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A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update. I'm really busy reading other Snape fan fic as usuall :P Thank you for reading this. I hope you enjoy. Also, I'm planning to create another Snape fan fic :)

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Thank you KendraCastielSinger for my cover!

When Severus went to the head master, Mary decided to go out again. Maybe if she gave him time to think then, probably, he will trust her and tell her his deepest secrets. While she was floating in the corridors, one thing or one creature caught her attention. She came towards it out of curiosity and frown in wonder. It appears like a little man dressed in loud, outlandish clothes including a bell-covered hat and an orange bow tie. He had black hair and looks like he was hiding from someone. She gathered her courage and ask him softly.
"Excuse me sir." He was a bit startled. He turned towards her and she smiled a bit.
"Who are you?" He spat and she introduced her self.
"I'm Mary Roseleaf." He raised an eye brow. Suddenly, there were foot steps coming towards them. He quickly prepared himself and whispered at her.
"Be quiet! Hide!" She saw a twin coming towards them. Their wand lighting their way. They were identical having same red hair and uniform. They were talking in hushed tones. As she looked at the man again, she saw him slowly floating above. With a flick of his hand, a bucket of water suddenly appeared out of no where in front of him. Her eyes widen when the bucket suddenly float above the students. Before she even react to that and warn the kids, the contents of the bucket was spilled above them. They were soaking wet while the man burst out laughing.
"PEEVES!" The twins shouted angrily and then the man suddenly disappeared while laughing. The twins looked around and they spoted her. With the flick of their wand, they were both dry. They smiled at her and she return the smile.
"Hello..." The other one said and the other one continued "Beautiful."
"Hi. Sorry I didn't stop him from doing that." She floated in front of them.
"Its..." The other one said.
"Okay." And one in her left continued.
"I'm Fred and this is..." The one said, indicating his hand.
"George." The other one finished.
"I'm Mary Roseleaf. Nice to meet you."
"You mean, you're the ghost in the potions classroom?" Fred said and they looked both shocked.
"Yes. What's so shocking about it?"
"You're friends with the..." The twin looked at each other before continuing together.
"Greasy git of Hogwarts?" She frowned and raised an eye brow. There was no way they can call him that.
"Excuse me guys, but can you please tell me, is it really appropriate to call him that? He has a name and he is your professor. And I believe every people in the world have friends, right?" The twins lower their heads and they didn't expect her out burst like that.
"Sorry mam." They both said together. She sighed and smiled at them when they look at her again.
"Its okay. Just make sure you never call him that again." The twins smiled at her and said
"We..."Fred said.
"Will..."George said.
"Try..." Fred said.
"Mam!"George said.
"Okay. Call me Roseleaf, I'm not a professor here. How do you guys do that? I think you better go now, its getting late and the last thing I want is the two of you having detention." The twins shrugged and bid her good night.
"Good night Ms. Roseleaf. See you tomorrow." The twins chorused and waved at her as they started walking towards their dormitory.
"Bye!" She called back to them. She felt good knowing that she have friends in the castle. She then made her way back to the dungeons.

When she was alive, she only had a few friends because she was so focused on her work as a nurse. Living alone have a lot of advantage and disadvantage. She can do a lot of things, but being alone means no companion. Her life as a nurse was just simple. She was always on time at work at the States and she will only have vacation every December. Everytime she had vacation, she always went back to Spinner's End to check her bestfriend but every time, there was no sign of him around. No one was around the house so she thought he moved to another place. Her parents died few years after she got a job in the hospital. They died in a car accident. It was very hard for her to accept at first, but she need to move on and face another life pf being alone. She doesn't have any lovers. She have suitors, but she just reject them. For her, true love will come in the right time and from the right guy.

