The Petulant Poetess
  • Stories
  • Browse By
    • Category
    • Character
    • Genre
    • Author
  • Info
      Useful Info
    • General Information
    • Message Board
    • Membership & Story Ratings
    • Submission Rules
    • Important Links
    • Support The Petulant Poetess
    • Writers' Resources
    • Punctuation Guide
    • Writing Fan Fiction
    • Harry Potter Resources
    • Dictionaries
    • Beta Resources
  • Create an Account
    • Create an Account
    • Sign In
Hide and Seek Chapter 27: Severus: Fire
Chapters Menu
Hide and Seek

1: Dear Professor Snape

2: Miss Granger...

3: Dear Professor Snape

4: Miss Granger...

5: Dear Professor Snape

6: Miss Granger...

7: Dear Professor Snape

8: Miss Granger...

9: Interlude: Hermione

10: Interlude: Severus

11: Dear Professor Snape

12: Severus Pays a Visit

13: Interlude: Hermione

14: Severus: Tea

15: Interlude: Hermione

16: Severus: Whirling Edge

17: Hermione: Research and Discovery

18: Severus: Cold

19: Severus and Hermione: The Library

20: Severus and Hermione: Occulto

21: Severus and Hermione: Crimson

22: Severus and Hermione: The Head's Office

23: Severus: Understanding

24: Hermione: Clarity

25: Severus: Fight or Flight

26: Hermione: Truth

27: Severus: Fire

28: Hermione: Love

29: Severus: Release

30: Hermione: Innocence

31: Severus: Poised

Severus: Fire

Hide and Seek

Chapter 27 of 31

Anastadne

27: How what was lost might be found - if she's very, very lucky, and very, very good.

Drabble/100-Word Potions Under Duress 5,879 Words 31 Chapters WIP
Reviewed
Previous Chapter Next Chapter
↓ See Reviews & Actions ↓

Sorry for the delay. Tag. ~Ana


Severus was suddenly thankful for the thick boar's leather separating his hand from the case's searing heat. The carvings had ceased writhing and were now tearing apart, bleeding fierce red light.

Pulsing in perfect time with his heart.

Slowly, he took her hand into his....

The room exploded into blinding light, sharp shadows, first dark, then red, flickering. Something crashed, and the Headmaster's chair was on fire, the flames spiraling upwards in a violently twisting vortex. Tearing from Severus' hand, the case flew into the flames, encased in cloud of absent light.

Spinning wildly, it became nothing but a blur.

----

Shielding his eyes, Severus searched the firestorm, cursing when the case disappeared. His arm was jerked sideways, and he found himself staring at a wild-eyed Hermione Granger.

Both of them recoiled as the case's hum rose to an impossibly high-pitched scream, shredding the very air. The Headmaster's chair violently split in half, and several inkwells exploded, staining stone, wall paneling and several low-hanging evacuated portraits.

Hermione thrust Dumbledore's portrait into Severus' hand, shouting, “Tell him!” but froze.

He stared back at her - unseeing - his free hand twisted desperately over his heart.

Before Hermione could draw breath to scream, Severus fell.

Previous Chapter Next Chapter
↑ Back to the Top ↑

Story Actions

To follow, favorite, like, and more either log in or create an account.

Leave a Review

Log in to leave a review.

Latest 25 Reviews for Hide and Seek

112 Reviews  |  7.83/10 Average

0/10

sentstarr

Please can you add the final chapter or direct me to where else it can be found.  We are compiling a list of alternative links for all of the OWL fics due to OWL closing at the end of this month, and I can't find anywhere else that has the full completed story.  Thank-you.

0/10

debjunk

Wow, can't wait to see what happens next!

10/10

roughcut

woo

10/10

indigo_rose

So glad you guys have come back to this story!  The way you both play off of one another is such fun to read.  I too cannot wait for the next chapter (but I guess I'll have to, won't I?  Darnit...)  :D

10/10

musshel

Wow...can't wait for the next chapter.

