Ch. 14

The next day found Hermione and Lyra awake and ready to leave Snape's chambers to head for the Great Hall; just before leaving Lyra said goodbye to her husband and Hermione was able to do the same with her own, together the girls traveled through the dungeons and made their way to the Great Hall for breakfast. Where they met up with Harry Potter; who looked like he had gotten more sleep than he had any other time, what shocked them was that he had no Ron Weasley beside him. The girls saw that he really wanted to talk to the two of them that morning, and without having a red headed fool next to him.

Hermione sighed, "Alright Harry, what's up?"

"I know Tom was here last night, because I saw him in my mind with Lyra and he was very happy. I heard what the two of you were talking about and I am sorry that I was there, but I can't control what I see or don't see. I am just glad that we can end all of this without adding more blood in the mix of things that is what I want more than anything, no more bloodshed or having more people loosing lives because of all this. I don't any child to go through what I have gone through, and that is to grow up without any parents."

Lyra smiled, "We understand Harry, but we must talk about this later. We are starting to have too many people coming in and have more likely people hearing what is going on."

For the rest of breakfast was spent eating and waiting for their times tables for their classes; Professor McGonagall came upon them and handed out sheets of paper, she asked, "Where is Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter? I have hardly seen the two of you without the other?"

Harry smiled, "I woke up early and let him sleep while I was done here waiting for Hermione and Lyra. I will give him his times table when I see him."

Professor McGonagall smiled, "Thank you Mr. Potter; do make sure he has it before class starts, which will be in a half hour."

As she was finished talking to him, Ron came running into the Great Hall, with his red hair all messed up, as well as his clothes and robes were not much improvement. As he sat down next to Harry and panting, "Sorry. I just woke up."

Harry gave Ron his times table; as McGonagall sighed, "Why have you gotten up so late Mr. Weasley, it wasn't like you had to study the night before or anything, since it is the start of school today," as she glared at the red headed boy in front of her.

"Sorry professor, I was having trouble sleeping last night, since this is our last year here and all." She let it go for the moment and went on to hand out more papers to other students. Ron sighed, "What is up with her, it's not like I slept the day away or anything?"

Harry glared, "You do remember Dumbledore's lashing out last night, when Lyra had just talked to him, don't you?"

Ron turned pale, "Oh, yeah. I remember that now, she must not be able with all that war stuff going on and him wanted to keep going, no matter what. Does anyone know what You-Know-Who's out take in all of this?"

Hermione, Lyra, and Harry did not know if they should tell Ron what they have been talking about. They knew that his sister would not trust anything that Tom Riddle had to say, all because of the Tom's Diary back in 1992; it would just not end well if she found out. So they just acted like they knew nothing in front of him. After they ate their breakfast; they went off to their Charms class.

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Severus Snape was in the dungeons; overlooking his Ravenclaw and Slytherin sixth year class, so far everything was quiet for the most part. Everyone was doing what they were supposed to be doing and that was potion on healing burns. This was also away to help out Madam Pomfrey with some of his classes, when he was busy with his spy stuff. He knew that all the potions would pass in this class, except one or two, but that would be all. Poppy would have enough burn potion for the next three months, because they hardly have enough students that would burn themselves, just the ones who would not pay attention.

As he walked around his classroom; Severus kept thinking about his new wife, and how he would like to see the war done and over with. He saw that this war was aging her; even though she still looked young, but she acts like she was his age with all the things that she has done for Potter in the past. He was sick of seeing her in the middle of everything, he would like to see a smile upon her face and have it being him that had caused it. Then his mind wondered to Lyra Granger-Riddle; the Dark Lord's wife, who has changed him more ways than anyone has ever done before. In a way it was pleasing to see and again scary, because no one has ever seen him smile or laugh as much as she has caused him lately.

As soon as the time came to a close; Severus told the students to move the caldrons from the where they were working at and have them lined up next to the back wall and he would take care of things from there. The next class was the seventh year Gryffindors and Slytherins; where he would have them do some note taking and a research project, on ways to heal a werewolf or maybe curing a werewolf. He wanted to help Remus Lupin with his werewolf problem, but he was only able to give him a potion to help him keep his mind during the times of the full moon, the next time the class comes together he would be going over on how to make the potion for the next full moon for him to have. As he was putting the sixth years potions in to vials to give to Poppy, he saw his wife walking in with her cousin by her side; with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley walking behind them.

