Hi! A shorty this update as I was reluctant to go any further this chappie. sorry. (well I'm not but its only polite to apologise. :P)
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Severus paced in the Headmaster's office, looking at Albus in disbelief. Throwing his hands into the air he hissed, "I cannot believe you aren't going to punish him for what he almost did to Miss Granger!"
Albus simply looked over his glasses that he fallen down his nose slightly and said with a small frown, his eyes disapproving as he looked at the man pacing. "We have no proof that he threatened Miss Granger. He did not do anything and you don't need the aggro of Lucius coming down on us because you aren't keeping in character of protecting your snakes."
"He threatened to Rape her." Severus said with a hiss as he moved towards the desk, slamming his hands downwards upon its surface.
"But he didn't so he cannot be punished. If anything…" Albus said with a pause, looking off into the distance, his expression thoughtful. "It is Miss Granger who has broken the rules, fighting outside of a teaching environment. She cursed poor Mr Goyle with a stunner."
Severus looked at Albus with shock, shaking his head slightly in disbelief. "Why are you doing this Headmaster?" His voice trembling slightly with anger.
"You are allowing her to cloud your judgement. Your loyalty is to Harry." Albus said standing from behind his desk and moving towards the potions master. "Your relationship with Miss Granger is causing you to make mistakes regarding your position. You should be 'defending' Draco at the moment but you're asking him to be expelled! You need to cut yourself off from her before it's too late."
"You know I can't Albus." Severus with a stern glare at his employer.
"If not for your loyalty to Lily, what about the prophecy?" Albus said with a small smile, knowing he had won the argument as he saw Severus flinch at Lily's name.
"The prophecy is complete rubbish; you know she would never betray Potter!" Severus growled.
"A princess of royal will become a beacon of light to the black. Saving the Dark and betraying the White, the light will blind and destroy-the guiding light will die." Albus looked towards Severus with a glare, his demeanour changing as he became the wizard many were afraid of. "Can't really get another translation of that can you? She will betray the light and destroy what hope we have. Leave her side Severus, she will betray you."
Severus shook his head as he looked at the ageing his wizard, his facial expression that of denial. "She wouldn't." He whispered.
"Can you be so sure of that? Are you willing to place Lily's son's life on the line in your feeble belief in a teenage girl with the fates against her?"
Severus looked up towards Albus, his face contorted to that of agony before looking towards the floor. His fists clenched as he tried to control his emotions. "I thought not Severus. But I cannot blame you; the apple does not fall far from the tree…look how you would have ended if it wasn't for Lily." Albus said tapping Severus lightly on the shoulder.
Severus turned on his heels and walked out of the office, he needed to get away from the Manipulative fool. His hands still clenched as he walked back towards the dungeons, his need to expel his anger building within him. His thoughts going a mile a minute.
Hermione couldn't turn to the dark, she was too kind, loyal and forgiving. What reason could there be for her to go to the Dark Lord?
Would his genes really cause her to turn against the light? Could the darkness that ran through his veins cause her to change, leaving her friendships and life to live an existence where torture would be the norm for her victims?
Everything he touched turned to dust. He would cause her to go to the Dark Lord, cause the Light to fail and become the Lord's right hand man.
But she was his flesh and blood. His child, his daughter. He couldn't imagine ever giving up on her like Albus wanted.
He pushed his hand through his hair as he tried to collect his rambling thoughts, unsure what was needed to be done, what he should do.
He had promised Dawn to look after Hermione and at the moment, until it was no longer possible he would.
He looked up and smiled ever so slightly as he saw Hermione walking towards him, her eyes burrowed in a book as normal. He rolled his eyes to himself, wondering if she would ever learn her lesson about what had happened earlier.
"Hello Feathers." Severus said with a drawl, causing Hermione to jump and close her book with a slam.
"Hiya Russ!" She said with a grin, "Not seen you in a while."
"Indeed." He said with a quirk of the eyebrow, not wanting to divulge the days of looking through Potter's memories. It was obscene the amount love and loyalty the boy felt, he had wanted to gag sometimes while watching his Hogwarts experiences. It was just so frustrating that the boy's defences didn't seem to be developing either.
"I hear that Poor Mr Malfoy gained a lot of injuries today…And was unable to name the culprit. The effects of a curse Madam Pomfrey believes." Severus said with a slowly raising eyebrow and a glint in his eye.
"I have no idea who could have done that Russ." Hermione said with a sweet innocent smile, "such a shame how the standards of the school are slipping in such a way where attacks such of these can occur."
"Indeed…and it couldn't have happened to a more…nicer guy." Russ said with a small smile and a nod of his head before continuing on his way. Happy that Hermione seemed well after such dark times.
Sorry if the Prophecy isn't the best but at least you know what the light is about now? :)