Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to J.K. Rowling. Everything you don't recognize belongs to me.

Author's note: In this fic I will rewrite certain parts of the books to fit in my own character. I hope my descriptions will make clear where in the books I am toying. This character will have a role in a sequel to this story.

Meeting Evadne

Eva

Chapter 1

First year: impressions

Harry walked down to the Great Hall. Hermione and Ron followed closely. The two boys were both a bit anxious because of their escapade last night. Flying to school with the flying Ford Anglia of Mr. Weasley wasn't the brightest thing they had ever done.

The trio passed the large doors and made their way trough the mass of students to the Gryffindor table. Many were staring at them a bit.

Harry simply ignored it and sat down at the Gryffindor table, followed by Ron and Hermione.

"Jesus. Do they all have to stare at us?" Ron complained softly.

Harry grinned. "Just ignore them." Ron sighed deeply 

"Sighting won't help, Ron. It's your own mistake." Hermione said, burying her head in Voyages with Vampires, one of Gilderoy's Lockhart's books. "Be glad you weren't expelled, but that you only get detention."

Ron sighed again loudly.

Harry grinned. "Don't despair so much. It can't be so bad. Probably we only get sent into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid again."

Ron's face got a horrified expression. "Please not again. No dead unicorn's or Draco Malfoy's anymore."

Harry didn't smile anymore. His thoughts turned to last June, to his fight with Voldemort. He was jerked from his memories by Dumbledore's voice.

"May I please have your attention? As I told you last evening at the welcoming feast, we won't only welcome Gilderoy Lockhart as a new teacher, but also I would like you to welcome Professor Evadne Silverhorne." He told.

The woman standing up didn't look like the usual teacher.  The woman's robes were made of soft pink velvet, embroidered with silver figures. Around her waist was thin, leather belt, holding a small bag. But the biggest difference was her headwear. She didn't wear the pointed hat, but some kind of veil in the same pink as her robes. It hid her hair, but you could see her face perfectly. On her forehead hung copper coins, which seemed to keep the veil in place. The same coins hung from earrings she wore in her ears.

The students clapped in their hands and cheered. Professor Silverhorne smiled and gave a few waves with her hand. Then she sat down again.

When it was silent again, professor Dumbledore spoke again. "Professor Silverhorne will be teaching Healing Magic to sixth and seventh years, but she will also work in the hospital wing with Madam Pomfrey."

The students returned back to their breakfasts and Hermione buried her face again in Voyager with Vampires.

***

Evadne had seen him. She had seen the boy. A small smile played on her face for a second as she thought at the chubby baby she had babysat several times.

"Where are thinking about, Evadne?" McGonagall besides her asked.

"The old days." her only reply was. 

Evadne turned her head to watch the boy again.     

***

About four weeks went by. The term was in full swing. Students had lots of homework to do and teachers had a lot of the work to grade. Harry and Ron had their detentions. And Quidditch training began.

Evadne had settled in Hogwarts. She loved her classes and working in the hospital wing with Poppy was a task she could handle. And she had enough time of her own to continue her experiments.

***

A certain Quidditch practice hadn't went so well. Trying out a new manoeuvre Harry had hit Angelina and she had fallen of her broom. Reacting quickly he had managed to catch her, but not before she had hurt her foot and he had sprained the wrist of his wand arm.

Harry landed and the rest of the team followed suit.

"You okay?" Oliver Wood, the team captain, asked.

Both nodded, but when Angelina put weight on her ankle, she hissed sharply.

"Angelina, you better see Madam Pomfrey. Would mind going with her, Harry?" Wood ordered.

Angelina started hopping in the direction of the school. Harry quickly followed and offered her his arm for support.  

*** 

Evadne looked up from her charts when she heard the door opening. Seeing Angelina and Harry coming in she made her way over to the two teens.

"Can I help you, kids?"

"We had a little accident during Quidditch practice. I hurt my ankle." Angelina said.

"I see. Come over to a hospital bed." Evadne said.

Harry helped Angelina over to a bed and she sat down on the edge. Evadne followed. After taking the shoe and sock of Angelina's foot, she gently prodded the foot.

"It's only sprained." She said after a few seconds. She removed her wand from the bag of her belt, pointed at Angelina's foot and muttered something. "Take it easy with that foot for today, okay?"

Angelina nodded and turned to Harry. "I believe you hurt your wrist." she said.

"It's nothing, Angelina."

"Let me decide that. Which wrist was it, Harry?"

"Professor, it really isn't necessary…"

"Which wrist was it, Harry?" This time Evadnes tone was very clear.

Harry sighed and held his wrist out. Evadne also prodded Harry's wrist, pulled out her wand again and softly spoke a spell. The two sprained body parts healed, she sent the duo on their way.

Evadne looked after them. A few moments later Minerva McGonagall came in. She greeted Evadne and asked something, she got no reply. "Is something wrong, Evadne?"

Evadne looked at her. "Harry was just here, with a team mate. It's amazing as he is so much like Jamie. Just as stubborn to begin with."

"I think he inherited that also from his mother for a bit, Reija. They were both as stubborn as what…"

***

Severus Snape looked up when someone knocked on his door.  Grumbling about the fact that someone would disturb him in his private chamber he went to open it.

However, he was surprised when he found Evadne standing before his door, still dressed in robes and veil.

"I am sorry to disturb you so late, Severus, but I am working on some fresh sleeping potions and in the hospital wing we are out of nightshade. I was wondering if you had some." she said. 

"Of course. Come inside for a moment."  Severus stepped aside to let the woman in and made his way to one of the cabinets in the room. He looked for a few moments, then he handed her a small pouch. "I take it that's enough?"

"That will be fine. Thank you, Severus. I will replace as soon as possible. Good night." Evad-ne left his chambers and made her way to the stairs close by.

Severus looked after her, his mind flashing back to the first time he had really met her.

It had been September the first from his seventh year at Hogwarts.

Someone tugged at his sleeve. He looked around to find a girl from the first year standing besides him. A girl from Gryffindor, none the last.

"What do you want?" he grumbled.

"I wanted to say that I am sorry for what they did to you. They shouldn't have done that." she said, uncertainty written on her face.

"Don't bother with it, girl." He wanted to continue his way down to the dungeons, but the girl grabbed him around the wrist.

He hissed, for she had just grabbed the bruised spots very tightly.

The girl looked at him, and then at his wrist she still held in her hand. She grabbed his hand with her other hand, then let go of his wrist. With her free hand she pushed his sleeve away and saw the blue spots. "They hurt you."

"It's nothing…" He fell silent when she placed her fingers on the painful spots and warmth seemed to flow from them. Slowly the blue spots faded away and the ache disappeared. The girl let go of his wrist and hand and turned around to leave.

She was stopped by his voice. "Wait." She turned around and looked at him. "Thank you." She just smiled and continued her way.

Severus shook his head at the memory and turned around to go back to the papers that had to be graded.