Chapter Two – The ask

"Would you mind leaving the room for a moment, please Severus?" said Dumbledore.

"You're in my house, requesting to talk with my sister, and you still want me to leave? Give me at least good reason to do it…"

"I need to talk to her, in private" Dumbledore had the patience of a wise men but you could tell that he didn't have much time for discussions.

"Scarlett and I don't keep secrets from each other so u can tell me everything that you are going to tell her."

"It's not a secret Severus; I would just prefer to have this conversation with Scarlett, only with Scarlett." Albus was sitting on an armchair in front of her. Scarlett was really beautiful and had a marvelous mane of curly red hairs falling through right until her waist. Her eyes were big, green and full of life, her lips red and perfectly shaped. She was like a child, really pale, small and almost seemed fragile. Almost. In reality, there was nothing fragile about Scarlett. She had been through a lot and learned with her mistakes. And they were many and mostly due to her being short tempered. She was wise and fair most times but she had her heart on her mouth and said things she shouldn't to people who didn't deserve it. With time she learned to control herself by simply not speaking up to things. The only ones that truly saw her were the ones that had always knew her since she was a child, the ones that she loved and that loved her back just as much. Of course that, by being herself she ended up hurting most of them once in a while, and they ended up forgiving her every single time because that's the thing about love, you can never say no.

"Severus please does as Dumbledore's asking you to…"

"But, Scarlett he's…"

"Severus, please, I'm the one asking now, just leave the room for a little while. I'll tell you everything about our talk later, if Dumbledore's asking you a favor he must have his reasons…" She was anxious, nervous, she never liked Dumbledore.

With a last look for assurance in Scarlett's eyes, Severus left the room.

"I assume that you know what I'm doing here as you knew he would never let me talk about this in front of you…"

"As I've said: You must have your reasons Albus, and, I reckon, you're running out of time. Am I right?"

"So perceptive as always, my dear Scarlett."

"Yes, you are Scarlett. As you may well know The Dark Lord has returned, though no one believes it because Fudge prefers to deny it than face it and try to fight against Voldemort." The red hair woman nodded so he continued his explanation, "So, as Severus knows a lot of people that could be good allies for Voldemort, he's going for a mission to lead them to the Dark Side under Voldemort's command. This task could take a month or two, therefore Hogwarts will be without its potions master, which brings us to the crucial point this conversation."

"You want me to teach Potions in Hogwarts." It wasn't a question, when Sev talked to her about the mission she saw it coming.

"I need a teacher for that subject and you're the only one who I would ever trust on this, please accept my offer Scarlett." He didn't seem like he was asking it, it was more like he knew that he already got what he wanted, as usual.

"That means I would be returning to the Order Of the Phoenix I suppose."

"One thing doesn't imply the other but you are always welcome to join the order again, if you want to. Any help we can get now is precious." Dumbledore seemed to be amused by something that Scarlett could not understand…

"I'll be returning to the order… And I accept the job and an office, room and classroom far, far away from the dungeons. "

"Very well then, talk to Severus, He'll tell you all about the classes and the order. Would you meet me in the Headquarters tomorrow afternoon? Snape will tell you where it is!" He added before she could even ask. She nodded. "Good, I guarantee you won't regret it, you'll have a great surprise tomorrow Scarlett, trust me." Dumbledore was definitely amused by a thing that she would have to find out by herself, probably tomorrow…

"You know there are not many people I really trust Dumbledore and I'm sorry for the disappointment, but you are not one of them…" Shit! I shouldn't have said that! Control yourself Scarlett, for god's sake!

"Well I feel sorry for that Scarlett but I understand; I've got to go now, thank you so much for your time."

"You're welcome Albus."

The old man nodded and left the room.