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Timing is Everything	By : Parmel Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 2494 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Timing is Everything

Chapter 2: Contracts and Wicked Furniture

Lucius Malfoy could feel the potion wearing off, as his shoes became tightened around the arch of his foot. His body was changing back, but the clothes remained the same. The cuffs at his wrists extended past his knuckles, and his trousers tightened at the waste. Although they were almost the same built, Lucius had a little bit more meat around the middle, and Severus�s limbs out stretched Lucius by a good two inches. Lucius felt as though the crotch of his pants had swallowed him whole, as his thighs returned to normal. �Did he really need that much room for his...wand?� The dark raven hair, that had fallen into his face, began to brighten and lengthen into his silver main. When his nose gave a pop Lucius let out a breath, he hadn�t realized he�d been holding. He had his free will back, the contract had been broken.
Lucius attempted to sit up, lifting his head up ever so slightly before laying back down. �Shit that hurt!� he thought as his neck flexed. The venom was slowly eating its way into Lucius body, by attacking his blood veins.

�I would advise against moving till that wound heals.� Lucius could hear Severus moving around in the corner, busing himself with, no doubt, his bloody potion kit.
�You manipulated me, Snape! There was nothing about being bitten, by a venomous snake, in that damn contract of ours. By the Dark Lord�s venomous snake, none the less� he croaked. The right side of his neck flexed, and he could feel the venom beginning to slowly spread as his flesh began to burn around the bite mark. Severus Snape had managed to legalize the Imperus Curse, with as easily as a contact. It was bloody brilliant, and quite frankly, so easy a child could have figured out the loop hole to the law. If you agree to being under the Imperus Curse to do 'X' amount of tasks and no more, you're not doing anything you wouldn't do, which technically isn't illegal. He had agreed to swallow up Severus memories, drink a polyjuice potion with Snape�s DNA, meet with the dark lord in the shrieking shack, and make sure Harry received Snape's memories, under the understanding that there were risks, but also that Snape would be by in the background, controlling everything, and if at any point Lucius were placed in harms way, Severus would intervene. And he hadn�t.
�Oh? Did I not?� Severus said, as he came into view shaking a vial. �I told you there were risks, Lucius; luckily for you, I predicted the Dark Lord�s move. Now drink,� he said handing him the thin vial.

Lucius had learned over the years, to never question the Potion Master when it came to his potions. A simple question like �What is it?�, was enough to send the man into a vivid outroar. Starting with dry humor, a question of his very loyalty, and in closure he would lecture you for a good ten minutes, on the procedure of making the very potion, you had drunk right after asking �What is it?
It hadn�t been an easy task but Lucius lifted his head and swallowed the gritty potion, �Disgusting� was all he could think, as he lay his head back. After a few short shallow breaths he could feel the burn lessen and his neck relaxed. �I believe you signed the contract, knowing that tonight very well could be your last night alive.� Snape continued as he crossed his arms over his chest. �You wanted a way to prove to the Order that you had turned,� Severus began, pulling out his wand and waving it over Lucius body, �and thanks to me, you saved the day, and will be remembered as a war hero.�
�And what about yourself Severus?� Lucius asked, still lying on the hard wooden floor, covered in dust, and wearing Severus�s teaching robes. �You�re the Deatheater who murdered Albus, lead attacks against the order. You are, or rather were, the Dark Lord�s right-hand-man. What makes you think they wont be after you?�
Severus smirked, �Well luckily, thanks to you, Potter now has the memories he requires to win this war. We can only hope the damn boy knows what to do when he sees those memories. If not, and the Order loses the war. Well, my friend, we�re-�
�-fucked,� Lucius finished.
�Yes.�
Severus looked down at Lucius and extended an arm to his friend, who grudgingly accepted it, and helped him to his feet. Lucius was a mess. His robes swallowed his hands and feet, and the collar didn�t suit the wealthy wizard. He was covered in dusty, and blood, and his hair was not all becoming. Severus lifted an eyebrow, and could feel the corner of his lips twitch upward.
Lucius�s eyes narrowed as he swiped the dust off his sleeves,�Well if your done, making fun of my attire, or should I say your attire, I�d like to know, what do we do now?�
Severus turned from Lucius with a slight smirk still on his lips and walked to the window, �We wait.�
Almost simultaneously the two friends rubbed their forearms. A strong tingling sensation from their marks, meant only one thing. The Dark Lord had casted a killing curse.

A gust of wind picked up, carrying the smell of smoke, and blood, across the grounds of Hogwarts. What had once been a pleasant open field of grass, and winding paths, was now a battlefield. Bonfires had been built on the grounds of Hogwarts, from the very desks, chairs, books, and other belongings, that had filled the mystic castle. Deatheaters had even torn down several draperies from the walls to add to the fire, igniting hate within those that held Hogwarts dear to their hearts. A group of Deatheaters jeered around a particular fire, not far from the large doors of Hogwarts. For Hermione, that was the last straw.

She grasped her wand tightly and fired a strong levitation charm, onto what appeared to be Professor McGonagall�s Mahogany Desk, and dropped it into the crowd, putting a damper on the jeering. The Deatheaters were suddenly under attack by the very furniture they were destroying as other students joined in. Brooms began beating deatheaters, Cauldrons were turned upside down and placed over their heads to block their vision, books were clamping down onto their wand hands, and Ginny, being a very creative witch, used an armored statue to draw it�s sword and knock a few death eaters unconscious. It almost made Hermione want to giggle, that is until The Dark Lord appeared out of the crowd. Dragging a corpse behind him.
�Harry.�

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A/N:

Thanks for the summaries everyone. Better in length?

There�s going to be a gap between here and the next chapter due to the fact that chapter belongs to JKR =] I don�t have DH available at the moment, to quote from the book. But I�ll pull it off some how. Thanks for reading =]
LadyMalfoy terrific! Just contact me through my email and I�ll email you the chapters as I finish them to be proof read. Thanks in advance =D

*EIDT*�scratch that...it�s showing my email as being hidden and it�s becoming a bugger to change. Just contact me through hotmail. User name is alm_parmel
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