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What Light
AN: Here we go guys.
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CH.2 What Light
He administered the antidote to her two days later. She had awoken briefly and asked for water. He knew that she was very far gone; but he prayed that he could still save her.
He sat with her the entire day, only leaving when nature compelled him. They had set up a room for her in the hospital wing and even allowed her cat to be there. (Although Madam Pomfrey had a few terse words to say about it.)
Her cat was cozying up to him rapidly and was currently sitting in his lap purring. He didn\'t really like cats very much; but her cat was different. He was sure the animal wasn\'t all cat.
His fingers were tangled in its mass of ginger fur, scratching, much to the cats\' delight. He didn\'t even mind the slight pricking of it\'s claws in his leg.
He stared at Hermione relentlessly. Every half an hour Madam Pomfrey would come in and feed her a small amount of nutritious broth. Her body needed to be built back up slowly.
To his relief she seemed to be picking up. Her cheeks had a small amount of color now, not the pasty white they had been.
She brought to mind the image of Snow White, lying in her glass coffin. He hoped that her story had as happy an ending.
Very late at night, Dumbledore came in and tried to make him go to bed. He refused vehemently, and they compromised by putting a cot in her room so that he could get some rest and still keep and eye on her.
He vowed he wouldn\'t sleep; but after he lay down, he knew no more until morning.
When he woke, he jumped up and called for Pomfrey.
\"What is it Severus?\" She asked. \"Is something wrong?\"
\"No Poppy. I fell asleep. Has she awakened yet?\"
\"No; but she is doing better. Your antidote seems to have worked and I gave her a small amount of skele-gro to replace the bone mass she lost. She should wake soon.\"
He nodded, esctatic that his antidote had worked and she was getting better.
\"Now Severus, you go on and get yourself cleaned up. I\'ll make sure you are called if she awakes. NO arguments, Severus! Your are banned until you get yourself a shower and a proper meal!\"
Recognizing defeat, he went to do as she said. He really did need a shower and some food. His stomach rumbled at the thought of it.
It was quite early, and he met no one on the way down to his rooms. He immediately went to his bathroom and showered away the residue of the last few days.
When he was clean, dry and dressed again he went to the kitchens to beg an early breakfast from the house elves.
They were unsurprised to see him, as he was often there very early or very late for meals, when he wasn\'t required in the great hall.
He ate until he was full and then hurried back up to the hospital wing.
Pomfrey gave him an appraising look when he came and and decided he was looking presentable and allowed him in to continue his watch over Hermione.
To his disapointment, she didn\'t wake up that day or the next. He was suddenly very worried again.
Potter and Weasely were allowed in once a day to see Hermione. He left while they were there and came back after they had gone. He didn\'t need it getting back to his house that he was going soft over a Gryffindor.
Dumbledore had explained to his potions classes (which he had taken over) that he himself required Professor Snape to stay with the head girl and make sure she recovered.
Snape was once again in the Headmasters Debt. He didn\'t imagine he could have concentrated at all in his classes. His mind was ever on her now. It would be until she awoke and was healthy again.
He was pondering these things late in the evening when his arm began to burn hotly. Summons.
He informed Pomfrey that he was going, and ran down to his quarters. Using Dumbledores\' pensieve he removed any memories that could get him into trouble and donned his death eater robes. Then he made his way out of his personal secret passage and went to the dark lord.
It was abundantly clear that this was an extremely important meeting. As far as Severus could tell, all of the most powerful death eaters were present. In fact, if he was not mistaken, from the amount of people standing in the limited space they had, everyone was present.
This was unusual. Voldemort was known for only calling certain groups on certain days. It was important to him that none of his followers knew each and every other member in case someone was a traitor. Severus was sure that the only person who knew all of his followers was Voldemort himself.
The dark lord broke into his thoughts by hissing a greeting to the assembled ranks.
\"My faithful ones.\"
Severus cringed. He hated that voice. But then he shook himself, put a lock down on his thoughts and emotions and attended to what was being said.
\"You have all gathered here tonight to receive your instructions. Our first major attack will happen very soon.\"
The clearing in which they met was silent but for his voice. No night animals raised a call, no insects, no birds, nothing. Severus supposed Nagini might have had something to do with it. Most animals could smell the reptile scent from miles away, and none wanted to be her prey.
The awful serpent was lying coiled around Voldemorts\' chair, and the other snake, Wormtail was standing at his right side. Severus hated Pettigrew almost as much as he hated Sirius Black and James Potter. He sneered at the man through his mask, watching him simper to the dark lord.
Voldemort went on, \"Hogwarts is our number one target. We will enter through the town of Hogsmead and over the lake. There will be two separate ranks. One of us will already be inside.\"
Snape shivered as Voldemorts\' eyes rested unerringly on his person.
\"Severus, step forward.\"
\"My lord.\" Severus replied immediately and went to the repulsive man in front of them all.
\"My loyal servant Severus is a teacher at Hogwarts for those of you who are unaware. He will already be inside the castle and ready to allow us inside.\" He fixed Severus with a dark glare. \"You WILL be able to admit us to the castle, won\'t you boy?\"
\"Yes my lord. Of course.\" Severus answered quickly. It did not do do dawdle when answering the dark lord.
