Still don't own Harry Potter.
Thanks to my reviewer! It made me feel so good!
May-June 1992
"Quill's down," Snape said at the end of the final for the first years. "Quill's down Miss Granger."
Hermione put her quill down as she finished the sentence and he summoned the papers to his hand as they all began looking around to see how the others thought they did. The Slytherins were smug, but the Gryffindor house was terrified.
"Tut tut, only one of you got number ten right, I specifically told you the difference between Aconite and Wolfsbane on the first day of class," he scowled, "Ah, no, two of you got it right. And your lack of attention is horrible, is this what Professor McGonagall can do best for her precious lion cubs? You're a disgrace to the names of witches and wizards!"
"I'll bet Potter flunked it," Malfoy snickered, "He hasn't been here to study, not that he'd do it anyways!"
"is there something you'd like to announce to the class, Mister Malfoy?" Snape said sourly, "Or perhaps you'd like me to grade the exams right now and tell all of you what your grades are while you miss on the next exam and fail it for not showing?"
"No, sir," Malfoy said quickly, "I was just wondering if Potter studied."
"Study habits are each student's own concern," Snape snapped, "Now, you'd all be wisest to get out of my classroom before I hex one of you for failing my class!"
The Gryffindors filed out, but Malfoy's loud "I'll bet it was Longbottom" was loud and clear for everyone as they went off to their separate tests. Daisy and her fellow Gryffindors, and the Slytherins, filed in as the first years filed out, and she smirked as she sent a hex at Malfoy's butt, causing him to sprout a ferret tail.
He wasn't for the wiser, either, and the Gryffindors were snickering and laughing at who they claimed was Filch. She walked in calmly, and Snape leered at her as she cast him an innocent smile. She was completely dumbfounded by the time her test began. Snape was calling them out one by one and drilling them on what they knew from his lectures, and it took up the entire time. Daisy's name wasn't called, and the others began snickering at her for their knowing that she was probably going to end up failing the class. Snape was walking around after he finished, and looking and breathing down their necks. She found that she was able to work better as he did so, and completed the test with ease, even though hers was longer, and it was to no shock that her test was the last one to be finished.
"Now," Snape said as the bell rang, "Miss Dare, you will stay behind. Your one-on-one test will be held during lunch. The rest of you, get out."
There was a chorus of "ooh", "Oh", and any other variant that the others would make that meant that they thought she was in trouble. The twins were looking at her sorrowfully and as if they were praying that she survived. Snape pulled out a vial of a potion, and a second potion.
"Drink this," he said calmly, and she drank the Veritaserum. "Now, tell me what you smell in this second potion."
"Iodine, Roses, and-and you, sir," she said confused.
"Do you know what potion I had you drink?"
"No."
"Do you know the name of the Potion you just smelled?"
"No, sir."
"Do your parents beat you?"
"No, sir. My stepbrothers do."
"How badly do they treat you?" he asked, and the look in her eyes grew sorrowful as well as blank.
As she told him, he paled, and cringed in fear and worry. He shook his head – it was phsycological abuse that was going on in Daisy's household, on a much worse scale than the evil step-mother did in Disney's Cinderella. And that was saying something since the woman was a perfect lady but still managed to destroy the poor girl's heart and dream. He swallowed before giving her the antidote, and she looked up at him confused.
"most of that was a little Extra credit," he said calmly, "Let's not mention this to anyone, yes?"
"Yes, sir," she said obediently but confused. "Sir?"
"Yes?"
"Can-if I can get away from home this summer-can I come to your house, please?" she asked, and he nodded before opening the door for her.
O.O.O.O.O
"Severus," Dumbledore said calmly, "what's wrong?"
"It's psychological abuse!" Snape yelled, "They're worse than the evil stepfamily in Cinderella! They're killing her with neglect, lack of love, and by making her do everything around their house!"
"Severus," Minerva said coldly, "What did you do?"
"Me? Nothing!" he yelled, "I've done nothing to her!"
"What Minerva means, Severus," Dumbledore said calmly, "Is how did you figure this out?"
"How do you think? I asked her in private!" he yelled angrily, "I made it her final portion of her exam in Potions!"
"Severus," Minerva scowled, "Students like her don't just spill everything like that. You did something to force her to."
"To Hades with what you lot think!" Snape yelled, and they jumped in shock. "She's getting out of that house whether you like it or not! She'll die if she stays there another summer!"
"Severus, we can't do anything," Fillius squeaked sadly, "Unless she is being physically or mentally abused-!"
"SHE IS, DAMN IT, FILLIUS!" Snape roared at the top of his lungs, and the rest of the staff room cringed in fear at his rage.
"Severus," Pomona began fearfully.
"DON'T EVEN START WITH ME, POMONA! I'M NOT AN IDIOT, I'M A FIRST-HAND SURVIVOR OF CHILD ABUSE, I KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M TALKING ABOUT!" he roared and they all froze as he realized what he'd just yelled out.
"There are muffling charms," Albus assured at Snape's pale complexion paling further than ever before, even on the night Lily Potter had died. "None of the students heard."
"Thank you, Albus," Snape sighed and returned a little closer to his normal alabaster. "she will be leaving that hell hole, even if I have to go to the Muggle Authorities."
"We cannot step in," Albus said sadly, "We are forbidden from doing so unless it is physical abuse, my boy. However, you can go to them and tell them that you feel that something isn't right in the home and that there are things to be desired."
"I intend to," Snape snarled, "And they'll regret the day that they ever made Severus Tobias Snape an angry wizard."
"If they refuse to cooperate, send us an owl," Minerva said, "We want to help."
"I'll be getting Peeves first," Snape scowled, "But yes, you will be my second round of the ten plagues that we will be recreating."
"Oh dear," Pomona said fearful. "What exactly does this entail?"
Snape smiled a smile so terrifying that the room literally dropped to a temperature below freezing.
So, what do you think it will entail? Exactly what it sounds like of course!
I'm having fun with this fic! But I'm also stuck on chapter... 39! It sucks... cause she's in the hospital wing again in that chapter!
Anyhow, review please! PM's are also welcome for ideas, and I promise to give you credit!