Adult-FanFiction.org : Harry Potter

Unremembered	By : ElegantMess Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 17156 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 5
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any characters from the books or the movie. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 5
- 6
- 7
      Harry usually hated Mondays, all the paperwork that would accumulate from the weekend made him not even want to show up for work. This particular Monday was different however, he was half an hour earlier than his secretary. Unheard of. He and Ginny didn't normally fight. Ginny was the flying instructor at Hogwarts and Harry was an Auror, well, now he was Head Auror. Molly watched the grandkids whenever they both had to work, and so there was not usually alot to fight about. But this weekend he and Ginny seemed at odds the whole time. Ginny defended Hermione every time she went off her rocker. Hermione was so, uncharacteristically moody.

      Now, with all his paperwork all caught up, Harry sat alone in his office, thankful for the quiet moment. Hermione had been at his house for nearly three weeks now. He loved her like a sister, but like siblings they were beginning to grate on each others nerves. With all the upheaval she had been through she was understandably emotionally erratic. Angry one minute, crying the next, at this point, Harry was just glad to be in his quiet office. While Harry understood, she was still driving him round the twist. Being the Head of the Auror department had some perks however. When He said, "I need some quiet" He knew he would be left alone, for at least a little while. Hermione was becoming depressed now as well, they all thought that she would have heard from Snape by now. Harry was at a loss, he surely would not be able to convince Severus Snape to do anything. Deep in thought Harry almost didn't hear the soft knock at his door.

      "Mr. Potter?" his secretary, Mrs. Daw, poked her blonde head in his doorframe, "I'm sorry to bother you but there is a 'certain Unspeakable' waiting out here, and he insists on seeing you now." A 'certain Unspeakable' was their code for Draco Malfoy.

      Harry and Draco had both matured since their days as rivals at Hogwarts. Now, other than their jobs often putting them at odds, they got along quite well, (though they would never admit it, they were almost, gulp, friends). However the Unspeakable department of the Ministry had always been a pain in the arse to the Auror Department. It was always a question of dominion and jurisdiction. Since Draco Malfoy had become an Unspeakable and Harry, the Head of the Aurors', Malfoy seemed to make it his personal mission to be Harry's daily dose of aggravation. With a groan Harry shook his head, he surely didn't need any more irritation, today.

      Speaking loudly so he was sure Draco could hear, he asked, "Who is it Mrs. Daw?"

      "It's Mr. Malfoy, sir" she responded in kind.

      "Well you can tell Mr. Malfoy, he can go straight to..." Harry stopped in mid-sentence, as a thought occurred to him. With a broad grin that didn't quite reach his voice, he said. "Send him in."

       "Sir?" She asked softly, unsure of his sudden change. Harry nodded as he schooled his expression to a look of mild irritation. "Alright..." She stepped back out, into his waiting room and Harry heard her say, "Mr. Potter will see you now Mr. Malfoy."

      "Potter..." Draco said with a smirk as he came in and sat in one of the chairs facing Harry's desk.

     "Malfoy, What do you want?" Harry said irritation in his voice.

       "What, no pleasantries this morning? No, How was your weekend? Or, How is your son? Tsk, Tsk, Tsk Really Potter. What would Ginny say? Hmm... Well, alright then, I'll start. Good Morning, Potter, how was your weekend?" He said in a drawling voice, as he inspected a cuticle on his left hand.

      Harry rolled his eyes, "My weekend was wretched, Malfoy. Again what do you want?"

      "What's got your knickers in a twist this morning Potter? We don't always get on great, but you're being downright rude this morning." Draco said with a smirk.

      Harry ran a hand roughly through his short messy black hair. "It's Hermione, ever since she and Severus had that row she's been at my place. She's moody as hell, snappy and sad and she's driving me round the twist!! Oh bollocks, why am I telling you all this? What the bloody hell do you want, Malfoy?"

      "You're probably telling me all that because I'm such a good listener." Draco drawled as he picked at a cuticle on his left index finger. "However since you asked so nicely, I came to discuss case # COS 50- 8/10."

      Harry groaned, "Not again, Dammit Malfoy, that case has been closed for nearly three months now. Even your supervisor has told you to drop it. Why do you insist on pursuing it? The evidence was all circumstantial."

      "I know the bastard did it! He's getting away with murder! Literally!!" Draco fumed.

      "And you're letting your personal feelings cloud the real issue, Malfoy. He's been cleared of all charges. Look, I hate the bastard too, but if your superiors find out you're still after this, you could lose your position as an unspeakable. You've got to let this one go!" Harry said firmly. Draco snorted in protest. Finding it the right moment to bring up his original reason for letting Draco bother him, Harry said, "Look, I do need your help on a separate case." Draco raised an eyebrow as if to say 'Go on'.

      Harry took a deep breath, "It's case # SS 126- 20/5."

      Draco sat up straighter in his chair, "That's my Godfather's case isn't it?" Harry nodded. "I don't see why you would need me to be involved, it seemed a pretty open and shut case." Draco sneered.

