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I am making no money off of this.
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class=GramE>A/N Thanks to all who reviewed.style='font-family:Arial'> class=GramE>I know this is short but I only wrote this as a little fluff
piece.
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le='le='font-family:Arial'>The Legend of Erised
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style='font-family:Arial'>Part II
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style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione picked at her dinner.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She wondered what was on the paper Snape
found. He had said it had her name on it.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It wasn’t hers,
though and she had no idea where it had come from.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But, by the look on
his face, it wasn’t good.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Mione” Ron gestured wildly
trying to get her attention.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Yes? What?”
Hermione answered distracted.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“You haven’t heard a word that I have said.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He looked at her expectantly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I’m sorry Ron, go on then.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She gave him her full attention.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I was saying that I got a letter from the manager of
the British National Quidditch team.” He
explained to her. “They want me to be
their new seeker.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He definitely had her attention now.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Ron, that is impossible.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Thanks for the vote of confidence.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ron looked hurt.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“It is just that…they don’t take players unless they
are over 19 years old. Isn’t that right?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She looked at Harry for support.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Maybe they made an exception for Ron.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Harry obviously wasn’t
going to be any help.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Is that likely?”
Hermione continued. Then she
stopped and looked at them all questioningly.
“Didn’t you guys get strange letters today, too?”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Both Harry and Neville took exception to this and
told Hermione so. She held up her hand
to signal a truce. “I just mean you all
got letters with good news.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>They all nodded in agreement.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione suddenly stood up to leave.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Where are you going?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ron asked.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I just want to get some home work done before my
detention.” ioneione hurried off.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Ron shook his head.
“That girl has some serious problems.”
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style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione’s thoughts raced as she headed off to the
library. All three boys got letters
today. Each got something that they
really wanted or desired. If that is
true then perhaps Snape found a letter that showed
what he desired. That could be good or
bad. He could desire her or desire never
to see her, again. Let’s
look at the good side, she decided. It
had something to do with her. As
Hermione hurried through the halls, something bugged her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She just couldn’t
put her finger on it.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione arrived at the library and tried to think of
how to begin. She was good at
research. It involved not only books class=GramE>but figuring things out.
Two things that she loved.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But where to
begin? It could be a potion, a charm, or
any thing. Then the thought that had
been evading her suddenly showed itself.
The Mirror of Erised.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It reflected what people most desired.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Well, she thought.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It’s a start.
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style='font-family:Arial'>She quickly found the book she needed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The Legend of Erised.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was actually a very romantic story, she
thought. There was a
wizard who was in love with a witch, Cassandra.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her family refused to let them marry.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She was betrothed to
someone else to unite two families.
Knowing that they could never be together, Cassandra sent her love the
enchanted mirror. This was so he could
always see her. No one else knew because
when anyone else looked into the mirror they saw what
they themselves desired. She named the
mirror Erised-Desire backwards. He in
turn sent her a love letter. When others
looked at this letter, they, again, saw what they wanted to see.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> No one suspected that she had the magic
letter until she died. Later the mirror
and letter were stored together as treasures.
It was important (she read) to keep them out of the wrong hands.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Although they weren’t
evil, they could cause someone to waste away wishing for things that would
never happen.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Hold on. This
is interesting!” Hermione class=GramE>didn’t realize she had spoken out loud until she was shushed
by Madam Pince.
There was another part to the magic of the letter.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If one could get control of their desires
then the paper would go blank. Then that
witch or wizard could make whatever they desired come true, as long as they
could continue to keep that control.
There was really one only condition.
It had to be something that was possible.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>This could be very helpful.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She had to find out if Snape’s letter was the
Letter of Erised. She also had to find
out what was in that letter.
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style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Snape had no idea that Hermione was making plans for
her detention. He was cursing himself
for his impulsive behavior. He had given
her detention. Now he had to spend time
with her. After reading the whole
letter, he wasn’t sure what to do.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Could she really have feelings for him or was
she just mocking him? He had thought
briefly that maybe the letter wasn’t from her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was in her handwriting, though.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And the
alternative-that someone else knew-was too horrible to contemplate.
