HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 43 - Sunday.

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Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape ate while watching his Potions professor at the main table. He wanted to exchange a few words with him, ignoring the glances while eating everything he could until he was satisfied.

As the students continued having their meals, Professor Slughorn finally seemed satisfied and began to rise from the table. He walked out of the hall to spend the day researching.

"Professor Slughorn." Snape approached him.

He looked surprised at the student and gave a small smile. "Mr. Snape, good to see you this Sunday. How can I help you?" Horace Slughorn greeted him.

"I would like to use your room to make some potions if possible..." Snape asked, and Slughorn nodded.

"The potions classroom... you need those cauldrons...?" He asked as Snape nodded.

"Yes, I need to finish some potions and don't have the equipment for it." Snape said, after all, he could only make simple potions in his room.

"Alright, use the room." Slughorn ended up agreeing with the request while pulling a key from his pocket and handing it to Snape.

Snape nodded with satisfaction and returned to his room. Gathering his things. "Hello, little one. You're hungry, aren't you?" Snape looked at the animal expecting some food from him.

"OHHH!" The Graphorn growled quickly, asking for something to eat.

"Sorry, I don't have anything to give you here, so I'll take you to the kitchen, but you need to get back in the bag again." Snape requested, and the animal ended up nodding.

Snape packed all the vials of his potion with the ingredients while the animal also entered the bag with him, leaving the room again heading to the castle kitchen.

"Hello, Lord Snape!" The elves greeted him as soon as he entered.

"How are you?" Snape greeted them calmly.

"We are very well, thank you for asking!" They all shouted at the same time.

"Can you take care of him?" Snape took his bag and pulled out the Graphorn cub, leaving all the elves scared.

"That's a Graphorn!" They shouted.

"He's just a cub, it's not like he can destroy this place. I want you to take care of him..." Snape requested while they seemed hesitant but nodded, seeing the animal ignoring them while climbing onto one of the tables and starting to eat.

"He liked my spinach potato!" An elf shouted happily.

"Will he accept my pumpkin with chocolate and peas?" Another elf said excitedly.

Snape, not wanting to hear more about that kind of dish, went to an elf. "I want a very nutritious dish for lunch." He requested, and the elf nodded with joy while preparing something before Snape put it in his bag.

"I'll leave you here; I'll come back for you later." Snape looked at the Graphorn who didn't seem to care about him anymore while eating his food.

Snape left the kitchen and walked through the castle while the students decided to go to Hogsmeade, as he hardly encountered students in the corridors, heading to the library.

Snape went to the restricted section and sat down to study for the rest of the morning. He didn't open the usual books on wizards' accounts with the mysterious space magic but went to the section that talked about the Forbidden Forest, picking up the most recent books to find out what it was that he had faced.