Chapter 4 – Of Misunderstandings And Awkward Introductions

HEY! I know that I haven't updated in a while..Sorry! I had guests and dinners to go to so there hasn't been much time since but I'm back on the roll now. Thank you, JulieSnape02, who has been my most constant supporter as I write this story. Ppl plz review….your reviews really make my day!

(Sev's POV)

He stared at Potter. He'd been right! That was just plain confusing. Sev had just been messing around with Potter when he said it was the dark lord. Maybe the kid was just raving on after he got the cut on his shoulder. Yes. That was what had happened….

Surely Potter's kid wouldn't actually have anything to do with the dark lord. That was just absurd. He was seventeen for crying out loud!

"Sev?"

"Yes?"

"Were you even listening?"

"What were you saying Potter?"

"You weren't listening at all were you? I was just asking whether you had…."

Potter stopped mid-way of his sentence and looked up shocked. Severus followed his vision and saw a group of people heading their way.

"Harry! There you are. We've been looking everywhere for you." Hermione said embracing potter. Severus extracted his arm seeing as there was no need to support Potter now that his friends had come for him. He saw Potter wince as the girl let go of him.

"Harry! Are you alright. Oh my god! What happened to your arm! It's bleeding. Wait….I have some dittany in my pocket if there's still some left over. Now hold still. This won't hurt a bit…"

"Owww! Hermione can you let go! It kills!" Potter tried to get away from her but it was in vain.

"Stop it Harry, your acting like a child! Now stop squirming and let me apply the dittany already." Hermione scolded potter who was blushing like crazy. Severus grinned savoring the moment. It was his best memory yet. Potter's spawn was beetroot red because of a GIRL!

"Harry love, it's ok. I'm here. Just take my hand." Ginny said soothing Potter as the Hermione girl applied more dittany on the cut. Potter let out a few more grunts until the girl left him.

"What I still don't get is how harry managed to get a wound like that?" Hermione mused pacing about in deep thought. Ginny however turned to glare at him with her eyes narrowed.

"How is it that he was there with Harry when Harry got hurt and who is he? If he doesn't give me a good explanation as to what happened even you Harry can't stop me from cursing him."

A good explanation? She had got to be joking. Wasn't anyone going to congratulate him for bringing potter in one piece? No, as usual they accused him for the deed. Just like Dumbledore's favoritism of the maraunders which had nearly got him killed, but when Dumbledore had found out he merely gave them a slap on the back and sent them away.

"As you can see that at my feet lies the sword of Gryffindor which….."

"YOU STABBED HARRY WITH THE SWORD."

"…Potter was going to kill himself with it had I not knocked it away."

Ginny gave out a humorless laugh, "Yea real funny. Harry isn't stupid enough to stab himself. Merlin why would he? He has everything he could want! Not to mention lots of enemies. How do we know you aren't lying? I bet you did that to him, didn't you. You can just tell us now truthfully or we could shove vertisirum down your throat…."

Sev was about to answer her when the other girl looked at him from the colorful book she was reading defiantly one of Rita's works and said, "Oh my gosh! You're Severus Snape!

Severus looked quite taken back. So people knew him here? Could explain why Potter knew him but then wouldn't that mean he was…famous. Just the idea made him smile. He bet even Potter wasn't famous.

"How….how do you know who I am?" He asked curiously and from the side of his eyes he saw Minnie take a sharp breath and stagger backwards before saying, "Se..Seve..Severus is that…can that….is that actually..oh!"

He had no idea why they were all acting like that when they found out who he was. Potter was smirking up at him, the Ginny girl was gaping at him tears flowing fast as was the Hermione who was being supported by the Weasley …was it?

He was positive he was and weasly was gaping at him. However he was shocked by Professor Minerva's attitude. She practically crumpled to the ground from what looked like the dire shock of the situation taking in massive breaths.

Then suddenly the whole scene changed. Ginny was blushing furiously whilst Potter had taken her in his arms suppressing a grin. Hermione was grinning widely before laughing in the arms of a surprised Weasley who looked like he had no idea what had happened to Hermione and Professor Minerva shakily got to her feet and walked over to him.

He braced himself for what looked like a lecture but then suddenly he felt like he couldn't breathe. He opened his eyes and saw that Minerva McGonagall…. The strictest transfiguration teacher who never came into close contact with anyone was openly sobbing on him and embracing him in a hug.

"Oh Severus! I'm so glad your back! I feel so bad. Just before you ….you were murdered too! How could I ever forgive myself! All anyone ever did to you was think bad of you. Will you ever forgive me. I have been a terrible friend to you and there is not a day that I regret how I treated you."

Severus was truly shocked beyond words. What was the Professor talking about? And since when had they been on such casual terms?

