I dedicate this next Dare to the lovely HermioneJean_Snape who requested a Ginny Weasley/Severus Snape story. I hope you love it darling. 😘
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POV: Ginny Weasley. Her sixth year at Hogwarts. Play the song! 😍

Neville, Luna, and I hadn't stopped recruiting for more supporters of Dumbledore's Army. Dumbledore's Army was alive and thriving within the walls of the room of requirement. Hogwarts had become a complete nightmare because of the Carrow's and the new Headmaster Professor Snape. I couldn't figure out why Snape was letting the Carrow's torture and torment us. It was completely inhumane. Professor Snape was extremely on edge and acted as if the Carrow's were the least of his troubles. Maybe that was the case... however we were going to revolt and rebel against these evil doings. We are fighting against the Dark Lord and his followers and do whatever means necessary to help Harry and our cause.

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Luna had already met me in secret at midnight per usual, in the Gryffindor common room and we were waiting for Neville to join our silver trio to conquer our next act of resistance.

I kept checking my watch on my wrist that now read 12:07 am. "Dammit, Neville where are you?" I whispered pacing the Gryffindor common room with Luna being mesmerized having a quiet conversation with a nargle she said who stole her shoes. Luna then turned to me and assured "He'll be down soon, I'm sure Gin." Luna tried to comfort me but I was too on edge. We had business to attend too.

I heard the familiar footsteps of Neville panicking down the boys common room. "I'm sorry! Let's go!" He breathlessly apologized as we ran out the common room. "Neville what took you so long,  dammit?! We have to hurry!" I climbed out the painting of the fat lady with other two behind me. The fat lady knew what we were up too and helped us by not saying a word against our late night ventures of heroism.

"For crying out loud Ginny can't a guy take a dump? Geez! I'm sorry! That steak and kidney pie we had for dinner didn't agree with me!" Neville informed me and I felt bad for yelling at him, "But seriously Neville you've got to be more cautious. We have duties we are responsible for! No more god damn steak and kidney pie!" We both nodded and smiled running to the outside of the great hall.

We hurriedly held our wands and went to work graffiting the corridors walls all around Hogwarts. We'd been doing our civil duty for weeks and hadn't been caught yet...

"Dumbledore's Army Still Recruiting!" "The DA Rises Again!" "Join Our Fight!"

We sprayed in bold Red and Gold letters.

"Alright hurry we need to go!" I hushed in a whisper towards my fellow leaders of the DA. "We don't want to get caught!" I then felt a strong grip on my left shoulder causing me to gasp in horror. We were fucking caught...

"Well. Well. Well. Seems as though I finally discovered the perpetrators of desecrating our school's walls." The familiar crepuscular voice of Professor Snape echoed the corridor.

"50 points each from the two Gryffindor's and one Ravenclaw." He demanded. "Like it matters anymore..." I strongly stated out of shear hate and defiance. But Professor Snape continued. "You will serve detention tomorrow morning at 6:00am sharp with me, cleaning these walls before breakfast. Now off to bed the three of you before I come up with a more deserving punishment." The dungeon bat stood watching us leave to go to bed. This wasn't over. We will never give up. No matter what they do to us.

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The next few months were horrid. More and more students were being severely punished and the mood of our beloved school was completely drowning in sorrow.

Neville had been tortured by the Carrow's for not practicing the cruciatus curse on a fellow student. He was extremely brave and stood up to them for being barbaric animals. I've never been prouder of anyone in my life.

Neville, Luna, and I had still been recruiting more members in secret for the DA and our resistance was gaining more information. We three discovered that the Sword of Gryffindor was of great importance to Harry and he must get it. We will get it for him.

The sword was tucked away in Professor Snape's office and tonight, The night before we leave for the Christmas holidays, (in all honesty who was really celebrating anything nowadays) we three were breaking into Snape's office and stealing the sword.

Our plan was perfected from point A to Point Z. Everything had to run smoothly this time. We met again in our secret hiding place now being the room of requirement at exactly midnight. We knew Professor Snape went back to his chambers at around 11:45 pm every night so this was the perfect time to snag the sword.

We ran to Professor Snape's office having acquired the password from hearing the imbecile Alecto Carrow blurting it aloud all the time. "Wiggenweld." I whispered as the huge gargoyle moved aside and we quickly stood on the steps as we twisted up to Professor Snape's office. Professor Dumbledore's old office...

"Dammit it's behind the glass case!" I cussed in aggravation but remembering my spells. "Finestra!" I yelled pointing at the glass cabinet containing the sword of Gryffindor and the glass fell to the floor in a pile of dust.

Neville grabbed the sword and soon the three of us were off. We made it right outside the door to his office. "We did it! Hurry!" Neville whispered and just as soon as we turned we were stopped yet again by the recognizable dungeon bat himself.

"Get. In. My. Office. Now!" Professor Snape tenebrously roared pushing us inside of his office.

