"Mindspeak between the twins."

_"Does he thinks that staying in a big room with two beds and some toy is a punishment?" Asked Selena surprised, looking at the close door.

_"I don't think he know how to punish a child. You think we should tell him?" Asked Harry unsure of what they should do.

_"You want to go to him and tell him he doesn't know how to do something? I don't think he will take it lightly. He seems like the kind of guy who wants to believe he can do anything."

_"Perhaps we should just make sad face when we can get out? He will think it was a great punishment and we will be safe."

Both of them end on the floor giggling. Their lives really have change in two days. Apparently the worst with Severus was to be confined in their bedroom to take nap or play. As for the writing both of them were happy to practice their letters. And the dessert was not something they were used to have so no great loss for them.

After an hour napping on their bed the door of their room opened.

_"I think it's enough, it's lunch time so come in the kitchen." Said Severus staying on the doorstep.

The twin exchanged looks almost breaking in giggles before going to the kitchen trying to appear distrought.

Like the morning the food appeared on their plate and both ate with relish.

_"So now, I will give you some exercises both in writing and reading. Then I will test you in math. When I know your level I will see to create a schedule for your lessons." Severus said steering them into the living room where he had put two small desks with the tests on them.

_"What lessons?" Asked Harry while hopping on the chair in front of one of the desk.

_"You must learn the basic in history of our world; our culture; Latin; and of course writing and math. I would also like you to learn a sport. It will be good for all of us if you spend most of your energy far from me and sport is a good way for that and it's great for your health. Right now you are both underweight but I don't want you to become fat in a year or two. So if you have a sport you would like to learn tell me or think about it."

_"Dance!" Cried Selena with a big grin. "The other day, when they were away I watch the TV and there was this dancer she was so graceful! Can I learn that? Please." She continued happily.

_"I will see if I can find a teacher." Said Severus uncertain as to who would find dance a pleasurable past time. But perhaps for little girls it was dreamy.

_"When I was in the corridor there was this moving painting where the man fly on a broom to play with balls..." Harry trail off after seeing the face of Severus. He only remembers that he wasn't supposed to have been outside.

_"The name of this game is Quidditch and no you can't play that." He replied sternly.

_"But why?"

_"Because. Now you can choose another sport. But before you will both took the test on your desk, you have an hour to complete them."

Just before dinner the twins were reading books on the floor and Severus just finished correcting their tests. Both children were very good at reading and math but their writings were horrible. Writings lines should be a good punishment and a good way to learn.

_"Get off the floor. There are chair and a sofa use them next time! It's dinner time so come eat and to bed."

_"Sir? How are our tests?" Asked Selena timidly.

_"Passable in reading and math but you both really need to learn to write. You should begin your lines after dinner for half an hour before bed. Remember you both have a hundred lines but if I can't read them they don't count." Hearing both groans he had to hide his smile, seeing how was theirs letters it will take them a long time to finish.

It was the end of their first week together and Severus wasn't sure what to make of it. Harry was ok, he quickly adjust to being free of housework and beatings; he just has his first private lesson in Karate from a friend of Flitwick. Selena was another story; yesterday she run from him because he had been behind her and surprised her. She was quiet and really smart but she was still leery of him especially if Harry wasn't there. Albus and Minerva has both stop by and asked if they could see them but he rebuffed them quite easily, saying they need to settle with him before going out with other people. But now that he put them to take lesson outside, they need to try eating at least a meal in the great hall.

He was brewing in his room thinking about how to find a teacher for Selena if he didn't receive the answer to the letter he send three days ago when there was a big crash in the living room. He quickly put a stasis spell on his potion and run to the room to find Harry hidden behind the sofa and Selena standing in front of the fallen library completely frozen on the spot.

_"What happened here!" He snapped not sure if he was feeling anger or relief.

_"I'm sorry!" Cried Selena hiding her head in her hands." I just thought that it would be great to see if I could do what the book told but I became scared and the library fall... and Harry try to stop it from hitting the floor...And ..And everything crash and I push harry and..."

Severus stopped her rambling with a look and surveyed everything around him. There were books everywhere, the library on the floor, the carpet has strange tear on it but everything else was alright. He examined the carpet more closely and saw the strange marks seem to have been made by claws. And after a second look the library also has tiny claws marks on the shelves. On the table in front of the fireplace was an opened book. He read discreetly the few lines and everything click together. 'By merlin it wasn't possible!' He thought beginning to panic. 'They wouldn't have dare try that!'

_"Explain the claws mark Selena." He asked trough clenched teeth. He saw her take a deep breath and she began to talk really quickly.

_"In the book they speak about somebody who becomes an animal! So I thought it would be great! And they say that this person just have to concentrate on themselves to know what they would become. And it looks like what I do in my sleep so I tried. And it work and after they say you must try to become the animal so I did. But they didn't say I would stop seeing colours and instead I saw strange things so I panic and try to climb the library. But the library began to fall. So I becamed even more afraid and I tried to push Harry because he was near the library. But he was big and I clawed the carpet trying to push harder. And everything crashed and I think I became myself because I was really frightened. Sorry." She finished in a small voice.

