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Chapter 16
Disclaimer: I do not own HP world or its people only JKR does... I'm only barrowing it for a bit.
The Raven
By Bree McGregor
Chapter 16
In the full-length mirror, the image of Severus Snape glared back at himself. His robes were immaculate as usual, his scowl firmly in place. Looking closely one could tell there was something off, but what was it?
"Twenty points to Gryffindor," a deep voice called out, then started giggling.
"I believe the giggling destroys the affect."
Snape spun around to see another Snape standing in the doorway.
"Oh! Professor... I... um..."
The real Professor watched as the image in the mirror shrunk down and turned into Hermione. He couldn’t get over how cute she looked wearing a black frockcoat and trousers, even though they were a few sizes too big for her.
Hermione picked up her own clothes as she walked into the bathroom to change. She was totally embarrassed about being caught wearing his clothes and impersonating him. She would have been more embarrassed if she had caught the heated look he gave her backside as she retreated.
'My… she has nice... legs,' he thought to himself. Snape seated himself on his favorite chair and poured himself a firewhisky. He had a feeling he was going to need more of it soon enough. With Dumbledore gone for Merlin knows how long, Severus was in command, and running the school was not the easiest of tasks. This summer Hogwarts had more residents than ever before, including Potter. Severus was only grateful that he had been living at Hogwarts year ‘round for the past twenty years, so he knew what had to be done. The problem was the added stress of the Order and their chaotic meetings. Add one sulky aspiring-hero, a gaggle of Weasleys, and the training of one hot changeling know-it-all, and Professor Snape spent his free time more often than not nursing a full glass of firewhisky.
“Was that one of my extra robes?” Snape asked with a raised eyebrow when she returned from changing into her own clothes.
“Um… yes. Sorry about that, but I needed to work on changing into someone that I knew,” she replied hesitantly.
“Why not just Transfigure your own robes instead of using mine?” His voice had a slight tone of irritation, as he thought of Miss Granger in his trousers.
Hermione looked at her feet, not wanting to say why she’d had to do it.
Snape looked at her closely. It seemed that the girl was almost in tears. “I’m not going to hurt you for it. I only wanted to know why.”
“I cannmmmmttdddiioonnaagguucc,” she mumbled.
“What was that?”
Taking a deep breath, as tears rolled down her face, she repeated, “I can’t do magic.”
Shocked, Snape just looked at her for a few moments. “Explain,” was all he could say.
“When I transfigured into one of my animal forms, I never thought about it, but it seems that I can’t perform magic when I’m transfigured into another human form.” She bowed her head in despair, knowing that Severus – and the Order – needed her abilities. She felt extremely ashamed that she was not able to perform magic when she was in another human form; after all, Tonks could still use magic regardless of her appearance.
Deep laughter filled the room. Hermione would have been entranced by the melodious baritone sound if she wasn’t so upset. ‘Why is he laughing at me? Does he really hate me that much?’ The thought of it made the tears start again.
A small sniffling sound brought Severus out of his relieved laughter. Standing up straight, he walked to the crying girl and placed a hand on her shoulder. “I wasn’t laughing at you, Hermione.”
She only replied with another sniffle.
Putting his hand under her chin, he raised her head to look at him. “I laughed for two reasons. Firstly, I am so relieved that now the Headmaster’s insane plan will not work; and secondly, it’s good to know you have limitations.”
“Insane plan?”
“Yes. After he learned you are a changeling, he got it into his head that he might be able to send you to infiltrate Voldemort’s stronghold by impersonating one of his followers. It is a plan I refused to support in any way, shape or form. I told him I would not under any circumstances allow this to happen, and knowing you cannot do magic only helps my case against Dumbledore.”
“You went against Dumbledore for my safety?” she whispered as she looked deep into the eyes she had grown to love so much.
“Yes, Hermione. You seem to forget that I stayed with you for a few months as a raven. Do you really think that after getting to know you so well that I can let anyone just throw your life away?”
‘That’s right, he and Mr. Mistoffelees are one and the same,’ she realized.
“We’ve never talked about that time, have we?” she asked quietly.
“No, we haven’t.” He spoke just as softly as she had.
“I’m sure you are wondering about a few things.”
Severus looked at her deep blushing face and thought how adorable she looked at that moment. Taking a deep breath, he took a tentative plunge. “Actually, yes and no.”
