Prohibition | Severus Snape

Residual Arguments

Christmas break was right around the corner. Both the students and the professors seemed to be excited. The students to go home to their families and the professors to rest from all the noise. Sofia was wrapped in her winter cloak as she walked back to the main building from Hagrid's hut. She made sure to check in with him about how he felt about the Chimera being removed from Hogwart's. Hagrid was simply happy that the Chimera was released, although he was quite excited to show the creature to the students, the board seemed the removal necessary after it had shown clear signs of aggression. Sofia wrapped herself up tighter as she felt the snowflakes land on her eyelashes. The towers of the building were getting covered in a thin layer of snow as she watched the students play in the quad. Right before she entered the building she heard yelling. At first, she had assumed it was a friendly snowball fight between some 5th-year boys, she soon realized that it was way more intense than that.

"You arse! Don't you dare-"

"I will break your nose I swear-" She quickly turned to see a group of students huddled around two boys. She made her way over to the crowd pushing past the students who seemed visibly excited. Many of them chanted 'fight' over the two boys as some of the others tried to pull them apart. Sofia quickly stepped into the pit and watched. She could see two 5th-years, Kyle and Billy, at each other's throats. Sofia knew that taking out her wand could've been deemed as unnecessary so she physically pulled the larger student off of the other.

"What in Merlin's name do you two think you're doing!" She hissed.

"Ms Greene!-" Kyle spoke as he tried to pull away from her. She knew that if he had pulled a little harder he would have easily escaped her grasp.

"If you don't calm down this instant I will be calling the headmaster!" She warned them. Both of the boys seemed to quiet down before the smaller student spat at the others face. As she felt a few of the drops on her wrist, her eyes became dark.

"If both of you don't stop this second, I will be calling the headmaster. And you best hope that professor Dumbledore is around because if not, you will be dealing with Professor Snape!" Suddenly both the students froze. Their arms fell to the sides of their bodies, as she gently released Kyle, wiping her hand on her cloak. "Show's over. All of you, back inside!" The students dispersed. She knew that both Kyle and Billy were Gryffindors so it was only fitting that she bring this issue up to Minerva. "Professor McGonagall's office. Now." She hissed before following the two students into Minerva's office. Minerva seemed distraught as she saw the two dishevelled boys, one had a split lip, and the other's eye seemed to be becoming blue.

"Before I deduct endless amount's of points, would anyone please explain to me why violence was necessary in the first place?" Her voice was calm but her eyes were full of rage which seemed to scare even Sofia.

"Professor, Kyle was flirting with Amaria and she- "

"She spoke to me first you git."

"Language!" Both Minerva and Sofia said in unison. "Now. 15 points from each of you. Back to your dorms now!" Minerva shoulders as Sofia stifled a small laugh. She couldn't possibly believe that such an aggressive fight broke out due to a girl. Minerva gave her a warning look before her face relaxed as well.

"Well?" Sofia smiled.

"I'm just glad it wasn't about something more serious..." Minerva pursed her lips. "Thank you for bringing them here, and not to Severus."

"Of course, Minerva." Sofia nodded as she stepped out of Minerva's office. Sofia quickly walked back to her room changing out of her snowy clothes. She showered and grabbed her glasses out of her bedside table. Forgetting to dry her hair she quickly placed her glasses on the tip of her nose before glancing out her window. She had promised Severus to finish off the lesson plans tonight, she looked out into the distance as she slowly saw the sun setting, her room becoming a vivid shade of red. She was excited to have some quiet time to herself as she made her way up to the potions classroom. Upon entering she was surprised to see Severus brewing something. Carefully, she crept up to him trying to see exactly what he was doing.