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Chapter One

Looking at the old yet elegant castle I sighed as I dragged my trunk behind me, the summer breeze blowing my ginger hair from my face. My Emerald eyes wondering through the grounds as I made my way toward the door, my memories of my schooling floated in front of my eyes. I shed a single tear as I knocked three times on the large oak doors.

I wiped away the tear with my free hand just as the large doors opened revealing a rather severe-looking women who was wearing square glasses, and her black hair was in her usual tight bun on the back of her head she wore crisp clean green robes, I looked down at my own crinkled black robes as she smiled sweetly at me.

"You always made me feel like I was under dressed Professor" I muttered smiling back at her, my soft voice breaking slightly as nerves started to kick in.

"That's because you always were Miss Evans" she stated her thick Scottish accent coming through.

She stepped aside and looked me up and down properly, then throw her arms around me in a tight embrace, I dropped my trunk and hugged her just as tight, she was always like a second mum to me especially in Hogwarts, and she was there for me when my own mother died in my seventh year.

"I've missed you Minnie" I muttered in her shoulders using her nickname I had for her.

"So have I little cub" she said quietly, she let go of me and wiped her damp eyes. "How have you been?" she asked as I waved my wand and my trunk disappeared

"Okay I guess" I shrugged, as she looped her arms in to mine and we walked deeper in the castle. She took me on the familiar route to the Head office.

"I know it's been a while but how'd do you think Harry's got on?" I asked her, she gave me sad eyes.

"I'm sorry I haven't been able to watch him, throughout the years, I told Albus that it's wasn't a good idea to have him there but you know what he is like" she muttered looking anywhere but me.

"If I know my sister she would look after him, I hope" I muttered quietly "but I don't know the oaf she married though, and I never liked him" I added, we stopped at the familiar gargoyle;

"Sherbet lemon" she said and allowed me up the moving staircase first.

Once she arrived with me at the very solid dark oak door she knocked three times, and a soft male voice told us to enter.

We opened the door and it was a large and beautiful circular room, full of funny little noises. A number of curious silver instruments stood on spindle-legged tables, whirring and emitting little puffs of smoke. The walls were covered with portraits of old headmasters and headmistresses, all of whom were snoozing gently in their frames. There was also an enormous, claw-footed desk, and, sitting on a shelf behind it, a shabby, and tainted wizard's hat - the Sorting Hat. We waited for a about twenty seconds before Albus Dumbledore stood in full blue wizard robes a large book in hand and he smiled brightly at us, his eyes twinkling behind his half- moon glasses.

"Ahh" he said as he placed the heavy looking brown book on his tidy desk. "Miss Evans how are you?" he said with his arms wide open; he hugged me gently and then went to sit in his chair.

He then waved his hand in the direction of two padded chairs. On his desk in front of us was two cups of steaming tea and a plate of biscuits, I leaned forward and reached for my cup, and leaned back in the chair.

"I'm fine thank you Professor," I said sipping at my tea, he looked at me with of a look of 'I don't believe you' I just shrugged "well as well as I can be" I said getting nervous with the stars I was receiving off my two professors. They smiled softly at me and we started our meeting, it was the usual meeting of new staff, rules and regulations and things like that. We also discussed me accompanying Hagrid (the giant gamekeeper) to see my nephew as he isn't receiving or replying to his Hogwarts letter. We then discussed my sleeping arrangements (down in the damp cold dungeons) and also my teaching timetable (as I'm training to be a teacher as well) we finished within the hour of me arriving and they let me go to my dorm to unpack (as I had been before I didn't need the tour and my luggage was already here).

Reaching the dungeons, I wrapped my cloak around me tighter as there was a cold breeze down here, I walked as quietly as I could down the long drafty corridor. I stopped as the door on my left opened and a tall figure stood in the way, he stood at 6ft 1 and thin but well-built man with sallow skin, a large, hooked nose and yellow, uneven teeth, He had shoulder-length, black hair which framed his face in curtains, curling lips and dark, penetrating eyes that resembled tunnels. His eyes showed slight recognition as he stepped out in to the chilly corridor;

"Severus" I said smiling at him and he nodded at me as he left the corridor going up the way I came, his long black cloak flowed behind him, I smiled softly as he still resembles a bat.

I carried on with my journey down the long narrow corridor and turned left a little way up from Severus's door. I arrived at a portrait of a large green serpent wrapped around a bleeding white rose.

"Passsssssword?" he asked turning his Slytherin green eyes to me,

"Slytherin" I said unable to think of a password at the time I just wanted to go in and unpack.

As I entered the room a large fire jumped to life and lit up the room, I had a cozy round room with a large fire place, and it had a large deep sofa which faced the fire place, I had also a coffee table in front of the fire and sofa behind the sofa was two doors next to each other, and several empty book shelves either side of the doors. I walked towards one door and opened one on the left, and it was a large bath that filled most of the titled floor, (more like a small swimming pool) above it was loads of different taps and shower heads attached to ceiling there was a large window that took up the entre back wall, where I could see out under the lake, I could see out but nothing could see in.

There was a large sink on one wall on my right with a floor length mirror, and a white toilet; on the left wall there was also golden pipes going horizontal along the wall with some large fluffy looking Emerald green towels.

I closed the door quietly and went to the next door; in this room was a large bed with green quilting and silk bedding, there was a large oak wardrobe on the right of the wall and there was also a large set of matching draws next to it; there is also a large writing desk pushed against the wall. There was also two large windows with green drapes on either side of the bed. The bed itself had two matching bedside tables each kitted with magical lamps. On my bed was my large trunk, with a wave of my wand things like clothes, books, shoes, bags, dresses, robes, ornaments flew out of my trunk and went to the right places as in wardrobe, draws, and book cases. Within five minutes everything was unpacked and in their rightful place. I then changed in to joggers and a top and settled in to bed, with a final flick of my wand my room emitted in to darkness and I fell in to a deep sleep.

The moon shone brightly as Severus Snape sighed looking up at it brightly; he was currently sitting on the Astronomy tower, his dark eye glistened in the light as tears fell down his pale hallow cheeks. He sighed again and cried in his arms. Taking another swig at the amber liquid he cried harder and his shoulders shook.

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