9/10

Bettina

creepy!
Can one punish a portrait by destroying it?

Are you still working on this story? This isn't quite the end to my opinion, although their using first names is undoubtedly a breakthrough.

0/10

firewall

Oh good grief. *pulls hair in frustration* more please. btw did you know that clicking where the arrows that send you to the next chapter should be send you absolutely no where. I clicked and clicked in desperate hope.

10/10

debjunk

You gotta be kidding. Why, oh why must you torture us so? Are we not faithful readers? More now, please. (I did say please.)

10/10

debjunk

Burn, Dumbly, burn!

0/10

debjunk

Oh, she'd better say yes!

10/10

indigo_rose

What a horrid cliffhanger!  I insist on believing that things are not as dire as they seem, and that Hermione's love for Severus (coupled by feeding Dumbledore's portrait to Fang  ) will win the day.

But I still want to find out rather quickly.

9/10

Nessa

Oh no, please say he'll be ok.

10/10

beaweasley2

Oh Gods! Quite dramiatic!  What havoc and distruction love has wrought upon the office!

10/10

indigo_rose

Finally, someone is burning the portrait!  Give him hell, Hermione!  Make him talk.  Justice will be served with a side-order of fries and a fizzy drink, methinks...

We need new chapters.  We are fresh out, so I am ordering more.  How much for overnight delivery?  Two-day? 

10/10

indigo_rose

Go get him, Severus!  Dumbledore's on the run now... grab him, Phineas Nigellus!  Put him in a half-nelson!  Don't let him leave the room! 

I await Hermione's response breathlessly.

10/10

indigo_rose

A short chapter, but a powerful one.  I can't wait to see how this is going to play out.

Go, Severus!  Burn the portrait!  You can do it!  It will make us all feel better!  The readers are behind you all the way!

10/10

indigo_rose

Burn the portrait, Hermione... go on... you know you want to... and so do we!  Do it for the readers!  Or at least get Phineas Nigellus to go over there and beat Dumbledore up properly.  This is an excellent time to see if one portrait can give another one a black eye or two.

10/10

indigo_rose

Finally, a visit to Dumbledore for Hermione!  I hope she punches his painted nose...


Tell us what it is!!!! 

10/10

indigo_rose

Of course she used his!  Obviously she holds him in high regard, despite (or because of) everything.  Now the question is... is her regard for him high enough to fix things which seem to be going rapidly pear-shaped?  I think Hermione's feelings for Severus are going to be paramount in importance for this, depending upon what it turns out to be.

10/10

indigo_rose

I can't believe I've missed these new updates!  And I've been keeping half an eye out, too! (obviously I should have used the other half as well...)  On the other hand, it means I can find out where they're both going immediately, which is good.  Isn't it?

10/10

MuseAmusant

Sounds like things are getting pretty hairy right now... but what the heck's going on with Severus. Somehow I'm sure that hexing Paint-Boy would make things better. Perhaps something fitting and appropriate given the circumstances...

*Works on a spell to transfigure Portrait Dumbledore's background into something from Dante's Inferno*

10/10

MuseAmusant

Sounds like things are getting pretty hairy right now. Hexing Paint-Boy into oblivion certainly couldn't make things worse, now could it?

10/10

beaweasley2

Oh, Dumbledore left his portrait?  or did he jsut flee to another?  I think he did leave it for a reason, but was surprised by the recipient? hummm

10/10

beaweasley2

OOooooo! O_o.  pouncing onward ---

10/10

beaweasley2

 About time he stood up for himslef!! Whoot Severus - zap him!!

The Petulant Poetess

A moderated archive, hosting stories by authors who enjoy dabbling in the wonderful world of Harry Potter fanfiction.

More About The Petulant Poetess

© Copyrights. All rights reserved. ThePetulantPoetess.com

Explore

  • All Stories
  • by Author
  • by Category
  • by Character
  • by Genre

Links

  • General Information
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Message Board
  • Writers' Resources
  • Submission Rules