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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
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Adult ++
Chapters:
28
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17,576
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40
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1
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chapter thirteen
I also do not own the song Truly, Madly, Deeply. This belongs to Savage Garden.
Chapter thirteen: Truly, Madly, Deeply.
Severus glanced out of the window, the morning rays of sun drifting lazily into the room, spilling on the floor, in a puddle of light. He sighed softly. He had not slept. He stood by the fireplace through the night, keeping watch over his beloved Hermione. Watching her sleep off her fears. She had made little whimpering sounds around three or so, and he had rushed to her side, murmuring softly in her ear, soothing her through what ever nightmare she had been having.
Once she had stopped, she had curled up into a ball, and clutched a pillow to her chest. He had again resumed his post next to the fireplace to think in silence. He pulled out the velvet box again, and stared at it intently. Seeming to make up his mind, he carefully stowed it inside his robe and took a pinch of floo powder, and tossed it into the fireplace.
"Headmaster\'s Office." he stated, stepping into the green flames.
A familiar flash of green and he was stepping out of the Headmasters fireplace.
Dumbledore looked up from the Daily Profit. "Severus? I see you are ready to discuss what occurred last night?"
"Yes Headmaster, I am." Severus said, his voice tight, and clipped.
"Please, sit…I am sure you would like some tea?" he asked motioning toward a tray.
"Not really Headmaster…I am not really in the mood for tea at this moment."
The familiar sparkle in the Headmasters eyes shown brightly, as he glanced at the portraits, then toward the door. Dumbledore waved his wand, and a bottle of Ogden\'s fire whiskey winked into existence. "I think, a glass of this will help your nerves, my boy…as long as Professor McGonagall is unaware…"
"Yes Sir." Severus said slightly amused. He accepted the glass and took a sip. He immediately coughed as fire ran down his throat.
The headmaster reached over and thumped him on the back. "There, there Severus. It is a bit strong at first, but you will get used to it…"
"No time soon I hope." the twinkle in the headmasters eyes, dulled slightly as the stern voice of Minerva McGonagall rang through the room. The sound of a door shutting followed soon there after.
"Minerva…I was just…" Dumbledore tried to think of a reason as to why he would give an under aged student an illegal beverage. He could not think of one.
"Yes, yes. I know what you just." she said glaring sternly at him. She reached out and removed the glass from Severus\' hand, vanishing it.
"Now Mr. Snape. Please, tell us of the meeting."
"Yes Professor."
Severus began from the moment he left the castle, to the moment he walked into the room of requirement.
It took several hours to completely describe the horrors that had occurred, and when it was done, both the Headmaster, and professor McGonagall were in shock.
Severus had taken out the box and was running his fingers over the soft velvet, as if the softness soothed him. He was quiet, and reserved, as he waited for the Headmasters judgment.
"Well Minerva, what do you have to say?" Dumbledore asked her softly.
"I do not want Mr. Snape to go back there, is what I have to say! That man is barbaric, and I cannot believe that you would put him in danger like this! Albus, he is just a boy!"
"Minnie, you do not understand… Severus knows the danger he faces, and he has come to terms with it, and…"
"NO! Albus he is not capable of making this decision! He is too young!" Minerva said raising her voice.
Minnie, Severus understands, and he also knows that he…"
"Albus! I cannot stand here and allow this when…"
"Headmaster? Professor? Please, allow me to speak for myself." Severus cut in. "I am sorry to interrupt, but I am of age. Well, in two weeks that is, and as such, I am capable of making this decision. I feel that I have to do this, Professor, and I am sorry you think differently."
Severus twisted his fingers around the box. "I know the dangers I face, I know that I will most likely be tortured at the hands of this monster, but as Headmaster Dumbledore has said, It is my choice. No one can make it for me, if I didn\'t want to help, I would never have agreed to this.
I…I love Miss Granger…Hermione, and as such I cannot allow the future she has described to me to occur. I…I want to ask Hermione to be my wife, and I cannot, with good conscience, ask her this, if I am not able to protect her. I feel that if I can gain the Dark Lord\'s trust, I can keep her from harm." Severus finished strongly.
Professor McGonagall stared at him wide eyed, with a light blush on her face. "You…are going to ask Miss Granger to marry you? Even knowing that she may be taken from you by the hands of time themselves?"
