I own nothing! I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters! I just own the Snape family members (except for Severus, of course), and the other OC's.

Kiru burst out laughing as the group reached Platform 9 ¾, her every nerve alight with glee at what Hermione was now saying. Never before had they heard her insult a teacher, and Severus was grinning with mirth at her ruthless attacks on the teacher. Kiru, however, was now allowed to take extra classes, and had signed up for Divination, much to Severus' dismay. She got the last laugh, however, when she told him of her plot to get away with cheating. He then relented and let her continue on her course of insanity, telling her that she'd be going insane before the end of the year.

Naturally, she took this as a permission to do so. She smirked as she kissed his cheek farewell, knowing they'd see each other that evening. Chessie smirked evilly as Hermione and Harry boarded the train, on the opposite side of the car once more, and went quickly to apparate back to Hogwarts. Hesitantly, Severus joined her, knowing that Kiru would eventually have to stop getting into trouble with the Gryffindor group. He scowled, realizing that Potter, Weasley, and Granger were making up the second generation of Marauders, only without the bullying. Well, except for Draco, Crabbe and Goyle, probably, but that was only because they'd started it on the train in their first year. Kiru, however, had made her own little version of the Marauders, and didn't have the slightest problem with flaunting it. Myrtle had joined her to act as Remus – only without the werewolf problem, thank heavens – Draco had joined as Sirius, and a smaller third year girl by the name of Hebiga – whose father was Ohaku, ironically enough for Chessie – had also joined. Three from Slytherin, one from Ravenclaw, and oh these four were going to give him trouble if they got their hands on his books to use on their Gryffindor counterparts.

Severus scowled as he calculated it out carefully. Myrtle and Granger were the know-it-alls, and were the Lupin's of the group, so to speak, without the werewolf issue. Kiru and Potter Junior were obviously the Potter Senior of the groups since they were the leaders. Draco and Weasley were the Sirius Black of the group since they followed the leaders with few qualms. As for Hebiga – she was the Pettigrew of the group, and would likely betray them since her father was the one who blackmailed Chessie into marrying her Potions Professor. He scoffed at her choice of name, Hebi meant snake in Japanese, and they all knew it. Contrary to popular belief, Severus was indeed trilingual – he knew English from when he was in diapers, he knew Japanese from when he was a teen and learning from one of his fellow Slytherin members, and he was also fluent in Mandarin Chinese after a long bout of struggling to learn it for educational reasons only. He rarely spoke it, however, unless he was extremely angry, which had yet to happen in front of a student.

Kiru laughed as they entered their compartment, knowing exactly who the next DA teacher was, and was more than happy not to share such information with anyone or everyone. Harry and Hermione had a hunch, but they also thought it would be Umbridge, with the way that Chessie was whining about her and Kiru had described the despicable woman. Kiru laughed openly and began playing a very long game of annoy-the-boa with her pet, Orochi.

"Hey, Orochi, are you the one I freed from the zoo when I was eleven?" Harry asked suddenly.

"Yesss. It wasss very nicsse of you to do sso, Harry Potter. Kiru wass the one who took me in and raised me asss her own. She iss very kind, you know," the boa complimented. "I wouldn't have it any other way. I love having her for my owner."

"Oh," Harry said simply. "Okay. What should we do about that Umbridge woman? Should we kill her or whatnot?"

Kiru simply shrugged, and went back to annoying the hell out of her boa constrictor. Harry yawned, and Draco Malfoy entered the compartment, already wearing his robes. Kiru smiled, and raced out alongside Hermione to change into her robes as well. They were startled to find that when they returned, the train was empty. Kiru screamed loudly, her blood turning to ice.

Kiru awoke with a jolt, screaming loudly, covered in cold sweat, and thrashing against her father's restraining hands. She began sobbing, clutching him for comfort, terrified of the upcoming school year, and he hesitantly began patting her back awkwardly. This soon turned to rubbing as he became a little more secure with his fathering role to his daughter, and he pulled out the calming draught he knew she'd need. She kept sobbing onto his chest for a few more minutes after he got it into her, but was eventually calm enough to tell her father the dream she'd just had.