\"Good.\" Voldemort said darkly. \"Rejoin the ranks.\"
Severus kept a careful reign on his pace going not to fast; but not slow enough to be an easy target for crucio.
\"Dumbledore is the biggest threat to our victory.\" Voldemort cautioned. \"We must make a concentrated effort to remove him from battle as quickly as possible. The Potter boy is another threat. He has defied me far too many times and I cannot say that I am pleased with you for letting it happen!\"
The assembled death eaters cringed as one. They knew it wouldn\'t be long before he started cursing the lot of them.
Severus remained stoic. He had been before the dark lord alone and if he was to be punished, it would have been while he was up front, so as to add to the humiliation.
The dark lord went on, \"There will be plenty of students there. I warn you, do not kill any of the Slytherin children unless they openly defy you. I think most of them will willingly join us. Lucious, your son has agreed?\"
\"Yes my lord. Draco has been discreetly asking of his fellow Slytherins, and he believes that many of them, who have not already taken the mark, will join us.\"
\"Excellent.\" Voldemort said. \"The other children are fair game. If you want to kill them, kill them. If you want to keep them, keep them. We will start in the Dungeons, and work our way to the towers once the old fool is out of the way. None shall escape.\"
He looked around the crowd of his followers. \"The attack will happen the day before graduation. We will be silent until the moment arrives. No attacks, no revels. Nothing. I want them unprepared.\"
He went on about battle strategy for another twenty or so minuets. Then a few errant death eaters were called forward to be punished. When he was finished, the air stunk with vomit and urine.
As they were dismissed, Malfoy Sr. came over to Severus.
\"Good evening Snape.\" He drawled. \"My son tells me that you have been forced to attend to the Granger girls\' illness.\"
\"Of course Lucius. Who else would he torture?\"
\"Have you cured the Contabesco?\" Lucius asked.
\"You did it?\" Asked Severus. He shouldn\'t have been so surprised. Malfoy was rich enough to get the poison.
He fought his anger and nodded in what he hoped was an appreciative manner at Lucius. The rest of this gathering was going to be rough on his patience.
AN: So there you have it. LOL
Reviewers:
mary: Thank you!! I hope you like this chapter!
ancientgirl: I\'m glad you like it. Yeah, I wanted this to be pretty short, so I figured I\'d have him find the Contabesco in the 1st chapter. Makes it a bit easier for me. LOL
pinkyheather: thanks! I hope it stays up to your standards. I\'ll be working hard to make it a good one!
Moi: Glad you liked it. Hope I didn\'t take too long to update. LOL
slytheringryffindor21: I\'m glad you liked, and you\'ll find out soon. LOL
pixi: Here you go!
TaintedAngel: Thanks! I\'m glad you like this one too.
Julie: Thank you!! Glad you like it!
jennyjo: Glad you like it. Hope you like this one!
CH.2 What Light
He administered the antidote to her two days later. She had awoken briefly and asked for water. He knew that she was very far gone; but he prayed that he could still save her.
He sat with her the entire day, only leaving when nature compelled him. They had set up a room for her in the hospital wing and even allowed her cat to be there. (Although Madam Pomfrey had a few terse words to say about it.)
Her cat was cozying up to him rapidly and was currently sitting in his lap purring. He didn\'t really like cats very much; but her cat was different. He was sure the animal wasn\'t all cat.
His fingers were tangled in its mass of ginger fur, scratching, much to the cats\' delight. He didn\'t even mind the slight pricking of it\'s claws in his leg.
He stared at Hermione relentlessly. Every half an hour Madam Pomfrey would come in and feed her a small amount of nutritious broth. Her body needed to be built back up slowly.
To his relief she seemed to be picking up. Her cheeks had a small amount of color now, not the pasty white they had been.
She brought to mind the image of Snow White, lying in her glass coffin. He hoped that her story had as happy an ending.
Very late at night, Dumbledore came in and tried to make him go to bed. He refused vehemently, and they compromised by putting a cot in her room so that he could get some rest and still keep and eye on her.
He vowed he wouldn\'t sleep; but after he lay down, he knew no more until morning.
When he woke, he jumped up and called for Pomfrey.
\"What is it Severus?\" She asked. \"Is something wrong?\"
\"No Poppy. I fell asleep. Has she awakened yet?\"
\"No; but she is doing better. Your antidote seems to have worked and I gave her a small amount of skele-gro to replace the bone mass she lost. She should wake soon.\"
He nodded, esctatic that his antidote had worked and she was getting better.
\"Now Severus, you go on and get yourself cleaned up. I\'ll make sure you are called if she awakes. NO arguments, Severus! Your are banned until you get yourself a shower and a proper meal!\"
Recognizing defeat, he went to do as she said. He really did need a shower and some food. His stomach rumbled at the thought of it.
It was quite early, and he met no one on the way down to his rooms. He immediately went to his bathroom and showered away the residue of the last few days.
When he was clean, dry and dressed again he went to the kitchens to beg an early breakfast from the house elves.
