Hey! I am sorry, it has been a while since I last updated. It has been a really hectic period at school for me... But here is is the twentieth chapter :) Hope you like it!

'Polyjuice potion I take it? You've taken a great risk in coming here, you know?' Remus said, still holding a firm grip on his wand.

'What? What is going on? Who is this, Remus?' Sirius asked confused.

'See for yourself,' Remus said with a glance towards the map.

Sirius looked at the map and then he saw what was going on. On the place where Hermione was supposed to be, was another name. The map said that this person was Severus Snape. And the map never lies.

'Snivellus, how good to see you,' Sirius sneered.

'How… how on earth do you know?' Snape asked, taking his wand as well.

'That is for us to know and for you to never find out. Now where is the real Hermione?' Remus demanded.

'What is that between you and Granger, Lupin? She is a student,' Snape snapped.

'She is old enough to make her own decisions. We care for each other. And I would do anything for her. So I suggest you tell me where she is and maybe I will spare you,' Remus said softly.

'You want to duel with me? Really?' Snape said with an evil grin.

'If I have to. Don't make me,' Remus said.

'And I'll help Remus. So drop your wand,' Sirius said, taking out his own wand. The Hermione-Snape hesitated for a moment, but he knew that he could not disarm one of them without being attacked by the other. He dropped his wand and when he looked up again he saw that Remus had turned his back towards him. Sirius had still his wand pointed at him, though.

Remus had turned because he saw that Snape was changing into himself once more. He didn't want to see Snape right now, he had to stay calm. He took a few deep breaths and when he was completely calm, he turned around once more. Snape was now Snape again.

'Where is she?' Remus asked again.

'I will tell you, but then Black is coming with me,' Snape sneered.

Remus' face paled.

'Is she alright? Because if you hurt her…' Remus said and he took a step closer to Snape.

'She is alright, calm down. I didn't know you cared about her that much, Lupin. That makes it really interesting. So here is the deal, you get Granger, I get Black,' Snape said.

'You are not going to get Sirius. He is my friend. And you will not get Hermione either. You will tell us where she is, or I will use Veritaserum,' Remus threatened.

'You don't even know what that potion looks like,' Snape sneered.

'But I do,' Sirius said, glaring at Snape. 'So I suggest you tell us now, Snivellus, or we will be a little bit less pleasant.'

'Letting the dogs loose on me?' Snape said sarcastically.

'You are unarmed. You are not in the position to say anything,' Sirius snapped.

'You're disguise has failed, Severus. So give it up. Tell us where Hermione is and we leave your skin intact. If you don't, then you know the consequences,' Remus said softly, but his voice sounded menacing.

'Right, right. She is in my office. I've locked it so she wouldn't go looking for you two. Just a simple charm, but she can't break it herself. Only an outsider can. Now leave me alone,' Snape said and he wanted to pick up his wand.

This was too easy. Snape was up to something.

'We can't let you go. Yet,' Remus said calmly. 'You know far too much. You are a threat to me, Hermione and Sirius. I can't let you go.'

Snape's eyes grew wide.

'Remus… Think of what you are doing. Think of Peter, you can't…' Sirius began, but Remus gave him a reassuring smile.

'I didn't mean to silence him like that. Don't worry, I can control it. I was talking about a simple spell to erase his memory. Just enough to make him forget about all this.'

Sirius was obviously relieved. He nodded in agreement and aimed his wand even better at Snape.

'May I? I've always wanted to do this,' Sirius said.

'Be my guest. But not too much, we don't want him to completely lose his mind,' Remus said.

'I can't promise anything…' Sirius said mischievously.

'You have to,' Remus sighed.

'Alright. I promise,' Sirius said a little bit annoyed.

'You can't do this! It is illegal, you know that!' Snape protested.

'Shut up,' Remus snapped.

'I never thought that you would ever do something illegal, Lupin. You always being the perfect student at Hogwarts. Now that just proves how unfaithful, disloyal…' Snape spit, but Remus took another step closer, making Snape swallow his words.

'That's enough. Don't make it worse. Don't make me angry. I've warned you before. I can still make you regret this before erasing your mind, you know?' Remus growled.

'Remus… Don't. I don't mind if you beat him up, but I know that you do. You don't want this, I am sure about that,' Sirius said quietly, placing a hand on Remus' shoulder.

'What do you know about that? What I want right now, is killing this man. Deep down, I know that it is wrong to feel that, but I can't help it. You have now idea about anything. But you are right, I don't want to do this,' Remus said to Sirius and Snape relaxed a bit. Remus felt this, so he added: 'Don't give me a reason to think otherwise!'