"Hm," Severus said thoughtfully. "There're a few ways to fix this. One, go in your school robes or simply stay in Muggle clothing and I will change it for you as you get to the carriages. Two, kick the boys out of your compartment and make sure that you change before sunset and before you're halfway there. Three, don't let anything like this happen, and most certainly don't let Weasley into your compartment. I'm sure Myrtle would be happy to help keep you on a timetable. Now, why don't we get back to sleep so I can get some sleep as well and be a little less grouchy on your first day of classes?"

"Thanks, dad," Kiru whimpered with a soft smile. "You always know exactly what to say when I need it, even if it hurts like hell to hear. Before you go back to bed, though, have you seen Orochi? I can't find him anywhere."

"He'll show eventually," Severus soothed. "He still needs to go outside to hunt, you know. Don't worry, princess, I'm sure he'll show before term starts."

"Oyasumi," Kiru smiled hugging her father one final time.

"Oyasumi," Severus smiled gently as he kissed his daughter's forehead. He yawned, and headed into his bedroom to collapse in an exhausted heap onto his bed. "Nightmare," he said simply, and Chessie smirked, needing no further explanation. They both knew Kiru was a daddy's girl and always would be.

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Two days later, it was time to go. Strangely, and terrifyingly enough for Kiru, the events unfolded exactly as she dreamt it, only Orochi wasn't there to make idle conversation with. Her Slytherin robes were missing, and someone had stolen them purposefully. She began panicking, and Severus yawned exasperatedly as he sat in his final teachers' meeting before term starts.

"Well," McGonagall said calmly. "Severus, is there anything you would like to add as a warning to any insane ideas that Kiru might have this year?"

"Avoid Chessie," he said side-stepping the minefield. "She will no doubt be dragged into Kiru's shenanigans. She always is in one way or another. Not that that's a bad thing."

Chessie leered at him, and he smirked and put his hands up in surrender to her. He noticed she'd been getting a little grumpier as of late, but he wasn't sure of the cause. "Sure, and you're the father of a set of maniacal twins," she retorted sarcastically. He paled, looking at her with fear, his normal alabaster turning to a pasty white so sickly looking that the others were almost concerned for his health at the current moment.

"Wh-what?" he murmured, and Chessie snorted before bursting out laughing in a fit of loud guffaws that couldn't be silenced until Severus finally left the room with her in tow to interrogate her about her statement. Even then, she still couldn't be silenced, much to Umbridge's dismay.

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Kiru scowled as she got back to her compartment, scouring through her bags and trunks that she'd brought. Not a single sign of her robes anywhere, and what was worse was that the school was almost in view! Kiru screamed loudly, her anguish filling the entire train, and she was soon following her instincts to hunt down the perpetrator/thief. Naturally, it was a Gryffindor, only from one of the fifth years, a girl by the name of Lavender Brown. Kiru snarled, lunging at the girl's throat, her vision turning red with rage. She stopped suddenly, her blood still boiling, but also freezing because her father would be severely disappointed for her acting in such a Gryffindor-ish manner. She ran a knife in front of the girl's throat, knowing that she had the full advantage over her. She could easily blow this girl's potions up with the new playsong she had, the song of time. It acted as a time turner, and she could now go back in time, up to twenty-four hours. The only problem – don't get seen by yourself, and if you do, flash the Ocarina and smile.

Kiru almost screamed again when she saw the inside of the robes – they were all tattered and torn, and the Lavender Brown girl was going to be in huge trouble when Kiru wrung her sorry neck later that year. She kept her cloak tightly zipped up, to all the Slytherin house's confusion, and Severus and Chessie scowled as the teen's reactions. He scowled even more when he saw Lavender laughing hardly, and making obscene gestures about who he knew must have been Kiru. The third-year was close to tears now, and was even more upset now that Draco wasn't anywhere nearby.

