Prohibition | Severus Snape

The Search

Waking up Sofia rolled out of the small single bed. Showering and putting on some clothes she made her way downstairs. She saw Severus already sitting at one of the small tables, drinking coffee whilst reading the newspaper. Placing herself across from him she poured herself some coffee. 

"Morning." She spoke. 

"Morning, Sofia." He glanced at her from above the newspaper before continuing to read. Sofia could feel the tension between them, which seemed to have gathered since last night. Staring at him she had a billion questions raising though her mind. Some were related to their passionate encounter last night however most were related to the wristwatch. Observing her, Severus could tell that she was struggling to stay quiet. 

"I don't bite Sofia. You are free to have a conversation with me." Sofia was taken back by his words. It wasn't that she was scared of him, of course not, she was just often concerned that her attempts at a conversation would be deemed as pointless by him. 

"Do you know about the Death Eater hideout locations because you used to stay there?" She questioned. Softly placing down the newspaper he watched her as she sipped her coffee.

"No. I never enjoyed the company, obviously. I often chose to simply go back to my house, or Hogwarts." Hoping that his answer satisfied her he tried to continue reading once more. 

"Why didn't you enjoy their company?" She knew it was a stupid question. She always knew that Severus was never fully devoted to Voldemort, but she wanted to hear that from him. She watched as he gave her a judgemental glare.

"I figured you'd know me well enough by now to be able to answer that question on your own..." He dragged. Sofia felt a little guilty now.

"Can you tell me more about my father?" Severus stilled. He had expected every question except that one. He didn't have a problem telling Sofia about William Greene, however, he knew that now was not the time nor place. 

"I'm not sure now is the right time to discuss him Sofia." He softly said. He watched as her shoulders dropped a little, disappointment in her eyes. "How about this-" He spoke again as she looked up. "-think about when you are ready to hear everything. And when that time comes and you are certain of it,  you can ask me again, and I'll tell you everything." Sofia softly smiled at him. She knew next to nothing about what her father did during his time as a Death Eater. She decided that it was for the best to not open that can of worms now. 

"Is the search going to take long?" 

"No longer than a few hours. We should be back here for dinner." Sofia looked puzzled. If the search was only going to take one day why on earth did he tell her that they would only be back at Hogwarts Saturday? 

"Then couldn't we just return to Hogwarts tonight?" She watched as Severus rolled his eyes. 

"If you prefer to go back to the castle earlier you are free to. However, I quite enjoy taking advantage of my time off when the opportunity arises." He spoke. Sofia narrowed her eyes at him. She never saw Severus as the kind of man to enjoy time off. Especially when she was a student, she always figured he was the type of man who spends his free time brewing potions and nothing more. Realizing now that that was an incredibly stupid assumption she finished her coffee. Noticing that she was done, Severus promptly got up. After both of them had left the building she followed Severus as he crossed the street, making his way towards the forest which Sofia apparated to last night. 

"How long is the walk?" 

"Only a half hour. Hopefully, you can handle that." Sofia scoffed as she caught up with him. "-unless we run into some wolves..." Sofia squinted at him in an annoyed manner as he smirked. She watched as Severus started walking down the same trail. She followed him into the woods. She felt her body get colder as the woods shielded away the little sun she felt on her skin before. She stayed behind him as the trail was extremely narrow. Sofia watched his tall frame push through the branches, suddenly feeling a dull pain in her ankle from the fall last night. Sofia could see that Severus knew very well where he was going. As if returning to a much familiar place. She wondered what his life was like as a Death Eater. How difficult it must have been to serve the Dark Lord. Especially as she had, of course, heard the rumours surrounding Lily and James Potter's deaths. If the rumours were at all true she couldn't understand how Severus could have served Voldemort for so long without losing his temper. Soon enough she saw as he stopped in his tracks. Looking around she realized that they had reached a less dense area of the forest.  It looked like a long-abandoned camping site. Looking around Sofia saw tall trees which looked like they could reach the clouds. The area was almost perfectly round, dense trees shielding it from anyone's view. She waited as Severus squinted his eyes. She watched him as he took out his wand. With his arm outstretched Severus scanned the surrounding trees, stopping at a familiar one. Whispering something and carefully moving his wand the tree began to gently lean to one side. Soon enough the trees behind that one did the same thing. Sofia watched as the trees split, revealing another trail. Sofia followed Severus as he went deeper into the woods following an even narrower trail. After a few more minutes Sofia spotted a small wooden house which looked completely abandoned. She watched as Severus once more whispered a spell.  The door of the house squeaked open on its own. Coming up the torn down porch he stopped. Turning around he leaned closer to Sofia speaking in an almost whisper.