect her like my own life. That I promise..."
He twirled Hermione away from the spark and fell forward a little as he felt the spell hit him on the back. Next thing he knew, he was dissaparating, standing in front of Hogwarts, with an unknown girl in his arms.
Hermione felt herself flew from Lucius and back into a pair of arms. She tried to scream but she recognizes the touch. It was Severus! He came to rescue her! She looked up at him, teary eyed and felt a sense of relief when he smiled at her. She went on sobbing in his chest. Suddenly her heart stopped when she heard Lucius yell out a spell. It was the longest spell she had heard but she knew what it meant. Only a powerful wizard with an excellent sense of dark magic could conjure it.
"Atrum Dominus largior veneficus in mihi efficio ita! Erado suum animus, everto suus animum! Accido panton quatenus est inquit! Deleo suus memoria!!" Lucius roared and a flash of angry red ball flew towards them. Hermione saw the spark got closer but felt herself twirled and she felt Severus flinched forward as the spell hit him on his back and engulfed him. Hermione tried to scream but felt the world spin as they dissaparate. She closed her eyes as she felt Severus hot breathe down her neck. When she felt the world stopped moving again, she looked up to see Hogwarts in front of them. She tried to scream in joy but stopped in horror when she saw Severus face.
He was dazed, mouth slack open, looking at her in confusion. He blinked once, twice... before falling back on the ground. Hermione screamed as she saw him sprawled on the ground. She knelt down beside him, screaming for help. This can't be it! What happened to him!