He quickly grabbed his plate, and moved down to sit next to her, putting an arm around her reassuringly, and letting her know he was still there for her. She sobbed out what Lavender Brown had done, and Draco's face flushed a dark crimson before he raced up to his godfather's place at the teacher's table to quickly explain what was going on. Severus and Chessie's jaws almost dropped at what they'd heard, and Dolores Umbridge was listening to every word Draco said intently.

"Well, it seems as though your friend best be more careful with her school robes," Umbridge said.

Severus and Chessie almost hexed her then and there, but she was saved by Dumbledore standing up and Draco racing back to his seat, the blonde quietly reporting the reaction. Kiru's eyes widened, filled with tears, and her face flushed crimson, her eyes glaring holes into Umbridge's clothes.

"Hem-Hem," Dolores said as her name was called out as the new History of Magic Teacher. (insert her speech here, I hate the woman and don't care for her.) Right as she was about to finish her speech, she was suddenly skyrocketed into the air, spiraled in fire, then in rocks, then water, razor-like winds, lightning, shadows, sand, and for some unfathomable reason, a shrill note pierced the air.

The students began looking around, some of them (like Draco, Kiru, Harry, Myrtle, Luna, Hermione, to name a few) simply stared ahead or clutched their neighbor for fear since they knew the note's origins. Severus' eyes widened, and Chessie covered her ears, and both were pretending to try to figure out where the note was coming from. Umbridge let out a very loud scream, one that pierced the air louder than the harsh, shrill note, and she was thrust down by all aforementioned elements working in unison. Her gut was rammed on the table, and she upchucked her dinner, much to the Slytherin house's amusement and everyone's disgust.

"Fifty points to Slytherin," Severus whispered as Umbridge puked mercilessly. "That was brilliant."

The entire Great Hall was quiet, and Kiru was soon thrust up into the air in a like manner, much to everyone's shock. She performed the same sequence, but this time altered it by means of the most painful methods possible. She thrust herself downwards, just as she had Umbridge, and forced her jaw closed to keep from vomiting. She shook, knowing she'd broken something, and got up to try to get away from her "unseen foe". She collapsed, and Severus ran out to get her off the floor once more, his patience growing thin.

He quickly checked for a pulse, summoned a stretcher, placed Kiru on it, and pulled Kiru, and Lavender Brown, out of the Great Hall. He immediately gave her detention for her cruel actions towards Kiru, and was sure that the girl wouldn't like it at all. Just as Lavender was sent down to the Great Hall in tears, Kiru woke up after Madame Pomfrey healed her cracked ribs. Severus remained there, and ate with her calmly as she sobbed out what Lavender had done to her and her clothing, and also that she'd calmed down and her methods. Severus smiled softly and pushed a lock of hair behind her ear in a wave of fatherly affection just before Kiru bolted under the covers and pretended to be asleep in such a realistic fashion Severus would've thought she was if he hadn't seen her begin to fake it. Umbridge walked in soon after, also having come to get her ribs healed. She glared at Severus, having recognized them both.

"What are you two doing here?" she spat venomously.

"I work here," Snape retorted just as venomously, if not more. "I am the head of Kiru-san's house, and I swore to the headmaster that I would do everything in my power to ensure their safety while they were in my house and still at school."

"Slytherin," she spat. "Of course. And yet this is the same brat who willingly insulted me during the summer. Two weeks of detention for such rash insults, I believe."

"Well, if you're going to be like that, then perhaps a letter to one of the board of Governors could fix things," Severus growled. "I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that I'm on good terms with one, and he and I are extremely close. Trust me, Dolores, giving her detentions unfairly is a bad career move."

"High Inquisitor," she corrected sweetly. "And judging by your mouths, I have no further suspicions that the brat that is asleep is your daughter. May this be a warning to you both – I hope you get what you deserve in the end."

"Touché," Severus retorted as she left without getting healed. He smirked – they were in for a long year.

So, as you know, the "accidental" magic was Kiru's, and she did it on herself to keep the suspicion off herself.

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