Where Your Loyalties Lie - {Severus Snape x Reader}

-15-

While waiting on Remus near by the bridge that leads to the Forbidden Forest, I keep pacing back and forth to keep myself warm. Can't lie, the forest looks quite creepy from here. It's already dark and pretty cloudy at this hour. Talk about how damn cold it is too! C'mon, Remus. Where are you? I have been waiting him for fifteen minutes! I swear, when I see him, I'll..- Then, I hear some people talking, and I stop to listen. Hm? They are coming this way. Oh, no. It'll be for the best if no one saw me standing here. Who knows what kind of trouble Remus and I'll get in if the word spread we were heading to the Forbidden Forest after dark. Since no one has seen me yet, I decided to go deeper into the forest and hide in the bushes.

Even I can't see well through the brushwood, I can tell there are three people and they are heading to the forest too. "The money isn't the problem here." one of them says smugly. "Why yes, of course." the other one chuckles nervously. "Hopefully they bring the hippogriff early on display. I am not planing on wasting my time in middle of the forest for long." the first one scoffs. Wait... I recognize that voice from somewhere. The curiosity gets the better of me and I move some leafs out of the way to take a peek. And my guessing was right; it's Lucius Malfoy. I should have known! He's with a woman who must be his wife, if I'm not terribly mistaken. And the short man is with them. The one who I saw at Hogsmeade and went after me couple days ago! Malfoy smirks to himself:"I want its head stuffed above my fireplace.". "Krhm." the woman who's been quiet so far, clears her throat. "...and some mooncalf's fur for my lovely wife." Malfoy added. The woman smirks happily and they soon walk further enough I dare to come out of the hide. They are going to kill Buckbeak if they get their dirty hands on him!

Being so deep in my own thoughts, I won't notice when someone walks behind me. "(Y/N)?" the voice whispers as they put their hand on my shoulder. Scared half to death, I quickly turn around:"WAH?!". But then I realize it's Remus. "For Merlin's sake!" I whisper hiss and try to smack the side of his arm, but he is too fast to dodge it. "My apologies. Did I scare you?" Remus chuckles mischievously. "You are lucky I didn't freaking Flipendoed you." I keep hissing annoyed, heart slowly calming down from the scare. "Where were you anyway? You are late." I added. He looks slightly hesitant before answering:"...I needed to get something.". "What'd you get from Hagrid's Hut?" I ask. Remus digs his pockets and hands me a sock:"Here.". I gave this man the 'Really? A sock?' - look. Remus sees this and huffs:"What else you would have wanted? His undergarments? These are perfectly fine.". "Fine, fine." I rolled my eyes, take them and we start heading where Malfoy and his entourage went. For us to get Buckbeak to trust us, we need to have Hagrid's smell with us. Maybe that way he'll understand we are here only to help.

After walking sometime, I look up in the sky. Can't really see any of the stars. The grey clouds are completely blocking them. Pity. Remus sees my stare and automatically brings his hand onto his chest pocket, almost as if he's trying to check if he hasn't lost something from there. Then his face goes more serious:"(Y/N), I have needed to tell you..-", "There!" I whisper exclaimed and hold onto Remus's arm while keeping my eyes what's ahead of us. Both of us hunch down when we see there is a little camping area, filled with Dark Wizards. This must be the auction! There seems to be thirty of them. Some of them being the sellers, others the buyers. One of them being the Malfoys... Remus and I are hiding behind the bushes that are surrounding the camp. There are couple of tents and three campfires displayed around the area. There are also different kinds of cages. Some of them are small, some of them bigger. Depending on the beast inside of them.

Soon, my eyes catches the one creature we came here for. Buckbeak! He is inside this big metal cage. Not only that, he also has a metal collar around his neck with a muzzle. That must be him, there are no other hippogriffs around. "I see him." I whisper to my friend. Remus noticed the creature as well and nodded:"So it's time.". I pull out the Invisibility potion I stole and take a look at it. Last time I've drink this must've been back when we were learning about this potion. "Bottoms up, I guess." I salute Remus and drink it. Won't take long before my body starts to feel tingly and soon enough, I have become invisible. "Be careful." Remus whispers as he watches me leave by his side when few of the bushes rustles as I walk through them. He stays behind to keep an eye out.