There\'s No Place Like Hogwarts

Destiny’s Note- Not mine. The characters belong to JK and the song Kiss From A Roes belongs to Seal. I thought it was a fitting song for Jessica and Severus (which happens to be my song with my boyfriend). I’m glad that so many of you remembered my dear Jonathan. He committed suicide November 18,2003. Three days after my 24th birthday. It wasn’t announced very much. I didn’t know until 2 months later. He was famous for his work on the NBC show SeaQuest DSV. And a few people have suggested that Jessica was a Mary Sue, but who cares? She’s not perfect, she does have flaws, you’ll see. It’s hard not to be a MS. But they are fun to read about. I took the MS test for fun and only got 10 points(because I named the cha, which means that she’s not one. Thank you all for remembering Jon.

There used to be gray in time all alone on the sea
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that’s the high and not the cure
Did you know that when it snow’s
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can’t be seen
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
The more I get of you, the stranger it feels
Now that your rose is in bloom, the light hits the gloom on the gray
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You became my power, my pleasure, my pain
Baby to me you’re like a growing addiction that I can’t deny
Won’t you tell me, is that healthy baby

Seal- Kiss From A Rose

Jessica pulled her dress off and sank into the marble tub. She had figured out how to work it and was now relaxing. Severus (she couldn’t bear to call him Snape anymore) was with Albus, reporting to him on what happened that night at dinner. Not wanting to face anyone, she had went right to their rooms and taken a bath. In her mind she could still hear her screams as the Cruciatus curse ripped through her body.

And now she was to become one of them. A Death Eater, a servant of Voldemort, bound forever to him through the snake and skull design that would be burned on her body as a permanent reminder of what she was. The only comfort that Jessica had was the fact that she, like Severus would be helping out Dumbledore and Harry.

Jessica hoped that Harry would be able to defeat Voldemort. He seemed so powerful, so unstoppable. She worried even more that as a Death Eater, her secret would come spilling out. She found it odd that Voldemort had not questioned her more about who she was and where she came from.

She rinsed the soap from her skin and pulled the plug on the tub. Grabbing a towel she wound it around her hair and picked up the dress that was on the floor. Taking a peek to see if Severus was back yet, she walked out to the bedroom, her damp naked body gleaming in the firelight. Jessica put the dress on the bed, and reached for her body cream lotion. This one smelled like vanilla and cinnamon and glittered as she spread it on her body. She was just placing the cap back on the bottle when someone knocked on the door. Knowing that it wasn’t Severus, she grabbed for her wand. She probably couldn’t do a spell to save her life, but she could jab the pointy end into someone’s eye, and that had to count for something. The knocking continued and a boy’s voice called out her name. It was Harry.

‘Hold on a second, Harry” she called out. “I’ve just got to put something on.”

Jessica searched through her bag, finding the pair of jeans that she had worn the night that she arrived at Hogwarts. A bright green plastic bag caught her eye. She had forgotten about the shirt that she had gotten right before going into the store to buy her cop of Half Blood Prince. Pulling them on, she opened the door and let Harry in.

Harry looked around the room before sitting. He had half expected to see a coffin instead of the large bed. Jessica sat on the floor in front of the fire to dry her hair while they talked.

“I was uh, wondering, that is..” Harry trailed off, staring at the pink bunny on Jessica’s t-shirt. It was a cartoon rabbit, standing on it’s hind legs with a huge smile on it’s face. The lettering underneath it read ‘Cute, but evil’. Jessica found it quite ironic, the words on the shirt and her current situation.

“What is that?” Harry asked, laughing.

“Oh, it’s a Happy Bunny shirt. It’s some American thing. There was also one that said ‘You smell like butt’”. They shared a laugh together.

“Would you like to join the D.A.?”

‘Of course I would, Harry. I need to learn some defensive spells.” Espeically now, she thought. “Constant vigilence” she added in a low growl.

“Tell me more about your life.”

“Well, I would imagine that it’s not any different than your life. The people are kind of nice, depending on where you live. I live in a small town in New York in the mountains. It’s very pretty. I love to read, and sing.”

‘You sing?” Harry asked in awe.