They were unsurprised to see him, as he was often there very early or very late for meals, when he wasn\'t required in the great hall.
He ate until he was full and then hurried back up to the hospital wing.
Pomfrey gave him an appraising look when he came and and decided he was looking presentable and allowed him in to continue his watch over Hermione.
To his disapointment, she didn\'t wake up that day or the next. He was suddenly very worried again.
Potter and Weasely were allowed in once a day to see Hermione. He left while they were there and came back after they had gone. He didn\'t need it getting back to his house that he was going soft over a Gryffindor.
Dumbledore had explained to his potions classes (which he had taken over) that he himself required Professor Snape to stay with the head girl and make sure she recovered.
Snape was once again in the Headmasters Debt. He didn\'t imagine he could have concentrated at all in his classes. His mind was ever on her now. It would be until she awoke and was healthy again.
He was pondering these things late in the evening when his arm began to burn hotly. Summons.
He informed Pomfrey that he was going, and ran down to his quarters. Using Dumbledores\' pensieve he removed any memories that could get him into trouble and donned his death eater robes. Then he made his way out of his personal secret passage and went to the dark lord.
It was abundantly clear that this was an extremely important meeting. As far as Severus could tell, all of the most powerful death eaters were present. In fact, if he was not mistaken, from the amount of people standing in the limited space they had, everyone was present.
This was unusual. Voldemort was known for only calling certain groups on certain days. It was important to him that none of his followers knew each and every other member in case someone was a traitor. Severus was sure that the only person who knew all of his followers was Voldemort himself.
The dark lord broke into his thoughts by hissing a greeting to the assembled ranks.
\"My faithful ones.\"
Severus cringed. He hated that voice. But then he shook himself, put a lock down on his thoughts and emotions and attended to what was being said.
\"You have all gathered here tonight to receive your instructions. Our first major attack will happen very soon.\"
The clearing in which they met was silent but for his voice. No night animals raised a call, no insects, no birds, nothing. Severus supposed Nagini might have had something to do with it. Most animals could smell the reptile scent from miles away, and none wanted to be her prey.
The awful serpent was lying coiled around Voldemorts\' chair, and the other snake, Wormtail was standing at his right side. Severus hated Pettigrew almost as much as he hated Sirius Black and James Potter. He sneered at the man through his mask, watching him simper to the dark lord.
Voldemort went on, \"Hogwarts is our number one target. We will enter through the town of Hogsmead and over the lake. There will be two separate ranks. One of us will already be inside.\"
Snape shivered as Voldemorts\' eyes rested unerringly on his person.
\"Severus, step forward.\"
\"My lord.\" Severus replied immediately and went to the repulsive man in front of them all.
\"My loyal servant Severus is a teacher at Hogwarts for those of you who are unaware. He will already be inside the castle and ready to allow us inside.\" He fixed Severus with a dark glare. \"You WILL be able to admit us to the castle, won\'t you boy?\"
\"Yes my lord. Of course.\" Severus answered quickly. It did not do do dawdle when answering the dark lord.
\"Good.\" Voldemort said darkly. \"Rejoin the ranks.\"
Severus kept a careful reign on his pace going not to fast; but not slow enough to be an easy target for crucio.
\"Dumbledore is the biggest threat to our victory.\" Voldemort cautioned. \"We must make a concentrated effort to remove him from battle as quickly as possible. The Potter boy is another threat. He has defied me far too many times and I cannot say that I am pleased with you for letting it happen!\"
The assembled death eaters cringed as one. They knew it wouldn\'t be long before he started cursing the lot of them.
Severus remained stoic. He had been before the dark lord alone and if he was to be punished, it would have been while he was up front, so as to add to the humiliation.
The dark lord went on, \"There will be plenty of students there. I warn you, do not kill any of the Slytherin children unless they openly defy you. I think most of them will willingly join us. Lucious, your son has agreed?\"
\"Yes my lord. Draco has been discreetly asking of his fellow Slytherins, and he believes that many of them, who have not already taken the mark, will join us.\"
\"Excellent.\" Voldemort said. \"The other children are fair game. If you want to kill them, kill them. If you want to keep them, keep them. We will start in the Dungeons, and work our way to the towers once the old fool is out of the way. None shall escape.\"
He looked around the crowd of his followers. \"The attack will happen the day before graduation. We will be silent until the moment arrives. No attacks, no revels. Nothing. I want them unprepared.\"
He went on about battle strategy for another twenty or so minuets. Then a few errant death eaters were called forward to be punished. When he was finished, the air stunk with vomit and urine.
As they were dismissed, Malfoy Sr. came over to Severus.
\"Good evening Snape.\" He drawled. \"My son tells me that you have been forced to attend to the Granger girls\' illness.\"
\"Of course Lucius. Who else would he torture?\"
\"Have you cured the Contabesco?\" Lucius asked.
\"You did it?\" Asked Severus. He shouldn\'t have been so surprised. Malfoy was rich enough to get the poison.
He fought his anger and nodded in what he hoped was an appreciative manner at Lucius. The rest of this gathering was going to be rough on his patience.
AN: So there you have it. LOL