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The Wandering Road	By : snarky4severus Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 4411 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Disclaimer: They do not
belong to me. However I will claim
Severus. I may not own him, but as long
as he remains tied to my bed I will keep him and feed him and love him. But legally, well never mind � the courts are
clogged anyway�

My Beta Owleneleanor fixes my mistakes.
But me, being the fool that I am, must tinker
with the story afterwards anyway. *Sigh*

Chapter 4 � Charming the Snake

Ginny pointed her wand at the door of Madam Pomfrey�s
Office and said, �Alohomora.� She
growled in frustration and stomped her foot.

�Gin, let me borrow your wand for a minute.� Hermione said as she
pulled her gown down again. �I know a spell that will unlock her wards.�

Ginny stared at her for a moment, her brown eyes trying to see
through those of her friend, before deciding and passing her wand to
Hermione. Hermione clutched the wand eagerly and pointed it towards each
of the four corners of the door while whispering a spell. They both
watched as the spell took effect and a green mist came out of the tip of the
wand, seemingly slithering around the edges of the door before casting the door
in a green light and flinging the door open.

�Brilliant Hermione. I have to know that spell: Fred and George won�t know what
hit them.� Hermione passed the wand back to the excited red head and
paused, alerted to the presence of another just outside the infirmary.

�You can step out of the shadows now, we know that you�re out
there,� she snarled. When no one was forthcoming Hermione stomped over to
the doors and yanked them open. �What a surprise, Professor Snape, in my
way yet again.�

�What a clever parlour trick, Miss Granger. I do hope that you
aren�t planning on defeating the Dark Lord with spells like that,� Professor Snape said as he stalked angrily into the
infirmary, scowling heavily at the two girls.

�Professor Snape, sir, thank you for your opinion, but it is
of no consequence to me. So please sod off!� Hermione sneered at
him once again before turning away and stalking towards the open door of the
matron�s office.

Hermione dressed herself, taking special care to straighten her hair
and put it up. �Can�t have those foolish purebloods believing that I am any
less than they are.� She disguised the cover of her newfound treasure
and grabbed her robes.

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Severus stood there fuming furiously. �How dare she talk to me like
that? Who does this foolish chit believe she is?� He crossed his
arms and stared down his nose at Ginny, inwardly pleased when she stared away
guiltily. �Miss Weasley, the Headmaster is waiting with you mother in his
office. The password is Cockroach Cluster.�

When she made no movement to leave Professor Snape straightened his
spine and growled dangerously. �What are you waiting for? A handwritten invitation, perhaps? Move!�
He smirked when she jumped and took off without another word.

�Miss Granger, I am waiting,� he snarled.

Hermione strolled out of the office lazily, shutting the door and
resetting the wards. �Well, my dear professor,� she drawled, �I must have
forgotten to actually ask you to wait for me.�

�The Headmaster, in his infinite wisdom, has seen fit to burden me
with your safety.�

Hermione snorted. �Well if you must tag along. You
interrupted my shopping earlier with your little stunt. I am in need of
some items from the apothecary.�

�We shall leave soon then, but only after you tell me what you need
to purchase.� Severus found himself smirking. �If she tells me what
she needs I can determine what she is going to do with it.�

�Really Professor, and you call yourself
the Head Slytherin. Surely you have the art of subtlety mastered beyond
this elementary level.� Hermione smirked triumphantly as Severus scowled.

�Fine. I need some asphodel, boneset,
celadine, wormwood, spikenard, valerian, mermaid
scales, and dragon blood. I also need items that aren�t for a
potion: an entirely black Augurey tail feather,
the heartstring of a Hungarian Horntail, the heartstring of a Peruvian Vipertooth, the whicker of a Ramora, and an Erumpent tail
hair.�

Severus stood there, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. After a
few moments he looked at her. �What potions are you making with
these? I can not think of a single potion that uses all of those items.�

Hermione pulled out her book and said, �One potion, my dear
professor, just one. I happened across this book that details an ancient
potion. I�d offer the book to you, but you probably wouldn�t be able to
translate it from ancient Greek. Listen
sir, I really do not want to waste any more of this evening arguing with
you. This will probably be the last time I am able to see my parents for
a long time.� Hermione sighed and wiped her eyes wearily. �I am not
quite sure how you do it, sir.�

�Do what Miss Granger?� he questioned, quirking an eyebrow at
her.

�Handle the strain of knowledge.
We know that there is a war going on, we know who is involved, and we
know what we have to do � but we cannot let anyone know that we are aware of
their involvement and we cannot let the knowledge of ours surface. Its
infuriating watching these children play, joke, and laugh like everything is
fine in the world, while we risk life and limb to end this as quickly as
possible.�

�That, Miss Granger,
is why I act the way I do. It is a razor�s edge that I live on and
sometimes the pressure gets to the best of us.�

Hermione and Severus both paused and thought back to the scene in
the classroom.

*FLASHBACK*

Hermione sat at her desk cutting, slicing, and dicing her potion
ingredients, only pausing to glare at her lab partner, Draco
Malfoy.

She kept swatting him away from the cauldron because he kept
throwing slivers of slug at Harry and Neville.

�Knock it off, Malfoy. You�re supposed to be helping me, you
little ferret. This is your grade too.� Hermione growled at
him.

�Really Mudblood, do you think that Snape
cares if I help or not?� Draco drawled, pausing
to sneer at her. �He would never take points away from his own house.�

Hermione was going to answer but was interrupted by the presence of
Snape.

�Well Miss Granger, that
will be one hundred points from Gryffindor for sabotaging the potion of your
lab partner.� He whispered dangerously, standing erect with his arms
crossed.

Hermione sputtered for a moment before she gathered her wits.
�That is not fair sir, Malfoy
hasn�t lifted a finger to help,� she growled, and then whispered under her
breath, �The ruddy tosser.�

�That will be one weeks worth of detention with Filch for insulting
a fellow student.� He sneered at her and started to stalk away.

�That will not be all sir. Maybe you should pay closer
attention sir because he was the one insulting me, he spent the period causing
trouble � and you have the nerve to punish me because he is without a whit of
intelligence. I think you need to rethink the punishment sir, because I
did nothing to deserve it.� Hermione sneered and stood defiantly.

Severus paused and then lowered himself so that they were almost
nose to nose. �I think that you are right Miss Granger.� Everyone
gasped and he pressed on. �One week with Filch will not curb your cheek,
but perhaps two months worth of detention with Filch should do it.�

Hermione�s head sagged, as did her shoulders. Barely
recognizing the snickering of the Slytherins
or the Gryffindors groaning
in dismay she grabbed her bag and walked out of the classroom.

*END FLASHBACK*

Severus stared thoughtfully for a moment before turning towards
Hermione. �You were correct, Miss Granger.
I really should have punished Mister Malfoy, but at the time I had to make sure
that the Dark Lord and his followers thought that I was on their side.
Nothing would have thrown a kink into the works like standing up for a muggleborn Gryffindor, especially
not one of the Golden Trio.�

�I hadn�t realized it at the time sir, but I have come to understand
the reasoning for the particular way you behaved.�

Severus cleared his throat and then glared at her. �Now get a move on.�

He paused for a moment before glaring at her disdainfully. �But if you ever deem it necessary to tell
anyone I will deny everything.�
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