Prologue

A cool breeze cloaked Hogwarts' view in leaves. The students bustling to their classes. The four head houses standing by their doors waiting for the students to arrive. " Severus….." the headmaster summoned. Professor Albus Dumbledore was his name. A man with greasy black hair and a long black cloak approached him. Severus Snape. Snape narrowed his eyes as he strolled toward Dumbledore,McGonagall, Hagrid and Filch.

"What is it, Albus?" Snape hissed. McGonagall sighed and stepped forward.

"You are always so….lonely, Severus..," she explained "we were going to advise you to be more…..social. You are….briefly..scaring the students." Filch sneered at this.

"You really think he doesn't know that," Filch thought to himself. "Oi, Severus, Minerva is right! Ya' are very lonely!" Hagrid exclaimed.

"I am fine the way I am…," Snape hissed louder than before. The Potions master stormed off in a huff. Dumbledore sighed and shook his head.

"He finally got over Lily Potter," Hagrid began, "but now he is a lone wolf, that man" McGonagall nodded in agreement.

"Harry! Harry!" a boy yelled. The boy had white blonde hair, gray eyes and a pale complexion.

"What is it ,Malfoy" a boy with green eyes and black hair answered him. Ever since their horrifying past they decided that even though they made mistakes they could become friends. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger turned around and faced Draco.

"I might have a way to cheer Snape up," Draco smirked. Harry was confused.

"What do you mean?" Ron questioned.

"Ever since Professor Snape lost Harry's mom he's been in a….bad mood" Malfoy explained.

"Oh, thanks, Malfoy," Ron began "we had no idea!" Draco glared at the red-haired boy.

"Well, its not my fault! You think he's evil!" Malfoy shouted. "Come on Malfoy get on with it" Hermione complained. "My aunt is going to catch his eye!" Malfoy exclaimed. Harry raised his brow.

Dumbledore was in his office making flyers for the new job opening in Hogwarts.. "New secondary-head of Slytherin wanted" the flyer read. He put his wand down and gazed at work. Of course he didn't tell Professor Snape because he would disagree at an instant. As soon as he finished reading there was a knock at the door. "Come in.."the long-bearded man said. Inside came the three Gryffindors and the Slytherin. "Professor! Professor!" Hermione exclaimed. Dumbledore put his hand up , and told the girl to quiet down. She quickly apologized and hung her head down low. " Anyway…" the blonde boy began "I'm sure my aunt would love that job as alternative-head house, Professor". Dumbledore raised his brow.

"Enlighten me, .." the headmaster began "your aunt...how did she know about the job opening?". Malfoy tried to change the subject by continuing.

"Um…..she was a student at Hogwarts and knows alot about Slytherin" Malfoy explained.

"Well….who is she?" Dumbledore sighed. Draco smiled from ear to ear.

"You might know her" he began "her name is Samantha". Dumbledore's eyes widened.

"If there a chance we can get Snape happy and "nicer" what would all the students do." Malfoy crossed his arms after making the remark.

Dumbledore lightly chuckled and claimed " They would tell the world." Harry nodded. "Alright, alright" he began "is she here?"

"Yes, but what teacher will she be?" Ron questioned. Dumbledore raised his brow. He means what will she be teaching" Hermione said. " Muggle Studies" he answered " if she is here…. send her in!"

About a month later on Thanksgiving all the students and professors were in the Great Hall. All chattering about how Quidditch practice was and how much things they learned . Though the huge doors there was a woman walking to the huge table. She had a pale complexion and shadow black lipstick. Her long raven blue-black hair covered part of her eye. Her robes were similar to Snape's. She wore a long black cloak with a black dress underneath. The dress hugged her hips and arms perfectly. Her bright winter blue eyes lit up her snow white face. Her posture was perfect as she walked up to the High Table.

Snape stared at the woman, fingers digging into his thighs. " Who is she?" he whispered to the headmaster desperately.

"The new muggle studies teacher" Dumbledore began "and secondary-head of Slytherin". Under his long beard, Dumbledore smirked. Snape raised his eyebrows.

"Secondary- head" Snape said slowly. He looked to his left and noticed that there was an empty seat. He buried his fingers in his hair with his palms covering his eyes. The woman sat in the empty seat next to Snape. She looked at him tenderly, grabbing his attention immediately.

"You must be Professor Snape. Draco has told me about you. I'm Samantha Malfoy" she turned to him and smiled sweetly.

" He has...hasn't he? But he didn't tell me" he whispered coldly. She held out her hand to shake his. All he did was stare at her hand. He was very intimidated by would Dumbledore get a secondary-head house for him. He didn't need help and he knew he didn't ask for any!

"I would like to introduce our new muggle studies teacher and secondary- head of Slytherin, Samantha Malfoy" Dumbledore pointed to Samantha. Still slightly blushing, she stood up from her seat, smiled timidly, waved and sat back down. " Due to no correspondence from my requested Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, Defense Against the Dark Arts is canceled until further notice" Dumbledore explained. Several students groaned hoping that Ancient Runes or Charms class was canceled.

Snape shot Samantha a look of pure disgust. Samantha noted how intimidating he was for future purposes. He eyed her very carefully from head to toe.

"This is ridiculous" he thought to himself "I don't need this timid little girl!". Samantha was frightened of him and was confused on why he hated her so much. "You said your last name is Malfoy" Snape began ,not looking at her. "It is. Draco is my nephew and my brother Lucius-" she was cut off. "Lucius….is your…...brother.." he said slowly. She nodded and stared at her plate. His rude interruption made her flinch. "There's a lot of food here" she whispered not speaking to him. " Your a Malfoy. You should be used to it" Snape snapped quickly. Her eyes tried to find his but she couldn't. The dark tunnels buried in his eye sockets observed Samantha's every move. It seemed as if he was looking for something-something wrong with her but he couldn't find it. Absolutely, in his opinion there had to be millions of things wrong with her but he couldn't find anything. She was perfect. She had a gorgeous complexion and her eyes were exquisitely attractive.

Samantha wasn't pleased. The way he looked at her and the way he would sneer at her every move. His dark tunnel eyes burned a hole in her head. She felt the blood rushing to her cheeks. She hated it. The power that he had over her was insulting. A crooked smile creeped across Snape's face. He enjoyed this game of cat and mouse. Predator and prey.

"Can you stop that…..please" Samantha complained

"Look at you. You just got here and you're

already complaining." Snape smirked

Samantha began to eat her dinner, ignoring the nasty comments.

"Well...aren't you…..a brat" he sipped his pumpkin juice

"Excuse me, professor but you are the one giving me a hard time!" Samantha whispered harshly

"You're supposed to be working with me…..pathetic" he sneered.

Samantha had gotten fed up. Just before she was about to snap at him dinnertime ended.

"Well, Samantha, I hope you enjoy it here. I'm sure Professor Snape has already introduced himself" Dumbledore smiled.

"Oh, yes. He introduced himself alright…." she said under her breath.
"Well, I'm sure you've already been to your dormitory" Dumbledore assumed.

Samantha nodded, ignoring the sneers and snickers coming from the Potions master. Snape couldn't take it anymore. He began to slip away from the questioning professors without anyone knowing. Samantha noticed, though. She knew right then and there that it was going to be a long year.