“What do you mean?” she asked, totally confused by his answer.
“Well, no – I have no questions about that time. And, well, about where my mind wanders at times… let’s just leave that for later.”
The deepness of his voice and the look in his eyes left no doubt about what he meant, and her blush just ran deeper.
“Now,” he brusquely said to change the subject. “Have you been practicing your raven form?”
As an answer, Hermione disappeared only to be replaced by a shiny black raven.
Snape then transfigured into his Animagus form to where you couldn’t tell the two ravens apart except for their size. Hermione was a quite a bit smaller than Severus.
Together they flew out the window and over the Hogwarts towers. They zipped though open archways and dive-bombed a couple of teachers who where relaxing outside enjoying the summer day. Professor Flitwick’s high-pitched screams of fright could be heard thoughout the Quidditch arena and beyond. Hermione was inwardly laughing at the sight of the little man jumping around waving his hands in the air at them. Snape wanted to take another run at him, but the Charms professor took out his wand and started firing. Off the ravens flew, taking to safer parts of the castle grounds. Though all this Severus led the way as Hermione joyfully followed him. Snape finally landed in a secluded courtyard and transformed back into human form, followed closely by Hermione. Their eyes met and then as if on cue they both started laughing.
Some time later, Hermione was wiping her eyes and trying to suppress a fit of giggles.
“Did you see his face?” Severus asked, still highly amused. “I don’t think he has turned that red since Fred and George Weasley levitated Katie Bell’s skirt as she bent over to pick up some books, and Professor Flitwick had a front-row view of her skimpy black thong underwear.”
Hermione laughed at the image he described. “I didn’t think a man’s voice could get that high either.” A peal of laughter rang thoughout their little hideaway.
“Let’s get back now,” Snape said before he turned back into his raven form and Hermione followed suit, taking to the air again. Moments later they returned to his lab in a flourish of feathers. They had both needed a little fun that day.
Now, Severus had to tell the Headmaster that Hermione could not be used to infiltrate Voldemort’s stronghold – at least, not as a changeling in human form.
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Dumbledore walked into his office and wearily sat down in his chair. 'I believe I’m finally getting too old for this,' he thought. His trips out of Hogwarts had been taking a toll on him, as well as having Severus defy him at every turn when it came to any plan that involved one Miss Hermione Granger. ‘When this was is finally over, if her name isn’t changed to Hermione Snape, I am going to take matters into my own hands to see that it does!’ His sources had told him that tonight there would be a dark revel. It was time for Hermione to once more look into the Twin Demon Mirrors of the Soulless.
Five times Hermione had looked into the mirror with mixed results, but tonight would be the first revel she would witness. Snape had kept saying that she wasn’t ready for it, but truth be told the Order was running out of time, and they needed all the information they could get. While she was not an adult, unfortunately Hermione was their best source. Dumbledore believed that Snape had purely personal reasons for saying she wasn’t ready.
The Headmaster sighed deeply, thinking of so many plans now ruined. If only she could still do magic while in another human form! But no, she was as pure Muggle with no magic abilities, not even capable of the simplest of magic; Severus said he had done experiments with her, He prayed to Merlin that she could help tonight and give them another lead to follow that would make up for their lost plans.
Perhaps he was using the girl too much. If Harry Potter found out half of the things he was having Hermione do, he expected the young man would come charging in here and hit him square in the nose like he had with Snape. Snape, on the other hand, was her champion and not Harry.
Dumbledore had made Miss Granger take a magical vow that would prevent her from telling anyone outside of the main group what he had asked her to do, so she could not tell Harry. Yes, he was using the girl too much. But what else could he do? They needed her abilities desperately. While admittedly there were other ways of doing things, Hermione was always the easiest and safest to go by. She was smart, brave, and willing to do anything he asked.
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A/N: Ok again THANK YOU JUNE!!! you great and wounderful woman that you are!! and thank you all who reviewed.. and sent me email... I wish i can put you all down but hell there are too many. anyway thanks everyone Im sorry about how long this took... (thats for all my adult fanfiction readers!) I can go on and on about why I haven't done this in so long but I'm not going to.
Another note before anyone says anything... yes this is a light hearded chapter BECAUSE things are going to be very dark in the next chapter. *yes its already writen! so dont get all upset* but then I will go back to the lighter side. Im not a dark writer I just know we need some dark moment in this story.
