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A Tender Moment	By : NLAP Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 17867 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 4
Disclaimer: Short Notice: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER. IDO NOT PROFIT FROM THIS STORY IN ANY WAY. I'm just playing with the characters. Also, English is not my first languague and this is my first story, so sorry. Constructive critics are very welcome.

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Short comment: Sorry it took me a while to gather my thoughts. Thank you all so much for your reviews. Also, I tried to clean up the mistakes but sorry if I missed something! Enjoy and let me know what you think. Next chapter: The Ending.

Before the Ending
Harry Potter had defeated Lord Voldemort and came back to life after being struck down by the Killing Curse. It took the Unspeakables two weeks of testing and probing Harry to finally gave up and let him go home. The investigation was labeled "inconclusive".
The public trusted the Order of the Phoenix to return peace to the Wizard World, but what the Order was looking for was change and progress, and so... the hard work had just began.
The first month following Voldemort's fall, after the funerals and memorials, all members of the Wizengamot were thoroughly investigated by the Auror Department led by Gawain Robards, who had a long and private conversation with the new Minister for Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, about transparency and the end of the apparent impunity regarding Ministry officials. The message was loud and clear.
At the same time, the Auror Department started hunting the remaining Death Eaters that had escaped in the Battle of Hogwarts. The hunt was most successful, once the fugitives realized that "capture" didn't necessary meant "alive", most of them surrendered on their own free will. And so, the second month began, and with it, came the trials.
Kingsley had asked for his most trusted people to help him find a better way... or at least better than the first war's trials. It was so surprising for most grown wizards when Hermione Granger and Harry Potter, helped by Ronald Weasley and Luna Lovegood, suggested several ideas that could change and improve the system.
What those grown wizard didn't know was that those new ideas that Harry and Hermione were delivering, were based on the Muggle justice system, in light that they thought that Wizard trials were laughable and inefficient. Harry and Hermione had tried to look for the fairest resolution, without falling into compliance with the public's rage. The people were still afraid and angry, they were looking to punish any scapegoat they could find, The Prophet was having a party, new accusations were made every day with only rumors as proof... but Harry and Hermione weren't going to let History repeat itself.
What happened with Sirius in the first war wasn't going to happen under their watch, the trails were going to be as fair as fair goes and no innocent was going to end up in Azkaban, result of the panic and anger of the public.
The trials were a private affair with no press but the sentence was released to the public on the Ministry's daily notice, and not in The Prophet...
They agreed with Kingsley that only Death Eaters and active supporters of Voldemort were guilty of crimes, not people who were scared to oppose him, and those crimes had to be backed with proof willingly given by the suspect.
That proof being:
One: Confession under Veritaserum.
Two: Memory Extraction of the accused crime.
Three: Legilimency by an expert sworn to secrecy by an Unbreakable Vow.
In case of the suspect refusing to cooperate, the injured party, victim or witness was to show the memory of the event as proof of the suspect's culpability...
The trails were brutal.
The confessions of murder, torture, maim and rape were horrible.
The memories of said events were even worse; several members of the Wizengamot had to leave their seats because they couldn't handle the violence. And so, renouncing their right to vote in said crime.
The most difficult task was to find Wizards who were experts in Legilimency and at the same time mentally strong enough to endure the minds of the most depraved Death Eaters. By the end of the trial of Fenrir Greyback, it was agreed that every Legilimency expert was to be Obliviated after each trial to ensure their mental health.
The trials lasted almost 3 months, there were 254 trials, 83 were "minor" crimes like stealing money or forging paperwork, 48 were about giving active help the Death Eaters or Voldemort directly and there were 123 trials of Death Eaters. The entire Wizengamot had been working 12 hours shifts every day until it was done.
The families Lestrange, Carrow, Crabbe, Goyle, Yaxley, Rowle among others were left with a third of their wealth, which wasn't little, but most of them in Azkaban for life or more than 50 years, making the continuation of their bloodline a difficult task, Hermione thought that was a little excessive but she knew which battles to fight.
The Malfoy family was left with a quarter of their fortune, Lucius in Azkaban for life, Narcissa and Draco with house arrest for two years with their wands monitored by the Auror Department. Draco was ordered to go back to school once Hogwarts reopened.