He heard Mr. Weasley say, "Why do you have to live in the dungeon Hermione, it is not like you have to act like a happy married couple, do you?"

He heard Hermione growl at him, "I am really married to Professor Snape, Ron. Now back off; I enjoy being down in the dungeons, it is the only place that I know to have some quiet around her."

He then saw the red head grabbed Hermione around her wrist, "You belong to me, you half bent whore."

Lyra used her book bag and sung it at Mr. Weasley's face, "You don't call my cousin that, you red headed dummy!"

Severus was about to make himself known; when Mr. Weasley fished out his wand and raised it towards Lyra, "You bloody bitch, you will pay for that!"

Professor Snape sent a silent Disarming Charm towards the youngest male Weasley, along with a Freezing Charm, which caused the young man to fall to the floor. Everyone in the classroom moved away from their potions master and the crazed red head. He saw the tears coming down his wife's face, as well as Lyra's.

"Everyone to your seats," barked Severus, he waved his wand upon the board and notes a pear for them to write down. "I want everyone to write down what you see upon the board," growled the angry man. In a gentle voice, "Mrs. Snape, Miss Lyra, come with me please." The two girls left their bags in the classroom, as they followed him to his office. He yelled back into the classroom, "Leave the trash on the floor for right now, I will be back to deal with it." Once he closed the door, he wrapped his around Hermione to calm her down. "Are you alright, Hermione?"

She squeaked, "Not really. I thought he was my friend."

Lyra stood back, watching her cousin with Severus; it nearly broke her heart seeing Hermione heartbroken from Ron hurting her like he had done, at least she has her husband at the school to help her out, unlike herself and all she has is her snake. Speaking of snakes; Nuada was in the office with them, he has been following her all day. If snakes could hug, he was trying for Lyra at that moment.

"What's wrong mistress? I hate seeing you like this."

This caused Severus and Hermione to jump away from each other, after hearing the snake talking to Lyra. "I'm alright Nuada, I am just worried about my cousin is all."

"Want me to scare the red head for you?"

Lyra smirked, "As much I would like to see that, I don't think it would be grand, when the Headmaster wants to see me gone as it is."

Severus asked, "What did your snake say, Lyra?"

She smiled, "He wanted to know if I would let him scare Ron, because he hated seeing me upset for my cousin."

Hermione had openly laughed at the picture she was conjuring within her mind. While Severus smirked, "As much I would love to see the red head baboon scared, we can't allow that to happen and if your snake does anything that it is not friendly towards other students, then Dumbledore would not think twice in seeing you gone. I would not chance it, my Lady. Tom would defiantly have an open war if that happened."

Lyra smiled, "At least Nuada had gotten Hermione to laugh at least. Come cousin, let us get back to class and pretend that nothing happened. Once school is done with; how about you and I sit around the fire and read Shakespeare or something?"

Hermione smiled, "Alright."

Severus walked the two girls out of his office and back into his classroom; he really did not enjoy Shakespeare all that much, but if it would cheer his wife, than he was all for it. Once the girls were in their chairs and started writing the notes that the class was nearly half way had written, he made his way to the dead beat that was on the floor. He canceled spells that were upon the boy and summoned his lost wand that happened to flew across the room when he disarmed the boy earlier. Snape motioned for the red head to follow him to the front of the class to his desk, where the boy stood before him and waited for the professor to tell him what to do. Severus wrote a note and spelled it to where it could not be destroyed by anyone but the teacher that the boy was going to see.

"Go and see McGonagall and give her this note for me."

"Yes, sir," then Ron Weasley left the potions room, with all of his belonging and made his way to his Head of House.

Severus went back to putting the burn potion into vials as the students finished up writing their notes. When the bell rang for the end of class, many of the students ran out of the class; except Hermione Snape, Lyra Riddle, and Harry Potter, who followed Severus into his chambers.