'Just shut up, Snivellus,' Sirius suggested and he pulled Remus away from the potion master. Then he raised his wand and he said: 'Obliviate.'

Snape's eyes went glassy and then he looked around confused. Sirius quickly ducked away, so that Snape wouldn't see him here.

'What… Why am I here?' Snape asked.

'You don't know? I don't think you feel really well, Severus. You should go and visit madam Pomfrey maybe.'

'No… I am fine. I think I should… go back to my own office…' Snape said.

'No! You can't do that! I mean… you are supposed to gather some more aconite, remember? For my potion. You were just about to do that,' Remus said.

'Was I? I don't know what's wrong with me, but I think I should go to the greenhouse then,' Snape said and he turned to the door. When Snape was out of sight, Sirius appeared from behind the couch where he had been hiding.

'Right. What now? Hermione?' Sirius asked.

'Of course Hermione. I am going to find her. No, you stay here,' Remus said strictly when Sirius grabbed his wand to go with Remus.

'But I want to do something else than just sitting around in here,' Sirius complained.

'You know that you can't be seen. Just stay here,' Remus said.

'Shouldn't I floo first?'

'Yes, I think you should. I'll visit you soon,' Remus answered.

'Oh! Come around Christmas! Oh, and take Harry too,' Sirius said excited.

'Of course. See you then,' Remus smiled and he led Sirius to the fireplace. Sirius took some powder and he vanished in a green fire.

Remus shot one last worried look towards the fire, but then he rushed quickly downstairs to go looking for Hermione. She was still in the dungeons and Remus didn't like it for one bit. The dungeons were never his favorite place and he was sure they weren't Hermione's favorite place either. When he reached the dungeons, he ran towards Snape's office.

'Hermione?' he called out. 'Hermione! Where are you?'

There was no answer.

He looked around for some clue or some prove that Hermione was still here. He looked around the office and found a door. Remus tried it, but it was locked.

'Dang it,' he swore quietly. 'Hermione?' he called again.

Still no answer. She had to be there, there were no other rooms where she could possibly be. He had to be quick now, Snape could return any moment and Remus didn't want to Obliviate him again.

He searched for his wand, but he could not find it anywhere. Of course, it was still in his office. Remus scolded himself for being so stupid. He took a deep breath and decided to force the door open in an alternative way. Forcing the lock open with a paperclip or something the way Muggles always do would take too much time. He would have to kick the door in, that was the only way. It would leave Snape suspicious, but with a bit of luck, he would never now it was Remus. He took a step back and then he threw himself with all his might against the door. It cracked open immediately and Remus fell into the small room.

'Hermione!' he shouted when he saw a figure just lying on the cold ground. 'Oh God, Hermione, what did he do to you?'

Remus went over to her to check her breath. She was breathing, luckily. It was probably just a sleep potion or something, but he didn't want to take the risk by giving her an antidote. If it was something else, it could be dangerous to give her the antidote.

'Hermione… Hermione, can you hear me?' Remus whispered, but Hermione didn't respond. Remus realized that he had to get her out of here before Snape returned. He lifted Hermione up and walked her out of the room and out of Snape's office.

Just when Remus was about to leave the dungeons, Hermione opened her eyes.

'What… What happened? Remus? Is that you?' she asked confused and she pressed herself closer to his chest.

'Yes, I am here. I am taking you to the dormitory… How do you feel, love?' Remus asked concerned.

'I am feeling better now, with you… It was professor Snape, he was… I couldn't stop him… Is everything alright with you?' Hermione asked.

'Yes, and with Sirius too. We have erased professor Snape's memory. He doesn't remember a thing about what happened, don't worry,' Remus said.

'Remus?'

'Hm?'

'Nothing, I love you.'

'I love you too.'

Hermione first wanted to tell him to put her down, because she could walk on her own. But she didn't really want him to put her down, this was way too comfortable. Hermione didn't want Remus to reach the dormitory, she wanted to stay in his arms like this a little bit longer.

'There we are, my young lady,' Remus smiled and he put her down much to Hermione's dislike.

'Please stay,' Hermione said, wrapping her arms around Remus.

'No… not here… They can see… I'll see you tomorrow, and I will tell you everything then, okay?' Remus said and he kissed her forehead softly.

Hermione smiled at him and then she left to the dormitory where she found Ron. Oh, yes, she had totally forgotten about him. After last night, she hadn't spoken to him anymore. And he didn't look like he had forgotten the whole thing.