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This Is The Way The World Ends.	By : tulipsaside Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 7312 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 9. Strange How it Seems Like There�s a Mutiny Brewing Inside of Me.
Hermione did not go to Hogsmeade the next morning. Instead, she sat outside trying to read, only it was useless. A mantra of sorts had taken up in her head, "What happens in the future will affect the past, and what happens in the past sets the path for the future." It was like the old riddle, which came first, the chicken or it's egg, one could not exist without the other. Hermione, closed her eyes, things were becoming so complicated it sometimes felt easier to have just stayed in the past or rather the future.

"Argh!" Hermione screamed in frustration. " This is hopeless."

"Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness." Said the cold voice of Sirius Black.

Hermione spun around looking at him. "Why aren�t you in Hogsmeade with the others?" she spat, caught off guard.

He shrugged, "I got a detention this week and wasn�t allowed to go."

She grunted, "Doesn�t surprise me in the least."

Sirius narrowed his eyes at her. " I haven�t forgotten about that little stunt you pulled on James and me," he said maliciously fingering his wand.

"Yes, well maybe you�ll think twice before picking on someone two on one."

Sirius snorted, "You�re going about this the wrong way. You�re treating Snivelly like a person, when really he�s more of�" He paused, searching for the right word, "a disease that needs to be vaccinated." He finished triumphantly.

Hermione could feel the heat of an anger surge to her cheeks. "How can you talk about someone like that, what has he ever done to you?"

"It�s more the fact that he exists, and you�d do well to stay away from him before people start looking at you the same way." He said, turning around and heading back to the castle.

Hermione stood yelling after him, "Don�t you dare tell me what to do." She could hear him laughing. "You deserve every foul thing that ever happens to you, Black!"

She sank back to the ground fuming.

"He�s right you know." Said a quiet voice, stepping out of the shadowed trees behind her. She turned around quickly to see Severus standing to her left.

"You�re going to cause a lot of problems for yourself if you keep on like that. Potter and Black are quite popular, and the rest of the students seem to agree with their assessments of almost everyone."

"I don�t care what they think. You shouldn�t be singled out like that, it�s pathetic that no ones even tried to put a stop to it."

He shrugged, "There are only two years left before I graduate. I know that I�ll have a successful future and Black and Potter will be suffering when it comes time to leave Hogwarts. They�re not particularly talented wizards and they get poor grades. Their time will come."

The colour in Hermione�s face drained away. She felt ill, here was this young Severus who looked so confident and revengeful, believing that his time would come, when he�d be the one getting all the appreciation, the one with the power. Her mouth fell open, was that why he joined the Death Eater�s? He saw them as some sort of reward for all that he had suffered for in school. A chance to be respected, to have control over the people who robbed him of his dignity. She wanted to put her head into her hands and scream. How could Dumbledore have let it come to this for him?

"Are you all right?" Severus asked.

Hermione let out a long sigh, "I�m fine, just overtired."

Severus looked at her carefully trying to make eye contact. She blinked and looked over to the left of his shoulder. She couldn�t let him see what she was thinking.

"You�re not at Hogsmeade?" She said, trying to change the subject.

He looked slightly embarrassed, "No, I stayed back. There isn�t anything I need from the village." He said trying to remove a piece of lint from his very thin and threadbare robe.

"Why aren�t you there?" He asked quietly.

"I have a lot of work to do, a research project, of sorts." She said vaguely.

He nodded. "I understand." He said, and she could see he was noticeably interested in what sort of project it was. "Are you finding what you need in the Library?" He asked trying to keep his voice casual.

Hermione let out a small laugh, "No, not really. This seems to be a bit arduous for the Hogwart�s Library."

He smirked. "Not something you can learn from a book, then?"

Hermione laughed loudly this time. "I�m sorry," she said giggling. Watching the future Severus sneering at her textbook essays and answers, in her mind, "You just reminded me of someone, from my, uh, old school."

"Do you miss it, Durmstrang?" He asked sitting next to her on the grass careful to keep his distance.

Hermione smiled sadly, "No, not really. It�s not a place where I can feel like I could go back. Though, I know I�ll have to eventually." She finished, trying valiantly to keep from crying.

"The holidays, you mean?" he asked.

"No," said Hermione quietly, "I�m sure my brother and I will be staying on at Christmas."

"Your brother seems very different from you." He said so quietly it sounded like he hadn�t wanted to say it at all.

Hermione nodded, "Yes, but we have a few things in common. He�s really not a bad person, but he�s just had a very troubled life. At our old school, things were much different for him." Not unlike your own time here, she thought to herself.

"He seems to be adjusting well." He sneered, thinking of Black, and Potter.

"I think Harry is taking advantage of the fact that he�s treated differently at this school. He likes the positive attention."

"It must be nice to start over in a place where no one knows you." He said looking out over the lake.

"Has it always been like this, Severus?" Hermione asked gently.

He nodded, not looking at her. "It is what it is and there�s no use in complaining about it."

"You�re very brave. I don�t think I could have kept such an optimistic view of things."

"Like I said," ignoring the compliment, "I know that my life will not always be like this, it�s all about making your own way in the world."

"What are your plans after graduation?" Hermione said, realizing this was borderline stupidity to even discuss it.

He looked at her sharply. "I�ll study for my Master�s in Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts."

"You want two Masters?" Hermione asked surprised that he�d want to endure that much schooling.

"I do." He said proudly.

"Your parents must be very proud." She said before she could even think how these words would affect him.

Severus seemed to shut down again, almost like a door slamming shut.

"I hope your research goes well. Good day." He stood quickly heading back to the school.

Hermione watched him walk away, his form getting smaller and smaller as he neared the castle. She wished things could have been different for him. He seemed like such a reasonable person. Accepting his lot in life but vowing to change it when he could. She remembered his book that Harry had found in their sixth year. The spells and notes in there were brilliant even if at the time she was less likely to admit it. Even Sectumsempra, such a bloody and gruesome spell that had almost killed Malfoy was exceptional if albeit dangerous. Though now, she could hardly blame him for coming up with a spell like that. If she was to be attacked every hour of the day by people that thought she wasn�t even worthy of being alive, she�d very much want to invent a spell of protection, maybe not one that slaughtered a person, but she could understand the motivation. Severus Snape was the product of those who had made him what he was.
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