An: I don't own the HP characters, JK does! I bow to her, the queen of creativity! Don't sue! I do own all other characters in this story! Reviews are greatly appreciated, flames are happily ignored. Enjoy!

Lindsey and Zoë walked out of their school and onto the grounds. They walked to their favorite oak tree and sat in the shade of it.

"Finally!" Zoë exclaimed. "No more studying, no more exams. Just a nice relaxing summer." She stretched her legs out and leaned back on her elbows.

"Yeah, but no more Kitty Cats either." Lindsey added.

"I'll be a nice break though." Zoë replied. "I can't wait to find out how many OWLs I get!."

"Oh," Lindsey groaned, "I don't even want to think about OWLs. I need a subject change."
"What are you talking about." Zoë said. "You're the best in the year, you probably got a zillion OWLs. Me on the other hand. Let's just say it's a good thing my parents are muggles and don't know about OWLs, otherwise, I'd be in big trouble."

"I'm sure you did fine Z, you always do." Lindsey said. It was the truth, Zoë was a pretty good student but not as good as Lindsey. She brushed a piece of raven hair out of her face. They both had ditched their robes for some Kitty Cat T-shirts and jeans. A couple girls with Kitty Cat shirts walked by their tree.

"Hey Nanna, hey Z!" They called. Both girls waved to them and continued their talk.

"People want a JV team." Zoë said to Lindsey. Lindsey was taken back.

"No, absolutely not!" she replied.

"Why, it wouldn't be that bad!." Z responed.

"Well, they can organize it with their our coach. I'm done organizing." Lindsey said laying down on the grass. She stretched her arms and legs out.

"It's not that hard is it?" Z asked.

"It's really hard, it was worth the work but it was still really hard. We were lucky to get Maria." Lindsey said. Zoë nodded and looked across the field.

"Did you hear about You-Know-Who?" Z asked.

"Of course, if someone hasn't heard about it by now I'd be surprised. I not too afraid yet. He's still in Europe." Lindsey picked lazily at the grass.

"I guess you're right, but still." Zoë said. She adjusted her shirt. "Look, it's Craig!" A boy with blonde hair had walked out of the castle and was walking toward them with his dark haired friend. Lindsey rolled her eyes and Zoë sat up straight and fussed with her hair.

"Hey ladies!" Craig, the blond, called as they drew nearer. "Looking fine as usual."

"Thanks." Z said in a very high pitched voice that was rather unnatural.

"You're very welcome." He replied flirtly and took a seat next to Zoë. He put his arm around her. "How were your exams?"

"Great." Z exclaimed. Craig's friend Jared sat next to Lindsey and tried to put his arm around her as well. She moved to away slightly. Then she stood up.

"I'm going to go talk to Mar-Professor Ruehr. I'll talk to you later Z." Lindsey said and walked away. She could feel Jared's eyes on her. She walked into the castle and up two floors. She walked down the hall humming a song that was stuck in her head. She stuck her head into Maria's office.

"Mea!" She called to her Defense Against the Dart Arts professor. She saw that there were two cups of tea sitting on the desk.

"Lindsey." Maria answered gloomily. Lindsey sensed something was wrong because she had used her full name. Maria never used her full name. She always shortened it. Lindsey walked in and sat down across from her.

"I just met with the headmistress." Maria explained. "She wants me to talk to you."

"Is it about the Kitty Cats?" Lindsey asked. She hoped that Professor Snyder didn't want to end the Kitty Cats, it was her life.

"No, no." Maria answered. "Would you like something to drink?"

"Actually a iced coffee would be great! It's hot out there." Lindsey answered. "But what's going on?"

Maria flicked her wand and the drink appeared where the tea cup had been. Lindsey took a sip and waited patiently for an explanation.

"Well," Maria sighed. "It's your parents. They're dead." Lindsey's glass shook violently in her hand as she tried to place it back down.

"What, How?" Lindsey asked, her voice cracked and became very high pitched.

"They were attacked two nights ago and when they didn't show up for work someone was sent to their house." Maria explained. "I'm so sorry."

"Where am I going to go?" Lindsey asked. She was doing her best to hold her tears inside.

"You have an uncle in England. We're trying to contact him. Until we do, you'll be staying here." Maria responded. "Are you going to be okay?" Lindsey shook her head and covered her face with her hands. She let the tears flow as they wouldn't stay away anymore. Maria came around her desk and hugged her tight.

"It'll be okay." She cooed. Lindsey stayed in Maria's office for the rest of the afternoon. She stopped crying after a while. She was going to go down to dinner. She had just reached for the handle when she turned back around.

"What's his name?" She asked. She realized that she had not asked about her uncle at all.

"Severus Snape." Maria answered.

A/n: I hope you'll enjoy this! I think I'll probably write one more chapter but then I'll wait and see if anybody's into it. If I don't have enough people interested in the story then I'll probably stop it, so please, if you're mildly interested, review!