What I Did During The Summer

Title: What I Did During The Summer

Rating: R

Summary: Hermione is due to start her seventh year at
Hogwarts. However, she has a little surprise for Harry and Ron, one that will
test their friendship.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Chapter 5: Severus’ Revenge

            The owl
that had the box of candy arrived in Dumbledore’s office. It landed showing the
Headmaster the box.

   “Now what do we
have here?” Dumbledore muttered, taking the box.

He opened it and saw the large
supply of lemondrops, all glittering and tempting. He picked one up and sniffed
it. Detecting nothing wrong with it he popped one in his mouth. He sucked on it
and then with a small pop, Dumbledore the goat took the place of Dumbledore the
wizard. He started to chew on some papers, not even knowing that he was even
human.

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   “You did what?”
Hermione said when Severus told her of the spell he had put on Dumbledore’s
lemondrops.

Severus laughed.

   “I turned him into
a goat,” he told her. “And trust me, he deserves it.”

Hermione scowled at him, which made Remus speak out.

   “Let’s hope that
McGonagall doesn’t decide to turn him into goat meat.”

   “Don’t worry,”
Severus said. “It only lasts for two days. I’ll just tell Hagrid to watch him.
That should give him a nasty shock when he turns back to normal.”

Hermione gave him a dark look.

   “Hermione, let him
have his fun,” Remus said. “After all he’s getting what’s coming to him. He is
ruining your summer.”

Hermione sighed. He did have a point.

            That night
all three of them headed back up to the castle. When all three of them entered
McGonagall came running up to them.

   “Have you seen
Dumbledore?” McGonagall asked.

They all shook their heads which made McGonagall not even
close to calm.

   “We’ve got to find
him,” she moaned. “Arthur is coming tomorrow and if Dumbledore isn’t here, then
the board is going to have me meet him. Please, I don’t want to meet up with
him. He’s going to talk about his war scars again.”

Hermione laughed at her.

   “Minerva, I’m sure
that he’s alright and that he’ll return to meet up with Arthur,” Remus said. “He’s
never failed to meet anyone from the Order.”

   “Remus is right,
Minerva, he’ll be back.”

   “Oh god I hope so,”
she said.

And she walked off.

            That night
Hermione was able to spend it in her husband’s quarters. She had to admit,
watching her husband sleep, that it was nice to have Dumbledore as a goat. At
least he wasn’t nosing around in their lives. She smiled and then went to
sleep.

            The next
morning an owl arrived from Harry. Hedwig landed and Hermione took the letter.
She opened it and read it to her husband.

Dear Hermione,

I hope that everything is going well and that you’ve managed
to get the position of Head Girl. Could you please come and visit me this
weekend. Send an answer back with Hedwig.

Harry

            Severus
snorted at the letter. He wanted to spend the weekend with his wife, not have
is wife hanging around Potter. It gave his friend, Weasley, ideas. However,
Hermione was able to tell that Severus wasn’t in the mood for her to leave.

   “Severus, I’ve got
to spend time with my friends,” she told him. “I don’t want people to think
that I’m too good to spend time with them.”

Severus looked at her darkly.

   “And have you told
your…friends about us being married?” he asked, guessing the answer.

Hermione sighed and shook her head.

   “Well I think that
you should re-think that plan until you’ve gotten the guts to tell them.”

Hermione sighed again, knowing that he was right.

   “Hermione, why don’t
you go and tell them this weekend that you’re married to Severus,” Remus
suggested. “That way they have the entire summer left to figure out if class=GramE>their for you or against you.”

   “You think I
should?” Hermione asked, looking surprised at his suggestion.

Remus nodded. Hermione turned to Severus.

   “Do you think I
should?”

Severus nodded, knowing that he might as well resign to the
fact that he would be without his wife for the day. Hermione thought about this
for a moment.

   “I think I will,”
she said. “And I promise that I will be back to spend time with you.” She added
when she saw his disappointed face.

   “Ya, trust Harry
and Ron to ensure that she’ll be back in an hour.”

Hermione hoped that Remus wasn’t right about that.

Note: Thanks to everyone that reviewed. Poor Hermione has to
tell her friends and McGonagall is thrown into a meeting with Arthur.