Where Your Loyalties Lie - {Severus Snape x Reader}

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The sound of my fast foot steps echoes around the castle as I'm running Muffin in my arms. This can't be real!!! Few of the students that happens to be walking along the corridors looks confused when they see me. "Professor..?" one of the Gryffindor students asks, but for vain. Part of their school robe gently whooshes when I run past them. Don't tell me the person who robbed the grave is..- Finally, I get to the Headmaster's Office, ready to yell out Severus's name and tell him the horrifying sight I've just witnessed, when suddenly I freeze to the doorway as soon as I notice how both of the twins are standing there with Headmaster. Looks like I interrupt their meeting some sort. Snape is the first one to raise his head to see me, soon followed by the twins turning their heads.

As best as I can, I try to keep settle down the breath - like I wouldn't have just ran all from the shore all the way up here with the niffler in my hands. But it's pretty impossible right now... An awful smirk appears on Alecto's face:"Oh, running late from warming up Headmaster's bed, are we?". Amycus does his everything not to make any kind of face of enjoyment of his sister's comment when Snape is right there. After all, he'd like to keep his other healthy knee in its place. Looks like he has learned his lesson - for now. I purse my lips and inhale thru the nose from saying anything back that I might regret afterwards. Muffin on the other hand does this little sound that reminds some sort of growling as she's staring at the twins. Even her soft baby fur goes up like cat's when they hiss at someone. "I need to speak to the Headmaster alone. It's urgent." I dare to demand with stern glare.

The look on Snape's face won't budge as he keeps those dark eyes on me the whole time across the room. Alecto sneers:"Whatever you haveto say, you can say it to u..-", "Think you need to leave me with Miss (Y/L)... Alone." Headmaster finally speaks smoothly, not taking the gaze away from me. Almost like he read my mind whatever I haveto say can not wait. Both of the twins turn to look at Snape in slight disbelieve. But before they can say anything, he narrows his eyes on them:"Now.". Pretty quickly after that, they both leave the room while gritting their teeth. I try not to look too happy about it. We stay quiet a moment longer after they left, just to be sure. Then, I turn my focus back to the man in front of me who's standing near the desk. Muffin has calmed down as well.

It always takes a while before Severus can fully relax himself after keeping the walls high up the whole day, so the look on his face won't change much when he speaks:"Your urgency?". "Ah..-! That..- Yes." my thoughts managed to escape there for a moment. But right after putting the niffler down, it all came back to me:"The..-! Someone has violated Albus's grave!". There is no change in his face expression after I said that. Like he already knew about it. The lack of emotion baffles me:"D-did you hear what I just said?". His gaze shifts away from me as he walks closer to the window:"Yes.". Shooking my head here:"No. I-I think you didn't, Sev. Someone has actually broke Dumbledore's tomb. I-I saw it!". Then I start telling him all about how I came across this. He keeps quiet the whole time. Not making any eye contact with me. Almost like every word I say hurts him somewhere in the deep, even he tries to act like this calm and collected person.

The more I talk, the more I began to ramble while the panic increases inside me:"The pieces of the tomb has been scattered all around the land..-", "(Y/N)..." Severus's voice sounds like a whisper. But at this point the panic has consumed me and has basically made me deaf, so I keep going:"I couldn't find Hagrid anywhere. And Luna is missing too..-", "(Y/N)." he gritted his teeth. My mind is a mess:"... and worst of all - the Elder Wand wasn't there anymore!", "(Y/N)." he suddenly rumbled strongly which made me flinch a bit. Like his voice snapped me out of it. Muffin also pauses as she was trying to fit some of the valuables inside the pouch. The room is silent as we stare each other for a moment. Then, he calmly says:"I'm asking you... Not to bring this up again.". What?