“Yeah, I tried out for the tv show, American Idol. That Simon Cowell makes Voldemort look nice.”

Harry noticed that Jessica had used Voldemort’s name without shivering. The words of the prophecy were still fresh in his mind. ‘Neither can live while the other survives’. A tear slid down his face.

“He killed my mum and dad, you know” Harry said quietly. “And now I’ve got to kill him.” Harry’s emerald eyes looked at hers. Jessica got up from the floor and sat next to Harry. She put her arm around him and pulled him close to her. Of course she knew what he was talking about. She had read The Order of the Phoenix and knew about the prophecy that foretold of Harry’s birth and Voldemort’s downfall.

“Sometimes, I just want him to kill me, you know. Just so it’d be over. Just to see Mum and Sirius.” He looked up at her. “Sometimes, I want to hurt him, like he hurt me.” His fists balled up in anger at his sides.


‘Harry, you are a great wizard. Don’t ever doubt that. You will do what is right when the time comes.” She kissed his forehead where the lightning bolt scar was, brushing a hair away. Harry smiled at her and gave an odd laugh. How could he tell her that he liked her?

“You are out after curfew, Potter. Not to mention the fact that you are in my personal rooms. That will be 20 points from Gryffindor and detention. Now get out of my sight before I take all your house points away.” Severus snarled, his lip curling up in a sneer.

“But, Professor, I was” Harry sputtered, standing up.

“Get out Potter, or this world will be without it’s great hero.” Severus’ eyes were dark and full of hate. His wand was pointed at Harry’s heart. Harry glared at his Potions master and walked out of the room. Jessica shot Severus a nasty look before she ran after the boy, calling his name. She finally caught up to him before he left the dungeons.

“I’m sorry, Harry. Severus can be such an asshole sometimes.” Jessica said as they walked back up to Gryffindor tower. Harry slyly grinned at that. Professor Asshole. That was funny.

“Mr. Potter, what are you doing?” a voice called out sharply. They both turned to see Professor McGonagall in her tartan dressing gown stamping towards them. Her face softened when she saw Jessica.

“Oh, Miss Lynch, I did not realize that you were with him. Potter, get off to bed with you.” Harry smiled and told Jessica that he would see her at breakfast. She nodded, saying that she’d love to eat at the Gryffindor table, if there was room. Harry climbed into the portrait hole with a final wave.

“Severus told us about what happened, my dear. I am very sorry.”

“It’s okay Professor. I would do anything to help out. Even marry Severus.” She gave a laugh as they walked down the halls. A few pictures muttered about being woken up as Peeves the Poltergeist danced up the hallway blowing loud raspberries. At hearing that Snape was to be married he began to loudly sing to the tune of ‘Here Comes The Bride’

“Here comes the groom
Ugly as a baboon
The great greasy git
Will finally get some ti.. ”

“Peeves” Minerva shouted, interrupting the last word of Peeves’ song, although Jessica knew what he was about to sing. Biting the inside of her lip to keep from laughing, she watched as Peeves floated away, singing the song to himself.

“Now the whole school will know by breakfast. Oh dear.”

“Well, at least we don’t have to tell them ourselves, right?” Jessica smiled at the woman.


Jessica went back into the dungeons, a smile on her face as Peeves’ song ran through her head. Her good mood quickly faded as she saw Severus scowling at the fireplace. She sat on the couch next to him and put her arm on his. He pushed it away, and gulped down whatever he was drinking before throwing the empty glass into the fire.

“Who the hell pissed in your cornflakes this morning? If anyone has a right to be mad, it’s me, not you! Who cares about some dumb ass prank that James and Sirius played on you over 20 years ago.” She looked him in the eye, speaking in an even tone. “Get over it. Harry is not James, you need to remember that.”

“The same blood flows though his veins. The sins of the father..”

“Don’t you give me that bullshit, Snape. Your father was a terrible man, and you are not.” She shot back, watching as the red drained from his face.

“How do you know?”

“Narcissa told me tonight. Now, enough of this. It’s been a long day and I would like to get some sleep.” Jessica rubbed her eyes before heading into the bathroom to change. When she came out, Severus was still sitting on the couch, but now he was staring at the mark on his arm. When he spoke, she jumped.

