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Chapter Two: Snape's Quarters
When Severus brought Hermione to his chambers, she couldn't believe it. His chambers were actually quite nice. A green couch and a large green comfy chair sat in the living room. There was a fireplace as well. Green carpet… Does this man like any other colors besides green? Hermione thought to herself. But she soon found that his quarters were quite cozy and comfortable-looking. She was surprised, to say the least. Severus had finally put her down on the soft carpet, where all she did was stare up at him with big, soulful eyes.
"So…what are we going to do now, Professor Snape? You've got me down here, what now?" Hermione asked as she tilted her head and one of her ears was pointed half way down.
"Hm," Severus said, looking down at the puppy with a half-hearted smirk. "You are simply adorable. Wait… why did I just say that? Little puppy, I believe you have me confounded or something else of the sort." He regarded the puppy, and then asked, "Are you hungry?" For a moment, there was no reply, but then she nodded.
"Come. Let's see what we can find. Coke!" Severus called out. Coke? Isn't that a soda's brand name? Hermione thought to herself. Oh, how she would love to have a bottle of coke. But then, a house elf appeared. Oh… I should have figured, Hermione thought as her tail drooped slightly.
"Master Snape is be needing something from Coke?" Coke asked, as he bowed down to his master.
"You need not bow to me, Coke," Severus replied. "I would like you to fetch some dog food for this dog I've found." He gestured to the little puppy. "Make sure it's the best brand of dog food you got. Alright?" Severus said.
"Of course, Master Snape," Coke said. "Is being Coke's pleasure to serve Master Snape." He then disappeared. Severus walked over to the kitchen. He Opened the refrigerator door and grabbed something to drink. Well, I don't believe it – he's drinking coke! Hermione said. Severus popped open the lid and drank some. Hermione walked over to him, her hard nails tapping on the floor. She pouted, which made him chuckled a bit.
"Would you like a sip?" Severus asked her. It was like he had read her mind.
"Yes!" Hermione barked. She hadn't had coke since the beginning of school. Severus grabbed another glass bottle from the fridge, and then turned to get a small bowl from the pantry. He placed it on the floor and poured the Muggle drink into the bowl.
"Here you go little one." He smirked down at the dog, then said, as an afterthought, "Let this be our little secret, okay? Nobody knows I love coke. Well, except for Albus, but I know he wouldn't tell." Severus said. Hermione then went to the bowl I can't believe I'm going to do this, Hermione thought. Ew. However, she could hardly care less. She began to drink from the bowl, Coke the house elf popping in a moment later.
"Here you go, Master." Coke said. "Best dog food Coke could find!"
Severus grabbed another bowl and took the dog food out of the bag and poured some into her bowl. Hermione timidly walked up the bowl. She sniffed around it awhile, then decided it was safe enough to eat. She should have been disgusted eating dog food, but her canine taste buds told her the food tasted pretty good.
Severus bent down and patted Hermione on the head. "You are such a good puppy are you?"
"I'll be sitting on the couch if you need me, little one," Severus said as he got back up to go to the living room. He grabbed a book, making himself comfortable on the couch and preparing himself for a long reading session.
When Hermione was done eating, she padded into the living room. She spotted Snape and decided to jump on the couch beside him. Severus smiled at her, and placed a hand on her back slowly stroking it.
I wonder why Snape's being nice to me,Hermione thought to herself. This isn't like him. Hmm. I wish he could tell me what his problem is. As if reading her mind again, he started to talk.
"When I was a child, around six or seven, my mother brought home a small puppy," he said. "It was a German Shepherd. He wasn't white like you, just the normal brown and black." He paused for a moment, and then continued, "His name was Trevor, and he was my best friend. It seemed as though Trevor was the only living thing besides my mother who actually loved me. I played with him all the time. Taught him tricks, like roll over, sit, lie down, shake. I actually did some training with him such as jumping through hoops and jumping over fences. I had him until I was nine years of age. I remember that devastating night when my father, Tobias, came home in a drunken rage, once again… he started to beat my mother. I hid in my bedroom and clung to Trevor for comfort. He was there to protect me. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
"Eileen, you freakish slut!" Tobias yelled. "Shoulda known you's been sleepin' round with other men. I hate you! Why we's ever marry in tha first place? If you wouldn'ta gotten pregnant with that bastard child, then we woulda went our separate ways. I'll kill you and that bastard! Sev'rus! Come here, boy! Times to get what you deserve!"
Tobias Snape drunkenly climbed the stairs to the second floor. He entered Severus' bedroom, to find the small, frightened boy huddled in the corner with Trevor leaning against him. He shoved Trevor away, and began to beat Severus with a bat he had gotten from the boy's toy box. Severus tried to cover himself, but it was no use. Trevor started to bark. He was getting angry. How dare this man hurt his Severus? The puppy jumped on Tobias, attacking him from behind and biting at him as hard as he could. His sharp little canines drew blood from the man's neck as Tobias fell to the ground.
"Why, you mutt!" Tobias screamed. "Get off of me!"
"Trevor!" Severus yelled as Trevor tore up Tobias but at the same time, Tobias wacked him with the bat hard enough to where Trevor backed off and fell to the ground. But he didn't give up; he jumped back up and attacked Tobias once again, nipping at his face. Before Severus knew it, Tobias had slumped to the ground. Severus knew he was dead. But he looked over at Trevor and saw that the little brown and black dog was twitching. It was obvious he was in terrible pain. He tried to limp over to Severus, but collapsed half way. Severus rushed over to him and grabbed Trevor.
"Trevor! Trevor! Please be alright! You'll make it! I swear!" Severus cried, but knew that Trevor was going to die as well because of so many hits by the bat, destroying his organs and possibly causing internal bleeding. Trevor slowly looked up at the boy who had loved him, and licked his face. His breathing calmed down, and then with every minute that passed, Trevor faded away. For the first time in his life, Severus cried his eyes out; he had lost his best friend. His best friend died saving him and his mother.
When Snape told her that, Hermione wanted to cry. His dog had saved his life. No wonder why he was so fond of her. She looked up at him and started to lick his face in a show of affection. Severus then held on to her. She felt tears streaming down his cheeks, which dripped into her soft fur. She pitied him. She didn't want to feel any pity, but she just couldn't help herself.
"You'll be there for me, right, little one?" Severus whispered. "Though, nobody could replace Trevor, will you be there for me? Please?" Hermione heard the desperation in his voice and nodded, licking his face again. They spent the night comforting each other.
A/N. Hope you like it! I tried to do more description on why Severus was so fond of Hermione when he found her as the little white dog in the Potions room. So there you have it. Please please please review!