Christmas Surprise
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
2
Views:
2,158
Reviews:
12
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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Christmas Surprise 2
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR.
AN:
This is a serial written in individual 100 word drabbles.
Each 100 word drabble is a response to one of many GrangerSnape100 challenges.
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Severus glanced toward the bedroom. "Keep your voices down, Hermione will hear."
"Severus, she'll have to be told," Kingsley began, "You both need to return with me. I need to oversee your security. I don't know if the American's or the International Authorities let him escape. Their incompetence is abhorrent. They had him and -"
"Shacklebolt," Severus snarled in a whisper, "do not presume to tell me -"
"Severus," Hermione called, "what's wrong?"
"Nothing," he said, going to her, "we're going back, now."
"Why now?"
"Hermione," he said, sitting with her, "he's escaped."
"It's never going to be over."
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"Hermione, look at me," Severus said firmly.
Hermione drew a shaky breath and focused on his dark eyes. Severus held her chin firmly. "Everything's different now. He's wanted in several countries. He has shown how evil he is. He's not a Saviour or a hero anymore. He will be caught, Hermione," Severus said with a confidence he didn't feel. "I will never let him hurt you again. We are going somewhere safe. We no longer have to hide. He's the one running now."
"Here was supposed to be safe," Hermione said. Then she drew strength from Severus's eyes and asked, "Where are we going?"
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"I don't know, yet. I shall go find out from Shacklebolt. I thought you should be told what was happening, first." Severus fought to keep his voice calm. He despised not being the one in charge of Hermione's safety. These decisions should be his.
Hermione noticed the edge in his voice, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"There is; you don't like letting Kingsley make decisions.
Severus looked at her. "Using Legillimency?" he asked in mock indignation.
"No," Hermione said, kissing him lightly. "I simply know the man I love, very well."
Remus coughed from the door. "You're staying with me."
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Severus and Hermione looked at Remus.
"Actually, you're staying with Tonks and me at my home. It's extremely safe," Remus assured him.
"What security measures have been put in place?" Severus demanded.
"It's already unplottable, there are complex ward surrounding the property. These are arranged in three circles around the house. The wards are also capeable of surveillance. There's an anti-Apparition charm. The floo is password operated only."
"That will do, for now," Severus said.
Kingsley came to the door. "We have to leave, now," he ordered. "I've arranged transportation for us all. We must go, now."
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The transportation was part Muggle and part magical. It was convoluted and tedious. Severus did, silently, acknowledge Shacklebolt's skill. It would be almost impossible to track them.
Hermione was exhausted and in pain when they arrived.
Tonks hugged Remus fiercely. "I've been so worried," she said, her voice thick with emotion. She noticed Hermione and Severus. She left Lupin's arms. "Hermione, you look exhausted. The guest room's the one on the left at the top of the stairs.
"Thank you, Tonks," Hermione said. She leaned into Severus as dizziness overwhelmed her. Severus picked her up and carried her upstairs.
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Severus helped Hermione to the bath. It was completely against his judgment. She was weak and exhausted. She should be resting. She had insisted that she wouldn't until she had a bath. She wouldn't listen to reason. She wouldn't settle for any type of cleansing spells or charms. Hermione stopped him at the door. "I can manage now, " she said.
"Don't be ridiculous. I'm not leaving you alone, you can barely stand up."
"Leave me alone! Go away!" She was half crying, half yelling.
"Hermione, what -"
She pushed him away and slammed the door. "GO AWAY!" she cried.
"Hermione. Let. Me. In."
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There was no sound from the bathroom. "Hermione, let me in!" Severus ordered.
"Go away. I just want a bath," was her quiet reply.
"You're weak. Let me help you."
"NO!"
"Hermione!"
Severus felt a hand on his shoulder. Tonks stood there. "Hermione it's Tonks. Can I come in?"
"Just you."
Severus looked at Tonks. She patted his shoulder. "Remus is in the kitchen. I'll stay with Hermione."
Severus sneered at her hand until she removed it.
"Go down and talk to Remus. It'll help."
"I sincerely doubt that." Severus sneered, stalking from the room.
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Severus walked into the kitchen, lost in his thoughts. He should be doing something useful. If Hermione didn't want his help, he should be out finding and slowly... painfully... killing Potter. That was a satisfying thought.
"Coffee?" Lupin interrupted his thoughts.
Severus focused on the other man, who was holding a child on his lap.
"You seem busy," he replied.
"Severus, I'm a wizard." A coffeepot poured a second cup.
Severus reluctantly sat across from him. The child looked up. Severus was startled by it's direct gaze. "Lupin is he -" Severus began.
"Severus," Tonks voice interrupted, "come up now, please."
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"What's wrong?" Severus demanded.
"Hermione needs a Healer. I'll tell Remus to floo Healer Drake."
"What's wrong?" Severus snapped. "She was seen by a Healer last night."
"They missed something," Tonks said. "Come and see."
Hermione was feverish and confused. "Severus?"
"Yes."
"Look," Tonks said, showing him a puncture wound on Hermione's left thigh. It was swollen and had raised black streaks spreading out from it.
"That wasn't there."
"I'm sure it wasn't. It happened to me a week after... I almost died. Healer Drake saved me," Tonks said.
"What is it?"
"I don't know. Healer Drake will."
