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Our Paths Cross Again

By: slygriff21
folder Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating: Adult ++
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Chapter 15

Author’s Note: Hermione is going to be a bit dark. This doesn’t follow with OTP or HBP. Sirius Black is alive and in my story Severus is a pure blood. Just so you know.

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything you recognize. So please don’t sue.

Summery: It’s been six years since Hermione left Hogwarts. She’s been doing a secret mission for the Order. Suddenly she and Severus are thrown together. Will they be able to work together or will they end up killing each other? R/R

Our Paths Cross Again

Chapter 15

*Back at Hogwarts*

Severus was reading once more when someone knocked and entered the room. Severus looked up and saw Remus Lupin standing there. Remus nodded and Severus nodded back. Remus walked over, conjured a chair and sat beside Severus.

“How is she doing?” Remus asked.

“There’s been no change.” Severus answered.

“I’m here because there’s something I wanted to ask you and I want an honest answer. I swear our conversation will not leave this room.” Remus said.

“What did you want to know?” Severus asked.

“Are you in love with Hermione?” Remus replied.

Severus looked up suddenly at the werewolf. Had he been that obvious? He looked back at the unmoving Hermione, took a deep breath and let out a sigh.

“Yes.” he answered.

“I thought so. Have you told her?” Remus questioned.

“No. She’s so distant at times, that I’ve been afraid to tell her. Afraid of what she will do.” Severus said.

“I see. Severus, Hermione seems to have been through a lot in the past six years. When she wakes up, I think you and she need to have a long talk. Believe me when I say this, this war is going to be hard on everyone. Especially Hermione. She has lost so much. Her parents, the Weasleys, dear friends. I also fear she is in danger of losing her soul.” Remus replied.

“I fear that too. I want to help her, but she won’t let me close enough to do so. I mean, she told me when she was ready she would tell me of the things she’s done. That night at the cottage, wasn’t her first time being raped by Death Eaters.” Severus said sadly.

“What do you mean?” Remus asked alarmed.

“About three or four years ago she was beaten and raped by Lucius, Avery and LeStrange. Lucius had taken a dagger and left her with a scar on her back. It goes from her left shoulder to her right hip. He had also placed a curse on it. If her full body weight or more was placed directly on the scar it would begin bleeding.

“He also cast a dark spell that kept her connected to him mentally. At the time she had a glamour on and he had no idea it was Hermione. I have since removed both spells. She is free of Lucius. But she told me there was more that I didn’t know. Things she had done. It is those things that has turned her into who she is now. I also fear those inner demons will end up killing her.” Severus sighed as he held Hermione’s hand.

Remus remained quiet. He was processing everything that Severus had just told him. He knew Hermione had changed and experienced a lot, but he never dreamed she would have gone through that torture at the hands of Lucius, Avery and LeStrange. Luckily LeStrange and Avery were dead. Or he would have killed them himself. They were the Death Eaters Hermione had gutted and slit their throat.

“You see her necklace?” Severus asked.

Remus looked over and saw the shining sapphire around her neck. He also noticed the setting that held the stone.

“Yeah.” Remus answered.

“I gave that to her for Christmas. It was suppose to protect her. I guess it failed.” Severus explained sadly.

“Severus, this is no one’s fault but Voldemort’s. He will pay for this. You have my word.” Remus said as he placed his hand on Severus’s shoulder.

“She gave this to me for Christmas.” Severus said as he pulled his own necklace from underneath his robes.

Remus smiled as he saw the connection between the necklaces. Both held the same stone and both held in protection setting. Hermione’s in the setting of Ares, who guarded his warriors and the Celtic shield knot.

“Seems you both had the same thing in mind. Those necklaces also show the feelings you have for one another. Even if you two have yet to say the words to one another.” Remus said.

Severus nodded. Remus could see that seeing Hermione this way was killing Severus. He prayed she would awaken soon. The two wizards sat in silence for a while. Remus noticed that Severus’s eyes were barely able to stay awake.

“Severus, why don’t you get some rest. I will stay right here. If she awakens I will wake you.” Remus suggested.

Severus started to protest, but knew he needed his rest as well. He simply nodded. He stood up, removed his outer robes, kicked off his shoes and climbed under the blankets with Hermione. He gently gathered her into his arms.

“Hermione, please come back. I love you so much. I need you here with me.” Severus whispered into her ear.

A few moments later he was sound asleep. Remus smiled sadly at them. He hoped that when she awoke both her and Severus could finally say the words that needed to be said.

T.B.C
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