𝓢𝓽𝓾𝓹𝓲𝓭 𝓖𝓲𝓻𝓵!

C2 Revenge

Now I know it isn't Ravenclaw of me to get revenge but he did try to kill me. Draco has it coming big time, I have decided to use my own concoction. I went to Honeydukes to buy an elephant on a bicycle, it's a candy that causes people to imitate an animal. I just needed a couple of things from Snape's personal stores to tweak the effect. I grinned at my own creative thinking.

Snape owes me for all the hell he put me through. My mind keeps flashing back to his lips on mine, his sweet warm lips. I smacked myself for the thoughts. Now that is just nauseating, enough to make me sick. I changed my clothes and grabbed my bag for the classes ahead. Assuming I get away with the plan that is. Before leaving I touched one of the petals of the orchid. I had decided to keep it and I kept it on the nightstand next to my bed. I then went straight to the potions classroom, using a charm to unlock the door, everyone would be at lunch. Including Snape himself.

Lucky for me, Madame Pomfrey let me eat before leaving. I unlocked Snape's potions closet and rummaged through it. I found what I was looking for and closed the closet, locking it back up. I went straight to the great hall and went over to Draco. I smiled my best smile as he turned around. ''I realize, you are the best student here and I'm sorry we got off to a bad start so I have a gift for you!'' He looked cocky and nodded. ''Let's see it then.'' I hugged him, mentally gagged, and then handed him a small gift. ''Oh and Draco, Snape wants to see you.'' I winked at him as he opened the gift, not only did he have some but he shared them with Crab, Goyle, and Pansy. I watched him walk up to the Professor's table, Snape lifting an eyebrow at him.

I bit my lip and waited for the effects to take place, he kept looking down at his shoes as if embarrassed or scared. I rolled my eyes. He hopped onto the teacher's table and started acting like a chicken. I laughed, that's when the rest of them started acting differently. Crab started acting like a monkey, Goyle started acting like a bull, and Pansy started acting like a cat. The whole great hall was in an uproar. I finally got revenge and it was beautiful.

Snape scowled as he got up, walking over to me and grabbing my collar as he walked me into the hall, pinning me there. ''What did you do!? You stupid girl!'' I didn't know what to do, he had my arms pinned above my head, holding them together with his left hand by my wrists.

His eyes looked softer as he stared at me. My breath was catching in my throat, I couldn't move. His right hand cupped my chin when I tried to move away, to look anywhere other than him. ''Where do you think you're going?'' I could feel the heat rising to my face, my heart was hammering. ''I'm sorry, he almost killed me. I didn't think..'' His thumb traced my lips, removing a stray hair that had fallen across my face, and I gasped lightly. ''He won't dare to try anything like that again, you have my word. No one will hurt you.'' He leaned down, his hand dropping my arms, he was so close to touching my lips with his.

''Raylona, don't ever lie or steal from me again.'' He pulled the ingredients out of my pocket and I let out a small sigh of relief. ''Of course Professor. I'm sorry.'' I actually meant it, I did feel guilty sneaking around like that, stealing from his personal store. ''What did you do to him?'' I laughed awkwardly. ''I just melted some candy and... made them last a little longer, something small enough to get him in trouble.'' He nodded. ''And you were going to send him my way?'' I smiled innocently. ''I'm in trouble, aren't I?'' He sucked in an air of breath. ''I'll make you a little deal Black, you serve say four nights of detention with me and we'll call it even.'' I stared at him for a minute, was he actually being nice to me? ''You did almost die, as you said. It could have been worse what you did to Malfoy so we'll call it settled and I won't catch you trying to get revenge again?'' I nodded gently. ''You have my word, Professor Snape. '' Things went silent again, he was still so close to me. He raised his hand again, like he wanted to touch me but dropped it again, dusting off his robe and taking a step back. ''See you in detention tonight Black.'' He stalked off to find his next victim and I took a bigger gasp of air. His skin was so soft and warm against mine, it sent electric shocks through my body. What was wrong with me? Severus was mysterious, not much was known about him except he had a bad attitude all the time, never smiled, and always wears black. That and he detests Harry Potter. I pulled out a pen and some parchment paper from my bag, I had to figure him out, and I started writing down the things I already knew about him. I folded the paper and slipped it into my bag.