"Yes. I love Hermione, and I know she loves me. Therefore, even if time were to steal her from me, I would love her, until the moment I can be with her again, in her future, I will love her. If time sees fit to take her, I will wait the twenty or so years that it would take. I would wait forever for her, but I need to know she will be protected." he glanced at Professor McGonagall. "Surely you understand my reasoning?"
"Yes, Mr. Snape, I believe I do." she said a bit sadly. Her eyes brightened a bit. "Do you have the ring?" at Severus\' nod, she grinned. "May I see it?"
Severus smiled the first true smile since walking into the Headmasters office just two hours prior. "Of course Professor."
He pulled out the velvet box once again.
Just a bit more red, a tad more black, a comb here, and…there. "I\'m done." Ginny said to herself. "Just wait until Harry sees me." she waved her wand at her clothes, magically transforming them into the Geisha\'s formal kimono.
Ginny looked into mirror, pleased with how her costume turned out. She had cast a spell on her hair, changing the color from bright red, to the deepest black. She checked the style of her hair, making sure that the comb was in place properly, and checked her makeup one last time. Satisfied, she stored her wand inside the sleeve of her kimono, and made her way down the stairs leading to the girls dormitory.
"Common Harry! You\'re a bloke, why is it taking so long to get your costume on? I mean it\'s just like our robes!" Ron said irritably, while poking his own hair with his wand. It messed up just perfectly, and Ron smirked at the pale scar on his forehead.
It was Halloween and Ron was going as his best friend, Harry Potter. He hadn\'t told Harry before hand, because he found it rather funny, and had been laughing to himself the whole time he was getting ready, thinking of the look on Harry\'s face when he saw.
"I know, but it is a bit more difficult than our robes Ron," Harry sighed as he opened the door. He stopped in his place as he took in Ron\'s costume. He had taken one of Harry\'s Quidditch robes, and used a spell to lengthen them. He even spelled on glasses, that were identical to Harry\'s.
"Well Harry, how do I look? Do I make a good you?" Ron\'s grin made Harry laugh.
"Yeah Ron, I guess you do."
"You don\'t look too bad yourself mate." Ron said, thumping his friend on the back.
Harry had opted for the male version on a kimono, the Yukata. He and Ginny were going to match. Since Ginny had seen the new Memoirs of a Geisha movie, Harry had taken her to see during the summer break, she had been obsessed with the culture, and had insisted she go as Sayuri.
Ginny ran down the stairs, or tried to, since her outfit was rather restricting, which her overprotective older brother approved of.
"Harry! You look amazing!"
"So do you Ginny." Harry said as he leaned in for a kiss, which Ron pointedly ignored.
"Can we leave now? Or are you two going to stand here and snog all night?" Ron said irritated.
"Yeah, yeah." Ginny said.
The dance floor was dark and the room filled with laughing students, and enchanted pumpkins. The staff table was mostly empty but for one Teacher.
"Professor Snape looks bored, as usual." Ginny remarked.
"Yeah, but at least he isn\'t drowning in fire whiskey tonight." Harry said, "That\'s a good sign right?"
"I for one could care less," said Ron, with his mouth full of pumpkin pasty. "If he does, then maybe we could get a new potions teacher."
"Ron!" Ginny scolded. "He may not be very nice, and at times he is quite unfair and rude, but he is still your Professor!"
"Geeze Ginny! You sound just like Hermione!" Ron snapped, before looking crest fallen.
Ginny\'s eyes slanted, as if she was deep in thought. "If you guys think about it, Professor Snape got a lot worse since Hermione disappeared. More impatient. Like he is waiting for something…"
"Probably to yell at her when she comes back, for disappearing like that. Heh, or to thank her, cause now we don\'t have her to rack up points. The Slytherin\'s have a running chance this time." Harry said, wincing.
They looked at Ron, who had yet to speak, since yelling at his sister.
"Guys, how long has Hermione been gone, I know it has been a month here, but how long is it there? Ron asked.
"She said in that one letter that it was four months, so that was two weeks here, so she should be just about Christmas then, and since it has now been two months now, she should be graduating soon. If she hasn\'t already that is." Ginny said, doing the math in her head. "Why?"
"What if…what if Hermione, doesn\'t come back?" Ron asked softly.
"She will." Ginny said matter of factly.
"How do you know? How can you be sure?"