Severus sat with Hermione to wait.
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To Be Continued...
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AN:
This is a serial written in individual 100 word drabbles.
Each 100 word drabble is a response to one of many GrangerSnape100 challenges.
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Severus glanced toward the bedroom. "Keep your voices down, Hermione will hear."
"Severus, she'll have to be told," Kingsley began, "You both need to return with me. I need to oversee your security. I don't know if the American's or the International Authorities let him escape. Their incompetence is abhorrent. They had him and -"
"Shacklebolt," Severus snarled in a whisper, "do not presume to tell me -"
"Severus," Hermione called, "what's wrong?"
"Nothing," he said, going to her, "we're going back, now."
"Why now?"
"Hermione," he said, sitting with her, "he's escaped."
"It's never going to be over."
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"Hermione, look at me," Severus said firmly.
Hermione drew a shaky breath and focused on his dark eyes. Severus held her chin firmly. "Everything's different now. He's wanted in several countries. He has shown how evil he is. He's not a Saviour or a hero anymore. He will be caught, Hermione," Severus said with a confidence he didn't feel. "I will never let him hurt you again. We are going somewhere safe. We no longer have to hide. He's the one running now."
"Here was supposed to be safe," Hermione said. Then she drew strength from Severus's eyes and asked, "Where are we going?"
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"I don't know, yet. I shall go find out from Shacklebolt. I thought you should be told what was happening, first." Severus fought to keep his voice calm. He despised not being the one in charge of Hermione's safety. These decisions should be his.
Hermione noticed the edge in his voice, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"There is; you don't like letting Kingsley make decisions.
Severus looked at her. "Using Legillimency?" he asked in mock indignation.
"No," Hermione said, kissing him lightly. "I simply know the man I love, very well."
Remus coughed from the door. "You're staying with me."
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Severus and Hermione looked at Remus.
"Actually, you're staying with Tonks and me at my home. It's extremely safe," Remus assured him.
"What security measures have been put in place?" Severus demanded.
"It's already unplottable, there are complex ward surrounding the property. These are arranged in three circles around the house. The wards are also capeable of surveillance. There's an anti-Apparition charm. The floo is password operated only."
"That will do, for now," Severus said.
Kingsley came to the door. "We have to leave, now," he ordered. "I've arranged transportation for us all. We must go, now."
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The transportation was part Muggle and part magical. It was convoluted and tedious. Severus did, silently, acknowledge Shacklebolt's skill. It would be almost impossible to track them.
Hermione was exhausted and in pain when they arrived.
Tonks hugged Remus fiercely. "I've been so worried," she said, her voice thick with emotion. She noticed Hermione and Severus. She left Lupin's arms. "Hermione, you look exhausted. The guest room's the one on the left at the top of the stairs.
"Thank you, Tonks," Hermione said. She leaned into Severus as dizziness overwhelmed her. Severus picked her up and carried her upstairs.
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Severus helped Hermione to the bath. It was completely against his judgment. She was weak and exhausted. She should be resting. She had insisted that she wouldn't until she had a bath. She wouldn't listen to reason. She wouldn't settle for any type of cleansing spells or charms. Hermione stopped him at the door. "I can manage now, " she said.
"Don't be ridiculous. I'm not leaving you alone, you can barely stand up."
"Leave me alone! Go away!" She was half crying, half yelling.
"Hermione, what -"
She pushed him away and slammed the door. "GO AWAY!" she cried.
"Hermione. Let. Me. In."
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There was no sound from the bathroom. "Hermione, let me in!" Severus ordered.
"Go away. I just want a bath," was her quiet reply.
"You're weak. Let me help you."
"NO!"
"Hermione!"
Severus felt a hand on his shoulder. Tonks stood there. "Hermione it's Tonks. Can I come in?"
"Just you."
Severus looked at Tonks. She patted his shoulder. "Remus is in the kitchen. I'll stay with Hermione."
Severus sneered at her hand until she removed it.
"Go down and talk to Remus. It'll help."
"I sincerely doubt that." Severus sneered, stalking from the room.
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Severus walked into the kitchen, lost in his thoughts. He should be doing something useful. If Hermione didn't want his help, he should be out finding and slowly... painfully... killing Potter. That was a satisfying thought.
"Coffee?" Lupin interrupted his thoughts.
Severus focused on the other man, who was holding a child on his lap.
"You seem busy," he replied.
"Severus, I'm a wizard." A coffeepot poured a second cup.
Severus reluctantly sat across from him. The child looked up. Severus was startled by it's direct gaze. "Lupin is he -" Severus began.
"Severus," Tonks voice interrupted, "come up now, please."
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"What's wrong?" Severus demanded.
"Hermione needs a Healer. I'll tell Remus to floo Healer Drake."
"What's wrong?" Severus snapped. "She was seen by a Healer last night."
"They missed something," Tonks said. "Come and see."
Hermione was feverish and confused. "Severus?"
"Yes."
"Look," Tonks said, showing him a puncture wound on Hermione's left thigh. It was swollen and had raised black streaks spreading out from it.
"That wasn't there."
"I'm sure it wasn't. It happened to me a week after... I almost died. Healer Drake saved me," Tonks said.
"What is it?"
"I don't know. Healer Drake will."
Severus sat with Hermione to wait.
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To Be Continued...
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