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A Drop in the Ocean	By : AndreaLorraine Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 3498 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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�We�re
getting too big for us all to fit under this cloak,� Ron whined.� He was quite smushed
between Harry and Hermione.

�� Come off it, Ron,� Hermione said, elbowing him.� �Next time I�ll be in the middle.� We�re almost there anyway.�

�� Shhh,� Harry interrupted,
giving both of them a look.� They slipped
through the half-open door of the infirmary in single-file, moving very slowly
so as not to trip and reveal themselves.� A candle burned at the very end of the row of
beds.� They settled themselves directly
across from the curtained cubicle and strained to hear the hurried whispers
that punctuated the silent room.

�� The first voice was definitely the woman�s.� She spoke quickly, the words flowing together
without pause.� Certain syllables were
stressed harshly, and they could tell that she was angry.�

�� It took another minute of trying to decipher what she was
saying for them to realize that they couldn�t understand.

�� They�re not speaking English!� Ron whispered.� �No fair!�

�� The second voice cut in.�
It was definitely Snape � there was no mistaking his voice, no matter
what language he was speaking.� His tone
was calmer than hers, but no less acidic.

�� What language do you reckon that is, Hermione?� Harry
asked.�

�� She frowned, concentrating on it for a few more moments.

�� I think it�s Russian, or some type of Slavic language.�

�� And do you know any of it?� Ron asked.

�� Not really.�

�� Wow, we�ve found something she doesn�t know!� Ron mused.

�� Niet!� the woman said
suddenly, her voice rising.� She
continued on another tirade, gradually quieting until they could barely hear
her pitched whispers once again.

�� It sounds like they�re having a fight,� Ron observed.

�� Well this is useless�we can�t understand a word they�re
saying.� We should go before we get
caught.� Snape has a nasty habit of
knowing when we�re out like this,� Harry sighed.

�� I think he�s otherwise occupied,� Hermione said.� �You saw that look on his face, didn�t you?�

�� Harry and Ron nodded.

�� We need to find out who this girl is,� Harry said.� �And why the Dementors
were after her.�

�� Maybe you should just ask Dumbledore or McGonagall
tomorrow,� Ron suggested.� �Because we certainly aren�t going to learn anything here.�

�� I�m sure there�s a spell to make you understand other
languages,� Hermione said, her eyes already taking on the glazed appearance
they always got when she was formulating an idea.� Particularly one that
involved the library.

�� Let�s go,� Harry said, nudging the two of them forward.

�� Wait�� Ron whispered.�
�Did she just say Karkaroff?�

�� They all froze, listening intently.� It sounded something like this to their ears:

�� Bla bla
bla blablabla blaaaa bla Voldemort
blalala blaaa��

�� I don�t know if she said Karkaroff but she definitely
just said something about Voldemort,� Harry said.

�� Library!� Hermione whispered
fervently.� �If we�re quick enough they
might still be talking when we get back!�

�� They were almost to the door when another person brushed
into the room, and they narrowly managed to avoid him.� He did cast them a look, though, one that
could only be described as loving disapproval.

�� How does he see through this thing?� Ron asked.

�� I don�t know, but he�s letting us stay!� Harry replied,
tugging the three of them back towards the bed in the corner.

�� Albus,� the woman�s voice rose, �I am so sorry to have
disturbed you and the students during the Feast.�

�� Nonsense, Selena.�
If disturbing us means saving your life, disturb all you want.�

�� I hope I didn�t scare anyone,� she said with a sigh.

�� The children are used to strange happenings here,�
Dumbledore said, a chuckle in his words.�
�I think the only ones you really scared were myself
and Severus, perhaps Minerva.�

�� I can�t believe I got hysterical like that.� But those Dementors�I
swear, Albus, I thought my life was over.�

�� Your fear is quite justified, my dear.� Although I must ask, why were they after
you?�

�� I have no idea!� she exclaimed.� �I was telling Severus��

�� Here it comes,� Harry whispered.

�� I was driving to the border.� Stupid, I know, but I like my car, and I
didn�t see the harm in it.� When I got
there I was going to leave it with a friend and apparate
to just outside the school grounds.� So I
was about halfway to the border when I stopped for gas.� I was about to pull out when Karkaroff
popped up and killed the gas station attendant!�

�� With the curse?� Dumbledore
asked.

�� Yes, the killing curse.� I probably should have just driven away,
but�it made me so angry!�

�� Did you face him?�

�� Yes.� He told me
he was going to get back into Voldemort�s graces by
bringing me to him.�

�� I don�t understand that,� Snape said.� �Selena has never been involved with the
Death Eaters.� What good would she
be?� Why would Voldemort
want her?�

�� I don�t understand it either,� she agreed.