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style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione walked calmly into the dungeon to serve her
detention. Snape was slumped over his
desk, looking emotionally and physically exhausted.
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class=GramE>“Professor?”style='font-family:Arial'> He looked up
at the sound of her voice. As he stood
up his face became a mask, hiding the turmoil he felt inside.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Well? Miss
Granger. Are you ready to explain this
letter to me?”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I can’t, sir” she began.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Because I didn’t write
it.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He sighed heavily “Miss Granger…”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Could I see the letter, sir?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She interrupted.
stylont-ont-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I don’t see the point.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You obviously know what it says.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He looked at her suspiciously.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Then it couldn’t hurt could it?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hermione countered quickly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Against his better judgment, he handed her
the letter.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione looked at the delicate parchment.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Professor Snape’s
handwriting scrawled across the page.
style='font-family:Arial'>
class=GramE>My>style='font-family:Arial'> Dearest Hermione, it began, I love you very much.
I cannot stand the thought of being without
you. You are all I
think about, my love…Hermione stopped reading.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Yeah, yeah, she thought.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Whatever.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She knew her own desires and class=GramE>didn’t need an ancient piece of paper to tell her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>She had found out what she needed though.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was the Letter of Erised.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hermione closed her eyes, concentrating on
gaining control of her desires.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“What are you doing?
Miss Granger!” Snape yelled to
break her out of whatever trance thing she was doing.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She held up her hand for him to be
quiet. He was so shocked that he just
quit talking all together. He watched
her in fascination.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione opened her eyes and looked at the
letter. It was blank.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She smiled smugly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Severus Snape had had enough.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Do you think this is funny, Miss Granger?”
he said dangerously.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>It seemed to have no effect on her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Instead of answering, she stared at the
letter in her hand.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione watched as words started to appear on the
paper. She didn’t
havereadread them because they were the words she had just thought in her mind.
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style='font-family:Arial'>Severus, tell me what was in
your letter.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Miss Granger,” the flustered potions master
began. “Let me tell you what was in this
letter.” He frowned.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was not what he was going to say.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He continued.
“You wrote that you longed to touch me.
That you wanted to feel my lips on yours.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He stopped, trying to regain control.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was compelled to continue.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You said…you know that I watch you in class
and you enjoy it. You love the way class=GramE>I caress you with my eyes.
The way I watch your lips as you bite on your
quill, your breasts as you breathe in deeply, and your legs as you smooth your
skirt. You confess that you wish to open
your legs so that I can see how much you want me.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You long for my hands to touch you where my
eyes have lingered.” He paused to take a
deep breath.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione also had to take a deep breath.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was quite a letter!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He watches her in class?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She was always too afraid to look at
him. She didn’t
want him to think she was watching him!
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Go on…
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I want you so much.
I love you.
Signed, Hermione Granger.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He finished and looked at her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He seemed so vulnerable, as if he was waiting
for her to mock him.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Severus, come closer…
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He moved closer to her.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Kiss me…roughly.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He reached out, put his hand in her hair, and grabbed
the back of her head. He pulled her to
him and kissed her passionately. He class=GramE>didn’t know why he was doing it, but he couldn’t stop
himself.
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style='font-family:Arial'>Grab me…
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He grabbed her bottom and squeezed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hermione gasped.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That wasn’t what she
was expecting but…okay. class=GramE>That’s good.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Do you want me, Severus?
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I want you, Hermione” he
groaned.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Show me…I want to feel how
much you want me.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He turned her around so that she was facing away from
him. He pressed into her bottom and she
could feel his arousal. She pushed back,
grinding into him.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Touch me, Severus…
st'fon'font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He reached down and touched her thigh, tracing under
the edge of her skirt with his fingertips.
It was excruciating torture.
style='font-family:Arial'>
class=GramE>Higher…style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He moved his hand higher, stroking the top of her
thigh…so close.
style='font-family:Arial'>
class=GramE>Higher…style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He finally moved his hand under her panties, gently
stroking her…
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Oh yes, Severus.
