…August 17th…

I sat in the living room doing my homework. With my work at the Host Club I had had very little time for my homework any more. Still I was several weeks ahead of all my classmates. It would not be long before I would jump another grade I realized. I could graduate by the end of the year I thought. Ryoli sat across from me seeming to just enjoy the fact that I was in the room with him. He did this a lot. She suspected it was how he remembered her mother, Kotoko. As she had gotten older she had become more and more like her mother. But even though she was used to this habit of his from the many years , but ever since she had turned eleven he seemed to be more anxious almost like he thought that someday she would disappear.

After several minutes he looked up then and smiled at her. "I will be in my room working if you need me." Standing he left.

It was almost eight when the knock came. Standing I set my English work to the side. I looked through the peep hole but whoever it was too tall for me to see their face. Opening the door I found a tall elderly man who sported a long white beard with kind but wise eyes looking down one me. He wore a dress, or a robe as my father called them. There was a weird fuzzy feeling that I knew the man.

I could hear my father making his way out of his room as he called, "Haruhi, who is it?"

"I don't know who it is," I called back.

At that the man seemed to realize that he had yet to introduce himself, "My name is Albus Dumbledore." His eyes passed over my head as they settled on something behind me. "It's good to see you again Severus." He looked down on me again, "Then you must be Hannah."

I could almost hear my father give an auditable hiss, before a hand grabbed me by the arm pulling me back into the house. Ryoli's voice seemed to come out in a low hiss as he looked at the man, "What are you doing here?"

The man did not seeming to notice the anger in my father's voice stepped inside and closed the door. "Severus, we need to talk."

Ryoli pulled me more fully behind him. "Get out," he growled at the old man.

"Severus, how much do you know? You thought by leaving to this world twelve years ago that it would all end. Did you even know that your nephew survived? Did you know that He was back?"

Ryoli went stiff and stared back at the man. "What do you want?"

The old man finally seemed to relax and he let another smile come across his face. "May I sit down?" Ryoli seemed to wave his hand in defeat as he gestured to the chair across the room. After then man had settled he realized that we were still standing me peeking out from behind my father's back. He waved his own hand for us to sit.

I felt more then heard the growl from my father's throat. I could see the look in his eyes trying to decide if he should send me away. Before he could decide though I felt a nudge behind my knees causing me to collapse into a chair? I looked behind me to find that one of the chairs had moved behind me. I looked to see Ryoli glaring at the man, before grabbing a chair and sitting beside me.

He seemed almost defeated as he held his head in his hand and in a quiet voice asked again, "What do you want Dumbledore?"

"Severus, I want you to come back to Hogwarts."

Fathers head snapped up almost like he hadn't expected this, "What?"

"You were one of our best professor's and our last potions master met with . . . an unfortunate end." There was a slight pause as if he was remembering that unfortunate event. "There is also the issue of Hannah. Severus she is thirteen what do you plan to do if she loses control?"

I was becoming more and more confused as the man, Dumbledore, keep talking. Dad seemed to be shocked. "I would never let anything happen to her."

"If you really meant that then you would know that she needs to be trained she needs to go to school."

A knowing look crossed Ryoli's eyes before he turned away from her.

Haruhi decided that she had had enough, "I do go to school," she said glaring at the older man. "Why does he keep calling you Severus, and who is this Hannah, and what in the world is Hogwarts?"

Both men seemed to be taken aback by her outburst.

"She does take after her mother doesn't she?" Dumbledore said looking at Ryoli.

She glared at the man. Before turning to her father, "Tell me!"

He wouldn't meet her eye for several moments but she wasn't about to relent and keep staring at him. Finally he met her eyes. "When you were little your mother was killed." She nodded she knew her mother had died in a car crash when we was just a year old. "She wasn't killed by a car." My head shot up again looking into his eyes. They seemed to beg for her to understand. "I know this will be hard but please hear me out. Your mother was killed by a dark wizard."

I struggled to keep up with all the information about the wizarding world. My father's name was Severus Snape former potions master at Hogwarts a school for witches and wizards. My name was really Hannah Lilith Snape. Not only was my mother killed by this dark wizard, but so were my aunt and uncle I had never known about. Leaving behind my cousin Harry James Potter, who had survived the attack on his parents. When the dark wizard had attempted to kill him the wizard had died. Ryoli, no Severus fearing for my life had gone into hiding in Japan to keep me safe. At the time he hadn't know that Harry had survived.

There were several minutes of silence as I tried to work it all out. Dad kept looking at me hoping that I would understand.

Dumbledore spoke up, "Hannah now you see why it's so important that you come to Hogwarts. As a young witch if you don't learn to control your magic then there is a chance that you could go out of control, and in the worst case hurt yourself. The Ministry of Magic might even be called in. They are like the police force in the muggle world."

As he went silent I once again looked at my father. My voice trembled, "Is that true."

He wouldn't even look me in the eyes as he nodded.

Making my decision I looked at Dumbledore, "What do I need to do to go to Hogwarts."