Why We Fight

Red Raven

Story Summary:
A mess-up in Potions sends Draco and Hermione to the past where they meet a couple much like them. Hermione & Draco, James & Lily.

Chapter 02 - Things That Were...

Chapter Summary:
Severus Snape learns something that he'd rather not.
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03/18/2004
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Part 2:
Things That Were...

Snape sat at his desk, glancing around the class, relieved that he had weeded out most of the idiots from the past five years. Merlin, he had finally gotten rid of Neville Longbottom. The thought of ridding the bumbling Gryffindor was almost enough for him to give points to Gryffindors. Almost. He could be relatively relaxed (except for the fact that Crabbe and Goyle had managed to stay in the class) to Snape's annoyance.

His dark eyes took in the classroom; Potter looked about ready to kill Gregory Goyle, Weasley glared at Vincent Crabbe, Granger's hand trembled with suppressed rage as she carefully measured the ingredients for the Animus Potion. A sadistic smile curved Snape's lips...sure the pairs were enjoyable. But they had a purpose as well. Under Dumbledore's orders, the professors had been doing all in their power to create a bond between the Houses. This had led Snape down the path he had chosen in partnering the Slytherins and Gryffindors.

He looked back at the Witch Weekly crossword he had been filling out, thinking of the next day's lesson. Thankfully, he didn't have to keep that close an eye on anyone...excluding Crabbe and Goyle, of course. He paid attention to his class even as he tried to think up a eight-letter word for "horrible mistake," never missing a chance to take House points from the three Gryffindors. So how Draco's mistake got past him was something that Snape never did find out...

There was a loud explosion and Snape looked up, staring at the cauldron as it spewed its contents all over Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. "Granger! What on earth are you doing!?" Professor Snape demanded as the cauldron exploded all over Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. He hadn't expected this from his two best students. He had made it that way so...they would benefit from each other's intelligence. He had rather hoped the two most-likely candidates for Head Boy and Girl would get over their differences.

He walked over to where they had been sitting and noticed that the two had disappeared with their satchels. Severus Snape groaned softly, rubbing his forehead. What did they do to their potion? he thought, examining the pink substance and then it came to him. "Class is dismissed!" he yelled.

There was a murmur of curiosity through the class; there was still a while until the bell rang. "I said, get out!" he growled. The students hurriedly gathered their things. "Potter, Weasley, you stay." Harry Potter and Ron Weasley stopped mid-motion as the class scrambled out. "Get the Headmaster." The two dropped their things.

"Er...professor, what do you want us to tell him?" Ron asked.

"Five points from Gryffindor, each! Just do what I say," Snape stated. The two raced out of the room to avoid any more points being taken from their House. He frowned. "How could they have been so stupid?"

He frowned as shadows of things that were and things that had not yet happened taunted him. He swallowed hard as he remembered a bushy-haired brunette and a pale platinum-blonde during his Arithmancy class on the second day of school in his seventh year. He knew exactly where Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy had ended up...

The greasy-haired professor's black eyes turned to his crossword and he immediately knew what the elusive word was: disaster.