The Raven
By Bree McGregor
Chapter 16
In the full-length mirror, the image of Severus Snape glared back at himself. His robes were immaculate as usual, his scowl firmly in place. Looking closely one could tell there was something off, but what was it?
"Twenty points to Gryffindor," a deep voice called out, then started giggling.
"I believe the giggling destroys the affect."
Snape spun around to see another Snape standing in the doorway.
"Oh! Professor... I... um..."
The real Professor watched as the image in the mirror shrunk down and turned into Hermione. He couldn’t get over how cute she looked wearing a black frockcoat and trousers, even though they were a few sizes too big for her.
Hermione picked up her own clothes as she walked into the bathroom to change. She was totally embarrassed about being caught wearing his clothes and impersonating him. She would have been more embarrassed if she had caught the heated look he gave her backside as she retreated.
'My… she has nice... legs,' he thought to himself. Snape seated himself on his favorite chair and poured himself a firewhisky. He had a feeling he was going to need more of it soon enough. With Dumbledore gone for Merlin knows how long, Severus was in command, and running the school was not the easiest of tasks. This summer Hogwarts had more residents than ever before, including Potter. Severus was only grateful that he had been living at Hogwarts year ‘round for the past twenty years, so he knew what had to be done. The problem was the added stress of the Order and their chaotic meetings. Add one sulky aspiring-hero, a gaggle of Weasleys, and the training of one hot changeling know-it-all, and Professor Snape spent his free time more often than not nursing a full glass of firewhisky.
“Was that one of my extra robes?” Snape asked with a raised eyebrow when she returned from changing into her own clothes.
“Um… yes. Sorry about that, but I needed to work on changing into someone that I knew,” she replied hesitantly.
“Why not just Transfigure your own robes instead of using mine?” His voice had a slight tone of irritation, as he thought of Miss Granger in his trousers.
Hermione looked at her feet, not wanting to say why she’d had to do it.
Snape looked at her closely. It seemed that the girl was almost in tears. “I’m not going to hurt you for it. I only wanted to know why.”
“I cannmmmmttdddiioonnaagguucc,” she mumbled.
“What was that?”
Taking a deep breath, as tears rolled down her face, she repeated, “I can’t do magic.”
Shocked, Snape just looked at her for a few moments. “Explain,” was all he could say.
“When I transfigured into one of my animal forms, I never thought about it, but it seems that I can’t perform magic when I’m transfigured into another human form.” She bowed her head in despair, knowing that Severus – and the Order – needed her abilities. She felt extremely ashamed that she was not able to perform magic when she was in another human form; after all, Tonks could still use magic regardless of her appearance.
Deep laughter filled the room. Hermione would have been entranced by the melodious baritone sound if she wasn’t so upset. ‘Why is he laughing at me? Does he really hate me that much?’ The thought of it made the tears start again.
A small sniffling sound brought Severus out of his relieved laughter. Standing up straight, he walked to the crying girl and placed a hand on her shoulder. “I wasn’t laughing at you, Hermione.”
She only replied with another sniffle.
Putting his hand under her chin, he raised her head to look at him. “I laughed for two reasons. Firstly, I am so relieved that now the Headmaster’s insane plan will not work; and secondly, it’s good to know you have limitations.”
“Insane plan?”
“Yes. After he learned you are a changeling, he got it into his head that he might be able to send you to infiltrate Voldemort’s stronghold by impersonating one of his followers. It is a plan I refused to support in any way, shape or form. I told him I would not under any circumstances allow this to happen, and knowing you cannot do magic only helps my case against Dumbledore.”
“You went against Dumbledore for my safety?” she whispered as she looked deep into the eyes she had grown to love so much.
“Yes, Hermione. You seem to forget that I stayed with you for a few months as a raven. Do you really think that after getting to know you so well that I can let anyone just throw your life away?”
‘That’s right, he and Mr. Mistoffelees are one and the same,’ she realized.
“We’ve never talked about that time, have we?” she asked quietly.
“No, we haven’t.” He spoke just as softly as she had.
“I’m sure you are wondering about a few things.”
Severus looked at her deep blushing face and thought how adorable she looked at that moment. Taking a deep breath, he took a tentative plunge. “Actually, yes and no.”
“What do you mean?” she asked, totally confused by his answer.
