Lucy Snape and the Half-Blood Princess (Book Six)

Breaking and Entering

Chapter 19: Breaking and Entering

"Glasses? Where did you get those?" Snape asked as Lucy entered his quarters just as Jessica left. Lucy had forgotten that she was still wearing the glasses that Matt had bought her. After leaving him she had come straight to Snape's quarters as she was so tired. 

"I, uh," Lucy looked around for some kind of convincing excuse but unfortunately Snape knew her too well for excuses now. She cringed and pushed her glasses up her nose. "Well does it matter? At least I can see again now." 

"I guess you're right about that," Snape agreed just as Lucy looked around nervously. She reached towards one of the kitchen cupboards then paused. 

"Can I have some wine?" 

"No," Snape replied firmly. 

"I've only had one glass before!" 

"You're sixteen years old and I'm not having you becoming an addict." 

"I'm not an addict I just want some wine, OK?" 

Snape looked at her strange from his seat. "Why do you want wine at this minute? It's far too late." 

"I could ask you the same thing when you gulp it down by the bottle," Lucy replied smugly as she reached into the cupboard, grabbed a bottle of wine and a wine glass. She slammed the wine glass down on the table with so much force it almost broke. She pulled out a bottle opener from a draw and then opened the wine bottle. She threw the cork in the bin swiftly before poring some of the contents of the bottle into the glass. 

"Don't drink too much," Snape ordered just as Lucy began to drink the contents of the first glass. 

"I won't," Lucy groaned as she took the glass in one hand and the bottle in the other, then walked to her room and closed the door behind her. 

She sat on her bed and rested her back against her pillows. She set the wine bottle down on her bedside cabinet then opened the draw on her bedside table, she pulled out the Half-Blood Princess' book and opened it. It was time she had a proper look. 

She flicked through the pages slowly, skim reading all the information after pulling out the seperate pieces of paper she had found that were hints and tips she had found around the school. At once she became indulged in the book, looking at a few annotations around the text in the book. It was as though the book had been corrected by someone. 

Lucy took a sip of her wine as she turned back to the first page in the book. Over and over again she read the Half-Blood Princess' name. What was so fascinating about this name to her? She couldn't comprehend why she was suddenly so attached to this book. It was as though there was something about it that was...different. It was as though this book could help her in something but she had no idea how. 

Lucy reached into her bedside cabinet draw again and pulled out a book she had picked up at the library once all about the medieval period. Not about the medieval islands but on the medieval period. It might not centre around Lucy's main focus but the book certainly influenced the topic of the medieval islands and it gave her a better understanding of what the medieval culture was all about. 

She turned to a certain page about 'important people of that time' then skimmed all the words, forgetting the illustrations of various people. There were knights who were the true symbol of the medieval period, various King's and Queen's and a few other hero's that historians liked to study. However, Lucy did not gain her answer from this book. She sighed and took another frustrated sip of her wine. 

For some reason she had thought that the Half-Blood Princess could be associated with importance in the medieval era because of her Princess status. But there was nothing to be found, not even something close. There wasn't even the Half-Blood Prince's name mentioned so they couldn't have been famous in that time. Or were they just associated with the medieval islands? They could have something to do with the medieval islands considering royalty wasn't a big thing anymore.