Samantha sat on her bed in the Slytherin dorms, his eyes having heavy bags under them as she swore she heard something calling her name...something trying to break into her dorm. But no one else stirred awake. So she got out her wand and kept it near her. Its been days since she got rest.Every single assignment seeming like a damned hell to write due to her inability to sleep or focus. Soon getting up as she bumrushed out the door in a hurry just incase there was someone there. Then slowling down once she left the common room.
Now in the halls she walked bare foot and her eyes wide and alert. Not knowing of the wandering head of house just around the corner. Samantha reached up and tightened the ponytail on her head, her dark brown locks tick and wavy since she had yet to brush them. Hearing someone near by made her draw her wand and cast a very weak disarming charm as when it hit who ever it was only made their wand drop straight down.
Severus wasn’t very surprised. Picking up his wand as he sighed, he then walked forward in silence to see who casted the charm to only see a shadow of a girl. Casting lumos as his wand glowed bright and he looked right at her. The tired girl squinting in return to this.
“Why are you out here so late, Ms. Haynes?” His voice said as the cold tone was sure to get her out of her small haze
“I couldn’t sleep sir...” She mumbled as she then looked down and felt her eyes go heavy.
“I would like if you reported back to your dorms...and look at me. I wish to see you talk to me since your mumbling is getting you nowhere” Severus said as he then started to gui her back to the dorms.
The whole way there she had stumbled twice and said nonsense. The older Slytherin thinking she was just staying up late doing her makeup work. But once to the dorms there was no work in sight let alone a new thing of ink or a used quill. Making him wonder what she could of been ocupying herself with all this time. Since she refused to have her personal books out to where anyone could tamper with them.
The next night was the same...and he found her in the same spot in the haze five nights in a row. Growing worried for the seventh year. He then pulled her to the side on the sixth day after knowing this. Then looking down to her with a small glare.
“Mind telling me what you have occupied yourself with that will make you miss so much sleep?”
“Someone keeps trying to get into my dorm...and I can’t sleep” She said as she leaned on the wall. Her hair still messy and unkept.
“I see...come to my office tonight Ms. Haynes. We will talk in private there”
As the night came so did she. Dragging herself to his office but instand of making it out of the common room he was already there, and with two cups of warm tea. She then sat down in the other chair across from her professor. Who she knew was talking but couldn’t make out the words. Only hearing him say to have a drink. And looking up to see him sipping from his own cup.
Samantha did the same as she then put it down after the small sip. A flood of warmth corsed over her. Giving a long sigh as she then felt the warmth go to numbness. Severus then walked over and got her standing. He gave a small smirk as he then got her to the dorm she slept in and laid her down. And like that she was asleep.
What she didn’t know was the clever teacher had desided to help with her sleep and put a single drop of sleeping draught in her tea. Good for one night of dreamless and restful sleep. Hoping this one night would bring back her need for sleep and her mind listening to the sleeping urge.
