After my first day of classes, I made my way to the great hall. It felt kind of nice helping the kids with their work in class but I wished I was teaching. I didn't understand why I had to share with Slughorn especially when I just sit back and watc...
"Why are they chasing us?" Alicia asked as we were running away from the dementors. This was before Sirius and I started dating. Alicia and Sirius were a thing at the moment.
"I'm not sure but keep running," I said as I pulled out my wand and looked back. It was scarier than I thought it would be. Nobody tells you exactly how it feels to run into dementors or how cold it gets.
Alicia slipped on the ice and I stopped in the middle of my tracks. Looking at Alicia as the dementor floated above her. I gulped watching the dementor take her soul. "Leave her alone," I screamed as I got closer. I knew screaming at the dementor wouldn't help but I had to do something. I didn't have my wand with me which was the worst thing to forget as a witch. I knew I had it in me to use wandless magic. I held my hand out and pointed it at the dementor. "Expecto Patronum," I whispered. A white light appeared from my hand and a small elephant appeared. It made the dementor that was stealing a kiss from Alicia fly away and the others that were near leave. I ran over to Alicia who was hyperventilating. "Are you okay?"
She nodded, "Thank you for saving me."
That was my first but not last encounter with a dementor.
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"I don't want you to be mad at me," Severus said as he pulled up his trousers. I looked up at Severus and saw his onyx eyes on me. "What?" I asked wondering why Severus would think I would be mad at him.
"Well more mad at Slughorn and Dumbledore," Severus said.
"What did they do now?" I asked while pulling my knickers on.
"They asked me if you could be in my class for the next two weeks," Severus said.
"Why?"
"I'm not sure," Severus said.
I grabbed my shirt and pulled it over my head, "I hate that I am the assistant Professor," I paused, "why even stay here at Hogwarts if I can't even teach students? Why am I here wasting my time? I should just go back to my job before teaching."
"You can't leave," Severus said, "You can't leave me with these dunderheads. If you don't mind me asking what did you do before teaching?" Severus was buttoning up his long-sleeved shirt.
"We should get to class," I said, "we mustn't be late."
"We are already going to be late," Severus said.
"Does that mean we will get detention with Professor Snape?" I made a devilish smile at Severus.
"Don't tempt me, young lady," he was eyeing me.
"I would never, Professor Snape," I said innocently.
He rolled his eyes and put on his cloak.
We made our way to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. "Sit down," Severus said as he pushed the door open. Students weren't used to having Severus be late so this was different for him and the students. Students scurried to their seats. You could tell the third years were terrified of Severus.
"Turn to page one hundred and twelve in your textbooks. Begin!" Severus said softly, "Today, you will experience things you have never wanted to experience," Severus stated, "You will feel dread and terror like nothing else you've experienced in this course before. As you can see from your textbooks that we will be learning about dementors for the next two weeks."
My eyes went wide at what Severus had said, "You will also have Professor Nightshade in our classroom for the next two weeks per Professor Dumbledore and Professor Slughorn,"
Did I gulp, why dementors? Severus turned to look at me and furrowed his brows. "This first lesson we will learn the physical characteristics of a dementor," Severus paused, "throughout the next two weeks we will go from physical characteristics to using the Patronus charm and why and how it is used. Please look over the physical characteristics of a dementor that is on this board," he flipped the board around, "and write them down on your parchment. After you are done with that I will have Professor Nightshade come around and check to see if you have it written down," Severus walked back over to me and sat down. I was tapping my foot, I was anxious. Severus put his hand on my thigh and leaned over, "are you okay?" He whispered.
I nodded, "don't lie to me," he snarled. I looked up at Severus his onyx eyes were showing a look of concern. "I will be right back," I said as I stood up and made my way out of the classroom. I leaned against the wall and slowly dragged my back down the wall so I was sitting. Besides Sirius being one of my boggarts my next fear was a dementor. I have had too many encounters with dementors that it was one of my strongest fears. When Sirius was my dementor I was surprised because I had almost been put into a vegetative state. The door to the Defense Against the Dark Arts swung open and Severus appeared. Severus looked down and got on one knee. "Do you want to talk about it?"
I shook my head, "not right now, Severus."
He nodded and held out a hand. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me to his feet. Severus grabbed my face and gave me a peck on the lips. That was bold, Severus. I thought. We made our way back into the classroom and I made my way around the room to check their work. Severus came up to me, "I will be right back hold down the fort," Severus softly said. I nodded and went back to check the students' work.
"Professor Nightshade?" I looked up to see a Ravenclaw boy raising his hand.
"Yes?" I said walking over to him.
"What is going on with Professor Snape?" The boy said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"He seems different," he paused, "like happier."
I nodded, but I wanted to smile because of his comment. "He's just his normal self, now get back to work," I somewhat barked. The Ravenclaw boy nodded and went back to work.
The class was dismissed after Severus came back from his errand. "Do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me?" I asked.
"What do you need there?" He asked.
"New shoes," I looked down at my shoes. They were worn and soon my toes would be poking out.
"I guess we could," Severus said.
"Before dinner?" I asked.
He nodded.
"I'm going to go grab a snack," I smiled. I made my way out of the classroom and to the kitchen. As I was walking through the corridors I could hear students talking. "Have you noticed how different Snape has been?" It was Potter.
"Like he has a certain glow," Weasley said.
"Are you two insinuating that Professor Snape has gotten laid?" Granger said.
"Gross, who would want to sleep with him?" Potter was disgusted.
"Who would think Snape's parts would work," Weasley paused, "surprised he would know how to use them."
"I wonder what women would want to sleep with that thing," Potter said. I was done hearing their conversation so I walked up to them. "Get to class," I barked. All three had eyes wide open and scurried away from me. Good.
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