Title: Bane of the Marauders (6/?)
Author: Kate R.
Disclaimer: Own nothing and no one used herein. JKR Owns Harry and Co. Joss
and ME own Buffy and Co. I make no prophet off this story.
Hermoine and Ron made it to potions a few minutes late, both carrying books from the library. Snape started to say something but then he saw the titles and he saw them sit away from Harry. The one Hermoine had that told him she was serious about the Subject was titled: Chaos, Reasons it should be Unforgivable.
"Take your seats and get your equipment out, we're brewing the potion on page 41. Neville, work with Dawn, not Potter. I want you to work with your house mates," Snape said.
Neville nodded and everyone noticed Snape was not nearly so hard on Neville since he was no longer in Gryffindor. He went easy on Hermoine and Ron because he knew what they had been doing before class and they had brought the books with them so they could do more. Hermoine was looking for the ingredients to a potion that could do something to help. Snape found himself almost smiling as he watched her do two things at once. He decided for once to do something nice. He flipped to the page of the book with the potion ingredients on it and then he looked down at her.
"Study a little harder and I think you will be able to brew this potion," he told her before moving on to the next table. She looked at Ron and he smiled at her. Snape thought she could do something right. She looked at the potion for soothing inner pain and she sighed. She would learn to brew this one. She would. She would Help Ethan Rayne. That was her private vow. And Harry and Sirius be damned.
After potions, Hermoine walked back to the library to return the books after making a copy of the potion she wanted. She saw others waiting for the books and she grinned. Hogwarts was like any small town. Gossip traveled fast and now everyone knew what had happened to Ethan and they all wanted to read up on it. Even several Gryffindors. Everyone wanted to know what throwing Chaos caused. Hermoine gave Madame Pince an idea and the librarian smiled and made magic copies of the pertinent pages and handed them out. It was a good idea, a Muggle idea and Hermoine was glad to contribute something. It would help others explain and understand why Ripper Giles hated James Potter and she thought that would be a good thing. She, herself, planned to start a petition to make Throwing Chaos and Unforgivable Curse. It was a cruel, inhumane thing to do so it should be unforgivable to do to someone.
Hermoine noticed Ginny's friend Luna Lovegood staring at dawn with a smile on her face.
Luna?" Hermoine asked.
"She's pretty," the girl answered in her spacey voice.
"Who is?" Hermoine asked. Luna smiled.
"The Blond girl watching over everyone with Dawn. There are lots of spirits around them. There is a red headed girl around Tara, Giles has a fox, Ethan has a lion, and Xander has a Spike of some kind. Angel has a look alike, Wesley has an angel; Spike has a lady with a fire ax. Professor Lupin has a wolf. And those spirits are protective of them. You'll see one day."
Luna seemed to wander off in her mind and then headed down to lunch. Hermoine followed her and watched as she was led out of the hall into a side room where Hermoine saw the sorting hat. It was still choosing whom it would resort apparently. Luna was one of them now by the smile on her face as she sat at the table for the House of Hecate. Hermoine watched as she and Ginny began to talk about things. Yes, the Sorting Hat was still choosing, and as angry as she was at Sirius and Harry right now, she thought she'd like to be resorted too. They disgusted her. Both of them.