She waited a few minutes for him to drop the blank mask. He sighed and opened his eyes to look into hers. "So, what now?" asked the potions master. Minevra quirked an eye brow at him, "What?" asked Minevra as she gazed back at him into his depthless onyx eyes. "What about the order?" asked Severus as his lips quirked, Minevra openly smiled. "The order of the Phoenix, What about it?" asked Minevra with the smile still plastered on her face which Severus replied with a smirk of mirth. Both head of houses had teased the leader of the light for his choice of names and also the leader of the dark, but their leader would only play offended and leave the two members of the order to snicker together. Both were lost in their memories for a moment before they both shook their heads, returning to the present. "What is the next step that it is going to take?"asked Severus with mirth still in his eyes. "Well, from now on. We will have a new method" said Minevra as she sat a little bit straighter. Severus focused on her knowing that she already had a plan. "What is it? A new Harry Potter?" asked Severus saying the name as if it left a sour taste in his mouth which made Minevra frown at him for a moment before returning her focus on the topic. She sat even straighter and puffed her chest a little bit" No, but a new leader" said Minevra proudly. She studied Severus' empty face. It didn't take a genius to guess who was the new leader, and when the information clicked in Sev' head he felt the room temperature drop dangerously. Minevra watched as the little color that Severus had gained in the few days drained quickly as if flushed, then his magic unleashed. The room rattled with raw magic and the furniture began to leviate itself. Suddenly he swooped like a viper towards her with such speed furiously like a wild panther. "NO…No way. OVER MY DEAD COLD BODY. I WON'T ALLOW YOU. NO!" shouted Severus viciously, his face inches away from Minevra's. She unconsciously backed away from him for a moment. She didn't see the sarcastic potions master and double agent for the light side, she saw the angry inner circle death eater. The one who dueled against the Malfoy Senior Abraxas Malfoy in his initiation, the one who dueled against Bellatrix Lestrange and got off with only a few small cuts, the one had seen the death of many innocent people wizards and muggles alike. But mostly the one who had concord death multiple times during the night, refusing to take the easy way and go with him leaving the war going on behind him. She saw the real darkness that filled those pit less eyes. But she was not the head of Gryffindor for nothing, so she gathered all her courage and looked him in the eye returning his glare. "And why, in Merlin's name, not. It is not that you want it, but if you do then have it. You can take the leadership" hissed Minevra bitterly. She knew she had struck a chord because as her words sunk in she felt all the magic settle and calm down. The magic that had been radiating and bouncing off the walls in waves, returned to the wizard. She knew that this was not the reason was shouting but she had needed to shock him into silence before he exploded and buried them into the office's ruins. "WHAT! No that's not…No. I didn't mean that and you know. I just don't want… I want…" said Severus as he stood numbly thinking himself. He didn't know how to explain it. Minevra has just returned to him, and now he was going to lose her again. He was still mourning the death of Albus Dumbeldore, and he wasn't ready to mourn anyone else. Minevra waited knowing that he was looking for the right words to voice his thoughts. "You don't understand…Taking the leadership will make you a plain target for the death eater to aim at. You are already targeted for being the right hand of the leader of the light Albus Dumbeldore. You don't know what they plan to do, and I can't spy anymore to tell you when they will attack next. Every death eater meeting I had attended, they planned a new raid against the leader of the light thinking that someday he might fall into the trap. They believe that it is like fishing, you just have to be patient and wait for the fish to fall into the trap and get hooked. I will not allow it. No…I am not ready to lose you again" shouted Severus but in the last sentence he whispered to himself even though he was sure that she would be able to hear it. And hear it she did, she was touched by this confession. She had never had children, but there were ones as good. She knew also that even when Severus felt something towards someone, he may never confess it unless he had gained his full and ultimate trust. She felt something moving in her eye vision, looking up it was Severus. He was still standing but he was swaying dangerously in his spot, he gripped the desk with his white knuckles. She stood up quickly but she was interrupted as someone knocked on the door. Severus could feel as the adrenaline was draining out of him as soon as he had finished his rant. He was trying to keep steady for a moment so he could disappear in the dungeons away from Minevra's eyes, but it only increased and he had to grip the oak desk with all his hope that he wouldn't faint in front of her. But in the end his body won the battle against his mind, dragging it into the black unconsciousness. The last thing he remembered was Minevra's shouting and the feeling of his fields falling and crumbling down. Minevra was torn, she knew she could never carry Severus, he was taller than her and they would both fall to the ground. But all of that didn't stop her from shouting his name as his grip loosened and he began crumbling to the ground. She felt the door blast open at her shout but her eyes were fixed upon her son in all but name and blood fall. But before his head was smashed to the ground it was caught. She looked up to see who was, for the second time, the one that had walked in the office without her noticing.