Fabienne and Severus Snape4 weeks ago
Severus was about to shake the hand extended towards him when the gnome noticed the wound on his hand. "What happened?" asked the gnome in an anxious little voice.
"This? It's nothing at all. Not at all contagious if you fear germs. I've witnessed an unicorn giving birth and I touched the baby which pierced my hand with his forefront. I can't say it hasn't been painful, but it was an accident and..."
The gnome's eyes and mouth opened wide with horror and with a twirl of bright red fumes, he had disappeared, leaving Snape alone in Hogwarts' library.
"This? It's nothing at all. Not at all contagious if you fear germs. I've witnessed an unicorn giving birth and I touched the baby which pierced my hand with his forefront. I can't say it hasn't been painful, but it was an accident and..."
The gnome's eyes and mouth opened wide with horror and with a twirl of bright red fumes, he had disappeared, leaving Snape alone in Hogwarts' library.