_"You want me to believe you became an animagus just like this?" Severus asked after thinking a few times about what she told him.

_"An animagus? What's that? I just want to be an animal!" Cried Selena.

_"that's what animagus are. It's a wizard who becomes animals at will." He explains quietly.

_"Oh! So yes I was that!" She answered with a big smile. But her face fell when she saw the look that Severus sends her. "I can prove it!" She added before closing her eyes.

Severus stay still watching incredulously as the small girls began to shimmer before becoming a strange kitten. Except the kitten look daze and upon inspection it wasn't a normal cat. Severus drops on his knee to look more closely and was almost immediately inching backward. Merlin's balls! She was a magical sabre-toothed tiger! It was thought extinct like his muggle cousin the sabre-toothed tiger. The only difference was that the magical one can grow wings every times it wants and was white with big violet stripes, but the kitten hasn't any stripe. Perhaps they would appear later. He began thinking about the sort of use he could find for the fur and pondered claw. But reality reasserts itself and Severus realised that the small baby tiger was looking at him fixedly.

_"Stay!" He said pointing the floor before take some floopounder and floocall Minerva.

_"Yes? Severus How can I help you?" She asked surprised to see him.

_"Minerva can you come please?" At her nod he took a few steps back keeping his eyes on the sitting tiger.

When she arrived he only point her in the right direction before seeing her scream in fright before the kitten sitting pretty in front of her. A small laugh was heard behind them.

_"Harry come here." Severus said.

_"Severus! You must be joking! It can't be what I'm seeing! And where does it come from?" She cried try to look at the baby tiger without approaching it.

_"That is Selena." He was enjoying the look of shock in his colleague face.

_"You try to tell me that an eight year old girl is a magical animagus? A magical sabre-toothed tiger?" At Severus nod she almost feinted.

_"Apparently they have read one of your book where the hero can become an animal so of course like the children they are, they tried. You now see what the result is. You said they need something fun to read something armless. Sure it was armless for them not my living room." He was really enjoying the situation now that he could stay calm about having an eight year old animagus. He prefers to not think about the implication of having a baby tiger with big claws and bigger teeth with the mind of a child in his home. Perhaps warding all the furniture was the first thing to do. And put a really strong ward on the door of his potion room.

Without being seen by the two adults Harry had approached the kitten and now the two of them was rolling on the floor playing.

Minerva hearing the noise turns around to find the kitten sitting on Harry purring.

_"Ok so we have a problem. Can she change back?" Asked Minerva after taking a big calming breath.

_"Yes if really badly frightened. But I call you to be sure she changes back safely."

_"Ok. Selena can you come here. Good, now I want you to relax and concentrate on what you look like as a girl and the feel of your human body." Slowly the little tiger began shimmering before beginning to grow and becoming a little girl.

_"I did it good this time! Did you see? I wasn't frightened this time did you see?" Babbled Selena.

_"You did great!" Exclaimed Minerva. "But you must be careful, and now I think it would be better if you don't do it again. A least until we had a few lessons together to be sure everything is alright."

_"Ok madam."

_"Now it's time for dinner but I thought we could go to the great hall. There will be Minerva and a few professors. So you go clean a little, I want you both ready in ten minutes." The twins almost run out of the house happy to escape being punished.

_"Severus, it's amazing! She is a natural! Do you think Harry can to? After all they are twins. Do you think they have the magical twin bond?"

_"Yes they have it. They can speak by telepathy. And I don't know for Harry. I will speak about it to them and if you take her to lesson he will come too."

_"Albus will be so happy to know that!" She said exited to have student so talent in her discipline.

_"Albus won't know!" He snapped.

_"Why?"

_"He place them there. I think it proved that he can't be trust when it came to them." He said sternly.

_"But it was a mistake. I agree he should have check on them but he didn't put them knowing they would be abused like this! We both have told him what we thought about it. He really regrets what happened." Pleaded Minerva.

_"He regrets! Selena can't be alone with me in a closed room without panicking! The other day Harry froze because I moved my hand too quickly and cried for mercy! Both of them have to live with the scars. Regretting what happened is a little easy." He snarled pacing.

_"I know but we can't keep being mad at him. He's only human, he too make mistakes."

_"I know! I'm okay to let him see them. But for the moment I don't want him to know such things about them. When I'm a little more confident in him alright but not before."

_"Okay, I won't say anything." She agreed. She was about to add something when both children entered the room.

_"Good you're ready. One more thing, Harry have you tried to change like your sister?" Asked Severus dreading the answer.

_"I haven't tried to change because we thought it would be hard to be in a room." Answered Harry.

_"And what animal are you?" Asked gently Minerva hard press to not ask to see the change.

_"A strange bird. But it was really weird."

_"How weird?" Asked Severus intrigued

_"There was like lightning strike around it."

_"A thunderbird?" Whispered Minerva.

_"What's that?" Asked Selena seeing them paled.