�� Perhaps, Severus, to get to you?�

�� There was a silence.�
Then Snape spoke again, his voice somewhat softer than before.

�� Albus, I have given that creature no indication of my
disloyalty.� I am very careful in my
work.�

�� I have no doubt of that, Severus, but even the best of
spies are eventually ferreted out, through circumstance or otherwise.�

�� How could Karkaroff know?�

�� Perhaps he discovered something during the Tri-Wizard
Tournament?�

�� There was nothing left out for him to discover.�

�� You were�friends, were you not?�

�� A long time ago.�

�� Maybe he has simply put two and two together.� You are here, with me, after all.�

�� That�s where I�m supposed to be.� They think I�m a spy for them, too!�

�� Perhaps,� Dumbledore said, his
voice distant and full of thought, �it is the simple fact that you have never
tried to harm or kill Harry Potter.�
After all, what faithful Death Eater would stay his hand if he had such
easy access to the boy who destroyed his Master?�

�� That is your risk, Albus.� You know I did not want the boy to
come here.�

�� He�s done all right, though, hasn�t he.�

�� Oh, yes, he�s been grand.� He is directly responsible for most of the
disasters at this school and he single-handedly managed to bring back the Dark
Lord.� Positively grand,� Snape snarled,
his voice dripping with sarcasm.

�� Oh, Severus, shut up,� the woman said sharply.� �It�s not like the poor kid wants it to be
that way.� He didn�t get to choose what
he was born into, just like you and I didn�t.�

�� I like her already,� Ron whispered.

�� Bringing that boy to this school was like leaving
matches next to a puddle of kerosene, Selena, and you know it!�

�� Are you and he really so different, Severus?� Did you learn nothing from the past?� That boy is in danger and I would think that
you would be doing anything you could to insure that he doesn�t turn out like
you.�

Snape
muttered something that was obviously not polite.� They could almost picture his glare � eyes
narrowed and blazing, lips twisted into a menacing scowl.

�� Severus!� Selena!� Dumbledore said, a touch
louder than his usual comforting volume.�
�Squabbling will get us nowhere.�
I would have thought you would have grown out of that by now.�

�� This is driving me insane!� Hermione whispered.� �Who is she?�

�� Some things never change,� Snape said under his breath.

�� She returned with something in Russian, most likely a
curse or insult.

�� I�m in love with her,� Harry said half-jokingly.� �To be able to boss Snape
around like that!�

�� I think I am too,� Ron agreed.

�� Now, Selena, you have not finished your story.� Do continue,� Dumbledore said calmly,
ignoring the heated tempers around him.

�� Yes�Karkaroff.� He
seemed to think that I was hiding from something, I don�t know what.� I thought he was just crazy.� He certainly looked it.�

�� The Death Eaters are searching for him.� I am amazed that he is still alive,� Snape
said.

�� Here�s what really scared me, though.� He brought you up, Severus.� He said something like: �I know what he is, and what he�s doing�.�
I didn�t know how to take that, but I really, really hope he wasn�t
referring to��

�� So do I,� Dumbledore said
gravely.

�� He tried to stun me, but I apparated.� I didn�t have much time to fix on a location,
so I wound up about two hours south of here.�
I changed into my animal form so I could run most of the way��

�� She�s an Animagus!� Hermione
whispered excitedly.� �That explains the
roar we heard.�

�� and just as I was crossing the lawn, a Dementor jumped out at me and pinned me down.� It�it was going to�� she paused for a moment,
taking a shaky breath.� �But I changed
again and ran away.� There had to have
been twenty of them, Albus.� They were
everywhere, everywhere I tried to run�Finally I broke through and made it to
the doors.� And you know the rest.�

�� And you haven�t any idea why the Dementors
attacked you?�

�� None.�

�� I would say that I would have a word with Cornelius
Fudge�but lately, he and I do not see eye to eye.�

�� It�s all right,� she said.� �I know I�m safe here.� I always knew that there was a possibility
that I�d get in trouble with them.� Death
Eaters I can handle, but Dementors�god, they give me
the creeps.�

�� Death Eaters are just Dementors
with a few extra emotions,� Snape said quietly.�
There was a rustle of sheets and a smattering of quiet Russian.� A moment later, a gasp of
pain.

�What
is it?�

�� Then Snape�s
voice, low and icy.

�� He�s calling.�
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