"Because she isn\'t here now." Ginny said as if it should have been obvious. "If Hermione stayed in the past, her adult self would be here. Since she isn\'t, it is safe to assume that she will be back, we just have to be patient." she took a sip of punch before grabbing Harry\'s hand.
"Come on Harry! I like this song!" she drug him out to the dance floor, and began to dance in each others arms to a popular wizarding song, Truly, Madly, Deeply. By Savage Garden.
Ron sat there on the side of the dance floor, next to the wall. He listened to the lyrics of the song, and reflected.
A woman\'s melodic voice rang through his ears.
***I\'ll be your dream I\'ll be your wish I\'ll be your fantasy.
***
Ron tried to figure out when it was that Hermione had come to mean so much to him. But now she was gone, and the only time he could see her was in his dreams, she really was becoming more of a fantasy than a reality.
He wished he could be there with her, to be there for her.
Severus grudgingly sat through the god awful dance, at the request of the headmaster. His expression gradually turned from bored, to pained as he heard the song playing. He remembered when he had first heard it. Hermione had something called a C. D. player on her when she was sent to his time. It had quickly become \'Their\' song.
***
I\'ll be your hope I\'ll be your love Be everything that you need.
***
She was his everything, Severus thought, \'she is my love, my heart, my soul…I miss her so…\'
***
I love you more with every breath Truly madly deeply do.. I will be strong I will be faithful
***
\'The gods truly must want me to suffer,\' Severus thought. \'Hermione…I have never loved another, and I will wait forever until I have you in my arms again…\'
***
\'Cos I\'m counting on a new beginning. A reason for living. A deeper meaning.
***
\'When Hermione comes back, I\'ll tell her how I feel about her, she is my reason to go on in this school. I\'ll tell her that instead of fighting, we can start over from the beginning…to work toward, hopefully, a future together.\' Ron thought to himself.
***
I want to stand with you on a mountain. I want to bathe with you in the sea.
***
\'Hermione…\'
***
I want to lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down on me...
***
Severus remembered the nights that they had spent by the lake, in the glade, where they had lay under the sky, and watched the falling stars.
***And when the stars are shining brightly In the velvet sky, I\'ll make a wish Send it to heaven Then make you want to cry..
***
She had made a wish, then. He had as well.
***
The tears of joy For all the pleasure and the certainty. That we\'re surrounded By the comfort and protection of.. The highest power.
In lonely hours. The tears devour you..
***
\'I want to protect her…\' Ron thought. \'as much as I deny it to Harry and Ginny…I cannot lie to myself any longer…I love her, and when she returns, I am going to tell her…I want to be the one to dry her tears…I want to make her my wife…\'
***
I want to stand with you on a mountain, I want to bathe with you in the sea. I want to lay like this forever, Until the sky falls down on me... ***
***
Oh can\'t you see it baby? You don\'t have to close your eyes \'Cos it\'s standing right before you. All that you need will surely come…
***
Severus remembered his promise, and her loving words…
***
I\'ll be your dream I\'ll be your wish I\'ll be your fantasy. I\'ll be your hope I\'ll be your love Be everything that you need. I\'ll love you more with every breath Truly madly deeply do... ***
He loved her so much, and he had held to his promise. Severus closed his eyes, and mouthed the last words of the song.
***I want to stand with you on a mountain. I want to bathe with you in the sea. I want to lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down on me...
***
The song ended then, and Severus was surprised to find that a single lone tear, had streaked down his face. Drying it without a word, he stood.
He quickly exited the great hall, and took to the gardens. There he would be alone in his pain, and sorrow.
The Headmaster looked forlornly after the Potions Professor. He understood why this song would have such an impact on him. Taking pity, he warded the gardens, so no students could disturb the morning Severus.
Severus sat under a great sycamore tree, the same one he and Hermione had so often studied under. He cast a silencing spell around him and the tree, as well as a concealment charm. Here he could be alone, no student could come within twenty yards of him, without being compelled to return to the castle. They could neither see, nor hear him.
Severus buried his head in his hands, and gritted his teeth, as his heart clenched. Damn Dumbledore! He knew what this song did to him…he knew what it meant to him…and Hermione.
Severus sighed.
Maybe it was time to look inside the box…after all, this time come Christmas, she should be returning to this time…back to him.
Severus stood, and retreated to his dungeon. He would retrieve that box of memories, and finally start looking to the future.
