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Challenging Ones Mind	By : FantasticFantasy24 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 4584 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I dont own anything to do with Harry Potter and I make no money. This is just fanfiction.

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The light flooded Hermiones room. Her eyes opened and looked toward the other side of the bed, where her now ex-husband used to lay. She wished that she could cry, that she could be sadly surprised and blame him for everything. But it was not possible. She knew it was coming, four years before when they were happy they had decided it was time to have a baby and they tried....and tried....and tried. She got help from potions as did Ron but there was no hope she could not get pregnant and it was confirmed two years ago by a Healer that told her so. It was her fault, Ron tried to stay with her he tried to be happy but in the end he meant someone that wanted all the same things he wanted and had the ability to give him what he wanted. Hermione and Ron have been divorced for three months, he has been married for two months to Lavender Brown and she is two months pregnant. Hermione had to get to work there were still things to get done and she couldn't lay in bed all day feeling sorry for herself.

She got out of her nice warm bed and put her feet in her ice cold slippers. The minute the blankets were off her she realized that the fire must have gone out because she could see her breath. Running in to the bathroom she took a long shower with the water as hot as she could stand it and then dressing quickly she left her house and headed for the newspaper where she worked as a reporter.

"Hey Luna, got anything good for me today?" Hermione greeted her boss.

"Yes, actually..." Then she stopped and smiled evilly "I could give it to someone else, but I like to torture you. That and when I offered it to Amanda she started to cry"

"How bad is it?" Hermione asked, hating to know the answer.

"Not bad at all" Luna answered with another grin.

"I hate it when you smile like that" Hermione noted.

"Severus Snape had been heard to make a claim that he may have a way to cure Lycanthropy" Luna informed.

"OH!" Hermione squealed happily "That is wonderful"

"I'm glad you think so" Luna smiled "I want you to go over to Hogwarts and interview him about it"

"NO!" Hermione gasped

"Hermione, you are a strong witch" Luna coaxed "You helped bring him back to life when no one else thought it could be done, you made sure he was taken care of no matter what others were saying about his alliegence during the war and why?"

"Because he is smart and could be a real asset to the wizarding world!" Hermione snapped.

"Exactly" Luna said "He kinda owes you doesn't he?"

"I guess" Hermione admitted

"One interview wont kill him" Luna said "Now, why don't you head over there now it's the only thing I want from you today, okay?"

"Yes, I'll get the interview...or be killed trying" Hermione mumbled as she walked out the door.

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Hermione hadn't been to Hogwarts in months and she really missed it. She wished that she could be here to visit someone nice and not someone who would probably try to kill her for knocking on the door. She walked to Snapes classroom and knocked, she thought he would be grading papers but when he called her in she walked in to a packed classroom of Slytherins and Gryffindors. The whole room turned and looked at her, then they all stood and started talking at once they wanted her to tell them how to fight and how to study some boy proposed marriage.

"Mrs. Weasley" Said a silky voice "Why are you disrupting my class?"

"It's Miss Granger again, sir" Hermione said, blushing.

"Well then, Miss. Granger" He smirked "Why are you disrupting my class?"

"I needed to talk to you, sir" Hermione said, nervously "Alone"

"Really?" He drawled, and then Hermione realized what she said and how she said it and she understood why everyone in the room were making cat-calls.

"Oh!" She said, face turning red "I mean....ah...sir....an interview f-f-for the paper"

"I still need to teach for twenty more minutes, Miss Granger" He said, moving back to his desk "Why don't you go wait in my office then I'll come in and....tickle your fancy" The guys cheered and the girls made annoying WOOing sounds.

Snape came in twenty-five minutes later smirking at her. He started making tea and when that was done he offered her some and then sat down across from her sighing and rolling his eyes at her. He didn't speak, he waited and Hermione found that she could barely say anything. He sat there looking back at her waiting, this was not what she thought he would do he was the type that had to say something all the time so she had expected him to be putting her down and to be a complete dick. But he wasn't.

"Well" He started "Miss Granger, what is it that you wanted?"

"I wanted to interview you about the claims you made about benig able to cure Lyconthropy" Hermione said bravely.

"No" He snapped.

"But I came all this way!" She complained

"I don't care, go back" He said, smirking.

"Please, professor...." Hermione started

"Fine" He said, suddenly

"What?" Hermione was taken aback.

"Fine, I'll tell you what you want to know" He smiled "But you have to tell me something I want to know"

"Like question for question?" Hermione asked slowly.

"Still the smartest witch of your age, I see" He drawled.

"Fine" Hermione said, poising her quill over a pad of parchment "Why did you start to study Lycanthropy?"

"Because" He started "I have free time now that the war is over and when I'm not teaching a class full of dunderheads. I like to try to find cures for common things that ail witches and wizards all around the world"

"And to you that is Lyconthropy?" She asked.

"Not so fast Granger, my turn" He smiled "Why are you a reporter for Luna Longbottoms newspaper when you could be doing so much more?"