She entered his quarters. The only light was coming from the fire place. The door to his office was slightly ajar so maybe he was there. She didn't want to disturb him so she just sat down in the couch and stared at the fire in front of her. After minutes of silence, she then heard sounds of footsteps. She turned her attention towards his office door and wait for him to come out. She smiled at him when he came out but he didn't return it, instead, he said in a cold voice,
"I'm going to bed. Good night." He spoke the last two words softly and barely a whisper.
"Good night." She replied softly, sadness was evident in her voice. She want to talk to him more but she guess that he didn't want to talk to her right now, after what happened earlier.
She watched him leave in the corner of her eyes as she gaze at the fire again. She didn't notice that he was also looking at her in the corner of his eyes.

Many hours passed, she became bored so she decided to do something. She looked at the door of his bed room and wondered if he was asleep. She gathered all her courage and made her way towards it.
The room was so dark but she can still see him. The enchanted windows casting the light of the moon to his face. He looks so peaceful while sleeping. His hair was all over his pillow, the covers covering his bare chest, showing his exposed shoulders. 'He looks so young and...' she shook her head and move closer to him. She wanted to touch him so she leaned closer to his face and studied him. She raise her hand to move the strand of hair in his face but her hand only passed through him. She tried and tried and tried until she felt something different. There was some force pulling her inside his head. She tried to fight it but nothing happen. She closed her eyes and prepared her self for what was about to happen.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She gasped when she realized she was in a familiar place. She was standing in the park where she first met her best friend. She saw the familiar nine year old boy standing few feet away from her. His messy black hair falling above his shoulders and he waslooking for someone. Suddenly, a girl with blazing red hair race towards him. They were both smiling to each other and then realization hit her. 'Lily.' She said to her self. The two run off towards the lake and then lay in the grass, staring in the sky. They were busy so they noticed her. She was frozen as she watched them happy and content with each other. 'Is this a dream or a memory?' Suddenly, her surrounding changed and then she was surrounded by many hooded people. She felt terrified even though she only pass through them. At the front of the hall, there was a stage where a man who looked like a monster stood and in front of him, a teen age version of her best friend knelt. She gasped as the man drew his wand in his fore arm. It looked so painful yet he didn't show his pain. After that, everyone clap their hand and then the place whirld again. She closed her eyes, and when she opened her eyes, she gasped and brought her hand to her mouth to prevent her shout. In front of her was Severus, holding the lifeless body of Lily in his arms and crying so deeply. She came forward with tears in her eyes as her feet gave away and she sat down in front of them.
"S-Sev?" She said softly causing him to look at her. His eyes widen and then she felt the force again pulling her outside.

