Disclaimer: I am sadly not J. K. Rowling, these are not my characters and so on
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"I am going to take you to Madam Pomphrey" he said weirdly calmly, but the fact that he was holding my wrist unnecessarily tight told me was not calm at all.
"Awww, are you worried about me?" I asked, pretending to be touched. Snape was about to shout at me, but squeezed his eyes shut and let out a growl instead.
"As much as I appreciate your worry, I can assure you I'm absolutely fine" I said, as I realized he was actually taking me to the hospital wing. Snape ignored me completely.
"Oh well. The beds there are sooooo much comfier anyway!" I said, smiling and fastening the pace. Now it was I who had taken the lead, dragging Snape after me. Refusing this, he let me go, watching me completely shocked as I skipped towards the door, and waited for him when I got there. Snape was still visibly shaking in anger as he stormed in the Hospital Wing entrance, followed by me skipping behind him, a big smile on my face.
"Severus, what is the meaning of this?" asked Madam Pomfrey, staring at the strange duo.
"I believe Miss Granger is suffering from some sort of concussion, or is under the effects of some potion, making her say things she usually wouldn't" Snape explained, still shaking, watching me skip around the room with absolute disgust. I did not notice this, but continued skipping, before finding a bed and sitting down on it.
"I see" she mumbled, before walking towards me. I was still smiling, looking dreamily around the room.
"Miss Granger, could you look at me?" she asked. I instantly did as I was told, and stared at Madam Pomfrey, who was taken a bit aback by my sudden reaction. Snape had seen it as well, and walked towards me with something else than disgust in his eyes. Curiousity? Interest? They both watched me as I did not move my eyes away from Pomfrey.
"Miss Granger, lie down on the bed" said Snape suddenly. Without even thinking, I did as I was told, still staring at Pomfrey.
"You can stop looking at me now, Miss Granger" she said, and I instantly looked dreamily out in the air. Snape and Pomfrey exchanged looks, before Pomfrey waved her wand at me. I wasn't really sure what she was doing, I wasn't paying attention.
"Looks like you were right, Severus" she said, reading a list that had appeared out of nowhere, before she handed it to Snape who inspected it. I swear I saw the corners of his mouth twitch as he read the paper. Pomfrey walked towards the cabinet and grabbed a potion.
"Oh, if it was legal to use this on every student" I heard Snape mumble. Pomfrey shot him a glare, and he merely raised a brow in respons. She huffed and handed the potion to me
"Drink this" she said. I did as I was told instantly, downing everything. I felt the effects at once. My smile faded and even though my mind felt much freer than before, a feeling of responsibility and fear followed it. It had been much easier, doing what everybody told me to do.
"Wha- what happened?" I asked, wondering why I had been acting so strange.
"Seems like someone have poisoned you with a small, but very affective potion, making you do anything anyone command you to" Pomfrey explained, tilting her head to one side while studying me.
"But who-" I cursed myself as I realized exactly what had happened at the breakfast table. An image of Fred standing up and walking behind me, shaking me, or distracting me while George poured the potion into my glass popped into my head. I quickly realized why Harry and Ron had been acting strange, and what George had put back in his pocket.
"Goddamnit those damn Weasels" I thought, clenching my fist. Oh boy was they going to hear it.
"Off course, these sort of potions are very rare, not to mention illegal" Snape commented, now glaring at me. I frowned. Why was he angry with me? I didn't exactly poison myself. "So if you know who did it-"
"I don't" I interrupted. Snape raised a brow, unconvinced. "It's true! I'm sure it's just someone trying to play a bad prank" I lied. Snape narrowed his eyes at me. I realized I had to lie better than that. I cursed myself for being such a terrible liar.
"The ones who poisoned you must've gone through a great deal of trouble to get a hold of this" commented Madam Pomfrey.
"But it's no secret that I'm not exactly the most popular, not to mention most liked person at this school. I don't think we should read too much into it, you know how kids are" I said, shrugging my shoulders, trying to make it seem less of a big of a deal. Again, Snape raised a brow, and I understood that he had not believed a single word I had said.
"So you do not want to find out who poisoned you?" asked Snape silkily.
"To be honest, I'd prefer not to know. Like I said, there are people out there who don't like me, and that's fine. I feel no need to know who it was. I usually don't prefer ignorance, but it's my second last year here, and I don't want it to be ruined by some silly students playing a prank" I answered lightly. Snape was about to respond, but that was when I decided to change the subject.
"Will I still have to serve detention tonight, professor?" I asked, almost dreading to hear the answer. This was Snape after all. When he was in a bad mood, he would deduct points and hand out detentions if you smiled too much. I calmed down a bit when Mrs. Pomfrey joined the conversation again. She scoffed.
"Well if there's still some justice in this world, I should hope not. Right, Severus?" she said, now eyeing Snape. Not appreciating being talked to and bossed around as such, Snape's nostrils flared, but I had underestimated his respect for the healer, because he quickly calmed down and answered me.
"There'll be no need to serve detention tonight, but if you and your little friends bother me like this again, I will not promise to be so kind" he said, before nodding to Pomfrey and storming out of the Hospital Wing. Pomfrey rolled her eyes.
"Always so dramatic" she mumbled. I couldn't help but grin at her comment. Then I realized that if I didn't leave quickly, Madam Pomfrey would never let me go. She was always one to be overprotective when it came to students under her care.
"Well, concidering I'm fine now, I'll take my leave. Thank you for your help, professor" I said, before jumping of the bed and heading out the door, walking right towards the common room where I knew the boys would be. I might've just covered for them, but that was mostly because I wanted to kill them myself!
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