AN: I am feeling so much better. It seemed like all last week I had a migraine and writers block. The chapters were forced and lacking and I had a headache at the end of each day. It was very bad and made it hard to write. Going away to the cabin made things so much easier. No internet, no cell service, watching movies with my mother and sleeping as much as possible. I am doing much better. Once again not JK Rowling.
Word spread like wildfire. The D.A. was back and we were recruiting. It seemed like ever since the pure-bloods from each house had banded together everyone else wanted to know how to protect themselves. Professor Snape's Defense Against the Dark Arts classes had been good but right now we were mostly learning about the unforgivables. Which is fascinating but wouldn't help us protect ourselves from them unless the wands had the same cores.
In classes I kept my head down and never raised my hand. There was no point it just made the pure-bloods go after me more. But the weird thing was that there was on pure-blood who left everyone alone. Draco Malfoy. It was very strange. He was pale these days and had circles under his eyes.
Sirius and I kept in contact as much as possible. He was still staying in Hogsmeade so that we could be close. It was a good thing he was because of the chaos within the school. Every once in awhile he and I would have to break up a fight. It was never pretty because they would try to turn on me since I was muggleborn.
Professor Snape seemed to be the only one who could control the students. He was punishing them severely. It was now a common occurrence to see a pure-blood scrubbing the floors or organizing the potions store.
I walked to the great hall my wand at my side. My pocket burned and I ground my teeth. I pulled out my Galleon and checked the numbers. We would be having a meeting tonight. I slipped the Galleon back into my pocket and walked with my head held high.
The halls were empty but I was still on guard. These days you always had to be. I quickly made my way to the great hall and sat at the Gryffindor table. An owl flew down to me and hooted softly. I took the daily prophet and unrolled it. More murders and disappearances. Rita wrote another scathing article about Sirius and I and I tossed the paper away.
I poured myself a huge cup of coffee and started to drink it. The great hall was almost empty except for a few people. No one seemed to want to look at anyone else for fear of being hexed and stared at their food.
"Did you fell the Galleon burn?" Hannah asked sitting across from me.
"Yeah kind of hard to miss." I said drinking my coffee.
"What charm did you use for them?" Hannah asked popping a blueberry in her mouth.
"Protean Charm." I threw my head back and downed the rest of my coffee. Neville sat down next to Hannah and they entwined their hands.
"How are you doing Hermione?" Neville asked nibbling on a strawberry.
"Fine I guess." I said shrugging and grabbed a pear.
"And hows the hubby?" He asked.
"Good he's in Hogsmeade right now and helps me with my rounds sometimes." I said eating my pear. Someone sat down next to me and I looked up slowly. I inhaled some of my pear in shock and Sirius patted me on the back.
"What are you doing here?" I asked my eyes streaming. Sirius raised his brow and I laughed. Not the best greeting for your spouse.
"I'm helping with tonight's D.A. meeting." He said shrugging and grabbed some bacon.
"Really?" I asked shocked. Would Sirius be able to help us?
"Don't look so surprised Baby. I had the best grade in Defense Against the Dark Arts and we had a new teacher every year." My head snapped up.
"You had problems with Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers too?" Harry asked sitting across from us his eyebrows drawing together in confusion.
"Yeah everyone believes its cursed." Sirius said shrugging. He pulled some eggs towards him but I put some fruit on his plate. His lips twitched but he started in on them anyway.
"Where will you be while we're in class?" I asked grabbing some sausage. Ron and Luna sat down quietly listening to the conversation.
"Doing some rounds since Albus is gone." I froze and looked at the head table. Sure enough Dumbledore's seat was empty. He was barely here anymore and it made me squirm. The teachers were great and all but Dumbledore was and is the only one Voldemort had ever feared.
"Where is he?" Harry asked looking around the room.
"Order business." Sirius said shrugging. Ron opened his mouth to ask about I stomped on his foot. He jumped and glared at me.
"We should get going." I said getting up. Sirius grabbed my hand and pulled me close to him. He kissed me softly and I could have sworn I heard someone sigh.
"Have a good day Sweetheart." I smiled and placed one last kiss on his lips before I turned and left the hall.
The rest of the day passed without monotonously. Harry, Ron and I did get beaten up by a stupid plant though. That thing really did have good aim. It nailed me in the chest and hit Ron in the crotch. He had cursed sharply and held himself till Professor Sprout healed him. Harry laughed the whole time till his glasses got snapped by the plant. It was a rough class to say the least.
At dinner I looked for Sirius but he seamed to be missing. I ate my food quickly and left with Ginny to find out where Sirius was.
"You already know he's in the Room of Requirement getting ready for the D.A." Ginny said following me up the staircase.
"He could be in the middle of a fight." I said blowing my hair out of my eyes.
"No he's not." Ginny said trying to catch up to me.
"How do you know that?" I asked heading towards the seventh floor.
"I checked the map during dinner and he wasn't anywhere on there." Ginny said puffing out a breath. I stopped and looked back at her. She nodded and rubbed at a stitch in her side. I quickly walked back and forth in front of the blank wall and stopped when the door appeared. I opened the door and walked in. My mouth opened in shock and Ginny ran into my shoulder.
"Mione what the hell?" All I could do was stare. She laughed and quickly covered her mouth.
"COME ON SEVERUS YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!" Sirius and Professor Snape were dueling. Both of them had removed their cloaks and their wands were snapping through the air like swords colors mixing in the air. All of a sudden they stopped both breathing heavily sweat pouring down their faces. They leaned against each other and burst out laughing.
"Who knew Professor Snape was so hot?" Romilda Vane asked her voice echoing around the room.
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