A/N: I apologize if Severus seemed slightly OOC in this chapter. But if you were in this position, you would act OOC too! Thank you for reading, and please review.
~kiera
Chapter thirteen: Truly, Madly, Deeply.
Severus glanced out of the window, the morning rays of sun drifting lazily into the room, spilling on the floor, in a puddle of light. He sighed softly. He had not slept. He stood by the fireplace through the night, keeping watch over his beloved Hermione. Watching her sleep off her fears. She had made little whimpering sounds around three or so, and he had rushed to her side, murmuring softly in her ear, soothing her through what ever nightmare she had been having.
Once she had stopped, she had curled up into a ball, and clutched a pillow to her chest. He had again resumed his post next to the fireplace to think in silence. He pulled out the velvet box again, and stared at it intently. Seeming to make up his mind, he carefully stowed it inside his robe and took a pinch of floo powder, and tossed it into the fireplace.
"Headmaster\'s Office." he stated, stepping into the green flames.
A familiar flash of green and he was stepping out of the Headmasters fireplace.
Dumbledore looked up from the Daily Profit. "Severus? I see you are ready to discuss what occurred last night?"
"Yes Headmaster, I am." Severus said, his voice tight, and clipped.
"Please, sit…I am sure you would like some tea?" he asked motioning toward a tray.
"Not really Headmaster…I am not really in the mood for tea at this moment."
The familiar sparkle in the Headmasters eyes shown brightly, as he glanced at the portraits, then toward the door. Dumbledore waved his wand, and a bottle of Ogden\'s fire whiskey winked into existence. "I think, a glass of this will help your nerves, my boy…as long as Professor McGonagall is unaware…"
"Yes Sir." Severus said slightly amused. He accepted the glass and took a sip. He immediately coughed as fire ran down his throat.
The headmaster reached over and thumped him on the back. "There, there Severus. It is a bit strong at first, but you will get used to it…"
"No time soon I hope." the twinkle in the headmasters eyes, dulled slightly as the stern voice of Minerva McGonagall rang through the room. The sound of a door shutting followed soon there after.
"Minerva…I was just…" Dumbledore tried to think of a reason as to why he would give an under aged student an illegal beverage. He could not think of one.
"Yes, yes. I know what you just." she said glaring sternly at him. She reached out and removed the glass from Severus\' hand, vanishing it.
"Now Mr. Snape. Please, tell us of the meeting."
"Yes Professor."
Severus began from the moment he left the castle, to the moment he walked into the room of requirement.
It took several hours to completely describe the horrors that had occurred, and when it was done, both the Headmaster, and professor McGonagall were in shock.
Severus had taken out the box and was running his fingers over the soft velvet, as if the softness soothed him. He was quiet, and reserved, as he waited for the Headmasters judgment.
"Well Minerva, what do you have to say?" Dumbledore asked her softly.
"I do not want Mr. Snape to go back there, is what I have to say! That man is barbaric, and I cannot believe that you would put him in danger like this! Albus, he is just a boy!"
"Minnie, you do not understand… Severus knows the danger he faces, and he has come to terms with it, and…"
"NO! Albus he is not capable of making this decision! He is too young!" Minerva said raising her voice.
Minnie, Severus understands, and he also knows that he…"
"Albus! I cannot stand here and allow this when…"
"Headmaster? Professor? Please, allow me to speak for myself." Severus cut in. "I am sorry to interrupt, but I am of age. Well, in two weeks that is, and as such, I am capable of making this decision. I feel that I have to do this, Professor, and I am sorry you think differently."
Severus twisted his fingers around the box. "I know the dangers I face, I know that I will most likely be tortured at the hands of this monster, but as Headmaster Dumbledore has said, It is my choice. No one can make it for me, if I didn\'t want to help, I would never have agreed to this.
I…I love Miss Granger…Hermione, and as such I cannot allow the future she has described to me to occur. I…I want to ask Hermione to be my wife, and I cannot, with good conscience, ask her this, if I am not able to protect her. I feel that if I can gain the Dark Lord\'s trust, I can keep her from harm." Severus finished strongly.
Professor McGonagall stared at him wide eyed, with a light blush on her face. "You…are going to ask Miss Granger to marry you? Even knowing that she may be taken from you by the hands of time themselves?"