      "Well it may seem that way but really it's not. See after Snape initially woke up, because of the timing of his memory loss, he thought it was one of the Weasley twins as a first year. Obviously that was not the case. Auror O'Reilly spoke with him the next day in his labs to get his statement, but she didn't press the matter. After I read her report I told her she needed to go back for further clarification. I think she was more than a little intimated by him. Anyway, she has attempted to speak to him four times since and he refuses to talk to her."

      Harry paused to collect his thoughts, "I have floo called Headmistress McGonagall and she said, he's gone into seclusion since Hermione left.  He's warded his rooms so that only the house elves can get in or out. And according to Kreacher, Snape hasn't taken any meals since Friday. He only demands that the house elves bring him more firewhiskey and take away the empty bottles."

      "Alright, other than my obvious concern for my Godfather's health, I'm still not seeing how his case would be something I should be involved with. In fact my concern for his health, might make it a conflict of interests for me to be involved at all." Draco reasoned.

      "True, true but your connection to him might get him to sober up long enough to talk to you. Perhaps he'll even permit you to use Legilimency on him. The truth is, I have very few Aurors who can do legilimency and none of them are capable enough to take on Snape. I need you for that task. If you can get past his barriers, you would be able to see who actually sabotaged his potion. Harry stated.

      "And really as much as I want this case solved, Severus and this state that he's put himself in, concerns me far more. Mcgonagall and I are worried, and Hermione's... well... she's crying one minute, yelling the next, and then crying again. I swear all this with Severus has driven her nutters." Harry groaned.

      "She's probably just over emotional because she's pregnant." Draco mused.

      "No she's not." Harry said quickly.

      "Hmm..." Draco got very quiet and simply raised an eyebrow.

      "She would have told me if she were pregnant, Malfoy." Harry said with narrowed eyes.

      "You'd think so, wouldn't you?..." Draco said with a smirk, he truly enjoyed getting Potter so riled up.

      "How would you know that Hermione is pregnant, and I don't?" Harry was starting to get angry.

      "Because I'm observant Potter, I notice things." He stated coolly, continuing to egg Harry on.

      "Dammit Malfoy! You'd better tell me now! Or so help me..." Harry yelled, as he pounded his fist on his desk.

      Draco put his hands up in mock surrender. "You are so easy to antagonize, Potter." He chuckled darkly. "Well you know that Astoria and I are on the outs, and Ginny offered to let Scorpius come over and play with you boys while I work. When I was over there last week to pick him up, Ginny and Granger were in ..."

      "She's not Granger any more Malfoy." Harry interrupted. "She's not been Granger for four years now. Her name's Hermione Snape." Harry growled.

      "Alright, alright, Ginny and 'Hermione' were in the kitchen, I heard James fall down. Hermione must have picked him up, because then I heard Ginny say to Hermione that she shouldn't be picking James up, cause she could hurt herself or the baby. Then Hermione said something about being in her second trimester so she wasn't so worried anymore. They were speaking softly like they didn't want any one to hear but obviously not softly enough. Look, if they haven't told you yet, I'm sure they have some good noble gryiffindor reason. Hermione probably wants to tell my Godfather first or some such nonsense." Draco concluded.

      "Damn..." Harry groaned.

      "Indeed" Draco agreed.

      Harry squared his shoulders as though making a decision. "Well, that settles it then. You have to take on your Godfather's case. I need you to go out there and get him to snap out of his alcohol saturated depression."

     "And why should I do that for you, Potter?" Draco sneered.

      "Because you still owe me for that hex I took for you in case # OOTP 19- 28/10. You know the one that I took, cause you weren't paying attention, cause you were to busy flirting with Auror O'Reilly, the one I didn't report?" Harry said sharply.

      "I wondered when you'd bring that up..." Draco scowled.

      "Yeah well, you owe me Malfoy, look I care about Hermione and I'm sure you're concerned about your Godfather. I can't go talk to him..."

      "Obviously..." Draco sneered.

      "Gods, you sound just like him," Harry chuckled, "Well, I can't talk to him, but you can. As an Unspeakable, I need you to figure out what actually happened in that explosion. As his Godson you need to do whatever it takes to set him right again. He has responsibilities; He's a professor, with classes coming up in six short weeks, He's a husband, who's wife needs him, And now he's going to be a father as well. He needs to get over his self-pity and at least attempt to get his memory back."

      Harry let out a heavy sigh, "Look, I hate to use such Slytherin tactics, but Hermione needs Severus back now more than ever, so do whatever, I'll say I gave you clearance. Just get him started working on this. After that, I'll call us even on that hex, and I'll even see what I can do about getting case # COS 50- 8/10 re-opened." Harry muttered.

      "Granger's really that bad off?" Draco questioned.

      "Yeah 'Hermione' is really upset. And the stress isn't good for her pregnancy. She's had three miscarriages in the last two years." Harry sighed and dropped his head into his hands. "We need to fix this for her..." I'm really worried about her..."

      "Damn..." Draco groaned.

      "Indeed" Harry agreed.
- 5
- 6
- 7
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Unremembered