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One Black Petal Ch9

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"Checkmate." Droned Professor Snape.

Rose flinched as Snape's queen smashed her king in two. "Damn. You're the only one who can beat me three times in a row." She looked up at him with a smirk. "See I told you it wouldn't be so bad."

Snape had tried to avoid playing the accursed game, but was drawn into playing while he and Rose thought of a new potion to brew for her little black ring problem. "It isn't worth playing if there isn't a challenge." He smirked right back at her as she glared at him.

"Well I'm sorry that I'm not like five hundred years old with greasy black hair and have an I'm-better-than-everybody attitude." She crossed her arms across her chest and swung her legs up to lay her feet on the chess board. This made Snape glare back at the girl.

"I assure you that I am nowhere near five hundred years of age. And you should remember that you are the one who wanted to play the damned game in the first place." He got up and paced the room with a thoughtful look. "Although... it was very stimulating. I do believe I have an idea." Rose got up out of her chair with a smile.

"Finally." She walked over to his work station and watched as he put ingrediant after ingrediant into the cauldron.

"This may take a while." Snape said without taking his eyes off his work. "It is a pretty complicated potion. You should go play with your friends."

Rose eyed him with an are-you-kidding-me look. "Sorry Professor, but at my age we don't call it playing. It's more like hanging out." She explained as Snape rolled his eyes. "Besides I want to help considering you really don't have to do this in the first place." Snape looked at her in frustration.

"Fine." He pointed to a pile of herbs. "Start mincing those." She nodded obediantly before taking a knife and mincing away.


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Voldemort was outside watching the dementors fly around the mansion. It was always easier to think when he was outside and nobody was there to interrupt him. He turned his attention to the snake slithering on the ground. Nagini was hungry and looking for a bite to eat. Suddenly her head whipped to the right and Voldemort smirked as he saw a toad that was soon to be lunch. Nagini waited a moment longer before she raced after it. The toad jumped once, and once was all it jumped. The giant snake had caught the poor thing with ease. Voldemort watched until the snake found another more filling animal to eat. The raccoon didn't stand any more chance then the toad.

"My lord." Voldemort scowled at the sound of the voice. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I have some urgent news regarding Miss Potter." That caught his attention and he turned around to see Malachai standing next to a grave stone. The whole yard where the mansion was standing was a giant grave yard.

"Yes?" He asked.

"I don't know if it was your order in the first place, but Rose was attacked yesterday." Voldemort scowled again. 'What the heck is going on? First the tower and now...'

"Do we know by who?" Malachai's face only showed a small frown before returning to a bored one.

"It's as I thought then." He explained. "Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, Fenrir Greyback, and Travers." Voldemort closed his eyes.

'Those stupid, incompetent morons.' He opened his eyes and Malachai stood there awaiting his dismissal. "Return to the mansion, I clearly need to speak with my pons." Malachai bowed his head slightly before walking towards the castle. It was then that Voldemort saw black cat follow the mysterious vampire. Nagini watched the cat intensely. "Now, now Nagini. You have had more then your fill for the day." He stood from his spot on a gravestone and walked toward the mansion. "They better have good reason for what they did. Otherwise..." He looked down at his snake friend and smiled evilly.


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Snape had been stirring the potion for more then an hour when he looked up to see Rose asleep in a chair with her head laying on her crossed arms.

"I'm not gonna fall asleep." She glared.

"No of course you won't." He frowned. He glanced at the clock on the wall and was suprised to see it was only five in the afternoon. A knock was heard at the door a moment later. "Come in." He droned.

The door swung open as a flustered McGonagall glided in. "Severus..." She immediately noticed the sleeping Griffindor. "Is something wrong?" She looked at him for answers.

"No, she just needed some help with a potion she didn't quite understand and instead of paying attention she, like a normal Potter, fell asleep. 'He new the real reason she needed his help, but Rose had specifically told him that she didn't want anyone else to know she had been cursed by Ron Weasley.'

"Oh, I see." She walked up to him and peeked into the cauldron. It was a yellowish color and seemed to be turning powdery. "Is it supposed to be like that?" She couldn't ever remember seeing a potion turn to powder.