I decided to go sit down in the library, my mind was buzzing with emotions and questions after that happened. The way he touched me was so gentle, and the way he talked to me was softer too. I grabbed another piece of paper and began drawing his eyes which always held more emotion than his face allowed. "What are you drawing?" A fellow dorm mate, Wednesday Baker slowly came closer to see. "Well, I keep having this strange dream and when I wake up I only remember these intense, burning eyes." Which wasn't entirely a lie, since I fell into the water I haven't dreamed of anything else now I could put a name to it. 

"Well it looks good, maybe you'll add a face later on and we'll see who it is." Wednesday sat next to me and began studying. I looked back at my picture. Maybe I would finish it one day, but I already knew the face I would be adding. I started pulling out my books to catch up on some of the assignments I needed to make up as I didn't have a class right now. Eventually, it was time for potions. I was nervously twiddling my sleeve, lost in thought as I went straight to my seat. Snape came in and the corners of my mouth dared to curve. I hid it though, biting the inside of my cheek. He didn't pay me any attention anyway. ''We are going to be learning about Veritaserum, I expect you all to take down notes, and no talking.'' He said as he picked up a piece of chalk, writing the words Veritaserum. ''Can anyone tell me what this potion does?'' He looked around the classroom, locking eyes with me for a moment, and his eyes softened for a moment before looking elsewhere. ''Black, you're being unusually quiet. For once.'' I rolled my eyes internally. ''Tell me, what do you know about Veritaserum?'' The whole class was silent and staring at me, I cleared my throat. ''We'll this potion was created by Barnaby Forsythe, it's a truth serum. Whoever drinks it will be compelled to tell the truth. It's forbidden for any staff here at Hogwarts to use it on students. The potion has limits, however, which is why it hasn't been used in criminal proceedings. If a person is trained well enough, they could overpower it with sheer will. It takes a total of twenty-eight days to finish making it.'' The class looked back at Snape who looked appeased. ''Five points... To Ravenclaw.'' Malfoy looked like he was in disbelief. ''Everyone take down notes from the book, I want an essay on my desk by tomorrow on the workings of Veritaserum an inch thick.'' He clasped his hands together as people groaned. I started taking down my notes and once I was done writing them out I started on my essay and eventually Snape dismissed the class. Dinner was brought to us by house elves, it was deli sandwiches with an apple and green beans on the side, and a bottle of pumpkin juice to wash it all down with. We ate in silence, I'd look over at him occasionally but he would be grading papers while working. After I finished eating I stood up and went up to this desk. ''What would you like me to do Professor?'' He gave me a large stack of his papers. ''Here, grade these.'' He said without another word, I went back to my desk. I took out my ink and quill, marking each paper with what I thought they deserved. I got to Draco's paper and hesitated to scribble all over it but I promised Snape I wouldn't do anything else. I gave him a fair score with a groan. I took the stack back and he went through him, his brows furrowing. ''You are fair...'' He mumbled. ''Thank you, sir.'' He shook his head. '' It wasn't a compliment. You should have marked spelling errors and a lack of in-depth information.'' I nodded. ''However, what's done is done.'' He gave me another stack to work on and it just went like this for the next half hour til there were no papers left. ''I'll see you tomorrow Black, get some rest.'' I nodded as I started collecting my things, my papers fell out of my bag all over the classroom floor and I cursed myself. He bent down to help me when his hand stopped as he looked over my drawing pad. Oh no, my heart was hammering in my chest. Crap crap crap. 

]He didn't say anything as he looked at me intensely, he handed me back my things and helped me up. ''Try to be more careful, Black.'' He almost looked like he was smirking. I put everything in my bag and then I dropped my wand, I rolled my eyes and bent over again, I looked over at Snape who was staring intently at my legs and more, he looked away when he noticed I was looking. I blushed and hurried out of the room after grabbing my wand. What the hell was going on? I hurried all the way up to my dorm, dumping my bag onto my bed, and got to work on my homework. My mind went back to the night before, I could still feel his skin on mine. I cursed myself again, I hated Severus Snape, didn't I?