"Yes. I love Hermione, and I know she loves me. Therefore, even if time were to steal her from me, I would love her, until the moment I can be with her again, in her future, I will love her. If time sees fit to take her, I will wait the twenty or so years that it would take. I would wait forever for her, but I need to know she will be protected." he glanced at Professor McGonagall. "Surely you understand my reasoning?"
"Yes, Mr. Snape, I believe I do." she said a bit sadly. Her eyes brightened a bit. "Do you have the ring?" at Severus\' nod, she grinned. "May I see it?"
Severus smiled the first true smile since walking into the Headmasters office just two hours prior. "Of course Professor."
He pulled out the velvet box once again.
Just a bit more red, a tad more black, a comb here, and…there. "I\'m done." Ginny said to herself. "Just wait until Harry sees me." she waved her wand at her clothes, magically transforming them into the Geisha\'s formal kimono.
Ginny looked into mirror, pleased with how her costume turned out. She had cast a spell on her hair, changing the color from bright red, to the deepest black. She checked the style of her hair, making sure that the comb was in place properly, and checked her makeup one last time. Satisfied, she stored her wand inside the sleeve of her kimono, and made her way down the stairs leading to the girls dormitory.
"Common Harry! You\'re a bloke, why is it taking so long to get your costume on? I mean it\'s just like our robes!" Ron said irritably, while poking his own hair with his wand. It messed up just perfectly, and Ron smirked at the pale scar on his forehead.
It was Halloween and Ron was going as his best friend, Harry Potter. He hadn\'t told Harry before hand, because he found it rather funny, and had been laughing to himself the whole time he was getting ready, thinking of the look on Harry\'s face when he saw.
"I know, but it is a bit more difficult than our robes Ron," Harry sighed as he opened the door. He stopped in his place as he took in Ron\'s costume. He had taken one of Harry\'s Quidditch robes, and used a spell to lengthen them. He even spelled on glasses, that were identical to Harry\'s.
"Well Harry, how do I look? Do I make a good you?" Ron\'s grin made Harry laugh.
"Yeah Ron, I guess you do."
"You don\'t look too bad yourself mate." Ron said, thumping his friend on the back.
Harry had opted for the male version on a kimono, the Yukata. He and Ginny were going to match. Since Ginny had seen the new Memoirs of a Geisha movie, Harry had taken her to see during the summer break, she had been obsessed with the culture, and had insisted she go as Sayuri.
Ginny ran down the stairs, or tried to, since her outfit was rather restricting, which her overprotective older brother approved of.
"Harry! You look amazing!"
"So do you Ginny." Harry said as he leaned in for a kiss, which Ron pointedly ignored.
"Can we leave now? Or are you two going to stand here and snog all night?" Ron said irritated.
"Yeah, yeah." Ginny said.
The dance floor was dark and the room filled with laughing students, and enchanted pumpkins. The staff table was mostly empty but for one Teacher.
"Professor Snape looks bored, as usual." Ginny remarked.
"Yeah, but at least he isn\'t drowning in fire whiskey tonight." Harry said, "That\'s a good sign right?"
"I for one could care less," said Ron, with his mouth full of pumpkin pasty. "If he does, then maybe we could get a new potions teacher."
"Ron!" Ginny scolded. "He may not be very nice, and at times he is quite unfair and rude, but he is still your Professor!"
"Geeze Ginny! You sound just like Hermione!" Ron snapped, before looking crest fallen.
Ginny\'s eyes slanted, as if she was deep in thought. "If you guys think about it, Professor Snape got a lot worse since Hermione disappeared. More impatient. Like he is waiting for something…"
"Probably to yell at her when she comes back, for disappearing like that. Heh, or to thank her, cause now we don\'t have her to rack up points. The Slytherin\'s have a running chance this time." Harry said, wincing.
They looked at Ron, who had yet to speak, since yelling at his sister.
"Guys, how long has Hermione been gone, I know it has been a month here, but how long is it there? Ron asked.
"She said in that one letter that it was four months, so that was two weeks here, so she should be just about Christmas then, and since it has now been two months now, she should be graduating soon. If she hasn\'t already that is." Ginny said, doing the math in her head. "Why?"
"What if…what if Hermione, doesn\'t come back?" Ron asked softly.
"She will." Ginny said matter of factly.
"How do you know? How can you be sure?"
"Because she isn\'t here now." Ginny said as if it should have been obvious. "If Hermione stayed in the past, her adult self would be here. Since she isn\'t, it is safe to assume that she will be back, we just have to be patient." she took a sip of punch before grabbing Harry\'s hand.
