HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 93 - Forbidden Forest 01.

[Chapter Size: 1800 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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"Hm?!" Lily was surprised as soon as the scene changed while they were in one of the castle's corridors, where everything was calm, without even a ghost wandering around.

"Go to your room and rest." Lily looked at Snape behind her as he was preparing to leave.

"Wait!" Lily exclaimed, grabbing his arm, preventing him from walking away.

"What is it? You're still drunk, and I already took you out of that place since you were about to fall into one of your friend James' pranks," Snape said with an indifferent tone.

"James...? What did he do..." she murmured before looking at Snape. "I want to start over with you again... let me try one more time to be your friend..." she said.

Snape clicked his tongue. "You don't understand, I'm not Snape anymore, and I don't live his safe lifestyle. You don't even know what I'm capable of now," Severus remarked.

"Then prove it to me," she insisted. "Show me this new Severus!"

"Too dangerous for you. Goodbye." He began to force his departure.

"I still insist! Severus!" she exclaimed, not letting go of his arm as she was being dragged along.

"Tell me, what do you want...?" Snape looked at her, visibly dissatisfied.

"I won't let you leave without giving me a chance," she said, staring at Snape with her intense green eyes. Snape just wanted to put her to sleep, but he had no place to leave her.

"Well, if you really want this, then don't regret it later..." Severus decided, seeing Lily's insistence, though his tone was far from pleasant, while Lily kept a firm gaze.

"I don't care," she said, stomping her foot stubbornly, and Snape then resolved to teach this girl a lesson.

"Then let's go somewhere else, and you're coming with me. I was planning to go there today anyway." Severus said, looking into her eyes with a neutral tone, making Lily hesitate for a moment.

"Where are you planning to go?" she couldn't help but ask, feeling a little nervous as Snape opened a smile.

"We're going to the Forbidden Forest," Severus simply said, while she widened her eyes, stunned for a moment. But it was already too late. Snape had already touched her shoulder and disappeared by apparition.

The next moment, Lily realized that the candle-lit corridor near the Gryffindor entrance had been replaced by the darkness of the night, with the only source of light being the moonbeams filtering through the leaves of the black trees. The mist was another characteristic of the place as they now stood in an area forbidden to students, especially so close to midnight.

Snape looked at the girl, stepping back, seeing her quite bewildered this time, staring at the place filled with black, ancient trees, with fog all around.

"Now that you've seen where we are, do you want me to take you back?" Snape asked, making her look shocked for a moment before she looked at him with a firm gaze, warning him.

"Severus, do you have any idea what you're doing?! You know it's wrong to be here. It's not like you can just apparate here at night, and we could be expelled by Headmaster Dumbledore. Besides, how can you apparate like that? Aren't you afraid of being caught by the Aurors from the Ministry who are still investigating the castle, chasing that masked person who killed several dark wizards months ago? Also, it's forbidden for students who haven't registered their magic or are not in their sixth year. You've already used that in the common room. You'll be in serious trouble if you keep being so irresponsible!" Lily finished her speech full of reprimands, while Snape couldn't help but feel a bit stunned for a moment. After all, he had expected a scared girl whom he could easily take back to the castle.