Authors Note: Mkay so in this chapter we find that Dumbledore not only knows about Johanna and Severus he is also perfectly ok with their relationship. I have always thought that Dumbledore was always aware of what goes on in the castle, so it would be impossible to hide it from him. Also that Dumbledore wants Snape to be happy, so he is ok with it as long as Snape is happy. Sorry if that bothers you but there it is:) Please review! enjoy:)
I had to get up, I had to make sure he was all right. I focused. A warm tingling sensation spread threw my body and I was able to feel what had for days been numb. Thanks to the medication Madame Pomfrey had been administering to me my shoulder was healed so I wouldn't have to deal with it. I sat up in the hospital bed and looked around, it was almost completely dark in the wing. I swung my legs over the bed and stood. It was cold but I didn't care I needed to find Severus. I grabbed my wand from the bedside table and quietly left the hospital wing. I made my way down to the dungeons, it was past curfew so the chance of running into a student wasn't likely. When I reached his quarters I whispered the password to the portrait and walked in. The only light in the room came from the fireplace that was burning low.
"Severus?" My voice echoed back to me, I waited for a reply but heard nothing. I walked into the bedroom, but found nothing but an empty bed. Maybe he was in his study. I soon found that he was not in his rooms at all. Where was he? I was starting to become hysterical. I had to find him. Someone would have to know where he was, Dumbledore! Dumbledore would know. I quickly made my way up to the headmaster's office. "Lemon Drop." The gargoyle moved to reveal the staircase; I climbed the stairs two at a time. I didn't think before knocking so set on my task.
"Come in Miss Jacobs." How does he do that? I opened the door sheepishly suddenly realizing the time and the fact that I should be in a coma in the hospital wing. "I must admit I am overjoyed to see you up and active, even if it is past curfew." His eyes twinkled, but only for a moment. "However I fear that this little visit as been brought about my a less then happy matter."
"I'm afraid so Professor." I took a deep breath, before continuing. "Where is he?" I knew the answer before Dumbledore said it. "No.." I could hear the break in my voice.
"I am afraid so Miss Jacobs, Professor Snape was summoned by the Dark Lord earlier this evening." I felt the tears slip down my cheeks, my legs became weak underneath me. I dropped into the nearest chair and cried into my hands. Dumbledore let me cry.
I hated when he was summoned, there was always a chance that he would never come back. That Voldemort would learn of his job as a spy and "dispose" of him. I felt a hand on my shoulder. "My dear, you as well as Severus know what his duty as a spy entitles. It is a dangerous job, and he is always at risk of being discovered, but it is a price he has agreed to pay. Now, how about you return to the hospital wing. You need to sleep. And maybe before you wake Severus will be safely back here at Hogwarts." I nodded dumbly and left.
It took me hours to fall into an exhausted sleep once I returned to my hospital bed. My dreams were plagued with gruesome scenes each more horrid then the last, and each ending in Severus's death.