When she opened her eyes, she was at the feet of his bed, sitting in the cold floor of his room. She wiped her tears and quickly stood up to look at the man in the bed.
Beads of sweat was visible to his forehead as he sat in his bed and calm his breathing. The covers fall to his waist and he didn't care if his chest waas exposed. He didn't know what to feel angry?confused?afraid?. She saw his dreams, not just dreams but his memories. He glared at her and gritted his teeth.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" he shouted at her, causing her to flinch and stare at the floor.
"I'I'm sorry Sev. I didn't mean to do that." She looked at him and tensed at the look he was giving to her.
"Sorry? YOU INVADE MY PRIVACY! What came to your mind to DO THAT?!" He clench his fist in his side and try to calm his self.
"Look, its just an...a-accident. I swear. It just...sort of...happen." She didn't know what to do. She know she was wrong, but she really didn't mean to do that. How can she prove it to him?
"What are you TALKING ABOUT? YOU CAME TO MY DREAMS AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING ITS JUST AN ACCIDENT!?" He was confused and angry at the same time. She saw his deepest memory and why did she even told him its just an accident?
"I-Its...just...well..."
"SPIT IT OUT!" 'He's really scary now.'she thought. He have the right to be angry but its just too much for her, he was shouting at her like an angry beast!
"Can you please lower your voice? I will tell you every thing so no need to shout at me like I'm a child. I-I'll just leave to give you time to calm your self." She looked at his eyes and see him relax...just a bit.
"No need to leave. Just tell me everything." He said calmly but there's still venom in his voice. She took a deep breath before speaking.
"Okay. It all starts here. I'm bored and I want to see you. I entered your room and floated towards you. I-I..." 'Will I tell him the truth?' she questioned her self and startled when he shout again.
"WHAT?!" He became impatient as the time goes by. Speaking of time, it was still early, probably four'o clock in the morning because its still a bit dark.
"I-I wanttotouchyourface so I tried and tried and tried, but there's some force that pulled me inside your head." He furrowed his brow in confusion.
"What did you say?" She blushed but she's a ghost so he can't see it.
'I said, I w-want to touch your f-face so..."
"Enough. Are you telling the truth? Why did you want to touch me?" 'Why did I want to touch him? Arrggg! That's the hardest question in my life! What am I going to answer him?"
"Of course I'm telling the truth! I never lied to you, right?" He kept his face blank but inside, he became more and more confused.
"Then why do you want to touch me? What did you see in my dreams?"
"I saw you and Lily when you were young, the man with a snake face and then the death of Lily. Sorry Sev." She tried to not answer his first question. And she was wondering if its a dream or a memory. He was so curious in why did she want to touch him but she keep on avoiding teh answer. 'Am I going to insist that question or going to drop it?' he asked him self.
"Is that all you saw?" He choose to drop that topic since there were other things more important than it.
"Yes. Can I ask you something?" She was relieve to drop that question and she hope that he will never ask it again.
"What is that?"
"Is that a dream or memory?" He heard his heart beating wildly, 'what am I going to answer?'. He was fearing that question from her but he kept his face blank and simply said.
"Its none of your business. Now, If you'll excuse me, I have more important things to do." In reality, he doesn't have work to do. He just don't like to answer that question. He throw the covers and raise to his bed, with only trousers on. As he stand up, he said,
"Don't tell a soul about this." He tried to walked away but she was blocking his way.
"I will not tell a soul about this so please answer me first. I'm not going to let you go away this time. Please talk to me." He tried to look angry but inside he's afraid. He want to be alone and get rid of her.
"No. Leave me alone." He hissed but she did't move.
"Move out of my way, or else."
"Or else what? Is it really hard to answer it?" She was desperate now. He can see the look in her eyes that she will not going to leave if he didn't tell the truth. He took a deep breath and replied.
"I've dream of my past. Are you happy now?" The look in his face is unreadable. She sighed and move closer to him.
"Sev, I just want you to talk to me. Its not difficult, right? If you bottle all your problem inside, it will only make your life miserable. That's what friends are for. I'm your friend so you can trust me." She raised her hand to cupped his face but only passed through it, so she just let her hand fall to her side. He tensed as her cold hand touch him. He felt a shiver run down his spine. He was stop dead in tracks when she said that. And for the first time since she was with him, he was out of words.
"T-Thank you." He said softly, that's what all he could say. He sat down at his bed while she watch his every movement. She was glad that he finally gave away. Silence fell between the two of them. Finally, he spoke as he studied the floor, even if he was not looking at her, she was content by it.
"When you walk away when we were nine years old, I met Lily at the park. She was innocent at that time about the wizarding world. We became best friends. I told her every thing about the wizarding world and everything about hogwarts. When we went to Hogwarts, she was sorted at Gryffindor while I'm in Slytherin. Its was a bit difficult for us because of the house rivalry and the people around us. We're still friends until seventh year when I called her..." He finally looked at her and she wondered what will happen next.
"a m-mud blood." he continued and she gasped. He looked away again, waiting for her to say something.
"B-But why?" That's all she said so he tell her about what happen and the boldy Marauders. He told her everything, being a spy up to protecting Harry. She was wiping her face when he finished his story. She was no idea how sad hi life is. She was silent as he told his story, listening to his every word. It was like a miracle to her and his every word is like a gold. When she found her voice, she said,
"I-I wish I was there Sev. I have no idea how your life was. I will do every thing I can to help you and I will always be by your side." He didn't know if it was correct to tell her everything about his life. The only thing that she didn't tell her was her feelings for Lily.
He didn't know, she was solving the puzzle all together. Now, she know what was Lily's relation to Severus. Even if it was hard for her to admit, he was clearly in love with Lily. Though he didn't tell her about that, she can feel it inside him.