Then it hit him.

Well if he got killed he'd better play along with it and find out more.

"Minerva! Calm down! You won't be any help to any one in such a state," Potter said pulling Mine….Professor McGonagall gently away and through the massive double doors.

Severus could feel everyone's stares at him. He saw the book lying on the ground with a picture of a man that looked a lot like him.

He read the title, 'Severus Snape: Saint or Scoundrel'.

Oh so that's why they all knew him.

(Harry's POV)

He knew from the moment Hermione declared Severus was the man next to him that he would see quite a lot of comical reactions.

He knew that Minerva was bad to Severus as they all were before he died however she had never forgiven herself. Maybe now sev could forgive her and she could live without guilt from then on.

Life was so much easier for her than him. He had so many deaths to account for the guilt was unbearable.

Right now he had to help Minerva so he cleared his head and steered her into the headmaster's office.

"Tea, Minerva," He asked slipping in a draught of peace potion. He knew it was crude to use a potion as Dumbledore had said to him in his 6th year; he had a way of convincing people so maybe he had a way to calm people too. The truth was he was feeling a bit tired himself.

"Harry, oh alright just a teaspoon of sugar mind," Minerva said still lost in her thoughts and as she took her cup she asked, "Harry what is going on? How did Severus manage to come and see you? I did not realize there was a type of way to bring back the dead to us?"

"I really have no idea. Actually this wasn't the first time I've seen him. I saw him earlier before I came to the hospital wing but I thought then I was dreaming. Then I saw him again with me on the edge of the forbidden forest and he knocked something of me. Funny thing is I don't remember a thing. Maybe Albus has some idea of what's going on. He never ceases to surprise…"

The portrait of Dumbledore had been listening to the talk quite attentively but now pretended to go to sleep.

"ALBUS!" Harry yelled walking up to the portrait. "I know your awake!"

"Harry m'boy. Yes what brings you here?"

"I have no time for your excuses Albus. Can you please just answer my question!" Harry was beyond annoyed at Dumbledore. Trust him to try to evade the question.

"Frankly Harry I have no idea what you are talking about. Lemon drop? "

"We were just discussing how Severus managed to get here even though he's dead. You told me yourself that there is no spell or anything to revive the dead. So how did he get here? Try one of your guesses. They are never wrong."

"Ah Harry. I brought him here."

"You….you brought him here?" Harry was expecting a more well he wasn't expecting this! But the main question that was hitting him was why? Why Severus of all people?

"Why?"

"Umm, Harry I'm afraid I cannot tell you."

"So…..so you aren't going to tell me. This is one of your trusting things isn't it? Haven't I showed you I can be trusted? HAVEN'T I GONE THROUGH ENOUGH WITHOUT YOU HIDING MORE FROM ME?

"Harry it is not the matter of trust…"

But Harry wouldn't listen. Again even after Dumbledore had told him he would trust him whole heartedly. Again not the whole truth. He vented his fury on the silver ornaments and threw them out of the window. This was the final straw. Never was he going to listen to Albus again.

"Harry….."

"SHUT UP! AGAIN AND AGAIN YOU TOLD ME TO RISK MY LIFE WITHOUT REAL GUIDENCE. I HAD TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING MYSELF. IT'S NOT FAIR. SO MANY DIED BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW. IF YOU HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROPHECY AND CONNECTION SIRIUS DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE. IF YOU HAD TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR DEATH PLANNED I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO HATE SEVERUS! IF YOU HAD TOLD ME ABOUT WHERE THE HORCRUXES WERE AND HOW TO DESTROY THEM THEN DOBBY, TONKS, REMUS, FRED, COLIN AND ALL THE OTHERS WOULDN'T HAVE DIED! NEVER THE WHOLE TRUTH. NEVER! I'M SICK OF IT! SO THIS TIME ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING RIGHT AND TELL ME!

What Harry didn't notice was the eye communication between Minerva and Albus whereupon Minerva had a tight grip on Harry and whispered, "Harry I'm so sorry. Stupefy.

And everything went black.

Well what do you think? I always thought Minerva McGonagall was soft on the inside and probably felt bad about how she treated Severus before he died.

I'm not really a fan of Dumbledore so sorry Dumbledore fans. I'll be bad mouthing him a lot in the story.

I felt that Harry didn't deserve to be kept things from again even though it's about him.

This chapter was really for Minerva and for Severus to find himself famous and introduced to everyone. I felt he deserves to feel good about himself once in a while and have something that James never had.

Credit goes to JulieSnape02 for the title since her brain was actually working !

Please reviews are widely welcomed and I answer all reviews.

Luv Miss Bella xxx