Eye Of The Wolf

Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter or John Rain- I do however own right's to Maria

Summary: Severus Snape realized the symptoms of Remus Lupin, what he didn't expect was to be tricked into going into the whomping willow or being attacked by a werewolf...Or Children assassins years later

Author's Note: Another John Rain Crossover, this time Maria gets to meet Severus Snape, but not the Snape we know and love.

Prologue

He was only sixteen yeas old and his life as he knew it was over, there was no going back, no escape from the fate he had wrought upon himself. "Severus, this isn't the end of the world, you can still lead a moderately normal life my boy." I shook my head, he didn't understand...all my dreams, all my wishes-washed away because I had wanted to know things I had no right to know. Normality was no long an luxury nor an option, I could no longer be friends with the people I knew now, Lily would never want to come near me again...

"Sev?" I blinked, when had it become daytime? I turned my head and spotted Lily, oh gods, she had to stay away from me! I was dangerous, I didn't want to hurt her. I didn't want to hurt anyone. "Sev, its alright, its just me!" Lily said as I scrambled as far away as I could without falling off the bed, flinching as I went as my wounds were moved. The wounds of a werewolf were cursed and couldn't be healed with anything but time.

"You, You have to go Lils." She blinked and shook her head; "But, Sev-you wouldn't hurt me!" I shook my head-she just didn't understand, I was too dangerous now to be near people. Too dangerous to ever have anyone in my life, how did Lupin do it? How could he live with himself? "Lily go away." I didn't want her to, I wanted my best friend...the one I'd realized I'd began to fall for. The one who I would never have, I closed my eyes.

Only to wake to my life, I was no longer sixteen-I was now thirty five years old. At least my life hadn't been as bad as it could have been, I was working as a potions master, Even had my own company. A delivery service potions company-it was kind of funny how many people actually liked that idea, how would those people react if they knew I was a werewolf? I sighed and hauled myself out of bed and went to the kitchen, coffee would be nice right about now.

"Sev, what are you doing today?" I glanced down at the blond child who was suddenly sitting on the counter top. "Maria what did John say about you sitting on the counter?" She shrugged; "He's not here now is he?" I shook my head at the child, she really was too much most days. "So, pancakes-why do you make them so perfectly?" I chuckled at the antics of this eight year old, there were days I loved her and others I wanted to strangle her.

"I've been making them longer than you've been alive." She shrugged; "So has Harry and he's terrible at it." Harry was indeed terrible at making any sort of food. "Well, at least he attempts to feed you Maria." She shrugged and stole a pancake, without anything on it she still seemed fairly content with it. "So, boss man told me to ask you if you wouldn't mind baby sitting me tonight." I couldn't look after her, I would eat her. "Sorry Maria, tell Rain I've a prior engagement."

She gave me a shrewd look that didn't belong on her face. "With that wolf?" I froze, what did she know about wolves? "What are you talking about Maria?" She shrugged a pigtail flying at the smallest of jesters. "I hear him sometimes, Rain says it's all in my head but, I know he hears it too. Stays away all night he dose with his gun." Oh lord, how many times had he thought about shooting me then? It didn't matter I caged myself at night, I couldn't get out.

"Severus?" I sighed; "I can't talk about it Maria." She pouted but then she got another one of those looks I didn't like, how was it that this child could pull off such adult expressions? "Rain says it's not our business but I noticed your always busy when it's a full moon." I froze and felt my jaw drop. How the hell had an eight year old realized that? "Maria, who told you I was always busy on a full moon?" She blinked; "The calendar."

It didn't make any sense, when I had been eight I didn't notice such trivial things such as the phases of the moon. "Rain wouldn't want me to say this, but if you're a werewolf that's okay because we're assassins." What the fuck? Assassins, what the world was Maria on? "It's also okay if you don't believe me." I shook my head violently to get the notion out of my head, she was just a little girl-though that didn't mean that Rain wasn't, he was a fighter and he kept in shape.