"Well" Hermiones face turned pink "I got married right after the war and just wanted to make a nice life for my husband and family but after a few years we went our seperate ways and reporting was something that would help me be able to support myself"

"Where did you find the ingrediant that will cure Lyconthropy?" Hermione asked, quickly.

"I haven't" He announced

"But you said that you did!" Hermione snapped

"I never said that" He smiled "If you had heard the entire story, which I imagine that Mrs. Longbottom did not, you would have learned that I said I THINK I know where the ingrediant is"

"Where is it?" Hermione asked.

"My turn" He said slickly.

"Fine, whatever" Hermione said, glaring at him.

"Miss Granger, do you hate yourself for not being able to keep your mind interested in what you do?" He asked.

"I don't know what you are talking about" Hermione said, standing up and getting her stuff.

"You know what I mean" He snapped standing up "You did more in your school years then most witches and wizards do in thier entire lives, and then what...you get married get treated like shit and end up divorced, on your own and working for a newspaper and not using your brain at all"

"OKAY!" Hermione shouted, then lowered her voice to an almost whisper "I hate myself...I hate that I was so weak and that all I do is ask people questions for a living, that I get to hear about other peoples happiness and not know any of my own. Are you happy?" With that she left.

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Hermione took a couple days off of work, not that it really mattered there wasn't any news anyway. She kept replaying her meeting with Snape in her mind, she knew that he was pretty much the most cruel person in the world but what he did topped it, clearly he could see how much that had hurt her to think about her failed life. There was a knock on her front door, she walked over and let Luna in, Luna was smiling and handed her a rolled up scroll that had 'HG' written in spidery words on it.

"What is this?" Hermione asked examining the scroll and slowly opening it.

"Your new assignment" Luna told her with sparkling eyes. Hermione had finally opened the scroll and was reading it.

Dear Miss Hermione Granger,

As you are well aware, I think I have found the ingrediant

to cure Lycanthropy. I am soon to leave for Hawaii to begin my

search, I have leads that will keep me busy until next september.

Even though I know you are probably still very mad at me I was

wondering if you would like to accompany me on this adventure.

I have requested that you keep records of our findings and anything

else you may think is interesting which you can publish when we get

back. I would like to leave this Saturday and would like to know your answer before then.

Severus Snape

"I'm not going" Hermione said, stubbornly.

"You have no choice" Luna said in her distracted way as she looked at stuff around Hermiones apartment.

"Yes, I do!" Hermione snapped

"I am your editor and I say you are going" Luna turned and smiled sweetly.

"I quit!" Hermione snapped.

"Don't do anything in haste, now" Luna walked over and looked out the window "I found this on your door" She was holding a pink paper "What is it?"

"An eviction notice" Hermione whispered, she sat down on her couch and tears filled her eyes. The office had been threatening her for over two months now, but she couldn't keep her rent paid on time the paper just didn't pay that much.

"That means you are getting kicked out?" Luna asked.

"Yes" Hermione said

"Snape said he would pay handsomely for your help, I would pay as well" Luna sat next to her "Then again, you could probably move in with Harry or Mrs. Weasley"

"NO!" Hermione said "I can't....it would be too wierd"

"Then take the job, loose your apartment go with him come back and get another place to live, get a better job...start your life over again" Luna told her.

"Fine, I'll do it" Hermione said, leaning against the back of the couch and sighing deeply "I don't want another job, though" She added.

"Don't insult my intelligence" Luna smiled "The paper doesn't pay as much as I would like it to and you are way to smart and fiesty to just rot here. This is what I have always wanted to do but you need something more"

"Luna...." Hermione looked at her sadly.

"You can still write if you want" Luna told her "I want you to go on to a more invigorating job"

"Thank you, Luna" Hermione said "You truly are a friend"

"I am" Luna laughed "Hey, you need to write back to Snape and then say goodbye to family and friends. I want you to check in once a week with me to let me know what is going on"

"Okay, I will" Hermione promised "What happens if I kill him?"

"I'll throw you a party, be your alliby and give you a raise" Luna laughed as she walked to the door and looked back "Stop by the paper before you leave, I'll give you a few things that will help you out there"

"Thank you and have a good night, tell Neville I say hello" Hermione said, closing the door. She walked in the kitchen and wrote a quick note and sent it out with Morgana, her owl.

Dear Severus Snape,

I have given it much thought and decide that,

even though I am sure that I now hate you

more then anyone else in the world, I will

go with you on this little escapade in hopes

of finding good material to write about. I will

be at the school Saturday at nine in the morning

If you have any problem with this please write back

if not, then I will see you then.

Hermione Granger

When the letter was sent out Hermione went in her room and started to pack. It wasn't long before she was called to the floo, she was expecting Snape to be there ready to bitch about her wanting to show up at nine. But she saw Ginnys head bouncing around the green flames.

"Hey, Gin" Hermione greeted.

"Hey, Mione, wanna go shopping?" She asked

"Sure, I think I need a new bathing suit anyway" Hermione said as she stepped in to the flames and disapeared.

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A/N: Hope this story is okay, I have had a death in the family and have been very busy. Sorry I haven't been on more.
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