“Well, no – I have no questions about that time. And, well, about where my mind wanders at times… let’s just leave that for later.”
The deepness of his voice and the look in his eyes left no doubt about what he meant, and her blush just ran deeper.
“Now,” he brusquely said to change the subject. “Have you been practicing your raven form?”
As an answer, Hermione disappeared only to be replaced by a shiny black raven.
Snape then transfigured into his Animagus form to where you couldn’t tell the two ravens apart except for their size. Hermione was a quite a bit smaller than Severus.
Together they flew out the window and over the Hogwarts towers. They zipped though open archways and dive-bombed a couple of teachers who where relaxing outside enjoying the summer day. Professor Flitwick’s high-pitched screams of fright could be heard thoughout the Quidditch arena and beyond. Hermione was inwardly laughing at the sight of the little man jumping around waving his hands in the air at them. Snape wanted to take another run at him, but the Charms professor took out his wand and started firing. Off the ravens flew, taking to safer parts of the castle grounds. Though all this Severus led the way as Hermione joyfully followed him. Snape finally landed in a secluded courtyard and transformed back into human form, followed closely by Hermione. Their eyes met and then as if on cue they both started laughing.
Some time later, Hermione was wiping her eyes and trying to suppress a fit of giggles.
“Did you see his face?” Severus asked, still highly amused. “I don’t think he has turned that red since Fred and George Weasley levitated Katie Bell’s skirt as she bent over to pick up some books, and Professor Flitwick had a front-row view of her skimpy black thong underwear.”
Hermione laughed at the image he described. “I didn’t think a man’s voice could get that high either.” A peal of laughter rang thoughout their little hideaway.
“Let’s get back now,” Snape said before he turned back into his raven form and Hermione followed suit, taking to the air again. Moments later they returned to his lab in a flourish of feathers. They had both needed a little fun that day.
Now, Severus had to tell the Headmaster that Hermione could not be used to infiltrate Voldemort’s stronghold – at least, not as a changeling in human form.
~~~~~~~
Dumbledore walked into his office and wearily sat down in his chair. 'I believe I’m finally getting too old for this,' he thought. His trips out of Hogwarts had been taking a toll on him, as well as having Severus defy him at every turn when it came to any plan that involved one Miss Hermione Granger. ‘When this was is finally over, if her name isn’t changed to Hermione Snape, I am going to take matters into my own hands to see that it does!’ His sources had told him that tonight there would be a dark revel. It was time for Hermione to once more look into the Twin Demon Mirrors of the Soulless.
Five times Hermione had looked into the mirror with mixed results, but tonight would be the first revel she would witness. Snape had kept saying that she wasn’t ready for it, but truth be told the Order was running out of time, and they needed all the information they could get. While she was not an adult, unfortunately Hermione was their best source. Dumbledore believed that Snape had purely personal reasons for saying she wasn’t ready.
The Headmaster sighed deeply, thinking of so many plans now ruined. If only she could still do magic while in another human form! But no, she was as pure Muggle with no magic abilities, not even capable of the simplest of magic; Severus said he had done experiments with her, He prayed to Merlin that she could help tonight and give them another lead to follow that would make up for their lost plans.
Perhaps he was using the girl too much. If Harry Potter found out half of the things he was having Hermione do, he expected the young man would come charging in here and hit him square in the nose like he had with Snape. Snape, on the other hand, was her champion and not Harry.
Dumbledore had made Miss Granger take a magical vow that would prevent her from telling anyone outside of the main group what he had asked her to do, so she could not tell Harry. Yes, he was using the girl too much. But what else could he do? They needed her abilities desperately. While admittedly there were other ways of doing things, Hermione was always the easiest and safest to go by. She was smart, brave, and willing to do anything he asked.
~~~~~~~~~~
A/N: Ok again THANK YOU JUNE!!! you great and wounderful woman that you are!! and thank you all who reviewed.. and sent me email... I wish i can put you all down but hell there are too many. anyway thanks everyone Im sorry about how long this took... (thats for all my adult fanfiction readers!) I can go on and on about why I haven't done this in so long but I'm not going to.
Another note before anyone says anything... yes this is a light hearded chapter BECAUSE things are going to be very dark in the next chapter. *yes its already writen! so dont get all upset* but then I will go back to the lighter side. Im not a dark writer I just know we need some dark moment in this story.