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Writers Notes; Thanks to my wonderful beta WizardSmurf.
Severus stormed his way down the halls of his castle, his cape twirled behind him. A large scowl curled his lips and he gritted his teeth together as his mind whirled and threw his paws up in disgust."Who am I kidding someone like that will only see as just a monster nothing more, and nothing less." Severus growled deeply as he stormed off to his library and ordered to be left alone. Severus entered his library, sitting down with a firewhisky in his hand he began to read some muggle folktales. The stories were somewhat about him, stories about horrible monsters, and a young hero slaying them. Severus longed for the day, long for the sweet release of his life. "Never pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." Severus toasted himself before downing his glass.
Hermione found herself in the dining room, slowly eating her breakfast. She was feeling some remorse for making the beast feel like she thought, he was going to eat or harm her, but she would be lying to herself if she said the thought didn't cross her mind at least once or twice by now. Once she finished up her breakfast, she spent the rest of her day in her room and Tippy brought food up to her. Hermione did think about the beast for a little bit and decided to apologies to him in person.
"Hello?" Hermione said nervously and quietly as she entered the chamber. It was cut off from outside light, so she cast lumos to see better. Hermione froze in fright as she heard some snoring, she moved her wand and saw a woman sleeping inside of a portrait. Carefully Hermione looked around the room: she saw a black lily in a jar, and in the corner was a strange looking object that looked like a sink. Hermione thought she heard something coming from inside the strange object, she made her way and looked at the strange liquid that was inside. For a brief moment Hermione thought she heard something coming from inside and thought she saw something inside as well . She looked a little closer and got pulled in.