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Memories of Deception	By : professorflo Category: Harry Potter > General > General Views: 20868 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Snape visibly relaxed as she gave her word not to divulge what she knew to the rest of the Order. Minerva still didn't completely agree with him but knew there was no point in continuing to try and persuade him otherwise. As for continuing to act the same way around him that she had been for the past year, she was more than confident in her abilities to convince everyone she still blamed and hated him for Albus' death. It wasn't like she'd ever been overly demonstrative with her emotions, and even in the past year she'd managed in public to treat Snape almost as coolly as she had previously, understanding that her job this year was to protect the students as well as possible, rather than standing up to the darkness that had invaded her world.
She looked over at Hermione. Once again the girl was watching Snape, worry producing small furrows across her brow. Suddenly she turned to look at Minerva, and a faint blush spread across her face at being caught staring at him. Minerva raised an eyebrow at her reaction and the girl looked down to avoid her gaze. I'll find out what's causing that blush soon enough, she determined. She'd have to get the girl alone once she came back. She looked back over to Snape.
"But what about dinner Severus. It is due to start any moment and I am expected to be in my place before the students are brought in." Mealtimes were on of the worst parts of the day now. She hated the way the students had to march in under the watchful eyes of the CArrow twins, sitting and eating in silence before leaving the same way. What had once been a place and time for all the houses to come together and socialise was now one of the more obvious ways in which the school had changed. At least in her own classroom or out in the hallways between lessons she could almost imagine nothing had changed, even if the students were more subdued than before.
"We will finish this discussion first. Do not worry about the time." Minerva watched as Snape reached down and opened a drawer before placing an object on the desk between them. Her eyes widened slightly as he recognised the time-turner that she'd given Hermione in the third year.
"I suggest we ruturn to approximately ten minutes after we entered this room, so that if anyone was watching, it would appear as if we had just had a short conversation, nothing more. You will be able to go about you normal routine. I will be informing the Dark Lord about what you overheard. I believe he will be quite displeased to hear if it." The corner of his lip curled slightly." Hopefully it will be enough to get them off my back, for a short time at least."
Minerva nodded in agreement to the plan as he spoke again.
"Now, Minerva, is there anything else you wish to discuss with the both of us?"
"I don't believe so. Miss Granger?" Minerva turned again to look at the girl, who shook her head, still not quite able to meet her eyes.
"Would you prefer to speak privately to myself or Miss Granger first?"
"I'll speak to Miss Granger first, if you don't mind, Severus." She was still watching the girl, and therefore saw the quickly supressed look of panic that crossed her face. She flicked her eyes up at Snape, who appeared not to have noticed her consternation.
"Go ahead, although I'm afraid that at the moment we will all have to stay in this room. You will have to use a silencing charm around the both of you."
She frowned, wondering why Snape couldn't go to his rooms for a short time until they had finished, but Hermione had already risen up out of her chair, obviously intending to leave Snape at his desk and to talk in the other end of the room. She used her wand to lift the two chair across the room, while a thoughtful looking Hermione picked up the stack of books from the desk, balancing the parchment on top, and walking carefully across the room.
"Minerva…" Snape spoke quietly, and turned away from watching the girl to look at him. "I know you want to make sure she's ok, without my listening in to the conversation, but please… go easy on her. This situation has been… hard on her, and fraught with difficulties. I have…" Here he trailed off, anguish clearly marked on his face as he watched the girl struggle across the room. Minerva's heart softened as she saw how clearly he cared about the girl. Whatever I find out from the girl, I am sure it will not be that he has been abusing her.
Hermione carefully put the stack of books down on a small table next to one of the chairs and turned to look across the room at them, flexing her strained fingers. The emotion on Snape's face was quickly replaced by a smirk. "I see you seem to have forgotten you're a witch, Miss Granger. Or have you forgotten how to use a simple levitation charm."
For a moment Minerva though the girl was going to stick her tongue out at Snape, but suddenly she deflated, slumping down into the chair behind her. "I forgot I had my wand again," she said quietly, her eyes slowly coming up to meet his.
The smirk disappeared off Snape's face, and the two just looked at each other for a few seconds, something passing between them silently. Snape suddenly turned away, breaking the moment. Hermione's eyes followed him as he sat back down at his desk and pulled a book toward him. Once he had begun to flick through the pages, the girl turned to her.
"Professor, what did you want to speak to me about?" She smiled nervously, biting her lower lips gently, and clearly struggling to keep her eyes off Snape.
Minerva crossed the room towards her, flicking her wand and silently erecting a silencing charm around them, before settling in the chair across from Hermione.
"Since we seem to have plenty of time, I'd like you to start again from the beginning and tell me everything you were unable to speak of in front of Professor Snape, most particularly what you, Mr Potter and Mr Weasely have been doing for the past 9 months, and how it relates to horcruxes.
The girl looked almost panicked for a second as she mentioned horcruxes, and then her face shifted to an expression of relief at not being asked anything more personal. Her eyes flicked once more across the room towards Snape before she pulled herself together. Don't worry, Miss Granger, we'll get to that later.
The girl tapped a finger on her lower lip for a moment as she thought. "It all really started last year, when Professor Dumbledore began to show Harry certain memories…"
Almost an hour later they were going through the notes that Hermione had thought important enough to share with her concerning her continuing search for the remaining horcruxes. Sweet Merlin… as if one wasn't enough… but six…! The girl had done an admirable job of reasoning out what they might be looking for, and they were currently discussing what the last possible horcruxes might be.
"I will give it some more though, and will speak to some of the other teacher to see if they can recall any particular item that may relate to either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, although I cannot think of anything particularly connected with the latter besides the sword, and that is obviously not one. Did Potter or Weasely give you any indication of what they expected to find in the Lestrange vault?"
"No, they said the goblin only told them that there was something there. He said nothing about what it might actually be, although I did tell them that I thought one of the remaining horcruxes was likely to be Hufflepuff's cup."
"It would be best if it was not the cup they found." The girl frowned at her, not understanding. "If they find a different artefact in the vault, then at least we know what we are still looking for, if not where to find it. I also agree with you and Potter that it is likely to be somewhere here at Hogwarts, if Albus is correct about Riddle's compulsion to hide them in places that have some significance to him. I will think further on that also, and find some way to get a message to you if I come up with anything."
Minerva looked at the piece of parchment with the list of horcruxes that the girl was clutching in her hands. "You are sure there are no further clues on there?" The girl hadn't let her read or even look at the list herself, insisting on reading it out loud to her instead.
"No, Professor." The girl's hand tightened on the parchment. "There's nothing more than what I read to you already."
"Will you read it out in full once more, please?"
"Of course." The girl's voice was strangely tight as she began to read again. She was obviously hiding something, and Minerva wasn't sure how far she should push. It may be something she was not supposed to know. "One, Riddle's diary, destroyed by Harry. Two, the ring, destroyed by Professor Dumbledore. Three, Slytherin's locket, destroyed by Ron. Four, possibly Hufflepuff's cup, not found. Five, something possible belonging to Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. Six, the snake. And…." She paused for a second, swallowing hard. "And the seventh piece is in You-Know-Who."
Hermione looked up from the parchment and met Minerva's gaze squarely, but she could see a flicker of something in the girl's eyes. What else is on that page? She debated whether to force the girl to tell her for another moment, before deciding to let it go. Most likely there was a good reason for the girl to withhold whatever it was.
Minerva nodded. "Very well, Miss Granger. I will let you know what I come up with. Now…" She leaned forward slightly. "I'd like to hear more about what you and Severus have been doing since he brought you back to Hogwarts."
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