Don’t stop...
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He continued with this slow torture and then snly
nly
he plunged two fingers inside her while his thumb continued stroking…
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione cried out.
She frantically thought, take
me now, Severus!
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“No.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
class=GramE>This was stated calmly by her
professor.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I do not think I will, Miss Granger.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione’s eyes flew open.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She had lost control and so the spell over
him was broken. Still, she thought, no
need to address her so formally. It
seemed inappropriate really, considering his fingers were still inside her and
his thumb was still…
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Oh, yes, she thought, that was incredible.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He whispered dangerously in her ear.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I will not be controlled.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione felt she had lost control of the whole
situation. Still there was some
hope. He hadn’t
moved away, he obviously wanted her, and there was more than one way to gain
control.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione turned so that she was facing him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> This had some disadvantages in that it forced
him to remove his hand. However, she was
heartened to find that it soon found its rightful place again.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She leaned in and kissed his neck.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She savored the taste of his skin and class=GramE>was rewarded by a groan from Severus.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He reached into his pocket and found his
wand. It wasn’t
long until they were both naked. She
would love to watch him undress. class=GramE>But not now. There
was no time.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Severus pushed her against the cold dungeon wall as
he was kissing her. She class=GramE>couldn’t take much more.
Then suddenly he was inside her and she felt amazing, wonderful,
things. Fleetingly, she
thought-Control is definitely overrated!
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style='font-family:Arial'>Many hours later, they discussed the letter.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> an>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“So the letter I had, showed my desires?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Severus asked her.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Yes” Hermione acknowledged.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Then what did your lettey?” y?” he questioned
further.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“It was nothing…it’s not important.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She hesitated in telling him.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Hermione” Severus looked at her intently.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You know what my letter said.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And I might
add. It was forced out of me.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>She looked down.
She was a little ashamed of herself.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“It was from you, of course.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She answered quietly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “And it said that you loved me and couldn’t
live without me.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“And did you believe it?” he questioned her.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Well, it was just writing my own desires, after all.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Severus quickly came over to her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He pulled her into an embrace.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Well, you can believe it.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I love you very much, Hermione.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“I love you, too. Severus”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>As he kissed her once again, Hermione felt herself
getting lost.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Wait” she said breathlessly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> At his look of annoyance she explained, “We
still don’t know how the letter got into circulation.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It couldn’t have been an accident.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Snape thought for a minute.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Dumbledore”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Are you sure?”
Hermione asked him.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“He is the only one it could have been.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Snape replied.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“What do you think we should do?”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Professor Snape had an answer ready.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Give him a taste of his own medicine.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione thought about this.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Well, we can’t give him the letter because
he already knows all about it. We could
give it to someone else though. class=GramE>But who?” She thought
about all the possibilities.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Sibyll awneawney” Snape answered.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “That will get him.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He smiled at the thought of Sibyll running
after Dumbledore.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“Dearest” Hermione said sweetly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You haven’t thought this through properly.”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“What do you mean?” he asked.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>“What if Professor Trelawney’s greatest desire…is
you?”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>He shuddered.
“You’re right. Then,
who?”
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Hermione had a thought and then smiled.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Just leave it to me.”
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style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>The next day at breakfast was the perfect time to
implement her plan. As the owls dropped
the morning mail, Professor McGonagall was surprised to get a letter.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She frowned as she opened it.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Suddenly her frown lifted and she smiled
broadly, as she exclaimed, “Oh Albus”.
He looked up surprised at her outburst and was further surprised when
she threw herself into his arms.
Professor Dumbledore looked suspiciously around the room until his eyes
rested on Hermione Granger. Hermione
smiled at him and winked.
style='font-family:Arial'>
style='font-family:Arial'>Then, Albus Dumbledore pulled Minerva McGonagall even
closer, smiled at Miss Granger and winked back.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> style='mso-spacerun:yes'> style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
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