Snape sat minding his own business at breakfast in the great hall. It was the last morning of the Hogwarts term. Severus was glad to be rid of the students for the summer.

The mail post arrived as he finished his meal. As usual his copy of the daily prophet landed in front of him. He picked it up and scanned thru the headlines.

A large brown tawny owl came and landed on the back of his chair.

Sir Snape,

I hope this letter finds you well. I am in dire need to speak privately with you. Please send a message back with Marcella telling me when and where to meet you.

Danissa LeStrange


Snape gave a quick look to Dumbledore to make sure he hadn't seen the signature .

Snape scribbled quickly with a spare quill and sent the owl back to its sender. Marcella, the owl, flew back up thru the rafters, disappearing from his view.

So, it appeared the LeStrange's little brat of a daughter had discovered something she shouldn't know. He wasn't sure what disturbed him more. The fact that she had been idiotic enough to send him a letter at Hogwarts, or that her mother was using his name in Azkaban. He meant to put a stop to both of them.





Danissa was pacing the floor of her bedroom waiting for Marcella's return. Her navy blue robes were swishing along the wooden floor. She bit her lip and went over the words of her letter in her head. Had she used the right words? Should she have signed her name to such a letter? It wasn't that she didn't trust Marcella. In fact, Marcella was the only owl she did trust due to an incident when she was in school at Durmstrang.

It had been hours since she had sent the owl to Hogwarts and now the sun had long been down when she finally did fly thru the opened window. She still had the letter clutched in her claws. Danissa wasn't exactly sure if that was a good sign or not.

"Come on girl," she said removing it from Marcella grip, "Give it here or no dinner." Marcella squawked and ruffled her wings. "I'm just joking with ya." Danissa laughed and unrolled the letter.

In hurried writing at the bottom of the page was four words.

Knockturn Alley 3 a.m.

Danissa didn't waste time. She grabbed her traveling robes out of her closet and ran down the stairs. Her broom was propped up by the door.

"Miss! Miss! Where are you going at this hour?!" came the high pitched voice of her house elf, Trissy.

"Go back to bed, Triss…" Danissa said hatefully. "When I need you I'll call for you." With that, Danissa was out the door and into the night sky.



okie...that is chapter 1 or something...please please please review...