"Come on Harry! I like this song!" she drug him out to the dance floor, and began to dance in each others arms to a popular wizarding song, Truly, Madly, Deeply. By Savage Garden.
Ron sat there on the side of the dance floor, next to the wall. He listened to the lyrics of the song, and reflected.
A woman\'s melodic voice rang through his ears.
***I\'ll be your dream I\'ll be your wish I\'ll be your fantasy.
***
Ron tried to figure out when it was that Hermione had come to mean so much to him. But now she was gone, and the only time he could see her was in his dreams, she really was becoming more of a fantasy than a reality.
He wished he could be there with her, to be there for her.
Severus grudgingly sat through the god awful dance, at the request of the headmaster. His expression gradually turned from bored, to pained as he heard the song playing. He remembered when he had first heard it. Hermione had something called a C. D. player on her when she was sent to his time. It had quickly become \'Their\' song.
***
I\'ll be your hope I\'ll be your love Be everything that you need.
***
She was his everything, Severus thought, \'she is my love, my heart, my soul…I miss her so…\'
***
I love you more with every breath Truly madly deeply do.. I will be strong I will be faithful
***
\'The gods truly must want me to suffer,\' Severus thought. \'Hermione…I have never loved another, and I will wait forever until I have you in my arms again…\'
***
\'Cos I\'m counting on a new beginning. A reason for living. A deeper meaning.
***
\'When Hermione comes back, I\'ll tell her how I feel about her, she is my reason to go on in this school. I\'ll tell her that instead of fighting, we can start over from the beginning…to work toward, hopefully, a future together.\' Ron thought to himself.
***
I want to stand with you on a mountain. I want to bathe with you in the sea.
***
\'Hermione…\'
***
I want to lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down on me...
***
Severus remembered the nights that they had spent by the lake, in the glade, where they had lay under the sky, and watched the falling stars.
***And when the stars are shining brightly In the velvet sky, I\'ll make a wish Send it to heaven Then make you want to cry..
***
She had made a wish, then. He had as well.
***
The tears of joy For all the pleasure and the certainty. That we\'re surrounded By the comfort and protection of.. The highest power.
In lonely hours. The tears devour you..
***
\'I want to protect her…\' Ron thought. \'as much as I deny it to Harry and Ginny…I cannot lie to myself any longer…I love her, and when she returns, I am going to tell her…I want to be the one to dry her tears…I want to make her my wife…\'
***
I want to stand with you on a mountain, I want to bathe with you in the sea. I want to lay like this forever, Until the sky falls down on me... ***
***
Oh can\'t you see it baby? You don\'t have to close your eyes \'Cos it\'s standing right before you. All that you need will surely come…
***
Severus remembered his promise, and her loving words…
***
I\'ll be your dream I\'ll be your wish I\'ll be your fantasy. I\'ll be your hope I\'ll be your love Be everything that you need. I\'ll love you more with every breath Truly madly deeply do... ***
He loved her so much, and he had held to his promise. Severus closed his eyes, and mouthed the last words of the song.
***I want to stand with you on a mountain. I want to bathe with you in the sea. I want to lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down on me...
***
The song ended then, and Severus was surprised to find that a single lone tear, had streaked down his face. Drying it without a word, he stood.
He quickly exited the great hall, and took to the gardens. There he would be alone in his pain, and sorrow.
The Headmaster looked forlornly after the Potions Professor. He understood why this song would have such an impact on him. Taking pity, he warded the gardens, so no students could disturb the morning Severus.
Severus sat under a great sycamore tree, the same one he and Hermione had so often studied under. He cast a silencing spell around him and the tree, as well as a concealment charm. Here he could be alone, no student could come within twenty yards of him, without being compelled to return to the castle. They could neither see, nor hear him.
Severus buried his head in his hands, and gritted his teeth, as his heart clenched. Damn Dumbledore! He knew what this song did to him…he knew what it meant to him…and Hermione.
Severus sighed.
Maybe it was time to look inside the box…after all, this time come Christmas, she should be returning to this time…back to him.
Severus stood, and retreated to his dungeon. He would retrieve that box of memories, and finally start looking to the future.
A/N: I apologize if Severus seemed slightly OOC in this chapter. But if you were in this position, you would act OOC too! Thank you for reading, and please review.
~kiera