“Vengeance is sweet…” Snape said in a cold voice. “How I hoped I would catch you. And you, Lupin…”
“Severus…”
But Snape silenced him by pointing his wand at him.
“I told Dumbledore you were helping your old friend into the castle and now, here’s the proof.”
“Brilliant Snape. As usual you put your penetrating mind to the task and come to the wrong conclusion.” Black said. “Now, do excuse us, Remus and I are busy, we have some unfinished business to attend to…”
Snape pressed his wand to Black’s throat, a look of pure loathing on his face.
“Severus, don’t be a fool.” Lupin said calmly.
“Can’t help it, it’s habit,” Black said.
“Sirius, be quiet, –”
“Be quiet yourself, Remus!”
Snape sneered smugly.
“You two never change, bickering like an old married couple.”
“Oh, why don’t you run along and play with your chemistry set!” Snape snapped.
“… I could kill you now…” Snape said. “But why deny the Dementors…”
Sirius went even paler. Megan and the others stood frozen, unsure what to do or say. Snape, on the other hand was eyeing Sirius with suppressed triumph.
“Yes, the Dementors’ kiss… one may only imagine what that can be like to endure…”
“Sir, if you just hear them out–” Megan said, trying to be cordial.
“SILENCE!” he yelled. “You and your pathetic friends are already facing long overdue expulsion from Hogwarts–”
“Severus, really!” Lupin interjected, shocked.
“As are you, Lupin.” He added icily, his wand slashing the air to point at his chest. “I knew you couldn’t be trusted. Dumbledore was so convinced you were harmless…”
“STOP IT!” Megan yelled. “Just because they played a trick on you as teenagers, in which, by the way professor Lupin had no involvement, you won’t even listen!”
“I won’t be spoken to like that, Potter, now move!” Snape said, now pointing his wand at Megan.
“Severus, what are you doing?!” Lupin exclaimed in alarm. “Lower your wand at once!”
“Don’t you dare, Snape!” Black suddenly shouted, now free of Snape’s wand.
He shoved Snape backwards and bounded in front of Megan just as Cedric moved to do the same. Megan again recognised the scene from her exam.
“You’re letting a schoolboy grudge cloud your reason,” Lupin said.
Megan glanced at Snape who had a mad glint in his eyes she had never seen before. He waved his wand. Black pushed Megan and Cedric backwards as thin ropes tied themselves around him and then Lupin. But Megan wanted to hear them out, so she whipped out her wand, pointed it at Snape and shouted:
“Expelliarmus!”
He flew backwards and slumped to the floor.
“Megan, what did you do?” Harry asked. “You attacked a teacher!”
Megan dropped to her knees and unbound Lupin who then did the same for Sirius.
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Megan Potter - A saga of the Heart - Book 3 - Past and Present
Fanfiction- Things are seldom what they appear - Megan was ready for yet another long, boring summer at the Dursleys. Little did she know that this summer would soon turn out even worse than the last. The reason? Her cousin's aunt Marge. And as if that wasn'...