‘They will mark you too.” He said quietly.’ “In more than one way.”

Jessica’s heart thudded in her chest.

“What do you mean?”

“As my wife, you will be exempt from what would usually happen to a woman that became a Death Eater. Have you noticed that there is only one woman that serves Voldemort?”

“Bellatrix” she whispered

“Yes. Her cruelty was horrible to begin with when she was branded, but what happened to her afterwards made her the creature that she is today. I can still hear her screaming.”

“Tell me what they did to her.”

“It was the same night that I took the Dark Mark. Bella took it after I did. She swore her loyalty to the Dark Lord, and he ordered me to rape her, along with every other Death Eater present. By the time that everyone had their fun with Bella, she was nearly dead. She stopped screaming after a while. She just laid back and accepted it. She had proved her worth to Voldemort. She was never the same after that night.”

“God, is that what will happen to me?”

“No. Not that, at least. But you will be subjected to something else. You will be stripped and unarmed and brought before the Dark Lord. He will give you the Dark Mark and ask you to prove your faith to him. You must do what he asks. After that, every Death Eater will approach you and accept you in their own way. As a woman, it will probably be them touching and groping you, but they will not ask you for sexual favors. You will be spared from that. After that, I will take you in front of them and mark you as my own.”

“Mark me as your own, I don’t” Jessica began, but then it hit her. “You are telling me that I will have to have sex with you in front of all of the Death Eaters and Voldemort?”

Severus said nothing. He did not want to tell her about the part where she was going to be forced to drink a fertility potion so that she could conceive his child that night. Perhaps he could talk Voldemort out of that factor.

“I think I’m gonna puke” Jessica said, running into the bathroom. Severus heard her heaving as the remains of her dinner came back up. She came out a few minutes paler, her forehead damp with sweat. Jessica did not look at him as she knelt in front of the bed. Her head bowed, she started praying. Severus had never seen a sight and watched out of the corner of his eye as Jessica crossed herself and continued to speak in a low voice. He caught the very end of what she said.

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen”

“Does that help?” He asked, his face to the fire. Jessica slid into the sheets before answering him.

‘Yes, it does. There is one thing that is worse than death, Severus.”

He walked over to the bed and sat on the edge next to her.

“What would that be?” his voice sounded heavy.

“A life without faith. That is worse than death.”

Neither spoke again that night.

The following morning, Jessica awoke before Severus. She looked around for something to wear, and couldn’t find anything. She got an idea, and grabbed a robe from one of the many that hung in Severus’ closet. A white button up shirt hung next to it, and she took that too. Picking up her transfiguration book, she flipped to the page for clothes. She turned the robe into a black short skirt and a black tank top. Her sneakers were transformed into a pair of sandals. Jessica briefly giggled as she dressed, thinking that if this were a fan fiction story, she sure would be classified as a Mary Sue. Everyone loved her, she could do magic, and she had Snape. She pulled the white shirt on, rolled up the sleeves, and tied it around her waist, leaving it unbuttoned. She hoped that Severus would be all right with her borrowing his clothes. She would have to visit Hogsmeade that day to get some new clothes. She had some money with her that could be changed into Galleons.

But Jessica was wrong. Not everyone liked her, especially one red haired Gryffindor named Ginny. Ginny had hoped that this year, Harry would start to notice her. She had been getting letters and little presents sent to her by a secret admirer. Yesterday it had been a lovely silver necklace with her initial engraved on it. She had hinted around to Harry about it, but he acted like he didn’t know what she was talking about. But ever since Jessica showed up, it was all Harry could talk about.

Ginny saw an empty seat next to Harry, and moved towards it. He put his hand on the empty spot.

“Sorry, Gin. Jess is sitting here today.”

Ginny took the spot next to that, glowering at her orange juice glass. Soon, the hall erupted with catcalls and applause as Jessica walked in. Shouts of Mrs. Snape rung throughout the Great Hall as Jessica walked up to the Gryffindor table and sat. She ignored the remarks of all the students as she sat next to Harry.

“Good morning, Harry. Ginny, Ron, Hermione” Jessica said.

“Are you really marrying Snape?” Ron asked, his mouth stuffed with food.

