Adalaine | By : kiija Category: Harry Potter > General > General Views: 1763 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. |
Author's notes: I don't need to say that I do not own these characters, because that is par for the course. Except the few I have created for it.
This story was supposed to be in answer to 2 challenges on the WIKTT group but I missed the deadlines for both by a week or so I think. Either way this is for the World's Apart and Real and True challenge. I want to thank Severly Snaped for getting me hooked on this pairing as the first story I read was What a Way to Go!
This story will in future chapters feature an OC, and will turn quite dark. Be warned this will not be for youngsters.
Thank you and have fun.
Adalaine
Prologue
By Kiija
"Have you ever felt the need to do something, but never knew what to do?" Hermione asked aloud, "Hm, Crookshanks? Because that's exactly how I feel right now." She sighed heavily flopping herself, stomach first, onto her new bed in her old home. The home she had left only a few years earlier as a graduate, she now returned as a teacher.
"Mrr-" Crookshanks stated, his bottle-brush tail twitching in an annoyed fashion from Hermione upsetting his comfy spot on her bed. Hermione quickly made up for upsetting him by subconsciously petting him. Her eyes roving over the jagged edges of the castle walls without actually taking notice of any details.
"I should be working on my lesson plans to show Albus at the staff meeting tomorrow," Hermione rolled over onto her back, swinging her feet off the bed lazily, "But I don't want to do that right now. I feel like I should be doing something constructive, yet I want to be doing something fun. I don't even want to read though." Hermione sat up, patting Crookshanks as she slid off the side of the bed and began to pace the length of her quarters.
"Maybe I am just suffering through nerves. No... Having to have complete lessons plans for the first month of classes for Muggle Studies isn't anything to be nervous over. I could get those done in an hour at most. Maybe it's the fact that I’m remodeling the entire curriculum for the subject that is getting to me." Hermione shook her head, chewing on the tip of her left thumb as she paced a little faster. Hermione was so lost in her thoughts she didn't even notice Crookshanks new-found interest of her chamber door. The latch to the door sunk as the door inched open slowly.
"...Dumbledore believes in my capabilities. Though the children don't seem to be interested in Muggle Studies as they once were. He wants me to liven it up, but how? The only thing I could think of... No that wouldn't work out well," Hermione continued to pace, swinging her foot out as if to begin dancing each time she turned to go the other way.
"RRRAAAGGHH!" she growled in frustration, "What am I gonna do to make them want to learn Muggle Studies? The most interesting thing I can think of is an outing to the muggle world for a weekend or a week, or multiple visits even..." The door opened a little wider at this statement. Hermione was still too engrossed in her own thought process to notice. Hermione stopped dead in her tracks, facing away from her door.
"That's it. It's the only thing that I can come up with that would make things exciting for the students," Hermione shrugged, her arm falling to her side, "But doing it would mean permission from parents, and some help from other teachers. Would need to have at least four of us to watch over the students from the separate houses. Hmm..."
"It won't work. Taking hormonally challenged teenagers into the city is a disaster waiting to happen," A deep voice called out behind Hermione. It startled her and she whipped around wand sliding easily from its wrist holster to point in the direction the voice came from. The habit of keeping her wand at easy reach was one that she would not lose any time soon. It was quite convenient, and got a few surprised reactions out of the people suddenly faced with it. The eyes that greeted her dilated in a suppressed shock as a pair of empty hands went into the air.
"Now, now, a little jumpy aren’t you, Hermione? We are at Hogwarts after all," the voice snaked to her ears, a sarcastic tone apparent. She narrowed her eyes at the Head of Slytherin House, slowly lowering her wand arm and sliding her wand back into its holster.
"What do you want Snape?" she bit out, glaring at him. The audacity the man had letting himself into her quarters. He bowed his head in a mocking gesture.
"I have a first name. Now that we are co-workers I would believe that calling me by my first name would be considered respectable," he sneered at her rudeness, "Albus caught me as I was leaving the Great Hall and asked me to check on you. Though I can't say I was happy with him doing so."
"You and me both," she growled, low enough that Severus could not make out what she had said. She still despised the Potions Master. All those years she was in Potions class had given her an edge when she was near him. She found it was easier to speak with him when speaking at his own game, if that's what you could call it. Ignoring him didn't work; being nice and proper definitely didn't work, but being just as snarky as he was seemed to give him a sort of pleasure. So that's how she handled him.
"How did you get in?" she barked at him. He snorted at her, turning to the side and crossing his arms to emanate a ferocious demeanor. He gave her a narrowed side long glance, a smirk coming to the side facing away from her.
"It would help if you hadn't been so scatterbrained to not only forget to lock and ward your door, but to not hear me knock in the first place, I wouldn't have been behooved to check on your well being," he cooed at her, hoping it would bait her. He enjoyed the banter they picked up at the end of her sixth year. It had taken just a few well placed words regarding her helping Neville, and she was pushing him back. That was an interesting detention. He turned back to her, to notice that she had blatantly ignored him.
Her brain was now working on more ideas, and she ignored the intruder as her brain worked furiously to get back on track. This irked Severus to no end, causing him to sneer. Severus watched the girl closely, her eyes shifting nervously, her mind working amazingly fast. His natural sneer started to fade as a memory shifted into his view. He turned sharply, facing away her her to rid himself of the memory. He did what he was bidden to do. He checked on the girl and was no longer needed and began striding to the door. Hermione looked up at his movements. She was surprised he lasted as long as he did in her presence.
"Severus?" she called in a tone that gave no room for argument and he spun to look at her, "Tell Dumbledore I will have the house elves bring me something and thank him for the concern." She turned back to her pacing, allowing Severus to show himself out of her quarters.
"Your idea is still a disaster waiting to happen," he goaded, as he shut the door behind himself. Her head snapped up as the door shut, a glare that could have made even the Potions Master himself cringe locked on her face. She had stopped dead in her tracks, glaring at the closed door.
"Well," she growled, smirking evilly, "if he thinks it won't work, I will just have to show him that it will." She turned back to her notes and began planning a 'Senior Trip'.
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