Ron Weasley is devastated when Snape decides to make Maddie Jordan, troublemaker and potions failure, his permanent partner.
But Maddie is a strong believer that she could make friends with anyone - she just has to stick around them long enough.
A...
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chapter seventeen | everyone vs. rat
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"I FOUND THIS at the base of the Whomping Willow," said Snape, throwing the invisibility cloak aside, careful to keep this wand pointing directly at Lupin's chest. "Very useful, Potter, I thank you...."
The man was slightly breathless, but his face was full of suppressed triumph. "You're wondering, perhaps, how I knew you were here?" he asked, his eyes glittering. "I've just been to your office, Lupin. You forgot to take your potion tonight, so I took a gobletful along. And very lucky I did... lucky for me, I mean. Lying on your desk was a certain map. One glance at it told me all I needed to know. I saw you running along this passageway and out of sight."
"Severus-" Lupin began, but Snape overrode him.
"I've told the headmaster again and again that you're helping your old friend Black into the castle, Lupin, and here's the proof. Not even I dreamed you would have the nerve to use this old place as your hideout-"
"Severus, you're making a mistake," said Lupin urgently. "You haven't heard everything - I can explain - Sirius is not here to kill Harry-"
"Two more for Azkaban tonight," said Snape, his eyes now gleaming fanatically. "I shall be interested to see how Dumbledore takes this... he was quite convinced you were harmless, you know, Lupin... a tame werewolf-"
"You fool," said Lupin softly. "Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?"
And Maddie didn't think she could hate Snape any more than she already did.
A huge bang sounded, and she jumped, catching sight of thin, snakelike cords bursting from the end of Snape's wand. They twisted themselves around Lupin's mouth, wrists, and ankles, causing him to overbalance and fall to the floor, unable to move. With a roar of rage, Black started toward Snape, but Snape pointed his wand straight between Black's eyes.
"Give me a reason," he whispered. "Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will."
Black stopped dead. It would have been impossible to say which face showed more hatred.
Maddie had to admit it was nice to finally see an adult show as much hatred for Snape as the students did. She'd come to the conclusion that adults were blind, or something, because she'd never seen any teachers express as much hate for Snape as he deserved. Thank fuck someone understands. Even if he is a mass murderer - hey, if Black ends up killing them all, hopefully Snape'll be the first to die. No - Maddie - you can't say that...
Harry was standing, paralyzed, not knowing what to do or whom to believe. He glanced around at Ron Maddie and Hermione. Ron looked just as confused as he did, still fighting to keep hold on the struggling Scabbers. Hermione, however, took an uncertain step toward Snape and said, in a very breathless voice, "Professor Snape - it wouldn't hurt to hear what they've got to say, w-would it?"