“Yep.”

“I bet he’s really good in bed.” sighed Lavender Brown. “He’s kind of handsome, and has those really long fingers.,” she giggled. Jessica said nothing, just looked at her eggs.
“Are you really?” Harry asked, just so that she could hear. Jessica leaned over to him.

“Yes. It’s for the Order, Harry.” She quickly told him of what happened last night.

“I bet Malfoy set the whole thing up” Harry said angrily. He glared over at the Slytherin table, which were all celebrating the good news.

“Well, maybe not Draco. He’s” Jessica trailed off, not wanting to say what she had seen last night with Draco.

Suddenly, all the talking in the hall turned into whispers. Jessica felt someone tap her shoulder. It was Severus.

“Please sit with me” he asked. As they walked up to the staff table, he whispered harshly in her ear

“How does everyone know?”

“Peeves. He heard it last night.”

“Damn.” He swore, and then looked down at her body.

“You will not dress in that manner. It is not appropriate. After breakfast, you will go and put on a proper gown. I cannot have my wife traipsing around in such garments.” His eyes narrowed.

“Is that my shirt?”

Jessica sat in the chair that he pulled out for her.

“Yep. Don’t I look nice, Professor Snape. If you want to punish me, you’re more than welcome to.” She looked down coyly. Severus wanted to yell at her, but kept silent. She was toying with him, calling him Professor, and he did not like it.

“That shirt is Egyptian cotton. If you ruin it”

“You’ll what, spank me, Professor?” she heard a low giggle and looked over to see the whole staff listening intently to her conversation. Jessica poured syrup over pancakes. She went to take a bite and watched as a drop of syrup got on the snowy white shirt. She wiped it away as good as she could and hoped that Severus would not notice.

Albus stood up. The hall filled with silence.

“I am happy to announce that our beloved Potions master” Jessica heard a few snickers at this. “Is to be wed in 2 days time, here at Hogwarts, and you are all invited. Let salute them” Jessica and Severus stood together holding hands as everyone clapped.
“Kiss, kiss” chanted the students, as well as a few teachers.

“Albus, you cannot be serious” Severus said between gnashed teeth. Albus smiled. Well, I’ll give them all a good show, he though as he grabbed Jessica and pulled her roughly into his arms. He kissed her hard on the mouth, his tongue searching for hers. Jessica struggled to breathe as he ended the kiss. She heard laughter as they both sat down. Severus drank his coffee, wondering which was worse, dealing with Voldemort or the announcement of his quick marriage. Voldy was beginning to look a lot nicer.

AN- please don’t kill me. I did want to put the wedding in here, but I think that you’ll all agree that it should be it’s own chapter. Sorry the posting took so long. My boss was here all week, though not for work reasons. They are doing a play, and we have to do all the dirty work, like folding hundreds of programs and all that. I have decided to have 2 weddings for Sev and Jess. The Death Eater one and the one that Albus will throw, which will be more traditional. They will be their own chapters. Now, for my responses.

Jenn- I referring to Narcissa’s pregnancy for Draco, and the curse being used on her. I have always pictured Voldy having a face like Michael Jackson.

LariLee- Thanks. My tooth still hurts a little. Hope you like this chapter.

Lorett- I hope you like my Draco character. We have to remember that we only ever see him from Harry’s view, and that maybe he is nice. You’ll see, you’ll see. *grins*

Dreamweaver- Yes, that was Jon on SeaQuest, the show that you mentioned. I do think that Narcissa is nice.

Lioncourt- Narcissa said that because Lucius was there. Just like Snape has to pretend to be mean. Ever hear of love at first sight? That’s why she does things for him. It just is because it just is. Makes it easier to write that way. Lucius still will try though.

TicTac- No Ginny doesn’t know that Draco likes her. Who is sending her all those things, I wonder?

Nightshadows_angel Welcome to the story! I made a Mary Sue comment in the story. She’s one, maybe. But is very hard to write one that’s not a MS. Lucius has some plans for Jess, you’ll see.

Lightgoddess- I love your story! It’s so cool. Yes, I think Pansy is a cow too.

Catpower- here you go!

Branwen- Welcome! I love Mary Sues too.