Rating:
PG-13
House:
Astronomy Tower
Characters:
Severus Snape
Genres:
Romance Humor
Era:
Multiple Eras
Spoilers:
Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire
Stats:
Published: 03/11/2003
Updated: 11/03/2003
Words: 78,272
Chapters: 37
Hits: 47,563

Vector's Challenge

Kayla Rudbek

Story Summary:
Prof. Emmy Vector is sick of Snape's favoritism and the other faculty are grumbling about it. She challenges Snape to be fair to all the students for one month. If he can manage it, she promises to do a belly/Egyptian dance in the Great Hall on Halloween. If he loses, she washes his hair for him.

Chapter 01
03/11/2003

Prof. Emmy Vector is sick of Snape's favoritism and the other faculty are grumbling about it. She challenges Snape to be fair to all the students for one month. If he can manage it, she promises to do a belly/Egyptian dance in the Great Hall on Halloween. If he loses, she washes his hair for him.

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Chapter 02
03/13/2003

The students know that something is fishy....

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Chapter 03
03/13/2003

...and they find out what's going on!

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Chapter 04
03/18/2003

Professor's Night Out! We follow a Hogwarts professor off-campus for the evening...

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Chapter 05
03/18/2003

Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to the students for a month. Now the students know about the bet.

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Chapter 06
03/18/2003

Ain't Misbehavin' II. Professor Vector made a bet with Professor Snape that he couldn't be fair for one month. It's now week three, and things heat up between the Slytherins and the Ravenclaws.

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Chapter 07
03/19/2003

Professor Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to his students for one month. Of Graphs and Trends I. Vector attempts to find a way to win the bet....

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Chapter 08
03/19/2003

Professor Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to his students for one month.

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Chapter 09
03/19/2003

Professor Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to his students for one month.

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Chapter 10
03/24/2003

Professor Vector bet that Snape couldn't be fair to the students for a month. Time is running out...

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Chapter 11
03/24/2003

Professor Vector bet that Snape couldn't be fair to the students for a month. Time is running out...and Vector has to get her graphs back from Snape.

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Chapter 12
03/31/2003

Professor Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to the students for one month. Time is running out...Vector and the Slytherins here.

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Chapter 13
04/03/2003

Professor Vector bet Professor Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. Time is running out....and Lucius Malfoy and Vector have a parent-teacher conference.

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Chapter 14
04/06/2003

Professor Vector bet Professor Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. The October staff meeting -- who won the bet????

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Chapter 15
04/06/2003

Professor Vector bet Professor Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. Tea and Searches -- Snape has tea with Dumbledore, and finds out about the Malfoy-Vector parent-teacher conference.

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Chapter 16
04/23/2003

Professor Vector lost her bet with Professor Snape, and now he's trying to figure her out...An introduction to the past history of the Vectors.

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Chapter 17
05/11/2003

Professor Vector bet Professor Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month, and she lost! This chapter has tea and a fashion show; she's meeting with some other ladies to decide what to wear.

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Chapter 18
06/19/2003

Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for a month, and she lost! The first act of Vector's dance...

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Chapter 19
06/19/2003

Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for a month, and she lost! The second act of Vector's dance, and the beginnings of its consequences...

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Chapter 20
06/19/2003

Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for a month, and she lost! More consequences, on the night of and the morning after the dance...

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Chapter 21
06/19/2003

Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for a month, and she lost! Yet more consequences on the "morning after," and an unwelcome visitor...

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Chapter 22
07/01/2003

Snape and Vector made a bet, and Vector lost. Now Snape and Vector are engaged, and Snape asks the Bloody Baron for advice on women...

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Chapter 23
07/01/2003

Snape and Vector made a bet, and Vector lost. Now Snape and Vector are engaged, and Snape meets her parents..

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Chapter 24
07/03/2003

Now an AU fic set after GoF, with a few allusions to backstory of OotP. Snape and Vector are now engaged, but there's trouble in paradise...and major tactical errors on someone's part.

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Chapter 25
07/10/2003

An AU fic set after GoF. Professor Vector made a bet with Snape, and she lost. Vector and Snape are engaged! And now, the Friday after the Dance...

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Chapter 26
07/10/2003

An AU fic set after GoF. Professor Vector made a bet with Snape, and she lost. Vector and Snape are engaged! The Vector siblings gather...

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Chapter 27
07/10/2003

AU fic set after GoF, with backstory from OotP incorporated. Chapter 27: Snape and Vector are engaged. Millie is curious about Michael. Snape does not approve of Michael.

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Chapter 28
07/12/2003

AU fic set after GoF, with backstory from OotP incorporated. Chapter 28: Saturday in Confession.

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Chapter 29
07/20/2003

AU after GoF, using backstory from OotP. Vector made a bet with Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. Vector and Snape are now engaged, and he follows her to Westminster Cathedral on Sunday morning...

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Chapter 30
07/20/2003

AU after GoF, using backstory from OotP. Vector made a bet with Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. Vector and Snape are now engaged. Later on Sunday morning, there are various conversations...

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Chapter 31
07/25/2003

AU after GoF. Vector made a bet with Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. They wound up engaged, but Vector is having second thoughts on a Sunday afternoon....

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Chapter 32
07/25/2003

AU after GoF, with some backstory from OotP. Vector made a bet with Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. They wound up engaged....and Snape has to track Vector down once again.

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Chapter 33
08/10/2003

AU after GoF. Snape and Vector made a bet...she lost. Now the two are engaged, and on the Monday after Halloween, the reactions start...

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Chapter 34
09/05/2003

AU after GoF. Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. Now the two professors are engaged...

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Chapter 35
09/24/2003

AU after GoF, using backstory from OotP. Professor Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. They wound up engaged, and now their parents know....Letters, Tests and Appointments!

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Chapter 36
10/04/2003

AU after GoF. Professor Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. They wound up engaged, and now Snape has to deal with her parents....

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Chapter 37
11/03/2003

Vector bet Snape that he couldn't be fair to all the students for one month. The two wound up engaged as a result, and now have to deal with the reactions of the Vector family...

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