"Yes, it's for the advanced potions class." He lied as McGonagall nodded.

"Oh, of course." She said and then looked at him in suprise. "Wait, the advanced potions class?"

"Yes, I went ahead and put her and Hermione Granger in the class considering the regular class wasn't challenging them enough." He stirred a few more seconds, removed the wooden spoon and looked at the Headmistress. "I was meaning to tell you, but have been rather busy lately."

McGonagall nodded a bit. "Of course, is she doing alright in the class?"

"Yes, in fact, she is one of the best." He said boredly. "Next to Granger that is." McGonagall smiled at the sleeping girl.

"I figured, with all she's been through, that her grades might be faultering." She looked at her and noticed the dark circles under her eyes. "Are you sure she's alright?" Snape looked at Rose and noticed as well. Even so, Rose was sleeping with a smile on her face.

"She seems fine to me. Just tired." Snape said. "You should talk to Madam Pomphrey if it is her sleeping habits you are after."

"Of course. I was actually just here to talk about Mordachai." Snapes attention turned to the old woman. "What do you think of him?"

Snape turned to the cauldron and scooped some of the powder out to inspect it. "I haven't had the pleasure of meeting him yet."

"Oh, well then, we will have to remedy that." Snape glared at the spoon.

'Why must she bother me like this?'

"I must be going then." She turned around quickly and left the dungeons.

He sighed in relief and went to sit at his desk to continue grading essays while the yellow powder turned white. The minutes ticked by slowly as the scowl on his face grew more and more prominent with every essay he graded. 'If I have to write down the proper way to cut up gillyweed again I'm going to deduct all the points from every House in the school.' Finally he was on the last paper and the person actually got an 'A'. Snape was even more suprised to see that it was Neville Longbottoms paper.

"Aaaacchooo!" Rose sneezed in her sleep. Snape looked at her and rolled his eyes before standing up and walking towards her.

'You are probably the only person I know who sneezes in their sleep.' He thought. As he passed by the cauldron he found that it was a pure white color. He walked up to Rose and shook her, hoping she would wake up. She waved a hand at the invading appendage and went back to sleep. He frowned deeply at her and shook her harder. She looked up at him tiredly and yawned.

"The potion is finished." He explained and her face lit up. They walked over to the cauldron and she took a look inside. Snape brought out a little of the powder between his thumb and finger and Rose held out her hand. Snape threw the powder on the black ring and a great puff of smoke gathered around the spot. Rose watched in amazement as the smoke turned black.

"What the..." It was the only thing Snape could say before the smoke made an explosion that sent both of them flying. Snape flew into his desk and flipped clear over it onto the floor while Rose flew the opposite direction landing on a table that broke sending her to the floor also. They both got up slowly in a daze.

"What the heck was that all about?" Rose asked as she rubbed her back where she hit the table.

Snape finally returned to his feet and shook his head. "Good question."

Rose looked at the spot the cloud had been floating around and her frown turned into a smile. "Hey the ring is gone!" She said excitedly. She ran over to the Professor and gave him a big hug. "You have no idea how much this means to me." And in truth, he didn't. Rose skipped back to Griffindor tower happily along with Draco. They only talked for a couple hours when Rose felt extremely tired and headed up to bed.

"Sorry guys, I'm tired." She explained. "I'm gonna head to bed." She gave Draco a kiss and hug before he headed out the portrait hole and she headed upstairs to the girls dormitory. She went to the bathroom to change into her nightgown and when she came back she sat at her table to brush her hair. Something caught her eye as she glanced at her arm and, her eyes went wide as she looked at her wrist.

"No." She whispered. Around her wrist was a black ring.
"One Black Petal"
is a Harry Potter fanfiction

Sequel to "Come Together and Fall Apart"
New characters to hate and love. New baddies, more drama, and even more magic then the first. Join the group in this heartbreaking, mindbending, magic consuming adventure, and you could find yourself enjoying the ride...=P

chapter 8 <----> chapter 10



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