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Loyalties	By : Gemma Category: Harry Potter > General > General Views: 4262 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The aftermath

The news of Hermione's accident travelled quickly, and was the topic of conversation for days. Tests revealed no conclusive results, although it did appear that Miss Granger really had miscalculated her use of ingredients. It was concluded that the incident had all been a terrible accident caused by a simple mistake on the part of Hermione. It really wasn't such an uncommon experience in a Potions lesson. Only the severity of Hermione's condition had caused concern.

She had been unconscious for days, seeming to writhe in agony, red foam pouring from her mouth, her body convulsing. It was only on the third day that her spasms ceased, and on the fifth day she awoke for a few hours. A good sign according to the ever optimistic Madame Pomfrey.

Thea and the other students called to Dumbledore's study were cleared of all involvement, and all claimed that Hermione might have knocked something into the potion when she had reached for new ingredients. Every student had done such a thing at one time or another, and despite Hermione's track record everyone seemed willing to believe it was all some unfortunate accident.

Staring into Dumbledore's eyes as she gave her version of what had happened in that fateful potions class, Thea had to bite back a vicious smile. Surely Dumbledore must know that she had poisoned Hermione?

This double game of lies and deceit was beginning to anger Thea and she took it out on those around her, furthering her image as a reformed Slytherin, although she knew that she was really only angry at herself.

When Snape called her to his office Thea was not surprised. She did however wish fervently that she could find a way to avoid the meeting. She was tired of explaining herself to people, sick of playing tough, cool and composed. For the first time in her life she actually wished she could be one of those carefree girls who stood in the halls chatting inanely.

By the time Thea entered Snape's study she was fuming. On the surface she looked too controlled, and Snape watched her intently as she remained standing by the door despite his offer that she sit down. Perching himself on the edge of his desk he took in the slight flush of her cheeks and the sparking of her eyes.
'That was an interesting experiment last week, was it not?'
Thea remained silent, fixing him with cold eyes.
'You thought it best not to inform me of your little plan?' Snape's voice was his usual shade of arrogant-neutral.
'Yes.' Thea shrugged sharply.
'I didn't want to implicate you. You performed beautifully however, just as I planned.'

Thea allowed a sharp edge of scorn to her voice and watched with satisfaction as a muscle in Snape's cheek twitched.
'So I am to be the enemy now, is that right Miss Carter?'
Snape's voice sounded dangerously low to Thea's ears.
'Because it seems to me,' here he paused, rising to a stand, 'that you have quite enough of those already.'

Thea closed her eyes, determined not to lose her composure in front of him once again.
'No, you're not the enemy.' She forced through gritted teeth.
'I was doing what I thought best.'
'Indeed.' Snape nodded, fingers tenting together in a characteristic gesture.
'I believe Miss Granger will recover fully soon.' He turned indifferent eyes to the fire.
'Although I did hear mention that there may be some lasting effects for quite some time.'

Thea kept her head up defiantly, her eyes blazing. She desperately tried to ignore the knot growing in her chest.
'Apparently' Snape continued as if oblivious to Thea's discomfort,
'the potion infiltrates the blood stream so effectively that it can reside there for years. it would take only the slightest ingestion of further potion to cause a lethal dose.'

Here he paused, turning black eyes on Thea.
'Yes. Quite an interesting mistake Miss Granger managed to make.'
It took a second for Thea to speak.
'Are you done?' her voice was more angry than she intended.
'Are you quite finished, you smug, supercilious bastard?'

Red was flashing at the corners of her vision. She couldn't believe this man! He tells her to trust him and then uses Veritaserum on her. Then he expects her to tell her all her plans, punishing her when she does not.

Snape merely watched her, his eyes hooded and unreadable, and his seeming indifference was like salt in Thea's considerable wound.
'You sit there so smug and superior, thinking that you're in total control, that you're the only one who has to plan and scheme, but you're just as fucking lost as me!'
She was screaming at him, hands balled into angry fists, her whole body shaking with fury.
'You are just as lost of me, only you've been doing this so long that you barely know who you are anymore! You can't decide whether you should help or hinder! One minute you want to help me, then you want to punish me?'

An incredulous note crept into her raging.
'Why? What have I done to deserve your scorn? Aren't I just like you?'

Thea stopped as if only just hearing what she said. Her voice was soft and wounded when she next spoke.
'Aren't I just like you?'

Snape's back was straight and rigid.
'No, Miss Carter. You're not.'

Thea stood staring at Snape for a few seconds. The ache in her chest was growing, and she could feel pressure building behind her eyes, in her head. The room suddenly seemed too bright, as if she was seeing things with perfect clarity.

Her eyes took in Snape's pale face, the dark of his limp hanging hair, and the austerity of his robes. When she spoke her voice was barely a whisper,
'What did you say?'

Snape kept his black eyes pinned to her green.
'You are not like me, Thea.'

Thea could not find any meaning in the words, none but an odd kind of malice. For a moment it seemed as if neither of them breathed, they just stood there locked as if in some silent battle.

Finally Thea turned away. The door was already unlocked by the time she reached it and she slammed it behind her. She ran down the corridor, not worrying if anyone saw her. She didn't stop running until she was outside and the deathly cold air hit her full in the face. No tears ran down her face, though she wondered how she had ever believed that Snape had respected, liked, her even. He had just made it abundantly clear that she was just another Slytherin brat to be protected for Lord Voldemort. If she died tomorrow, she knew he would not stop in his work to mourn.
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