"How dare you three break into my office! What are your plans this time?!" He studied us heatedly and saw the sword taking it from Neville's grip. "I see you've also come into the art of theft!" He roared.

"This is the final attempt of your childish delinquent behavior! You three are out of control and will be serving detention as well as being banned from trips to Hogsmeade. Is that understood? This behavior ceases tonight!" Professor Snape was of course angry but he seemed different. Everyday he looked more and more sick or depressed. Something was going on with him...

"You three will serve detention with Hagrid separately in the forbidden forest. I will send you your selected times. Now leave my office to return to your dormitories. Except for you Miss. Weasley. I would like a word with you." Luna and Neville quietly left giving me a stay strong grin.

Professor Snape sat down by his desk putting his hands on his head then ran his fingers through his long black hair. "Have a seat Miss. Weasley."

I sat down across from him and began a conversation with Professor Snape I will never forget.

"Miss. Weasley, you broke into my office to steal the sword of Gryffindor. You're spraying graffiti on the walls of the school, you're defying your teachers, your grades are slipping." He paused sighing.

"You need to stop these foolish acts of rebellion. I understand what you are doing. I am trying my best to protect our students." He spoke in gratification but I interrupted him.

"You're protecting us?! Ha! You let those evil sadistic Carrow's torture and ridicule us! You let them control us without a care in your precious potion filled world! We are fighting against you evils!"

Professor Snape slammed his hands on the desk while standing up and threw a stack of parchment off his desk with them flying into the air.

"You don't think it kills me to see what those sick simpletons are doing to you?! You don't think I stop the Carrow's when I witness what they are doing?! You don't think I care what is going on in our world at this very moment?!" His voice raised with tears in his eyes. "I am doing everything I know possible to protect you and save our world. You may think you know me and where I stand Miss. Weasley, but I assure you. I know my principles of our honor better than you think I do."

He finished staring at me with the dark circles engulfing his already onyx eyes. He obviously hadn't slept in months. I then realized that every time we three got into trouble, our punishments were not to be carried out by the Carrow's, but by his control.

Professor Snape was protecting us. In more ways than I understood apparently. Regardless or not I approved of how he was handling everything. I finally understood. Snape was on our side.

I stood up out of my chair walking behind his desk and stood before Professor Snape looking at me as if I were mental.

"Miss. Weasley what are you doing?" He questioned me pulling his wand out of his robes walking backwards.

I stood my ground and was standing before him behind his desk. I reached my arms out and encircled them around Professor Snape's body.

"Miss. Weasley, this is not appropriate. Please remove yourself from my graces before I remove you myself." He firmly bellowed.

"No." I strongly confirmed back and held onto him tighter and began crying my stresses and fondness of his bravery onto Professor Snape's robes.

"Please, Miss. Weasley do not leave any traces of your tears or snot on my robes." He still kept trying to pull away but I wouldn't let him.

I cried harder than I ever have in my life. Wailing of uncontrollable sobs releasing from my inner agony.

He finally put one arm around me and said "Miss. Weasley this stays between us." I nodded as he held onto me holding me up almost falling to the ground crying.

"We are going to get through this. We are going to do everything possible to defeat what is happening." Professor Snape assured me giving me a little squeeze with his arm without giving away too much information.

I finished crying letting go of him while wiping my tears as he handed me a tissue from his desk. We nodded and I started to leave before he said something I will never forget nor would ever tell.

"Miss. Weasley, I trust you and I commend you for your resistance protecting our beloved Hogwarts and our wizarding world. Don't stop. Just try to be a bit more discrete. Now, please leave." He demanded with a small wink. I left giving him a smile.

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After the war, Harry and I would always come to Hogwarts every year at the beginning of term to pay respects to Professor Snape.

We would say good bye to our children James Sirius and Albus Severus who were attending Hogwarts, at Hogsmeade and head to the grave sight of Professor Snape just by the black lake.

We would lay our proper potions of Wit-Sharpening droughts as a funny parody and sign of respect from the dunderheads he secretly and deeply cared for.

"Thank you Professor Snape for your bravery. You will never be forgotten." I laid my bottle down slowly standing with tears strolling down my face as Harry and I hugged in remembrance of this wonderful man who protected us all.

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Harry made sure Professor Snape's portrait hung proudly side by side Professor Dumbledore's in the great hall for everyone to honor these men for eternity.

I'm very proud to have known Professor Snape. And feel very honored that he let me cry out my stresses and frustrations on his shoulder that night we broke into his office.

I never told anyone what happened that night. And I never would.

That night of exoneration was for us to have shared. No one needed to know... but us two. I'm sure he appreciates that as well.

I hope you liked my story and I didn't want to make y'all cry! I cried writing this! I just wanted to do something different! 😘

We love you Professor Snape! You'll never be forgotten! 😘 as of course nor will our Alan Rickman...😘❤️