HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 42 - Saturday 06.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape continued his way to the school after the incident with the Gryffindor students. As he walked calmly, many students were already returning from Hogsmeade, while many groups were in the front garden of the castle as he approached the castle gate.

At the same time, in the main tower, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who had already returned to the castle, was having a difficult moment. He hadn't even gone out, due to the urgent situation he was in; he didn't know how to proceed when there was a student who had probably died that day in the Forbidden Forest...

"How could this have happened..." He didn't know what to think or what to do to inform that a student had died the next day, but he still had some hope of seeing Snape safely entering the castle by dinner time in the Great Hall.

Hagrid was another who came to him in desperation, talking about what had happened in the forest regarding his animal that he kept hidden, which was with Snape according to what Ravena had said.

He also mentioned the centaurs preparing to face an army of spiders, which meant that Ravena wasn't as innocent as she claimed, but Albus would deal with her later. For now, he had to focus on the present.

However, suddenly, Fawkes appeared in a burst of flames, as he had asked her to search in the hope of still finding Snape somewhere, and she did exactly that.

"He has returned!" Albus stood up as soon as Fawkes delivered her message. "Let's see how he is." He said as he tried to sense Snape, who noticed someone spying on him through his heightened instincts. Albus grabbed his wand before making a move and disappeared with a pop.

"Who is it this time..." Snape muttered as he approached the Slytherin entrance when a vortex appeared with a distorted space. After distorting for a split second, the Headmaster himself appeared in front of him, blocking his way, while no students were there, only portraits observing the scene with interest, probably to gossip among themselves later.

"It is rude to appear like this in front of others..." Snape muttered, while the Headmaster was a little surprised by this, but he should have gotten used to the boy and the way he acted since the beginning of the week.

"What can I do for you, Headmaster Dumbledore?" Snape asked, looking at him, while the Headmaster still stared with a raised eyebrow. After all, Snape in front of him didn't seem at all like a 16-year-old boy entering a dark forest and being chased by hundreds of giant spiders, not to mention entering an area that even Dumbledore himself wouldn't have the courage to enter.

"How have you been? I'm worried after hearing some things about you entering the Forbidden Forest," he said, trying to ignore even Snape's mockery in his last words.

Snape raised an eyebrow. "Headmaster, there is nothing to worry about. I just went to collect some herbs and got what I wanted..." Snape said in a neutral tone.

"But, my boy, I heard some..." the Headmaster began to speak but was interrupted by Snape.

"Headmaster, I am fine. Can you let me pass? After all, I will be busy the rest of the night making some potions with the things I collected today and need to earn some money..." he requested.

The Headmaster stood there, thinking of his options to try to make Snape talk about what happened, but he knew the boy was hard to deal with. He sighed and said, "Anyway, it's good to see you well." He said, stepping aside to let Snape pass.