Love From The Soul (Severus Snape x OC)

Chapter 9

I woke up the next day with a big headache. I proceeded to cast a charm to see the time, it was almost 7:30 am, I had quite some time before classes started, so I started to get up. As I was pushing my covers aside to get up, I noticed that my  four fingers excluding my thumb on my left hand were black with long claws at the end, it looked like my hand wasn't mine. My heart jumped to my throat. It had to go away before classes, or I will have to find a way to hide it from everyone. I decided to dress differently and to put a white undershirt and a light red coat to differ from my usual black clothes. However I still took my black cloak with me to hide my disfigured hand. I then headed out to see if Snape was up, since I needed a potion for my raging headache that still hadn't receded.

I went carefully through the hallways of Hogwarts on my way to the dungeons, making sure my cloak didn't reveal my faulty appendage and arrived in front of Snape's office. Wasting no time I knocked on his door with my good hand. I didn't hear anything before suddenly the door opened, and there he stood. 

''Of course, only you could bother me this early in the morning.'' He drawled. My eyes narrowed slightly and I let out a frustrated short sigh. ''Yeah, I couldn't possibly have a reason to do so or anything.'' He only lifted lightly his eyebrow as if inquiring why I was there. I very lightly roll my eyes. 

''Listen, I have a massive headache and I need a potion to get rid of it, do you know anyone who's any good with those in this castle?'' I asked while enduring another wave of pain. His eyes narrow. ''You could of easily went to madam Pomfrey with your issues miss Nomendia.'' He simply said. 

''No, I can't let anyone else know of my condition, you know that.'' The professor simply scowls before letting me enter and closing the door.

I followed him until his desk then stayed there. I checked in my cloak to see if my hand was still black, and it was, so I pulled my cloak closer to make sure it didn't slide off. Snape, who was keeping an eye on me while searching for the desired potion, caught my movement.

 ''What was that..?'' He inquired with controlled curiosity. I huffed in annoyance. ''Nothing to concern yourself about.'' He scowled at me and took a few steps towards me before repeating more forcefully. ''What. Was. That?'' I was angry that he noticed, I should have been more careful. Then again, he was tasked with helping me with trying to find a cure or a counter-curse. So I begrudgingly let my cloak go and displayed my hand.

He looked slightly taken aback before composing himself and coming closer. ''Give me your hand.'' He practically ordered. I let a sigh before extending it and looking on the side slightly. He hesitated to touch it, before doing so and feeling it. My hand twitched at the touch, and I looked on worried, waiting for his assessment. 

''I believe this and your headache might be related.'' He then suddenly said in a voice I couldn't quite read. ''I thought so, that's why I came for a potion.'' He looked up at me, right in my eye, with a look I couldn't comprehend. And as soon as I could register it happening, it was already over and he had turned around to get the potion.

When he got the potion, he came back to give it to me, but not before speaking. ''If this thing does not go, be careful to hide it well, we do NOT need a scandal.'' He warned, not without some contempt in his tone. Without thinking, I responded. 

''Well you go around with your nose just fine, I'll manage.'' His face became angry, and I realized what I had said and I felt my face becoming warm. ''You better watch your mouth Nomendia, I could well refuse to help you if you don't handle yourself.'' 

I groaned and put my face in my hands. ''I'm really sorry Snape....I was joking really, I'm simply used to hanging around with Dempsey and I didn't really think about it.'' His scowl slightly receded, but it was barely noticeable. ''That fool doesn't have enough brain-cells to hold any intelligent conversation, if you keep yourself around him so much, there is no wonder you aren't any better.'' I scowled at him. ''Hey, I will give you the very....friendly suggestion to not talk that way about my best friend.''