Harry Potter: Another Chance

Chapter 211: Snape’s Reflections

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author notes-

Chapter 211: Snape's Reflections

"Come on, Harry. Let's go back to the castle," Lily said. "Severus will lead the Slytherins."

"I think there is someone else you should escort." Harry looked back. 

There was a very large rock covered in snow just around thirty feet away from them. "You may want to take Lyra and Ginny back."

"What?!" Lily shouted before moving her eyes to the same rock that Harry was glancing at.

Murmurs could be heard coming from there. 

"We've been caught! How did he know?!" 

"Shhh! Lyra, don't shout!" Ginny said.

"You two, come out this instant!" Lily's voice carried so much authority that even Daphne and Tracey came out from behind the bush they had been hiding in.

Lily didn't notice this as she had been focused on her daughter.

Lyra and Ginny had no choice but to come out with their heads down. 

"What are you two doing here? You are still second years! What were you thinking?!" Lily scolded them.

"Sorry…" said Ginny. 

"We just wanted to see what the fuss was all about." Lyra made up an excuse.

"You two are lucky that classes are almost over for the year. But as soon as you come back from the break… you are going to have ten detentions with me," Lily told them.

"Harry..." Lyra glanced at him with teary eyes.

"I want no part in this..." He kinda wished his sister would learn something from this and stop sneaking off the castle without permission. He remembers being much better behaved at her age.

'And she had to drag Ginny too...'

While Lyra cried, Harry walked to where Daphne, Tracey, and Pansy were standing.

"Harry, that was incredible!" Pansy gushed at him.

"Thanks… I told you there was nothing to worry about." His green eyes landed on Daphne, who was trying to avoid looking at him. "And… why were you hiding behind that bush?"

"We weren't hiding!" Daphne hurried to reply.

"You have a branch in your hair," Harry pointed out.

Daphne panicked and started to touch her hair, looking for a branch that wasn't there.

"Ugh… I can't believe I let you drag me here to spy on Potter. I wasted my last Hogsmeade weekend…" Tracey complained.

"I wasn't! ... Shut up!" Daphne cried.

"Did you really think I needed help or something?" Harry asked Daphne.

The blonde girl adverted his gaze in shame.

"Anyways…" Harry ignored her and looked at Pansy. "Since I accompanied you to Hogsmeade, it's only fair I escort you back to the castle."

"Yes! Let's go," Pansy said, clutching his arm again, and the two of them began to walk away.

"Did I mentioned that you were amazing?!. The way you handled those seniors!."

"W-wait! We are going too!" Daphne hurried up to catch up, not willing to let those two alone.

Tracey sighed. "My last weekend…"

Lily went with Lyra and Ginny, while Harry did the same with the three Slytherin girls.

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Snape was left behind with the remaining students, who had not said a single word of excuse so far.

Professor Snape used a levitating charm on Yaxley since the boy was unconscious.

Avery was nowhere to be seen, but considering the speed at which he left, he was probably near the castle already.

"Professor… It was him!" Patrick approached Snape.

"Forget about it… that's the best you can do right now," Snape gave him his most honest advice.

"But Professor…" A student said.

"Surely, there is something you can do…" Another one was added.

"Do you have any solid proof it was him the one who sneaked into the common room?." Snape waited for a few seconds, but there was only silence. "Then there is nothing I can do. That's why I'm telling you to forget about it. Do not confront Potter again," he warned them in a more stern tone this time around.

"Tsk, did you see how he fought? Didn't even use magic."

 "Yeah, he fought like a Muggle."

 Two of the boys said in a mocking manner. Now that Harry was no longer here, they felt much braver.

Snape frowned deeply. He hated that kind of attitude, and that was also a dangerous way of thinking. "You should count yourself lucky he didn't take you seriously enough to use magic on you!" Snape shouted at them. 

"If he did… none of you would still be standing." He wanted them to understand how dangerous Harry was, but those boys had too much arrogance to believe they were that far away from a half-blood.

Snape was sure that after a few weeks had passed, they would start to get ideas once more.

As much as he wanted to stay a bit longer and make sure they understood… Yaxley was in really bad shape and needed to be seen by Madam Pomfrey as soon as possible.

He cursed at Potter for making his life more difficult. He never thought he would see a student behave in such a brazen manner and get away with it.

'But… I guess that remains to be seen. Those old families that Potter offended are definitely going to do something.' He just had no idea what or when… it's been a long time since he left those circles. 

Even the Headmaster had grown interested in this matter and requested him to keep an eye out and inform him if he found anything useful.

Snape could only hope that when things go down... Lily would at least be out of it.

As they made the long walk back to the castle, Snape thought about his conversation with Lily.

It did not go as well as he hoped. Either Lily was completely oblivious to her son's behavior, or the more likely scenario… she knew everything and was okay with it.

This meant that his theory of Harry being possessed was most definitely wrong… Lily would never be okay with that.

The other ideas he had were even crazier and involved things like time travel…

'I'm getting a headache just thinking about… damn you, Potter,' Snape became increasingly upset.

"Uh… Professor Sn-"

"Shut up!" He snapped. "I don't want to hear any of you again for the remainder of this walk."

"But professor…" One of the girls pointed her shaky hand to something behind him.

He turned around and saw the limp body of Yaxley had dropped on the snow.

'Damn it! I lost my concentration!' He flicked his wand, and the boy started to float again. "Let's go!" He huffed.

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