New Beginning

A/N: This story can be found on Whispers, FF.net, Lord and Lady Snape as well. Feel free to visit any of those sites for this story also.

Chapter 16


“What do you mean you don’t know where they are?” Hermione shouted.

Albus was about to loose his patients when Severus walked in with Darien. Darien was still asleep on his shoulder when Hermione turned towards him. The first thing Severus did was put a silencing spell around Darien, he saw Hermione’s eyes and they were filled with rage at the moment.

“Where have you been?” She was striding across the Great Hall, her hair flying back as she came.

Oh shit, Severus thought. He’d been hiding from her yesterday and this morning. Every time she ended up seeking him out, he knew Hermione wanted to get past the spells Weasley had put on her, but her emotions were raging out of control, he had to have her calm. That was the only way he could tell her about the Polyjuice potion, she had to be aware that it would be him and not Ron. He also noticed the way in which she carried herself made her sexy, even though it scared the shit out of him, her anger turned on. He’d seen that anger once before, it had been during the final battle with Voldemort. Severus had never wanted to be on that side of her wrath, but yet that wrath was headed straight for him.

In a very calm voice, he answered. “Finding a way to take care of the reversal spell that wouldn’t lead you to hate me or want to kill me. And I think I now have a solution to this, and I will tell you, if you calm down and talk to me like a normal person.”

“I am normal,” she was gritting her teeth as she spoke.

“Then why are you so angry?” He asked calmly, not getting baited into her angry game.

She put her hands on her hips and glared daggers at him. “Did it ever occur to you that maybe I was calm before I became angry, and that maybe you had everything to do with this anger right now.”

“What have I done?” He really wanted to know, he couldn’t fathhy shy she would really be angry with him. Avoiding her shouldn’t have made her this angry with him.

“I wanted to see Darien, I looked all over the damn castle, then I looked on Harry’s old map. You and Darien weren’t even here. How is that supposed to make me feel? You didn’t even come tell me you were taking him out. He could have been hurt, or killed, I was worried about him, and the more worried I got the more angrier I became.”

Severus was appalled. You stupid thoughtless wonder, he thought, you took her son, no he belongs to both of us, but you didtelltell her. How more stupid can you get? Severus berated himself.

“I did not think. Next time I leave with Darien, I’ll make you aware of it.”

“See that you do.” She was still glaring daggers at him.

“Let’s put our son to bed. I need to talk to you, and I rather him to be laying down.” Severus didn’t add the last part, that he wanted to strangle this woman for still glaring at him, he made a simple mistake.

Severus and Hermione went to her chambers down near the dungeon.


********


Draco left the Malfoy Manor and headed back to work at the Ministry of Magic. His mind reeling with all the information he had just learned from his godfather. The first thing he wanted to do was to ble ble to get his godfather exactly what he needed to help Hermione. He had been careless in the past with how he treated other wizards and witches, he thought he was right that pureblood meant everything in the wizarding world. It didn’t.

Just like his father, Draco couldn’t stay away from the Ministry of Magic, his life had been honed for office, and to work here one day. Granted, he was the youngest in his department who held an authoritative place, but he always made sure tried to do what was fair. The Malfoy name hadn’t conjured up fairness, until now.

Lucius Malfoy, unaware to everyone in the wizarding world, had been working secretly with Dumbledore. No one had known of this alliance, until the last battle, Draco’s father had been instrumental with helping the Dark Lord fall. The battle had been talked about, but the detaif thf that night hadn’t been laid out. From what Draco had understood about that night was that Lucius and Severus had pulled Harry out of the room that was going to be his crypt. Severus and Harry found out about what side Lucius was really on that night. That was the most he could get his father to tell him, and he left it at that.

Fudge had been ousted, and the surprising new Minister of Magic, home ome to a great shock to many, Dumbledore was allowed to appoint the new minister. He appointed Lucius Malfoy, for his years of faithfulness with working for the order and keeping his role in the battle so well hidden. His father had to play the role about trying to help the Dark Lord return so he wouldn’t comprise himself. Draco thought he did an excellent job at this, because even Draco and his own mother had never been aware just how far Lucius’s loyalties had lie.

After Draco had reached his office he found that piece of parchment for Auror experimentation that had came across his desk a few weeks ago. This was one of the dunderhead mindlessness that Fudge had left during his term. Draco saw this as his golden ticket to get what he wanted from Weasley. Turning he headed for his father’s office. He had a few things to get off his chest and tell his father.


********


Severus and Hermione sat down in the alcove in her chambers, he had already put a silencing charm in the room so that Darien wouldn’t hear them talking in case things got louder than he wanted them too. They would be able to hear Darien if he woke up.

Hermione was still glaring at Severus.

“I told you I will tell you the next I left with Darien. We are through with that discussion.”

Hermione huffed at him. She wasn’t through with it yet, she could still feel those emotions as strong now as they had been when they first came to her. “I didn’t like it.”

“There is no need to point out the obvious.”

“I think there is.”

Severus stood up and walked away from her. If it had been any other time and her emotions weren’t so off the chart, she would see that he meant what he said. As it is, she couldn’t see past her anger at the moment.

“You’re just going to walk away?” Hermione asked him.

Severus turned back towards her, “We’ve discussed this, let’s move on to something else. I don’t feel like beating a dead unicorn, it’ll get us no where.”

“Fine then. What do you want to talk about?”

“As I said, I may have a solution to what you are experiencing with the jealousy spell. Are you willing to listen?” Severus was glad she wanted to move on, he felt like an idiot, maybe he should have apologized to her, but Snapes don’t apologize. He was being stubborn, he knew this. But Hermione needed to realize also, if Darien was with him, Darien was safe.

“I’ll listen.”

“I plan on using a Polyjuice Potion, as you know it takes a month to brew it. Pansy suggested it, while Darien and I were at the Malfoy Manor. I over looked this potion, but I think it will work.”

Polyjuice Potion, Hermione thought to herself, and just who is he turning into. Wouldn’t that have effects? I thought you had to be another person to take away the spell. Other questions flooded her mind.

“It’ll work, by the time the potion is done, your emotions should be back to normal. You shouldn’t be going from one drastic extreme to the other.”

“I thought we were going to do this before school started.”

Hermione had been trying to peg Severus down on a certain date, he hadn’t wanted to set one with her. Now he was glad he didn’t have too, he had a potion to brew. “You’re emotions will just be settling down when school starts, and if they don’t. We’ll need to give you some calming potions.”

“That is why I want to get all of this over with as soon as possible.” Hermione stood, and pushed her shaggy bush of hair back away from her face. “I’m tired of this. I’m tired of being like this. I can’t even look at a man without feeling like I’m betraying Ron. And Merlin! We haven’t been together for almost a year and a half.”

Who is she looking at, Severus thought? “It won’t kill you to wait another month.” He left unsaid, where as it might kill me.

“I don’t want to wait for another month.” Hermione put her hands on her hips and glared defiantly at him.

Severus pointed his finger at her. “You’ll wait, or find someone else.” Severus spun and walked out of Hermione’s chamber. He couldn’t stay any longer than he felt necessary, if he stayed any longer, he was liable to wring her neck with that attitude she had right now.

It wasn’t as if they hadn’t fought before, but this was the first fight they ever had while he had some sort of feelings for her, and it stung.