Some people thought that the criminals got off easy because the Wizengamot considered that the Second Wizarding War started in 1995, and so, many crimes were left without punishment. The money went to pay the rebuilding of the school, compensation to the victims and to the Ministry, obviously.
Hermione was anxious.
This place is terrible... she thought as she shuddered. It was raining and the wind was howling, you could barely see the tower in the fog, a lone building surrounded by the sea. Azkaban is a terrible place...
"Miss Granger, we could wait at the Ministry, there's no need for you to be here" said the Auror guarding her for the third time.
Hemione took a deep breath; she couldn't lose her temper, not now when she was so close. She smiled politely but shook her head.
The last time she saw Severus, he was in a coma induced by the Healers in St'Mungos, recovering from Nagini's bite. Day after day she sat next to him and spoke about nothing and everything, she told him about winning the battle, about the trials, about Lucius, Narsissa and Draco, she read him the Potion Today's magazine...
She told him about her parents, about Australia, about wanting to find them but being afraid...she told him everything while he kept on sleeping.
And one day when she entered his room, he was gone.
After several fights and threats she was told that he had awaken and was transferred to Azkaban due his recovery, after all… he was the Death Eater that killed Dumbledore. No matter that he had been found... well not not-guilty, because he had committed several crimes.
He had slept for almost 3 months and just like that, they woke him up and sent him to Azkaban.
That was a week ago.
Severus's trail was one of the firsts ones, there were many accusations against him, most of them couldn't be proven because he had been very careful covering his tracks. But some of the most terrible crimes had too many witnesses with memories: Hogwarts students tortured by the Carrows under Headmaster Snape´s watch, cursing George's ear off, killing Dumbledore. Luckily most of the people testifying were members of the Order, and when Harry showed them Severus's memories, they recanted their accusations without explanation to the Ministry. No one questioned the new Minister when the decision was made.
It had been difficult for Hermione to watched Severus sacrificing everything for another woman, even if she was Harry's mother, but after many days analyzing it, she acknowledged that she shouldn't be angry just because he had had a life before her.
She also noticed that none of his memories were of her...maybe she could be hurt by that, but no... Those memories were meant for Harry. And Hermione suspected that if Severus really thought he was dying, he would've wanted to finish his job and ensured the fall of Voldemort.
As Severus was found not-guilty while he slept in St' Mungo, and because the trial was private and only the sentence was released to the public, many people didn't believed in his innocence. They thought that the Wizengamot had been fooled again.
Movement interrupted her thoughts.
There he was... thinner, a lot more pale and accompanied by two unfriendly Aurors by the looks of it. But not broken if his angry face was an indicator of health.
She knew better than to hope for hugs or kisses in public. No... They would wait for that until they were alone...
"What are you doing in here? This place is not for little girls…" his voice was rough. Professor Snape then...
"I wanted to come and take you to where you're going to be staying" Hermione didn't let show any emotion.
He seemed to approve her tone of voice.
"Professor Mcgonagall has told the elves at Hogwarts to prepared your room, shall we?"
"Yes, we shall" Severus answered with a straight face.
Hermione turned to the Aurors and said "Thank you for your cooperation, I'll be taking him from you, now"
The Aurors nodded but said nothing. It was obvious that they didn't like the idea but Hermione didn't give a damn about what people thought. He is here... we are finally free
Hermione grabbed Severus's arm and Apparated them away.
They were standing at Hogwarts gate when Severus turned to Hermione.
"I don't want to see anyone but you, right now" his voice was firm but it was a question.
"Not a problem. I had arranged this so we could be alone; apart from me only the Headmistress knows you'll be staying in the castle"
He nodded and kept walking to the school.
They walked silently passing through hallways and classrooms; much of the castle was broken or destroyed. Hermione watched Severus from the corner of her eye, she didn't know how he would react to the destruction of, what she knew was his only home.
His face was hard and inexpressive, it would've worried Hermione even more, but...he was a spy.
Finally they arrived to his quarters.
"Are you staying with me?" he asked toneless.
"Do you want me to?" she answered.
He looked at her as if she was been amusing.
"I just spent almost a week with murders, crazy people, angry Aurors and Dementors...and you want to know if a want to spend time in the company of a beautiful witch...one that I consider mine?" he had a small smile in his face.
"Oh, all right. I was just making sure" said Hermione entering the room.
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