_"It's like a phoenix but instead of fire it's electricity." Answered Severus who shook himself before adding. "Now enough chitchat, you won't say anything about this outside this room, understand? Good now come it's time to eat."

Selena and Harry followed the two adults in the many corridors. Trying to see everything without getting lost. When they entered the great hall they stop and watched the missing roof.

"Do you think they eat with umbrellas when it rains?" Asked Harry a little disappointed to think they haven't repair the roof of the castle.

"I don't know but it's strange! In winter it must be hard! Imagine all the snow!" replied Selena trying to see if it was safe to enter.

_"Children stop stare and come!" Snapped Severus.

_"Sir, why nobody repair the roof?" Asked Harry not deterred by the brisk tone, he was beginning to get used to it.

_"Repair? What are you asking? Nothing is broken." Said Severus completely lost by the imagination of children.

_"I think they speak about the roof." Answered Albus with a big smile. "Don't worry it's not broken, it's a charms that show the outside like if the roof were transparent." He explains to the twins. Smiling when Selena gave him a big smile.

_"Cool!" Harry said before looking around the room.

_"Do you remember me?" Albus asked a little uncertain.

_"Yes. But we know it wasn't your fault. You couldn't have known how they would treat us. Professor Snape said that you are a great man but still human and that human make mistakes. And that it's not the mistake that are important but the way you learn from them." Said Selena please to have remembered the long discussion they had with their guardian.

_"Thank you my girl to be so forgiving. But I'm still sorry for not looking out for you more."

_"Okay." She said before looking him in the eyes and smiling a little. She could see that he was really sorry, but it would take time for her and harry to get used to others people.

_"Now both of you go sit at the table. You need to eat." Interrupted Severus.

The dinner was quiet with the adults discussing together while the twins keep trying to eat and watch everything as the same time. They weren't used to eat with so many people. Afraid to make mistake and be send back to their room, they mimic everything Severus was doing even eating what he was eating. Professor Flitwick had to hide a few snickers while watching them seeing them wince a few times because of what they were eating in hope of doing as their guardian. It seems the rabbit liver wasn't to their taste.

After dinner they came back to their quarters and Severus took a tea while both children were drinking hot chocolate.

_"Selena when you explain what happened, you said something about what you do while sleeping. Can you explain it to me?" He asked quietly, happy about how well they have behave in the great hall. He must admit to himself that he had fun seeing them doing everything like him during the meal. He especially choose liver just to see they reaction and to know if they would stop but both had force themselves to eat it and haven't stop except they have been more prudent before taking big morsel of unknown food.

_"Oh! Yes. You know my father let me all his knowledge. And that's quite a lot. But too much for me, so at night I learn occlum…oculm…"She was about to try another one but Severus interrupted.

_"Occlumency? You are learning occlumency in you dream?" He asked disbelieving.

_"Yes that! To put all the knowledge in order. I am creating a very big library and sorting every book by type. It will take times. But it's okay I have time. One night I sort the book and the other I put shield around the room."

For a moment Severus was speechless. He stares at the small girl not quite believing what he was hearing.

_"And Harry, Do you do the same thing?" He asked uncertain.

_"Not really I just follow the night she does the shielding so I can protect myself too." He answered please to see a glimmer of approval from Severus.

_"Selena, can I… Can I see your library?" He asked hoping she would say yes.

_"But you must know legim…lege.."

_"Legilimency yes I am a legilimens."

_"Oh. Okay. I'm ready." She said looking at him in the eyes.

Severus took his wand and points it at Selena who sat calmly. He whispered the incantation. He found himself in a big circular room with lots of shelves on the wall. The roof was really high and the shelves reach it. Piles of thousands of books and scrolls were on the floor and some already in place. His hand twitches with the need to take a look in the books.

"Hi, as you can see there a lot of work to do." Said Selena who appeared near him.

"Do you have to read them all before placing them on the shelves?" he asked. He couldn't imagine the time it will take if she has to read them all.

"Oh. No. I touch them and I can sense where they must go."

"Good. You must know that your father is really famous and a lot of people see him almost like a god." When she nods he continues. «You must realise a lot of people would be ready to kill to have all this." He said indicating the room with his hand.

"I know he is famous. Even in our past life we heard about Merlin and Arthur. But this knowledge must be protected, that's why he put the Occlumency lesson in the knowledge." Selena was watching her professor with a small smile. "You know I think I can copy one of those books in the real world. And you can read them…" She trail off unsure if she said the right thing. But seeing his eyes widen and he mouth staying open without sound she knew she was right.

"I would like that." He said barely keeping himself from faltering. He took one last look before nodding and stopping the magic.

When he came back it was to see both children giggling to themselves.

_"Thank you Selena. Now it's time to brush your teeth and go to bed." He said before standing to take the book he was reading.

_"Goodnight sir." Said the twins before disappearing. Letting Severus staring at nothing. Great merlin! She would give him books that would be priceless! He began thinking on how to keep them safe with a big smile. For the first time in a long time Severus goes to bed smiling blessing destiny and magi to have put those two children in his life.