Slytherins Heir [Draco X Reader] - Year Five

Chapter twenty four - Powerless over Snape

Y/n pov

You knew you'd need to find Snape and he would not be pleased. You walked around towards the dungeons, on your way down you were tripped and fell down a few stairs before stopping on a flat platform. You groaned and looked up at peeves who was laughing his ass off.

"Peeves!" You groaned getting up.

"What's this? little old lying L/n." Peeves sang. "My, my, little lying L/n is getting very clumsy." He was beginning to piss you off.

"Yeah I might get as clumsy to tell Bloody Baron what you've been up to." You said to him sitting on your ass.

"You wouldn't." Peeves said growing high pitched.

"Wanna bet on it!" You growled at him.

"Hey, y/n what's going on?" Peter asked you looked and saw him coming up more stairs.

"Oh just Peeves being Peeves." You said stretching your arms and back.

"Do you need help up?" Before he could touch you. you pulled away and stood up on your own.

"I'm good Peter. Just, continue on your way." You told him.

"Promise we'll talk later." Peter said.

"Sure." You said quickly.

"Oooo, a little romance.' Peeves teased.

"I'll find a way to kill you peeves." You warned him making him laugh himself away not knowing how serious you were.

"I'll see you later." Peter laughed.

"okay... stay safe." You said thinking about Umbridge.

"I will." He promised.

You walked down to Snape's office and knocked on his office door.

"What is it?" he saw you and sighed. "what is it L/n?" His tone was disapproving.

"I got sent here, to give this to you." You said handing him the roll of parchment.

"Come in." He said. You entered his office, filled with books and potions, no surprise it was dimly lit. "Take a seat." He said. You sat across from his desk and your jaw still clenched. He tapped the parchment with his wand and it unravelled his eyes moved across the page before stopping and looking up at you, his expression not moving.

"Umbridge said you stood up and told her that the dark lord has returned." Snape said.

"I did." You said monotony.

"You also made outbursts about werewolves."

"Yes." You said your voice going lower.

"And it says here you lied."

"IT'S NOT A LIE!" you jumped up. "She keeps trying to bury it, my father is dead, and unlike Cedric he wasn't in the tournament! My father!" you took a breath. "I understand many can't understand, but I watched my sister kill my father in front of my eyes, helpless and tortured. And then she... that Umbridge goes on to attack Remus. Why she was lucky I managed to control any bit of my temper-"

"She goes to attack Mr. Lupin and you almost lose your calm?" Snape said mockingly.

"He's not just a teacher, he's my friend, and he's a damn good professor. I will stand up for him until I die." You said sternly.

"He really isn't all that great." Snape said making you roll your eyes.

"Yeah, I know you're a child, like Sirius! Honestly you both have more in common than you think." You said making Snape frown more.

"How dare-!" he accused but you put your hand up to silence him.

"Oh, but it's true. I mean look at you two fighting like children. So, what he was a prat when you were kids. He's different and we need him. The order needs him. And Remus has done nothing to you. Maybe he was a jerk too but at least he's making up for it." You said making Snape lean back in his chair. You were right after all.

"it is none of your-"

"It's the whole Orders concern when you two can't even shake hands. You need to learn to get along with him." You said you remember them shaking hands last term.

"He hates me just as much." Snape told you.

"Be the bigger person. Maybe don't insult him, I'm not saying hug him or whatever, just don't go out of your way to make comments. Prove that you're adult enough for that." You said looking at the man.

"You're one to talk." Snape comments looking at the parchment.

"Yes, but luckily I'm a 15-year-old girl, who has had to fight for her life, so I think for the next little bit I can be a bit moody." You said standing over him.

"You have detentions." He said making you sigh.

"Yes, I know how long are you giving me?" you asked sitting back down.

"Not me. Umbridge, the weeks worth with her after school."

"delightful." You said

"you need to learn control." Snape pointed out.

"I did control myself. If I didn't something would be on fire." You reminded him.

"She is from the ministry."

"Your point?"

"The ministry is looking for someone to take the fall for what happened. They've targeted you once, if Umbridge is fully aware of your powers it can tie you to an Azkaban sentence." Snape told you. You've heard all this before. Control.

"so... I need to control myself so I don't go to Azkaban again, making it so Voldemort can come and get me and torture me until I die?" You huffed bored you hearing it.

"Yes... Yes that is essentially it."

"I'll try my best." You paused. "But if she keeps going after half breeds, I don't know what I can do." You thought of Peter trying to help you up on the stairs.

"Control."

"But it's Remus and Peter. They're like family." You told him. Snape was about to speak and you put your hand up. "I lost my family in one night. And Peter didn't leave my side in the hospital wing. Remus and Sirius helped me so when I woke up screaming, I knew I wasn't alone. They are my family. I won't let Umbridge – or anyone discredit that." You told him making your point clear. Remus, Peter and Sirius mean a lot to you.

"You'll still have detention with me and her all week. I'll work out my hours with her, but that means you meet me in my office after dinner and then I'll work out what time she wants you." Snape told you.

"So double detention, twice the hours?" You asked

"Yes. You may leave." You got up to leave but then got called back. "Before you go. Don't ever disrespect me in my classroom again."

"Don't be unfair to Harry, Neville or any student and we won't have a problem." You told him in all seriousness.

"You have no power over me." He said you rolled your eyes and snapped causing a candle near him to shoot up in a massive fireball.

"I'm afraid I have all the power I could ever need." You said before leaving him to his own thoughts.

You went back to your room and started the potions essay. You also did a rough draft for Ron and Harry knowing that they won't do this enough, and it would be a fun way to get back at Snape, even without him knowing.

(Will you take his advice on control or not?)