HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 41 - Saturday 05.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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It was after a few hours that Snape finally found Hogsmeade after skirting the forest to the north. He looked at the town a kilometer away.

"Finally, we arrived..." Snape commented, looking at the sky getting closer to the horizon before it disappeared completely.

"Ohhhh!" The sound of the Graphorn came beside Snape as he looked at the animal.

"I believe it won't be a good idea for you to come with me like this..." Snape murmured, after all, a baby Graphorn could be a big problem.

"Hooo?" The animal looked at him curiously.

"I have an idea, but you won't like it..." Snape said as he grabbed his bag. "If you want to continue, you'll have to get in here." He said, and the Graphorn seemed hesitant about it.

It was only after a while that the animal seemed to accept, having no choice and entering Snape's bag in the end.

After seeing the animal inside the bag, he decided to continue towards the town. The sound of lively music quickly filled his ears as he entered the first streets coming from the north.

The town was quite busy at the end of that afternoon as the place was filled with Hogwarts students who circulated the shops buying one thing or another, mainly staying in their own groups of friends.

Snape didn't care about them as he continued on his way, he wanted to return to Hogwarts. He might not have gathered the amount of Nightshade he wanted, since that witch got in his way, but he still had a good amount to make a decent initial batch of potions.

Some students noticed him as he walked alone, but he didn't care as he continued down the town's streets.

"Hey, look!" A student in a Gryffindor robe nudged his friend and pointed at Snape at that moment.

"It's him! We finally found him!" He said after searching for Snape all day.

"What are we going to do? We can't attack him in the middle of the town, can we?" His friend said.

"Yes, but he seems to be leaving town and heading to the castle! We can catch him on the way!" Another suggested.

"Yes, let's ambush him!" They left, taking a shortcut.

Meanwhile, Snape ended up being approached at that moment. "Snape!" Snape heard a particular voice calling him and saw Lucinda approaching him, as she seemed to be in town with a group of friends who were watching their interaction with interest.

"Hello..." Snape said calmly.

"I thought you wouldn't come to Hogsmeade!" She exclaimed with a shy and cheerful smile.

"I wasn't going to, but I ended up here." He commented, wanting to leave and go to the castle.

"So we can have some fun!" Lucinda commented as she grabbed Snape's arm, catching him a bit by surprise with her movement, but he didn't stop her as he was pulled along.

"Come... have you ever had butterbeer? I don't remember you coming here before." She asked, and asking this to a Hogwarts student was almost an offense, after all, everyone had had butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks, but Snape wasn't everyone.

"No..." He replied, a little thoughtful as he tried to remember if he had ever had it.

"That's great, let's go, and I'll show you!" She exclaimed as she waved to her friends from Slytherin. "I'm going out for a bit, goodbye!" She said.